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Women At Risk: The High Risk Breast Cancer Program (WAR)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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The purpose of this study is to increase understanding of women who are at high risk for developing breast cancer. Data from this group will be collected and entered into a registry. This registry serves as a clinical database to support research in prevention, early detection and treatment of breast cancer.
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- one or more first-degree relatives (mother, daughter, or sister) with pre-menopausal breast cancer
- two or more first-degree relatives with post-menopausal breast cancer
- tested positive for a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation
- a history of biopsy-proven atypical ductal hyperplasia or atypical lobular hyperplasia
- a history of biopsy-proven lobular neoplasia (lobular carcinoma in situ)
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- DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ)
- previous diagnosis of breast cancer
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BRCA mutation
benign breast disease
family history of breast cancer
strong family history of breast cancer
atypical ductal hyperplasia
atypical lobular hyperplasia
high risk for breast cancer
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Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
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befriend wrote:what is the antidote to sadness? is it an increase in one of the hindrances?
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MN 20 wrote:"Now when a monk... attending to another theme... scrutinizing the drawbacks of those thoughts... paying no mind and paying no attention to those thoughts... attending to the relaxing of thought-fabrication with regard to those thoughts... beating down, constraining and crushing his mind with his awareness... steadies his mind right within, settles it, unifies it and concentrates it: He is then called a monk with mastery over the ways of thought sequences. He thinks whatever thought he wants to, and doesn't think whatever thought he doesn't. He has severed craving, thrown off the fetters, and — through the right penetration of conceit — has made an end of suffering and stress."
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Category: NASCAR baby names
This week, AppellationMountain's Abby Sandel finds baby-name inspiration racing around the Daytona International Speedway.
Did you see newcomer Trevor Bayne win the Daytona 500 last week?
Me neither.
NASCAR might seem like an unlikely place to look for baby name inspiration. But if moms suggest ideas while dads exercise veto power, maybe choices with a tie to the racetrack are more likely to pass muster than those from Jane Austen novels.
Here are some choices culled from the current season, which kicked off earlier this month, as well as some from NASCAR's history. They're more wearable than you might think.
Coleman – Colman is a saintly Irish heritage choice. Coleman Pressley is part of a family of NASCAR drivers.
Elliott – A gentle name ultimately derived from the Biblical Elijah, Elliott picks up his racing stripes thanks to veteran driver Elliott Sadler. The Elliot spelling is slightly more popular today, but both versions are rising quickly.
Kelly – Could Kelly make a comeback for boys? Pro surfing gave us Kelly Slater, while NASCAR includes Wisconsin-born rookie Kelly Bires.
Kurt – Sure, Kurt sings with Finn and Quinn on TV's Glee. But he's also part of the Busch family. Both Kurt and younger brother Kyle have followed in their father's footsteps.


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pjbogart wrote:bdog wrote:pjbogart wrote:Ok, so let me get this straight. Meade starts this thread based upon two separate sets of lies. The first was that a Republican campaign worker was savagely beaten for being a gay Republican, the second was that I somehow questioned whether that imaginary beating was a hate crime. I didn't.pjbogart wrote:It's great to see you guys looking out for gay rights. Is this a hate crime, then?
Seems like you did.
Jeepers, bdog, given that you aren't stupid I'll have to assume that you're being willfully dense. I thought it was fairly obvious that my criticism was that Republicans refuse to recognize hate crimes, and should have been even more obvious after I told you what I meant. I wasn't questioning whether this was a hate crime, I was questioning whether you were willing to admit that there was such a thing as a hate crime. Get it?
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As MLS prepares to enter the final month of the regular season, the competition for end-of-year awards is as much in the conversation as the chase to get into the playoffs. Two of the Rapids young stars are eligible for Rookie of the Year, and both are at the top of the list for that award: Dillon Powers and Deshorn Brown.
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Voting for the award will start in late October, with representatives from MLS front offices, players and coaches, and media members all having votes. We want to help draw attention to our rookies, who are (according to many, both inside and outside our club) the best two candidates in the league. We'll be taking to twitter with #TeamDillon and #TeamDeshorn hashtags, and hope Rapids fans will join in on the conversation and make their opinions heard. Plus, we can remind those media members with votes about who the top players really are!
Here's the case for both #TeamDillon and #TeamDeshorn:
Powers, the 11th overall pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, seems to be the league's frontrunner for the award. He leads all rookies in minutes played, just ahead of New England's Andrew Farrell, and his five assists are also top among first-year professionals in MLS. He's added four goals, including a ridiculous strike against the Portland Timbers at Dick's Sporting Goods Park early in the season, which is tied for third among rookies. However, what has impressed most observers around the league is the poise and maturity that Powers has displayed on the field, playing an important attacking midfield role and sparking the Rapids' offense throughout the season.
- Know Your Rapids: Q&A with Dillon Powers
While Powers has often been the linking player or the creator, Deshorn Brown has made a big impression for his ability to get chances for Colorado. The rookie leader in goals (seven), Brown has a total of 86 shots, which ties him for fourth in MLS and puts him in a top six group that includes Marco Di Vaio (97), Camilo Sanvezzo (97), Mike Magee (93), Chris Wondolowski (86) and Thierry Henry (82). Brown's speed and ability to get in the right spot has made him the Rapids' leading scorer and one of the most impressive young players in the league.
- Know Your Rapids: Q&A with Deshorn Brown
When MLSsoccer.com's 24 Under 24 feature came out, it seemed that the media voting put a great deal of weight on the "intangibles" that they included in the judging – things like "marketability" and "quotability." Powers was an inscrutable 23rd on the list, while Brown came in at number 20. However, Rookie of the Year has to deal with actual performance – and the Rapids duo can only be at the top of everyone's lists. Soccer America, for one, has noticed the impressive performances from all of the Rapids' youngsters.
So who would be your pick for Rookie of the Year? Get the conversation started online, and make your voice heard using hashtags #TeamDillon and #TeamDeshorn!


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Fighting Knives of Tauriel, Sword of Thranduil, More...
Continuing where they left off on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, United Cutlery, manufacturer of licensed edged and adult collectibles for the entertainment industry since 1981, announces that they will be producing weapon replicas inspired by the motion picture The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
Under license with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, United Cutlery has crafted the replicas of a variety of weapons from the second film in The Hobbit Trilogy. The first set to be available for pre-order will consist of several replicas of the weapons brandished by the Elves of Mirkwood, including the Fighting Knives of Legolas Greenleaf, the Fighting Knives of Tauriel and the legendary Sword of Thranduil the Elvenking. A replica of the Mirkwood Double Bladed Polearm, used by the Mirkwood Guard, will also be available for pre-order. The second set to be available for pre-order in 2014 will consist of replicas of the War Mace of Azog, the Mirkwood Bow of Tauriel and the Hobbit Staff of Thranduil the Elvenking. Each collectible will be precisely replicated from the actual film props created by world renowned physical effects house Weta Workshop for the film, and each piece will include a wood wall display and a certificate of authenticity. Look for more information concerning these new products from United Cutlery.
"We are thrilled to return to Middle-earth and continue our partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products," said Clint Kadel, CEO and owner of United Cutlery. "With Peter Jackson at the helm, the second film in The Hobbit Trilogy is sure to be a hit. We are very excited to have the opportunity to give the fans a line of collectibles they will love, while at the same time creating a consistent extension of our line inspired by The Lord of the Rings Trilogy."
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Using Transport Wheelchairs For Occasional Mobility Needs
Transport wheelchairs are one of the best wheelchairs on the market. These lightweight wheelchairs serve a number of purposes and are great for individuals who need occasional mobility assistance.
Many elderly people can move about their homes just fine without a wheelchair, but cannot walk long distances. A trip to the mall or a doctor appointment may cause difficulty, but can be made much easier by using a transport wheelchair.
Transport wheelchairs are much lighter than regular wheelchairs, and are much easier for caregivers to lift in and out of vehicles. They are also much lighter to push than standard wheelchairs. Using these wheelchairs can give a patient a greater sense of independence by allowing them to walk when they can and only using this chair for certain situations. Many patients feel like less of a burden when their caregiver has an easy time maneuvering the chair in and out of a car, office or home, making life a bit easier for caregivers as well.
Some patients are strong enough to maneuver the transport wheelchair by themselves, and may keep it in their car in case they feel they need it when they arrive at a particular location.
Using transport wheelchairs for occasional mobility needs creates a safe environment for patients and a less stressful situation for caregivers, allowing patients to remain as independent as possible.
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Parker Design pick up top industry award
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HARTFORD-based Parker Design Consultants have just been named best UK agency for 'Print Design', at the annual national RAR Awards.
RAR (Recommended Agencies Register) is the advertising and design industry's self governing body. They announced the winners at their annual dinner in April at the Marriott Hotel, London.
Nominations were invited from the existing clients of any UK advertising and design agency.
Parker Design Consultants scooped the coveted award after some of their long standing clients – including Sage, United Utilities, Astra Zeneca and UK Fuels put forward their votes for design work created for them over the past twelve months.
Andi Parker, managing director, said: "Beating ten other finalists in the Print Design category, including well known national agencies from all over the UK was a very proud moment for the team here.
"Everyone pulls together to make sure our clients get the best service possible on every project. Voting for us means they know we really do deliver for them. We're absolutely delighted with the award."
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A SCUBA diving centre has opened in Romsey.
Siren Diving is owned and run by Suze Perks and Dave Hart and it is based on the Abbey Park Industrial Estate at Luzborough.
Borough cabinet economic spokesman Peter Giddings officially opened the scuba training centre, at the Basepoint Centre, last week.
Suze said: "We love scuba diving and teaching others and we decided the time was right to set up on our own.
"Dave and I have both worked as instructors for other companies over the past few years, but wanted to run our own scuba diving centre to enable us to teach in the way that we feel gives students the best diving experience."
Suze said Siren Diving offers variety of courses from those for novice to those aimed at divers interestd in advancing their skills.
Training sessions are held at swimming pools in the Winchester and Romsey areas.
Suze added: "I have met so many people who wanted to learn to dive but thought that it wasn't possible or didn't know where to start. I was one of them once! I want to make the experience as easy and enjoyable as possible."
Besides training, Siren offers escorted scuba diving holidays, services and sells equipment.


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Illinois State Senate Passes Sweeping Education Changes
Legislation being lauded for making historic improvements to Illinois' education system passed the Illinois Senate Thursday night with no opposition, and it did so with the full backing of teachers' unions.
With their massive membership and money, teachers unions carry a lot of influence. Yet, not only did they back the package, they made considerable concessions.
No longer will tenured teachers have as much job protection. Teachers will be subject to performance reviews, and evaluations could mean some will lose their jobs. In Chicago, teachers may have to work longer hours, even if the union does not agree.
The Illinois Education Association's President, Ken Swanson, acknowledged the focus was on students. He denies the unions were more willing to give in after watching the clamp down on workers' bargaining rights in states like Wisconsin.
"What this shows is that to have meaningful reform that will work, you have to have the unions at the table," Swanson said. "Here in Illinois what we've shown is you do not need to have Draconian, unwarranted attacks on public employee rights, collected bargaining. You can do this through collective bargaining, you can do this through bringing the parties to the table."
Advocates like Jessica Handy, with the group Stand for Children, laud the changes as significant for students.
"Having a great teacher in the classroom is the most important school-based factor in effecting student outcomes, and this shift to making performance the driving factor in personnel decisions is ultimately a huge win for children," Handy said.
The package came together this week after months of negotiations. Despite having the support of unions, advocates, school administrators, and Senators on both sides of the aisle, it could see changes in the House.
House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago) said that chamber may push for some revisions.
"We hope that any changes that we might decide would be appropriate would not so upset the apple cart that we would end up with nothing," she said.
There's a possibility changes to the package could lead a stakeholder to withdraw support. Under the measure, Chicago Public Schools may prolong their school year and lengthen the school day.


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Extra week of spring benefits injured players
JUPITER, Fla. -- An extra week of Spring Training has its pluses and minuses.
The way Marlins manager Mike Redmond sees it, the added time is good for players who have been out due to injuries.
To the others in the clubhouse, they are just about ready for Opening Day on April 1 at Washington.
"If you ask most of the guys in there, I think they'd tell you they're ready," Redmond said.
The benefit comes to players like Placido Polanco, Greg Dobbs and Justin Ruggiano. All three missed time due to injuries. Polanco has played sparingly due to a strained right oblique. Ruggiano was out with a back injury, and Dobbs dealt with a right calf ailment.
All three were in the starting lineup on Tuesday in Miami's 5-4 loss to the Cardinals at Roger Dean Stadium. Polanco had a two-run single, Ruggiano went 1-for-3 and Dobbs was 0-for-3.
They are expected to play again on Wednesday against the Nationals in Jupiter, and the team is off on Thursday.
"A couple of guys who have been banged up, we need to get a couple of more at-bats," Redmond said. "We feel like we have enough time to get them more at-bats."
In the final week or so, the hope is to get all the regulars as much time as possible.
"That last week, I'd like to play our regular lineup as many days in a row as we can, as we get ready for Opening Day," Redmond said. "I feel like we're close to being ready to go."
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LidaMantle HC Relief Side Effects
Generic Name: hydrocortisone / lidocaine topical
Note: This page contains information about the side effects of hydrocortisone / lidocaine topical. Some of the dosage forms included on this document may not apply to the brand name LidaMantle HC Relief.
For the Consumer
Applies to hydrocortisone / lidocaine topical: cream, gel/jelly, lotion, pad
In addition to its needed effects, some unwanted effects may be caused by hydrocortisone / lidocaine topical. In the event that any of these side effects do occur, they may require medical attention.
Major Side Effects
You should check with your doctor immediately if any of these side effects occur when taking hydrocortisone / lidocaine topical:Incidence not known:
- Burning or stinging sensation of the skin
- paleness or redness of the skin
- swelling of the skin
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to hydrocortisone / lidocaine topical: rectal cream, rectal cream with applicator, rectal gel with applicator, rectal kit, rectal pad, topical cream, topical kit, topical lotion, topical pad
Local side effects have included erythema, edema, transient stinging, burning, transient blanching, and locus of abnormal sensation.
Local side effects associated with topical hydrocortisone have included burning, itching, or irritation, especially if applied to denuded skin or with occlusive dressings. Long-term use of topical corticosteroids may result in skin atrophy and thinning, and the development of striae, telangiectasia, subcutaneous hemorrhage, and easy bruising and bleeding. Allergic contact dermatitis is occasionally reported.[Ref]
Endocrine side effects of topical corticosteroids are rare. Glucose intolerance and hyperglycemia may be induced by corticosteroids. These drugs can rarely suppress the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. This suppression is more likely when higher potency topical steroids are used over extensive areas and when occlusive dressings are used.[Ref]
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Assouline Publishing will commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with the release of Art for Heart: Remember 9/11. The book features a collection of drawings created by young children shortly after the terrorist attacks.
All of the proceeds will be donated to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, a not-for-profit organization that operates the memorial and museum at Ground Zero. Museum director Alice M. Greenwald wrote the introduction and political journalist Christy Ferer wrote the forward.
Here's more from the release: "In Art for Heart, the innocence so profoundly disrupted that day is nowhere better demonstrated than in the words and drawings created by children following the attacks. Straightforward and heartfelt, these works reveal the human instinct to bear witness, provide comfort, and attempt to make sense out of the unthinkable."


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Policy Recommendation
Fairfax County launched an initiative to develop comprehensive watershed management plans for each of the 30 watersheds in the county in 2003. The overall goal of the planning process is to protect and restore the county's streams and their related natural resources.
To date, six management plans (involving 11 watersheds) have been developed and approved by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. The final seven management plans (19 watersheds) are being developed with the goal of completing them in 2010. Information on completed and ongoing plans can be found on their respective watershed Web site.
County staff created a single list of policy and action recommendations from the first six plans. The list consists of 300 recommendations has been taken directly from the adopted text and is organized by plan name.
The 300 recommendations have been divided into eight broad categories:
- Best Management Practice and/or Low Impact Development Techniques
- Coordination
- Enforcement and Inspections
- Land-Use Policies
- Outreach and Education
- Public Facility Manual
- Watershed Improvements
- Other
Staff has consolidated the recommendations with similar objectives. The consolidated list is being vetted through an interagency work group and will be available online soon.
For additional information, please contact the Stormwater Planning Division, 703-324-5500, TTY 711.


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We first brought you a look at this new plush line with our Toy Fair coverage (see our story HERE), and today Mezco passes along new details. Presenting Creepy Cuddlers, a new zombie plush line. Slated for release late August/ September, this trio of characters includes :
* Deathmittens - an undead feline with an exposed radius bone and bandaged tail
* Zach and Ophelia - both feature real cloth clothing and skin that has "decayed" patches exposing the corduroy "sinew" below.
These are available for pre-order as a set at BigBadToyStore.com priced at $35.99.


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Boeing Remains Well Bid
Shares of Boeing (BA) are attracting steady bullish interest again today. During Thursday's weak Dow action, BA remained on the plus into the close finishing the day with a 1.25% gain on very heavy trade. Today, the stock is up 2.85% midday on robust volume. This surge has pushed shares back above its heavy 200-day moving average. Considering the overall market weakness since the election, investors' aggressive bidding for shares of this Dow member is a very bullish sign.Boeing (BA) Source: TradeStation View Chart » View in New Window »
Boeing has been holding in a relatively tight range since the May selloff. The stock has remained in a $5 range for the past five months. The lower band of the range was expanded slightly in late September down to $69. In October, Boeing held this level again before mounting a healthy rebound. The stock appeared headed for a breakout on Oct. 24 following its solid third-quarter report, but instead left behind a spike high. The stock suffered some heavy selling in the immediate aftermath, which included seven straight down days. By Wednesday, BA had dropped below $70 but, unlike the Dow 30, the October lows were not taken out....112 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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People Tried Stabbing An Olympic Fencer And Pretty Much Got Owned
"I just fended for my life."
The Story Behind The Chicago Cubs Curse
Was it even real to begin with?
People Joked About What The World Was Like The Last Time The Cubs Won A World Series
"The last time the Cubs won the World Series the iPhone hadn't even been invented yet."
We Know If The Cubs Are Going To Win Tonight
It all comes down to this.
Cubs Clobber Indians, Forcing A Do-Or-Die Game 7 Of The World Series
The Chicago Cubs fought back Tuesday, beating the Indians 9-3 in Game 6 of the World Series, and forcing a final showdown in Cleveland.
Non-Athletes Tried Olympic High Diving And Things Didn't Go Well
Luckily, we had gold medalist Chris Mears coaching us along the way!
How Trash Is Your Understanding Of Football?
A question to end all questions.
An NFL Player Dressed As Harry Potter For A Press Conference And It Was Perfect
He's definitely a Gryffindor.
Usain Bolt Challenged BuzzFeed Employees To Try And Beat His Fastest Time
Moral of the story? It's hard AF.
Indians Pitcher Forced To Leave ALCS Game After His Finger Starts Bleeding Profusely
Trevor Bauer returned to the field Monday night but left at the bottom of the first inning after his drone-injured pinky began bleeding all over the mound.
LA Dodgers' Adrian Gonzalez Refused To Stay With Team At A Trump Hotel
"I didn't stay there," Gonzalez confirmed. "I had my reasons."
Maria Sharapova's Doping Ban Cut From Two Years To 15 Months
Sharapova can return to professional tennis in April next year.
Baseball Broadcast Legend Vin Scully Has Announced His Last Game
Scully gave the play-by-play of his last game for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.
Serena Williams Says She Won't Be Silent About Police Killings Of Black Men
"We must stride on — for it's not how far we have come but how much further still we have to go."
Jose Fernandez's Teammate Hit The Most Heartbreaking Home Run Ever
Dee Gordon broke into tears after rounding the bases as he wore No. 16 in honor of teammate José Fernández, who died Sunday in a boating accident.
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Palmer became a golf superstar in the 1960s, achieving status as a household name along with a string of championship titles.
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The F-Series sold 763,402 units in 2013. It was the best selling vehicle in the US. The Silverado took 2nd place at 480,414 units (about 80k more than the Toyota Camry I think), and the RAM was at 355,673 trucks. These three vehicle models make up a little over 10% of all US auto sales for 2013. Why do we buy so many trucks?
Edit: As made evident by Raphael and my inability to read and comprehend, the sales figures were for the F-Series, Silverado and RAM, not just a particular variant (F150, RAM 1500, etc.).


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When Officer Peter deQuack of the Albuquerque, New Mexico Police Department finally slid behind the wheel of his very own Corvette, that thrill came packed with even more rewards than he ever imagined.
Peter has served with the Albuquerque Police for over 18 years, working in all quadrants of the city and on a number of different types of duties. His hours have been one of the only constants in his law enforcement career. "Upon graduating from the police academy in 1984," he says, "I have worked the graveyard shift my entire career so that someone could be home at all times with my three sons-Jacob, Calvin, and Sean-while my wife, Tammy, worked during the day." These days, Peter works the Southeast Area Command, which he likes best due to "all the different challenges it presents." In addition to working the streets, he has also been a part of the Critical Intervention Team that deals with suicidal and mentally challenged individuals, as well as being a training officer who has helped over 50 rookie officers get their start.
But as retirement began looming closer and closer on the horizon for Peter, thoughts of a longtime dream also began to take more urgent form. As a teenager during the Golden Age of American musclecars (the mid-'60s and early-'70s), Peter felt the passion of those cars and the music that romanticized the whole "mystique of cruising, revving engines, and showing off our 'showboats.'" Of course, what vehicle could possibly capture that awesome passion more than a mid-year Corvette?
With the desire for owning a classic Vette becoming more fervent in Peter's soul, "the task at hand was to convince my wife we needed one. Tammy finally agreed half-heartedly that as a reward for working all those graveyard hours, I could start looking for a Corvette." At that point, the Corvette dream was just one man's irrational, impractical obsession, but he did get the boss' 'Okay'.
In May of 2001, the right ad showed up in the paper, so Peter and Tammy agreed to look at the car with no expectations. However, when the owner lifted the garage door, "there sat the most beautiful red Corvette we'd ever seen. With no words spoken, the glances (Tammy and I) gave each other were enough to convey the message that the Vette would be ours and that it would soon be sitting in our garage!" Their prize was a '64 convertible with the original L76 327cid motor, rated at 365hp, that's followed up by a Muncie four-speed manual gearbox. The well-detailed mid-year is also equipped with aluminum knock-off wheels, a white soft-top, and matching white interior that compliment the red exterior sharply.
It's hard to tell who was the most excited about their newest addition to the family-Peter, Tammy, or their sons. After buying the '64, all three boys wanted to ride home with their dad in the new Vette, despite the little fact that it's only a two-seater. In the end, though, Peter made that first drive home alone, and learned the true meaning of "Cloud Nine," receiving numerous waves and thumbs-up as he lived out his childhood fantasy. "I turned the AM/FM radio to the big oldies station, and heard a crackling sound coming from the old speaker that made the songs sound just like I remembered them while I was growing up," Peter reminisces.
Since then, owning the enchanting old Vette has paid off in many unexpected ways. It has become a focal point for Peter's entire family, bringing everyone that much closer. It has been a tough, but necessary sacrifice in the name of his family for Peter to have worked nights for nearly two decades. Even though Peter isn't giving up police work yet, he and Tammy thoroughly enjoy driving the Vette and catching up on well-deserved quality time together. The boys also love the car, and provide Peter with a diligent pit crew for each and every show they attend.
"With such a stressful occupation, I never imagined that my '64 Corvette could bring my family a little bit closer, allowing us to participate in something we can all have fun with!"


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Robert Bordo is an Associate Professor of Art at The Cooper Union, New York, where he leads the Painting program. In 2003, he was a visiting critic for the MFA program at Yale University and the Glasgow School of Art as well as a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. In 2007, he was awarded a Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Grant.
In his most recent works Bordo continues to play with subject matter, both reducing and expanding upon the subjective language of painting. His new works highlight the ambiguity of content through an alternately humorous and self-conscious subterfuge. The paintings directly reflect the natural environment around him as well as the ephemeral effects of light in his studio. He filters these elements through a rich palette and a conceit of subject interchangeability. There is a fluctuation between abstraction and representation. The combination of silent spaces and named places indicates narratives of location and intention, yet the landscape is altered, erased and cropped, creating a tension between lyricism, reality and the strangeness of the natural world.
Bordo is represented by Alexander and Bonin, New York, where he has been the subject of 4 one-person shows since 1999, most recently in fall 2008. He has also exhibited with Galerie René Blouin, Montreal and Rubicon Gallery, Dublin. A catalogue with an essay by Aidan Dunne was published to accompany Rubicon's 2007 exhibition of Bordo's work. Bordo has collaborated with the choreographer Mark Morris in designing sets and costumes for several productions, including Henry Purcell's opera "Dido and Aeneas," which premiered in 1989 in Brussels and was revived in 1998 at Brooklyn Academy of Music. He has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony and a recipient of Canada Council Art Grants and a grant from the Tesuque Foundation.


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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Dodgers outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig, one rehabbing his ankle and the other working on his bat, played in a Minor League intrasquad game on Thursday at Camelback Ranch.
Kemp, continuing his comeback from ankle surgery, went 0-for-6 and played two half-innings in the outfield.
Puig went 4-for-10 with a home run and triple. Puig, who hit .517 last Spring Training, is hitting .176 without a home run in the Cactus League.
The pitchers they faced were Stephen Fife, Matt Magill, Chris Reed and Henry Sosa.
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A Pitch for Joe Blanton
From the ashes of the Tweet-pocalypse of rumors that culminated in Cliff Lee's surprise five-year deal with the Phillies, there arose another batch of rumors about how the Phillies would make room for Lee's salary. The Phillies are now committed to spend about $163 million in 2011 based on their current roster, which is $21 million more than they spent in 2010. The Phillies have made it known that they are trying to move salary to make this work, and it is no secret that they are trying to move Joe Blanton.
Blanton is owed $17 million over the next two years, and his ERA in 2010 was an unspectacular 4.82. ESPN's Buster Olney reports that multiple GMs have told him the Phillies would need to eat some salary on Blanton's contract to trade him, implying that he is not worth that salary over the next two seasons. Although two years of a pitcher with an ERA of 4.82 is worth about $13 million combined, Blanton is almost certainly going to do much better than last year's mark.
In his first two seasons with the Phillies, Blanton has ERAs of 4.05 and 4.82, but his SIERAs have been 3.92 and 4.01. SIERA is a far superior representation of Blanton's true talent level, because it only uses statistics that are generally consistent from year to year: strikeouts, walks, and ground-ball rates. Blanton's high ERA this season came as a result of his .324 Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP), which is 24 points above the league average and 30 points above the Phillies' team average; he had a 16.4 percent home runs per outfield fly ball rate (HR/OFB), which is 2.1 percent above the Phillies' average, and 3.4 percent above the league average. Despite the fact that both statistics show that batters hit the ball harder against Blanton in 2010, neither of these statistics describe a skill that pitchers repeatedly struggle with. Pitchers are occasionally hit especially hard one year, but when there are no concurrent changes in strikeout rate, pitchers frequently reverse these trends the following year. The same should be expected from Blanton.
Kentucky Joe may not have the reputation of an above-average pitcher, but he fits into a small group of hurlers who command the strike zone well enough to strike out an above average number of hitters over the last two years, while still striking out many more than 2.9 times as many hitters as they walk, and pitching 370 innings. Only 19 such pitchers have done at least as well as Blanton at these important statistics. In the table below, I have also included the current contract of the pitcher and his service time (so that pitchers with fewer than six years of service are not included in this analysis). Note that I have only focused on the portion of a pitcher's contract covering free-agent seasons, because the other seasons' salaries are not dictated by market conditions. For example, only two years and $29 million of Dan Haren's four-year deal will occur after he has reached six years of service time.
It is true that Blanton is probably the worst pitcher on this list, because it was designed to figure out who had outpitched him over the last two years, but he is undoubtedly being underrated by people who label him "an innings eater" or a fifth starter. Blanton is almost definitely one of the top 50 starters in the league, meaning that he would be the second-best starter for most teams. His salary represents the cost of a pitcher who is worth about 1.7 wins per year, which is roughly equal to a pitcher who pitches 180 innings with a 4.60 ERA.
Blanton's SIERA has hovered around 4.00 for the last two years, and he seems likely to land around this mark again. A pitcher with a 4.20 ERA over 180 innings is worth about $25 million over two years. A pitcher with a 4.00 ERA over 180 innings is worth at least $30 million over two years.
Teams with an opening for a starter should not only be willing to take on the remaining $17 million of Blanton's salary, but should be willing to part with a couple of names just outside of the league's top 100 prospects, or one name near the league's top 50-100 prospects. Instead, rumors suggest that the Phillies will eat salary and get no prospects in return.
When Blanton was on the Athletics, he established a reputation as a contact pitcher. He struck out only 13.4 percent of American League hitters he faced, but since joining the National League, he has struck out 18.1 percent of hitters. This is not just a strength-of-opponents difference—pitchers do not regularly increase their strikeout rate this much upon switching leagues. Blanton has changed his skill level since joining the Phillies. This has seemingly gone unnoticed, particularly because he had unlucky BABIP and HR/FB numbers in 2010, which made his 2009 season look like a fluke. However, strikeout rate is one of the two statistics that pitchers are most likely to maintain from year to year (the other is ground-ball rate). Thus, Eric Seidman wrote about Joe Blanton going into the 2010 season, highlighting the fact that he was no longer just an innings eater and was now an above-average pitcher.
Why does Blanton still have the same reputation? Why do even Phillies fans believe that he is not worth his contract? Part of the reason is that reputations stick. Blanton simply looks like an average Joe. He is heavy and often unshaven. He doesn't look like an elite athlete. His appearance has not changed, and there is nothing obviously different about his repertoire on the mound either. The only things that have changed are that he has moved toward a two-seam fastball from a four-seam fastball, and he has increased usage of his slider at the expense of frequent curveballs. Neither is readily apparent to casual observers. In Seidman's article last year, he discussed the topic with Russell A. Carleton, who explained that people categorize to keep track of large groups of names, and that Blanton's improvement has not been noteworthy enough to change people's categorization for him. As a result, he is grouped in with back-of-the-rotation starters.
Furthermore, since he has only had one recent year (2009) since his transformation in which he has had a low ERA, the high mark in 2010 has served as confirmation bias to people who thought 2009 was a fluke. However, there is every reason to believe that the fluke will prove to be 2010, as a pitcher with control like Blanton has, who can now also miss bats, is unlikely to be a below average pitcher. In fact, Blanton's second half of 2010 already showed the correction in his luck, as his ERA was only 3.48 after the All-Star break. The truth is that there is only half a season of poor performance from Blanton in recent years.
This actually provides another clue about why he has been underrated: he is a second-half pitcher. In his career, Blanton's ERA before the break is 4.63, while his second-half ERA is 3.90. Fans may prefer pitchers who improve as the season goes on, but they also become accustomed to checking a player's numbers over the course of the season and expecting certain results. If a pitcher has a high ERA when they check, they become used to thinking about him that way. They may not consider that the ERA at the end of the season includes all of the innings that were pitched at the beginning of the season, and simply focus on the fact that a player usually has a high ERA when they look him up.
The following chart shows Blanton's ERA from his seventh start through the end of the season in his six full seasons in the major leagues. Notice the downward trend in his ERA that makes it appear that his numbers have been worse than they are.
Blanton has a career ERA of 4.30, even including his low strikeout years in Oakland, but for the majority of the seasons, his ERAs have been higher than this. If you were to check Blanton's ERA after every start he has made over the last six seasons, his average ERA would be 4.73, and even if you only started checking with his seventh start of the season, his average ERA across each look-up would 4.67. This is almost half a run larger than his actual average ERA. In other words, most of the times that fans check on Blanton, his current ERA is below average even though he is an above-average pitcher. This may not be as large an issue for other pitchers who have not improved over time, but it has made it particularly challenging for Blanton to overcome his reputation.
The Phillies may need to move salary to meet their budget for 2011, but selling Blanton for pennies on the dollar may not the best use of resources. Unfortunately, although Blanton would be among the top four starters for maybe 25 other teams, he is clearly the fifth-best starter on the Phillies, and barring an injury lasting into October to one of their four aces, he will not start a post-season game for the Phillies. Thus, he has more value to nearly any other team.
Under normal circumstances, my suggestion for the Phillies would be to wait until Blanton has demonstrated his true value around the All-Star break to trade him, but if he continues to be a second-half pitcher, he will only justify his underrated status to skeptics in late July. Half-season splits are not a particularly persistent statistic, but that does not mean that they are not likely to persist for certain pitchers. The Phillies could try to move another salary, like Raul Ibanez's, but they may struggle to fill his spot in left field with payroll restrictions, and downgrading themselves for a likely playoff run at the expense of maintaining their fifth-best.
Blanton is not owed a penny until the season starts, so the best solution for the Phillies now is to bide their time this winter. The club can only hope teams take the time to notice that Kentucky Joe is going to eat innings more efficiently than the rest of the league expects.
Matt Swartz is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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How helpful is it to show a chart in which Blanton finishes last (or very close to it) in every category. I think it would be more illustrative to show other pitchers within a reasonable range of his peripherals. Let's say 350-400 IP, K% between 17-20%, SO/BB between 2.75-3.25 and service time over 4 years. Who would be in Joe Blanton's cohort then?
Dec 20, 2010 04:30 AM
That's a very specific cohort. It includes Joe Blanton and Johan Santana.
Dec 20, 2010 04:43 AM
So Blanton is really somewhere in between Johan Santana and Jason Hammel? I can see why other teams would want the Phillies to eat some of Blanton's contract in any trade.
Dec 20, 2010 04:48 AM
Thank you. I spend a lot of time telling my friends that Blanton does not suck. Apparently he sucks but it's easy to forget Moyer had an 6.5 ERA going into July. That and his company is pretty wealthy.
Dec 20, 2010 06:56 AM
I don't have friends who care about Joe Blanton. But if I did, I'd be reminding them that the guy spent the first half of the season recovering from surgery.
Dec 21, 2010 15:24 PM
I would love to see Blanton as the 4th, or even 3rd, starter in the Tiger rotation as I have some minor questions regarding the current Number 3, Rick Porcello, and the band of releivers and mudhens contending for spots four and five. I wouldn't even mind seeing the Tigers take on the full contract, though I suspect with the pizza money already thrown around, Mike Ilitch and Dave Dombrowski might. I would be concerned (as I'm sure Dombrowski wouldalso be) about what the Tigers would have to give up, plus the Tigers seem convinced that Phil Coke will adapt from the pen to starting without incident, Armando Galarraga is deserving of another year in the rotation solely based on his perfect game, and Porcello will rebound from this sophomore slump to be the Ace everyone thought it was destined to be. Unfortunately all this strikes me as the same kind of wishcasting that caused them to see a future star in utilitman/insurance salesman Scott Sizemore.
Dec 20, 2010 07:59 AM
Blanton could be a great fit in the Bronx, but the PR nightmare makes such a move highly unlikely.
Dec 20, 2010 08:30 AM
Click on the "Statistics" tab on the top, click on "Pitcher Season - Rates" which takes you here: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/sortable/index.php?cid=112182
Dec 20, 2010 11:53 AM
The issue I have with this is the actual results argue with the theoretical ones. Throwing away Blanton's BABIP-induced bad luck in 2010, he averaged a 2.47 WARP from 2007 to 2009, while maintaining a BABIP right at .300, which is near league average.
Dec 20, 2010 13:24 PM
MORP is $5MM/WARP. So 2.47 WARP is $12.35MM. I'm not sure where you got the other number. (FYI the glossary needs to be updated from 2007 numbers which were based on 2007 salaries and on old WARP with a lower replacement level.)
Dec 20, 2010 13:57 PM
Peter Benedict
I would love, love, love to see Blanton as a Twin in the coming year, especially if they fail to get Pavano. With a 95% season ticket renewal rate, and season tix about to sell out, perhaps this isn't unthinkable.
Dec 20, 2010 14:43 PM
Hmm, I simply plugged the formula from the glossary into my trusty spreadsheet, not reading that it was for 2007. But hey, I'm certainly no expert and I'll defer. Thanks for the clarification.
Dec 21, 2010 06:06 AM
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PHOENIX -- The last remaining piece of the 2009 Matt Holliday trade is making a lasting impression in camp.
Outfielder Shane Peterson, who came over from the Cardinals with the departed Clayton Mortensen and Brett Wallace in that deal, finished Tuesday batting .444 through 11 games.
Peterson has 12 hits in a team-high 27 at-bats, including a triple and a home run, and four RBIs. Surely he's making the A's offseason decision to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft and place him on the 40-man roster look like the right one.
"It's unbelievable," manager Bob Melvin said. "It seems like we're talking about him every day. It seems like he gets two good at-bats every day, and whether it's against lefties or righties, it doesn't matter. He hustles, runs hard, plays very hard."
On cue, Peterson picked up another two hits in Tuesday's 8-2 loss to the Royals, while also making his first start of the spring in left field. He had previously been used primarily in the later innings.
The 25-year-old, drafted by the Cardinals in the second round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft, began 2012 at Double-A Midland for the second consecutive season, but finished it by hitting .389 in 38 games with Triple-A Sacramento. Overall, he finished with .326 average, nine home runs and 46 RBIs in just 86 games, after missing time at the beginning of the season with a sprained right ankle. He reached base safely via hit or walk in 78 of those games.
"We saw his numbers last year, didn't get to see him first-hand, but now we are," Melvin said, "and he's making big impressions."
Peterson can also play first base, and that added versatility could make him a prime target for a promotion this season should the A's need help at the big league level. Until then, he'll get his at-bats at Sacramento once camp concludes.
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text: WVU's present meets its past By Dave Hickman December 12, 2012 Story Share The Associated Press WVU runs into an old friend when it plays against former coach John Beilein and Michigan on Saturday in New York. The Associated Press Michigan head coach John Beilein watches from the sidelines during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Arkansas in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) MORGANTOWN -- There is a common perception that when West Virginia changed basketball coaches six years ago, it brought about a monumental shift in styles and strategies.And, to a certain extent, that was oh so true.After all, John Beilein has long been viewed in a cerebral sort of way as far as basketball coaches are concerned. His Princeton offense nudged the thinking that way, as did his odd tendency to use a 1-3-1 zone as his primary defense. The type of players he recruited - largely student-athletes rather than athlete-students - also helped.Bob Huggins?Well, his teams at Cincinnati tended to be a cross between more mainstream and down-and-dirty. That's not a knock, just a style. His teams have always tended to play somewhat conventionally on offense and make their real mark with gritty defense. And while that might be smart, it's not seen as cerebral in a broad sense. Huggins also tended sometimes to take chances that he could turn players into students and not always the other way around.The bottom line, of course, is that there's really no right way or wrong way to coach and play the game. West Virginia was incredibly successful in five years under Beilein. The Mountaineers have been just as successful, and perhaps more so, in five years under Huggins.Saturday night in the odd setting of the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, WVU's immediate past and present meet. Huggins and the Mountaineers face Beilein and his No. 3 Michigan team there in a made-for-TV game that will air on ESPN.A clash of styles? Well, sure, to an extent. But as both coaches point out, it's not exactly a clash of two polar opposite coaches. They actually have a lot in common, not the least of which is an ability generally to coax everything they can out of their players, no matter the level."I think when you're the coach at Walsh and Akron [as Huggins was to start his career] or when you're the coach at LeMoyne and Canisius [Beilein's initial stops], you have to do that or you're not going to win,'' Beilein said Wednesday. "And as a result, we took that same philosophy when we did have opportunities at Cincinnati and West Virginia and at West Virginia and Michigan."That's why I think we're very similar. How we do that may be different. I don't know. I've never seen Bobby's team practice. But I do know that we get the most . . . I hope we'd both agree that we get the most out of our teams.''He'll get no argument from Huggins. "I think when you start at places like where John started - and, to a degree, where I started - you've got to be a good coach to continue to win at every level,'' Huggins said. "He gets the most out of his guys. I don't think there's any doubt about that. They play to their fullest potential.''Beilein has been gone from West Virginia five full seasons now and his sixth team at Michigan appears to be, by far, his best. The Wolverines are 10-0 and ranked No. 3 in the country.They aren't doing it with smoke and mirrors, though. There were times at West Virginia when that might have seemed to be the case. He took a group of players who were generally well down on the recruiting lists of others - if they were on those lists at all - and made them into teams that went to a pair of Sweet 16s, came within an overtime of a Final Four and won an NIT. 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By Soham Sarkhel and Jatin Thakkar
Scorecards: 1st ODI | 2nd ODI | 3rd ODI Abandoned | 4th ODI | 5th ODI
Given the run of form both these teams had coming into this bilateral one-day series, few would have expected Sri Lanka to come out triumphant, that too convincingly (3-1) against a Pakistani side which has won five out of the six ODI series in the post-World Cup period compared to Sri Lanka's last ODI series victory which came way back in 2010. Pakistan had their share of performers in Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali and Misbah-ul-Haq in this series, but their performances were way too inconsistent in front of a Sri Lankan team which had glimpses of both individual (NLTC Perera, KC Sangakkara) as well as team brilliance.
Thisara Perera finally lived up to his billing as a genuine all-rounder and provided two brilliant individual performances for his team in the second and the fourth ODI for which he got the Man of the Series award. However on the IMPACT chart, both Kumar Sangakkara and Mohammad Hafeez were ahead of him in terms of the overall Series IMPACT.
Here is an overview of the one day series through the prism of Impact Index.
Even though Thisara Perera was instrumental in Sri Lanka's victory in the second and the fourth ODI, his Series IMPACT of 3.11 was lower than Mohammad Hafeez's Series IMPACT of 3.20. This was primarily because Mohammad Hafeez was unbelievably consistent in his performances (failure rate of 0%). His all round impact in the first ODI where he scored 37 runs and took 2 for 20 off 10 overs (Match IMPACT 8.03) was the main reason behind Pakistan's solitary win in the one day series. In fact, Mohammad Hafeez is the third-highest impact player for Pakistan in their ODI history (after Imran Khan and Shahid Afridi).
Interestingly, Perera (Bowling IMPACT 2.61) was not even the best bowler in this series; Mohammad Hafeez (Bowling IMPACT 2.64) again beats him to that. According to conventional statistics though Perera's bowling average of 16 with 11 wickets was far better than Hafeez's tally of 6 and an average of 20.
They were the only two players in this series to have registered an all round impact (Both Batting and Bowling IMPACT over 1).
Kumar Sangakkara had the third highest Batting IMPACT (2.23) in this series and his knock of 97 runs in the fourth ODI gave Sri Lanka a crucial 2-1 lead in the series. Along with being the batting power house for his team, his wicket-keeping skills gave him 10 scalps (Wicket Keeping IMPACT) as a result of which his Series IMPACT also increased to 3.15.
For Pakistan, the find of this series was Azhar Ali who was also the highest impact batsman (2.63) followed by Misbah-ul-Haq (2.29) and Kumar Sangakkara (2.23). Azhar Ali was consistent in his batting performances throughout the series and failed only once during the first ODI (which interestingly Pakistan won). Although he was criticised for being over cautious in his approach (negative Strike Rate IMPACT), it is interesting to note that all the top three batsmen for this series registered a negative Strike Rate IMPACT in this series which of course maybe a pointer to the slow surfaces on offer at Sri Lanka.
The highest impact batting performance in the series came from Angelo Mathews (80 not out off 76 balls) in the fifth ODI which sealed the series in Sri Lanka's favour. According to conventional statistics, Angelo Mathews' strike rate of 97.82 in this series was the highest (higher than Akmal's 76). However on Impact numbers, Umar Akmal has a higher Strike Rate IMPACT (0.22) than Angelo Mathews (0.17) which is primarily because of Akmal's unbeaten knock in the first ODI (36 runs off 48 balls) in a tricky chase on a pitch which was not conducive for run scoring.
The highest impact bowling performance in the series came from Thisara Perera in the 2nd ODI for his career best performance of 6 for 44 in 10 overs which sparked a Pakistani collapse.
Pakistan's failure in the series can also be attributed to the below par performances of their strike bowlers Saeed Ajmal (Bowling IMPACT 1.26) and Umar Gul (Bowling IMPACT 1.41) whose career impact numbers are higher than their performances in this series. Although Umar Gul was brilliant in the first ODI (Bowling IMPACT 4.74), he was lacklustre in the rest of the series. His career Bowling IMPACT of 1.51 overshadows his series Bowling IMPACT of 1.41. The same applies for Saeed Ajmal as well whose career Bowling IMPACT of 2.07 is way higher than his series Bowling IMPACT of 1.26.
Sohail Tanvir and Mohammad Sami were good in patches and had Series IMPACT numbers of 1.87 and 2.15 respectively; however, the latter was guilty of being too expensive in the last match (Negative Economy Rate IMPACT) which eventually cost them the series.
There were six bowlers who showed an ability of breaking partnerships while bowling (Partnership Breaking IMPACT) - namely Mohammad Sami, Shahid Afridi, Rangana Herath, Saeed Ajmal, Lasith Malinga and Sohail Tanvir. Interestingly, there are four Pakistani bowlers in this list compared to only two from the Sri Lankan side. When it comes to Pressure Building IMPACT, it is almost the same story again; amongst the five bowlers who were successful in building pressure (taking quick wickets to put the opposition under pressure) four were from Pakistan (Mohammad Sami, Umar Gul, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir) while only one bowler in the form of Thisara Perera represented Sri Lanka.
Pakistan's bowling unit has performed strongly for them most of the time but it has been their batting efforts which have let them down time and time again. Their defeat in the fourth ODI was their 15th in 18 matches while chasing scores in excess of 240 which is well brought out when we go through the Pressure IMPACT numbers (batsmen who were successful in absorbing pressure). Out of the eight batsmen who were successful in absorbing pressure, six were from Sri Lanka, namely Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Denesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, whereas only two batsmen in the form of Misbah-ul-Haq and Mohammad Hafeez represented Pakistan.
Overall, the top performances in the series on a match level (batting and bowling) came from the Sri Lankans whereas the highest impact batsman, bowler and player in the series were Pakistanis. In terms of all-round players also, the honours were even with one player from each team successfully filling in the all-rounder's slot and gives one a feeling that the series was hard fought, which is actually true. Pakistan lost from a winning position in the fourth ODI and suffered a collapse of 7 wickets for 13 runs which cost them the match. In the fifth ODI again, a brilliant innings from Angelo Mathews which culminated in a last over finish ended their chances of equalling the series. The series could very easily have gone either way.
Sri Lanka's Team IMPACT in the series (1.78) was ahead of Pakistan's (1.65). The Sri Lankan Team Batting IMPACT (1.66) and Bowling IMPACT (1.73) in the series was also better than that of Pakistan (1.61 and 1.55) which clearly shows that the former were the better side in the recently concluded series.
For more information, please go to www.impactindexcricket.com


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CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—What we learned while watching No. 3 Duke turn in a thoroughly dominating performance against rival North Carolina in a 69-53 win Saturday night at the Dean Smith Center:
Duke has 'other' options
It's not just about Ryan Kelly. The tone for this game was set early. On Duke's first four possessions, the Blue Devils took four shots—from four different players—and made them all.
First, a short jump-hook from Mason Plumlee. Then a 3-pointer from Tyler Thornton. Then a drive by Seth Curry. Then, a spin move and lefthanded shot from Kelly. Then, after Curry drained a 3-pointer on the following possession, Carolina coach Roy Williams was forced to call a timeout with his team down 12-0.
Things never really got better for the Tar Heels on their Senior Night.
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Time is a killer, too
When North Carolina finally made its first 3-pointer of the game, by P.J. Hairston, to cut Duke's lead to 14 points, Mike Krzyzewski called a timeout with exactly five minutes left.
The crowd was buzzing at the Smith Center, but the Blue Devils quickly crushed any lingering hopes of a miracle comeback. Actually, they methodically crushed those hopes. After they ran the shot clock down to the final few seconds, Kelly rebounded his own missed shot and Duke started the cycle again. With 4:08 left on the clock—52 seconds of precious clock drained, Quinn Cook made a layup.
After the Tar Heels missed a quick shot, Duke's next possession used every bit of the 35-second clock again and Cook again came through with a bucket at the shot-clock buzzer. That pushed Duke's lead back to 18 points, and more important, there was only 3:18 left in the game. There would be no comeback.
UNC decisions a worry
The Tar Heels have to make better shot decisions. This shift to the smaller lineup has worked well because it's allowed the Tar Heels' best shooters more opportunities. But there still has to be an effort made to take better quality shots than what they showed in the first half.
Yes, it was senior night for Dexter Strickland, for example, but a fade-away jumper in a transition situation probably isn't the highest-percentage shot the Heels could have come up with. Carolina was 0-for-8 from beyond the 3-point in the first half, and just 4-for-24 (16.7 percent) on shots outside of the paint—Reggie Bullock, P.J. Hairston, Marcus Paige and Strickland were a combined 1-for-16.
By contrast, the Tar Heels were 5-for-9 on shots inside the paint in that first half. It wasn't a coincidence that UNC's first possession of the second half went to Bullock, right at the basket. By that point in the game, though, the shot-selection damage had been done.
Sulaimon struggling
On the whole, this has been an outstanding freshman season for Duke's Rasheed Sulaimon, who entered Saturday night's game averaging 11.7 points per game.
He also entered this one from the bench, though. As Krzyzewski pointed out to local reporters Friday, the past couple of games haven't been Sulaimon's best of the season. In his past three games, he's made just seven of 21 shots from the floor, including 1-of-9 3-pointers.
Thornton started in his place Saturday. When Sulaimon checked into the game, he quickly committed a turnover and lost the ball on Duke's next possession, too, thought the Blue Devils maintained possession. Sulaimon finished with just one point, two assists and three rebounds.
He's too important to the Blue Devils—he can attack the basket as well as any of Krzyzewski's perimeter players, and he can get carry-the-team hot from outside the arc—to have minimal-impact games when the NCAA Tournament rolls around.


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Woolly Mammoth Presents THE PAJAMA MEN: IN THE MIDDLE OF NO ONE, 12/11-1/6
The Pajama Men, known to their mothers as Mark Chavez and Shenoah Allen, present In the Middle of No One, a delightfully silly thriller about love, alien abduction, and the spirit of adventure, at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, December 11, 2012 - January 6, 2013.
Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, The Pajama Men have become stars of the international comedy circuit. They smashed all previous box office records at London's Soho Theatre in 2010, earned the title "Double Act of the Year" by The London Times, and have produced the highest rated show at the Edinburgh Fringe, the world's largest arts festival. This holiday season, The Pajama Men bring their trademark style of blink-of-an-eye character switches and plot twists to DC.
"Accompanied onstage by guitarist Kevin Hume, In the Middle of No One is a sort-of mash-up of long-form improvisation, mime, slapstick, clown, and physical theatre," says Woolly Managing Director Jeffrey Herrmann. "The Pajama Men have caused quite a stir in the UK and Australia and have even worked with our friends, The Second City, in Chicago. We're thrilled to be welcoming Mark and Shenoah and their pajama wardrobe to Washington, DC for the holidays, and we hope this will be the beginning of a long relationship."
To learn more about The Pajama Men, please visit www.pjmen.com.


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By Jeff Wakefield, vice president of business development and strategic initiatives,VeriFone
An end-to-end strategy to answer your customer's needs
Managed services and solutions are increasingly important in supporting the commercial needs of merchants, especially amid the growing complexity of payment-related technologies. There has never been more choice or flexibility for how to reach, attract, and retain customers, but neither have merchants faced as much uncertainty about what technologies to use, how to integrate those technologies, or how to maximize their value to differentiate or grow revenues. Companies that can help merchants address these pain points holistically will have a much better business advantage over those who cannot.
Whether a manufacturer, ISV, reseller, VAR, or ISO, this is a great time to evaluate your portfolio and determine how a services or solution strategy might augment your own business while driving significantly more value for your customers. Merchants want to focus on running their businesses and are most likely not equipped nor inclined to become experts on all facets of payment, social media, loyalty, or customer relationship strategies. Nor are they willing, or prepared, to manage a significant number of vendor relationships to address these needs. Companies that have the flexibility to bundle or unbundle offerings based on the unique needs of a particular merchant are in a great position.
VeriFone — historically a products company — has found that managed services and solutions are proving increasingly effective at delivering more overall value to its customers and partners. Individual products still form the foundation of VeriFone's offerings, but because of the growing complexity noted before, merchants are increasingly in need of, and more receptive to, comprehensive solutions.
Considering the breadth of technologies that a merchant faces today — emerging payments, loyalty and rewards, mobile wallets, analytics, and EMV to name a few (not to mention PCI compliance) — VeriFone saw an opportunity to help merchants leverage these services while managing the integration, security, transaction routing, and service provisioning on our platforms. The result, VeriFone Point, is a payment-as-a-service solution that helps merchants stay current with the market without having to take on complex integrations, manage multiple vendors, or deal with cost volatility across providers. For example, VeriFone Point provides ease of integration for ISVs and helps remove their POS software from PCI scope — helping them to 'get out of the payments business.'
With managed services, vendors have an opportunity to shift their business from that of a single-source provider, to that of a consultative advisor providing ongoing problem solving, rather than relying solely on discrete sales. They may also choose to further specialize or differentiate by developing services and solutions aligned to specific segments or verticals — rather than competing in multiple markets with moderate results, they have the potential to frame a services portfolio around market dominance.
Solution sales are complex and often lengthy. But once a deal is won, competitors will have difficulty displacing that solution, so customer retention is enhanced. Additionally, the managed services approach delivers recurring revenue opportunities through long-term engagements and provides a predictable revenue stream.
Regardless of the specific approach, services and solutions play an important role. As long as vendors think about long-term relationships, driving deep expertise in their core business, and continuously seeking to add value and solve their customers' problems, they will be on the right path to success.


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Coping with Depression
Feeling helpless and hopeless, having difficulty sleeping and concentrating–these are a few of the symptoms of depression, an illness that is common in people with lupus.
The struggle of living with lupus can bring on depression. It can also be a side effect of your medications or from lupus in the brain–talk to your doctor to be sure.
Depression affects moods and thoughts. It can change the way a person eats, sleeps, feels and thinks. It's not a sign of personal weakness, and it doesn't just go away by itself. Without treatment, depression can last months and even years.
What is the difference between depression and feeling unhappy? One difference is that sadness may come and go, but depression stays longer and can cause serious problems if it isn't treated.
Depression can show up in many ways: loss of self-esteem, difficulty enjoying things, frequent headaches, eating too much or too little, a lack of energy.
If you think you (or someone you know) suffers from depression, take action. Try a support group where there are others who understand what you're going through. In some cases, your doctor may suggest you see a psychiatrist who can give you medicine to fight your depression. Together, therapy and medication can make a big difference in how you feel.
How to cope with depression:
- Join a support group!
- Seek help from a doctor/therapist
- Exercise
- Eat well
- Stay involved in activities
- Let people know what you need
- Stay on schedule and finish tasks
- Quit smoking
- Find joy in life
Common Question:
I was recently diagnosed with lupus. How can I share what I am going through with my family?
Suggestion: Get your family together to learn all you can about lupus. Knowledge leads to understanding. Your pain will affect your family members just as much as it affects you. Invite a family member to your next doctor's appointment. Encourage discussion about the disease and allow everyone to express their feelings. They may be as confused, upset, angry, discouraged or scared as you are–these are normal reactions that shouldn't be ignored.
One of the most important factors in managing a life with lupus is the support of your family. Sharing your feelings and experiences with each other is the key to taking on the challenges you will face together.


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Just because there is a law, doesn't mean there is justice. Just because there is a law, there is no guarantee of ethical conduct. So what is the answer? When there are ethical people, you don't need the law, or policies or education programs. However, because we cannot assume that everyone is ethical, if we want a just society, we need to do the best we can. The best we can has at least four parts: (1) promulgating laws which expressly prohibit behaviors or dictate required "right" actions on the part of all citizens, (2) adopt ethical conduct policies applicable to all employees that require conformance to legal and professional standards, (3) educate employees, parents and students how to recognize unethical conduct and be sure they know how to report it, (4) the reporting process designates a trusted individual whose responsibility is to advocate for the victim rather than protect the institution and (5) the leaders of the organization must make it clear that it is essential to report such conduct and that they will act promptly to restore a safe environment. Parts 3 through 5 is where Penn State really failed.
If the Penn State football culture was "an accident waiting to happen", here's another "wake up call". Where Title IX requires colleges to prevent sexual harassment by training staff and develop and publicize polices to help sexual assault victims to investigate all reports of rape promptly, this law does not apply to organizations conducting open amateur sports. A pedophile like Sandusky can start his own youth sports program, as a storefront business, an LLC, or a non-profit organization. Essentially there is a huge hole in our legal system, open amateur athletes participating in non-school settings are not protected against sexual harassment and assault except for tort law. Unlike schools, they are not required to have policies or procedures in place to prevent and address sexual harassment.
While research data on sexual abuse in open amateur sports in the USA does not exist, we can assume its prevalence probably isn't much different than in other countries. In a recent study in the UK reported by the BBC[1], it was noted that there 652 reports of abuse by coaches, 124 of those for sexual abuse, 98 of the sexual abuse cases where sent back to the sport governing body to handle, of those cases it resulted in Zero coaches being banned from their sport or any sport. A highly respected Australian study[2] of 370 elite and club level athletes reported that of 31% of females and 21% of males who had been sexually abused at some time in their lives, 41% of the females and 29% of the males reported that this abuse occurred in the sport environment. The researchers concluded that among elite athletes there was a 50% chance of abuse and among club athletes a 25% chance for abuse. And, unlike the Sandusky/Penn State case, the Fine/Syracuse University case or the Dodd/AAU case, it is more likely that athlete sexual abuse will involve a male perpetrator and a female victim.
Without a systematic and uniformed way to handle sexual abuse and assault in open amateur sports, male and female athletes remain vulnerable. Every parent and every athlete who is concerned about their own safety should insist that any sports club or program in which they participate have the following protections in place:
· Required criminal background checks of coaches, volunteers and all employees working with participants
· Designation of an "athlete welfare advocate" to whom any athlete concerned about the conduct of an adult can speak to in a protected environment
· Comprehensive policies and procedures that define coach, volunteer and employee misconduct including sexual harassment, bully, hazing and other and specify zero tolerance for such behavior
· Educational programs for parents, athletes and employees that teach everyone how to recognize and report misconduct
As a result of the lack of protection in open amateur sports Safe4Athletes was created to address the vulnerabilities of our athletes and sports clubs. Safe4Athletes.com contains free policies and programs that can be adopted by any organization. Our policies are designed to respond with deliberate action and empower the local sports clubs to address this issue in a timely fashion, restore the environment and remediate the harm.
However, neither Safe4Athletes nor any advocacy organization can require that all coach-owned businesses, local non-profit sports clubs and leagues or other open amateur sport programs adopt such athlete protections. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) can -- but it hasn't. All the USOC needs to do is to mandate that every national sport governing body (NGB) and each of its individual and organizational members comply with the USOC Coaching Code of Ethics as a condition of funding and being recognized as an NGB. While this ethics policy exists, it is only recommended. Now is the time for the USOC to define the American open amateur sport culture.
Buckler, C. (2012) Action Needed to Protect Kids in Sport from Sex Abuse. BBC News (July 10, 2012). Retrieved on July 24, 2012 at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18746389


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Gruesome Grizzly 8k
Canyon Glen Park
Sat 08/03/2013
5 mile, 8K, Trail
150 Participants
Please see www.cascadiatrailseries.com for any additional info, maps of the course, directions to the race, etc. Divisions for each gender are as follows unless the amount of runners calls for more breakdown: Top 3 Overall, 19 & Under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 & Above. Awards in each gender are as follows: 1st Overall: an infamous "Cascadia Rock Award" & a pair of Brooks Cascadia trail shoes. 2nd Overall: an infamous "Cascadia Rock Award" & a $20 gift certificate to the local specialty running store, Runner's Corner. 3rd Overall: an infamous "Cascadia Rock Award" & a pair of Smartwool trail running socks. Ribbons are awarded to the top 3 in each division. There is a raffle for many prizes & gift certificates mostly for trail or running related products or local vendors. Running specialty brands sponsored in the drawing are Nathan Sports water packs, & two pairs of Brooks Cascadia trail shoes.
- Address:2 Miles up Provo Canyon on the left.
Provo, UT 84604


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With apologies to Alfred E. Neuman, the market is certainly telling us this much: "What, me worry?"
How do I know this? Well, have you seen the new-highs list recently? Some of the biggest winners so far are names like Costco (COST), eBay (EBAY) and Salesforce.com (CRM), to name a few. The major indices are mostly up in the double-digits since January and, with a month to go until the end of 2012, it appears we'll see solid gains for the year. Equities might actually outperform U.S. Treasuries and gold, even with the latter up more than 10% so far this year.
Market volatility is low, mostly due to the removal of major uncertainties from the Federal Reserve, from the European Central Bank and even from China. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is hovering near 15 (see chart below) -- and, with a potential crisis looming in the form of the fiscal cliff, it's startling that the market is taking all in stride.
After all, the last major crisis in this arena -- which was kicked down the road in August 2011 -- spurred a supreme rise in market volatility to nearly 50, double the level from 25, seen just four sessions earlier! The expectation is that something will get done, and when that uncertainty is removed we can then move on to more important things. This entire "fiscal cliff" debacle is great theater for the politicians and the media, but constitutes little else.
Perhaps former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has it right, and there is no fiscal cliff. He recently had this to say on the matter: "At any point they wanted to, the President and the Congress could reduce the 'cliff' to a series of foothills by breaking the problem into 10 or 20 component parts. They could then focus on solving each problem on its own merits and out in the open with public hearings, public understanding and public involvement. Public understanding, however, would limit the level of waste, favoritism and special interests which could be funded. That is exactly the opposite of what the Washington establishment wants."
They say the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year -- but this holiday season seems full of very tense moments from here to China. We all hope the politicians will do the right thing and make a deal that works somewhat well for both sides. This is by no means a small issue, but let's get it done and move ahead. There's nothing like a fresh start to the new year.


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A MAN has been taken to hospital with a suspected heart problem after his car hit a wall in Great Harwood this morning.
The emergency services were called to the scene near The Game Cock Inn, Whalley Road, shortly after 9am.
Passersby called the ambulance service after failing to wake the man up.
The man, believed to be in his 50s, was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital by paramedics after being cut out of the car by the fire service.
He had been driving a Ford Focus and no-one else was involved.
It is believed that the man is now sitting up in hospital and is considered to be out of danger.
The road is closed but is expected to be reopened soon.


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Can anyone put their two cents in, or point me in a good direction, for a detailed explanation of stability in terms of unofficial and official characteristics of Innova Discs? The disc in question is the Katana.
Unofficial: For example, I feel that one will notice (unofficially) stability increase (STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX) as they move from R-Pro < DX < Pro < Star < Champion, in that a DX Wraith is going to flip easier than a Pro Wraith, which flips a bit easier than a Star Wraith, which flips a bit easier than a Champion Wraith [my stable baby ] and that this all can change with beating the discs up (NOT STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX, but USED) (DX gets really flippy quick, Pro gets flippy with some good beating in, Star beats in slowly, and Champion has the slowest rate of becoming flippy), but I am trying to get even more specific information with a few items:
Official: I was just over at a buddy's house last night, thumbing through his disc boxes, and came across an Echo Star Katana labeled 13 | 6 | -2 | 2 ... This pissed me off, because I love Katanas and I am used to seeing 13 | 5 | -3 | 3 (even with other Echo Star Katanas). Most recently the factory is producing Katanas that are 13 | 5 | -2 | 3, and Innova says on their website and chart that only the Champion line has the high speed turn characteristic of -2, but then I see Star Katanas at the local disc shop labeled with the -2.
So I've seen Echo Star Katanas with 13 | 6 | -2 | 2 and 13 | 5 | -3 | 3
Star Katanas with 13 | 5 | -3 | 3 and 13 | 5 | -2 | 3
Champion Katanas with 13 | 5 | -2 | 3
What is going on -- through all of these different flight numbers, has Innova been tooling with the mold, or have all of these discs always been the same mold and they are just realizing later on that the flight characteristics they claimed were not measuring up to how people were reporting them over time, so they change the numbers on the stamp?
I don't know if I should grab all the 13 | 5 | -3 | 3 Star Katanas that I can, or will the 13 | 5 | -2 | 3 Star Katana throw just the same? And I still don't know why Innova says on their website and flight chart that only the Champion Katana will has the -2 | 3 , but I see new Star Katanas labeled -2 | 3 ...