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May 21, 2007
LOS ANGELES, May 21, 2007 -- Judy D. Olian, chairman of the G. and R. Loeb Foundation Inc. and dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management, today announced the finalists of the 2007 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. She also announced the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lawrence Minard Editor Award.
Celebrating their 50th anniversary, the Loeb Awards are the highest honors in business journalism. They were established in 1957 by Gerald Loeb, a founding partner of E.F. Hutton, to encourage quality reporting in the areas of business, finance and the economy in order to inform and protect private investors and the general public. Presented by UCLA Anderson School of Management since 1973, the awards recognize writers, editors and producers of both print and broadcast media for the significant contributions they make in this field.
The 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient is Matthew Winkler, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News. This annual award recognizes an individual whose career exemplifies the consistent and superior insight and professional skills necessary to further the understanding of business, financial and economic issues.
Dan Kelly, the news editor of page one at The Wall Street Journal, will receive the 2007 Lawrence Minard Editor Award, named in memory of Laury Minard, founding editor of Forbes Global and a former final judge for the Loeb Awards. This award honors excellence in business, financial and economic journalism editing and recognizes an editor whose work does not receive a byline or whose face does not appear on the air for the work covered.
Winkler and Kelly will receive their career achievement awards at the 2007 Loeb Awards dinner, Monday, June 25, 2007, in New York City. Winners in the 12 competition categories, including the new feature writing category, will be announced from among the following finalists, which were chosen from among a record 433 entries.
Large Newspapers Category
The finalists in the large newspapers category (circulation of more than 350,000) are:
- Gretchen Morgenson, Julie Creswell, Geraldine Fabrikant and Louis Uchitelle for "Gilded Paychecks" in The New York Times
- Alan Murray, Steve Stecklow, Charles Forelle, John R. Wilke, Rebecca Buckman, Peter Waldman, Joann S. Lublin, George Anders, Pui-Wing Tam and John R. Emshwiller for "The Hewlett-Packard Spying Scandal" in The Wall Street Journal
- Charles Forelle, James Bandler, Mark Maremont and Steve Stecklow for "The Secretive Backdating of Option Awards for Corporate Executives" in The Wall Street Journal
- Dan Morgan, Gilbert M. Gaul and Sarah Cohen for "Harvesting Cash" in The Washington Post
Medium Newspapers Category
The finalists in the medium newspapers category (circulation between 150,000 and 350,000) are:
- Chiaki Kawajiri, Gady A. Epstein and Stephanie Desmon for "Crab Factory" in The Baltimore Sun
- June Arney and Fred Schulte for "On Shaky Ground" in The Baltimore Sun
- David Olinger, Aldo Svaldi, Greg Griffin and Jeffrey A. Roberts for "Foreclosing on the American Dream" in The Denver Post
- Heather Landy for "Radio Shack CEO's Resume in Question" in Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Ronnie Greene for "Deadly Express" in The Miami Herald
Small Newspapers Category
The finalists in the small newspapers category (circulation of less than 150,000) are:
- Scott Finn and Tara Tuckwiller for "The Killer Cure" in The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette
- Nathaniel Popper for "The Kosher Jungle" in Forward (New York, N.Y.)
- Mike McAndrew and Michelle Breidenbach for "The Great Empire Zone Giveaway" in The Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.)
- Kyle Stock for "Time Shares" in The Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.)
Magazines Category
The finalists in the magazines category are:
- Emily Thornton, Dean Foust and David Henry for "Private Equity" in BusinessWeek
- Charles Fishman for "How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change the World? One." in Fast Company
- David A. Kaplan for "The Boss Who Spied on Her Board" in Newsweek
- Jon Gertner for "What is a Living Wage?" in The New York Times Magazine
Commentary Category
The finalists in the commentary category are:
- Jay Hancock for "Jay Hancock Columns" in The Baltimore Sun
- Steve Bailey for "Steve Bailey Downtown" in The Boston Globe
- Joe Nocera for "Talking Business" in The New York Times
- Alan Murray for "Business" in The Wall Street Journal
- Kimberley A. Strassel for "Review and Outlook" in The Wall Street Journal
Deadline Writing Category
The finalists in the deadline writing category are:
- Greg Burns, Susan Diesenhouse, Susan Chandler, Julie Johnson and David Greising for "Deal Unites Future Foes" in Chicago Tribune
- Louis Aguilar, Bill Vlasic, Daniel Howes, Bryce G. Hoffman, Dorothy Bourdet, Christine Tierney and Francis X. Donnelly for "Blue Friday" in The Detroit News
- Damon Darlin, Matt Richtel and Kurt Eichenwald for "The War at H-P" in The New York Times
- Aaron Lucchetti, Alistair MacDonald, Edward Taylor, Susan Carey, Joseph T. Hallinan, Peter A. McKay, Ann Davis, Matt Chambers and Mohammed Hadi for "Futures Shock: The Mammoth Merger of the Merc and the CBOT" in The Wall Street Journal
- Ann Davis, Henny Sender and Gregory Zuckerman for "The Implosion of a Highflying Hedge Fund" in The Wall Street Journal
Beat Writing Category
The finalists in the beat writing category are:
- Don Lee for "Don Lee on the Corruption in the New China" in Los Angeles Times
- Edmund L. Andrews for "The Oil Giveaway" in The New York Times
- Barbara Martinez and George Anders for "Health-Care Goldmines: Middlemen Reap Benefits of Rising Costs" in The Wall Street Journal
- Miriam Jordan for "The Moral, Legal and Economic Dilemmas of Illegal Immigration" in The Wall Street Journal
News Services or Online Content Category
The finalists in the news services or online content category are:
- Ted Bridis for "Ports Security" for The Associated Press
- Lingling Wei for "Mortgage Finance" for Dow Jones Newswires
- Alistair Barr for "Who Are the Short Sellers?" for MarketWatch
- Liz Chandler for "Illegal Workers: Injured and Abandoned" for The McClatchy Company
Feature Writing Category
The finalists in the feature writing category are:
- Clive Thompson for "A Head for Detail" in Fast Company
- Adam L. Penenberg for "Revenge of the Nerds" in Fast Company
- Louis Uchitelle for "Rewriting the Social Contract" in The New York Times
- Susan Pulliam for "The Hedge-Fund King Is Getting Nervous" in The Wall Street Journal
Television Daily Category
The finalists in the television daily category are:
- Michelle Miller, Chris Hulme and Patricia Shevlin for "High Tech Genius" on CBS Evening News: Weekend Editions
- Rand Morrison, Estelle Popkin, Gavin Boyle, Susan Spencer and David Bhagat for "Take as Directed" on CBS News Sunday Morning
- Jim Cramer for "Amaranth Explanation" on CNBC
- Jim Popkin and Lisa Myers for "Trophy" on NBC News
Television Enterprise Category
The finalists in the television enterprise category are:
- Brian Ross, Joseph Rhee and Len Tepper for "ABC News - Brian Ross Investigates: 'Mugus and Masters'" on ABC News
- Jeff Fager, Steve Kroft, Andy Court, Keith Sharman, Patti Hassler and Daniel J. Glucksman for "The Mother of All Heists" on CBS News 60 Minutes
- Josh Howard and David Faber for "Big Brother, Big Business" on CNBC
- Byron Harris, Mark Smith and Kraig Kirchem for "A Fraud on Your House" on WFAA-TV (Dallas, Texas)
Business Book Category
The finalists in the business book category are:
- James Kynge for "China Shakes the World" published by Houghton Mifflin
- Chris Anderson for "The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More" published by Hyperion
- Charles Fishman for "The Wal-Mart Effect" published by The Penguin Press
The judges select finalists and winners based on quality of reporting and writing, news and analytical value, originality and exclusivity, and in the broadcast categories, production value and visual impact. Sixty preliminary judges representing a broad spectrum of print and broadcast media, as well as academia, chose this year's finalists. The winners are then determined by the distinguished panel of final judges:
- Stephen J. Adler, editor in chief, BusinessWeek
- Amanda Bennett, executive editor of enterprise, Bloomberg News
- Jane Berentson, editor, Inc.
- Matthew Bishop, bureau chief, The Economist
- Lou Dobbs, anchor and managing editor, "Lou Dobbs Tonight" CNN
- Steve Forbes, president and editor-in-chief, Forbes
- Douglas Frantz, managing editor, Los Angeles Times
- Chrystia Freeland, U.S. managing editor, Financial Times
- Daniel Hertzberg, senior deputy managing editor, The Wall Street Journal
- John Hillkirk, executive editor, USA Today
- Robert G. Kaiser, associate editor, The Washington Post
- Glenn Kramon, assistant managing editor, The New York Times
- Judy D. Olian, dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management
- Andrew Serwer, managing editor, Fortune
- Allan Sloan, Wall Street editor, Newsweek
- Jonathan Wald, senior vice president of business news, CNBC
The Loeb Awards gratefully acknowledges Business Wire for their support of this program. For more information about the Loeb Awards, please visit the Loeb Awards Web site at http://www.loeb.anderson.ucla.edu.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the very best business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty are ranked #1 in "Intellectual Capital" by BusinessWeek and are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,600 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 35,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.
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In this moving memoir, Katrina Kenison beckons readers into her world and proves to be an insightful guide and companion through the vicissitudes of life.
After the death of a friend, and when her youngest son leaves their rural New Hampshire home to finish high school in another state, Kenison is unmoored from that which had defined her life. Undeterred, she finds that her friendships, marriage and sense of fulfillment shift in surprising ways.
"It makes sense," she writes toward the end of the book, "the more willing we are to align ourselves with light and love, the more freely these enlivened forces will work in our lives, and the more we will find ourselves putting our faith in that little inner voice that says 'go here' or 'do that.'"
Kenison, author of "The Gift of an Ordinary Day," the longtime series editor of "The Best American Short Stories," and co-editor, with John Updike, of "The Best American Short Stories of the Century," has written a book that inspires readers to find their way in a world that can change in the blink of an eye.
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FDA Approves New Subcutaneous Formulation of Actemra
Genentech Gains FDA Approval for New Subcutaneous Formulation of Actemra for use in Adult Patients Living with Moderately to Severely Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
South San Francisco, Calif., October 21, 2013 -- Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a subcutaneous (SC) formulation of Actemra (tocilizumab) for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have used one or more disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), such as methotrexate (MTX), that did not provide enough relief. Like the intravenous (IV) formulation, the SC formulation can be used both as a single-agent therapy and in combination with MTX or other non-biologic DMARDs. The Actemra pre-filled syringe (PFS) injection formulation will be available in November.
"People with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis can suffer irreversible joint damage that may be prevented by earlier treatment with a medicine such as Actemra," said Hal Barron, M.D., chief medical officer and head, Global Product Development. "We're pleased that these patients will now have the option of Actemra as a subcutaneous injection or an IV infusion."
Actemra, originally approved by the FDA as an IV medicine in 2010, is the first and only humanized interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor-antagonist monoclonal antibody approved by the FDA for both SC and IV administration.
"Because some patients prefer a subcutaneous injection, it is important for physicians to have this new option," said Alan J. Kivitz, M.D., FACR, President of Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, Pa.1 "In clinical trials, Actemra was shown to be effective and have a consistent safety profile – with the exception of injection site reactions for the subcutaneous formulation – when administered either intravenously or subcutaneously and may be used with or without methotrexate."
The approval is based on data from the Phase III clinical trials SUMMACTA and BREVACTA. For Actemra SC, the FDA recommended dosage is 162 mg administered subcutaneously every other week, followed by an increase to 162 mg every week based on clinical response for patients less than 100 kg (220 lbs) in weight. For patients at or above 100 kg (220 lbs), the dosing is 162 mg administered subcutaneously every week.
About SUMMACTA
SUMMACTA is a randomized, double-blind, active-controlled, parallel-group, multicenter study with a double-blind period of 24 weeks in 1,262 patients with moderately to severely active RA. SUMMACTA demonstrated comparable efficacy (non-inferiority) of the SC formulation of Actemra 162 mg given weekly plus DMARDs compared to 8 mg/kg of Actemra given intravenously every four weeks plus DMARDs in patients with moderately to severely active RA in the DMARD-IR population (20 percent of whom had inadequate response to anti-tumor necrosis factor [anti-TNF] therapy). A similar proportion of RA patients in each group experienced at least a 20 percent improvement in tender and swollen joints (American College of Rheumatology [ACR] 20 response) at Week 24 (69 percent with Actemra SC formulation vs. 73 percent with Actemra IV).
Analysis of safety at Week 24 showed that the adverse event profile of the SC and IV groups were comparable, except for SC injection site reactions.
About BREVACTA
BREVACTA is a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study of Actemra SC versus placebo SC in combination with traditional DMARDs in patients with moderately to severely active RA who had an inadequate response to DMARD therapy. In the study, 656 patients were randomly assigned in a 2:1 ratio to two treatment groups receiving Actemra SC every two weeks administered with a PFS and placebo SC every two weeks with a PFS. All patients continued their background DMARD therapy.
Results from BREVACTA showed RA patients who received the SC formulation of Actemra every two weeks plus DMARDs were significantly more likely to have achieved ACR20 response than those given placebo SC plus DMARDs at 24 weeks (61 percent vs. 32 percent, respectively). At Week 24, significantly less structural joint damage progression was observed in patients receiving Actemra SC plus DMARDs compared to placebo plus DMARDs as assessed radiographically and expressed as a change from baseline in the van der Heijde modified total Sharp score (mTSS) (mean change from baseline in mTSS of 0.62 vs. 1.23, respectively, with an adjusted mean difference of -0.60 [-1.1, -0.1]). No new clinically meaningful safety signals for Actemra, except SC injection site reactions, were observed in this study.
About ACR20
ACR20 score represents a 20 percent reduction in tender and swollen joint counts in addition to a corresponding improvement in three of the following five parameters:
Acute phase reactant (such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate)
Patients Global Assessment of Disease Activity
Physicians Global Assessment of Disease Activity
Pain scale
Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ)
About Rheumatoid Arthritis
RA is an autoimmune disease estimated to affect approximately 1.3 million adults in the United States.2 Joints become chronically inflamed, painful and swollen, and patients can become increasingly disabled as cartilage and bone is damaged.
About Actemra® (tocilizumab)
Actemra is the first humanized interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor antagonist approved for the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have used one or more disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), such as methotrexate (MTX), that did not provide enough relief. The extensive Actemra RA IV clinical development program included five Phase III clinical studies and enrolled more than 4,000 people with RA in 41 countries, including the United States. The Actemra RA SC clinical development program included two Phase III clinical studies and enrolled more than 1,800 people with RA in 33 countries, including the United States. In addition, Actemra is also used as an IV formulation for patients with active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (PJIA) or systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) two years of age and older.
Actemra is intended for use under the guidance of a healthcare practitioner.
Important Safety Information
Actemra can cause serious side effects. Actemra changes the way a patient's immune system works. This can make a patient more likely to get infections or make any current infection worse. Some people taking Actemra have died from these infections.
Actemra can cause other serious side effects. These include:
stomach tears
changes in blood test results, including low neutrophil (white blood cells) and platelet (platelets help the blood to clot) counts, and increases in certain liver function test levels and blood cholesterol levels
an increased risk of certain cancers by changing the way a patient's immune system works
hepatitis B infection
serious allergic reactions, including death. These may happen with Actemra infusions or injections, even if they did not occur with an earlier infusion or injection.
nervous system problems
Patients must tell their doctor if they are allergic to Actemra or if they have had a bad reaction to Actemra previously.
Common side effects:
Patients must tell their doctor if they have these or any other side effect that bothers them or does not go away:
Upper respiratory tract infections (like common cold and sinus infections)
Increased blood pressure (also called hypertension)
Injection site reactions
Actemra & pregnancy:
Patients must tell their doctor if they are planning to become pregnant, are pregnant, plan to breast-feed, or are breast-feeding. The patient and their doctor should decide if the patient will take Actemra or breast-feed. Patients should not do both. If a patient is pregnant and taking Actemra, they must join the pregnancy registry. To learn more, patients should call 1-877-311-8972 or talk to their doctor to register.
Patients must tell their doctor right away if they are experiencing any side effects. Report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.FDA.gov/medwatch. Call Genentech at 1-888-835-2555.
Please visit www.actemra.com for the full Prescribing Information, including Boxed Warning and Medication Guide, for additional Important Safety Information or call 1-800-ACTEMRA (228-3672).
Actemra is part of a co-development agreement with Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. and has been approved in Japan since June 2005. Actemra is approved in the European Union, where it is known as RoActemra, and several other countries, including China, India, Brazil, Switzerland and Australia.
About Genentech Access Solutions
Genentech is committed to people having access to its medicines. Genentech Access Solutions is a team of more than 350 Genentech employees who help those who need medications. Knowledgeable and experienced specialists can help patients and medical practices navigate the access and reimbursement process and provide assistance to eligible patients in the United States who do not have insurance coverage or who cannot afford their out-of-pocket co-pay costs. For more information, please visithttp://www.GenentechAccessSolutions.com.
About Genentech
Founded more than 35 years ago, Genentech is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. The company, a member of the Roche Group, has headquarters in South San Francisco, Calif. For additional information about the company, please visit http://www.gene.com.
1. Barton, Jennifer. Patient Preferences and Satisfaction in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Biologic Therapy. Patient Preference and Adherence. 2009; 3: 335-344. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792871/. Accessed July 19, 2013.
2. Arthritis Foundation. Available at: http://www.arthritis.org. Accessed July 22, 2013.
Posted: October 2013
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The Goessel Bluebirds will need to fill key positions on this year's football squad to supplement a strong line and backfield.
The roster lists seven players at 190 pounds or more. Coach Garrett Hiebert will have 17 players to mold into different positions as each person brings their own strengths.
Players returning from a successful 6-4 eight man football season last year are Zach Showalter, Brian Hiebert, Reece Hiebert, Mark Schmidt, Michael Rhoades, Connor Davis, Kellen Froese, and Chase Flaming.
Showalter caught 33 passes last year for an average of 19 yards per catch and 16 touchdowns. Defensively, he averaged 7.2 tackles per game. Froese average 4.2 yards per carry and 7.8 yards per catch while also getting 5.4 tackles per game.
Schmidt played in the backfield gaining 4.8 yards per carry and getting 6.4 tackles per game. Brian Hiebert is expected to anchor the defensive line, picking up 4.8 tackles per game last year and earning 2.5 sacks.
Reece Hiebert earned 1.7 tackles per game last year in the defensive line. Flaming picked up valuable experience last year as a freshman and is expected to contribute both offensively and defensively this year.
Rhoades is expected to assume some of the kicking duties, and Davis picked up experience in the offensive line last year.
"We return our whole line this year," Showalter said.
"There are some key positions that will need to be filled," Mark Schmidt said.
Team leaders looked to Chase Flaming to be the team's quarterback at the start of the season.
"We will be strong in the line, and we need to work on speed," Brian Hiebert said.
The football season begins for the Bluebirds with a home game with Centre on Sept. 6.


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The mood in the ballpark the day after a win at home is so much more positive than after a loss. It's tangible. It was not so noticeable on Saturday but it was blatantly obvious Sunday afternoon. Nice to see the Padres carry their road roll with them on the plane for the first time this season.
By taking 3 of 4 from Houston the Padres won their first series of the season at home. Some thoughts from the weekend's games (which I was happily able to attend):
- Padres scored in the first inning on both days. Their 2 runs in the first Saturday matched the number of runs they had scored on Saturday at home all season. Then they jumped on 20-year old Jordan Lyles for 3 Sunday.
- Hunter Pence has got to be in the top 5 of 'best players no one knows'. He only had 2 hits in the 2 games I saw but hit several balls hard. Pence left town with a 17-game hitting streak, the longest of his career.
- Chase Headley won't make that list but he is locked in at the plate right now. He had a single on Saturday and 2 doubles Sunday. Headley also has a hit streak in progress (15 games). There's been a mild debate on where he should hit in the order. With his high OBP and low power numbers I'd begun to think leadoff or #2 were the best spots, however, so long as he's hitting #3 is fine. He's getting on in front of Ludwick, and that's essential for this offense.
- Logan Forsythe hammered a double in the third inning Saturday to drive in his first ML run. Well done, kid.
- Aneury Rodriguez pitched pretty well for the Astros but Aaron Harang was better. Ernesto Frieri tried to make things interesting in the ninth (although in my opinion he got squeezed big time by Todd Tichenor; the 3-0 pitch to Sanchez was a strike, as was the first one to Downs), but Bell recovered in time to strand the tying runs in scoring position.
- The interesting thing about Saturday's game was how many late swings the Astros had. By my count they hit 11 balls to right (2-for-11 on those balls) off him. Harang must hide the ball real well, or at least was hiding the ball real well Saturday. Eric Patterson played very well in RF on the night; I thought he gave up a little bit on one foul ball near the Astro bullpen, but his running catch in the third inning (slamming into the wall) was a big play, as was his throw to the plate in the second.
Good game Saturday. And garden gnomes to boot!
- Ryan Ludwick got applause when he walked to the plate for his first AB Sunday. It marked the first time I can remember him getting that reception here this season.
- When Alberto Gonzalez got hit Saturday the fans booed. When Ludwick got hit Sunday they didn't. Either Saturday's fans were looking for a reason to boo, or they realize the difference between taking a ball off the shirt (midsection) and taking one off the shoulder (on a ball headed for Gonzalez's head). Ludwick got pounded inside Sunday in all his AB.
- After Latos struck out in the second, Astro catcher Robinson Cancel chucked the ball into RF. Funny.
- Astro 3B Chris Johnson got hit leading off the second Saturday night, then Ludwick and C Rob Johnson got hit Sunday. Lyles was wild, so I don't think there was intent to retaliate.
- Not in the box score, but Brad Hawpe maed a fantastic play on an errant pickoff attempt by Rob Johnson in the fifth inning Sunday. Otherwise that ball's in RF and the Astros have (minimum) runners on second and third with 0 outs. Pence's hit would have then made the score 4-3 and the rest of the game is very different. Big play by Hawpe.
- Jason Bourgeois is hitting .407. That is not a misprint. He's the 4th outfielder on that team. I'm thinking he's trade bait in July.
- Bourn and Bourgeois are base stealers and they really ran on Johnson Sunday. Remember the troubles Padres pitchers (especially Chris Young) had a couple of years ago holding runners on? Seems those slow times to the plate have never quite been corrected. Some of it might be on the catchers, but to my eye most of it is on slower than average delivery times to the plate.
- Speaking of steals, Rob Johnson stole a base in the sixth inning Sunday. It's actually his 4th career stolen base (he's also been caught stealing twice). Johnson's last successful steal was April of last year, off Matt Wieters (FWIW, besides Robinson Cancel he's burned Kelly Shoppach and Victor Martinez).
The big key in these 2 games? The Padres played good defense, and they've hit with RISP. They were 4-for-50 through the first game of the Washington series; they were 21-for-56 going into Sunday's game (where they went 2-for-17. the .117 average is bad, but the had SEVENTEEN at bats with a runner on second or third yesterday. Wow). The law of averages really does work.
Next up is the scuffling Colorado Rockies. San Diego could be in third by mid-week, and wouldn't that be nice.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Game Reflections: #59 and #60 vs Astros
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vir2instruments needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 24 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
We need a cover for a music library that contains Hip Hop and Rnb tracks. We will need two versions of the same cover. One for the R&B version and one for the Hip Hop version. We basically want the same cover with a different title on each. The artwork will be for a slick on a DVD case. The overall theme is to be a clean and crisp type urban feel as opposed to old school street style. Think Rihanna, Usher, Chris Brown, Ne-Yo type music. Try to stay away from cartoony designs.
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This product will have two versions, a hip hop and an R&B version. So we will need two versions of the same cover. One that says "Club Bangers Hip Hop Pak" and one that says "Club Bangers R&B Pak" . The 2 versions should have some sort of coloration differences to help distinguish between the Hip Hop and R&B versions, but can otherwise be the same layout and idea.
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The Brunswick Community College baseball season ended in a 9-5 loss May 12 to host Patrick Henry Community College in the NJCAA Division II Region 10 championship tournament in Martinsville, Va.
BCC finished with 13 hits as Chase Gehringer and Dillon Stewart hit home runs, but PHCC also had 13 hits.
PHCC scored three runs in the first inning against starter Patrick Corcoran. Gerhinger hit a two-run home run in the top of third, but PHCC also scored twice in the inning. A PHCC run in the fourth put it ahead 6-2.
For the fourth-straight game, East Carolina scored double-digit runs cruising past Princeton 11-2 March 17 at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
The Pirates (14-6) extended their current win streak to five games (9 of last 10),while Princeton falls to 1-10 on the season.
Former BCC pitcher Jimmy Boyd (2-3) picked up his first win in a starting role giving up a pair of runs
BOLIVIA — The Brunswick Community College women's basketball team continued its second-half resurgence by beating Spartanburg Methodist College 65-50 Sunday, Feb. 22, in a non-region basketball game at BCC.
For BCC, Brianna Baham scored 22 points, Courtney Pearsall 13 and Anshonee Addison 11. Other BCC scorers: Baylee Simpson five, Asha Graham two, D'Asya Wilson two, A.J. Mays two, Monica Smalls two, Jasmine Corbett three and Hailey Czigler three.
BOLIVIA — Richard Bland College, ranked No. 4 in NJCAA Division II men's basketball, beat Brunswick Community College 88-65 in a non-region game Wednesday, Feb. 4.
The Statesmen improved to 21-3. BCC dropped to 10-14.
For BCC, JacQues Chambers scored 13 points and Robin Moore 12.
Other BCC scorers: Jaquan Grissett seven, Carson Smith seven, Kevin Rowell seven,
Cortell Busby four, Taylor Buffkin seven, Najee Pritchett eight.
BOLIVIA — Cape Fear Community College beat Brunswick Community College 70-70 in a NJCAA Division I Region 10 men's basketball game Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center gym.
For BCC (0-3, 9-11), Carson Smith scored 18 points, Jaquan Grissett 17 and Taylor Buffkin 10. JacQues Chambers scored eight points, Robin Moore six, Cortell Busby five, Natjee Pritchett four and Kevin Rowell two.
The Dolphins trailed 38-30 at the half, but after a technical foul four straight free throws by Smith gave BCC a 40-38 lead.
BOLIVIA — Cape Fear beat host BCC 76-64 in a women's NJCAA Division II Region 10 basketball game Thursday, Jan. 15.
For BCC (1-5, 5-9), freshman D'Asya Wilson scored 18 points, sophomore Monica Smalls 15 and freshman Brianna Baham 13. Anshonee Addison scored six points and Courtney Pearsall, Baylee Simpson and Asha Graham scored four points each.
The Dolphins led 11-10 with 11 minutes, 40 seconds left in the first half but the Sea Devils rallied and outscored BCC 16-2 in taking a 26-13 lead with 4:14 left.
BOLIVIA — The Brunswick Community College men's basketball team beat Davidson County Community College 96-90 Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatic Center gym.
For BCC (8-7), JacQues Chambers scored 21 points, Carson Smith 18, Robin Moore 15 and Kevin Rowell 13. Taylor Buffkin and Jaquan Grissett each scored nine points, Parker Helgerson six and Cortell Busby five.
Davidson, an NJCAA Division III team, dropped to 11-5.
BCC lost its opening-round game 60-38 to Community College of Baltimore County — Dundalk, Md. on Dec.18.
The game was tied 14-all with 7:14 left in the first half, but CCBC led 31-22 at the half. Baham scored 11 of BCC's 22 points, and nine of those points were free throws.
CCBC dominated the second half, stretching its lead to 39-22. It led 50-29 with 8:40 left and BCC never rallied.
BOLIVIA — A loose strand of nylon net dangled from the hoop on the Brunswick Community College end of the court.
But there wasn't anything loose about BCC's pressure defense as the Dolphins beat Wake Tech 77-62 in the Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center gym Nov. 25.
BOLIVIA — The Brunswick Community College men's basketball team opened its season by beating South Carolina Sports Academy 110-94 Nov. 4 at the Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center gym.
For BCC, Carson Smith hit four 3-pointers and scored 24 points. Cortell Busby scored 16 points and Robin Moore, Najee Pritchett and Kevin Rowell each scored 14.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks declined on Thursday, taking a step back from their recent advance, prompted by comments by the ECB president on the euro and Europe's outlook.
The euro currency dropped against the safe-haven dollar and yen, spurring a retreat from risky assets such as stocks, after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the exchange rate was important to growth and price stability. Investors took that as a sign the bank is concerned about the euro's advance and its effect on the region's economy.
Growth sectors were among the weakest performers on the S&P 500: the S&P 500 materials index <.splrcma> was down 0.6 percent while the S&P energy index <.spny> was down 0.5 percent. Housing stocks also declined, with a housing sector index <.hgx> off 1.4 percent.
Despite the day's decline and weakness earlier this week, the stock market has been in an almost uninterrupted up trend for most of the year, with the S&P 500 up 5.8 percent so far for 2013.
Many analysts say some weakness at this point is no surprise.
"Given the amount the market moved in January, having a little bit of a pullback and some consolidation where the market goes sideways for a little while, we think would be a healthy sign," said Eric Marshall, director of research at Hodges Capital Management in Dallas.
Top U.S. retailers reported strong January sales after offering compelling merchandise that drew in shoppers facing a hit to their take-home pay from higher payroll taxes.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> was down 42.47 points, or 0.30 percent, at 13,944.05. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx> was down 2.73 points, or 0.18 percent, at 1,509.39. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.ixic> was down 3.34 points, or 0.11 percent, at 3,165.13.
Shares of Apple helped to limit losses on the Nasdaq, the stock ending up 3 percent at $468.22. Fund manager David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital said it has sued Apple Inc and said the company needs to do more to unlock value for shareholders.
Though the earnings season is winding down, results continue to boost growth estimates for the fourth quarter. According to Thomson Reuters data through Thursday morning, of 317 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings, 69 percent have exceeded analysts' expectations, above a 62 percent average since 1994 and 65 percent over the past four quarters.
Fourth-quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies rose 5 percent, according to the data, above a 1.9 percent forecast at the start of the earnings season.
Akamai Technologies Inc lost 15.2 percent to $35.26 as the worst percentage performer on the S&P 500 after the Internet content delivery company forecast current-quarter revenue below analysts' expectations.
Among retailers, Macy's Inc
But Ann Inc dropped 8 percent to $30.20 after forecasting fourth-quarter sales below analysts' expectations.
Economic data was mixed. Initial jobless claims dipped last week, with the four-week moving average falling to its lowest level since March 2008, signaling the economy continues to recover slowly.
A separate report said fourth-quarter productivity registered its biggest drop in nearly two years, while unit labor costs jumped 4.5 percent, more than economists expected.
Roughly 6.6 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the NYSE MKT, compared with the 2012 average daily closing volume of about 6.45 billion.
Decliners outpaced advancers on the NYSE by nearly 4 to 3 and on the Nasdaq by about 5 to 3.
(Additional reporting by Angela Moon; Editing by Kenneth Barry and Nick Zieminski)
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Greg McElroy probably is sitting in a tub of ice right now, wondering who else can play quarterback for the New York Jets.
McElroy's first NFL start was as painful as it was unsuccessful, as the second-year pro was sacked 11 times during a 27-17 loss to a bad San Diego Chargers team Sunday at the Meadowlands.
Mark Sanchez watched the carnage from the sideline, benched for an entire game for the first time in his four-year NFL career. Tim Tebow had the same vantage point for four quarters, left to deal with the indignity of watching wide receiver Jeremy Kerley run his Wildcat plays. Kerley actually completed a 42-yard pass in the second quarter, giving him more passing yardage than Tebow this season. You can't make this stuff up.
Jets coach Rex Ryan appears clueless in dealing with his quarterbacks. The Jets activated three QBs for the first time this season but played only one. Tebow didn't even see time with the punt team. What was the point?
The loss drops the Jets to 6-9, ensuring their first losing season since 2007. Giving up 11 sacks is hard to do, and McElroy must share the blame with his offensive line. McElroy lacked pocket presence and held the ball too long on several occassions. The Chargers aren't known as a pass-rushing terror, and yet the Jets turned them into the West Coast version of the Sack Exchange.
Ryan said after the game that McElroy will start against the Buffalo Bills next Sunday. Congrats?
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Faith in Vermont: Things We Don't Like To Talk About
Maybe we can't really help our kids....
The October 14 print issue of this newspaper featured the headline, "Transitional apartments offered in Vergennes," about a shelter that's helping the homeless to become independent. Directly beneath it was a story about the Charter House Coalition's Community Supper. The sidebar directed readers to articles about local weddings, and a rubber ducky race fundraiser for Mt. Abraham High School's fall musical.
At the very bottom of the front page, below the fold, under an enormous photo of a tractor crossing a field amidst glorious fall foliage, was the headline that many of us were really thinking about that week: "Mt. Abe rocked by student suicide."
My initial reaction was surprise that the news about 16-year-old Olivia Scott's tragic decision to end her life had made the front page at all. Not that it shouldn't have been on the front page; as community news, it deserved to be up top in bold. But my husband and I noticed with some amusement, back when we first moved to Addison County, that the more disturbing news – things that didn't have to do with community services or new businesses or dairy farming – tended to be relegated to the back pages.
A beautiful teenage girl who kills herself, allegedly in response to the severe bullying she suffered at Mt. Abraham High School and on the internet, fits squarely into the category of Things We Don't Like To Talk About.
We don't like to talk about these things because they don't fit with our image of Vermont: a state that markets itself as a bucolic place of ski slopes and rolling fields and dairy farms and white steeples surrounded by autumn leaves. We don't like to talk about these things because they don't fit with our image of Addison County: a collection of small towns where everybody knows your name and the newspaper highlights all of the ways in which the community cares for each other. How is it possible that in the midst of such natural beauty, in a community that sets up rubber ducky fundraisers and transitional shelters and ham suppers, a young woman could be in so much pain that she decides it's better not to be alive?
I'm as guilty as the next person; in over a year of writing this column, I've painted a picture of small town Vermont in which the worst thing is the foibles of the weather. I don't talk about the shabby trailer park down the street, or the fact that a recent survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ranked Vermont the number one state for illicit drug use. I almost didn't talk about Olivia Scott, because I'm still relatively new here, and I didn't know her (although, this being a small community, I know people who knew her). But I decided that failing to mention this news in a column about living in Vermont would be negligent.
Of course, not liking to talk about bullying and teen suicide isn't really a Vermont problem, or an Addison Independent problem; it's a human problem. We don't talk about these things because they don't fit with our image of who we are as people, and also because we don't have any real answers for this type of behavior. It taps into our primal fear that maybe things aren't as fine as we like to think; maybe we're capable of great cruelty and deep pain, maybe we can't really help our kids, maybe there are broken things in us that can't be fixed. Olivia Scott's death shocked us into remembering that, no matter how beautiful the setting or tight-knit the communities, Vermont is inhabited by human beings.
And humans are problem solvers. So when something like what happened to Olivia Scott shocks us enough that we're forced to talk about it, we look for the problem. We point to the internet, to the schools. I'll agree that the internet and schools provide environments where bullying can feel more concentrated and can flourish like mold in a petri dish. But cruelty existed long before organized education, and suicide happened long before social media. Very few of us escaped childhood without experiencing some heavy duty teasing and taunting. Most of us got through it because we had enough other people around us – family, friends, community members – to counterbalance the pain, to assure us it was worth it to stick around.
There's a saying that I've heard a lot since having children: "Once you become a parent, every child is your child." I've found that to be true; whenever tragedy befalls a child these days, it pains me more deeply than before I had children of my own. But I wonder whether that saying is mostly about our self-centeredness. In my own case, it often is; when I hear about unimaginable things happening to children, I imagine those things happening to my own children…and then I'm grateful that they didn't. And while I truly love being around children who aren't my own offspring, if I'm honest I often tend to size up other kids in relation to my own: Whoa, she's writing her name already! Or: Hmm, he's not as polite as MY children.
But what if, instead of seeing other children with my own child's face, or using them as developmental measuring sticks, I actually treated them like my own children? What if, when I came into contact with other children in my community, I noticed their strengths and told them how special they were? What if I cheered as loudly for other children at events as I do for my own? What if I were as available to help other children as I am for my own? What if we all were?
Olivia Scott is someone's child; so are the children who bullied her. And somewhere along the way, they all got the mistaken impression that it's possible for certain people to not be special, to not matter all that much. But everyone is special; and everyone is fragile, so how we treat others matters very, very much.
I don't have any real answers to our loss of Olivia Scott. But I suspect that if we're looking for the problem, we might start by looking at how we treat our children – our own, and those in our community. Are we modeling compassion and kindness? No amount of internet controls or guidance counselors or anti-bullying programs are enough to make a child feel like they matter because they're deeply loved and unconditionally supported.
Even love and support might not be enough; from what I hear, Olivia Scott was very loved. But there's another saying I like: "It's okay to make mistakes, as long as they're new ones." What happened to Olivia Scott has gotten our community talking; now, let's try not to let it happen again.
Faith Gong has worked as an elementary school teacher, a freelance photographer, and a nonprofit manager. Since moving to Addison County in 2011, her work has involved caring for a house in the woods, four young daughters, one anxiety-prone puppy — and writing for her blog, The Pickle Patch.


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|Statement by Che Ying of the Chinese Delegation at the Third Committee of the 60th General Assembly on Refugees (Agenda Item 39)
As this is the first time Mr. Guterres, the new High Commissioner for Refugees, attends the 3rd Committee of the current session of the General Assembly, I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his election. On his 3rd day in office, the new High Commissioner visited refugee camps in Uganda. Since then, he made numerous visits to many other locations where conditions are harsh to learn at first hand about the life of the refugees. His hands-on approach fully demonstrates his earnest commitment and devotion to the cause of the refugees, for which the Chinese delegation would like to express high appreciations.
Mr. Chairman:
The latest UNHCR statistics shows that the number of refugees worldwide fell in 2004 to 9 million, the lowest total in the past 25 years. This is a gratifying result achieved by the international community as a result of its concerted efforts in the spirit of "international solidarity and burden-sharing". This achievement is also the result of immense contributions made by the entire UNHCR staff, relevant governments and humanitarian relief agencies. The Chinese delegation is highly appreciative of such efforts.
At the same time, however, the number of people "of concern" to UNHCR rose to 19.2 million. A permanent solution to the problem of refugees throughout the world remains elusive. At the 2005 World Summit, member states made a solemn commitment to make joint efforts with a view to solving the problem of refugees and reaffirmed their determination to seek durable solutions for refugees in the sprit of "international solidarity and burden sharing" through various efforts, including those aimed at addressing the root causes of the refugee problem. It is our hope that this solemn declaration will give a new impetus to the international protection of refugees.
The 2005 World Summit also reaffirmed the importance of the realization of Millennium Development Goals to the solution of the refugee problem. There can be no lasting peace without development, and there's no durable solution to the problem of refugees without peace. The Chinese government commends the concept of "bridging the gap between relief and development" put forward by the High Commissioner and his related initiatives. We hope that UNHCR will continue to play its catalytic role in prompting the international community to increase assistance to those developing countries that host large numbers of refugees and focus on seeking solution to the protracted problem of refugees.
This year, reform is the theme for the whole United Nations system, and UNHCR is no exception. The Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Program agreed at its just-concluded meeting earlier October to create a new post for an Assistant High Commissioner for Protection to enhance UNHCR's function in international protection. The Chinese delegation is of the view that: (1) UNHCR should carry out its international protection mandate in compliance with its Statute and the relevant General Assembly resolutions; (2) In stressing the delivery of "international protection", another important function of the UNHCR, namely, assisting countries to "find durable solutions for refugees" should not be neglected or weakened; (3) UNHCR should fulfill its international protection mandate on the basis of full cooperation with member states as is called for by its Statute and the relevant General Assembly resolutions.
The Chinese delegation hopes that UNHCR will seize the opportunity presented by the broad reform underway in the UN system to further enhance its internal management and improve efficiency in its use of funds so as to better respond to the refugee problem of the new era.
With the assistance of UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration, the Chinese government successfully hosted a Symposium on Durable Solutions for Enhanced Regional Capacity Building of the Intergovernmental Asia-Pacific Consultation on Refugees, Displaced Persons and Migrants (APC) in Beijing on July 4 through 6, 2005. It also hosted APC's annual meeting in the latter part of last month. China is ready to further strengthen exchanges with other Asian-Pacific countries and UNHCR on refugee and related issues with a view to strengthening and further developing the APC mechanism.
Mr. Chairman:
At present, the increasingly rampant terrorism poses a serious challenge to the international protection of refugees. The frequent occurrence of terrorist attacks on humanitarian relief agencies and their staff members threatens the personal security of relief workers. China resolutely joins the international community in condemning terrorist attacks against humanitarian personnel. We support the measures taken by UNHCR to further enhance security and guarantee the safety of its relief workers.
On the other hand, terrorists and other serious criminal offenders often use asylum as cover to escape from justice and to continue harming the innocent. The double standards and politicization of the asylum procedures undermine the credibility of refugee protection. The Chinese delegation calls on the parties concerned strictly to abide by the Refugee Convention so as to make sure that the international protection regime for refugees not be abused and politicized and that its neutrality and non-political character be kept intact.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.


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