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Phillies sign Castillo as possible fill-in for Utley
Second baseman, released by Mets, given Minor League deal
By Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
If he cannot play, they will release him and pay him nothing.
Phils general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said Castillo, whom Philadelphia signed to a Minor League contract Monday, will have to earn a spot on the 25-man roster. The Phillies are looking for help at second base because Chase Utley could miss months of the 2011 season because of patellar tendinitis, chondromalacia and bone inflammation in his right knee.
"It's kind of a low-risk situation for us," Amaro said. "If he can help us, it would be great. If he can't, then we'll probably go with what we've got here in camp."
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The Mets released Castillo on Friday. He cleared waivers Sunday afternoon and the Phillies reached an agreement with him Sunday night. Amaro said if Castillo does not make the Opening Day roster, he will be released. Amaro also said they will pay the veteran infielder nothing if he is released, meaning there is no financial risk bringing him into camp.
If Castillo makes the Opening Day roster, the Phillies will be responsible for $414,000 of his $6 million salary.
The Mets will pay the rest.
Castillo, 35, hit .286 (8-for-28) with two RBIs in 11 games this spring. He committed an error and made other miscues in the field. Mets manager Terry Collins also called him into his office for what he considered an attitude problem.
Castillo, who had not yet reported to the Phillies as of Tuesday morning, hit just .235 with a .337 on-base percentage and a .267 slugging percentage in 86 games last season, although he hit .302 with a .387 on-base percentage in 2009. He has had trouble staying healthy and had fallen out of favor among Mets fans for memorably dropping a popup in a 2009 series against the Yankees, costing the Mets a victory.
"All of our indications from the people that we've talked to are very positive about the guy," Amaro said. "He's a good guy. We'll find out more about him as he's here. That's one of the reasons why we're bringing him up. We'll get to know him a little bit."
Scouts who have seen Castillo play in the past year think he has lost speed and quickness, which essentially is his game.
The Phils will get a chance to see if those views are accurate.
"I think it's best to get our guys' eyes on him," Amaro said. "Get him into a camp, get a chance to get familiar with him and know him as a person. Yeah, there are some questions about his range. We'll find out.
"He's a veteran guy. He's had some success obviously in the past. He's probably not the same player he was several years ago, but he takes pitches. He can do some things on the bases. He can extend the inning for you offensively. He's always been a good defender. But there are some questions about his range and how he's moving."
Clearly, the Phillies are very concerned about Utley's health. Utley said Sunday he is "moving in the right direction." Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel said Sunday, "He's getting a little better. It's not coming real fast, but he's showing -- according to the doctors and trainers -- he's starting to get better. It seems like it's going to take a while, though."
Amaro said Utley's condition has not changed.
"Status quo," he said. "We are [concerned]. We have been concerned. We haven't made any bones about that."
That is why the Phils pursued Castillo, although there are five infielders in camp who have had some success this spring. Wilson Valdez, who until Monday had been the heavy favorite to be the Opening Day second baseman, has hit .439 (18-for-41) with three doubles, one home run and six RBIs.
"It's kind of open," Amaro said of the starting job at second base.
There are also the three non-roster invitees in camp. Josh Barfield has hit .344 (11-for-32) with three doubles, one triple and three RBIs. Pete Orr has hit .333 (12-for-36) with three doubles, three triples and two RBIs. Delwyn Young has hit .292 (14-for-48) with two doubles, one home run and three RBIs, although Young is more of an outfielder than a second baseman.
Rule 5 Draft pick Michael Martinez has hit .292 (14-for-48) with three doubles, two home runs and six RBIs.
"[Castillo's] kind of in the same boat as the non-roster invitees," Amaro said. "He's just a bigger name. The guys have all played pretty well, but anytime you can bring in a guy that can be a low-risk guy and someone that has some track record, it at least gives us a little bit of depth and gives us a chance to make a decision."
Is nine games enough time to know if Castillo is better than the rest?
"Some guys I can look at for two minutes," Manuel said.
The clock is ticking.
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: On March 20, there is a program planned to honor Women's History Month. The program is being coordinated by the library, Historical Society of Rockland County and film makerand author, Lynn Manzione. Because of the passing of Dr. Martha MacGuffie, the program will be a tribute to this remarkable woman who overcame adversity and made important contributions here and in Africa. Another program will be planned at a later date to focus on the other presenters who were to be speaking at the event.


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Hi guys I have just received my Arcam rPac in the post today so have been having a play with it for a bit on my work Laptop using Spotify.
However this is really for my home Laptop and Netbook. The Laptop is running Windows 7 and the Netbook XP. I just wondered if anyone knows what would be the best DSP setting for windows 7 to bypass the on board Soundcard.....WASAPI or ASIO?? I'm not sure what the Arcam supports.
Unfortunately I don't have a choice with the Netbook as XP doesn't support ASIO or is it WASAPI.
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The area originally selected for a cemetery was known as Copley Knob, located in the southwestern part of town near Western Kentucky University. It was considered no longer a desirable site due to the Civil War. Trees were down, cannons were everywhere and bayonets lay all over the ground. In 1864, 30 acres were purchased from William McNeal for $100.00 per acre along Cemetery Pike. This is now known as Fairview Cemetery .Two Revolutionary War heroes are also buried here and the Confederate Monument was erected in 1875. The Bloch Memorial Chapel is a beautiful old English country church of the Gothic period. The City currently owns, maintains and operates 109 acres for burial rights.


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Pink Responds to That Secret Recording of Kanye West Ranting About Her
Yesterday we shared some audio of Kanye West ranting after the 2009 VMAs. In the recording, he attempted to explain why Beyonce should have won best video over Taylor Swift (hint: because of him), and then he took inexplicable aim at Pink.
Who doesn't seem all that concerned about it. Because she's classy that way.
On the tape, Kanye whined that Pink got to perform twice and no one even asked him to perform, moaning, "What the f– was Pink performing? Don't nobody know that song … 'Heartless' is the biggest song of the year! It had the most spins of the first quarter! I don't know that Pink song."
Well apparently Pink heard about this nonsense, because she responded on Twitter with aplomb.
Oh come on y'all… If people secretly recorded me and all the shit I talk…. It's all good. All love. And we all still here. Peace please
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Honestly, it's less a scouting issue than it is the personnel. You can scout and plan for pick and roll defense all you want but if your guys can't execute the scheme, it doesn't mean a thing.
I'm not writing off Val.
Just keeping the expectations on this kid low.
P.S. Asik is very good. Val could be a less athletic DeAndre Jordan.
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On a sweltering June night, deep in the cool, cavernous belly of the New York Public Library, Kylie Minogue is dressed like Cinderella on her way to the Black Party. In a white Jean Paul Gaultier gown outfitted with a harness that stretches from its leather bustier to fasten around her tiny waist, she looks out over a sea of men pushing bits of rubbery lobster around their salad plates and asks, 'Can you believe I'm here in New York?' The predominantly rich, gay, and famous audience -- Marc Jacobs, Cheyenne Jackson, and Lance Bass among them -- have put out $1,000 or more to see Minogue host amfAR's Inspiration Gala honoring Gaultier and Ricky Martin, and they titter appreciatively in response, delighted to be in on her little joke. They know exactly what the diminutive Australian singer is getting at.
Minogue has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, was the most-played female artist of the last two decades on U.K. radio, and has received an Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II for services to music and a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres insignia, one of France's highest cultural honors. But to most Americans -- the straight ones, anyway -- she is only vaguely familiar, a name they can't quite put with a face but with whom they feel they might have once shared a brief, bright moment years ago.
Minogue came to America in the summer of 1988 -- a baby-faced 20-year-old pop pilgrim peddling a catchy, if slightly dorky, cover of Little Eva's 1962 hit 'The Loco-Motion' -- years before Britney or Christina bobby-pinned their first pairs of mouse ears on top of their heads. She came before Fergie had inhaled her first hit of meth, before Lady Gaga was bluffin' with her muffin (in fact, her muffin was barely out of her mother's oven). But the considerable fame the single brought her in the U.S. dried up faster than you can sing 'chug-a chug-a motion.' By 1989, she seemed well on her way to being a one-hit wonder.
Peter Waterman, one-third of the producing and songwriting team Stock Aitken Waterman -- better known as the Hit Factory and responsible for monster singles from '80s acts like Bananarama, Rick Astley, and Minogue -- partly blames a lack of promotion for the sudden radio silence. 'We couldn't get [Minogue's] people to commit to America,' he says. 'You've got to give America respect -- it's the biggest country in the world as far as record sales are concerned.'
Furthermore, by the early '90s, rap and grunge were taking over the airwaves. Reigning pop queens Madonna and Janet Jackson were dirtying up their images and sound by shedding their inhibitions -- and more and more clothing -- on their albums and in their videos. It was difficult to pinpoint exactly how to pitch the squeaky clean Minogue to an increasingly pop-phobic nation. 'It's very simple to sit in a studio in London and think, This will be a hit in America,' Waterman says. 'But how arrogant is that? We had no bloody clue what would be a hit in America.'
Undaunted by the American lockout, Minogue looked elsewhere and concentrated on promoting her ever-expanding empire -- which today, aside from 11 studio albums, three live CDs, and eight live concert DVDs, also includes bed linens, lingerie, and a line of fragrances. She came to be worshipped as a bona fide pop deity in almost every major market in the world, bar the United States. Minogue was an irresistible mash-up of the girl next door and the simpering sex kitten. Straight women wanted to be her, straight men wanted to bed her, and gay men -- overseas and in the U.S., where they make up the bulk of her fan base -- couldn't get enough of her. 'She's like Glinda the Good Witch,' says Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears, who befriended Minogue when they first worked together in 2004. 'She has a really loving, open, sexy spirit that makes a lot of gay guys think she'd be a great best friend.'
In 2002, she released the throbbing, hypnotic 'Can't Get You Out of My Head,' a clear departure from the bubblegum pop of her previous singles, and the song shot to number 1 on nearly every European chart. Its deceptively simple 'la la la' chorus was so inescapably catchy'and unlike anything else on the radio at the time'that even in the U.S. it launched into orbit in the Billboard Top 10. Still, she forewent touring here, dropping by for just a short spin around the late-night talk-show circuit, and instead chose to channel most of her energy into promoting the single in proven markets like Europe, Australia, and Japan. Other than her public struggle with breast cancer in 2005, it was the only time in the last 20 years that her name resonated in America.
Last September, U.S. fans finally got theirs when Minogue brought her For You, For Me tour to North America, for a short, six-city run. 'I wasn't here to prove anything or sell anything and that was absolutely liberating,' the 42-year-old Minogue says, all five-foot-one of her curled up on a couch in the Mandarin Oriental during a week of nonstop events in New York City, which culminated in a surprise midnight visit to Splash, the city's most famous gay club, where she performed her new single, 'All the Lovers,' and debuted snippets of her 11th studio album, Aphrodite. 'That whole tour last fall was from the heart. I might as well have just burned hundred dollar bills because it cost me a fortune, but I didn't care,' she says. 'I thought, I have to do this now or I'll regret it.'
This sudden urgency was, in part, set ablaze courtesy of one Lady Gaga, whose dizzying ascent to power has in a few short months changed the face of the music industry and whose influence on the market now offers Minogue the opportunity to finally win over America. But, paradoxically, rather than cashing in on the Auto-Tuned, electro-scuzzy craze now dominating radio and the iTunes sales chart (and which she has flirted with in the past, most notably on 2008's X), Minogue is boldly going exactly where she began: back to 1988.
'Lady Gaga dropped a meteor in the middle of the pop landscape -- which is amazing,' Minogue says. 'But it meant that we had to take that into account. It wouldn't have made any sense to go down that road to try to fit in.' Instead, Aphrodite delivers lighthearted pop songs -- woozy with crushes, trampled hearts, and late-night excursions to the local disco -- made up of sweeping piano lines, fizzing synths, and layered background vocals, all of which would have sounded right at home on Minogue's debut.
'The record isn't trying to be clever -- it delivers exactly what we want from Kylie, which is pure pop,' says Shears, who cowrote the standout 'Too Much' with Minogue and Calvin Harris. 'When we were writing lyrics together, sometimes she'd put something down and I'd think, Oh, my God, that is the lamest thing I've ever heard! And then it comes out of her mouth and it's absolutely brilliant. That's the beauty of her and that's the beauty of great pop music'taking something very, very simple and injecting it with meaning and emotion.'
'We didn't want to try to reinvent the wheel,' Minogue says. 'We just wanted to make really good songs.'
Really good -- and really gay. Aphrodite was helmed by executive producer Stuart Price, who is responsible for some of the queerest -- and best -- pop music to emerge from the past decade including Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor and Scissors Sisters' recent Night Work. 'I made some of the gayest-sounding songs I've ever made with Kylie and Jake,' Calvin Harris told the Sydney Star Observer. 'I'd listen to it and think, Wow, this is really gay.... The old euphoric rush has something to do with pop music.' Shears agrees. 'I can't stand labeling something 'gay music,' but there is something incredibly anthemic about the album.' For her part, Minogue laughs and claims, 'I don't have any objectivity,' before conceding, 'The songs definitely make you want to put your hands up, which probably makes Jake and Calvin think of being at the club. There's a micro-rush in all of them -- we give you a minute to calm down and then it's 'whoop whoop' all over again.'
But a trip to the club alone does not a gay man -- or gay sensibility -- make. And Minogue's uncertainty regarding Aphrodite's queer quotient is ironic. When her videos aren't directly exploring queer themes -- in 'All the Lovers,' (see above) for instance, Minogue casts herself as a goddess conducting and blessing a pansexual orgy from atop a writhing pyramid of half-naked bodies -- they're soaked in homoeroticism, camp, and the kind of sexual empowerment that has long been an envy of the gay community. Her live shows have featured covers of Boy George's 'The Crying Game,' 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow,' Madonna's 'Vogue,' and ABBA's 'Dancing Queen.' Her muscular, kinetic backup dancers are regularly cross-dressed and coupled in same-sex pairs for playfully raunchy numbers (like a shower scene in a men's locker room). Sometimes they're stripped entirely of their gender, reduced to H.R. Giger'inspired drones that worship Minogue, their alien queen, or dressed as a jubilant gang of futuristic pop-and-lockin' androids. It's almost as if Minogue is attempting to push past our obsession with sex and sexuality to free herself, and us, from its limitations.
Still, unlike other female pop stars, Minogue has never felt the need to pander to gay fans -- or to shock and titillate straight ones -- by flirting with bisexuality. In January, after a Mexican magazine published a story claiming Minogue had admitted to liking women, she responded via Twitter, 'OMG such a load of hype and nonsense ... misquotes and an interview that never HAPPENED!!! Grrrrr!!!' Asked to clarify, Minogue says, 'I didn't speak with a Mexican magazine. They took a bunch of random quotes -- some of which sounded familiar and some they'd taken from somewhere that has nothing to do with me. So far my sexuality has been with men, but I stand by the video for 'All the Lovers' -- if it's love, it's good.'
Legendarily polite about her competitors (she calls Madonna, the woman to whom she has drawn the most comparisons, 'inspiring' and Lady Gaga 'brilliant'), Minogue doesn't have much to say about their supposed penchants for same-sex dalliances. 'I suppose it's pretty trendy. I don't even have a tattoo. I'm so untrendy,' she says, adding, perhaps metaphorically, 'I think maybe I should have one -- I'd secretly like to have a galaxy somewhere.'
Whether or not that galaxy will end up including the United States remains to be seen. Aphrodite is the singer's most cohesive and arguably best work to date, but with Americans still heavily favoring hip-hop and electro-pop, Minogue's brand of pure, heady, and, yes, gay pop might fall on deaf -- or otherwise occupied -- ears. Waterman, the man who helped launch her career all those years ago, suggests no matter how good an album is or how heavily it's promoted there are still too many factors to predict its success. 'You can sit down and plan,' he says, 'but the truth is it might be released on the wrong Tuesday, or the temperature might be too cold for people to come out to your gig, or you may turn up late because of some unperceived circumstances, and suddenly people think you're arrogant and it's over just like that.'
Minogue herself resents the notion that her career is any less successful because she hasn't yet conquered the U.S. 'It's frustrating when people say 'This is finally her push for America' -- it's not like that. It's not centered around whether or not I make it in America, and I think that was poetically proven last year [with the For You, For Me tour],' she says. Shears thinks that at this point in her career, Minogue's success on the charts is the last thing on her mind. 'I think when she came and played [New York City's] Hammerstein Ballroom last fall, it proved that there is a real hunger for her on stage here,' he says. 'She just wants to connect with the people and whether that fan base remains the capacity of the Hammerstein Ballroom or it becomes the entire United States, it doesn't really matter to her.'
Minogue would be lying if she said she didn't care how the United States responds to Aphrodite, but she insists it all comes down to her fans. 'It cuts like a knife if I read a bad review,' she says, stabbing at her chest. 'But in the end, how the album is received by the press won't make any difference to me -- I'd still come back. A few thousand people in a room sharing two or three hours together -- when all the other stuff gets too complex to understand, that's a really good place to bring it back to.'
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Espinosa to begin rehab stint Thursday
By Ian McCue / MLB.com
DENVER -- While rookie Anthony Rendon has done an admirable job filling in for Danny Espinosa at second base, Espinosa might be back with Washington to reclaim his spot soon.
Nationals manager Davey Johnson said Espinosa should make his first rehab start with Triple-A Syracuse Thursday. Espinosa fought through a torn left rotator cuff and then broke his right wrist in mid-April before the Nationals finally put him on the 15-day disabled list June 4.
An MRI of Espinosa's shoulder showed no new damage, and he will start a rehab schedule where he plays three innings in one game, five innings the next and seven for his final.
"I asked if he is a relief pitcher or starting pitcher, or what is he?" Johnson joked of Espinosa's schedule. "But they're just taking it easy with him."
Detwiler ready for 'big step' in series finale
DENVER -- Ross Detwiler feels like he has fully recovered from an oblique strain, but he's hesitant to say the nagging injury is completely behind him.
Everything went smoothly for Detwiler in a rehab start with Class A Potomac on Saturday, but he knows a big league game is a different beast. Only after making his start Thursday -- his first since May 15 -- in the series finale in Colorado will he have cleared the most important hurdle.
"I'll let you know after tomorrow's game," Detwiler said when asked how it feels to have the injury behind him. "Still a big step tomorrow, so we'll see."
The southpaw pitched three innings against the Dodgers in his last start before leaving with the oblique strain, but appeared ready to return to the rotation in the end of the May. However, just two days ahead of a May 28 start, he didn't feel right and the Nationals placed him on the 15-day disabled list.
The extended delay was not a major surprise, as oblique injuries are notorious for knocking out ballplayers for lengthy stretches.
When Detwiler returns, he will have sat out 24 games, and he's more than ready to get back on a big league mound.
"I haven't been able to do anything," Detwiler said. "I've just been sitting on the sideline not contributing at all. We're all here working together every day in Spring Training and everything, and then once I'm held out of it, it's pretty tough."
Washington has not had its Opening Day lineup completely healthy since April 14, but will receive a major boost with the addition of Detwiler and Stephen Strasburg, who looks likely to return from a lat strain on Sunday. Before the injury, Detwiler was off to one of the better starts of his career, with a 2.76 ERA through 45 2/3 innings.
"It's always tough, but in a long season like this,you kind of have to expect something to go wrong," Detwiler said. "We were fortunate enough last year, as a pitching staff, to be healthy all year, but our hitters weren't healthy all year.
"Hopefully we get everything out of the way and in the second half we can just look forward and not have to worry about injuries."
Ramos has setback in recovery from hamstring strain
DENVER -- In the next week or so, the Nationals' lineup should start to resemble the one that made them a World Series favorite, but one missing face will be that of catcher Wilson Ramos.
Nationals manager Davey Johnson said Ramos' recovery from a strained left hamstring took another step back Monday during the first-to-third drill, where a coach hits a ball into right field and the runner tries to run from first base to third base.
Johnson said it is now a "long shot" that Ramos will be back in the lineup before the All-Star break in mid-July.
Ramos, who has been on the disabled list since May 15, was making significant improvement before the recent setback, according to Johnson.
"Last report I got was that he felt a lot better and he was still doing some stretching and whatever," Johnson said.
Injuries have plagued Ramos' career, as the 25-year-old played in only 25 games last year after tearing the ACL in his right knee.
Worth noting
• Johnson said he has not spoken to left fielder Bryce Harper since his visit with Dr. James Andrews on Monday. He said Harper can do some upper-body workouts, but otherwise can only rest until the Nationals return to Washington June 20.
Ian McCue is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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There Will Always Be True Blood
Your favorite blood bath will continue on into the new year. Also today: Bobby Cannavale goes to the hospital, Jane Kaczmarek gets a gig, and Roseanne Barr might be coming back.
- Well, good news all you Andy Bellefleur fans out there. HBO has officially renewed its crypto-queer goo series True Blood for another season. Yessssss. That means another glorious year of watching Andy make smoldering eyes at various perky womenfolk of Bon Temps. So many ladies, and gents!, just can't get enough of this show and its sexy male star, Andy Bellefleur. Sure there's that Eric the vampire and Jansen Stackhouse or whoever, but they're just filler. Most people are tuning in week after week with the lurid hope of seeing another Southern-fried steamy Bellefleur sex scene. And now we get a whole 'nother season of it. Pretty hot. [EW]
- Remember Jane Kaczmarek? She was on Malcolm in the Middle and got all the Emmy nominations and all the attention and stuff. And meanwhile her adult costar, Bryan Cranston, was just sorta there in the background, biding his time? Well now the tables have turned and of course Cranston is heavily awards-bedecked and Jane Kaczmarek was... on that show Above the Bar or whatnot with Franklin & Bash star Mark-Paul Gosslear before it got canceled. And now she's gotten a role as Whitney Cummings' mother on the new sitcom Whitney, replacing Beverly D'Angelo. So... it's a living! [Deadline]
- Attractive comedian (once in a while the gods let one of those bastards — the funny and attractive kind — slip through) Anthony Jeselnik has just signed a deal with Comedy Central which will result in some sort television program. So, great. Funny attractive person has a TV show now too. Would he like some rubies and other precious gems? Here are some of those. What's that? He's great at basketball and can sing opera? Terrific, perfect. Have some pancakes that I made, you greedy unicorn. [THR]
- Despite the fact that she now lives contentedly on her nut plantation out on Kikaree Island or wherever, 20th Century Fox is developing a new sitcom for Roseanne Barr. Yup! It's going to be another working class family setup, same as Roseanne. Except of course the "working" will be chewy chewy betelnut farming on Pinki-Pinki Island. But other than that, it'll be just like Roseanne. Just like it. Aloha! [Deadline]
- Ooohhh. Theater dynamo and television so-so Bobby Cannavale will appear in all ten episodes of the next season of Nurse
CrankypantsJackie. That's exciting! I mean, I haven't watched that show in two seasons, but that's exciting! Tell me, those who stuck with the show, did Jackie ever stop being mad at people? My guess is that she probably didn't, as that's the whole thing of the show. I mean, I think it was originally titled Madnurse: The Adventures of Mad Nurse. Anyway, Cannavale will be playing a hospital administrator who cracks down on the staff, much to Mad Nurse's displeasure, I'll bet. [THR]
- Ha. So George R. R. Martin, the wonderful weirdo who writes the Game of Thrones books, did an interview and was talking about various things and then he said this, of the television show: "I've got a few letters from gay fans who, while they were pleased by the naked male sexuality, were upset that the penises were not actually erect." Ha. Brian Moylan is always sending letters to people! Stop sending letters, Brian. I, however, will continue to send letters. I WILL BE SATISFIED, MARTIN. [Vulture]


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Took a drive from Sacramento to the CORBIN Seat Factory in Hollister, CA yesterday. All I can say is WOW, VERY impressive. Two of my riding buddies had ride in appointments where CORBIN will custom fit a seat for your bike and will trim it to the shape of your rear/to your liking. The seat gets put on your bike with no leather cover on it, just the foam. You take the bike for a spin and come back and let the Corbin Techs know where they need to trim or add foam for your comfort. They will do this all day long until you are satisfied. Once you are happy, the seat does get covered with your choice of leather or whatever.
My buddies (R1200RT and K1200S) had a seat as well as a "Smuggler box" installed. The smuggler is a fiberglass piece which is installed instead of the rear/passenger bench and functions as a storage compartment, similar to a glove box in a car.Unfortunately they do not produce those for my bike, R1150RT, but I was very impressed with the look as well as functionality of this product.
If you have the chance to make a "Ride in appointment" with Corbin, I would highly recommend it as the price for the custom fitted seat is identical as if you would buy it on line.
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Berkshire Eagle sponsors 'Feed Your Mind, Feed a Family' Thanksgiving charity
Walter Bradley and Ashley Stump both held back tears Friday, but they were tears of joy and relief.
Bradley lost his job in 2008. His struggles to make ends meet became even more severe after he took in his 2-year-old grandson, Levi, to give him a better home. He wasn't getting any help from any agencies.
For Stump, getting her 6-year-old son Nicholas to and from his leukemia treatment in Springfield is as expensive as it is emotionally taxing.
But on Friday, they each received a hearty Thanksgiving meal at a time when affording one was almost an intangible idea, courtesy of The Berkshire Eagle and a handful of local organizations.
Through Jan. 15, a Thanksgiving meal will be donated for every new subscription to an Eagle electronic edition (the virtual replica of the newspaper online) or by adding e-edition to an existing subscription, signing up for EZ Pay or Pre Pay for a year. It's part of The Eagle's "Feed Your Mind, Feed a Family" initiative.
"I'll now have a dinner at home instead of having to worry," Stump said.
The meals include all the holiday fixings: A 12-pound turkey; two cans of corn; a box of stuffing; a hefty bag of potatoes; a can of cranberry sauce; a 12-pack of rolls; and a liter of soda to help wash it all down.
The Eagle bought all the food from Stop & Shop on Dan Fox Drive in Pittsfield. On Friday, there were 40 meals donated to local families.
"That's enough to feed anywhere between 320 to 400 people," said Warren C. Dews Jr., the vice president for circulation of New England Newspapers Inc., which is comprised of The Eagle and several other newspapers.
"I need to grow readership, but I could have done it any other way," Dews said. "As a newspaper, we're a mirror of the community we serve."
The meals are purchased out of The Eagle's budget from the Stop & Shop on Dan Fox Drive in Pittsfield. The foods are disseminated evenly through four local organizations: Kidzone, The Christian Center, The Salvation Army and Lenox Food Pantry.
They will hand them out to those deemed in need. Dews said he chose them for their good rapport with both him and the community at large.
Both Stump and Bradley received their donations from Kidzone. They both take advantage of the Pittsfield business' child care and education programs.
"It's a true testament to Kidzone and the attentiveness of their staff," Bradley said. "I'm very thankful."
With so many programs donating foods for Thanks giving, The Salvation Army will mostly focus on donating their portions to families closer to Christmas, according to Major James Fletcher.
For The Christian Center, 193 Robbins Ave., the meals will go into a bigger pot luck of donations that they will be able to pick up at their food pantry Monday, and it "uplifts the community," according to Ellen Merritt, the executive director.
"Thanksgiving is a time for people to come together," she said. "We want to afford that to everyone. When people like The Berkshire Eagle call, it allows us to extend how much we can give out."
After a quick photo and meet-and-greet at the Stop & Shop, Dews joined Cindy Nasman, the coordinator of the Lenox Ecumenical Food Pantry, to drop off some boxes of food to people that had signed up for them.
"When they get their boxes, they're a little speechless," Nasman said.
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Record mixing
Mixing records is a way to share information with other players, which is able to be done in the Record Mixer. The Record Mixer is a room in the Pokémon Center that allows players to mix records with up to four players. Mixing records allows the players to swap their data from other players. Some of the things that are done are just meant for entertainment, and some have an effect on what the player can do with their Pokémon in the game. The Record Mixer and the record mixing feature was introduced in Generation III as a special feature using the enhanced multiplayer mode on the Game Boy Advance. The Record Room is located in any Pokémon Center in the second floor on the far left in Generation III and inside the Union Room in Generation IV.
In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Versions, two to four Game Boy Advances are needed with one to three link cables. The game will allow up to three other people to mix records with the player at one time. Enter the Record Mixer, and sit in a chair, and wait for the other players to sit as well. The records will automatically mix with each other. In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Versions, two to four Nintendo DS systems are needed to mix records. Instead of a separate room, the Record Room is combined with the Union Room, where the people in the Union Room will automatically mix with each other.
Mixing records with other players change many small aspects of the game including television shows, secret bases, and even the movement of Feebas.
Effects in Generation III
Television shows
Mixing records affect the Television shows the player can watch, introducing some new shows that weren't available at the start of the game. The people the player mixes records with will be featured in these shows. Four new shows are available after records are mixed:
- Today's Smart Shopper - This show will show one of the purchases the recorded player made at a Poké Mart.
- Pokémon Angler - This show will feature one of the recorded player's recent fishing catches. The presenters will judge the recorded player's technique of fishing and tell everyone the caught Pokémon.
- Pokémon Today - This show will feature one of the recorded player's recent battle where they caught a Pokémon. The presenters will show what Poké Ball the recorded player's use to catch the Pokémon and if they decided to nickname it.
- The World of Masters
There are also two shows that appear from the start of the player's journey that will change when records are mixed. These television shows will sometimes feature recorded players in them and their status:
- Bravo Trainer - The Bravo Trainer show will also feature the recorded player's battles with Gabby and Ty, whether they won, and their opinion of the battle.
- Name Rater Show - The Name Rater Show will also feature the recorded player's Pokémon. It will display what the Name Rater rated the Pokémon and if they changed their Pokémon's nickname.
Secret base
Mixing records will copy and transfer all of the recorded player's secret bases to the player's game. The exact position of the secret base and the furniture arrangement of the recorded player's game will be put into the player's. After the player defeats the Elite Four, they can fight the recorded player by entering their own secret base and talking to them. It is not like a Battle Tower battle, but rather like a normal battle, where items can be used and Pokémon seen will be registered on the Pokédex. Experience and money gained will be kept as well, however stolen items will not be kept. Their character will not look like their normal Trainer from the game. They will range from being, but not limited to, trainers such as a Cooltrainer, School Kid, Youngster, Lady, and Picnicker, depending on gender and ID number.
The Storyteller
Mixing records will also change what the storyteller in the Pokémon Center of Mauville City says or does, depending on his color. He tells the player about records they have set as well as those set with other players they have mixed records with in Pokémon Emerald. When approached by the player, he will offer them choices of the records they would like to hear about as well as add a comment about it:
- The Save-Happy Trainer - The Storyteller states the number of times that the player has saved the game. He then comments that one will never find a more cautious Trainer than that player.
- The Cut-Frenzy Trainer - The Storyteller states the number of times that the player has used Cut. He then comments that that is a Trainer who just must love to cut.
- The Move-Loving Trainer - The Storyteller states the number of times the player has moved their secret base. He then comments that that is a Trainer who loves to move houses often.
- The Cable Car-Loving Trainer - The Storyteller states the number of times the Trainer rode the Cable Car to Mt. Chimney. He then comments that that must be a busy Trainer who's up and down all the time.
- The Interviewed Trainer - The Storyteller states the number of times the Trainer has been interviewed. He then comments that the Trainer must be attracting a lot of attention.
- The Safari-Loving Trainer - The Storyteller states the number of times the Trainer has went into the Safari Zone. He then comments that the Trainer must have a wild side that comes out in the Safari Zone.
- The Hot Spring-Loving Trainer - The Storyteller states the number of times the Trainer bathed in the hot springs. He then comments that this must be a Trainer with baby-smooth skin.
Pokémon Trainer Fan Club
Another effect would be the trainers in the Pokémon Trainer Fan Club will start praising the recorded player depending on how well he or she has done in different areas such as the Battle Tower or the Elite Four. Normally, the Pokémon Trainer Fan Club would praise the player's achievements and announce themselves as fans of the player.
Feebas Factor
Mixing records can change the trendy phrase in Dewford Town. The trendy phrase in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Versions will also affect the pattern of Feebas on Route 119. By changing the trendy phrase in Dewford Town, the six tiles where the Feebas are positioned will change to the same patterns of those the player had mixed records with. The Feebas tiles do not stay in the same spot, rather they change the next time the trendy phase is changed.
Battle Tower
Mixing Records can also change the way the trainers battle at the Battle Tower and include all recorded players in the battle tower. The recorded players will be placed with the exact team, moveset and stats in the spot they lost in the Battle Tower. For example, if the recorded player lost at 45th battle, the player will be able to fight the recorded player at the 45th battle.
Eon Ticket
Mixing records will copy and transfer the Eon Ticket over from player to player to their game, the person with the Eon Ticket must be connected to the Player 1 slot while the rest are in other spots. This will allow access to Southern Island and catch Latios or Latias, depending on the game.
Record Hall
In Pokémon Emerald, if a player mixes records with another player of Pokémon Emerald, all their records from the Record Hall will be added to the player's Record Hall and can be compared with one another. The Record Hall contains all of the records that the player has set at the Battle Frontier.
Effects in Generation IV
Television shows
There are a couple of shows that use the Record Mixer featured in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Versions, including the Trend Tracker show, Trainer Research, and Sinnoh Now, that informs players of stats about how many berries picked on a certain day, battles fought, and contest information about the recorded player. They also show interviews about recorded players along with Trendy Phrases set up by the recorded player.
Feebas factor
When the player mixes records, all the players who mix records will get the same positioning of the Feebas in Mt. Coronet. The four tiles where Feebas can be obtain will change to where the Player 1 slot's tiles are in the game. This can make it easier to obtain Feebas if all four players search at the same time. The Feebas tiles do not stay in the same spot, however; they change the next day.
Great Marsh
Mixing records also changes the special Pokémon of the day in the Great Marsh so all recorded players have the same Pokémon on the same day. Each day, a special Pokémon will change in the Great Marsh, therefore, to get a new set, players must wait a day. These Pokémon will appear randomly in one of the six areas, some may not appear for a while, while others appear several days in a row or in multiple areas on the same day.
Game Corner
When the player mixes records, all the players who mix records will strangely equalize the chances of winning in the Veilstone Game Corner.
Jubilife TV
When players mix records, if they have used the dressing up studio on the second floor of Jubilife TV, other players photos will be displayed alongside the players.


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]Stephon Marbury had a standing offer to the Knicks that he was willing to give up $1 million of what is remaining on his contract.
However, Marbury changed his stance after Donnie Walsh wanted him to take roughly $3 million less.
When asked about the $1 million offer, Marbury told The Post last night: "It's off the table."
Hal Biagas has reached out to a number of teams already to gauge interest in Marbury. Miami, Dallas and San Antonio all have expressed interest, The Post has learned.
Well so much for the ignorantes believing no team in the NBA wanted Starbury.
Funny how there were so many debeates about this, and that was one of their CORE points they held on to, now its been proven, by this and many other articles.
Spursfag must be spinning in his small dark room he patrols 24/7,
Best place for Marbury is San Antonio.
Half court team.
He's as good or better than Parker(career wise, ability, skill, experience, passing, pick and roll, chance to play with a player like Duncan).
Spurs are weak in guard depth...this could be their chance to stay elite.
Plus Parker is frail and soon to be injury prone. A thin frail man who lives in the paint(close range shots) will absorb a lot of contact and physical play in his career. Parker isn't built for that realstically speaking. Spurs need a DURABLE, STRONG, and NEW YORK CITY SWAGGER PG...on the serious note.
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Melbourne set to shiver during coldest morning of the year
The sun will shine in Melbourne on Saturday but the chill won't be far away with the coldest morning of the year forecast for Sunday.
By 10.30am on Saturday, sunshine was streaming down on the city after a night of hail and frosty temperatures as violent thunderstorms lashed the Melbourne's metropolitan region, bayside and peninsula with the city's eastern suburbs the hardest hit by the storm, between 6pm and midnight.
The temperatures on Friday night hovered around five degrees after what was recorded as the coldest August day in almost six years, with the most widespread snowfall in over 25 years.
Sunshine will break for most of Saturday, reaching a top of 13 degrees between 2-4pm and light winds over the day will ease the bone-chill, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
But don't get too comfortable - Melbourne's temperatures are predicted to drop from six degrees on Saturday night to a low of three degrees by Sunday 6am, making it the coldest morning of the year.
Fortunately, the mercury will begin to climb again for a top temperature of 15 on Sunday.
While there was freak snowfall just kilometres from the beach in Lorne, into the Otways, and across the Macedon Ranges and Grampians on Friday, snowfall has moved away from those areas, and will be isolated to the Alpine region.
Isolated showers are expected to fall mostly in the eastern suburbs, a Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster said.
"There might be isolated falls in the Alps. Light snowfall with lingering showers, but at this stage, it doesn't look like much. It will be clear all day tomorrow, no showers. I doubt the possibility of snowfall," he said.
"On Friday, we had a very strong cold front, we are not expecting to see the thunderstorms of Friday night."
A Victorian State Emergency Service spokesman said 290 calls for assistance were made on Friday and 30 throughout the night into Saturday morning, mostly from the central regions, relating to fallen trees on roads and property.
The service received a staggering 1750 calls on Thursday from the bayside and eastern parts of Melbourne, mostly relating to trees blocking roads or hitting cars and houses.
Adjusting to the sudden chill has startled Melburnians, with Meagan Rose tweeting: "you know its cold outside when you get a glass of water from the tap and it gives you a brain freeze".
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Calling all Ocean Heroes. The Search is On!
Applications now open for the Ocean Action Project 2013. Apply by 31st Oct.
The Oxford English definition of Hero: a person who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.
Every day at Project AWARE we continue to be inspired and energised by the actions of our growing movement. From the newly certified diver with a passion to use his skills underwater to the veteran community leader tackling a worthy local cause, our ocean heroes are on the frontlines, heading in to battle to protect and honor our ocean. And we couldn't be prouder to stand beside you.
That is why we established the Ocean Action Project - an opportunity for ocean heroes with the courage, tenacity and leadership skills to make ocean protection a top priority in your community. We know there are hundreds of worthy projects that need a boost to get off the ground - the Ocean Action Project could be the support needed to put these actions in motion.
"In 2012 we launched our first wave of grassroots support to help protect sharks and rays and reduce and prevent marine debris," said Joanne Marston, Associate Director, Project AWARE Foundation.
"Thanks to our supporters in 2012 we already have five incredible ocean actions fighting for shark and ray protection and battling the growing tide of marine debris. Now we're on the search for our next wave of ocean action projects."
The Ocean Action Project focuses on supporting work that is action-oriented and strategically addresses root causes of marine debris or shark and ray protection issues. If you are an Ocean Hero with a project that can bring us a step closer to a clean, healthy and abundant ocean planet then we want to hear from you.
The search is on. Find out more and download the application form and guidelines at www.projectaware.org/OceanActionProject.
- Deadline for applications is 31st Oct.
- Winning projects will be chosen by the Project AWARE community through a voting system via Facebook.


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There are more than 100 new features spread over the suite, but here I'll focus on Final Cut Pro and Compressor. Although I had a 2-hour product briefing from Apple, I couldn't actually test the product before submitting this column, so I'm simply reporting what I saw and heard.
The first key thing to note about Final Cut Pro is that the interface is unchanged. As for new features, the most significant is a Share option that lets you produce a new range of outputs right from the timeline, including Blu-ray Discs, various quality levels of YouTube and MobileMe output, as well as any setting created in Compressor. You can batch your outputs, but what's really neat is that all rendering occurs in the background so you can keep working in Final Cut Pro after you share the timeline. No more creating QuickTime reference movies and loading them separately into Compressor.
Also significant are three new flavors of ProRes. At the high end, there's a new ProRes 4444 (330Mbps at 1080p), and there are two lower-bitrate versions: ProRes 422LT (100Mbps at 1080p) and ProRes 422 Proxy (45Mbps at 1080p). During the demo, the Apple rep showed me side-by-side versions of an original test video and ProRes versions all the way down to Proxy, and the videos appeared visually identical as I stood about 3' from the monitor.
As the Apple rep explained, ProRes 4444 (the last 4 is for alpha channel) is for post houses that need a high-quality intermediate format with alpha channel, while the lower-bitrate versions are targeted at AVCHD and HDV producers. I challenged the need for the latter, commenting that Final Cut Pro edited HDV very efficiently in my projects and tests. That's true, the product manager agreed, before telling me something I didn't know.
The product manager explained that Final Cut Pro's ability to work with multiple cores is usually limited by the codec used for preview and, ultimately, rendering. Final Cut Pro uses a very limited number of cores for HDV but can implement all available cores for ProRes, which should make all previews and even final rendering much faster. Of course, before the upgrade, the most efficient version of ProRes costs you about 150Mbps, six times more than HDV, which is a stiff price to pay. I'll be eager to try the 422LT and Proxy versions in my next HDV project. While discussing new format support, I should note that Apple has also included support for AVC-Intra in Final Cut Pro and Color 1.5.
Let's get back to Blu-ray for a moment. When I say Final Cut Studio now incorporates a modest level of Blu-ray Disc authoring, I mean multiple HD menu presets and the ability to create your own presets in Motion, with automatic chapter menus created for all menu markers. I don't think you get menu branching, and you certainly don't get the pop-up Blu-ray menus available in Adobe Encore CS4 (see my tutorial in the November 2008 issue). Still, what you get is sufficient for most corporate and indie productions, which appear to be Apple's targets. You can also record AVCHD discs with menus on legacy DVD recorders, which can contain up to about 40 minutes of HD video and can play on many Blu-ray players.
Also new is the ability to share a project preview via iChat, complete with timecodes. This function transmits the output of either the preview monitor or the viewer to an iChat client, complete with timecode, so you can easily preview and discuss the project with a remote client or collaborator. The iChat quality looked extremely good, and the display seemed very responsive even though the iChat client connected via wireless. There's also a keyframeable speed adjustment utility that's much easier to use than the older slo-mo effect, which required an engineering degree to figure out. It's the first speed tool I've seen that has a "ripple" option, which lets you decide whether to push back subsequent clips on the timeline when you slow a clip down or to simply fill the same space with the slower video.
Since you can access any Compressor preset from Final Cut Pro's Share feature (and render in the background), you probably won't use Compressor to render files produced in Final Cut Pro. In addition to encoding stand-alone files from other sources, you'll primarily use Compressor to create presets. Apple has added a neat "auto-detect" setting that lets you easily create a preset from any existing encoded file, as well as enhanced droplets that you can tweak outside of Compressor.
The enhancements to Final Cut Pro and Compressor alone will make it hard for serious producers to resist the lure of this new version, and few should. It's a release packed with utility at a very aggressive price.
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I'm heading down to RawHyde next month with my F800GS, but since there's a high likelyhood of unridable winter conditions yet on the way down, I'll be loading it in my truck. I was thinking that I should be able to ride from Las Vegas the rest of the way to their location outside of LA, but I'm having trouble coming up with a secure parking spot for my truck. I'd need to leave it for a litlle over a week, and don't want to return to find it mising in whole or in part.
Anyone in the area have any sugesstions on secure vehicle parking, preferably someplace that will entertain me unloading and reloading the GS in their space. I searched for airport parking lots, but could come up with anything commercial off site and on the airport itself I couldn't determine whether or not they are secure for long term parking. I am open to option in other locations too as long as they are safely south of the snow line.


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Samsung too closely copied some elements of the Apple iPhone, and for that it should be hung up in the public square. But Samsung should be hung by its thumbs, at worst, not its neck.
Copying in some measure is all around us. It is continuously present in many parts of a free enterprise system and in some ways is a yardstick to the health of that system. I often see small, muscular-looking cars with lines similar to the BMW 300 series, but they have Swedish or Japanese nameplates on them. Watching what sells is a basic premise of anyone engaged in a competitive race. Matching a competitor under your own brand is a time-honored practice.
What a patent and legal system should aim to prevent is theft by copying, such as stealing the technology of a competitor's product, or creating such a conscious, copycat duplication that one product can be confused with another, thus letting the profits of an originator be taken by an imitator. Samsung did not do this.
Samsung's icon layout on its application screen looks similar to Apple's home screen, but beyond that, the jury's verdict in the Apple vs. Samsung case is a muddle, a confusion of design patents put in the same category as utility patents, and the verdict for infringing design looks as punitive as one for stealing technology.
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That shouldn't have been the case. Utility patents are protection for a unique invention, a kind of monopoly granted for 20 years after an examiner determines that no such inventions existed previously or can be found in what's known as prior art.
Design patents are generally agreed to be more subjective. They're good for 14 years, and spring from an 1891 court case that found one silverware manufacturer had copied the pattern of another.
If the "ordinary observer" can detect "substantial similarity" in one silverware pattern versus another, the original's design has been infringed, ruled the Supreme Court. And that's still the standard used in a design patent case involving two sophisticated, multi-layered electronic devices today.
Designs are established through the black and white drawings of exterior ornamentation submitted with the patent claim. In this trial, four Apple design patents were the central issue. Jurors' comments to the press after the trial indicate they were crucial in determining the outcome.
Until now, design patents have tended to play a much smaller role in computing and consumer electronics. For example, of the 6,242 patent examiners in the U.S. Patent Office, 99 of them are design examiners. The rest are utility patent examiners.
Yet, as computers shrink to handheld size, the role of design patents gets magnified. In smartphone design the evolving functional elements, such as the size of the touchscreen, are closely tied into the overall design. Apple didn't invent the capacitive resistance touchscreen, where the electrical field of a human finger makes a connection on the conducting surface of a piece of glass. But its core design patent on the iPhone covers a large, rectangular screen on a handheld device with rounded corners, much as you would now expect a touchscreen to be implemented. There are other elements, but the screen-centric design figures heavily into the iPhone's and iPad's respective design patents.
Apple has used a dysfunctional U.S. patent system--too many patents granted without enough understanding of the state of the art--to prosecute this case.
One of Apple's utility or technology patents covered snapback, a user interface feature that has been taught in computer graphics courses for 10 years, according to testimony at the trial. Either the examiner who approved the patent was not aware of that, or he judged Apple's application of snapback on a phone screen to be a first-ever invention. Whichever way it went, the existence of prior art should have prevented this patent from being issued.
When it comes to the smartphone, Apple's design patents come too close for comfort to giving Apple control of underlying technologies it did not invent, simply because it has asserted ownership of the design. The iPhone and iPad were brilliant design packages, and Apple deserves all the profits it has gained from them.
But the emergence of capacitive resistance screens would sooner or later have allowed many companies to eliminate keypads and produce devices with screen-centric designs. In many cases, they would have been following Apple's lead--let's say copying a good idea in their own way. And the result would be a vigorous, competitive economy and consumer choice.
A more demanding patent system with fewer patents issued would still have left Apple with the leadership position in the market and the respect of consumers who like its products. But it would have been obligated to continue to innovate instead of using patent law to slow or stifle competitors.


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Leucine aminopeptidase is a type of protein called an enzyme. It is normally found in liver cells and cells of the small intestine. This test is used to measure how much of this protein appears in your urine.
Your blood can also be checked for this protein.
A 24-hour urine sample is needed.
Label the container with your name, the date, the time of completion, and return it as instructed.
For an infant, thoroughly wash the area where urine exits the body.
This procedure may take more than one try. An active infant can move the bag, so that the urine leaks into the diaper.
Check the infant often and change the bag after the infant has urinated into it.
Drain the urine from the bag into the container given to you by your health care provider. Deliver the sample to the laboratory or your provider as soon as possible.
Your provider will tell you, if needed, to stop taking drugs that may interfere with the test.
Your provider may tell you to stop taking any medicines that could affect the test. Drugs that can affect the results of this test include estrogen and progesterone. Never stop taking any medicine without first talking to your provider.
The test involves only normal urination, and there is no discomfort.
You may need this test to see if there is liver damage. It may also be done to check for certain tumors.
This test is only rarely done. Other tests (such as gamma glutamyl transpeptidase) are as accurate and are more easily available.
Normal values range from 2 to 18 units per 24 hours.
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your provider about the meaning of your specific test results.
The examples above show the common measurements for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
Increased levels of leucine aminopeptidase can be seen in several conditions:
There is no real risk.
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Pratt DS. Liver chemistry and function tests. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2016:chap 73.
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Minnesota vs Washington Wrap - Washington Wins 85-80
Washington earned an 85-80 victory over Minnesota on Saturday, getting 24 points from Ivory Latta at Verizon Center.
Washington was an underdog by 12 points and came through with an ATS victory for bettors. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 157.5.
Monique Currie had 23 points for Washington and Crystal Langhorne chipped in with 11 points. Ivory Latta had 5 assists for the Mystics, while Crystal Langhorne was the team's top rebounder, grabbing 6 boards.
The Lynx got a 22-point performance from Maya Moore, who was supported by 21 points from Rebekkah Brunson. Lindsay Whalen had 9 assists in a losing cause for Minnesota, while Rebekkah Brunson grabbed 17 rebounds.
The Mystics hit the break leading 43-36 before taking care of business in the second half.
Minnesota won the battle of the boards, outrebounding their counterparts 41-34.
Washington heads into a battle against the Fever. Minnesota, meanwhile, will have their next action against San Antonio.


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Lakewood Ranch Cinemas and the Sarasota Film Society hosted the world premiere of "Parker," a crime thriller that depicts a thief with a unique code of professional ethics.
A VIP reception was held Jan. 24, before the film was shown at Lakewood Ranch Cinemas.
Many scenes from the film were shot at the Ringling Museum, in Sarasota.
The Sarasota Film Commission worked closely with the production staff to ensure the Sarasota area would be used in the film, instead of another area in Florida. Additionally, more than 300 extras from Sarasota and Manatee counties were chosen for the film, which Taylor Hackford directed and stars Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez and Michael Chiklis.


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He is up. He is down. He is back up. He is back down.
That's what it's like around the house these days as my son continues to work on standing on his own. This pretty much means everything to him right now. He is constantly trying to get vertical by pulling on anything and everything. What began as an effort in futility a week or so ago has now become a challenge he looks like he can soon master on his own.
Getting upright dominates his attention these days, and it has been wonderful to monitor his progress. He's almost standing on his own without any assistance. So far, I think the longest he has made it is about 10 seconds. He stands there wobbly and confused with a "what now?" kind of expression on his face. It's a look of total bewilderment. A couple seconds later, he caves to the confusion and collapses, only to try it again soon after. All the while his mom and I are trying to conceal our concern over his safety.
In the midst of keeping a wary eye on him came a wonderful memory last week. I turned my back for a minute and looked back at him in his playzone area and there he was standing at the gate. He had pulled himself up and was standing on his own for the first time. Over the last couple months, it's become natural to look over and see him sitting in there and playing by himself. It was not too long ago that seeing him sitting up was a wonderful thing. Now, it's all about standing, and looking over and seeing him upright at the gate trying to place his mouth around the railing was a great memory.
What's funny and dangerous at the same time is when he gets tired. That's when it gets scary. The legs are wiped and they show it. His knees start to buckle under him, resembling something like a building being imploded. Fortunately, gravity does its thing and he mostly lands squarely on his cushiony bottom.
There is nothing like a baby's determination. They just do not give up. It's admirable. They fall, they wipe out, they tumble, they hit the floor hard. All this but they get up and try it again with gusto. They epitomize resolve and never succumb to fear.
It seems to me all babies have addictive personalities. It's part of the growing process as they learn more and discover new things. They are all about one aspect for a certain period of time and then it's gone in a snap. They master it and move on.
For instance, for about a week, Beckett was all about blowing kisses, or at least his version of them. Every morning for about a week, when I would come get him in his crib and pull his pacifier out, he would toss a kiss my way. That was a great way to start the day. Previously, he would blow raspberries, also a charming start to any day. He has since moved on.
Now, as I walk in his room in the morning, almost always between 6 and 7 a.m., he greets me with the same captivating smile I have seen for most of his life. The major difference is he's standing up and doing it. The other morning, there he was standing in his crib with both arms on the railing, knees a little shaky and a pacifier hanging from his mouth. The funny thing was he had it in backwards. The raspberries and kisses are long gone and replaced largely with extended arms, signaling a desire to start the day.
Another example is the patty-cake nursery rhyme. For about a month, he was fascinated by it to the point we could not even pick him up without persistent attempts to place our hands in front of him. He was addicted to it and couldn't get enough. That's no longer the case, as he wants to squirm away to something bigger and better, particularly anything he can use to pull himself up.
All this increased activity and hard work seems to be taking it out of him. He went to sleep at 6:45 the other night and was not heard from again until 7 the next morning. That's a beautiful thing.
In Beckett's case, there's no question standing up is the new "it" thing. Next up will be walking, and that's a little scary for us first-time parents. It's funny to hear the reactions of other parents when we tell them the stage we are in. The comments have run the proverbial gamut, from one mom who said, "it's the best once you don't have to carry them everywhere" to a father who said something along the lines of, "don't encourage it, you will never be able to take your eyes off him again."
Most of the advice we receive deals with getting the house ready for a walking baby. As best we can, we have kid-proofed the house, but I assume it's only a matter of time before we learn we should have done more. One problem I know we will have to deal with is his fascination with electric chords because that's already an issue. We will deal with that soon enough.
In the meantime, we are still in the pre-walking days, and I find this current stage a blast. It's hilarious to watch as he pulls himself up to his feet and then that classic expression of doubt that gives way to a fall.
As of this writing, he's enjoying the standing up part as much as he does the crashing down. It's that bruiser mentality that gives us pause. On one hand, we laugh because of the sounds he makes and the facial expressions. Conversely, we cringe out of fear for his safety at the same time. It seems to me this is something we should become accustomed to and the sooner the better as he will be walking soon enough. The chances are it will happen before his parents are ready. What else is new there?


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SANTA ANA – The city and Santa Ana Unified are planning to develop a community and recreation center at Roosevelt Elementary School that both school children and the general public will use.
The Santa Ana City Council on Monday approved a joint-use agreement with the district to build the $4.93 million project.
It will include a one-story, 10,000-square-foot community center, play equipment, lighted basketball court and parking lot, a sports field, running track and other improvements.
The 30-year agreement will go to the Santa Ana Unified School District board on March 12. Design and approval by the state architect is expected to take about 10 months, followed by about 12 months of construction, according to Joe Dixon, assistant superintendent for facilities and governmental relations.
The city in 2011 decided to seek a grant for the project under Proposition 84, and was awarded $5 million, $70,000 of which will cover the city's project management expenses.
The project will enhance recreational facilities at Roosevelt and Walker Elementary schools, which are adjacent to each other, and surrounding neighborhoods. On the site of the planned facilities are turf fields and two portable classroom buildings that will be relocated.
Half the community center would be used for pre-kindergarten programs during school hours. That portion would be available for city programs after school and on weekends. The other half of the building would be available for public use during school hours and on weekends.
Similar to a park, the new facility's basketball and volleyball courts, playground and parking lot would be open to the public daily. A multi-purpose field and running track would be available to the public after school and on weekends.
"It's an amazing project," said Gerardo Mouet, executive director of the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency. "We competed because there is no park within a half-mile radius of Roosevelt-Walker….It is something that we were longing for and were able to accomplish."
Mouet said that 400 jurisdictions applied for grants when the city did, with 64 grants awarded. He said the average was $2.5 million.
The 2.7-acre project sits at Standard Avenue and Chestnut Street. With the addition of more than 22 acres of park space over the next two to three years that include the Roosevelt project, Santa Ana will move closer to its goal of two acres of park space for every 1,000 residents. As space is added, the city expects to achieve a ratio of about 1.48 acres of open space per 1,000 residents.
For at least the past 20 years, the ratio had been .9 acres of space for every 1,000, said Mouet.
Among other joint-use projects, a joint-use park at Willard Intermediate School on 4.55 acres is under construction, with the field ready for next school year and other amenities by Dec. 31.
At Garfield Elementary School, new classrooms will be complete for next school year, and a joint-use community center on .48 acres by Dec. 31, Dixon said.
A 4.6-acre joint-use project at Jerome Park/Monte Vista Elementary School was completed on March 4, with work on basketball court lighting expected to be done later this month.
Councilman Vincent F. Sarmiento represents Ward 1, which includes the Roosevelt park site.
"We know it is in a very densely populated area," he said. "It's going to do a lot for the concerns of many who live in that area."
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The 2013 inductees were announced Sunday. They include: Marcus Brown, a West Memphis basketball star who went on to play professionally in Europe; Jeremy Jacobs, the owner of Southland Park; and former Arkansas golfer Stacy Lewis, who won four professional events in 2012.
Other inductees are: former Arkansas track and cross country star Frank O'Mara, who is now CEO of Allied Wireless Communications; Don Nixon, who coached basketball at the high school and collegiate level; Wyn Norwood, longtime golf coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock; and Sonja Tate, who remains the career scoring leader in women's basketball at Arkansas State.
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Hi, I'm Lyra. Pronounced 'Leer-a.' Not 'Lie-ra.'
I'm a college junior studying languages and education. Since first grade I've wanted to get published. My life goal is to get one novel published, and once that happens I'll shoot higher.
I got into the HP fanfiction craze after I finished DH and craved more HP. After seeing OotP, I became a huge Bellatrix fan upon seeing Helena Bonham Carter's fantastic portrayal of her and couldn't resist writing my own fic about her!
HP stats:
Favorite Books (in order): 5, 3, 4, 7, 6, 2, 1
Favorite Movie (sort of in order): 7 pt 1, 1, 6, 2, 7 pt 2, 4, 3, 5
Favorite Characters: Hermione, Bellatrix, Tonks, Narcissa, Andromeda, Sirius, Ginny, Luna, Remus, Hagrid, Fred, and George.
Favorite Ships: Remus/Tonks. I support Luna/Neville (is it just me, or does it seem like everyone except Jo shipped them?). I ship all the Black sisters with whoever they're really with (Narcissa/Lucius, Andromeda/Ted, and Bellatrix/Rodolphus--NOT Bella/Voldy). Also, Hedwig/Pidwigeon is adorable, as is Lyra/Theodore (read 'Daughter of the Dark Side!')
Ship I Dislike: BELLA/VOLDY! Voldemort can't love; he would never be with Bellatrix!
The main reason I joined MNFF is to post Daughter of the Dark Side, my AU fic about how the series would turn out if Bellatrix had a daughter. I wrote it from Summer 2007-Spring 2008 as a way to cope with post-Deathly Hallows stress disorder. If you like the Black family, you will probably enjoy it!
At this point I've pretty much moved on from fanfiction, but I will still respond to every review I receive. Thanks for continuing to read my stuff after so many years!
About my stories:
Daughter of the Dark Side: My main fic. It is centered around Lyra, the daughter of Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange. It was chosen as a featured story, so I guess it's worth checking out.
A Torn Family's Fate: A poem about the members of the Black family and what happened to them.
Not All Stories Have A Happy Ending: Read this if you're a fan of Teddy Lupin and felt terrible that he never got to met his parents! It involves the Resurrection Stone...
The Marauders: A poem about what happened to the Marauders throughout the whole series.
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All-Star managers stand by decision07/10/2002 2:27 AM ET
By Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com
MILWAUKEE -- Managers Joe Torre and Bob Brenly knew trouble was lurking right around the corner. As the game reached the the 11th inning with the score still tied, they saw their All-Star cupboards were bare.
With no pitchers or position players left to turn to, both skippers turned instead to Commissioner Bud Selig, giving him a roster status update at the start of the inning. Selig beckoned for the two managers to come discuss the situation with him on two occasions in the middle of the inning. And Selig, obviously knowing how the crowd would react and not wanting the game to end in eternal limbo, made a decision he truly did not want to make.
"Never in our wildest dreams did we conceive the game would end in a tie," Selig said. "With the health of the players, frankly, we had no choice. As much as I hated to do it, and with all the reluctance in the world, I had no choice but to call the game."
The only other tie in an All-Star game came on July 31, 1961, at Fenway Park. The second Midsummer Classic that summer ended in a 1-1 tie after nine innings, because of rain. The teams waited 30 minutes before the game was called. This time, however, it wasn't natural events that ended the contest. And the Milwaukee faithful were none-too-pleased with the decision, which was announced as the bottom of the 11th inning got underway. Boos cascaded down, along with chants of "Let Them Play" as the National League went down in their final at-bat.
"I want to take this opportunity to apologize to the fans here," Selig said. "Their unhappiness is understood by all of us. It was a no-win situation, and I was sad. I understood the crowd reaction."
Selig obviously did not want to cancel the game while it was still tied, especially in his own backyard. The gravity of having to make such a tough call was easy to read on his face both during the 11th inning, and at the postgame press conference. And while all sorts of ideas on how to continue might have gone through his head -- from re-entry of pitchers to something as zany as bringing in a coach to pitch, Selig resisted the temptation to make the game a joke just for the sake of having an outcome.
"I sat the last half-inning desperately trying to come up with something," Selig said. "My mind was racing. But I can't turn the All-Star Game into something with who knows who was out there. It would have been a farce if we went to some kind of bizarre alternative.
"This is not the way I wanted this to end. It's the first time it's ever happened. It's very regrettable and very sad. At the end, I had no alternative. There's absolutely no one to blame."
But there may be a means to avoid a repeat of Tuesday night's ending. Selig did say that perhaps baseball will have to look at how the managers use their roster in the future, but an expansion of rosters is a more likely solution. An enlargement to 35 on each side has been a concept many have clamored for, mostly to include more deserving players in the game. Selig said adding both pitchers and position players would be considered, and it sounded at least late on Tuesday night, like it was a change Selig would like to implement as soon as possible.
"I think we'd probably do both," Selig said. "If we're going to have everybody play, we have to have more guys on the roster."
The managers, while not pleased with not having a winner, were in complete agreement with Selig's decision. The emphasis, they think, should be on getting everyone into the game if possible, and this was simply an extremely unusual circumstance.
"I feel bad for Bud, especially here," Torre said. "I apologize, however, in making my plan for the All-Star Game, getting everybody in was the most important thing. I know players that come want to play. It's our job to do that."
Torre and Brenly pulled that off almost perfectly, getting all 29 players into the game and leaving just one starting pitcher in the bullpen in the event of extra innings. But in today's Midsummer Classics, starters rarely, if ever, go more than two innings. Once Freddy Garcia and Vicente Padilla had gone those two frames, the managers were stuck. A result would have been nice, but not at the expense of a starter's health, especially one who pitches for a rival.
"The last thing I want to do is get a pitcher hurt," Torre said. "Sending Freddy Garcia back to Lou Piniella and having him say he can't pitch, that's the mortal sin."
"It's highly important not to place blame on anyone," Brenly said. "It happened. Unfortunately, it was tied up. I saved a starting pitcher, and we extended him as far as we were going to.
"It was a great game. There was a lot of excitement. You got everything you wanted...just not a win."
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Both President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney have been somewhat hesistant to discuss their faith in detail during the campaign season. In a recent poll by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, fewer than 50 percent of Americans identified Obama as a Christian. About 60 percent knew Romney is Mormon.
The two discussed their faith in eight questions presented by Washington National Cathedral's magazine Cathedral Age. From the release:
"'First and foremost, my Christian faith gives me a perspective and security that I don't think I would have otherwise: That I am loved. That, at the end of the day, God is in control,' said President Obama. "Faith can express itself in people in many ways, and I think it is important that we not make faith alone a barometer of a person's worth, value, or character.'
Governor Romney said, 'I am often asked about my faith and my beliefs about Jesus Christ. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Savior of mankind.'"
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