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Players Clearing Revocable Waivers: Smoak, Cron, Flores, Duda
By Jeff Todd | August 21, 2018 at 12:34am CDT
The end of August is in sight, which means that final player transaction jockeying is taking place. To this point, we haven't heard of many players to have cleared waivers, but the details of the process are rarely revealed as they unfold. August maneuvering involves multi-factor strategies that play out largely in the dark; that makes this time of year fascinating, in theory, but generally difficult to examine.
This evening's reporting has revealed a few intriguing nuggets, though, two of which we've already covered (see here and here). And now we can add some new names to our list of players that can be freely traded, according to a report from Joel Sherman of the New York Post.
Blue Jays first baseman Justin Smoak went through without a claim. While that's perhaps surprising at first glance, other organizations are surely aware that the Jays won't be allowing the 31-year-old to walk for nothing. Accordingly, a claim isn't likely to do much to facilitate an agreement. The switch-hitting slugger has largely carried forward his surprising 2017 output, turning in 487 plate appearances of .257/.363/.465 hitting on the current season. But he's cheap this year ($4.125MM) and controllable for an affordable rate ($6MM) for 2019. While there's obviously no reason to believe that Smoak is particularly likely to be dealt, he could still be an interesting chip for the Toronto organization — particularly if other quality hitters don't make it through the wire.
The Rays have been rewarded for rolling the dice on first baseman C.J. Cron over the winter, and could now cash him in via trade. Of course, the 28-year-old first baseman cleared waivers in large part because there's no pressure for the Tampa Bay club to part ways with him. Cron is earning just $2.3MM in 2018 with two more years of arbitration control remaining. He's sporting a .250/.317/.480 slash with a career-high 24 long balls.
Elsewhere, Mets infielder Wilmer Flores has long seemed like an interesting target for a club in need of a little defensive versatility and an option against left-handed pitching (though he has, atypically, produced reverse splits this year). He's earning a reasonable $3.4MM this year and comes with another arb year as well. Flores has been a steadily above-average producer at the plate for the last several years and has taken his plate discipline to another level this season (7.2% walk rate vs. 9.4% strikeout rate). While he has never been loved for his baserunning or glovework, he's capable of playing anywhere on the infield (at short only in a pinch).
Former Flores teammate Lucas Duda, on the other hand, finds himself on this list for different reasons. The 32-year-old has struggled this year with the Royals, slashing just .235/.304/.395 with 11 long balls in his 313 plate appearances. But he has still handled right-handed pitching, with a 111 wRC+ when batting with the platoon advantages this year, and has certainly shown more overall in years past. Duda is also earning just $3.5MM this year before reaching free agency.
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RedSox4Life4ever
It amazes me how the Angels are paying someone 10x more for the same type of production at first base
LoveThatDirtyH20
Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Those big dollar 10 year contracts are killers.. Hope the Red Sox stay away. Bad enough they get burned with 5 year contracts.
No, it never seemed like a good idea, which is why his old team didn't bother.
Pitches Love Velocity
They actually did bother though. Idk how you can claim they didnt bother with a 10 year 210 million offer.
link to espn.com
jrbw
Cardinals wanted him to stay, but didn't want to pay him as the best 1B in MLB for a decade which he was. Somebody else did.
stansfield123
Why? You guys are paying Pablo and Hanley 15 times as much, for not even being on the team. And you're soon gonna be paying David Price to do the same.
It's how it works: sometimes a big contract works out great (the Nats are paying Scherzer a lot of money, but they're getting three times the production they're paying for), other times it doesn't.
The Angels took a risk. Didn't pay off. It could have, but didn't. So what? Only way to get great players, if you don't draft them, is to take a risk when they're free agents.
WeggieJackson44
And there was a line of at least 15 other teams willing to pay!
angelsfan4life
The Pujols signing was always about the tv contract for the Angels. Cron has had 8 homers since the beginning of June. Two of which he hit this past series. Cron is and always will be a garbage time player. Great in blowouts. But can't hit when the pressure is on. Never has even came close to 100 RBI's in a season. Spare me your lame thing about RBI's being a meaningless stat.
That's 8 more homeruns than Buster Posey has hit since the beginning of June.
lesterdnightfly
RBIs are not meaningless, but your rant may be.
matt4baseball
I've been very pleased with Cj Cron's RBI production and clutch hitting with the Rays. He just needed FT at bats to become a force. If the Rays didn't have to please 1b rookie jake bauers and others with ABs, Cron would have 75 RBIs today easily finishing with 100 this year. Your complaint has no merritt.
imgman09
……A hurt Buster Posey,not saying much
Cardinals17
Agreed, that was a Crazy and stupid contract the Angeles gave Pujols. Especially at his age at the time, a 10 year mega contract didn't make sense. I missed him in a Cardinal uniform, but I'm so glad the Cards got second on that deal!! Had Pujols elected to stay in St. Louis. Just his contract the Cardinals offered him would has been a ball and chain on the teams future spending!!! But I'm another light, the amount of the Cardinals owners money wasted by John Mozeliak since 2012 could have actually supported Pujols contract.
I agree totally with your last sentence, C17.
I do believe that the Angels signing of Pujols was a good move, and I believe that they were not just looking for 10 years of superstar production. He had already achieved that status, and has continued to produce, bring in fans, achieved MLB records and HOF status.
I believe the most important reason that they signed Albert Pujols was for him to be there to mentor Mike Trout who was drafted in 2009 out of high school. Trout's first full season in MLB was 2012, and there were few, if any, players even near Trout's skill and talent in the game EXCEPT for Albert Pujols.
For nearly a decade, Pujols was the best player in the game, and Trout has been the best player in the game for the past 7 years. There really aren't any other players in that peer group. Pujols has been the perfect player for the Angels to have on the team since 2012.
xabial
I hope Yankees trade for Lucas Duda or Justin Smoak.
doug.daniel243
Why? Greg Bird should be the everyday guy. Why waste system talent on someone who isn't the future and play him over someone who is.
JDGoat
They're trying to win now, and while I'm not sure about Duda, Smoak is a major upgrade.
thegreatcerealfamine
JD I definitely agree, I'm not gonna go into any numbers, because they should be totally obvious.
I sure agree with you about Bird.
X…… Are you writing off Bird?
He shouldn't be totally written off, but for this run they obviously need more production. They've given Bird about as much leeway as possible, but they need a productive bat at first now, and overall he isn't getting it done.
Smoak would be an upgrade. Duda not so much.
What we don't know is the prospect cost to acquire him in addition to Bird becoming excess.
Does he have options remaining?
Dkaner
Yankees are a dead team walking. No Mojo. Tigers beat them in NY with their 4A and AAA guys. Boston has that all wrapped up Yankees will lose in the first round might even lose the one game playoff.
jimmertee
I hear Tyler Clippard cleared waivers as well. Todd, can you confirm?
turner9
I'm hoping they can move clippard and Smoak. Free up 1B for Donaldson next year when he accepts his QO and have space for Vlad Jr to play there if his 3B Def is sub par after his may call up
I could even stomach a year of Morales at 1b if it means a top 10 draft pick
And hopefully they can get some value for Stroman and Sanchez this winter. Younger pitching prospects that fit the core better
TrimReaper
Need Stroman and Sanchez healthy and pitching next season to fill out the rotation, and if they are healthy they can be traded with value.
Hopefully, and this is a stretch here, a non-contender takes on Morales even if the Jays have to eat much of the salary. It gives them flexibility to DH guys like Donaldson, potentially Tulowitzki and Teoscar Hernandez.
Turner, sounds like a great plan to me. I'm for it.
Trim, Now that Morales has got his eyesight working again, he has a very good bat. He is useless in the feild. Not sure he can play defence. A contender would have to be plenty desperate to trade for Morales and the return would be negliable.
Hernandez needs to play winter ball and have someone work with him on his defence. He is still a a AA level defensively so 1B makes sense, but I like Donaldson and Tulo there too. In other words at the moment this team is full of 1B candidates.
2019/2020 are going to be a joke for the Blue Jays competatively speaking.. If they can win 60 games next year I would be surprised. This mess is exactly what I didn't want after the 2016 playoffs when I called the Jays executive to blow it up then.
Please please please fire Atkins now.
Jimmer the win total will all depend on how good the Jays play against the bad teams. That's the only thing that has prevented their record from being disastrous this season.
One potential trade partner for Morales could be KC for Ian Kennedy. Since the Jays aren't winning the next year or two that's the guy to get. Best case scenario he pitches well for a few months and you deal him next year. You ask KC to pay Kennedy's salary in 2019 (Jays pay Morales in 2019) and then the Jays take over 2020. This deal opens the DH spot which is what they need to do.
I hear you with the blowup. It's the half-in/half-out approach that should tick fans off. After 2016 the Jays needed to spend more than their self-imposed payroll and remain under the luxury. They sprinkled on Morales, Bautista, Pearce etc…just like the following year with Granderson, Garcia etc….no stars (Bautista was already fading).
2021 is about right. I'd still take a run at Bryce in the offseason despite not contending for a year or two. You give longterm deals to 26-27 year olds, not 30.
I think 2021 can be a really good year unless the Jays executive want to speed up this rebuild and do a dombrowski and trade some near ready guys for pitching. I honestly think that won't happen, Shapiro has a plan and likes to develop his own rotation from the farm which means 2021 at the earliest, 2022 likely for playoffs again.
Of course Rogers might see how all this affected the bottom line and say to the Jays executive, spend spend spend and be in the top 3 budget teams and load up…..we can only hope….
Probably not Jimmer. Jays will eventually need to spend on pitching, most likely, in 2020=2021. Front office can point toward the Cubs as an example of what not to do.
Problem; Cubs made these big splashes because of how they built their team from the ground up, and saw the holes they had to cover. So despite some signings or trades that haven't work out (for now), they had to make these moves to push the team over the top. Can't blame Epstein and company for that approach.
We'll see how this plays out. We will be waiting for a while to see if the young crop pan out.
Yup. I do like the Cubbies approach. A least they tried with Darvish or Chatwood etc etc. I liked the Chatwwod signing, didn't like Darvish at all.
I wanted the Jays to go for Chatwood. I still think he will show up and do well although maybe he needs another spring training to work it out. Darvish was gonna be a dog all along. When healthy he'll be tops a #3. As I said in spring training, Darvish's dominating days are over.
As far as 2019 FA's goes, I like Andrew Miller and Cody Allan of the tribe. Unfortuantely Miller looks like he might be done but Allan still looking good.
As far as taking a flyer on starters go, I would look at Sabathia. Corbin, Anibal Sanchez, & Eovaldi.
Same on Chatwood. Only because he'd fit in the budget plus he's younger.
As for next year, rolling Sanchez, Stroman, Borucki, Reid-Foley….I'd go after Corbin if the Jays want to win sooner than later. That would also mean my insane idea of going after Bryce. So, at this point the #5 could be a vet via trade or a 1-year plus option. Or the guy they got from Houston.
Bullpen I'd let Gaviglio be the long man, let Biagini stay for one more year, Tepera, Pannone (potential 2019 starter), Giles, and let the last couple spots be up for grabs by someone in AA or AAA (Mayza, Shafer, Romano, Harris, someone that throws 99 mph). Bullpen is where the team can penny-pinch.
That's close to what we are going to see rolled out there in 2019 Unfortunately the results will be poor because it will be a learning year.
Bourcki needs to put on 20 lb of muscle, It'll be 2 years until he is a stud.
Unfortunately Sanchez is heading to the pen because of that finger issue we all want them to fix but might never come around,
This organization is producing #4;s, Gaviglio and Reid Foley are #4's. Pannone is a mop up guy or a weak #4 or minor league depth. I don't think he amount to much in the majors.
Stroman has elite stuff but can't put it together consistently and I don't think ever will. He'd be a great closer so would Sanchez. I really like Mayza but then he goes out and throws everything centre cut and gets hammered. If he can learn to consistently hit corners he could be very good.
NAte Pearson has an elite arm but has been injured so it has held back his development. I think he'll be a good one. One of the guys they got from Houston also has a great arm. After that quality Minor league pitching depth is thin at the near ready state.
stillerfan
No matter what the Jays do, they will only be the 3rd best team in the division and at best 7th Best in the AL. Might as well go full tank and rebuild.
has everyone that has been placed on waivers been announced? hard to believe the reds have not placed Harvey on waivers. of course that is the kind of things that happens when you have a banker running the team.
JMFJ
Smoak's 2019 option is up to $8M.
draushaus
Smoak? Oakland. Smoakland.
They have this guy named Olson which may be a bit of a problem. You need to settle with Olsland
baseballpun
Flores to the Brew Crew.
camdenyards46
Then they would have like 20 infielders
wiggysf
That already happened.
Phillies Phan
Brewers need Flores and Duda to round out the infield.
I don't get why GMs would allow Smoak to clear. You should always claim guys who have more value than money owed. Even if you're a seller, and you're just doing it to keep him off the market, and drive up the price of your own trade bait.
Yanks should've claimed him too, to keep him where he is until winter…because, in the winter, if Bird doesn't turn it up dramatically, they should be looking for a first baseman. Even if it's not Smoak (Belt makes more sense), having Smoak on the market lessens the competition for Belt.
I'm with you on this. I don't understand the conclusion that "other organizations are surely aware that the Jays won't be allowing the 31-year-old to walk for nothing. Accordingly, a claim isn't likely to do much to facilitate an agreement. "
Any team interested could have made a claim and made themselves the only eligible bidder. That surely helps to facilitate an agreement by making yourself the sole option for the Jays.
Is there some sort of gentleman's agreement between GMs not to claim players that they don't seriously intend to negotiate for? If I was any sort of contender I'd be claiming guys all day long just to prevent them going to anybody else I might have to face in October.
Plus Smoak has an option. Minnesota would have been a good spot now that Morrison is out.
Wasn't Bryce Harper put up the same day as Murphy?????
Just my opinion, with no factual background: someone claimed Harper as reported, but the gnats fear trading him. May be because they feel like he won't re-sign for next year. If true, that is a problem to fear a player. But that is the only logical explanation if he is not dealt today.
holecamels35
After the Smoak cleared, he was still on the Blue Jays.
henrys_grandfather1942
I like Justin Smoak, Got a room at the Sky Dome hotel for my 75th to watch the game last year. After the game it was 11 at night and Justin was doing laps in the outfield. I watched him for an hour.. but then I realized I was staring at a man trying to exercise and felt bad. My grandson said it was okay because he's an athlete and people pay to watch him.. I still feel bad.
autumnwind
I have never been a big fan of defensive runs saved. Smoak is a classic example, this guy is an absolute vacuum at 1B, any balls that come his way are in his glove. He definitely passes the eye test for defense. I am surprised he cleared, but I am guessing rival organization knew he wouldnt come cheap with due to his cheap salary/cheap option.
If Smoak was an absolute vacuum, he wouldn't be playing first base, he'd be playing a position where you get to field a lot of balls.
There are no above average fielders starting at first, at all, in the majors. The starting first baseman is invariably the guy with the worst defensive tools. No competent farm system would ever move an above average fielder to first, because it's the position where you have to field the fewest balls. (Especially these days, when teams put the third baseman in short right field, against lefty hitters who pull the ball. )
It makes perfect sense that a great shorstop gets +3 dWAR, while a "good" first baseman gets -0.5 dWAR. If your good first baseman was playing short, he'd be getting -2 dWAR at best (I don't mean if he was suddenly moved to short…if he was put there after getting drafted, and played there all his career).
Meanwhile, if the great shorstop was at first (he was moved to first in the minors, by an incompetent farm manager, and taught the position), he'd have no problem getting +1 dWAR every year. He would look like a god, compared to all the other first basemen.
Umm…Smoak is left handed so no team would have the stones to play him at 2B, 3B or SS. And Catcher.
Not fast either. Scrap CF and LF.
Arm strength? Smoak rarely shows it off so scrap RF.
That leaves a 6 foot 4 dude with soft hands for first base. Your first paragraph about playing another position wasn't a strong one. Good effort though.
I wish I could say the same to you…but you either can't read, or you just can't be bothered to read before you reply. Either way, total lack of hustle.
And just so you know: being a lefty doesn't mean you can't play shortstop. You just have to learn to throw right handed…which has been done…by some of the greats, even.


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Posee un doctorado de estado, por la Universidad de París-Sur, en evolución sistemática. Desarrolla sus actividades científicas, y académicas, como Directora emérita, de Investigación en el CNRS.

Es especialista en la familia de las asteráceas, y en citogenética, biología evolutiva, evolución del genoma vegetal. Es autora en la identificación y nombramiento de nuevas especies para la ciencia, a abril de 2016, posee un registro de especies nuevas para la ciencia, especialmente de la familia de las asteráceas, y con énfasis del género Crepis, publicándolo en Acta Bot. Croat. (véase más abajo el vínculo a IPNI).

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 . 2012. Cytogenetic and molecular characterization of morphologically variable Sisyrinchium micranthum (Iridaceae) in southern Brazil. Bot J Linn Soc 169: 350 - 364.
 . 2011. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13595-011-0019-9#/page-1 Molecular cytogenetics and flow cytometry reveal conserved genome organization in Pinus mugo and P. uncinata. Ann. of Forest Science 68: 179 - 187.
 S. GARCÍA, T. GARNATJE, J. PELLICER, E.D. DURANT MCARTHUR, SONJA SILJAK–YAKOVLEV, J. VALLES J. 2009. Ribosomal DNA, heterochromatin and correlation with genome size in diploid and polyploid North American endemic sagebrushes (Artemisia, Asteraceae). Genome 52: 1012 - 1024.
 . 2003a. Studi citotassonomici sul genere Erysimum (Cruciferae). Inform. Bot. Ital. 35 (1): 129 – 131.
 ------------------------, . 2003b. Rapport entre le niveau de ploïde et la quantité d'ADN dans le genre Erysimum (Cruciferae). Bocconea 16 (2): 663 – 667.
 ------------------------, . 2001. Notes cytotaxinomiques à propos du genre Erysimum (Cruciferae) en Italie nord–occidentale. Bocconea 13: 391–395.
 . 1972. Sur la variabilité morphologique de la première feuille de la plantule de Carpinus betulus L. Genetica 4 : 171 - 181.

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AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced additional results from the SAVOR cardiovascular outcomes trial, which found no increased rate of hypoglycemia among patients treated with Onglyza® (saxagliptin) compared to placebo when added to metformin monotherapy and higher rates of hypoglycemia only in the Onglyza group compared to the placebo group among patients taking sulfonylureas, agents known to cause hypoglycemia, at baseline. Additionally, a greater percentage of patients taking Onglyza reached their target HbA1c without hypoglycemia, except patients who were treated with sulfonylreas alone at baseline. These findings are consistent with previous studies of Onglyza. Results were presented today at the 49th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, Spain.
Additionally, results from SAVOR found rates of any event of adjudication-confirmed pancreatitis were balanced between the Onglyza and placebo treatment groups (24 patients in the Onglyza arm versus 21 patients in the placebo arm). Moreover, in patients who experienced pancreatitis, the duration of the event, study drug actions and outcome of the adverse event were balanced across the two treatment arms. Observed rates of pancreatic cancer were also low (5 patients in the Onglyza arm versus 12 patients in the placebo arm).
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In this assessment of hypoglycemia, patients were analyzed by antidiabetic medication at baseline (not treated with antidiabetic drugs, treated with metformin alone, treated with sulfonylurea, treated with insulin alone or treated with insulin in combination with other antidiabetic drugs) and HbA1c at baseline (entire study population, HbA1c < 7% or HbA1c ≥ 7%). Results showed there was no significant increase in the incidence of hypoglycemia with Onglyza compared to placebo when added to patients who were treated with metformin alone (2.4 events per 100 patient years for Onglyza versus 2.6 for placebo; Hazard Ratio [HR]: 0.92), insulin alone (17.4 events per 100 patient years for both the Onglyza and placebo groups; HR: 1.00), or patients not treated with other antidiabetic medications at baseline (3.0 events per 100 patient years for Onglyza versus 2.1 for placebo; HR: 1.44), regardless of baseline HbA1c. There was an increased incidence of hypoglycemia with Onglyza compared to placebo in patients who were taking a sulfonylurea (a class of agents known to cause hypoglycemia) at baseline, regardless of HbA1c (9.7 events per 100 patient years for Onglyza versus 6.8 for placebo; HR: 1.42) and in patients who were treated with insulin in combination with other antidiabetic drugs, but only those with a baseline HbA1c < 7% (HR: 1.42). There was no increase in rates of major hypoglycemia between Onglyza and placebo, in any subgroup, other than patients taking sulfonylurea with baseline HbA1c < 7% (HR: 2.24). At two years, the percentage of patients achieving HbA1c <7% without hypoglycemic events was greater among patients who were treated with Onglyza and metformin alone (36.1% vs. 23.6%), insulin alone (12.1% vs. 7.6%) or other antidiabetic medications (16.1% vs. 11.4%) compared to placebo. Among patients treated with Onglyza and sulfonylrea alone, fewer patients (20.6% vs. 22.4%) achieved their target HbA1c without hypoglycaemia compared to placebo.
The SAVOR trial also included evaluation of possible events of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, which were reported by investigators. All reports of pancreatitis were, in addition, adjudicated without knowledge of treatment assignment by an independent external expert committee, which included two pancreatic disease experts. Reported cases of pancreatitis were classified into four categories: definite acute pancreatitis, possible acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis or unlikely to be pancreatitis.
Definite or possible acute pancreatitis was observed in 38 patients, 22 patients in the Onglyza arm versus 16 patients in the placebo arm. Out of these patients, 17 (0.2%) in the Onglyza arm and 9 (0.1%) in the placebo arm were classified as having definite acute pancreatitis.
Recovery rates from pancreatitis were similar between the two treatment groups (21 patients [80.8%] in the Onglyza arm versus 21 patients [84.0%] in the placebo arm were resolved, 3 patients [11.5%] versus 1 patient [4.0%] was recovering, 2 patients [7.7%] versus 1 patient [4.0%] was not resolved, 0 patients versus 1 patient [4.0%] was resolved with sequelae and 0 patients vs. 1 patient [4.0%] died in the Onglyza and placebo groups, respectively).
Chronic pancreatitis was reported in 2 patients (0.02%) in the Onglyza arm versus 6 patients (0.07%) in the placebo arm.
Among patients with pancreatitis, the majority remained on treatment, with 4 patients (15.4%) discontinuing study medication and 2 patients (7.7%) interrupting study medication in the Onglyza arm versus 6 patients (24.0%) discontinuing study medication and 1 patient (4.0%) interrupting study medication in the placebo arm.
Pancreatic cancer was reported in 5 patients in the Onglyza arm versus 12 patients in the placebo arm (p-value = 0.095).
The primary study results from the SAVOR trial were presented at the 2013 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in Amsterdam, Netherlands and published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Led by the academic research organizations TIMI Study Group and Hadassah University Medical Center and conducted at more than 700 sites worldwide, SAVOR was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial designed to evaluate the cardiovascular safety and efficacy of Onglyza in adults with type 2 diabetes at risk for cardiovascular death, heart attack and stroke, compared to placebo.
Patients ≥ 40 years of age with established cardiovascular disease, defined as ischemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease or ischemic stroke.
Males ≥ 55 years of age and females ≥ 60 years of age with at least one of the following risk factors: dyslipidemia, hypertension or current smoking, but without established cardiovascular disease.
Further grouping was based on renal function, including patients with normal/mild (eGFR > 50 mL/min), moderate (30 - 50 mL/min) or severe (eGFR < 30 mL/min) renal impairment.
The primary safety objective was to establish that the upper bound of the 95% confidence interval for the estimated risk ratio comparing the incidence of the composite endpoint (cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction [MI] or non-fatal ischemic stroke) observed with Onglyza to that observed in the placebo group was less than 1.3. The primary efficacy objective was to determine, as a superiority assessment, whether treatment with Onglyza compared to placebo when added to current background therapy would result in a reduction in the composite endpoint of cardiovascular death, non-fatal MI or non-fatal ischemic stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes. Secondary efficacy objectives included a reduction in the primary composite endpoint together with hospitalization for heart failure, coronary revascularization or unstable angina pectoris, and reduction of all-cause mortality. Secondary safety objectives included the evaluation of safety and tolerability by assessment of overall adverse events and adverse events of special interest.
Patients were randomized between May 2010 and December 2011. The median follow-up was 1.97 years and maximum follow-up was 2.9 years.
Results from the primary analysis of SAVOR found that the primary composite endpoint of cardiovascular death, non-fatal MI or non-fatal ischemic stroke occurred in 613 patients (7.3%) in the Onglyza group vs. 609 patients (7.2%) in the placebo group (HR: 1.00; 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 0.89, 1.12; non-inferiority p-value < 0.001). Onglyza did not meet the primary efficacy endpoint of superiority to placebo for the same composite endpoint (superiority p-value = 0.99). The major secondary endpoint, consisting of the primary composite endpoint and hospitalization for heart failure, unstable angina or coronary revascularization, occurred in 1,059 patients (12.8%) in the Onglyza group vs. 1,034 patients (12.4%) in the placebo group (HR: 1.02; 95% CI: 0.94, 1.11; p-value = 0.66). Hospitalization for heart failure, a component of this secondary composite endpoint, occurred at a greater rate in the Onglyza group (3.5%) than in the placebo group (2.8%) (HR: 1.27; 95% CI: 1.07, 1.51; p-value = 0.007). The pre-specified secondary endpoint of all-cause mortality occurred in 420 patients (4.9%) in the Onglyza group compared to 378 patients (4.2%) in the placebo group (HR: 1.11; 95% CI: 0.96, 1.27; p-value = 0.15).
As of September 2013, Onglyza is approved in 86 countries including those in the European Union, the United States, Canada, Mexico, India, Brazil and China.
Onglyza is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in multiple clinical settings.
Onglyza should not be used for the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus or diabetic ketoacidosis.
Onglyza has not been studied in patients with a history of pancreatitis.
In 2012, diabetes was estimated to affect more than 370 million people worldwide. The prevalence of diabetes is projected to reach more than 550 million by 2030. Type 2 diabetes accounts for approximately 90% to 95% of all cases of diagnosed diabetes in adults. Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by insulin resistance and dysfunction of beta cells in the pancreas, leading to elevated glucose levels. Over time, this sustained hyperglycemia contributes to further progression of the disease. Significant unmet needs still exist, as many patients remain inadequately controlled on their current glucose-lowering regimen.
Dedicated to addressing the global burden of diabetes by advancing individualized patient care, AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb are working in collaboration to research, develop and commercialize a versatile portfolio of innovative treatment options for diabetes and related metabolic disorders that aim to provide treatment effects beyond glucose control. Find out more about the Alliance and our commitment to meeting the needs of health care professionals and people with diabetes at www.astrazeneca.com or www.bms.com.


Back in January, we introduced you to the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 15,000 Gauss, which houses the world's first fully anti-magnetic movement. Before the official US launch of the 15,000 Gauss, we sat down with Stephen Urquhart (President of Omega), J.C. Monachon (VP and Head of Product Development at Omega), and Michel Willemin (CEO ASULAB) to get the inside scoop.
Back in January, we introduced you to the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 15,000 Gauss, which houses the world's first fully anti-magnetic movement. Before the official US launch of the 15,000 Gauss, we sat down with Stephen Urquhart (President of Omega), J.C. Monachon (VP and Head of Product Development at Omega), and Michel Willemin (CEO ASULAB) to get the inside scoop.
While most anti-magnetic watches use a soft iron cage to protect the metallic movement from the interference of magnetic fields, the movement in the Seamaster Aqua Terra 15,000 Gauss is itself anti-magnetic. No cage necessary, and you can see the movement through the sapphire caseback. This took years of R&D and close collaboration between Omega, ETA, and ASULAB, but Omega hopes to implement the technology across its entire mechanical range over the next few years.
You can find Omega's official announcement of the project here.


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Is there a song that screams summer more than "Summer in the City" by New York natives The Lovin' Spoonful? Today, as I walked through the blistering summer heat and bathed myself in the hot sun that baked the sidewalk, I immediately thought of the ode to a hot and sticky New York City summer day and smiled. The song is a true classic. Everything from John Sebastian's excellent voice, to the background city noises, to the repetitive guitar riff that seeps into your head as sweat pours out, meshes perfectly to form a less-than-3-minute gem. It's a fun song and it's great to sing along with…especially when you are sweating and burning walking on the same streets that Mark Sebastian was writing about when he penned the song.
And, what's better on a sunny summer day than a little trivia. Hear the electric piano in the song? The individual who played the electric piano on the Spoonful record is a musician/composer who has done some pretty famous arrangements in his career. Can you name that person? Also, for bonus points, what famous Frankie Valli song did he arrange? Have a good weekend everyone!
I'll give you that, but I would also say that summer isn't complete until you've lived through Under The Boardwalk by the Drifters either.
Yeah, I'd certainly agree with that!
This song always reminds me of the blackout riot scene in The Simpsons.
Good question, great song. I could google the answer but that just wouldn't be fair.


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General Luna lagoon must be one of the safest, easiest and most pleasurable places to sail anywhere in the world. See if you can persuade Pirate Pete or Visayan Andrew to take you for a fast sail and a few beers around the lagoon. You could try renting a paddle barota.


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Beach House opens wide
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Dream-pop duo trades a big licensing deal for emotional complexity
Photo by Liz Flyntz
Beach House doesn't make simple music.
The Baltimore duo—whose new album, Bloom, came out in May via Sub Pop—doesn't adhere to pop clichés. Their lyrics don't tell straightforward stories. While their songs are often dreamy and wistful, they don't succumb to fits of nostalgia like so many other buzz-bands these days.
"I don't like nostalgia, OK? That's for the record," says singer / keyboardist Victoria Legrand, who founded the duo with guitarist Alex Scally. "When I see the wave of it coming on, I want to throw up."
So, you can imagine their horror when they discovered in May that a song sounding remarkably similar to one of theirs—so similar, in fact, that many of their fans mistook it for a Beach House song—was used in a cheesy British Volkswagen commercial.
Created by the advertising agency DDB, the 90-second spot follows the life of a protective father and his daughter, opening with scenes of her as a baby and ending with her packing off to go to college—at which point she's presented with the keys to a brand new Volkswagen Polo. In the background, a female singer coos "I'll watch over you" over shiny guitar chords, adding to the ad's misty-eyed sentimentality.
A sound-design team called Sniffy Dog composed the now-infamous song, "Whispers and Stories." But in almost every way, it bears a striking resemblance to Beach House's "Take Care," the closing track on their 2010 album Teen Dream—the same dreamy vibe, the same cymbal swells and the singer's lyrics even mirror Legrand's line "I'll take care of you."
Of course, the similarities are all the more suspicious considering that DDB made the ad with "Take Care" in mind. According to news reports, the agency approached the band several times with proposals to use the song, only to be repeatedly turned down.
"We're not making millions of dollars, so we can't spend that money to sue them or whatever. But I do think that it's kind of a shitty joke," Legrand says, speaking by phone from Baltimore. "They think they just monopolized on something that was real and created something that was fake."
Though Beach House has licensed material for advertising and television before, it's no wonder the band declined to work with Volkswagen. The commercial's ham-fisted narrative is downright cringe-worthy compared with the complex magic of "Take Care," a gorgeous, devastating love song whose sparkling textures and elegant waltz rhythm mask the narrator's shattered heart. "It's no good unless it's real," Legrand sings, her husky voice on the verge of cracking.
Advertisers have long been known to mimic the sounds of popular bands—including, in recent years, indie bands like Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear and Sigur Rós—to capitalize on their hip cachet. But even in cases when bands legitimately license music to advertisers, the music risks losing its power. Ever since hearing Modest Mouse's song "Gravity Rides Everything" in a Nissan Quest commercial years ago, my emotional connection with the song has been supplanted by images of revving minivans.
Legrand acknowledges that the band happily promotes things they consider "very special," like vinyl and record stores. But they prefer not to force a certain message—or commercial product—down their listeners' throats.
"I like the fact that everyone's going to have their own context and their own stories with the records and the songs," she says. "That's one of the most beautiful things about making what we do…. It's going to create thousands of different types of experiences for people, and they're going to listen to it in every way possible."
It's this openness that makes Beach House such a powerful band—and it's also what makes Bloom their best effort yet. Building on the expansive sound of Teen Dream, the duo stretches out with a landscape of pulsating synths, rolling rhythms and Scally's trademark crystalline guitars. Often, the songs feel wide open to interpretation: On the breathtaking album opener, "Myth," a cascading chorus and Legrand's drifting vocals capture a mix of hopefulness and dread. "It's never as it seems," she sings.
Part of Bloom's emotional complexity lies in the band's gut-based approach. When they started working on the record, they didn't set out with a particular plan so much as a desire to just write.
"You have guides and moments where you get clarity and go, 'OK, I feel like the song is about this,'" Legrand says. "I think, though, that when Alex and I are working together, there's not a lot of intellectualizing about it. It's the language of intuition and instinct and feeling.
"We're not writing a Sheryl Crow song about meeting a guy in a bar," she adds. "We still have emotions, and there are scenes, but they're not so literal."
This broad-minded emotionality is perhaps also what leads so many listeners to associate the band's records with feelings of nostalgia, a melancholy longing for the past that's become de rigueur in garage-rock, synth-pop and lo-fi circles. (The fact that the duo has an album called Teen Dream also probably has something to do with it.) But, Legrand asserts, "that's what you feel."
"For me, the present is the most powerful moment," she explains. Nostalgia "takes away from what's actually happening and what will happen. It takes away from the beauty of what's going on."
With the Volkswagen controversy drawing attention from big media like The New York Times and Pitchfork, Legrand hopes the publicity will provoke some kind of change. But she doesn't want to dwell on the issue too much. Now on tour in support of a new album, she says she'd rather focus on something that's actually "real and relevant": the music.
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Q: How to block access to public/assets from url in Ruby On Rails I'm working on a Ruby On Rails app and I'm calling some js, css, images and csv files from public/assets.
I added an authentication when accessing the page using these assets:
class MyPageController < ApplicationController
    before_action :authenticate

    def index
    end

    def authenticate
        authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic do |username, password|
            username == 'login' && password == 'password'
        end
    end
end

and it works for this page but if I type localhost:3000/assets/myFile.csv I can access it and download it without being asked for authentication.
Is there a way to add an authentication on that url or to block it ?
Thanks

A: If you need them to be blocked, then it's better to move them to a different folder. The intention of that folder is to hold publicly accessible static files.

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Colleen Thomas has very nice breast implants and did a great job on her kitchen design. She also has a Most interesting bikini aura.
These facts are proof that the Golightly guy is the return of Christ. No more proof needed.
Freemasons around the world agree, the ossu bucco must be placed on a bed of gnocchi, to create just reasons for a cavity search at the airport.
It is that simple, no looong paragraphs necessary.
I agree with almost everything that Benjamin Fulford says in his posts, but I would like to offer an alternative view on the Pleiadian point.
The Pleiadians (benevolent extraterrestrials) are reported to have shot down a US intercontinental ballistic missile on Monday 8th November 2010, over the Pacific Ocean, off the Californian coast. The missile was aimed at Iran and was intended, by the US, to trigger a Middle Eastern war.
I have compiled, below, a full transcript of the Russia Today news item. A Russia Today Presenter talks to a high-status Pleiadian contactee called Colleen Thomas, who is based in Roseville, California.
Russia Today Presenter: We told you about a possible missile, rocket, or maybe airplane, that was seen off the coast of California (USA) on Monday (8th November 2010). Today there still aren't many answers as to what it actually was. But one woman says she has some answers. You'd be surprised to find out where she's getting her information from. Colleen Thomas is a home health administrator, turned physicist, who specialises in the science of creation. And she's the mother of a race of good aliens here on Earth, called Pleiadians. She says she knows exactly what happened with that missile. And she joins me now from Roseville, California. Colleen, thank you so much for joining me. First of all, tell me what you know about what happened with that supposed missile.
Colleen Thomas: It was a .... I got in my ear, as it were, as I was sleeping, that it was a missile fired .... President Obama trying to start a war with Iran. The Pleiadians downed the missile harmlessly at sea and then, last night (Tuesday 9th November 2010), from San Diego, our government fired another ICBM at the Pleiadians this time. But the Pleiadians' ships are able to change density and do all kinds of things that these guys on this planet have never imagined, and a rocket could pass right through them and not harm them, plus they could outrun it too, if they wanted to just get out of the way. But .... it's really kind of silly to think that we can take on a race that's been around for many, many, many millions of eons longer than the reptilians.
RTP: And really briefly, Colleen, some people might not know exactly who the Pleiadians were, so why would President Obama want to fire an ICBM at the Pleiadians?
CT: Because they're here to rescue the human beings who are being enslaved on this planet and forced into a paradigm of a super-oligarchy that favours the Bilderberg Group and the Illuminati, and is completely and utterly without any conscience towards the human beings whatsoever. They poison us deliberately in order for us to have to buy pharmaceuticals so that they can string our miserable little lives along on pharmaceuticals for the rest of our .... you know .... aging days. There's no need for us to be in the kind of physical condition that we are in. But they put chemtrails .... in collusion with BP .... British Petroleum .... they put chemicals in jet fuel and those chemicals end up getting sprayed in these minute particulates that rain down on our food, on our crops, and in our water. There's Lithium in those chemtrails, there's also fluoride, and a lot of other heavy metals that are dispersed in the air as chaff, so that the American government can talk to one another militarily, without being listened in upon by other foreign countries. They know this stuff is toxic for us, but there's money in toxifying us, and so they work in collusion with the pharmaceutical companies, with these back door deals - changing the laws and making everything favourable for these guys, but not favourable for the humans whatsoever. Humans are just commerce for these people, and they're also meat to these people. They not only kill and eat us, they sell our dead bodies on a meat market of their own kind that goes passing by here every fifty years .... and I got that straight from a CIA agent.
RTP: And, you know, I know that you say that you have contact with the Pleiadians. How often do they talk to you, and what else do they say about the current situation in the United States right now? Or in a recession? There's talk about China surpassing us in the economy. I'm curious what the Pleiadians have to say about all of those issues, too.
CT: They are working towards the peace of this planet and towards eradicating us of our Draconian/reptilian infestation. China actually fired an EMP weapon in the Pacific Ocean last night (Tuesday 9th November - Wednesday 10th November 2010). Its target was an American warship full of fighter planes, and it was on its way towards China, and up to absolutely no good whatsoever. So China disabled the ship with an EMP weapon. We spent most of the night, last night, evacuating everybody that was on that ship off, because it was completely dead - no electronics whatsoever survived the EMP pulse.
RTP: Wow. Well it sounds like you've had your hands full these days, you've been very busy, and the Pleiadians definitely sound like they have an interesting analysis on what's going on here in the United States, and across the world. Colleen Thomas, a home health administrator, I really appreciate your time with us. Thank you so much.
Alcuin Bramerton comment: There are suggestions circulating on the web that the Pleiadian perspective on the China vs US EMP conflict is a PsyOps story being put out by a CIA faction to cover up the embarrassing Chinese military ascendancy over the US. Although China is certainly well-ahead of the US cabal, now, in military, financial and computer potencies, the benevolent ET Pleiadian involvement is very real and is operating above and beyond both Chinese and US knowledge or control.
The Russia Today broadcast, transcribed above, is substantially accurate. Russia is the only major national government on Earth currently working cooperatively with benevolent ETs. This is one reason why the Russian Tesla-enabled cosmospheres have been so effective in circumscribing US nuclear military hostility in recent years. Russia would not broadcast a television story about ETs and the US unless it was confident in the veracity of the story's central details.
Colleen Thomas is a genuine and reliable Pleiadian contactee and is well-known by other established Pleiadian contactees around the world. When the Russia Today TV presenter was scripted to say that Colleen Thomas is "the mother of a race of good aliens here on Earth, called Pleiadians", the presenter was articulating an esoteric truth. Colleen Thomas is a mother figure of the Pleiadians and carries the authority and sigil of the female energy in the same way as, for example, Anne Bellringer does, who is also a high-status Pleiadian contactee.
The shot-down US ICBM was aimed at Iran with the intention of starting a Middle-Eastern war. In fact, on or around Monday 8th November 2010, a total of eight US intercontinental ballistic missiles were launched at Iran by the US cabal. Each one of these was disabled by the Higher Evolution working from Pleiadian starships.
On the night of Tuesday 9th November - Wednesday 10th November 2010, after China had fired an EMP weapon at a hostile US warship in the Pacific Ocean, and had disabled it, the Pleiadians became involved again. They evacuated the US servicemen from the warship. The US Navy personnel are now safely aboard Pleiadian starships and are said to be "attending flight school".
There is a similarity here between what happened in the Pacific Ocean in November 2010 and what happened in the immediate aftermath of 911. On that occasion the Pleiadians evacuated the human occupants of the "terrorist" aircraft and the Twin Towers. Those 911 evacuees (many thousands of them) are alive and well today, and are also aboard Pleiadian starships. They are said to be "attending a crash history course on Truth".
There is, however, one point on which Colleen Thomas may be out of date with the information she gave on Russia Today television. She speaks of the inter-planetary reptilian commerce in human meat. What she says here was certainly true up to about fifteen years ago. But when the Anunnaki changed sides in the mid-1990s, after the Peace of Anchara, and left Earth for good, this meat trade ceased.
It should, however, be borne in mind that there are still many 3D reptilian-human clones on Earth doing the Western cabal's work in the domains of education, media, religion, politics, banking, law and the military. These unensouled, but superficially credible operatives are nothing more than intelligent, meat-machine, robots. And they have retained a number of reptilian habits. They have to drink human blood regularly to keep their reptilian features concealed from human view. They use human body fluids and human body parts in their Satanic Black Magic rituals. And, privately, they are cannibals.
Does anyone out there have a good recipe for Ossu Bucco? It seems that some put the veal shank over a bed of saffron risotto and some use gnocchi. I like it both ways, really.
Or will they wake up?
Ben, what about Brian Leonard Golightly Marshall in Australia. I think this guy really is Yahweh/the second coming of Jesus Christ!
Trillions?? As in two or three or more? For comparison, the Chinese government holds roughly .8 $trillion is U.S. Treasuries. So Bush has access to wealth greater than multiples of China?? Or how about this: A $trillion in gold today is worth just a bit more than 5,400 metric tonnes. My apologies, but any given combination of gold and "financial instruments" equal to any number of $trillions just isn't believable, even taking into account the connections of the intellectually challenged, but blandly evil Bush family. I suspect that laundering even much lesser amounts --say, a few hundred $billion-- is beyond the competence of even governments.
The Khazarians are planning something truly awful"including perhaps the mass murder and expulsion of Muslims from Europe".And therefore they had an opportunity to fly trillions of dollars worth of financial instruments and gold to Singapore?. "Singapore"will be next 10 years with 80% Muslim population. And they spent billions and created many muslim states in Europe Kosovo,Bosnia,Albania,Azerbejan,North Cyprus plus "OLD Turkey".
However still the Kings of Khazarian banks are not in USA,and I guess next Victims will be many mediterians PIGS countries.
Banning of foreign packages into the USA. Italian PM's problems... Interesting.
Is this the official website of the real Illuminati ?
They are the good guys !
Looks like you're going nowhere fast.
them-selves who have stolen the providence of people and faked it up.
on the last Wednesday of the month? Haven't seen anything on that in a few months, at least. Things are heating up tremendously and it is nerve wracking. God willing the transition(s) will not be too rough. Thank you for all that you do!
The titles such as "Imperial" or "Royal" are never meant for ones who die?
They are for "the God's chosen Enlightened One" who shall not die?
Where those treasures come from? And to whom they meat to belong?
They should not have claimed the titles nor the heritage of the treasures?
one may be looking more tired than other time.
* Never to think nor believe "I(you) am dying".
* Make yo-self a friend, everyone shall be yo-friends.
Don't be silly. You are never coward. You are a master "Power Ranger"
operative for everyone's good all these difficult time, a God's general?
OMG is this website telling the truth ?
Incredible ! Please do read Benjamin Fulford !


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How are plastic bag charges set to change?
The Government is proposing to increase the current 5p minimum charge for a bag to 10p.
It also plans to extend the charge to all retailers. It currently only applies to major stores with at least 250 employees, but it's estimated smaller retailers account for around 3.6 billion single-use plastic bags every year.
The Government says that trade bodies representing around 40,000 small retailers have already voluntarily signed up to charge the 5p fee – but this represents only a small proportion of England's estimated 253,000 small or medium retailers.
Extending the charge to cover smaller retailers would bring England in line with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, where minimum plastic bag charges already apply to shops of all sizes.
The plastic bag charge overhaul is the latest of a series of Government measures designed to cut plastic waste – for example, it's also consulting on a deposit return scheme for single-use drinks containers.


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Home The Destination The must-sees Lussan, most beautiful village in France
Lussan is a beautiful village, it is even one of the "Most Beautiful Villages in France" thanks to its authentic Provençal charm. Heritage sites, craftsmanship, exceptional natural sites, Lussan has everything you could dream of. So why not come and explore this medieval village with a certain air of the south of France?
A village with undeniable charm
"One of the most beautiful villages in France", Charming towns and villages", "Village full of flowers"… At the entrance to the village, all these labels are on display to congratulate the exceptional heritage sites, and the unique character of Lussan. Why don't you come and see how charming this little medieval town is with your own eyes?
The village is perched on a rocky outcrop right at the heart of the scrubland, and is surrounded by walls, that have formed a solid defence for the village for centuries. Take a stroll along the narrow streets that lead into the centre of the village. There, you'll find yourself surrounded by exceptional historic heritage, beautiful façades surrounded by flowers and colourful doors.
Lussan, medieval village
But what about the history of this medieval village? As soon as you arrive, you'll be struck by the beauty of the 15th-century Château de Lussan, former residence of the Lords and Ladies of the village. Two other castles were built in the Middle Ages, including the Château de Fan, which is still standing today and is well-known as the former residence of writer André Gide's family.
In the 19th century, the village prospered thanks to silk production. At this time, there were three silk spinning mills in the village, including the Filature Roux, listed as a remarkable monument.
Today, Lussan still boasts its original charm. And we haven't even told you about the superb views from the top of the fortifications, stretching out across the village, as far as the eye can see! In the distance, you'll see the Cévennes, Monts d'Ardèche and Mont Ventoux.
Come and discover the "Concluses de Lussan"
The Concluses de Lussan is a natural site that is perfect for family hiking outings. It can be accessed from the village of Lussan or from the Concluses car park, and you're in for a fantastic adventure through these deep gorges that have been shaped over the years by the river Aiguillon. There's a nature trail through the Concluses so that walkers can learn about the geological formation of the site.
Walking through the Concluses de Lussan
Overlooking the Concluses, is the "Pierre plantée" menhir, proof of the presence of man during the Prehistoric era. This 5.60-metre-high menhir dates from the Neolithic era! According to historians, it bears witness to man's devotion to divine power.
Art, guinea fowl and ceramics
You might even find yourself inspired by the charm of Lussan, just like many artists and craftspeople have been before you. This was the case for ceramicist Heidi Caillard, who decided to create a poultry farm out of ceramics: the "Pintade de Lussan" (Lussan Guinea Fowl) was born! Today, her son Adrien will welcome you at the Céramiques de Lussan workshop-shop. It is thanks to him that the guinea fowl is now known across the globe and exported all over the world. So, don't hesitate to stop by and visit this one-of-a-kind farmyard!
Events in lussan
There are some key events that bring the village of Lussan to life:
On the last Sunday of August, the village is devoted to writers for the "Lussan se livre" event! On the programme: come and meet the authors and get your books signed under the chestnut trees and in the private gardens of the former silk spinning mills;
The Festival "Entre ciel et garrigue" offers a varied programme of theatre productions, dancing, opera, operetta and concerts.
Les Céramiques de Lussan
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RADP / Pulse Kenya > BI > Politics
Jacob Zuma might be the next African president to receive the Mugabe treatment
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Africa is currently not willing to tolerate bad leadership from anyone again.
There are indications that South Africa's ruling, African National Congress (ANC), is planning to give Jacob Zuma the Mugabe treatment. This means they plan to force him to quit as the country's president.
According to reports by eNCA, the ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC) have resolved to ask Zuma to resign and if he refused, he would be forced to step down by all the six powerful blocs in the party.
If this happens, Zuma will be the second president that would be ousted by his own party. The first was Robert Mugabe who was forced to step down by the military with the full support of ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe's ruling party.
However, ANC spokeswoman described the reports as rumour.
"We can't confirm rumours of things that we don't know. The NEC has issued a statement on the totality of discussions yesterday."
News24 also reported that a member of ANC's NEC, who craved anonymity, told its reporters that the decision to oust Zuma is a collective one by the top echelon of the party.
Zuma's second term as president of South Africa has been tainted with corruption allegations. Although, he denied all of them.
Investors and markets have been responded positively to the election of Ramaphosa as ANC leader. Many analysts have concluded that his promises to root out corruption and kick-start economic growth are the main causes of his warmth reception by investors.
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this whole time I thought Culver was 6'8. Hunter towered over him physically was a big difference.
He looks bigger than him...but certainly not taller.
From now on I'm gonna compare every prospect between 6'7-6'9 with no star potential but may be a solid role player to the Morris Twins.
Marcus/Markieff idc. Still can't tell the difference sometimes.
Super broad. Don't think I'll ever fully support a tweener forward. Can't do it.
Tweener forward is outdated though.
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But you can be a really good defender at 6-5 like PJ Tucker, who might be an all defensive player. And then there's Draymond.
What position does Shaun Livingston play? Iguodala? What position does Giannis play?
Those are all outliers though. There are plenty of things Draymond is good at. Giannis is great at damn near everything. Iguodala is good at multiple things and found himself a solid role in the league. Livingston too. Can throw Gallo in there too.
I'm talking about the other 90%. The Anthony Bennett's, Jeff Greens, Anthony Randolph's, MPJ, Austin Daye, the list goes on. The amount of these type of guys drafted in the lottery that aren't good at anything really, far exceed the success stories.
Kevin Knox about to be another one in the inconsistent not really good at anything tweener category.
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The draft is a crap shoot. Bagley was "a tweener" and he's been balling.
I'm tagging everyone when Culver proves me right.
Hunter locked Culver up, homeboy couldn't get a legit shot off. I missed everything after the 5 min and OT.
I said it a long time ago but Hunter gives me a very very poor, I mean gutta kawhi type. I can see him strapping up and being able to shot off.
like Matta said tho Kawhi was blessed to go to the spurs where he could grow and develop with no pressure.
You pretty consistently have some of the worst takes on this forum.
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I told ya'll a couple weeks ago there should be a subreddit dedicated to his takes. Especially the ones made about the draft.
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Culver defensively will be able to switch 1-4 most nights with success. If you can clean up his shooting mechanics, he's not a bad shooter. Will only get better.
Deandre Hunter's the same mold for me. Really, really similar.
Neither guy needs to be in a place from Day 1 where the expectation is they're offense generating shot creators. Just not their games.
Culver compares to Evan Turner on Kenpom.
Pretty sure I compared Rui to them in here a few months ago.
Really wish they didn't but at the time they were thinking Zhaire and Bridges were the same level of player and they got the Heat's unprotected first rounder as an asset in the deal that was able to land them Jimmy.


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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE COMRADE R.G. MUGABE AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH LEVEL THEMATIC DEBATE ON ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
NEW YORK 21 APRIL 2016
Your Excellency, President of the 70th Session of the General Assembly, Mr Mogens Lykketoft,
Your Majesties, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellency Mr Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen.
I wish to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting which should help catalyse the implementation of Agenda 2030 which we adopted in September last year.
It is my hope that the critical lessons of the Millennium Development Goals will instruct us in this endeavour and particularly on the imperative of moving swiftly from commitments to action, to assure success in our common and individual efforts. The enormity of the ambition we have set for ourselves must be matched by an equal sense of purpose, cohesion and speed. Let us, therefore, use this occasion to compare notes and inspire one another as we set off on the demanding transformative journey ahead of us.
Mr President, in Zimbabwe, we have, through multi-stakeholder consultations under the leadership of the government and involving the private sector, civil society and international partners, made progress in establishing the necessary structures for the domestication of Agenda 2030 and Africa's Agenda 2063.
These structures will also incorporate the framework for the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, in particular the implementation of our nationally determined contributions.
I am pleased to note that the objectives of all these global agendas are in consonance with our own national development blueprint, the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim-Asset).
This will facilitate the aligning of the global agenda with our national vision, as well as their domestication.
The availability of adequate and assured financial resources will be one of the key ingredients for the success of Agenda 2030.
In Zimbabwe, we have embarked on various reforms aimed at enhancing our capacity to generate and mobilise more domestic resources to support our national development efforts. These include facilitating the ease of doing business and attracting more investments into the country.
Mr President, our efforts at domestic resource mobilisation do not, and should not, absolve our external partners from complementing and supporting our national endeavours.
We expect sincere cooperation in creating an enabling global environment in the areas of finance, trade and taxation, among others.
Recent revelations have shone light on the schemes, legal or otherwise, that deprive governments of huge financial resources which can be channeled towards development.
International cooperation is imperative in stemming and stamping out financial engineering schemes that siphon resources from use for public good.
For us in Africa, illicit flows, estimated at $60 billion a year, further haemorrhage the limited financial resources at our disposal.
This area needs urgent resolution to ensure that an improvement in domestic resource mobilisation efforts contributes to national coffers, and not to lining the pockets of those illegally transferring these resources from our countries.
Mr President, sanctions and other unilateral measures, declared and undeclared, are a major impediment to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
They are a contravention of the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, to which we all profess commitment and adhesion.
If the 2030 objective of "leaving no one behind" is to be achieved, these sanctions should be lifted immediately and unconditionally.
My country continues to suffer under these unwarranted sanctions.
We call on those who rely on these blunt instruments of mass punishment, to choose the course of friendship and cooperation, rather than that of punition and destruction.
Let the constructive spirit of partnership and cooperation, espoused in Sustainable Development Goal Number 17, guide relations between our countries, in mutual efforts to achieve peace, prosperity and human progress, which underpin the Sustainable Development Goals.
We are all agreed that the Sustainable Development Goals are universal and transformative. The Sustainable Development Goals are truly revolutionary and demand a truly revolutionary transformation in each of us, if the lofty promises of a world rid of poverty, inequality and self-destruction, is to see the light of day. The new man and woman this calls for is within each of us.
Together we can release this new being. Let us do so.
I thank you.
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Zombie films
World War Z tablet game released, $50 mega-ticket announced
By Chris Post on June 14, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )
With a week to go before the release of Brad Pitt's summer blockbuster zombie flick "World War Z" two publicity items have been released.
The first was a new clip of film titled "No place is doing well." As you can see, it's just a short scene where Pitt's character gravely informs a group of G.I.s that basically the entirely country is screwed. It doesn't reveal anything about the plot and is once more devoid of any zombies.
The second item has created a bit of a buzz even beyond the zombie film crowd. In a team effort, Paramount Pictures and Regal Entertainment Group have announced the availability of a mega ticket for the upcoming release of "World War Z."
For just(?) $50 fans get access to an early screening on June 19, one HD digital copy of the movie when it becomes available, one pair of "World War Z" collector's custom RealD 3D glasses, one official full-size limited-edition movie poster and a small popcorn. You apparently have to pay for your own drink.
The tickets will be good in Houston, San Diego, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Irvine, Calif.
For those who can't get enough World War Z, there is also a new game available on several platforms. You can check it out at
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On Myspace it is integral that you are friends with venues, artists and bands from your area so when there is a gig, screening or show in your area you will know about it. Also if you are friends with some of the bigger bands that you like, they might offer priority bookings to their online friends so keep an eye out for any special offers that may crop up.
Most cities will have their own website, whether council run or run by a group of dedicated individuals. On these sites there are usually an events section or gig guide where events will be listed in date order, you can check these sites regularly to find out what gigs are coming up in your area.
A lot of these sites also include mailing lists which you can sign up to, this is the easiest way to keep up to date as you'll get dates straight through to your inbox.
If you know of a venue that you like and it has events that suit your tastes then you can go to their website and look at their event calendar. These sites also have mailing lists because like any venue they want people to come along to their events, they are also the best sites to get information about the event you are going to see.
If you are heading to an event then take a look around, on the walls there should be future events advertised. Also, if your venue knows what it is doing as a business it should have leaflets that you can take away and keep with upcoming events listed on them. Keep these; if you are then stuck for something to do one evening you can refer to it, most big venues have something on every night. You might just find that you end up going to a gig that you never would've gone to otherwise!
There are various gig guides online which will give you a choice of locations to browse gigs by, you can choose your town or have a look a bit further afield to get a wider range of options. Keep one of these sites in your favourites so you can refer back to it when you are feeling a bit musical or have just been paid!
Always a great place to find gigs just type 'gigs in...' then your city name to bring up various sites containing the information you need. Many of these will be some of the sites I have listed above but you are always likely to find that rare gem that is only listed in the depths of the Internet.


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Five-year-old Zach Tahir suffers from a rare medical condition which means he's slowly eating his way through his bedroom.
Zach has a constant need to chew, but as he can't distinguish between food and inedible objects he wants to eat everything from window blinds to the plaster on his walls.
The youngster from Salford, Greater Manchester, who is autistic and cannot speak, has an extreme form of a disorder called Pica.
To keep him safe mother, Rachel Horn, has to go to extraordinary lengths ripping up celery to encourage him to eat it instead of thread and even sprinkling nuts on the carpet.
Rachel has now launched a fundraising drive to build a 'safe room', without objects Zach could try to consume.
Rachel, 32, said: 'He eats almost anything – mud and moss, stones, carpet, grow bags, thread, paper, wallpaper and hair.
'He loves to climb on his windowsill and eat his black-out blind. He likes to have something to chew on at all times. It is not the taste he likes, but the texture.
'It's frustrating as Zach doesn't speak – not one word – and meal times are a nightmare.
Zach, who lives with his mum and sister Isabella, two, was diagnosed with autism and learning difficulties aged three. His Pica, which is believed to be linked to autism, was diagnosed around the same time.
Rachel first noticed her son wasn't developing at the rate of other children when he was nine months.
She is hoping to raise 15,000 to make Zach's bedroom safe, furnishing it with items including a special mattress without seams.
She has organised events including a sponsored walk in Buile Hill Park on June 3 and a car boot sale a week later.
Caroline Hattersley, of The National Autistic Society, said: 'People with autism often experience sensory difficulties.
Pica is surprisingly common – although cases as extreme as Zach's are rare. Experts say as many as 21 per cent of children aged one to six can suffer it at some stage.
Pica derives from the Latin for magpie – a bird with a reputation for eating almost everything. It appeared in medical texts as far back as 1563 and is believed to be common in pregnant women.
In some cases, a lack of certain minerals – such as iron and zinc – may trigger the unusual cravings.
The habit of eating non-edible objects could arise from some sort of deficiency.
Some sufferers eat dirt, according to Dr Carol Cooper, and many of them are found to lack iron, which is present in soil.
Others develop the condition because of extreme stress, though it is not clear why.
A desire to eat cleaning agents may be linked with obsessive-compulsive disorder or just a liking for fragrances. Pica can lead to dangerous complications in the body's metabolism.
One type of treatment is cognitive behavioural therapy with an experienced psychologist.
Other sufferers who have made the news recently include Natalie Hayhurst, who at the age of three, nearly died last February after eating a lightbulb that she tore from a bedroom night-light. Natalie also admitted wolfing down almost a whole brick, 'like it was a chocolate chip cookie'.Last year, Nicole Bonner, then 22, said she had eaten around 1,000 sponges in the past five years after developing a strange craving for soap during her pregnancy.Kerry Trebilcock, 21, confessed to eating more than 100 bars of soap, giving her stomach cramps, constipation and diarrhoea. She said she often 'spices up' her sponge diet with hot sauce or mustard, or dunks her strange snacks in tea or hot chocolate.Tempestt Henderson, from Florida, told how she eats up to five bars of soap a week – and washing powder too. She said: 'I remember the first time I dipped my fingers into the washing powder. I dabbed the powder onto my tongue and it tasted so sweet, and salty…it just felt so right. I was hooked straight away.'Teresa Widener, a 45-year-old woman from Bedford, Virginia, has regularly sucked the dirt off rocks before crunching them between her teeth. 'I like that it has an earthy flavour', she said. 'If I know I have some at my house I feel better, just knowing they're there…they're there for me when I'm upset or whatever.