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Last month AMD released the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition video card, which was an updated version of the Radeon HD 7970. The changes on the software side made it the fastest single-GPU card that the company makes and one that can beat the GeForce GTX 680 in a number of occasions. The new card boasted a core clock speed of 1000MHz and for the first time features something called PowerTune Boost that allowed the card to run up to 1050MHz within a certain power envelope. The 3GB of GDDR5 memory speed was also increased up to the tune of 1500MHz. We didn't review this card yet for a number of reasons and from the day we found out about this card we asked why AMD just didn't release a new BIOS for everyone. The AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz edition cards aren't for sale yet, but we have the Radeon HD 7970 GHz edition vBIOS for you to download and use if you have a reference design Radeon HD 7970 card. The password to the file is 'tahiti' and Legit Reviews is hosting the file. This means the early adopters can get now get the same advantages of the GHz edition with a simple vBIOS flash. So if you want to take your 6 month old Radeon HD 7970 from 925MHz core clock and 1375MHz memory clock to 1000MHz+ core and 1500MHz memory this is your chance to give it a go. Remember this should only work on reference design cards, so be very careful on what cards you try to update and by downloading this BIOS file you acknowledge what you are getting into. We have a Radeon HD 7970 GHz edition on the test bench right now and will have a full review up this week now that we know what AMD is planning with this card.
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Comics Alliance Presents The 'Rachel & Miles X-Plain The X-Men' Podcast!
Welcome to Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men, a weekly podcast in which X-Perts Rachel Edidin and Miles Stokes explore the ins, outs, and retcons of fifty years of Marvel's greatest superhero soap opera!
In our ComicsAlliance debut, Cyclops makes a startling discovery, Carol Danvers joins the team (sort of), Chris Claremont calls out some bullsh*t, Havok still has terrible taste in hats, and Peter Corbeau gets his own theme music.

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Career Resources Education Network (The Fun Works)
- Audience: Educators and students
Career Resources Education Network (The Fun Works) is a website with career information for students. The information about each career includes "cool facts," examples of people in that career, related internet resources, and activities and education to prepare students for that career. There is a Teachers and Instructors section of the site with lesson plans, activities, and other career counseling resources that requires a free registration.
- Database Provider: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
Express Link (bookmark): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=cren


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So far I've been detailing a lot about the primary target audience for the play You the Man. Initially, I was imagining the young man in the locker room, hearing peers laugh and brag about sex, sexual conquests (real, imagined or exaggerated), and objectification of women in general and violence and abuse of women in particular.
I imagine that for this young man, this is a difficult setting in which to interrupt the status quo. And I imagine this setting to be not so unlike dozens of other settings in which sexist, homophobic, violent attitude and behavior is not only condoned but encouraged: work place, sports teams, street, dinner tables, classrooms, buses, trains, movies, parties, … well, anywhere and everywhere. Pick a country.
I had asked Amanda Cost, an advocate and friend from Spruce Run in Bangor Maine to review of curriculum being developed to accompany the program before we launched it. It was written with National and Maine State learning standards, and while I don't know how much use teachers have made of the curriculum its mere existence is one of the things that makes it easier for administrators to give You the Man the green light for a performance. Amanda, like all of the other advocates from Maine and across the US who have given feedback on the materials, offered some nuance and insights I found really useful.
1. Regarding handout or educational one-sheets, the use of the Myths and Facts sheets may actually serve to reinforce myths. (Good point! We don't use that handout anymore!)
2. That communicating to audiences that saying nothing is actually saying something–it says that you have taken a stand with the person who is abusive or violent. That your silence serves to condone the behavior. (Well said. Repeat, often.)
So, yes, the target audience is the bystander, and specifically, the male bystander. We know that most of the violence committed against women is done so by men. But we also know that most men are not abusive or violent. And it's those guys we need to show up, in numbers.
But what about the victim? Where is the victim's voice in the play?
In the play, Mitch (a friend of Jana, a young woman in an abusive and increasingly dangerous relationship) is trying to figure out what to do to help his friend. He feels that if he just stands there and doesn't do anything, then he's a part of the problem. And the violence has gotten worse. At a party, Jana's boyfriend punched a hole in the wall, just a few inches from her head. In the play Mitchell asks the audience for help with his options. So far he has five:
- Mitch Talk To John.
- Beat Up John.
- Talk To Jana's Friends, etc.
- Call Help Line.
- Rescue Jana.
Mitch quickly rules out #1, #2 and #5.
Mitch Talk to John Why? Well, he tried that and John doesn't want to hear it, and last time John took it out on Jana and threatened violence against Mitch. Moving on. Beat Up John Why? Some people have said that this is the only language some people understand and you know, after roughing someone up (or slashing their tires, or whatever), well, the behaviors stopped. But Mitch thinks this through a bit more, and most importantly, thinks it through with Jana's safety in mind: this is only going to make John more angry, and put Jana in more danger (and, it doesn't have to be a hole in the wall to underline how important this is). Rescue Jana On one hand, you might think "rescue" is sweet, chivalrous. Look closer and you will notice patriarchal in that hand as well. Mitch says it best: Sure. Chivalry. Just get a white horse, ride on in. And then what??? This isn't a fairy tale. She may not want to be rescued. And John's not going to sit back. She wanted to leave a party and he punched a hole in the wall. What's he going to do whan she wants to leave him?
One of the reasons I love Mitch is that he gets it. He catches himself before he succumbs to a socially manufactured pressure we put on men: To rescue. To have the answers. To fix it. He realizes he can't do this alone–he needs to check in with Jana's friends and family. He needs to check in with trained advocates on a support line who can give him some solid feedback.
And, most importantly, he realizes he doesn't know what Jana thinks or needs.
He realizes he has to talk to Jana.
So, where is the victim voice in You the Man? We don't hear the gritty details and inner monologues of the victims in this production. That's not because it's not important. It's because the larger "we" in the room, "we" have to do something, and we have to do something that does not put our surviving friends and family and co-workers in more danger. We need to approach the issue and the situation in a way that does not put further shame or pressure on them. We need to listen. Listen and learn. And that might be all that is required of us.
Honor the survivors, as they are doing a great job at surviving and probably know more than "we" do about what it takes to stay safe.
We've all had those moments in the locker room. What did we do?
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Ninety-eight-year-old George Burns shares memories of his life.
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Comedian George Burns is not only a living legend, he's living proof that smoking between 10 and 15 cigars a day for 70 years contributes to one's longevity.
"If I'd taken my doctor's advice and quit smoking when he advised me to, I wouldn't have lived to go to his funeral," deadpans the 98-year-old comedian from a chair in his Hollywood office the morning I show up to discuss his career as one of the world's most renowned cigar smokers. As if to emphasize his point, he takes a puff of the cigar in his hand and exhales the smoke in my direction. He knows I couldn't object to secondhand smoke since I had spent so many years in the company of another renowned cigar aficionado, my father, Groucho Marx.
He flicks a cigar ash into an ashtray and takes a sip of tea from the teacup that is perched precariously on the edge of his desk near his right hand, which is partially covered by a gauze bandage. I start to shake that hand, then think better of it, withdraw mine and ask him if he has injured his. "No, I just have a little itch," he explains. "The bandage keeps me from scratching it."
George isn't sitting at his desk in the usual manner, but to the left side of it facing visitors, in a straight-backed chair that doesn't look comfortable. He is dressed informally in slacks and a sport shirt, his gray hairpiece is immaculately groomed and his eyes twinkle behind perfectly round, black eyeglass frames.
Burns seems slightly smaller than he had when I'd last seen him 10 years before when he was doing a guest shot on "Alice," the television series I wrote for. His face seems thinner, as if he is on a diet of too much Lean Cuisine. His loafered feet barely reach the carpet. He is frailer all over, as if he has shrunk with age.
"Bring Arthur a cup of coffee," Burns instructs Hal Goldman, a former writer for Jack Benny who now works for him and who is sitting in a chair nearby monitoring our conversation. Now I really am flattered, for Burns has, after all, remembered who I am and even why I am here. "I understand you want to know about my cigar smoking," he says, blowing more smoke past my nose.
"Yes I do," I say. "What kind of cigars do you smoke?"
He looks at the half-finished stogie smoldering between his fingers and says, "I smoke a domestic cigar. It's a ..."
He is interrupted by Irving Fein, his manager, who walks in from the outer office to tell Burns to pick up the phone. "It's your interview with Cincinnati," he reminds him. Burns looks at me apologetically, and I say, "that's OK, George. I'm a little early."
His wood-paneled office seems to be furnished in Early Sears, Roebuck--a sofa, a Naugahyde armchair on which I am sitting, another chair and a couple of inexpensive tables and lamps. The room is coldly lighted by overhead fluorescent bulbs and the walls are covered with framed black-and-white photos of George with various celebrities and co-workers. There is a poster from one of his most successful films, Oh God!
A number of the latest celebrity biographies are heaped on the coffee table in front of the sofa. The room smells of cigar smoke. The whole setting reminds me of a low-rent film producer's office I had once visited. Functional, but not exactly the plush surroundings one would associate with a man of George Burns' means, reputation and good taste. I know he has taste because I have been in his home, and it is beautifully decorated and furnished.
"George is playing Cincinnati next month," explains Goldman, a tall, pleasant man in his mid-60s, handing me a cup of instant decaffeinated. Burns hangs up the phone after about 10 minutes of doing his interview shtick with Cincinnati and turns back to me. "Now what was I saying?" "You were telling Arthur why you smoke domestic cigars," Fein calls from the other room.
"Oh, yes." Burns puffs on his cigar some more and says, "I smoke a domestic cigar. It's a good cigar. It's called an El Producto. Now the reason I smoke a domestic cigar is because the more expensive Havana cigars are tightly packed. They go out on the stage while I'm doing my act. The El Producto stays lit. Now if you're onstage and your cigar keeps going out, you have to keep lighting it. If you have to stop your act to keep lighting your cigar, the audience goes out. That's why I smoke El Productos. They stay lit."
"How much does an El Producto cost?" I ask.
"I don't know how much they cost today. I get them for nothing from the Tobacco Institute [in Washington, D.C.] ," replies Burns. "But about 10 years ago they sold for 33 cents apiece. Figure inflation in, and they're probably 50 cents apiece today."
"What kind of cigar did you smoke when you first started?"
"Any five-cent cigar. I was 14 years old. But I liked a nickel cigar called Hermosa Joses the best."
"Why did you start smoking cigars?" I ask.
"I smoked them because I wanted people to think I was doing well. When they saw me walking down the street smoking a cigar, they'd say, 'hey, that 14-year-old kid must be going places.' Of course, it's also a good prop on the stage. That's why so many performers, including your father, use them. When you can't think of what you are supposed to say next, you take a puff on your cigar until you do think of your next line."
"How many cigars did you smoke when you first started?"
"I'd say two cigars a week would last me. Hermosa Joses were long cigars, and I'd let them go out when I wasn't on the stage or trying to impress someone."
"Do you inhale cigar smoke?"
"No. I've never smoked a cigarette." He pauses while he puffs on his cigar and blows some smoke into the room. "Just cigars. They're better for you. Today I smoke about 10 cigars when I'm not working and 15 when I am working."
Over the years that would be a lot of cigars, more than 300,000, if you consider that Burns has been smoking for more than 70 years. That many cigars could run into big money. Of course, he explains, he wasn't doing well enough in show business to afford 10 cigars a day when he started. Out of necessity, Burns started working when he was seven years old.
The ninth of 12 children, Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum on January 20, 1896, on New York's Lower East Side. His father was a substitute cantor at the local synagogue, but he didn't work very often.
When the cantor at the synagogue became ill, George's father filled in for him. But the regular cantor was a fairly healthy man, so George's father didn't get a crack at being the cantor very often. His great opportunity came during the flu epidemic of 1903. He was looking forward to getting a lot of work, but unfortunately he got the flu, too, and died.
As a result, Burns had to go to work part-time. He started out earning money shining shoes, running errands and selling newspapers on street corners. His first taste of show business came when he landed a job, with three other contemporaries, at Rosenzweig Candy Store, making chocolate and strawberry syrups in the basement.
"We were all about the same age, six and seven," recalls Burns, "and when we were bored making syrup, we used to practice singing harmony in the basement. One day our letter carrier came down to the basement. His name was Lou Farley. Feingold was his real name, but he changed it to Farley. He wanted the whole world to sing harmony. He came down to the basement once to deliver a letter and heard the four of us kids singing harmony. He liked our style, so we sang a couple more songs for him. Then we looked up at the head of the stairs and saw three or four people listening to us and smiling. In fact, they threw down a couple of pennies. So I said to the kids I was working with, 'no more chocolate syrup. It's show business from now on.'
"We called ourselves the Peewee Quartet. We started out singing on ferryboats, in saloons and on street corners. We'd put our hats down for donations. Sometimes the customers threw something in the hats. Sometimes they took something out of the hats. Sometimes they took the hats."
Burns quit school in the fourth grade to go into show business full-time. He tried various avenues of entertainment. By the time he was 14, he'd been a trick roller skater, a dance teacher, a singer and an adagio dancer in small-time vaudeville. He also took up cigar smoking seriously and changed his name from Nathan Birnbaum to George Burns.
In those days, people used coal to cook and heat their homes. One of the biggest suppliers of coal to Manhattan's Lower East Side was a company called Burns Brothers, whose trucks delivered coal to various customers. Coal was expensive, and Burns' widowed mother, who took in washing and did other menial jobs, couldn't afford to buy it. So George and a friend took to stealing chunks of coal off the Burns Brothers' truck when the driver wasn't around, stashing it in their knickers and delivering it to Mrs. Birnbaum in that fashion.
All the kids in the neighborhood were aware of what George and his friend were doing, and started referring to them as the "Burns Brothers." George liked the way Burns sounded and adopted the name for himself. He got the inspiration for George from his older brother, whose name actually was George. George went better with Burns and looked better on a vaudeville marquee than "Nathan Birnbaum," which immediately stamped him as Jewish. Jews weren't too popular in Burns' Irish neighborhood at the turn of the century. Over his brother's protests, he kept the name George.
Burns usually worked with a girl, sometimes doing an adagio dance, sometimes just funny patter. George's act was constantly changing from dancing to attempts at comedy and didn't seem to be going anyplace until he met Gracie Allen in 1923, when the two of them formed a team.
"I was about 26 at the time," recalls Burns. "I never knew Gracie's age. I knew her birthday, but not her age. Anyway, we were playing a split week at a vaudeville house on Long Island and were on the bill with an act called Rene Arnold and Co. Rene was the headliner. But it was a small-time theater: four acts and a movie. I don't remember what our act was called. Brown and Williams or Brown and Brown or Williams and Brown. Or maybe even Burns and Brown. I was always changing it to confuse the booking agents. If they recognized the name of my act, they wouldn't hire me. Anyway, it was something like that.
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Cittasanto wrote:mirco wrote:As I see it, all of the proposals for daily life and in community settings are all build around that Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration can be done easily.
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When you give freely and are generous, it opens your heart. When you keep Sila in calms your heart.


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New team suits former first-rounder Schmidt
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Left-hander Nick Schmidt has a healthy arm and a bright outlook with the Rockies -- something he never had while with the Padres.
San Diego selected Schmidt 23rd overall out of the University of Arkansas in the First-Year Player Draft. But Schmidt missed the entire 2008 season because of Tommy John surgery on his throwing elbow, and never gained full health while with the Padres.
The Rockies acquired him after the 2011 season for closer Huston Street. Last season, Schmidt, 28, went a combined 12-6 with Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Colorado Springs, pitched a career-high 127 total innings, and could make himself a pitching option for the Rox.
"With the Padres, I was always known as being hurt, with two surgeries," Schmidt said. "But here, last year was my first year to pitch the full season without being hurt. It's been a blessing. It's a new confidence, a new team, a new perspective. It's been awesome."
Schmidt struck out three in two innings of the Rockies' intrasquad game Friday. He has yet to appear in a Cactus League game and is not considered a prime candidate to make the team out of Spring Training, but nonetheless will have a chance to impress his new team.
He's in a much better place than he was in 2011, when he came close to retirement.
"In the spring of 2011, I hurt my shoulder, came off the field and had to get surgery again," Schmidt said. "I told the Padres I was just going to retire. I went and had the surgery and it was supposed to be a labrum and I would be out the full year. Well, they went in and it was nothing, just a cleanup surgery. The doctor said, 'You are going to be good in six weeks to start throwing again.' I said, 'Well, I'll try.' Since then it's been awesome.
"I'm living for Christ now. It really turned my life around, put things into perspective about how important it is to help others around you, not just focus on yourself. Build others up and help others.
"My wife [Jill] volunteers at a women's clinic, pregnancy crisis center, and I got involved with that with her. We've done a lot of little things, nothing to boast about me. It's just helping."
Even if the new health and a new attitude doesn't get him to the Majors, Schmidt is happier and more content.
"I had that conversation with them when all that was going down," he said. "I told them, 'Look, this isn't the way I planned it. There's stuff you can't control.' Through that they told me, 'We don't have any regrets.' That made me feel a lot better. There is when I was going though being hurt and not doing anything. Well, it is what it is. It's definitely who I am today, made me stronger. I'm thankful for it. I wouldn't wish it upon anybody, but it definitely made me a stronger person. "Before, my focus was, 'How can I throw where my arm doesn't hurt?' Now I can focus on putting the ball where it needs to be and make those adjustments.
"If it happens, it happens. If not, I'm having fun, enjoying it."


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LAKEPORT -- The future of the Clear Lake Advisory Committee (CLAC) is uncertain after the Board of Supervisors (BOS) Tuesday directed staff to return with a recommendation on forming a different committee.
CLAC chair Sarah Ryan delivered the committee's quarterly report to the BOS, which sparked discussion about the purpose of the committee.
"There's never been a committee that's been more adversarial to the board than this one," BOS Chair Rob Brown said of CLAC, adding that no one is working together on water issues.
District 3 Supervisor Denise Rushing suggested CLAC revert to its original purpose.
"It was formed so that the board could have a committee to go through technical details and have technical information available to the board for policy recommendations," Rushing said.
Rushing suggested the BOS revisit the formation of the Resource Management Committee (RMC). CLAC was a former RMC subcommittee. She said RMC could identify responsibilities for the subcommittee such as data collection, water monitoring requirements and other assignments.
Rushing attempted to make a motion to form the committee, but County Counsel Anita Grant said the item would have to be placed on a future agenda for public notice.
District 2 Supervisor Jeff Smith was in favor of RMC, because the committee "filtered stuff out that shouldn't have been said to the board or caused differences between" the BOS and the subcommittee.
Smith and District 4 Supervisor Anthony Farrington said they were disappointed with CLAC for not taking a stance on Measure E, the county sales tax measure that would fund aquatic weed abatement and other water quality issues on Clear Lake.
The measure had 62.2 percent of votes in favor, failing to reach the necessary two-thirds threshold to pass.
Smith said it was "ridiculous" that CLAC did not help with the measure's passage.
Committee member Betsy Cawn said she received advice it would be illegal for the committee to take a stance on the measure. Grant said that it would be illegal for the committee or a group to use public resources to advocate for a measure.
Ryan said CLAC had the measure on its meeting agendas several times, but the members could not reach consensus.
Brown said the BOS didn't do its job for the committee.
"I think there's plenty of blame to go around," he said.
Rushing asked staff to return with a recommendation about RMC, appointing a supervisor and an alternate to the committee.
She also asked for staff to find a specific role for CLAC within RMC for monitoring oversight and any technical review of lake proposals.
The BOS gave its consensus.
Kevin N. Hume can be reached at email@example.com or call directly 263-5636 ext. 14. Follow on Twitter: @KevinNHume.


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Components 101: Frame
The frame is the main and most important component of a bike as all other components are attached to it. The vast majority of frames follow the standard diamond frame design comprising:
Head tube
This is at the front end of the frame and houses the headset, which contains the bearings for the fork.
Top tube (cross-bar)
Traditionally, the top tube is horizontal and parallel to the ground. In a compact-geometry frame and mountain bike frames, however, the top tube is sloped downward towards the seat tube for greater comfort. Step-through frames have a top tube that slopes steeply allowing the rider to mount and dismount the bike more easily.
Down tube
This connects the head tube to the bottom bracket shell.
Seat tube
This contains the seatpost and saddle whose height can be adjusted by altering how far the seatpost is inserted down into the seat tube.
Chain stays
These connect the bottom bracket shell to the rear fork ends and run parallel to the chain.
Seat stays
These connect the seat tube to the rear fork dropouts. A dual seat stay meets the seat tube at two separate points, side by side, whereas a wishbone or single seat stay joins the stays together into a monotube which in turn attaches to the seat tube.
Bottom bracket shell
This holds the bottom bracket and connects the chain stays, seat tube and down tube.


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TINY: A Story About Living Small
West Coast Film Premiere
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 / 7:00 pm
Location: SPUR / Annie Alley / San Francisco
In person:Merete Mueller, Christopher Smith
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[62 mins] What is home? And how do we find it? TINY follows one couple's attempt to build a Tiny House from scratch with no building experience, and profiles other families who have downsized their lives into houses smaller than the average parking space. Through homes stripped down to their essentials, the film raises questions about sustainability, good design, and the changing American Dream. Fresh off its premiere at SXSW 2013, TINY, will feel perfectly sized for an outdoor screening in the street-turnedpedestrian plaza atmosphere of Annie Alley. This sneak peek of the 2013 San Francisco Green Film Festival will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers.
Co-presented by the San Francisco Green Film Festival and generously sponsored by the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District.


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Erythropoietin in Infants With Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
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|Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
|Drug: Human recombinant erythropoietin Procedure: EEG and Brain MRI Biological: Nitric oxide measurement in the blood
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Human Recombinant Erythropoietin (HrEPO) in Asphyxia Neonatorum: A Pilot Trial
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- EEG changes [ Time Frame: 2-3 weeks ]
- MRI of the brain [ Time Frame: 3 weeks ]
- Nitric oxide concentrations in the plasma [ Time Frame: 2 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: EPO HIE Group
Infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy receive human recombinant erythropoietin
Drug: Human recombinant erythropoietin
Epo dse is 2500 IU/kg subcutaneous daily for 5 days.Procedure: EEG and Brain MRI
EEG to be done twice in hte first 48 hours and at 2-3 weeks. MRI to be done at 3 weeks of age.Biological: Nitric oxide measurement in the blood
Concentration of nitric oxide is measured in the blood at enrollment. For the 2 groups with asphyxia, measurement to be repeated in 2 weeks.
No Intervention: Control HIE
Infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy who do not receive treatment drug (EPO)
Procedure: EEG and Brain MRI
EEG to be done twice in hte first 48 hours and at 2-3 weeks. MRI to be done at 3 weeks of age.Biological: Nitric oxide measurement in the blood
Concentration of nitric oxide is measured in the blood at enrollment. For the 2 groups with asphyxia, measurement to be repeated in 2 weeks.
Healthy Controls
Healthy newborn without hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
Biological: Nitric oxide measurement in the blood
Concentration of nitric oxide is measured in the blood at enrollment. For the 2 groups with asphyxia, measurement to be repeated in 2 weeks.
Detailed Description:
During HIE free radicals are generated within mitochondria and also as byproducts in the synthesis of prostaglandins.These free radicals ignite a secondary phase of subsequent damage to the brain by attacking membranal fatty acids. Nitric oxide (NO) is involved in the cascade of metabolic events that contributes to HIE. It mediates, in part, the cytotoxic activity of macrophages, induces relaxation of blood vessels, and also acts as a neurotransmitter in the central and peripheral nervous system. Therefore, the therapeutic value of NO synthase inhibitors, among many other agents used to ameliorate the course of HIE, is currently under investigation in experimental animals.
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a cytokine originally identified for its role in erythropoiesis and more recently shown to be produced in the central nervous system.Relative insufficiency of endogenous EPO during periods of ischemic stress may trigger neuronal apoptosis, whereas the provision of exogenous EPO has been shown to inhibit this process. The potential immediate protective effects of EPO include decreased NO production, activation of antioxidant enzymes, reduction of glutamate toxicity, inhibition of lipid peroxidation, and reduction of inflammation. Long-term protective effects of EPO include the generation of neuronal anti-apoptotic mechanisms, stimulation of angiogenesis, and modulation of neurogenesis.
Preliminary data supports a protective role of exogenous EPO to neuronal cells. The presence of EPO rescues in vitro cultured neurons from NO-induced death. It specifically protects cultured neurons from N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated glutamate toxicity. Intercerebroventricular injection of EPO offered significant protection of neuronal tissue in animals with focal cerebral ischemia. EPO is able to cross the blood brain barrier, and its concentration in the cerebrospinal fluid in normal rats significantly increases within 30 minutes following intravenous administration. EPO also offered neuronal protection when it was administered systemically to animals suffering from global and focal cerebral ischemia. In adult patients with stroke, the administration of EPO ameliorates the course of the disease. Therefore, EPO has recently received much attention and is speculated to have a role in the protection of HIE infants. However, despite the biological plausibility and the encouraging preliminary data from animals and adult humans, surprisingly EPO has never been tried in newborns with HIE even though it has already been used in neonates for other indications and is known to be safe.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 24 Hours (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Inborn infants at term gestation (38-42 weeks)
- Apgar score ≤ 3 at 5 minutes and/or delayed first breath beyond five minutes after birth
- Profound metabolic or mixed acidosis with serum bicarbonate <12 mMol/L in initial arterial blood gas
- Evidence of encephalopathy such as stupor, coma, seizures, or hypotonia in the immediate neonatal period
Exclusion Criteria:
- Twin gestation
- Maternal diabetes
- Congenital malformations of the central nervous system
- Chromosomal abnormalities
- Chorioamnionitis and congenital infections
- Intrauterine growth restriction
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00945789
|Tanta University Faculty of Medicine
|Tanta, Egypt
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Abdul rahman Al Mashad, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Tanta University Faculty of Medicine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00945789 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|July 23, 2009
|Last Updated:
|September 24, 2009
Keywords provided by Tanta University:
Asphyxia neonatorum
Brain MRI
Nitric oxide
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Asphyxia Neonatorum
Brain Diseases
Brain Ischemia
Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain
Pathologic Processes
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Hypoxia, Brain
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Nitric Oxide
Epoetin Alfa
Bronchodilator Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Asthmatic Agents
Respiratory System Agents
Free Radical Scavengers
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Neurotransmitter Agents
Endothelium-Dependent Relaxing Factors
Vasodilator Agents
Protective Agents
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The state says Ohio schools are getting nearly $38 million in the first chunk of casino-tax revenue.
This is the first distribution to schools since casinos opened last year. The money is distributed on a per-pupil basis twice per year to more than 1,000 school districts and charter schools across Ohio. It works out to $20.93 for each of the roughly 1.8 million students.
The breakdown was announced Tuesday bu the Ohio Department of Taxation. Schools receive 34 percent of the revenue, with 51 percent going to county government.
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September has taken what August kick-started right into the end zone.
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The sales people are back and tasting the new wines, the suppliers are crawling all over the market (good thing), and we even have some good old-fashioned college football and Pinot Grigio tailgate party promotions! We're back for more, baby!
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14-year-old boy shot in hand
A 14-year-old boy was shot in the hand outside an apartment complex on Orchard Street and Del Monte Avenue about 7:30 p.m. Thursday, police said.
Police said the boy was standing in front of the complex when a dark-colored Honda drove by and someone shot at him.
The incident is considered gang-related.
Man injured in hit-and-run
A 47-year-old man was injured by a hit-and-run driver at Fremont Boulevard and Sonoma Avenue about 6 p.m. Thursday, firefighters said.
The man was airlifted to a San Jose hospital with unknown internal injuries.
Three teenagers arrested in burglary
Three teenagers were arrested in a residential burglary that set off an alarm in the 12900 block of Arthur Street about 9:20 a.m. Thursday, police said.
Two juveniles were seen leaving the residence through a window and the third acted as a lookout, police said. Two of them were cited and released to their parents. One was lodged into Juvenile Hall.
The two 16-year-olds and a 14-year-old face charges of conspiracy and residential burglary.
South Salinas robber strikes at Radio Shack
A clerk at a Radio Shack store in South Salinas was held up at knifepoint by a robber late Wednesday, Salinas police said.
A man approached an employee at a counter, pulled out a knife and ordered the employee to open the cash register, police said.
The robbery happened about 8:30 p.m. at the store at 1130 S. Main St.
The robber wore a black hoodie, bluejeans and a black T-shirt over his face, police said. He took an undisclosed amount of cash.


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Bullpen enjoys night off thanks to Guthrie
KANSAS CITY -- Before Jeremy Guthrie finished the Royals' first complete game of the season Thursday night at Phoenix, Greg Holland was limbering up in the bullpen.
Not too seriously, though, with the D-backs down 6-2.
"They were going to have to get two guys on and nobody out for me to get in the game, so after they get the first out, you don't ever want to break the concentration," Holland said. "Something would really have to go wrong, and the way Guthrie was pitching, I wasn't too worried about it."
Wade Davis was also throwing during the eighth inning, but the entire bullpen got the night off for the first time all year.
"That really helps the bullpen out," Holland said. "A lot of people don't understand that, but a day where no one pitches makes a big difference down the stretch."
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"[A] dark fantasy story with elements of adventure and intrigue....exciting and well written." (Children's Literature)
Audible has changed my life! Dry , itchy eyes were destroying one of my greatest pleasures - reading. Now I am experiencing books again!
"'Hoo' Would Have Thought?"
I'm a Grandma, and my just-turned-seven grandson has been obsessed with this series since borrowing the movie "The Owls of Ga'hoole" from the library.
Delighted with his furious reading, I decided to check out Kathryn Lasky's work. Must say I didn't have much hope that the books would offer much literary value! So, I read a couple and ordered this one from Audible.
What a nice surprise! There's real "meat" here in a riveting story about a charming society of owls. As with many of the best and most popular series for the very young, the action seems very violent and the dilemmas faced by the characters seem very mature. Smart authors like Lasky keep what are very serious human themes at a distance from young minds by using animals as characters. Their world is somewhat like ours, but the real pain and threats which make these characters and the story so real aren't experienced in an uncomfortable and scary way. Must say I am impressed with the quality and the emotional impact of the Ga'hoole books I have read.
Reading was fun, but Pamela Garelick makes this world even better! I love her narration. Of course, it's best to encourage kids to read the books themselves, but the Audible alternatives would make great family listens during car trips.
Lover of historical fiction. I have turned to audiobooks to supplement scare reading time, amidst a busy job and parenting.
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My eight-year old and I listened to the first eight Guardians of Ga'Hoole books and enjoyed them all immensely. Being a bird lover, these tales are especially fun and for weeks on end, our world became the world of the Guardians. Pamela Garelick's narration is very good; only her voice for Gyflie was a bit annoying (the voice was very high) though I got used to it. Unfortunately, the next seven books have not yet been recorded so we're reading them ourselves!
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U.S. crude oil hit its highest level in 16 months on Thursday, rising above $108 a barrel on signs of a stronger U.S. economy and shrinking its discount to North Sea Brent to the narrowest in almost three years.
U.S. equity markets touched record highs as the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's closely watched survey of factory activity in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region hit a two-year high, boosting the outlook for demand in the world's largest oil consumer.
"The market is rallying on good economic news," said Phil Flynn, an analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago.
"The Dow Jones is good, the Fed's Philly index is good, employment data is good, and WTI is reflecting that right now."
U.S. crude oil, commonly referred to as West Texas Intermediate or WTI, settled at a 16-month high of $108.04, up$1.56.
Brent crude oil rose 9 cents to settle at $108.70 a barrel, with its premium over U.S. crude touching an intraday low of just 51 cents a barrel, the narrowest spread since August 2010. The premium eventually settled at 89 cents.
The price difference between the world's two most heavily traded crude contracts has narrowed sharply in recent weeks as increased pipeline capacity has reduced the glut of oil around the WTI delivery point of Cushing, Oklahoma.
As recently as February the so-called Brent-WTI spread <CL-LCO1=R> had traded at more than $23 a barrel, but the U.S. benchmark has rallied by more than 25 percent in the last three months compared with just a 9 percent rise in Brent.
WTI got a further boost on Wednesday after data showed refiners in the United States last week had consumed more crude than at any time since August 2005, while stocks at Cushing fell by almost 900,000 barrels. Total U.S. crude stocks have fallen by around 27 million barrels in three weeks.
"I wouldn't be surprised to see WTI go over Brent," said Bob Yawger, director of energy futures for Mizuho Securities USA Inc in New York.
"It's been moving in that direction for a while, though it's hard to say whether it would stay that way for long. On the other hand, you have many refineries set up to receive sour crudes, so that's eventually bound to bolster Brent as the Gulf Coast refineries can only take on so much sweet crude."
U.S. oil futures also exhibited strong backwardation, with the spread between the September and October contracts widening to $1.56. Backwardation occurs when a front-month contract is stronger than the next one, and it is usually understood to indicate expectations for weaker demand in the following weeks.
"We are seeing a very steep backwardation in the September-October contracts - the last time it was that high was in 1990 after the start of the Iraq War," said Olivier Jakob, analyst at Petromatrix.
"So all the flows are going into WTI because of the backwardation," he added. The August WTI contract is to expire on Monday.
Analysts paid close attention to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments on Thursday when he testified before Congress for the second time in two days. Bernanke said recent unemployment and inflation levels suggest that the central bank needs to maintain a "highly accommodative monetary policy for the foreseeable future."
The market also watched geopolitical developments in the Middle East, as the African Union warned on Thursday that Egypt risks being engulfed in a civil war unless its newly installed interim government expands to include Islamists.


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"And having come in, the angel said to her, 'Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!'" — Luke 1:28
Author and podcaster Michael Hyatt, a former Protestant and current deacon in the Orthodox Church, states in one of his podcasts* that in Protestantism, Mary is "eerily absent."
"I don't think I ever heard, as a Protestant, a single sermon about Mary," he says. Outside of the Christmas narrative, Mary is not talked about much. Having been raised in the Evangelical church, this was certainly true of my experience. If Mary was ever discussed in my Sunday School classes or from the pulpit, it was to emphasize how normal she is — presumably as a way to distance themselves from Catholicism, the churches I grew up in presented Mary as just like the rest of us. That's the impression I was left with, at least.
It's true that Mary is not divine like God, and she should not be worshipped or thought of as such. Redemption and salvation come only from Christ. However, that doesn't mean we cannot benefit spiritually from a proper understanding of his mother. To diminish or even dismiss Mary — also referred to as the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, or the Theotokos (Greek for "God-bearer"), among other titles — is to miss out on some deep and incredible theological realities about God, humanity, and womanhood.
Now, there is truth to the sentiment that Mary is just like us: she is a human being in need of a savior just as much as anyone else, a fact she herself acknowledges (Luke 1:47). But she is an example for all Christians because she fully submits to and obeys God. In fact, her humanity makes her actions and responses to her circumstances all the more outstanding and inspiring.
Dn. Michael calls Mary the "prototypic Christian" because her humility and acceptance of God's will for her life is a model for us all. Her humility, he says, "is a huge shift…from the way we think about ourselves as Americans in the twenty-first century. We think we're entitled. We deserve better. And even as Christians we sometimes think that…why didn't I get a different life? Why didn't I get an easier life?…But not Mary."
After hearing Gabriel's announcement that she would conceive by the Holy Spirit, Dn. Michael points out that Mary calls herself the maidservant of the Lord, and says, "Let it be to me according to your word." (Luke 1:38) "She knows who she is and she's content to obey," explains Dn. Michael. "And she puts herself fully at the mercy of God's word." This is central to Mary's significance to Christianity; Dn. Michael continues, "To me, whatever else Mary is for us as the Theotokos, she's also the proto-Christian. The first Christian. The best example of what it means to receive Christ, not just with lipservice, but in our hearts, and to abandon ourselves completely to God."
Further, we learn from her words in the Magnificat that "[Mary] begins with God…in verse forty-six: 'My soul magnifies the Lord.' (Luke 1:46) This is the essential feature of Mary's life. This is why she is the protoypic Christian. This is why she's a worthy example for all of us…Mary understands: it's not about her…it's about [Christ]." Mary demonstrates the proper Christian posture toward God: one that is marked by humility, acceptance of God's will, and Christ-centeredness.
Another important reason we should care about Mary is that through her, womanhood, motherhood, and unborn life are redeemed and sanctified.
Christ redeems all of humanity. There seems to be, though, a special redemption given to women through the Mother of God. What does it say about God that the way he chose to redeem humanity was to become human, and the way he chose to become human was to be carried by and born of a human woman? God chose to be born and to have a mother who nursed and nurtured and raised him. This says that God values and esteems unborn life, women, and motherhood.
Through Mary, womanhood was redeemed: as Eve disobeyed, Mary obeyed. Through Mary, childbirth and motherhood were redeemed: as Eve was cursed to bear children in pain and suffering (Genesis 3:16), Mary was blessed to bring forth Christ and to be the vehicle of salvation and life. Christ is the second Adam. Mary has been called the second Eve.
Abortion is, to say the least, a tragedy for the unborn children who lose their lives, but it is also a tragedy for the women who lose or even willfully deny a part of themselves that is, in a way, divine. I am not suggesting that women who don't bear children have an incomplete or lesser identity, but generally (and biologically) speaking, childbearing and motherhood are uniquely female things, and they therefore are part of the female identity. Because Christ was conceived and born and has a mother, the ability to conceive and bear children and the role of mother will forever be linked with the incarnation. Just as dismissing Mary is to dismiss a rich aspect of Christian theology (of which I've really only scratched the surface here), dismissing childbearing and motherhood is to dismiss a deep and sacred aspect of what it means to be a woman as well as what it means to be human.
"And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, 'Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!'" — Luke 1:41-42
*quotations are taken from episodes of At the Intersection of East and West, a podcast of Ancient Faith Radio. The episodes quoted here are "Mary — The Prequel," "Mary — The Annunciation," and "Mary Meets Elizabeth."


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Approaching my anniversary as a "convert", hope you'll indulge me...
For many years I had Buddhism as my Preferred Intellectual Framework; It made me feel slightly better about the world when that old feeling of "it's all pointless and meaningless" popped up. But I didn't live it. I used it to excoriate any Christian who had the misfortune of engaging me in a philosophical discussion, which made me feel smart but achieved nothing. I talked Buddhism but lived Hedonism.
Decided last year to re-investigate Buddhism and see if it was something I could really live rather than talk about. When I went through and analyzed all the cluttered concepts and opinions I'd formed over the years, I was embarrassed to note that I couldn't really defend a lot of them, at least not beyond a surface level. Emptiness is fascinating as an idea, but how does it apply to real life? I had to admit it was far too abstract to really influence my behavior. And what about Buddha Mind/Buddha Nature? I so loved that one. I was holding onto stuff I'd read in high school. But did it make sense? Why put out any effort if our true nature is already enlightened? My attempts to act "Spontaneously" from my "True Nature" usually resulted in dumb or silly behavior--so much in contrast to the rational approach I took to the rest of my life.
When the questions started they didn't stop. Why have I been accepting this Zen stuff, anyway? Jumping into Enlightenment by furiously engaging a nonsensical riddle? What about those arational aphorisms? Did they really teach me anything useful? None of it stood up to reason and the whole Mahayana edifice crumbled. I decided to throw it all away and go right to the source. Found accesstoinsight.com and was so impressed. Clear air! Decided to take a shot at the Pali Canon, read it straight through and see what happened.
It was truly an Auspicious Day when Handful of Leaves arrived at my door! I was immediately fascinated and transfixed. Here finally was something I could respect from a rational standpoint, that laid out a path that was understandable. Not easy to understand, of course, but consistent and believable. Since then I've been through the important stuff twice, and am more impressed than ever. Sutta reading has become a part of my day. I expect to be reading for the rest of my life. Feels great to be walking down the street and suddenly remember a teaching, and apply it directly. It's made me a happier, saner, more focused person. Obviously I have a long way to go, but at least I'm working on it, which is far better than the way I used to live.
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When Amy Scherber, owner of Amy's Bread, found out that there was no more rentable space in Chelsea Market to hold her expanding business, she knew she needed a larger facility where it would be easy to load and make deliveries to her Manhattan stores.
"We loved our space there, but we just didn't have enough room to spread out anymore," said Scherber. "After we looked around in other boroughs and in Manhattan, we realized that Queens had the nicest spaces that were on one level."
Specifically, she found it in Long Island City. About a month ago, the bakery began making all of its bread at the new 30,000-square-foot facility. The company's offices also moved to Queens from Chelsea Market, and its sweets bakery moved there from its Hell's Kitchen location.
The timing of the move is appropriate, since the business just celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Amy's Bread first opened in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan on 9th Avenue and 46th Street. Scherber always wanted to start a food business, but thought it would be a restaurant. When she fell in love with bread, she decided to open a bakery instead.
After a few months, Amy's Bread also began selling sweet items, such as coffee cake, Irish soda bread and scones. In 1996, Scherber opened a second location in Chelsea Market and started serving sandwiches. In 2000, layer cakes were added to the menu, and in 2005 a third location was opened in the West Village.
Though Scherber will miss the food community of Chelsea Market, there is also one in her bakery's new home.
"Right now there's not so much camaraderie. Inside of the [Chelsea] market you have all of these different food businesses all under one roof and here we're sort of spread out. But I feel like there is some kind of local food culture," she said, including other bakers.
She even refers to the area as the "Flour District."
"It's not a particular term that a lot of people have mentioned before," she said.
Actually, her real estate broker may have coined it.
"Our broker kind of came up with it when we were looking at all the bakeries that were around here and said, 'Oh, you guys are part of the Flour District!'" explained Scherber.
Right down the street is the cookie headquarters of Eleni's, which also has a retail location in Chelsea Market. Other bakeries include Le Pain Quotidien, Pain D'Avignon, Tom Cat and BR Guest.
In Long Island City, there are no immediate plans to open a retail store for at least a year. Located on 34th Street off 48th Avenue, there are not many food options near the bakery, but there is not a lot of foot traffic either. Once she gets to know the area better, said Scherber, she will see if Amy's Bread can open a store in Long Island City.
For now, Amy's Bread's is focusing on making changes to two of its existing shops—Chelsea Market and Hell's Kitchen. With the baking facilities gone, both retail locations are expanding. In Chelsea Market, a small baking kitchen will also be installed. Scherber expects these renovations to be completed around the end of September to early October.


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Church Bros. LLC has introduced Italian Greens, a foodservice product that combines two baby kale varieties — black and scarlet — with wild arugula.
Shipments of three, 1-pound bags per carton started around Valentine's Day from Yuma, Ariz.
"We're starting with foodservice only," said Ernst Van Eeghen, director of marketing and product development for Salinas, Calif.-based Church Bros. "Later this year we will probably head into retail."
Italian Greens ships under the grower-shipper's Tuscan label for specialty items, a lineup that also includes red heirloom spinach and wasabi arugula.
"We were already carrying some kale items, but we wanted to create an item that's recognizable for the public," said Van Eeghen, who first encountered the combination on a trip to Italy.
"With the peppery, wild arugula in there it's a traditional Tuscan salad," he said. "It's a fairly mainstream salad in Italy, but we've never figured that out here."
The three leafy greens are combined in equal amounts; none are processed or shredded.
Church Bros. is also promoting the product for use in cooking.
Publicity on the nutritional value of kale has been driving demand, Van Eeghen said.
"It's been a growing category, but the biggest thing we see is that people don't know what to do with kales," he said. "So we've created a lot of menu and use suggestions. It's a nice salad, but lends itself well to protein as a sauté item."
"Kale in the last few months has become such a hype that people make chips out of it, use it in dips or as toppings," he said. "They use it in quiches or with olives, and I've even seen it in cocktails. It's everywhere."
Church Bros.' red spinach, launched in the fall, has since doubled its acreage, according to the company. The heirloom variety also comes in a red and green mix. Packaging and shipping of the Tuscan line is expected to shift from Yuma to San Juan Bautista, Calif., by late March.


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Why Do Baseball Managers Wear Uniforms?
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Basketball and hockey coaches wear business suits on the sidelines. Football coaches wear team-branded shirts and jackets and often ill-fitting pleated khakis. Why are baseball managers the only guys who wear the same outfit as their players?
According to John Thorn, the official historian of Major League Baseball, it goes back to the earliest days of the game.
Back then, the person known as the manager was the business manager, the guy who kept the books in order and the road trips on schedule. Meanwhile, the guy we call the manager today, the one who arranges the roster and decided when to pull a pitcher, was known as the captain. In addition to managing the team on the field, he was usually also on the team as a player. For many years, the "manager" wore a player's uniform simply because he was a player. There were also a few captains who didn't play for the team and stuck to making decisions in the dugout, and they usually wore suits.
With the passing of time, it became less common for the captain to play, and on most teams they took on strictly managerial roles. Instead of suits proliferating throughout America's dugouts, though, non-playing captains largely hung on to the tradition of wearing a players' uniform. By the early to mid 20th century, wearing the uniform was the norm for managers, with a few notable exceptions. The Philadelphia Athletics' Connie Mack and the Brooklyn Dodgers' Burt Shotton continued to wear suits and ties to games long after it fell out of favor (though Shotton sometimes liked to layer a team jacket on top of his street clothes). Once those two retired, it's been uniforms as far as the eye can see.
The adherence to the uniform among managers in the second half of the 20th century leads some people to think that MLB mandates it, but a look through the official major league rules doesn't turn up much on a manager's dress. Rule 1.11(a) (1) says that "players on a team shall wear uniforms identical in color, trim and style, and all players uniforms shall include minimal six-inch numbers on their backs" and rule 2.00 states that base coaches and coaches are "team members in uniform." While Rule 2.00 gives a rundown of the manager's role and some rules that apply to them, it doesn't specify that they're uniformed. Further down, Rule 3.15 says that no one is allowed on the field during the game except "players and coaches in uniform, managers, news photographers authorized by the home team" and a few select others. Again, nothing about the managers being uniformed.
All that said, Rule 2.00 defines the bench or dugout as "the seating facilities reserved for players, substitutes and other team members in uniform" (emphasis mine) and makes no exceptions for managers or anyone else. While the managers' duds are never addressed anywhere else, this definition does seem to necessitate, in a roundabout way, that managers wear a uniform, at least if they want to have access to the dugout. And, really, where else would they sit? I can't imagine Charlie Manuel shoving his hands down his pants in the fan seats and not getting thrown out for it. I'd like to think, then, that we can call the baseball manager's uniform one part tradition and one part careful reading and "just in case" interpretation of the rules.


text: Kansas holds off WVU 61-56 By Dave Hickman January 28, 2013 Story Share AP Photo Kansas' Naadir Tharpe (1) passes around West Virginia's Kevin Noreen. MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia put up a valiant fight Monday night against No. 2 Kansas, perhaps more than anyone had a right to expect from a team that has struggled against far lesser competition this season.In the end, though, talent won out over whatever intangibles the Mountaineers had working for them at the Coliseum.Kansas built a 15-point lead early, saw it trimmed to just two midway through the second half and four in the closing seconds, but had enough to hold off West Virginia and win, 61-56.Still, it was all in all as encouraging a performance as this WVU team has seen in a while given the level of the competition."If we'd have played this way against other teams we probably would have won a few more,'' said Aaric Murray, who was instrumental in WVU's performance.The loss was the fifth in the last six games for West Virginia (9-11, 2-5 Big 12). On the plus side, the Mountaineers' next three games (and four of the next five) are against teams at or near the bottom of the Big 12 standings -- Texas Tech, Texas and TCU.Kansas, which was No. 1 in the coaches' poll announced Monday and No. 2 in the Associated Press media poll, won its 18th straight game, the nation's longest active winning streak. The Jayhawks (19-1, 7-0) haven't lost since a 67-64 decision to Michigan State in Atlanta on Nov. 13.West Virginia has now lost to both of the teams ranked No. 1 in this week's polls -- Michigan is first in the media poll and Kansas in the coaches poll -- and in both games the Mountaineers trailed big early and then rallied to make things uncomfortable.But just as was the case against Michigan back in December in Brooklyn, there wasn't enough in the tank to complete the comeback. And once again, coach Bob Huggins blamed it on focus and execution in the final minutes."We could have run what we were supposed to run in the fashion that it was supposed to be run,'' Huggins said when asked what his team might have done differently down the stretch.After trailing by as many as 15 points in the first half -- the Mountaineers scored first and then gave up a 14-0 run to start the game -- it seemed for a while as if Kansas would simply run away and hide. But, as has been the case so many times this season for West Virginia, there was a comeback in store.Led by Murray, seemingly motivated to play against 7-foot Kansas All-America Jeff Withey, the Mountaineers didn't let things get out of hand in the first half and then stayed within striking distance during the early part of the second.The Mountaineers' most serious threat came about five minutes into that second half. Murray had made two 3-pointers since the break and his second was followed by a Gary Browne steal and layup. Suddenly the 15-point deficit was down to 42-40 and the Coliseum crowd of 12,402 was as loud as it has been all season."That's the way it's supposed to be,'' said Murray. "That gets you going.''West Virginia stayed around for a while, too. In fact, when Juwan Staten made what was at first ruled a 3-pointer, the Kansas lead was down to 48-47 with 10 minutes to play. That was as close as it would get, though. The shot was eventually ruled a 2-pointer after video review and Kansas freshman Ben McLemore scored the next four points in a 6-0 run that made it 55-46.WVU was never within a possession after that. The Mountaineers cut it to 58-52 inside a minute and then got as close as 60-56 with 24 seconds to play. But Kansas made a free throw and denied West Virginia a shot at the basket in the finals seconds.For the most part, it was a terrific comeback and a solid effort from a team that two days earlier was simply crushed at Oklahoma State, turning a 13-point lead into a 14-point loss. But again, lapses at the wrong times cost the Mountaineers."We need to compete harder,'' said Browne, who had six points and four steals. "We're not a great team. We don't have a guy we can depend on. We have to compete.''Murray led West Virginia with 17 points, along with two blocks, two steals and including three 3-pointers. Staten had 10 points for the Mountaineers, who made it a game despite shooting just 37 percent. They made just four of 15 3-point tries and were outrebounded 36-27. Withey and fellow senior Travis Releford led Kansas with 15 points each, while McLemore added 13. The Jayhawks shot 54.1 percent and had 34 free throws to just 15 for West Virginia. West Virginia played an up and down first half and the results were predictable. The Jayhawks used the opportunities when the Mountaineers weren't playing their absolute best to run out to leads of as many as 15 points. West Virginia managed to close the gap a few times in front of a large, loud crowd at the Coliseum, but still trailed at the break by eight points, 38-30.WVU got that close when Jabarie Hinds stole the ball and drove for a layup just ahead of the buzzer.The brightest spot for West Virginia in the first half was the play of Murray, who had nine points, including a steal from Withey in the backcourt and a drive for a dunk.Hinds, who was not in the starting lineup for the first time in his career, had eight points in the first half after sitting out almost six minutes at the start.Withey led Kansas with 13 points in the first 20 minutes.As is the case with all three of West Virginia's Big Monday games this season, the reward for playing two games in three days is a couple of extra days off. The Mountaineers don't play again until Saturday afternoon at Texas Tech.But after that it's the same thing for a second week in a row. The game at Lubbock is followed by another Big Monday game at home, next week's against Texas. Then comes another break before a road trip to TCU.Reach Dave Hickman at 304-348-1734 or firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him at Twitter.com/dphickman1KANSAS 61, WEST VIRGINIA 56 Kansas (19-1, 7-0) M FG FT R A PJeff Withey 31 6-8 3-7 7 1 15Travis Releford 38 7-9 0-1 4 2 15Ben McLemore 25 3-7 6-8 4 1 13Kevin Young 32 1-4 5-8 7 1 15Elijah Johnson 34 2-4 1-2 5 5 6Perry Ellis 11 1-1 2-4 0 0 4Andrew White III 6 0-2 1-4 4 0 1Jamari Taylor 6 0-0 0-0 1 0 0Naadir Thorpe 15 0-2 0-0 2 2 0Rio Adams 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Team 2Totals 200 20-37 18-34 36 12 61West Virginia (9-11, 2-5) M FG FT R A PJuwan Staten 32 5-11 4-6 1 1 14 Gary Browne 26 2-5 2-2 3 2 6Deniz Kilicli 19 1-4 2-2 1 0 4Eron Harris 25 0-5 2-2 2 1 2Dominique Rutledge 21 0-0 0-0 5 1 0Aaric Murray 29 7-15 0-1 7 0 17Jabarie Hinds 23 3-9 2-2 2 3 8Kevin Noreen 11 2-3 0-0 4 0 5Aaron Brown 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Terry Henderson 11 0-2 0-0 0 0 0Keaton Miles 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Team 2 Totals 200 20-54 12-15 27 8 56 Halftime: Kansas 38, West Virginia 30. 3-point goals: Kansas 3-9 (Releford 1-1, McLemore 1-3, Johnson 1-2, Tharpe 0-2, White 0-1), WVU 4-15 (Harris 0-4, Browne 0-2, Hinds 0-1, Henderson 0-1, Murray 3-5, Noreen 1-2). Fouled out: Rutledge. Attendance: 12,402. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken 2 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 3 WVU hopes to get injured defenders back for TCU 4 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 5 Rhode Island bank claims Justice companies owe $4.2M on helicopter loan Prep roundup: Mount View edges Pikeview in overtime Previous Story Boys, girls high school polls Next Story


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Hello all at Dhamma Wheel,
I'm new to this site. I was told about it through a celebrity I met at e-sangha (you know who you are). As I never formally introduced myself at e-sangha (or any other Buddhist forum for that matter) I feel perhaps it is now appropriate to do so.
My real name is [censored] (but I've been known as Mawkish online since soon after I first started using the internet, some twelve or thirteen years ago. Long story why I chose that name, but it has always been appropriate). I have been studying and practicing Buddhism seriously since the end of 31st March 2008. although the more I study the more I realise that I'd been a 'Buddhist' all along (I'm sure a lot of people have that experience).
A little bit of background for you, my earliest memories are of me trying to figure out 'stuff'. It was my insatiable search for understanding (rather than knowledge) that lead me to science. Along the way, I thought I'd found the answer to 'stuff' in God (I joined the Salvation Army, became a soldier, etc etc etc), but in the end it didn't make sense to me and I left. So, my quest to understand 'stuff' has brought me to where I am now. I have a Masters degree in Physics and I am studying for a PhD... but more importantly, I have found that Buddhism seems to provide a wonderful path to help me figure out 'stuff'.
I'm sorry if this is all a bit ambiguous, but if I was to go into detail this post would have an ISBN number and be available in hardback from all good bookshops.
So, now, I follow Theravada Buddhism as closely as I can. I'm a beginner still, so go easy on me
Sorry for boring you all. I wonder, in what way does 'introducing yourself' reinforce the ego?


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CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts.
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This is our first year actively utilizing the Keepers of the Faith Curriculum. We are doing the girls and boys in our church home school group. One of the greatest things for us is that we were able to incorporate other church members in the teaching of the curricula. For instance, one of our elder ladies is teaching the hand sewing, our pastor's wife is teaching sign language, a Spanish member is teaching the foreign language, etc. It exposes our children to a variety of leaders within our church, new interests, and utilizes talents of others.


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Seize the moment for low season pass prices
July 31, 2012
It may still feel like summer, but for skiers and boarders planning on enjoying the slopes this season, the time to lock in the lowest season pass prices is slipping away. Several local ski areas are planning to increase costs next month.
Vail Resorts' Epic Pass, with unlimited access to Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Heavenly, Northstar, Kirkwood and Arapahoe Basin is currently $659 for an adult pass until Sept. 4.
Vail Resorts will make an announcement on the exact rate of passes closer to that time, said Vail Resorts spokeswoman Kate Lessman.
"The prices of all Vail Resort passes and features will be honored to anyone purchasing by September 4," Lessman said. "I don't know what the next round of pricing will be at this time."
Last year during the 2011-2012 ski season, the Epic Pass was $649, its price increased to $669 Oct. 16.
In addition to the Epic Pass, Vail Resorts offers other pass options but current rates are not guaranteed as the season approaches, Lessman said.
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The Epic Local Pass, formerly known as the Colorado Pass, provides unlimited access to Breckenridge, Keystone and A Basin for $509. The pass will be among those subject to an autumn increase.
The Summit Value pass, with unlimited access to Keystone and Arapahoe Basin is $419 and a good option for those planning to ski only in Summit County.
The Rocky Mountain Super Pass with unlimited access to Winter Park, Copper Mountain and Mary Jane, is $419 for an adult pass. The Super Pass Plus adds six unrestricted days at Steamboat for $469.
Copper also had no specific information on when and by how much prices would increase in the fall. Season passes for the 2011-2012 season increased Oct. 16, 2011. Prices reflected a $50 increase on most of the pass options.
The Loveland ski area season passes won't go on sale until Labor Day weekend; its website encourages skiers and boarders to check back for the price of those passes after that date.
Last year, the 2011-2012 ski season, the Loveland Pass was $359 and provided unlimited access to Loveland plus three days to Monarch Ski Area and Durango Mountain Resort.
Another opportunity to enjoy local ski areas for cheap is at the Powder Daze Sale at Christy Ports in Dillon Aug. 24- Sept. 3. The Copper Four Pack is $139 and will include one extra day at Copper Mountain if purchased at the sale.


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The 19th Biennial International
Breastfeeding: An Ancient Art—A Modern Miracle
Hilton Washington and Towers
Washington DC,
July 2-5, 2005
Preceded by: Physicians'
Seminar; International Mastery Symposium, June 29-July 1; World
Assembly, July 2-5; Peer Counselor and Program Administrator
To order conference sessions on CD, visit this Web site!
We also have a post-conference press release LLL Leaders can use to share their activities with their local media.
We are continuing to add to our Technology Room Blog, and many of our bloggers are sending in final reports. We have also processed nearly all of our podcasts--hear what attendees, speakers, and others had to say--there's even music! And don't forget about the photos from the activities from the entire conference--see if anyone you know is featured.
You can still look over our Conference registration materials (PDF) -- also in Spanish (PDF).
La Leche League International announces its 2005 Conference theme: Breastfeeding: An Ancient Art—A Modern Miracle. Breastfeeding, an ancient art once passed on from woman to woman, ensured the survival of the human species for eons. As science made it possible for babies to survive without human milk, at least in industrial parts of the world, the practice of the art slowly began to wane. In many cultures women grew up and never saw a baby being breastfed. The Founders of La Leche League recognized that breastfeeding, though natural, was an art – an art that in a bottle-feeding culture needed to be revived and supported.
Referring to the fact that many women in her native Nigeria considered breastfeeding to be outdated, Gloria Okemuo, LLLI-trained Peer Counselor Administrator, wrote: "Unfortunately, most mothers of today consider breastfeeding something that belongs to the past. Indeed, it is an ancient art, which has been proven by scientific research to be a modern miracle." Gloria's profound statement inspired the Conference team to adapt her words and use it as LLLI's Conference theme for 2005.
When the Founders of LLL set out to help mothers breastfeed, they knew in their hearts that breastfeeding was best for baby and for mother. Today, scientific research has proven beyond a doubt what they instinctively felt in their hearts: breastfeeding is the optimal method of infant feeding. Every day when you help a mother breastfeed, you are passing on an ancient art that produces a modern miracle.
Please join us! LLLI's 19th International Conference promises:
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February 03, 2012
Bethel College will host a community blood drive Thursday, Feb. 9, from 10:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Goodman Gymnasium. Softball player Danielle Reilly ('13) is coordinating this event and has set a goal to receive 107 units of blood. The American Red Cross is down 93,000 units of blood in this fiscal year in comparison to last year.
"We are desperately trying to help recover some of those units that are needed in a huge way," said Reilly.
In an effort to gain donors, the American Red Cross is running a campaign called "The Need is Everyday." If sponsors [like Bethel] achieve 110 percent of their blood drive goal, the American Red Cross will recognize them in a USA Today advertisement at the end of the campaign, as well as feature them on their website.
If you have any questions about blood donation, the process or what it does for patients, visit the website or share your story on Facebook. Search for American Red Cross blood donors and join the conversation online.
To schedule a blood donation appointment, call 1.800.REDCROSS or visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter the sponsor code "pilots." The drive is open to the public.
Bethel College is an accredited Christian college offering associate, bachelor's and master's degrees in more than 70 areas of study. The current enrollment of more than 2,100 includes students from 34 states and Puerto Rico, 19 countries, more than 25 denominations and 16 percent from culturally diverse backgrounds. Scholarships are available based upon a variety of factors including academic achievement, talent in the arts or athletics, ethnicity and church affiliation. In addition to its beautifully wooded 75-acre main campus in Mishawaka, Ind., Bethel also offers specific academic programs at sites in Elkhart, Ind., Fort Wayne, Ind., Dowagiac, Mich., and St. Joseph, Mich. Nursing programs are also offered in cooperation with Grace College in Winona Lake, Ind.


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Reference Text - RESOLUTION (80) 2
Setting up a co-operation group to combat drug abuse and illicit trafficking in drugs (Pompidou Group)
Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 27 March 1980 at the 317th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies.
The Representatives of Belgium, Denmark, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom, sitting on the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe,
Having regard to the decision taken in Stockholm on 13 November 1979 by the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Pompidou Group;
Having regard to Committee of Ministers Resolution (51) 62 concerning partial agreements;
Having regard to the decision taken by the Committee of Ministers at Deputy level at their 317th meeting, on continuing the work of the Pompidou Group within the Council of Europe on the basis of a partial agreement;
Recognising the need to enable the Pompidou Group to carry on its activities as efficiently as possible,
Resolve to set up a co-operation group to combat drug abuse and illicit trafficking in drugs (Pompidou Group).
I. The aim of the Pompidou Group shall be to make a multidisciplinary study of the problems of drug abuse and illicit trafficking in drugs.
II. The working methods employed hitherto by the Group shall be maintained under this Partial Agreement.
These methods are as follows:
1. Meetings, in private at ministerial level, are held, as a general rule every two years, but circumstances and urgency may justify special meetings of the Group in addition to these two-yearly meetings;
2. Each state is represented at meetings either by the minister(s) concerned with the subject being dealt with, or by the minister instructed by his government to co-ordinate the action of ministries concerned with drug problems. A permanent correspondent appointed for each state is responsible for preparing the Group's ministerial meetings in personal liaison with the minister(s) attending them; he may be assisted by experts;
3. The permanent correspondents and their experts meet twice during the interval between ministerial meetings to follow the application of the guidelines adopted and to prepare the ministers' future meetings in accordance with a given mandate. Their duties in this connection include:
- arranging the agenda and subjects of the coming ministerial meeting;
- collecting material for the preparation of basic documents;
- exchanging information on the latest developments in the participating countries concerning the subject dealt with by the ministers at previous meetings;
4. The Group decides on the publication of documents drawn up by the permanent correspondents as well as resolutions adopted by it;
5. The languages used at meetings are Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Swedish and Turkish;
6. The meeting papers are reproduced in English and French.
III. States not members of the Council of Europe may join the Group with the unanimous agreement of the member states of the Group.
IV. The Secretariat of the Council of Europe shall provide the Group with the following secretarial services:
1. Preparation and distribution of papers for the Group's meetings at both ministerial and permanent correspondent level;
2. Convening of meetings;
3. Practical organisation of the Group's ministerial meetings, to be held every two years at the Council of Europe's Strasbourg headquarters and in one of the participating states alternately;
4. Practical organisation of the Group's meetings at permanent correspondent level, to be held at the Council of Europe's Strasbourg headquarters at the rate of two in each interval between ministerial meetings;
5. Translation of the Group's papers into English or French;
6. Provision of the staff required by the Group for its functioning;
7. Preparation and circulation of the conclusions of the Group's meetings.
V. The Group's operational expenditure under the Partial Agreement shall be apportioned as follows:
1. The travel and subsistence expenses of persons attending the Group's meetings (ministers, permanent correspondents and experts) shall be paid by the member state concerned;
2. Expenditure relating to the practical organisation of ministerial meetings held elsewhere than at the Council of Europe shall be borne by the host country;
3. Common Secretariat expenditure (papers, staff, translation, interpretation and all other operational expenditure) shall be covered by a Partial Agreement budget funded by the Group's member states and governed by the same financial rules as foreseen for the other budget of the Council of Europe.


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Robots vs. Anesthesiologists
J&J's New Sedation Machine Promises Cheaper Colonoscopies; Doctors Fight Back
Anesthesiologists, who are among the highest-paid physicians, have long fought people in health care who target their specialty to curb costs. Now the doctors are confronting a different kind of foe: machines.
A new system called Sedasys, made by Johnson & Johnson, would automate the sedation of many patients undergoing colon-cancer screenings called colonoscopies. That could take anesthesiologists out of the room, eliminating a big source of income for the doctors. More than $1 billion is spent each year sedating...


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A CRASH in Malvern blocked a main road for about two hours yesterday afternoon.
The crash in Wells Road – the main route between Malvern and Ledbury – near the junction with Holywell Road between a black Volkswagen Golf and a white Mini happened at about 3.10pm.
The drivers and a three-year-old girl who was a passenger in the Mini were unhurt but both vehicles were severely damaged.
The road was blocked until about 5pm.
West Mercia Police are working to establish how the crash was caused and are appealing for witnesses to call PC Frances Thorpe on 101, quoting incident number 437-s-130214.