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Minor league plans already in the works
By Chad Ford
Thursday, April 1
NEW YORK -- The NBA held a media event Wednesday to announce the expansion of its international Basketball Without Borders camps to Brazil and South Africa this summer.
After the event I talked one-on-one with NBA commissioner David Stern about the state of international basketball, the growing tide of teenagers (from the U.S. and abroad) flooding the league and the steps the league was taking to address the issues.
Stern, in a very candid interview, wavered a little on the league's push for an age limit and said the league intends to collectively bargain with the union to expand the NBDL in an effort to create a true NBA minor league system.
Here's an edited transcript of what turned into a pretty ground-breaking discussion with the commissioner about the future of the league both here and abroad.
FORD: This is the first year I can think of that the league will be officially in just about every place in the world. You'll be in Europe, Latin America and Africa doing Basketball Without Borders camps. The league will have exhibition games in China and Russia this year. When are you heading to India?
STERN: Well, we're talking about India as well. We've begun discussions with some television folks in India about the best way to develop it.
FORD: Is it safe to say that the league, its general managers and scouts, have caught international fever? There seems to be a growing obsession with all things international.
STERN: No, I think there's a heavy emphasis on ... I think it's great. You've got GMs going to the McDonald's NBA Classic, the WNBA Final Four, the NBA Final Four, the European Final Four. We have them working in every single direction. They're scouting international players, high school players, women's players, college players.
FORD: Do you think it's great that they're going to the McDonald's Game?
STERN: No, I don't think it's great. I think it's life. Everyone knows how I feel about that. If I were a GM and I was being judged on whether I was drafting the best talent available, I'd be scouting the McDonald's game or in Chicago the week before [the EA Roundball Classic]. I wouldn't have a choice.
FORD: With the influx of international players, some of them rising to a superstar level like Peja Stojakovic, how do they affect the NBA?
STERN: Well, my own view is that it makes our league more competitive, it makes greater talent available to us, it makes, to many of our fans, the game more interesting, and it opens up markets to us all at the same time.
FORD: The flood of high school teenagers into the league has been well documented. Now, the international kids are coming younger and younger, too. Darko Milicic turned 18 just a week before the draft. Is that an area of concern?
STERN: If you were looking at that, so what's the point. The bottom line is whether they can play and whether they can help the team. It's a wonderful meritocracy here. Do you have game? If you do, come on in. If you don't, better watch out.
FORD: Does it concern you less with the international players, because they are already playing professionally overseas and aren't giving up college or an education?
STERN: No, I think it would be a good thing to delay it a bit. I don't think there's a difference really between the international players and the domestic players. I suppose speaking directly to the issue, to the extent that you are living an NBA style lifestyle younger, you may be more equipped to handle life. But I don't think it makes that much of a difference.
FORD: You talk about kids giving up an education ...
STERN: You never hear me talking about kids giving up their education. Fifty percent of our country doesn't go to college. And of the 50 percent [that do], half of them drop out. I'm not here preaching about the need for a college education.
FORD: You've been saying for some time that you want a 20-year-old age limit. Is the age limit legal?
STERN: I know the age limit is legal.
FORD: What specifically makes you think it's legal?
STERN: Because it's my area of law, and I know it's legal.
FORD: I graduated from law school. You can't get specific?
STERN: We've litigated it. Wood vs. NBA. Brown vs. NFL. I could give you a brief that you can go and study. There is no question that an age limit negotiated as part of a collective bargaining agreement is legal.
FORD: The Maurice Clarett decision doesn't affect that at all?
STERN: No. It's a lower court decision. It's wrong.
FORD: Isn't there other ways, besides an age limit, to address the problem of kids coming into the league too young? Have you thought about a real minor league? About allowing teams to send young players to the D league to speed up their development?
STERN: Yes. Very much. That's a subject for collective bargaining. We can't do that unilaterally.
FORD: That's something you want to happen?
STERN: Yes, and I think it's something that the union may want to happen. The issue is, in pure monetary terms, how do you get a payoff on your investment? To the extent that you have development of players, it's good.
A lot of people, I see it beginning to percolate. They say, 'You know what I think? I think we should have 15 teams, not six. I think that two NBA teams should share a NBDL team to focus on developing youngsters who would otherwise be sitting on the bench and being unhappy.'
FORD: And you're for that?
STERN: I think it should be driven by basketball considerations. I'm for it if the coaches and general managers are for it. To the extent that we can develop and ultimately provide an environment on a national basis where the kind of coaching, training, nutrition and life skills can be taught to youngsters, I think that has something to contribute to the game. I have a feeling that the union leadership will feel the same way.
FORD: From a marketing standpoint, that also seems like a coup for the league. Fan interest isn't very high in the D league. For the fans to be able to watch young draft picks like Darko Milicic actually get a chance to play would actually turn into more revenue (in the form of ticket sales and TV viewership) for the league.
STERN: I would tell you that we've demonstrated over the first three years that it's not about the money. It's about the development. Our (developmental) league has been picked clean of executives, of referees, of players by our league and the teams. That's the good news. We're going to make the investment, because developing PR folks, referees, marketing folks, coaches, I think that's great. I suppose we'd sell a few more tickets, but this is the mother lode, the D league is about development.
FORD: Is it feasible to get to 15 NBDL league teams?
STERN: I think it's very feasible. I think you'll see us in the course of the next several years go from the south. You will see eventually a Northeastern pod, a Midwestern pod and a Pacific pod. And possibly a Southwestern pod as we fine tune it. We are just getting it right now. We'll be expanding it, over the years, dramatically beyond the Southeast. We actually picked the most difficult area of the country to start, without a minor league basketball tradition, but a good college tradition. We've obviously learned a lot. I think the next phase would be the Midwest or the Northeast.
FORD: How far along is that?
STERN: We've already begun discussions about the next area [to expand to].
FORD: Would that take away your objections to younger players leaving for the NBA? Does the league really need an age limit if a system like you described was in place and giving players the development that they needed both on and off the court?
STERN: It might. It might. We'd just have to see. It depends upon the union. It's one of a number of moving pieces that has to be worked on to get the right picture. Because frankly, a main concern is the notion of kids, young kids, that the NBA is where they're going to end up. To the extent that they focus on the fact that they could end up in the D league as their career end -- I'm not sure that's what they want. They want to go to the big league, and they just don't have enough opportunity for them to go to the big league. So I don't necessarily like that much.
FORD: You can't blame the kids that want to come out, especially the kids with real financial concerns and troubles?
STERN: Correct. I agree. ... You're wearing me out.
Mutombo still saving the world, one country at a time
It was no surprise to see our friend, and the NBA's top humanitarian, Dikembe Mutombo at the Basketball Without Borders event. Mutombo has been the leading force in the league for years when it comes to providing aid and basketball clinics to underprivileged kids in Africa and around the world.
Last year Mutombo began construction of a hospital in his home country of the Congo. He also donated $100,000 to the Ithuteng Trust as part of the NBA's Africa 100 camp.
The league announced that in addition to returning to South Africa for the second consecutive year, they'll also go to Brazil this year to hold the first ever Basketball Without Borders camp in South America. Mutombo told Insider he'll be there.
"It was an invitation from Nene to help him expand Basketball Without Borders to his homeland," Mutombo told Insider. "It's a great opportunity."
Mutombo has never traveled to Brazil, but does speak fluent Portuguese.
"I love to be out helping in the summer," Mutombo said. "I think we're making a big difference. A lot relates to my own life and the people that reached out to me when I was young and tried to make sure I succeeded in basketball and in my life. Every night when I go to sleep I always feel an obligation to those who didn't make it and for those who have a chance to make it. I came from poverty, I know what poverty is like so I can explain that to them."
While Mutombo is ecstatic about what the league is doing overseas, he's concerned about the flood of young players coming into the league.
"It's been bothering me a lot. I understand why they are leaving. I understand their financial responsibilities. The big concern I have is that there is life after basketball. What if they get injured and can't perform at that level anymore. What is the package you have left that guarantees you success in life? Do you have an understanding of outside life? Georgetown gave me all the tools to succeed in the NBA and in life."
How would a minor league work?
There's been a movement among GMs for some time to see the league turn the NBDL into something that looks more like a real minor league. Insider first wrote about the issue in January, and since then it's been gaining steam.
Back in January, we talked to several prominent GMs about what they'd like to see Stern do in the next few years. The collective bargaining agreement is being renegotiated as we speak, and many GMs were against a straight 20-year-old age limit. Instead, they felt that a minor league system would address most, if not all, of the issues teams were currently facing.
Every GM Insider polled was in favor of some system that allows teams to send young players to a farm team to gain experience. While most agreed that a 29-team minor league system modeled after Major League Baseball wasn't financially feasible, a reworking of the NBDL would help solve the problem. Currently, players under NBA contract are not allowed to play in the NBDL. Many GMs support a system in which each NBDL team serves as a farm team for NBA teams.
What the GMs are looking for:
Each NBA team would send young players to a designated NBDL team, along with an assistant coach to monitor the players' development. If the league expands to 15 teams, two NBA teams would share each NBDL team.
If the player was a first-round pick, he'd continue to be paid at the rookie wage scale. If the player was a second-round pick or free agent, he would have a split contract that paid him different amounts depending on whether he was in the NBA or NBDL.
Teams retain the rights to all of their players and could recall them at any time.
The move likely would coincide with the expansion of the NBA draft to more than the current two rounds. If teams have a place to put players for whom they don't have roster spots, they could theoretically own the rights to more players. Some GMs believe such a system actually would curb the flow of young players into the league. If a teenager knew there was a chance he could be stuck in the D league for a few years, college or international play may be more appealing.
Someone is going to have to pay for such a league, and you can bet Stern won't foot the bill for 15 D league teams on his own. Don't be shocked if teams were charged a yearly "participation fee" (in the millions) for the right to call up or send down players to their designated D league team.
What are the likely objections from the union? Historically, the fear has been the coaches could use the league as some sort of punishment for veterans. The players union definitely wants to limit the types of players who could be sent to the D league.
One idea would be that players with more than three years' experience under the NBA umbrella couldn't be assigned to the NBDL against their will. However a veteran coming off an injury or in a slump could ask to spend time in the D league at their choosing.
Another idea the union could push for is that teams could never send first-round picks down without the player's consent.
The union also probably would limit the amount of time a team can keep lower picks down in the NBDL without calling them up to the pros. The union is obviously in favor of increasing player movement and giving players opportunities to make the NBA with other teams, even if they can't crack the top 12 on the team that drafted them. They likely would insist a team call up a player after two or three years or lose their rights to him.


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Rachel 35k 2:19:10 --> finish 2:49:21
RIHK 2:20:20 --> finish 2:51:27
Rachel 35k 2:19:10 --> finish 2:49:21
RIHK 2:20:20 --> finish 2:51:27
Rachel in 2:49:22.
Ah crap, the timezone difference screwed up my prerace well wishes to those guys. But good to see solid results for both!
Ah crap, the timezone difference screwed up my prerace well wishes to those guys. But good to see solid results for both!
We are living in the past.
Nice race although I slowed down massively in the last 7km... Was on 2:48 still, albeit slowing, till 35km... Lost 1.5min on a 2:48pace only in the last 2km (1.5min on 35-40), which was partly due to wind/sun but mostly because I slowed down due to a twitch in my hams Kicking in at 38km. Had the same twitch, the kind of twitch before you cramp up, in Rotterdam, and really slowed to not cramp. So need to get that fixed / strengthened finally. I lacked endurance as well as those 4.5wks injured set me back more than I thought. Should have pushed it just south of 2:50 though...
But enjoyable race and really pretty and flat. It is a bit hot in the last hour, but whatever, beautiful race. I executed my race plan well till 30-35km, so had some learning from that. No regrets and lots of beer now...
Ran w Rachel for 5km or so and then trailed her... She shuffles fast! Without the headwind and sun, she might have pr-ed, but she did great amongst here Aussie peers. Great meeting another forumite.
No PR for me - despite being on track for a big one until the 35K mark at least - those final 7km were pretty tough. I knew I was slowing a bit after 20 miles but felt I'd be able to push through....then right at mile 23 we turned and BOOM, nasty headwind. I pretty much went into survival mode and was just trying to keep the pace under 7:00. Passed a couple of girls though, so that was good - finished in 2:49:21 for 10th female and 1st AG.
riHK found me in the Elite area before the start, then I caught up to him just before the 10K and we ran together for a bit, which was nice. Saw him at the turn and after the finish, too. Nice to meet you riHK!
Sorry to hear about the headwind -- the last 7 km of a marathon are tough enough without it! Well done to both of you. Rachel, your strength really shows in your ability to hold on despite the wind. RiHK, I'll be interested in your analysis, since you intended this as a learning experience.
Great that another couple of forumites got to meet in person as well. Cool stuff.
My week that was...
Mon: 6 @ 7:08
Tues: off
Wed: 10 w/ 6x1000 2 mins rest (3:15, 16, 16, 14, 13, 12) + 4x200 (31, 30, 30, 30)
Thurs: 11 @ 6:53
Fri: 6 @ 6:46
Sat: 14 @ 7:03
Sun: 8 w/ 7x400 avg 74's
55 total.
Today was supposed to be 10x400, but had to pull up after tweaking my right hamstring. It doesn't appear serious, no pain during my cool down, but a little sore right now. So I'll be keeping on eye on it over the next couple of days. The workout on Thursday wasn't meant to be super fast, and it wasn't. I wanted to keep the rest short and try and run a realistic 5k pace. I saved the fast running for the 200's.
Like a lot of you, I'm dealing with the first real heat of the summer. No fun at all, but getting by. Another two weeks of short fast stuff before my 5k, then back to slogging out the miles getting ready for TCM.
Rachel & RIHK ... Nice work. Congrats! RIHK ... I'll buy you a beer or two for your debreif back in HK.
My week
M - 6 Easy
T - 9 w/ 4@HMP (16.2kph@1%)
T - 5 + Hockey
Total = 60.5
|Run in HK
|Long Island
|Gold Coast
|Gold Coast
|Run w/ Bears
|Greg TR
|A muse
my week:
Mo - 10.5 recovery
Tu - 9 recovery
Wed - off
Th - 7.1 with 10K race at @ 40:05 - I continue suck helplessly at everything shorter than FM
Fr - 12.1 easy
Sa - 12.2 easy
Su - 12.3 easy with last 3 @ 6:40
Total: 63.2 mi
jwskilly: It's Tucson, not Tuscon.
calbearsfan: What happened with the 10k? Aren't you were training for a half?
dkgg: I still have no idea how you bunch that much running together. I can't recall having seen that sort of layout, it's certainly a lot different from my 100s. Good idea on the cutback week!
This week was a cutback for me, actually. I ran easy 5s on M-W, so 3 recovery days instead of the usual 1 or 2. I've had some quad soreness since the 15k so I eased up after that, too, shortening the week's long run to 15. Just 53 miles for the week.
A muse - actually, I am training for the full in Chicago , but, just to make training more fun (as I thought) I am adding 10Ks if I find anything close to my home. And yes, I will have HM this Saturday. But, looks like, I am doing something wrong as far as the results for my 10Ks are not much different from the last year. And, for some reason, I don't think I will have a great HM this Saturday. I will try, but, I guess, I need to make 10Ks or halfs as my target races next year, just putting them in between doesn't work for me as it seems. Sorry for whining, but it really strange that I run my MP miles during training just a few seconds slower than my 10K races... Don't really know what to change. Probably, as I said, will try to make training more specific next year - for 5Ks and 10Ks.
Your weekly program usually has some version of a 6-mile tempo (2x3 or 3x2). Aren't these paces basically half marathon effort?
Just trying to form a clearer picture.
Your weekly program usually has some version of a 6-mile tempo (2x3 or 3x2). Aren't these paces basically half marathon effort?
Just trying to form a clearer picture.
Yes, I follow Hansons program and my Tuesday's session usually has 6 x 1 mi, 4x1.5, 3x2 or 2x3 mi at the pace 15 seconds faster than MP pace. This cycle I only ran a few weeks with 6 x 1 mi so far. I will probably start doing other variation starting next week (after HM).
I see. Well, 10k's are pretty difficult to hit with no specific training at all. You haven't even been in the ballpark, so it's predictable that you might let your pace slide to something a bit more familiar. I always find 10k to be a really tough race, run at a pace not all that much slower than 5k pace but for twice the bloody distance.
RiHK: Lots of info there. I had no idea you were running by heart rate. How long was your LT test and do you recall how many mmol was the measurement?
RiHK: Lots of info there. I had no idea you were running by heart rate. How long was your LT test and do you recall how many mmol was the measurement?
Have been running on HR for years. Some people think it too unnatural, but helps me manage pacing. I did the test in Nov 12 just before my last Rotterdam cycle as a fitness gauge. I believe they measured it at the standard 3.8mmol inflection point. Strange thing for me was that the LT went down from 181bpm to 176 compared w my last test in 09/10.
Amuse - That is a solid result considering that you just finished your initial base phase with little or no intensity.
rihk - Glad you had an enjoyable time even if you missed your A goal. Those darn hammies. I wasn't online for much of your training but that is a good result especially with your lengthy lay off. Good summary with some great info about heart rates. I run with a HRM and have been using one for about 17 years. I tend to use it quite a bit in training...and as a guide/limiter during the marathon. It really helps keep you in line during the marathon and keeps you from pretending. I ignored my hr info during my last marathon and paid.
rachel - Fantastic job. That headwind at the end must have been demoralizing but you held it together well. I was actually online and cheering you on. The online tracking was excellent.
IRR - Now this place feels like home. IRR and the hammies. Hopefully it is no big deal and you can rip a big 5k PR.
dkg - That is a monster week.
jwskilly - What is this hockey stuff?
calsbear - Seems that you should be able to run 37-38 given your marathon times if your fitness is in that ballpark even w/o much specific work. Like Amuse said the 10k is tough and it is hard to stay on the gas w/o a little familiarity with the effort.
My week:
W: 7.1 @ 7:06 w/ 6 x 100 strides
T: 6.8 w/ 4 miler @ 21:44 (5:12, 5:41, 5:29, 5:22)
S: 10.0 @ 7:06, 3.0 @ 10:51 w/ wife
week: 48.2
Cut back week. Traveled up to STL on Tue. Decided to tune the muscle tension on Wed and threw in some 6x100 strides. It is something I pretty much never do and it felt good. Raced on Thu which confirmed where my fitness is at. Fri-weekend - did some great runs in the Missouri countryside. Hills...there be hills! Probably ran a little harder than I should have considering the race on Thu but I could not resist.
jwskilly - What is this hockey stuff?
Believe it or not there is a pretty decent ice hockey scene in Hong Kong (even a summer league). So I play on Thursday nights. A couple of weeks ago I wore my HR monitor ... HR jumps to 180 during a shift which lasts for around 2min or so.
I did 10x100m strides on the treadmill this week - You get some looks at 20kmp@2%
RiHK: Apparently he no longer tests his athletes, but Canova based his methods around MP at 4 mmol. I assume this is just for the men, and if so it follows that your LT reading might be good for a 2-hour race. Moving forward, if increasing your base is an option you should definitely do it -- realize that it takes some time to realize improvements. After setting the foundation, you can see if you can extend the pace runs through a series of graduated interval workouts focused on 177. You need a bit of luck -- stay healthy and keep consistent! The results will follow.
tn_weather: Sounds like a nice week. How 'bout dem hills?
Had my first round of Graston today from a new chiropractor that also is a marathoner. Holy moly was that painful. Apparently I had tons of scar tissue in my achilles on both feet and had little mobility in my heels. Already starting to bruise. Hopefully this will help with things. He did a lot work on my hips and gave me some hip strengthening exercises. My left leg is also a tad bit shorter than my right leg due my hips being rotated. He fixed that as well. So hopefully this will speed things up a little bit.
This might be a weird question, but...
How much do you all weigh? Especially the ones who have run sub-2:40. I personally don't really belong on this thread...haha because there's probably no chance of me EVER running a 2:40, and perhaps not even a 1:20 half, unless I stay committed to running in the next few years, but I'm just wondering. I have recently been thinking about weight in connection to getting faster. I weigh around 180, and I feel as if unless I ever weigh under 170, or even under, I will never be able to go too much faster than I can now (which is probably around 1:25/3:00).
I guess this all relates to the question of, how do you know your potential? How do you know how much faster you can go? But I just wanted to know if there are any 180+ lbs. sub-2:40 marathoners out there. I guess so I can be motivated to make my long-term goals faster...
This might be a weird question, but...
How much do you all weigh? Especially the ones who have run sub-2:40. I personally don't really belong on this thread...haha because there's probably no chance of me EVER running a 2:40, and perhaps not even a 1:20 half, unless I stay committed to running in the next few years, but I'm just wondering. I have recently been thinking about weight in connection to getting faster. I weigh around 180, and I feel as if unless I ever weigh under 170, or even under, I will never be able to go too much faster than I can now (which is probably around 1:25/3:00).
I guess this all relates to the question of, how do you know your potential? How do you know how much faster you can go? But I just wanted to know if there are any 180+ lbs. sub-2:40 marathoners out there. I guess so I can be motivated to make my long-term goals faster...
Run 100 mpw for a year and then tell me if you give a crap about how much you weigh.
tn - thanks for the tracking! I heard the commentators weren't following the women, but at least I guess I was on the leaderboard. Glad you enjoyed it!
riHK - "when I left Rachel"...don't you mean, when I left YOU?? Lol - interesting stuff about LT and HR, but I don't get how your max HR dropped and what that means?
boballen - I weigh 103, does that answer your question?
boballen - I've read that you can deduct 4min off your marathon time for every 2lbs of weight dropped - assuming you have the lbs to lose.
I'm 5"6 with a race weight of 145. But then again I'm just a 2:46 guy.
100 MPW for a year. You'll be Feeling like Alice in Wonderland. Hey guys, I'm turning 42 tomorrow, that makes my moose mug a 2:42 right? I see 100 MPW to go hit that goal. For base building. Put the crack pipe down and go run a 10 Miler in an hour, just before breakfast to cruise into an awesome day. ;-)
Nils: You would have to run UNDER 2:42 for a Moose Mug.
Happy birthday.
Happy b-day nils.
On the weight topic, I'm 6'3" and 155 right now, although I was a few pounds lighter before Boston.
And on the hamstring issue, no lingering concerns as of now, so that's good. Although I'm heading out shortly for my last big workout before my 5k, so we'll see how that goes.
Hey guys. Been a while, since Fargo pretty much. Have been running still. Ran a half last week that went ok and gave me some confidence. I know with just a minor tweak race day I would have sub'd 2:40, so now I'm going to go again. I'm going to sign up for CIM and start training for that. My training went great, though exhausting at times last cycle, so with the hopefully lack of snow runs I should be good to go.
In regards to weight, I'm 5'7" and weight around 142-5 depends on training cycle. I always feel that's more than other guys about my pace, but it is what it is.
jdarrow: Graston seems like it would be really painful, but it also seems to work for AT. Good luck with it.
IRR: Good news. Don't fry the hammies before the race!
mkhartnett: CIM is a good event. You should do really well there.
A muse, it was taken out of my hands with the heat. I was cooked just after getting started. Might do a scaled back version tomorrow, but the race is Wednesday so I don't want to get too greedy.
Btw, why are we currently a featured topic?
A muse, it was taken out of my hands with the heat. I was cooked just after getting started. Might do a scaled back version tomorrow, but the race is Wednesday so I don't want to get too greedy.
Btw, why are we currently a featured topic?
Wednesday gives you plenty of time to get something decent in.
Someone must have pulled a switch that puts the training threads up top. It's too bad -- ilana's very useful Sticky seems to have been dropped.
Weekly Results 08.07.2013 - 14.07.2013 [Week 1 Pfitz 12/85]
08.07.2013 10.52 KM in 5:34 Recovery Run
09.07.2013 13.03 KM in 4:41 General Aerobic w/10 x 100 m strides
10.07.2013 19.07 KM in 4:37 Medium Long Run
11.07.2013 10.62 KM in 5:45 Recovery Run
12.07.2013 18.11 KM in 4:32 Medium Long Run
13.07.2013 10.13 KM in 5:42 Recovery Run
14.07.2013 27.15 KM in 4:48 Long Run w/7 @ MP
Total Run 108.67 KM, 67.38 Miles, 4:58 Av. Pace
I have decided to include several MP KM's in my GA, MLR and LR. I have to get used to running MP.
My week:
Mon: 7 easy
Tues: off (resting hamstring)
Wed: 6 easy (hamstring feels great)
Thurs: 12 @ 6:35
Fri: 5 (bailed on a workout)
Sat: 11 @ 6:47, strength routine, 4 easy
Sun: 7 w/ 3x1k @ 10k pace (3:24, 24, 21) + 3x300m @ mile pace (54, 52, 53)
52 total.
Just prepping for my 5k on Wednesday, so yesterday was a last tuneup, although I felt like crap. The summer heat is taking its toll. Sounds like it's going to be toasty for the race too. Probably around 90 degrees with a dew point around 70. Anyone ever stopped for water in a 5k?
Torchlight IRR? Looks like it'll be another warm one.
Torchlight IRR? Looks like it'll be another warm one.
Yep, I'll be there. What's funny is that it's been so long since I've run a 5k, I literally have no idea how I should adjust for the heat if at all. I feel like a total noob.
IRR: Bring a big bottle of ice water. After your warmup make sure you drink the ice water and try to cool down your core. Heat affects LT so the idea is to delay the effects as long as you can. While in a 5k I would usually want to hit mile 1 a bit faster than average pace, I think in the heat you actually might want to slow by 5-8 secs; again, trying to delay heat-affected LT.
dkgg: not much of a cutback!
A muse, good suggestions, thanks. Looks like I'll have a bit of a tailwind too, so I'd expect the air to be even more stagnant which could quickly lead to overheating. So I'll be sure to take it easy the first mile.


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How to draw a furry?
I have learned how to do this now!!! In fact, I'm making some tutorials to post on DeviantArt and am putting them into a 'ible! If anyone needs it, here it is! https://www.instructables.com/id/Drawing-AnthrosFurries/
http://www.youtube.com/user/idrawgirls thats his account ive seen him draw wolfs deer everything there usually humanoid which is in the direction of a furrie :s but yea i guess u should let me see how it turns out lol good luck
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Slash to Produce 'Cut Throats Nine' Remake
Rock stars dabble in non-musical business activities all the time, but if you thought Slash was just looking for a tax write-off or a casual hobby when he moved into film production, think again.
As fans may recall, the guitarist debuted his Slasher Films banner last year, when he co-produced and wrote the soundtrack for the horror movie, 'Nothing Left to Fear.' And although Slasher doesn't appear to be involved with his latest film project, he's just been announced as an executive producer for the upcoming Western thriller 'Cut Throats Nine,' starring Mads Mikkelsen ('Hannibal') and Harvey Keitel ('Bad Lieutenant').
Directed by Rodrigo Gudino, 'Throats' is a remake of Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent's 1972 spaghetti Western about the horrors that await a band of U.S. cavalrymen on their mission to escort a group of convicts across the Rocky Mountains. After most of the troops are killed, one sergeant and his daughter remain, determined to bring the prisoners the rest of the way on foot. Saying the new version "updates and expands upon the themes of the original for a modern audience, while retaining the edge that made the original a cult classic," the 'Cut Throats Nine' press release promises "both a Western and a thriller" that "approaches the genre with the philosophy that the biggest monster of them all is a human being pushed to its limits."
It's obviously an idea that appeals to Slash, who enthused, "I'm really excited about seeing 'Cut Throats Nine' come to life. It's a brilliant script with great characters. The story is gritty, tough, shocking and ballsy with great twists and turns throughout."
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Diamond feels 'awesome,' ready for next 'pen session
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Twins left-hander Scott Diamond threw his first full bullpen session on Thursday without any issues and is scheduled to throw another on Sunday.
Diamond, who had a bone chip removed from his left elbow in December, threw 30 pitches on Thursday and is expected to throw about 45 pitches on Sunday.
"Everything felt awesome," Diamond said. "Mechanically, everything is getting back in sync. It wasn't the sharpest, but it was only the first one of the year. But everything went well and I'm feeling strong. Everything is starting to get back."
Diamond, though, said it's still too early to predict whether he'll be ready by Opening Day on April 1 against the Tigers. He said he plans on pitching in his first Grapefruit League game in mid-March and it'll be up the coaching staff and training staff to see if he'll be stretched out enough to be ready for the start of the regular season.
"We'll figure that out when it comes," Diamond said. "It depends on what the coaching staff wants to do."


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The onset of the taboo against bloody coincides with the increase in linguistic prudery that presaged the Victorian Era but it is hard to say what the precise cause was in the case of this specific word. Attempts have been made to explain the term's extraordinary shock power by invoking etymology. Theories that derive it from such oaths as "By our Lady" or "God's blood" seem farfetched, however. More likely, the taboo stemmed from the fear that many people have of blood and, in the minds of some, from an association with menstrual bleeding. Whatever, the term was debarred from polite society during the whole of the nineteenth century. [Rawson]
Shaw shocked theatergoers when he put it in the mouth of Eliza Doolittle in "Pygmalion" (1914), and for a time the word was known euphemistically as "the Shavian adjective." It was avoided in print as late as 1936. Bloody Sunday, Jan. 30, 1972, was when 13 civilians were killed by British troops at protest in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.


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The town's Neighbourhood Plan team has set up seven topic areas to focus on and is looking for volunteers to help in each of the areas.
These include housing needs, recreation, tourism and waterways, transport infrastructure, retail and commercial, employment and education, health and welfare and environment.
David Roberts, chairman of the Neighbourhood Plan, said: "The plan is a unique opportunity to shape the future of our town and will be embedded in the Cheshire West and Chester Local Plan as the planning law for the area.
"Our team working on the plan are making good progress and in the next couple of months they will be working on the detail.
"Having set the outline framework of the plan, we now want to encourage local people to help shape their town through this planning process."
To join any of the groups or find out more about the Neighbourhood Plan, ring Lesley Moore at Northwich Town Council on 01606 41510.


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"For pioneering theoretical and experimental work at the interface between quantum optics, quantum information processing, and the quantum many body problem."Background:
Mikhail Lukin received the Ph.D. degree from Texas A&M University in 1998. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics at Harvard University from 1998-2001. He joined the faculty of Harvard Physics Department as an Assistant Professor in 2001 and has been a Professor of Physics at Harvard since 2004. He is a fellow of the Optical Society of America. His research interests include quantum optics, quantum control of atomic and nanoscale solid-state systems, quantum dynamics of many-body systems and quantum information science. He has co-authored over 150 technical papers and has received a number of awards, including Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, NSF Career Award, Adolph Lomb Medal of the Optical Society of America (200) and AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize. His research group webpage is http://lukin.physics.harvard.edu/.
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As Southland temperatures near triple digits this week, autumn may be here - but it feels like summer never left.
Two weeks before Halloween, weather forecasters had only one word to describe temperatures expected to rise up to 15 degrees above normal across the region.
"Hot," said Stuart Seto, a weather specialist at the National Weather Service in Oxnard. "It's going to be close to record temperatures."
That means 99 degrees forecast today and Thursday in Woodland Hills; 98 in Pasadena; 93 in downtown L.A. and 89 in Long Beach. San Bernardino with 96 and Ontario with 98 will also get up there. Many communities in fact will reach temps almost as high as Death Valley's expected 99 degrees.
"It's deja vu all over again," said Bill Patzert, climatologist for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge. "Here we are in mid-October, and it's starting to look like August and September all over again."
Blame a high-pressure system that encroached out of the northwest Pacific, forecasters said. With steady offshore winds up to 15 mph, the inland valleys will be especially vulnerable to heat.
The warm and dry conditions will bring elevated fire danger but not enough to warrant a red flag warning, according to the National Weather Service.
Today is expected to be the warmest of the week, with temperatures dropping to near normal by Friday.
That's when a low-pressure system out of cold Alaska will break up the high-pressure torment. Morning fog is also expected to once again creep across coastal Los Angeles to bring residents some cool relief. And wet weekend clouds may laze overhead as leftovers from Hurricane Paul, now hitting Baja and losing force as it moves north over land.
If the cool weather holds next week, it would cap one of the most schizophrenic Southern California summers in years, Patzert said.
While June and July were 2 and 3 degrees below normal, respectively, August and September were between 3 and 4 degrees hotter.
Then just when it seemed like October was back to normal - in the mid-70s around Los Angeles last week - this week's mini-heat wave struck.
"And we thought it was finally fall," Patzert said.
At Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley on Tuesday, nature photographer Marlo Reyes watched a great blue heron cool its wings as an egret stretched toward the sun.
"I don't like the heat, especially this time of year" said Reyes, 52, a Panorama City resident. "But the birds seem to like it."
At the Off-Leash Dog Park in Encino, the mercury rose past 90 Tuesday. The pooches - and their owners - couldn't pant fast enough.
"C'mon, you want to drink some water," said Saul Ortega, 32, a burly resident of Van Nuys, to his beagle-pit bull mix.
"It's really bad, it's really bad," said the Mexico City native. "We need to have the heat drop to (like) last week during the rain, when it was really nice."
"This is just crazy," said Julieta Lopez, 22, of North Hills, a native of Argentina walking her Chihuahua-pinscher mix. This summer, she said she passed out twice from a similar heat wave.
"Too hot, way too hot," she said. "Ridiculous, actually. It's supposed to be fall: cool and rainy."


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At the suggestion of cooran, here is a poll on which specific diet you mostly follow. Here are some definitions:
1. Carnivore - meat only, no other food, no fruit, veggies, grains, or bread, etc.
2. Omnivore - (almost) anything goes, red meat, poultry, fish, veggies, etc.
3. Flexitarianism - A diet that consists primarily of vegetarian food, but includes occasional exceptions for some kinds of meat.
4. Pescetarianism - A diet that is mainly vegetarian but also includes fish and sometimes other seafood.
5. Pollotarianism - A diet that is mainly vegetarian but also includes poultry.
6. Lacto-ovo vegetarianism is a vegetarian diet that permits consumption of animal products such eggs, milk, and honey.
7. Veganism abstains from all animal flesh and animal products, including milk, honey, and eggs.
8. Organic veganism - only organic vegan foods.
9. Raw veganism is a diet of fresh and uncooked fruit, nuts, seeds, and vegetables.
10. Fruitarianism is a diet of only fruit, nuts, seeds, and other plant matter that can be gathered without harming the plant (many Jains follow this diet).
I had to re-do the poll since the previous version left out 'omnivore' so please vote again if you voted before.
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Israeli 10 mL Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR) Phase 1/2 Emphysema Study - Initial Formulation
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|Pulmonary Emphysema
|Biological: BLVR Hydrogel
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase 1/Phase 2 Study of the Aeris Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR) System in Patients With Advanced Emphysema
- Product-related life-threatening adverse events, permanently disabling complications and deaths [ Time Frame: 1 year post treatment ]
- FEV1 [ Time Frame: 12 weeks post treatment ]
- MRC Dyspnea Score [ Time Frame: 12 weeks post treatment ]
- Six-Minute Walk Test [ Time Frame: 12 weeks post treatment ]
- Health-Related Quality of Life [ Time Frame: 12 weeks post treatment ]
- Lung function tests [ Time Frame: 12 weeks post treatment ]
- Lung volume measures [ Time Frame: 12 weeks post treatment ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: single
BLVR treatment
Biological: BLVR Hydrogel
10 mL BLVR Hydrogel
Detailed Description:
Emphysema is a progressive, debilitating disease that affects nearly 3 million people in the United States or roughly one percent of the US population. The disease is characterized by destruction of lung tissue as a result of inflammation caused by exposure to noxious inhaled agents for extended periods. The most common cause of this condition is cigarette smoking, although genetic and occupational causes account for up to 10% of cases. Despite aggressive public health initiatives aimed at discouraging the use of cigarettes, smoking-related lung diseases remain a significant cause of disability and death in the United States. Currently there are 46 million smokers in the US. Due to the number of current and new smokers, emphysema is expected to remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States for years to come.
Aeris has developed a novel bronchoscopic system for achieving the benefits of lung volume reduction without surgery. The Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR) Hydrogel System, a new investigational therapy for emphysema, is intended to reduce lung volume over a period of weeks by collapsing and promoting the remodeling of diseased areas of the lung. The resulting reduction in lung volume is intended to restore a more normal physiological relationship between lung and chest wall, improve breathing and exercise capacity and alleviate symptoms of chronic dyspnea. The current study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of this procedure in patients with advanced emphysema.
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|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria include:
- Clinical diagnosis of advanced heterogeneous emphysema
- Age > 18 years at the time of initial presentation
- Clinically significant dyspnea (MRC Dyspnea >/= 2)
- Failure of standard medical therapy to provide relief of symptoms
- BUN, creatinine, ALT, AST, alkaline phosphatase, WBC, hematocrit, platelet count, PT and PTT within normal limits
- Pulmonary function tests
Exclusion Criteria:
- Alpha-1 protease inhibitor deficiency verified by a serum level of < 80 mg% or knowledge of PI*ZZ genotype
- Body mass index < 15 kg/m2 or > 35 kg/m2
- Clinically significant asthma (reversible airway obstruction), chronic bronchitis or bronchiectasis
- Tobacco use within 16 weeks of the initial clinic visit
- Allergy to fish or pork products or sensitivity to tetracycline
- FEV1 <20% with DLCO <20% or homogeneous disease
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00205907
|Chaim Sheba (Tel Hashomer) Medical Center
|Ramat Gan, Israel, 52621
|Principal Investigator:
|Issahar Ben-Dov, MD
|The Chaim Sheba Medical Center
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Edward P Ingenito, MD, PhD, Medical Director & CSO, Aeris Therapeutics Inc
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00205907 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 13, 2005
|Last Updated:
|February 27, 2008
Keywords provided by Aeris Therapeutics:
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
pulmonary emphysema
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pulmonary Emphysema
Pathologic Processes
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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Diamond set to rejoin rotation on Saturday
KANSAS CITY -- The next stop for left-hander Scott Diamond is Target Field.
Diamond, who has battled back from left elbow surgery, put the finishing touches on his rehabilitation efforts with a side session on Wednesday in Fort Myers, Fla. There were no complications and Diamond is ready to rejoin the Twins' rotation.
Originally expected to go on Friday, Diamond has been pushed back to Saturday while Vance Worley gets the start in Friday's series opener against the Mets. General Manager Terry Ryan said the Twins will wait on announcing a corresponding roster move until it's time to activate Diamond.
"Everything went good," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said of Diamond's side session. "He should be flying to Minnesota and hopefully he'll beat the snow."
Diamond's arrival could be a huge boost for Minnesota's rotation if the left-hander picks up where he left off in 2012. He posted a 3.54 ERA in 27 starts and led the Twins' staff with 173 innings while compiling a 12-9 record.
"He led by example," Gardenhire said. "Scotty studies the game and prepares very well for the opposing team. He got us deep into games and won his fair share of them. He stepped up and did a real nice job for us. You have to be able to work both sides of the plate and Scotty does that."
Robert Falkoff is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Limitations, Exclusions, and Riders
Like any insurance, health insurance can be complicated. Trying to understand the ins and outs of coverage can be like trying to crack an elaborate code. A big piece of the puzzle is getting familiar with policy limitations, exclusions, and riders.
What should you know about limitations and exclusions?
The trend in health insurance has been toward more comprehensive coverage. Each state has its own laws regarding health insurance, including what must be covered and what is allowed to be excluded. In addition, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 has impacted the healthcare delivery system in the United States, including private health insurance. Still, it would be nearly impossible to find a policy that covers everything. Many policies provide limited coverage for certain types of illnesses, injuries, treatments, and procedures. These are known as the policy's limitations. More importantly, some things may not be covered at all. These are known as the policy's exclusions. Here are some common limitations and exclusions that you might find in a policy:
- Pre-existing conditions: A pre-existing condition is an illness or injury that began or occurred before you were covered under your policy. These conditions are sometimes excluded from coverage, but are often covered after a specified waiting period (e.g., six months with no treatment or six months on the plan). However, beginning in 2010, PPACA prohibits health plans from denying children coverage based on pre-existing conditions or from including pre-existing condition exclusions for children. And, in 2014, all health insurers must sell coverage to everyone who applies, regardless of their medical history or health status, and plans will not be able to exclude coverage for those medical conditions.
- Nonduplication of payments/coordination of benefits: To prevent double coverage, many policies specify that benefits will not be paid for expenses that are reimbursed by other insurance companies. This provision limits the total payment of benefits to 100 percent of covered expenses.
- Care covered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, formerly known as the Veterans Administration, or by workers' compensation: This is to avoid double coverage.
- Military duty: This provision usually suspends coverage while you're serving in the military.
- Alcohol and/or drug abuse treatment: It's increasingly common now to find policies that cover this, as many states have mandated coverage.
- Cosmetic surgery: A common exception to this is cosmetic surgery required as a result of an accidental injury or congenital defect.
- Dental expenses: You generally need dental insurance, but some health insurance policies cover reconstructive dental treatment resulting from an accidental injury.
- Alternative treatments: These include chiropractic and acupuncture. This coverage is now becoming more common.
- Experimental procedures: This may refer to procedures that aren't yet fully endorsed by the medical community.
- Infertility treatment: Some policies that provide extensive coverage may cover this treatment, but most do not unless mandated by state law.
- Organ transplants: Some policies don't cover heart, liver, and kidney transplant procedures.
- Vision correction: Procedures like laser vision correction surgery are usually not covered.
- Certain air travel: You're generally covered while traveling on commercial aircraft, but you may not be for other types of air travel.
- War or acts of war that result in injury: This exclusion applies whether you're a soldier or a civilian.
- Injury incurred while committing a felony: Covering this would be like paying you for your criminal behavior.
- Injury or illness that occurs while under the influence of intoxicants or narcotics: The rationale is that you shouldn't have been using these substances in the first place.
- Self-inflicted injuries: The rationale for not covering these injuries is self-evident.
Limitations and exclusions can vary quite a bit among policies. The best way to find out what's covered (and to what extent) and what's not is to read your policy carefully and ask your insurer. The policy should specifically list all of the coverage limitations and exclusions.
What should you know about riders?
You can often customize a health insurance policy to your individual needs through a rider. A rider is a special provision that is printed separately and attached to your original policy. A rider can be used to make specific changes to your standard policy, or it can provide additional coverage over and above your standard coverage. A policy endorsement can accomplish the same goal--the difference is that an endorsement is actually incorporated into the body of your existing policy. Here are some common health insurance riders:
- Waiver of premium: Some policies may offer an optional rider that allows you to stop paying your premiums during periods of extended hospitalization. You resume making premium payments once you've left the hospital, but you typically don't have to pay back the premiums that you missed.
- Exclusion/impairment: This rider is used to specify a medical condition that might normally be covered but isn't because it's a pre-existing condition. Though the particular condition isn't covered, the use of this rider allows you to obtain coverage for other health-care needs when the excluded condition might otherwise make you uninsurable. However, beginning in 2014, coverage cannot be denied based on pre-existing conditions.
- Additional coverage: If your insurer agrees to provide you with extra coverage that's not included in the standard insurance contract, this coverage can be added with an optional rider. The rider spells out the details of the additional coverage.
Be aware that certain types of health insurance plans (e.g., employer-sponsored plans and other group coverage) may not give you the option of adding riders to your coverage. Or, depending on your health and other factors, your insurer may not be able to offer you the riders you're seeking. Finally, keep in mind that adding a rider to your policy for additional coverage generally increases your premium. You should weigh the extra cost against your need for the rider.


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I love graphic design. Even though I am far from professional I have a legit copy of Photoshop, a Wacom tablet and I am always learning from online design tutorials. However, as with music making it's not the tools that counts it's the inspiration. The Well Medicated blog has a great post up, "50 Amazing Gig Posters Sure to Inspire". The next time a promoter shows you a lame flier for an upcoming show your doing send him over to that collection.
The Of Montreal poster was designed by F2 Design. The other poster that appealed to my inner geek is this one for a Beck concert designed by The Heads of State:
I remember when I was 17 ripping down Front 242 posters in the East Village (NYC) so I could put them up in my bedroom. The glue they used was nasty stuff and I usually ended up with a poster that was 20 pages thick! I really like the basic all white poster with large black bold Helvetica type proclaiming a band will be taking over the city on a certain night.
Don't forget it if it's your own gig to grab a few posters before the show to give out to fans.
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Tigers hire Hodge to throw left-handed BP
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Remember when Delmon Young mentioned the lack of a left-handed batting practice pitcher when asked about the Tigers' struggles against lefties during the World Series? That spot has been filled.
The Tigers hired Ed Hodge, who served as batting practice coach for the Houston Astros the past couple years.
The Tigers have no shortage of right-handers to throw batting practice, from coaches to bullpen catcher Scott Pickens to former Major League catcher Joe Siddall at home games. However, they haven't had a lefty in several years.
It sounds like a trivial matter, but to players, it makes a difference. Prince Fielder compared it to trying to take a math exam without doing the homework leading up to it.
"It definitely helps having a lefty and a right-handed pitcher, because you're going to see both," Fielder said. "Especially for me, being a lefty, from the seventh inning on, that might be all I see. I definitely need it, personally, just to make sure I'm doing everything I can to prepare and help my team in those situations."


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The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work. -Thomas A. Edison
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History was written by the victors.
Winston CHurchill
The victor is the on who wins. The one that succeeds. That's you, right?
OK then, what can we do about it? How do you go from dreaming, hoping and wishing that you could just make things…Continue
Rick! So good to meet you at the Boot Camp. Thanks again for dinner. Look forward to seeing you when you get back to God's country for a visit.
Hey Rick, awesome! And of course here's the official; Welcome to the group 180 Degrees to Your Calling
Always honored to have you brother... Let's come alive and change a broken world!
Hi Richard,
I want to send a quick welcome to the Write it Forward - Real Success and Profit for Writers group. We're glad you're here! Please jump into the conversations and use the discussion forum as a resource. There are a ton of great people in the group who are willing to share the their ideas and offer feedback.
I love what you wrote under core competencies. As a mom of a 16 yo boy I'm always looking for ways to keep him connected to his faith.
Wishing you the best,
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Hi Richard,
Thank you for adding me as your friend and for joining us in the 4 Points Compass.
What have been some of your favorite finds here on the site?
Dan and I have been friends for years. I've been a part of his team for about 4 years now. How can I help you put together your plan?
The next issue of our newsletter will be out in a few days. 4 Points Coaching is a bi-monthly. May we begin sending it your way?
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Thanks for joining the Blogging Your Passion Group. Let me know if I can be a help to you in any way.
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Hi Richard -- Welcome to the 48 Days community. We're glad you joined.
This is the idea and social networking site for people that want to create their own opportunity.
I'm curious, what are some of your ideas for creating the teaching environment where you could do what you are talking about?
Depending on what your interests are, there is a wide selection of discussion groups to get involved with.
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Head trauma
Can a head injury have anything to do with a MRI showing up a small vessel ischemic diease are even a Bilateral maxillary sinus disease.
To my knowledge, small vessel ischemic disease is not the result of a head injury. Maxillary sinus disease is not associated with head injury to my knowledge either. Certainly you can see these findings on a MRI, unrelated to the cause of ordering the study (like head injury).
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Safety and Efficacy of LCI699 in Cushing's Disease Patients.
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Novartis ( Novartis Pharmaceuticals )
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: April 6, 2011
Last updated: May 27, 2017
Last verified: May 2017
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This exploratory study is a proof of concept study to determine whether LCI699 can safely reduce the level of urinary free cortisol in patients with Cushing's disease. In addition, this study will evaluate the long term efficacy and safety of LCI699 including an additional 12 week of treatment followed by a 12 month long term optional extension. A second extension will provide patients who are clinically benefitting from LCI699 an opportunity to continue to have access to the drug until LCI699 is commercially available and reimbursed or through the availability of a local access program.
|Cushing's Disease
|Drug: LCI699
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Proof of Concept, Open-label, Forced Titration, Multi-center Study to Assess the Safety/Tolerability and Efficacy of 10-weeks Treatment of LCI699 Followed by a 12 - Week Treatment Period of LCI699 in Patients With Cushing's Disease
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: Cushing diseaseU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Novartis ( Novartis Pharmaceuticals ):
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change in 24 hour urine free cortisol concentration [ Time Frame: baseline, 10 weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Changes on steroid hormones of the HPA-axis in plasma, urine and saliva [ Time Frame: baseline, 10 weeks, 22 weeks ]
- Changes in metabolic abnormalities, e.g. insulin, Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) [ Time Frame: baseline, 10 weeks, 22 weeks ]
- Safety and tolerability of multiple doses of LCI699 [ Time Frame: baseline, 10 weeks ]
- Change in 24 hour urine free cortisol concentration [ Time Frame: baseline, 22 weeks ]
- Safety and tolerability of multiple doses of LCI699 [ Time Frame: baseline, 22 weeks ]
|Actual Study Start Date:
|March 23, 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 21, 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 21, 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: LCI699
Ascending dose from 2mg bid or 5 mg bid, up to 30 mg bid
|Drug: LCI699
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of Cushing's Disease (persistent or recurrent) as evidenced by increased 24-hour urine free cortisol (UFC), normal or increased morning plasma Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH), and pituitary origin of excess ACTH.
- Patients with de novo Cushing's disease can be included only if they are not considered candidate for surgery
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients treated with mitotane 6 months prior to Visit 1
- Patients with compression of the optic chiasm
- Patients with a known inherited syndrome as the cause for hormone over secretion
- Patients with Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic ACTH secretion or adrenal Cushing's syndrome
- Patients with pseudo-Cushing's syndrome
- Patients who are not biochemically euthyroid
- Diabetic patients with poorly controlled diabetes (HbA1c >9%)
- Women of child-bearing potential, defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, unless they are using highly effective methods of contraception during dosing and for 1 week after completion of dosing.
- Patients who have received pituitary irradiation within five years prior to Visit 1.
- Patients with risk factors for QTc prolongation or Torsade de Pointes.
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply
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: NCT01331239
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01331239
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern University Endo, Metabolism and Molecular
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611-3308
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital Neuroendocrine Unit
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|United States, Ohio
|Cleveland Clinic Foundation
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
|United States, Oregon
|Oregon Health & Science University SC
|Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239-3098
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, 94275
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Paris, France, 75014
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Padova, PD, Italy, 35128
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Ancona, Italy, l60020
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Napoli, Italy, 80131
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Chiba-city, Chiba, Japan, 260-8677
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Sapporo-city, Hokkaido, Japan, 060-8648
Sponsors and Collaborators
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
|Study Director:
|Novartis Pharmaceuticals
|Novartis Pharmaceuticals
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Novartis ( Novartis Pharmaceuticals ):
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Bertagna X, Pivonello R, Fleseriu M, Zhang Y, Robinson P, Taylor A, Watson CE, Maldonado M, Hamrahian AH, Boscaro M, Biller BM. LCI699, a potent 11β-hydroxylase inhibitor, normalizes urinary cortisol in patients with Cushing's disease: results from a multicenter, proof-of-concept study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Apr;99(4):1375-83. doi: 10.1210/jc.2013-2117. Epub 2013 Dec 11.
|Responsible Party:
|Novartis Pharmaceuticals
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01331239 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2010-022403-22 ( EudraCT Number )
|Study First Received:
|April 6, 2011
|Last Updated:
|May 27, 2017
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
|Plan Description:
Novartis is committed to sharing with qualified external researchers, access to patient-level data and supporting clinical documents from eligible studies. These requests are reviewed and approved by an independent review panel on the basis of scientific merit. All data provided is anonymized to respect the privacy of patients who have participated in the trial in line with applicable laws and regulations.
This trial data availability is according to the criteria and process described on www.clinicalstudydatarequest.com
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
Keywords provided by Novartis ( Novartis Pharmaceuticals ):
Cushing Disease
Pituitary Gland
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion
ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma
Pituitary Diseases
Hypothalamic Diseases
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Pituitary Neoplasms
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017


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- Bicycle rentals nearby
Spa Services
- Body treatments
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Property Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Special check-in instructions:
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Payment types
Children and extra beds
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Jake Hyde says he could have stayed with Barnet before turning down the offer of a new contract to join York City – but believes Martin Allen can guide the Bees back to the Football League next season.
The 23-year-old forward was out of contract at the end of last season and was offered a new deal at The Hive before opting to join beaten League Two play-off semi-finalists York City instead.
"There actually was a phase where I sat down with Martin Allen and the things he said really hit home to me. He made some fantastic, fantastic points," admitted Hyde.
"I honestly think Barnet will have a very good season this year, so when I sat down for contract talks, it really did cross my mind [to stay]. I do honestly believe in my heart of hearts, Barnet have got a fantastic opportunity to get promoted this season.
"It really was hard to turn down in the end," insisted Hyde.
The England C international concedes the Bees underachieved last season, finishing eighth in the Conference after a strong start. But is backing Allen to take Barnet up next time around.
"I do honestly believe he's brought stability and organisation back to the football club and I think that was the one key factor in what we were missing last season: organisation and discipline on and off the pitch," stated Hyde.
"I think it was obvious as soon as Martin came in he wanted the authority back and he made us a stronger side."
The former Swindon Town forward continued: "We lacked a few experienced players but I think he's made some good signings.
"The signings he's brought in have played at that level, they know what it takes and the fact they've got loads of games under their belts, I think he's made some signings which will be very beneficial this year.
"There's obviously a reason we didn't get promoted, which I think fell under naivety and know-how; having the know-how to see out those crucial games when you're 1-0 up."
Edgar Davids' tenure as player-head coach elicited controversy at times but Hyde was quick to praise the Dutchman's virtues, whilst recognising the former Barcelona midfielder's faults.
"I think Edgar had his way of playing and nothing was going to change that," said Hyde. "There was nothing that was ever going to change his way of playing. He believed in his philosophy and no-one was going to say any different.
"Martin came in and he's not afraid to change things if it's not working. He will watch on the sidelines and turn things around but the biggest thing I think we missed under Edgar was organisation, stability and discipline. Those are the three things Martin is very keen to change at the club and will change at the club," said the Maidenhead-born hitman.
"You can have all the flair you want at the club but if you don't have those three things, it's hard to be a good, solid side.
"And this is on and off the pitch. From set-pieces every week to off the pitch, which is things like on the training ground and how you manage yourself away from the club."
With an eye on his next challenge, Hyde, who signed a three-year deal with York, says his new club's strong finish and subsequent play-off defeat by Fleetwood is indicative of a club with ambition.
The striker said: "The fact I've seen them progress so far, so quickly and when I sat down to talk to them, the ambition of their club is very promising.
"They had a fantastic season last season and what they want to do is first and foremost, get to League One and then push on from there.
"The manager is obviously a big part of that; he's a manager with loads of experience, so as a young lad I still want to learn. They're becoming a very good side and they're all pulling the right direction. So that was really my decision made to come to York," Hyde added.