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Express E-ZPass lanes at the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Gateway Mainline Toll Plaza 2 in Lawrence County will close Thursday.
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The work will be conducted if weather permits.
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"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
(20 U.S.C. 1681 & 34 C.F.R. Part 106)
The following behaviors/actions may fall under Title IX if the discrimination is based on sex/gender:
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In-service surveillance of ammunition is undertaken to ensure that ammunition
continues to meet the required quality standards throughout its entire life cycle. As explained by Mr. Adrian Wilkinson, surveillance is undertaken to ensure "that the ammunition continues to meet the required quality standards throughout its life. Quality, from this perspective, includes the performance of ammunition during use and its safety and stability during storage. The chemical, electrical, and mechanical properties of ammunition change and degrade with time, leading to a finite serviceable life for each munition. The accurate assessment of munition life is of paramount importance in terms of safety and cost."
For further explanation on the requirements for the in-service proof and surveillance of ammunition see "Stockpile Management: Surveillance and Proof" by Adrian Wilkinson in Conventional Ammunition in Surplus, Small Arms Survey, 2008,
Checklist on In Service Surveillance
The Protocol V Generic Preventive Measures checklist includes questions on in service surveillance, which are set out below.
Testing is an important component of the "development to production" phases for ammunition and the in service surveillance. Testing is the key process for verifying the reliability and safety of ammunition and determining its shelf life. This should preferably be done by live-firing.
Useful resources on testing
Allied Ammunition Safety and Suitability for Service Assessment Testing Publication - Guidance, NATO Standardization Agreement, STANAG 4629
The United States of America's presentation on "Overview of testing" across the life cycle of a munition to the 2009 Meeting of Experts
"Origin of Test Requirements and Passing Criteria for the Qualification and Final (Type) Qualification of Explosives" by Ken Tomasello, Michael Sharp, John Adams and Richard E. Bowen. IMEMTS Munich, Germany 11 - 14 October 2010
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By Ken De La Bastide
— When it comes to the Chili Bowl in Tulsa, Okla., the driver to beat in recent years has been Kevin Swindell.
The National Midget championships take place at an indoor dirt track with the trophy up for grabs appropriately dubbed, the "Golden Driller."
Swindell made it four wins in a row, capturing the title again last weekend. He was followed to the checkers by family member Sammy, who also has a few "Golden Driller" trophies in his collection.
Third place went to Brad Sweet, followed by Tim McCreadie and local driver Dave Darland.
Darland started 11th in the field and drove to the fifth-place finish. Noblesville driver Bryan Clauson finished eighth and Pay Less Little 500 runner-up Billy Wease started 22nd and finished a respectable ninth, capturing the Hard Charger award in the process.
Tony Stewart finished 15th in the Saturday night feature.
In other racing news:
— The Daytona 500 is a little more than a month away and the Sprint Cup drivers just finished three days of testing in the new "Gen 6" car. There was a 12-car wreck on Friday during the only day in which the teams elected to attempt some drafting.
Reports circulating following the testing is that the days of "bump drafting" are over and that the "Gen 6" car is unstable when drafting or running in large packs.
I still suspect the drivers will be "bump drafting" at Daytona when Speedweeks start Feb. 17 and there will undoubtedly be the "Big One," which will take a number of drivers out of contention for the win.
— Kyle Busch extended his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing through the 2017 season. Busch's contract was set to expire at the end of the 2013 season, so his new contract removes one of the biggest names from the free agent market going into the '14 season.
— Odds makers have made Jimmie Johnson and the Lowe's Chevrolet team a 4-to-1 favorite to win the Sprint Cup championship this year. Johnson was in a position to win the championship last season until an error during a pit stop at the final race of the year ended his chances.
Defending champion Brad Keselowski is the number two favorite, followed by Denny Hamilin, Kyle Busch, and Kasey Kahne.
Following the top five were Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, and Tony Stewart.
The odds for Ryan Newman winning the championship was set at 50-to-1.
It is a surprise that Kenseth was put in the Top 10 after changing teams for 2013, leaving Roush/Fenway Racing to compete for Joe Gibbs this year. Kevin Harvick was further down on the list with the reason being he was leaving Richard Childress Racing at the end of the year.
I was unable to find any odds for Danica Patrick winning the championship.
— In two weeks, action starts at Daytona International Speedway with the running of the Rolex 24-hour race for the Grand Am sports car series. The event is Jan. 26 and 27. There are 17 Daytona Prototype cars entered, which is a good omen for the rest of the season.
— On the same weekend, there are 27 cars entered for the ARCA/CRA Super Late Model race in Georgia as part of SpeedFest. Several top young drivers are already entered including Snowball Derby winner Erik Jones, Chase Elliott, John Hunter Nemechek, and Kyle Benjamin.


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By GREG MENGELT
Clarksville's defense got its second shutout in four weeks and the offense had big plays all night as the Generals pounded North Harrison, 34-0 to get back to .500 on the season.
Aidan McEwen completed an early drive with an eight-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Hardin. On the Generals' next series, McEwen found Hardin again on a 36-yard scoring strike.
On the night, Hardin caught five passes for 114 yards and three scores. He also had an interception, giving him 12 on the season.
"Hardin had another big week," Clarksville coach Steve Cooley said. "He beat them on corner routes and he beat them on post routes. He's a great athlete and a complete football player out there for us."
McEwen completed eight of his 10 passing attempts for 159 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. He found Nathaniel Jones from four yards out to give Clarksville a 20-0 lead at the end of the first quarter and then threw a third touchdown to Hardin — this one from 35 yards out — and the Generals led 34-0 at the break.
"We had some big plays," Cooley said. "We got some athletes in space and Aidan made things go."
Clarksville also got big plays in the running game, including a 75-yard touchdown run by Nate Knight early in the second quarter. Knight finished with 111 yards on three carries and Christian Brown added 78 yards as Clarksville finished with 209 yards on the ground.
"Our offensive line did a nice job and opened up some holes and our backs ran hard," Cooley said.
The General defense, which had given up 72 points over the past two weeks, returned to the form that also earned it a Week 4 shutout over Salem.
"It was a good test against a power running team," Cooley said. "We know we'll see it next week against Providence. We had some nice stops and I was pleased that our defense got the shutout and did a good job of getting off the field."
The Generals clinched fourth place in the Mid-Southern Conference with a final 4-3 mark.
North Harrison 0 0 0 0— 0
Clarksville 20 14 0 0—34
First Quarter
C — Brandon Hardin 8 pass from Aidan McEwen (kick failed)
C — Hardin 36 pass from McEwen (McEwen run)
C — Nathaniel Jones 4 pass from McEwen (kick failed)
Second Quarter
C — Nate Knight 75 run (Jake Matthews kick)
C — Hardin 35 pass from McEwen (Jones kick)
Clarksville Statistics
Rushing (25-209): Christian Brown 13-78, Knight 3-111, McEwen 5-12, Wyatt Kissell 3-5, Marquise Parrish 1-3.
Passing (8-11-159-0): McEwen 8-10-159-0, Kissell 0-1-0-0.
Receiving: Hardin 5-114, Jones 2-21, Knight 1-24.


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Each week, we give you the info on the best family activities or events for the week.
You're time-pressed enough, so we're happy to do the research and find the best things to do and places to go, both locally and within reasonable striking distance.
Look for the kids planner each Wednesday, and help us build the planner with your own suggestions and tips' just add them to the comment box. We want to hear from you.
Pearl River Easter Egg Hunt
- When/Where: Sunday March 24 at 1 p.m. on the Central Ave. Field in Pearl River
- Why Go: Be sure to arrive early for this Easter Egg hunt, sponsored by the Pearl River Chamber of Commerce and the law offices of Orangetown Councilman Tom Diviny. They start promptly at 1 p.m. and it is all over very quickly. Volunteers arrive at 11 a.m. to place thousands of candy-filled eggs in the field, which is sectioned off by age group.
- Cost/Contact: Free
Girls Book Club
- When/Where: Friday, March 22 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Pearl River Public Library
- Why Go: Bring a book to share and discuss in this activity designed for girls in fourth and fifth grades.
- Cost/Contact: Free with registration/Contact Pamela Gunning at 845-735-4084 ext 126
Midnight Bowling
- When/Where: Saturday night March 23rd at New City Bowl & Batting Cages at 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm
- Why Go: Moonlight Bowling Fundraiser this Saturday night to support and raise funds for the Hudson Valley Council Boy Scouts. With a donation of $22 you get 2 games of bowling, rental shoes, prizes, dessert and a tricky tray
- Cost/Contact: Deborah Klock 914-522-8050 firstname.lastname@example.com; $22
Family Movie Night
- When/Where: 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Mar 22 at the Nanuet Library
- Why Go: The movie "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" will be shown on the big screen. Bring blankets, pillows and anything that makes you comfortable. Snacks will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. Parents must accompany and stay with children during the movie. Library closes at 5 pm on Fridays, we will open the doors for Movie Night at 6:15 pm. No other library services will be available
- Cost/Contact: No registration required. Free / Nanuet Library
Family Movie Matinee
- When/Where: 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Mar 26 at the Nanuet Library
- Why Go: The movie "Homeward Bound" will be shown on the big screen. Bring blankets, pillows and anything that makes you comfortable. Snacks will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. Parents must accompany and stay with children during the movie.
- Cost/Contact: No registration required. Free / Nanuet Library
Arts & Craft Make & Take
- When/Where: A.C. Moore from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Mar 23
- Why Go: AC Moore has free a Arts & Craft activity this Saturday. Stop by and make Fashion Angels Tapeffiti Easter Eggs.
- Cost/Contact: Free / A.C. Moore
- When/Where: Sunday, March 24 and Good Friday, March 29 at 7 p.m./Gracepoint Gospel Fellowship, 384 New Hempstead Rd, New City
- Why Go: Look through the eyes of the characters and experience the emotions of how Jesus affected them - the doubt that Thomas had to overcome - the heart of a mother watching the last week of her Son's life - the political tensions of Pilate, and the control Caiphas exerted - imagine how John must have felt the morning he ran to the empty tomb and was greeted by angels. Also, Join us on Easter Sunday - Service Times - 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.
- Cost/Contact: Free/845-634-7828
Spin-a-thon to Benefit National MS Society
- When/Where: Saturday, March 23 at 10:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m./New York Sports Club 20 W Ramapo Rd, Garnerville
- Why Go: Join us for 1 or 2 hours of spin. 100% of proceeds will be donated to NMSS. Space is limited. 10:15 a.m. class is already full but bikes in the 11:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. classes are still available. Non- NYSC members welcome!
- Cost/Contact: Donation of $25 for 1 hour or $35 for 2 hours includes complimentary refreshments. Raffle tickets available for firstname.lastname@example.com
Acrobat Class at Bounce!
- When/Where: Saturday, March 23 at 6 pm at Bounce! Trampoline Sports, 612 Corporate Way, Valley Cottage, NY
- Why Go: Adults and kids can learn acrobat skills at Bounce! Trampoline Sports. Bounce! now offers a chance for anyone to try flips and twists thanks to the new harness installed at the foam pit. Head trainer Victor Byrne works with all ages on this fun apparatus, teaching beginners through advanced. Class times vary, so call 845-268-4000 for information and to reserve a spot in the class.
- Cost/Contact: $35; email@example.com 845-268-4000
Full-Length Mock SAT
- When/Where: Sunday, March 24 at 12 pm at Practice Perfect at 2 N Broadway, Nyack
- Why Go: Practice Perfect is running full-lengh, mock SAT tests Sundays at 12 P.M.
- Cost/Contact: Current students can sit for the exam for free, and a detailed diagnostic report can be obtained for a nominal $20 processing fee. For non-students the test and diagnostic score report is $50. If interested, please RSVP by contacting Practice Perfect through their website.


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Duluth Wildcats (7-AAAAA)
Coach: Corey Jarvis
Record: 2-0
Last week: Beat Northview 55-21
Alpharetta Raiders (6-AAAAA)
Coach: Jason Dukes
Record: 1-1
Last week: Lost to Mill Creek 42-7
It takes someone who has been around Duluth a long time to appreciate what a 3-0 start would mean. The last time that happened for the Wildcats was in 1985, assistant coach Doby Rogers' senior year. And it could repeat itself Friday when the surging Wildcats travel to Alpharetta.
"Our kids would look at 3-0 as a good sign that we will be a competitive team in our region," second-year Duluth coach Corey Jarvis said.
Duluth was in good position for a 3-0 start last season, at least until the Alpharetta game. The Raiders whipped the Wildcats handily in Game 3.
"Our kids were upset about last year," Jarvis said. "That was their first big ball game and we didn't play worth a flip. We laid an egg really."
The offense hasn't been laying eggs of late. Quarterback Anfornee Stewart (211 passing yards, four TDs last week) and wideout/return Myles Campbell (302 total yards last week) continue to be playmakers. The offensive line, led last week by Mark Ruskell and Devonta Johnson, also has been impressive.
Duluth played much better in Game 2 after needing a late rally to beat Archer in the opener.
"I think we're playing fairly well offensively," Jarvis said. "We're not making the mistakes with penalties like we did in the Archer game. And defensively, we've got a lot that we can improve on."
Last meeting: Alpharetta won 44-17 last year
Directions to Alpharetta High School: Take Ga. Hwy. 120 to Ga. 400 north to Old Milton Parkway and turn right. Turn left at the third traffic light (North Point Parkway). The school's side entrance is located on the right on North Point Parkway. The main entrance is located on Webb Bridge Road, just east of the North Point Parkway/Webb Bridge Road intersection.
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Throughout her illustrious career, Tony® Award-winning actress Bernadette Peters has dazzled audiences and critics with her performances on stage, on television, in concert, and in the recording industry.
In 2003, she received her seventh Tony® Award nomination for her electrifying portrayal of Momma Rose in Sam Mendes' record-breaking Broadway revival of "Gypsy." Her brilliant performance was captured on the Grammy award-winning "Gypsy" cast recording, released by Angel Records in August 2003. Peters' latest CD, "Sondheim, Etc., Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall (The Rest of It)," also on Angel Records (August 2005), features never-before-released highlights from her historic 1996 solo debut at Carnegie Hall.
In June 1999, Peters earned her second Tony® Award, her third Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her showstopping portrayal of Annie Oakley in one of Broadway's most popular musicals, the smash Tony® Award-winning hit Broadway revival of "Annie Get Your Gun." In 1996, she made her highly-anticipated solo debut at Carnegie Hall in an exclusive concert benefiting Gay Men's Health Crisis -- a performance she repeated in "Bernadette Peters in Concert," her London solo debut at Royal Festival Hall, which later was telecast on PBS and is now available on DVD.
A native of Ozone Park, New York, Peters began her performing career at the age of three with appearances on "Juvenile Jury," the classic TV game show "Name That Tune," and "The Horn & Hardart Children's Hour." She made her theatrical debut in "This is Goggle," starring James Daly and Kim Hunter, directed by the legendary Otto Preminger. Still in her teens, she appeared in "The Most Happy Fella" and "The Penny Friend" and performed in the national touring company of "Gypsy."
Peters made her Broadway debut in 1967 in "Johnny No-Trump," and in 1968 starred with Joel Grey in the musical "George M!," earning a Theatre World Award for her memorable portrayal of Josie Cohan. That same year, she received a Drama Desk Award for her showstopping performance in the smash hit off-Broadway musical "Dames at Sea," and quickly became one of the most sought-after stars in musical theater.
One of Broadway's brightest stars, Peters received both the Tony® Award and Drama Desk Award for her critically-acclaimed performance in Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical "Song and Dance." She garnered Tony® nominations for her memorable performance as Momma Rose in Sam Mendes' critically-acclaimed revival of "Gypsy." "Bernadette Peters is a revelation!" Ben Brantley of The New York Times declared of her star turn in the show. Peters also received Tony® nominations for her work in the 1992 musical "The Goodbye Girl;" Stephen Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "Sunday in the Park With George;" the Jerry Herman/Gower Champion ode to the movies, "Mack and Mabel;" and the Leonard Bernstein/Comden and Green musical "On The Town." In addition to these honors, Peters earned a Drama Desk nomination for her memorable portrayal of the Witch in Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods."
While Peters is best known for her work in the theater, her career doesn't end at the footlights. She boasts an impressive list of television credits ranging from performing arts specials such as PBS' "Evening at Pops and The Kennedy Center Honors" to appearances in variety shows such as "The Carol Burnett Show" and an Emmy®-nominated performance on "The Muppet Show." She appeared in the star-studded "Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall" and also played an opera diva-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown in Terrence McNally's "The Last Mile," both for PBS' highly acclaimed "Great Performances" series. Other television credits include PBS's "Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh" and the ABC-TV special "Quincy Jones: The First 50 Years."
Peters received an Emmy® nomination for her performance in Fox's hit TV series, "Ally McBeal." She portrayed the wicked stepmother in Cinderella with Brandy and Whitney Houston, and also starred in "What The Deaf Man Heard;" "The Odyssey" starring Armand Assante, "David," Fall From Grace with Kevin Spacey, and "The Last Best Year" with Mary Tyler Moore. She also appeared in the Showtime movie "Bobbie's Girl" (Daytime Emmy nomination) and "Prince Charming," a TNT movie co-starring Martin Short and Christina Applegate.
Peters recorded the original title song for the 1998 feature film "Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie," written by famed Tony® Award-winning Broadway composer Jerry Herman ("Hello, Dolly!," "Mame"). She can also be heard as the voice of Sophie in the feature film "Anastasia," as Angelique in the special home video "Beauty and the Beast: Enchanted Christmas," as Sue in "The Land Before Time: The Great Longneck Migration," and the voice of Rita the Cat in the popular Steven Spielberg animated program "Animaniacs."
A performer of amazing versatility, Peters has lit up the silver screen in 17 films throughout her distinguished career. She received a Golden Globe® Award for her memorable performance in "Pennies From Heaven." Film credits include "The Jerk" with Steve Martin, "The Longest Yard" with Burt Reynolds, "Silent Movie" with Mel Brooks, "Annie" with Carol Burnett, "Pink Cadillac" with Clint Eastwood, "Slaves of New York" with Mercedes Ruehl, Woody Allen's "Alice" with Mia Farrow, "Impromptu" with Hugh Grant and Mandy Patinkin, and most recently, "It Runs in the Family," starring opposite Kirk and Michael Douglas.
In addition to numerous Grammy Award-winning Broadway cast albums including "Gypsy" and "Annie Get Your Gun," Peters has recorded six solo albums: "Sondheim, Etc., Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall (The Rest of It);" "Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein" (Grammy® Nomination); the live recording "Sondheim Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live At Carnegie Hall" (Grammy® Nomination); "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (Grammy Nomination); "Bernadette Peters;" and "Now Playing."
Peters has received numerous accolades throughout her distinctive career, ranging from the Tony® Award to a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Police Athletic League (PAL), an organization which runs 84 youth centers and 150 summer camps for New York City's neediest children, named her as Woman of the Year for 1999. A few weeks earlier, the Actors Fund of America bestowed Peters with their Artistic Achievement Award. She has received the Special Advocate Award from the City of New York for her contributions to the gay and lesbian community, and is the youngest person to be inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. Peters also received the 2000 New York Heroes Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. In 2004, she was the Arts and Entertainment recipient of the Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications, Inc. Other honors include the Sarah Siddons Actress of the Year Award and Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year for her "lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment."
Bernadette Peters devotes her time and talents to numerous events that benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Gay Men's Health Crisis, for whom she also performed in a benefit concert version of "Anyone Can Whistle." Peters' "pet project" is Broadway Barks, an annual, star-studded dog adoption event, she founded with friend Mary Tyler Moore, benefiting animal shelters throughout New York. She resides in New York City and Los Angeles.


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Located in New York's Theater District, this boutique hotel is on West 45th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues, between Rockefeller Center and Times Square.
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Guests of Room-Mate Grace socialize around the clock in a pool and unisex steam room, sauna, and shower. A bar/lounge with a pool-service window remains opens past midnight.
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Celebrity hotelier André Balazs designed this Manhattan hotel with just the essentials for globe-trotting fashion models and young professionals. Room Mate Grace has no doorstaff, porter/bellhop, conference room, or restaurant. The front desk resembles a sidewalk newsstand and sells snack foods, liquor and beverages, and periodicals. But it does provide a continental breakfast (surcharge), a pool social center, and a poolside bar.
A complimentary, 24-hour mezzanine social area at Room Mate Grace centers around an indoor pool with underwater music and a service window for drinks from the hotel bar. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available.
Slate amphitheater seating leads from the pool to a red-tiled, unisex steam room and an expansive unisex sauna. Between them, a slate-lined communal shower room with glass side walls and bench contains five rain showerheads.
A DJ performs Friday and Saturday nights in the pool's amphitheater. When the DJ is not present, contemporary background music plays throughout the mezzanine level.
Room Mate Grace is a smoke-free property (fines apply for violations).
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Whether it was Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln holding off a Democratic challenger or a crop of new female faces claiming November GOP ballot spots, Tuesday's primaries were big on girl power.
Lincoln survived to defend her seat in November, while in California, former eBay boss Meg Whitman won the GOP's gubernatorial line and ex-Hewlitt-Packard honcho Carly Fiorina took the party's Senate nod. Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle captured the right to battle Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and in South Carolina, Nikki Haley narrowly missed avoiding a GOP gubernatorial runoff in which she'll be the favorite.


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Lower Providence Police report that the discovery of an attempted theft of approximately $300 worth of copper piping from the Collegeville Inn, resulted in a multi-municipal police car chase, after which, one of the suspects attempted to elude authorities by swimming across the Schuylkill River.
The incident was reported on Dec. 28, when Lower Providence Police officer Jeremy Bonner was on routine patrol at approximately 9:32 a.m. The officer observed a length of rope hanging between the rear door of the Collegeville Inn, located at 4000 Ridge Pike in the Collegeville section of the township.
Upon investigating, the officer found the rope opened the door when pulled. Inside the doorway, a large amount of copper piping was placed. According to the report, the officer determined that someone may have entered the building and stripped the copper piping with the intention of returning at a later time to retrieve it.
After other Lower Providence Police officers arrived on the site, Bonner left and returned in an unmarked police vehicle to observe.
At approximately 10:50 a.m., Bonner reported a maroon-colored Ford Expedition stop directly in front of the door, where two men got out and proceeded to load the vehicle with the copper piping.
The two men were later identified as Kenneth Holmes, 43, of the 3800 block of Germantown Pike in Collegeville and Gerald Salvo, 42, of the 1200 block of Swede St. in Norristown.
The officer drew his service weapon after the two men saw his approach. The men failed to adhere to verbal commands given by the officer, instead they were reported to have entered the Ford Expedition and exit the parking lot. Bonner then reported the direction in which the vehicle fled.
Later police investigation found that the vehicle was traced to Holmes, who was also the driver.
Hot Pursuit
According to a supplemental report, Lower Providence Police Sgt. William Hopkins picked up the car pursuit, following the Expedition into Upper Providence Township, and soon involved officers from that township's police department. The report states that while the vehicle did not exceed 50-miles-an-hour at this point, it did enter oncoming traffic lanes, disregarded red traffic signals and went around stopped traffic.
At approximately 11 a.m., along the 700 block of Collegeville Road, the vehicle slowed, and Salvo was reported to have disembarked. After a brief foot pursuit, police apprehended Salvo.
The Expedition was then reported to have continued onto Route 422, reaching speeds in excess of 75-miles-an-hour. Continuing onto N. Gulph Road, the vehicle then entered Valley Forge National Historic Park, at which time Upper Merion Township Police and Valley Forge Park Rangers became involved in the chase.
Valley Forge Park Rangers set up a blockade near the Visitor's Center, but the vehicle exited the park through grass.
The pursuit ended near Supplee Mansion, located near 1700 S. Trooper Road, where the driver stopped at the dead end at Betzwood Bridge. The report states that the driver exited the vehicle and fled on foot with officers still in pursuit. Holmes was then reported to have entered the Schuylkill River in an attempt to swim across. Officers persuaded him to turn around, and had him in custody at approximately 11:18 a.m.
According to Lower Providence Police, Holmes made a written statement to police of his involvement with the alleged copper pipe theft and pursuit. He admitted to police that he enlisted the help of Salvo that day. Holmes told police that he needed money and had not worked in some time. He further told police that he was an opiate addict.
Both men were transported to Montgomery County Correctional Facility. Respectively, Holmes' and Salvo's bail was set at $75,000. A preliminary hearing date has been set for both men Jan. 7.
According to court documents, both Holmes' and Salvo were charged with burglary, receiving stolen property, fleeing or attempting to elude officer, and other crimes, as well as individual charges.


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4/5 rDev +11.7%
11-17-2013 18:08:57 | More by natescape
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05-17-2014 19:46:12 | More by WhitmansNiece
3.78/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Good head that quickly dies to rim bubbles, but it does leave some large spots for lace. The brew is hazy gold.
Clean pale malt aroma. No graininess. Very low hop nose. Reminds me of most cream ales.
Light sweetness from the barely kilned barley. Very light hop. The body prevents this from being like a macro although the carbonation is equally elevated. An easy-to-drink very pale ale that would go well in a session. There are no distractions which isn't easy with this style. Creamy and brief aftertaste.
Serving type: bottle
04-06-2014 22:34:28 | More by smcolw
4/5 rDev +11.7%
03-24-2014 15:01:18 | More by Kataco16
4/5 rDev +11.7%
03-16-2014 01:45:01 | More by Fettpopps
3/5 rDev -16.2%
10-25-2013 17:46:28 | More by Bassman2019
3.25/5 rDev -9.2%
08-18-2013 19:19:33 | More by kaelingirl
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
07-05-2013 20:47:57 | More by Janeinma
3.25/5 rDev -9.2%
06-27-2013 23:54:08 | More by DrinkingDrake
3.5/5 rDev -2.2%
06-01-2013 18:14:30 | More by Todd
3.2/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
22ounce bottle, not dated.
Deep golden color. Large frothy white head about four inches thick poured into a lager glass. Head persisted several minutes, degraded and left decent lacing.
Aroma was unremarkable. A bit malty, some light floral and herbal notes.
Taste was very mild. Nice malt character, very light hops bitterness, minimal aftertaste. Mouthfeel was light, not heavy. Maybe a very, very slight hint of diactyl. Consistent with style description. Light carbonation despite massive white foam.
While not an amazing brew, this is definitely very easy drinking and an enjoyable beer. Slightly above average. Good price at $5.99 for the 22 ounce bottle. Glad to have an essentially home town product available. Curious to see where they go. Seem to have a decent restaurant network in the works.
Serving type: bottle
05-20-2013 02:57:49 | More by LeRose
3.54/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
New brewery from MA, can't wait to try their beers. I hope they are good.
Light fizzy head clear golden pale color.
Nose light golden malts, a bit skunky, light grassy fruity hops, herbal too, grainy malts.
Taste light grainy golden malts, hint skunky again, light grassy herbal hops a little fruity with mild bitterness. Finish is drier, bit more herbal grassy hops, light malt hint skunky.
Mouth is lighter bodied, good carb.
Overall meh, not very good, I hope their other beers are better.
Serving type: bottle
02-25-2013 02:18:46 | More by jlindros
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
01-04-2013 00:18:11 | More by brokentee
Rhode Island
3.78/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 22oz bottle into a mug glass.
A: The beer is a light gold color, with a thin white head that fades quickly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains light caramelized malts, some citrus and a touch of hops.
T: The taste starts out with a pronounced malt sweetness containing flavors of citrus and caramel. Then a very mild hops presence comes in. The malt character is also on the thin side but there's still a good balance. The after-taste is slightly sweet.
M: Crisp and smooth, light-to-medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.
O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, mild kick, decent representation of style, this is a solid lighter beer to pound down for a while.
Serving type: bottle
12-30-2012 00:31:53 | More by TheManiacalOne
4/5 rDev +11.7%
11-05-2012 01:10:43 | More by PEIhop
3/5 rDev -16.2%
10-20-2012 23:43:46 | More by Mikeynas
Golden Ale from Berkley Beer Company
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By Tim Graham
Thoughts from this afternoon's news conference, where the Buffalo Bills announced CEO Russ Brandon is taking over the team's presidency from owner Ralph Wilson ...
Brandon's opening statement contained some admirable comments about accountability:
"We certainly understand and appreciate the frustration of our great fans and supporters. We acknowledge it, we own it, and we will never run from it. This is an organization with a proud tradition, but I will tell you that this brand has been tarnished. Its relevancy has been tarnished, and it's unacceptable because we just haven't won enough games."
Brandon was emphatic in declaring Buddy Nix will remain general manager:
"I will not be drafting people. I will not be making the final decision on a free agent. I will empower the general manager, Buddy Nix, to do that. Will I have final authority and say? Yes, but that's what Buddy does He identifies personnel and runs that side of the organization. I can't be any clearer than that."
But for how long? Neither Brandon nor Nix was definitive. In fact, they dodged those questions.
There's a widespread belief around the league Nix will be phased out after the draft in April and assistant GM Doug Whaley will be given more control. The Bills were silent on any such plans today.
Brandon also stated Nix will lead the coaching search. But all of my sources tell me Brandon is charting the course for the team, and Nix is along for the ride at the moment.
Nix on Whaley's role moving forward:
"Our plan hasn't changed with Doug since the day we hired him. I said the same thing when we hired him. We're bringing in a guy that's very experienced. He's done some really good things on good teams. He's a smart guy. He's the kind of character we want, and he's gotten better every day. The plan's the same. We want somebody that the transition's going to be smooth. He can make the next step."
Nix said the decision ultimately was his on firing Chan Gailey.
Nix on the Bills drafting a quarterback in April:
"Of course, it's a long time to the draft. I like this time of year. I like getting ready for the draft and scouting. I've said we're going to try to draft a quarterback, and we are. We may even get one in free agency, but we're going to draft a young quarterback at some point."
Troubling to me was that the news conference was big on declarations and meager on details. Brandon made bold statements about change, but kept reiterating how great everyone, including Nix, is at his job. Brandon fawned over Nix's acumen at evaluating talent and building the roster.
"Buddy will have the autonomy to run the football operation moving forward as he has for the last three years," Brandon said. "There's really no difference. The only difference is, he reports to me. That's really the only difference."
I asked Brandon, who had been CEO before, how his role changes as president and if he could provide examples of how things will be different:
"I'm not prepared to have specific examples now. But I am prepared to do a top-to-bottom full evaluation of everything we do in this organization. Organizations win championships, and people win championships. That's an old Marv Levy saying, but it's the truth. Everything you do in this organization has a part of how this organization is viewed, how people accept it, and we're going to look at everything. Buddy and I will do it collectively on the football side of the house. But as I mentioned, I'll leave no stone unturned."
Brandon later said:
"Now I'm in a position where I get to evaluate the evaluators. I'm in a position where I get to evaluate every single thing we do in this organization, and if I don't like it, we're going to change it and we're going to do every single thing we can to build this organization to a championship club, but also a franchise that has sustained success."
It should be noted, Tom Donahoe also had the title of president.


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In the book Free: The Future of a Radical Price, author / Wired Magazine editor-in-chief Chris Anderson quotes Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman, referring to the disruptive impact of the Internet on record sales, as saying "The music industry is growing. The record industry is not growing." The point? The Internet, with its incredible facility for piracy and viral distribution, has created a lousy environment in which to sell records according to the traditional models that helped turn the major labels into juggernauts. But it's also helped obliterate the barriers to entry for independent artists and labels, and it forced participants at all levels to innovate (and at every angle, from songwriting to distribution to concert ticket sales and merchandising) or perish.
Fans, as a result, have more music choices to enjoy now than ever before. Music is cheaper (if not free — whether through piracy or legitimate means like Pandora) to acquire. The artist Amanda Palmer commented of her own experiences touring recently that, "Ticket prices are getting slashed and a lot of artists are playing to half-empty rooms due to the economy and the overgutted market since EVERY band and their moms are hitting the road to make up for the shortfall in record sales." So: not a great time if you're a musician relying on retail record sales or stadium gig ticket sales to make a living. A GREAT time, though, if you're a music fan who wants a constant flood of new, good music and to see your favorite bands playing small gigs for not much money. (Palmer, incidentally, has done a phenomenal job on the innovation front, releasing her last record — an e.p. of all ukulele covers of Radiohead songs — via the self-publishing site Bandcamp. She juiced physical sales by offering packages accompanied by limited edition, often handmade, items… t-shirts, hand-decorated ukuleles, even a customized iPhone).
In the last week, with both Target and Best Buy announcing their entries into the used games market, I've begun to wonder if the unstoppable secondary market isn't going to trigger something similar for gaming. It will allow more people to play by offering lower price points, inspire innovation by encouraging game creators / publishers to monetize differently – and, ultimately, will help to upend the top-heavy retail model around which most of the big guys have built their businesses.
Things have been heading this direction for a long time. The Internet had a radically different impact on the games industry than on the music industry because game developers, unlike musicians, can gracefully and seamlessly interweave games with functionality and service models that incorporate online connectivity (that's the whole reason GameSpy Technology even exists). No one ever thought to fight the internet in the gaming space. They embraced it. And while the Internet certainly facilitates a deleterious volume of game piracy, it also presents a means of salvation that the industry has gradually awakened to. Steal the game, maybe — but get access to online-dependent features to enjoy the vast majority of the game? No one will flip that bit until you pay.
Used games, though, make publishers gnash their teeth just like Napster once did to the music industry, perhaps finally kicking into high gear the inferno of disruption that other phenomenon (first the Internet, then the iPhone, then the rapid deployment of cheap, off the shelf game creation tools, then social platforms) have been stoking for several years. Everyone complained, lots of people sued, few people embraced the sea change that was happening all around them. The same thing is happening now with used games. If you look at the arguments that the major publishers levy against used games, they almost mirror the comments made by major record label executives and fearful musicians at the dawn of the Internet music revolution. And, similar to that era, if the entry of two retail giants into the used games arena doesn't clue someone into the fact that the world has fundamentally, irrevocably changed, we're in for a frustrating era of real pain amongst the major publishers.
We're also potentially in for a great time to be an independent,"garage band" game creator or a voracious consumer of gaming content. That dam is already breaking, with start up developers creating a glut of new content on every platform (some of it truly amazing, most of it dirt cheap). Local gatherings like Toronto's Hand-Eye Society or the recent Babycastles event in Brooklyn are even giving developers and fans alike chances to congregate in small, welcoming, highly participatory settings. It's only a matter of time before a developer or studio unaffiliated with a major publishers achieves success akin to Arcade Fire's recent #1 album debut on the Billboard charts. It could also very well be that more and more major publishers will embrace or obviate the used games market by further embracing digital distribution, dropping up-front price points in favor of charging for service-based access to some content or finding ways to innovate as much with business models as they have with graphics, player engagement and storytelling.
So, while I agree that used games may indeed be a terrible thing for the games business (as it currently exists) – it's potentially a great thing for the games industry.


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Fancy Nancy has many talents, but running is not one of themso when she is chosen for the Field Day relay team, she gets worried about letting her team down.
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Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser are the author and illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling Fancy Nancy series. Jane lives with her family in New York City. Robin lives with her family in Southern California.
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Tepper School of Business Professor Sridhar Tayur won the 2007 Carnegie Science Center Award for Excellence in Information Technology. Tayur is the Ford Distinguished Research Chair and Professor of Operations Management and Manufacturing.
Presented by WQED Multimedia, the Information Technology award recognizes the development and commercialization of an information technology-based solution resulting in significant business impact. Tayur is the founder of SmartOps® Corporation, a leading provider of Enterprise-Class Inventory Optimization software and other supply chain consulting services. Clients include GSK, Cardinal Health, HP, Kellogg's, Unilever, ConAgra Foods, Smucker's, Shaw's Supermarkets, Bayer, Monsanto, Rohm and Haas, Honeywell, Sun Chemical, John Deere and Caterpillar.
Tayur and other 2007 winners will be honored at a dinner May 2, at the Pittsburgh Carnegie Music Hall, adjacent to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Click here for more information from the Carnegie Science Center on the awards and the dinner.
Tayur received his Ph.D. in engineering from Cornell University. His research has been published in numerous publications including Management Science, Operations Research, and Transportation Science. Beyond this, he co-edited the book, Quantitative Models for Supply Chain Management.
When not teaching or working on research, Tayur consults with several firms including Microsoft, McKinsey & Co., GE and Intel. These projects have been reported in top business journals such as Fortune. He has also won the Industrial Management Teaching award, the George Leland Bach teaching award, and has been named "Top Professor" in MBA programs in surveys by Business Week.The Carnegie Science Center established the Awards for Excellence program to recognize and promote outstanding science and technology achievements in western Pennsylvania. Proceeds from the Awards for Excellence help fund Science Center exhibit and educational programs with the goal of cultivating scientific curiosity in young people and broadening their perspective about career opportunities in the fields of science and technology.


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Solomon Airlines has gone through some of the most difficult times in its history. Despite these experiences, Solomon Airlines has continued to strive for development and change to ensure that the airline can achieve its corporate objectives and commitment to the people of Solomon Islands, and the travelling public at large.
Solomon Airlines has successfully implemented its strategy to be a progressive "state owned enterprise" in the Solomon Islands. We went through the different stages of development in order to provide competitive services to our clients. We have in place plans to make continuous improvements in our physical facilities – buildings and equipment.
With the application of information and communication technology, Solomon Airlines will work vigorously to become an energy friendly airline in the South Pacific – a commitment to protect the environment. In our endeavours in this regard, we will have our intranet site and put up electronic boards to facilitate communication within the Company without the use of paper. Whilst most staffs are already provided with access to computers and email, this effort will drive us to providing all staff with such facility and access.
Reviewing our policies and procedures to make improvements to encourage our staff to have hands-on education as a positive foundation in information technology and communication development is another challenge on the horizon. Such hands-on experience will assist our staffs to integrate their conceptual knowledge better while acquiring an ethical responsibility for the environment.
In 2011, Solomon Airlines is taking another challenge to become a Green Airline. We will formally begin this mission when our new Head Office is constructed at Henderson. Whilst the office will be very modern, an outstanding feature will be the application of new technology and promotion of clean energy using solar power as its major source of electricity, and therefore, reduce use of electricity. The protection of environment and promotion of clean energy, especially from business houses and airlines in particular that are well known for using fuel is becoming increasingly demanding. It is an international challenge of which Solomon Airlines will take on board.
Solomon Airlines wishes to see itself known as a Green Airline for its clean environment, utilization of clean energy such as wind and solar power, proper use of water resources and use of alternative fuels. Solomon Airlines will focus its activities on environmental issues, sustainable living and alternative construction of its physical infrastructures. We will endeavour to modify all our offices and equipment to green facilities by applying new technology to take advantage of solar power and reduce the use of electricity. Landscaping of Solomon Airlines premises, in particular the new head office will depict the beauty and diversity of Solomon Islands flowers, plants and trees.
Ongoing environmental issues such as climate change, water scarcity and biodiversity can be successfully dealt with through mediums such as awareness campaigns in our communities and workplaces. Solomon Airlines will work closely with its partners by sharing its experiences and encouraging them to introduce sustainable business practices that focus on the protection of the environment in their workplace.
Our partners in our development have been and will always be part of our growth. Thus, Solomon Airlines will enhance its collaboration with current partners and will establish collaboration with green business partners, volunteers and funding agencies who share the mission to protect the environment. Your support and assistance in achieving our mission is and will be greatly appreciated by us and the future generations.


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Based on 20 years experience as a legal secretary and office manager and her 13 years of experience working with the Union County court system, Cynthia Wray has the knowledge and experience to run the clerk's office accurately and efficiently. Equally important, she has the work ethic to do so.
One of Cynthia's goals if elected will be to begin the long overdue process of modernizing the prothonotary's office. For example, documents will be scanned when they are filed, which, among other things, will save time and money when providing documents to interested individuals. Cynthia will also bring back the local "mailboxes" which will not only enable many litigants to receive orders without undue delay, but will also save considerable time and postage that are now paid by the county.
I know, from working with her for more than 13 years voting for Cynthia Wray will ensure the services of the clerk's office are provided in a timely, professional and friendly manner.
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Matthew Herper, Forbes Staff
I cover science and medicine, and believe this is biology's century.
A government-funded study seems to show a benefit for heart-attack patients who receive a controversial treatment called chelation, an arduous process that is used by some alternative medicine practitioners but not by most mainstream doctors. But top cardiologists, including the study's lead author, expressed caution about treating patients based on the result. Some even doubted the study's validity and one warned the study could lead to patients being harmed.
The 1,708-person study, presented this evening in Los Angeles at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association, was funded by two government agencies, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute a decade ago. It was an attempt to settle a controversy between practitioners of alternative medicine, some of whom believe chelation can help a wide array of illnesses by removing heavy metals from the blood, and mainstream doctors who believe the practice is of little use and is potentially dangerous. But the hazy results of the study are likely to deepen this rift instead of healing it.
Of the patients who received chelation, 27% had one of the following: a death, a stroke, a heart attack, a stent procedure to open a heart artery, or a hospitalization for chest pain. By comparison, those same events occurred in 30% of patients given placebo. That difference – one in 33 patients not having an "event" – was statistically significant, although just barely so. But most of the difference was due to patients getting fewer stents, with almost no difference in the number of heart attacks, strokes, or deaths.
"Nobody should walk out of this meeting and say chelation therapy prevents deaths," says Clyde Yancy, a past-president of the AHA and the chief of cardiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, who praised the study for trying to answer a tough question. He says that the results are puzzling. "Every time we ask one question, four or five more emerge," Yancy says.
Cardiologists Doubtful
Five cardiologists shown PowerPoint slides containing the study data, which were provided to me and other reporters under the condition that we hold off on publishing until now, all agreed that a second clinical trial would be needed before it would be okay to make giving chelation to heart patients a standard practice.
Even the study's lead author, Gervasio A. Lamas, M.D., chief of the Columbia University Division of Cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla., backed away from the idea of making chelation a standard option. In a prepared statement issued by the AHA, Lamas emphasized the need "to look carefully at these unexpected results." He added: "A definitive answer on chelation therapy will take much additional research. The most exciting part of this study is that there may be an unexpected signal of benefit. We need to understand whether the signal is true, or whether it occurred by chance."
Steven Nissen, head of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic, had a darker perspective, predicting that the study would be used to market a potentially dangerous and expensive treatment to patients.
"It would be tragic if the result of this was a widespread use of chelation," Nissen said.
A Controversial Treatment
Chelation involves the regular infusion (putting a drug into the blood using an intravenous line) of chemicals meant to bind to heavy metals in the bloodstream and remove them. One common chemical is ethylene diamine tetra-acetic (EDTA); one form, calcium EDTA, is approved to treat lead poisoning. A different form, disodium EDTA, was used in this study, along with a cocktail of vitamin C, B vitamins, electrolytes, the blood thinner heparin, and a local anesthetic.
The first case report of chelation being used to treat chest pain due to heart problems was published in 1956. But mainstream doctors say there is no reason why the treatment should help heart patients, because heavy metal buildup isn't a cause of heart disease. And chelation treatments can be harmful, especially when they are given too fast. In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on three cases in which a chelating agent killed patients. A two-year-old girl died when being treated for lead poisoning when she was given an adult dose of a chelating agent; a five-year-old boy being with autism went limp and died in a doctor's office; and a 53-year-old woman who had undergone the treatment three times before died of a cardiac arrhythmia in the office of her naturopathic practitioner. In all three cases, the treatment may have been given too fast, resulting in low calcium levels that caused heart problems.
Despite the risks, chelation has become more popular. Between 2002 and 2007, the number of people using chelation therapy grew by 68% to 111,000 people, according to the NHLBI, despite there being, in the agency's words, "no evidence as to its safety or efficacy." Aside from heart disease, the treatment has gained popularity for autism, where the role of heavy metals dovetails with the discredited but popular theory that metal components in vaccines play a role in the disease, and in Lyme disease.
An Arduous Experiment
In the current study, a complicated safety net was put in place to prevent patients from ever getting EDTA too fast; that's one reason experts say the results can't easily generalized to the real world.
Patients were randomly assigned to get either the chelating solution, containing EDTA, drugs, and vitamins, or a placebo containing salt and sugar water; neither doctors nor patients knew what who got what. All patients underwent an arduous process in which 500 milliliters of solution were infused into their blood over the course of 3 hours 40 times. The whole treatment took at least a year. The first 30 infusions were a week apart; the last ten were between two weeks and two months apart, depending on the patient's schedule.
In 2008, a group of researchers writing in the Medscape Journal of Medicine called for the study to be halted, calling it "unethical, dangerous, pointless, and wasteful." Later that year, the government agencies running the study decided to stop letting new volunteers enroll in it.
The researchers decided in 2009 to make due with fewer patients. Initially, they planned to follow 2,372 patients for only one year. Instead, they changed the study to follow 1,708 patients for a longer period of time. The researchers say that there are only two deaths that might be caused by treatment in the study; one of these patients was getting EDTA and the other placebo.
Reasons For Doubt
At first blush, the result – a decrease in the risk of having a serious heart problem (remember, that's defined here as dying, having a heart attack, having a stroke, getting a stent, or being put in the hospital for chest pain) is dramatic. But there are reasons for doubt, as well as big unanswered questions. Here are some:
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Some experts do hold out hope that this could turn out to be a new window into what causes heart attacks and other heart problems. "Here was a study that the mainstream profession thought would prove that chelation is not useful, and it goes in the unexpected direction of suggesting a benefit, against all expectations," says Harlan Krumholz of Yale University.
But Krumholz does believe another study is needed. Where would that study come from? This trial had a reported cost of $30 million, took a decade to complete, and was beset by controversy. A second clinical trial is not exactly likely.
"There are a number of aspects of the study that are suspect, but why do a 10-year, expensive study if you are not willing to believe the results when they are in?" asks Howard C. Herrmann, MD, a professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Still, he says: "I currently don't recommend chelation therapy for my patients and this study is not going to change my mind."
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Very nice analysis and summary, Matt. This study is a frightening illustration of how NCCAM has used (mis-used) $30M of precious medical research dollars to study a quack therapy that never had any plausibility, just because a number of disreputable doctors were pushing it. The very marginal p-value of these results is almost certainly due to other factors – not to a real effect, which should have shown up much more definitively, if such an effect existed. But now I fear that doctors like Lamas will use this study to (a) clamor for more research dollars to be wasted studying chelation and (b) even worse, use this to push chelation on highly vulnerable, very ill patients. That would be disastrous.
I agree. Remember a "significant: p value is not proof that something is a valid finding- only that the result could still be a product of chance alone.
This adds to the already long list of demonstration of the lack of utility of CAM therapy, and the pathetic waste of money by the Senator Tom Harkin's legacy monument to nonsense.
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Is this you, Mr. Salzberg? I suppose we should invest in more of the rigged clinical trials that mainstream medicine supports. Mr. Salzberg it is you that is into quackery if you don't support research like this. You would rather see people like me that have been poisoned by mainstream medicine by injecting me with a toxic metal not have this as an option wouldn't you? You'd rather have us die a slow and painful death while mainstream medicine suppresses science to protect the profits of pharmaceutical companies. That is what is frightening. You are supporting a paradigm that doesn't work.
I am devastated that proteomics as a highly accurate, highly cost affective diagnostic tool has been shut down. Please review what happened to Correlogic. It is professional shills like you that are harming the patient population by suppressing science that reduces the revenues of your paymasters. I've got news for you, just like the Republicans have lost their way so has mainstream medicine and more and more of us are aware and watching.
Look up nephrogenic system fibrosis images to see what toxic metals do to the body.
1. EDTA, Vitamins can be give orally. No IV needed.
2. Removing metals from the body is helpful.
Yes, a nice summary. There is a more in depth analysis on the Science Based Medicine website that reinforces this study was not only a waste of valuable funds – it was likely unethical.
OMG more Skeptics. What is it about curing that you don't understand. The only way the population is going to get well from gadolinium based contrasting agents is through chelation. Have you seen what happens to the human body when they get the systemic fibrosing disease called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis or more appropriately called gadolinium induced systemic fibrosis.
Many of us are dying from heart disease because ALL of our organs are fibrosing. The Mayo clinic says that chelation works. So what is wrong with the cardiologists? They prefer surgical intervention, they make more money and at the same time keep Big Pharma happy.
No matter what you say the data speaks and it is saying mainstream medicine is killing us at alarming rates. The insurance companies know this so just a matter of time before they stop paying for treatments that maim and kill like stenting.
Matthew, do you know if the results have been submitted to a journal for peer-reviewed publication? I suspect that many of your excellent concerns will be shared by reviewers who'll then require these caveats in the final paper.
The dropout rate alone offsets any validity of the barely significant findings. But you do raise a great question about the diabetic subgroup.
I share Nissen's concern about how these results will be misused by the alternative medicine community. In my experience, many hypocritically attack evidence-based medicine practitioners for their profit motivations. Well, thirty weekly treatments plus ten more sound to me like a money-making scheme for alternative practitioners. Moreover, the safety of such infusions outside of a closely monitored and controlled clinical trial environment is questionable.
Matthew Herper why is this weird? It's about a predatory healthcare system that refuses to admit that most treatments, scans and surgeries are useless or worse, do grave harm. I was injected with over 150 ccs of Omniscan, you know GE's product that is the least stable of all the gadolinium based contrasting agents. Why it breaks away from the chelate in the vial before they inject it into you and even Judge Polster ruled that no one disputes that gadolinium in its free state is highly toxic. They have found gadolinium in multiple biopsies including my breast tissue, a reproductive organ. It's a systemic disease and some of the organs that turn fibrotic are the heart, liver, kidneys and testes but it is everywhere in my body.
They are saying there are no treatments and letting people die from this heinous disease, a slow painful death and no quality of life while waiting to die. You discredit Forbes by writing such nonsense and pandering to the pharmaceutical companies and medical device and equipment manufacturers.
Nothing was wrong with me I was high risk for breast cancer and I allowed myself to be fear mongered into getting scans I didn't need.
A difference of one is a statistical anomaly. A study of a pitifully low 1,708 is a crap shoot. You're hoping to get the results you're looking for in the tiny slice you've taken. You even taut it as proof when you don't get the results you're looking for. You lower the threshold until it does then call it science. It isn't even a group 1708, since you have to have the placebo it is 1,708 / 2. You've proved nothing.


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The situation in the Congo is so hopeless. The people there are so inhumanly brutal. I struggle to understand how this can be, why there is no solution. While I care about human rights, at what point do we let people solve their own problems, since it seems similar to relationships with alcoholics or drug addicts: that caring too much is not helpful when they do not want to help themselves. I feel terrible for these children, but was shocked to hear they "joined up" willingly.
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I don't think Congo can be helped, culturally. There are too many nuts running around with automatic rifles, believing themselves to be demigods. But it's good there is an organization trying to get the innocent children out of there. At least those kids might have a shot at really living if they can get away.
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When you have a situation where their most attractive choice is to join up "willingly" as a soldier at age 12, it becomes impossible to analyze it using Alanon/Naranon triage. Add to that the promotion tactics that are leveled at these kids, grooming them to make that choice, and you have the makings of a criminal enterprise.
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360 Panorama For iPhone - app review
360 Panorama for iPhone just issued a large update to their popular panorama app that uses the built-in gyroscope feature. This essentially allows you to capture more accurate panoramic photos much easier. It can take a bit longer than a standard stitching app but the overall quality seems to be better. As iPhone photography becomes even more prominent and mainstream, good photography apps tend to do well. 360 Panorama is definitely an app to check out if you enjoy editing and taking photos on your iPhone.
When you first load the app you'll be presented with a 360 view grid with an image in it. You'll simply select capture and the app will capture what you're viewing as a panorama in real time. The app has built-in light sensing too as well. This will automatically help the app adjust for low light settings. In good light settings, you should have no problem panning continuously to get a pretty good shot. In low light, I tended to go a bit slower to prevent seeing seams in the image.
Occipital has also mentioned that holding your phone at an angle also allows you to maximize capture area. This is a great feature if you have good light quality. In a low light setting, this feature wasn't too great and I'd still recommend holding it in portrait.
After you've finished creating your panoramic shot, you can view it live in the app as a 360 view image. Simply rotate your phone and the gyroscope feature will automatically pan the live shot for you (refer to video for example). You also have the option to save the image to your camera roll as a regular image, e-mail it, or upload. Some uploads allow the full 360 view as well. Nice little add on for those who want an interactive photo.
Overall, I'd say this is one of the better pano apps I've used on my iPhone. The only issue that really bugged me was that when you attempted to move the phone up and down a bit in order to maximize a capture area, the image didn't line up very well and you'd be left with overlapping elements. But for a simple 360 shot, this app will be a great addition to anyone's photography app portfolio.
- Extremely easy to use
- You have options when it comes to sharing your photos in-app
- Rendering time is faster than other similar panoramic applications
- Overall quality is much better (in most situations) than stitching applications
- When creating a pano, if you move your phone up and down, sometimes the seams don't match up properly
- In low light settings, seams can be noticeable if you pan around too quickly
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Can you please provide an iTunes link?
@Kris video plays fine on the iPhone, sometimes google takes a while to provide an iPhone compatible version of the video, it's certainly not a fail on @tipb's part!
It is a YouTube glitch. All tipb videos are YouTube. Some days YouTube is great, other days, it takes three or four times before it will load. I have noticed this with other non tipb videos.
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How come whenever I move the grid tilts and I have to tilt and I mess up. also does iPod touch 4 fully supported with gyroscope like iPhone 4
Thanks for the demo. What are you using to record your iPhone screen? I have been looking to do something like that for a while to no avail. Thanks.
If you've Jailbroken and installed Frash you can have problems viewing embedded YouTube videos. If not, you're probably holding it wrong! :p
didn't' have much luck with this app, can't get any of the stitching to match when i do a 360 ..., anyone else have this problem ?
"Overall, I'd say this is one of the better pano apps I've used on my iPhone."
So what is the best Pano app for iPhone, or what are the others we should consider?
yeah, i have yet to get one to meet up correctly. It does work better with good lighting, but even going extremely slowly i can't get it to meet .. how did you do it ? is there a system ?
^ I guess if I don't reply the same day I can't expect a response, huh? Bummer...
What can you use to view the saved panaromic images? I had partial success with 360 GyroramaLite. The problem with this is that it crashes with certain images. I think the problem is related to maximizing the capture area. In any case I don't like using it as you actually physically need to rotate the phone just so you can pan the photo.