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Dr. Jimenez, DDS from Cleveland, OH providing dentistry care to a patient in Bibiani.
May 16, 2008. Atlanta, GA. HELPING HANDS Medical Missions
set out for Ghana, Africa from April 24 to May
4, 2008 to offer 8 days of free medical service
in the towns of Bibiani, Subiri, and Sui. The missionaries
focused their efforts on those most in need, mainly the
poor in outlying regions who cannot get access to the
hospital in Bibiani. During their stay, the team of missionaries
treated over 1,500 patients and performed 5 urology surgeries.To watch
a You Tube video of the Ghana mission, click here. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of American
donors, HELPING HANDS Medical Missions was also able to donate
$200,000 worth of hospital equipment and medicines to the Bibiani
Government Hospital. A Team Venture Is BornHELPING HANDS Medical
Missions was first created in 1996 to offer free medical
care and evangelization to the poor in rural areas who
The HHMM team with their chaplain, Fr Jeffery Jambon, LC and the pastor of St Theresas Church, Fr Simon Assamoah.
cannot afford medical care. With this in mind,
Father Alvaro Corcuera, LC, the general director of the Legion
of Christ and Regnum Christi, had encouraged HHMM to undertake
a medical mission trip to Ghana, so the goal of
going there was already on the horizon when Fr Simon Assamoah,
the pastor of St Teresa's Catholic Church and vicar general
of the diocese of Bibiani, visited the States last year
to ask for support and sponsorship from American Catholics. One
by one, the pieces began to fall into place as
several groups came together to provide the sponsorship, leadership, and
missionary manpower for the trip.The mission found generous
sponsorship in Msgr Hugh Warren, the pastor of St Andrew's
Catholic Church in Roswell, GA, and his parishioners.Fr
Assamoah's request was also taken to heart by Tom and
Julie Clements, the founders and directors of an Atlanta-based non-profit
Julie Clements teaching children how to pray the rosary during a door-to-door visit.
organization called "Clap for Jesus," which is already building a
Catholic high school in Ghana, not far from Bibiani. Through a Legionary priest named Fr Peter Devereaux, Tom
Clements came to know about HELPING HANDS Medical Missions and
invited them to carry out a mission in Bibiani. Dr
Phil Kelly, the Regional Coordinator of the Atlanta Chapter of
HHMM, took on the task of organizing the mission with
his team. When it turned out that Dr Kelly was
unable to travel to Ghana, Dr John Petros took on
the position of Mission Director and the team of 20
missionaries prepared for takeoff.
May 16, 2008. Atlanta, GA. HELPING HANDS Medical Missions
set out for Ghana, Africa from April 24 to May
4, 2008 to offer 8 days of free medical service
in the towns of Bibiani, Subiri, and Sui. The missionaries
focused their efforts on those most in need, mainly the
poor in outlying regions who cannot get access to the
hospital in Bibiani.
During their stay, the team of missionaries
treated over 1,500 patients and performed 5 urology surgeries.
To watch
a You Tube video of the Ghana mission, click here. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of American
donors, HELPING HANDS Medical Missions was also able to donate
$200,000 worth of hospital equipment and medicines to the Bibiani
Government Hospital.
A Team Venture Is Born
HELPING HANDS Medical
Missions was first created in 1996 to offer free medical
care and evangelization to the poor in rural areas who
A team venture was born: St Andrew's
Catholic Church, Clap for Jesus, and HELPING HANDS joined forces
to meet a need and fulfill a mission.Eight
Days of Intensive Giving
The team of 20 medical missionaries, including
Tom and Julie Clements, set out along with the mission
DAY 1:After their long flight to Accra, Ghana, the missionaries boarded
a bus for an 8 hour voyage to Bibiani, a
town with a population of 13,000. Upon arriving to the
residence of St. Theresa's Catholic Church, they greeted the pastor,
laid down their baggage, went to Mass, ate dinner, and…
slept.DAY 2:On Saturday morning, the primary care
team prepared the medicine for the clinic that was to
be opened on Monday. The surgical team checked the hospital
wards, pharmacy, and operating room in preparation for the surgeries
that would be performed on Monday.
In the afternoon, they divided
up into 7 teams for door-to-door home visits to evangelize
and share their Catholic faith with the people. Most were
Catholic families, but there were also some Presbyterians, Evangelicals, and
Meanwhile, the primary care team travelled to the village of
Subiri, about 45 minutes away. The makeshift clinic there was
crowded and the needs of the people were overwhelming. They
suffer especially from hypertension, diabetes, hypotension/dehydration, worms and parasites, and
various kinds of infections. One five-year old boy
had a deep wound on his scalp. Another young woman
had been suffering for over 3 years from undiagnosed hyperthyroidism.
The most common adult ailment was "mesisi" or "waist pain."
DAY 5:The primary care team travelled 90 minutes to
the village of Sui, where they found many of the
same physical ailments. The town's primary social problem is the
number of young, single mothers. One missionary observed that in
spite of their sufferings, the Ghanian people radiate great simplicity
and happiness. The women, in particular, work hard for their
families, often beyond the point of physical exhaustion. There is
One missionary noticed
a beautiful "Kodak moment" when Fr Jeffery Jambon, LC taught
the children to sing "Amazing Grace". Then Tom Clements entertained
them while their parents waited to see the doctor. DAY 6: The hospital in Bibiani had just
opened a brand new building, and the medical missionaries were
the first to use it. Many of the supplies had
been donated from the States, from examination tables, anesthesia machines,
dental examination chairs, clutches, and surgical equipment to antibiotics, pain
killers, and blood pressure and diabetic drugs.
At the clinic, the
medical team treated more cases of hypertension, c/o palpitations, and
mesisi (waist pain). DAY 7: Medical care
continued, and the team was swamped with more requests than
they could take. The work in pre-triage was critical, as
the nurses had to identify the acute problems and hypertensive
The leftover medicines were divided into three parts
to be donated to the three hospitals in the area.Just before their farewell dinner, the teenagers' chorus of
the parish sang and played the drums for the medical
missionaries at the residence at St Theresa's Church. DAY 9: The medical team packed up and travelled
back to the capital city of Accra to spend the
night there. Many missionaries said that it was difficult to
So far, the HELPING HANDS
Medical Missions is planning to return in 2009 for another
mission in the same diocese. Lupita Assad, the
International Missions Coordinator for HELPING HANDS Medical Missions, said that
doctors and nurses who are considering going on a medical
mission should listen to the Holy Spirit's invitation to come
and serve. "Follow the Holy Spirit's inspiration to
serve the poor in need of medical care," she said.
"It is an enriching experience that will transform your life.
The need is overwhelming. Everyone wants and needs to be
About Helping Hands Medical Missions
Helping Hands Medical Missions
is a Catholic non-profit organization that provides medical aid in
rural areas of developing countries. It offers volunteers the opportunity
to share their faith while also using their talents to
serve others. Since its first mission in 1996,
HHMM has hosted a total of 69 medical missions worldwide in
Mexico, El Salvador, Brazil, Venezuela, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, the
Philippines, and now Ghana. To watch a You Tube video
about the Philippines mission, click here.The missions
have served over 105,000 patients so far. Generally,
each mission group is made up of 20-50 missionaries, accompanied
by a mission chaplain. The medical missionaries are Catholic doctors,
nurses, and volunteers from the United States and Canada. They
work in small clinics, hospitals, schools, and churches in rural
towns, providing surgeries, eye care, consultations, distribution of medications, follow-up
of surgical patients, house calls, and Natural Family Planning instruction.
The mission is also a spiritual experience for the missionaries,
as they take part in daily prayer, Mass, meditation, talks
on the teachings of the Catholic Church in bioethics, and
door-to-door house visits to share the faith with the local
people.Medical equipment, supplies, and medications are collected year-round
from companies, hospitals, and individual donors in the United States.
Since ground-level support is so crucial for the success of
the mission, contributors of medical supplies are just as much
a part of the mission as the volunteers themselves. For
more information on how to donate and contribute to the
missions, click here.The next missions will be
in: • Itacoatiara, Brazil from June 19 to July
2, 2008. Portuguese translators are especially needed. • San
Juan Sacatepequez, Guatemala from October 17-25, 2008• Sonsonate, El
Salvador from October 31 to November 8, 2008• Santiago
Texacuangos, El Salvador from November 7 to 15, 2008For more information about volunteering as a medical missionary, click


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During the 31st UNESCO World Heritage Committee's Session, the inclusion of 6 humid forests of the east of Madagascar won unanimous support. They are the National Parks of Marojejy, Masoala, Zahamena, Ranomafana, Andringitra, and Andohahela. These very ancient forests support the ecological processes which are necessary for the survival of Madagascar's unique biodiversity. This biodiversity reflects the geological history of an island which separated from other land masses more than 60 million years ago, and the fauna and flora of which flourished within a favorable isolation.
The Eastern rainforests add up to this list of highly distinguished sites which already includes the Bemaraha Tsingy (classified in 1990), the Royal Hill of Ambohimanga near Antananarivo and the Zafimaniry Woodcraft, classified as Immaterial Heritage.
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Rise of an Empire: Will Rising Interest Rates Hit the Stock Market?
When 300, the 2007 flick featuring Spartans warring with Xerxes' Persia, it took in more than $450 million at the global box office. So the only surprise is that it took seven years for a sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire, to hit theaters. The film doesn't deviate from its predecessor in any serious ways--it still features "sustained sequences of stylized, bloody violence; a sex scene; and some strong language," according to the New York Times, or as they put it in the review for 300 , "Much butchery, some lechery"--only this time with loads of boats and Eva Green. If all goes as predicted, 300: Rise of an Empire should take in $40 million, according to Box Office Mojo.
While the markets might not have to face anything quite as daunting as Xerxes' army, they do have their own problems to worry about, like what the heck is going on with Fed policy. Today, the Labor Department said that the US economy added 175,000 jobs in February, far more than the 125,00 forecast by economists. Then an article by the Wall Street Journal's John Hilsenrath appeared that suggested that the report was good enough for the Fed to keep tapering and maybe even modify its forward guidance. And that became the story. Societe Generale's Sebastien Galy explains:
The open question has always been what part of Hilsenrath's work for the WSJ was analysis and what part came from the Fed. Some buy side been kind enough to suggest to me that based on their Fed contacts, the latter was quite significant for a while. Having been kindly invited to a WSJ event with Hilsenrath and Dudley, I was told by some senior gent that Hilsenrath has a "good relation" with Yellen. Seeing him work with Dudley, I don't doubt it.
Still, the S&P 500 managed to eke out at a 0.1% gain today to close the week up 1% at 1,878.04--a new record high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2% to 16,452.72 today, and finished the week up 0.8%.
Strategas Research Partners' Jason DeSena Trennert considers what could go wrong for the stock market:
In a word, we believe it could be inflation. With the Fed quintupling the size of its balance sheet since 2007, it doesn't take an overly active imagination to wonder when higher aggregate price levels and the higher interest rates they will bring will start to compete with stocks. If only because higher inflation appears to be a policy goal of the Fed it seems safe to assume that this is a question with which market participants will need to wrestle in the future...But our best guess is that the challenge of higher rates and inflation is sufficiently far off into the future – perhaps two years or more – as to pose little challenge to the potential for earnings multiples to expand even further from the current levels that make so many of us feel uncomfortable.
The S&P 500 was led higher by Valero Energy (VLO), which rose 10% to $52.99, and Lorillard (LO), which gained 8% to $52.99 on speculation it would be taken over by. The Dow's big winners included Goldman Sachs (GS), which advanced 4.7% to $174.26 after it named Apple's (AAPL) CFO to its board, and JPMorgan Chase (JPM), which climbed 4.5% to $59.40.


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Dino Photo?Logic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
Ms. Tina Gull, who is notorious for her gullibility, asked her friend the detective a question.
"Detective Brown, I met a man who found a cave painting. He gave me and a friend the opportunity to buy it from the archaeological team. Are you interested in going in on the deal with me?"
Detective Brown thought for a moment and asked Ms. Tina,
"What was this painting of?"
Ms. Tina answered, "There are two cave people going hunting. One has a spear and the other a bunch of stones. They are stalking a dinosaur. Then, in another picture, they are actually killing the thing, throwing the spear and everything!''
Detective Brown thought for a while and politely told her he wouldn't go in on the deal and advised her not to either as this was a scam (again).
Why did he say this?
HintThink about what the cave people were doing.
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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Manhattan with free breakfast and free airport shuttle
Popular property highlights
Situated in Manhattan, this hotel is 1.2 mi (2 km) from Flint Hills Discovery Center and within 3 mi (5 km) of Kansas State University and Ahearn Field House. Memorial Stadium is 2.4 mi (3.8 km) away.
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features an indoor pool, a fitness center, and a spa tub. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Additionally, a business center, a meeting room, and dry cleaning are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 80 rooms provide free WiFi and free wired Internet, TVs with cable channels, and conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves. Pillowtop beds, coffee makers, and free local calls are among the other amenities available to guests.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Comfort Suites Manhattan provides a spa tub and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This hotel offers access to a business center and a meeting room. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. A roundtrip airport shuttle and an area shuttle are complimentary for guests. This business-friendly hotel also offers gift shops/newsstands, a picnic area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Comfort Suites Manhattan is a smoke-free property.
- Free airport transportation
- Total number of rooms - 80
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An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
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TROY -- A 32-year-old cyclist is in serious condition after being struck by a car at the troubled intersection of Hoosick and 10th streets Monday evening, according to police.
The man, Edward Harlow, of 386 10th St., is still being treated for a head injury at Albany Medical Center Hospital.
Police investigating the accident have questioned the driver of the car, John R. Howard. No charges have been filed against him so far.
"No tickets have been issued," said Capt. John Cooney. "Alcohol and speed are not involved in the determination of the cause."
Cooney said the investigation into the accident is ongoing.
Both city and state officials have been working to address concerns about the intersection's safety after several recent accidents resulted in pedestrian injuries.
In March, a 19-year-old mother and her 4-year-old daughter were struck by an SUV during the early morning hours.
State Department of Transportation statistics say an average of 25,120 cars used Hoosick Street per day from January 2009 through April 2012.
By comparison, Wolf Road in Colonie saw 32,570 cars drive through per day during the same time period.
Between January 2002 and March 2013, there were a total of 324 accidents between Eighth Street and Troy Plaza, 140 of them resulting in injuries, including one fatality.
There were a total of 17 pedestrian accidents involving 14 injuries and one fatality. Of the 17 pedestrian accidents, six of them occurred at the intersection of 10th and Hoosick streets.
Some of the changes planned to increase safety include illuminated crosswalk buttons, longer crossing times, more visible signage and new adhesive crosswalks.


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Burnaby librarians will present their picks for winter reading at the Librarians' Choice: Winter Reads event Thursday, Dec. 6, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at McGill branch library, 4595 Albert St.
The suggested books will be presented through fast-paced reviews of both fiction and non-fiction books. Refreshments will be served.
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Nursing program receives accreditation
Muskingum University's Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program has received accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
"In creating our nursing program, Muskingum recognized the need ofthe nation and the southeastern Ohio region for nurses who hold a baccalaureate degree," said Dr. Anne C. Steele, Muskingum University president. "This accreditation affirms the distinction of Muskingum's nursing program, as well as the quality that can be found throughout the entire university."
Muskingum's BSN program admits both four-year pre-licensure students and registered nurses who have either graduated from a hospital diploma nursing program or an associate degree nursing program. The program provides a strong liberal arts and science foundation integrated throughout the program to create the basis for the study and practice of professional nursing. Successful completion of the program also provides a foundation for graduate study and continuing professional education.
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Ben wrote:I've just commenced reading Venerable Analayo's Satipatthana: the direct path to realization. The book is a slightly expanded version of Bhante's PhD thesis (University of Peredeniya, Sri Lanka, 2000).
I'm only part way through and I am impressed with the depth of research and treatment.
What I would like to know is whether anyone else has read it and what comments you have on Venerable's work.
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Ben wrote:And one further question... if anyone has Venerable's email - I have a couple of questions that I would like to send him.
Ben wrote:Actually, some of the questions that I would like to ask venerable are in relation to his paper on 'the ancient roots of the u ba khin meditation method' or similar title that I read before going off on retreat.
puthujjana wrote:That's an very interesting article.
Does anyone know if there is a complete english version of the mentioned Dhyānasamādhi Sūtra available online?
puthujjana wrote:That's an very interesting article.
Does anyone know if there is a complete english version of the mentioned Dhyānasamādhi Sūtra available online?
IanAnd wrote:Do you have the Nikaya volume and sutta number to give us? (For example: MN 22 or DN 16.
Ven. Analayo wrote:In view of this remarkable similarity between the U Ba Khin method
and the instructions given in the Dhyānasamādhi Sūtra, the historical
background to this particular text calls for further comment.
For the Dhyānasamādhi Sūtra to be translated by a famous translator like
Kumārajīva, one would expect that this work, or at least the various parts
that make up this work, were well known already before his time. Thus the
understanding of the third step of mindfulness of breathing as involving
an awareness of the whole body, documented in the Dhyānasamādhi
Sūtra, may well be considerably earlier than its translation, which was
apparently undertaken slightly earlier than Buddhaghosa's compiling of
the Visuddhimagga.
According to modern scholarship, this section of the Dhyānasamādhi
Sūtra reflects the practice of meditating monks in the northwest of India
during the first to the fourth centuries of our era.
During the early centuries of the present era, the northwest of India
was a stronghold of the Sarvāstivāda tradition.
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Emotions are as much a product of our evolutionary
heritage as they are our environmental circumstances
The next time you come face to face with a dog wagging its tail, you can make a quick determination on whether to reach out and pet it or step back in deference: check the tail-wag bias. If the wagging tail leans to the dog's right, you're safe; if the tail leans to the dog's left, don't move. (continue reading…)


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Elderly, low income people can get tax help at USC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- University of South Carolina law school and accounting students are offering their time to provide free tax assistance to the low income and elderly.
The school program is called Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and is in its 22nd year.
University spokeswoman Peggy Binette says students prepare and file simple South Carolina and federal tax returns in the law school lobby from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. They also work on returns from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays.
The service is on a first-come, first-served basis. No business, self-employment or complex forms are eligible.
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BOCA RATON, Fla. - A woman who suspected her roommate of torturing her cat installed a spy camera and caught the abuse on videotape.
Police arrested 25-year-old Jordan Bean Tuesday on a charge of animal cruelty after Alanna Jenkins did some preliminary undercover work.
The Palm Beach Post (http://bit.ly/W22WuI ) reports Jenkins was suspicious because her belongings were often misplaced when she returned from work. So she installed the camera.
Police say the video shows Bean entering Jenkins' room and "actively" hunting the cat, named Chompers. The cat is seen hissing and moaning before Beans catches it and wraps it in a towel. Bean then seemed to smother the cat while holding her down with "all of his weight."
Bean told police he chases the cat and wraps her in a towel.
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President Barack Obama's historic health care reform took an unforeseen detour Tuesday when the administration announced it would give large employers a one-year extension, until 2015, to meet their responsibilities under the "employer mandate" portion of the Affordable Care Act.
As written, the law's employer mandate provision would have required companies that employ more than 50 full-time workers to offer affordable insurance to their workforce starting in 2014 or face fines of up to $3,000 per employee. They'll now have an additional 12 months to align their group plans with the law.
Senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said the one-year extension gives large employers the additional time they requested to adjust their health plans to comply with the new requirements. She added that officials would use the extra time to make the accompanying reporting requirements less onerous on employers.
Other parts of the law still on track
The move has no effect on either the "individual mandate," which requires all but exempt Americans to obtain health insurance by Jan. 1, 2014, or face a penalty, or the scheduled Oct. 1 opening of new state marketplaces for individuals and small businesses. However, it will likely make it difficult to determine which lower-income employees of large companies qualify for federal health care subsidies during the one-year extension period.
According to a White House fact sheet, more than 96 percent of large companies already offer health insurance to their employees. Despite declarations from some service-industry employers that they would proactively slash hours to reduce their full-time workforce, a monthly tally of layoffs released Wednesday by the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that just 618 jobs nationally had been cut this year due to health care reform, all of them in the health care field.
Split reactions to the delay
The concession drew rare praise from business groups that have been outspoken opponents of Obamacare. "The administration has finally recognized the obvious -- employers need more time and clarification of the rules of the road before implementing the employer mandate," said U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President Randy Johnson. And Neil Trautwein of the National Retail Federation commended the administration for "a wise move" that "will provide employers and businesses more time to update their health care coverage without threat of arbitrary punishment."
But consumer advocates such as Ron Pollock, executive director of Families USA, argued that the extension brings "a potential for some harm" by giving a free one-year pass to employers who currently provide substandard coverage to their employees.
The employer mandate extension is not the first adjustment the administration has made in its uphill push to implement the Affordable Care Act. In 2011, officials indefinitely tabled the act's long-term health care insurance provision when the numbers refused to add up, and earlier this year they made course corrections to the Small Business Health Options Program, or SHOP, and plans to establish state-based nonprofit insurers.
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On His Own Terms
Riding high atop Hollywood's star machine, Jack Nicholson is enjoying the view.
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Or perhaps Nicholson is the freethinking, rebellious Hollywood legend who thus far in his career has garnered two Oscars, 13 Academy Award nominations and a half-dozen Golden Globe awards, and who is presently commanding so much money per film that it's absolutely indecent.
It's a pleasantly warm Southern California afternoon when Nicholson makes a slightly belated entrance into the living room of his modest eight-room home, a house that sits atop a mountain overlooking Beverly Hills.
Dressed casually in slacks, a pale green polo shirt and a sleeveless sweater, Jack looks less the internationally known millionaire movie idol than an assistant golf pro at a driving range in Cucamonga. He has a trim physique, thinning brown hair, sleepy eyes and, at 58, a still somewhat boyish face. He strides into the dining room and sits down at the end of a long wooden table to munch on a chicken sandwich and talk about his life as a superstar, a concerned Los Angeles citizen and, not incidentally, a cigar smoker.
Although he's been a cigar smoker for most of his life and grew up around cigar smokers, Nicholson didn't become a devotee until about four years ago.
"I used to smoke a lot of cigarettes," he confesses. "Too many, in fact. That's one of the reasons I took up cigar smoking seriously. I figured the only way to break a bad habit was to replace it with a better habit. I started smoking when I was a kid, and I smoked until I got married to Sandra [Knight] in 1962. We both decided to quit smoking, and I did for about 10 years."
But in 1973, Nicholson starred in The Last Detail. "I wanted the petty officer character I played to be a cigar smoker," he says. "So I smoked cigars while we were filming the picture--real Cuban cigars, which, of course, are the best. The only cigar, in fact. I could get them in Canada where we shot the picture. And that started me smoking cigarettes again, until about four years ago when I took up golf.
"I'm so nervous when I play that I found I was smoking a half a pack of cigarettes during a round," he says. "So in order to cut down, I got in the habit of lighting a cigar around the fifth hole and smoking nothing but cigars for the rest of the round. That succeeded in calming me. And I'm now down to a 12 handicap." He takes another bite of his sandwich and adds, "I guess I am not the only golfer who smokes cigars. Larry Laoretti keeps one in his mouth the whole time in a tournament--even when he's putting. There must be something to it. He won the Senior Open."
One thing that's evident after a few minutes with Nicholson is that he can speak intelligently on almost any subject--ancient history, art, politics, women, sports, food, publishing, basketball, movies, Chinese philosophy, how cigars are made, in what province the best Cuban tobacco is grown and how the cigar got its name.
"I read a lot. I may not be an expert on a given subject, but I can hold a conversation on just about everything," he teasingly boasts.
Nicholson is not only a voracious reader, but one glance around his home tells you that he has exquisite taste in art, literature and furniture. The bookshelves are filled with novels, plays and works of nonfiction with well-worn covers that look as if they have actually been read rather than put there for ornamental purposes. Mixed in with the books are two gleaming Oscar statuettes, which Nicholson picked up for Best Actor in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his work in Terms of Endearment. Also on the shelf are five Golden Globe trophies.
Along with these awards stand silver-framed photographs of Anjelica Huston, with whom he shared his house for many years; his daughter, Jennifer--by his former (and only) wife, Sandra Knight--as a toddler; and his two most recent progeny, five-year-old Lorraine and three-year-old Ray, whom he fathered with actress Rebecca Broussard. He refuses to categorize Broussard as his "girlfriend"; she lives in a house just down the canyon from his own place.
After lunch, Nicholson moves into the living room, where he drops into a massive armchair of dark blue leather. The room is tastefully done in contemporary furnishings. Mixed in with the furniture are some Art Deco floor lamps with serpentine brass bases, a huge aluminum-and-smoked-glass Museum of Modern Art coffee table and a massive blue leather couch.
Nicholson pulls a long, fat Montecristo from his pocket and attempts to light it with a wooden match.
He seems to be having difficulty; the matches keep going out. "With all this cigar culture stuff," he says, tossing the bad match into an Art Deco ashtray and trying another one, "when are they going to make a decent match in America again? You can't light a cigar with one match anymore."
He's running the flame around the edge of the tip of the cigar, instead of just applying the flame to the middle of the tip and drawing on it.
Nicholson explains, "It's the proper way to light a cigar. Roman showed me that--Roman Polanski. He told me that to get the best flavor you have to run the flame all around the cigar tip, like you see me doing. Then when the cigar tip is on fire, you first blow the smoke out. Then you draw on it the regular way."
After four matches, he finally succeeds using the Polanski method. He blows out on the cigar, then sucks the smoke back into his mouth, savoring the fragrant odor with flaring nostrils. "Now there was a time," he goes on, "when if I saw somebody lighting a cigar like that, I'd say to myself, 'What's wrong with you? Why don't you just light the damn thing?' But now that Roman showed me the proper way, I realize he knew what he was talking about. I've tried it both ways, comparing them, and his way really does make a difference in the flavor. Just as real Cuban cigars do."
As he puffs contentedly on his Montecristo, Nicholson says that he can't really remember the first cigar he ever smoked. "The first cigars I remember, however, were all smoked by Shorty's father--Big Al--and all those other people playing pinochle with him back in Jersey. Shorty was my brother-in-law, married to my sister Lorraine. He and his card-playing cronies used to use ivory cigar holders. They smoked either Muriels or White Owls, I don't remember which. Maybe both."
Nicholson's favorite cigars today are Romeo y Julietas, Cohiba robustos and Montecristos, but he says the Macanudo maduros are smokable. "I don't think they are from Cuba. I think they are either Dominican or Jamaican. But they are smokable, in my opinion. But I'm not really a connoisseur. I just know I love Montecristos, Cohibas and Romeo y Julietas."
Of course, Cuban cigars are difficult to get in America. "And they're expensive when you are able to pick them up in this country," he says. "At 15 bucks a piece for them, you can bet there's about a 600-percent markup. We ought to recognize Cuba, just to give American cigar smokers a break and keep them from going broke. But until we do, you can bet some enterprising young man's out there in a boat, smuggling them in."
Nicholson doesn't encourage that sort of thing. He says he buys most of his Cuban cigars when he's out of the United States. "I also have friends who bring them back to me when they go abroad, if I ask them to. I have a good place to store them, over there in the corner, behind the dining table. Someone gave me a large, professional humidor, with a motor-driven humidifier that can keep cigars fresh for years. I can load up on them when I have the opportunity, and they won't get stale.
"When I went back to cigar smoking four years ago, after a long layoff, I found my cigars I'd keep in that humidor were as fresh as the day I had bought them. Of course, I don't smoke that many a day, so a few boxes last me a long time. I'm no George Burns, with his 15 a day."
As much as Nicholson enjoys smoking cigars and is pleased about today's revived cigar culture, he maintains that he's very considerate of people who don't smoke. "I don't smoke around my babies, for instance, and if I want to smoke around a lady friend, I always ask for permission before I light up."
He concedes, however, that he's not crazy about the antismoking movement. "But I don't let any mass movements bother me--it's such a waste of time. Of course, it's killing the restaurant business, but that doesn't bother me, either, since I don't own a restaurant. Moreover, I don't eat out much. Of course, the Monkey Bar, a private club I belong to, lets you smoke, but generally I just go to a restaurant to eat. I smoke after I leave. I don't drink, so I don't have to smoke while I'm drinking, which a lot of people do."
"But I'm willing to deal with all that. I don't want to argue with the antismoking movement, because I can remember when I wasn't smoking. I wouldn't eat dinner with somebody who smoked at the table. So I understand where they're coming from."
"You know, there were a lot of things about the Victorian era that I liked--not that I was around then. The men would excuse themselves from the dining table after dinner and go into another room to smoke and drink brandy, to get away from the girls who objected to cigars. That kind of suggests a life to me that seems nice--and civilized."
But, says Nicholson, "at least you can still smoke here--in your house, that is." Though not a spectacular home by Hollywood standards, Nicholson's house offers breaktaking views of the canyon below and the high-rises of downtown Los Angeles in the smoggy distance. He is happy in his modest home. "I've lived here for 25 years," he says. "I've never moved. I bought it before I could afford it." Outside the picture window is a small green lawn, a large rectangular swimming pool with wooden cantilevered decking and a couple of six-foot-tall pieces of iron sculpture. "Once I could afford it, I also bought the house next door, which I use for my office. Now I don't have to worry about any neighbors next door to me."
From the self-satisfied smile on his face, you get the feeling that Nicholson is happy to be alone on his mountaintop. "You know, in this spot, you're in the dead center of Los Angeles," says Nicholson. "The actual center--like if you were at 55th and Fifth Avenue in New York. That's where you are here." He waves his hand in the direction of the mountains and canyon. "Only that ain't the Frick. Where else could you have all these mountains and desert and still be in the dead center of one of the greatest metropolitan cities in the United States? You know, this is the only undeveloped canyon in L.A. now. Coldwater Canyon. I and the other residents have been fighting the developers ever since I moved here.
"It would be a shame if these mountains get developed any more than they are now," he says, looking thoughtful. "We'd be dead. Once the spine of the Santa Monica Mountains is gone, there really is no Los Angeles any longer. This is what makes the difference between here and 55th and Fifth--this desert/mountain/land-by-the-ocean look. It's what gives it what it has. That's what Chinatown was basically about."
Nicholson was born not far from 55th and Fifth, at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, on April 22, 1937. Although Nicholson's family lived at the Jersey shore, 50 miles to the south, they chose Bellevue due to circumstances that are somewhat confusing.
The people he believed to be his parents, John and Ethel May Nicholson, were actually his grandparents. John dressed department store windows in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and Ethel May, a hairdresser, was also an artist of considerable talent from whom, Nicholson explains, he acquired his appreciation of art. (In fact, today he has several of Ethel May's oil paintings hanging in the upstairs hallway.)
Nicholson's real mother, whom he believed to be his sister June, was John and Ethel May's eldest daughter. Jack didn't find out the truth about his parents until 10 years after his real mother died of cancer in 1963.
June was somewhat independent-minded for 1935. At 16, she flew the coop for the Big Apple in pursuit of a theatrical career. She landed a job as an Earl Carroll dancer, but her career was cut short when she became pregnant. Forced to return home, June not only had to make the shameful admission that she was pregnant, but that she didn't know for sure who the father was (though Don Furcillo-Rose, an ex-boyfriend of June's during the mid-1930s and later a New Jersey businessman, claimed in the 1970s that he was the father).
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Evaluation of the Interaction Between High Dose Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim and Zidovudine
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To determine if the pharmacokinetics of high doses of zidovudine (AZT) (that is, how fast AZT reaches the blood, what concentration of AZT is attained in the blood, and how long AZT remains in the blood) changes from day to day in the same patient. Also to determine whether the pharmacokinetics of AZT is changed when trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (SMX/TMP) is given at the same time, or whether the pharmacokinetics of SMX/TMP is altered by AZT given at the same time.
AZT has been effective in treating HIV infection in some patients with AIDS, and SMX/TMP is an antibiotic combination which is useful in preventing or treating Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). It is important to know how drugs interact in patients because addition of a second drug may change the speed at which a drug is eliminated from the body, and cause increased toxic effects or decreased therapeutic effects.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim Drug: Zidovudine
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Evaluation of the Interaction Between High Dose Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole and Zidovudine
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Completion Date:
|May 1990
AZT has been effective in treating HIV infection in some patients with AIDS, and SMX/TMP is an antibiotic combination which is useful in preventing or treating Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). It is important to know how drugs interact in patients because addition of a second drug may change the speed at which a drug is eliminated from the body, and cause increased toxic effects or decreased therapeutic effects.
Patients with HIV infection take AZT every 4 hours and/or SMX/TMP every 8 hours by mouth for 4 days as outpatients and then come into the clinical research center for 2 days of studies. On day 5 the final dose of medicine is given orally SMX/TMP or by intravenous infusion (AZT). Blood samples are drawn 10-20 times over a period of 12 hours and urine is collected for 36 hours. Concentrations of the drugs in the blood and urine samples are determined. This sequence is repeated twice, so that each patient takes AZT alone, SMX/TMP alone, and the combination of AZT and SMX/TMP over a period of about 3 weeks. Patients may be included in the study if they are asymptomatic, or have been diagnosed with ARC or AIDS, but not if they have PCP or any other severe opportunistic infection.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Prior Medication:
- Zidovudine (AZT) for patients with AIDS.
- AIDS related complex (ARC). The presence of any one of the following findings within 12 months prior to entry and the absence of a concurrent illness or condition other than HIV infection to explain the findings:
- Fever of > 38.5 degrees C persisting for longer than 3 weeks.
- Involuntary weight loss of > 15 lbs. or > 10 percent of baseline noted in a 120-day period prior to evaluation.
- Diarrhea (> 2 liquid stools per day) persisting for longer than 1 month.
- History of clinical diagnosis of oral candidiasis or hairy leukoplakia.
- Patients who have AIDS-associated opportunistic infections or tumors.
- Patients eligible for AZT under the labeling.
- A positive HIV antibody test. Exceptions will be made for patients with a previously positive HIV antibody test with progressive disease and patients where virus isolation has been made.
- Patient with stable Kaposi's sarcoma, mild herpes infection, mild or stable depression, asymptomatic or mild cytomegalovirus or Epstein-Barr virus infection, or a hepatitis B virus carrier state will be acceptable for study.
- A life expectancy of at least 3 months.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following are excluded:
- Severe ongoing opportunistic infections including Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), cryptococcal or toxoplasmosis meningo-encephalitis, disseminated herpes simplex or herpes zoster.
- Significant diarrhea at entry ( > 1 watery stool per day).
Concurrent Medication:
- Phenytoin.
Prior Medication:
Excluded within 30 days of study entry:
- Other antiretroviral agents or immunomodulating agents.
- Patient has demonstrated prior sensitivity or has experienced significant adverse effects during prior therapy with the drugs to be used in the study.
- Patient cannot abstain from alcohol or any other drugs, including nonprescription medication, during the study period.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000734
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|Univ of Pittsburgh Med School
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000734 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
11013 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES Registry Number )
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|March 15, 2012
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii
Drug Interactions
Drug Therapy, Combination
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIDS-Related Complex
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary
Renal Agents
Antiprotozoal Agents
Antiparasitic Agents
Folic Acid Antagonists
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
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Facebook and Twitter posts tipped thieves to empty homes
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. - A pile of loot discovered from a string of burglaries should serve as a big warning - be careful what you put on Facebook and Twitter because thieves are paying attention.
Police say burglars who hit homes in Lake Oswego, Beaverton and other areas of Washington County found their victims on social media by watching for folks stating that they would be out of town or keeping an eye out for people posting pictures while on vacation.
Then they made their move - hitting homes when they knew no one would be there. Police say the thieves would cut the power to disarm any alarm systems and then ransack the place.
Police recently discovered several caches of stolen items while serving a search warrant in Rhododendron, Ore. Stolen items were found in storage units and a motel in Rhododendron and hundreds of other items were found at a second-hand dealer in the Woodburn area.
The items were put on display in Lake Oswego on Monday to give theft victims a chance to find and reclaim their stuff.
None of it was worth very much, police said, but there were plenty of keepsakes that police would like to get back to their original owners. Among the items were delicate pieces of china, old newspapers from World War II and plenty of family heirlooms.
If you think any of the items might belong to you, you should call the Lake Oswego Police Department at (503) 635-0250 and set up an appointment to look at them.
Meanwhile, police did make an arrest - Thomas Phelps (pictured at right) was taken into custody in connection with the crimes. Police believe he did have at least one accomplice but no other arrests have been made at this point.


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Now we know for sure. ABC Daytime today announced the date of the final airing of All My Children. The show will broadcast its final episode on Friday, September 23. The iconic series will end in a manner that respects the show's legacy and honors its history. We understand that it will be a two-hour series finale.
According to our sources at ABC Daytime, and as we have previously reported here at Soapdom.com, All My Children is bringing back a
number of fan favorite characters to help round out the last weeks of the soap.
"Out of love and respect for the show, many beloved actors will be returning to Pine Valley, including Josh Duhamel (Leo Du Pres), Eva La Rue (Maria Santos), Thorsten Kaye (Zach Slater), Carol Burnett (Verla Grubbs), Kate Collins (Janet Green), Jennifer Bassey (Marion Chandler), Melissa Claire Egan (Annie Chandler) and Leven Rambin (Lily Montgomery), among others yet to be announced," ABC Daytime declared in a statement.
Soapdom has learned that Thorsten Kaye (Zach) is aready back on set taping scenes with Alicia Minshew (Kendall).
"Final episodes will celebrate the stories of the families that fans have grown to know and love over the years."
Meanwhile, AMC's star diva, Susan Lucci (Erica) is wasting no time in getting back on the wagan. Along with her skin care line and a myriad of other products, she has now added a pilates chair machine to her list ofendorsements. We caught her on an infomercial last night hawking the virtues of the Malibu Pilates Chair.
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What Is This Thing?
One of these Derma Wands came into my hands the other week, and I wondered what on earth it was. I looked it over carefully, learned who had sent it, and read the instructions. These seemed easy enough to follow for a person who can barely insert a fully functional power cord into a socket, so I decided to try it.
I mean, why not? It was free, and it promised me some interesting things would happen to my skin when I used it correctly. My skin does look much older than it should sometimes, mainly because I don't pay it as much attention as I should. This device, if it did what it promised, seemed to be just the thing to perk it up considerably.
Not that I am stupid with what I do with my skin normally. It's just sometimes I really do ignore it, usually when I am stressed at work and at home. There never seems to be enough time for grooming. But before I actually tried it (I mean, sometimes it is wise to be cautious!), I phoned a few other friends and asked whether they knew about Dermawand, and, if they had tried it, what did they think?
Friends' Reviews
Unfortunately, none of them had, although one was going to buy one. It turned out the one who had sent it to me thought it would be a better aid to me than her. I will deal with her later!
That was no help, so I decided to try online for some type of feedback.
Are People Genuinely Excited About This Treatment?
I am in 2 minds as to whether people who were on shows and used this treatment device were genuinely excited at the results or whether it was the sheer exultation of being on the show. Unfortunately, my gut feeling was that they were more excited about that than the item itself. Even Dr Oz seemed to be forcing himself to endorse the product, but that may simply be me. From what I actually saw, no matter what was said, I wasn't sure whether there was any difference. The various types of skin looked to be in fairly good shape to start with.
Dr Oz is a brilliant seller. He could sell sand in the desert. I like him, because of the enthusiasm that he brings to everything he does, but I am not sure I would follow all his recommendations. Some of them are way beyond my budget, both money wise and time wise. And this fits into that category.
What The Product Says It Will Do
Being women, we are always excited about any new treatment for our skin, especially the face. This Derma Wand does seem to have a lot of claims going for it. Here are some of them:
- ·If you have enlarged pores, the device oxygenates and reduces the size of them.
- ·The same with uneven tones.
- ·It smoothes wrinkles and lines by thermo-charging them.
- ·Tones saggy skin.
- ·Is inexpensive.
- ·For puffy eyes, or those with bags under them.
- ·Can be done at home, rather than at expensive salons.
I found more, but they were essentially the same, just worded differently.
How It Is Supposed To Work
By bringing to the surface all kinds of goodies in the lower layers of the skin. This happens by tiny electric charges acting like little fingers on the surface. This has been used apparently in big clinics for more than 40 years but was prohibitive in expense for DIY people at home. It also seems to energize the skin by giving it an output of oxygen, which it manufactures. Much the same as a soft tissue massage, I guess.
What I Thought About The Claims
On the whole, I thought, if it did all these things, then it was okay to use. I was unsure how it could oxygenate the skin, but that was because I once went to a salon, which said it would do the same. The complicated ritual concerned oxygen piped from some connection attached to the wall, which reminded me of hospitals and held close to my face. Not exactly reassuring!
I was rather piqued to find the benefits were described differently, but meant the same thing in its advertising.
I was not at all sure what thermo-charging was going to do to my skin. Fine, it was described as non-invasive, but still. Thermo to me refers to thermostats and they are connected to heat.
I'm afraid over $100 is not my idea of inexpensive. For that you get the wand, an explanation DVD, Instructions and the special Face Treatment. Okay. But what happens when you run out of this special cream? Do you have to buy that same cream again or can you use some other? Perhaps some aesthetician can tell me, not that I know what they do either.
Impartial Site Reviews
Impartial sites I checked, such as choice.com.au in general were not impressed, although the trial was only by 2 staff members. Each said the results were at best minimal, and no real difference was noted. But a sample of only 2 people is not really a sample, unless the staff consisted of 3.
RealSelf seemed unsure. Most of the questions here seemed to be where to buy it and if anyone had had any success with it. Of course, there was a review by the so-called inventor, but it was all over the place and did not really answer any question. The reviews that were positive were thrilled.
Makeupalley is much the same as the others, although the height of satisfaction and those who would recommend it were far greater.
In Conclusion
If the negatives had said exactly why they did not like it, it would have been so much easier to judge honestly. To simply say they saw no difference was not really a negative, because they did not say if they had used the special cream or if they had used it as instructed.
The positives were far more instructive, each saying which area had been improved, and recommending the this device to others.
I really think that I will personally use the wand. The only thing I see wrong so far is you are not told how long to keep using the wand, except you should see results in several weeks. Here's to that!


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Masterson's return to health, form key for Tribe
CLEVELAND -- For the Tribe, the first half of 2014 has been in part defined by its ever-changing rotation. Having a healthy and effective Justin Masterson back after the All-Star break would certainly be a step in the stabilizing direction.
Masterson, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday with right knee inflammation, threw another bullpen session off the mound on Sunday. The right-hander has struggled mightily with his command this season, posting a 5.51 ERA while issuing 56 walks in 98 innings, and his location issues have possibly been tied into his health.
"We would expect Justin to be back sooner," general manager Chris Antonetti said. "It could be within a week after the break. A lot of it will depend on how his throwing goes as he ramps up.
"What we'd like to do is get Justin to a point where he feels 100 percent healthy so he can get back to executing his delivery the way he was last year and not have anything lingering that could negatively affect that. He's made progress on that with [pitching coach Mickey Callaway] already. He's feeling good physically, he's thrown a couple of bullpens and the early results have been really encouraging."
Masterson is not eligible to come off the DL until July 23, and Antonetti noted that he could potentially make one rehab start before rejoining the big league club. Trevor Bauer has already been announced as Friday's starter to open the second half, and Corey Kluber will start Game 1 of Cleveland's doubleheader with the Tigers on Saturday.
The team has not yet revealed its Game 2 starter, though a logical option would be Danny Salazar, who has compiled a 4.50 ERA in nine games with Triple-A Columbus since being demoted in May.
"He's in a much better spot now than he was earlier in the year," Antonetti said. "His delivery's much more consistent and in line with where it was in the second half [last year]. Now what we're trying to do is have him repeat those mechanics -- not only from outing to outing, but inning to inning and pitch to pitch.
"He's made a lot of progress and we're expecting him to contribute in the second half."
But even amid the injury to Masterson and the first-half inconsistencies out of Salazar and Zach McAllister, the Indians have been able to mostly weather the storm. Bauer and rookie T.J. House have both stepped in from the Minor Leagues and provided the team with quality starts, Josh Tomlin has proven solid in his first full season back from Tommy John surgery and Kluber (9-6, 3.01 ERA) has become a true ace.
"I think that's a testament to the organization as a whole, as to the depth they have at starting pitching," Tomlin said. "It's tough to go a whole season without having any setbacks, injuries, things like that."
With McAllister pitching like his old self in Saturday's three-run, seven-inning outing, the only piece left to put back into place is Masterson.
"Trevor's made strides. T.J. House came up and contributed. Yesterday was an encouraging start for Zach," Antonetti said. "We really need to get Masty back on track."
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Shares of Fushi Copperweld (FSIN) are up 20% year to date, having been up only slightly for the year when Muddy Waters Research labeled the company a fraud risk in April. That had sent the stock down substantially. Muddy Waters has had success in the past identifying fraudulent Chinese companies and tends to draw a significant reaction in the market when it releases a report. The stock has since more than recovered, with a state-owned lender providing enough capital to execute a transaction that will acquire all Fushi Copperweld shares for $9.50 apiece, a small premium to Wednesday's closing price of $9.29. According to its most recent 10-Q, a vote on the transaction (which is technically a merger) will occur Dec. 11. The board has recommended that the transaction be approved.
The producer of wires and cables with copper coatings has seen business stagnate. In the third quarter, revenue was down slightly from the same period in 2011, continuing a trend from the first half of the year. In addition, operating expenses were up substantially, and so the company's earnings slipped 14%. Some of this was probably due to weaker Chinese growth (about 80% of Fushi's sales are to Chinese customers). Cash flow from operations plummeted in the first nine months of 2012: $16 million vs. $40 million in the first nine months of last year. Fushi reported a total of $218 million in cash and cash equivalents on its balance sheet....245 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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BOSTON -- The Red Sox placed Xander Bogaerts on the seven-day concussion DL after Sunday's game against the Mariners and selected the contract of infielder Carlos Rivero from Triple-A Pawtucket.
Bogaerts underwent tests earlier in the day before the club made its final decision. He was hit in the head with an 88-mph changeup Friday night by Mariners right-hander Felix Hernandez.
"He still has some symptoms from a mild concussion. Until they subside or clear up, we've got to go through the protocol to get him cleared," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "He'll be inactive for those seven days at a minimum."
Bogaerts won't travel to Toronto for the team's series against the Blue Jays, but expects to be with the club in St. Petersburg to face the Rays later in the week.
"It's been getting better. I feel good. I just need to make sure I am fully healthy when I come back," Boagerts said. "I'm just listening to the training staff. I've never dealt with something like this."
David Ortiz, also the victim of a hit-by-pitch, was in the Red Sox lineup Sunday while battling a swollen elbow. Mariners reliever Charlie Furbush hit the slugger with a fastball just above the left elbow in the sixth inning Saturday.
But Ortiz left Sunday's game against Seattle in the sixth inning, as well. This exit came after sustaining a right foot contusion.
The Red Sox slugger fouled a first-pitch fastball off the top of his right foot in the fourth and needed nearly two minutes to shake it off and continue his at-bat. He struck out for the second out of that inning.
In the sixth, he nearly went deep, but his line drive off Joe Beimel bounced off the right-field wall and stayed in play. Ortiz hobbled to first, not even thinking about trying to take two, and Kelly Johnson came on to pinch-run for him.
"He's day to day. Foul ball off the foot. Obviously, after he hits a ball off the wall in right he can only get to first base. It's a contusion," Farrell said. "The fluoroscan at this point proved negative -- no fractures of any kind based on that test. We'll check him once we get to the ballpark tomorrow and obviously throughout the night tonight."
Ortiz's presence in the middle of the lineup was severely missed in the bottom of the ninth inning. With the Mariners clinging to a two-run lead, Johnson came up in Ortiz's spot with the bases loaded and two out, striking out to end the game.
"Anytime you lose David Ortiz out of your lineup, it's a hole. And that's not to take anything away from Kelly Johnson, who doubled in his first at-bat," Farrell said. "We'd like to have David up at the plate more often than the four or five times a night to begin with. It's someone that we miss who's been a main cog in our offense daily and year to date. Hopefully, this is just a short-lived loss in the lineup for him."
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Billie Joe Armstrong may still be in rehab, but thanks to the magic of pre-taped television, the Green Day singer begins his previously announced run as a mentor for Team Christina on 'The Voice' tonight (Oct. 8) at 8PM ET. Signing up to advise 'Voice' coach Christina Aguilera on the reality singing competition show may not have been an obvious move, but Armstrong insists it works.
"I think it's going really good," he tells 'Voice' social media correspondent Christina Milian in a promotional video for the show. "I think we're a good pairing, and it's been great." Armstrong definitely seems excited to share his unconventional influences with the young singers vying for stardom through the hit NBC show.
"It's not the usual suspects that might be on the show; I mean there's voices I liked, anywhere from Paul Westerberg, Bob Mould and Johnny Rotten and people like that," he says when asked about the singers who inspired him, half-smirking in the process as he realizes that Milian probably is not the least bit familiar with the Replacements leader, the Sugar frontman or the Sex Pistols icon. "It's kinda the non-singer singers — maybe a little Bob Dylan — it's mostly people that deliver a statement more than do a vocal performance."
We're not quite sure how a so-called "statement" will go down on a show that mostly favors the "vocal performance," but if nothing else, Billie Joe seems lucid in the promo video, so we expect his advice to at least be sincere, if not especially valuable in terms of helping someone win the show. Then again, Armstrong has sold millions of records, so who are we to say his tips won't prove worthwhile?


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Seth Pepper, a principal with Tuscon, Ariz.-based Agriculture Energies, said independent energy sources such as solar power especially make sense for agricultural businesses because they can lower operating costs across the entire operation, from irrigation systems to cold rooms for finished product.
The company, founded in 2007, exclusively serves agricultural clients. Pepper said one of its goals is to help agricultural operations lock in energy costs. In some scenarios, switching to solar can even boost bottom lines because they can sell excess power to local utility companies.
"In the agriculture business community there are many prices you can't control, like crop prices, but owners can gain control of their operating costs through independent energy," Senior systems designer Chuck Helmke said.
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I ordered the Atheros AR5BHB9 and hopefully it will just work when i get it.
The only 2 things I dont have working are the SD Card Reader and Adjustable Brightness.
For the SD Card Reader it sounds like no one has gotten that to work and to be honest, i dont care much about it. But for the Adjustable Brightness i have tried using the DSDT.aml from the "Extra" folder of your "W510-Files.zip" as well as the other DSDT.aml file from your https://www.dropbox....r-Thinkpads.zip since mine is the
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CLEVELAND -- Twins first baseman Joe Mauer was out of the lineup for the second straight day on Tuesday.
Mauer left Sunday's game with back spasms, and he not sure of when he can return to the lineup. But after Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Indians, Mauer said he is seeing some important signs of progress.
"I was able to put on my shoes today, so that was a bonus," Mauer said. "It's moving in the right direction."
Minnesota's training staff has put Mauer through a heavy regimen of stretching and warm compress since Sunday, but he still has not performed any baseball activity.
"If I come in tomorrow feeling good, I might be able to get out in the field and do some baseball stuff, which will be good," Mauer said. "It still hasn't changed. It's day to day. I'd like to get a bat in my hand ... before I get out there and compete."
Mauer had back pain prior to Sunday's series finale against the Orioles, but he hoped to play through it. In the third inning, though, Minnesota's All-Star first baseman knew something more serious was afoot.
"During the game when I came out, we tried to calm it down as best we could," Mauer said. "When I was swinging in BP, I noticed it was dragging a little bit. When I tried to get ready for the game, it came out pretty hard. I tried to stay out there and tried to get it loose, but the more I did, the more I aggravated it."
Chris Colabello has played first base in Mauer's absence, but made an error that led to a run on Tuesday.
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Hi One and All,
I was recently emailed by a user of this site, who, considering my prolonged period of silence had to prod gently about my status. With CC, you are better, the same or worse- with the same or worse not that great and better not that common. I answered her back, not sparing her my particular brand of unreserved observations, recommendations, insights, delights, kvetches and humor about CC, cancer, medical treatment in the USA currently and life & death overall. As perfectionist and caring guy, you can just imagine how all the errors, blunders, stupidity, rigidity and mess-ups drive me crazy. Because they hurt people.
My CC health is great. On a scale of 100, I give it a 98. My CA 19-9, 120 before the Whipple, has run 4-12 since. My PET, CAT and MRI scans are totally clear, and they are the full series ($14,000/scan). I have no symptoms of any kind. Notably, I have nothing from the Whipple itself- no adhesions, inner scaring I can detect, digestive problems, or need for insulin. Some top docs told me my Whipple is the best healing incision of that type they ever saw, and these are senior dermo's and surgeons, so I feel very lucky. I have a tiny bit of pulling at the scarline that is relieved with a kind of pinching massage to break up tight tissue.
At 66 and with a vast history of bodily adventure, I am slowly falling apart elsewhere with bone-on-bone hips, foraminal stenosis, Barrett's Esophagus (that can develop into esophageal ca, just a notch better than cc on the cancer continuum) and varying health squawks. I do my best to treat them according to what my body likes. Most of us just supplicate ourselves before The Doc and do what our insurance will pay for. Because I don't, I vex certain docs and spend tons on alternative medicines and have to work very, very hard.
I am most upset with our crazed 'health care system' which is a series of different systems for different kinds of people, and woe betide those who are one of the 'wrong' kinds. It overtakes one's entire life in the final years as we spend so much time and money in clinics and shuffling between tests. Historically, traditionally, we live until we die, do the best we can, pay what we can and hope insurance and the government step in. But along come drugs at $30,000/injection and a few other things, and we find out we can run out of money before we can run out of physical life. What are our choices?
I never considered this that much. I never thought it was literally "Pay or Die", but I believe so now. I have wealthy friends who only worry over physical health as they have enough money. But I also have ones who have to choose between treatment options or running totally out of money at some senior age like 75. Who wants to old, wobbly, unemployable and flat broke? Some are literally mapping out their remaining time and money so they enjoy quality time now and maybe chop off the messy last years when they might become little more than medical specimens racing from one doctor or hospital to another while inevitably on the way down no matter what they are doing.
For me this is especially troubling. I had hoped to retire and do OK in a modest way during my final years. But I still need to work at 66. Medicare would have been great had I been on it when I got CC and had the Whipple, so I didn't have to shell out that extra $122,000 this cancer cost me out of pocket. My pancreatic enzyme is around $475/mo. even on the Medicare supplement drug plan. I can run up $500-3000 in alternative medical expenses/mo. without blinking. If I cut back on these, I fear I am compromising my health. If I don't, I fear running out of money. I can almost see a cartoon panel of me in a few years exulting over 'beating cancer' as they wheel me into a dilapidated nursing home nestled in a slum neighborhood where the streets teem with packs of wild dogs and carjackings. "Cancer couldn't get him, but the economics of the current US healthcare system could- and did", I don't want my epitaph to read, but I could be heading in that direction.
So, I remain around, obstreperous and cantankerous as ever, wishing things to be better, certainly for CC patients, and willing to work toward anything that helps. Anyone is free to write me on this site or at email@example.com.
Jeff Gold