Dr. Frank Jobe: Sports Medicine Pioneer Passes Away At 88

<P>Renowned American orthopedic surgeon Dr. Frank Jobe has died, according to an official statement made by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday. He had been hospitalized in Santa Monica shortly before his death due to an unnamed illness. Jobe was 88 years old and a team physician for the Dodgers for 50 seasons.</P><P>Dr. Jobe is credited for creating and developing the <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/sports-medicine-pioneer-frank-jobe-dies-88-22811968" target="_blank">Tommy John surgery</A> – a breakthrough in the field of surgery in which a tendon from any part of the body is transplanted to a damaged ulnar collateral ligament or UCL in the medial elbow. Dr. Jobe performed this procedure for the first time in 1974 on major league pitcher Tommy John; hence the name.</P><BLOCKQUOTE lang=en class=twitter-tweet readability="8"><P>RIP to Dr. Frank Jobe who was the first person to successfully perform what is now called Tommy John Surgery. <a href="http://t.co/iomTJdI54j">pic.twitter.com/iomTJdI54j</A></P><P>— Baseball Report (@NickHamelinMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickHamelinMLB/statuses/441781884100812800">March 7, 2014</A></P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Prior to the surgery, athletes who suffered from a ruptured UCL had no means of repairing it, but the Tommy John surgery completely changed that. Tommy John spent an entire year recovering from the surgery and went on to win 164 games in a span of 14 years afterwards.</P><P>Not only did Dr. Jobe invent the Tommy John surgery, but he also refined it and trained numerous orthopedic surgeons. It is now one of the most common baseball-related surgical procedures among collegiate and professional athletes.</P><P><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/famed-surgeon-jobe-dies-at-88?ymd=20140306&content_id=68846290&vkey=news_mlb" target="_blank">Before joining</A> the Dodgers medical team, Dr. Jobe was a consultant and active practitioner at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic, which specializes in sports medicine. He was team physician for 40 years before being appointed as special advisor to the chairman of the Dodgers in 2008.</P><P>Dr. Jobe has been <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24471145/dodgers-announce-passing-of-dr-frank-jobe-at-age-88">recommended to be a nominee</A> in the National Baseball Hall of Fame even though he never played the game. An official campaign to have Dr. Jobe inducted into the Hall of Fame was launched in August 2012 and last year, the organization honored him informally in March 2013.</P><P>Apart from his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Jobe#Hall_of_Fame_Consideration" target="_blank">massive contribution</A> to sports medicine, Dr. Jobe also served in World War II as an army medic. He also wrote more than 100 medical publications and received Honorary Doctorates from Japan and the United States.</P><BLOCKQUOTE lang=en class=twitter-tweet readability="8"><P>He was a great surgeon but a better person. Many pitchers owe their lives to Dr Frank Jobe. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23letsdoitfoundation&src=hash">#letsdoitfoundation</A> <a href="http://t.co/UzRVk8Lzvw">pic.twitter.com/UzRVk8Lzvw</A></P><P>— Tommy John (@TommyJohn288) <a href="https://twitter.com/TommyJohn288/statuses/441774937888817152">March 7, 2014</A></P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Image via <a href="https://twitter.com/VinScullyTweet/status/361306146537082881/photo/1" target="_blank">Twitter</A></EM></P><STRONG class=entry-title>Dr. Frank Jobe: Sports Medicine Pioneer Passes Away At 88</STRONG> 2 hours ago <br /><p><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/dr-frank-jobe-sports-medicine-pioneer-passes-away-at-88-2014-03" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the original article here</a></p>

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Anne Frank Literature: 265 Books Destroyed in Tokyo

<P>Since January, a vandal has been making their rounds, ripping pages out of Anne Frank books in libraries across Tokyo, Japan.</P><P>Police investigators have counted a total of 265 damaged books.</P><P>One of the most renowned, historical books of the Holocaust victim includes The Diary of a Young Girl</EM>, which details a firsthand account of Anne Frank’s experience.</P><P>Evidence has shown that dozen of pages were ripped out of the book. Investigators believe that the books may have been searched in the librarian database.</P><P>One library has now relocated their copies in a safe area behind the counter of the checkout area.</P><P>There is reportedly no motive behind the vandalism, or is it?<a href="D:\aaaaa\has'\1\data\make money online by typing\webpro\anne_14022197_616.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignright" height="236" src="/anne14022197616.jpg" width="416"></A></P><P>The Associated Press implied that the former <a href="http://nypost.com/2014/02/21/265-anne-frank-books-vandalized-in-tokyo-libraries/">relationship between Germany and Japan </A>could be the reason why the “paper-reaper” is targeting Anne Frank literature.</P><BLOCKQUOTE readability="7"><P>Japan and Nazi Germany were allies in World War II, and though Holocaust denial has occurred in Japan at times, the motive for damaging the Anne Frank books is unclear. </EM></P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>According to <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26284614">BBC News</A>, Japan has no history of anti-Semitism. Associate Dean Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, which is a Jewish rights organization, believes otherwise.</P><P>“The geographic scope of these incidents strongly suggest an organized effort to denigrate the memory of the most famous of the 1.5 million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis in the World War Two Holocaust,” he told BBC.</P><P>Literature about Anne Frank has been commonly popular among the Japanese community for years. Historians from Israel have confirmed that young adults in Japan are more receptive towards the Anne Frank story than any other age group.</P><P>The The Diary of a Young Girl</EM> was first translated in 1952 and became one of the bestsellers in Japan a year later. The country reportedly ranks second to the United States in the most copies sold.</P><P>Images via <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUvG8WIogPg">YouTube</A></EM></P><STRONG class=entry-title>Anne Frank Literature: 265 Books Destroyed in Tokyo</STRONG> 4 hours ago <br /><p><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/anne-frank-literature-265-books-destroyed-in-tokyo-2014-02" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the original article here</a></p>

Anne Frank Literature: 265 Books Destroyed in Tokyo

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