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MEC Access and Texaco go country strong
15 August, 2013
Texaco adds country music star Luke Bryan and the CMA to its country music line-up
SAN RAMON, Calif.
— Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and MEC Access, the Entertainment & Sports Partnership division of global media agency MEC, announced today the expansion of the Texaco brand's country music platform with the addition of country music star Luke Bryan and the Country Music Association (CMA) to its line-up of entertainment sponsorships. Since 2011, Texaco has continued to focus on its entertainment roots, as epitomized by the Texaco Star Theater, aimed at helping to build customer loyalty among the millions of country music fans throughout the U.S.
"There is a natural connection between music and cars, particular ly amongst loyal country music fans," said Carrie Holt, Brand Manager, Texaco. "By aligning our brand with something so engrained in consumers' everyday lives, Texaco has been able to establish a connection with our core audience, while furthering our commitment to delivering 'star' quality performance across America."
While 2013 marks Texaco's largest investment in country music to date, Texaco continues to draw on its rich American heritage and association with high quality products and performance, while working closely with MEC Access to help give Texaco's loyal community opportunities for a chance to experience country music through a variety of platforms.
"In addition to country music being a popular outlet among Texaco customers and especially strong in our core markets of the Southeast, the passion and loyalty of the country music community was something we wanted to harness," said Jennie Hageney, EVP Entertainment & Sports Partnerships, MEC Access. "By adding Luke Bryan, one of the top country performers on the stage right now, and the CMA's to our roster, Texaco has expanded its association with country music on many levels."
As the summer music season heats up, Texaco will offer four key campaigns to help strengthen its connection with country music fans across the U.S.
Luke Bryan Sponsorship: As the "Official Sponsor" of country music's hottest new A-lister and 2013 ACM winner, Texaco will join Luke on his 2013 'Dirt Road Diaries' Summer Tour and the 'Farm Tour' this Fall, bringing two lucky fans on a road trip of a lifetime to his Florida concert and other lucky fans tickets to select concerts, and offering special prizes through his social media channels. The sponsorship also grants Texaco rights to Luke's name and likeness to help drive excitement at the pump.
"Cruising down open roads, turning the music up and enjoying the countryside – that's what the Dirt Road Diaries Tour is about and I'm very happy to have Texaco as part of these great performances along the way," said Luke Bryan.
Country Music Association (CMA) Sponsorship: Texaco has been named an "Official Sponsor" of CMAs three signature events – the CMA Music Festival, the CMA Awards, and the CMA Country Christmas, maximizing Texaco's impact and reach at country music's high profile, star-studded events.
Katz Media Group: Working with Katz Media Group, the leading media representation company, Texaco will activate local grass-roots contests and giveaways to help raise awareness of Texaco's deep relationship with country music. Texaco will give country fans the opportunity to "Keep Humming Along" this summer by identifying the song hummed by a country star for a chance to win tickets to select Luke Bryan's concerts, including an exclusive "VIP road trip" package to his Dallas concert, having already executed a successful Spring promotion giving fans the chance to attend the CMA Festival.
The "Star Power Giveaway" media promotion, launched last month across more than 1,775 Texaco branded stations nationwide, brings together all of the brand's country music investments to celebrate the past, present and future stars of Country, providing fans a chance to win prizes, including a VIP flyaway trip to see Luke Bryan perform live, a trip to the CMA Awards, autographed guitars by LeAnn Rimes and Jewel and more.
Texaco Country Showdown: In its third year, Texaco will continue as the "Title Sponsor" of America's largest, oldest and most credible amateur Country Music competition in the United States, now in its 32nd year. Heralded as the launching ground for the next big country music stars (Miranda Lambert, Toby Keith, Martina McBride, Garth Brooks and LeAnn Rimes are a few of the past winners), this local radio driven promotion gives Texaco the local passionate fans, promotional assets, events and media footprint they need to help drive consumers to the pump.
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Golf is one of the only high school sports in which players might very well be at their best the first week of the season.
Virtually all of the top high school golfers are on the course more often than not during the summer – no worries about tans – meaning they're good and warm when the high school season revs up in mid-August.
It's not like the sport changes in any major way from summer tournaments to high school. And besides, the weather gives golfers the best chance to post low scores in August and early September before fall conditions start to play havoc.
Golf is the first sport to get cranking in the fall, and it's another of the sports around the Tri-Cities that you can expect to be played at a high level, year in and year out.
Even with a nice crop of seniors from last year graduated (how about that Matt Fazio at the Chick Evans!), this summer has shown great promise on the local golf front.
St. Charles North's 1-2 boys punch of Cherala and Shepherd continue to make names for themself, and on the girls side at North, we've learned that the Furrie name isn't going to disappear from the limelight any time soon.
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Becoming a Music Major - For Entering Freshmen
Welcome! We are excited that you are interested in becoming a music major at Iowa State University. Below is information regarding the process to become admitted and receive a music scholarship.
General Requirements
To be accepted as a music major, students must demonstrate an appropriate level of performance on an instrument or voice, as well as potential for successful professional work in music. In addition, all students must complete placement examinations in music theory and piano which may be taken during summer orientation, the first week of the fall semester, or by appointment. Placement examinations for piano and music theory do not affect your acceptance as a music major.
Students who are interested in learning about their preparation for college level music theory, can take a sample examination on music fundamentals here.
Auditions to become a music major for the 2015-2016 academic year will be held February 12-14, 2015. Percussion auditions will be help February 20, 2015. If you are unable to attend one of the February dates, you should contact the faculty in the appropriate area to schedule an alternative audition time.
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In addition to applying to the Music Department, you must also apply to become a student through the Office of Admissions. For information about that process, please visit the Iowa State Freshman Admissions Page.
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The Israelites after the Crossing of the Red Sea in Brief
- The painting is Eckersberg's first big canvas. It was commissioned by the businessman Mendel Levin Nathanson in 1812
- Nathanson was Eckersberg's great benefactor and commissioned many paintings
- Eckersberg shifts the focus away from the motif's immediate drama of the drowning soldiers in the sea to the large group of waiting Israelites in the foreground
The first Danish painting?
This painting by C.W. Eckersberg,The Israelites after the Crossing of the Red Sea, painted in Rome in 1815, is the first real Danish painting. At least according to the art historian Emil Hannover, who in 1898 wrote the first big monograph about Eckersberg. The birth of Danish painting happened almost inadvertently, because the painting is not successful, according to Hannover. Hannover writes: "The effect (of the morning light), on which he was relying, didn't occur... but even so, the picture became the morning sun of Danish painting...".
The depiction of the figures didn't charm Hannover either. But to Hannover, the important factor here was that Eckersberg even tried to depict the light and nature. This points towards the interest in light- and natural phenomena, which Eckersberg would later master to perfection.
The Grand Commission
Mendel Levin Nathanson was Eckersberg's greatest patron and in 1812, he ordered a representation of the motif from Genesis where Moses and Aaron has lead the Israelites across the Red Sea. Eckersberg worked on this huge painting during his stay in Rome in 1815 and it was exhibited at Charlottenborg in 1817.
Mendel Levin Nathanson. Photo: Rudolph Striegler, 1861. The Royal Library
In a letter to his friend J.F. Clemens, Eckersberg writes from Paris in 1812 about his thoughts on this commission: "This large painting, which Mr. Nathanson has commissioned, will be most pleasing for me to paint as it's a subject, which it is very difficult to imagine, but which still offers a variety of lovely groupings and figures of all ages. I have already done a first draft, of what I believe to be the best moment (to also escape the more mystical parts of the story): Where all the Children of Israel had just arrived and watch Pharaoh's army conquered by the waves in the light of the rising sun, ..."
Quoted from an article by Inger Hjorth Nielsen about the painting.
Nathanson was a businessman, writer and editor and he later commissioned portraits of his family.
Eckersberg The Nathanson Family, approx. 1818, Oil on canvas, 126 x 172,5 cm., KMS1241, SMK
The Drama that wasn't
Eckersberg made numerous sketches of the different figures and elements of the picture before he started the painting. The sketches were made in Paris in 1812 just after he received the commission and later again in Rome in 1814-15.
Eckersberg Forarbejde til Moses lader det røde Hav..., 1812, pencil ,pen, brush and grey washing, 235 x 373 mm, KKS1971-336, SMK
Via the early figure studies we can follow his attempts to get hold of the many bodies and their ideal places in relation to each other and the rugged landscape in which the scene is set. The drama in Eckersberg's history painting is not so much in the drowning Pharaonic army, which can only be glimpsed at the right edge of the painting, but rather in the relations between the many human figures in the foreground.
The figures form an almost relief-like pattern up against the cliffs, and the many positions show how Eckersberg has been trained to make full use of his model studies. Here is a varied choice of academic archetypes in draped clothing, who, illuminated by an intense morning light, catch the attention of the spectator across the entire expanse of the picture.
Eckersberg Study for The Israelities after the Crossing of the Red Sea..., 1814-15, pencil, KKS13992, SMK
The art historian Emil Hannover, who wrote the first big work about Eckersberg, grabs hold of the "lack of drama" in the painting: "The composition as a whole doesn't command too much praise. First of all, it lacks a centre, because Moses is not it..." but on the other hand, Hannover does have an eye for the "different drama", which Eckersberg has endowed the picture with:


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What do I need to do to graduate? Will Triton automatically send my degree or certificate?In order to graduate and receive your certificate or degree, you will need to file your graduation petition through your MyTriton Portal at the beginning of your final semester. The graduation petition can be found under WebAdvisor for Students, Academic Planning, Application for Graduation.
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At this point with Nathan MacKinnon, we expect Gretzkellence.
Seven points in his first two playoff games, this wasn't a boy, or even a man; this was Superman, exhilarating the Clark Kents in the press box.
But up in Minnesota against the Wild, whose jerseys could be described as "kryptonite green," the Avalanche rookie was human and humbled. Upon telling an editor I'd write about the kid, heading into Saturday's Game 5, he wrote back: "Is MacKinnon still playing for the Avs?"
OK, let's look at it this way — the Games 1-2 splurge and the Games 3-4 splat might both be outliers. We shouldn't expect more than, say, two points per game from him, and we shouldn't expect MacKinnon to be a nonfactor, either. But in order for the Avs to win this thing — be it Game 5 or this series — MacKinnon must find ways to separate himself from the pack, and separate himself from Ryan Suter, the best defensive player in Minnesota since Jared Allen.
"He's a great player. He'll respond the right way," teammate Ryan O'Reilly told reporters Friday as the Avs, tied 2-2, prepared for Saturday's Game 5 at the Pepsi Center. "As a team, we all have to be better, not just him. He's probably one of the best rookies this league has seen in a while. And he's going to be effective, he's going to use his speed and he's going to help us win these games."
Maybe coach Patrick Roy should consider centering MacKinnon on the second line? The coach has shown his knack for creativity and flexibility with lines — as well as the ability to admit mistakes if something doesn't immediately work.
And this might sound like a little thing, but the home team has the advantage in regard to matching lines on the ice, something Roy masterfully utilized back in the glory days of, well, last week.
"There's no question on the road, there's matchups that we'd like to get and there's matchups that we won't be able to get," Wild coach Mike Yeo told reporters Friday. "The thing for me is the way that we've been playing. And if you look at the last couple games, every opportunity we've had to get MacKinnon out there against (Erik) Haula, we've tried to do that. At the same time, there's been a lot of shifts where I've had Mikko (Koivu) or (Mikael) Granlund's line out there against them. ... And I really believe that regardless of who we're playing, we can have anybody go out there in that situation if our team is playing a certain way, because we don't defend as a one-man unit, we defend as a five-man unit."
OK, sure, but Suter smothers. This dude is dastardly. He's often on the ice against the kid, and Suter often picks him up high in the neutral zone. Suter set a tone early in the second period of Game 4 when MacKinnon, in his own zone, tried to bounce past Suter — and bounce a pass off the wall — but the Wild man decked MacKinnon like a strong safety.
"That's just good hockey," a mesmerized Peter McNab admitted on the Altitude TV broadcast.
MacKinnon's maddening mistakes in Game 4 were uncharacteristic but plentiful. With 15 minutes left in the first period, Suter forced a MacKinnon mishap. Later, the rookie made a slipshod backward pass from the right wing, a turnover that nearly led to a goal. And early in the third period, down 2-1 with time to turn the tide, MacKinnon couldn't control the puck on a power play, and a defender swooshed that thing down the ice ... a harbinger for another pathetic power play.
Again, most Colorado players looked bad in Games 3-4. But the disparity between MacKinnon's first two games was glaring.
He must show ability to thrive in tight space, to not get flustered, to play through pain in his foot and to seize rare moments to change the game. He can do it. We've seen it. Colorado doesn't necessarily need "The Great One," but it needs greatness from more than just its sweater No. 1.
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❒ TAMAQUA LADY RAIDERS BASKETBALL - The Tamaqua Lady Raiders Basketball Camp for girls entering third through eighth grades will be held July 22, 23 and 24 from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Tamaqua Athletic Center (middle school gymnasium).
The fee is $55 per camper, $95 for two sisters and $150 for three sisters.
The camp will focus on offensive and defensive fundamentals, skill strengthening and agility drills.
Each camper will receive a T-shirt.
For more information, contact Erika Davis at 570-952-4951 or firstname.lastname@example.com
The registration deadline is Saturday.
❒ COUGAR CHEERLEADING CAMP - The Hazleton Area Cheerleading Booster Club and high school cheerleading coaching staff will hold a camp July 28-30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ninth Grade Center on 23rd Street in Hazle Township.
A family and friends showcase will be held on the last day at 1 p.m.
The camp is open to girls ages 4-13. The cost is $55. Registration deadline is Wednesday, July 23.
Participants are asked to pack a lunch but will receive a free cheer bow and bag.
Attendees will learn cheers, jumps, dances and skills.
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❒ MARIAN COLTS "BIG BLUE" FOOTBALL - The Marian Colts football camp for students entering grades 3-9 takes place July 14, 15 and 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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❒WEATHERLY BASEBALL - Weatherly Baseball Camp will be held Monday, July 28 to Thursday July 31, from 9 a.m. to noon behind the Weatherly Middle School Complex.
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Sign ups can be made on the third floor of City Hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
For more information, call 570-459-4903 or 570-951-9952.
❒ CRESTWOOD YOUTH FOOTBALL - A fundamental technique camp for players entering grades 3-9 will be held from July 21-22 from 9 a.m. until noon each day at Crestwood High School.
Local high school and college coaches will be present to instruct and speak. This camp is open to students in all districts.
Please contact Greg Myers at email@example.com for more information.
❒ KING'S COLLEGE SOCCER - King's College will host three soccer camps at the college's Robert L. Betzler Athletic Complex in Wilkes-Barre Township.
The camps will be directed by King's head men's soccer coach Mark Bassett.
The Little Monarch Camp will be held July 21-24 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 5-through-13. The cost is $60 per camper.
This camp is geared toward the enjoyment of soccer for all involved with technical instruction incorporated into the games. The technical instruction will include the passing, dribbling, shooting, and receiving of the ball as needed to develop into an improved player at this age.
Each camper will receive a camp t-Shirt at the end of the camp.
Open registration runs through July 21.
Two King's College ID Camps will be held, one in the summer and the other in the fall. Cost for each camp is $75.
The first camp is slated for Saturday, Aug. 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The second camp is scheduled for Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This boys-only camp is organized as an advanced college-level camp for juniors and seniors in high school that would like to continue their soccer playing careers beyond the high school level. The camp and clinicians will provide specific soccer instruction with regard to what is expected at the college level, with special attention to technical training and tactical understanding. Each clinician/coach will be a current recruiting college coach from various institutions.
For additional information, contact King's head coach Mark Bassett at 570-208-5900, extension 5334, or by email at: firstname.lastname@example.com
A camp flier is also available at www.kingscollegeathletics.com.
❒ MY SKY ELITE BOYS SKILLS CAMP - My Sky Elite Boys Skills Camp takes place Aug. 2 and 3 at the Kingston Rec Center. The camp is open to boys in grades eight and older and is limited to 30 players. for details email firstname.lastname@example.com for details; deadline July 15.
❒ MY SKY BASKETBALL CAMP - My Sky Elite Basketball Camp takes place Aug. 18-22 at Kingston Rec Center for boys and girls grades k-6.
For details email email@example.com for details.
❒ MARIAN COLTS BASEBALL - The Marian Colt will be holding their annual baseball camp for those entering grades 3 through 9 on July 22, 23, and 24.
The camp will take place at the Marian High School athletic complex. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily, with the cost being $60.
Applications are available at Marian High School or by contacting Peter Salerno via email at email@example.com.
❒ THE FREELAND YMCA BASKETBALL - The Freeland YMCA will host basketball camps in July and August.
The boys camps are as follows: Boys entering 2nd-4th grades takes place July 21-25; 5th-6th grades July 21-25 and 7th-9th grades July 28-Aug. 1.
A girls came for those entering 4th-9th grades takes place Aug. 4-8.
All camps run from 1-3:30 p.m. cost is $40. Awards will be presented in all divisions.
For more information or questions call 570-636-3640 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
❒ RED AND WHITE BOYS BASKETBALL - The Freeland Red and White boys camps takes place Aug. 11-15 at the MMI Gymnasium. The camp will be under the direction of MMI Basketball coach Joe Flanagan and his staff, and is open to boys entering 2nd-9th grades.
Camp cost is $55 per camper and will run daily 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and all campers will receive a free gift and awards in all divisions.
For more information call Joe at 570-814-1350 or by email email@example.com
❒ GIRLS RED AND WHITE BASKETBALL - The Girls Red and White Basketball Camp will be held Aug. 18-22 from at the MMI Gymnasium. The camp will cost $55 and runs daily 10 a.m.-1 p.m. All campers will receive a free gift. The camp is under the direction of MMI basketball coach Joe Flanagan and his staff. The camp is open to girls entering 2nd-9th grades. For more information call Joe at 570-814-1350 or by email firstname.lastname@example.com .
Make checks payable to Red and White Camp and mail completed forms and checks to Red and White Basketball, PO Box 281, Freeland, Pa. 18224.
❒ RED WHITE BASEBALL CLINIC - The Red White Baseball Clinic will take place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Freeland Little League field. The clinic is open to players of minor league and little league age (7-13).
MMI Prep head baseball coach Emmett Thomas, his assistant coaches and current players on the District 2 Class A championship team will be on hand to help improve the fundamentals of young players.
Areas of focus will include sliding properly, batting, fielding, base running, pitching mechanics and more. To register or for information, please contact Thomas at 570-636-2547 weekdays between 5 and 7 p.m. The $10 registration fee includes a T-shirt.


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This just in: The folks at Maplight have released some disturbing numbers on who has been the most generous to the 12 members of the newly-formed Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, fondly known as the "Super Committee."
To recap, the Committee was formed by the last-minute debt ceiling increase deal reached by Congress and the Prez earlier this month. It's comprised of the following senators: Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), John Kerry (D-Mass.), and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Dave Camp (R-Mich.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), and Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.).


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I sat clutching my wife's hand, nodding, listening, and trying to breathe.
"Your life expectancy hasn't changed," said my doctor, Harvard Medical School geneticist Joseph Thakuria, trying to reassure me.
That, I thought, is the good news.
I may get Alzheimer's disease, I was told after getting my DNA analyzed. I could suffer the consequences of an abnormal blood clot in my heart or my brain. Or perhaps I'll suffer from a disease called primary myelofibrosis that's caused by an overactive bone marrow. All of these were possible outcomes, based on my genetic profile. In each case, the test only gives an increased risk for disease, not a definitive diagnosis. In a few, Alzheimer's for instance, there's nothing I can do anyway.
And the price tag to find out more answers kept rising.
"The sequencing of average, healthy adults is less informative than people had hoped it would be," said Robert Handin, a Harvard Medical School doctor who does genetic testing. "We're going through information overload. Everyone gets all this data and no one knows what to do with it. What do you do with a mutation that might increase your risk of some disease that you might not get for 20 or 30 years?"
I wanted to know. In September, Thakuria took a blood sample from me that was used to sequence all my DNA. In January, he and Harvard University's Personal Genome Project told me I have a gene mutation called JAK2 V617F that's associated with "cancer-like" blood disorders called myeloproliferative neoplasms.
More Revelations
Most people who have these disorders get relatively mild disease. Yet some, like an Indiana firefighter I spoke with, become very sick. He developed a severe case of primary myelofibrosis, a scarring of the bone marrow, underwent a bone marrow transplant and almost died.
There were other revelations. I have one copy of a gene variant called APOE4 that increases my risk of Alzheimer's disease. I don't have a gene that's known to cause a shaking disorder, called benign essential tremor, that's common in my father's family. That doesn't mean I won't get the condition, however; other unknown genes may cause the same malady.
Since writing about my own DNA in January, I've spoken or e-mailed with hundreds of readers and almost no one wants to go through what I've experienced. About 90 percent of those who e- mailed or spoken with me, including doctors and scientists, said that under no circumstances would they want to have their DNA analyzed. There's already plenty to worry about, they said.
Routine Tool
Yet mapping the genome is becoming a standard tool of medical care. Faster, cheaper DNA sequencing is becoming routine for investigating the cases of children with unknown inherited diseases. Cancer hospitals are analyzing large chunks of tumor genomes to design safer, more effective treatments. The Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean have announced a plan to sequence all 50,000 citizens for use in regular patient care.
I am a healthy, tennis-playing 54-year-old man in the prime of life. When I volunteered last year to have scientists from the Personal Genome Project decipher my DNA, I prepared for months to pass through a door to greater understanding.
My medical odyssey cost almost $12,000. My employer and insurer picked up all but $200 in co-payments. That isn't the case with all insurers, according to many patients and insurance companies.
Testing Costs
Costs can climb even higher. I found that some people with diseases associated with my mutation can have enlarged spleens and low energy, and can be helped with a drug from Incyte Corp. (INCY) called Jakafi. The treatment from the Wilmington, Delaware-based company costs about $80,000 year. It doesn't correct the problem. It shrinks the spleen and restores some energy.
Insurance companies are terrified of people like me -- that our pursuit of answers will spiral into more tests and drugs driving medical costs ever higher. UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH), the biggest U.S. insurer, said in March that DNA testing costs in the U.S. would grow five times over the next decade to $25 billion, and the value of many probes still hasn't been proven.
The mutation my screening uncovered, JAK2 V617F, increases blood cell production and can lead to diseases -- most notably primary myelofibrosis -- that involve an overactive bone marrow and overproduction of blood cells. One of the conditions tied to my mutation is called thrombocytosis. It's an excess of platelets, the sticky cells that circulate in the bloodstream and contribute to clotting. High platelet counts raise the risk of blood clots that can cut off circulation to the lungs, heart, brain and other vital organs.
New Diagnosis
It turned out I had been walking around with this danger -- unknowingly -- for a long time. In 2009, I was playing indoor doubles with some friends on a January evening when I began feeling pain on my left side. By midnight, I was on my way to the emergency room, sure I was having a heart attack. Doctors at the ER never found out exactly what caused all that pain.
Almost four years later, armed with an analysis of my DNA, Harvard's Thakuria set to work connecting the dots. He noted my platelet count at the time was twice the high end of the normal range. He ran another blood test on the spot: the platelet count was high again. While otherwise healthy, I was genetically disposed to a higher risk of blood clots, he concluded.
As we sat together in the bright, cool examination room, he warned me about the risks. Study after study in hundreds of patients showed an increased risk of clotting, sometimes in the legs, sometimes in the gut and organs, and sometimes in the brain, where they can cause real damage.
Baby Aspirin
Thakuria suggested my elevated clotting risk could be taken care of with one daily baby aspirin.
Slightly rumpled in rolled-up sleeves and a tie, he seemed delighted that my genetic test had explained a medical mystery:
"You may be the first person ever to be diagnosed with a disease based on their genome in this way," he said. "I'm starting to think that this technology can really help lots of people."
I left his office feeling a little stunned. One day I was healthy; the next I had a blood disorder. The idea took a little getting used to.
My insurer paid Thakuria $517 for my visit.
While I began taking my baby aspirin, I scheduled a meeting with Martin Reese, co-founder and chief executive officer of Omicia Inc., a closely held company based in Emeryville, California, that makes software for analyzing genomes.
Second Opinion
I asked him to run my genome through his software, so that I could get a second opinion on my DNA. To analyze my genome using the software would normally cost from $500 to $1,000; a consultation to discuss the results $1,000 to $2,000 more.
Reese's analysis raised more alarm bells. He said I had a mutation in a gene linked to Huntington's disease, the lethal neurological condition that killed Woody Guthrie. He quickly added that the mutation I had wasn't a dangerous one. I learned I also have mutations that might affect how I react to drugs, such as beta-blockers that are used to treat high blood pressure. He warned me that any findings should be carefully checked with a doctor.
It was the JAK2 finding -- that I had a gene mutation that increases blood cell production -- that continued to be most worrisome. I flew to San Mateo, California, to attend a meeting sponsored by the MPN Research Foundation. There, patients with rare disorders like mine can meet and talk with the doctors who study them.
'Natural Progression'
The first speaker was Ruben Mesa, a specialist on blood at the Mayo Clinic, and he confirmed my worst fears. While I'd been diagnosed with probably the least serious of JAK2 disorders, thrombocytosis, I remained at risk for the most dangerous -- myelofibrosis. The bone marrow condition robs patients of needed blood and can be fatal. Mesa said myelofibrosis was part of the "natural progression" of my condition.
My feelings of foreboding grew worse. I met Sam Klepper, a patient with the same JAK2 mutation as mine. Klepper is a workaholic and a workout fanatic who used to run triathlons. About 10 years ago, his doctor told him his red blood cell levels were twice normal -- it was similar to my high platelet counts, and linked to the same DNA mutation. His doctor began removing blood regularly to control the counts.
Klepper, 47, was doing sit-ups one day when he noticed discomfort in his upper abdomen. It was his spleen, which was growing to abnormal size as his red blood cell counts grew. Three years ago, on his daughter's birthday, his spleen grew so big it had to be removed. He later developed high platelet counts and had to change treatments.
Disease Management
"I'm just keeping my fingers crossed," he told me. "I've learned to live with and manage my disease."
My visit to California filled my head with doubt. I thought again about Jakafi, the $80,000 drug. Would that help?
Back in Boston, I nervously waited for an appointment with David Kuter, a specialist in blood disorders like mine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and Harvard. I told him about my experiences at the San Mateo meeting. What are the chances I would get worse?
Kuter listened and, just as soon as I had finished speaking, dismissed my concerns.
JAK2, my defective gene, is "not big-leagues in terms of your health or wealth in the future," he announced. There was little doubt that I had thrombocytosis, Kuter said. The "thermostat on my bone marrow" had been turned up, as he put it, and I was making too many platelets, and probably had been for a few years.
Blind Spots
"You've had this for at least four years now and there's nothing else going on," Kuter said. I could feel my wife, Judi, relax her grip on my hand as he spoke.
Kuter then asked whether blind spots ever appear in my vision.
I jerked back in my chair. For about 10 years, I had been experiencing these blind spots, called scotomas, with increasing regularity. They were sometimes large and rimmed by a flashing band, and a little frightening. They often appeared when I was playing tennis, and none of the doctors or eye specialists I'd spoken with seemed to know why I had them.
Scotomas are often caused by small clots in the blood supply to the eye or brain, Kuter said. Thrombocytosis was probably the cause of them.
Likewise, the unexplained kidney pain I'd experienced playing tennis in 2009 that drove me to the emergency room may have also been caused by a stray clot, he said. The pain could have been the result of a clot that blocked blood flow through the kidney or the adrenal gland, which sits atop the kidney.
"It can be very painful," he said.
Inexpensive Treatment
His recommendation: the one baby aspirin I was already taking. He predicted the scotomas would stop. The same tiny pill would probably be enough to prevent strokes, heart attacks, dangerous clotting in my legs and more pain around my kidneys, he said.
I don't need Jakafi, the $80,000 drug, and it's unlikely that I ever will, Kuter said.
"We've identified about 5,200 patients with essential thrombocytosis over the past 40 years," he said cheerily. "I can count on two hands the number of patients who had something bad happen who were on aspirin. People aren't dropping dead in the streets from this."
So that was the end to all this: calm down and take a daily aspirin. For my meeting and the tests, Kuter charged my insurance $1,460.
A few weeks later, I met with my regular internist for my annual checkup. We had met several times as we sorted through what my DNA results meant, at a cost of $2,100 including lab tests. After we talked about my health for a few minutes, she pushed her chair back. Knowing what I know now, she asked, would I do it all again?
No Regrets
"Yes," I replied without hesitating, the exam-room johnny still tied around my neck. "Before I was sequenced, I didn't know I had this clotting disorder. Now I do, and since I began taking baby aspirin, I haven't had a single scotoma. I could be saving myself from all kinds of serious potential illnesses, maybe a stroke or a heart attack."
My optimism was tempered with a dose of reality from the scientist who set in motion my medical journey -- George Church, the Harvard scientist who oversaw my sequencing. This month, I attended a conference where he was the keynote speaker. He asked how many of the 250 people in the audience had put their complete DNA under the microscope. Five or six raised their hands, including me.
Church showed a slide with a list of names of people across the U.S. who had been tested, then diagnosed and treated for conditions such as cancer, diabetes, and Crohn's disease. He considered these names successes, proof of the benefits of widespread genetic testing.
When I talked with Church afterwards, he said he probably should also have a slide of "failures," people who potentially receive false information, or feel so devastated by what they learn that they do something rash and take unnecessary or unhelpful measures.
My name wouldn't be on either slide, he said. There was still more to be learned from my genome.
"I don't consider your case finished," he said. "It's not over."


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Michigan State stays No. 1 for a third straight week in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, receiving all but two of the first-place votes.
Arizona moved from fourth to second Monday, drawing the other No. 1 votes from the 65-member national media panel.
Kentucky remains third while Syracuse jumps from eighth to fourth. Ohio State moves up two spots to fifth and is followed by Kansas, which had been second. Completing the top 10 are Louisville, Wisconsin, Oklahoma State and Duke, which drops four spots after losing to Arizona in the NIT Season Tip-Off.
Villanova beat Kansas and Iowa to win the Battle 4 Atlantis and goes from unranked to No. 14. The other newcomers are No. 24 San Diego State and No. 25 Dayton. They replace North Carolina, Creighton and Marquette.


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Or: The reasons why to not have a battle with half the units in heavy armor and only one two handed weapon amongst them.
So, sometime last summer, I had a battle with one of my best buddies who also plays Brikwars, (although he's much more of a gamer now) and we had a quick pickup game.
Ahem [lore] Calis and his Crimson Eagle detatchment have come to liberate some ruins from the Orks, (un)fortunately for him, the Orkish leader, Our Lady of Vengeance, has arrived to inspect the vital border fortress. [/lore]
After he spent an hour setting up the terrain, we were finally able to set up armies to begin the battle.
My team was the Red Company, commanded by Calis the Crimson Eagle, he had a Darkspear phlanx on this side.
And the Redcloaks provided mobile cover for the Dragon-bowmen on the otherside.
He had Our Lady of Vengeance as his hero, supplimented with some Ork Grunts and the Avatar's Blackguard.
The Greatbowman had some hugeass arrows and one explosive arrow.
Turn 1
My bowmen get first blood, killing a crossbowork through the ruins.
My dudes move up, and Calis dismounts.
Our Lady of Vengeance uses her feat to leap off the tower into the frey.
She lands flat on her ass and looks silly.
This guy loads his fire arrow.
and somehow manages not to hit either group of clumped up infantry, killing the lone man out or the group.
After some serious OOC bargining, I take his hero shamefully hostage and perpare to protect her from rescue attempts.
The Redcloaks move up, they have nearly gotten their fat asses to the door at this point, also, an ork falls and breaks his neck in the bushes.
Maybe I killed him, I'm not sure.
Archers begin to scale the walls, my hero climbs back on his horse to get a bit higher
He then also climbs the wall.
He is now the first to reach the interior of the fort.
He manages not to get instakilled by the spear that was shot out of the greatbow.
Then the crossbowork knocks him on to the ground.
This guy can't get through my hero's armor even when he's prone.


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When you see a squad car parked on the side of the road, do you look inside at the officer as you drive past? Although women make up about 51 percent of the population, only about one in eight of those police officers sitting behind the wheel of a cruiser will be a woman.
I am one of those women.
I became an Illinois State Police trooper in March 1981. At that time, women had only just begun to be hired as police officers throughout the country. Before that, police departments typically used women as bailiffs, jail matrons or community service officers – positions without arrest powers.
Starting in the mid- to late-70s, law enforcement agencies began to see the advantages of hiring women as police officers. Women tend to excel at communications – both spoken and written. Women are generally comfortable expressing compassion and empathy to others; this is a great advantage when gently eliciting information from witnesses and victims.
Forty years ago, the critics said that women weren't strong enough or tall enough and would end up getting hurt. They said that a woman wouldn't be able to physically defend herself, and the male officers would have to spend time "rescuing" them. The critics couldn't have been more wrong.
I graduated from Illinois State University with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, and I had an unlikely dream to become an Illinois state trooper. "Unlikely" because – at the time – there were few women in the state police. But I persisted. I successfully completed the hiring and background process and went to the state police academy in Springfield for 18 weeks.
For the next 27 years, I enjoyed a diverse and very interesting career with the Illinois State Police. I worked the road as a uniformed trooper for many years. About halfway through my career, I shifted gears and became a special agent for the ISP. I served in the Division of Internal Investigation for more than three years. I also had an assignment at the state police crime lab in Chicago.
I worked some very special details, including the state police traffic detail for then-vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro. I felt pride in being a very small part of this very big piece of United States history. The final five years of my career, I served as the district commander for Tollway District 15. I was the first woman commander there. Today, women regularly serve as police chiefs, sheriffs and high-ranking law enforcement executives throughout the country.
After I retired from the state police, I was honored to continue my law enforcement career as a deputy chief of police for Elgin Community College.
It is gratifying for me to serve the faculty, administrators, visitors and students – especially the students. It is our mission as a police department to keep the ECC campus as safe as we can. I enjoy speaking to the students and learning about their goals and hopes for the future. Perhaps, they can see that no dreams are "unlikely" anymore.
• Tami Haukedahl is deputy chief of police at Elgin Community College. The "ECC Extras" column runs occasionally in the Kane County Chronicle. Feedback can be sent to email@example.com.


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My 24-105 F4 L just started to creep. At 24 mm it holds strong but as oon as it is zoomed out even the lightest it will creep to about 50mm. The lens was purchased in January. Is this normal? Is something like this covered under warranty?
It's normal. And unfortunate, I wish Canon would have a lock similar to how my Sigma 17-70 had one. Far as I know, none of the Canon zooms have a zoom lock except the push/pull type, but that's a different kind of 'lock'.
It happens to me. I bought a Lensband for when I'm using the 24-105 with a Black Rapid strap. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/834030-REG/LENSBAND_628586557901_Lens_Band_Black.html
I've owned five of these. Out of those, three or more had creep with the lens hood attached, and two of them had creep without an attached lens hood. My current sample has creep with or without an attached lens hood.
The only lens I've had that had creep was a old 70-210 zoom, and I put a little pvc electrical tape under the front ring which fixed it nicely. It originally had a felt seal that provided friction but wore out.


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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) A man and a woman are presumed drowned in Sioux Falls after a fast-moving, icy river dragged them away as they tried to save a 6-year-old child who had fallen in, fire officials said Friday.
Emergency crews continued searching the Big Sioux River at Falls Park, although their focus changed overnight from rescue to recovery, said Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras.
The boy was climbing on rocks Thursday evening when he fell into the frothing water, Sideras said. The boy's sister jumped in to save him but was swept away. A man also jumped in to help but he too disappeared into the freezing water.
Witness accounts differ on whether someone pushed the boy out of the water or he popped up on a rock before being pulled ashore. Emergency workers carried the boy away from the river wrapped in a blanket and he was not injured, Sideras said.
"He wasn't in that long," he said.
Napoleon Ducheneaux, 21, said his friend fell into the river while trying to help the boy and the woman. He was holding onto the woman and boy by their hands before his hands began sliding, then he just "slipped and disappeared," Ducheneaux told The Associated Press late Thursday.
Authorities have not released the names or other details about the missing man and woman.
"These people literally jumped in without thinking of their own safety and trying to rescue that child," he said. "It's a very noble act that they did, and they probably contributed to saving that boy's life."
Nevertheless, Sideras said the optimum way to help someone who falls into water is to stay on the shore and mark where that person went in.
Sideras said rescue crews have been working against the river's strong current, a thick sheet of ice that firefighters are trying to break into pieces, and large amounts of foam, which firefighters were blowing away with water hoses.
The water temperature hovered around freezing, putting emergency crews at risk of hypothermia.
Falls Park, a city tourist attraction where people often picnic and wedding pictures are taken, remained closed to the public on Friday.
The city is named after the river's cascading waterfalls in the park, which is a popular spot in the summer and spring. For the first time in months, the temperature rose to around 50 degrees in Sioux Falls on Thursday.
Associated Press writer Kristi Eaton contributed to this report
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Rep. George Lavender to Speak at Northeast Texas Assn. of SWCDS Meeting on Sep. 30
TEMPLE, TX (September 17, 2013)—"State Representative George Lavender who represents House District 1, will be the featured speaker at the Northeast Texas Association of Soil and water Conservation Districts' (NETASWCDS) meeting September 30, in Mount Pleasant. The meeting will be held at the La Quinta Inn and Suites," said David Basinger, President. "The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. with a catered barbecue dinner," added Basinger.
"Following Rep. Lavender's talk, the gathering of soil and water conservation district directors will hear updates on state and national soil and water conservation programs and issues from Jerry D. Nichols, member of the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, Area IV, and William Thomas Jr., past president of the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts", said Basinger.
Local Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDS) coordinate the implementation and deliverance of corresponding natural resource conservation programs to farmers and ranchers throughout the state. Additionally, SWCDS participate in planning, implementing, and managing programs for preventing and abating agricultural and silvicultural nonpoint sources of water pollution.
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In other areas of responsibility, SWCDS participate in a state water supply enhancement program through the targeted control of water-depleting brush. An added area of responsibility permits SWCDS to engage in work to ensure local flood control dams are protecting lives and property by providing operation, maintenance, and structural repairs.
Twelve soil and water conservation districts in the northeastern piney woods region of the state are members of NETASWCDS. Counties which the SWCDS serve include, Lamar, Red River, Bowie, Delta, Hopkins, Franklin, Titus, Morris, Camp, Cass, Rains, Wood, Upshur, Marion, Harrison, Smith, and Panola Counties.


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MECHELEN, BELGIUM--(Marketwire - Nov 16, 2012) - Galapagos NV (EURONEXT BRUSSELS: GLPG)
today that third quarter 2012 operational and financial results were in
with management expectations. Management confirms the 2012 financial
given earlier this year:group revenues of EUR150 million, sustained
and net profitability, and a year-end cash position of at least EUR130
million by
the end of 2012.
GLPG0634 Phase 2a results
Galapagos announced that a second Phase 2A clinical trial with GLPG0634
the excellent safety of the drug, as well as the significant
improvements to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients within 4
Statistically significant improvements were seen for DAS28, HAQ-DI, ACR
and CRP
for the 300mg dose. The results enable Galapagos to move rapidly into
Phase 2B
clinical studies in early 2013. GLPG0634 is the first selective JAK1
to potentially treat multiple autoimmune diseases, such as RA. In
2012, Galapagos and Abbott announced a global collaboration for
GLPG0634 to
treat RA and other autoimmune diseases.
Tax ruling on Abbott collaboration
Galapagos received a positive ruling from the Belgian tax authorities
on the
collaboration agreement with Abbott. Galapagos may exempt 80% of
income, based on the Galapagos patents covering JAK1 inhibitor GLPG0634,
Belgian corporate income tax. This will result in an effective income tax
of under 5% for Galapagos for this income.
Initiation of Phase I study with GLPG0974
In October, Galapagos started its second Phase I clinical study with
GLPG0974, a
GPR43 inhibitor being developed to treat chronic neutrophil-driven
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Phillips lines out to 3rd.
Phillips lines out to 3rd.
Thanks to MLB, I'm relegated to Marty/Chris tonight. Amazing how you can just tell how well the ball comes off of Joey's bat - just a different sound.
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Lowrie with a long homer to right. 3-2 Reds.
Lowrie drilled that one
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Feel free to discuss the legal issues:
Mattel claimed the sassy Bratz dolls were the brainchild of one of its own designers, before he went to work for the rival and gave the upstart its signature toy....And the dire commercial consequences: "MGA must immediately stop making all 40 dolls in the line and has until after the holiday season to remove them from store shelves." Presumably, there will be some sort of settlement that will allow the dolls to continue to be made, with Mattel raking in much of the money.
Earlier this year, a jury awarded Mattel $10 million for copyright infringement and $90 million for breach of contract after members agreed that Bratz designer Carter Bryant had developed the concept for the dolls while working for Mattel.
Mattel subsequently requested that MGA be banned from making and selling the Bratz dolls, and Federal Judge Stephen Larson made it happen Thursday.
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But law and commerce are not everything.
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Monday, August 27, 2012
Del Mar Stable Notes—August 26, 2012
We read through the press kit for today's 22nd running of the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic (to save PC logoyou the time and bother, no thanks necessary) and came up with the following. In post position order.
If Rail Trip wins: It would be the crowning moment in an excellent meeting for trainer Ron Ellis who has already won the San Diego Handicap with Rail Trip, Clement L. Hirsch with Include Me Out and Saturday's Del Mar Handicap with Casino Host … Would put jockey Jose Valdivia, Jr., and owner Samantha Siegel of Jay Em Ess Stable in the Pacific Classic winner's circle for the first time in four, and two, tries respectively … Would make Rail Trip, 7, the oldest Classic champion, surpassing Pleasantly Perfect, who won it at six in 2004.
If Richard's Kid wins: It would make the son of Lemon Drop Kid the first three-time winner of the Classic and, of course, the first to do so for two different trainers and three different owners … Would put Leandro Mora's name on the list of winning trainers which includes Doug O'Neill, the man he's replacing while O'Neill serves a 40-day suspension, and two other trainers in the race, Bob Baffert and Ron McAnally … Would make Richard's Kid, 7, the oldest winner, surpassing Pleasantly Perfect, who won at six in 2004.
If Where's Sterling wins: It would reverberate in Florida, where trainer Luis Ramirez and jockey Paco Lopez are based, and in Chicago, where owner Frank Calabrese, 74, resides, and in the Del Mar stable area, where Ramirez got his start in 1995 and where his father and brother still work … Would make for a good first impression of Del Mar for Lopez, who has never ridden here before.
If Dullahan wins: It would make Dullahan only the third horse in Pacific Classic history to win without being last raced at either Del Mar or Hollywood Park, joining Bertrando ('93, Monmouth) and Student Council '07, Churchill Downs) … Would make Dullahan the fourth 3-year-old to defeat older in the Classic, joining Best Pal '91, General Challenge '99 and Came Home '02.
If Akkadian wins: Would provide script material for HBO's "Luck" (oops, that series was cancelled) since major character Turo Escalante was based on real-life trainer Julio Canani …Would get the name of Tiznow (sire of Akkadian) back on the Pacific Classic charts and fuel memories of Tiznow's gallant runner-up to Skimming as a 3-year-old in the 2000 Pacific Classic … Would put jockey Martin Garcia into quadruple figures for career victories if he hasn't made it with one of two prior mounts on the card. Garcia starts the day with 999 career wins.
If Jaycito wins: It might soothe some of the sting out of Triple Crown runner-up finishes by Bodemeister in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, Paynter in the Belmont Stakes for owner/trainer combination of Ahmed Zayat and Bob Baffert … Would move Baffert out of a tie for second with fellow Hall of Famer Richard Mandella for Pacific Classic victories, currently three apiece, and closer to all-time leader Bobby Frankel's six.
If Suggestive Boy wins: Would become the third Argentine-bred Classic victor, joining Gentlemen '97 and Candy Ride '03, the latter of whom provided Hall of Fame trainer Ron McAnally with his only Pacific Classic win from 10 starters …Would make Joe Talamo, 22 years, seven months and 14 days old, the second-youngest to win the Classic behind Kent Desormeaux, who was 22 years, 6 months and 3 days old winning aboard Missionary Ridge in 1992.
If Game On Dude wins: It would make Chantal Sutherland the second female jockey to win the Classic (Julie Krone '03) and the first to win all three major California races for older horses, the 2011 Santa Anita Handicap, 2012 Hollywood Gold Cup and 2012 Pacific Classic, all on Game On Dude …The 'Dude would become the third horse to complete the triple, joining Lava Man , Classic winner of 2006, and Best Pal, winner of the inaugural Pacific Classic in 1991.
If Riveting Reason wins: The payoff for the longest morning line (30-1) shot in the race might approach or exceed the Classic record $81.20 for Dare And Go over Cigar in the 1996 running …It will be the second victory for jockey David Flores (General Challenge '99) , who has been second three times … Myung Kwon Cho would be the first owner/trainer to win a Classic, and do so with his first starter.
While discussing, in early August, sending Dullahan to Del Mar for the TVG Pacific Classic, Donegal Racing head Jerry Crawford made it a point to mention one partner in the partnership of the Blue Grass Stakes winner who would be particularly energized by the development.
"Jerry Kirke thinks there are only two racetracks in America," Crawford said. "Del Mar and Santa Anita."
Apprised of Crawford's comment at Wednesday's draw party at the Burlap Restaurant in Del Mar, Kirke first dissolved into laughter. Then recovered to plead guilty.
"It's true, I love the Southern California tracks," Kirke said. "I've been banging the drum for something like this for about three years. 'Let's go to Del Mar. Let's go to the Pacific Classic.' I'm ecstatic and Donegal Racing is ecstatic."
His vision will become reality when Dullahan faces nine older horses in the signature race of the meeting.
"Several of the other 3-year-olds that ran in the Triple Crown are either retired or taking a break from racing," Kirke said. "To have Dullahan being active and training forwardly for the Pacific Classic is amazing. We're up against a tough group of older horses, but we're on his favorite surface and hopefully he'll revert to the form he's shown on it at Keeneland in the past."
Kirke, 40, is in the investment business and has lived in Phoenix for the past 17 years. He was originally from Des Moines, Iowa, home of Crawford and the Donegal partnership organization. Kirke's father was the go-between for his son and Crawford.
Of the approximately 25 partners in Dullahan, Kirke said he might be the most Western resident and was therefore the designated representative to the draw party. He has managed to be in attendance at all but one of Dullahan's races. The miss was for the forgettable fifth-of-six finish in the Haskell Invitational, beaten 13 ½ lengths.
A sampling of TVG Pacific Classic selections from an eclectic group of "experts," selected mainly on availability and willingness.
Craig Fravel, President and CEO Breeders' Cup Ltd. – Game On Dude. "Best past performances and been there before in big races."
Joe Harper, President , CEO, Director Del Mar Thoroughbred Club – Suggestive Boy. "I've always liked Argentines."
Josh Rubinstein , DMTC Senior Vice President, Development – Game On Dude. "Del Mar's cover girl, Chantal Sutherland, is riding."
Julie Krone, Hall of Fame jockey – "Isn't there a filly in there? Amani."
Corey Nakatani, out-of-town-today jockey – Richard's Kid.
Hank Goldberg, ESPN sportscaster – Suggestive Boy. "I think he'll like the distance and McAnally is confident.
Jay Privman, Daily Racing Form – Game On Dude. "The leading candidate for Horse of the Year right now."
Jay Hovdey, Daily Racing Form – Amani. "Neil Drysdale needs a break."
Bob Ike, syndicated handicapper – Game On Dude. "The best horse, I see a pace advantage and I think Bob Baffert is highly motivated."
John Sadler, trainer – Richard's Kid. "Proven over the track."
Brian Beach, jockey agent – Game On Dude. "He'll be hard to beat, but if there is an upset, I think it will be Ron McAnally with Suggestive Boy."
Toby Turrell, handicapper – Suggestive Boy. "Because I don't want to pick the favorite."
Gator Pegram, DMTC intern – Amani. "I'm going with the shocker."
Barry Abrams, trainer – Game On Dude. "Speed, class and experience going the mile and a quarter."
Steve Andersen, Daily Racing Form – Suggestive Boy. "There's a lot of room for improvement."
Brad Free, Daily Racing Form – Game On Dude. "Best horse, and his speed sets up a favorable pace scenario."
Ed Zieralski , U-T San Diego – Suggestive Boy. "The Ron McAnally and Joe Talamo factor."
Jay Posner, U-T San Diego – Game On Dude. "I love the taste of chalk."
Jeff Bloom, DMTC – Rail Trip. "Coming up to a peak performance."
Jeff Nahill, North County Times – Amani. "Keys a female-centric exacta with Chantal Sutherland (rider of Game On Dude)."
Jeff Reichert, fan – Suggestive Boy. "Visually impressive winning the Wickerr."
Kevin Modesti, L.A. Daily News – Game On Dude. "He's better than last summer ."
Richard Mandella, Hall of Fame trainer – Suggestive Boy. "McAnally's getting old enough to where he needs to get it done."
Hap Proctor, Glen Hill Farm – "I'm rootin' for Ron McAnally."
Gary Mandella, trainer – Amani. "She'll make the last run the best one."
A Pick Six carryover of $570,012 was realized Saturday at Del Mar as a parade of longshots rang the bell setting up a multi-million dollar likelihood for the extended bet on the seaside track's TVG Pacific Classic Day card Sunday.
The carryover – which followed a $104,772 carryover from the Friday card –- saw $870,889 in new money chase the elusive target and bring the total Saturday pool to $975,661. Sunday's bet will be held on races six through 11 on the 11-race program that has an early first post of 1 p.m. The Pick Six spread Sunday will include the $1-million TVG Pacific Classic.
The carryover was the 11th of the Del Mar meet in its 29th day of racing. The payoffs on the six Saturday horses included five double-figure winners, led by the seventh-race upsetter Hadfunlastnight at $58.60.
Dhaamer was fine after a runner-up effort in Saturday's Del Mar Handicap and the mood at Mike Mitchell's stable Sunday morning was forward looking toward Sunday's $250,000 Grade II Pat O'Brien Stakes and its standout sprinter Camp Victory.
Mitchell assistant Phil D'Amato said "we're toying with the idea" of running Dhaamer next in the Canadian International in October at Woodbine in aiming to restart a stakes winning streak that ended with the neck loss to Casino Host in the Grade II $200,000 Del Mar Handicap.
"The winner ran a great race and considering they went 1:16 (for three quarters) and 1:39 (mile), he closed really well even though he had to weave in and out (through traffic)," D'Amato said.
The Del Mar Handicap was a "Win and You're In" qualifier for the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf on November 3 at Santa Anita, which is where Casino Host will be pointed, trainer Ron Ellis said after the race.
Mitchell's Camp Victory is the 9-5 second choice behind 8-5 Coil in the morning line for the Pat O'Brien, which drew a field of six.
Camp Victory took the Grade I Triple Bend Handicap at Hollywood Park on June 30 and has been "training very well," for the O'Brien, D'Amato said.
Back-to-back wins in the fourth and fifth races Saturday put Martin Garcia at 999 for his career. The 27-year-old native of Veracruz, Mexico has four mounts today – Denzel, 8-1, 3rd, Vodkatariat, 8-1, 8th and Akkadian, 20-1, Pacific Classic, and Memphis, 5-1, 10th -- in attempting to reach the 1,000 win milestone.
Joe Talamo's three-win Saturday, topped by Casino Host in the Del Mar Handicap, moved him into a tie for second with Garrett Gomez in the rider standings with 32 each. Rafael Bejarano, in Saratoga to ride Contested to victory in the Test Stakes on Saturday, leads with 43. Bejarano is back at Del Mar and scheduled to ride nine races.
Peter Miller went 0-for-2 on Saturday attempting to break the tie atop the standings with Doug O'Neill, who is serving a 40-day suspension and will record no more wins here.
With the sixth-race scratch of Flamboyance, Miller has one entered today, Classic Bobby, 3-1, in the 10th.
CLOSERS – Ship And Win bonus eligible horses on today's program include: Hidden Recipe (1st, Jack Bruner, trainer), Heart of a Lioness (Kristin Mulhall, trainer), Tale of a Champion (7th, Kristin Mulhall)*, Where's Sterling (9th, Luis Ramirez)*, Dullahan (9th, Dale Romans)*. Asterisk: Eligible for $1,000 travel bonus but not, as stakes entrants, 25 percent purse bonus … Notable workouts Sunday: California Flag, 4 furlongs, :47.40, Empire Way, 4 furlongs, :47.60, Slim Shadey, 4 furlongs, :48.40, Executive Privilege, 6 furlongs, 1:10.80, Kettle Corn, 6 furlongs, 1:12.40, Midnight Interlude, 1:12.20, Champ Pegasus, 4 furlongs turf, :53.20, City to City, 4 furlongs turf, :49.60.. Members of the "America's Best Racing" crew are in the infield today conducting an ABR Racing 101 Fan Hub. Fans meet with expert handicappers from the team of Horseplayer Now, as well as local horsemen to learn about the Thoroughbred racing experience. They've set up shop in an open area just behind the track's infield big screen.
Trakus Facts of the Day for Saturday, August 25
Casino Host won the Del Mar Handicap by a neck, but second place finisher Dhaamer covered 29 feet more in a great finish. Coming into the race off the Eddie Read, Casino Host had the fastest final quarter and final furlong from that event, won by Acclamation. Interaction, the fifth placer behind Casino Host, covered the equivalent of 4 ¼ lengths more than the winner, but was beaten by only about two lengths.
In race ten, Mavenofwinterset covered 26 feet more than winner Hidden Quest. A long last through most of the race, Mavenofwinterset flew home, getting the final quarter in 23.77 seconds, which was 0.96 seconds faster than any other in the race. At the finish, he was 36.8 feet off the rail, and in the final sixteenth alone, was at least 0.26 seconds faster than any other horse in the race.
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