HBT: Cespedes steals the show at HR derby

The winner of the Home Run Derby isn?t even an All-Star. But he?s here and his presence was validated: Yoenis Cespedes has won the 2013 Home Run Derby.

Cespedes hit 9 homers in the final round ? his last traveling 455 feet ? beating out Bryce Harper who had eight. Cespedes had 32 in all to Harper?s 24. In the team competition the the AL beat the NL 53 to 50. Cespedes did not have to use up all ten of his allotted outs in the second round. If he had, the AL ? and Cespedes ? likely would have had higher totals.

Harper was nothing if not consistent, hitting eight homers in each of the three rounds, but Cespedes seemed to have an entirely different gear tonight. His final round homers finding parts of the park that no competitor had found all night.

And so we have survived another Home Run Derby. They are fun for a while, then get a little tedious. But it was nice for once to see a competitor seem to grow stronger as the night went on rather than have the final round be somewhat anti-climactic. Oh, and it ended with Cespedes being awarded a brand new Chevy Silverado. So that?s nice for him.

That?s it from Citi Field for today. It?s been a long day of meet-and-greets, promotional events and weird exhibitions. Tomorrow we get the reason we?re all here: the All-Star Game. ?Keep a window open with HardballTalk and NBCSports.com all day, as we?ll be hitting you with our best shots from morning until late in the night.

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Instagram Designer Tim Van Damme moving to Dropbox in early August

Ready to tackle new challenges and experiences, Tim Van Damme, the Lead Designer for Instagram, will be leaving the Facebook-acquired company to join up with Dropbox. Van Damme has a healthy track record, having designed for Instagram since January of 2012, as well as Gowalla and TenForce prior to that time. He'll join former Facebook designers Rasmus Andersson and Soleio Cuervo in his new position starting in early August; in the meantime, he'll be taking a few weeks off, though we wonder if he'll be sharing any pictures of his vacation or the amazing food on you-know-what.

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Black-legged ticks linked to encephalitis in New York state

Public release date: 15-Jul-2013
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Researchers urge citizens and healthcare providers to be vigilant

The number of tick-borne illnesses reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the rise. Lyme disease leads the pack, with some 35,000 cases reported annually. In the Northeast, the black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) that spread Lyme disease also infect people with other maladies, among them anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and as a new paper in the journal Parasites and Vectors reports Powassan encephalitis.

Powassan encephalitis is caused by Powassan virus and its variant, deer tick virus. The virus is spread to people by infected ticks, and can cause central nervous system disruption, encephalitis, and meningitis. There is a 10-15% fatality rate in reported cases, with many survivors suffering long-term neurological damage.

Rick Ostfeld, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and one of the paper's authors, comments: "We've seen a rise in this rare but serious illness in parts of New York State that are hotspots for Lyme disease. And we suspected it was tied to an increase in black-legged ticks carrying deer tick virus, particularly on the east side of the Hudson River."

This is precisely what a 5-year assessment bore out. Researchers surveyed ticks at sites east and west of the river. Fieldwork involved collecting ticks off of small mammals and birds, as well as dragging tick cloths near animal burrows and known tick habitats. Routine surveys performed by the New York State Department of Health were also incorporated in the study.

More than 13,500 ticks of seven species were assessed. Black-legged ticks made up almost all of the collection. Nymphs and adults were sampled, as these life stages are most likely to infect people. Counties surveyed included Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, Sullivan, Ulster, Orange, and Rockland. In addition, blood samples were taken from a variety of birds and mammals, to identify deer tick virus hosts.

Throughout the study, lab analyses performed at Wadsworth Center's Arbovirus Laboratories found deer tick virus in black-legged ticks. Areas east of the Hudson River had the highest concentration of infected adult ticks on the order of 4-5% in Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties. Virginia opossums, striped skunks, and raccoons were among the animals found to transmit deer tick virus to feeding ticks.

Laura Kramer, one of the paper's authors and a research scientist at the Wadsworth Center, notes: "Our findings are consistent with deer tick virus infection rates in people revealed in clinical tests by the New York State Department of Health. Of fourteen individuals testing seropositive for deer tick virus, ten were residents of Westchester, Putnam, or Dutchess counties. Another two were from Albany and Suffolk counties, areas with burgeoning black-legged tick populations."

Adding to the problem: unlike Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis which take feeding black-legged ticks hours to transmit deer tick virus transmission can occur in just 15 minutes. This leaves very little 'grace period' for removing ticks, and underscores the importance of vigilance in tick habitat.

Ostfeld concludes: "When patients present with encephalitis symptoms in areas with high levels of Lyme disease, especially during the summer, physicians need to consider Powassan encephalitis. While rare, it's associated with significant complications. There is no vaccine or specific antiviral therapy, the best strategy remains prevention."

Our knowledge of Powassan encephalitis has grown largely as a result of West Nile virus surveillance. Both are part of the flavivirus group of arboviruses. More extensive arbovirus testing may reveal that deer tick virus is more widespread than previously thought.

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• Alan P. Dupuis II, The Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept of Health
  
• Ryan J. Peters, The Arbovirus Laboratories Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept of Health
  
• Melissa A. Prusinski, Vector Ecology Laboratory Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, NYS Dept of Health
  
• Richard C. Falco, Vector Ecology Laboratory, NYS Dept of Health
  
• Richard S. Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  
• Laura D. Kramer, The Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept of Health

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Contact: Lori M Quillen
quillenl@caryinstitute.org
845-677-7600 x233
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Researchers urge citizens and healthcare providers to be vigilant

The number of tick-borne illnesses reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the rise. Lyme disease leads the pack, with some 35,000 cases reported annually. In the Northeast, the black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) that spread Lyme disease also infect people with other maladies, among them anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and as a new paper in the journal Parasites and Vectors reports Powassan encephalitis.

Powassan encephalitis is caused by Powassan virus and its variant, deer tick virus. The virus is spread to people by infected ticks, and can cause central nervous system disruption, encephalitis, and meningitis. There is a 10-15% fatality rate in reported cases, with many survivors suffering long-term neurological damage.

Rick Ostfeld, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and one of the paper's authors, comments: "We've seen a rise in this rare but serious illness in parts of New York State that are hotspots for Lyme disease. And we suspected it was tied to an increase in black-legged ticks carrying deer tick virus, particularly on the east side of the Hudson River."

This is precisely what a 5-year assessment bore out. Researchers surveyed ticks at sites east and west of the river. Fieldwork involved collecting ticks off of small mammals and birds, as well as dragging tick cloths near animal burrows and known tick habitats. Routine surveys performed by the New York State Department of Health were also incorporated in the study.

More than 13,500 ticks of seven species were assessed. Black-legged ticks made up almost all of the collection. Nymphs and adults were sampled, as these life stages are most likely to infect people. Counties surveyed included Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, Sullivan, Ulster, Orange, and Rockland. In addition, blood samples were taken from a variety of birds and mammals, to identify deer tick virus hosts.

Throughout the study, lab analyses performed at Wadsworth Center's Arbovirus Laboratories found deer tick virus in black-legged ticks. Areas east of the Hudson River had the highest concentration of infected adult ticks on the order of 4-5% in Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties. Virginia opossums, striped skunks, and raccoons were among the animals found to transmit deer tick virus to feeding ticks.

Laura Kramer, one of the paper's authors and a research scientist at the Wadsworth Center, notes: "Our findings are consistent with deer tick virus infection rates in people revealed in clinical tests by the New York State Department of Health. Of fourteen individuals testing seropositive for deer tick virus, ten were residents of Westchester, Putnam, or Dutchess counties. Another two were from Albany and Suffolk counties, areas with burgeoning black-legged tick populations."

Adding to the problem: unlike Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis which take feeding black-legged ticks hours to transmit deer tick virus transmission can occur in just 15 minutes. This leaves very little 'grace period' for removing ticks, and underscores the importance of vigilance in tick habitat.

Ostfeld concludes: "When patients present with encephalitis symptoms in areas with high levels of Lyme disease, especially during the summer, physicians need to consider Powassan encephalitis. While rare, it's associated with significant complications. There is no vaccine or specific antiviral therapy, the best strategy remains prevention."

Our knowledge of Powassan encephalitis has grown largely as a result of West Nile virus surveillance. Both are part of the flavivirus group of arboviruses. More extensive arbovirus testing may reveal that deer tick virus is more widespread than previously thought.

###

• Alan P. Dupuis II, The Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept of Health
  
• Ryan J. Peters, The Arbovirus Laboratories Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept of Health
  
• Melissa A. Prusinski, Vector Ecology Laboratory Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, NYS Dept of Health
  
• Richard C. Falco, Vector Ecology Laboratory, NYS Dept of Health
  
• Richard S. Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
  
• Laura D. Kramer, The Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept of Health

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By V. Phani Kumar, MarketWatch

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) ? Asian stock markets rose Monday after data showed China?s economy grew in line with expectations in the second quarter, belying some fears of a sharper slowdown.

The Shanghai Composite /quotes/zigman/1859015 CN:SHCOMP +1.23% ?fronted the region?s stock advances, climbing 1.6% after data from the National Bureau of Statistics put the quarterly gross domestic product growth at 7.5%.

Other economic data released Monday also eased worries, with June retail sales, in particular, rising a better-than-expected 13.3%.

The GDP growth figure ? although weaker than the 7.7% expansion recorded in the first quarter ? matched expectations in separate surveys of economists by Dow Jones Newswires and Reuters.

It also followed a period of intense debate over the growth trajectory, as analysts worried that the Chinese economy may face more headwinds as Beijing refrained from providing additional fiscal or monetary stimulus.

China?s economic data prompt a relief rally in Shanghai, boosting other markets.

?The deceleration is a result of reduced domestic investment and a weak global environment. Further deceleration is possible if reforms and stimulus measures are delayed,? said Moody?s Analytics economist Alaistair Chan.

The gains in Shanghai also came after China?s Xinhua news service ? which had late last week cited Finance Minister Lou Jiwei as tipping 7% growth for 2013 ? corrected its story over the weekend. The report said the minister had actually indicated the economy would expand 7.5% this year, in line with the government?s official target.

Elsewhere, Hong Kong?s Hang Seng Index /quotes/zigman/2622475 HK:HSI +0.11% ?rose 0.4%, while Australia?s S&P/ASX 200 /quotes/zigman/1653884 AU:XJO +0.29% ?and South Korea?s Kospi /quotes/zigman/1652118 KR:SEU -0.21% ?each added 0.3%, with all three of them erasing earlier losses in the wake of the Chinese data.

Japanese markets were closed for a holiday.

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Is the talk of a breakthrough in U.S.-China trade negotiations just talk?

?After all the conjecture over the weekend, the latest batch of Chinese economic data was largely in line with economist forecasts,? said CommSec economist Savanth Sebastian.

?The good news is that retail sales lifted for the fifth consecutive month, and while not at heady 15%-plus growth rates seen a year ago, it still provides a degree of encouragement,? Sebastian said.

Several Chinese banks rallied to lead the rebound in Shanghai. China Citic Bank Corp. /quotes/zigman/1875236 CN:601998 +4.80% /quotes/zigman/36931/quotes/nls/chbjf CHBJF -8.00% climbed 6.7%, more than tripling its gains before the GDP data were released, while Bank of Communications Co. /quotes/zigman/1875309 CN:601328 +2.55% /quotes/zigman/527616/quotes/nls/bcmxy BCMXY +0.52% , or BoCom, rose 2.8%.

Chinese banks also fared well in Hong Kong, with China Construction Bank Corp. /quotes/zigman/35073 HK:939 +0.74% ? /quotes/zigman/529424/quotes/nls/cichy CICHY -2.58% ?rising 1.1%, and BoCom /quotes/zigman/34374 HK:3328 +0.80% ?adding 1.2%.

The banking-led advance also followed data released by the ?People?s Bank of China after the market close on Friday showing a slowdown in June in total social financing ? the broadest measure of bank loans and bond issuances ? from the May level.

Meanwhile, China?s statistics bureau said Monday that the non-performing loan ratio at the country?s commercial banks sat at 1%, up slightly from 0.9% in the first half of 2012 but still relatively low.

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Major miners in Australia erased their losses after the Chinese economic data to aid the market?s recovery. BHP Billiton Ltd. /quotes/zigman/180893 AU:BHP +0.36% /quotes/zigman/270355/quotes/nls/bhp BHP -1.80% ?and Rio Tinto Ltd. were both marginally higher after dropping earlier in the day.

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Varahabhotla Phani Kumar is a reporter in MarketWatch's Hong Kong bureau. Follow him on Twitter @MktwKumar.

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Baseball: Dad's dream comes true for Dodgers' Ricky Nolasco

By J.P. Hoornstra Staff Writer

One night many years ago, Emilio Nolasco was driving the familiar route from Dodger Stadium to his home in Rialto. His youngest son, Enrique - "Ricky," as the world would know him - was in the car. Ricky couldn't have been more than 2 years old.

This was just like any other drive home after a Dodgers game, except that Emilio indulged a crazy thought. He thought about the name of the outfielder he'd been yelling all night.

"Right now it's Rick Monday. Maybe someday it'll be Ricky Nolasco."

Crazy, right?

Today, Nolasco will pitch at Dodger Stadium for the third time in his major-league career. For the first time, he will be wearing a Dodgers uniform.

"It's a dream come true," the elder Nolasco said.

When he was 25, Emilio Nolasco came to the United States from Mexico and found work with a sheet metal company in Los Angeles. He became a devout fan of the local baseball team, a passion that was enabled every time his boss gave out a portion of his season-ticket stash to Nolasco, his wife and his three children.

Emilio's dream had its origins even before Ricky, now 30, was born. It's caught on with a few people in the meantime.

Nolasco was acquired from the Miami Marlins in a July 6 trade for three minor-league pitchers and made his first start for the Dodgers on Tuesday.

About 40 local well-wishers sojourned to Phoenix for the occasion. It was roughly the same camp of 40 that drove or flew to see

Nolasco pitch every time the Marlins came to San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix or Los Angeles.

The group includes Nolasco's parents, uncles, cousins, siblings and teammates from high school and Little League.

Sunday, the group will be larger, "in the few hundreds or so," Ricky Nolasco said.

Nolasco's older brother, David, lost count.

"It's nuts," David Nolasco said. "His phone hasn't stopped ringing since he's been traded. It's even to the point where some people he hasn't talked to in how long are asking for his number, for tickets."

The pitcher believes this is a great thing. He's already gotten the first game in a Dodgers uniform out of the way, and the team couldn't have asked for much more than the seven innings of four-hit ball Nolasco pitched in a 6-1 victory Tuesday.

"I'm an easy-going guy so I felt like I was able to use that (adrenaline) on the mound," Nolasco said. "It's the same game, just a different uniform."

Scott Russell, Nolasco's coach at Rialto High School, agrees.

"He'll be fine," Russell said. "I was glad to see his first start was in Arizona for that very reason - to get the jitters out. He's a big leaguer. He's an experienced pitcher. He knows how to keep his emotions in control. He'll be fine."

His brother isn't so sure.

David Nolasco says he's felt nervous before two of Ricky's games. One was April 5, 2006, when Ricky made his major-league debut in relief against the Houston Astros. The other was his 214th major-league game, Tuesday in Phoenix.

"I didn't want him to go out with a lot of emotions and let that take over," David Nolasco said. "Those times were probably the only times I was nervous. Probably Sunday will be the third time."

As a result, David has a policy.

"I told a lot of people that I don't want him worrying about a pass list, tickets, the first couple weeks," David Nolasco said. "I told them he's just going to leave a pass list for only a couple family and close friends. I don't want to take away from what he's doing on the mound. It kind of worries me because i know him as a person. He wants to help everybody and make sure everybody goes. I want him to focus on pitching. It's been a circus the last week."

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly has seen it before, the hometown kid pitching for the first time with friends and family looking on. The atmosphere, he believes, either works for you or against you, with little room in between.

Heck, there was a time Mattingly himself wanted to play for either the Cincinnati Reds or St. Louis Cardinals, the teams he followed growing up.

(Maybe Mattingly is the only one who didn't always imagine himself playing in Yankee pinstripes.) That changed over time.

"You think about all the family you have to deal with, people coming out of the woodwork," he said. "`I remember playing against you in Little League.' You just want to do your job."

It's in the Dodgers' best interests that Nolasco feels right at home right away. While Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke and Hyun-Jin Ryu entered the weekend series against Colorado with a combined 22-10 record, their other starters were 8-18.

Nolasco, who had a 5-8 record and 3.85 earned-run average for the Marlins this season, is expected to restore some balance to the back end of the rotation.

"It's kind of a shot in the arm for the team," Mattingly said. "This helps."

General manager Ned Colletti said he's had his eye on Nolasco awhile but had to wait for him to become available.

"Ricky isn't someone who's going to lose his focus or competitiveness because he is pitching close to where he grew up," Colletti said. "If anything, in his case, it could make him better."

To Nolasco's family, the trade to the Dodgers was more than a shot in the arm. It's the wild fantasy Ricky wouldn't indulge while trade rumors circled in recent weeks.

Rather than imagine himself wearing Dodger blue, Ricky said, he always tried to stay even-keel.

His father did not.

"Always we wished that he could pitch for the Dodgers," Emilio Nolasco said. "He pitched in Dodger Stadium for the Marlins, but not for the Dodgers. I really wanted to see if the Dodgers could get him.

"When he called me and said `I've been traded to the Dodgers,' I was kind of screaming to myself. It was good news for me, for Ricky and for everyone in the family."

Source: http://www.sbsun.com/sports/ci_23657644/baseball-dads-dream-comes-true-dodgers-ricky-nolasco?source=rss

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