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To evaluate the relation between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and left ventricular mass (LVM) in morbid obesity and the influence of gender, menopausal status, anthropometry, body composition, hypertension, and other cardiovascular risk factors in this relationship.
Cross-sectional descriptive study.
Polysomnographic and echocardiographic studies were performed in a cohort of 242 patients (86 men, 100 premenopausal (PreM) and 56 postmenopausal (PostM) women), with grade II obesity and above (BMI: 43.7 ± 0.4 kg/m2) to investigate OSA and LVM respectively. Anthropometry, body composition, glucose tolerance, and blood pressure were also recorded.
OSA to different degrees was diagnosed in 76.2% of the patients (n: 166), its prevalence being 90.9% (n: 70) for men, and 76% (n: 38) and 63.8% (n: 58) for PostM and PreM women, respectively (p < 0.01). LVM excess was greatest for PostM women (90.2%), followed by men (81.9%) and PreM females (69.6%) (p < 0.01). LVM values increased in accordance to OSA severity (absence, 193.7 ± 6.9 g; mild, 192.6 ± 7.8 g; moderate, 240.5 ± 12.5 g; severe, 273.6 ± 14.6 g; p < 0.01). LVM magnitude correlated with the menopausal state, age, central adiposity, hypertension (HT), type 2 diabetes (DM), desaturation index (DI), and apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) (r = 0.41; p < 0.01). The relationship between LVM and AHI persisted in the multivariate analysis (β = 0.25; p < 0.05) after adjusting for age, gender, menopausal state, BMI, waist circumference, neck circumference, DI, fasting plasma glucose, DM, and HT. But if tobacco habits are included, the statistical difference disappears (β = 0.22; p = 0.06).
Morbid obesity is frequently associated with abnormal LVM, particularly in patients with OSA; this association is independent of HT, BMI, body composition, and other clinical factors, supporting a direct role of OSA on LVM in morbid obesity. This suggests that OSA and LVM might be taken as predictors of the cardiovascular risk in these patients.
Pujante P; Abreu C; Moreno J; Barrero EA; Azcarate P; Campo A; Urrestarazu E; Silva C; Maria JG; Tebar J; Frühbeck G; Salvador J. Obstructive sleep apnea severity is associated with left ventricular mass independent of other cardiovascular risk factors in morbid obesity. J Clin Sleep Med 2013;9(11):1165-1171.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by intermittent and repeated occlusion of the upper airways during sleep, leading to partial (hypopnea) or total (apnea) interruptions of the airflow.2 As a result, sustained variations in oxygen saturation and frequent wake up episodes take place, which may impair respiratory, cardiac, metabolic, and cognitive functions. OSA prevalence in the general population has been shown to be around 2% to 5% in women and 3% to 6% in men, although these values are probably underestimated due to difficulties in confirming the diagnosis and to the low relationship between the clinical manifestations and the number of apneas and hypopneas per hour (apnea-hypopnea index, AHI).2,3
Current Knowledge/Study Rationale: This work was designed to explore the possible relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and alterations of the left ventricular mass (LVM) in patients with morbid obesity. The influence of gender, menopausal status, body composition, and cardiovascular risk factors were also taken into consideration. The results show a high prevalence of sleep apnea and LVM alterations in this population, especially for men and PostM women. Interestingly, the apnea-hypopnea index related to LVM independently of age, gender, menopausal status, and other cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension. These results support a direct effect of OSA on LVM, and suggest that LVM should be assessed in all patients with morbid obesity and OSA, particularly men and postmenopausal women.
Study Impact: Morbid obesity is frequently associated to left ventricular mass alterations and obstructive sleep apnea. In this study we aimed to assess a possible direct relation between both cardiovascular risk factors and the influence played by complications such as hypertension and type 2 diabetes, often associated with obesity.
Development of OSA depends on several factors such as age, menopause, alcohol consumption, smoking, and administration of drugs that induce muscle relaxation, thus favoring respiratory airflow obstruction.2,3 However, obesity may represent the most determining factor.2–4 In the context of the present obesity epidemic, the prevalence of subjects with BMI higher than 35 kg/m2 is increasing significantly, reaching 15.5% of the population in the USA.5 Obese patients frequently display an altered breathing pattern due, at least in part, to neck fat accumulation, which provokes airway collapse during sleep. It is estimated that obesity multiplies the risk of OSA by ten, waist circumference being the anthropometric factor that best correlates with its occurrence. This high OSA prevalence in morbidly obese patients contributes to increasing their cardiometabolic morbility by different mechanisms such as the increase of the extracellular volume and sodium retention, changes in the endothoracic pressure, and increase in sympathetic nervous system tone and renin angiotensin system activity.4 Furthermore, OSA is becoming a recognized cause of resistant hypertension (HT),6,7 as deduced by the relation found between high AHI values and its development.8 The same may be true for the association between obesity and HT, which represent well-established factors of left ventricular mass (LVM) increase and cardiovascular risk (CVR).9 But OSA might increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease itself.7 It is known that OSA patients display alterations in myocardial function or structure.10,11 However, it is unclear whether these changes are due to OSA, obesity, or other frequently associated comorbidities, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) or HT. Given that an integral therapeutic approach should be programmed for most patients with OSA, it is important to know whether this condition is directly associated with myocardial disturbance, independent of the presence of other potentially related factors, such as fat mass excess, HT, or DM, since in that case the interest in detecting and treating OSA for cardiovascular prevention should be reinforced.
This study was designed to explore the relationship between OSA and the changes observed in LVM in morbidly obese patients, as well as to assess whether this relation is influenced by gender, age, menopausal state, body mass index (BMI), body composition, and HT.
We examined 242 Spanish patients with morbid obesity, BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2 (BMI: 43.7 ± 0.4 kg/m2), of whom 156 were women (56 postmenopausal [PostM] and 100 premenopausal [PreM]) and 86 men. The mean age was 43.2 ± 0.8 years (range 1,871 years). Patients with a history of coronary heart disease, heart failure, or established diagnosis of cardiac abnormalities were excluded. They were recruited in the Endocrinology Department; the cause of consultation was obesity in all cases. The response rate was 88% (n = 215).
All the patients were subjected to routine anthropometric examinations including body weight, height, and waist and neck circumference measurements. Body composition studies were carried out by air displacement plethysmography (Bod-Pod; Life Measurements, Concord, CA, USA), which is a validated bicompartimental method to determine the percentage of fat mass and fat-free mass.12
Three groups were defined: non-smokers (those that never smoked), ex-smokers (who had given up smoking ≥ 6 months prior to the study), and active smokers.
Mean values of two measurements of blood pressure were considered. Patients undergoing antihypertensive treatment or those with systolic pressure > 140 mm Hg and/or diastolic pressure > 90 mm Hg were considered as hypertensive.
An oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed in all patients with no previous history of DM. The patients were diagnosed as diabetic if the syndrome had been diagnosed previously, were being treated, or the condition was shown by OGTT according to ADA criteria.
Fasting plasma glucose was measured by spectrometry using an enzymatic-colorimetric method. Fasting plasma insulin was determined by immunoassay (Immulite 2500. Siemens). As an indicator of insulin resistance, the HOMA index (insulin [μU / mL] × glucose [mmol] / 22.5) was calculated in all cases.
All patients underwent a full night polysomnographic study. Nocturnal sleep was recorded with a Harmonie 5.2 system (Stellate, Montreal, QC, Canada) using Lamont 32-Sleep amplifiers (Lamont Medical, Madison, WI, USA). The recordings included 7 electroencephalogram channels referenced to balanced mastoids, right and left electrooculogram, oxygen saturation, airflow thoracic-abdominal bands, body position sensor and electrocardiogram. In accordance with established criteria, apnea was defined as the cessation of nasal or oral airflow > 10 seconds. Hypopnea was defined as ≥ 30% decrease in the airflow channel > 10 sec, accompanied by ≥ 4% oxygen desaturation in ≥ 90% of the events.13 The AHI and DI were automatically calculated as functions of the mean number of apneic and hypopneic or desaturation events per hour of sleep, respectively. The frequency and severity of oxygen desaturations were also measured. The hypnogram was visually analyzed off-line following standard criteria. The severity of OSA was classified according to the number of apnea events per hour following established criteria14: absent (< 5), mild (5-15), moderate (15-30), and severe (> 30).
Doppler echocardiography was carried out the day before the polysomnographic study. All determinations were performed by the same echocardiography specialist using a Sonos 7500 (Philips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands). Morphological measurements were taken in M mode with respect to a parasternal long axis view.
The left ejection fraction was measured as a systolic function parameter (EF = (TDV − TSV) / TDV), where TDV and TSV are the telediastolic and telesystolic volumes, respectively. EF alterations were classified into 4 categories15: reference, ≥ 55%; mild alteration, 45% to 54%; moderate, 30% to 44%; severe, < 30%.
The left ventricular mass (LVM) was calculated according to the formula: 0.8 {1.04 [(TDD + PPD + SD)3 – (TDD)3] + 0.6 g}16, where TDD is the telediastolic diameter, PPD the diameter of the posterior wall and SD the septal diameter. The values were adjusted according to sex into the following categories of abnormality15: women: reference, 66-150 g; mild alteration, 151-171 g; moderate, 172-182 g; severe, > 183 g; men: reference, 96-200 g; mild alteration, 201-227 g; moderate, 228-254 g; severe, > 255 g.
There is not a specific value adjusted for obesity, for this reason we adopted the most commonly used: LVM adjusted according to height (LVM/height2.7)17 and to the body surface [(BS (m2)]. In the first case a cutoff point of 51 g/m2 was taken as indicative of alteration,18,19 while in the second the formula height (cm)×weight(kg)/3600 was used to calculate the left ventricular mass index (LVMI), defined as LVM/BS. As reference values 115 g/m2 in men and 95 g/m2 in women were taken.15 The geometry of the left ventricular mass of the patients was calculated as a function of their relative wall thickness (WRT, mm) and LVMI (g/m2) and classified into 4 groups15: normal: WRT ≤ 0.42 and LVMI ≤ 95 and ≤ 115 for women and men respectively; concentric remodelling: WRT > 0.42 and LVMI ≤ 95 (women) / ≤ 115 (men); concentric hypertrophy WRT > 0.42 and LVMI > 95 (women) / > 115 (men); eccentric hypertrophy WRT ≤ 0.42 and LVMI > 95 (women) / > 115 (men).
Informed consent was obtained from each patient after full explanation of the purpose and nature of all procedures used.
The values are expressed as mean ± standard error for quantitative variables and as percentages for categorical variables. Means were compared for groups by one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc test and contingency tables to calculate χ2 when comparing categorical variables. The correlation analyses were assessed with the Pearson correlation coefficient and with multivariate linear and logistic regression studies. All the analyses were carried out with the statistical package SPSS v.15.0 (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL).
In Table 1 the information on the variables under study is recorded. It comprises the age of the patients, their anthropometric characteristics, smoking habits, prevalence of HT and DM and the echocardiographic and polysomnographic data as a function of sex and menopausal state. The mean age was roughly equivalent between men and women and, as expected, PreM women were younger than their PostM counterpart. All patients displayed an obesity degree ≥ 2, and no significant differences were observed in their respective BMIs. The body composition analysis showed a higher percentage of fat mass in women (p < 0.01) with no differences between the PreM and PostM subgroups. Men presented a more intense central fat distribution than women, as deduced from their respective waist circumference measurements (p < 0.01). Similarly, neck circumference was higher in men than in women, being similar in the PreM and PostM clusters. No differences were observed in smoking habits. Hypertension was diagnosed in 55.4% of the patients, with men and PostM subgroups displaying a higher HT prevalence than PreM women. Diabetes was found in 25.6% of the patients, with no statistical difference between men and women as a whole; however, DM was significantly more prevalent in the PostM than in the PreM consortia. HOMA index calculations showed that men were more insulin resistant, with no differences between PreM and PostM women.
Patient anthropometric characteristics, risk factors and echocardiographic study as a function of gender and menopausal state
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The prevalence of OSA in the whole group of patients was found to be 76.2%. However, the frequency among men rose up to 90.9%, while in women it accounted for 68.1%, the difference being statistically significant, as was that of the PreM (63.8%) and PostM (76%) clusters.
Similar echocardiographic values of the ejection fraction were found for men and PreM and PostM women, all of them being within the normal range. Significant differences (p < 0.01) were found in the LVM values of men and women and, within the latter, between the PreM and PostM subgroups. However, when LVM was adjusted for height and body surface, the differences between women and men became less (p < 0.05) and nonsignificant, respectively, although they remained as such in the case of the PreM and PostM clusters. No difference was found in the WRT of the three cohorts under study. Finally, concentric and eccentric hypertrophies were similar for both sexes taken as a whole; nevertheless, the condition affected a significantly higher proportion of PostM than PreM women (p < 0.01).
In Table 2 the characteristics of the group of patients are related to the severity of OSA. A clear tendency towards its association with increasing age, weight, BMI, body fat, waist and neck circumference, and the HOMA index was observed (p < 0.01 in all cases). Similarly, the more severe the degree of OSA, the greater the likelihood of associated comorbidities, especially HT and DM. In contrast, the systolic function, as assessed by the LV ejection fraction, was similar irrespective of the degree of OSA severity.
Comparison of the patient cohort anthropometric values, risk factors and echocardiographic data with their OSA severity
A gradual increase in LVM was observed concomitant with OSA severity (p < 0.01) which was clearly enhanced by HT, as can be observed in Figure 1. Similarly, a gradual increment of LVM, when adjusted with respect to height, was seen as a function of the presence and intensity of OSA (p < 0.01). However, OSA severity did not correlate to heart hypertrophy or gender.
NS, non statistically significant difference; *p < 0.05.
LVM (g) evolution as a function of OSA severity in the absence and presence of HT. NS, non statistically significant difference; *p
Univariate correlation of the data showed that LVM significantly correlated with age (r = 0.24; p < 0.01), gender (r = 0.44; p < 0.01), menopausal state (r = 0.33; p < 0.01), BMI (r = 0.16; p < 0.01), percentage of fat mass (r = 0.21; p < 0.01), waist circumference (r = 0.42; p < 0.01), neck circumference (r = 0.44; p < 0.01), HT (r = 0.30; p < 0.01), DM (r = 0.35; p < 0.01), smoking habits (r = 0.15; p < 0.01), fasting plasma glucose (r = 0.19; p < 0.01), DI (r = 0.28; p < 0.01), and AHI (r = 0.41; p < 0.01). No correlations were found with the HOMA index or with fasting plasma insulin.
The correlation between LVM and AHI persisted in the multivariate regression analysis (β = 0.25; p < 0.05) after adjusting for age, gender, menopausal state, BMI, waist circumference, neck circumference, DI, fasting plasma glucose, DM, and HT. But if tobacco habits are included the statistical difference disappears (β = 0.22; p = 0.06).
Similarly, the data on LVM adjusted for height were positively associated with age (r = 0.36; p < 0.01), gender (r = 0.16; p < 0.05), menopausal state (r = 0.34; p < 0.01), BMI (r = 0.18; p < 0.05), waist circumference (r = 0.29; p < 0.01), neck circumference (r = 0.19; p < 0.05), HT (r = 0.31; p < 0.01), DM (r = 0.41; p < 0.01), fasting plasma glucose (r = 0.21; p < 0.01) DI (r = 0.22; p < 0.01), and AHI (r = 0.41, p < 0.01). However, no relationship was found with the HOMA index, fasting plasma insulin, or fat mass. The correlation between LVM/height2.7 and AHI persisted in the multivariate regression analysis (β = 0.15; p < 0.05) after adjusting for age, gender, menopausal state, BMI, waist circumference, and HT.
The univariate analysis of the left ventricular hypertrophy data with those on the severity of OSA indicates that a clear relation between them exists (Table 3). Since OSA is dependent on several other factors, such as age, gender, menopausal state, and smoking habits, a multivariate analysis that took these variables into consideration was undertaken. The data obtained indicate that these factors significantly contributed to the outcome especially for patients that suffered moderate and severe OSA.
Cox proportional hazard ratios (95% CI) for the association between OSA and left ventricular hypertrophy
The inclusion of the BMI and fat mass data had a minor influence on the data recovered. Conversely, fat distribution played an important role, especially when neck perimeter was taken into consideration, thus confirming that blockage of the pulmonary airway is an important predisposing factor for OSA. Finally, while HT appeared to positively influence OSA severity, this relation was not noted with carbohydrate metabolism alterations, such as DM.
The correlation between OSA and alteration of myocardial function is a controversial issue. While some studies have suggested a relation between LVH, AHI and the duration of oxygen saturation periods,20–22 research carried out on obese patients with or without OSA found no differences in their LVM.23 Furthermore, the association observed between the increase in LVM and OSA was not maintained after adjusting for BMI or other associated covariates, thus suggesting that other clinical factors might influence the link between OSA and the changes in myocardial morphology. However, the results of The Sleep Heart Health Study7 showed that increases in LVM and in LVH prevalence were related to AHI, independent of age, sex, ethnicity, BMI, smoking, alcohol consumption, DM, and previous acute myocardial infarction.24
In the present study, we have addressed the relation of OSA severity with LVM increase in obese patients with BMIs over 35 kg/m2, to determine whether there was a cause/effect between both or if other cardiovascular risk factors, usually present in these patients, played a role as well. This might, in addition, promote the realization of prospective studies aiming to provide information on the possible effects of weight loss or gain on the OSA and LVM relationship.
The results obtained indicate that a high prevalence of OSA occurs in patients with morbid obesity, reaching 76.2% of the cases. A high prevalence of LVM alterations in morbidly obese patients that were affected by OSA (up to 78.6%) was observed, a result that agrees with that of a previous report where a sample of 25 obese patients (23 of which were males) was investigated.25 The frequency of LVM disturbance in women (68.1%) was significantly lower than in men, where only 9.1% of the individuals were free of the condition. The data obtained indicate that male-gender, a well-known predisposing factor for OSA in the general population, also influences its occurrence in obese patients. Nevertheless, obesity appears to increase the frequency of OSA in women as well, from about 50% found in the female population taken as a whole26 to the almost 70% found in our dataset. However, it appears that body fat distribution rather than excess total fat is responsible for the increased frequency of OSA in our patients; air displacement plethysmography indicated that men presented lower total fat figures than women but higher waist and neck circumferences, thus indicating that central fat deposition may be the real predisposing agent for OSA pathogenesis in morbidly obese patients.
The influence of the menopausal status of the obese patients on OSA was also clear; PostM women showed a significantly higher frequency (76.0%) than PreM women (63.8%). Similar data have previously been reported,27 although in that case larger neck circumference and higher waist to hip circumference ratios were found among PostM women and, as a consequence, were taken as predisposing factors for OSA (similar to what we have just discussed for men and women). However, our female cohorts presented similar anthropometric and body composition parameters, suggesting that other factors, such as age or/and hormonal status might also be responsible for OSA prevalence in the PostM subgroup. In agreement with this assumption, the administration of hormone replacement therapy to menopausal women was associated to a lower prevalence of OSA.28
As expected, our study revealed that morbid obesity is strongly associated with cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension and DM2, which were more prevalent in men and PostM women and showed a significant correlation with obesity and central adiposity indexes such as BMI, waist, and neck circumference, and with AHI. However, it appears that there is a direct correlation between OSA severity and LVM increase, which may be independent of the other cardiovascular risks. Furthermore, the changes in LVM were observed both in non- and hypertensive patients. However, HT induces more pronounced changes in the LVM of patients with OSA, suggesting a synergistic effect of both conditions. These data agree with those of recently published reports21,29 indicating that severe OSA impairs left ventricular function independent of age, insulin resistance or blood pressure,30 although these conditions may worsen it. LVH also represents an established cardiovascular risk factor31 particularly relevant in patients with severe OSA that exhibit an LVH prevalence of over 50% in our cohort. This relationship might be indirectly influenced by fat distribution, HT, and DM, all of which are conditions that probably influence the association between severe OSA and LVH.
It is known that insulin resistance promotes the increment of LVM and LVH through raising the extracellular volume and sodium retention32 and through hyperactivation of the reninaldosterone system.33 A direct relationship was found between HOMA and LVM alterations, which were independent of the age and other confounding factors such as HT.34 However, we could not find an association between fasting plasma insulin or HOMA index and LVM, suggesting that additional factors may be involved in the pathophysiology of LVM in patients with morbid obesity. On the other hand, the relation of fat distribution with both the degree of OSA severity and insulin resistance suggests that the latter may be considered as an important anthropometric clue when OSA is suspected and therefore, may represent an indirect marker for detecting LVM alterations in obese patients.
In contrast with a previous report,24 our study showed no differences in the ejection fraction of patients included in any of the four categories of OSA severity, suggesting that OSA was not inducing changes in their systolic function. These discrepancies may be due to the fact that patients with established cardiac disturbances were excluded from the previous report and to the age heterogeneity of our sample.
In summary, this study establishes that OSA is highly prevalent among morbidly obese patients, being especially frequent in men and PostM women. LVM alterations and LVH are also very common in these patients, and their occurrence is associated with OSA independent of other classic cardiovascular risk factors, including HT. These data suggest that OSA should be investigated and an echocardiographic study performed in all patients with morbid obesity, independent of their HT status, and especially in men and PostM women. The improvement obtained in myocardial performance following treatment with CPAP in patients with OSA,11 supports the interest of this diagnostic strategy in the prevention or treatment of myocardial dysfunction and cardiovascular risk in this group of patients.
This was not an industry supported study. The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
Work for this study was performed in Clinica Universidad de Navarra.
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Covering the Bases: Game 32
FIRST: First, the bright side. The Blue Jays are 8-2 over their last 10 games.
That is an especially silver lining considering Toronto has been picking up wins without much assistance from their two big dogs: Aaron Hill and Adam Lind.
Over that 10-game span, the Hilldebeast and Mighty Lind have combined to hit .150 (12-for-80). Hill is 8-for-40 and Lind 4-for-40 across that stretch of contests.
In the two losses, Hill and Lind have combined to go 0-for-15 in the batter's box. During Saturday's 7-3 loss to the White Sox at The Cell, Hill and Lind went 0-for-8. In a game where the Jays struggled to get much of anything going on offense againse Jake Peavy, production from that duo is sorely missed.
"It'd certainly be a little bit easier if they were hitting the ball," Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said. "They've done their share here and there."
Gaston said it reminds him of last season, when Vernon Wells and Alex Rios were slumping and Hill and Lind actually helped pick up the slack (on their way to a combined 71 homers and 222 RBIs). This year, it's been guys like Wells, Alex Gonzalez and John Buck carrying most of the load (26 homers, 67 RBIs combined through 32 games).
SECOND: Casey Janssen suddenly appears to be the low man on the totem pole in the Blue Jays' bullpen. Before Saturday's forgettable appearance, it had been one week since Janssen worked in a game. "That might have been some of his problem," Gaston admitted. Tough to get everybody work when the rotation is lasting deep into games, though.
Janssen walked in a pair of runs with the bases loaded in a four-run seventh for the White Sox. That makes it six inherited runners across home plate for Janssen over his past five appearances. Over that span, he's allowed seven runs on nine hits in 4.2 innings. This after and great spring and a 1.17 ERA across his first seven games.
THIRD: One outing after flirting with a perfecto, lefty Brett Cecil issued a one-out walk and a two-out homer in the first inning against the White Sox. Cecil then walked in a run with the bases loaded in the second. Sox appeared to have done plenty of homework against Cecil and his changeup. Here's what the lefty said: "It just seemed like every changeup I threw they would check swing or they were just spitting on it. I just don't think it was in the zone long enough for them to even offer at it."
HOME: Ah, the hometown call. It's the difference between reliever Josh Roenicke's ERA staying at 0.00 and ballooning to 8.31. In the decisive seventh inning, Roenicke made a throwing error on a one-out bunt "single" off the bat of Juan Pierre. Watching the replay, a clean throw clearly would have beat Pierre to first base. That should have meant Pierre reached on an E-1, not on a single.
Instead, Pierre got credit for a hit and then advanced to second on the E-1. Roenicke then caught a flyout, which would've ended the inning under normal circumstances. What followed was two extra-base hits, four walks and four runs. Now, the inning was ugly when it was all said and done. But, it says here that Roenicke should've been charged with four unearned runs.
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The Ministry of Agriculture in Fiji says flood damage to food crops will incur about 3.2 million US dollars in rehabilitation costs.
Initial disaster assessments of the agriculture sector indicate about 55 percent of export crops will be affected by the flooding and 70 percent of other food crops for hotels and general consumption is expected to be damaged.
The Ministry's Permanent Secretary Colonel Mason Smith says the majority of the export goods are destined for Australia and New Zealand.
"For our export commodities we're looking at papaya and in some areas our taro exports to the regional markets. With regards to food security, these are of course the vegetables, rice, root crops, pulses and other short-term vegetables that are cultivated by our small-holder farmers in the Western Division."
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Gerard Pique has created further intrigue surrounding the future of Cesc Fabregas by saying the midfielder is leaving Barcelona for €33 million.
Pique was talking to Spanish manager Vicente Del Bosque ahead of a scheduled news conference and seemed to say Fabregas had told him he was leaving for an unnamed club, only for microphones to pick up their exchange - but there remains the possibility it was a deliberate attempt at leading the media astray.
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Renowned as a practical joker, Pique could be seen smiling throughout the conversation with Del Bosque. At the same time, the discussion would appear a development of information already known about Fabregas' situation, and there was a conspicuous candidness about the way both spoke.
Barcelona are known to be open to the idea of selling Cesc and, on sitting down to face media, Pique told his coach he was going "to defend Cesc a bit".
Del Bosque laughed before the defender added: "He's told me it's already done."
When asked by his manager, "Him?" Pique responded: "Yeah, he's gone ... 33 million, he's told me."
Chelsea are interested in signing Fabregas, as are Manchester United. but that so far does not extend to the managers. Sources have stated that both Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho would at present prefer to strengthen in other areas.
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Three members of the Harvard women's lacrosse team were selected to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-Region team. Sophomores Danielle Tetreault and Jennifer VanderMeulen were selected to the first team, while junior Melanie Baskind earned a spot on the second team representing the Northeast.
The trio led a Crimson team that had the Ivy League's most prolific offense this season. The Crimson finished the 2011 season with a 10-6 overall mark and a 5-2 in the Ivy League. It was the most wins in a season and most Ivy victories since 1994. Five players were named to the All-Ivy League team, also a first since 1994. The Crimson garnered its first top-20 ranking since 1997 in week 11, after receiving votes for the majority of the season.
VanderMeulen a repeat selection to the first team posted a team and league best in goals (48) and goals per game (3.00). The first-team All-Ivy League honoree was first on the team and third in the Ivies in points (53). She scored 100th career goal in regular season finale against Dartmouth. VanderMeulen had three or more goals 12 times and four or more five times.
Tetreault earned a spot on the All-Region team for the first time in her career. She was second on the Crimson in goals (36) and points (42). The second-team All-Ivy League recipient led the team in draw controls with 25 and also collected 12 ground balls.
Baskind, a dual sport athlete at Crimson, earned her second All-Region selection in lacrosse. Baskind was key to the Crimson midfield, recording 13 goals, two assists, six caused turnovers and a team-high 16 ground balls during Ivy competition. For the season, Baskind was one of four Crimson players to record 20-plus goals, netting 25 to go along with six assists and 30 ground balls (2.14 per game ranked No. 4 in the League). Baskind was a first-team All-Ivy League recipient.
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Business resource event draws Summit County business owners
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More than 30 small-business owners from throughout Summit County gathered at the Frisco Adventure Park Great Room yesterday to hear presentations from and speak with representatives of various small-business resources at local, state and federal levels.
Among these were the Small Business Development Center, Small Business Administration (SBA), the towns of Dillon, Frisco, Silverthorne and Breckenridge, Colorado Workforce, the Summit Independent Business Alliance (SIBA), Breckenridge Resort Chamber, Colorado Mountain College, Firstbank and U.S. Bank.
"It's really amazing that under one roof that a small business can come here for an hour and a half and be able to have access to so many resources and to really network with those resources and to be able to sit down with them and have an earnest discussion, and that's where I think the value is," said Lindsey Stapay, with the Small Business Development Center at Colorado Mountain College.
Anything and everything related to small business was on the table for discussion. After introducing themselves, representatives from the above groups rotated among tables of participants. At each mini-session, representatives explained what they could do to help small businesses and then fielded specific questions from business owners. Topics ranged from the strategic side of business plans and marketing to the money side of interest rates and bank and federal loans.
The Small Business Administration (SBA), an independent agency of the federal government, offers various resources to small businesses, including counseling and training services and a number of loan guaranty programs. Taylor Marshall, economic development specialist with the SBA, was on hand to describe the options available that participants might not have known about. For example, the SBA offers a disaster loan program, which covers events such as drought, a condition for which Summit County qualifies. That means that a local business that has been economically hurt by drought could potentially qualify for money from SBA.
Bank representatives were also on hand to discuss what they were doing to help small businesses.
"I think that my main mission today was to educate small businesses on ways to get funding and educate them on banking as a whole and let them know that we're out lending money, we want to lend money," said Justin Slezak, assistant relationship manager at U.S. Bank.
Slezak explained that the "relationship" part of his job title explained what he and his colleagues do very well. He said he often holds quarterly meetings with business owners to keep up on what they're doing and advise them on next steps.
Larry Stone, a local CPA, confirmed Slezak's "relationship" approach. "The more your banker knows and understands your business, the more he can help you," he said.
Slezak was also there to put a face to the bank and to the voice over the phone. "If you talked with U.S. Bank, you'd probably be talking with me about it," he told one business owner after answering her question.
Response from the business owners at the event was mainly positive.
"I got some really good answers," said K'lynne Jorgenson, a local sales business consultant who attended the event. "Some of it I was already doing, … and they're going to help me try to figure out even better steps."
She also said she liked the one-on-one aspect because now she knows who to refer clients to with their various questions.
"Now I can say, here, you need to call Lindsey, because she can help you," she said.
Imane Deininger, owner of Bookbreck Vacation Homes in Breckenridge, said that the event was very helpful.
"I wanted to know what these (organizations) were. I didn't know what SBA was, I didn't know enough about the Summit (Independent) Business Alliance," she said. "SBA does more than I realized."
Chad Most, revenue specialist for the town of Frisco, said he was pleased with the event and considers it a success.
"We realize the challenges that local businesses face and we know what an important facet they are to the community, they're the backbone, and at the town we try to keep at the front of our minds every day that we're at your service, so any time we can get something together where business owners can learn about more resources to be more successful, it's beneficial to them and it's beneficial to us and our community," he said. "Hopefully we can do this a couple times a year."
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- 1 1/2 lbs. skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup prepared teriyaki marinade, plus more for serving
- 2/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1 Tbl. Sriracha (Asian Chile sauce)
- 2 scallions, white parts only, thinly sliced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1/4 small pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into 1/4 inch thick slices
- Vegetable oil, for the grill
- 3 Tbl. toasted sesame seeds
- 1 - 24 inch baguette
- 2 cups shredded red cabbage
Step 1
Place the chicken breasts between two pieces of plastic wrap and pound to about 3/4 inch thick. Remove the plastic wrap, then combine the chicken and teriyaki marinade in a large freezer bag and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours.
Preheat a grill to medium high. Mix the mayonnaise, Sriracha and scallions in a bowl; season with salt and pepper.
Grill the pineapple slices until charred, about 2 minutes per side. Remove the chicken from the marinade and season with salt and pepper. Lightly oil the grill grates with the vegetable oil using a paper towel or silicone brush. Grill the chicken until cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes per side. Coat in the toasted sesame seeds and then thinly slice of the diagonal.
Sandwich build: Split the baguette in half lengthwise and lightly toast on the grill. Schmear the mayo mixture on the baguette top. Layer the chicken on the baguette bottom. Top with the grilled pineapple, cabbage, and the baguette top. Cut into individual sandwiches and serve with more teriyaki marinade.


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At Kainos WorkSmart, everything we achieve is because of the quality, talent and determination of our people, and their ability to deliver amazing digital solutions which meet the needs of our customers. Our goal is to be the leading Workday partner globally, with our people seen as the leaders in Workday deployment solutions. We do this by investing heavily in our teams and our people, giving them the opportunity to grow their careers with us and to build their knowledge and skills. We're passionate about the need to ensure they are presented with the best opportunities while ensuring our customers get the solutions they need.
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#1 "Occupy the Farm" -- Why do the police allow these people to do these things?
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Back in April, Occutards illegally took over an area meant for Berkeley students and professors to carry on experiments on crops. They planted a pitiful amount of crops, set up a tent village community, had all sorts of speakers and events, and just generally made a law-breaking nuisance of themselves. You can read about it and see some pics here:
Eventually, they were kicked out, but they recently returned:
About 60 Occupy the Farm activists returned to the Gill Tract on Saturday morning to weed and harvest crops planted earlier this spring.
The activists broke a lock on a gate and entered the 10-acre plot of land around 9:40 a.m. and remained on the property until shortly after noon.
"We harvested over 50 pounds of cucumbers and more than 75 pounds of squash," said Anya Kamenskaya, a spokeswoman for the group.
The group included children and people of all ages. Four UC police officers looked on while the activists weeded and harvested, Kamenskaya said.
The Gill Tract is owned by UC Berkeley and is used for plant biology research. Activists began farming the land April 22 to protest development plans by UC Berkeley and the city of Albany. They were eventually driven off in May and nine activists were arrested, although no charges were filed.
Kamenskaya said the vegetables and herbs harvested Saturday morning will be donated to local food banks. The group also deposited a pile of inedible bolts of lettuce on the doorstep of the UC Berkeley chancellor's on-campus residence.
"The university is not taking care of the crops that we sowed," Kamenskaya said. "You can't take care of the crops if the gates are closed. We're going to continue to make sure that there's public access to these crops."
"There were no arrests, no confrontations, and most importantly, no damage was done to the research projects going on there," UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof said.
"We will continue to monitor the situation," he said. "Our foremost priority is ensuring that our faculty and students can continue with their research work."
Kamenskaya said her group decided to harvest the crops that were planted in the spring after learning that the city of Albany had planned a secret harvest with only a few people invited. She said when Occupy the Farm activists learned of the secret harvest, the city then canceled it.
"This whole time they claimed they were involving the community," she said. "But they weren't. Our presence there today was to highlight that fact."
Kamenskaya said Occupy the Farm activists will attend a meeting of the Albany City Council on Monday night when a public hearing will be held on development plans for the property.
As if we didn't already know but the entire Occupuke philosophy is doomed to failure. It's based on a might makes right mindset and they will end up losing.
Take this farm for instance. Sixty of them broke in and planted crops on land they did not own. Guess what? I have 200 friends that want that land for a church, playground and office space for the Republican party. Tonight we are coming in and just taking the land you are on. Why not. You did it.
Some irony from the article:
"Wait, what our lot? Suddenly youre in favor of private property and ownership, now that youve stolen it? How is that lot yours any more than it was the universitys before you took it?"
--->Don't worry, tomorrow it might be Club JB. And you're going to need an ID to get in.
Hypocrisy, thy name is Occupy. When society draws boundaries, builds fences, and makes rules, Occupy gets to violate them at will. But once theyve seized control, Occupy immediately starts making new rules and new boundaries that everyone else is supposed to honor. Perhaps thats the new Occupy motto: Rules for thee, but not for me.
One of these days regular folk are finally going to tire of this nonsense and that will be that. Call me when it starts.Be Not Afraid.
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The magic of bone conduction is that you can hear it loud and clear while others around you can't hear anything. But many bone conduction products suffer from sound leakage, meaning that people nearby can hear what you can hear through your bone conduction device. This is often because they use large actuators at high power output, and there's always a trade-off between how much power is used to create audio clarity and the amount of sound leakage generated.
ORII's focus is on delivering crisp and clear human voice audio. By transmitting audio via the finger, we've
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There were two main considerations for product design: firstly, how can we create smart ring that could offer as many ring sizes as possible without needing to re-layout the internal components for every size; secondly, how can we create an timeless, simple, and sophisticated smart ring design that isn't "jewelry" nor is it too "techie"?
December 2016: First modular concepts
February 2017: Refined modular concepts
To create the final design for ORII, we turned to award winning Italian product designer Andrea Ponti. He has received many international prizes and awards, including first prize at the 2012 LG Mobile Design Competition for a smartphone for the visually impaired; two Red Dot Design Awards in 2015, both designed for Philips in collaboration with Gibson Innovations; two Good Design Awards awarded from Japan in 2016, and the 2017 IF Design Award for the Matrix Powerwatch, an eco-friendly smartwatch that runs exclusively on body heat.
April 2017: Final Ring Design
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We've also designed a charging dock that looks great on your desk but is also portable and sleek. Throw it in your bag so you can bring it with you wherever you're. The best part? The charging dock can recharge your ring up to 5 times.
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Before shipping begins, we'll send you a ring sizing gauge with instructions for finding the correct size for you.
We've designed ORII in a modular way so that the electronic components are not incorporated into the ring band. This approach is aesthetically please, and allows us to offer rings in sizes 6-11 (U.S. measurements) while controlling manufacturing costs.
Just in case you want to adjust the ring size, you'll also receive three ring size adjusters along with your ORII. These silicon pads are incorporated into the design aesthetic and let you adjust the ring size up and down one size. We are using durable, allergy proof, high quality silicon.
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We used a "design thinking" approach that focused ways to create screen-free, voice enabled technology. Starting with fundamental research and prototyping, ORII went through many iterations both in technology and in design.
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The ORII team has been testing, prototyping, and refining the design over the past 18 months. We have partnered with one of the world's best materials science manufacturers to create the casing, and have brought on Peter P. Lam as Head of Manufacturing, with over 15 years of experience, and Lewis McFadyen, as Head of Product with 16 years of product engineering experience to help us deliver the highest quality ring possible.
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If this sounds familiar, it's because she said the same thing — verbatim — two months ago, before we found out that "turning the economy around" means adding 18,000 jobs a month. No worries, though: Jay Carney reassured America this afternoon that there's no threat of a double-dip recession. Let's see what Larry Summers, Obama's former econ guru, thinks of that:
On the current policy path, it would be surprising if growth were rapid enough to reduce unemployment even to 8.5 percent by the end of 2012. A substantial withdrawal of fiscal stimulus will occur when the payroll tax cuts expire at the end of the year. With growth at less than 1 percent in the first half of this year, the economy is effectively at a stall and facing the prospects of shocks from a European financial crisis that is decidedly not under control, spikes in oil prices and declines in business and household confidence. The indicators suggest that the economy has at least a 1-in-3 chance of falling back into recession if nothing new is done to raise demand and spur growth.
That's the bad news. The good news? Obama's ready to "pivot to jobs" for the 15th time in his presidency. His first move on the pivot will be a little disaster tourism to the midwest to see how everyone's coping with chronic nine percent unemployment. And if all else fails, he's sharpening up his buck-passing talking points for the election. From today's White House availability: "Unfortunately, the debt ceiling crisis over the last month, I think, has had an unnecessary negative impact on the economy here, as well." If he can figure out a way to blame the economy next year on the GOP driving a hard bargain on the debt ceiling this summer, I bet the left will be A-OK with the deal after all. Click the image to watch.


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The Witness on track to sell more in one week than Braid did in a year
The Witness is officially a success.
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Braid creator going into debt to finance The Witness
Braid creator Jonathan Blow has spent everything he earned from the indie hit and The Witness still isn't finished.
Microsoft will "act expeditiously" to complaints of cloned games on Windows store
Following the outing of Braid clones by Jonathan Blow, Microsoft claims to move swiftly where IP rights are threatened.
Braid clones named and shamed by Jonathan Blow
Braid creator Jonathan Blow has outed three clones that nick assets from his acclaimed platformer. The plagiarism is clear to see.
Humble Bundle V surpasses $4 million in sales
Humble Bundle V has, as of this post, has been purchased 495,134 times, and has accumulated $4,094,061.75 in sales.
Humble Bundle V adds Super Meat Boy, Braid, Lone Survivor
Humble Bundle V organizers have added Lone Survivor, Braid, and Super Meat Boy to what in our opinion is the best indie bundle yet. The bundle already includes: Bastion, Limbo, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Psychonauts, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent as well as the soundtracks, but if you pay over the current average price […]
Indie Game: The Movie selected for 2012 Sundance Film Festival's World Documentary Competition
Indie Game: The Movie, a feature documentary about "video games, their creators and the craft," will make its world premiere as an official selection in World Documentary Competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
Lewie's Weekly Deals - Total War: Shogun 2, pre-owned consoles, more
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Five games. For charity. Pay whatever you like.
Impulse puts Braid, others on sale this weekend for 50% off
Stardock's Impulse service has quite a few games on sale this weekend, including Braid for 50 percent off the regular price.
Naughty Dog and Double Fine to present at GDC 2010
Game Developers Conference organizers announced today that Naughty Dog and Double Fine will both provide presentations at GDC 2010. Five different lectures pertaining to Uncharted 2 and its production will be given by Naughty Dog at the conference, one by director Bruce Straley and co-lead designer Neil Druckmann discussing story and gameplay integration, and the […]
Braid sets its sights on North American PS3 users this month
Update: The US PS Blog has a video up now. Original: Good news folks. Braid lands on PS3 in North America on November 12. Of course this makes you happy, because you've been gagging for it since it was announced for the system back in August. Therefore, set back $14.99 in the kitty for it, […]
Jonathan Blow hiring for "full-body motion tracking" project
It would appear that Jonathan Blow, the time-defying mind behind Braid, is looking to set a new project into motion. Over on the official Braid blog, Blow's hoping to hire a programmer to "do very interesting work with full-body motion tracking." When asked by Joystiq if motion controls were being applied to his previously announced […]
Braid's cheap on Steam
You can now buy Braid for £3.39 on Steam. That's very cheap, so you probably should. And that's that. Thanks, EG.
Confirmed: Braid a lock for PSN
IGN's received word from Hothead Games that the rumored PSN port of Braid isn't just some practical joke cooked up by those kooky pranksters on the German ratings board. The platform-puzzler is set to hit both North American and European PS3s. However, no other details — like release date or price — have been given. […]
German ratings board lists Braid for PS3
Germany's ratings board, Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK) has Braid listed for PS3. The listing has Hothead Games as doing the port. While the USK has no reason to lie, keep it as rumor until an announcement is made. Via NeoGAF.
Braid creator talks a bit about his new 3D puzzle-exploration game
Braid creator Jonathan Blow has elaborated a bit on the project 3D puzzle-exploration game he is hiring for. According to a chat with Joystiq, Blow can up with the concept behind the game before the release of Braid but was unsure if he could pull it off due to it being "a more-expensive, harder-to-make 3D […]
Braid creator developing a new 3D "puzzle-exploration game"
According to a post over on Braid's official website, the game's creator Jonathan Blow is looking to hire a 3D Environment Concept Artist for the development of a 3D "puzzle-exploration game." The project is described as "a puzzle-exploration game that is philosophical, and quiet, and is being made for reasons other than crass profit motive." […]
Microsoft overbills for Braid, hands out refunds and an extra 100 points
Xbox Live customers who purchased Braid back in February will be getting 500 points credited to their account, due to a technical glitch that overbilled for the game. Gamers were charged 1200 MS points instead of 800 when the game was the "Deal of the Week". Realizing its mistake, Microsoft's crediting the extra 400 points […]
GamersGate offerings surpass 1,000 titles
GamersGate has announced that over 1,000 different titles appear in its online distribution library, including Braid. "Braid not only challenges traditional game design, it challenges the very fabric of the industry by achieving critical success as a download only title," said GamersGate CEO Theodore Bergquist. "Our goal is to enable market access for small development […]
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Today's technology allows us to perform lots of tasks with ease, more than I realized until a recent issue of Reader's Digest listed some products that I never knew existed. For instance, if you're reluctant to order clothing online because it may not fit, you can digitally measure your body using a German-based technology service called Upcload that takes measurements as you stand in front of a webcam holding a CD in front of you. Somehow, the size of the CD allows this software to measure your body for a perfect fit every time. If you're still hesitant, and really want something "more fitting," come to the Jasper County Public Library, where the variety of new fiction on the shelves will offer the "perfect fit" every time! Check these new titles out!
Down to his last case and scrounging for cash, Private Investigator, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by. When the case of a lifetime comes knocking on his door in the form of John Bristow, brother to the legendary supermodel, Lula Landry who fell to her death just months earlier, Strike sets out to prove that the supermodel's death was not a suicide, as ruled by the police, but a homicide. Thrown into the world of multimillionaires and beautiful women, it's not a stretch of the imagination to believe that Strike feels he's "struck" gold in "The Cuckoo's Calling," book one in the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith.
The tragic loss of their seventeen year old daughter leaves the Jacobs family feeling isolated; not only from the rest of the world who are not grief-stricken, but from the warmth of one another, as well. Seeking solace, Joan, her husband, Anders and their two surviving daughters, Eve and Eloise, flee to their summer home in search of the peace they all so desperately crave. When tragedy strikes once again and a young man drives his pickup into the quarry in the Jacobs' backyard, the family becomes obsessed with finding out what caused such a tragedy to occur, urgently trying to prove that what appeared to be an accident is something more in "The Why of Things" by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop.
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is not in the mood for the bright lights and festive holiday atmosphere of his hometown in Quebec. Many of his loyal colleagues have left the Homicide Department and his old friend, Jean'Guy Beauvior refuses to speak to him. Summoned to the village of Three Pines by Myrna Landers because her longtime friend fails to appear for the holiday festivities, Gamache gladly agrees to make the trip, hoping the change of scenery will also change his mood. Gamache is mystified, however, at Myrna's refusal to reveal the name of her AWOL friend, until he begins to delve into the world of Three Pines, realizing that peace is not easily found this holiday season in "How the Light Gets In" by Louise Penny.
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McCain rallies supporters in La Crosse
Some 5,000 people filled the La Crosse Center South Hall to hear Republican presidential candidate John McCain speak this morning.
Wisconsin is one of the states that both parties consider up for grabs in this November's election.
McCain proposed suspending a rule regarding 401(k) and IRA retirment funds in order to help people who will soon retire.
"The current rules mandate that investors must begin to sell off their IRA 401(k)s when they reach 70 and a half. To spare investors from being forced to sell off their stocks at just the time when the market is hurting the most, those rules should be suspended," McCain said.
McCain spent most of his speech attacking Democrat Barack Obama's tax and spending plans. He claimed they would increase taxes on small businesses.
McCain stressed the importance of winning Wisconsin and its 10 electoral votes at this morning's rally.
"It's tough, and we're going to come from behind as we have in the past. How many times have the pundits written off the McCain campaign? We're gonna fool them again. We're gonna fool them one more time."
While anger at the idea of a Barack Obama presidency has been the tone at previous John McCain rallies, people at this morning's rally seem relatively calm.
Crystal Hoeg just turned 18 years old, and said she got tickets to the rally through her high school. Hoeg said her parents' support for John McCain sparked her own interest in his candidacy.
She said there is something she doesn't trust about Democratic candidate Barack Obama.
A few other supporters say they like McCain's military history and his years in Congress.
Dean and Nancy Wetzel said they have been to several Republican party rallies. They both said that McCain's Christian values reassure them. Dean Wetzel said he appreciates McCain's foreign experience.
"If something were to happen with terrorism, I believe he has the ability to quickly make decisions in a time of peril," Wetzel said.
In Waukesha, Wis. yesterday, McCain supporters booed and held up their middle fingers when Obama's name was mentioned.
The Wetzels and others said they are not angry about the idea of an Obama presidency, but they do not believe the polls that show Obama ahead of McCain.
Nonetheless, as the rally began supporters started to boo any mention of Barack Obama.
McCain will hold a town hall forum in Lakeville at 4 p.m. today. It will be his second campaign stop in Minnesota since he accepted the Republican nomination last month.
The McCain campaign is spending both time and money with the hopes of having him be the first Republican presidential candidate to win Minnesota since 1972.
He's scheduled to spend more than $2 million in television ads in the Twin Cities market. A spokesman said the campaign is also opening more offices and adding staff.
Democrat Barack Obama's campaign is also investing time and money in the state. Obama is running television ads in the Twin Cities market and has said he will make a campaign stop in Minnesota between now and Election Day.
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USATF Outdoor Championships
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Sacramento, CA
The USATF Outdoor Championships return to "Sac-Town" for 2014. The 2014 USATF Outdoor Championships will bring the nation's best athletes to Northern California while also serving as the final stop on of the 2014 Outdoor USATF Championship Series, including stops at the Penn Relays and Drake Relays in April, the Prefontaine Classic in May, and the adidas Grand Prix in June.
Site of the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Trials for Track & Field, Sacramento has hosted several prominent track & field events in recently, including the 2011 World Masters Championships, 2010 USA Masters Championships, 2010 USA Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships, and 1995 USA Outdoor Championships. Sacramento also has been home to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
The Sacramento Sports Commission will serve as the local organizing committee for the 2014 USATF Outdoor Championships, to be held at Sacramento State University's Hornet Stadium (capacity 21,195). Site of record attendance during the Olympic Trials, the stadium has undergone significant upgrades since the 2004 Olympic Trails including new public entrances, resurfacing of the infield and track, and a new scoreboard.
Sacramento has been the site of several record-setting performances including Stacy Dragila's first world-record pole vault in 2000 and the legendary "Night of Speed" during the 1968 USA Outdoor Championships at Hughes Stadium. On a single night, three American men broke the existing world record in the 100 meters, with a hand-timed 9.9 in the semifinals – Jim Hines, Ronnie Ray Smith and Charlie Green.
In conjunction with this meet will be the USATF Junior Outdoor Combined Events on Wednesday, June 25 and Thursday, June 26. This will serve as the qualifier for the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, OR on July 22-27, 2014.


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