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PHOENIX -- Brewers manager Ron Roenicke spoke out Wednesday in support of left fielder Ryan Braun, who has remained quiet since making a statement explaining his link to the South Florida clinic under investigation by Major League Baseball for allegedly supplying some players with banned substances.
Roenicke said he disagreed with Yahoo! Sports' decision to publish excerpts from the logbook of Tony Bosch, the former head of that clinic, that included Braun's name, even though Braun was never linked to any illicit substances or treatments. Braun later said in a statement that his lawyers consulted with Bosch in the 2011-12 offseason, during Braun's appeal of a suspension.
"It's a pet peeve, I guess, of mine: Don't bring up anybody's name and put it in there if you're questioning it," Roenicke said. "If there's something going on and there's a definite [transgression], fine, that's your job to put it out there. But don't bring up names that you're not sure of and then retract it later, because it never is retracted from the fans or the people that are out there. Never. There are some people who will say, 'OK, they shouldn't have put it out there,' but for the majority, it's still there in their mind. So it shouldn't be out there.
"That's what I have an issue with. You want to bring up somebody's name, then you'd better be sure when you write it up. It's very unfair to the player, and that's what I have an issue with. It's not right."
Tim Brown, one of the veteran reporters who wrote the story linking Braun to the clinic, has said Yahoo! Sports considered Braun's appearance in the logbook newsworthy because it had confirmed MLB would investigate the link.
Braun and the rest of Brewers position players report to Maryvale Baseball Park on Friday, and the team's first full-squad workout is Saturday. Roenicke indicated the Braun matter was low on his list of priorities.
"To be honest with you, I'm not really thinking about handling it or anything until there's more information on what is there," Roenicke said. "I can't make comments on something I know nothing about. I talked to Ryan, he's coming in and I know he's going to have to deal with some press issues, but we're just going to move on with it as if nothing's there. ...
"It was different last year. We knew what the specifics were last year," Roenicke said. "I knew what to address, what I wasn't supposed to talk about. I knew where he was on those issues. I don't know anything [now]. Let's see where we are. It may be nothing. If it's just the thing with the lawyer and payments, then it's nothing."


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Andrew has a minor knee problem. He will play Sunday, but I'm worried about him now
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You should be. He has been taking an almost unprecidented beating week after week.....
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I'm sure our resident troll will enjoy this thread lol. Probably getting his "i told you so" ready in the extremely unlikely event that it amounts to anything serious. Of course, when it doesn't, I'm sure he'll claim this minor injury is what he was referring to in all of his off the wall predictions.
I doubt it's an issue given that they're playing him. Most football players get knicks and bruises at some point or another during the season.
So, my typing, missing a couple of fingers in my service to my country and with nerve damage to my right hand spelled a word incorrectly. Unprecidented, there is that better now. People that make fun of other people and their infirmities are very rude and inconsiderate. Do you think I give a rat's behind if you take me seriously or not? Do you think I take you seriously? Were you a big Archie Bunker fan by any chance???
ah, so a hand injury allows you to type unpresidented but not unprecedented. That makes perfect sense.
Keep it civil, please!
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Is your profile picture supposed to be you? Doesn't look like you're missing any part of the fingers on your left hand.
My apologies if you actually do have nerve damage. But you lied about having any living family or relatives and constantly make up "facts" in your arguments, so color me skeptical.
Nice catch!
Apology accepted. I did not lie about having living family members. It is how you define family. My parents are gone, I have no wife and I have no children. That is what I meant. I do have a brother in Indiana and he does have three grown children. I define family as direct as I said. If you want to count a brother and his children as family then I did not make a clear statement. I didn't lie and this is silly....
no because you typed you'd flip someone off if you could. That is definitely not within forum rules.
oh boy. whipping out our pensions.
olblu is pleased to lose some fingers because he thinks it would annoy us that tax dollars paid for it. Yeah, my part of that would be a small fraction of a penny. i'm going to be losing sleep over that.
i used to work on an oil rig out in the middle of the ocean with my girlfriend at the time, but the bad part was her dad was my boss. Anyways, one day these guys show up on helicopters saying they needed our team to serve America on a great mission to destroy an asteroid before it impacts with Earth and destroys life as we know it. So we all go with them an train to run these space drillers so that we can plant a bomb in the middle of an asteroid and blow it in half, which will make it miss Earth by just a few thousand miles. So we launch into space and dock with the International Space Station but some crazy **** happens and it blows up and we have a Russian guy hitching a ride with us. Then we sling-shot around the moon real fast and everybody freaks out when we come up behind the asteroid. Then some people die, including my girlfriends dad and we blow up the asteroid and save humanity! When we got back home I was told that I wouldn't have to pay taxes ever again, but would have to work at a fiberglass factory instead of back on the ol oil rig. True story.


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Former Cessna chairman and CEO Jack Pelton is among a half-dozen veteran business and military aviation executives who have joined forces to offer remanufactured turbine-powered aircraft to the aviation and defense industries. The newly formed company, The Aviation Alliance, also announced its first business aviation offering yesterday: the Excalibur 421.
The remanufactured Cessna 421C will feature Pratt & Whitney PT6A-135A turboprop engines, Garmin G600 avionics, winglets, new tires and brakes, and new cabin, de-icing, hydraulic and electrical systems. Including airframe, the aircraft will retail for $2.5 million, complete with a new-aircraft warranty. Preliminary specifications include a 327-knot top speed and 1,420-nm range. A prototype Excalibur 421 is now flying, and FAA STC approval and deliveries are expected by year-end. In addition, a similar program is in the works for the Cessna 414.
The company also plans to announce a Gulfstream GII/IIB/III/IV remanufacturing program in April, Geoff Miller, the firm's managing director for administration and marketing, told AIN. He said the price for such a remanufactured Gulfstream, including airframe, will be approximately $18.5 million. Expected range for a remanufactured GII/IIB/III is 4,600 nm, and 5,100 nm for an updated GIV. First flight is planned for late this year, with STC approval slated for late 2014.
Aircraft Technical Service/Ventura Aerospace, Capital Aviation, Oklahoma Jet Center and Clay Lacy Aviation are also partners in The Aviation Alliance.
Jim Allmon (not verified)
January 25, 2013 - 3:41pm
I think this is a great program and hope it is successful. My question is; If a Cessna Conquest I with the Blackhawk 135A engine conversion can only do 290 -295 knots in a best case scenario, how can this airplane do 327 knots with the same exact fuselage and engines? More likely to get around 285 knots so there is a 40+ knot disconnect somewhere.
Cary Friedman (not verified)
January 25, 2013 - 4:11pm
This has been tried before with the LTP 101 turboprop and there was even a Pratt tuboprop hung on the 421 airframe. Either program had very little success.
It will be interesting to see if the marketplace has the appetite for a 30 year old piston airframe that has been "hopped up" with some turbine engines and some newer systems at a price of $2.5 million dollars. There are a lot of late model jets and turboprops available at that price and below and they were certified as model specific for those powerplants and subsystems through rigorous FAA certification standards by longstanding airframers.
Conquest I's are currently selling in a range from $750,000 to $1,200,000 for a Blackhawk conversion with the -135 engine.
Conquest II's range from $800,000 to $1,500,000 based on different stages of conversion.
Jeff Millard (not verified)
January 25, 2013 - 5:34pm
Certainly no surprise Pelton could go from zero to STC on a Cessna faster than anyone but these are the same questions surrounding O&N's 340 Rolls Royce Turbine conversions. At about $1.5M without airframe one has a lot of pre-existing turbines you could get for the money. (not to mention support infrastructure). IMO, I think the turbine P210 conversion they did (100 I think) was successful because it 1) Created a new beast 2) Had a unique buyer in mind that was High Dollar but low time/insurability. My client's insurance (low twin time) on a $300K Aerostar 701 was double the single-engine $800k turbine. The fuel economy on these conversions is impressive (242kts true on 36gph on the turbine 340) but I agree, buy a conquest and an apartment complex with the extra million and let the rent make up for the old-tyme fuel burn. And if the apartment complex is out of state you can visit it and avoid our insane CA use tax too!
Paul (not verified)
January 25, 2013 - 8:19pm
The Conquest 425 was a complete structure revamp from the 421C. Different part numbers, re-enforced and designed tail. With standard engines, the airplanes give a TAS of 250 to 255. Good airplane that Cessna should have never quit building.
Of course with the SID, Cessna wants those birds gone.
Every piston bird I have ever seen converted to Turbine has never worked out.
Sooner or later, cracks appear that were never seen before, performance lacks, maintenance costs soar. Then again, your buying a older airframe with hours flown on it. Some 421C's are passing 9,000 hours or more. Why bother?
Jim (not verified)
January 25, 2013 - 10:17pm
Why would someone pay 2.5MM when there are King Air 200's out there for less than one-quarter the price? Old airframes, lots of cracks, and who knows what else for a lot of money.
Jon (not verified)
January 25, 2013 - 10:23pm
You should take a look at a turbine converted DC-3. They seem to have worked out very well. And I think it takes the cake for old airframes made usefull once again.
JetDealer (not verified)
January 26, 2013 - 12:37pm
Why would anybody buy a re-engines and re-wired 1982 G-III for $18.5 million, when 2000 G-IV/SP's are available for $12 million all day (just bought one) and 2004 G-450's are $20 million? And what happens when Gulfstream disowns any airframe that's been tampered with (and they will)...who will support it? And Cessna is famous for this move (see "Branson" Citation mods) and both firms will definitely withhold proprietary engineering (a Dassault trademark.) I love the enthusiasm, but when the industry press fails to ask even these basic questions, it evolves into propaganda (see "Eclipse.)
billy rosenthal (not verified)
January 27, 2013 - 9:29am
i guess i am johnny come lately just found out in January 2013 that the skycatcher are made in china i was raven mad when i found out i called Cessna and and the rest is history i gave them a ear full and it was not nice wrote to all my Government elects i believe it was a wastes of time but i did it watch this one real close probably a China retro fit and then sold back to Americans
flyboy (not verified)
January 28, 2013 - 8:16am
New Warranty on aircraft makes a ton of sense to a buyer. Where can the work be done. Is it only at the mother station or can work be done locally then billed by the repair shop?
I really like the idea of keeping them flying rather than just building more new and junking the others.
This is leaning toward a green concept.
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I do however like imitating pros. I have always tried to imitate the best at whatever I am trying to do. Whether it is basketball, ball golf, ultimate, disc golf, snowboarding, or even bowling. Most of the time you are trying to imitate someone that knows what they are doing. The one thing that I think is important is to put your own spin on it. You might start imitating them, but you will probably end up putting your on little style into it.
So while practicing, casual rounds, and even my weekly league I will be following these new forms.
Frank Delicious wrote:and now we know the secret to your power. You are more machine than bear!
I found that doing the hammer pound drill and then building your throw from the hit back, like I talked about in that thread, will be the most efficient way to improve. With those two combined you'll be able to build your fundamentals relatively easily.Beable wrote:I found a good garublador thread, maybe this would be a starting point? I have monkeyed around with many of the drills on this site and I think they have helped me, I'm just looking for a way to pare down what I'm looking at so I can focus and progress at a better pace.
Blake_T wrote:if you're going to do it, spend as much time (if not more time) incorporating what you learn from it into your throw. this will help your actual golf game.
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WATERTOWN >> The town's firefighters and police got together for a benefit hockey game over the weekend at Taft School's Odden Hockey Arena that was billed as a "Battle of the Badges."
The game benefited a longtime captain and member of the Watertown Fire Department who is battling cancer.
"The game was a complete success. There was a huge turnout of about 500 people," said firefighter Brian White.
Firefighters prevailed on the ice, 7 to 1, though winning of another type was the priority.
A couple of years ago, he and firefighter Spencer Bronson came up with the idea of putting together a hockey squad as a vehicle for philanthropy.
"We basically started this team to help firefighters in need. Our first obligation was to help our own out," said White.
According to a release, the fire department has played hockey as a team to benefit various charities, including The Bridgeport Fallen Firefighters Fund, the Jon Davies Children's Fun to benefit the children of Worcester, Mass., fallen firefighter Jon Davies and Connecticut Burns Care Foundation.
To date, the squad has raised approximately $20,000, not including this past weekend, which raised approximately $8,000, with money still coming in.
"We had so many other stuff donated--posters, food. Everyone has been gracious and great to us and helping us greatly," said White. "The police department was outstanding too, they were great."
To learn more, see the Web site at http://www.watertownfd.com, and follow the hockey team on Twitter at https://twitter.com/WFDhockey.


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Well, the ordination is on temporary hold and I am back home to sort a few things out. Had a great experience of Thailand, found some good possibilities there for ordination, came back and spent some time at a monastery here in Canada and now I am home for a bit to recharge the batteries and make new plans for the next leg of the journey.
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Thank you Jake!
Thanks Jake, I know you'll make it. I'm seriously thinking about starting a personal finance group here. I think it would be a great fit.
Hello Jake, Thanks for your welcome to the 48days community. I am kind of doing two different things at the moment. One I am a Licensed Acupuncturist, and I also teach Kung Fu and Tai Chi. So I do help people live healthier and improve their health and wellness. We do have a Tai Chi DVD that we have for sell which I would really like to market better and scale it, do you have any ideas for that?
The other business that I do on the side is an international business. I am a manufacturer of dog leashes, collars, and harnesses with factory in China. I am the US presence here for the Chinese factory and would like to really get this business going. My main problem is meeting buyers of companies, we are not retail so everything I sell will be in large quantities. Many of the brands that come out of our factory are already in the big box stores. I would like to get what we are making into those stores as well. Do you have any ideas for that? Anyway, thanks for your interest and help.
Hey Jake, thanks! I appreciate your feedback and help in getting connected to groups. I am after the same thing in wanting to pursue ways to create that freedom for myself and my family. Your group sounds great. I'm in that season right now of young kids and marginalizing exercise. I will look into it for sure.
If you have time, check out my blog I would be grateful for any feedback you can give me. FeedLeaders: Helping Christian Leaders not burn out but stand out.
Hello Jake!
I have a few different business ideas, but I think initially I want to start an E-Commerce business.
Thank you for reaching out to me!
Jake, awesome! And of course here's the official; Welcome to the group 180 Degrees to Your Calling
Yes, absolutely it's still going, but it's still young... Feel free to jump in and get involved with the discussions. I'm honored that you've joined... Now let's come alive together and change a broken world!
Thanks Jake! It's nice to see Wisconsin well represented here! My wife graduated from UW-Eau Claire and we lived in Menomonie for a couple of years when we were first married. Love that area! Looking forward to being part of the 48 Days Community!
Thanks for welcoming me to 48DAYS! I think I will have to look into some of the groups here, maybe The Music Studio or Speak It Forward.
When I say "the emerging culture," I'm referring to the unchristian/post-christian culture that's come out in the last 30 years or so. A lot of people refer to this as simply the post-modern, but I think it goes even deeper than that. This culture is centered around technology and consumerism, and both of those play big roles in the spiritual fabric of this generation. So, how does the church reach them? It's a big question and a big job. Hopefully, I would find a way to do this through either word or music. We'll see!
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Thanks so much for joining the Team Leadership group. Hope you jump in on all the discussions taking place.
If I remember correctly you and the wife were supposed to go to Florida? For a Homeschool convention thing? Is that correct and did you guys have fun?
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Chirinos, Beltre connect for homers off veteran right-hander Colon
NEW YORK -- There was no dancing or singing in the clubhouse on Saturday night. The voice of shortstop Elvis Andrus could be heard, but that's normal whether the Rangers win or lose.
This time they won, 5-3, snapping another losing streak, but they look at the victory as something they should be doing more than they have and need to start doing more of in a hurry.
"It's great, but I don't think we should be excited to get a win," third baseman Adrian Beltre said. "The last few weeks have been difficult. We haven't played the way we wanted, but a win shouldn't be a relief, it should be routine. It should be something we're doing more of. I know we have injuries, but that's no excuse. We should still be winning. We still have a good team and should be winning more ballgames."
But right now they'll take what they can get. Colby Lewis pitched six solid innings, and Robinson Chirinos smashed a three-run homer that helped carry the Rangers over the Mets at Citi Field.
The loss snapped the Rangers' six-game losing streak. They had also lost 10 straight on the road, their longest skid away from Arlington since they dropped 12 straight in 2003.
"It's no relief, because we still have games to play," manager Ron Washington said. "We finally won a ballgame, but we have to win more than just one game. It's nice to win, but we've got to come back tomorrow and be consistent. … Score some runs and pitch."
Lewis, in outpitching Mets starter Bartolo Colon, allowed three runs on eight hits to improve his record to 6-5 with a 5.51 ERA. He did not walk a batter and struck out seven before Neal Cotts took over in the seventh.
"You always want to build off the previous game," Lewis said. "We won tonight, but we want to do it again tomorrow. We're not out of this yet. It's only the All-Star break. You never know what can happen. We just have to keep running guys out there and stay healthy. You never know."
Lewis left the game with a two-run lead, and the bullpen made it stand with three scoreless innings from Cotts, Shawn Tolleson and Joakim Soria. The Mets had nine hits and two walks, but the Rangers limited the damage by holding them to 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position.
The Rangers' were 3-for-8 in those situations, but one of the three was the three-run homer by Chirinos that helped them take a four-run lead in the first inning.
"From the first inning, Colon was making good pitches," Chirinos said. "He was throwing it on the black. I was just battling him and was able to get him with two strikes."
It was Chirinos' eighth home run of the season and his sixth in his last 24 games. In addition, it was just the fourth three-run homer by the Rangers this season and the first since Beltre hit one on June 4. The four-run outburst was also the biggest for the Rangers in the first inning since they scored five against Oakland on Sept. 27, 2012.
"We finally put some runs on the board. That's what we have been needing to do," Washington said.
Beltre hit his 11th home run with two out in the third to give the Rangers a five-run lead. He now has six home runs off Colon, his most against any pitcher.
The third inning was big for Lewis. The Mets scored two runs in the frame, assisted by a couple of defensive mistakes, but Lewis kept it from getting out of control.
Ruben Tejada began the rally with a single. Colon, showing bunt, instead swung away on a slash play and hit a grounder to Beltre, who threw wildly on a force attempt at second. That left runners on first and second for Curtis Granderson, who doubled home a run and moved Colon to third.
Daniel Murphy followed with a fly ball into shallow left. Shin-Soo Choo tried to make a diving catch, and did get the ball in his glove, but he couldn't hold it and it fell out for a single without the runners advancing.
Lewis retired David Wright on a pop to center, then gave up Bobby Abreu's line-drive RBI single to right. The bases remained loaded, but Lewis got out of the inning by striking out Lucas Duda and getting Juan Lagares on a grounder to second.
"For me it was just trying to make pitches in that situation," Lewis said. "I don't know if this is bad to say, but if I'm going to get beat, I'm not going to walk a run in. I am going to throw my best stuff and come right at you. I'd rather give up a grand slam than a walk."
Travis d'Arnaud led off the fourth with a home run, but that was all the scoring off Lewis, who retired nine of the last 11 batters he faced and exited after six with a two-run lead. He is 2-1 with a 4.94 ERA in his last four starts.
It's an improvement, but the basic message out of the clubhouse was that a win or two are not going to make anybody satisfied right now. There is much more to do, and this is only a start.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Smoking in Peace
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Within nanoseconds, I heard a loud, ugly snarl from what seemed like 20 or 25 feet away, to my left and many rows further back:
"Put that smelly thing out."
I turned in the direction of the voice. It belonged to a woman who looked to be in her mid-30s, although her face was reddened and twisted in a paroxysm of such rage that it was difficult at first to be absolutely certain of anything--her age, her gender, even her species.
"I said put that goddamn thing out. It stinks to high heaven," the leather-lunged charmer repeated when she saw me peering, perplexed, in her direction.
I held the cigar aloft so she could see it clearly.
"I haven't lit it yet," I said, as reasonably as I could. "You can't possibly smell it. Besides, it's a good cigar, and good cigars don't stink."
"I can smell it all right," she shouted back, "and I can smell you, too. You both stink."
I was convinced that she couldn't smell anything--except perhaps her own bile (it was a warm evening), but as much as I usually enjoy the dialectic, I make it a policy never to argue with fanatics on three subjects--religion, politics and cigars. I put my cigar back in its wooden case.
When I told this story to various cigar smoking friends over the next few weeks, they all laughed. But they were laughing at me, not at what I considered to be the most recent proof of the axiom that to be a Dodgers fan, you have to have a screw loose some place. To a man, they all said they'd had virtually identical experiences in various locales--in restaurants, in their offices, at friends' houses, even in their own homes. They'd pull out a cigar, and before they could light it, someone would begin yelping that it smelled foul and that they should extinguish it instantly, under penalty of death. They couldn't believe I was so surprised by the daffy Dodgers' reaction.
I'm no longer surprised.
In the course of two months of interviews for this article, I heard the same story over and over and over again, albeit with subtle variations. I also heard a number of far-from-subtle accounts of what happens when a cigar suddenly appears in what one would normally consider a civilized setting.
An entrepreneur in Los Angeles told me he saw one man punch a cigar smoker in the face when the smoker didn't put his cigar out quickly enough after a complaint. A tobacconist in New York told me that several of his customers had had their cigars literally snatched from their lips or their fingers by irate people who happened to be standing or sitting nearby.
Bill Johnson, general manager of Anthony's Restaurant in Houston, told me that when he was working at another restaurant a few years ago, one of his best customers--"an elderly gentleman, the sweetest guy in the world"--was smoking a cigar after dinner late one night when a woman walked over from another table, picked up the glass of water on his table and poured it over his head.
"She told him, 'I thought I'd do something to ruin your night like you ruined mine,"' Johnson recalled.
"The poor guy said that if she'd asked him, he would have been glad to put it out, but she didn't ask him or anyone else; she just dumped the water on him. He said it was the last time he'd ever smoke a cigar in any restaurant."
Many cigar smokers have made similar decisions in recent years as the anti-smoking and, especially, the anti-cigar hysteria has reached frenzied proportions. It's just not worth the hassle, they've decided. Even if no one actually objects to your cigar, you're so worried someone will object that you can't sit back and enjoy the cigar. That undermines one of the essential pleasures of smoking a cigar; as H.L. Mencken, the sage of Baltimore, said--I have his picture and these words framed in my bathroom--"I smoke cigars when I'm relaxed and happy."
It's difficult to be either relaxed or happy when so many people treat cigar smoking as if it ranked somewhere between child molestation and gang rape on the scale of antisocial activities.
"I smoke six or seven cigars a day," says Arthur Zaretsky, proprietor of the Famous Smoke Shop in New York. "I used to have a cigar in my mouth when I left my apartment in the morning and when I left my shop in the evening. But people even complain about cigars on the street now, and I don't want to have uncomfortable situations with people saying nasty things to me and me having to say things back to them, so now the only place I smoke is in my shop and in my apartment and in a social situation if I know everyone there, and I know in advance that no one will object. Otherwise, I just leave my cigars home."
In Europe, of course, a cigar is still considered a legitimate postprandial pleasure--one of the "three C's" (along with coffee and Cognac). Robert Levin of Holt's Cigar Co. in Philadelphia told me recently about the satisfaction one of his customers took on his last trip to Paris when he lit up his cigar after dinner, and an American at the next table started to give him what he calls "the look" (which is almost as obnoxious as "the cough").
"Madam," he said, "don't even think it. This is Paris."
But Los Angeles and New York and Philadelphia and Boston are not, alas, Paris, and Zaretsky's experience is all too typical.
Although every cigar smoker has his own horror story to tell, the true measure of the anti-cigar mood in the country today is best measured not by Ronald Reagan's favorite yardstick--personal anecdotes--but by the two official acts that the United States seems to engage in with particular zeal--imposing taxes and passing laws. Not only is the federal excise tax on cigars going up--to 12.75% of the manufacturer's price--as of January 1, 1993, according to the Cigar Association of America, but in recent years, more states than you could shake a corona at have also begun imposing special taxes on cigars. The last count by the Cigar Association showed 35 states with cigar taxes; only seven states had such laws before 1980. I used to think the 33% tax on rental cars in France was confiscatory, but Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Minnesota have cigar taxes of 35% of the wholesale price; Hawaii's cigar tax is 40%; Washington's is a staggering 64.9%. Increasingly, some cities and counties also tax cigars; in Alabama alone, 35 cities and counties have such taxes, the Cigar Association says.
Virtually every state in the union now has one kind of anti-smoking ordinance or another as well, and an increasing number of cities have passed or are considering similar laws. I understand the impulse behind both the laws and the taxes, of course: The U.S. Surgeon General says smoking is unhealthy, and many people also find smoke unpleasant. There is no doubt that cigarette smoking is unhealthy. I've never smoked one.
Cigars? Well, about a dozen years ago, my wife suggested I start smoking a cigar after dinner. "It will give you something to do with your hands so you don't sit there drumming your fingers impatiently while I'm sipping my espresso," she said.
I called my doctor immediately for advice. (We were on vacation in Switzerland at the time; he was in Los Angeles.) I asked him what he thought of my wife's idea. He assured me that one cigar a day would pose no threat to my health, so I gallantly acquiesced to my wife's request. I've been smoking one cigar a night, four to six nights a week, ever since. Most cigar smokers I know these days also smoke in moderation--from three or four a week to one or two a day--and I have yet to see a study that says moderate cigar smoking poses a significant health hazard.
What's the difference between cigars and cigarettes? Among other things, most cigar smokers don't inhale--and there really is no such animal as a "moderate" cigarette smoker. Cigarettes are addictive, so people who smoke them almost invariably smoke a lot of them. Studies have convinced me that when you have a lot of people smoking a lot of cigarettes in public, you're going to have a lot of non-smokers whose lungs get poisoned too. And you're also going to have a lot of non-smokers who are annoyed by passive smoke for reasons other than health--because they're allergic to smoke or because they just don't like the way it smells or looks. Such people, in my view, have every right to be protected from both health risks and aesthetic annoyance.
But in restaurants, I favor the traditional American art of compromise a smoking section and a nonsmoking section--thus protecting both the rights and health of the non-smoker and the rights and pleasure of the smoker. Equally important, I would argue that within the smoking section, cigars as well as cigarettes should be allowed. So far as I know, only a few places (commercial airliners, for example) specifically prohibit cigars (and pipes) by law, but many, many places--including the vast majority of restaurants--prohibit cigars (and pipes) as a matter of policy, even though they permit cigarettes.
Some restaurateurs say the difference is that cigar smoke is stronger and travels further.
"We serve a lot of fine wines, and cigar smoke can affect older Bordeaux," says Herb Vegara, maître d' at the Everest Room in Chicago. "But people are open-minded here; you can go smoke a cigar in one of the bathrooms."
Not me, Herb.
I will never understand why anyone who smokes cigarettes throughout his, her or my dinner is then allowed to prevent me from smoking a cigar after we're all through with dinner. Sure, cheap cigars smell vile. And cigar smoke, even from a good cigar, can be dense and pungent. But surely one cigar, after everyone's through eating, is not as offensive as a half-dozen (or more) cigarettes while everyone is still eating. I think anyone who smokes cigarettes in a restaurant and then has the audacity to complain about a cigar should be punished by having to listen every night to a one-hour speech of George Bush trying to master English as a second language.
Fortunately, my experience at Dodgers Stadium notwithstanding, I haven't had as much trouble as most cigar smokers with such irrational complaints--or, for that matter, with complaints of any sort about my cigars. Unless my wife is sick or suffering from an allergy that clogs her sinuses, she doesn't object to my cigars in the house, for example, and I have only one close friend who has made clear that she doesn't want me to smoke in her house. (My sister won't let me smoke in her house either, but she lives more than 1,200 miles away so I don't see her often enough for that to be a serious problem--although I do vividly remember the first time I asked if I could light up, and she told me to smoke outside ... in Denver ... in winter ... when the temperature, as I recall, was about 16 degrees.)
Friendships and common sense have also helped make it easier for me than for many others to smoke in restaurants. Dining out is my hobby--some would say my obsession--so I've come to know a number of chefs and restaurateurs fairly well over the years; even the most brazen cigar haters often find it difficult to complain to you or to sic a waiter or maître d' on you when they've seen the chef or the owner stop by your table a half-dozen times to chat and ask what you think of dinner--or when the chef himself is sitting at your table, smoking a cigar with you, as chef Michel Richard often does with me at Citrus in Los Angeles. In fact, many restaurants that officially prohibit cigars will be flexible with good customers--or with any customer if it's late and the dining room is almost empty.
When I want to smoke a cigar in a restaurant, I try to be considerate. I don't smoke in small, crowded, poorly ventilated restaurants or in delis, pizza parlors, hamburger joints or other places not designed for lingering. I eat on the late side--8 or 8:30 p.m.--so that by the time I'm through eating and ready to smoke, virtually everyone else will also be through eating (and most will be on their way home). If anyone nearby looks as if he or she might object to my cigar--and such stern-faced, tight-lipped, beady-eyed folks are depressingly easy to spot--I ask if they mind. If anyone at an adjacent table is still eating when I'm through--or if the adjacent table is jammed up against mine, whether its occupants are still eating or not--I also ask if there's any objection to my cigar.
I've stopped smoking cigars at Dodgers Stadium because of all the complaints--complaints I just don't understand in an outdoor setting, where the smoke disperses so easily--but in restaurants and elsewhere, relatively few people have objected to my cigar. Even people who have objected have generally done so politely.
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Serbian Smoking Reduction/Cessation Trial (2SRT) (2SRT)
This study has been completed.
Swedish Match AB
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First received: December 27, 2007
Last updated: December 10, 2013
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The study aims to establish if a low-nitrosamine, smokeless tobacco product (Swedish snus) can help adult smokers to reduce and eventually completely quit smoking.
|Cigarette Smoking
|Other: Swedish snus (smokeless tobacco) Other: Onico
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind, Phase IV Trial to Assess the Efficacy of a Traditional Swedish Smokeless Tobacco Product ("Snus") to Reduce or Replace Cigarette Smoking Among Adult Smokers in Serbia
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Further study details as provided by Swedish Match AB:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Smoking reduction defined as a reduction in self-reported number of smoked cigarettes per day >50% compared to base-line, verified by a reduction in CO in exhaled air of >1 ppm compared to base-line [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Smoking cessation defined as self-reported total abstention from cigarettes verified by CO in exhaled air <10 ppm [ Time Frame: 3, 6, 9 and 12 months ]
- Clinical tests and biomarkers relevant for exposure to tobacco [ Time Frame: 3, 6, 9, and 12 months ]
- Smoking reduction [ Time Frame: 12, 24, 36 and 48 months ]Smoking reduction according to self-report
- Smoking reduction [ Time Frame: 12, 24, 36 and 48 months ]Smoking reduction compared to baseline according to self-report
|Study Start Date:
|January 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Swedish snus ad libitum as a substitute for cigarettes
Other: Swedish snus (smokeless tobacco)
Snus in sachets 1.0 g or 0.5 g, 2 flavors. Usage ad libitum.
Placebo Comparator: 2
Tobacco-free, nicotine-free placebo snus ad libitum as a substitute for cigarettes
Other: Onico
Tobacco-free, nicotine-free placebo snus, 2 sachet sizes (1.0 g, 0.5 g), 2 flavors (same as in the experimental arm). Usage ad libitum.
Other Name: Onico (brand name)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and female smokers in good general health aged 20-65 years regularly smoking >10 cigarettes per day for more than 1 year who are motivated to reduce or quit smoking
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with uncontrolled hypertension, history of coronary heart disease or other significant heart condition
- History of other significant medical condition that might interfere with study procedures
- Pregnant or nursing mother
- Current drug abuse.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00601042
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00601042
|Institute of Nuclear Sciences "Vinca"
|Belgrade, Serbia, 11001
|Ambulanta Medicine Rada, Nis-Jugopetrol
|Novi Beograd, Serbia, 110 70
Sponsors and Collaborators
Swedish Match AB
|Principal Investigator:
|Gordana Joksic, Ph D
|Institute for Nuclear Research "Vinca", Belgrade, Serbia
|Study Chair:
|Robert Nilsson, Ph D, Prof
|Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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|Swedish Match AB
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|NCT00601042 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|December 27, 2007
|Last Updated:
|December 10, 2013
Keywords provided by Swedish Match AB:
smoking reduction
smoking cessation
randomized trial
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smokeless tobacco
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Ganglionic Stimulants
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Nicotinic Agonists
Cholinergic Agonists
Cholinergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Respiratory System Agents
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ST. LOUIS - Bette Lu Lerwick, Albin, Wyo., is Monsanto's America's Farmers Mom of the Year 2011.
Lerwick was nominated for the America's Farmers Mom of the Year contest by her daughter, Kosha Olsen, who visited AmericasFarmers.com earlier this spring and submitted a 300-word nomination describing a few of the contributions her mother makes to her family, farm, community and the agricultural industry. Lerwick was selected as the Northwest Region's Farm Mom of the Year by a panel of judges from American Agri-Women and Monsanto. Her nomination was then posted to AmericasFarmers.com, along with those of the four other regional winners'. Online voting determined Lerwick the national winner.
"This is a wonderful privilege and I feel honored to be the 2011 Farm Mom of the Year when there are so many deserving farm moms out there," said Lerwick. "I am proud to be from Wyoming and I'm excited to bring recognition to this wonderful state."
Ron and Bette Lu Lerwick, in partnership with son, Monte, and his wife, Megan, raise wheat, corn, dryland beans, hay, sunflowers and beef cattle on the high plains of their centennial ranch in southeastern Wyoming.
"What does it take to plant a garden the size of a townhouse, or a square mile of sunflowers?" asked Kosha Olsen in her nomination. "How do you raise teenagers 60 miles from the nearest fast food?" Kosha outlined a few of the ways her mother supports others – from serving as "event planner, caterer, custodian, hired hand and manager" at home to driving the tractors, baking bread and delivering calves on the farm to having served as EMT for the rural volunteer fire department and attending many memorial services in the community. In addition, Bette Lu and Ron Lerwick have welcomed exchange students and at-risk youths to their farm for months at a time.
"The best way to educate consumers about agriculture is to share your story and your lifestyle with them," Kosha wrote. "Mom has always opened her home to those interested in agriculture. Family farms remain viable because of American farm moms like mine."
All five regional winners won a $5,000 cash prize from Monsanto. Lerwick will receive an additional $2,500 in prize money from the company for winning the national title.
"Not only are women often the backbone of their family farm, but they are also passionate spokespeople for the agricultural industry," said Chris Chavis, Monsanto's America's Farmers Mom of the Year spokesperson. "Lerwick exemplifies the impact that one woman can have, extending from her family throughout the community of Albin and on to consumers from other regions of the country."
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Dear Members,
This wednesday with tears in my eyes, I proudly present a very touching story that might make you all cry too. But please have a happy day!
Thera Kumara-Kassapa And His Mother
[ Translated from Thai Dhammapada, Thai Version, by Dr. Tep Sastri ]
Once upon a time, there was a young daughter of a rich family who lived in Rajagaha City. She admired Buddha's teachings and loved to listen to his dhamma talks. Her heart was committed to joining the Buddha's Sangha Order, but her parents wanted a different life for her. They chose to marry her to a rich young man. As an obedient daughter, she complied with the parents' wish.
After having entered the matrimony for a while, she begged her husband to let her join the Sangha Order. Her husband finally gave her his blessings to become member of Buddha's Order. Thus she was ordained as a bhikkhuni and resided with lady-monks under Bhikkhu Devadatta.
Months passed by, one day the lady-monks of the community noticed that the new bhikkhuni was pregnant. They furiously disapproved of her and wanted her to be forced out of the Order. So they brought the case to Bhikkhu Devadatta who agreed that she must quit the Order. The young lady, however, argued that the Buddha should be the one to judge her and decide if she whether or not should be banished from the Order. After an intensive investigation by Upali Thera, the Buddha was counseled that the conception of her baby occurred prior to her joining the Order. Thus they concluded that she must not to be blamed or had to disrobe. This pregnancy case was so famous that even King Pasenadi and Upasika Visakha got involved.
After the bhikkhuni had given birth to a baby boy at the monastery, King Pasenadi adopted the baby and raised him as his own child in the royal palace. The babyboy was given the name 'Kumara-Kassapa'. The boy grew up and played happily with other royal children. But one day the other children were no longer friendly; they ridiculed him, mocking him for being an orphan --not a royal blood sibling. And it made him very sad and desolated. He was only seven years old then, when he went to see the Buddha and asked to be ordained as a samanera and to reside at the Buddha's place.
At the age of twenty he became a bhikku and soon asked for the Buddha's permission to go to Andhavana(Dark) Forest to meditate alone. Bhikkhu Kumara Kassapa made great progress in his meditation, dwelling in solitude. One night, while being in an intense meditative state, a superdeva named Suddhávása appeared in front of him. [The Deva once was his friend during the time of the Kassapa Buddha, and they used to practice meditation together.] Suddhávása Deva explained the reason for his appearance; it was because he had 15 questions for the Bhikkhu to ask the Buddha. ( See Vammika Sutta for the 15 questions.)
Kumara Kassapa then travelled days and nights to see the Buddha and delivered the Deva's 15 questions.
While Buddha was telling him the answers to all these questions one by one, Bhikkhu Kumara-Kassapa listened intensely to each answer such that he attained arahantship with the Four Patisambhida -- right at the end of the question #15!
Once there was a very learned prince named 'Payasi of Setavya' whose stubbornness and arrogance was well known throughout the city. But after meeting with and debating about his belief with Kumara-Kassapa, Payasi admitted in public that he was wrong in every category. He was so impressed with Kumara-Kassapa's Dhamma that he proclaimed himself a royal supporter of the Buddha and his monks from then on. Because of Kumara-Kassapa's keen knowledge of the Dhamma and his great skills in delivering it, the Buddha praised him as an "etadagga" who was foremost among those with the special gift of delivering varied and versatile discourses (cittakathikanam).
NOTE**: The mother of Bhikkhu Kumara-Kassapa was broken-hearted because King Pasenadi took her baby away to raise in his palace. She truly missed her kid through all those years and always wished that she could meet him again someday. Her wish came true one day, when she suddenly saw bhikkhu Kumara-Kassapa walking by for alms food! She was immensely happy, running to him so fast that she stumbled and fell to the ground in front of him. Bhikkhu Kumara-Kassapa realized that his mother was capable of enlightenment, but her overwhelming love has prevented her from unworldly attainments, therefore he intended to help her overcoming the worthless worldly love. So, instead of showing love and gladness, he criticized his mother that despite of her having been a bhikkhuni for quite a long time, it was shameful that she still could not let go of the wordly attachment. The ruse succeeded; his words cut through her heart like a knife. She suffered so deeply that she walked away from him and went back to the monastery. She then meditated continuously, nonstop, and was able to attain arahantship that very night.
NOTE: In the time of Padumuttara Buddha Kassapa was a learned brahmin, and having heard a monk ranked foremost in eloquence, he wished for a similar distinction and did many good deeds and merits towards the end.
NOTE: The superdeva was a deity of the Suddhávása brahma world. He was one of five friends who, in the time of Kassapa Buddha, had entered the Order and who, in order to meditate uninterruptedly, had climbed a rock by means of a ladder which they had then removed, thus cutting off their return. The eldest became an arahant in three days, the second (anuthera) was this superdeva, who had become an anágámí. The third was Pukkusáti, the fourth Báhiya Dárucíriya and the last Kumára-Kassapa. This superdeva was responsible for the arahantship both of Báhiya and Kumara-Kassapa.
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9 bedroom house for saleCambridge Park, Twickenham, Richmond, TW1
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- 9 bedrooms
- 6 reception rooms
- 10 bathrooms
- Detached
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- Swimming Pool
- Tennis Court
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Set within magnificent grounds of in excess 3 acres designed by Randle Siddeley, this brand new and significant Quinlan Terry designed Palladian style mansion enjoys unparalleled views over the River Thames and Petersham Meadows.
The Old Garden is an iconic and beautifully designed mansion by the world renowned architect, Quinlan Terry, providing a magnificent family home with exceptional amenities to the South West of London.
Magnificent double-height Reception Hall . Dining Room . Drawing Room . Family Room/Study . Kitchen with servery and pantry . Master Bedroom with his and her bathrooms and dressing rooms . Master study . 7 Guest Bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms . Gym . Steam Room . Treatment Room . Indoor 12.5 Meter Swimming Pool . Snooker Room . Media/Cinema . Wine Room . Laundry Room . Storage Room . Staff Bedroom . Staff Kitchen . Staff Storeroom . Garage with potential up to 6 cars . Parking for up to 20 cars within the front courtyard . Outdoor 12m Swimming Pool . Pond . Tennis Court - all weather . Potential helicopter landing within the garden, subject to planning consent and permission.
Knightsbridge 9.5 miles, Heathrow 14 miles, Richmond 0.5 miles. The 2,500 acres of Richmond royal park is within 1 mile.
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Topeka, Kansas is changing it's name to Google, Kansas--for a month, in an attempt to attract Google's high speed fiber. Smart. But if they are really serious, they ought to do the full monty and change their name permanently. There is a fascinating precedent in New Mexico, where the city of Hot Springs changed it's name to curry favor with a corporate leader. Back in 1950, Ralph Edwards ran the most popular reality show on television: Truth or Consequences. He held a contest--with the prize going to the biggest city that would change its name to help publicize his show. Hot Springs (pop. 4,200) won, and it remains Truth or Consequences to this day. And this isn't some "honorary" name, it's the real deal. So buck up Topeka. (Read more about this curious tale in Lost States, which is in Barnes & Noble as of yesterday. More to come.)
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There's also DISH, Texas. Formerly known as Clark, the town changed its name to DISH (yes, all caps) in 2005 so that all of its residents could get free service for DISH Network for a decade.ReplyDelete
I'd say Brown v. the Board of Education of Google does have an interesting ring to it.
I couldn't find an email contact, so I thought I would tell you in the comments that I just finished your book and enjoyed it thoroughly.
In fact, it even inspired a chapter in my book. :)
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'Benning spent the last nine years as the Sabres' director of amateur scouting. Benning played nine seasons in the NHL, for Toronto and Vancouver. Houda has been an assistant coach the last three seasons with the Rochester Americans, Buffalo's American Hockey League affiliate.'
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Telis among Rangers' Minors award winners
HOUSTON -- Double-A Frisco catcher Tomas Telis has been named the Rangers' Defender of the Month for April. He received the award after throwing out 10 of 18 baserunners and not committing an error behind the plate.
The award is significant as Telis, 21, has always been considered an excellent offensive prospect. But there have been questions about his defense, especially after undergoing major elbow surgery in 2010. The award suggests he is making progress, and Frisco manager Steve Buechele confirmed that.
"He has been a nice surprise," Buechele said. "He's a great kid, he's swinging the bat and playing well behind the plate. He's made some throws that were absolutely outstanding."
Other award winners:
• Outfielder Joey Butler has been named the Rangers' Minor League Player of the Month for April. Butler batted .341 (30-for-88) with 16 runs, 13 walks, six doubles, three home runs and 12 RBIs over 25 games with Triple-A Round Rock.
• Class A Hickory pitcher C.J. Edwards is the Pitcher of the Month after going 1-1 with a 1.93 ERA and 29 strikeouts against seven walks in April. Opponents batted .176 off him.
• Frisco pitcher Randy Henry was the Reliever of the Month. He allowed just one unearned run over 18 1/3 innings and six relief appearances. The right-hander compiled 20 strikeouts against just one walk. Henry was acquired from the Orioles on Dec. 1, 2011, in a trade for catcher Taylor Teagarden.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Keep it simple and natural. These cork desk accessories let you stow everything from memos and pens to mags and notebooks so you can declutter your work space. Attach your favorite pics or mementos to the cork surface to add your personal touch.
- Magazine Caddy: 3.25" wide x 9.5" deep x 12.5" high
- Small Memo Cup: 4" square, 1.25" high
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Vegetarianism: A Shared Ideal for Humanity - Interview with Chief Rabbi David Rosen (In Hebrew) Part 1
Vegetarianism: A Shared Ideal for Humanity - Interview with Chief Rabbi David Rosen (In Hebrew)
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Rabbi Rosen(m): Vegetarianism is clearly the biblical ideal and therefore every person for whom the Bible is a sacred text, that should mean every Jew and Christian should be a vegetarian.
HOST: Today, on the first of a 2-part feature, we will explore the ancient wisdoms of the Jewish faith, and how the 30-century-old teachings are very much applicable to the issues and ways of living in our contemporary time - for Jews and humanity as a whole.
Narrator: Ever since the Torah was handed down to them, the Jewish people have been guided by sacred words… words that nourish an enduring faith, one that has survived intact despite unimaginable odds throughout history.
Narrator: Judaism teaches reverence for God, respect for life, the maintenance of personal health, and a code of conduct based on compassion and justice. It also provides specific directions on how to be responsible custodians of the world in which we live.
HOST: We are honored to invite the much respected Rabbi David Rosen for an interview in the Holy Land of Israel. Rabbi Rosen is the International Director of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee, Honorary President of the International Council of Christian and Jews, and former Chief Rabbi of Ireland. In 2010, Rabbi Rosen was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. He is also an advocate for the compassionate and plant-based lifestyle.
Rabbi Rosen(m): I was born in England, but I came here to Jerusalem after high school and I studied here. I have my rabbinic ordination from the ultraorthodox world, but I, even though I didn't come from that background, I didn't stay in that world. I met my wife here, though she also comes from England but we met here in Israel. And I was then rabbi in South Africa in Cape Town until 1979, from '73 to '79.
And then I was Chief Rabbi of Ireland from `79 to `85. We came back in 1985 to Jerusalem, so we've have been back in Jerusalem for more than 25 years. When I came back, being involved in interfaith realizations in Israel was obviously very important to me because it relates to the very fabric of Israeli society.
Any society's wellbeing and health depends upon the condition of its minorities, or the minorities within its society are a reflection of itself. So it's very important for me to be involved interfaith relations here.
HOST: Rabbi Rosen has traveled extensively throughout the world to share messages of interfaith and peace building. He has met His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on numerous occasions, and has spoken alongside religious and world leaders including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Rabbi Rosen(m): And then because of my profile as Chief Rabbi of Ireland, people knew of me, organizations knew of me, and started coming and asking me to represent them. And then as a result, I had a more of an international profile. And similarly, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs wanted my involvement in areas that related to interfaith relations, especially when contacts with the Vatican started.
And I was asked to be part of the team that negotiated, they agreed, an establishment of diplomatic relations. And eventually then, the American Jewish Committee, which is the oldest of the American Jewish advocacy agencies and has a global outreach, asked me to be in charge of its interfaith work. And in addition to being responsible for all its interfaith relations around the world, I'm also the advisor to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel on interfaith relations and therefore have responsibility for most of its interfaith work.
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Astros coaches discuss error with Paredes
PITTSBURGH -- Astros bench coach Eduardo Perez and first-base coach Dave Clark both had conversations with outfielder Jimmy Paredes on Saturday, a day after he crashed into teammate Jake Elmore and forced him to drop a ball that allowed the Pirates to score the winning run in the ninth inning.
Paredes, who was in right field, didn't see Elmore, the second baseman, waving his arms to signal he was prepared to catch the ball, at which point Paredes should have backed off. It was the second time in less than a week Paredes ran into a second baseman. He crashed into Jose Altuve on Monday in Detroit and partially dislocated Altuve's jaw.
"This is Major League Baseball and you can't have those kinds of fundamental mishaps in big league games," manager Bo Porter said. "It should not happen."
Perez said he was honest with Paredes. He told him the play in Detroit wasn't his fault because Altuve didn't hear him calling for the ball, but on Friday he should have peeled off as Elmore was raising his hands.
"He was a little confused on how he's going to look down and up at the same time," Perez said. "It's just him being a little bit raw out there, but he's got to learn from it. I tried to tell him to switch positions [Paredes used to play second base] and think about when you're a second baseman, what do you do? How do you call it? You call it by raising your hand, and you're expecting the right fielder to see you. Now you're a right fielder and you have to see him. If he's under the ball, he's getting it."
Veteran pitcher Edgar Gonzalez, who was on the mound at the time, spoke to Paredes in their native Spanish after the game and offered words of encouragement.
"He told me that happens in the game sometimes and he told me the most important thing is you and Elmore are fine," Paredes said. "There were no injuries. Nobody got hurt. In the game, that situation happens. That's what he was he was telling me. Just keep going."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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ATLANTA - Atlanta police say two people were shot near the Georgia Dome just before the Falcons' first regular season home game and are hospitalized in stable condition.
Department spokesman John Chafee says a man was shot in the leg and a woman was in the arm Sunday afternoon about three blocks south of the dome, where thousands gathered to watch the Falcons play the St. Louis Rams.
Chafee says that just before the incident, the victims argued with the shooter at a Subway restaurant. No arrests have been made.
Tailgaters gathered around the dome Sunday, but police say they're unsure whether the victims were headed to the game.
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According to the Center for Responsive Politics the 2012 election will be the most expensive in history with some $6 billion being raised and spent. The political sector is thriving and filled with opportunities for women not just as candidates but professionals. The Political Institute for Women trains women not just to run for office but to put their finance, marketing, communications, public relations and management skills to work in the political sector.
Join us on-line January 8, 2013 for Careers in Politics: Lobbyists. This 2 hour course curriculum includes an overview of types of lobbying, state & federal laws regulating lobbying, career opportunities available for lobbying professionals and guidance on securing a position as a lobbyist.
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For a great selection of action figures and collectibles, check out BigBadToyStore.com, DollsAmerica.com, ClarkToys.com, ToyWiz.com, BriansToys.com, Urban-Collector.com, VNCToys.com, PastGenerationToys.com, MonkeyDepot.com, RPMDiecast.com, HobbyLinkJapan.com, YesAnimation.com, and SuperheroToys.com.
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The creative offspring of three talented friends, BLAMO is poised to release its own unique brand of art toys this October. Based on the surreal visions of BLAMO artist Spencer, the denizens of Blamoville are being brought to life as a mixed collection of hand carved, hand painted wooden figures, as well as leather and brass "plush like" characters.
October 1st will see the launch of the all-new BLAMO website. Collectors can get a taste of things to come at www.blamotoys.com. To celebrate the launch, BLAMO will be releasing a total of 5 Blamoville characters, pictured here in all there dream-like glory. These include:
* 2 wooden figures: The poetic Nimbus (above) and cap gun-toting Billy the Rabbit
* 2 leather figures: Super cosmic Rice Baby and ever-consuming Munch
* BLAMO's very first resin figure - Harold and Ted. The first gray-scale edition of Harold and Ted, shown above, will be a BLAMO webstore exclusive and will be limited to only 20 of this colorway. 1 in 20 will be a super special, super secret, hand painted chase figure.
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ONTARIO — The Ontario TOPS (Take Off Weight Sensibly) weight-loss support group holds meetings on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, at G Street and Sultana Avenue.
The group is for those interested in losing weight in a healthy manner.
Information: Charlene Guest, 909-986-4132 or Darlene Blocker, 909-983-4682 or www.tops.org.


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Getting better every day, Heyward takes BP again
CINCINNATI -- Jason Heyward, who is still recovering from an emergency appendectomy, took batting practice on Tuesday.
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said that Heyward spent about 30 minutes swinging with B.J. Upton and Ramiro Pena. Heyward also took BP on Monday.
"He was really good today," Gonzalez said. "I'm glad he's getting better every day."
Heyward underwent an emergency appendectomy on April 22 and hasn't played since. Some players receive an appendectomy and miss a week or two; others are out a month or longer.
Gonzalez is in no hurry to rush Heyward back.
"For him just to miss a couple of weeks or a month is probably right in the realm of the right time," Gonzalez said. "I know there's been a couple of guys who have [missed] eight, nine, 10 days, but for the most part, it takes a lot [of time]. You don't know how it affects everybody."
Gonzalez would know. He had to have an emergency appendectomy when he was 5. He was taken to the doctor for what was believed to be a stomach ache and wound up having the appendectomy that day at Miami Children's Hospital.
"I spent 15 days in intensive care with needles [everywhere]," Gonzalez recalled. "They had me tied down to the bed, because when you're 5, you start pulling at stuff."
Gonzalez still has a scar from the operation.
The 23-year-old Heyward hit .269 with 27 homers and 21 steals last season. This year, he is hitting .121 with two home runs, five RBIs and one steal in 17 games.
Tony Meale is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A Loose Cannon Rises In 'Adventure Time: Candy Capers' #2 [Preview]
Peppermint Butler and Cinnamon Bun's detective adventure continues this week in Adventure Time: Candy Capers #2, by Yuko Ota, Ananth Panagariya and Ian McGinty. This time, though? Marceline the Vampire Queen and Treetrunks are on the case. With Finn and Jake missing, PB appoints the odd couple the new heroes of the Land of Ooo. Both heroines have proven themselves capable on other adventures, but when it comes to their dynamic as a duo, this comic answers a burning question in AT fandom. When teamed up... which one is the loose cannon?


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Switch (Base Set 95)
Switch (Japanese: ポケモンいれかえ Pokémon Substitution) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Base Set as a Trainer card.
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The Expedition Base Set and Theater Limited VS Pack prints include a Dot Code strip for use with the e-Reader, and have the card ID A-27-#. The short strip contains a brief card summary. There is no long strip for this card.
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This card was released in the Base Set, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack. Prototype Pokémon Leagues were given the Trainer Deck A and Trainer Deck B, which both included this card, before the Base Set's official release. These prints have a red border and "Trainer Deck A" or "Trainer Deck B" printed on the appropriate card back, like the rest of the cards in the decks. It was reprinted in the Bulbasaur Deck of the Japanese Intro Pack, the Base Set 2 reprint set, which was only released outside of Japan, and the Chikorita Side Deck of the Japanese Intro Pack Neo. In Japan, it was reprinted in the Pokémon VS expansion and in the unofficial English Tyranitar Half Deck for the 2001 Tropical Mega Battle with new artwork by the same artist. This print was one of the possible cards in the Japanese Pokémon-e Starter Deck and eventually had an official English release in the Expedition Base Set. It was reprinted in EX Ruby & Sapphire with new artwork by Hiromichi Sugiyama and subsequently reprinted in EX FireRed & LeafGreen, EX Delta Species, EX Dragon Frontiers and many Japanese Half Decks. It was reprinted again with new artwork by Ryo Ueda in the Diamond & Pearl, Secret Wonders and Stormfront expansions.
Switch was later reclassified in Japan as an Item card during the HeartGold & SoulSilver Series, though the English prints did not adopt this naming convention until the release of Black & White. The HeartGold & SoulSilver print featured new artwork by Hideaki Hakozaki. This card was released in the Black & White expansion as an Item card with new artwork by Ayaka Yoshida, first released in the Japanese Beginning Set. It was later reprinted in the Boundaries Crossed expansion in English, and in the Battle Strength Decks, Battle Theme Deck: Victini, the Reshiram-EX and Zekrom-EX Battle Strength Decks, the Battle Gift Set: Thundurus vs Tornadus, the National Beginning Set, the Keldeo Battle Strength Deck, the Black Kyurem-EX and White Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Decks, the Everyone's Exciting Battle collection, the Blastoise + Kyurem-EX Combo Deck, and the Mewtwo vs Genesect Deck Kit in Japanese.
Switch was reprinted during the XY Series in the English Kalos Starter Set, first released in the Japanese XY Beginning Set, with new artwork by 5ban Graphics. This artwork was later reprinted in the Japanese Xerneas and Yveltal Half Decks, as well as the M Charizard-EX Mega Battle Deck, Hyper Metal Chain Deck, Super Legend Set: Xerneas-EX & Yveltal-EX, and Emboar-EX vs Togekiss-EX Deck Kit. In English, it was reprinted in the XY Trainer Kit. An unnumbered XY-P Promotional print of this artwork was one of five Trainer cards available in conjunction with the Pokémon Card Game Deck Building Seminar event held as part of the Pokémon Center Pokémon Card Game School. This was present at participating Pokémon Centers in Japan from October 25 to November 16, 2014 and was open for elementary school-aged children. A 20-card set comprising two copies each of five Trainer cards plus 10 Energy cards could be purchased at Pokémon Centers during the event for ¥100. It was later reprinted as a Secret card in the Primal Clash expansion with new artwork by 5ban Graphics, first released in the Japanese Gaia Volcano expansion. The Kalos Starter Set print was reprinted again in the Roaring Skies expansion, previously released in the Japanese M Rayquaza-EX Mega Battle Deck, in the Japanese M Master Deck Build Box Power Style and M Master Deck Build Box Speed Style (both released August 7, 2015), the Japanese BREAK Starter Pack, and in the Zygarde-EX Perfect Battle Deck. Another unnumbered XY-P Promotional print was 1 of 9 cards available in special packs sent to official Event Organizers in Japan starting July 2016. This print features the Event Organizer logo in the bottom left corner of the illustration. It was reprinted as a retro card in the Evolutions expansion, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary subset, featuring the same artwork as the original print and an updated card template reminiscent of the Original Series layout.
Switch was reprinted again during the Sun & Moon Series as part of the Sun & Moon expansion, first released in the Japanese Collection Moon, as both a Regular card and a Full Art Secret card. Both prints feature artwork by Ryo Ueda. In Japan, the Regular print was also printed in the Sun & Moon Starter Set released on the same day, December 9, 2016. The Regular print received another Japanese reprint in the Tapu Bulu-GX Enhanced Starter Set. It was later released as part of both the Ash Half Deck and Team Rocket Half Deck in the Ash vs Team Rocket Deck Kit, distinguishable by a small Half Deck symbol printed in the bottom right of the card's text area. It was reprinted again in the English Shining Legends expansion and the Japanese Shining Legends subset. It was reprinted again as one of the Japanese SM-P Promotional cards. This print was 1 of 9 cards available in special packs sent to official Event Organizers in Japan starting August 2017 and features the Event Organizer logo in the bottom right corner of the illustration.
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- Rayquaza Constructed Starter Deck cards
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- Gift Box Emerald cards
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- Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Aura's Lucario cards
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- Everyone's Exciting Battle cards
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- Mewtwo vs Genesect Deck Kit cards
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- M Master Deck Build Box Power Style cards
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