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"A cheap medical device can dramatically reduce the number of premature births in some at-risk women," the BBC reported today.
This news is based on a Spanish trial that looked at a cervical pessary, a small ring-shaped device which is inserted around the cervix to prevent early births. The cervix is the lower, narrow portion of the womb which joins the top of the vagina. In this study, the pessary was used in women with a short cervix (25mm or shorter). A shorter cervix indicates that a woman is at increased risk of premature labour. The study found that these pessaries reduced the number of deliveries before 34 weeks of pregnancy (early preterm birth) from 27% in women who did not use the pessary to 6% in those who did.
Spontaneous preterm birth is a leading cause of illness and death for babies. Finding a safe and effective way of reducing the number of babies born prematurely is an important and worthwhile goal, and this study has shown that the pessary has some merit. However, the study was relatively small and the authors have called for further larger studies in different countries to determine whether this intervention is effective and acceptable in routine practice. The size of this study also meant there were very few neonatal deaths and other adverse outcomes, and larger studies should ideally address these issues, as well as looking at which women would gain most benefit from use of this device. For example, should eligibility be based on cervical length alone or other risk factors for prematurity.
Where did the story come from?
The study was carried out by researchers from research institutes and universities in Spain. It was funded by the Carlos III Institute of Health. The study was published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet.
This study was accurately covered by the BBC.
What kind of research was this?
A full-term pregnancy is when a baby is born at 37 weeks of pregnancy or later. However, many women have preterm births, when their baby is delivered before 37 weeks. Preterm birth is generally associated with health problems for the baby. These problems tend to be greater the earlier the baby is born.
In current medical practice, options to try to prevent preterm birth tend to focus on identifying women at risk for having a preterm birth and managing their risk factors. For example, this could include managing diabetes and high blood pressure in pregnancy, closely monitoring women with multiple pregnancies or with a history of preterm birth, and encouraging women to stop smoking. However, interventions to try to prevent preterm labour and birth are limited.
A treatment known as cervical cerclage (where a stitch is placed to keep the cervix closed) may be used, but this technique tends to be restricted to women who have already had several preterm births or pregnancy losses. If a woman has already gone into preterm labour, drugs may be used to try to stop her contractions (tocolytic drugs). However, these drugs often have restricted use because when a woman has gone into preterm labour, it is sometimes safer, for the mother and baby, to allow the delivery to occur than to prevent it. For example, if the membranes surrounding the baby have already ruptured, there is risk of infection.
There is a need for proven methods to help safely prevent early labour and birth in women identified to be at increased risk, and hence to reduce the risk of the neonatal health problems associated with prematurity.
This randomised controlled trial (RCT) tested the use of a pessary to prevent preterm births. A pessary is a device that is inserted into the vagina, usually to support the womb or deliver medication such as anti-thrush creams. The pessary used in this study was a non-medicated silicone ring that sits around the cervix (the opening of the womb).
Pessaries have been used over the past 50 years to prevent preterm birth, although the evidence supporting their effectiveness has reportedly come from non-randomised trials. The researchers conducting this trial say it is the first RCT of the use of cervical pessaries for the prevention of preterm birth. Randomised studies generally provide better evidence than non-randomised ones, as the participants are randomly allocated to use different treatments. This eliminates bias in the results that could arise if participants were assigned a specific treatment based on their individual medical characteristics. An RCT is the ideal study design for determining whether cervical pessaries are effective in preventing preterm births.
This trial was conducted across five hospitals in Spain. Pregnant women with a short cervical length (25mm or less) were randomly assigned to receive the cervical pessary or to join a control group. Other studies have found that women with a short cervical length are at increased risk of spontaneous early preterm delivery.
What did the research involve?
The study recruited 385 women aged 18 to 42 years old who were pregnant with a single child and had a cervical length of 25mm or less, measured on an ultrasound scan. The ultrasound measurement was done during the routine second trimester ultrasound given to assess the baby's general development. Women were randomly assigned to receive either the pessary or to be part of an "expectant management" group. Expectant management is type of "watchful waiting" during which medical staff closely monitor the progress of pregnancy but only step in with treatment if a medical need is identified.
The researchers then monitored all the women every month, and the pessary was removed after 37 weeks of pregnancy or earlier. The researchers analysed the number of women who had a spontaneous delivery before 34 weeks of pregnancy in each group, and a number of other outcomes including side effects and outcomes immediately after birth. Although births before 37 weeks are generally considered to be preterm, those occurring between 34 and 37 weeks generally have milder complications than those occurring before 34 weeks, which is often known as early preterm.
What were the basic results?
Spontaneous early preterm delivery (before 34 weeks) was significantly less frequent in the pessary group, occurring in 6% of the group compared with 27% of the group receiving expectant management (odds ratio [OR] 0.18, 95% confidence interval 0.08 to 0.37).
If all births were considered (including non-spontaneous births, such as caesarean sections), deliveries before 34 weeks occurred in 7% of the cervical pessary group and 28% of the expectant management group. This represents a 21% absolute reduction in risk, which means that only about five women with a short cervix need to be treated with this device to prevent one baby being born before 34 weeks.
Other results included:
- The average gestational age at delivery was also significantly higher in the cervical pessary group, with babies being born at 37.7 weeks of pregnancy in the pessary group compared with 34.9 weeks in the expectant management group.
- The need to suppress labour using drugs (tocolysis) and to use corticosteroid treatment (used to try to mature the baby's lungs before birth) was significantly higher in the expectant management group.
- The pessary group included significantly fewer babies born with birth weight less than 2,500g (5.5 lbs) or with respiratory distress syndrome. There was also a reduced need for treatment of sepsis (a potentially serious bacterial infection), and a reduced rate in a composite measure of adverse outcomes in the pessary group.
- No major side effects were associated with the pessary, and only one patient needed to have the pessary removed early (less that 1% of the group).
- However, insertion and removal of the pessary was reported as painful, with a pain rating of 4 on insertion and 7 on removal (on a scale of 0 to 10). Despite this, 95% of the pessary group would recommend the intervention to other people.
How did the researchers interpret the results?
The authors said that "the cervical pessary is an affordable, safe, and reliable alternative for prevention of preterm birth in a population of appropriately selected at-risk pregnant women who have been screened for cervical length assessment at the midtrimester scan."
In current medical practice, options for preventing preterm labour and birth tend to focus on identifying women at risk of having a preterm birth and managing their risk factors. Medical interventions to try to prevent birth and delivery are, however, limited.
This new research has focused on treatments for women found to have a short cervix (the opening to the womb), who have an increased risk of early delivery. It tested whether a simple silicone ring (pessary) placed in the vagina and over the cervix can help prevent preterm births, and found positive results for the ring.
The researchers found that pessaries in women with a short cervix (25mm or shorter) reduced the proportion of deliveries before 34 weeks of pregnancy, from 27% in women receiving standard treatment to just 6% in women given the pessary.
Pessaries of this kind have been used in medical practice for many years, but the evidence supporting their use has come from non-randomised trials. These can be influenced by bias as participants have their treatment chosen according to their circumstances. This latest trial has the benefit that patients were randomly allocated their treatment method, providing better evidence than non-randomised trials.
However, this exciting research needs to be confirmed in further larger studies of routine care in several other countries. It should also be noted that it is difficult to predict which women are likely to have a preterm birth. Only 6% of women initially screened in this study fulfilled this criteria, so we cannot tell if most pregnant women would derive any benefit from such a pessary.
Also, although gestational age at birth was increased with the pessary, the study was not large enough to assess some other important outcomes for babies. For example, the number of participants involved and the length of follow-up meant it cannot tell us about rates of rare but serious problems such as long-term illness or death, which have been linked to spontaneous preterm birth. The researchers stated that they have "planned a long-term follow-up of the infants until the age of two years to detect and compare developmental impairments in the two groups".
Analysis by Bazian
Edited by NHS Website
Links to the headlines
Cheap device 'reduces premature births'
BBC News, 3 April 2012
Links to the science
Goya M, Pratcorona L, Merced C et al.
Cervical pessary in pregnant women with a short cervix (PECEP): an open-label randomised controlled trial
The Lancet, April 3 2012 (early online publication)
Further reading
Abdel-Aleem H, Shaaban OM, Abdel-Aleem MA.
Cervical pessary for preventing preterm birth
Cochrane Library, September 10 2010


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On the content of EIF v2.0, I ask
- that EIF v2.0 recommends the use of open standards, as defined in the definition given by EIF v1.0 for all exchanges by public institutions and states, as did the EIF v1.0 document,
- that EIF v2.0 recommends the use of free and open source software, by public institutions and states, as did the EIF v1.0 document,
- that EIF v2.0 recommends the use of open standards for all communications ( eg. documents, videos, sounds …) they publish, to and with the public for example on their websites, by the public institutions in Europe, at the European Commission and all the member states, and conform to open standards for the tools they provide,
On the elaboration process of EIF v2.0, I ask
- for the explicite public consultation during a sufficiently long time, for example one year, for the redaction of such an important report as EIF v2.0,
- for the explicite participation of SMEs and a majority of members states for such a consultation and document redaction.
The campaign herein asks you to do 3 (three) actions :
- sign the campaign herebelow for open standards by answering the IDABC request for comment before September 15, 2007
- answer the request for comment of the European Commission request for comments on its websites, on CampaignECwebsites
- ask your friends to do the same.
Support open standards everywhere in all Europe
On June 29 2007, the European Commission agency IDABC published document written on contract by Gartner initiating the revision of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) and the Architecture Guidelines (AG) .
The first version of this very important document has been published in 2004 and introduced a strong support and request for open standards and xml for the exchange of data between administrations within Europe, as well as with the citizens. This has been relayed and used in many countries to support open standards as well.
This is now threatened in this new report EIF v2.0 by Gartner
This second version, not yet endorsed by the European Commission, nor by the member states, but that could well enter soon such an endorsement process, wants to update the previous version of the European Interoperability Framework but, contrary to the first version, it threatens explictely the good process of more open standards that had been a long time push of IDABC.
On page 28, we can find
Allow open standards and other recognized standards to coexist
Gartner acknowledges the importance of open standards. IT vendors and system integrators should also recognize that open standards are the way to go. The era where proprietary standards lead to a sure base of loyal customers is fading away. IT is becoming just like any other industry where true added value and competitive pricing determine the winners.
Yet, Gartner recommends not to focus on the use of open standards per se. Whether open or not, standards are to further the deployment of public services. EIF v2.0 should facilitate the most profitable business model(s) of cost versus public value, under proper recognition of intellectual property rights, if any. The support for multiple standards allows a migration towards open standards when appropriate in the long run.
The use of 'free and open source' software may further the deployment of public services. However again, whether free and open source or not, it is the most viable software that should be allowed to survive in the infrastructure. So again, EIF v2.0 should facilitate multiple options to co-exist, and to compete.
These are unacceptable drawbacks from the previous "European Interoperability Framework for pan-European eGovernment Services" (Version 1.0, 2004, page 9) that promoted the use of open standards as defined in this European definition, the use of free and open source softwares as well as XML, the Extensible Markup Language.
Without our reactions, this could be inforced in the paper and thereafter be endorsed by the European Commission and made effective to the member states.
Hopefully, now, we, the civil society, have an opportunity to react effectively, has said in the report :
Everyone who sees interoperability as an effective means to come to better pan-European eGovernment services is invited to read the document and reflect on its content.
IDABC is interested in your reactions.
A summary of reactions (that reach us before September 15, 2007) will be published on the IDABC web-site (http://ec.europa.eu/idabc) and will constitute another input into the revision process.
Please help us with the following actions :
- read in details the documents such as EIF v2.0 by Gartner
- collect your remarks, constructive comments and the points that needs further attentions and discussions,
- collect your signatures of the associated campaign below, and your own constructive comments, and
- let your friends and contacts know that their inputs herein are effectively important.
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Still, this NY Times review of the documentary isn't that flattering.
Not everyone will be charmed, however, by the extent to which he and his producers apparently thought it was necessary to dumb down and dress up the science in question. Everything is presented in classroom metaphors, and not very vivid ones: shots of static on a television screen represent cosmic radiation; a stretchy sweater with a lot of extra buttons stands in for the expanding universe. An inordinate amount of screen time is also devoted to shots of the dreamy Dr. Magueijo staring at models of the solar system or lying on a deck chair and gazing at the sky.
It doesn't help when he brings his own bad-boy biography into the picture (a habit that began with his 2003 book, "Faster Than the Speed of Light"). We're treated to the story of how he had his Einstein-was-wrong-about-the-speed-of-light breakthrough while fighting a hangover, and to the sight of him chuckling while watching what appear to be fake home movies, with an actor playing the young João.
Unfortunately, I have other commitments tonight that I won't be able to watch this show, and I didn't set anything to record it. If you did catch it, can you post something here and let me know what you think of it?
The article did get one thing rather accurate, though. I've seen his pictures several times already before this (haven't met him in person yet), and I might even go out on a limb and say that he is one of the most good-looking physicist that I've ever seen. :) I'm guessing that the camera loves him, and in many circles, that's good enough for a TV show.


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One time of life when you may tend toward a lower maintenance level is during pregnancy and raising young children. Who has the time or energy for elaborate skin care and makeup sessions?
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text: Fathers deserve some credit on their special day (and all year) for the examples they set for their children. By Janet Bodnar, Editor-at-Large June 16, 2011 Here's an interesting Father's Day tidbit: Online shoppers spent an average of $144 on Dad last Father's Day, reports Ebates, a Web site that offers cash back on purchases at participating stores. That compares with $82 spent on Mom for Mother's Day last month. Spending more doesn't necessarily mean we love Dad any better; it might just mean that Dad plays with more expensive toys. Ebates says that computers and tech gadgets topped gift ideas for Father's Day last year, and it expects this year's top gifts to be e-readers, tablets and smart phones. Of course, Dad richly deserves it. Another report, from Insure.com, calculates that his contributions to the family, such as helping with homework and yard work, are worth $20,415 this year. That's not as much as it would cost to replace Mom's contributions -- $61,436 -- but it's impressive nonetheless. Sponsored Content And I'd like to give Dad a special pat on the back. I think that fathers get short shrift when it comes time to pass out credit for teaching kids the financial facts of life. True, surveys show that young people learn more about money management from their mothers than their fathers. But Dad deserves appreciation for the often-unspoken lessons he provides in his traditional role as breadwinner. Yes, I know that Mom kicks in to the household income in two-earner families, and nowadays she may earn more than Dad. And many single mothers are their kids' sole support. All the more reason to recognize responsible fathers, not just for their financial contributions but also for the examples they set for their children -- particularly their sons. Advertisement And let's face it: Where would we be without some of those classic "dad-isms"? "Money doesn't grow on trees, you know." "We're all going to end up in the poorhouse." "Close the door. Do you want to air-condition the whole neighborhood?" Lessons from Dad. I'm often asked how my husband reacts to my persona as a kids-and-money coach. I'd have to say that he's bemused by it -- and very patient. We don't always agree. Sometimes he's the heavy (or softie), and sometimes we reverse roles. But we always discuss financial issues with the kids, and over the years he has taken the lead in teaching some very important lessons. For example, John is a stickler for treating all three of our kids equally when it comes to such things as savings, college tuition and other expenses. They have different needs and requests, but overall he makes sure it evens out (and he started IRAs for each of them as soon as they earned income from a job). At the same time, he's very specific about the responsibilities he expects them to assume in return. Peter, our youngest, is back at home after graduating from college while he works to earn money for grad school. He took it in stride that he'd have to pay nominal rent (at least enough to cover the cable bill), but he was a bit taken aback when Dad told him he'd also have to pay for upkeep on the family car he gets to use. John has been giving the kids great career advice ever since they looked for their first summer jobs in high school. They finally started to appreciate his words of wisdom when they hit their twenties and entered the job market for real. Advertisement He has also taught them some unexpected lessons about lending a helping hand (see Should You Pay Kids to Shovel Snow?) and being generous. Both his mother and mine are deceased, but on Mother's Day he still sends flowers to elderly members of our family. When Peter found out, he told his father, "You're so nice." Yes, he is. Follow Janet's updates at Twitter.com/JanetBodnar.


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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced two new hires: Eun Ah Choi has been named managing executive of the Division of Investment Management and Geoffrey Aronow has been named chief counsel and senior policy advisor in the Office of International Affairs.
The new positions for Choi and Aronow come as the agency also welcomes two new commissioners, Kara Stein and Michael Piwowar. Both were sworn in on Aug. 9.
Choi, who will assume her new role on Monday, will serve as the division's point person on a wide range of business, operational and administrative functions, including risk and examinations, business process improvement, human capital management, strategic planning, and industry and financial analyses.
Choi fills the role previously held by Diane Blizzard, who last April became associate director for regulatory policy and investment advisor regulation in the Division of Investment Management.
Norm Champ, director of the Investment Management division, said in a statement that Choi brings "a wealth of legal, analytical and management experience," and that she would be "a vital asset" in the division's IM Moving Ahead improvement project.
Choi joins the SEC from the law firm Hogan Lovells US in Washington, DC, where she worked as a partner in the firm's corporate department and represented publicly and privately held companies, boards of directors and investment banks.
"Her transactional and counseling background is uniquely complemented by her significant experience managing and coordinating organization-wide efforts to develop, improve and streamline operational, technological and legal procedures, controls and standards," the SEC said in a statement.
Choi graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, and received her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif.
Meanwhile, Aronow will provide legal counsel to the director of the office and play a central role in advising and formulating SEC policy in the international arena. SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White said in a statement that as "the international regulatory arena continues to grow, the related legal and policy issues will become an increasingly critical part of the Commission's work."
Aronow will also coordinate staff input on international issues related to rulemakings and interpretive guidance. Along with others in the office, he will represent the SEC before international organizations and committees as they relate to international legal issues.
Aronow, White said, "brings significant talent and experience to this new position, and I am pleased that he has agreed to take on this role." Aronow, who has been senior counsel to White, previously was the SEC's general counsel under former Chairwoman Elisse Walter.
Robert Fisher, director of the SEC's Office of International Affairs, added in the same statement that Aronow "joins OIA at a time when the international issues the commission faces continue to increase in significance and complexity. His keen intellect, dedication to investors, and expertise in the international securities law realm make him a welcome addition to the leadership team in OIA."
Check out SEC's Champ Outlines 'IM Moving Ahead' Initiative on ThinkAdvisor.


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20 years ago (1987): Lisa Herner, former star at Wilton High School, set a Texas A & M women's basketball record for assists in a 101-56 victory over Pan American.
The 5-6 sophomore dished out 16 assists, topping the previous mark of 14 set in 1978 by Cindy Gough. The most assists in one game by Herner last year was eight against Houston. At Wilton, she averaged five assists per game.


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A Chicago native was among the wounded in a shooting at a Los Angeles International Airport security checkpoint Friday morning.
Lake Forest High School and University of Ilinois graduate Brian Ludmer, 29, was shot in the leg while he was making his way to board a flight destined for Chicago. A Transportation Security Administration employee and three others were wounded when a gunman removed a semi-automatic rifle from a bag and opened fire.
Ludmer's mother found out about the shooting when her son called her from an ambulance.
"I'm distraught, I'm upset, you know I just want to get there," the mother told NBC 5 via phone as she was looking for a flight to L.A.
Ludmer underwent surgery and is expected to fully recover from his injuries. He works as the technical director at a theatre in Los Angeles.
"Thank God he'll be ok, we're going to keep him in our prayers, but it's just so close to home and it just seems to keep happening more and more," said Sandy King, a neighbor of the Ludmer family in Lake Forest.
Ludmer works as a technical director for a high school in Los Angeles.
"He's scared but in reasonable good spirits," said Dan Stepenosky, superintendent of the Los Virgenes Unified School District. "He was interviewed by the FBI yesterday. Brian was not a target."
Local news from across Southern California
Stepenosky said Ludmer is scheduled to undergo more surgery Monday.
Federal officials identified the alleged gunman Friday afternoon as 23-year-old Paul Ciancia, of Los Angeles, NBC News reported.
West Chicago resident Brittany Antos was in the airport when the shooting happened.
"All of a sudden I heard people screaming for everyone to get down right now. It was loud and aggresive enough to know that they were serious. I ran out the door the moment I saw everyone begin to throw themselves to the ground," Antos said.
Kirk Stinson spent much of his time since the shooting Facetiming with family in Joliet.
Stinson was minutes away from boarding a plane bound for Chicago -- a surprise for his sister's 50th birthday -- when shots rang out.
"Someone screamed out guns, guns," he said. "The panic was hard to absorb."
Stinse said he focused on trying to get away from the shooter.
"I led a group of people into the corridor, but the person guarding the door was too nervous to remember the code," he said.
He waited behind a pillar until everything calmed down and when the door finally opened he said everyone rushed on the tarmac.
"All I could think about was getting in touch with my wife and kids," he said. "This experience will be with me forever. I have never felt anything like that in my life and I pray that no one else gets a chance to."


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Devam, Shanmuga Early in the month of April work was scheduled to begin on the Hindu Cultural Center in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The chairman of the building committee, Dr. Ramakrishna Gupta, has met several times with the Canadian Church group concerning the possibility of establishing a shrine for Lord Ganesha as an integral part of the Center. It was learned recently that the Cultural Center will contain a shrine room designed for a variety of uses. There will be an empty pedestal upon which the Deity of each group's particular choice may be placed, but not permanently installed. The Deities will be kept in a nearby glass case when not in use.
Dr. Gupta was interested in the proposal of the Canadian Saivites to see that a shrine be established for Lord Ganapati. Master's original instruction was to house the Deity in a simple outdoor shrine, open to the elements as one often finds Ganesha in India and Sri Lanka. When the Canadians mentioned this, Dr. Gupta was initially concerned for the exposure to weather. It was ultimately decided that the shrine could be established near the entrance to the main building and that it would eventually be enclosed by an addition to the main building when construction was well under way. The shrine would them become the sanctum sanctorum within a larger room.
Dr. Gupta has proposed a plan in which the Canadian group in conjunction with the Tamil people in the community would work with an architect to make provisions in the master plan of the Center for the eventual addition to the main building that would be required. The group is now working to form a committee within the Tamil Association to effect this proposal as well as to oversee the construction. The plan is to establish the small shrine soon, and then let the worship and financial responses dictate what future construction is feasible. Sushil Kalid is also supporting the effort in Edmonton. He has suggested that the group have a special puja on the site when the final details are in place to sanctify the Deity. This ceremony is now planned to take place in July on or around Guru Purnima. The plan calls for efforts to be concentrated on the informal establishment of the shrine so that worship may begin without delay, to be followed by the more formal and long-term efforts. For now the Deity will continue to be carried from home to home as needed each week until installed. Such a permanent installation may have to await further support in the area, enough to merit a full-time pujari who might be brought in from India to conduct the pujas. There are special immigration provisions in Canada which provide for bringing into the country members of a religion when there are no indigenous leaders. Once the Deity is installed it may not then be moved.
The Canadian Saivites write that "Dr. Sanmugasundaran's visit here last summer was the first gathering of a religious nature to be held among the Edmonton Tamil community...In learning of our weekly pujas and gatherings Dr. Shan has said, 'Lord Ganesha is now literally in your midst all the while and therefore He will lead you properly.'
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Jaycie Francis, right, is comforted by her boyfriend, James Folk as they look at a destroyed house that belonged to Francis' aunt on Thursday n the Black Forest burn area.
Five days after a massive wildfire began to cut a lethal path through Colorado Springs, killing two people and destroying 473 homes, some residents were returning home over the weekend to face the devastation.
Fire crews fighting the monstrous Black Forest Fire made strides over the weekend, bringing the blaze to 65 percent containment, following surprise showers and mild winds Friday. By Sunday afternoon officials were optimistic containment would improve even more by early Monday.
Authorities have lifted some of the evacuation orders in neighborhoods surrounding the 15,500-acre fire, according to NBC station KOAA of Colorado Springs.
Jack and Judy Roe were sure their home was among the hundreds wrecked by the ferocious flames but discovered it largely intact when they came back to their neighborhood.
"We've been on such an emotional roller coaster over this, thinking we had lost everything and then to find out that it's still there," Judy Roe told The Associated Press. "It was a big relief to us, but I mean, our hearts were breaking for our neighbors."
Neighbors Steve Boone and Lana Foery returned to their homes Friday afternoon. The fire was selectively destructive – Boone's home, which he shared with his wife and two daughters, burned to the ground; Foery's still stands.
"It really is confirmation for me that it's gone," Boone told The Denver Post.
Across the street, Foery wept with joy at the sight of her grandchildren's hands imprinted in the cement near her home, unscathed by the fire.
"I just can't believe it," Foery told The Denver Post. "I can't believe everything is still standing."
Bob and Barbara Metzger's home was completely ravaged, but their car and clotheslines survived the Black Forest Fire's deadly march through their neighborhood.
"As long as the world around me looks the same, I'll be fine," Barbara Metzger told the AP, reportedly holding up a photograph of her charred house still flanked by trees. "We'll rebuild."
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Black Forest Colo., residents Marlice Van Zandt, center in green, hugs fellow resident Linette Perschke, in blue, who lost her home in the Black Forest Fire during an informational meeting on the progress of the fire at Palmer Ridge High School in Monument, Colo. on Saturday
Officials have yet to determine what sparked the Black Forest Fire, which broke out Tuesday amid record-setting heat and arid conditions. It has cost upwards of $3.5 million to battle the blaze, according to the AP.
The White House Office of the Press Secretary reported that over 1,000 personnel are responding to the fire. FEMA and the Department of Defense are contributing resources to help expand containment.
In a call made to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, President Obama expressed his "gratitude and appreciation for the brave men and women fighting tirelessly to combat these devastating fires," as well as his condolences to the families of those lost.
The fire is reminiscent of the Waldo Canyon Fire in northwest Colorado Springs a year ago, which destroyed 346 homes.
NBC News' Gillian Spears and The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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WikiCable: Did 'creepy' Russian put the arm on Cal?
When we ran the name "Berkeley"through Cable Search, the nifty web tool that lets users troll through the WikiLeaked State Department cables, we came up with a grand total of 142 hits, many of them referring to Cal grads who'd gone on to bigger and better things.
But one cable really caught our eye, a CONFIDENTIAL 5 February 2007 dispatch from Ambassador William J. Burns in Moscow, reporting on the strange behavior of a powerful Russian official who tried to put the arm on a representative of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
The focus of the firestorm was Russia's leading management school, described thusly on its website:
The Graduate School of Management (GSOM) is a part of St. Petersburg University, the oldest institution of higher education in Russia. GSOM was created in alliance with the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley in 1993.(And as a possibly relevant aside, UC Berkeley plutocratic professor David J. Teece , who directs the Center for Global Strategy and Governance at Cal's Haas School of Business, also chairs of the St. Petersburg business school's International Academic Council.)
The Burns document is posted online here. It's short enough that we'll dispense with the usual extract.
C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 000468 VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHMO #0468 0360642 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 050642Z FEB 07 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7154 C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 000468 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/02/2017 TAGS: PINR PGOV RS SUBJECT: BIO NOTE: YURI MOLCHANOV, ST. PETERSBURG VICE GOVERNOR FOR PROPERTY AND LAND ISSUES, INVESTMENTS, STRATEGIC PROJEC... 1. (SBU) The following message was drafted by St. Petersburg CG Mary Kruger. Begin text: 2. (C) During the November 2006 inauguration of the newly-opened premises of the St. Petersburg State University School of Management, an American academic long associated with the school told CG about Vice Governor Yuri Molchanov's "sinister" presence in their dealings.Just what the school did to mollify Molchanov remains an open question. The only mention of him on the Russian university's website is as one of seven judges in a 23 November 2000 student business plan competition. His name doesn't appear in a search of UC Berkeley's website.
3. (C) The Haas School of Management at U.C. Berkeley has nurtured the development of a new St. Petersburg School of Management since 1993. In addition to academic exchanges and curriculum development, representatives of the Haas school led a unique fund-raising campaign which collected $6.5 million in private U.S. and Russian funds to entirely renovate a dilapidated building for classroom use. As steward of the funds, which included a whopping $1 million from U.S. citizen Arthur B. Schultz, the Haas School kept close tabs on all expenditures. At one point in the early 1990s, when lenders were sought to renovate the old building, Vice Governor Molchanov's private construction firm placed a bid. As the only local bidder and as a close associate of the now Dean of the School of Management, Molchanov apparently expected to win the tender. He did not. This provoked an angry response in which he demanded compensation from the Haas School representatives for the costs of preparing his bid. While the Haas School did not comply with his demand, they did find a way to mollify the Vice Governor, who "was always present at all our discussions", according to the American source. "He gave me the creeps." Although the source did not describe any specific intimidation, it was clear that the Americans experienced some degree of fear - a not unreasonable reaction in 1990s Russia.
4. (C) Vice Governor Molchanov is widely rumored to be corrupt, enjoying a convenient intersection of interests between his construction company and his position in the city government. He played a very visible role in the School of Management inauguration alongside Governor Valentina Matviyenko and President Putin. BURNS


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Officer risks life to stop wrong way driver
Dash camera captures officer's daring maneuver
New Mexico State Police Officer Justin Davis spoke to Action 7 News about risking his life recently to pursue a driver heading the wrong way on U.S. 550
It began as a routine traffic stop on U.S. 550 about 15 miles south of Cuba. Davis was in the process of pulling a car over when another driver, David Montoya, stopped to ask for directions to Albuquerque.
"He was a little turned around," Davis said.
Not as turned around as the 92-year-old was about to be.
"I put him on the southbound lane," Davis said. "And I don't know if he decided he was on the shoulder but he moved into the northbound lane and was staying there."
Montoya was going the wrong way, and Davis knew he was the only one who could stop him. So Davis positioned his truck in front of Montoya's car, so he was the one heading straight into the lights of oncoming traffic.
"I had all my lights on the front of the truck going, all my emergency lights, and I was thinking I hope they see them and move over!"
Mere moments before a collision, Montoya slammed into the back of the officer's truck and both vehicles pulled into the center of the road. The damage to the back of Davis' truck is minor compared to what could have been.
"I had to do it. If I hadn't of, someone would've died," Davis said.
Both Montoya and Davis were checked out at the emergency room and later released. Davis said Montoya isn't facing any charges for his dangerous mistake, but says it's likely the 92-year-old's license will be revoked.


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Country music star Randy Travis appeared in a North Texas court on Thursday and pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated.
The hearing in state district court in Sherman ended a drunken driving case that began last summer, when Travis was accused of crashing his car while driving naked. State troopers said Travis was belligerent during his arrest.
As part of the plea agreement, Travis was sentenced to 180 days in jail, probation for two years and a $2,00 fine. He must also stay in an in-patient alcohol treatment facility for at least 30 days and complete 100 hours of community service. During his probation, Travis is required to have an ignition interlock device on any vehicle he drives.
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The Class A misdemeanor charge was punishable by up to two years in jail and a $4,000 fine.
Grayson County District Attorney Joe Brown said prosecutors feel the sentence is appropriate.
"His punishment is considerably more than is typically received on a DWI case," he said.
First-time DWI offenders are rarely forced into in-patient treatment, Brown said. Travis' fine and community service is more than double what offenders usually receive, he said. His probation is longer than the usual 18 months and is the maximum available, he said.
"All of that is appropriate in light of his behavior with the officers," Brown said. "I spoke at length with the officers involved, and they were in agreement with the outcome. We are all hopeful that Mr. Travis is on the road recovery."
Travis had also faced a third-degree felony charge of retaliation in connection alleged threats to state troopers during his Aug. 7 arrest but will not be charged as part of his plea agreement.
Travis said had met with the two arresting troopers Thursday and said he is grateful they took care of him during his arrest.
He also thanked fans for their concern and words of encouragement.
"I'm glad it's behind me, and I'm looking forward to getting on with the year and playing some music," Travis said.
NBC 5's Catherine Ross contributed to this report.


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• Feb. 25: A Walnut Road man said someone shattered his truck's side window and stole several items from the vehicle.
• Feb. 26: A driver was warned for speed, but cited for not wearing a seatbelt.
• Feb. 26: A driver was warned for speed, but the passenger was cited for not wearing a seatbelt.
• Feb. 27: A Pomeroy, Ohio woman said someone stole several items from her vehicle.
• March 1: A Walnut Road woman's son was charged with criminal damaging after he damaged a door following a loud verbal dispute between mother and son.
• Feb. 1: A woman said her ex-boyfriend was calling her and had screamed at her. He was told to stop calling her.
• Feb. 1: A South 7th Street father said his 15-year-old son had an argument with him and he took his cell phone away. He said his son became irate and punched holes in the wall in his room. The father wanted police to discuss possible repercussions for his son if he continued to act in this manner.
• Feb. 2: Police were called to a reported active domestic dispute at 4:48 a.m. at the Canal Road apartments. The complainant said her boyfriend had assaulted her and fled on foot. Charges will be filed.
• Feb. 2: Police were called to the Kroger store after a woman and her two children were detained for shoplifting. The juveniles were released to their grandmother. Charges will be filed on the mother. She was also trespassed from the store.
• Feb. 2: A repo man called a South 5th Street home in an attempt to locate a vehicle. He told police he spoke with an elderly woman who he said sounded like she was in trouble. Police went to the home and after getting no response at the door, started looking in the windows. Police saw an elderly woman in a rocking chair with her head between her knees. Police said she looked like she was having trouble breathing. Police called the squad and found an unlocked door to enter the home. The woman had fallen asleep and she checked out OK.
• Feb. 3: Police arrested a woman at a Heath motel on a warrant. She was taken to jail.
• Feb. 3: A driver was cited for a stop sign violation at 9th and North streets.
• Feb. 3: A driver was cited for going 63 mph in a 50 mph zone on Ohio 79 at US 40.
• Feb. 4: Police assisted Childrens Services remove a child for a Canal Road apartment.
• Feb. 4: A Lakewood Drive resident told police that a named man was staying at his former residence because he had no where to go. The complainant had been evicted and didn't want to get in trouble for the man continuing to stay there. Police talked with the homeless man and took him to a local shelter.
• Feb. 5: Police checked Ohio 79 north from I-70 for a possible impaired driver. No one impaired was found.
• Feb. 6: Police were called at 12:35 a.m. about a suspicious persona and vehicle in the lot. Police discovered that an employee was sitting in a car with her mother. Her mother was waiting for her to get off work.
• Feb. 6: Police assisted a Licking County Sheriff's Office deputy with a BAC test.
• Feb. 6: A Canal Road apartment resident said his wife assaulted him. His wife was arrested for domestic violence and taken to jail.


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Good News on Cotton
We're another step closer to putting a shameful chapter of America's trade policy behind us, with the good news that the House today approved (by a margin of 223–197, roll call here) an amendment offered by Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) and Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) to prohibit the use of funds in the appropriations bill to provide payment to the Brazil Cotton Institute: the administration signed a deal last year with Brazil to send $147 million a year of taxpayers money to Brazil so they would look the other way while the United States continued to subsidize our cotton farmers illegally. Mr Kind and Mr Flake rightly argued that was an egregious use of taxpayer money. Some lawmakers agitated against stopping the payments in case it sparked a trade war, but the answer to that, of course, is to bring U.S. cotton policy into compliance with WTO rules (and rulings). More background here.


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Largest pumpkin ever grown sets world record
California man's whopper weighs in at 2,032 pounds
A California man has broken the world record for the largest pumpkin ever grown with a whopper weighing in at 2,032-pounds.
The pumpkin, grown in lumber salesman Tim Mathison's backyard for 105 days, set the record at the 23rd annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off, hosted by Uesugi Farms over the weekend in California's Napa Valley, according to the Napa Valley Register.
Mathison celebrated the feat with his wife, son and a dozen fellow growers on Saturday.
"I was surprised. I didn't think it was going to go that heavy. ... I was very surprised and happy," he told the Register. "The weather was very good this year."
The previous world record was held by a 2,009-pound pumpkin grown by Ron Wallace of Greene, R.I., last year.
Mathison's pumpkin is now on its way to New York City for a series of media events, according to San Francisco TV station KTVU.
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Comic book series : Give me liberty
Give me liberty 1-4 - An American dream
1: Homes & Gardens
2: Travel & Entertainment
3: Health & Welfare
4: Death & Taxes
Give Me Liberty was one of Frank Miller's two creator-owned (the other was Hard Boiled) titles he took to Dark Horse after deciding to stop working for DC Comics after a dispute over a proposed ratings system.
The story is set in a dystopian near-future where the United States have split into several extremist factions, and tells the story of Martha Washington, a young American girl from a public housing project called "The Green" (see Chicago's Cabrini–Green). The series starts with Martha's birth and sees her slowly grow up from someone struggling to break free of the public housing project, to being a war hero and major figure in deciding the fate of the United States.


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Perkins-Hagele Appointed as Fairgrounds Manager
Sponsored by: County Administrative Office
Washington County Administrator Robert Davis announced today that Leah Perkins-Hagele has been chosen as the Washington County fairgrounds manager after a nationwide search to fill the position.
Perkins-Hagele began her career with Washington County in 2001 as the fair coordinator and became the interim fair complex manager in 2008. Perkins-Hagele is president of the Oregon Fairs Association and serves on the board of the Hillsboro Rotary Club. She graduated from the International Association of Fairs and Expositions Institute of Fair Management in 2009 and received the IAFE Certified Fair Executive designation in 2010.
"We are very pleased that Leah will be transitioning into the fairgrounds manager position on a permanent basis where she can continue her efforts to help make the Washington County annual fair and year-round events and operations the best that they can be" said County Administrator Robert Davis. "She is passionate about our fair and community, and is recognized throughout the state as a leader in the fair industry. We are fortunate to have her on our team here in Washington County."
The fairgrounds manager organizes and directs all activities and events at the Washington County Fair Complex and is responsible for daily operations with the assistance of seven full time employees. The Fair Complex operates on an annual budget of $2.5 million that includes over $1 million for the annual County Fair event. The Washington County Fair hosts stage entertainment, farm animal competitions, crafts, carnival rides, nearly 300 commercial vendors and draws over 100,000 visitors every year.
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Imagine that the U.S. government had the power to scour the reams of public records and collect and collate every bit of personal information about every citizen of this country. Now imagine that any of the various intelligence and security agencies within the government could combine that data with any other information about a person that has been posted to a social media website or compiled by one of the many data aggregating companies that keep tabs on all of us. Finally, imagine that all this data could be passed among these agencies and that the ability of anyone inside or outside the government to challenge this surveillance was all but eliminated.
Sadly, this is not the description of some fictitious dystopian future; this is the factual description of present-day America and it's about to get much worse.
In March Attorney General Eric Holder, in cooperation with National Counterterrorism Center head Matthew Olsen and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, significantly accelerated this move toward abolishing privacy by approving a new list of guidelines for how long U.S. government agencies tasked with combating international and domestic "terrorism" may retain the data they collect and store. Basically, this information may be saved even if it contains no connection to criminal activity whatsoever.
According to the new regulations, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) (headquartered at the Liberty Crossing complex in McLean, Virginia) can store and "continually assess" this information "for a period of up to five years." Before the promulgation of these new guidelines, the NCTC was under instructions to destroy "promptly" (typically defined to mean within 180 days) this cache of material gathered from U.S. citizens if there was nothing related to terrorism found in it.
Speaking fondly of the new time restraints, Paul Rosenzweig, a former official at the Department of Homeland Security, was quoted in the Washington Post saying:
Five years is a reasonable time frame. I certainly think 180 days was way too short. That's just not a realistic understanding of how long it takes analysts to search large data sets for relevant information.
As expected, such an extraordinary expansion of the power of the federal government over private information and communications of citizens not suspected of committing a crime has riled up the segment of our Republic concerned with the rapid repeal of our civil liberties.
The New American faithfully has reported these frequent assaults on constitutional freedom. For example, there is the story that:
the Department of Homeland Security's National Operations Center (NOC) released its Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative last year and in that report the intelligence-gathering arm of the DHS, the Office of Operations Coordination and Planning (OPS) gives itself permission to "gather, store, analyze, and disseminate" data on millions of users of social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube) and business networking sites (Linkedin).
Other federal affronts to privacy, security, and the Bill of Rights are listed in the Washington Post piece:
Those [civil liberties] advocates have repeatedly clashed with the administration over a host of national security issues, including its military detention without trial of individuals in Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay, its authorization of the killing of U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in a drone strike in Yemen, and its prosecution of an unprecedented number of suspects in the leaking of classified information.
As readers will recall, al-Awlaki was the "radical Muslim cleric" and American citizen assassinated by a Hellfire missile fired from a CIA Predator drone — and his 16-year-old son was killed by the same type drone two weeks later — on orders from President Obama, who had included the names of the two Americans on his infamous kill list. Notably and tragically, neither of these men was ever accused of a crime (other than speaking against American foreign policy) nor afforded any of the due process protections guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
Intelligence officials march on toward the police state undeterred, however. They insist that this new leeway in the gathering and collection of information is necessary to make sure that the homeland is safe from terrorists in training. Tellingly, none of them can explain how this consideration outweighs the Fourth Amendment's guarantee of "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures."
As even a cursory review of the guidelines reveals, the scope of relevant data is enormous. Records of where one travels, how one travels, whom one visits, and how one pays for the tickets are all now the property of the federal government's intelligence complex.
Furthermore, the NCTC and its intelligence-gathering partners are permitted to "access and review datasets that are identified as including non-terrorism information in order to identity and obtain 'terrorism information." That means the Obama administration's vast (and growing) domestic spying network may collect, catalog, and collate every last scrap of personal information about citizens and then sort through it to determine if it is indicative of any terrorist activity. This is precisely the opposite of the principle of the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against "unreasonable searches and seizures." Under this new rubric, the government has deemed all searches and seizures reasonable unless they determine that they are not.
At a Congressional hearing held on August 2, Chris Calabrese of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) accurately identified one of the critical Constitutional problems with the new guidelines:
It is particularly noteworthy that NCTC relies on a technique, data mining, which has been thoroughly discredited as a useful tool for identifying terrorists. Data mining searches are notoriously inaccurate and prone to false positives, and it is therefore very likely that individuals with no connection to terrorism will be caught up in terrorism investigations if this technique is utilized.
Finally, it is important to understand that under these new intelligence-gathering directives, even if the person whose information has been gathered is found to be innocent (again, note the contravention of the timeless legal principle of innocence until guilt is proven), his or her data may be kept for years, just in case something subsequently happens to place the person back under the prying eye of the Potomac.
This situation is described by Robert Litt, general counsel in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He complained to the Post that the former framework was "very limiting." "On Day One, you may look at something and think that it has nothing to do with terrorism. Then six months later, all of a sudden, it becomes relevant."
This concept is undeniably violative of the Constitution's mandate that "no .... ex post facto law shall be passed." If the monitored behavior is legal when the record of it is made, then the person committing the act may not then be subject to prosecution for the same if the act is subsequently outlawed. Or, to use Litt's words, if "all of a sudden, it becomes relevant."
Alexander Hamilton warned against this type of mercurial legislating: "The creation of crimes after the commission of the fact, or, in other words, the subjecting of men to punishment for things which, when they were done, were breaches of no law, and the practice of arbitrary imprisonments, have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny."


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Europe's financial crisis remains the biggest hurdle to global economic recovery and will be in focus at a meeting of world finance chiefs in Mexico City this weekend, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Friday.
"Recognizing that Europe remains the strongest headwind to global growth, there will be considerable interest among the G20 on the European crisis response," the official said.
The comments contrast with those from some other members of the Group of 20 leading economies, who said the United States' own fiscal problems will loom largest at the G20 meetings.
Unless the fractious U.S. Congress can strike a deal, a slew of U.S. spending cuts and higher taxes is due to kick in on January 1, sucking $600 billion out of the U.S. economy next year and threatening global growth.
The senior U.S. Treasury official, who spoke with reporters on condition of anonymity, also said the meetings in Mexico City will focus on what further steps developing countries should take to strengthen domestic demand and loosen exchange rate policy, particularly China.
"China for example still has further to go in achieving a market-oriented exchange rate and adjusting its imbalances in a sustained manner," the official said. But the official added that China has made progress in allowing the yuan to appreciate by over 11 percent in real terms against the dollar since 2009.
The G20 meeting comes on the heels of talks among many of the same officials at the International Monetary Fund meetings in Tokyo last month. Policymakers then backed a policy agenda aimed at pressuring the United States and Europe to tackle their debt woes.
This time around, G20 officials meet just before the U.S. presidential election and days ahead of China's Communist Party congress. Several top finance ministers and central bankers plan to skip the meetings in Mexico City - including U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner - and most people involved in the talks expect no major agreements.
Additional reporting by Alister Bull; Editing by James Dalgleish


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Results tagged ' Nolan Ryan '
I Would Love to See Michael Young with the Rays
When Jon Daniels signed Michael Young to a five-year, $80 million extension two years ago, he said he hoped it would help the Rangers keep his good friend Mark Teixeira. Big Tex is long gone. Michael Young could be on the way. Young revealed over the weekend that he asked to be traded after a breakfast with Daniels a few weeks ago turned ugly when, Young said, Daniels gave him an ultimatum to move to third base.
As a brand new third baseman, Young probably wouldn't be the league's best any time soon. And whereas Young committed 11 errors at shortstop in 2008, heir apparent to the shortstop position, Elvis Andrus committed 32 in the minors. Throw in second baseman Ian Kinsler's error totals, and the Rangers might give up even more runs this year than they did in 2008.
I personally love it sometimes when great baseball players are asked to change from their All Star positions because they are blocking the path of some upstart rookie ( Elvis Andrus ) who is the future star of the franchise. But what is most upsetting in this situation is the fact that Young is being viewed as an afterthought even though he is one of the best at his position in the American League. I have heard a few people say that current Texas Ranger Michael Young is being a baby for complaining about moving further to the left in the infield and now playing third base for the team. Hey, the guy has established himself on a team that fights to hit .500 every year. He has moved before for a player, and might just consider it a way for the team to get him close to the dugout, then out the door in Arlington.
Now let me see here, the guy was an All Star at second base and he was holding up Ian Kinsler from being able to play in the major leagues, so he moved over to shortstop to make the transition and the second base spot opened up magically for Kinsler to move faster through the system to the majors. Now that is the sign of a great team-first attitude guy. He moved over to another position to get another big bat to the lineup. That is the kind of guy you want on your squad, right?
So here we are in 2009, and the Rangers are again trying to convince Young to move a little more to his left and become the team's third baseman. Is this an indication that they are going to give up on the Hank Blalock at third experiment and hope that Young can find happiness at his third position while he has been in the majors. Now I agree that the first time he was a perfect gentleman in moving over "for the good of the team." But it seems like this time he has every right to not want to move over for another guy again.
Something to take into consideration here, Young has played a total of 8 innings, not even an entire game at third base in his career. So by asking a player to switch his position just before the season, or a trade happens is rare, but in Texas there is a previous action that can be deemed for the move. People tend to forget that 8 years ago, when Alex Rodriguez agreed to switch to third base to be traded to the New York Yankees, he also was not familiar with the position for an extended time. Considering he was a better defensive shortstop that Derek Jeter, A-Rod did the team oriented thing and manned up and switched to the Hot Corner.
If you remember right, the Rangers kind of forced out Rodriguez late in the off season, and the Yankees made his position switch a prerequisite to the trade. Why would you move a guy who has been an All Star at his position for the last 5 years to another more skilled and reflex-oriented position and bring up a 20-year old rookie who has only played below double-A ball. Let's not forget that when A-Rod was traded for Alphonso Soriano, it was thought that Soriano would be the Rangers everyday shortstop, and not go to the outfield. Because Young switched to shortstop at this moment makes the idea that he is not willing to move an inaccurate statement considering his history in the past. Or could it be that when Young signed that $ 80 million dollar extension, there were already seeds planted to make this move and were not brought up in the negotiations at all.
Come on, the guy is an All Star at his position and is considered one of the best shortstops both hitting and fielding in the American League. Put the fact that he finally got some real recognition this past season by getting his first Gold Glove and you want to move him? Are you serious here guys. You want to bring up a rookie and pop him into the shortstop position and are not aware of the growing pains you are going to place not only on your first baseman, but on your entire team concept.
Well, I have a solution for you Texas. Since you do not seem to know what you want to do with Mr. Young, why hot trade him to the Tampa Bay Rays for a few missing pieces in your lineup and pitching staff. I am here to offer you a starting pitcher who has already pitched at the major league level, a infielder who can play third base, and an outfielder to make the deal an all around success. Now with the starting pitcher, you have a nice selection of ex-Rice star Jeff Neimann, tall reliever/starter Jason Hammel, and Mitch Talbot.
All come with their own fantastic positives, but all have been to the big club level and need more appearances to make their presence know in this league. With your young staff, such a luxury of getting a young savvy starter would help Ranger G M Nolan Ryan move quickly to transform his rag tag pitching staff into a well oiled machine. I am willing to throw in a great up and coming infielder who I think will be a great star for you this season. Willy Aybar might be under arbitration right now, but the guy has pure upside and is one of the most underrated infielders in the league.
His ever increasing power and his ability to play the hot corner give you an instant solution to the "Young" situation, and he can play there for years until you develop or sign a young third baseman in the future. I do think tho, that Aybar could be your man for the next 5 years in that spot. And to round thing off, let's include a young outfielder with a lot of intelligence and major league ability. Justin Ruggiano is a outstanding fielder who is currently stuck in his own logjam at the major league level with the Rays. By acquiring this young star, you can have an ample fourth outfielder who can play the corner positions without a problem.
If this is not enough, we might be able to include or exclude or even piece together the right package to get this deal done as soon as possible. Just be sure to let me know where your thinking is on the matter and we can respond accordingly.
Seriously here, this deal would be a total plus for the Rays. Hey, we might even be able to just give up a pitcher or Aybar and then give them current Rays shortstop Jason Bartlett as a throw in so they can trade him to Boston or another team looking long and hard for a able shortstop. This is not to say I think that Bartlett is not the shortstop for the Rays, but if you can make a major upgrade like this, in a year that will be faced with more pitfalls and holes than in 2008, then why not make the move.
To put an All Star like Young next to a young gun like Evan Longoria makes that side of the infield almost the Great Wall of Tampa Bay. The power solution is almost off the charts here too. Think about the offensive firepower of such a move. You could have 3 guys who could hit 30 homers in a season in 3 of your 4 infield positions in the tightest division in baseball. And you would not be paying New York Yankee prices to get that offensive firepower. Young is on the hook for $ 16 million a year, but wouldn't the offensive fireworks be worth the effort?
And let's not forget that Young would be flanked by Akinori Iwamura, who might just be coming into his own in 2009 at second base. After 1 season getting used to the position, Aki might just propel his defensive numbers again skyward and prove to be the next All Star for the Rays at his position. And combined with his speed and clutch hitting, makes a great pairing in the lineup.
But the biggest piece is that Gold Glover at first base for the Rays. Not only is he a offensive power, but he was a defensive marvel in 2008 to help Bartlett look even better on paper by leaning, jumping and blocking everything throw within range of him. Not only can Pena do it with his maple bat, but he is the best option at first base in the American League. Think of the nice defensive numbers Young could put up with a guy who sacrifices his body for the ball and will go above and beyond for the team and his team mates.
Seriously think about the possible firepower and the defensive grip such an infield could have on the American League East. Every team in our division has a solid third baseman, but non have a shortstop except for the Yankees who could even reach the potential of Young. He could come into a situation with this team to be a major winner in a short period of time. Young has never been to the postseason while with the Rangers. If this trade were to somehow manifest itself, could he be holding up a nice gleaming piece of hardware in October?
I know this is pure fantasy. The Rays have already committed about $ 60 million to their payroll for 2009. Such a trade would have to be a wish list offering by Andrew Friedman to owner Stu Sternberg as the final piece of the puzzle to repeat and take that next step in 2009. I can not see Friedman make that kind of request first off, but then again, he has pulled off a few under the radar trades that have been internal blockbusters to the Rays. In comparison, if they would pick up Young, the Rays would be paying him the almost the same as the combined salaries of left fielder Carl Crawford and Pena ( $ 16.25 million). But in all reality, Young might end up in the American League East, but not with the Rays. There are a few teams on the horizon who could scoop up Young without a problem with their 2009 payroll.
You have to know that by now, Red Sox G M Theo Epstein is burning up Nolan Ryan's cellphone minutes offering what he can to fulfill a nice trade to bean town. But the fact might be that Young might not want to go to Boston. But the nice part of who ever gets Young is that he is signed until 2013. That give a huge amount of security to whoever takes his contract. It might mean a set $ 16 million is gone every year upfront, but it also gives you the stability to know what you payroll will be even after your last game in 2009 for the following year.
I would love to see such an infield in Tampa Bay, but I know that it is illogical for Friedman to pull off such a great trade. The money involved with Young would be the deal breaker, but just for a moment, think of the offensive juggernaut that would make the Rays coming into 2009. It would put the team firmly up there as the team to beat in 2009, even without consideration of their young and talented pitching staff.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Family of 30-year-old Gary Thompson say they have had enough of his games.
"I know, I got mental handicaps. I'm working for my money," says Thompson.
Thompson tells WKYT that he doesn't see anything wrong with pretending to have a mental disability and to take money from shoppers.
"I'm just beginning," Thompson says.
"I don't know whether you call it crazy, stupid, ignorant, whatever it is. But, he does know how to manipulate too. But, that still doesn't make him right in the mind," says Gary Horton, Thompson's uncle.
Horton says his nephew has caused trouble since he was a teenager, "He has forged thee checks off of me for $100 apiece."
Horton says the family has given up on him, "He can go no place. Nowhere. He's run out of places to go."
Horton feels bad that Thompson was seriously injured as a child. He was hit by a vehicle while on a motorcycle. But, he also says there is no excuse for the choices Thompson continues to make, "I guess the boy has had lot of pain. He is grown man now. He is 30 years old."
Horton expects Thompson to continue to have run-ins with police until he gets some medical attention, "I don't think he needs to go to prison anywhere. I think he needs to be in a medical facility. I think he needs treatment."
While he can still walk, Gary legitimately needs a wheelchair to get around easier.
"I mean, people give people in wheelchairs money that are handicap. I'll just not act retarded anymore and get their money and I'll be normal. I am normal. It just helps to be mentally handicapped."
Lexington police expect to receive more complaints about Gary Thompson now that he has shared his scamming story.