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Dear Donnie, Larry and the Simons:
In many ways this is a great opportunity for the Indiana Pacers franshise. Whether you wanted it or not, the franchise stands at a crossroads, that goes much deeper than just Ron Artest. Now is the time to change the entire makeup of the Pacers team.
Yes Artest has forced your hand, but please don't stop at just trading Artest. For the past 4 years or so the approach was to win with talent. Talent first, character second. Well that has not worked as well as I thought it would. So please trade Artest but also trade Tinsley, Jackson and Harrison. Now is the time to re-make the whole team with players who are completely committed to the "team" Right now there is a unique opportunity that does not come along very often. The Pacers fans will understand a complete make-over and if that means taking a small step back in order to cleanse the franchise, I myself as a season ticket holder will support you.
This quote by Saras sums it up rather well, "We have five guys on the court who really want to play, who are excited about being on the court," said point guard Sarunas Jasikevicius, who took just two shots but passed out a game-high eight assists. "The guys want to help each other defensively, they want to share the ball on offense."
I implore you to re-think the entire team, please do not try a patchwork approach to changing the team. Please acquire players who are team first players and winners, players who are selfless.
I would recommend keeping players who perhaps have less talent, but are totally committed to the idea of playing team ball. That includes players such as Anthony Johnson, Saras, Danny Granger, Jeff Foster, Austin Croshere, and Jermaine O'Neal. Players who only judge themselves on whether the team wins or loses.
Please include David Harrison in one of the two or three trades that need to be made. He simply won't fit into the "new Pacers". Yes he is talented, but we need to cleanse the franchise of any problems or possible problems.
I can only speak for myself when I say this, but I will support the franchise during this very difficult time, and I realize a step back my be necessary. The Pacers might not be able to challenge The Pistons or the Spurs this season, but that is OK. Remember be bold and creative. The entire scab needs to be pulled. Complete reconstructive surgery is needed.
Donnie you have re-made the franchise before and you can do it again, what makes it more difficult is you must remake it during the season.
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Strategies of Interruption/Reinitiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Patients With Lipodystrophy
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Aim: To assess the safety on the progression of HIV infection and the efficacy on the evolution of metabolic parameters and body fat of either viral load- or CD4 cell-driven strategies of intermittent treatment in chronically HIV-1-infected persons.
Design: Pilot, prospective, open, randomized, controlled 3-year study.
Setting and patients: University hospital. Patients with viral load <200 copies/mL and CD4 cell count >450/mm3 for at least the last 3 months. Three arms with 50 patients each, that will be randomized either to continue antiretroviral therapy, or to discontinue it as long as either HIV-1 RNA be lower than 30000 copies/mL or CD4 cell count be higher than 300/mm3.
Study end-points: evolution of plasma metabolic parameters, body fat, and bone mineral density; incidence of adverse effects due to antiretroviral therapy and symptoms consistent with acute retroviral syndrome; incidence of virological failure (plasma HIV-1 RNA >200 copies/mL while on therapy), immunological failure (CD4 cell count <200/mm3 while on therapy), or clinical failure (development of AIDS-defining illnesses); cost of antiretroviral therapy administered and time free of therapy in the arms assigned to intermittent treatment; and the evolution of T lymphocyte subpopulations and the development of proliferative and cytotoxic responses against HIV.
|HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome
|Drug: Standard continuous antiretroviral therapy Drug: CD-4 guided therapy interruption Drug: Viral load driven treatment interruption
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Comparison of Strategies of Interruption/Reinitiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Response to Immunologic/Virologic Changes in HIV-Infected Patients With Lipodystrophy.
- Limb fat content measured by dual X-ray absorptiometry [ Time Frame: 96 weekks ]
- Other body composition analyses [ Time Frame: 96 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2002
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2006
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
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Standard continuous antiretroviral therapy
|Drug: Standard continuous antiretroviral therapy
Experimental: 2
CD-4 guided interruption arm
Drug: CD-4 guided therapy interruption
Stop antiretroviral therapy when CD-4 equal or above 350 and reinitiate when below 350
Experimental: 3
Viral load driven treatment interruption
Drug: Viral load driven treatment interruption
Stop antiretroviral therapy when viral load below 30,000 copies/ml and reinitiate when equal or above 30,000 copies/ml
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV-infected patients
- On stable antiretroviral therapy
- Viral load below 200 copies/ml
- CD4 above 450 cells/mcl during last 3 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Weight variation higher than 10% compared with previous stable weight
- Active (CDC-C) opportunistic events
- Major depression or schizophrenia under psychiatric treatment
- Lack of clinical stability
- Pregnant women or planning pregnancy
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00646984
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|Barcelona, Spain, 08036
|Study Director:
|Jose M Gatell, MD
|Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
|Responsible Party:
|Esteban Martinez, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
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|NCT00646984 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|March 26, 2008
|Last Updated:
|March 28, 2008
Keywords provided by Hospital Clinic of Barcelona:
Treatment interruption
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome
Skin Diseases, Metabolic
Skin Diseases
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
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Emma McFerran blazes trail for women in FMX
Last week the International Freestyle Motocross Federation announced that Australian rider Emma McFerran will be in the lineup March 8-9, when the 2013 FIM Freestyle MX World Championship series opens in Berlin as part of the Night of the Jumps World Tour.
McFerran, 24, is no stranger to hanging with the guys: She grew up racing and riding with her brother, Matty McFerran, and joined Australia's Crusty Demons freestyle tour in 2010 after nearly a decade on the women's racing circuit. Last year she moved to Lockhart, New South Wales, to focus on freestyle and train under the tutelage of X Games Best Trick two-time gold medalist Jackson "Jacko" Strong, signed with the Carlton Dry Honda Racing team in September and landed her first backflips to dirt in December on her new factory Honda CRF250.She's featured in the current issue of Australian magazine Freerider MX with a full spread including a backflip sequence shot [see video below].
"The FMX Amazon aims to become the first woman ever to perform a backflip in the world championship series," Night of the Jumps World Tour promoter and IFMXF spokesman Oliver Franke wrote in a news release. We caught up with McFerran for a quick chat about what she's been up to and what she has planned.
XGames.com: Signing on as Jacko Strong's protégé seems to be paying off. How did the opportunity to ride in the 2013 FIM Freestyle MX World Championship series come about?
McFerran: Jacko's helped me out enormously, giving me the opportunity to live and train out at his house all year long. I moved down there in February last year and have just been training with him and riding as much as I can. I started getting backflips over the foam pits and then onto the resi mats, and then finally on to dirt. Last year I had a pretty big crash, which set me back about six months, but then as soon as I was right to go I got right back into flipping and here I am now.
Is it intimidating to be going up against the guys?
I'm pretty pumped and can't wait to go over there. I don't think they've ever seen a female flip over in Europe before -- you can count us on one hand -- so they're bringing me over to put on a bit of a show.
Who are your female peers in FMX at this point?
Jolene Van Vugt has always been a role model. We get on well and she's given me a few pointers. But mostly I've been riding with the boys. Jacko and local boys like Rob Adelberg. I'd love to see some more women getting into freestyle, but for now it's mostly me and the boys.
Do you have any backflip variations yet?
I'm working on some, but Jacko's been gone in America for the last two months practicing for X Games and I haven't had a chance to get back in the pit much. Hopefully when he gets back. At this point I'm just looking to travel and put on a show, more than I'm looking to compete.
What are you most looking forward to as the rest of 2013 unfolds?
Just riding as much as I can, and getting to do some international shows and contests. I'd love to keep progressing to the bigger competition ramps, and I'm really just looking forward to learning some new tricks. I'm really grateful to my sponsors who have been helping me out -- Jetpilot and the Carlton Dry Honda team have been helping me out enormously -- and helping me chase this dream.
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What is Osteopathic Medicine?
In the late 1800s a doctor named Andrew Taylor Still developed the field of osteopathic medicine and is considered its founder. He was a pioneering doctor in the study of how the attributes of good health could help doctors understand disease and illness.
Through his experience with patients and research, he decided there was a better way to treat patients than the medical practices of the time. Because his new ideas were not accepted in the medical community, he established a new philosophy of medicine in 1874 called "osteopathy."
Dr. Still opened the first school of osteopathic medicine, the American School of Osteopathy, in 1892 in Kirksville, Missouri. In 1897, students from the school formed the organization now call the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to enforce educational standards for osteopathic medicine. The AOA was recognized as the accrediting body for osteopathic medical education by the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare in 1952 and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation in 1967.
Philosophy of Osteopathic Medicine
Near the end of the 1800s, Dr. Still wrote a book called Philosophy of Osteopathy that helped explain why osteopathic skills are applied and why osteopathic health care is beneficial.
The new method centered on treating the body by improving its natural functions rather than using medication. The major tenets of this then new philosophy included three fundamental concepts:
• The parts of the body make up a unified whole.
The effects of any disease are felt in varying degrees throughout the body. Therefore, the entire body can be mobilized to help combat illness. Treating specific, isolated symptoms ignores the interconnectedness of the body.
• The body has a natural ability to self-regulate and self-heal.
Using natural treatment methods, like osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), rather than drugs alone promotes healthy body functions that are designed to battle disease and help repair injury. Preventive medicine, including good nutrition and fitness, is important for sustaining healthy body systems. Through appropriate treatment, the individual's so-called "host response" (innate healing ability) should be stimulated and maximized.
• The musculoskeletal system is a key element in maintaining health.
This system makes up two-thirds of the body's mass and includes the bones, muscles, and cartilage. It impacts and reflects the condition of all other systems in the body (circulatory, nervous). OMT is the central element of the application of this philosophy. Doctors of osteopathy, in addition to being trained to provide standard medical care, use their hands to diagnose problems, relieve pain, restore range of motion and balance tissues and muscles in order to promote the body's own natural, healthy state.
Osteopathic Factoids
- D.O.'s are one of the fastest growing segments of health care providers. Growth in the number of D.O.'s is exceeding projections. Between 1989 and 1994, D.O. growth outpaced M.D. growth by almost two times. By the year 2020, over 80,000 osteopathic physicians will be in practice in the U.S.
- WCU will be the 29th College of Osteopathic Medicine.
- D.O.'s represent 15% of physicians in small towns and rural areas.
- Each year, more than 100 million patient visits are made to D.O.s.
- There are over 380 D.O.'s licensed in Mississippi.
- The Surgeon General of the US Army, Indian Health Service, and US Coast Guard were D.O.'s.
- There are currently over 1,000 D.O.'s in the US Military including the Commanding Office of the President's Hospital Naval Medical Center Bethesda.
* For more information, visit http://www.osteopathic.org/index.cfm, home of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).


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KonchokZoepa wrote:how do you take on the suffering of others?
I put myself in their shoes. I use all the energy I can muster to think about what to do about it just as though it were happening to me. If they're willing to try it, I teach them the practice and practice right along with them.


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I made an endeavor on dozens of blog posts this summer to explain to readers that in my own opinion, Comet Elenin was not Nibiru, not the same object, but may have been a "harbinger comet" instead, arriving as a herald of something more ominous to come. Many writers who follow this topic intuit, as do I, that the more ominous object to come may be brown dwarf Nibiru, surrounded by an extended meteor field of swirling red dust and rocky debris, and accompanied by a small solar system of satellites in tow. I have examined the Hopi Blue Star and Red Star Kachina prophecies on this blog and believe they are noteworthy.
Richard Hoagland tells George Noory in this interview from earlier this summer that on 11-9-2011 Comet Elenin will be in exact alignment with the earth, and planets Mercury and Venus. That happens to also be the same day that FEMA is planning their test of the new national "Emergency Broadcast System." Mere coincidence? Pre-planned FEMA exercise in order to be "better safe than sorry?" I dare not speculate. The disinformation / discrediting men are laying in wait, ready to pounce on the slightest prediction or suggestion made by any blogger which they can use to discredit everything else they write. Nonetheless, without inference of any kind, here is the Richard Hoagland interview from this summer:
See http://alternativenewsreport.net/2011/11/04/is-the-upcoming-11-9-11-fema-emergency-broadcast-test-also-a-dry-run-for-deploying-the-internet-kill-switch/
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A 23-YEAR-OLD man was pronounced dead after he was found outside a city centre property in Newport on Saturday, according to police.
Clifton Place, opposite Newport Cathedral on Stow Hill, was taped off while officers examined a house on the street.
On Sunday a spokeswoman for Gwent Police said that a man from Newport had been found outside a property on the street after 8am and was pronounced dead after he was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital.
Police said his death is not being treated as suspicious.
A 31-year-old man was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of murder but was later released without charge.
Clifton Place was reopened on Saturday at around 11am, but officers were in the terraced house, opposite the Cathedral Court flats, before 9am.
Police would only confirm on Saturday that there had been an "unexplained death."
One woman, who did not wish to be named, said she had woken up to find police officers in the street, and had been asked if she had heard anything unusual at 4am-5am.
"I hadn't, and I've no idea what has happened, but it's frightening," she said.


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Does It Really Matter?
EP Editorial Staff | July 2, 1998
I've heard tales of woe from a number of maintenance professionals about the tremendous effort required to install enterprise-wide software. They have had to thoroughly examine their work processes (some for the first time) to see how they can adapt them to the business model presented by the software. The lucky ones had an opportunity to help select the software, so they supposedly got a running start on the changes that would be required. None of them, it seems, was able to fully anticipate the drain the project would have on maintenance resources.
Consultants and practitioners alike have written articles about workflow, data, information, and software, and how they must be congruent. Wherever software and work processes don't agree, one or the other must be adjusted or the project will fall short of expectations. Considerable analysis and planning is always required. One of the biggest stresses comes from having to assign some of the best people to the project while trying to keep daily operations current.
As I listened to the stories and edited the articles, I could sympathize with the writers, but I couldn't feel their pain—until now, but just a pinprick compared to their heart attack pain. I'm facing a microscopic desktop version of the choice between installing enterprise resources planning (ERP) software or a best of breed computerized maintenance management system (CMMS). I'm trying to decide whether to use Microsoft's Outlook 98 (the ERP) or to upgrade my contact management software (the CMMS) so it can link with other best of breed software.
With Outlook, I get an outstanding integration of a variety of functions, but at a substantial investment of time learning the software and customizing it. With the contact manager, I get some slick features that can really speed some of my work, but I have to supplement it with other software. As I try to decide between the new and powerful and the familiar and speedy, I toy with a third option—using the application development wizards in my database manager to build my own custom solution. But first I have to look at my current job and separate the must do and should do tasks from what I used to do and what would be nice to do.
Perhaps it really doesn't matter, for me personally or for most maintenance organizations. From what I hear, few if any maintenance departments use anywhere near the full potential of their current maintenance information software. I know my contact manager has a lot more to offer than I'm using.
Unless you have the discipline to use the software, it's not going to do much for you. On the other hand, if you have the discipline, the software becomes less important. MT


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The big elephant (20 cm high) was one of many beautiful decorative animal figurines (plastieken) he designed in Gouda.
The small one is from 1951. Factory ''Hille Beschuit''(rusk) celebrated their 50th anniversary that year. They have an elephant in their logo and they chose this design for their anniversary-present.


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One of These Things is Not Like the Others
I first thought of making this chart with Craig Goldstein when I heard that the Cardinals playoff roster comprised 17 homegrown players. It seemed like a big number, and I wanted to see how that compared to the other LCS teams. I decided to use the LCS Game 1 rosters because they seem to be the best reflection of who the manager thinks give him the best chance to advance to the World Series.
The Cardinals clearly stick out for a variety of reasons. We've heard that St. Louis is adept at identifying and developing talent, but the gulf between them and the other three teams is staggering to see.
Boston, Detroit and Los Angeles combine for 17 drafted players on their LCS playoff rosters, which St. Louis matches on its own. St. Louis also has the lowest payroll of the four teams by a wide margin. The Dodgers' trade acquisitions earn more than the entire Cardinals roster ($85 million to $74 million).
The difference between the four teams really comes out in how impact talent was acquired. If we look at the top four WARP contributors we see a mix of strategies and contributions. The Cardinals relied on the draft and trades to get their top four of Matt Carpenter, Yadier Molina, Adam Wainwright and Matt Holliday.
The Dodgers represent the only true mix of the four in that they acquired each of their top four contributors a different way. Hanley Ramirez was a trade, Clayton Kershaw was drafted, Yasiel Puig was an international signing, and Juan Uribe was signed as a free agent.
Detroit got their top contributions almost exclusively via the trade. Justin Verlander was drafted but Miguel Cabrera, Anibal Sanchez, and Max Scherzer were all acquired via trade. In fact, if we extend it out we see that seven of the top 10 Tiger WARPs were acquired via trade.
Then there's Boston, which made a series of shrewd offseason moves. Shane Victorino was a criticized free agent signing but he worked out nicely. David Ortiz was a free agent signing from ages ago; Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury round out the top four Boston WARP leaders as draftees.
I suspect that if I do this chart in five years the player distribution will look fairly different. Given the current CBA it would appear that we're in an era when good young talent gets locked up early and often.
It doesn't mean that you can't still find solid contributions via free agency, but it does put pressure on front offices to be on top of their pro scouting departments. This chart shows how important it is to have a base of drafted talent to work with, but it also shows that the Cardinals are the outlier, and there's no one avenue to successful team building.
Mauricio Rubio writes for Chicago Now and World Series Dreaming and can be found on Twitter @MRubio52.
Mauricio Rubio is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @MRubio52
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Use of the LCS roster may flatter the Cardinals a little more than is necessary (although they've done a superb job of talent development any way you cut it), since the fairly expensive ($8.7M) Jake Westbrook, still on the 40-man roster but not on the playoff roster, was acquired by trade. The payroll disparity would close considerably if he was on the LCS roster in place of one of the rookies. Who are the most expensive players on the other teams' 40-man rosters who aren't currently active, and how were they acquired?
Oct 16, 2013 10:33 AM
Mauricio Rubio
BOS: Joel Hanrahan at 7M acquired via trade
Oct 16, 2013 10:53 AM
Thanks for doing the research. I'd thought of Kemp but had no idea who occupied the niches for the other teams.
Oct 16, 2013 19:49 PM
Craig Goldstein
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Mauricio answered the question but to expand - a lot of teams left off expensive players - Carpenter was a sunk cost this season for St. Louis as well, but the Dodgers saved money in this scenario by ditching Kemp, Capuano and League among others.
Oct 16, 2013 11:37 AM
Wow that's really impressive of the Cards. At least from the point of valuing that type of roster building.
Oct 16, 2013 10:41 AM
I think you need an undrafted free agent category. Under which category is Daniel Nava? Should not be counted as a free agent in the same bucket as John Lackey.
Oct 17, 2013 11:39 AM
Craig Goldstein
BP staff
Nava was entered as an international FA, under the idea that he was available to all 30 teams, as internationals FAs are but still subject to club control for six seasons after reaching the majors.
Oct 17, 2013 15:39 PM
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Dorothy Arzner, left, on the set of her last film, First Comes Courage (1943), with star Merle Oberon.
As John Hopewell reports from Madrid for Variety, "Dorothy Arzner (1897-1979), the first woman member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and still one of – if not the – most prolific of woman helmers in Hollywood –will be honored with a career retrospective at September's 62nd San Sebastian Festival in Spain. Though not the world's first woman director – that honor [goes] to France's Alice Guy – Arzner was the first to carve out a career in Los Angeles during the golden age of Hollywood's studios, first as an editor, where she is credited with working on 52 movies, including 1922's Rudolph Valentino-starrer Blood and Sand, on which she also directed second unit shots of its bullfights. Her [directorial] debut, for Paramount, was 1927's Fashion For Women.
The first woman in Hollywood to direct a sound film, 1928's Manhattan Cocktail, Arzner is said to have invented the boom mike when, on Clara Bow's first talkie, box office hit The Wild Party, she had technicians hang a mike onto a fishing rod to give it more mobility. From Party, she shot a string of movies, comedies or melodramas – Anybody's Woman (1930), Honor Among Lovers (1931), The Bride Wore Red (1937) – which often championed strong femme characters, helped consolidate the early careers of Katharine Hepburn – with whom she quarreled – and Lucille Ball, and sometimes suggested – think 1933's Christopher Strong – lesbian sub-texts.
The retrospective will be accompanied by the publication of a book that, it is hoped, will clarify why Arzner's directorial career abruptly ended with 1943's First Comes Courage. During the 1960s and 1970s, she taught directing and screenwriting at UCLA, her students including Francis Ford Coppola. In 1975, she was honored with a DGA Tribute, which, in an anecdote collected by IMDB, included a telegram from Katharine Hepburn: 'Isn't it wonderful that you've had such a great career, when you had no right to have a career at all?' The text admits multiple readings. The 62nd San Sebastian Festival runs Sept. 17-26."
The Hepburn telegram really stings; was this dig really necessary? Arzner deserves a box set of her work, and I'd love to read the book that accompanies the festival. Much of Arzner's work simply isn't on DVD, though more and more is coming out every day, but I have to wonder – how long is it going to take for Hollywood historians to put Arzner in the rightful place in the directorial pantheon, and how long is it going to take before she does get that box set of DVDs, complete with a history of her work? Not that it was ever easy; as she said of working within the Hollywood system, "when I went to work in a studio, I took my pride and made a nice little ball of it and threw it right out the window.
Ida Lupino – who started directing in 1949 with Not Wanted – also deserves the same treatment; a comprehensive set of her films, properly mastered, so future generations can see the importance of their work. Hopewell doesn't mention it above, but in addition to the work he lists, Arzner also directed a stack of television commercials for Pepsi Cola, at the suggestion of Pepsi board member Joan Crawford, who worked with Arzner in the 1930s, and also directed training films for the WACs during World War II.
Columbia studio boss Harry Cohn forced Arzner out of the director's chair on First Comes Courage, a feminist tale of a Norwegian resistance fighter, Nikki, played by Merle Oberon. When Arzner became ill during filming, rather than waiting for her to recover, Cohn pressed Columbia contract director Charles Vidor into service to finish the film as quickly as possible; when she recovered, Arzner discovered that Columbia no longer required her services. Nevertheless, the film is still a standout, and one can readily see where Arzner left off and Vidor began; the film is entirely hers, and a fitting last project for her career. If only, however, she could have done more.
Dorothy Arzner – another figure who deserves more attention than she gets.
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PLACERVILLE, CA: The second Dirt Riot Southeast Series race was hosted at Gray Rock ORV outside of Birmingham, Alabama in a lush green and brown environment where the safety orange color of Bill Baird's Ultra4 car stood out not only in color, but in speed, taking the win by a full lap. Earlier in the day Mod Trail winner Tim Carter and Stock Trail winner Travis Wilson raced against a field of over a dozen. "We had a great time here at Gray Rock! Everyone was very helpful and the spectators were a lot of fun. We were happy to run all the races earlier in the day to be able to have open wheeling in the afternoon," said Rich Klein, President and founder of W.E. Rock Events. "Dirt Riot's Pro 4×4 class is continuing to expand and grabbing the attention of the highest level racers that are looking for more seat time, practice and just plain fun!"
The course at Gray Rock ORV park had some great high speed sections at the beginning and end of each lap; in between saw a lot of elevation changes and tight, twisty tree sections. "The rain had come on Wednesday and created some mud puddles that no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't get to dry up," explained Klein. "By the end of the race, the mud puddles had expanded to at least 5 times their original size and we were glad that we didn't use some sections that we had considered."


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A PETITION calling for a controversial traffic scheme in West Bay to be scrapped has gone before councillors.
Michael Nicks from the West Bay Community Forum presented a petition signed by 1,484 local people calling for the pinch point in West Bay Road to be removed and the priority turning at the shops to revert towards the harbour to West Dorset District Council.
He thanked the council and its colleagues at Dorset County Council for agreeing to remove the pinch point adjacent to the Haddon House Hotel but said two further issues relating to safety remained.
Mr Nicks said these were the need to change the priority turn at the southern end of West Bay Road towards the harbour and the need for a designated pedestrian crossing adjacent to St John's Church to replace the island in the road which was removed.
He said forum members had done vehicle counts to prove the vast majority of vehicles use the turn by the shops to head towards the harbour while he had also received concerns from Harbour House residential home about the need for a crossing.
Mr Nicks said: "Please do not let one of the most dangerous turns on a road continue and inhibit the movement of residents and business who need to move to and from the harbour effectively, efficiently and safely."
Local councillor David Tett backed Mr Nicks' calls to return to the old priority at the harbour, claiming the new scheme had not worked.
He said: "While I appreciated the thinking behind the scheme of enhancements was to make West Bay more pedestrian friendly, in practice it does not work and causes unnecessary frustration."
There was further support from other local members.
Coun Sandra Brown said: "I think it is very important that we heed these people who have made the petition and get it put right as soon as we can."
Coun Ros Kayes added: "We need some sort of crossing and we need that priority to revert to the way it was before."
Members agreed to refer the issues raised by the West Bay Community Forum to its policy committee.
They also backed a suggestion to write to Dorset County Council asking them to consider reverting the priority at the harbour to its original state.


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The Top 100 Cigar Smokers of the Twentieth Century
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So, how did we decide who deserved to be inscribed on a list of the century's most notable cigar smokers? Some of the choices were obvious. Of our top 10 picks, at least half were prodigious cigar smokers, lighting up 10 or more sticks a day, and one person, Mark Twain, was thought to smoke more than 20. Many of the people on the list are practically inseparable from a cigar, people you automatically picture with a smoke, such as Groucho Marx and Alfred Hitchcock.
Other selections were less clear-cut. Some well-known personalities are more private about their cigar smoking, such as Harrison Ford and Clarence Thomas. And then there are aficionados who aren't necessarily household names but nonetheless have left their mark on the world, people like Al Lerner and Paul Volcker.
Regardless of their status, everyone on the list shares one trait: the love of a good cigar
1 WINSTON CHURCHILL Throughout his long life, Churchill nourished England with his battlefield bravery, political courage and prolific writing, and nourished himself with the best food, drink and cigars he could find. The man for whom the imposing Churchill cigar size is named smoked eight to 10 cigars a day, primarily Cuban brands. Not even the necessity of wearing an oxygen mask for a high-altitude flight in a nonpressurized cabin could prevent Churchill from smoking. As the story goes, the prime minister requested that a special mask be created that would allow him to smoke while airborne. Naturally, the request was fulfilled. On another occasion, Churchill hosted a luncheon for King Ibn Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia, who did not allow smoking or drinking in his presence. Rather than submit to the king's wishes, Churchill pointed out that "my rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them." The king was convinced. Favorite cigar: Romeo y Julieta
2 JOHN F. KENNEDY When you're the president of the United States, you can get just about anything you'd like. What the 35th president wanted in early 1962 was a bunch of Cuban cigars, 1,000 Petit Upmanns to be exact. He gave his press secretary, Pierre Salinger, less than 24 hours to round them up. Short notice for such a big request, but then JFK had a pressing reason for procuring the stash in such a timely fashion. He was about to sign an embargo prohibiting any Cuban products from entering the country, including his beloved cigars. The embargo was born of a nasty spat that the United States was having with Cuba and its fears that Fidel Castro represented a growing threat to America's security. But before Kennedy could act, he needed Salinger to complete his assignment. The press secretary didn't let him down, as he managed to scrounge up 1,200 cigars. Kennedy then signed the embargo, and Cuban tobacco has been off-limits to Americans ever since. Favorite cigar: Petit Upmann
3 FIDEL CASTRO Until he gave up the habit in 1985, the man who has ruled Cuba with an iron fist for 40 years was synonymous with cigars. Only a rising national concern over the health risks of smoking would lead to Castro's unequivocal decision to stop smoking cigars, even in private, to set an example for his people. Just because he abandoned a pastime that he had relished for 44 years doesn't mean he doesn't still think about cigars. He would occasionally dream that he was smoking a cigar, though he would admonish himself for doing so. "Even in my dreams I used to think that I was doing something wrong," he said in a 1994 Cigar Aficionado interview. "I was conscious that I had not permitted myself to smoke anymore, but I was still enjoying it in my sleep." Years earlier, when Castro and the rebels were plotting how to topple the Batista regime, the only time he did without cigars was when he ran out of them. Anticipating those infrequent occasions, he would hoard his last smoke, lighting it only to celebrate a victory or console himself over a setback. Favorite cigar: Cohiba Corona Especial
4 GEORGE BURNS From an impromptu singing gig in a candy store at the age of seven, to his enduring partnership with Gracie Allen, to solo stand-up comedy acts into his late 90s, Burns kept American audiences in stitches through most of the twentieth century. Invariably, he smoked his trustworthy El Producto cigars during his act, not because he couldn't afford a more expensive cigar, but because they stayed lit on stage longer than the more tightly packed Havana smokes. "If you have to stop your act to keep lighting your cigar, the audience goes out," he once cracked. The legendary star of vaudeville, radio, TV and film resurrected his movie career in the 1970s with starring roles in The Sunshine Boys and Oh, God! Burns, who lived to 100, credited his 10- to 15-cigar-a-day habit over a 70-year span with not only keeping him spry on stage but also with helping him outlive his physician. "If I had taken my doctor's advice and quit smoking when he advised me to," Burns quipped at age 98, "I wouldn't have lived to go to his funeral." Favorite cigar: El Producto
5 MARK TWAIN The author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn smoked at least 22 cigars a day, maybe as many as 40. Twain, née Samuel Clemens, supposedly once declared, "If smoking is not allowed in heaven, I shall not go." Twain's penchant for cigars didn't necessarily mean he smoked the best cigars. He knew that even his closest acquaintances were reviled by his stogie selections. Once, as he would later relate in his essay "Concerning Tobacco," he pilfered a handful of costly and elegant cigars from a friend's house, removed the labels, and placed the smokes in a box identified by his favorite brand. He then invited the man and 11 other friends over for dinner, offering each a cigar afterward. Everyone shortly excused themselves, and the next morning Twain found the cigars sprawled outside--except for the one left on the plate of the man from whom the cigars had been filched. "He told me afterward that some day I would get shot for giving people that kind of cigars to smoke." Favorite cigar: Anything except a Havana
6 MILTON BERLE Most men would be thrilled if their wives relished the smoke wafting from their cigars. Berle must be ecstatic, as all three of his spouses supported his hankering for Havanas. Even Marilyn Monroe, with whom the entertainer had a short fling before she became a star, savored the aroma of his cigars, and Uncle Miltie, who regularly tried to wean his friends off cigarettes and on to cigars, once bought a box of small cigars for the blonde bombshell, hoping to persuade her to switch. Berle's second wife, Ruth, not only supported his cigar habit, she showed ingenuity in doing so. During their honeymoon in Paris, Ruth went shopping for an evening bag, trying larger and larger sizes until she found one that could fit four of Miltie's mammoth Cubans. Before flying on to Rome, Berle packed some 500 Havanas, but customs officials there informed him that visitors were limited to 100 cigars. Nonplussed, Ruth pulled out a cigar from her bag and asked Berle for a light. "She nearly choked to death smoking it," Berle recalled, "but it enabled us to bring another hundred cigars in." Favorite cigar: H. Upmann
7 BILL COSBY There's something about winter that doesn't seem so funny to the man who has made millions laugh. In 1994, Cosby was watching the ladies' figure skating finals in the Winter Olympics on TV, puffing away on an Ashton. Suddenly, Tonya Harding began to cry during her routine. No, Nancy Kerrigan hadn't just blasted her with a bazooka; rather, the problem was a wayward shoelace. Mesmerized by the drama, Cosby took his cigar, which he had placed in an ashtray, and stuck it in his mouth--ash end first. His tongue told him he had "instantly made a very serious mistake." Two winters earlier, the comedian experienced another tobacco tribulation. As he walked about Manhattan with a cigar, the 38 degree chill "turned my warm, succulent corona into a piece of cold, soggy rutabaga." Stopping in a store that sold expensive gadgets for the Man Who Has Everything, as he described it, Cosby hoped to find some device that would keep his cigar warm. No such luck. "What kind of store was this?" he ruminated. "How could a man have everything if he didn't have a thing to keep his cigar warm?" Favorite cigar: Ashton Maduro No. 60
8 RED AUERBACH "I didn't want to rub anything in or show anybody what a great coach I was when I was 25 points ahead. Why? I gotta win by 30? What the hell difference does it make?" To Auerbach, sitting down on the bench to smoke a cigar in the waning minutes of a Boston Celtics triumph was his way of exuding humility. No one else saw it that way, though. To opposing fans, the "victory cigar" symbolized smugness in being able to administer such an awful beating to their team. Opposing players would be motivated by the cigar, doubling their intensity level until the final buzzer. Even Red's own players suffered from the fourth-quarter fumigation. According to guard Bob Cousy, the sight of Auerbach sitting calmly smoking a cigar only served to increase the fans' hostility and the abuse they heaped upon the Celtics. Auerbach's victory ritual was so reviled that the Cincinnati Royals management once handed out 5,000 cigars to its fans, instructing them to light up when the Royals won. Instead, the move backfired, as a fired-up Celtics squad blew the Royals off the court. Favorite cigar: Hoyo de Monterrey
9 JACK NICHOLSON The three-time Academy Award winner had been a longtime cigarette smoker when he took up golf in the early 1990s. He found himself smoking half a pack during a round to calm his nerves, so he decided to switch to cigars from around the fifth hole on. The change helped relax him, and eventually Nicholson got down to a 12 handicap. The actor first became enamored of Cuban cigars in 1973, when he was making The Last Detail, insisting that the petty officer character he played be a cigar smoker. The picture was shot in Canada, affording easy access to Havanas. When he resumed cigar smoking in the '90s, one of Nicholson's favorite haunts was the Forum in Los Angeles, where he would attend most of the Lakers' home games. At one time he was able to light up right on the arena floor, but as California antismoking laws got tougher, he found himself relegated to a hallway and, eventually, outside the building itself. "But I get around it," he said in 1995. "I sneak into the men's room at halftime, like when I was in high school, and take my drags there." Favorite cigar: Montecristo
10 BABE RUTH His larger-than-life persona, his considerable girth, and his zest for excess couldn't disguise the fact that George Herman Ruth was one of the best baseball players of the century. A standout pitcher for the Boston Red Sox before being traded to the New York Yankees, Ruth was the greatest slugger of his time, and perhaps of all time. Off the field, the Babe loved the good life: food, drink, women--and cigars. While still in Boston, he invested in a local cigar factory that produced nickel smokes with his picture plastered on the wrapper. "I smoked them until I was blue in the face," he once lamented. On a road trip, he snuck a woman into the room he was sharing with Ernie Shore, a fellow Red Sox pitcher (who once combined with Ruth to pitch a perfect game against the Washington Senators). Not surprisingly, Shore couldn't sleep, as the sounds emanating from the Babe's bed were hard to shut out. The next day, Shore noticed four or five cigar butts next to a sleeping Ruth. The Babe's explanation later: "Oh, that! I like a cigar every time I'm finished." Favorite cigar: "Babe Ruth" perfecto
11 AL CAPONE One of America's most notorious gangsters was about to board a train for prison, having been nailed for tax evasion. During the Roaring Twenties, Capone had controlled gambling, prostitution and bootlegging rackets. Despite his propensity for violence, the Chicago crime boss saw himself as a generous benefactor, someone who provided jobs for thousands and served "decent liquor and square games." As he was led to the train in 1932 after losing his appeal, Capone bade adieu to his freedom by lighting a cigar.
12 GROUCHO MARX A cigar sometimes got the comedian into trouble. Once, his third wife, Eden, objected to his "stinky old cigar" and ordered him to extinguish it or get a new wife. On an earlier occasion, Marx splurged for a 10-cent pure Havana after spotting an advertisement that promised "thirty glorious minutes in Havana." When the cigar lasted only 20 minutes, Groucho demanded a replacement. Somehow, each subsequent cigar met the same fate, until after the fifth one the merchant wised up and tossed Groucho out.
13 BILL CLINTON Does he or doesn't he? The 42nd president is known for chewing cigars on the golf course, but there have been only a few reports of his actually smoking a cigar. It's well known that the first lady bans tobacco smoke from the White House, but does the chief executive light up somewhere else--say, for instance, on a state visit overseas? Perhaps if Hillary makes her way to the Senate, she'll entrust her husband with the authority to set the smoking regulations in their new home in New York.
14 MICHAEL JORDAN When the NBA legend made a move on court, few opponents could stop him. Off the court, it was much the same way. Case in point: Jordan would be smoking, say, a Cuban Montecristo No. 2 on the Bulls' bus. Would any of his nonsmoking teammates ever ask the five-time league MVP to snuff out his cigar? As former teammate John Salley once put it: "We were just apostles. Jesus was smoking, that's all there is to it. What are you going to say?"
15 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER It never hurts to have a father-in-law who smokes cigars. Sargent Shriver, the father of Schwarzenegger's wife, Maria, the TV correspondent, offered him a cigar after a dinner, shortly after Schwarzenegger and Maria met in 1977. Now, any complaints Maria might make about her husband's cigar smoking can be parried with a quick reference to her dad. "You can always say, 'Look, honey, your father wouldn't have introduced me to something that's bad,' " the ex-bodybuilder once cracked.
16 RON PERELMAN When the multimillion dollar businessman and former owner of Consolidated Cigar Corp. wants to eat out, he naturally looks for a cigar-friendly establishment. As he explained in a 1995 interview, "I think I pretty much gravitate toward restaurants that allow cigar smoking, partly because it's so important to me to smoke, particularly after dinner. But from a purely financial point of view, if somebody is not going to support my business, I'm certainly not going to support their business."
17 FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA The director of such films as The Godfather and Apoca-lypse Now owes his cigar education, in part, to Jack Warner, the onetime head of Warner Bros. As a young writer and director, Coppola worked a bit with Warner, who taught Coppola the proper way to light a cigar. When Warner died, he left a gold-and-silver cigar cutter to an associate, who gave it to Coppola. Warner had gotten the cutter from Lord Mountbatten, the British admiral who was assassi-nated in 1979.
18 RUSH LIMBAUGH The outspoken radio and TV commentator was a latecomer to cigars, but he was a quick learner. Starting out with Macanudos, Ashtons and Fonsecas, Limbaugh soon gravitated toward Havanas. On a trip to London, he became acquainted with Punch Double Coronas, Partagas Lusitanias and Monty No. 2s, but, alas, he couldn't find any Hoyo de Monterreys. The disappointment was short-lived, however; on a yachting holiday, he found a rare box of Hoyo Double Coronas on St. Maarten.
19 WHOOPI GOLDBERG If there's anyone who's hard to pigeonhole, it's Goldberg. She has been nominated for an Oscar for her performance in The Color Purple and been named best supporting actress in Ghost. Her screwball stand-up routines are renowned, but she has also hosted a talk show in which she explored serious subjects. She's just as difficult to classify when it comes to cigars. While she prefers small cigars, she's been known to light up a big Cohiba now and then.
20 AL LERNER This Montecristo No. 2 connoisseur was given the unenviable task a decade ago of turning around MBNA Corp., a Maryland bank saddled with underperforming real estate loans. Lerner began to pay down debt and took the parent company public, and today it is one of the nation's biggest credit card issuers. Part of MBNA's success is due to Lerner's introduction of affinity credit cards, which benefit the group issuing them. A football fan, Lerner bought the new Cleveland Browns last year.
21 RUDYARD KIPLING The Nobel Prize-winning English writer and poet was hailed in Britain as the heir apparent to Charles Dickens. He is best known for tales that relate to British imperialism in India, such as The Jungle Book (1894) and Kim (1901). Despite being admired, Kipling was criticized by many of his peers for his support of British colonialism and racial prejudice. The cigar-loving author is also famous for saying, "A woman is a woman but a good cigar is a smoke."
22 ZINO DAVIDOFF "If your wife doesn't like the aroma of your cigar, change your wife," said the late Swiss-based cigar-industry icon, who began his illustrious career in the 1930s as a worker in his father's tobacco shop in Geneva. The Russian émigré was instrumental in creating the high-end Hoyo de Monterrey "Chateaux" series of cigars and launched his signature line of Cuban smokes in 1970. He was the author of The Connoisseur's Book of the Cigar, widely regarded as the bible of the industry.
23 J. P. MORGAN The legendary business tycoon and robber baron was a painfully shy and private person. But in his professional dealings, John Pierpont Morgan was ruthless. During his long career as head of J.P. Morgan & Co., he helped save the U.S. government from bankruptcy (at a price) and helped to create U.S. Steel. He loved to travel, collect art and smoke cigars, of which he consumed dozens a day. He was known to favor Cuban smokes, particularly Meridiana Kohinoors.
24 SIGMUND FREUD The father of psychoanalysis saw phallic symbols everywhere, but nevertheless conceded that "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." He began smoking at 24, enjoyed an average of 20 cigars a day, and was rarely photographed without his tobacco companion. He often stated that he couldn't work without cigars and that "smoking was one of the greatest pleasures in life." A lifetime smoker, he favored Don Pedros, Reina Cubanas and Dutch Liliputanos.
25 BRUCE WILLIS Willis, who first gained attention as the wisecracking David Addison on ABC's "Moonlighting," has electrified worldwide audiences in a number of big-budget blockbusters that usually have him, if not saving the world (Armageddon), then saving the day (the Die Hard trilogy). He has demonstrated a flair for comedy as well, as shown in The Player. During the mid-1990s, Willis frequented Arnold Schwarzenegger's Monday night cigar dinners at Schatzi on Main.
26 MICHAEL DOUGLAS The award-winning actor-producer has a proclivity for playing flawed heroes and antiheroes. Douglas received an Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of a corporate high roller in Wall Street. He also starred in Romancing the Stone, The War of the Roses and everyone's favorite cautionary tale on the dangers of adultery, Fatal Attraction. He enjoys smoking Montecristo No. 2s on the golf course.
27 W. C. FIELDS Fields had a successful career playing hard-drinking, hard-living, yet lovable misogynists in such films as Tillie and Gus (1933), My Little Chickadee (1940) and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941). The bulbous-nosed, nasal-voiced comedic actor started out as a vaudeville juggler, teaching himself the skill with cigar boxes. An occasional cigar smoker, Fields used cigars as props in many of his movies to make him "look boorish," according to biographer James Curtis.
28 HOWARD COSELL The polysyllabic TV sports journalist was a fixture on ABC's "Monday Night Football" telecasts. Known for his blunt and often harsh rebukes--in his words, "telling it like it is"--of athletes and fellow sportscasters, Cosell was both loved and hated by viewers and peers alike. And Cosell wouldn't have had it any other way. He wasn't averse to bumming cigars off the same colleagues he often ridiculed, according to writers H. Paul Jeffers and Kevin Gordon.
29 ORSON WELLES When he was just 25 years old, Welles conceived, wrote and directed Citizen Kane (1941), considered by many cineastes to be the finest and most innovative American film ever made. The larger-than-life cinema icon, who went on to produce four more masterpieces, was at turns reviled and revered by his peers. Welles was a lover of the good life, especially fine cigars; he intentionally wrote cigar-smoking characters, such as Touch of Evil's police captain Hank Quinlan, into his films.
30 HARRISON FORD The reluctantly hunky Hollywood heavyweight has been dubbed "Star of the Century" for his reign as the all-time top box office draw. Revered for his honest and moral on-screen presence, Ford has appeared in an eclectic mix of films such as the Star Wars trilogy, Witness and Clear and Present Danger. A member of the $20 million-per-picture club, Ford shies away from the Hollywood scene, preferring the company of his family on their large Wyoming ranch, where he can puff in peace.
31 TOM CRUISE The star of Top Gun, Mission: Impossible and Eyes Wide Shut has been a cigar aficionado throughout most of the 1990s. A scene for his 1996 hit, Jerry Maguire, was filmed at the Grand Havana Room in Los Angeles. During the middle of the decade, Cruise reportedly had a standing order for Cuban Cohibas with London and Geneva tobacconists. He and his wife, actress Nicole Kidman, once presented their friend, Demi Moore, with a travel humidor for her birthday.
32 CHE GUEVARA Although he was asthmatic, Argentinian-born Che took up cigar smoking as one of his first Cuban customs. While serving as Fidel Castro's right-hand man during the Cuban revolution, he allowed himself two indulgences: books and cigars. But good tobacco was scarce in the mountains of Cuba, so any cigars they got were highly prized. After taking his share, Guevara used cigars as incentives for his soldiers because, as he wrote, "a smoke in times of rest is a great companion to the solitary soldier."
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The Chaps Home collection will be designed and developed by Polo Ralph Lauren and manufactured by Kohl's. With the launch of the home collection, Chaps will become the first national brand that Kohl's carries in every one of its major departments. The brand was introduced with a men's sportswear collection in early 2005.


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Richard works with delivery, improves on command
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Padres pitcher Clayton Richard allowed five earned runs in 6 2/3 innings in a loss to the Cubs on Monday, but found something mechanically during the start that he hopes will serve him well moving forward.
San Diego pitching coach Darren Balsley noticed that Richard had been working at a lower arm slot than usually recently, and the two worked on the side to raise his arm in his delivery.
The results? Richard got 10 ground-ball outs and was much more efficient than he had been previously, as he needed 74 pitches to get 19 outs, his longest outing this spring.
"The change is so minimal, but it makes a big difference," said Richard, who allowed seven hits with no walks and four strikeouts. "[It allowed for] better action on the fastball, better command, pretty much everything it helped out with."
Richard, who will likely make two more starts in exhibition games before Opening Day, was encouraged with how he was able to get outs -- on the ground.
"Being able to keep the ball down with movement is a good sign," Richard said.
The Padres haven't named their Opening Day starter for April 1 against the Mets at Citi Field, though it will either be Richard or Edinson Volquez, who got the start on Monday in the World Baseball Classic semifinal against the Netherlands.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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|For Immediate Release:
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Dear Colleagues and Friends of NAEYC:
The leadership of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) expresses our concern for all of the people of Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake.
The entire population of Haiti has been profoundly affected by the aftermath of this natural disaster, yet the enormity of the tragedy will have a special impact on young children and their families. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those who have been affected by this tragedy. As leaders of NAEYC, we encourage all of our members and friends to donate to the funds that have been established to aid the victims and assist in the relief efforts.
As time moves forward, the Association will also consider how to further support children and families and the early childhood field in Haiti. We are fortunate that two of our Global Alliance partner organizations are in Haiti, Tipa Tipa and the OMEP National Committee of Haiti. It has been reported to us that their staff survived the earthquake and their facilities are reasonably intact. We intend to work with leaders of Tipa Tipa and the OMEP National Committee of Haiti, as well as other early childhood educators in Haiti, to support and assist them in every way possible. As plans unfold for our provision of additional support and assistance, we will call upon our members and friends to contribute to our efforts.
The images of devastation, pain, and suffering that have been shown to the entire world will affect all those who have seen the images, including children and families in the United States and elsewhere. Families and early childhood educators will want to help children better understand and cope with their feelings, including their fears associated with the disaster. Listed below are a number of web-based resources from allied organizations that may be of use to you in this regard.
We thank you for your generosity and urge you to contribute what you can in support of the massive international relief effort.
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A devastated mum has paid tribute to her and her partner's "perfect" daughter, who died from cancer aged just eight-and-a-half months.
Indi-Rose Byford, who lived with her family in Medlar Close, Witham, passed away in her parents' arms last Monday, following months of chemotherapy.
Mum Sharne Stanley, 26, discovered that Indi-Rose was suffering from an aggressive tumour, which twisted around her spine, after she stopped moving her legs.
Care worker Miss Stanley, said: "She was a very bubbly, happy girl - a little angel."
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Texas Rangers owner and Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan doesn't believe center fielder Josh Hamilton quit on the team down the stretch and in the playoffs. But he wishes Hamilton hadn't quit using chewing tobacco late in the season.
"His timing on quitting smokeless tobacco couldn't have been worse. You would've liked to have thought that if he was going to do that that he would've done it in the offseason or waited until this offseason to do it," Ryan told ESPN Radio in Dallas. "So the drastic effect that it had on him and the year that he was having up to that point in time that he did quit, you'd have liked that he would've taken a different approach to that. So those issues caused unrest, and it's unfortunate that it happened and the timing was such as it was."
In late July/early August, Hamilton began to speak cryptically about the cause for his extended slump, leading to speculation that his substance-abuse problems were back or that he was having marital issues.
However, Hamilton revealed that he was trying to quit using chewing tobacco and that his struggle to do so had affected his on-field performance.
Hamilton also struggled offensively and defensively toward the end of the regular season and was booed at home during the AL Wild Card game, which the Rangers lost to end their season.
Hamilton will be eligible for free agency after this season, and the Rangers announced Tuesday that they will allow him to test the market.
In 148 games this season, Hamilton hit .285 with 43 homers, 128 RBIs and a .930 OPS.
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i know graphic-er never had any doubts about Gordon. What about the rest of you? Still think we got over on Utah by drafting Paul George?
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i know graphic-er never had any doubts about Gordon. What about the rest of you? Still think we got over on Utah by drafting Paul George?
Duh! I really think opinions don't matter a bit at this stage. Time, and many games will tell, not pointing out how good someone was in one game, or even this season.
They are both young and as Pacers fans it doesn't matter because we didn't have a chance to draft Gordon. It will matter to some Utah fans if George blows up and Gordon doesn't, because Utah had the choice.
Hayward will be a good, solid NBA player for years. He will probably start for Utah next year. It isnt very smart to doubt him because he has talent.
George has the potential to be an all=star and might have a higher ceiling, but he also has a higher chance of failure. Hayward was the safer pick.
true. it doesn't really matter because we had no chance to get him. i just feel somewhat vindicated this morning because Gordon is emerging as a player. scoring 22 against the defending champs as a rookie is impressive. ludicrous that posters like Vnzla thought he was a bust.
I love how your argument is that one game shows he is a better player.
I dont know that Gordon is better. Maybe a safer future.
I do find it ironic a year ago around this time he almost won the championship for Butler at the last second and he's the hero for this game.
I do think Hayward will be a serviceable player but the next great Hoosier basketball player since Larry Bird? No
Although he might've helped Butler win on Monday.
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i'm not trying to argue that he is better than Paul George, but i was shredded for suggesting that they are about equal. i mean, people thought i was crazy for even suggesting that they are close. by the way, has Paul hit for 22 this season?
Clearly this argument is now settled.
Nope, but when he had the green light he was scoring 12 to 15 a game at 50% from the field.
I would love to have Hayward on the Pacers along with George. Hayward is a good defender. He was on Kobe last night and did a good job. George seems to be determined to be the best he can be so lets hope he can reach his potential.
Yeah the guy was impressive last night, he looked good as the point forward and Utah was playing a weird line up with Millsap at the 3 Favors at the 4 and Al at the 5. Like somebody else already said, is just one game and even Adam Morrison had his nights, I wouldn't trade PG for him unless Utah is willing to pay top value, Hayward has the potential to be a bust or Mike Dunleavy(he plays the same way) when PG's ceiling at least I think is way higher.
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I never doubted that he would be a good player. My argument against drafting Hayward was against the notion that he would sell tickets.
I'd be shocked if Hayward turns out to be a better player than Paul George.
He sold a lot of tickets when he came back here this year.
debate settled.
Honestly Hayward has proven to be a very good pick at 9th. Sure he has his moments where he looks really bad just like all rookies. Right now I think he is head and shoulders above George. He defended Kobe really well to close out the game last night. Kobe lost the ball there at the end, but Gordon got in good position to pressure the ball, force an off balanced attempt for Kobe, that's about all you can do. That's a player using his length right there.
As for George I can only hope he gets it together, has clearly hit the rookie wall, cause he looks terrible on Defense, slow to react, looks terrible trying to get his own shot on offense, and seemingly is only interested in bombing wide open 3pters instead of pump faking it to get open for an easy mid range shot. He also takes the most unorthodox layup attempts when he gets in the paint to try and finish.
As for Indiana not having the opportunity to draft Hayward, they could of pulled off a trade to move up a couple of spots to get him if they really wanted him. I think those picks were up for trade if someone was willing to bite. I kept thinking that we could have swapped picks with LAC.
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You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
I like Hayward, But the OP is working pretty hard to make me hate him.
OK, how many are a lot?
But even if they did 1 game per season is a lot different from 41 home games.
Get that ****ing **** out of here. Not cool, and it doesn't tell ****.
George is already better than Hayward, and this discussion will be laughed at two years from now.
George: 20.7mpg, 7.7 pt/3.7 rb/1.1 ast/44.7 FG%/1.1st/0.4bpg
Hayward: 15.8mpg, 4.7 pt/1.9 rb/1.1 ast/46.5 FG%/0.4 st/0.3 bpg
Yes, clearly.
Well the game was a sell out. One of the few we had this year.
i know that wouldn't' translate to 41 sellouts a year if he was here. But I think one of the biggest reasons to draft him outside of his obvious talent is the fact that he alone would have helped this team make huge strides in being relevant again in the local market.
I really don't understand it, for a team that says they are bleeding money, haven't made the playoffs in several years. How could they afford not to go after Hayward. Its not like his talent level isn't deserving of 9th pick in the draft. People have said that it is better that he develops on another team. I say how you can afford to let him develop anywhere but Indiana. If the kid is good enough his game is going to shine thru regardless of where is starts his career.
I'll never forgive Bird for this one. This is Indiana, we are a college basketball state. So when an Indiana player is with in your reach you gotta go get him.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
Oh God... *Ignore list*
Yes, Dallas is still happy they stole Alford from the Pacers.
It is true that only buying a ticket to 1 game is a lot easier than a full season, but I'd imagine that some of the people who bought a ticket to see him would consider it.
The posted attendance of that game was 16,205. The average attendance on the season has been 13,458.
From being there, I'd say it was in the top 5 biggest crowds of the season. Unlike the average, which is probably actually much lower, I'd say that single game was pretty close to the actual number of seats filled. Keep in mind, that was a Jazz team that had just traded its best player, so it wasn't like that would be a hot ticket normally.
Many, many of those people who showed up that night were there to see Hayward. Did you go to that game by any chance?


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Taleggio is a cheese of very ancient origins, dating back to the tenth century. Production takes place in the Val Taleggio region of Italy, in the province in Bergamo from which the cheese derives its name.
Taleggio was originally made only during certain months of the year as a way of utilizing excess cow's milk from animals making their seasonal trip to and from their summer mountain pastures. During their journey, they needed to be milked and the inhabitants of this valley began to produce cheese that, once matured in "caves"or at their farms, could be exchanged with other products or commercialized.
Because of the increasing demand for Taleggio, its production area has progressively extended to the Padana plain. This has led to the start up of small- and medium-scale dairies in the area that have successfully transitioned by balancing traditional production methods and modern innovation.
Today Taleggio is produced and matured in Lombardy, in the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Milan, Pavia, Piedmont (province of Novara) and Venetia (province of Treviso).
Taleggio cheese was recognized as a DO cheese (Denomination of Origin) in Italy in 1988.
Despite the strongly aromatic washed rind, flavors are mild and buttery when young, developing a fuller, tangier flavor with prolonged maturing.
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AUSTIN, Texas — For an inexpensive, entry-level fishing experience the entire family can enjoy, it doesn't get much easier than winter rainbow trout fishing in Texas.
Beginning Nov. 29 and continuing through March, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will stock upwards of 275,000 hatchery-reared rainbow trout at about 120 sites across the state. Many of the fish stockings will be conducted at small community fishing lakes, state park lakes and popular river tailraces offering easy angling access.
TPWD has been stocking rainbow trout each winter since the 1970s, providing Texans a simple and economical opportunity to go fishing.
Catching these hungry fish can be easy, making the experience ideal for both novice anglers and kids. The fish will bite almost immediately after stocking and typically will take a variety of baits, from whole kernel canned corn or commercial soft bait to artificial flies and even small spinner baits.
Fishing gear can be as basic as an inexpensive spincast rod and reel combo, a small plastic bobber, a fishing weight and a hook. It's also a good idea to carry along a pair of needle-nosed pliers to help remove hooks, and a five gallon bucket, small ice chest or a fish stringer to keep your catch. Be sure to keep freshly caught trout cold on ice or refrigerated.
A list of stocking sites with detailed driving directions is available on the TPWD Web site. The posted stocking dates are the days the trout are available to the general public. Many sites offer special events for youth prior to allowing the public to fish and those are usually the day before. Folks should check with local parks and recreation departments or water authorities for additional information.
While most sites get an annual dose of between 1,000-2,000 trout, popular fishing holes like the Guadalupe River below the Canyon Reservoir Dam, which includes the tailrace, receive multiple stockings from December through March.
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A CHARITY shop has launched a new campaign to get as many people as possible donating unwanted clothes.
The Salvation Army branch in East Walk, Basildon, will be unveiling a new window display, putting up in-store posters, and handing out leaflets to explain to residents what a huge difference donations could make.
As well as looking for clothes, the shop will also accept toys, homeware, books, CDs and DVDs.
The items can be sold in the store, which will help the Salvation Army continue running vital social and welfare services across the country.
Their work includes providing overnight shelter for homeless people, supporting victims of trafficking, providing hot meals and companionship for lonely elderly people and offering rehabilitation support to drug addicts or alcoholics.
Julie Wardley, area manager for Salvation Army, said: "The average UK household owns around £4,000 worth of clothes, and about 30 per cent of it hasn't been worn in the last year.
"We want to encourage people to think about what's lurking in the back of their wardrobe they might be able to donate. Whether it's a shirt that doesn't fit, a party dress that hasn't seen daylight for years, or a handbag that's been replaced with a newer model – whatever you can spare – each and every donation will help us raise money to support the valuable work of The Salvation Army.
"We hope that the open your hearts and wardrobes campaign will resonate with customers old and new.
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The Silk Road Ensemble draws together distinguished performers and composers from more
than 20 countries in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Since the ensemble formed under the
artistic direction of Yo-Yo Ma in 2000, the group's innovative artists have eagerly
explored contemporary musical crossroads. The ensemble's approach is experimental and
democratic, founded on collaboration and risk taking, on continual learning and sharing
among a kaleidoscope of cultures and art forms. Members explore one another's traditions,
celebrating the multiplicity of approaches to music from around the world. They also
develop new repertoire that responds to the multicultural reality of our global
The Silk Road Ensemble has performed to critical acclaim throughout Asia, Europe, and North
America, and has recorded five albums. Its recent recording, Off the Map, was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album in 2011. The Silk Road
Project's 15-year mission to promote innovation and cross-cultural understanding through
the arts is showcased in a new CD, A Playlist Without Borders, and DVD,
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The many-faceted career of cellist Yo-Yo Ma is testament to his continual search for new
ways to communicate with audiences and to his personal desire for artistic growth and
renewal. Mr. Ma maintains a balance between his engagements as soloist with orchestras
worldwide and his recital and chamber music activities. His discography comprises over 90
albums, including more than 17 Grammy-winning recordings.
Mr. Ma serves as the artistic director of the Silk Road Project, a catalytic organization
that takes inspiration from the historical trading routes and uses the Silk Road as a
modern metaphor for sharing and learning across cultures, art forms, and disciplines. Since
the project's inception in 1998, more than 70 works have been commissioned specifically for
the Silk Road Ensemble, which tours annually. Mr. Ma also serves as the Judson and Joyce
Green Creative Consultant to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Institute for Learning,
Access, and Training. Mr. Ma and the Institute have created the Citizen Musician
Initiative, which exists to sustain and expand the role of music in civic and cultural life
by creating and enhancing communities through music. His work focuses on the transformative
power music can have in individuals' lives, and on increasing the number and variety of
opportunities audiences have to experience music.
Mr. Ma was born in Paris to Chinese parents who later moved the family to New York. He
began studying cello at age four, attended The Juilliard School, and in 1976 graduated from
Harvard University. He has received numerous awards, among them the National Medal of Arts
(2001), Léonie Sonning Music Prize (2006), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2010), Polar
Music Prize (2012), and Vilcek Prize (2013). In 2011, Mr. Ma was recognized as a Kennedy
Center Honoree. Mr. Ma serves as a United Nations Messenger of Peace and as a member of the
President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. He has performed for eight American
presidents, most recently at the 2008 Inaugural Ceremony for President Barack
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Deadly ... Luis Suarez of Uruguay shoots and scores his team's second goal. Photo: Getty Images
Sao Paulo: A brilliant double strike by Luis Suarez has put England on the brink of a humiliating World Cup exit as Uruguay scored a 2-1 win in a tense Group D match.
Suarez, back in action just four weeks after knee surgery, put Uruguay ahead with a 39th-minute header before Wayne Rooney equalised with his first ever World Cup finals goal.
But Liverpool hitman Suarez had the final say when he latched on to a long ball and smashed home the winner five minutes from time, leaving England staring at their first group stage exit since 1958.
Relief ... England's Wayne Rooney celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the Group D against Uruguay. Photo: AP
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England started nervily and after conceding an early corner, goalkeeper Joe Hart had to beat away Suarez's place-kick at his near post.
But England's pacey forwards were soon causing problems and when Daniel Sturridge drew a foul for handball near the penalty area, Rooney's free-kick curled agonisingly wide.
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Uruguay's Alvaro Pereira fights for the ball with England's Raheem Sterling during their Group D match in Sao Paulo. Photo: Reuters
England, with Rooney playing centrally behind Sturridge, looked the stronger but they suffered a scare when Phil Jagielka lost the ball in defence and Cristian Rodriguez couldn't keep his rising shot on target.
After a scrappy period, Uruguay again went close when Suarez's low corner from the right was struck first time by Cavani but whistled over the bar.
On the half-hour, Rooney came within inches of scoring when, from about a yard away, he headed a Steven Gerrard free-kick against the angle between the post and crossbar.
England were in the ascendancy but six minutes from the break, it was Uruguay who scored on the counter via Suarez, after England lost the ball on the halfway line.
After the break, Suarez very nearly doubled Uruguay's lead first when his corner was parried by Hart off the line, and then when he shot well wide with the goal at his mercy.
England, now defending in front of the Uruguay support, were looking ragged and Cavani also should have put his team 2-0 up when he burst into the penalty area but fired wide.
However, Rooney almost got the equaliser when he latched on to a cross from the left and hammered a shot at the diving Muslera.
An accidental Raheem Sterling knee to the head knocked out Alvaro Pereira but he refused to be substituted.
England boss Roy Hodgson threw on Ross Barkley and Adam Lallana for Sterling and Danny Welbeck but it was Glen Johnson who created England's breakthrough when his ball fell perfectly for Rooney and the grateful Manchester United striker had the simplest of tap-ins as he finally scored his debut goal at a World Cup finals.
Sturridge then worked Muslera as England, buoyed by Rooney's goal, came alive and looked an increasing threat.
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The Daytona 500 will have a 1 p.m. listed start time for the fourth consecutive year.
While NASCAR has not announced start times for all of its 2013 races, Daytona International Speedway has announced the start times for its February Speedweeks events.
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NASCAR made a move to more consistent start times starting in 2010 with most of its regular-season daytime races starting at 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. Eastern and its Chase for the Sprint Cup races most recently starting at 2 p.m. or 3 p.m. Eastern.
Prior to that, the Daytona 500 started after 3 p.m. and ended under the lights. (Last year's race was run in prime time due to a long rain delay.)
Although the start time is listed at 1 p.m., that typically is the time for the prerace invocation. The green flag likely will be closer to 1:30 p.m.
Among the start times for other Daytona events:
• The Daytona Shootout, which does not yet have an announced format or sponsor, will start at 8 p.m. on Saturday Feb. 16.
• Daytona 500 qualifying (which sets the front row) is scheduled for 1 p.m. Feb. 17.
• The Budweiser Duels to set the field for the Daytona 500 will start at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21.
• The Camping World Truck series opener, the NextEra Energy Resources 250, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22.
• The Nationwide Series opener, the Drive4COPD 300, will be at 1 p.m. Feb. 23.
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Fitzpatrick Wilderness
IntroductionThe United States Congress designated the Fitzpatrick Wilderness (map) in 1976 and it now has a total of 198,906 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Wyoming and is managed by the Forest Service. The Fitzpatrick Wilderness is bordered by the Bridger Wilderness to the southwest.
DescriptionOriginally called the Glacier Primitive Area, this Wilderness now holds 44 active glaciers (one spanning 1,220 acres) and many ragged mountain peaks in the northern half of the Wind River Mountains. Lying on the east side of the Continental Divide, this area displays incomparable beauty and grandeur. You can climb Gannett Peak--at 13,804 feet it's the highest point in Wyoming--for what seems to be unlimited mountaineering challenges. The western border is the Continental Divide, shared with Bridger Wilderness. The eastern border is shared with the Wind River Indian Reservation. Carved by glaciers from granite and limestone rock, the area contains splendid alpine meadows, rocky plateaus, and stands of virgin timber. Precipitous canyons shadow tumbling streams, and at least 60 crystalline lakes are full of fish. More than 75 miles of streams offer excellent trout fishing. Many species utilize these mountains as summer habitat, including elk, mule deer, moose, bighorn sheep, black bears, bobcats, and coyotes. Fall brings many big-game hunters. Named for Tom "Half-Hand" Fitzpatrick, a mountain man and sometime partner of Jim Bridger, the Wilderness is extremely rugged with miles of bare granite rock. No season is free of frost and snowfall is possible any day of the year. Many miles of trails provide access, and one of the main routes enters the Wilderness from Trail Lake.
Planning to Visit the Fitzpatrick Wilderness?
- Print a fact sheet
- General things to consider when visiting any wilderness
- Regulations
- Contact the Forest Service
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Leave No TraceHow to follow the seven standard Leave No Trace principles differs in different parts of the country (desert vs. Rocky Mountains). Click on any of the principles listed below to learn more about how they apply in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness.
- Plan Ahead and Prepare
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