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By Patrick Johnson
Sports Xchange
MINNEAPOLIS — An otherwise snappy game ended with a whacky finish.
Two unearned runs on three walks and an error allowed the Minnesota Twins to steal a sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 4-3 win on Sunday.
With the Royals ahead 3-2 in the eighth inning, an errant throw home by Royals relief pitcher Wade Davis allowed two runs to score, giving the Twins the win.
"I made the pitch, had the play right there in front of me and just didn't make it," Davis said. "It's extremely frustrating. We had the win right there staring us in the face and it didn't happen."
Royals reliever Aaron Crow came in to start the eighth inning and walked the only two batters he faced — Twins shortstop Pedro Florimon and second baseman Brian Dozier.
"Two leadoff walks spell trouble in a one-run game," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "It's frustrating, but I still felt like we could cover it."
Davis took over for Crow, struck out Joe Mauer then walked Trevor Plouffe to load the bases with one out. On a tapper back to the mound by Twins left fielder Chris Herrmann, Davis' throw home sailed past catcher Salvador Perez, allowing Florimon to score. Dozier then scored ahead of Perez' throw back to Davis on a close play at the plate.
Davis said he was upset about the error and reacted to it rather than covering home plate.
"I got to it and fielded it cleanly and went to grab it, palmed it and made a bad throw, then made a mistake by not getting to home plate and being there for that run," Davis said. "I got frustrated and made a mental mistake by not getting there. It's unacceptable."
Dozier said he decided to make a break for home after he saw Davis wasn't covering the plate.
"I saw the throw and saw Davis just hanging out a good 10 yards away from the plate, so I thought I might as well take a shot," Dozier said. "When you look up and round the base and see that nobody is covering home, you have to be aggressive."
The game ended in an odd fashion as well.
The final out came as third baseman Mike Moustakas was called for interference on Twins catcher Kurt Suzuki on a foul pop up after Twins closer Glen Perkins struck out left fielder Alex Gordon and catcher Salvador Perez for the first two outs of the ninth inning.
The win gave the Twins a three-game sweep of the Royals on the heels of being swept by Oakland in the home-opening series in Minnesota.
"It's about winning series, winning ball games," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "That's a nice one. That team has handled us pretty good the last couple years. It's a good, young baseball team over there that can do some things. As we talked about before the game, taking care of our home field and getting back to winning baseball is really important for us."
Somewhat overshadowed by the late-inning antics, starting pitcher Kevin Correia delivered the third straight quality start for the Twins. Correia went seven innings, allowing three earned runs on six hits and a walk while striking out two. Kyle Gibson and Ricky Nolasco had quality starts in the Twins' previous two games, respectively — both victories over the Royals.
"Those past three games, with what they've done, is exceptional — against a good-hitting ball team," Dozier said.
After sailing through his first seven innings, throwing just 78 pitches, Correia ran into trouble in the eighth inning and the Twins gave up its 2-0 lead.
Moustakas led off the eighth inning with a walk. Center fielder Lorenzo Cain followed up with a single. Then, with runners on first and second, Royals ninth-hitter and shortstop Alcides Escobar bunted and an errant throw by Plouffe to first base allowed Moustakas to score, cutting the Royals' deficit to 2-1.
After Brian Duensing relived Correia, Royals right fielder Nori Aoki tied the game at 2 with a squeeze bunt, scoring Cain from third base. Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer gave Kansas City a 3-2 lead with a two-out double to deep center field, scoring Escobar.
Twins pitcher Casey Fien registered the third out in the eighth inning, striking out Kansas City's Billy Butler with two outs and a runner on second base. Fien earned the win in the Twins' victory — his first of the year.
Jason Vargas delivered his third straight quality start of the season for the Royals. Vargas went seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits and three walks, while striking out four for the no-decision.
"Baseball's never going to change," Gardenhire said. "Walks and mistakes end up killing you, and that's what happened on the last one."
NOTES: Twins designated hitter Yosmil Pinto hit a two-run home run, his third of the year, in the seventh inning to give Minnesota a 2-0 lead. ... Gardenhire returned to the team Sunday after taking the past two games off to attend the funeral for Michael Hirschbeck, the son of umpire John Hirschbek, in Ohio. Michael Hirschbeck, 27, had battled adrenoleukodystrophy, a disease affecting the brain and nervous system. ... Twins CF Aaron Hicks stole his first base of the season in the third inning. Hicks had nine steals in 12 attempts in 81 games in 2013, his rookie season. ... Twins assistant GM Rob Antony said a CT scan showed a "very slight fracture" in the wrist of Twins OF Josh Willingham, which hampers his swing. Antony said he hoped Willingham would return to the lineup as soon. ... Moustakas hit his second double of the series in the fifth inning. Moustakas, who was 1-for-26 prior to the series with the Twins, went 1-for-3 and was 3-for-10 for the series. ... Mauer had his first stolen base of the season, taking second in the bottom of the sixth inning. Mauer didn't have a steal in all of 2013 and has 43 steals in his career. His last steal was Aug. 26, 2012, at Texas. ... Escobar had a pair of hits Sunday and now has a hit in six of his last seven games after going hitless through the first four games of the year.
Saturday's game
Twins use six-run 2nd to drub Royals
By Dan Myers
Sports Xchange
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins got timely hitting and a great start from pitcher Ricky Nolasco in their 7-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday afternoon at Target Field.
The Twins scored six runs in the second inning, capitalizing on two Royals errors, to build an early lead.
After a leadoff home run by Twins second baseman Brian Dozier in the first inning, Minnesota blew the game open in the second.
Royals right-hander James Shields allowed back-to-back singles to open the inning before committing an error on catcher Kurt Suzuki's sacrifice bunt. With the bases loaded, Shields walked the No. 8 batter, Aaron Hicks, to make it 2-0.
After a strikeout, Kansas City had a chance to get out of trouble when Dozier hit a sharp grounder right at Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas. But instead of starting a potential inning-ending double play, Moustakas booted the ball into left field, scoring two runs.
First baseman Joe Mauer capped the inning by blasting a home run over the wall in right, his first of the season, to make it 7-0.
After struggling badly in his first two starts as a Twin, Nolasco showed why the club signed him to a four-year, $49 million over the winter. He went eight innings, allowing one run on five hits with a walk and four strikeouts.
Three of the five hits Nolsaco (1-1) allowed came in the top of the fifth, when the Royals strung together two doubles and an infield single to push their lone run across.
His rocky second inning aside, Shields was solid. He retired 11 of the final 13 batters he faced and came within one out of a quality start. He allowed seven runs, but only one of them was earned, over 5 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked three.
After snapping a three-game losing streak on Friday, the Twins will go for the series sweep of the Royals on Sunday. Minnesota will start right-hander Kevin Correia (0-1, 6.17 ERA) against Kansas City left-hander Jason Vargas (1-0, 1.20).
The Twins placed OF Josh Willingham on the 15-day disabled list before the game and recalled RHP Michael Tonkin from Triple-A Rochester. Tonkin will provide an overworked Twins bullpen with an extra arm.


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Sunday River, Maine
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It's rare that someone hands me the opportunity to counter the dream script that is being prepared in New Delhi and Kabul for Pakistan, but this "journalist" did exactly that.
One week after Modi visited China, the Chinese Navy floated a nuclear sub right past the Indian Navy and into dock in Karachi. This happened to be the same week when the Chinese warned Pakistan that the Indians would do anything to derail the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
A great deal of hue and cry has been made about the perceived judicial persecution of Shoaib Shaikh, the courtroom catwalk of Ayyan Ali and the lack of action against others who have committed similar, or even worse, crimes.
If one thing has become clear to the regimes of the Middle East, it's that without Pakistan and her Army, they can't win wars.
Khalid Muhammad was recently quoted in a Norwegian article on the Cyber Crime Bill in Pakistan.
My fellow citizens, the government and judiciary of Pakistan have already adequately demonstrated their inability to counter the menace of terrorism within the borders of Pakistan. I would go to the extent that their greatest achievement since taking power after the rigged elections of 2013 has been to allow the terrorists to gain more strength within our country's borders and further their ties with foreign agencies that are set on destabilizing and eliminating Pakistan from the global map.
Reza Aslan brings an educated and informed intelligence to debates on religion. As a religious scholar and professor of religions, he is able to connect all the major religions and explain their history and relevance.
I am no longer interested in those who want to talk about the "missing persons," the "drone strikes," and the arrests that put these animals on the run. The Pakistan Army has them beaten in Waziristan and Khyber, so now they want to shake the public into stepping back from a fight that we are winning.
Although Seymour Hersh has a long-standing record of exposing major stories in the past, he has had a number of balloons that have failed to fly and I would venture that this is another one that just doesn't hit the mark.
Khalid sat down with Wasio Ali Abbasi and Digital Saeen to talk about terrorism, Pakistan and his new book, Scorched Earth, due out in the next few weeks.
Yesterday, I was honored to be invited to speak to the students of class 8, 9, and 10 of The City Model School in Federal B Area, Karachi. The topic of my address was "Being a better Pakistani for Pakistan."
And some emerging details from the Karachi Op thus far. These numbers are not from a single source or media outlet, but a compilation from multiple sources.
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Shortly after she got the death threat, [Anna-Maria] Arabia was attacked by Andrew Bolt.
This was wrong. Although Bolt's post was date stamped 11:16am, which was after Arabia received the threat, the first comment was at 6:39am so Bolt's [ost appeared then. There was also a 7:56am comment at Pure Poison referencing Bolt's post:
The last time he published a photograph and named a scientist in this way, it resulted in that scientist receiving death threats. I wonder if his thugs can resist the temptation this time…
So it seems that Arabia received the death threat shortly after Bolt posted.
One Stan Lippmann boasted that he had sent the email to Arabia:
I am the supposed culprit. I read how horrified she was that people were calling climate scientists "Nazis", so I Googled for her email and did my usual Nazi Bitch Whore litany, like I do every day. My usual litany includes, "When the Grand Jury is done with you, I'll enjoy watched them string you up." The reason she is not reporting it is because this is obviously not a death threat. It's an effective counter-propaganda tactic, thank you very much.
Stan Lippmann Ph.D. (radiative transfer in ionized gases, 1989) J.D. 1998
Lippmann denies that he sent a death threat, but plainly it was. Lippmann has sent death theats before:
"Making threatening phone calls or threats over the internet, yeah, you could be in violation of a criminal act," said Lt. Jeff Duhamell, spokesman with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responding to the investigation.
The calls allegedly came from Stan Lippmann of Seattle, Washington.
According to the Metro Police report:
"Mr. Lippmann said that something bad might happen to the doctor and her nurse and the nurse's unborn baby. He further said 'the H1N1 virus is a hoax made up by the government in order to inoculate thousands of children to get them sick.'"
Lippmann lives in Seattle, so Arabia is in no danger from him — though that would not have been obvious from his threatening email.
And since Lippmann lives in Seattle he would not have learned about Arabia's comments from the Australian media but from a blog. There are two likely candidates: Bolt's post, and a post by Tom Nelson (the blog where Lippmann posted his confession). Nelson's post doesn't mention Arabia and doesn't contain the language that Lippmann says triggered his email. Bolt's post does mention Arabia and does contian that language. Bolt's post triggered many comments (allowed by the moderators) abusing Arabia. Examples:
"apparatchik" … "bimbette" … "chanelling Dr Floyd Ferris [character in Atlas Shrugged who tortured Galt]" … "troll" … "disgrace to her profession" … "pretend scientist" … "ignorant" … "idiot" … "idiot leftie" … "Labor stooge" … "communist" … "parasite"
So it seems likely that it was Bolt's post that prompted the death threat sent to Arabia.


text: Home Gallery Video Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Laterals Harvard Pilgrim Health Care: Laterals The beauty of collaboration. Published on Sep 25, 2012 Editor's Pick Hill Holiday repurposes user-generated YouTube videos for a set of heartwarming commercials for Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, each focusing on the good we can do when we all come together. See all three executions on the right. The brand's "teamwork" positioning is also echoed in sets of print and OOH ads, each of which focus on the company as just being a gathering of like-minded, helpful individuals. Ads will include instances of famous partnerships, like "Salt n' Pepa" and "Lucy and Ethel," billboards sans headlines so as not to distract drivers, and an upcoming installation that only plays music when two people are playing. We've seen the use of home video in ads to great effect before, notably in the non-Olympics work for Hostess created by Bernstein-Rein. Rate this Ad You must be registered to rate the ad. Please Login or Register Now About CreditsDateSep 25, 2012Agency:Hill Holliday Chief Creative Officer:Lance JensenClient:Harvard Pilgrim Health CareCreative Director/Copywriter:Tim CawleyCreative Director/Art Director:Bob GatesArt Director:Wes DorsainvilDesigner:Kevin DaleyAgency Producer:Scott HainlineAssistant Producer:Pat DriscollEditorial:Kat BakerEditorial:ElementOffline Editor:Kat BakerOnline Editor:Chris SantoAdditional Editor:Dan CabralSound Mixer:Mike SecherSound Mix:SoundtrackMusic:Conan SkyrmeTitles:Elastic CategoryTVC Latest Creativity News on Ad Age Your Wednesday Wake-Up Call: Amazon's Email Glitch, Bob Evans' Sale and Other News to Know Today Droga5 Appoints Severs as Chief Design Officer, Lietaer Joins The Community London Your Monday Wake-Up Call: The Emmys, Coca-Cola's New Campaign and Rolling Stone's Sale Related work Harvard Pilgrim Health Care: Boston Subway Installation Hill Holliday Harvard Pilgrim Health Care: Anthem Hill Holliday Harvard Pilgrim Health Care: Barn Hill Holliday


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LONDON (AP) — Manchester City staged a second-half comeback to beat Sunderland 3-1 in the League Cup final on Sunday, with exquisite goals from Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri inside two minutes sparking the recovery.
Returning to the stadium where Roberto Mancini's City career ended in an FA Cup final loss last May, further Wembley misery appeared to be beckoning when Fabio Borini put Premier League struggler Sunderland in front after 10 minutes.
Instead, City, which has now scored 121 goals this season, remains on course for an improbable quadruple that would require all the resolve displayed in the second half to complete.
After a flat first-half performance, the recovery began after Toure nonchalantly curled into the net from 30 yards in the 55th minute, with Samir Nasri volleying home City's second inside two minutes.
City fans were already celebrating just their third trophy in three years — following a 35-year title drought — when Jesus Navas completed a counterattack to add the third in the 90th minute.
"To win the first trophy I think is important for us all ... because at an important club you must win trophies," Pellegrini said.
"In the second half we changed it and scored two beautiful goals and we had the patience to win."
City is in the Premier League title hunt and has reached the FA Cup quarterfinals, but must overturn a 2-0 deficit against Barcelona to advance in the Champions League from the round-of-16 stage.
"I hope it will bring confidence for us to win the other trophies," Nasri said.
After more than $1.5 billion of investment in less than six years, City has now won each of the domestic trophies in three years, following the 2011 FA Cup and 2012 Premier League title.
"Our first half, there was memories of Wigan," Nasri said, referring to last year's FA Cup final loss. "We said that we need to stay calm, to remain focused and play our football."
City did just that, and two exceptional moments swung the game in City's favor.
The curling shot from Toure looped over Mannone into the corner of the net, giving the defensive midfielder a 17th goal of the season. And before Sunderland, which is mired in a relegation fight, could regroup there was an equally fine finish from Nasri. From Pantilimon's quick goal kick, Aguero sent the ball to Aleksandar Kolarov, who crossed for Nasri to net with a first-time volley.
"They've scored a great goal to get back into it, he's stuck it in the top corner from 30 yards out and then we've lost a bit of organization and it's cost us a second goal," Sunderland captain John O'Shea said.
There was no way back for Sunderland, and Fernandinho seized possession to allow City to mount a late surge forward that ended with Toure setting up Navas to beat Mannone with a close-range finish.
"It wasn't to be," Sunderland manager Gus Poyet said. "But we tried ... and now we want to stay in the Premier League."


text: Hi everyone I have been trying to find some times for Kentmere 400 exposed at 3200, but I haven't been able to find anything. The only developer I have handy is Tmax and I really want to get this film developed ASAP. Does anyone have experience with this speed for Kentmere 400? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!


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Users on both Apple and Android platforms are looking for fun, with games dominating the fastest movers among apps in the last week, according to search engine Mobilewalla.
Social-media apps that help you discover new music and communicate with video also surged in popularity among users.
Draw Rider (Free)* - Play this "stick man" biker game that has you pedaling and jumping obstacles. Realistic physics make this one a winner. (Mobilewalla Score: 94/100)
Twitter #Music (Free) - (See related review on this page). (Score: 92/100)
Dentist Office (Free) - Hate going to the dentist? Now you can turn the tables and "operate" on patients with multiple dental ailments. (Score: 88/100)
Kick the Buddy: No Mercy ($0.99) - The sequel to the original smash hit is here. A fun game, and a great way to relieve stress. (Score: 85/100)
Vine (Free)* - The new social-media craze is upon us with this video-sharing app that allows you to create short videos and share them with your friends. (Score: 69/100)
Need for Speed Most Wanted ($4.99)* - The latest in the series of console-style racing games, this one allows you to choose your favorite super cars. Amazing graphics make it worth the price. (Mobilewalla Score: 99/100)
Candy Crush Saga (Free)* - This highly addictive matching game will have you staring at your phone for hours. (Score: 98/100).
The Room ($1.99)* - Play this 3-D brain teaser where you find your way through a maze of rooms. Scary and exciting. (Score: 88/100)
Assistant (Free) - Billed as a serious rival to Apple's Siri, Assistant offers full voice-recognition control of your phone's functions such as email, search and directions. (Score: 81/100)
Emoji Keyboard (Free) -Get a full keyboard of dozens of Emoji icons to insert into your emails, documents or text messages. (Score: 72/100)
Apps with an asterisk* denote availability on Apple and Android. Mobilewalla is a search and discovery engine that ranks apps for consumers. Apps are ranked using an algorithm that weighs several characteristics, including user ratings, staff recommendations and position within the category.


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Tire Shredding Tuesday: 1969 Dodge Charger Smokes the Tires for Two and a Half Minutes
Anyone who has been to an event like the Mopar Nationals has seen someone do a crazy-long burnout but few of them last as long as the display put on by this 1969 Dodge Charger. Most burnout competitions last 30 – maybe 60 seconds – before the "judge" tells the competitors to shut it down. On the other hand, this '69 Charger roasts the tires for more than 2 minutes and 30 seconds without stopping so as burnout clips go…this is one of the longest I have seen.
Not surprisingly, after this 1969 Dodge Charger with two four barrel carburetors sticking through the hood roasts the rear tires for over two and a half minutes, the left tire blows out in dramatic fashion – which draws a predictably excited response from the crowd. After all, burnouts are awesome but literally shredding a tire as a result of a burnout that stretches well beyond the two minute mark is about as good as it gets. It is pretty impressive to hear this 69 Charger roar for the full two and a half minutes to crank up your speakers when enjoying this incredible burnout video!


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The Freeney situation has been bugging me all week. Not just because I want him to be healthy, but because there are certain aspects of it that just don't add up. That's why I'm so thankful for this email from reader Dr. Ben. I'm glad to know that a professional is just as confused as I am. This is what Dr. Ben says about the injury:
So you know where I'm coming from, I am a physical therapist who just graduated with my doctorate in PT this past summer (from the University of Indianapolis) and currently work in the workman's comp arena. That is to say, I do NOT work in sports medicine. However, as both are under the umbrella of outpatient, orthopedic medicine, it's a similar injury set (with patients that are far less in shape!)
What I can tell you is that this all seems a little…off to me. I saw the injury in person and later watched the replay, thinking very little of it. Freeney walked off under his own power-rather casually. No one walks off with a grade three ankle sprain when the consequences of said injury are decreased stability of the ankle.
70-80 percent of ankle sprains are to the Anterior TaloFibular Ligament or the CalcaneoFibular Ligament or both. Freeney's was probably the ATFL, judging by the replay. These ligs both guard against rolling the right ankle with cutting to the left. Obviously crucial to Freeney's game.
With muscular injuries, there are always more surrounding muscle fiber to "pick up the slack." You can mask the pain or play through it, often without significant drop off in production.
Ligamentous injuries are different. Stability is the casualty. without stability there is more motion which screws up timing, speed and confidence…even when taped and with pain shots. The brain knows something is not right.
There is divergent opinion/protocol for this ruptured lig: surgical and conservative (non-surgical). Studies show that conservative treatment is no different in long-term stability but allows earlier return to function with less residual (long-term) pain/swelling. Obviously conservative course of action being taken as early surgery has the best outcome for the surgical option.
Conservative protocol includes crutches for first few days (mild ankle sprains) up to first two weeks (severe ankle sprains). Return to activity is achieved gradually due to the nature of the healing process: maturation of the collagen cells that restore integrity to the ligament takes weeks to months to complete. In this time, the lig is more susceptible to re-injury in its weakened state. And this is not to mention regaining other crucial factors as well, such as proprioception.
A lot is made of Freeney's history of fast healing and the 24 hr care he is receiving. Also Methodist Sports Medicine has advanced protocols that are much more aggressive than those used in the "typical" patient. However, you can only speed up a process (that takes several weeks to months) by so much without risking re-injury (or potentially, a career)–not to mention how ineffective one would be in the process of playing too early with such an injury.
That is why this does not make sense to me. Different types of injuries heal at different rates and I do not see how one (or a whole medical staff with hyperbaric chambers etc…) could speed up this injury- as serious as it is being reported.
My guess is that an initial manual test of ligamentous integrity was performed on the sideline, indicating a grade III sprain (perhaps even influenced by residual laxity of lig from previous ankle sprain) and the Colts ran with it, knowing full well (or not wanting to know) that it was not accurate.
This fits with Freeney's appearance at the time of injury and his demeanor in the interview you posted but not with the Colts MO, historically speaking. The Colts are guarded about information but not misleading (or deceitful at worst). Furthermore, the Saints organization has people even more watchful and experienced than me that must be watching and would see this as well. So what gives?
It is either being overstated, or Freeney is Wolverine.
All of this is to say that all the reports do not jive with what I've seen and experienced from my perspective as a physical therapist. I think there is something a little fishy about the whole thing.
There is information about schools online at Guide to Online Schools for people who are interested in careers in the medical field, and possibly interested in sports medicine or physical therapy, like Dr. Ben. I'm optimistic based on what I know and saw…but then again, I've been wrong before. I'm still eating crow on McGwire.


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Shimoyama S, Mafune K, Kaminishi M. Indications for a Pylorus-Preserving Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer With Proper Muscle Invasion. Arch Surg. 2003;138(11):1235–1239. doi:10.1001/archsurg.138.11.1235
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Our previous demonstrations of the feasibility of a pylorus-preserving gastrectomy with a wider-scope lymphadenectomy for early gastric cancer (GC) have raised the possibility of applying pylorus-preserving gastrectomy to a broader segment of GC patients, such as those having GC with invasion extending into the proper muscle layer (GCpm).
Case series.
Tertiary care center.
This study comprised 107 patients with solitary primary GCpm located in the middle or lower third of the stomach.
All patients underwent gastrectomy, using at least the former D2 dissection of the American Joint Committee on Cancer.
Main Outcome Measures
Patterns and sites of nodal involvement were analyzed in relationship to other clinicopathologic characteristics, including preoperative and intraoperative evaluations of tumor depth (cT), nodal involvement (cN), and serosal involvement. The conditions required were serosal negativity and measurements less than or equal to cT2 cN0 with histologic proof of node negativity, or if positive, the positive nodes had to be confined to the first or selective second tier. The selective second-tier nodes were defined as those along the left gastric, common hepatic, and celiac arteries.
The factors favoring node negativity were serosal negativity, cN0, or both. For tumors that were serosal-negative and less than or equal to cT2 cN0 to meet the above conditions, a tumor in the middle third of the stomach had to be less than or equal to 2 cm in the maximum diameter, and that in the lower third could be any size. No patients with serosal negativity and cT2 cN0 GCpm less than or equal to 2 cm in diameter died of cancer or had positive nodes beyond the selective second tier.
Considering the required distance between the pyloric ring and distal margin of the tumor to avoid a positive resection margin, pylorus-preserving gastrectomy with a selective second-tier node dissection is optimal for tumors that are serosal negative, less than or equal to cT2 cN0, and less than or equal to 2 cm in maximum diameter when located in the middle or lower third of the stomach.
CURRENT SURGICAL trends toward the treatment of gastric cancer (GC) recognize that the quality of postoperative life may be improved with less invasive surgery, including endoscopic mucosal resection, local resection with1 or without2- 4 adjacent lymphadenectomy, and gastrectomy with a modified D1 lymphadenectomy,5 especially for carefully selected patients with mucosal GC. In this context, we6 and other investigators7- 9 have introduced the pylorus-preserving gastrectomy (PPG), a less invasive surgical option, for the treatment of early GC. By preserving pyloric function, the PPG has been shown to have many advantages over distal gastrectomy with conventional Billroth I reconstruction in terms of the prevention of postgastrectomy disorders, such as dumping syndrome and alkaline regurgitation.6- 9 Most of the reported PPG procedures by other investigators, however, have not included suprapyloric lymph node dissection to preserve the pyloric branch of the vagal nerve and the right gastric artery; thus, indications for such a type of PPG are quite limited.7- 9 We have recently demonstrated that PPG with a wider-scope (perigastric and regional) lymphadenectomy, including the dissection of suprapyloric lymph nodes, is feasible, safe, and conducive to a better postoperative quality of life.6 We have rationally performed PPG on patients with submucosal GC, and it is possible to apply PPG for an even a broader segment of patients. Recent animal experiments have indicated no postoperative functional differences between PPG with and without dissection of the pyloric branch of the vagal nerve, supporting the idea that PPG with perigastric and regional lymphadenectomy does not compromise its postoperative advantages.10
For node-positive and/or GC with invasion extending into the proper muscle layer (GCpm) or farther, an extended lymphadenectomy has been the advocated treatment in Japan as well as in several Western institutes.11- 16 Since GCpm rarely exhibits peritoneal relapse,17,18 attempts to reduce the risks of regional node recurrence provide increased chances for successful cures in patients with GCpm. The ability of such risk reduction by an extended lymphadenectomy is supported by a recent randomized study in which a D2 dissection led to a reduction in local recurrence frequency compared with a D1 dissection.19 Therefore, we have raised the hypothesis that some segments of GCpm patients can also be treated by PPG when lymphadenectomy extends to the second tier. If this is true, these selected patients have a chance to avoid postgastrectomy disorders, a goal that can hardly be achieved by conventional Billroth I reconstruction. We demonstrate here that PPG with a priority second-tier node dissection (a modified D2 dissection) is sufficient for curative intent for serosal-negative, node-negative GCpm less than or equal to 2 cm in maximum diameter.
One hundred fifty patients with primary solitary GCpm underwent curative resection (Union Internationale Contre le Cancer R0) between 1976 and 2000 in the department of gastrointestinal surgery, University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan). Exclusions were made for those who had GC located in the upper third or the whole stomach (28 patients) and for those undergoing a D1 lymphadenectomy (15 patients); thus, the remaining 107 patients exhibiting middle- or lower-third GCpm formed the study population. The clinicopathologic characteristics of these patients included age, sex, predominant tumor location, gross form, maximum tumor diameter, preoperative and intraoperative findings concerning tumor depth (T) and nodal involvement (N), serosal findings at laparotomy, lymphatic and vascular invasion, and Lauren histologic type. The maximum tumor diameter was evaluated histologically. Gross form and degree of N were expressed according to the Japanese Classification of Gastric Carcinoma (JRSGC).20 Gross form was divided into 3 types: localized (Borrmann types 1 and 2), invasive (Bormann types 3 and 4), and advanced. The advanced type was histologically proved to be an advanced GC but macroscopically resembled an early GC.21
The lymph node stations that correspond with specific lymph node tiers have recently been revised by the JRSGC.20 In addition to the second-tier nodes defined by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) in 1987,22 the new JRSGC classification has recognized lymph nodes along the hepatoduodenal ligament (station 12a) and at the root of the superior mesenteric vein (station 14v) as the second-tier nodes. The grouping of nodal tiers can be modified slightly depending on the tumor location (Table 1). Since these 2 stations belonged to the third tier in the former AJCC classification (and also in the former JRSGC classification), they are considered more upstream nodes for both middle- and lower-third GC. In the new JRSGC classification, therefore, a "complete" D2 dissection has come to require clearance of these newly added stations. Under these circumstances, in the present study, the dissection of first-tier nodes as well as that of preferential lymph nodes along the left gastric (station 7), common hepatic (station 8), and celiac (station 9) arteries can be defined as a modified D2 dissection, and these 3 stations are defined as selective second-tier stations.
Following the new JRSGC definitions of lymph node stations and tiers, the extent of N was expressed as N0 if involvement was not observed, N1 if it was confined to the first-tier nodes, N2 if it extended to the second-tier nodes, and N3 if it extended to the third-tier nodes. Among the 107 patients, an AJCC-D222 was performed in 63 patients, a JRSGC-D220 in 35 patients, and a D3 in 9 patients. A distal6 and total gastrectomy was performed in 97 and 10 patients, respectively. Lymphadenectomy at the splenic hilum was achieved in 15 patients by splenectomy or by skeletonizing the short gastric artery and splenic hilum.23 The scope of lymphadenectomy and amount of resection depended on the surgeon's decision to achieve an R0 resection.
Clinical classification of T (cT) and N (cN) was determined by preoperative and intraoperative evaluations, including barium radiography, upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy, abdominal ultrasonography, computed tomography when possible, and findings from surgical exploration. Endoscopic ultrasonography has been applied for the preoperative evaluation of cT since 1987. Evaluations of serosal involvement during surgery were also recorded and classified as serosal-negative, suspected involvement, and serosal-positive. The intraoperative cN classifications were evaluated by node palpation. Pathologic N classification (pN), determined postoperatively, was based on routine hematoxylin-eosin–based histologic examinations in the resected specimens.
The last date of follow-up was May 2002. Recurrence was confirmed by clinical and radiologic findings. The first site of detectable failure was recorded as the predominant recurrence patterns, which were classified into 4 groups: hematogenous metastasis, peritoneal dissemination, distant lymphatic spread, and regional lymph node recurrence.
An unpaired t test was used to test the equality between the 2 means of variables. The Fisher exact test or χ2 test was used to test the independence between the 2 groups. P = .05 was considered significant.
Table 2 presents the incidences of overall node-positive pN1, pN2, and pN3. The patients with pN2 or greater comprised 32.7% of the 52 node-positive patients. No significant difference was found in incidences of each pN between middle- and lower-third GCpm (P = .6). The lower-third GCpm exhibited more frequent incidences of intestinal-type histologic characteristics (P = .03) and vascular invasion (P = .04).
Patients with node-negative GCpm showed significantly higher incidences of cN0 (P = .006) and of the combined findings of serosal negativity and measurements less than or equal to cT2 cN0 (P = .01) than patients with node-positive GCpm (Table 3). Furthermore, the correlation between nodal status and serosal negativity was marginally significant (P = .06). On the other hand, neither the distributions of sex, predominant tumor location, gross form, histologic type, nor the mean values of age, maximum tumor diameter, and dissected nodes proved significant between node-positive and node-negative patients (Table 3). The distribution of pN was determined by preoperative and intraoperative findings and was dependent on tumor diameter. Patient distributions of each pN were analyzed according to the predominant tumor location, histologic type, maximum tumor diameter, serosal findings, and cT cN classifications (Table 4).
Among the middle-third GCpms, intestinal-type tumors that were serosal negative and less than or equal to cT2 cN0 revealed pN0 or, even if they were node-positive, the positive nodes were confined to the first or selective second tier when the maximum tumor diameter was less than or equal to 2 cm. Nodal involvement extended beyond the selective second tier if the maximum tumor diameter exceeded 2 cm. The same findings were obtained in diffuse-type tumors with serosal negativity and measurements less than or equal to cT2 cN0.
Among the lower-third GCpms, most of the tumors that were serosal-negative and less than or equal to cT2 cN0 were actually pN0 or pN1, irrespective of the histologic type and maximum tumor diameter. One exception was a patient with selective second-tier node-positive cancer with a histologically diffuse tumor greater than or equal to 5 cm in maximum diameter. Among the 62 patients with cN0, 23 patients (37%) were found to have node-positive cancer (≥pN1).
Overall, the mean and median follow-up periods were 100 and 108 months, respectively. Nine patients died of cancer, the documented failure patterns being hematogenous metastasis in 6 patients and a distant lymphatic spread in 3 patients. No patients exhibited peritoneal relapse or regional lymph node recurrence. In patients with serosal negativity and cT2 cN0 less than or equal to 2 cm in maximum diameter (13 patients), an AJCC-D2 dissection was performed in 8 patients and a JRSGC-D2 dissection in 5 patients. Five patients had positive nodes; however, they were confined to the first and selective second tier, and nodal involvement beyond that was not observed. No patients died of cancer during a mean follow-up of 121 months (range, 65-169 months).
Extensive archives of patients with GC in Japan demonstrate that the incidences of overall node-positive, pN1, and greater than or equal to pN2 in GCpm are 53%, 30%, and 23%, respectively.24 These incidences are consistent with our findings, suggesting that our sample of patients was not an eccentric population and had received a sufficient lymphadenectomy, and that a misinterpretation of the actual positive node location, ie, stage migration phenomenon, is unlikely. Our results also agree with the previous analyses of failure patterns, in which serosal-negative GC rarely developed peritoneal dissemination and hematogenous metastasis was the most frequent.17,18 These findings clearly suggest that the complete elimination of cancer-bearing lymph nodes is essential and provides a chance for successful cure in the GCpm patient. From the data demonstrated in the present study and others,24 there is no doubt that D1 dissection alone leaves positive nodes in the second tier, which account for approximately 23% to 33% of patients with node-positive GCpm. Therefore, the recommended scope of lymphadenectomy for GCpm, in Japan as well as in several Western institutes, has been at least a D2 dissection.11- 16
Pylorus-preserving gastrectomy has been reported to have many advantages over conventional Billroth I reconstruction. The PPG preserves pyloric function, which prevents dumping syndromes,6,7 preserves the reservoir function of the residual stomach,8 reduces alkaline fluid regurgitation,9 and improves postoperative nutritional status.6 The scope of lymphadenectomy in our PPG, in contrast with that of other investigators,7- 9 includes suprapyloric lymph nodes, making it possible to extend the scope to the second tier. Therefore, PPG can be theoretically applied to some segments of the GCpm patient population and, if so, PPG is preferable to conventional Billroth I reconstruction for such patients when a negative resection margin can be achieved. Among the second-tier nodes, the selective second-tier nodes should be targeted for preferential dissection (a modified D2 dissection) to increase the possibility of leaving an intact spleen and pancreas in accordance with the concept of less-invasive surgery. The above hypothesis has compelled us to search for a segment of GCpm patients who can be cured by PPG with a modified D2 dissection.
Recent immunohistochemical analyses have revealed micrometastases of GC in the dissected nodes, which cannot be detected by routine hematoxylin-eosin–based testing. The reported incidences of micrometastases of 12% to 30% in mucosal GC,25- 27 15% to 25% in submucosal GC,25- 29 and 17% to 24% in all early GC25,26,30 suggest a potential risk of nodal microinvolvement even for early GC. Although the adverse survival effect on micrometastases remains controversial,26- 30 the existence of micrometastases provides, at the moment, a theoretical basis for proposing that the scope of lymphadenectomy should be larger than the scope of nodal involvement (D>cN).27 Therefore, PPG with a modified D2 dissection for GCpm is justified for tumors with serosal negativity, measurements less than or equal to cT2 cN0 (also proved to be pN0) or, if node-positive, the positive stations should be within the first or selective second tier. Such combined analyses of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative findings are indispensable to establish indications for less invasive surgery, since surgical procedures should be decided preoperatively and intraoperatively. Under these conditions, tumors with suspicious serosal positivity and/or cT3 and/or measurements greater than or equal to cN1 are not candidates for PPG, even if they are proved to be GCpm and pN0∼pN1.
Our combined analyses reveal that, for middle-third GCpm, tumors that are serosal negative, less than or equal to cT2, and cN0 less than or equal to 2 cm in maximum diameter exhibited less than or equal to pN1 or restricted involvement in the selective second-tier nodes regardless of the histologic type. Conversely, nodal involvement beyond the selective second-tier stations was present in GCpm tumors that exceeded the above cutoff diameter. For lower-third GCpm, all tumors that were serosal negative, less than or equal to cT2, and cN0 showed less than or equal to pN1 or restricted involvement in the selective second-tier nodes. Since the 2.5-cm length of the pyloric cuff has been demonstrated to be the most desirable length in a recent comparative study,31 the distance between the pyloric ring and the distal margin of the tumor requires greater than or equal to 4.5 cm to nullify the risks of a positive resection margin. Therefore, for lower-third GCpm, larger tumors should not be treated by PPG to avoid a positive resection margin; thus, a cutoff diameter of 2 cm is realistic. Taking all of these factors together, we find that among tumors of middle- or lower-third GCpm that are serosal negative, less than or equal to cT2 cN0, and less than or equal to 2 cm in maximum diameter with the distal margin greater than or equal to 4.5 cm from the pyloric ring are rationally treated with curative intent by PPG with a modified D2 dissection. These criteria are practical since those who could enjoy the benefits of PPG (13 patients) comprised one quarter of the patients with tumors that were serosal negative and less than or equal to cT2 cN0 (53 patients), and 12% of the 107 patients with GCpm.
Based on the concept that complete clearance of lymph nodes that have a risk of metastasizing is necessary in a curative approach, one may doubt that a modified D2 dissection is really sufficient for patients with pN1 or pN2 even if they fulfill the previously mentioned cutoff criteria. In our series of patients, the possibility of residual diseases following a modified D2 dissection is unlikely, as those who fulfilled the criteria did not die of cancer, survived more than 5 years, and did not have nodal involvement in the stations beyond the selective second tier. As has been demonstrated by this study and others,15 the diagnostic accuracy cN is unreliable; thus, careful evaluation of serosal involvement, cT, and cN should be a prerequisite, and frozen-section examinations in suspicious involved nodes or sentinel nodes may sometimes be necessary. Under these strict evaluations, carefully selected GCpm patients can enjoy the benefits of PPG.
Corresponding author and reprints: Shouji Shimoyama, MD, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan (e-mail: email@example.com).
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Eagles' Michael Vick Enjoying Kelly's Offensive Plan
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(NEW YORK) — So far so good with Chip Kelly's offensive plan in Philadelphia, according to Eagles quarterback Michael Vick.
Nick Foles, Dennis Dixon, and Vick took snaps for the first time at the Eagles' predraft minicamp on Tuesday and things went well.
"It's great, it's awesome," Vick said of Kelly's offensive playbook. "It's [like] nothing I've ever seen before as an offense. We do a lot of things that just put the ball into guys' hands and let them make plays."
Even with Foles and Dixon in camp, Vick still believes he is the man that will take the team back to the playoffs in 2013.
"I still feel like it's my team," he said. "I just know I believe in myself … I believe in my abilities. I know with the right team around me I can lead this football team because I've done it before."
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For every band that has found salvation in noise and good old fashioned rock 'n' roll stomp, there's another act for whom precision and focus are the keys to creating music. In the case of John Dufilho, frontman for Dallas rockers the Deathray Davies, he's mastered the former (2000's The Return of the Drunken Ventriloquist and 2001's The Day of the Ray); it's time to embrace the latter philosophy. Sure enough, he does on Midnight at the Black Nail Polish Factory, his band's first LP for Austin-based record label, Glurp.
Dufilho and his bandmates—multi-instrumentalists Jason Garner and Michael Crow together with contributors Chad Ferman, Jeff Johnston, Kevin Ingle, Mike Middleton—cultivate two musical paths on Midnight at the Black Nail Polish Factory: One is the "Broken Orchestra" (also referred to in some quarters as the "Bedroom Orchestra", a name that provides a better sense of musical scope, sound and intimacy), which performs a four-part suite about a girl named Maggie who is blessed/cursed with an expressionless face; the other incarnation of the band is that of charming, fuzzy, psychedelic indie rockers.
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Midnight at the Black Nail Polish Factory
US: 6 May 2003
UK: Available as import
The "Bedroom Orchestra" consists of three brief instrumental passages—one a minor-key piano and snare passage ("The Staring Contest"), one a demented yet delicate music box ditty ("You Can Keep a Straight Poker Face or Play Dead in the Movies") and one a combination of the two ("Just What Is Maggie Thinking"). These interludes are partnered with a non-orchestral tune, the guitar-driven "Maggie Doesn't Blink" which explains the titular character's quirks (viz., a "stuck" face). It sounds like the musical adaptation of a short story Aimee Bender never wrote; it's really quite charming.
The "straight-up" indie rock part of the album is equally as winning. Songs about love lost and found are swathed in horns, violins, keyboards, guitars and Dufilho's reedy voice. "Gone against the Tide", with its fuzzy guitar and surf/garage leanings prove that the band hasn't forgotten its roots, while "I Was That Masked Man" finds Garner's drums way up in the mix with Dufilho's monster guitar riff and Michael Crow's trumpet turns the whole thing into a long-lost (well, not that long-lost) Beulah b-side.
Proof (in this reviewer's mind) that the Deathray Davies are operating at their peak: Their love songs don't wallow in treacle. The narrator of "The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower" promises love to a "freaky girl" with "purple hair"—provided she doesn't hear him sing. Heck, the song earned the band a spot on the "Nine Most Remarkable Things in Culture this Month" in the June issue of Esquire, if that sort of thing impresses you. Meanwhile, "Dominique", which the liner notes tell was written for Garner to use to woo his future wife, infuses a lap steel pedal guitar with lyrics that suggest Dufilho has been hanging out with the guys in Fountains of Wayne: "When there's nothing new / She's been known to find another view / Dominique / You make me weak". It's an out-and-out charmer, and the last rhyme alone is enough to make me want to marry a woman named Dominique. And even though it's not a love song, I'd be remiss if I failed to mention the brilliant throwaway/album color and layout explanation, "How to Win at Roulette", which alternates between dreamlike and pulsing while Dufilho sings "Red / Black / How much do I have? / How much do we need?". Funny stuff and having the song slow down and ultimately stop like a roulette wheel is just a gas.
"Low and Silent" and the organ-driven "I Regret the Day I Tried to Steal Daniel's Ego" present a grittier sound from the band, and are certainly "fun" enough—especially the former's spaghetti-Western vibe—but in the context of the album (and here my inner wuss emerges) they just aren't as vital as the sweet songs.
After so many entertaining tunes, it's a shame I can't muster more excitement for the title track. As dark as its name suggests, it opens with a delicate, plucked guitar, half-whispered, filtered vocals and a xylophone tune that echoes the Bedroom Orchestra mini-suites. The song swells as Dufilho bellows "I know soon I'll be howling". Others may find the song to be the culmination of the band's new approach, but to these ears, it's too weird and too reserved.
I'm not sure when I started writing publicity copy for the Deathray Davies, but Midnight at the Black Nail Polish Factory is a promising new direction from one of Dallas' finest acts. Radio is cruel, so do a little digging and find the album.
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Global child labour trends 2008 to 2012
The latest trend report provides new global and regional estimates on child labour for the year 2012 and compares them with the previous 2008 estimates.
Sampling for household-based surveys of child labour
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Tokyo, Japan, 2014/09/17 - Yokogawa Meters & Instruments Corporation announces that it has developed the AQ7280 series of optical time domain reflectometers (OTDRs) for the installation and maintenance of fiber-optic cables - Yokogawa.com.
Yokogawa Meters & Instruments Corporation announces that it has developed the AQ7280 series of optical time domain reflectometers (OTDRs) for the installation and maintenance of fiber-optic cables, and will release a total of nine models for this product series on September 29.
The AQ7280 is a high-performance instrument that is used to measure fiber-optic cable distances and losses and to identify failure locations. The AQ7280 succeeds the high-end AQ7275 OTDR, which has been used for the installation and maintenance of a wide range of network systems, including core, metro, and access networks. For improved efficiency and measurement quality, the AQ7280 has a capacitive touchscreen with the same easy-to-use multi-touch functionality that can be found in smartphones and other handheld devices.
Development Background
Driven by factors such as the widespread use of smartphones and the increase in video-related Internet traffic, there is a rising need around the world for the installation of fiber-optic cable that is capable of the high-speed transmission of large volumes of data. An ever increasing amount of fiber-optic cable is being installed for core network systems between cities, metro network systems within cities, and access network systems that connect central offices to subscribers. As OTDRs are used to evaluate installation and maintenance work, it is important to make these devices easy and intuitive to operate so that even operators who are less familiar with fiber optic cable measurement techniques can produce high quality measurements in less time. In addition, there is an increasing need particularly in emerging countries for the ability to measure the very long cable lengths that are typical with core network systems. Also, due to the variety of fiber-optic cables that are in use and the existence of multiple network communications standards, there is a need for OTDR units that are capable of measuring different wavelengths. To meet such needs, Yokogawa has developed the AQ7280.
Product Features
1. Easy, intuitive operation
The AQ7280 has a best-in-class 8.4-inch capacitive touchscreen that supports the same intuitive multi-touch functionality found in smartphones and other handheld devices, allowing users to reposition and resize objects on the screen. The AQ7280 also has the same operation hard keys found on the preceding model. Users can opt to use either the touchscreen or the hard keys.
2. Nine models suitable for a variety of measurement needs
There are nine models in the AQ7280 series. These include the AQ7285A, which has an industry leading 50 dB dynamic range suitable for long-distance measurements, and the AQ7283K, which can measure up to four different wavelengths. The AQ7280 series offers remarkable flexibility and convenience with modular measuring units that can be replaced in the field. As new measuring units are developed to keep up with advances in optical technology, the AQ7280 can be modified simply by replacing the measuring unit.
The AQ7280 OTDR series is planned to meet the CE marking requirements by the end of September.
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Communications carriers, cable installation companies, etc.
Main Applications
To evaluate the quality of fiber-optic cable installation and maintenance work
To characterize losses and identify failure locations in fiber-optic cables
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ORGANISERS of an appeal to provide feed and bedding for flood-hit Somerset farmers have changed the collection date to Tuesday, March 11.
The change is at the request of their contacts in Somerset but will still take place at Church Quarry, Aycliffe Village, at 10am.
Tim Sedgewick of Ricknall Grange Farm, Aycliffe; Henry Hutchinson of Red Gap Farm, near Wynyard; and Ben Layfield of Holland Hall Farm, Willington, joined forces to co-ordinate the collection of much-needed livestock forage and bedding and have asked farmers and hauliers throughout County Durham and North Yorkshire for assistance.
A range of companies including Tesco and Armstrong Richardson Agri have offered to transport any donated fodder and straw to Sedgemoor Auction Market where the NFU South West is distributing it to those farmers that badly need it to keep their livestock going.
Mr Sedgewick said: "We hope all the people who have donated thus far are able to do the new date. Henry, Ben and myself have been overwhelmed by the support shown by the north east farming community for their Somerset counterparts.
"They are all extremely grateful for the on-going support and have asked me to pass on their sincerest thanks. The donations really are making a huge difference to the situation on the ground for livestock farmers.
"Morale amongst the farmers in the south west is being boosted by the collective spirit being shown throughout the country.
They have advised that small conventional bales are becoming difficult to handle when delivered."
Anyone wishing to donate bales of hay, haylage, straw or silage at Church Quarry on Tuesday, March 11, can call Tim Sedgewick (07766 104999), Henry Hutchinson (07821 422922) or Ben Layfield (07917 611483) so transport can be organised.
Donations can also be made at: fcn.org.uk or call 0845 367 9990; addingtonfund.org.uk ; rabi.org.uk or the Somerset Community Foundation emergency flood relief fund; the Royal Bath & West Society have set up The Somerset Levels Relief Fund towards dredging in the area.
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"Pop a lot of pain pills/ Bout to put rims on my skateboard wheels/ Beat that p—y up like Emmett Till" – Lil Wayne
It seems as though Epic Records has come to its senses over a controversial lyric written by Lil Wayne that alludes to the gruesome 1955 murder of Chicago teen Emmett Till. The label apologized Wednesday night and is reportedly in the process of cutting the disrespectful line featured on Future's "Karate Chop" remix.
"We regret the unauthorized remix version of Future's `Karate Chop,' which was leaked online and contained hurtful lyrics," Epic said in a statement. "Out of respect for the legacy of Emmett Till and his family and the support of the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. … we are going through great efforts to take down the unauthorized version."
Over on Twitter, Jackson confirmed the talk with Epic Record's CEO LA Reid and the removal of the comment. The label will release an official version of the song that "will not include such references."
A publicist says Lil Wayne has had no comment thus far.
Till was visiting his family in Mississippi when he was brutally beaten and killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Both suspects were acquitted by an all-white jury, but it was the courage of Till's mother, Mamie, to insist on an open-casket funeral that showed her son's mutilated body. The circulated photos helped spark the civil rights movement.
Airickca Gordon-Taylor, a cousin of Till, told The Chicago Sun-Times:
"My agenda is not to be disrespectful to Lil Wayne, even as much as I feel he's been disrespectful to my family. We just want Emmett's name removed from that song. That entire segment is very misogynistic and promotes domestic abuse toward women by our own race.
"But it also shows total disregard of where you've come from. He wouldn't even be out there rapping these stupid lyrics without the sacrifice Emmett made. Personally, I think Lil Wayne should just go ahead and apologize to my family. It's hurtful."
On Wednesday, a Facebook post on the Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation page said Reid had reached out to the family to send a personal apology.


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Abstract: Increasingly, companies that are selling directly to consumers are touting products made at least partially from biobased chemicals. However, consumers have repeatedly demonstrated very little willingness to pay any extra for products with biobased content. The current petrochemical production is highly efficient and the feedstock costs are being driven down by the expanding production of shale gas. Against this backdrop, is there a path forward for the introduction of biobased chemicals? To date, biobased chemical development has generally been premised on targeting a single biobased chemical at a time. Unfortunately, this serial approach to biobased chemical products is both time intensive and expensive, which are hardly desirable attributes. Are there alternative technological approaches that could mitigate some of the challenges facing biobased chemical development? It will be proposed there is a need to consider development approaches that can create a more generalized framework in which a range of biobased chemicals could be produced from a common technological platform. One such generalized technological framework, being developed by CBiRC, depends on the exploitation of a common metabolic pathway leading to a diversity of intermediate chemicals that are subsequently converted to chemical products using chemical catalysts. An overview of the technical strategy being used by CBiRC to achieve a generalized chemical production platform will be discussed as well as several specific examples involving varying chain length carboxylic acids with decarboxylation to olefins and biological-produced pyrones with subsequent ring opening or aromatization.


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This is the first year that a harmon.ie customer is in the running for the Forrester Research Groundswell Awards.
Take a look at the enterprise collaboration projects, and vote for your favorite enterprise collaboration project! (Naturally, we think ABB is a winner!):
Fortune Global 250 power and automation technologies conglomerate ABB initiated a global collaboration program to build competitive advantage by facilitating interaction and information sharing among its 124,000 employees. A cornerstone of the program is You@ABB, a personal productivity portal within the email window that provides one-stop access to corporate and team documents; a calendar merging all personal and team meetings, events, and tasks; a social and professional directory; and access to communications such as chat for fast collaborative work. Other components include Team Spaces, which facilitate collaboration by consolidating shared documents, tasks, calendars, discussions and blogs in one spot; a basic content management system, which hosts underlying content; and unified communications, which integrates multiple communication channels. Enabling technologies include Microsoft SharePoint, IBM Lotus Notes and Sametime, EMC Documentum and harmon.ie social email.
While not yet fully deployed, the ABB Collaboration Program has already improved team communication and cooperation. In the first year after rollout of Team Spaces, 2,400 team sites were set up for project, departmental and regional work, and the collaboration tools were being used by more than half of SharePoint-authorized users (nearly a quarter of the total workforce). Participation jumped significantly when the harmon.ie deployment began midway through the year, with a doubling of team sites and a 35% rise in unique weekly users in the ensuing four months. The success stems from harmon.ie's ability to vastly simplify collaboration by eliminating multi-step navigation for document storage and retrieval, providing a direct interface to document libraries and the people directory from the You@ABB portal in the email window, and enabling instant connectivity to colleagues from the same personal portal - in other words, by transforming email into a true collaboration workspace.
This is the first year that a harmon.ie customer is in the running for the Forrester Research Groundswell Awards.


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Dr. Moroz is a board certified psychiatrist who treats a while variety of mood and anxiety disorders in adults. He has a particular interest in psychodynamic psychotherapy and has pursued additional training at the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. Dr. Moroz earned his medical degree at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and completed his psychiatry residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, where he was Chief Resident. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and is a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association. His office is in the Flatiron District in Manhattan.
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Assuming you have had no delays in your incisions healing, there should be no problem with getting a piercing 6 months after your tummy tuck.
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Piercing after tummy tuck?
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Belly ring after tummy tuck
If you haven't had any complications following your abdominoplasty it is very reasonable to have you belly button pierced at 6 months post op. To be certain you should discuss this with your surgeon.
After abdominoplasty piercing fine if all else uncomplicated
If all else was uncomplicated following your abdominoplasty and if scars are soft, piercing at 6 months should be fine.
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These feelings of rejection, coupled with racism, caused him to become very insecure and very unsure of himself. Though he lived with his mother in Lincoln, Illinois after his grandmother's death, Hughes moved frequently after his mother's remarriage and while he began writing and publishing in high school, his unsettled family life caused him great pain and hardship.
Also troubling Hughes, particularly as an adult, was the fact that he was a closeted homosexual who used his work to rage against racism, poverty, and homosexuality (Glbt.com, 2). Many of Hughes' closest friends were known homosexuals, but he himself never "came out." During the era in which Hughes lived, homosexuality was considered to be inappropriate. Consequently, he may have chosen to live his life secretly in order to avoid the social stigma of homosexuality.
Despite these burdens, Langston Hughes was a figure of enormous importance in the Harlem Renaissance, a period in which a number of African-American writers and artists in Harlem began to make their presence known (Corbett, 1). Hughes attended Columbia University for a period of time but obtained his college degree from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania where he supported himself by working in a laundry and as a busboy (Corbett, 2).
Many of Hughes' poems reflect his concerns, such as "The Weary Blues" and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." Though Hughes has been called the Poet Laureate of the Negro Race," the University of Kansas (3) argues that he was the most original of all African-American poets and that his prolific output represented his ongoing determination to use his voice to express the conditions in which African-Americans lived in the first half of the twentieth century. Though he traveled widely, visiting his father in Mexico, many E