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Dyer and Chopra begin by teaching you how to reduce the time between when you decide what you really, really, really, really want, and when it actually manifests. These two thinkers go on to contemplate the wisdom of the ages, the legacy of humanity's great poets, philosophers, and spiritual teachers.
Dyer and Chopra then discuss seven steps to help you get in touch with this mystical, cosmic consciousness. By experiencing each of these steps, you can achieve everything you've ever dreamed of.
©1998 Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra; © and (P)1998 Hay House, Inc.
"A waste of time and money"
This is a compliation of taped lectures given at various times. In several cases the portions of taped message is an exact repeat of what was said previously. Also, it does not follow any type of logical sequence and it seems as if it is a flow of consciousness approach to what Wanye Dyer feels the way the world should be instead of helping you create your world. Too much philosophical pinings and not much in the way of actual tools. I feel like I wasted my time and my money.
"inspirational but not instructional"
Nice tape but it was more inspirational then "how to". It was like saying: 'Boston is where you really need to be. Being in Boston will help you achieve what you want. Boston is a great place. How do you get to Boston? Drive. But Boston is really where you need to be. Boston is great........'
"Duplicate with different title"
There is absolutely no difference between this and the power of intention & how to get what you really really really really want. Why would wayne make me waste my money and time to listen to the same jokes and same lecture... It's like they took these 2 books and made this lecture. I don't mean similar, I mean the exact same thing.... aaaaaaaaaaargh!!!! This is really messed up. Not nice at all!!!!
"Inspiring and Entertaining"
First, skip the first 10 minutes - that's Dr. Dyer's very dry preamble. I almost didn't listen, but decided to keep going and give up my judgment.I'm so glad I did!The book is inspiring way beyond the 'think positive' and 'be positive' mantras, to the far-reaching implications we can have with our thoughts and behavior. The most subtle energies have the most power: the most destructive weapons are created from the smallest particles. The subtle energies we can affect have the most power to change the world and our own personal lives for the better. Both Dr. Dyer and Chopra relate personal anecdotes that reveal their own humanity, and entertain, such as when Dr. Dyer's daughter taunts him with , "Where's Mr. Positive now?" in retort to a family situation we all have dealt with.The rapport and love between the 2 authors in palpable, and there is not a pretentious bone in their bodies.I was sad when I finished listening and was ready for more. I'll give it another listen or look for more from these authors.remember - skip the first 10 mins. or just know the book gets 1000% better afterward. Don't miss this book.
"Same as every Dyer book"
Deepak Chopra is my favorite author - and what a waste when he's with Wayne Dyer! Is Chopra is doing Dyer a personal favor by co-authoring with him? Most of what Dyer has to say is to plug his own other works, tell us name-dropping stories about his life, and fawn over Chopra (who wouldn't?! but that's not what I bought the book for...)the actual "what to do and why" is all Chopra's - I'll just buy his sole authored ones from now on.
"Fantastic Listen"
These two are magical together. The calming peace of Chopra's voice, and the fun of Dyer's stories, it is very worthwhile. This is a program to raise your virbrations!
"not enough Chopra!"
This audio is promoted as a dialogue - It's not, though! Wayne Dwyer monopolises the content, is repetitive and self-promoting. And the prologue is long, boring, AND repeated in the content. When Deepak does get to speak, Wayne recaptures centre stage very quickly. In future I will only purchase the books the Deepak Chopra authors alone. He has a great deal more to offer.
This book has really irritated me, but I gave it 2 stars because some of the content is very thought provoking.
This audio book is filled with quotes and insights from many authors, poets, and historical figures. It is easy to listen to and has many tools that I was able start using right away. I believe that this is a must for anyone who is open to personal growth.
The highlight of this audio book is the audience fawning over the speakers. They seem to enjoy the reception and play to it. Very little substance and not worth the time.
"Great information."
I found the book entertaining as well as educational. I will recommend it to my friends.
"Dissappointed by the audio quality"
This is not an audion book but rather audio recording of various seminars/presentations of Dyer and Chopra. The overall audio quality is extremely poor, the background noise by listeners, applause etc. spoils the listening experience.
"Worth a listen"
If you want to hear 2 of the most influential thinkers and writers of our time speak on a topic they're passionate and knowledgeable about, this is a worthwhile listen. There are a lot of people writing about this topic; here you get all you need to know in order to improve your life.
I enjoyed listening to this book while I was traveling. Pass time while I was on flights and transit on airports. Good, light-hearted listen on subjects that I enjoy personally.
"very nice :)"
loved all those pointers, remonders, tips and suggestion. hope I will come back to then whenever feel not sury. I really enjoyed it
"a must for a constant bedside referrel."
this is a must for a constant bedside referrel when life seems out of control.
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Did anyone catch Shawne Williams doing the "Marbles" Dance (from the movie Major League II) after Tinsley's layup? And then he went up to Joe Crawford a few moments later, with Tinsley standing next to him and listening, and told Joey how good that play was? It almost matched his comment to David Harrison after SJax hit that three against Golden State ("we're going to be on SportsCenter").
hmm...Indiana wants to win....Detroit wants Indiana to win....
Somehow I think we'll both be disappointed.
It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
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this win felt so weird. i wanted to be happy, but i couldn't although i knew i was deep inside but i wasn't quite sure. is this really a good win? i wanted us to win, but i wanted us to lose to. huh? have the Pacers completely messed up my mind? i'd talk smack with u Kstat, but this simply isn't the Pacers team I'd die for. Your Pistons are going down on the second round though. BELIEVE THAT!
In the "Wells- effort" thread I said this even
Good MelMel finally got one to fall for him. If he could drop those shots more often he'd be an Indy favorite for sure. He gets free about as easily as Quis, he just doesn't TYPICALLY finish like Quis.That's what I mean about Tins dialed in. He's struggling to MAKE shots at times, especially in the 2nd halves of games. But he is getting good looks almost at will.
Right now I find myself HOPING for Mel Mel, enjoying Mel Mel, because it's the good version (if the shots were falling). I saw him do something he hasn't been doing recently, catch a pass at the arc, FAKE and then dribble in to a closer look.
Stuff like that and other plays look like MelMel in good form, trying to take over and make something out of just nothing. He's not playing out of control angry like bad MelMel, the one that gets baited into one-upmanship.
It was freaking beautiful to see it happen tonight, glad he put it in my face just after I'd decided that his problem was 4th quarters. Go figure.
Not to mention that he then made a monster defensive play at the other end to basically kill any chance the Spurs might have had to steal it back. Brilliant effort by Tins.
Of course it helps when Dun and Troy are hitting their jumpers. Scrap points don't pressure the defense even if they make your box look modestly okay.
I and several others said even after the ORL loss, it didn't look like they quit on us. The effort has been there, just not the results. Hard to figure the ORL loss followed by the SA win, but I'll take 1-1 out of the pair. Of course beating ORL would have helped their playoff situation more.
It would be nice if they could make a statement vs DET to go with the playoff run. Unfortunately I can't help but feel this might be another fleeting moment of success, not unlike the MIA game.
Consistant execution has been their downfall, especially since the trade.
Wasn't it nice to enjoy a win though, so much better than hoping for a draft pick. I don't care if wins like this keep them out of the draft, the wins are so much more fun.
I agree. Let's just hope for playoffs. Worst case scenario they blow it up this summer and we get a top 10 pick next year where we'll have a bigger selection of player to draft. Best case scenario, we get a decent PG, some shooters, and a chance to gel...and presto we got a good team again...yeah...I know.
BTW, credit given where due. I've been ripping on DA's shot selection. Tonight he was 0-1. It was a 3 of course, but at least he only took 1. And instead we got 6 assists from him. Very nice Army, that's a lot more helpful.
2 seasons? In my mind, everyone better strap in, because we're taking a relatively longterm pluge and the forseeable future may very well look like the 1980's. Depending on a lot of factors, it might take 3-4 years for the Pacers to contend again.
Proudly supporting the Indiana Pacers since 1992.
Currently on the Darrell Armstrong, Mike Dunleavy, Jr., and Marquis Daniels bandwagons.
My bad...I thought they said on TNT at the end of last night's Suns/Mavs broadcast (not even ESPN)...but espn.com still says NBATV so I'm not sure. But they did it last week, no?
This was a great win. When I just sit around and think about things, I'm always thinking it would be great to have Mike Conley or Acie Law or Corey Brewer on this team. Then I start watching the guys play and all I want is for them to win. Tonight was great.
Congrats to Tinsley. I don't like the guy, but he played maybe the best 10 seconds of his life at the end of the game. I couldn't believe he was actually able to make me forgive the atrocious shot he took on the Pacers second to last possession. Ike set a killer pick on the game winner.
Ike played a great game. His passing looked better than it has and his effort was spectacular.
Murph and Dun made shots. Tins and DA passed. Granger did a bit of everything and did it well.
I don't want to be the "this wouldn't have happened if..." guy, but I'm wondering if having 5 capable offensive players on the floor at all times didn't help the Pacers as much as anything. I like Foster, but I'm sure 4 on 5 gets a bit tough everytime down the court.
"A man with no belly has no appetite for life."
- Salman Rushdie
He is a young, intelligent, confident player who works hard, so I have no doubt he will learn how to pass out of the double team. It's not like Jermaine came to the Pacers as a fully polished player .
I like that Ike gives us a post presence without being the focal point. We have him there when it's a good match-up, but we don't start and end 90% of our plays with him, like Carlisle seems to feel obligated to do with JO. (I like JO's game. He's a good player. This is not criticism of JO.)
Did anyone notice Tim "Mr. Fundamental" Duncan's post-game comments:
"They were allowed to be very physical tonight and they were able to get away with stuff and they used it to their advantage."
Let's see...Spurs went to the line 33 times versus the Pacers 22. Who got away with stuff? Seems to me the Spurs had the advantage from the line. They just didn't captialize. C'mon, Timmy-Boy. Home court may have had its advantage, but just accept that you got out-played and leave it at that.
This has been one of my primary complaints for most of the season concerning Foster's play. He comes out to set the pick or the screen, gets the ball but looks immediately to pass it to somebody else. It's like he's scared to take the shot or drive hard to the basket. I've only seen him take the wide opened shot twice this year and it happened to be the last game against the Magic. There was a game not long before that one where he finally drove hard to the basket on a power move that surprised even me! I can't tell you the number of times I've screamed at my TV, "Take the freakin' shot, Jeff!", or "Put the damned ball on the floor w/a power move to the basket, Foster!" The lane would be wide opened. Nobody would be covering Foster at all, and yet he'd never do anything other than pass the ball off. If he'd only show he has some form of a game, maybe the Pacers wouldn't seemingly be playing 4-5 so often w/him on the floor.
Love the guy, but my goodness!
(Sidenote: I've looked for highlights from that game on SportsCenter/ESPNews all evening and well into this morning prior to coming to work and found none...zero! I admit I wasn't able to sit and watch all of SportsCenter on either occassion, but I would purposely try to sit through a segment I watched during a previous sitting on into the next to where I'm fairly confident I've viewed at least 90% of the show from yesterday. Point here is, unless I've just missed the Pacers' 15 second of fame, they got no respect again last night even when the win came against the likes of the Spurs no less.)
Anybody else notice the little exchange between Tinsley and Parker in the 2nd half?:
Everybody sees Carlisle call the time out to either stop a run or try to keep us close (I don't remember which), so both teams slow down and start walking to their benches.
Tinsley, like he usually does, accelerates like he's going to the rim. Parker thinks he still has to play defense, and he gets in front of him.
JT just runs right over him. Knocks him on his ***. Then he just tosses the ball to the ref, not even looking Parker's way (forget about helping him up). Parker gets up and you can see him looking back at JT like, "What the **** did he just do to me? I'm Tony Parker!"
Tinsley's attitude hasn't done us a lot of good for the most part, but the next time he backs down from another player will be the first. Something minor, but the team seemed to be unimpressed with the mighty Spurs.
Does no one else remember the game against the Heat post brawl? I swear he hit a game winner in that game over Wade.
One of the things I really liked about Tinsley's game winner was where Ike was.
He set the pick up high, and it was a really good pick.
Then, at the end of the play, when the camera was focusing on Tinsley and his layup going in, you could see Ike enter the picture in the lane with nobody between him and the basket.
I have no doubt that if Tinsley's layup had come off of the front of the rim, Ike would have slammed it home for the win.
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All that fiber optic gear / still cannot take away the fear / like an island song
- Jimmy Buffett
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
I definitely remember that game now. Thanks for reminding indy0731. Tinsley won that game for us with his fourth quarter. And even if that shot sent us into overtime, it was the same type of situation; a clutch shot. That was the one where he drove into the lane, stopped, froze his man, and sort of jumped backwards on a small teardrop. So, even if it wasn't a game-winner, it was still as clutch as yesterday's shot.
I know I'm late, but WooHoo! I was at a buddy's house watching it, and this girl that I had just met called me as soon as Tinsley hit the layup. LOL all she heard as soon as I picked up was OOOHHH!! **** Yeah!!! she's was just like ummm hello? LOL
I'll admit that when I heard JO was inactive I figured we would get blown out, but with my Pacer Pride, I had to watch, and man was it awesome too get that win! I think the team and us fans collectively exhaled at that victory!
Hope we can keep it up! Bring on the Pistons!
One of the biggest things you guys overlook about Jamaal is not only the fact that he has hit a LOT of clutch shots but that he has made a ton of clutch defensive plays. Last night he made a huge one.


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The Lakers have Ron Artest, they had Troy Murphy and McBob last year. They looked into signing Brandon Rush this Summer. Before the Dwight Howard trade was changed the Rumor was they were getting Harrington from Denver. So, I guess Danny Granger is preparing for the worst because he just bought a house in LA.
Screenwriter Kevin Williamson has sold his house in the Hollywood Hills to Indiana Pacer Danny Granger for $3.715 million. The chic contemporary, built in 1990, features walls of glass, city views and 15-foot-tall ceilings, which may have appealed to the 6-foot-8 small forward. Designed for entertaining, the house has three expansive terraces, a pool area bar and a swimming pool. There is a gym with a sauna, a home theater, four bedrooms, 51/2 bathrooms and 5,140 square feet of living space. Los Angeles Times
For those who don't know Danny trains in LA during the off season. I don't know what his plans are for his Bat Cave. I think he plans to live there when he retires.
August 10, 2012HUGHES NEWS AND VIEWS: Oden's fight through adversity includes stop in Terre Haute
David HughesThe Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE — Multiple knee surgeries have prevented Greg Oden from playing center in an NBA regular-season game since Dec. 5, 2009.
But they haven't kept the former Terre Haute resident from returning to help the Terre Haute Boys & Girls Club raise money for its various programs each of the past six years.
Back Thursday evening to attend the annual outdoor dinner to promote the "Travis Smith Memorial Golf Classic Hosted By Greg Oden," a private event which will take place today at the Country Club of Terre Haute, Oden told me that he hopes to resume his NBA career someday.
The big question is when.
An unrestricted free agent, the 7-foot Oden disputed Internet reports that he wants to play for the reigning NBA champion Miami Heat and that he intends to play next season.
These rumors were fueled by a si.com report that quoted his agent, Mike Conley Sr., saying Oden "has talked about Miami." Oden's denial doesn't mean he is ruling out a return in 2012-13, but he stressed that it's unlikely.
"I would love to play [in 2012-13], but I'm not going to rush anything," he said Thursday. "I need to take a year off. What I told Mike was 'Look, I want to get back with a team. I want to play. If there's a chance that later on in the [NBA] year, if I feel good or if I'm healthy enough to play, I would love to play this year.' That's the conversation we had. I think some people kinda blew that up and took his words and kinda changed them around. I know I need to get healthy first before I do anything."
I admit, my preference would be for Oden to sign with the Indiana Pacers. But that's just so I could see him play in person more often.
In reality, he doesn't care which NBA team he joins.
"It's not like teams are out there telling people they want me, because they're not right now," Oden explained. "And I'm not out there telling people I want to go to a certain team. I want to go to a place where I can get healthy and with somebody who can believe in me and my skills — somewhere it could be a good fit for the both of us."
Getting healthy, that is the key.
A few months ago in New York, Oden underwent stem-cell procedures on both knees with the hope of speeding up that process.
Still, Oden realizes the possibility exists that he may never continue his NBA career, which so far has consisted of only 82 games (61 in 2008-09 and 21 in 2009-10).
"If it happens, it happens," he said. "I've got to move on with my life. I know I want to play basketball. If I physically can't play basketball, then I've got to move on … I've still got to wake up tomorrow. I've still got to live. One day, I'm going to want a family and I've got to provide for them. So if basketball doesn't work out, you gotta keep it moving."
Living in Columbus, Ohio, and working toward a degree in sports and leisure at Ohio State University, Oden completed a summer course in economics this week.
Asked what he'd like his next job to be after he retires from pro basketball — whenever that may be — Oden smiled before giving his answer.
"I actually want to be a [high school or middle school] gym teacher," he said. "I feel like they have the best job ever. You think about it, they get their weekends off and they get to wear sweats every day to work."
On a more serious note, Oden admitted that details in a story written for grantland.com by former Ohio State teammate Mark Titus — who plans to play in the Smith Memorial Classic today — were all true.
Among the quotes in that story attributed to Oden: "When I played well, I'd drink to celebrate. And when I played poorly, I'd drink to forget. That second year in Portland [with the Trail Blazers], I pretty much became an alcoholic."
On Thursday, Oden insisted that he never experienced a moment of truth which led him to reduce his alcohol consumption.
"I knew I abused it more than I should have," he told me. "It happened. I'm not going to sit here and try to hide it. People around me knew it happened."
That part of Oden's life did not last long, however.
"The people around me, they kinda recognized it," recalled the 2007 NBA No. 1 overall draft pick and former Lawrence North High School and Ohio State standout. "At that young age, I was still in party mode."
Now 24, Oden still enjoys going out with friends on occasion, but he prefers to keep his partying in moderation.
"Right now, I'm grown up and I know what I want to do," he continued, referring to his emotional state of mind more than his height. "I want to play basketball. If you play basketball, you can't drink all the time. You really can't. It affects your body and it's just not a good look."
Looking ahead to today, Oden anticipates playing nine holes of golf in honor of his longtime friend Travis Smith, a former Terre Haute South High School athlete and Ball State golfer who died in an auto accident in Muncie in January 2007.
The golf fundraiser is organized by Smith's father — Terre Haute Boys & Girls Club executive director Jimmy Smith.
"Every year. Jimmy doesn't even have to ask me to come here," Oden emphasized. "Like, literally, this is something that I want to do, that I love doing. There's great people here. This golf outing is always fun. I really enjoy it. As long as my name is relevant, I will definitely be here."
Jimmy Smith said 59 teams entered this year's event and there are 44 hole sponsors. He also mentioned that the Boys & Girls Club staff hopes to open its new site at the former Chauncey Rose Middle School on Sept. 4 while still using the North Third Street building for its basketball leagues.
He might feel healthy enough to play later this season. I would like to see the Pacers give him a shot as Roy's backup. If he could play, we could then go to twin towers next year when/if David West departs.
Recent Twitters
Roy Hibbert: Had the hardest MMA/Crossfit workout I have ever done. It wasn't pretty. I want people 2know its not easy. Have 2put my body thru hell. 2 days ago
Roy Hibbert: I'm gonna post a link to the video later on today. 2 days ago
Roy Hibbert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?…. Did 30mins of mma. Then 3 rounds of this Crossfit conditioning circuit. This is the last set. Enjoy my pain. Not easy! 2 days ago
Read more: http://hoopshype.com/twitter/tag/ind...#ixzz23b6LMEvK
Roy Hibbert: Whose trying out for Area55 this year? This year has to be bigger than ever. I need everyone to try out and bring their "A" game. yesterday
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SAN DIEGO -- Chances are that Padres leadoff hitter Everth Cabrera isn't going to finish among the top five in the National League in doubles this season, but after 13 games, he's tied for fourth with six doubles.
"It's great, he's using the whole field," said Padres manager Bud Black. "We're seeing a nice job out of that leadoff spot. Cabby's doing a good job of taking pitches, fouling balls off and letting the other guys see a high number of pitches."
Cabrera, who was a late scratch Tuesday with right knee soreness, has a .340 average and a team-high 18 hits. He's hitting .333 from the right side and .341 in 44 at-bats from the left side with four of his six doubles.
Last season, Cabrera had 15 doubles in 381 at-bats. So far, he has six in 53 at-bats.
"With Cabby, we're still working on shortening his stroke. He and [hitting coach Phil Plantier] are talking about his ability to turn on the ball, turn on the fastball and get it into right-center. You can't complain about the batting average right now," Black said.
Cabrera also leads the team with 17 strikeouts.
"We need to get him to cut down on that strikeout total," Black said. "He's expanded the zone a little bit, which has led to the strikeouts."
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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It was a story of two players. One was probably making his last start in a Sabres uniform. Another was trying to make a miracle comeback from a crippling disease and make a notch for himself in the NHL. Rob Ray could possibly have played his last game in Buffalo as a Sabre. Sebastien Charpentier stood on his head to thwart the Buffalo Sabres as the Washington Capitals beat the Sabres 3-1 Friday night in HSBC Arena.
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As many of you came aboard our I'm Mad for Maisie Maisie Dobbs Read Along last winter, I wanted to make sure to let you know that this year, the month of March, in celebration of the newest book in the series which is set to be published on March 27th, has been declared Maisie Month! Join in the celebration of this beloved historical mystery series by tuning in to weekly #Maisie Twitter chats featuring fans of the series and Jacqueline Winspear herself or participating in a read along of the entire series.
Follow the #Maisie hashtag to participate in any of the following chats, featuring these special guests.
Thursday, March 8th, 1 pm ET
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Friday, March 16th, 3 pm ET
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Week of March 5th: The first six books in the Maisie Dobbs series
Week of March 12th: The Mapping of Love and Death
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The full blog tour and schedule can be found at TLC Book Tours.
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Some of the features include:
- The ability to add your category or area of expertise. I'm not sure I'm a big fan of the "ranking" they give to speakers who happen to be the "first" in a category. Just because someone managed to get their profile on SpeakerWiki early doesn't necessarily make them a good speaker. Realize I am saying this as someone who is ranked 1st in the genealogy and family history categories.
- You can add your social media hooks and your book listings as well as videos. Also, you build "karma" the more items you add and the more reviews you post of other speakers.
- Also you can list your prices – again this is an area that I'm not certain I like. In the FAQ section of SpeakerWiki, they state that those profiles listing a price or price range get 57% more inquiries than those that don't. "Genealogy speaker fees" is a topic, like web traffic on our genealogy blogs, that is not openly discussed. I threw my rates up there just to see a) if I did get more inquiries and b) to see if others in the genealogy field would follow suit.
- You can create a "lanyard" or badge to place in your blog or website to advertise your speaking reviews – this is a nice touch.
- Finally, the best part to me is the ability to write reviews and leave feedback. This isn't just a schmooze fest – it really is a way to build credibility as a speaker. I intend to leave feedback for those genealogy speakers with whom I've worked and whose lectures I've attended.
So far there are several genealogy and family history speakers on SpeakerWiki and I'm hoping to see more. SpeakerWiki also would be a convenient way for genealogical societies to look for speakers in their vicinity and inquire about their availability. In addition, those speakers who don't want to maintain a website to market their presentations can use SpeakerWiki as a convenient platform for marketing.
Some improvements I'd like to see at SpeakerWiki:
- The ability to add presentation listings or outlines of presentations. This way prospective clients who want to hire you could see the types of presentations you typically deliver. In addition, a way to list past speaking engagements and upcoming talks.
- Removal of the "I got here first" ranking. I don't think it really means much except to serve as bragging rights. If anything, ranking should be based on the quality of reviews (and not quantity).
- The ability to build a "resume" which can then be printed out in PDF format. Very often, especially with genealogical societies, we are dealing with a board that must approve an expenditure for speakers. It would be convenient to have a CV in print of a person's speaking experience and reviews.
Take a closer look at SpeakerWiki, especially if you are a genealogy and family history speaker.
©2011, copyright Thomas MacEntee


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LOUISIANA RESIDENT Mike Dever spent much of his childhood in the 1970s exploring Sam Houston Jones State Park on the banks of the Calcasieu River in the western part of the state, and his two sons in more recent years often walked and rode bicycles there.
Then, in September 2005, the park's 1,087 acres of mixed pine and hardwood forest were drastically changed when Hurricane Rita roared through.
"Trees used to be so thick that you couldn't see very far," says Dever, an environmental consultant in Lake Charles. "But the storm blew over so much of the old growth that you could see hundreds of yards, clear to the other side of the river, where you couldn't before."
Last fall, Dever volunteered to work for the Coastal Louisiana Habitat Restoration Initiative, an NWF program designed to restore ecosystems damaged by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. The state park was one of the sites where he worked, removing invasive Chinese tallow trees, which had proliferated in the newly opened areas.
Dever pulled smaller seedlings mostly by hand, using an axe as necessary. Other volunteers cut larger tallows with chain saws. "The smaller seedlings had come up by the hundreds," he says. "I could pull up two or three at a time."
When Katrina and Rita struck Louisiana in summer 2005, they washed away some 217 square miles of coastal Louisiana, according to U.S. Geological Survey data. Katrina alone killed or damaged an estimated 320 million trees across an area the size of Maine, stretching from eastern Louisiana to the Florida panhandle.
"Louisiana's coastal habitat and wildlife still have not recovered from the onslaught of the two hurricanes," says Susan Kaderka, regional executive director for NWF's Gulf States Natural Resource Center. "High water and winds from the storms pushed animals out of their habitat and destroyed many nesting sites. Tidal surges swept over coastal islands and brought saltwater into freshwater marshes. Wildlife food sources were destroyed."
Hurricanes are nothing new on the Gulf Coast, but decades of human alterations to Louisiana ecosystems affected the ability of plants and wildlife to withstand the two storms. Levees along the Mississippi and industrial canals that cut across much of southern Louisiana had shrunk the coastal marshes that might have kept storm surges from rushing inland. Fast-growing nonnative plant species—such as Chinese tallow trees and cogon, a Japanese grass, brought into the area by human activity—are crowding out native species in areas where the storms knocked down woodlands.
"Had we not changed the dynamic nature of this system, there would not have been such dramatic scenes of devastation," says Denise Reed, a coastal geomorphologist and professor at the University of New Orleans. "In their natural state, these are hardy, resilient systems that have been around a long time."
Because development has crippled nature's ability to recover from storms like Rita and Katrina, people have stepped in to help repair the damage.
NWF launched the coastal restoration initiative in summer 2007, funded with a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and with additional money from Shell Oil. This project seeks during its first year to revegetate 500 acres of marsh lands, clear invasive species from 6,000 acres of wetlands and remove 10 tons of trash and debris.
One of the initiative's goals is to sign up 2,500 volunteers for a total of 65,000 hours of work, NWF project manager Rebecca Triche says. As of this writing, more than 1,100 participants have come from all over the nation. Some help without even visiting Louisiana. A group in Illinois built some 300 wood duck boxes for shipment south—a major contribution toward the project goal of 350 to 400 installed boxes that are vital, Triche says, because the hurricanes knocked down many of the dead trees the ducks use for nesting. Volunteers also have planted 14,000 plugs of cordgrass, 15,000 native longleaf pines and 25,300 bottomland hardwood trees, and the NWF team that runs the project won the 2007 Coastal Stewardship Award from the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana.
The project also addresses the lack of native seeds and plants needed for future restoration projects, such as grasses in the coastal prairie. Native plants ensure ecosystem and genetic integrity, but seeds and plants native to this diverse habitat usually are not commercially available, says Scott Edwards, coordinator of Acadiana Resource Conservation and Development Council in Louisiana. Through NWF's initiative, volunteers have collected nearly 50 pounds of seeds on Louisiana's 1,000 acres of grassland—isolated remnants squeezed between highways and railroad rights-of-way. Heather Doney—a resident of Slidell, near New Orleans, whose home was under 5 feet of water after Katrina—volunteered for the restoration project after learning about it online.
"Collecting seeds was very beautiful," she says. "I didn't even know Louisiana had prairie like that."
Organizers hope the initiative's volunteer program can be used as a model for restoring other damaged ecosystems.
"I think we are learning lessons that can be put to use in the future," Triche says. "We've highlighted the interest of people in doing this kind of work, being out in nature and doing something productive and meaningful."
Doney, who also helped to remove debris and invasive plants and to install wood duck nesting boxes, found that working on the project helped her cope with the effects of the hurricane.
"I live next door to someone who hasn't done anything to their house, hasn't been here since the storm. I have no control over what my neighbor is doing, but at least I can go clean up elsewhere."
Dever, too, found personal satisfaction in his commitment to the restoration initiative.
"I could definitely tell a difference after doing the work at Sam Houston park," Dever says. "I had a real sense of accomplishment. There is still a lot of work to be done, but you can tell the park is coming back."
Triche hopes the project not only demonstrates the value of using volunteers but also complements larger trends in ecotourism and service projects.
"It is great to see people test themselves and learn something new," Triche says. "We've had city people who have never even camped. They comment on how quiet it is, or they see wildlife for the first time. That's a really powerful experience. This project provided that opportunity to enjoy nature. They've made a strong connection."
Making that connection may be one of the project's most important developments, says Kaderka. "These people have turned an interest in nature into a partnership with nature. Once you've forged that link, you never really lose it. It becomes a promise to future generations that we will not let nature languish without our help."
Melissa Gaskill is a Texas writer.
When Hurricane Katrina smashed into the Gulf Coast with all the fury of a woman scorned, blasting 300 miles of shoreline from Pensacola, Florida, to Terrebonne, Louisiana, and reaching some 200 miles inland, she knocked down or badly damaged 320 million large trees across an area the size of Maine, according to data collected by Tulane University biologist Jeffrey Q. Chambers and his colleagues. As those dead and dying trees decay, they will release yearly into the atmosphere about 5 million tons of carbon dioxide, one of the principal greenhouse gases, and contribute—perhaps—to the cycle of global warming.
Trees absorb carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and release it during respiration and after they die and decompose. In the United States, trees absorb an estimated 100 million tons of the gas each year—about the same amount that will be released during the next two decades by the trees Katrina killed or damaged. The amount released by the dead trees, Chambers says, may not be enough to affect global warming today. However, he adds, if hurricanes become more frequent and more severe in a warmer world, as climate scientists have predicted, then damage like that caused by Katrina could "start pushing ecosystems toward the respiration side" of the carbon dioxide equation. This process would lead to a net gain in the greenhouse gas and thus contribute to global warming, which in turn would generate more severe storms. The potential for this self-perpetuating cycle is speculative at the moment, however: "We don't really know where we're going," Chambers says.
Exacerbating the problem is that no one can predict what will happen to the downed forests. Two hundred years ago, Chamber says, the trees would have regrown into carbon dioxide-absorbing forests, but today nonnative invasive species, such as Chinese tallow trees, move into disturbed areas and "expand drastically." How the alien species will affect forest recovery remains unknown. Moreover, if hurricanes do become more frequent and severe, the tremendous damage done by Katrina—the downed forests cover an area of some 5 million acres—could be repeated often enough to prevent the establishment of mature forests, creating a perpetual source of carbon dioxide.
At present, Chambers and his colleagues are just beginning to study the possible link between powerful hurricanes and a potential increase in carbon dioxide from downed trees. Meanwhile, about the only measure that can be taken to try to restore natural plant growth in the hard-hit region is the removal of invasive plants, he says. — Roger Di Silvestro
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Semyon Bychkov is most likely the only former professional volleyball player to expertly wave a baton in front of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
When Semyon Bychkov takes the stage for the first of three concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra on Oct. 10, he will likely be the only former professional volleyball player to have waved the baton for the Fabulous Philadelphians.
Bychkov, who played with Leningrad Dynamo for eight years in the late 1960s and early '70s, still employs what he learned from that time on a regular basis. "It was an extremely valuable experience for me, especially because of the way volleyball helped to form character," he said. "It is a team sport that requires working together, which is what one does when working with an orchestra."
The 61-year-old native of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) says that the physicality of his sporting career has proven to be a boon for his stamina as a conductor. "What sport trains you to do is to pace yourself. You have to train yourself, to make sure you have a sufficient amount to finish. It is the same with conducting: If you have to conduct Tristan and Isolde without any preparation, you will be pretty much wiped out after the first act."
During a Skype interview from his home in Paris, Bychkov readily acknowledged that having concurrent sports and music career tracks in the Soviet Union was unusual, especially for a Jewish person. Admitted to the Leningrad Conservatory to study conducting with the legendary Ilya Musin at the unheard-of age of 17, Bychkov said that although he never was subjected to anti-Semitism at the conservatory, he vividly recalled what befell two fellow Jewish students who decided to go to a synagogue on Rosh Hashanah. They were expelled the next day, despite one of them being the daughter of the composer and Leningrad native Andrey Petrov.
The anti-Semitic policies of the Soviet regime hit home as well. His father was fired from his job as a scientist because of his religion, and he still sounds a little incredulous when recalling:"There were people who wanted to give my father a position in one of the scientific institutions — his qualifications were appreciated and needed — but they couldn't do so because the Jewish quota had been filled."
Even though he had been spared the persecution suffered by his father, Bychkov immigrated by himself to the United States in 1975 at the age of 23. The climate of anti-Semitism played a role in his departure, he said, but also "I had to be free to make my own decisions, to express myself — I didn't believe in the dogma of the communist regime."
After landing in New York City with no contacts except the phone number of an elderly woman who turned out to be the daughter of Rachmaninoff's teacher, Bychkov embarked on a career that saw him lead orchestras in New York and Michigan before taking the reins of European companies like Orchestre de Paris, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and Semperoper Dresden.
When he takes the stage at Verizon Hall, it will be as a free agent, having relinquished the last of his permanent posts in 2010 in order to devote his time to guest conducting. The ability to go from city to city and style to style seems to stoke his creative juices. "I enjoy seeing old friends who know what I am after," he explained, adding that he enjoyed coming into new situations to work through favorite pieces. "I just have to find the harmony so that the interpretation isn't just mine or just theirs."
His three performances on Oct. 10-12 with the Philadelphia Orchestra will have a distinctly Russian flavor: He will be conducting Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 ("The Year 1905"). This later work of Shostakovich was directly influenced by both the 1905 Russian Revolution — a time of mass political and social unrest that reached across the Russian empire and which engendered the creation of the Duma and the Russian Constitution of 1906 — and the composer's own difficulties with Soviet leadership because he didn't adhere to the party line.
For Bychkov, the similarities between the lives of Shostakovich and his own father create a quandary. "If I say that because I have lived in the Soviet Union and I have lived the life of Shostakovich, and I have lived the life of my father, it gives me an insight into the music of Shostakovich. But if I say that, it invites the understanding that if you haven't lived that, then you can't really connect to his music. And that is really not true — one does not need to be a Russian in order to interpret Russian music." He does allow that his Russian heritage gives him an innate understanding of the music's dialect and of how Shostakovich expresses the human condition through his music.
Conducting Shostakovich may seem like a natural choice for Bychkov, but that was not the case for a long time. "When I left the Soviet Union, I left as a very angry person," he recalled. "Everything about that lifestyle to which we were subjected, I rejected completely when I emigrated, and there was a period of about three or four years where I couldn't listen to the music of Shostakovich because everything about it reminded me of what I rejected."
Eventually, he said, time, distance and perspective allowed him to once again enjoy listening to and performing the composer's oeuvre. "The music remains the same; it is our connection to the music that changes as we evolve."
Philadelphia Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 ("The Year 1905")
Oct. 10-12
Verizon Hall
300 S. Broad St., Philadelphia
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Topic: Recently diagnosed, our journey so far.
I'm new to this site, I'd thought I'd submit a post of our recent dealings with CC.
My mom has recently been diagnosed with CC. It started in August 2012 with an ultrasound scan for a completely different reason. Whilst she was having the ultrasound they spotted a mark on her liver. She was then sent for a CT scan and blood tests.
In September my mom had an appointment with the doctor at our local hospital who confirmed that they believed my mom to have liver cancer, due to the mass on her liver and the elevated blood levels. However to be sure they wanted to carry out a biopsy.
This was carried out that week with the test results confirming their thoughts that mom had CC. This obviously came as such a huge blow to the family as Mom was not symptomatic at all, which I have since learned is quite common with CC.
The next day that we found out coincidentally Mom was showing signs of Jaundice, I arranged for her to have another Ultrasound to see if she had a blocked bile duct, which she did.
Since then Mom has been treated at the QE hospital in Birmingham, UK. She was admitted at the end of October to have a stent to open the bile duct. She recovered really well from that and was discharged relatively quickly.
After another appointment at the QE we were told that Mom's mass is circa 9cm and invading her portal vein. Because of this they have said that her CC is in-operable and her treatment route would be chemo. At this point mom was completely un-aware that she was in-curable. I'm sure you can imagine how this was, the Dr though broke the news so blase, and just said 'sorry about that'!! Mom has asked not to know about prognosis. I dont think knowing any statistics would do her any good. She barely asks questions of the dr because I think she is too scared to know the answers.
They decided that mom's treatment plan would be 8 rounds of Gemcitabine and Cisplatine, once a week for 2 weeks then a week off. Her chemo treatment didnt begin until early November, by which point I think my mom had thought they'd given up on her, seeing as it was nearly two months since it all began and she hadnt been given anything by means of treatment.
Mom has now finished this regime and has coped amazingly, she has not had any nausea, sickness or any major side affects. The only complaints she has had have been ringing in her ears so the Dr reduced her Cisplatin and a bad taste in her mouth. She has not been in any pain or even been taking painkillers, still symptomless. She had another CT scan half way through her regime and the results were fairly promising, the Drs were pleased, and said that overall the mass had stayed the same and they confirmed it had not spread anywhere else.
However, ever since Mom has finished her chemo (which was probably about 3 weeks ago now) she hasnt been very well. She developed the shivers and a high tempertaure so we took her to hospital where she was given antibiotics. Around this time she was so fatigiued that she didnt have the energy to do very much at all. I have been wondering if this is normal once treatment stops? She has been so tired these last couple of weeks, is that finishing treatment along with contracting an infection that has wiped her out?
When recovering she also tried picking up her small (but heavy) dog to put her on the bed and she's not sure if she's pulled her side as since then she's had a pain in the location where she had her stent. Is it possible to dislodge a stent from something like that? She has been back to our local GP who said her vitals are ok. She's worrying herself sick though, she's a natural worrier anyway but seeing her like this worries me. She has decribed the pain as a kind of scratching. I'm unsure if it's the stent or the cancer.
Has anyone else had anything like this?
Mom's due another CT scan in a few weeks. To be honest I think we're all dreading it. I'm getting married in a few months time and all I want is for Mom to there and well and to enjoy the day with us all.
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I watched the Presidential debate and as the clich? goes, Obama "got his clock cleaned."
Romney appeared as the candidate who was in command of the issues and he offered specific steps to stop the precipitous slide. He clearly said the economy was slowing this year, worse than last year and worse than 2010. More evidence that when you are in a hole, stop digging.
Romney said when he was Governor of Massachusetts he had to work with 87 percent Democratic legislators. He met with leaders of both parties every Monday. While he said he would not change his basic principles but he would find common ground to accomplish the will of the people.
Romney did show he understands the middle-class and even Vice-President Joe Biden said the middle-class has been hammered in the last four years. The President has submitted a budget to the Senate which Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has kept in his desk and not presented to Congress to review and work on. Perhaps there were items in this budget that even Senator Reid knew were losers.
The President has no business experience and it showed. I can imagine when Romney was in business, he would come to meetings well-prepared.
I also liked Romney's assessment of programs that if they didn't pass muster, he would scrap them. Romney showed he would clearly be in full-command. It was interesting to note that this morning in Denver, President Obama delivered a stirring speech. Perhaps the President took Bill Maher's advice when Maher on Twitter said Obama should have used the teleprompter. If the President can't think without help that is sad and we pay the price.
I believe Romney will also shine on the foreign policy debate. All Romney has to do is remind voters that Obama whispered a message to Putin that he, Obama, would be more flexible when he is re-elected.
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Let me start by saying that I don't have bad form and am not looking for a major form overhaul. One flaw that has been pointed out to me is that I do not extend my left arm in the opposite direction of my right arm when I am in full pullback. This probably doesn't fully open my shoulders. What are the results of not extending the left arm in the pullback? What will happen if I do begin extending it out?
For references, there's a video of me throwing an airshot and another of me throwing a roller if you click here. My left arm leaves my body a little bit, but nowhere near as much as most of the people who have technique videos on this site. However, some people (Cameron Todd, Avery Jenkins) have very similar left arm motion to me.
So, should I start incorporating more extension in to my throw? What will be the benefits? And what side effects will show up?


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Both pregnancy and breastfeeding cause changes in, and place extra demands on, women's bodies. Some of these may affect their bones. The good news is that most women do not experience bone problems during pregnancy and breastfeeding. And if their bones are affected during these times, the problem often is corrected easily. Nevertheless, taking care of one's bone health is especially important during pregnancy and breastfeeding, for the good health of both the mother and her baby.
During pregnancy, the baby growing in its mother's womb needs plenty of calcium to develop its skeleton. This need is especially great during the last 3 months of pregnancy. If the mother doesn't get enough calcium, her baby will draw what it needs from the mother's bones. So, it is disconcerting that most women of childbearing years are not in the habit of getting enough calcium. Fortunately, pregnancy appears to help protect most women's calcium reserves in several ways:
Some studies suggest that pregnancy may be good for bone health overall. Some evidence suggests that the more times a woman has been pregnant (for at least 28 weeks), the greater her bone density and the lower her risk of fracture.
In some cases, women develop osteoporosis during pregnancy or breastfeeding, although this is rare. Osteoporosis is bone loss that is serious enough to result in fragile bones and increased risk of fracture.
In many cases, women who develop osteoporosis during pregnancy or breastfeeding will recover lost bone after childbirth or after they stop breastfeeding. It is less clear whether teenage mothers can recover lost bone and go on to optimize their bone mass.
Teen pregnancy and bone health. Teenage mothers may be at especially high risk for bone loss during pregnancy and for osteoporosis later in life. Unlike older women, teenage mothers are still building much of their own total bone mass. The unborn baby's need to develop its skeleton may compete with the young mother's need for calcium to build her own bones, compromising her ability to achieve optimal bone mass that will help protect her from osteoporosis later in life. To minimize any bone loss, pregnant teens should be especially careful to get enough calcium during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding also affects a mother's bones. Studies have shown that women often lose 3 to 5 percent of their bone mass during breastfeeding, although they recover it rapidly after weaning. This bone loss may be caused by the growing baby's increased need for calcium, which is drawn from the mother's bones. The amount of calcium the mother needs depends on the amount of breast milk produced and how long breastfeeding continues. Women also may lose bone mass during breastfeeding because they're producing less estrogen, which is the hormone that protects bones. The good news is that, like bone lost during pregnancy, bone lost during breastfeeding is usually recovered within 6 months after breastfeeding ends.
Taking care of your bones is important throughout life, including before, during, and after pregnancy and breastfeeding. A balanced diet with adequate calcium, regular exercise, and a healthy lifestyle are good for mothers and their babies.
Calcium. Although this important mineral is important throughout your lifetime, your body's demand for calcium is greater during pregnancy and breastfeeding because both you and your baby need it. The National Academy of Sciences recommends that women who are pregnant or breastfeeding consume 1,000 mg (milligrams) of calcium each day. For pregnant teens, the recommended intake is even higher: 1,300 mg of calcium a day.
Good sources of calcium include:
In addition, your doctor probably will prescribe a vitamin and mineral supplement to take during pregnancy and breastfeeding to ensure that you get enough of this important mineral.
Exercise. Like muscles, bones respond to exercise by becoming stronger. Regular exercise, especially weight-bearing exercise that forces you to work against gravity, helps build and maintain strong bones. Examples of weight-bearing exercise include walking, climbing stairs, dancing, and weight training. Exercising during pregnancy can benefit your health in other ways, too. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, being active during pregnancy can:
Before you begin or resume an exercise program, talk to your doctor about your plans.
Healthy lifestyle. Smoking is bad for your baby, bad for your bones, and bad for your heart and lungs. If you smoke, talk to your doctor about quitting. He or she can suggest resources to help you. Alcohol also is bad for pregnant and breastfeeding women and their babies, and excess alcohol is bad for bones. Be sure to follow your doctor's orders to avoid alcohol during this important time.
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The Numbers That Foresaw Yahoo!'s 'Stealth Rally'
I am enjoying stellar profits in a surprising name -- and this has inspired me, once again, to point out the utility of estimate revisions in finding your new buy ideas. CNBC pointed out recently that Yahoo! (YHOO) is in a "stealth" rally, having appreciated from $15.77 to $18.87 -- a 20% gain -- since late October. The rally is stealthy because no one pays much attention to Yahoo! anymore. They figure the company is a has-been in an Internet space dominated by Google (GOOG), Amazon (AMZN) and the like. While Yahoo! does have plenty of work to do, one cannot argue with the numbers, and the company's earnings prospects are getting better under new CEO Marissa Mayer.
Yahoo! popped onto my radar screen back in June. That's when my quantitative screens noted that the upward estimate revisions were strengthening, even as the valuation remained reasonable. The stock was trading at 16x the forward-four-quarter estimate for earnings per share, basically around a market multiple. For me, this was the catalyst in my decision to see whether Yahoo! had the potential to turn around its prospects....253 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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TimeLogic's DeCypher systems greatly increase the speed of sequence comparison
by combining custom field programmable gate array (FPGA) circuitry with optimized
implementations of BLAST, Smith-Waterman, Hidden Markov Model and gene
modeling algorithms. With the inclusion of this hardware from TimeLogic, SCU
researchers have significantly enhanced their high-throughput comparative
genomics and annotation efforts. According to Michael Murray, Manager of Sales &
Marketing for TimeLogic products at Active Motif, "Southern Cross University
represents a new customer of TimeLogic and we're very excited to welcome them
to our family."
Ted DeFrank, President of Active Motif added: "Recent advances in next-generation
DNA sequencing technology have created great opportunities for our TimeLogic
division and, as a result, Active Motif is investing heavily in this portion of our
business. In addition to a major hardware revision, TimeLogic has several additional
projects ongoing and we are excited about their continuation as we strive to further
strengthen our position as the leader in the field of FPGA-accelerated Biocomputing
Professor Graham King, Director of SCU's Special Research Centre Southern Cross
Plant Science said: "I see this valuable addition to our bioinformatics infrastructure
complementing recent investments in bioinformatics research staff to extend our
genomics capability. The TimeLogic Decypher system will help SCU establish itself
as a competitive research presence in crop plant genomics. We are already putting
the system to work on analysis of genome sequences that deliver to our research
base in Crops, Forestry and Horticulture."
About Southern Cross University
Southern Cross University is a vibrant, contemporary Australian university with
campuses in Lismore, Gold Coast and Coffs Harbour. Degree programs are offered
across a broad range of disciplines and are designed in consultation with industry.
Research is undertaken in areas that are regionally relevant and globally significant,
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Carlos Baerga not only remembers the good old days. He was right in the middle of them.
"I still can't believe I hit third in that lineup," said Baerga, the cherubic indefatigable second baseman on those great Indians teams of the 1990s. Baerga along with the architect of those powerhouse teams, General Manager John Hart, were inducted into the Indians' Hall of Fame prior to Saturday night's game.
The 1995 Indians won 100 games -- they only played 144 in that strike-shortened season -- and pretty much kicked the living snot out of every team in the American League, winning the Central Division title by a whopping 30 games.
It was arguably the greatest Indians lineup ever. Catcher Sandy Alomar hit .300 -- and he batted ninth.
On most days, this was the lineup: CF Kenny Lofton, SS Omar Vizquel, 2B Baerga, LF Albert Belle, DH Eddie Murray, 3B Jim Thome, RF Manny Ramirez, 1B Paul Sorrento, C Alomar.
Murray is in the Hall of Fame, Thome and Vizquel will eventually be, Ramirez would have been had he not resorted to banned substances late in his career, Belle would have been if a hip injury hadn't ended his career prematurely, Lofton is the Indians' all-time stolen base leader, and Alomar the greatest catcher in franchise history.
"We were the team of the times in 1994 and 1995. Everybody followed us like we were the Yankees," Baerga said. "We could beat anybody. We won 100 out of 144 games. Our confidence was unbelievable. Our lineup was unbelievable."
Ah, yes, that lineup.
"We were so cocky," Baerga said. "As soon as we walked out on the field, everyone felt it. I remember the first game of the playoffs against Boston (in the 1995 Division Series). (Roger) Clemens was pitching for them, and as soon as we came out on the field, we all started yelling at him, 'We're going to kill you!' Albert (Belle) was yelling at him, 'We're going to kill you!' You could see Clemens thinking to himself, 'These guys are crazy.' "
The Indians won that game, 5-4, on a walkoff home run in the 13th inning by Tony Pena off Zane Smith -- at 2 a.m.
Baerga hit third in that carnivorous Tribe lineup with good reason. At the time, he was one of the best hitters in the league. He had back-to-back 200-hit seasons in 1992-93.
"He didn't look like a player, but boy could he hit. He loved to play, and his enthusiasm was infectious," Indians manager Terry Francona said.
In a four-year period from 1992-95, Baerga hit .315 and averaged 19 home runs and 97 RBI per year.
"It was a special time. For six years, I hit third in a lineup with maybe six guys that belong in the Hall of Fame. That was a special lineup we had," Baerga said.
Saturday night, Baerga joined Lofton and Alomar as the only players from that lineup who have been inducted into the Indians' Hall of Fame.
"It's an honor," Baerga said. "The day I found out, I cried. With all the players who have played here, to be selected to the Hall of Fame is something special."
Bullpen blues
Two AL division leaders, the Tigers and Red Sox, both fired their closers last week. The Tigers designated Jose Valverde for assignment, and Red Sox manager John Farrell moved Andrew Bailey out of the closer's role after Bailey gave up a walkoff home run to Jhonny Peralta in a loss to the Tigers.
Puig power
Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig's took New York by storm last week. The rookie sensation put on a show as the Dodgers visited Yankee Stadium for the first time since the 1981 World Series.
Through his first 15 big-league games, Puig had 27 hits. Only two players in history had more hits in their first 15 big-league games: Irv Waldron of the 1901 Milwaukee Brewers, Bo Hart of the 2003 St. Louis Cardinals and some guy named Joe DiMaggio in 1936.
Through his first 16 games, Puig was batting .452 with six home runs and 10 multi-hit games.
Speculation has already started Puig could slug his way onto the NL All-Star team, despite his late start, but Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said he thinks it's unlikely.
"Right now? No," Mattingly said when asked if he thought Puig belonged on the All-Star roster. "He doesn't have enough numbers better than everybody else. If he gets to the point where he puts up huge numbers, he should be considered."
There's also this: The Dodgers are 7-9 since Puig's promotion from the minors on June 3, and they still rank 29th in the majors in runs scored.
When Texas rookie starter Justin Grimm got a win over Oakland on Wednesday, it was the first win by a Texas starting pitcher in June. Following Grimm's win, the Rangers starters in June are a combined 1-8 with a 5.50 ERA.
Only one team has ever had a rotation go worse than 0-8 in a month: In April of 1920, Detroit's rotation went 0-10 with a 5.06 ERA in 11 games, and in September of 2006, the Tigers' rotation went 0-14 with a 7.92 ERA in 26 games.
Guess who?
Could the starter for the American League in the All-Star game really be ... Bartolo Colon?
The 40-year-old former Indian is 10-2 with a 2.93 ERA for the Oakland A's.
"If he did make the team, it wouldn't surprise me if he did start the game," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "It would be quite a feather in his cap."
Attention shoppers
Teams looking to trade for some starting pitching depth are undoubtedly scouting Ricky Nolasco, who the Marlins are ready to move. Nolasco, who is 4-7 with a 3.68 ERA in 16 starts, is making $11.5 million this season in the final year before he's eligible for free agency.
The Marlins have begun doing legwork on a Nolasco trade, and multiple teams have expressed interest.
"They don't screw around," a source told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. "The second they get the deal they like they'll do it."
Best in show
The Cardinals and Tigers each have a shot at becoming the 10th team since 1900 to win a team triple crown by leading their leagues in team batting, pitching and fielding. The Cardinals are first in the NL in batting, first in ERA and first in fielding percentage.
The Tigers lead the AL in hitting, are second in pitching and third in fielding percentage.
The last team to record a team triple crown was the 2001 Mariners. Prior to that, the last team to top all three categories was the 1948 Indians. The 1995 Indians led the league in hitting and pitching but were fifth in fielding percentage.
The Cardinals would be the first N.L. team to lead in all three categories since the 1946 Cardinals.
Quote, unquote
Boston's Jonny Gomes on players in slumps: "There are two players who won't struggle in the league this year -- the MVP and the Cy Young winner. Everyone else will have peaks and valleys."
Around the horn
-- Mark Reynolds may soon be off the hook. Astros designated hitter Chris Carter leads the majors in strikeouts with 105 and is on a pace for 228, which would break Reynolds' major-league record of 223 in 2009.
-- Prince Fielder is hitting .500 (19-for-38) with three homers and 26 RBI following a walk or hit by pitch to teammate Miguel Cabrera, who bats ahead of him in the Tigers' order.
-- Keep an eye on the Red Sox at the trade deadline. They could be very busy. They are deep at shortstop, catcher and pitcher and are in perfect position, for example, to acquire someone such as Cliff Lee, who has a hefty price tag but one the Red Sox could afford. They could also trade with Philly for former closer Jonathan Papelbon, or perhaps make a blockbuster trade for someone such as Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton.
-- Only one team in the majors is undefeated when scoring five or more runs. That team is the Yankees (22-0).
-- Mariners catcher Henry Blanco last week joined Carlton Fisk as the only catchers to hit a grand slam at age 41 or older.
-- The Royals are 13-7, even though the team's batting average has fallen nine points, since hiring George Brett as their interim hitting coach on May 30.
-- In the previous two seasons combined, Cabrera had one three-strikeout game. Thursday night, he had his second three-strikeout game in the last five days.
-- Padres manager and former Indians pitcher Bud Black last week became one of just three men who won at least 100 games as a pitcher and 500 games as a manager. The other two are Walter Johnson and Clark Griffith.
-- Astros catcher Jason Castro has 10 home runs and is eight away from breaking the Astros' club record for homers by a catcher, which is 17 by John Bateman in 1966.
-- The Yankees' Vernon Wells continues to collapse. He is 13-for-his-last-110 (.118) and has gone 112 at-bats without a home run.
-- Caleb Gindl, who debuted with the Brewers last week, is only the third major-leaguer in history officially listed at 5-foor-7 and 200-plus pounds. The others: Angel Salome (5-7, 200), who played for the Brewers in 2008 and Bill Byers (5-7, 210), who played for the Cardinals in 1904.
-- In his last four starts against Oakland, Yu Darvish is 0-4 with a 5.18 ERA and five homers allowed in 24 1/3 innings.
-- There might be hope for Dustin Ackley yet. He was hitting .205 with a .266 on-base percentage and .250 slugging percentage when the Mariners sent the No. 2 overall pick in the 2009 draft to Class AAA Tacoma on May 28. In 20 games with Tacoma, Ackley is hitting .400/.505/.529. Expect him back in the majors as soon as he shows he can handle his new position as an outfielder.
-- On Tuesday, Josh Hamilton became the 75th player since 1960 to ground into three double plays in one game.
-- An indoor, 8-by-12-foot parking space in a condominium garage two blocks from the Giants' AT&T Park recently sold for $82,000.
Three strikes
1. The Indians signed Brett Myers as a free agent with the hope he could pitch 200 innings. So far Myers, who has been injured, has pitched 21 innings.
2. Carlos Santana has been the catcher for 31 of the major league-high 40 wild pitches thrown by Indians pitchers. Runs have scored on five of those 31 wild pitches.
3. The Indians have moved all the way up from 15th to 13th in the American League in average home attendance (18,118). Tampa Bay (17,909) and Houston (18,054) are now below the Tribe. Interestingly, the Indians rank third in the league in average attendance on the road (31,001), trailing only the Yankees (31,604) and Red Sox (31,527).


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This study has been completed.
Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: May 12, 2005
Last updated: October 26, 2011
Last verified: October 2011
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Detailed Description:
This study will help to determine whether a high-dose weekly course of prednisone therapy is safer than and at least as effective as daily dose therapy for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Boys who are enrolled in this study should not have taken carnitine, other amino acids, creatine, glutamine, Coenzyme Q10 or any herbal medicines within the last three months. There will be a two-visit screening to take place in one week to ensure a reproducible manual muscle test. The subject will then be randomized and put into either the daily or weekly regimen. The duration of the study is twelve 28-day treatment cycles (approximately 12 months) with follow-up visits at month one, three and then every three months.
|Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
|Drug: Prednisone
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Study of Daily vs. High-dose Weekly Prednisone Therapy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy
MedlinePlus related topics: Muscular Dystrophy Steroids
Drug Information available for: Prednisone
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Muscular Dystrophy Becker Muscular Dystrophy Duchenne Muscular DystrophyU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Quantitative muscle strength will be measured using the CINRG Quantitative Measurement System (CQMS) [ Time Frame: February 2008 ]
- Primary strength endpoints will be quantitative myometry (QMT) scores of the upper and lower extremities, consisting of paired flexor/extensor groups. [ Time Frame: February 2008 ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Secondary strength endpoints will include individual QMT scores of elbow and knee flexors and extensors and hand grip, manual muscle testing scores, which will be measured using the Medical Research Council's (MRC) muscle strength scoring method. [ Time Frame: February 2008 ]
- Side-effect profiles will assessed by monitoring side-effects, including differences in growth (height and weight), calculated weight/height ratio, bone density, cataract formation, blood glucose, blood pressure and behavioral changes. [ Time Frame: February 2008 ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: High Dose Prednisone
Subjects who are randomized to the high-dose prednisone arm of the study will receive the following starting dose:
•Prednisone at 10.0 mg/kg/wk (divided into two doses given on Saturday and Sunday)
Drug: Prednisone
Prednisone and dummy preparations for this study will be obtained from Frank's Pharmacy in Ocala, FL and will be supplied as a tablet containing 2.5mg, 5mg, 10mg, 20mg or 50mg Prednisone. Inactive "dummy" pills of similar look/taste will be supplied to maintain blinding.
Active Comparator: Daily Prednisone
Subjects who are randomized to the daily prednisone arm of the study will receive the following starting dose:
•Prednisone at 0.75 mg/kg/d
Drug: Prednisone
Prednisone and dummy preparations for this study will be obtained from Frank's Pharmacy in Ocala, FL and will be supplied as a tablet containing 2.5mg, 5mg, 10mg, 20mg or 50mg Prednisone. Inactive "dummy" pills of similar look/taste will be supplied to maintain blinding.
Detailed Description:
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common lethal inherited disorder worldwide. Despite the exponential increase in our understanding of the disorder since the discovery and characterization of the causative gene and its product dystrophin in 1987, current therapeutic management remains largely supportive. Awaiting a final genetic cure to be available in the future, further investments in developing better drug therapies for DMD remain important. The effect of a high dose prednisone regimen will be evaluated in comparison to a daily dose regimen in a multi-center, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled 4-arm study. Ambulant children aged 4-10 years with an established DMD diagnosis will be studied. Patients will undergo 2 screening evaluations within 1 week. Patients will be randomized into treatment groups on the second screening visit, followed by a 12-month treatment period. During the treatment period, patients will be evaluated at monthly intervals. The primary endpoints are percentage change in average muscle strength score and QMT performance for specific muscle groups. Secondary endpoints include timed function tests, functional grades for arms and legs, and pulmonary function tests.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|4 Years to 10 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 4 to 10 years of age
- Ambulant
- Confirmed DMD Diagnosis
- Steroid naive
- Evidence of muscle weakness by MRC score or clinical functional evaluation
- Ability to provide reproducible QMT bicep score
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of significant concomitant illness or significant impairment of renal or hepatic function, or other contraindication to steroid therapy
- Symptomatic DMD carrier
- Positive PPD
- Lack of prior exposure to chickenpox or immunization
- Use of carnitine, glutamine, Coenzyme Q10, other amino acids or any herbal medications within the last 3 months
- History of symptomatic cardiomyopathy
- Prior attainment of quota for the age group in which the patient belongs
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00110669
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00110669
|United States, District of Columbia
|Children's National Medical Center
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20010
Sponsors and Collaborators
Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group
|Study Chair:
|Diana Escolar, MD
|Children's Research Institute
More Information
Additional Information:
Keywords provided by Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Study Chair, CINRG
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00110669 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|May 12, 2005
|Last Updated:
|October 26, 2011
Keywords provided by Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group:
Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Beckers
Beckers Muscular dystrophy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophies
Muscular Disorders, Atrophic
Muscular Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Diseases, X-Linked
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Antineoplastic Agents
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Uh oh. Despite a pickup in industrial activity, the price for met coal--the one used to make steel--has dropped to $125 a ton, from an already-low $132 a ton, and some expect it to fall even further.
Citigroup's Brian Yu looks at who gets hurt among coal producers--we're looking at you Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) and Walter Energy (WLT)--and which ones can withstand the slide:
We prefer companies that have a low-cost competitive advantage that trade at more reasonable valuations such as Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) and Peabody Energy (BTU). We remain sell rated on Alpha Natural Resources due to aggressive consensus estimates that still need to reset. As well, the company operates a number of marginal mines that risk closure in a low commodity price environment. We are lowering our Walter Energy 12-month target price to $14.00 from $17.50 given the multiple compression impact from met pricing.
Nomura's Curt Woodworth and team prefer Consol Energy (CNX), the coal miner that is trying hard not to be a coal miner:
We are increasing our 2014 EPS estimate to account for high gas production growth and upside from improved unit costs and gas price upside. We now forecast 2014 EPS of $1.32 and EBITDA of $1.1bn. Consol continues to exceed expectations regarding gas volume targets as well as make significant efficiency gains both on the capital front and well productivity. We expect Consol to provide much greater transparency on its gas business starting with 4Q-13 results, with IRRs expected to be provided for the major plays CNX is targeting. A key component of our bullish thesis is the ability for Consol to further improve operating metrics to achieve peer-leading growth and sharply improved IP and EUR metrics, allowing for uplift to NAV. We adjust 4Q-13E EPS to ($0.10) and EBITDA to $146mm to account for the divested coal assets now being classified as discontinued operations.
Shares of Alliance Resources Partners have dropped 0.8% to $76.43 today at 1:42 p.m., while Alpha Natural Resources has fallen 4% to $5.60, Walter Energy has declined 1.6% to $11.17 and Consol Energy is off 0.8% at $37.16. Peabody Energy has ticked up 0.1% to $16.88.


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