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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary findings into what caused a Piper PA-31T (Cheyenne) to crash shortly after take off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport on March 16.
Steven Waller, 65, of Deerfield Beach, Wallis "Wally" Watson, 66, of Boca Raton, and Kevin Watson, 30, of Pompano Beach, were killed. Waller was the pilot.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Waller was taking the father and son on a test flight before the plane was shipped to a customer in Columbia.
The owner stated that the airplane had undergone engine ground checks during the four days prior to the accident, according to the NTSB. He was not aware of any maintenance issues with the airframe or engines, which underwent detailed inspections at the time of the purchase.
The airplane took off and was expected to turn left for a northwest departure, but instead witnesses reported seeing it make a steep right turn back toward the airport.
Waller transmitted that he was experiencing an emergency but didn't explain what happened.
Another pilot waiting on the runway said he saw the plane have difficulty climbing, appear to stall, roll to the right about 90 degrees, and fall straight down toward the ground.
The plane hit several parked vehicles and a boat, sending flames 50 feet in the air. All but the right wingtip fuel tank was consumed in the fire, said the NTSB.
"The right landing gear was found retracted in its respective gear well, while the structure around the nose and left main landing gears was compromised," read the report. "The left and right flap actuator jackscrews indicated the flaps were in the retracted position. The airplane's stability augmentation system control arm was observed in the up (airplane stalled) position. It was noted that internal damage to both engines was consistent with rotation somewhere between the low to mid-range power setting, with more pronounced damage observed to the left engine. The three-bladed right propeller assembly did not display any significant evidence of twisting or rotational damage, while the left propeller assembly displayed evidence of twisting and rotational damage."
On Wednesday, police released 911 calls made about the crash.
The most recent documented inspections on the plane were performed on Jan. 31, 2012, according to maintenance logbooks.
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OVERVIEW Subtilia Olivo
The apartment Olivo is part of Villa Subtilia, an intact XVIth century farmhouse, set on the top of one of the rolling hills of the Murlo estate, affording spectacular views across the medieval castle of Antognolla and its 18 holes championship golf course.
Subtilia is a generous and comfortable former farmhouse which has been divided into 3 beautifully decorated apartments and a separate B&B cottage for 2, offering the unique opportunity of living in the heart of a natural reserve surrounded by woods, olive trees and green valleys, while enjoying the comfort and the services of a 5 star resort.
Guests can swim in the sublime infinity pool, take walks through the nature reserve, visit the surrounding hilltop villages and cultural landmarks, relax under the shadow of an age-old tree or play a round of golf in the 18hole Robert Trent Jones Jr designed golf course of Antognolla (5min of the villa with a golf cart through a private path) or have a deliscious meal ath the Golf clubhouse restaurant.
All apartments are furnished elegantly with a well equipped kitchen, local tiles from Deruta in the bathrooms.
The extensive private grounds surrounding Subtilia provide privacy, as well as making it ideal for walkers and nature lovers, wishing to explore the surrounding woodland and nature reserve.
18 holes championship golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr, golf clubhouse and restaurant facilities in the same estate at 3 minutes from the villa, accessible also with golf cart through a private path across the nature reserve. All guests staying have discounts on the golf green fees and at the clubhouse restaurant.
During high season the villa can only be rented as a whole
Amenities and services
Villa is equiped with:
- Pool: 7 x 15m
- Heated Pool
- Internet access
- Air conditioning
- Fireplace
- Hifi stereo
- Satellite TV
- Dishwasher
- Washingmachine
- Barbecue
Rent includes:
- Bed & bath linens
- Final cleaning
Service on request:
- First shopping
- Cook
- Baby equipment
- Central heating
Floorplan of the villa
Ground Floor
Living room
Kitchen with dining table
2 double rooms with en suite bathroom
Garden :
Outdoor dining table, infinity pool 7mx15m with separate Jacuzzi seating 8 people, putting green, fenced luxuriant garden (10.000 m2), barbecue
ESTATE: Murlo
Murlo is one of the most exclusive private country estates in Italy owned by the same family for generations. The estate of the castle of Murlo dominates the suggestive valley of Monte Tezio and it is located 20 km from Perugia and 15 km from lago Trasimeno.
With its 18 000 acres of immaculate woods, valleys, lakes and rivers, it is the perfect place for a relaxing and private holiday providing a degree of comfort and elegance that it is difficult to surpass. This haven of tranquility is the perfect setting for those who seek a holiday retreat from their frenetic lifestyles and an escape to something more spiritual and calm, enjoying the luxuries of time out and privacy, yet backed by a five-star service and by the facilities and commodities of the luxury golf resort of Antognolla, complete with 18 hole golf course, club and restaurant.
Four spectacular villas (Subtilia, San Savino, Torre and Camminata) have just been restored to offer guests the possibility to explore and live Umbria and fully enjoy the charm of the Umbrian countryside.Read more about Murlo
- Umbria has an enormous variety and number of traditional feasts throughout the year. The local communities treat these events as an opportunity to confirm their roots and identity and it is a wonderful opportunity for tourists to experience genuine expressions of Umbrian culture and folklore. We can provice a month by month list of the events in the area of the Antognolla and Murlo Estates.
- to exemplify: Gubbio is known for its palio, the Corsa dei Ceri, a spectacular run held every year on May 15, in which three teams run through throngs of cheering supporters up much of the mountain from the main square in front of the Palazzo dei Consoli to the basilica of S. Ubaldo, each team carrying a statue of their saint.
- Gubbio is so perfect, it looks like a medieval movie set. The main monuments and sightseeings of the city include the Roman Theatre which is still in use for performances, the massive Palazzo dei Consoli, the duomo and the Palazzo Ducale.
- In Orvieto, don't miss the fanciful Gothic Duomo, which soars seven stories high. Inside are magnificently vibrant and graphic frescoes of the Apocalypse by Luca Signorelli.
- In Assisi, you'll want to visit the famous basilica dedicated to Italy's patron saint, Francis. Frescoes by Giotto vividly tell the story of St. Francis's life. In the Piazza del Comune you'll find a church inserted into the remains of the ancient Temple of Minerva. Above town stands the Rocca Maggiore, a fortress that protected citizens during attacks. For a dose of nature and spiritual contemplation, walk to the hermitage, the Eremo dell Carceri.
- In Spoleto, visit the Roman theater and the archeological museum for a view of ancient Umbria. Go see the pre-Renaissance frescoes by Fra Lippo Lippi and Pinturicchio. The church of San Salvatore is one of Italy's oldest and is set within the remains of an ancient Roman temple.
- In Deruta, stroll the color-splashed streets where Italy's most famous hand-made ceramics are produced.
- Visit charming Citta' di Castello, which packs a lot into such a small town, with palaces, churches, towers, and –of course- a castle, all sitting pretty and begging to be explored.
- In Todi you'll find all the main sights conveniently concentrated onto the Gothic Piazza del Popolo, which is itself set over top of an ancient Roman cistern system. Below town is the striking Renaissance church of Santa Maria della Consolazione.
- In Perugia, be sure to see the frescoes by local artist Pietro Perugino in the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria and in the town hall's Sala del Cambio. Step back to ancient times at the Etruscan arch and Etruscan well. Enjoy the lively atmosphere at the large fountain, the Fontana Maggiore. Sample the chocolates named for the city.
- Perugia plays host to international visitors with its acclaimed annual Umbria Jazz Festival, held each July. A wildly popular chocolate festival every October pays homage to the city's sweet side.
- Spoleto offers up culture, dramatic performances and musical concerts during the Festival dei Due Mondi.
- Gubbio's Roman theatre is a dramatic setting for summertime, open-air performances.
- For children: Maridiana is a farm that breeds Alpacas, angora goats and selected sheep, situated in Tiber Valley approximately 10 minutes from Umbertide.
- Citta Della Domenica Park: A wonderful zoo / adventure land on the outskirts of Perugia. It features both domestic and wild animals, various play areas and a train. It is a lovely day out for the family with young children. www.cittadelladomenica.com
- 'Parco del Sole' is a wildlife park that stretches all along a river. There are about 300 species, and you can find a full series of services (bar and dining area, games area, football field, volley field, bowls field, picnic area) that will allow you to spend relaxing hours with the family. The park is situated just off the E45 south of Deruta, which is approximately a 40 minute drive from the villa. www.parcodelsole.com
- Perugina Chocolate Factory and Museum in Perugia: Any chocolate lover can take a trip to the nearby Perugina factory and visit the museum and take a guided tour of the factory. Free entry. Open Monday to Friday
(rates in € / week)2017
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* Low season :7 January to 8 April, 4 November to 23 December
* Mid season :22 April to 27 May, 23 September to 4 November
* Mid season 2 :8 to 22 April, 27 May to 24 June, 2 to 23 September, 23 December to 6 January 2018
* High season :24 June to 2 September
GUEST REVIEWS, Subtilia Olivo, Murlo
The Murlo estate lies in the heart of Umbria, only 20 km from the town of Perugia
- San Giovanni del Pantano – 2 minutes (small grocery store)
- Pierantonio 8 km – 10 min, small village with good choice of shops, bank, etc.
- Lake Trasimeno 15 km – 20 min
- Umbertide 15 km – 20 min
- Perugia 20 km – 25 min
- Gubbio 35 km – 35 min
- Città di Castello 35 km – 30 min
- Deruta 45 km – 35 min
- Assisi 47 km – 40 min
- Cortona 48 km – 45 min
- Spello 52 km – 35 min
- Foligno 58 km – 45 min
- Montepulciano 64 km – 1 hr
- Todi 70 km – 1 hr
- Spoleto 84 km – 1 hr
- Rome 211 km – 2 hr 30 min

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text: Angelou brings rainbows to Charleston By Amy Julia Harris September 28, 2012 Story Share Sarabeth McDowell Poet Maya Angelou speaks Friday at the Clay Center. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Maya Angelou, a 6-foot-tall, unmarried and pregnant 16-year-old, was looking into the United Nations headquarters in San Francisco and bawling."I read that the U.N. was hiring people who would be simultaneous translators and that they were paying the unheard of amount of $150 a week," Angelou said. "I used to go down to that building and watch as Eleanor Roosevelt would enter, and I would weep copiously and say, if I wasn't black, 6 feet tall, unmarried and pregnant, I could learn all the different languages and go into that building and become a simultaneous translator."Fifty years later, Angelou, now a world-renowned poet, activist and author, was asked to write a poem for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, a "poem for the world," she said."I said, 'Yes, thank you.' And I wept with gratitude when I went to the U.N. and delivered that poem," Angelou recalled. "I knew that I was only able to do that because I had rainbows in my clouds."Angelou, a National Medal of Arts recipient and the author of the memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," gave a riveting 40-minute address to a packed house in the Clay Center on Friday about life, hope, overcoming hardship and the transforming power of poetry. The award-winning poet helped celebrate the 100th anniversary of the YWCA in Charleston at the organization's Signature Centennial Event at the Clay Center."In Genesis, we're told that it rained unrelentingly and people thought it would never cease," Angelou began. "And in an attempt to put people at ease, God put a rainbow in the sky. Well, in the 19th century, some African-American poet, probably a woman, said God put a rainbow not just in the sky, but in the clouds . . . because if the rainbow is in the cloud itself, the viewer can see the possibility of release, of hope.""If you look in poetry, you'll find everything you need to stay alive and awake," said Angelou. "Poetry to me is a rainbow in the clouds."Angelou detailed how poetry played a prominent role throughout her life, from trivial experiences to profound life-altering events.She penned a humorous homage to meat -- "Carrots straw, spinach raw, today I need a steak"-- after unsuccessfully trying to order a potato and salad at an uppity health-food restaurant with an insufferable waitress. But for Angelou, poetry wasn't just a way to cope with minor setbacks -- it became a way to overcome major tragedies. One of those tragedies occurred when she was just a child in St. Louis."When I was a young, my mother's boyfriend raped me," Angelou told the dead-quiet audience. "The police came to my mother's place after that man was put into jail and released, and the police said they found the man dead. He had been kicked to death.""I heard that and I thought, my voice had killed him," she continued. "So I stopped speaking from age 7 to 13. I thought my voice had killed a man and it killed a man because I spoke his name to the family."Angelou and her brother were sent to their grandmother's house in a small Arkansas town where Angelou said she slowly learned to cope with what had happened to her."My grandmother told me, 'Sister, Mama likes for you to read that poetry,'" said Angelou. "'See, Sister, poetry will put starch in your backbone.'"It did. Angelou went on to author 12 best-selling books, among them the 1970 memoir. In 1993, she presented her poem, "On the Pulse of the Morning," at President Clinton's inauguration, becoming the second poet in American history to recite her work at a presidential inauguration."I read poetry to educate, inform -- to enliven," she said. "I look in poetry sometimes for words that help me to laugh, especially when I need it. When I've turned on the television or picked up the newspaper and heard 'doom and gloom,' I think, wait a minute, it's not all doom and gloom. There's something there to make me smile or make me laugh -- and if there isn't, I'll write it."Reach Amy Julia Harris at email@example.com or 304-348-4814. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Obama pulled Zuckerberg aside to warn him about fake news on Facebook 2 Yeager Airport, Air Guard to celebrate 70th anniversary with air show 3 Parole hearing set for Putnam man who claims wrongful sex assault conviction 4 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 5 Gazette editorial: Capito has second chance to do the right thing 'Wee-Vee' vets visit WV Previous Story Arrest made in Boone County slaying Next Story


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Information Technology
The Department of Information Technology contributes to an efficient and productive County government while using modern information technologies to improve citizen access to government information and services. To give focus and direction to staff within the department and to help plan for the future, an overall mission has been established together with eight goals. The missions and goals statement were developed with considerable input from staff regarding the important issues facing the department. Fairfax County is making the necessary investments in information technology and software, which through careful planning, cooperative business and technical execution will provide its citizens with a return on investment in the form of improved services. These goals were established to energize the department in performing its functions of developing and maintaining current information technology systems, providing a technology infrastructure and customer service support to County agencies.
Mission and Goals
The Department of Information Technology will deliver quality and innovative information technology solutions to provide citizens, the business community and County staff with convenient access to appropriate information and services.
Goal 1: Deliver timely and effective responses to
customer requirements through teamwork.
Goal 2: Provide vision, leadership, and a framework for evaluating emerging technologies and implementing proven information technology solutions.
Goal 3: Provide citizens, the business community and County staff with convenient access to appropriate information and services through technology.
Goal 4: Work with County agencies to improve business operations by thoroughly understanding business needs and by planning, implementing and managing the best information technology solutions available.
Goal 5: Guarantee a reliable communication and computer infrastructure foundation on which to efficiently conduct County business operations today and in the future.
Goal 6: Effectively communicate information about plans, projects, and achievements to County staff and customers.
Goal 7: Develop and maintain technically skilled staff who are competent in current and emerging information technology and a user community that understands and can employ modern technologies to maximize business benefits.
Goal 8: Ensure effective technical and fiscal management of the Department's operations, resources, technology projects and contracts.>
Ten IT Fundamental Principles
Our ultimate goal is to provide citizens, the business community, and
County employees with timely, convenient access to appropriate
information and services through the use of technology.
Business needs drive information technology solutions. Strategic
partnerships will be established between the customer and County so
that the benefits of IT are leveraged to maximize the productivity of
County employees and improve customer services.
Evaluate business processes for redesign opportunities before
automating them. Use new technologies to make new business methods a
reality. Exploit functional commonality across organizational
Manage Information Technology as an investment.
- Annually allocate funds sufficient to cover depreciation to replace systems and equipment before life-cycle end. Address project and infrastructure requirements through a multi-year planning and funding strategy.
- Limit resources dedicated to "legacy systems" -- hardware and software approaching the end of its useful life -- to absolutely essential or mandated changes. Designate systems as "legacy" and schedule their replacement. This approach will help focus investments toward the future rather than the present of past.
Invest in education and training to ensure the technical staffs in
central IT and user-agencies understand and can apply current and
future technologies.
Implement contemporary, but proven, technologies. Fairfax County will
stay abreast of emerging trends through an ongoing program of
technology evaluation. New technologies will often be introduced
through pilot projects where both the automation and its business
benefits and costs can be evaluated prior to any full-scale
Hardware and software will adhere to open (vendor-independent)
standards and minimize proprietary solutions. This approach will
promote flexibility, inter-operability, cost effectiveness, and
mitigate the risk of dependence on individual vendors.
Manage the enterprise network as a fundamental building block of the
County's IT architecture. The network will connect modern workstations
and servers; will provide both internal and external connectivity; will
be flexible, expandable, and maintainable; be fully integrated using
open standards and capable of providing for the free movement of data,
graphics, image, video, and voice.
Approach IT undertakings as a partnership of central management and
agencies providing for a combination of centralized and distributed
implementation. Combine the responsibility and knowledge of central
management, agency staff, as well as outside contract support within a
consistent framework of County IT standards. Establish strategic
cooperative arrangements with public and private enterprises to extend
limited resources.
Emphasize the purchase and integration of top quality,
commercial-off-the-shelf software (COTS) -- with minimal customization
-- to speed the delivery of new business applications. This will
require redesigning some existing work processes to be compatible with
off-the-shelf software packages. Utilize modern efficient methods and
laborsaving tools in a cooperative application development environment.
A repository for common information objects (e.g., databases, files,
records, methods, application inventories) will be created, shared and
- Capture data once in order to avoid cost, duplication of effort and potential for error and share the data whenever possible. Establish and use common data and common databases to the fullest extent. A data administration function will be responsible for establishing and enforcing data policy, data sharing and access, data standardization, data quality, identification and consistent use of key corporate identifiers.


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Ryan to receive lifetime scouting honor
Twins GM recognized with George Genovese Lifetime Achievement Award
Also being recognized with the same award by the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation is Tampa Bay Rays scout Larry Doughty. Ryan and Doughty will be honored in Los Angeles on Jan. 12, during the foundation's 10th annual "In The Spirit of the Game" Sports and Entertainment Spectacular at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
"I've known Larry and many of the other scouts involved for a long time," Ryan said. "I've never been to this event, but I've heard it's tremendous and for a good cause. It's an honor to be included."
Ryan, 59, has been in professional baseball since being selected in the 35th round by the Twins in the 1972 Draft. He had a four-year career as a left-handed pitcher in the Minors before an arm injury forced him to retire, and he eventually entered the scouting side of the game.
In 1980, Ryan became a scouting supervisor for the Mets before returning to the Twins in 1986 as the club's scouting director. He rose to vice president of player personnel in 1991 and became GM for the first time in 1994, a position he held for 13 seasons while overseeing four division titles.
During Ryan's tenure as scouting director, the Twins landed players like Chuck Knoblauch, Marty Cordova, Scott Erickson, Brad Radke, Eddie Guardado and LaTroy Hawkins. Knoblauch and Cordova won American League Rookie of the Year Awards and Radke and Erickson became All-Stars and 20-game winners.
Not surprisingly, the usually humble Ryan did not want to take credit.
"I just happened to be the scouting director for some of those guys," Ryan said. "We had a lot of scouts that did the work and found the good players. And I shouldn't get credit for just the good ones."
Ryan stepped down for a couple of seasons to become a special assistant to the GM and a scout for Minnesota, but he returned to the GM's chair in 2011.
The Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation has helped baseball scouts in need due to job loss, illness or financial hardships over the past nine years through the proceeds from the annual "In the Spirit of the Game" Sports and Entertainment Spectacular. Dennis Gilbert heads the foundation that has raised in excess of $1 million to support scouts in need.
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Lopez turns in no-sweat inning in first Cactus outing
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Rockies reliever Wilton Lopez's first Cactus League inning was smooth -- one infield hit, one flyout and two groundball outs during Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Reds. Lopez was cool and calm until he left the game.
After not attempting English at all last season, Lopez, 30, a native of Nicaragua, had a member of the Goodyear Ballpark visiting clubhouse staff to translate, but ventured into some English himself. At the end, he pulled at the front of his teal shirt.
"Look," he said, smiling and laughing. "I'm sweating."
It'll be a fun year for Lopez and the Rockies if he turns in more no-sweat outings like Saturday's, even if the perspiration comes when being quizzed by the press.
Lopez pitched four seasons for the Astros, a handful of times as the team's closer (11 saves, 10 in 2012), before being traded to the Rockies in 2012. Lopez made 75 appearances, but had a couple of deep slumps and finished 3-4 with a 4.06 ERA. His early struggles can be attributed to some poor luck, but at other times, it was plain poor location.
On Saturday, the sinker that the Rockies traded for was back. Better balance in his delivery -- not leaning backward during his leg kick -- paid dividends by allowing him to throw his sinker down and inside.
Lopez said last year was difficult in part because his father was battling a long illness, and he died in September.
"It was difficult," Lopez said. "I work and my family depends on me."
Manager Walt Weiss at times used Lopez earlier in games to allow him to find a rhythm, but never went away from him. Weiss also often said that Lopez not only made himself available practically every day, but he would ask to be used and even ask to stay in the game after his inning was complete.
"I'm ready," Lopez said. "If they say, 'Lopez, are you ready?' If it's the sixth, the fifth, the third, I'll say, 'OK.' It's the big leagues. I'm happy. Whatever they want. I just want to help the team. If I feel good, I'm ready to go."
The Rockies signed Lopez for one year at $2.2 million to avoid arbitration this year, and he'll be eligible for arbitration again at season's end.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Johnson powers Braves' rout with pair of homers
Atlanta pulls away with six-run fourth; Minor uneven, but goes yard
CHICAGO -- The wind was blowing out at Wrigley Field, which usually causes batters to swing from their heels nearly as much as the Home Run Derby during the All-Star festivities.
But Chris Johnson insisted he wasn't looking to go deep, which is somewhat believable because the Braves third baseman had just three homers before Saturday.
Johnson, though, nearly doubled his homer output by stroking a pair of two-run shots, and the Braves busted out of a recent offensive funk with a power surge in an 11-6 victory over the Cubs.
"That's just another aspect of my game I'm trying to work on, that power stroke," Johnson said. "But I'm not trying to hit home runs. I hit the first one pretty good. The second one was just a line drive and caught a good day in Wrigley."
Justin Upton went 2-for-5 with four runs batted in, including a key bases-loaded double in the fourth inning.
The Braves, who had three homers in the game -- including one from starter Mike Minor -- had scored a total of 15 runs in losing five of six before Saturday with no home runs. They had managed just one homer in the previous 12 games.
The offensive barrage couldn't have come at a better time, because Minor (3-5) was not particularly sharp, although he was probably better than his line indicated. He allowed six runs on 11 hits in six innings, but that was good enough on Saturday. Minor has won six times in six career games against the Cubs.
"They hit some good pitches today, swinging bunts, but I think it evened out because they hit some balls on the screws that went right at guys," Minor said. "But it was one of those days where I felt like I made some good pitches and they just got hits."
Chicago starter Edwin Jackson (5-10) had a nightmare outing, giving up nine runs on seven hits and the three long home runs in 3 2/3 innings.
"It was just one of those games where it was just embarrassing how horrendous -- flat-out, no other way to put it," Jackson said. "The team does a great job of battling back, and you continuously go out and give up the lead -- pretty much just unacceptable."
It was apparent early on that this wouldn't be a classic pitching duel.
The Cubs broke through first with a pair of runs in the first inning. Arismendy Alcantara (2-for-5) continued his torrid first week in the Majors with a leadoff double and scored when the next batter, Justin Ruggiano, followed with a single. Ruggiano scored to make it 2-0 when Chris Coghlan (2-for-3 with three RBIs) doubled with two outs.
The Braves struck right back in the second. Jason Heyward walked with one out, and Johnson followed with the first of his two homers -- a blast deep into the left-field bleachers -- to tie the score at 2.
Andrelton Simmons gave the Braves a 3-2 lead in the top of the third with an RBI single, scoring B.J. Upton, but the Cubs quickly answered in the bottom of the inning when Welington Castillo hit a scorching liner to center that B. J. Upton misjudged. The ball glanced off his glove and Castillo was credited with an RBI double.
The Braves then opened up a big advantage with a six-run fourth inning. Heyward got things started with a leadoff double, and Johnson followed with another line-drive homer into the left-field bleachers to make it 5-3. It was the third career multi-homer game for Johnson.
The next two batters were retired on grounders, and it appeared that Jackson would escape with just the two runs scoring, especially with Minor up next. But the right-hander never retired another batter. Minor hit a line drive into the left-field bleachers to make it 6-3.
"I have to say that was luck more than anything," Minor said.
B.J. Upton walked, Simmons singled and Freddie Freeman walked to load the bases. That was it for Jackson. Carlos Villanueva came on, but he provided little relief as Justin Upton immediately touched him up for a bases-clearing double to make it 9-3.
Minor gave up three runs in the fifth, but was able to get through six innings. David Carpenter pitched the final two innings to earn his third save.
"Today was one of those days we needed all the offense we could get," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "The wind was blowing out -- a typical Wrigley Field day with the wind blowing out -- and you never felt comfortable."
John Jackson 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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Fresh air, gorgeous views and mile after mile of rugged, eminently walkable wilderness — there are few forms of exercise more enticing than a hike along one of the Bay Area's many beautiful trails. It's good for the body, mind and spirit.
Or it would be, if you weren't nibbling a high-sugar, additive-laden, uber-expensive, storebought energy bar — or what Camilla V. Saulsbury calls "a peanut butter sponge with a chocolate Ex-lax-like coating." You can do better than that, says the author of "Power Hungry: The Ultimate Energy Bar Cookbook" (Lake Isle Press, $16.95, 150 pages). It takes less than half an hour to make several dozen bars. You can store them in the freezer, fridge or backpack. And the difference in taste, texture and cost is pretty shocking.
The Albany native spent her childhood hiking the trails and backwoods of Northern California, and her grad school years holed up in a library with a stash of processed power bars for sustenance. They tasted terrible.
"I was living out of my backpack. The taste factor started to get to me real soon — and they weren't providing energy," Saulsbury says. "I thought, I can make something like this. So we made granola bars — oats and some glue to hold it together. It cost so much less and was so much bettter tasting."
Soon, Saulsbury was making all sorts of riffs on the energy bar theme: Clif Bar taste-alikes without the soy protein isolates, a byproduct of the tofu industry; Kind Bar look-alikes that have all your favorite dried fruits and nuts; crisp, puck-shaped discs of nutty-seedy splendor; and energy bars filled with banana chips, citrus zest, quinoa flakes and even kale.
So what does Saulsbury tote when she hits the trails? "I would definitely opt for a bar with a grain base. You need those hearty carbohydrates for those long hikes," she says. "When it gets hot, it needs to hold together. And seeds and nuts have that portable protein."
We whipped out a batch each of her Nick Bars — those are the better-than-a-Clif bars — and Friend Bars, which emulate the Kind variety. When you make your own, you control the ingredients, of course. So our "Friend Bars" were full of dried apricots, pecans and pepitas, but yours might be made with dried apples, pecans and cinnamon. Or shredded coconut and almonds. Or ground ginger, almonds, sesame seeds and dates.
"Sometimes, simple is best," she says. "Growing up, we had a VW camper with a pop-up top for the five of us. We'd go to Samuel P. Taylor Park or all the way up to Canada. We'd take a big container of almonds and raisins, protein from the nuts and then simple carbohydrates from the dried fruit."
But if you want to get a little fancy with minimal effort, she suggests mixing up a batch of her Paleo Pucks, nuts and dried fruit held together with egg white and a tablespoon of honey or maple syrup. "You bake them in a muffin tin," she says. "Super simple. Nice to grab."
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Last week Yahoo! came out with an article, "College Majors That Are Useless", which listed three agricultural-based majors in its top five list.
Little surprise, it ruffled many feathers within the agriculture community. (See Commentary: Useless Indeed.) In fact, by mid-day on Thursday, a Facebook page – "I studied agriculture and I have a job" – was up and running.
AgCareers.com, an agriculture job placement service, released a response with data of its own, illustrating the varied and numerous opportunities ag majors and careers provide.
Also, the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) has stepped forward, pointing out that students in animal science programs learn skills that are vital in food production and animal and human health. Enrollment in animal science majors is increasing, and job opportunities for animal science majors continue to expand, ASAS points out.
"I couldn't disagree more with the recent comments in the media questioning the value of animal science degrees. Nearly all animal science departments across the country are experiencing not only growth but expanding placement rates of our graduates. Even during record global economic challenges, animal science majors have been in great demand," says Margaret Benson, head of the animal science department at Washington State University and ASAS president.
As she points out, animal science is the study of farm animals, companion animals and exotic species. Animal scientists work to improve animal health and food production, and many of them focus on food safety and improving sustainability. Discoveries in animal science also increase understanding of human health, genetics and medicine, Benson adds.
According to Greg Lardy, head of the animal science department at North Dakota State University, "Interest in animal science careers and enrollment in our undergraduate majors continues to expand. In fact, our enrollment is up 28 percent this year."
Meghan Wulster-Radcliffe, ASAS' chief executive officer, notes that about 90 percent of university animal science departments have seen increased enrollment in recent years. ASAS has also seen record membership, including more than 5,000 academic and industry professionals. International and student membership in ASAS also has grown.
Animal science has stayed strong during the recession. Data from the 2009 to 2012 American Community Survey show the unemployment rate for recent graduates with agriculture-related degrees was 7 percent below the national average of 8.9 percent.
Graduates with animal science degrees who responded to a recent Purdue University survey said they used their majors to find careers in animal production, at zoos and the pharmaceutical industry. A degree in animal science also opens doors for additional graduate and professional training in areas such as veterinary medicine, research and education.
"The fundamental goal of animal science is to facilitate the use of animals to meet human needs, whether we are discussing feeding the world or companionship," Wulster-Radcliffe says.


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Long Term Fructose
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Data suggest that alanine may facilitate the intestinal absorption of fructose in patients with DFI and thereby may decrease GI symptoms.
We hypothesize that the ingestion of supplemental L-alanine along with mixed meals or snacks that contain foods with free fructose or high fructose content will decrease GI symptoms in subjects with dietary fructose intolerance by facilitating intestinal absorption of fructose.
Aim: To investigate the effects of co- administration of equi-molar doses of L-alanine or placebo on the occurrence of GI symptoms in subjects with dietary fructose intolerance, in a randomized, double blind, cross over study.
Methods: We propose to investigate the effects of co-administration of equi-molar doses of L-alanine or placebo on the occurrence of GI symptoms in 70 subjects with dietary fructose intolerance, in a randomized, double blind, cross over study.
Data Analysis: The primary outcome measure will be a comparison of baseline breath sample values and study visit breath sample values. Additionally, we will assess subject-reported occurence and severity of nine gastrointestinal symptoms during the test on a visual analog scale (VAS).
Expected Results: We anticipate that dietary fructose intolerance (DFI) symptoms will improve with ingestion of supplemental L-alanine (along with foods containing free fructose or high fructose content). We additionally expect treatment of DFI with administration of L-alanine powder to be more practical than co-ingestion of alanine-rich foods, and more convenient for patients.
|Dietary Fructose Intolerance
|Dietary Supplement: supplemental L-alanine Dietary Supplement: Metamucil
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Investigation of Supplemental L-alanine in the Management of Dietary Fructose Intolerance: a Double-blind, Randomized Crossover Study
- GI symptom score [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]Change in GI symptom score with alanine & placebo, when compared to the baseline
- Fructose consumption [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]Estimated daily consumption of fructose during the alanine & placebo phases, when compared to baseline
|Study Start Date:
|February 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: L-alanine
Subjects will consume l-alanine prior to eating fructose-containing foods.
Dietary Supplement: supplemental L-alanine
Subjects will consume l-alanine prior to eating fructose-containing foods.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Subjects will consume the placebo prior to eating fructose-containing foods.
Dietary Supplement: Metamucil
Subjects will consume the placebo prior to eating fructose-containing foods.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age between 18-99 years
- Diagnosis of fructose malabsorption (positive breath test after ingestion of 25 grams of fructose defined as either (a) ≥ 20 ppm rise of breath H2/CH4/both over baseline values or a successive rise of ≥ 5 ppm over baseline and in 3 consecutive breath samples)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cognitive impairment or any other inability to provide informed consent
- Prisoners
- GI surgery except appendectomy, cholecystectomy, caesarean section, hysterectomy
- Antibiotics in the previous 6 weeks
- History of bacterial overgrowth or lactose intolerance
- Major co-morbid illnesses, including chronic pancreatitis, celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, scleroderma, pseudo-obstruction syndromes etc.
- Known food allergies
- Medication use: opioids, Tegaserod, laxatives, enemas
- An allergy or intolerance to any fiber supplements or other dietary nutritional supplements such as: psyllium (Metamucil), Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, and methylcellulose (Citrucel).
- Difficulty swallowing
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01288495
|United States, Iowa
|University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
|Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52246
|Responsible Party:
|Satish Rao, PI, Georgia Regents University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01288495 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
Long Term Fructose
|Study First Received:
|January 31, 2011
|Last Updated:
|September 16, 2014
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Fructose Intolerance
Fructose Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Metabolic Diseases
Gastrointestinal Agents
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The first airline in the Western Hemisphere to fly the current generation of 50-seat regional jets will cease all operations by the end of September. Delta Air Lines subsidiary Comair, a Bombardier CRJ operator since 1993, will fly its last passenger on September 29, marking the end of a 35-year run as one of the most recognizable names in the U.S. regional airline business.
"While regional flying has [been] and will remain a key component of Delta's network, customer expectations and the unit costs of regional flying have evolved," wrote Delta Connection senior vice president Don Bornhorst in a memo to the officers and directors of Delta Air Lines. "In response, Delta recently announced its plans to reduce the total number of regional jets in its network while adding more mainline flying… As a result of this reduction and changes to its customer-focused business strategy, Delta has made the difficult decision to cease Comair's operations."
In a separate memo issued this morning to all employees, Comair president Ryan Gumm explained that the decision by Delta to close the Cincinnati-based airline centered on the advanced age and cost of its regional fleet. Flying the oldest RJ fleet in the Delta Connection system, Comair for years has presented a target for Delta's cost-cutting and fleet paring exercises, most notably in 2010, when the company announced it would cut 49 fifty-seat CRJs by the end of this year, leaving the company with just 16 CRJ200s, 15 CRJ700s and 13 CRJ900s. Now, as Delta moves to pare the total complement of 50-seat jets in its regional system from some 350 to 125, Comair again faces the proverbial ax.
Left with just the 28 larger regional jets, the company no longer carries the economies of scale to remain viable.
"The discontinuation of Comair's operations is in no way a failure or a reflection of your work—it is an unfortunate necessity due to the economic limitations of our aging aircraft, cost structure, the long-term outlook for 50-seat aircraft, and our challenging industry and economy," said Gumm.
Delta insists the move will not result in any significant changes to its network, although it will have to reallocate Comair's larger regional jets to other Delta Connection carriers.
Comair now accounts for roughly one percent of Delta's network capacity, meaning customers can expect "no disruption" to service and no "significant" adjustments to Delta's flight schedule or locations served.
It also stressed that Cincinnati will continue to serve as an important market in its worldwide network. "Cincinnati is now a profitable market for Delta and the city continues to enjoy more than 120 peak daily flights, with nonstop service to 49 destinations," Delta said in a statement. "No reductions in the number of Delta flights are planned at Cincinnati as a result of this decision."
Tod (not verified)
July 31, 2012 - 6:19pm
Very sensitive of you Gregory. Detailing every make, model and quantity of aircraft, without mentioning the figure of 1700 individuals...fathers, mothers, sons and daughters...who will be added to the unemployment roll. 1000 in Cincinnati alone!
No mention of the suppliers and how their employees will be impacted by this "unfortunate necessity".
matt (not verified)
July 31, 2012 - 6:57pm
Still think there is a coming pilot shortage? Baloney! All the best to those who have or will lose their jobs due to this shutdown.
Jim (not verified)
August 1, 2012 - 7:36am
No mention of the fact that they have an aged fleet and un-economic seat count because management made the decisions to not upgrade their fleet or invest significant captital or brain cells to keep Comair viable. Just as Tod stated, there is a huge human cost to these decisions. Pilots who invested their lives and life savings in these jobs will be out on the street. Did they offer them mainline jobs? Is that possible?
Gary (not verified)
August 1, 2012 - 10:25am
Derugulation provided the opportunity for Comair to grow and prosper, but it also created a very unstable environment for all employees in the airline industry. We can now add these 1700 employees to the list of hundreds of thousands of former airline employees who have lost their jobs and careers due to deregulation, which failed to protect the careers of workers who have been the victims of poor management decision making in what is now a very unstable industry.
Rick16803 (not verified)
August 1, 2012 - 11:02am
Obviously the root of this event is fuel prices. As attempts to access more oil from Canada via the keystoe pipeline that Obama blocked, we have rising oil prices and gas prices unnecessarily . Bush opend up more oil drilling areas before he left office in 2008 and oil prices fell below $ 40 a barrell. Obama immediately recinded those Bush directives and oil began soaring back above $ 100 a barrell. I wonder how many of those Employees voted for "Change" in 2008? Well they are getting that" Change" in spades today unfortunately.
JG Boivin (not verified)
August 1, 2012 - 3:03pm
Once again a "president" keeps his $Million salary while thousands of pilots, F/As, mechanics, and suppliers get the shaft. As Rick16803 said, fuel prices are mostly to be blamed for this --but-- so is a management who lacked vision. From now on I will be fixing diesel trucks, and to hell with aviation!
Pat Smith (not verified)
August 27, 2012 - 5:55pm
Hope this helps.
LITTLETON, CO (August 1, 2012) – Avjobs, Inc. makes services available to all 1700 displaced employees of Comair with the highest level of reemployment assistance. All displaced employees of Comair are eligible to receive free reemployment assistance through Avjobs Cares Reemployment Services.
Avjobs Cares
The Avjobs Cares Discount Program is designed to ease the transition of displaced aviation employees and allow the industry to recapture quality talent. The program provides Comair participants with an extended free service period added to the end of an existing accounts' regular billing cycle. The extended free period is normally six (6) months of additional service but has been extended for Comair participants to twelve (12) full months. If you have been affected by the Delta Comair announcement, you may be eligible for an additional twelve (12) months free service on your existing account.


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The Galleria Romana CaperMystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
Private Eye Sam Horowitz sat in his dingy office, watching the paint peel off the walls. He hadn't had a customer all month, and soon he would be out of business if things didn't pick up. That was before she knocked on the door, and entered his office with a flourish. She was a classy dame, looked wealthy too. Her lips were painted bright red, and pearls were sewn on to her red satin dress. Slight of build, standing only five feet tall. As she entered his office, she exuded an aura of desperation.
"My name is Erika Von Doran, and I need your help Detective," she said as she sat down in the chair facing his desk. "My father owns the art gallery Galleria Romana, and yesterday we were robbed; all our priceless paintings have been stolen. I am so upset, I haven't slept since last night! The local police are stumped."
"Two Monet's, four Picasso's, and a Rodin sculpture were stolen. The guard was found taped to a chair at the scene; he claimed that the thieves knocked him out. The janitor was found unconscious on the floor in the office, he claims to remember nothing. Thank goodness we have insurance," sobbed Erika.
"Well," said Horowitz, thinking of the steak and lobsters he would eat when he was done with this case, "I can help, but my fees are high. I am in quite a demand lately. I will meet you and your father at the scene."
"Yes, detective, of course! My father will pay anything you ask; I will have him meet you there," exclaimed Erika. With that she swept out of his office, her blue eyes sparkling like sapphires with hope.
When he arrived at the Galleria, Erika and her father, a large stately man in a pinstriped suit who stood at least six feet tall, were already there. Horowitz saw as he walked in that the janitor and guard were there too.
"Welcome, Detective Horowitz!" Mr. Von Doran boomed as he strode over to Sam and shook his hand. His grip could have broken Horowitz's hand, he was obviously a man of great strength.
"Mr. Von Doran, hello. I will have a look around," said Horowitz, trying to subtly remove his hand from the bearish man's grasp.
"By all means, Mr. Horowitz. I have gathered the evidence and copies of the police reports for you to look at, and I have called back the staff that was here last night when the robbery occurred. Feel free to talk to them. I hope you can find who did this to our family."
Sam was led to scene of the crime. He noted that each painting and the sculpture had been protected in a case behind glass with a lock. The glass had been smashed, and shattered pieces covered the floor. He saw from the police reports that prints of the janitor were found on the cases of all the paintings, and also on what was left of the case that once contained the Rodin sculpture. On the wooden base the sculpture once sat on, there seemed to be crack in the wood, something white was poking out the slightest bit. Horowitz pulled it out with a pair of tweezers. It was a note, which read "Raucous Elephants Dream, Helping Everyone Realize Romana Is No Good".
Horowitz set the note aside, and went back to searching the base with tweezers in hand and his trusty magnifying glass pressed to his eye. Stuck in the crack where the note had been, was a shiny red cloth fiber. Horowitz moved on to the chair where the guard had been, fifty feet from the cases. He examined the pile of duct tape used to secure the guard, and noticed a strange greasy red stain on the torn end of the tape. As he moved on to the police evidence bag, he noticed that a piece of glass was stuck inside the collar of the Blue uniform the guard had been wearing. There was nothing odd about the janitor's green uniform, though.
Horowitz called to the Von Dorans, the guard and the janitor. When they were gathered around him he said, "Now, tell me exactly what happened last night."
The guard, a large man who towered over even Mr. Van Doran, said, "I was walking by the Picasso, and then some one hit me on the back of the head, and I woke up with the police here and the art was gone."
The janitor, a stout greasy little man, said, "I was in the supply closet, when someone put a rag over my mouth, and I lost consciousness."
Erika said, "I was at home when I got the call from Daddy, who said the museum had been robbed."
Mr. Von Doran said, "I was out to sushi with friends when the police called me."
Horowitz then showed them the note left at the base of the statue. "I think the thief is trying to tell us something," he said, "but clever as this thief is, I have determined who took your painting Mr. Van Doran, and the culprits are in this room!"
HintSometimes clues are merely crimson fish.
AnswerThis teaser was written in the style of old "pulp" detective novels with a forensics twist.
The janitor cleaned every case in the museum daily, so his prints had reason to be there.
After finding the red fiber and the red smear, Horowitz knew Erika was one of the culprits. She was the only one wearing shiny red clothing, which she has been wearing since the robbery. When she leaned down to place the note in the base of the statue, a thread from her sleeve stuck in the crack. She also didn't think about leaving a red lipstick smear on the duct tape when she ripped a piece off with her teeth after she restrained the guard. However, Erika had to have an accomplice, the guard. The chair he was in was fifty feet away from the glass, yet there was glass on the inside of his collar. This means that he was free and near the glass when it was smashed. He was also much too tall for a five foot tall woman to hit on the head; he had sat in the chair while she secured him with the duct tape.
For the meaning of the note take the first letter of each word and put them in a row. They spell RED HERRING, which was a popular term in detective novels meaning a fake clue to lead you off the trail.
"It was Erika, and the guard." said Horowitz. "But why, Erika? Why come to my office and ask for my help, if you knew I'd catch you?"
"Alright, I admit it, it was me, and I am in love with a security guard," cried Erika. "If I could sell the art my beloved and I would be able to run away together and be happy. I came to your office Mr. Horowitz, because Daddy was about to hire a good Private Eye. I looked for a Private Eye who had no other business. I thought if I found an incompetent one I could cover my crime. I'm sorry Daddy!" Erika began to sob.
Sam Horowitz stood there watching her torn between feeling insulted and waiting for a moment to ask about his fee. Insult or no, steak and lobster sounded good tonight.
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The headteacher of Holbrook Primary School is keen to clear internet rumours that an attempted abduction of a pupil took place yesterday.
Police were called by the school, in Holbrook Lane, after a teenager undertaking work experience claimed to have been followed there by a man at around 1pm.
This prompted a number of posts on Facebook and head Roger Whitewick said: "It didn't involve a pupil from the school, it was a student from Wiltshire College, doing work experience here, who said this man was following her up Holbrook Lane."
"Understandably, when she arrived at the school she was quite distressed, members of staff looked after her while I went out to see if I could see anyone, but I didn't."
It is thought the man grabbed the Wiltshire College student, who managed to break free and run to the school.
After a number of rumours on Facebook, Holbrook Primary School are planning on issuing a letter to parents . The man is described as between 35 and 45, olive skinned, of medium build, and with short dark hair.
PC Helen Daveridge, Community Beat Manager, said: "A young lady was approached by a man asking if she had a boyfriend and touched her on her arm.
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On Monday afternoon, Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star closer Jason Grilli 1.) pitched an inning in a rehab start with the Class AA Altoona Curve and 2.) made hundreds of fans for life.
"Just across the board class act," Curve General Manager Rob Egan told the Altoona Mirror.
"Definitely a very classy individual," Curve fan Tim Pittsley said.
What did Grilli do to earn this praise?
After the 36-year-old veteran pitched the first inning, he walked up to the Altoona stadium's concourse area, sat down at a picnic table and spent more than an hour signing autographs and posing for pictures for several hundred fans. The team says he did it on his own.
"I know there's a lot of fans that came out to support me and want me back in Pittsburgh, so it's just a way to pay back dividends to the fans," Grilli told the Mirror.
The newspaper described Grilli's actions as "nothing short of stunning, and unprecedented" at the Altoona ballpark.
After major league pitchers are done for the day in a minor league rehab assignment, usually "they go in and take a shower, get dressed and leave the ballpark before the game is finished," according to the newspaper.
Not Grilli, a well-traveled journeyman who is having the best season of his 11-year big league career.
"Without the fans, there's not all the noise and the support that gets us adrenalized, and there's really no business of baseball," he said. "So they're a part of it. I know that, so I try to include them and make them feel like what's going on in Pittsburgh is really special. All the way out here in Altoona everybody's sensing that and feeling that, so they're a part of it, too."
Brenden Grimminger, 9, was among the fans who got an autograph. "It was a really cool experience. I've always wanted an autograph by Jason Grilli."
Grilli, who has been on the disabled list since injuring his right forearm July 22, is expected to rejoin the Pirates this week. With 30 saves in 31 opportunites and a stellar 0.92 WHIP, Grilli has been a big part of the Bucs' success.


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Unless you happen to be touring one of the homes designed by California architects Charles and Henry Greene. In these houses, it is obvious that they didn't go off the clock when it came time to design the rooms that the public would not normally see. I became aware of this the first time I visited the Gamble House. I had driven from Las Vegas on a Saturday morning, and was killing time in the bookstore waiting for the tour to begin. The bookstore is located in what was the garage, and the restroom in the bookstore is in nearly original condition. As I was leaving the restroom, I noticed a very nice medicine cabinet.
Now the restroom in the garage is probably one of the last details to be considered in designing a 12,000 square foot house and all of its furniture. But not to the brothers Greene. In our November issue is the third and final installment in a series of articles by David Mathias on the work of Greene and Greene. In August, the series began with an overview, and continued in October with a close look at details and joinery. Our final installment looks at kitchens, baths and doors-the everyday items most architects ignore or gloss over. It's an interesting look, and many of the photos and rooms have not been seen in print until now.
The November issue is on its way to subscribers, and should be on newsstands in the next couple weeks. (The Gamble garage restroom cabinet is on page 68) In the meantime, we have on online slideshow of photos we didn't have room for in the magazine.
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Fairfax County Wants Residents to Talk Trash
Fairfax County really wants to know how people feel about their trash. Community input will influence the way the county deals with trash for the next 20 years. Do residents want to recycle additional materials curbside? Should small business recycling requirements be changed? How should the county fund community benefit programs? What should the county's role be in managing trash collection and recycling services?
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Through this solid waste management planning process, the county hopes to identify future waste disposal options, increase the efficiency of the waste management system, develop long-term projections to ensure that materials are managed, and implement strategies that protect the environment. The planning process also includes a series of public meetings held through November at locations throughout Fairfax County. General information about the Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program and the community meetings is available on the county's Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes. A public hearing will be held in spring 2004 to review and approve the final plan.
For more information about the survey, the public meetings and the planning process, contact Pamela Gratton at 703-324-5498, TTY 711 or Linda Boone at 703-324-5045, TTY 711, both with the Solid Waste Management Program of the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services.


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Efficacy and Tolerability of BAF312 in Patients With Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis
This study has been terminated.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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First received: June 21, 2010
Last updated: July 25, 2013
Last verified: July 2013
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This study will determine the efficacy, safety, tolerability and the PK profile of BAF312, a novel immunomodulator, in polymyositis and dermatomyositis patients that are not responsive to traditional immunosuppressive and/or corticosteroid therapy. The study will consist of a 12 week, randomized, placebo controlled period, followed by another 12 weeks where all subjects will receive BAF312 treatment.
|Polymyositis Dermatomyositis
|Drug: BAF312 Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Multi-centre, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Proof of Concept Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Tolerability of BAF312 in Patients With Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis
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Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Dermatomyositis Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy PolymyositisU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Measure: Preliminary clinical efficacy using the IMACS core set measures [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Measure: Safety and tolerability using safety assessments [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Measure: Characterize the steady state pharmacokinetics [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Measure: Exposure effect on safety and efficacy parameters [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Measure: Biomarkers reflecting efficacy in reducing systemic inflammation [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Measure: Efficacy in modifying health-related quality of life measured by SF-36 [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
|Drug: Placebo
|Experimental: BAF312
|Drug: BAF312
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with disease at least 3 months before study
- Muscle weakness
- Received corticosteroids with or with out disease modifying antirheumatic drugs at least 3 months before study however not responding to this therapy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Other idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
- Myopathy other than polymyositis and dermatomyositis
- Patients with late stages of disease Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01148810
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01148810
|United States, Massachusetts
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|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|Czech Republic
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Prague 2, Czech Republic, 128 50
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Budapest, Hungary, 1083
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Debrecen, Hungary, 4032
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Stockholm, Sweden, 17176
|United Kingdom
|Novartis Investigative Site
|Manchester, United Kingdom, M6 8HD
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Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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|Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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|NCT01148810 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2008-006311-21 ( EudraCT Number )
|Study First Received:
|June 21, 2010
|Last Updated:
|July 25, 2013
Keywords provided by Novartis ( Novartis Pharmaceuticals ):
Inflammatory muscle disease
Muscle weakness
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Muscular Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Connective Tissue Diseases
Skin Diseases
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Brown Sugar Sweet Potatoes Recipe
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This easy apple and sweet potato bake, drizzled with a brown sugar and cinnamon sauce, is a natural for holiday meals. " I like to serve this autumn side dish with ham," writes Heidi Grant of Orangeville, Ontario. "If you wish, you can substitute two 18-ounce cans of sweet potatoes, drained."
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- 2 pounds sweet potatoes
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened apple juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 medium apple, peeled and sliced
- Place sweet potatoes in a large saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 10-20 minutes or just until tender. Drain; cool slightly and peel. Peel and cut into 1/4-in. slices.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, apple juice, salt and cinnamon; set aside. In an 8-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray, alternately layer sweet potato and apple slices in an 8-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Drizzle with brown sugar mixture.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25 minutes. Uncover; bake 20-25 minutes longer or until apples are tender, basting occasionally with pan juices. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Candied Sweet Potatoes in Light & Tasty December/January 2004, p42
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"Too dry, so I doubled the sauce ingredients and put it back in the oven. I also kept it covered with foil. Then it came out much better. Everybody at Easter loved them!!"
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An Otley student is looking forward to overseas adventure after winning a travel scholarship.
Oliver Proctor, who has just finished his A levels at Prince Henry's Grammar School, has been presented with the Waye Travelling Scholarship by the school's Foundation Governors.
The bursary, originally donated by the late Douglas Waye - a former chairman of the Foundation Governors and Honorary Citizen of Otley - is given to Sixth Form students who are intending to travel.
Oliver said: "I will be using the money to go to La Rosiere in France and work for a ski season in the Alps.
"I have wanted to this since I first went skiing and the scholarship has helped me make that dream come true. I am very grateful."
The presentation was made by Mr Waye's daughter Pam Beck, who is the Foundation Governors' secretary, and current chairman Dr Chris Hatton.


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Center for Multicultural Human Services to Host Domestic Violence Conference
Fairfax County Office of Public
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
May 31, 2005
Center for Multicultural Human Services to Host Domestic Violence Conference
On Friday, June 17, health, mental health, legal and social services professionals, religious leaders and educators will convene at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, for a daylong conference on cross-cultural perspectives in addressing domestic violence.
Fairfax County Executive Tony Griffin and Police Chief David Rohrer will speak, highlighting the county's efforts to respond to domestic violence. Virginia Secretary of Public Safety John Marshall will offer opening remarks as well.
Sujata Warrier, director of the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, will present the opening address for the morning session, "Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Addressing Family Violence. " This will be followed by "The Rosie Story," a 50-minute segment of the play "The Three Roses," about a Puerto Rican woman victimized by domestic violence. Olga Trujillo, consultant and attorney specializing in sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse, will provide the opening address for the afternoon session, "Family Violence Through the Eyes of Children." Trujillo will offer insights into how cultural factors helped her overcome her childhood experience with family violence. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in small break-out groups following the morning and afternoon plenary sessions.
"This is a breakthrough event in this region," says Dennis Hunt, executive director of the Center for Multicultural Human Services. "Cultural and language diversity make the issue of domestic violence and how to address it very complex. The highly collaborative nature of this conference demonstrates both the desire and the need for service providers across all sectors to come together to share a common understanding so we can deal more effectively with this difficult issue."
The conference, held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., is being convened by the Center for Multicultural Human Services in collaboration with the Fairfax County Domestic Violence Prevention, Policy, and Coordinating Council; Boat People SOS; Tahirih Justice Center; the Women's Center; FAITH; Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court; Fairfax County Police Department; Shelter House; and Legal Services of Northern Virginia.
Members of the public and the media are invited. For more information or reasonable ADA accommodations, call Ricarda Dowling at 703-533-3302, TTY 711. To register online, visit the Center for Multicultural Human Services Web page at www.cmhs.org/about/events/dvconf.html.


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A catering business that North Fair Oaks neighbors blame for causing odors, noise, parking and traffic problems must comply with "urgency" regulations, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimously decided on Tuesday.
Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson, who represents the unincorporated area, said the county has futilely tried to get the business to voluntarily make changes.
"This has been going on for a long time," Jacobs Gibson said. "We were left in a position of having to take some additional steps to address the concerns of the neighborhood."
The urgency ordinance, which went into effect immediately after the vote and will last 45 days, applies specifically to the lot at 3821 Fair Oaks Ave., where Bay Area Catering and Events opened in 2011.
The ordinance limits operating hours from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and prohibits "exterior noise" such as vans loading outside of those hours. It also establishes noise levels and bans any use "which emits an odor or air pollutant, detectable without instruments" beyond the property's boundaries.
The lot is zoned for neighborhood commercial but the surrounding zoning is residential.
David Bui, who lives near the catering company, said the business sometimes operates past midnight and then opens in the early morning a few hours later.
"It's not serving the neighborhood at all and it's becoming a nuisance," Bui said.
Several residents told the supervisors they don't need a corner store or any other business in their neighborhood and they'd prefer to see the lot rezoned as residential.
Bay Area Catering and Events did not send anyone to the meeting to speak on its behalf.
Jaime Gonzalez, who owns the lot at 3821 Fair Oaks Ave., said three markets have come and gone in the past decade because they couldn't get enough customers. And now that he's finally got a tenant that is able to do business, the county is trying to drown it in regulations, he said.
"Now that the business is flourishing, there's a problem," Gonzalez said, adding that the regulations would create a financial hardship.
"If there is an issue, I'm willing to work with the community," he said. "The business said they'd do that. There's things that can be done without having to rezone a property."
Although the urgency ordinance is temporary, Planning and Building Director Jim Eggemeyer told supervisors he would ask them next month to extend it for a full year. That would give the county more time to investigate the situation and possible solutions.
He noted that the catering business is seeking permits to open a second facility in Redwood City and company officials have told the county they plan to relocate the bulk of their operations to that site.
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I've recently started a new series called My Bookshelf in which I post short reviews of the new books I finish. The second book I review is written by fellow blogger and e-patient superstar, Dave deBronkart. First I read the story of Dave years ago, and actually, he is now included in my Internet in Medicine university accredited course. I describe his story to my students as he is THE example of how e-patients can leverage the potential advantages of web 2.0. His recent book, Laugh, Sing, and Eat Like a Pig, How an empowered patient beat stage IV cancer (and what healthcare can learn from it) is just fantastic.
1) I'm sure it's a golden mine of information for patients dealing with similar health issues; 2) it's more than useful for doctors who really want to know how they can help their patients even more; 3) it should be a must-read book for policy makers in order to get insights about the lives of empowered patients.
He does not only share his moving and inspirational story, but also shares his opinions on electronic medical records, Google Health, patient communities and also contacting other e-patients. This book will certainly lead the way for the Participatory Healthcare and also for the Medicine 2.0 and Health 2.0 movements. A must-read!
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Could they try a zone-read option attack against the Boilers Saturday in what looms as a pivotal Big Ten matchup?
Absolutely, coach Bret Bielema said.
Wisconsin would have to tweak its pro-style offense given starting quarterback Joel Stave is not a runner. But it has a backup quarterback, Curt Phillips, whose strength is in a spread attack. Three knee injuries have limited him the last few seasons, although he did play briefly in last Saturday's win over Illinois.
"It was something we probably repped at least five weeks in a row and looked really good," Bielema said. "It's definitely a package we feel strongly about. You saw what Michigan did against Purdue in the spread look. It's something we'll definitely explore and hopefully continue to build."
Because coaches seldom go public with their strategies, Bieliema might have said that just to give Purdue coaches something extra to prepare for. Given the Boilers (3-2 overall, 0-1 in the Big Ten) have given up 85 points in the last two games, extra preparation was likely part of the plan, anyway.
"We have to do a better job of keying our reads, pulling the trigger and come downhill and fit up against the run," Purdue coach Danny Hope said.
In other words, attack the line of scrimmage with discipline and effort. Bielema doesn't doubt the Boilers can do it.
"Purdue might have the best front four in our league," he said. "They are really good inside, especially the defensive tackles (Kawann Short and Bruce Gaston).
"Short is powerful; he's quick; he's athletic; he's tall. He's got the ability to jump and explode and make big plays. He's a very gifted player."
Stopping him, Bielema added, means getting good center and guard play.
"We have to stop penetration at the line of scrimmage. He's very effective when he gets penetration, either by movement or just whipping a guy at the line."
Gaston left the Michigan game with a leg injury he first hurt a week earlier against Marshall. Hope sounded optimistic that Gaston will play on Saturday.
"Gaston is a kid we recruited very, very hard," Bielema said. "He's a guy I liked in the recruiting process.
"They've got a number of guys (on defense) who do good things. Penetration at the line of scrimmage and not allowing them to disrupt the running game will be big."
Wisconsin's traditionally imposing offensive line is returning to form after Bieliema fired line coach Mike Markuson after a 10-7 loss to Oregon State, and replaced him with Bart Miller, a grad assistant.
"Bart has done a nice job," Bieliema said. "You've got to keep in perspective that the things (the offensive line) had been practicing, working, teaching, and becoming part of who they were dramatically changed after Oregon State. I knew at that point it wasn't going to be something to change overnight, but I knew there would be change, and it's been going in the right direction. I'm extremely happy with where it's at."
That line has Hope concerned.
"They are a real challenge.Their smallest offensive lineman is 318 pounds. They're physical and they will mash you, come off the ball and knock you back. They hang their hat on playing well on the line of scrimmage."
A big beneficiary has been tailback Montee Ball. He rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns against Illinois. He has eight touchdowns for the season and 69 for his career.
"He's a fantastic player," Hope said. "He's a very strong runner. He can make you miss. He breaks a lot of tackles. All of their running backs break a lot of tackles. They're a physical outfit."
Saturday's stakes are high. Wisconsin (4-2 and 1-1) and Purdue are the Leaders Division favorites because Ohio State and Penn State are ineligible for postseason competition, and Indiana and Illinois are not expected to be factors. Saturday's winner at Ross-Ade Stadium will get an early edge.
"It would be a key win," Hope said, "but there's a lot of parity in the league, a lot of surprises. There won't be any letdown (from the Michigan loss). The magnitude of this game will get our guys' attention."
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