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April 25, 2013
Minor League Update
Games of Wednesday, April 24
Pitching Prospect of the Day: Chad Bettis, RHP, Rockies (Double-A Tulsa): 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K; potential plus-plus fastball; can vary the hard stuff (two-seam, four-seam, cut); easy plus slider; could be a monster setup guy with closer potential; 21.2 IP, 21 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 26 K.
Position Prospect of the Day: Nick Castellanos, OF, Tigers (Triple-A Toledo): 3-3, 2B, HR, R, 3 RBI, 2 BB; hit tool could reach plus-plus level; plus power potential; fringy reads on balls in the outfield; developing pitch recognition; arm is easy plus; great makeup.
Other notable prospect performances from April 24:
"The Good"
"The Bad"
Zoilo Almonte, OF, Yankees (Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre): 0-4, R, BB, 3 K; profiles best as an extra outfielder; hit tool will ultimately decide the length of his big-league career.
"The Uneasy"
Jose Campos, RHP, Yankees (Low-A Charleston): 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K; had an injury-laden 2012 season, and his stuff hasn't bounced back all the way yet; 12.0 IP, 13 H, 8 ER, 4 BB, 9 K in four starts.
Zach Mortimer is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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Does Correa at SS and Fontana at 2B down the road seem a likely, viable or realistic outcome? I see Fontana hasn't spent any time at 2B yet in the minors. Or might Correa be the one more likely to move, presumably to 3B? I know it's super early on both, just wondering what your crystal ball says.
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Solano County Supervisor Skip Thomson's effort to reduce the salaries and longevity pay of the five board members failed Tuesday.
"I'm disappointed," he said after no other supervisor backed his plan to cut board salaries by 10 percent. His move to cut longevity pay failed on a 2-to-3 vote, with only Supervisor Linda Seifert joining him.
Supervisor salaries are tied to those of Superior Court judges. In 2001, the board voted to boost their pay to 53 percent of a judge's salary, up from 46 percent. Thomson was a county supervisor when that vote was taken.
Before the motion, Thomson said that a 10 percent cut isn't a lot, but was essential in taking the first step to eliminating the county's structural deficit.
County Administrator Birgitta Corsello said that the county hasn't cut any employees' salaries. There have, however, been changes to health coverage and retirement contributions affecting all county employees including the supervisors.
Regarding Thomson's recommendation, Supervisor Jim Spering said that when considering cutting pay, there should be a strategy with measurable results, not just what "feels good."
"You've been on the board for three months and you have no appreciation for what this board has done in the last four years," Spering told Thomson. "No employee has been treated differently. ... This board has been more than fair."
Spering said he opposed more than anything else, that the issue wasn't discussed during the budget process.
Thomson said after the meeting that it's not likely he'll bring the matter up in June, given that his colleagues aren't interested in it.
Spering said that while Thomson might be perceived as a "hero," voters should be wary of elected officials who "spike their pay," and noted that Thomson was a supervisor from 1992 to 2002 and left office to serve as county assessor/recorder for two years, and then retired.
According to The Reporter's annual Survey of Top Public Servants' Pay, Thomson received slightly less than $74,000 in base pay in 2002, the last year he was supervisor. When he left the post in the middle of his term to become Solano County Assessor Recorder, he nearly doubled his pay, earning $134,000 in base pay and more than $13,400 in longevity pay in 2003.
Meanwhile, in retirement Thomson, receives $10,334 a month and about $124,000 each year. He said that because he's being paid as a supervisor, his retirement was reduced by $40,000 a year.
Thomson said he will still reduce his salary by $25,000, waive a $10,800 car allowance and reject $12,000 longevity pay.
Seifert, who doesn't receive longevity pay, said her take-home pay has gone down each year.
"I don't feel I need to defend it. I feel like we earn every dime and I have no apology for that," Seifert said. "Some days I go home and feel like I could do this job for nothing. I love the work that I do."


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Long-term Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Aclidinium Bromide in Patients With Moderate to Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (LAS-MD-35) (LAS-MD-35)
This study has been completed.
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: January 5, 2010
Last updated: March 9, 2017
Last verified: February 2017
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of inhaled aclidinium bromide at two dose levels in patients with moderate to severe, stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The study will be 56 weeks in duration; a 2-week rin-in period, a 52-week treatment period and a 2-week follow up phone call. All patients will be randomized to one of two doses of aclidinium bromide.
|Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
|Drug: Aclidinium Bromide 200 µg Drug: Aclidinium Bromide 400 µg
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Long-Term, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Aclidinium Bromide At Two Dosage Levels When Administered to Patients With Moderate to Severe, Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: COPD Lung Diseases
Drug Information available for: Aclidinium bromide AclidiniumU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by AstraZeneca:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change From Baseline in Morning Pre-dose (Trough) Forced Expiratory Volume in One Second (FEV1) [ Time Frame: From baseline to 52 weeks ]Change From Baseline in Morning Predose (Trough) FEV1 in liters at Week 52.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Change From Baseline in Peak FEV1 [ Time Frame: 52 weeks ]Change From Baseline in Peak FEV1 in liters at Week 52.
|Study Start Date:
|November 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Aclidinium Bromide 200 µg
aclidinium bromide, inhaled, 52 weeks of treatment
Drug: Aclidinium Bromide 200 µg
aclidinium bromide 200 μg, oral inhalation twice per day for 52 weeks of treatment
Experimental: Aclidinium Bromide 400 µg
aclidinium bromide, inhaled, 52 weeks of treatment
Drug: Aclidinium Bromide 400 µg
aclidinium bromide 400 μg, oral inhalation twice per day for 52 weeks of treatment
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- A diagnosis of stable moderate to severe COPD as defined by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines, 2010; postbronchodilator FEV1/FVC < 70%, and postbronchodilator FEV1 ≥ 30% and < 80% predicted
- Current or former cigarette smokers
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have been hospitalized for an acute COPD exacerbation within 3 months before the first visit
- Respiratory tract infection or COPD exacerbation in the 6 weeks before Visit 1
- Patient with any clinically significant respiratory conditions other than COPD, cardiovascular conditions or mental illness
- History or presence of asthma verified from medical records
- Chronic use of oxygen therapy greater than or equal to 15 hours per day
- Patient with uncontrolled infection due to HIV and/or active hepatitis
- Patients with a history of hypersensitivity reaction to inhaled anticholinergics
- Patients with clinically significant cardiovascular conditions, including myocardial infarction during the previous 6 months, newly diagnosed arrhythmia within the previous 3 months, unstable angina, unstable arrhythmia that had required changes in pharmacological therapy or other intervention.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01044459
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|Study Director:
|Esther Garcia, MD
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Keywords provided by AstraZeneca:
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01044459 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 5, 2010
|Results First Received:
|August 14, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 9, 2017
Keywords provided by AstraZeneca:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Bronchitis
Airflow Obstruction, Chronic
Chronic Airflow Obstruction
Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lung Diseases
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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AKQA has created a special website, launching today in 11 European countries, to promote the new Xbox Forza Motorsport videogame. Digital Bulletin explains the site is packed with interactive video content. The game is pushed an online campaign (rich media) but also with press, TV and cinema advertising (by McCann Erickson) that invites users to visit the FMC site.
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When Jennifer Lawrence chopped off her long locks for a supershort pixie cut, she caused a media storm. But what you may not know is who inspired her new 'do. In an interview with W magazine, the blond beauty revealed how she stays confident about her bold choice. "Whenever I start feeling like a boy, I just tell myself I look like Mia Farrow, and I'm like, 'O.K.,'" Jennifer says.
And as it turns out, back in the day, Mia also made headlines for her übershort tresses. It was long rumored that Vidal Sassoon gave her a pixie cut for the 1968 film "Rosemary's Baby" and that Frank Sinatra, Mia's hubby at the time, was so against the look that he served her with divorce papers after seeing it.
But in a letter to the New York Times last year, the Hollywood legend set the record straight. She said, "I had literally cut it myself earlier that year — with a pair of fingernail scissors." She added, "This was long before I ever heard of Vidal Sassoon. My then-boyfriend, Frank Sinatra, loved the cut, and so I kept it short. (I purchased some hair scissors; then, as now, I cut it myself.)"
Vidal never dispelled the rumor that he cut her hair and took a lot of flak for the cut. The hairstylist told the Hollywood Reporter back in 2011 that Barbara Walters was so shocked by the actress's closely cropped coif that she accused him of "making beautiful women look like boys."
But Mia explains that in truth, Vidal trimmed her 1 1/2-inch hair to 1 inch as part of a publicity stunt for 1968's "Rosemary's Baby" and added, "I intend no disrespect to Mr. Sassoon, but he had nothing to do with my haircut. Neither, I can assure you, did my divorce from Frank Sinatra have to do with my haircut."
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I like the stave and the musical notes. The packaging is slightly damaged and a big part of the tax stamp is missing, but still is an unopened deck from the 30'. Hope you like it! Thanks for read!


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As the racing fraternity digest the latest news that there will no further fixtures at Southwell this year because of flood damage, today's planned meeting at the Nottinghamshire course has been transferred to Wolverhampton.
This means a longer journey for North Yorkshire horses, York Glory and Desert Creek, as they bid to continue their winning ways.
Nap selection York Glory, trained at Hambleton by Kevin Ryan, right, was a winner on Knavesmire at last year's Ebor Festival. This season, he had run well in defeat, but had frustratingly found winning elusive until bouncing back to form at Lingfield last time when making all the runing to beat a competitive line-up.
Ryan has got him out again quickly under a penalty and is switching him back to the minimum distance from six furlongs in the 32Red Handicap. With Phil Makin again on board, York Glory can defy a 6lb penalty by showing a clean pair of heels to his rivals.
Desert Creek, trained by David Nicholls, is chasing a four-timer in the 32Red.com Handicap.
The gelding was successsful at Leicester in an amateur riders' race and has since won twice for stable apprentice Shirley Teasdale at Doncaster and at Southwell, where he overcame a wide draw.
Desert Creek has an unfavourable starting berth again, but he is a pacey racer and Teasdale knows him well. Raised a further 5lb since Southwell, he may be able to keep ahead of the handicapper.
Red Eight makes plenty of appeal in the 32RedBingo.com Nursery. The juvenile made his all-weather debut at Kempton a fortnight ago and went down by only a nose.
The handicapper raised him 4lb for that improved display, but Red Eight looks like a horse who can pay his way on the Polytrack and he is fancied to open his winning account.
Few would surely begrudge Langham Lily a win in the 32RedBet.com Handicap. Chris Wall's three-year-old has finished runner-up at Lingfield and on this course on her last two starts. She is overdue a win.
Malton apprentice George Chaloner should enjoy a good ride on Steel City Boy (1.10), a good fourth at Southwell last time, in the opening race, while Sandaura (2.10), who shaped nicely here on her debut recently, ought to go well for Clive Cox.
At tomorrow's twilight meeting at Kempton, Malton jockey Freddie Tylicki is reunited with Bladewood Girl in the 32RedBet.com Handicap.
Tylicki got a good tune out of John Jenkins' filly at Lingfield last time and produced her to win up the inside rail. She is only 3lb higher tomorrow which gives her a sterling chance to follow up.
Somemothersdohavem is awarded the nap vote and turns out under a penalty in the 32 Bonus Handicap over two miles.
Newmarket trainer John Ryan placed the gelding to win at Wolverhampton last week and although he later stressed everything has to fall perfectly into place for Somemothersdohavem to produce his best, the three-year-old is a previous winner over this course and distance. He promises to go well with Adam Kirby again booked for the ride.
RACING selections
Wolverhampton (today)
1.10 Steel City Boy, 1.40 Mey Blossom, 2.10 Sandaura, 2.45 Monte Cassino, 3.20 York Glory (NAP), 3.50 Red Eight, 4.20 Desert Creek, 4.50 Langham Lily.
Today's other meetings: Kempton and Lingfield.
Kempton (tomorrow)
4.05 Cheektocheek, 4.35 Poem, 5.05 Shamiana, 5.35 Bladewood Girl, 6.05 Martial Art, 6.35 Somemothersdohavem (NAP), 7.05 My Son Max, 7.35 Kaylee.
Tomorrow's other meetings: Newbury, Taunton and Uttoxeter.


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21 June 2012
As expected, Jacob Turner was recalled from the minor leagues following Wednesday night's loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. He will be effectively taking the place of Drew Smyly, who has been on the disabled list with a blister on his throwing hand since June 11. Smyly isn't eligible to come off the DL until next Tuesday, but his finger is apparently feeling much better, so he'll be making a rehab start today in Toledo to prepare for his return to the big leagues. Luke Putkonen was sent back to the minor leagues to make room on the active roster for Turner.
Turner, at just 21 years old, was the consensus number one prospect in the Tigers' organization coming in to the year, and he was in the running to make the team as the fifth starting pitcher out of camp until some shoulder soreness limited his spring action. So instead of joining the Detroit Tigers in April, he became a member of the Lakeland Flying Tigers for four starts to work his arm into shape against A-ball competition before resuming his role in the AAA rotation.His numbers look solid this year in the minor leagues, but he hasn't necessarily been dominating. For his time in Toledo, he's put up a 3.43 ERA in 42 innings of work, but the strikeout numbers have been down from where they've been the past couple of years. Last year, he struck out 7.6 batters per nine innings between Erie (AA) and Toledo (AAA), but that rate has dropped to 5.8 per nine innings this season. There are probably a number of factors at work here: it's a (relatively) small sample size and it probably took a bit to adjust from shoulder soreness to A-ball to AAA-ball. His last outing was excellent though; he threw six innings with six strikeouts, four hits, two walks, and only a single earned run.
Turner made three starts for the Tigers last season. He took the loss in his major league debut against the Los Angeles Angels on July 30, but that was easily his best outing of the three (5.1 IP, 6K, 3 BB, 3 H, 2 ER). His next two starts came in September, and perhaps he was a bit worn down (he's only made three September appearances as a professional, and two were in a big league uniform) because his lines weren't pretty. In only 7.1 combined innings, he allowed 10 earned runs, struck out only two batters, and gave up three long balls. The home runs are really the most concerning there, but that's something he hasn't struggled with in the minor leagues at all.
This is, in all likelihood, a one game affair for Turner. It might be a different story if he was shredding AAA hitters, or if Drew Smyly was struggling, but there's no reason to prevent him from continuing to develop in the minor leagues. And with the injury situation in Detroit, it's almost a foregone conclusion that he'll be optioned back to Toledo following the game to make room for another fresh body.
Matt Snyder is the editor of The Tigers Den. He can be reached on Twitter @snyder_matthew.


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(1) new Pro Starfire: red 171g w/ rainbow stamp
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Treating Salivary Gland Cancer
General treatment information
After cancer is diagnosed and staged, your cancer care team will discuss your treatment options (choices) with you. Depending on your situation, you may have different types of doctors on your treatment team:
- An otolaryngologist (also known as an ear, nose, and throat, or ENT doctor): a surgeon who treats certain diseases of the head and neck
- A radiation oncologist: a doctor who treats cancer with radiation therapy
- A medical oncologist: a doctor who treats cancer with medicines such as chemotherapy
Many other specialists may be involved in your care as well, including physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, nutrition specialists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, and other health professionals.
Common treatment options for salivary gland cancer include:
Sometimes more than one type of treatment is used.
Which treatment option(s) might be best for you depends on many factors, including the type, grade, and stage of the cancer; your overall health; the chances of curing the disease; the impact of the treatment on functions like speech, chewing, and swallowing; and your own personal preferences.
It's important to discuss all of your treatment options as well as their possible side effects with your treatment team to help make the decision that best fits your needs. If there's anything you don't understand, ask to have it explained. (See What Should You Ask Your Doctor About Salivary Gland Cancer? for some questions to ask.)
If time permits, getting a second opinion from a doctor experienced with salivary gland cancer is often a good idea. It can give you more information and help you feel more confident about the treatment plan you choose.
The next few sections describe the types of treatments used for salivary gland cancer. This is followed by a description of the most common approaches used based on the stage of the cancer, and information on treatment options for recurrent salivary gland cancer.


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Happy National Pancake Day [POLL]
Call me grumpy. Call me a downer. Call me whatever you'd like, but I hate most holidays. Especially the made up ones. That includes today's joke of a day made possible by a chain restaurant. For real, of all the people who should never have the right to make a holiday up, I think International House of Pancakes should top that list.


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SamKR wrote:Birth is dukkha, aging is dukkha, death is dukkha; sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, & despair are dukkha; association with the unbeloved is dukkha; separation from the loved is dukkha; not getting what is wanted is dukkha; being a graduate student is dukkha. In short, the five clinging-aggregates are dukkha.
SamKR wrote:being a graduate student is dukkha
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A view from the "other side":SamKR wrote:being a graduate student is dukkha
Having students is dukkha, not having students is dukkha...
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Westinghouse employees participate in a broad range of community service initiatives in more than 18 countries. From fundraising to serving in public office to coaching in youth and recreation programs, Westinghouse appreciates the contributions our employees make.
We recognize the employees who contribute outstanding personal service to their communities with the annual Westinghouse Community Service Award and award a grant to a nonprofit organization of the employees' choice.
Westinghouse employees also participate in other outreach activities in the communities where they live and work through United Way Days of Caring and department team building activities. We also hold an annual United Way Campaign in the fall, and have raised almost one-million dollars through employee pledges, corporate donations and activities.
In addition, many employees find time to mentor young people, serve on local boards and volunteer in a wide range of other ways after business hours or during the weekends. We are proud of our employees' generosity with their time and commitment to the communities where they live and work.


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NOVI, Mich. - More than 45 stores at Twelve Oaks Mall are on the lookout for quality employees, and while the upcoming holiday season is the impetus there are full-time jobs available.
Applicants need to be at the mall between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday. The fair will be held in the mall's food court. Bring a resume.
Some stores will be doing on-the-spot interviews. Others will be handing out applications and will call applicants if they are interested in them.
"We've got part-time and full-time positions. Store manager positions as well as assistant store manager positions," said Peggy Hayes, marketing director for the mall.
This is the third year Twelve Oaks has held a holiday hiring fair. Organizers anticipate this year's to be even more popular than years past.
"We need the help. We've got jobs available and we're looking for good people to fill those positions," said Hayes.
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Well, no. What it indicates is that I'm putting too much thought into the significance of a restaurant name. Savor Mexico actually says exactly what it is: a taqueria geared to North American tastes. And if you focus on that theme you can get a lot of good food at a very good price at this Mountain View restaurant. Just look for the gardeners' and construction trucks out front.
Breakfast burritos ($4.99) could easily feed two slightly less-active people. Each contains two scrambled eggs and either fresh ham or Mexican sausage. Call it chorizo if you like, because Savor Mexico goes to the trouble of translating everything.
Also in the morning there is fresh-squeezed orange juice ($2.25 for a "small" 16-ounce mug).
You can fancy it up and spend $6.99 on chilaquiles or huevos rancheros, a crisp corn tortilla topped with two fried eggs, pasilla peppers, onions and tomato sauce. The eggs are fresh and good, the accompanying rice and refried beans, not so much.
No matter what time of day, complimentary chips and salsa arrive quickly. The chips are thick and commercial, but the salsa is fresh and zesty.
My advice is to savor this Mexican-American cuisine at its simplest, least likely to be pre-cooked and most economical.
These include a dozen seafood entrees. They are the priciest items on the menu, $11.99. Camarones al Mojo de Ajo offered 10 juicy shrimp, fried but not greasy. Again, too bad about the rice and beans. Instead, take full advantage of the basket of hot corn tortillas.
Tostadas de ceviche ($3.75) offered a good amount of lime-marinated fish, mushed with onions, tomatoes and cilantro.
Among the bargains, tacos are $1.25. A burrito as big as your head is $4.95. And a mug of just-made watermelon juice is $2.25. Horchata, jamaica and many other aguas frescas are always available. When it's in season, do not miss the watermelon.
Savor Mexico's wide-ranging menu has pretensions of grandeur. You can get burned by chile verde ($8.95), a large plate of tangy green sauce smothering potatoes and some very tough bits of pork. The house mole sauce, Mole Maria, can be had on chicken ($9.25) but finds a better venue, in value and taste, on the wet burrito ($6.50).
Ultimately portable, tortas ($5.95) bring in the sandwich fans, particularly for the breaded steak and the elusive Cubana, which features cheese, hot dog, chorizo, ham and egg. The gigantic rolls are slathered with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and avocado.
Located at a busy intersection, Savor Mexico doesn't put a lot of effort into its presentation to passers-by. Even regular Milk Pail and Safeway shoppers aren't likely to take notice. There are a couple of tables outside, viewing the traffic, but you have to look hard.
Savor Mexico is a hardy survivor, owned by the same family for six years. You can count on a friendly greeting, Univision on the T.V., immediate chips and salsa, and often leftovers to take with you. To pay, get up and talk to the nice cashier.
Savor Mexico
2595 California St., Mountain View.
Open daily, 9:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
Reservations: no
Credit cards: yes
Parking: lot attached
Alcohol: beer
Highchairs: yes
Outdoor dining: yes
Party and banquet facilities: no
Catering: yes
Takeout: yes
Noise level: fine
Bathroom cleanliness: good


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Family of man found unresponsive in jail cell speaks out for 1st time
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) The family of a man who died after being found unresponsive in a downtown Bakersfield jail cell broke its silence Friday in an exclusive interview with Eyewitness News.
Fred and Connie Ramirez said their son, 51-year-old Ruben Ornelas, a former drug counselor, fell into a heroin addiction that ultimately led to his arrest by Bakersfield Police on Monday and want to warn other families dealing with heroin of its addictive effects.
Ornelas died in the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 3, after a Kern County Sheriff's deputy found him unresponsive in his multiple-person cell at Kern County's Central Receiving Facility, according to a news release.
A cause of death has not been released, and detectives are investigating the incident, but there were no signs of trauma or foul play, according to the release.
Ornelas was awaiting processing after being arrested for possession of heroin for sale and maintaining a residence for narcotics sales.
"He used it a lot," said Fred Ramirez, talking about his son's heroin addiction. "I don't know about the sales part. Maybe to support his habit."
Ramirez said he and his wife asked Ornelas to stop using heroin for months.
"Don't use drugs," Connie Ramirez said she would tell her son. "They'll kill you. That's what we would tell him."
Ramirez said she would see her son would hide most of his drug use from the family, leaving with friends or driving to "wherever there was drugs."
She says as a mother, she wants to warn other parents who may be dealing with children suffering from a drug addiction.
"You have to keep telling them," Ramirez said. "Just keep telling your kids not to use drugs. They're bad for them. They'll kill them."
"Once they get hooked on that heroin, it's hard to quit," Fred Ramirez said. "They try it, but it just comes to bite them ... they just can't get rid of it."


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The annual Life Chain event, a peaceful, prayerful public witness standing as a visual statement of solidarity by the Christian community in support of the sanctity
Revival services at Full Gospel Outreach
On Aug. 24, over 150 men, women and children from 10 counties gathered to enjoy an afternoon of gospel music, provided by: Amber Lee Abbott, the Andrews Family, the Dixie Jubilees, and Circle Cross Cowboy Band.
Sin is darkness. If you can't see your way out of sin, how great is that darkness?
Bronson UMC yard sale Saturday
Turning Point fish fry today
Mark Brink will speak on Sunday, Aug. 12, at the Full Gospel Outreach Church during the 11 a.m. service and those involved with missions are invited to attend this special service.
The Brink family served in Pakistan from 1999-2009 establishing the ministry of Teen Challenge. The Brinks helped start the Teen Challenge men's program in Attock City and a women's program called New Hope in Islamabad.
Family Bible hosts concert
Family Bible Chapel will host a concert by Homeward Bound on Sunday, July 1, at 10:30 a.m. This grass roots Southern Gospel ensemble features local artists performing a selection of traditional tunes.
Everyone is invited to join the patriotic celebration of our national and spiritual freedom. After the concert hamburgers and hot dogs will be served in an indoor picnic. There is no charge for this event; however, an offering will be received for Homeward Bound.
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Crystal Rock Audigier is Paris Hilton in waiting
Saturday night, fashion designer Christian Audigier threw his daughter Crystal Rock a 16th birthday party in Hollywood that made every single episode of My Super Sweet 16 look like it was filmed at goddamn Chuck E. Cheese. Take a look at what he sprung for:
1. Two cars delivered by Paris and Nicky Hilton. Who doesn't love a grim look at the future?
2. T.I. Because sweet 16's are totally gangsta, dawg.
3. The Pussycat Dolls. What's a birthday party without strippers? Mazal tov!
4. Miley Cyrus' boyfriend Justin Gaston. Minus the Miley, add extra gay.
5. Khloe Kardashian. So everyone felt more beautiful by comparison. Good thinking.
Jesus, with a shindig like this I'm surprised there wasn't a secret room full of blood diamonds and baby panda skins. Her parents must hate her.


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This pilot study will evaluate the effect of direct current (DC) electrical polarization of the brain on language, memory, reaction time, and mood in six patients with frontotemporal dementia (Pick's disease). There is no effective treatment available for cognitive impairment in patients with this condition. DC polarization sends a very weak current between two sponge pads placed on the head. In a previous study in healthy volunteers, DC polarization of the left prefrontal area of the brain increased verbal fluency, memory and attention, and motor reaction time in the study subjects.
Patients between 35 and 75 years of age with frontotemporal dementia who have been referred to NINDS's Cognitive Neuroscience Section for an existing protocol will be offered participation in this study. Candidates will be screened with a neurological examination to confirm the diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.
Participants receive 40 minutes of DC polarization or sham polarization in each of two separate sessions. (No current is applied in the sham treatment). During the polarization, the patient rests quietly. Sponge pads that have been soaked in water are put on the left side of the head and above the right eye, and are held in place with elastic netting. Before the polarization and after about 20 minutes of polarization, patients undergo the following tests:
- Language: Patients must say as many words beginning with certain letters as they can in 90 seconds.
- Memory: Patients must remember a letter on a computer screen, and when the letter appears again, press the same letter on the keyboard.
- Reaction time: Patients place pegs on a pegboard.
- Mood: Patients place a mark on a line ranking how they feel.
|Pick Disease of the Brain
|Procedure: Direct Current Polarization
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Direct Current Brain Polarization in Frontotemporal Dementia
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|February 2004
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|August 2005
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
-Six patients referred to the Cognitive Neuroscience Section, NINDS, with a clinical diagnosis of FTD confirmed here, will be selected to participate in the study.
- Greater than 75 years of age.
- Presence of metal in the head other than dental hardware.
- Broken skin in the area of the stimulating electrodes.
- Any behavioral disorder that makes testing impossible.
- Children are excluded, as FTD is not a childhood illness.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00077896
|United States, Maryland
|National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00077896 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 12, 2004
|Last Updated:
|March 3, 2008
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Transcranial Stimulation
Frontal Lobe
Pick's Disease
Cognitive Impairment
Frontotemporal Dementia
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Frontotemporal Dementia
Aphasia, Primary Progressive
Pick Disease of the Brain
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neurocognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
TDP-43 Proteinopathies
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Proteostasis Deficiencies
Metabolic Diseases
Speech Disorders
Language Disorders
Communication Disorders
Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
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A study from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago hypothesized that if 100,000 pregnant women who had a previous low-transverse scar were routinely scheduled for a repeat cesarean rather than be allowed to labor for a VBAC, almost 118,000 women would have another cesarean, 5,500 women would suffer complications, and $179 million dollars would be spent. Almost 1,600 women would have to undergo another operation to prevent the probability of one major adverse neonatal outcome.
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Placenta accreta
Placenta accreta (PA), an abnormally firm attachment of the placenta to the uterine wall, consists of three variants: In placenta accreta, which occurs in 75-78% of all such cases, the placenta is attached directly to the muscle of the uterine wall. In placenta increta, which occurs in approximately 17% of cases, the placenta extends into the uterine muscle. In the remaining 5-7%, the placenta extends through the entire wall of the uterus and is termed placenta percreta. The variants of PA occurs in 1 in 540 to 1 in 70,000 deliveries, with an average of approximately 1 in 7,000. The number of women with PA may be increasing because of the increasing number of women with previous cesarean sections.
In PA, the abnormally firm attachment of the placenta to the uterine wall prevents the placenta from separating normally following delivery. The retained placenta interferes with uterine contraction, which is necessary to control bleeding after delivery. Severe bleeding and surgical attempts to control bleeding are the major sources of maternal morbidity and mortality with PA, and blood transfusions are required in more than 50% of patients.
The principal newborn complication of PA is prematurity, with an average gestational age at delivery of 34-35 weeks. Correlation with prenatal mortality has not been proven. PA occurs with placenta previa 10% of the time. In patients with placenta previa, PA correlates with the number of previous c-sections, and maternal age greater than 35 and placental location overlying the previous uterine scar also increase the risk of PA. Other reported risk factors include multiple previous pregnancies, previous uterine surgery, and previous D&C. PA remains asymptomatic until delivery, but it may be possible to detect it with transvaginal ultrasound.
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PA is fast on the rise, due primarily to the dramatic increase in cesarean sections. Any type of uterine surgery increases risk of developing PA with subsequent pregnancy, though none more so than cesarean section. The more cesareans, the greater the risk of developing PA. When placenta previa or a low-lying anterior placenta is present in a woman who has had one previous cesarean section, the risk of placenta accreta is 30%. It jumps to 40% or higher in women who have had more than one previous cesarean section.
Statistics indicate that placenta accreta was a rare occurrence from 1930 to 1950, with approximately 1 case in over 30,000 deliveries. From 1950 to 1960, the number increased to 1 in 19,000, and by 1980 to 1 in 7,000. The most recent information suggests that the incidence has now risen to 1 in 2,500 deliveries.
PA is a potentially fatal complication for the mother because of hemorrhage — blood loss typically ranges from 3,000 mL to 5,000 mL. Other potentially fatal complications include disseminating intravascular coagulation, which can result in death or amputation of lower limbs, transfusion reactions, other complications accompanying blood transfusions such as HIV or hepatitis, allo-immunization, fluid overload and, less commonly, infection and multiple organ failure. Surgical morbidity includes emergency hysterectomy, bowel injury, urological injuries including urethral trauma and bladder lacerations requiring surgical resection. Patients with accreta are at increased risk for blood clots (for example pulmonary embolism) and adult respiratory distress syndrome.
The majority of women with PA will lose their uterus in an attempt to control the bleeding, a procedure called cesarean hysterectomy, and 10% of women with PA die of its complications, most usually from hemorrhage or the complications of blood transfusions, infection or multiple organ failure.
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A client had a quick, natural birth but pushed for three hours because baby was between OT and OP. All was fine, mom had a small tear, but everything seemed to be normal. Now she recently felt like things had all shifted down -- her bladder, her cervix, everything seemed to be almost falling out. Her doctor told her she has a cystocele. More information?
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Question of the Week: Gestational Age Assessment
Q: Has anyone developed their own system for newborn gestational age assessment? The New Ballard Scale seems more elaborate to me than is necessary for term babies who are born at home. I know experienced midwives can quickly look over a baby and estimate the gestational age, but for now I would like to find a concise format to document characteristics for EGA.
- Amy Kieffer, student midwife
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Question of the Week Responses: Team Midwifery
Q: I'm curious to find out about midwives working in teams; that is, a few midwives who share in seeing women/couples during pregnancy, alternating being on call for births, having homebirths or hospital births, caring for families after birth. I would like to know more about the work environment, both the logistics of the routine and how pleasant it is to work under such arrangements.
- Helena, midwife
A: We are a practice of seven midwives. To practice the way we do, at least four midwives are needed. Using an example of a group of four midwives, you'd have two teams of two midwives. One team shares the same clients, and so does the other team. Each team works like this: One of the two midwives is on call, so she doesn't do any clinic. She attends all the births, does home postnatal visits and responds to all the calls from the team's clients. The other midwife is off call and does all the clinics and sees all women cared for by these two midwives who need a visit that week. Each midwife is assigned a number of clients to see as the primary midwife until 28 weeks gestation. After 28 weeks, each woman starts seeing alternately the second midwife of that team and her primary midwife. So at 31 weeks, she sees the second midwife (work it out on a schedule; you'll see it falls well).
We switch on and off call on Wednesdays at noon so that we all come in for a team meeting/peer review and report time on Wednesday morning. We do a bit of clinic every week during the off-call portion of the week.
The midwife on call from team A is always paired with the midwife on call from team B, so that becomes the on-call team. Since you always need two midwives at each birth, your group needs at least four midwives to work this way. That gives us seven days on call and seven days off call, giving us each one weekend out of two with our family. Our clients love this system, and find us much more available. The pager isn't ringing during a consultation, and appointments aren't cancelled.
In our group of seven midwives, some work full time, some part time. One weekend we have four (three part time, one full time) midwives on call; the other weekend we have three (one full time, two part time) midwives on call so that the hours on and off call are shared as evenly as possible. We calculated how many births each midwife should attend as primary (case load) and as the secondary (the midwife who lends a hand to the primary midwife when the woman is pushing and who only stays for the birth of the baby and the placenta and leaves shortly after when all is well). We keep a record handy so we know who to call when a birth is imminent. But we still have a small problem: The part-timers end up being called more often as the second midwife because the full-time is less available, having more births as a primary midwife (she's been up all night with her clients, it's not easy to get her back out of bed to come in as a second).
Always being on call leads to exhaustion, premature aging and kids who need therapy for being children of midwives! We are slowly moving away from the vocational, mission-style practice to something closer to what we tell our clients to do: Take care of yourself, then your family; do not overwork; take time to breathe, live, walk, feel life pass by — hopefully more slowly.
-Christine Roy
A: My business partner and I share an active homebirth practice and have worked successfully together for nine years. We attend about 50 births a year. We split all the income evenly regardless of who attends which clients at any given time. We also share the call schedule equally, carefully planning ahead for vacations and conferences and family needs, etc. It basically comes down to about one week on, one week off.
When I'm on call, I do all the prenatals and births, receive and answer phone calls, and do office work. When I'm off call, I'm available for consultation, backup for long births or appointments that aren't rescheduled. We also have two very capable apprentices who share going to births and prenatals, so there are always two people at each birth. We both try to attend consultations (first-time inquiry appointments), home visits (at 35 weeks) and the six-week postpartum visit, even if we're "off call." If one of us must be gone longer than two weeks from the practice, we individually hire another midwife to cover our on-call time. We also share all the expenses evenly except for individual pieces of larger equipment such as Dopplers. We are not very high tech. We have an office space, but we do not do ultrasounds or lab work. Most of our clients pay out of pocket.
This system has worked well for us for many years. The only drawback is that when it's busy, it's very busy because one person is doing births and appointments. We try to step in and help each other liberally, but sometimes one of us is out of town more than the other. Recently, for example, I found I had done 12 of the last 15 births! This seems to even out over time, though.
We don't make promises to our clients about who will be at their birth. I think they actually feel very well supported because there are more of us to go around, and we can be very nurturing. This arrangement also prevents midwife burnout. We both practice very similarly, and we're friends. Our skills complement each other.
We schedule business meeting with all four of us every 10 days to review clients and other issues. We divide the responsibilities pretty well. For example, I type birth certificates and keep statistics, and my partner does billing. When we have a big mailing or a pile of copying, we share the load. We both work very hard at making this work. Good communication is everything, hence the business meetings. It's a bit like having another life partner!
-Merilynne Rush
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by Gloria Lemay, compiled by Leilah McCracken
Being Proud to be Paid for Birth Work
It took a lot of time on the path of martyrdom for me to really understand that self sacrifice does not serve anyone. I have done many births in my career for free because I "felt sorry for" the couple. This is a kind of arrogance about others that usually ends in disaster. It seems now particularly ridiculous that I did a lot of this free work when I was a struggling single parent with two little kids who I could barely feed. What was I thinking? I would burn out my friends with unreasonable requests for babysitting, let my pantry get bare, be exhausted and cranky with my children, and still not collect money from the clients because they were "so poor." Learning to see others as whole, complete, capable adults took a long time.
When we charge a fair fee for service as other workers do, we then leave the relationship with the client whole and complete. I remember doing a birth for a couple for a ridiculously low fee because I was told he was a seasonal worker and they really wanted to have a birth in their own home. About three months after the birth, the family phoned to tell me they were going on a trip to Disneyland. I was very resentful and did not want them to have a nice holiday when I had gone into debt to be at their birth. It was a lesson learned. Now I'm thrilled when my clients tell me they are buying nice things because they owe me nothing.
Even if people have a tough time with finances, they can still sell things if they want the service you offer. There are enough pop bottles on the street to generate the money for a doula. Often, grandparents would love to pay for a doula service for the new grandchild. There is a way to pay $50 per month for a year if one really wants a doula.
I love this quote from Dr. Kloosterman of Holland, who is an obstetrician and a great friend to the natural birth movement: "All over the world there exists in every society a small group of women who feel themselves strongly attracted to give care to other women during pregnancy and childbirth. Failure to make use of this group of highly motivated people is regrettable and a sin against the principle of subsidiarity."
It's important to note that Dr. Kloosterman doesn't say "give care for free or for a ridiculously low return." "Make use of this group" does not mean "make this group into martyrs." I have seen so many good women come and go from the birth movement who did not have a balance between what they give and what they receive. It simply doesn't work to be dishonest about our own needs and the needs of our own families when we are going to births.
Gloria Lemay is a private birth attendant in Vancouver, BC, and is a contributing expert at BirthLove.
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Childbirth of the future will not primarily be in hospitals, but in the home, and the primary health professional for most women will not be the physician, but the midwife. Furthermore, the primary rights and responsibilities for childbirth will not be upon the professional, but upon the parents because it is they who must bear the responsibilities of raising the child.
-21st Century Obstetrics Now!, published in 1977
Twenty-five years later, how accurate is this statement?
As we know, preeclampsia [Issue 4:33] starts when the placenta is formed, but it does not show up until later, usually at about 32 weeks gestation. I have had several clients who have been diagnosed with preeclampsia. As soon as it was suspected, I encouraged the women to cut out all carbohydrates (except a piece of fruit daily) and eat good protein such as baked chicken, eggs, cheese, peanut butter, steak, etc. Also, I suggested they take a 15-minute walk every day, followed by rest, and drink purified water with lemon to help eliminate excess fluids from the body. It works to help reverse the effects of preeclampsia and allow the baby to stay put until it's time. Too much sugar and generally a bad diet contribute greatly to this disease. I have been a doula for 14 years and I am also a certified childbirth educator.
-Terry Gyde, CCCE
To Sarah in regard to a client having a stillborn baby [Issue 4:33]: This is a great little site I came across — gentlebirth.org/archives/stillbornKLR.html
I just finished a series of childbirth education classes, the last of which was a breastfeeding class. At the end, the instructor gave me a handful of business cards that said, "License to Breastfeed in Public; It's the Law!" and cited the appropriate Texas House bill. On the back, starting with "Thank you for nursing your baby in public," it encourages the recipient to continue nursing in public. Then it asks the recipient to write in about a positive or negative nursing experience so that the Texas Breastfeeding Initiative can send the business owner a letter.
I looked over both sides of the card and thought, "Well, all right!" I'm supposed to hand the cards out to anyone I happen to see nipping, and I can order more free from the health department.
So now I really am a card-carrying boobist. I guess I should get a box of these things and head out to the mall (and the next La Leche League meeting).
- Jolene, posted on misc.kids.breastfeeding
Many of us often ask, Is there anything I can do to make the world a better place? I found something we all can do. Please go to Oprah's official site. On the site look for the title This Week On Oprah, then look for the title Last Week's Shows. Click on it, then look for Can We Save Anima Laval's Life? She has been sentenced to death by stoning. This sentence will be carried out as soon as she weans her baby. She is convicted of committing adultery. I believe all women all over the world should "shout" as loud as we can against this terrible treatment. You can do this by following the directions on this site and sending the letter that is already there for you. Your action will be like throwing a small stone into a puddle, and maybe we will create waves!
- Theresa
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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Spaceman Spiff, Oct 20, 2010.
Saw it on FB a few minutes ago and HAD to come back here with it.
I'm not buying those!!
Saw a guy at Maryland Death Fest last year with this on a shirt (without the "You Best Trekognize" line)
So of course I had to find one for myself. Got it at home. Every time I wore it I got compliments on it
a nice variation of the Vulcan Salute is shown here by Robert Picardo: http://www.celebs4kids.org/gallery/celebrity/1558/Robert-Picardo
The website also has pics of Nana Visitor, Colm Meaney and lots of other stars and writers. The idea behind these pics is that celebs make the peace sign in whatever way they feel like and the pics - in a larger size and without the watermark they have in the gallery - are then sold online to support several charity projects for children. Check them out - some might make nice wallpapers My favourite celebrity in the gallery is Santa (but the galllery gets bigger every day, as the celebs spread the word)
Sure it's a good price, but I hear those crackers taste like shit...
Saw this one today:
I'm not shopping where you do. That's an awful lot of ass being used. I guess that's one way of not wasting anything.
You just know someone did that deliberately.
In honor of the new Pope:
And just because I like this guy:
Not a thread, but in keeping with this thread becoming the "Funny Picture Thread":
For certain Misc. threads:
He's the messiah Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now:
That's awesome.
For threads where posters post spoilers without warning...
In that same vein:
Yay, I've needed this sort of thing a few times!
And he's Luke Skywalker's dad.
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By Jaideep Varma and Jatin Thakkar
Sri Lanka 232; Bangladesh 212/5 (Bangladesh won by 5 wickets – D/L method)
The scorecard of the match is here
"India & Sri Lanka are both pregnant. Father: Bangladesh."
Thus went Dhaka's famous stand-up comic – Naveed Mahmud – though he clarified that he got the quip from someone else, no one cares tonight; Bangladeshi cricket fans are too busy having the party of their lives.
After playing 261 ODI matches in 26 years, Bangladesh touched the biggest heights of their cricketing history on Tuesday night by reaching the final of the Asia Cup for the first time.
They did so by playing emphatic team cricket right through the 3 matches – and despite the copious amounts of luck they have enjoyed, are on course to create even more history, if some of that luck can still hold out. Or maybe even without it.
Here's the last significant league match through the Impact Index prism.
Bangladesh beat the two World Cup finalists to reach the final of this tournament. The Sri Lankans were visibly exhausted and at times, even seemed disinterested during the course of the tournament. India, after a fashion, seemed entirely pre-occupied by the individual landmark (a forced aggregate of a meaningless collective) of its superstar batsman. Both factors contributed significantly in torpedoing the chances of their respective teams in this tournament – as both were soundly, and impressively, beaten by the hosts. But neither will probably care too much – Sri Lanka will go home for the first time after reaching the CB Series finals in Australia (into battle with England), and India will go home after beating Pakistan (into the arms of the IPL).
None of the above should however take away from the cricket Bangladesh have played during the last ten days. Both the bowling and the batting have combined more immaculately than ever before, pressure situations overcome with assurance, even a ruthless killer instinct revealed at moments. All augurs well, not just for the final on Thursday, but for Bangladesh cricket in general.
Today, a remarkable total of 7 players from Bangladesh had an IMPACT of over 2 in the match. Led by the most usual suspect of all – Shakib Al Hasan. He has a unique status in international cricket as Bangladesh's highest impact ODI batsman in its history and also the highest impact ODI bowler ever. He is the 28th highest impact player in the history of ODI cricket (minimum 75 matches; ahead of legends like Michael Bevan, Aravinda De Silva, Kumar Sangakkara, Chris Gayle, Shahid Afridi, Yuvraj Singh and Sourav Ganguly) – this is some achievement for a player in a team that has only now reached its first major final. Today, Shakib registered a massive all-round impact (2 for 56 in 10 overs - Bowling IMPACT 2.05; then 56 off 46 balls – Batting IMPACT 5.13). He absorbed considerable pressure while batting (when he came in at 40 for 3) and also registered a significantly positive Strike Rate IMPACT.
His opening batsman colleague Tamim Iqbal, like Shakib, produced his third consecutive substantial innings in a row. Like Shakib, he also registered the same quantum of Pressure IMPACT (0.83) in the match, while maintaining a positive Strike Rate IMPACT.
Nasir Hossain (36 off 61; IMPACT 2.44) and Mahmudullah (32 off 33; IMPACT 2.18) played calmly and decisively after they came together at 135 for 5 – providing a champion-like finish to a historic occasion. Very oddly, just before Shakib got out at 135, Malinga had had Hossain all at sea with his rising deliveries but he was taken off immediately when the wicket fell, inexplicably, as he still had 3 overs left; Hossain went on to visibly stabilise himself, and the innings. Hopefully, this was nothing more than very poor captaincy by Mahela Jayawardene.
Sri Lanka were highly inadequate when they batted. Nazmul Hossain (3 for 32 in 8 overs; IMPACT 4.38) got them on the back-foot very early on with his three quick strikes – it would keep him the highest impact bowler of the match. He achieved Pressure Building IMPACT by taking wickets in succession which registered pressure on Sri Lanka; moreover, he also kept the runs down and recorded a positive Economy IMPACT.
Abdur Razzaq (2 for 44 in 10 overs; IMPACT 2.74) was the second-highest impact bowler for Bangladesh. His wicket of Thirimanne also achieved a Partnership Breaking IMPACT.
For Sri Lanka, Chamara Kapugedara (62 off 92 balls; IMPACT 4.35) was the highest impact player in the match. He, along with Lahiru Thirimanne (48 off 73 balls; IMPACT 3.58), had the highest Pressure IMPACT in the match from both sides (as Sri Lanka recovered from 32 for 3 at one stage).
Sachithra Senanayake was the second-highest impact player in the match for Sri Lanka. He was also the only player besides Shakib in the match to have an all-round impact. While bowling, his wicket of Tamim Iqbal also registered Partnership Breaking IMPACT.
Bangladesh had 4 batting efforts and 3 bowling efforts of IMPACT 2 or more as compared to Sri Lanka's 3 and 2 respectively, thus comprehensively outplaying Sri Lanka. Overall, Bangladesh's Team IMPACT in the match was 2.08 compared to Sri Lanka's 1.68. It turned out to be quite a beating.
Interestingly, Bangladesh's Tournament Team IMPACT so far has been 1.87 (equal to India's 1.87 – thanks to their mauling of Pakistan, and well ahead of Sri Lanka's 1.50). Their biggest challenge will be in the final against Pakistan (2.01) on Thursday. If they are lucky enough to chase again (a significant advantage on featherbeds), as they have done right through this tournament so far, this gap will probably not mean anything. Otherwise, Pakistan might just have the edge.
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MARK TWAIN SERIES: CBS Radio Mystery Theater produced a total of eleven adaptations from Mark Twain's works for the show; nine were written by Sam Dann with Ian Martin writing only two. [0119] The Real Printer's Devil [0408] Tom Sawyer, Detective [0409] Is He Living or Is He Dead? [0410] The Belated Russian Passport [0411] A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court [0412] The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg [0413] The Stolen White Elephant [0414] The Mysterious Stranger [0937] The Dead House [0984] A Curious Experience [1002] The Goddess Caper** The show always tried to kick off each new year of their Anniversary (in early January) with a weeklong series written by the same author, and so Sam Dann wrote episodes 408 through 414 to launch the start of their third season. **1002 was based on "The Legend of the Capitoline Venus"
Mark Main
This is a most excellent story. Well acted, and well adapted. Highly recommended!
(Semi spoiler) This is not a Mark Twain story that you want to listen to to be uplifted by (i.e. the Tom Sawyer / Huckleberry Finn tales.) In this last show of the fine 1978 season, Robert Dryden plays a middle-aged Twain who was in Munich, Germany on some kind of (U.S. government?) business. He speaks in slightly halted German (listening to Dryden playing Missourian Twain speaking this language was a treat as the man made the whole character sound quite authentic) and meets up with a woman who wants him to meet her dying lodger. Curiously, in this nation a third of a world away from where Samuel Clemens was then living (Connecticut) the man he meets asks him if he knows where Marianna, Arkansas is, and says that the two were "neighbors" of sorts (with only about 350 miles separating them "as the crow flies") when Twain was in Missouri. The dying man, between wheezes, wants to make sure that Twain will return to the Mississippi River which ran by both of their former hometowns, as he has a special favor to ask as a dying man. The tale he tells is quite sad, and eventually involves a "dead house", where corpses awaiting burial have a ring put on their finger which is tied to a bell to ring in the event they should somehow re-awaken. Very powerful double entendre in the story title.
Matthew Meatre
YEAH! What a great classic!
Papa Don
Thanks for this one - I had no idea than Clemens had written it.
Christine Moya
Yes, this is drawn from a single chapter in "Life on the Mississippi". Twain wrote the book in late-middle age, when he was well known. The overall structure of the book is a tavelogue from the high reachs of the Mississippi all the way to New Orleans. In a sense, Twain is on a trip of nostalgia. But the book can (and does) serve just as well today as a guidebook to anyone who wants to trace the course of the river. (I've done it.) The chapter which has this tale is one of the many asides/digressions that he indulges in. You perhaps wouldn't know it from this story, but the book is also full of the wit and humor which is such a defining characteristic of most of Twain's work. Highly recommended!!
Dawn Elliot
I think this takes place in Marianna, Arkansas, county see of Lee County, which was at one point I believe the poorest county in the Mississippi Delta area of that state.
This was the first NPR Rebroadcast I ever heard. Top Notch all the way. A truly virtuoso performance by Bob Dryden. I think it's easy to under appreciate his performances as he is such a natural talent seamlessly transitioning from one character to another and creating so many powerful voices and invoking so many different images it's hard to believe it's just one actor. The ending to this tale has one of the all time best twists in the series (Thank You Mark Twain). The final confrontation between the two antagonists is absolutely chilling-- as is the mental image created by the not-yet-dead man struggling in his bandages. Very well done! Great Selection!!! Until Next Time.....................................
Lourd D.
I love the fact that this episode largely consisted of one character telling a story, which was very absorbing. A well constructed story. Mark Twain is in some ways the quintessential American celebrity/artist and it is interesting to see how often Twain pops up in books, films, radio dramas, Disney exhibits, etc. I can't think of another writer who occupies the same place in American culture, except for possibly Hemingway.
Mr. LeMay
A good story all the way through, very enjoyable; and the acting is very good as well.


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An up-close and personal account of nine strong-minded African-American women who became welfare-rights activists in Las Vegas . . . A worthy history of the country's changing attitudes toward welfare and the various attempts to eradicate poverty. –Kirkus Reviews
"This amazing story is like a truly great novel, the revelation of a world unknown."–Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina
"A poignant counterpoint to the current culture of cynicism and despair. After reading Storming Caesars Palace, you'll want to get up and do something to make the world a better place."–Hagar Scher, Chicago Tribune
"What a lovely book of hope! With grace and with rigor, Annelise Orleck presents the War on Poverty from the field and the vantage point of poor mothers."–Nell Irvin Painter, author of Sojourner Truth
"This stunning book gives new meaning to the notion of history from the bottom up."–Alice Kessler-Harris, author of In Pursuit of Equity


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Banks say "yes." Credit unions say "no."
That sums up the current debate over whether Congress should extend a program that insures large bank deposits. The Transaction Account Guarantee program, known as TAG, was installed four years ago as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. It insures an unlimited amount of money in noninterest-bearing transaction accounts.
Many municipalities, hospitals, small businesses and other entities use noninterest-bearing transaction accounts to meet payroll and operational expenses. Approximately $1.4 trillion is deposited in these accounts, according to the Independent Community Bankers of America, a banking industry group in Washington, D.C.
TAG is now set to expire Dec. 31.
Banks want TAG extended. But this week the trade group Credit Union National Association, or CUNA, sent a letter to Sens. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arguing that TAG is risky and no longer necessary. It also argues that TAG hasn't been proven to enhance bank business lending.
The CUNA letter suggested that unlimited deposit insurance coverage for noninterest-bearing transactional accounts could encourage "bank carelessness in maintaining adequate capital and making prudent lending decisions."
TAG was pitched as a way to protect smaller banks, but CUNA said it's actually become a perk for industry giants. As of March 31, CUNA said, only 3.4 percent of TAG-insured deposits that exceeded the existing $250,000 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. limit were held by banks with less than $1 billion in assets.
Instead of extending TAG, CUNA wants Congress to authorize more business lending by credit unions.
"The TAG program may provide security for very large depositors, but the banks are not lending the money," CUNA said in the letter. "Credit unions see demand for small business lending in their markets and the most experienced credit unions face a statutory cap on how much they can help."
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Cost Benefit in Matters CivicUploaded: Jul 3, 2013
As trees are trimmed in my neighborhood, I wonder what is going on in City Hall and at the School District Office.
While the trees overhead around my house are getting trimmed, it appears that more overhead is getting added to the City and the School District.
Adding people in capacities such as communications and finance may be totally appropriate. The people who have been announced for the new jobs seem very accomplished, and certainly will be well paid.
What is the cost/benefit?


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CHICAGO Talk show guru Oprah Winfrey is hoping to shed some light on a rising epidemic among Americans: diabetes.
In an episode that debuted Thursday, Winfrey and cardiothoracic surgeon/author Dr. Mehmet Oz revealed the latest facts and figures; shared stories of those affected; and presented a no-holds-barred, revealing conversation about risk factors, diet and lifestyle. All of this information was presented before a studio audience comprised of all diabetics and their families.
Winfrey and Oz were joined by lifestyle coach Bob Greene and diet expert Ian Smith.
As part of the show, Oprah also announced that Walgreens will be offering free blood glucose tests at all of its 24-hour stores and clinics Friday, Feb. 5, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and urging viewers to head to their nearest Walgreens store to take advantage of the free offer.
"We're proud to offer these free blood glucose testing events as another means to heighten diabetes awareness and overall health and wellness," said Kermit R. Crawford, Walgreens EVP pharmacy services. "We want everyone who's concerned about diabetes to be able to get tested. Through interaction with our pharmacists and Take Care nurse practitioners, and the many tools and resources Walgreens offers, we hope to improve the lives of those affected by diabetes or at risk for diabetes."
In addition Walgreens will offer free glucose testing events at select stores in thousands of communities across the country as well as in all of its Take Care Clinics through Feb. 18. The program marks the second time in the last four months that Walgreens has offered free blood glucose testing.
"Diabetes is a ticking time bomb. It's a silent killer. It's annihilating the African American community. Literally. It's killing almost 100 of us every single day in the African-American community," Winfrey said.


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Obama's Supreme Court Rebuff
Obama's Supreme Court Rebuff
Many Americans still revere the Supreme Court. As one of the three branches of the Federal government, confidence in their conduct and authority is usually higher than Congress or the Presidency. Yet when a real or contrived constitutional crisis develops, the screams and indignation arise and point to a convenient culprit. The current Obamacare case before this court has all the trappings of a full-blown confrontation. The reason is simple. The underlying question before the Supremes is not purely a legal matter. At stake is whether this country is actually a government under laws. Alternatively, is it an authoritarian dictatorship nuisance by irritating lawful restraints?
Congressman Ron Paul intelligibly explains the merits of the case and the pit falls of judicial review. In an article, The Supreme Court and Obamacare, the following points are covered.
"The insurance mandate clearly exceeds the federal government's powers under the interstate commerce clause found in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. This is patently obvious: the power to "regulate" commerce cannot include the power to compel commerce! Those who claim otherwise simply ignore the plain meaning of the Constitution because they don't want to limit federal power in any way.
It is precisely this lawless usurpation of federalism that liberty-minded Americans must oppose. Why should a single swing vote on the Supreme Court decide if our entire nation is saddled with Obamacare? The doctrine of judicial review, which is nowhere to be found in Article III of the Constitution, has done nothing to defend liberty against extra-constitutional excesses by government. It is federalism and states' rights that should protect our liberty, not nine individuals on a godlike Supreme Court.
While I'm heartened that many conservatives understand this mandate exceeds the strictly enumerated powers of Congress, there are many federal mandates conservatives casually accept. The Medicare part D bill-- passed under a Republican President and a Republican House--mandates that you submit payroll taxes to provide prescription drugs to seniors. The Sarbanes-Oxley bill, also passed by Republicans, mandates that companies expend countless hours of costly manpower producing useless reports. Selective service laws, supported by defense hawks, mandate that young people sign up for potential conscription. I understand the distinction between these mandates and Obamacare, but the bigger point is that Congress routinely imposes mandates that are wildly beyond the scope of Article I, Section 8."
Now one might read this analysis as an argument that favors no judicial review of Obamacare, but this viewpoint misses the essential element that has allowed the tyranny of the judiciary. The Role of the Supreme Court concludes:
"The depths of personal ignorance and societal denial about the nature of our own history are only superseded by the lust to destroy the unique American experiment in self-governance. The concept of Federalism, the sharing of distinct, defined and limited roles and scope for governmental authority is the basis of the U.S. Constitution. Arbitrary, contrived and manufactured jurisprudence that relies on court ruling to establish the Supreme Court as the final and ultimate authority is un-American to its core. But that is exactly the wish of the mainstream pretenders for the rule of law. The scam of righting legislative and executive wrongs from the bench is the harbinger of a tyranny that resides in black robe Jacobins."
Remember that no one knows exactly how the Supreme Court will vote. However, it is eminently clear that little press coverage emphasizes the unethical role of Justice Elena Kagan's refusal of recusal from the case. This slam-dunk example, where a former solicitor general and legal advisor on the Affordable Care Act in the Obama administration, from avoiding the case; is stellar.
The current assessment that the initial vote among the nine jurists went against Obama is still speculation. What is clear is that the President reacted as a tin horn dictator with intimidation tactics against the court. Such conduct is not only unfitting, but also downright scary. Frightening not because it demonstrated just how ignorant the radical community organizer is, but because he is unqualified as a constitutional advocate.
Such a juridic mind needs a legal lobotomy. This indulgence by a lunatic lends weight to the assessment that Barry Soetoro is a CIA creation and a trained spook on a mission to turn the remains of the Republic into a third world junta.
When the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals demanded a legal position from Attorney General Eric Holder, that the government acknowledges the precedent of judicial review, the storm clouds thickened. Apparently, not even this despotic regime was willing to stick a rod in the eye of Lady Justice, at this time.
Fox News reports, the Obama psychic delusion.
"I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress," Obama said on Monday. "And I'd just remind conservative commentators that for years what we've heard is the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint, that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law. Well, this is a good example. And I'm pretty confident that this court will recognize that and not take that step."
True judicial activism stretches the Constitution into a living perverted document. The illegitimate autocrat is preparing the public for non-legal means to implement the stages of Obamacare through executive decree. Just how far will a disturbed fanatic like Obama go to circumvent a negative decision by the Supreme Court?
Be aware that until any rendering of a final ruling, a death on the court could handily keep the extortion racket in tack. Is this too farfetched to contemplate? Then watch the Wall Street Journal's analysis of the undercurrents with the court. What if SCOTUS Strikes Down ObamaCare?
Conventional wisdom says the President must eat humble pie. Well, we will all see. If a tyrant is blocked from stacking the court, why not just ignore the decision? This is a serious question in an age of the post Republic.
Outrage over this latest example of despotism comes from THE DICTATOR-IN-CHIEF DICTATES TO SCOTUS – WILL IT BACKFIRE?
"Who in the world died and made Barack Hussien Obama King of SCOTUS? Telling them they had better understand what all this means when it comes to their decision when it's handed down in June.
There also have been rumors that Justice Kagan may have leaked the decision to the 'Arrogant One'…we most likely will never know, but you can be sure that question was planted yesterday…and he was prepared for it and knew it was coming.
What Dear Leader did to the members of the Supreme Court during one of his State of Union speeches was 'unprecedented'…what he did yesterday also was.
Personally, I've never seen anything like the audacity of this so-called man…how about you? As far as I'm concerned the only 'activist' at this point of the game is the 'Community Organizer', he has to go come November…he is one dangerous man to this nation through my Viewfinder in Life…how's it lookin' through yours?"
Sentiments like this should overtake the public. However, in the entitlement society, few have the intellectual integrity or the moral courage to turn down the "something for nothing" promises of a political class that has abandoned any connection to reality.
Judicial activism is no way to novena. In spite of this inappropriate labeling of a potential decision that overturns the Obamacare mandate as hypercritical overreach is not valid. Before folks break out the champagne bottles, prepare yourself for hostile responses. The whiner in chief is hell bent on becoming an absolute ruler.
Forbes offers a significant caveat that might be used to uphold Obamacare.
"Mandate advocates have had some success articulating one limiting principle in particular: that mandates are kosher when it comes to health care, because "health care is unique." As Judge Jeffrey Sutton, a conservative star, put it in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the mandate involves "regulating how citizens pay for what they already receive."
It isn't true, of course: health insurance is about regulating how citizens pay for something that they might consume in the future, not something "they already receive." But the point is, some conservatives in the lower courts have been persuaded by this argument."
If some intellectually crippled conservatives buy into the all encompassing central government, just how can the Obama juggernaut be derailed? Since the Congress does not have the stomach to impeach the impostor, who will remove Barry Soetoro from office?
Relying on a national election to reflect the will of the people, when the process is a rigged game is foolhardy. Besides, the notion that Obama can actually win the presidential vote is even more alarming. Just what kind of country would willfully endorse a dictatorship? Maybe the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act will provide a hint of an answer.
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