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WASHINGTON (CNN) - A coordinated conservative push to kill a climate change bill managed to at least take down the House of Representatives' phone switchboard.
The volume of calls to House members Friday was so high that a spokesman for the House chief administrative officer told CNN Radio the system could not handle it.
"Phone traffic has increased to a level where some callers are receiving an 'all circuits are busy now, please try back again later' message," communications director Jeff Ventura wrote in an e-mail response.
This came as conservative radio hosts and congressmen made direct pleas for voters to dial the Capitol and oppose a Democratic bill that would set strict limits on carbon emissions. Both sides believed the bill was within a few votes of passing or failing.
"Call your congressman, right now!" urged Rep. Mike Pence, R-Indiana, from the House floor as the chamber seemed to near a vote.
Ventura said the bill was likely behind the phone-line crash. "The suspected cause ... is believed to be interest and inquiries regarding the expected vote on the climate bill," he wrote.
Busy signals blared from congressional offices beginning Friday morning. Traffic was especially jammed at key committees and in offices of potential swing voters, including Democrats from traditionally Republican states, like Texas.
"I can't begin to tell you how many calls we've received," said Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-Texas, "and it's disproportionately vote 'no.'" Gonzalez said calls were disproportionately "yes" during the committee process and he planned to support the bill.
Ventura said technical staff was working to try and resolve the issue late Friday.
Make all the yes votes pay at the polls. Take names.
The republiklan cabal, "christian" Taliban and the limbaugh lemmings all working together to see that the leader of the republiklans, limbaugh's agenda for America to fail, is successful!
Hopefully, they were happy being "tea-bagged" by limbaugh, while they licked his boots!
The right wing war machine is being brought down.
And no doubt this "grass roots" event was financed by big oil...
I want to extend my thanks to all the people who called and made the system crash so the House wouldn't be able to process any calls - subsequently passing the bill. Thank you. The will of the people, as opposed to a few fringe on the right, is heard. We march forward.
Why do conservatives not want to stop this problem. It does not make sense. All I can do is shake my head.
And did any of these representatives listen to us ?
OUR Representatives hard at work....by ignoring the people! Stand by to pay out higher taxes for your utility bill.
Wait until the crash of 2010, when the 219 join the ranks of the other 12% unemployed in 2010.
Bye bye Waxman. So long Pelosi.
This bill should have died and not been passes. It does not matter what the Congressmen and women want, it is what the people of America want, and NO NEW TAXES on our current means of staying warm and getting to work is what a majority want. Another nail in America's coffin is being driven in. Poverty is fast approaching! This is not a Dem./Rep. fight, it is just insanity. If the technology was developed to be implemented in a large scale role out that was affordable – great! I'm all for it, but this is ludicrous! We don't have that large of a scale roll out ready and in a cost effective way to get it done. This is just about forcing rules and regulations to TAX/Steal money from those who work. It is all about power. The citizen with less and the government with more.
And lots of these callers are calling over and over.
Republican need to be rejuvinated and come try to come back in 2050 perhaps. You guys are done for now, powerless, evil doers, and non-American. Is like kids starting kindergarden again.
If Obama can dupe a majority with words, division is allayed – even as he goes about implementing (or trying) a system of which most people would otherwise fiercely oppose.
Why do these people keep passing bills that they have not had time to read?
all the puppets calling after Lush & Goober Hannity told them to call...too bad it was a waste of time like the teaparty....GOP.....GROUP OF PUPPETS....
I called my Congressman and it wasn't because of the reasons listed above. He voted against the bill, by the way. Perhaps the American people know they can't afford the higher utility bills and actually wanted their representatives to vote according to what the PEOPLE wanted.
I'm proud of the fact that the PEOPLE are taking more interest in what's going on in DC. The representatives would be wise to take note.
With all due respect, Mr. Gonzalez knows that most of the people in his district can't afford the higher rates and he should be ashamed for voting against their wants and needs. I'm sure they'll remember how he voted when their bills arrive and they can't afford to pay them.
The party of no is at it again. They do not care about America at all. Their concern is supposed to be for the people, instead they are only concerned about blocking everything, and hoping Obama (and America) fails.
Yeah. Whatever we do. DON'T admit there's anything wrong with the way we've raped our climate. Buy stock instead. Play Ted Nugent instead. Google Sarah Palin instead. Anything...anything...anything...but admit we've screwed up our planet and are willing to try and do something about it.
crashing the phone system should be a wake up call for the idiots in the white house and washington. They're destroying our country bit by bit !
Two words: KEEP CALLING!!. Let them really know how you feel anout getting ripped off, which this bill will do. Your future depends on it!!
It seems that every day there is more and more evidence contrary to the man made global warming theory. I wonder what Democrat lobbyists will benefit from this bill. Like the stimulus package, this is moe typical wasteful corrupt spending. Lord help us all.
Maybe that should be the new Republican slogan.
Bog everything down till it crashes so we can get our way.
Lol the "Party of No" marches on.
It was not a coordinated effort. It was people of common sense trying to stop illogical thinking from a house built with nuts.


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LOS ANGELES -- The Clippers had been talking in practice the last couple days about turning up their intensity.
DeAndre Jordan clearly got the message, slamming home a monster dunk in the second quarter of a 129-97 win over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night that had jaws dropping.
"That was the best dunk of the year and the best I've seen in person," said no less an expert than Blake Griffin, who led seven players in double figures with 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting in 21 minutes after early foul trouble.
The Clippers led by 26 points in the first half, building it with a 28-12 run that included two noteworthy dunks from the 6-foot-11 Jordan. The first one off Chris Paul's alley-oop left Brandon Knight -- who is 8 inches shorter -- flat on his back with a foul.
"Usually I get that dunk and nobody is right there," Jordan said. "This is the first time somebody tried to block it."
Jonas Jerebko said Jordan "made a hell of a play. You know Brandon did what he could, but when you've got a player like that and he gets an opportunity, as athletic as he is, it was an amazing play by him. Props to him for making the play."
Jordan's move riled up his teammates, including Griffin, who was on the bench at the time.
"That was the fastest I've ever seen Caron (Butler) run to give me a chest bump, so it must have been good, and Ronny (Turiaf) was dancing," Jordan said.
Paul engineered the whole thing, explaining that he and Jordan had been trying to execute the play for the previous three or four possessions.
"That was pretty crazy," said Paul, who had 20 points and 14 assists in the Clippers' 10th win in 13 games. He joked that Jordan's dunk "was almost as good as the one I did in practice the other day."
Griffin interjected, "We lowered the goals like 6 feet and let the little guys go crazy."
The dunk quickly made Jordan a trending topic on Twitter.
"That's cool," he said. "Hopefully I can get my followers up."
Butler added 15 points before leaving in the third quarter with a left elbow contusion. Coach Vinny Del Negro said an X-ray was negative, and Butler will have a MRI on Monday. Matt Barnes added 16 points, Jordan finished with 13 points and seven rebounds, Willie Green had 11 points and Chauncey Billups 10 points.
The Clippers set season highs for points scored and shooting percentage (62) while leading the entire game. Their old high of 125 points came in a win over the Lakers last month.
They moved into the third spot in the West standings, a game ahead of idle Memphis, which comes to town on Wednesday.
"We got to keep building," Paul said. "The last 10 games is when you really start jockeying for position. Obviously, you want home court as much as possible. For us the bigger thing is making sure we're playing the right way. We've been trying to pick our energy level up. That's what we did from jump ball. At times, people have a tendency to be cool and try to relax and that doesn't really work for us."
Jose Calderon was one of five Pistons in double figures with 18 points as they lost their fifth in a row overall, fourth straight to the Clippers, and fell to 0-11 on the road against Western Conference opponents.
"We should be able to play better, it doesn't matter what our position is in the standings or if we're playing a good or bad team," he said.
Pistons coach Lawrence Frank missed his third straight game because of a family matter. Assistant Brian Hill, who is running the team, said he doesn't expect Frank back for the remainder of the four-game trip.
"This has nothing to do with Coach Hill," Greg Monroe said. "There was no effort from us."
The Clippers dominated the paint, 56-28, and in fast-break points, 22-10, while improving to 25-7 at home.
Paul picked up his fourth foul early in the fourth quarter and sat down to watch the second unit finish off the game.
Los Angeles opened the third period on a 12-1 run that increased its lead to 82-55. Griffin scored seven points, highlighted by his dunk off Paul's alley-oop, Billups hit a 3-pointer and Butler scored on a driving dunk. The quarter ended with the Clippers outscoring Detroit 11-5 to take a 98-70 lead into the fourth quarter. Paul scored their final six points after setting up Jordan for another thunderous dunk.
The Clippers led 70-52 at halftime, getting six 3-pointers in the second quarter to produce their highest-scoring half this season. Barnes hit their first three long-range baskets in a row, then Green, Butler and Paul chipped in.
Game notes
Clippers G Jamal Crawford missed his second straight game with a sore left ankle. He was shooting 60 percent and averaging 23.0 points in a four-game stretch before getting hurt. ... The Clippers were without G Eric Bledsoe (sore left calf). ... Hill said he speaks to Frank a couple times daily. "It's his team so we talk about personnel," Hill said. "He's pretty much letting me run it the way I want to run it, which is pretty much the way he runs it." ... Paul is five points from reaching 10,000 in his career. ... Detroit is 8-22 on the road. ... Del Negro said G Maalik Wayns was signed to a 10-day contract to provide an extra body at practice. Crawford and Bledsoe haven't been practicing and F Trey Thompkins has been out all season. Wayns made his debut in the fourth quarter. ... San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick attended the game wearing a camouflage backpack.
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Greeted with that rarest of occurrences in my life--a road-trip opportunity promising good weather and a companion who, unlike my usual riders, didn't require a child safety seat--I found myself facing a true first-world problem: What to drive?
Save your "1-percenter" epithets: I like old cars, so I buy them instead of boats or stocks or shoes for my kids. I'm fortunate enough to own two driver-quality special-interest vehicles that don't get to stretch their legs that often, a 1969 Triumph TR6 and a 1981 Porsche 911 Targa. Nothing fancy.
Given that the TR6 is a punishing freeway car even with overdrive, the flexibility of the Porsche's 200 hp and five-speed transmission made it a more compelling choice. But the Triumph hadn't seen more than about 50 miles all year, and guilt of the "if I'm not going to drive it, I should sell it to someone who will" variety had been creeping in.
To further complicate matters, the weekend in question also had me slated for an outstanding modern road-trip car, our long-term 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI. Capable of 40-plus mpg sipping my crude distillate of choice, the Passat also offered such frivolities as cruise control, satellite radio, working A/C and multiple airbags on guard against texting Escalade pilots.
Thus the argument moved from the manageable "British charm vs. German drivability" to the semi-existential "vintage or modern?" and suddenly my entire automotive self-image lay threatened.
Simply put, when the opportunity avails itself, do I choose comfort over challenge? Do I love the roar of a Triumph straight-six, but only in small doses? Do I trust that a 31-year-old Porsche has 500 trouble-free miles left in it? Or am I a poseur, willing only to don a self-satisfied smile as I take the kids for ice cream once a month before carefully dusting off the car and replacing it, covered, in the garage?
"Hell no, I'm no poseur!" I said to myself as I sheepishly put a beach towel and folding chair in the Passat's cavernous trunk. My parallel reasoning argued that Michigan's notorious orange-barrel season and the forecast 90-degree temperatures made a modern TDI sedan the only logical choice.
Before I could talk myself out of it, I swapped my bags into the 911, stuffed the targa top in the trunk and parked the Passat on the street. A quick check of oil level and tire pressures later, and I was reveling in the SOHC flat-six blasting up the freeway on-ramp. The car ran flawlessly the entire four-hour drive north, and again coming back two days later.
Of course, the targa top leaked while the car was parked during a surprise downpour, so the seatbelts smelled like an old shower curtain. And my passenger and I each consumed six quarts of water on the return drive as we baked in a 92-degree wind. But the old Porsche never once stumbled, returning 26 mpg and three bar of oil pressure start to finish, along with pure entertainment every mile.
The drive reminded me of an important rule passed along by an early automotive mentor: The best thing one can do to keep an old car running well is to drive it.
By extension, the best way to remind myself why I continue to love old cars is to drive them.
Truth be told, I kind of missed cold A/C. But there's a wide gulf between the temporary discomfort of adventure and the lifelong regret of a trip never taken.


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On Friday night, 13th-ranked Boston University had more penalties (17) than shots (15) but still beat archrival Boston College, 5-3, at Conte Forum.
Last night at Agganis Arena, the third-ranked Eagles were outshot by a 41-31 margin but ran away with a 6-1 decision.
"So, we win the game [Friday] and I was very disheartened with how we played,'' said BU coach Jack Parker. "I didn't like how we approached the game once it went along. [Last night], for the first two periods, I really like how my team played. All in all, I thought it was a pretty good game for us.
"It was as bizarre a three games [in the season series, the other Nov. 13] as I've seen us play. I thought we played great and they disappeared the first night. They played great [Friday] and we got fabulous goaltending. [Last night], I thought we played extremely well for two periods.''
BC (11-5-0, 8-3-0 Hockey East) took the lead at 5:51 of the opening period when freshman right wing Danny Linell potted his first goal. Kieran Millan, who was nothing less than sensational in Friday's victory at BC, made the initial save on freshman left wing Quinn Smith after Smith charged in from the left circle. But Millan (17 saves) couldn't freeze it and Linell rapped it in from outside the right post.
The assist was Smith's first point.
BU (8-5-1, 6-4-1) tied it at 18:56 when junior defenseman Ryan Ruikka threw the puck down from the right point. The puck was deflected wide by senior left wing Chris Connolly and it caromed off the end boards and bounced to the right side of the net. Senior center Corey Trivino backhanded a shot toward the cage. The puck glanced off the left leg of BC freshman netminder Brian Billett (40 saves) and went in.
A momentum change occurred in the second period when Connolly, who was back in the BU lineup after missing Friday's contest, raced up the right side and took a shot that rattled off the post at 1:04. Just 46 seconds later, the Eagles took the lead for good when BC captain Tommy Cross scored on a top-shelf backhander from outside the right post with the teams skating four a side.
At 13:53, BC's leading scorer, junior right wing Chris Kreider, potted his 12th of the season when he beat Millan from the left circle. The goal came moments after BU junior right wing Alex Chiasson couldn't convert on a pair of terrific scoring chances.
Freshman left wing Johnny Gaudreau made it a 4-1 lead when he beat Millan from the slot with the teams skating four a side. It was the seventh tally of the year for the deft Gaudreau, though just his second in eight games.
Sophomore center Bill Arnold boosted the advantage to 5-1 when he beat Millan from the right circle at 18:24.
Senior Grant Rollheiser (eight saves) took over in the BU net for the final period. He was charged with the Eagles' sixth goal, by senior left wing Paul Carey at 3:48. After a strong start (six points in the first seven games), Carey has cooled. The goal was his second in nine games and fourth of the season.
The victory helped stem BC's struggles. The Eagles had dropped four of their previous six games.
"I thought we were very, very solid in all three zones,'' said BC coach Jerry York. "I thought Brian played exceptionally well in goal. I felt very good about the way we played.''
York agreed with Parker that some aspects of the weekend series were flat-out strange.
"I thought it was an outstanding effort by our team [Friday],'' said York. "It's not very often you walk away with 42 saves for one goaltender and 10 for the other goaltender and you lose a game. Even though it was a tough loss for us, Millan was on the top of his game.''
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While studying the 1911 manuscript of Maurice Ravel's "Mother Goose" ballet suite, housed at the Ransom Center, scholar Arbie Orenstein discovered the largest error in all of Ravel's scores: a bassoon line that's been missing from the published edition for the last century.
Orenstein's discovery comes just in time for the centennial of "Mother Goose," which premiered in Paris 100 years ago this Saturday.
"The first time I looked at that bassoon part, I thought, 'What on earth is this instrument doing here?'" Orenstein told Cultural Compass. "But it's perfectly written, complete with dynamics and phrasing, and it makes absolute sense according to all the rules of orchestration. I said, 'Wow, this is really something.'"
The "Mother Goose" manuscript is housed in the Ransom Center's Carlton Lake collection, which also includes manuscripts by Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Igor Stravinsky.
In addition to the bassoon line, Orenstein, Professor of Music at Queens College, found other discrepancies between the 1911 manuscript and the widely used 1912 published score. Orenstein plans to publish a new edition this year presenting all of the differences between the manuscript and the published score. Philadelphia Orchestra librarian Clinton F. Nieweg will help communicate the changes to orchestras around the world.
While preparing the new edition, Orenstein consulted with musicians from the New York Philharmonic, and the Philharmonic became the first orchestra to incorporate Orenstein's changes in a concert on December 28, 2011.
"It was quite exciting to hear that bassoon part for the first time in 100 years (not that I'm 100 years old!)," Orenstein wrote in an e-mail after the performance.
Though the "Mother Goose" manuscript contains more errors than any other manuscript he's ever worked with, Orenstein says he doesn't criticize Ravel. Ravel had his mind on the new ballet he'd already begun composing, "Daphnis et Chloë," the manuscript of which is also housed at the Ransom Center. On top of that, Stravinsky was composing what would become his seminal ballet "The Rite of Spring" and playing it for Ravel.
"All of these exciting things are happening. He just may not have given his fullest attention to 'Mother Goose,'" Orenstein said. "It's a battle for perfection which you can never win. Ravel said the same thing: 'My goal is technical perfection. I can strive unceasingly, but I know I'll never be able to achieve it.'"
Nevertheless, Orenstein is doing what he can to help Ravel achieve perfection posthumously.
"The greatest battle of any composer is that of wrong notes. That's why these new editions based on the manuscripts are so important. If you're going to interpret the music, you have to do what Mahler said: read between the notes. But you have to have all the right notes."
Working with music publisher Ernst Eulenburg Ltd., Orenstein plans to continue publishing new editions of Ravel's major orchestral works, some of which are housed at the Ransom Center.
"The point of departure is the Harry Ransom Center. Without that, we wouldn't be able to do this," Orenstein said. "There's a tremendous amount that needs to be looked at, sorted out, and new editions made. There will be plenty more coming out of Texas, I can tell you that."
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The Day of the Lord Against Egypt. 1The word of the LORD came to me: 2Son of man, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord GOD:
Wail: "Alas the day!"
3Yes, a day approaches,
a day of the Lord approaches:
A day of dark cloud,
a time appointed for the nations.a
4A sword will come against Egypt,
there will be anguish in Ethiopia,
When the slain fall in Egypt
when its hordes are seized,
its foundations razed.b
5Ethiopia, Put, and Lud,
all the mixed rabble* and Kub,
and the people of allied lands
shall fall by the sword with them.
6Thus says the LORD:
The pillars of Egypt shall fall,
and its proud strength sink;
From Migdol to Syene,
its people will fall by the sword—
oracle of the Lord GOD.c
7It shall be the most desolate
among desolate lands,
Its cities the most ruined
among ruined cities.
8They shall know that I am the LORD,
when I set fire to Egypt,
and all its allies are shattered.d
9On that day, messengers from me
will go forth in ships
to terrorize confident Ethiopia.
Anguish will be among them
on Egypt's day—it is certainly coming!*
10Thus says the Lord GOD:
I will put an end to Egypt's hordes
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon:
11He and his army with him,
the most ruthless of nations,
will be brought in to devastate the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.
12Then I will dry up the streams of the Nile,
and sell the land into evil hands;
By the hand of foreigners I will devastate
the land and everything in it.
I, the LORD, have spoken.e
13* Thus says the Lord GOD:
I will destroy idols,
and put an end to images in Memphis.
There will never again be a prince
over the land of Egypt.
Instead, I will spread fear
throughout the land of Egypt.f
14I will devastate Pathros,
set fire to Zoan,
and execute judgment against Thebes.g
15I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
the fortress of Egypt,
and cut off the troops of Thebes.
16I will set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium will writhe in anguish,
Thebes will be breached,
and Memphis besieged in daylight.
17The warriors of On and Pi-beseth
will fall by the sword,
the cities taken captive.
18In Tahpanhes, the day will turn dark
when I break the scepter of Egypt there
and put an end to its proud strength.
Dark clouds will cover it,
and its women will go into captivity.h
19I will execute judgment against Egypt
that they may know that I am the LORD.
Pharaoh's Broken Arm. 20On the seventh day of the first month in the eleventh year,* the word of the LORD came to me: 21* Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. See! It has not been immobilized for healing, nor set with a splint to make it strong enough to grasp a sword.i 22Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: See! I am coming against Pharaoh, king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the strong one and the broken one, making the sword fall from his hand. 23I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout other lands. 24I will, however, strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand so he can bring it against Egypt for plunder and pillage.j 25When I strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh collapse, they shall know that I am the LORD, because I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon to wield against the land of Egypt. 26When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout other lands, they shall know that I am the LORD.
* [30:5] Mixed rabble: mercenaries.
* [30:9] God spreads panic throughout Ethiopia, ancient Cush, by sending messengers with news of Egypt's fall. Rivers at its borders insulated Ethiopia and made it inaccessible except by boat.
* [30:13–19] The prophet enumerates a list of major Egyptian cities that shall each bear the judgment proclaimed in the previous oracle, vv. 1–12.
* [30:20] The seventh day of the first month in the eleventh year: April 29, 587 B.C.
* [30:21–26] This oracle was delivered more than a year into the siege of Jerusalem (24:1). When Pharaoh Hophra came to help Jerusalem, the Babylonians temporarily lifted the siege; cf. Jer 34:21; 37:6–7. In Ezekiel's eyes, Hophra was interfering with the punishment God intended the Babylonians to inflict on Judah. The Babylonians routed the Egyptians, who could not offer Jerusalem any more help; cf. chap. 31.
a. [30:3] cf. Ez 7:7; Is 13:6.
g. [30:14] Is 19:11, 13; Jer 46:25.
i. [30:21] Jer 37:10; 44:30; 48:25.
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Aero The Acrobat was no Mario or Sonic, but the mascot had a decent following in the Super Nintendo / Genesis era. Whether you care about the bat or not, the look at the Aero game blueprint is fascinating.
Aero looks nothing like the sketched hero in the sketches seen in the 1992 draft document presented at gaming news site Press The Buttons. These were, indeed, just sketches. They show how one of the many side-scrolling action games that dominated home video gaming in the early 90s took shape. You've got sketches that show off the character's moves, carefully-measured schematics of levels laid out on graph paper, and so on.
Check out the full design document and more about Aero's history at the links below. I never cared much about Aero, but I do enjoy a rare, close look at the birth of a video game.
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A Massachusetts family got a surprise close encounter with wildlife over the weekend, when what looked like two branches sticking out of their fence turned out to be a deer in need of a rescue.
It started Sunday morning when "Dixie" the dog was barking in the back yard of an Attleboro home. Seven-year-old Grant Kelley was the first to see the deer sticking through the fence.
"We looked outside and we thought it was two huge branches but then we looked on the other side and we saw a huge head," Grant told New England Cable News.
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Grant's father, Brian Kelley, was just coming home from working the overnight shift and went to help.
"I started to pet the back of the deer to calm him down cause he was kicking," he said.
He then started the careful process of freeing the animal.
"I started to gently free the bottom legs first, release the pickets and then was able to move the deer gently off the top of the fence," he said.
Kate Kelley captured her husband's rescue mission on video. After the animal was freed, it took off into the woods.
"And we are all animal lovers in this family so we were thrilled to see it ended well," Kate Kelly said. "We were very fortunate and so we named it 'Lucky.'"


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During a busy day for underclassmen declaring early for the NFL Draft, LSU defensive tackle Anthony Johnson added his name to the draft pool. Johnson made the decision official on Twitter.
"These last three years at LSU have been good to me, but I have made the decision to enter the 2014 NFL draft," Johnson said on Twitter.
This season Johnson was LSU's leader in tackles for a loss with nine. Heading in to the NFL Draft Johnson is considered one of the top defensive tackles available in the NFL Draft. He is expected to participate and perform well in the upcoming NFL Scouting Combine, an event that should solidify a decent draft expectation for him later in the spring.
There could be more departures coming for LSU in the coming days. Six underclassmen are still left to make a decision on their playing future, according to NFL.com. Among those players mulling their decisions are running back Jeremy Hill, receivers Odell Beckham and Jarvis Landry.


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Will San Francisco name airport after slain gay icon Harvey Milk?
By Katia Hetter, CNN • Updated 15th January 2013
"Boarding for Harvey Milk San Francisco International Airport."
Civil rights activist Stuart Milk can imagine the impact of that airport announcement on the scared young people he's met in the United Arab Emirates and other countries around the world, where gay people live in fear for their lives.
Stuart Milk's uncle Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor, was one of the first openly gay politicians in the United States when he and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were killed by former supervisor Dan White at City Hall in 1978.
"San Francisco has 9 million international passengers and about 40 million passengers total passing through annually, and (this name change) sends an important message of societal change," said Stuart Milk, co-founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation.
The name change could become a reality if a San Francisco lawmaker has his way.
David Campos, an openly gay Latino member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, plans to introduce legislation Tuesday to make naming the city's airport after Milk possible.
The supervisor sees the likelihood of U.S. Supreme Court rulings later this year on cases getting at "the core of whether or not members of the LGBT community will have equal treatment under the law" as a prime time to initiate the tribute to Milk.
"It's appropriate for San Francisco at this time to recognize that members of the LGBT community are equal members of our society and to recognize the work of this hero. It sends a clear message of hope and civil rights, not just here but abroad," Campos said.
Campos needs the support of six of the 11 Board of Supervisors members to get his charter amendment placed on the November ballot.
Veteran political consultant Alex Clemens expects Campos to get those six votes and predicts a spirited debate leading up to the November election.
"Renaming our airport would provoke an international conversation, as some of the places in the world that are less evolved on LGBT issues would suddenly have 'Harvey Milk' as part of their daily -- or hourly! -- conversation patterns," Clemens wrote in an e-mail.
"And, of course, flights between Harvey Milk International Airport and Reagan National Airport would be joyous for those travelers who prefer their flights laden with as much irony as possible."
The introduction of this amendment by Campos puts San Francisco back in the spotlight "as a beacon of hope" throughout the United States and the world, said Stuart Milk.
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SUNRISE — Synthetic marijuana has been in the cross hairs of cities waging their own war against synthetic drugs.
Now it's bath salts, the designer drug meant to mimic cocaine.
The ban movement was already under way when the world learned of the gruesome "Causeway Cannibal" attack.
Police initially suspected Rudy Eugene may have been on psychoactive bath salts when he attacked a homeless man in Miami on May 26, chewing away part of his face before being shot and killed by an officer. Toxicology reports released this week found only marijuana in his system.
But the May 26 incident gave momentum to the ban effort, with city officials pointing to growing evidence that the fake drugs may be more dangerous than the real.
Earlier this week, Lauderhill became the first city in Broward to ban bath salts. Commissioners approved a ban on synthetic marijuana the same night.
"It is a national problem," Lauderhill Mayor Richard Kaplan said. "These synthetic drugs are just a way to get around the laws against illegal drugs. But they are making people sick. Some of them can be outright poison."
Even if the so-called "Causeway Cannibal" wasn't on designer drugs, that doesn't mean they aren't dangerous, Kaplan said.
On June 14, a Texas man high on synthetic pot attacked a family dog, tearing away at its flesh. Before killing the pet, the man got down on all fours and chased a neighbor while barking and growling.
Bath salts and synthetic marijuana are sold online and behind the counter at convenience stores and gas stations.
"It's scary it's available down the street in a local store," Kaplan said. "Some kid could walk in and buy it like he's buying a candy bar."
Kaplan said he was glad to see cities step forward to ban herbal incense and bath salts, but the state needs to move quickly as well.
"We've got over 500 cities in Florida," he said. "Are they all going to pass bans?"
Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Hollywood, Margate and North Lauderdale are planning to ban both designer drugs. The ban in Broward County would apply countywide, except in cities with conflicting rules on the books.
"If one city bans it, they'll all come to the cities that don't ban it," Margate Mayor Pam Donovan said. "I don't want them doing it on our city. We have to make it safe for our kids."
In May, Sweetwater became the first city in the state to ban the sale of all incense that's not on a stick in an effort to outlaw fake weed.
Sunrise followed suit on June 12, becoming the first city in Broward County — and the second in the state — to ban synthetic marijuana. Sunrise plans to outlaw bath salts in July after giving initial approval to a ban Tuesday.
"Those who manufacture and sell these dangerous cocktails of poisons are endangering not only those who take them, but also the public, police officers responding to calls and fire-rescue personnel called to help," Sunrise Mayor Mike Ryan said.
Deerfield Beach banned synthetic marijuana on June 19. Cities considering a similar ban include Coral Springs, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Lighthouse Point, Hallandale Beach, Pembroke Pines, Pompano Beach and Tamarac.
The DEA has banned the sale of the chemicals used to make both designer drugs. Florida is among several states that have issued a similar ban.
Manufacturers have managed to sidestep the federal and statewide ban by changing the chemical makeup of the products.
Exposure to synthetic marijuana resulted in 2,906 calls to poison control centers across the nation in 2010; 6,959 calls in 2011; and 1,901 calls in the first three months of 2012. Exposure to bath salts resulted in 304 calls in 2010; 6,138 calls in 2011; and 1,007 calls in the first four months of 2012.


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Choosing a vintage or retro armchair can be a challenge. First you have to consider the style, and also whether it will suit your home's ambience and atmosphere. This signature piece of furniture can make or break the aesthetics of a room, and for this reason, it is extremely important to make the right choice. Fabric is yet another key consideration, and if you want longevity, along with class and timeless elegance, it simply has to be leather!
Today on homify we have seven gorgeous leather armchairs that would work wonderfully in many different interior domestic settings. From classic and age-defiant, to retro cool, there is a chair for every taste and preference. Check out the examples below, and choose your chair with confidence and certainty.
You can't beat the classics! Here we have two gorgeous chesterfield armchairs that effortlessly impart a sense of regality and majesty into their interior space. Replete with two separate and contrasting colours, these leather armchairs offer a host of design possibilities for any well-styled room.
Choose this chair if you love the good ol' days, and desire an heirloom piece of furniture, which you will cherish for a lifetime.
Taken from Loaf's 2015 autumn/winter collection, the Buster Club Chair is a unique and age-defiant piece of furniture. 1930s in style, this piece is full of personality and looks utterly extravagant.
Prepare yourself an old-fashioned cocktail, and choose this piece of '30s armchair indulgence if you love the classics, but are looking for a timeless modern alternative.
And if you would like to see some similar items, check out the rest of the AW15 collection here: Upcoming seasonal trends
Acapulco—the well-known 1950s/60s tropical getaway for the rich, famous, and fabulous. One of Mexico's best known beach resort towns, Acapulco was a mid-century retreat for Hollywood stars and millionaires. Inspired by the open string Mayan hammocks, the Acapulco chair is a time-honoured design that injects a retro and vintage vibe. With so many different styles on the market, it can be difficult knowing which chair to choose. Here at number three on our list, we have a leather edition of the classic chair from Ocho Workshop.
Choose this item as a statement within your heritage or contemporary home, and enjoy its timeless vintage appeal.
For a little '50s glam in your own home, why not choose an elegant and well-designed leather seat. This chair is modern in its design, while offering a sleek masculine aesthetic within your domestic space. Available in different colours, the chair is unique, individual, and full of personality.
Pick this piece is you want a versatile yet intriguing option, which is both functional and adaptable.
The Arne Jacobsen Egg chair has long been a favourite of designers worldwide. The timeless yet iconic design is perfect for any stylish domestic space, and surprisingly, can work extremely well in a range of different interiors. This chair is a leather version of the original design and comes replete with a gorgeous pumpkin hue. Pair with an interesting wallpaper, fur throw, and sleek fireplace, for a gorgeous and comfortable home.
Choose this mid-century modern chair if you love to make a statement, but still want to ensure you have an age-defiant and classic seat.
There is nothing quite like having your own armchair. A place that suits you, fits you, and always greets you with a welcoming and comfortable embrace. Whether it's your particular corner of the room, or within a cosy study or bedroom, an armchair often feels like an inviting and sumptuous place to rest. Here in this example from Hugh Jefferson Rudolph Architects, the rustic ranch ambience of this armchair is ultra-welcoming.
Pick this style of chair if you want a vintage touch, along with a worn and well-loved seat that will age gracefully and offer a comfy place to sit, read, or rest.
Who says an armchair has to be upright? Here in this example we take a look at a different kind of comfortable seat: the recliner. A recliner offers so much more than simply a place to sit. It is a resting spot, a nap location, as well as a stylish and often statement furniture item within your home. Recliners needn't be those dowdy and dull monolithic chairs your grandparents owned, these days there are countless stylish options that can add trend and elegance to your dwelling.
This mid-century modern chair is an ideal choice if you would like to keep your interior looking sleek and trendy, while providing a sumptuous and relaxing place to unwind.


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29.6V / 17.500mAh / 50A / 518Wh / 2000g
Lion Power battery packs are manufactured using Panasonic Sanyo NCR18650GA Lition-ion cells, with a 3.6 - 3.7V voltage, 3500mAh capacity and 10A continue discharge per cell. Cells are combined in series and parallel to get the required voltage, capacity and maximum current.
This Panasonic Sanyo NCR18650GA cells are the same ones used in the manufactured of batteries for Tesla cars, that are Pioneers and number one in the market of electric vehicles.
Lion Power is the first manufacturer to distribute in Europe Litio-ion batteries specially adapted for use in Drones and Aero-modeling.
Panasonic NCR18650GA cell has the specific energy of more than 250 Wh/kg, what give around 70%-100% additional to conventional Lipo batteries. That means that Lion Power batteries have until double energy capacity for a same weight that conventional Lipo batteries.
Sanyo Energy a few years ago became a wholly owned subsidiary of Panasonic, who is also the supplier of batteries to power Tesla's electric vehicles.
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- More autonomy and less weight
- Between 70-100% more energy density than conventional Lipo batteries.
- Lifespan higher than Lipo. They hold many more charging and discharging cycles than Lipo batteries.
- Less maintenance, do not swell or spoil if stored at half load
- Can be charger using conventional Lipo chargers.
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Adobe Creative Suite 4 full review
Adobe's Design Premium CS4 suite features InDesign CS4, Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4 and Acrobat 9 Pro, along with new versions of Bridge, Device Central, and Version Cue (although it replaces the standard version of Photoshop with Photoshop CS4 Extended) and adds Flash, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks.
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Among the highlights of Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) are a simplified workflow system, new tools for integrating Flash animations into projects, and expanded support for community features.
Creative Suite 4 remains a cornucopia of individual applications, most of which are sold independently, too. But with CS4, Adobe tightens the links among the applications - evidence that the company recognises designers' need to switch seamlessly between programs without leaving a project. Adobe addresses this need with a newly simplified workflow, which will permit users to design across media more efficiently and to complete common tasks more easily.
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For example, an expanded version of Dynamic Link in CS4 Production Premium will enable designers to move content between After Effects, Premiere Pro, Soundbooth, and Encore, and to see their updates instantly without rendering.
Illustrator CS4 now lets designers work from multiple art boards at once. Designers can pull up art boards from within InDesign, and can then drag and drop elements from those boards into page layouts. This tool has promise: it can be especially helpful for coordinating illustration and text for books or pamphlets, for example.
InDesign CS4 also includes a Live Preflight tool to help designers catch production errors, and a customisable Links panel for placing files.
The new Content-Aware Scaling tool in Photoshop automatically recomposes an image as it is resized, preserving vital areas as the image conforms to new dimensions. Photoshop CS4 also will have 3D capabilities, which will enable you to take a 2D image and wrap it around a 3D wireframe, such as a sphere.
With this latest iteration, Adobe promises a more intuitive process for creating what it calls "life-like" animations in Flash CS4. The new version has the ability to apply tweens to objects rather than to keyframes, giving designers greater control over animation attributes. And the Bones tool helps create more realistic animations between linked objects. These new Flash features allow designers to directly produce animations.
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The Stalls of Higher Thought
Written by mattliving
May 2, 2010 at 4:50 pm
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Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.
Devour old films, news films, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows.
Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent.
Don't bother concealing your thievery-celebrate it if you feel like it.In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said; "It's not where you take things from - It's where you take them to".


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As the main body of the expedition continue to delve deeper into the dark of Moria, Celglin carries Dernfara of Westfold's humble lantern to light the way ahead of the strong Rohirim and the Dwarf Vestri, who carry with them the body of Grim the Dunderling.
It is a long, dark, winding stair and it takes the small group some twenty minutes to reach the bottom of the stair and Hollin Gate. Their eyes are dazzled by the brightness of what is actually a cool, gloomy afternoon -- but even are they glad to feel the fresh breeze upon their faces once more!
Now they carry their sore burden, and tiding back to the camp proper, where all those who stayed behind leap to their feet and assist the adventurers back to the comfort of the camp-site, asking many questions.
Dernfara's lantern is still three quarters full when Celglin extinguishes it.
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While most DIY-ers out there don't necessarily have a car full of expensive electronic devices to run, we do, however, still need a properly charged battery for cold-cranking in the winter months. And if you've got a slew of interior instruments to run and upgraded headlights, LED taillights, EFI, or an underdrive pulley, then the factory-style alternator may be straining to recharge the battery while driving. If you find yourself continually charging your battery only to find it weakened time after time, the alternator may be to blame.
In a nutshell, an alternator is the car's own charging system and is spun by the engine's drivebelt. The alternator converts mechanical energy from the engine's drivebelt into electrical energy. Once the engine is running and rpms rise during driving, the alternator spins, recharging the battery. But smaller-diameter pulleys don't have the ability to spin the alternator at the rate necessary to recharge the battery. Also, things like heat generated from an overworking alternator may also contribute to a weakened charge for the battery.
While our project '72 Nova only had an aftermarket head unit and four relatively small speakers, we did have a three-gauge pod and a G-Tech unit to power. We also have plans in the works to install more accessories, including an electric fuel pump, which could potentially strain our aging factory-style alternator. We needed an upgrade. DUI offered up a Mr. Amp (130-amp) alternator as a solution, but also offers a 190-amp version. They'll maintain peak performance in the ignition system and even produce 65 amps at idle, which help eliminate battery drain on underdriven pulley applications.
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Nintendo Reports Big Numbers: $996M Profit in Q1, Nearly 30 Million Wii and 78 Million DS Units Sold
The April - June period was good for a $996 million profit on revenues of $3.9 billion. Nintendo shifted 5.2 million Wii units, along with 3.42 million copies of Wii Fit and 6.42 million copies of Mario Kart Wii during the quarter.
Taking these figures into account, total worldwide Wii sales are now at 29.6 million.
Sony recently announced it sold 1.56 million PlayStation 3 consoles during the same period, while Microsoft shipped 1.3 million Xbox 360s.
Compared to the same period a year ago, sales of the Nintendo DS dipped by forty thousand units. It still sold 6.94 million units, and worldwide sales of the handheld are now at 77.54 million. For the entire fiscal year, which runs until March 2009, Nintendo expects to earn $3 billion on revenues of $16.8 billion.


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218. EDGAR ALLAN POE: Procrastination
Ah procrastination, something I constantly struggle with. Don't we all? I鈥檓 fighting it right now – I don鈥檛 really enjoy writing these blog posts underneath each comic and I always put it off to until the last minute. I know I must do it, but I really don鈥檛 want to. As I sat down to write this, my computer was lagging a bit, so I restarted it. Got up to use the bathroom, decided on the way to the bathroom that I needed to fix myself some tea, then paused to read the mail on my kitchen table and of course I had to check the GREATEST PROCRASTINATION MACHINE THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN: my phone. Next thing I know, one hour has passed and I still haven鈥檛 started writing.
At least this is not a new phenomenon – Edgar Allan Poe wrote the above words in 1845 and I'm sure an early homo sapien kept putting off a cave painting he knew he had to do thousands of years ago. This passage is taken from Poe's short story The Imp of the Perverse, the name he gives the creature who forces us to do things we know we shouldn鈥檛. The story is about a man who gets away with murder, and after inheriting his victim鈥檚 estate and enjoying his new life for years he inevitably falls victim to the Imp yet again, as he can't help confessing his crime. Poe conveys it much more eloquently than I do and you can read the entire story here.
Don鈥檛 let the Imp get you today, do what you need to get done!
A new Zen Pencils kids book is released next week, collecting the best kid-friendly comics of my site into one easy to read book, perfect for story time or the classroom. You can find all the details and pre-order info here.


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Trial About Hepatic Security of Antiretroviral Treatment Based on Kaletra Versus Nevirapine in Co-infected HIV/HCV Patients
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00661349
Recruitment Status : Terminated (It has been impossible to achieve the number of patients defined by protocol)
First Posted : April 18, 2008
Last Update Posted : December 5, 2019
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- No Results Posted
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Lopinavir/ritonavir Drug: Nevirapine
|Phase 4
The prevalence of the HIV-HCV co-infection in Spain is one of the highest because both infections are strongly related to parenteral drugs use; so, from 61 to 69 % of HIV infected patients are also HCV infected.
Acute HCV infection is asymptomatic in 60 to 70% of cases, being the chronification the natural illness evolution. 20% of the patients will develop hepatic cirrhosis after 20 to 30 years of being infected by the HCV. In cirrhosis cases, the hepatocellular carcinoma appears in a rate of 2 to 4% per year, according to studies done with HCV mono-infected patients. Fibrosis progression depends basically on the duration of HCV infection and on the age of infection, but also on other factors, like gender (is faster in men), alcohol consumption (worst over 50 g per day) and HIV co-infection. Several epidemiologist studies have described the negative impact of HIV co-infection, accelerating the progression to cirrhosis and the hepatocarcinoma.
The Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment (HAART) has a positive impact on survival on co-infected patients, although the three drug families used in HAART can cause hepatic toxicity in this group of patients. Hepatic toxicity appears in 5 to 20% of patients, being more serious and common, but not exclusive, in case of NVP treatment.
On their part, not all PI have the same hepatotoxic profile. An association between serious hepatotoxicity and ritonavir at full strength, indinavir and indinavir plus saquinavir boosted with ritonavir has been found.
As far as fibrosis is concerned, there are studies that show that in HIV/HCV co-infected patients PI-based regimens are associated with a lower progression to fibrosis, while the progression rate to cirrhosis is higher in NVP-based regimens, mainly in those patients with advanced hepatic fibrosis.
Hepatic biopsy is considered the reference test to assess hepatic fibrosis, nevertheless it is an invasive, painful and with a low but potentially serious risk for the patient's life. Moreover, the viability of a hepatic biopsy can be doubted due to sampling error or interobservation variability. For that reason, several biochemist tests have been developed to reflect the hepatic fibrosis extent or stage in a reliable way. Recently a hepatic rigidity measure through elastography has been presented as a non-invasive and very promising method to assess hepatic fibrosis.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|9 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Prospective, Open Label and Randomized Clinical Trial About Hepatic Security of Antiretroviral Treatment Based on Kaletra Versus Nevirapine in Co-infected HIV/HCV Patients
|Study Start Date :
|February 2008
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 2008
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2008
Active Comparator: 1
Drug: Nevirapine
2 ITIAN (o 1 ITIAN+TDF)+ nevirapine, 2 tablet 200/50 mg to 12 hours
Experimental: 2
Drug: Lopinavir/ritonavir
2 ITIAN (o 1 ITIAN+TDF)+ lopinavir/ritonavir, 2 tablet 200/50 mg to 12 hours
- The average of hepatic rigidity increase in each group. Hepatic rigidity will be measured in kilopascals through elastography (Fibroscan). Distribution of hepatic rigidity will be normalized by a logarithmic transformat [ Time Frame: From Basal to 144 week (last visit) every 3 months ]
- Virological and immunologic efficacy will be assessed through the proportion of patients with virological failure during the follow-up and the CD4 lymphocytes count of both treatment regimens. [ Time Frame: From Basal to 144 week (last visit) every 3 months ]
- The effect of both treatments in lipidic and glucidic metabolism will be assessed through the following variables: Total Cholesterol, HDL and LDL Cholesterol, Triglycerides and Glucose. [ Time Frame: From Basal to 144 week (last visit) every 3 months ]
- Higher than log 7.2 Kpa in patients with non-significant basal fibrosis (less than log 7.2 Kpa) [ Time Frame: From Basal to 144 week (last visit) every 3 months ]
- The security of each regimen will be studied through the proportion of patients who give up treatment because of adverse events and hepatic-related adverse events presence. [ Time Frame: From Basal to 144 week (last visit) every 3 months ]
- Toxicity will be determined depending on: Clinical History and Physical Examination; Coagulation, hemogram and chemistry tests, which will include: transaminase levels, GGT, alkaline phosphatase, bilirrubin, albumin, urea and creatinin [ Time Frame: From Basal to 144 week (last visit) every 3 months ]
- Mortality rate during the study will be evaluated. [ Time Frame: From Basal to 144 week (last visit) every 3 months ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years old or elder.
- HCV and HIV co-infected patients.
- Patients with antiretroviral treatment based in NVP plus 2 NRTIs (or 1 NRTI and Tenofovir), with undetectable viral load (under 50 copies/mL) during at least the last 24 weeks.
- If women and of childbearing age, negative pregnancy test. Furthermore, barrier contraceptive method must be undertaken during the study.
- Date and signature of the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Concomitant treatment with drugs that can significantly interact with the study drugs.
- Opportunistic infections in the last 6 months.
- Patients who can be candidates for an HCV infection treatment in the next 3 years.
- Patients in who efficacy of previous NRTIs can not be ensured. For example, patients with mono or dual therapy history or with previous blips in whom NRTI-related mutations were identified that could reduce the sensibility to the used backbone.
- Active alcohol consumption (over 50 g per day) or other substance abuse.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
- Patients with transaminase level over 5 times the Upper Limit of Normality (ULN) or Creatinin over 2 mg/dL or Total Bilirubin over 3 times the ULN.
- Any formal contraindication for being treated with the study drugs.
- Patients who, basing in their antiretroviral treatment history, could be considered as being infected with a virus that has no sensibility to LPV.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00661349
|Hospital Son Dureta
|Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain, 07014
|H.U. Germans Trias i Pujol - Unitat VIH, Fundació Lluita contra la Sida
|Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 08916
|Hospital General Universitario de Alicante
|Alicante, Spain, 03010
|Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona
|Barcelona, Spain, 08036
|Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias
|Madrid, Spain, 28005
|Hospital Clínico San Carlos
|Madrid, Spain, 28040
|Hospital Universitario la Paz
|Madrid, Spain, 28046
|Hospital Clínico de Salamanca
|Salamanca, Spain, 37007
|Hospital Universitario de Valme
|Sevilla, Spain, 41014
|Responsible Party:
|Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
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|First Posted:
|April 18, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|December 5, 2019
|Last Verified:
|December 2019
HCV chronic infection
hepatic fibrosis
treatment experienced
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers


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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Salad sushi
Do you ever find yourself staring into the abyss of your fridge? That was me this afternoon. Just looking for something, anything to snack on. I must admit I am not one to grab an apple, and I am hungry more often than not. Feeding myself and Simone, makes me eat a lot more than usual. I find myself going back for seconds, and thirds!!! I feel like a hobbit...second breakfast, elevensies, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, supper. ( I just watched to lord of the rings trilogy on the long weekend..hehehe)
In came Salad sushi! I opted not to cook a pot of rice, since I knew that it was on the menu for dinner tonight. This made a perfect fresh light snack. These are easy to make and super yummy to eat. Pretty much anything goes, whatever you like in your salad. Just remember to shred it fairly small.
Salad sushi
nori sheets- cut in half and shaped into a cone. stick it together with a little water
avocado-sliced julienne
mango-sliced julienne
cucumber-sliced julienne
toasted sesame seeds
homemade vegan mayo mixed with chili sauce
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This Salad Sushi looks amazingly good!!ReplyDelete
thanks for the healthy reminder! i myself am eating much more (my excuse for feeding for two)and geee whiz salad sushi is a good snack idea :)ReplyDelete
They look beautiful. Sushi salad rolls sans rice are really one of my favorite things to eat. They actually fill you up pretty well sometimes!ReplyDelete
sounds yummy!ReplyDelete
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What's the best way to go green if you have an older home? Salvage and/or rehabilitate it!
And if you ask most preservationists what they think of Virginia's Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program, you'll hear them proudly say it's one of the most generous programs in the country– if not the very most– leading to the rehabilitation of thousands of historic properties. Indeed, since the program's inception in 1997, the state has awarded nearly $700 million in tax credits to homeowners and developers.
Of course, like most things that sound too good to be true, it comes with a catch: you need to spend money to get money. And according to records obtained from the VDHR, only 12 property owners in Charlottesville and Albemarle County have taken advantage of the program since 2005.
Still, while the program tends to favor large rehabilitation projects (and therefore folks who can afford to spend a lot), small-scale projects can benefit, too. So saving and preserving what you already have not only saves the environment, but it also preserves history, and you can get free money for making the effort.
As long as you can spend more than 25 percent of your most recent assessment (just the house, not the land) on restoration work, you could get 25 percent state tax credit for "qualifying" expenses. Luckily, Virginia's program takes an expansive view. Practically all planning and construction costs constitute qualifying expenses. Furniture and window treatments, additions, and kitchen appliances are among the only things that don't count.
The old house doesn't even have to be on the Virginia Landmarks Register or contribute to a historic district to qualify. If a registered architect deems it "register eligible," it's in. An owner can even paint the old house any color she wants and sell the place– and still keep the tax credits. (Or sell them.)
So how do you apply?
First, you'll need to get some certification showing the building is historic. If its an individually protected property or already on the state or national historic register, you're all set. Again, getting an architect to confirm its "register eligible" also suffices. Next, you'll need to take photos of the property before you do any work.
Now comes the hard part. You'll need to describe each significant architectural feature of the home. You can do this yourself using the VDHR's Sample Rehabilitation Proposal as a guide, but you can also hire a consultant, a list of consultants can be provided by the VDHR.
When the work is done, you'll need to have the VDHR certify that it meets its standards. Photos of the work are also required. If eligible expenses are more than $100,000, you'll need to have a CPA certify those expenses.
Doing your part to save history
Rehabilitating your old house helps preserve history, and Charlottesville and Albemarle County need the help. The County's Historic Resources Department reports that over 50 significantly historic properties have been demolished since the mid-1970s, a trend that has picked up in recent years. According to photo-documentation from historic resources staff, since 2004, demolition of over 50 historic or potentially historic structures has occurred in the County– where policies to prevent it are virtually non-existent– and over 26 in the City.
In the City's Fifeville district alone, seventeen 100-plus-year-old properties have been demolished since 2006, including two in January of this year. Some notable losses include the Frank Ix building, the Terrace Theater, Belmont Hall, and the Charlottesville Lumber building on Avon Street.
In surrounding Albemarle County, notable losses include several turn-of-the-nineteenth-century houses in the Free State Community on Rio Road, one of the earliest free black communities in the state, and the place where Sally Hemings' sister Critta was supposed to have lived (the former Community is now the site of the Dunlora and Belvedere developments).
Lost, too, have been gems like a 1920s farmhouse near Gordonsville on Wildon Grove Road and the old Town & Country Motel on Pantops Mountain, an icon of popular roadside architecture and one of local architect Stanislaw Makielski's last designs.
Get help
There are plenty of resources in town to help you navigate the process. Preservation Piedmont helped with a modest rehab last year of an unusual circa 1870 Gothic Revival house on Hartman's Mill Road by surveying the historic property for the owners, guiding them through the application process, providing a grant for legal fees, and even helping them find a contractor willing to take on the historic renovation. In the end, the owners got a $25,000 tax credit and beautifully restored home for their daughter. You can contact Preservation Piedmont by visiting ppiedmont.squarespace.com/contact/Of course, you can also check out the State program's website at dhr.virginia.gov/tax_credits/tax_credit.htm.
For that personal touch, however, don't hesitate to call or email Mary Joy Scala, Charlottesville's Preservation & Design Planner (email@example.com or 970-3182) , or her counterpart in Albemarle County, Margaret Maliszewski (email@example.com or 296-5832, ext.3276), who can both point you in the right direction. ~
This article stems from a longer piece on the topic, the Hook's June 2 cover story, "Extreme makeover: rich edition– State program benefits those who need it least."


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Coconut Cake
- Category: Desserts
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- 1 box (18.5 ounces) Butter Recipe Cake Mix (I prefer Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Butter Recipe Cake Mix)
- 1 box (3.9 ounces) vanilla instant pudding
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup oil
- ¾ cup coconut milk
- 4 large eggs
- 8 ounces sour cream
- 1 pound cream cheese, at room temperature
- ½ pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 1 pound confectioner's sugar, sifted
- 6 ounces sweetened shredded coconut, toasted
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans. I recommend lining the bottom of your cake pan with parchment paper. It makes it easier to remove from the pan.
Combine cake mix, instant pudding and sugar in mixing bowl. Mix with a whisk to remove any lumps. Add the next 4 ingredients and with a hand-held or standing mixer on medium low; mix until combined. Scrape down sides and bottom of mixing bowl with a spatula to make sure all dry ingredients are incorporated. Continue to mix on medium-high for about 2 minutes. Divide batter evenly in your two cakes pans.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45–50 minutes or until cake is a nice golden brown and you can insert a toothpick or cake tester and it comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10–15 minutes on a wire cooling rack, then remove cakes from pan, remove parchment paper and allow to completely cool on a wire cooling rack. I usually make the cake the night before and wrap in plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator overnight. I find that cold cakes are easier to frost and you end up with fewer crumbs in your frosting.
In an electric mixer or with a hand-held mixer on medium-high, cream the cream cheese, butter, sugar, vanilla and almond extract until it is light and fluffy. Reduce the speed to medium-low and slowly add the confectioner's sugar and mix until smooth. Spread shredded coconut on a baking sheet and place in 350-degree oven for about 5 minutes. Coconut toasts quickly, so keep a close eye on it until it reaches a light golden color.
If your cakes are domed on the tops, take a serrated knife and cut tops flat. Place first layer on cake plate and frost the top only. Place second layer on top of the first and frost the cake starting with the top, then the sides. Once cake is frosted, allow to chill in the refrigerator for about 15-20 minutes. Once chilled, you can cover just the top or the top and sides with the toasted coconut.
Option: For a cute Easter cake, you can skip the toasted coconut and use a drop or two of green food color to make the shredded coconut "grass" green. Cover top and sides of cake with "grass" and decorate with jelly beans or Easter decorations.


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Beat the Streak Report: Thursday, May 13
Another sunny day in Streakland, as the day's Top 6 picks (Ichiro Suzuki, Andre Ethier, Michael Cuddyer, Albert Pujols, Joey Votto and Adrian Beltre ) each got on base by virtue of a hit, extending the streaks of about 42 percent of our streakers just by themselves.
It might have been the greatest day in the history of ever for our main man and Quebec native John Gartshore, as "cruj" reached a 36-game hitting streak (thanks to Ichiro) on the same day that the Montreal Canadiens defeated Sidney Crosby & Co. in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
I'm sorry, am I really talking about hockey? Anyway, with a 36-game streak, Gartshore is now 63.2 percent on his way to buying as many pizzas at McDonald's that he ever could dream of.
That's right, they serve pizza at some McDonald's in Canada.
Time for Thursday's picks.
Oh, hello there …
? Nick Markakis: .500 AVG (13-for-26) lifetime vs. Mariners starter Felix Hernandez
? Derek Jeter: .400 AVG (6-for-15) lifetime vs. Tigers starter Justin Verlander
? Ichiro Suzuki: .406 AVG (28-for-69) since '05 vs. Orioles starter Kevin Millwood
? Asdrubal Cabrera: .450 AVG (9-for-20) lifetime vs. Royals starter Zack Greinke
? Miguel Cabrera: .625 AVG (5-for-8) lifetime vs. Yankees starter CC Sabathia
? Brad Hawpe: .444 AVG (4-for-9) lifetime vs. Nationals starter John Lannan
Feeling kinda spicy?
? Gerald Laird: .417 AVG (5-for-12) lifetime vs. Yankees starter CC Sabathia. Zero chance I'd touch this one.
? Fernando Tatis: .667 AVG (8-for-12) lifetime vs. Marlins starter Josh Johnson. Or this one.
You'll thank me later …
? Hanley Ramirez: .167 AVG (3-for-18) lifetime vs. Mets starter Johan Santana
? Mark Teixeira: .083 AVG (1-for-12) lifetime vs. Tigers starter Justin Verlander
? Matt Holliday: .111 AVG (1-for-9) lifetime vs. Astros starter Bud Norris
Leaderboard time!
"Bosox19" (Matt Holliday) and "kevinw223" (Ichiro) each saw their respective streaks extend to 25 games yesterday and are currently pondering whether to go in together on a "cruj" voodoo doll.
Top MLB streakers
? Elvis Andrus: 12 games
? Miguel Cabrera: 11 games
? Jeff Mathis: 10 games (DL)
? Troy Glaus: 8 games
? J.J. Hardy : 8 games (DL)
? Russell Martin: 8 games
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I'm going with Ichiro today because I doubt they sit him against Millwood and he's hit .400 over his last 7 days and .500 at Camden Yards this year so I'm sticking it with Ichi today.
I'm going to try to get to 1 in Survivor with the Cards since their ace is on the mound so hoping they win one against the Stros today.
nardberg picking Ichiro; rest of us best think of another player. The nardberg jinx will take down 30%+ today 😉
vinny – I'm with you on Ichiro. Hopefully I won't jinx you. Am back to 1 for the first time in five days so hopefully my "slump" is ending. 🙂 good luck!
Anybody ever thought about picking guys you know aren't going to play on days you're having trouble finding a solid pick?
Today, for example, doesn't offer a lot of options. There are very few games and a lot of aces on the mound. Even the "safe" pick — Ichiro — has very poor numbers in day games…
I've thought about picking Nick Swisher, who I think will be out at least today with a biceps strain, just to live and fight another day. He could pinch hit though, which could end my streak. Anyone else ever done that — pick someone you hope will not actually play?
Hey leeung! Too funny… I've thought of doing that a million times! I've never done it though.. your right.. a guy could pinch it and just finish you off.. this is something I would strongly consider once i got to 25 and higher… if you knew 100% a guy wasn't playing that day… and it was the day of the # 1 starters.
Markakis sounds good to me today
In case anyone's curious, I just got this from the ESPN Fantasy BB site "Swisher (biceps) is not in Thursday's lineup, according to Marc Carig of the Newark Star-Ledger."
No word on whether he's eligible to pinch hit, but if anyone else is thinking of hitting the "pause" botton on their streaks until tomorrow, Swish might be your best bet.
Stuck with Ichiro, he just got an infield single, glad I stuck with my guns….BTW, Anyone who takes Markakis vs. King Felix has got bigger stones than I'll ever have! Hope it works out for you guys!
leeung. ive done that about 10 times in the few years ive played but today doesnt seem to me like a day to do that. there are plenty of good options today. ive got carlos gonzalez who is 4-4 against lannan and hitting .378 against lefties this year
Sorry, cruj, but I hate when I pick the same player as the leader & forced to hope their streak is extended as well as mine.
Micheal Young and STL for me today to go to 2. BTW Gutierrez is out( back spasms) for Sea if you want to skip.
Who did the leader take??
Yikes, 55% took STL in survivor. 20% Ichi, 17% Puj, 11% Jeter. But i guess when there are so few games to choose from thats what happens.
1)Cruj (36) took Pujols, T2)Bosox19 (25) also Pujols, T2)kevinw223 (25) Ichiro, 4) csmurphy08 (24)Sandoval T5)cannons49 (23) Pujols, T5) jamivdb (23) Mike Bourn
I would like to read some of the bloggers Great Beat the Streak Moments, the sort that lead us to say, "If I win the money, I'll have to remember this hit." For instance, sometime last season, in August I believe, I pick Ichiro in a home game against the Orioles (I think). Going into the top of the ninth, he was 0-for-whatever and the Mariners led 3-0. He would bat second in the bottom of the ninth if the Orioles could score three or more runs. Fat chance, huh? They scored five and Ichiro slapped a single into right field. I can't remember for certain, but I think that streak was ended when I allowed Dragbunt and the Supremes to talk me into Johnny Damon against Roy Halladay (an event which added the following rule to my BTS Bible: Never go against a great pitcher even if he has sucked through the previous handful of starts). Halladay had stunk for weeks, and pitched a one-hitter.
?Professor Pete
i love pujols but i kinda hope he goes hitles tonight. i took the cards in survivor but if they can win without pujols doing anything i would be pretty happy
Lol, I picked Ichiro Suzuki and he just got an infield hit.
I finally got a 5 game hit streak now
Stuck with Ichiro, he just got an infield single, glad I stuck with my guns….BTW, Anyone who takes Markakis vs. King Felix has got bigger stones than I'll ever have! Hope it works out for you guys!
I picked Cardinals in Survivor today, but I lost my 13 game win streak last night, so it's really not that exciting.
Professor Pete – Your memory is too good! I stand guilty as charged as the person who "urged" all to take Damon last Sepetember v. Halladay who then one hit the NYY and Damon did not get the one NYY hit! I will never pick against Halladay again.
My Great Moment – Last year Nats sucked but Cristian Guzman was on a major red hot streak early in the year, so I took him. The Nats were down a few runs and Guzman was hitless. The Nats rallied in the 9th to tie the game that went to extra frames and Guzman singled in the 11th inning to get my streat to double digits.
I did not post before the BTS closed today because of my unlucky streak – I have Ichrio today, Cardinals and Guerrero in HR BTS.
Ut oh Cruj Bud norris has faced the minimum through 5, pujols 0-2
I haven't made it past 1 since I lost my 13 game streak on Saturday w/ Werth. I'm definitely in a BTS slump.
Lol, Pujols just grounded into a force out.
0-3 through 7 innings.
I picked miguel cabrera for the 2nd day in a row. now my streak is 3! wooohooo!!
Pujols will get up 1 more time in the bottom of the 9th.
Wow, Cardinals, Seattle, and the Yankees all lost this afternoon and destroyed everyone's win streak on Survivor.
The highest current win streak is going to be like 9 – 10 now.
Albert Pujols goes 0 – 4, so Cruj 36 game hit streak ends and the current leader is now going to be kevinw223 at 26.
i had the yankees today..got the phillies for tomorrow and m.cabrera again
Wow…….Pujols went 0-4 today….that's going to affect alot of streaks…..Glad I picked Ichiro…
Does anyone have a group they'd like to form? Also, how does this contest deal with rainouts….does it count as a "miss" or a continuation?
Good luck everyone!
SIX of the top twenty picked Pujols and are now back to Zero. Five more people at 19 lost cuz of him.
I guess in the battle of sashimi v. McD pizza, sashimi won today. As soon as Jeter and Ichiro got hits, I knew Pujols would come up empty. There is no way the odd makers would allow 3 top easy picks with chunks of streakers to go through. If that was the case, I would have won this yrs ago.
good run Cruj thought for sure the leader would go with Ichiro today. Good run anyway 36 is quite a bit
I'm only 52 hits in a row away from $$$ 3 million now.
I'm on a roll……………..LOL
Off topic but what value is Ichiro besides BTS? He rarely ever comes through in clutch situations. I know he hit a rare HR today but he came up short in the 9th. With all the hits that he is getting, couldn't he just slap one over the infield? I was astonished and had to re-read the MLB article just to be sure when he got his first walk-off of his MLB career. That weekI remember, Melky Cab had like 3 of them. He was getting cream pied left and right.
How are you going to blame Ichiro for singling to left field with two outs and two on? How on earth is it his fault that Wieters made a great play at home to tag Ichiro's teammate out??
Sorry. I thought he just got out. I didn't realize he singled.
Nice run CRUJ….. was hoping that you or someone else could make the 57 streak and take us all out for a drink….
I am now at 4… took Gonslaves and Rockies today
Please join our group!
Go to Groups on the menu bar a few words to the right of the "Pick of the Day." When you get to the next screen put in the name – The Bloggers and you can join our group.
Good luck and post your picks with your thoughts of the day. Some days you will look like a genius and other days (hopefully not too many) you will look like the village idiot!
The idea is to have fun. Cards were doomed today as I picked them as a Cub fan this must have been their kiss of death.
cruj crashes and burns – 2 items to note:
1. He spoke to our Grande Amigo, the blog guy. Cruj is now the 2nd leader to go down in flames shortly after talking to him. Don't answer the phone or his emails if you want your big streak to survive!
2. Cruj just started reading the blog so he did not know about my "sage" advice: Stay away from M.V.P.
M. is Mauer always looks good then has an 0-fer.
V. is Joey Votto – He had "social anxiety disorder" last year and left a game after batting twice without a hit. And about one month later, he struck out in the 1st inning argued with plate umpire and got tossed from the game.
He took down the leader with a streak of about 35 games that day. His replacement batted 6 more times in that game as it went into extra innings. Votto is "El Gato Negro" aka "The Black Cat"
P. is Pujols (see comment on Mauer) Pitchers do not pitch to him. Taking him is an accident waitng to happen to your streak.
D. is for Damon who has burned me more than once!
Ichirios job is to get on base, steal a base, upset the pitcher and score runs. I wish he partrolled RF for my home town Cubs.
I had Ichiro today, but made a last minute change to Vlad the Impaler. Maybe I have a subconscious desire to experience drama, turmoil, and chaos, instead of an easy, comfortable fourth inning single.
With regard to speaking to Grande Amigo, if you think that there is about a 75% chance of being correct on any given day, there is about a 70% chance of missing at least one of the next four days. So whether you speak to Grande Amigo or not, odds are that your current streak won't last the week.
And just as your investment advisor tells you that 'past performance is not indicative of future results', the fact that you are on a 32-game streak does not change the fact that you're 70% likely to miss at least one of the next four picks.
Regarding picking a player on the unofficial DL or loading up 10-days with a player about-to-be-placed-on-the-DL strategies… I look at it this way: The $3Mil is first-come-first-served per the rules; I can't move forward if my player doesn't bat.
Here's a different strategy I often employ when I'm far behind the leaders: Pick a player you are pretty sure will not be the sure-fire 2 picks of the day. For example, today I removed Ichiro & Pujols from my list of picks & went with my 3rd choice. Why? I figure the only way I can jump ahead a chunk of players is to stay away from the obvious, hoping they will fail, but hoping my choice succeeds. It's just a different strategy and like any strategy in a game of chance — subject to debate & failure.
p.s. Pujols is only a "soft" pick for me anyway, I'm a die hard Cubby fan and can't find it within myself to cheer for him to get a hit; I haven't picked him yet this year.
And wow, did Survivor take a beating today. With a streak of only 4, I will find myself on Page 4 after last game is played tonight. I can't remember the last time I was so high in the current standings 🙂
If Miguel Cabrera landed on the sun he would raise the temperature there. He could go 4 -5 vs. Roger Clemens in his prime.
with the triple by carlos gonzalez my streak goes to 9
taking magglio ordones tomorrow hes 3-5 against buchholz and buchholz has struggled in his 2 outings in may and i wouldnt be surprised to see him struggle again against this tigers offense
Tomorrow I have Ethier. Don't know if I'm sticking with him but as soon as I look at his numbers recently I will see if I will.