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I know in total base stats it counts the same and some have commented on it being equal. But, the obvious difference to me is that a single can score a runner from third or second and a walk cannot. (unless the bases are loaded for the runner to score from third of course) I'm not arguing about this, just needing some clarification for future reference.


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This week, the transit agency ran all four of the Oakland Airport Connector trains simultaneously on the new elevated tracks, which will provide the first rail connection to the airport. The tram uses automated three-car trains pulled by cables set inside a steel guideway held up by concrete columns.
"It's going to be like riding on a cloud," said project and operations manager Dean Hurst of Doppelmayr, a ropeway technology company based in Austria. "The trains are lighter, the guideway is lighter (and) the availability is easier because you have a controlled environment."
The sophisticated system is the only one of its kind that Doppelmayr has built. The trains do not have engines. Instead, four big wheels pulling the cables that the trains run on are located in a facility building in the middle of the line, which makes the trains quiet and easier to work on.
The airport connector will serve two stations. Riders can hop on a train every four to five minutes in the airport parking lot or at a platform connected by a bridge to Coliseum station.
"Between the Coliseum and the airport and back, there's nine intersections and traffic can vary every day," said Tom Dunscombe, the project manager said. "(The new trains) are going to get you reliably from door to door in about 12 to 14 minutes."
Rides on the AirBART buses that run between BART and the airport typically take 10 to 20 minutes depending on traffic. The trains will replace the bus service.
In contrast of the new rail link, the buses are a hassle for the nearly 700,000 yearly passengers who have to leave the station and wait in line to buy a ticket and tow their luggage on the bus while scrabbling to pay the $3 one-way fares.
BART officials project that 900 thousand riders a year will use the connector. The standard fare will be $6.
The 3.2-mile line cost $484 million, a steep price that drew criticism. Critics contended that upgraded buses could have made the connection far more cheaply.
Transportation managers, however, say the update will make the region more connected by allowing passengers to take a seamless trip from BART to the tram to the airport.
"It's a big investment in the area, and I think the thought behind it is that the Oakland airport is used by nearly 10 million people a year. It's a major destination," Dunscombe said. "We hope that they can increase their usage of the area."
Talks of the connector between BART and the Oakland airport began in 1970. After decades of studies, the ball got rolling in 2000, when Alameda County voters passed a transportation sales tax that allocated $89 million to the project.
Finding the remaining funds stalled the project for the next decade. In 2009, the federal government withdrew $70 million after officials determined that the agency failed to reach out to low-income and minority communities. The decision snowballed into advocates arguing that money would be better spent on other transit needs.
"I've been a fervent critic in the past," said Robert Raburn, BART director for District 4. "It was just the overall project, whether this is the best means of getting people to the airport. Once that decision was made, I was surrounded by pros. I want to make sure the project is delivered."
BART is set to complete the project on time and within budget. The airport connector will undergo more tests leading to the November opening in time for the holidays.


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text: Power players living the dream By Mike Whiteford August 18, 2013 Story Share Kenny Kemp West Virginia's Walker Gourley scores a run Sunday as the throw sails over the head of Hickory catcher David Lyon. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- On an off-day earlier this season, Power catcher Kawika Emsley-Pai and two teammates paid a visit to Cincinnati's Great American Ballpark for a Reds-Pirates game and picked up some additional inspiration.As Class A players with big dreams, they certainly owed it to themselves to allow their imaginations to transport them, if only for a moment, up the professional baseball ladder and into the big leagues. In other words, it was more than just another day at the ol' ballpark."It sent chills down my spine just watching them out there, just knowing that I could have the opportunity to be there,'' said Emsley-Pai, who was accompanied that day by outfielder Jonathan Schwind and pitcher Clay Holmes.For now, Emsley-Pai and the Power have set their sights on a South Atlantic League playoff spot, and they strengthened their case with a 5-4 victory over the Hickory Crawdads Sunday afternoon at Appalachian Power Park.The Power is now 35-20 in the second half and tied with Hagerstown, which was rained out Sunday, for the Northern Division lead. More important, the Power leads the third-place Crawdads by 41/2 games with 15 to play.Even if the Power fails to win the division title, it would still qualify for the playoffs if Hagerstown wins and the Power finishes second. Hagerstown won the first-half division title and, if the Suns also finish first in the second half, the division's second-place team would earn one of the four SAL playoff spots."Anytime you're on a team, you want to win a championship,'' said Emsley-Pai, a resident of Bothell, Wash. "You always keep that in sight, but you just want to take it one game at a time and one pitch at a time. We try to play every game like it's just another game, and that way we won't get caught up in all the emotions that are involved in that, and we can go out there and play our best.'' Whatever happens, it's been a special season for Power right-hander Luis Heredia of Mazatlan, Mexico, who turned 19 earlier this month."We're like a family,'' said Heredia. "Everybody helps each other, and the coaches and the staff are amazing. Last year we had a good team in State College. This year, I've been here two months, and I see how hard this team works. It's amazing.''Emsley-Pai holds similar feelings. "This is the closest team I've ever been a part of,'' he said. "This is my third season now with the Pirates, and the camaraderie we have and the brotherhood we have is something special. I enjoy coming to the field every day, knowing I get to hang out with these guys every day and get to go out there to play.''Behind the 6-foot-6, 241-pound Heredia, the Power led 3-0 through four innings Sunday. Heredia has been dominant of late, having yielded just one earned run and nine hits in his previous 15 innings, but with two outs in the fifth he threw a pitch that the Crawdads' Jorge Alfaro launched onto Lewis Street for a game-tying three-run homer.The home team responded in the sixth by scoring two unearned runs, highlighted by Francisco Aponte's sacrifice bunt, Josh Bell's infield single and Dilson Herrera's RBI double to the center-field fence. Herrera also had a two-run single in the third. Power relievers Thomas Harlan, Lance Breedlove and Jhondaniel Medina did not allow an earned run through the final 41/3 innings. Harlan struck out nine in three innings, surrendering just two hits and a hit batsman, and picked up the victory.POWER POINTS: The Power and Crawdads will close out the home stand beginning at 7:05 tonight. ... Counting tonight's game, the Power has just four regular-season home games remaining. Beginning Tuesday, the Power will play three games in Charleston, S.C., and four in Savannah. ... Entering Sunday's game, the Power averaged 2,343 fans a game - or 13 fewer than last year's final average of 2,356. ... Power right-hander Tyler Glasnow, who leads the league with 147 strikeouts, is tied for seventh place all-time in Charleston's 27-year history in the South Atlantic League. Walker Gourley entered the game ranked third in the league in hitting and had two hits to raise his average to .321.Reach Mike Whiteford at email@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Volunteers aid flood victims in Elkview, Clendenin 3 WVU hopes to get injured defenders back for TCU 4 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 5 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent Roundup: Herd improves to 3-0 on Canada tour Previous Story Holgorsen content with new-look special teams Next Story


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Topic: my deerest hubby lost his battle
It is a week now since my hubby passed away, it was so fast, although we did expect it to happen.
I am going to miss him so much.Feeling so alone.
Andre, my hubby/friend, I love you always.
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It is a week now since my hubby passed away, it was so fast, although we did expect it to happen.
I am going to miss him so much.Feeling so alone.
Andre, my hubby/friend, I love you always.
Dearest Kandre, it is very hard and will take a lot of time but things will get easier down the road. Andre is in a peaceful place now and in time you will remember only the good things and will make a new normal for yourself and be happy like he would want you to be.
From a book of blessings called "Benedictus" by John O'Donohue - Irish Poet & Philosopher
When you lose someone you love,
Your life becomes strange,
The ground beneath you becomes fragile,
Your thoughts make your eyes unsure;
And some dead echo drags your voice down
Where words have no confidence
Your heart has grown heavy with loss.
And though this loss has wounded others too,
No one knows what has been taken from you
When the silence of absence deepens.
There are days when you wake up happy;
Again inside the fullness of life,
Until the moment breaks
And you are thrown back
Onto the black tide of loss.
Days when you have your heart back,
You are able to function well
Until in the middle of work or encounter,
Suddenly with no warning,
You are ambushed by grief.
More than you, it knows its way
And will find the right time
To pull and pull the rope of grief
Until that coiled hill of tears
Has reduced to its last drop.
Gradually, you will learn acquaintance
With the invisible form of your departed;
And when the work of grief is done,
The wound of loss will heal
And you will have learned
And be able to enter the hearth
In your soul where your loved one
Has awaited your return
All the time.
I am so sorry to hear that Andre has passed. You have my deepest sympathy. Try to remember him before all of this. Keep him forever in your heart and memories. Andre is now at peace and no longer suffering. Try to take some comfort in that. Know that I am thinking of you and that I share your pain.
Love & Hugs,
I'm so sorry to hear of your husbands passing.
Your family will be in my prayers.
I am so sorry to hear the passing of your husband,
May the Love of our Lord Jesus Christ,the Grace of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family.
God bless.
I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I lost my husband of 45 year 2 months ago. Yes it is very lonely, but after 2 months I am sort of finding some sort of peace. I know he is in a better place, but I finally came up with a word to describe my feelings and that was "empty". I still can't sleep on his side of the bed, and his glasses are next to his computer. I finally started using his towell rack 2 days ago. Habits are really hard to break. It is still hard to go to sleep at night, but I pray to him everyday. I know he hears me. You will begin the journey, like me, to find a life after hubby. I don't know what that is right now. I am told that God doesn't give you what you wish, but what you need. We don't really know what we need, but I think with his help we will discover that in our journey into widowhood. I really feel for you and all those that have lost their mate. It is a journey I wouldn't wish upon anyone.
Please take care and take deep breaths. Break down when you can't stand it anymore. I feel much calmer when I do that. Tears are the water of love.
Jim has been gone almost 4 years and we too were together pretty much 24/7 for 45 years. I was told at one point something to the effect that the stronger the love the strong the grief and I believe that is so true. I still have good and bad days, but we just have to keep going on, moving forward one day at a time.
Janet, I like the thought that tears are the water of love. There is nothing wrong with breaking down and crying. It does seem to cleanse and comfort. Deep breathing is also good.
Take care everyone.
Love & Hugs,
I am so sorry for your loss, I will be praying for you and your family. May God give you peace and comfort in time.
Hi there, thanks for all off you replied. Yes it is difficult, at he moment , i am in my own world, just go with the flow, I dont think the reality sank in. Plse keep me in your prayers,
Thinking of all of you going through this.
Lot's of comforting thoughts and prayers coming your way from Wisconsin.
Love & Hugs,
Many prayers and postitive thoughts for you at this time. I am sorry for your loss.
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Last year our pumpkin joined the over 2000 other pumpkins at the annual Sorauren Park Pumpkin Parade. Tonight, we'll do the same. Hopefully there will be even more pumpkins there. And even if you don't plan on bringing yours with you, come out tonight to check out the glow from 1000's of lit pumpkins. I'll post some of the photos i take this year. Hope to see you all there!
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Continuing with what Hicks started, based on what a Pistons board did, discuss the potential of each team, in alphabetical order, for the upcoming season.
What needs to be done in order to win? Can they make the playoffs? Will the contend for the title? How far will they go in the playoffs? What changes can be expected this year?
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I know the Colts rarely dive into the free agent market and for good (Corey Simon) reason. But is there one or two players that Indy believes that could come in and fill a hole at a price they can offer through free agents or trades?
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From the Pianist to the Predator
Adrien Brody seeks roles that define truths for him as an actor and a human being
The question, perhaps impertinently, came at the end of the interview and it had to do with the most memorable adjective ever used to describe Adrien Brody's nose. Brody, who is a handsome man with a well-known nose, laughed, and said, "My nose? You're asking me to describe my nose? I'll leave that to you." Some suggestions are offered: Aquiline? Roman? Prominent? "Unique," Brody says and chuckles to himself.
It's late June and Brody, 37, is sitting at a terrace table in the garden of the Chateau Marmont, in West Hollywood. He is dressed casually—t-shirt, jeans—and looks unassuming. Despite being instantly recognizable because of his trademark profile, Brody has no trouble losing himself in the parts he plays.
Indeed, he is one of Hollywood's premier transformation artists. Give him a movie role and Brody buries himself in it, doing whatever it takes to infuse his mind and soul with the consciousness and the world of the character he's playing.
Consider his research and preparation for his Oscar-winning turn in the 2002 film The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski. Aside from spending hours learning to play Chopin on the piano, Brody methodically shed 30 pounds from his already wiry frame to convincingly portray Polish Jew Wladyslaw Szpilman, a pianist who spent the Holocaust hiding from the Nazis (and nearly starving in the process) in Warsaw, which had been systematically emptied of its Jewish population. At one point in his preparation, Brody temporarily gave up his apartment and car, shedding possessions to understand the sense of dispossession that Szpilman went through.
It's not an easy method-or Method-but it's the one that works for Brody.
"The reality is that, for me, acting is somewhat of a painful process," he says. "A beautiful process, but a painful one. The more I have to do battle to find truth, the more painful it is if I don't, because film is permanent. So it's important the work I choose is something I can have that confidence in. Otherwise, a movie becomes a permanent reminder of a mistake you made."
The role in The Pianist was a physical and emotional challenge-one in which he left Adrien Brody behind, even while drawing on the frustrations of his own career, which was already more than a decade old when he was suddenly "discovered" by world audiences in Polanski's film. Brody went from being a relative unknown to an Oscar-winner-but one whose past seemed mysterious to audiences and the film industry alike.
On March 23, 2003, the night he won the Oscar, Brody became not only the youngest Best Actor honoree but the only first-time nominee ever to triumph over a field composed of previous winners: Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt), Nicolas Cage (Adaptation), Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York) and Michael Caine (The Quiet American).
He went from relative anonymity to being incorrectly typecast as, among other things, sensitive, musical-and Polish. Most audience members (and even industry insiders) were unaware that Brody had been struggling and working for a dozen years. More than a few casting agents assumed that Brody was actually from Poland, or at a minimum, Europe.
That perception was so pervasive that, shortly after Brody won the Oscar (and planted that memorable kiss on presenter Halle Berry), Brody's father, a retired history professor, found himself engaged in conversation with a seatmate on an airplane. When talk somehow turned to the seatmate's thoughts about the newly anointed Oscar winner, the new acquaintance expressed his belief that Brody was, in fact, a Polish actor, not an American one. Brody's father disagreed and assured his seatmate that Brody was a New Yorker by birth. When the seatmate wondered how Brody's father could be so sure, Brody's father replied, "I follow the industry."
That perception was so pervasive that, shortly after Brody won the Oscar (and planted that memorable kiss on presenter Halle Berry), Brody's father, a retired history professor, found himself engaged in conversation with a seatmate on an airplane. When talk somehow turned to the seatmate's thoughts about the newly anointed Oscar winner, the new acquaintance expressed his belief that Brody was, in fact, a Polish actor, not an American one. Brody's father disagreed and assured his seatmate that Brody was a New Yorker by birth. When the seatmate wondered how Brody's father could be so sure, Brody's father replied, "I follow the industry."
Most people in the industry hadn't been paying that kind of attention, however. Brody was being discovered, but the role itself limited perceptions of what kind of range he could achieve. So Brody has had to battle reductive impressions, though it's usually a mistake to limit your idea of what Brody can do.
"Adrien Brody is a great actor—period," says Nimrod Antal, who directed him in this summer's Predators. "Not only is Adrien talented but he's passionate. Nowadays, a lot of actors are spoiled. But Adrien is passionate to be there. You know he'd kill to do this film."
Brody's reputation is built around immersing himself in the world of his character in any way he can. In the course of a career, Brody has buried himself over and over in the rigors of learning skills and trying to emulate the lifestyle of the characters he is playing. Aside from studying both piano and Polish for The Pianist, Brody learned the physical rigors of such pursuits as being a matador, riding horses, fencing and the like for other films.
For The Pianist, he systematically lost weight. For Predators, Brody packed on 25 pounds of lean muscle mass to transform himself into the warrior he wanted to play.
"It's exciting when you physically change, when you change your body chemistry and you feel a transformation, it helps you feel a connection to the character," he says. "You feel different from yourself. It's another level of involvement."
The discipline involved with gaining that kind of weight was similar to the regimen he used to lose it for The Pianist: "Putting on weight obviously is more enjoyable, though I was trying to put on lean muscle. So they're both very strict diets. But one diet builds confidence and the other strips it away. The diets are similar, but with volumes more food when you're building muscle. I have a fast metabolism so I had to gain mass and then shred it. I started with heavy weights to put on size; then I did higher repetitions with smaller weights to give the muscles definition. No carbs and I did a work-out with more cardio."
"He's a badass," Antal says. "The physical transformation blew me away. It was a way for him to really get in character. When you see him stripped down, it's impressive. He turned himself into a monster-and I mean that in the best way."
Brody's research for the Predators role didn't end with his physical conditioning. To get a sense of what it's like to be lost on a distant jungle planet, Brody tried to approximate the situation on the film's Hawaiian locations.
"I was fortunate on Predators to be able to stay in the jungle, on the property where we were shooting," Brody says. "They let me stay in a bungalow in the back. It was thousands of acres of lush rainforest-it was practically prehistoric. It was gorgeous. I'd walk around at night in the jungle. That was wonderful in helping me get further outside myself and into a zone."
But the physical changes of playing a role can be short-lived: After finishing Predators, Brody went to India to shoot scenes for The Experiment, a drama released on DVD, and fell victim to a stomach parasite that cost him 10 pounds in a single week "and that was all muscle."
He'd barely recovered before he got back to North America to make Wrecked, about the victim of a car accident forced to survive in the wild: "The sickness kind of knocked me down and weakened me," he says. "But I still decided to spend a night in the woods, eating insects in February in Canada. As unpleasant as that transition was, it helped me make the shift as quickly as possible. I try to look on the bright side."
Anative of Queens, New York, Brody started acting because his mother, photographer Sylvia Plachy, happened to do a photo shoot at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She thought her adolescent son might have fun taking a teen acting class and hoped it would take him away from the streets, where he was on the verge of getting into the kind of thoughtless trouble that inevitably finds bored teens with too much time on their hands and too little supervision.
"The worst thing I ever did that my parents don't know about?" Brody says, thinking about days of youthful wildness and smiling mysteriously. "I'm not going to tell you so you can put it in a magazine for them to read.
"Trouble was always there in my environment. We were young guys. It was just a lot of that energy that kids in New York have, when being a troublemaker is an attractive thing. You want to rebel, to feel an element of danger. I've never tried to glorify it in discussions, though it's often been misconstrued."
Instead, as a young teen, Brody was enrolled in an acting class. And much to his surprise, he found that he was good at it. More important, his parents took his interest in acting seriously.
"Look, there are two key factors there: First, my parents didn't shut me down or shut me off, even though I was rambunctious," he says. "They had a lot of patience and treated me with respect. I was not made to shut up. And most of my friends I grew up with had a harsh environment to deal with-on the street and at home.
"My imagination wasn't stifled at a young age. And the fact that my mom stumbled across an opportunity for me to do something creative that suited me without having the pressure of a career, was the other thing. I was an actor and she could see it, even if I couldn't."
In fact, he had success quickly, finding an agent and landing a role at 14 in a PBS film, "Home at Last," playing a New York street kid sent to live with a Swedish farm family in Nebraska in the 1800s.
"I was in high school and I went off to Nebraska by myself and I loved it," he says. "I was playing an orphan from the 1800s and I went wild. I hung out with the wranglers' sons and was riding horses and chewing tobacco and having amazing experiences. I remember when it was over, the director kiddingly said that they were going to turn it into a series. I was ready, I didn't want the experience to end."
Instead, Brody came back to New York and went to LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts and studied, even while continuing to audition for roles.
"I took it very seriously," he says. "I didn't have a tremendous amount of success at first, but I had a lot of discipline."
He tried college at CUNY Queens, but realized that he only wanted to spend his time acting. So he moved to Los Angeles "and gave myself a window, although I didn't stick to it. I gave myself six months and I got work after seven. It was the right decision to stay. And I've been able to support myself since. But I was paying dues out here for many years.
"It can be stressful in a ways I didn't know how to process at the time," he says. "At one point, I considered giving up acting and being a fireman. I thought there was a more straightforward reward that occurred when you worked at the fire station in your neighborhood."
Brody began to find work in edgy, odd and funny mid-1990s independent films-movies with titles like Bullet and Ten Benny and Restaurant, before landing what was supposed to be the lead role in reclusive filmmaker Terrence Malick's adaptation of James Jones' The Thin Red Line.
It was a life-changing role, or so Brody thought. He was playing a character based on Jones himself, and Malick spent a lot of time shooting pages of script that focused on Brody's character. As the movie's release approached, Vanity Fair ran a cover story about the relatively unknown Brody, predicting that the film would light the fuse on his career. Between boot-camp training for the film and shooting in Australia and the Solomon Islands, Brody went through "a six-month ordeal" for the role that was supposed to open all the doors.
But when the long-in-the-making Line reached theaters, Brody was barely in it, because much of his role had been cut out by Malick during editing. It wasn't because of Brody's performance, Malick later said. Rather, the writer-director had decided to change the structure and focus of the story he wanted to tell. And that didn't include much of Brody's character.
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Paraspinous Anesthetic Block for Non-Responsive Pelvic Pain
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|Paraspinous Block Pelvis Pain Chronic
|Procedure: paraspinous anesthetic block Procedure: subcutaneous puncture with no anesthetic effect
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Efficacy of Paraspinous Anesthetic Block in Patients With Chronic Pelvic Pain Non-Responsive to Pharmacological Treatment
- Change of pain from baseline [ Time Frame: Change of pain from baseline at one week, at one month, at two months, at three months, at four months, at five months and at six months ]Primary outcome is the reduction of pain, measured with the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).
- Improvement of scores in SF-36 scale [ Time Frame: At baseline and at six months ]Quality of life will be evaluated with SF-36 scale at baseline and at six months, and scores will be compared at the end of the study.
- Improvement of scores in the FSFI scale [ Time Frame: At baseline and at six months ]Sexual function as a measure of functionality will be evalueted with the FSFI scale at baseline and at six months, and scores will be compared at the end of the study.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: paraspinous block
Paraspinous anesthetic block in the thoracolumbar region, in sensitized segments
Procedure: paraspinous anesthetic block
Paraspinous anesthetic block with lidocaine 1% in sensitized segments of the thoracolumbar region
Sham Comparator: control
Subcutaneous puncture with no anesthetic effect
Procedure: subcutaneous puncture with no anesthetic effect
Subcutaneous puncture with injection needle (no substance will be injected)
Detailed Description:
Patients will be allocated into one of two groups (intervention or placebo), and will be submitted to the corresponding procedure (paraspinous anesthetic block or placebo puncture in subcutaneous tissue). In the first appointment, pain will be measured with the VAS (Visual Analogue Scale); quality of life and function basal level will be evaluated by scales SF-36 (Medical Outcome Short-Form (36)Health Survey)and FSFI (Female Sexual Function Index), in Portuguese validated versions. Procedure will be realized as planned for each group.
Second appointment will occur one week after the procedure, and VAS scale will be applied.
Third appointment will occur in one month. VAS scale will be applied again,and procedure will be repeated if patient does not have a reduction of at least 30% of pain.
Next consultations will occur at two months, three months, four months and five months, with application of VAS scale to keep monitoring evolution of pain.
At six months of study, VAS scale will be applied along with SF-36 and FSFI questionnaires, to evaluate improvement in pain and in quality of life and function level.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with benign pelvic pain non-responsive to pharmacological treatment, lasting at least 6 months, located in the anatomic pelvis, anterior abdominal wall, infra-umbilical region, lumbossacral region or buttocks. Pain must be hard enough to cause functional impairment or to motivate medical counseling. The absence of physical findings does not decreases the importance of pain, nether excludes the possibility of pelvic pathology.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who do not want to take part in the study
- Age under 18 years old
- Pelvic pain lasting less than 6 months
- Relief or resolution of pain with pharmacological treatment
- Pain of neoplastic origin
- Known allergy or report of adverse reaction related to lidocaine
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01635205
|Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
|Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
|Principal Investigator:
|Karen F Rosa, MD
|Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
|Study Chair:
|Antonio C Santos, doctor
|Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
|Study Chair:
|Ricardo F Savaris, doctor
|Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
|Study Chair:
|Vinícius A Amantéa, MD
|Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01635205 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|December 17, 2011
|Last Updated:
|April 23, 2014
Keywords provided by Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre:
Paraspinous block
Non-responsive chronic pelvic pain
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pelvic Pain
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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On-fruit labeling of California avocados has begun appearing at retail.
So far, 10 of the state's 13 largest packers are using the labels or have plans to do so by the start of the 2015 season.
Stickers aim to make the product's origin in the state prominent in a way that mirrors marketing efforts, California Avocado Commission president Tom Bellamore said in a news release.
Those efforts are taking shape in print, radio and online marketing – including mobile and social media – that encourages consumers to look for the label. A new video series, "A Look Behind the Label," takes them into the grove and offers insights on the fruit.
Connecting promotion efforts with the California brand at point of sale is a concept the Irvine-based commission has supported for more than 20 years. The commission considered it when price lookup stickers were first implemented, and again with the launch of the California Avocado Grower campaign in 2008.
Though some packers have used California labels, the origin was often in fine print missed by some consumers, or lacked graphical compatibility with commission efforts.
"Convincing packers to make a change was not without difficulty," Bellamore said. "For a variety of legitimate business reasons, many avocado packers had previously not made California branded labeling a priority. In the first place, most packers source from several different points of origin and creating a seamless supply of avocados for their customers is important to them. There are also logistical issues involved in adding a sticker to the fruit in the packing line or redesigning a label, especially at startup."
To attract packers to its label initiative, the commission conducted focus-group and then in-store research with consumers.
"It was no real surprise that the consumer response was very positive when California was clearly visible on labeled fruit," Bellamore said.
A two-sticker option involves adding a California brand label with commission-designed artwork to the fruit, alongside the packer's label with the price lookup barcode.
The commission has also designed a California branded label with a barcode, and a comparable price lookup label. Some packers are working with the basic design and adding their name or brand.


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Two Ontario greenhouse vegetable growers have been named among Canada's 50 best-managed companies.
JemD Farms and Mastronardi Produce, both based in Kingsville, are winners in the annual Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies awards, according to company news releases.
The awards, sponsored by Deloitte, CIBC, National Post, Queen's School of Business and MacKay CEO Forums, recognize Canadian companies that have implemented world-class business practices and created value in innovative ways.
"We are absolutely thrilled to have been chosen to be a part of such a wonderful group of award winners and to be receiving this prestigious award," Jim DiMenna, president of JemD Farms, said in a release. "Our company goal of constant evolution and continual growth is very important to our team, having this award bestowed upon our company is truly an honor."
For Mastronardi, this is the company's fourth straight year of being named a top 50 company, earning it Gold Standard designation.
"My family has been focused on growing quality, flavorful produce for almost 60 years, and it is with great pleasure that we accept this award again this year elevating us to the Gold Standard level," Paul Mastronardi, the company's president, said in a release.


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The state Public Utilities Commission president has ordered Southern California Edison to prepare a report about running transmission lines underground through this city by next month.
Earlier this year, PUC President Michael Peevey told Edison they had to provide the information by Feb. 28, 2013.
Now Edison has to "prepare testimony" based on preliminary engineering studies of options for running transmission lines underground by Dec. 3.
Moreover, Edison has to provide the PUC a rate recovery proposal and a detailed report describing the cost and scope of the materials and service contracts, and the associated timing required for such contracts, that are required to install an underground transmission option for the section of the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project, according to PUC documents.
The new PUC order came on Nov. 15.
The $2.1 billion Tehachapi project aims to carry wind-generated electricity from Kern County to the Los Angeles Basin.
Edison already has started extending the towers about five miles into the right-of-way.
But city officials and the grassroots group Hope for the Hills have advocated building the project underground.
Chino Hills officials have spent more than $2 million battling Edison in a lawsuit for two years insisting the right-of-way is too narrow for the proposed 198-foot towers and that it causes safety hazards.


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Victorino cleared to play after hospital tests
BOSTON -- Shane Victorino, who earlier this season missed a week and a half because of stiffness in his lower back, passed his tests at Massachusetts General Hospital on Monday and was cleared to play when the Red Sox open a road trip Tuesday at Tampa Bay.
Victorino was taken to the hospital after Sunday's 12-4 loss to the Blue Jays, during which he made hard contact with the right-field wall while trying to rob Emilio Bonifacio of a home run in the fourth inning. He appeared to hit his ribs on the short wall, and he immediately fell to the ground. After a visit from the training staff, he remained in the game and took his next at-bat, and wasn't removed until the seventh.
"The way Shane hit the wall, he started to stiffen up as the game went on," said manager John Farrell. "And given what he's been dealing with, low back-wise, we weren't going to take any chances further today."
Jason Mastrodonato is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @jmastrodonato. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Next was the Memorial Ride of Silence organized by Bicycle Friendly Fort Wayne on a beautiful Wednesday evening on May 15. It was later followed by a record celebration of Bike to Work Day organized by the City of Fort Wayne at Headwaters Park on May 17.
This year, Cinema Center got in on the act, sponsoring Bike Movie Night on Friday, May 24. Moviegoers were encouraged to bike to the movie, take advantage of bike valet service and enjoy a showing of the classic bicycle movie, "Breaking Away."
National Bike Month concluded with the Spring Cycle event organized by Fort4Fitness, Inc. (www.fort4fitness.org) on Saturday, May 25. More than a thousand bicyclists assembled in downtown for the start of a grand bicycle tour through Fort Wayne and Allen County, and then enjoyed watching hundreds of criterium racers from all over the Midwest compete in the Twilight Criterium.
All in all, it was a month-long celebration of our bicycle-friendly city and the benefits that bicycling can deliver to our community. Bicycling is one of the most popular outdoor activities in the United States. Regular use of a bicycle promotes healthier weight, blood pressure and insulin levels and can be one of the best ways to forge an active and healthy lifestyle.
Americans are demanding more and better bicycle infrastructure in their communities. Cities and regions with well-developed bicycle infrastructure have increased property values, are more attractive for economic development and tend to attract higher paying jobs. The bicycle may seem like a simple device, but, as you see, it can unlock a better future for our community in terms of both physical fitness and economic opportunity. And, it can reduce the number of automobile trips, reducing oil consumption and wear and tear on roads.
We pledge to continue to develop Fort Wayne, Allen County and Northeast Indiana as a bicycle-friendly community throughout the year and we look forward to an even bigger and better celebration in May of 2014.
Thank you again, and congratulations to all of the sponsors, participants and volunteers who made National Bike Month a fantastic success this year.
Amy Hartzog, City of Fort Wayne, Lori Keys, Fort Wayne Tails, Inc., Jon Bomberger, Fort4Fitness, Inc.


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The Sporting News team's thoughts on the BCS title game featuring Alabama vs. Notre Dame:
Garry D. Howard, editor-in-chief: "Alabama 31, Notre Dame 20. The hardest-hitting defense coupled with the best coach equals a compelling victory and the third national title in four years for the Tide."
Roger Kuznia, college football digital editor: "Notre Dame 21, Alabama 17. Everett Golson has grown as a passer in his first season as starter, and his mobility, combined with the Irish's defense, will be the difference."
With bond created, Brian Kelly, Irish eye title | Everett Golson's growth | Irish D-line built in SEC mold
Ken Bradley, senior editor: "Notre Dame 17, Alabama 16. "There hasn't been a Notre Dame football movie in, what, 23 years? Sean Astin can't play Manti Te'o but could pull off Brian Kelly."
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Steve Greenberg, college football writer: "Alabama 24, Notre Dame 17. This is a much fairer fight than the point spread indicates, but I keep going back to last year's title game, when the Tide completely surprised LSU with their offensive game plan and confused LSU with their defense."
Matt Hayes, college football writer: "Alabama 27, Notre Dame 16. I've been trying to convince myself Notre Dame can win; trying to find a way to look all smart and declare an upset is coming. It's just not. The Irish have one advantage: us-against-the-world mentality. How many times does that win big games?"
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Rana L. Cash, senior college football editor: "Alabama 24, Notre Dame 21. All season long, Alabama looked like world-beaters. Then came one fateful night against Texas A&M. Notre Dame won 'em all, but there were no beatdowns like the ones the Tide have delivered."
Bob Hille, deputy editor: "Notre Dame 24, Alabama 17. We're programmed to think Bama is unbeatable, but the Tide have shown a susceptibility to mistakes at crucial times. It's just been that the opposition hasn't been able to leverage them. The Irish are good enough to do just that."
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I'm 21 years old, a student (studying history and anthropology).
What kind of lifestyle changes should I make to start off? Any suggestions?


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Australia's 41st soldier to die in Afghanistan lost his life in what defence describes as a "non-combat related incident" in the headquarters building in Kabul.
Defence hasn't revealed what happened or released the soldier's name.
He was a lance corporal in the Sydney-based 2nd Commando Regiment serving with the Australian headquarters at the main coalition base at the Kabul International Airport.
It's understood he was a veteran of multiple tours of Afghanistan.
Defence force chief Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin said Australian personnel had secured the site for Coalition military police to collect evidence for the Australian Defence Force Investigative Service.
"It is critical that we let this investigation take its course, to examine the evidence and establish the facts rather than to speculate about the details or circumstances surrounding the incident," he told reporters in Canberra.
Air Chief Marshal Binskin said the soldier's colleagues found him in an administration building with a gunshot wound around 2pm Afghanistan time on Tuesday.
He was taken to the nearby medical facility for emergency medical treatment.
"Sadly, the soldier's injuries were too severe and he later died surrounded by his mates," he said.
Asked about post-traumatic stress disorder in the defence force, Air Chief Marshal Binskin said: "I am confident in what Defence does in the mental health space."
That remains an ongoing challenge for defence and for the Department of Veterans Affairs, both directing considerable resources at developing effective mental health services for serving and former personnel.
In 2013, former Middle East commander, retired major General John Cantwell, warned of a looming tsunami of PTSD among those who have served in recent operations.
Defence has offered its condolences to the soldier's family and friends.
So did Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss who described this as tragic considering Australia's engagement in Afghanistan had largely ended.
"We don't know a great deal about the details as yet but I certainly extend sympathy to the family and friends of the soldier whose life has been lost. Our feelings are with the family," he said.
Australia has now ended involvement in combat operations in Afghanistan but some 400 personnel remain in a variety of jobs, including headquarters staff and Afghan National Army (ANA) mentors.
There's also a significant security presence to guard against both Taliban or insider attack.
The last Australian soldier to die in Afghanistan was another Commando, Corporal Cameron Baird, killed on June 22, 2013 and subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross.


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The way we eat is intricately linked to our general health. Doctors have discovered that the way we eat is responsible for numerous health problems, with one of the most obvious being diabetes. Interestingly, diabetes, namely Type II diabetes, is a result of poor eating habits, but it can also be controlled, and symptoms drastically improved, by eating a healthy diet that has been developed with Type II diabetes in mind.
A diabetes diet is a way of eating that can not only help control diabetes (Type I and Type I), but it can also help prevent diabetes.
The diabetic diet focuses on four things:
There's no doubt that a diabetic diet can both help control diabetes and help prevent Type II diabetes. To develop a diabetic diet eating plan that fits into your lifestyle, ask your doctor or a qualified dietician for help.
Written by Rebecca Stigall for Kidspot, Australia's parenting resource for family health . Sources include Better Health Channel, NSW Health, and Health Insite.
Last revised: Monday, 31 May 2010
This article contains general information only and is not intended to replace advice from a qualified health professional.


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The biggest reason I want Chapman as a starter is the playoffs, hated seeing the Reds blow the last 2 games without Chapman throwing a meaningful pitch.
As a starter he'll cap at what 150 next year? What are the odds of us going two years in a row with all starters getting a ton of starts (though I do believe their health was aided by a great bullpen)?
Cueto, Latos, Bailey, Arroyo - All about 200 Innings planned
Chapman/Leake - combine for 260 Innings planned sharing starts and going 8/9 innings every game. That gets Chapman say 140 or a little bit more than 4 IP / game (gives time to develop stamina, as well as time to develop third pitch), keeps him fresh for playoffs. Leake has a planned every 5 days about 120 IP, and can slide on in if another starter goes down. Also helps lineup construction for Chapman / Leake.
I would piggyback most young starters, helps smooth bullpen taxing, and build condfidence, I think it would be perfect for Cingrani to do something similair in 2014


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SENSITIVE: I have not posted much but have been lurking for months and appreciate so much everyone's support. My father was finally diagnosed with CC in Feb 2012 after having been diagnosed with liver cancer of unknown primary in August 2011.
Since last week my father has taken a turn---was just sleeping all the time and not eating and jerking a lot so was taken to the ED by my step-mother. He was admitted to an ICU for antibiotics (initially thought sepsis) and IV fluids but he has not improved and I think he is making his final journey. Over the last 5 days he has been severely agitated (constantly trying to climb out of the bed), hallucinating and also doing the hand movements that others have described here. We decided to admit him to an inpatient hospice facility 3 days ago and since that time he has been getting morphine for pain (although he never has complained of pain) and seroquel for the agitation. He is pretty much sleeping all the time and will intermittently wake up and be agitated all over again. I am so heartbroken to see him so debilitated and am praying that his journey will end soon so that he does not continue to suffer with the agitation, it just seems so disturbing to him.
Just needed to vent and wanted to see if other people went through the same thing with their loved ones. I was a little upset, one of the hospice nurse's said to us that this was not the end because his vitals were too stable and he wasn't thin enough but then another said that this is terminal agitation and his journey is coming to an end. I am so confused and only want the best for him and really want to take him home but am scared he is not going to get out of this in patient facility.
Thanks again for the support, I know I am rambling. :-)


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SAC Fund Manager Faces Choice of Trial or Deal
Former SAC Capital Advisors LP fund manager Mathew Martoma's arrest came six years after he set upon a path that has led him to a choice: one between a trial that may land him in prison for decades, or a deal to implicate others, possibly including SAC founder Steven A. Cohen.
Martoma, 38, used illegal tips to help SAC make $276 million on shares of pharmaceutical companies Elan Corp. (ELN) and Wyeth LLC, according to the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Arrested last week, he appeared today in Manhattan federal court for masterminding what the U.S. calls the most lucrative insider-trading case ever.
It was Martoma's six-year friendship with Dr. Sidney Gilman, an 80-year-old University of Michigan neurologist involved in a clinical trial of an Alzheimer's disease drug, that led to his prosecution. Gilman was helping develop the drug for Dublin-based Elan and Wyeth, now owned by New York-based Pfizer Inc. (PFE) He leaked data on the trial to Martoma, who advised Cohen on whether SAC should buy or sell Elan and Wyeth shares, authorities alleged. Gilman, who entered a non-prosecution agreement according to his lawyer Marc Mukasey, is cooperating with the probe.
The FBI described in its Nov. 20 complaint a "Hedge Fund Owner" whom Martoma dealt with; the SEC, in its parallel suit, called the unidentified person "Investment Advisor A." Each refers to Cohen, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Martoma denies wrongdoing, and Cohen hasn't been sued or charged. Martoma, who first appeared in federal court in Florida last week, didn't enter a plea today in New York. His case is the first of SAC alumni to involve a matter directly tied to Cohen.
Charles Stillman, a lawyer for Martoma, has said he expects his client to be exonerated.
A spokesman for the SAC founder, Jonathan Gasthalter, has denied any wrongdoing and said SAC is cooperating.
Six Years Ago
In 2006, Martoma joined SAC's CR Intrinsic Investors, eventually beginning work as a portfolio manager on Jan. 1, 2008.
That year, Elan and Wyeth also began jointly conducting a Phase II clinical trial for a potential Alzheimer's drug called bapineuzumab, or bapi. The trial assessed the safety of bapi in treating mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's, and how well it worked at various doses.
Gilman met Martoma in the summer of 2006 through an expert-networking firm, according to court papers. Gilman, who worked for Gerson Lehrman Group, according to his curriculum vitae, served from 2006 to 2008 as the head of the clinical trial's safety monitoring committee. Elan paid him $79,000 for his consultations on bapi in 2007 and 2008.
The expert-networking firm paid Gilman $108,000 between 2006 and 2009 for 59 consultations with portfolio managers and analysts at CR Intrinsic and Stamford, Connecticut-based SAC, including 42 meetings with Martoma.
A Pupil
Gilman came to view Martoma, who had attended Harvard Law School and wrote medical-ethics articles under another name, as a "friend and pupil," according to the SEC.
On Feb. 9, 2007, Gilman met with Martoma after a safety monitoring committee meeting. The government said they often met after Gilman concluded such meetings, and that he provided Elan's charts to Martoma on instances of injuries to patients participating in the clinical trial of the Alzheimer's drug.
In October, Martoma received confidential data about the drug trial at a meeting set up by Gilman's expert-networking firm, according to court papers. At other times, according to the SEC, the men also "took steps to conceal the true topic of their conversations" from the firm.
As 2007 drew to a close, SAC began amassing a large position in Elan (ELN) and Wyeth securities, prosecutors said.
'Repeatedly Sent'
In the following months, two CR Intrinsic managers "repeatedly sent" e-mails to Cohen "advocating against the Elan and Wyeth positions and suggesting trading strategies designed to hedge them," according to the SEC. Cohen also received vocal opposition from "several" employees who argued that uncertainty about the drug trial made the investment too risky.
Cohen 56, "consistently backed Martoma against the naysayers, citing among other things Martoma's conviction in his recommendation," according to the FBI.
On March 26, 2008, an unidentified SAC analyst e-mailed Cohen a list of his concerns with the hedge fund's Elan position. Cohen forwarded it to Martoma, who responded: "Nothing worrisome here," according to the government.
Two days later, Cohen sent a message to an analyst saying that Martoma anticipated positive news on the trial, and he was "closest" to it.
On June 17, Elan and Wyeth released top-line results of the clinical trial. While the news release stated the study hadn't attained statistical significance, it noted that it showed "statistically significant and clinically meaningful benefits" in some patients. The company said it would release more detailed data at a conference on July 29. Gilman was later chosen to present the results at the conference.
By the end of June, CR Intrinsic and SAC owned $373 million of Wyeth stock and $328 million of Elan stock, the U.S. said.
In mid-July, Martoma and Gilman spent more than 90 minutes discussing the final safety data presented to the safety monitoring committee. Gilman continued to interpret it as "largely positive," according to the FBI.
Gilman took a private jet to San Francisco on July 15 to get full results of the clinical trial from Wyeth and Elan. The data showed that the symptoms of Alzheimer's patients taking the drug got "markedly worse over the 18-month drug trial, rather than getting better or stabilizing."
Sunday Call
Two days later, Gilman received an e-mail from Elan with the subject "Confidential, Do Not Distribute" and an encrypted, 24-page slide presentation attached. Gilman and Martoma spoke for an hour and 45 minutes. Gilman then sent Martoma the slides and a password so he could open it. The men spoke three times by telephone the next day, according to court papers.
On Sunday, July 20, at 8:52 a.m., Martoma e-mailed Cohen, writing: "Is there a good time to catch up with you this morning? It's important."
Cohen replied with his mobile phone number. Beginning at 9:43 a.m., the men spoke for 20 minutes, according to prosecutors. As of that day, SAC and CR Intrinsic owned about 10.5 million shares of Elan.
On Monday, July 21, Cohen and Martoma instructed SAC's head trader to "begin selling the Elan position, and to do so in a way so as to not alert anyone else, inside or outside of the hedge fund," according to the FBI.
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By day's end, the senior trader e-mailed Martoma to say he sold 1.5 million shares of Elan and "obviously no one knows except you me and" and the hedge fund owner. Cohen isn't named in either the criminal complaint or SEC lawsuit.
The trader used algorithms, which are programs that disguise orders and keep them from being exploited by faster traders. He also used dark pools, or exchanges that hid the identity of the buyers and sellers, to execute the trades.
On Tuesday, Cohen sent an instant message to Martoma, saying they sold 3.8 million Elan shares in two days. Martoma replied: "if possible to do more, would do so." The hedge fund sold more Elan shares, bringing the total to 4.5 million.
Martoma and Gilman spoke for 39 minutes that day, the government said.
The next weekend, Cohen received an e-mail from the senior trader saying the firm sold 10.5 million shares of Elan at an average price of $34.21.
Dark Pools
"This was executed quietly and effectively over a 4 day period through algos and dark pools and booked into two firm accounts that have very limited viewing access," according to the e-mail, the government said. "This process clearly stopped leakage of info from either in [or] outside the firm and in my viewpoint saved us some slippage."
On Monday, July 28, after selling all of its Elan shares, SAC shorted about 4.5 million more shares over the next two days. The firm, having sold all of its Wyeth shares, also shorted about 3.25 million shares of that stock.
Over the preceding week, the firm's trading of securities represented 20 percent of the reported Elan trading volume, and 11 percent of the reported trading volume in Wyeth stock.
After the market closed, Elan and Wyeth released the drug trial results to investors and analysts. By the next day, Elan shares fell 42 percent and Wyeth shares fell 12 percent. Analysts cited the fact that patients didn't improve on the drug.
As a result, SAC gained profit and averted losses of $220 million on Elan and $56 million on Wyeth, the SEC said.
The following January, Martoma was awarded a bonus of $9.38 million for his work over the previous year, based largely on the results for Elan and Wyeth, the government said. He received no bonus for his work in 2009.
By May 5, 2010, the government said, an SAC employee recommended that Martoma be fired after losing money, saying he appeared to be a "one trick pony with Elan."
He was later fired.
The criminal case is U.S. v. Martoma, 12-mj-02985; and the civil case is SEC v. CR Intrinsic Investors LLC, 12-08466, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
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On Wednesday -- on the back of the completion of some sort of "fiscal cliff" deal -- the major U.S. indices surged more than 2% across the board. It was one of the biggest rallies for stocks since the market bottom in March 2009. I think the action was a bit overdone, as the nation has still done little to address its long-term deficit problems, and many battles lie ahead in the coming months. But it sure was nice to start 2013 with such a great day in the market.
By nature I am a cautious, contrarian investor. So, ordinarily, I would outline the reasons I believe the market overreacted, and I'd profile a couple of cheap equities that look OK to pick up during the inevitable ensuing pullback. However, I'll be doing something a little different in today's column and let the positive vibe of the New Year takes us in a slightly more optimistic direction.
Specifically, I'll be highlighting the stocks of two small, fast-growing and relatively uncovered companies. I have these in the "wild side" portion of my portfolio, putting some 5% of my overall allocation into these sorts of small-cap more speculative equities. They're what keep investing fun, as they can rise or fall much more quickly than the core positions in the rest of my portfolio. Quite a few of these companies have been bought out at solid premiums over the years, too.
Both of today's picks are growing revenue in the low-double-digits, are selling for a few bucks a share and have recently enjoyed some positive comments from analysts. If the animal spirits return to the market, and mergers-and-acquisitions activity picks up, I could also see either of these as a "bolt-on" acquisition for a larger player in their respective industries.
Radiant Logistics (RLGT), based in Bellevue, Wash., is a non-asset-based firm that offers services in domestic and international freight-forwarding and door-to-door delivery.
Here are four reasons this stock is a cheap speculative play at $1.60:
● The company grew revenue at a little better than 10% in fiscal 2012 (ended June), and the three analysts that cover the equity think close to 15% sales gains are in store for the current fiscal year. For its price-to-earnings ratio relative to growth (PEG), the stock sports a five-year projected number of 0.88 -- in the desirable under-1 area.
● Stern Agee reiterated its Buy rating on Radiant Logistics this week, and has a $3.50 price target on the shares, more than double the current level. The analyst firm thinks a recent arbitration victory should lift an overhang on the stock.
● The stock is cheap at just under 9.5x forward earnings. The company also just announced a stock-repurchase program that could take out a little more than 5% of the stock float out of circulation by the end of 2013 at current stock prices.
● This industry is fairly fragmented, and the company is situated to continue growing by gobbling up smaller firms. That, or it could become an M&A target itself. It has an enterprise value of just $75 million, including debt, and is priced at less than 20% of annual revenue.
Zix (ZIXI) sells email-encryption products in a software-as-a-service model in U.S. (It's also a longtime holding in the Stocks Under $10 model portfolio.)
Here are four reasons Zix is a solid small-cap growth play at under $3 a share:
● Revenue -- after growing at better than 10% in 2012 -- is expected to rise another 15% for 2013, according to the two analysts who follow Zix. The company also has a five-year projected PEG of under 1, at 0.87.
● The stock sells for 14x forward earnings, but net cash totals around 15% of market capitalization.
● Meldrum Group has now become the largest shareholder in Zix, with a more-than-10% stake in the company's outstanding shares. The firm recently appointed two independent directors to Zix's board of directors.
● Given the small market capitalization of under $200 million and growing niche, a larger technology firm could target Zix for acquisition to build out its product line. The median price target on the shares is $5, and a small analyst firm reiterated its $5.25 target on the stock earlier in the week.


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Why does any History matter?
What do people mean when they say that history is relevant?
*Though it does provide a useful basis for undermining the claims of Nationalists and others, and that is important, it's not (and this is really my point) really history.
Politicians of all sorts – left and right - always want to control the teaching of history. History is a real political football, and in the light of what I've just been saying you can see why. It's about not believing what you're told without close scrutiny; it's about trying to understand the other; it's about trying to see and evaluate another point of view. That makes history potentially VERY dangerous. What a history degree should be is three years of thinking dangerously. And the sixth and seventh centuries are as good a thing to think dangerously with as any other era.


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TROWBRIDGE Birthing Centre has delivered first class results following an independent inspection carried out by the Care Quality Commission.
Staff at the centre, based at Trowbridge Community Hospital, were thrilled when they found out they had met the essential standards for staffing, cleanliness, infection control and care and welfare of patients.
The report, released on Wednesday by the CQC, said the maternity units in Bath and at the Great Western Hospital, Swindon, did not meet the required standards in all categories.
Trowbridge Birthing Centre matron Beryl Orchard said: "The report speaks for itself, we couldn't get higher marks and I think that makes us one of the flagship birthing centres in the United Kingdom.
"I'd like to highlight that the inspection was an unannounced visit, leaving no time to prepare for it, so that gives us even more credibility as the inspectors found excellent results from our everyday normal standards."
The Trowbridge unit, which has 30 staff, provides antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care as well as out-patient support.
Mrs Orchard said: "The inspectors interviewed some of our patients who said they couldn't fault the care they were given or sing the praises of the staff highly enough, which makes me very proud.
"We are all delighted, and I think this is something to be extremely proud of.
"I would like to thank all our midwives, maternity care assistants, security and domestic staff for all their hard work every day."
The Trowbridge unit's report, from an inspection which took place on December 13, also praised the continuity of staff wherever possible with patients.
Midwife Sue Noble said: "We are all delighted, it is great to get some official feedback and meet the national standards.
"We are always a little scared when people do unannounced visits, but it is great to see we did so well."
During the 2011/12 financial year, Trowbridge Birthing Centre delivered 352 babies and provided a home birth service.
The unit is run by Great Western Hospital, as are the ailing maternity services at the Princess Anne Wing in Bath and GWH in Swindon.
Hilary Walker, chief nurse at GWH, said: "Improving staffing has been identified as a priority at the Great Western Hospital and at the Princess Anne Wing, as it is for many other maternity services across the country.
"We have already started planning to increase the number of qualified, skilled and experienced midwives supporting these services."
She also said £400,000 in investment has been received from the Department of Health to refurbish the Princess Anne Wing, where some west Wiltshire mums go to deliver their babies, which could make cleaning and infection control measures more effective.
CQC regulates, inspects and reviews all adult social care services in the public, private and voluntary sectors in England.
To view the reports for the three maternity units, visit www.cqc.org.uk


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If you're looking for Carb-Conscious Christmas Recipes or Super Bowl party nibbles, these Hummus and Cucumber Appetizer Bites are amazingly easy to make, fun to serve, and I promise that your hummus-loving guests will gobble them up. And if you happen to have any guests who are trying not to completely abandon their diet on party day, they'll love you for serving a diet-legal finger food like this.
The only part of this recipe that might be a little tricky finding is the black sesame seeds, but you can use regular white sesame seeds as well if you can't find the black ones.
Hummus and Cucumber Appetizer Bites with Sesame Seeds
(Recipe adapted from Cucumber Rounds with Hummus and Yogurt at Fine Cooking.)
cucumbers, as many as desired (One large cucumber will make 10-14 appetizer bites)
hummus (use purchased hummus, or see links to hummus recipes after the recipe)
black or white sesame seeds
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Video: Anthony Davis Buzzer Beater To Beat Thunder
New Orleans Pelicans All-Star Anthony Davis nailed an amazing 30 foot double-clutch buzzer-beater to be the Oklahoma City Thunder in a thriller on Friday night. (Read the recap here)
If you haven't seen the shot yet, enjoy it. If you've already seen it, enjoy it again. It's pretty amazing. Below the video is a list of quotes about the shot from Davis, Monty Williams, Ryan Anderson, and Kevin Durant.
Anthony Davis: "I had to let it go and have confidence. I fell in the ground and saw it go through the net, I couldn't get up quick enough…I don't really know what to say right now. I'm still in shock. I just love playing this game."
Pelicans coach Monty Williams:"He just made a great read. They came out and went zone and that freed up space for us to move around. With the movement, he popped free and made a great play. I wish I could say I drew that up but I didn't. I drew up a play for him to get it in a different spot."
Pelicans forward Ryan Anderson: "I mean that's just a superstar shot. You rarely see a shot like that go in. Leave it to Anthony to make a ridiculous, double-clutch…it's just crazy. He has the ability to make shots like that and it's just unbelievable. That was a superstar play."
Thunder forward Kevin Durant: "That was a tough shot. Double teamed, double clutch three ball to win the game. You've got to tip your hat to him."


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Dean's Update, January 25, 2013
Robert Chi Named Permanent Associate Dean for Accreditation
During the Fall Semester, the Associate Dean for Accreditation Search Committee conducted a search for the permanent Associate Dean. The committee finished its work, along with interviews by the appropriate persons, as the semester was ending. During the Winter Session, I worked with the Provost on the permanent appointment. I am pleased to announce that the term "Acting" can be removed from Robert Chi's title, and he has been appointed by the Provost as our permanent Associate Dean for Accreditation.
I would like to thank the committee members for all their diligent work that spread across the Spring 2012 and Fall 2012 semesters, and I also thank all the CBA faculty members who were part of the interview process.
Robert Chi deserves a considerable amount of thanks, too, because he served in an acting position for one and a half years, and he did so with complete commitment and dedication. I thank him for his efforts to date and look forward to working with him over the coming months and years. Please join me in congratulating Robert on his permanent appointment.


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A Texas dairy heifer ranch was the center of attention following the release of footage from an undercover investigation by the animal-rights group Mercy For Animals. The footage, released to the public Tuesday, included graphic images of employees at the E6 Cattle Company in Hart, Texas, bludgeoning sick and injured calves.
According KDAF-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth, the advocacy group filmed the abuse from March 2 to March 18.
Wednesday morning, dairy industry groups condemned the actions shown in the video.
"The actions depicted on the Mercy for Animals video are appalling and completely unacceptable," according to a statement released by Dairy Management Inc., which manages the national dairy checkoff program.
"The actions in this video do not reflect the practices of the thousands of hard-working dairy farm families across the U.S. who care for their animals every day," the DMI statement said. "Dairy farmers and their employees take this responsibility very seriously. Texas' dairy farmers, as well as dairy farmers across the country, are as outraged by this video as the public."
KCBD-TV in Lubbock, Texas, carried the following statement from the owner of E6 Cattle Company: "I take full responsibility for what happened in the video. I am embarrassed and disappointed. The four men in the video have been fired. This is not what we do at the ranch and it will never happen again."
James Bias, president of SPCA of Texas, watched the video and agreed that the incidents were not common for any cattle ranch.
"This is not a normal livestock industry standard," Bias said. "There is no defense to prosecution in claiming that this is some kind of industry standard because no one would say that a pick-axe is the best way to euthanize downed livestock."
The new National Dairy FARM program Animal Care Manual has a specific appendix explaining the proper application of euthanasia.
"It does not permit manually applied blunt force trauma, as was depicted in the video," according to the National Milk Producers Federation, which developed the FARM program. "The program's guidelines also disavow malicious striking or dragging animals, and encourage the use of analgesics during dehorning and debudding."
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IBD Weeds out Friends from Acquaintances
I have to admit the last person I thought I would be quoting is Magic Johnson, but he was absolutely right when he said, "When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are." Having a chronic disease makes you re-evaluate many things in your life, including your friendships. I think if you have IBD, this is something that you will come across at any age.
As a child or teenager, most of your peers don't have the emotional maturity to understand the challenges of having IBD. Then again, during those years the world primarily revolves around you and your small social bubble. Within that bubble, the goal is always to fit in; however, being sick or having a chubby face (from steroids) makes a child with IBD stand out from the crowd. Kids tease, ask blunt questions, and make rash assumptions, which especially make the teenage years a minefield for interpersonal relationships. Many kids with IBD only tell one or two friends about their disease because they know that most of their peers won't understand what they are going through. When I was a teenager with Crohn's, it was always nice to have a friend or two be able to cover for me when I didn't feel well, since the last thing I needed was to go into a long diatribe about my digestive issues.
In college, I found that there were different types of friends as far as how supportive they were when it came to IBD. There were those friends that you could tell about your disease and were supportive when you felt okay, but took a raincheck when you got really sick. As the one who is sick, it's hard to understand that some people don't have the stomach to deal with the physical or emotional pain of others. There are also other people that can't wrap their head around the fact that you have a chronic condition and build up a wall to protect their own feelings. Although this behavior can be hurtful to us with IBD, it is understandable that no one wants to see their friend in pain.
However, there are those rare instances when you find someone that will support you no matter what the situation whether it is being in the hospital or just listening to you whine about something small that happens during the day. Now as an adult, I have found friends that I know I can count on for various kinds of day-to-day support; those that will help me raise money for CCFA, keep me company online during an infusion, or offer to bring me my favorite soup when I don't feel well. I am also fortunate enough to have a few friends that I know will drop everything and come to help me out if I ever do have another medical crisis… friends like that are priceless.
Chronic disease tests all of the relationships in your life, but just like family – good friends can help make it a little easier.


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against a forboding sky
Clouds were scurrying across the sky,
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CONTENTMENT: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry, live simply, expect little, give much, sing often, pray always, forget self, think of others and their feelings, fill your heart with love, scatter sunshine. These are the tried links in the golden chain of contentment.
(Author unknown)
IT IS STILL BEST to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasure; and to be cheerful and have courage when things go wrong.
(Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1867-1957)
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HUNDREDS of mourners stood with tears in their eyes inside Wroughton Parish Church yesterday afternoon as the life of non-league football legend Dave Turner was celebrated.
The former Shrivenham, Royal Wootton Bassett and Pewsey Vale manager was remembered by family and friends at his funeral, following his death on Tuesday, February 4.
Shortly after 1pm the cortege crawled up Church Hill to the pathway which leads into the church. Here, the wicker coffin was drawn out of a hearse and shouldered by six pallbearers, who lead the way into the packed venue.
Canon Michael Johnson opened the ceremony with a few short sentences on the former Shrivenham manager's life and the heartache his family had experienced in the weeks since his passing.
There then followed a prayer and reading before Dave's son James and brother Rich took to the microphone at the front of the hall and read a poem and eulogy respectively.
Fighting back tears and breathing deeply, James delivered a touching piece which perhaps drew the most tears from the ranks of mourners.
He referred to the nicknames people had for his father, including Chocolate Dave, Pot Noodle Dave and Davo. There were also references to the away matches Dave and his team would travel back from, and use the journey as an excuse for staying out for an extra pint with his players.
Brother Rich paid tribute to Dave's family, the lengths one family member had gone to, to travel to the service from Ireland.
There was also light-hearted references to the way Dave would handled transfers at the clubs he managed, Pewsey Vale, Royal Wootton Bassett as well as Shrivenham.
Using his connections with a cash and carry, he would lure players to his clubs with the offer of free teabags and Marmite.
Lifelong friend Clive Maguire then took to the stand with memories of their school time together, including football with a tennis ball in the playground and lunchtime strikes about the poor quality food being served.
He too described the adoration Dave held for his wife Trish, who sat in the front row with her two sons, Alex, 24, and James, 22. The three of them were never far from tears for much of the service.
A series of blessings, prayers and songs proceeded before Tom Hark by The Piranhas, a popular song with football fans, began to play and lead to the coffin being carried back out to the hearse.
The never ending trail of mourners filtered out behind the family and filled the pathway which leads back out onto the road, waiting in silence as the family and hearse pulled away and onto a private cremation service.
The entire squad Dave left behind at Shrivenham turned out at the service, fully kitted in their tracksuits, a mark of respect for the work he did at the club.
After the ceremony, Sam Collier, 27, who played under Dave as a junior for Wroughton and as a senior with both Shrivenham and Royal Wootton Bassett, spoke highly of those who attended the service.
"It was an incredible turn out, to see the church absolutely rammed with people queuing to enter, was astonishing," he said.
"It's the least he deserves, for what a man he was. For his son to stand there and do that, was incredible and a great achievement, he spoke brilliantly.
"His dad would've been in that coffin making sure he got through it.
"To be asked to carry the coffin in was a huge honour. It's not a nice thing to be doing for a man of his age, but we all made sure we remembered him as we carried it."
Luke Sharps, 34, who worked with Dave in football for 15 years, said: "He was a top, top bloke. I liked his honesty and his professionalism, they were what made him.
"I wasn't able to look up in the service too much because I was trying to sort myself out, but from what I did see, it shows how many people he affected in football."