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Kiski School gets 'one for the thumb' at Math League competition
Kiski School gets 'one for the thumb' at Math League competition
The Kiski School has "one for the thumb." The college preparatory boarding school in Saltsburg, Pa., captured its fifth consecutive championship of the StrongLand Chamber of Commerce Math League competition Feb. 20 at Penn State New Kensington. The phrase was popularized by the Pittsburgh Steelers' successful quest for a fifth Super Bowl in 2006.
Kiski School compiled 63 points to pull away from Kiski Area High School and Burrell High School who tied for the silver medal. The two-day competition, spread over the fall and spring semesters, featured more than 120 students from nine area high schools answering mathematical questions.
Sponsored by the StrongLand Chamber of Commerce, the annual competition brings together students from Apollo-Ridge, Burrell, Ford City, Freeport, Kiski Area, Kiski School, Kittanning, Leechburg and Valley high schools, and gives them the chance to go head-to-head in an academic competition. Each school can field up to three teams of five students, competing against all the other teams in each round. Students answer two sets of eight questions. They are allowed 25 minutes to answer each set. The questions in algebra, geometry and other areas of mathematics were developed by Ge Mu, instructor in mathematics, and Xiang Ji, assistant professor of mathematics, at Penn State New Kensington.
"It is very encouraging to witness the young generation participating in the contest with strong passions towards mathematics," said Mu, second-year director of the event. "As we all know, the whole nation is working very hard on the education in STEM fields."
The STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) focus is meant to prepare Pennsylvania students for global competitiveness through a strategy of enhanced education and career development opportunities. The initiatives are designed to increase the number of students, especially females, minorities and the underrepresented, in the STEM fields.
The Match League competitions began in 1986 under the direction of David Wells, associate professor of mathematics at the campus, who retired in 2012. Mu replaced Wells on the campus faculty and as head of the math competition. In the 27 years of competition, five schools have hoisted the championship trophy. Kiski Area earned 14 titles, including a record eight consecutive wins from 1999-2005. Kiski School follows with seven. The two schools have captured the previous 16 crowns, from 1999 to the present. Burrell owns three trophies and Apollo-Ridge has two. Valley was the inaugural winner.
"The Math League serves as a wonderful way to motivate our students to achieve their best study potentials in mathematics," said Mu, a native of China.
Mu holds a master of arts in mathematics degree from Penn State's University Park campus, where she taught mathematics for two years before arriving at the New Kensington campus. She has written two books: "Being an Undergraduate in the U.S." that was published by Heilongjiang Education Press in 2006 and Comprehensive College Algebra – Building Mathematics Insights through Logic and Exercises that was published by Cognella Academic Publishing in 2013. The first book was written when she was an undergraduate and is based on her experiences at Louisiana State University. She was recognized for her publication at LSU's commencement ceremony in 2008.
Ji joined the New Kensington faculty in 2013 after earning his doctorate in mathematics from Penn State. He secured a master's degree in mathematics from Beijing University in China. He was a graduate teaching assistant at the University Park campus for four years. Ji's research interests are differential geometry and mathematical physics. He wrote a book, Comprehensive College Algebra: Building Mathematical Insights Through Logic and Exercises, that was published this year by Cognella Academic Publishing. His wife, Ge Mu, instructor in mathematics at the campus, was the co-author. Ji replaces Javier Gomez-Calderon, professor of mathematics, who retired last year after 27 years at the campus. Mu and Ji are residents of Plum Borough.
For additional information, contact Mu at 724-334-6749 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Over the last several weeks, I've shared my concerns over rising food prices and recommended McCormick (MKC) shares as a way to profit from the return to the eat-at-home mentality. It's no secret that the drought of 2012 has accelerated the food pain point that you and I feel. What used to be a quick trip to the grocery store has morphed into a hit to the wallet each time you go. It's tempting to think of investing in some of the major food-store stocks -- Kroger (KR), Safeway (SWY) and Harris Teeter Supermarkets (HTSI) -- but those margins are razor thin.
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Rangers tested with long road-heavy stretch
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers close out their series with the Mariners on Sunday and then head to Anaheim, where they open a three-game series with the Angels on Monday. After that, it's off to Minnesota for a four-game series with the Twins that starts on Thursday at Target Field.
The Rangers are into the second half of a stretch that originally called for them to play 14 of 17 games on the road. One game in Chicago was postponed by rain. It has been a unique stretch of the schedule.
"You could definitely say it's unfortunate we have to play so many road games right off the bat, especially a lot of games in cold weather cities," outfielder David Murphy said. "But as Major League players, we're very easily adaptable in experiencing things out of our control all the time. This is just one more."
The Rangers should see some reasonably mild temperatures in Anaheim. But then they fly to Minneapolis, and the forecast calls for rain and snow there on Thursday.
"It's not the most ideal part of the schedule, but you still have to perform," second baseman Ian Kinsler said.
"We look at the schedule and play it as it is," manager Ron Washington said. "We don't look at it as how they are making us do it. It's the schedule. If you start thinking of all the peripheral stuff, you're not playing baseball.
"We'll handle whatever it is. The schedule usually balances out. If we get challenged early, it's a good thing. We'll find out how tough we are."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 19 — SGI, the trusted leader in high performance computing and Big Data, today announced that Tagged, Inc., a market leader in social discovery, is achieving significant power savings by leveraging SGI servers. In order to best serve its user base of over 300 million users worldwide, Tagged has replaced its aging and inefficient servers with SGI's power-efficient and extremely cost effective Intel Xeon processor E5-2670 servers.
"We strive to be as power efficient as possible in order to minimize costs and allow for expansion of services," said Corey Hickey, sr. systems engineer at Tagged. "We make frequent infrastructure changes so functionality, reliability and ease of service are essential to us in order to sustain our rapid rate of change without disrupting service to our users. These new SGI servers provide our best combination of performance and energy efficiency, and are much more reliable and easy to manage."
SGI solutions allow Tagged, whose flagship product is a social network for meeting new people, to achieve huge power savings, enabling the company to purchase equipment for planned projects including storage for database standbys and future feature-based projects. Today, Tagged has a total of 1,167 operational servers powered by SGI, representing 70 percent of its total IT infrastructure.
Power consumption can become a hefty expense due to a multitude of servers. In order to improve performance and power ratios, companies often seek to replace aging, inefficient servers with newer, more efficient ones. By converting just one tier of older machines to SGI's new Intel Xeon processor E5-2670 servers, Tagged saved 50 kW of power. Tagged is also improving power capacity, space constraints and application usage within its San Francisco data center.
"We're committed to delivering the most reliable and energy-efficient servers to our customers with the tools to tackle some of the toughest problems in the world," said Jorge Titinger, president and CEO of SGI. "We're thrilled that Tagged is leveraging our servers as they grow their company and continue to power human connections in the new digital economy."
Tagged was originally a customer of Rackable Systems, a leading provider of servers and storage products for medium to large-scale data centers. Rackable Systems acquired SGI in April 2009, and changed the name of the combined company to Silicon Graphics International Corp.
About SGI
SGI, the trusted leader in high performance computing (HPC), is focused on helping customers solve their most demanding business and technology challenges by delivering technical computing, Big Data analytics, cloud computing, and petascale storage solutions that accelerate time to discovery, innovation, and profitability.
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How Can HPV be Transfered?
Hi, Can a woman contract HPV by having oral sex with a man? How big are the chances? If yes, can this woman transfer HPV to another man by kissing? How big are the chances? If yes, can this man transfer HPV to another woman by kissing? These types of HPV that can be transfered this way (if so), what can they cause - oral cancer or other problems as well? If this is all a plausible scenario of transfering HPV, it would seem that kissing anybody new could be a dangerous activity?How much does one need to worry now? Thanks!
Many of your questions are out of my scope of practice and are probably best answered by an expert in the field of infectious diseases or gynecology who have better familiarity with the incidences and risks and methods of HPV transmission in adults (including whether there are any risks posed by kissing).
In general though, in adults, HPV is transmitted via sexual contact (including oral sex). The risk increases with increasing frequency of sexual contact, number or partners, as well as with lack of use of condoms, as well as likely in partners with known HPV. The prevalence of HPV in adults varies (5-10% of the population will test positive orally, and in some studies over 20% will test positive from the cervical region in women).
As you may know, cancer of the cervix in women is highly related to HPV infection, and we believe that the same is true for a subset of oral/throat cancers where there is also an association with HPV, especially the high risk types (HPV types 16 and 18). The overall prevalence of oral cancer however in the general population is very small in comparison to the prevalence of HPV so the overall chances of developing oral cancer even if you test positive for HPV is probably low.
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Topic: Results from NIH
Good morning everyone!
I made it home from NIH late last night. My brother, Danny and I met with the docs yesterday and results were good! More than good if you ask me.......total overall shrinkage is 26%!! I got to look at the scans from December 5th trip and compare to this time and even I can physically see the difference in the tumor size. Looks like those little buggers have been on a diet!
In comparison to my first treatment, I am ahead of the game. It took me 7 months to reach this percentage the first time and only 2 and a half months this time. They found some of the cells from my first treatment in the tumors they resected this treatment. So we know that the cells were at the tumor trying to fight.....hoping by putting 3X the cells this time and the specific cell will make the difference this go around.
The docs are excited and they truly care! They are all so amazing and really good people. I have never felt like a number or a science experiment throughout this process. I go back February 18th and am praying for continued success and breakthroughs.....for all of us on this journey!!


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HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson took another step toward NASCAR immortality Sunday, clinching his sixth Sprint Cup championship by overcoming adversity with a workmanlike performance at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Johnson finished ninth, seven spots behind Matt Kenseth but 19 points ahead of the Joe Gibbs Racing driver in the 2013 Chase for the Sprint Cup standings.
Kenseth, who started from the pole position, finished runner-up in the points and the season finale, which was won by Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third in the Ford Ecoboost 400, followed by Martin Truex Jr. and Clint Bowyer.
Johnson survived a scare on a Lap 194 restart after teammate Jeff Gordon appeared to have trouble getting up to speed in second, stacking up several cars behind him. For the second consecutive race, Johnson swiftly was forced into evasive maneuvers in traffic, and he made contact with title contender Kenseth while jerking the wheel of his No. 48 Chevrolet back and forth.
The contact damaged Johnson's left front fender and dropped him 15 spots from eighth to 23rd – the minimum finish he needed to clinch the championship if Kenseth had won the race.
Johnson got another scare seven laps later when Greg Biffle battled him hard for 15th. It seemed to be a leftover from a scrape between Biffle and Johnson at Martinsville Speedway a few weeks earlier in which Biffle was unhappy about being bumped.
Johnson caught a break with a caution five laps later that allowed his team to assess and fix the damage. He steadily solidered into the top 10 after restarting 17th with 56 laps remaining.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- EBay ( EBAY) shares continued their torrid move higher, gaining 2.98% to $54.48, after the company reported strong fourth-quarter results on Wednesday. Revenue came in at $4 billion, an 18% increase year over year, as Marketplaces generated $2 billion in sales. Excluding items, eBay earned 70 cents a share. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters were looking for earnings of 69 cents a share on $3.98 billion in revenue. PayPal also helped generate strong results for eBay, as the online payments service company saw mobile payments volume rise more than three-fold to $14 billion. Active accounts rose 15% year over year, and the company expects more than $20 billion in 2013.
Facebook ( FB) shares were recapping some of Wednesday's losses, tacking on 0.87% to $30.11 as Wall Street warms up to the Graph Search initiative the company outlined on Tuesday. Graph Search will be powered by users' friends, and their likes, photos and recommendations to help answer questions in a more social manner, CEO Mark Zuckerberg noted at the event. Several analysts, including Sterne Agee's Arvind Bhatia, recently raised their price targets on the social networker on the prospects for Graph Search. "We believe FB's "Graph Search" will enable it to expand beyond Display Advertising into the much bigger market for Search Advertising. We felt it was inevitable FB would get into Search. However, the timing is a bit sooner than we had anticipated," Bhatia wrote in a note. He raised his price target to $37.
Intel ( INTC) shares were up 1.22% to $22.38 as the chipmaker gets set to report earnings after the close Thursday. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect Intel to report earnings of 45 cents a share on $13.53 billion in revenue. -- Written by Chris Ciaccia in New York >Contact by Email. Follow @Commodity_Bull
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Cryptopearls IVIn Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.
Once upon a time, there was a land filled with wisdom and intelligence in the form of pearls.
Most of the quotes we use today come from this land, which was called Lifeland.
However, each pearl of wisdom was safely hidden under a Cryptoweb and called a Cryptopearl, because in those days, words were considered to be powerful weapons. You had to earn a Cryptopearl to learn some new piece of wisdom about life.
Once you successfully opened the Cryptopearl, you were then awarded with whatever life changing information was inside that Cryptopearl. If you opened 4 Cryptopearls successfully, you were knighted as the Lord of Life.
In this way, over generations, many such pearls have been passed down to us. Four such Cryptopearls are given below, in their original form.
Can you open the Cryptopearls like the ancients did and find out what famous life's teaching it holds? Here's your chance to become the Lord or Lady of Life!
1. Q oqitge gjnen ijpbcia uy gcabpcia qijpbem oqitge.
2. Q obqci cn ij npmjiaem pbqi cpn weqfenp gcif.
3. Q sjjg qit bcn hjiey qme njji kqmpet.
4. Q gcppge fijwgetae cn q tqiaemjrn pbcia.
Hint: The keyword is "QUOTES". Check the hint section for one more hint, but it gives the method away.
HintThese pearls use the keyword cipher.
AnswerA keyword cipher is made by placing a keyword first in the alphabet substitution table. Then, the remaining letters of the alphabet are written down in alphabetic order. That becomes the cipher for substitution. Since our keyword is "QUOTES", the cipher is created as follows:
Thus, A becomes Q, and B becomes U and so on. Deciphering using the cipher above reveals the quotes as follows:
1. A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
2. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
3. A fool and his money are soon parted.
4. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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During the second quarter of Sunday's Super Bowl football game, professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson tracked down a gallon of milk amid the chaos related to a bank robbery, circus fiasco and alien invasion.
This latest installment of the popular "got milk?" ad campaign by the California Milk Processor Board (CMPB) is again leaving the audience thirsty for more. Read more about the Super Bowl Commercial here.
Now, branding guru Jeff Manning, the former executive director of the CMPB during the 1993 creation of the "got milk?" campaign, believes that other commodities should take note and work to create their own iconic brand.
"Find that strategy, either as a brand or category that you own," Manning told Lancaster Farming. "And it has to be true."
The iconic "got milk?" brand has been successful, thanks to its underlying message: milk deprivation.
"That your life turned upside down without milk with certain things," Manning said.
Manning and others at the CMPB did more than just reiterate the importance of drinking milk. Instead, it took the concept of milk being "good for you" to a necessity for breakfast and more.
The campaign helped to jump-start milk's role in McDonald's happy meals and Oreo cookies. There was even a dairy-themed Barbie doll created at one point. The simplicity of the promotion has helped it stick around and fuel a thirst for a full glass of milk. Read more here.
Last year "got milk?" was named as one of the best campaigns ever created, joining the ranks of Nike and McDonald's.
"The simple words "got milk?" scribbled above celebrities, animals, and children with milk mustaches became one of the longest lasting campaigns ever," blogger Anum Hussain wrote in the article. "The CMPB wasn't determined to make their brand known with this one... they were determined to infiltrate the idea of drinking milk across the nation."


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Pureed Cauliflower with Garlic, Parmesan, and Goat Cheese or 100% Whole Wheat Brown Soda Bread.
Slow Cooker Corned Beef with Veggies and Horseradish Sauce
(Makes about 6 servings, recipe adapted from How to Cook Everything.)
1 corned beef, 3-5 pounds (flat cut preferred)
1 bay leaf
1 head garlic
3 whole cloves
10 peppercorns
5 allspice berries or small pinch ground allspice
1 whole onion
1 head cabbage, cut in 4 pieces
2 cups carrots, cut up if large
(You could add onions if you wish)
Horseradish sauce Ingredients:
3/4 cup mayo, lite mayo, or sour cream (or use a combination)
2-3 T cream style horseradish
When you can pierce corned beef fairly easily with a fork, pour out most of the liquid (saving it if you want to make the "au jus" sauce below) remove onion, and add cabbage and carrots. Cook on high about 1 hour, or until veggies are tender. (If you're hanging out in the kitchen you might want to put the carrots in for a while, then add the cabbage.) You can remove the meat for part of the cooking time if you feel it is getting too done.
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La Margherita
151 Ludlow Street, New York, NY 10002 (Map); 212-228-1233
Pizza type: New York
Oven type: Gas
The Skinny: A step up from most slice joints in the area, though the thick crust and cloyingly sweet sauce could use some work.
Price: Plain slice, $2.00, Specialty slices, $3.50
A new slice joint, in the vicinity of our office, getting all the stars on Yelp? Jumping up from my desk and immediately heading over to La Margherita was a no-brainer.
The Lower East Side pizzeria has nearly all the attributes of your classic New York corner joint—the red block letter signage; that glass case, filled with ambiguously-dated pies; black and white framed photos of iconic "Old New York" and Italian-American celebrities. But I was pleasantly surprised to find the florescent-linoleum look replaced by wood paneling and dim, hanging lights.
I ordered a plain slice ($2), their "special" Margherita ($3.50), and a grandma-style slice ($3.50), topped with ricotta and sausage. Then, I made a crucial mistake—I got the slices to go. I figured I could jump into a cab and make it back to the office in just a few minutes, where I could snap some pretty pictures and still enjoy the slices "fresh" from their reheat.
By the time I'd finally hailed a cab and sat impatiently as it waded its way through New York's perpetual rush hour traffic, a few minutes had turned to ten; ten to fifteen. I could feel my window of opportunity slam shut. I probably could've skipped the mad dash upstairs, but denial is a power unto itself.
Ed has always said that one of his litmus tests for great pizza is how well it holds up. Let's just say these slices don't exactly qualify for admission. In the room temperature zone, the crust was way too thick and dense; so stiff it was hard to fold, let alone chew.
The cheese was gummy, the sauce too sweet. My favorite of the bunch was the grandma—probably because the ricotta kept things moist, and the burnt, crispy bottom was a step up from the laborious chew of the regular slices.
But flaws aside, there was still something there that urged me to give La Margherita another shot. I returned a few days later to see how a hot slice would compare.
As suspected, eating these slices fresh out of the oven is an entirely different experience. On my second visit, the crust wasn't noticeably thick, and it actually hit that perfect spot between crackery and chewy. The sauce was still too sweet for my taste, but otherwise the pizza turned out to be a totally respectable New York slice. Nothing to write home about, but definitely good.
If I had to guess, it would make a damn fine drunk slice. Given its immediate proximity to countless bars and clubs, that likely accounts for all those five-star Yelp reviews. I have a feeling La Margherita will be drumming up quite a bit of late-night business—and I'll be at the front of the line. Next time we'll have to give their fresh pies and more creative topping combos a go. Let us know if you've had the pleasure!
About the author: Niki Achitoff-Gray is the associate editor of Serious Eats and a recent graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She's pretty big into oysters, offal, and most edible things. You can follow her on Twitter at @eatandcry.


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NEW YORK — A nonprofit clinic that caters to New York's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities and people living with HIV and AIDS has opened a new pharmacy.
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center announced the opening of the pharmacy at its main clinic in Manhattan's Chelsea district, having received start-up funding support from the New York State Health Foundation and the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. The pharmacy will offer 90-day supplies of maintenance medications, online and telephone ordering of refills and discounts to uninsured patients with incomes less than 200% of the federal poverty level, who will be eligible for further discounts. Of the 14,000 patients the center saw last year, around half did not have health insurance, said executive director Wendy Stark.
"Opening our own pharmacy is the next step in our continuing mission to provide quality, affordable health care to the community," Stark said. "The integration of on-site pharmacy access clinically enhances our comprehensive primary care services [and] offers a more convenient and less expensive option for our patients when filling their prescriptions."
The center will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Jan. 28, attended by several New York state and city politicians.


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Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is an anatomically simple birth defect in which contents of the fetal abdomen migrate into the chest due to incomplete formation of the diaphragm. Herniation of viscera into the chest prevents the fetal lungs from developing and growing to normal size. In the most severe cases, there is significant morbidity and mortality at birth. For these fetuses, fetal intervention may improve outcomes by enabling the lungs to grow enough in utero that they are capable of sustaining life after birth. This unblinded, non-randomized trial will assess the safety and efficacy of the use of the Goldvalve balloon and MiniTorquer microcatheter to perform percutaneous temporary tracheal occlusion to treat severe CDH in utero. The primary outcome variable will be fetal lung growth due to successful 'plugging/unplugging' of the trachea, as determined by serial lung-head ratio (LHR) measurements. Secondary outcome variables include maternal, fetal and neonatal variables, specifically neonatal survival at 90 days of life. For infants who survive beyond 90 days post-delivery, their families will be offered follow-up (up to 2 years of age and possibly beyond) in the Long-term Infant-to-Adult Follow-up Evaluation (LIFE) Clinic at UCSF.
|Severe Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
|Device: Percutaneous endoscopic fetal tracheal occlusion/unocclusion
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Percutaneous Endoscopic Tracheal Plug/Unplug for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: congenital diaphragmatic hernia
MedlinePlus related topics: Endoscopy HerniaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Hanmin Lee, University of California, San Francisco:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Fetal lung growth due to successful fetal tracheal occlusion/unocclusion, as determined by serial LHR measurements [ Time Frame: Between 26 and 34 weeks gestation ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Neonatal survival at 90 days of life. [ Time Frame: 90 days post-delivery ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2008
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Treatment
Percutaneous endoscopic fetal tracheal 'plug/unplug' using the Goldvalve balloon
Device: Percutaneous endoscopic fetal tracheal occlusion/unocclusion
Between 26-28 wks' gestation, percutaneous endoscopic placement of the tracheal balloon. Between 32-34 wks' gestation, percutaneous endoscopic removal of the balloon.
Other Name: Goldvalve Balloon and MiniTorquer Delivery Microcatheter
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
General subject population: Pregnant women in the second trimester, at least 18 years of age, and of any and all ethnic backgrounds.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Confirmed diagnosis of CDH
- Normal fetal echocardiogram
- Normal karyotype
- Fetal liver herniated into the left hemithorax
- Lung-head ratio (LHR) is 1.0 or less, calculated between 24-26 weeks' gestation
- Fetus is between 26 and 28 weeks' gestation
- Singleton pregnancy
- Mother meets psychosocial criteria
- Pre-authorization from third-party payor for fetal intervention, or ability to self-pay.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Failure to meet all inclusion criteria
- Other congenital anomalies detected on ultrasound
- Contraindication to abdominal surgery or general anesthesia
- Allergy to latex
- Preterm labor, preeclampsia, or uterine anomaly (e.g., large fibroid tumor)
- Family unable or refuses to stay in San Francisco for duration of the tracheal occlusion period and for the duration of the pregnancy as medically necessary.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00768703
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00768703
|United States, California
|University of California, San Francisco Fetal Treatment Center
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of California, San Francisco
|Principal Investigator:
|Hanmin Lee, MD
|University of California, San Francisco Fetal Treatment Center
More Information
Additional Information:
Keywords provided by Hanmin Lee, University of California, San Francisco:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Additional Information:
Jani JC, Nicolaides KH, Gratacós E, Vandecruys H, Deprest JA; FETO Task Group. Fetal lung-to-head ratio in the prediction of survival in severe left-sided diaphragmatic hernia treated by fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion (FETO). Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Dec;195(6):1646-50. Epub 2006 Jun 12.
Doné E, Gucciardo L, Van Mieghem T, Jani J, Cannie M, Van Schoubroeck D, Devlieger R, Catte LD, Klaritsch P, Mayer S, Beck V, Debeer A, Gratacos E, Nicolaides K, Deprest J. Prenatal diagnosis, prediction of outcome and in utero therapy of isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Prenat Diagn. 2008 Jul;28(7):581-91. doi: 10.1002/pd.2033. Review.
Cortes RA, Keller RL, Townsend T, Harrison MR, Farmer DL, Lee H, Piecuch RE, Leonard CH, Hetherton M, Bisgaard R, Nobuhara KK. Survival of severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia has morbid consequences. J Pediatr Surg. 2005 Jan;40(1):36-45; discussion 45-6.
Keller RL, Hawgood S, Neuhaus JM, Farmer DL, Lee H, Albanese CT, Harrison MR, Kitterman JA. Infant pulmonary function in a randomized trial of fetal tracheal occlusion for severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Pediatr Res. 2004 Nov;56(5):818-25. Epub 2004 Aug 19.
Harrison MR, Keller RL, Hawgood SB, Kitterman JA, Sandberg PL, Farmer DL, Lee H, Filly RA, Farrell JA, Albanese CT. A randomized trial of fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion for severe fetal congenital diaphragmatic hernia. N Engl J Med. 2003 Nov 13;349(20):1916-24.
Harrison MR, Albanese CT, Hawgood SB, Farmer DL, Farrell JA, Sandberg PL, Filly RA. Fetoscopic temporary tracheal occlusion by means of detachable balloon for congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2001 Sep;185(3):730-3.
Ruano R, Ali RA, Patel P, Cass D, Olutoye O, Belfort MA. Fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion for congenital diaphragmatic hernia: indications, outcomes, and future directions. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2014 Mar;69(3):147-58. doi: 10.1097/OGX.0000000000000045. Review.
Doné E, Gratacos E, Nicolaides KH, Allegaert K, Valencia C, Castañon M, Martinez JM, Jani J, Van Mieghem T, Greenough A, Gomez O, Lewi P, Deprest J. Predictors of neonatal morbidity in fetuses with severe isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia undergoing fetoscopic tracheal occlusion. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Jul;42(1):77-83. doi: 10.1002/uog.12445.
|Responsible Party:
|Hanmin Lee, Principal Investigator, University of California, San Francisco
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00768703 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
TO CDH ( Other Identifier: UCSF Fetal Treatment Center )
|Study First Received:
|October 6, 2008
|Last Updated:
|November 1, 2016
Keywords provided by Hanmin Lee, University of California, San Francisco:
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
lung-head ratio
percutaneous tracheal occlusion
fetal intervention
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hernia, Diaphragmatic
Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Congenital Abnormalities
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Mint Theater's Revival of Jules Romains' DONOGOO Opens Tonight Off-Broadway
Mint Theater's next production is Donogoo by Jules Romains featuring Ross Bickell, Mitch Greenberg, George Morfogen, Jay Patterson, Paul Pontrelli, Dave Quay, Douglas Rees, James Riordan, Megan Robinson, Kraig Swartz, Scott Thomas, Brian Thomas Vaughan, and Vladimir Versailles as the sixty-six characters that populate this dark and madly ambitious comedy.
Performances will began Tuesday, June 3rd and continue through July 27th. Opening Night is set for tonight, June 23rd (7pm) at Mint's home (311 West 43rd Street, just west of 8th Avenue).
Donogoo will feature a vibrant new translation by Gus Kaikkonen, who will also direct. Kaikkonen previously translated and directed Romains' Dr. Knock for the Mint in 2010, of which The Wall Street Journal wrote "Gus Kaikkonen has polished the script (which is being performed in his own idiomatic translation) until it gleams like a dueling saber." And The New York Times agreed, saying "Gus Kaikkonen stages his witty translation with a finely tuned rhythm."
Donogoo will have scenic design Roger Hanna, costume design by Sam Fleming, lighting design by Price Johnston, original music & sound design by Jane Shaw, properties design by Joshua Yocum, and projection design Roger Hanna & Price Johnston.
Lamendin is a desperate man suffering from an existential crisis. Le Trouhadec is a professor of geography who longs for election to the Academy of Sciences. Together they unwittingly set in motion a stock market swindle of global proportions. Investors, pioneers and prospectors alike are driven to seek their fortune in Donogoo, a place that doesn't exist-or does it?
Donogoo was originally published in 1920 as a novel in the form of a mock film scenario. It wasn't until the opening of the Théâtre Pigalle in Paris that re-fashioning Donogoo into a play was even deemed possible by Romains. Opened in 1929, the Pigalle was billed as the most modern theatre in the world, employing the latest developments in theatrical design and backstage machinery. Though impressive, the Pigalle faced an uncertain fate in its first year of operation as it was unable to find a production suited to its mammoth technological capabilities. Finally, Romains' cinematic tale - which swings wildly from a scene atop the Moselle Bridge, to an office, to the wilds of South America - could be fashioned into a play script.
Donogoo opened in October of 1930 and was so successful it saved the Théâtre Pigalle from ruin. Le Figaro called the play "a complete triumph; filled with very amusing burlesque, an atmosphere of adventure, and written with all the skill and vitality that one expects from the author of Knock." Yet, the play remains all but unknown in the English-speaking world; it has been performed only once in this country, in 1961 at the Greenwich Mews Theatre in New York, directed by Adrian Hall. "A spoof of scientific accuracy, high finance, trade, patriotism, pioneering, and a host of momentous and minute matters," wrote the New York Times, calling the play "sharp and amusing."
"The play is constructed with a perfect precision... by one of the greatest and most comically skillful of our contemporary writers. Romains, with the most delicate care, creates scenes of fine comedy that grip the audience's attention." - La Revue hebdomadaire, 1930.
Jules Romains (1885-1972) was born Louis-Henri-Jean Farigoule on August 26, 1885. He spent most of his childhood in Paris, where his father was a teacher. In 1902, he published his first poem in La Revue jeune. He published under the pen name he would use the rest of his life - Jules Romains - chosen because it was easy to pronounce, memorable, and expressed his love of Rome. Romains continued to write and publish poetry, but he also furthered his education. After graduation, he taught philosophy full-time while continuing to write poems and prose. Romains first success as a playwright came in 1923 with Monsieur Le Trouhadec sai-si par la débauche, about a naïve yet cunning professor. It was directed by visionary actor/director/designer Louis Jouvet. (The character of Professor Le Trouhadec is central to the story of Donogoo.) Romains surpassed the success of Trouhadec with another comedy the same year, Knock, or Le Triomphe de la médicine, directed by Louis Jouvet, who played the title role. The play was a sensation. Dr. Knock has been revived six times between 1924 and 1933, and seven more times between 1935 and 1949.
"The Mint does for forgotten drama what the Encores! series does for musicals, on far more modest means" (The New York Times). The Mint was awarded an OBIE for "combining the excitement of discovery with the richness of tradition," and a special Drama Desk Award for "unearthing, presenting and preserving forgotten plays of merit." Ben Brantley, in The New York Times Arts & Leisure hailed the Mint as the "resurrectionist extraordinaire of forgotten plays."
Performances will be Tuesday through Thursday at 7 PM, Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 PM & 8 PM, and Sunday at 2 PM. Special added Wednesday Matinees on June 18th and July 9th at 2pm. PLEASE NOTE: There will be no performances on Tuesday evenings June 17th, June 24th, July 8th.
Tickets are $55 with some half-price tickets (CheapTix) and Premium Seats ($65) available for most performances. Performances take place on the Third Floor of 311 West 43rd Street.
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MetroStage Presents HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW
Producing Artistic Director Carolyn Griffin is pleased to announce the return of Helen Hayes Award winning actor and MetroStage favorite, Bernardine Mitchell, to MetroStage in the one woman musical, His Eye is on the Sparrow, based on the life of Ethel Waters. Written by Larry Parr, directed by Gary Yates, under the musical direction of S. Renee Clark, and accompanied by William Knowles on the piano and keyboard, the production will run from January 26th through March 20th. MetroStage is proud to welcome to its stage Mary J Millben, who will perform in selected performances.
His Eye is on the Sparrow is an inspirational musical about the life of the renowned African American, groundbreaking jazz singer and actor, Ethel Waters. From humble beginnings, she made her mark on Broadway (As Thousands Cheer -the first black woman in an all white cast-and Member of the Wedding -with Julie Harris, receiving the New York Drama Critics Award for her role), film (Pinky-receiving a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination, and Member of the Wedding) and television. She is considered one of the most influential jazz and blues singers of her time.
Director Gary Yates' credits include performing in regional theatre, film and television and directing on stages across the United States. He is chair of the Speech Communication and Theatre Arts Dept. at Clark Atlanta University and directed Ms. Mitchell in His Eye is on the Sparrow last season at Theatre in the Square in Marietta, Georgia. He has also directed Blues for an Alabama Sky, The Piano Lesson, Hambone, Gee's Bend and many others.
Bernardine Mitchell is well known to MetroStage audiences having performed on our stage in both Three Sistahs (nominated for Outstanding New Musical) and Mahalia, for which she received the Helen Hayes Award with her portrayal of Mahalia Jackson. In both cases, she reprised the roles in second productions by popular demand! She performs internationally (Gospel at Colonus) and regionally: A Christmas Carol (ALLIANCE THEATRE), A Cool Drink of Water (Black Arts Festival), Bessie's Blues (Studio Theatre), Blues in the Night (Arena Stage, Helen Hayes Award), and many others.
Mary Millben will be performing the role of Ethel Waters for select performances. She has been seen locally in Crowns and Sophisticated Ladies (Arena), has toured for the Kennedy Center, and has sung at the White House, The Congressional Black Caucus, The Kennedy Center Honors, the Super Bowl, the National Symphony Orchestra and President Obama's Lincoln Memorial inaugural concert. We are delighted to be introducing her to our audiences.
At MetroStage S. Renee Clark has music directed and performed in Mahalia (twice) and was the music director for Bricktop. In Atlanta she has played piano or keyboard for Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and Jesus Christ Superstar (ALLIANCE THEATRE), and has extensive music directing, performing, arranging, and composing credits. She has also performed world-wide.
William Knowles, who will be playing piano and keyboard for His Eye is on the Sparrow, was the composer and conductor/pianist for MetroStage's Award-winning Cool Papa's Party (he received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Music Direction) and has played and music directed at MetroStage in numerous productions: All Night Strut, Ellington, Bricktop, Pearl Bailey...By Request, and elsewhere: Dinah Was (Arena Stage, Helen Hayes Award) and Tambourines to Glory (Lincoln Theatre, Helen Hayes nomination).
Performances for His Eye is on the Sparrow will be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 8, Saturday at 3 and 8, Sunday at 3 and 7, Jan. 26-Mar. 20 (no performances on Feb. 2 and no matinees on Jan. 29 and 30). Wed. Jan. 26 at 8 will be a PWYC. Press night is Saturday Jan. 29 at 8. For ticket reservations call 800 494-8497 or go online to www.metrostage.org. For information and group sales call 703-548-9044. MetroStage is located at 1201 North Royal St. in North Old Town Alexandria. There is a free parking lot and fine dining nearby. The theatre is handicap accessible.


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MILWAUKIE, Ore. — Consumer advertising is helping consumers understand when winter pears are at their juicy and sweet best.
During its third year of national consumer advertising, Pear Bureau Northwest plans to place ads November through February in Cooking Light, Weight Watchers, Bon Appétit and other publications, said Cristie Mather, director of communications for bureau.
Mather said that in 2006, only about 8% of consumers knew how to tell when a winter pear was ripe.
From 2006 to 2010, the bureau ramped up nonpaid consumer communications focused on ripening. In that time, the effort helped double the number of consumers who said they knew how to check pears for ripeness.
While encouraged by that gain, Pear Bureau officials thought a paid national advertising campaign could pay benefits.
After the first year of consumer advertising, a survey showed 18% of consumers knew how to check for ripeness, and that jumped to 30% after the recently-completed second year.
Mather said she is looking forward to still more positive results from the campaign. New ads depict a "text" conversation between a consumer and a pear. The consumer texts a question to the pear about ripening and the pear comes back an answer and shows the pear being used in a recipe. Last year's ads also incorporated text messages; more than 200 of the 27,000 consumers who texted the bureau received boxes of pears.
More than half of those agreed to continue to receive messages from the bureau.
In the third year of the campaign, Mather said no pear giveaways are planned. Instead, readers will be encouraged to text to get a link to a featured recipe and the option to continue to receive messages — mostly recipes — about pears.
Mather said the campaign specifically targets food magazines that focus on nutrition, with female readers in the 25-54 age range.
The bureau also has a presence in social media, recently starting an Instagram account.
The bureau will participate in various food festivals, and Mather said social media efforts are becoming increasingly strategic and less spontaneous.
The bureau will also promote pear-related posts on Facebook.
"You can target it by interest," she said. "You can get a lot for a little bit of money."
The bureau will have its second year of promotions tied to the children's show "LazyTown" in the 2013-14 season. The campaign features in-store materials, in-store events for select stores, school assemblies that feature the program's Sportacus character with health and award assemblies.
Mather said ripening and recipes remain the highest topics of interest for consumers. While most pears are eaten whole or in slices, Mather said the bureau stresses their versatility.
"We can really help them understand that pears can be a part of any course of any meal of the day," she said.
In conjunction with the bureau's LazyTown promotion, Facebook ads can direct consumers to go to retail stores in a particular city for a LazyTown promotion featuring Sportacus. Mothers would take pictures of their children interacting with the LazyTown character.
"You see if it is going to work for something like that, and for us, it did," she said.
Mather said back-to-school communication efforts educate consumers about the first varieties available, including bartletts and starkrimson.
Mather said the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act has upped the opportunities for fruits and vegetables in schools and pears can play a big part of that.
Over the past two years, she said the bureau has developed new recipes for school foodservice that incorporate other produce.
"We have breakfast recipes, we have entrees, we have a grilled cheese sandwich that includes a pear in it, so we're doing lots of fun things that show how pears can be a part of what they are already doing," she said.
For 2013-14, the bureau plans to increase communications to school foodservice officials. Currently, the bureau has about 1,000 contacts in school foodservice, developed at the School Nutrition Association convention. The bureau plans to provide officials with quarterly or monthly e-newsletter reminding them of resources and kits available to them, including handling and ripening tips.


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I can't let easily correctable falsehoods stand.
If everyone had him on ignore, nobody would have to correct anything.
"But, first, let us now praise famous moments, because something happened Tuesday night in Indianapolis that you can watch a lifetimes worth of professional basketball and never see again. There was a brief, and very decisive, and altogether unprecedented, outburst of genuine officiating, and it was directed at the best player in the world, and that, my dear young person, simply is not done."
You know Shade is a moderator right?
Apparently counting is not your strong suit.
I don't keep track of IU except to take delight when they fail. They would have won that national championship if they hadn't fired RMK. One of the top players turned pro because Bobby was gone. That would have put them over the top. Mike Davis was a complete joke. ...
Wrong answer.
It serves absolutely no purpose. It won't change anyone's mind, especially when "supported" by false data.
Purdue fans who can count to two can keep track of all of the final four appearances in the history of their program (1969, 1980).
Their men's program, that is. They often have a respectable women's program.
The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).
I completely agree with you about the NCAA rules. The problem is your appraoch (as it was with the Colts as well).
Also, I have to unfortunately disagree with you about older folks only seeing what is right in the world, if that was the case we would probably all be in a better place right now seeing as who has the power, but c'est la vie.
1 cow 2 cow, red cow blue cow.
Wow. Insulting a moderator. Of course from a purdue fan.
Sorry to the people who don't want to see him quoted, but his misinformation throughout the thread is too easily correctable to let stand.
But if he was leaving because Knight wasn't the coach, then why didn't he leave in 2000 after Knight got fired? Why did he play a season under Davis, in which the team basically had identical success to Knight's final team a year before? I agree with you that he was obviously very fond of Knight. Knight recruited him, coached him for two seasons, and supported him during an awful personal tragedy. Clearly he was close to Knight and I'm sure he preferred him over Davis. But I just don't think that's why he left. He saw that he was going to be a mid first rounder and that his draft stock would likely never be higher. He had the opportunity to cash in and make some money for himself and family after a brutal personal tragedy. Certainly can't blame the guy.
Haston's most memorable college moment came under Davis.
Yep. The memorable buzzer beater against MSU.
Heck, his best season was clearly the 2000-01 season under Davis. That's not even debatable:
Davis has been villified to such a point where it is kind of ridiculous. The guy wasn't great by any means, but he wasn't really any worse than Knight's last few years here.
Agreed. His biggest fault was his failure to snag quality Indiana recruits.
In retrospect Davis shouldnt have been fired but if i had to choose him or sampson Davis wins 10 out of 10 times


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Blue Jays disappointed at lack of Deadline moves
HOUSTON -- There was a noticeable sense of disappointment and even some frustration inside the clubhouse at the Blue Jays' lack of activity prior to Thursday's non-waiver Trade Deadline.
There had been an expectation since the start of Spring Training that Toronto would become an active buyer if it was contending midway through the season. That seemed to only increase in recent weeks, as several key players went down with injuries while the Blue Jays battled to remain in contention.
But the big move never came to fruition. Instead it was other prominent teams around the American League that made additions. Toronto walked away with only a minor trade, for infielder Danny Valencia, earlier in the week.
"I just think, from an overall perspective of all these teams getting better, we know it's going to be a tough time for us," closer Casey Janssen said. "One that isn't impossible, but we're going to have to do everything right.
"Obviously, we value our prospects, we value our players, I'm sure the other teams do as well. Maybe they just value the player or the opportunity to get into the playoffs more. It takes something to get something, and congratulations to those teams that got those guys."
Thursday's deadline saw a flurry of activity across Major League Baseball. David Price went from Tampa Bay to Detroit, Jon Lester went to Oakland and New York added several pieces, including infielder/outfielder Martin Prado and infielder Stephen Drew after previously making a move for third baseman Chase Headley.
The Blue Jays were never realistically expected to acquire either Price or Lester, but there was hope for at least something. Prado would have plugged a noticeable hole at third base, and reliever Andrew Miller -- traded from the Red Sox to the Orioles -- would have provided some much-needed depth in the bullpen.
General manager Alex Anthopoulos insisted on Thursday that the lack of moves had nothing to do with money, saying the Blue Jays have the ability to add payroll.
"All I'm going to say is that it gets to a point for everybody's situation and everybody's job where trying and excuses are not good enough," slugger Jose Bautista said.
"For everybody's sake I hope we all play great from now until the end of the season. I'm one of those guys that really wants to win, and I've been playing for a long time and never experienced it. It's a little bit of a disappointment for me, but as a player I've got to look past it and just focus on what we've got tonight."
The frustration is understandable considering how long Toronto has been out of the picture in the AL East. Janssen made his debut with the Blue Jays back in 2006 and this was the first time his team was considered a buyer at the deadline.
"We've heard [about] '92, '93, and I think we're tired of hearing it," Janssen said of the club's World Series runs. "We want to put our stamp on Toronto and across baseball. For me, in my eight years here, I've never been this close, never had such an opportunity to make it into the playoffs, and I think that's where this excitement level for this Trade Deadline was.
"It's finally our time, [we're] finally beating down the door, and we wanted to come on the scene as strong as we can. Like I said, it didn't happen, we just have to regroup and go about our business again."
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A Tauranga teenager threw his unconscious friend over his shoulder and ran for his life after the pair were attacked by another group on Otumoetai Rd.
A single punch saw Matt Way, 15, hospitalised and in need of surgery to replace teeth and insert a metal plate and screws into his broken jaw.
Matt, Peter Nicholas, 15, and two other friends were outside the home of one of the boys about 2am on Saturday when they saw a large group of older teenagers across the road.
They knew one of the group so headed across to the intersection of Glenfield Pl and Otumoetai Rd to talk to them.
That was when the older teens started to get aggressive, Peter said.
A male, aged about 18 or 19, accused Matt of being cheeky to him in the past and began pushing him.
Another man standing beside him punched him once in the side of the head, knocking him to the ground unconscious.
The single punch knocked four of the Otumoetai College student's teeth out and left him bleeding with a broken jaw.
But the ordeal was not yet over.
"I picked Matt up and dragged him over to the grass and they tried to kick him but I pushed them back," Peter said.
Peter then picked Matt up, threw him over his shoulder and ran down to Lynwood Pl.
Matt regained consciousness as they reached the next side road and was able to run, with Peter's help, up the road and into Highfield Cres where the pair hid behind a house.
The boys pointed out the trail of blood left on the road and footpath when the Bay of Plenty Times visited the scene yesterday.
Matt's memory of the attack was fuzzy but the snippets he could recall were frightening.
"I remember just getting dragged along Lynwood Place and seeing another guy get knocked down and getting stomped."
The man was a passer-by who tried to help and ended up badly beaten with his money and phone stolen.
Hospital staff told Matt the man's eye socket had been broken.
It was the vicious, unrelenting nature of the attack that really affected Peter.
"I can't understand why you'd want to kick a downed man. He'd been knocked out.
"They tried to come after us again," he said.
In the midst of the chaos the boys managed to call the police and an ambulance arrived to take Matt and the other man to Tauranga Hospital.
"They broke four of my teeth out but my braces held them in so they could put them back in," Matt said.
He underwent surgery on Saturday to insert a titanium plate and screws into his broken jaw.
Peter said the ordeal was terrifying and had left him afraid to venture out after dark.
"It was sunset and I was afraid of going out. I don't know why. It was just so freaky," he said.
"I can't even describe it. It was more scary because Matt was all injured. It seemed pretty serious. He was just really out of it."
Matt's mother Lauren Way said she was thankful for Peter's brave actions.
"Without the quick-thinking and heroic actions of his friend, Matt's injuries might have become a very grave situation."
It was a warning to other teenagers and their parents about the dangers of being out late at night, she said.
A police spokesperson confirmed the incident was being investigated by the Tauranga CIB but would not comment on the attack or the investigation.
No arrests had been made.
- By Amy McGillivray of the Bay of Plenty Times


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Miss WCU Wins Awards at Miss Mississippi Pageant
Miss William Carey University 2014 Sarah Beth Sewell won two awards during the Miss Mississippi Pageant held July 9-12 in Vicksburg.
Sewell won the Non-Finalist Talent Award and the Alpha Talent Award. The Alpha Talent Award is given to a first-year contestant with the highest score in talent who did not win the preliminary.
For her talent, Sewell performed "Sempre Libera," an aria that concludes Act I of Giueseppe Verdi's opera, "La Traviata."
Sewell, 18, is a junior vocal performance major at WCU and a native of Starkville. She entered college when she was 16 years old and was crowned Miss WCU in February 2014.
"Sarah Beth represented William Carey University with grace, beauty and honor," said Cindy Cofield, WCU director of alumni relations and Miss WCU pageant director. "Her talent is remarkable and the awards are well-deserved."


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CAROLINA FOREST, SC (WMBF) - Lunch between friends is now turning into a legal issue. The issue being where they had lunch - on a school campus without permission.
In a report from the Horry County Police Department, officers explain that on Thursday, August 29, parents called saying someone was on school property that shouldn't be.
Police found out they were talking about 17-year-old Logan Santos, a former student. However, his friends tell police Santos is now homeless and living out of a friend's car.
Santos was staying in that car while his friend went to class. During the lunch period, his friend returned to the car. They ate lunch together, walking around the campus until the lunch period ended.
Santos then went back to the car, waiting for his friend to get out of class.
The teen's family said it is his choice to not live at home.
"I'm more hurt that people are looking at us like we're just throwing him out on the street. That's not the case at all," explained Alfred Souza, Santos' step father.
Souza said the family has tried to help the teen.
"We've given him a beautiful house to live in. He chooses not to live here. He took off a week ago Wednesday and we haven't see him since," Souza said.
On that Wednesday, one day before Santos was on the school's campus for lunch, Souza explained he tried disciplining his step son by taking the door off of the teen's bedroom.
"I have rules in my house, just like any other parent," he said.
He still isn't giving up on his step son, and said he would still welcome him home.
"So many times, we've asked him to join the family, join the family. He doesn't want any part of the family," Souza expressed.
Logan Santos did reach out to us through Facebook, saying his friends are looking out for him now. That he isn't a bad person, he was just hungry and wanted something to eat. He worries about not being able to afford the trouble he is getting into for eating lunch at Carolina Forest High School.
Officials with Carolina Forest High School are not comfortable discussing this case specifically but explain they strive to make school a safe environment. Part of that is knowing exactly who is on the campus and why.
"If someone is here, that we are not aware should be, that could create a problem. They could be places they're not supposed to be," explained Principal Gaye Driggers with Carolina Forest High School.
Principal Driggers says the school does have a program in place to help students facing particular problems, like being homeless. They can help get supplies, food, or even clothing. However, Logan Santos is not currently a student enrolled at the high school.
According to the police report the student was suspended for bringing Santos on campus and not telling anyone.
As for Logan Santos, a warrant has been issued for his arrest. He was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Tuesday, September 10 and charged with disturbing schools. He was given a $500 bond and remained incarcerated Thursday afternoon.
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I have a two wordpress sites that have received 1000's of emails in the last few days from the same people promoting some cruddy website promoting fake goods.
Is there a way to stop this ( free ) ? It's taking over my inbox...
Many thanks for your help and suggestions
Hi there,
Do you mean emails via the contact form?If so you could try a more complicated captcha (e.g. an image-based one) to see if that makes a difference.Let me elaborate: what I mean by "more complicated", is something that might not be so easy to crack.Your current captcha asks the user to add two numbers, e.g. 6 + 11.I don't know much about how spam bots work, but in JavaScript you could just type eval("6+11") to get the correct answer.
Also, another good method I heard of to avoid spam on contact forms, is to create a hidden field (i.e. a normal text input field that you move off of the screen with left:-9999em or something.This will be invisible to normal users, but visible to spam bots, who generally won't be able to resist filling it out.You can then filter mails on the basis of those which contain an entry in this field.I'm not sure of the correct name / implementation of this, but I'm sure that you'll be able to find something on Google.
sorry I should have been more specific. I mean they are posting comments on the blog - I then get an email to say someone has posted a comment
I've lost touch with WordPress, but on some comment systems, the IP address of the spammer is recorded—which then allows you to ban that IP address from your site. Although I suspect you'd find that these spam attacks are coming from multiple IP addresses. There may be a WP add-on to help prevent bot attacks—something like what Pullo mentioned. I've also found that if you turn off commenting for a few days and then turn it back on again, the current spammers have gone away, but it's no guarantee. When I did use WP, I was using Akismet (something you set up through WP.com). Are you using that?
I had a look at akismet but it's not free, but I will try turning it off for a few days and see how that goes.
I thought it was, but I see from this page that it's free for a personal blog.
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*On December 27th, EOXLive published a 2013 outlook for crude oil and natural gas. If you have not received it or would like a copy, please email email@example.com.
Energy Price Outlook
The short-term trend of the energy markets has been on the upside for nearly a month now, but prices are approaching levels that have traditionally caused problems for rallies. The weekly chart below suggests that WTI may be able reach the falling trendline near $101/bbl without creating any appearance of excess, however, demand would then become a concern as rationing will eventually return. Additional pressure will come from Friday's inventory report which showed that demand finished the year fairly weak and that product inventories grew once again late in Dec. But the market may remain short-term focused, with positive factors on the radar including improved Chinese PMI data, the S&P 500's close at a new 5-year high on Friday, modest improvement in payrolls, the grounding of Shell's oil rig in Alaska, and the ramp-up of the expanded Seaway pipeline this week. Environmental groups have already called on the president to suspend drilling permits in the Arctic. The pipeline expansion should help WTI against Brent crude, and we entered a spread recommendation in June futures at -$14.25 on Friday morning, with a target at -$8.00.
Friday's trade in WTI settled 17c/bbl higher while Brent finished 83c/bbl lower. The differential was affected by news late Wednesday regarding the ramp-up of shipping capacities on the Seaway pipeline between Cushing Oklahoma and Freeport Texas. This week, the pipeline will begin transporting 400 kb/d of WTI crude to the Gulf Coast rather than the 150 kb/d that was the case previously. The market also gained support from the non-farm payroll number which rose 155K vs. 150K expected, and more importantly, broke the string of ADP over-estimation that was the case in the January reports in the last two years. The ISM non-manufacturing report didn't offer much impact on Friday, but its 1.4 point increase to 56.1 could be beneficial to oil. The chart on the next page shows that the two series have had a decent correlation since 2009 as oil prices have been focused more on economics than pre-2009 issues such as strong Chinese demand and weak supply growth.
General support may continue to be seen from economic improvement in China and Europe as well. Recall that the HSBC manufacturing PMI numbers reported on Dec 31st suggested that the economy has continued to improve. The Shanghai Composite has attracted more attention due to its strong performance in Dec, and could be a favorable indication of future oil demand from the country. We analyzed this recently to show that Chinese oil demand has tracked manufacturing activity in recent years. Europe has been improving too, and after Friday's release of the composite PMI, Markit's economist said that the worst of the economic downturn may be behind the region.
The negative side will focus on the prospect that the $8/bbl rally in the last month will begin to ration demand for oil products in the months to come. Gasoline prices have gained 20c/gal in the time, and is about six weeks away from the ramp-up that takes place in anticipation of the summer driving season. Another worry for oil prices could come if economic data is bringing forward activity from the spring and summer months. Construction jobs gained 30K on Friday likely due to work being done at a time of year when seasonal adjustment factors don't anticipate it being done. That was the case last year, as warm winter weather helped employment and other economic data in the U.S. show solid improvement in Q1 only to see weakness set in during Q2.
Natural Gas
February futures settled 8.9 cents higher on Friday as attention turned toward chances for below-normal temperatures in the western U.S. later this month. That forecast was made by Earthsat and has been evident in the 8-14 day NOAA outlooks for the last few days. Some support was also given to the market by the inventory report, which showed a draw of 135 bcf vs. 130 bcf expected in the consensus. An interview with T Boone Pickens on Bloomberg Radio may have been slightly positive just for the reminder that natural gas truck engines are continuing to be developed. He said that there will be a new 12 liter natural gas fueled heavy-duty engine available from Cummins in 2-3 months. It can be difficult to gauge the natural gas transportation movement, as there hasn't been much news on the topic recently and Westport Innovations has traded fairly flat for the last three months or so.
Prices broke down sharply last week on Wednesday and rallied somewhat on Friday. Friday's trade moved up to resistance from the Dec 14th low at $3.316 and peaked at $3.299. Open interest gained 9,000 contracts that day which implies that traders are still angling for further downside activity. We would maintain a sell-the-rallies approach until there's any significant and lingering cold weather in the forecast.
Global Economic & Dollar News
» The Eurozone Composite PMI was revised down 0.1 to 47.2 in the final December reading. More importantly, the Markit economist suggested that the worst of the economic downturn may be behind the region.
» Non-Farm Payrolls were +155K vs. +150K expected. There were +14K in revisions. Gains were seen in construction (+30K), manufacturing (+25K), education (+65K), and hospitality (+31K), while government employment fell 13K. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.8%, with Nov revised up 0.1% from 7.7% originally. The U6 rate of underemployment was unchanged at 14.4% as was the labor force participation rate of 63.6%.
» ISM Non-MFG PMI was 56.1 in Dec vs. 54.1 expected and vs. 54.7 previously. New orders were 59.3 vs. 58.1 previously, while employment was 56.3 vs. 50.3.
Energy News
» Natural Gas Inventories were -135 bcf vs. -130 bcf expected. Inventories are 389 bcf (12.44%) above the five-year average vs. 413 bcf (12.75%) above it last week.
» Oil Rig Counts fell 9 last week to 1,318 while natural gas rigs gained 8 to 439. Horizontal rigs gained 1.
Upcoming Events
Tue - API Inventories (4:30pm EST)
Wed - EIA Weekly Oil Inventories (10:30am EST)
Thu - Natural Gas Inventories (10:30am EST)
Jan 16th - Iran-IAEA Meeting
Jan 29-30 - FOMC Meeting
Mar 1st - Sequester Begins
May 31st - OPEC Meeting
EIA Inventory Review
The EIA reported oil inventories which were considerably more bullish than the consensus expectations, but were generally in-line with that reported by the API on Thursday afternoon. Oil stocks fell much more than expected while gasoline and distillates gained more than consensus. The market didn't show much of a reaction overnight Thursday on the API or on Friday morning after the EIA figures. In all likelihood, the oil numbers were affected by year-end issues and tendencies of inventory holders to liquidate in the last weeks of the year. That trend typically reverses at the start of the new year and builds for around five months. Gasoline continues building through Feb as demand remains weak, but distillates usually fall through Apr as heating demand remains strong. Overall, it's difficult to read much into these numbers as most will reverse direction in the next week or two. The data and our analysis follow below.
*The API convergence figures are the amounts that EIA data need to change in order to match the previous day's API figures
Oil stocks were -11.1 MB vs. -0.5 MB expected. In our view, the consensus (including us) was off the mark because inventory holders had given no sign in Dec that they would liquidate inventories into year-end as is normally the case. The three weeks prior to yesterday's numbers had dropped only 707,000 bbls whereas the five-year average drops 9,782,000 over the same three-week period. The consensus expected that trend to continue since there was no evidence that it wouldn't. Imports were a culprit in the decline and fell 931 kb/d on the week. Inventories finished the year at 39.82 MB above the five-year average, which is below the 50.11 MB difference the week before and better than the 50.92 MB record set Apr 24th 2009. Total oil demand increased 37 kb/d while refinery inputs gained 22 kb/d. Oil production was +1 kb/d. Overall, it's difficult to believe that these numbers really mean much for the market going forward.
Gasoline inventories were +2.6 MB vs. +2.0 MB expected. Inventories are 10.88 MB above the five-year average vs. 10.77 MB above it the week prior. Interestingly, inventories gained as much as they did despite a 628 kb/d drop-off in refinery production, or 4.4 MB over the course of the week. There can be delays sometimes with the production data reaching inventories. The previous week's production was +657 kb/d, or 4.6MB over seven days. Imports also took away from inventories as they fell 115 kb/d. Demand was additive as it weakened 90 kb/d and finished the year at 502 kb/d below the five-year average. Overall, the numbers were slightly bearish for gasoline prices as inventories remain comfortably above the five-year average, but they may also have limited impact due to the year-end.
Distillate stocks were +4.6 MB vs. +1.0 MB expected. The increase was more surprising than in gasoline because they have been running much tighter than in gasoline and refinery output hasn't seen as much volatility as it has in gasoline. Refinery production dropped 42 kb/d on the week after gaining 26 kb/d the previous week. Demand fell sharply again, this time by 455 kb/d and followed a 503 kb/d decline last week. Distillate stocks are now 21.62 MB below the five-year average compared to 25.12 MB below it last week. The distillate number is negative overall and helps explain the underperformance compared to gasoline in the last two months. Warm winter weather also is to blame.
Natural Gas Commentary
Published Friday afternoon, 1/4/13
Natural Gas traded higher, settling $3.287 up $0.089 2.7%. The curve was firmer, 13/16 $0.03 tighter (J13/F14 $0.02 better). Hub cash was ~$0.03 back this morning, Z-6 fell to $1.00 to $4.80. The 12z was warmer than overnight models across the Central and Southeastern U.S. The Western U.S. was slightly cooler during the 6-10 day. The 11-15 day was significantly warmer East Coast and upper Midwest. The EIA reported a withdrawal of -135 Bcf, bullish vs market expectations ~-130. The withdrawal was bullish vs last year's 76 Bcf withdrawal and the 5-yr average 113 Bcf withdrawal. The YoY and 5-yr surplus tighten to 45 and 361 Bcf. Next week we expect ~195 Bcf withdrawal, bullish vs 2012's 95 Bcf withdrawal and the 5-yr average 122 Bcf withdrawal. Baker Hughes reported NG rigs rose 8 to 439 (GOM unch, ND -1, PA +3, TX +4).
Vol was offered overall: (G13 330 23.00 23.00 33.40% -2.95% H13 330 34.50 35.50 34.92% -2.03% J13 335 43.00 44.50 34.81% -1.67% K13 340 51.00 52.50 34.52% -1.74% M13 345 58.50 60.00 34.32% -0.91% N13 350 64.50 66.50 34.27% -0.91% Q13 355 71.00 73.00 34.24% -0.42% U13 355 76.50 78.50 34.30% -0.70% V13 360 82.00 84.00 34.22% -0.71% X13 370 83.00 85.00 31.79% -0.39% Z13 390 86.00 88.00 29.88% -0.35%). Technically we are bearish, $3.05 should be tested again (V/X roll). Resistance is found at $3.29, $3.45, $3.56. On the downside we see support at $3.17, $3.05.


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Dodger Stadium upgrades benefit fans, players
LOS ANGELES -- Dodger Stadium underwent a facelift during the offseason, one that team president and CEO Stan Kasten believes will benefit all fans in the future. It could also help the product on the field, too.
The $100 million project includes new high definition video boards in left field and right field, a new sound system, a Wi-Fi network, new concession stands, renovated bathrooms and designated areas for kids to play.
"It was no small feat," Kasten said Friday afternoon at Dodger Stadium. "We have, I think, enhanced the experience for fans on every level of this park. We have made it more fun for kids. We have brought some history into the ballpark."
The Dodgers have a plush new clubhouse that is much larger than its predecessor. The visiting team now has its own batting cages and weight room. In years past, visitors shared those areas with the Dodgers.
"I think the best thing is the other team isn't in our locker room," manager Don Mattingly said. "As nice as everything is, the best part of it is that the other team is separate from you. It's just a better environment for the organization."
While the Dodgers were still getting adjusted to their new surroundings on Friday, Mattingly believes the upgrades will benefit the club moving forward.
"I think it makes another commitment to the players that are here and the guys that we bring in, that we're giving them every opportunity to be the best team they can possible be," the manager said. "It's a great selling point also for guys who want to play here."
Austin Laymance is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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ByGreg Bensinger
One thing Amazon.com isn't delivering is profits.
For the second time in less than a year, Amazon posted a quarterly loss, following nine straight years of profitable operations. And the company's famously razor-thin operating margins are narrowing.
The Seattle online retailer said it lost $7 million, or 2 cents per share, compared with a profit of $7 million, or 1 cent, a year earlier. Analysts were expecting a profit of $27.4 million, or 5 cents per share. Still, sales rose 22% to $15.7 billion.
"It's phenomenal that a company that can report nearly $16 billion in revenue can show a loss," said Kerry Rice, a Needham & Co. analyst. "Content costs are certainly one area that they are spending more on."
Indeed, Amazon said it boosted spending on technology development and media content by more than $500 million to $1.59 billion. The company has been striking new deals to stream movies and television shows to users of its Prime membership program as it seeks to keep pace with Netflix It has also increased spending on its network of warehouses, as it builds more centers closer to major cities.
Operating profit margin, a closely watched metric, narrowed further to 0.5% from 0.8% from a year earlier and 1.1% in the first quarter. "We're investing very heavily and we think that's the right thing to do," said Tom Szkutak, chief financial officer, in a conference call with media.
Shares of Amazon initially fell about 5% in after-hours trading but were more recently down about 2%. They traded at 4 p.m. up 1.5% to $303.40, a level that put the stock up 21% this year.


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On May 9 and 10, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs two concerts as part of this years Spring For Music. The program for the first concert of the two includes Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead.
Here, conductor Leonard Slatkin leads the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in a recent performance of the piece at Detroit's Symphony Hall.
Related:May 9, Spring for Music: Detroit Symphony OrchestraMay 10, Spring for Music: Detroit Symphony OrchestraSpring For Music