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Maximal Suppression of the Androgen Axis in Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (TAPS)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00298155
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 1, 2006
Results First Posted : May 8, 2017
Last Update Posted : August 9, 2018
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Prostate cancer (CaP) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among males in the U.S. and the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality. More than 230,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in the USA this year and more than 30,000 will die of this disease.
Androgen deprivation, the elimination of testosterone and its active metabolites, remains the single most effective intervention available for the treatment of advanced prostate carcinoma. This is usually achieved by surgical removal of the testes (orchiectomy), by suppressing production of testosterone (LHRH agonists) and/or by blocking the androgens at receptor sites (antiandrogens). Unfortunately, androgen suppression does not cure the disease. Most patients progress within 0-5 years, and all patients ultimately progress if the cancer is not eliminated during initial therapy (usually prostatectomy or radiation).
Hormone suppression treatment eliminates the detectable levels of testosterone in the blood. However, the testosterone levels in tissue remain high enough to stimulate androgen receptors. Overexpression of androgen receptors is present in all cell lines which demonstrate "androgen independence," i.e., are resistant to androgen-suppressive therapy.
Approximately 95% of testosterone is supplied by the testes, with the remaining 5% supplied by the adrenal glands. The presumption that standard androgen deprivation achieves the optimal level of androgen suppression for patients is based on the levels of androgen which result from orchiectomy. However, because adrenal androgen levels are unaffected by standard modes of androgen deprivation, 5% of the body's testosterone remains despite hormone therapy.
The hypothesis of this study is that more effective suppression of the androgen axis through elimination of adrenal androgens and more effective suppression of testosterone metabolites will lower intraprostatic androgen levels, minimizing activation of the androgen receptor and augmenting natural cell death (apoptosis). The investigators propose to test this hypothesis by administering neoadjuvant (pre-surgery) androgen deprivation therapy of different types before prostatectomy for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer. The investigators will assay serum and intraprostatic androgen levels, while assessing relative levels of apoptosis of normal and malignant tissue.
|Condition or disease
|Cancer Prostate Neoplasms
|Drug: goserelin with dutasteride Drug: goserelin with bicalutamide and dutasteride Drug: goserelin with bicalutamide and dutasteride and ketoconazole
|Phase 2
Androgen deprivation has been the principal means of controlling advanced prostate cancer, but does not cure the disease and all patients ultimately progress if the tumor is not eliminated with definitive local therapy. It has been demonstrated that despite androgen deprivation with LHRH agonists or orchiectomy, prostate tissue and prostate cancer maintain levels of androgens which are more than adequate to stimulate the androgen receptor. These levels of androgen may continue to stimulate the receptor and allow both survival of tumor cells and induction of resistance by overexpression of the receptor. The presumption that standard androgen deprivation achieves the optimal level of androgen suppression for patients is based on the levels of androgen achieved with castration, which achieves relatively short term control of cancer in the majority of patients. The hypothesis of this study is that more effective suppression of the androgen axis through elimination of adrenal androgens and more effective suppression of conversion to dihydrotestosterone will lower intraprostatic androgen levels, minimizing activation of the androgen receptor and augmenting apoptosis. We propose to test this hypothesis in a prospective, randomized trial, administering neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy of different types prior to radical prostatectomy for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer for 3 months.
Plan of therapy
Patients with clinically localized (cT1-T2) prostate cancer, at intermediate-high risk for relapse who are candidates for radical prostatectomy will be treated with one of three regimens:
- Goserelin with dutasteride
- Goserelin with bicalutamide and dutasteride
- Goserelin with bicalutamide and dutasteride and ketoconazole
Patients will undergo radical prostatectomy 3 months after initiation of treatment.
Preoperative and intraoperative biopsies of the prostate gland will be utilized for analysis of prostatic hormones, gene expression and apoptosis.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|35 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Maximal Suppression of the Androgen Axis in Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
|Study Start Date :
|July 2006
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2010
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2014
Active Comparator: Group 1
Goserelin + dutasteride
Drug: goserelin with dutasteride
Bicalutamide 50 mg qd for one week, inject goserelin 10.8 mg (3-month depot) and begin dutasteride 3.5 mg qd; continue bicalutamide for one more week.
Active Comparator: Group 2
Bicalutamide for one week, begin goserelin plus dutasteride, continue bicalutamide for the full 12 weeks
Drug: goserelin with bicalutamide and dutasteride
Bicalutamide 50 mg qd for one week, inject goserelin 10.8 mg (3-month depot) and begin dutasteride 3.5 mg qd.
Active Comparator: Group 3
Begin bicalutamide for one week, goserelin injection; begin dutasteride, ketoconazole (and replacement hydrocortisone), continue bicalutamide for the full 12 weeks
Drug: goserelin with bicalutamide and dutasteride and ketoconazole
Bicalutamide 50 mg qd for one week, inject goserelin 10.8 mg (3-month depot), begin dutasteride 3.5 mg qd and ketoconazole 200 mg tid (with hydrocortisone 30 mg).
- Prostate Tissue DHT [ Time Frame: After 12 weeks of neoadjuvant androgen deprivation ]Tissue dihydrotesterone (DHT)
- To Determine the Effects of Different Modes of Androgen Deprivation on Serum DHT [ Time Frame: After 12 weeks of neoadjuvant androgen deprivation ]Serum DHT
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 100 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Men 18 years or older with a histologic diagnosis of clinically localized prostate cancer prior to radical prostatectomy as defined by:
- Clinical stage T1-T2b
- Prostate specific Antigen (PSA) less than 20
- Gleason score 7-10
- Patient's tumor must be considered surgically resectable .
- Eastern Cooperative Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1.
- Life expectancy greater than 2 years.
- Able to understand and give informed consent.
- Laboratory values must be within specified limits.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with locally advanced or high risk disease not meeting the criteria defined above.
- Patients who have a total testosterone less than 280 ng/dL.
- Patients who are receiving any other investigational therapy.
- Patients with an active serious infection or other serious underlying medical condition.
- Dementia or significantly altered mental status that would prohibit the understanding and/or giving of informed consent.
- Histologic evidence of small cell carcinoma of the prostate.
- Patients who are currently receiving active therapy for other neoplastic disorders.
- Patients who are receiving any androgens, estrogens or progestational agents.
- Patients who are taking drugs or herbal supplements which affect androgen metabolism (e.g., spironolactone, aprepitant, bexarotene, clarithromycin, itraconazole, ketoconazole, St. John's wort).
- Patients who have chronic active hepatitis.
- Patients taking any of the following medications who cannot discontinue these medications for three months during administration of ketoconazole; statin cholesterol medications, cyclosporine, isoniazid, rifampin, terfenadine, triazolam or astemizole.
- Patients who have history of cerebrovascular accident, deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary emboli, unstable angina or clinical congestive heart failure.
- Medical conditions, which, in the opinion of the investigators would jeopardize either the patient or the integrity of the data obtained.
- Patients unwilling to use contraceptives while on study.
- Patients with a risk of nodal involvement of greater than 10% should have received a bone scan and CT of the pelvis prior to screening for the study as part of standard of care.
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): NCT00298155
|United States, Washington
|Veterans' Administration Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS)
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98108-1532
|University of Washington
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195-6158
|Principal Investigator:
|R. Bruce Montgomery, MD
|University of Washington; Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; VA Puget Sound HCS
|Principal Investigator:
|Peter S. Nelson, MD
|Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Study Data/Documents: Paper with attached protocol and outcomes
Publications of Results:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Bruce Montgomery, Professor, University of Washington
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00298155 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
FHCRC-05026 ( Other Identifier: Cancer Consortium IRB )
05-8538-V 01 ( Other Identifier: U. of Washington IRB (old application number) )
28741-A ( Other Identifier: U. of Washington IRB (application number); dual review )
01253 ( Other Identifier: VA Puget Sound Health Care System IRB (current) )
|First Posted:
|March 1, 2006 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|May 8, 2017
|Last Update Posted:
|August 9, 2018
|Last Verified:
|July 2018
Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Genital Diseases, Male
Prostatic Diseases
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antifungal Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
14-alpha Demethylase Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Steroid Synthesis Inhibitors
Hormone Antagonists
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Antineoplastic Agents
5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors
Androgen Antagonists


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Microsoft's latest attempt in search engine, Bing has broken into the top-20 websites within a month of its launch.
According to a web information company, Alexa, Google dominates the charts but Bing is already at 19th position with about 5 per cent of users from India accessing internet to visit Bing.
ViziSense, another online traffic measurement and metric tool, tells us that since the launch of Bing in India, the traffic on Microsoft sites has gone up. For instance, in the month of May,
Microsoft sites had 2.89 million unique users, those numbers jumped to 4.9 million for June (Bing was launched in June).
On the other hand, Google sites' number declined to 32.20 million for June from 33.10 in May. Even Yahoo! sites registered a jump of 5 per cent in unique users from 7.80 million in May to 8.2 million in June.
While the debate whether Bing can penetrate into a Google-dominated search market continues, we asked a few prominent online users in India to tell us which search engine they preferred and why.
As expected, Microsoft seems to have some serious catching up to do to make Bing the favoured search engine in India.
Google is a habit
I use Google as much from my mobile phone as from my laptop. Bing inherits Microsoft's look and feel, and being an Apple Mac user, this does not really appeal to me by habit. Google, besides being well entrenched, is also much ahead of competition.
I like web applications such as Google Earth. Microsoft seems to have a tough job on its hand in establishing Bing as the favoured search engine.
-Bobby Pawar, chief creative officer, DDB Mudra...
Bing stands for accuracy
One, the results generated by Bing seems more accurate, especially when you are looking for research-related links. On Google, almost every time, the first link is of Wikipedia.
Two, I think search engine optimisation operators are yet to spam Bing and hence the results do not seem to befudged. Moreover, Bing is making an effort to talk to users and find out what they want. They have presence on both Twitter and Facebook.
If I want to do a similar thing with Google, that is not possible. I also like the idea of having an image on the page, Google's white background is boring.
-Vishal Gondal, CEO, Indiagames...
No reason to shift to Bing
Yes, I have used Bing. There are clearly some good features on Bing, but this does not strike out Google. Bing makes use of Web 2.0 tools more generously than Google.
For instance, you don't have to click on any particular link as they provide you with a scroll bar and you need to just point the cursor on it to get a synopsis of that site. Bing's search within search is also very good. Google, on the other hand, is much faster than Bing. It scores on loading, which is a big issue in a country like India.
So, frankly speaking, Bing doesn't give me any compelling reason to shift from Google.
-Atindriya Bose, country manager, Playstation, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe...
Bing's good, Google better
Google is a habit. I just can't get it out of my mind. I think in terms of indexing, both are equal. Google still has a better archival data. Ego searching is better on Google. The beauty of Google is the integration of several of its applications. For instance, I have 117 documents of Google Docs. The total time spent on search would probably be four-five hours a day. In certain specific searches, Bing does give better results, but it is too minor an issue for me to shift from Google.
-Alok Kejriwal, CEO, Contest2Win...
Switching to Bing difficult
JWT is the partner for the advertising and marketing of Bing, globally. In India, we are still to win the account. As such, I haven't yet used Bing myself as I use Google. I realise it will be difficult to switch to using another search engine and Microsoft definitely has a tough task ahead in establishing itself as a reliable alternative.
However, once people are more aware of Bing's service and its benefits, I am sure they will start using it.
-Rohit Ohri, managing partner, JWT

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/ Martial Arts / The All-Around System
Martial Arts 70 Chapters 1M Views
Author: Czester
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A gamer who always download hacks, has created a cheat that could master anything regardless the affinity of the character in rpg.
Vaun who always likes to hack games, was transported to a world where his weakness are the rulers, but with a cheat that he makes, anything in this world will not bound him.
"You want to fight me with swords? Come on then. I'll show you the moves of a sword master."
"You want to fight me with long range weapons? Come on then, but be careful, because each shot is a piece of me."
"You want me to fight you bare handed? No way! I will only use gloves so already accept it."
"You want me to chant? I'll just sing then."
Many people where shock at him.
Seeing their shock faces, Vaun only smiled and said: "I'm All-Around after all."
With a system, Vaun was unraveled at any categories.
Let's start the adventure of Vaun reaching the apex.
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The American Red Cross partnered with Delaware County firefighters in a "flash mob" to kickoff Fire Prevention week. This kickoff occurred Friday evening October 4. Fire prevention week lasted from October 6 through October 12 this year. Chief John Donahue led more than 200 people singing and dancing to showcase the importance of Red Cross…… Continue reading Delaware Flash Mob
Month: October 2013
Red Cross Reports Record-Breaking Fire Response Weekend
American Red Cross volunteers assisted a record number of fire victims this past weekend – a total of 82 people – whose homes caught fire in the Central-Southeast Ohio region. Two of the fires took place in multi-unit structures, including the one Friday evening that resulted in a fatality. The other multi-unit fire impacted the…… Continue reading Red Cross Reports Record-Breaking Fire Response Weekend
Holiday Mail for Heroes
Big plans are underway for this year's Holiday Mail for Heroes campaign in our region. Each year we collect cards between October and early December and then distribute them at military installations, veterans hospitals, and in other locations. As you may know, the effort started accidentally after the World Trade Center bombings, when there was…… Continue reading Holiday Mail for Heroes
PawPaw Festival
Do you know what a PawPaw is? Nope. It is not a type of dog. It is a fruit. This fruit even has its own festival. This 10 year old festival serves all things PawPaw. Attendance has quickly grown to over 10,000. This year, the festival was held in Athens County on Sept. 13, 14…… Continue reading PawPaw Festival
Columbus Red Cross on NBC 4 News
Columbus Red Cross is on NBC 4 news. The story shot 10/11/13 and aired on Sunday 10/13/13 http://www.nbc4i.com/story/23680426/red-cross-needs-volunteer-drivers Here is the full text of the story: The Columbus Red Cross says there is a critical need for volunteer drivers. The organization's community transportation program has seen an increase in request from the elderly and people…… Continue reading Columbus Red Cross on NBC 4 News
Americorps Sleepover
Remember when you were a little kid and went to sleepovers at your friend's house? Americorps members do that too. The only difference is that during theirs, they respond to disasters. Four friends – all current/former Americorps members – had spent the night at one of the women's homes. In the middle of the night,…… Continue reading Americorps Sleepover
A Huge Thank You To Our Sponsors
There have been many sponsors for the Columbus Red Cross who have had a tremendous impact on our organization. Ready When The Time Comes, and Save The Day are two programs which sponsors have helped support. Ready When The Time Comes mobilizes volunteers from partner companies and community organizations when a local, large scale disaster…… Continue reading A Huge Thank You To Our Sponsors


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|Photo credit Kavin & Amanda
Hands down....one of the BEST treats I have made in a long time.
It was a cold rainy day
A friend of mine posted on facebook that she was baking
I'm a follower
A complete copycat
What can I say
I decided to bake too.
Chloe and I referred to our treat board on Pinterest
We chose Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies.
These are simple and yummy.
They bake them little selves into the perfect cup
in the perfect size to hold a scoop of ice cream.
The recipe made 12, just enough to last 1 day in my house.
Yes .... one day.
I do believe these would be perfect for a party they are really really
cute with scoop of ice cream on top.
Take my word for it or refer to Kevin & Amanda's photo
at the top.
My apologies for not getting a photo of mine to show you
but I hate to touch my camera when my fingers are covered with
chocolate. (wink)
So good.
Try them.


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The Hindu Law is credited to be the most ancient law system which is approximately 6000 years old. The sources of Hindu Law can be kept under two headings:-
- Ancient or original sources: According to Manu there are four sources of Hindu Law as per following details, in addition to these four there was also that what is agreeable to one's conscience such as Shruti, Smriti, Digest and Commentaries, Custom and Usages.
- Modern Sources: Following are the modern sources of Hindu Law such as Equity, justice and good conscience, Precedent, Legislation.
Important articles and study material on Hindu Law – Click on the link to Read
- Sources Of Hindu Law
- Joint Hindu Family
- Karta – Powers and Duties
- New Born Son And His Position In Joint Hindu Family
- Introduction – Hindu Marriage act, 1955
- The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – Bare Act
- The Hindu Succession Act 1956 – Bare Act
- Concept and forms of marriage
- Essential Conditions Of Valid Marriage
- Registration Of Marriage
- Distinction between void and voidable marriage
- Judicial Separation under Hindu Law
- Restitution of Conjugal Rights
- Concept And Grounds Of Divorce
- Divorce under Hindu Law (Theories)
- Desertion as a Ground for Divorce – Explanation with Relevant Case Laws
- Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 – Bare Act
- Guardianship
- Adoption
- Gifts
- Partition
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The Funky Chicken Coop Tour® Presents: Mad City Chickens Movie
Callahan's General Store will be hosting a kick off event for Austin's fourth annual Funky Chicken Coop Tour. The Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow will provide a special screening of Mad City Chickens at 7:00 PM. Mad City Chickens is a sometimes serious, sometimes whimsical look at the people who keep urban chickens in their backyards. From chicken experts and authors to a rescued landfill hen or an inexperienced family that decides to take the poultry plunge—and even a mad professor and giant hen taking to the streets—it's a humorous and heartfelt trip through the world of backyard chickendom. Tickets are $5/each, kids 5 and under free. Tickets are available online at: http://drafthouse.com/movies/the_funky_chicken_coop_tour_presents_mad_city_chickens/austin. Remaining tickets can be purchased at the door IN CASH on movie night.
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REVIEW: The Last of Us: American Dreams
The Last of Us: American Dreams
Faith Erin Hicks/Neil Druckman/Rachel Rosenberg
Dark Horse #16.99
Instead of eating up the words count here, I tossed a wall of text up on my tumblr regarding PAX East 2014. So follow the link , read the article, and see how many corgi gif sets I reblogged on the regular. (http://anarchris.tumblr.com/post/82736375965/of-pax-east-and-chris-here-comes-the-walls-of-text . One of the things I did pick up there was the show exclusive The Last of Us: American Dream hardcover, but the soft cover is available everywhere for about 10 bucks less. So I thought I'd shared my thought on it with the lot of you.
So yeah, The Last of Us, a game I'm fairly certain most of you heard of. It's one of the best selling, heavily advertised and critically acclaimed games of 2013! Personally, even after waiting for a $20 off retail sale price, I found it a tad overrated, but you guys don't want to hear about that (unless you do!). You're here for comics and/or toys talk (one of these days. Maybe) . So let's take a look at the Last of Us' comic book tie-in/prequel story, American Dreams.
((NOTE: While I still have to PLAY the "new" single player DLC, I'm like 90% certain that this book take places before that.))
I usually tend to avoid video game comic tie ins, mostly because they tend to be awful. However, the Internet has informed me that Dark Horse has been doing some good stuff with their's, and TLOU: The American Dream is co-written and drawn by Faith Erin Hicks( Demonology 101, The War at Ellsmere , The Adventures of Superhero Girl, Friends With Boys), Naughty Dog's (The game developers) own Neil Druckman, and colorist Rachel Rosenberg.
So is the book worth your time? Well yes and no. If you're going into this comic with little to no idea what the game is about, you might fight yourself a tad disappointed. Aside from a note saying this takes places before the game, there's nothing that explains why the world our lead Ellie inhabits is the way it is. You're supposed to know that it's a post-apocalyptic world devastated by the worst type of fungal/pollen outbreak ever. That's something kind of crucial to the story.
And again, there really isn't much of a story to be told. Since it's a video game tie-in prequel, you're introduced to a few characters, some who show up in the game, some who are mentioned in it, and that's it. It sets up the downloadable content which bridges the gap between this comic and the actual game, but again, without any knowledge of the game, you're going to be disappointed in the narrative.
But what if you're a fan of the game and want more from that world. Well then, you're in luck. Faith Erin Hicks is an EXCELLENT artists, and why her art style is VASTLY different from the game's, it doesn't take away from anything. I hate to call it manga-esque, but it kind of it, as in the sense that's very animated and detailed. Also hella speedlines, and Ellie is kinda of big-eyed, but it also show you how good Faith Erin Hicks is when it comes to making her characters show any emotions. Hicks does excellent jobs of showing how run down the world (In think thinks takes place in Boston) is, and doesn't pull any punches when it comes to showing violence.
Dark Horse was wise to pair Hicks' which Rachel Rosenberg, who I found out colored several X-men books over at Marvel that I really liked. Her colors do an excellent job setting the mood, using light colors for heavily dialogue scenes, bright colors for action sequences, and darker ones for dramatic ones. It helps set the mood incredibly well.
What this book kind of lacks in narrative certainly makes up for in visuals. The Last of Us: American Dreams, isn't for anyone, but if you're a fan of the game and/or of Faith Erin Hicks, it's definitely worth a read. It definitely reads better as a collection than in single issues, and it does help set the stage for one of the better characters to debut in video game in 2013.


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BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. – John Gegetskas turned in another dominant performance on his way to MASCAC Pitcher of the Year as Westfield State claimed game one of a conference doubleheader before the Buccaneers took a split in the Senior Day MASCAC doubleheader thanks to an unusual walk off play.
Before the game, Head Coach Mike Kelley honored his seven graduating seasons. Nate Anderson, Logan Sullo, Justin Nichols, Casey Furnas, and Coby Gerbis started the ceremonies off, walking out with their loved ones. Co-captains Billy Keane and Connor Kennedy were commended as well.
Game One
Mason Ashburn escaped a bases loaded jam in the top of the first with a clutch strikeout, but Gegetskas took control in the bottom of the frame from the get-go, striking out two looking in the inning.
The Owls struck in the second after a leadoff hit-by-pitch and an error set up a three-run second, highlighted by a triple from Colin Dunn.
Westfield added another three in the third, as two singles and a walk set up John Lippincott, who ripped a bases-clearing double down the left field line to make the score 6-0 after three.
The visitors added another run in the fifth after a leadoff single by Jared Ferrari. Jake Gibb sent him home on a two-bagger into the left field corner. Ashburn would come out of the game after five having surrendered only four earned runs on eight hits and three walks, striking out three.
Meanwhile, Gegetskas was sailing through the Maritime lineup. He set down the first seven against him, before a Ben Paine hit and a Anderson one-out walk gave the Bucs their only real chance of the game. However, the southpaw worked his way out of the pickle with ease.
An Anthony Crowley no-doubt homer to left field gave Westfield an 8-0 advantage in the sixth. The centerfielder leads the MASCAC in home runs, slugging percentage, and RBI. The final run came after a leadoff double by Gibb, his second of the day. Dunn drove him in with a one-base knock.
Gegetskas improved to 6-1 and lowered his ERA to 1.75, allowing only a pair of hits and two free passes. The lefty struck out two in each of his first five frames, finishing with 11 on the day to run his total to 74 on the season. Gegetskas leads the MASCAC in wins, ERA, strikeouts, and Ks per nine innings.
Gibb had three hits in four at bats to pace both teams, while Dunn, Crowley, Ferrari, and Alex Lafayette had a brace of safeties themselves. Billy Keane joined Paine with the only hits of the game for the Bucs.
Game Two
John Teehan, the MASCAC Pitcher and Rookie of the Week a fortnight ago, tossed another gem in the rubber match of the twinbill, stymieing the Owls offence with several crucial outs in the game.
It was the Bucs who scored first, in dramatic fashion, as senior Kennedy crushed a roundtripper to dead center to lead off the bottom of the frame. It was the first home run of the year for Kennedy, who will graduate as one of the best hitters to ever don the Navy-and-Gold.
Westfield threatened in the second, loading the bases with one out, but Teehan, only a freshman, pitched like a veteran in getting red-hot No. 8 hitter Nate Barnes to strike out looking. The hurler then induced a groundball that Anderson made a tricky across-the-body throw on to get the runner at home. The final out of the frame came on a groundball.
The Owls would finally score in the third after Lafayette ripped a two-bagger to the wall in left center and scored on a Crowley RBI-single. A rundown after a perfect Furnas sacrifice bunt would thwart the Bucs in the fourth, but Teehan settled in and worked around a leadoff walk in the fourth, retiring the visitors 1-2-3 in the fifth.
Barnes would direct Westfield to its first lead of the game in the sixth. His third double of the day once more traced the left field foul line and drove in Aaron Clancy, who had taken a base on balls to start the frame.
The Bucs tied the game up in the bottom of the sixth, however, after Billy Keane manufactured a run with his usual scrappy play. After being plunked to start the frame, he raced to third after a Marley Dembitzki bunt was fielded by the first baseman, who botched the toss to put runners on the corners. After an out, Paine, only a freshman, had another line drive hit, this time a single up-the-middle, and Keane scampered home.
Vincenzo Camera, the Owls' starter, would depart after his second strikeout of the game and reliever Liam Neri came out after a long at bat resulted in a walk to Anderson. Nathan Bashaw then pulled the right strings, entering Scott Strachan, who induced a flyball to get out of the sixth.
The reprieve was only momentary as Teehan had another three-up, three-down inning, getting his six punchout of the day.
Furnas led off with his second single of the game through the left side and the Bucs' top masher, Logan Sullo, laid down a perfect bunt up the first-base line to move him over. Keane was then walked intentionally, but scuppered Bashaw's plans by stealing second.
Pinch hitter Paul Sances then took his own IBB to load the bases and the Owls got a huge break as Brett Dooley handled a tough groundball to third and barely nabbed Furnas at home. However, on the first pitch to Paine, Strachan balked, and once more it was the graduand Keane who crossed home, pumping his fists and leaping into the arms of his waiting teammates.
Kennedy was 2-for-4 in the Senior Day nightcap, while Furnas joined him with a brace of hits himself. Teehan earned the victory with seven resilient innings of six-hit, three-walk ball. Strachan (3-3) took the loss, while Camera had the no decision despite allowing only on uneared run on six hits and three walks in 5 2/3.
The Bucs are now 13-13 and 6-4 in league play, which puts them in a three-way tie with Westfield (16-14-1 after the two-game set) and Framingham State for second. Worcester State is in first-place with a 5-3 mark, with two games more to play.
MMA will have two days off before continuing their rapid charge through the remainder of the MASCAC schedule. On Tuesday, the Blue-and-Gold travel to Bridgewater State (4-17, 0-8) before returning to Hendy Field for a three-game homestand beginning Thursday in a single game versus Wentworth Institute (8-13).
Earlier in the week, Colin Thoener was listed on the MASCAC Honor Roll for his sensational relief work in an extra-inning victory over MCLA last weekend. Thoener went 6 2/3 shutout innings, allowing only two hits and whiffing a pair.
Make sure to bookmark www.mmabucs.com and get the inside scoop on Facebook and Twitter @mmabuccaneers. Plus, check out our new Instagram @massmaritimebuccaneers.
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Local Hockey Players Win Tournament with Team Wyoming
Three local hockey players named to the U16 Midget Minor A Team Wyoming hockey team(15 and 16 year olds) won the Silver Stick Hockey Tournament this last weekend in Denver CO.
They played six games total – they lost their first game to the Hyland Hills Panthers by a score of 1 to 0; they then beat the Colorado Jr. Eagles by a score of 6 to 0. In the third game they defeated the Littleton Hawks 4 to 2.
They lost their fourth game to Arvada (CO) 3 to 1. In the semi-finals they outscored Hyland Hills 5 to 4; and in the finals they tilted the Arvada team 3 to 2 to take the championship.
With this tournament win, Team Wyoming now has qualified for the Silver Stick Invitational Tournament in Toronto Ontario Canada in mid-January, which will include teams from both the U.S. and Canada.
Local players are Lane Barten, Collin Eisenman, and Logan Garstad.
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Cinnamon figures among the most ancient spices in world. This small evergreen tree is grown in Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Egypt, Brazil, Indonesia and India. It is readied in 2 methods. It is prepared either by drying the cinnamon bark and rolling it in to sticks (quills), or by pressing it into grain. Cinnamon's weird taste and scent comes from cinnamaldehyde, a substance included in the bark's oil.
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The Reserve Bank of India, the country's central bank, announced that it would allow domestic oil companies to hedge on crude oil imports in overseas exchanges and markets.business Updated: Jun 03, 2008 22:08 IST
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country's central bank, Tuesday announced that it would allow domestic oil companies to hedge on crude oil imports in overseas exchanges and markets.
The bank in another notification also announced its decision to increase the limit on investments by firms in the overseas energy and natural resources sectors.
Releasing the two notifications late Tuesday evening, the RBI stated that domestic crude oil refining companies can "hedge their commodity price risk on crude oil imports in overseas exchanges or markets, on the basis of their past performance up to 50 percent of the volume of actual imports during the previous year or 50 percent of the average volume of imports during the previous three financial years, whichever is higher."
The notification also stated that the companies can also hedge, "the commodity price risk on domestic purchase of crude oil and sale of petroleum products on the basis of underlying contracts linked to international prices on overseas exchanges or markets. The hedging will be allowed strictly on the basis of underlying contracts."
In the notification dealing with the overseas investments in the sector of energy and natural resources, the RBI has decided that it would allow domestic companies "to invest in excess of 400 percent of their net worth, as on the date of the last audited balance sheet, in the energy and natural resources sectors such as oil, gas, coal and mineral ores. The investments in excess of 400 percent of the net worth shall be made only with the prior approval of the Reserve Bank."
Moreover, like the Navratna public sector undertakings (PSUs) which are allowed to invest in unincorporated entities in the oil sector (for exploration and drilling), the central bank has now extended "a similar facility to other Indian entities to invest in overseas unincorporated entities in the oil sector", subjected to RBI's approval.


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Remember when instant replay in sports was just that? It was just there to see the play over again. There were no reviews; it was just for pure entertainment purposes. But with time, and newer technology, sports like football, hockey, basketball, and baseball decided to utilize the instant replay to review tough, potentially controversial situations.
Overall, most fans appreciate officials looking to make sure the call is correct. However, there are still some that think replay just slows the game down and doesn't really add that much value to the sport. Let's face it, sometimes the officials still get the call wrong.
I've been hearing more and more rumblings from some race tracks and series that now the cost of the technology is down to the point where perhaps short tracks should consider bringing in video review. In my opinion, much of the chatter about this is due to the fact almost every race is now filmed or videos from someone in the pits/stands show up on social media. It seems simple; have a sponsor put up some money for equipment or hire a videographer and have those particular technologies available to whomever is making the calls.
The issue was pushed further toward me by a friend of mine who is into iRacing. He suggested that race tracks and series could start incident reviews or – do what his iRacing series does – formulate a penalty system for drivers who might be rough or may have caused an incident. Again, this is all based on video review (which is a lot easier with iRacing, by the way).
When we discussed it, I turned aside the suggestion without hesitation. Short track racing as a whole does not need video review. Do officials miss calls? Yes. Do you see videos on social media the day after the race showing the call was wrong? Yes. So then wouldn't video review help put everything on a level playing field? No.
My opinion/theory on this particular subject is based on two different principles: cost and consistency. When breaking down these principles, the cons of video replay grossly start to outweigh the pros. Here is the thinking behind those issues.
As I said before, some tracks believe they can simply pay a videographer (I'll get to why this is an issue when I get to consistency) or set up a closed-circuit system with instant replay for reviews.
When considering the closed-circuit system, you have to consider the overall cost of the system. Some of the numbers I've heard ranged anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000 dollars. To me, that sounds like it would be better served as advertising dollars or thrown into the purse, but let's also note that's just the cost of the equipment. That doesn't account for any upgrade to the track's wireless or electrical system that may be necessary. It also doesn't account for the install or the cost of having someone teach the officials how to use the equipment.
The other aspect of this principle is the cost of time. Remember when football had to cut its replay time down to no more than 60 seconds? Bear in mind they also have top-of-the-line equipment and multiple people conducting the review. Let's say for the sake of argument that a short track review would take just about double that time at two minutes (I'm guessing it would actually take longer). If a race had five incidents, that's an additional 10 minutes of caution time. Don't forget this is also extra time where the fans have nothing to watch but caution laps. Unlike the major sports, they won't see the review too. What happens if you run multiple divisions? Yes, fans want to see the right call made. But I highly doubt they want to watch an additional 10-15 minutes of caution laps per race. What if rain is coming and you're trying to push the show along?
Also, who decides to call for the review? Is it just the officials or is it the driver? Does that mean that we have to wait for the driver to park on the front stretch, or have a crew member alert the officials? That easily could add another minute or two to each review. Where I'm from we line cars back up and go back to green as quickly as possible. Adding two, three, four, or five minutes of extra caution time onto every caution wouldn't fly.
As someone who was once so frustrated with drivers complaining about calls (or non-calls) based on videos they later saw, I considered bringing in video review. That was, until I carefully considered this particular principle.
My idea was to have a videographer show up to every race, then check the tape if something seemed controversial. Seems fair right? It could help you make a call you might otherwise miss. I look back on that thinking now and realize it is flawed because there a serious risk for lack of consistency.
Let's say you're in a Championship race. One week your main rival seemingly makes contact with another car and they are going to send him to the back. However, video review shows that he didn't make contact with that car and he gets to keep his spot. The next week the same thing happens to you…except the videographer missed the incident. Or, even worse, the videographer wasn't at that particular race.
No video, no review, you go to the back. Does this sort of thing happen without video review? Absolutely. But if video review wouldn't fix every call in a consistent manner…what is the point of having it?
Then there is the consistency of who is calling for the review and who is making the call. If the tower makes the call for the review each time, the race director has to be 100% certain on every call he makes that doesn't go to review. Whether or not that is consistent also will be heavily debated. Bear in mind also, the person who is doing the reviewing is probably going to be the one that made the call in the first place. There can be an issue with that person not wanting to overturn their own calls.
One thing that makes short track racing great is that it isn't football, basketball, baseball, or hockey (although I do love hockey too). There will always be controversy. There is always going to be that level of imperfection. But there isn't a need to seek perfect calls through a system that would still be imperfect.


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Last year in Leipzig, Germany, I met a young woman who had just returned from Chicago, where her family lived in tony Lincoln Park. She had also studied at Williams College in Massachusetts, where tuition alone was near $50,000. Germany was too white, she complained, and she was ashamed of the anti-immigrant attitude shown by many of her countrymen. For Christmas, she went to Palm Springs, California. Though only in her mid-twenties, she had traveled to dozens of countries.
The young woman loved American multiculturalism, and it's easy to see why. For those above a certain income level, diversity simply means variety, as in choosing between Mexican and Filipino for breakfast, Haitian, Cuban and Panamanian for lunch, then Syrian, Lebanese, Iraqi and Afghan for dinner. One can decide between a Colombian and a Tibetan nanny, and as for paid penetration, why not a Ukrainian one week, then a Thai the next? If one's an employer, there are billions of reasons to underpay, so that's nice too. Just keep those borders open.
Below deck, in the windowless compartments, the dynamics aren't quite the same. Though one can also sample a huevos rancheros or a Jamaican beef patty, one may not be able to afford it if one can't compete for a job against more desperate immigrants. Those who don't make their living as a busboy, dishwasher, line cook, hotel custodian, housepainter, drywaller or gardener, etc., will smirk at this scenario. The unemployed may also be foreign-born, since relentless immigration hurts whomever is already here. In Washington State, Thai farm workers have been brought in to replace Mexicans.
With lives of the working poor constantly threatened and disrupted by immigration, social turmoil is inevitable, for the masses can't keep making and eating less, and moving into ever worse dwellings, if not onto a sidewalk. The backlash against immigration in all multicultural societies is no last gasp convulsion from the past, but a portent of the future. With nationalism and tribalism resurgent, we're living through the last days of multiculturalism.
None of this tectonic shift is evident in chichi enclaves like the Upper East Side, where I had a reading recently at the Asia Society, or in Boerum Hill, where I also did my shtick. In that rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood, the average listed price for a house is only $3,328,983. Let me see if I have some spare change.
Among those at the second event, there was a rather unusual young man, for it's not every day you find a Hasidic Jew at a celebration of a Tokyo-based literary journal. During the informal chatter afterwards, I got to meet 24-year-old Noam.
By bringing different modes of living and thinking into starker contrast, multiculturalism allows each man to reflect on his own upbringing, so that he can forge, step by step, an existence that's more suitable to his soul. From a diverse buffet, he may choose anything from tai chi, to Sufism, to chemsex. Stepping outside the strictures of Hasidism just six months ago, Noam is at the beginning of this process.
Wearing a beige jacket and dark brown slacks, Noam was clean shaven, and his speech was deliberate and concise, even after he had had a few beers mixed with wine. Thoroughly contained, Noam never got agitated nor laughed, though his face sometimes seemed bemused. Our conversation started at the bookstore, continued at a restaurant, and ended on the street, just before I went underground to head back to the Lower East Side. I never saw Noam again.
I like what you said about civilizational decline. In the Talmud, it talks about this relentless decline, from generation to generation. Mankind has been in decline for 4,000 years.
My father is dead. I live at home with my mother and three siblings. I have an older brother and an older sister who have moved out.
I stopped formal schooling at 13, and I'm just now trying to get the equivalent of a high school diploma. I'd like to go to college. I'll probably take out a loan. I don't know what I want to study.
At the yeshiva, we spoke Yiddish. I can also read and write Hebrew.
I feel embarrassed, because so many other people my age have done so much.
I haven't been anywhere. I spent six months in Israel, but only in an Orthodox community. There are modern places in Israel, like Tel Aviv, but I wasn't there. Where I was, there was garbage in the middle of the street. Being used to American standards, I didn't feel comfortable.
I also spent a few weeks in Los Angeles, but, again, I was only among other Orthodox Jews.
I have never even been to New Jersey.
Sometimes I think of myself as a poet. I'd like to publish at least one poem. I need to express what I've gone through.
My heroes are Biblical, like King David. I'm inspired by them. Don't laugh, but I'd like to be great like them.
I cannot have a conversation with my sister-in-law, not because I don't like her, but because it's not allowed.
Even in the home, only certain colors are allowed for decoration. Everything is so bland. Even the cooking. Take the matzo ball, for example.
I understand that's how it was in the ancient world, but I'm uncomfortable with the injunction to annihilate all of your enemy, every single man, woman and child.
The Talmud does teach you to respect all living beings, and even inanimate things. At a normal meal, bread is always eaten first, but on the Shabbat, wine is drank before you break bread, and that's why the bread must be covered by a piece of cloth, to not offend it.
In the Talmud, there's a story about a rabbi who crawled beneath a bed, just so he could learn how his teacher had sex, and there's another rabbi who hid in the outhouse, just so he could observe how his teacher wiped himself. There is a correct way to do everything.
I'm watching television to learn about the world, because you can't get everything from books. I'm watching sit-coms and commercials. The Twilight Zone is a show from the 60's. I notice the eyes of the people in it are more focused. They don't dart around like what you see today. People could still focus then.
You're right, many people can no longer hear you. They purposely ignore or distort what you just said.
People who walk around with earphones might as well have a middle finger taped to their forehead. They're basically saying, "I don't want to be here among you!"
Of course, we're all tribal. We have different belief systems.
In Capitalism, we no longer see people as people. It's always, What can I get out of this person?
I don't understand why women put up with pornography. It's so insulting. Men shouldn't put up with it, either. It's so degrading to all of humanity.
No, I haven't read Kafka or Bashevis Singer. I will look them up. I have never heard of Simone Weil.
I like the New Yorker because it's so well-written.
I come to all the readings at this bookstore. I don't know anything about these writers. I don't even know your name.
Can you drink wine after beer? I've never done it.
Of course, this wine is good. It belongs to another universe! I've only had Passover wine.
Just coming to the reading tonight was an act of rebellion, because it's Passover, and I was supposed to be at the synagogue. You have all these rich people come in, and they're just mumbling the prayers. There's nothing spiritual about it.
My grandma criticized how I was dressed. She said why aren't you wearing the black coat and the hat? She had a fall two months ago, but I haven't visited her. Maybe you're right. Maybe I'm retaliating against her.
I like what you said about the Muslim making Jewish sandwiches for black people. Food brings us together. You know where you can get great food? The corner bodega!
I'd love to have my own space, but I must get a job first. I've only had one job in my life. I worked retail. I dealt with other people. I handled it. It wasn't easy.
You talked about the broken people, those who have no time or mental space to work through their problems, but I'm even more broken than they are. I have no peace.
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Obscured American: Noam the Straying Hasid
As published at Unz Review, LewRockwell, CounterCurrents and Intrepid Report, 5/12/16:
7 comments:
- LJansen said...
Hello, Linh.
Your story of Noam made me think of a white flower on a broken stem. Linda
- May 13, 2016 at 1:37 AM
- Linh Dinh said...
Hi Linda,
Noam just emailed me. He has just finished The Metamorphosis and is half way through The Trial. In the piece, I forgot to say that I recommended Orwell to Noam also. He has just read 1984.
One of these days, I will take a walk through Brooklyn with Noam.
- May 13, 2016 at 1:48 AM
- Linh Dinh said...
I just sent Noam another recommendation:
"One book you should check out at some point is Elias Canetti's Crowds and Power. Using mostly intuition and common sense, he arrives at the most profound and memorable insights into the human condition, and he writes in the clearest language possible. Canetti challenges and inspires one to look more closely at every aspect of life."
- May 13, 2016 at 8:08 AM
- LJansen said...
Thank you, Linh. I have "Love Like Hate" on order at the library (they had some poetry compilations also, but thought I'd try this first). Now I'll add Crowds and Power, which seems intriguing.
Noam is lucky he ran into you. And now I'm benefitting from your meeting also by borrowing your book recommendations.
Cheers, Linda
- May 14, 2016 at 3:54 AM
- Linh Dinh said...
Hi Linda,
Blood and Soap is a fun book to read. It was written while I was living mostly in Italy and Vietnam.
- May 14, 2016 at 10:25 AM
- LJansen said...
Great! I found one online. Whizzing toward me from Maryland. ;)
- May 14, 2016 at 10:37 PM
Huxley's Brave New World outdoes 1984 when it comes to foresight, though. I'd recommend it before the latter.
- June 20, 2016 at 6:02 AM
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- Linh Dinh
- Born in Vietnam in 1963, I lived mostly in the US from 1975 until 2018, but have returned to Vietnam, where I live in remote Ea Kly. I've also lived in Italy, England and Germany. I'm the author of a non-fiction book, Postcards from the End of America (2017), a novel, Love Like Hate (2010), two books of stories, Fake House (2000) and Blood and Soap (2004), and six collections of poems, with a Collected Poems apparently cancelled by Chax Press from external pressure. I've been anthologized in Best American Poetry 2000, 2004, 2007, Great American Prose Poems from Poe to the Present, Postmodern American Poetry: a Norton Anthology (vol. 2) and Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories From Around the World, etc. I'm also editor of Night, Again: Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam (1996) and The Deluge: New Vietnamese Poetry (2013). My writing has been translated into Japanese, Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Korean, Arabic, Icelandic and Finnish, and I've been invited to read in Tokyo, London, Cambridge, Brighton, Paris, Berlin, Leipzig, Halle, Reykjavik, Toronto, Singapore and all over the US. I've also published widely in Vietnamese.


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Marked hiking trails from Ferme de Tayac
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There are 100's of hiking trails near Ferme de Tayac, however, the marked trails listed here, actually start and finish at Ferme de Tayac, that's correct, you can actually start your hike from the B&B. Click on the top image for a full size view
- Route of Prehistory : this is a fairly new trail that Les Eyzies has put together. The trail takes you on a journey to the main Prehistoric spots the area has to offer. Along the way, information boards explain the history and or Geology of the area. See and read about Abri de Cro-Magnon, Forte de Tayac, the Grand Roc, Laugerie Basse and lots more. The short hike about 5km out & back, or you can do a longer "lollipop loop" that is about 12km. >> More Info
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- La Mouthe : A wonderful 2 hour loop that takes you through Les Eyzies and up into the Hills to the wonderful Medieval ruins of La Mouthe. A short un-marked trail will take you to the BEST view in the whole of the Vezere Valley.
- The Cro-Magnon : a short but wonderful and exiting loop through Tayac. This is where the Cro-Magnon was discovered in 1868. The hike will take about an hour, but the memory will last a lifetime. This is a fantastic alternative route into Les Eyzies – follow the road for 10 min., or go on an adventure that lasts an hour..
- The 7 Brothers : a wonderful relaxing hike through the Perigord woodland, to 7 fantastic plateaus that lookout over the Valley. For an easy hike use as an out and back, otherwise you can loop it with a short but strenuous climb. Enjoy the views on this 2 hour hike. >> More Info
- The Madeleine : The longest of all the trails mentioned here, but well worth it!. Take a picnic ( recommended), or plan for a meal in Tursac at the halfway mark. Wonderful Vezere Valley scenery, along these ancient paths. Visit the Madeleine on this hike. At the end of the hike you can treat yourself to a nice drink or meal in Les Eyzies. Depending on the person, allow at least 5 hours for this great trail.


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