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Politics » Obama Versus Romney On Financial ReformAmericans have paid a heavy price for the financial crisis: massive losses to Americans' retirement portfolios, a collapse in residential real estate values and an unemployment rate that peaked at 10.2 percent.
Politics » Obama Versus Romney On Financial Reform
Americans have paid a heavy price for the financial crisis: massive losses to Americans' retirement portfolios, a collapse in residential real estate values and an unemployment rate that peaked at 10.2 percent.
Preventing a similar crisis in the future, and the unpopular bank bailouts that accompanied it, while not handicapping the role banks play in the economy have become important issues in the presidential campaign.
The two candidates, President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, have some major differences when it comes to how they would accomplish that. Obama's biggest move was signing into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a wide-ranging overhaul of the nation's regulatory framework.
Obama's main task in a second term will be applying the financial reform law on issues ranging from the safety and soundness of money market funds to the Volcker rule, says Thomas Cooley, a professor of economics at New York University's Stern School of Business. A September report by New York-based law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP found that less than a third of the total rules called for under Dodd-Frank had been finalized.
"We are still a long way from dealing with the real bite," Cooley says.
For his part, Romney has pledged to repeal Dodd-Frank and replace it with a "streamlined framework" of financial regulation that would be simpler and less burdensome for banks.
Still, when it comes to these differences, looks can be deceiving. While the campaigns play up the candidates' differences, there are significant areas of overlap, says Leeto Tlou, a managing director in the FTI Consulting Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice based in Washington, D.C.
For instance, both camps have expressed support for banks keeping more liquid assets on hand to ride out economic downturns, he says.
"I think that a lot of people agree that capital provides a buffer against adverse events, and so when you increase those capital requirements, there is less of a chance for a bank to operate and take on more risk than it can shoulder," Tlou says.
Here's where the candidates stand on some of the hot-button issues surrounding financial reform.
Ending 'too big to fail'
During the financial crisis, the federal government provided millions of dollars in liquidity to some of the nation's largest banks rather than allowing them to fail, taking down the U.S. financial system.
Under the law, Obama appointees in the FDIC have collected "living wills" prepared by institutions deemed "systemically important."
The wills are designed to help regulators unwind the complex web of connections between a troubled institution and the rest of the financial system.
Instead, he would seek to limit the risk of failures by increasing capital requirements and limiting banks' borrowing.
Regulatory burden on banks
Financial institutions have seen their regulatory burden rise substantially in Obama's first term, with new reporting requirements, restrictions on how they treat consumers and lending restrictions.
Romney would repeal Dodd-Frank and create a new "streamlined" regulatory framework to replace it. He also would create a "regulatory cap" that would put a dollar limit on the amount of impact regulations can have.
Under the policy, regulators would have to eliminate an existing regulation of equal value to the one being proposed.
Transparency in the derivatives market
Leading up to the financial crisis, banks signed trillions of dollars in confidential derivative contracts, creating a web of connections that threatened the financial system.
In a second term, Obama appointees would continue building the new regulatory structure called for under Dodd-Frank, making the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission responsible for regulating and recording derivative transactions.
His economic plan calls for "greater transparency for interbank relationships."
Risk retention
Before the financial crisis, many banks created and sold asset-backed securities, purposely insulating themselves from the consequences if they failed. Risk retention rules force banks to hold on to part of the investment so they have "skin in the game."
In a second term, Obama appointees in the SEC and the FDIC would continue crafting guidelines that require banks to hold on to up to 5 percent of many asset-backed securities.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Sarbanes-Oxley was passed after the collapse of Enron in 2001 to ensure greater transparency in corporate accounting practices.
Beyond that, Obama has expressed support for "tweaking" the legislation to make it less burdensome on businesses.
Capital requirements and leverage limits on banks
Many banks failed because they didn't have the liquid reserves necessary to ride out the financial crisis and cover the bad bets they had made.
Those requirements eventually will force banks to hold more cash on hand to ride out economic downturns. Dodd-Frank also requires the Fed to come up with leverage limits, or limits on the amount that banks can borrow relative to the amount of fixed assets they hold.
"We have to look at what the causes were of the last crisis and take action to prevent those causes from reappearing. What kinds of things come to mind include capital requirements, levels of leverage which are appropriate and inappropriate," he told Time magazine in August.
His economic plan also references "enhanced capital requirements" as a concept from Dodd-Frank that deserves to be retained.
Volcker rule
During the financial crisis, many banks and bank-holding companies that held trillions in consumer deposits suffered devastating losses from their investments and had to be bailed out.
After the "London Whale" incident, in which JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s derivatives traders lost almost $6 billion in the first half of the year, an Obama administration spokeswoman affirmed the president's support for the rule.
The rule is slated to be finished by year's end. In a second term, Obama appointees in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the FDIC, the SEC and the Fed would begin enforcing it.
In an interview with Bloomberg News, Romney policy director Lanhee Chen said, "You have to look at the Volcker rule as being an example of one of the problematic elements of Dodd-Frank and one of the problematic elements that, quite frankly, Gov. Romney would seek to replace."
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Over the decades, the global video games industry has seen some fierce rivalries. Sonic vs Mario. FIFA vs PES. Xbox vs PlayStation.
But the fiercest and bitterest of all conflicts has to be the one between EA and Activision.
The two super-powers of game publishing have been locked in battle for over 30 years. And the animosity between the two was laid bare in 2010 after a dispute between Activision and Call of Duty creators Infinity Ward saw many of the developer's staff walk out, form their own studio, and then jump into bed with EA. Respawn – as the studio is aptly called – launches its first game Titanfall in March.
But as anyone familiar with industry history will tell you, this was not an isolated incident. The EA/Activision war goes back ten years. And it was actually Activision that fired the first shot.
"Back in 2003, EA had Medal of Honor as the runaway World War II shooter. It was fabulous. That was the product to beat," says Scott Dodkins, who was Activision's Euro VP at the launch of the first Call of Duty.
"I think the EA/Activision rivalry was even more intense then. We were really gunning for EA. We were desperate to narrow the gap and overtake it, which Activision eventually did. EA had games like FIFA, which we couldn't compete with. But Medal of Honor was a genre we thought we could enter. So we were looking for a product that could emulate and beat it, and we came up with Call of Duty."
"I think the EA/Activision rivarly was even more intense in 2003.
We were really gunning for EA."
- Scott Dodkins, ex-Activision VP
By 2002, Medal of Honor had established itself as a major force on consoles, with two PSOne games and the PS2, GameCube and Xbox smash hit, Medal of Honor:?Frontline.
But the most critically lauded Medal of Honor title was the PC-only Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (released in January 2002), which was created in Oklahoma by a relatively unknown studio called 2015 Inc.
"I was the first employee at 2015. It was my very first job in the games industry," recalls Allied Assault's level designer and writer Zied Rieke.
"Allied Assault was a difficult project. It was a bit chaotic. There wasn't a lot of strong leadership on the team. The designers weren't working together super well, they were each making their own stuff.
"But we pulled Allied Assault out of our asses – it was the last six months when that game really came together. And we realised 'Wait a minute, if we can do that in six months, what could we do with a full development cycle having learnt those lessons?'"
Yet 2015 would never get the chance to make another Medal of Honor. EA decided to take all development for the franchise in-house. Morale was low amongst the team and they were looking to start up on its own.
"Allied Assault was a pretty intense project," explains Justin Thomas, an artist on the game.
"We had bonded as a team, but decided we wanted to work with new management. Many members of the team were actually going to leave to find new jobs, regardless of potential royalties coming in from Medal of Honor.
"Around the same time there were some not-so-subtle hints that if a new team formed there would be work for them. So instead of disbanding, we decided to continue to work together at a new company of our own design. With the main idea being that the destiny would be driven by the team."
"We received two deals. We had one with EA LA, a deal we took for about
two days before the deal with Activison came through."
- Zied Rieke, ex-Infinity Ward designer
But things didn't go entirely smoothly for this new outfit, which was later named Infinity Ward. The firm began working on Medal of Honor, but as EA prepared to take the series in-house, the company was in trouble.
"After leaving 2015 we were working with a major publisher. For legal reasons I will say things didn't go as planned with it. We were left in a situation of unpaid milestones that were delivered and no finances to operate on," says Thomas.
"The company was potentially going to disband. In a last ditch effort our then president, Grant Collier sent out a signal to all the major publishers in the industry letting them know that the majority of the Medal of Honor: Allied Assault team was available. Within days of closing the doors on the studio, Activision responded immediately with an offer."
Rieke adds: "We actually got two deals. We had one with EA LA, a deal which we took for about two days, before the deal with Activision came through. Both would involve moving out to LA, but with EA we were concerned that we would be rolled up into EA LA, and that our team identity would go away. That was the ultimate swaying point for us deciding to go with Activision. Activision had four or five different studios in the LA area, which all operated like they were independent. And that was what we wanted."
Thomas continues: "Activision offered to deposit money in the account within hours and fund a project for over a year, with one stipulation: The right to purchase the company for around $3m and we had to sign that day. Let's just say they got a very good return on investment."
Indeed it did. Activision now had the team behind the most critically acclaimed Medal of Honor game building its rival WWII shooter.
"In some ways that was the key thing," says Dodkins. "If we didn't get the men that made Medal of Honor to make a version of Medal of Honor but under a different name, then it may never have worked."
"We were looking for a franchise that would work well across all of Europe and the US. And it was the World War II shooter genre that was the one."
"The project was actually named 'MOH Killer' until an
official name could be found."
- Justin Thomas, ex-Infinity Ward artist
Activision's bid to take down Medal of Honor wasn't built out of malice towards EA. The firm was eager to grow globally, but had taken a number of missteps on the way, and so looked towards EA for inspiration.
"The Christmas prior to Call of Duty for Activision had been a successful revenue holiday period. But it had not been a profitable one," says Roger Walkden, who was UK general manager at Activision at the time.
"We had a lot of projects going on at Activision at the time and we were trying to grow at a fast rate. We had an extreme sports O2 brand. We had Shaun Palmer and Kelly Slater and Matt Hoffman, all alongside Tony Hawk. And guess what? They all failed apart from Tony Hawk.
"It showed revenue growth, but it meant we had stalled on quality and scale. So there was a bloodbath of products at that time, and tonnes of games that were in development were cut. Particularly games from the O2 brand or anything on the fringes that didn't have the potential to be a long-term IP."
Activision's titles were also heavily US-focused, and the firm was struggling to gain traction outside of its North American heartland.
"What we were looking for was a big franchise that could work well across all of Europe and the US," says Dodkins. "And it was the WWII shooter genre that was the one."
So Infinity Ward was tasked with beating Medal of Honor. A mission it took on with confidence.
"I wouldn't make the mistake of calling it the most humble team," laughs Thomas, who had been promoted, and was now lead artist on the first Call of Duty.
"The project was actually named 'MOH killer' until an official name could be found. We were focused more on fun than success, with the idea that if it was fun, it would be successful. We were just going to make a great game, and do the things better than we did on previous projects. The great thing is that a team learns from previous projects."
Rieke adds: "Allied Assault influenced us. Call of Duty was a rare chance to right all of our wrongs and fix all of our mistakes."
But it wasn't an easy task. Call of Duty had to beat Medal of Honor, but not copy it. And even the creative minds at Infinity Ward were not entirely sure how.
"During the first year of Call of Duty development, the game
was much more like Allied Assault. There was a
James Bond-like character, doing a secret mission
to stop the Nazis developing a nuclear bomb."
- Zied Rieke, ex-Infinity Ward
"The challenge was not to duplicate Medal of Honor," says Thomas.
"We also wanted to find a way to tell different game play stories without having a 'super soldier'."
Rieke, who was the design lead on the project, continues: "It wasn't just Medal of Honor we were wary of being similar to, because most of the World War II games at the time followed that formulae, like Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which was kind of a super-spy in WWII story.
"During the first year of Call of Duty development, the game was much more like Allied Assault. There was a James Bond-like character, doing a secret mission to stop the Nazis developing a nuclear bomb. There was a German scientist, and a German scientist's daughter. Medal of Honor was a 'James Bond in World War II' kind of game, and that is what we were pretty much making."
However, Infinity Ward's game wasn't the only Call of Duty title in development. Another new studio made up of former Medal of Honor developers – Spark Unlimited – was creating a console version of the new IP called Finest Hour (which was released a year after the first Call of Duty on PC). And it was this studio that hit upon an idea that would later define the series.
"We read a pitch that they had put together about making a game from the point-of-view of three different characters – British, Russian and Americans," says Rieke.
"That clicked for us immediately. That solved a lot of problems in terms of we were looking for a new 'D-Day' moment. We had a lot of 'moments' in Allied Assault and we wanted to do something comparable, and with the Russians we could do Stalingrad.
The early concept images of
Call of Duty hero, Captain Price
"We also had been developing a friendly AI. We liked that from a gameplay point of view, but when the idea came to make the game about the story of the war and less a clandestine story with the war as the backdrop, all of a sudden the tagline 'no one fights alone' came about. And it became a game about you and your buddies experiencing WWII battles from different points-of-view. That was a huge shift in terms of giving the game a lot of focus from a design perspective."
But it didn't mean Call of Duty had to be started again. In fact, Infinity Ward was able to reuse most of its original game. "We took stuff that had been intended to be a part of that America spy storyline and we found new uses for them," says Rieke. "Then we designed some missions that we could have only done as the British or the Russians."
"Eventually we said to Activision: "We can keep
reacting to feedback for the sake of it, or you can
trust us to do what you hired us for."
- Justin Thomas, ex-Infinity Ward
Call of Duty was a game built around a few central gameplay innovations – the multiple storylines, the ability to aim down the sights and friendly AI.
After that it was about creating a well-polished, fast-paced game that could stand toe-to-toe with the biggest shooters on the market.
Says Rieke: "We could feel a level of snobbery towards WWII games at the time. So we felt like underdogs in that sense. We were trying to compete with the Half-Lifes and the Quakes. Those are the things that we wanted to be compared to."
At this point Infinty Ward was an unknown entity. It wasn't the world-conquering super-studio that it is today. So to begin with Acitivision felt it necessary to get involved.
"On one of our first few milestones we got a lot of suggestions from Activison," recalls Thomas.
"Remember that in the early stages everything is subjective to someone on the outside not knowing what the bigger play will be. There are also a lot of folks that are paid to say… stuff. They see rough bits and are reactionary. Internally our team knew what they wanted to do, and knew how to make games. Vince [Zampella] and Jason [West, studio heads at the time] had a 'good cop, bad cop' thing they with the publisher. Eventually it got to the point of: 'We can keep reacting to feedback for the sake of it, or you can trust us to do what you hired us for.'
But Activision soon let go of the reins, and allowed Infinity Ward to do what it did best. Rieke recalls that the Activision relationship was "really good." And the result was an acclaimed title that came together with no fuss. Infinity Ward never required any outside help, and both Rieke and Thomas recalls the game as being one of the least problematic they have worked on. And that's despite moving to LA?midway through development.
"We designed a campaign which went way above anything
that certainly Activision had ever done for a PC-only game."
- Roger Walkden, ex-Activision UK GM
Call of Duty was part of Activision's three-pronged attack that Q4, joining Tony Hawk's Underground and True Crime: Streets of LA. But as Call of Duty was a PC-only title, it lacked the same potential as the others. But once the senior management team got to see the game, their expectations changed.
Walkden says:?"On paper it was just a single SKU, against something like Tony Hawk or True Crime, which were on multiple platforms. We were looking at that thinking: 'Crikey, how are we going to get scale out of one PC product?'
"There was a greenlight meeting every week. It would start at 4pm on a Thursday, 8am in the US, and it would finish when it finished. Sometimes myself and Scott, and a couple of marketing people, would be sitting their eating pizza at 9pm at night, while they ate their lunch. We did so many of them. But what I can remember is the first time I saw Call of Duty in one of those meetings. And it just so happened I was in the US that week and I was given an extended look at what was going to be shown, and I remember being blown away.
"We were seeing things that we had never seen before in games. I remember it being a big, big wow moment. I remember the AI shouting at you and being able to look down the sight of the gun, and you felt totally immersed in WWII in a way that I hadn't ever seen before.
"And so suddenly what looked like a difficult sell on paper, we now realised was something of real quality."
Walkden and the UK team backed Call of Duty heavily. Even more so than the US did, with the UK running the first ever Call of Duty TV ad campaign.
"We designed a campaign which went way above anything that certainly Activision had ever done for a PC-only game. We thought it might have been the largest marketing campaign for a PC game that had ever been done in the UK.
"We did a TV campaign for the first Call of Duty. And that was because we really believed in it. I recall going to several meetings where the US marketing people were questioning whether that was a good idea. And I remember CEO Ron Doornik, he backed it and said: "It's brave. But we are doing this for the future of the franchise."
He adds:?"I often joke to people I know that I worked at Activision up until 2006 and I was responsible for launching all of the unsuccessful Call of Dutys. But actually, I think it is fair to say that the really big Call of Dutys, Modern Warfare onwards, were built on the shoulder of giants. And we backed it right from the start. I'd like to think those early decisions is why Call of Duty has over-performed in the UK versus other territories."
And Call of Duty became one of Activision's first global smash hits, big in markets where Tony Hawk and Spider-Man had failed to perform.
"Call of Duty took Activision into EA's territory," says Dodkins. "It was a turning point. It globalised Activision that it hadn't managed to do with its previous franchises."
"Call of Duty took Activision into EA's territory.
It was a turning point. It globalised Activision."
- Scott Dodkins, ex-Activision
A year later Call of Duty had its first global hit in Finest Hour. The console game was backed by a huge marketing campaign and was a bit sales hit, even if it did not quite live up to the quality of the first game. But after that it was Infinity Ward that would go on to lead the series, which it does to this day.
And the Call of Duty story is far from over, while the never-ending deathmatch between EA and Activision rages on. Call of Duty did kill Medal of Honor (twice), but EA has bounced back with Battlefield, which is closing the gap on Activision's blockbuster franchise.
In fact, the shooter showdown between these two companies heads in a different direction next year. EA will publish its new IP Titanfall next March, a game built by the same people that made the first Call of Duty. Meanwhile, Activision is handling Destiny, an ambitious project by that other shooter super studio, Bungie.
Both firms have spent hundreds of millions of dollars turning their IPs into super-franchises. Franchises that have raised the quality of shooters drastically. As a result of this, the FPS genre is probably the most lucrative on the market. Both EA and Activision have generated billions of dollars in revenue from the FPS genre alone.


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BERKELEY — Parents and teachers at a small private school here are feverishly trying to continue classes after the family corporation that owned it since 1969 closed it earlier this month due to low enrollment.
"The story is we are trying to survive," said Dana Weld, head of The Academy, a small kindergarten through eighth grade school with an accelerated curriculum that caters to students who learn a year above traditional grade levels. Tuition ranges from $18,000 to $20,000 a year, she said.
Weld said enrollment dropped after she chose not to renew the contracts of two teachers for the 2014-15 school year. Then at the end of the school year, the board — five children of founder Marshall H. Lombardo — voted 3-2 July 7 to close it down.
"There were people who were unhappy with those changes, and they decided to leave and others decided to go as well," Weld said. "It was a series of unfortunate events."
She said if the new school is successful in starting up, she will step down as the head and go back to teaching fourth grade.
None of the board members of The Academy were available for comment to talk about their motivation for closing the company, the Lombardo Academy, that owned the school. Neither Weld nor parent Amelia Miazad, who is behind the new school, would provide contact information for the former board members.
Weld said remaining parents will call the new school the Elmwood Academy and will lease the same building from the five brothers and sisters who own it.
"The best of who we were and where we were is going forward," Weld said.
But she added that the school may not be able to open if it doesn't get enough students enrolled by the time school starts in late August.
The school, housed in a small building in a quiet residential neighborhood on Benvenue Avenue, has had about 90 students in recent years but saw those numbers drop to 77 last school year,
Miazad said she's confident current parents and teachers can get enough students to reopen the school with a new name and new governing structure in time for the beginning of classes.
"The school is undermarketed, so we're getting inquiries from prospective parents," Miazad said. "We'll have the same teachers and the same curriculum. The teachers are brimming with new ideas that they haven't had the opportunity to implement. All the teachers are behind the effort."
The new school also is taking donations and has created a web page on a funding site called GoFundMe at http://www.gofundme.com/blh49s.
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Uggla not hurt after being hit in back of head
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Yankees' trainer and the Braves' medical personnel consulted outside Atlanta's clubhouse Tuesday night after Dan Uggla had been struck in the back of the head by a pitch thrown by Brandon Pinder, a non-roster right-handed pitcher with the Yankees. They seemed more concerned for the Braves' second baseman than he was.
Uggla, batting in the sixth spot in the lineup, was struck at the base of his batting helmet on the back of his neck. He reacted with anger, thought he later indicated he was certain Pinder hadn't meant to hit him. He was removed from the game, but when he reached the clubhouse nine minutes after being struck, he seemed fine.
"I never went black, no concussion," he said.
Uggla didn't expect to be examined. He didn't want to undergo tests for a concussion as he did last summer after he'd been hit, also in the head, by Marlins pitcher and former teammate Chad Gaudin.
"You know, when you get hit, your first reaction is anger," Uggla said. "But that goes away fast. Then you're just happy you can get up and walk away."
Marty Noble is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Tonight, in the Fieldhouse, the Indiana Pacers face elimination at the hands of the
Miami Heat. Just a few days ago, the Pacers were perfectly positioned to take control
of the series, and really, move onto the Eastern Conference Finals. On a day where
nothing short of greatness from LeBron James and Dwayne Wade could change the
direction of their season, the Miami duo delivered. Two days later in Miami, the Heat
rolled, and the Pacers basically rolled over.
And here we sit.
So, heading into tonight's game, here are my thoughts on a few things:
Danny has to be Effective
In my opinion, the Pacers' chance begin with this, and they'll end with it if he's limited.
The Pacers need him to be able to hit shots, and they need him to be able to chase
LeBron, but mostly, they just need him.
When Granger went down on Tuesday night, the Pacers staggered. While it's true they
hadn't played well up to that point, Indiana was still within a bucket when it happened.
Also, they probably hadn't played as poorly as they did in the first half of Game 2 –
which they ended up winning. For all the flak Danny gets, he's crucial to this team.
Put simply, they are significantly less talented without him. But more that that, they
are incomplete. This illustrates a point that I've been trying (and failing) to make all
season. That is that the Pacers are actually more susceptible to injury – generally –
because they rely on more players.
Consider this: For Miami to be a good (read: playoff team), they basically just need
LeBron to be healthy and productive. To be a threat to win the Eastern Conference
Title and perhaps even an NBA Title, they need LeBron and one of either Dwyane
Wade or Chris Bosh to be healthy and productive. (I'm not sure it matters which.)
If they have all three, then they are favorites in the East, and at least even for the
title. In effect, as long as they don't lose LeBron, they are better than most teams.
For Indiana to play at this level, however, they pretty much need their top six
players – Granger, David West, Roy Hibbert, George Hill, Paul George, and Darren
Collison – to play well. In addition, they probably need a good contribution from
Leandro Barbosa, and they need the rest of the bench – Hansbrough, Amundson,
Jones – to at least tread water. While they have more bodies that help, that's also
more pain for the whole when any one is either hurt or unproductive.
Further, they are built this way. This probably goes a long way towards explaining
their propensity for what fellow contributor Jeremy Comstock called "vomit inducing
losses." They lean on each other so much, that when one falls, they all fall. And
while they're all important, Danny Granger probably bears more weight in this
foundation than any player with the possible exception of David West.
Does that mean that the Pacers would have won Tuesday, or will win tonight if
Danny were healthy? No. It just means that I can't see them winning without him
being a meaningful contributor.
The suspensions are irrelevant
There was a bunch of hubbub about the flagrant fouls on Tuesday night, and the NBA
came out with further punishment yesterday. None of the players involved are of any
significant meaning to the series.
Udonis Haslem suspended for Game 6 - At one point in his career, the loss
of Haslem would have been crippling. I don't think that's true any more.
Though some will point to his Game 4 performance, I will argue that while
his points hurt, the Pacers were beaten by the outrageous performances of
James and Wade. James and Wade are the difference. Haslem is not.
Tyler Hansbrough upgraded to Flagrant 2, will play in Game 6 – I'm sure
many Pacer fans will argue, but I don't see Tyler as a factor. He will play,
and because of that, he has the chance to make a difference. I just don't
think he can or will. After scoring 22 points on 10-for-19 shooting in his
playoff debut, Tyler has averaged 5.6 points on 31% shooting over his
last 14 playoff games. This playoffs, the Pacers are a net 10 points per
100 worse with Tyler on the floor, and their overall rebounding
percentage drops from 54.3% to 47.6%. I see his reprieve as no real
cause for celebration.
Dexter Pittman suspended for three games...Really. Does anybody care?
Were these penalties appropriate? My opinion isn't of any consequence, which is why
it's so easy to give it. I'd say Haslem's appropriate, Tyler's too light, and Pittman's
way too light.
My take: the fouls committed by both Haslem and Hansbrough is that they were
defacto punches. Haslem has no real grounds for defense, and the fact that he
caught Tyler in the shoulder instead of the face is really just happenstance. Given
the size and motion of the players, the force involved in the blow was probably
greater than any punch that I – or most of the people watching – could throw. It
was intentional, and it was clear retaliation. Plus, Miami had probably used up
their get out of jail free card when Wade was not suspended for Game 3.
Hansbrough's situation is fuzzier...CONTINUE READING AT 8p9s
Heat Index Preview: 5-on-5: What happens in Game 6?
Suspensions have been handed out. Motivational tactics have been deployed. What will
we see from the Heat and Pacers after their eventful Game 5? Here are 25 takes.
How do you expect the Pacers to respond after Larry Bird called them "soft"?
Tom Haberstroh (Heat Index): By exploiting the David West-versus-Shane Battier
matchup. To me, this is all about West and his inability to put a dent in Battier. Battier's
crafty, but the listed weight difference of 15 pounds might be the biggest lie in sports.
The matchup should resemble a bowling ball barreling toward a bowling pin, but the
Pacers have been throwing gutter balls instead.
Beckley Mason (ESPN.com): With their backs pressed firmly against elimination
and playing in front of a passionate home crowd, the Pacers will give every ounce of
effort they can muster. But I don't think this will translate into further gratuitously
physical play. The referees will be quick to control the game, and the threat of ejection
or suspension is too powerful this late in the series.
Rob Peterson (ESPN.com): After getting shellacked by 33 points in Game 3 of the
1984 Finals, Bird called his teammates "sissies." What happened in Game 4? We got
McHale v. Rambis. I don't expect Tyler Hansbrough to clothesline Shane Battier, but I
also don't expect the Pacers to shy away from the Heat, especially with 18,000-plus
Pacers fans and one Hall of Fame team president expecting tough basketball.
Michael Wallace (Heat Index): Expect the Pacers to be a bit more inspired and
energetic in front of their home crowd in Game 6. Of course, that was to be expected,
regardless of Bird's provoking his team. Indiana responded well to adversity in Game 2
and has every reason to do so again now.
Brian Windhorst (Heat Index): I expect they'll play with aggression and
desperation. Not just because of what Bird said but because it's an elimination game at
home. Plus the Heat are shorthanded.
Fact or Fiction: We'll see two or more flagrant fouls in Game 6.
Haberstroh: Fiction. I wouldn't be surprised to see a Pacers player retaliate with
a hard foul and then get tossed early. But after that, I can't imagine the teams would
risk a key player missing Game 7 or the beginning of the Eastern Conference finals.
Game 5 wasn't an elimination game, but too much is at stake now to let emotions take
Mason: Fiction. At least not from the Heat. If the Pacers get desperate, things
could escalate in a hurry.
Peterson: Fiction. Expect the refs to try to get things under control early and
expect them to call a flagrant at the first sign of chicanery. The officials, the teams and
the league can't afford to let this game get overly physical. Do you think anyone wants
to see a star suspended for a possible Game 7? If either side is smart, they'll realize
the best payback comes in the form of a victory, not a welt on the head.
Wallace: Fiction. Tough, physical play is a part of both of these teams' makeup
when healthy. But I don't think either is an intentionally dirty squad of cheap-shot artists.
There's too much at stake in Game 6 and potentially Game 7 for any of the key players
to risk delivering a line-crossing hard foul. Of course, Lance Stephenson and Juwan
Howard can have at it any time.
Windhorst: Fiction. The Heat cannot afford to lose any players. There's also a
no-nonsense officiating crew that's been sent in, with Marc Davis, Scott Foster and Ken
Mauer. That group will be quick to respond to any borderline play to set the tone.
Fact or Fiction: If Danny Granger is hobbled, the Pacers are done.
Haberstroh: Fact. The game blew open as soon as Granger limped off the court
in Game 5. Remember, the Heat were up by just three points when Granger made his
first visit to the locker room, and then the Pacers couldn't score. All in all, the Pacers
were destroyed without him, being outscored by 29 points in 28 minutes while he sat
out. Who's going to get buckets if Granger can't?
Mason: Fact. If Granger isn't 100 percent, the Pacers might still get something
from his shooting, but the real issue is that he's Indiana's primary LeBron James
defender. Overmatched though he may be, at least Granger allows Paul George to
focus on Dwyane Wade. Missing him would cripple the Pacers' ability to keep James
and Wade out of the paint and increase the stress on Hibbert's help defense.
Peterson: Fact. In the last two games, Granger's been known more for his
bark than his statistical bite. His lack of production has been part of the reason the
Pacers have stumbled in their last two. If he's hobbled and the Heat don't need to
account for him when on defense and can attack him when they're on offense,
Granger's a liability, not an asset. And if he can't help, the Pacers will be in trouble.
Wallace: Fiction. Although that certainly will be the case if both Granger
(ankle) and David West (knee) are out or significantly limited with injuries they
sustained in Game 5. One of Indiana's greatest strengths is its depth. The boost of
playing at home can help the Pacers deal with one of those catalysts being hobbled,
but not both.
Windhorst: Fiction. I wouldn't say done. The Pacers have a balanced team
and a balanced starting five. But let's be honest: He's going to be hobbled. He left
Game 5 in a walking boot. It's a bad time for their leading scorer to get dinged.
Fact or Fiction: The Heat will really miss Udonis Haslem.
Haberstroh: Fact. Putting aside the toughness and leadership value of Haslem for
the moment, if you look at the numbers...CONTINUE READING AT HEAT INDEX
HoopSpeak Review: Zach Harper: Time to stop beating a past horse or something
We all seem to miss the good old days.
Back in the day, you could foul guys hard and it wasn't a national crisis. NBA players
were able to settle their differences on the court within the game. Occasionally it
would get out of hand, but for the most part everything was handled without things
getting too heated. Elbows were thrown at heads to clear out for a rebound and nobody
batted an eye… you know… after they ducked out of the way from those human razor
blades. Punches could be thrown without needing to bring in dozens of pundits that try
to decide just how much of the season a guy should miss.
And most of all, you could clothesline a guy in the middle of the NBA Finals to ensure
the other team that there wouldn't be anything easy allowed for that series. Check out
Kevin McHale and Kurt Rambis.
Can you imagine if that happened today? Would they even finish the game? Would
Twitter melt down? If this were Ron Artest doing the clotheslining, would we find out
the National Guard's response time that evening?
When we see what happened between Tyler Hansbrough and Dwyane Wade or Udonis
Haslem and Tyler Hansbrough or Dexter Pittman and Lance Stephenson in Game 5
between the Pacers and the Heat, a lot of people's first reaction is to claim these fouls
aren't that bad and that people shouldn't be complaining about them. It's a badge of
toughness to not think it's a big deal because "it didn't use to be this way."
For some reason, this becomes a war of acceptance between the youth of today who
may be conditioned to be outraged by such "excessive" fouls and the elders who think
the league and society are going soft. But it's not really about people being soft or the
game being tainted by fragility. What used to happen in the 80s and 90s worked for the
80s and 90s. During the late 70s, they endured the Kermit Washington punch in a time
when the NBA was barely a slight fraction as popular as the game is today.
Things used to be called and ruled differently because the business of this league used
to be on a much smaller scale...CONTINUE READING AT HOOPSPEAK
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Leslie Jordan Brings FRUIT FLY to the Rrazz Room, Now thru 12/22
The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, presents the return engagement of Leslie Jordan, Emmy Award-winning star of the hit TV comedy "Will & Grace" and author of My Trip Down the Pink Carpet. For the Bay Area debut of his new show, "Fruit Fly", Leslie travels back in time using show-and-tell to take the audience on the ride of a lifetime. Do gay men become their mothers? That is the question asked in Leslie's hilarious and touching new romp featuring childhood recollections combined with perilous teenage shenanigans. Jordan's storytelling skills abound and will make for an evening of fun and thought-provoking theater. The show will run tonight, December 18 through December 22.
Leslie Jordan is the winner of the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his delicious portrayal of "Beverley Leslie" on "Will & Grace." Leslie's many other recurring roles and guest starring appearances on television include "Raising Hope," "Neighbors," "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," "Desperate Housewives," "Boston Legal," "Ugly Betty," and "Reba." In the DreamWorks feature film The Help, based on the best selling novel by Kathryn Stockett, Leslie plays the pivotal role of the newspaper editor who hires Emma Stone's "Skeeter" to write the household hints column. Feature film audiences will also recognize Leslie from his performance as "Brother Boy" in Del Shores' adaptation of his play Sordid Lives with Olivia Newton-John, Delta Burke, Beth Grant, and Beau Bridges. He continued the role in "Sordid Lives... the Series" for the cable network Logo, which starred Rue McClanahan, Caroline Rhea and Bonnie Bedelia among others.
On stage, Mr. Jordan won the Ovation Award, The Garland Award and The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his portrayal of "Preston Leroy," the aging, sodden barfly in Del Shores hit play Southern Baptist Sissies. In addition to acting, Mr. Jordan is also an author and playwright. His book My Trip Down the Pink Carpet for Simon and Schuster formed the basis of a 90-minute one-man show, which had a 45 city book-signing/performance tour, a successful twelve-week Off-Broadway run at the Midtown Theater in New York City, and a six-week run at the Apollo Theater in London's West End. A video of the Atlanta performance, directed by Amanda Bearse, is available on Netflix.
Leslie's other autobiographical one-man shows Like a Dog on Linoleum, Full of Gin and Regret, From Whence I Came, Deck Them Halls Y'All, and Stories I Can't Tell Mama have been performed to audiences across the country; the autobiographical not-quite-a-one-man-show Hysterical Blindness and Other Southern Tragedies That Have Plagued My Life Thus Far ran to sold-out houses in Los Angeles and had a successful seven month run Off-Broadway at The Playhouse on Van Dam in New York City. His latest autobiographical play Fruit Fly enjoyed a seven week sold-out run at Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles in 2012 and performed at the All for One Theater Festival in New York City. The play is making its way to cities across the U.S. and abroad. Leslie's screenplay Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel won the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival's Production Grant Award, winning the competition from over 600 other scripts. Subsequently, it was made into an independent feature film distributed by Northern Arts Entertainment.


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Chappelle's Show
So many good quoes from that season 1.
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So many good quoes from that season 1.
08 and Beyond
Arrested Development
Mr Show
Daily Show / Colbert (you can't have one without the other)
for those wondering, the Scrubs delay is for two reasons 1) because of the NBC NFL coverage messing up the Sunday night lineup and 2) because the last season was the most successful creatively and with ratings (NBC's reasoning).
I love the Office too (if 'Michael' makes you squirm and almost sick to your stomach he's doing his job...for me, watching Michael at Improv class was the most nausiating because going thru Second City I remember a guy in my class like that and Steve probably did too).
Also love SVU... used to be a LAW & ORDER purist until Jerry Orbach left the show, its become fairly unwatchable now sadly. I always felt Dennis Farina was the wrong choice to replace "Lenny" ... in fact, I actually think Gary Sinese would have been better on L&O and Farina better on CSI:NY.
Other shows I love/I've loved...
Kids in the Hall
Larry Sanders show
Family Guy
and wasn't there something horrifically wonderful about Wings and Perfect Strangers?
Psych on USA after Monk. Pretty funny show. Not your usual detective buisness.
Some of the early Sapranos were up there but for certain last season the best episode was not as good as the worst episode of the Wire.Originally Posted by Unclebuck
BTW, shows I've been tivo'ing.
Rescue Me
Dragnet 1967
Season 5 of Viva La Bam
Started watching Lost Season 2 today.
Also finally wrapping up the Friends season 10...only got the final four episodes left...just haven't been able to watch the final ending since I left US...
Family Matters
Nash did you see the episode this week? It was my favorite so far. The nerdy guy going out and doing that absolutly horrible comedy routine and then trying to convince that real life comedy agent to sign him. If she only knew how funny he was actually being by pretending to be so horribly un-funny. Also the Korean improv actor slapping the producer guy in front of the unsuspecting buisness man was pricless. I rewinded a couple times just to see it again. You may also enjoy the show Upright Citizens Brigade starring Amy Poehler (now the star of SNL) and "Kevin" from Dog Bites Man. You can find episodes on Youtube.com. They have not released it yet on DVD.
UCB definitely had some great moments (i completely love the "Running Baby" skit).
I've only watched DOG BITES MAN once or twice, fairly funny. i'm a big zach galafianakis fan. hilarious stephen wright-like standup comedian.
Yo Mamma
Flavor of Love (such a crappy show)
The last show I watched was The Boondocks on my new season one DVD.
The Real World Key West. The non-stop and ubsurd drama is fantastic. Tyler drives me crazy! As in I do not like him.
This is the last show I watched aswell. It is interesting to see these people but at the same time they are soo lame.
PACER FAN ON STRIKE!!!-The moment the Pacers fire Larry Bird I will cheer for them again.
Saved By The Bell
The 4400
Words cannot describe how happy I am that Collier's finally back. Really puts a new spin on Shawn's visions from last week.
Come to the Dark Side -- There's cookies!
Is Isabelle really the evil one or is Collier?
"Just look at the flowers ........ BANG"
Come to the Dark Side -- There's cookies!
The wife and I started watching The Wire Season 2 on In Demand this weekend. We have gotten through 2 1/2 episodes thus far. We would have watched more, but I had an unexpected trip to the hospital Sat. night. (I'm ok and after 18 hours there learned that my heart is in fine shape.)
I've enjoyed the show so far. We wnat to get through both season 2 & 3 before season 4 starts next month. By the way, the theme music drived our cat nuts.
Saved By The Bell
The Cosby Show
Blade: The Series
Anybody else watching this? While I didn't care for this past Mom episode, on the whole I've been pleasantly surprised.
Come to the Dark Side -- There's cookies!
Obnox and I just finished watching the 200th episode of Stargate: SG-1. While it was far from a perfect episode (dragged in several places), there was a TON of jokes and references. They mentioned and/or parodied:
Star Trek
Star Wars
Firefly (Woohoo!)
Back to the Future
Zombie movies
Wizard of Oz
Gilligan's Island
Team America: World Police
Teen dramas/reboots
They poked fun at slashers, shippers, writers, fans, actors, opening credits... dear God I don't think they missed anything, although I'm sure I forgot to mention many things. If you like sci-fi, try to catch a repeat!
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Oroville >> Anyone who wants or needs to use the library should do so now — it closes on Tuesday for renovations.
The Oroville branch of the Butte County Library will be closed for 60 days to remove old carpet, mitigate asbestos in the carpet glue and replace the bookshelves, which don't meet current earthquake standards.
County and library officials said there is no health risk from the asbestos at the present.
"Asbestos is not a risk unless it's airborne," said General Services Director Grant Hunsicker in a phone call Thursday.
The building was originally a grocery store. Hunsicker was unsure of when it was built. The county obtained it for renovation for the library in 1973 and construction was completed in 1974.
Before the county does any facility work, an asbestos analysis is done.
Five years ago, staff wanted to replace most of the carpet. A third of it was already removed, including asbestos in that area, he said.
When the carpet and furnishings are removed during the upcoming project, the asbestos will be mitigated. Hunsicker said a certified abatement firm will prepare the facility first and another firm will certify it's OK before any other work continues.
He added there could be asbestos in other parts of the building, such as the ceiling tiles, but unless work is done in that area, staff wouldn't know.
"If we see materials separating or tiles falling, we would inspect it (then)," he said.
Approximately 4,000 feet of shelving will also be replaced.
Hunsicker explained that state codes say when shelving is removed, it can't be put back. New shelves will replace the old ones.
"We're basically bringing it up to safety and security codes," he said.
The project will cost approximately $340,000, which will be funded through the county's maintenance budget.
At the library Wednesday, Branch Librarian Sarah Vantrease appeared to be excited about the renovations. Once the work is done, there will be a "quieter" quiet area for studying and an expanded children's storytime area.
"All the fun stuff will be in front," she said. "The study space will be more in the back of the library
Patrons will be accommodated when staff is able to open a mini library in the community room. Vantrease said they hope to reopen the smaller room on a limited basis on April 15.
"As soon as it's safe to be back in the library, we'll have limited services," Vantrease said. "We'll have most of the usual services: Wi-Fi, storytime, movies, magazines and books on CDs."
Although most of the books will be stored, some new and popular books will be available during the renovation. If not, there are options.
"If people want a certain book, they can request it and we'll get it from another branch," she said.
There will also be free Wi-Fi and limited use of the Internet, computing and printing.
New library cards will also be made, and help will be provided for reference questions and with e-readers and e-media downloads.
The library will also be open online 24 hours a day. Visit www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary to download free electronic media, downloads, homework help, job assistance and other services.
The mini library will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. It will be closed on Mondays.
For information, call 538-7641.
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Lung Cancer Surgery: Decisions Against Life Saving Care - The Intervention
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Purpose: Overall lung surgery rates and black/white disparities have not improved during a decade of documentation. The goal of this study is to incorporate lessons from the previous prospective cohort study to optimize lung cancer surgery rates and narrow black-white disparities for patients diagnosed with stage I or II, non-small cell lung cancer.
Participants: Stage I and II, non-small cell lung cancer at 3 participating sites. Procedures: Phase I of the study has been completed. Phase I was a deidentified 3-year, retrospective chart review, used to establish the baseline surgical rates for the intervention. The patient enrollment phase of the study will move forward that will include use of a real time registry to follow patient progression through clinical follow up, diagnostic testing and treatment for biopsy proven or highly probable early stage, non-small cell lung cancer. The patient enrollment portion of the study will start, September 2012. All patients with Stage I or II non-small cell lung cancer who enroll in the study will be entered into real time registries at every site. Patients' progress through the registries including follow-up provider visits, diagnostic tests, and procedures will be transparent and any missed appointments will be flagged. Feedback will be given to lung cancer providers in both arms. The randomized trial will compare patients who receive usual care plus the registry to those who receive the registry plus visits and calls from a trained cancer communicator -educator (CCE) who is well versed in issues specific to lung cancer and trained in active listening and communication that accounts for patients' limitations in health literacy. The CCE will also use Kleinman's Patient Model to identify attitudes or beliefs that represent barriers to recommended care that could potentially be addressed through negotiation and more targeted communication.
The hypothesis is that an electronic warning system, data transparency, and enhanced communication will optimize lung surgery rates and reduce racial gaps.
|Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
|Other: communication intervention Other: Real Time Registry and data feedback only
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Lung Cancer Surgery: Decisions Against Life Saving Care - The Intervention
- Number of patients with stage I and II, non-small cell lung cancer who receive surgery. [ Time Frame: Baseline to 4 months ]The primary outcome variable, surgery yes or no, will be compared in the control group randomized to usual care, to the intervention group randomized to the cancer communicator.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|August 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Communication Intervention
Specially trained communicator addresses factual understanding and elicits other barriers to care
Other: communication intervention
Because of the gaps between documented outcomes of lung cancer surgery and patient communication barriers identified in our recent work, our communication intervention will focus on improving presentation of risk information and confirmation of understanding of patient medical.
Experimental: Real Time Registry and data feedback only
Patients are enrolled in registry and clinicians receive warnings about delayed or missed care.
Other: Real Time Registry and data feedback only
This group of patients will not received the enhanced communication intervention
Detailed Description:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 21 years or greater;
- A probability of 60% or higher of a lung lesion being malignant as calculated by a Bayesian algorithm using clinical and radiographic characteristics or biopsy proven disease; and
- The patient has been clinically classified as having stage I or II disease.
Exclusion Criteria:
- incarceration / ward of the state status,
- Severe cognitive impairment. If a patient meets the inclusion criteria but is consistently unable to comprehend survey questions during the interview process, we will exclude that patient from the overall study.
- absolute contraindications by pulmonary function testing (FEV-1 < 25% of predicted)
- Non-English speaking. Hispanic patients represent less than 4 percent of lung cancer patients in North Carolina restricting our ability to document an intervention effect.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01687738
|Contact: Samuel Cykert, MD
|Contact: Audrina J Bunton, MA
|United States, North Carolina
|The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
|Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
|Contact: Samuel Cykert, MD 919-966-2461 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Contact: Audrina J Bunton, MA 919-843-3084 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Paul Walker, MD
|Principal Investigator: Franklin McGuire, MD
|Principal Investigator:
|Samuel Cykert, MD
|University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|Responsible Party:
|Samuel Cykert, MD, Professor of Medicine and Associate Director, Medical Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01687738 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
121218-RSG-05-217-05-CPPB ( Other Identifier: American Cancer Society )
|Study First Received:
|September 11, 2012
|Last Updated:
|July 11, 2016
Keywords provided by Samuel Cykert, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill:
non small cell lung cancer
health disparities
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lung Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Thoracic Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
Bronchial Neoplasms
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The Ford Fusion made its debut at the 2005 Detroit auto show. It effectively replaced the slightly larger Taurus as the marque's mid-size sedan after that model grew up to become — at least for a short time — the Five Hundred. The Fusion was an immediate success for Ford. This newest version was first shown at the 2012 Detroit auto show, where it captured several awards for its eye-catching design. The styling of its narrow, angular headlights and giant front grille draw comparisons to Aston Martin. The new Fusion benefits from a long list of gadgets, including a self-parking system, a blind-spot monitor, touchscreen navigation, and push-button start. The Fusion sells very well, although it hasn't quite caught up to its chief Japanese rivals — Honda Accord, Nissan Altima, and Toyota Camry. However, it is a solid entrant in a very competitive market segment segment.
The 2014 Ford Fusion already had an expansive engine lineup, and the addition of a new 1.5-liter makes it even bigger. The base model comes with a 175-hp, 2.5-liter four-cylinder, but we'd skip it unless you're on an extremely tight budget. The next step up is the aforementioned 1.5-liter, an EcoBoost turbo four that produces 178 hp and is expected to return much better fuel economy than the 2.5-liter, especially with its automatic stop-start feature. The 1.5-liter provides a blend of power and economy that should satisfy most drivers. A 178-hp 1.6-liter EcoBoost was previously the Fusion's volume engine. It is still offered, and is in fact the only engine that comes with a manual transmission instead of the six-speed automatic that is standard with the other engines. The top-dog 2.0-liter EcoBoost makes 240 hp and is more than powerful enough for this type of car; it's also the only 2014 Ford Fusion engine that can be fitted with all-wheel drive.
Ford also offers two excellent gasoline-hybrids, the 2014 Ford Fusion Hybrid and the plug-in Fusion Energi. Both models drive extremely well and offer few clues that they have hybrid powertrains under the hood. The Fusion Hybrid is rated at 47 mpg thanks to a 2.0-liter gasoline engine, electric motor, and continuously variable transmission. The 2014 Ford Fusion Energi has a bigger battery that can be charged in as little as two and a half hours and allows for up to 21 miles of all-electric driving. Although the pair of hybrids is impressive, standard gasoline-powered Fusions are also quite fuel-efficient and cost considerably less.
In our latest midsize sedan comparison test, we lauded the Fusion's athletic ride and handling, strong turbocharged engines, and winning exterior styling. The car ultimately lost out to rivals because its narrow windows made back-seat passengers claustrophobic, build quality was inconsistent, and the MyFord Touch system was distracting and difficult to use. That said, the 2014 Ford Fusion is still one of the best cars in this segment and more than merits cross-shopping for buyers who want style, fun, and efficiency in a midsize sedan.
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Carvedilol for Pre-primary Prophylaxis of Esophageal Varices in Cirrhosis
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified September 2016 by Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
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First received: September 7, 2010
Last updated: February 28, 2017
Last verified: September 2016
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Patients of cirrhosis aged 18 to 75 years who have no esophageal varices will be enrolled. After baseline evaluation, the participants will be randomized to receive either Placebo or Carvedilol 12.5 mg BD. After randomization they will be followed up for one year.
|Drug: carvedilol Drug: Placebo
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|A Prospective, Double-blind, Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial of Carvedilol for Pre-primary Prophylaxis of Esophageal Varices in Cirrhosis
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: North American Indian childhood cirrhosis
MedlinePlus related topics: Cirrhosis Varicose Veins
Drug Information available for: Carvedilol Carvedilol hydrochlorideU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- the proportions of patients who develop esophageal varices at 1 year in each group. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Number of patient dying in a period of one year [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Number of patients needing discontinuation of therapy due to adverse effects. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Reduction in Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient in both groups [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Carvedilol
Tablet 6.25 mg BD
Drug: carvedilol
Carvedilol will be administered orally at a start dose of 3.125 mg twice daily. After 1 week, this will increased if systolic blood pressure does not fall below 90 mm Hg. The patient will receive the maximum tolerated dose of carvedilol with a maximum of 6.25 BD.
Placebo Comparator: placebo
Placebo tablets 2 BD
Drug: Placebo
The placebo tablets will be identical to the carvedilol tablets. First the patients will receive placebo in the dose of 1 BD. Then depending on his tolerance it will be increased to a maximum of 2 BD.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients of cirrhosis aged 18 to 75 years who have no esophageal or gastric varices.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any contra-indication to beta-blockers
- Any past EVL or sclerotherapy
- Any past history of surgery for portal hypertension
- Significant cardio or pulmonary co-morbidity
- Any malignancy
- Refusal to participate in the study
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01212250
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|Last Updated:
|February 28, 2017
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Liver Cirrhosis
Esophageal and Gastric Varices
Pathologic Processes
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Esophageal Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Hypertension, Portal
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Adrenergic Antagonists
Adrenergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Newly undead shifter-turned-vampire Kita Nekai is coming to grips with the reality that her cat has not awakened since her change. What she needs is a little time to adjust to her new liquid diet and the increasingly complex attraction to her sire, Nathanial. What she gets is a headless harlequin.
With the body count rising, Kita is dragged into a dangerous game of vampire politics. Her involvement draws the attention of an ancient vampire known as the Collector who has a penchant for acquiring the unusual - like a pureblood shifter-turned vampire. Kita still has unfinished business of her own and finds herself deeper in magical debt. It's a bad time to be a kitten who can't slip her skin.
Kalayna Price's debut novel, Once Bitten, earned rave reviews and reached #1 on Amazon.com's "Fantasy Bestseller List." Twice Dead returns readers to a dark, seductive world where magic rules and ancient loyalties collide with modern challenges.
©2010 Kalayna Price (P)2011 Audible, Inc.
"Oay - but our heroine still hasn't grown up!"
I don't really agree with the other reviewer about the narrator - I think she does a pretty okay job of personifying the various characters. But...
I said in my review of the first book in this series (Once Bitten) that I found the heroine adolescent and whiny, and she hasn't changed that much! The first 10 or so chapters (about 2, 2.5 hours of listening) were, for me, quite uncomfortable, in that Kita is coerced, totally against her will, into actions and behaviours that are out of character. That the result of some of these actions was a form of sexual relief, made this section uncomfortably close to rape. AND, if Nathaniel hadn't been such an indulgent idiot, and Kita such a head-in-the-sand idiot, the whole section would have been avoided. But then there'd have been no first section of the book... Anyhow, once that section is over with, things do improve, but I wish Kita would stop saying "Crap" every time things go wrong, especially things she reeeeealllly should have see coming!
This is a tense story line, with a blood and body filled resolution very late in the day. Bobby doesn't get much of a look-in, we get a hint of changes in Kita that are extraordinary, she and Nathaniel get no closer to resolving or even flaming talking about their relationship, so no doubt book 3 will start with all the misunderstandings, mistrust and mistakes of books 1 and 2. Will I be reading or downloading it? Not totally sure - but don't' get me wrong, this is a reasonably exciting, nail-biting, cliff-hanging sort of book with suitably bad baddies and are-they-or-aren't-they goodies that is a good way to occupy a few hours - but be prepared for the occasional desire to smack some heads together!
"Nice story shame about the narrator"
Enjoyed the story line, but what really spoiled it was the narrator, her voice is so flat and un interesting that I nearly gave up on this audiobook after listening to it for 30 minutes. Having nothing else to listen to I decided to persist, the narrator didn't get any better but the story line was interesting enough to keep me going. Lets hope if there is a follow on from this story they will use another narrator.
"Very heavy"
I understand that stories need excitement and momentum - and I enjoy that, but this series is all doom and gloom with no humor or light moments to break up all of the negativity.
I also hope (if I do another one of these stories) that Kita finally gets with the program and begins to embrace being a vampire on some level - it is just annoying at this point.
"Very annoying but love the characters"
Yes if you had read the first one but hard going due to the ongoing drama after drama and i caught myself rolling my eyes and fast forwarding only to do so again. This got really boring as you just wanted resolution and the story to pick up not another drama to start
It could have been halved and more enjoyable
Great story line, great characters - ruined by the monotony of every turn creating more and more drama which made it feel so negative and never ending. I fast forwarded many times and still would get to a bit and do it again as it just went on and one. I nearly stopped listening on numerous occasions just as so sick of the ongoing story and no resolution. Great book but couldve been halved and been better and less dribbly. Looking forward to next book but hope like heck it doesn't get lost like this one
"It Was The Night"
This book was exciting to me because of the detailed structure of people, place and things. falling within the parameters of the genre. which is expected to be dark and gloomy with the loss of hope, love etc. Is it an easy read? no; but it was well written with a taste of some originality within a tired storyline.
"Definitely a YA urban fantasy"
PG-13 style fantasy, complete with the hard headed heroine, that frustrates the reader from start to finish.She's a shape shifter turned vamp, that finds herself with a bullseye on her back with most everyone that she meets. Kitta doesn't want to be a vampire and acts like a spoiled brat most of the time, leading Nathaniel on and making his life miserable by rejecting him and doing as she pleases. Leaves you in a cliffhanger, that doesn't look like it will be resolved since the book was released Aug 2011, and the final book isn't on the shelf yet.
"Would makea great series!"
Great character interaction!
That I did not like the main character! Its a good thing when the characters are either loved or hated. The writer has done their job! I hated the main character for being rebellious, whiny, foolish, and troublesome.
Good job!
Neither! No extreme reaction, except to the ending when the "judge" shows up! Sequel?
Good listening!
The main character, Kita, is so frustrating I wonder why I bother listening to the book. If I was her vampire master, I would put either myself or her out of my misery. She is always making bad decisions. She never listens. Everything has to be her way. And she has not faith in others. With all that said, Nathaniel, her vampire master, is not much better. He never sits done and explains anything to her. Therefore, she is always breaking vampiric law. She comes close to getting both her and him killed. Of course, I don't understand why Nathaniel does not stand up for himself and her. I don't know if I will continue listening or not. At least, I am experiencing an emotion. I just keep hoping the story get better as the books more on and the character start to grow. Then, that brings me to the question. Will they grow??? I guess you will have to listen like I do to find out.
"Dead End"
Not the most original Vampire novel.The storyline was uninspiring,the narrator was ok.It was average.Seemed like the characters were going in circles,not really getting any where.The book was also obvious.
"Love this author"
Can't wait for more book in both her series in 2015. These are fun books and the characters are interesting. Narration is excellent.
"Shapeshifters, vampires, magic users, Could You As"
Twice Dead has another world whence come the shifters and this adds a good bit to this story. Kalayna Price is a top notch author in this fantasy genre and I like all of her books. This book is one of my top ten from Audible especially in the fantasy genre.
Piper Goodeve is excellent narrating this story.
Kita is a very interesting character she is a shapeshifting cat before Nathaniel turns her into a vampire to save her life. She HATES being a bloodsucker and tries to survive by living off wild animals. It doesn't work because she needs a base level of "master" vamp blood and she finds drinking from Nathaniel too intimate. Nathaniel defies the "master of the city" (his brother) for Kita because he obviously loves her. There is a group of scholar magic wielders, necromancers, and everything else you can imagine. You would think it would be confusing but the author works them all in story well.
Well worth the time and money if you like fantasy genre.
"Twice Dead"
This was the first one in this series that I read. I was confused and almost quit listening to the book because of that. Glad I didn't, it is a great book and once I understood the characters easy to follow.
I would strongly advise anyone new to the series to start with the first one. Now I have the dilemma of deciding to read the first one next or the next one!
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Dodgers' late charge comes up one run short
Five-run inning not enough to overcome Haren's rocky outing
DENVER -- No surprise, Dan Haren has found that Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw are tough acts to follow.
Coming off his best start of the year, Haren had one of his worst on Saturday, spotting the Rockies a big enough lead that even a five-run seventh-inning rally couldn't save the Dodgers from an 8-7 loss.
Along with that wild seventh inning, the Dodgers saw Yasiel Puig misplay his way back into the nightly highlights with a zany recovery on defense for a double play.
But Haren (8-5) enjoyed no highlights after leaving his teammates a hole out of which they couldn't climb. It seemed to sting him even more after watching the Cy Young tandem contain the Rockies in the previous two games of the series.
"The starting pitching here is held to a higher standard, and at this point in my career, I'm not eight innings and no runs anymore," Haren said. "For the most part, I keep us in the game. But it's tough to keep up. They're pretty unbelievable. Kersh and Greinke come into Coors Field and just dominate. It's tough to hold up my end of the bargain."
Haren struck out a season-high eight with no walks in 5 1/3 innings, but he was also charged with a season-high eight runs on 10 hits. After getting a two-run lead in the first inning, by the time Haren's line was done the Dodgers trailed by six.
In his previous start, Haren allowed Cleveland one hit over seven scoreless innings. Manager Don Mattingly said the difference from one start to the next was in the opposing "matchups." It wasn't that clear to Haren.
"Baseball is a humbling game," he said. "Five days ago I couldn't have felt any better. Today, I just wore it out there, basically. If I throw the game I've thrown all year, we win. I just couldn't do it."
After scoring twice in the first inning, the Dodgers' offense wasn't much help to Haren, being held hitless over the next five innings by Colorado starter Jorge De La Rosa (9-6), who was described by Mattingly as "effectively wild."
Yet, the Dodgers nearly got Haren off the hook by mounting the five-run seventh inning against three Rockies relievers, batting around, benefiting from four walks, a wild pitch and a passed ball. But it wasn't enough.
Haren was removed after Charlie Culberson's RBI triple fell on the warning track in left-center out of the reach of center fielder Andre Ethier after a very long run. Ethier also was unable to catch up to a similar extra-base hit by Corey Dickerson in the first inning after another long run.
Puig contributed his highlight-reel defensive play in the eighth inning with Wilin Rosario on second base and no outs. After initially breaking in on a line drive by Drew Stubbs off Brandon League, Puig changed direction, back and toward center, sprinted to intercept the ball and made an all-out diving catch. He leapt to his feet, hit Ramirez with a powerful cutoff throw, and Ramirez easily threw out Rosario, who belatedly tried to tag and advance to third base.
Two batters into the game and the Dodgers had a run off De La Rosa. A one-hopper by Puig, batting leadoff with Dee Gordon resting, staggered shortstop Josh Rutledge, whose off-balance throw sailed into the photographers' well for a single and error. Puig was doubled home by Hanley Ramirez. Two outs later, Juan Uribe singled home Ramirez.
Colorado replied in the bottom of the first with a single by Rutledge, the ground-rule double by Dickerson and an RBI groundout by Nolan Arenado. With two out, Rosario punched an RBI single to right field to tie the game.
The Rockies scored three runs in a two-out rally in the third inning, capped by Stubbs' two-run homer. Dickerson led off the fifth with a home run, the 18th blast allowed by Haren this year.
Nick Masset took over for De La Rosa in the seventh inning, and the Dodgers rallied for three runs before Masset had to leave with a left knee injury suffered while facing Ramirez.
A.J. Ellis opened the inning with a double off Masset, Miguel Rojas walked, pinch-hitter Clint Robinson singled home Ellis, Puig doubled home Rojas, and Robinson scored on a passed ball charged to Rosario.
Boone Logan inherited a 2-1 count to Ramirez, who lined a single to center to score Puig. Logan walked Kemp and Adrian Gonzalez to load the bases and the Rockies turned to Adam Ottavino, who got Juan Uribe on a double-play grounder as Ramirez scored to cut the lead to one. Ethier was walked intentionally, but Ellis was called out on strikes.
Ottavino overcame a one-out pinch-single and stolen base by Gordon in the eighth by striking out Puig and getting Ramirez on a grounder.
"[Puig] hit a long homer off me the first time I ever faced him. Ever since then, I've really made a point to try to get him out as well as I can," said Ottavino. "All of it would have meant nothing if I gave up a hit to Hanley at the end [because] Gordon is going to score on anything. Nothing would have mattered if I wouldn't have finished it off."
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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As a book reader I love to see the comments of everyone on GoT, and the best is speculation on what will happen in the future. It's fun to see people who forget GRRM's style.
At this point, I wouldn't be entirely shocked if the final book ended with the entire continent of Westeros being bombarded to death by astroids.
Starting Battlestar Galactica again, the 2004 version. I watched the first season years ago, but then we cancelled Netflix so I never finished it. Now that I've got Netflix, I'm giving it a go.
That comet should probably watch its back if its in Game of Thrones.
Probably Pawn Stars. Maybe Bone Collector. Speaking of boning I see Michael Waddell is hooked up with wife 3 (ex producers wife)... old news I know but new to me.
There's probably like 3 people on here that know who he is.
Whoa spoilers for ADWD. Now you ruined The Winds of Winter and A Dream Of Spring, which is just snow blowing over all the graves.
You can do yourself a favor and skip the last season. Talk about going off the rails.
I was fine with it through the end. I can understand not liking the end as much as the early stuff, in fact I would agree with that, but I wouldn't skip it.
How I Met Your Mother. Just finished Season 3 last night on Netflix. Wife and I love this show.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
The second to last episode of every season of GoT is so good that the finale always feels like a bit of a let down.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I like how they do it. It gives you an episode to process what happened in the crazy episode and sets up next season. I really enjoy the episodes that don't necessarily have crazy things going on, but have witty dialogue and good story lines. This episode certainly provided that
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
*I'm going to discuss things that happen through the end of Season 3 of Game of Thrones, so if you are not caught up, spoilers*
I kind of like it, too, though this is the first time in three years we didn't have as much 'wow factor' at the very end. That has to be because this isn't the end of one of the books, like apparently the first two seasons were. I read we're only about 2/3rd through book 3 at this point.
I also learned something I thought was interesting (as a non-book reader): Apparently book 4 and 5 kind of happen concurrently with different characters, so I'm wondering how the TV people plan to make that all work. I guess it just means they'll take their time getting through it all so they don't have to make time jumps.
I'm wondering now because surely season 4 will go further than the last 1/3rd of book 3, at least you'd think.
Waiting 10 months suuuuuuuucks. But it's been great not being spoiled about what's to come. I'd still enjoy the show, I think, for it's production value/acting/whatnot, but it definitely adds a great deal of anticipation for me to not know what's about to happen each episode. Makes the twists very shocking, too.
I had no idea about the Red Wedding, and I'm thankful for that. Made it a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge gut punch when it aired. I suspected something undesirable was going to happen, but I was thinking far smaller. The episode description on the TV box's guide mentioned 'A Frey marries a Tully.' And since that was so vague, I was waiting for Walder Frey to 'alter the deal' once the wedding was in motion, and by that I mean I thought he was going to tell Robb, "You can have my army, but only if your mother marries me." Something along those lines, anyway. So while I expected a twist, I sure as **** did not expect that.
So, yeah, it's kind of fun not knowing what's to come, and in general with TV and movies I've done a complete 180 on how I used to be with spoilers, and I'm finding it rewarding to let the shows play out.
There's only one thing re: Episode 10 that I want to address because I think it's going to be lightning rod-y for the next couple of weeks. No book spoilers, obviously, just thoughts on the finale's final scene.
Best season yet. GoT is on a trajectory to being the greatest accomplishment in the history of entertainment. Pressure's on George Martin now.
Thank you for injecting the emotions associated with white guilt and with racial politics into a TV show that I love / am emotionally attached to, which I watch for the purposes of escapism, fantasy, and entertainment.
(note: That is not me saying your views are invalid, just me venting about the side effects they have had on me since I read them)
Those aren't even my views. (I must have miscommunicated my thoughts.) Believe me, I'll defend the show to a fault. I just threw that in there because I know that Internet debate is coming. I'm putting my perspective (from a storytelling and character point of view) in before you see 500 articles from Slate and Jezebel on the subject. The whole freeing slaves on the other side of the world thing was bound to become a talking point on the blogs at some point, and some of the images from that scene are certainly fodder for that. I really like what the show did with that scene (based on my interpretation) and I'm excited to see where they go.
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Fair enough. I'm just saying that, in any case, when that is brought up, I have those emotions buzz-killing/stifling my usual emotions surrounding the show, and that's a bummer.
Keep in mind the GOT season finale largely existed just to set up the "new game" for S4. Basically, you can think of GOT as an ongoing chess game where pieces (sometimes several) occasionally get wiped off the board. The show then needs to "reset" the game with new pieces, and begin anew.
That's basically what the finale did, so it wasn't a sexy episode, but it was necessary. You'll need to have the Greyjoys fresh in mind for S4, as well as Stannis taking his army north, Bran's journey beyond the wall, key characters reuniting at Castle Black, etc.
Game of Thrones has butchered Stannis. The writers are able to do great things with so many other characters, but they make Stannis look like a jerk and a zealot. He is neither. He just uses Melisandre because her magic works, not because of religious beliefs. The way he acted with Gendry was totally out of character.
The ending was disappointing because they had other options that they could have used to continue the "what the hell just happened?" season ender they had in the first two seasons. The Arya scene was actually a recreation from the second book, except it was a guard at Harrenhal. I was happy to see Aemon back too.
Ugh, Nip/Tuck & True Blood come to mind. Not enough fire in the world to have given those shows the mercy kills they needed after first few seasons.
Next season is going to be great. It'll be one giant climax to the story of A Storm Of Swords.
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Jesse B 707 wrote:throwing Destroyers without having some pros in your bag is like dating Jessica Alba but choosing to stay celibate
Really? I hate pro destroyers. VERY unpredictable and they just get torn up so fast.
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Jesse B 707 wrote:throwing Destroyers without having some pros in your bag is like dating Jessica Alba but choosing to stay celibate
BIG MACK wrote:First Run Star Destroyers...oh baby, quite possibly the best maximum distance driver ever made (IMO).
booter wrote:the 1st run xouts from dgv are $$$$$. Flip flat right out of the box
emiller3 wrote:My first runs are flat with a very gummy center, is this what they're normally like?
I'm just not a big fan of them, seems like seasoning a Pro is a better solution (and happens pretty quickly from what I'm finding.)
TeamTollandDG wrote:Seasoning a pro one is a good way to get there too. The problem is it doesn't hold that $$ spot for a very long time. One day it'll just turn into your flippy one. These will keep that sweet spot for a long time. I've still got pro ones in the bag and prefer them for some lines.
discspeed wrote:After getting sick for the last couple days, today I feel well enough to hopefully go out and do some more Destroyer testing out in the field.
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