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Cliffs Natural Resources: Can Investors Be Too Optimistic?
It's not a good day to be a base-metal miner. With investors fretting about the strength of the economy in China, the biggest consumer of copper and iron, shares of Rio Tinto (RIO), BHP Billiton (BHP) and Vale (VALE) are under pressure.
As if that wasn't enough, investors in Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) have something else to worry about: Cliffs' Bloom Lake project. Cliffs is looking into whether the project makes sense in the current environment, and Morgan Stanley's Evan Kurtz and team believe a decision could come when Cliffs reports its fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 13.
Kurtz surveyed investors to get a sense of the consensus opinion around Bloom Lake and found it very bullish--maybe too bullish. He explains:
Investors in our survey expect Cliffs to find a new partner for the remaining ~$1.25b needed to complete Phase II; this was ranked the most positive outcome for Cliffs. We agree that this could be the most positive from an NPV perspective, but it could be difficult to find a new partner on reasonable terms. On our math, a new partner would have to believe LT iron ore prices will average >$120/t and steady-state costs fall to <$70/t, versus our sample group's iron ore and cost views of $95/t and $70/t.
Kurtz also sees higher shipping costs, and as a result has lowered his price target on Cliffs to $12, down from $14.
Shares of Cliffs Natural Resources have dropped 2.3% to $20.70, while Rio Tinto has dipped 0.9% to $53.38, BHP Billiton has fallen 1.2% to $65.35 and Vale is off 2.4% at $123.19.

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The arrests of four local men suspected of seeking to join al-Qaida, the conviction of an Upland dispensary owner, corruption stemming out of Upland and a triple homicide in Ontario all brought attention to the Inland Valley in 2012.
A common theme tying many of the stories together was how busy Inland Empire attorneys and judges found themselves, while residents made their voices heard on issues such as controversial high-voltage power lines in Chino Hills and the rejection of a funeral home in Rancho Cucamonga.
The following is a roundup of the major stories from 2012:
• The city faced a lot of turnover as City Manager Patrick Glover announced his retirement Jan. 4 and Assistant City Manager Pat Griffin abruptly resigned. Officials announced Griffin's departure on Feb. 6.
• The city's final redevelopment project broke ground in October. Slated to be completed in 2014, Ivy at College Park will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments for low-income families on a 6.7-acre site within the College Park master plan, near Chaffey College's Chino campus.
Chino Hills
• City officials and residents continued a fight against high-voltage power lines running through the city. The city has spent $2 million fighting Southern California Edison over the project. In early December, Edison released a preliminary report on the cost of installing the underground transmission lines. The estimated costs for five proposed configurations for the Chino Hills segment of the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project range from about $486 million to $807 million, according to Edison.
• City officials also have their hands full with a Chinese maternity hotel reportedly being run in a home at 15250 Woodglen Drive. City Attorney Mark Hensley filed a public nuisance complaint with West Valley Superior Court in Rancho Cucamonga against Hai Yong Wu and Yi Wang, the owners of the house.
• City officials took steps to acquire Golden State Water Company's assets in the city. Claremont has long been at odds with the water company after Golden State asked the Public Utilities Commission to approve a rate increase of more than 24 percent in 2013 and additional increases in 2014 and 2015.
The City Council also determined hours and fees for Claremont Hills Wilderness Park. Construction of the park's expanded parking areas was also started to accommodate increased interest in the park's trails.
Diamond Bar
• U.S. Soccer has named Alex Morgan, a Diamond Bar native and forward on the U.S. Women's National Team, the Female Athlete of the Year. The award is the highest honor for soccer players in the United States.
• A $6 million marijuana-growing operation was busted in Diamond Bar in October. Police found more than 2,000 plants in three homes in Diamond Bar and Rowland Heights. Electricity was reportedly was being illegally taken from Edison equipment at all three houses. Two men were arrested.
• Retail giant Walmart's decision to build two supercenters here drew some opposition – even though those stores might not open until 2016, or even later. One of the nearly 200,000-square-foot supercenters is set for south of the 210 Freeway at Sierra Avenue, with the other planned south of the 10 Freeway near Sierra and Slover avenues.
• Workers at three Kaiser Permanente hospitals in the Inland area picketed facilities in December to protest the upcoming layoffs of more than 500 medical professionals across Southern California. Union leaders say they were informed by the medical provider that 530 positions will be eliminated. The layoffs could include more than 150 nurses and other workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Fontana, Riverside and Ontario, union officials said.
La Verne
• On Nov. 12, more than 1,500 citizens dedicated the first phase of the La Verne Veterans Memorial to recognize military veterans who served in war and peace. The memorial is at Bonita and Wheeler avenues in La Verne.
• A $25 million residence hall opened at University of La Verne, and a $4 million renovation of the University of La Verne's football stadium was completed in early August.
• In a contentious race, City Council incumbents John Dutrey and Carolyn Raft won the Nov. 7 election against newcomers Sean Brunske and Richard Beltran, as well as write-in candidate Philip Ruiz. The race was centered on pension costs.
• The Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund, in which former Laker Earvin "Magic" Johnson is a partner, made a $25.7 million investment in a joint venture with an affiliate of GLJ Partners for the acquisition and development of The Paseos, a transit-oriented apartment development in north Montclair.
• Allegations of misconduct surrounded Ontario Convention Center management officials in July. The findings of an investigative audit performed by Pennsylvania- based SMG World, which operates the center, led to a mass exodus of key management staff on Wednesday, including the center's general manager and CEO, Bob Brown. The City Council approved a five-year extension to the firm's contract on May 1.
• City officials in October finally moved dirt after a multiyear battle to build a Walmart in the city. The 119,000-square-foot supercenter, which is being built at the northwest corner of Mountain Avenue and Fifth Street, is set to open in the fall.
• Library hours changed this summer after the implementation of personnel and service cuts. Plans had called for temporarily closing the library at 625 S. Garey Ave. for a year as part of a cost-cutting effort.
• Council members also approved plans in July for a new waste transfer station in the 1300 block of East Ninth Street. Construction is expected to be completed in 18 to 24 months from the approval. Residents had expressed concern over the number of trucks that would be in the area and health problems they say could result from their presence and their numbers.
Rancho Cucamonga
• Some residents fought a plan to build a funeral home in their Etiwanda neighborhood. The council denied the project from Service Corp. International. City leaders said a major factor in the denial of the permit came from the emotional distress that residents testified would occur if the funeral home was built near their homes.
• Some residents in the city's largest landscape district say the idea of another election over a rate increase is unnecessary because people already decided the matter in 2011. But city officials said they're giving residents an opportunity to decide whether to hold another one because some residents expressed that not enough property owners in the area were aware of the consequences if significant service reductions are made.
• The investigation of former Mayor John Pomierski came to an end in 2012, with his sentencing in August to two years in federal prison for accepting a bribe. Pomierski pleaded guilty to accepting a $5,000 payment from the property owner of Chronic Cantina restaurant in Upland in exchange for helping him get a conditional-use permit.
• Former Upland City Manager Robb Quincey was charged in October with felonies including unlawful misappropriation of public money, gaining personal benefit from an official contract and giving false testimony under oath. He pleaded not guilty Dec. 20 in West Valley Superior Court in Rancho Cucamonga.
• The region garnered national attention when authorities announced they had arrested four Inland Empire men suspected of conspiring to plot terrorist attacks against U.S. overseas targets. The four pleaded not guilty this month during an arraignment in federal court. Sohiel Omar Kabir, 35, of Pomona – the suspected ringleader whom prosecutors say recruited two of the defendants to embark on a holy war against the U.S. – faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. The other three defendants, Ralph Kenneth Deleon, 23, of Ontario, Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales, 21, of Upland, and Arifeen David Gojali, 21, of Riverside, each face a maximum of 15 years in federal prison.
• Aaron Sandusky, a former Upland-based dispensary owner, faces a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, and could receive as much as a life sentence, according to federal prosecutors. Sandusky was convicted of conspiracy to grow marijuana, to possess marijuana with intent to distribute it and to maintain a drug-related premises. He will be sentenced Jan. 7 in U.S. District Court.
• Westminster police detective and former Marine Anthony Orban, 33, was found guilty in June of kidnapping a woman at gunpoint on April 3, 2010 in a parking lot at Ontario Mills and later beating and raping her for about an hour in Fontana. Orban killed himself in jail just before his sentencing.
• Ervin McKinness, 21, of Ontario was killed Sept. 2 on Haven Avenue in the car crash that garnered worldwide attention due to Twitter posts he made just before the crash. A Twitter message was posted by @ink2flashyy that read "Drunk (expletive) going 120 drifting corners," at 1:19 a.m. Sept. 2. The post ended with the acronym YOLO, which means "You Only Live Once." Marquell Bogan, 23, and Dylan George, 20, both of Ontario and JaJuan Bennett, 23, of Rancho Cucamonga were also killed in the crash at Creekside Drive and Haven Avenue.
• Two men – Steven Carter and Michael Andre Hall – have been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of three men in an apparent home invasion robbery in southwest Ontario on Nov. 26. Three men reportedly broke into a South Magnolia Avenue when a gun battle occurred. Two of the intruders and a resident died in the fight.
• Most public schools districts' revenue comes from the cash-strapped state of California, which has been turning the faucet off, bit by bit, throughout the recession, as well as performing accounting tricks like delaying payments to local districts and forcing districts to pay for short-term loans to cover the resulting shortfalls. As a result, nearly all of California's public school districts have had to lay off teachers in recent years.
• After years of cuts to public education, resulting in shorter school years, fewer courses and increasing tuition, 54 percent of California voters gave a thumbs-up to Gov. Jerry Brown's tax increase, Proposition 30. The proposition adds a new quarter-cent sales tax and increases income taxes on individuals making more than $250,000 a year.
• State Sen. Gloria Negrete- McLeod defeated veteran Rep. Joe Baca for the honor of representing the 35th Congressional District, which includes much of the Inland Valley. McLeod and Baca are both Democrats who competed under new California rules that allow candidates of the same party to run against each other in a general election. Baca, first elected to Congress in 1999, raised more money than McLeod, but the latter candidate benefited from more than $5 million in outside spending from Independence USA, a Super PAC controlled by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
• The redistricting process ensured hundreds of thousands of Inland Empire residents would have new Congressional representatives before a single vote was cast. Long-serving Reps. David Dreier, R-San Dimas, and Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, decided to retire after the Citizens Redistricting Commission finished drawing new district lines in 2011.
Contact Neil via email, by phone at 909-483-9356, on Twitter @RanchoNow or on Facebook.


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Around the Broadway World: Regional Highlights for the Week of 11/12
At BroadwayWorld we pride ourselves in showcasing theater content from all corners of the globe. Our regional contributors do an amazing job each day of bringing you the latest theater news in their cities and countries and to acknowledge this, we've launched a new weekly column called 'Around BWW: Regional Highlights of the Week'.
In this week's edition of 'Regional Highlights of the Week', we bring you the most-read stories for the week of November 12. Enjoy and check back next week for another recap!
Featured Story of the Week:
Review: Centaur Theatre's GOOD PEOPLE is a Love Letter to South Boston by Meghan Pearson (Montreal)
BWW Reviews: LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE - The Santa Fe Production
by Tanya Rubinstein
Photo Flash: First Look at Trouble Puppet Theater's TOIL AND TROUBLE
by Jeff Davis
BWW Reviews: Austen Comes to Austin in Pristine PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
by Jeff Davis
Photo Flash: First Look at Animal Cracker Conspiracy Puppet Co.'s THE COLLECTOR
by Jeff Davis
BWW Reviews: A Slice of Life and Pie at Mary Moody Theatre's BUS STOP
by Jeff Davis
BWW Reviews: Austin Lyric Opera Presents a Perfect PAGLIACCI
by Jeff Davis
BWW Reviews: Texas State University – San Marcos Offers a Magical INTO THE WOODS
by Jeff Davis
Australia - Melbourne
BWW Reviews: PYGMALION - 5Pounds of Repertory Theatre
by Tim Carney
STAGE TUBE: Opening Night of Geoffrey Rush-Led A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM in Melbourne!
by Stage Tube
BWW Reviews: SALLY! A MUSICAL - An Interpretation of Kern's 1920's Hit Musical
by Tim Carney
BWW Reviews: The Mystery of MARY ROSE
by Brent Englar
Polochick To Lead BSO & Concert Artists of Baltimore Chorale In 30th Anniversary Performance of Handel's MESSIAH, 12/7
by Patrick Nugent
BWW Reviews: The Strand's INEXCUSABLE FANTASIES Delivers Outrageous Hilarity With No Excuses
by Giordana Segneri
BWW Reviews: This is Your Gothic Life, Mr. Poe
by Tina Saratsiotis
BWW Blog: Molly Tynes of A.R.T.'s PIPPIN - PIPPIN Gets Political
by Guest Blogger: Molly Tynes
Voting Open for 2012 BWW Boston Awards - Vote Now!
by BWW
BWW Blog: Molly Tynes of A.R.T.'s PIPPIN - Under the Big Top
by Guest Blogger: Molly Tynes
Anthony Bourdain Brings 'Guts & Glory' Tour to Symphony Hall Tonight
by TV News Desk
Central Pennsylvania
BWW Reviews: Muppets, Music, and Mayhem Mark AVENUE Q At York Little Theatre
by Marakay Rogers
BWW Reviews: THE MUSIC MAN Comes To Theatre Harrisburg
by Marakay Rogers
STAGE TUBE: Patti LuPone, Ann Hampton Callaway, and More Salute Ravinia Women's Board
by Stage Tube
Brit Parody Duo Bring Hogwarts to Chicago; POTTED POTTER Now Playing Through 12/23
by Tyler Peterson
'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for November 14th, 2012
by Paul W. Thompson
BWW Reviews: HOW HIS BRIDE CAME TO ABRAHAM
by Roy Berko
BWW Reviews: New BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Tour Can't Compare to Original
by Vicky Croisant
BWW Reviews: THE WHIPPING MAN Provides a Twisting, Emotional Rollercoaster
by Vicky Croisant
VIDEO: Comedy Central's MASH UP,DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART
by TV News Desk
Comedy Central Premieres CHRIS HARDWICK: MANDROID Tonight, 11/10
by TV News Desk
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Jim Breuer's Documentary MORE THAN ME, Airing on Current TV Today
by TV News Desk
Louis CK to Return to HBO in All-New Comedy Special
by TV News Desk
Stephen Colbert Immortalized In Wax At Madame Tussauds Washington D.C.
by TV News Desk
EPIX to Air JAY & SILENT BOB GO DOWN UNDER, 11/30
by TV News Desk
Quotables from SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE'S WEEKEND UPDATE WITH SETH MEYERS
by TV News Desk
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Eric Idle in WHAT ABOUT DICK?, Available for Digital Download Today
by TV News Desk
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Tonight's TOSH.O, BRICKLEBERRY,MASH UP on Comedy Central
by TV News Desk
VIDEO: Highlights from ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE - Week of 11/5
by TV News Desk
LATE SHOW's 'Top Ten 'Beverage Breakthroughs'
by TV News Desk
Comedy Central to Premiere GARY GULMAN: IN THIS ECONOMY, 12/8
by TV News Desk
Comedy Central Renews THE BURN WITH JEFF ROSS
by TV News Desk
Voting Open for 2012 BWW Connecticut Awards - Vote Now!
by BWW
BWW Reviews: It's a Good Show, CHARLIE BROWN, at Broad Brook Opera House
by Jacques Lamarre
BWW TV: 'Behind the Screams' of Goodspeed's SOMETHING'S AFOOT - Video Blog #7
by BroadwayWorld TV
BWW Reviews: Ignite Theatre's SWEENEY TODD - Bloody Fun!
by Michael Mulhern
Jewel Headlines Family-Themed Skating Show Today, 11/11
by TV News Desk
BWW Reviews: Denver's Dangerous Theater Presents Fascinating COMFORT IN THE ARMS OF THE DAMNED
by Michael Mulhern
Des Moines
BWW Reviews: STOMP Turns Up The Volume
by Brooke Bridenstine
BWW Reviews: SUNSET BLVD Plays at Village Players of Birmingham Through Nov. 18
by Anton Anderssen
BWW Reviews: SNOWHITE in Bonn
by Marcel Konrath
STAGE TUBE: First Look at WAR HORSE in Berlin
by Stage Tube
BWW Reviews: THE BEEBO BRINKER CHORNICLES - Fun, Humorous, and Thought-Provoking Pulp Inspired Play
by David Clarke
BWW Reviews: Stages' WINTER WONDERETTES is Sweet, Bubbly Holiday Treat
by David Clarke
BWW Reviews: A LITTLE HOUSE CHRISTMAS is a Feel Good Holiday Show
by David Clarke
BWW Reviews: '1832' at Graha Bakti Budaya Highlights Strong Message of 'Unity in Diversity'
by Salsabila Khairunisa Gunadi
BWW Interviews: Simona Patitucci
by Antonino Pratticò
Las Vegas
STAGE TUBE: Stars Gather for Cirque du Soleil's ZARKANA Premiere in Las Vegas!
by Stage Tube
BWW TV: Highlights from ZARKANA in Las Vegas!
by BroadwayWorld TV
Little Rock
Regional Theater of the Week: The Weekend Theater in Little Rock, AR
by BWW Features
Long Island
BWW Interviews: A Chat With Director Mark Rampmeyer
by Melissa Giordano
Broadway Sings for Pride Plays Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Closing Party Tonight
by Movies News Desk
Qurrat Ann Kadwani Performs One-Woman Show in Long Island City, 11/15
by Oliver Oliveros
Qurrat Ann Kadwani Performs One-Woman Show in Long Island City Tonight, 11/15
by Oliver Oliveros
Los Angeles
BWW Reviews: GODSPELL, JR. - A Joyful Celebration from CTGSC
by Ellen Dostal
BWW Reviews: DOMA Theatre Company Moves in to AVENUE Q
by Ellen Dostal
BWW Reviews: Henry Prego's Stimulating Tribute to Frank Sinatra at the Encore Dinner Theatre
by Don Grigware
BWW Reviews: Seaglass Theatre Offers Twisted Christmas Fare
by Don Grigware
BWW Reviews: Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel Graces Stage at Pasadena Playhouse
by Don Grigware
People Helping People Announces 2012 TOUCHING LIVES Award Recipients; Ceremony Set for 11/15
by TV News Desk
2012 TOUCHING LIVES Award Ceremony Set for Today
by TV News Desk
Photo Coverage: Inside the 2012 OVATION AWARDS!
by Lily Lim
STAGE TUBE: Mesa Encore Theatre's GUYS & DOLLS - Highlights!
by Stage Tube
Milwaukee, WI
BWW Interviews: Multi-Talented Carmen De La Paz Returns Home for Benefit Concert (11/17/2012)
by Keith Gray
BWW Reviews: ROCK OF AGES – A Rockin' Good Time
by Keith Gray
BWW TV: First Look at Highlights from CTC's HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
by BroadwayWorld TV
Review: Centaur Theatre's GOOD PEOPLE is a Love Letter to South Boston
by Meghan Pearson
Boiler Room Theatre Celebrates The Holiday Season With Pair of Shows
by Jeffrey Ellis
Photo Coverage: The First Night Robe is Presented to OUTSIDE PARADISE's Clay Steakley
by Jeffrey Ellis
BWW Reviews: Trio of Leading Ladies Provide the Heart for Keeton Theatre's SWEET CHARITY
by Jeffrey Ellis
BWW Reviews: Feehely's Exquisite OUTSIDE PARADISE Given World Premiere by Actors Bridge and Belmont
by Jeffrey Ellis
STAGE TUBE: Geoff Davin's 'White Beat'
by Jeffrey Ellis
Broadway Leading Man David Elder Has a WHITE CHRISTMAS Homecoming in Nashville
by Jeffrey Ellis
BWW Reviews: WHITE CHRISTMAS: Nostalgic, Sentimental, Romantic AND an Irving Berlin Score
by Jeffrey Ellis
Lipscomb University Theatre to Stage Full Production of LES MISERABLES in November 2013
by Jeffrey Ellis
BWW Reviews: Rhubarb Celebrates Its 10th Season With Revival of BIRDS IN CHURCH
by Jeffrey Ellis
BWW Reviews: Street Theatre Company's MISS SAIGON IN CONCERT: Superb and Moving
by Jeffrey Ellis
New Jersey
BWW TV: Meet the Cast of Paper Mill Playhouse's THE SOUND OF MUSIC- Plus a Performance Preview!
by BroadwayWorld TV
Photo Coverage: Paper Mill Playhouse's THE SOUND OF MUSIC Meets the Press
by Jennifer Broski
BWW Interviews: Bill Bowers at Centenary Stages
by Gregory G. Allen
Voting Open for 2012 BWW Philadelphia Awards - Vote Now!
by BWW
STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes of Walnut Street Theatre's MUSIC MAN Photo Shoot!
by Stage Tube
MISS SAIGON Audition Tips from Other Actresses that Played Kim
by Oliver Oliveros
Disney's CAMP ROCK Opens Friday, 11/16
by Oliver Oliveros
Disney's CAMP ROCK Opens Today
by Oliver Oliveros
Stage Tube: Christian Bautista Sings "Tagistis ng Ulan" from RAMA HARI
by Oliver Oliveros
Stage Tube: Young Filipino Pianists Perform for FORTE@40, 11/18
by Oliver Oliveros
Photo Coverage: Disney's CAMP ROCK Production Photos!
by Oliver Oliveros
MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH, & I'M HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS! Comes To Herberger Theater
by Patrick Nugent
BWW Interviews: William Shatner Reflects on Career, Creativity, and SHATNER'S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT
by Amy Strycula
Frank Abagnale, Jr. Visits Raleigh to Talk CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
by Larissa Mount
BWW Reviews: SHINING CITY Challenges at Burning Coal Theatre Company
by Larissa Mount
Photo Flash: JERSEY BOYS Tour Holds 'Rock Like a Man' Concert to Benefit BCEFA
by Larisa Mount
Rhode Island
BWW Reviews: 2nd Story Theatre Dazzles With Brilliant AN INSPECTOR CALLS
by Veronica Bruscini
BWW Reviews: The Gamm Theatre Examines Art and Life in RED
by Veronica Bruscini
Salt Lake City
Kristin Chenoweth to Perform New Year's Eve Concert at Eccles Center
by Tyler Hinton
BWW Student Center: University of Utah Tackles 'TIS A PITY SHE'S A WHORE
by Megan Pedersen
BWW Student Center: Hats Off to Westminster College's NOISES OFF!
by Megan Pedersen
BWW Interviews: Local Legend, Director Christopher Clark
by Megan Pedersen
BWW Reviews: LION IN WINTER is Sure to Impress!
by Megan Pedersen
BWW Reviews: THE ADDAMS FAMILY at the Capitol Theatre Is Kooky, Spooky, and a Lot of Fun
by Tyler Hinton
BWW Interviews: THE ADDAMS FAMILY Star Douglas Sills on Reinventing Gomez and Percy
by Tyler Hinton
San Antonio
BWW Reviews: Texas State University – San Marcos Offers a Magical INTO THE WOODS
by Jeff Davis
San Francisco
BWW Interviews: Sean Kelly Talks About A SWINGIN' HOLIDAY
by Harmony Wheeler
BWW Reviews: Phenomenal LION KING, a Must-See Theatrical Event
by Linda Hodges
Voting Open for 2012 BWW San Francisco Awards - Vote Now!
by BWW
BWW Reviews: Village Brings the Charm and Heart with FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
by Jay Irwin
South Africa
BWW Reviews: Diverting and Thought-Provoking SPECIAL THANKS TO GUESTS FROM AFAR at Artscape Arena
by David Fick
South Korea
STAGE TUBE: Frank Wildhorn's RUDOLF Opens in Seoul!
by Stage Tube
'Niko y los bits', un moderno musical familiar en el Nuevo Apolo
by Roberto Rodriguez
Avance de 'LA DONA VINGUDA DEL FUTUR', esperadísima aventura musical de Guille Milkyway, Marc Rosich y Beth Rodergas
by Fernando Solla Rosell
Albert Guinovart y Pau Miró se apuntan al 'VIATGE A LA LLUNA' de Xavier Montsalvatge y Josep Maria Espinàs
by Fernando Solla Rosell
Un teatro de Gerona deja las entradas y se pasa a las zanahorias
by Javier A. Gabrielssön
'Don Pepito', un musical familiar basado en el mundo del circo
by Roberto Rodriguez
St. Louis
BWW Reviews: Spirited Radio City Christmas Spectacular at the Peabody Opera House
by Chris Gibson
BWW Reviews: Amusing Staging of MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS by Dramatic License Productions
by Chris Gibson
BWW Reviews: R-S Theatrics Funny and Touching SUICIDE, INC.
by Chris Gibson
St. Petersburg
The Palladium Theatre To Host 2ND ANNUAL ROCK AND ROLL CONCERT TO BENEFIT TOYS FOR TOTS, 11/24
by Patrick Nugent
BWW Interviews: The Canuck of LA CAGE - Jeigh Madjus
by Kelly Cameron
Photo Coverage: Annie Lennox, Sarah McLachlan and Angelique Kidjo at HOPE RISING
by Kelly Cameron
Review: Centaur Theatre's GOOD PEOPLE is a Love Letter to South Boston
by Meghan Pearson
BWW Special: The Real Reason Everyone Should See THE NORMAL HEART
by Kelly Cameron
UK / West End
2012 BWW:UK Awards: SWEENEY TODD And MATILDA Continue To Lead The Way!
by Carrie Dunn
STAGE TUBE: Melanie C and Emma Bunton Record 'I Know Him So Well' for STAGES Album
by Stage Tube
See GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM & Receive Free Glass of Champagne & No Booking Fees!
by Contests
Photo Flash: First Look at Mark Rylance in TWELFTH NIGHT
by Patrick Nugent
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT Set to Tour the UK Starring Jason Donovan- Opens at Manchester Opera House, Feb 9
by BWW
Washington, DC
Voting Open for 2012 BWW Washington DC Awards - Vote Now!
by BWW
BWW Reviews: Keegan Theatre's ALL MY SONS – Compelling Drama, Strong Acting
by Jennifer Perry
BWW Reviews: Woolly Turns Reality on Its Head with Metaphorical YOU FOR ME FOR YOU
by Jennifer Perry
NSO Pops: Megan Hilty Sings Sinatra & More, 11/23 & 11/24; Tickets Start at $29!
by Contests


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STOURBRIDGE'S Richard Sykes left the rest in his wake in the latest stage of the MSA British Rally Championship.
Competitors got off to a frantic start on the opening day of the Pirelli Carlisle RB Foundation Rally Challenge on Saturday, May 3. The stage produced it's fair share of thrills and spills as the fast tracks and deep ditches of the Kielder Forest claimed their usual quota of victims
The opening stage saw Graeme Sherry (Renault Clio) and Neil Moroney (Peugeot 106) sidelined while Richard Archer's Opel Corsa, with Halesowens John Conner co-driving, slid into a ditch on stage two caused by a lost wheel when the nearside hub broke. Ross Hunter's Peugeot also lost a wheel.
The pacesetter, however, was Sykes' Citroen C2. He ended the day with over a minute advantage on Halesowen's Neil Mathews' Vauxhall Nova.
Sykes' rapid rate of progress was undiminshed and, together with co-driver Emma Morrison, they finished overall winners of the BRC Challenge. The dogged pursuit by Neil Matthews and Claire Williams, was rewarded with a fine second place to ensure that the local Stourbridge/Halesowen rivalry is continued into the next round of the championship.
The West Midlands as a whole pretty much dominated the event when, despite the opening stage puncture, Mark Gamble and Stephen Link came home in third place overall.


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Building 21st century skills is a major focus in education today. Schools across the country are working to teach students the technology skills that they will need in their post-secondary endeavors.
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As a result, Pequot Lakes has invested in providing the technology resources necessary to learn these important skills. Completed concurrently with capital improvements, the approach to upgrading our technology has been multi-faceted, including digitizing curriculum in some courses, using interactive and collaborative tools in the classroom, and allowing students to use their own technology devices while at school.
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Teachers are also working on integrating technology to help their students achieve at the higher levels necessary for post-secondary success. SMART boards, iPads and many other new tools are allowing teachers to create highly interactive and engaging lessons for their students.
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Finally, one of the biggest changes in regard to technology is the implementation of a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy in the district. The BYOD policy allows students to bring their own technology devices to school and use them in the classroom.
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Developing 21st century technological and organizational skills are an important component of every child's education in Pequot Lakes. As they move forward toward graduation, the Pequot Lakes School District is working hard to give all students the skills necessary for them to be successful in college or their careers.
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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- All 40 players on the Royals' Major League roster are now under contract after three signings were announced Saturday.
Terms were reached with pitcher Danny Duffy, $526,000; infielder Johnny Giavotella, $508,575, and outfielder Carlos Peguero, $504,250. The Major League minimum is $500,000.
Duffy is among several pitchers bidding for the fifth rotation spot. Giavotella and Peguero are longshot candidates for backup roles.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"I have nightmares in July. I just dream like, `Oh, my God, it's tree time and I'm not ready for it,"' said Alison Ingebrigtsen-Siewert. "But somehow something kicks in and the obsession comes back. I'll be at a store and see a tree, and want to add it to my collection."
That collection, this year, totals 102 Christmas trees that turn Ingebrigtsen-Siewert's West Hills home into a Christmas forest by as early as October.
"We even have Christmas trees in the bathroom," Ingebrigtsen-Siewert said, laughing.
But while Ingebrigtsen-Siewert is a self-professed "nut case," she's not the only one obsessed with holiday decorating.
Americans spend an average of $6.9 billion a year on Christmas decorations, according to the National Retail Federation.
And if the marathon of movies from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" to "Deck the Halls" is any indication, going overboard with holiday lights and the like isn't a new talking point around the eggnog bowl.
"You see people devote an entire wall in their garage to manger scenes and boxes of decorations," said Dr. Ramani Durvasula, a clinical psychologist and professor at California State University, Los Angeles. "Most people know at least one person who starts decorating for Christmas after Halloween and takes weeks perfecting that holiday charm."
For Ingebrigtsen-Siewert, it's a more than two-month process that ensures that by Thanksgiving the house exudes the smell of pine cones, cinnamon and gingerbread rather than turkey and pumpkin pie.
"Once you enter her house, you get overwhelmed," said Ingebrigtsen-Siewert's sister, Kristin Bradley. "It looks like Christmas threw up in her house."
Walking through the living room can be a feat: One has to dodge a branch here and another branch there to avoid breaking an ornament.
"It's a good thing I don't have high ceilings because it would get really scary," Ingebrigtsen-Siewert said, laughing. "But there's always room for more trees. When I think I can't fit more, I find a nook to fill."
As a child growing up in Woodland Hills, Ingebrigtsen-Siewert said she'd play outside and cut branches off her neighborhood pine trees to take back to her bedroom, inspired by the pitiful but adorable Christmas tree doted on by Charlie Brown.
"I've had an obsession with Christmas trees since I was little," she said. "Some girls buy shoes. I buy trees."
But Ingebrigtsen-Siewert said the birth of her daughter, Kristin, in 1999 officially kick-started her Christmas tree collection.
"I waited 13 years to have kids, so when I did people bought me so many Baby's First ornaments that it didn't fit on just one tree. That's how it started. See, I was normal," she said. "Up until 1999, we were a one-tree family."
Now all five family members have a dedicated Christmas tree, along with their two dogs and two cats and even Ingebrigtsen-Siewert's late Aunt Kathy, whose tree serves as a memorial.
Come Jan. 8, however, Ingebrigtsen-Siewert's Christmas high crashes.
"I love my trees and I get so sad when we have to take them down," she said. "I seriously get major Christmas remorse."
That's where Durvasula said holiday decorators may need to take a step back.
"What you have to look is: `Does it jump the line between natural behavior or disorder?' If people don't put decorations up, do they have discomfort? Are they anxious? Are these things encroaching on people? Are they spending money that the family needs?" Durvasula said.
"You really have to look at whether it causes your own sense of distress or other people's discomfort," she added.
Generally, however, Durvasula theorizes that most Christmastime fanatics simply love the holiday season because it reminds them of a better time in their lives that they want share with others.
"I'm still a believer," quipped 75-year-old Gayla Park. "No one ever told me there wasn't a Santa Claus so I'm going to keep believing."
And Park wants to keep that belief alive for the kids on her block.
Every year Park puts out her Santa Claus mailbox where children can write to St. Nick - and get a reply.
The mailbox, however, is just one piece of an elaborate display that Park excitedly plans each year.
Since 1960, Park said she has brought out the Christmas linen and dishes as well as indoor decor to deck the halls of her home. Outside, she pulls out Santa's sleigh and even brings snow to her neighborhood with a snow machine.
Park admits "it's mind-boggling even to me" how she recreates the winter wonderland bigger and better each year.
"I call myself the original Mrs. Claus," she said, laughing. "My kids think I'm nuttier than a fruitcake."
Technology aids the decorating addiction
The advance of technology may also be part of the reason holiday decorations have gone over-the-top to become YouTube viral sensations.
The Maddux family of Newhall has developed quite a following with their holiday light show, which runs Dec. 2-31.
Jim Maddux started with 16 channels and now has 300 channels that control the thousands of lights on his house.
Two years ago the family also added a radio station to allow motorists cruising by to sync up music in their car to the light display.
Bob and Margie Byrnes of Winnetka have built up their own display over the years at their Irondale Avenue home.
This year, they have a total of 25 handmade pieces running off 39 motors that all move to traditional Christmas tunes sung by Willie Nelson, who is represented on the rooftop by a guitar-holding teddy bear with a Nelson-esque red headband.
"More and more people are pushing the meaning of Christmas aside," Bob Byrnes said. "People don't decorate like they used to because everyone seems to have gotten busier," Byrnes said. "But in my day, this stuff was such a treat."
Margie Byrnes added they know it is still a treat for many people, proven each day when people stop to stare.
On a recent Tuesday, just after the sunset, at least a dozen cars started their slow roll down Irondale Avenue, some parking and getting out for a closer look.
"It's great fun," said Bruce McNeilly, who brought his granddaughter, Jayden, by for the holiday spectacle. "I admire people like this for all the work they put into it."
Wide-eyed and jumping with joy each time one display showed a mouse peeking out of a box or Mrs. Claus rocking in her chair, 5-year-old Jayden exclaimed: "I love it all!"
Sonny Lopez, like Byrnes, is a blue-collar retiree who still loves to work with his hands.
Lopez, whose Woodland Hills house marks the start of Candle Light Lane, in the eight-block area known as Candy Cane Lane for its elaborate light displays, has more than 20 Santa Claus figures lined around his property, on his lawn and on the roof.
It all started with an 18-foot Santa he bought 40 years ago and has turned into thousands of dollars worth of a collection that even includes seven Santa figures and wall hangings inside his home, he said.
This year, Lopez added three Santa figures, including a new favorite that shows the jolly Saint Nick playing a guitar. He isn't sure when he'll ever stop adding to his collection.
Ingebrigtsen-Siewert vows she won't, and Park doesn't see herself scaling back either.
"It's my life," Park said of her holiday-decorating hobby. "Love motivates me to do it. The neighbors love it and so do the kids. I do it all for them."


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Olblu has really grown on me. It's hilarious how just one poster can make people actually quit pd. People are way too sensitive. Olblu is our Skip Bayless. Asking mods to ban him is like ESPN firing Skip. Blu is great for ratings!
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Olblu has really grown on me. It's hilarious how just one poster can make people actually quit pd. People are way too sensitive. Olblu is our Skip Bayless. Asking mods to ban him is like ESPN firing Skip. Blu is great for ratings!
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
Last time I checked this was Pacers Digest, not Colts Digest so if they shut this sub-site down, big deal.
Just my two cents on the subject, however, Andrew Luck is doing a fantastic job for a rookie. Does he still have a lot he needs to improve on? No doubt.
Was management good on making the decision to replace Manning? Yes. Peyton is doing well in Denver. There isn't any way around that. However, we'd be in the same boat if we would've kept Peyton. The defense and offensive line would still be in the same shape it's in right now with Luck running the offense. The only difference is that Peyton's career is coming towards a close within the next 5 years or so (to be safe). Andrew has who knows how many if he can stay healthy and fit, let alone protected by his line.
At this point, it's really moot to argue to decision, and even more to argue with the opposition. Let them stew in their anger and leave them alone to be butt hurt. It's their loss if they want to act that way.
No need to let their bad attitudes ruin our fun and how well the Colts are doing right now. Just enjoy it, people!
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....
But by that same token we're use to the excellence fostered on the main Digest site and I believe folks would like to create that same type of community here too since Able has been nice enough to provide it. Also you know passion is going to run strong if you really support your team.
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....
However, if this is just going to be a bicker board why have it?
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....
Sorry, Joe, I just can't stand people who think censorship is OK. I abide by the forum rules. I don't call people names and I listen to what people have to say. You know that. I asked for advice once and you gave it. It wasn't pleasant to hear but I respected you enough to accept that advice.... ...
We had the choice to close threads, close the board etc I refuse to give in to mobs, closing down is saying you lost, I dont do losing.
And where would we be if we did that what would be achieved? Everybody would have lost.
With some attention and a big stick I am sure we get it civil again, if not, we can still dump it, but I want to at least try.
So my advice to all, bury the hatchets, it will achieve nothing positive, stop calling people out and calling them names, be nice and you all get a cookie, be bad and find yourself banned.
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
If you've done 6 impossible things today?
Then why not have Breakfast at Milliways!
Well, what you say is not true. I do post my honest opinions. I don't try to annoy people on purpose. I am sorry you find it obnoxious but I found it obnoxious that a poster thought the Colts forum should be closed because he didn't like seeing opinions he did not agree with. I don't want anyone to leave but the rules are the rules and I try to live up to them as best I can. I didn't call him names. I just pointed out what should have been obvious and he apparently agreed with me..... Now, if you want to talk about one of my opinions, we can do that. You won't find me antagonistic in the least.... ...
You think the integrity took a hit, I think it was boasted by not giving in to a lynch mob.
If you say we are to blame for letting it fester, well i already admitted to that, so here i am trying to right the wrongs, you think that is closing the board, i think that is cleansing it.
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
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Then why not have Breakfast at Milliways!
First, OlBlu instigated a lot of arguments on this board by being disrespectful. It wasn't a matter of we just decided to "lynch" an innocent poster and censor him. Not only was he posting contrary opinions, but he was disrespectful of the Colts organization, for reasons of his own. However, that in itself isn't what was disrespectful. What was disrespectful was the manner in which he posted ---- frequently, and often making generic broad strokes insinuating us to be homers, unenlightened morons, and mindless rah-rah cheerleaders for our team. That was disrespectful. He didn't see it that way. He saw it as he was just right, and we're all morons, who cares what we think. Then, what took it over the top for me, was his tendency to take over *every* new thread on those bases. No matter what topic we posted, within 5 posts he had completely come into a thread and disrespected the entire conversation. Yeah, he has become "more sensible" over the past week --- because Luck and the Colts are performing so amazingly that even OlBlu is running out of ammo. MARK MY WORDS --- if things were reversed and RG3 and the 'Skins were tearing it up, you wouldn't be seeing the current humbled OlBlu. You'd be seeing a monster of an ego on the complete opposite end of the spectrum.
But the reaction to OlBlu by the mods was disheartening. If you discourage censorship, then don't censor what I'm about to say --- I've been here for years, been a positive productive contributor. It takes a lot for me to get mad, but when I do, there's a reason. I got mad at OlBlu's conduct on this forum. But I kept within the rules and tried to ride it out. It was because OlBlu was *allowed* to go about his rampage of disrespect unchallenged in this Colts forum for weeks. People weren't calling for his banning at first. It was after weeks of what appeared to be no effort on the part of the mods to make OlBlu play nice. We all are expected to play nice, and OlBlu was not. And that is frustrating. That made me very upset. After it appeared that the mods just weren't even paying attention to the Colts forum, or they *were* paying attention and deciding not to do anything to hinder his conduct, I finally started returning OlBlu's "disrespect" on him.
The mods weren't doing their jobs. And when they finally did it --- they reprimanded *me*, and others. I was not given the benefit of the doubt for my 8 years of contributions to this site --- I was publically confronted and made to look like a fool. I was treated like a child. I damn near quit this board that night. But I don't think the mods or the board or myself would benefit from that. Good posters were lost over these incidents to protect a disruptive poster who's been here less than a year. With able posting things like statistics that basically say "See the massive number of posts and people here? We'll get over your loss" --- that's not impressive to me. I don't find that to be a positive thing. That's calloused. The situation was not controlled when it should have been, despite much plight from a huge number of users. Instead, we were treated, gestapo-style, like a "lynch mob". Lynch mobs occur when things are not controlled over a log period of time.
There was a lot to be learned from all this, because there was mistreatment from almost everyone involved. That's my honest and true feelings on the subject. I've moved on, but I won't forget these past few months, and you bet it will stay on the back of my mind.
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Well as we would call this in the military, stand by to stand by. Whatevskis. I don't have to like it but I won't agree with it either. If that gets me in "trouble" I guess that it does. Seems silly to punish those that cross this supposed line in the sand when Blu has regularly insulted the intelligence of many others on here, with no punishment (then promptly attempted to start another argument with comments about people being "invisible" today)But hey, I won't question it. Later,
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Could certain people please at least learn two reply to multiple quotes in one post.
We dont't need one poster with a lot of consecutive posts. Since your trying your clean this place up.
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I don't envy the job of the moderators on this forum. I salute their efforts.
But I think we have to admit that this type of activity (i.e. OlBlu type posting style) would not be allowed on the main PD board...or it truly would be degrading this great site.
At the same time (and I don't expect everyone to agree with this), OlBlu is simply another form of entertainment for some posters. You can deny it if you want, but it's true for some posters. I've seen them rally around OlBlu like he was their treasure. The Cadillac of Trolls he is...and he calls this his home. Let's face it. Some have grown attached...
Ridiculous, I've never been a part of something so ridiculous.
Anyway, I think Luck has more than proven himself to anyone who thought he was overrated. He's the best player from this draft, and he's pretty much a top 10 QB in the league now. Give him a consistent offensive line and receivers who don't drop balls and you're golden. The rest will come with experience.
And I'd like to give a pat on the back to Irsay and Grigson, who have built this team the right way.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
There's been many good points just in the past page of this thread - Kid, cdash, greenwell. And as Kid pointed out, OlBlu would really have to be stretching the limits for him to dog on Luck after these past couple weeks. I think it's safe to say Luck's ceiling is much greater than just a journeyman QB as he has insinuated.
Even in my own trolling of OlBlu I haven't asked for him to be banned. But his posting on the Pacers board and the Colts board is night and day. Able throwing out silly statistics that don't relate to the issue and telling us he won't give into a "mob" certainly doesn't help any. These guys act like they're making a stand for a human rights issue - it's friggin Pacers Digest. But like I said, if they're not that interested in building up the Colts board just like they did the Pacers, then that's their choice. But losing posters who've made thousands of contributions to this board over several years, does not bode well for PD at all.
And another thing, it's defensible to say RG3 is playing better than Luck, it's defensible to say you'd rather have RG3 over Luck if you had the choice. I don't agree with that, but it's not outrageous to say it, at least after 8 games. But it's not defensible to say it as a fact and then to repeat it over and over as a fact.
Thank you for keeping it open. I value the Colts/NFL discussion here just as much as the Pacers/NBA discussion. Things are looking bright for the Colts and I want to keep discussing the team with people here.


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Correia strong on mound, at plate in Dodgers debut
Righty holds Braves to one run, records two hits and scores a run
ATLANTA -- As Kevin Correia put on his shoes in the visitors' clubhouse at Turner Field following his victorious Dodger debut on Monday night, he turned to Clayton Kershaw and asked the left-hander how many media members were waiting to talk to him.
Kershaw laughed and replied, "There's a lot."
Correia, whom the Dodgers acquired from the Twins on Saturday, warranted such attention after notching two hits, scoring a run and limiting the Braves to just one run in six innings as Los Angeles claimed a 6-2 win at Turner Field.
Including postseason play, the Dodgers have won nine of their past 12 contests against the Braves. For Correia, it was his first win since July 12 and only his second victory in his past nine outings.
"To get an opportunity to play here is just awesome," Correia said. "To be able to get a win the first time out, I couldn't hope for anything more."
Correia has watched Los Angeles play since he grew up in Southern California, and simply suiting up for the Dodgers, who improved their lead in the National League West to a season-best five games, has given him quite a lift.
"I haven't had that feeling, I don't think, since being called up, I guess. That's almost what it felt like," Correia said of joining the Dodgers. "Being able to come over here and throw in some meaningful games, which I haven't been able to do in the recent past, and I come in and I have a locker next to the best pitcher on the planet [Kershaw], so I'm never too old to learn anything."
So even though Dodgers manager Don Mattingly plans to eventually remove Correia from the rotation and use him as a long reliever, Correia can't complain. In the middle of his 12th Major League season, he's hungry for his first postseason.
"That's what I play for right now," Correia said. "I've played long enough to where I'm not out there trying to do anything besides win baseball games. No matter how it has to get done, to have a team like this where every win is meaningful and you have a chance to go on to the postseason, which I haven't done in the past few years. I couldn't be happier with the spot I'm in."
Correia may not care how he wins, but he did it in impressive fashion on Monday by matching season-best numbers by giving up only one earned run on four hits.
He also limited the Padres to four hits in six innings on May 20. Monday's outing marked his ninth quality start in the past 12 outings.
The right-hander was perfect through three and managed to limit the damage thereafter. Emilio Bonifacio notched Atlanta's first hit and scored on a Justin Upton single in the bottom of the fourth.
"He mixed his pitches up and he didn't miss in the middle of the plate too many times," Upton said. "Usually you get hurt when you're missing over the plate. When you stay on the corners, usually you're all right. We just didn't get enough pitches on the white part of the plate."
"He's always been good against us," added Mattingly, who praised Correia's ability to his mix his pitches. "He's always kind of baffled because when you see it on tape and you look at it, it doesn't look like, you feel like you should hit him and then we never did."
Correia's gem appeared to be for naught through five innings as Braves hurler Julio Teheran had given up only three hits. Two of those came from Carl Crawford and Yasiel Puig, who were picked off in the second and fourth innings, respectively.
But the tide turned once Correia notched his second hit of the day to lead off the top of the sixth, setting the stage for the decisive three-run frame. Dee Gordon, Puig and Adrian Gonzalez followed with singles, tying the game at 1.
After Matt Kemp popped out to shortstop Ramiro Pena, Crawford plated the go-ahead run with a single to no-man's land between first and second base. A third run crossed when Justin Turner grounded out to second base.
"He swung the bat good, actually started a rally for us leading off that inning," Mattingly said. "Then Dee gets the hit, kind of opened that thing up. It was a good night. It was a little flat out there and it was good to kind of get that lead there."
Two innings later, the barrage continued. Puig drew a leadoff walk to begin the eighth, and Kemp chased Teheran with a ground-rule double. Crawford then tallied his second RBI with a single off lefty reliever James Russell.
Of Crawford's five multi-RBI games in 2014, he has only two since May 26. Both have come against the Braves.
Los Angeles pushed across two more in the eighth when Pena made a throwing error on what looked like an inning-ending double play off the bat of A.J. Ellis. With that, the Dodgers became the first team to tag Teheran with as many as five earned runs at Turner Field since the Reds hung five on him last July 14.
"I thought he pitched better than what his line showed," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said of Teheran. "People are going to wake up tomorrow morning, look at the box score and say, 'Julio got beat up pretty good.' But I didn't see that."
Joe Morgan is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Animal abuse: What practitioners need to know
According to news accounts, 35-year-old James Whalen had left a telephone message for his fiancée at work, saying he had beaten her cat and the cat was dead. His fiancée called her mother; her mother went to the apartment, picked up the cat, and took it to Dr. Levitzke at the Brooklyn Veterinary Emergency Service in Bay Ridge. There, Dr. Levitzke made careful notes documenting the cat's injuries. He then called the ASPCA.
Special Agent Joe Pentangelo took up the investigation and was the arresting officer in the case. Pentangelo had retired from the New York City Police Department in 2001, where he had served as a Mounted Unit police officer and a detective, worked missing persons, and handled press duties.Pentangelo recalls his first conversation with Whalen: "I said, 'James, I'm here to talk to you about what happened to Darwin.' He just says, 'Oh yeah.' So I Mirandized him." According to Pentangelo, Whalen said he was holding the cat when it bit him. Whalen then grabbed Darwin by the hind legs or the tail and swung the cat several times like a sledgehammer. The cat's head hit the floor with each swing.
"In situations like that, I try to remain as dispassionate as possible," says Pentangelo. "I said, 'Would you write that down for me?' and Whalen wrote it down. I said, 'Do you realize the cat is dead?' He says, 'Oh yeah.' I waited for lab results—blood work, tissue analysis, urinalysis—to confirm that trauma was the cause of death. Once I was satisfied Whalen was responsible, I arrested him and locked him up."
Pentangelo was pleased the Kings County district attorney chose a felony charge in the case, testing Brooklyn's new animal cruelty law. The law specifies that the animal must be considered a companion animal, the abuse must result in serious injury or death, and the abuse must be of sufficient duration to qualify as torture. A single killing blow does not rise to that standard, Pentangelo explains.
"With a misdemeanor, the perp is much more likely to get 10 hours of community service," he says. "Now I can point to cases where people did more than a year. The law is not abstract anymore."


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With its new update to the Foreign Assistance Dashboard (www.foreignassistance.gov), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is releasing financial data and information in more detail than ever before. For the first time, members of the public can download and search data showing which vendors received Agency funding and how much they spent in a given time period.
Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez will deliver opening remarks at a Doing Business in Africa (DBIA) forum hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on July 30. The forum will feature a pair of panel discussions highlighting the many business opportunities for U.S. companies interested in trade and investment in Africa. Sanchez's remarks will highlight current investment and operations in Africa, as well as the support available to U.S. companies interested in exporting to the continent.
The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced today a new $4.3 million partnership with Arizona State University's (ASU) Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College to share educational best practices with Indian teachers.
Today, at the U.S. launch of the Feed the Future 2013 Progress Report, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah announced two new Feed the Future Innovation Labs to improve climate resilience in some of Africa's main cereal crops and increase private sector investment that can help smallholder farmers. The two new labs include the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum & Millet and the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy. These Innovation Labs draw on the expertise of top universities around the country and represent a new model of development, using science and technology to address our greatest challenges in agriculture and food security.
The critical issues surrounding women's leadership and gender equality are taking center stage this week at a partners meeting hosted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Higher Education for Development (HED).
Yesterday, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Yunus Social Business (YSB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together to promote entrepreneurship and the development of "social businesses" in vulnerable and underserved communities around the world and to collaborate on the development of social business incubator funds in a targeted set of developing countries. These incubator funds will provide financing as well as advisory support to selected social businesses that are poised to grow and scale up their impact.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Government of Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada and the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) will host a DevelopmentXChange event for "Saving Lives at Birth": A Grand Challenge for Development July 31.
Yesterday, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) released a report on "Twenty Years of U.S. Economic Assistance to Eastern Europe and Eurasia," at a discussion hosted by the Brookings Institution. The program included a panel discussion with U.S. Department of State Special Coordinator for Middle East Transitions Ambassador William Taylor, Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Vice President Donald L. Pressley, and former USAID Mission Director Craig Buck. Brookings Senior Fellow George Ingram moderated the session.
Yesterday, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced 16 new health research projects in 10 countries, which will focus on addressing some of the world's most pressing health challenges. Through the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Health competitive grants program, USAID will directly support scientists from developing countries working on research projects with NIH funded scientists. The projects are the first to be funded through an initiative designed to foster collaborative global research in critical areas of health and disease research.
On July 25, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah will join former United States Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman, as well as Members of Congress and participants from civil society and the research community, to participate in a high-level panel discussing the 2013 Feed the Future Progress Report and continued U.S. engagement on global food security as highlighted by President Barack Obama during his recent visit to Africa.
On July 19, Larry Meserve was sworn in as Mission Director to Sudan.
We are gravely concerned by the serious escalation of the humanitarian crisis in Pibor County in South Sudan's Jonglei State. As many as 120,000 civilians have fled their homes as a result of recent spikes in the ongoing battle between state and non-state armed actors and inter-communal clashes.
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On July 22, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah and Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus will participate in a town hall discussion with USAID staff.
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On July 22, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will release its report, "Twenty Years of U.S. Economic Assistance to Eastern Europe and Eurasia" at an event hosted by the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution. The program will also include a discussion on U.S. economic assistance to post-communist Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union countries.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Brasserie Nationale d'Haiti S.A (BRANA), a Haitian brewery owned by Heineken, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to improve the livelihoods of Haitian farmers by sourcing locally grown sorghum.
The Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development partners announced today the 53 finalists in its third global call for innovative ideas to save the lives of mothers and newborns in developing countries.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a five-year program targeting the education, promotion, and training of a new generation of Afghan women, aged 18-30. Named "Promote," the program's goal is to increase women's contributions to Afghanistan's development by strengthening women's rights groups, boosting female participation in the economy, increasing the number of women in decision making positions within the Afghan government, and helping women gain business and management skills.
William Hammink was sworn in today as the U.S. Agency for International Development Mission Director to Afghanistan, USAID's largest country program in the world. Hammink will direct projects to support sustainable economic growth, good governance, and support for maintaining critical development gains in health and education.
John A. Beed was sworn in today as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) mission director to India. Beed assumes leadership as USAID's India program engages in a new model of development cooperation.
U.S. Agency for International Development recently released its new Strategy on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance. The strategy's overarching goal is to support the establishment and strengthening of inclusive and accountable democracies to advance freedom, dignity and development around the globe.
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A MultiCenter Study of Combined PEX, Rituximab, and Steroids in Acute Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Exacerbations
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This is a randomized, multi-center, open-label Phase II clinical trial to determine the efficacy of combined plasma exchange (PEX), rituximab, and conventional corticosteroid administration, in comparison to corticosteroids alone, among patients with acute Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) exacerbations.
The investigators central hypothesis is that antibody-mediated autoimmunity can play an important role in IPF exacerbations. The investigators propose to test our central hypothesis by establishing the efficacy of autoantibody removal by plasma exchange (PEX), in conjunction with B-cell depletion by rituximab to deplete immunoglobulins and minimize their further production, among patients with acute IPF exacerbations.
The primary goal of this randomized, multi-center, open-label Phase II clinical trial is to determine effects of combined plasma exchange (PEX), rituximab, and conventional corticosteroid administration on selected, relevant immunological parameters, in comparison to effects of steroids alone, among AE-IPF patients. The investigators anticipate the findings of this will lead to larger incremental trial(s) to determine actual clinical efficacy of this treatment.
A total of 40 subjects will be enrolled in this multi-center trial from 5 participating medical centers.
|Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
|Drug: Standard Steroid Treatment Drug: The Standard Steroid Treatment, Plasma Exchange and rituximab
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Multicenter, Open-Label, Phase II Study of Combined Plasma Exchange (PEX), Rituximab, and Corticosteroids in Patients With Acute Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Exacerbations
- Reduction of autoantibody titers [ Time Frame: Baseline to Day 28 ]The primary end-point is reduction of autoantibody titers to cultured human primary pulmonary cells, comparing baseline measures of each individual to results of their measures on day 28, or the latest measure among patients who do not survive to day 28.
- IgG concentrations [ Time Frame: Baseline to Day 60 ]Treatment-related effects on plasma IgG concentrations
- B-cell counts [ Time Frame: Baseline to Day 60 ]
- Adverse event (AE) rates [ Time Frame: Baseline to Day 60 ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Arm A - Standard Steroid Treatment
Drug: Standard Steroid Treatment
One gm of methylprednisolone i.v., on day 0, followed by 40 mg/day i.v. on days 1-4, and days 6-12 (or the p.o. prednisone equivalent). Methylprednisolone 100 mg i.v. will be administered on days 5 and 13. Steroid doses will then be 20 mg methylprednisolone i.v. (or p.o. prednisone equivalent) from days 14-28, and then reduced thereafter at the discretion of the PI at each site.
|Experimental: Arm B - Experimental Treatment
Drug: The Standard Steroid Treatment, Plasma Exchange and rituximab
The Standard Steroid Treatment and, after insertion of a dialysis/apheresis catheter into a central vein, followed by initiation of the PEX and rituximab regimens.
Detailed Description:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- A diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis that fulfills American Thoracic Society Consensus Criteria.1
- Unexplained worsening or development of dyspnea or hypoxemia within the preceding 30 days.
- Radiographic imaging showing ground-glass abnormality and/or consolidation superimposed on a reticular or honeycomb pattern consistent with UIP.
- Diagnosis of documented infection, thromboembolic disease, an additional etiology for acute lung injury/adult respiratory distress syndrome, congestive heart failure.
- Presence of active hepatitis B infection.
- Coagulopathy defined as an INR > 1.8, PTT > 2 x control, and platelet count < 50K.
- Hyperosmolar state or diabetic ketoacidosis to suggest uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or uncontrolled hypertension.
- Hemodynamic instability.
- History of reaction to blood products, murine-derived products, or prior exposures to human-murine chimeric antibodies,
- History of malignancy.
- Unwillingness to accept a blood transfusion.
- Unwillingness to agree to full supportive medical care (e.g., intubation) for up to 2 weeks after enrollment.
- Inability or unwillingness to complete post-treatment surveillance for 60 days.
- Diagnosis of major comorbidities expected to interfere with subjects study participation for 28 days.
- Treatment for >5 days within the preceding month with >20 mg prednisone (or equivalent dose corticosteroid) or any treatment during the preceding month with a potent cellular immunosuppressant (e.g., cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, mycophenolate, azathiaprine, calcineurin inhibitors, etc.) unless the patient has a BAL negative for opportunistic pathogens (e.g, Pneumocystis, viruses, intracellular organisms, mycobacteria, etc.).
- Current treatment with an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor that cannot be discontinued and/or substituted with another antihypertensive agent (to minimize potential hemodynamic complications during PEX).
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01524068
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Geisinger Medical Center
|Danville, Pennsylvania, United States, 17822
|Temple University Medical Center
|Philladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19140
|University of Pittsburgh
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
|United States, Texas
|University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston
|Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555
|United States, Virginia
|Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute
|Falls Church, Virginia, United States, 22042
|Principal Investigator:
|Steven Duncan, MD
|University of Pittsburgh
|Responsible Party:
|University of Pittsburgh
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01524068 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 27, 2012
|Last Updated:
|January 4, 2016
Keywords provided by University of Pittsburgh:
Acute Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Exacerbations
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
Pathologic Processes
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Lung Diseases, Interstitial
Antineoplastic Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antirheumatic Agents
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Nostalgia moment; remember the old phrase, "...so-and-so can't walk and chew gum at the same time?" It's time to update it, and bring it into the 21st Century.
Now we can say, "...so-and-so can't walk and text, tweet, play video games, and talk on the phone at the same time." And we have statistics to prove it. One more thing, it's called "distracted walking," but I think that's too nice a way to put it.
Some readers may question why I'm bringing up this subject. It's only been a month since I complained about a new texting and driving law in California. Some of you may wonder, "What's the deal with Dave? What does he have against technology?"
The answer is, nothing. It's the idiots who don't use modern technology safely because of a lack of common sense who interest me. I'm not really worried about getting walked over by a "distracted walker" as I'm sure I'll see him or her before they see me. I'll get out of the way. It's when they step out into traffic (hey -- I've seen it happen on Broadway in Eureka!) that I can't help cringing.
"Distracted walking" is a greater problem than I realized. Data collected by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that pedestrian fatalities rose by 4.2 percent from 2009 to 2010, and injuries increased by 19 percent during the same period.
You may remember I pointed out a report on traffic fatalities caused by "distracted driving." The first three months of this year saw a 13.5 percent jump in drivers dying because of distracted driving. Sobering data to say the least.
Recent information indicates that "distracted walking" is emerging as a public health concern. In 2011 alone, 1,152 people were treated for injuries caused by distracted walking, according to data collected by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. That number is likely a gross underestimate since doctors or nurses may not have asked whether the patient was using a mobile device at the time of the accident, according to a July 30 Associated Press report.
"We are where we were with cell phone use in cars 10 years or so ago. We knew it was a problem, but we didn't have the data," Jonathan Atkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Association, told AP in an interview.
Here's more revealing information: researchers at the University of Maryland identified 116 cases in which pedestrians were killed or seriously injured while wearing headphones. Two-thirds of those injuries involved men under the age of 30, and half of them involved trains.
If you go to YouTube there are endless videos of distracted people walking into things, or off them. Great for laughs. Funny stuff, right? Cathy Cruz Marrero, the woman who tumbled into a fountain while texting and walking in a mall in Pennsylvania, didn't think it was too funny.
She's a star on the Internet now. She wasn't injured, but she told CBS News that she cried for days after footage of the accident landed on YouTube, where it was viewed more than 2 million times.
There's another popular YouTube video starring distracted walker Bonnie Miller, a Michigan woman who recently fell off a pier while texting and walking. "I can't let pride get in my way of warning other people to not drive and text or walk and text. It's quite dangerous," Miller told ABC 57, a local television station in South Bend, Ind.
There was nothing funny about her husband and a 19-year-old bystander jumping into the cold water to save her. She wasn't laughing when firefighters and the Coast Guard arrived and threw them floatation devices. Lucky for her it was just a humiliating experience and she's alive to talk about it.
Another lucky distracted walker whose story has gone viral since it happened in 2009 is Alexa Longueira of Staten Island, N.Y. This teenager fell into an open manhole while reading a text on her friend's cell phone. According to a report by WABC, she fell 6 feet into four inches of raw sewage.
As It Stands, unlike distracted driving, I don't think there should be any laws against distracted walking; it's probably an effective way to thin out the gene pool!
Dave Stancliff is a retired newspaper editor and publisher who writes this column for The Times-Standard. Comments can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit Dave at LEARNIST -- http://learni.st/ -- under the categories POLITICS & SOCIETY.


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Thomas added that defending Cyril Martin also had an effective season, while James Robertson proved useful between the sticks after previously playing outfield.


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Last week's 24th annual Los Altos Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament proved to be a win-win event for Mike Guido. He was part of the winning foursome and also placed first in the longest-drive contest.
Guido, Joerg Ferchau, Kurtis Ferchau and Martin Nguyen combined to post the best score in the scramble-format tournament, held Aug. 5 at Los Altos Golf & Country Club. PricewaterhouseCoopers and Efficient Drivetrains Inc. sponsored the foursome.
A foursome sponsored by Zoom Imaging – Chris Clark, Joe Power, Kevin Jarvis and Matt Castaneda – finished second.
Later, Guido and Jaclyn Campi each took home a prize for hitting the longest drive among the men and women, respectively.
Susanna Pau and Cary Liu placed first in the two-person best-ball category. Ruth Chu and Larry Chu came in second.
Ron Carrie won the closest-to-the-pin contest, while Ken Haukom took home the prize for the most accurate drive.
Sandy Wihtol and Ray Skitt putted unsuccessfully for the $5,000 putting contest prizes.
Courtyard by Marriott Palo Alto-Los Altos was title sponsor of the event. Silver Sponsors included: Armadillo Willy's BBQ; Campi Properties Inc.; Casas Riley & Simonian LLP; Chef Chu's; EverBank; Intero Real Estate Services; Los Altos Optometric Group; May Construction Inc.; Mission Trail Waste Systems Inc.; Rees Properties Inc.; Residence Inn by Marriott Palo Alto-Los Altos; Sereno Group Real Estate; and Torrey Pines Bank. Le Boulanger donated boxed lunches and Whole Foods Market and Gordon Biersch Brewery supplied refreshments on the golf course.
"We are pleased with the generous support we get from the business community for this annual fundraiser," tournament chairman Brian Whitlock said.
Two hole-in-one prizes went unclaimed – a Mercedes-Benz sponsored by HammerAuto.com and a Baume & Mercier timepiece sponsored by Gleim Jewelers. State Farm Insurance/Jim Flynn and Al Ward sponsored the putting and longest-drive contests, while Adobe Animal Hospital was the cart sponsor.
Last week's event included a barbecue buffet, followed by an award presentation, silent auction and several prize drawings.
Tournament proceeds support the chamber's primary core functions of encouraging a strong local economy and promoting the communities of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills.


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Who says you can't be a style stunner even on casual days? Break some necks and keep those feet happy in the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Platform Plus Casual Shoes.
An athletic-inspired canvas upper sits atop vulcanized rubber for the total comfort you crave. But a stealth hidden 3" wedge gives you the boost you love and takes the traditional Converse sneaker to fashion-forward new heights. Add in a rubber Converse All Star logo patch to the high-top upper, as well as tonal eyelets, tonal laces and tonal foxing and you've got a must have sneaker that's a true knockout, just like you.
- UPPER: Canvas
- OUTSOLE: Rubber, 3" hidden wedge


text: Fleur of England wows us every season with their impeccable silks and laces and their grasp of both the classic and the understated. When they take those shapes and come at you with the fiercest, most shocking, luscious riot-girl pink we've seen since Warhol's Marilyns. Classic as rebellion, indeed. Why would we tease?