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We conducted a prospective observational study in cardiac arrest survivors treated with mild induced hypothermia, evaluating different platelet function tests at hypo- and normothermia. We also investigated the relation between gastric emptying and vasodilator stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP).
Comatose survivors of out of hospital cardiac arrest were included and divided into two groups, depending on whether dual platelet inhibition with peroral ticagrelor and aspirin was given or not. The first blood samples (T1) were collected 12–24 hours after reaching target temperature (33°C) and were compared to blood samples collected 12–28 hours after reaching normothermia (37°C) (T2) within each group. All samples were analysed by Sonoclot viscoelasticity, flow cytometry based VASP and with multiple electrode aggregometry, Multiplate®; adenosine diphosphate (ADP), collagen (COL), thrombin receptor agonist peptide (TRAP) and arachidonic acid (ASPI). Sonoclot and Multiplate® instruments were set on in vivo temperatures. Gastric secretion from the nasogastric tube was measured to assess absorption of per orally administered antiplatelet drugs. Differences between T1 and T2 within each group were calculated using Wilcoxon matched pairs signed test. Significance levels were set at P <0.01.
In total, 23 patients were included. In patients with dual platelet inhibition (n =14) Multiplate®-analyses showed no changes in ADP stimulated platelets. COL, TRAP and ASPI aggregations were higher at T2 compared to T1. Sonoclot-analyses showed that activated clotting time (ACT) was unchanged but both clot rate (CR) and platelet function (PF) were higher at T2 compared to T1. VASP decreased from 53 ± 28(T1) to 24 ± 22(T2), (P <0.001). The average volume of gastric secretion aspirated before T1 correlated well with VASP (T1), r =0.81 (P <0.001). In patients with no platelet inhibition, (n =9) similar changes between T1 and T2 were seen as in patients with dual platelet inhibition while VASP was unchanged.
We have demonstrated increased platelet aggregation and strengthened clot formation over time in out of hospital cardiac arrest patients treated with hypothermia. In patients on oral dual platelet inhibition, the effect of ticagrelor was delayed, probably due to slow gastric emptying.
Mild induced hypothermia (MIH) is indicated for comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) to improve neurological outcome -. However, a recent multicenter study - the target temperature management (TTM) trial  in OHCA patients found that a targeted temperature of 33°C did not confer a benefit as compared with a targeted temperature of 36°C and has in some sense challenged current guidelines.
In trauma, hypothermia increases bleeding and worsens outcome ,. Therefore MIH is considered contraindicated in cardiac arrest patients with bleeding and especially intracerebral bleeding  and computer tomography (CT) of the brain is often performed prior to MIH. Conventional wisdom holds that hypothermia reduces coagulation, platelet function and impairs primary and secondary haemostasis. Whether this is true also during MIH is still debated . A few animal studies support weakened markers of haemostasis during hypothermia - while others do not -. Several reports of studies performed using blood from healthy volunteers, which was incubated at different temperatures, have been published with contradictory results. Some studies show that hypothermia decreases haemostasis -, while others show the opposite -. Studies including patients treated with MIH after OHCA are more infrequent. In two such studies , thromboelastography analyses were performed, both studies indicating decreased coagulation with prolonged clot initiation during hypothermia.
Cardiac arrest patients often undergo emergency coronary interventions with stenting, and receive dual antiplatelet therapy, including aspirin and a P2Y12 antagonist. The effect of platelet inhibition with the P2Y12-antagonist pro-drug clopidogrel may vary secondary to differences in intestinal absorption, variations in liver cytochrome activities, drug interactions, and platelet receptor polymorphisms .
Viscoelastic tests such as thromboelastography or Sonoclot do not detect aspirin or P2Y12-antagonist effects on haemostasis . With flow cytometry-based vasodilator-stimulated phosphorylated phosphoprotein (VASP) analysis, the effect of P2Y12-antagonists can be detected and has been shown to be decreased when clopidogrel is given during MIH ,. To our knowledge there are presently no studies analysing VASP in patients receiving the more potent P2Y12-antagonist, ticagrelor, together with aspirin in the OHCA treatment setting. Additionally, cardiac arrest patients develop a systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) analogous to the changes seen in sepsis, which may be both pro- and antihaemostatic -.
Multiple electrode aggregometry (Multiplate®) is a relatively new tool used to assess adequate patient response to platelet inhibitors  and also to evaluate platelet aggregability in sepsis ,,. The viscoelastic test, Sonoclot has been shown to be superior to thromboelastographic methods for detection of platelet inhibition in hypothermic animals, using glass bead activation ,. It is unknown how haemostasis measured with Multiplate® and Sonoclot is affected after OHCA and MIH in the intensive care setting and the effect of ticagrelor on the VASP analysis is also unexplored. We conducted a prospective observational study in cardiac arrest survivors either with or without ticagrelor and aspirin treatment and assessed haemostasis using Multiplate®, Sonoclot and VASP. We also investigated the relationship between gastric emptying and VASP.
This prospective, observational, single-centre study was approved by the regional ethical review board in Lund (registration numbers 411/2004, 223/2008 and 2013/284) and included comatose survivors of OHCA of all origins at the Department of Intensive and Perioperative Care, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden from February 2012 to October 2013. Informed and written consent was obtained from the next of kin and from all survivors.
Patients were eligible if they had return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after non-traumatic OHCA of any origin, were comatose (Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score ≤7) upon admission, and >18 years old. Exclusion criteria were pregnancy, suspicion of intracranial haemorrhage, diagnosed terminal illness, known coagulopathy, and anticoagulant therapy (other than prophylactic dose of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH)). Patients were divided into two groups dependent on whether they received dual platelet inhibition or not. All analyses were performed over time within each group; no comparisons were made between the groups.
Patients were investigated with CT of the brain to rule out cerebral haemorrhage before inclusion. Coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was performed at the discretion of the treating cardiologist. All patients were treated in accordance with a standardized protocol for MIH. Hypothermia was induced with cold saline (30 ml/kg) and maintained using a cooling device, that is, surface cooling (Arctic Sun®, Medivance®, Louisville, CO, USA) or intravascular cooling (IcyCath®, ZOLL, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) at the discretion of the responsible intensivist. Patients received hypothermia for 24 h at 33 ± 1°C and controlled rewarming at 0.5°C/h. Patients received the following standardized procedures: Foley catheters with incorporated temperature probes, arterial catheters, central venous catheters, and mechanical ventilation after intubation. Patients were sedated with propofol 2 to 4 mg/kg/h and fentanyl 1 to 3 μg/kg/h. Neuromuscular blockade was induced with rocuronium (0.5 mg/kg bolus) if needed, to treat shivering. Enteral nutrition (Isosource® Standard, Nestlé HealthCare Nutrition, New York, NY, USA) was started on arrival at the ICU, at 10 ml/h and continued throughout the study period. Aspiration of gastric secretions from the nasogastric tube was performed every 4 h and enteral nutrition paused if the aspirate exceeded 200 ml. The average aspirated volume was registered. See Gastric secretion below, and flowchart (Figure 1).
Flowchart. Loading and daily doses of ticacrelor and aspirin at the clinicians descretion (n =14). Nine patients did not receive ticagrelor and aspirin. All patients received enoxaparin. T1 blood samples 12 to 24 h after reaching hypothermia. T2 blood samples 16 to 28 hours after reaching normothermia. OHCA, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; MIH, mild induced hypothermia.
No patients received thrombolysis. All patients received LMWH, enoxaparin, 40 mg subcutaneously once daily. The clinician decided whether patients should receive dual platelet inhibition with ticagrelor (180 mg loading dose followed by 90 mg twice daily) and aspirin (300 mg loading dose followed by 75 mg daily), normally depending on whether or not emergency PCI was performed. Administration of the dual platelet inhibition was standardized; a loading dose was given 0 to 4 h before target temperature was reached and further maintenance doses were given every 12 (ticagrelor) or 24 (aspirin) h. In the data analysis patients treated with dual platelet inhibition were treated separately from patients not receiving this treatment.
Blood was drawn through an arterial catheter using a Safedraw™ PMSET 1DT, (Argon Critical Care Systems, Singapore) and collected in a vacutainer system (BD, Plymouth, UK). The first sampling occasion, time-1 (T1), was during stable hypothermia, that is, 12 to 24 h after reaching target temperature (33°C). The second sampling occasion (T2) was 12 to 28 h after reaching normothermia.
Blood samples were analysed at each time point by conventional coagulation tests (activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), prothrombin time, international normalized ratio (PT-INR), platelet count and fibrinogen) along with Multiplate®, Sonoclot, VASP and C-reactive protein (CRP). Blood samples for Multiplate® analysis were collected in 3.0-ml tubes containing recombinant hirudin (Dynabyte GmbH, Munich, Germany). Blood for VASP-analysis was collected in a 4.5-ml tube containing 0.109 M citrate (BD Vacutainer systems, Plymouth, UK). The Sonoclot analysis was performed on native blood collected in a 2-ml syringe (BD, Plymouth, UK).
Conventional haematological tests: PT-INR, aPTT, fibrinogen and platelet count analyses were performed at the accredited hospital laboratory. PT-INR, aPTT and fibrinogen were measured using a Sysmex 5100 analyzer (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Marburg, Germany). The PT-INR assay was performed with the Owren PT reagent (Siemens) calibrated using international normalized ratio (INR) calibrators certified by the Swedish external quality assessment organization EQUALIS AB (Uppsala, Sweden), traceable to World Health Organisation (WHO) RBT/90 standard. The normal value for PT-INR is <1.2. For aPTT, actin FSL and for fibrinogen, Dade Thrombin reagent was used (Siemens). The reference intervals have been established locally for aPTT to 26 to 33 s and for fibrinogen to 2 to 4 g/L.
Platelet count was measured using the Sysmex XN-10 analyzer (Siemens). The locally determined reference range for platelet count is 165 to 387 × 109/L for adult women and 145 to 348 × 109/L for adult men. CRP-was measured using the Cobas 6000/8000 (Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany) and a standard procedure; the normal value is <3 mg/L.
VASP was analysed at 37°C using a dual colour flow cytometer assay (PLT VASP/P2Y12, BioCytex, Marseille, France), which is specific for P2Y12 inhibitors . The ratios between phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated VASP were used to calculate the platelet reactivity index (PRI), which reflects the effect of ticagrelor. According to previous studies, a PRI <50% is regarded as a satisfactory effect of P2Y12 inhibitors, a PRI ≥50% is regarded as an unsatisfactory effect of P2Y12 inhibitors , and PRI ≥70% is considered a normal value for untreated patients.
Multiplate®, multiple electrode aggregometry (Roche, Rotkreuz, Switzerland) was used to measure an agonist-induced platelet aggregation. Hirudin-anticoagulated whole blood was stored at room temperature before analysis within 0.5 to 3.0 h of blood sampling. Both the samples, taken with the patient in stable hypothermia (T1) and in stable normothermia at (T2), were analysed with the Multiplate® set first at 33°C in duplicate test cells and then at 37°C in duplicate test cells. The extent of platelet aggregation is measured by resistance (impedance) changes between two electrodes, and then depicted as a graph. The area under the curve (AUC) is the best aggregometry parameter of the Multiplate® test. Four test assays were performed; ADPtest (platelet aggregation in response to adenosine-5′-diphosphate), COLtest (platelet aggregation in response to collagen), TRAPtest (platelet aggregation in response to thrombin receptor agonist peptide) and ASPItest (platelet aggregation in response to arachidonic acid).
A Sonoclot Analyzer (Sienco® Inc. Arvada, USA) with a temperature regulated heating or cooling plate was used to study temperature effects on native blood. Both the samples taken with the patient in stable hypothermia (T1) and in stable normothermia at (T2) were analysed within 2 minutes from sampling with the Sonoclot Analyzer set at 33°C and at 37°C. Analyses were performed in duplicate for both temperatures according to the manufacturer's recommendations. A glass bead test (Sienco® gbACT + ™ Kit), which has been designed to initiate coagulation in a more stable manner than previous tests, was used. The Sonoclot measures the viscoelastic drag-impedance that fibrin and platelets in a whole blood sample impose upon the oscillating Sono-probe. A time-based graph reflects the different steps in the clotting whole blood sample, called the Sonoclot signature. The measured parameters are with defined normal values in parentheses are as follows: 1) ACT (activated clotting time) (100 to 155 s) is the time taken for the first fibrin to form, and is defined as the time it takes for the signature to move 1% upscale from the start of the graph (immersion response) and corresponds to aPTT and traditional ACT tests; 2) clot rate (CR) (9 to 35 units/minute): the rate of increase in the clot impedance due to fibrin formation and polymerization (the slope of the signature after ACT) in % of full scale per minute; 3) platelet function (PF) (>1.5 units) is the point where the squeezing out of trapped serum in the contracting clot (sign of functioning platelets) exceeds the accumulation of clot bulk on the probe and can be described as the time to peak from the immersion response. PF performs better than previous peak amplitude and time to peak parameters, reflecting the gPIIb/IIIa-dependent clot retraction .
To estimate the degree of ventricle retention, aspiration of gastric secretions was performed every 4 h. The average aspirated volume during 0 to 24 h after reaching hypothermia (for T1 samples) and during 0 to 28 h after reaching normothermia (for the T2 samples) was registered.
Non-parametric variables (Gaussian distribution not assumed) were summarized using the median with range (minimum to maximum). Parametric variables were summarized using mean ± SD. To reduce the risk of a Type I error due to multiple testing the significance level was set at a P-value <0.01. Differences between results were calculated using the two-tailed, Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed test. Correlation coefficients were calculated using Spearman's rank correlation method. Differences in categorical data were calculated using Fisher's exact test. All statistical analyses were performed using GraphPad Prism 5, version 5.03; GraphPad Software, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Twenty-three patients were included, fourteen patients in the group with dual platelet inhibition therapy and nine in the group without platelet inhibition therapy. Demographic data of all subjects are shown in Table 1.
Results presented as mean ± SD, n (%) or medians (range (minimum to maximum)).
Results from the blood analyses are shown in Table 2. The most important findings are presented below.
Results presented as mean ± SD, median (range (minimum to maximum), or number (%). T1, blood sampling 12 to 24 h after reaching 33°C); T2 blood sampling 16 to 28 h after reaching normothermia. Multiple electrode aggregometry, (Multiplate®) and Sonoclot analyses set on the patient's body temperature at the sampling occasion and at Opposite-analysis temperature (that is, 37°C if the patient's body temperature was 33°C and vice versa). Differences between laboratory results for T2 versus T1 (P-values) were calculated using two-tailed, paired t-test for means, two-tailed paired Wilcoxon matched pairs signed test for medians and Fisher's exact test for categorical variables. **P <0.01. ***P <0.001. aP <0.01 compared to the other analysed temperature. bP <0.001 compared to the other analysed temperature on the same sampling occasion. VASP, vasodilator-stimulated phosphorylated phosphoprotein; PRI, platelet reactivity index; AUC: area under the curve.
Patients with dual platelet inhibition: platelet count, PT-INR and aPTT were all unchanged between T1 and T2. Fibrinogen increased from 3.2 ± 0.9 (T1) to 4.9 ± 1.3 (T2), (P =0.002) and CRP increased from 52 ± 38 (T1) to 147 ± 72 (T2) (P <0.001). VASP decreased from 53 ± 28 (T1) to 24 ± 22 (T2), (P <0.001). Multiplate®-analyses, with the analyses temperature set on the in vivo temperature, showed no changes in ADP-stimulated platelets. COL, TRAP and ASPI tests were all increased at T2 compared to T1 (Table 2 and Figure 2). In the Sonoclot-analyses ACT was unchanged but both CR and PF was increased at T2 compared to T1 (Table 2 and Figure 2).
Results from blood analyses for individual patients. Multiplate® and Sonoclot instruments set on the in-vivo temperature. PI, patients with dual platelet inhibition (n =14); nPI, patients with no platelet inhibition (n =9); T1, blood sampling 12 to 24 h after reaching 33°C body temperature; T2, blood sampling 16 to 28 h after reaching normothermia. Multiple electrode aggregometry, Multiplate®: ADP: adenosine diphosphate-agonist; COL, collagen-agonist; TRAP, thrombin-agonist; ASPI, arachidonic-acid agonist. Sonoclot analyses: ACT, activated clotting time; CR, clotting rate; PF, platelet function. AUC, area under curve; **P <0.01; ***P <0.001.
Patients with no platelet inhibition: platelet count, PT-INR, aPTT, and VASP did not change significantly. Multiplate®-analyses were performed with the analyses temperature set on the patient's body temperature. ADP and TRAP tests were not changed significantly. COL and ASPI tests increased at T2 compared to T1 (Table 2 and Figure 2). In the Sonoclot®-analyses ACT and CR were unchanged but PF was increased in T2 compared to T1 (Table 2 and Figure 2).
Correlation aspirated gastric secretion - VASP: the median volume of gastric secretion aspirated in patients with dual platelet inhibition was 105 (10 to 200) ml during T1 and 65 (10 to 200) ml during T2 (not significant). The volume of gastric secretion aspirated during T1 correlated well with VASP (T1), r =0.81 (P <0.001) (Figure 3). This correlation was not detected at T2.
Correlation between aspirated gastric secretion and vasodilator-stimulated phosphorylated phosphoprotein (VASP) . Patients with dual platelet inhibition (n =14). Gastric secretion T1, median volume of gastric secretion aspirated from nasogastric tube, 0 to 24 h after reaching 33°C body temperature; VASP T1, 12 to 24 h after reaching 33°C body temperature; PRI, platelet reactivity index.
In this prospective observational study on OHCA patients treated with MIH we have demonstrated an increase in Multiplate®-assays COL, TRAP, ASPI and Sonoclot assays CR and PF between the stable hypothermic and the stable normothermic state, indicating increased platelet aggregation and strengthened clot formation.
This observational study did not include a normothermic control group, thus the cause for the increased platelet aggregability and viscoelastic clot formation between stable hypothermia (T1) and stable normothermia (T2) is not known but two possible explanations will be discussed. Hypothermia has been shown to decrease haemostasis measured with viscoelastic methods ,,, and with platelet function testing ,,. Thus, the lower temperature at T1 could be responsible for the decreased values as compared to T2. In addition, post-resuscitation stress responses after cardiac arrest mimic the immunologic and coagulation disorders observed in severe sepsis . Presumably the low-flow state during cardiac arrest, followed by a reperfusion injury after return of spontaneous circulation is responsible for a SIRS reaction that may cause an activation of the coagulation system ,. This can be compared to studies by Adamzik et al.  and Brenner et al.  that showed reduced platelet aggregation, measured with Multiplate®, in patients with severe sepsis. In our study CRP and fibrinogen increased between the sampling occasions (Table 2) in all patients indicating a significant SIRS with an acute phase reaction 2 to 3 days after OHCA, although this did not reach statistical significance in the group without platelet inhibition.
The effect of ticagrelor depends on intestinal absorption to the systemic circulation. It is well-known that hypothermia, opioids and acute critical illness reduce gastrointestinal motility . In the present study 50% of the patients with dual platelet inhibition did not reach the target VASP PRI <50% at the first sampling occasion (T1), thus placing them at risk for thromboembolic events. This is in agreement with previous findings of impaired bioavailability of clopidogrel in critically ill patients  and comparable with the results from Bjelland et al.  and Ibrahim et al. , which demonstrated high rates of non-responders in clopidogrel-treated patients (100% and 83%, respectively) as well as in ticagrelor-treated patients (61%)  in MIH after cardiac arrest. In the present study we also demonstrated significant correlation between gastric emptying and VASP during hypothermia (Figure 3), indicating that gastric emptying is responsible for the limited ticagrelor effect observed at T1. These findings underline the importance of stimulating motility of the gastro-intestinal tract as soon as possible in the cardiac arrest patient who is dependent on absorption of oral P2Y12 inhibitors to limit the risk of stent thrombosis. This is also demonstrated in a recent observational study by Joffe et al. , including patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with coronary stents. In the study by Joffe et al. cardiac arrest patients did not receive P2Y12 inhibitors and had a much higher incidence of stent thrombosis (10.9%) than patients in the control group (2.0%), who were treated with P2Y12 inhibitors but had not had previous cardiac arrests.
VASP analysis is specifically designed to monitor only the P2Y12 platelet inhibitory effect on platelets  and as expected, only patients on P2Y12 platelet inhibitory medication actually exhibited VASP changes. Multiplate® and Sonoclot tests on the other hand, are not as specific as VASP analysis and are sensitive to many pro- and anti-haemostatic variables ,,,,, not detectable with VASP. Furthermore, Multiplate®-assays (except ADPassay) and Sonoclot assays cannot detect moderate P2Y12inhibition . These characteristics of the different analyses explain why Multiplate®-assays, COL, TRAP, ASPI and Sonoclot assays, CR and PF, in our study show strengthened platelet function and coagulation over time, and on the other hand, P2Y12-sensitive VASP analysis show weakened platelet function in ticagrelor treated patients.
We performed all Multiplate® and Sonoclot analyses with the instruments set both at the patient's actual body temperature (the in vivo temperature) and at the opposite temperature, that is, 33°C or 37°C. This was not performed to determine whether the rise in body temperature or the SIRS is responsible for the increased values in normothermia, but rather to identify how the temperature of the instrument affects the results. We found that ASPItest in the Multiplate® analyses and multiple assays in the Sonoclot analyses indicated weaker values when normothermic samples were cooled and stronger values when hypothermic samples were warmed (Table 2). This is in agreement with results from Shimokawa et al.  that showed the importance of performing hemostatic measurements with the Sonoclot and thromboelastography at the actual in vivo (hypothermic) temperature and not only at the traditional 37°C setting. The PF platelet parameter used in the present study better reflects clot contraction than the parameters used by Shimokawa .
Other limitations of the present study include that platelet function assay was done under minimal shear, so that platelet function under flow, which is influenced by haematocrit and von Willebrand Factor, could not be assessed . Furthermore, this study did not explore the causes for the increased platelet aggregability and the viscoelastic clot formation. We welcome a randomized controlled trial to explore whether hypothermia, the SIRS reaction, an unknown factor or a combination of factors are responsible for the observed changes.
We have demonstrated increased platelet aggregation and strengthened clot formation over time in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients treated with hypothermia. In patients on oral dual platelet inhibition, the effect of ticagrelor was delayed, probably due to slow gastric emptying.
TK contributed with study design, conduct of the study, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript preparation. JD contributed with study design, conduct of the study, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript preparation. HF contributed with study design, and manuscript preparation. US contributed with study design, data analysis and manuscript preparation. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The study was supported by two unconditional grants, used to finance the writing of the manuscript: the University funds: ISEX-ALF (Ulf Schött); EU-funding National Health Service (Sweden), European Union Interreg program IV A (Hans Friberg and Thomas Kander).


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Q: Generating a shortcut or launching a program with arguments from a web browser First, before people start yelling about "This isn't secure!!!", I am asking in regards to a private, business intranet site that is not publicly accessible over the Internet. We are in control of all of the systems and workstations.
Our users would like the ability to somehow launch a program from a web browser if installed on a user's computer. One example is, if there is a web interface that displays a SQL server IP address and a database name, be able to click a link and open SQL Server Management Studio on the workstation via the command line arguments to ssms.exe. Or being able to launch Visual Studio and invoke the /diff command line option which compares two files.
I understand this goes against all manner of web security, but is there any way that this could work out of the box (or via a Chrome extension)?
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Proposal to eliminate Missouri Conservation sales tax withdrawn
A House proposal that would have eliminated the one-eighth of one percent conservation sales tax, which accounts for 60-percent of the Department of Conservation's budget, has been withdrawn.
State Representative Craig Redmon
State Representative Craig Redmon says he filed the resolution to spark debate with the department, and feeling he has succeeded in starting that debate, decided to withdraw it after meeting with Conservation officials. Redmon doesn't like that there is no sunset clause or periodic review built into the tax.
"When you don't ever vote on a tax again, when that tax goes on for infinity, it could have the potential of taking away some accountability," said Redmon. "Everybody thinks government should be more transparent and more accountable. And with this policy, I felt like that was a problem."
Conservation Deputy Director Tim Ripperger says the conservation sales tax brings in approximately 107 million dollars a year, and says produces almost five times that amount in state and local taxes.
"Because of the fish and wildlife related activity, spending on recreation and the forest products industry, that tax generates 507 million dollars of state and local taxes throughout Missouri," says Ripperger. "So, it's been a real economic boom for the state when you look at it."
Tim Ripperger (Courtesy of MDC)
The Department of Conservation does not receive general revenue funds.
Redmon says people saw his proposal and accused him of hating the conservation department and of trying to end it, but Redmon says he actually likes the department and was trying to fix a potential problem.
"What would happen if somebody would [offer a proposal to eliminate the conservation tax] and actually get it passed, then where would we be?" said Redmon. "That is the big discussion problem."
Ripperger says the department is truly appreciative that Redmon has withdrawn the proposal.
"Anytime you're looking at a piece of legislation that could impact your budget by 60-percent, obviously that's significant," said Ripperger. "We're encouraged that Representative Redmon has sat down with us, talked to us, worked with us, will work through the process, and we're encourage the proposal has been withdrawn."
Ripperger says Redmon has indicated that he would like to see more oversight on the department. Ripperger says he understands and respects his views on that.
Redmon has been the chairman of the Appropriations Committee for Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources for the past two years. That committee will hear testimony from the Conservation Department about its budget on Monday.
While Redmon's proposal has been eliminated, the Conservation Commission of Missouri put out a release on Friday expressing its concern over several other measures, including separate proposals from Senator Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown) that would eliminate hunting, fishing, and permitting fees for Missouri residents; and from Representative Bryan Spencer (R-Wentzville) that would ask voters to reduce the conservation sales tax from one-eighth to one-sixteenth of a cent.
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For Immediate Release                                     April 17, 2000
STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
President Clinton to Visit Portugal, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine
May 30-June 6
President Clinton will travel to Portugal May 30 through June 1, to Aachen and Berlin, Germany, June 1-3, 2000, to Moscow, Russia, June 4-5, and to Kiev, Ukraine, June 6.
In Lisbon, the President will attend the bi-annual United States-European Union Summit meeting. He also has accepted an invitation by the Portuguese to conduct a bilateral visit.
In Aachen, the President will accept the Charlemagne Prize, which has been awarded annually since 1949 to international figures who have made a special contribution to European unification. In Berlin, German Chancellor Schroeder has invited the President to hold bilateral discussions. The President has also accepted the Chancellor's invitation to take part in the "Conference on Progressive Governance for the 21st Century."
In Moscow, the President will meet with President-elect Putin and other Russian leaders. The President also hopes to use his visit to speak to a broad spectrum of Russian leaders who are building new democratic institutions, civil society, and a market economy.
The President will also visit Kiev on June 6 for talks with President Kuchma and other senior Ukrainian officials and then return to Washington that evening.


As every week, we hosted a nice BBQ to our guest at the Surfcamp in Corralejo north of Fuerteventura Island, these weeks are been good for surfers and kiters in similar parts, the different options that the island has as water sports paradise could offer nice conditions for most of the boardriders we hosted.
The vibes at the camp were cool, everybody nice and calm after spending quality time at the ocean. We expect you here in Fuerte to book your water sports holiday experience with us, and enjoy a nice Bbq and a couple of 'cold ones' with us!


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India All India 30 Nov 2018 Imran Khan bowled 'googly', India sent 2 ministers: Pak minister
India, All India
Imran Khan bowled 'googly', India sent 2 ministers: Pak minister
Published : Nov 30, 2018, 9:37 am IST
Updated : Nov 30, 2018, 9:54 am IST
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi noted that it was the same Indian govt that had said it will not engage with Pakistan.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan, Indian politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal and others during ground breaking ceremony for Kartarpur corridor in Pakistan's Kartarpur. (Photo: PTI)
Islamabad/New Delhi: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said Prime Minister Imran Khan bowled a "googly" to ensure Indian government's presence at the groundbreaking ceremony of the landmark Kartarpur Corridor.
Qureshi's remarks came a day after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj categorically ruled out the possibility of resumption of bilateral talks with Pakistan unless it stops cross-border terror activities against India.
Pakistan earlier invited Swaraj for Wednesday's ceremony. Swaraj, however, was unable to travel to Kartarpur Sahib due to prior commitments.
India was represented at the events by Union ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Singh Puri.
Qureshi said that opening of the Kartarpur border was a "big achievement" of the cricketer-turned-politician's government, which on Thursday completed the first 100 days in office after winning the general elections.
"Imran delivered a googly and India sent two ministers to Pakistan," he said, using a cricketing term.
A googly is a leg-spinner's prize weapon, which is almost undetectable.
Qureshi noted that it was the same Indian government that had said it will not engage with Pakistan.
He said a meeting with Indian counterpart Swaraj was fixed on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) last year but it was cancelled by India.
He also said that India refused to engage even after the letter written by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to his Indian counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resume bilateral talks.
He was referring to the letter Khan wrote in September, seeking to seeking to re-start the bilateral talks.
Nearly 24 hours after agreeing to have a bilateral meeting between Swaraj and Qureshi on the sidelines of the UNGA, India called off the meeting, citing the brutal killings of three policemen in Jammu and Kashmir and Islamabad releasing postage stamps "glorifying" Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani.
"Tensions with India are not hidden from anyone but our approach is people-centric and we need peace for people to prosper. We need peace in order to speed up the development of our country," Qureshi said.
He recalled that "Imran Khan said he will take two steps for every one step India takes."
Qureshi also condemned the violence in Kashmir and said that Pakistan always stood with people of Kashmir and would always stand by them.
"This is one issue on which all political parties are united," he said. Speaking on Pakistan's "achievements" in international relations during the first 100 days of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, Qureshi said that Pakistan's case at global level was not heard before — something he said his ministry was trying to address.
"Our neighbour wanted to weaken Pakistan," he said, in an apparent reference to India.
"We could not present Pakistan's case before the world because we did not have a lawyer," he said.
The foreign minister said that the first thing on the government's foreign agenda was to have better relations with Afghanistan.
The Pakistan foreign minister said the new government has now carved out from scratch the country's foreign policy priorities.
He said government was committed to have peaceful ties with all neighbours.
He said that Pakistan had set up institutional framework with Afghanistan to settle all problems.
Qureshi said that Pakistan gave a lot of importance to relations with Iran and would not let the ties with Tehran to deteriorate.
He said relations with China were solid and poised to further deepen as the two sides have given new direction to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Qureshi also said Pakistan wanted to strengthen ties with the United States, which has been pressing Islamabad to do more to curb terrorism.
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It comes out all proper and pretty, but... I need to squeeze this code into an SQL column so it needs to be in one line without any hidden line breaks. I tried
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That doesn't work because \n is escaped within the prettified block so it comes out as above. Is there any way to "code in" line breaks into the prettified code?
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Q: Understanding Functional Interface Methods and Method References I want to go with definitions and their examples.
@FunctionalInterface public class Supplier<T> {
   public T get();
}

Its usage is
Supplier<LocalDate> s1 = LocalDate::now;
Supplier<LocalDate> s2 = () -> LocalDate.now();
LocalDate d1 = s1.get();
LocalDate d2 = s2.get();

Here, my comprehension is now is factory method and referred to by s1 and s2. Their types are Supplier<LocalDate>. I get from the type LocalDate::now returns LocalDate type.
@FunctionalInterface public class Consumer<T> {
   void accept(T t);
}

Its usage,
Consumer<String> c1 = System.out::println;
Consumer<String> c2 = x -> System.out.println(x);

println is the method taking String, returning nothing.
Lastly,
@FunctionalInterface public class Predicate<T> {
   boolean test(T t);
}
@FunctionalInterface public class BiPredicate<T, U> {
   boolean test(T t, U u);
}

Their usages,
Predicate<String> p1 = String::isEmpty;
Predicate<String> p2 = x -> x.isEmpty();

BiPredicate<String, String> b1 = String::startsWith;
BiPredicate<String, String> b2 = (string, prefix) -> string.startsWith(prefix);

My problem is here that Predicate has a method declaration returning boolean and passing nothing. Doesn't it? In the above two examples at left-hand side among diamond operators there are types either return type or passing type. So, isEmpty declaration has no type for passing, boolean for returning. Same act applies for BiPredicate that startsWith takes just only one parameter type of String, returns boolean. How does it work? Because I think it should work with Predicate not with BiPredicate. But, in this case isEmpty shouldn't work with Predicate but works. I'm a little confused. Would you explain it?


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Bill Buckner: Remembering The 1986 American League Champion Boston Red Sox
Published by Herb Crehan on April 9, 2016 | Leave a response
Bill Buckner, who played first base for the Boston Red Sox from 1984 to 1987 and 1990, ranks in the top 100 among major league baseball players in eight important lifetime categories. In fact, only 53 players in the history of major league baseball have accumulated more base hits than Buckner's 2,715 career hits.
Bill Buckner's career, which began in 1969 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and ended in 1990 with the Red Sox, spanned four decades. He is one of only twenty-five major leaguers to achieve this distinction. His four-decade career places him among such luminaries as Ted Williams, who played for the Red Sox from 1939 to 1960, and Carlton Fisk whose career began in 1969 with the Red Sox and ended in 1993 with the Chicago White Sox.
Buckner was also one of the great 'contact hitters' of all-time, striking out only once for every 22 plate appearances. To put that statistic into perspective, the two best contact hitters on the 2006 Red Sox, Mark Loretta and Mike Lowell, are on pace to strike out once for each 11 plate appearances. Looking back in history, Hall-of-Famer Wade Boggs, who was recognized as an exceptional contact hitter, struck out once for each 15 plate appearance during his Red Sox career.
But despite these glowing statistics, Bill Buckner selects the following quote from his playing career as the way he would like to be remembered: "The fans like players who go all out, play hard. I do the best I can. I enjoy playing. That's all I've done." Interviewed by telephone in his Boise, Idaho, home Buckner says, "That pretty well sums it up. That's what my career was all about."
ALL-AROUND ATHLETE
Bill Buckner was born and raised in Vallejo, California, a small town "out in the country," in his words, about 50 miles north of San Francisco. His older brother Bob and younger brother Jim both excelled in schoolboy sports and went on to play minor league baseball. Bill is quick to acknowledge that his was an athletic household.
"There was a lot of whiffle ball played in the backyard and a lot of softball in the house. There were quite a few broken windows. I'm afraid we drove our mother to distraction," he laughs in memory. And how did younger sister Jan, Jim's twin, fare in all this activity?
"She held her own with us. She was very athletic. At the time there wasn't as much opportunity for girls to play sports, but if there had been I think she would have done very well," he recalls, looking back. And who was the best athlete among the Buckner boys?
"To be honest," he replies, "I think we were all pretty even. Both of them [Bob and Jim] were terrific athletes and had nice careers. I think it was probably a case where I was a little more motivated and probably got a little better instruction."
Buckner excelled in sports at nearby Napa High School. He was an outstanding wide receiver in football and was later elected to the Northern California High School Football Hall of Fame. But baseball was his first love.
"When I was about twelve years-old, a fellow by the name of Augie Garrido, Sr., [Augie Garrido, Jr., is the nationally-known baseball coach at the University of Texas] who was an umpire and part-time scout, told me he thought I had a future in baseball. And that always stayed with me. I enjoyed the other sports, but I always thought baseball was my future."
After graduation, Buckner matriculated at USC on a combination baseball/football scholarship. It may surprise Red Sox fans who watched him ten years after a serious ankle injury slowed him, but speed was a primary weapon for the young Buckner. "When we were at USC I used to race Bobby Valentine [then a future major league player and manager] to classes. He always won though. He was quite a track star back in Connecticut."
The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Buckner in the second round of the June 1968 draft. He remembers that it was difficult deciding whether to sign a professional contract. "It was a tough call. I was torn. I recognized the value of a college scholarship and I had always intended to graduate.
"And I hated the Dodgers because I grew up a San Francisco Giant fan," he adds. "I remember watching them in Seals Stadium [the Giants first home after moving from New York] and seeing players like Willie Mays, Leon Wagner and the Alou brothers. But in the end I decided to sign with the Dodgers."
WELCOME TO PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
Bill Buckner's first stop on the road to the big leagues was Ogden, Utah, with the Dodgers team in the short-season Pioneer League. Buckner remembers his introduction to Ogden's manager, and subsequent Dodger legend, Tommy Lasorda. "We had an intra-squad game and Tommy was pitching to both sides. I hit a double off the wall and stopped at second.
"Tommy threw his glove down and said, 'If you ever do that again [stop at second instead of trying for a triple] I'll slit your throat!' I was in a state of shock. Here I've been in a professional baseball uniform for less than an hour, and the manager is threatening to slit my throat. I didn't know what to think," he recalls, laughing at the memory.
"But Tommy was great, I learned a lot from him. He made us play every game like it was the World Series," Buckner said. "And we had some great players on that team. Bobby Valentine was on that team. Steve Garvey and Tom Paciorek played with us. And Tommy [Lasorda] made sure we won!"
Bill Buckner was on the Dodgers fast track to Los Angeles. He started the 1969 season with the Dodgers farm team in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but he was promoted to Triple-A Spokane after just 70 games in Double-A. After batting .315 in Spokane he found himself in Los Angeles as a September call-up. He made his major league debut as a pinch-hitter in a September 21, 1969, game against the Giants.
Asked how well he remembers his first major league at-bat, Buckner responds, "I'll never forget it! We were playing in San Francisco against the team I grew up rooting for. The Giants were fighting the Braves for first place in the division. And I had about 30 family and friends in the stands. As a September call-up I had just been sitting and watching, but Walter Alston [Dodger manager and a Hall-of-Famer] sent me up to pinch hit with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning.
"I remember how hard my heart was pounding, and thinking, 'How will I ever play in the big leagues if I feel like this every time I come up?' I was facing Gaylord Perry, one of the Giants best pitchers. The home plate umpire saw how nervous I was, and said, 'Relax son.' But I did manage to foul off four or five pitches. Finally I hit one towards right field that looked like it might fall in, but Ron Hunt [Giant second baseman] made a nice catch and the game was over."
DODGER BLUE
That 19-year-old went on to accumulate an additional 9,396 official at-bats in the major leagues. Since this total ranks 39th on baseball's all-time list it is clear that Bill Buckner overcame his first at-bat jitters. And after an All-Star season with Spokane the following season, he returned to the Dodgers at the end of the 1970 season for 28 games.
CAREER-CHANGING INJURY
On April 18, 1975, Bill Buckner suffered a severe left ankle sprain sliding into second base. "I came back to play after spending some time on the disabled list," he recalls. "But my ankle wasn't right, and yes, that was the beginning of my ankle problems. I had surgery in September to remove a torn tendon and in October I had bone chips removed."
The surgeries helped, and in 1976 he came back to hit .301 and steal 28. But in January 1977 the Los Angeles Dodgers traded Bill Buckner and two others to the Chicago Cubs for outfielder Rick Monday and pitcher Mike Garman. "That [trade] really hurt," Buckner says emphatically. "The Dodgers were like family. I had been with the organization my whole career and it was a close-knit organization. But when you are traded like that you have to remember that someone else wants you."
Buckner's career got off to a solid start with the Cubs when he batted .284 in 1977, playing exclusively at first base. But he acknowledges that he had to make some significant adjustments. "It wasn't just playing for a new team in a new city. In the fall of 1976 I had had another operation for bone spurs and I ended up with a staph infection. The ankle never healed right and I had to change my approach. I went from a speed player, to a player who focused on driving in runs."
Bill Buckner obviously adjusted quickly, because in 1978 he hit .323 and drove in 74 runs despite appearing in only 117 games. The Chicago writers voted him "Chicago Player of the Year" in recognition of his outstanding performance. But what he remembers best from that season is that the Cubs, who had gone through some lean years, were in contention for most of the season.
"I remember that we were in or near first place around the All-Star break and the fans were really into it. The Dodgers had contended for most of my time and it was nice to feel that we [the Cubs] had a shot. The Cubs fans are really great. And I came to enjoy living and playing in Chicago. I lived downtown and I used to ride my bike to Wrigley Field."
Like Fenway Park, Wrigley Field is a unique ballpark: especially when the wind is blowing out. A game played at Wrigley Field on May 17, 1979, stands out in Bill's mind. "The wind was really blowing out that day and at one point we trailed the Phillies 19-6. But we came back to tie it 22-22. I remember I hit a grand slam and knocked in seven runs. We eventually lost 23-22, but it was a game I'll always remember."
NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING CHAMP
In 1980 Bill Buckner found himself locked in a tight battle for the National League batting title. The race for the batting crown came down to the final game of the season against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Buckner needed one hit to ensure a lead over St. Louis first baseman Keith Hernandez.
"I could have sat out and backed into the title but I didn't want to do that. John Candelaria was pitching for the Pirates and I saw him during batting practice. He said, 'I don't want Keith [Hernandez] to win. I'm going to lay it in for you all day.' I didn't know what to think, but the first pitch he threw me was his big curve ball that I couldn't possibly hit. It went on like that all day and I was 0-5! But Keith didn't do anything either and I won the batting title with a .324 average."
The following season Bill Buckner made the National League All-Star team. "That was a thrill," he remembers. He also had the distinction of driving in over 20% of the Cubs runs in 1981. No major leaguer matched that feat until Sammy Sosa, also with the Cubs, drove in 21% of his team's runs with 160 RBI in 2001.
Bill Buckner continued as a key contributor for the Cubs over the next two seasons. In 1982 he became the first Cub with over 200 hits since Hall-of-Famer Billie Williams reached that level for the Cubbies in 1970. In 1983 he set then career highs in doubles [38] and home runs [16] and he set a Major League record for first basemen with 161 assists. But when the Chicago Cubs began their 1984 season Bill Buckner was spending most of his time on the bench. The Cubs had decided that Leon Durham was their first baseman of the future.
BOSTON BOUND
On May 25, 1984, the Chicago Cubs traded Bill Buckner to the Boston Red Sox for pitcher Dennis Eckersley and a minor league infielder. "I had grown to like Chicago," Buckner recalls. "I had some good years there, my older daughter Brittany was born while I played there, and the fans were great. But it was time to move on. I knew I was going to sit on the bench in Chicago, but I was going to play every day in Boston. It was good to change leagues, to get a new start."
The Red Sox were mired in sixth place in the American League East Division, with a record of 19-25 when Bill Buckner was inserted in the Red Sox lineup on May 26. In the 113 games that he started at first base over the remainder of the season, the Red Sox had a winning record of 67-46. Buckner led the team with a .352 average with runners in scoring position, and the team finished in fourth place in the Eastern Division with a respectable 86 victories.
Bill Buckner remembers that he had to adjust his swing to accommodate the dimensions of Fenway Park. "When I came to Boston my power was to straight away right field. All you have to do is look at the 380-foot sign on the bullpen to know that isn't the best place to target. Walter Hriniak [long-time Red Sox hitting instructor] worked with me a lot to change my hitting style. I made some adjustments and was able to use the left-field wall and also take advantage of all that room in right field. Walter was a big help to me."
In the offseason he had surgery to remove a loose fragment in his left elbow. He came back in 1985 to have one of his finest major league seasons, starting in all 162 games for the Red Sox. He had a career-high 110 RBI, his 201 hits ranked third in the American League, and he had the best strikeout to at-bats ratio in the league. And he led the Red Sox with 18 stolen bases in only 22 attempts.
How does a 35-year-old player with a bad left ankle manage to steal 18 bases? Buckner responds, "First you need a manager who gives the opportunity to run when the time is right. And John McNamara trusted my ability to pick my spots. You pick the right pitcher and the right opportunity. My speed was gone, I couldn't run, but I had been trained to steal bases. I looked for spots that wouldn't hurt the team if I got caught."
Starting at first base in all 162 games gave him an opportunity to break his own major league record for assists by a first baseman. His 184 assists shattered his old mark of 161 with the 1983 Cubs. "It's not as big of a deal as it sounds," Buckner insists. "I played a deep first base because that allowed me to get to a lot of balls that might have gotten through in the hole between first and second. As a result I was fielding more balls and had more plays with the pitcher covering. After I hurt my ankle I played almost exclusively at first and I worked hard on my defense. I took a lot of pride in my defense at first base."
The 1985 Boston Red Sox got off to a good start, and they were in second place only two and one-half games out of first place on June 17. But injuries took their toll and the team finished at 81-81 for fifth place in the American League East Division.
Little was expected of the 1986 Boston Red Sox. After finishing eighteen and one-half games behind the East Division Champion Toronto Blue Jays the previous season, the team was a media consensus pick for fifth place in 1986. But Bill Buckner didn't buy into the media's pessimism.
"When we started spring training I felt pretty good about our chances. I thought we would play well. We had some good young pitchers and I knew Bob Stanley's versatility would help us. Injuries hurt us the year before, but we had finished strong," Buckner observes, referencing the team's 21-13 record over the last 5 weeks of the season.
Roger Clemens' record-setting 20-strikeout win over the Seattle Mariners on April 29 seemed to set a tone for the season Buckner remembers. "Roger Clemens was the best pitcher in baseball that season. Whenever we needed a win he seemed to come through."
At mid-season Bill Buckner's batting average was substantially below his lifetime average, but he continued to be the team's best contact hitter. Over the course of the season he drove in 24 of the 37 runners who were on third base with fewer than two outs. He agrees that his skill as a contact hitter was a major factor in his success at advancing runners.
"I hated to strike out," he remembers, "and that was part of the reason I usually put the ball in play. But I was taught that it was my job to move the runner along. That was 'the Dodger way.' If there was a runner on second with no outs, your job was to move that runner over to third. And if you came up with a runner on third with fewer than two outs, it was up to you to get him in."
There are no statistics for advancing runners from second to third with no outs. But they do faithfully record sacrifice flies. And Bill Buckner ranks 29th in the history of major league baseball with 97 career sacrifice flies.
On August 18 the Red Sox were clinging to first place and Bill Buckner was batting only .248. But as the team moved to solidify their hold on first place, Buckner caught fire. He hit 8 home runs with 20 RBI in 12 games between September 2 and 14. He was named American League Player of the Week for September 8 to 14. He put together a 17-game hitting streak that ran through September 28. And on September 28 the Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 12-3 at Fenway Park to clinch the 1986 East Division Championship. The game ended when Bill Buckner squeezed a pop-up in his first baseman's mitt for the final out.
"That's a terrific memory," Buckner offers reflecting on the celebration that took place on the field after the East was won. "And we had a lot to celebrate. That was a great team."
POSTSEASON REMEMBERED
The 1986 Boston Red Sox were matched against the California Angels, winners of the American League West Division in the American League Championship Series. The Angels surprised the Red Sox with a Game One victory over Roger Clemens at Fenway Park, but the Red Sox rebounded for a 9-3 win in an afternoon game at home to tie the Series. The two teams then flew 3,000 miles to Anaheim, California, for Games Three through Five.
After losing Games Three and Four in Anaheim Stadium, the Red Sox were on the brink of elimination when the Angels took a 5-2 lead into the ninth inning of Game Five. A lasting impression is Bill Buckner's leadoff at-bat against Angel's starter Mike Witt.
Buckner kept stepping out of the batter's box and at one point Witt could be seen screaming at him to step back in.
"I was fired up," Buckner recalls. "I knew it might be my last at-bat of the season, and I wasn't ready to let the season end." Eventually he slapped a single up the middle and scored on a Don Baylor home run as the Red Sox closed the gap to 5-4. Dave Henderson's "home run for the ages" put the Red Sox up 6-5, and after the Angels tied it in the bottom of the ninth, Henderson's sacrifice fly in the eleventh inning gave the Red Sox a 7-6 win.
"That was the most exciting game I ever played in," Buckner acknowledges. "Dave Henderson was just great."
The Red won Game Six at Fenway Park behind the pitching of Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd by a score of 10-4. Roger Clemens pitched masterfully in Game Seven to the delight of the Fenway faithful, and the Red Sox prevailed 8-1 to earn their first American League pennant since 1975. The stage was set for an historic World Series against the New York Mets.
The Boston Red Sox upset the heavily favored Mets with a 1-0 victory in the Series Opener at Shea Stadium. And they continued their winning ways with a relatively easy 9-3, Game Two victory in New York. The Series shifted to Fenway Park with the Red Sox holding a surprising two-game advantage.
But the momentum shifted quickly in the first two Games at Fenway Park. Boyd never found his rhythm as the starter in Game Three and the Mets won with ease by a margin of 7-1. When New York won Game Four 6-2, the home field advantage had shifted back to the Mets. But Bruce Hurst pitched a complete-game victory in Game Five, defeating Mets ace Doc Gooden 4-2. The Series returned to New York with the Red Sox one victory away from their elusive World Championship.
The Red Sox jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in Game Six scoring single runs in the first and second innings. The Mets tied the game with a pair of runs in the fifth inning, but the Red Sox eked out a run in the seventh to regain the lead. Roger Clemens pitched brilliantly through seven innings but he was removed for a pinch hitter in the eighth after developing a blister. The Mets tied the game in the bottom of the eighth with a run off reliever Calvin Schiraldi, and the game moved into the tenth with the score knotted at three apiece.
Dave Henderson led off the tenth inning with another heroic home run, and the Red Sox added an insurance run to take a 5-3 lead into the bottom of the tenth. But the Mets turned three singles and a wild pitch into two runs to tie the game 5-5. With Ray Knight at second base and the count at 3-2, Mookie Wilson topped a ground ball down the first base line that eluded Buckner, rolling into right field, and Knight scored the winning run.
Bill Buckner told reporters later, "I was playing deeper than usual, and I knew that Wilson was extremely fast. The ball seemed to be spinning off the end of the bat, and I was seeing the ball well. The ball had so much spin on it; I kept looking for it to bounce. But it never did. It just kept spinning and spinning and it got under my glove. It's hard to believe I missed that ball. I don't ever recall missing a ball like that in my past career."
Reflecting on that quote almost twenty year later, Buckner says, "That's pretty much it. I couldn't tell you the last error I had made prior to that play. I didn't make many errors [his lifetime fielding percentage at first base was .992] and most of them were on throws, not ground balls. It was just one of those things."
Red Sox relief pitcher Bob Stanley, who was in the middle of the action in the tenth inning, probably best puts the game into proper perspective. "Everyone wants to talk about the last inning, or even the last play," Stanley said later. "But that's not right. We left 14 runners on base that night. You have to look at the whole game."
Bill Buckner remembers feeling good about the Red Sox chances in Game Seven. "I thought we had the better team. We hit well again that night and took the lead. Bruce Hurst was pitching great, but he had pitched a lot in the playoffs and he ran out of gas. It just wasn't meant to be."
INTO HIS FOURTH DECADE
The Boston Red Sox placed Bill Buckner on unconditional waivers on July 23, 1987. Lou Gorman, who was the Red Sox General manager at the time, calls the decision, "One of the toughest things I had to do in baseball, and perhaps my toughest decision with the Red Sox. Buckner was an intense competitor and a good guy. He was the consummate professional, but we [the Red Sox] were going poorly and we had to go in a different direction."
Bill Buckner's memory is similar to Gorman's. "It was tough," he agrees. "But I wasn't playing that well, and I only had two home runs, so I understood. If I was Lou I would have done the same thing. Lou Gorman is a very nice man," he adds.
Bill Buckner signed five days later with the California Angels where he played through May of 1988. He signed as free agent with the Kansas City Royals on May 13, 1988, and he split his time between first base and serving as their designated hitter for the balance of 1988 and all of the 1989 season.
And Bill Buckner was back in a Boston Red Sox uniform for Opening Day in 1990. "Playing my way onto the Red Sox team as a 40 year-old was one of the best things I did in baseball," Buckner says. "They invited me to spring training partly as a courtesy and partly because the media backed them into a corner. My locker was down with the minor leaguers, but I played so well they had to put me on the roster."
And on Opening Day in 1990, the Boston fans gave Bill Buckner an extended, standing ovation. "That was very moving," Buckner emphasizes. "Even now, talking to you about it, and remembering it, I get chills. I'll never forget it."
He played well early that season, even contributing an inside-the-park home run at Fenway Park. But a shoulder injury put an end to his comeback. "At that point, I couldn't hit, I couldn't throw, and, of course, I couldn't run. Even I knew it was over at that point," he chuckles softly.
Bill Buckner and his family moved to Boise, Idaho, in 1993. "When I was a kid," Buckner explains, "I had a step-uncle who had a ranch in Idaho. I got to visit in the summer and I fell in love with this part of the country, the whole northwest really. When I first met my wife, I used to tell her when my playing days were over I wanted to move to Idaho and live on a ranch. I'm not sure if she believed me, but while I was still playing I bought a ranch out here and I had my brother Jim manage it.
"I did some work with the Red Sox in their minor league system after I retired. Once I finished up with that, it was time to move out here. We love it. Besides, when I was a kid, Bonanza was my favorite show!"
Today Bill Buckner is active in real estate development and he owns four auto dealerships. "Having good partners is the key," he emphasizes. One of the housing developments he built is called Fenway Park. "That was very successful," he adds.
Bill Buckner and his wife Jody have two grown daughters, Brittany and Christen Ashley. Their son Bobby will be a senior at Boise High in the fall, and shows considerable promise as a switch-hitting shortstop.
"I would like to have been at the 1986 reunion at Fenway, it would have been great to go back and see the guys. But I had made a commitment to Bobby and that had to be my priority. July 1 was the first day that Division 1 colleges could contact next year's high school seniors, and he heard from 15 colleges. That was nice.
Bill Buckner played hard, he played hurt, and he played with great distinction. He was a "players' player." And these are all attributes that Boston Red Sox fans value highly.
Bill Buckner couldn't be there when the Red Sox honored the 1986 team on June 27. But when his name appeared on the centerfield video board, the capacity crowd at Fenway Park stood and cheered him for about 30 seconds. It would be nice to have a chance to repeat that ovation with Bill Buckner on hand to enjoy it.
Former Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner throws out the ceremonial first pitch for the home Opening Day baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Boston, Tuesday April 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, Pool)
HOW BILL BUCKNER RANKS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HISTORY
CAREER TOTALS
MLB RANK
Games Played 2,517 51st
At-Bats 9,397 46th
Base Hits 2,715 62nd
Singles 1,994 49th
Doubles 498 60th
Total Bases 3,833 107th
Sacrifice Flies 97 36th (Tie)
Intentional Walks 111 97th
SOURCE: www.mlb.com
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Q: Rcmdr error when loading in OSX Yosemite I'm trying do load Rcmdr and keep getting an error message.
I'm using Rstudio Version 0.98.1091 on a OSX Yosemite operating system.
I have done the following:
    install.packages("Rcmdr")
    trying URL'http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/mavericks/contrib/3.1/Rcmdr_2.1-5.tgz'
    Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 5342987 bytes (5.1 Mb)
    opened URL
    ==================================================
    downloaded 5.1 Mb

However, when I try to load it, I get the following error:
    > library(Rcmdr)
    Loading required package: splines
    Loading required package: RcmdrMisc
    Loading required package: car
    Loading required package: sandwich
    Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'Rcmdr', details:
    call: structure(.External(.C_dotTclObjv, objv), class = "tclObj")
    error: [tcl] invalid command name "tk_messageBox".
    In addition: Warning message:
    In fun(libname, pkgname) : couldn't connect to display ":0"
    Error: package or namespace load failed for 'Rcmdr'

I have already installed X11 and it still doesn't work.

A: I had this same issue-- but it ended up working fine as long as I had X11 running prior to opening R.  Now it works fine.  See if that works!


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The cake arrived and it wasn't as pretty as shown on the website. Kind of disappointed with the outlook but at least it is saved by the taste. The cake looked like it came from those normal bakery shops but taste was good. Please update the picture to avoid over expectation.


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This Drano Product is NOT on sale however I thought I would mention it as there is a FPC coupon for it - I have one - and I've checked Sundre Sobeys & Wal-Mart and could not find it.
FREE New Garnier's Intensive 7 Day Body Lotion 400 mL with Pharmasave's coupon out of this weeks flyer!! It's located on the bottom right hand corner of page 3.
Customer is responsible for applicable taxes.
One coupon per customer, while quantities last.
V&S has a store coupon book coming out effective Feb. 11 - 23, 2013.
There's not a lot of coupon match-ups at Sobeys this week based on my coupon data base however it's very possible there are additional ones to what appears in this list.
Until this site was started I only kept track of the coupons I would use so it may take a little while for the data base to come full circle. Please comment if you're aware of other coupons that may be helpful to page visitors!
****Note the sizes given for Febreeze - suspect printing error in flyer - 2 mL??
Many great deals at NoFrills this week including a few products at stock-up prices!!
Their sale price of $.97 on 2 L Pepsi is the best value per $/spent for the Spend $20-Score $20 in coupons I've seen to date. Official Mail-In Form can be found here.
Healthy Choice Steamers 283-306 g: $2.97-$2.97 (B1G1	webSaver)=FREE!! or $1.49 ea!!
Kraft Dinner Smart: $0.97-$0.75 (save.ca)=$0.22!!
While being able to stack coupons was a nice thought it looks as though there's only 4 possible products that might actually qualify and 2 of them I'm not certain & the other 2 could be a stretch if you haven't already got the manufacturer's coupon as they are mail outs - there is the chance if you order right away they'll come in before the 7th.
Webber Naturals PGX Daily, Bonus Packs, Asst $19.99-$2.00 (Pharmasave Booklet)=$17.99; ??
[JC] Appears behind Jamieson products which count towards your Jamieson Card. See bottom of this post for a picture of it.
?? Flyer descriptions of the products these appear behind were not sufficient enough to say with certainty that the store booklet coupon does in fact apply.
With shelf prices unknown for the Pharmasave Brand Products which do have coupons from the booklet, there's no way of knowing the OPP price.
It might be worthwhile to check some of them (the $.50 store coupons for Bandages Plastic or Fabric - 100's caught my eye) to see if any of them are close to the $1.99 min. purchase required to qualify towards the B10G1 FREE card.
*Items in red are stock up prices - they may not necessarily have a coupon match.
Compliments Large Eggs $2.00/doz (Limit 2) - $1.00 WUB2 (websaver) = $1.00/doz!!
Dairyland sour cream & cottage cheese products.
Applying the coupon to any mix & match of 3 works out to $1.33 ea!
Any formatting errors are completely mine, first 'larger' flyer match up I've done. There's a few different options open for me to post these so am going to have see how they appear in 'print'!
It is quite possible I've missed some coupons as up until now I've not ordered or paid that much attention to those that were for products I wouldn't use - my kids haven't been babies for some time!! This type of situation is being remedied as I type.
Despite becoming much, much more aware of the difference between a good price and a great, STOCK-UP price, I know I don't recognize ALL of them. (Work in progress!!) Feel free to alert me to any that I miss please!
I am wanting to be able to also post a complete listing of all Club Sobeys Bonus Point offers at the same time I do the coupon flyer match ups. Hopefully next week!!
Although,there are no match ups for Home Hardware, Sundre from this flyer some of their Price Buster deals can be quite a savings. The balance of the flyer are hardware -construction project items.


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Beyond living contacted me recently with an interesting sample that they wanted to ship to me in exchange for a little promo piece on here and I'm not going to lie, I was incredibly excited about the opportunity because their products look brand spanking new and top notch so who was I to say no?
After telling me they had dispatched the poster on Monday, I received the parcel on Thursday which is about average for the delivery of a poster (we can't expect next day delivery all the time, especially when receiving a free gift).
I was pleasantly surprised by the packaging, a durable stiff tube with the considered text "Go Away" which did produce a rather hearty chuckle from me after a long day working at the office.
The poster, carefully wrapped in black tissue paper inside the tube was larger than I had anticipated and much better quality than I could have hoped for.
As per the label, the poster could be mounted on the wall in several ways, giving people like me who rent, removable options for when I eventually move home. The options included an adhesive backing, using tacks or tape, or by simply framing the poster for that added thoughtful and luxurious effect.
The poster also came complete with a safety pin. Why you ask? Because the black poster is interactive and allows it's owner to peel off individual countries for whatever reason they desire. For aspiring travellers like me, it's a great inspirational board to look at when deciding where to visit next. It is also a great idea to improve your geography, test your knowledge of countries.
Beyond living has surprised me in a positive way and I am looking forward to purchasing other products in their range in the future, including their candles which look perfect for my mantle.
Take a look at their website here: beyondliving.co.uk and let me know what you think of their products in the comments below.


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With New Tax, Portland Fires Opening Shot in Battle Against Extreme CEO Pay
PORTLAND, OR - The city of Portland, Oregon on Wednesday took a bold step towards addressing the national scourge of extreme pay inequality with the passage of a landmark tax penalty to be imposed on companies whose CEO makes more than 100 times the average worker's salary.
"This is as close as I've ever [come] to a tax on inequality itself," said outgoing commissioner Steve Novick, who proposed the tax, which was approved by the City Council 3-1.
The tax will target publicly-traded companies using "compensation data the federal Securities and Exchange Commission will report," beginning January 2018, according to Oregon Live. Officials expect that as much as $3.5 million could be raised each year, which will go towards the city's homeless services.
According to the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), "the city has identified more than 500 corporations that do enough business in Portland to be affected by the surtax, including many that regularly dominate the highest-paid CEO lists, such as Oracle, Honeywell, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and General Electric."
And Novick and other proponents are hopeful that it will inspire other cities to take local steps to tackle the nation's gross inequality epidemic. A report published by the national AFL-CIO union in May found that the average CEO of an S&P 500 company made 335 times more money than the average rank-and-file worker.
Under the plan, "a company with a CEO-to-worker ratio of at least 100-to-1 will pay a surcharge equal to 10 percent of the amount it pays for Portland's business tax," Oregon Live explains. "A company with a 250-to-1 ratio or greater would pay a 25 percent surcharge."
"This path-breaking policy tackles a key driver of our growing inequality," said IPS veteran executive compensation analyst Sarah Anderson. "I predict this will spark a wave of similar actions, much like the local living wage campaigns that have spread like wildfire across the country," she added, referring to the national Fight for $15 minimum wage movement.
"Indeed," Anderson wrote in Nation op-ed on Thursday, "we may look back at the Oregon vote as the dawn of a new 'pay ratio politics.'"
Cities and states across the country may soon be scrambling for every extra dime they can find. President-elect Donald Trump's current tax plan would lavish $6.2 trillion in tax breaks on the rich and the corporations they run over the next 10 years, a giveaway that would almost certainly lead to draconian cuts to social safety-net programs and services.
If officials outside the D.C. Beltway want to help lessen that pain, they'll need to find innovative new revenue sources. A tax penalty on extreme pay ratios could top that list.
As Portland Mayor Charlie Hales said after the vote, "It falls to cities to do creative, progressive policymaking, and this is exactly what this is."
"Income inequality is real, it is a national problem and the federal government isn't doing anything about it," Hales told the New York Times in a phone interview. "We have a habit of trying things in Portland; maybe they're not perfect at the first iteration. But local action replicated around the country can start to make a difference."


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Rolando Lekaj, the Albanian who is making international career in fashion
By: Fitim Salihu July 18, 2014
His name is Rolando Lekaj. He was born in Lezha, and for more than two years he has been living in the far Beijing. He had first experiences in modeling in 2007-2008. He initially took part in "Miss & Mister Lezha", and later on various fashion events in Tirana and Durres. In the events where he took part in the capital and in Durres he received a title.
Also, in these years, Rolando Lekaj has advertised a number of products including "Marlboro Classic", Enrico Marinelli", "Cacharel", "Collezione", "Colors", "Stef", "Intersport", "LTB", and "Unitted Colours Of Benetton & Sile". In 2010, Roland was invited to participate in the biggest event of fashion in Albania, "Miss and Mister Albania".
He signed a contract with well-known companies such as "Hermes" (a stylist from Paris), "K-Boxing" in Shanghai, "Valentino", "Jacke Jonns", "Kappa", "Nike", "Adidas", etc. He also posed for several magazines from Asia, such as "GQ", "Leon Trendshealf", "Menhealth", etc. Rolando Lekaj now works and lives in Beijing. He is a model, but is also engaged as an actor in a film in China./NacionalAlbania.al
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8 Tips for keeping fit in 2019.
The importance of good physical fitness extends beyond simply looking trim. Being fit comes with benefits such as stress reduction, increased energy and improved overall health. Moving from a sedentary lifestyle to one of physical fitness can be challenging but the key is to start slowly and to integrate physical activity into your daily routine and it can be done by just taking a few simple steps.