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NEW YORK -- Looking to nail down his 35th save on Sunday against the White Sox, closer David Robertson hung a first-pitch curveball to Avisail Garcia, who hammered it over the wall in right to tie the game at 4.
The home run snapped Robertson's streak of 22 straight save opportunities since June 5, marking the second longest streak in the Majors this season. Brian McCann would eventually ease the sting and bail out his closer in the 10th inning with a walk-off home run for a 7-4 victory.
"It's obviously a pitch I want back," said Robertson. "I tried to throw a curveball for a strike. I didn't mean to hang it as bad as I did. I didn't see that outcome coming, but you've got to be a little better with the first pitch.
"It's easier to shake that one off when you win, for sure. It's frustrating because I really wanted to help us out in the game and keep some guys from having to go in, but it all worked out tonight."
His third blown save of the season would have been unusual except for earlier in the week, when he entered into a tie game and surrendered a three-run blast to the Astros' Chris Carter on a 3-0 pitch. He followed that up with a scoreless inning in back-to-back games against the White Sox on Friday and Saturday.
"If he tells me he's OK, I'm going to use him," said manager Joe Girardi. "Now, I won't use him [Monday]. He'll be off for me [Monday] and somebody else will have to get the job done. As you get later in the season, Robbie has done it before, you do it a little bit."
On Friday, Robertson became the fastest Yankees pitcher in terms of innings to reach 500 strikeouts, but the closer seemed optimistic Sunday that the home runs won't bother his mindset.
"I threw one pitch that I wanted back," he said. "It happens. These guys are good. They're not paid to hit ground balls or pop up. They're paid to put them in the seats."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Minister for the Marine Simon Coveney has said Ireland's participation in the Round the World Ocean Yacht Race is "extremely significant" and will result in a major tourism boost for Galway and the west of Ireland next year.
Speaking in Alicante in Spain where the race is due to start, he said it was an outstanding achievement for Galway to have bid successfully to be the final port in the 39,000-mile race.
Indications are that it will attract more than 600,000 to the city in July 2012, he added.
Mr Coveney said Galway had generated over €50m in tourism revenue as a stopover port in the 2008-2009 race and it looks like this would be exceeded next year.
The minister said that at a time of many economic difficulties and challenges, the race itself highlighted the importance of optimism and courage.
He said it would be extremely important for Ireland to be able to showcase itself to the world over the coming nine months of the race.
The minister sailed on the Chinese Irish entry "Team Sanya" during an in-port leg of the race this afternoon.

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Immigration reform will get addressed this year.
That is becoming increasingly obvious, with reports that President Obama and Senate Democrats are planning legislation that would overhaul the current immigration system. Read "Obama, senators plan major immigration bill."
A number of farm groups are mobilizing, as well, including the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF).
In a news conference Wednesday morning, NMPF leaders said there is a real opportunity for a breakthrough on Capitol Hill this year on the immigration issue.
"The stars and planets are aligning in the political universe for us to do something on this," said Chris Galen, senior vice president of communications at NMPF.
NMPF has joined with other agricultural organizations to form the Agriculture Workforce Coalition in an effort to reform federal immigration policies.
"After seven years of hard but fruitless work on this issue, dairy farmers have a rare opportunity in 2013 to achieve a comprehensive solution to the immigration policy challenge, says Jerry Kozak, president and CEO of NMPF. "We see our participation in this coalition as the best chance to shape federal policies that will ensure farm employers' continued access to both existing and future dairy workers."
A key to the framework proposed by Agriculture Workforce Coalition will be ensuring that it meets the needs of all of agriculture ― both those employers with seasonal labor needs and those who provide year-round employment opportunities, such as dairy farms.
"We have tried to retrofit the H2A visa program for dairy farmers, but that effort was a more limited approach. Now, we have the opportunity to do something bigger and comprehensive, with a unique coalition that together will be able to do more than each of our groups alone could do," says Jaime Castaneda, senior vice president of strategic initiatives and trade policy for NMPF.


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US petition to deport Piers Morgan hits 31,400
More than 31,400 people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun-control views.
Morgan has taken an aggressive stand for tighter U.S. gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. Last week, he called a gun advocate appearing on his "Piers Morgan Tonight" show an "unbelievably stupid man."
Now, gun-rights activists are fighting back. A petition created Dec. 21 on the White House e-petition website by a user in Texas accuses Morgan of engaging in a "hostile attack against the U.S. Constitution" by targeting the Second Amendment and demands he be deported immediately.
The petition has already hit the 25,000 signature threshold to get a White House response. By Monday, it had 31,430 signatures.
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Fans of the quintessential kooky, spooky Addams Family can see Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsly, Uncle Fester and more in Dynamics Community Theatre's production "The Addams Family: A New Musical."
The play can be seen Aug. 1, 2, 8 and 9 at 7 p.m.
Vicki Grimes, executive producer for the show, said that the musical came off of Broadway this past June, and that Dynamics is one of the first theaters in Ohio to stage it.
The book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, based on characters created by Charles Addams, is transformed into a full-length musical with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. Dynamics' production is directed by Matt Beresh, with musical direction by Carolyn Bagley.
Beresh said he was "very excited to direct" the musical. Previously at Dynamics, he directed the musical "Honk!"
"This has been challenging in an exciting way, said Beresh, a Tallmadge resident. "How they've pulled this together is awesome. For example, the gates to the Addams family crypt were recycled from the theater's production of Willy Wonka. The tree's base is a large spool that you use to wrap cable around, and the crew added to it from there. I like the family tree in the middle of the stage; this show is all about family."
In the play, Wednesday Addams, the daughter of the eccentric family, falls in love with Luke, who comes from a more "normal" family. She wants to invite Luke and his parents to dinner, but pleads with her family to be normal for one night.
Family is not just limited to the storyline of the play; the cast of more than 40 includes the involvement of families acting on stage together. Kurt Fitzgerald of Cuyahoga Falls, who plays the Addams patriarch Gomez, appears alongside his son Karson, who plays Gomez's son Pugsley, his wife Kirsten and daughter Kassidy, who play Addams family ancestors. Kirsten's mother, Barbara Thomas, also appears onstage as an ancestor.
"We try to do at least one family show a year," said Kurt during a rehearsal before the show opening. He added that "The Addams Family" was his family's 25th show together. "Sometimes we do three in one year."
Kurt said a challenge with his role was speaking and singing with a Spanish accent.
"I've been watching a lot of Univision," he said, and he laughed.
Brian Bishop of Stow, who plays Fester, also appears with family: his sons Brandon, 15, and Nick, 13, who both play ancestors. Bishop said in the last show he was involved with at Dynamics, "Honk!" he played percussion in the orchestra. Onstage, he occasionally plays the Banjolele.
"Most of the time when I'm in a play or musical, I like the funny parts," Bishop said of his favorite moment in "The Addams Family." "But this whole play is just full of funny moments. One of my favorite scenes is with Morticia, Gomez and Wednesday, when they sing 'Happy Sad.' It's a poignant moment any parent can relate to."
The cast includes a wide range of ages, from children seniors. One of the older members, JoAnn Wood, 84, of Tallmadge, is a founding member of Dynamics.
"I am going to be knitting the whole time, and I'll be dressed as Betsy Ross," Wood said, taking a break from the knitting she was working on during rehearsal. "I'm also in charge of working with the ushers."
Chase Coulter of Akron, who came on board as both the Conquistador and as one of the choreographers, said he was happy to work on the show and help teach the cast dance. Coulter, a professional dancer for 20 years, said the scenes he choreographed include the opening number and the tango between Morticia and Gomez.
"There's a bit of a surprise in the tango," Coulter said, without elaborating further.
Coulter said he has enjoyed his time working with the cast.
"What interested me is the show itself," he said. "It's a great script, with great songs and a great story."
Ticket and show information
The show is staged at the Tallmadge High School auditorium, 140 N. Munroe Road, Aug. 1, 2, 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors and are available online at www.dynamicstheater.org and also at the door the nights of the shows.
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A SALISBURY business recovery specialist has been nominated for the Woman of the Year award.
Julie Palmer, regional managing partner for business rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor in the south west and Wales, has been shortlisted for the prestigious award.
Blake Morgan Restructuring and Insolvency nominated Mrs Palmer, who heads up a network of 12 offices from Southampton to Swansea, for the Business Magazine's Women in Business 2014, Woman of the Year Award in the Large Business category.
The nomination comes after Mrs Palmer led an expansion drive, which saw Begbies Traynor open new offices in Swindon, Oxford and Swansea.
Mrs Palmer said: "It is an absolute privilege to be nominated for this award, which I know is hugely respected by the business community across the Thames Valley and Solent areas.
"I would like to thank the team at Blake Morgan for thinking of me and ultimately the regional team at Begbies Traynor, who have worked so hard to develop and grow the business by demonstrating their immense talent in assisting businesses with financial problems."
Based in Salisbury, Mrs Palmer oversees the running of Begbies Traynor's offices in Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Bournemouth and Southampton, Portsmouth, Brighton plus Oxford, Salisbury, Swindon, Cardiff and Swansea.
An Oxford law graduate, Mrs Palmer has risen to regional managing partner level after successfully managing many high-profile insolvency and restructuring cases, including successful sales of Bournemouth Football Club, Bristol Rugby Club, Shakeaway and Mostyns.
And last year, her team scooped South West Regional Insolvency Practitioner Firm of the Year award in the national Insolvency and Rescue Awards.
Additionally, Mrs Palmer sits on the national council of R3 – the UK's professional association of business recovery professionals, as well as working with policy groups.
Mrs Palmer will be competing against five further finalists at the Women in Business 2014 Awards on September 11 at Oakley Hall, near Basingstoke. Mrs Palmer lives near Salisbury with her husband Mark and nine-year-old daughter Polly.


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One of the most difficult aspects of discussing bond yields, mortgage rates and housing is separating the logic of what is likely to occur from the pragmatic issues each of must deal with individually.
In this column, I am going to deal only with the pragmatic issues.
Interest rates, bond yields and mortgage rates are near all-time lows but above where they were last year. In real terms, many yields are still negative, however, and this is helping to suppress mortgage rates. Although it is possible, and in my opinion probable, that mortgage rates and home values decline further in both nominal and real terms before a secular resurgence in economic activity drives them both upward, this process could take years and be interrupted by cyclical surges in both.
In order for yields and mortgage rates to decline below last year's lows, not only does the U.S. economy have to slow and probably move into recession, the same must occur simultaneously in Japan and in the core of Europe. There would also have to be simultaneous monetary stimulus in each of these areas in order for their respective sovereign yield curves to begin to move toward parity, as I discussed last November.
Since then, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced QE4 in December, and the Bank of Japan has decided to finally step in with its own aggressive monetary stimulus. The European Central Bank, however, is not being as aggressive and is still showing an affinity for austerity. I believe that the ECB will eventually join the aggressive stimulus group and that policy from all three central banks will become more aggressive and drive down sovereign bond yields globally and pull mortgage rates down as a result.
This process could take a few years of failed cyclical economic rebounds before the necessity is acknowledged by all. And of course, most germane to the pragmatic issues I'm discussing here, I could be wrong, and the worst of the post-2008 global hangover may be behind us.
If that is indeed true, it presents another sobering issue for homeowners and for those who are interested in becoming homeowners.
If the U.S. and global economies have already bottomed, are beginning to stabilize and are in the nascent stages of an increase in confidence, consumption and lending, then instead of competitive or coordinated currency depreciations between the U.S., Europe (Germany), and Japan, we may be near a fulcrum in policy that will see central banks removing stimulus rather than increasing it.
The reaction of the bond markets in particular to the minutes of last December's Fed meeting reflect investors' worries about this occurring.
If that concern begins to get validated by economic reports, especially reports of increases in bank lending, then yields and mortgage rates will begin to rise, even if we see only a cyclical rebound in activity, though the process could take a few years to complete and reverse. In the meantime, we're likely to see bond yields and mortgage rates rising by 100 basis points within a year and in fits and starts.
The bottom line is that the U.S. is very near the point maximum total affordability of housing. Mortgage rates are low, housing prices as a percentage of income are very low, and access to mortgage capital is increasing.
Although this situation may continue for two to five years, it also may not. The best advice I can offer anyone right now with respect to a primary residence is that if you can buy, then do so. If you are considering a refinance and if the cost of doing so can be recouped by monthly interest savings within no more than 18 months, then do so.
Don't get caught in myopia of housing values right now, or mortgage rates right now, or economic activity, or whatever. At some point the affordability of housing is going to begin to decrease, and when it does, that situation will likely last for a generation or more.


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OUSTED MP Anne McIntosh vowed to fight on as an independent, minutes after she was de-selected by the local Conservative Party.
The Thirsk and Malton MP – who is Yorkshire's only female Conservative MP and is chairwoman of an influential Commons committee – yesterday lost a party ballot on her reselection following a bitter split in constituency ranks.
After the result, Miss McIntosh vowed to stand in the next general election in the seat which she held at the last general election with a majority of 11,281.
She said: "I have 77,000 constituents who I have faithfully served. I have been an utterly loyal member of the Conservative Party both in the European Parliament and at Westminster.
"I do not intend to be thrown aside by a small cabal. It is for my constituents as a whole to dismiss me if they wish to do so. It is therefore my intention to stand and represent Thirsk, Malton and Filey constituency at the next general election and I shall continue to fulfil all my constituency and parliamentary duties until then."
"In the coming year I will support Conservative candidates in the European elections in Yorkshire and the Humber and Conservative local government candidates in Thirsk, Malton and Filey in 2015."
Coun Linda Cowling, the Conservative leader of Ryedale District Council, said: "I think it is very sad that 560 people could vote on the deselection, when in fact 28,000 people voted for Anne in the last election.
"From my point of view, she has been an excellent MP."
She said it was regrettable to lose Yorkshire's only female Conservative MP, when there were not enough female MPs.
The Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association's 560 members were balloted on Miss McIntosh's reselection and the result was announced yesterday after a count and a four-hour wait. Thirsk and Malton association member Victor Buchanan said it was the result many in the association expected.
"This whole process has been highly traumatic for the whole association, and now we just want to get our heads down and get on with selecting a candidate who will do a good job for the constituency," he added.
"There's no reason to be whooping and cheering."
The result came at the end of a protracted year-long battle between the local party and Conservative HQ.
Labour frontbencher Jon Ashworth said the result was a further blow to the Tories following announcements by a series of Conservative women MPs that they did not intend to stand again at the next election.
"What on earth is the Conservative Party's problem with women? With Anne McIntosh deselected, the Tories look set to lose their only female MP in the whole of Yorkshire and the Humber," he said.
"Already, one in ten of the Conservative women MPs elected in 2010 have announced that they are standing down at the next election. David Cameron has done nothing to stand up for one of his most senior women MPs.
"His silence speaks volumes at a time when many people are asking why the Conservative Party is so out of touch."


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Killer Doll Duo Arriving In February...
Mezco's latest edition to the Living Dead Dolls line is Chucky and Tiffany. Not since Bonnie and Clyde has a couple left such a path of destruction in their wake.
Chucky, the homicidal doll who contains the spirit of Charles Lee Ray, a serial killer better known as "The Lakeshore Strangler", is now joined by his beloved Tiffany, the doll who contains the soul of his longtime paramour, a misguided and equally homicidal aspiring actress.
Both dolls feature real cloth clothing; Chucky in his well known coveralls and sneakers, and Tiffany in her fashion forward wedding gown with "leather" jacket. Tiffany also sports her trademark tattoo.
Each doll stands ten inches tall. Chucky and Tiffany - sold as a set - come together in a double window box. Look for Living Dead Dolls Presents: Chucky & Tiffany February 2014 priced at $60.
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Our mission is to aid the citizens of Independence County in the rescue and adoption of abandoned, abused, or injured animals. The Humane Society of Independence County believes that a strong bond between man and animal is beneficial to both parties, creating an atmosphere of love and companionship that lasts a lifetime.
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You'll receive a copy, too, at to help you keep track of which pets you've inquired about, and which shelters and rescues you've emailed.
NOTE: Some shelters have physical locations you can visit; some of these shelters may only have pets for a limited time, so please do not wait for a reply—just go visit the shelter! Other organizations are rescue groups run by busy volunteers who may take a while to reply. You can find information about the shelter or rescue group caring for this pet, and their adoption procedures, on the pet's details page on Adopt-a-Pet.com.


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Vermont Farm Show kicks off Jan. 28
The 82st annual Vermont Farm Show, set for Jan. 28-30, will feature more than 150 agricultural exhibits, ranging from tractors to livestock to cutting-edge equipment. Vermont's largest agricultural showcase, it will be held at the Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, Vt.
The Farm Show also hosts key meetings for Vermont agricultural groups. For a full list of Farm Show Meetings, visit http://www.vtfarmshow.com/-2014-meetings.html
This year Consumer Night will be held Wednesday, Jan. 29, 4-7 p.m.
For a full list of exhibitors ad their respective booth numbers, visit http://www.vtfarmshow.com/2014-exhibitors.html
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New York's DAP funding boosted
Funding for New York's Dairy Acceleration Program (DAP) will be increased by $850,000, to $1.85 million. Combined with funding still available under the current program, this new funding will serve at least 100 more dairy farms across New York.
DAP is jointly funded by the Department of Agriculture and Markets and the Department of Environmental Conservation. Available funding covers:
• up to $5,000 per farm to write a business plan or develop a combination of a business and facility growth plan.
• up to $4,500 to update an existing Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP), or $6,000 to develop a new one.
New funds will be available to design farm practices described in CNMPs. CNMPs are a conservation system for animal feeding operations designed to address soil erosion and water quality concerns. The CNMP encompasses the storage and handling of manure as well as using and applying manure nutrients on farmland. Through DAP, the state already awarded dozens of projects to farms with an average herd size of about 140 cows.
Business planning may include financial analysis, farmstead development planning, facility planning and capital investment planning for increased milk production per cow. Environmental planning includes CNMP development and updates. Farms without an existing CNMP may hire a certified Nutrient Management planner to develop a new CNMP.
To be eligible for DAP, a dairy cattle farm must have complete financial records and be shipping milk. Preference will be given to farms with under 300 mature cows. DAP funding will cover up to 80% of a project's cost.
Through DAP, farmers will be able to tap into the expertise of the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) network, Cornell PRO-DAIRY, certified Agricultural Environmental Management planners, farm business planning consultants and other agricultural programs to facilitate and grow their business, and in turn, increase production on their farms.
To apply for DAP, visit http://ansci.cornell.edu/prodairy/dairy_acceleration/
Penn State: Middle Managers Conference is March 5
The Penn State Extension Dairy Team will host a Middle Managers Conference, Wednesday, March 5, at the Best Western Premier Central Hotel & Conference Center in Harrisburg, Pa. The conference help dairy farm middle managers and mid-level supervisors develop practical skills they can use to make their dairy farms better places to work and more successful businesses. It qualifies for 2 AgChoice Smart Start Credits, and scholarships to attend are available from the Center for Dairy Excellence. Learn more.
New York offers on-farm anaerobic digester funding
New York dairy farmers may now be eligible for cost-share assistance to construct anaerobic digesters on their farms. Gov. Andrew Cuomo designated $20 million to be available through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
Farms, food processing manufacturers and municipal wastewater sites are eligible for up to $2 million per project. The digester technology funding will be available on a first-come, first-served basis for eligible projects. Further details will be available from NYSERDA.
Biogas-to-power technology has several steps. Dairy manure and other organic wastes are conveyed into heated digestion tanks where naturally occurring bacteria break down a portion of the waste, creating the methane-rich biogas. The liquid outflow (effluent) from digesters, about the same volume as the inflow, contains all the nutrients that came into it, thus the effluent that can be applied to crops as fertilizer. Biogas can be used to fuel engines that in turn produce electricity and heat. Through this process, farmers can often eliminate a significant portion of the electricity they would otherwise purchase from the utility grid, and periodically export surplus electricity onto the electrical grid in exchange for credits.
NYSERDA and the New York Power Authority have awarded nearly $30 million toward anaerobic digestion projects and related technology over the past 10 years. Currently, this funding supports 20 operational digester projects.
Find Governor Andrew Cuomo's announcement here: http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/01142014-dairy-farmers-economic-opportunity
Miner Institute to study grain substitutes in dairy rations
Northern New York farmers are interested in properly and cost-effectively feeding their dairy cows. To help them evaluate economically-feasible replacements for corn grain in dairy rations, the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) has provided funding to the William H. Miner Agricultural Institute to conduct a comprehensive inventory and analysis of accessible and appropriate dairy diet substitute products.
'This research is timely in responding to the need for farmers to reduce the use of corn in feed rations. Corn prices have reached all-time highs in recent years and although they may trend downward due to high yields in 2013, prices are expected to remain higher than historical averages,' said Miner Institute president Dr. Rick Grant.
Grant adds that a lower corn/starch diet does not compromise milk production.
'Research by Cornell and Miner Institute has shown that high milk production can be obtained with lower dietary starch as long as rations are properly formulated. A lower starch diet can be successfully fed to early to mid-lactation cows, dry cow and fresh cows without compromising any aspect of performance,' Grant said.
The search for acceptable corn grain substitutes goes beyond simply increasing the dairy ration with grass/legume forage grown on regional farms.
'Northern New York weather and growing conditions can create a major constraint in assuring high quality forage harvest each year. Milk production suffers if the increased forage fed to cows is not of high quality and increases the real cost of production in spite of reducing the use of corn grain, thus we are in search of acceptable non-forage alternatives and the proper formulation of rations using those substitutes,' Grant said.
Non-forage sources of fiber (NFFS) and fermentable carbohydrates for dairy rations include soybean hulls, beet pulp, and wheat midds.
With the NNYADP-funding, Miner Institute is collaborating with Northeast Ag and Feed Alliance feed industry representatives to look at regional factors influencing dairy ration development. For example, large storage facilities along the St. Lawrence River offer citrus pulp, hominy, and whole cottonseed supplies as potential dairy diet sources.
The NNYADP dairy diet corn substitute project researchers are also evaluating sources of distiller and wet brewer grains, and malt sprouts produced in Quebec, gluten feed produced in Ontario, and New England bakery by-products.
The first survey of the project will identify the current use of corn substitutes in NNY dairy herd diets over the past five years, what products are used as substitutes and the sources of those substitute products. The data will be analyzed to determine the most economically-feasible products.
The research team will analyze samples of the most economically-feasible products to determine how well their nutrient composition will work in developing dairy cow rations to support strong milk production.
The analysis protocol will evaluate digestibility by the cows, rumen digestion efficiency, and other factors that influence the proper formulation of the lower starch dairy cow diet.
'We have found good agreement between the Fermentrics analysis and actual measured cow response to different types of diet rations in previous research studies conducted at Miner Institute' Grant said.
Once the research surveys and analysis are complete, an updatable database will be developed for use by Northern New York dairy producers to encourage the best nutrition and economic gains from consistently feeding a less corn, lower starch substitute diet.
When completed, the Economical Substitutes for Corn Grain in NNY Dairy Cattle Rations report and database will be available on the NNYADP website at www.nnyagdev.org.
The NNYADP is a farmer-driven research, technical assistance, and outreach small grants program supporting the diverse agricultural sectors in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties. The program receives funding support from the New York State Senate.
'PYP' call shows strong margins, opportunities
The Center for Dairy Excellence hosted its monthly "Protecting Your Profits" conference call, which documented recent movement in the dairy commodity markets. Alan Zepp, risk management program manager, led the conference call and reported on the current trend toward strong dairy prices.
"With the LGM Dairy sales period coming up next Friday, prices are at historically high levels and margins are well above both the five-year and ten-year average," said Zepp. "The best case scenario would be that a producer who purchases a LGM policy would pay a 17-cent premium per hundredweight and not receive an indemnity. That would mean we would have a really strong year in dairy, but we don't know how long prices will hold."
On the call, Zepp shared updates on both national dairy industry statistics and local milk production trends that were reported in the Pennsylvania Dairy Industry Performance Scorecard. He also discussed the factors influencing the trend toward higher milk prices. Strong export demand, coupled with steady domestic sales, is currently pulling more product out of stocks, while milk production has been slow to grow recently.
"Nobody knows what the coming year will bring. Producers can choose not to use risk management, but at these historically high prices, that might be more of a gamble than actually doing something to protect your price," Zepp said.
To access a recording of the conference call in a webinar format, visit www.centerfordairyexcellence.org/protecting-your-profits/. For more details about the monthly conference call learning series, contact the Center for Dairy Excellence at 717-346-0849 or by e-mail at email@example.com. More information about this and other resources from the center can be found at www.centerfordairyexcellence.org.


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Alphabet Soup Improves Business visibility
The technical details of using S88, S95 and other tools are well-documented. The reason why using them makes good business sense hasnt been well knownuntil now.
By Dave Harrold
Do you know what you get when you mix S88, S95, B2MML, M2Pack, BatchML, MES, OPC, JETT, OMAC and PAT together? No, it's not alphabet soup. What you get is a collection of tools that, when used in combination, provide proven, well-documented ways to create a flexible, robust production environment that fulfills manufacturers' long-time desire to obtain near real-time production visibility.
Greyssi Campos, a control systems engineer with Wyeth-Ayerst Lederle in Carolina, Puerto Rico, knows firsthand what S88 can provide. "Before we implemented S88, each recipe change required new code, new graphics and validation of both, in addition to validation of the recipe," says Campos. "S88 has saved us a tremendous amount of time and money by eliminating code and graphic validation when recipes are changed."
An Internet search for S88, S95, B2MML, M2Pack, BatchML, MES, OPC, JETT, OMAC and PAT returns thousands of hits for books, articles, whitepapers and tutorials describing these standards, templates and initiatives, but you'll find very little on why using them makes savvy business sense—until now.
In his book, Management Challenges for the 21st Century, business guru Peter Drucker explains it's best to focus on the meaning of the information and not on the technology that collects and delivers it. Drucker's sage advice is exactly why using this collection of standards, templates and initiatives can help:
- Increase process knowledge,
- Improve quality, yield and throughput,
- Reduce production costs,
- Reduce equipment lifecycle hosts.
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Functional Hierarchy
While this structure represents production, S95 supports its easily being adapted and applied to maintenance, quality, or inventory information
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Certainly an Internet search on these individual tools will provide significantly more detail about each. However for our purposes, the following simple definitions are adequate to understand why using them together can improve the visibility of executives into production processes.
Standards and templates. S88 defines the terminology as well as the physical and functional hierarchy for recipe management and process segmentation. Use of S88 encourages development and reuse of pretested software modules designed to match the capabilities of equipment and processing units. Originally developed for batch processes, S88 has proven to be an equally effective automation development model for continuous processes.
S95 consists of terminology and models that can be used to develop an efficient information exchange between a variety of business systems, such as sales, finance, quality, production, maintenance and logistics. S95 encourages use of the standard business system information exchange language, or unified modelling language (UML).
Manufacturing execution systems (MES) are defined in S95 as systems that control "level 3-" related activities, such as resource allocation, production dispatching, collection of product production activities, quality assurance management, document management, labor management and more.
Communications. B2MML is a set of XML schemas developed by a World Batch Forum working group. Using the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) schema definition language, B2MML schemas are available as royalty-free, ready-to-use templates designed to make implementation of the S95 standard easy.
Batch markup language (BatchML) provides explanatory information about developing XML schemas that may be used to exchange information about recipes, equipment and batch lists per the data models and attributes defined in the S88 standard.
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Recently I cut several buckets of basil and froze some, used some to make basil pesto, and kept out a generous handful of basil stalks for a little experiment. So, just how long do you think a jar of basil will stay good on the kitchen counter if you keep adding water?
Here's the basil jar the first day, and the basil is brightly green and fragrant.
Day 3, and there is no noticeable difference in the color or smell of the basil.
Two more days, and the leaves are a little more curled, but still fragrant and perfectly usable.
(Edit 9/15/2010 -It's now nearly two weeks later, and the basil is mostly still perfectly fresh and usable! Most of the stems have roots, and the basil actually seems to be growing in the water!)


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Nike and JD Sports have come together to launch a new mobile web and Facebook platform.
Designed and developed by R/GA London, King of Trainers gives JD Sports' customers exclusive access to Nike gear.
And by collecting points for their activity, players can be crowned the 'King of Trainers' for their respective city – winning the right to exclusive Nike gear, offers and tickets as a reward.
Available via an interactive mobile web experience and a Facebook application, King of Trainers is a digital commerce platform. Each month, three Nike footwear products will be exclusively released on King of Trainers by JD Sports, giving players the opportunity to get the latest trainers before they go on sale to the masses.


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If your motto is, "why do it today when there's always tomorrow?"—then this article is for you. We all have our reasons for putting things off—whether it's because we're too busy and don't have enough time, not sure what to do next, or just plain don't feel like doing it. But when "tomorrow" arrives, we feel stressed, rushed, or discouraged.
Had enough of this unrewarding habit? Take the challenge to deal with procrastination today with these easy-to-use tips.
PROBLEM: "There's so much to keep track of!"
TRY THIS: Stay on top of task deadlines, expiration or renewal dates, party invitation RSVPs, and other dated material using a revolving follow-up file system. Using Avery File Folder Labels, number file folders from 1 to 31 for each day of the month and place the folders in a dedicated file cabinet drawer or organizing tote. Then, organize your tasks or things that need your attention for each particular day by filing them under the appropriate date. Each day, pull out the corresponding folder for that day of the month. If things get pushed back or dates change, just refile the item under the appropriate dated folder.
PROBLEM: "I just don't feel like it."
TRY THIS: When your drive takes a dip, maybe a little inspiration will do. These motivational cards offer an inspirational quote on one side, while the other side can be customized with an incentive or reward of your choice. Print a stack on Avery Clean Edge Business Cards, shuffle, then draw a card to read a quote. Once you accomplish a task, flip the card over to reveal your reward.
PROBLEM: "I just can't seem to focus."
TRY THIS: Eliminate distractions. When you're working on a major project or difficult situation that needs your undivided attention, constantly checking your email or glancing at the television can be the downfall to your level of concentration. Instead, create a calm, quiet environment to help you focus on the task at hand. If the thought of not being online makes you squirm, allow yourself a short break but only after you've dedicated a solid block of time to the project, and repeat.
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Marin's new state senator has sent a letter to a key Bay Area transportation planning agency asking that it complete the SMART commuter rail line from downtown San Rafael to Larkspur as originally planned.
State Sen. Noreen Evans, a Democrat from Santa Rosa, sent the letter to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which holds the purse strings to a large portion of Bay Area transit dollars.
"I look forward to working with you to explore addition funding opportunities to complete the connection between downtown San Rafael and Larkspur, creating an attractive transit connection between the North Bay and the rest of the Bay Area," wrote Evans — who also asked the MTC to work to extend SMART to the north in Sonoma County — in the letter late last month.
Due to recent redistricting, Evans' District 2 now includes Marin, a large section of Sonoma County and several northern counties extending to the Oregon border.
San Francisco Democrat Mark Leno formerly represented Marin, but the county was removed from his district.
The original language of the 2008 voter-approved quarter-cent sales tax had the train connecting Cloverdale to the north to Larkspur in the south, where it would link to Golden Gate ferries and San Francisco.
But the rail project was scaled back as funding from the sales tax slowed as the economy took a nosedive. The first phase of the project — with service beginning in 2015 or 2016 — will connect San Rafael and Santa Rosa.
In Marin, the line will offer stops at Atherton Avenue, Hamilton Field, the Marin Civic Center and downtown San Rafael. An adjacent pedestrian and bicycle path will be part of the project. The second phase would extend service through the Cal Park Hill Tunnel to the Larkspur Ferry Terminal, although funding has not been identified for that work.
"The SMART project has been on MTC's list of regional priorities," said John Goodwin, MTC spokesman. "That designation was re-affirmed in 2008. We will continue to work with SMART."
While funding for the extension to Larkspur has not been identified, the commission has already provided $33 million of the $360 million SMART is spending to get the commuter rail project rolling.
A connection to Larkspur would be ideal for commuters who use Golden Gate Ferry service. Presently there is no bus service to the terminal. A SMART Larkspur station would put commuters within walking distance of the ferries.
"It would be a wonderful option for people," said Mary Currie, Golden Gate Ferry spokeswoman. "It would be another way to get people to the ferries and it could ease the parking crunch for us at Larkspur terminal. It would provide another transit option."
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|September 13, 2000
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"Herbs are powerful. They can do miracles if we but give them the respect and appreciation so rightfully theirs."
- Jeannine Parvati Baker
2) The Art of Midwifery
A sitz bath brings immediate relief to swollen membranes and slows bleeding. Use a mixture that contains a combination of herbs such as comfrey, yarrow, uva ursi, witch hazel, goldenseal, or garlic. To use, pour one gallon of boiling water over one ounce of herbs. Cover and steep for twenty minutes. Strain the strong infusion into a shallow tub or a sitz bath pan specifically made to sit in on the toilet. Also, the new mom can squirt a strong comfrey tea from a bottle whenever she urinates, to prevent burning and also help perineal healing.
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Isolated constituents of black cohosh have peripheral vasodilitory and hyptensive effects in animals (Leung & Foster, 1996). Researchers reporting on human studies have stated, "In man, this drug (isolated constituent of black cohosh) has no hypotensive effect, though its peripheral vasodilatory effect is evident."
Prepartion and Dosage: Fresh or dry root tincture, 10-25 drops up to 4 times daily; or capsules, "00" size, 1-2 times daily.
Indications for the use of black cohosh:
CAUTION: Do not use before 36 weeks gestation.
- Cindy Belew, CNM, herbalist, in The Birthkit, Autumn 1998
Two herbs used as symptomatic treatments for heartburn include meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) and licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra). Both herbs serve us well as anti-inflammatories and reduce stomach acid, but act in different ways in the digestive tract. Licorice reduces the irritation of acid through a buildup of mucous secretion, whereas meadowsweet is believed to assist in the proliferation of stomach and intestinal cell reproduction/repair.
Caveats exist for both herbs. Avoid the use of licorice with gestational hypertension/toxemia. If the woman has aspirin or salicylate sensitivity, meadowsweet should not be ingested. Ironically, although extended use of aspirin can lead to stomach ulceration, meadowsweet does not exhibit the same negative side effects.
Both herbs can be taken internally using a tincture or infusion. If the mother is close to term and experiences gas as well as heartburn, fennel should be considered a treatment possibility. Fennel is considered a strong laxative and uterine stimulant, so its use earlier in pregnancy is not desirable.
- Chris Hafner-Eaton, The Birthkit Issue 15
Comfrey salve is easy to make and is famous for using on sore nipples. The comfrey leaf contains alontoin which promotes regeneration of epithelial (skin) cells. To make the salve: Submerge clean, dry comfrey leaves in a good quality oil for six to eight weeks. Strain, then heat to kill bacteria. Thicken with beeswax and/or paraffin and pour into small jars.
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Because of the high incidence of sexual abuse, assault etc.,
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I am a student midwife and have a client who is a Hepatitis B carrier. I am interested in hearing from other providers who have been in similar situations, and what they have done about being vaccinated or not for Hepatitis B. I am concerned about not contracting it, but also concerned about the risks/side effects of the vaccine. Any information would be helpful.
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Q: Is perineal massage necessary? Does it help or hinder tearing? I have been trained to do perineal massage and it seems to me that all it does is make the tissues edematous. I'm beginning to think that hot compresses and oil as well as positioning may be enough.
- Karen
A: In my experience as a mother I found perineal massage to be unpleasant and intrusive, both prenatally and during birth. That was a signal to me as a midwife: If something is unpleasant, maybe it's not really a great idea. Over the years as a midwife I was able, with my Amish clients, to back way off on everything without fears of litigation, etc. and what I saw in most every case is the least you do, the better the process works. So perineal massage was the first to go. I never in my entire practice had to sew more than three women, and one of those was the birth of a baby that came before I got there. In the hospital I now work in, they do vigorous massage and it looks savage and the moms don't appreciate it. I say, trust the process. Perineums can birth.
- Elizabeth von der Ahe
I don't believe perineal massage is necessary. I have had five births, no episiotomies, and two tears. The tears healed with NO pain, so my experience is that tears are not to be feared greatly (although the stitching does hurt). My babies weighed from 6-9 pounds, and the tears occurred both with a 6- and a 9-pound baby, so there goes the idea that size makes a difference. I believe position is important, both of the mother and baby.
My doctor did massage during the crowning of the first baby, 6 pounds and a small tear. There was a lot of burning with crowning. Was it due to first time birth? Subsequent births burned only a little or not at all. My fourth birth resulted in a large tear, and that was also the largest baby (9 lb. 6 oz.). I believe the tear was due to my pushing hard during crowning, and the baby's arm was also up (I tore during delivery of the shoulders). However, all my 2nd stages were rapid (3-15 minutes), and the 3-minute one resulted in no tear and an 8 pound baby. I just wanted to share my experience and dispel the myth that episiotomies prevent tears and are not a big deal to recover from (just read the literature).
- Michaela
I am a Filipino who has been in the US for almost five years, and I am a midwife. I have practiced midwifery for more than half of my life and I just turned 50. I started in rural areas with populations of five thousand with no doctors or nurse but myself, and some volunteers. The doctor and nurse would only visit me when something came up that I couldn't handle. In my areas I had a minimum of 15-20 deliveries in a month. Even with the experience I got as a midwife in a clinic at my house, there were so many cases that I thought I couldn't do but thanks to God I didn't experience any fetal or maternal death.
Regarding perineal massage, please don't do it. The perineum
is a very sensitive part of a woman's body. Try to touch it
and it is soft and thin and if you keep on massaging it,
surely it will swell. Try positioning, and the best position
is to let the mom stand and walk. And the mom will always
say she can't do it. This is the time that you as a midwife
will stand beside her, walk, talk, give tender massage of the tummy, a little hug, fix her hair, and other little
things that divert attention from the pain. That's what a
midwife is for. Avoid doing internal exams, but instead
monitor the time and frequency of the pain. Remember,
though, these things that I said won't work for everybody.
I've been practicing for 20 years and I think massage in labor just swells the tissue. I think doing it prenatally might help, because it gets the tissue used to it over a prolonged period of time, doing it just a little (a few minutes) each day. Even if doing this doesn't make the tissue stretchier, it does make the woman aware of what it feels like when she has her perineum stretched, so it feels more familiar at birth and she is less panicky (like some women are) and more able to tolerate a slow controlled expulsion.
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1. NAUSEA IN PREGNANCY: Let's talk about nausea in pregnancy (hyperemesis gravidarum)--experience, remedies, philosophy.
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11) Switchboard
More on Cytotec [Issue 2:36]:
Cytotec must not ever be used on pregnant women. Has anyone thought at all about what happens to the health of a mother and baby when hormones are used to induce labor? Very little information is available on the long-term side effects of any induced labor. I speak up constantly about this elective procedure as my daughter and I are still dealing with a reduced immune system caused by an adverse reaction to an induction drug four years after the birth. I believe we will see far-reaching ill effects on the health of mothers and babies who have agreed to this procedure without informed consent or being aware of the natural alternatives. Be aware that the baby is not the final result, a healthy mother and healthy baby is the final result. Using drugs or hormones to force the exit of the baby can lead to untold side effects to the mother and baby after the birth. Scheduled birth using hormones can harm both mother and baby for years after the birth.
- Gail J. Dahl, childbirth researcher & educator, author of
"Pregnancy & Childbirth Tips"
From everything I've read about this pharmaceutical [Cytotec], I don't think it should ever be used, much less in a home or out-of-hospital setting. It worries me that there are midwives out there who would see it as "part of the birth bag." There are many much safer methods of starting a labor or easing a cervical lip out of the way.
- Kelley Hewitt, LM FLA
As I read the contributions about Cytotec, my hair got more and more stiff on the back of my head. How can anyone use Cytotec as inducement on a live foetus (when you want it to stay alive!)?
I'm a midwife at a Danish university hospital. We use Cytotec 0,2 mg for inducing abortus provocatus and missed abortion after 10 weeks. We also use it for inducing labour on foetus mors, but never in the third trimester, because of the risk of rupture. The dose is applied every five hours until labour is in progress. Orificium has to be at least 4 cm before we may tear the membranes.
I've never tried to administer Cytotec myself, but I've heard my colleagues talk about it. They think it's better than the drug we used before (Cervagem) because it works quicker, and as Gina Acosta mentioned in last week's issue, there is no burning in the vagina or cervix.
For third trimester foetus mors we still use the "old" drug, Cervagem.
- Lotte Obbekjer, Danish midwife
In your September 5 E-News was an article by Cathy O'Bryant, CPM on Cytotec to which I would like to respond. It is clear from her description that she has simply begun to use this powerful drug without first reviewing all the relevant scientific evidence on its risks. Sadly, this is a form of experimenting on women, a practice I hope midwives will never participate in. Here are the scientific facts on Cytotec for labor induction:
1) The FDA has never approved this use of this drug so if you use it, it is "off-label" use which would be impossible to justify in any court of law.
2) The drug manufacturer has written information in every package of the drug stating that it should NEVER be used on pregnant women. In the same September 5 issue of E-News is a long letter from the president of the company saying to not use it for this purpose.
3) The Cochrane Library, the most authoritative source of scientific information on obstetric practices, has stated repeatedly that the research on Cytotec for induction is inadequate to know enough about the risks and should not be used for this purpose.
I know of two court cases involving the use of Cytotec for induction, one resulting in a dead baby and the other in a baby with severe brain damage. In the second case, midwives were involved in an out-of-hospital birth and they will not be able to defend the fact that they managed a labor where Cytotec was given. This is so very sad. I hope that midwives will not be sucked into using this drug as it is dangerous to mother and baby and dangerous for the midwives as well.
- Marsden Wagner, MD
My sister-in-law has just been diagnosed with a hernia in her groin. She is 20 weeks pregnant. Has anyone any experience of this or any ideas for self-help? She is in a lot of pain and it has been suggested by her GP that she will have to have a caesarean.
- Lucy
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- Aurora
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Assessment and Monitoring of Renal Proximal Tubular Tolerance of Nucleoside and Nucleotide Analogues Using Early Screening Tools in Patients Chronically Mono-infected With Hepatitis B Virus (HBVSECURE)
This study has been completed.
University Hospital, Limoges
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
University Hospital, Limoges
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: December 22, 2011
Last updated: February 23, 2016
Last verified: February 2016
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Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Detailed Description:
Nucleotide analogues are associated in the long term with a risk of proximal tubular nephropathy (PT) with loss of phosphate, and, when compensatory mechanisms are overwhelmed, with osteopenia or osteoporosis. This toxicity has been particularly documented for tenofovir (TDF) in HIV disease, but its prevalence varies widely in the literature and is mainly associated with comorbidities: on average this prevalence is 0.39% after 48 weeks with exceptional cases of Fanconi syndrome described. In HBV monoinfection after 60 months of treatment with TDF, an 11% decrease of creatinine clearance (CreatCl) is observed. A single study showed a significant increase in creatinine level with entecavir (ETV) therapy, a second-generation nucleoside, hitherto not described as nephrotoxic. Furthermore, if the direct renal toxic effect characteristic of HIV in the kidney is well known, the role of HBV is less clear. Thus, HBV treatment appears to have a renal protective effect. The monitoring tools recommended by the SPC, CreatCl and plasma phosphorus level are late markers of tubular damage. The threshold of phosphate tubular reabsorption (TmPi/GFR) and the fractional excretion of uric acid (FEUA) are unexpensive early screening tools. However, the long-term evolution of this subclinical tubular involvement in HBV monoinfection is not known.
|Hepatitis B Renal Failure With Tubular Necrosis
|Biological: plasma and urine samples, sample with ADN
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Assessment and Monitoring of Renal Proximal Tubular Tolerance of Nucleoside and Nucleotide Analogues Using Early Screening Tools in Patients Chronically Mono-infected With Hepatitis B Virus.
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Hepatitis Hepatitis A Hepatitis BU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by University Hospital, Limoges:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- the prevalence of "subclinical" proximal tubular abnormalities [ Time Frame: 2 years ]to compare at 2 years the prevalence of "subclinical" proximal tubular abnormalities (TmPi/GFR and FEUA) in 3 groups of HBV monoinfected patients treated with TDF, ETV or untreated.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- the prevalence at baseline of "subclinical" proximal tubular abnormalities [ Time Frame: 1 day ]to describe the prevalence at baseline, and the cumulative incidence of these abnormalities during the follow-up and determine the proportion of patients who present at 2 years an impaired CreatCl, an hypophosphatemia and an hypercalciuria (suggesting a bone impact), according to the presence or absence of "subclinical" proximal tubular abnormalities.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Plasma and urine samples for determination of TMPi / GFR and FEUA A sample of genomic DNA will be collected after informed consent of the patient from a saliva sample (Saliva autocollection kits) in order to investigate genetic polymorphism in transporters responsible for the renal elimination of TDF and ETV.
|Study Start Date:
|December 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Patient naive
Patient with hepatitis B virus naive untreated
Biological: plasma and urine samples, sample with ADN
plasma and urine samples every three months Sample with ADN at baseline
Patient with TDF
Patient with hepatits B treated with Tenofovir
Biological: plasma and urine samples, sample with ADN
plasma and urine samples every three months Sample with ADN at baseline
Patient with ETV
Patient with hepatitis B virus treated with Entecavir
Biological: plasma and urine samples, sample with ADN
plasma and urine samples every three months Sample with ADN at baseline
Detailed Description:
260 naive untreated patients, 220 patients treated with TDF and 220 patients treated with ETV and consecutively recruited in this interventional study, will have at baseline and every three months, a determination of phosphorus, creatinine, uric acid in plasma and urine samples for determination of TMPi / GFR and FEUA, and an evaluation of urinary calcium level. Depending on local opportunities, every six months, a urine sample will be stored in a declared biological collection to perform β2-microglobuline and cystatin dosage. A 25-OHD3 and PTH dosage will be conducted annually. A sample of genomic DNA will be collected after informed consent of the patient from a saliva sample (Saliva autocollection kits) in order to investigate genetic polymorphism in transporters responsible for the renal elimination of TDF and ETV. A serum sample will be stored at baseline, at one year and at endpoint for the retrospective dosage of bone markers (bone PAlk, PINP and CTX).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Patient with hepatitis B virus
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Patients with chronic HBV virus monoinfected
- For groups of patients treated: Patients with an indication of ETV or TDF
- For the group of naive patients: treatment-naive patients who have no indication of treatment (or do not want) for the duration of the study
- globular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 50 ml / min / 1.73 m2 with no known cause of renal disease
- Patients who have given their informed and written informed consent
- Women of childbearing potential with an effective method of contraception without interruption for the duration of the research and during the 4 months after stopping treatment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients co-infected with HIV, hepatitis C or hepatitis Delta
- Patients who have already received the TDF in the group to receive the TDF and having already received ETV in the group to receive ETV
- Patient with a GFR <50 ml / min / 1.73 m2 or with known causes of renal disease
- Patient with hypophosphatemia <0.48 mmol / l
- Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (diagnosed or suspected)
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01500265
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01500265
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|Bordeaux, France, 33000
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|Brest, France, 29609
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|Pessac, France, 33604
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text: I know that there were no stars in the dunk contest but Gerald Greens first dunked is being way over looked. That dunk was nasty. Also, if you watch the dunk contest between MJ and Wilkens, a guy like Gerald Green can do all the dunks those two guys did in that contest except for the free throw line dunk by MJ. I am just saying that people are expecting way too much out of the contest these days.


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Nine federal agencies decided that none of LightSquared's proposals for its LTE 4G broadband network would overcome significant interference with GPS (Global Positioning System) devices. The National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Executive Committee (PNT ExComm) announced Friday that the nine federal agencies that make up the body made the decision unanimously.
PNT ExComm released a memo on Friday with its findings after being involved in testing the proposed network at the request of the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which were providing LightSquared opportunities to provide alternatives to its original proposed network.
Both the original and modified proposals by LightSquared would cause harmful interference to many GPS receivers, the PNT ExComm chairmen said in the memo. The agency also said a Federal Aviation Administration analysis had concluded the network would be incompatible with aircraft safety systems.
"Based upon this testing and analysis, there appear to be no practical solutions or mitigations that would permit the LightSquared broadband service, as proposed, to operate in the next few months or years without significantly interfering with GPS. As a result, no additional testing is warranted at this time," the memo said.
LightSquared reacted to the decision by claiming "bias and inappropriate collusion" by the government. It claimed the process used to evaluate its original and proposed plans was compromised by a conflict of interest since one of the government's key advisers on the matter is a board member of Trimble, a manufacturer of GPS receiver equipment.
The company further called for an investigation into the alleged conflicts of interest by the PNT Advisory Board, which advises the PNT ExComm. LightSquared said both the PNT Advisory Board and PNT ExComm had abandoned their commitment to test GPS receiver filters that LightSquared believes can solve the interference issue.
"Under an agreement worked out directly between representatives of Trimble—the same company that has paid for a year-long lobbying campaign against LightSquared's network—LightSquared was specifically excluded from the testing process," the press release said. "The devices selected as part of the most recent round of testing include numerous obsolete and off-market GPS receivers that nearly guaranteed failure. Power levels used for testing were 32 times that of real-world conditions further stacking the deck in favor of GPS industry interests."
The Coalition to Save Our GPS, which was formed in response to concerns raised by LightSquared's network interference, responded to the recent announcement in a press release.
"Every set of independent technical studies has confirmed that LightSquared's proposed operations would create widespread interference to critical GPS uses," the Coalition to Save our GPS said in a press statement. "The test results which were the subject of the Jan. 13, 2011, government conclusions yet again confirm the interference problem. The results also confirm that interference will not only affect high-precision GPS receivers, but also millions of GPS devices used by consumers every day in their cars, trucks and boats. In addition, the most recent studies confirm interference to critical aviation safety systems.
"LightSquared has been afforded every possible opportunity to make its technical case, and has failed to demonstrate that it can avoid interference to many critical GPS based activities. Over the last year, it has proposed numerous modifications to its proposals which it claimed would solve the interference problem. Each of these proposals has been extensively evaluated and none have been found adequate to eliminate widespread interference to GPS. No credible, independent expert or organization has come forward to support LightSquared's claims of non-interference to millions of existing GPS devices.
"We welcome the PNT Executive Committee's unanimous conclusion on behalf of the nine government departments and agencies that 'no practical solutions or mitigations' exist that would allow LightSquared to operate without causing significant interference to GPS. At this point, there is no evidence that any further modifications to its proposal would yield a different conclusion. Because of this, the Committee's conclusion that it is time to end technical studies and that the proposal is not viable is supported by overwhelming technical evidence."


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We saw signs of life once we got down by three TDs. Color me unimpressed.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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We saw signs of life once we got down by three TDs. Color me unimpressed.
Well, us non-elitists will take whatever we can get. You gotta start somewhere.
And we were down 21 instead of the 14 it should have been.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
21-10 Tn leading... The Colts might not even be backing into that Div title today...
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
This game proved what a loser and moron Brad Wells is. His Twitter account is awful.
Guys, see, read and despair. Personally, I have lost every confidence in the refs and how the replays work after reading this.
That's what concerns me. We started running an effective Arians-like offense only when we were down multiple scores and playing catch-up. My fear is that when the game starts next week, we will revert back to the same old tired things that haven't worked.
T-Rich can clearly be effective in the passing game when he can catch and run in space. If we don't try to get that going at the beginning of next week's game, I'm going to go insane.
I really hope that Rodgers and Brazil can draw enough focus away from T.Y. It's sad how ineffective T.Y. has been lately.
So I guess he is saying they thought there was contact when he was on the ground, and then the replay clearly showed there wasn't. So then the 'trip' wasn't the contact they thought they saw in the first place so they didn't have to go back that far in the replay ...And that would imply even if they did, that 'contact' was inconclusive and not the contact they were looking for so had no bearing on the play or the review. Although, I suppose if it had been conclusive that he was touched then it would've mattered. But it doesn't sound like they even looked to see if contact is why he fell.
Odd... although I sorta understand it in a complicated kind of way...
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
There's no way to explain that botched replay TD gift, spin or no spin. If the call on the field was down by contact, the contact was obviously by Chapman. So it would have to be definitive that Chapman DID NOT touch him, which there was no way to rule out beyond a shadow of a doubt via the replay. Hence, you could not have overturned the call on the field. Are the refs on the field conceding that they called him down for being touched by nobody and then bouncing into the endzone?
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
Yes, Rodgers very encouraging. Also encourage by Brazill's 2 TDs. Bengals gifted one with shoddy tackling, but he's a guy I though showed some potential last year to at lest contribute. But with these two guys we're really talking well beyond this season for anything consistent (if at all), so doesn't make me feel any better about playoffs. Add this trainwreck of a D, and it's painful to think about. Why can't we play with some fire in the first half?
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
This team just isn't very good. They're okay, but I'm thinking it's looking like one and done in the postseason. The defense has suddenly become swiss cheese, and I have no idea why? The offense has been dreadful since Wayne went down. Luck's getting hit on almost every throw, and we have no identity anymore. We aren't a smash mouth team because we can't block, and we can't become pass heavy because our receivers aren't getting open. The team should just sit DHB (who shouldn't be back next year) and try to get Luck to build more rapport with Rogers and Brazill.
Couldn't agree more on banishing DHB to the bench. And also, yes, why is the D suddenly so hideous? I still say if not for Fitzpatrick's turnover-itis, we lose at home vs. TN. What's happened to our DBs? I thought that unit overall looked like it would be solid. Instead it's crumbling week by week. The Landry payday and Davis trade are gradually looking like clunkers.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
DBs looking like ****? No help from the non-existent pass rush. Maybe we should have spent some of our money on a pass rusher. Pressure from anyone outside Mathis has been nil.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
So the next question becomes, did whoever ruled him down by contact actually think he was touched after he fell, or did they think he was tripped in the first place? So did Tripplette go 'under the hood' with the wrong information?
Then, does that matter?
If a player is ruled down by contact, do they define the contact they think they saw before the lead official goes under the hood and is that is all he looks for (a specific contact)? Or does he just look for any contact that would've brought the player down? That's an important distinction. If Tripplette is looking for a specific contact and it's not there, then if he sees a different potential contact but it's not 100%, can he reverse the call on the field? Or does the 'down by contact' initial call now have to apply to any contact, even if that is not the contact another ref told him he thought he had seen?
In this case that seems to be the case because it doesn't appear he even looked to see if there was contact that caused the fall and instead only focused on after the fall. As if there was a specific incident of contact he was looking for. I have little doubt that it would've been a mistake to not look for what caused the trip (which he does seem to be saying he did not look). I'm less sure what that means if the ref that called the contact was focused on a different contact that didn't actually occur, and then this becomes a different contact issue... And it is at least arguable that you can't tell 100% that contact was made but that would mean the play should've stood UNLESS if a ref said he saw one thing and didn't, and all missed the trip entirely, the 'irrefutable evidence' part of this goes out the window. Because then Tripplette would've been looking to prove or disprove a different contact.
I'm not sure I'm explaining this well. But I'm not sure I can explain my questions any better either.
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Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Ok... A hypothetical.
Let's say there is an onside kick recovered by the kicking team. But then we see a flag on the field. One of the zebras tells the lead official that 88 touched the ball before it traveled 10 yards (which would be illegal touching).
The penalized team challenges the call.
The head official goes under the hood and it's clear 88 did not touch the ball at all. It was close but it's clear he didn't touch it. BUT it appears another player from the kicking team MIGHT have touched it prior to 10 yards.
So is the head official looking to see specifically if only #88 touched the ball? And once he sees 88 didn't touch the ball, then does that change the 'irrefutable evidence' part of the equation? 88 is cleared from contacting the ball prior to 10 yards.... and that was specifically what the ref was told the other zebra had seen. But it's clear by the replay that MAYBE 85 DID touch the ball. But no replay angle is 100% convincing either way. And the ref that threw the flag said it was 88 that touched the ball. So what is the head ref supposed to do in that case? How is that supposed to be handled?
That's about as close to the analogy as I can get to trying to figure out what Tripplette's argument would even be.... He was told a very specific thing and when he went under the hood that specific thing didn't happen. I still think he should've looked at the trip itself but if nobody had said they saw the trip, and the video isn't conclusive, does that now free him to reverse the call on the field? Reason being hypothetically no ref on the field had claimed to see a trip as the 'down by contact' anyway. It was something else they had claimed to see.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
I'm hoping Mr. Triplett gets to work the Super Bowl and work his magic.
You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
Of course that SB won't be about the refs as much as the weather.
I salute you glass half full fan.
You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
And in this case, Tripplette doesn't even seem to have went back to even look at the entire play. Which I think the NFL is going to have a problem with regardless of anything else. I cannot think of a reason why he wouldn't go back unless the ref who made the call (or didn't make the TD call) gave Tripplette a specific contact he thought he saw and that is what Tripplette was looking for. Now, it could've been a miscommunication between refs at that point too. But regardless, does 'down by contact' open the entire play up to needing irrefutable evidence to overturn it, or does it focus it on a specific point of a play a ref tells the head ref he (thought he) saw contact?
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Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
I don't want the SB marred by bad officiating its bad enough its going to be in NJ to begin with.
Thoughts from the game:
1. It was incredibly cold. Mind-numbingly cold. I am forever thankful that we play in a dome, because I just couldn't handle doing that in December. The stadium itself looks nice, and it's got a great view of the river, though I will say that LOS is a much better stadium (it is of course newer)
2. There were TONS of Colts fans at the game, and many of them were around me so that made life more fun. Especially as the stadium would play Jungle Boogie and their annoying Bengals fight song after every touchdown. I feel sad for those fans, they seemed way too happy about it
3. I was pleased by the play of the offensive line yesterday and couldn't quite tell if there were personnel changes. I found out today that Joe Reitz played LG this game, and I didn't realize he was still with the team. Which begs the question, why didn't we ever play him before now? He's way better than most of the other players, sorry all, in the interior line. If only someone could replace Satele, who continued to be ****.
4. After watching our offense in the 2nd half, I continue to fail to understand why we don't play uptempo and 3 wide all the time. Your QB is the best player on the offense, get him in position to do what he does best! It's so infuriating. And lo and behold, Trent plays well and everybody is getting into the game and we score points. What's going to happen next week in the first half? Power run formations...
5. Our defense sucked in the 2nd half.
6. We didn't have a good look at the botched call, but I was beyond pissed. We would have still lost the game, but the momentum completely went in their favor. It would have been a much closer game.
My feet were frozen solid after the game (I literally couldn't feel anything). Hooray for domes.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
It is the only logical thing I can come up. I just cannot fathom that they called the RB down by contact due to Chapman's trip and then reversing it as it is clear Chapman gets his hand on the RBs foot. The ref that called it must have told Triplette he saw someone else touch him.
Thankfully we didn't cut Brazill like some people wanted to when he was suspended.
What in the world happened to the defense though? McAfee had as many official tackles yesterday than guys like Redding, Angerer, and Mathis.
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
Really sick of Pep and his horrible play calling.
Trent finally getting pass after pass thrown to him in the last 45 seconds of the game. Trent caught like 5 passes in a row from Luck. Granted, the Bengals weren't playing anymore, but why wait until the last minute of the game, Pep?
I'm done with the loser that is Pep Hamilton. I understand he was brought in to manage a power running offense, and it was working alright, looked like the offense finally was getting all the kinks out during the dominating performance against the 49ers, but we've since lost most of the players that can make us that kind of team.
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out, and realize that we aren't going to be able to play that style if we want to continue to win this year.
First drive of the game, 3rd and 2, and what does Pep call? Well, since we don't really have any WR's that can get any separation, he decides we need to throw a long bomb to the left side of the field, that was broken up and never had a chance. Punt.
Why not a dump pass? A slant? Screen? Maybe even a draw play? No, no let's bomb it all the way down the field, I mean the worst that can happen is it is picked off.
IDK, maybe I'm being too hard on him. I just have never been more frustrated with a game in my life, or at least a while, than yesterday's pathetic excuse for football.
The Tripplett overturn was complete BS, and hell, we probably won't even be told it was a mistake by the NFL. Not that I care. It not like that does anything anyway.
BTW, what's up with our idiot players celebrating when they are getting their asses kicked? Sheppard needs to be benched the rest of the year for that dumb *** taunting play. I understand it isn't a big deal, but it's an easy call for a ref to make. You're flagged for that 10/10 times now and we almost had a stop that drive.
But I guess moron Sheppard don't care, he's still getting paid. Ricky Jean-Francois likes to celebrate the one sack he gets when he's losing by 30+, too. Tired of these idiots embarrassing me. Walden with the helmet-less headbutt, that's just classless.
Blame has to be put on Grigson for signing these bums.
Back to the overturned call, once Tripplett gifted the Bengals a TD, I thought that really killed us. Being down 14-0 with the offense in the state that it is in right now is like being down 28-0.
To our credit we fought, and made it interesting enough for me to not take a nap during the second half. I was happy with Rogers and Brazill, as I think everyone was, which were some of the few positives we can take from the game.
Also, I loved Chuck not going for it with like 6 mins left in the 4th. It was going to be a 4th and 6 or something, and we're down 3 TD's, I think, and yeah we were on our own 30 yard line or so, but screw it, take the chance. Has the defense done anything today? No. Take the chance, stop being scared, we're probably going to lose anyway so go for it.
Instead we punt, and our ****** special teams lets the Bengals return it to our own 35 or so. So basically, instead of at least giving ourselves a chance, we punt it, wave the white flag, and the Bengals almost return it for a TD.
This team is just a mess. But, we're guaranteed a home playoff game during Wild Card Weekend, right? Since Peyton won our division for us by whooping the Titans.
I'm just pissed off is all. I mean the Browns and Bills and tons of teams would love to back into a division championship and be able to host a playoff game. The injuries sadly just really took their toll on us.
Finish the year strong, and we do play the Texans and Jaguars again, right? That could be just what the Doctor ordered for us, get our confidence up again, and maybe with the help of a strong home crowd, maybe just maybe get a home playoff win. Not counting on it, but you never know with the NFL and especially the 2013 Indianapolis "Football" Colts.
What was up with Pat's onside kicks? Seriously. We were better off just handing the Bengals the ball. We got two tries, and the same exact thing happened. Geez.
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