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Signs point to Ross starting season on DL
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The D-backs still aren't saying it, but all signs point to outfielder Cody Ross starting the year on the 15-day disabled list.
"I don't want to give our opponents much of a heads-up time to prepare for us," D-backs general manager Kevin Towers said.
Towers did go on to say that Ross would not play in any more Cactus League games, meaning the team could backdate his stint on the DL so he would only have to miss the first five games of the season.
D-backs manager Kirk Gibson went a little further, saying that it was "likely" Ross would start the year on the DL.
The D-backs open the season with three games at home against the Cardinals before traveling to Milwaukee for a three-game series. They then come home for an extended homestand.
"If he does start off on the DL, we think there's a very good chance we could get him back by the time we get back from Milwaukee," Towers said.
Ross did some light jogging on Tuesday, the first time he has done so since March 3.
With center fielder Adam Eaton already slated to start the year on the DL, the loss of Ross means that A.J. Pollock would make the team and likely start in center with Gerardo Parra starting in right and Jason Kubel in left.
Gibson said in that scenario, either Minor Leaguer Alfredo Marte or Tony Campana would make the Opening Day roster as a backup outfielder.
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THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME Set for Brits Off Broadway at 59E59 Theaters in April
59E59 Theaters will welcome the US premiere of THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME, written by Neil Bartlett and Jessica Walker, and directed by Mr. Bartlett to Brits Off Broadway. THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME begins performances on Tuesday, April 30 for a limited engagement through Sunday, May 19. Press opening is Sunday, May 5 at 7:30 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday at 8:30 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM & 8:30 PM; and Sunday at 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets are $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org.
From the swaggering cross-dressers of the Victorian Music Hall, belting out their innuendoes in black tie and tails, to the ambiguous boy-heroes of Mozart and Strauss, to the back-room tuxedoed blues singers of the Harlem Renaissance, this is a provocative, flirtatious and deliciously personal one-woman guide to a whole forgotten chapter of female performance.
With just a piano, a microphone and a few well-chosen items of male attire, mezzo-soprano Jessica Walker conjures up an entire world. Ranging from Victorian and Edwardian Music Hall and American vaudeville, to some well-known hits like Burlington Bertie from Bow and the achingly beautiful After The Ball, each song is illuminated by the stripped-down musical settings and by Walker's very personal singing style, bringing alive both the songs and the stories of the women who sang them for a contemporary audience.
Jessica Walker (writer/performer) is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has performed roles for Opera North, Glyndebourne, Nationale Reis Opera, Musiektheater Transparant and ROH2, among many others. In 2010-11 she toured The Girl I Left Behind Me, commissioned by Opera North projects, to great critical acclaim. Performances included a week's residency at the Barbican Pit. The piece was recently published as a play script by Oberon Press. Her new solo show, Pat Kirkwood is Angry, co-produced by Opera North, in association with Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, had performances at the Manchester Royal Exchange and the Howard Assembly Rooms in October 2012, and tours into 2013 including performances at the St. James Theatre, London and Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. Other projects for 2013/14 include Jessica's debut at the Chatelet, Paris, in Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George. In May 2013 her cabaret opera, An Eye for an Eye, written with David Knotts, premieres at the International Bath and St Magnus music festivals. In October 2013 she plays Gwendolen in Gerald Barry's opera, The Importance of Being Earnest, for Opera Northern Ireland. Recent recordings include the critically acclaimed Mercy and Grand: the Tom Waits Project, from the tour with Opera North and Gavin Bryars, released on the GB label. Aside from her singing and writing, in 2009 Jessica began her part-time PhD studies at Leeds University, with the support of a bursary from the School of Performance and Cultural Industries. Her practice-led research is looking at 'The Singer as Creator and Co-collaborator: a performer-led model for new music theatre works.'
Neil Bartlett (writer/director) is an acclaimed British director and writer, with a thirty-year career of cutting-edge theatre and performance. He was an early member of Complicite - winning the Perrier Award with them back in 1985 - and first came to prominence in his own right in London with a series of controversial performance pieces, most notably A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep (1987-1990). From 1994-2005 he was Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith in London, where his collaborators included Robert Lepage and Improbable, and his Signature Productions included Genet, Rattigan and Marivaux. His more recent credits have included projects as diverse as directing John Lithgow as Malvolio in a cross-dressed Twelfth Night for the Royal Shakespeare Company (2007); collaborating with Handspring (the creators of War Horse) on a new play for The National Theatre in London - Or You Could Kiss Me - in 2010; being invited to direct Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw as the first opera production in the new Studio Theatre at the composer's home of Aldeburgh; having his third novel, Skin Lane, long-listed for the Costa Award, and directing the sell-out world premiere of his own new adaptation of Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray at The Abbey, Ireland's National Theatre in Dublin ( 2012). In the US, his scripts and translations have been produced by (amongst many others) New York Theatre Workshop, La Jolla Playhouse, The Goodman in Chicago (Moliere's The Misanthrope, with Kim Cattrall), The American Repertory Company in Boston and Arena Stage in Washington, DC. There is full documentation of Neil's work past and present at www.neil-bartlett.com.


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Gimenez was claimed off waivers by the A's from Tampa Bay on December 20, 2013. He batted .242 with no home runs and three RBI in 25 games with the A's this spring. The 31-year-old right-handed hitter spent nearly the entire 2013 season with Triple-A Durham in the Tampa Bay organization, batting .224 with three home runs and 22 RBI in 95 games. Gimenez also went 1 for 3 with a walk in four games with the Rays in September. He is a .199 career hitter in 143 games in five seasons with Cleveland (2009-10), Seattle (2011) and Tampa Bay (2012-13).


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Interesting story on J & C that Henry had his ACL done by James Andrews (guy who did Brees' shoulder I think), not Shelbourne.
Wonder if this is a sign that the re-injuries are forcing PU is away from Shelbourne...
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Interesting story on J & C that Henry had his ACL done by James Andrews (guy who did Brees' shoulder I think), not Shelbourne.
Wonder if this is a sign that the re-injuries are forcing PU is away from Shelbourne...
Why so SERIOUS
FIFTY-NINE to zero!
lol and we played who? I would be embarrassed for scheduling that game. Thats why i hate college ball it is a joke there are about 2 games that matter a year out of conference in all of college ball. LSU Oregon was the only game that has mattered so far all year. Oklahoma FL State matters tonight aswell. College ball is such a joke now a days.
I was working in Lafayette today traffic is a ***** game days.
I am thinking about going to ND PU on the 1st but im afraid Purdue will get smoked and will be a waste.But ill be going to Chicago that night it is on the way so I mys well.
Hard to take a lot from that game, REALLY nice to be on the right end of a 59-0 shellacking of course, but SEMO St's a 1-AA school and looked like a bad one at that.
Marve looked good though. More decisive, the passes are much crisper and on target. If the knee's still 100% I'd probably start him the rest of the way. Now beat ND and put on a show for Gary Harris.
I'd start Marve as well. I don't care who it was, we were supposed to beat Rice also.
I don't like when people who don't go here, or never did, say 'we' either.
my mom and dad both went to Purdue my Uncle is the Sheriff of Tipp county and get free tickets to any game I want to go too and most of my family lives in Lafayette. I think I can say we if I want too.
Didn't say you couldn't. Do as you please. You're just not a Boilermaker to me is all. I catch myself saying we all the time when I talk about the Pacers and Buccaneers.
LOL I think you forgot the green font buddy. I'm sure P4E wets his bed at night when he remembers he's not a Boilermaker to you.
Boilermaker legend Chris Kramer is headed to Germany to play ball.
http://purdue.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1268856Chris Kramer likes being close to his family and is a self-proclaimed picky eater.
Those always have been reasons why the former Purdue guard has been wary of continuing his professional basketball career overseas.
But Kramer is ready to try being independent.
Kramer signed a contract to play in W?g, Germany, for the s.Oliver Baskets in the 16-team Basketball Bundesliga League.
Kramer, who is from Huntington, Ind., is leaving on Friday and expects to be gone for at least six months. The league web site said the first game is Oct. 3.
"There was a time when I was going to have to man-up and go over there," Kramer said, "make some money and play this game outside of the States. There's no better time than when the NBA is in a lockout. It's a chance for me to make a name for myself and a chance for me to get rid of (the) 'he can just play defense' (label).
"I'm nervous but excited. It's a great opportunity."
Kramer said he turned down an offer to play in Spain thinking something better would come.
The result was the chance to play in the top league in Germany and be joined by at least six other Americans on the team - the roster on the team's site includes Northern Iowa's Ben Jacobson - and an American coach (John Patrick).
"It'll definitely be an adjustment, but having a lot of Americans there will help," said Kramer, who spent about a month in Puerto Rico this summer with the Guaynabo Mets.
Probably to get away from his mom. I know I would.
Hope arrived on the scene with a win vs. OSU, and maybe he needs to beat them again to keep his job. Watched some of the OSU-Colorado game, and OSU just absolutely cannot pass. Granted their defense is good, but a competent coaching staff should be able to defeat a team that is entirely one dimensional (runs+qb scrambles). I guess they have a receiver coming back f/ suspension, but their QB looks beyond worthless passing the ball. Strange to think that OSU is a "must-win" but losing to a team that you know coming in is as offensively incompetent as OSU would be huge blow.
We all know E is playing in Italy this year, but did you know he is teaming up with none other than the great Brian Scalabrine?! I'm predicting great things from him now once the nba comes back.
Also, here is an article from Italy about him:
at the boldedU.S. revealed the name of the guard that goes to increase the external department of the new Benetton Basketball 2011/2012. This is It 'Twaun Moore, born in 1989 (he was born Feb. 25 in East Chicago), 192 centimeters, the most important player in the last four years at Purdue college, university of great history with regard to the basketball program, the second choice of the Boston Celtics past the No. 55 draft. It 'was All American in the last two seasons and in the ideal team of the Big Ten conference in the high-level view of the NCAA. To him therefore a very solid college career (with the record of having played in all 140 races in the four years of college at Purdue, with 107 wins) culminated with the satisfaction of being one of three players in history to score in his college career university at least 2000 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists. It was also the 3 rd of Boilermakers scorer of all time.
In the last year for E'Twaun 18 points (40% from three), 5.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per match, 31 times out of 34 races went into double figures, with a record of 38 points against Ohio (with 7 / 10 by three). But even in the years before his contribution was quite large (16 points from junior abundant year, boarding with 3.1, 47% and 38% by two of three.
This year the team of three "stars" Moore, JaJuan Johnson (who was also chosen by the Celtics) and Robbie Hummel, also because of an injury of the latter, comes "only" to the third round of the NCAA final (always played in its 4 years of college!) after having touched the dream of the Final Four. Even on this occasion, scouts and analysts note the great susceptibility of Moore to team play and the concrete, hard to find talent at that age, and this' is the call of the Celtics who have closely followed throughout the year.
Is described by scouts as a player "old school", a winner (formerly the Eastern High School in Chicago led his school to the title), excellent basic, good approach shot from far away, careful and skillful defender in the intercept (arms very long, this also helps him to rebound), fast athlete with room for improvement in the dribbling and in attacking the basket, but instead has a good range of movement in attack, even away from the basket. Important that it be described as a player "team", not a catalyst for balloons, but a player who likes to engage the context of even small things in both attack and defense and to select the game situations.
Danny Ainge chosen by the player for the Celtics, often during the lockout, so he chose Italy and Benetton Basket for its launch in the firmament of professional basketball. It will be in Treviso for the meeting August 16.
"We were looking for a player with these features - says the GM of Benetton Basket Claudio Coldebella - and we are very pleased that E'Twaun Moore has signed for us. It was highlighted in a prestigious college like Purdue and was chosen by Boston, these are guarantees, and has important technical and behavioral qualities that make a man suited to the context of a team as we understand it. It reminds me a little 'Bootsy Thorthon, that type of player, that talent for the team. It 'a mature player in spite of young age, and in any case the choice of another young aligns the choices made above, form a group aimed at young man who has talent and enthusiasm. "
With this Colts situation going on , I don't know if I can even explain how badly I need Purdue to pull this thing off Saturday night.
It would be amazing. I still regret not going to the Ohio State game 2 years ago.
Sorry about the Colts on Monday night
Serious question for Purdue fans, should they give Hope the axe?
If he wins the rest of the "must-win" games (edit: which I guess is only Minn and IU at this point), and pulls one upset, i'd say give him another year. Otherwise, I'd let him go. Obvious Decision-making errors have just been too frequent.
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Absolutely. But I won't get my high hopes up since Burke pretty much honors every contract, which is commendable if frustrating, and I doubt whoever it'd be to take Hope's place would be all that different. Was on the Kevin Sumlin train, and I'd still be OK with him, but he's not exactly setting the world on fire.
The Rice loss is a fireable offence.
But he has a chance to save his job starting tonight. He needs to realize this teams identity. Which is, run run, run. Defend, defend, defend. This team has some talent.
I'm an ND fan and a lot of people are scoffing at Purdue, but if hope knows his *** is on the line and can compel his team to play for his job it will be more than interesting.
For anyone who thinks/hopes Burke will pull the trigger, I've got two words for you:
Jim Colletto
Danny Hope has 3 years left on his contract, he'll coach here 3 more years.
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Some basketball recruit is visiting Purdue today . . . Gary Harris. Anybody ever heard of him?
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JaQuan Lyle's there too.
I feel gross for knowing that. At least Harris is a senior.


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Brittany Novotny, the transgender candidate who's challenging anti-gay Republican State Rep. Sally Kern in Oklahoma, has issued a statement responding to an attack last week from a Kern supporter who called Novotny a "confused it." In the statement titled "How do we move Oklahoma forward?" Novotny notes that Kern issued a statement Sunday attempting to distance herself from the attack:
In a statement released today, Rep. Kern claims that she has "repeatedly asked [her] supporters not to use any degrading or insulting comments toward [me]." Unfortunately, the evidence indicates this is not the case. In a speech on August 7, 2010, Rep. Kern told supporters:
"And this year, in 2010 election, I have a very interesting race, I have an individual who was born a man, has had a sex change operation, and now considers themselves to be a woman. So, if you live in my district or know anyone who does, please get the word out. Because if I say anything about it, it's gonna look like I'm smearing, and I'm not, it's just a fact. And 'they' talk about it themselves. (Emphasis added)."
Does this rhetoric sound like someone asking her supporters not to use any degrading comments? Does this rhetoric sound like someone who is trying to keep the campaign about the issues facing Oklahomans?
When I announced my intention to run for this seat, Rep. Kern said she planned to keep this campaign focused on issues. As you are now aware, she has failed to keep her word on that count.
Novotny also posted the above video ad, accusing Kern of ignoring real issues to promote "her narrow social agenda" and "her own extremist interpretation of the Bible." Ya think?


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The main objective is to develop pharmacokinetic methods for individual dose adjustment of the global immunosuppressive treatment (cyclosporine, tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil and everolimus, taking into account the pharmacokinetic interactions), in order to optimise the efficiency and reduce the potentially severe sides effects of these drugs.
Forty five heart-transplant patients are to be included in this phase IV study to obtain a minimum of 10 patients treated with tacrolimus-mycophenolate, 10 with cyclosporine-mycophenolate and 20 with everolimus-cyclosporine.
Ten to 11 blood samples will be collected within the 8 to 12 hours post-dose in each patient and the immunosuppressive drug concentrations will be measured by LC-MS/MS.
The pharmacokinetic models and Bayesian estimators thus developed will provide tools for individual dose adjustment of immunosuppressive drugs simultaneously, at different post-transplant periods, using the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) estimated using a limited number of time-points (2 or 3).
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|Multicentre, Open Study for the Setting up of Population Pharmacokinetic Models and Bayesian Estimators for Individual Dose Adjustment of Immunosuppressive Drugs (Cyclosporine, Tacrolimus, Mycophenolate Mofetil, Everolimus) During the First Year Post-grafting in Adult Heart Transplant Recipients.
- Estimation of the pharmacokinetic properties and parameters of the immunosuppressive drugs.
- Investigation of relationships between physiological and pathological characteristics and individual pharmacokinetic parameters.
- Characterisation of the exposure-clinical effects relationships for the difference immunosuppressive drugs.
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- Patient having received of a heart transplant (exclusively) less than 2 weeks before the inclusion date or planned to receive it within days following inclusion.
- Patient at least 18 years old, male or female.
- Patient treated with one of the following combination : cyclosporine-mycophenolate, tacrolimus-mycophenolate or everolimus- "low-dose" cyclosporine for at least 3 days, and at least 24 hours by the oral route at the time of the first sampling day (between 7 and 15 days post-transplant).
- Patient included or not in another study, in particular in a therapeutic trial (e.g. comparison between drug combinations).
- Patient having given written informed consent for his/her participation to the trial.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients in disagreement with the present trial.
- Patients suffering from neuro-psychic problems, making them unable to well-understand the protocol or to give a reliable consent.
- Patients with previous heart or any other solid organ transplantation.
- Patients with double transplantation (heart-lung, heart-kidney or heart-liver)
- Patients still intubated and ventilated 15 days post-transplant.
- Patients with anaemia between Day 7 and 15, as characterized by hematocrit < 30% or haemoglobin < 9 g/dl.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00812786
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|August 23, 2013
Keywords provided by University Hospital, Limoges:
heart transplantation
immunosuppressive drugs
individual dose adjustment
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Mycophenolic Acid
Mycophenolate mofetil
Immunosuppressive Agents
Antineoplastic Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
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bhavanirodha wrote:Again, my concern is the correct notation and representations.
retrofuturist wrote:My concern is whether you're aware that the aggregates are not mutually exclusive representations of discrete components of samsaric experience.
Some writers on Buddhism who have not understood that the five khandha are just classificatory groupings, have conceived them as compact entities 'heaps', 'bundles', while actually, as stated above, the groups never exist as such, i.e. they never occur in a simultaneous totality of all their constituents. Also those single constituents of a group which are present in any given body-and-mind process, are of an evanescent nature, and so also their varying combinations. Feeling, perception and mental constructions are only different aspects and functions of a single unit of consciousness. They are to consciousness what redness, softness, sweetness, etc. are to an apple and have as little separate existence as those qualities.
About the inseparability of the groups it is said:
''Whatever, o brother, there exists of feeling, of perception and of mental constructions, these things are associated, not dissociated, and it is impossible to separate one from the other and show their difference. For whatever one feels, one perceives; and whatever one perceives, of this one is conscious
MN 43: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
bhavanirodha wrote:What grounds did I provide for such a concern?
bhavanirodha wrote:could you clarify your intentions and meaning?


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By Ben Golliver
As expected, Thunder All-Star guard Russell Westbrook wore the new Air Jordan XX8 during Tuesday night's game against the Nets in Brooklyn's Barclays Center. It was a busy style day for the Thunder, who also wore their deep blue alternate jersey.
The Jordan XX8 made headlines for its unique "stealth" design that includes an all-black sleeve that covers the entire shoe, save the blue sole, and extends up to the mid-ankle. The sleeve opens and closes with a zipper that, when pulled down, reveals a neon green shoe with neon green laces, neon green lace holes and a black Jumpman logo on the tongue. Westbrook folded over the black sleeve rather than wear it fully extended.
According to Jordan Brand, the XX8 is the "lightest, most responsive Air Jordan of all time" and boasts "stealth" inspiration. "By the time you see us coming, it's too late," the company said.
Westbrook, who signed with Jordan Brand in October, was on hand for the shoe's New York City unveiling on Monday. Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, filmmaker Spike Lee, shoe designer Tinker Hatfield and Jordan Brand president Larry Miller were also in attendance.
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The 30th Annual Sportsman's Rod and Gun Club Fishing Contest was held recently at a one half mile section of Lizard Creek located off Lizard Creek Road (SR895) two miles south west of Andreas, next to the Moyer Brothers Farm.
Mire than 300 adults and children registered for the contest. Many prizes were awarded for winners in various categories ranging from tagged fish, largest fish, and palominos. The club stocked about one half mile of Lizard Creek with over 3,000 fish for the contest. To help control the loss of fish, the club created deflector ponds at certain locations to manage the migration and flow of fish. Thousands of large fish are also stocked regularly throughout the season. The club also has its own hatchery located near the fishing points.
Various fishing points of Lizard Creek were strictly reserved for children, adults, and senior citizens. Club president Marvin Faust and other organizers of the fishing contest stated their great appreciation to all the volunteers and community sponsors that routinely provide donations every year to make their event bigger and better every year. Different fishing and club events are held throughout the year to help subsidize the cost of the free event.
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One very effective trick (in hospitals that insist that mothers labor on "clear liquids only") is to have the mother take along a zippy bag of "labor cubes" to the hospital, storing them in her room fridge. "Labor Cubes" are ice cubes made out of very strong raspberry leaf tea (perhaps one cup herb to one quart water, simmered down to half and strained) that is heavily sweetened with honey. If the laboring mother begins to fade, energy petering out or contractions waning due to lack of nutrition, she can chomp on these satisfying slushy cubes, which usually will perk her up and kick in some great contractions in a matter of minutes.
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Magnesium sulphate given to women at risk of preterm birth helps to protect the baby's brain and improve long-term outcomes.
Babies born too early (preterm) have a higher risk of dying in the first weeks of life than babies born at term, and those who survive often have damage in the form of cerebral palsy, blindness, deafness or physical disabilities. This can cause huge distress for parents. Magnesium is an important element essential for normal body functions. Magnesium sulphate may help to reduce damage to a preterm baby's brain. However, it has adverse effects in the mother of flushing, sweating, nausea, vomiting, headaches and a rapid heartbeat (palpitations). This review identified five studies involving 6145 infants and shows that magnesium sulphate therapy protects the preterm baby's brain from cerebral palsy.
— Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 3: CD004661, 2007
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How Cerebral Palsy Affected My Births
I was born with a mild disability—I have cerebral palsy. This did not affect my two pregnancies very much, although I had more muscle cramps than usual. Like many women, my labors were quite different from each other. My first labor lasted 32 hours, even with medical intervention. My second labor lasted only two hours. However, even though they were so diverse, I did experience the same disability side effect, clonus, during both labors.
My doctor offered me morphine during my long, early first labor. Instead of relieving my pain, it made me ill and I was given another drug. In addition, the clonus, or series of rapid rhythmic muscle contractions, made it impossible for me to use the stirrups. My husband quickly improvised and braced my legs to help control the jerking. This helped me feel better about my labor, although that feeling changed to dismay when my doctor said that I was pushing ineffectively. I was exhausted and so was my uterus.
When I became pregnant with my second child, I was determined to push "successfully." I thought that a birthing chair would help, but the clonus made it difficult to move into the chair. In addition, with the short and intense labor of a precipitate delivery, all I could do during the second stage was scream. Yet my son crowned without any pushing on my part. I came to a startling realization that is not talked about much: We may not have a great deal of control over pushing.
After talking with women who have had spinal cord injuries, I found that some were able to deliver without the help of forceps or suction, despite being physically unable to push due to muscle paralysis. These conversations seemed to give credence to my idea that if the uterus is not too tired, often it can do the work of pushing the child out without any extra help from the mother.
Several years after my son's birth, while working at the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley, California, I received a call from a woman with a spinal cord injury who wanted information about pregnancy, labor and delivery. She said that she couldn't find anything written for women with disabilities, which made me think about my pregnancies. I, too, wished that I had had information available.
— Judith G. Rogers
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I do not like offering to take blood to the lab at the hospital for RH negative moms due to the cost, and parents are opting to just receive the RhoGAM instead of paying for the blood typing of the infant. I trust the opinion of experienced midwives, can you help me?
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While I am not planning to get pregnant in the next two years, I would really like to think about my options, to prepare myself when the time is right. I have always planned on having a homebirth with a midwife to assist. I really want the opinion of someone who is not solely from the medical side of things. I know the doctors tell me what they think is the right thing to do but I have always felt that birth is a more natural occurrence than what the majority of the medical society seems to believe.
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A: I cared for a woman with uterine didelphys last year, and was excited to do so because a good friend of mine also has this condition. The birthing woman was having her third child, the first two having been born without any difficulties. She had a lovely waterbirth with a CNM in our hospital, free from complications. It is remarkable how well our bodies work, even in the presence of variations from the norm. May Deborah have the birth she is dreaming of when the time is right.
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In the US, data from the prospective National Collaborative Perinatal Project study summarised in the 2003 Task Force on Neonatal Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy have shown that approximately nine percent of cases of cerebral palsy are due to possible birth asphyxia. A consensus statement, endorsed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) among others and published in the British Medical Journal in 1999, comments: "Epidemiological studies suggest that in about 90 percent of cases intrapartum hypoxia could not be the cause of cerebral palsy and that in the remaining 10 percent intrapartum signs compatible with damaging hypoxia may have had antenatal or intrapartum origins."
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My experience with banda is admittedly limited.
I know it as that 3/4 polka time, up-tempo stuff with accordions, horns, y gritos. On many a warm summer night in the San Gabriel Valley I've listened to its hypnotic sound pouring from a backyard party. One thinks of those parties and can't separate familia, cerveza, tequila, corridos, y chisme.
Which is probably why there's is such an outpouring of emotion following the death Sunday of singer Jenni Rivera.
A native of Long Beach, Rivera, 43, never really hit mainstream big time. She was, however, a huge presence in Latino L.A.
Off-screen and away from the stage, Rivera lived a life full of chisme.
"La Chacalosa", her first album, featured Jenni in a cowboy hat, showing off some cleavage and standing in front of a low-rider pickup truck. The songs, with titles like "Women Can," "Open Book," and "Smuggler Bitch," told stories, but not necessarily "La Chacalosa's" tale.
In short, Rivera got pregnant as a teen, was married three times, had five kids and two grandkids. She liked her Patron silver and got her start selling tapes at a flea market not unlike those weekend events at Bassett and Nogales high schools in the East SGV.
As Rivera got older, she got wiser. Her rough edges got smoother and her act turned professional. She made appearances on Don Francisco's "Sabado Gigante," took a turn on Gordo y Flaca's couch, and was on her way to an appearance on La Voz Mexicana when her small plane crashed in the Sierra Madre Oriental.
She had a big, soulful voice. Jenni's charismatic stage presence and the drama of her life was made for reality TV.
In 2009, she took her first shot at the genre and recently Rivera produced a series of reality TV shows featuring her daughter Chiquis and friend "Raq-C".
In one 2010 episode, the trio traveled to Arizona to march in protest of the state's immigration law SB 1070.
"My name is Jenni Rivera, I speak Spanish perfectly and I speak English perfectly. At least I try," she told those gathered for the rally. "I was proudly born and raised in the L.A. area, raised in Long Beach, California and at 10 in the morning I was proudly marching with you guys. That wasn't the artist. That was a proud, Mexican female standing up for her people."
Anyone who met Rivera was struck by the fact that despite being an international singing sensation, Jenni was approachable.
Former reporter Cissy Gomez-Gonzales wrote this about a telephone encounter with Rivera.
"(I) was pleasantly surprised that someone with as much popularity and success was as down to earth as Rivera was," Gomez-Gonzalez wrote. "We talked for about an hour by phone but it only took a few minutes before (she) opened up and shared..."
One thing about dead stars and Los Angeles is the ghosts. Jim Morrison's at Barney's Beanery on Santa Monica, John Belushi's at Chateau Marmont just off Sunset, Richie Valens's at Pacoima Junior High School, Marvin Gaye's on South Gramercy in West Adams.
Where would one go to find Jenni's ghost?
After watching a YouTube video of the singer making a late night run at King Taco on 3rd Street in East Los Angeles, I knew just where to look Monday.
A security guard smiled when I asked and said the singer visited and when she did, she sat on the patio with her entourage. Once, he said, she even sang for her admirers.
But she's dead now. Perhaps murdered, he added with the conspiratorial whisper of someone practiced in the art of chisme.
"Hay Vamos," he sighed.
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text: Even with Battier, Heat's win streak continues By Norman Chad March 17, 2013 Story Share HOW IS IT possible the Miami Heat has won 22 straight games? Of course, there are the Three Tenors: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the other guy. But in a move that hasn't drawn too much attention, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra often puts them on the floor with no one else.That's right - for most of the game, the Heat plays 3-on-5; once in a while, Shane Battier comes in, but we'll get back to him later.(How do I know all this? For $149, I bought NBA League Pass this season, which means that every NBA game comes into my shattered home every night, and I WATCH THEM ALL. It's the closest I'll ever get to becoming Michael Wilbon, unless he gets me membership into one of his country clubs.)While we have a moment, let's compare the Heat's historic run against two other recently ballyhooed spells:The Dow Jones' 10-session winning streak.The Chicago Blackhawks' 24 straight games earning a point.Wall Street is rigged; I'm not savvy enough to know how, but I'm just smart enough to know it is. I mean, corporate profits are soaring again, yet most of us are stumbling through the supermarket wondering, "A pound of bacon is $6.49? How did that happen?"Meanwhile, with Tim Donaghy out of the league, we assume the Heat streak is an honest one.Besides, the Dow has had four other 10-plus winning streaks. The most recent came in November 1996, coinciding with a 10-day presidential streak in which Bill Clinton winked at a White House intern.Note: The New York Stock Exchange traded six days a week instead of five until May 1952, back when men were men and MLB hurlers threw 175 pitches a game and liked it. (Column Intermission: Stephen Strasburg will be the Washington Nationals' Opening Day starter. As a precautionary measure, he will only throw out the ceremonial first pitch.)Now, what the Blackhawks did is impressive: Starting the season earning a point in 24 consecutive games. But it loses a little luster when you consider the cockamamie NHL changed its rules in 1999, allowing teams to earn a point when they lose in overtime. Heck, in the NHL, you could lose every game you play - and still win your division!See, where I come from - the nation's capital, home of the federal government and taxation without representation - you don't get rewarded for a defeat, unless you land a good lobbying job on K Street after you've been run out of Congress.People - even LeBron - treated it like the Blackhawks were on a winning streak. Except that during their streak, they lost three times.(Incidentally, using NHL math, I might argue I'm on a three-marriage points streak - sure, two of them ended in divorce, but I was "even" with my ex-wives through the first three months of each union.) I think it's important to remember that during this Heat streak, the team is winning all of its games - and winning them with Battier often on the court.Many, many block/charge calls ago, Battier was national player of the year at Duke, and he was part of the Houston Rockets' 22-game win streak in the 2007-08 season. These days, he sets up shop just beyond the 3-point line, usually in the corner - I believe he has a desk and a reading lamp over there - and waits for his teammates to reverse the ball to him, then catches-and-shoots a wide-open 22-foot half-inch jumper with his eyes closed.He does nothing else - the team reportedly fines him if he goes in the paint - reflected by his stats: 0.9 assists, 0.7 blocked shots and 0.5 steals per game. He somehow averages 2.3 rebounds, but most of them are his own misfired 3-pointers that clank off the rim and ricochet back into his lap. Of his 287 field-goal attempts, 252 have been 3-pointers - he shoots 43 percent from beyond the arc and only 34 percent on two-pointers; all the activity near the basket, I assume, bothers him.Hey, you try winning 22 in a row with this stationary mope on the floor.Column Footnote: The Denver Nuggets' 11-game winning streak has been largely overlooked; then again, unlike the Heat, they play 5-on-5, and at altitude.Ask The Slouch Q. The company that owns PBR might soon be producing Twinkies and Ding Dongs. Does it concern you that so much of your diet will be controlled by one corporate entity? (James McPherson; Spokane, Wash.)A. No more than the proposed American-US Airways merger means all my flight delays will be controlled by one mega-airline.Q. Any truth to the rumor that the College of Cardinals threatened to move the Conclave unless a new Colosseum was built? (Kevin Wagner; Pittsburgh)A. From your lips to God's ears: Coming in 2017, the new Forever 21 Colosseum.Q. 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KELSEYVILLE -- The Lake County Winegrape Commission (LCWC) will bring author, mediator and teacher Gregorio Billikopf to Lake County for a two-day, specialized training seminar "Cultivating Personnel Productivity," Feb. 5 and 6, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Lodge at Blue Lakes, located at 5135 Highway 20 in Upper Lake.
Designed for Spanish-speaking farm supervisors, the goal of this workshop is to educate mid-level agricultural managers about their roles and responsibilities in implementing farm worker productivity.
As a farm advisor, Billikopf works one-on-one with farm employers, supervisors and employees to find effective solutions to workplace issues. During this interactive two-day training, attendees will learn the key tools to strengthen their relationships with personnel, increasing employee productivity and satisfaction. Key topics include: recruitment, mentoring, mediation, sexual harassment prevention and conflict management. Through lecture and role plays, Billikopf will guide and develop students' confidence in employee discipline, dealing with difficult subordinate behaviors, interpersonal negotiation skills and using praise in everyday communications. Attendees will participate in role plays of the skills discussed and receive individualized attention and evaluation. Certificates will be issued to all who complete the class.
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or at least I didn't see it discussed anywhere.
Here is the quote from the star.
Ron Artest, who was suspended for the remainder of the season, will rejoin the team in practice at an undetermined date, according to Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh. The NBA originally said he would not be allowed to do so, but has relented.
The suspensions of Artest, O'Neal and Jackson are under appeal by the NBA Players Association, so their status could change pending the outcome.
Rumors have begun to circulate that Artest will play for a team overseas during his suspension, but Walsh said he would not allow that even if the suspension is not reduced.
"He remains the property of the Indiana Pacers and the NBA," Walsh said. "We have an obligation to him that extends beyond this year. We can't isolate Ronnie from the franchise and the players."
A couple of things.
1. Does anybody other than me find the term "He remains the property of the Indiana Pacers and the NBA" a very poor choice of words by Donnie? I know it is technically correct but wouldn't it have been better to say that "he remains under contract to the Pacers & the NBA" a better choice of words. Sound a little dehumanizing to me.
2. I find it telling that Ron will return at an undetermined date. Is that undetermined time our choice or his?
3. Will Ron perceive it to be a slap in the face by the team that they won't let him play overseas. I know why they aren't allowing it, but will Ron? Or will he now think the Pacers are punishing him by not allowing him to make a living along with the league?
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Enhanced Safety Aesthetic Laser System
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether a new laser system provides better safety and efficacy than existing lasers in popular cosmetic procedures such as hair removal, treatment of cosmetically disturbing vascular lesions and rhytides.
|Hirsutism Hypertrichosis Telangiectases Rhytides
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|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single
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|Peterio™ – an Add-on Device for Enhanced Safety of Aesthetic Laser Treatments
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Hair, vascular lesions and wrinkles reduction as counted 1-3 months after each treatment session, depending on the treated area.
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- Measuring treatment discomfort as graded by the patients
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Cosmetic lasers are a well-established, popular modality for removal of unwanted hair, treatment of all types of vascular lesions, including hemangiomas, port wine stains, and a variety of telangiectases as well as facial rhytides reduction. The existing lasers are based on a wavelength that is specifically absorbed by the chromophore found in the target such as hair follicle, where the energy is converted to heat resulting in a thermal injury. However, the lasers for cosmetic treatments are not without limitations. A laser based long-term hair removal treatment is based on thermal destruction of the hair shaft and follicle using wavelengths that are specifically absorbed by the pigment melanin found in the hair follicle. The heating of hair follicle is done through heat dissipation from the hair shaft. One of the significant limitations of this approach is the fact that the epidermis through which the light energy must penetrate is rich in melanin and therefore absorbs a major portion of the energy, resulting in inadequate heating of the hair follicles. Similar problem exists when targeting other chromophores such as hemoglobin or water. The purpose of the study is an evaluation of safety and efficacy of a new laser based device.
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- Age below 18 or above 75 year old.
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- Exposure to sun or artificial tanning during the last 3–4 weeks
- For treatment of facial rhytides- surgical or nonsurgical facial procedure (i.e., laser skin resurfacing, dermabrasion, phenol peel, nonablative laser, or temporary/permanent filler (e.g., collagen, fat, hyaluronic acid injections)
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A RARE painting of the first Earl of Devonshire has gone on display at the medieval peer's former home in Tiverton Castle after the building's owners bought the artwork at an antiques fair.
Owner Alison Gordon, who inherited the castle in the mid-1980s, purchased the painting of Edward Courtenay at Powderham Castle, where a host of antiques went under the hammer, including original Disney storyboard sketches.
Edward lived at Tiverton Castle after enduring years of imprisonment in the Tower of London where he was locked up from the age of 12 after his father Henry Courtenay, the first Marquis of Exeter, was implicated in a plot against King Henry VIII and beheaded.
He was eventually released when Queen Mary I came to the throne in 1553 and later lived aboard, where he died in mysterious circumstances in Italy in 1556.
His death marked the end of the senior line of Courtenays at Tiverton Castle, which was then inherited by descendants of his four great aunts, and later bought by various families down the ages.
The picture is an early copy of the original, thought to be at Woburn Abbey. Alison, who has lived at the castle since 1994, said she had always attributed the artwork to Dutch painter Antonis Mor, but was surprised to hear from the dealer that the painter was in fact Steven van der Meulen.
"We are delighted to have this picture at Tiverton Castle and it will be on show to the public," she said.


text: I don't have the time with 2 kids and crazy work hours to be a season ticket holder, but my son and I have a tradition of going to opening night. I think we have been going since 07. We can't wait. I am disappointed Danny won't be playing, but we will still have a blast anyway. I hope it is a packed house.


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It is a good thing that the Los Altos City Council wants to review the Civic Center Master Plan. When the people of our town are questioned, among their top priorities are schools, library and recreation. The master plan cannot address the schools, so let's stick with what we must and can update. There is absolutely no doubt that our civic center needs to be brought up to date. Some suggestions come to mind.
The old Hillview School site must be replaced. It is antiquated and unsafe. The library needs to expand – it is running out of space for all the services it now provides and for future services. Both facilities serve every segment of our community.
For Phase 1, I would suggest we combine these two services at the Hillview site. Many of the patrons of one also use the other. And we can make it safer and easier for them with the inclusion of underground parking. The traffic flow would definitely improve.
Once the library has moved, city hall would have access to the library building and could renovate/expand it to suit its needs. It would certainly make it easier for those using the facility to enter from San Antonio Road, park, conduct their business and exit without having to fight library traffic. This would be Phase 2.
With city hall vacant, the Los Altos Police Department could use that site – again with renovations necessary for their needs. They can keep their eyes on the community, and, for those conducting business with the police, there they are. This would be Phase 3.
Now for traffic flow: People enter from San Antonio (from the new city hall side – one way only), conduct their business at city hall and exit going around the loop onto San Antonio again or continue past the Los Altos History Museum and exit onto Hillview Avenue (as is done now). Those using the Hillview site do not have to fight two-way traffic and cars parking and pulling out in a narrow space and can exit as above.
For Phase 4, perhaps the Bus Barn Theater could expand into the bumpout by the soccer field. As the performances are scheduled mostly at night when city hall is closed, parking would be available without taking away from the Hillview site. Bus Barn could use the Los Altos Youth Center or the old police station site.
Finally, in planning these changes, let us not try to imitate Palo Alto, Mountain View, Santana Row or Europe. We are a charming and much-needed restful community. Let us not change the reasons we moved to Los Altos.
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"Keys to Success in a Run-and-Gun Basketball System"
Tom Moore gave a contributed paper, "Keys to Success in a Run-and-Gun Basketball System", at the national meeting of the American Statistical Association, on August 4, 2011 in Miami Beach. This is joint work with former students Ben Johannsen ('06) and Eric Ohrn ('07). You can locate the paper at: Full Paper


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EVESHAM United's poor run of Calor Southern League Division One South and West form continued after losing 2-0 against FA Cup giant-killers Shortwood United at Meadowbank.
It was the Robins' third successive defeat and leaves Paul Collicutt's side without a league win on their travels since beating Stratford Town on Boxing Day.
United did not look like ending their dismal sequence of results and failed to force a single save out of Tom King in the Wood goal all afternoon.
In a low-key affair, Shortwood were dominant throughout without having to get out of second gear.
Evesham failed to take advantage of a stiff breeze behind them in the first-half and the Nailsworth side held a one-goal lead at the break.
Adam Price made amends for missing a sitter moments earlier by slotting in from close range on 40 minutes after United keeper John Bateman pushed aside Ross Langworthy's low cross.
The second period continued in the same vein with Evesham unable to create an opening in front of goal and an ordinary Shortwood side asking all the questions.
Price again found the back of the net for a second time on 57 minutes, waltzing through the United defence before planting a neat finish past the diving Bateman to effectively end the game as a contest.
The introduction of three substitutes failed to make an impact for out-of-sorts Evesham with Shortwood content to sit on their lead.
Carl Brown flashed a header over and loanee Ed Williams, in his last match before returning to Cheltenham Town, scooped a shot wide but the result was not in doubt long before the final whistle.
Evesham: Bateman, Wilson, Mansell, Wellon, Axton, Watkin, Kennedy (Barnfield 78), Brown, Palmer (Jackson 58), Vercesi, Williams (Eyre 73). Subs not used: Tambling, Davis.
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John "Jack" Clifford Bradshaw passed away peacefully in his home on November 30, 2012, at 84 years old, his loving wife Joyce by his side. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and uncle.
He is survived by his loving wife Joyce of 62.5 years, daughter, Janice Lee Shade (husband, David), son, John Baxter, son, James Pritchard (wife, Joanna), and son, Jeffrey Mark (wife, Kathy). John's grandchildren are Matthew Shade (wife Kasey), Julianne Boushehry (husband, Ross), John Allan Bradshaw (wife, Sarah), Kimberly Allman (husband, Richard), Drew Bradshaw (wife, Nicole), Megan Bradshaw, Emily Simons (husband, David), Clifford Bradshaw, Rachel Bradshaw, Leah Bradshaw, and Grace Bradshaw. Great-grandchildren are John "Jack" Shade, Ashlynn Shade, Quinn Boushehry, and Maxwell Boushehry. John is also survived by his sister Hilda Clark-Grant and nephew Robert Clark.
John was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 20, 1928 and graduated from Shaw High School, East Cleveland, in 1946. He volunteered for the U.S. Navy serving aboard the USS Francis M. Robinson (DE-220). Following an Honorable Discharge in 1948, John was employed by the City of East Cleveland for 26 years as a career firefighter. Upon his retirement, John continued working for the City of Euclid, Ohio, as a Deputy Clerk in the Office of Clerk of Court for Judge Robert Niccum.
In 1978, John and his family relocated to Glendale, Arizona where John was employed by the Peoria Unified School District as a bus driver and an elementary school maintenance foreman. In 1987, John relocated to Kent, Ohio where he was employed as a bus driver by Campus Bus Service of Kent State University and Stow Public Schools. John continued his education at the University of Akron receiving certification as a Nurse Assistant and was placed into a caregiving position by Upjohn Healthcare Services. In 2004, John and Joyce returned to Scottsdale, Arizona. John was active in church throughout his life most recently attending Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran Church in Scottsdale. John will be remembered most for his faith, his love of family, his bear hugs, and his outgoing nature to everyone he met.
An internment service will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2012, 2:30 pm at Standing Rock Cemetery, 1361 N. Mantua Street, Kent, Ohio. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that any charitable contributions given in John's memory be directed to Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran Church, 9590 E. Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85014


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Sox unfazed by Ortiz's quiet Grapefruit League season
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- David Ortiz went 0-for-2 in Thursday night's loss to the Yankees and is now hitting .063 in Spring Training. However, that does not rank as a concern for the Red Sox.
Once the bell rings on March 31 at Camden Yards, Ortiz will likely have his timing where he needs it.
"I'm not concerned with David, what he's done through 30 at-bats," said manager John Farrell. "You watch the BP, the bat speed is clearly there, the power is there. He is seeing pitches. He's going to get more everyday at-bats starting on Sunday through the remainder of camp. I have no concern with David."
Last year, Ortiz didn't play at all in Spring Training because he was recovering from a right Achilles injury. He wound up having a typically prolific season.
"I've had multiple conversations with David. If there was a need for more at-bats or wanting to do things a little differently, we'd do it," said Farrell. "He's had Spring Trainings that are so drastically different when you look at the last two years. You look at last year when he had no at-bats, he had about 15 at-bats in Triple-A and had one of the better years of his career. He's getting in shape. He's seeing pitches on a regular basis, so personally I think he'll be fine once we get through the end of next week."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC: MJNA), a leading cannabis and hemp industry innovator, today announced the release of its audited fourth quarter financial statements. The Company earned net income of approximately $3.2 million on record gross revenues of $5.2 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2012. This represents a gross revenue increase of over 1100 percent quarter-over-quarter when compared to revenue of $430,140 for the quarter ended December 31, 2011. Additionally, confirming the strong growth of the Company's core business, revenue increased approximately $2.2 million and net income rose by over $2.0 million when compared to the most recent third quarter 2012. Revenues for 2012 totaled $12.38 million and net income was $7.1 million.
As previously announced, the Company retained the accounting firm of Anthony W. Imbimbo & Associates to perform the audit of its financial accounting records. Imbimbo & Associates focused initially on auditing the fourth quarter results to meet the filing deadline of February 15, 2013. With that completed, the firm will turn its attention to auditing each prior quarter to obtain a full 24 months of audited financial statements.
In addition to the Operational Highlights previously announced on January 22, 2012, the Company has realized a variety of significant milestones which are described in the audit report, as well as detailed below:
"2012 was an exciting and challenging year for the Company. We are especially pleased to be able to meet our earlier commitment of providing our shareholders audited financials and positioning the Company for eventual uplisting." said Michelle Sides, Chairman of Medical Marijuana, Inc. Sides went on to say, "The strength of our financial results along with the impressive achievements described above should give new and existing shareholders confidence that MJNA will be a dominant player in this fast growing industry."
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Our mission is to be the premier cannabis and hemp industry innovators, leveraging our team of professionals to source, evaluate and purchase value-added companies and products, while allowing them to keep their integrity and entrepreneurial spirit. We strive to create awareness within our industry, develop environmentally friendly, economically sustainable businesses, while increasing shareholder value. For more information, please visit the company's website at: www.MedicalMarijuanaInc.com.
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This wall of flowers is and always will be one of my favorite projects. It was for my friend's wedding, which was amazing in every sense. The wedding space was one of the prettiest I had ever seen, and to add a little extra something, I created a wall of flowers behind the head table. It is essentially, two different sizes of the Luxe Peony, strung onto ribbon, and hung in rows along a wall.
Did it take a while to make? Not going to lie. Yes.
Did I have an incredibly fun evening making these with my best girlfriends? You betcha.
Was it worth the effort? A thousand, thousand times, yes.
Feeling up for making your own wall of flowers? Use the same step by step as the Luxe Peony, but you'll likely want larger ones than what is shown in the instructions.
For large flowers, use a tissue paper stack that measures 15" wide by 20" high, and for medium flowers, you'll need a stack that measures 10" wide by 15" high.
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There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them. -- Josh Billings
As I contemplate the market action of the last few years the best single piece of advice I can give to market players is to not be overly anticipatory. The easiest mistake to make has been to constantly look for market tops. If you simply forgot the fortune telling and stuck with the trend you would be far better off.
Stick with the trend until there is reason not to. It is that simple, but every big move we've had in this market has been fought by legions of folks who are convinced that disaster is going to hit at any moment. It is understandable why they feel that way since there are so many negatives out there to worry about. Surely the weak economic recovery, high unemployment, problems in Europe or the political strife in Washington will eventually matter and crush this market. That is especially so as the market so often acts like it doesn't have a worry in the world.
But the reality of the market since the Great Recession low in March 2009 is that once we start to rally we have a tendency to keep running very strongly for a long while. In 2009 we went straight up almost the entire year after hitting a bottom in March. There were no retests and very few pauses. In the second half of 2010 and then in late 2011 and early 2012 we had another straight-up move.
Every one of these moves has been greeted by folks who just can't wait to predict their demise. They come up with endless reasons why they won't last and try to fight them for weeks, if not months, before there finally is a meaningful pullback. The bears have had a miserable time in this market and even the bulls struggle since so many are underinvested during these runs.
The tendency to always fight the prevailing trend isn't that surprising. It is the nature of those on Wall Street to try to stay one step ahead of everyone else. Calling a market turn is the easiest way to do that. Only the naïve and unformed would trust this market for very long. Bullishness is dumb and bearishness is smart. It is just much easier to be profound when you have a negative thesis.
Even if you are willing to ignore the noise and stick with the trend it isn't that easy to do. I constantly have to fight my own inclination to embrace the dark side simply because I'm growing weary of a market that never takes a break. I prefer some ups and downs to trade and I have to watch that I don't project that bias onto the market.
What I find to be the most difficult part of sticking with the trend is that my trading methodology is to harvest at least some partial profits into strength. I take gains not because I'm bearish, but because it is a money management technique that helps to keep my account steadily growing. The problem is that I have to keep finding new buys so that I can have my money at work as the rally continues. I am constantly dealing with being underinvested, even though I have a positive view of the overall market.
I am absolutely convinced that the vast majority of market players would have better results if they stick with the trend and didn't become bearish until there was some real price weakness. Rather than constantly looking for reasons to not like the market they should be focusing on reasons to stick with it.
We have another positive open on the way this morning and you can bet the bears will be growling about how doom is just around the corner. Maybe it is, but until there is actually some hard evidence in the form of weak prices it doesn't pay too much to worry.