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Fuzhou OPEN | 23 - 28 April 2013
Lausanne, Switzerland, April 19, 2013 – Olympic men's silver medallists Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego have withdrawn from the opening event of the 2013 beach volleyball season – the Fuzhou Open – due to an injury suffered by Alison to his little finger on his left hand while training.
The 2011 world champions have only been ruled out of the Fuzhou Open, which runs from Tuesday to Sunday, having presented a medical certificate to the FIVB but are expected to participate in the Shanghai Grand Slam which will take place from April 30 to May 5.
In accordance with the regulations which states the top ranked reserve team of any country (on this occasion happened to be Brazil) will fill a vacancy in the qualification or main draw, taking into consideration the country quota of four teams, Vitor Gonçalves Felipe and Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior enter the Main Draw, joining Pedro Solberg Salgado and Bruno Oscar Schmidt, and Ricardo Alex Costa Santos and Álvaro Morais Filho while Hevaldo Sabino Moreira and Thiago Santos Barbosa are in the qualification tournament.
The seeding for the Fuzhou Open, based on the players' points tally, will take place following the confirmed participation of all teams in the tournament, which will take place during the Technical Meeting on Monday evening (local time).
It's not the first time Alison has injured himself at the start of a year. In 2012 he had to pull out of the Brasilia Open after damaging his forearm during a match.
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Spanish stars aim to build on recent success in Shanghai
Shanghai, China, May 1, 2013 – Spain's Liliana Fernandez-Steiner and Elsa Baquerizo took silver at the opening event of the season, the Fuzhou Open la... More...
29.04.2013 12:54:36
Natalie Cook impressed with "great start to new season"
Lausanne, Switzerland, April 29, 2013 – Australian beach volleyball legend Natalie Cook, a Sydney 2000 Olympic champion and the only women to have fea... More...
28.04.2013 11:08:38
Chinese spectacle as Xue and Zhang Xi win gold in Fuzhou
Fuzhou, China, April 28, 2013 – China's Chen Xue and Zhang Xi thrill the home crowd sweeping gold after defeating Spain's Liliana Fernández Steiner an... More...
27.04.2013 14:02:12
Dutch pair van Gestel and Meppelink reach Fuzhou semifinals
27.04.2013 12:06:11
Rosenthal and Dalhausser triumph with gold at Fuzhou Open
27.04.2013 11:45:38
Austria's Huber-Seidl strike again beating Brazil for bronze
26.04.2013 14:53:57
China's Wang Fan & Ding Jingjing to face Fuzhou top seeds
26.04.2013 14:11:53
Unstoppable run for Austria's Huber and Seidl in Fuzhou
26.04.2013 06:13:04
Russian women's team form new partnerships in Fuzhou
25.04.2013 12:26:02
Keizer & Van Iersel top Pool B on day one of Fuzhou Open
25.04.2013 12:06:18
Olympic champion Brink and new partner Fuchs progress
24.04.2013 16:15:09
Xue & Zhang Xi aim for successful season start in Fuzhou
24.04.2013 11:11:16
Dampney & Boulton defeat Brazil to make Fuzhou Main Draw
24.04.2013 10:53:25
Austrian 32nd seeds continue superb Fuzhou Open form
23.04.2013 17:03:16
Dalhausser & Rosenthal in top position at Men's Fuzhou Open
23.04.2013 17:03:16
Cès & Rowlandson beat top seeds to enter Fuzhou Main Draw
23.04.2013 12:13:45
Brazilian pair Rufino and Salgado top seeds at Fuzhou Open Women's Qualification Tournament
22.04.2013 16:07:39
Doppler and Horst top seeds in Fuzhou Open Men's Qualification Tournament
12.04.2013 15:41:55
Teams confirmed for Fuzhou Open
10.04.2013 17:24:21
Fuzhou national federation list now online


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A Portable Game Console for Your Mobile Devices
As smartphone games get more popular, you can turn your mobile device into a videogame console. Adam Najberg reviews the PhoneJoy Play, the latest innovation from a Hong Kong-based startup.
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The Samsung Galaxy Camera and the leaked Sony "lens camera" accessories may get our hearts beating a bit faster, but the newly announced Sony NEX 5T is the companion camera accessory that I'm truly excited about. The Sony NEX brand has gotten rave reviews by the general public and the press, so you can imagine why the new Sony NEX 5T with NFC and WiFi may excite me. The camera's specs include a 1.2-inch thick body, 16.1MP Exmor sensor and a 180 degree tilting TFT LCD panel. Like previous Sony NEX cameras, the 5T is compatible Sony's full line of E-Mount lenses.
But NEX 5T's true magic lies in its one-touch image and video sharing and remote control capabilities enabled through Sony's PlayMemories Mobile. PlayMemories can be installed on any Android 4.x devices. If your phone does not have NFC, images can still be shared over WiFi. Once the images are on your mobile phone, you can upload them to your social networks or share them on Instagram (though that may be considered "cheating").
The Sony NEX 5T will sell for $700 when paired with its 16-50mm kit lens or $550 for just the camera body.
While Samsung, Nikon and a few others are playing around with cameras running Android, I personally think Sony's approach is a more sensible solution. All consumers really want is the ability to share their pictures as easily as possible. If one-touch image and video sharing with NFC and WiFi does the trick, do we really need a camera running a full mobile OS?Show Press Release
Sony Introduces Ultra-Portable NEX-5T Compact System Camera with Wi-Fi®, NFC and Fast Hybrid AF
SAN DIEGO, August 27, 2013 — The versatile new Sony α NEX-5T compact system camera combines a stylish, ultra-compact design and the creative capabilities of interchangeable lenses with large-sensor image quality, speedy Auto Focus (AF) and the convenience of NFC (Near Field Communication) one-touch for easier Wi-Fi connectivity.
Inside the new camera is a large, high-resolution 16.1 effective megapixel Exmorâ"¢ APS HD CMOS sensor – identical in size to the sensors found in traditional DSLR cameras. The large sensor takes in more light during image capture, allowing for richly detailed DSLR-quality still images and full HD videos.
The new NEX-5T camera will come in a kit with the sharp, compact SELP1650 motorized zoom lens, which measures only about 1.2 inches thick when fully retracted. The lens contains built-in Optical SteadyShotâ"¢ image stabilization for clearer handheld images and has a smooth power zoom dial that is particularly useful during video shooting.
"This new camera carries on the NEX-5 series' strong tradition of compactness and high performance," said Mike Kahn, director of the interchangeable lens camera business group at Sony. "Available in a convenient, travel-friendly package with the compact SELP1650 power zoom kit lens, it's the ideal choice for step-up point-and-shoot users, smartphone photographers who want higher quality images and even photo enthusiasts who are looking for a more portable alternative to replace their DSLR."
NFC and Wi-Fi Convenience
The new α NEX-5T camera is the first Sony interchangeable lens camera to feature NFC, giving the extra convenience of one-touch wireless connectivity with compatible Android smartphones and tablets1. A connection is activated automatically as soon as the mobile device touches the camera, allowing for immediate image and video2 sharing between devices. Content is then safely stored on the connected device and can be shared via social media and other common applications.
For devices without NFC one-touch capabilities, users can wirelessly transfer images and videos between compatible devices through use of Wi-Fiâ"¢ and Sony's PlayMemories Mobile application, available for both the iOS and Android platforms.
Additionally, a "Smart Remote Control" feature on the NEX-5T utilizes Wi-Fi to send a live image preview to a wirelessly connected camera or tablet, allowing it to act as a remote viewfinder, adjust common photographic settings and release the shutter button. It's a unique, fun feature that can be used for framing and shooting group portraits that include the photographer, and can be activated using either NFC one-touch or Wi-Fi connectivity.
Fast Hybrid AF
In line with last year's NEX-5R model, the new NEX-5T camera also features Fast Hybrid AF auto focus technology, which combines phase-detection and contrast-detection methods to ensure speedy, accurate autofocus in any shooting situation. The intuitive focusing system uses 99 phase-detection AF points arrayed on the image sensor to detect a subject's distance and quickly lock focus. Then, contrast-detection AF confirms extremely fine, precise details.
In Speed Priority mode, the camera will switch automatically to phase detection tracking AF to track fast-moving action accurately in each frame up to 10 frames per second3.
Expanding PlayMemoriesâ"¢ Camera Apps Platform
The growing range of downloadable PlayMemories Camera Apps4 add more fun and exciting features to the NEX-5T camera. Shooters can pick from a range of free and nominal cost apps to broaden creative options and experiment with new photography effects.
There are 15 apps currently available, including "Direct Upload," which allows photos to be uploaded directly to Facebookâ"¢ and now Flickr as well, with support for additional services scheduled for the future. Other fun applications include "Motion-shot," which can combine several different shots from an action-series into one creative photo, "Time-Lapse," which takes several photos over a series of time and stitches them together to create time-lapse photography, and several other creative and teaching tools.
Design and Control
The new NEX-5T camera features a fully programmable control dial and Fn (function) button – a versatile combination for photographers accustomed to the flexibility and direct control of a DSLR camera. The camera's intuitive touch-screen LCD can flip downwards for high-angle shots over crowds, or upwards up to 180 degrees for easy arm's length self-portraits. It also has a touch-shutter function for added convenience.
New Sony α Accessories
A range of optional accessories offers stylish protection for the camera. Designed in a range of colors to fit the NEX-5T and NEX-5R cameras including black, pink, orange and green, the LCJ-EBA case is a thin, light body jacket that allows full use of the new camera's NFC function.
The new LCS-EMJ is a soft carrying case with an expandable structure that accommodates any E-mount camera and lens ranging from pancake prime lenses to longer telezoom models.
For convenient power supply, the new versatile BC-QM1 battery charger doubles as a handy power source for smartphones and cameras. This compact battery charger is ideal for travel with a retracting plug and universal voltage AC10-240V (50/60Hz).
Pricing and Availability
The NEX-5T compact system camera will be offered in silver, black and white for about $700 in a kit with a compact, versatile 16-50mm motorized zoom lens (model SELP1650) or as a body-only for about $550. It will be available for purchase in early September.
The new camera is compatible with Sony's ever-growing assortment of E-mount interchangeable lenses. In total, 16 different lenses are now available including several premium models from Carl Zeiss â"¢ and Gâ"¢ Lenses.
The new LCS-EBA body jacket, LCS-EMJ carrying case and BC-QM1 battery charger will be available this September for about $25, $40 and $60, respectively.
The new camera and all compatible accessories will be available at Sony retail stores (www.store.sony.com) and other authorized dealers nationwide.
Please visit www.blog.sony.com for a full video preview of the new NEX-5T compact system camera and follow #SonyNEX on twitter for the latest α NEX camera news.


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As the sun begins to warm the earth after a long winter and flowers begin to bloom, there arrives a horde of airborne particles to assault your senses.
April and May can be the worst time of the year for people with seasonal allergies. The good news is there are ways you can prepare yourself to lessen the impact of pollen, dust and mold spores on your nose, eyes and throat.
1. Change your routine
If you typically spend a lot of time in the open air, whether it's going for a walk or exercising, change things up. Instead, head to the gym or recreation center to do your exercise.
2. Start taking your allergy medicine early
If you usually wait until your nose is congested and your eyes are watery before you begin taking your allergy medicine, you may be too late. Some doctors recommend their patients begin taking allergy medicine before allergy season begins. Doing so can turn a terrible experience into one of mild discomfort.
3. Change your clothes when you get home
As you're walking around outside, pollen and mold spores cling to your clothing. As soon as you get home, kick off your shoes at the door and change your clothes to avoid spreading allergens throughout your home. Also consider taking a quick shower to rinse off anything that may be clinging to your hair and skin.
4. Wear sunglasses
Wearing a pair of large sunglasses when you're outdoors can block pollen from entering your eyes and eyelids. Upon arriving home, after changing your clothes, consider rinsing out your eyes to remove any pollen that may have made its way past your shades.
5. Wear a mask
If you need to spend time in your garden or mowing your lawn, the chances of your allergies acting up will only increase. Wearing a surgical mask while in the yard can significantly decrease contact with allergen particles.
6. Use saline to clear out your nose
If you've already begun feeling the effects of your allergies, try a saline rinse — either with a nasal irrigation device like a Neti pot or with a nasal spray — to cleanse your nasal membranes. It may not completely solve your problems, but it can minimize symptoms. Make sure to use proper safety procedures to avoid an infection.
7. Open your windows strategically
If you're allergic to indoor allergens like mold spores and dust, opening your windows to the warm spring air can help clear them out. If, however, you are allergic to pollen, avoid opening your windows until the high season is over. Instead, consider turning on the air conditioner early to filter the outside air.
For those who suffer from seasonal allergies, the best thing about them is their predictability. Keeping an eye on allergen levels in your area and using strategies like those above can help minimize the pain and symptoms.
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Forecast for Denver:
High: 21 F
Wind Chill: near 0 F
OMG, Manning is a cooked goose in cold weather! (Don't you love my mixed imagery?)
The Guardian, of all places, has a good story on this.
But wait!Manning, himself, is noted for an atrocious playoff record in games with the temperature below 40 degrees. He's 0-3 in these games and a combined 64 for 120 for 612 yards with one touchdown and seven interceptions. His passer rating was below 40 in two of those games.
And there's more!These were all games on the road. Teams win only 40% of their road playoff games. Two of them were against the New England Patriots. Road teams in New England when Bill Belichick is at the helm have only won 17% of their games. Manning losing these games is not really surprising.
You get a completely different picture of Manning when you examine his cold games during the regular season.
In 13 regular season games where the temperature was 21 to 40 degrees fahrenheit, Manning had a quarterback rating of 94.5. That's little different from his 95.7 quarterback rating in games overall. Manning's completion percentage in these games was 64.7 and he threw for an average of 8.0 yards per attempt. That's on par with the 65.2% completion percentage in all games and 7.6 yards per attempt.
Did I mention that he had 23 touchdowns and only 13 interceptions in these cold games? In fact, even in the one game he played below 20 degrees, he still was 14 for 18 on pass attempts.
Myself, I think the home teams sweep.
The closest games will probably be in the NFC.
Atlanta's run defense (and defense in general) has been pointed out as a weakness. The yardage numbers agree. The Falcons have been getting by on scheme and on turnovers. They're 5th in turnover margin, I believe, and 5th-best in points allowed.
Seattle has a short week, a lot of travel and a rookie QB. This will help Atlanta's rested defense, which returns safety William Moore. Also, Seattle suffered a big loss at defensive end.
And emotionally, how much do they have left? Pete Carroll is great at getting his guys up for a game. But there's no way they'll match Atlanta's intensity.
Players feed on disrespect and the whole world has been pooping on the birds. Expect a response.
For reasons which are beyond my limited understanding, Green Bay has not been its usual impressive self on offense. For that reason alone, I see them losing in San Francisco.
You guys finally bucked a disturbing trend, too many are picking the Packers. Thank you! If everyone is seeing things the same way that's not good.
I can see a 20 point win, a 20 point loss and just about everything in between.
Also the OL crack is somewhat deserved, but not for the reasons you might think.
In the first meeting, it was Ahmad Brooks and Carlos Rogers who did much of the damage (Brooks had 3 QB hits to go with a sack, Rogers was 1/1). Smith and Smith were handled pretty well by Newhouse and Lang. Sitton and Bulaga both had rough days. Sitton has mostly regained his form while Bulaga was a yoyo before heading to IR. On the other side, Joe Staley was abused by Matthews and then went on to have a pretty good season. The big question marks this time around are Don Barclay, who has been fine at home and a bit shaky on the road (noise?) and maybe EDS with the calls. Even if Staley struggles with Clay, Kaepernick is a lot more mobile than Smith and far less likely to take a sack (he could be pushed into doing something silly, which is the hope I'm sure).
On the flip side, Jarrett Bush isn't going to be playing CB in this game unless disaster strikes. Smith and Perry aren't going to be covering RBs and TEs on the intermediate routes. I'm anticipating that the 49ers will try to find a way to exploit Woodson covering Vernon Davis and/or Delanie Walker.
And don't forget that the whole game could come down to one of the shaky kicker club members on either side.
I can't wait, this is going to be great, either way it turns out.
Update: An even more detailed look at the Divisional Round with an accompanying Preview Podcast now in the blog section.
The interesting facet to the divisional games every year is if there will be any visible rust by the top seeds due to the week off. As Rich mentioned, home teams win in this round just over 75% of the time. However, dating back to 2005, there have been at least 2 road teams pulling off the upset in this round in 5 of 7 seasons, including 2008, which featured 3 road teams (Baltimore, Arizona, Philadelphia) all winning their contests. In total, road teams are a respectable 13-15 over that 7 year stretch.
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On paper, the Denver-Baltimore game seems to be the least fascinating of the 4 games. I fully expect this to be a defensive struggle. Denver was tied for the top spot in fewest yards per play, and finished 2nd in yards allowed per rush. To close the season, the Denver defense was arguably the most dominating defense in all of football. Baltimore meanwhile saw their defense improve greatly down the stretch. Both Denver and Baltimore were 2 of the 5 most difficult teams on opposing QBs over the last 5 games. But while Baltimore's run defense improved late, it's still the squeakiest wheel that will likely be exploited in this game. As was mentioned above, Peyton Manning is nearly as good in the cold weather during the regular season as he is in a controlled climate. But during the postseason, his numbers drop dramatically. Whether that means he's a poor cold-weather QB, or just tends to lay an egg in the playoffs is up to one's own interpretation, but it's tough to argue with a 6/9 TD/INT ratio in 9 road playoff games. Especially for a guy who otherwise averages nearly 2 TD passes per game throughout his career. I like Denver to take a low-scoring affair, controlling the ball with a solid ground attack, and just enough game-management from Manning, who will be smart enough to understand his own limitations. Denver 17 Baltimore 6
I love everything about the 49ers-Packers game. SF almost seemed bored at the end of the year. Perhaps the Seattle game was their wakeup call. And I'm not sure why, but I'm not sold on GB this year. They seem to be a bit inconsistent. I feel like SF will be able to bully the GB defense with Frank Gore, opening additional lanes for Kaepernick, and letting SF control when they take their shots to Crabtree, Davis, and their one shot with Moss. I think DuJuan Harris is the biggest key to this game. If he can give GB a consistent threat on the ground, and allow them to not have to be one-dimensional, then GB probably wins. However, I think SF limits GB's rush attack, and wins this game. San Francisco 27 Green Bay 20
Seattle is the trendy pick, and rightly so. But Wilson is still a rookie QB on a that did struggle on the road this year. Plus, Atlanta gets the rare opportunity to invoke the "nobody believes in us" card as the 1 seed at home. Honestly, I have no idea how a porous ATL run defense shuts down Marshawn Lynch, but I have a feeling they find a way to get a big play out of Julio Jones, make a couple of plays defensively, and pull away late. Atlanta 27 Seattle 17
Houston isn't as bad as they showed vs. NE or GB this year. The last game with NE got out of hand early, but Houston was able to move the ball on NE. After NE's first TD, Houston drove down the field until Schaub threw a bad INT in the end zone. NE followed with a long TD to Brandon Lloyd, and the rout was on. Houston will be highly motivated, as is already evidenced by Arian Foster's twitter feed. I feel like Watt will be able to disrupt Brady, and I'm not sure NE will have an answer for Foster. Plus, I'm seeing a gigantic game from Andre Johnson. *Upset Special* Houston 31 New England 27
Good work Wax! Love the fact that the Guardian's NFL writer uses stats as ridiculously as an American writer!
"Here's a fact. Now here's a fact that explains why the previously stated fact may be meaningless."
Guy should work with Aaron Schatz...
I'm not alone in smelling potential beatdowns in the AFC and two epics in the NFC.
Get set for the Broncos/Patriots and Packers in Atlanta next week.
However, my gut and emotions told me the Broncos were going to lose, and lose because of manning. It's why I picked the ravens in my upset special. Manning was exactly what I believed he was..
Now if the pats win vs the Texans it sets up a pats vs ravens afcg. The ravens are patriot kryptonite, especially in the playoffs, especially at Gillette...
The pats will be favored, but im likely to go with my gut again.. add in some extra special ray ray retirement magic, and it makes me picking the upset quite likely, just not necessarily in the council picks


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The Plainville Wind Ensemble enter into their spring concert season with several concerts, beginning with "The Winds of Change" on Friday, May 30 at 7 p.m. at Plainville High School with Cynthia Simms, freelance news writer at Fox Broadcasting Company as emcee.
Directed by Christopher Dresko , the program will feature music such as Persichetti's "Pageant," "El Camino Real" by Alfred Reed, Holst's "Hammersmith," and "Royal Fireworks Music" by Handel. The concert will benefit the Plainville Animal Control Department, a municipal animal control agency, the department is a division of the Plainville Police Department responsible for picking up and caring for dogs who have lost their owners or who are strays. There is also the opportunity for people to adopt these animals, including the occasional cat and kittens.
Gabriele Paciotti, animal control officer said in a press release from the ensemble " people have been wonderful in donating towels, blankets, and I have a fund for food for the animals, but there is a need for donated funds to help defray the cost of spaying/neutering, vaccinations and for treating ill or injured animals."
Volunteers from the department will be present to accept free will donations. The concert is free and an excellent opportunity for young musicians to attend a formal concert.
Opening the "Concert in the Park" series, the large concert band will perform on Tuesday, June 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the pavilion in Norton Park on South Washington Street, Plainville. This will be the symphonic band's farewell concert for music director Chris Dresko. Participants are invited to bring their picnic supper, snacks, blankets or lawn chairs. Picnic tables are available.
From the concert band, the Flute Ensemble and Center Stage Jazz have developed over the years. The two ensembles often perform at concerts with the Wind Ensemble or separately.
The Flute Ensemble will be featured at a "Mad Hatter's Tea" on Saturday, June 7 at 2 p.m. at the Congregational Church of Plainville, 130 West Main St. A small fee at the door for this whimsical concert will benefit the Women's Federation's local mission projects such as the Prudence Crandall shelter. Tea and refreshments will be provided. Participants are encouraged to wear their best or craziest hat to the Mad Hatter's Tea. The eight flutists will perform music from Disney to Handel, definitely a concert for all ages.
The Center Stage Jazz Band, directed by Rich Santanella, is also a sub-group of the Plainville Wind Ensemble. Performing for the annual "Ice Cream Social" on the green of the Congregational Church of Plainville on Sunday, June 22 , participants will be treated to the music of the Big Band sound. There is a small fee for the "make your own" ice cream sundae. Concert-goers should bring a lawn chair or blanket. Proceeds will benefit the music committee of the church. The concert is free.
On Friday, July 18, at 8 p.m., the Center Stage Jazz will perform at the Lake George Festival of Bands at ShepardPark, Lake George, New York.
Founded in 1987, the Plainville Wind began with interested adult musicians meeting weekly in the auditorium of the old junior high School. Fourteen adults from several cities and towns in Connecticut became Plainville's first community band. Now, 27 years later, the group's membership has grown to 75 musicians ranging from amateur to professional with ages ranging from 21 to 80. Several of the original members still perform in the wind ensemble. As ambassadors of music, the Plainville Wind Ensemble provides an educational, social and performing environment for local musicians in the tradition of the community band.
The concerts are free and family oriented.
For more information of the Plainville Wind Ensemble, visit Facebook or www.plainvillewindensemble.com.


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JERSEY BOYS Becomes Broadway's Fourteenth Longest-Running Show
As of the performance tonight, Tuesday, January 14, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys will surpass Grease with 3,389 performances, becoming the 14th longest-running show in Broadway history.
JERSEY BOYS opened on Broadway to critical acclaim on November 6, 2005 at the August Wilson Theatre. The show has been seen by over 18 million people worldwide (as of July, 2013) and is currently playing in New York; Las Vegas; London; in cities across the U.S. on a National Tour, The Netherlands and Seoul, South Korea.
The Broadway company stars Matt Bogart (Nick Massi), Drew Gehling (Bob Gaudio) and Richard H. Blake (Tommy DeVito) and Dominic Scaglione, Jr. (Frankie Valli) with Peter Gregus and Mark Lotito, and Miles Aubrey, Erik Bates, Candi Boyd, Jared Bradshaw, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Ken Dow, Russell Fischer, John Edwards, Katie O¹Toole, Mauricio Perez, Joe Payne, Nathan Scherich, Sara Schmidt and Katie Webber.
JERSEY BOYS is written by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and is directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo.
JERSEY BOYS is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi, about a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty. The show features all their hits including 'Sherry,' 'Big Girls Don¹t Cry,' 'Oh What A Night,' 'Walk Like A Man,' 'Can¹t Take My Eyes Off You' and 'Working My Way Back To You.'
JERSEY BOYS is the recipient of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical. The Original Broadway Cast Recording, produced by Bob Gaudio, received the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The Broadway production also won the 2006 Outer Critics Circle & Drama League Awards for Best Musical. The London production also won the 2009 UK People¹s Choice and What¹s on Stage Awards for Best New Musical. The Toronto production is the winner of three Dora Awards, including the Audience Choice Award for Outstanding Production. The Australian production is 2010 recipient of the Helpmann Award for Australia¹s Best Musical and seven Victorian Green Room Awards.
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This article was first published on the New Statesman on 17 July 2012.
Across the rest of the economy, UK firms are sitting on a £720bn pile of cash, uncertain about the future and unwilling to invest. But in the automotive sector, barely a month goes by without another announcement of new investment.
In the past 18 months, £5.5bn has been committed. As a result, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the industry body, expects UK car production to reach two million by 2015, beating the national record set in 1972. This would bring us level with Spain and put us within touching distance of France. Only Germany would lie ahead, though still by a very large margin.
How did this transformation happen? Success has many authors. Take the £125m investment from Vauxhall in Ellesmere Port, agreed in May. Unite, which displayed the modern face of engaged and flexible trade unionism, and the management and the secretary of state all deserve credit for the deal. But it was ministerial attention over a much longer period of time, working with the industry, that has put the succession of deals such as this one on the table: Nissan building the new electric Leaf in Sunderland; Honda creating 500 more jobs in Swindon; and McLaren's new facilities in Woking.
At the heart of this ongoing strategic collaboration between the government and industry has been the Automotive Council. A simple Labour innovation, it has allowed the industry to develop a shared sense of destination, an understanding of the challenges in getting there and a shared commitment to overcoming them. It has set the UK industry on the path to global success – competitive, greener and technologically advanced. There is more computer code in a Jaguar XJ than in a jumbo jet. Competition between UK-based manufacturers in the domestic and global marketplaces must remain as fierce as ever. But all share an interest in making the UK a great place to make cars. The industry is on the verge of a revolution as it seeks a low-carbon future. Jaguar Land Rover aims to make an electric vehicle that, if charged using renewable energy sources, would emit less CO2 when driven than comes from the food intake required to walk. Rather than sit back passively, the Automotive Council identified critical areas of technology where the UK could lead the world, from energy storage to electric motors to lightweight structures. The council has focused attention on how we can become as good at making car parts as we are at assembling them. The advantages of many lower-cost producers are diminishing. We can seize this opportunity by creating stronger domestic supply chains – our version of the German Mittelstand – and generating new, high-quality jobs.
Yet this is not inevitable; it is made more difficult in the context of a recession made in Downing Street. The government must rebuild the knowledgeable infrastructure it destroyed whenit scrapped regional development agencies. And it must address the problem of finance: if the government can't get the banks to lend, it should consider the case for a British investment bank, as Labour is doing. The growth that we need is private-sector growth. But the success in the automotive sector shows how an active government, working intelligently with industry, can make this more likely. In too many areas, this government has scorched the earth, causing unnecessary disruption and destroying valuable know-how. So it deserves credit for continuing with the Automotive Council. Business needs certainty. The more we can put the interests of industry beyond party politics, the more we can support and sustain success. Yet the government could do so much more. We need a united and compelling vision for the economy, to pay our way in the world and ensure fairness at home. We need a government with real ambition for Britain, prepared to apply the lessons from the success of the automotive sector – consistently, systematically and appropriately – across our economy.


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A new crop of brick and mortar shops has quietly opened in Venice, along the unlikely stretch of Lincoln Boulevard between Palms and Venice boulevards that most commuters speed by en route to Marina del Rey or LAX. An alternative to the increasingly commercial Abbot Kinney Boulevard retail strip, these artfully curated boutiques are almost designed to be missed — doubling as hipster destinations for those in the know. All of these boutiques place an emphasis on local designers or California sources — a welcome return to the authenticity and eclecticism that hit at the core of Venice's original design vibe.
General Store
The sister store of San Francisco-based General Store, the brand's second retail outpost features a well-edited mix of new and vintage finds, including clothing, books, food, furniture and household accessories. The difference is that this time owners Mason St. Peter and Serena Mitnik-Miller have teamed up with local tastemakers Hannah Henderson and John Moore of the Pop Studio retail branding and marketing agency in Culver City to give the shop a unique local flavor.
General Store's aim is to focus on "a handmade, high-quality, local and small run ethos," Henderson says. "We find our wares wherever we can but definitely with an emphasis on local craftspeople. And we gravitate towards things that are both beautiful and useful."
Notable Los Angeles-based goods include minimalist 14-karat gold bar earrings by Kathleen Whitaker, hand-stitched leather shoes with recycled rubber soles by Beatrice Valenzuela, hand-dyed indigo blankets by Lookout & Wonderland, TW Workshop ceramics by Tracy Wilkinson and cereal from Granola Project.
1801 Lincoln Blvd., (310) 751-6393, http://www.visitgeneralstore.com
Tradesmen Los Angeles
Gap veterans Ruben Leal and Doug Behner, who both worked in the company's visual merchandising division in San Francisco, relocated to set up their own men's shop in Venice. With a focus on quality, made-in-the-USA brands that they personally love and wear, the boutique resembles a casually dapper guy's dream closet.
Menswear and gear stocked at the shop include local brand M.Nii's '50s-style surf shorts, reissue workwear shirts by Los Angeles-based label Five Brother, the Portland Collection from Pendleton Woolen Mills, waxed cotton rucksacks with leather and brass detailing by Archival Clothing of Oregon and Tellason's handcrafted selvage denim jeans from San Francisco. There are also select colognes, grooming products and room fragrances.
"We want to bring soul, a personal touch, back to the [shopping] experience," Leal says.
1807 Lincoln Blvd., (424) 835-4397 http://www.facebook.com/TradesmenLos Angeles
Deus Ex Machina
There is no shortage of testosterone at the first U.S. location of Australian brand Deus Ex Machina, at the corner of Lincoln and Venice boulevards. The store resembles a gigantic L.A. man cave, filled with hand-glassed surfboards, the company's menswear collection and custom-built motorbikes favored by the likes of Orlando Bloom. Motorcycle exhaust mingles with the scent of strong cups of joe from Handsome Coffee Roasters. The shop's weekly "Sunday Mass" event adds tacos to the menu and features film screenings and more.
Deus Ex Machina's line includes essentials, such as logo tees, trucker caps, jeans, oiled canvas jackets and riding gloves. Also in the mix are felt hats handmade in Venice by Westbrook Maker, grooming products from Baxter of California, classic Red Wing work boots, sunglasses by Encinitas-based Raen Optics and timepieces by Newport Beach brand Tsovet.
1001 Venice Blvd., (888) 515-3387, us.deuscustoms.com/
Sacred Door/All for the Mountain
Local artist and designer Carly Margolis describes her sculptural jewelry line, All for the Mountain, as "ancient meets futuristic." A necklace from her Elevators collection "could be either an Aztec temple or a sci-fi relic," she says. The Elevators theme was inspired by the idea that every event "is an opportunity to rise up and elevate oneself spiritually," according to her website.
All of Margolis' work has a spiritual, New Age bent. Pieces from her Mothership collection, centered around a breast-like shape meant to evoke the power of motherhood, were featured in the fall-winter 2012 runway presentations of New York City fashion designer Mara Hoffman and renowned French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel.
Margolis is working on a series of paintings for the Ojai Rancho Inn. Some of her new artwork is done on silk, which she also plans to fashion into a line of muumuus.
Earlier this month, Margolis opened the space at the front of her studio as a gallery called the Sacred Door, dedicated to displaying local art and music on the first Saturday of every month.
On the third Sunday of the month, Margolis transforms the space into a pop-up "Venice Bazaar," where her own art and jewelry are sold, alongside vintage fashion and wares by California designers.
2118 Lincoln Blvd., (310) 396-4242, allforthemountain.tumblr.com


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Another thing that Stanley Henning mentioned in his lecture on Chinese martial arts...
Temples that taught Buddhism were considered external because Buddhism came to China from another country (India).
Temples that taught Taoism (Daoism) were considered internal because that religion developed within China.
So it is possible that the martial arts taught in these temples were labeled "external" or "internal" because of the religions taught there.
As far as the martial arts distinction between "internal" and "external", Stan often points out that any martial art requires both. No martial art can be completely "internal" or "external". In fact, the distinction often has more to do with political code words or symbolism.
Those of us who study Karate, are happy to find a book or article from the 1920s. But by studying the earlier Chinese martial arts, we are studying the earliest roots of Karate. Remember that the early kanji for Karate read "Tudi" or "Tote" meaning "Tang Hand." The Tang Dynasty (618-906) was used as a term for China.
Charles C. Goodin
Internal and External
Another thing that Stanley Henning mentioned in his lecture on Chinese martial arts...
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I would make a good NFL replacement ref. I seldom make the right call.
I would make a good NFL replacement ref. I seldom make the right call.
My Navy recruiter tried to talk me into signing up to be a bookkeeper or a journalist. I insisted on being a boiler technician. Why? Because my older brother had been one. The difference between us? He is mechanically inclined.
When it came time to reenlist and switch jobs to anything I wanted, I balked because I hated shaving and uniforms. So I became a civilian and spent the next 10 years in private security having to shave and wear a uniform every day.
Had I re-upped, I would have retired in June with 20 years of service.
The hits keep coming.
Fresh out of the military, I bought a house in rural central North Carolina. The house was old, but sat on three acres of prime real estate. I resold the house within a year, losing all equity, so I could move to Missouri and take up preaching.
That didn�t last long.
Along the way I bought a car I couldn�t afford that a repo man took in the middle of the night. And so began my credit landslide.
When I finally went to college, I racked up enough student loans that I will be paying back Uncle Sam until I�m dead.
I seem to have lucked into or arrived at by attrition the few good things in my life. I�m the king of bad choices � with one major exception.
Beautiful. Smart. Sexy. Strong. She makes up for all the many mistakes I�ve made in my life. She�s the one I didn�t let get away.
When we met, she had just split from her first husband � her high school sweetheart. She was in pain and looking for someone who would be good to her. I�m no fool.
We�ve been married 17 years and have five children. My wife�s 42ns birthday is coming up later this month. Her mind is just as sharp, her body just as firm and her lips just as soft as when we first met.
We had written each other all year and spoken on the telephone, but we hadn�t met until the summer of 1995 when I pulled up to her house and she stepped outside in tight blue jeans and green sweater. She walked up and stood very close to me. Later, at an Italian restaurant, she insisted on sitting next to me instead of across the table.
A female lounge singer sang Patsy Cline�s �Crazy� while we ate pasta. The song was perfect, as I was and still am crazy for Michelle.
Add it all up � all of my mistakes, all of my career missteps, all of my financial miscalculations. And it all balances out with Michelle on the other scale.
What I�m saying is: Michelle put on your best Sunday dress and be waiting for me at 5:30. I�m taking you to Billy Sewell�s new steakhouse, maybe a movie and some shopping. And when we get home, the kids will be watching a lot of cartoons.
Contact Daily News Senior Reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8455 or lindell.kay@jd news.com . Follow him on Twitter and friend him on Facebook @ 1lindell.


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About three months ago, Raynham's Paul Monti received a Facebook link to a song. The lyrics told of a pickup truck — a pickup truck that belonged to a soldier who didn't come home from war.
The link to the emotional country song was sent to him by the mother of a soldier who was killed with his son, Medal of Honor recipient Jared Monti, on a mountain in Afghanistan in 2006.
About three months ago, Raynham's Paul Monti received a Facebook link to a song. The lyrics told of a pickup truck — a pickup truck that belonged to a soldier who didn't come home from war.
The link to the emotional country song was sent to him by the mother of a soldier who was killed with his son, Medal of Honor recipient Jared Monti, on a mountain in Afghanistan in 2006.
Only after receiving a call from the songwriters on April 28 did Paul Monti discover that the chart-topping song, "I Drive Your Truck" performed by Lee Brice, was inspired by a comment the Gold Star father made to National Public Radio in 2011.
"It was so shocking when they called," Monti said. "I had no clue. The writer says she wrote the song and it was inspired by me and Jared's truck. It was pretty amazing."
Originally, when asked about keeping Jared's memory alive during a segment recorded around Memorial Day in 2011, Paul Monti told the NPR interviewer, "I drive his truck." One of the principal songwriters, Connie Harrington, heard the interview in her truck one day, wrote down the touching quote on a Post-it note and then composed the country hit with colleagues Jimmy Yeary and Jessi Alexander.
On Monday, Paul Monti visited Brice and the songwriters at the "No. 1 Party" held by music promotion groups to celebrate "I Drive Your Truck" hitting the top of the Billboard country chart recently. Monti, who continues to drive his son's black 2001 Dodge Ram, traveled to Nashville for the event.
"The song is a great tribute to all Gold Star families," Monti said. "All the ones I know hang on to a car, a truck, a pair of boots, a CD, a shirt, whatever. It's their connection to their lost one. The song has made a great impact on Gold Sar families."
Monti, who described himself as a fan of all music genres, said that it was "a wonderful emotional experience" meeting Harrington, Yeary, Alexander and Brice.
"(Harrington) told me she wrote the song and it was inspired by Jared, his truck and me," Monti said. "It was pretty amazing. The songwriters were all very emotional. (Lee Brice) said it meant a lot to him as well. He was very happy to be chosen to sing the song. He and I became quick friends."
Monti said when he first encountered the song, and now still, it was tough to listen to because the lyrics had him breaking down in tears.
Brice sings in the song, "This thing burns gas like crazy, but that's all right. People got their ways of coping, and I got mine. I drive your truck." He continues," I roll every window down, and I burn up every back road in this town. I find a field; I tear it up, 'til all the pain's a cloud of dust. Yeah, sometimes I drive your truck."
Harrington and the other songwriters spent the last few years wondering where the truck quote came from, after hearing it briefly on the radio. But eventually Harrington tracked Monti down and got him on the phone recently.
"It's a great example of divine intervention, just the way it all came about," Monti said. "The day they finished writing the song, actually, was the anniversary of Jared's death. The whole thing was just very emotional. The song had so much meaning. Not like any regular song that comes out, it was just very meaningful."
Jared Monti was 30 when he was killed on June 21, 2006, in an effort to save fellow soldiers in the midst of an attack by enemy insurgents. Also dying that day along with Monti were fellow soldiers Patrick Lybert, whose mother sent Paul Monti a link to "I Drive Your Truck," Brian Bradbury and Heathe Craig.
Paul Monti now organizes Operation Flags for Vets, which organizes volunteers to place flags at the graves of 56,000 veterans at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne. An Operation Flags for Vets placement is being held at the cemetery on May 25 ahead of Memorial Day.
Alexander, one of the songwriters, said that she feels "very blessed" to be a part of "I Drive Your Truck" and to have met Monti.
"When we wrote the song, when we got done, we thought, 'Wow, it is amazing,'" Alexander said. "We thought if we could find the person who inspired the song. But we had no information. We searched for a good solid year and a half. It was just a dream come true to find Mr. Monti. The more we found out about the coincidences of Jared and the song, the more it seemed like we were a vessel for this song. It was a very special."
Contact Marc Larocque at email@example.com.


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What is the best way to address a child's traumatic stress?
The question is no idle academic chin-stroking: two-thirds of all children will experience some kind of traumatic event before their eighteenth birthday, according to some esitmates. Whether it comes as a natural or man-made disaster – accident, war, or school shooting – some traumatizing event will have an impact on more than half of our kids.
While that is in itself surprising news, a new study suggests there is no best course of treatment for our youngest survivors of trauma.
Plus: After Newtown: How Does A Child Cope With Tragedy
The study, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, examined existing research on traumatic stress disorders in children – as well as psychological and pharmacological therapies. The authors conclude that only a few psychological treatments were shown to help children -- and even then, only in the short term. No medications were shown to have benefit.
"The body of evidence provides little insight into how interventions to treat children exposed to trauma might influence healthy long-term development," researchers write. The study, "Comparative Effectiveness of Interventions for Children Exposed to Nonrelational Traumatic Events," was published online Monday.
These findings, researchers conclude, serve as a "call to action," demanding "far more research on the comparative effectiveness of interventions" for child survivors of trauma. Sadly, it's research that could clearly come in quite handy.


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amazincc wrote:He "shared"... peeing on the vets glass door can't be interpreted any other way.
mnp13 wrote:Now that his treatments are done, have you considered getting his weight down? It will put less stress on his entire system and make him healthier over all. There is a lot of evidence that chemo damages other parts of the body besides the cancer, including joints and bones. Getting his weight down should help mitigate that damage because there will be less stress on his body.
amazincc wrote:Any suggestions on HOW to get his weight down? I'm somehow suspecting that it has to do w/the cancer, not so much that he's "too fat" from eating too much or lazing around.
mnp13 wrote:Your dog was fluffy back in December
I know a little fat gives them some reserves, but fat is not healthy ever.
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Raspberry Pi is a non-profit organisation from the United Kingdom, aiming to develop an extremely low-cost ARM motherboard which can be used to develop cheap yet powerful hardware for developing markets, while also providing those of us in what I would reluctantly call the "developed" world with a cheap motherboard to hack around with. Their first product is about the size of a credit card, and carries an impressive set of specifications:
- 700MHz ARM11
- 128MB or 256MB of SDRAM
- OpenGL ES 2.0
- 1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode
- Composite and HDMI video output
- SD/MMC/SDIO memory card slot
- General-purpose I/O
- Optional integrated 2-port USB hub and 10/100 Ethernet controller
- Open software (Ubuntu, Iceweasel, KOffice, Python)
There will be two models - model A and model B. Model B adds an ethernet port and will cost $35. Model A will be geared towards developing markets and schools (to learn programming). It will support various Linux distributions, and they plan to sell SD cards with the distributions pre-loaded (clever). They are sufficiently funded (and thus, don't take pre-orders), they will ship them worldwide once released, and intend to offer a buy-one-give-one program (but you can buy one on your own as well).
It's an interesting project - nothing original, but I like how they are making it easy even for folks like me to just buy this board with Linux pre-loaded and configured on an SD card so I can get started right away. Once released, I might buy two of these, and give on away in a contest on OSNews (we'll see). I'm hoping someone crafts a pre-made case for this one, too. You know, just to make it totally plug-and-play (I'm not really good with a Dremel).
Is there a market for something as cheap as this among you guys and girls?


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With learning centers in 900 communities and on the internet, the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) is the world's preeminent network of Jewish learning.
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"Our nation is not a nation without Torah."Saadia Gaon
"God peered into Torah and created the universe"Holy Zohar II, 161a
"I [God] have inscribed Myself and handed it over"Talmud, Tractate Shabbat 105a
"Torah is our life and the length of days."Liturgy
Survival of a Nation: Exploring Israel Through the Lens of the Six-Day War
Course Overview
One fateful week in June 1967 redrew the map of the Middle East.
Fifty years later, Israel continues to face numerous existential threats.
Experience an inspiring and thrilling account of what was then considered the most improbable and astonishing victory in all of military history.
Drawing on ideas of great Jewish writers and thinkers from throughout the ages, Survival of a Nation presents the Six-Day War as you've never experienced it before.
Its six sessions confront the impossible yet important questions of our time with affectionate and fervent patriotism, while also remaining realistic, and morally anchored.
This spellbinding course will sweep you up in its narrative force and abiding love for our nation's history and the best of its traditions, and will not let go of you until it's done.
If Judaism is a religion of ideas, why do jews care so much about land?
Why does Israel perpetually raise the ire of the entire world?
What are the ethics of preemptive strikes and collateral damage?
How should Israel protect itself against an enemy that hides behind human shields?
What should Israel do with territories captured during the six-day war?
What lies at the heart of the land-for-peace debate?
Course Outline
Lesson One
People of the Land: The Jewish Claim to Israel
The 1967 conflict resulted from the argument, espoused by Egypt's Abdel Nasser and most leaders in the Arab world, that Israel's existence was illegitimate, having been founded on stolen Arab territory. What is Israel's response to this argument? What is her right to exist as a Jewish state in the heart of the Middle East? And what is the justification for associating Judaism—an ethereal religion of beliefs and ideas—with a specific territory?
Lesson Two
Lightning Strike: The Ethics of Preemptive Strikes
As Arab armies mobilized along its borders, Israel faced immense international pressure not to launch a preemptive strike. She ignored these warnings and struck first. What are the ethics of preemptive strikes? What weight should be given to political considerations—as opposed to purely security/military concerns—in rendering such decisions? And how do these deliberations apply to the host of mortal threats that Israel faces today?
Lesson Three
Where East Met West: The Chosen City of Jerusalem
In the course of repulsing Jordanian aggression, Israel captured the Old City of Jerusalem, including its Temple Mount and Western Wall, all of which holds utmost historical, cultural, and spiritual import to the Jewish nation. The return of these sites to Jewish hands triggered a global Jewish spiritual awakening. What is the history and significance of Jerusalem? What allure does it hold for its millions of annual visitors?
Lesson Four
Occupied with Peace: On the Viability of Land for Peace
Israel's pre-1967 borders subsequently became known as the "Green Line," to distinguish them from territories captured during the Six-Day War. Israel immediately offered to return her newly-acquired territories in exchange for lasting peace, but the Arab world rejected the offer. Subsequent attempts at exchanging land for peace have failed to resolve the issues surrounding these territories. Should Israel hold on to them no matter the cost? Is there an authentic way to trade land for a lasting and sustainable peace?
Lesson Five
Israel in Perspective: Viewpoints on the Land's Identity
The Six-Day War had a profound impact on Diaspora Jewry. In its immediate aftermath, waves of new immigrants arrived in the Jewish state, while countless others experienced a spiritual reawakening. When the euphoria wore off, however, extreme diversity in perspective and reaction emerged—toward the war, and toward the State of Israel. What are the factors underwriting this fragmentation, and how do they influence Israel's political process today?
Lesson Six
A Nation That Dwells Alone: Israel's Relations with the Family of Nations
One of Israel's principal dilemmas—one that grew more acute in the aftermath of the 1967 war—is its stance toward an often hostile international community. In staggering disproportion to the size of both its land and population, Israel receives almost constant coverage in international media and foreign forums, and the majority of this coverage is highly uncomplimentary. Is the criticism and censure justifiable? Can Israel normalize its existence and affairs to the point that it will be viewed and treated as equal to other players in the international community?
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In a rare and touching moment today at UC Davis Medical Center, four kidney transplant patients met the four people who gave them the gift of life.
The transplants, which took place April 7 and 8, were the result of a process known as paired exchange, which typically occurs when a donor wants to give a kidney to a friend or family member with end-stage kidney disease but can't due to mismatched blood types or antibodies. The donor agrees to give a kidney to a different recipient, whose unmatched donor does the same.
"Sometimes paired exchanges are completed with two pairs, and sometimes they are more complex," said Sharon Stencel, a nurse and coordinator of the Living Kidney Donor Program at UC Davis. "In this case, someone stepped up to donate a kidney who didn't have a particular recipient in mind. That triggered a chain of exchanges that resulted in four people — including someone on the waiting list — getting new organs and new lives."
Given the shortage of deceased donor kidneys, paired exchange of living donors has become an increasingly important way to speed the transition from the transplant wait list to the operating room. It also can lead to better outcomes for recipients. Newer organ retrieval procedures have made the process easier for donors as well.
"While we have excellent outcomes with deceased organ donations, kidneys from living donors are viable up to twice as long — an average of 17 years versus 10," said Christoph Troppmann, a surgeon with the UC Davis Transplant Center. "We also use less-invasive techniques for removing kidneys so scarring is minimal and recovery time is much quicker than it was a decade ago."
One month after her surgery, donor Michelle Roley of Lockeford, Calif., is "feeling wonderful" and happy that she helped restore her father's health.
"I knew we weren't the same blood type, but I went into the donation process hoping to be part of a paired exchange because it was the best way to help my dad," she said.
Before the surgery, Roley's father, Mike Navarec of Stockton, Calif., had chronic kidney disease that kept him at home for hours tethered to a dialysis machine and "worried about whether or not I would wake up in the morning," he said. "Now, I look forward to planning a trip to the Holy Land."
Roley's kidney was donated to Eric Soik of Camino, Calif., who was on the transplant wait list. Navarec received a kidney from Tatiana Belozertseva of Russia. Chris Ewing of El Dorado Hills, Calif. — the nondirected donor who initiated the exchange — gave a kidney to Darrel Ellis of Sparks, Nev. Steve Saunders of Reno, Nev., gave a kidney to Olga Belozertseva of Brentwood, Calif.
The UC Davis Transplant Center, which has the only kidney transplant program in inland, Northern California, has provided specialized care to kidney transplant recipients and living kidney donors since 1985. In collaboration with hospitals and transplant registries nationwide, the center has coordinated 25 paired kidney exchanges, including two four-way exchanges. Currently, there are nearly 1,200 people on a waiting list for donor kidneys at UC Davis, where more than 300 kidney transplants are performed each year.
UC Davis Medical Center is a comprehensive academic medical center where clinical practice, teaching and research converge to advance human health. The medical center serves a 33-county, 65,000-square-mile area that stretches north to the Oregon border and east to Nevada. It further extends its reach through the award-winning telemedicine program, which gives remote, medically underserved communities throughout California unprecedented access to specialty and subspecialty care.
For information about being a kidney donor, call the transplant center at 916-734-2111 or 800-821-9912.


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Advanced Cervical Cancer Trial in India
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01276730
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 13, 2011
Last Update Posted : December 29, 2017
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The study objective:
- To evaluate the response and survival rates after treating stage III cervical cancer with retinoic acid and interferon-α combined with radiotherapy in the study group.
- To evaluate the response and survival rates after treating stage III cervical cancer patients with concomitant cisplatin and radiotherapy in the control group.
- To evaluate the safety and tolerability of the combination of retinoic acid, interferon-α and radiation therapy compared with concomitant chemo-radiation therapy.
- To determine if there is an immune response to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) by estimating serum IgG1 and IgG2 antibodies against E7 proteins of HPV types 16 and 18 before and after treatment.
The study hypothesis:
- The response rates and survival rates of retinoic acid and interferon-α combination with radiation will be better than chemo-radiation to treat stage III cervical cancer.
- Treatment with the retinoic acid, interferon-α and radiation combination therapy will be less toxic and better tolerated than chemo-radiation therapy.
|Condition or disease
|Cervical Cancer
|Drug: Interferon, Retinoic Acid and radiation Drug: Cisplatin and radiation
|Phase 2
A total of 200 women with confirmed diagnosis of invasive cervical cancer, stage III, will be recruited into the study. The patients will be recruited from the Gynecologic Oncology Department of the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute that registers more than 600 cases of cancer of the cervix per year. Computer-generated numbers will randomize patients into the two treatment arms.
This trial is designed to treat stage III cervical cancer patients with concomitant immunotherapy (with cis-retinoic acid and interferon-α) and radiotherapy in the study arm.
Cancer of the uterine cervix is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and is the cause of the largest number of cancer-related deaths among women in the developing countries. In India, cervical cancer is the commonest cancer among women (126,000 new cases, 71,000 deaths in 2000), accounting for more than a quarter of the global burden of cervical cancer (471,000 new cases and 233,000 deaths).1,2 In contrast, in the U.S., although, there were only 12,200 new cases of cervical cancer and 4,100 deaths in 2003, the United States spends $5 billion per year screening and treating cervical cancer and precancerous lesions.
Advanced cervical cancer is relatively rare in the developed world because of routine PAP testing. However, in a developing country like India, because of the absence of any population based cervical cancer screening programs (HPV testing, PAP smears), nearly 80% of the patients are initially detected at stage III or higher. Cisplatin-based chemotherapy administered along with surgery and radiation is the recommended treatment for advanced cervical cancer in the US and other developed countries.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|209 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Pilot Phase II Two-Arm, Randomized Clinical Trial of Concomitant Immunotherapy (With Interferon-Alpha and Retinoic Acid) and Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Advanced Cervical Cancer in India
|Study Start Date :
|October 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|August 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|August 2015
Experimental: Group A
Treatment consists of Interferon, given as a sub-cutaneous injection, 3 times per week for 4 weeks, 20 mg Retinoic Acid tablets, 2 times a day for 30 days. starting from the first day of radiation.
Drug: Interferon, Retinoic Acid and radiation
Interferon-α2b will be administered 3 times a week for four weeks at a dose of 3 x 106 IU subcutaneously concomitant with radiotherapy. The first dose will be administered on the day the subject starts radiotherapy; 13-cis-retinoic acid will be administered orally at a dose of 40 mg/day for 1 month starting from day 1 of radiotherapy; a total of 40 to 45 Gy whole pelvis irradiation will be delivered in conventional fractions to both the study group and the control group. Additional parametrial dosages will be delivered to complete 55 Gy. This will be followed by two intracavitary applications of approximately 40-50 Gy, depending on the volume.
Active Comparator: Group B
Treatment consists of radiation and chemotherapy using Cisplatin. Cisplatin, given intravenously, will be administered on the first day of each week, mixed with saline solution, before and after the Cisplatin infusion.
Radiation will be given for a few minutes daily, five days a week, for approximately 5 weeks.
Two weeks after completion of external radiotherapy, subject will receive internal radiation (brachytherapy) once a week for two weeks. For this internal radiation a specially designed instrument will be inserted into the vagina that will be connected to a machine for a few minutes.
Drug: Cisplatin and radiation
Weekly cisplatin will be administered concurrent with external beam radiation at a dose of 40mg/m2/week for 5 weeks; a total of 40 to 45 Gy whole pelvis irradiation will be delivered in conventional fractions. Additional parametrial dosages will be delivered to complete 55 Gy. This will be followed by two intracavitary applications of approximately 40-50 Gy, depending on the volume.
- Survival [ Time Frame: 3 years or death ]Overall survival curves will be computed using the method of Kaplan and Meyer. The difference in survival between the two groups will be compared by log rank test with the O'Brien-Fleming boundaries to control for alpha spending at a planned interim analysis (50% of the total accrual).
- Response rate [ Time Frame: 3 years or death ]Response rate will be compared between the arms. Response will be determined by radiological imaging and defined to include Complete Response, the disappearance of all gross evidence of disease, and Partial Response, more than 50% reduction in the two largest dimensions of the measurable tumor.
- Overall toxicity [ Time Frame: 3 years or death ]Fisher's exact test will be used to compare the incidences of WHO toxicities and response rates between the treatment groups.
- Determine immune response to Human Papillomavirus HPV [ Time Frame: 3 years to death ]By estimating serum IgGl and IgG2 antibodies against E7 protein of HPV types 16 and 18 before and after treatment.
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|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Advanced cervical cancer
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previously treated for cancer of the cervix
- Karnofsky Performance Score less than 50
- Renal dysfunction ( Serum creatinine > 2.0mg/dl)
- Hepatic dysfunction (Serum bilirubin> 2.0 mg/dl, transaminases > 1.5 times normal)
- Pregnant or lactating women: Women will be tested by pregnancy test for possibility of existing pregnancy. Those that meet criteria of trial will be asked to promise that they don't become pregnant; barrier contraception will be recommended.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01276730
|Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute
|Kolkata, India, 700026
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|Partha S Basu, MD
|Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute
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|January 13, 2011 Key Record Dates
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|December 29, 2017
|Last Verified:
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Advanced cervical cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Uterine Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Urogenital Neoplasms
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Uterine Cervical Diseases
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UIL says Sandy could cost it more than $35 million
New Haven-based UIL Holdings estimates superstorm Sandy cost the electric and gas utility between $35 million and $40 million.
UIL reported its estimate in a notice filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, detailing the presentation James P. Torgerson, its chief executive officer and chairman, is to give today in Phoenix, Ariz., at the Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference.
The preliminary estimate for Sandy is 45 percent higher than the combined $24 million UIL estimated it lost in two major storms that struck Connecticut in 2011 -- Tropical Storm Irene and an October nor'easter.
Two weeks ago, Hurricane Sandy slammed into another storm system and wreaked havoc on the area, as high winds and a rush of seawater from Long Island Sound destroyed homes and took out power lines. In the aftermath, UIL's electric utility, The United Illuminating Co., reported 280,000 customers lost power.
Utilities typically file a petition with the Public Utility Regulatory Authority to recover costs associated with storms through temporary rate increases rolled in for a period of years, and UIL said it intends to do just that.
Connecticut's largest electric utility, Northeast Utilities' subsidiary Connecticut Light & Power Co., will also attend the Phoenix conference. It did not provide an estimate on the damage and restoration costs related to Sandy.
CL&P said 850,000 customers lost power in Connecticut after Sandy struck. Its costs for the two 2011 storms was more than $270 million, and it just filed a petition with PURA to recover those expenses.
An increase in rates has economic implications in Connecticut, where rates are among the highest in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
But Paul Timpanelli, president and chief executive officer of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council, said he's concerned that this is the beginning of what could be an expensive cycle of extreme weather that will impact standards of living and expenses as Connecticut residents and businesses deal with higher costs for protecting lives and infrastructure.
"That means the expense of protecting and providing service is going to go up," he said.
The state's top ratepayer advocate, Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz, said this is becoming a national issue.
"No doubt, these storms are adding up, and we as a state and a nation need to do some hard thinking about how we plan for and respond to major storms in light of changing weather patterns, and if we need to redesign or re-engineer parts of our electric grid," Katz said. "The three worst outages in the 100-year history of CL&P have been in the last 15 months. And consumers are increasingly reliant on electric devices, much more so than even 10 years ago."
She expects the total costs from Sandy to be about equal with the total costs for Irene.
Shares of the two utilities both slipped in Monday trading. UIL lost 14 cents to close at $33.67, and NU dropped 18 cents to $38.10 in New York.
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Creating Places: A Citizen Observer's Look at Nashville's Built Environment
Writer's Note: William Williams' interest in the manmade environment dates to 1970, at which point the then-young Williams started a collection of postcards of city skylines. The collection now numbers 1,000-plus cards. Among the writer's specific interests are exterior building design, city district planning, demographics, signage, mixed-use development, mass transit and green/sustainable construction and living. Williams began his Creating Places column with The City Paper in February 2005. The column in its original form was discontinued in September 2008 and reinvented via this blog in November 2008. Creating Places can be found on the home page of the website of The City Paper, at which Williams has worked in various capacities since October 2000.
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
One big happy family -- a Saturday reprise
Summertime! The season of family reunions. And this year I was fortunate enough to be invited to the first-ever Primate Family get-together, as representative of the Homo sapiens branch of the family.
The turn-out was better than anyone might have expected, with at least one member present from all 250 primate species -- our closest cousins on the family tree of life.
There were lorises, pottos, bush babies, lemurs, aye-ayes, tarsiers, monkeys and apes. The latter category, of course, included myself, as my name tag made clear.
I took my wife along, and we were a source of great merriment as the only folks at the gathering who consistently walked erect and lacked a full covering of body hair. A couple of white-cheeked gibbons asked me to remove my shoes and socks so they could see my non-opposable big toe. When I did so, their impolite hoots of derision caused quite a sensation.
Early in the afternoon we fell in with a nice chimpanzee couple from Cameroon, our nearest relations at the party. To tell the truth, we did not have as much in common as you'd might expect, considering that we share 98.4 percent of our genes.
The chimps showed great interest in photographs of our children and grandchildren, but annoyed my wife by nibbling the photos around the edges. My wife was also rather put off by the heaping plate of termite grubs that the male chimp insisted on sharing.
I must say, though, that we found the chimps' company more congenial than that of mandrill couple who roamed the reunion looking for others from Cameroon. They crashed our table and started making an awful racket, flashing their colorful body parts and otherwise being offensive.
I mean, we're talking brain weight here. The mandrills were nearly as big as our chimpanzee friends -- and proved it by jumping up and down on the table -- but behind their plug-ugly baboon snouts were brains not half the size of a chimp's.
Of course, human brains are three times bigger than the brains of chimpanzees, but we discreetly left that fact unsaid.
Eventually, we excused ourselves from the chimps' table and mingled with the crowd, determined to make acquaintance with all our relations.
As carnivores, we made our way to the barbecue area, but found it rather sparsely populated. An owl-faced monkey and its mate were happily sinking their teeth into roasted rodents. I complimented the male monkey on his handsome white nose stripe and earned an ear-rattling roar for my trouble. So much for trying to be polite.
The veggie buffet, on the other hand, with its heaping bowls of leaves, bark, fruits, nuts and seeds, was packed with takers, as was the insect buffet. A red-faced bald uacari dashed back and forth between the two tables, wolfing down alternate handfuls of seeds and ants.
A pygmy mouse lemur from Madagascar, the smallest primate at the reunion, had seated itself in a large bowl of berry snacks, to the embarrassed consternation of its more discreet lemur cousins. It would have made a nice snack for some larger opportunistic carnivore had my wife not plucked it from the bowl and kept it curled in the palm of her hand.
As the afternoon wore on and more beer was consumed, things started getting rather out-of-hand. There was lots of indiscriminate heinie-flashing by female baboons. Male vervets, drills and red-shanked douc langurs got into an indelicate competition concerning who had the most colorful -- ah, you know. I mean, I've been to some rowdy office parties, but this took the cake.
I will admit that the glorious bushy posterior appendages of the ring-tailed lemur and her mate made me a little jealous that my wife and I were among the few dozen folks at the party without tails; only apes lacked this adornment.
It was particularly gratifying to observe the presence at the reunion of a hairy-eared dwarf lemur from Madagascar and a tonkin snub-nosed monkey from Vietnam, both of whom represented wild populations whose total numbers are in the dozens. Another half-dozen of the gang are on also the "critically endangered" list, but they put up a good front, knocking back brewskies with the rest of us.
Toward the end of the day, a call went out for everyone who qualified as a "critically endangered" or "endangered" species to gather at the volleyball court for a group photo. I was astonished when nearly half of the species at the reunion answered the call. Every lemur was there, as were our closest relatives -- the orangutans, gorillas, and chimpanzees.
My wife and I faded rather sheepishly into the background, knowing that it was the phenomenal success of our own species that tipped the scales so precariously against so many of our cousins. As the camera snapped, we decided it was time to take our leave, wondering how many of the species in the photograph would be with us at the next primate family reunion in ten years time.


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Click on the links below for more of Calvin. Note: the easiest translation of the Institutes to read in English is the Ford Lewis Battles translation (John T McNeill - editor), but the version that is freely available online is the older Beveridge translation. The Beveridge translation is very accurate, but a good bit more difficult to read. So best advice: splash out on the hard copies of the Battles translation - thoroughly worth it!
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I really love the soundtrack of DD. Danny Baranowsky and Grant Kirkhope truly outdid themselves.
Looking through the forum I didn't see any topics dedicated to players' fave tracks, so here's one.
What are your favourite tracks in DD?
Mines are:
Golden Sacks - the atmosphere gives a good feeling of adventure and some parts remind me of great memories playing HoMM 3
Whaaarrgarrrbl - very intense song. Whenever I hear it it makes me feel like a berserker or at least a member of the fighter's guild. This song is so catchy the 1st time I heard it I couldn't concentrate on tactics and had to take a 6-7 minute break just listening to the music, so I won't get my attention derailed constantly
Boggy Bottom - a nice calmer, more ambient music, reminds me of Bastion at parts
Dunes of Damnation - same story as with Whaaarrgarrrbl, but with a wizard feeling instead of warrior
Also all the vicious levels have some epic music, and the music change when you go from one part to another is a great touch. My absolute fave is Namtar's music. When listening to that you know you're not dealing with your everyday boss.


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Murray to meet Soeda in Australia
Andy Murray was drawn against Japan's Go Soeda in the first round of the Australian Open.
Murray is seeded fourth for his first grand slam since undergoing back surgery in September.
The Scot was drawn in Rafael Nadal's half, with Roger Federer a potential quarter-final opponent.
Laura Robson, Britain's only direct entrant into the women's draw, was given a tough first-round tie against Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens.
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Nashville, TN (SportsNetwork.com) - Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves and Artem Anisimov tallied the game's lone goal as the Columbus Blue Jackets shut out the Nashville Predators, 1-0, on Saturday.
Anisimov entered the neutral zone on the rush and dropped a pass back to James Wisniewski. The defenseman quickly pushed the puck back up to Anisimov, who rushed in on net with a power move and backhanded a shot past Nashville netminder Pekka Rinne.
"I thought the guys were great tonight," said Blue Jackets head coach Todd Richards. "First period they (Predators) came out hard and kind of put us on our heels a little bit. We had some guys step up and make plays. I thought after that point our guys did a great job."
Corey Tropp and Wisniewski picked up the helpers on Anisimov's 19th of the season that set a new career-high for the forward and gave the Blue Jackets their fourth win in their past five games.
Rinne turned aside 35 shots, but received no offensive support as the Predators dropped their fourth straight game and seventh of their last eight contests.
"We played strong as a team, we never quit," said Rinne. "It's a good sign, but obviously right now the only thing we care about is getting points."
Columbus had a good opportunity to break the scoreless deadlock in the second after Viktor Stalberg took a double minor for high-sticking R.J. Umberger, but the Predators successfully killed off the four-minute penalty.
Nashville pulled Rinne with under two minutes remaining, but could not capitalize on multiple scoring chances with the extra man. Shea Weber's shot was blocked and Fisher's turn-around attempt hit the far post. Colin Wilson then missed an empty net on a wrister that Bobrovsky quickly smothered.
Game Notes
Bobrovsky earned his third shutout of the season ... Anisimov has six goals in his last six games ... The Blue Jackets announced earlier on Saturday that defenseman Ryan Murray would miss 4-to-6 weeks after undergoing knee surgery ... Nashville outshot the Columbus, 14-5, in the first, and the Blue Jackets held a 15-4 shot advantage in the second.


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