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Dennis Lee Eckersley MLB Career, Personal Life and Net Worth
By Himanshu Last updated Dec 30, 2022
Dennis Lee Eckersley was born in Oakland, California, on October 3, 1954. He is a former professional baseball pitcher who is best known for playing for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, and Oakland Athletics from 1975 to 1998. All of his work has helped him get to the point where he is now.
Dennis Lee Eckersley's Net Worth
What is Dennis Eckersley's net worth? As of the middle of 2017, sources say that his net worth is $20 million( According to Celebrity Net Worth ), most of which he has made from a successful career in professional baseball.
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As a closer, he got a lot of his fame, and he was one of only two pitchers in MLB history to get 50 saves and 20 wins in the same season. However, all of his other accomplishments also made him rich.
Dennis Lee Eckersley Career Growth and MLB Matches
Dennis spent a lot of his childhood watching baseball. He liked both the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics. He got better at pitching, but he also played football while he was at Washington High School.
He had to stop playing football, though, to protect his arm from pitching. He pitched for Washington and won 29 games with a fastball that went 90 miles per hour.
Dennis signed up for the 1972 MLB Draft. The Cleveland Indians picked him in the third round. In 1975, he was the American League Rookie Pitcher of the Year with a record of 13-7 wins and 7 losses.
Three years later, with a 14-13 win-loss record, he was named to the All-Star team for the first time. He was then sent to the Boston Red Sox. In 1978, he won 20 games, which was the most of his career.
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But as his career went on with the Boston Red Sox, he started to pitch badly, which led to him being traded to the Chicago Cubs.
Even so, his net worth kept going up, especially after he helped the Cubs make it to the playoffs for the first time since 1945. He played for the Cubs until 1986 when he was sent to rehab because his drinking was getting in the way of his performance.
In 1987, he was sent to the Oakland Athletics. When Jay Howell got hurt, he was moved to the closer spot. He did well in the role and became so good that he got 45 saves in 1988.
The Athletics won the World Series in 1989, and he got the save in the last game of the Series. Over the next few years, he kept being a great closer.
In 1992, when he had 51 saves, he won the Cy Young Award and was named the Most Valuable Player in the American League. Because of his performances, his net worth kept going up.
In 1994, he became a free agent. During the last few years of his career, he played for the St. Louis Cardinals and, for his last season, the Boston Red Sox.
He won 1,071 games, which is more than any other pitcher in MLB history. In 2004, he was put into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Eckersley was married to Denise from 1973 to 1978. She left him for Rick Manning, which is what led to him being traded to the Red Sox. After two years, he married model Nancy O'Neil, but when he quit baseball in 2004, they split up. He is now married to Jennifer, who used to work as a lobbyist.
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Yemen: Heavy fighting in Aden creates new wave of casualties
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NEW YORK/ADEN, YEMEN, August 29, 2019—Heavy fighting yesterday in Aden, Yemen, has created a new wave of casualties, as the local trauma hospital run by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) received 51 wounded people in a few hours, including 10 who were dead on arrival.
The fighting in Aden is principally between forces loyal to President Hadi—supported by the Saudi-led coalition—and troops from the southern separatist movement, the Southern Transitional Council—supported by the United Arab Emirates. While they have been allies in the war against Ansar Allah, during the past few weeks they have been fighting each other for control of Yemen's southern governorates.
Caroline Seguin, MSF program manager for Yemen, gave the following statement today from the Aden hospital:
"It's total chaos here. There was fighting in the city all day yesterday. Things appear to have calmed down a bit this morning, but we expect the hostilities to resume at any point. This is the third huge influx of wounded people in three weeks. At this point it's difficult to establish which groups control which of Aden's neighborhoods. The airport and the area around it are closed, and there's a real risk of being trapped by the fighting. Our teams are standing by to receive more casualties. Yet again we've informed the various armed groups and the coalition that we're in the hospital and where it's located."
Since the war in Yemen broke out in March 2015, MSF facilities have been bombed six times, five of which were airstrikes launched by the Saudi-led coalition.
A neighborhood near the Aden hospital was targeted in a coalition airstrike early yesterday evening.
Between August 9 and 12, the city of Aden was transformed into a battlefield. MSF's teams at the hospital continually admitted wounded people and provided treatment to 119 patients in less than 24 hours.
Violent clashes have also erupted in Abyan and Shabwah governorates where MSF provides support to the health system with donations of drugs, supplies, and equipment.


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Q: Limit of sequence using definition I've been asked to prove using definition of limits that limit of sequence $\dfrac{n}{n^2+1}$ is $0$.
But when proceeding as usual I am not being able to express $n$ in terms of $\varepsilon$.

A: suppose $n \over n^2+1$ as $n$ goes to infinity is 0 so for any $\epsilon>0$ there exist $N$ such that for any $n>N$ then $| {n \over n^2+1}-0|< \epsilon$ ,so we need proof there is always an $N$ exist,we simplified absolute value so we get $| {n \over n^2+1}|< \epsilon$ because $n$ is always positive we get ${n \over n^2+1}< \epsilon $ it is easy to see that ${n \over n^2+1} < {{n \over n^2}= {1 \over n}}$ so if ${ 1 \over n} < \epsilon$ the inequality is always true and finally we only need to set $N={1 \over \epsilon } <n$.
so for any $n$ with this condition the inequality i true , thus the limit of sequence is zero.

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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / February 11, 2019 / Today, we live in an era of science and technology where we are turning fiction into reality. A considerable part of the world's population has a keen interest in working on their original ideas by using upcoming technologies to make life more comfortable on a global scale. Startups and entrepreneurship is a new trend, especially with the youth. One of the major limitations that upcoming entrepreneurs face while shaping their ideas into a product is funding.
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In designing the OTAM Custom Range special attention was paid to limiting her draft. The hull below the waterline features semi-tunnels that make the SD35 a very versatile yacht, perfect for a comfortable cruise in international waters like U.S. and the Caribbean, where a limited draft becomes a key factor to consider.


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welcome to the forum! You sow what kind of seeds? I just sowed carnation seeds last June and they're quite big now, they grew fast but no flowers yet. Good to know you'e also here in this forum, lots of great tips and ideas about gardening How's your seeds going?


Students from six local secondary schools got to grips with the fascinating science behind some of our favourite food with a packed programme of food and science workshops at UCB last week.
Specially designed around the GCSE curriculum for Food & Nutrition, the year 10 students enjoyed 3 fun-filled hours of practical sessions that gave them a fresh perspective on their school syllabus, the chance to work with state-of-the-art facilities, and a whistle stop tour of UCB's College of Food. The timetable included an investigative workshop on fats and oils, a chat about courses and careers as well as a session putting students right in the heart of the kitchen - making fish goujons and mayonnaise.
On top of delivering in-depth, applied lessons on food science and nutrition, UCB's Food Science week is also a chance for pupils to think about whether a career in the food industry could be the one for them – and if so, what their next steps should be to get there.
"The food industry offers a diverse range of rewarding careers; from identifying and developing new food products, ensuring they meet quality standards though to getting them into the supermarkets and promoting their benefits to consumers. Studying food post-16 can open doors to lots of fantastic opportunities – on top of being able to taste everything you create along the way" said Mandy Lloyd, Lecturer at UCB's College of Food.
Food science, nutrition and product development are subject areas often overlooked by students at further education level, despite the fact they can lead to endless career opportunities within a diverse, constantly changing industry. With a guided tour of the facilities, lessons delivered by the University's specialist Lecturers, and Student Ambassadors on hand at all times to answer any questions, Food Science Week gave the students real-life experience UCB and a good idea of exactly where a post-16 qualification from any of the University's College of Food courses could take them next.
Learn about the courses offered by UCB's College of Food.


I am considering majoring in Environmental Science but I'm concerned about what to do from there.
There is some really good information to help you.
Just like the environment, the world of environmental studies is very interrelated and gives you a whole lot of options with where to take it. Pamela already gave great advice--it really is about what attracts you, but I know it's hard to narrow it down if you're passionate and would be happy in more than one path.
My experience was that I knew I was worried about coastal wetland loss, I loved animals--especially marine animals, I was worried about climate change, and I believed in the power of people to solve these difficult challenges. I studied Environmental Science (and English) in undergrad to get a broad sense of the subject, then I worked in environmental non-profits. For me, the work was important but I felt like I wasn't making the impact I wanted, so I pursued a professional master's of science in environmental management and sustainability. That program helped me see different paths of using my passion and knowledge of environmental science in the professional world, my peers from the program are doing a number of things: one opened her own business providing micro-loans to under-served communities, two work in energy audits & efficiency, one works in environmental policy in Washington DC, another works in sustainability consulting for an architecture firm, one manages sustainability projects for one of the US's biggest airports, one works for disaster relief on the East Coast, one's a geologist looking at environmental health. I work in corporate sustainability in the IT sector, helping set effective sustainability development targets for our company like improving the energy efficiency of our products, switching to 100% renewable energy, etc.
Learn as much as you can about environmental science and its different applications and find what speaks to you and what path might make the best use or your interests, strengths and perspective. Don't be shy to reach out to people who might work in the area you're interested and learn a little more about their day-to-day.


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The jerry-built system of wildlife management on a mix of state-owned, federal and private lands is under pressure from private landowners.
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HCN Feb. 16, 1987 From the print edition
A game ranching bill in Wyoming pits landowners against hunters
Katharine Collins Feb. 16, 1987 From the print edition
Even as we make our alliances, there is no doubt that the environmental movement's next great effort will be to contain and civilize the "recreation" industry, the "retirement" industry, and whatever else moves into the economic vacuum in the rural Rockies.
Ed Marston Opinion Feb. 16, 1987 From the print edition
Montana's stream access war may be over
After more than five years of tug-of-war in the courts and the Montana Legislature, the battle over recreational access to rivers and streams appears to be settled.
Mike Dennison Feb. 16, 1987 From the print edition
Idaho enters the nuclear weapons business
The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory near Idaho Falls is preparing for its first major nuclear weapons project.
Pat Ford Feb. 16, 1987 From the print edition


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«Киев Киберспорт Арена» — открытый в 2010 году киевский компьютерный центр, в котором проводятся киберспортивные соревнования высшего уровня.

Открытие клуба
Компьютерный центр «Киев Киберспорт Арена» открыт в Киеве 17 апреля 2010 года. Площадь клуба составляет 1500 м², что делает его крупнейшим в Украине. В главном зале находится сцена для LAN-турниров с десятью компьютерами (для командных поединков) и большим экраном. Также в состав клуба входят бар, зона отдыха с Wi-Fi и магазин для геймеров.

В день открытия клуба в нём прошёл турнир по Counter-Strike Arbalet Arena Female Cup среди женских команд.

Турниры
Задолго до открытия клуба было анонсировано проведение в нём шоу-матча с участием лучших мировых команд по Counter-Strike Arbalet Cup Best of Four. Победителем стала украинская команда Natus Vincere, выигрывшая в 2010 году три чемпионата мира по версиям WCG, IEM и ESWC.

С момента открытия клуба в нём состоялось несколько крупных киберспортивных турниров с участием прогеймеров из стран СНГ, включая последние четыре турнира серии ASUS Open: ASUS Cup Summer 2010, ASUS Cup Autumn 2010, ASUS Cup Winter 2011 и ASUS Cup Spring 2011.

В октябре 2010 года было объявлено о том, что «Киев Киберспорт Арена» впервые примет финальную часть чемпионата мира по Counter-Strike IEM European Finals (предыдущие финалы неизменно проходили в Германии). Менеджер турнира Michal «Carmac» Blicharz заявил, что киевский клуб обладает всеми удобствами, необходимыми для того, чтобы стать Меккой европейского киберспорта. Турнир проходил с 20 по 23 января 2011 года. Победила команда fnatic.

В 2012 году в рамках 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series в Киев Киберспорт Арене прошли чемпионаты России и Украины по StarCraft II.

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Minuscule 661 (Gregory-Aland)
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Minuscule 661 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 179 (von Soden),[1][2] is a Greek language minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century. The manuscript has complex contents.[3][4] Scrivener labelled it by 639e.[5]
Minuscule 661
New Testament manuscript
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25 cm by 18 cm
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The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels, on 234 parchment leaves (size 25 cm by 18 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 23 lines per page.[3] It contains the tables of the κεφαλαια before every Gospel, and the portrait of the Evangelist is placed only before Gospel of John. There are no Eusebian tables before the Gospels.[5][6]
The text is divided according to the κεφαλαια (chapters), and according to the Ammonian Sections (in Mark 234 sections, the last numbered section in 16:9). The numerals of the κεφαλαια are given at the left margin, and their τιτλοι (titles) at the top of the pages. The Ammonian Sections are given with a references to the Eusebian Canons (written under Ammonian Sections).[5][6]
The manuscript contains additional material at the end, "East Canon" for the years 1034-1037.[1][6]
The Greek text of the codex is representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden lists it to the textual family K1, which is according to him the oldest family of the Byzantine text-type.[7] Kurt Aland did not examine the Greek text of the codex by his method of thousand readings, and therefore he did not place it in any Category.[8] The text of the manuscript was not examined by using the Claremont Profile Method.[9]
The texts of Matthew 16:2b–3 (the signs of the times), Christ's agony at Gethsemane (Luke 22:43-44), John 5:3-4, and the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) are marked with an asterisk (※) as doubtful.[6][10] The text of Mark 16:9-20 has no numbered κεφαλαια (chapters) at the margin, their τιτλοι (titles) at the top,nor Ammonian Sections and references to the Eusebian Canons.[10]
It reads Ιωσιας δε εγεννησεν τον Ιωακειμ, Ιωακειμ δε εγεννησεν τον Ιεχονιαν instead of Ιωσιας δε εγεννησεν τον Ιεχονιαν. The reading is supported by Codex Campianus, Codex Koridethi, Rossano Gospels, f1, 33, 258, 478, 791, 954, 1216, 1230, 1354, 1604, ℓ 54.[11]
Scrivener and C. R. Gregory dated the manuscript to the 11th century.[5][6] Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 11th century.[4]
The manuscript was brought from the East to Berlin. It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener and Gregory. Gregory saw the manuscript in 1887.[6] It was housed in Berlin in the Preußische Königliche Bibliothek (then Prussian State Library, then Berlin State Library) with the shelf-number Gr. quarto 67.[5][6]
The Prussian State Library sent many collections out of Berlin to be sheltered in Silesia for safekeeping during World War II. As the result of postwar border changes some of these collections were found in Poland (among them minuscule 661). They were moved to the Jagiellonian University Library.[12]
Currently the manuscript is housed at the Biblioteka Jagiellońska (Fonds der Berliner Handschriften, Graec. quarto 67), in Kraków.[3][4]
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^ a b Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt / hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Berlin 1902), vol. 1, p. 162.
^ Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 71.
^ a b c Aland, K.; M. Welte; B. Köster; K. Junack (1994). Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 86. ISBN 3-11-011986-2.
^ a b c Handschriftenliste at the Münster Institute
^ a b c d e Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose; Edward Miller (1894). A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament. 1 (4 ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 264.
^ a b c d e f g Gregory, Caspar René (1900). J.C. Hinrichs (ed.). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig. p. 210.
^ Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte, Verlag von Arthur Glaue, Berlin 1902-1910, vol. 2, pp. 718-721
^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 133, 139. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
^ Wisse, Frederik (1982). The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 64. ISBN 0-8028-1918-4.
^ a b Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte, Verlag von Arthur Glaue, Berlin 1902-1910, vol. 2, p. 720
^ NA26, p. 2; UBS3, p. 2
^ Sroka Marek, The Music Collection of the Former Prussian State Library at the Jagiellonian Library in Kraków, Poland: Past, Present, and Future Developments, Library Trends - Volume 55, Number 3, Winter 2007, pp. 651-664
Gregory, Caspar René (1900). Textkritik des Neuen Testaments. 1. Leipzig. p. 210.
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I Got My Flippy Floppies….
The jargon is hot stuff…. the concept however….. is fuzzier than a first class Angora rabbit.
The "flipped" craze rhymes quite strongly with all those concepts espoused under the notion of active learning techniques: peer instruction, kinesthetic and highly social classrooms, active interaction instead of passive reception, problem-based learning, inverted classrooms, student-led inquiry….etc…etc…. In short, it no-more points to a specific technique than the words "active learning" and if that's what it takes to get buy-in from instructors then have at it!
Flipping ain't flippin' new! It just isn't…. BUT!!!!
There is potential for true innovation here. Why not flip with already available sources?
Why not make use of the best of the resources offered by the MOOC Community (Massive Open Online Course) from well-established organizations like the Khan Academy and MIT's Open Courseware system?
I know…. I know….. blasphemy….. allowing some other professor to lecture my topic for me? But consider the benefits….
First, you can flip a course without having to mess about with recording yourself (which is damned awkward anyhow). Second, you can bring all sorts of different lecturers into your course at no cost. Third, this leaves you classtime open to really push on the concepts and ideas.
I would likely eliminate a textbook in lieu of the online lecture. But I would still assign my usual scholarly article snippets with guided reading questions.
My hope is that in roughly the same period of time of preparation my students will have prepared themselves more effectively.
Stay tuned… I'll try it out next week and see how it goes.
Thanks for this interesting reflections and I am looking forward hearing about your experiences.
in our PBL set-up students are supposed to prepare in self-study (6-7 hours ideally) and then share and reflect on their findings in the group with one faculty member in order to deepen understanding for concepts etc. We normally assign readings for the self-study of students, but lately I also often throw short videos or other materials in the mix. Just when reading your post, it began to dawn on me that this goes in the same direction – to let students work through the materials outside the classroom and in their own pace, but then use the contact hours to compare their gained knowledge, discuss problems and challenges and answer remaining questions.
1. (Under what conditions) do you provide the links for students, assign specific online lectures (or readings in the traditional sense), or (when) does it make sense to just set the topic but let students search for the materials that they want to use themselves? For now I try to mix the two approaches – more guidance for less experienced students, less guidance for experienced ones (although then I discovered that it is really important to talk about how they selected sources and if/how they assessed their appropriateness/relevance).
2. When does it become too much of stimulus and outside-the-classroom activity? I sometimes wonder if I am not overwhelming students with articles to read, videos to watch, discussion fora etc – did you ever have the impression that there was too much activity going on?
I don't worry about overwhelming students' time and energy with outside-of-class assignments because a major problem where I work is student academic engagement and rigor. I want them reading outside of class a lot more than they typically do, and the only way they are going to do that is by assigning writing that is tied to the course grade. I make sure that the readings are extremely well-written (which often means excluding texts written in dense, uninteresting academic lingo or textbooks that are nothing but lists of context-less facts). I use "real" books, including autobiographies — students really gravitate toward personal accounts. I then provide the wider context.
My problem is the opposite — I'm finding it harder and harder to fill class time with what I think is relevant and useful. Maybe what I think is incorrect, but if I can get students to read, write, and think independently of a physical classroom, why have class at all?
especially your experience with "well-written readings": for some time I thought students would prefer the boring textbooks because they make their lives easier. All substantial facts (in my case the EU) are collected there; but actually students seem to hate that: they do not want this prepared material but they want exciting reading that they can decipher themselves, work with, (dis)agree with.
I guess what is then left for us as instructors is to help/facilitate students in putting those readings in context, to be able to criticize/agree with them, to be able to puzzle the different accounts together and use them for their own understanding; Might sound like an easy task, but I actually think this needs lots of attempts, trials and interventions.
For the rest it is merely an observation/feeling but I think that students could profit from us academics showing more strongly that 1. we do not have perfect answers to everything and 2. academia grows by deliberation, disagreement and discussion, i.e. that there is not the ONE answer but that academics actually disagree about a lot of things; My impression is that many colleagues do not feel comfortable with showing this kind of "weakness" (in their view), but providing students with additional different perspectives than those that they encountered in the reading, and then working with them towards assessing the relevance/validity/suitability of the argument and also the "cause" of the disagreement could perhaps be a way of filling class time?
For quite some time I totally ignored this idea that students use us instructors as role-models (what a scary thought :)), but why not use this idea more actively and strongly in showing students the often chaotic and complex way of how we make up our minds as academics?


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Chemically, fluticasone propionate is C 25 H 31 F 3 O 5 S.
Fluticasone propionate has a molecular weight of 500.6. It is a white to off-white powder and is insoluble in water.
Each gram of CUTIVATE Ointment contains fluticasone propionate 0.05 mg in a base of propylene glycol, sorbitan sesquioleate, microcrystalline wax, and liquid paraffin.
Like other topical corticosteroids, fluticasone propionate has anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, and vasoconstrictive properties. The mechanism of the anti-inflammatory activity of the topical steroids, in general, is unclear. However, corticosteroids are thought to act by the induction of phospholipase A 2 inhibitory proteins, collectively called lipocortins. It is postulated that these proteins control the biosynthesis of potent mediators of inflammation such as prostaglandins and leukotrienes by inhibiting the release of their common precursor, arachidonic acid. Archidonic acid is released from membrane phospholipids by phospholipase A 2 .
: The extent of percutaneous absorption of topical corticosteroids is determined by many factors, including the vehicle and the integrity of the epidermal barrier. Occlusive dressing with hydrocortisone for up to 24 hours has not been demonstrated to increase penetration; however, occlusion of hydrocortisone for 96 hours markedly enhances penetration. Topical corticosteroids can be absorbed from normal intact skin. Inflammation and/or other disease processes in the skin increase percutaneous absorption.
Studies performed with CUTIVATE Ointment indicate that it is in the medium range of potency as compared with other topical corticosteroids.
CUTIVATE Ointment is a medium potency corticosteroid indicated for the relief of the inflammatory and pruritic manifestations of corticosteroid-responsive dermatoses.
CUTIVATE Ointment is contraindicated in those patients with a history of hypersensitivity to any of the components of the preparation.
General: Systemic absorption of topical corticosteroids can produce reversible hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis suppression with the potential for glucocorticosteroid insufficiency after withdrawal from treatment. Manifestations of Cushing' syndrome, hyperglycemia, and glucosuria can also be produced in some patients by systemic absorption of topical corticosteroids while on treatment.
Patients applying a topical steroid to a large surface area or to areas under occlusion should be evaluated periodically for evidence of HPA axis suppression. This may be done by using the ACTH stimulation, A.M. plasma cortisol, and urinary free cortisol tests.
Fluticasone propionate ointment, 0.05% (a concentration 10 times that of fluticasone propionate ointment, 0.005%) suppressed 24-hour urinary free cortisol levels in 2 of 6 patients when used at a dose of 30 g/day for a week in patients with psoriasis or atopic eczema. In a second study, fluticasone propionate ointment, 0.05% caused depression of A.M. plasma cortisol levels in 3 of 12 normal volunteers when applied at doses of 50 g/day for 21 days. Morning plasma levels returned to normal levels within the first week upon discontinuation of fluticasone propionate. In this study there was no corresponding decrease in 24-hour urinary free cortisol levels.
If HPA axis suppression is noted, an attempt should be made to withdraw the drug, to reduce the frequency of application, or to substitute a less potent corticosteroid. Recovery of HPA axis function is generally prompt upon discontinuation of topical corticosteroids. Infrequently, signs and symptoms of glucocorticosteroid insufficiency may occur, requiring supplemental systemic corticosteroids. For information on systemic supplementation, see prescribing information for those products.
Children may be more susceptible to systemic toxicity from equivalent doses due to their larger skin surface to body mass ratios (see PRECAUTIONS : Pediatric Use).
If irritation develops, CUTIVATE Ointment should be discontinued and appropriate therapy instituted. Allergic contact dermatitis with corticosteroids is usually diagnosed by observing failure to heal rather than noting a clinical exacerbation as with most topical products not containing corticosteroids. Such an observation should be corroborated with appropriate diagnostic patch testing.
If concomitant skin infections are present or develop, an appropriate antifungal or antibacterial agent should be used. If a favorable response does not occur promptly, use of CUTIVATE Ointment should be discontinued until the infection has been adequately controlled.
CUTIVATE Ointment should not be used in the treatment of preexisting skin atrophy and should not be used where infection is present at the treatment site. CUTIVATE Ointment should not be used in the treatment of rosacea and perioral dermatitis.
The treated skin area should not be bandaged or otherwise covered or wrapped so as to be occlusive unless directed by the physician.
Patients should report to their physician any signs of local adverse reactions.
Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, and Impairment of Fertility: Two 18-month studies were performed in mice to evaluate the carcinogenic potential of fluticasone propionate when given topically (as an 0.05% ointment) and orally. No evidence of carcinogenicity was found in either study.
Fluticasone propionate was not mutagenic in the standard Ames test, E. coli fluctuation test, S. cerevisiae gene conversion test, or Chinese Hamster ovarian cell assay. It was not clastogenic in mouse micronucleus or cultured human lymphocyte tests.
In a fertility and general reproductive performance study in rats, fluticasone propionate administered subcutaneously to females at up to 50 mcg/kg per day and to males at up to 100 mcg/kg per day (later reduced to 50 mcg/kg per day) had no effect upon mating performance or fertility. These doses are approximately 150 and 300 times, respectively, the human systemic exposure following use of the recommended human topical dose of fluticasone propionate ointment, 0.005%, assuming human percutaneous absorption of approximately 3% and the use in a 70-kg person of 15 g/day.
Pregnancy Teratogenic Effects: Pregnancy Category C. Corticosteroids have been shown to be teratogenic in laboratory animals when administered systemically at relatively low dosage levels. Some corticosteroids have been shown to be teratogenic after dermal application in laboratory animals. Teratology studies in the mouse demonstrated fluticasone propionate to be teratogenic (cleft palate) when administered subcutaneously in doses of 45 mcg/kg per day and 150 mcg/kg per day. This dose is approximately 140 and 450 times, respectively, the human topical dose of fluticasone propionate ointment, 0.005%. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. CUTIVATE Ointment should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus.
Nursing Mothers: Systemically administered cortico-steroids appear in human milk and could suppress growth, interfere with endogenous corticosteroid production, or cause other untoward effects. It is not known whether topical administration of corticosteroids could result in sufficient systemic absorption to produce detectable quantities in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when CUTIVATE Ointment is administered to a nursing woman.
Pediatric Use: Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established. Because of a higher ratio of skin surface area to body mass, pediatric patients are at a greater risk than adults of HPA axis suppression and Cushing's syndrome when they are treated with topical corticosteroids. They are therefore also at greater risk of adrenal insufficiency during or after withdrawal of treatment. Adverse effects including striae have been reported with inappropriate use of topical corticosteroids in pediatric patients.
HPA axis suppression, Cushing' syndrome, linear growth retardation, delayed weight gain, and intracranial hypertension have been reported in pediatric patients receiving topical corticosteroids. Manifestations of adrenal suppression in pediatric patients include low plasma cortisol levels and an absence of response to ACTH stimulation. Manifestations of intracranial hypertension include bulging fontanelles, headaches, and bilateral papilledema.
In controlled clinical trials, the total incidence of adverse reactions associated with the use of CUTIVATE Ointment was approximately 4%. These adverse reactions were usually mild, self-limiting, and consisted primarily of pruritus, burning, hypertrichosis, increased erythema, hives, irritation, and lightheadedness. Each of these events occurred individually in less than 1% of patients.
The following additional local adverse reactions have been reported infrequently with topical corticosteroids, including fluticasone propionate, and they may occur more frequently with the use of occlusive dressings and higher potency corticosteroids. These reactions are listed in an approximately decreasing order of occurrence: dryness, folliculitis, acneiform eruptions, hypopigmentation, perioral dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, secondary infection, skin atrophy, striae, and miliaria. Also, there are reports of the development of pustular psoriasis from chronic plaque psoriasis following reduction or discontinuation of potent topical corticosteroid products.
Topically applied CUTIVATE Ointment can be absorbed in sufficient amounts to produce systemic effects (see PRECAUTIONS ).
Apply a thin film of CUTIVATE Ointment to the affected skin areas twice daily. Rub in gently.
CUTIVATE Ointment, 0.005% is supplied in 15-g (NDC 0173-0431-00), 30-g (NDC 0173-0431-01), and 60-g (NDC 0173-0431-02) tubes.
Store between 2° and 30°C (36° and 86°F).
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A clamorous race at Brno. We don't often see a race in which (almost) all of the top riders commit a mistake, but race 2 i the Czech Republic proved to be just that. The first to err was Jonathan Rea, who crashed at turn 12 also as a result of having made contact with team-mate Tom Sykes. The man who should have profited was Marco Melandri, who moved into the lead on lap four, but then he too make a mistake, running long through turn three and having to continue on from 19th place, eventually finishing 15th and setting the fastest lap of the race in the process.
Rounding out the list of crashers was Tom Sykes, who went down at turn ten during lap five and continued to finish 16th, behind Melandri. The rider who really took advantage of the opportunity was Alex Lowes, who, thanks to a consistent pace, was able to run a pretty solitary race to the line, earning his first win in the category. "It's really fantastic - commented an emotional Lowes – thanks so much everyone".
Yamaha enjoyed a perfect day, topped off by the fact that Michael Van Der Mark crossed the line in second place. "I'm really pleased with the result, I changed front tyre today and the sensations weren't the same as yesterday. I wasn't as fast as Lowes, but I'm pleased for him on scoring his first win, and pleased for Yamaha and for my podium". Rounding out the podium was Chaz Davies. "One of the toughest weekends of recent times, along with Donington. I had little grip, so I'm pleased with a podium".
Aprilia just misses out on the podium with Laverty crossing the line fourth, followed by Savadori, while Michael Rinaldi closes sixth. Camier, Fores, Razgatlioglu and Ramos completed the top ten. Like Rea, Jordi Torres also failed to reach the finish line.


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For pure exhilaration and drama, there's nothing quite like sports: It's the crack of the bat as it connects with the baseball, hurtling it into the bleachers for a home run; the swish of the basketball as it drops into the net for a three-point play at the buzzer; the roar of the crowd as the quarterback delivers a perfect spiral pass for the winning touchdown. Most importantly, sports bring out the best in the human spirit. There is an intensity and a richness inherent in every sporting experience that amplifies our emotions and our connection with the moment and, indeed, with ourselves.
This latest collection of Chicken Soup honors all that is good in the world of sports. From major leaguers to little leaguers, from hockey stars to figure skaters, and from horseracing to mushing, the stories in this book highlight the positive and transformative nature of sports. Readers will come to see sports as one of our most important and powerful teachers. They can teach us to focus and stay the course, or to develop a new strategy and rededicate ourselves to a goal. They can teach us to be humble in victory and gracious in defeat. They can teach us the importance of teamwork and remind us that we must strive to give our individual all. At their best, sports will build us up and they will wear us down; they will build character and teach us to overcome adversity.
This book is for anyone who has ever enjoyed watching or participating in any sport, from the professional athlete to the weekend warrior, from the soccer mom to the diehard sports fan, from the marathon runner to the neighborhood jogger.
Publisher: Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, c2000.
Characteristics: xix, 362 pages ;,22 cm.
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Behind the scenes of war reporting at Berlin's Human Rights Film Festival
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Films and panels at the Human Rights Film Festival look into the work of reporters in conflict zones. From legendary foreign correspondent Marie Colvin to citizen journalists, here's how war reporting is changing.
War correspondent Marie Colvin, instantly recognizable with her trademark eye patch, died in February 2012 while stationed in Homs, reporting on the Syrian regime's attacks on the besieged enclave of Baba Amr.
The charismatic, award-winning Sunday Times reporter was lauded for her courage throughout her lifetime, and her legend only grew after her death, with various biographies and films celebrating her fearless reporting and larger-than-life personality.
They include the documentary Under the Wire, shown at the Human Rights Film Festival in Berlin. In it, photojournalist Paul Conroy, who was injured in the attack that killed Colvin and only miraculously survived it, tells the story of his last mission with her, along with other collaborators such as Sean Ryan, then a foreign editor at the Sunday Times. Ryan was a guest speaker at the film festival.
"She had this zeal for bearing witness to atrocities in war," Sean Ryan told DW. "She believed that if she did that, it would act as a deterrent and that the bad people doing these things would be less likely to do them."
Filming attacks while the baby is sleeping in the next room
Also hoping to obtain the support of the international community, Waad al-Kateab started filming the protests in Aleppo early on as a citizen journalist. She reveals her story in For Sama, co-directed by al-Kateab and Edward Watts. It was the opening film of the Human Rights Film Festival.
The documentary begins in the chaos of an attack, with people running for shelter in a basement. A woman, the mother of an infant called Sama, grabs her camera to film the events, asking other people to take care of the baby as she runs off towards the explosion.
When the attack turns out to be more destructive than expected, the camerawoman worries about what happened to her child. The initial reaction of the viewer is to wonder why a baby is in the middle of all this. In her film dedicated to Sama, Waad al-Kateab explains to her child — and the viewers — why she actively decided to keep her in that dangerous context.
Rewinding to the beginning of the uprising in Aleppo, we discover the revolutionary hopes of the young woman and other university students. They believed that their peaceful protests would rid the country of Assad's dictatorial regime.
She then fell in love with a co-activist, Hamza al-Kateab. They got married and Waad became pregnant shortly afterwards.
The activists felt there was still hope for a new Syria at the time, but the conflict kept brutally escalating. Hamza and Waad were by then central figures in the movement. As a doctor, he had established a makeshift hospital in the rebel stronghold, while her videos were being watched millions of times around the world. Keeping Sama with them strengthened their convictions.
From star foreign correspondents to citizen journalists
From the Syrians' hopeful demonstrations during the Arab Spring to the regime's brutal bombings killing children and innocent civilians, the timeline of events in For Sama echoes those in Under the Wire. Despite his years of experience in conflict zones, photographer Paul Convoy points out in Under the Wire that what he'd seen in Syria couldn't even be described as war: "It's slaughter." The violent images in For Sama confirm this impression.
But beyond the similarity in facts, the two films not only contrast in their style, they also reflect the evolution of war reporting. Whereas Under the Wire centers on a star foreign correspondent whose idealism is linked to personal ambition, For Sama tells the story of an activist who finds meaning in an evolving nightmare by becoming a citizen journalist.
For Sama is clearly the result of a long editing process to shape raw material into a powerful human story. That distinguishes the film from content provided by citizen journalists to be used quickly to report from an isolated war zone. As Sean Ryan points out, the problem with this material is that it is difficult for editors to authenticate it without knowing how trustworthy their sources are.
The former foreign editor sees another difficulty in the fact that citizen journalists cannot have the same type of global impact as established names in journalism, which was one of Marie Colvin's strengths.
Most notably, in East Timor in 1999, Colvin refused to leave a besieged compound where some 1,500 women and children were trapped. UN officials said that her international reporting was instrumental in rescuing these people: "From that moment on, she felt that her work could not only bear witness to atrocity but could also save lives," says Ryan.
As much as her reporting in East Timor can be quoted as a source of empowerment and inspiration for journalists, the death of Marie Colvin and other journalists has also scared news outlets off from sending correspondents to conflicts zones. That leaves the field open to freelancers, who are exposed to even more risks without the protection of established news outlets.
Beyond the state of emergency
Francesca Mannocchi, co-director of ISIS, Tomorrow – The Lost Souls of Mosul, was also at the Human Rights Film Festival to discuss her work. At a panel on work in conflict zones, she offered insight into her own perspective on war reporting.
Her documentary ISIS, Tomorrow explores the situation in Mosul, Iraq, after the defeat of the Islamic State terrorist organization. Through interviews with children who were either recruited by ISIS or others who lost their families in the conflict, one realizes that the seeds of terror are still present among those children and widows. "ISIS is just a logo," Mannocch says. "It might change names, but the ideology will continue."
Mannocchi says that her perspective on reporting conflicts has changed through projects such as this documentary: "One of the mistakes of our ways of doing journalism is that we turn off the camera once the conflict is over," she told DW.
"Everything in the news is always presented as an emergency, as if it has come out of nowhere, without any connections with the past and the future," she says.
She believes that investigating the complexity of post-war situations is necessary if one is to go beyond the stereotypes established by the media. It is also potentially a way to avoid repeating policy mistakes.
Mannocchi feels that with its focus on the "emergencies," the media avoids looking into the complexity of the issues — thus giving an advantage to Islamists: "When will we learn something from the past? Because they did," she says, referring to past developments such as the US withdrawal from Iraq without a proper plan, and how the IS quickly established a pool of 20,000 supporters within less than four years.
"As a journalist, I attempt to link the dots," said. "But my goal is not to give easy answers. I want to transmit the same doubts and dilemmas I experience on the ground."
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Cloud iridescence or irisation is a colorful optical phenomenon that occurs in a cloud and appears in the general proximity of the Sun or Moon. The colors resemble those seen in soap bubbles and oil on a water surface. It is a type of photometeor. This fairly common phenomenon is most often observed in altocumulus, cirrocumulus, lenticular, and cirrus clouds. They sometimes appear as bands parallel to the edge of the clouds. Iridescence is also seen in the much rarer polar stratospheric clouds, also called nacreous clouds.

The colors are usually pastel, but can be very vivid or mingled together, sometimes similar to mother-of-pearl. When appearing near the Sun, the effect can be difficult to spot as it is drowned in the Sun's glare. This may be overcome by shielding the sunlight with one's hand or hiding it behind a tree or building. Other aids are dark glasses, or observing the sky reflected in a convex mirror or in a pool of water.

Etymology
Irisations are named after the Greek goddess Iris, goddess of rainbows and messenger of Zeus and Hera to the mortals below.

Mechanism
Iridescent clouds are a diffraction phenomenon caused by small water droplets or small ice crystals individually scattering light. Larger ice crystals do not produce iridescence, but can cause halos, a different phenomenon.

Irisation is caused by very uniform water droplets diffracting light (within 10 degrees from the Sun) and by first order interference effects (beyond about 10 degrees from the Sun). It can extend up to 40 degrees from the Sun.

If parts of clouds contain small water droplets or ice crystals of similar size, their cumulative effect is seen as colors. The cloud must be optically thin, so that most rays encounter only a single droplet. Iridescence is therefore mostly seen at cloud edges or in semi-transparent clouds, while newly forming clouds produce the brightest and most colorful iridescence. When the particles in a thin cloud are very similar in size over a large extent, the iridescence takes on the structured form of a corona, a bright circular disk around the Sun or Moon surrounded by one or more colored rings.

Gallery

See also

 Polar stratospheric cloud
 Circumhorizontal arc
 Noctilucent cloud

References

External links

Iridescent cloud gallery - Atmospheric Optics site
On the Cause of Iridescence in Clouds - Scientific American Supplement

Cloud types
Atmospheric optical phenomena


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Even if we are in a new Secular Bull Market, market history says future returns are likely to be modest at best. The CAPE is at 25.9, down from the prior week's 26.1, and approximately at the level reached at the pre-crash high in October, 2007. In fact, since 1881, the average annual returns for all ten year periods that began with a CAPE around this level have been just 3%/yr (see graph below).
The "big picture" is the months-to-years timeframe – the timeframe in which Cyclical Bulls and Bears operate. The US Bull-Bear Indicator (see graph below) is at 57.51, down from the prior week's 57.70, and continues in Cyclical Bull territory.
The intermediate (weeks to months) indicator (see graph below) turned negative on Friday, December 11. The indicator ended the week at 19, up from the prior week's 17. Separately, the quarter-by-quarter indicator – based on domestic and international stock trend status at the start of each quarter – gave a negative indication on the first day of January for the prospects for the first quarter of 2016.
In the Secular (years to decades) timeframe (Figs. 1 & 2 above), whether we are in a new Secular Bull or still in the Secular Bear, the long-term valuation of the market is simply too high to sustain rip-roaring multi-year returns. In the Cyclical (months to years) timeframe (Fig. 3 above), the US is the only major market still firmly in Bull territory. In the Intermediate (weeks to months) timeframe (Fig. 4 above), US equity markets are rated as Negative. The quarter-by-quarter indicator gave a negative signal for the 1st quarter: neither US equities nor ex-US equities were in an uptrend at the start of Q1 2016, sufficient to signal a higher likelihood of a down quarter than an up quarter.
On Thursday, stocks closed the last trading session of 2015 with losses across the board. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost -0.7% on the week, down -2.23% for the year. The LargeCap S&P 500 retreated 0.83% on the week, and finished the year down -0.73%. The S&P 400 MidCap index declined -1.24% last week, and was down -3.71% for the year. The SmallCap Russell 2000 was down -1.63% last week, and was the laggard among US indices for the year, down -5.48%. The lone major US index to finish up for the year was the Nasdaq, which dropped -0.81% on the week, but was up +5.7% for the year. Canada's TSX lost -2.25% on the week, ending a disappointing year that returned -11.09%.
International markets were mixed for the week. Germany's DAX was up +0.14%, France's CAC40 down 0.56%, Italy's Milan FTSE up +1.7%, and the UK's FTSE down -0.2%. In Asia, China's Shanghai Stock Exchange was down -2.03%, Japan's Nikkei was up +0.78%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 1.01%.
In commodities, precious metals remained under pressure as Gold sold off $15.30 down to $1060.50 an ounce. Silver was down -3.86% and now under $14 to $13.82 an ounce. A barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude oil lost a -$1.05 to $37.07 a barrel.
The month of December was a negative one for all U.S. and almost all international stock indices, but nonetheless ended a positive fourth quarter whose gains all came in the month of October. November was mostly flat, and December negative, but they added up to a decent fourth quarter even though ending with a whimper. For the year, the Nasdaq Composite was up +5.7%, as noted above. The rest of the major US and international equity indexes were negative for the year, with the worst being Emerging Markets, finishing the year at -16.2%. Inside the Emerging Markets group, among the poorest performers was Brazil, at -42% for 2015. Commodities suffered another poor year, with crude oil down almost 31%, gold -11%, silver -12% and copper (thought by some to be a harbinger of future global economic activity) -24%.
In U.S. economic news, underlying inflation is either (a) rising to historically-normal levels, or (b) not picking up at all—depending on which data series you look at. The core Consumer Price Index, which removes food and energy prices, increased +0.5% to an annualized 2% last month. However, looking at the Federal Reserve's favorite price gauge–core personal consumption expenditures, the divergence is the widest it's been since 2002. Core PCE inflation remained unchanged last month, and at 1.3% annualized. Analysts suggest that as long as the PCE inflation data remains below the 2% Fed target for inflation, policymakers will be cautious hiking rates.
Initial jobless claims rose by 20,000 last week to 287,000, the most since early July—economists had been expecting only 270,000. The smoothed 4-week moving average rose to a 5-month high of 277,000. On a positive note, claims remain near a 4-decade low. The concern in the jobs market has been more about a lack of expansion in hiring through the recovery, rather than people being fired. According to the Labor Department, the U.S. added about 2.5 million jobs in 2015. That figure is acceptable, but 2014 had over 3.1 million jobs added.
U.S. home prices rose +5.2% in October versus a year earlier, according to S&P/Case-Schiller data. It was the fourth straight month of acceleration and the best gain since the summer of 2014. Portland, San Francisco, and Denver led the rankings with 10.9% advances. Economic conditions are supportive of housing demand, but limited inventory is leading to higher prices. But the Commerce Department reported that single-family housing starts rose to an 8-year high last month, so the additional supply is expected to help handle the demand. Pending home sales fell -0.9% in December, the 3rd drop in the last 4 months. The National Association of Realtors attributed the fall to higher home prices and the limited supply of homes. The pending home sales index is up +2.7% versus the previous November, the smallest annual gain since October of 2014.
A surprising drop occurred in the December Chicago Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), which fell deeper into contraction territory, to 42.9 from 48.7 – much worse than the improvement to 50 expected by economists. The -5.8 point drop was the largest contraction since July 2009. Worse, order backlogs plunged -17.2 points to 29.4, which was the worst drop in backlogs since 1951. Nonetheless, 55% of the survey's respondents reported that they expect strong demand in 2016.
In international economic news, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde stated in an article for the German newspaper Handelsblatt that she believes global economic growth will be "disappointing" in 2016. Higher interest rates in the United States and the continuing economic slowdown in China are contributing to a decline in global trade and weak raw materials prices for commodity-producing nations, she said.
Finally, 2015's increase in the value of the dollar relative to other global currencies has made a win-or-lose difference in the returns of many popular international investments vehicles.
The vast majority of American investors make their international investments in "unhedged" ETFs and Mutual Funds, where "unhedged" means that there is no attempt to offset (i.e., "hedge") the effects of the dollar's ups and downs on the value of the investments.
The average ranking of Defensive SHUT sectors rose to 6.3 from the prior week's 7.8, while the average ranking of Offensive DIME sectors rose to 16.0 from the prior week's 17.5. The Defensive SHUT sectors have maintained their lead over the Offensive DIME sectors. Note: these are "ranks", not "scores", so smaller numbers are higher ranks and larger numbers are lower ranks.


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News: HS athlete tears ligament, makes epic comeback
Wait! Why does this matter?
Jake Blatnica, a high school junior from Massachusetts, has hypotonia, mitochondrial myopathy, speech apraxia, and other disabilities. Among other sports, he plays "unified" basketball. After he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in one of his knees—the kind of injury that sidelines amateurs and professionals for extended periods of time—he did the work and made it back to playing.
USA Today named Mr. Blatnica "athlete of the year" for his high schools sports activites. Many other sites covered the story, using essentially the same content as the USA Today story, though a couple hidden behind paywalls give more information.
Having such an injury is probably a pretty terrible way to be included, but it happened. Among the sister- and brotherhood of those with ACL injuries, I'm guessing he'll fit right in. There's probably virtually no difference by disability status in the dedication required to make a comeback.
See the coverage in USA Today about this story
See the Twitter post from USA Today sports award
USA TODAY High School Sports Awards @hssportsawards
Special Olympics Athlete of the Year is Jake Blatnica! 👏 Jake has overcome odds and participates in unified bocce, unified track and unified 🏀 at his school in partnership with Special Olympics Massachusetts. He also participates in Indoor Track. Congrats! #USATODAYHSSA
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Morning crash snarls traffic on Hwy 51
RIB MOUNTAIN – Two drivers were injured in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday morning that snarled traffic on Highway 51.
The crash was reported at about 7:30 a.m. and happened just north of Highway NN, said Wisconsin State Patrol Sgt. Bryan Wrycha.
One driver was taken to Aspirus Wausau Hospital with non life-threatening injuries and another had minor injuries but was not transported, he said.
Traffic was backed up for about 40 minutes, he said. Investigators are looking into the cause.