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AC Milan announced on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with Manchester City to sign Italy striker Mario Balotelli from the English champions.
However, City declined to comment on reports that a deal had been struck for the 22-year-old forward, who joined the Premier League club from Milan's city rival Inter in 2010.
"An agreement has been reached with Manchester City, Balotelli will have a medical tomorrow and then sign," Milan director Umberto Gandini told The Associated Press. "If he doesn't pass the medical, it won't happen."
Italian media reported that Balotelli would sign a four-and-a-half-year deal with Milan through 2017, bringing an end to a turbulent two-and-a-half years in English football.
Italy coach Cesare Prandelli believes Balotelli would be making the right move. "Now a lot depends on him. He has everything he needs to show his true worth," Prandelli told Italian news agency ANSA.
"It's what Mario was looking for. He's gone to a club which knows how to work with young players, including all the aspects off the pitch. Now it's up to him."
Reports said that Milan will pay Euro20 million (US$27 million) plus bonuses for Balotelli, who will be taking a pay cut to move to the club he has supported since childhood.
Just three days ago, Milan vice president Adriano Galliani said City was sticking firm to its asking price of Euro37 million (US$50 million) for Balotelli.
Although the news pages of Milan's website made no comment on the move, the club's online shop has already started selling shirts with Balotelli's name on.
Balotelli, who will link up with fellow Italy striker Stephan El Shaarawy at Milan, progressed through the ranks at Inter - where he caused outrage by putting on a Milan shirt during an appearance on a national television show in March 2010.
He has never been far from the headlines for his antics off the field at City either and was recently involved in a training-ground altercation with Mancini.
Earlier this month, Milan president Silvio Berlusconi said the club would not be signing Balotelli, saying "if you put a bad apple in the changing room it can infect everyone."
Balotelli will not be available for Milan's Champions League last-16 matches against Barcelona in February and March, having already played in the competition for City. He could face his former club Inter for the first time in the Milan derby on Feb. 24.
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Check out that reg list!!!
I can't wait till tomorrow to spectate / help out / photograph / imagine blasting 500+ feet.
This is also the first tourney at Patapsco with the permanent C pins in. Local big gun Shawn Johnson won the 9 free sparkle green baskets at worlds and donated them to the course. The remaining 9 were funded by donations and powder coated the same color. The course has been dubbed the "Green Monster" or even the "Big Johnson". I'm looking forward to seeing what the big names on tour can do at Maryland's toughest course.

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It was the awkward kiss seen around the world.
Actor Jesse Heiman, who starred in the GoDaddy Super Bowl ad with supermodel Bar Refaeli, told Ryan Seacrest that the sloppy makeout session was like "kissing paradise" and "God's hands."
In an interview with Seacrest, Heiman said each take lasted about 18 seconds and "we did 45-65 takes."
Heiman, 34, has had numerous small roles in movies and television shows. He told TMZ that his life has completely changed in the past week, with many new job offers.
But it's not all about business.
"I have girls run up to me and take pictures with me, tweet me for dates," he said.


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Some people have mood rings, Johnny Weir prefers mood hair. After posting a picture of his colorful new do via Twitter last week, the Olympic skater has revealed the inspiration of his latest look: Sex and the City 2! "The book is pink, the game is pink, I've [even] got [pink] make-up on myself," he told PEOPLE at the film's world premiere Monday night at New York's Radio City Music Hall. But it looks like the rosy hue will be around for about as long as one of Samantha's boyfriends. "It's just for [the premiere]. I'll change it next week. I'm going baby blue — you heard it here first!" As for the SATC girl he relates to most, the fan has a little trouble choosing. "I think of myself as a Carrie but everyone thinks they're a Carrie. I have a lot of Charlotte in me, I'm very uptight in many ways, and I've got some Samantha in me too though." –Shruti Dhalwala


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OAKLAND — An 18-year-old Richmond man was killed Monday night in a drive-by shooting in East Oakland, police said.
An AC Transit bus window was shattered by a stray bullet in the shooting, but no one on the bus was injured, police said.
Some residences and parked vehicles were also hit by gunfire but no injuries were reported.
The name of the man killed was not released, pending notification of relatives.
Police said that in addition to Richmond, the man also had addresses in Oakland and Antioch.
The shooting happened about 9: 50 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Parker Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. The man slain was standing on the corner when a car turned onto MacArthur from Parker and at least one of the vehicle's occupants opened fire on the man.
More than 20 shots were fired, police said.
The car drove away and the man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Officer Jason Andersen said police don't have a motive yet and no arrests have been made.
The killing was Oakland's 33rd homicide so far this year. Last year at this time, there were 43 homicides in the city.
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest. Anyone with information may call investigators at 510-238-3821 or the tip line at 510-773-2805.


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Staff Council administers and coordinates the activities of numerous service committees, including the many Bonfils blood drives on campus and the annual campus coat drive. Staff Council also invests time and effort to recognize and appreciate the hard work of all staff with the annual fall breakfast and the spring luncheon.
As its elections approach, I ask all classified and professional exempt staff to consider becoming involved with Staff Council. Further, I encourage all supervisors to discuss the importance of this service with their employees and to provide the support and encouragement necessary for such service.
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Unfortunately, American Hustle is no masterpiece. In fact, it's a bore. It's a fictionalized account of Abscam, a late 1970s-early 1980s FBI sting which, in real life, resulted in convictions for about a half-dozen members of Congress (including a Senator).
Great. Here in the movies, it's an excuse for Russell to get together with his pals—all the stars with names above the title have worked with Russell before, save Renner—and have their characters shout at each other while the camera moves quickly and often.
It's exhausting. There are no stakes. There are wigs and braless dresses and fat suits and perms. There is nothing resembling a compelling character or story.
Indulge me for a moment: Remember Bob Fosse's All That Jazz (1979)? In it, the always-underappreciated Roy Scheider plays Joe Gideon, Fosse's alter ego. At some point, Gideon has a massive heart attack and is supposed to be recovering in a hospital. No excitement. No vigor. No nothing.
Instead, Gideon has over friends, swills champagne, secretly smokes cigarettes in the bathroom and gets his assistant editor to walk around topless. He's having a ball at the expense of his health.
That's American Hustle. Working with old friends and colleagues? Grand. The finished product—the reason they're together? Meh (and that's being generous—after all, it's goddamn Christmas).
American Hustle has the bones of a good movie. Bale (doing a ham-fisted Robert De Niro-lite, if two such opposing choices can live within one performance) is Irving Rosenfeld, a Bronx-born dry cleaner-owner and con man who scams dopes into giving him money with false promises of providing big loans. He's joined by Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) a con woman who fakes an English accent and lures the dopes with her good looks.
Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper) is a low-level FBI agent who's on to Sydney's game. He arrests her. In order to avoid prison, she agrees to help Richie set up a sting. She gets Rosenfeld to help. He and Richie hate each other. Shouting ensues!
Then there's Lawrence. In a classic case of miscasting, she's a mid-30s shrew of a housewife, married to Rosenfeld and determined to make his life difficult. And despite her miscasting, she's good—Lawrence has the talent—but there's just nothing believable about her marriage to Rosenfeld, her jealousy of Sydney, and the way she plays him to get what she wants.
Oh, and Renner is the mayor Camden, NJ. He's modeled, sort of, on then-mayor Angelo Errichetti, whom he looks nothing like. But he does some shouting (a Russell mainstay).
Maybe American Hustle is itself a hustle. Maybe the filmmakers, including Russell and co-writer Eric Singer, got together and said, "Hey, we'll do this movie with big stars. And then we won't give them anything to do. But we'll move the camera a lot and we'll have them scream at the tops of their lungs, and everyone will think we made art."
That's a big maybe; the screenplay's authors have an "and" between their names, indicating they didn't collaborate. Maybe Russell conned himself into thinking he made a great movie. In reality, it's dull. There are entire scenes when Adams stands there with nothing to do. And it also has a garish trick ending that's straight from the school of lazy plotting.
One bright note: Comedian Louis CK plays Cooper's haggard boss, and he's excellent. He's the one person not in on the joke, playing his character straight and hitting the right tone. Something's amiss when Louis CK, a fine actor in his own right but with limited experience, makes the seasoned pros look like goofs.
Skip American Hustle. Re-watch Goodfellas.
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Archinect - News 2017-09-26T18:00:06-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/63167608/editor-s-picks-293 Editor's Picks #293 Nam Henderson 2012-12-11T02:07:00-05:00 >2012-12-12T12:26:32-05:00
For the latest in the Showcase series Archinect featured Villa Solaire by JKA + FUGA as well as Folkwang Library by Max Dudler. The Folkwang Library took advantage of a special photographic/glazing technique to create the illusion of the facade being fashioned from the stone material itself. Save Western pointed out "It looks like the original proposal was for actual marble, which came back astronomically expensive, so they VE'd to curtain wall instead."

 For the latest in the Showcase series Archinect featured Villa Solaire by JKA + FUGA as well as Folkwang Library by Max Dudler.

 Villa Solaire in Pied de La Plagne, Morzine, France is an ancient farmhouse converted into a luxury rental villa. The project made use of a traditional technique of decorative cut-outs within the wood strips resulting in a uniform perforated cladding, which wraps the whole facade.

 The Folkwang Library located in Essen-Werden, Germany is an institutional project which , combined musicological programs/collections from three institutions under one roof. The Folkwang Library also took advantage of a special photographic/glazing technique to create the illusion of the facade being fashioned from the stone material itself.

 royc commented "it's a bit too literal of a reinterpretation for me...I love the knife edge though, it's nicely done. I'd be really interested to see the interior of that space, with the stairs/atrium". Save Western pointed out ...


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The team at SMALLJOES hope that you and your families had a wonderful Christmas holiday. They wish for you a happy, peaceful, and prosperous 2013. Also, they'd like to extend their thanks to you once again for your patronage last year as they look forward to a new year of providing great products for this hobby that we all love.
2012 was a slow year for GI JOE product. However, a new year will see new GI JOE products back on our shelves. The first new assortments for the GI JOE: Retaliation movie will be landing in February. SmallJoes have these available for pre-order now.
As usual, SmallJoes have the latest GI JOE comic books for your reading pleasure. GI JOE main series, Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow, COBRA, and A Real American Hero. Back issues are also available for most titles dating back to the Devil's Due run. SmallJoes also have all of the trade paperbacks from the classic Marvel run penned by Larry Hama.
Many of you have been asking about it and SmallJoes is pleased to announce that the APEX action figure display case is back in stock! They've made some improvements to the tooling which results in the the cases being as crystal clear as possible. SmallJoes have also improved their shipping packaging for the case to mitigate damage due to negligent handling during shipping. There has never been a better time to get your collection out for display in a dust-free environment!
Hasbro has several assortments of new Marvel Universe 4" figures lined up for a February release. Be sure to check the pre-orders section for all of the upcoming product.
Don't forget to take a look at SmallJoes' clearance section. As of the end of December they've moved even more quality items over to this category. There are some great deals here on 1:6 scale military figures, GI JOE, comic books, and much more. Simply stated, these are products that SmallJoes over-ordered relative to demand. Their error is your gain!


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Elated Eastleigh are enjoying the view from the top of the Skrill Conference South after finally reeling in long-term leaders Bromley.
While the Kent side stumbled yet again, this time beaten 2-1 at Farnborough, the Spitfires were busy beating ten-man Bishops Stortford at the Silverlake Stadium.
Man of the match Ben Wright helped himself to a hat-trick as Richard Hill's men moved a point clear at the top with two games in hand of their rivals.
The Spitfires stuck with the same starting line-up from Tuesday's 1-0 win over Chelmsford. Jai Reason and Jamie Collins featured on the bench after suspension and injury respectively.
The game got off to an indifferent start on a gloriously sunny Spring afternoon. Eastleigh's best early effort was a dangerously swerving Michael Green free kick cleared by the bandaged head of centre-back Callum McNaughton.
Then, on seven minutes, home defender Chris Dillon – starting again in place of Chris Todd – played a sloppy ball out of defence which fell to Harry Baker who fired wide.
But it took the Spitfires just 12 minutes to get their noses in front when CRAIG McALLISTER put the finishing touch to Green's cross from the left.
There was more trouble to come for Stortford.
With McNaughton off having treatment after re-opening a pre-existing head wound, teammate Jordan Brown got himself sent off.
He and Eastleigh right-back Dan Spence went in for a 50-50 ball just to the right of the home dugout. Spence was caught and in some pain, prompting Boston referee Stephen Ross to pull out a straight red for the visiting left back.
Stortford reshuffled by withdrawing Baker and bringing on defender George Allen with 21 minutes gone.
Three minutes later their catastrophic opening to the game took a turn for the better when they equalised with the softest of goals.
With Eastleigh seemingly snoozing in the sunshine, the patched-up McNaughton headed a tame Matt Johnson cross goalwards and ANTHONY CHURCH nipped in front of goalkeeper Ross Flitney to net a shock equaliser.
It was a goal that never should have happened but Eastleigh regained their composure to retake the lead on 32 minutes.
Craig McAllister controlled a long bouncing ball down the middle, looked up and played a perfectly weighted pass into the path of BEN WRIGHT. With at least three visiting defenders helpless to stop him, the on-loan Salisbury striker strode on and flicked the ball past exposed keeper Joe Lumley to make it 2-1.
Half-time: EASTLEIGH 2 BISHOP STORTFORD 1 The game took another surprise twist on 53 minutes when ten-man Stortford unexpectedly levelled again, this time from the penalty spot.
Flitney came tearing out to the edge of his area to deal with the threat of Cliff Akurang on the right.
The striker went down comfortably outside the area but the referee pointed to the spot and booked Flitney.
Skipper REECE PRESTEDGE arrowed a powerful spot kick into Flitney's bottom left-hand corner.
But once again Eastleigh picked themselves up and took the lead for a third time with 57 minutes gone.
Stuart Fleetwood found Spence to the right of goal and the full-back laid it back for WRIGHT to sweep in his second of the game.
On 71 minutes WRIGHT greedily completed his hat-trick at the back stick after Stuart Fleetwood had weaved his way enticingly along the opposite byline and teed him up with a perfect cross.
It was the first time Eastleigh had hit four in the league all season and it so nearly became five two minutes later when Reason, on for Reece Connolly, floated the ball in from the right and Wright caught it superbly on the volley, drawing a smart block from Lumley.
With confidence flooding through the home ranks, Spence went close from distance before Wright departed to a hero's reception to be replaced by Yemi Odubade.
To their credit, the ten-man Bishops never gave up and Michael Richens wasn't too far wide with a bold strike from 25 yards.
With a minute of normal time remaining, Stortford's Church was booked for a foul on Reason on the right edge of the box, but Green couldn't make the most of the free kick.
But by then it was all academic as the title-chasing Spitfires notched up another important win.


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Just read post I made one year ago- the first anniversary of my husband's dire diagnosis and prognosis. He went for his 2 year check-up on Monday. They did bloodwork and because his bilirubin was slightly elevated went ahead and did an MRI too. The MRI results were stable- everything continues to be clear. He has strictures in his duct where the tumor was and where he received massive amounts of radiation. His onclogist thought maybe scar tissue was closing up the duct but MRI shows no evidence of that. He's had a bit of an infection or virus the past week ( a slight fever and fatigue) and he has not followed a very strict non-dairy diet ( lots of ice cream) lately and I think he simply blocked up a little like he did when he had the stent in place. When he had the stent he would get in trouble eating a lot of cheese and milk fat so I'm assuming he will have to continue to be careful because of the strictures in his duct. He feels great right now and his color looks good so I think he's unclogged!! He looks pretty good for a "dead" guy which is what the original prognosis was, 6 months to 2 years!! Good luck to all and enjoy your summer!!! Best wishes, Mary


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Fundamental concepts of Tibco RV Messaging
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Please explain RVD vs RVRD , I am a java developer and use tibco in our server to server communication for our global product , I am always confused with what RVRD really do ? why do we require it ?
Can you cover Tibco EMS in detail ?
I'm really interested in "Using Tibco API in Java". There is really lack of tibrv tutorials in the net.
Please, can you explain Tibco API in C#
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I will try to cover Tibco EMS in detail in my upcoming post but you can also refer this my post difference between Tibco EMS and Tibco Rendezvous for quick reference.
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Sorry I have not used tibco businessworks but will let you know I come across any good link about tibco businessworks.
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Twins look for more leadoff production
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins would like to see more production out of their leadoff spot, as Minnesota's leadoff hitters have combined for an MLB-worst .191 average and .238 on-base percentage entering play on Saturday.
Most of those struggles came when rookie Aaron Hicks began the season as the club's leadoff hitter and hit just .047 (2-for-43) with a .109 on-base percentage in 10 games.
The Twins have been using Brian Dozier and Jamey Carroll atop the lineup since Hicks lost his job as leadoff hitter on April 16. Dozier is hitting .283 with a .313 on-base percentage in 14 starts as leadoff hitter, while Carroll is hitting .250 with a .308 on-base percentage in five games.
"Dozier goes through a little bit of a cycle where he gets a couple hits and gets on base and then has a couple games where the swing starts coming off and he starts hitting the ball up in the air," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "So with him, he just needs to keep the ball out of the air a little better and he'll be fine.
"Jamey Carroll takes a lot of pitches and good things like that. But really, we just don't have a prototype leadoff guy. So we just have to ad-lib with that and hopefully find somebody who can put a good swing on it and get on base."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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- All markets closed for Presidents' Day
- Housing Market Index, 10 a.m. (all times EST)
- Housing Starts, 8:30 a.m.
- Producer Price Index, 8:30 a.m.
- Federal Open Market Committee Minutes, 2 p.m.
- Consumer Price Index, 8:30 a.m.
- Jobless Claims, 8:30 a.m.
- Purchasing Managers Index Manufacturing Index Flash, 8:58 a.m.
- Existing Home Sales, 10 a.m.
- Philadelphia Fed Survey, 10 a.m.
- Leading Indicators, 10 a.m.
- Energy Information Administration Petroleum Status Report, 11 a.m.
- James Bullard, President of the St. Louis Fed (voter), speaks, 12:30 p.m.
- Jerome Powell, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, speaks (time not specified)
This week brings a number of housing indicators, though new-home sales won't be released until next week. One big news item here is that demand has been improving, thus reducing the number of homes for sale. In a Feb. 11 report, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) said fourth-quarter existing-home sales rose by 5% from the previous quarter, and were up 12.1% year over year.
As a result of stronger sales -- and would-be sellers waiting for prices to improve further, instead of listing now -- inventories have fallen remarkably in many areas. At the end of the fourth quarter, 1.82 million existing homes were available for sale -- 21.6% fewer than at the end of 2011, when 2.32 million homes were on the market. Note that unsold inventory is at its lowest level since January 2001, when there were 1.78 million homes for sale.
Improving sales, coupled with low inventory, resulted in rising prices in many metropolitan areas. The NAR reported that, for existing single-family homes, the national median price was $178,900 in the fourth quarter. That's up 10% from $162,600 a year earlier, for the strongest year-over-year increase since a 13.6% jump in the fourth quarter of 2005.
Part of this demand has come from buyers, particularly institutions, snapping up foreclosed homes and other distressed properties, which they then convert into rentals. With that early support for demand boosting prices, the trend may have spurred interest from "conventional" home buyers, who then also entered the market.
The trade group reported that distressed homes accounted for 23% of fourth quarter sales, down from 30% a year ago, reflecting both fewer foreclosures and more demand from mom-and-pop buyers. The "distressed" category includes both foreclosures and short sales generally sold at deep discounts.
The average American is feeling comfortable entering the real estate market, even despite a more general plunge in confidence. According to the Conference Board, the January headline confidence measure took a tumble to 58.6 from 66.7 -- but home-buying intentions remained stable at 5.3%. Six months prior, that figure was 4.6%.
Add in greater affordability, and housing seems likely to remain on an upward trend. Last year the NAR's annual Housing Affordability Index rose to a record high 193.5, up from 186.4 in 2011. The index is calculated on the relationship among median home price, median family income and average effective mortgage interest rate. The higher the index, the stronger household purchasing power.
Going into this week's existing-home-sales report, we can start with the prelude -- the pending-home-sales index. The existing-home-sales report measures a sale when a contract is closed, which occurs a month or two after the contract is signed. The NAR, which compiles both reports, designed the pending-home-sales index to measure home sales when a contract is signed. In this way, it's on par with the Census Bureau's new-home-sales report, which also measures a sale when a contract is signed.
The pending-home-sales index showed a sequential 4.3% dip in December, to 101.7, which the NAR said was due to the aforementioned supply limitations. Still, the reading was 6.9% higher than the 95.1 number seen in December 2011. In November, the index rose 1.6% from the prior month.
We need to look back a month or two, as we don't know when -- or even if -- these contracts will actually close. As a result, predicting the existing-home sales from these data isn't an airtight endeavor. That said, consensus expectations for this week's existing-home-sales report are for 5.09 million homes to be sold at an annual rate, up from 4.94 million in the prior month.
As to the supply limitations reducing the number of sales, NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said, "Supplies of homes costing less than $100,000 are tight in much of the country, especially in the West, so first-time buyers have fewer options." He added, "We expect a seasonal rise of inventory in the spring to help, but a seller's market may be developing. Much of the West is already a seller's market for homes priced under a million dollars, but conditions are much more balanced in the Northeast."
Let's switch gears now and see how much new supply is coming on board with housing starts, due Wednesday. Builders have been feeling much more confident. The Housing Market Index -- a sentiment measure -- will be released Tuesday from the National Association of Home Builders, but we can take a look at last month's report to see where housing starts might be headed.
Homebuilders' sentiment printed at 47 last month -- the second month at its highest level since April 2006. This measure is a diffusion index, wherein "50" is the dividing line between optimism and pessimism. During the depths of the recession, the metric fell to the single digits. So, while builders aren't entirely optimistic, the trend remains in the right direction and shows considerable improvement.
Consensus expectations for housing starts are for 890,000 at an annual rate, down from 954,000 the previous month.
NAHB chief economist David Crowe summed up the housing market at this juncture: "Nearly every measure of housing market strength -- sales, starts, prices, permits and builder confidence -- has been trending upward in recent months and we expect to see gradual but steady growth along these lines in 2013."


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Rosiglitazone in the Treatment of HIV-Associated Hyperlipidemia
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The purpose of this research is to study the effects of rosiglitazone, a drug usually taken for Type II diabetes, on HIV-associated hyperlipidemia. HIV-associated lipodystrophy is a medical condition characterized by gradual changes in the distribution of body fat. The body fat located in the extremities and face disappears while body fat around the abdomen and upper back increases. Certain biochemical changes occur in association with these changes in fat distribution. Lipid levels particularly serum triglycerides are increased. HDL, the "good cholesterol" is decreased. Higher than normal level of insulin or insulin resistance is also found in this condition. This latter condition is one of the hallmarks of Type II diabetes. The protease inhibitors, a class of HIV medications, are associated with the occurrence of HIV-associated lipodystrophy. It has been suggested that a biochemical pathway known as the peripheral peroxisomal activating receptor (PPAR) gamma system is blocked leading to the onset of this condition.
Rosiglitazone is a new drug approved by the FDA in 1999 for the treatment of type II diabetes. It lowers blood sugar by improving insulin resistance, which as mentioned before, is the hallmark of Type II diabetes. It has also been noted to improve blood lipid levels. Rosiglitazone works by stimulating the PPAR gamma system. It is hoped that this drug can turn on the PPAR system and reverse the HIV-associated lipodystrophy syndrome.
|HIV Infections Hyperlipidemia
|Drug: Rosiglitazone
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV-positive with CD4 count > 500 and undetectable viral load
- Treated with protease inhibitors for more than three months
- Serum triglycerides > 400mg/dl
- Clinical diagnosis of HIV-associated lipodystrophy
- No history of type II diabetes
- Fasting blood sugar < 126 mg/dl
- No history of liver disease
- Negative Hepatitis B antigen and Hepatitis C antibody
- Not on the following medications: warfarin, digoxin, nifedipine, erythromycin, cyclosporine or HMG coA-reductase inhibitors
- Hemoglobin > 11g/dl
- Women of childbearing age must consent to barrier contraception
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00006493
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|New York, New York, United States, 10016
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|NCT00006493 History of Changes
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M01RR000096 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|November 14, 2000
|Last Updated:
|June 23, 2005
Keywords provided by National Center for Research Resources (NCRR):
HIV-associated hyperlipidemia
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Crawford gets day of rest in outfield shuffle
LOS ANGELES -- It was notable on Friday when Carl Crawford was dropped to sixth in the batting order as second baseman Dee Gordon more and more shows he can be an igniter in the leadoff spot. Then, on Saturday, Crawford was dropped out of the lineup completely.
The premise of the strategy was straight forward enough. It was just a day of rest for the 32-year-old outfielder.
But with Crawford hitting just .209/.229/.299, that doesn't make it any easier for him.
"I'm just, you know, maintaining," Crawford said. "At least, I'm trying to."
Crawford said he simply checks the lineup upon his arrival to the clubhouse each day. He doesn't have special huddles with the manager to find out what's going on.
"You know, it's a situation where you've just got to take everything in stride and stay positive," he said. "I just come to the field prepared as if I'm going to play. And you pay attention during the game -- you know when you might be coming in.
"I'm trying my best to make the adjustment, to be successful in any situation."
Crawford entered Saturday's 6-3 victory in the eighth inning as a pinch-hitter. He walked and scored on Yasiel Puig's RBI double.
Scott Miller is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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As you begin developing in the cloud, it is common to start with just a single Cloud Server. However, over time as you get more visitors to your site or using your application, you will need to add more resources. In the cloud, you always want to scale your environment horizontally, which means adding more nodes to your configuration. To route traffic to each of these servers, you will need to make sure that you have a Cloud Load Balancer in front of the configuration.
If your website or application has to store all the information from transactions occurring on your site, you'll need to determine what you are going to do about your database. Cloud Databases can connect to your web servers to help store this transaction data.
Similar to a home computer's hard drive, there is a certain amount of cloud storage associated with each Cloud Server. As you begin to fill that storage space, you have a couple options to expand your storage to keep your files and media. Cloud Block Storage is a way to bolt on additional storage to your Cloud Server, allowing you to increase your storage capacity without having to increase your compute power.
Another way to increase your data storage is to use Cloud Files, which gives you several different advantages. First, this is an excellent place to store your backups (which you should always be taking) because it is a location that is off of your server. Second, by storing frequently accessed static content in Cloud Files, you can take advantage of the Content Delivery Network (CDN). The CDN is a group of geographically dispersed servers that delivers your static content to the end user from an endpoint that is physically closer to them, resulting in faster times to serve the content.
Finally, we have an option that is a big differentiator to round out the complete Rackspace Cloud solution, and allows you to connect a dedicated server configuration to a cloud configuration: RackConnect. Whether you are growing and would like to have a dedicated server presence, or you must have dedicated servers due to compliance requirements for your particular business, RackConnect is a way to have that layer of your configuration on dedicated gear while taking advantage of the elasticity of the cloud.
The best part of the Rackspace Cloud ecosystem is that it is all built on top of our world class Fanatical Support. That's what Rackspace is all about; we are here support you and your company so you can focus on your business. You can see that the cloud is truly a complete ecosystem. With some of the products we have here powered by OpenStack, we hope to provide our customers the power to build complete solutions for their site or application.
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Clive Palmer's political ambitions in Queensland have been dealt a major blow after a bitter falling out with state leader Alex Douglas.
Dr Douglas announced plans to quit the Palmer United Party (PUP) on Monday, citing concerns with the party's pre-selection process.
Soon after, former Liberal Party Queensland vice-president and adviser to Mr Palmer Jim MacAnally was announced as PUP's candidate in the Gold Coast seat of Burleigh.
Mr MacAnally was caught on tape this year asking a Liberal National Party (LNP) MP what he would have to offer him to join Mr Palmer's party.
In a statement, Dr Douglas said he did not support "jobs for the boys" and he couldn't support actions that went against his principles.
"I regret that I have had to take these actions, but I am reliably informed that a list of pre-selected candidates for the Queensland state election will be announced today," he said.
"I have had no involvement in the pre-selection of candidates.
"From my understanding, this process does not reflect principles which I firmly support."
Mr Palmer suggested the Member for Gaven quit over ties with the Katter party.
"Well Alex is Bob Katter's nephew, you know, and he's had a strong undercurrent pressure from his uncle to join the Katter party for a long time," the mining billionaire and federal MP told ABC radio.
Dr Douglas joined the PUP after resigning from the LNP in November 2012 following disagreements with the premier.
His decision to quit PUP leaves fellow LNP defector Carl Judge as the party's Queensland leader and only member of parliament.
Mr Judge said he spoke briefly to Dr Douglas before his announcement on Monday but it was up to his former colleague to elaborate on his reasons for quitting.
"I respect Dr Douglas. I'm disappointed in the decision that he's taken, but that's been done now," Mr Judge told AAP.
"It's a challenge that we'll overcome and we'll concentrate on the task at hand."
The Member for Yeerongpilly confirmed he would contest Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie's Sunshine Coast seat of Kawana at next year's election.
He said Mr Bleijie, along with the premier, had let down Queenslanders.
Dr Douglas is expected to address reporters at his electorate office on Tuesday morning.
Dr Douglas's resignation coincides with a slide in popularity at the polls for the PUP in the state.
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SANTA CLARA — Shares of Marvell Technology plunged Wednesday after the company was hit with a $1.17 billion verdict in a patent case.
A jury in Pennsylvania found that Marvell had infringed patents held by Carnegie Mellon University. Worse yet for Marvell, the jury found that the semiconductor company's conduct was willful, which could allow the judge in the case to impose damages that are three times the jury's verdict.
Marvell's stock closed regular trading down 85 cents, or 10 percent, to $7.40. Its shares were off another 21 cents, or 2.8 percent, in after-hours trading.
"We take special pride in this trial victory," said Peter J. Kalis, chairman of K&L Gates, the law firm that represented Carnegie Mellon.
Representatives for Marvell did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
The patents at issue in the case covered technology used in hard-disk drives. The technology allows chips to more accurately read data stored on high-speed drives. The jury found that Marvell, which has its headquarters in Santa Clara but is legally based in Bermuda, had used the patented technology in billions of its chips without licensing it from Carnegie Mellon.
The case was heard in Pittsburgh's U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
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Chinese love casinos. Macau is now six times as large as Las Vegas.
Nomura Securities analysts Harry C. Curtis, Louise Cheung and Brian H. Dobson think gaming revenue during the October Golden Week this year grew faster than expected. Both mass market and VIP segments held up well:
Gaming revenues in the first six days of October imply MOP32.5-33.5bn for the month, or up ~18-22% YoY vs. consensus of ~16-21%.
The average daily table win for the Golden week period ended October 6 was HKD1.679bn vs. prior year period's HKD1.22bn, so a strong ~30% increase.
Mass headcount and play levels remain strong, which we think should continue. We estimate mass table revenues could be up 31-34% YoY for the month, which is just above recent trend of 30-32%. [Barron's: mass market is the revenue driver this year.]
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Internet and digital technologies are transforming the way we live and work today. New technologies are transforming how we share information, make relationships and make decisions.
It was just in the 1980's, when message centers still existed and businesses manually collected all telephone messages. We will skip the steps in between, like the answering machine, but now we have VOIP that sends our voicemail directly to our email inbox. We can be anywhere in the world, including at home by the pool and collect our telephone messages instantly, from our laptops or hand held devices.
Our global teams usually communicate through instant messaging. We Collaborate real time with each other for insights, information and answers. Your team member could be in Dublin while you live in Toronto. Instant information from 3000 miles away. You might just as well be in the office next door.
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The Osprey Brand Team, a group of 10 ambassadors reporting from the field at consumer outdoor events across the country as well as reporting on adventures in their own neck of the woods, checks in with bike racer and brand team member, James Whitesides. Here James describes the enormously active (and slightly contentious!) Pacific Northwest cyclocross scene…
Come to Seattle because good fun is being had by everyone in the PNWCX scene! If you don't know what that is don't worry; Scotty came up with it last month for our beer cozies. Rivalries have been restarted, racing has been fast (and big), and we are just about to get some real rain. After spending the better part of four days in Las Vegas at Interbike it has been great to be home and enjoying our trails and racing. Lots of people are sure that the Northwest is rainy and nasty in the winter but being from the MItten I find it to be much more enjoyable than everyone lets on. As the days get shorter out come the lights and the knobbies and everyone gets their lube on nice and thick.
Nick and I started sampling the joys of fall and winter riding here in the northwest last week at Tiger Mountain State Forest. Logging constantly disrupts our use of the trails, and we are forced onto about 1/16th of the parks trail system to stop "erosion" caused by mountain bikes. I find it a little hard to swallow some of the vitriol that greets us every time we run into hikers on trails that are designated multi use when they have just walked through a massive clear-cut to get to the trail we are riding in the trees.
Luckily, Nick and I only saw one other soul out there and he was cruising up to the top of the hill to ride the Preston Trail down and up (not the usual exit) thanks to a closure so we knew that there would be little to distract us from some great riding in the rain. I had the Talon packed with my camera and we played around with shooting a few poor quality movies just for the heck of it. Nothing like tight rooty single track in the wet! Only two and a half hours of riding and I was sore that night. I realized that I hadn't ridden over an hour since the Rapha ride in the middle of September!
Despite a little mountain biking, Cyclocross (CX) has been dominating my riding schedule lately and I am finally having consistent races. As of today I am 4th in the MFG Cat 3 field after three races and I think I might be able to get that top step with a little bit of luck. I raced the Cross Crusade race in Rainier, OR this weekend and I am more than impressed with what they bring to the table. If anyone doubts that Oregon is the heart of CX in the good ol' US of A then they need to take a look at the result sheets.
Our biggest races in WA bring out 900 people for the day. Their average is around 1200 and they just held the biggest CX race ever with about 1450 racers. That's a lot of people! Not only do they have a ton of racers but they also make it feel a lot more like Europe than anywhere else I have raced. However, we did steal the Grail de Grunge this weekend with a fine showing on Saturday in Seattle and a little bit of craziness on Sunday. There will be a lot of talk over the next week in the blogosphere about how crazy seven guys from Seattle are for stealing the cup from right under the noses of a guy with a sledgehammer. If you doubt my story go check out the pictures on the Cross Crusade site. I can only say that I acted in the heat of the moment and we are all lucky that no one really got hurt (except Brett but he only bled for ten minutes). People are keen to defend the honor of the their cross scenes! I hope that means we are going to see a more consolidated racing schedule over the next couple of years where SCX, MFG and the Cross Crusade work together for the betterment of each series.
Ed.'s note: Check out this story and video on Wend for a better idea of what James is describing!
Driving home from Seattle all of us were stoked to talk about some long rides this winter and we are all planning on doing some long races this winter. After seeing the new hydration pack online and the Flapjack at Interbike (Thanks Osprey for supporting Bike Hugger) I am really excited to test the new stuff and I am already dreaming up ways to abuse some packs!
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April 21, 2011
Doug Anderson, senior vice president, Research and Thought Leadership, The Nielsen Company, and Radha Subramanyam, senior vice president, Media Analytics, The Nielsen Company, discussed the New American Family and explored the demographic characteristics, trends, and roles in this new family structure and how this influences media behaviors today and in the future.
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Death to debt: Veterinarians are not alone in the debt debacle
According to the October 2012 issue of JAVMA, 52 percent of 2012 veterinary graduates are entering their beloved career with more than $140,000 in student loans. Now consider an average starting salary of $57,566 for the same year's graduates (a decrease from 2011). For the majority of students, that amounts to a debt-to-starting-salary ratio of roughly 2.5. Now figure in the compounding interest on the student loans (even small percentages of large sums add up to big dollars) and you have a good feel for the boat we're in. Are your socks getting wet?
Most of you who graduated in the last five years are living that burden every day. And now I hear we're building some more veterinary schools and increasing class sizes. Good idea! (Pardon my sarcasm.)We are not alone
When veterinarians are stuck, sometimes we need look to human medicine for reference. Granted, veterinarians are smarter, more talented, more physically attractive and—well, just better all around.
Having set those differences aside, though, I was allowed an interview with Julie Fresne, director of student financial services for the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). With more than 20 years of experience working with student loans, Fresne proved to be a wonderful resource and a medical student debt guru. Her department's mission is "to empower medical students to borrow wisely and repay responsibly" by helping to educate medical school administrators, students and residents. During our conversation I couldn't help but picture a scholarly, yet fierce student-debt superhero blasting lasers at loan sheets and eating a fresh bowl of crunchy, chopped-up credit cards.
We started off with some rough number comparisons. The AAMC reports a median medical student debt of $170,000 for all 2012 graduates, which is a 5 percent increase from the $162,000 reported for 2011 graduates (ours was about 6 percent). Those numbers represent the 86 percent of medical students (compared with 89 percent of veterinary students) who graduate with debt, including debt accrued during undergraduate studies. With 62 percent of medical students over the $150,000 mark, our two professions are no strangers to debt.
Student outreach
Fresne shared that on an individual medical school basis, various initiatives have been tried to reduce this burden—with mixed success. Fresne's mission involves outreach to each medical student, which she accomplishes in two main forms. The AAMC maintains a heavily circulated website containing detailed facts and figures for current and prospective medical students. "Most of our schools provide on-site sessions with groups of medical school students at the beginning of their education," Fresne says. She also notes that a key time for her department to drive home its message is during the exit sessions at graduation time, "When students actually start paying attention to the debt!"
She adds, "We are concerned about the problem. We are worried that the perceived cost of debt may drive students away from medical school. Fortunately there are more repayment options available, such as the income-based repayment (IBR) plan. And pay-as-you-earn (PAYE), which will be available next year."
I asked whether the AAMC has any data on the length of time that medical students are burdened by their debt. Unfortunately, there's no comprehensive data at this time, and I believe that's a big indicator that the problem has only recently started to get out of hand. Since this wasn't as much of an issue in the past, why would anyone have bothered to gather those figures? Fresne clarified by explaining, "The landscape has changed so dramatically over the last 20 years. Also 20 years ago, the debt was substantially less. Probably few of those students are struggling to pay down student debt."


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N.J. homeowners hurt by Sandy should think about how they rebuild
After the storm comes the rebuilding. And in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, some are arguing that just replacing what was lost won't be good enough.
Developer Bernie Stone of Stone Chase Properties says people rebuilding after Sandy need to use stronger materials - unless they want to face the same problems after the next big storm.
"One of the most important things to do is hurricane glass," he said.
The alternative, plywood, probably isn't practical for most people whose shore home is not their primary dwelling.
"Are you going to run down there in the face of the hurricane to put up your plywood walls to protect your glass?"
Stone says that using six-inch studs when framing up a house, instead of the standard four-inch studs, also helps when Mother Nature unleashes her fury.
Finally, he said, Sandy gave a good measure of just how much damage winds can do, and how high flooding can go in a given location. People should use that knowledge when designing a replacement house.
"you want to go and be sure your product is on pilings and the whole thing is tied together from top to bottom, all the way over the roof because it's that tremendous sucking power the hurricane causes kinda lifts as the wind hits the building it also lifts and that's when things start to blow apart."
Insurance companies are asking for these types of upgrades before they'll cover new construction in shore areas.
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The Sweet Appeal of Consistency
A tastier California navel orange will hit the market this season, thanks to seven years of consumer research that has resulted in the all-new California StandardTM.
The California StandardTM is the new standard by which all California navels will be measured, in an effort to ensure a better navel orange eating experience and better sales results.
Previously, California navels were required to meet a ratio measurement, which the industry has now shown to be an ineffective predictor of eating quality. The new California StandardTM instead measures the balance between brix (sweetness) and acidity, which is a superior indicator of sweetness and taste.
Through field testing, it is anticipated that The California StandardTM will significantly improve eating quality and sales, without impacting availability.
"We realized that we needed to strengthen our position in the marketplace and pay as much attention to the inside of the fruit as we have to the outside," noted Joel Nelsen, president of California Citrus Mutual. "We, as an industry, took it upon ourselves to do the research, and find a solution that will benefit the grower and the consumer. The California StandardTM is that solution."
The California StandardTM is the result of consumer research conducted by California Citrus Mutual, the California Citrus Research Board, the University of California and USDA/Agricultural Research Service. The taste studies concluded that Brix minus Acid is a better predictor of flavor than the previous sugar-to-acid ratios. The new Standard was recommended by the California Citrus Mutual, supported by the citrus industry and ultimately adopted into regulation by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
For California Citrus Mutual board chairman Tom Wollenman, The California StandardTM
means that "consumers will receive a product early in the season that has a higher level
of flavor acceptability. A better indicator of good flavor is the essence of the Standard."
Technically, the formula for The California StandardTM is (Brix (TA*4))*16.5. What that means for the broker, the retailer and the consumer is a navel orange that is tastier and more consistently tastier, Nelsen added.
The consumer-based research documented several key points that led to the development and adoption of The California StandardTM.
Competition in the produce aisle has increased and fresh fruit consumption has increased, while fresh orange consumption has dropped
Early season navels tend to have low customer satisfaction
A positive eating experience would cause 65% of consumers to eat more navels
The California StandardTM replaces 35% of less-tasty fruit with fruit that meets consumer expectations
The California StandardTM exhibits a 90%+ accuracy in determining purchase intent.
"With The California StandardTM we can deliver good fruit at the first delivery, to shorten the repurchase cycle and improve sales," Nelsen concluded. "It's all about better fruit at the right time."
For information about The California StandardTM, visit www.thecaliforniastandard.com or contact Joel Nelsen at California Citrus Mutual, 559-592-3790; cell, 559-799-7736.
California Citrus Mutual is a non-profit association of citrus growers, with approximately 2,200 members representing 60 percent of California's 273,000-acre, $2 billion citrus industry. The mission of California Citrus Mutual is to inform, educate, and advocate on behalf of growers to promote a healthy, viable and sustainable California citrus industry. The Exeter, California-based organization was founded in 1977.


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Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University are interested in what happens when they squeeze particles that are very, very small – on the scale of a thousand times smaller than a red blood cell. In a computer simulation, a silicon nanoparticle (blue atoms) is being compressed by a sea of argon (green) atoms. This image shows the view from inside a Si nanoparticle. These calculations, along with experiments, both show changes in the way light is emitted when a silicon nanoparticle is under high pressure.
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10th Annual Sugar Bowl Classic ~ January 1, 1944
That's what Frank Broyles remembers of the turning point in the 1944 Sugar Bowl - though it didn't manifest itself until later.
The crucial play came on Georgia Tech's first series - after Tulsa took a 6-0 lead on a 15-yard pass from Clyde LeForce to Ed Shedlosky - when halfback Eddie Prokop, blocking for Broyles, was rushed by the one -armed guard Ellis Jones. One the collision, Prokop took an accidental crack to the face. "We didn't have big face-guards then," Broyles, who played both halfback and fullback, recalled. "I looked at Eddie, with his bloodied mouth already beginning to swell, and it was plain he was as angry as anybody had ever seen him.
"'Give me that ball,' he told us. That may have been the biggest play of the game."
It didn't seem so at first, but it was as if a long-burning fuse had been lit.
Tulsa was ahead 18-7 at the half, but Broyles said the Yellow Jackets were still steaming about the shot to Prokop, who began punching out yards at every point of the defense. Tech, though, couldn't sustain anything.
Tulsa's Jimmy Ford faked a pass and then found a hole at right tackle. He veered to the sideline, then went 76 yards with the Tech defense in faint pursuit. It was the longest run from scrimmage in the 10 Sugar Bowl games and staked the Hurricane to a 12-0 lead as LeForce missed his second extra point.
Tech immediately answered with a 12-play drive. Broyles went in from the 1. Prokop converted.
Ford made his presence felt again when, shortly after the Tech touchdown, he launched a 68-yard punt that flew over Broyles and went out at the 'Jackets' 6. Broyles tried to kick it back out of the danger zone, but the weak snap grazed the leg of a blocking back and the ball came to rest at the 1. After a delay penalty, LeForce, who was sent in to kick the PAT before the touchdown was even scored, sliced off tackle for the touchdown.
"I thought (Hurricane) Barney White recovered for a touchdown," a sheepish Coach Henry Frnka said later of the scramble at the 1 for the loose ball. "It looked to me as if one official raised his arms. I sent LeForce in to try the extra point, and I was as much surprised as anyone to see us draw a five-yard penalty for excessive time. Of course, LeForce scored from the 6, but if Tech had held us it would have made us look awful dumb. It was no time to substitute, I'll admit."
When it was time to do what he was originally sent in to do, LeForce missed his third PAT, and the score stood at its halftime margin of 18-7.
Prokop pitched Tech back in it when he arched a pass over the straining fingers of defender Camp Wilson to Phil Tinsley, who made the grab, whirled at the 30, found himself alone and went the 46-yard distance. It was a pivotal play because Wilson came so close to intercepting with a chance of putting the Sugar Bowl out of reach for Georgia Tech. Instead the Yellow Jackets were down just 18-13 after a missed Tech PAT.
"Wilson cried after the game over his failure to intercept," Frnka said. "We have a signal on intercepted passes for the men to form in front of the man intercepting. Wilson actually gave the signal, so sure was he that he had the ball. He must've jumped too soon and missed it coming down. He probably missed it by inches. That's how close it was. We all thought he had the ball.
The momentum had switched. "We began having some injuries," said Jones, "and we weren't real deep to being with. Georgia Tech was gaining momentum, you could feel it, but we kind of felt we could hold them off."
They couldn't. On a drive highlighted with laterals and scrambles, Prokop moved Tech to the 4. Tulsa held - for three downs. Ed Scharfscherdt went in and Prokop kicked the extra point to put Georgia Tech in front for good.
Ellis Jones was sobbing on a bench in the Tulsa locker room when Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy walked in and shouted to him, "Buck up, boy. You played well enough to win, but didn't. You gave it a good shot, that's all that counts. These things happen in life." Jones said, "I never forgot that."
The man who got the biggest satisfaction of the day was Eddie Prokop, whose number of carries (43), yards gained rushing (199), and total yards (256) were all Sugar Bowl records.
Recap excerpted from the book "Sugar Bowl Classic: A History" by Marty Mulé, who covered the game and the organization for decades for the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Tulane Stadium
Att: 69,134
Georgia Tech 0 7 6 7 - 20
Tulsa 6 12 0 0 - 18
Tulsa: Ed Shedlosky 15-yard pass from Clyde LeForce (Kick failed)
Tulsa: Jimmy Ford 76-yard run (Kick failed)
GT: Frank Broyles 1-yard run (Eddie Prokop kick)
Tulsa: LeForce 1-yard run (Kick failed)
GT: Phil Tinsley 46-yard pass from Prokop (Kick failed)
GT: Ed Scharfscherdt 1-yard run (Prokop kick)
GT: Eddie Prokop 29-199; Frank Broyles 19-70, 1 TD
Tulsa: Jimmy Ford 14-106, 1 TD; Clyde LeForce 5-51; Smith 5-51
GT: Eddie Prokop 3-14, 57 yards; Frank Broyles 1-2, 26 yards
Tulsa: Clyde LeForce 3-6, 68 yards, 1 TD; Jimmy Ford 2-6, 18 yards
GT: Phil Tinsley 2-54, 1 TD.
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The name of and story behind a beloved local activist, resident and first female Queens County Clerk will never be forgotten.
On Tuesday, August 27, family, friends and elected officials gathered to honor the life of Gloria D'Amico by co-naming Shore Boulevard and 21st Drive in Astoria as "The Honorable Gloria D'Amico Place." The street was chosen because it was where D'Amico lived.
"I was lucky enough to have two mentors – my father, who taught me public service and how to serve people with honest and integrity, and Gloria, who showed me how to get in a position to help people," said Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr.
"She was a trailblazer for women throughout Queens, and I am honored to have been her friend."
D'Amico served as the first female Queens County Clerk for 19 years under which she helped guide the borough to become the first county in the city to implement a jury duty call-in system.
The longtime Astoria resident also served as a board member of the Salah M. Hassanein Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens and was on the board of directors of Shareing and Careing, an agency supporting women with breast cancer. D'Amico passed away in 2010.
"This is a wonderful and special honor for a wonderful and special woman, who deserved not only this type of praise, but more," said the D'Amico family.
Celebrating the life of another woman who made an impact on the borough, on Sunday, August 25, 73rd Street and 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights was co-named "Mary Sarro Way," after a former Community Board 3 (CB3) District Manager and community activist.
Sarro served as the CB 3 district manager for almost 20 years. She helped make way for the borough's first LGBT parade in 1993 and served as Sergeant at Arms for the 115th Precinct Community Council. She also played a large role in creating the 82nd Street Business Improvement District.
- Elmhurst street named for AIDS activist
- Woodside street co-named after beloved community member Lou Rispoli
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Topic: Husband recently diagnosed with CC
My husband was diagnosed last month with CC. He had surgery two weeks ago to try to remove a 6-inch tumor from his right liver lobe, but the surgeon found rice-grain sized cancer spots on the left lobe, so he closed him up. The spots did not show on the CT scans. He also has cancer in his lymph nodes above the pancreas. He is scheduled to start a trial of temsirolimus, capecitabine, and oxaliplatin in about a week. He gets his port on Monday. He had no symptoms other than a vague, intermittent pain on his upper right abdomen that the doctors think was unrelated (he had it off and on for a few years and looking back, we wish his primary care doctor had done an ultrasound, but his labs were normal and he didn't have pain when they pressed on it). His liver enzymes were high in April, so they had him recheck and when they were still elevated, they did the ultrasound, then CT scan and biopsy. So this all came as a big surprise to us. He is 60, and we have a 9 yr. old son who has Type 1 diabetes (he gets 4 shots a day). Looking forward to chatting with you all since there are not many people to talk to who are familiar with this type of cancer.


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Gen-6, Take 4.
Sprint Cup teams will race the new car at its fourth different type of track this weekend as the drivers tackle the high-banked 0.533-mile Bristol Motor Speedway.
The car has been on the high-banked 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway, the flat 1-mile Phoenix International Raceway and the intermediate moderately banked 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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And now it's time for a true short-track test for the car, which has new body styles specific for each manufacturer and new rear downforce and suspension configurations.
But this is Bristol, where the grinding of the top groove created a two-lane race last August where drivers raced in the middle and high lines.
That shouldn't change with the new car.
"Of all the tracks we go to, Bristol will be the least different because it has the banking and aerodynamics are probably the least important," Stewart-Haas Racing driver Ryan Newman said.
Bristol was known for hard, physical racing where drivers needed to bump each other out of the way, but a reconfiguration in 2007 that added progressive banking to the concrete oval never recreated that style.
Instead, drivers could pass with relative ease and even race in three different lanes.
So with lagging attendance, track officials took out some of the banking in the top groove and got the track and style of racing closer to normal, albeit unexpectedly with the lower groove rarely being used.
"I think the mechanical aspects (of these cars) will help the cars at Bristol," said five-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, who won at Bristol in 2010. "The last time there, we were very curious about the grinding and what would happen and what wouldn't.
"The track just changed in some ways and we will just go back and get in a rhythm and see what happens."
The racing is not expected to be much different as the drivers compete for 500 laps on Sunday in the Food City 500.
"I don't think the chassis set up will be much different from last year," said Martin Truex Jr.
If that's true, then drivers who have been good at Bristol should be good again.
"Who knows what we'll get this year with this new car?" said Kurt Busch, who had five wins on the pre-2007 configuration. "It's the same old place where you have to protect your car but at the same time you have to race aggressive to move your way towards the front."
Busch's brother, Kyle, who also has five wins at the track, thinks what a driver needed to be good at Bristol in the past will be the same.
"You have to be on top of your game anywhere, but you've really got to have a good feel of the entry, center and exit, and just make sure you can get your car as free as you can to withstand the back of the car sliding around a little bit," Kyle Busch said.
"But yet you still have to have good forward bite off the corners."
Some drivers will take a simple approach.
"Bristol is always going to be Bristol," Clint Bowyer said. "Everybody loves Bristol."


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Welcome to the emotion and sensation research group.
I have two main areas of scholarly interest. The first is medical psychology or what is often called health psychology. The second is the science of affect.
Within medical psychology, my publications have focused on pain, a universal phenomenon, now regarded by some clinicians as a fifth vital sign, and always a challenge for scholars of the mind. One path of enquiry I have pursued is the language of pain and the clues it holds for underlying pathophysiology and diagnoses of pain syndromes; this research is funded by an R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health. This 2-year project involves multiple clinics (including the University of Texas Health Sciences Center) and is aimed at psychometrically validating a new instrument I have developed called the Pain Descriptor System.
Both in research and teaching, I view a variety of medical ailments as influenced by basic principles of psychosomatics. These go well beyond mere conjunction of psyche and soma to what I call "dynamic interactions" between physical symptoms and affective phenomena such as anxiety, depression, and anger. In the treatment of such conditions, I espouse the use of cognitive-behavioral techniques within a broader interdisciplinary framework for health promotion and disease prevention.
Within the area of affect science, I have proposed a construct called the core of negative affect that encompasses anxiety, depression, and anger. The third element in this triad has been under-researched and is now a primary focus of my attention. Most of my publications on this topic have tackled the problem of maladaptive anger. My recent work in this area focuses on integrative psychotherapy for dysfunctional anger and the assessment of multiple dimensions of anger apparent in clinical cases as well as in everyday life. A cognitive-motivational model is fundamental to the assessment and regulation of anger and it offers a heuristic for the study of other emotional disorders too.
These pursuits address important problems and prospects for improvement in the human condition. They won't bring us immortality or nirvana but they are likely to make us healthier and happier.
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DETROIT (AP) -- Arson and homicide investigators are probing the firebombing of a Detroit family's home Sunday in which one person died and three were critically hurt.
Eight of the nine people inside were injured, police told the Detroit Free Press. The attack happened about 6 a.m. on the city's near east side.
No arrests or suspects were immediately reported.
Detroit police referred an Associated Press request for details to a fire official, who said he did not have any information on the death or degree of injury to those in the house.
Firefighters got a call at 6:10 a.m. Sunday to a house on the city's near east side, said Senior Chief Scott Tederington. He said he knew of five people taken to hospitals, three by emergency medical crews and two by police. No firefighters were reported injured, he said.
Two people were treated at the scene and six were hospitalized, police Cmdr. Steve Dolunt told Detroit media outlets. He said three were in critical condition and three were in serious condition.
"It's pretty bad, but it could have been a lot worse," Dolunt said.
Witnesses said they saw two men drive up to the house and throw a firebomb through the front window, Dolunt said. He said it was a private home for a large family ranging from 29 to 60 years old.
Kita Thomas, 32, said she woke up early Sunday to the sound of crackling and popping, and then saw fire coming from her neighbor's home.
"I ran outside with no shoes or socks, and banged on the doors and windows, trying to wake everybody up," Thomas, a nursing assistant, told The Detroit News.
Thomas said a man and woman were on the second-floor back porch and told her they couldn't go back in the house because it was too smoky. She said the couple threw a key down to her, and she and another neighbor tried unsuccessfully to open the doors just as firefighters arrived.
"It was just chaotic, but the firefighters did a good job this morning, they took care of business," Thomas said.


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Hi ya guys,
Its been time, since being on here. Anyway I have had a seizure at work last week it was more like an aura.. I was secord as i am always secord. My boss didnt help beacuse he made me work through my shift. Today i had two aura.
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In the past year, it has seemed as if, all of a sudden, electronic dance music (EDM) has exploded in popularity. One-time Utah resident Ryan Raddon better known as Kaskade not only became the first EDM artist to headline Los Angeles's STAPLES CENTER in July, but sold out the venue.And artists as different as Taylor Swift, Imagine Dragons and fun. have all incorporated aspects of EDM into their country, rock and pop, respectively.The time is right for Utah-based EDM act Late Night Alumni, which is fronted by singer and lyricist Becky Jean Williams and led by producers John Hancock (who has produced David Archuleta, among other artists), Finn Bjarnson (Pleasant Grove producer who is Kaskade's musical partner) and Kaskake himself. But it didn't happen overnight, Williams said."I think EDM has been growing slowly over the last four decades," she said. "It's just gaining more attention because it's gradually been able to reach more people than it used to. Deejays like Kaskade have been hitting up dance clubs for years, slowly building a following. It's not so much of an explosion as it is the result of years of hard work."Late Night Alumni released its fourth album, "The Beat Becomes a Sound," on Jan. 29, and the album features the quartet's signature down-tempo blend of ethereal vocals, strings, jazzy drum breaks and organic instrumentation blissed out with electronic elements.The group released its debut album in 2005.In addition to 'The Beat Becomes A Sound,' record label Ultra is releasing a six-week video series, featuring Late Night Alumni's performance at the Masonic Temple in Salt Lake City, including unreleased material from the new album along with a plethora of past album hits.The group performed in Kaskade's new homebase San Francisco on Jan. 19, Chicago on Jan. 23, and Washington D.C. on Jan. 25. Williams answered questions about the group, its inspirations and success:Describe your musical partners.I work with three of the most talented producers out there, all of whom have played various instruments over the course of our four-album career. To name them all would take a few paragraphs. Suffice it to say that John Hancock, Finn Bjarnson, and Ryan Raddon are each individually amazing and I'm pretty sure there's nothing they can't do.Where did you get the name for the group?Finn and Ryan came up with the name before bringing John and I on. I think Ryan liked the name "Alumni" and Finn wanted something that referenced the night life scene.What inspires the band?As far as the band goes, we are inspired by a melting pot of genres. Finn and Ryan have been in the EDM scene much longer than John and I. I grew up on folk music and British pop. As the years have gone by, I've found something to love in almost every genre, from Santigold to The Strokes, to Kaskade. We're all over the place. I think that's part of what makes our collective sound so unique and memorable.Does being a Utah-based group help or hinder a music career?I don't feel that it has hindered us really. There isn't as big of an EDM scene in Salt Lake City as in other states, but with today's technology, we've been able to reach the people that want to hear it. I think we could be based anywhere, as long as we could get together often enough to make the music happen.How did you get involved with Kaskade?I think Ryan is always on the look-out for vocalists. Late Night Alumni had already been formed before John and I came on. They'd even tried recording with another vocalist, which didn't end up working out. They heard my voice on a local Christmas compilation and asked me to come into the studio to try my voice over a song. That song was "Empty Streets." That ended up being the first Late Night Alumni song, and things just took off from there. What does your latest album say about the group and its aspirations?I think this last album took more of a concentrated effort to put together since we were all geographically farther apart than we had been for the other albums. Because of that, we all put a little more into it knowing we really wanted to make it work. We'd also decided when we started working on "The Beat Becomes a Sound" that we wanted to start doing live shows. So, getting the music out there was essentially what inspired the theme of the album ... The album happened over the span of a few months in various locations and came together in pieces as a collaboration of beats, melodies, thoughts and emotions. The name of the album references that moment when these previously unspoken things become actual sound waves and enter our lives as tangible ideas to be experienced by others.Why shoot a live video series? We originally planned on filming the live Salt Lake show and putting it out on DVD, but because of business logistics, that got put on hold and the label thought a YouTube series would be the best way to get it out to fans.What does the future hold?Do you have any concerts coming up? Where can one find/buy your album?We are taking a few months off from live shows because I'll be having a baby in May. We should be up and performing again by the end of summer, if all goes well.
Late Night Alumni's "The Beat Becomes a Sound" is now available on iTunes.View their first single Shine and music video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZzM9W7Fjie4Preview the album here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=puS8C_3yMTkView the first episode of their live video series here: http://youtu.be/mKj9mDqMJsM


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Why Sheamus should lose the title now
by, 07-28-2012 at 03:50 PM (9530 Views)
So in the recent Smackdown episode, Alberto Del Rio has won the no1 contenders fatal four way match to be up against Sheamus for the World Heavyweight Championship. I have to say I was surprised he won the battle royal, with the apperant feud happening with Rey Mysterio, a one on one between them would've been the guess but it looks like ADR is still going to be after the title.
On to the Champion, Ever since his Royal Rumble win 7 months ago, I don't think I've seen this guy get beat in a singles or a tag team match, he always seems to come out on top. He's almost on the verge of a backlash from the fans if he keeps on winning, no one likes a face constantly winning, you want a underdog to come against odds and win. Which is why CM Punk works so well, if you watch his matches you see that he takes a beating and doesn't always seem invincible.
Another logical reason to make Sheamus lose the title is to help put over ADR with the crowd. We've talked about several time how ADR isn't working but I believe there is hope for him and winning the title of Sheamus in his next match could be the way forward. WWE are insisting on pushing ADR, so he gets all these title shots, time after time. Now then, what is the point making him lose all his matches for the title to Sheamus. WWE I feel have to do one or the other, stop pushing ADR or give him the title now, the crowd are much more likely to get behind Sheamus if he is chasing the title and hate ADR more if he is winning the WHC by normal heel ways like cheating and interferences.
Makes me wonder where Mysterio fits in the equation if ADR goes for the title, possibly a triple threat. Then you have Randy Orton returning this week and is being reported to get a push and there's also Dolph Ziggler with the MITB briefcase hanging about in the title scene. For a second I had felt WWE had made the right decision into putting ADR in a upper mid card feud with Mysterio, this would be good for ADR's standard for awhile instead of the heavy constant push to the title scene.
I like Randy Orton, I don't find him boring like so many people say he is, When Orton returns, he has to and I repeat, he has to come back as a heel. Orton was best as a heel and the viper thing suited a heel character perfectly. Now when he comes back, he needs to take out Sheamus. Orton is probably the only man in smackdown that can boss around Sheamus, this way Sheamus will become the Underdog I was talking about and fans are much more likely to get behind him if he is put in a intense feud with Orton.
I'm still indifferent about Sheamus, his promos are abit generic, the fella thing and being nice to people just doesn't seem to fit his 'Celtic warrior' character. But I understand WWE need to build the future to be faces and it is much easier to be a heel then a face. I read Triple H is big on Sheamus so we wont stop seeing him in the title scene anytime soon.
I'm not criticising Sheamus but I'm giving a way for him to rise further if WWE are planning to make him one of the top faces if he already isn't one and for me, he isn't one just yet.
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Back Injury Forces Tiger Woods To Withdraw From Notah Begay III Challenge At Turning Stone
A back injury has forced Tiger Woods to withdraw from this week's Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge.
Woods suffered the injury in the final round of the Barclay's tournament this weekend in New Jersey.
Tiger Woods said, "I have spoken to Notah, and I would also like to express my personal regrets to the Oneida Indian Nation, sponsors and fans that I am unable to play in the Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge. Improving health and wellness in Native American children is an important and meaningful cause, and I want to commend Notah for his hard work and diligence. I'm certain it will be a very successful event."
"While we're disappointed Tiger is unable to play in this year's event, the important thing for Tiger is to make sure he's 100 percent healthy and not risk further injuring himself. We appreciate his unwavering support of our mission and look forward to having him with us here at Turning Stone in the future," said Begay. "We are also excited to have a player as talented as Gary Woodland joining the field. He's one of the game's rising young stars and helps us maintain a field that's still our strongest in the six-year history of the NB3 Challenge, one that will help us draw attention to the critical work we're doing in Native communities every day."
Woods is being replaced on Team USA by Gary Woodland who finished tied for second at the Barclay's.
The NB3 Foundation Challenge is a fundraising tournament bringing some of the biggest names in golf to the Turning Stone Resort Casino to raise funds for health and wellness initiatives for Native American youth.
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Topic: Stable after 8 rounds of FOLFIRINOX
We received my husband's CT scan results today. He was diagnosed with intrahepatic CC in October 2011 and had a resection (70 percent of the liver) followed by radiation and Xeloda. In September 2012, he learned the cancer had returned (approximately 20 small tumors in the liver and one affected lymph node) and on November 1, he started on FOLFIRINOX. His late December scan showed stable disease in the liver and shrinkage of the lymph node. This scan showed no change since the January scan and his labs show normal liver function. The doctor is pleased with these results but wants to modify the treatment at this point since FOLFIRINOX has so many side effects. My husband will continue on FU-5 and Irinotecan but will take a break from Oxaliolatin. During our meeting, we also discussed other chemo regimens, clinical trials, chemoemolization and other steps that may be appropriate once this treatment is no longer effective. I was very pleased that the doctor understands our desire to remain proactive.


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Penry endorses Rankin for state senate
No surprise, but Colorado Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry has thrown his support behind Republican Bob Rankin for Senate District 5, a seat currently held by Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmass Village.
"Bob Rankin is not a career politician," Penry says. "He has been very successful in the private sector, growing jobs and creating economic opportunity."
Rankin is a former executive in the aerospace industry and has owned two small businesses in Aspen.
The race is expected to be one of the most highly watched statewide. That and the matchup between appointed Sen. Bruce Whitehead, D-Hesperus, and state Rep. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango. Whitehead was appointed to the seat last year when former state Sen. Jim Isgar, D-Hesperus, resigned to work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Senate District 5 includes Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Mineral, Pitkin, Rio Grande and Saguache counties.