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Trying to return, Romero excels in Class A start
NEW YORK -- Left-hander Ricky Romero took the first step in his return to the Major Leagues by tossing seven quality innings for Class A Dunedin on Saturday night.
Romero got the start against the Brevard County Manatees and allowed just one run on six hits. He struck out four, but perhaps the most encouraging aspect of the outing was that he didn't walk a batter.
Toronto's former ace had been held out of games until Friday as he worked through a series of mechanical adjustments on the mound with roving pitching instructor Dane Johnson at the club's Minor League complex in Dunedin, Fla.
"I don't know yet at this point," general manager Alex Anthopoulos said when asked what the next step for Romero is. "I want to speak to Dane and see what he feels. ... I'm really leaning on him to make the decisions on what he feels is best.
"Dane's the one who decided he was ready for a start now. I'm not down there day in and day out, Dane is the one doing the work with him. Alternately, Dane will let me know what he wants to do. For the most part, we're letting Dane Johnson make the decisions."
The Blue Jays are attempting to have Romero pitch with a more direct line to the plate. The goal is to stop the Los Angeles native from throwing across his body as much as he has done in the past.
Romero used to go with a full windup by bringing the glove over his head during the delivery. That has since changed, and Romero now also taps the ball in his glove prior to each pitch to act as a timing motion.
The walks will never be completely eliminated, but the hope is that the number of pitches outside of the zone will be at least more limited.
"He just basically brings [the glove] down to his belt, little things to take away the moving parts overall, sometimes he'd rock back, balance and things like that," Anthopoulos said. "Dane Johnson is encouraged by it and the results are obviously good. I know it's a Florida State League game, but overall, Dane has done a really good job with him."
The timing of when Romero could eventually make his return to the Majors is still unknown. Left-hander J.A. Happ won the final spot in the rotation during Spring Training and currently has a 3.86 ERA in five outings, which ranks first among Blue Jays starters.
An opening could be created if either R.A. Dickey or Josh Johnson require a stint on the disabled list. Dickey has been dealing with an upper back and neck injury, while Johnson was scratched from his last start because of tightness in his right triceps muscle.
But Anthopoulos doesn't believe either starter will require an extended period of time off. Dickey has yet to miss a start, and Johnson remains in the mix for an outing at some point between Thursday and Saturday.
"Obviously, the results of the MRI were completely clean, just a little bit of inflammation, so I don't see there being any problem there," Anthopoulos said of Johnson. "We don't have any other complaints from any of the other starters.
"At some point, obviously we expect Romero to continue to progress and we'll have a decision to make, which is exactly what we want. That's a good thing, we want him back to being the guy he was, the All-Star, and that's a great problem for our organization to have."
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This is the best thing ever.
I lost it when the monkey tried to bite Tyler's hand.
Lance leaning into the monkey and going "Heeeyyyy Budddyy" Priceless.
Should I be the one to point out that not once did Tyler high-five the monkey?
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Primates are incredible. I've held a little Monkey like that one before and also held a much larger Chimpanzee. Great experience.
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Baylor pulled in small forward Ishmail Wainright as part of its 2013 recruiting class late Thursday night. He chose the Bears over Ohio State, St. John's and Texas, according to ESPN.com.
Rated the No. 26 overall player and No. 5 small forward by ESPN.com, Wainright is a 6-5 wing with a physical game that was honed at Montrose Christian in the Washington, D.C. area.
Wainright joins No. 34 power forward Jonathan Motley as a member of Scott Drew's 2013 class. The Bears, who pulled in a top 2012 class, including No.3 recruit Isaiah Austin, have already landed a prospect for 2014. Small forward Leron Black from Memphis, Tenn., has committed to join Baylor. He is considered the No. 12 player in his class.


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Camp Cost: $395.00
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Get an overview of this hotelHotel with free breakfast, 24-hour airport shuttle
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Central Dublin: 20 mins
With a free 24-hour airport shuttle, Radisson Blu Hotel, Dublin Airport is an ideal traveling base. It's a 10-minute drive to 3Arena, and 20 minutes to Dublin city center. Phoenix Park, home to the President's Mansion and Dublin Zoo, is 15 minutes west.
Free early breakfast
A free grab-and-go breakfast from 3 AM makes catching flights a breeze. A more relaxed full breakfast is served at Potter's Restaurant, with meals and drinks served at T3 later in the day. Room service is 24 hours. Guests also have free access to a nearby fitness center, with 2 pools and a hot tub.
Free WiFi and coffee
Guests enjoy free WiFi and a coffeemaker in all 229 guestrooms. Business rooms offer the additional perks of slippers, and free daily newspapers, along with Nespresso® machines and free bottled water. Sofa beds are available in some rooms.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms. 27 meeting rooms are available. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests (available 24 hours). This eco-friendly hotel also offers a library, tour/ticket assistance, and gift shops/newsstands. Concierge services and wedding services can be provided. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Radisson Blu Hotel, Dublin Airport has designated areas for smoking.
- Concierge services
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Business center
- Porter/bellhop
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 229
- Number of floors - 5
- ATM/banking
- Elevator/lift
- Free airport transportation
- Year Built 1998
- Bar/lounge
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-out
- Designated smoking areas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Computer station
- Luggage storage
- Express check-in
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Garden
- Number of meeting rooms - 27
- Conference center
- Snack bar/deli
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Shopping on site
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Free use of nearby fitness center
- Wedding services
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Library
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Snack bar/deli
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Long-term parking (surcharge), Self parking (surcharge)
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- Room service (24 hours)
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
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- Free newspaper
- Phone
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- Private bathroom
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- Free WiFi
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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Where to Eat
Breakfast is available for a surcharge and served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
ODeas Irish Bar - This café serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
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- Mountain biking nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
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Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at midnight
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- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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- Fee for full breakfast: EUR 19 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 7.50 per night
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(UPDATED COVERAGE, July 26) The Food and Drug Administration says cyclospora parasite infections in 321 people across 15 states are "possibly linked to undetermined food products," a departure from the assumptions of state health officials who said the pests are usually spread via fresh produce.
Officials with the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the health agencies in the 15 states are still leading the investigation, however.
No potential source had been identified as of the July 26 updates posted by FDA and CDC. The CDC was first notified June 28 by Iowa health officials of confirmed cases there. The FDA reports the illnesses are "possibly linked to undetermined food products."
"Cyclospora needs time — days to weeks — after being passed in a bowel movement to become infectious for another person. Therefore, it is unlikely that cyclospora is passed directly from one person to another," according to the FDA update.
Both FDA and CDC report the parasite is rare in the U.S. but common in tropical and subtropical countries. Infection is spread when people ingest food or water contaminated with the parasite, but agency officials have said it is not known how food or water becomes contaminated.
Some state and federal health officials have said the parasite is believed to be spread most often via fresh produce. However, that assessment is not based on any evidence from the current illnesses.
"Previous outbreak investigations have implicated various types of fresh produce. It is not yet clear whether the cases from all of the states are part of the same outbreak," according to the CDC's update.
As of July 26, the CDC reported infections in Iowa, Nebraska, Texas, Florida, New York, Wisconsin, Georgia, Missouri, Arkansas, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois and Kansas. No deaths have been reported, but at least 18 people have been admitted to hospitals.


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Dozens of motorcyclists made a "love run" Saturday between Oakland and Vallejo to highlight the plight of a missing Oakland toddler.
"She's still missing, and we're still looking for her," said Roslyn Robinson, great aunt to Daphne Viola Webb, whose second birthday is next month.
The procession was the latest event held by Daphne's family since her disappearance from East Oakland was first reported by father John Webb on July 10.
Robinson, born and raised in Vallejo but now a Pleasanton resident,
conceived of the motorcycle ride as another way to ensure Daphne's name remains in the media and on people's minds until she is found.
Robinson called the East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club of Oakland to ask if they would participate. The riders were met by members of Daphne's family, as well as community members and people associated with the Mackbee Foundation, which helped provide food and refreshments.
"Our president, Tobie Gene Levingston, put out a call to all the motorcyclists in the Bay Area," said Ali Ar Rasheed, the Dragons' chief business manager and one of those who made the trip from Oakland.
More than 50 or so motorcyclists answered that call, making the trip from the group's clubhouse in East Oakland, about 10 blocks from where Daphne was last seen.
Webb told police that someone took the child from his black Ford SUV on July 10 while his 87-year-old mother was in the car. He said he had gone into a convenience store, and his mother suffered dementia.
Webb was briefly arrested on suspicion of felony child endangerment, but released with prosecutors declining to file charges.
Rasheed, himself a father and a grandfather, said the incident puts fear into the hearts of parents.
Daphne was the first and only child of mother Kiana Davis-Webb, who also grew up around the Vallejo area, said Pamela Davis, Daphne's great aunt.
Davis last saw her great niece in June, just a month before her disappearance.
"She was a very loving baby and she didn't care who held her or picked her up," Davis said.
Authorities are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of the child. For more information about the family's activities, visit www.findbabydaphne.com.
Any information about Daphne can be forwarded to the Oakland Police Department at (510) 238-3641.
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Defendant in five attacks allegedly boasted, 'Damn, I'm a serial rapist!!!'
A man charged with committing five rapes boasted of his crimes and proudly wrote in a diary, "Damn, I'm a serial rapist!!!'' a prosecutor said today at the man's arraignment.
Tikee Beverly, 37, of Roxbury was arraigned on 13 charges in Suffolk Superior Court.
He sat out of public view, but when asked how he pleaded, said, "Not guilty!'' in a loud voice.
A prosecutor said Beverly's alleged crimes were "vile, immoral, reprehensible rapes by a true serial rapist.''
Trial Magistrate Gary P. Wilson ordered Beverly held on $1 million cash bail.
"It's quite clear the facts and the circumstances shock the conscience of an individual,'' Wilson said.
Beverly allegedly committed a string of rapes from Sept. 13 to Feb. 3.
He was on probation from a federal bank robbery sentence at the time. He had been freed from federal prison on May 14, 2011. Authorities said they would be looking at whether he had committed any more crimes.
Beverly was matched to the five crimes by DNA, video surveillance tapes, or both, prosecutors said.
Beverly had already been charged with committing two rapes within a day of each other in Jamaica Plain when he was indicted last week for three more attacks.
He faces charges in two attacks on Washington Street in Jamaica Plain that took place on Feb. 2 and Feb. 3, as well as the earlier attacks, on Shirley Street in Dorchester, Kenilworth Street in Roxbury, and Arcadia Park in Dorchester.
While the victims of any crime are urged to call 911 in an emergency, the survivors of sexual violence in Suffolk County can also call the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center's 24-hour hotline at 800-841-8371. The center provides medical advocacy, legal services, counseling, and other services to victims of sexual assault.


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Pomeranz prepared for pivotal start in Houston
HOUSTON -- Lefty Drew Pomeranz will return to the A's rotation for the first time since June 16 on Wednesday in a start against the Astros that could very well dictate where he pitches next.
Although a good performance doesn't guarantee Pomeranz sticks on the roster, it can only help his chances of being a prominent September contributor when rosters expand on Monday. Whether that's in the rotation or bullpen is unknown.
"We'll take it day to day on this one, see how [Pomeranz] pitches tomorrow," said manager Bob Melvin, "and then we'll make our decision accordingly."
"I know I'm pitching tomorrow and that I want to win tomorrow, and whatever happens from there is whatever happens," Pomeranz said. "It's not worth me thinking about it."
Pomeranz could potentially supplant Jason Hammel in the rotation at some point, though Hammel proved his worth in Tuesday's 4-2 loss with a one-run, seven-inning outing in Houston. Still, he has a 5.77 ERA in eight starts for the A's, who acquired his services with Jeff Samardzija in a July deal with the Cubs.
Their arrival prompted the A's to keep Pomeranz in Triple-A after his rehab from a broken right hand, which he sustained while punching a wooden chair, even though he had given them a 3.21 ERA in eight starts.
"We talk often about the 25-man roster and then maybe 30-plus guys that you really feel like are part of your team, and he's definitely one of those guys," Melvin said. "He's really been important to us, whether it was a starting role or in relief. He's done a nice job for us. Just because of the trades we made is the only reason he got pushed out."
Pomeranz kept pace with the River Cats and focused on pitching deeper into games, posting a 3.69 ERA in eight starts. It was 2.88 before his last outing, in which he allowed six runs in 5 2/3 innings.
"I made a few bad pitches, walked a few guys and gave up some runs. It happens," said Pomeranz, fresh off a plane from Nashville, where the River Cats were playing. "I feel like I've been pitching pretty much the same. I feel good, same as I did before."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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(The Linotype is a machine used to set type for books, newspapers, magazines and other assorted printing. Invented in 1886, it was replaced during the 1960s and '70s by phototype and computerized typesetting systems.)
From The Linotype News, December 1930
25 Ships Now Operating Linotypes
Twenty U.S. Naval Vessels and Five Big Liners Now Producing Composition Linotype Way
Although travelers have seen Linotypes in action in every country under the sun, comparatively few globe trotters realize that not all Linotypes do their producing ashore -- that some two dozen of them -- twenty-five, to be exact -- are confirmed and experienced globe trotters themselves.
All seven of the seven seas, with several lesser bodies poured in for good measure, have been criss-crossed so many times and in so many places by ships equipped with Linotypes, that a gull's-eye view of those bodies, with the criss-crosses nicely indicated with dotted lines, would appear without benefit of water.
When, November 19, the Mauretania, speed queen of the great Cunard fleet, answered that call for help from the Swedish cargo steamer Ovidia, sinking in mid-Atlantic, and rescued twenty-eight people, a Linotype aboard the Mauretania was in action. Not that the Linotype played any part in the rescue, of course; but it was right there to compose the spot story of the Ovidia disaster for the ship's newspaper and passengers -- and for thousands of others, ashore, to read when the Mauretania docked in the Hudson. That ship's wireless, of course, released the first bulletins about the rescue, but its Linotype composed the detailed story.
All of which is a roundabout way of stating that the palatial Mauretania operates a Linotype. The machine produces composition for the ship's paper, for menus, various kinds of programs, passenger lists, and so forth.
The Aquitania and Berengaria, also, sister ships of the Mauretania, operate Linotypes back and forth across the Atlantic and on this and the other side. So does the Belgenland of the Red Star Line, which starts on another cruise round the world December 15, and so does the St. Louis of the Hamburg-American Line.
Uncle Sam, the most experienced and critical buyer in the world, goes in for Linotypes in a big way. In addition to the 171 Linotypes in the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., [twenty U.S. Naval vessels are now producing composition the Linotype Way.] (This last line is drawn from the headline -- my copy of this story is incomplete at the end of the article.)


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Fans are tuning in for Royals' playoff push
KANSAS CITY -- The Royals' seventh straight win Sunday was the team's highest-rated game telecast this season.
The 7-4 triumph over the Giants, broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City, generated a 10.1 household in the Kansas City market, per Nielsen.
Additionally, the game trumped the final round of the PGA Championship (7.2).
It marked the completion of a three-game sweep of San Francisco, and all three games were the highest-rated program in Kansas City that day.
Jackson Alexander is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SynCardia CardioWest TAH-t Postmarket Surveillance Study
This study has been completed.
SynCardia Systems. LLC
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
SynCardia Systems. LLC
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: January 30, 2008
Last updated: July 28, 2015
Last verified: March 2015
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The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the results achieved in the original pivotal clinical investigation of 81 subjects from five clinical sites are generalizable to new clinical sites that complete the staff training defined in the SynCardia Systems, Inc. Training Manual and who enroll subjects who meet the intended use defined in the product Instructions for Use.
|Biventricular Failure
|Device: CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t)
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
|Official Title:
|The SynCardia CardioWest Temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) Postmarket Surveillance Study
Further study details as provided by SynCardia Systems. LLC:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Subject survival at 30-days and one-year post transplant [ Time Frame: 30-days and one-year post transplant ]
|Study Start Date:
|August 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
Device: CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t)
The SynCardia CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) system is a pulsatile biventricular device that replaces a patient's native ventricles and valves and pumps blood to both the pulmonary and systemic circulation. The system consists of the implantable CardioWest TAH-t and an external console connected by drivelines.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Patients who have been or will be implanted with the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart.
Inclusion Criteria:
- The TAH-t is indicated for use as a bridge to transplant in cardiac transplant-eligible candidates at risk of imminent death from biventricular failure.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who are not cardiac transplant eligible.
- Patients who do not have sufficient space in the chest area vacated by the natural ventricles. Generally this includes patients who have body surface areas <1.7m², or who have a distance between the sternum and the 10th anterior vertebral body measured by computed tomography imaging (CT scan) < 10 cm.
- Patients who cannot be adequately anticoagulated on the TAH-t.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00614510
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00614510
Sponsors and Collaborators
SynCardia Systems. LLC
|Principal Investigator:
|Jack G Copeland, MD
|University Medical Center
More Information
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|SynCardia Systems. LLC
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00614510 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 30, 2008
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Dozier building resume worthy of All-Star spot
ANAHEIM -- Brian Dozier has emerged as one of baseball's top second basemen and could very well represent the Twins on their home field in the All-Star Game on July 15.
But Dozier, who currently ranks fifth among American League second basemen in the latest ballot update released Sunday, said he's trying his best not to think about it just yet.
Dozier certainly has a worthy resume, as his 3.3 WAR (Wins Above Replacement), leads all Major League second basemen and ranks just ahead of the Detroit's Ian Kinsler's 3.0 WAR, according to Fangraphs.com. Among traditional statistics, Dozier also leads all second basemen with 15 homers and 59 runs scored. He also ranks third in RBIs (43), stolen bases (15) and OPS (.826).
"It is still early but it would be cool," Dozier said. "But I don't play this game for individual goals or accomplishments. I play to win. I feel like each and every day you play that kind of stuff like the All-Star appearances take care of themselves. But at the same time, if it does happen it would be a cool accomplishment, especially this year at Target Field. It would mean a lot."
Dozier said he feels more comfortable stumping for his teammates to make the All-Star Game, including catcher Kurt Suzuki, who also ranks among the top five in his position in the balloting for the Midsummer Classic.
"I think a lot of guys are deserving and I think Suzuki is a guy I'd like behind the plate more than anyone in baseball," Dozier said. "The way he calls games and the picking he's been doing behind the plate, that stuff gets overlooked over the stuff he's been doing with the bat. He's one of the best catchers in baseball."
Fans can cast their votes for starters at MLB.com and all 30 club sites -- online or on a mobile device -- using the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by Experian until Thursday, July 3, at 10:59 p.m. CT. The 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field on Tuesday, July 15.
Fans may submit up to 25 online ballots, but they can also earn a one-time bonus of 10 additional online ballots. To access these additional online ballots, you must be logged into your MLB.com account when you submit any online ballot. If you do not have an MLB.com account, register on the site in accordance with the enrollment instructions for a free MLB.com account.
Fans this year once again can participate in the Home Run Derby Fan Poll. Fans will have the opportunity to select three players in each league who they would most like to see participate in the Home Run Derby. The 2014 Home Run Derby will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN HD, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio in the United States beginning at 7 p.m. CT on Monday, July 14.
The 2014 AL and National League All-Star teams will be unveiled on the 2014 MLB All-Star Game Selection Show on July 6, with further details to follow on MLB.com. Immediately following the announcement of the AL and NL All-Star rosters, fans can begin voting to select the final player for each league's 34-man roster via the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian. Fans will cast their votes from a list of five players from each league over the balloting period.
And the voting doesn't end there. The final phase of All-Star Game voting will again have fans participating in the voting for the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet. During the Midsummer Classic, fans will vote exclusively online at MLB.com via the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com MVP Vote Sponsored by Pepsi, and their voice will represent 20 percent of the overall vote that determines the recipient of the Arch Ward Trophy.
MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage of the All-Star Week festivities.
The 85th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS, and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network and SiriusXM will also provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Two termination resistors are required on every NMEA 2000 network, one on each end of the trunk line. Screw connectors provide a positive connection. Termination resistors are waterproof and continue to function even while submerged in the bilge. An inline terminator is used when the network is terminated at a product, for example, a GPS or weather station at the top of a mast. Inline terminators have one female end and one male end. Some Mini Termination Resistors have LED indicators for polarity to ensure that power connections have been made properly. Meets NMEA 2000 specifications.
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A lesson learned lives on
Updated 12:06 am, Friday, January 13, 2012
No matter what the problem — grades, girls, basketball — George Butler Jr., always had words of encouragement for his three grandsons.
"He'd tell us to forget about it and move on, keep pushing," said Kendall Burrage, 22. "You can't worry about what happened yesterday. If you had a bad day, you can always make up for it today."
The youngest, UTSA guard Kannon Burrage, listened well.
A day after returning from his grandfather's funeral in East Moline, Ill., Burrage scored 17 points, including the game-winning basket with 1.9 seconds left, as the Roadrunners defeated Sam Houston State 62-60 on Sunday.
It was a performance Butler, who was 72, would have savored.
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"Growing up, he was at all our games," said Kannon Burrage, a junior in his first season with UTSA after transferring from Des Moines Area Community College in Iowa. "He was very proud."
Butler's sunny presence was one of the bright spots in a difficult childhood. Most of it was spent at his grandparents' house, where the Burrage boys, a pair of adopted sisters and their parents crammed into two small rooms in the basement.
It forced Kannon and his brothers to grow up "embarrassingly close," sleeping three to a bed until the family qualified for a home built by Habitat for Humanity when he was in high school. They also shared a modest wardrobe; as the youngest, Kannon often chose last.
While material resources were in short supply, there was no lack of love. Even after a stroke confined him to a wheelchair in the mid '90s, Butler was a constant source of support and guidance.
"He's been a rock for our family," Kannon said. "Whenever things got bad, he was there. He was always upbeat about life."
When Burrage's grades began to slip in middle school, it was Butler who got through with a gentle but firm message: After watching countless lives wasted in their hardscrabble neighborhood — aimless, incarcerated or worse — he didn't want Kannon to squander his.
It was just what the boy needed to hear.
"Both my brothers graduated from college," Kannon said, "and I'm on my way."
Burrage is also thriving on the court, leading the Roadrunners in scoring (14.7 points per game) despite coming off the bench. His combination of shooting touch and slashing ability gives coach Brooks Thompson the type of multifaceted threat he's never had at UTSA.
"He knows one thing," Thompson said, "and that's how to get that ball in the hole."
While Burrage was pursuing basketball, Butler was deteriorating. He'd been in and out of the hospital for years, including a trip to have a leg amputated, before finally succumbing on Dec. 28. Despite Butler's age and poor health, Kannon was shocked to get the news that his grandfather had died.
"I broke down right when they called me," he said. "He'd always battled it. He always came home and was his normal self."
Burrage flew home for the funeral between games against Nicholls and Sam Houston State.
His family will gather in San Antonio for a happier occasion on Feb. 1, when UTSA's contest against Stephen F. Austin will pit Burrage against Hal Bateman, a childhood friend and former junior-college teammate.
It will take place with one notable absence — Butler, who had been planning to attend despite his frailty.
"It's going to be a little bittersweet," Kendall Burrage said. "It's the first time we'll see him live (at UTSA), but in the back of your mind, you wish (Butler) was there.
"But I know he'd want Kannon to continue to play, like he did after the funeral. He would want him to not worry about it, to keep pushing."
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Becky Mode's FULLY COMMITTED Plays New Rep, 12/19-30
New Repertory Theatre proudly announces Becky Mode's wry comedy, FULLY COMMITTED, December 19 through 30, 2012, performing in the Black Box Theater, Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA. Tickets are $36 and may be purchased by calling 617.923.8487 or by visiting www.newrep.org. The press performance is Thursday, December 20, at 7:30pm.
"We're proud to present FULLY COMMITTED," says Managing Director Harriet Sheets. "this holiday season, as surely audiences will enjoy some laughs during this busy time of year."
"We couldn't be more happy," says Artistic Director Jim Petosa, "to have Gabe Kuttner during the holidays to perform these thirty-plus characters. It's no small feat performing a one-man play like this hilarious one by Becky Mode."
FULLY COMMITTED features Gabriel Kuttner as Sam and is directed by Bridget Kathleen O'Leary.
This wry, witty comedy follows Sam, an actor-slash-reservation clerk at a 4-star Manhattan restaurant who is just trying to get home to the Midwest for the holidays. While simultaneously being badgered by the snitty chef, he "handles" uppity demanding New Yorkers including Dianne Sawyer, Naomi Campbell's assistant, Sherry Lansing's secretary at Paramount Pictures, East Side socialites, and suspected members of the mafia. Sam turns the tables of rejection and resorts to accepting bribes in order to "give good table." One of Time Magazine's top-ten plays of 2000, Fully Committed features award-winning actor Gabriel Kuttner.
New Repertory Theatre produces plays that speak powerfully to the essential ideas of our time. Through the passion and electricity of live theater performed to the highest standards of excellence, New Rep expands and challenges the human spirit of both artists and audience. New Rep presents world premieres, contemporary and classic works in several intimate settings. We are committed to education and outreach, including special dedication to the creation of innovative in-school programming and providing access to underserved audiences. New Rep is an active advocate for the arts and a major voice in the national dialogue defining the role of theater in our culture.
Gabriel Kuttner (Sam) returns to New Repertory Theatre after performing in Dollhouse and Speed- the-Plow (IRNE Award, Best Supporting Actor). Other regional roles include The Merry Wives of Windsor (Actors Shakespeare Project); Walking the Volcano (Boston Playwrights' Theater); and On An Average Day (self-produced). Love Song, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (Elliot Norton Award, Best Production), and Look Back In Anger (Elliot Norton Award, Best Production, Orfeo Group); The Real Inspector Hound, Faith Healer, Travesties, Romeo and Juliet, Misalliance, Copenhagen, the Beard of Avon, and Design for Living (Publick Theatre). Other regional credits include Pugilist Specialist and Bug (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater); Talking to Terrorists (Súgán Theatre Company); and Permanent Whole Life (Boston Playwrights Theatre). London credits include Greek (Riverside Studios); In the Boom-Boom Room (Courtyard Theatre); Rents (Courtyard Theatre); Shaved Splits (Edinburgh Fringe/Riverside Studios); and Death of a Salesman (The English Theatre, Frankfurt). In 2010 he produced Fully Committed at Herter Park, earning an IRNE Award for Best Solo Performance. Mr. Kuttner, a graduate of The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, lives on the North Shore.
Becky Mode (Playwright) is an American playwright, actress and television producer based in New York. Raised in Washington DC, she studied Theater and American History at Wesleyan University. She developed Fully Committed with Mark Setlock, which achieved listing in Time Magazine's Top Ten Plays of 2000. Ms. Mode, a former actress, waitress, and coat check girl, is now a writer with credits including A Little Curious (HBO); Out of the Box, PB & J Otter (Disney); Little Bill (Nickelodeon), and Born in Brooklyn (ABC). She was a staff writer on Cosby (CBS) and co-wrote a remake of Cactus Flower (Columbia Pictures).
Bridget Kathleen O'Leary (Director) is in her fifth season at New Repertory Theatre where she serves as Associate Artistic Director. Previous New Rep directing credits include Collected Stories, DollHouse, boom, A Christmas Carol, and Fool for Love as well as New Rep On Tour's productions of Tales of Poe and The Scarlet Letter. Other area credits include Recent Tragic Events and Aunt Dan and Lemon (Whistler in the Dark Theatre); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Summer Theater Festival); Boys of Winter (BKS Productions); and The Devil's Teacup (Boston Playwrights Theatre). She earned her MFA in Directing from Boston University. Originally from Manchester, NH, she lives in Watertown. In February, Ms. O'Leary will direct New Rep's production of Duncan Macmillan's Lungs.
Deb Sullivan (Scenic and Lighting Designer) returns to New Repertory Theatre after designing for Chesapeake, Collected Stories, The World Goes 'Round, Boston Marriage, Eurydice, The Clean House, and The Misanthrope. Off-Broadway credits include The Ruby Sunrise and The Human Scale (The Public Theatre/NYSF); Or (The Women's Project); and Play It Cool (Mary's Hideaway Prods/Theatre Row). Regional credits include work at Trinity Repertory Company, The ALLIANCE THEATRE, The Cleveland Playhouse, Actors' Theatre of Louisville, City Theatre Company, and Berkshire Theatre Festival. Other credits include Two Rivers Theatre Company, Gloucester Stage Company, Perishable Theatre, Boston Theatre Works, SpeakEasy Stage Company, and Festival Ballet Providence among others.
Adrienne Carlile (Costume Designer) returns to New Repertory Theatre having recently designed costumes for The Kite Runner and Chesapeake. Boston credits include La Boheme (Boston Opera Collaborative); Monster (Boston Center for American Performance); and Die Zauberflote (Opera Del West). She also served as scenic designer for Die Fledermanus (New England Conservatory). In New York she designed costumes for Monster (Potomac Theater Project) and Our Lady (New York Fringe Festival). Ms. Carlile earned her BFA in Costume and Scenic Design at Boston University and is resident costume designer at Cambridge Historical Tours. Originally from Fort Collins, Colorado, she resides in Roxbury Crossing.
Bill Barclay (Sound Designer) is a composer, actor, director, and teacher, currently heading the Music Department at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. Recent area credits include Peter and the Wolf (Symphony Hall); Two Gentlemen of Verona (Actors Shakespeare Project); and Hotel Nepenthe (The Huntington Theatre, IRNE Nomination); Red (SpeakEasy Stage Company, Elliot Norton Award Nomination); and Breaking the Code (Central Square Theatre). He has worked with Shakespeare & Company, Actors' Shakespeare Project; and Tanglewood Music Center; and is a member of The Acting Company at The Mercury Theatre in Colchester, England. Television credits include Brotherhood (Showtime) and film credits include Ocean Boulevard and The Time Machine (Dreamworks). He is recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship, the Boston Globe Monologue Scholarship Competition, and is a two-time Elliot Norton Award nominee for sound design. Originally from Westin, Mr. Barclay attended Vassar Collage and The National Theatre Institute, and earned his MFA at Boston University's School of Theatre.
Ian Thorsell (Properties Designer) joins New Repertory Theatre after serving as properties designer for Macbeth (Actors Shakespeare Project). He is a regular props artisan at The Huntington Theatre Company, most recently working on Betrayal, Candide, The Luck Of the Irish, and others. He studied Computer Animation and Industrial Design at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and was a founding member of Jamestown's improv comedy troupe, The Unexpected Guests, with whom he performed for over five years. Originally from Jamestown, New York, he resides in Dorchester.


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Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word) chronicles one person's search for self in a world obsessed with normal. What is "intersex"? According to the Intersex Society of North America, the word describes someone born with sex chromosomes, genitalia, or an internal reproductive system that are neither clearly male nor clearly female.
In first-person prose as intimate as a diary, Thea Hillman redefines memoir in a series of compelling stories that take a no-holds-barred look at sex, gender, family, and community. Whether she's pondering quirky family tendencies ("Drag"), reflecting on "queerness" ("Another"), or recounting scintillating adventures in San Francisco's sex clubs, Hillman's brave and fierce vision for cultural and societal change shines through.
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"In Hillman's world, the surer you become about who you are, the more vulnerable you get." (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
"Hillman's writing is sexy because it's smart and refuses to simplify things." (Fabula)
"Hillman's utterly unabashed memoir...showcases both the personal, embodied realities of intersex, and the social and political milieus that shape them.... Intersex, too, is gorgeously written." (Women's Review of Books)
I'm Audible's first Editor-at-Large, the host of In Bed with Susie Bright -- and a longtime author, editor, journo, and bookworm. I listen to audio when I'm cooking, playing cards, knitting, going to bed, waking up, driving, and putting other people's kids to bed! My favorite audiobooks, ever, are: "True Grit" and "The Dog of the South."
"Inspiring Writing for any Gender"
This is great storytelling. I was captivated by Thea Hillman's frank and vulnerable voice. She is sexy, scary, and funny... all at once.
Intersex is the first-hand account of being an intersex activist, and it will give courage to people of any gender. Thea writes, "Normal is a weapon of mass destruction. It's just as deadly, and just like those weapons, it'll never be found."
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What Would Come Next?Series teasers are where you try to complete the sequence of a series of letters, numbers or objects.
What letter comes next in this pattern?
o s s o o s e o e ...
HintHow many letters are in the pattern?
AnswerZ would come next.
It is the last letter of the number in Spanish.
1 = uno (o)
2 = dos (s)
3 = tres (s)
4 = cuatro (o)
5 = cinco (o)
6 = seis (s)
7 = siete (e)
8 = ocho (o)
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calfactant (generic name)
Our bodies need lung surfactant to keep the lungs open during breathing
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What is this medicine?CALFACTANT (kal FAKT ant) is a lung surfactant. Our bodies need lung surfactant to keep the lungs open during breathing. This medicine is used to prevent and to treat treat Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in babies who are born early.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is applied to the lungs through a breathing tube. It is administered in a hospital by a specially trained health care professional.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for children as young as newborn for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
What if I miss a dose?This does not apply.
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What should I watch for while using this medicine?Your condition will be watched closely while receiving this medicine.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
Where should I keep my medicine?This drug is given in a hospital or clinic and will not be stored at home.
Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.


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Los Angeles, CA
Wed, March 27, 7pm
W.M. Keck Lecture Hall
Intro by Eric Owen Moss
Todd Gannon is co-curator of the exhibition A Confederacy of Heretics: The Architecture Gallery, Venice, 1979, part of Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A., an initiative of the Getty. His lecture introduces the exhibition, that opens with a public reception at SCI-Arc Gallery & Library on Friday, March 29, 7pm. More about the Confederacy of Heretics, The Architecture Gallery, Venice, 1979.
Gannon is a registered architect and writer based in Los Angeles. He received Bachelor of Science and Master of Architecture degrees from Ohio State University and earned his Ph.D. from UCLA. He taught at Ohio State, UCLA, and Otis College of Art and Design before joining the faculty at SCI-Arc in 2008, where he is now Cultural Studies coordinator. His research focuses on the history and theory of late 20th-century and contemporary architecture. His published books include The Light Construction Reader (2002) and monographs on the work of Morphosis, Bernard Tschumi, Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman, and others. His essays have appeared in Log, The SAGE Handbook for Architectural Theory (2012), and elsewhere.


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THE federal government will soon release details of its proposed changes to workplace right of entry provisions.
Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten says the changes will be brought forward "in the next few weeks", after consultation with unions and employers.
"Whatever we come up with will reflect days, weeks and months of consultation and negotiation and will be informed by what happens in the real world," he told reporters on the Gold Coast on Tuesday.
The minister described the prospects of consensus as "unicorn-like", but is committed to delivering changes before the September federal election.
Employer groups argue union officials too frequently visit some workplaces and that some unions use the visits to compete against other unions for membership.
A recent review of the Fair Work Act recommended the Fair Work Commission be given greater power to resolve disputes about the frequency of workplace visits by union officials.
Unions say the government should make it easier to access workplaces.
Under current laws, a notice is required before entering a workplace and written notice should be given no less than 24 hours and no more than 14 days before a proposed visit.
The visitor also needs to detail the suspected breach of the Act and who is affected by the suspected breach.
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Updating your kitchen is the single most important update you can do to sell your home. As the saying goes Kitchens and Baths sell homes! If you have an old outdated kitchen, give it an upgrade! If you budget around $10,000 you should be able to get a return atleast twice that in many situations. Replace or paint the cabinets. Replace the appliances with stainless steel! Upgrade the lighting. Install Granite Countertops! With doing these things your home is going to appeal to the majority of buyers and you will get top price for your home in a timey manner!
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Odds are he will bounce back. Not only is he going into a contract year, he's playing for his NBA life. Hans wasn't just bad, he was out-of-the-league bad last year. He basically stopped rebounding and making shots entirely. And his D was average at best, so there was almost no reason for him to be on the floor.
The only thing that saved him was his ridiculous FT rate. He was 10th (TENTH!) in the league in FTs per minute last year.


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Gear Up: The Best Snorkeling Tech
For those of you who've ever wanted to walk on water, the Aqua Skipper can't quite give you the full biblical experience, but it will let you skim the sea without sinking. The key is to keep hopping. Made of fiberglass and aircraft aluminum and weighing only 26 pounds, the Aqua Skipper, invented by Shane Chen, carries 8 feet of hydrofoil wings that help to propel it forward. Each time the angled wings enter the water, they generate enough thrust to keep the Aqua Skipper's main body above the sea.
Former bicycle-brake developer Ted Ciamillo built his biomimetic submarine (a submarine that mimics biology) to someday ride across the Atlantic Ocean. Ciamillo would pedal the 5600-pound sea vessel 6 hours at a time, but the craft would also rely upon a fin he designed to keep it going across the ocean. Named Lunocet, the carbon-fiber and fiberglass fin acts as a type of foil, meaning both its shape and the angle at which it hits the water generate forward thrust.
Ciamillo's fin is designed as an exact replica of a dolphin's tail. And it's good for more than powering his sub—the monofin is popular on its own among free divers, allowing them to stay underwater longer and move faster, increasing the potential for coming face to face with sea life.
The Subhuman Project has since evolved into the Sub-EX Project, in which Ciamillio plans on using closed-circuit rebreather technology (which recycles CO2 respiration to extend dive time) and a newly designed HP biomimetic sub to set a 24-hour continuous dive record. He'll be launching the project over the next few months.
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Topic: About Targeted Therapy(an easier way to understand)
Hi, everyone,
Below is part of the lecture by Dr. David Gerber at Southwestern medical Center through RAN(Research Advocate Nework ) about targeted therapy that may be of interest to you.
There are two kinds of them
1. Monoclonal antibody(MoAB)--like Avastin, Cetuximab and Panitumumab;they are big in size,therefore can only work out side of the cancer cells(ie: avastin works outside the cancer cells and blocks the formation of tiny blood vessels to attach to the cancer cell to supply blood and nutrients to the cancer .); the MoAB are more target SPECIFIC compare to small molecule targeted agents like Tarceva(ie;MoAB goes to attack just one specific cancer cells and therefore produces less overall side effects like traditional chemo agents like 5FU.),In general the effects of MoAB last longer(ie:for days)
2. Small molecule inhibitors(SMI)--like Erlotinib(Tarcevar),gleevec,Sorafenib (Nexavar); are small in sizes and therefore can get thru the membrane of the cancer cells and work inside to kill either by blocking the complex cancer cell growth pathways or destroy the cancer inside.But unlike MoAB, small molecule targeted agents are LESS target specific than MoAB(ie;SMI can act on MORE than one type of cancer cells(ie:Naxavar works on different cell pathways-EGFR,KIT,PDGFR etc.) thus there side effects are more than the MoAB. In general the effects of the drug will last shorter.(ie:in hours)
3. MoAB usually are given via Iv infusion and Small molecule targeted agents are by mouth.
4.Because of each patient is different in medical status(ie; older age, have other chronic disease like diabetes or high blood pressure etc already;and also disease state (ie: stage of the cancer) and other issues can affect the overall treatment .
The response of the targeted treatment will be different among patients on the same dose of the same drug due to difference in GI absorption and liver processing of the drug(most of the SMI are taken by mouth).
The amount ofFREE drug particles(both by route of IV or oral) available in the blood stream without binding to other protein can be different too (ie; that will mean some patients will have more drug available to destroy,either by drug attachment on the surfaces(MoAB) or like (SMI) go inside the cancer cells to disrupt the cancer cell growth pathways ; other patients will have less drug to work with.( called the protein binding effect of the drug).
Even for the SAME patient,depend on the location of the tumor or the type of cancer, the amount of free drug available to treat the patient will be different too. In short, the effectiveness of the targeted therapy and chemotherapy are also related to each patient's health and biological status.
(this section #4.,due to the added explanation to make it easy to understand this section; this section may not be completely identical to Dr.Gerber's lecture.)
5. with regard to the current time requirement to develop a targeted agent.
this is the comparison He gives.
Target research of EGFR discovered in 1978;not until 36 years later(2004) the drug called Erlotinib(Tarcevar) was developed into a targeted agent for use in cancer.
Compare to Crizotinib (ie; an agent targeted the ALK pathway),it only take 3 years,(ie: from identify the cancer target pathway to the production of an useful drug to fight cancer).
What a difference it makes in cancer research ; so everyone(patients and cargivers) please hang in there,the dream of finding drugs that are less toxic and more effective is not just talk or hope ,but it will be reality pretty soon.
And for finding a "cure', it may still be possible if you look into the cancer called CML;now it is 100% treatable.
God bless.


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Ron, many thanks for that kind introduction, and thanks especially for your leadership of Integrated Network 22 and the visionary work you all do for Veterans.
Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the 2nd National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic. My name is Ric Shinseki, and I'm proud to be one of America's 23.4 million Veterans.
I thank the City of San Diego for allowing us to site this sports clinic here. The weather, the ocean, the ambience, the community's welcome—what better location for Veteran-athletes to heal, rehabilitate, and compete. I am honored to be here for this very special event. Thank you all for being here as well.
Let me acknowledge our terrific master of ceremonies for the evening, KGTV News 10 Anchor, Hal Clement. Hal, you go above and beyond anyone's expectations both by keeping San Diego's Veteran community front and center whenever you can in your reporting, and by your deep commitment and dedication to a number of San Diego's charitable organizations. Thank you for supporting our Veterans, VA, and your community's most needy citizens.
I also want to thank our stalwart Special Events team—Diane Hartmann, Sandy Trombetta, Teresa Parks, and the VA San Diego Healthcare System team, led by Stan Johnson, Marvin Rydberg, Cindy Butler, and local organizing committee chair, Tristan Heaton, and all the members of the committee. Once again, you've put together an event that truly represents the best and highest ideals in sport and the most important objectives in VA for rehabilitative care.
Our superb National Programs and Special Events team could not have accomplished this much without the earnest and willing support of our sponsors, our volunteers, and VA's staff from around the country. Even during tough economic times, you all have found ways not to disappoint our Veteran-athletes.
I've saved my biggest thanks and heartiest congratulations for the Veterans who are here this week to participate. Because of you, because of your service and your sacrifice—and the sacrifices of your families—we are able to be here in the great city of San Diego, enjoying the blessings of freedom. We are grateful to have this opportunity to support your rehabilitation.
This Summer Sports Clinic celebrates the courage, the strength, and the determination of all disabled Veterans, but especially the athletes who showed up this week—Veterans who have not allowed debilitating injury to sideline them in life. They are on offense, pushing themselves, competing, testing mind and body, and scoring victories against their disabilities. Some days those victories are big ones; on other days, lesser triumphs. But victories nonetheless; you see, every day is battle.
You get tested every day, and you either win or you give ground. Giving ground only means that you have to make it up on another day, which you do as well. Disabled Veterans show us how to live life—that life for them is not just about winning or losing at sports events. It's about triumphing over adversity, and their triumph is in the fight each and every day to overcome physical and mental limitations.
This Summer Sports Clinic is our opportunity to allow Veteran-athletes to showcase, for this one week, their triumphs over disability during the other 51 weeks of the year. Here in San Diego, they are in their element; they have control; and they are here to compete. The rest of us need to be ready to allow them to show us their best.
Because of your willingness to sail, surf, kayak, cycle, and put your bodies to the test in track and field events, you are helping us all to redefine "disability." You do not suffer a lack of determination or stamina for overcoming physical limitations. There are no disabilities of the spirit or limitations of will here. In your lives, head and heart count for more than muscle and bone.
You are not alone in your endeavors this week. Our Special Events team and all our volunteers are here to support you, cheer you on, and, most importantly, keep you moving forward toward the goals you have set for yourselves.
VA's San Diego Healthcare System is one of the top rehabilitation centers in the Nation. It's our expert in every area of rehabilitation technology. But its devotion to Veterans is no greater than the devotion of the rest of VA's 292,000 employees across the Nation.
On their behalf, I welcome you to San Diego. Have a great week, and let's all depart uplifted by the courage and determination of the Veteran-athletes who are here to demonstrate what living is all about.
Thank you. God bless our men and women in uniform; God bless our Veterans; and God bless our great Nation.


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If I have surgery will it be a success?
I have had a protrubence down my vagina for 22years. I am now 63. This lump appeared after moving heavy furniture in 1985. I may add I have also bronchiectases which causes me to cough violently.
In the early 90`s I saw 3 gynecologists privately. The 1st one said yes he could do something for me, but it was a catch 22 situation due to my chest condition, and that all his work could be undone by my bad coughing. The 2nd one said he could stitch me up, and just leave me with a hole to wee through. The 3rd, which was the top gynecologist said, as I have had various procedures including repairs etc: there wasn`t anything he could do for me.
In 1999 I returned to my GP who sent me to see someone not a gynecologist, but someone who specialised more in the bowel aspect of surgery, it was this fellow, who correctly diagnosed me as having a rectocele. He said I should wait a year or two before going back.
I have now been back and seen a general surgeon, who has refered me back to gynecologist. I am puzzled about the whole affair. I don`t know if I should be seeing a gynecologist, or should be seeing someone who deals with the other end.
I really would appreciate some advice, as I feel I have been pushed around. Things are really bad at the moment, but I am also worried, if I have surgery I may further damage myself, due to my violent coughing, which is a nessecity.
Thank you.
Although, you did not mentioned any voiding problem with your condition but a assume you do not have any dysfunction in that area. This is good for, having urinary condition complicate your treatment.
All the options you have been offered are reasonable. However, you should choose procedure which is more suitable for you and your life style. Repair of rectocele is simply done by a gynecologist. Cystocele and rectocele or vault prolapse can be corrected by vaginal approach or colpopexy. These corrective procedures should be tried by an expert urologist or gynecologist. There are also urogynecologist who have the expertise as well.
The last and simplest treatment without surgery is placement of pessary which as an appliance fitted to your vaginal canal to lift the prolapse. With you severe cough it would not be the best option. This also can be offered by your gynecologist.
Ahmad Hamidinia, MD
Formerly, Professor of Clinical Surgery
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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Resistron a Conundrum in the limit can filaments switching be bulk?
If the size of the area of a filament type memory device is reduced to the point where the filament is the same diameter as the device electrode area, can that now be considered as a bulk switching effect?
If the switching depends on the collapse of the pre-switching current into a nucleating point then it might be expected that the contact area of such a device would always need to be larger than the filament. These would be devices where thermal effects play a major role in the switching event.
However, in a device where conducting precursors determine the location of the filament (i.e. devices that normally require forming) the location of the filament would be positioned stochastically.
In those devices where defects allow some form of true bulk switching effect in a region close to the surface of one electrode with the defects or metal precipitates acting as a series resistor carrying most of the current through the bulk which have been alluded to here in the comments. Is a type which might be considered filament for large area and might claim to be bulk with scaling but as the electrode area is reduced will only work if the required defect path is certain to be present.
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Children's Art About 9-11 Shown in Rio, Jackson, Meigs
September 9, 2013
The University of Rio Grande, and the Lillian Jones Museum are pleased to present an exhibition of work created by children impacted by the terrorist attacks of 9-11.
The work is a collaboration between the children and America's Camp Artistic Director Traci Molloy. Molloy worked with children between 2003 and 2007 to create a variety of large-scale multi-paneled works of art that helped the children express their feelings about the terrorist attacks and process their grief, fear and confusion.
The completed works were displayed in the Pentagon in 2012, and the work is now part of the permanent collection of the 9-11 museum in New York City. Large scale reproductions of the artworks were produced to bring the images to a wider audience, and have been shown in a variety of locations around the country. These reproductions are now installed in Rio Grande, Meigs County, and Jackson in their first Ohio appearance.
Selections from the project will be on exhibit from September 11-November 20 at the following locations:
- The University of Rio Grande Main Campus in Bob Evans Farms Hall
- The University of Rio Grande Meigs Campus in Pomeroy
- The Lillian Jones Museum in Jackson Ohio
Ms. Molloy will be coming to Rio Grande as a visiting artist this fall to work with a group of students in Portsmouth High School on a project about identity. While she is here, she will present two public lectures about her work as an artist and an educator on the following dates:
- Monday, September 30 at 7pm in the Lillian Jones Museum
- Tuesday, October 1st at 4:30 pm in Bob Evans Farms Hall room 118
This exhibit was made possible with the support of the ImagineArts Endowment.
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Despite Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck's stellar rookie season, playing well on the road has been an issue.
Luck has four touchdown passes away from home, but 10 interceptions. With the Colts facing a key road game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Luck is focusing on taking care of the football.
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Watching Luck on film this week, Lions coach Jim Schwartz believes some of Luck's road mistakes are a product of playing from behind.
"If you look at his turnovers and things like that, a lot of them have come when they're on the wrong side of the score and he's trying to catch back up," Schwartz said during a conference call. "That happens to just about any quarterback. If you're down a bunch of scores and you're trying to come back, you have to take some chances."
Luck has played well enough for the Colts to be 7-4, while the Lions, who have some tough losses, are 4-7. Schwartz wished he had more of the Colts' kind of problems.
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ARLINGTON -- The Red Sox are starting right-hander John Lackey against the Rangers on Saturday, and it will be a chance for David Murphy, who has not started in the past four games with a left-hander on the mound for the opposition, to get back in the lineup.
Manager Ron Washington has been using the right-handed-hitting Jeff Baker in left field against left-handers.
"People talk about going well and sitting on your numbers," Murphy said. "My numbers aren't something you want to sit on, but I'm using this as an opportunity to take a break mentally and physically and get ready for the next stretch."
Murphy went into Friday's game against the Red Sox hitting .174 with two home runs and seven RBIs. He is also 1-for-15 in his last seven games.
"It's getting to the point where you just have to laugh about it," Murphy said. "It has been a rough stretch. It's not a secret that I play better later in the season than I do early in the season, but that's not an excuse. I expected to get off to a good start. It hasn't happened, but I'm not going to dwell on it. I'm going to focus on how well the team is playing, try to figure things out and find a way to contribute to the team."
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Placentia-Linda Hospital has been fined $50,000 after two female patients were sexually assaulted by an anesthesiologist, the California Department of Public Health announced Wednesday.
The fine is the hospital's first and stems from the 2011 arrest of Dr. Yashwant B. Giri of Cypress. Last year, he pleaded not guilty to five felony charges. He has been barred from practicing medicine while his legal case is under way.
The Placentia hospital was one of seven across the state to be fined for deficiencies causing serious harm or death to patients. Since 2007, California has levied $10.4 million in fines to 142 hospitals.
In a statement issued Wednesday, Placentia-Linda said it plans to appeal the fine.
"We take seriously our responsibility to deliver quality, safe health care to our patients. … When we became aware of this matter, we reported it to the State of California, and the medical staff member has not been on our staff since April 2011," the hospital said.
The state's investigative report does not name the anesthesiologist, but the facts in the case match earlier Register coverage of Giri's arrest in May 2011.
The documents give the following account:
In April 2011, the hospital reported to the state and police that a female employee saw a male anesthesiologist fondle the breasts of a female patient while she was under anesthesia for surgery.
The document redacts the date of the employee's allegation, but says it was not immediately reported to police. In a previous statement to the media, Placentia-Linda said it learned of the allegation in March 2011.
The report says that before police were notified, the doctor was taken off the surgery schedule but was practicing at other hospitals.
The allegation was not the first against the anesthesiologist, the report says.
During an interview with the state, the hospital's chief anesthesiologist said that about a year before, a nurse had reported to him that a surgical technician had seen the anesthesiologist touch a female patient's genitals while he was performing a nerve block to numb the lower body.
The chief anesthesiologist did not report the incident to administration, as called for by the hospital's policy, but instructed the nurse and surgical technician to monitor him during surgeries.
In a plan of correction filed with the state, the hospital said staff underwent training on proper reporting of incidents such as a sexual abuse.
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At ABC Kitchen the Solar Power smoothie is most certainly a full meal. (And at $12, it should be.) Starting with a puree of fresh avocado at the base, the smoothie incorporates frozen pineapple chunks and plenty of Thai coconut meat. You do get what you pay for: good ingredients, and plenty of it.
There's just enough kale and cilantro to offer the feel-good flavor of fresh vegetables, but not so much that the drink turns grassy. The sole sweetener used is a bit of agave, the sweetener balanced with an equal dose of fresh lime. Balance is a key word in the smoothie, where no one flavor outshines the others. It's a clean though very thick smoothie, almost milkshake-like in texture and equally creamy. And as if all that wasn't enough, the crowning touch is 20 grams of hemp protein. Solar Power indeed!
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text: Chicago Auto Show's social media initiatives February 3, 2009 12:00 AM The Chicago Auto Show and the Chicago Automobile Trade Association chose to embrace social media outlets to generate online initiatives to reach a specific target audience. A Chicago Auto Show Facebook group was created in October 2008 and currently totals more than 1,700 members. The group provides members with comprehensive information about the Chicago Auto Show where members can expect inside scoop that hasn't yet been released to the general public, the chance to win free tickets and the ability to view/upload video posts and photos. The group also provides a message board where members can post a question or comment and the chance to interact with other Chicago Auto Show fans. Besides receiving the most up-to-date information on the Chicago Auto Show, members of the Facebook group benefit simply by joining. One recent contest: members received two free tickets if they recruited 10 of their friends to join the group. Members even received free tickets from the recent "Caption Contest" for posting clever captions to correspond with the posted photo, which is updated weekly, and by uploading their favorite photo or video from previous shows to the group's page. There are many opportunities for members to win free tickets in this interactive group. For more information about the Official Chicago Auto Show Facebook group, visit /multimedia/Facebook.asp. ChicagoAutoShow.com also has a Chicago Auto Show blog. Readers of the blog can find up-to-date information on the show as well as industry news. Previous posts have included "The Price is Right" (hints on finding discounted and free tickets to the show); "Something to 'LA'ugh About" (report on the L.A. Auto Show); "A Risky Time to Buy? Hogwash!" (report on manufacturers' current vehicle deals); and "Pro Photography for Dummies" (an interview and tip-sheet from two well-respected automotive photographers on taking professional photos at the auto show). For more information about the blog, please visit /multimedia/blog/index.asp. Show updates will be provided via Twitter from the show. This feature will allow the public to retrieve updates even if they're not physically on the show floor. The hashtag #CAS09 will be used to distinguish Chicago Auto Show posts. Chicago Auto Show Twitter followers are encouraged to use the #CAS09 hashtag when posting comments and when searching for Chicago Auto Show related posts. Cell phone text messaging will also be incorporated into this year's media preview and show. Those who opt in will receive timely information and reminders from show organizers. The opt-in number will be distributed the week of the media preview. Back to News


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Learning how to be a safe pedestrian is very simple! Here are a few, easy to remember safety tips that could save your life.
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Bottom trawling for Dover Sole takes place over sandy, muddy areas, which are more resilient to trawling compared with other habitats. Also, there are a number of spatial restrictions in place that limit the use of bottom trawl gear and help mitigate overall habitat impacts. Bycatch of depleted rockfish is a concern in this fishery.


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Richard Perlman, the executive chairman of ExamWorks (EXAM), bought more than 14,000 shares of the company's stock in early March through his Roth IRA, at prices between $14 and $14.50 per share.
ExamWorks provides independent medical examinations (used by customers to verify insurance claims) and reviews of patient medical records and medical bills. A rally on March 4 brought the stock price above $15, and the stock is now up 7% year to date. The share price had barely budged after the company's late-February quarterly report in which it beat analyst expectations, and perhaps Perlman took this as an opportunity to invest in the company. Insider purchases are generally regarded as bullish signals, because the benefits of diversification make insider purchases irrational unless the insider is particularly confident in the company.
ExamWorks' annual report shows that revenue, which had more than doubled in 2011, increased 31% in 2012. In fact, the absolute increase in revenue was about the same. Net losses have actually increased over the last two years, reaching $0.44 per share for 2012, as gross margins have actually fallen and growth and operating costs have increased dramatically. Cash flow from operations is positive, thanks to depreciation, but the company reported only about $25 million in cash flow last year.
The stock has a market capitalization of $520 million (on average, more than 150,000 shares are traded daily, so daily dollar volume is over $2 million), and when we add in ExamWorks' debt and look at EBITDA, we get a trailing enterprise-value-to-EBITDA multiple of 14x.
So it is difficult to call ExamWorks a good value in terms of its historical performance, and in recent years the company has not improved its earnings as revenue has risen. In fact, in the last two years, even revenue growth seems to be slowing, and as we've noted, gross margins have been coming in lower. These data cover only a short period, but these are not good trends.
The sell side expects losses per share to improve to $0.33 a share this year, and then to $0.06 in 2014. In addition, although the stock has not done particularly well in the last couple of months, it has risen 43% in the last year as the market has become more confident. However, the most recent data show that 15% of the outstanding shares are held short as bears seize upon similar logic to what we've used here to determine that ExamWorks is actually overvalued. It's also worth noting that the stock's beta is 2.1.
The company did improve its performance a bit in the fourth quarter of 2012. Losses per share were about half of what they were a year earlier and were in fact lower than they had been in any of the previous four quarters. Sales growth for the quarter did fall to 21% -- note that this is lower than the figure for the full year, suggesting that growth is in fact decelerating. But we believe that improving the bottom line is more important than top-line growth at this point.
Still, ExamWorks is too speculative for us to recommend buying. It would be rare for us to approve of an unprofitable company at all, and when we do look at stocks of companies that have negative earnings, some of the biggest red flags we look for are falling sales growth rates, a poor valuation in terms of cash flow and an inability to move itself closer to profitability. With the exception of a reduction in losses last quarter (and we wouldn't be convinced that one quarter of good results is not an isolated event), ExamWorks does not do well on those terms. The short trade may be too crowded for a stock with such a small market cap, so for now we would advise avoiding the company even in light of the insider purchase.