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Comets nip Enforcers in 19-inning game

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Thanks to Kobe Santos base hit, the extended match finally ended. Santos single at the bottom of the 19th inning drove Lorenzo Sebaklim home. Sebaklim led off for the Comets and advanced to first off an Enforcers error at centerfield. He then made it to third after second batter Austin Hocog singled, but was stuck there in the ensuing play, as Aurel Mendiola flied out at second. Santos was next at bat and made the game-winning hit.

The Comets-Enforcers tiff was first played on March 1 and ended in a deadlock after 13 innings. The match resumed last Saturday after the three Senior League games were completed and it still took about two hours for the game to be completed.

The Enforcers had a chance to nail the go-ahead run at the top of the 16th inning with Ethan Babauta reaching third base with two outs, but Comets pitcher Aurel Mendiola and first baseman Austin Indalecio teamed up for the last out.

The Comets also had an opportunity to end the game earlier when they loaded the bases at the bottom of the 17th with two outs, but Rejay Iskawa flied out to left field.

The 19-inning game could be the longest in CNMI Little League history, according to SLLB, Inc. president Tony Rogolifoi. Saipan Tribune contacted former CNMI District Administrator James Ada to confirm the record, but have yet to get a response at press time last night.

Enforcers 7, Jets 2 The Enforcers (9-1) returned to the field last Sunday and regrouped quickly after beating the Jets. The Enforcers finished strong, scoring five runs in the last two innings to bring down the Jets (3-6). The game was tied, 2-all, after five complete innings before Jordan Kosam put the Enforcers in the lead with his RBI single. Kosam also reached home off a Jets error, while Shakobe Rangamar gave the team a 5-2 lead. Two more unearned runs at the top of the seventh game the Enforcers more breathing room and they kept the lead after a 1-2-3 at the bottom.

Falcons 3, Comets 1 The Comets failed to keep their momentum after the marathon win over the Enforcers, bowing to the Falcons in a low-scoring game.

The Falcons scored in the last two innings to edge the Comets. Kody Omengkar, who logged the Falcons first run at the top of the first off Don Fejerans single, also recorded the teams second run off a passed ball in the sixth inning to break the deadlock.

The Comets forced a standoff at the bottom of the first with Hocog blasting an RBI single and the match remained tied after five innings. The drought continued for the Comets in the last two innings, as they had two runners stranded in the sixth and one in the seventh. Earlier at the top of the seventh, Ace Evangelista scored off a Comets I error.

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Shield win a good omen insists Workington Comets captain

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Last updated at 11:42, Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Workington Comets new captain Rene Bach proudly lifted the Ian Thomas Shield on Sunday and believes the win is a good omen for the season ahead.

Rene Bach

The 23-year-old from Denmark scored 12 points in the second leg on Sunday to help his side beat Newcastle Diamonds and clinch the shield 77-73 on aggregate.

Comets lost the second leg at Newcastles Brough Park 46-44 but won the shield on aggregate following a 33-27 win in the first leg at Derwent Park on Saturday.

Bach said he felt he owed his side a strong performance in the second leg after scoring three points from his two rides in the first leg, which was abandoned after heat 10 following a heavy downpour.

He said: I felt I let the team down on Saturday night but I got it working again on Sunday.

It was great to win the shield and a good way to start the season. Everyone had a heat win over the two legs, which was great.

Hopefully its a good sign for the season.

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Tampa dermatologist performing phase III clinical trial for nail psoriasis

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(PR NewsChannel) / March 26, 2014 / TAMPA, Fla.

Tampa Dermatologist Dr. Seth Forman is executing a phase III clinical trial in search of an effective drug treatment for those suffering from nail psoriasis.

In phase III of a clinical trial, a new treatment is given to patients to monitor and confirm its effectiveness.

Promising research is being done to treat the disorder, states the Tampa dermatologist. We are encouraged by the results of the trial so far.

The condition is a common feature seen in conjunction with cutaneous psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Nail psoriasis can affect as much as 50 percent of all psoriasis patients, causing distress from pain and an unsightly look, according to the Psoriasis Institute.

While positive signs have being seen in treatment, one issue facing patients with the condition is it is often misdiagnosed as nail fungus and treated improperly.

Dr. Forman says the most common symptoms of nail psoriasis are discoloration and thickening or crumbling of the nail. Occurrences may take place on different parts of the nail including the nail fold, nail plate, hyponychium, cuticles and the matrix.

The condition itself is benign, but it takes a toll on those suffering from it, says Dr. Forman. I am optimistic that the trial will conclude with good results.

If interested in being a part of the clinical trial for nail psoriasis, or for more on Dr. Seth Forman, Tampa dermatology or Forman Dermatology and Skin Cancer Institute, please visit http://www.FormanDerm.com.

About Dr. Seth Forman:Dr. Forman is a board-certified dermatologist practicing in Tampa, Florida. He was voted the Best Dermatologist in Carrollwood in 2011 and 2012 by the Carrollwood News and Tribune. In December 2011, he opened his new Tampa dermatologyoffice, Forman Dermatology and Skin Cancer Institute, where he gives psoriasis sufferers access to the latest treatment options, including topical and oral medications, as well as biological and phototherapy. Dr. Forman is one of the few Tampa dermatologists to offer narrowband light therapy, which uses pharmaceutical grade light to suppress psoriasis. Hes also one of the few board-certified dermatologists in the U.S. to use the SRT-100 radiotherapy to treat basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer.

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JULIANA’S WORLD TRAVEL AND TOURS: AMA Certo-Church & Monastery in Prague – Video

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Spring Solstice: Living in Balance with Life and Spiritual Selves (2 of 5) – Video

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To honor the Spring Solstice, the Higher Self will teach us how to create balance in our lives by living with a deeper spiritual connection. Understand the c...

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CRUCIBLE: Truth and Khutbah

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QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 26 March) It is another case of dj vu or plain coincidence that as we talked about the subject of bayan (speech) and its grade as shown in the tradition of discourses including khutbah (preaching) last Friday, there was a report from the Arab News two days ago about a survey in several mosques in Saudi Arabia wherein 53% of those who attend do not remember the Friday sermon.

Accordingly, over half of Friday sermon listeners do not remember the subject of the sermon. This is according to the survey conducted by the King Abdulaziz National Dialogue Center (KANDC). Also, two-third of the 865 respondents picked randomly from the Kingdoms 13 regions said that sermons had impacted their lives.

But about 52.4% of respondents wanted sermons to focus on social issues, while more than 74% said they do not seek guidance from prayer leaders, indicating according to the report, a lack of personal communication between preachers and their guidance. Although about 60.4% of participants said they found the sermons appealing, around 31.6% said preachers encourage them to deal with personal and social issues in a positive manner.

According to Ismael Maritheri of the King Abdulaziz University, the significance of Friday sermons in changing society and renewing spiritual energy is undeniably important. But there is a need, he said, to train spiritual leaders to deliver more appealing sermons in order to attract people. He also said there must be an element of information and enlightenment as well as conducive methods for personal, social and family development. Finally, Maritheri said preachers who deliver sermons must be able to inform, motivate and enlighten people to achieve success in this world and in the hereafter.

We are quite sad but a bit elated with the findings of the King Abdulaziz National Dialogue Center. We had felt the same even long time ago the limitation on how discourses or khutubah are being conducted in many countries. What could be the most representative if not the case of supposedly holy sites in Saudi Arabia; yet the statistics seemingly confirmed what we had long felt?

Truth and bayan

Hence, this is not to raise our selves. Like many others, we had been, in our own simple way, trying to raise the bar of informed and enlightened discourses; wed long struggled to fully reflect the wisdom of the tradition of bayan or speech in the Holy Quran.

As we had already provided a simple frame about the relationship between bayan and truth, we just would like to reiterate that bayan, in a sense, could be considered as instrument of truth. According to the Quran, truth is from thy Lord so be not at all in doubt (Al-baqarah: 147).

Bayan then should be anchored on truth and pinpoints truth. There is supposedly no element that should interfere in the process since there is only one truth. Prophet Muhammad (SAW) reminded us: speak the truth even if it is bitter (murran). The notion of murran or bitter is something that is intended to heal the sickness of the heart that is, to refine and purify it.

You know men, unlike animals, operate in a kind of moral pendulum that sways from one point to another. There is much dynamics in the moral make-up of a person. Hence, there are times when one may develop the sickness of the heart. Truth is the way into which the heart is softened and thus be purified so that it regains its original constitution as seat of spiritual essence. What is directed, then, is actually the purification and the removal of blemishes that can incidentally develop in ones being. Hence, truth is the anchor of the whole corpus of tradition as far as discourse like khutbah is concerned.

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Why Russian capsule won't dock with Space Station, yet

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Two Russians and an American blasted off successfully Wednesday. But a 24-second engine burn in orbit failed to occur, and their docking with the International Space Station is delayed until Thursday.

An engine snag has delayed the arrival of a Russian spacecraft carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station until Thursday.

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A rocket carrying Russians Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev and American Steve Swanson to the space station blasted off successfully early Wednesday from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Soyuz booster rocket lifted off as scheduled at 3:17 a.m. local time Wednesday (2117 GMT Tuesday). It entered a designated orbit about 10 minutes after the launch and was expected to reach the space station in six hours. All onboard systems were working flawlessly, and the crew was feeling fine.

NASA and Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, said shortly before the planned docking that the arrival had been delayed after a 24-second engine burn that was necessary to adjust the Soyuz spacecraft's orbiting path "did not occur as planned."

The crew is in no danger, but will have to wait until Thursday for the Soyuz TMA-12M to arrive and dock at the space station, NASA said. The arrival is now scheduled for 7:58 p.m. EDT (2358 GMT) Thursday.

Roscosmos chief Oleg Ostapenko said on Wednesday that the glitch occurred because of a failure of the ship's orientation system. The crew is in good spirits and they have taken off their space suits to prepare for the long flight, Ostapenko said in remarks carried by Russian news agencies.

The Russian official said the crew is now working to adjust the spacecraft to the right orbit to make it for the Thursday docking.

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