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Moeen Ali and James Anderson led England's surge to a series-levelling 266-run victory with more than two sessions to spare in the third Investec Test against India.
Anderson set aside any concerns over the disciplinary proceedings he must face on Friday morning, over his spat with Ravindra Jadeja in the first Test, to provide England with the early impetus in the final strait at the Ageas Bowl.
The linchpin seamer finished with match figures of seven for 77, after taking the first two of six wickets England still needed on day five to make it 1-1 with two to play.
Anderson may well be absent, depending on the outcome of his Level 3 charge, when these two teams rejoin battle on his home ground at Emirates Old Trafford next week.
Moeen (six for 67) will surely be in action in Manchester, though, increasingly belying his billing as a mere part-time off-spinner after taking his series tally to 15 victims and counting, and match haul to eight with his maiden five-wicket return here.
Only Ajinkya Rahane's defiant and unbeaten 52 held England up for long, after India resumed on 112 for four still in notional pursuit of a world-record 445 but were bowled out before lunch for 178.
Anderson had England up and running with only his third delivery, Rohit Sharma apparently surprised to be given out caught-behind pushing forward at a delivery he might perhaps have left.
He had to go, though, without addition to his overnight six - and India did not reopen their account either until well into the fourth over of another sunny morning.
There was no doubt about Anderson's next success, another caught-behind and Jos Buttler's sixth on debut, when Mahendra Singh Dhoni got a much more obvious edge on some full-length swing to also go for six.
Given their recent history, and impending hearings, new batsman Jadeja was surely also on Anderson's hit-list.
But having got both Dhoni and the left-hander among his five first-innings victims, Anderson could not double up this time.
Instead, after a 13-over wait for England, it was Moeen who got Jadeja - yorking himself as the off-spinner drifted one into him to hit the bottom of off-stump.
For good measure, Mooen then saw off Bhuvneshwar Kumar - so often England's stumbling block in the India tail this summer - for a duck, his second wicket in the same over, with an inside-edge on to his pad and into the hands of Anderson at gully.
Moeen then made short work of Mohammed Shami, clean-bowling him and, soon afterwards, number 11 Pankaj Singh to end the match.
The only shame was that, although a much bigger crowd than expected was in attendance to cheer Alastair Cook's team to their first win in 11 Tests - dating back to last summer's Ashes - some arrived barely in time to see the tourists' terminal falter.
Park-and-ride arrangements at this out-of-town venue did not extend until the last day of the match, and demand turned out to be high to witness the culmination of England's mid-series resurgence.
In the end, though, India lasted long enough to ensure almost everyone arrived in time for the end of England's party.


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Righty blanks Red Sox on one hit, strikes out eight in seven frames
BOSTON -- Twins right-hander Kyle Gibson threw seven shutout innings for a third straight outing on Wednesday afternoon in Minnesota's 2-1 loss in 10 innings the Red Sox, running his scoreless streak to 22 innings in the process.
It's the third-longest streak without giving up a run by a starting pitcher in Twins history, as former American League Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana had a 33-innings scoreless streak in '04, and left-hander Francisco Liriano went 23 innings without giving up a run in '10.
The club record for a scoreless streak by any Twins pitcher is 36 innings by reliever J.C. Romero in '04. It's also the third-longest active streak in the Majors behind San Francisco's Jean Machi (25) and Philadelphia's Cole Hamels (23).
"I'm just executing pitches," Gibson said. "I'm not doing anything different. I'm definitely looking at scouting reports and who I'm facing. But it comes down to executing no matter who is out there."
Gibson had perhaps his best outing of his career Wednesday in his first start at Fenway Park. The right-hander gave up just one hit and established a career-high with eight strikeouts. His previous high was five strikeouts set once last year and matched once this season.
"I think with my stuff and the combination of executing pitches, it was probably as good as I've felt and as good as I've executed in my 30 or so games up here," Gibson said.
But Gibson was stuck with a no-decision, as the Twins couldn't score for him. He remains 6-5, but lowered his ERA to 3.25 in 14 starts.
His streak started with a scoreless sixth inning against the Brewers on June 2 before he tossed seven scoreless frames against the Astros on June 7, and seven more shutout innings against the Tigers last Friday.
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Pomers, Marsh ready to fire in BBL final
They're brothers in arms off the cricket field, but Shaun Marsh and Luke Pomersbach will put their close friendship to one side when the Perth Scorchers host the Brisbane Heat in Saturday night's Twenty20 Big Bash final at the WACA Ground.
This summer's BBL has proven to be a turning point in the careers of both men.
Scorchers opener Marsh was dropped to grade cricket in October after being caught up in off-field issues amid a form slump during the Champions League.
But the former Test batsman is on the cusp of earning a national recall after plundering 396 runs at an average of 66 during the BBL.
Pomersbach's story is even more amazing.
The 28-year-old was dumped from WA's set-up in 2011 after a series of off-field misdemeanours, mostly relating to alcohol abuse.
Queensland coach Darren Lehmann threw the hard-hitting left-hander a lifeline last year and Pomersbach has paid him back in spades, cracking 360 runs at an average of 45 to guide the Heat to the BBL final.
Pomersbach used to live with Marsh in Perth and says their friendship is so strong, they consider themselves brothers.
Marsh holds the key to ending WA's nine-year trophy drought, while Pomersbach is in the hottest of form after bludgeoning an unbeaten 112 in Tuesday's semi-final win over the Renegades.
Heat skipper James Hopes said their respective performances would go a long way to deciding the result of Saturday's final in front of a sell-out crowd at the WACA.
"If those kind of guys get off to flying starts, your team is rarely going to lose," Hopes said.
"I watched Marshy bat in the 2008 IPL (and that) was as good as I've ever seen anyone bat ...
"He's going to play for Australia again in the near future. We've got our plans for him but I'm not going to divulge it here."
With Scorchers opener Herschelle Gibbs ruled out with a hamstring injury, Marcus North, Simon Katich or Mike Hussey will partner Marsh at the top of the order.
Heat paceman Ben Cutting, who has been on standby with Australia's one-day squad, will play in the final after being released from his national duties.
But Hopes is facing an uphill battle to play after suffering a grade-one hamstring strain during the warm-up for Tuesday's semi-final.
"I've given myself a 60-40 chance," Hopes said.
"Our physio's a bit less than that. But I'll do everything I can to try to get up.
"We'll make that decision before the game tomorrow. I'll come down before everyone else and try to bowl off a long run.
"If I get through that, I assume I'll play."
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BOSTON—Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo's Sunday was obviously a difficult day. What he thought was a hamstring problem when he reported to TD Garden turned out, in the end, to be something much worse—he had torn the ACL in his right knee, and his All-Star season quickly and stunningly ended.
When coach Doc Rivers spoke with Rondo, he said his point guard was emotional. The immediate aftermath of the injury wasn't the time to attempt to stamp a happy outlook on the situation, but Rivers knows that all is not lost for Rondo, and throughout his rehab and recovery, Rondo will have someone to lean on who knows what he is going through—Rivers was among the first players in the NBA to fully come back from ACL surgery, when he was playing for the New York Knicks back in 1993.
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He was, oddly enough, discussing that experience just last week, and said, "Our goal was eight months, which at that time was unheard of. But you find out a lot about yourself. I think you grow up. It is not an injury you want—hopefully, I had grown up at that point, I was in my 30s. But it's one of those injuries that requires you to, if you're not a worker, you will not come back from that injury. But if you are, I think we've found you can come back and be just as good and maybe even better, mentally tougher and stronger, and just as athletic."
Amazingly, Rondo tore his ACL during the fourth quarter of the Celtics' double-overtime loss to Atlanta on Friday—and still played 12 minutes on it. "That means he is tough," Rivers said. "I know when I tore mine, I was on the ground, crying like a little baby."
Rivers was 32 and on the tail end of his career, when he had the surgery, but he did stay in the NBA two more seasons. Given that it is only January, and that ACL surgery requires 8-12 months of rehab, there is a chance Rondo will be back in time for the start of next season. And with Rondo turning 27 next month, Rivers has somewhat higher expectations for his return than Rivers had with his own surgery—he's thinking along the lines of how Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson, who rushed for more than 2,000 yards this year, returned to the NFL.
"Rondo will be fine," Rivers said. "He just won't be fine this year. Rondo will be Rondo. We got a guy in the NFL that we can look at in Adrian Peterson. Whatever he did, that's what we want to do. Because that was amazing. That's what Rondo will do."


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It was Wednesday, around noon, and reporters had gathered at Sisley Italian Kitchen in Sherman Oaks for a news conference formally announcing the March 9 heavyweight title elimination fight between Chris Arreola of Riverside and Bermane Stiverne of Canada.
It will take place at The Hangar at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa and will be televised by HBO.
As we were scarfing down spaghetti and the most incredible meatballs, Arreola had to have been tempted to fill a plate and start powering down this delicious food.
Instead, he held court with us and explained in detail about how he came to be the new and improved Chris Arreola. Mind you, prior to his August 2010 fight with journeyman Manuel Quezada, Arreola told yours truly he was a new man and had really begun to take training seriously.
Then he weighed in at 256 pounds and could not put away a fighter who was not even close to his level. Quezada lost a wide decision, but lasted all 12 rounds.
In other words, with his reputation as one who hates to train and gets huge between fights, we have learned to take what Arreola says with a grain of salt.
But we have to admit that Wednesday was the best we had seen Arreola look so far from a fight. There he was, nearly two months out, and he looked dapper in a suit, and not gigantic.
He said he weighed about 255 pounds with the idea of being 239, 240 for the fight. That's where he needs to be all the time. That is not where he was when he had the opportunity of a lifetime in September 2009, when he challenged Vitali Klitschko for his title at Staples Center.
Arreola had ballooned to nearly 300 pounds and ended up weighing in at 251. It was a very flabby 251. You could see the rolls of fat on his back when he was fighting that night.
"The main thing is maintaining," Arreola said. "I maintain at a good weight, so when it's time to train, it's boxing, it's not fat camp, like it was with Klitschko. I came into the Klitschko camp at 290, 295, to fight at 250. In nine weeks, I lost all that weight."
He was stopped after 10 rounds, failing to become the first heavyweight champion of Mexican ancestry.
Of course, he still didn't get it. He entered his next fight against Brian Minto at a career-high 263 pounds. He was 250 1/2 against Tomasz Adamek, who handed Arreola (35-2, 30 KOs) his second loss. Then Quezada.
Apparently, that sequence of fights finally got to Arreola.
"The main thing about the difference between the old Chris Arreola and the one that is now, is humility, being humble and understanding that my (stuff) does stink, as dumb as it sounds," Arreola said. "I do have to work on my craft, no matter how good I think I am; there's always going to be someone better.
"And the better I get, the easier fights will get for myself. The worst thing is, somebody wanting something for you more than you want it for yourself. And that's where I was at."
Arreola was asked if he meant that fans of Mexican heritage wanted him to make history more than he did.
"Not just the Mexican fans, just boxing fans in general," he said. "Everybody - the writers, fans, people I see in the streets always telling me I'm going to do it. They believed more in me than I believed in myself, or wanted it more for me than I wanted it for myself.
"That's bad. That's horrible. It's like telling a kid, `You can do it, you're going to graduate high school.' But if the kid doesn't want to graduate, he's not going to graduate."
Arreola wants his diploma in the form of a world championship belt. If he beats Stiverne (22-1-1, 20 KO), he will become the mandatory challenger to the aforementioned Klitschko and will have earned another title shot.
Arreola's promoter, Dan Goossen, said his charge is finally on the right track.
"I was just telling Andre (Ward) that he looks fantastic," Goossen said. "That's what we've needed the last five years with Chris, is someone that took care of himself in between fights and, obviously, he's done that.
"He hasn't fought since February of last year because he was going to fight in June and hurt his elbow. So he's been off almost 12 months, but he looks like he's in the midst of training right now."
Ward, the super middleweight champion from Oakland, was on hand Wednesday as a guest. He, too, is promoted by Goossen. As he sat on the dais, Ward said of Arreola, "He's looking lean and mean over there."
We'll see what Arreola looks like on fight night, as we remain skeptical. After the Quezada fight at 256, Arreola weighed 249 3/4 when he knocked out Joey Abell in the first round. Then Arreola weighed 234, 236 and 236 for his next three fights. In a perfect world, he'd be in that weight area for every fight.
In his most recent two starts, he weighed 240 1/2 and 245 for Raphael Butler and Eric Molina. The 240 is fine, the 245 is a bit much.
"I'm my own worst enemy," said Arreola, an admitted cookie junkie. "You give me a little daylight and ... you don't even know. I'm just sayin'."
Mares-Donaire bout still being negotiated
A deal for a fight between super-bantamweight champions Abner Mares and Nonito Donaire is far from done. But the two sides are at least communicating now, which is more than they were doing before.
This ongoing story features fighters from rival promotional companies that do not like each other one bit. Mares fights for Golden Boy Promotions, Donaire for Top Rank Inc.
Frank Espinoza, Mares' manager, two weeks ago told this newspaper he was going to try and act as a go-between because he has a good relationship with both promoters - Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy and Bob Arum of Top Rank.
Espinoza this week had a progress report. He said he has had conversations with both Arum and Schaefer and he seemed excited about the possibility this much-coveted fight will take place.
"Richard (Schaefer) and I talked and we have reached out to Arum," Espinoza said. "Arum gave us a proposal, now I'm giving the proposal to Richard and we're just kind of like negotiating right now.
"Just the fact that we got Bob Arum and Richard Schaefer to agree to (try) to make the fight is a tremendous step forward. Now we just have to negotiate a deal that makes sense for Abner."
Arum has said he does not want Golden Boy to co-promote this fight with his company, and that he would offer Golden Boy a flat fee for Mares' services. That has been done. That money figure is unclear, but Schaefer has apparently made a counter-offer of $3 million for Donaire's services, according to a report on BoxingScene.com.
An accord has yet to be reached, but negotiations are taking place. For a fight of this magnitude, the industry can only hope it gets made.
Espinoza is putting his best foot forward.
"I've been the guy talking to Arum and then getting back to Schaefer," Espinoza said. "This is the fight everybody wants to see, and I'm going to do everything I can to make this a reality."
Mike Dallas Jr. has a tough task tonight - beat hard-hitting junior welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas (on Showtime). Dallas, of Bakersfield, will be in his first major title fight. "Everybody dreams to be a world champion; it's every boxer's goal," said Dallas, 26. "I have the desire and ambition. I respect this fighter. He is strong and tough, but I am ready to prove and show to everybody what I can do." Dallas is 19-2-1 with eight knockouts. Matthysse, of Argentina, is 32-2 with 30 knockouts. ... The proposed fight between comebacking "Sugar" Shane Mosley and welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi is probably not going to happen, said Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. Schaefer said Mosley was cool with the money he was offered, but intimated that Malignaggi balked at his proposed purse. "I just think that the financials are such that it's getting difficult to get the fight done, not because of Shane Mosley," Schaefer said. The fight would have taken place April 27 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. ... On Feb. 9, Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KOs), of Philadelphia, will defend his two junior welterweight belts against former champion Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KOs) at Barclays Center (on Showtime).


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So basically with the standard deviation, you get rewarded for being more consistent in your rounds? Also, when I am trying to figure out my standard deviation in excel, do I include the round that is subject to being dropped or not for calculating it or no?
From there, I multiply the number that comes up by 2.5 and if my round is more rating points away than that it does not count. Is that correct?
Also, when figuring this out, do you use my previous updates rating or how does that work? Because right now my SD is only 20.49 which means I could shoot a round 51.225 worse than my rating and it would drop?


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Thought I'd get it started.
Ugly, ugly, ugly loss. But I'll start with the positives because there were a few. Keep in mind that I only saw the second half.
Obviously, Shawne Williams played well tonight. I'm starting to see why Obie is so excited about him. He seems to be a very hard worker that is actually hungry to get better, seems to have a real passion for the game. He was aggressive all night, had some nice plays taking the ball to the basket topped off with a monster dunk in the third quarter. Showed a nice touch from the outside as well.
Granger played slightly above my expectations, had a nice couple of plays in the third quarter, was aggressive, shot the ball reasonably well. He showed up tonight which is more than can be said for some of our guys.
Quis didn't shoot the ball incredibly well but he at least seemed to put forth some effort, especially when we were down big. Are we really that bad of a team that I am lauding guys for TRYING?!
Hulk looked rather solid on defense and scored in double figures. Oh, and he didn't get into foul trouble. That's really all I expect from him.
Okay, on to the negatives.
Deiner cannot handle the ball whatsoever. He's a terrible shooter (right now) and even worse at defending. It seems like Obie is losing some confidence in him, he only have him 8 minutes of PT tonight. That doesn't bode too well for our PG depth, at all. Farmar took him to school tonight.
Dunleavy didn't even look like he was trying. He is supposed to be one of our primary options and shot the ball I think 6 times. That's scary, as in scary bad.
Our defense all around was HORRIBLE, especially on the perimeter. The Lakers looked like they were conducting some type of orchestra with their ball movement out there. And what they were doing wasn't especially revolutionary or anything, it's just that we couldn't keep up to where the ball was at for some reason, giving them plenty of open looks from beyond the arc. We kind of looked like a tormented cat chasing one of those laser light things, always a couple of steps behind
JO played mediocre. I still feel like we're dumping it down to him to much. A couple of plays that looked forced immediately come to mind. He has improved on his outside shot, but he isn't too good at going inside at all right now. Although Ike has only played in three games all year, so far he looks like our primary interior threat. By losing a lot of his ability to play inside JO has lost a key facet to his game. Hopefully this is only temporary and those years of banging around in the paint haven't caught up to him, yet.
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A FEARLESS shopkeeper refused to hand over cash and cigarettes to a knife-wielding robber.
Ravat Mussa, 68, was confronted at his Blackburn store by a man who brandished a long kitchen knife.
But Mr Mussa stood his ground, refused to obey the man's demands and shouted at him to get out of his shop.
The would-be robber, who was white and thought to be in his 20s, panicked and ran away empty handed from Ravats Store in Accrington Road.
Mr Mussa said he keeps a large metal bar behind the counter of his shop for protection following a similar incident last year.
He said he was relieved he did not have to use it on this occasion, but would have been prepared to if the man had continued to threaten him.
Mr Mussa, who has run the shop with his wife, Amina, 64, for 27 years, said: "I was not frightened.
"He pulled out the knife and demanded money but I shouted at him and told him I wasn't going to give him anything.
"I had my metal bar behind the counter but I didn't need to use it."
Mrs Mussa, who was upstairs at the time of the incident, said she had heard her husband shouting.
She said: "My husband is a very brave man. He is a hero.
"You do not expect this sort of thing to happen.
"We opened this shop in 1986 and we haven't had many incidents like this, but there have been more recently.
"At our age we shouldn't be having to deal with this sort of thing."
Mrs Mussa said the man who had tried to rob them had been in the shop twice recently.
She said: "He came in a week before asking if we had a cash machine but we don't.
"Then he came in last Sunday asking if we knew where there was a second-hand shop nearby."
Shadsworth and Whitebirk councillor Ron O'Keefe said he was pleased this would-be robber had been thwarted.
He said: "As a shopkeeper of 45 years myself, I would advise people not to defend themselves in these situations as you can come off worse.
"They should be very wary as if this young man had used the knife it could have been fatal.
"There will be an increase in this sort of crime as young people are getting increasingly desperate for money."
Det Insp Nikki Bithell said: "A man entered the shop armed with a knife and demanded money and cigarettes.
"He was challenged by the owner and ran away.
"We need anyone with information to come forward to help us catch this man."
Anyone with information about the incident which happened at 5.30pm on Friday is asked to call police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


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The curtain goes up at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 16, for the Walnut Acres Children's Theatre production of Disney's "The Jungle Book" at Walnut Acres Elementary, 180 Cerezo Drive in Walnut Creek.
This will be the inaugural Walnut Acres first- through fourth-grade presentation, and will be directed by Judy Ryken, Lee Oller and Joni Cote.
Tickets, priced at $8, will be available at the door. For more information, go to http://www.walnutacrespfc.org/activities/fifth-grade-play
The final two performances of the Las Lomas High School fall play, the Michael Parker comedy "Whose Wives Are They Anyway" are set for Thursday, Nov. 15, and Friday, Nov. 16 at the Las Lomas Theatre.
Both remaining performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Ticket information will be available at http://www.laslomasptsa.com/PerformingArts/PerformingArtsHome.html
Community Service Days at Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation are offered monthly to students in grades 6 through 12 to help achieve community service credits.
Projects include work to to benefit ARF's shelter animals, such as creating enrichment items for ARF animals, baking dog treats, landscaping and animal care cleaning tasks.
These service days are offered monthly, and the cost is $30. For more information or for an application, go to www.arf.net or call 925-296-3147 for availability.
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Hello all,
I had another 3 month CT scan today. Doc says all looks great! No sign of any cancer, all bile ducts look good.
Per usual, we sat for a few minutes and she asked if I had any questions or concerns. I asked her for her opinion on this cancer and the actual odds of survival. She told me that of the patients who came in late in their diagnosis, her rate of success (which I considered to be 5 years of survival after diagnosis, for this conversation) runs at about 40%. For patients who are diagnosed "early" and are able to achieve negative margins on resection, her success rate rises to about 50%. I'm not sure I am extremely happy with those odds, but it's better than the 10% chance I thought I had when first diagnosed.
She told me that she sees most recurrences occur in the first 6 to 9 months after resection. I am now at 10 months, with no signs of recurrence. She stated that 2 years is her magical point, in which she sees a huge decrease in recurrence rates. So, 14 more months and maybe I can start to relax! Maybe!
I cannot thank you all enough for your support and help and "ears" for all the times I have been sad, scared and feeling extremely alone. I really appreciate having this site to find friends and gather information.
Now, on to other things. Because the scan was good, I will be having knee surgery tomorrow, and again on December 20. Merry Christmas!! I figure, I can just sit and direct on the 25th and let everyone else do all the work!!!
And to Rick and family, thanks again for all of your hard work. It's is a real comfort to know that there is someone out there who understands how devastating this disease is and can be. You have given us all a place for learning and friendship.
Happy Holidays to all and keep fighting!!!


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PARK CITY, Utah — Audio brand Skullcandy has promoted Denny Bruce to head of domestic sales, reporting to the company's CEO, Hoby Darling.
In this role, Bruce will be responsible for overseeing all Skullcandy brand distribution in the U.S. as well as building out a domestic brand and sales strategy for the company's 2XL and Gaming products.
Bruce joined Skullcandy in 2010 and has been a sales manager and director of specialty sales. He has been a member of the Skullcandy executive team since 2012. Bruce came over from Vans where he leveraged his sales and key account management experience to execute a multi-tiered sales distribution strategy while holding positions in both their Vault boutique segmentation and their family footwear business units.
"The experience and leadership Denny brought to Skullcandy has been instrumental in solidifying our leadership position with the brand's core retailers, enhancing our brand position, and significantly expanding our presence in the specialty retail channel," said Darling. "As we aim to transform our distribution through an enhanced segmentation strategy and winning at the point of sale, I'm confident Denny is the right person to lead this critical task. I know he will provide exceptional service to our retailers, as well as great leadership to his team. I look forward to his immediate contribution."
The company also announced that Keith Torrico and Dustin Allred, currently sales leaders in the consumer electronics channel, will take on additional responsibilities to strengthen relationships with key accounts and drive sales and brand presence through this important channel. Both will remain geographically stationed near several of the company's largest customers.
Rich Sargente, VP of North American Sales, has decided not to relocate to Park City and will therefore be departing the company effective Aug. 18, to pursue opportunities closer to his home on the East Coast.


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UTILITIES ARE ACCUSTOMED TO RECEIVING negative feedback when it comes to rate increases, power outages and what is sometimes perceived as lackluster customer service. It's a fact of life that utilities live with, and one that isn't likely to change.
What is changing is the way that utilities are dealing with customer complaints and concerns. Utilities are flocking to social media avenues like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to respond to angry customers and to set the record straight when incorrect information spreads to the Web.
Opening a dialogue
After a group of 100 or so customers organized a peaceful demonstration to protest a series of rate hikes in 2009, Spokane, Wash.-based Avista used the incident to roll out a social media campaign. The customer protest was organized over the Internet, and "we didn't have any way to help facilitate the online dialogue happening before the protest," said Dan Kolbet, a communications manager at Avista.
That event spearheaded the utility's social media strategy, which now includes a blog page, an interactive e-mail program for customers to reach out to the utility, and a Twitter account. Avista is working on deploying its Facebook page.
The goal behind Avista's blog is to allow customers to discuss any and all topics, such as rate increases, where energy comes from, or new wind or hydro projects. No subject is off limits for customers who log in to the blog through their customer account.
"We're trying to engage the customer," said Kolbet. "A lot of utilities have created blogs that are pretty much centered on energy efficiency or environmental concerns and they stay within those boundaries. We wanted to use our blog as a tool to tell our own story to our customers, regardless of the topic, even if sometimes those topics are not our favorite things to talk about, such as rate increases or executive compensation."
Turning rants into raves
The Avista blog averages about 2,000 hits per month. In addition, just under 2,000 customers subscribe to the utility's two Twitter feeds. That represents a fraction of Avista's customer base of 350,000, but increasingly more people are turning to social media to get their news, and the utility is noticing a difference in customer service levels and the number of calls fielded by its customer service team.
Recently, a customer who was frustrated with her bill posted an online rant about the utility through her Twitter feed. The Tweet caught the attention of Kolbet, and Avista's customer service team reached out to the customer immediately. The issue was quickly resolved.
"She was basically dealing with some misinformation, and we decided to be pro-active and reach out to her," said Kolbet. "She was venting, but she ended up putting out a new Tweet about how appreciative she was of Avista and that we solved her problem. She was pleasantly surprised."
Monitoring for misinformation
Avista is using social media to its advantage in several ways. For example, when the utility filed for its last rate increase, Avista sent out a traditional press release, but also had prepared a blog post that was released just prior to the press release. When local media outlets picked up the press release, most referred their readers back to the Avista blog for more information. So, in effect, Avista's media campaign served to send people back to its own blog site.
In addition, Avista monitors articles that appear about the utility in local newspapers, including the online conversations that customers start after reading an article. Avista often will join in the discussion to curb what is in many cases misinformation being created in those discussions.
"Customers may not understand the topic or are sharing information that just isn't true," said Avista director of corporate communications Linda Jones. "So our goal is to correct the information and then redirect them back to our blog where they can see our side of the story on that topic."
Blending social with traditional
While social media is far from becoming the dominant means of communicating with customers, Kolbet believes that social is blending in with Avista's traditional Web presence. "Customers who go to your Web site expect some sort of interaction with you instead of just reading content or sending you an e-mail," he said.
On that note, Avista rarely deals with outage information on its Twitter page because of the near real-time outage information it provides on its Web site, which is also available as a mobile phone app for customers without power. By visiting that part of the Web site, a customer can determine if an outage has been reported. An interactive map provides a timeline for when power will be restored. Electronic media use the Avista Web site outage map during their news broadcasts.
As a result of the outage information system, Avista has been able to reduce the number of media calls that it receives from 1,200 a year to just over 300.
"Since we launched our social media outreach in 2009, our customer satisfaction scores have increased quite a bit," said Jones. "The objective was to meet our customers where they gather. They were having online conversations about Avista and we were not present. We wanted to be included, and rather than have this being a rant and rave kind of dialogue, we established our blog to make it a more personal experience."
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On paper, it's an obvious possibility, but nobody in the Angels and Dodgers organization is breathing a word about a possible freeway World Series.
Well, almost nobody.
Tommy Lasorda, who managed the Dodgers split squad Thursday night in a 4-3 loss to the Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, wasn't shy about the possibility of Los Angeles' two baseball teams meeting in October.
"This is the best opportunity ever for a freeway series," Lasorda said. "I think that could happen very easily. I always hoped there would be."
Lasorda, 85, is enjoying his role as "Special Advisor to the Chairman." The Hall of Fame manager spends time giving counsel to each of the Dodgers affiliates, including the parent club itself.
"I love going to the minor leagues and inspiring the players, evaluating them and making them believe in themselves," Lasorda said.
"I feel like I'm contributing something to this organization and when I do that, I love it. I know that I'm helping the organization by talking to the youngsters and talking to the guys on the major league team. If I take Matt Kemp aside, he'll listen to me."


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Does anyone have any idea why I can't get an integer field to accept numbers? I can go into the person's record in the db and type the numbers and they stay but if I try to insert a record into the db using a form, the field stays at 0. I've read tutorials until I'm almost blind but can't get it to work.
In the insert.php file I set a variable: $judgeCKCnumber = (int)$_POST['judgeCKCnumber'];
Then I INSERT into ckcNumber VALUE $judgeCKCnumber
Should that not work? I've tried also putting the (int) in front of the value, I've tried putting intval() around the value, both where I set the variable and in the VALUE part but NO WAY will it insert numbers into the db. I can't remember now but I think I even put the int and/or intval() on the variable when I set it. It's driving me crazy. The only solution I can think of is to change the field from INT to VARCHAR but then I'd have to go in and manually re-insert the #s into 298 records (I'm converting an html file with 298 people into a php/mysql file).
The query syntax is wrong; you need to reference the column that needs to get that value (even if the table only has one column).
So it would be
INSERT INTO ckcNumber ([I]my_column_name[/I]) VALUE[B]S[/B] ($judgeCKCnumber)
or (MySQL only IIRC)
INSERT INTO ckcNumber SET [I]my_column_name[/I]=$judgeCKCnumber
where my_column_name is the name of column you want to store the value in.
Also, make sure to escape that value to prevent SQL injection!
Thanks ScallioXTX. I forgot to mention that I'm pretty much a newbie at this stuff (in case you couldn't figure that out on your own <LOL>), so the logic escapes me sometimes. The original coding I had for the ckcNumber variable was:
$judgeCKCnumber = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['judgeCKCnumber']);
but of course that's for strings only. When it dawned on me that I had to change it, I wasn't sure exactly how.
In the database, the actual field name (or I guess column name - I'm an old FMP user) is ckcNumber, so in your example above I would just repeat the field name: INSERT INTO ckcNumber SET ckcNumber=$judgeCKCnumber - is that correct?
Then of course there's the problem that I'm so new I'm not sure how I would escape the value. :>) I do realize that the mysql_real_escape_string does it for strings but what would I use for integers?
Here's the whole chunk of code I'm working with (minus a bunch of fields to make it shorter) - perhaps this will explain why I'm having trouble figuring out where to put the suggested coding. Note that originally I had the mysql_real_escape_string included with the 3 judgeXXXnumber fields, before it dawned on me that they're not strings:
{ $judgeFirstName = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['judgeFirstName']); $judgeLastName = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['judgeLastName']); $judgeCountry = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['judgeCountry']); $judgeEmail = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['judgeEmail']); $judgeCKCnumber = $_POST['judgeCKCnumber']; $judgeCDJAnumber = $_POST['judgeCDJAnumber']; $judgeAKCnumber = $_POST['judgeAKCnumber'];
judgegallery (
, lastName
, country
, emailaddy
, ckcNumber
, akcNumber
, cdjaNumber
'". $judgeFirstName ."'
,'". $judgeLastName ."'
,'". $judgeCountry ."'
,'". $judgeEmail ."'
,'". $judgeCKCnumber ."'
,'". $judgeCDJAnumber ."'
,'". $judgeAKCnumber ."'
if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
I'd do it like this:
$judgeFirstName = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['judgeFirstName']);
$judgeLastName = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['judgeLastName']);
$judgeCountry = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['judgeCountry']);
$judgeEmail = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['judgeEmail']);
$judgeCKCnumber = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['judgeCKCnumber']);
$judgeCDJAnumber = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['judgeCDJAnumber']);
$judgeAKCnumber = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['judgeAKCnumber']);
INSERT INTO judgegallery (
, lastName
, country
, emailaddy
, ckcNumber
, akcNumber
, cdjaNumber
"%s", "%s", "%s", "%s", "%s", "%s", "%s"
if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
You also need to apply mysql_real_escape_string on int's. It's to prevent SQL injection, and than can just as easily happen with ints as with strings.
Thanks ScallioXTX. Including the escape string in the top part puts that bit back to what it was originally, so it looks like the only difference is the line of "%s" in the bottom part. What do those symbols do? Will they make the database accept the integer input from the form? That was my original problem - I type 12345 into the form integer field (along with the name, etc in the other fields), submit the form and when I look at the db the value in the integer field is 0. The field is not accepting the input from the form, even though I can type the 12345 directly into the field in the db. Will the "%s" solve that problem?
Sorry!! I'm not really awake yet. I've just realized that the whole bottom area is coded differently (without all the quote marks, etc.) I'll give that a shot and see what happens.
Sigh. That didn't work either. I've been reading the php online manual and other tutorials all morning, have tried a bunch of suggestions (settype, (int), intval, ereg_replace and any number of others) but NONE of them result in anything but 0 in the database, except settype, which puts the boolean 1.
I guess I'm going to have to bite the bullet, make 3 new text fields and copy the data over from the INT fields to the VARCHAR fields and continue on using VARCHAR. I probably don't need the fields set as INT since I won't be doing any calculations with them but I figured that since all they would contain would be numbers, INT would be the way to go.
I've spent so much time reading about this that I probably could have replaced the fields 2 or 3 times over by now.
I'm assuming, by the way, that if I simply change the field definition from INT to VARCHAR I'll lose the data in the fields. That's what happens in a regular db, at least.
I figured out the problem and I'm so fricking ticked at myself I could spit. The problem wasn't in the insert.php file at all. When I decided to bite the bullet and make new fields as VARCHAR, I had to of course go into the form file to enter the new field name(s). That's when I spotted a bloody gd typo in the 3 INT field names!!!! All the time I've spent fighting with the insert.php and it was fine the whole time. Grrrr. Thanks for the help everyone and I do apologize for the unnecessary list noise.
LOL, we've all been there Helen, no problem


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To Leon and Belinda Morris of Maxwell on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at Gothenburg Memorial Hospital, a son, Daniel Scott Isaiah, weighing eight pounds, one-half ounce. He was welcomed home by brothers, Troyce, Kyle and Sean Thomas, and sisters, Candi Jo and Lacy Buckley, and the late Lindsay Morris.
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When it comes to hydraulics, Lowrider owners have to put their thinking caps on and prepare for the ultimate automobile puzzle. Beyond power, clean set ups can set your car apart from the rest, but a truly effective set up can only be achieved through planning, designing, and visualizing the amount of room that you are going to use. We visited Black Magic Hydraulics of Las Vegas, who pointed us in the right direction by telling us what they recommend for a big body. After answering a few questions and understanding our budget concerns, they recommended a two-pump set up, which kept us within our $1,200 budget.
Black Magic's recommendation was an all-chrome two-pump street setup. The pump had two pump super 80/marzocchi's and featured four Black Magic dumps that would allow us to straighten out the car when needed. We used 8-inch and 10-inch cylinders and kept the old style cups for the cylinders. Luckily, with these big body Caddys you have the option to do this. With four batteries in mind, we were setup and ready to get started on our lock-and-lay hydraulic system.
This hydro install was perfect for our space needs as well. Beyond having a sizeable trunk in which to work, this build left us so much leftover space that we could of easily housed a spare tire, a cleaning supplies bucket, or even a sound system in addition to the setup! Now follow along, as we show you this nice and clean budget install, courtesy of Black Magic's "Street Setup".
1. This trunk was ready for a Black Magic setup.
2. The Black Magic pumps come semi-assembled and were ready to be put together.
3. We jumped ahead of our pump assembly as we used Teflon tape on our pipe thread fittings.
4. We started to assemble the pumps and plugged the unused return holes.
5. The Black Magic pumps began to come together quickly.
6. Using our JawHorse stand made it easy to assemble our pumps and get a visual of how to mount everything in the trunk.
7. When doing custom hydraulics, you need to have a starting point or foundation for the parts to be bolted on. After finding the frame, the floor board was cut out.
8. After cutting out the mounting points, we decided to throw in the pumps and a couple of batteries so we could get a visual once again of how to build the best setup.
9. Using our Miller plasma, we cut out some excess material off the frame.
10. To allow the cylinder to pass through the floors, we used the plasma to cut the hole through them.
11. The plasma was used to cut out both sides of the floor, allowing the cylinders to pass through.
12. The foundation of this trunk build was based off the hydraulic racks that were being made to be removable.
13. Once the racks were square, they were welded up.
14. The battery tie downs were mocked up.
15. With an easy to use Miller welder and equipment, the racks where a lot easier to complete.
16. The racks were ready to go.
17. Using a hole saw extension made it easier to cut the front of the frame, as all the obstacles were out of the way and allowed for an easy cut.
18. This perfect hole will keep the cylinder in place.
19. The cylinders needed to be assembled.
20. The Black Magic cylinders were assembled and ready to be installed.
21. Since we wanted to keep the install simple, we used the traditional style cylinders and coils for the build.
22. To make sure that the coils didn't fall off, we added a deep cup and flipped it, which kept the coils lined up and in place.
23. The cylinders and coils were in place and the hoses were connected.
24. With the pumps already assembled, they were bolted into place.
25. The batteries were secured in their spot using a tie down bar.
26. The hydraulic hoses were connected to the pressure lines.
27. The same step was done on the second pump.
28. The pumps were filled with 10-30W oil as the fluid is what keeps the car up in the air.
29. The solenoids were wired up for the 48-volt hydraulic system.
30. The hydraulic switches and dump valves were powered at 24-volt.
31. These switches were pre-wired and ready to be installed.
32. This switch panel was mounted on the dash, allowing easy access to lower and raise the car.
33. The ground cable was left in an easy access area.
34. The pump was ready to go, as there were no leaks and all the wiring had been connected.
35. This Black Magic setup was ready to work its magic on this big body Cadillac with a hit of the Switch!


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Naples, FL-based Health Management Associates, Inc. announced that a subsidiary will partner with the 480-bed Bayfront Health System, in St. Petersburg, pending a lease agreement between the partners and the City of St. Petersburg and other regulatory approvals.
"We continue to work closely with Bayfront's senior leaders, Board of Trustees, and the St. Petersburg City Council to modernize the lease agreement and to create a partnership that will serve the needs of the citizens of the St. Petersburg community for generations to come," HMA CEO/President Gary D. Newsome said in a media release.
Under the deal, HMA will acquire an 80% interest in Bayfront Health and bring them into an affiliation with ShandsHealthCare, part of UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
However, net proceeds of approximately $150 million will be invested in the new Bayfront HERO (Health, Education and Research Organization) Foundation. This foundation will invest in research and education in partnership with Bayfront Health System, Johns Hopkins/All Children's Healthcare and other healthcare and academic partners. Bayfront HERO will invest in a 20% ownership stake in the partnership, the two providers said in a joint media release.
When the deal is finalized, HMA subsidiaries will operate 71 hospitals, with 11,000 licensed beds, in non-urban communities in 15 states.


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Kagawa 'not currently an issue' for BVB
Borussia Dortmund have played down speculation of an imminent move for Shinji Kagawa after the Manchester United midfielder told Japanese television he would welcome a future return to the Westfalenstadion.
- Horncastle: United yet to see best of Kagawa
At the weekend, Kagawa, 24, told Japanese TV show Foot Brain: "One day I will return, if Dortmund agree to it."
The Japan international, who left Dortmund in 2012 to sign a four-year deal at Old Trafford, again underlined the fact he had not been happy with the way his first season at United had shaped out, having scored six goals for the Red Devils.
"A lot of things were on my mind," he said. "I am not at all satisfied with my performance. I did not score as many goals as I wanted and, moreover, I was injured. Other than the fact that we won the championship I cannot feel like I achieved everything I wanted to achieve. For me personally, it was not a good season."
Kagawa's statements were published in Germany on Monday and left Borussia Dortmund fans dreaming he could return this summer. During his two years with BVB, Kagawa scored 21 goals in 49 games and set up a further 12, forming a potent partnership with striker Robert Lewandowski.
The Japanese playmaker has not been forgotten in Dortmund during the past year. In May, coach Jurgen Klopp had claimed United played Kagawa out of position, telling The Guardian: "My heart breaks."
However, it appears Kagawa will continue at United for now. Questioned about the chances of a return, Dortmund CEO Aki Watzke told Bild: "The door will always be open for Shinji, but currently that is not an issue."
The midfielder's agent, Thomas Kroth, added in Bild: "At this time, I'd like to think that Shinji will stay in Manchester, but everything is possible in football."
Korth also told Ruhr Nachrichten: "Kagawa wants to triumph at Manchester. Currently that [a return] is not an option."
David Moyes, the new United manager, has also recently stressed that Kagawa is part of his plans.
"I know a little about him as a player," he said. "Sir Alex spoke in glowing terms about Shinji and how good a player he is. It was his first season in the Premier League last year. He's a young player so we hope his development continues. I look forward to working with him and hopefully he has a really good season coming up."
Kagawa, too, told the media that he did not regret moving to England despite Dortmund reaching the Champions League final last season.
"I was proud to see my former team play in the Champions League final, and I was very excited for them - but it didn't make me feel I had made the wrong choice," he said. "In fact it made me feel stronger because I want to be on the same field in future."
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Sun Devil Army Reserve invites Tim Tebow to military ballPosted: Updated:
Some military men and women in Arizona have a request for NFL quarterback Tim Tebow.
The Sun Devil Battalion Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), which is made up of cadets from ASU and Grand Canyon University, is hosting their annual military ball on April 20 and have asked Tebow to be a guest speaker.
"When considering a guest speaker for such an event, there are certain attributes that we look for: loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage. It was, without hesitation, decided that you exemplify all of these Army values, which is why we would be honored to host you as the keynote speaker for our event," the letter to Tebow said.
The letter went on to say, "The purpose of Army ROTC is to develop and strengthen future leaders. It takes a leader to stand for what he/she believes in, and you do this well. We value the insights you have on leadership and would be honored to have you share these insights with us."
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The Rest of the StoryTrivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
Inspired by Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story".
President Andrew Jackson had passed away at his Hermitage home. He was very well thought of in his time, so naturally, thousands of mourners came to pay their respects.
In that day and age, social manners were of utmost importance. Few occasions would demand the level of dignity and social grace as a funeral. And surely, no funeral would demand as much respect as that of Andrew Jackson.
Yet despite the solemnity of the proceedings, one mourner dared to upset the service with a string of profanities. The culprit was quickly identified as Andrew Jackson's dear friend, Poll. Old Poll, as he was often called, entered the parlor where Jackson's body was laid out and immediately let loose a string of obscenities that would have made a seasoned military man blush.
Despite the nature of the event and the high social standards of the time, no man was asked to leave the service, nor was any man removed by force.
Rest assured that anyone who would disrupt such an event with such a blatant disregard for manners would certainly have been promptly ousted, no matter the offender in question.
How can you explain this conundrum?
HintAre humans the only ones capable of such obscenities?
AnswerOld Poll was Andrew Jackson's pet parrot. Old Poll could speak in both English and Spanish. When he was brought into the parlor during Jackson's eulogy, the bird began swearing loudly in both languages! The other mourners were so upset and offended that the bird was removed for the rest of the service.
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Pilot Study With Isentress (Raltegravir) and Epzicom (Abacavir/Lamivudine) in Treatment Naive HIV-Infected Subjects (SHIELD)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified January 2009 by Denver Infectious Disease Consultants, PLLC.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
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To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Raltegravir and Epzicom over 48 weeks in ART-naive HIV-infected subjects.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Raltegravir and Abacavir/Lamivudine
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Pilot Study of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Using Isentress (Raltegravir) and Epzicom (Abacavir/Lamivudine) in Antiretroviral Naive HIV-Infected Subjects
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- To evaluate the efficacy and safety of RTG and ABC/3TC over 48 weeks in ART-naive HIV-infected subjects. [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To assess the immunologic response, changes in fasting lipids, renal function, and development of resistance of the study regimen [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2008
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|November 2009
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|August 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Drug: Raltegravir and Abacavir/Lamivudine
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Raltegravir 400mg BID Abacavir/Lamivudine 1 tablet QD
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- This is a single-arm, multicenter, open-label, pilot study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of RTG BID and ABC/3TC QD. A total of 30 subjects will be enrolled at 3 U.S. sites.
- The study includes a 30-day screening period, a treatment period (baseline through week 48), and a follow-up visit, 2 to 4 weeks after the last study visit, as needed to resolve any ongoing AEs or to confirm virologic status.
Virologic failure (VF) is defined as having either virologic non-response or virologic rebound. Virologic failure is confirmed by having 2 consecutive plasma HIV-1 RNA levels taken at least 2 weeks apart according to the following definitions:
- virologic rebound is defined as HIV-1 RNA level ≥400 copies/mL after initial response of HIV-1 RNA <400 copies/mL or >1 log10 copies/mL increase above nadir;
- virologic non-response is defined as HIV-1 RNA >400 copies/mL at week 24.
- Subjects will be discontinued from the study if virologic failure is confirmed. When a subject is suspected to have virologic failure, a confirmatory HIV-1 RNA must be performed at an unscheduled visit between 2 weeks and 4 weeks after the initial assessment, and a plasma sample collected for resistance testing.
- Subjects who experience symptoms consistent with a clinically suspected ABC HSR must permanently discontinue ABC/3TC, and will be allowed to substitute study-provided fixed-dose combination ZDV/3TC 150/300 mg (COMBIVIR®) BID for ABC/3TC and remain in the study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Antiretroviral naïve defined as ≤7 days of ART prior to study entry
- Negative for HLA-B*5701 allele
- Screening HIV-1 RNA >1,000 copies/mL
Screening laboratory values:
- Hemoglobin > 8.0 g/dL
- Platelet count >50,000/mm3
- AST (SGOT), ALT (SGPT), and alkaline phosphatase <5 x ULN
- Total bilirubin <2.5 x ULN
- Absolute neutrophil count >500/mm3
- Calculated creatinine clearance (CrCL) ≥50 mL/min by Cockcroft-Gault:
- For men, (140 - age in years) x (body weight in kg) ÷ (serum creatinine in mg/dL x 72) = CrCl (mL/min)*
- For women, multiply the result by 0.85 = CrCl (mL/min)
- A female subject is eligible to participate in the study if she is of:
- Non-childbearing potential (i.e., physiologically incapable of becoming pregnant, including any female who is pre-menarchial or post-menopausal); or,
- Childbearing potential with a negative pregnancy test at screen and agrees to use one of the following methods of contraception (any contraception method must be used consistently and correctly, i.e., in accordance with both the product label and the instructions of a physician):
- Agreement for complete abstinence from intercourse from 2 weeks prior to administration of investigational products, throughout the study, and for 2 weeks after discontinuation of all study medications.
- Double barrier contraception (male condom/spermicide, male condom/diaphragm, diaphragm/spermicide);
- Any intrauterine device (IUD) with published data showing that the expected failure rate is less than 1% per year (not all IUDs meet this criterion);
- Any other method with published data showing that the lowest expected failure rate for the method is less than 1% per year.
- Men and women age (≥18 years).
- Ability and willingness of subject to give written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Screening HIV-1 genotype indicating the presence of any of the following mutations: K65R, L74V, and Y115F or a combination of two or more thymidine analog mutations (M41L, D67N, K70R, K219Q or E) that include changes at either L210 or T215, associated with ABC and 3TC resistance, and mutations Q148H/R/K and N155H associated with RTG resistance.
- Currently pregnant or breast-feeding.
- Hepatitis B infection with chronic viral replication (HBsAg+).
- Presence of a serious medical condition, including but not limited to congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy or other cardiac dysfunction, which in the opinion of the investigator would compromise the safety of the subject.
- Use of immunomodulators (e.g., interleukins, interferons, cyclosporine), HIV vaccine, systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy, or investigational therapy within 30 days prior to study entry. NOTE: Use of corticosteroids for acute therapy for PCP is permitted. Prednisone at a daily dose of 10 mg or less (physiologic replacement dose) or short course corticosteroid therapy (≤ 10 days) is permitted.
- Known allergy/sensitivity to study drugs or their formulations.
- Active drug or alcohol use or dependence that, in the opinion of the site investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements.
- Illnesses that are determined serious by the site investigator, (i.e. requiring systemic treatment and/or hospitalization) until subject either completes therapy or is clinically stable on therapy, for at least 7 days prior to study entry.
- Requirement for medications that are not allowed to be taken with study treatment.
- Current imprisonment or involuntary incarceration in a medical facility for psychiatric or physical (e.g. infectious disease) illness.
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: NCT00740064
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00740064
|United States, Arizona
|Spectrum Medical Group
|Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85012
|United States, Colorado
|Denver Infectious Disease Consultants, PLLC
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80220
|United States, New Mexico
|Southwest CARE Center
|Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, 87505-4765
Sponsors and Collaborators
Denver Infectious Disease Consultants, PLLC
|Principal Investigator:
|Benjamin Young, MD, PhD
|Denver Infectious Disease Consultants, PLLC
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Keywords provided by Denver Infectious Disease Consultants, PLLC:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Benjamin Young, MD, PhD, Denver Infectious Disease Consultants, PLLC
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00740064 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 20, 2008
|Last Updated:
|January 27, 2009
Keywords provided by Denver Infectious Disease Consultants, PLLC:
HIV infections
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Raltegravir Potassium
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
HIV Integrase Inhibitors
Integrase Inhibitors
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017


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Sutter Home for Hope: List of Honor 2011
August 03, 2012
| Posted by Megan for Sutter Home
Last October, we put a call out for names of people who have been affected by breast cancer. We want to honor them again now since we have just started accepting capsules for this year's Sutter Home for Hope program.
If you want us to include anyone in our running List of Honor, please leave their name in the comments.
Norma Sperling
Ila Gilbertson and Paula Bathke
Charleen L. Ortman
Jennifer Girtman
RIP Carol Marie Davis Nieten
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SALT LAKE CITY — Center Andrew Bogut is ready to take the next level in his return, according to the Warriors' doctors and athletic trainers.
A team official said the 7-foot-1 Australian has been cleared to play both games in back-to-back sets, the next step in his rehabilitation. When Bogut returned to action on Jan. 28, he was limited to 25 minutes and prohibited from playing two games in two nights until after the All-Star break. Well, the All-Star break has come and gone so it is time to see if Bogut's surgically repaired left ankle can handle such rigors.
Also, Bogut has also been cleared to extend his minutes beyond the 25-minute threshold as long as it is not a back-to-back situation.
Bogut has played in six games since his returning, topping out at 28 minutes. He's averaging 9.0 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.0 blocks. The Warriors are 3-3 in the games he has played since his return. He acknowledges being infiltrated into the lineup has been challenging.
"A little bit," Bogut said after Golden State's shootaround at Utah's practice facility Tuesday. "Trying to pick your spots. Obviously trying not to affect chemistry too much because we were winning. Offensively, I haven't helped out much. I know that I'm the fourth or fifth option on this team, which is no problem. So I've tried to focus more on defense, trying to rebound and block shots, be a focal point defensively."
Whether he continues to play two games in two nights, or play up to 35 minutes, will be determined by how his left ankle responds when he actually does it. The Warriors will know right away as three of their six back-to-back sets come over the next eight games.
They play Tuesday night at Utah and Wednesday vs. Phoenix. The begin a five-game trip at Indiana and New York next Tuesday and Wednesday and finish it at Boston and Philadelphia on March 1 and 2.


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Tomas appears at Blair's house to try to win her back. She is not sure if she can go back to where they were, given that he was willing to go to jail for Todd. Tomas asks Blair again if she still loves Todd, and they're interrupted by Jack. Tomas later tells her she doesn't have to answer but he kisses her passionately before leaving.
Later, Todd helps Viki get ready for Halloween and she asks him about what he'll do to get his life back together. Tina interrupts and it's clear she plans to stake a claim for Victor's fortune and newspaper, but she backs away, saying peace in the family is the most important thing. Todd later tells Viki he plans to get everything back that he lost – including Blair.
Meanwhile Jack goes to the cemetery and is horrified by what he sees and runs home. Cutter finds Kim's friend and explains a few things to her about her own life.
Meanwhile Shane, Rex and Aubrey discuss Shane's plans for Halloween costumes. Jack returns to the cemetery and witnesses Shane and Rex in a touching scene at Gigi's grave.
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Early Immune Responses to Vaccination - A Substudy to HVTN 205
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|HIV Infections
|Biological: JS7 DNA vaccine Biological: MVA/HIV62 vaccine
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Characterization of the Innate Immune Response to Candidate HIV Vaccines, an Ancillary Study to HVTN 205
- Blood concentrations of lymphocyte populations, dendritic cells, monocytes, and granulocytes [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
- Serum concentrations of cytokines and chemokines [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
- Changes in PBMC gene expression relative to prevaccine levels of key genes expected to change, such as IP-10 and MCP-1 [ Time Frame: Throughout study ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
|Study Start Date:
|July 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Participants receiving the JS7 DNA and MVA/HIV62 vaccinations in HVTN 205
|Biological: JS7 DNA vaccine Biological: MVA/HIV62 vaccine
Participants receiving the placebos of the JS7 DNA and MVA/HIV62 vaccines in HVTN 205
|Biological: JS7 DNA vaccine Biological: MVA/HIV62 vaccine
Detailed Description:
Some of the first HIV vaccines were designed to trigger neutralizing antibody responses as a way to prevent HIV infection. Unfortunately, the first versions of these vaccines were not able to achieve their desired response. An alternative strategy to the antibody approach is the stimulation of HIV-specific CD8 T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses. CTL responses were previously demonstrated to play an important role in the control of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), the HIV equivalent studied in rhesus macaque monkeys. Additionally, other studies suggest CTLs play an important role in viral control during chronic infection. Based on this information, several groups have shifted their focus to the development of CTL-based vaccines, some of which have entered advanced clinical trials.
A DNA/rMVA vaccine strategy is structured to bring about both T cell and antibody responses. The primary vaccination is DNA based and will express only HIV proteins as a way to produce an HIV-focused immune response. A secondary, rMVA boost vaccination, which expresses both HIV and MVA proteins will ideally amplify the focused response of the initial vaccination. The DNA and rMVA are physically two different vaccinations given at separate times but together they make up one preventive regimen. Both vaccine components express non-infectious virus-like particles.
The main study, HVTN 205 will evaluate the safety of and immune response to a two vaccine regimen in healthy, HIV-uninfected adults who never received an HIV preventive vaccine before. HVTN 205 will include two parts, Part A, in which the two vaccine regimen is compared to a placebo, and Part B, in which the two vaccine regimen will be compared to both a placebo and a single vaccine regimen with the rMVA vaccine.
HVTN 908 is a sub study of HVTN 205, and will explore the innate immune response to candidate HIV vaccines. In particular, researchers will study whether early immune response following vaccination can predict strong and long-lasting immunity. They will also study whether varying types of vaccines promote different immune responses soon after vaccination.
Only participants enrolled in HVTN 205 are eligible for HVTN 908. Approximately 50 participants will be recruited for the duration of 12 months per participant. The study will last for a total of 2 years, including enrollment, follow-up, and analysis. Potential participants of the sub study will undergo a screening visit before eligibility can be determined. Screening may involve a physical exam, health history, and blood tests.
There will be some additional visits for participants of HVTN 908 that are not included in the main study. Some main study visits may also take extra time for participants enrolled in the sub study. Blood samples will be taken at study visits. These samples are taken in addition to those for the main study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Scheduled receipt of a vaccine or placebo in HVTN 205
- For participants in Part B of HVTN 205, enrollment in HVTN 908 and HVTN 205 at the same time
- HVTN 908 assessment of understanding: completion of a questionnaire prior to enrollment; demonstration of understanding for all questionnaire items answered incorrectly.
- Body weight of 50 kg (110 lbs) or more
- Hemoglobin of 12.0 g/dL or more for female volunteers, and 13.0 g/dL or more for male volunteers
- Negative HIV-1 and -2 blood test
Exclusion Criteria:
- Clinically significant medical condition, physical examination finding, clinically significant abnormal laboratory results, or past medical history with clinically significant implications for current health. More information on this criterion can be found in the study protocol.
- Any medical, psychiatric, or occupational, or other condition that, in the judgment of the investigator, would interfere with, or serve as a contraindication to, protocol adherence, or a participant's ability to give informed consent
- Pregnancy
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00908323
|United States, Alabama
|Alabama Vaccine CRS
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
|United States, California
|Bridge HIV CRS
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
|United States, Washington
|Seattle Vaccine and Prevention CRS
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109-1024
|Study Chair:
|Erica Andersen-Nissen, PhD
|Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00908323 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
10806 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES Registry Number )
|Study First Received:
|May 21, 2009
|Last Updated:
|March 25, 2015
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
HIV Seronegativity
HIV Preventive Vaccine
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Evolution Hoax
Nikolaus Schneider, new Chairman of German Protestant Churches explained that although Europe mainly owns a Jewish and Christian Culture, it was influenced considerably by Islam in the Middle Age.
In his interview to Die Welt, Schneider stressed that it is impossible for a Christian country to host only Christians as the right wing extremists' demand. He also expressed that this is such a demand that could not be approved by any Christian and stated: "This is such a simple mentality. Europe is not entirely under the influence of Christianity and Judaism for sure. In the Middle Age, Islam affected us in terms of philosophy, natural sciences and mathematics."


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Fun with food - maths for kids
Teaching maths can be a problem in itself but kids will LOVE their favourite foods more when they can count them up and play with it! Anyone can learn maths with this great food maths game for kids. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, these simple games can incorporate them all!
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What you need:
- cereal (Fruit Loops, Cheerios, Nutrigrain)
- a pair of dice
- pencil
- paper
Get your child to roll the dice and write down the two numbers. For example, if a two and a six were rolled, write down the sum 2+6.
Make two piles of the rolled numbers with the cereal (one pile of two and one pile of six) and get your child to count them out loud. So, count 1,2,3,4,5,6 then 7,8. Counting the pieces of cereal helps them add and come up with the correct answer.
Get the child to roll the dice and write down the two numbers, so if a three and a five were rolled, write down the multiplication sum 3x5.
Make two piles of those numbers with the chosen cereal.
For example, when a three and a five were rolled, you would make either three groups of five or five groups of three.
Count out each piece of cereal individually to get the answer.
Roll the dice and write down your numbers again in sum form. So if a six and a two were rolled, you would write 6-2.
Count out the largest number in cereal pieces. So in this case, the six.
Get the child to take the smallest number (the two) of cereal pieces away from the pile of six cereal pieces.
For example: If a six and a two were rolled, place six pieces of cereal in a pile, get the child to remove two of the cereal pieces and count what is left.
Start again by rolling the dice and getting two numbers. For instance, a two and a four.
Take the highest number of cereal pieces and place in a pile.
Make as many groups of the smallest number you can from the highest pile.
For example: If four and two were rolled, you can make two groups of two. This tells us that 4 / 2 = 2.
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The large deep face has a nice sweet spot and has given me incredible confidence on the tee. I've added 10 to 15 yards on my drives vs. my Callaway FT-9 which for me is huge. Great club.
In the past I used Callaway and Nike products. This club has an easier sweet spot to hit and consistently has meet finding the fairway. I am hitting the club longer(250+ for me) and straighter. It is amazingly easy to hit. I don't shape my fade as easy but who needs a fade when you can hit a slight draw or dead straight.
Ball just jumps!
What a great club, transformed my game...I'm a disabled near-senior, but I can stripe this driver 225-250...so forgiving, looks great, sounds like a .38...can't say enough.
Very easy find the center of the club face. Very forgiving with good distance on miss hits. Hard to slice with this club, much longer and straighter than the one that it replaced. Very happy with this club.


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Washington Nationals lefthander Gio Gonzalez will pitch for Team USA in next month's World Baseball Classic, according to The Washington Post.
Gonzalez, 27, went 21-8 with a 2.89 ERA and 207 strikeouts in 32 starts (199 1/3 innings) this past season. He finished third in the NL Cy Young Award voting.
Out of the WBC: King Felix | Albert Pujols | Andy Pettitte | Melky Cabrera
Gonzalez has been in the news for other reasons recently, as he was among the six active players linked to the Biogenesis PED scandal in the initial report by the Miami New Times. Soon after those accusations were made, Gonzalez declared his innocence.
Major League Baseball currently is investigating the Biogenesis clinic, and Gonzalez still could be suspended for 50 games if the league uncovers enough evidence to link him to PED use.
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Team USA's other starting pitchers are Toronto Blue Jays righthander R.A. Dickey, San Francisco Giants righthander Ryan Vogelsong and Texas Rangers lefthander Derek Holland. Atlanta Braves righthander Kris Medlen recently withdrew because of the birth of his first child. There continue to be rumblings that Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander will be added to the team before the Feb. 20 deadline to submit final rosters.
The first round of the 16-team World Baseball Classic runs from March 2-6 in Japan, from March 2-5 in Taiwan, from March 7-10 in Puerto Rico and March 7-10 in the United States (Phoenix). The second round runs from March 8-12 in Japan and from March 12-16 in the United States (Miami). The finals are from March 17-19 in the United States (San Francisco).
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DuPuy Disinforms
DuPuy Disinforms
The Baseball America website features transcripts of lengthy interviews with the protagonists in the current labor dispute: Bob DuPuy, MLB's president and chief operating officer, and MLBPA head Don Fehr. Editor Alan Schwarz sat down with each man for an hour, asking tough questions and following up as appropriate. Each transcript runs over 6,500 words.
Unfortunately, not all of those words are accurate. While both men used the interview as a forum for presenting their positions to the public, one went further. DuPuy made several unambiguously false statements about the economics of Major League Baseball.
DuPuy: "[R]emember, 65 cents of every dollar that's generated right now goes to player salaries."
Fact: According to MLB's own December 2001 financial disclosures, last year the players received $1.971 billion of MLB's $3.548 billion in revenues. That's 55.55% of revenues, not 65%--a difference of about $335,000,000/year. Nor can DuPuy be referring to 2002 figures: Opening Day salaries rose 5.2%, so even if MLB's 2002 revenues haven't risen at all the players would be taking only 58.4% of the gross.
DuPuy: "Put aside interest. Put aside depreciation. Just in operations alone, the clubs last year lost over $300 million."
Fact: DuPuy exaggerated MLB's operating losses by at least 22%. Last year MLB claimed operating losses of $232 million, not $300 million. Meanwhile Forbes estimated that MLB actually made a collective operating profit of $76.7 million.
DuPuy: "Of the last dozen [franchise] sales, fewer than half recouped the investment, let alone the investment plus the losses."
Fact: Here are the last dozen franchise sales:
Of these 12 sales only three, the Blue Jays and the recent Expos and Marlins transactions orchestrated by Major League Baseball, can be considered breakeven. The other nine sellers received anywhere from a sizable to a stratospheric return on their investment. Furthermore, Forbes estimates that current MLB owners have enjoyed average franchise appreciation of 12%/year.
Thus even assuming that MLB's financial disclosures are accurate and meaningful, DuPuy exaggerated the players' share of industry revenues, overstated MLB's operating losses, and grossly understated the return on an investment in a major league baseball team.
Two of DuPuy's other remarks also deserve comment:
DuPuy: "I think the deal that we struck in '96 was the result of a lengthy work stoppage and came on the heels of that, and the problems that that had created, and exacerbated the competitive-balance problem which is key to these discussions and ongoing negotiations."
If I've parsed this sentence correctly, DuPuy blames the 1996 labor agreement as well as the strike for worsening competitive balance. But the only major substantive changes in baseball economics in the 1996 labor agreement were (1) greater revenue sharing, and (2) a luxury tax in effect from 1997-99. If DuPuy thinks this agreement exacerbated the competitive-balance problem, why are the owners again demanding greater revenue sharing and a luxury tax?
DuPuy, describing the Minnesota court decision ordering the Twins to play in the Metrodome in 2002: "One lawsuit where a court rendered a decision that can't be found anywhere else in United States jurisdiction--that somehow a tenant can't vacate on a lease and is responsible for living there rather than paying rent."
If DuPuy's a little sensitive about this issue, it's because he's the lawyer who, six weeke before the contraction vote, told Carl Pohlad to sign his lease for 2002 because the courts would never enforce it. That lease contained a provision stating:
"If the Team ceases to play major league professional baseball games for any reason, the Team shall have breached this Agreement and will be liable for such remedies as may be available to the commission at law or in equity, including, but not limited to injunctive relief, and orders for specific performance requiring the Team to play its Home Games at the Stadium during the Term hereof."
This language looks awfully clear to me... but in his appellate brief, Twins lawyer Roger Magnuson's blustered that "[n]o other decision forced a business to shoulder the burden of continued operation, merely so that the public can enjoy a ballgame," and that by holding the Twins to the terms of the lease they signed, the stadium commission "derides the free market system, blasts the fundamental policies of free enterprise and private ownership, and assures this court that government knows best."
Every group opposed to taxpayer-funded stadia should send these quotes from DuPuy and Magnuson to every legislator in its home state, and every voter asked to decide whether to tax him or herself to build a new park for the home team. They illustrate MLB's contempt for fans, taxpayers, local governments, and anyone else who dares demand that the owners answer to any authority higher than themselves.
Magnuson argued to the Minnesota courts that even if contracting the Twins would breach the lease they had just signed, then notwithstanding the language quoted above the stadium authority could not stop the Twins from contracting, but could only recover the rent they would lose as a result. This argument should be a warning to residents and local officials wherever MLB is abusing its monopoly power to extort a taxpayer-subsidized stadium: the more generous your subsidy, the easier MLB thinks it will be able to break the lease. If this argument had been accepted, a team that signed a 30-year lease on a new $250 million park for $1/year could walk away after ten years merely by paying the park owner $20.
DuPuy, a Milwaukee attorney, served as Bud Selig's personal counsel before Selig selected him to replace Paul Beeston as president of Major League Baseball. Late in his interview, DuPuy emphasized that "I came out of 25 years of client service. And having worked for Bud for 12 years, I understand the concept of a boss." Regrettably for those of us who care about both baseball and the truth, DuPuy seems to understand all too well what his boss wants.
Doug Pappas is an author of Baseball Prospectus. You can contact him by clicking here.
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