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CHICAGO (August 6, 2014) — In conjunction with the Center on Halsted and Section 8 Chicago, the Chicago Fire Soccer Club will host its Third Annual LGBT Pride Night on Sunday, August 10 as the Men in Red take on the New York Red Bulls. With kick-off at Toyota Park set for 7 p.m. CT, Pride Night will feature, discounted tickets for LGBT organizations, Pride-themed elements within game presentation, and more.
"Our annual Pride Night is an opportunity to partner with great organizations like the Center on Halsted who do great work in the LGBT community," said Chicago Fire COO Atul Kholsa. "From participating in Chicago's Annual Pride Parade to hosting Pride Night at Toyota Park over the past three years, the Club is committed to promoting inclusivity on and off the pitch."
"Center on Halsted is excited to partner with the Chicago Fire Soccer Club for LGBTQ Pride Night on August 10," added Modesto "Tico" Valle, Center on Halsted CEO. "Chicago Fire has been a great supporter of the LGBT community and we are excited to join not only for this game, but also in support of our mission to secure the health and wellbeing of the LGBT people of Chicagoland."
For discounted tickets to the match, LGBT groups may contact the Chicago Fire Front Office at 888-MLS-FIRE. A portion of the ticket proceeds will benefit the Center on Halsted. For general ticket information, visit www.chicago-fire.com.

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Ben Cohen — who'd hoped to be half of the show's first same-sex couple — finally fulfilled everyone's other wish by pulling off the Lycra and sequins and dancing shirtless for his sixth official dance on the U.K. reality competition, Strictly Come Dancing.
While dancing the paso doble to "Supermassive Black Hole" with co-contestant Kristina, Cohen looks like a beefy toreador as he spins and kneels and whirls and twirls.
"Thank you all so much for all the support!! It is really overwhelming," the former rugby star wrote on Facebook.
By the way, the British gay ally and antibullying activist's score—which qualified him to stick around for yet another week—was higher than scores for his previous cha cha, waltz, rumba, salsa, and quickstep. And could it because he wasn't afraid to flash some fur?
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Friday, June 12, 2009 | 7 p.m.
- What: UFC's first show in Germany (Main Event: Wanderle Silva vs. Rich Franklin)
- When: Saturday, June 13, Noon PT
- Where: Cologne, Germany
- TV: Pay-per-view
Beyond the Sun
Wanderlei Silva is one of the most popular mixed martial artists of all time. The Brazilian's go-for-broke style and fearless attitude has earned "The Axe Murderer" fans across the globe.
Problem is, sometimes Silva's ultra-aggressive attitude puts him in compromising situations where he, and not his opponent, is laying face down via a brutal knockout.
Three of Silva's last five fights have ended this way, with him on the receiving end — including a December highlight reel KO to Quinton "Rampage" Jackson at the MGM Grand.
While reporters this week in Germany seem to think the 33-year-old is closer to hanging up the gloves, Silva insists he's not ready to be a full-time trainer just yet.
"I love to fight, this is so exciting for me. This is my life," said Silva, now training out of his newly opened Las Vegas-based gym, Wand Fight Team.
"The emotion that I have going into the Octagon and from the crowd is unbelievable. It's priceless."
And can sometimes lead to those unexpected encounters with the canvas. Granted, Silva's four losses have come at the hands of Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović, Chuck Liddell, Jackson and Dan Henderson -- elites in the sport to be sure.
But Silva thinks he can control his emotions, yet still keep his aggressive striking style.
"Sometimes I put my heart in front of my technique," Silva said. "Now my coach talks to me: 'Easy, easy, easy.'"
Silva will get his latest test against another UFC vet Saturday when he takes on 34-year-old Rich Franklin in a catch weight bout at 195 pounds at UFC 99 in Cologne, Germany.
"I'm so happy to have my first main event in the UFC," said Silva, whose lone win in the UFC since returning in 2007 came with a first-round KO of Keith Jardine at UFC 84 in Las Vegas.
"This is great for me. I respect my opponent. He's a great fighter. I know me and him are going to give a great show for the fans."
While both Silva and Franklin have showed the utmost respect for one another, Franklin trained for this match with Silva's former friend and training partner, Anderson Silva. The two Silvas have had a falling out and a win by Wanderlei could set up a future grudge match.
"I tried to keep myself out of any of the, you know, personal battle that was going on between the two of them. I was just looking for a good resource to use to help me prep for this fight," said Franklin, who suffered two brutal losses at the hands of his new trainer partner, Anderson.
"And you know I learned a few things while I was out there, and, all in all, it was a decent camp."
Silva is looking for more than a decent showing against Franklin, but says even if his career is on the line that he's not ready to quit.
"A few years ago I was at the end of the line (of fighters to retire)," Silva told SI.com. "Now I am at the front of the line.
"If (UFC president Dana White) comes to me and says to stop, I will respect this. But after my next fight, you'll see, he will say, 'Please don't stop.'"
Andy Samuelson can be reached at email@example.com or 702-948-7837.


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Until very recently, there were not many good documentaries about the AIDS crisis. In the past few years, a number have been produced to mostly wide acclaim, with How to Survive a Plague reaching the pinnacle: an Academy Award nomination for best documentary. Although it didn't take home the prize this past Sunday, it seems the story is far from over. America may be getting its first mini-series about an embarrassing period in recent history that many in mainstream media have tried to erase or forget while playing lip service to the ongoing epidemic.
"It's still very early. We don't know how long it will be for example, so we're still working those details out," France told EW. "But I have been working on the story and on the script for some time, and I think it's going to allow us the luxury of being able to tell the story around the kind of activity that brought us to the end of the plague, and to find out what is left for us."
"We know we'd like it to be an extended story that's not just about AIDS and what AIDS wrought but about this tremendous civil rights movement that grew from the ashes of AIDS and the dawn of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement," France told The Hollywood Reporter. He's had the idea of a TV adaptation for more than a year but most television networks have shied away from that genre.
Disney-owned ABC hasn't aired a miniseries since 2008's A Raisin in the Sun, which starred Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad, and Audra McDonald.
"ABC is the network of Roots," France said, referencing the Emmy-winning African slave landmark television event of 1977. "For ABC, this is a continuation of a dialogue that they've had with their viewers and with history, and that to me was the most decisive and convincing fact in our discussion -- this idea that we can do that again and that we can be that for the gay community."
According to new producer John Lyons, audiences can expect an array of never-before-seen footage from the 1980s and '90s. "These activists may have had to train themselves for the battle, but they were incredibly media savvy and were constantly filming everything," Lyons explained. "So there's this treasure trove of this archival material, which we think can be cleverly introduced into the storytelling."
While this is a narrative to inspire optimism, it hasn't all been good for those involved in How to Survive a Plague. As the New York Times recently detailed in a surprisingly frank and honest story in the Sunday Styles section by Jacob Bernstein, AIDS activist Spencer Cox, who is featured in the documentary, didn't surive to see all of the acclaim.
As Bernstein writes about the tragedy of Cox's death on December 18, 2012:
Was it "pill fatigue," a term applied to patients who grow exhausted taking a variety of medications daily and then become noncompliant? Why would Mr. Cox devote his life to obtaining lifesaving medications for people all over the world, only to stop taking them himself?
Was Mr. Cox trying to kill himself after several years in which the side effects had been nearly as bad as the disease? Or could crystal meth have been to blame?
The answer may be more complicated than any of them acknowledged.
We can probably expect to see the miniseries dedicated to his memory as well as the millions who have died due to AIDS and HIV-related issues.


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New Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen says he likes the new logo on the jersey, but not because of the colors.
Guillen showed NBC Miami's Jackie Nespral that when the jersey folds in the center, "Miami" can become "Mami."
"Sometimes when this thing closes it looks like 'Mami,'" he said, laughing.
With the uniforms ready, Guillen is looking forward to the new season.
"It is a great feeling," Guillen said. "I think what this organization put together with the new park, the new place they bring up here, I think it was an opportunity for me to come back to try to help and win another championship."
Guillen hopes his love for the sport will transpire into wins.
"You walk around spring training and the first thing you see is two championship trophies," Guillen said. "Not that many people know that, and hopefully we get number three pretty soon."
His ebullient love for the game is obvious. Guillen, who was once the assistant manger of the Florida Marlins, has been called intense and passionate.
"That passion would sometimes get me in trouble, but the trouble is not because of the passion, the trouble is because I am so honest," Guillen said. "I am so truthful to people and sometimes people don't like to hear the truth."
At the end of the day Ozzie says you can also call him a good guy.
"People think I am crazy," he said. "I'm not crazy. Listen, I never beat my wife, I've been married for 30 years with the same woman, my kids all have college degrees, I've never been caught drinking and driving, I pay my taxes."
Guillen has had to deal with many egos in his career, including Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano.
"He is the toro, the bull," he said. "I am the matador, the bullfighter. Just put it that easily. I want him to get upset. I want him to be mad. I want him to keep his passion when he's on the mound."
Guillen said he respects owner Jeffrey Loria, who recently said that his hairs were standing up on his arm when he came to spring training camp a few days ago.
"I think this man has a lot of passion for the game," he said. "I like that. He cares about his team, he cares about his players, he cares about the community."
Guillen, who became the first Hispanic manager in major league history to win a World Series with the White Sox in 2005, is proud of his Venezuelan roots, and had much to say about Hugo Chavez.
"You know what, I wish him the best because he is a human being and something I always say is 'I don't mind if you love me or hate me, but you respect me,'" he said. "Chavez is the president of my country. Either we like it or not. Either you are here or there. But I don't think we should wish anyone badly. Hopefully when he comes out of surgery, everything goes back to normal in the country and we show people around the world we are very smart people. My question is why he got the surgery in Cuba. But that's his problem. He is a father and a son. Is he a good guy? Who knows. Is he a good president? Who knows. I don't even care."


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They call it New Tijuana. Located in Chula Vista, Calif., East Lake Terrace embraces Mexican immigrants who've fled across the border from nearby Tijuana to escape crime and violence. Surrounded by new businesses, pricey homes built by immigrant laborers and a nice park with ample sports facilities, the neighborhood is one manifestation of the border's new, largely silent migration.
Christian Ramirez, coordinator of migration programs for the American Friends Service Committee, said the affluent immigrants differ from the working-class migrants who have established roots in Barrio Logan and other parts of San Diego County.
"You can see perfectly the confection of two different worlds in the Mexicans who escape because of the economic situation and those who come here looking to avoid a kidnapping," Ramirez told a Mexican reporter.
Maria Flores knows the story. The wife of a small trucking firm operator who was kidnapped back in 2006, Flores now runs the business by "remote control" from the safe quarters of Chula Vista.
A video camera in a business situated across the street from Pedro Flores' firm captured the man's detention by a group of about 20 men wearing uniforms of the old Federal Agency for Investigations. Many residents suspect police of being behind numerous kidnappings in the Tijuana area.
According to Flores, the owner of the neighboring business was likewise kidnapped and now lives "completely mutilated" in Chula Vista. For Flores, exile amid her husband's continued disappearance has meant a life of anxiety and "spiritual death."
The migration of Tijuana's well-to-do took off after 2005, when kidnapping soared 300 percent in one year, according to one estimate.
Coinciding with the municipal administration of Tijuana Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon (2004- 2007), the next few years witnessed an escalation of narco-violence as well as the deployment of the Mexican army. At the same time, Tijuana's tourism industry continued in a downward spiral, giving another impetus to migration.
Considering the tightened U.S. border security after 9-11 as the prelude to curtains, Juan Palombo Saucedo of the Tijuana Association of Tourism Merchants said subsequent security measures by the US and Mexican governments combined with media reports of violence sealed the last nails on the coffin of the Revolution Avenue tourist district.
Overall, more than 13,000 Tijuana businesses have shuttered their doors since 2007, said Mario Escobedo, president of the Tijuana Chamber of Commerce.
Tijuana's famed tourist quarter experienced the same fate as another border town that once greeted U.S. visitors, Ciudad Juarez, where a doomsday-like dialectic of economic crisis, public insecurity and tougher border crossings deprived many people of a means of making a living and encouraged middle and upper-class migration across the border.
Ironically, the moneyed migration sprouted seeds of business activity in places like Chula Vista and El Paso, Texas, precisely at a time when the Great Recession was shriveling up the economic landscape elsewhere in the United States.
Mexican authorities like Jose Francisco Blake Mora, the Baja California state government secretary who was named the Calderon administration's new Interior Minister on July 14, argue that the public safety situation in Tijuana is improving. Chamber of Commerce official Escobedo concurred with Blake to an extent, adding that no businessmen have been kidnapped in 2010.
"That's not to say things are resolved, because we can't deny that many people emigrate for (violence-related) reasons," Escobedo was recently quoted. "Nonetheless, I believe that things are getting better little by little and some of those who left are beginning to return."
General Alfonso Duarte Mugica, commander of the Second Military Zone, recently contended that security forces have dismantled the major drug cartels that, with the collusion of Tijuana's now-purged municipal police, strode about the border city like "Pedro in His House," as the old Mexican saying goes.
Case in point: the Baja California attorney general's office announced this week the capture of six men linked to 32 murders allegedly committed at the behest of Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, a former lieutenant of the Arellano Felix organization who split off from the old cartel and is now detained by the Mexican government.
General Duarte said the bigger syndicates have been replaced by smaller bands of delinquents from Guadalajara, Monterrey and other places.
Fernando Ocegueda Flores, secretary-general of the Citizens Association Against Impunity, a group which represents relatives of disappeared and kidnapped persons, challenged the notion of an improved public safety conditions.
In an interview with the Mexican press, Ocegueda said kidnappers have grown less picky and now snatch small business people and market vendors for ransoms ranging from $4,000 to $8,000. In addition to the San Diego area, Mexican families have fled north to Los Angeles and south to other parts of Mexico, the human rights activist added.
Felix Velez, head of Mexico's National Population Council (Conapo,) said this week that the Mexican government does not know how many people have abandoned their homes for the US and other destinations because of narco or criminal violence. According to Conapo, 108.4 million people inhabited Mexico as of mid-2010. The number was up from 107.5 million in 2009. About 12 million persons born in Mexico now live in the US, Velez said.
Frontera NorteSur (FNS): on-line, U.S.-Mexico border news Center for Latin American and Border Studies New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico.


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by Sam Collins | November 26, 2013 7:36 am
On Monday, the Dow industrials managed to hold on to a small gain and record a new record high. And the Nasdaq jumped above 4,000 for the first time in 13 years but couldn't retain it at the close.
The emphasis of light institutional buying was focused on the blue chips with Wal-Mart (WMT[1]) getting most of the attention. The world's largest retailer gained 0.8% after making a new intraday high but couldn't hold the new high at the close. Most traders attributed the sluggish trading to a traditionally low-volume day in a holiday week, and they expect volume to remain light throughout the Thanksgiving week.
Social media stocks were hit with losses with Facebook (FB[2]) off 3.1%, Yelp (YELP[3]) down 6.7%, and Twitter (TWTR[4]) sliding 4.7%. Their losses were attributed to profit-taking.
At Monday's close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 8 points to 16,073, the S&P 500 fell 2 points to 1,802, and the Nasdaq rose 3 points to 3,995. The NYSE primary market traded 625 million shares with total volume of 2.9 billion shares, and the Nasdaq traded total volume of 1.8 billion shares.
The Nasdaq made a new 13-year intraday high but failed to hold above the round number of 4,000. However, support is close at hand at 3,966, and its MACD is within a fraction of a new buy signal.
Several commentators made much of the S&P 500 hanging at the top of its Bollinger Bands. But new highs are generally made hugging the upper Band. When prices fall from the upper band, it is time to be concerned.
Conclusion: The worrywarts were out in droves again Monday. Those who have not participated in this, the greatest bull market in years, just can't accept the fact the stocks are still headed north without them, and so they continue to pass on their justifications for not being invested.
They continue to miss the major reason for the bull market — the Fed's determination to follow an easy-money policy and continue injecting capital into the markets. Those who fight the Fed and the major market trend will continue to miss out on the greatest opportunity to make money in stocks in decades.
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Shortstop a daily evaluation for Francona
Shortstop a daily evaluation for Francona
Scutaro, who had four hits in Tuesday's 14-0 win over the Blue Jays, was back in the lineup Wednesday. The fact that he was 5-for-9 lifetime against Jays righty Brandon Morrow had as much to do with that as the four-hit game. Scutaro promptly went 2-for-4 with three RBIs in Boston's 11-10 loss.
Perhaps Lowrie will start Thursday, when the Sox face lefty Ricky Romero. Lowrie has been drastically better against lefties (.347 average) than righties (.220).
Does Francona envision having a primary shortstop as the club gets closer to the postseason?
"You know what, I don't know," Francona said. "I guess it depends on how we're playing and how guys are playing. I understand the question. I just don't know how to answer it three weeks ahead of time. It seems like things change daily, if not weekly."
Francona will continue to take all the information he has and try to make the best decision each day.
"I guess I would just fall back on the answer -- I'll put us in what I think is in our best position to win," Francona said. "We'll see what that is. I don't think it's necessary to have one guy be the shortstop. At the same time, maybe there's a hot hand. I don't know. We'll see."
Lowrie last played on Saturday, but had to exit when he had recurring stiffness in his left shoulder, an injury that had him on the disabled list earlier in the year.
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Junior Jen Dumiak is all business on the court for the La Costa Canyon High girls basketball team. She even uses an accountant's jargon to state her approach to the game.
"Winning is the bottom line," Dumiak said. "Stats don't matter if you're not winning. It's all about winning and playing as a team, not being selfish."
Dumiak helped the Mavericks enjoy a most profitable year last season. She led he team in assists and ranked second in scoring as La Costa Canyon claimed the San Diego Section Division I championship for the first time.
Now, as a three-year starter, the 5-foot-10 guard has worked to upgrade her game in the Mavericks' quest for a repeat title. She began last week averaging 18.5 points a game for La Costa Canyon (9-1).
"She's a very dedicated player," coach John Labeta said. "She puts a lot of time and effort into improving herself every day. She's usually the last one to leave the gym floor when we finish practice. She leads by example."
Dumiak, who received All-Avocado League first-team honors last season, is a team captain this season with senior guards Brooke Berry and Alissa Clark.
"Jen helps the whole team," Clark said. "She's a good leader, and she steps up when she needs to. She's aggressive and very competitive, which is especially good when you're in the heat of the moment."
Such was the case in the section title game, when Dumiak scored seven of her 15 points in the fourth quarter to help the Mavericks pull away from Poway 47-33 for their 16th straight victory on their way to a 24-6 record. She averaged 10.3 points and 4.4 assists a game last season.
Among the teammates celebrating the crown with Dumiak was her old sister, Danielle, now concentrating on studies at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The two began playing basketball in Sparta, N.J.
"It's just fun," Jen Dumiak said. "It always has been. I enjoy it."
Dumiak played on teams that lost just one game during her three years of middle school in her former hometown. When her family moved to San Diego County, she was set to join the Mavericks varsity.
"As a freshman, there are no worries,'' Dumiak said. "You just go out as a freshman, and no one expects anything from you as the newcomer. Your junior year is a big year. Now that I'm an upperclassman, there's more pressure on me to do things.''
Dumiak geared up for this season by scrimmaging against boys in the summer, conditioning with a personal trainer and then competing with the LCC cross-country team for the third straight fall.
The Mavericks have gone to a three-guard attack this season. Dumiak not only helps direct the offense but also uses her height on defense to guard a forward. Berry and Clark play the other guard spots with 6-4 Madisen Irwin at center.
Last month, the Mavericks won the Kiwanis Tournament title.
"It's been a fun year," Dumiak said. "We're trying to enjoy it with our seniors this season. We all get along, and we all do stuff outside school together. That's what makes it fun. We're all close."
That, too, is the bottom line for Dumiak and the Mavericks.


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President Obama circumvented Senate Republicans and made a recess appointment of Richard Cordray to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In making the appointment he explained that we "shouldn't be weakening oversight and accountability, we should be strengthening it–especially when it comes to looking out for families."
This year saw a regulation capping the interchange card issuers were able to earn on a debit card transaction come into effect for the first time in history.
While the newly launched Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has received considerable attention and criticism, the focus for most credit unions is on the NCUA's Office of Consumer Protection.
On a party-line vote, the Senate Banking Committee voted to confirm former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to be the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The ailing $6 million Mission SF Federal Credit Union of San Francisco was seized over the weekend by NCUA and awarded to Self-Help FCU of Durham, N.C.


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I made the trek down to Detroit Tuesday morning, bright and early, with my father. I needed a ride to the Motor City and he - pardon the pun - stepped up to the plate. It was, in a way, fitting that The Baseball Road Trip Of A Lifetime began with my Dad and I taking in the matinee between the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park; I'm glad it worked out that way.
You see, and I wrote about this last Father's Day at Sports And The City, my father is the furthest thing from a baseball fan. The game is meaningless, and likely trivial, to him. Having moved to Toronto in 1985, from India via Kuwait, at 32 with a wife and two young boys, he didn't bother striking up a relationship with the Blue Jays, or Maple Leafs. (He's a smarter man than I.) A workaholic, he had other, more important things to do, such as provide for his family. But those two young boys of his, they loved baseball. And while my father and I didn't play catch in the yard or watch games on television together, he and my mother made sure to take us, my older brother and I, to as many Blue Jays games as possible, because there wasn't much we enjoyed more than an afternoon, or an evening, at the ball park.
My parents spent a lot of time and a lot of money on a game they couldn't care less about, and it's something I appreciate greatly to this day. One of the reasons I'm so enamored with baseball today is because I know, especially in Toronto, that it's something a family of four can do together without breaking the bank. The Toronto Blue Jays are and likely will forever remain the most affordable entertainment in town.
Thanks for the ride, the tickets, the food, and the beer, Dad.
Comerica Park
She's a beauty. And you can't say that about a lot of places in downtown Detroit. I'm certainly not used to watching baseball outdoors in April, and at game time it was a cool and wet 48 degrees Fahrenheit. Our seats, scalped for $20 a piece, were five rows from right field on the first base side, and were graciously wiped down by an usher. If yesterday was any indication, the rowdy folks sit nearby, in the outfield seats just behind Magglio Ordonez. Three rather inebriated fellows were giving it to Royals right fielder David DeJesus all afternoon. During a pitching change in the 8th inning, the three of them were dancing to the in-stadium tunes and "making it rain," as the kids say, something I found rather ironic, you know, being in Detroit and all.
The concession stands situation at Comerica Park is top-notch. Beer and hot dog stands litter the concourse; they're everywhere. Even though only 18,000 and change showed up Tuesday afternoon, I can't imagine ever waiting too long in line for a drink or some food. The Rogers Centre could learn a thing or two from Comerica Park. And, in what I'm quite certain will be a trend on this trip, the beer's cheaper in Detroit than it is in Toronto: $7 a pint. The hot dogs and sausages, with roasted green peppers and onions, which I'd definitely recommend, are better, too.
There's something for everyone at Comerica: rides for the kids, open air picnic areas, the Fly Ball Ferris Wheel, and a ton of Detroit Tigers history. "Walk of Fame" displays are all around the main concourse, and, behind the wall in left cente field, you'll find huge stainless steel statues of some of the greatest Tigers of all time, including Hank Greenberg, Ty Cobb, and Al Kaline.
I learned something yesterday: if I compare every minute detail at every ball park to the experience in Toronto on #TBRTOAL, I might never attend another game at the Rogers Centre. So I'm going to do my best and quit doing that.
The Game
Making the Kansas City Royals look good is no easy task, but Dontrelle Willis found a way to do it. The Royals hit him hard, scattering nine hits, including two home runs, in Willis' five innings on the mound. The D-Train, along with his 1.91 WHIP and .348 opponents batting average, remains a shadow of his former Florida Marlins self.
It took a while, six and a half innings, but the Royals did eventually morph back into, well, the Royals. Up by five runs, Kansas City allowed Detroit to strike for six runs in their half of the seventh inning. The rattled Royals didn't have a prayer, which was great news for both my father and I. By the middle of the eighth frame our 6:30 AM wake up call, five hour drive, and two afternoon beers had caught up to us. We were both in dire need of a nap, and, while we didn't say it, I'm sure both of us were praying the game wouldn't go to extra innings.
Tough Times
It's one thing to read and hear about the harsh economic times that have hit Detroit. It's another to experience them firsthand. The surrounding area by our downtown hotel, the Westin Cadillac, was full of boarded up stores and office buildings. I was there for less than 24 hours, but from what I saw the streets were mostly deserted, morning, noon and night. Here's hoping the Detroit Red Wings enjoy a fruitful NHL playoffs, and that the Tigers do well in 2010. Detroit could use a parade, or two.


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It's so hard to talk about the great things in my life when so many families are dealing with hardships in Oklahoma. I'm a total sap when I hear a touching story or see a sad picture. Now that I have my own child these stories move me even more. I look around and see my beautiful house standing along with the others in our subdivision. Our dogs are running around the yard and house without a care in the world. Olivia is rolling all over the floor and my husband and I are relaxing with a beer in our hands on our back porch. These are the simple moments in life that can instantly be torn from any one of us with out notice.
I know that WE WANT to help out any way that we can and many others do too. Ree wrote several ways of helping out on her blog yesterday and I highly suggest taking some time to see how you can help donate to families in need.
With all of these storms popping up lately it definitely makes you take a step back and realize just how IMPORTANT family time really is. It's not the materialistic things in life that makes us happy but LIFE itself.
These chicken pesto sandwiches are perfect for Summer and getting your family together to spend time in the backyard.
Enjoy ~ Meagan
Chicken Pesto Sandwich
Grilled chicken topped with bacon, cheese and of course pesto then smashed between a pretzel bun.
1 large chicken breast, sliced in half
salt and pepper
2 pretzel buns
4 slices of baked bacon
2 slices Colby-Pepper Jack Cheese
2 tsp basil pesto
2 slices tomato
Preheat the grill.
Sprinkle both sides of the chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
Place on the grill and cook until done (about 15-20 minutes)
When chicken is almost done place the pretzel buns face down onto the grill to toast.
Remove the buns and slather the top portion with the basil pesto.
Build the sandwich with bun, chicken, bacon, cheese, tomato, pesto and top bun.
If you are looking to make pretzel buns yourself I highly recommend you check out this recipe.


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CORONADO - Two San Diego-based Navy ships departed Tuesday on a six- month deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group in the Western Pacific.
The Mustin and the Antietam, which left North Island Naval Base Coronado in the midmorning, will accompany five other ships and a submarine that make up the Bremerton, Wash.-based strike group, officials said.
The Mustin is a 9,300-ton, 509-foot guided missile destroyer with a crew of about 380. The guided-missile cruiser Antietam weighs 9,600 tons, is 567 feet long and carries about 400 personnel.
The ships are scheduled to return to San Diego this summer.


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in Java. It can be used to develop code in Java, HTML, XML, JSP,
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The band is made up of some of Texas' strongest professional musicians with a combination of more than 165 years of musical experience. This includes strong lead vocals by Billy Mata and features true country fiddles, honky tonk steel guitar and true Western Swing style electric guitar that would make Eldon Shamblin proud. The guitar, bass and drums rhythm section are the 'real deal' - making it almost impossible to sit down when you could be dancing. The style of music played is from Bob Wills, Johnny Bush, Mel Tillis, Ray Price, as well as the popular sounds of Asleep at the Wheel, Jerry Jeff Walker, Robert Earl Keen, and many more!
Billy has also made several guest appearances with the Texas Playboys at Western Swing Festivals in Nocona & Snyder, Texas and Hobbs & Ruidoso, New Mexico. Some other same stage performances include: Asleep At the Wheel, Darryl McCall, Earl Thomas Conley, Eddie Raven, Emilio, John Conley, Johnny Rodriquez, Randy Travis, Ray Price, Rick Trevino and many special guest appearances with Leon Rausch, Tommy Allsup & The Texas Playboys.
In Fort Worth, Billy has performed for a live monthly radio show, the "Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium of the Air", broadcast by Larry Scott. On July 11, 2000, the Academy of Western Artists, a national organization based in Gene Autry, Oklahoma presented their fifth annual, "Will Rogers Cowboy Awards." Billy was one of the five final nominees in four categories: "Western Swing Male Vocalist" - "Western Swing Group" - "Western Swing CD" - "Western Swing Song". At the televised award ceremony, Billy and his band had the honor of performing his original song - "I'm going Back to San Antonio", and Billy received the esteemed title of, "Western Swing Male Vocalist of the Year."
Following the release of his new CD in 2004, "Traditionally Yours, Billy Mata", Billy was once again nominated by the Academy; this time in five categories. On July 12, 2005, Billy Mata was once again awarded 2005 Male Western Swing Vocalist of the Year. And he was awarded the top honor presented by the AWA: The Will Rogers 2005 Entertainer of the Year.
Receiving these national AWA Will Rogers Awards represents a great deal to Billy and his love for Western Swing. The awards are given in recognition to the accomplishments and talents of those individuals that are striving to keep the traditions, values and heritage of the American Cowboy alive.
Billy's history and love of traditional Texas Honky Tonk and Western Swing music can be seen and heard in each and every performance. He is a longtime adamant admirer of Traditional Western Swing and sings it from his heart. During his shows, audiences can easily feel the true bond that the music and Billy have together.
Live performances range from his home base of San Antonio throughout the southwest region of the United States and growing! Billy has also made special guest appearances in Sweden and Canada. Billy and the band perform at dancehalls, fairs, festivals, rodeos, special benefits, and specialty functions, including wedding receptions, conventions, fundraisers and private parties.
After Billy's performances, the music continues on with recordings on CD. The new CD release, "Traditionally Yours, Billy Mata" is finding it's way to radio and jukeboxes across the country.
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Bring the entire family out to visit over 60 Valley rescue groups who will be on hand with purebred and mixed breed dogs, cats and critters all waiting to find a home at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the St. Francis Festival, Blessing of the Animals & PACC911 Pet Adopt-A-Thon, sponsored by PetSmart Charities. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 30 and 31 at the Franciscan Renewal Center at 5802 E. Lincoln Drive in Scottsdale.
The popular event will feature a dog wash (a great way to keep the dogs cool and treats are given for being good bathers), as well as a silent auction and raffle prizes (attendees who bring an unopened bag of pet food will receive a free raffle ticket). All proceeds benefit the PACC911 Emergency Medical Fund which provides financial aid to Valley non-profit animal welfare groups needing assistance with medical costs. In addition, the Arizona Animal Welfare League's Mobile Vaccine Clinic will be on-site to provide low cost micro-chipping and shots for dogs and cats. The animal blessings will take place at noon and 2 p.m. both days.
Admission and parking are free; adoption fees vary by group. Food and refreshments will be available at a nominal cost.
For more information, visit www.pacc911.org or call (602) 992-4779.


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Brocken, also called Blocksberg, highest point (3,747 feet [1,142 m]) of the Harz Mountains, lying 8 miles (13 km) west-southwest of Wernigerode, Ger., within the Harz National Park. A huge, granite-strewn dome, the peak commands magnificent views in all directions, and a mountain railway (12 miles [19 km] long) reaches the summit. When the sun is low, shadows cast from the peak become magnified, and seemingly gigantic silhouettes are cast on the upper surfaces of low-lying clouds or fog below the mountain. This effect is known as the Brocken bow, or Brocken spectre, and is given a mystical significance in the mountain's folklore. Long after the introduction of Christianity, traditional rites continued to be enacted there annually on Walpurgis Night, or Witches' Sabbath (April 30). The peak is represented in a famous scene in J.W. von Goethe's drama Faust.
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The Corrupt AppleSubmitted by Trevor Harrison on Thu, 09/25/2003 - 04:00
Well five years, three months and 18 days ago on Thursday June 4, 1998, my last Mac arrived.
Sonnet Encore Ziff G4 500mhz CPU for my Beige G3Submitted by Trevor Harrison on Wed, 09/10/2003 - 04:00
After expecting a G5 in January - plans changed two weeks ago, and I now expect a Dual 3GHZ no earlier than Summer 2004. This has an upside and a downside. The upside is instead of a Dual 2.5GHZ on a 130nm CPU I will have a Dual 3GHZ G5 on a 90nm CPU - along with possibly Dual Optical drive bays and three to four hard drive bays. The downside is to get my work done over the next year, my Beige G3 won't cut it - even with maxed out upgrades (other than the CPU). So I was granted a CPU by my new job and last weekend I installed it with the help of Damien who has done several CPU upgrades on Macs.
The iPhoto and .Mac Homepage BluesSubmitted by Trevor Harrison on Fri, 08/15/2003 - 04:00
This past weekend, I showed my mom how to create photo albums in iPhoto. After we did that, and she mastered rotating, and got all her photo albums looking the way she wanted I said "now to put them on your website click homepage." And this is where the problems began.
Five Years on My Beige G3; Two More to Go: Part OneSubmitted by Trevor Harrison on Thu, 06/19/2003 - 04:00
On May 11, 1998, I attended the satellite downlink for the World Wide Developer Conference keynote. That event would forever change the face of the Mac platform and my future as a user.
Hard Drive Saga Part Three: Replacement Drive and File Management with Two Hard DrivesSubmitted by Trevor Harrison on Tue, 06/03/2003 - 04:00
In Part One and Two of my hard drive saga, I talked about how my Maxtor 60GB gave signs of immanent failure, and how I got a new hard drive since I couldn't trust using the warranty replacement as a primary drive. Today I will talk about my replacement drive arriving with a surprise, and looking at different partitioning options for building an effective file management system for keeping my files safe.
The Beige G3: 1997-2003Submitted by Trevor Harrison on Mon, 06/02/2003 - 04:00
It seems Apple has sentenced the beige G3 to death-while sparing the tray loading iMac.
Moving from MP3 to AAC Not as Easy as One Two ThreeSubmitted by Trevor Harrison on Tue, 05/27/2003 - 04:00
When Apple announced iTunes 4 with the inclusion of AAC - a new audio codec developed by Dolby, with claims that it is higher quality than MP3 at the same bit rate - I was eager to convert all my CD's to AAC to get the higher quality audio. However, this wasn't going to be as easy as one two three.
How to Rip Your CD's into AAC Using iTunes 4Submitted by Trevor Harrison on Thu, 05/08/2003 - 04:00
With the introduction of iTunes 4, Apple introduced the ability to rip your CD's into AAC a new audio codec developed by Dolby. Dolby claims that songs encoded in the AAC format at 128kbps sounds better then MP3's encoded at 160kbps. We won't debate that today that will be for a future article. Today I will show you how to use iTunes 4 to rip your CD's in the new AAC format.
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With the addition of Rendezvous support to iTunes 4, Apple has introduced the ability to share your iTunes music library over the Intetrnet., along with finding other peoples' shared iTunes libraries.
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Hard Drive Saga: Another One Bytes the Dust Part 2Submitted by Trevor Harrison on Fri, 04/25/2003 - 04:00
Last time I talked about how my Maxtor 60GB 7200PM hard drive had started continuously doing the dreaded double beep every 30 seconds, and was told by a friend that the continuous double beep signified the hard drive was about to fail. I then tried to use Toast to backup my hard drive. Toast kept on locking up after verifying the files. Now for the conclusion to my tale.


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Winemaker"s Notes
Our 2006 Syrah is opaque, deep garnet purple in color and offers seductive aromas of cinnamon, clove, Smokey tobacco, dark plum liquorice and baked earth. Full of ripe upfront tannins. It delivers full, mouth-watering and jammy flavors of luscious dark plum fruit on the palate with hints of spice, and chocolate. This muscular wine pairs well with hearty, full-flavored meals _such as barbecued steak, ribs and full-bodied cheeses.
Our 2006 Syrah is grown in 21 single vineyard in Mendocino County,just north of the town of Ukiah where eagles are seen flying through the sky. With warm days and Cool, often foggy evenings the moderate temperature of this wine growing region allows, to develop a mature tannin profile while retaining the aromatic complexity and spicy notes which disappear when grown on hotter sites.
Handpicked and meticulously hand-sorted upon arrival at the winery, our Syrah was fermented with 20% whole Clusters which add aromatic complexity and enhanced structural development. The fermenting juice was given a combination of punch-downs and pumpovers. The wine was left on the skins for two and 21 half weeks after fermentation in order to increase complexity and soften the tannins. Aged for 20 months in French Oak. this wine is showing magnificently upon release and has all the to continue to evolve nicely in bottle for years to come.
For the second year in a row, we faced a wet spring and a cooler than average growing season – until a two week heat wave struck in mid-Summer. Thankfully, our Syrah grapes in Mendocino had not yet gone through the phase of growing called veraison, during which the skins soften and the fruit becomes much more vulnerable to extreme heat. This allowed our 2006 vintage to retain all of the complex aromatics that we find so compelling in the variety and we were able to harvest these grapes at the perfect balance of ripeness and structure during the second week of October.
Jinetes Syrah is made entirely from grapes grown in one of Mendocino's finest vineyards, the aptly named Eagle Point. At 1800 foot elevation, this vineyard is much cooler than the surrounding area, perfect for growing high quality wine grapes. This darkly colored wine has a rich aroma of ripe, dark fruit, with spice and cocoa notes. It has a very generous mouth-feel, with plenty of ripe plum-like dark fruit. The plumy fruit opens up with airing, revealing further berry and red fruit flavors, along with attractive spice and chocolate notes. While well-structured, the tannins remain dominated by the rich fruitiness, never getting out of hand. Like many wines from this fine vintage, the Jinetes is very nice to drink now and does not require extended cellaring. This, the third vintage from this winery, is a very nice effort indeed!
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Signs pointing to Rogers' retirement
Dombrowski, Knapp believe veteran left-hander will call it quits
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
The 44-year-old left-hander has kept largely quiet this offseason, leaving e-mails and calls from reporters unanswered. Even Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he doesn't know Rogers' plans despite receiving a voicemail from Rogers recently to thank him for his time in Detroit and then trying to call him back. Team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski talked with Rogers last month, but isn't disclosing the nature of the conversation at Rogers' request.
Still, when asked about Rogers' status by a fan during a question-and-answer session at TigerFest on Saturday, Dombrowski hinted that Rogers is probably staying home.
"At this time, I don't think he's on the verge of signing with any club," Dombrowski said. "I think he's in a position where he's content where he is right now. But it's more up to him on what he decides to do with his life, and I don't know if he's made that decision 100 percent."
New Tigers pitching coach Rick Knapp, a former teammate of Rogers in the Minor Leagues, sounded more definitive about it.
"He's retired," Knapp told Booth Newspapers on Saturday. "His wife says that he's retired. Kenny and I go way back."
Knapp elaborated on his remarks by telephone on Sunday. He said he called Rogers in November, soon after joining the Tigers, and that Rogers told him he was pretty certain he was retiring.
"I don't know if it's time," Knapp said Sunday. "I think he's still got some fight in him. It's just a matter of whether he wants to or not."
If he does not, Rogers will close out a 26-year professional career that took him from the strawberry fields of Plant City, Fla., as a skinny teenager to the World Series as a scoreless wonder.
Rogers spent 20 years in the Major Leagues, compiling a 219-156 record and a 4.27 ERA over three different stints with the Rangers and stops with the Yankees, Athletics, Mets, Tigers and Twins. Amazingly, nearly half of those wins came after age 35, as the former hard-throwing southpaw established himself as a savvy finesse pitcher with impeccable command.
In the process, he became a redemption tale.
Rogers came under scrutiny in 2005 following an incident in which he knocked a television camera off a cameraman's shoulder and kicked it on the ground. Rogers received a 20-game suspension for the incident, which was eventually appealed down to 13 games, as well as an assault charge that was later reduced following an anger management class.
Rogers made the American League All-Star team that year and was booed heartily when he entered the game, held that year at Detroit's Comerica Park. Five months later, the free agent made it his home park by signing with the Tigers, and played a major role in bringing a World Series berth.
Rogers, then 41, won 17 games in 2006 and became the veteran presence in a young Tigers rotation that blossomed to lead Detroit to the AL Wild Card and its first postseason berth since 1987. Topping that, however, he went on a historic postseason stretch by tossing 23 scoreless innings over three starts, including eight innings against the Cardinals in Game 2 of the World Series. He was the first pitcher over age 40 to start in a Fall Classic, a feat Curt Schilling would match a year later.
National attention came back to Rogers in that game when television cameras caught what looked like a smudge on his pitching hand during the early innings. Rogers wiped it off and went on to pitch his outing, then explained that it was a mixture of dirt and rosin.
Injuries, inconsistency and age hampered his two seasons since. He missed the first two-plus months of the 2007 season following surgery to repair a blocked artery in his pitching shoulder, then spent the final three-plus months of the season trying to catch up for lost time.
Rogers pitched a full season last year, but his performance left questions whether age had caught up with him. The 43-year-old went 9-13 with a 5.70 ERA, allowing 212 hits over 173 2/3 innings with 71 walks and 82 strikeouts. He had a 3-7 record and 7.93 ERA after the All-Star break, and made just two starts in September after his struggles and the return of Dontrelle Willis and Freddy Garcia left him out of the rotation.
Rogers ended the season uncertain about his future, and planned to take some time with his family to figure it out before coming to a decision. He did say, though, that any return would only be with Detroit. The Tigers have since moved on, adding Edwin Jackson to their rotation. Dombrowski said Saturday that they have no plans to add another starter, leaving their fifth spot open to competition among Zach Miner, Nate Robertson and Willis.
Even so, the Tigers would like to have him around. Knapp said he invited Rogers to Spring Training in a non-playing role, even if it just involved hitting fungoes.
"But if you go," Knapp said he told Rogers, "you have to promise not to take them."
Jason Beck 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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Penicillin G Benzathine / Penicillin G Procaine
Pronunciation: pen-i-SIL-in G BENZ-ah-theen/pen-i-SIL-in G PRO-cane
Class: Natural penicillin
Trade Names
Bicillin C-R
- Injection 600,000 units/dose (300,000 units each penicillin G benzathine and penicillin G procaine)
- Injection 1,200,000 units/dose (600,000 units each penicillin G benzathine and penicillin G procaine)
Bicillin C-R 900/300
- Injection 1,200,000 units/dose (900,000 units penicillin G benzathine and 300,000 units penicillin G procaine)
Inhibits mucopeptide synthesis of bacterial cell wall.
Following IM administration, peak blood levels occur within 3 h.
Protein binding is approximately 60%. Distribution varies widely throughout the body tissues with highest levels achieved in kidneys, liver, skin, and intestines.
Excreted rapidly by tubular excretion.
Special PopulationsRenal Function Impairment
Excretion of the drug is considerably delayed in neonates, children, and individuals with renal function impairment.
Indications and Usage
Treatment of moderately severe infections caused by penicillin G-susceptible microorganisms that are susceptible to serum levels common to this particular dosage form; moderately severe to severe infections of the upper respiratory tract, scarlet fever, erysipelas, and skin and soft tissue infections caused by susceptible streptococci; moderately severe pneumonia and otitis media caused by susceptible organisms. Severe pneumonia, empyema, bacteremia, pericarditis, meningitis, peritonitis, and arthritis of pneumococcal etiology are better treated with penicillin G sodium or potassium during the acute stage. When high, sustained serum levels are required, use penicillin G sodium or potassium IM or IV. This drug should not be used in the treatment of venereal diseases, including bejel, gonorrhea, pinta, syphilis, and yaws.
Hypersensitivity to any penicillin or to procaine.
Dosage and AdministrationStreptococcal Infections Group A (upper respiratory tract, skin and soft tissue infections, scarlet fever, and erysipelas)
Adults and Children more than 60 lbs
IM 2,400,000 units.Children 30 to 60 lbs
IM 900,000 to 1,200,000 units.Children less than 30 lbs
IM 600,000 units.Pneumococcal Infections (except pneumococcal meningitis)
IM 1,200,000 units repeated every 2 or 3 days until temperature is normal for 48 h.Children
IM 600,000 units repeated every 2 or 3 days until temperature is normal for 48 h.
General Advice
- For deep IM administration only. Do not administer intradermally, subcutaneous, or IV.
- Do not inject into or near an artery or nerve.
- To avoid intravascular administration, aspirate injection site.
- Multiple concentrations are available. Ensure that the proper concentration is being used.
- Inject prescribed dose into the upper-outer quadrant of the buttock in adults, or midlateral aspect of thigh in neonates, infants, or small children.
- Administer injection at a slow, steady rate to prevent blocking the needle.
- Multiple IM sites may be used to administer total dose in 1 session. An alternate regimen involves administering ½ the dose on day 1 and ½ the dose on day 3.
- Discontinue the injection if patient complains of, or gives any indication of, severe immediate pain at the injection site.
- Do not admix with IV solutions.
Store in refrigerator (36° to 46°F). Protect from freezing.
Drug InteractionsProbenecid
Increases and prolongs serum penicillin levels.Tetracycline
May antagonize the bactericidal effect of penicillin.
Adverse Reactions
Cardiac arrest; cerebrovascular accident; hypotension; palpitations; pulmonary embolism; pulmonary hypertension; syncope; tachycardia; vasodilation; vasovagal reaction.
Anxiety; asthenia; coma; confusion; dizziness; euphoria; fatigue; headache; nervousness; neuropathy; seizures; somnolence; transverse myelitis; tremors; a CNS syndrome (with symptoms of severe agitation, convulsion, visual and auditory hallucinations and fear of impending death, psychosis, seizures, dizziness, tinnitus, cyanosis, palpitations, tachycardia, and abnormal taste perception).
Blindness; blurred vision.
Blood in stool; intestinal necrosis; nausea; pseudomembranous colitis; vomiting.
Hematuria; impotence; nephropathy; neurogenic bladder; priapism; proteinuria; renal failure.
Hemolytic anemia; leukopenia; lymphadenopathy; thrombocytopenia.
Elevated BUN, creatinine, and AST.
Apnea; dyspnea; hypoxia.
Allergic hypersensitivity (including skin eruptions [maculopapular to exfoliative dermatitis], urticaria, laryngeal edema, fever, eosinophilia); anaphylaxis (including shock and death); exacerbation of arthritis; injection-site reactions (including pain, inflammation, lump, abscess, necrosis, edema, hemorrhage, cellulitis, hypersensitivity, atrophy, ecchymosis, skin ulcer); joint disorder; myoglobinuria; neurovascular reactions (including warmth, vasospasm, pallor, mottling, gangrene, numbness and cyanosis of the extremities, neurovascular damage); periostitis; rhabdomyolysis; serum sickness-like reactions (including chills, fever, edema, arthralgia, prostration).
Not for IV use. Do not inject IV or add to other IV solutions. Inadvertent IV administration may result in cardiorespiratory arrest and death.
Take cultures at completion of therapy to determine whether streptococci have been eradicated.
Category B .
Excreted in breast milk.
Serious and sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reactions have occurred.
Prolonged use of antibiotics may result in bacterial or fungal overgrowth of nonsusceptible microorganisms.
Quadriceps femoris fibrosis and atrophy can occur following repeated IM injections of penicillin into the anterolateral thigh.
Pseudomembranous colitis
May occur because of overgrowth of clostridia; consider the possibility in patients in whom diarrhea develops.
Neuromuscular hyperirritability, convulsive seizures.
Patient Information
- Explain to patient or caregiver that medication will be prepared and administered by a health care provider in a health care setting.
- Review dosing schedule and prescribed length of therapy with patient. Advise patient that dose and duration of therapy are dependent on site, cause of infection, and response to therapy.
- Instruct patient to report the following to health care provider: diarrhea; difficulty breathing; hives; injection site reaction; itching; loose, foul-smelling stools; rash.
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Capcom to Possess DS Gamers with Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Capcom PR recently released news that their upcoming DS-exclusive puzzle/adventure game, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, will be coming to America on January 11, 2011. Designed by the creative force behind the reknown Ace Attorney series, Shu Takumi, Ghost Trick is a game where players are transported into the spirit world of Sissel where a murder victim that has become a ghost has lost his memory and is attempting to solve his own demise. Sissel has the ability to possess inanimate objects from the real world and manipulate them in order to influence events. Featuring "quirky characters, gorgeous visuals, incredible drama, and Rube Goldberg-flavored puzzles, this is a guaranteed recipe for unadulterated awesome."
Ghost Trick received a 34/40 from Famitsu, selling a total of 24,000 copies during its initial release week.


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Bombardier Inc. wants to crack open strategically crucial emerging markets as it pushes ahead with a program to almost double its annual revenues and boost profit margins over the next several years.
Senior executives told analysts and investors Tuesday they want to transform the Montreal company into a truly global business, with a strong presence in key developing countries such as China, India and Indonesia, one that is less dependent on the mature North American and European markets.
The goal for the period beyond the next five years is to add between $10-billion (U.S.) and $16-billion of revenue to the current yearly total of about $18-billion, Bombardier president and chief executive officer Pierre Beaudoin said at an investor day in New York City.
Bombardier has invested heavily over the past few years in new product and is well positioned to benefit from that commitment over the next few years as the global economic recovery takes hold, he said.
The new 110-to-149-seat C Series narrow body jet – slated to enter into service in 2013 – should contribute between $5-billion and $8-billion to annual revenues, the company estimates.
But much work still needs to be done on the aerospace side to tap into lucrative emerging markets, where rivals Embraer SA and ATR have been soundly beating Bombardier in the regional-jet market, Bombardier Aerospace chief Guy Hachey acknowledged.
Bombardier has been too reliant on North America and Europe for sales of its CRJ and Q400 turboprops regional jets, Mr. Hachey said at an investor day in New York City. Sales have slumped and Bombardier recently had to cut CRJ and turboprop production.
Conceding that Brazilian archrival Embraer and French-Italian firm ATR have performed well this year in the developing world's regional-jet market, Mr. Hachey said Bombardier has over the past nine months doubled the sales force in its commercial aircraft group. All of the additions are in emerging markets.
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This was a time when Borknagar was still good. A time before it was molested by the rock vocals of Vintersorg, pushing Borknagar in a rock direction (with mediocre harsh vocals). This was a time when Borknagar was one of the best progressive Viking black metal bands out there. This album is clearly the best effort from this band (IMO).
"The Olden Domain" has a lot to offer. It is a huge step forward from the debut album, which was typical raw black metal chaos. This album has song structure, amazing vocals, and an excellent drum performance by one of black metal's best, Grim (R.I.P.).
Grim has brought forth amazing black metal performances before this album. Immortal's "Pure Holocaust" was outstanding, as well as Gorgoroth's "Under the Sign of Hell." Here, his drums are distorted and not as powerful as he is in the above mentioned albums. Not to say they are bad, he still kicks ass with really fast blast beats and such, but they are kind of noisy and strung together, without the force that he usually had with Immortal and Gorgoroth. Overall, a well done drumming performance, but just a little off for what one might expect from the mighty Grim.
Garm is perfect on this album. Especially his clean vocals. His clean vocal delivery on this release is absolutely gorgeous. He does not use that calm, eerie, and weak voice that he is famous for today. Instead he uses a mega-powerful, rich folk baritone voice. This is his second best vocal effort all time in my opinion (Best performance being Arcturus' "La Masquerade Infernale"). Garm's harsh vocals are high-pitched and scratchy at times. He sounds a little strained while doing them. His strength is clearly in that deep singing voice of his. However, he uses the harsh vocals a lot more than clean on this release, which sucks.
The best songs on this album are "To Mount and Rove," "A Tale of Pagan Tongue" and "The Eye of Oden." All of these songs have beautiful Garm singing passages within them. The other songs are no slouch however. "Grimland Domain" has a cool epic, Moonsorrow sounding riff in it.
The atmosphere and lyrics are all Viking and folk sounding. The album is very effective for what the band was trying to do with it, unlike newer Borknagar albums.
So, if you're looking for a great Viking black metal album, with an epic sound, and amazing clean vocals, then pick up Borknagar's peak album, "The Olden Domain."


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Dr. Marvin A. McMickle delivered the following sermon on the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) at a public witness and rally during Sojourners' "Reviving Our Spirits: Transforming Our Politics" conference in Cleveland last weekend. Dr. McMickle is pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio. + Click here for the full sermon text.
The parable of Jesus found in Luke 16:19-31 involves two men who share the same space but live worlds apart from one another. One of them was a rich man (Dives is the Latin word for rich man) and the other was a poor beggar named Lazarus. The rich man was defined both by what he wore and what he ate. The parable said he was dressed in purple; a color so expensive to make in the ancient world that only royalty and the very wealthy could afford such garments. The parable also says that he ate sumptuously every day. He ate the best cuts of meat, the finest desserts, the best wines and probably the most costly fruits and vegetables. Everything about that man spoke of money, luxury and privilege.
Sitting just outside his door sat a beggar named Lazarus whose body was covered with open sores. We learn two things about Lazarus; first, he would happily have eaten any crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. The text does not say that he did eat the crumbs from the rich man's table. That is a detail the writer would not have overlooked. The text says that he would have gladly eaten the crumbs if they had been offered to him. However, the rich man inside that house was so oblivious to the presence of Lazarus that it never dawned on him even to offer Lazarus his crumbs.
Second, we learn that the dogs that searched for food in the garbage heaps of the town would come by and lick his wounds. No Jewish man would want any uninvited contact with dogs; but especially not with the scavenger dogs that lived in and ate from the garbage piles. The danger was not that the dog would get sick from contact with the open sores on Lazarus. The danger this text describes was that the bacteria carried by the dog from the garbage it ate would be transferred to Lazarus through his open sores making his condition even worse. For every luxury enjoyed by the rich man there was a counter balancing misery experienced by Lazarus.
The text shifts to a scene where Lazarus dies and goes to heaven where he is seen sitting in the arms of Abraham. The rich man dies, goes to hell and is continually tormented in the flames. The question raised but not explicitly answered by the text is what the rich man did that warranted his ending up in hell? The text does not say he was cruel or unkind. The text does not say he blasphemed against God in any way. In fact, the text does not say anything about why the rich man ended up in hell. The answer, however, had to reside inside the parable or it would make no sense. There is only one thing this text suggests as a possible reason for why this rich man went to hell; and it was not the fact that he was rich. The Bible says it may be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19: 23-24), but it is not impossible.
The sin of the rich man was not in his material wealth; it was in his spiritual poverty. It was in his lack of concern or compassion for Lazarus who sat just outside his door, but who received no notice from the rich man who must have passed by him two or three times every day. The sin was that for all the wealth of the rich man, he still fell under the judgment of the lyrics by Harry Emerson Fosdick who said that some people can be "rich in things but poor in soul." The rich man ended up in hell because he lived in close proximity to Lazarus and his pitiful conditions, but he did nothing and said nothing that could alter that poor man's life.
The sermon from this text could very well begin with the task of determining who Lazarus is and who the rich man is in the life of the 21st black Baptist church. In my book, Preaching to the Black Middle Class,I recall that when I was a teenager back in the 1960s and in the days of Black Power I was inclined to read this parable through a racial paradigm and cast the rich man as white society and Lazarus as the oppressed black masses. That reading of the text always allowed me to assume the position of the victim and never feel compelled to take any action myself. After all, I was Lazarus being bypassed and overlooked by the rich, white man.
I later came to realize something very important about the Bible. Dr. James A. Sanders, one of my Old Testament professors in seminary used to remind us that any time we read the Bible and came away feeling better about ourselves it was a pretty good bet that we had misread the text. The Bible does not exist to comfort us in our present condition and allow us to comment on the sins in the lives of others. The Bible exists to disturb us and make us confront the sin in ourselves. Only after I learned how to read the Bible did I realize that this parable is best read from a class paradigm and not a racial paradigm. This text is not about people of different races; it is about people in any race that are separated by economic disparities.
When I realized that, this text began to work on me in some very different ways. I am the pastor of a black, middle class congregation here in Cleveland. In the context of the 21st century most black churches and the people seated within them are much more like the rich man than they are like Lazarus. The people in the neighborhoods around most of our churches are much closer to Lazarus than the preachers and people gathered inside the sanctuary. That being the case, the basis upon which God will judge the church has less to do with what any of our churches do that is focused inward on the people who belong to our congregations. The message of the parable is that God will judge us, indeed God will send us either to heaven or to hell based upon what we do for Lazarus who is seated right outside our doors.
The church where I serve is an inner-city congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. The U.S. government has determined that my city is the poorest city in the country, and my congregation is situated within the poorest neighborhood in the poorest city in the country. That is the context in which every action we take as a church must be considered. Every Sunday morning when our members pull into the parking lot of the church driving their Lexus, Cadillac, Mercedes Benz and Jaguar cars, they have driven into the poorest neighbor in the poorest city in America. When they walk into the church building dripping in mink coats and Rolex watches they are sitting in the poorest neighborhood in the poorest city in the country. Every ministry we undertake, every stewardship decision we make and every special dinner we plan for ourselves is overshadowed by the unavoidable and inescapable reality that Lazarus is sitting right outside our door.
Every church that is similarly situated must realize as we do, that we have two separate and distinct congregations. One congregation comes to church on Sunday and occasionally they return during the week. The other congregation comes in and out of the building all during the week in need of food, child care, an HIV/AIDS test, a job referral, a hot meals or a helping hand. The church dare not pass these persons by as they sit just outside our doors. We are the rich man and they are Lazarus. Whether any one of us ends up in heaven or in hell will be determined, in large measure, by what we say and do about Lazarus!
The rich man in the parable of Jesus ended up in hell because he paid no attention to Lazarus who sat just outside his door. Lazarus also sits just outside the doors of most of our churches. I wonder where you and I will end up. The answer to that question depends upon how we respond to Lazarus! Before we direct our attention to the social and political institutions of our nation, let us as Christians and as people of all faith traditions be sure that we are not guilty ourselves of passing Lazarus every day and never sharing even the crumbs from our table!
Now that we have considered the claim that this passage makes upon the faith community, let's stretch the lens through which we read scripture and see that this same side-by-side economic disparity extends to our entire society. We live out the Lazarus paradigm every day in towns and cities all across America. We are the richest nation in the history of the world, and yet we tolerate poverty and human suffering that is on par with what one might expect in some impoverished corner of the globe. We have right here in Cleveland, Ohio some of the finest medical facilities and doctors to be found anywhere in the world. We also people who are among the 45 million American citizens without any medical insurance. They have the sickness, but they cannot afford the cure.
I mentioned earlier that two consecutive census reports announced that this city where you are convened, Cleveland, Ohio is the poorest major American city in the country. I want to warn you that statement is only partially true, and in some respects it is altogether misleading. It is true to say that the people who live within the city limits of Cleveland are among the poorest in the country. However, the people who work in the towering skyscrapers you see behind you but who take their wealth home with them into the surrounding suburbs are anything but impoverished. When you look at Greater Cleveland as a whole, this is the 12th wealthiest region in the country. Lazarus sits right outside the door, but as in the biblical parable the rich man passes by and pays no attention to the poor man, the sick man, the hungry man that he passes by every day.
Part of the problem is the geography that confronts us as we stand here today. Just behind me sits Cleveland Browns Stadium where the average player earns $4 million a year. One block away, just barely in sight sits the Cleveland Board of Education where the average income of teachers is just above $40,000 a year. What does it say about our society when we spoil our professional athletes and starve our public schools? There is something wrong with any society that pays 100 times more to people who tackle than it does to people who teach!
In large measure the problem is a lack of political wisdom in terms of who we elect and a lack of political will on the part of those who promise us everything but then deliver on almost nothing. How do you account for a president who ran as a "compassionate conservative," but once elected he asks for more money for weapons and wars then turns around and vetoes a bill that would provide health care for children? It is Dives and Lazarus! How do you account for a Congress that votes a pay raise for itself and enjoys the finest health care insurance in the world, but does not have the courage or conviction to establish a living wage or some form of universal health care for the working men and women of this country? It is Dives and Lazarus! How do you account for a Democratic Party that was elected in order to change the policies of the preceding four years, but to date it is governing with the same disregard for the neediest in our society? It is Dives and Lazarus! How do you account for a presidential election cycle where very rich people are running for the highest office in the nation, but not one of them, including Hillary or Obama have set forward an action plan to deal with poverty and misery in this country? I tell you, it is Dives and Lazarus all over again!
The time has come to transform our politics so we can transform our society. The time has come for people of faith and conscience to live out their faith and act on their conscience. Back in 1967 when he decided to speak out against the Vietnam War, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "There comes a time when silence is betrayal." Those words remain true today. It is betrayal for us to see the problem but say nothing. The paradigm has something of a global message as well.
It was 40 years ago when our nation came to a crossroads as the War on Poverty was promised, but the war in Vietnam was being promoted. Today a war on poverty is desperately needed, but instead we are engaged in a fruitless and futile war in Iraq. 40 years ago the cost of war was $500,000 per day. Today we spend that same $500,000 in less than three minutes. In the course of a day we spend almost $274 million; in the course of one day! We have great wealth as a nation. We could provide health care to every citizen. We could provide adequate housing for every citizen. We could provide quality public education. We could provide at least a living wage for every worker. But we do not do these things. Why? It is because today, as was the case 40 years ago, we seem more focused on a foreign war than we are on the welfare of our own people.
It is betrayal for us to talk about the problems but do nothing to remove them. It is betrayal to $3, 170. 98 per second on the war in Iraq, when that same money could repair our infrastructure, educate our students, or provide housing and health care for our citizens. Therefore, be silent no more; let justice roll down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. Be silent no more; "whatever you do to the least of these you have done unto me" says Jesus. Be silent no more; Dives and Lazarus are still living side by side. Dives keeps getting richer and Lazarus keeps sicker and poorer. Be silent no more; raise your voices, use your votes, live out your values, and lift up the vocabulary of the Kingdom of God. Let us resolve, and encourage others to resolve that we will stand on the words of the prophet Micah who declared:
He has shown you what is good,
And what does the Lord require of you,
But to act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God!
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Sacramento, California - California Secretary of State, Debrah Bown, commissioned a team of computer hackers to test the security of the state's electronic-voting machines by hacking into them. The security system failed and the hackers got into the voting program with little to no effort for their part, confirming suspicions that the new electronic-voting system is highly susceptible to election fraud, concluded the report.
After they accessed the voting program, which tabulates the number of votes cast for each candidate, the hackers discovered the computers had already been hacked into and were preprogrammed with Hillary Clinton as the projected winner for 2008. They then quickly reprogrammed the election results to read Ron Paul as the winner of the State of California's electoral college vote for 2008; and not that it matters, of course, the state's popular vote as well, just for good measure.
"It was just supposed to a test," said Bown. "But the hackers permanently altered the software so that no matter whom you vote for come this fall's 2008 Presidential election, Ron Paul will be the winner."
Bown refused to take any questions regarding the hackers' discovery of Hillary Clinton being the projected winner, before they changed it to Ron Paul.
"That's besides the point now," said Bown. "We have to remain focused on the task at hand, our voting system is fragile and vulnerable and we must not spare any expense to ensure clean and fair elections to the people. We must reprogram…I mean deprogram the computers before the fall 2008 elections so we can get Hillary…I mean so we can see whom the people vote for."
An encrypted message was emailed to this reporter assuring everybody that the computers will automatically reset themselves before the 2008 elections to properly record whomever the people vote for on Election Day, so help us God.


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We find ourselves on yet another Saturday morning cultivating the best efforts of the (mostly) drunken, (mostly) teen-aged minds of those shirking the responsibility and honor associated with higher education for some good fuckin' times. God bless you, you animals.
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Olivetti pleasured Italy with its first Android tablet, the OliPad 100, a few months ago. Just last week, Olivetti announced that Italy will have a taste of its first upgraded Android tablet–the OliPad 110.
Its brand name etched deeply into the minds of many as the company that makes sturdy and durable typewriters, Olivetti is upping the ante for its first OliPad by bringing out a better one, with Android 3.1 Honeycomb and a display resolution of 1280×800, which is higher than its predecessor.
The company has yet to reveal official details on the OliPad 110's price and availability. However, Notebook Italia, believes the tablet will start appearing in Italian stores some time in July for about EUR400, about EUR100 price difference from the first-generation OliPad 100, whose retail price has been slashed down to about EUR300.
The newcomer has a 10.1-inch WXGA touchscreen display. Its earlier sibling only had a WSVGA (1024×600) display. The two cameras have also been upped to 2 megapixels and 5 megapixels (front and rear, respectively).
Notebook Italia mentions that the upcoming OliPad 110 is also leaner and thinner than the previous slate. It appears to have lost some weight, too. The earlier OliPad weighed 708 grams, but the newer one weighs 600 grams.
Apart from the aforementioned differences, the OliPad 110's other specs are pretty much alike the OliPad 100. Both are fueled by dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 chips (1 GHz), have 16 gigabytes of inbuilt storage, carries several peripheral ports (audio, mini-USB, micro-HDMI, microSD flash card reader), and supports Bluetooth, 3G, and Wi-Fi connectivity.
Do I hear anyone here saying "Dammi questo" for this molto potente tablet?


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Former music teacher takes plea deal in decade-old sex abuse case
LOCKPORT – Michael J. Solomon Sr., the former Lutheran school music teacher whose initial conviction for sexually abusing a girl was overturned on appeal, took a plea deal Wednesday.
Solomon, 48, of North Tonawanda, was jailed without bail by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas after he admitted to a reduced charge of attempted first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child.
He will stay in the County Jail until May 2, when Farkas decides whether he has served enough time. He served more than seven years after a jury convicted him on 23 charges in 2005. The jury acquitted him on nine other counts.
Defense attorney Glenn Pincus said, "He did not admit and is not convicted of any sexual contact with the victim. He's convicted of an attempt."
Assistant District Attorney Robert A. Zucco said Wednesday's plea deal limited Solomon's prison time to 12 years, but the time he served after his original conviction counts toward that.
In 2005, Solomon was sentenced to 32 years in prison, but he was released after the State Court of Appeals ruled in October 2012 that his trial attorney, Assistant Public Defender Michele G. Bergevin, had a conflict of interest because she had once represented one of the investigating officers in a private legal matter. The court ordered a new trial on the 23 charges that drew guilty verdicts from the 2005 jury.
Since the appeals court's ruling, Pincus has been trying unsuccessfully to overturn the signed confession Solomon gave North Tonawanda detectives in 2004.
He argued that the confession was given under duress and tried to use a psychologist to testify that his tests showed Solomon has a personality that makes him so vulnerable to police pressure that he might confess to something he didn't do.
Farkas rejected those arguments and set a trial for March 31.
Solomon was accused of molesting the girl, who was not one of his students, between August 1999 and March 2004. The victim, now 22, was in the courtroom for the plea.
Solomon, who had to sign a waiver of his rights to further appeals as part of the plea bargain, will have to register as a sex offender after his release.
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