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1356by Bernard Cornwell
"The most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today" (Wall Street Journal) has delivered another blockbuster with this thrilling tale of peril and conquest at the Battle of Poitiers.September 1356. All over France, towns are closing their gates. Crops are burning, and through-out the countryside people are on the alert for danger. The English army--led by the heir to the throne, the Black Prince--is set to invade, while the French, along with their Scottish allies, are ready to hunt them down.But what if there was a weapon that could decide the outcome of the imminent war?Thomas of Hookton, known as le Batard, has orders to uncover the lost sword of Saint Peter, a blade with mystical powers said to grant certain victory to whoever possesses her. The French seek the weapon, too, and so Thomas's quest will be thwarted at every turn by battle and betrayal, by promises made and oaths broken. As the outnumbered English army becomes trapped near Poitiers, Thomas, his troop of archers and men-at-arms, his enemies, and the fate of the sword converge in a maelstrom of violence, action, and heroism.Rich with colorful characters, great adventure, and thrilling conflict, 1356 is a magnificent tale of how the quest for a holy relic with the power to change history may culminate in an epic struggle.
Agincourtby Bernard Cornwell
"The greatest writer of historical adventures today" (Washington Post) tackles his richest, most thrilling subject yet--the heroic tale of Agincourt.Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a cursed past--haunted by what he has failed to do and banished for what he has done. A wanted man in England, he is driven to fight as a mercenary archer in France, where he finds two things he can love: his instincts as a fighting man, and a girl in trouble. Together they survive the notorious massacre at Soissons, an event that shocks all Christendom. With no options left, Hook heads home to England, where his capture means certain death. Instead he is discovered by the young King of England--Henry V himself--and by royal command he takes up the longbow again and dons the cross of Saint George. Hook returns to France as part of the superb army Henry leads in his quest to claim the French crown. But after the English campaign suffers devastating early losses, it becomes clear that Hook and his fellow archers are their king's last resort in a desperate fight against an enemy more daunting than they could ever have imagined. One of the most dramatic victories in British history, the battle of Agincourt--immortalized by Shakespeare in Henry V--pitted undermanned and overwhelmed English forces against a French army determined to keep their crown out of Henry's hands. Here Bernard Cornwell resurrects the legend of the battle and the "band of brothers" who fought it on October 25, 1415. An epic of redemption, Agincourt follows a commoner, a king, and a nation's entire army on an improbable mission to test the will of God and reclaim what is rightfully theirs. From the disasters at the siege of Harfleur to the horrors of the field of Agincourt, this exhilarating story of survival and slaughter is at once a brilliant work of history and a triumph of imagination--Bernard Cornwell at his best.
The Archer's Tale (Grail Quest #1)by Bernard Cornwell
A brutal raid on the quiet coastal English village of Hookton in 1342 leaves but one survivor: a young archer named Thomas. On this terrible dawn, his purpose becomes clear -- to recover a stolen sacred relic and pursue to the ends of the earth the murderous black-clad knight bearing a blue-and-yellow standard, a journey that leads him to the courageous rescue of a beautiful French woman, and sets him on his ultimate quest: the search for the Holy Grail.
Battle Flag (Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles #3)by Bernard Cornwell
Distinguished at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck's career is jeopardized once again by the suspicion and hostility of his brigade commander, General Washington Faulconer. The outcome of this vicious fight drastically changes both men's fortunes and propels AX into the ghastly bloodletting at the Second Battle of Manassas.Evocative and historically accurate, Battle Flag continues Bernard Cornwell's powerful series of Nate's adventures on some of the most decisive battlefields of the American Civil War.
The Bloody Ground (Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles, #4)by Bernard Cornwell
In this fourth, final, and rousing installment of Nathaniel Starbuck's Civil War adventures, Nate is given command of a punishment battalion: a motley collection of cowards, thieves, deserters, and murderers. Setting off to Join General Robert E. Lee's army, Starbuck's men reach Harper's Ferry in time to take part in Stonewall Jackson's capture of the Union garrison. From there, the regiment moves on to the legendary horror of Sharpsburg, beside the Antietam Creek, forever to be remembered as the bloodiest single day of the war. There, Starbuck and his troop will have their courage and commitment tested as never before.
The Burning Land (Saxon Chronicles #5)by Bernard Cornwell
In a clash of heroes, the kingdom is born.At the end of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in ill health; his heir, an untested youth. His enemy, the Danes, having failed to conquer Wessex, now see their chance for victory. Led by the sword of savage warrior Harald Bloodhair, the Viking hordes attack. But Uhtred, Alfred's reluctant warlord, proves his worth, outwitting Harald and handing the Vikings one of their greatest defeats. For Uhtred, the sweetness of victory is soon overshadowed by tragedy. Breaking with Alfred, he joins the Vikings, swearing never again to serve the Saxon king. Instead, he will reclaim his ancestral fortress on the Northumbrian coast. Allied with his old friend Ragnar--and his old foe Haesten--he aims to invade and conquer Wessex itself.Yet fate has different plans. The Danes of East Anglia and the Vikings of Northumbria are plotting the conquest of all Britain. When Alfred's daughter pleads with Uhtred for help, he cannot refuse her request. In a desperate gamble, he takes command of a demoralized Mercian army, leading them in an unforgettable battle on a blood-soaked field beside the Thames.In The Burning Land, Bernard Cornwell, "the reigning king of historical fiction" (USA Today), delivers a rousing saga of Anglo-Saxon England--an irresistible new chapter in his thrilling Saxon Tales, the epic story of the birth of England and the legendary king who made it possible.
Copperhead (Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles #2)by Bernard Cornwell
The beloved Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck returns to the front lines of the Civil War in this second installment of Bernard Cornwell's acclaimed Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles. It is the summer of 1862, and Nate has been bloodied but victorious at the battles of Ball's Bluff and Seven Pines. But he can't escape his Northern roots, and it is only a matter of time until he's accused of being a Yankee spy, pursued, and brutally interrogated. To clear his name, he must find the real traitor--a search that will require extraordinary courage, endurance, and a perilous odyssey through enemy territory.
Crackdownby Bernard Cornwell
Paradise is the perfect escape for ex-Marine Nick Breakspear, captain of a charter yacht operation in the Bahamas, until he agrees to pilot a "detox cruise" for the drug-addled grown son and daughter of a powerful U.S. senator. Ambushed far from port, he is helpless to prevent the murder of a crew member by modern-day pirates who sink Nick's yacht before vanishing with the senator's kids. Having barely eluded death, Nick must immediately set sail for disaster once again. For there's a death to be avenged on the dark side of Eden, the senator is demanding that his lost children be found . . . and the woman Nick loves is being held prisoner by killers somewhere on Murder Cay.
A Crowning Mercy (Crowning Mercy #1)by Bernard Cornwell Susannah Kells
The civil war that is tearing England asunder in the year 1643 has not yet touched Dorcas Slythe, a secretly rebellious young Puritan woman living in the countryside south of London. She aches to escape the safe, pious tyranny of her father--and the opportunity appears with the arrival of Toby Lazender, dashing scion of a powerful royalist family, who awakens her to her passionate destiny. Her adventure truly begins with the discovery of an intricately wrought gold seal--one of four that, when joined, will reveal a great secret. Suddenly grave danger lies before her--not from Cromwell's advancing armies, but from relentless enemies who covet the great treasure to which she now holds the key.
Death of Kings (Saxon Chronicles #6)by Bernard Cornwell
The latest chapter in the epic saga of the making of England, magnificently brought to life by "the reigning king of historical fiction" (USA Today), Bernard Cornwell.As the ninth century wanes, Alfred the Great lies dying, his lifelong goal of a unified England in peril, his kingdom on the brink of chaos. Though his son, Edward, has been named his successor, there are other Saxon claimants to the throne--as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north. Torn between his vows to Alfred and the desire to reclaim his long-lost ancestral lands in the north, Uhtred, Saxon-born and Viking-raised, remains the king's warrior but has sworn no oath to the crown prince. Now he must make a momentous decision that will forever transform his life and the course of history: to take up arms--and Alfred's mantle--or lay down his sword and let his liege's dream of a unified kingdom die along with him. and the course of history: take up arms-and Alfred's mantle-or lay down his sword and allow the dream of a unified kingdom to fall into oblivion. A harrowing story of the power of tribal commitment and the dilemma of divided loyalties, Death of Kings is the latest chapter in the epic saga of the making of England, magnificently brought to life by "the reigning king of historical fiction" (USA Today).
The Empty Throneby Bernard Cornwell
In the battle for power, there can be only one ruler.Britain, early tenth century AD: a time of change. There are new raids by the Vikings from Ireland, and turmoil among the Saxons over the leadership of Mercia. A younger generation is taking over.When Æthelred, the ruler of Mercia, dies, he leaves no legitimate heir. The West Saxons want their king, but Uhtred has long supported Æthelflaed, sister to King Edward of Wessex and widow of Æthelred. Widely loved and respected, Æthelflaed has all the makings of a leader--but can Saxon warriors ever accept a woman as their ruler? The stage is set for rivals to fight for the empty throne.Uhtred is still suffering from wounds he received in battle. To recover his strength he needs to find the sword that caused the injury, but, lost amid the battle's blood and mud, how can it be traced, and who among the Vikings or Saxons may be holding it?In the end it is one champion, one hero, who will destroy the new Viking threat to Mercia--and ultimately decide the fate of England.With this eighth entry in the epic Saxon Tales series, we are reminded once again why New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell is "the most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today" (Wall Street Journal).
Enemy of God: A Novel of Arthur (The Warlord Chronicles, No. 2)by Bernard Cornwell
[Back Cover] With The Winter King, the first volume of his magnificent Warlord Chronicles, Bernard Cornwell established himself as the storyteller who could reinvent the legend of King Arthur for our time. Now with Enemy of God, Cornwell's magical re-creation continues. Having defeated the last holdouts of civil war in southern Britain, Arthur has secured Mordred's throne. But he must still face raging conflicts between the old ways and the new, as well as foes more powerful and more dangerous-because they pose as friends. Brilliantly written and peopled with the familiar faces of legend along with new ones, Enemy of God is an immensely powerful continuation of a modern classic.
Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur (The Warlord Chronicles, No. 3)by Bernard Cornwell
[Back of Book] In The Winter King and Enemy of God Bernard Cornwell demonstrated his astonishing ability to make the oft-told legend of King Arthur fresh and new for our time. Now, in this riveting final volume of The Warlord Chronicles, Cornwell tells the unforgettable tale of Arthur's final struggles against the Saxons and his last attempts to triumph over a ruined marriage and ravaged dreams. This is the tale not only of a broken love remade, but also of forces both earthly and unearthly that threaten everything Arthur stands for. Peopled by princesses and bards, by warriors and magicians, Excalibur is a story of love, war, loyalty, and betrayal-the work of a magnificent storyteller at the height of his powers.
The Fallen Angels (Crowning Mercy #2)by Bernard Cornwell Susannah Kells
The streets of Paris run bloodred--while in England, the noble Lazenders hide from history's violent storm behind the walls of their opulent "little kingdom." But Toby Lazender, the family's heir, is hunting the brutal murderers of the woman he loved in revolution-torn France, leaving Lazen Castle vulnerable to secret cabal of assassins conspiring to bring the chaos across the channel. There is an obstacle, however, to the Fallen Angels' dark plan: Toby's sister, Lady Campion Lazender. Drawn by a mysterious horseman into a realm of fascination and desire, she sees treachery everywhere--and her heart could be leading her to destruction . . . by the hand of the only man she dares to trust.
The Flame Bearerby Bernard Cornwell
The next installment of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (Observer, London)--the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit television series coming to Netflix in Fall 2016.From the day it was stolen from me I had dreamed of recapturing Bebbanburg. The great fort was built on a rock that was almost an island, it was massive, it could only be approached on land by a single narrow track--and it was mine.Britain is in a state of uneasy peace. Northumbria's Viking ruler, Sigtryggr, and Mercia's Saxon Queen Aethelflaed have agreed a truce. And so England's greatest warrior, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, at last has the chance to take back the home his traitorous uncle stole from him so many years ago--and which his scheming cousin still occupies.But fate is inexorable and the enemies Uhtred has made and the oaths he has sworn combine to distract him from his dream of recapturing Bebbanburg. New enemies enter into the fight for England's kingdoms: the redoubtable Constantin of Scotland seizes an opportunity for conquest and leads his armies south. Britain's precarious peace threatens to turn into a war of annihilation.But Uhtred is determined that nothing, neither the new enemies nor the old foes who combine against him, will keep him from his birth right. He is the Lord of Bebbanburg, but he will need all the skills he has learned in a lifetime of war to make his dream come true. The latest chapter in Bernard Cornwell's "violent, absorbing historical saga," The Flame Bearer confirms Bernard Cornwell's title as "perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today" (Washington Post).
The Fortby Bernard Cornwell
While the major fighting of the war moves to the south in the summer of 1779, a British force of fewer than a thousand Scottish infantry, backed by three sloops-of-war, sails to the desolate and fog-bound coast of New England. Establishing a garrison and naval base at Penobscot Bay, in the eastern province of Massachusetts that would become Maine, the Scots--the only British troops between Canada and New York--harry rebel privateers and give shelter to American loyalists. In response, Massachusetts sends a fleet of more than forty vessels and some one thousand infantrymen to "captivate, kill or destroy" the foreign invaders. Second in command is Peleg Wadsworth, a veteran of the battles at Lexington and Long Island, once aide to General Washington, and a man who sees clearly what must be done to expel the invaders. But ineptitude and irresolution lead to a mortifying defeat--and have stunning repercussions for two men on opposite sides: an untested eighteen-year-old Scottish lieutenant named John Moore, who will begin an illustrious military career; and a Boston silversmith and patriot named Paul Revere, who will face court-martial for disobedience and cowardice.Grounded firmly in history, inimitably told in Cornwell's thrilling narrative style, The Fort is the extraordinary novel of this fascinating clash between a superpower and a nation in the making.
Gallows Thiefby Bernard Cornwell
The year is 1820. Rider Sandman, a hero of Waterloo, returns to London to wed his fiancée. But instead of settling down to fame and glory, he finds himself penniless in a country where high unemployment and social unrest rage, and where men--innocent or guilty--are hanged for the merest of crimes.When he's offered a job as private investigator to re-open the case of a painter due to be hanged for a murder he didn't commit, Sandman readily accepts--as much for the money as for a chance to see justice done in a country gone to ruins.Soon, however, he's mired in a grisly murder plot that keeps thickening. Sandman makes his way through gentlemen's clubs and shady taverns, aristocratic mansions, and fashionable painters' studios determined to rescue the innocent young man from the rope. But someone doesn't want the truth revealed.
Heretic (Grail Quest #3)by Bernard Cornwell
Already a seasoned veteran of King Edward's army, young Thomas of Hookton possesses the fearlessness of a born leader and an uncanny prowess with the longbow. Now, at the head of a small but able band of soldiers, he has been dispatched to capture the castle of Astarac. But more than duty to his liege has brought him to Gascony, home of his forebears and the hated black knight who brutally slew Thomas's father. It is also the last place where the Holy Grail was reported seen. Here, also, a beautiful and innocent, if not pious, woman is to be burned as a heretic. Saving the lady, Genevieve, from her dread fate will brand Thomas an infidel, forcing them to flee together across a landscape of blood and fire. And what looms ahead is a battle to the death that could ultimately shape the future of Christendom.
Killer's Wakeby Bernard Cornwell
When John Rossendale, the 28th Earl of Stowey, is called home to see his dieing mother, he has been living the life of a penniless sea gypsy. Although he doesn't want to go home, he honors his mother's dieing wishes. He and his boat Sunflower return only to find he is once again in the middle of a mystery involving a missing Van Gogh. The painting had disappeared 4 years earlier, and John was the prime suspect.
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Chronicles #1)by Bernard Cornwell
In the middle years of the ninth-century, the fierce Danes stormed onto British soil, hungry for spoils and conquest. Kingdom after kingdom fell to the ruthless invaders until but one realm remained. And suddenly the fate of all England--and the course of history--depended upon one man, one king.From New York Times bestselling storyteller Bernard Cornwell comes a rousing epic adventure of courage, treachery, duty, devotion, majesty, love, and battle as seen through the eyes of a young warrior who straddled two worlds.
The Lords of the North (Saxon Chronicles #3)by Bernard Cornwell
The year is 878. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, has helped the Saxons of Wessex defeat the invading Danes. Now, finally free of his allegiance to the victorious, ungrateful King Alfred, he is heading home to rescue his stepsister, a prisoner of Kjartan the Cruel in the formidable Danish stronghold of Dunholm. Uhtred's best hope is his sword, Serpent-Breath, for his only allies are Hild, a West Saxon nun fleeing her calling, and Guthred, a slave who believes himself king. Rebellion, chaos, fear, and betrayal await them in the north, forcing Uhtred to turn once more, reluctantly, to the liege he formerly served in battle and blood: Alfred the Great.
The Pagan Lordby Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell--"the most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today" (Wall Street Journal)--returns to his Saxon Tales saga with the epic story of divided loyalties, bloody battles, and the struggle to unite Britain.At the onset of the tenth century, England is in turmoil. Alfred the Great is dead and his son Edward reigns as king. Wessex survives but peace cannot hold: the Danes in the north, led by Viking Cnut Longsword, stand ready to invade and will never rest until the emerald crown is theirs.Uhtred, once Alfred's great warrior but now out of favor with the new king, must lead a band of outcasts north to recapture his old family home, the impregnable Northumbrian fortress Bebbanburg.Loyalties will be divided and men will fall as each Saxon kingdom is drawn into the bloodiest battle yet with the Danes--a war that will decide the fate of every king, and the entire English nation.With The Pagan Lord, New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, "the reigning king of historical fiction" (USA Today), continues his magnificent epic of the making of England during the Middle Ages, vividly bringing to life the uneasy alliances, violent combat, and deadly intrigue that gave birth to the British nation.
The Pale Horseman (Saxon Chronicles #2)by Bernard Cornwell
Uhtred is a Saxon, cheated of his inheritance and adrift in a world of fire, sword, and treachery. He has to make a choice: whether to fight for the Vikings, who raised him, or for King Alfred the Great of Wessex, who dislikes him.In the late ninth century, Wessex is the last English kingdom. The rest have fallen to the Danish Vikings, a story told in The Last Kingdom, the New York Times bestselling novel in which Uhtred's tale began. Now the Vikings want to finish England. They assemble the Great Army, whose one ambition is to conquer Wessex. A dispossessed young nobleman, married to a woman who hails from Wessex, Uhtred has little love for either, though for King Alfred he has none at all. Yet fate, as Uhtred learns, has its own imperatives, and when the Vikings attack out of a wintry darkness to shatter the last English kingdom, Uhtred finds himself at Alfred's side.Bernard Cornwell's The Pale Horseman, like The Last Kingdom, is rooted in the real history of Anglo-Saxon England. It tells the astonishing and true story of how Alfred, forced to become a fugitive in a few square miles of swampland, fights his enemies against overwhelming odds. The king is a pious Christian, while Uhtred is a pagan. Alfred is a sickly scholar, while Uhtred is an arrogant warrior. Yet the two forge an uneasy alliance that will lead them out of the marshes to the stark hilltop where the last remaining Saxon army will fight for the very existence of England.Enthralling as both a historical and personal story, The Pale Horseman is a novel of divided loyalties and desperate heroism, featuring a cast of fully realized characters, from a king in despair to a beguiling British sorceress. And always, beyond the spearmen and the swordsmen are the folk who suffer as the tides of war sweep over their farmlands. From Bernard Cornwell, the New York Times bestselling author whom the Washington Post calls "perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today," The Pale Horseman is yet another masterpiece of historical and battle fiction that gives life to one of the most important and exciting epochs in the history of the English people and culture.
Rebel (Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles #1)by Bernard Cornwell
When Richmond landowner Washington Faulconer snatches young Nate Starbuck from the grip of a Yankee-hating mob, Nate is both grateful and awed by his idealistic rescuer. To repay his generosity, he enlists in the Faulconer legion to fight against his home, the North, and against his abolitionist father. When the regiment joins up, ready to march into the ferocious battle at Buff Run, the men are prepared to start a war . . . but they aren't ready for how they--and the nation--will be forever changed by the oaths they have sworn for their beloved South.
The Saxon Tales Collection: Books #1-4by Bernard Cornwell
The Saxon Tales Collection: Books #1-4: The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, Lords of the North, and Sword Song
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With the money that that is being spent to go to these games where the team is not playing hard for full 48 minutes is unacceptable.
We have an ownership has spent the money to put what should have been a great product on the floor and this is what we're recieving as fans? Again unacceptable.
I am not and don't want to turn this thread into flaming so PLEASE don't take it that way.But SOMEBODY needs to answer for this trainwreck of a season that we're having.Whether it's Managment, Coaches, or Players some heads must roll and some one has to be accountable.Period.
I usually try not to get too high or toolow after wins or losses but this has got to finally come to a head.Again we need some accountablity from some one.At this point it really doesn't matter who if it will light a fire under this team. One thing is for certain this trade OR LACK THEREOF is affecting the team.So even with Ron gone he is STILL having an affect on this team and it needs to be addressed soon.IMHO.
I HOPE this thread is not considered flaming I am just at a crossroads where we as fans need to let the Organization know that we at least would like to see a team compete for 48 minutes not 36min. It seems we play good for about 3 quarters but that one quarter,recently has been the first but tonight the 3rd quarter we seem to stink it up. It's not like we're like the Pistons who can turn it on when they want to.We just don't have the personell to do that.
MAYBE we are not as deep of team as we seem to think we are.Because no one seems to be stepping up to the plate on a nightly basis right now.With all the distractions(THANKS RON) and the injuries we need some one to step up on a nightly basis.When JO is out we don't have another consistent threat to do such.
I am not sure what all needs to be done but someone(Managment,Coaches, or Players)needs to be held accountable.Maybe the Simons need to step in and assess the situation.
Again sorry for the rant.I hope I don't come off as a flamer it is just frustrating.Maybe fans need to get thru to the Organization that this is UNACCEPTABLE .Period.

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ORLANDO, Fla. - Authorities say two people were taken to the hospital after a crash Friday night in Orlando.
Orange County Fire Rescue said the two-vehicle crash happened around 9:50 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Hiawassee and Clarcona-Ocoee Road.
One person, whose condition is unknown at this time, needed to be extricated and airlifted to the hospital, officials said.
Fire Rescue officials said the other person was taken to the hospital and is expected to be OK.
When Florida Highway Patrol troopers took over the investigation, they found this accident to be the cause of a hit and run.
Troopers said the driver, later identified as 18-year-old Tray'von Taylor was driving a stolen car when he lost control and drove into the path of an oncoming car.
After the accident, Taylor left the scene of the crime, but had his cellphone with him, troopers said.
Troopers said Taylor's mother went to the scene of the crash and called him and told him to come back to the accident.
Troopers said Taylor was arrested, but taken to the hospital to be evaluated for his injuries.
The intersection was closed Friday night after the crash.
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Judai wrote:The Buddha says that whatever is self does does not lead to suffering.
Can you provide a canonical reference that actually states that?
So far, you've provided passages from which it may be inferred that that which is self does not lead to suffering - but those are only inferences, and it's not clear whether they are correct or not, whether they are in line with the Pali Canon or not.


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Angels acquire RHP Huston Street from San Diego
ANAHEIM, CA - The Angels today acquired RHP Huston Street and prospect RHP Trevor Gott from the San Diego Padres in exchange for minor leaguers INF Taylor Lindsey, RHP R.J. Alvarez, INF Jose Rondon and RHP Elliot Morris. Today's announcement was made by General Manager Jerry Dipoto.
Street, 30, has appeared in 33 games this season with San Diego, pitching to a 1-0 record with 24 saves and a 1.09 ERA (33 IP - 4 ER). Among league leaders, he ranks fourth in the Majors in ERA by relievers (min. 30 IP) and seventh in the big leagues in saves. He has converted 24 of 25 save opportunities which is tied for the best conversion rate in the Majors at 96% (min. 5 save opportunities). Street also owns the fifth-best WHIP among relievers (0.758) and has held opponents to a .158 (18/114) batting average against (.131 vs. right-handed hitters). Earlier this month, he was named an All-Star for the second time in his career (also 2012).
A native of Austin, TX, Street was originally drafted in the first round (40th overall) of the 2004 amateur draft by the Oakland Athletics. In 10 Major League seasons with Oakland (2005-08), Colorado (2009-11) and San Diego (2012-14) he has compiled a career record of 35-27 with 258 saves and a 2.87 ERA (565 IP - 180 ER). Since 2011, he has converted 109 of his last 117 save opportunities for a 93.2% save percentage, which is the best mark among all relievers in that span (min. 50 SVO). His 258 saves rank fifth among actives and 31st all-time.
Gott, 21, has split the 2014 campaign with Single-A Lake Elsinore and Double-A San Antonio. In 39 combined relief outings, the 5'10", 190-pound right-hander has gone 2-4 with 16 saves and a 3.56 ERA (43 IP - 17 ER). He was named a mid-season California League All-Star. In 2013, Gott combined for a 2-2 mark with four saves and a 2.50 ERA (36 IP - 10 ER) in 31 combined games with Single-A Eugene and Fort Wayne. All told, his career minor league totals are 4-6 with 20 saves and a 3.08 ERA (79 IP - 27 ER) in 70 relief outings (33 BB, 83 K).
The Lexington, KY native was originally drafted by the Padres in the sixth round of the 2013 amateur draft out of the University of Kentucky. He recorded a school-record 23 saves with the Wildcats in 2013. Gott prepped at Tates Creek HS in Lexington where he was the 2010 Gatorade Kentucky High School Player of the Year and all-state as a junior and senior.
Lindsey, 22, was originally selected by the Halos in the first round (37th overall) of the 2010 amateur draft out of Desert Mountain High School (AZ). In four-plus minor league campaigns, he has compiled a .289 clip (532/1842) with 288 runs, 102 doubles, 28 triples, 43 home runs and 209 RBI.
Alvarez, 23, was drafted by the Angels in the third round of the 2012 amateur draft out of Florida Atlantic University. In two-plus minor league seasons, the right-handed reliever has a 7-4 mark with five saves, a 2.36 ERA (103 IP - 27 ER) with 48 walks and 155 strikeouts (81 games, 2 starts).
Rondon, 20, was signed as an international free agent on January 13, 2011. The Venezuelan infielder has appeared in 245 minor league games batting .300 (287/958), with 146 runs, 64 doubles, 12 triples, 2 home runs and 116 RBI.
Morris, 22, was selected by the Halos in the fourth round of the 2013 amateur draft out of Pierce College (WA). He has appeared in 28 games (18 starts) in the Angels system going 7-6 with a 3.43 ERA (112.2 IP - 43 ER).


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Some are upset with how the Second Amendment is paraphrased in a South Carolina textbook that is used in some Greenville County high schools.
The textbook The Americans is a state-adopted textbook used in Greenville County and one local dad said it misrepresents the Second and Third Amendments by grouping them together in a part on page 149.
An Upstate father, Paul Cape, said the phrase in question reads, "The Second and Third Amendments - grant citizens the right to bear arms as members of the militia of citizen-soldiers and prevent the government from housing troops in private homes in peacetime."
Cape, of Fountain Inn, said his oldest daughter used the book back in 2005 and now his son is using it too. He said he thinks the phrase is trying to justify the right to keep and bear arms has a lot to do with being in a militia or the military only.
The Second Amendment reads in full, "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
And the Third Amendment reads, "No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."
The textbook's phrasing has caught national attention after the website The Blaze picked up the story Wednesday. The site had previously posted a similar story on a school district in Texas, too.
"Everyone was up in arms; gun rights activists were trying to get the book removed from their school district," said Cape.
That's when Cape grabbed his son's book to look up the amendment and found page 149. On another page in the textbook, the Second Amendment is referenced correctly.
But Cape said regardless, it is not fair to students.
"If they don't get it right the first time, they're going to grow up - if nobody corrects them - thinking that's the way it is and that's not correct," Cape said.
FOX Carolina tried calling the publishing company behind the book, but they did not return our call.
Greenville County School spokesman Oby Lyles sent an email saying the South Carolina Department of Education was notified of the issue so they can take the appropriate action.
Lyles said they will inform Greenville County's high school social studies teachers that they should refer to the part of the textbook that accurately presents the Second Amendment.
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Torrance, Calif. - 09/13/2007 -- The Acura RL enters the 2008 model year as one of the most sophisticated and exhilarating touring sedans on the road today, putting the driver in command of their environment while delivering athletic performance within the luxury performance sedan class.
With an advanced and efficient 3.5-liter SOHC VTEC® V-6 engine, Acura's exclusive Super Handling All-Wheel Drive™ System (SH-AWD™), and cutting-edge technologies including available AcuraLink™ with real-time traffic, Active Front Lighting System (AFS), Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS™) with Adaptive Cruise Control, and Active Noise Cancellation™ (ANC), the RL is the bearer of technology-enhanced performance, luxury and comfort in the Acura sedan lineup.
"The RL is a forward thinking luxury sedan that provides a truly exceptional balance of performance, efficiency, and technology-enhanced driver control," said Dick Colliver, vice president, sales. "There isn't another car in its price class that comes close to delivering the level of customer relevant technology as the RL."
For 2008, the RL continues to be offered in three trim levels: the luxuriously appointed RL; the RL with Technology Package that adds Acura Satellite Navigation System and AcuraLink™ with real-time traffic, Active Front Lighting System and an upgraded wood interior; and the RL with Technology Package plus CMBS and PAX®, featuring Acura's state-of-the-art Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS™), Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and Michelin PAX® run-flat tire technology.
Powered by an advanced and efficient 3.5-liter, 24-valve, all-aluminum SOHC VTEC V-6 engine replete with variable flow exhaust and drive-by-wire throttle, the RL is Acura's most powerful sedan, turning out 290 horsepower at 6200 rpm and 256 lb-ft of torque at 5,000 rpm The engine is coupled to a Sequential SportShift 5-speed automatic transmission that enables driver-controlled gear changes using the shift lever or steering wheel-mounted paddle-shifters.
The transmission is paired with Acura's exclusive Super Handling All-Wheel Drive™ system (SH-AWD™) for superior cornering ability, handling stability and all-weather control. The highly innovative SH-AWD™ platform distributes the optimum amount of torque not only between the front and rear wheels but also between the left and right rear wheels. During straight line cruising and moderate cornering, up to 70-percent of torque is delivered to the front wheels for optimal efficiency. During full throttle acceleration or spirited driving, up to 70-percent of available torque is directed to the rear wheels for increased acceleration and cornering traction. When cornering, SH-AWD employs an exclusive acceleration device that overdrives the outer rear wheel by up to 105-percent of the wheel's normal rotational speed, while electromagnetic clutches send up to 100-percent of rear torque to a specific wheel, thus dramatically enhancing the RL's cornering capability.
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To complement the high-performance powertrain, Acura engineers gave the RL a highly rigid yet lightweight Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) unit body structure, critical for achieving the engineers' high targets for steering and handling precision, outstanding ride quality, isolation of undesirable road inputs along with outstanding safety.
The RL's body is constructed primarily of high-grade, high tensile steel, while the hood, trunk lid, and front fenders and bumper beams are made of lightweight and highly rigid aluminum. A sophisticated four-wheel independent suspension system with double-wishbone front and multi-link rear design, mounted to isolated front and rear subframes, works in concert with rigid unit body construction to complete the RL's lithe and luxurious chassis setup. Subframes and suspension components made of aluminum further reduce the RL's weight for more supple suspension action, improved performance, and better fuel economy.
The RL is fitted with Michelin P245/50R17 98V all-season high performance tires on 17x8-inch alloy wheels. The RL with Technology Package plus CMBS™ and PAX® features P245/680R 460A 102V Michelin® PAX® run-flat tires mounted to unique alloy wheels.
Powerful, responsive and predictable braking action is supplied by a powerful four-wheel disc brake system utilizing aluminum 4-piston front calipers matched with 12.6-inch diameter ventilated front brake rotors and 12.2-inch solid rear rotors with large single-piston calipers. Braking is further aided by the latest advancements in safety technology including four-channel ABS with Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist.
RL models equipped with the Technology Package also feature the Active Front Lighting System (AFS) with Xenon High-Intensity Discharge (HID) headlights that swivel up to 12 degrees laterally in response to vehicle speed and steering wheel input. When cornering, the inboard light swivels to illuminate a larger area of road surface throughout the corner, improving down-the-road visibility and minimizing blind spots.
The RL with Technology Package plus CMBS™ and PAX® also boasts the first application of Acura's Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS™). Using millimeter-wave technology, CMBS™ monitors the distance and closing rate between the RL and the vehicle directly in front of it. It then uses that information to continuously calculate the likelihood of a frontal collision.
CMBS™ operates in three stages: In the first two stages, if the system determines that the closing rate between the two vehicles has increased beyond an acceptable level, the RL first uses audible, visual and tactile warnings to alert the driver. If the condition goes unchanged, stage two of CMBS involves the activation of light braking. If the system determines that a collision is unavoidable, a third stage retracts the driver's and front passenger's seatbelts and activates the brakes to reduce the speed of impact thus helping to mitigate the damage of a collision.
The optional CMBS ™ package also includes Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), which adjusts vehicle speed automatically to compensate for the varying speed of traffic flow. Michelin® PAX® run-flat tires provide enhanced mobility and convenience by allowing the RL to drive up to 125 miles at 50 mph in the event of a tire puncture.
The RL's exterior styling underscores its advanced performance and technology leadership. At the vehicle's front, a dramatically sloping hood leads down to an aggressive front fascia with angular headlight treatments, a signature Acura five-sided grill and distinctive lower air intake openings. A sleek cockpit, a forward sloping beltline and a short deck lid accent the RL's pronounced wedge shape, making it look fast from any angle.
Inside, the RL with Technology Package is as luxurious as it is sporty. The interior features rich leather, genuine wood trim, and an assortment of leading-edge technologies to enhance driver control and information access. These technologies include Acura HandsFreeLink™, a Bluetooth®-based wireless phone interface that allows calls to be made and received utilizing the RL's steering wheel-mounted HandsFreeLink buttons.
Another key component of the RL Technology Package is the Acura Navigation System with Voice Recognition™. This easy to use system features a menu of 685 voice commands, a comprehensive destination guide with over 7 million points of interest, 3-D graphics for freeway interchanges, on and off-ramps and turn-by-turn voice guidance. In addition, 1.7 million U.S. cities and street names may be accessed through the voice recognition command. The system can be accessed through the steering wheel-mounted voice recognition buttons or by using the Interface Dial located on the instrument panel. Previously, the Acura Navigation System worked in the lower 48 U.S. states, but for 2008 it now works in Hawaii as well.
Acura real-time traffic provides live traffic information through the navigation system, displaying a variety of up-to-the-minute information including traffic flow (traffic speed), accidents, and freeway construction. For 2008, real-time traffic coverage has expanded by 32 markets to include a total of 76 major metropolitan areas including Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. Traffic flow and accident information are updated continuously, allowing drivers to choose the least congested route to their destination.
In addition to enabling the real-time traffic feature, the AcuraLink™ satellite communication system allows for communication between Acura and the vehicle, providing the driver with the latest diagnostic information specific to their vehicle, as well as vehicle-related messages. Working with the HandsFreeLink™ wireless telephone interface, drivers can respond to AcuraLink™ messages or they can one-touch-dial Acura dealers or Acura Roadside Assistance (TLC®) using their Bluetooth®-enabled mobile phone.
The RL also features a standard premium 10-speaker Acura/BOSE® DVD-Audio system that uses Bose Cabin Surround™ circuitry to deliver surround vibrant sound to all seating positions. This innovative system utilizes eight distinct channels (compared to two channels on a typical premium stereo system) to deliver sound resolution 500 times greater than traditional CD. In addition, Centerpoint™ signal processing circuitry processes stereo recordings to five independent channels thus delivering simulated surround sound from conventional CDs. With Active Noise Cancellation™ (ANC), undesirable road, wind and other intrusive noise is greatly reduced through noise cancellation technology that creates a precisely timed reverse phase audio signal to reduce unwanted noise by up to 10 decibels. In addition, with the application of AudioPilot® noise compensation technology, constant monitoring of cabin noise occurs to which the audio system's sound balance is continually adjusted to deliver a constant level of perceived music volume.
The RL is the only Acura equipped with the Keyless Access System™, allowing the owner to lock and unlock doors, open the trunk, and start the car without using a key. When the key fob is brought within approximately two and a half feet of the car, the system electronically links and the doors can be locked or unlocked simply by touching the RL's door handle. Rather than hunting for and then inserting a traditional ignition key, the engine is turned on and off via a switch mounted on the steering column.
The RL, like all 2007 Acura models, is covered by a six-year/70,000 mile limited powertrain warranty and a four-year or 50,000 mile limited standard bumper-to-bumper warranty. Additional ownership benefits include Acura Total Luxury Care (TLC®), which provides free 24-hour roadside assistance, concierge service and trip routing.
In keeping with Acura's "Safety Through Innovation" initiative, the 2008 RL is equipped with a comprehensive array of the latest technologies to enhance active safety (accident avoidance) and passive safety (crash protection). On the active safety front, all RL models feature SH-AWD™, Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TMPS), Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA®) with traction control, Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist. Brake Assist continually analyzes the driver's normal braking habits, monitoring both the rate of pressure applied along with total pressure, and then uses this information to help the driver to more quickly apply full braking pressure in an accident avoidance situation.
In the event of an accident, the RL employs a series of passive safety features working in concert to absorb and re-direct the energy of a collision. These features include a reinforced, energy-absorbing frame structure, a sophisticated supplemental restraint system, dual-stage front airbags, driver and front passenger side airbags, and side curtain airbags. The passenger's side airbag features an Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS) to prevent airbag deployment if a child or small-stature adult leans into the deployment path.
The RL, along with the all-new RDX and MDX sport-utility vehicles, utilizes Acura's unique Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure. ACE™ employs a network of front frame structures that better distribute collision forces through the body structure and away from the passenger cabin.
The RL has earned 5-star ratings (the best possible) for frontal and side crash tests, and for rollover resistance, from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The RL is the fourth vehicle in the history of the program to earn the top rating of "five stars" in all three test categories. Government star ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) New Car Assessment Program (www.safercar.gov). In addition, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) awarded the RL a GOOD rating in Side Impact Collision Evaluation (SICE) along with a GOOD rating for IIHS' frontal offset crash test.
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Clippers receive: Chris Paul, Trevor Ariza
Hornets receive: Eric Bledsoe, Al-Farouq Aminu, Chris Kaman, Darren Collison, Brandon Rush, Minnesota's 1st round pick
Pacers receive: Jarret Jack, Carl Landry, somebody's 1st round pick or 3
Decent haul for New Orleans. Clippers can start CP3, EJ, Ariza, Griffin, and Jordan. Pacers get a solid PG for two years, an offensive PF off the bench, and at least one draft pick. I don't know whether both NO and LAC have an extra 1st rounder laying around, but they owe us one or both here.
Ship one of our 1st rounders for Oden. Sign Foster and Battier. Find a 2-guard who would come here for cheap or hope L Boogie is ready.
Resign Dunleavy to the minimum (whatever that might be for a veteran) and place him on the inactive roster unless we're in an emergency. I said it. Maybe he's the cheap guard. Maybe he's the guy in suit signed to be player, but actually he's a semi-assistant coach.


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New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman finally lashed out at Alex Rodriguez Tuesday night following a tweet proclaiming himself cleared to play games again.
The injured third baseman, who has made more headlines off the field on Twitter and as part of the Biogenesis investigation of late, released a statement Wednesday morning defending his ninth ever tweet.
"I will continue to work hard until my efforts get me back in pinstripes and help my team win," Rodriguez said. "The tweet was pure excitement about Dr. Kelly's prognosis."
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Rodriguez has not played in a game since the 2012 American League Championship Series against the Detroit Tigers—one in which the Yankees were swept.
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First-inning homers don't hold up for Cubs
Ruggiano, Castillo go back-to-back; Wood winless in last 12 starts
CHICAGO -- Justin Ruggiano and Welington Castillo hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning Thursday, but that was all the Cubs could muster.
Madison Bumgarner struck out a season-high 12 batters and Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval combined to go 7-for-8 and drive in three runs to lead the Giants to a 5-3 victory over the Cubs.
This was the two teams' second game of the day. The Cubs picked up a 2-1 win when they completed a suspended game from Tuesday.
"I wish we could've finished off the second game," Cubs manager Rick Renteria said. "We're playing against clubs that are competing and our guys are holding their own."
Among Bumgarner's dozen K's were four by Javier Baez. Renteria said pitchers are fooling Baez on pitches out of the zone at this point.
"He's trying to make adjustments," Renteria said. "You see him, he's very conscientious in the at-bat. It's a matter of re-zoning and getting pitches in his hitting area that he can do some damage with. They're little hiccups that will continue to arise that we have to deal with."
Bumgarner screamed and pounded his fist into his glove after getting Baez looking to end the seventh and strand two. It was the lefty's 12th K of the game.
"We have to win all the games we can win right now and that could have been the turning point in the game, depending on what happened there," Bumgarner said. "He was probably my last hitter, so I gave it everything I had to get us back to the dugout."
Bumgarner also hit an RBI single for his 14th win of the season and 10th on the road. Chicago's Travis Wood, on the other hand, is now winless in his last 12 starts, giving up 40 earned runs over 66 innings in that stretch for a 5.73 ERA.
"Every ball they seemed to hit just seemed to go right down the line," Wood said. "They had a lot of doubles, and doubles score runs."
It wasn't that Wood made bad pitches. The Giants' lineup is loaded with good hitters.
"I threw some good pitches that they made contact with and put [the balls] down the line," Wood said. "There was a changeup to [Joaquin] Arias [in the fourth] that he one-handed out. Sandoval hit one at his eyes down the line, good piece of hitting there. He hit a curveball that was going to bounce down the other line. It seemed like everything they made contact with found a soft spot there."
The Giants, who are trying to catch the Dodgers in the National League West, tallied in the first on Sandoval's RBI single.
Chicago had a runner at first and two outs in the first when Ruggiano smacked an opposite-field homer to go ahead, 2-1. One pitch later, Castillo hit his career-high 10th home run, marking the sixth time the Cubs have gone back-to-back this season and third time this month.
"After the initial explosion, [Bumgarner] settled down and started making more pitches," Renteria said.
Posey and Sandoval hit consecutive doubles with one out in the Giants' third to pull within 3-2. In the fourth, Arias doubled with one out and scored on Bumgarner's single despite a strong throw home from left fielder Matt Szczur to tie the game.
Posey, who has been bothered by a sore right hip, launched his 14th homer leading off the fifth to go ahead, 4-3. He began the game with six hits in his last 35 at-bats.
"That's a tough lineup, a lot of good hitters," Castillo said of the Giants. "[Wood] made a lot of good pitches and they hit them. That was bad luck. Posey, Sandoval, [Michael] Morse, that's not an easy lineup. He has to make his pitches to those guys."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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keltik wrote:I was spectating the 09 USDGC and while viewing the distance comp qualifying rounds one of the anatomy/physiology professors from Winthrop U. was out there measuring the flexibility and body dimensions of Paul MacBeth (he had just bombed one). So I got nosy/curious and went up to see what he was doing. well he also had a device that you squeeze to measure grip strength. He said he would give $100 to anyone that could squeeze more than 80lbs. being the broke strapping young lad that I was I said "lemme see that". well I only got like 60lb. Paul I think got like a 55 or 60 (he's not a very big guy). after a few people tried, the professor said Avery Jenkins only squeezed a 65.
I guess the moral of this story is that grip strength does help but technique is still king.
Blake_T wrote:grip strength has a lot to do with it, but if your form/timing are bad, it's all moot. in addition to strength, hand-size has a LOT to do with how much force you can exert on a given rim configuration. for people with average or below average sized hands they will find a significant grip strength drop off when rims exceed a certain width.
if you aren't correctly manipulating the momentum of the disc you will get into positions where the disc is exerting more force than you can hold onto.
when timing/positions are correct, grip strength becomes one of the determining factors.
Distance between discs is much more complicated than finger strength multiplied by leverage alone. Cruise speed, spin, fade, nose angle, glide...
zj1002 wrote:mine is dead on 2.54cm(1 inch). I use a stacked power grip.
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Gerver Churunel from our communications center in Guatemala sent us this note about chickens as part of CFCA sponsorship benefits. Never underestimate the power of poultry to make positive change!
The Hermano Pedro project in Guatemala is encouraging the growth and self-sufficiency of families in the sponsorship program through investment benefits.
Unlike consumption benefits, investment benefits gain in value from the time they are distributed. A piglet becomes a pig, a seed becomes a fruit-producing plant, etc.
The CFCA community in San Jose Quetzaltenango in western Guatemala delivered chicks as family benefits.
The staff coordinated a market near the CFCA office where mothers sold their adult chickens to other sponsored friends and their families.
"This idea started in 2010 with the Hope for a Family program. The intention of this is to support families so that they generate their own development," said Floridalma PÈrez, the Quetzaltenango coordinator.
The project has delivered cows, sheep, hens, pigs and other livestock when families in the sponsorship program request them.
Families must be willing to save a portion of their monthly benefits for two to three months to receive about four hens, depending on the amount of their savings.
The mothers used to buy their animals at the local market in the townís main plaza on Sundays, market day.
But the staff considered a new idea: Why not have a market day in the local CFCA building?
Several mothers in the program sell the chickens they received as a CFCA sponsorship benefit in the local market. The staff decided to give these mothers a chance to sell their chickens to other families in the program.
The CFCA project gave chickens to 74 families in their first organized market activity. The activity was a success. Ten mothers arrived to sell their chickens.
Valeria is one of the sellers. She has always sold chickens in the local market. One of her children is sponsored through CFCA.
Valeria said the CFCA market was a great opportunity to earn some income for her family. She sold 50 chickens in one hour, a total of $353 in sales. Each chicken sold for about $7.
"I am very happy because some of the chickens that I sold were benefits that I received in the previous months,î Valeria said.
Yolanda has two sponsored children. She received money to buy eight chickens.
"I am very grateful for the help CFCA is giving us,î Yolanda said. ìMany times we do not have the ability to buy chickens."
Yolanda also expressed her happiness at raising chickens at her home. They are helpful at times when the family has no funds to buy eggs or chickens to make soup.
Yolanda hopes to be part of the mothers selling someday and make a profit to help cover household expenses.
CFCA staff members in Quetzaltenango believe this is a step toward self-sufficiency for sponsored friends and their families in this area. They hope to also organize the sale of turkeys and sheep because these animals are the most commonly traded in this area of the country.
These activities provide families new ways to meet their household needs.
CFCA is touching thousands of families by providing opportunities to overcome economic struggles and have a chance for a better future. It is through regular, ongoing sponsorship contributions that these benefits are possible!


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Farmers interested in learning how to improve forage and pasture management after a drought can participate in discussions of the issues by experts from Ohio State University Extension and the Natural Resources Conservation Service in early December.
The three-session school runs Dec. 4 and 6, 6-9 p.m., and Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center's (OARDC) Jackson Agricultural Research Station, 019 Standpipe Rd., Jackson.
The first session will kick off the school with an introduction to the Jackson Agricultural Research Station by Kenny Wells, station manager, and presentations on management-intensive grazing, resource evaluation, understanding plant growth and grazing economics.
"Participants will also get to see hands-on demonstrations of production practices by OARDC experts, including different types of water devices, temporary polywire fencing to allow strip grazing of forages, and the use of different forage types," Wells said. "The information is especially relevant this year for producers looking to mitigate forage drought losses."
Other topics to be covered are: Forage Species Selection; Grazing Systems and Contingency Plans for the Good, Bad and Ugly; Paddock Layout and Design; and Pasture Soil Fertility.
The school will also include a farm visit to view grazing management practices, including fence and livestock watering systems in the field at the research station.
Registration, due Nov. 19, is $30. For more information, contact the Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District at 740-286-5208 or the Vinton Soil and Water Conservation District at 740-596-5676.
For those who can't attend the early December school, future grazing schools will be held beginning in March. Locations are: Mt. Hope on March 18, 25 and April 1; a joint Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe and Noble counties grazing school March 26, April 2 and 9; and an offering in Tuscarawas County, also planned for March.


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"Come Alive" Spring Camp Meeting - Taylortown Community Church
Friday, March 30, 2012 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Taylortown Community Church will sponsor "Come Alive" Spring Camp Meeting March 26th through March 30th starting at 6pm at Shelby Middle School. Singing will begin at 6pm followed by preaching with Dr. Calvin Ray Evans and Associate Brian Baer.
The following are the list of groups that will be performing:
March 26th 6pm New Vision - 7pm Mike Blanton and Evidence
March 27th 6pm Gloryway Quartet - 7pm JB and Barb Spencer
March 28th 6pm Christian Unity Church Youth Choir - 7pm The Representatives
March 29th 6pm Tammy Jones Robinette - 7pm The Primitive Quartet
March 30th 6pm The Parsons Family - 7pm The Singing Cookes
For more information call 419-347-6640 or visit www.taylortownchurch.com
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Topic: Here´s to life!!
Happy to be able to tell you that I yesterday completed my second Gothenburg halfmarathon after my diagnosis of unresectable incurable advanced cholangiocarcinoma the 1st of April 2010. The eighth time I run this race.
Exactly one month after my 6th chemoembolization (it´s been a tough month..) and with anemia I´m so happy and proud for my worst time ever 2.07.
The BIG one is coming up in three weeks though, Stockholm Marathon... Send me some energy for the last trainingsessions, please
Viva la vida!!
//Henry Ford


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Studies on the stability and activity of polymyxin B solutions. Saohin, Wipawee (Robert Gordon University School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1997-09)The correlation between the chemical stability and the microbiological activity of polymyxin B in phosphate buffer pH 6.0 and in proprietary eye drops was evaluated. High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) was used ...


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BIOLOGIST SAM DROEGE wants us to see the beauty of bees—even bee specimens.
As part of his all-volunteer effort to establish an inventory and monitoring program for the nation's more than 4,000 native bee species, Droege and his colleagues at the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center make macro images of each bee they receive from participants across the country. Created by combining up to 100 shots of a single specimen, the final photos clearly show the physiological details scientists need to distinguish one bee species from another.
Indeed, the primary purpose of the photos is to create an online identification guide to help others, even nonexperts, identify bees, the first step in any effort to monitor how these economically and ecologically important insects are faring in any given region. USGS provides all the images free of charge to the public.
But Droege also wants viewers to appreciate how stunning the photos' subjects are—and he works hard to make sure bees look their best before they appear in front of the camera. Technicians meticulously wash and dry each specimen, for instance, and Droege may adjust an insect's head to a more flattering angle. Once the photos are taken, he uses computer software to fine tune them for color and other aesthetic attributes. "We're not just about counting and identifying bees," Droege explains. "We're also about beauty."
That beauty, along with the remarkable diversity of native bees, is apparent from the photos above, just 12 of many thousands of images the scientists have made so far. See and download more of the project's wild bee photos at www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml.
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text: Volume 1 The Origin. (W) Geoff Johns (A) Jim Lee & Various (CA) Jim Lee, Scott Williams In a universe where Super Heroes are strange and new, Batman has discovered a dark evil that requires him to unite the World Greatest Heroes! Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, The Flash and Cyborg unite for the first time to form the JUSTICE LEAGUE! Don't miss the thrill-a-minute collection of the first six issues of the best-selling comic! $16.99 cover price.


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The New Spectrum Scarcity
At first glance, President Obama's proposed American Jobs Act was an unlikely place to find significant reforms to the laws governing the allocation of prized electromagnetic spectrum licenses. Since the 1990s, however, FCC-administered auctions have been a major source of revenue for the U.S. Treasury, generating billions of dollars for the exclusive license to commercialize coveted bands of the spectrum. Just a couple years ago, for example, the 700 MHz band once occupied by the major broadcasters generated a total of almost $20 billion in successful bids from the likes of AT&T and Verizon.
So, as the mood for fiscal austerity haunts the halls of Congress these days, it makes sense to expect spectrum auction policy to make an appearance in the Jobs Act. As presented to Congress, Obama's jobs law would commit a meaningful portion of an expected $28 billion or so of revenue from spectrum auctions to help pay down the U.S. deficit. The so-called "incentive auctions" would be for a band in the spectrum jealously controlled by major broadcasters today. The broadcasters would get a piece of the expected $28 billion for the trouble of participating. Another portion would be devoted to the development and operation of a national wireless public safety network. The remainder would go to reducing the debt or closing budget deficits. A relatively small contribution to the cause, but a contribution nevertheless.
The auctioning of rights to the spectrum, however, is not just meant to plug holes in the federal budget. The incentive auctions in the jobs bill are meant to partially redress one of the more pressing problems in telecommunications law and policy today: spectrum scarcity in the face of booming demand for high-bandwidth wireless services, smartphones, and tablets. For someone who spent years pondering the problem of scarcity in the first law to regulate the commercial use of the spectrum, these developments beg the question: How did scarcity resurface so seamlessly after about two decades of being poopoo'ed as the chief reason for spectrum regulation?
Many experts and observers agree that growing enterprise and consumer interest in mobile cloud services, for example, are putting pressure on wireless carriers and policymakers to find more bandwidth in the spectrum. This, in spite of the drop in general consumer spending and confidence. If anything, according to Pew, many consumers in these hard economic times are relying on wireless services for telephony and broadband access over traditional wireline services.
In response to this demand, the White House and the FCC have sought to make underutilized portions of the spectrum available to firms who, in turn, are investing in and developing "smart" and dynamic spectrum sharing technologies.
Today's urgent talk of spectrum scarcity is evocative of the first federal regulation of commercial radio. Almost ninety years ago, then-Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convened four radio conferences in order to reach a consensus among policymakers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts on how to ration and award commercial access to the electromagnetic spectrum. Signal interference and scarcity were the name of the game, as there were more applicants for broadcast licenses than there were available frequencies. The famous radio conferences settled on a licensure regime that would be administered by a federal agency comprised of expert commissioners. These sages, in turn, would award licenses to broadcasters who demonstrated a commitment to the "public interest" in their programming in public comparative hearings. The spectrum, Hoover explained, was a valuable public resource that was too scarce to be left to the whims of industry. This, from a man who famously ran the Commerce Department on the grounds that the best way to regulate industry was through cooperation with industry.
Communications policymakers and the courts would subsequently turn to the scarcity rationale until the 1980s to justify a sweep of regulations related to the diversity and structure of the industry, the wide distribution of public-regarding news, and, more controversially, broadcasting content. Never mind that, as Coase put it in his 1959 critique of the FCC, scarcity is one of the central problems in all of economic life. Never mind, moreover, that policymakers knew that spectrum sharing technologies were on the horizon even as early as the 1930s. Regulators and courts did this even as new communications platforms (i.e., cable and satellite) expanded consumers' media options, ostensibly undercutting the pertinence of spectrum scarcity. They did this to vindicate important communications norms in public law. Congress finally opened the door to spectrum auctions in the early 1990s, having grown disaffected with the inefficiencies in the comparative hearing process first identified by Coase decades before.
Today, the scarcity rationale for federal regulation of the electromagnetic spectrum is simply not as legally salient as it once was. Yet, here policymakers and industry leaders are, almost ninety years later, invoking it alone to justify a series of positive regulatory interventions that could further consolidate the market power of the biggest players in the industry. To be sure, there are cost advantages to having the companies most motivated to pay for spectrum licenses acquiring those licenses. But policymakers should not get carried away with this scarcity or debt-management talk. Part of the impetus for federal regulation in the 1920s was to vindicate communications norms in public law that were outside of the competence of industry and engineering.
The FCC today employs a variety of auction designs to ensure successful participation by small businesses in the auction process. But, if the spectrum is as valuable as the agency suspects, it will do well to consider whether auction design is sufficient to balancing the interests in innovation, competition, diversity, and wide consumer participation, never mind whether the monies the auction generates will actually help balance the budget. Expanding the availability of spectrum makes sense, as long as it is tied to these other foundational norms in communications law and policy.


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Study of AUY922 and Cetuximab in Patients With KRAS Wild-Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
This study has been completed.
Swedish Medical Center
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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First received: February 8, 2011
Last updated: June 4, 2015
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The study will determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of AUY922 given in combination with cetuximab in previously treated patients with KRAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer.
|Recurrent Colon Cancer Recurrent Rectal Cancer Stage IV Colon Cancer Stage IV Rectal Cancer Adenocarcinoma of the Colon Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum
|Drug: AUY922 Drug: Cetuximab
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase IB With Expansion of Patients at the MTD Study of AUY922 and Cetuximab in Patients With KRAS Wild-Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Colorectal Cancer
Drug Information available for: CetuximabU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Swedish Medical Center:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Incidence of dose limiting toxicity (DLT) [ Time Frame: 1 cycle (1 cycle = 28 days) ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Patient response rate to the AUY922. [ Time Frame: After 2 years ]
- Time to tumor progression following treatment with AUY922. [ Time Frame: After 2 years ]
- Overall survival of patients treated with AUY922. [ Time Frame: After 2 years ]
|Study Start Date:
|February 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: AUY922 plus Cetuximab
Drug: AUY922
Weekly intravenous infusion on Day 1, 8, 15 and 22 of each 28 day cycle until unacceptable toxicity develops or disease progression. A minimum of 3 patients will be enrolled into each cohort. The anticipated dose escalation sequence of AUY922 is 40, 55, and 70 mg/m2 will be used.Drug: Cetuximab
Cetuximab will be administered after each AUY922 infusion, intravenously on Day 1, 8, 15 and 22 of each 28 day cycle until unacceptable toxicity develops or disease progression.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed colorectal cancer
- KRAS wild type metastatic colorectal cancer
- Progression of disease on at least 2 prior therapy to have included 5FU, or oxaliplatin or bevacizumab or irinotecan
- Prior treatment with cetuximab is allowed (full dose tolerated), provided that the patient never required a dose reduction due to toxicities
- Must have at least one measurable lesion
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- ECOG performance status 0-1
- Life expectancy must be greater than 12 weeks
- For women of childbearing potential, a negative pregnancy blood test must be obtained less than 3 days prior to the first AUY922 infusion
Exclusion Criteria:
- Colorectal cancer with a KRAS mutation or in which the KRAS genotype status is unknown
- Metastasis to the CNS
- Prior treatment with any Hsp90 inhibitor compounds
Patients who received systemic anti-cancer treatment prior to the first dose of AUY922 within the following time frames:
- Radiotherapy, conventional chemotherapy: within 2 weeks
- Palliative radiotherapy: within 2 weeks
- Nitrosoureas, monoclonal antibodies, such as trastuzumab and mitomycin: within 6 weeks
- Any continuous-dosing (i.e. daily dosing, every-other-day dosing, Monday-Wednesday-Friday dosing, weekly etc.) of systemic anti-cancer treatment for which the recover period is not known, or investigational drugs (i.e. targeted agents) within a duration of ≤ 5 half lives of the agent and their active metabolites (if any)
- Treatment of therapeutic doses of coumadin-type anticoagulants. [Maximum daily dose of 2mg, for line patency permitted]
- Known sensitivity to cetuximab
- Unresolved ≥ grade 1 diarrhea
- Malignant ascites that require invasive treatment
- Concurrent medications that are substrates, inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4, CYP2C8, CYP2C9 and CYP2C19 and cannot be switched or discontinued or switched to an alternative drug prior to commencing AUY922 dosing need special consideration on a case by case basis
- Major surgery ≤ 2 weeks prior to randomization or who have not recovered from such therapy
- Impaired cardiac function
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01294826
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01294826
|United States, Washington
|Swedish Medical Center Cancer Institute
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
Sponsors and Collaborators
Swedish Medical Center
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
|Principal Investigator:
|Philip Gold, MD
|Swedish Medical Center Cancer Institute
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Keywords provided by Swedish Medical Center:
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
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|Swedish Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01294826 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 8, 2011
|Last Updated:
|June 4, 2015
Keywords provided by Swedish Medical Center:
Colorectal Neoplasms
Intestinal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Colonic Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Rectal Diseases
HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins
EGFR protein, human
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Colorectal Neoplasms
Rectal Neoplasms
Colonic Neoplasms
Intestinal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Colonic Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Rectal Diseases
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Antineoplastic Agents
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Three stable staff from Marlborough have won awards at the tenth Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards, which took place at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge this week.
Tony Gorman and Maxine Ledger, both from Richard Hannon's stables in Marlborough, and Marbeth Blair, at Brian Meehan's stables in Marlborough, won awards in recognition of their hard work caring for horses.
Tony Gorman, head lad, won the Leadership Award, Maxine Ledger won the Dedication to Racing Award and Marbeth Blair, office manager, was awarded the Administration Staff Award. They received their awards from TV presenter Clare Balding and 18-time Champion Jump Jockey AP McCoy at the glittering event hosted by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA).
Mr Gorman and Ms Ledger were each presented with a cheque for £10,000, of which £5,000 will be shared among the staff at Richard Hannon's stables. Ms Blair also received £10,000, with £5,000 of this going to Brian Meehan's yard.