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Boxes of old papers and photographs, stacks of books, piles of medical records and therapy reports I need to scan and organize. The loft in our small town home has become the black hole of all the little bits of our life for which we have no clear cut place. The loose ends, the question marks —"Do we need to save this? What if we need this?"
While my husband has been in school and working every weekend our time together has been limited. Much of that time is taken up with things like, oh, parenting Nik and dealing with his ongoing health issues; there is never any time or energy left over for tackling any but the smallest of projects around the house.
Niksdad's recent job loss turned out to be a bit of a mixed blessing this week. He was home and wasn't buried in the books so we had a chance to finally tackle the loft. It's not finished by a long shot but the work has begun; the "heavy lifting" of moving filing cabinets, repairing a sagging book case —the things I cannot do myself while also keeping a watchful eye on Nik —are complete. The difference is remarkable; the loft feels larger already in spite of the boxes still stacked in the middle of the room.
I can finally imagine what it will look like when we have completed the project. More to the point, I can already feel the sense of ease which permeates the space. Where we once felt squeezed into our little corners of the room —where our desks sit tucked into opposite corners —already it seems more tranquil, more comfortable. We both wonder why it took us so long to make this space —where we spend so much waking time— our own. I say it was the vagaries of time and our limited energy supply but I think, in my heart, it goes deeper.
Nik's recent bout of gastrointestinal illness has been very disturbing; not only has it gone on longer than any other virus he's ever had, its intensity is unnerving when the waves wash over him. He is unable to communicate the nature of the pain with more than screams and howls as he doubles over or as he shrieks and kicks his legs to seek some relief. He clasps his long fingered hands together over and over asking us to help him, to ease his pain. To make it stop. We feel helpless to do more than hold him and croon soothing words as we rub his belly or his head, to clean up the aftermath of his body's release.
This latest development, the hardening of his belly as his too slender body braces itself for the impending pain and uncontrollable outcome, frightens me. It seems to last for hours and I am gripped with a fear that we are missing something that could mean the difference between life and death. The recent loss of beautiful Evan sits heavily on my heart as I struggle with my desire to call his mother, Vicki, for advice and my unwillingness to ask her to relive that horrible pain. I cannot; it would be too cruel.
My husband, the nurse, is quick to assure me that Nik's bowel sounds are good and his belly does soften some after he's had a bout of diarrhea —though not nearly back to "normal" enough to ease my fears. I return to another memory packed away in my own mental loft —a place where there is not and never will be a neat, tidy, compartmentalized storage system for all the hurts and memories of watching my son struggle through so much of his early life.
The discovery of Nik's intestinal malrotation was unexpected; he'd been showing many of the same symptoms that he has over the past two weeks and he had normal bowel sounds then, too. Then, he was considered a "very lucky little boy"; the doctors discovered a partial volvulus —an obstruction —which they said was "a time bomb waiting to go off."
I want to assume there is no such time bomb awaiting us now but the memories of all those times we thought we might lose Nik have built themselves up into a thick, smooth scar upon which I worry —much the same way others might rub a stone or rosary beads —each time Nik's health takes an unexpected turn. The history is too strong and the memories run too deep.
I want to shed the burden but I seem unable to. There are times it is the thing which keeps me pressing forward for answers on Nik's behalf. I fear the complacency.
I sit at my desk, still wedged into the corner but less crowded now. The room is the same yet it feels different. Attitude? Belief? Perception? I am uncertain what makes the difference as I begin to make my way through the boxes of old hospital bills and NICU discharge reports. "What if I need this? What if Nik needs me to have this?"
I examine the pages, searching for clues —answers someone may have overlooked. On those same pages, I see hope; for each date racked up on that enormously large hospital bill, it was another day my son lived. Another day of getting stronger, healthier —closer to coming home.
I realize the answers I seek are not to be found on those pages. Still, I am unable to let go.

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It seemed like everything was a deflection off a skate, off a stick, off something, so it was just one of those games for both sides." Chris Higgins had a goal and two assists for Vancouver (27-17-9), while Zac Dalpe added a goal and an assist. Jannik Hansen also scored for the Canucks, his first in 11 games. Vancouver, which came in having scored just eight times in its last seven games, holds down the first wild card position in the Western Conference and is just a point back of the Los Angeles Kings for third place in the Pacific Division. "It wasnt your typical game. Weve been struggling to score goals lately, so lets take some positive out of it. We put five in, some guys got on the scoresheet and we found a way to win when it came down to it," said Bieksa, who also had an assist. "We needed the two points. We were up a couple goals a few times and they came back and we stayed resilient and found a way to win." Added Higgins: "Kind of a sloppy game and with the weird goals it was kind of a strange game. Its nice to be on the winning side of those games and nice to score a bunch of goals — its been tough to come by recently." Roberto Luongo, who was shaky at times and even directed one of Vermettes goals over the line himself, made 29 saves for the Canucks. On the whole, it was a night to forget for both Luongo and Smith as two of the three goalies heading to next months Winter Olympics for Canada fought the puck and looked lost in the crease at times. "It was definitely a weird one," said Luongo. "It was one of those games where it felt like the puck was bouncing in from everywhere. The good thing is we got the win." Shane Doan chipped in with a goal and an assist for Phoenix (24-18-10), which got 20 stops from Smith as the Coyotes picked up a point but still sit four back of the Minnesota Wild for eighth in the West and five back of Vancouver. "Were going to have to be better than we are right now," said Coyotes head coach Dave Tippett. "We play stretches well but make critical errors at the wrong time and those have to be cleaned up if we are going to be a playoff team.dddddddddddd" After a wild finish to the second period, Doan tied the game 4-4 on a breakaway at 5:24 of the third. The Coyotes captain moved in on Luongo and lost control of his deke but still saw the puck squeak through the five-hole for his 15th of the season. Vancouver was handed a power play right at the end of regulation, but the leagues 28th-ranked unit failed to convert in overtime before Bieksa won it. The Canucks power play came into Sunday on a dreadful 2-for-30 run over the last eight games and rarely looked dangerous against the Coyotes in four failed attempts. "When a power play struggles it can take on a life of its own," said Sullivan, who is running the Canucks bench in place of the suspended John Tortorella. "Now not only are you trying to coach the Xs and Os of the strategy of the power play, but you are coaching the mindset and a fragile mindset." Down 2-1 in the second, the Coyotes tied it while shorthanded against that feeble power play. Canucks forward Ryan Kesler tried to slap the puck off Vermettes stick in front of Luongo, only to see it carom into the Vancouver net to tie the score at 9:07. The goal was Vermettes second of the night and 17th of the season. The Canucks had just 10 shots in total when Higgins restored Vancouvers lead at even strength by deflecting a shot from the point past Smith for his 14th of the season, and second in as many games, at 16:59. Dalpe then followed up his own rebound off the rush to score his third and stretch the Canucks lead to 4-2 just 42 seconds later. That two-goal lead would be short-lived as Vermette completed his second hat trick of the season — and third of his career — with 54.5 seconds remaining in the period with a shot from in close as the Coyotes broke through against the Canucks stingy penalty kill, which came in ranked second overall. Vermette now has six goals in his last six games, and three short-handed goals in his last four. "Free hat trick right there," Luongo said with a laugh. "At least he buried the last one to make it at least somewhat justifiable. It was just one of those nights where it felt like the puck was finding ways in." Vermette was unapologetic when it came to his good fortune. "You get good chances and the puck doesnt go in for you," he said. "I thought it was a good sign, weve been talking about those bounces lately. Its a sign that things are going to turn around." The Canucks — who were still without injured forwards Henrik Sedin and Mike Santorelli because of upper-body injuries — beat Smith twice in a 44-second span midway through first period as both Bieksa and Hansen ended lengthy droughts. Bieksa opened the scoring at 10:31 on a shot through traffic to pick up his first goal in nine games. The defencemans third of the season was also his first point in the last eight contests and came moments after a failed Vancouver power play. ' ' '


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One of Hollywood's hottest screenwriters has hired one of the town's more overlooked scribes to adapt a novel by one of the great suspense novelists of the 20th century.
Zach Helm, whose "Stranger Than Fiction" deserved a far better reception, is writing an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's "Deep Water." The film is being produced by Steve Zaillian, who has been wracking up nominations this awards season for both "Moneyball" and "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo."
"Deep Water" tells the story of a man who tries to scare off his wife's many lovers by leading them to believe that he killed one of her previous paramours. But things get ugly when talk that he really is a killer starts to spread through the community, and he soon begins to wonder if maybe he did in fact murder someone.
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Highsmith's novels have been turned into classic films ranging from Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train," to the Matt Damon star-maker "The Talented Mr. Ripley." We've got very high hopes for this one.
In the meantime, Helm and Zaillian are also collaborating on "Freezing People Is Easy, " starring Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd and Kristen Wiig, that's a comedic take on the true story of Bib Nelson a 1960s TV repairman in Los Angeles who tried to bring cryogenics into the mainstream.


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Archive - Apr 7, 2013
New pope, good old ideas
While a cardinal, the new pope co-wrote a book with a rabbi. Here are just a few excerpts. Cardinal Bergoglio's thoughts are refreshing, especially his views on athiesm and fundamentalism. His co-author states what I have always believed: Agnosticism is the only tenable position, even if one tends towards belief or disbelief. People who dogmatically state that they know there is a god are usually pretty sure that said god agrees with them on everything from women's rights to taxes to gun control.
On another matter, fundamentalist biblical literalists love to throw around Old Testament pronouncements on homosexuality, but when it comes to passages like the below, suddenly they sing a different tune:
Leviticus 25: 44 Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. 46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.
Clearly, we have here an endorsement of human trafficking and slavery. Clear and simple. The Bible says it, and I believe it. Case closed!
While lobbing around Old Testament verses, biblical fundamentalists value only those verses which they can use as a weapon against those they hate. I suspect the new pope, of all people, would abhor this practice.
UPDATE: Later in the morning, I stumble across this, from the recently deceased pope of film.


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Everything is new for 2013 at Toro Rosso. Except the drivers. And the steering wheel. That's from last year. But other than that, it's a whole new world.
The STR7 was pretty much an evolution of the STR6, and since both previous cars had some problems with weight distribution, the old design had to go if they wanted to see significant improvement. The new STR8 was designed by Luca Furbatto and technical director James Key, who came from Sauber in September to take over from Giorgio Ascanelli.
Most importantly, the rear of the new car is much slimmer than before, with the radiators positioned lower in order to be able to drop the deck of the sidepods more aggressively. The narrower rear resulted in lowering the exhausts to improve airflow, which means the team is planning an intensive aerodynamics development programme for the first part of the season.
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It is a game that is stereotypically associated with the aristocratic society of England, but the chess on grass style game of croquet has wide spread appeal in Australia, with some of our best players in Adelaide this week for the National Titles.
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A farrier by trade, South Australia team member Harley Watts fell in love with the sport at the age of 10.
Quarantined from school with a case of chickenpox, Harley spent his time of at the fenceline between his family's home and the local croquet club, watching a tournament that was underway at the time.
Harley balanced his love of croquet with all of the other usual sports children of his age played, but quickly found he was climbing the ranks of the sport.
Moving to Adelaide for university, it wasn't long before he found himself in the state team and progressed to national level.
Swapping his farrier's hammer for a croquet mallet, Harley takes to the field for the national titles being held in Adelaide this week.
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Similar to lawn bowls, Harley said the image of croquet had diverted a little from its image of being a sport for retirees, with a constant stream of younger players trying the sport, often with great success.
With the general gist of the game to putt your ball through a series of arches before your opponent can, and games lasting anywhere between 45 minutes to three hours, it becomes a competition of precision, tactics and stamina.
At the higher levels of national and international competition, Harley said the game is very focussed and professional, but on a lower level it can be quite a fun and social game.
"I like the mental challenge," Harley said, as he prepared for his next match at the Eire Cup.
"It's pitting not only your physical abilities against somebody, but trying to use your strategies to make sure they don't score quite as easily as you can.
"It's like chess on a big grassed area - you just have to try and out think your opponent."
Players mainly compete in best-of-three games, but can also stretch out to best of five games matches.
The interstate tournament Harley is competing in this week is a three-match-per-day event with a round of doubles, singles and reverse singles.
With time limits of up to three hours for each match, it is possible that Harley could spend up to nine hours playing today, but with his doubles match against Western Australia completed in 45-minutes this morning, he's hopeful for a short day.
Harley said that if the South Australian team performs reasonably well, the players will have a 'fair shot' at winning the cup, but safely said the side were more an outside chance.
"I think the favourites are either New South Wales or Victoria at this stage."
The National Association Croquet Championships will be played at the Norwood Croquet Club from Wednesday 20 till Sunday 24 March 2012 at 259 Portrush Road, Norwood.


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I recently tried a new salad dressing from the new SBH Cooking for a Cause cookbook and it was too good not to share with all of my Jewish Hostesses. Its light and sophisticated, yet very kid friendly. It's much easier for me to whip up large quantities of salad dressings in a Cuisinart than mixing in a bowl. I doubled the amount of ingredients called for in the original recipe, and stored it in a jar in the fridge. Perfect on top of any type of salad! Use it all week- this past Shabbat I drizzled it on top of sliced grilled chicken salad with olives and radichio. Yum! Enjoy! Marlene
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Flying The Coop
I'm becoming increasingly worried about Astros manager Cecil Cooper's mental health.
Last year, despite rumors that he was alienating his veteran players, Cooper rode the team to a 86-75 record, third in the division and 3.5 games out of the NL Wild Card. They outperformed Pythagoras by nine wins – and one way to explain a team outperforming their Pythagorean W-L% almost certainly has to be managerial skill.
There were definite moments, however, where Cooper seemed to be exceedingly out of his element. This offseason has brought his bipolar disorder into sharper focus. During the team's extended winless streak during Spring Training, Cooper began to lose his mind. On March 10, Alyson Footer quoted him as saying "I don't have any answers about why this is happening, unless someone put the hex on us," and that "this is bordering on ridiculous."
That was when they were 1-10-1. A hex? Coop, no one put a hex on the team. It's a veteran team, missing key players to the WBC, with very little organizational depth to help them hold leads late in games, once the major leaguers are gone. There's no hex, Coop.
The next day was a day off, and Cooper said he went golfing because he "had to hit something." Then he bemoaned the team's low batting average, saying "We're hitting .220 as a team in Spring Training. No one hits .220 in Spring Training. Come on. Two hundred. Are you kidding me?"
Then, on March 17, Alyson posted one of the most disturbing quotes of the offseason: "I'm not concerned about our pitching. I'm concerned about the hitting." Not concerned about a rotation that includes such luminaries as Brian Moehler, Russ Ortiz, and Mike Hampton in the starting rotation, spelled by Brandon Backe and Jose Capellan? You're more concerned about the hitting of a team that features Lance Berkman, Miguel Tejada, Carlos Lee, and Hunter Pence?
This is also when the rumblings of the players, led by Berkman, began to seep out. In sharp contrast to Cooper's daily rants, Berkman and the other players didn't seem to be paying any attention at all. It became clearer and clearer that Cooper and his staff were most assuredly not on the same page as their players – at least not their veteran players.
His inability to coach big leaguers became showed itself when Footer quoted him as saying, "I keep calling them out and nobody seems to step up. That's all I can
tell you, we need somebody to step up and nobody's stepping up."
Then the Astros started to win, at which point Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com quoted Cooper as saying, "We should win 90 games, without question. We have a terrific bullpen. We have one of the best closers in the game. We've got the
ace in the National League. We've got three of the best offensive
players at their position. We've got, if not the best, then one of the
top catchers in baseball.
"I mean, c'mon. We've got what it takes. You're telling me we're not going to win that many games?"
FanGraphs reprinted the quote in their article "Cecil the Delusional." I understand wanting to pump your team up, but we should win ninety games? Without question? "Delusional" is definitely the right word, and kudos to Eric Seidman at FanGraphs for nailing it.
So Cooper is on the same page as neither the players nor reality.
On March 13, Coop said "…we thought we didn't have catching. That was kind of the general consensus of people on the outside.
And for the most part, there were some people here that didn't think
that. But I had a chance to see five guys catch, and I'm very confident
in all five guys. They
all can catch and throw. And they receive pretty well… To me, I
think our catching is in pretty good hands for a long, long time." Three days later, the report surfaced that the Astros had signed Ivan Rodriguez, pending the end of his WBC service and a physical.
That's when it became clearer that Cooper was also not on the same page as the front office, in addition to the players or reality.
Perhaps the most concerning thing, however, has been the way he's handled the David Newhan situation in Spring Training camp this year. Newhan was on the 2008 squad, and had a decent September (.281/.314/.344) to help the team in its final playoff push. He was released and subsequently re-signed as the Astros began to look into utility infielder options to replace the departed Mark Loretta.
Cooper, convinced that the utility infielder needed to be a shortstop, allowing them to spell Miguel Tejada more often. Despite the obvious truth that spelling Kazuo Matsui (who has never been able to string together even 115 games in a season) should be a priority over Tejada (who has played in fewer than 150 games only once since 1999), Cooper wanted a shortstop who could play other positions, rather than an infielder who could play shortstop.
Which is fine, if that's what he wants, but he basically took Newhan out of the running without giving him a chance. Among quotes like, "I have to say this, there's a difference between a pure shortstop who
can play over there and someone who can maybe go and stand over there,
really. We have to be able to play it," he didnt' even play Newhan at shortstop to give him the chance to play himself out of contention.
He simply wrote him off. Newhan told Cooper he felt comfortable playing there, despite his major league inexperience. He's been on rosters behind Miguel Tejada (Houston and Baltimore,) Jimmy Rollins (Philadelphia), and Jose Reyes (Mets). "There's a whole bunch of other guys I have to look at there. He did tell me he could play it. We'll cross that bridge when we
get to it," was Cooper's response.
He even said that there were six others to look at – Jason Smith, Tommy Manzella, Edwin Maysonet, Blum, Drew Sutton and Matt Kata – with shorstop experience, pushing Newhan to seventh.
Okay, fine, put him as seventh coming into the season, but give him a shot. The worst part was that, despite writing him off so early, was that the Astros then waited until March 29 to release him, seriously affecting his ability to get a job somewhere else.
I have to tell you, I have not been overly impressed with Cooper during his tenure as the Astros manager so far, and this Spring Training has been one enormous train wreck.
Spring Training
I love Spring Training. It's a time of hope; a time of wondering and talking. Everyone has the same record this time of year. Everyone has the same dream: The World Series.
Astros fans have a lot of questions after this offseason: How will our suspect rotation hold up? Who will man third base? Who will be the catcher? I've made my predictions in other areas. This entry won't be used for that. Instead, I'd like to turn my attention elsewhere.
56 players reported to the Astros' Spring Training facilities. 28 pitchers and 28 position players. And one question on everyone's mind, especially after hearing so much about our horrible farm system is: What new faces can we expect to see this year? What can we expect of them?
New Faces
Gone is Ty Wigginton. Gone is Randy Wolf. Brad Ausmus. Mark Loretta. In their place are some faces many Astros fans may not recognize. Among them are some big league commodities new to the team:
Alberto Arias – The Astros claimed Arias off of waivers from the Rockies last season, on July 31. He pitched at Round Rock and, for three games (including 2 starts), in Houston at the major league level. He didn't respond terribly well in his limited time, but such a small sample size (8.0 IP) could easily be ignored. He will be 25 years old this year and has only thrown 29.0 big league innings. He has nice minor league numbers, and projects well to Minute Maid Park, with about 55% of balls hit off of him being hit on the ground. Projection: Could spend some time in the big league bullpen, or pressed into service as a starter. Look for about 50 innings from Arias, but nothing mind-blowing.
Jose Capellan – Astros fans will remember Capellan for his time in the Milwaukee Brewers' bullpen, though he last pitched for the Rockies in 2008. Though he hasn't started in the majors since 2 games in 2004 with Atlanta, he will be allowed to compete for a starting rotation spot in Houston. His time in the minors has been split between the bullpen and the rotation, with decent results. Over the past three seasons, he's thrown 91.2 innings in the minors with a 1.26 WHIP, 7-4 record, 4 saves, and a 4.12 ERA. Over the same time, he's thrown 99.2 less impressive innings in the majors with a 1.36 WHIP, 4-5 record, 80 strikeouts to 40 walks, and a 4.69 ERA. Projection: The hope is always that a little stability will help a player who's been moved around. In the past three season, Capellan has pitched for the Brewers, Tigers, and Rockies, not to mention five minor league teams among those three systems, along with the Royals organization. That's not likely to change, though, as he looks like he'll go between Round Rock and Houston frequently. Look for 60-70 innings in the big leagues, with an ERA in the 4.50-5.00 range.
Danny Graves – Most Astros fans will remember Danny from his time in Cincinnati from 1997-2005, most of it as their closer while he moved to #50 on the all-time saves list. He has bounced around since then, and hasn't pitched in the majors since 2006, when he threw just 14.0 relief innings with the Cleveland Indians. He hasn't had an ERA under 4 since 2004. 2008 was a forgettable year spent in the Minnesota Twins' organization, most of it with the AAA Rochester Red Wings. He went 4-6 there, with an ERA of 6.30, WHIP of 1.70, and just 32 strikeouts in 84.1 innings. Projection: I don't expect Graves to break through to the Major League level at all this year. He has not shown that he can consistently be counted on as a pitcher at the big league level.
Clay Hensley – Hensley showed a lot of promise early on with the Padres organization, and was projected along with Jake Peavy and Chris Young to be a dominant top of the rotation. In 2007, he ran into some injury problems, and was sent to AAA Portland after struggling in his minor league rehab stints. Despite his 5.31 ERA and 1-2 record (mostly out of the bullpen) in 2008 in limited time (39.0 IP) for the Padres, his time in Portland was very productive: 1-1 in 10 starts, 34 strikeouts and 16 walks in 48 IP, a WHIP of 1.29 and an ERA of 3.94. Prior to his injury-plagued 2007 season, he was 12-13 with a 3.30 ERA, 1.278 WHIP, and 150 strikeouts to 93 walks. Projection: I have high hopes for Hensley. I expect him to break camp as the #5 starter. I'm looking for 7-9 wins out of him, as he returns to form i
n his second season back from injury.
Russ Ortiz – Ortiz is a fresh face in Houston after missing the 2008 season recovering from Tommy John surgery. For his major league career, he is 110-82 with a 4.42 ERA, 1.479 WHIP, and 1,121 strikeouts in 1568.2 innings pitched. Since 2005, he hasn't thrown more than 115 innings in a season, and hasn't had an ERA under 4 since 2003, when he went 21-7 and finished 4th in the Cy Young voting (pay close attention to the year.) Projection: I don't expect Ortiz to shake the injury bug completely, but do expect him to crack the major league roster for somewhere in the vicinity of 60 IP.
Aaron Boone – Boone's most productive years came between 1997-2003 with the Reds, but his most memorable moment in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, when he hit the game-winning home run for the Yankees off of Tim Wakefield and the Red Sox. Since then, he has bounced between the Indians, Marlins, and Nationals. Boone is still a major league commodity. He plays all infield positions, and though he's been inconsistent, he does still show flashes at the plate and in the field. Projection: There's no doubt Boone will get some starts at third this year, and probably at second and first, as well. He should hit in the .250 range, with 5 or 6 home runs in 175 or so plate appearances.
Jason Michaels – Michaels came to Houston after 8 seasons between Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh. He's a career .271 hitter (.345 OBP) with the ability to play all three outfield positions. Not a standout, but a very good player to have on the bench, and an upgrade when Michael Bourn doesn't pan out. Projection: 200 plate appearances with a .260 batting average and 5 home runs. Will be used, along with Erstad, to spell the outfield starters and provide a defensive replacement in left field late in games.
Toby Hall – Formerly the starting catcher of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Hall has spent the last three seasons between the Rays, White Sox, and Dodgers. Coming into the 2009 season, the Astros were looking for a veteran presence behind the plate to help out their youngsters – Palmisano, Castro, Towles, Quintero – at least through Spring Training. The news that he has shoulder soreness hasn't helped his already-weak case to make the team. Projection: Hall will probably start the season at AAA Round Rock, but uncertainty with the youngsters will virtually guarantee a lot of movement at the catcher position. He should pick up about 120 plate appearances, hit about .238 with a home run or two. Don't expect too much.
John Gall – Gall has failed to blow anyone away in his few major league appearances, but hasn't had much of an opportunity to shine. Between 2005-2007, he's had just 53 at-bats with the Marlins and Cardinals. However, in his minor league career, he's gone .298 (.356 OBP) with 115 home runs in over 3,700 at-bats over 9 seasons, mostly in the St. Louis organization. He plays the corners, both in the oufield and the infield. Projection: I don't know if Gall will play in the majors this season, but it certainly wouldn't surprise me, if only because of his defensive versatility – anyone who can play third base should get a chance to ply his trade in Houston this year. Gall has shown a lot of promise in the minors, and deserves a chance to spend some time in the majors. I think he will get at least 50 plate appearances this season.
Matt Kata – Since 2005, Matt Kata has spent time with the Diamondbacks, Reds, Pirates, Phillies, and Rangers organizations, though very little of that time was spent in the majors. None in 2008. He's a versatile utility man who could be called on in a pinch – he plays all positions but pitcher and catcher and has a .242 career batting average in the majors. Projections: I don't expect Kata to break into the majors this year, as the Astros have two utilitymen in Geoff Blum and David Newhan who are significantly better Matt Katas than Matt Kata is.
Jason Smith – Jason Smith was a questionable signing from the start. A left-handed-hitting utility infielder who has spent time over the last 8 seasons between 7 teams: The Cubs, Devil Rays, Tigers, Rockies, Blue Jays, Diamond
backs, and Royals. Not a terrific fielder (3.23 RFg, .968 F%), not a terrific hitter (.221/.259/.286), not a terrific anything. The quintessential no-tool player. Projection: If Smith plays at the major league level, the Astros are in serious trouble. I don't expect this to happen.
Next up, in addition to the new faces are the young faces: Guys like Bud Norris, Sergio Perez, and Chris Johnson who have come up through the Astros' system.


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Rituxan (rituximab) is a biologic medication that is already approved by the FDA for the treatment of both non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is now being studied as a potential treatment for multiple sclerosis, and results of an early-stage clinical trial, recently published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, show that it may have great potential in treating this chronic illness. This is not the first time that a cancer drug (Rituxan was originally approved for NHL, a type of blood cell cancer) has later been studied in MS. Novantrone (mitoxantrone) is one such cancer drug, originally approved for the treatment of certain leukemias and then later for advanced prostate cancer, which also was eventually approved by the FDA for the treatment of MS.
In the current Phase II research, patients, 18-55 years of age with relapsing-remitting MS, were randomized to receive either Rituxan or placebo. Sixty-nine patients received one "course" of Rituxan, which consisted of an intravenous infusion on days one and 15 of the study (a total of two infusions, with two weeks in between the first and second). Thirty-five patients received similar infusions of an inactive placebo. All patients had MRIs to count their MS lesions before receiving any drug and then again at weeks 4, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36 and 48. Patients who received Rituxan had a 91 percent relative reduction in lesions (called gadolinium-enhancing lesions) at week 24 (six months) with respect to those patients who received placebo. The reduction in lesions began by week 12 and continued throughout the six-month study. A key secondary end-point of the study found that there was a 58 percent relative reduction in the number of clinical relapses suffered by the patients in the Rituxan group as compared to the patients in the placebo group. The positive results were maintained when most of the patients were examined again at week 48 (month 11).
The most common side effect was mild to moderate infusion-related adverse events. These were less common with the second infusion than the first. The symptoms included fever, chills, rigors, nausea, itching, weakness and high blood pressure. These symptoms are similar to those seen in patients with RA who receive Rituxan.
Rituxan inhibits the action of certain blood cells called B lymphocytes. This is why it is used to treat B cell lymphomas. It is also why it is used to treat RA, because B cells are known to play a role in promoting inflammation. Rheumatoid arthritis and MS are known to be diseases in which the immune system, for whatever reasons, is overactive and most of the treatments for these disorders suppress the activity of the immune system in one way or another (this is why steroids are commonly used in both conditions). Current treatments for MS are either general immunosuppressants or they attack other blood cells called T lymphocytes.
If Rituxan continues to show efficacy in larger Phase III clinical trials, it would add a new method for attacking the immune system (currently available treatments do not specifically attack B cells). Thus, it might be used either in conjunction with or independent of other MS drugs. Moreover, the results of the current study show that just one course of treatment (a total of two infusions over two weeks) provided significant efficacy for nearly one year (possibly even longer, which might be determined over time as the study patients continue to be evaluated). Further, this study opens an entirely new arena for other research into the role of B cells in MS as well as the potential for other B-cell inhibitory drugs to be either studied or developed.
It must be emphasized that Rituxan is not approved by the FDA for use in treating MS. The current study was relatively small and was a Phase II study, which means that it is preliminary but gives reason to proceed with further trials that will be larger and more definitive and more carefully designed to look for potential long-term adverse events. It is legal for physicians to prescribe Rituxan for MS, however, it is illegal for Genentech, the manufacturer, or Biogen (its marketing partner) to promote or advertise Rituxan for MS (neither Genentech nor Biogen had any involvement in this posting – I personally came up with the idea and wrote it myself because many HealthTalk members suffer from MS and I thought they might be interested in this research). Rituxan is an expensive medication and its lack of FDA approval would likely make insurance coverage or other reimbursement difficult. The lack of Phase III data will also make many physicians reluctant to prescribe it, however, this would be a personal decision, made between individual patients and individual doctors. If you find this research to be of interest, please discuss it with your personal physician.
New England Journal of Medicine, "B-Cell Depletion with Rituximab in Relapsing–Remitting Multiple Sclerosis"
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
Classical music and the feel good factor
Classical music has allowed its image to slip. Once it was viewed as a basic need for a civilised society. But now it is seen as an expendable upmarket entertainment. This change in perception lies at the heart of the current funding crisis; it also presents a barrier to attracting new audiences and undermines the case for music education. It is a puzzle as to why, instead of reinforcing the expendable entertainment perception with marketing stunts such as TV reality shows and classical charts, classical music has not repositioned itself as a basic need.
The new sciece of epigenetics has identified that the cells that make up our body and determine our wellbeing are not controlled primarily by our genes, but rather by the physical and energetic environment in which we live. It is early days and some of the advocates of epigenetics hover uncomfortably between science and shamanism, while similar approaches such as Alfred Tomatis' Mozart Effect continue to be treated with scepticism. But epigenetics is science rather than quackery, and if a medically proven causal relationship could be established between classical music and wellbeing, the case for live music, music education, music therapy and many other threatened activities would become much stronger. To date there has been little attempt to connect epigenetics and classical music. Surely it is it time to explore new ways of arguing the case for classical music?
For more on this subject see The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton. Header photo is detail of mosque in Agadir and is (C) On An Overgrown Path 2011. Report broken links, missing images and errors to - overgrownpath at hotmail dot co dot uk Also on Facebook and Twitter.
10 comments:
- Mr Beakman said...
I think what "lies at the heart of the current funding crisis" is the unfortunate fact that classical music doesn't appeal to enough of the public to support itself. More popular forms of music don't need to worry about funding crises; they pay for themselves.
Arguing that classical music contributes to wellbeing is like telling people to eat their vegetables. It may be true, but if they don't like it, they won't listen even if it is good for them.
I think the problem with classical music is that it isn't as accessible as other genres. It takes more thought and attention to appreciate. Too much effort for the average person. I think this also explains why television is more popular than art museums.
Since I play violin in a local chamber orchestra, I think this is all very unfortunate, but I doubt that it has ever been any different.
- 8:09 pm
- Pliable said...
Mr Beakman, my comments were primarily aimed at helping funding rather than concert attendances.
But, that notwithstanding, a remarkable number of people seem to like eating vegetables. Just look at the huge numbers who participate in Pilates, yoga, gymns and other wellbeing enhancing activities.
I make no claim to found the magical solution. But what is the alternative? Do we just sit back and watch classical music die?
And before anyone accuses me of being alarmist, how many times before has EMI been taken over by its creditors and how many times has the Philadelphia Orchestra been in Chapter 11 discussions?
- 8:52 pm
- Lyle Sanford, RMT said...
Here's a BBC story along these lines:
Here's a quote from it: "Like a jukebox, the individual has the potential to play a number of different developmental tunes. The particular developmental tune it does play is selected by [the environment] in which the individual is growing up."
Along with all the amazing neuroscience to go with these new thoughts on gene expression, I think it's just a matter of time before "a medically proven causal relationship" between some kinds of music and well being is fully established.
I used the BBC story in a post about "talent" and how the new genetics gets us away from the notion of your either having or not having it.
Really appreciate your covering this whole aspect of the value of music and music making, which most people seem to either take for granted in sort of an obscure way, or don't really think about at all.
You might find the topic of mirror neurons an interesting one to think about as part of "transmission".
- 10:30 pm
- mrG said...
sigh -- it is, I find, remarkable and noteworthy how, when I tell people about the not at all new notion of epigenetics (pythagoras and ptolemy would've been perfectly comfortable with it) they immediately jump to the assumption that it is their music which will have this magic medicinal and spiritual effect.
That it was Classical music was quite resoundingly dis-proven by Charles Burney in 1750 and by his son who traveled with James Cook; it was to their utter astonishment that peoples of other cultures responded negatively to the assumed heir to Orpheus they saw in their Classical Music, and they were equally aghast to find world cultures far more receptive and joyously befriended by scottish fiddle tunes! By the end of the 1700's in fact, ships sailing the far seas were required to have a fiddler on board, not for the entertainment of the crew, but to act as a musical emmissary, as a means to ease the impact of the worlds in collision.
Ok, that much said, all is not lost: there are qualities of music whereby music earns its Chinese label as Yao, meaing The Sonic Herb, but Classical has no monopoly on this, nor is it defacto void of it, and it is there where we need this earnest research. We know that music, some forms of music, can induce what the buddhists call Right Mind; what we don't know is if this Right Mind also induces Right Action but one can always hope ;)
- 4:06 am
- ChopinandMysaucepan said...
I doubt classical music will ever "die". I agree the so-called popular music genre today is a lot more accessible and appeals to the gen X & Y because of its wider market and commercial potential. However, newer performers such as Lang Lang whose foundation is inspiring 40 million young Chinese children to play the piano is certainly encouraging and I suspect his is not the only such organisation that is doing good work to promote classical music among the young.
- 4:24 am
- The Wistful Pelleastrian said...
"The new sciece of epigenetics has identified that the cells that make up our body and determine our wellbeing are not controlled primarily by our genes, but rather by the physical and energetic environment in which we live..."
Well this certainly does not apply to intelligence.
Read here:
Re: Classical music
It was always a minority taste and only became remotely popular when the alternatives were few and far between. This is not because most people are thick or philistines; but simply because classical music requires a level of commitment that most people are not prepared to give (or, more likely, interested in giving)
- 4:47 am
- Nereffid said...
If a health benefit of classical music is to be shown, I doubt it will be through epigenetics. It is, as you say, "science rather than quackery", but its implications are rather overhyped (as exmplified by the Horizon piece you linked to, with its breathless talk of paradigm shifts and ghost worlds). If epigenetics is to demonstrate that classical music makes you healthier or smarter, it will have to show that you are healthier or smarter than your peers because you carry a change in gene expression resulting from the fact that one or more of your parents or one or more of your grandparents listened to more classical music than their peers. There are so many potential confounders here (education, socioeconomic status, etc) that it's hard to see how a specific effect of music could be isolated.
This is also the problem with the wilder claims of the Mozart Effect. Is your child smarter because you played her Mozart every night, or because she was raised by the sort of parents who want her to be smarter and so will do things like play her Mozart every night?
The more basic (or honest, if you will) form of the Mozart effect offers a better chance of some well-being/music link, but it's not quite so impressive - a temporary improvement in spatial reasoning immediately after hearing Mozart. And there is also evidence that it doesn't have to be Mozart, but anything that enhances one's mood. Perhaps if the original researchers had been a little more left-field in their choice of music to study we would now be talking about the Salieri Effect!
- 7:49 am
- Pliable said...
Epigenetics may, or may not, be relevant to the future of classical music. But the surprising level of interest in this post does confirm that "Surely it is it time to explore new ways of arguing the case for classical music?"
Yes, some of the advocacy of epigenetics is evangelical. But no more so that a Decca press release for the signing of their latest pianist wunderkind. We must be careful of closing our minds to developments such as epigenetics simply because such solutions lie outside our intellectual comfort zone. And we must also guard against allowing such developments to be swept under the carpet because they are outside the earnings zone of the artists agents, media companies and marketing consultants who currently control classical music.
I am now away from my computer for a day or so in search of some wellbeing; so there will be a delay in comment moderation. But please keep the comments coming; personally I find them a hundred times more rewarding than the currently fashionable Twitter games that are the staple fare elsewhere.
- 8:51 am
- mrG said...
LOL -- As a graduate of that program, I would hesitate to put too much faith in U of T Psych papers ;), and ditto the newly pay-walled SciAm, but that's another issue. Let's just say all the results are by no means in, and that we have, documented, some 5 thousand years to the contrary, although the contrarians will insist that this is both insufficient and not 'rigourous" (read: "Contradicts our pet assumptions)
But I would add that it is not necessarily the exposure to an atTUNEment that has the most effect, but the giving of oneself over to the process, through playing, through dance, not through sitting in an armchair imagining doing both. Or jogging. Thus I have stopped calling what I aim for 'music' and prefer now the term bio-resonance research, a sub-discipline of communications ;)
Here is a case in point: GBSS orchestras maintain Kiwanis festival gold streak (http://bit.ly/dFifM1) is a news story about an small local high school who have achieved an astounding 33% instrumental-program enrollment, and with a student body of just 500 have consistently produced gold-winning orchestras for 8 years straight. Note especially the comments from the kids themselves testifying to the power being inside the music has over them (both Classical and big-band jazz) but of particular note I see there is a strong mention of the personality of their teacher.
and this, I believe, is the really important medicinal component. The music per-se is not doing it, so it won't come from an iPod ear-bud or a stack of Bose sub-woofers; it has to be channeled directly from one living human to another and the medium of that channel is the Music.
So what we need to 'mass produce' this effect is a list of things: we need the 'right' kind of music, whatever that is it has to both catch (be 'catchy') and be of that shamanic 'Yao' quality, a healing quality of right-resonance; we need to teach the making of this music to the population so they become integrated into it, involved and swathed in it such that our performances are less "looky me" and more an inspiration to the audience to do their own music making to a higher order of being; ie we are a guidance to them, not a 'product', we are a pathway, not the end result.
Lastly, to do all this, we need to find, nurture and develop strong music leadership personalities to carry out this great work in the field, to express and inspire and inform and especially to lead the cultivation of the culture.
All of these elements already exist, we already know that all of this is true, because, as that news story relates, this process goes on in every major city in the entire world every day. It is only at the upper stardom echelons where we appear to have lost our way, become dazzled by footlights and applause, become like Hercules, believing ourselves greater than the gods by virtue of a great rank which should be instead a summons to a great responsibility.
- 5:09 pm
- Unknown said...
Like many, I have concerned myself with the question of building new audience for classical music throughout my 30 year career. And recently, I carefully examined the motives behind those efforts. It occurred to me that it might be a selfish or perhaps evangelical pursuit for we enthusiasts to persuade others to love our passion. But I've come to realize that something more purposeful is driving me in this pursuit. I have repeatedly witnessed the opening that occurs when someone never exposed to classical music gets an honest glimpse - not in an elevator, not when it's used in public spaces to prevent loitering, but in an intimate live music setting where it can truly move them. In our mach ten, tweeting, jam-packed lives, I think people are actually craving experiences that slow them down, awaken their senses, and create authentic connection for them. I've watched mountain bikers, and teenagers, and cowboys, and cleaning ladies light up when they were given the chance to experience the complexities and nuances and surprises of the music that we love.
I am convinced that the problem is not one of taste but of exposure. Certainly classical music is not for everyone, but with hundreds of years and styles to choose from, it is likely that most people can find a variety of pieces that resonate with them. So, I think our true challenge is to communicate relevance to new audiences so that this vast genre and all of its trappings do not alienate them. I aspire to do this with my own blog, "The Flute Doctors - Demystifying classical music for nervous discoverers and the culturally curious". (http://forbiddenflutes.com/tfdBlog.html) And because I know that no single, self-curated, recommended playlist can suit all preferences, I intend to direct my readers to other blogs like yours to get them even more jazzed about classical music.
Thanks for your insightful writings,
Laura Barron
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While traveling for business the last two weeks in China, as usual I read my favorite website, www.thefreshloaf.com and couldn't wait to get home to try some new recipes. One of the recipes I loved was Varda's Pugliese Revisited. The crumb photo of her bread looked like cotton candy that melted in your mouth.
I wanted to try to duplicate the same results that Varda achieved and I followed her recipe pretty close, only replacing the AP flour with KAF French style flour and some of the Durum with Kamut flour. I decided to also double the recipe and made one large loaf.
I think I was suffering from the jet lag when making this and almost left out about 70 grams of water. After mixing the dough I realized something was wrong when it seemed too dry for what's such a high hydration dough. Fortunately I was able to add the remaining water before it was too late and the final bread came out as good as I could have hoped.
The bread is light as a feather and has a great nutty flavor with a nice crisp crust.
Even though this dough is so wet it was not hard to work with at all and I highly recommend you give it a try.
Levain Directions
Mix all the levain ingredients together for about 1 minute and cover with plastic wrap. Let it sit at room temperature for 3.5 hours or until the starter has doubled. You don't want the levain to develop too much sour so you want to use this in the recipe right away.
Either use in the main dough immediately or refrigerate for up to 1 day before using.
Main Dough Procedure
Mix the levain with the water and add the flours, yeast and salt and mix in your mixer for 6 minutes increasing the speed from 1 through speed 4. The dough should clean the bowl but will be wet and sticky. Place the dough in a well oiled covered bowl and do stretch and folds every 1/2 hour three times while letting the dough bulk ferment for a total of 2.45 hours. I used my proofer set at 80 degrees but room temperature should be fine.
Next shape into a boule on your work surface. The dough should feel like a "squishy balloon" (Varda's words :0). Proof in a well floured basket or bowl and cover with a moist towel or plastic wrap and let it rest for 1 hour until it doubles.
In the mean time pre-heat your oven to 500 degrees F. and prepare it for steam. I have a heavy-duty baking pan on the bottom rack of my oven with 1 baking stone on above the pan and one on the top shelf. I pour 1 cup of boiling water in the pan right after I place the dough in the oven.
This bread does not need to be scored so when ready to bake, place it on parchment paper on your peel and then add 1 cup of boiling water to your steam pan or follow your own steam procedure.
After 1 minute lower the temperature to 450 degrees. Bake for 35-50 minutes until the crust is nice and brown and the internal temperature of the bread is 205 degrees.
Take the bread out of the oven when done and let it cool on a bakers rack before for at least 2 hours before eating.
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The crumb of this bread is like a pillow and is the lightest and most airy I have ever tasted.


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The Reverend Dr. Leon van den Broeke, who is a Netherland-America Foundation (NAF) Visiting Research Fellow at the Van Raalte Institute of Hope College, will present the lecture "A.C. Van Raalte as a Churchman" on Monday, Oct. 12, at 4 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
van den Broeke is at the Van Raalte Institute to pursue research on Albertus C. Van Raalte and his role as a leader of classes - regional church governance organizations--in both the Netherlands and Holland, Mich. Van Raalte was one of the founding fathers of the Secession of 1834 in the Netherlands. As such, he was a leader and church organizer, serving as pastor of several churches and as president and clerk of classis. He took the experience with him when he emigrated to the U.S.A., where he founded Holland in West Michigan in 1847. A year later the Classis of Holland was organized, remaining an independent classis until 1850, when the churches of the classis affiliated with the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church (later renamed as Reformed Church in America).
van den Broeke seeks to make an ecclesiological, church historical and church political comparison of the Classis of Nieuwleusen/Zwolle and the Classis of Ommen in the Netherlands with the Classis of Holland. What was the influence of Van Raalte in classis matters? Did he bring his Dutch experience to the Holland Classis? What was the church order basis of these classes? Did Van Raalte institute the Classis of Holland?
van den Broeke is an assistant professor of religion, law and society (including church polity) at the Free University of Amsterdam and is pastor of the Protestant Church of Sint Pancras. He has given numerous lectures on church order, classis, women in the church, and the Christian life, in the U.S.A. and in the Netherlands. In 2005 he received his doctorate from the Free University of Amsterdam; his dissertation "Een geschiedenis van de classis: Classicale typen tussen idee en werkelijkheid (1571-2004)" was published by Kok. He was awarded the Albert A. Smith Fellowship at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Jersey in 2007.
van den Broeke is the fourth NAF Visiting Research Fellow at the Van Raalte Institute. Funding for the first three fellowships came from a grant in 2006 by NAF to the Institute. Continuation of the fellowship has been made possible by a donation from the Dutch American Council.
The Van Raalte Institute, which is located in the TheilResearchCenter at 9 E. 10th St., specializes in scholarly research and writing on immigration from the Netherlands and the contributions of the Dutch and their descendants in the United States. The institute is also dedicated to the study of the history of all the people who have comprised the community of Holland throughout its history.
Graves Hall is located at 263 College Ave., just north of Dimnent Memorial Chapel between 10th and 12th streets. Refreshments will be available prior to the lecture.


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As already discussed in Do the vast majority of Rat-a-tat Cat rounds end very quickly?, optimal play leads to rounds ending quickly with a small number of players. Is this true when playing with 5-6 players? I just played my first 5 player game yesterday and did not enjoy a similar level of success when employing that strategy. Consider:
For one thing, the chance that an opponent will draw a power card is no longer very small, which matters a little for a draw 2 and matters a lot for a swap. But more importantly, if someone else is likely to call for the round to end, why not just wait and get your extra turn? Of course, if you were thinking to call for the round to end, you may not have visible cards that can be improved all that much anyway . . .


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Dear Colleagues,
We will have a Stellar Light Curve Analysis Workshop next week.
Tuesday - Wednesday and Thursday 7- 8 - 9 day (27-28-29 December) from 8:00 to 16:00
in Physics Department of Sharif University of Technology.
Instructors: Dr. Sedighe Sadjadian (SUT) and Dr. Farhang Habibi (LAL-IN2P3/CNRS).
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1) Find the attached poster as the announcement.
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Dear reader,
I have neglected Lalomino for a long time now. It isn't because I wanted to, it's because I had to. There is so much that's going on around me at the moment, that I couldn't concentrate on blogging.
Besides still studying for my degree and parenting, I've been putting all my energies into building Veronika Lavey Design.
I've been busy designing and making linen dolls that I will be selling on my website at http://www.veronikalaveydesign.com and at select boutiques.
The proposed launch date for Veronika Lavey Design both online and in some boutiques is 1st May 2012.
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The Quest needs no introduction: it was the first real RPG on the iPhone, has already spawned 2 additions and remains  among the App Store's Best RPGs. Now, a fourth instalment to the series has sneaked onto the scene; and better than any blogging-praise is that for a limited time, it is FREE! The Quest isn't just another mobile RPG, it is one of the best single player RPGs on any portable system. Maybe it is the best. Chillingo and Redshift have certainly stood by their product with frequent updates and many expansions. Mithril Horde can be added to your The Quest installation and played seamlessly; or it can be played on its own. Get it while its free, then get it since it continues the tradition of the App Store's best RPG.
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WILLIAMS, GARETH & MARY CURRIE: Flaming Tunes
After leaving This Heat, Gareth went to south India to study kathakali, returning to the UK a couple of years later to attend London University. He also stepped slowly back into music and in 1985 he and Mary Currie released Flaming Tunes - which circulated in hand-coloured cassette boxes, now rare as hen's teeth. A CD reissue has been a very long time coming, but here it is.
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Videx EC
A new formulation of the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) Videx was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Videx EC is a new formulation of the anti-HIV medication ddI, (also known as didanosine and Videx) currently owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb, and originally approved in 1991. The new capsules have the same active ingredient as the old Videx, but the drug is now made in an enteric coated capsule, rather than an antacid buffered tablet. This means that Videx EC can now be taken at the same time as other medications. Like the old formulation of Videx, however, Videx EC capsules must still be taken on an empty stomach (one hour before, or two hours after a meal).
Videx EC was also approved for once-daily dosing based on a study which showed that its anti-HIV effectiveness was comparable to the standard twice-daily dose of Videx tablets. The dosing for Videx EC is one 400-mg capsule taken once-daily (every 24 hours). Smaller doses are available for people under 60 kg (132 lbs) or those with certain kidney problems. Videx EC is in pharmacies now.
Glaxo Wellcome has also received approval to market their new formulation of existing anti-HIV drugs known as Trizivir. Trizivir is a combination of three NRTIs. Each Trizivir capsule contains 150 mg of Epivir, (3TC, lamivudine) 300 mg of Ziagen (abacavir) and 300 mg of Retrovir (AZT). One tablet is taken twice-daily with or without food. Trizivir can be used alone, or with other anti-HIV medications.
It is important to note that Trizivir may be less effective in people with resistance to any of the three NRTI components. The fact that Ziagen is a component of Trizivir is also critical. The risk of the hypersensitivity reaction to Ziagen (which is rare, but serious) exists with Trizivir, and anyone who has previously experienced an abacavir (Ziagen) hypersensitivity reaction should not use Trizivir.
Trizivir is only available at one dose and can therefore, not be taken by people who would require dose adjustment, including those under 40 kg (88 lbs) or with impaired kidney function. Trizivir is expected to be available from pharmacies in early December 2000.
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Motorcyclist accused of traveling 130 mph on I-93 in Canterbury
CANTERBURY, N.H. (AP) � New Hampshire State Police have accused a motorcyclist of traveling over 130 mph in a 70-mph speed zone on Interstate 93.
State Police aircraft clocked the speed at 134 mph in the southbound lane in Canterbury at about 11 a.m. Monday and saw that it traveled in the breakdown lane and cut between lanes of traffic, passing vehicles. At times, the aircraft tracked the vehicle doing between 150 and 180 mph.
Police said the motorcycle pulled in behind a business on North Main Street in Concord, and troopers responded. They charged 31-year-old Daniel Thibeault of Swansea, Massachusetts, with reckless conduct, disobeying an officer and driving after suspension. He's scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday. It was not immediately known if he had a lawyer.


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Three to five years ago, the most popular phrase at Rock the Bells was "Rest in peace J Dilla." This year, it was "Let's get turned up!" The difference between the two shout-outs exhibits the festival's progression from underground/old-school hip-hop gathering to a way more genre-expansive festival.
This year included stalwart acts that you would have seen at Rock the Bells 2004, 2005, and 2007 such as the Wu Tang Clan, TechNine, and Deltron 3030. But rappers like Juicy J, Riff Raff, and Trinidad James would have been ridiculed for not being "real hip-hop" enough in past years. This year's eclectic and diverse cast was a reassuring reminder that hip-hop is not dead and that the music coming out in 2013 is just as worthy as that of any other era.
More than 50 acts split between two days and divided onto three stages meant that I had lots of ground and music to cover despite only being one person. And due to the immense offering of music, there were bound to some distressing scheduling conflicts. The worst of all was Juicy J vs. Black Hippy vs. Deltron 3030 at 7:45pm.
Even more upsetting was the fact that there was no music playing between 7:15 and 7:45. I cannot fathom why the organizers would have absolutely no act performing for 30 minutes less than three hours before the end of the festival. Fortunately I was able to dash between the three stages where the three acts were performing.
Nearly every act, all weekend, encouraged the audience to get "turned up," but Juicy J was the only rapper to get his crowd "turned up" without asking. Due to the scheduling conflict, Deltron accompanied by an orchestra played to a rather small but very impassioned group of fans. When I caught Black Hippy, Kendrick Lamar was in the midst of performing the hits from his acclaimed good kid m.A.A.d city and I only needed five minutes to understand why he proclaimed himself to be "King of New York."
The E-40/Too $hort duet was lackluster due to their early time slot — a mind boggling 4:25pm slot — and because 40 didn't show up on the stage till more than halfway through the set. Other bland performances included Joey Bada$$ who was very undeserving of his main stage slot, Immortal Technique who belongs in a museum of homophobia and sexism and not on a concert stage, and Action Bronson. Bronson, who normally is overflowing with personality, spent his entire set floating around on stage and basically talked his verses, the most exciting part of his set was the guest appearance of Riff Raff on "Bird on a Wire."
For the most part, the rappers at the festival were generally excited to be presenting for an exclusively hip-hop head audience. Brooklyn outfit Flatbush Zombies exploded on stage with psychotic energy from start to finish. Odd Future mates Tyler the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt in each of their sets trolled the hell out of their fans, which made for an even more amped set. Pusha T gets immense credit for kicking off his set with his lively guest verse from "Don't Like" and Clipse-favorite "Grindin,'" a successful attempt at keeping fans from drifting off to the other stages.
Trinidad James's "I'm so happy to be here" schtick surprisingly made for a bouncy show. A$AP Mob and Black Hippy each tied for best overall group performance and both crews played like they owned the Shoreline Amphitheatre. Kid Cudi, who some hip-hop heads might have doubted as a viable headliner, possessed a contagious enthusiasm that the crowd inhaled like it was pot smoke.
As for the holograms, they get credit for their novelty and not much else. Both Eazy E and ODB were flickering in the beginning. The hologram as a medium could barely play surrogate for these two strong and influential personalities. I pray to god Mac Dre never gets subject to this. The hologram was a worthy endeavor in that it gave a sense to millenials what it was like to witness Eazy E and ODB, but fun time is over and it's time to retire this gag before we jump the shark.
Least Surprising Cancellation: Chief Keef.
Best Surprise Guest: Tiny "Zeus" Lister aka Deebo from "Friday" showing up during Earl Sweatshirt, E-40/Too $hort, and TechN9ne's sets.
Most "I'm old" Comment: RZA for "I know a lot of y'all grew up with iPads and iPhones, but I'mma show y'all how we used to do it back in the day"
Most Generous: Juicy J for throwing his sweat-soaked Gucci sports jacket into the crowd.
Most Unnecessary Stage Set-Up: Kid Cudi and his giant "Legends of the Hidden Temple" boulders.
Biggest Bay Area Panderer: Host Peter Rosenberg for constantly reminding people who live in the Bay Area that they are currently in the Bay Area.
Best Freestyler: Supernatural for the umpteenth time.
Number of times I heard the word "Twerk:" A shockingly low 2.
Number of times I heard the phrase "Turn Up" or any variation there of: ∞ [infinity]
iPad sightings: 6 (ugh)
Number of "Fuck the Police" chants: 7
Number of acts I heard lip-syncing: 4


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We planned to make new upgrade of portals tomorrow at 3:00 AM - 7:00 AM GMT. We will: - upgrade all portals to newest version of portal - upgrade Support forum - upgrade forums, which owners asked us to upgrade their forums to portals. Thus, some time Support forum, registration and some portals will not be available, we sorry, but it is necessary to fix some bugs, to add some new features. Some later we will upgrade all forums (forums which were registered earlier than a half of a year ago) to portals.
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