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Date: March 14, 2013 PIO Number: 13-3-12
10 a.m. Friday, March 15, 2013
Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Amaturo Theatre
201 S.W. 5th Ave., Fort Lauderdale
When a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy realized four children and their grandmother were living in a car, he reached out to two other deputies for help. Today, the once-struggling family is back on its feet and living in a safe and comfortable home thanks in part to the efforts of deputies Edward Ragauskas, Doug Lashbrook and Detective Lisa Sokol. The three will be among the honorees Friday morning at BSO's annual awards ceremony.
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel will recognize the contributions of BSO deputies, civilian personnel, support staff, firefighters and paramedics, as well as private citizens at Friday's ceremony at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. He will present Gold Cross Awards to deputies who remained brave and dedicated to duty in the face of grave danger. He will give a Special Recognition Award posthumously to Nikki, a special animal that educated the public about the cruelty of chaining dogs. A talented forensic artist and robbery detective will win the Detective of the Year Award.
"These honorees represent the best of BSO and our community," Sheriff Scott Israel said. "I'm proud to share the stage with them today."
The complete list of award recipients is as follows. Sheriff's Special Recognition Award: Nikki "Break the Chain" K-9; Fire Rescue Honor Guard; Deputy Manuel Alvarez-Jacinto, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea; Deputy Joslyn Ruback, Paul Rein Facility; North Lauderdale deputies Edward Ragauskas, Doug Lashbrook and Detective Lisa Sokol, North Lauderdale Mayor Jack Brady; BSO Mounted Posse Unit; Inmate Property Unit. Citizen of the Year: Emillio Caban. Meritorious Service Award: Deputy Steven DelSol, Tamarac; Deputy Eric Blake, Pompano Beach; Darla McDuffie-Baynes, Criminal Investigations; Lt. Eric Delotta, Paramedic Robert Thompson, Air Rescue; Deputy Jesus Madrigal, Aviation Unit. Exceptional Service Award: Sgt. Mario Barcelo, Joseph V. Conte Facility; Mounted Unit. Civilian Employee of the Year Award: CSA Joseph Curtis, Deerfield Beach. Department of Community Programs Employee of the Year Award: Antoinette Dockery. Detective of the Year Award: Detective John McMahon, Criminal Investigations Division. Department of Law Enforcement Deputy of the Year Award: Deputy Franklin Castor, Central Broward. Department of Detention Deputy of the Year Award: Lt. Eddison Ricketts, North Broward Bureau. Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services Employee of the Year Award: Capt. David Kelly, Regional HazMat. Department of Law Enforcement Field Training Deputy of the Year Award: Deputy Marco Rizza, Pompano Beach. Public Safety Special Operations Award: Mobile Field Force. Department of Law Enforcement Support Unit of the Year Award: Regional Communications Division – Pompano Beach site. Department of Community Programs Unit of the Year Award: Pretrial Services Field Visit Unit. Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services Unit of the Year Award: Fire Station 37. Department of Law Enforcement Unit of the Year Award: Special Victims Unit. Department of Detention Unit of the Year Award: Main Jail Infirmary Unit. Gold Cross Award: Deputy Samuel Wagers, West Park/Pembroke Park; Deputy Michael Francis, West Park/Pembroke Park; Deputy Nuno Roque, ICJS Training Division; Sgt. Andrea Tianga, Lauderdale Lakes; Detective Ronald Miller, Strategic Investigations Division; Deputy Santiago Vazquez, Port Everglades.
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Nokia has long been the world's top vendor when it comes to mobile Web use, but the precipitous decline in popularity of its Symbian platform and slow build of its Windows Phone business have toppled it, though just barely.
According to StatCounter's numbers, Nokia dropped from 37.67% in January 2012 to 22.15%. That's a decline of 15.52 percentage points. During the same time, Apple also saw its share decline, from 28.67% in January 2012 to 25.86% in the same month this year.
"It's good and bad news for Apple," commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO of StatCounter, in a statement. "Apple has been handed the number one spot despite its falling usage share. A decline in Nokia usage from January 2012 to January 2013 means the Finnish company ceded the top spot to Apple."
[ Despite what looked to be an early blowout and a mid-game power outage, the Super Bowl ultimately lived up to its hype on the field. But what about the commercials? BlackBerry, Samsung Super Bowl Ads: Only Semi-Successful. ]
But Samsung is coming on strong. Samsung rose from 14.84% to 22.69% over the same period, a gain of 7.85%.
"Samsung, in contrast to Apple, has seen an increase in its usage share since January 2012," added Cullen.
This data includes mobile Web access from Apple's iOS devices; Nokia's Windows Phone, Symbian and S40 devices; and Samsung's Android, Bada and Windows Phone devices. StatCounter didn't provide a breakdown of mobile Web use based on operating system.
StatCounter didn't provide any projections on how mobile Web use from these three hardware providers will shape up for 2013, but the trends are fairly clear. Nokia is on its way down, as is Apple to a lesser extent, while Samsung is on its way up. It would not be surprising for Samsung to steal the top spot from Apple before the year is out. iPhone 5 and iPad Mini notwithstanding, Samsung's continuing onslaught of Galaxy-branded Android smartphones have taken the world by storm.

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I'm surprised it took so long for Native Instruments to come up with a full hardware solution for Traktor. I've always been intrigued by M-Audio's Torq and Xponent but I never actually saw anyone using Xponent in an actual nightclub. I think we will be seeing a lot of Kontrol S4s around. The hardcase with laptop stand is a very smart move by NI. I'm always making my own mixes using Traktor maybe this will finally push me to do it in front of people. $999 and $189 for the hardcase. If the hardware is rugged they have a winner.
"Custom-tailored for TRAKTOR, the S4 fuses a premium-quality 4 channel DJ mixer, a built-in 24 bit/96 kHz soundcard, an intuitive controller, and the flagship TRAKTOR PRO S4 software…" – native-instruments.com
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wow. Can't believe it. Tournament isn't until May and already it's full. That's at $62 for ams and $103 for pros a pop.
All the discussion we had about competing and such and this thing is full 4 months before it starts! It's a qualifier for the USDGC & Marshall Street, but how many of the field are playing those? Very interesting reflection on exactly the kind of folks that make up the DG community, vs other sports.


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Nurses at the therapeutic Stabilization Center in the Kaabong Referral Hospital call him "the miracle baby." In the hospital records his name is Monday; the staff name orphaned babies according to the day of the week they are born.
Baby Monday's mother went into premature labor in Kathile, a tiny village in Karamoja, the arid and sparsely populated region of northeastern Uganda bordering Sudan. During childbirth, she had a retained placenta, an easily treatable condition where the placenta is left behind in a woman's uterus. But because the family had no transportation to the nearest hospital—only 11 miles away—hours were lost while they tried to get help for the ailing mother and baby. Finally, a small truck was rented in Kaabong, but it broke down on the way to the hospital, and Baby Monday's mother never made it there alive.
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The fact that the infant survived the journey in his grandmother's arms over the rough and difficult terrain from Kathile to Kaabong is just one of the reasons that have earned him his unlikely nickname.
At birth Baby Monday weighed just three pounds. In the United States, a premature baby would be kept in an incubator for weeks, but there are no incubators at the Kaabong Referral Hospital, nor is there electricity to power a heating lamp that might keep his little body warm. So Baby Monday was wrapped in a bundle of wool blankets and kept in the sun whenever possible to keep his temperature up.
"This baby is a real fighter," said Sam Mbuto, Action Against Hunger's Clinical Officer who manages the hospital's therapeutic Stabilization Center. "After two weeks here he began to have vomiting and diarrhea, and we realized he had severe malaria. We put him on a quinine drip and gave him oxygen and, amazingly, he recovered from the malaria and began gaining weight."
For over two months, Action Against Hunger and the local hospital staff monitored Baby Monday closely and fed him therapeutic milk formula every two hours without fail. Looking after him at all hours was his eight-year-old sister, Nakolong. Being the sole caregiver of a premature infant and waking up several times a night for the feedings would be enough to break most people, let alone an eight-year-old. But Nakalong said she didn't mind at all.
"My mother died so there is no one else to take care of him," she said matter-of-factly. "I nurse and feed him all day, give him baths and wash our clothes. When I have time I play with the other children at the hospital. Here we have medicine and food so we have to stay here until my brother is ok."
Tackling Malnutrition in Rural Uganda
In Karamoja, a region with some of the highest malnutrition rates in all of Uganda and where much of the population has little access to health care, Action Against Hunger manages two therapeutic Stabilization Centers. Located within local hospitals, the centers are dedicated to the treatment of the most severe cases of malnutrition in young children and women who are pregnant or nursing.
In addition to supplying therapeutic nutritional products and other essential medicines, ACF trains hospital staff to treat the condition so that they can eventually assume responsibility for managing the centers.
"The nurses here had some knowledge of malnutrition before Action Against Hunger, but not much," says Hamis Basalirwa, the Clinical Officer at the Stabilization Center in the town of Moroto. "But now we are training the eight hospital nurses and nursing assistants on how to manage cases and nurse malnourished children back to health. Things are improving."
Care for malnutrition begins at the community-level, and Action Against Hunger gives local health volunteers the skills and equipment to identify malnourished women and children and refer them for free treatment—either at outpatient nutrition centers or at the Stabilization Centers if their conditions have deteriorated to the point that they require special medical care.
"When ACF began the trainings, this was all new knowledge to us. We were provided with measuring tapes and referral forms, and went straight to work," says Ayella Albino, coordinator of the village health teams in Kaabong.
"Personally, I look after 109 households with a total of 210 children under five, so I make sure I visit a certain number of households every day. I get reports from the mothers and examine the child, and because of the training I had from ACF, I now know the signs of conditions such as edema [a swelling of body parts caused by severe acute malnutrition.]"
In Karamoja, malnutrition often stems from poor sanitation and hygiene practices. While children receive life-saving treatment, Action Against Hunger teaches their caregivers simple techniques like hand washing and hygienic food preparation to protect their families.
"It is so important for the mothers to receive health education. We could avoid a lot of diseases linked with malnutrition," says Mbuto. "But it's a gradual process and you have to deliver the messages over and over because it is all new to them. During their stay in the hospital their hygiene improves, and the good thing is that most of them maintain it when they go back home and even change the behavior of other mothers in their villages."
In this neglected region, where even the most basic health care is hard to come by, the program is saving thousands of young lives—sometimes even despite the odds.


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Christian College Choral Festival
Christian College Choral Festival
January 11 and 12
Collins Alumni Auditorium
Finale Concert Saturday, Jan. 12, at 7 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
Choirs from Lipscomb, Faulkner, Freed Hardeman, Harding and Ohio Valley universities and Crowley's Ridge and Rochester colleges gather at Lipscomb for two days of combined rehearsals culminating in a performance on Saturday night. The performance includes two pieces by each choir and five pieces from the grand choir. Clinician for the grand choir is Dr. Stanley Roberts of Mercer University.
Combined works to be performed are:
- "O Magnum Mysterium" by Toma Luis da Vittoria
- "Glory Hallelujah to the Newborn King" arranged by Mark Butler
- "Hodie Christus Natus est" by Francis Poulenc
- "All That Hath Life and Breath Praise Ye the Lord!" by Rene Clausen
- "The Road Home" by Stephen Paulus
Performances are subject to change. For additional information, contact the Department of Music at 1-800-333-4358, ext. 5932 or (615) 966-5932.


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As musicians we all spend time checking out music tech blogs, participating in pro-audio forums and listening to tunes on various social music sites. We can all justify the time we spend on such sites as learning (and it really is!). I've found a new time waster: Craigsphone (iTunes link). I know the iPhone app has been around for a while. I know you could do the same searching over at Craigslist. However, I had not searched for local synths for sale on my iPhone until today. There's something to be said for laying in the backyard on a chaise lounge chair and finger flicking through used goodies with knobs. There's some great stuff you can find such as "3 Non-Working ADATS".
Ever find a killer deal on Craigslist?


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Low fade and good distance with low power requirement discs makes discs forgiving for new players especially if the disc is not fussy about nose angles. The lack of HSS is not as bad for 200' throws as it is for 300' or more so no wonder a disc that has two or three of those characteristics is easy to throw. Anyone can use a disc like that as long as the HSS is added with added power. I have not thrown the Tern but description wise Beasts should be easier to power to stay straight in light weights and are more HSS in the ones made in the last few years (not the quickly breaking in DX though) so they would be at least easier to grip and aim consistently. If not equally long considering the lower speed. The Beast has the benefit of being long for the distance and the least fussy disc of that distance about the nose angle and not being terribly power hungry like most fast discs. So a triple win with a but. Being more HSS it won't turn with a clean form at 225' so to delay the fade at such a low power vs what makes the Beast really shine needs an anny release. It is not hard just throw a flat throw with the disc tilted in the hand.
River is a less power hungry slower shorter Beast and a Sidewinder is a less HSS Beast with a hair less LSS so suitable for 225' throwers.


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They look great and that is about it...horrible feel and lackluster contact...im an 8 handicap and i thought these clubs would help but they feel more like a 200 dollar set of clubs...Dont waste your money, im sure in 6mnths there will only cost 399.
As a high handicapper I must say these clubs really helped me to hit the ball further and straighter. The 4 and 5 irons were so much easier for me to hit than the hybrids I had been playing. Ball flight improved dramatically.
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Wainwright off game, chased early in defeat
Cards ace comes undone in five-run fifth; Carpenter, Holliday go deep
ST. LOUIS -- It was as atypical a start as there has been in some time for Adam Wainwright, who self-destructed in a fifth inning that cost the Cardinals their series opener against Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.
En route to a 7-2 victory in front of 43,623 fans at Busch Stadium, the Rays chased Wainwright during a five-run fifth in which Tampa Bay tallied only two hits. Wainwright provided the rest of the assistance, committing a fielding error, walking three and hitting one in his first outing since starting the All-Star Game.
A "train wreck" was how the ace aptly referred to the complicated frame afterward.
"It's hard to explain when weird things like that happen," Wainwright added. "But I know that this game is incredibly frustrating sometimes and probably for the fans, too, tonight watching and wondering what in the world I was doing out there. Every now and then you just have a crazy inning like that."
Actually, Wainwright did know what was going wrong but couldn't correct it. His delivery -- the hands, his posture, his pushoff -- fell out of whack. Sometimes that led to command issues; other times it left the righty with an inability to get more zip on his pitches.
By the time he dissected his delivery problems with the media postgame, Wainwright had already camped out in the video room and watched three starts from earlier this season. He compared his delivery in those to video from Tuesday, reliving it all in order to zero in on the necessary fixes.
"I think that's just part of the process of humbling that this game can do," manager Mike Matheny said. "Whenever you think you've got it completely figured out, it'll reach up and grab you."
Wainwright sailed through the first four innings on 48 pitches, allowing only a second-inning run on a safety-squeeze bunt by Rays starter Jake Odorizzi in his first Major League plate appearance. The unraveling then started with a walk to nine-hole hitter Kevin Kiermaier to begin the fifth inning in a 1-1 game.
Wainwright followed with an out and had another one rolling just feet away but whiffed as he reached down to glove it.
"That's just another terrible thing I did tonight," said Wainwright of his first error in 85 games. "I was going to grab it and flip it real quick to first base and kind of looked up before I caught the ball. You need to catch it first."
Ben Zobrist reached safely, and the floodgates then opened. Three runs scored on doubles by Matt Joyce and Yunel Escobar. In between, Wainwright hit Evan Longoria and walked James Loney with the bases full.
"All of a sudden, the boys are getting their swagger back," said Rays manager Joe Maddon, whose club is 12-4 this month. "This is the group that we should be right here."
Wainwright's 39th pitch of the inning was also out of the zone, and as Odorizzi jogged to take the free base, Matheny ended his starter's night. The 4 2/3-inning start was Wainwright's second shortest of the season. This also marked just the third time in 205 career starts that Wainwright had walked four and not finished at least five innings.
He entered the game with a National League-low 1.83 ERA. It now sits at 2.02.
"We saw some uncharacteristic things and things that aren't typically going to happen to him and that he normally gets himself out of," Matheny said. "But he's human. They're going to happen. I think he was finding a feel, and then that inning just couldn't get through it."
Wainwright emphasized, too, that he could not blame his struggles on any physical ailment, certainly good news for the Cardinals. When he pitched against the Rays a month ago, Wainwright tossed seven scoreless innings despite pain in his forearm. It was after that start that the Cardinals gave Wainwright 10 days to rest.
"I got seven shutout innings just throwing marshmallows up over the plate, letting guys hit liners right to people," Wainwright said. "Tonight, I should have been good. I should have had decent stuff."
Both of the Cardinals' runs came via the long ball, with Matt Carpenter hitting his fourth career leadoff homer to give St. Louis an early lead and Matt Holliday shaving into a five-run deficit with his sixth-inning solo shot. The blast, Holliday's eighth of the season, followed the Cards' unsuccessful challenge of a foul ball that, had it gone the other way, would have put Holliday on first with a single.
Odorizzi, who grew up on the Illinois side of the city, had little other trouble with the Cardinals' offense. The young right-hander scattered three other hits in 5 2/3 innings. He had been on the wrong end of a 1-0 duel with Wainwright last month.
"I didn't know what to expect coming in, and I didn't think I would have much nerves to be honest, and then I definitely had a lot of nerves," said Odorizzi, who had several hundred supporters in the stands. "I was nervous. I was excited. I was just about anything you could be."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Live asks for authorization again at every launch (Mac)
- Live Versions: 9.1 and higher
- Operating System: OSX
Everytime when launching Live, the authorization dialog is shown. Even after successfully authorizing Live, the dialog appears again at the next program launch.
This problem appears for users who authorized a prior version of Live for all users on a Mac by copying Live's unlock file into the local library.
There are two different ways to solve this issue.
A. In Finder navigate to this location:
Macintosh HD:/Users/[Username]/Library/Application Support/Ableton/
Copy the Unlock folder of the last Live version before 9.7.4 into the "Live 9.7.4" folder, e.g. the Unlock folder from "Live 9.7.3" into "Live 9.7.4"
Note: This folder is hidden by default. Here's how to access hidden folders on your Mac.
B. In Finder navigate to this location:
Macintosh HD:/Library/Application Support/Ableton/
Remove the "Ableton" folder from this location by moving it for example onto the Desktop. You can trash this folder after making sure that it doesn't contain any user-created data.


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Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review BoardMichael Woods, MD, FAAP
- Review Date: 08/2017 -
- Update Date: 08/04/2015 -
The content below is part of the "Health Library" and is not indicative of services available at the facility.
P.O. Box 4014
Schaumburg, IL 60168
On this website, you can find patient education information on rosacea and other skin disorders. The site also helps with finding a dermatologist.
196 James Street
Barrington, IL 60010
This society provides information for consumers on rosacea and how to cope with it. The website also has issues of Rosacea Review, a newsletter for patients with rosacea, a bibliography of consumer articles on rosacea, research grants program, and links to related websites.
1 AMS Circle
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-3675
The National Institutes of Health site provides in-depth information on psoriasis, treatment, research, and more.


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Recently a woman came into the store and inquired about sprouted wheat bread: what it is, how to make it, the benefits/disadvantages, etc. Although we currently don't use sprouted grains in our baking at Bob's Red Mill, it's an interesting subject gaining popularity. People are drawn to bread using sprouted grain for various reasons, most of them related to the health benefits that can be gained. Here's a little background to clear up some confusion on sprouted wheat.
What is Sprouted Bread?
Sprouted bread is a form of bread made from whole grains that have been allowed to sprout, that is, to germinate. It is often eaten uncooked, or slightly heated, by proponents of raw foods. Sprouted breads are usually made with grains that have a low glycaemic index such as wheat, rye, spelt, oats, linseed, and barley.
History of Sprouted Bread
The earliest recipes for sprouted bread come to us from the Essenes, a Jewish monastic group that flourished from the 2nd century BC to the 1st century AD. They are credited with the first recorded techniques and recipes for Essene Bread which is made from sprouted wheat and prepared at low temperatures. These two techniques insure the maximum possible vitamin content for this food. The sprouting also breaks down the lectins and other substances that some individuals may be sensitive or allergic to.
In more modern recipes, sprouted grain bread is made with additions of yeast and gluten which produce a more edible loaf.
Benefits of Sprouted Bread
The benefits for sprouting grains are numerous. Through sprouting, all of the vitamins and nutrients stored in the grain are released. Many of these nutrients are usually lost during the cooking process. Additionally, the process of sprouting helps convert the carbohydrates found in the grains into maltose. This aids digestion as the enzymes in sprouted grains essentially predigest all of the vitamins for you before they hit your digestive track. The body is then more able to incorporate all of the good vitamins you are receiving.
All types of sprouted grains, in bread or eaten raw, are high in protein, fiber, and phosphorus. Specific sprouts have additional benefits. For instance, mung bean sprouts are high in iron, vitamin C, and potassium where as sunflower sprouts pack punches of vitamins A and C. Calories and carbohydrates are reduced by sprouting grains used in bread.
How to Make Sprouted Bread
You make sprouted bread the same way you would make a typical loaf of bread with the exception of adding the appropriate measurement of sprouted grains to the flour. A website that might be helpful in guiding you through the process of all things sprouting is sproutpeople.com. Check out these two recipes for baking bread using sprouts from Sprout People.com and visit their site for even more inspiration!


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Tigers not planning to slot Jackson at leadoff
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Austin Jackson has hit almost exclusively in the leadoff spot during his Major League career, but it seems that his new manager has other ideas.
Asked on Friday if Jackson will hit somewhere other than first, Tigers skipper Brad Ausmus said that is "more than likely."
Jackson made all 127 of his starts as a leadoff man last season, and 542 of 544 in four big league seasons. In 2011, he spent one game hitting second and another hitting ninth.
However, the Tigers acquired second baseman Ian Kinsler from the Rangers this offseason, and Ausmus has been using him as a leadoff man. In Friday's game against the Braves, Kinsler hit first, while Jackson hit seventh.
"It's more about where I think he'll be most successful and contribute the most," Ausmus said.
Last season, Jackson hit .272/.337/.417 with 12 home runs, 129 strikeouts and a career-low eight stolen bases in 12 attempts. His steals have declined each season since he swiped 27 as a rookie.
After going 1-for-3 on Friday, Jackson is still batting .442 this spring, with eight extra-base hits, 12 RBIs and two steals.
"He's swung the bat well," Ausmus said. "Even his outs have been hard-hit outs."
Andrew Simon is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AndrewSimonMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Miley Cyrus Channels 'Pretty Woman' + Hangs Out With Kesha in Miami [Pics]
Miley Cyrus is still trying to get back to twerk. The starlet hit up the party scene in Miami dressed like Julia Roberts in 'Pretty Woman' and couldn't have been prouder of it.
Cyrus rocked a Vivian-style dress, complete with a metal ring attaching the bodice and skirt — the only difference was that Cyrus' ensemble had a red top, while the iconic hooker with the heart of gold had a white one. The homage was deliberate, as Cyrus tweeted photos of her outfit with the caption, "Pretty woman, twerkin' down the street."
In photos from the same evening, Cyrus and all her friends wore matching red lipstick. Maybe they've been influencing her new style — or vice versa!
While in the city of Heat, Cyrus also hit up the iHeart Radio Ultimate Pool Party, where she hung out with Kesha, and had a second listening party for her upcoming record. And like any culturally appropriating Cyrus soiree, there were lots of fair skinned guests and balloons that spelled out "twerk."
Oh, Miley. You really can't stop, can you?


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This is really a fantastic piece of software, I highly recommend everyone checking it out if you're into pattern/texture map creation.
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Filter Forge is an excellent filter creation tool with a strong community spirit that will enhance your Photoshop creations."
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It's that time again, when we tally the barrelage of the craft breweries operating in the United States and report on the growth numbers for the previous year for our annual Industry Review Issue. Craft …More
Key Qualities in Craft Brewer-Wholesaler Relationships
While all craft breweries take great care in selecting distributors to handle their brands, the criteria they use can vary greatly depending upon the brewery's size. There are obviously common desirable characteristics among wholesalers for …More
BA Releases Beer Server Training Guide and Reference Manual
Staff training is an important concern for many brewpub owners and managers. To address this key need, the BA brewpub committee developed Beer Server Training for Brewpubs. This free-to-download manual will be tremendously useful for all …More
Craft Brewers Featured at Nightclub & Bar
The Nightclub & Bar convention and tradeshow, which celebrated its 30th anniversary earlier this month, once again hosted a craft brewers pavilion made up of five small and independent Brewers Association (BA) members. Brewers treated …More
600 Vendors Exhibit at the Largest BrewExpo America® Yet
With 600 exhibitors (up from 490 last year) from 11 countries, 161 categories of products and services, and an extra half day for attendees to make the rounds, this year's BrewExpo America® is the biggest …More
Craft Brewers Conference 2015 Commences in Portland, Ore.
The 2015 Craft Brewers Conference, hosted by the Brewers Association (BA), kicked off on Tuesday with the Welcome Reception, held at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The event brought together over 8,000 beer professionals with a theme of …More
Craft Beer Meets Pizza at International Expo
Pizza pie, oh my, oh my Just like craft brewed beer from small and independent U.S. craft brewers, pizza is art and nowhere was this more on display than the 2015 International Pizza Expo® where six …More
Now Available: The 2015 Craft Brewers Conference Issue of The New Brewer
More than 3,400 breweries are currently in operation in the U.S., with more than 2,000 in the planning stages. But is beer quality a top priority for all of them? This 2015 Craft Brewers Conference …More
3 Merchandising Principles to Help Retailers Sell More Craft
Throughout the U.S., there is a wide variety of off-premise retailers in different classes of trade, all trying to do the same thing: sell more beer! And in many cases, sell more craft brewed beer from …More


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Business Administration
The College of Business at Pacific University offers a major and a minor in business administration that provide students with a broad and customized program in business. Students may choose concentrations in accounting, finance, international business, marketing, or actuarial science.
- Develop skills in critical thinking, problem-solving and writing, as well as technical competency, oral communication, quantitative reasoning, ethics, and library and information literacy
- Consider the three-year accelerated Business Scholars program
- Foster lasting relationships with peers and professors in a highly interactive and engaging classroom environment
- Benefit from substantial academic and career guidance, international study experiences, research opportunities and student presentation requirements
- Explore diverse, off-campus internship opportunities in Oregon and across the country
Coursework reflects our mission to develop graduates with the skills to effectively and efficiently manage organizations with responsible leadership. The program offers a unique and highly supportive learning environment, characterized by a relevant contemporary curriculum taught by engaged, highly respected, and caring faculty.
The business program at Pacific University helps students develop skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, effective communication and quantitative reasoning. These skills foster students' ability to make decisions with ethics and integrity. Students build applicable skills through a variety of internship opportunities, and our graduates find positions in public and private organizations, government, not-for-profit organizations, sales, research, advertising and promotion, management and consulting.
College of Business
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A plan to achieve self-support, or PASS for short, is a plan for your future. Many people with disabilities want to work, and you're probably one of them. But maybe you need to go back to school before you can get a job. Or, maybe you'd like to start your own business, but you don't have the money. Whatever your work goal may be, a PASS can help you reach it.
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The Rise of Xenoarchaeology: Searching for the Ruins of Extraterrestrial CivilizationsPosted by Greg at 13:33, 10 Sep 2013
Forget that controversial History Channel show: the ruins of ancient alien civilisations may well exist beyond our atmosphere, and scientists are keen to go and search for them. The field of xenoarchaeology - the search for the material remains of extraterrestrial cultures - was once mainly a science fictional concept, but in recent times there has been much progress in nailing it down firmly to the realm of science present. Over at Aeon Magazine, Paul Gilster (of the Centauri Dreams blog) has posted a wonderful essay documenting some of the efforts being made to search for such 'relics', from Dyson spheres through to asteroid mining ventures. He also touches on the philosophical side of the search, noting the difficulty in predicting what these relics might be, when we are searching for something that is, quite literally, alien to us:
All of these searches ask us to put ourselves in the minds of beings about whom we know absolutely nothing. The physicist David Deutsch has flagged this as a problem for prediction of all kinds, not just those involving SETI. According to Deutsch, we can distinguish between 'prophecy' and 'prediction', with prophecy being the discussion of things that are not knowable, while prediction deals with conclusions that are based on good explanations of the universe. As prognosticators from Thomas Malthus to the Club of Rome have demonstrated, we may be able to identify problematic trends in the present that can be extended into the future, but we cannot know what knowledge we will acquire in the future to manage those problems. This is why no scientific era has succeeded in imagining its successor. The scientists of the late 19th century discovered this firsthand, when confronted with the emergence of quantum theory and relativity early in the early 20th. Both theories raised questions earlier theorists couldn't have even formulated.
In the context of interstellar archaeology, the problem is that we have no analogues in our experience for what advanced cultures might create. Patience is the byword as the effort proceeds, the same patience that Heinrich Schliemann's successors have used to master the art of sifting through rubble, with careful digging and delicate brushwork sweeping aside soil to uncover the shape of a fragmentary artifact. Interstellar archaeologists are tasked with sifting through gigabytes of data, not layers of soil, but the principle is the same.
Where do you think the best place to look for alien ruins might be? Earth, our Solar System, or distant suns and galaxies? And what should we be looking for? A fascinating topic.
Link: Distant Ruins: Scientists used to scan the skies for messages from alien civilisations. Now they go looking for their ruins
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One of the things I find amusing about the pronouncements of many who work in "science" is that they don't seem to realize just how constrained their viewpoints are and how much that limits what they perceive as "fact."
Based on the article, it seems that Deutsch gets that to some extent. Again I'll quote Planck:
"We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist, or if they have existed up to now, that they will continue to exist in a similar manner in the future."
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I'd started an essay on this and one point is that the exploration can be valid within conceived parameters as long as those limits are noted. IOW it's valid to look for "ETs that are carbon-based humanoids" as long as one doesn't think that ET life "needs", or is even likely, to be that.
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lol. Given that the Milky Way is estimated at 100,000 ly in diameter that's a very good question. Even the USS Enterprise would take more than 100 years to traverse it.
I think that searching effectively requires the usage of some of the dormant - often pooh-poohed - abilities that humans have access to
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A Farmers' Rebellion Lifts the California GOP
An election upset could send a pro-business Republican to Sacramento and give hope to the moribund state party.
Democrats were writing obituaries for California's GOP after winning a supermajority in the state legislature last November, thus gaining veto-proof power to raise taxes. But their legislative lock may have slipped after this week's special election in which Republican farmer Andy Vidak appears to have defeated a Democrat—in a heavily Democratic senate district—who had championed high-speed rail and a higher minimum wage.
If Mr. Vidak wins an outright majority—late Friday, he led with 49.8% of the vote and provisional ballots were still being counted—his victory would put Republicans two senate seats short of reclaiming their veto on tax hikes. But more important, the election has exposed the Democrats' soft underbelly in California's Central Valley—a no man's land in state politics—and given Republicans a rallying point.
"This is the shot in the arm that shows that we are doing some things right," California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House GOP whip, says.
Three months ago, Democratic state senator Michael Rubio surprised his party by resigning midway through his first term to take a job in Chevron's lobbying shop. The 35-year-old moderate from Bakersfield had just been elevated to head the senate Environmental Quality Committee and was expected to propose regulatory reforms the week he tendered his resignation.
While Mr. Rubio cited personal issues for leaving the legislature—he has a daughter with special needs—another likely concern was the realization that his career and clout in Sacramento were limited by who he was and where he came from. Unlike his coastal counterparts, Mr. Rubio supported exploiting the rich hydrocarbon and shale deposits that underlie his Valley district.
The oil industry, he told a local TV station in February, shared his view "that we need to provide an opportunity for people to go to work and provide for their families"—a statement that borders on heresy in California's Democratic Party.
After delivering pro forma eulogies for Mr. Rubio, Democrats in Sacramento chose Kern County supervisor Leticia Perez to run for his vacated seat. They figured that a young Latina with a background as a public defender would have no trouble winning in a gerrymandered district that was 60% Hispanic and in which Democrats boasted a 22-point registration advantage. In 2010, Mr. Rubio won the seat by a 21-point margin.
Meanwhile, local farmers and businesses recruited the 47-year-old Mr. Vidak, a third-generation Valley farmer who narrowly lost his challenge to Democratic Rep. Jim Costa in 2010, to run on the Republican ticket. The white, middle-aged man appeared to come straight from the California GOP's central casting, but Mr. Vidak is more salt-of-the-earth than many of his new compatriots in Sacramento.
"My dream always was to have a few cows," Mr. Vidak says. After graduating from Texas Tech in 1991 with a degree in animal business, he worked agricultural jobs in California. With his savings, he bought land in Kings County to grow cherries and raise a small herd of cattle in the hills of Tulare. Such is the California dream east of the coastal ranges.
Mr. Vidak's campaign theme was the bifurcation of California: the coastal liberal elites versus the Valley folks. "We're getting left behind here," he says. "They don't view us as important."
Case in point: The unemployment rate in Mr. Vidak's district is about 15%—two to three times as high as in the Bay Area—and exceeds 30% in some communities. The culprit? "Our water has been cut off by the far left," he says.
Regulations to protect smelt from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta water pumps have created a California water shortage, which is particularly acute in the Valley. This year farmers south of the delta will receive only 20% of their contracted allocations. An irking irony is that the smelt's biggest killer is the wastewater that Sacramento dumps into the delta.
"It's fish versus farmer," he says, and liberals are siding with the fish.
Other species-protection policies have removed thousands of acres of land from production, endangering the livelihoods of farmers and ranchers. Meanwhile, California's bullet train, beloved by liberals, will slash through Mr. Vidak's district and raze hundreds of farms, homes and businesses.
"We don't have clean drinking water in some areas of our district," Mr. Vidak says. "And they want to build an $80 billion bullet train!"
His election opponent, Ms. Perez, endorsed the bullet train "as the biggest jobs plan in California history." However, she campaigned principally on raising the state minimum wage to $9.25 from $8, an issue that plays well in union-dominated, urban areas but didn't resonate with the Valley's farmers and small business owners.
Notwithstanding her Hispanic heritage, Ms. Perez appeared out of touch with Valley voters' values and concerns. She raised twice as much money as Mr. Vidak, but 90% of her contributions came from outside the district.
Despite Democrats' huge funding and voter advantage, Mr. Vidak was leading Ms. Perez by six points late Friday. If he fails to win an outright majority of the vote, the two will square off in a runoff on July 23.
Assuming Mr. Vidak wins, Democrats will have an opportunity to reclaim the seat in 2014. Yet they won't have an easy time since he'd be defending a newly drawn district with a smaller Democratic voter advantage.
Democrats may have a tougher time at the polls in general next year: Green policies like the state's renewable energy mandate, cap and trade and a low-carbon fuel standard will start kicking into high gear in 2014. What's more, Mr. Vidak's strong showing has put the state GOP in the unfamiliar position of feeling hopeful.
New party chairman Jim Brulte says the apparent upset is an encouraging sign that the pendulum in California is starting to swing the Republicans' way. "Now will we be able to capitalize on it?"
Ms. Finley is an editorial writer for the Journal.


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JUPITER, Fla. - MyClinic, formerly known as Jupiter Community Health Services, Inc., has gained approval by the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners to lease County owned land for the purpose of constructing a free primary medical care and urgent dental clinic that will serve low-income, uninsured individuals.
"It is so exciting to see MyClinic taking shape in Jupiter. In less than two years, the Town of Jupiter, Palm Beach County, Jupiter Medical Center and El Sol Neighborhood Resource Center mobilized a partnership that created a vision and implemented a plan to serve the uninsured and underinsured in northern Palm Beach County," said Jupiter Mayor Karen Golonka. "This project is a testament to collaborative community problem-solving and serves as model for other communities to replicate."
The agreement between MyClinic, an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation, and Palm Beach County also provides a Temporary Construction Easement which will allow MyClinic to place a temporary, modular clinic building on the site to begin operations before the permanent construction is complete. MyClinic will be co-located with the existing Palm Beach County Health Department, Jupiter Auxiliary Health Center at 6405 Indiantown Road in Jupiter.
"This clinic should serve as a new model to the community as to what can be accomplished when private and public entities work for a common good with a shared vision," said Dr. Alina Alonso, Director of the Palm Beach County Health Department.
Quantum Foundation, Palm Healthcare Foundation and Allegany Franciscan Ministries have approved grant funding for the first three years of operation for MyClinic. Medical and dental care will be provided exclusively by volunteer professionals. Jupiter Medical Center will provide lab and imaging services to clinic patients free of charge as well as administrative support, and medical office equipment has been donated by Clinics Can Help.
"Jupiter Medical Center is thrilled to see the next phase of this community based initiative being implemented with MyClinic," said John Couris, President and CEO, Jupiter Medical Center and MyClinic Board Member. "With the support from Jupiter Medical Center and the conglomerate of companies involved, MyClinic will be able to bring accessible health care to those in need within our community."
This MyClinic represents the next phase of a strategy that began over two years ago when a coalition was created to address urgent healthcare needs of a growing, uninsured population in Northern Palm Beach County. The coalition quickly recognized the need for an immediate solution and a long-term, permanent plan. Phase one, financed by a planning grant from the Quantum Foundation, was the January 2012 opening of the temporary, Jupiter Volunteer Clinic which operates out of the Health Department Jupiter Auxiliary Clinic on Saturdays. With over 300 registered patients representing over 550+ visits and waiting times for an appointment in excess of four weeks, Jupiter Volunteer Clinic has proven there is a great need to move into dedicated space with expanded hours of operation.
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Scare if you dare
When: Opens Sept. 27. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Fridays and 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturdays through Nov. 2
Where: 8039 Beach Blvd., Buena Park
Tickets: $38-$62. Not recommended for children younger than 13. No costumes.
Information: 714-220-5200; www.knotts.com/scaryfarm
When: Opens Oct. 5. 10:30 a.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday and 10:30 a.m.-11 p.m. through Oct. 28
Where: 26101 Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia
Tickets: $68 adults and $43 children. Maze pass $15. No costumes.
Information: 661-255-4100; www.frightfest.sixflags.com/magicmountain
When: Opens Oct. 3. 7 p.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday, plus selected Thursdays and Sundays, through Nov. 2
Where: 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach
Tickets: $20-$109. Not recommended for children. Costumes without masks are allowed on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1-2.
Information: 877-342-0742; www.queenmary.com
When: Opens tonight. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. select nights through Nov. 2.
Where: 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City
Tickets: $49-$239. Not recommended for children younger than 13. No costumes.
Information: 800-864-8377; www.halloweenhorrornights.com/hollywood
When: Daily through Oct. 31
Where: 1313 Disneyland Drive, Anaheim
Tickets: $92 adults, $86 children ages 3-9 for one park, or $137 adults and $131 children for the park hopper ticket
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</URL>Also: Mickey's Halloween Party, 7 p.m.-midnight Fridays and 6-11 p.m. Tuesdays, as well as select Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. $59-$74 children age 3-adult. Costumes encouraged. www.disneyland.com/halloween.
When: Opens Oct. 5. 10-9 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 27
Where: 1 Legoland Drive, Carlsbad
Tickets: $99 adults and $89 children ages 3-12. Costumes encourgaged.
Information: 760-98-5346; www.californialegoland.com, www.brickortreat.com
Also: Brick-or-Treat Party Nights 5-9 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 26, $30 park hopper, includes Sea Life aquarium. Costumes encouraged.
Halloween has evolved from a simple children's trick-or-treat holiday to a month-long celebration of everything creepy. Instead of homemade costumes and games like bobbing for apples, people of all ages are now flocking to theme parks to toast the eerie.
The first theme park to turn the night into an adventure was Knott's Berry Farm. As September wanes, it becomes Knott's Scary Farm. This year, the park hosts its 41st Halloween Haunt with mazes, scare zones and live shows, starting Sept. 27.
This event is intense and it is not recommended for children younger than 13.
Knott's is touting five new mazes this year. Dominion of the Damned: Long Live the King explores royalty with a goth feel and an unnerving deja vu aspect. Visitors enter a room that seems familiar, yet face a new — and worse — horror each time. Forever weaves Edgar Allan Poe's stories with the hunt for a serial killer. Steampunk fans will enjoy Mirror Mirror, which is set up with optional paths, like a "choose your own adventure" novel or game. It is easy to get lost in there.
The Gunslinger's Grave is set in 1883; it is an Old West maze in which visitors walk in a gunslinger's footsteps as he seeks revenge. This maze is different from most as it incorporates the outside spaces and the interiors of real buildings instead of sets portraying inside and outdoor settings.
Then there is Black Magic. Inspired by magician Harry Houdini's obsession with the occult and his promise to try to contact his wife after his death, the maze is set in a burnt-out theater. Once a place of art deco glory, the venue has become an evil place filled with magic tricks gone wrong and a very angry Houdini.
Knott's also will unveil Trapped: The New Experiment which is a longer, scarier interactive experience than its previous extra-fee maze. It is based on a wide range of phobias and requires visitors to solve difficult puzzles before they can leave. There is also a new scare zone, Village of the Dead in Fiesta Village, which will be populated with zombies and other creatures of the night. Throughout the park, the Green Witch and her troupe of Tricksters will be roaming, looking for opportunities to frighten.
Saving the best for last, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, will be back with her new on-stage revue, "Elivra's Sinema Seance." Sit back and enjoy songs, dancing, jokes and more.
Fright Fest
Six Flags Magic Mountain answers the spooky call with Fright Fest, which has expanded from one day to a full month of terror. Visitors can ride eight already daunting rides in the dark, including Tatsu and The Riddler's Revenge. Colossus will be running backwards. There will be live entertainment, including a hypnotist, and plenty of undead entertainment with vampires and zombies roaming the park. All this is available with basic park admission, but there is an extra $15 fee to brave the eight mazes scattered throughout the venue. Visit Magic Mountain's website for deals on combination tickets.
Dark Harbor
The Queen Mary is also cited as being haunted and now it ups its chill factor with Dark Harbor. The event is centered around a creepy circus led by The Ringmaster. Featured will be a twisted vintage circus with freaks and monsters and a Mad House with magic tricks and paranormal experiences. Topping all this off are mini-mazes, a ferris "squeal" and a squirm-worthy sideshow.
Halloween Horror Nights
When it comes to theatrics, Universal Studios has an edge and its Halloween Horror Nights is no slouch with mazes created from movie sets and soundstages, plus wandering monsters and thrilling rides. The mazes are based on favorite horror shows and films, such as "The Walking Dead," "Insidious" and "Evil Dead." There are light touches, too, such as Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure. The biggest buzz has been about the new Black Sabbath:13 3-D maze that brings the metal band's songs to reality.
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Disneyland Halloween Time
Disneyland fetes Halloween Time with Disney villains roaming the park along with Mickey Mouse and his friends in costume. The Haunted Mansion Holiday and Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy are two rides that have been transformed for the season. You'll also see hundreds of pumpkins on Main Street, U.S.A., pumpkin carvers at Big Thunder Ranch and a Dia de los Muertos display in Frontierland. Disney California Adventure Park is also in the spirit with its Mad T Party in Hollywood Land with Halloween music and fun. This is all included with the price of admission.
Disneyland is also hosting the separate-ticket event, Mickey's Halloween Party, for 13 nights. Adults and children may come in costume (family-friendly please) and trick-or-treat, watch "Halloween Screams" fireworks and join in dance parties, including the Monsters U Dance Party with Mike and Sully. Most of the rides will be open as well.
Brick or Treat
Legoland offers Brick-or-Treat on the weekends in October with trick-or-treat stops throughout the park for children age 12 and younger, as well as a station at its Sea Life aquarium. There is also storytelling, a Lego Monsters Scavenger Hunt, the Ghost Cruise and a wide range of shows and activities. Saturdays are party nights with dancing, costume contests, Lego model monster builds and more capped off with a firework finale at 9 p.m.


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Prevention of Vision Loss in Patients With Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) by Intravitreal Injection of Bevacizumab and Ranibizumab (VIBERA)
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.
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Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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The study is designed to demonstrate the therapeutic non-inferiority of the recombinant humanized monoclonal VEGF antibody bevacizumab administered by intravitreal injection in the treatment of AMD in comparison to the related fragment ranibizumab.
|Age-Related Neovascular Macular Degeneration
|Drug: bevacizumab Drug: ranibizumab
|Phase 3
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Prevention of Vision Loss in Patients With Age-Related Neovascular Macular Degeneration by Intravitreal Injection of Bevacizumab and Ranibizumab in a Typical Outpatient Setting
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: age-related macular degeneration
MedlinePlus related topics: Macular Degeneration
Drug Information available for: Bevacizumab RanibizumabU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, gGmbH:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Proportion of patients with a loss of fewer than 15 letters at month 12 [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Proportion of patients with a loss of fewer than 15 letters at month 24 [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Mean change from baseline in BCVA at month 12 (IA) and month 24 [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Proportion of patients with a treatment-free interval of at least 3 months' duration at any time point following month 2 [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Number of doses of the study drugs [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Drop out rates [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Rate of non-responders [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Retinal lesions [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Adverse Events [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Quality of Life [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|August 2008
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|August 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|August 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: A
Drug: bevacizumab
1.25 mg intravitreally monthly/on demand
Other Name: Avastin®
|Active Comparator: B
Drug: ranibizumab
0.5 mg intravitreally monthly/on demand
Other Name: Lucentis®
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients with visual impairment (best corrected visual acuity of 20/40 to 20/320 (Snellen equivalent, ETDRS chart)) due to an active primary or recurrent CNV associated with age-related macular degeneration involving the foveal center, presenting with either:
- a classical / predominantly classical lesion with largest diameter of SNVM smaller than greatest distance between major temporal vascular arcades or
- a minimally classical lesion or an occult lesion with no classic choroidal neovascularization
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known or suspected hypersensitivity to ranibizumab or bevacizumab
- Participation in any clinical trial within the last 4 weeks
- Previous participation in a clinical trial (for either eye) involving antiangiogenic drugs (pegaptanib, bevacizumab ranibizumab, anecortave acetate, protein kinase C inhibitors, etc.)
- Previous intravitreal drug delivery (e.g., intravitreal corticosteroid injection or device implantation) in the study eye
- Previous subfoveal focal laser photocoagulation in the study eye
- Previous laser photocoagulation (juxtafoveal or extrafoveal) in the study eye
- History of vitreoretinal surgery in the study eye
- History of submacular surgery or other surgical intervention for AMD in the study eye
- Subretinal hemorrhage in the study eye that involves the fovea, if the size of the hemorrhage is either 50% or more of the total lesion area or 1 or more disc areas in size
- Subfoveal fibrosis or atrophy in the study eye
- CNV in either eye due to other causes, such as ocular histoplasmosis, trauma, or pathologic myopia
- Retinal pigment epithelial tear involving the macula in the study eye
- Any concurrent intraocular condition in the study eye (e.g., cataract or diabetic retinopathy) that, in the opinion of the investigator, could either:
- require medical or surgical intervention during the 24-month study period to prevent or treat visual loss that might result from that condition, or
- if allowed to progress untreated, could likely contribute to loss of at least 2 Snellen equivalent lines of BCVA over the 24-month study period
- Active intraocular, ocular, or periocular inflammation (any grade "trace" or above) in the study eye
- Current vitreous hemorrhage in the study eye
- History of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment or macular hole (Stage 3 or 4) in the study eye
- History of idiopathic or autoimmune-associated uveitis in either eye
- Infectious conjunctivitis, keratitis, scleritis, or endophthalmitis in either eye
- Aphakia or absence of the posterior capsule in the study eye
- Spherical equivalent of the refractive error in the study eye demonstrating more than −8 diopters of myopia
- Intraocular surgery (including cataract surgery) in the study eye within 2 months preceding day 0
- Uncontrolled glaucoma in the study eye (defined as intraocular pressure [IOP] of 30 mmHg or more despite treatment with antiglaucoma medications)
- History of glaucoma filtering surgery in the study eye
- History of corneal transplant in the study eye
- Premenopausal women not using adequate contraception
- History of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug or that might affect interpretation of the results of the study or render the subject at high risk for treatment complications
- Current treatment for active systemic infection
- History of allergy to fluorescein, not amenable to treatment with diphenhydramine
- Inability to obtain fundus photographs or FA of sufficient quality to be analyzed and graded by the blinded evaluation center
- Inability to comply with study or follow-up procedures
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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: NCT00559715
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|Contact: Bernd Muehlbauer, Professor MD
|+49 (0) 421 497 5352
|Department of Pharmacology at Klinikum Bremen Mitte
|Bremen, Germany, 28177
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|Department of Pharmacology, Klinikum Bremen Mitte, Bremen, Germany
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Libya's ambassador to Washington is condemning the killing of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.
Ali Aujali said Wednesday that the killing of Ambassador Chris Stevens was a great loss for Libya. He called Stevens a friend and a great diplomat, and said they two had played tennis together.
Aujali said, "He was the right man for the right position at the right time."
The attacks were carried out Tuesday night by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
Aujali spoke at a news conference organized by the Islamic Society of North America. He called the attacks horrible and offered condolence to the families of the slain Americans. He also criticized the film as insulting.
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On Friday night I went to see Leaether Strip perform at the Santos Party House in the China Town section of New York City. In 1989 and 1990 I purchased two LS albums The Pleasure Of Penetration and Science For The Satanic Citizen. That was a great time of music and LS wasn't close to the best of the bunch but there were songs like Touchdown Breakdown and Flight 232 that I put on my mixtapes. I have some fond memories of my brother and I screaming the LS song "Go Fuck Your Ass Off" basically making fun of LS in general. It's probably that memory alone that made go to this concert. When I arrived I was surprised to a healthy group of people wearing black outside. I've never been to Santos Party House before. It was the perfect venue for a concert like this. It's a small space with a stage, one bar and DJ booths on the other side of the room. The layout, black walls and properly pink and blue lighting made the night feel 80sesque. I read an article about the opening band Hirsute Pursuit stating it was an exciting subserve gay sex industrial act. I liked the music but I lived in Chelsea for 10 years and I saw more risqué interactions at my local New York Sports Club. I realized this is music for people who never have sex at all. I taunted the lead singer a bit so he decided he would give me a whip. I tried to help him along sticking my ass out but he still missed and what did hit my leg felt like feathers more than a punishment. I was glad to hear DJ Stalagmike take over the music. I danced and had a chance to meet P-Orridge from Throbbing Gristle and Physic TV. Finally Leaether Strip took the stage. Claus Larsen who IS the band doesn't look like he used to. In fact these days he's a spitting image of Michael Chiklis the star from the TV show the shield (link). He stood in front and sang to what was surely prerecorded music. An older guy who later someone told me was Claus's husband was on keyboards far the the back of the stage. You can tell Claus has been doing this for decades as he is a good performer. I wasn't expecting much and while the show was better than I thought I think I only heard one song from the albums I own. 6/10. To see the full set of photos: click here
"Leaether Strip is the work of Danish electronic dance artist Claus Larsen. Discovered by the German techno artist and producer Talla 2XLC (Bigod 20), Leæther Strip quickly built a buzz as one of the young acts in Europe in the early 90's. His debut release in 1990 was the album "The Pleasure of Penetration". By the time of Leaether Strip's third release, Solitary Confinement, the act also was released in the United States." – Discogs.com
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Buffalo Soldiers Impart Living History at Summer Events
AUSTIN, Texas — This summer, the Texas Buffalo Soldiers have a full schedule of activities including presentations at youth camps, a Last Frontier Heritage Tourism event in Cochran County and three weekends of celebrations at the HemisFair Plaza in San Antonio.
In 1999, the Texas Legislature proclaimed July "Texas Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Month," making this the only state in the Union that recognizes the Buffalo Soldiers with a month-long celebration. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's "Texas Buffalo Soldier" Outdoor Educational Programs utilizes a network of Buffalo Soldiers volunteer groups and community partners to stage and produce living history encampments trail rides and other events.
American Indians dubbed the African-American regiments "buffalo soldiers." Some say the Indians thought the soldiers' curly hair resembled the buffalo's sacred mane, while others believe the Indians were referring to the soldiers' fighting spirit.
The program's youth outreach focus has expanded to encompass Hispanic Vaqueros, American Indians, Frontier Women and other cultural groups contributing to the rich history of the 1800's. They conduct ongoing cultural research, coordinate dozens of living history events for schools and youth groups across Texas each year and promote the Texas Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Trail, which follows routes taken across Texas in the 1800's by military personnel and civilians.
Camp Coca Cola, held at the Parrie Haynes Ranch, will feature a session with the Buffalo Soldiers as one element of the multi-week camp program. The camp is a one-month immersion in leadership training and community service for at-risk youth. The Buffalo Soldier events are scheduled for June 8, June 15, July 8 and July 15.
Cochran County's "Texas Last Frontier Heritage Celebration," based at Cochran County Park in Morton west of Lubbock is a free event open to the public the weekend of June 23-25. Here visitors of all ages can listen to Buffalo Soldiers stories and experience what daily life was like in camp and on patrol.
Buffalo Soldiers will also be featured in Texas' first intercultural youth camp at Fort McKavett from June 24 to July 1. Youth ages 9 to 12 will participate in a program called Old Stories, New Voices, which spotlights the contributions of African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics, and Anglos to Texas' history and culture. Old Stories, New Voices is a project of the Colorado Historical Society, made possible with grant funding from Texas State Parks and Wildlife, The Texas State Historical Association, The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, The Colorado Historical Society, The National Park Service and The National Endowment for the Humanities.
At San Antonio's HemisFair Plaza, the Buffalo Soldiers Living History & Heritage Organization will sponsor the annual Texas Buffalo Soldiers Month Celebration. The event takes place July 1, 22 and 29.
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Yes boys and girls it's our favorite time of the year (besides sports) when all the Black Friday ads are starting to appear. Name brand Blu-Ray players and Harmony remotes for $39 dollars and that most important movie accessory the West Bend popcorn popper.
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Spring 2012 Newsletter
Paul J. Dolan, Jr., Editor
In this Issue
From the Chair, Chandralekha Singh
From the Editor, Paul Dolan
About the FEd Session at APS April 2012 Meeting, Renee Diehl
FEd Session Schedule at APS March 2012 and April 2012 Meetings
Notice of the Physics Research & Education Gordon Conference: "Astronomy's Discoveries and Physics Education"
ALPhA-BFY (Beyond the First Year) Conference
APS Members Recognized by AAPT for Excellence in Physics Education
Upcoming AAPT Meetings & Workshops
Call for Nominations: Awards and Fellowships, Larry Woolf
2011 APS Fellows Nominated by the Forum on Education, Larry Woolf
About our New APS Fellows: Noah Finkelstein and Chandralekha SinghLetters & Opinions
- "High School Physics, First or Last, Must Be Mathematical," Stewart E. Brekke
- "Necessities for improving STEM education" George O. Zimmerman
- "Is the textbook obsolete?" Peter Lindenfeld and Suzanne White Brahmia
- "A Course to Prepare Physics Students for the Research Laboratory," David G. Haase, Hans Hallen, and David P. Kendellen
- "Astronomy Outreach Adventures in Rural Guatemala!" Linda Strubbe.
- "An Introduction to PIRA" Dale Stille
- "Answer to Challenge to the Readership" Paul Dolan.
- From the Editor of the Teacher Preparation Section, John Stewart
- "The Boston University PhysTEC Program" Andrew Duffy
- "Physics Learning Communities, Teacher Scientist Alliances, and Local Physics Alliances: Professional Development whose Time has Come Again" Jacob Clark Blickenstaff.
- "University of Arkansas Case Study: Teaching, Research, and Advising" Gabriel Popkin
Browsing the Journals Carl Mungan.
Web Watch Carl Mungan.
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text: Rogue elk causing quite a stir By John McCoy February 11, 2012 Story Share When someone in government does something stupid or embarrassing, the silence from official sources can be tomb-like.Case in point? Let's call it "The Saga of the Wandering Elk."Sometime last year, a bull elk escaped from a Greene Co., Pa., captive cervid facility and strolled across the Mason-Dixon line into Wetzel Co., W.Va.It stayed there for a while, wandered back to Pennsylvania through the holidays, and recently turned up in Marshall County, W.Va., where it has become somewhat of a celebrity.State wildlife officials are worried, and one can hardly blame them for their concern.Elk can carry chronic wasting disease, bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis. The former kills elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer, and the latter two kill cattle.Captive cervid facilities - places where deer and/or elk are kept behind tall fences and sold for their meat or shot for their antlers by wealthy people - are notorious incubators for chronic wasting disease.Recent CWD outbreaks in Minnesota and Missouri wild deer were traced directly to captive cervid facilities. Division of Natural Resources officials worry that the footloose elk might also be diseased, and that it might infect local deer or cattle.Marshall County isn't exactly an agricultural hotspot, so the chance of spreading brucellosis or bovine tuberculosis is small. On the other hand, Marshall is home to one of West Virginia's most highly concentrated deer populations. If chronic wasting disease gets started there, it could easily spread into the Northern Panhandle and down the entire Ohio Valley. To prevent such a possibility, DNR officials would like to shoot the elk. They haven't come out and said they would, but they issued a news release that strongly implied it.Big mistake. Local citizens rallied around the elk. They took to Facebook and other social media to lobby on the creature's behalf.It's an election year. The Legislature is in session. The last thing politicians want to do is to offend prospective voters.So right now, DNR officials have been told not to pull the trigger. They also are forbidden from divulging which politico issued the stay of execution. In fact, they can't comment about the elk at all.More than a week ago, I called a DNR official and inquired about the critter's status, and was told that all questions should be referred to Hoy Murphy, the agency's public relations person.I called Murphy. He wasn't in, so I left a message on his voice mail. Shortly thereafter, I received the following e-mail: "I'm sorry, but I've been told to put all media communications on hold for now. Things have been changing too fast for anyone to keep up, and they figure it's better to have no response than to send out a response that may be outdated by the time it sees print. I promise I'll get back to you as soon as I can."Not to pick on Murphy, who is a good egg, but there aren't many things that could change "too fast for anyone to keep up." Either DNR sharpshooters are allowed to kill the elk or they aren't.There's some question as to whether the elk can be killed on private property without the landowner's permission, but again that's an either-or situation.My personal guess is that the only thing that's rapidly changing is the potential for northern West Virginia's deer to have a CWD outbreak. Should that happen, deer hunters should move heaven and earth to find out which politician prevented the DNR from doing something that's clearly within its authority to do. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 3 New leaders begin to emerge for Marshall football 4 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield 5 Rod Run and Doo Wop brings classic cars, music to Boulevard for 12th year Outdoors notes -- Feb. 11 Previous Story Books hold the scoop on white-tails Next Story


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NASCAR Chairman Brian France says he made the call to fine Denny Hamlin $25,000 for criticizing NASCAR's new car and stands by that decision.
Hamlin was fined for criticizing the new Gen-6 car and the quality of racing after the March 3 Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway.
The controversial fine stirred considerable debate among fans and throughout the NASCAR community. Hamlin was livid over the penalty and refused to pay it. He originally filed an appeal, but later dropped it, though he did not back down from his stance.
"We won in the judge of the people and their opinion," Hamlin said after dropping his appeal. "Some of the peers of mine, at least the ones that have a backbone, had the nerve to stick up for what they know is right … (and) agreed."
MORE: France loved racing at California | Hamlin sidelined | No fine for Stewart
Hamlin was fined for "actions detrimental to stock-car racing" and for "denigrating" the sport.
France told ESPN.com that it was primarily his decision to fine Hamlin.
"There's always going to be, when we make decisions that are not black and white per se, we're always going to have people all over the organization that may not have made that call," France told ESPN.com. "But I did. I'm crystal clear with everybody about where the line is, what we can accept, and about how the sport is going today.
"And that is we give more latitude than any professional sport to criticize, speak their mind and say whatever they want. We encourage it, actually, including criticism that gets directed at us. But when the driver . . . begins to call out the quality of the racing or the rules packages, we have to make that call or opinions will shape what may not be reality."
France told ESPN.com that he met with Hamlin and believes that the two are now on the same page.
Hamlin acknowledged at Bristol March 15 that he and France talked, but said that he still believes NASCAR overreacted.
"We had a lot of the same ideas," Hamlin said. "In hindsight, I really believe they overreacted, and I believe they think they overreacted once they thought about it a little bit.
"But now we're at a point where we're good with each other and we're going to move on from here."


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Cubs activate Fujikawa, designate Schierholtz for assignment
DENVER - The Chicago Cubs today activated right-handed pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa from the 60-day disabled list. Outfielder Nate Schierholtz has been designated for assignment.
Fujikawa will be available for the Cubs tonight against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.
Fujikawa, 34, returns to the Cubs following an almost 14-month recovery from Tommy John surgery on June 11, 2013. He made his major league debut with the Cubs last season after pitching 12 years with the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Central League. Fujikawa appeared in 12 games last year, recording the save on Opening Day, and went 1-1 with two saves and a 5.25 ERA (7 ER/12.0 IP). He twice landed on the disabled list, first on April 13 with a right forearm strain, and again on May 27, the day after walking off the mound due to injury with surgery soon to follow.
The righthander combined to make 12 rehab appearances with three minor league clubs in the past month, posting no record and a 0.77 ERA (1 ER/11.2 IP). He struck out 13, walked three and limited opponents to a .171 batting average.
Schierholtz, 30, batted .192 (60-for-313) with six homers and 33 RBI in 99 games for the Cubs this season. He signed with the team prior to the 2013 campaign, when he went on to hit a career-best 21 home runs.


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My husband wanted me to ask if anyone has an idea how long a person can be on chemo? He's thinking that eventually his body will get immune to the chemo or take a toll on his body. We were told he would be on some form of chemo for the rest of his life and he's wondering if its worth it. Especially with the side effects. Anyone have any ideas?


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Margaret Thatcher Dies Following Stroke [VIDEO]
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died following a stroke at the age of 87.
"It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning," spokesman Lord Tim Bell told NBC News.
Known as the "Iron Lady," she led England from 1979 to 1990 and was the longest-serving prime minister of the postwar era as well as the country's first female Prime Minister. Her life story was told in a movie of the same name.
It was with great sadness that I learned of Lady Thatcher's death. We have lost a great leader, a great Prime Minister, and a great Briton.
— David Cameron (@David_Cameron) April 8, 2013
In a statement issued Monday by the White House, President Obama said Thatcher showed "our daughters that there is no glass ceiling that can't be shattered."
Obama says many Americans remember standing "shoulder to shoulder" with President Ronald Reagan during the Cold War. He says she showed then that leaders don't have to be swept along by the currents of history, but can shape them "with moral conviction, unyielding courage and iron will."
Thatcher will receive a ceremonial funeral with military honors. Downing Street says Queen Elizabeth II has authorized a ceremonial funeral — a step short of a state funeral — to be held at St. Paul's Cathedral.
It says the funeral will be attended by a "wide and diverse range of people," and the service will be followed by a private cremation. It did not provide further details on the timing of the service, saying only that the arrangement are "in line with the wishes" of Thatcher's family.
Prime Minister David Cameron cut short a trip to Spain and France upon hearing the news.
Remaking England's Image
Thatcher set out to remake England's "sick old man of Europe" image according to the Washington Post, and developed a friendship with President Ronald Reagan who shared her conservative, fiscal responsibility point-of-view.
To her fervent admirers, battling Maggie was an icon, a national savior who ended Britain's post-World War II cycle of confrontation and decline — eclipsed as a 20th-century British leader only by Winston Churchill.
Her vehement critics, however, saw her as a bellicose figure at home and abroad, a destroyer of industries and, with it, a way of life.
She was a sharply divisive figure even within her Conservative Party, especially on the issue of European integration; the party declined into a bickering shambles after she fell from power.
The grocer's daughter became Europe's first female prime minister in 1979, four years after the Conservative Party surprised itself by making her its leader. Typically, she jumped into the leadership race while more prominent male colleagues dithered, and then proved unstoppable.
The Iron Lady
Thatcher led the Tories to a landslide victory in 1979, followed by easy wins in 1983 and 1987.
She loved the jokes claiming she beat her all-male Cabinet ministers with her handbag, and reveled in being the "Iron Lady," a nickname coined by the Soviet press.
At home, she sold huge, loss-making state-owned companies, from Jaguar to national utilities to British Airways. Many became profitable.
In 1951, she married Denis Thatcher, a wealthy businessman 11 years her senior. Their children, twins Mark and Carol, were born in 1953.
She called Denis, who died June 26, 2003, her rock and her great support. He paid for the nannies and private boarding schools which gave her the freedom to make a political career.
Out of power, Lady Thatcher, named a baroness in 1992, made regular and lucrative U.S. lecture tours, and founded the Thatcher Foundation to spread her free-market philosophy.
Europe remained an obsession. In her book, "Statecraft," published in 2002, she described the European Union as "perhaps the greatest folly of the modern era" and wrote that most of the 20th century's greatest problems — including Nazism and Marxism — originated on the continent.
Her speechmaking ended that year, when she heeded doctors' advice to slow down after a series of small strokes.
Thatcher hardly ever admitted any regrets, but in a 1998 interview with the British magazine Saga she said she rarely saw her children or grandchildren.
"It's very sad," she said. "It's something that I thought would never happen."
Was it the price of power?
"Look," she replied, "you can't have everything."
In 2008 her daughter announced that she had been suffering from dementia for eight years, and had to be reminded that her husband was dead.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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Pelfrey going all out until arm tires
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Right-hander Mike Pelfrey threw his first official bullpen session of Spring Training on Thursday, and said he plans on being ready for Opening Day despite undergoing Tommy John surgery last May.
Pelfrey, who signed a one-year deal worth $4 million this offseason after seven seasons with the Mets, is ahead of schedule in his rehab. He said he'll be treated like the rest of the pitchers this spring and that he's had no setbacks so far.
"If the season started tomorrow, I would have worked up to be ready at this point," Pelfrey said. "Realistically, after 7 1/2 months, I threw 90 pitches to hitters, so I could pitch [now]. They told me the other day, 'No restrictions. You're on the schedule with everybody else.' That's what I wanted."
Pelfrey began rehabbing his shoulder on Aug. 21 and finished his throwing program in December before taking three weeks off. He then started it back up again on Jan. 14.
He estimated he's already thrown off a mound 40 times since the surgery, including six times off the mound since mid-January. The Twins will continue to monitor his health and told him they plan to try to limit him to about 180 innings this season.
But Pelfrey said he could exceed that figure if he still feels healthy that late in the season. He's thrown more than 180 innings four times in his career, including throwing more than 200 innings in both 2008 and '10.
"My whole thing is if I get 160 and I'm tired, I'm going to end it and tell them I'm tired," Pelfrey said. "If I get to 180 and I feel good, I'm going to keep going. As long as I feel good, I'm going to keep doing it. I've busted my butt and worked my tail off to get back. I don't think if it gets to 200 it's going to be an issue. I've done it before."


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Board games are having a moment, and Cryptozoic Entertainment's Batman: Arkham City Escape—based on the best-selling video game—allows grads to play as the World's Greatest Detective or as some of the most lethal villains in Batman's rogues gallery. Designed by Matt Hyra, this two-player game is deceptively simple: The villains make their escape from Arkham Asylum, and Batman must stop them. Cards offer up an assortment of Bat-gadgets, combat moves, and characters familiar to anyone who's ever played the video games.
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Dad may wish he had a weathered fedora or a trusty bullwhip to accompany Fortune and Glory: The Cliffhanger Game. Weighing in at over 9 pounds, Flying Frog Productions has outdone itself with this sprawling tribute to the world of pulp fiction and serial adventures of the 1930s. Players can work together or make it every man for himself as they brave unknown dangers and scour the globe fending off mobsters, cultists, and Nazis in search of rare treasure and priceless artifacts.
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So on exploring various stuff on Access to Insight, I looked in the topic of generosity, apparently the first step in the Buddha's gradual process to enlightenment. I found a page that gave various verses addressing various aspects of generosity, and I began to think about when it is right to give given how many conservatives in particular push the idea of responsible charity. After a while a ran across this verse from the Sappurisadana Sutta:
"These five are a person of integrity's gifts. Which five? A person of integrity gives a gift with a sense of conviction. A person of integrity gives a gift attentively. A person of integrity gives a gift in season. A person of integrity gives a gift with an empathetic heart. A person of integrity gives a gift without adversely affecting himself or others."
What does it mean to "give a gift in season?" From the words alone, it would seem to have a lot to do with the last point of giving a gift that does not negatively affect the receiver. The usual conservative example of irresponsible giving is giving money to the homeless person on the street and that person immediately going to buy liquor, cigarettes, or drugs with that money. This is clearly unwanted, but balancing this reality with and Buddha's (more so Christ's in my case) call for generosity has always been an interest of mine. I would assume that such scenarios were in the Buddha's mind when he spoke this, so how would giving "in season" relate to this, if at all? Thanks for any information you can provide.


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