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Overbay plays waiting game as Red Sox mull his fate
Tuesday an important day in determining whether first baseman makes roster
SARASOTA, Fla. -- As much as Lyle Overbay tried to downplay it, Monday was more than just another day for him in the grind of Spring Training.
Not only did he make the start at first base against the Orioles, but it was likely his final appearance before the Red Sox decide his fate.
The team is off on Tuesday, which is when they can take some time to form some final evaluations for the Opening Day roster. That also happens to be the date Overbay can be released if he doesn't receive assurances that he will be added to the 40-man roster within 48 hours.
"It's going to work out either way. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be," said Overbay, who went 1-for-5 with a run scoreed in a 12-9 loss to the Orioles. "I'm just kind of getting ready for the season, doing what I need to do. I'm not going to lie and say you're not thinking about it, but it's something you can't really control, so it's something I'm going to put on the backburner and not worry about it."
With a professional approach from the left side and a solid glove at first, Overbay will probably have no trouble finding a landing spot if things don't work out with Boston. The rival Yankees are without Mark Teixeira for a significant chunk of the regular season, and also have several other players hobbling, which could make Overbay a good fit.
"Hopefully there's something out there that will work if this isn't the right place for me," Overbay said.
Overbay's preference is still the Red Sox.
"That's why I signed up with this team. This was the opportunity that I liked and it excited me," Overbay said. "Those are things from the beginning and they haven't changed."
The 36-year-old Overbay has pretty much been the player the Red Sox expected when they signed him. Now, it's just a matter of how he fits into the team's overall roster construction.
"He's done what we thought, yes. He's been as advertised," said Boston manager John Farrell. "The way he's performed over the last couple of years, he's moved into that bench role. He's pretty accurate with who he is as a player and what his strengths are. There's no surprises here."
It would seem that Overbay, Mike Carp and Ryan Sweeney could be fighting for one roster spot. Overbay and Sweeney are non-roster invitees, while Carp is already on the 40-man roster. All three of those players are out of Minor League options.
The fact that Daniel Nava -- who is expected to make the team -- has shown the ability to play first base could hurt Overbay's chances.
"Like I said, I understand there's numbers and it has to work out," Overbay said. "They have to be comfortable with what they're doing. I understand that. Hopefully they decide my way."
Sweeney, who went 0-for-4 on Monday, has an opt-out clause that can be triggered on Thursday.
"Before I was kind of worried about it," Sweeney said. "Sometimes I would be kind of thinking about making the team or whatever. But I've kind of just come to the realization that whatever's going to happen's going to happen. We'll see what happens. If I make the team, great. If not, then the opt out's there."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A week after a recall of Mexican-grown cherry tomatoes over salmonella fears, no illnesses had been reported.
On Nov. 21, Mission, Texas-based Rio Queen Citrus Inc. voluntarily recalled 840 cartons of cherry tomatoes after a random Food and Drug Administration test found salmonella. Rio Queen had shipped the affected product to retailers in Texas and South Carolina.
Also on Nov. 21, Norwalk, Iowa-based produce wholesaler Capital City Fruit Inc. recalled cherry tomatoes the company received from Rio Queen.
The Capital City recall covered one-pint clamshells of cherry tomatoes packed under the Capital brand and shipped to retailers in Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin from Nov. 14 to Nov. 18.
As of Nov. 28, there were no reports of illness, said FDA spokeswoman Sue Challis.
Rio Queen salesman Dante Galeazzi said Rio Queen is the only importer of cherry tomatoes from the Mexican grower that shipped the recalled product. The grower has been a Rio Queen partner for more than 25 years.
Rio Queen has stopped importing cherry tomatoes from the grower until the recall process is completed, Galeazzi said.
In addition to undergoing Primus certification, Rio Queen and the Mexican grower conduct biological testing on all tomato lots and micro-contaminate testing at the growing and packing stages, Galeazzi said.
In the future, those efforts will be strengthened, he said.
"Once done (with the recall), we will be working with FDA on a strenuous testing and hold policy for future shipments until such time as both our company and the FDA can be assured that we have addressed and eliminated the possibilities in our supply chain which allow for salmonella," Galeazzi said.
Challis said the FDA could not comment on whether the Rio Queen recall was related to a recent recall of Mexican-grown cherry tomatoes sold in Canada, and a Canadian Food Inspection Agency spokesman did not know the identities of the U.S. shipper or Mexican grower responsible for the recalled Canadian product.
On Nov. 21, the CFIA warned consumers not to eat cherry tomatoes in clamshells carrying the Krown brand and party trays with cherry tomatoes at Safeway stores because of salmonella fears.
The Rio Queen recall comes almost exactly one year after a St. Louis-based distributor recalled grape tomato packs shipped by Rio Queen over fears of salmonella contamination.
On Nov. 30, 2011, Front Row Produce announced its recall of 10-ounce packs and 10-pound bulk containers of grape tomatoes supplied by Rio Queen. The recalled product was distributed to foodservice distributors and retailers in Missouri and Illinois.

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A native of South Africa, Rabbi Robert S. Leib of Old York Road Temple-Beth Am in Abington, recalls a privileged childhood without ever hearing the name of the man who would save his country.
By: Rabbi Robert S. Leib
The name of my public high school in Cape Town was "Sea Point Boys High School." I was there from 1972 to 1976. Founded in 1884, it was — and remains — a neatly packed conglomeration of interlinking buildings around a large, rectangular quadrangle with an impressive Colonial-style facade and red tile roofs.
We were small in number: There were probably no more than about 500 students in all. A strict dress code was enforced. In summer, we wore a khaki colored safari suit, high stockings with black shoes and a large straw boater (think Maurice Chevalier!) perched precariously on our small heads. In winter, we wore grey slacks, a white shirt with tie and a black blazer proudly embossed with our school's coat of arms and motto: "Laborare Est Orare," "To Work Is To Pray."
The demographic makeup of the student body was entirely homogenous: all white and all male and, given its enviable geographic location in the heart of an affluent and beautiful seaside suburb, boasted a disproportionately large Jewish population. Sea Point is the Miami Beach of Cape Town — a long, meandering row of fashionable high-rise apartment complexes along Beach Road interspersed with rolling green lawns and palm trees abutting glistening white sand beaches and the rolling blue surf of the cold Atlantic Ocean. Behind the apartments, sloping gently up a mountain called "Lions Head," were a large number of opulent homes. Now called "Sea Point High School," with its co-ed and racially diverse, multicultural faculty and student body, the school is located on an entire block between Beach Road and Main Road. Yes, there were many days when it was very difficult to concentrate on any kind of school work.
Our gaze was often averted as we looked out our classroom windows only to see the familiar and beloved sights and the sounds of a carefree, wistful Cape Peninsula beckoning us to come out and play. And from those windows, in the not so far distant background, we could also see Robben Island. We knew little if anything about this relatively small outcrop of stone and dunes — once a leper colony — barely seven miles off shore, other than the repeated attempts by so many political prisoners over the years to escape — almost always unsuccessfully — by swimming that perilous and dangerous shark-infested sea. Cape Town's Alcatraz might as well have been a million light years away. It was forbidden territory to ordinary South Africans who had little if any idea what role it served.
And so, truth be told, even though we could clearly see its topographical contours with the naked eye from our privileged vantage point, we never gave it another thought. Little did we know that it was an infamous penal colony for the state's worst and most dangerous offenders, most notably one Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, otherwise known as prisoner # 46664.
You might be incredulous but, in all honesty, growing up as a young Capetonian, I had no knowledge of the man who would eventually be responsible for almost single-handedly saving an entire country from itself, despite itself. Indeed, the name meant little if anything to me. How could it have if the Censorship Bureau made sure that the devious, nefarious and subversive political exploits of Nelson Mandela were conveniently excised from all newspapers, magazines, school books, movies and radio broadcasts? Throughout my high school days and while an undergraduate student at the University of Cape Town, Mandela was rarely if ever mentioned by name. Banished to a harsh, forbidden outcrop of rock, he was persona non grata. Out of sight and out of mind.
It was only when I left the Republic in 1980 to study abroad in London at the Leo Baeck College that I began to hear faint whispers of the man. Once I returned to Cape Town, in 1986, after a brief stint in the United States, currents of civil unrest were beginning to ripple throughout the country, particularly up north in Johannesburg. The three years that my wife, Randy, and I spent down south in Cape Town, the so-called "Mother City" — from 1986 to 1989 — were marked by periods of political protests and demonstrations that were becoming increasingly more frequent and volatile.
The then-prime minister, P.W. Botha, failed miserably to quell the unrest. He had the ability to extend the hand of reconciliation to the country's jailed black consciousness leaders but was unsuccessful. That highly controversial decision would be left to his successor, F.W. De Klerk, who eventually released Mandela from his 27 years of solitary confinement, the first 18 of which were spent on Robben Island.
Since Randy and I left Cape Town in 1989 to return to the United States, I did not witness, first-hand, the climactic transition from white minority to black majority rule. Nelson Mandela's highly publicized release from the Viktor Verster Prison on Feb. 11, 1990, in the glare of the world's media and following the very first multiracial election in the country's history, his subsequent meteoric ascension to the presidency in 1994 could only be viewed from afar with breathless astonishment. It truly marked the dawn of a new, liberated, democratic, post-apartheid South Africa compared with the pariah nation that I was born and raised in.
Mandela's government focused on dismantling the appalling legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalized racism, poverty and inequality and fostering racial reconciliation through the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
From all accounts, his initial relationship — as president — with the Jewish community was tenuous at best. He was quick to draw comparisons between the suffering of South African blacks at the hands of their white oppressors with the suffering of Palestinians at the hands of their Israeli occupiers. From what I recall, relations between the Mandela government and the South African Jewish Board of Deputies were strained and tense but, over the years, it appears that an amicable working relationship has finally been established with Mandela's successors.
Earlier this year, the board issued a statement expressing sincere concern for the health and well-being of Mandela. The statement was entitled: "Mandela: A Leader Loved, Trusted and Revered." On the other hand, Mandela's warm and enthusiastic embrace of a host of Arab world leaders, including Yasser Arafat and Moammar Gaddafi, hardly engendered any goodwill within the rank and file of the established Jewish community which, historically, has always maintained a very strong pro-Zionist ideology and a proud, unwavering commitment to the Jewish state.
Mandela did acknowledge that, throughout his personal and political life, he owed a debt of gratitude to a host of South African Jews, though he lamented the fact that the Jewish community, per se, had not done more to advocate for the end of apartheid. He once worked as an articled clerk at the law firm of Wilkin, Sidelsky and Edelman, run by the liberal Lazar Sidelsky who took a keen interest in the education of blacks. Nat Bregman, a self-proclaimed communist, was his first white friend.
But there's no doubt that his greatest champion throughout the long ordeal of his imprisonment was the intrepid Helen Suzman, at one point the lone voice in the opposition Progressive Party. I'll never forget that one day, while serving Temple Israel, the Cape Town Progressive Jewish Congregation, from 1986-1989, I received an unexpected call from Mrs Suzman. She was about to unleash yet another one of her blistering attacks on the corrupt and inept policies of P.W. Botha's administration and she wanted to include in her formal remarks a well-known quote from Pirkei Avot, the Ethics of the Fathers, but had forgotten the precise language. Could I help her? I was happy to oblige: "It's not your obligation to complete the task but neither are you free to desist from it, altogether."
I reminded a much older, long-retired Helen Suzman about that previous telephonic encounter when I had the privilege of hosting her at Beth Am many years ago on the occasion of her receiving a distinguished award from the the Jewish Community Relations Council. Unlike too many Jewish communal leaders in South Africa who, at the time, preferred to maintain the status quo, Helen Suzman wasn't afraid to rock the proverbial boat. She was either revered or reviled for her persistent, unapologetic, robust anti-apartheid work. There's no doubt that, within the corridors of political power, she was a great asset to Mandela during his long incarceration even if they harbored fundamental disagreements between them.
Now, the father of the so-called "Rainbow Nation" is dead. Cry The Beloved Country. "Madiba's" extraordinary legacy of racial integration, national reconciliation and social justice will forever live on in the hearts and minds of hundreds of millions of people throughout the world. It is doubtful that we will ever see the likes of South Africa's "MLK" again. Like the biblical Joseph who, after his imprisonment, rose to the highest levels of power — second only in command to Pharaoh, we are told — so we are left to marvel at the truly unbelievable rise to power of prisoner #46664 who strode the world's stage like a colossus.
As a former South African, I'm left with two disappointments: First, that I never got to meet the great man personally, and second, that I wasn't able to invite him to speak here at Beth Am especially when he was in Philadelphia to receive the coveted Liberty Medal which he shared with F.W. De Klerk in 1993. I do, however, have a signed copy of his acclaimed autobiography, "Long Walk To Freedom" and I treasure that. As you probably know, a movie by the same name has just been released.
August marked my 24th anniversary since having left the Cape of Good Hope for these distant shores of blessing. I do thank my lucky stars each and every day for the good fortune my family and I have enjoyed over the years and which I never take for granted. However, I'm also keenly aware of my privileged yet quixotic upbringing in deepest Africa: a member of a tiny though distinguished, vibrant, informed, energetic, robust Jewish community living in the once dark, sinister shadows of a brutal, pernicious, thoroughly corrupt, dictatorial regime. What an antithetical existence if ever there was one!
When I think back to those days, I lament, of course, the fact that there was little if anything we could do to change the course of history. As a rabbi of Temple Israel, I never knew if plain-clothes policemen or government informants were in the sanctuary. I was frequently told to guard my tongue and as a result one was left with the inevitable feeling that apartheid's tentacles knew no racial, ethnic or cultural boundaries. We were all, somehow, thrown into a cauldron of unremitting fear, incrimination and apprehension, not knowing what lay around the corner.
To be perfectly honest with you, I don't know if such feelings are still felt by the rank-and-file of South African Jews who have decided to stake their future with their fellow countrymen and women. I can only begin to imagine the tumultuous changes that have taken place since my departure in 1989.
Our first-ever congregational tour to South Africa — now fully subscribed — is scheduled for the second and third weeks of November 2014. Our "groot trek", our great journey, will begin in Cape Town, my birthplace. When the renowned English navigator, Sir Francis Drake, rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1580, he is purported to have written in his diary these immortal words: "It is a most stately thing and the fairest Cape in the whole circumference of the earth."
I believe that to be true 433 years later. And I'd like to think that even prisoner #46664, from his cell on a tiny island just off that fairest Cape, would have concurred.
Rabbi Robert S. Leib is the religious leader of Old York Road Temple-Beth Am in Abington.


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They will win it sooner than later. When they lose the belts and there is a heel turn they can play the "they went from tag team champions to mortal enemies" bit.
Yes, it is about time and I want to see this as soon as possible.
No, they should get built up more as a tag team and face at Wrestlemainia 30
In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
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The final drawing for the Mid-Plains Community College 1972 El Camino Super Sport Clone is approaching. Ticket sales have been brisk but there are still some left to purchase.
Any remaining tickets will be sold at Colonel Codys Cruise Show and Shine in downtown North Platte starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7.
The drawing for the car will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Raffle tickets are $10 each and no more than 6,000 will be sold. Proceeds from the raffle will be used for student scholarships and to purchase the next raffle car.
According to college spokesman Chuck Salestrom, a record number of tickets were sold when the car was on display at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island last week.
We were very well received at the fair, he said. They loved the hotrod and we had many opportunities to talk to folks about the college and all it has to offer.
This years car is powered by a naturally aspirated (carbureted) 454 Big Block Chevy engine, bolted to a TH 400 Turbo Automatic Transmission and coupled to a 355 Posi-trac rear-end. Special features include vintage air conditioning, power steering, power disc/drum brakes and air ride suspension.
The hot rods exterior sports a vinyl top and Rhino Liner box protection wrapped up in Hugger Orange basecoat/clearcoat paint by PPG that was donated by Mid Plains Auto Finishes. Pin-striping, decals and graphics by Dave Smith add the perfect finishing touch.
Tickets are available wherever the car is on display and at the following locations in North Platte: Bob Spady Buick-GMC, Cohagen Battery Store, Grandma's Memories Antiques & Collectibles, Isabelles Auction House, A.J. Janas, Pat Smith, Jodys Auto Sales, Larrys Barber Shop, Modern Muffler, The Car Doctor, Twin River Body Shop, the NPCC North and South Campus Welcome Centers and at the McCook Community College Welcome Center.
For more information about the car, its summer tour, or to learn more about the MPCC Automotive and Autobody program offerings, please call (308) 535-3601 or click on www.mpcc.edu.
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Thorpe puts the clamps on Utes, Ducks one-game out of 1st
SALT LAKE CITY - Tommy Thorpe threw seven hitless innings to lead No. 7 Oregon to a 6-2 Pac-12 Conference win at Utah in Spring Mobile Stadium on Friday night.
Thorpe (7-4) left the game with a 6-0 lead after the seventh. He struck out five and walked five. Tyler Baumgartner led the Ducks going 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored. Aaron Payne was 2-for-3 with an RBI, while Scott Heineman went 2-for-5 with a run scored. Ryon Healy drove in two runs to push his season total to 50 RBI.
Oregon scored single runs in the second, third and fourth innings to take a 3-0 lead. Josh Graham drove in Heineman, who led off the inning with a single, on a squeeze bunt in the second. Baumgartner led off the second with a double to right-center field and scored on a Healy fielder's choice. Healy added a RBI single in the third.
The Ducks (44-13, 21-7 Pac-12) added three runs in the sixth to break the game open and take a 6-0 lead. Baumgartner had an RBI single to start the scoring. He drove in Connor Hofmann who led off the inning with a ground-rule double to right center. Payne picked up with an RBI on the Ducks' second squeeze bunt of the game, before Mitchell Tolman single to right scoring Baumgartner.
Utah (20-30, 6-22 Pac-12) cut the lead to 6-2 in the eighth while picking up its only two hits of the game. The Utes committed six errors, with three of them coming on Oregon bunts.
Oregon and Utah will play game two of its series Saturday at 3 p.m. (PT). The Ducks will send freshman Cole Irvin to the mound looking for his 11th win.


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Mike Smith, executive vice president of the Tom Lange Co., died June 23 of lung cancer. He was 69.
After a 13-year career in banking, Smith joined Springfield, Ill.-based Tom Lange in 1980 as a financial officer, according to a company news release.
Before serving as executive vice president, Smith worked as Lange's secretary and treasurer.
"Over the course of 32 years with the company, his leadership and vision helped shape the company we all share today," Phil "Rock" Gumpert, Lange's chairman and chief executive officer, said in the release. "As important as leadership and vision is, it was Mike's friendship and compassion that we will all miss the most. Mike lived and worked with a great sense of caring for all those around him."
Lange's assistant vice president, Becky Wilson, praised Smith for his influence on younger employees.
"I was so fortunate to have been mentored by Mike and supported by him for my 22-year career at Lange," Wilson said in the release. "He was a tremendous influence in both my professional and personal life and I will miss him greatly."
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Michael Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund, Blessed Sacrament School, 748 W. Laurel, Springfield, Ill., 62704.


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Canadian Soldiers Voting
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Men of Canadian 3rd Division voting in the Canadian General Election, and American Railway Engineers, Western Front, December 1917. A poster lists the various "Electoral Districts in Canada'. Polling took place between 1 and 17 December. Men of 7th Brigade, Canadian 3rd Division read the poster. The brigade is 49th (Edmonton) Battalion, 42nd (5th Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion, the Royal Canadian Regiment, and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Outside, a line of men of the brigade wait to vote. At 3rd Division Salvage Company at Norrent-Fontes, a hut has a sign painted over it, "Bring your salvage to this dump and vote for the Government !!! Both will help win the war.'' Underneath this is a sign reading 'a vote against the Government means you are here for life; a vote for the Government means another man is coming to take your place". Next to this is a sign advertising Canadian War Bonds. A soldier of 42nd Battalion reads the notice on voting.
Pieces of History
Military Logistics of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914–1919
Michel Litalien
Canadian military logistics is a dimension of the history of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) that is often overlooked. Yet just a few days after Canada's entry into the First World War, it was obvious that there was no way of ignoring it. When huge numbers of military and civilian volunteers showed up at Valcartier, near Quebec City, in August 1914, logistical support services, which had only recently been established, were soon put to the test. Clothing and equipping the members of the first contingent turned out to be a real headache. Manufacturers had to be found and contracts drawn up in a hurry for the production of uniforms, boots, belts, weapons, vehicles and so on. From a logistical standpoint, mobilizing the first contingent destined for Europe was a nightmare.
Throughout the Great War, the Canadian Expeditionary Force's logistical support system was an immense, complex operation. Of all the support services, the Canadian Army Service Corps (CASC) was the most diversified. Its main responsibilities were transporting combat troops, delivering equipment and materials, and providing the troops with fresh supplies. In addition to these essential tasks, the CASC also evacuated the wounded (ambulance drivers belonged to the corps), salvaged equipment that had been captured from the enemy or left behind on the battlefield and delivered mail. The CASC worked closely with the Canadian Ordnance Corps, the Canadian Army Medical Corps, and the Canadian Artillery Corps for the transportation of specialized ordnance.
The CASC operated from seaports located hundreds of kilometres from the battlefield, all the way to just behind the front lines. Its replenishment system could supply not only small groups of just a few men but also formations the size of an infantry battalion (approximately 1,000 men).
Resupplying front-line units was a multistep process. From ports and depots, supplies were first taken by railway to railheads. From there, CASC units were responsible for moving the supplies by truck or light railway to supply dumps. These operations took place in the third line of supply. Thanks to their small size, light railways could run and reach areas closer to the front lines more easily. It was also harder for enemy artillery to pinpoint them. The administrative area behind the front lines was crisscrossed by light rail lines that were built and maintained by Canadian railway troops.
From the supply dumps, the CASC's divisional train and ammunition supply column, both of which were horse-drawn, were responsible for bringing supplies closer to the front lines, to their respective divisions or individual units. This was the second line of supply.
Lastly, operations to supply front-line units constituted the first line of supply. These units had to come back to the rear to get their own supplies of gear, ammunition, weapons, technical and communications equipment, water, medication and food. These supply expeditions were carried out chiefly at night so that the soldiers could not be seen by the enemy. But assigning combat troops to this task meant that a battalion's defensive positions at the front would be short of manpower for a time and so vulnerable to enemy attack.
Toward the end of the war, however, a Canadian officer from Montreal proposed using the tumpline system — the method that Canada's aboriginal people and coureurs de bois had used to carry large loads on foot. Before the introduction of this system, infantryman had to carry supplies in their arms, thus limiting the quantity of materials due to their size and weight. The tumpline system, which involved the use of a head strap, allowed the soldiers to carry more weight and freed up their arms, thus giving them more freedom of movement. With this system, each soldier was able to transport a greater quantity of supplies and so fewer men were required for the job, leaving more troops to ensure the defence of the front lines.
Besides regularly providing drivers and vehicles to other units, the CASC also maintained and repaired its vehicles. It also had to make sure that the troops were fed, which meant that fresh and hard rations had to be allocated and distributed properly; its military cooks oversaw the operation of field bakeries and butcheries.
The CASC was not the only logistical support corps to play a key role in the CEF. The Canadian Ordnance Corps was responsible for procuring, storing and distributing uniforms, boots, equipment, weapons, ammunition and shells to combat troops. Specialized supply depots, located in the second line of supply, helped ensure more effective distribution.
The Canadian Ordnance Corps' other major role was to maintain equipment in the field. The repairmen in the specialized ordnance mobile workshops could get closer to the deployed units and repair their weapons, both light and heavy, as well as their equipment. If the mobile workshops were not able to do the repairs on site, the weapons and equipment were shipped to heavy or stationary workshops at the rear, where virtually anything could be reassembled or rebuilt. The small detachments of the Ordnance Corps worked closely with the various units of the Army Service Corps.
Despite the gradual mechanization of the war, horses remained a vital component of the CEF. The cavalry, the artillery and, of course, the Army Service Corps used huge numbers of horses right up to the end of the war. At one point, Canadians were using as many as 24,000 horses and mules in their overseas operations. Horses could often manage in places where motorized vehicles could make no headway! Inevitably, some horses suffered injuries or fell ill. The Canadian Veterinary Corps operated mobile sections to take care of horses; it also ran veterinary hospitals for horses, advanced remount depots and specialized basic provisions depots.
Other logistical support services also played a crucial role in enabling combat troops to get on with their job. The Canadian Postal Corps, for instance, helped maintain the morale of soldiers at the front, at the rear and also those convalescing in hospitals. Army chaplains, who constituted the smallest organized support group, provided religious services to Canadian soldiers of different faiths and offered moral support at difficult times. Lastly, despite the enemy's efforts to maintain a naval blockade by submarines, the Canadian Forestry Corps ensured that Great Britain, France and the Canadian Expeditionary Force obtained all the timber they needed to carry out their military operations.
Thousands of men served in these various organizations. The Army Service Corps, for example, counted over 17,000 officers and non-commissioned soldiers in its organization. Even if these units were not combat troops, many of them, including the Army Service Corps, played important roles in all military actions. One hundred and four members of the CASC were killed, and 363 were wounded.
Selected Bibliography
Brown, Ian Malcolm. British Logistics on the Western Front, 1914-1919. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 1998.
Canadian Army Service Corps, 2nd Divisional Train: Record of Service of Officers, 1914-1919. Brian Pontifex, comp. Toronto: Carswell, 1920.
Davies, W.J.K. Light Railways of the First World War: A History of Tactical Rail Communications on the British Fronts, 1914-18. Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 1967.
French, Cecil. A History of the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps in the Great World War, 1914-1919. C.A.V. Barker and Ian K. Barker, eds. Guelph: Crest Books, 1999.
Jackson, H.M. The 127th Battalion, CEF; 2nd Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops. Montreal: Industrial Shops for the Deaf, 1957?.
Johnston, James Robert. Riding into War: The Memoir of a Horse Transport Driver, 1916-1919. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions and The New Brunswick Military Heritage Project, 2004.
Love, David W. "A Call to Arms": The Organization and Administration of Canada's Military in World War One. Calgary: Bunker To Bunker Books, 1999.
Phelan, Frederick Ross. "Army Supplies in the Forward Area and the Tumpline System: A First World War Canadian Logistical Innovation." Canadian Military History 9, no 1 (Winter 2000): 31-45 [reprinted from the article published in the Canadian Defence Quarterly in October 1928].
To the Thunderer his Arms: The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. William F. Rannie, ed. Lincoln, ON: W.F. Rannie, 1984.
Warren, Arnold. Wait for the Waggon: The Story of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1961.
Battlefield Communications
Bill Rawling
Historian, Department of National Defence
Battlefield communications were a mix of old and new. The Western Front benefited from the most technologically advanced artillery, where the guns could call on wireless-equipped aircraft to correct fall of shot. The communications technology available to the infantry was far less advanced, however; in late 1914 and early 1915, the Canadians in England who would be responsible for sending and receiving messages from the front were trained on flag drill and lamps.
The Telephone
The telephone, the most convenient means of communication then available, was the responsibility of brigade and division signallers, who, although farther back from the front line, faced an almost impossible task. When laid on the ground, wire was easily destroyed by shelling, and the Germans did not lack for artillery. Stringing it up on poles increased its endurance only slightly, so the only recourse left to signallers was to bury it. Finding labour for such a task when infantry units, who normally provided work parties, were busy digging their own trenches and dugouts was not easy, and a wire shortage made matters worse.
By July 1916, cable laying was somewhat faster, but only because an entire battalion worked on the project at any given time, and soldiers digging trenches for telephone lines were subjected to shelling and machine gun fire as they worked through the night. Wireless telegraphy, which as its name implies did away with wire, was in the early years of the war available only in small numbers, reflecting limited manufacturing resources. Heavy reliance on the telephone, then, could not be avoided, though something had to be done about wires and cables that were continually being cut by artillery and the movements of one's own vehicles. A possible solution was soon forthcoming—laddering—a technique of laying parallel cables about 60 yards apart connected by lateral lines. To shut down communications, artillery would have to cut both main cables between cross-pieces.
Reliance on runners
Still, keeping in touch with the troops who were fighting their way into enemy trenches was an almost insoluble problem. After an attack on November 17, 1916, the 5th Brigade reported that its battalions had kept in touch with the front line with visual signals, but such ease of communication was uncommon, and even the formation in question mentioned that it also relied on runners. Forward of battalion headquarters the most common means of sending information was to have men hand-carry messages through shelling and, occasionally, machine gun fire. After two months of fighting on the Somme in the fall of 1916, commanders simply assumed that runners would be the only way to get messages across no man's land and planned accordingly.
Contact patrols
An added possibility was contact patrols—aircraft that were supposed to advise commanders of what they could see by dropping messages or using wireless telegraphy, but the system was still experimental in 1916. The 78th Battalion suggested that, for troops in an advance, "Communication to contact airplanes is best maintained by flares," but such techniques required perfect timing to ensure the signals were lit while the aircraft was in position to see them. Such synchronization was difficult to achieve when men were fighting for their lives.
Rather than solve the problem of communications on the battlefield, each new development was simply added to existing methods. At Vimy Ridge in April 1917, the Canadian Corps sought to maintain communications by exploiting every means available: runners, flags, pigeons and telephones. A little later, on August 15, the Canadian Corps assaulted and captured Hill 70, and here wireless played an important role, as the Canadians relied on their gunners to break up the inevitable German counterattacks. Signallers could send back quick corrections to an artillery exchange, which then passed on the information to the guns by telephone.
Until the end of the war, forward of brigade headquarters (which kept in touch with its flanks and higher formations with telephone or wireless), the most common and effective means of communication remained the runner, who carried written messages through enemy and friendly fire to keep commanders appraised of the situation so they could allocate reserves or artillery support accordingly.
Near the end of the war
In 1918, the war entered a more mobile phase. Headquarters had to move often in spite of their heavy reliance on the telephone, pushing signallers almost to the breaking point to keep messages moving. The tendency to multiply methods of communication, as at Vimy Ridge, continued. Telephones, visual signalling, pigeons, message-carrying rockets, wireless, runners and contact patrols were all available in the final battles of the war.
In the Canadian Corps' last set-piece attack at Valenciennes on November 1 and 2, there was no time to lay cable, and all messages from brigade to higher headquarters were sent through wireless stations. Communications between aircraft and troops on the ground, however, had not improved. Infantry devised a new system for signalling contact patrols: troops waved a white cloth with a metal disk sewn on the inside flap of the gas mask when they were called; and though the Royal Air Force found the devices very useful in determining the infantry's position, air-ground communications in the last Hundred Days were essentially the same as those of 1917, and remained so until the Armistice was declared on November11.
The First World War did see the development of aircraft, submarines and tanks as weapons of warfare, tactics underwent drastic changes as fire and movement replaced wave attacks, and scientific gunnery proved ever more capable of supporting infantry battalions as they struggled to survive in one of the most hostile environments our species has yet devised. However, in the realm of communications, the revolutionary developments of previous decades—especially the telephone and wireless telegraph—were only partially applied to the information problems of the modern battlefield. In fact, the runner remained an important link between the front line and headquarters until the very last days of the conflict.
Selected Bibliography
Moir, John S., ed. History of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 1903-1961. Ottawa: Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Corps Committee, 1962.
Rawling, Bill. Surviving Trench Warfare : Technology and the Canadian Corps, 1914-1918. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.
Other Materials
The 13th (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion
In April 1915, the battalion was used to reinforce British and Canadian lines in Ypres sector, the site of the first use of poison gas during the war. For the remainder of 1915 and 1916, the battalion fought in many locations, including Festubert, Messines, Bailleul, Givenchy, Flanders and the Somme. On April 9, the battalion went over the top in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. In 1918, the 13th participated in battles around Amiens, Chaulnes, and Roye. In August 1918, they attacked the German forces outside Hangar Wood and two soldiers won Victoria Crosses for their courageous actions, Private J. B. Croak and Corporal H. J. Good. Croak attacked and captured a machine-gun nest single-handedly and despite being badly wounded, proceeded with the aid of other members of his unit, to attack another German strongpoint, silence three machine guns, bayoneting or capturing their crews. Croak was wounded again and died just after the last resistance was overcome. Good's act of courage involved the destruction of three machine guns and their crews, and with the aid of three soldiers, successfully assaulted and captured a German battery of 5.9 inch guns and their entire crews. During the course of the war, the 13th suffered 5,881 casualties, of which 1,105 were fatalities.
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI)
The PPCLI, the first Canadian unit to arrive at the war front, was integrated with the British 27th Division and suffered terrible losses. During 1915, a reserve infantry battalion provided the PPCLI with reinforcements. On December 22, 1915, under the command of Brig.-Gen. A. C. MacDonell, the PPCLI joined with the 42nd and 49th battalions to form the 7th Brigade. During the Battle of Passchendaele, before the start of the main attack on the night of October 30, 1917, the PPCLI captured "Snipe Hall," an obstacle pillbox for the 9th Brigade on October 26. Struggling forward through the mire to their intermediate objective, a storm of enemy fire bombarded the battalion causing heavy casualties including most of their junior officers. The main accomplishment of the PPCLI on October 30 was the storming of the heavily guarded position on the Meetcheele crossroads due mainly to the courageous actions of two men. Lt. Hugh Mackenzie, DCM (a Patricia officer serving with the 7th Machine Gun Company), and Sgt. G. H. Mullin, MM, a regimental sniper, led an attack on the enemy's machine-gun pillbox site that was creating an obstacle to the battalion's left company's ascent of the ridge. Mackenzie was killed by enemy fire but Mullin successfully captured the pillbox single-handedly. With his revolver, he killed its two machine gunners and forced the garrison of ten to surrender.


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WIth technology that bridges the gap between toys and games, as well as the chasm between consoles, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventures is set to become a must-have title for kids at Christmas.
"We are committed to bringing out the kid in everyone and the game will change the way people interact with toys and video games," says Ian McClellan, Activision's European marketing director.
"Here we have a video game which creates a whole new genre and allows us to introduce Spyro and the other Skylanders to a new generation of kids – of all ages."
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure introduces an innovative style of gameplay that sees players collect and use a series of real toys that have playable counterparts.
In a narrative penned by two of the Academy Award nominated writers of Toy Story, Spyro's Adventure takes place after the evil Kaos has frozen the protectors of the Skylands and cast them out to Earth. It's up to players to collect the Skylanders and save their world.
Toy Meets World
When placed on the Portal of Power, the figurines become playable characters in the game with co-op gameplay initiated simply by placing two toys on the portal.
The Skylanders will remember their experiences, levels and upgrades and will keep them even when used on a different console.
With over 30 characters to collect and the freedom to change characters just by placing them on the portal, players can build up and upgrade their very own team of powerful Skylanders.
The game' collectable nature, its interactive style of gameplay and the idea of bringing plastic creatures could make Skylanders a new playground craze.
TV spots will run on mainstream and kids channels whilst cinema ads will appear before Puss In Boots and Happy Feet Two. Partnerships have been arranged with Nickelodeon and Mumsnet.
Starter Packs
When players kick-start their adventure, a starter pack will include the game, the Portal of Power and three figures, as well as three trading cards, a sheet of stickers and a collector's poster.
Figure Packs
Players can add to their team with figure packs. Consumers can purchase both individual figures and three-figure packs with each character possessing new powers and attacks.
Expansion Packs
Adventure packs expand the Skylanders experience by giving gamers a new level and two characters per pack. Extra levels include the Pirate Seas and Darklight Crypt worlds.


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TPWD News Release — May 6, 2010
SMITHVILLE — For more than seven decades the massive-looking Recreation Hall at Buescher State Park has stood firmly on a hill overlooking the park's lake. Imperceptibly, the historic Civilian Conservation Corps structure has moved — the result of creep — three inches downhill.
Still sound and functional, the hall also has been plagued by sticking doors and windows, the result of frame-settling and bowing lintels. Late this summer, Texas Parks and Wildlife will take action to correct those issues and others at the hall.
"We will protect the Recreation Hall for future generations with soldier piers," says project manager Tony Bettis. "These piers are put in side by side by side, creating a subsurface wall structural system. It stabilizes the hillside and keeps the hall from creeping any farther."
Thanks to bond funding authorized by the Texas Legislature and approved by statewide voters, Texas Parks and Wildlife is able to protect and preserve Buescher's historic and stately Recreation Hall. At the same time, TPWD is making the hall more accessible by renovating and enlarging restrooms to Americans with Disabilities Act standards.
The more than $700,000 in work to save and update the Buescher Recreation Hall is one more check on a long list of major Texas State Parks rejuvenation projects underway this year, all aimed at keeping the parks fun, safe and customer friendly. Texas State Parks general obligation bonds have been sold to fund more than $44 million in repairs and renovations to park cabins, bathrooms, electrical and water systems, and other state park infrastructure. Along with fixing up more than 40 state parks, the bonds provide an additional $25 million to dry berth the Battleship Texas.
Along with fixing up more than 40 state parks, the bonds provide an additional $25 million to dry berth the Battleship Texas and raise it out of the corrosive waters of the Houston Ship Channel.
After 72 years, the CCC's Recreation Hall remains as beautiful and useful as when it was built.
"The Recreation Hall is a key focus for the park and one of the main draws for groups coming to Buescher," says Lost Pines Complex Superintendent Todd McClanahan. "It's still sought out and utilized by groups and family reunions. We've got one family that has been using the hall for more than 50 years."
The affection for the hall is due in part to its classic park look — sturdy and rustic with exterior walls and chimney of great rectangular stones. The CCC builders used the same reddish stone for the structures in nearby Bastrop State Park, which, like Buescher, was constructed in the 1930s by companies 1805 and 1811 of the CCC. The Recreational Hall was completed in 1938. The park opened in 1940.
To add ADA-compliant restrooms to the building, TPWD planners worked closely with the Texas Historical Commission to protect the building's historic nature. It was decided to extend a wooden portion of the structure to create the larger turning space and wider doors the ADA-compliant restrooms require.
The massive lintels have bowed a bit over the years, causing doors and windows to stick. They will be straightened out as much as possible. The hall also will get a new wastewater system and a new lift station.
When the project is finished in spring 2010, it will still be the same classic building park visitors have enjoyed for decades, just better. And it will be ready to serve more generations, perhaps for another 72 years.
"It is our duty to protect these historic resources," McClanahan says.
Buescher, pronounced Bisher, is sometimes overlooked in the shadow of its sister park, Bastrop. At just a little more than a thousand acres, it is less than a fifth the size of Bastrop, and its visitation last year, an impressive 46,000, was still less than a third of Bastrop. But park personnel say visitors who return year after year like the slower pace and peaceful nature.
"A big draw is the tranquility out here," says Buescher Superintendent Cullen Sartor. "That's what draws people back. It's laid back and quiet and a lot of people really appreciate that. It is easy to get away. We'll have a full park and it's still quiet. People come for that."
The 20-acre park lake does not allow gas-motors or swimming, but kayak and canoe rentals are available. "Our management goal is to provide a top notch fishing lake," says McClanahan. "The fishing is awesome."
Many guests like to stay in one of the park's three air-conditioned mini-cabins overlooking the lake's western shore, or one of the four screen shelters (one built by the CCC, which also created the lake). Or they pick from dozens of camping sites, including walk-in sites for tent campers and water and electric sites for RVs.
Another draw is the 7 ½ miles of hiking trails. Though most of Buescher is dense hardwoods, as you hike farther north you get into the loblollies of the Lost Pines for which this region is known.
Buescher is 4 ½ miles north of Smithville and 12 miles east of Bastrop. It is just over a two-hour drive from Houston, 125 miles to the east, and an hour from Austin, only 42 miles to the west. Buescher is also connected to Bastrop State Park by winding Park Road 1C, which is entirely inside TPWD right of way. The challenging and scenic ride (10 miles from park border to park border) is a favorite of cyclists and motorcyclists.
For more information, call the Buescher State Park at 512/237-2241 or check the website at http://tpwd.texas.gov/spdest/findadest/parks/buescher


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Residents reacted with shock on hearing the horrific news of the mauling of an 11-month-old baby on Emily Street, Blackburn this morning.
Jean Dawson, 70, who lives on nearby Belper Street, said: "We had just gone to bed when we heard the sounds of the police cars and looked out the window.
"We saw the officers outside on the street through the curtains. It's a nice neighbourhood and this sort of thing has never happened before.
"It's so sad that this has happened. The dogs around here all tend to be quite nice and there are no problems.
"We went back to bed after an hour but the police were still on the street. Sometimes you hear a dog barking but it is rarely a problem to people."
Shahid Mahmood, 43, who lives on Emily Street, said: "It's horrible what's happened.
"I didn't hear anything last night and the dogs on the street never seem to be a problem.
"It's so sad that a baby has died and it must be horrible for the family. The whole street seems to be shocked by this."
Abdul Patel, 34, who lives in Florence Street, said: "I was coming back from shopping last night around 11pm when I heard a dog barking.
"I thought it was just a normal incident at first but then I saw the police.
"It's absolutely terrible what has happened and it's so sad. I'm shocked to be honest. This is a nice neighbourhood and this sort of thing doesn't happen."
Pendle's MP Andrew Stephenson said: "This horrific incident highlights what has become a widespread concern in Lancashire and the rest of the country for a number of years.
"Dangerous dogs, and occasionally irresponsible owners, can lead to very tragic events, and we are always reading in our newspapers and hearing about cases which can leave families devastated.
"The government has undertaken a range of measures to try to clamp down on dangerous dogs and irresponsible dog owners and are constantly keeping the situation under review because, quite clearly, there is further action that can and should be taken.
"I personally believe that owning a dog can be a real joy but we need to ensure that the breeds people can look after are not inherently dangerous and are properly trained and looked after so that situations like this become far less frequent."
Mr Stephenson has led calls in Parliament for more effective laws to curb the excesses of dangerous dogs and rogue owners.
The MP spoke out in 2011 after police brought a civil action against the owner of a Staffordshire bull terrier which attacked 10-year-old Joe Pickering in Colne after it had been given strong lager.
Later, police took a civil action against the owner of the dog, James Holmes, after they discovered that Paul Ashworth, the man who gave the dog Stella Artois, could not be prosecuted under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
The MP has supported calls by postal workers for greater protection against dogs running wild on private land and his mother Ann had the tip of a finger bitten off by a dog while delivering election leaflets in May 2012.


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Hi all,
I have not posted for some months now. My mum is declining quickly. She was admitted into hospital with a bowel obstruction just after Xmas. Her pain is always severe, she is bloated, swollen and just out of it. Her heart beat is irregular, oxygen levels low and runs a fever continuously. She has septicaemia and is being treated with three different types of antibiotics.
I know this might be a little selfish, but I cannot endure it no more. So how does she endure it?
Since July 2012, she has spent no more than 1 month at home. Most of the time she has been admitted with some sort of infection. Why does she get these damn infections continuously.
There was a slither of hope just before Xmas when Dr Zimmet said he was going to pursue other options in 2014. She felt good. I guess there aint any options now.
My sister spends all of her time with mum. She is strong, but breaks down each time i talk to her. My dad cries each day. My brother hides his feelings as best as he can.
Just need to vent. I feel so sorry for her as we cannot do anything for her. I don't want her to die, but I know she will find peace when she does.
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The former Reds striker believes the 18-year-old has the right attitude to become a great player for the Merseysiders and feels he has the perfect manager to learn from
Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler believes Raheem Sterling has all the attributes needed to become a top player at the club.
The 18-year-old broke into the first-team this season and has impressed with a series of good performances in attack alongside Luis Suarez.
Sterling is now set to pen a new five-year deal with Reds, and Fowler feels the youngster's attitude towards football has set him apart from other promising players, which will help him succeed in the long-term.
"What I'm seeing is that this is a kid who's had the right attitude drilled into him, and I think that's a good thing for Liverpool - a big thing," Fowler told the Daily Mirror.
"Sterling has a great talent, but what he also has that makes him stand out is a maturity in his approach to the team's needs that you rarely see in youngsters. That shows he's being coached and developed in the right way.
"I watch Raheem and I can see he has respect for the team and for the senior players around him.
"And his decision-making is good - he doesn't just want to beat players and then shoot to get personal glory.
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Injured fan Stow pays visit to Giants' clubhouse
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants welcomed a special visitor to the team's clubhouse before Sunday's game: Bryan Stow.
Jeremy Affeldt served as the de facto tour guide for Stow, the Giants fan who was brutally beaten in the Dodger Stadium parking lot on Opening Day 2011. A jury awarded $18 million in damages to Stow and his family in July.
"It's awesome," manager Bruce Bochy said of seeing Stow around the team. "All those players have to be excited to see him here at the park. After all he and his family have been through, it's great to have them here. We think about him a lot and he's talked about a lot."
Affeldt in particular has been involved with the Stow family since the attack and has donated $25,000 to help pay's Stow's medical bills.
"I believe in humanity and I believe in fighting against injustices that take place against humanity," Affeldt said after the jury's decision. "Poverty is one of them, but so are those kinds of things where you can basically jump a guy and beat him into oblivion like that and do that much damage to a man who's got kids.
"Over what? A baseball game? Wins and losses that have absolutely no bearing on anybody's life at this point in time? Whether we won or lost that game ... they just ruined that guy's life."
Ryan Hood is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @ryanhood19. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Forget Influencers — 4 Steps for Identifying Connected Industry Insiders
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We spend a lot of time talking about "influentials" in the context of PR and social media marketing. Top industry bloggers and Twitter stars are on everyone's "A" list. But what about the people in the trenches, who actually get the work done? To keep things simple, let's call these folks "insiders."
Industry insiders are important, because they have powerful influence in their own right. In many cases, they have built their own solid social networks that are important to their own careers and personal reputations. They also have real credibility with their peers, because they're not figureheads – they have day jobs and are doing the real work. And for brands, these are the people who have input on buying decisions. Simply put, it's not enough to court your industry's rock stars. You have to connect with insiders, too. So how do you identify the day-to-day professionals who make up the insider crowd? Here's the 4-step approach I used to identify insiders for a sister company that operates in the IT space. They needed to grow their audience in several verticals, and social media was a logical channel for achieving this objective.
- Hashtag research: Researching hashtags is the logical starting point for a project like this. I always start with a visit to search.twitter.com, plugging in common hashtags, and noting other hashtags people use in the Tweets I surface. For example, #CloudComputing, as it turns out, is often simply shortened to #Cloud. If you search one, but not the other, you miss people.
- People tweeting hashtags: Twitter has a neat feature that many overlook – you can easily see who is tweeting under a particular hashtag. Scrolling through the list of participants in the conversation around a hashtag is a great way to find people who are truly interested in the subject. To see who is tweeting content with a particular hashtag, search that hashtag on Twitter.com, and then, as you're viewing the resulting Tweets, click on "People" in the upper left hand corner, under the word "Tweets." Doing this displays the Twitter handles of the people who have used the hashtag recently.
- Relevant Twitter Lists: Listorious is a useful tool, enabling users to easily find popular Twitter lists built around specific topics. Take a look at popular lists within your target segment, and who is on those lists. They're popular for a reason, and many times you'll find some great insiders among the members.
- Top Insiders: One of the most useful tools I've come across is Little Bird, a start up that's currently offering beta access. Essentially a search engine for experts, Little Bird allows users to research topics and, through algorithmic machinations, identify insiders who are expert on that topic. I used Little Bird to search for people (filtering out brands and news organizations) related to the verticals on which I was focusing. It works very well, identifying a slew of new people who had eluded me in my hashtag and Twitter list research.
So what do you do with all these people you find?
I've done a few things. First and foremost, I built my own Twitter lists, comprised of carefully selected insiders gleaned from these sources. The sister company's social team can (gradually) start following the people on the list. In the meantime, they can follow the list itself, re-tweeting and commenting upon content shared by list members, which will help them start building recognition and credibility with this new audience.
Secondly, I've been identifying blogs written by people on shiny new lists. In addition to providing content for curation, insider blogs provide valuable intelligence for brands about real world user issues. Getting to know a few more thoughtful, well-connected bloggers is also good for any pretty much any brand these days, and will be useful for my project.
It's worth noting that before embarking on any of this research, I determined that my desired audiences were in fact active on Twitter, based upon the volume of discussion around key topics. Clearly, Twitter is an important clearinghouse for news and information relating to the IT verticals I was targeting.
Author Sarah Skerik is PR Newswire's vice president of social media and author of the free ebook "Unlocking Social Media for PR."
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The Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility of Procalcitonin (ProCT) for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP)
This study has been terminated.
(One of the principal investigators has moved to a different institution)
McGill University Health Center
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Our aim in this study is to investigate the potential role of serum ProCT as an early diagnostic marker and later prognostic indicator for VAP.
|Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
|Device: PROCALCITONIN LEVEL
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|The Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility of Procalcitonin (ProCT) for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP)
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MedlinePlus related topics: PneumoniaU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Cases with VAP and high ProCT and Cases with Non-VAP and Low ProCT [ Time Frame: Retrospective chart review after results are available ]
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|Study Start Date:
|July 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2009
|Assigned Interventions
|VAP patient
Device: PROCALCITONIN LEVEL
measuring PROCALCITONIN LEVEL
Detailed Description:
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), a bacterial infection that develops after 48 hours or more of intubation, is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Rapid identification of VAP is required to improve survival and to reduce avoidable treatment-associated side effects. Procalcitonin (ProCT), a blood test, is a reasonably specific marker of bacterial infection and its level increases early in sepsis. In this study, a ProCT serum level will be measured in 50 patients with clinically suspected VAP. We aim to show that the ProCT level will be high early in VAP and will stay high in patients with poor prognosis. This will help to address the potential role of ProCT as part of early diagnosis and management of VAP.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Patients who are intubated or more than 48 hours
Inclusion Criteria:
In the preceding 24 h, the appearance of a new opacity or opacities on chest X-ray when compared to previous, and two of the following:
- white blood cell count > 12 or < 5 x 10^9 cells/L,
- temperature > 38°C or < 35°C, or
- purulent secretions.endotracheal samples must be collected by bronchoscope/bronchoalveolar lavage with quantitative culture or endotracheal aspiration with quantitative culture (when available) or qualitative culture from each patient to be enrolled in the study. This is a routine procedure done in every case of suspected VAP and is considered to be the standard of care.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known underlying chronic inflammatory condition of the lung (e.g., sarcoidosis, vasculitis)
- Thyroid cancer patients
- neutropenia (neutrophils < 0.5 x 10^9 cells/L
- Concomitant AIDS
- Solid organ transplantation with severe immunosuppression
- New Antibiotic use for more than 18 hrs before blood sample collection
- Severe pancreatitis
- Attending physician does not agree with enrollment into the study.
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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: NCT00498121
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00498121
|Canada, Quebec
|McGill University Health Centre
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A1
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McGill University Health Center
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|Salman A Qureshi, MD,FRCPSC
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|McGill University Health Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00498121 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
BMA-07-001 (mbasi100)
|Study First Received:
|July 6, 2007
|Last Updated:
|December 17, 2009
Keywords provided by McGill University Health Center:
Ventilator associated pneumonia.
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
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Hudson, Eaton make progress in rehab work
PHOENIX -- Right-hander Daniel Hudson (Tommy John surgery) threw two innings of live batting practice and outfielder Adam Eaton (elbow) threw at a distance of 90 feet Monday as the D-backs are cautiously optimistic that each player is on track for a timely return.
In the case of Hudson, who is on the 60-day disabled list and hasn't pitched in the Majors since June 26 of last year, the D-backs expect the right-hander to be back shortly before the All-Star break in July.
D-backs manager Kirk Gibson watched Hudson throw around 55 pitches Monday morning at the club's Spring Training facility in Scottsdale and came away impressed.
"He looked good," Gibson said. "He was overthrowing in the first inning but he came back in the second and had much better location. Overall it was good."
Moving forward, Hudson will begin throwing on a regular five-day cycle with a bullpen session in between each outing.
"I think he's ready in his mind to progress into games and compete," Gibson said. "We'll see how it goes now that he's getting into more innings and competing in games; he might get sore. We'll try to get him into what he would be doing if he were with us."
As for Eaton, who suffered an elbow sprain in Spring Training, he'll go out on a Minor League rehab assignment beginning sometime at the start of May with the hopes of being ready to rejoin the D-backs at the end of the month.
At first, Eaton will only serve as a designated hitter in the Minors, then around May 15-20, he'll begin building up innings in the outfield. Gibson said he could be activated around that time or the club could wait a little longer depending on the team's current situation.
"It could be that early if there is a need, but our preference would be to let him continue to play," Gibson said.
Tyler Emerick is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Bad deals are inescapable in sports and pop culture. Endless, exorbitant, ridiculous contracts can destroy a teams future, ensnare a rising young star, or cripple a major studio. Also, theyre hilarious. In honor of these horrible agreements, we present a look at some of the most egregious in their respective fields. Welcome to Worst Contracts Week.
In December, I gave my kids $20 for a toy store trip and they picked out $90 worth of stuff. They had no concept of money. They didnt know if our house cost $2,000 or $2 billion. So I started making them pay for small things Starbucks, Jamba Juice, pizza, whatever hoping theyd slowly understand the concept of worth. I think its working. When we attended Monday-night Raw in L.A. last week, I gave them a $100 salary cap on whatever they wanted. They spent $60 on two T-shirts,1 $13.50 on pretzels and popcorn, and $9 on two Icee Cokes, leaving me $17.50.
Heres the point: THIS ISNT HARD. But had I brought Joe Dumars along as a spending adviser, they would have ended up with a $50 Rey Mysterio mask that my son already has, two T-shirts that were the wrong size and then, they would have had to borrow an extra $30 for food and drinks. In last years Worst Contracts column, I wrote about Joe Dumars Cap Space Cologne (You only have to spray it once, and then you cant get away from the smell for three to five years!) and made the following warning:
One thing weve definitely learned: You dont want to give Dumars cap space. And he has it this summer. So look out, Pistons fans.
What happened? Well
Door A: Brandon Knight; Trey Burke or Michael Carter-Williams; $15 million in 2013 cap space. Seems pretty enticing, right? Youd probably want to open that door, correct?
Door B: $80.5 million worth of Josh Smith, Brandon Jennings and Washed-Up Chauncey Billups; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope; no cap space whatsoever. That door has a BEWARE: DO NOT OPEN! sign on it right?
What happened? Dumars busted down Door B like McConaughey during the incredible six-minute, continuously shot drug heist scene that single-handedly flipped my opinion on True Detective.2 Naturally, this was all Mo Cheekss fault, so poor Mo got canned recently; hes the eighth coach jettisoned by Dumars in 14 years. Dumars remains employed because he caught fire from 2000 through 2004 and won a title.3 That magical stretch ended 10 YEARS AGO. Since 2008 alone, Dumars traded Billups for a washed-up Allen Iverson; gave away Arron Afflalo; famously over-over-over-overpaid Ben Gordon and Charlie Villaneuva; handed out way-too-lavish extensions to Hamilton and Prince; overpaid Jonas Jerebko, Rodney Stuckey and Jason Maxiell; then excreted 2014s Smith-Jennings-Billups cap poop bisque. He remains employed because weve become desensitized to NBA teams shelling out dumb contracts.
So, why cant certain GMs spend money correctly? Many are ex-players getting routinely outwitted by shrewd negotiators with law degrees and MBAs, bulldogs who were basically created by God to take advantage of overmatched former athletes. If your life depended on ONE contract negotiation, would you rather have Dan Fegan (Yale Law School, two decades of experience as a sports agent) or Ernie Grunfeld? Would you rather have Arn Tellem (Michigan Law, former partner in a law firm, 32 years of experience as a sports agent) or Joe Dumars? Come on.
Thats not the only problem, of course. Franchises can be handcuffed by a lack of organizational cohesion, owners pushing to win or be relevant RIGHT NOW!!!, executives rolling the dice with panic moves as a Hail Mary to avoid getting fired, and just sheer, staggering incompetence. For Gods sake, look at what happened to the poor Pelicans last summer:
Door A: 2013s no. 6 pick (Nerlens Noel, Ben McLemore, Burke and Carter-Williams all on the table); their 2014 first-rounder (top-five protected); the Greivis Vasquez/Robin Lopez expirings ($7.2 million combined); more than $10 million in cap space. I like it!
Door B: Jrue Holiday; $44 million of Tyreke Evans; no cap space; no 2014 first-rounder unless it falls in the top five. BEWARE: DO NOT OPEN! I AM SERIOUS! DO NOT OPEN THIS DOOR!
Did the Pellies pick Door B? Of course they did! At least when Detroit spent $54 million on Josh Smith, they were getting one of the NBAs 10 best forwards even if every Hawks fan within a 125-mile radius would have happily driven Josh to the airport. But wasting picks AND assets to lock down the NBAs most expensive non-Lakers three-guard rotation (Holiday, Evans and Eric Gordon), then eschewing better protection on that 2014 pick when youre in the fiercely competitive West? Amazing. Truly amazing. Its been eight years since I wrote the Atrocious GM Summit column I could throw another summit right now. And next year. And every year. Dont ever stop being you, NBA GMs.
Before we tackle 2014s 30 Worst NBA Contracts, lets plow through the players who missed the cut but deserved to be recognized in some way.
Category 1: Expiring Atrocities
Could you make a 12-man roster of expiring deals that cost nine figures and would absolutely lose 70-plus games? Lets see Gordon (one year, $13.2 million); Villaneuva (one year, $8.58 million); Caron Butler (one year, $8 million); John Salmons (one year, $7.58 million); Emeka Okafor (one year, $14.49 million); Danny Granger (one year, $14 million); Kris Humphries (one year, $12 million); Andrichard Biedrefferson (one year, $20.05 million);4 Keith Bogans (one year, $5.06 million); Marvin Williams (one year, $7.5 million); and Jameer Nelson (one year, $8.6 million). We did it! Every year, this paragraph costs more than $100 million.
Category 2: Amnestied Contracts or Bought-Out Deals5
I love the spirit behind the amnesty. Were so collectively terrible at this, lets create a one-time spending mulligan and then, well have even more chances to make mistakes! Every week or so, a reader e-mails me asking if I wished teams could trade their amnesties. My short answer: YES! Imagine the Knicks trading Tim Hardaway Jr. and their 2018 no. 1 pick for Bostons amnesty just to dump Amare. Yes, we should trade amnesties.
Some quick amnesty/buyout stuff
Of the 10 teams that kept their amnesties, reasons range from Billy King saved our *** from using it (Atlanta) to we never needed the help (Boston, San Antonio, Chicago) to we wish some of our current guys were eligible (Sacramento, New Orleans, Memphis) to were generally confused and probably misunderstood how it worked (Detroit) to were too freaking cheap (Utah, Oklahoma City).
Eight other amnesties already came and went: Philly (Elton Brand), New York (Chauncey Billups), Minnesota (Darko Milicic),6 Indiana (James Posey), Golden State (Charlie Bell), Cleveland (Baron Davis) and the Clippers (Ryan Gomes).
Our greatest amnesty: Clevelands then-GM Chris Grant dumped Mo Williams on the Clippers for Baron Daviss much-worse contract and an unprotected first-rounder, won the lottery with that pick (Kyrie Irving), and then six months later, after the lockout ended used his new fresh-out-of-the-box amnesty on Baron. You cant play that any better. And yes, thats the last time anyone said those words about Chris Grant. At least the man gave great amnesty.
Amnesties still going: Portland (Brandon Roy: down to two years, $32.2 million remaining); Orlando (Gilbert Arenas: $22.35 million stretched over three years); Phoenix (Josh Childress: two years, $13.5 million), Dallas (Brendan Haywood: two years, $14.8 million); Houston (Luis Scola: two years, $11.9 million); Brooklyn (Travis Outlaw: two years, $8 million); Denver (Chris Andersen: one year, $4.82 million); and Washington (Andray Blatche: two years, $16.3 million). Shout-out to Arenas for getting overpaid through both Obama terms. Hes the GOAT of the Keep Getting Dem Checks All-Stars.
Our newest amnesty/buyout guys since last season ended: Hedo Somehow Im The NBAs Second-Most Famous Failed PED Test! Turkoglu (Orlando: one year, $6 million buyout); Al Somehow Im Only 34 Years Old Harrington (Orlando: $7.3 million buyout over two years); Metta World Amnesty (Lakers: one year, $7.7 million); Mike Thank God For The Decision Miller (Miami: two years, $12.8 million); Drew Thanks, John Hammond! Gooden (Milwaukee: two years, $13.4 million); Linas Thanks, Bryan Colangelo! Kleiza (Toronto: one year, $4.6 million); Royce I Couldnt Even Play One Minute And Earn My Own Basketball-Reference.com Page White (Philly: one year, $1.7 million buyout); Tyrus Thanks, MJ! Thomas (Charlotte: two years, $18.1 million); and Mike There Was Never One Minute When This Contract Was A Good Idea Beasley (Phoenix: $7.1 million buyout stretched over two years).
So, in the past 12 months, another nine NBA players were paid nearly $79 million combined to go away not including Andrew Bynum, who was acquired by Chicago specifically so they could tell him, Go away. If you add up all the amnesty/buyout money from the previous two paragraphs, its nearly as much money as Vivek Ranadive paid for the Kings. I love the NBA.


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The purpose of the memorandum is to provide a general framework for facilitating cooperation between the two institutions in promoting foreign and domestic investments to contribute to ICIEC member States' economic and social development.
ICIEC is a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, created to promote exports from, and foreign direct investment (FDI) into, its member countries.
In 2005, ICIEC developed an investment promotion technical assistance programme aimed at assisting the Bank's 56 member countries with institutional development, sharing best practices, and information dissemination on investment opportunities.
In the area of investment and enterprise, cooperation between UNCTAD and the ICIEC dates back to 2007, when the two organizations launched a series of workshops on investment promotion and protection and began collaborating on FDI statistics.
With a view to strengthening the capacity of ICIEC member States to create an environment conducive to attracting and benefiting from investment, the two organizations will in particular cooperate on:
The MoU was signed in Geneva on 25 June by Mr. Petko Draganov, Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD, and Dr. Abdel Rahman Taha, ICIEC Chief Executive Officer.
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47 — By Capt. Chris Kelly
— September 2000
The Last Fishboat
|An 80-year-old angler is the first in line for the new Cabo 47 Sportfisherman.
Fred Smith's boating career started out like thousands of others'. He took to the water at age 10 aboard his father's rowboat and with rod in hand set out to see what he could catch. Over the years the boats got bigger, the fishing grounds expanded, and the cruising activities took him and his wife Mary up and down the Intracoastal Waterway between Florida and Annapolis, Maryland, and oftentimes out to the Bahamas.
The difference between Smith and most other boaters, however, is that he's been at it for 70 years, and the boats he's owned were built by some of the great names in wooden boatbuilding, Wheeler and Matthews among them. Even though these were followed by a 20-year flirtation with sailing, he returned to the powerboat fold with a 42-foot Uniflite, a 38-foot Blackfin, and then a 27-foot Boston Whaler.
If you look at this downsizing trend, you might think this energetic octogenarian was ready to pick up another rowboat and return to his roots. But not Smith. Given his and his wife's penchant for cruising and fishing the Bahamas, Smith realized he needed to upsize again. In November 1998 he purchased his first Cabo, a 35-foot Convertible. He was impressed with the boat's quality and dry ride but needed more room for guests. So when Doc Austin, president of HMY Yacht Sales in Dania, Florida, told him about the new 47 Cabo coming down the ways, Smith was first in line. And the rest, as they say, is history.
According to Cabo sales manager Greg Borque, the yard spent two years developing the 47. "We built a hull and deck with no interior and filled it with 55-gallon drums to create a life-size tank test. We pumped water between the drums, ran the boat, and found the optimum center of gravity and horsepower combination. We didn't go any further until we had this nailed down." Borque says Cabo then finished the job by designing an innovative interior with a watchful eye on weight. The hull bottom is solid FRP, but the hull sides and decks are of Corecell foam sandwiched between layers of FRP and bonded using vacuum bagging. The result is a strong 50-footer with a dry weight of just 42,000 pounds.
The 47 sports the usual fishing accoutrements but with several innovations. For example, the seven-foot-long in-sole fishboxes on either side of the cockpit have split hatches with gas-assisted struts so they're easy to open when you're boating smaller quarry like dolphin and kingfish. But if you need to stow a big one, you can easily remove the entire hatch. The 50-gallon livewell on the transom is waist high for easy access and lit for nighttime use. There's thick inwale padding on all three sides and good nonskid decking. Forward and to port, the 47 has the typical bait-prep center with sink and freezer next to the centerline engine room door. Decidedly atypical is the electrical console to starboard. Here, just beneath a stowage box are all the switches you need to run the cockpit–fresh- and raw-water pumps, livewell pump, cockpit lights, and even macerator pumps for the fishboxes–all clearly labeled.
This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.