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The Blog
The BCM Forum moves on...
BCM International is shifting its focus and web presence. The four of us have become increasingly busy in our individual musical lives, and thus have no been able to focus on BCM-related activities for a while.
After recent discussions, we have decided to freeze the BCM Forum in its current form, so that if continues to serve as an archived reference for the many valuable, fascinating conversations and topics we've covered over the past 8 years. As of today, we will not be accepting new registrations or posts, and all topics will be locked - we unfortunately do not have the time or resources to manage and update the forum software, along with all the other behind-the-scenes administrative and technical responsibilities that go into maintaining a website. That being said, BCM is not going away - you can find us on our BCM Facebook community fan page, where we hope further discussions will blossom.
As always, you can find us each at our respective websites and social networking sites:
BCM International on Facebook
Eric Whitacre
Steven Bryant
Jonathan Newman
Jim Bonney
We owe a HUGE "thank-you" to the many, many people who have participated here over the past eight years. We wish you all the very best in your musical endeavors!
BCM @ Midwest 2008
Unlike the past 7 years, BCM will not have a separate, self-contained booth. Instead, we'll have space as part of the Hal Leonard booth, which is on the same aisle we were always on, so just come to the same area we used to be and look around - you'll find us. It won't be the same kind of setup - we won't be hanging around all the time with iPods and scores, but there will be some sort of display of our music, and Eric, Jonathan, and Steve will be there Thursday 1:30-3pm or so. Maybe also on Wednesday afternoon - that's still being determined.
Also, we have performances:
* Wed. 1pm: Penn HS Sym. Band does Steve's "Radiant Joy"
* Thurs. 11:30am: Lockport Township HS Wind Ens. premieres Eric's "Libertas Imperio" (he's conducting)
* Thurs. 5:30pm: USAF Band of Flight does a part of Steve's "First Light" on its reading session
More information and pictures as one of us gets time.
Labels: First Light, Libertas Imperio, Midwest, Radiant Joy
BCM Midwest Booth 2007
A month late, but finally - a few glimpses of BCM life at Midwest 2007!
The booth, freshly setup and ready to go, Wednesday morning. Verena has been instrumental in putting the place together the past two years.
Daniel taking a picture of Steve taking a picture of the booth. Metaphotography at its...finest?
Newman, ready for action...
Composer Donald Grantham stops by the booth.
About 3pm on Wednesday, Terry Austin dropped by the booth and casually notified Steve that Radiant Joy won the NBA/Revelli prize!! Excellent way to start the convention... :)
Jonathan interview Daniel Montoya Jr. cohort, Cathy Benford, for a (possible) upcoming BCM Midwest podcast
Composer and classical radio superstar Chris Tucker is persuaded into a picture with Steve
Steve and Jonathan gang up on Emory University's Scott Stewart
Even through a crowd, Joel Puckett can make sweet love to the camera... (scroll down on that link for it to make sense)
Jim arrives on the scene, wide-eyed and ready to go.
Eric Ewazen came by and caught up with his old Juilliard Teaching Assistant, Newm.
Newm forces St. Charles East HS director Jim Kull to go on ad infinitum about the wonder and majesty that is BCM International. Jim's really good at this. We like Jim a lot.
Frank Ticheli gets a little closer with Steve.
75% of BCM with our Hal Leonard go-to guy and guru, Bruce Bush.
Jim and Newm.
David "WildKoba" Kobayashi, a man of few words and many drinks
James Colonna (Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Fort Wayne), Steve, Jack Stamp. Jim is conducting Radiant Joy this spring with his group in Fort Wayne, and Jack commissioned the piece back in 2006.
Mark Morette of Mark Custom Records drops by. This is how he normally dresses.
The St. Charles East HS Wind Ensemble does a rehearsal clinic with Linda Moorehouse on Steve's Suite Dreams
Nearing the end of the convention, Newm's weariness becomes apparent.
At dinner Friday night with Jerry Junkin and the UT entourage, they surprise Steve with a special slice of cake in honor of his winning the Revelli award. Mmm, cake is good. Though I didn't have my brand new swanky Nikon dSLR handy, this one's for you, Mackey.
After that, it was time to pack up, go home, and rest. As always, we really enjoyed seeing old friends, and making new ones, and we thank every one of you that took time to sit down and listen to some of our music!
Labels: Midwest
I'm honored to announce Radiant Joy has been awarded the National Band Association's 2007 William D. Revelli Composition award!! Thank you to Terry Austin and the NBA Revelli award committee, and to the NBA as a whole for supporting the creation of new music with their various contests and mentoring programs.
Labels: Composition Contest, NBA, Radiant Joy, Revelli
BCM is at Midwest again this year, in our usual spot, #325. If you're at the convention, please come by and pay us a visit!


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The Ultimate Cheesecake
1 cheesecake
Prep time
Cooking time
Total time
- The Crust
2 cup ground graham crackers
1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 cup Butter
- The Filling
1 pound cream cheese
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 pint Sour cream
1 lemon (zested)
1 dash vanilla extract
- Warm Lemon Blueberry Topping
1 lemon (zested and juiced)
1 pint blueberries
2 tablespoon sugar
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the ingredients with a fork until evenly moistened. Lightly coat the bottom and sides of an 8-inch springform pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Pour the crumbs into the pan and, using the bottom of a measuring cup or the smooth bottom of a glass, press the crumbs down into the base and 1-inch up the sides. Refrigerate for 5 minutes.
- For the Filling:
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese on low speed for 1 minute until smooth and free of any lumps. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and continue to beat slowly until combined. Gradually add sugar and beat until creamy, for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add sour cream, lemon zest, and vanilla. Periodically scrape down the sides of the bowl and the beaters. The batter should be well-mixed but not overbeaten. Pour the filling into the crust-lined pan and smooth the top with a spatula.
- Set the cheesecake pan on a large piece of aluminum foil and fold up the sides around it. Place the cake pan in a large roasting pan. Pour boiling water into the roasting pan until the water is about halfway up the sides of the cheesecake pan; the foil will keep the water from seeping into the cheesecake. Bake for 45 minutes. The cheesecake should still jiggle (it will firm up after chilling), so be careful not to overcook. Let cool in pan for 30 minutes. Chill in the refrigerator, loosely covered, for at least 4 hours. Loosen the cheesecake from the sides of the pan by running a thin metal spatula around the inside rim. Unmold and transfer to a cake plate. Using a spatula spread a layer of Warm Lemon Blueberry topping over the surface.
- Slice the cheesecake with a thin, non-serrated knife that has been dipped in hot water. Wipe dry after each cut.
- To make the topping:
- In a small saucepan add all the ingredients and simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes or so until the fruit begins to break down slightly. Leave to cool before spreading on cheesecake.

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III.1 As proposed by the Delegate of the United States of America, and endorsed by the Delegates of Niger, Japan, Italy, Lebanon, Canada and France, Mr Horst Winkelmann (Germany) was elected by acclamation as Chairperson of the Committee. Mr Lambert Messan (Niger) was elected also by acclamation as Rapporteur, and the following members of the Committee were elected as Vice-Chairpersons: Australia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon and Mexico.
III.2 The newly-elected Chairperson thanked warmly the outgoing Chairperson, Dr Adul Wichiencharoen, for his dedicated work in the past year. Having underlined Dr Wichiencharoen's great experience and passionate commitment to World Heritage, Dr Winkelmann then outlined the challenges that lie ahead of the Committee and which can be met only through a coordinated effort of all parties concerned. The full text of his speech is given in Annex III.


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Professor Izumi Niiro is an archaeologist using powerful geographic information systems technology to accurately survey Japanese burial mounts or 'Kofun' built between the third to seventh centuries.
"I first became aware of geographic information systems during a sabbatical at Southampton University in 1991," explains Professor Niiro. "I decided to experiment with this technology for archaeological surveying when I returned to Japan. It enables me to visualize and analyze many types of geographical information such as topographic details of maps."
Initially Professor Niiro started by using IDRISI from Clark University. "These days I use GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) open source system software," says Professor Niiro. "The data analysis was initially done using the Perl programming language, but these days I use Python." Professor Niiro confides that there are very few archaeologists in Japan, if any, who produce their own software programs to analyze geographic information.
Findings by Professor Niiro include visualization of a bronze mirror from the early Kofun Period, third century. "I wrote my own software to visualize the surface of the mirror based on 3D scan information," explains Professor Niiro. "Our results clearly show a triangular-rimmed mirror that is decorated with deities and beasts."
Japan has many Kofun sites. Fig. 3 shows the distribution of typical 'key-holed' burial mounds in Okayama Prefecture. The largest site in Okayama and the fourth largest in Japan is the Tsukuriyama Kofun -- the burial mound of the king of the 'Kibi' completed in the fifth century. The tomb consists of the main Tsukuriyama burial mound and six smaller structures to the south. The dimensions of the Tsukuriyama Kofun are: length-350m, key-hole diameter-200m, height-31 m, and front length-215m. "Our analysis shows that it was built using very precise procedures using Chinese 'shaku' units of length," says Professor Niiro. "One shaku is 232 mm."
Recently, Professor Niiro is extending his research activities to the effect of disasters on culture and civilization. "Volcano eruptions have had tremendous effects on the environment and human culture," says Professor Niiro. "In particular the sixth century saw unprecedented changes in the environment. In Japan, the Emperor of the time ordered the storage of rice in northern Kyushu to assist people in Korea who were affected by disasters precipitated by global climate changes. Similar disastrous effects of climate changes occurred in Ireland. The recent massive earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku has led to the rise in 'disaster archaeology'. The Kofun Period ended in 600 AD probably due to climate change. This led to the introduction of Buddhism in Japan. Archeologists still have a lot to do. "
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The Baltimore school board approved Tuesday a sweeping plan that would close or renovate more than 150 schools, with the goal of bringing the oldest school infrastructure in the state up to 21st-century standards in one decade.
The board voted unanimously to approve the $2.4 billion plan, introduced by city schools CEO Andrés Alonso in November. The vote came on the eve of the 2013 legislative session, and a day after Gov. Martin O'Malley said he would devote $336 million to school construction this year.
The system's 10-year plan will rely heavily on persuading lawmakers to approve a measure that would allow the system to borrow more than $1 billion, and pay it back by securing at least $32 million in funding from the state over several years in the form of a block grant.
The district, with the support of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and advocates, plans to use the 10-year plan to lobby lawmakers for the block grant commitment this session. The city's delegation has identified school funding as its top priority.
"We haven't made history yet, but we will," Jimmy Stuart, co-chair of the Baltimore Education Coalition, said of the board's approval. The coalition will hold a rally in support of the plan in Annapolis in February.
In response to a question Monday, O'Malley said he was open to the idea and looked forward to learning more about the proposal.
School officials in Baltimore County, which has a larger population and the second-oldest infrastructure in the state, are considering a similar plan. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said Tuesday that education funding will be his top priority in the Assembly session and that he'll seek $123 million for school renovation and construction projects.
The city's plan would close 26 buildings, shut down or merge 29 programs, and renovate or rebuild 136 facilities. All of the actions will require annual school board approval.
The first schools affected will close at the end of this school year: Baltimore Rising Star Academy, Garrison Middle, Patapsco Elementary/Middle and William C. March Middle.
Northwestern High School, which is recommended for closure in 2015-2016, is the only high school on the list. Alumni and community leaders said they also plan to take their fight to Annapolis.
"We plan to protest and question the decisions about several schools and about the whole process," said the Rev. C.D. Witherspoon.
The district built the plan from a $1 million study it commissioned, known as the Jacobs Report, that detailed the infrastructure needs of every school building in the city. The report also identified where the system's buildings were grossly underused.
The 10-year plan also seeks to align the district's population with its infrastructure, by increasing the system's overall utilization rate for its buildings from 65 percent to 77 percent. The number of school buildings would decrease from 163 to 137.
The district held several public hearings on the 10-year plan, which has garnered mixed reactions.
At the board meeting Tuesday, representatives from some schools continued to express concern about the safety of displaced students, while others lauded the plan as a renaissance for their communities.
Other education leaders expressed concern about the battle the city faces as it looks for support in the Assembly.
Jimmy Gittings, president of the city's principals union, said he believes the system needs to focus on a series of financial missteps documented in the past year, notably a scathing state audit that found the system's spotty oversight of its biggest expenses — salaries and contracts — led to the loss or mismanagement of hundreds of millions of dollars.
The audit, the first conducted under Alonso's administration, came during a year in which he has had to defend questionable expenses such as $78,000 in overtime to his personal driver, $500,000 in administrators' credit card charges that included expensive dinners and travel, and a $250,000 renovation of an executive suite.
"I find it disheartening that you appear to be spending more time on the system's buildings than its people and fixing the numerous issues raised in the 2012 legislative audit," Gittings wrote to school officials Monday. "The system's success is far more dependent on the people in the schools than the buildings themselves."
The Baltimore school board approved Tuesday a sweeping plan that would close or renovate more than 150 schools, with the goal of bringing the oldest school infrastructure in the state up to 21st-century standards in one decade.


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Sunday, 5 June 2011
#SilentSunday 5th June 2011
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Wow! Did you drive it? You would never need to go to Disnetland if you lived near here.ReplyDelete
Blimey! what a road!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5 June 2011 at 12:02
Ha ha - recognise this road - we were up there of Friday, but didn't take this route. We went rollercoasting from Keswick to Windermere insteadReplyDelete
Wow - wouldn't fancy driving that at any speed.ReplyDelete
we did this both directions in a coach on Wednesday! was rather hair raising ;-)ReplyDelete
Wow fantastic picture, I instantly thought Spain and I know a similar road!! scary stuff when you are sat on the outside xReplyDelete
Oh my goodness! Don't fancy that much!! Hope that you had a fab time xxReplyDelete
wow, that is a serious road! Great shot.ReplyDelete
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Easily keep track of grades in two systems with Grades Journey.
Grades Journey enables institutions to automate the exchange of assignment and grade data between their Student Information Systems (SIS) and Blackboard Learn. With Grades Journey, the SIS can optionally define columns in the Grade Center, graders can post the gradebook for retrieval, and the SIS can retrieve submitted grades. Administrators can configure Grades Journey to control how graders and instructors use Grades Journey.
You can implement the Grades Journey interfaces using flat files, RESTful web services, or LIS 2.0 (SOAP) web services.
Grades Journey Services are included in Blackboard Learn release Q4 2015 and later. Due to wide variation in information systems, SIS feature licenses, implementations, policies, and business practices, grades exchange processes are complex. Implementation services from Blackboard Consulting are recommended. Blackboard Consulting can also assist with custom grades exchange solutions or solutions for older versions of Blackboard Learn.
Please note the following actions are currently not supported for Grades Journey.
- Automatic approval of courses
- Creation of manual column on flat file
In Q4 2016, updates to Grades Journey included improved handling for managing grade columns in, or reading grade data from, merged sections. Institutions using flat file or REST in addition to LIS integration types can now retrieve just the external grade column.
More on Q4 2016 Release Notes
Compatibility for Learn Ultra
The Grades Journey feature described here is applicable only for Original Experience courses and is implemented through a Building Block included with Learn. Similar capabilities, compatible with both Original and Ultra courses are provided through the Consulting Central version of the Grades Journey feature available through the Consulting Central interface on the System Administration page.
A subscription to the "Standard" set of features is included with the Learn service. Clients may purchase a subscription to an additional set of "Premium" features for a fee.
Implementation and End-User documentation for both Standard and Premium features are published on Behind the Blackboard:
- Grades Journey Standard
Configuration and Admin Guide: Article #: 000077194
End User Guide: Article #: 000077193
- Grades Journey Premium
Configuration and Admin Guide: Article #: 000077192
End User Guide: Article #: 000077190
Anthology recommends clients implement or move to the Consulting Central version of Grades Journey for future compatibility.
Installation and configuration for Learn Original
The Grades Journey Service is off by default. To use the tools, administrators must first make the Blackboard Grades Journey Service Building Block available.
More on how to manage Blackboard Learn Building Blocks
Using Grades Journey
After you've installed and configured Grades Journey, begin using it at your institution to share information between Learn and your SIS. Administrators, instructors, and graders use Grades Journey differently.
Grader activities
Users can approve grades for transfer if their role is appropriately configured in the Grades Journey properties.
Approve grades for transfer - Grade approval required
- A grader enters the Grade Center for a given course.
- The grader selects Manage and selects Grade Approval and Transfer.
If lock is turned on, a confirmation page appears. If confirmed, a read only page is displayed and the steps below won't apply.
- If the grader wishes to approve all grades for transfer, use the checkboxes to select the course. Select Approve Grades and confirm. The status updates to indicate approval.
- If the grader wishes to approve only certain grade columns or grades, they must select the checkbox to select the course and select the Grade Column Approval and Transfer button.
- The grader sees all columns eligible for extraction.
- If the grader wishes to approve all grades for the given columns, select the checkbox for the desired columns and select the Approve button to confirm. The status updates to indicate approval.
- If the grader wishes to only approve certain grades, select the desired grade column checkboxes and select the Grade Approval and Transfer button. When any grade column is approved, the course is marked as approved.
- The grader then selects the desired grade and selects Approve to confirm. The status updates to indicate approval. When any grade is approved, the corresponding column is also marked as approved.
- If the grader wants to revoke approval, they find and select the checkbox for the item and select Unapprove.
Approve grades for transfer - Course grade approval (Flat File Integrations)
- A grader enters the Grade Center for a given course.
- The grader selects Manage and selects Grade Approval and Transfer.
- If a history page is not configured, a confirmation page appears. After the grader schedules or approves, the extraction is scheduled and the flat file is generated at the next scheduled time.
- If a history page is configured, it appears with Schedule and Extract options. If the grader chooses Extract, the flat file is generated immediately and the history is updated. If the grader selects Schedule, the extract is generated at the next scheduled time.
- If locking is configured, the Grade Center is now shown in read-only mode. Grades can't be updated unless an administrator unlocks the Grade Center.
Extract files
You can configure Grades Journey to use a local transfer method so an extract file is saved to your local server. After the extract is complete, the file will be located in the path you specified.
- Go to the Administrator Panel > Building Blocks > Installed Tools.
- Locate Blackboard Grade Journey Service in the list and open its settings.
- Select Grade Extract Settings (Outgoing Data).
- Under Result Transfer Settings, refer to the Path field. When the Transfer Method is set to Local, the extracted file will be saved in the location specified in Path.
Administrator activities
Approving grades for transfer
Administrators can approve grades as needed on behalf of graders.
Navigate to System Admin > Tools > Grade Approval and Transfer. Search for the course using the course ID, name, or other details. In the search results, select the course you're interested in. Choose Extract Grades, Approve Grades, Unapprove Grades, or Grade Column Approval and Transfer as appropriate.
Repair grade columns (for REST and LIS integrations)
For implementations in which the SIS sources Grade Center columns, it's possible that the Grade Center columns could be manually deleted in the Grade Center. This doesn't happen often, but accidents can happen.
- If a grade column is deleted and notifications are set up, those users should receive an email. This email will contain the batch_uid for the deleted column. An administrator can fix this issue using the batch_uid.
- A grader or administrator goes to the Grade Center for the affected course and manually creates a replacement column. The new column should have the same settings as the one that was deleted. Make it weighted or manual according to the original column's settings.
- An administrator then navigates to System Admin > Tools > Grade Approval and Transfer.
- Locate the course, select it, and choose Grade Column Repair.
- For the newly created column, enter the batch_uid of the column that was accidentally deleted and select Update Batch Uids.
- The column is now repaired and the transactions should continue to work as expected.
Delete grade status information
The system purposely keeps all grade status information stored until an administrator manually deletes it.
- To delete, navigate to System Admin > Tools > Grade Status Delete.
- Select the date for the delete and select Submit. The system deletes all status information prior to the date specified.
Lock on approval
You can enable a setting in Grades Journey that locks the Grade Center when users approve and transfer grade information. The setting helps make sure that the grade data in Blackboard Learn stays consistent with the information contained in the grade extract file.
If you enable this setting for your institution, users will see a warning that tells them their Grade Center will be locked for that course if they continue with the transfer. The user will still be able to see the grades for that course, but it is a read-only view and they won't be able to edit.
Unlock tool
If an instructor or teaching assistant notices an error after they've extracted the grade information, they may request that you unlock the Grade Center for that course. In these cases, you can unlock the Grade Center for a user after an extract occurs.
- Navigate to System Admin > Tools > Grade Center Course Unlock Tool.
- Enter a course ID and select Submit.
- If the course is found, the unlock flag is reset and then graders can update grades and re-extract or re-schedule.
- If no course is found, an error appears.
Grades Journey implementation methods
|Flat Files Implementation
|Rest API
|Grade Column Provisioning
|Weighted or Manual
|Weighted, Total, or Manual
|Weighted or Manual
|Content Provisioning
|Assignment Only
|Assignment, Test, Wiki, Blog, Journal, Self, Peer, Discussion, Survey
|Grade Values Updates
|Manual (as of 2.9)
|Grade Schema Provisioning
|Grade Extract
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Pituitary Cancer Market Size, Share, Growth, and Forecast to 2029 | DataMIntelligence
Market Overview
Pituitary cancer is characterized by abnormal growth in the pituitary gland. It affects the functioning of the pituitary gland and may cause an increased or decreased level of pituitary hormone secretions within the body. The small pituitary cancer treatment is accessible through noninvasive treatment or medicines. But, a large pituitary cancer treatment is challenging to treat because of its complex nature.
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Market Dynamics
The major driving forces are the rising incidence of pituitary cancers, increasing investments in research and development activities in pituitary cancer, growing technological advancements in pituitary cancer treatment, and increasing demand for non-invasive surgery.
The rising incidence of pituitary cancer is expected to boost the market over the period of forecast. For instance, according to the National Brain Tumor Society, in 2018, 78,980 new cases of non-malignant, primary malignant and other central-nervous-system tumors are diagnosed in the US. Thus, the rising number of cases of brain tumors is expected to drive the pituitary cancer market during the forecast period.
The increasing research and development activities related to pituitary cancer treatment are expected to boost the market. For instance, on July 31, 2019, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has commenced a phase II study of nivolumab plus ipilimumab immunotherapy in patients with aggressive pituitary tumors, and the expected study completion date is July 2021. Thus, research and development activities are driving the market.
However, the high treatment cost, lack of awareness, side effects, and stringent regulations may hamper the pituitary cancer market. Before and after surgery, the side effects of before and after surgery, like infection, bleeding, etc., may restrain the pituitary cancer market over the forecast period.
Market Segmentation
By Diagnosis
- Brain imaging
- Blood tests
- Urine tests
By Treatment type
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Medications
- Others
By End-user
- Hospitals
- Clinics
- Cancer centers
- Others
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Competitive Landscape
The major players operating in the global pituitary cancer market are Sigma-Aldrich, Varian Medical Systems, Elekta, Accuray Incorporated, Corcept Therapeutics, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, and Cydan.
The key players are adopting various strategies such as product launches, mergers & acquisitions, partnerships, and collaborations, contributing to the growth of the pituitary cancer market globally. For instance,
On March 23, 2019, Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated announced a new website CushingResearch.com to support the recruitment in the phase 3 trial (called "GRACE") for Corcept's proprietary compound relacorilant to treat the patients with Cushing's syndrome.
On January 03, 2019, Cydan announced the launch of Tiburio Therapeutics Inc., which focused on developing treatments for rare neuroendocrine tumors and rare endocrine diseases.
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Hour-Long Documentary Airs Thursday, July 18 at 7:00 p.m. ET
Secaucus, N.J., July 11, 2013 – Marking his 50th year in Major League Baseball, Chicago White Sox broadcaster and former All-Star player Ken "Hawk" Harrelson will be profiled in MLB Network's documentary Hawk: The Colorful Life of Ken Harrelson on Thursday, July 18 at 7:00 p.m. ET. In the hour-long special narrated by Bob Costas, Harrelson shares many stories of his meetings and relationships with famous baseball and sports figures, including how Hall of Fame boxer Rocky Marciano offered him a chance to fight former World Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston at Fenway Park; that he twice turned down offers to be manager of the Boston Red Sox and assisted owner Dick O'Connell in offering the job to Don Zimmer; and when Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath explained to him the night before Super Bowl III how the New York Jets were going to beat the Baltimore Colts.
Harrelson recounts other stories about playing for Athletics owner Charlie Finley; the broadcasting advice he received from Curt Gowdy and Howard Cosell; what Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams thought of each other's playing ability; his friendship with Mickey Mantle; meeting Hall of Fame NFL coach Vince Lombardi; and being encouraged to pursue professional golf by Jack Nicklaus.
Taped during May and June 2013 at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago and Harrelson's home in Granger, Indiana, the documentary features archival footage from Harrelson's playing career, his time as a general manager, his exploits in professional golf, his broadcasting career, as well as excerpts from the Harrelson-inspired song "Don't Walk the Hawk" by the Val Perry Trio. Throughout the special, Harrelson shares his thoughts on his broadcasting style, his favorite moment as a broadcaster, how the "Hawk" persona differs from his regular personality.
Harrelson has served as a television broadcaster for the Red Sox (1975-1981), White Sox (1982-1985, 1990-present) and the New York Yankees (1987-1988). As a player, Harrelson batted .239 with 131 home runs and 421 RBI over nine MLB seasons as a first baseman and outfielder with the Kansas City Athletics (1963-1966, 1967), Washington Senators (1966-1967), Red Sox (1967-1969) and Cleveland Indians (1969-1971). He was named an AL All-Star with the Red Sox in 1968 when he batted .275 with 35 home runs and an AL-leading 109 RBI. Aside from his playing and broadcasting career, Harrelson spent time as a professional golfer, competing in the 1972 British Open, and also served as general manager for the White Sox in 1986.
Highlights from Hawk: The Colorful Life of Ken Harrelson include:
Ken Harrelson on the broadcasting advice he received from Curt Gowdy and Howard Cosell:
They were both right, both right. You cannot please everybody, especially in a two-team city. … Over the years, I've had a lot of critics and I've had a lot of love. I'll tell you what, obviously I love the love better, but I don't mind the critics.
Harrelson on turning down three mnager jobs:
I turned down three manager's jobs and that's the reason I turned them down: because my temper is not conducive to being a good manager at all.
Harrelson on how he made money early in his MLB career:
I think in '63, I was platooning. My first two years in the big leagues, I made more money playing golf, shooting pool and arm wrestling than I did in baseball.
Harrelson on how the "Hawk" character was developed during his time with the Red Sox:
The fans in Boston, I would say they really created "Hawk." Yaz [Carl Yastrzemski] was a Triple Crown winner … but Yaz didn't have that personality, ok? There were no personalities there. I think what happened was that the people were really looking for a personality and the Hawk saw that and let it come out, but that was only after he was there. They didn't create him, they just enhanced him in his situation, and I didn't mind it. I went right along with it.
Harrelson on spending time with Joe Namath the night before Super Bowl III:
Joe and I, at one time, were pretty tight. The night before they played the Colts, I was at the Palm Bay Club down in Miami. Joe and I were together and we were together until about one or so o'clock in the morning. He was not drinking and I ask him, "Joe, what's going to happen tomorrow?" He says, "Hawk," he said, "I'll tell you what's going to happen tomorrow." He said, "The Colts are in a zone. They're not going to change. They're not going to change what got them here." He said, "I'm gonna six- and eight-yard them to death and we're going to win this ballgame." He [threw] four, six, eight, four, six, seven [yards]. Midway through the first quarter, you knew the Jets had a good chance of winning and they beat them.
Harrelson on the rivalry between Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio:
Ted Williams and I are having dinner. This is after I'm retired, I'm broadcasting now, and Ted comes down to Spring Training. We're talking, and [of] all the 150 hours we talked on hitting, I never talked to him about DiMaggio. Finally, I said, "Tell me about DiMaggio," because they didn't like each other at all. I said, "Ted, tell me about that trade where DiMaggio was going to come to Fenway. You're going to go to Yankee Stadium with that little short porch out there." He says, "To hell with Yankee Stadium." He said, "Put me in Detroit." I said, "Well, how many home runs would you have averaged in Detroit?" He said, "75 a year," and you got to believe him. I said, "Well, tell me about DiMaggio." He goes, "He's the best right-handed hitter I ever saw." I had never talked with Joe about baseball. This is amazing. I said, "Joe, tell me about Ted Williams and that trade [where] you were going to go to Fenway and he was going to go to New York." I said, "How many home runs would you have averaged in Fenway?" He said, "Probably around 70 a year," but you got to believe him. I said, "Well, tell me about Ted." He goes, "He's the best left-handed hitter I ever saw." Almost verbatim, the two of them.
Harrelson on his relationship with Mickey Mantle:
Mickey and I were tight. We played a lot of golf together. We ran together a lot. We had a lot of fun. Mickey never realized how much we loved him. I played against Mickey for six years. I played against Mickey the last game he ever played, 1968 [at] Fenway Park. [Ralph] Houk sent him up to pinch hit. We all knew it was his last game. I'm standing in right field, crying. I look over at Yaz in left field, he's crying. I couldn't see the infielders, but I guarantee you some of them were crying too. People never realized, or Mickey didn't, how much we loved him.
I love that guy. He told me, "Hawk," he says, "the worst thing I ever did in my life was name one of my kids Mickey, Jr." He said, "But how the hell did I know I was going to grow up to be Mickey Mantle?".
Harrelson on the biggest moment of his broadcasting career:
The biggest moment for me is [Mark] Buehrle's perfect game. The reason is because of Mark Buehrle, the person. Mark Buehrle is my all-time favorite White Sox player. … When you get a guy like Mark Buehrle, when he pitched that perfect game, I cried.
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Kate McGarry On Piano Jazz
Singer-songwriter Kate McGarry has traveled many musical paths, from Celtic music to swing and various genres in between. That ecumenical outlook on music began early in her childhood. Growing up among nine brothers and sisters, she heard a variety of pop music (the Beatles, Earth Wind and Fire, etc.) but she also recalls family outings to hear live Celtic music groups performing at a local Irish pub.
When she was seven years old, McGarry discovered a discarded piano sitting by the curb in her neighborhood. With the help of her brothers she wheeled it up the street and into the McGarry household. She soon began taking lessons, and even though she claims not to have been a good student, the experience ultimately turned her on to jazz. Keith Jarrett was an important influence, as was Bill Evans, whose work still inspires her. This lasting influence is evident as McGarry and Marian McPartland perform the Evans tune "Blue In Green," for which McGarry wrote an original lyric.
For this Piano Jazz session, McGarry brought along keyboardist Gary Versace, whose dual talents as pianist and accordionist provide the perfect accompaniment to McGarry's diverse set list. The two kick off the show with "Whatever Lola Wants," with Versace's accordion backing McGarry's playful vocals. McGarry's folksy influences are on display as she performs her original tune, "Man of God." Joni Mitchell or Rickie Lee Jones might have influenced the music, but the song's lyrics reflect McGarry's own approach to spirituality. She swings on a straight-ahead version of Cole Porter's "I Love You," backed by both McPartland and Versace, and the trio wraps up the hour with a version of Jobim's "Corcovado," sung in the original Portuguese.
Originally recorded Aug. 4, 2008.
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Beer Glossary: A Glossary Of The Different Beer Types
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Trappists are an order of monks who own five breweries in Belgium and one in The Netherlands. They produce strong (6% to 12% alcohol), top-fermenting brews. By law they have exclusive right to use the term "Trappist" in marketing their products. The generic term for beers made by monks of other orders is abbey-style.
|TRIPLE or TRIPEL
A tripel, or triple in English, is a style of Belgian beer that is a strong, pale ale. The term "triple" refers to the brewing process, in which up to three times the amount of malt is used than in a standard "simple" abbey-style beer. Traditionally, triples are bright yellow to gold in color, a shade or two darker than the average Pilsener.
Not related to tripel, above, tripple bock is a the most intense, highest alcohol bock beer, with alcohol levels up to 30% ABV (60 proof). Bock beer is strong, dark sweet, heavy beer, brewed from barley malt. More about triple bock beer. See also bock and double bock.
A cloudy beer. Turbidity is the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles that are generally invisible to the naked eye.
Before the invention of filtration in 1878, most beers were turbid. In German, the term is naturtrüb, meaning naturally turbid'.
Originating in Vienna, Austria, Vienna beer is a very sweet, lightly hopped, light-bodied beer.
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Weissbier is the German word for white beer, a pale brew made from wheat. Weizenbock, a bock beer made from wheat, is sometimes served as a Christmas beer. It is one of the world's oldest beer styles, typically two parts wheat malt to one part barley malt, which creates a light-bodied beer, about 4% to 5% alcohol. The Dutch/Flemish (Belgian) term for Weissbier is witbier. Belgian witbieren (the plural of witbier) often are brewed with spices such as coriander, or fruits such as bitter orange peel, giving them slightly fruity nuances. In Germany, there are two styles: Weizen in the western and northern regions and Weissbier or Weisse in Bavaria. See also Berliner Weisse, Gruut, Hefeweizen, Lambic and Kristallweizen. Weissbier is popularly paired with Weisswurst (white sausage), a fresh, mildly spiced pork and veal sausage.
A high-alcohol wheat beer.
An unfiltered Belgian-style spiced ale, pale and cloudy. As a crisp white ale, it has a high level of wheat, and sometimes oats. The spices typically include orange peel and coriander, with other fruits, spices or herbs added by the brewmaster. At bars and restaurants, it is sometimes served with a lemon wedge.
A beer that is brewed with a significant proportion of wheat, which provides a distinctive pale color, creamy texture and a light, sweet flavor. Some have overtones of banana and clove. The best-known wheat beers are Belgian witbier and German Weissbier. See Weisse.
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The fermentable sugars made from the mash. See beer-making for the entire process of beer-making.
Yeast cells love to eat sugar. In doing so, they cause the wort (the sweet liquid from the water and heated grains) to ferment, which produces alcohol and carbon dioxide. Yeast also imparts flavor and can be used to give a fruity taste to beer.
The science or study of fermentation.
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The Weakness Of The Ahaadeeth Mentioning Wiping The Face With The Hands After Du'aa (Supplication)
From Irwaa' al-Ghaleel (2/178-182) by Shaykh al-Albaanee
- "The Prophet (صلى الله علیه وسلم), when he raised his hands in du`aa', he would not put them down until he had wiped his face with them."
Da`eef (Weak). Transmitted by Tirmidhi (2/244) & Ibn `Asaakir (7/12/2) via: Hammaad ibn `Isa al-Juhani from Hanzalah ibn Abi Sufyaan al-Jamhi from Saalim ibn `Abdullaah from his father from `Umar ibn al-Khattaab, who said: ...
Tirmidhi said after it,"This is a saheeh ghareeb hadeeth. We only know it as a hadeeth of Hammaad ibn `Esa, for he is alone in reporting it; he has few ahaadeeth, but the people have reported from him."
However, this reporter is weak, as in Taqreeb of Ibn Hajr, who says about him in Tahdheeb:
- Ibn Ma`een said, "A good Shaykh" [1]
- Abu Haatim said, "Weak in Hadeeth";
- Abu Daawood said, "Weak, he reports munkar ahaadeeth";
- Haakim and Naqqaash said, "He reports fabricated ahaadeeth from Ibn Juraij and Ja`far as-Saadiq."
- He is declared to be weak by Daaraqutni.
- Ibn Hibbaan said, "He reports things which are the wrong way round on the authority of Ibn Juraij and `Abdul `Azeez ibn `Umar ibn `Abdul `Azeez, such that it seems to those whose field this is that it is deliberate; it is not permissible to use him as proof."
- Ibn Maakoolaa said, "They declare his ahaadeeth to be weak."
Hence, the like of this reporter is very weak, so his ahaadeeth cannot be raised to the level of hasan, let alone saheeh!
A similar hadeeth is:
"When the Prophet (صلى الله علیه وسلم) did du`aa' and raised his hands, he would wipe his face with his hands."
Da`eef (Weak). Abu Daawood (1492) from Ibn Lahee`ah from Hafs ibn Hishaam ibn `Utbah ibn Abi Waqqaas from Saa'ib ibn Yazeed from his father.
This is a weak sanad due to Hafs ibn Hishaam being unknown and the weakness of Ibn Lahee`ah (cf. Taqreeb at-Tahdheeb).
This hadeeth cannot be strengthened by the two routes of narration together due to the severity in weakness of the first one, which you have seen.
- "When you call upon Allaah, then supplicate with the palms of your hands, and do not supplicate with their backs, and when you finish, wipe your face with them."
Da`eef (Weak). Related by Ibn Maajah (1181, 3866), Ibn Nasr in Qiyaam al-Lail (p. 137), Tabaraani in Al-Mu`jam al-Kabeer (3/98/1) & Haakim (1/536), from Saalih ibn Hassaan from Muhammad ibn Ka`b from Ibn `Abbaas (رضي الله عنه) as marfoo`.
- This is a weak sanad due to Ibn Hassaan, who is munkar in Hadeeth, as Bukhaari said; Nasaa'i said, "He is abandoned in Hadeeth";
- Ibn Hibbaan said, "He used to have female singers and listen to music, and he used to narrate fabricated reports on the authority of trustworthy narrators";
- Ibn Abi Haatim said in Kitaab al-`Ilal (2/351), "I asked my father (i.e. Abu Haatim al-Raazi) about this hadeeth, to which he said: 'Munkar'."
Ibn Hassaan has been backed up by `Eesaa ibn Maimoon, who also reported it from Muhammad ibn Ka`b, as related by Ibn Nasr. However, this does not alter anything, since Ibn Maimoon is similarly weak:
- Ibn Hibbaan said, "He reports ahaadeeth, all of which are fabricated";
- Nasaa'i said, "Not reliable."
This hadeeth of Ibn `Abbaas is also related by Abu Daawood (1485), and from him Baihaqi (2/212), via: `Abdul Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Aiman from `Abdullaah ibn Ya`qoob ibn Ishaaq from someone who narrated to him from Muhammad ibn Ka`b, the wording being:
"Do not cover the walls. He who looks into the letter of his brother without his permission, verily he looks into the Fire. Ask Allaah with the palms of your hands, and do not ask him with their backs, and when you finish, wipe your faces with them."
This is a weak sanad: `Abdul Malik is declared weak by Abu Daawood; it also contain the Shaykh of `Abdullaah ibn Ya`qoob who is unnamed, and therefore unknown - it is possible that he may be Ibn Hassaan or Ibn Maimoon, both of whom are mentioned above.
The hadeeth is also transmitted by Haakim (4/270) via: Muhammad ibn Mu`aawiyah, who said that Masaadif ibn Ziyaad al-Madeeni narrated to him that he heard it from Muhammad ibn Ka`b al-Qurazi. Dhahabi followed this up by pointing out that Ibn Mu`aawiyah was declared to be a liar by Daaraqutni, so the hadeeth is falsified.
Abu Daawood said about this hadeeth, "This hadeeth has been narrated via more than one route on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ka`b; all of them are feeble."
- This is a weak sanad due to Ibn Hassaan, who is munkar in Hadeeth, as Bukhaari said; Nasaa'i said, "He is abandoned in Hadeeth";
Raising the hands on doing Qunoot for a calamity is established from the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله علیه وسلم) in his supplication against the polytheists who killed seventy reciters - transmitted by Imaam Ahmad (3/137) & Tabaraani in Al-Mu`jam as-Sagheer (p. 111) as the hadeeth of Anas with a saheeh sanad. Similar is proved from `Umar and others in the Qunoot of Witr Prayer. However, since wiping the face after Du`aa' al-Qunoot is not quoted at all from the Prophet (صلى الله علیه وسلم), nor from any of his Companions, it is an innovation without doubt.
As for wiping the face after du`aa' outside of prayer, there are only these two ahaadeeth; it is not correct to say that they mutually strengthen each other to the rank of hasan, as Manaawi did, due to the severity of the weakness found in their routes of narration. This is why Imaam Nawawi said in Majmoo`, "It is not recommended", endorsing Ibn `Abd as-Salaam, who said, "Only an ignorant person does it."
The view that wiping the face after du`aa' is not prescribed is strengthened by the fact that there are many authentic ahaadeeth about raising the hands in supplication, and in none of them is there a mention of wiping the face; this shows, Allaah Willing, that it is unacceptable and not prescribed.
[1] If Ibn Ma`een speaks favourably about a narrator, whereas the rest of the scholars declare him to be weak, then the statement of Ibn Ma`een is disregarded, the reason being that he was known for his strictness and severity in criticism: weak narrators would be very careful not to reveal their weakness before him; he would therefore pass judgment accordingly. This explains why he is alone in authenticating the narrator.


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Ratatouille (United States, 2007)
Brad Bird may be one of the few animated filmmakers working today who understands what the concept of a "family film" means. It's something that offers material to viewers of all ages and doesn't lose one group by catering too strongly to another. Following The Iron Giant and The Incredibles, Bird has turned his attention to the sewers and kitchens of Paris with Ratatouille. In some ways, it's an odd subject for a big-budget cartoon. Rats don't make for the most cuddly of animated creatures and the movie spends enough time developing plot that younger children may squirm. Nevertheless, while Ratatouille misses the pinnacle achieved by The Incredibles (considered by some to be the best-ever computer animated film), it provides solid entertainment and shows why something like Shrek the Third should be cast aside.
In Ratatouille, Remy (voice of Patton Oswalt) is a culinary wizard of a rat. His senses are so refined that he refuses to eat garbage and is used by others as a "poison detector" since he can tell if something is toxic by sniffing it. His desire, however, is to become a chef, and he gets a chance to achieve his dreams when he meets Linguini (Lou Romano), a janitor at Gusteau's, a famous Paris restaurant. Hiding under Linguini's chef's hat, Remy urges the young man to create dishes of amazing mastery. Like Cyrano de Bergerac, Remy pulls the strings and Linguini takes the credit. Soon, Gusteau's is the talk of the city and Linguini has captured the heart of the woman of his dreams, Colette (Janeane Garofalo). But trouble looms. The chef (Ian Holm) whose position Linguini usurped wants revenge. And powerful food critic Anton Ego (Peter O'Toole) has decided to have a meal an Gusteau's; on the night of his arrival, Remy is nowhere to be found.
Flushed Away had no difficulty using rats as main characters, largely because they looked much like human beings with a lot of hair. Ratatouille provides us with rodents that, while not lifelike, are close enough that it could give some phobic viewers a moment's pause. Since this is Disney, the film emphasizes the creatures' "cute" aspects - a round pink nose and wide, innocent eyes - but there's no mistaking what they are. Ultimately, it's a lot easier to think about cuddling up next to a penguin than a rat. This is one instance in which the realism of CGI may not be an asset.
Ratatouille continues the recent trend of A-level animated pictures raising the visual bar. With human beings looking ever more like their real-life counterparts, it's becoming increasingly obvious that the future of computer generated animation may know no boundaries. There's a chase scene during the second half of Ratatouille that takes us through the streets of Paris and onto boats floating on the Seine. This sequence is so exquisite that it's almost impossible to believe it was conceived and realized within a computer. The single noteworthy quality of Shrek the Third was its animation, and Ratatouille has topped it. (Not that we would expect anything less from Pixar.)
Bird has fashioned the movie as a parable about racism and tolerance. The conflict here is between rats and humans, and the breakthrough comes when members of each species learn a little about those of the other. Then there's the Cyrano de Bergerac angle, which will go over the heads of children (and perhaps some older audience members). While there are no song-and-dance numbers to enrapture kids, there are plenty of action sequences and a majority of the comedy is universal enough to tickle the funny bones of viewers of all ages.
For the most part, the vocal casting relies on actors with generic voices or those who can hide their natural intonations. The exception is Peter O'Toole, who gives ominous depth to the character of Anton Ego (although the visual representation of the critic looks like Christopher Lee as filtered through Tim Burton). This isn't O'Toole's first role in an animated movie, but it may be his most memorable. He also delivers an interesting monologue about critics that could be seen as applying to more than those who review restaurants.
At nearly two hours in length, Ratatouille demands a longer attention span than most animated movies. (Plus, it's fronted by a five-minute short, Gary Rydstrom's delightful "Lifted.") It rewards those with patience, regardless of age. The movie wisely saves its best and most impressive set pieces for the second half, whether they're the aforementioned chase or the sight of hundreds of rats invading a restaurant kitchen. And, while Ratatouille isn't specifically about the love of food, that's another ingredient Bird has stirred into the pot.
Coupled with Surf's Up, Ratatouille offers movie-goers a recent rarity: back-to-back quality animated family films. It has been years since we have seen something similar, and the effectiveness of this movie helps to wash away some of the bad aftertaste left by Shrek the Third. For parents looking to spend time in a theater with their kids or adults who want something lighter and less testosterone-oriented than the usual summer fare, Ratatouille offers a savory main course.
Ratatouille (United States, 2007)
Cast: (voices) Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn, Peter O'Toole, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo
Screenplay: Brad Bird
Music: Michael Giacchino
U.S. Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
U.S. Release Date: 2007-06-29
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
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In episode 105 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Liz Smith and Marian Call.
About Liz:
Who is Dammit Liz? Dammit Liz, aka Liz Smith, is an independent freelance event consultant specializing in geek and pop culture events.
I am passionate about what I do. If you have a project that needs organization, chaos management or just some stress relief, I am here to help. I can put your project on track and eliminate that sense of panic
About Marian:
Marian is a spunky independent singer-songwriter based in Alaska who spends most of the year playing concerts all over North America. Her songs are acoustic indie pop with flavors of folk, funk, and jazz, always heartfelt and often humorous. She has played concerts in all 50 states and most of the Canadian provinces, plus a territory or so. Tour dates, free streaming music, CD's, and more are available at MarianCall.com.
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Are You Looking for a Proven System for Preventing ACL Tears that will Keep Your Athletes Healthy and Performing at Full Speed All Season Long?
This Step-By-Step, Easy-To-Follow System Has
Helped Thousands Of Athletes
Prevent Major Knee Injuries. It Has Been Tested Over Ten Years And Developed Into A
Proven Systematic Coaching Approach
, And Now You Can Use it with Your Athletes to Keep Them Injury-Free Too!
Dear Fellow Coaches and Trainers
Jerry Shreck
ACL Tear Prevention Program Creator
Hi, I'm Jerry Shreck and I've teamed up with Jedd Johnson to share with you a system I have used for the last 10 years that has developed into the most successful ACL tear prevention program available today.
Let me briefly explain how this program came into existence...
In 1996, I was working for a high school as their first Athletic Trainer and Strength Coach.
When I arrived on board, the program was a mess;
the first year alone I saw 6 torn ACLs
I told the school administration that if we could commit all the teams to take up lifting weights that injuries would go down.
They did indeed go down the next year, but 4 athletes still had ACL tears.
This was unacceptable to me
so I talked to everyone I could in the field of strength and conditioning and injury prevention for athletes.
researched everything I could get my hands on
, learning about
proper warm-ups
jumping drills
, and
posterior chain training
I applied everything I learned with my athletes and knee injuries went down again, but to my frustration, we still had 3 ACL tears that year.
I left that high school for an opportunity to work at a Division I University as an Athletic Trainer. Although the athletes were much more developed and skilled,
I still saw what I thought was way too many ACL injuries
So I kept researching and going to every clinic I could afford. By the second year there I was working with teams in the mornings in the weight room as their strength coach (they had no actual strength coach).
At the end of my third year, the University built a new training facility and I was officially hired as their first Head Strength Coach. I knew with my knowledge of the body and talking with just about every strength coach, athletic trainer, and physical therapist on the east coast that there had to be a way to lower the percentages of sports related injuries, like ACL tears.
Injury prevention became my top priority in the weight room
What I learned was that
weight training was not enough
. I discovered that the most effective drills involved completely re-training
deceleration techniques
in order to keep the knee stable and injury free.
Training athletes how to properly decelerate their bodies led me to developing a proven system for Acle Tear Prevention.
That's right
effective reduction of ACL Tears depends on your ability to Decelerate your body
, and that is what we will show you in our program, Deceleration Training to Prevent ACL Tears.
These days, ACL Tears are non-existent with the athletes who go through my program. In fact, in the rare case that an athlete in my school experiences an ACL tear, it is almost always a freshman who has not gone through the program yet.
The bottom line is this:
This Program Works for Me and My Athletes, and it Will Work for Yours as Well.
What is the ACL?
ACL stands for
igament. The ACL connects the Femur (upper leg bon) to the Tibia (larger lower leg bone), and it's purpose is to give stability to the knee by not allowing the lower leg to travel too far forward.
What Causes the ACL to Tear?
There are
two main types of ACL tears
1. Contact ACL Tears
: These result by being hit by some sort of outside force.
For instance, if a soccer player gets taken out by a defender and his/her leg is bent violently, it can tear the ACL.
Or if a Football Lineman gets into a pile and someone rolls onto his leg, it can cause an ACL tear.
Contact ACL Tears are hard to predict and even tougher to prevent.
2. Non-Contact ACL Tears
: These result from the athlete's inability to control his or her body.
Generally, in sports like Soccer, Football, Rugby, Field Hockey, Basketball, and many others, there is a great deal of changes of direction, cutting, angling, and landing on the ground after jumping.
In these types of scenarios, if an athlete is unable to properly control their body, a Non-Contact ACL Tear can take place.
Non-Contact ACL Tears are much more preventable
you prepare the right way.
Our program, Deceleration Training to Prevent ACL Tears is designed to train athletes to use their lower body correctly.
This brings about two extremely important training results.
By decelerating the right way, can stay injury free while stopping, landing, and decelerating.
Also, with our program, athletes will improve their abilities to produce maximal power for jumping, sprinting, cutting away from defenders, and other athletic movements.
So, what is the right way to decelerate the body?
The proper way to decelerate the body is with the glutes
- the powerful muscles in your posterior chain.
many athletes do not use their glutes well
when slowing their bodies down and changing directions, resulting in poor control of their bodies when in motion.
This lack of body control is brought about by three main factors.
Find out more below...
The Three Biggest Problems
That Lead to ACL Tears
Problem #1: Quad Dominance
In recent years, I am seeing more and more student athletes coming into my University who are Quad Dominant.
Quad Dominance means that the athlete uses his/her Quadriceps muscles as the primary muscle group to decelerate their body.
The problem here is that when the Quadriceps muscles decelerate the body, it puts even more pressure on the ACL to do its job.
Quad Dominant athletes' knees will often track forward during the deceleration process, creating more stress in the knee, especially on the ACL.
Combine the forward translation of the knee in a Quad Dominant situation with the need to also change directions or veer off at an angle and you have an even riskier situation for the ACL.
Problem #2: Over-Specialization at a Young Age
These days, it is much more common for young athletes to specialize for a given sport.
Whereas only a few years ago, athletes would play several sports throughout the year, now it is not strange to hear of athletes who play just one sport.
To add to this situation, they also play this one sport all year long. For instance, youth soccer players can be seen playing in soccer leagues during the Fall, and then playing Indoor Soccer during the Winter.
Many will play in another league once the weather warms up during the Spring time, and then join a traveling team during their Summer breaks.
All of this specialization can lead to reduction in the tensile strength of the soft tissues, and that means there is an increased risk for athletes to end up with a devastating knee injury like an ACL tear.
Problem #3: Tight Hip Flexors & Weak Gluteal Muscles
The habits of our youth athletes have changed over recent years.
Instead of spending much of their free time playing back yard games like kickball and tag, and having adventures by climbing trees and building forts, many kids spend an inordinate amount of time seated.
Sure, they play sports after school - and they play hard too!
But they also spend all day in classes sitting.
They are sitting down while traveling home from school in the car or on the bus.
And, perhaps the biggest change of all is that these days youth spend a great deal of time either watching TV, using a computer, or just sitting around texting their friends.
Whereas you and I might have played for several hours once we got home or helped our parents with the chores around the house, many of our young athletes are passing the time away sitting down.
Being in the seated position for so much time throughout the day has been found to shorten and tighten the hip flexor muscles, which in turn, sets our athletes up for weak gluteal muscles.
In short,
young athletes do not know how to use the muscles in their butts
If you have weak glutes
, it means that
in order to decelerate your body
when landing after a jump or changing directions on the court,
the Quadriceps muscles will be left to do the majority of the work
And we already established that decelerating the body with the Quads is bad
So, the question is:
What are we going to do about it???
This is where our program, Deceleration Training to Prevent ACL Tears comes in
Deceleration Training is a
step-by-step approach
to correcting the major problems that contribute to torn ACL's: Over-Dominant Quadriceps Muscles and Weak Glutes.
The program begins by
first identifying the weaknesses and movement issues
the athlete might have and
immediately addressing and correcting them
Then as the program progresses, we build upon these corrections and help the athletes become even better at decelerating their bodies with their glutes.
Soon, this progress helps the athlete
develop safer, stronger knees
while also
becoming more powerful on the field or court
Read below for more details on how we make this happen...
Here is Our Step-by-Step
ACL Tear Prevention Program
Phase 1 - Box Deceleration Work:
In this section, you will learn how to use a plyometric box as the first step for teaching an athlete which muscles to emphasize for deceleration.
This is very important because it is here where you can begin to see how the athlete naturally stops their body and you can immediately begin correcting bad habits and developing proper neuromuscular firing patterns.
Skipping this stage will slow the process down and make progress more difficult once you get into the more demanding drills later in the program. We recommend all athletes start here, regardless of experience, in order to establish a baseline as well as to begin developing an understanding of the terminology and the approach that the coach will be using when rolling out the rest of the program.
Phase 2 - Deceleration Stop Positions & 5x5 Drills:
Now, you will discover the three main stopping positions that your athletes must master for proper deceleration of the body.
This is a vital part of the program because most non-contact ACL tears occur when an athlete is starting to decelerate and then change direction. The 5x5 drills will help develop better technique for preventing tears.
You DO NOT want to skip this part of the program because if your athletes are "quad-dominant" (and many are) this is your best opportunity to identify it, correct it, and reduce their risk for ACL tears.
Phase 3 – 5x5 Drills with Defensive and Offensive Take-offs:
In this stage, you will understand exactly how to train proper change of direction skills after the correct deceleration techniques have been learned.
This is a key development skill for your athletes so that they know how to properly position themselves for changes in direction.
Make sure to emphasize correct technique here because in later parts of the program, you will perform the same take-offs but with much more speed.
Phase 4 – Power Runs with Forward Accelerations:
Now that deceleration has been emphasized for several weeks, it is time to improve re-acceleration with Power Runs.
This step in the process is very important because not only will the athletes be less apt to injure themselves, but they will also learn how to re-accelerate more efficiently.
In a game of inches where every second counts, we must be able to stop and go again as quickly and efficiently as possible. This phase will develop this skill very well.
Phase 5 – Power Runs with Defensive & Offensive Take-offs:
At this point in the program, we will take Power Runs to another level and ramp up the speed and directional demands of the sports your athletes compete in.
This is a time to begin challenging your athletes because they must be able to position themselves properly while also being able to think, react, and respond to outside stimulae, which you will provide.
By now, your athletes have developed advanced deceleration skills and are able to change directions much better than in previous weeks, and this will show in the performance against the opposition when it counts the most.
Phase 6 – Direction Power Runs (Drills) & Starting Sprint Out Positions (Variations):
In this section, you will learn exactly how you can increase the challenge level of the drills even further by modifying the starting positions and how your players move down the field or court.
You will be able to continually modify these drills to make them as specific to the sport as possible, without using a ball, stick, or pads. This is where this program gets fun for the athletes.
On top of that, your athletes will truly be able to realize their athletic potential while essentially bullet-proofing their knees, meaning less worry of injury and better concentration on dominating their sport.
You will see from the beginning that
our program is based on
, where we start out with
simple drills
and work up to more advanced training methods. This ensures that all athletes, no matter what their development level, get the
foundational instruction
they need in order to best benefit from the program.
Here is more of what you will find in our ACL Tear Prevention Program:
Easy Step-by-Step Coaching Instructions
Jerry and I strive to provide information that anyone can understand and put into action, from the newest of trainers to the most experienced of therapists and practitioners. While we understand advanced terminology, we won't try to dazzle you with mumbo jumbo. Everything is laid out in a straight-forward way. Even athletes who are training themselves will know exactly what they need to do in order to be successful using our program.
Adaptable Drills for all Levels of Experience and Development
This program will work for athletes at all levels of competition. I have implemented this with athletes in Junior High, High School, College, and even Professional Football Players. The program is very flexible and can be molded to fit athletes who progress slowly or ones who make leaps and bounds overnight.
No Major Weight Room Equipment is Needed
You will not have to take a huge chunk out of your budget in order to put our program into action. In fact 95% of this training is done on courts or fields. Any flat surface will do, so you can train your clients and athletes effectively.
No Huge Commitment of Time
You don't have to worry about re-writing your entire training program with your athletes in order to implement our ACL Tear Prevention Program. Some of the drills in our program can be easily paired with lifts in the gym in a "super-set" format. Others can be done as part of your general warm-up, or as a segment of your conditioning routines. Your athletes will think they are doing the same old drills, when in fact they are bullet-proofing their knees!
Simple-to-Follow Training Phases
You will see right away that each phase will build upon what your athletes have developed in the earlier stages. This allows you as a coach to see which athletes need more time at certain stages, and which are ready to move on to more demanding drills.
We hope you are ready to start implementing our program and to begin seeing a huge difference in your athletes' abilities, while also dramatically reducing their risk for season- and career-shortening knee injuries.
All the best in your training!
Jerry Shreck & Jedd Johnson
Common Questions About the Decelertion Training Program:
Q: I am a new Strength Coach - will I understand everything you tell me?
A: I believe you will have no issues understanding everything in this coaching/training manual. We really tried to put this together using no big physiological terms. The last thing we want you to do is have to go look something up to understand it. If by chance you come across something that you are not fully clear on-you will have full access to contact Jedd or I to answer any question you may have.
Q: I have limited room, will I still be able to do this?
A: Yes, you really won't need tons of space or equipment. If you are going to be training a large team you will need to accommodate for the size of the team. But the most space you will need is 30-40 yards. I use empty basketball courts or football/soccer fields, but any flat area with a decent flooring/ground would work. I would avoid training on pavement.
Q: I work with top level college athletes. Is this something they can use or are they too advanced and "beyond" this?
A: Trust me they will not be too advanced or beyond this systematic training system. They just probably won't have to spend as much time learning each training phase.
Q: I am just a personal trainer working out of the trunk of my car, will this work for me?
A: Yes, just find some flat open space at a park or field and you are all set.
Q: I work mainly with kids under 12. Is this something I can use?
A: Depending on the level of athleticism and maturity-yes. I have used these training principles with a youth under 10 soccer team but these were all good players for their age. Young athletes would benefit with this but with my past experiences, only in small doses. Attention levels at younger ages do not last to long.
Q: Jerry, what if some of the athletes don't catch on as quickly?
A: All athletes learn at different paces. It is well documented in this system not to advance to the next phase until the current one is mastered. It is also OK to go back to a previous phase also if you mistakenly advanced a little to quickly.
Q: How much equipment is needed to run this program?
A: If you are creative then you really don't need any equipment. A plyo-box and maybe some small cones (3) is all you need, but you could use a stable park bench and water bottles as alternatives.
Q: I suck at taking notes. Will I be able to remember everything on the DVD?
A: The DVD is very easy to follow but we knew some people would also want a manual to take to the field or courts, so we developed both.
Q: I work with older clients who just like back yard pastimes. Will this work for them?
A: This program was developed for athletes. If your older client plays in an adult league sport with stop and go, change of direction type of movements; then yes it would work for them. If they are playing horse shoes, then this really would not be for them.
Jerry Shreck
Jerry has been in the strength field for the past 16 years and a Division I Head Strength Coach for the past 12 years. He has multiple certifications and is a licensed Athletic Trainer. He presents at numerous clinics, has a monthly fitness segment for a local TV station, and is sought out by other professionals for his injury prevention techniques.
Jedd Johnson
Jedd is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist or CSCS. I have been an active member since 2001 and have spoken at many NSCA clinics in Pennsylvania on athletic strength development. I am excited to release this product because I feel it will be very helpful for athletes towards preventing serious injuries.


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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
warm puppy
for his birthday he got two cookie bones from cafe luna (thanks kim for
turning him on to them), his favorite thing in the world almost ,except cheese.
and he got this new sweater. he really seems to love it, he jumped around for a
bit and did that rolling thing like he was trying to remove it. but then
i think he realized he wasn't cold anymore and he's been wearing it all morning.
i started with a pattern on ravelry, but quickly changed it up. if you have a
shivery puppy you'd like to warm, notes are here. next time i'm changing it even
more, knitting one long tube in the round with openings for his little puppy legs. please
forgive the wretched seaming here, that was the result of sleep knitting. i sleep knitted
my tea leaves too and ended up pulling out four inches, while sleepy also, which resulted
in a very large pile of tangly wool (using two balls at once.) i didn't have the heart
to take a photo of that. oh dear.
still reading and delighting in wildwood.
joining with ginny and all the yarnalongers here.
55 comments:
Oh my goodness Lori, he is just so adorable! Happy birthday to Owen. I have a little sweater for my Twinkie, but he isn't too thrilled to wear it. You know, maybe it's because it's store bought and not made with love like yours! Twinkie likes cheese too along with popcorn [we eat popcorn daily].ReplyDelete
I hope your day is a beautiful one!
He looks adorable. What a cute sweater and even cuter dog. So sorry about the tea leaves though.ReplyDelete
Happy Barkday Owen♥ReplyDelete
He looks studly in his sweater
Adorable turtleneck! It's wonderful that you have a dog to dress up since your kids are grown.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous everything, as always! Beautiful sweater, dog, pictures, backgrounds, decorations....you are really quite talented! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
oh dear, thank you, it's been cold here and owen has been shivering. not really playing dress up. i do hope this helps him to be more comfortable.
I am glad Paco has his thick woolly fur, or now i would feel obliged to knitting him a coat, too, seeing how Owen loves to wear his! And how cute it makes him look!ReplyDelete
But when I see how my little new grandson is growing faster than I can knit, it would surely take me till springtime till I had it finished. Good Paco. We got the right dogs for our abilities, didn`t we? Happy 2nd birthday, Owen. Now you must think of something to share with Lori for Christmas. I`ll whisper suggestions into your ear, tehee!
wretched seams? all i see is a perfect fit.ReplyDelete
adorable and snug and perfectly made. that is owen and that is his sweater.
love love
it looks fab! and your pup looks like a sweetie. my kids are trying to get me to knit sweaters for their guinea pigs but i'm pretending like i don't hear them ;-)ReplyDelete
Once again Lori, I love the grey and red : ) and your puppy is precious! Love to see what you are up to every week.ReplyDelete
Owen is adorable! I sleep knitted last night too. Nice chunky wool though, so not too tangly but still...ReplyDelete
Hi dear Lori,ReplyDelete
I have been so out of touch with everything. Seems like all I do is work on this book, which is really a small one, but so time consuming. Spend hours on the phone with my editor and then hours redoing. That is life though, like ripping out bad stitches.
Wanted to let you know that my beloved Maine neighbor and dear friend is moving to Carp. She is going to live in an old house by Esau's Restaurant (am I spelling that right?) I want you to meet her. I can't think of a more giving, loving, and wonderful person to connect you to.
Your photos, if possible, get more and more lovely and evocative...and doesn't Owen look handsome?
Owen is a doll baby! He looks very handsome in his new sweater! Frodo and Owen would get along great unless if there was cheese in the room then they would have to share :DReplyDelete
OWEN!!! haha so cool....or warm xxReplyDelete
Lori, you've got one lucky dog! My aunt was just telling me that I should start knitting dog sweaters, presumably for her puppy :)ReplyDelete
Love Owen! Love his sweater! Love the Hedgehog too!ReplyDelete
Love, always,
♥ Robin ♥
What cutie! I love the stripes!ReplyDelete
Owen, you lucky pup you, to have such a loving mommy who gives you so much. I hope i can be that kind of mommy to a pup one day :).ReplyDelete
Sleep knitting, huhaaahh! So that is what it's called...I know it well..
ordered Wildwood!! Yay!!
oh my oh my! i love this little snuggle suit for owen and wonder if i could make one for my lola? she loves sweaters and fortunately has been getting some nice fleece ones sewn up by kristen. i just love knit sweaters on dogs. well done lori! happy birthday owen!ReplyDelete
What a cutie!!! In a splendid stripey sweater. I shan't show the whippets, all five will be pestering me for knitwear ;DReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2011 at 2:06 PM
Happy Birthday, Owen!!! You look quite dashing in your new duds--and your little halo is on so nice and straight. (Freddy has been having a tad of trouble with his lately. Holiday excitement, I guess.)ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, owen looks so sweet in his sweater! Wishing you & your family all the best.ReplyDelete
SO cute!! Happy birthday Owen! (I like how all of his shots are action shots. But isn't that always the way with squirmy pups?)ReplyDelete
I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving and that life is treating you well. :)
Our Terrier Chip would love one of those :-)ReplyDelete
Oh, Lori...the sweater is darling! And I am in love with the red and white fabric on the weathered table, the toadstools and the hedgehog!ReplyDelete
I have a real soft spot for dogs with "proper" names, ever since, as a teenager, my brother declared that he would one day have a dog called Andrew or Robert... still waiting for that to happen mind you! Owen looks very smart.ReplyDelete
oh my goodness - that is just too adorable! he looks so cute and cuddley, and cozy warm.ReplyDelete
I've sleep knitted also - isn't it silly? and it never comes out good. ah well
He's the cutest!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2011 at 6:48 PM
Oh my, that is so cute!ReplyDelete
I want! Owen is an adorable ham.ReplyDelete
Now THIS just might get my middle daughter more excited about knitting!ReplyDelete
Blessings, Debbie
So cute! He looks very handsome in his sweater :)ReplyDelete
Ha! I love it! What a cutie! Oh I really want a doggy, just need to convince the other half! :) xReplyDelete
What an adorable dog and sweater! I was just looking at patterns for my pup last night, I want her to be extra warm this winter in our new colder environment. I like the colour combo too.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Owen ~ you look adorable in your new sweater ♥ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Owen!!ReplyDelete
His sweater is too gorgeous Lori, I love it!!
Lori, I have never been one for clothes on animals, but in this case I make an exception :-). Darling and Owen is too wonderful for words, Happy Birthday sweetie!ReplyDelete
Owen looks happy in his new coat. Our Penny has a coat made of an old housecoat of mine, she doesn't mind it because it really does help keep her warm on these damp cool days. I hope you enjoy many more birthdays with little Owen.ReplyDelete
Owen is a real character! I've never seen a dog wearing a sweater wearing a big smile too! What a little cutie! I've just been reading your blog posts I missed while I was away, and feeling in awe of your husband! That's a tough marathon, well done him for running it, you must be very proud of him. The Hawk story was exciting!ReplyDelete
I was rather touched by the poetry of your leaves and the words, and hanging them on your tree, what a wonderful way to have your family near you. beautiful. Gorgeous photographs as well too.
Thank you Lori.
Vanessa xxx
happy birthday little guy. he sure seems to like his new sweater (for some reason he reminds me of a little football player! hehe)ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Puppy!ReplyDelete
I just went out and bought two copies of Wildwood. For my niece and {maybe me}.... ;) Supposed to my Love's Nephew but I keep opening the cover...Another trip to the bookshop.
xo Lori.
Oh oh ohhhh ohhhwwwwen! Oh my goodness, look how smart and handsome you look in your new sweater! I love a guy in a turtleneck. :) Your sweater is fabulous! (Don't pay attention to her when she says the seaming is wretched. Nonsense.) Happy birthday, cutie! Here's wishing you many more cookie bones! Woof woof woof!ReplyDelete
aww, that is so cute!! i really like the idea of tiger having something to keep him warm, but he has worked out where all the radiators in our house are and even has a fleece near one of them so he can curl up by it, although it is right in a door way, and he is always warm at night time because he has usually stolen half of my duvet and half of my pillows!! he does have a lovely black waterproof coat though for days when it is too miserable to otherwise go out.ReplyDelete
Hi Owen, Happy Birthday little one!ReplyDelete
Lori, it´s so cute, I love the colors you chose and he looks fantastic!
Happy birthday owen you lucky pup! It looks lovely and cosy :) xxxReplyDelete
Oh, what a delight to stop over here and see Owen in that beautiful sweater, he looks incredibly adorable!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday to him!
Happy birthday, snugly pup! Owen looks good in soccer stripes!!ReplyDelete
xo Ro
Happy Birthday! We have something in common. We celebrate something this week. I love the Owen's sweater and Owen, too. It reminds me my little puppy - Bobita (means Little Bean).ReplyDelete
so completely adorable!!ReplyDelete
How darling...beautiful stripe sweater and photos!!!ReplyDelete
Owen in his new sweater has to be the cutest pin up I have ever seen !ReplyDelete
My gosh, that sweater is FANTASTIC! What a cutie!!!ReplyDelete
oh my goodness, that is the cutest dog sweater I have ever seen!ReplyDelete
Owen is adorable!! I love his new sweater.ReplyDelete
how cute is that!ReplyDelete


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Happy pup playing on the beach
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Had a blast finding starfish here. They were everywhere!
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