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Strong U.S. crude oil production growth forecast through 2015
Strong growth in U.S. crude oil production, primarily attributable to growing volumes of light crude oil produced from onshore tight oil formations, has reshaped global oil markets in recent years. EIA expects this growth trend to continue for the next two years, as forecast in this month's Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
EIA estimates that U.S. crude oil production averaged 7.5 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2013, the highest annual average rate of production since 1989, and a 1.0-million-bbl/d increase from 2012 (Figure 1). In the January STEO, which extends the forecast period through 2015, EIA expects continued strong production growth. EIA projects crude oil production to average 8.5 million bbl/d in 2014 and 9.3 million bbl/d in 2015, which would be the highest annual rate of crude oil production since 1972. The record highest annual average crude oil production was 9.6 million bbl/d in 1970.
Production from tight oil formations in Texas, North Dakota, and a handful of other states has driven total crude oil production growth for the past four years. Development activity in these key onshore basins and increasing productivity as companies learn how to apply hydraulic fracturing techniques more effectively and efficiently are central to STEO's forecast. In particular, EIA expects most growth through 2015 to result from drilling in the Bakken formation in North Dakota and Montana, the Eagle Ford formation in Texas, and the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico. Bakken production is expected to rise from the estimated December 2013 level of 1.0 million bbl/d to 1.3 million bbl/d in December 2015. Eagle Ford production is projected to increase from an estimated December 2013 level of 1.2 million bbl/d to 1.5 million bbl/d in December 2015. The Eagle Ford accounts for more than half of the onshore domestic liquids production growth because of a comparatively large amount of liquids coming from both oil and gas wells compared with the other key production basins.
The Permian Basin in West Texas, which includes thick, overlapping formations such as the Spraberry, Bonespring, and Wolfcamp, is a third key growth area. EIA estimates that crude oil production from the Permian Basin reached 1.5 million bbl/d in December 2013 and is projected to increase to 1.8 million bbl/d in December 2015. Crude oil producers are investing heavily in research and implementation of hydraulic fracturing in both vertical and horizontal wells. The stacked formations of the Permian allow vertical wells to reach several productive zones, while several horizontal wells drilled from the same surface location can target different formations or several pay zones within the same formation.
While onshore crude oil production is expected to account for the bulk of the total production increase through 2015, projected growth also reflects expected increases in offshore production from the U.S. federal Gulf of Mexico (GOM). After offshore GOM oil production was flat at 1.3 million bbl/d in 2013, EIA projects GOM crude oil production will increase to 1.6 million bbl/d in 2015. The expected increases from GOM are the result of the following projects that are expected to come on stream: Jack, St. Malo, Entrada, Big Foot, Tubular Bells, Atlantis Phase 2 redevelopment, Hadrian South, and Lucius in 2014; Axe, Cardamom Deep, Dalmation, Deimos South, Kodiak, Pony, Samurai, West Boreas, Winter, and Mars B redevelopment in 2015.
These continuing increases in crude oil production are having profound effects on U.S. petroleum balances and global oil prices. EIA expects the discount of the WTI crude oil price to Brent to average $12 per barrel (bbl) in 2014, $3/bbl higher than projected in last month's STEO. This increase in the projected WTI discount reflects increasing uncertainty about existing refinery infrastructure's ability to absorb growing production of light sweet crude oil in North America at current price levels. Because of pipeline capacity expansions and pipeline reversals, there is now ample capacity to ship crude oil via pipeline from the previous bottleneck in the Midcontinent to the Gulf Coast. As a result, Light Louisiana Sweet (LLS) crude oil on the Gulf Coast, which was priced at a premium to North Sea Brent for much of the past two years, has recently begun tracking WTI prices and selling at a consistent discount to Brent. Thus, EIA expects the recent convergence of Gulf Coast crude oil prices with WTI to persist over the forecast period, with Gulf Coast crude oil prices moving in step with the WTI price plus a pipeline transport cost. At this price level, Gulf Coast crudes such as LLS and medium-grade Mars will trade at historically wide discounts to similar international benchmarks such as Brent and Dubai, respectively. The forecast relationship between Brent, WTI, and LLS prices in 2015 are similar to those expected in 2014.
Gasoline price flat while diesel fuel up slightly
The U.S. average retail price of regular gasoline increased less than one cent to remain at $3.33 per gallon as of January 6, 2014, three cents higher than last year at this time. Prices increased in all regions of the nation except the Midwest, where the price declined four cents to $3.22 per gallon. The largest increase came on the East Coast, where the price was up three cents to $3.44 per gallon. Both the Rocky Mountain and West Coast prices gained two cents, to $3.12 per gallon and $3.55 per gallon, respectively, and the Gulf Coast price was $3.12 per gallon, a penny higher than last week.
The national average diesel fuel price increased one cent to $3.91 per gallon, less than a penny lower than last year at this time. Prices increased in all regions of the nation, with the East Coast, Gulf Coast, and Rocky Mountain prices all gaining one cent, to $3.95 per gallon, $3.80 per gallon, and $3.90 per gallon, respectively. The West Coast average rose nearly a cent, but remained at $4.03 per gallon, while the Midwest price increased only fractionally, and remained at $3.89 per gallon.
Propane inventories fall
U.S. propane stocks fell by 3.5 million barrels to end at 42.4 million barrels last week, 23.1 million barrels (35.3%) lower than a year ago. Gulf Coast regional inventories dropped by 2.1 million barrels and Midwest inventories decreased by 1.2 million barrels. Rocky Mountain/West Coast and East Coast inventories both dropped by less than 0.1 million barrels. Propylene non-fuel-use inventories represented 8.5% of total propane inventories.
Residential propane price continues to increase, heating oil price decreases
Residential heating oil prices decreased by nearly 2 cents per gallon to reach a price of $4.02 per gallon during the period ending January 6, 2014. This is less than 2 cents per gallon higher than last year's price at this time. Wholesale heating oil prices decreased 15 cents per gallon last week to $3.07 per gallon.
The average residential propane price increased by almost 3 cents per gallon last week to nearly $2.83 per gallon, 56 cents per gallon higher than the same period last year. Wholesale propane prices decreased by less than a penny per gallon to just under $1.69 per gallon as of January 6, 2014.


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Shanghai PPTV Grand Slam | 29 April - 4 May 2014
Shanghai, China, April 29, 2014 – Brazilian tandem Ricardo Alex Costa Santos and Alvaro Morais Filho have withdrawn from the US$800,000 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball Shanghai Grand Slam men's Main Draw through illness.
Alvaro, who had captured the bronze medal in Shanghai last year and finished fifth at the season-opening Fuzhou Open with Ricardo, became sick after arriving at Shanghai and decided to pull out of the tournament.
In the absence of Ricardo/Alvaro, Pablo Herrera Allepuz and Adrian Gavira Collado of Spain was moved up to the position of the second seeds behind Sean Rosenthal/Philip Dalhausser of USA while American duo Tri Bourne and John Hyden will take part in the 32-team Main Draw as lucky losers.
Newly-crowned Fuzhou Open champions Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo of Italy were named the seventh seeds and Shanghai Grand Slam title holders Jacob Gibb/Casey Patterson of USA were eighth. The men's Main Draw tournament will start on Wednesday morning and thirty-two teams will play a single round robin in eight groups with top three finishers from each group to advance to the 24-team knockout stage.
Shanghai Grand Slam Tournament Page
Shanghai Grand Slam Tournament Notes
2014 Beach Volleyball Media Guide
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Lausanne, Switzerland, May 4, 2014 - Following two very busy and exciting weeks in China, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) has succe... More...
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Ludwig/Walkenhorst clinch first ever Grand Slam title in Shanghai
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Nicolai/Lupo land back-to-back World Tour title in Shanghai
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Walkenhorsts enjoy sunshine and Beach Volleyball in Shanghai
02.05.2014 12:52:50
Pedro/Emanuel claim full-set thriller to make Shanghai Grand Slam semis
02.05.2014 11:22:33
Home favorites Xue/Xia crash out of Shanghai Grand Slam
02.05.2014 02:49:06
Emanuel never stops love for beach volleyball
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Australian qualifiers Artacho/Laird shine at Shanghai Grand Slam
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Gibb/Patterson lead three American teams into Shanghai Grand Slam top 16
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Lucky losers Bourne/Hyden start well in Shanghai Grand Slam Main Draw
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Hermannova/Bonnerova make Shanghai Grand Slam Main Draw with upset win
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Juliana/Antonelli start from qualification tournament again
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Vitor/Evandro battle into Shanghai Grand Slam Main Draw
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Talking Stats: 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
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Vitor/Evandro lead men's qualifiers at Shanghai Grand Slam
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2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour underway in China
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2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour at FIVB Shanghai PPTV Grand Slam
03.04.2014 23:39:36
World Championships medallists lead German teams at Shanghai Grand Slam
30.01.2014 16:30:29
2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour ready for more highlights in record-breaking year

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ICD-10 Diagnosis Code I83.209
Varicos vn unsp low extrm w ulc of unsp site and inflam
Diagnosis Code I83.209
Short Description: Varicos vn unsp low extrm w ulc of unsp site and inflam
Long Description: Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with both ulcer of unspecified site and inflammation
This is the 2019 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code I83.209
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Code Classification
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99)
Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes, not elsewhere classified (I80-I89)
- Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83)
- Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes, not elsewhere classified (I80-I89)
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- Infected varicose ulcer
- Varicose veins of lower extremity with inflammation
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- Varicose veins of the leg with eczema
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Varicose Veins
Varicose veins are swollen, twisted veins that you can see just under the skin. They usually occur in the legs, but also can form in other parts of the body. Hemorrhoids are a type of varicose vein.
Your veins have one-way valves that help keep blood flowing toward your heart. If the valves are weak or damaged, blood can back up and pool in your veins. This causes the veins to swell, which can lead to varicose veins.
Varicose veins are very common. You are more at risk if you are older, are female, have obesity, don't exercise, or have a family history of varicose veins. They can also be more common in pregnancy.
Doctors often diagnose varicose veins from a physical exam. Sometimes you may need additional tests.
Exercising, losing weight, elevating your legs when resting, and not crossing them when sitting can help keep varicose veins from getting worse. Wearing loose clothing and avoiding long periods of standing can also help. If varicose veins are painful or you don't like the way they look, your doctor may recommend procedures to remove them.
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Irish leader Enda Kenny has rejected claims made by the Archbishop of Dublin that the proposed new abortion bill for Ireland will give less rights to an unborn child especially in cases where terminations are allowed because of suicide fears for the mother.
Writing in The Irish Times Archbishop Diarmuid Martin expressed concern about the inclusion of the risk of suicide where the foetus is viable.
In his letter to the newspaper he said his worry related to situations where the unborn child is viable at the time a termination is being considered.
Dr Martin said "his anxiety" is that "it would be permissible for medical specialists to certify that the medical procedure necessary to avert the risk to the mother's life consists of a termination of her pregnancy at a stage when, if a different method of terminating the pregnancy were used, the child would be delivered alive."
He said the only medical treatment in line with the Constitutional protection of such an unborn child would be one in which the child was safely delivered.
The Archbishop also mentioned the "X-Case," which was taken by a 14-year-old rape victim who became pregnant and was refused permission to travel for an abortion.
He said, "There is a growing impression that the judgment of the X-Case "is the Constitution." I believe that it is an interpretation given in a specific case which does not supersede or relativise the clear constitutional right to equal protection for unborn life in the circumstances which I have outlined. Indeed under Head 4 it would give the life of such an unborn child less protection than is guaranteed in liberal abortion laws in other countries."
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny responded to his remarks at an event in Dublin on Thursday afternoon.
"The bill that we proposed here obviously doesn't change the legislation on abortion," the Taoiseach said.
"This is about saving lives and clearly fundamental to any assessment of any person with difficulty in pregnancy is the requirement to do everything that's possible, practicable in the sense of saving the life of the unborn as well as that of the mother."
"It's about saving lives, giving clarity to the protection of the life of the mother and the requirement to do everything that is possible and practicable in the sense of saving the life of the unborn child as well," Kenny said.
Special health committee hearings will take place on Friday, Monday and Tuesday, as politicians seek advice from medical and legal experts on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013.


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100 Legitimate Reasons to Watch the 2012 Academy Awards
It's boring, it's long, and it's (almost always) wrong. So why put yourself through the torture this Sunday night? We offer more than a few reasons to actually tune in to the Oscars this year. Note: Billy Crystal ain't one of 'em
1. With nine nominees, we will likely (hopefully?) be spared host Billy Crystal's one-man musical medley of songs honoring each Best Picture finalist.
2. George Clooney and Brad Pitt, BFFs who still prank each other in middle age, have the ultimate stage for one of their practical jokes.
**3. **The Artist director Michel Hazanavicius will likely become the first French-born Best Director winner. Sorry and thanks for playing Godard, Renoir, Truffaut, Bresson, Cocteau, Demy, Tati, Carne...
**4. **The Artist director/screenwriter Michel Hazanavicius could also become the third person to win Best Original Screenplay and Best Director for a Best Picture winner, joining Billy Wilder (The Apartment) and Woody Allen (Annie Hall).
**5. **The off-off chance that Billy Crystal might wear the satin scorpion jacket from Drive.
6. With self-celebratory films Hugo and The Artist leading the nominees (and My Week With Marilyn among them), it may be redundant to present a back-patting montage about the Power of Cinema.
**7. **Though if we do have to watch one, in tribute to The Artist, it may be a montage of silent films, so instead of the same Ben-Hur chariot races and Forrest Gump platitudes we might see clips of films such as Sunrise, City Lights, Greed, and The Crowd.
8. Tom Hanks might apologize for Larry Crowne.
9. Anne Hathaway and James Franco might apologize for last year.
10. The uncomfortable cut to Michelle Williams when someone mentions James Franco's inexplicable Marilyn Monroe costume from the 2011 telecast.
**11. **Billy Crystal already got his deification of Bob Hope out of the way last year with that creepy hologram thing, so we likely will be spared that.
12. Billy Crystal joke predictor: A montage in which he uses the Midnight in Paris car to go back in time and insert himself into all the Best Picture nominees. (Only one of the nine is a contemporary film and even that is titled The Descendants.)
13. Billy Crystal joke predictor: Within each film in that montage, Sean Penn is just randomly walking around for no apparent reason.
14. Pharrell Williams is the co-music consultant.
**15. **And we will be spared performances of the Best Song nominees, even though there are only two this year.
16. At least that enhances the chances of...Bret McKenzie: Oscar winner.
**17. **Also, Jim Rash: Oscar winner? (It's possible that Community could boast an Oscar winner and a former Oscar host in its cast. No, not Ken Jeong.)
18. The off-off chance that awards-shy multiple nominees Terrence Malick and Woody Allen make an appearance.
19. Because, while he won't show, you might not yet be sick of that promo photo of an avuncular Malick goofily grinning and wearing a cowboy hat and cheap headphones.
20. In the past, Ben Stiller has appeared on the telecast as Joaquin Phoenix and a Na'vi. He will present again this year.
21. Jack Nicholson sitting in the front row with sunglasses on, smiling and laughing like Jack Nicholson.
22. Somehow, some way the 48 Hours reunion that almost was between nominee Nick Nolte and the night's original host, Eddie Murphy, takes place. Thanks, Brett Ratner.
**23. **Michelle Williams.
24. George Clooney.
**25. **Proof that presenter Jennifer Lopez is actually dating someone named "Casper Smart."
26. Proof that presenter Cameron Diaz is actually dating someone named "Diddy."
27. Ricky Gervais won't be there to talk about Ricky Gervais.
**28. **The audible groans when the slight Monsieur Lazhar upsets A Separation for Best Foreign Film.
**29. **A Separation's Asghar Farhadi could become the first Middle Eastern director to win an award in a general category; if he does, it would be only the third foreign language original screenplay, following A Man and A Woman and Divorce, Italian Style—two others films about struggling romantic partnerships.
**30. **Will Ferrell, Penelope Cruz, Emma Stone, Tina Fey, Chris Rock, and the cast of Bridesmaids will be among the presenters.
31. The awkwardness in the room if Chris Rock (or anyone else) takes the moment to point out that every African-American acting nominee portrayed a domestic worker.
32. Though this ceremony will likely be the first time two African-American women win acting awards in the same year. (In possible related news, an L.A. Times study recently revealed "Oscar voters are nearly 94% Caucasian and 77% male...Blacks are about 2% of the Academy, and Latinos are less than 2%.")
33. Statler and Waldorf.
**34. **Glenn Close will likely lose for the sixth time, joining Thelma Ritter and Deborah Kerr as the most oft-nominated actresses without a win.
**35. **Billy Crystal joke predictor: Extremely Loud Incredibly Glenn Close.
36. Meryl Streep will become the biggest loser ever, and still look like the happiest person in the building.
**37. **That's because Streep's friend and fellow Best Actress nominee Viola Davis will win and make another classy speech.
**38. **The guy who directed Mousehunt and The Mexican may actually win an Oscar.
**39. **Original screenplay nominee Kristen Wiig could become the first Saturday Night Live cast member to ever win an Oscar. Who says the Academy doesn't like comedy?
40. Nominations for Melissa McCarthy and fellow Judd Apatow vet Jonah Hill (albeit in a dramatic role) could, however, signal a slight embrace of comedic films.
41. Melissa McCarthy could also be halfway to an EGOT. (Had "Blame Canada" won an Oscar, Trey Parker and Matt Stone would, incredibly, be the 12th and 13th people to ever accomplish the feat.)
42. James Earl Jones won an Honorary Award, joining Barbara Streisand and Liza Minnelli as EGOT winners, if honorary awards are taken into account.
**43. **Tune in to see if Rob Lowe was right when he tweeted the winners.
**44. **Or to see if head writer Bruce Vilanch throws some shine back to LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy.
45. Listening to the awkward self-righteousness of people with no sense of humor about their craft.
**46. **When else are the Supporting Actress favorite and potential spoiler both going to have shit jokes in their clip reel? (Maybe scatological humor was the missing ingredient in Thelma Ritter's six losses in this category.)
**47. **It's your last chance to complain about Albert Brooks, Michael Shannon, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Carey Mulligan, and everything to do with Margaret not being nominated before that becomes an absolutely, completely insufferable line of conversation.
48. Billy Crystal joke predictor: The "biggest omission this year was Michael Fassbender's penis."
49. Patton Oswalt and Albert Brooks will be at home tweeting and entertaining us instead of playing bit parts in another Christopher Plummer coronation.
50. It's possible that Matthew Lillard could have a Best Picture winner on his résumé. Your move, David Arquette.
51. whoischristopherplummer.tumblr.com
**52. **whoisoctaviaspencer.tumblr.com
53. whoistheartist.tumblr.com
54. Billy Crystal joke predictor: With a Francophile slate of nominees, Crystal reminds us that Forget Paris is available on Netflix.
**55. **The hope that Gary Oldman, who walked in Prada's fall line in Milan, pairs that look with his oversized glasses from Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
56. Amusing reactions from sore losers, also known as a "Lauren Bacall."
**57. **Short Animation Film nominee The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is actually pretty cool.
58. Who doesn't love a poorly timed, grandstanding political statement?
59. More offbeat sports movies are being celebrated: Moneyball, Warrior, and Undefeated—though sadly not Senna and The Interrupters.
60. Root for Transformers: Dark of the Moon to win the Sound Mixing Oscar, so 14-time loser Greg P. Russell finally gets an Oscar.
61. Root for Drive to win Best Sound Editing, the only category in which it's nominated.
**62. **If one-time feuders like Nick Nolte and Julia Roberts or Joan Rivers and Chelsea Handler happen to clash, Ryan Gosling will be there to break it up.
63. Novelty factor: A primarily silent film will likely win Best Picture for the first time since the 1920s, while 3-D films are finalists for both Best Picture (Hugo) and Best Documentary Feature (Pina).
**64. **Celebrate a future filmmaking star: Past Best Short Film awards have gone to Martin McDonagh (In Bruges), David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada), frequent Luis Buñuel collaborator Jean-Claude Carriere, Taylor Hackford (Ray), and Walt Disney.
65.** **Mark Bridges, the guy who did the costumes for Boogie Nights—and every other Paul Thomas Anderson film—might win an Oscar.
66. Paul Thomas Anderson, on the arm of presenter/partner Maya Rudolph, may share some information about his upcoming film The Master while walking the red carpet.
67. More likely, you'll watch red carpet hosts and journalists make banal conversation with nominees despite only having fleeting familiarity with the films for which they're nominated.
68. Husband and wife teams: Hugo's Art Direction duo and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy's screenwriting pair are nominated along with their spouses. (In the case of Tinker Tailor, one nomination is posthumous—co-writer Bridget O'Connor passed away before the film was completed.)
**69. **After her appearance on Louie and the documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, the red-carpet police chief has piqued our curiosity.
70. Temple Grandin and Downton Abbey aren't around to sweep their categories.
71. No Chris Brown appearances either.
72. The possibility of unscripted drama—an off-the-cuff remark, a spontaneous victory celebration, a heartfelt speech.
73. The possibility of a genuinely pleasant surprise. Woody Allen appeared at the first ceremony after 9/11 to celebrate New York films, and Christopher Reeve took the stage for the first ceremony after the accident that left him in a wheelchair.
**74. **Billy Crystal joke predictor: His face stands in for George Méliès' moon and he's hit in the eye with a rocket.
**75. **Billy Crystal joke predictor: He pretends to be the Hugo automaton and draws a picture of the Oscar statuette.
**76. **The Best Actor race is actually somewhat undecided and somewhat exciting.
77. After an increase in forward-looking fashion at both the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards, more attendees may move away from the classics and embrace exciting, offbeat designers such as Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Reem Acra, and Giambattista Valli.
78. And after Natalie Portman wore Rodarte to last year's Oscars, and Michelle Williams wore Jason Wu to the Globes this year, other relatively new designers like Naeem Khan or Mary Katrantzou may be represented. (Though it's just as likely, considering the early 20th Century tilt of many of the nominated films, that Valentino's spring couture line, which celebrates that same time frame, makes an appearance.)
79. Billy Crystal joke predictor: He inserts himself into The Artist dressed in a baggy New York Yankees uniform and does his quarter-century-old newsreel walk-and-wave gag.
80. More New York sports connections: Best Actress nominee Rooney Mara is the great-granddaughter of New York Giants founder Tim Mara (as well as Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney Sr.) If that isn't enough of a Giants-Oscars connection, team co-owner Steve Tisch is the only man to win both a Super Bowl and a Best Picture Oscar.
81. Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, looking better than Brangelina, or any other couple in attendance.
82. To see which film about the Holocaust, civil rights movement, or modern war wins a Documentary prize this year.
**83. **It's an excuse to drink champagne on a Sunday night.
**84. **The Best Picture clips will be the only time you ever have to sit through any of Extremely Loud Incredibly Close.
85. Billy Crystal joke predictor: "This ceremony has now officially lasted longer than Kim Kardashian's marriage."
**86. **Play your Oscar pool correctly and you can win back the money you lost on the Super Bowl.
**87. **It's restoring some glory to Cannes: The Artist, The Tree of Life, Midnight in Paris, and Drive all launched at the festival. (As did non-nominees Melancholia and We Need to Talk About Kevin.)
88. Christopher Plummer or Max von Sydow would become the oldest-ever acting winner.
**89. **Uggie's charming mugging for the camera. (It's a shame the dog can't shout-out to Asta.)
90. Jean Dujardin's charming mugging for the camera.
91. Beyoncé is rumored to sing the In Memoriam tribute segment.
**92. **Even if that doesn't happen, the chance to see Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk together in John Cassavetes' Husbands during the In Memoriam.
93. Oscar commercial breaks tend to feature new trailers for highly anticipated films.
94. Price-Waterhouse accountants handcuffed to briefcases containing the presenter's envelopes, like they were British character actors in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
95. Subtle acting turns are actually being honored—Gary Oldman, Jonah Hill, Viola Davis, Glenn Close, Rooney Mara, and Brad Pitt all did wonderful work with the volume turned down. (So did Michael Fassbender and Ryan Gosling, though they weren't nominated.)
96. Gary Oldman becomes the 11th actor who worked on Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line to earn an acting nomination; of those, he's only the fourth who was cut completely from the film.
97. This will be the longest possible time until the next Oscarologist prediction piece.
**98. **It's highly unlikely anyone will celebrate a win by Tebowing.
99. Because if the carrot of the Oscars was removed, major Hollywood studios would have little impetus to make films that weren't based on comic books, children's fantasy books, board games, TV shows, or other pre-branded material that appeals to teens and can translate to foreign markets.
100. As we learned from the Grammys, even if an award show is awful, complaining about and following it on social media over a few bottles of red wine is a great way to spend a Sunday night. At least until Mad Men returns.
_Scott Plagenhoef is a writer based in Chicago and the author of If You're Feeling Sinister, an entry in the 33 1/3 book series. The former editor-in-chief of Pitchfork, his work has also appeared in _The Village Voice, theatlantic.com, and The Chicago Tribune, among others.


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The Dodgers beat the Cardinals 5-3 tonight to end their season-high four-game losing streak. For a full recap and boxscore click here.
Oh, was this one big. The Dodgers eeked out a victory to salvage a game out this four-game set with the Cardinals. Neither the pitching nor the offense was great, but the Blue found a way to win.
Matt Kemp came up with the game-winning single in the top of the 10th, knocking in two runs with two outs against Todd Wellemeyer.
The 1-4 hitters in the Dodgers lineup went 1-for-17, including a woeful 0-for-5 day for Manny Ramirez on the day his name came up in a New York Times report that said he tested positive for PEDs in 2003.
Hiroki Kuroda turned in a quality start, going six innings and giving up two runs. Cardinal starter Kyle Lohse did him better, allowing only one run in his six frames.
The Dodgers revamped their bullpen today, trading for George Sherrill and replacing Brent Leach on the active roster with Scott Elbert. The 'pen did a solid job, allowing only one run in four innings — a solo shot by Rick Ankiel off Guillermo Mota. It broke Mota's 20+ scoreless innings streak.
Casey Blake went 4-for-5 and scored two runs. Matt Kemp had two other hits besides the game-winner and had an incredible stolen base in which he took off before Kyle Lohse even started his delivery.
Jonathan Broxton got the save but didn't look all that impressive a day after he blew a crucial save attempt. His fastball didn't appear to have the same velocity as usual and he walked the leadoff batter, Joe Thurston.
Jason Schmidt (1-1, 7.88) and Tommy Hanson (5-1, 2.95) at 4:30 P.M. PST in Atlanta tomorrow.


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The only one who can tell you "you can't" is you.
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I get to school and find out that I'm a part of a United Nations Video Conference and have been given an opportunity to make a difference in the world. I was excited, but the first thing that came to my mind was "me, make a difference.... how on earth can an individual do that.... I CAN'T".
This happened 10 days ago. But now after a lot of group discussions and research, I've realised how much difference I can make as a member of society. We have looked up many case studies and have found solutions that could make a difference, but I feel that by indirectly using these solutions, we would actually be assuming that our society has the same problems as the case study had. To be absolutely sure about the problems in our society, we have to mingle with the ones who are not as priveledged as us and put ourselves in their shoes.
Therefore, I would like to propose the concept of the 4 I's – Identify, Interrogate, Investigate and Initiate. Firstly, Identify the target group. Then interrogate them and find out what the real problem is. After this we need to investigate the problem thoroughly and come up with a viable solution. Finally, we need to initiate this solution.
We have already started talking to others who come over to our houses and in two days, we will be going over to a small government school in our locality where a number of children from poor families study and would try to educate them further by taking regular classes. Also, on Monday, we would be going over to a school in the outskirts of our city where many orphans and street children are taught to find out about their problems and to do as much as we can to educate them and tell them about their human rights.
So now I finally know that I CAN make a difference and that the only one who can tell you "you can't" is you and you definitely don't have to........


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There are only 24 hours in a day, but don't tell Christina "Christy" Grisham. The former Lipscomb softball player works a regular job, spends an average of four hours a day in preparation for the Miss Tennessee pageant and is also working on designing her own line of clothes. Oh yes, she also does some babysitting on the side. Despite her busy schedule Christy managed to find the time to talk with lipscombsports.com.
Christina "Christy" Grisham has spent more of her life wearing softball cleats and double-knit uniforms than she has wearing high heels and evening gowns.
But things have changed in the past couple of years. After completing her time as a softball player at Lipscomb she hung up her uniform and decided to give beauty pageants a try. Two years ago she competed in the Miss Tennessee Intercontinental pageant and felt the need to compete again.
This year she is preparing for the Miss Tennessee USA pageant scheduled for Oct. 3-5 in Clarksville, Tenn. Grisham, who lives in Franklin, is Miss Leiper's Fork.
"I grew up with my family being really involved with pageants, but I never was because I was always playing softball," Grisham said. "My mother told me, `you only have until you are 27 to do this'."
Her mother, Jamie, has always been involved with beauty pageants for all age groups in Texas. Her sister, Mandy, chose the pageant route rather than sports.
"Since my sister was a baby she was in pageants," Grisham said. "She mother runs pageants. She started the Texas Angel Pageant this year for special needs people. It doesn't matter how old they are, they can participate. I am planning to start one here in Tennessee."
Getting ready
In order to prepare for the Miss Tennessee USA pageant Grisham puts in long hours as she tries to balance everything on her plate.
"I probably work four hours a day on getting ready for the pageant," Grisham said. "I work out every morning and then come to work. At lunch I usually talk with somebody back home who might be able to help me.
"After work I either work with my interview coach or have another training session. I also work on how to walk since I grew up in cleats. It has been a little hard for me to walk in heels."
Conditioning was one of her favorite parts of softball so the physical and mental demands of the workouts are not a problem for her. She has discovered that many contestants have been athletes at some point in their lives.
"You would be surprised how many athletes turn around and do this," Grisham said. "It gives us an excuse to dress up."
She has a page on the website "gofundme" where her supporters can contribute financially. She has a goal of $1,500 and is approximately half-way there.
Creativity challenge
Grisham majored in art and was attracted to graphic design work while at Lipscomb. She credits Cliff Tierney, one of her professors, for challenging her creativity.
"Cliff was my favorite teacher because he was really my introduction to art and during drawing class he always pushed me to "get out of my head"," Grisham said. "He always said if I could just get out of there (my head) I'd make something great.
"I always go back to that now when I'm working on projects for work - especially the last minute ones! He was always very positive and so funny to be around that it made class that much more fun. He was, and still probably is, the best!"
Got to be me
Grisham was a pitcher for the Lady Bisons from 2006-2010. She was hampered by injuries during her career. She points to pitching coach Lexi Myers Shrout (now softball coach at Lipscomb Academy) as an influence for her beyond the field.
"Lexi really pushed me to just be me on the mound," Grisham said. "Those were my best pitching moments when I would think about that. Coach Myers (Shrout) telling me to just relax and be me is something that I will take in to everything I do in life.
"She joined Alaina Jacobson and me for a run her first year as a graduate assistant and after that run, and her building our trust in her, she was the coach I went to for everything. And I'm sure I can speak for Alaina as well."
Rhinestone cowgirl
As a native of Texas Grisham grew up going to rodeos and every year in high school she was a "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" representative.
She is developing her own clothing line called "Rustic Rhinestones" which is targeted to rodeo fans. She is starting out with T-shirts and has plans to have a complete clothing line developed within the next five years.
"The T-shirts should be out later this fall," Grisham said. "It is basically rodeo wear.
"I will have a traveling boutique. It is a long-term project but I would like to have a booth at all the rodeos in Tennessee, Kentucky and southern Indiana."
Softball influences
Grisham is the creative coordinator at Precision Dynamics International in Franklin.
She draws on her experiences as a softball player at Lipscomb in her job.
"We are a team here just like the softball team," Grisham said. "As the creative coordinator I work with about eight project managers to make sure all of their deliverables are perfect for their client.\
"Without each other's support our jobs don't function properly - just like on the softball field. Not to mention all of the goofy things that happen at our office. It kind of reminds me of our team back in the day. We were always doing something crazy."
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NCC 2014 Marks Dutch Meeting's Fifth Anniversary
The 2014 Dutch biannual contact lens meeting, the Netherlands Contact Lens Congress (NCC 2014), took place March 16 and 17 in Veldhoven, The Netherlands. With a theme of "Decoding the Secret," this year marked the meeting's fifth anniversary. A record 1,577 unique visitors attended the meeting for one or two days. The majority of lectures were in English and featured speakers from all over the world. Participants from 16 countries attended NCC 2014, but 95% of the registered participants were from Belgium and the Netherlands.
The meeting consisted of three tracks of continuous lectures, with the main stage featuring a 360º arena podium (with the speakers centered in the middle) and seating for 1,296 attendees. Topics ranged from scleral lenses to corneal cross-linking, and from everyday contemporary issues in contact lens practice to how to improve soft lens fitting to myopia control with contact lenses. This was also the first non-North American presentation of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society's (TFOS) International Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort report.
Short lines between speakers and delegates are always an important tradition of the meeting. This year's meeting featured a "speed-date" session during which participants could talk to internationally renowned speakers in face-to-face, two-minute interactions. Speakers present included Drs. Lyndon Jones, Philip Morgan, Jason Nichols, Nancy Keir, Brian Tompkins, José Manuel González-Méijome, and Eric Papas.
Pictures of the NCC 2014 meeting are available at www.ncc2014.nl/?lang=en. NCC 2016 will be held on March 13 and 14, 2016.
ABB Optical Updates Soft Lens Price Monitor
Every quarter, ABB Optical Group develops and distributes the Soft Lens Retail Price Monitor, which is designed to provide independent eyecare professionals (ECPs) with current information on the retail pricing of leading brands of soft contact lenses.
This information is based upon private practitioners' and leading online retailers' current pricing. It also enables all practitioners to establish retail prices that are competitive and allows them to maximize profitability, according to the company.
Now in its 10th year, the Q1 2014 Retail Price Monitor reflects ECP manufacturer price and rebate changes for the new year. Adjustments were made to the suggested retail pricing to reflect those changes while maintaining profitable margins.
ABB Optical recommends that all ECPs review their pricing using the Retail Price Monitor and take action immediately to adjust their retail pricing as needed. ABB Optical Group sales representatives are available to consult with accounts in developing the right pricing strategy for every practice's unique profit margin goals for 2014.
For more information about obtaining a personalized Business Review or a copy of the new Q1 2014 Soft Contact Lens Retail Price Monitor, please contact email@example.com.
Essilor Acquires Coastal Contacts
Essilor International has entered into a binding agreement to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Coastal Contacts (Coastal.com), one of the world's leading online vision care retailers.
Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and founded in 2000, Coastal.com designs and distributes one of the widest online selections of optical equipment including contact lenses, prescription and non-prescription eyeglasses, sunglasses, and various accessories. Products are sold through several local websites covering mainly North America and Europe as well as the Asia-Pacific region and Brazil. The company has more than 5 million customers worldwide.
According to the Essilor announcement, online sales account for roughly 4% of the global vision care market and are likely to continue growing at a double-digit rate. Essilor has been involved in online distribution for several years through its subsidiaries FramesDirect and EyeBuyDirect and through MyOnlineOptical, a turnkey e-commerce engine that enables American eyecare professionals to offer an online complement to their in-store offerings. Essilor intends to leverage online distribution to improve the quality of vision care information, optimize the deployment of its products and of new online technologies, and provide wider access to vision correction solutions for existing eyeglass wearers and for potential wearers worldwide.
The transaction will be structured as an arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act and is subject among others to the approval of the Competition Bureau in Canada and to that of Coastal.com's shareholders. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of April 2014.
CooperVision Appoints President, North America
CooperVision Inc. appointed Bob Ferrigno as president, North America. He now has overall responsibility for guiding the organization's future strategies and direction for the region. He will be based at the company's headquarters in Pleasanton, Calif.
Prior to joining CooperVision, Mr. Ferrigno was with Becton Dickinson (BD), a global medical technology company. During his 32-year tenure at BD, he held numerous positions with increasing levels of responsibility, including vice president of global expansion, vice president of global strategic marketing, and vice president of research and development. He also served in general management positions, including having responsibilities for the European pre-analytical systems in the United Kingdom, and as the general manager for international business for the company's women's health & cancer business.
Nicox Appoints Two Directors
Nicox Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of international ophthalmic company Nicox S.A., has appointed Dennis Pardo, OD, MPH, FAAO, to director of professional affairs. In this role, Dr. Pardo will partner with key opinion leaders in the Retina and Rheumatology areas to identify and develop preferred practice patterns for Nicox's diagnostic offerings, including Sjö and RetnaGene AMD. Additionally, he will be the primary liaison between Nicox and the Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation as well as other patient advocacy groups.
Dr. Pardo brings more than 17 years of ophthalmic experience to the newly formed position, including time spent in academia, various practice settings, and industry.
Dr. Pardo is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and serves on its Membership Committee. He is also a member of the American Optometric Association and The Massachusetts Society of Optometrists.
Nicox also appointed Mark C. Jasek, PhD, as senior director and head, medical & scientific affairs. In this role, Dr. Jasek will serve as a key scientific affairs expert, providing leadership for medical affairs initiatives in the ophthalmic diagnostic and therapeutic arenas, as well as act as a liaison between Nicox and the North American ophthalmic scientific community.
Fifteen years of Dr. Jasek's time in the industry have been in the ophthalmic pharmaceutical and device space, where he held various positions that spanned clinical affairs, medical affairs, technical sales training, and product management while at Allergan and Alcon.
SpecialEyes Upgrades Website
SpecialEyes LLC recently unveiled a website upgrade featuring expanded user-specific content and added functionality, including an array of free tools and calculators for eyecare professionals. The SpecialEyes Learning Center provides access to a prescribing nomogram, custom contact lens fitting guides, horizontal visible iris diameter (HVID) measuring tips, optical zone assessment tips, and other useful tools and information.
To help achieve accurate fitting of custom contact lens prescriptions, SpecialEyes also offers two online calculators. The SpecialEyes Arc Length Calculator was developed by P. Douglas Becherer, OD, FAAO. According to Dr. Becherer, the software yields a similar contact lens design as some sagittal-depth fitting techniques and requires only HVID, central K values, and spectacle prescription to accurately calculate arc length of the cornea. The site also hosts an Over-Refraction Calculator, which determines the resultant prescription after a successful in-office over-refraction is performed.
Eyecare practitioners can learn more about SpecialEyes' custom soft contact lenses, online tools and calculators, and industry-leading warranty at www.specialeyesqc.com/practitioner.php. To speak with a specialist, call (866) 404-1060, or contact SpecialEyes via online form, email, or live chat at www.specialeyesqc.com/contact.php.
Optometry Cares—AOA Foundation Awards
The Optometry Cares—AOA Foundation announced winners of two scholarships and one grant for 2014.
The InfantSEE Scholarships were awarded to Steven Kleen from Southern California College of Optometry (SCCO) at Marshall B. Ketchum University and Matthew Polster from Pacific University College of Optometry. Scholarship applicants needed to write an essay describing, among other points, what they see as major challenges in providing optometric care to infants, how they would overcome those challenges, and how their clinical experiences have directly contributed to their development as future participants in the InfantSEE program. The InfantSEE Scholarships are provided through donations from Vision West Inc.
Benjamin Foreman from Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University was awarded the 2014 Dr. Seymour Galina Grant, which is awarded annually in memory of the long-time AOA member. Grant applicants were required to write a 1,500-word essay describing qualities that they developed through financial planning/work experience during and/or before optometry school that the individuals believe will be most useful in a professional optometric practice. The grant is offered from the Galina Fund.
For more information about scholarships and grants, please visit www.aoafoundation.org.
Sight Beyond Normal Human Sight in Future Lens?
An article in the March 18 Tech Times reported that graphene imaging technology could make it possible for humans to see infrared or ultraviolet wavelengths in the near future. The article states that researchers at the University of Michigan connected two layers of graphene with a dielectric layer in between, creating an image sensor that could operate at room temperature and be integrated into a contact lens. This new graphene chip has 100 times the sensitivity of previous chips of this type, according to the article. Tech Times reports that the quality of the images that could be produced using this tri-layer system is now nearly identical to sensors in commercial digital cameras.
The article suggested applications such as integration to work with web-enabled phones, aids for rescue workers and soldiers, and advertising that would be visible only to people wearing the device.
The design of the new chip was profiled in the March 16 journal Nature.
■ MiraFlow Extra-Strength Daily Cleaner, previously manufactured by Ciba Vision and removed from the market in 2010, will once again be available for purchase through www.miraflow.com or through private practitioners who purchase MiraFlow through the site. Dr. William R. Martin, a private practitioner who has been in practice for 35 years, purchased the MiraFlow.com name and reports that the same manufacturer that made MiraFlow for Ciba Vision is now making it for his company. It will be available for purchase through the site in early spring.
■ CooperVision Inc. will collaborate with the American Optometric Student Association (AOSA) to raise awareness of the company's Adopt-a-Patient program. The initiative, which started in 2007, allows primarily third- and fourth-year optometry students to gain clinical experience by examining and fitting eligible patients in CooperVision's contact lenses and providing them with follow-up care. Patients receive a complimentary year's supply of their prescribed lenses from CooperVision. Optometry school students and faculty who want to take part can email Mark André at email@example.com.
■ Visionary Optics LLC has announced that Cassandra Gordon, NCLEC, has joined its staff as vice president of sales and marketing. The company expects that she will help expand the awareness of its current and future innovative specialty contact lenses. Ms. Gordon joins Visionary Optics after spending six years with X-Cel Contacts as a national key account manager and the academic program coordinator. She brings a wealth of specialty contact lens experience including assisting practitioners with patient fittings as well as facilitating scleral lens workshops. Visit www.visionary-optics.com.
■ PentaVision LLC, publisher of Contact Lens Spectrum, has created a new online directory in partnership with Media-Brains. The new directory will include comprehensive listings of equipment vendor resources, cross-referenced by 20 different equipment categories. The "Ophthalmic Diagnostic Instrument Directory" is built upon and replaces the print version of this same directory resource that appeared in past print issues of Ophthalmology Management and Optometric Management magazines (also published by PentaVision). The online version is a dynamic, real-time resource that enables participating companies to routinely update their listings as new products or product versions are launched, and to do so on a self-service basis. Visit www.ophthalmicequipmentdirectory.com.
■ The Optometric Historical Society (OHS) is seeking optometrists who are interested in optometric history to join the organization. OHS is a very small, not quite 50-year-old organization and exists solely for the purpose of providing original historical research on the profession and practice of optometry. The organization needs to boost its membership to help it stay active. Applications are available from Kristin Hebert, Optometric Historical Society, by calling (800) 365-2219 or by visiting www.aoafoundation.org/historical-gems.
■ Richard Clompus, OD, has launched Clompus Consulting Group LLC, an agency designed to bring strategic persuasion and presentation excellence to the eyecare industry. By utilizing a research methodology that helps to identify "success factors," Clompus Consulting Group can help companies and eyecare professionals create and deliver memorable digital media. Visit www.clompusconsulting.com.
■ The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry's (ASCO) Be a Doctor of Optometry: Put Your Future in Focus video is available from the ASCO website (www.opted.org) and its newly launched YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhD4g_mhrFM&feature=youtu.be). The video shows students, professors and Doctors of Optometry talking about what students learn and what they can expect from the profession once they graduate; it also demonstrates the caring and the more high-tech aspects of the profession. The video is the latest marketing tool developed for the ASCO-American Optometric Association Joint Project on Further Developing a Robust, Diverse, and High Qualified National Applicant Pool.
■ Vision Care Inventing LLC launched its www.VisionCareInventing.com (VCI) website. VCI is an interactive, knowledge-based community dedicated to identifying, supporting, and promoting innovative and impactful eyecare inventions and inventors. The site offers "inventions of the month" (starting in May), monthly podcasts from "major inventors" in the industry, and a Resource Center.


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Charboost Lands in Amsterdam
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM (CET)
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Welcome Chartboost to Amsterdam by joining us for a drink and getting
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Chartboost is the leading games-only technology platform for mobile games. Over 12,000 games are already using our technology for cross-promotion, game advertising as well as our Direct Deals Marketplace.
We are very excited to be expanding to Amsterdam and we'd like to meet the mobile gaming community. Also, we're looking for talent! :)
Pepe Agell, Worldwide Expansion
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Chartboost is the largest business engine for mobile games. We empower game developers to find new players and monetize their games by providing them with the tools and analytics to make smarter decisions. We reinvented distribution through the development of the first 100% transparent ad network and industry's only Direct Deals Marketplace, encouraging developers to work directly with one another. Chartboost powers over 60,000 games from companies such as Machine Zone, Imangi, Kiloo, EA, Zynga, Glu, Supercell, Wooga, NimbleBit, ZeptoLab, Pocket Gems, PikPok, Animoca, Tap4Fun and Chukong, and drives over twelve billion game sessions per month.


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A little about Mr. de la Vara:
24-year old lefty reliever in the Kansas City system (big shock: Easy Eddie takes more pitching from Dayton Moore. We're not providing relocation expenses from Royals Cul-de-Sac to Astros County).
2.76 ERA for the Royals AA team. 2 saves. 21 Ks/15 BBs in 32 innings. Started 2007 in A+ ball, bumped up to AA. Sent back to A+ in 2008, and bumped back up to AA. Total K:BB in 2008 was 52:27. WHIP in the low 1.10s. Only gave up one homer in 77 innings last year.
For the Surprise Rafters (which sounds like a terrible fantasy football team name) in the Arizona Fall League, de la Vara was 0-0 with a 6.16 ERA in 12 games, 22 Ks in 19 innings (12 BBs) and a .316 BAA. He gave up runs in 5 of his last 10 appearances.
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Easy Eddie said this: "He's a two-pitch left-hander," Wade said. "He has an average fastball and good secondary pitches. We see him as a middle reliever, situational left-hander. Anytime you can add more left-handed pitching into the mix, it behooves you to try."
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Astros Select Gilbert de la Vara
Labels: Gilbert de la Vara, Rule 5 Draft
3 comments:
- Aaron said...
Which Gilbert is this?
I like it. I've had my eye on him for months now. But seriously only 1 bomb in 77ip is purdy good.
- December 11, 2008 at 1:53 PM
- Aaron said...
Ah to be a situational left hander, huh?
- December 11, 2008 at 3:48 PM
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That's the way it looks. Of course, if he doesn't stick with the Astros all season long, he goes back to the Royals.
- December 11, 2008 at 3:58 PM
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Valery's Colorful Mix in a Brooklyn Brownstone
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Our house is truly a marriage of styles. A duplex in an 1860's Brooklyn brownstone, we've filled it with family heirlooms, antique kilims and textiles, our growing art collection (many by local artists) and vintage finds to create a colorful mix that is 100% us.
I think the house is a great example of how spaces grow organically over time — this space is constantly gaining new layers. Nothing was "designed" per se, rather things just seemed to find their place.
Thanks, Valery!
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When I was growing up as the oldest of nine children, I don't remember mom doing a lot of Christmas cookie baking. There were the occasional batches of oatmeal, chocolate chip, brownies and so on through out the year but I don't remember a concerted effort of Christmas baking. What I do remember is Maurice Lenell Cookies. Usually a two pound tin of them. The tins featured a different Currier and Ives type of Christmas scene each year and were always saved!
When I married, my husband worked for the telephone company and the Telephone Pioneers sold the cookies every year as a fund raiser. We bought them every year and saved the tins. I used the tins for the cookies I made with my children. In my house we made rum balls, spritz cookies, and sugar cookies to supplement the cookies which arrived from Ohio every Christmas. My husbands Hungarian made wonderful cookies filled with apricot, prune, nutmeats,and poppy seed. I have tried to replicate her cookies to no avail. I recently came across what I believe is almost exactly her recipe thanks to Lisa of the Smallest Leaf blog and I am anxious to try them.
The first time we went to visit our grandchildren in Germany we began building gingerbread houses with them. The first ones used a rectangular butter box as a base and instead of gingerbread we used graham crackers. It didn't matter there was a lot of candy to decorate with! This year the girls will build five gingerbread cottages.


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Proposed Legislation
After consulting with many groups, the Board finalized proposed legislation that provides for a limited period of time a license pathway for individuals who hold an engineering technology degree and who have a certain number of years of experience. This is only one of the goals of the legislation. We invite you to review the proposed language on the Board's Web site along with the "InfoSheet" that explains the changes being proposed. S. 633 is the Senate bill number; H. 3722 is the House bill.
Board member Mitchell Tibshrany worked closely with the Board of Trustees of South Carolina State University and President Hugine to reach a consensus on a fair and equitable alternative licensing procedure for engineering technology graduates. Please see Section 40-22-222 of the legislation for the proposed procedure.
Other changes proposed in the bill:
Throughout the statute, the word "land" has been deleted to reflect the expansion of the practice of surveying to areas beyond the identification and marking of land boundaries. In certain instances, the word "land" is retained for clarity when describing land boundary surveying as opposed to other surveying activities.
Clarifies the definition of "direct supervision," "direct supervisory control," "direct responsibility," and similar terms
Until June 30, 2020, provides for review of credentials by a committee of engineers to determine if work performed by engineering technology graduates is of sufficient rigor in its scope and depth that they can be deemed to meet established standards of engineering practice.
Adds a license as "Emeritus" engineer and surveyor for individuals who retire.
Adds a "Good Samaritan" clause (40-22-75).
Increases the fines limit to $1,000 per violation and caps total fines at $20,000.
Changes qualifications for EITs so that they may be certified immediately upon graduation .
Creates a fund using a portion of renewal fees for the purpose of education and research (40-22-245).
Allows firms to designate one employee licensed in S.C. as the professional in charge of the firm's work in S.C. rather than requiring it to be a corporate officer or principal owner of the firm.
Updates reference to International Code Series rather than Standard Building Code.
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Sexual Problems in Men
Sexual problems are a plenty and can be devastating to discover, especially when one has been trying to conceive. While there are several treatments and measures available for someone to conceive in spite of having a sexual problem, the idea of naturally conceiving i.e. without medical intervention is a sweet toast in itself. One of the many sexual problems is retrograde ejaculation. Learn about its symptoms, causes and treatment.Loading...
What is Retrograde Ejaculation
Ejaculation refers to the ejection of semen from the urethra i.e. the passageway present inside the penis. This usually happens in a male when he has had an orgasm. Normal ejaculation happens with the propelling of semen forward via the man's urethra and out of the penis. When the man has an orgasm, the entrance to the bladder shuts temporarily to avoid the semen from entering. When the semen travels backwards into the bladder, the condition is called retrograde ejaculation. To put in simple terms, in retrograde ejaculation the muscle that shuts the opening of the bladder doesn't function as it should.
As with any sexual problem, the reasons why retrograde ejaculation happens are many. From damage from a previous surgery to nerve damage, any activity that concerns the particular area of the reproductive system can cause retrograde ejaculation. Let us understand each of these causes in detail.
Prostate Surgery
It has been estimate through several studies that those men who have had a transurethral prostatectomy or removal of prostrate tissue through the urethra have at least 10—15 percent possibility of developing retrograde ejaculation. If a man has been through prostatectomy i.e. complete removal of the prostate gland either as a treatment for cancer or benign enlargement, he runs several times higher risk of retrograde ejaculation once the treatment is over.
Damage to Muscles
Damage to the muscles of the bladder or to the particular nerves that control the muscles can lead to retrograde ejaculation. This damage to the muscles or nerves can occur as a result of surgical procedures done for any part of the area. These include surgery on particular parts of the bladder, an extensive pelvic surgery done to treat cancer of the testicles, prostate, rectum or colon, certain surgeries on the vertebrae and discs of the lower spine and surgeries done for cancer in the lower abdomen or pelvis.
Nerve Damage Caused by Illness
Men who have had multiple sclerosis or have long-term, poorly managed diabetes are at a high risk of developing nerve damage in the reproductive area, thus, being affected by retrograde ejaculation. Long-term and poorly controlled diabetes is said to be a major cause for several sexual problems in both men and women.
One of the prominent symptoms of retrograde ejaculation is the very difference in how the man ejaculates. Normally, a healthy man ejaculates one-half to one teaspoonful of semen when he has an orgasm, but this amount varies widely from one person to another. Those men who have retrograde ejaculation tend to experience a dramatic decrease of ejaculation when they have an orgasm. The man may also have a dry climax i.e. orgasm without semen.
A lot of men with retrograde ejaculation do not really need any specific treatment. If the condition is a side-effect of any medication, the doctor would be able to prescribe another medicine. If the condition is because of mild to severe nerve damage or muscle issue involving the bladder, the doctor will most probably use a drug to treat the condition.
How the Fertility Specialists provide Assistance
On diagnosing retrograde ejaculation, the fertility specialist would collect sperms from the urine and use the washed sperm for a special, assisted-fertilisation procedure. These procedures include intrauterine insemination, in-vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection.


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James' Little Explorer Room
Name: James (2.5)
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
The idea was to create a travel themed room for my little explorer. I absolutely love to travel and travel themed pieces are one of my favorite things to collect.
It's been months in the making, mostly because of my stalling on finishing the curtains and deciding on what to hang above his crib, but finally James's big boy room is complete. When I started dreaming up his room almost a year ago I decided that a huge old schoolroom map would be the centerpiece to the room. I found one on eBay that fit the bill (huge, full of bright colors, easy to read and an actual schoolroom map). It was purchased, and the first tick mark was made on James's room.
When he moved from his nursery to his big boy room in December much of the same elements were in place. Over the last few months I've only added the flags above his bed and the curtains that I finally found time to sew.
His room is full of tiny details that just make me happy. Here is only a small glimpse of it.
The schoolroom map is gigantic, taking up an entire wall. After much thought we decided to hang it over his dresser. We didn't want it to fall off the wall over his crib, because it is seriously so heavy. It looks amazing, and James already knows a few countries just because he loves to ask about it and point at the different colors. To the left is the door out to the hallway, and to the right of the map are his two shelves, filled with toys, books and travel themed mementos.
The two globes were gifts, Wolfy is on the top left, the vintage camera was James's great grandfather's, and the vintage binoculars were James's great great grandfathers (neat huh?!) A few small suitcases and a ocean liner shadow box finish out the collection.
I hemmed and hawed over what I wanted over James's crib for so so long. I didn't want anything that could hurt him if it ever fell on him, so a framed picture or poster was out. Finally, after months and months of thinking I decided on these Sailors Choice Nautical Code Flags. They were super easy to make with felt and my glue gun and they are so special. Not only do the tie in the travel theme nicely, but they spell "I love you."
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Stanley vows to tackle major knee injury
St George Illawarra five-eighth Kyle Stanley has vowed to press ahead with rehabilitation following news of another serious knee injury.
The Hurstville United junior is understood to have re-ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament on his right knee - the same injury which ended his season prematurely in July this year.
Stanley took to Twitter this morning to address concerns with fans.
''Hey #RedV fans. Your support through this tough time has been insane. These are the cards I've been dealt with all I have to do now is get on with it. Thanks again. #redvproud.'' Stanley tweeted.
The Dragons this morning confirmed the 21-year-old had suffered an injury after he ''slipped on a wet slippery surface away from the training venue''.
Should he require another knee reconstruction, it would bring Stanley's devastating career toll to four ACL injuries - two on each knee.
The injury also leaves the Dragons with little depth in the halves, with only Nathan Fien, and Manly rookie Josh Drinkwater the club's only back-up No. 7.
Dragons performance director Andrew Gray said the club would provide further updates when available.
''Due to Kyle's previous history with knee injuries we are undergoing an evaluation process that involves seeking the opinions of multiple specialists before determining the best cause of action,'' he said.
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Hey friends!! It has been a long time since I have posted a project on my blog that was not a design team project!! At this point I am a member of the Doodlebug Design Team and have one more month left on the Pebbles Inc Design Team. In the past few months I have had to cut down on my crafty responsibilities so I could devote more attention to my personal life. While I am really starting to miss the girls on the DTs, I am enjoying a bit of crafty freedom and able to create what and when it's fitting, with whatever supplies I choose.
For the past few months I haven't been in much of a crafting "mood" but these past few days I am loving being back in my craftroom. I have a few Paper Smooches stamp sets that I love but really haven't had the chance to play with so yesterday I sat down with them and got creative!
I am loving the little dinos in the Cuteasaurus stamp set!! They are so fun to color.
I used sentiments from a couple different sets to create one fun sentiment that would work great for a boy.
I used foam stickers to make the dino and the rocks stand out on the card.
I am entering this card over at this weeks SPARKS challenge over at Paper Smooches. I have a looooong wishlist over there and would love to snag a gift certificate!! Especially since the sneaks of the new releases look amazing!
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- Paper Smooches Word Salad stamp set
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These understated bridal shower invitations are perfect for any traditional bride-to-be. They feature an eager bride silhouette on the right side standing on a pink floral design. Plenty of room for event details in a subtle rose in both a fun curly script and a classic sans serif font. A chocolate background really helps your information stand out!
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Rattling Shaker
Listen as wooden pellets bounce off the acrylic glass of our Rattling Shaker. Toddlers can easily grab hold of the ring or the rod and shake it up to make some noise! Don't worry parents, this toy isn't too lound! This insturment was designed by Haba and made in Germany.
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