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Mitt Romney, leading the polls in the Republican primary field in New Hampshire, came under attack yesterday from Planned Parenthood.
The organization that supports women's reproductive rights, including abortion, accused Romney of flip-flopping on a pro-choice stance he took as Massachusetts governor.
Planned Parenthood faulted Romney for wanting to cut federal funding of family planning. It also said he supported an amendment before Mississippi voters that would undermine the right to an abortion by defining a fertilized human egg as a person.
"Over the weekend, it became evident Mitt Romney is advancing positions far out of the mainstream on women's health," said Jennifer Frizzell of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England.
Rep. Candace Bouchard, D-Concord, was critical of Romney for supporting the Mississippi proposal she said would outlaw common birth control measures such as the pill.
"This is an extreme measure," Bouchard said.
The concern for Planned Parenthood is that the proposal raised in Mississippi could be visited upon New Hampshire later.
Mary Rauh, a women's health advocate, said more women will be appalled as they learn the facts about Romney's positions.
The Romney campaign was unapologetic.
"Mitt Romney is pro life," spokesman Ryan Williams said yesterday. "Gov. Romney believes in the sanctity of life."
The GOP presidential contender does not believe federal tax dollars should support abortion or groups that provide abortion, Williams said.
Romney believes ballot questions like the one before Mississippi voters are for the states to decide, Williams said.
His opposition to funding for Planned Parenthood was highlighted in an opinion column published recently that focused on cutting federal spending.
"There are many things government does that we may like, but that we do not need," Romney wrote. "The test should be this: 'Is this program so critical that it is worth borrowing money to pay for it?'"
Romney then specifically cited family planning programs "benefitting abortion groups like Planned Parenthood."
While Romney was the focus of the teleconference with reporters, he wasn't the only Republican candidate criticized.
Frizzell said Rick Perry, governor of Texas, also had made extreme statements about women's reproductive rights.
"All the Republican candidates pose great threats to women's health," Frizzell said.
"They're all extreme," Rauh said.
A spokesman for Perry's campaign, Catherine Frazier, said Perry is pro life.
"Gov. Perry is very proud of his record to protect life," Frazier said. "It is a priority he will carry with him if he's elected president."
National Right to Life president Carol Tobias said Planned Parenthood is the nation's largest provider of abortions, supported by federal, state and local tax dollars, and grants.
"They are going to be opposed to any candidate who thinks tax dollars should be cut off," Tobias said.
All the Republicans concur taxpayer funding of abortion should be cut, Tobias said.
"We agree with that," she said.
Tobias said she doesn't think Planned Parenthood's criticism of the Republicans will hurt them.
"Tax dollars are in scarce reserve these days," she said.
Planned Parenthood, meanwhile, said it has started the Women Are Watching campaign to keep an eye on the presidential and congressional contests.
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For the past year I have been using a new pair of velcro climbing shoes but over that time they began to stink horribly. I tried using Febreze, scrubbing the inside, and some gold-bond to make it smell better. Sadly, nothing works to rid the shoe of the odors. The shoes are great climbing shoes, and I would get another pair in a second if it wasn't for the smell. I had read reviews before I bought the shoe that some people experienced the same smell issues (because of the material used), but I couldn't resist the other positive feedback on the shoe and the price at the time. Does anyone know how to get such smells out of shoes? I could just stop being so smelly, but that seems too difficult. :)
Let me guess...are they Galileos? Mine are the same way. Can't get rid of the smell either.
One thing that has worked fairly well for me is to leave several scented dryer sheets in the shoes after you climb. Depending on the strength of your foot odor, this may not work since you tried all those other things. Odor Eaters maybe??
Don't stuff your shoes into your pack a the end of the day, let them stay on the outside to air/dry out...
Freeze them...no, REALLY! Stick them in the freezer next to your Fudgecicles for a few hours and SHA-BAM!, stench is gone! The low temperature kills bacteria that causes odor.
Until recently, my number one shoes were Evolv Demortos (sadly, they are too beat up for their third resole). I believe Demortos is Latin for "smells of small, dead animals." Anyway, I tried a "sport" spray that worked a little bit, but required soaking the shoes and left them smelling of chemicals covering up small, dead animals. The one thing that really worked was soaking the shoes in a mixture of rubbing alcohol and water, followed by washing them several times in the sink with Woolite. After that treatment, the shoes didn't smell at all. Of course, after a few weeks of use they were back to their old stinky selves, so repeated washing is probably the only real answer. I suspect that as long as the shoe material is synthetic that the alcohol/water soak followed by washing with soap won't damage the shoes. BTW, my shoes always hang on the outside of my pack. With synthetics, letting them dry quickly only helps a little.
I had an old stinky pair of Newtons, and I tried the following: 1. freezing them. 2. baking soda. 3. washing with soap in the bathtub. 4. leaving them to bake in the sun. 5. putting dryer sheets in them. None of these remedies worked. They would cut the stench for a little while, but next time I worked up a good sweat in them it would return.
I haven't tried it on my climbing shoes yet, but for my boxing gloves I put regular foot powder in after each workout. An old sock full of cedar chips (hamster bedding style) stuffed in each glove has also helped. I have found the cedar chips I change out on a fairly regular basis - but it's cheap and easy.
what works for me is to wash my feet before i wear them
Wow, those are all some great and creative ideas. Thank you for the help! I will probably cycle through each method and see what works best. I will start off by taking a shower at least once a month and see if that helps (kidding!). The shoes I am using now are the Evolv Defys. Like I said, great shoe except the smell. I think instead of leather they are some sort of leather look-and-feel-a-like material. Thanks again!
If there's room in your shoes, you could try a thin pair of socks. That's helped me a lot.
I had major issues with my mythos. I found a product online that worked amazing. I used it on my new pair from day 1 and they smell better than i do (not that hard). it is called "on your toes" and is www.footodor.net. just sprinkle a little bit in your shoes every few months. great stuff. failing this, consult an exorcist!
I have a pair of the Defys and Quests. They both stink something fierce. I'm sure its due to the fact that they are all synthetic, lined and outer. Anyway, I was about ready to burn the Defys and figured I had nothing to loose, so I threw them in the washer. Warm water, regular cycle, it worked awesome and didn't hurt the shoe. I've only done it once so I don't know if repeated washing will hurt the shoe. Since the first washing they have started to wreak again so I'm going to wash them a second time here soon. I'll let you know how it goes.
It's not really a solution to 'already smelly' shoes, but it sure seems to help if you never put your shoes inside your pack after climbing -- because, inevitably you forget to take them out for a day or two. At that point, they're 'alive and growing'.
I found that it is dependent on the shoes. Some manufacturers must use different leather (wart-hog :-) or use a different tanning process. I have a pair of LaSportiva that stink and I have other brands that never stink. I think that the only remedy may be to switch to another brand of shoe. I tried most of the solutions suggested and found that they only serve as a temporary measure. Once you take the shoes off at the end of the day everyone around you will scatter.
definitely a shoe-material-dependent issue - good luck Matt my feet always sweet (I could eat with them) till I slip on a RocketDogs made in China. I'm hangin on to my leather-type rock shoes till I find a no-smell-money-back guarantee IMO pack up all the smelly shoes and ship 'em back in those empty containers. Anyone know the translation of "man-made materials"? -lol
far enough to get my biner's gate to close odd question Geir...is this how you eat?
Umm..... You could get rid of the source? Try this? www.drionic.com/
they are climbing shoes enjoy the sweet stench of hard use!
Hey Matt -- Check this out... Stink Away ran across a set, they smell pretty fresh hmmm... It's kind of like a LARGE version of a DO-NOT-EAT-moisture-wicking-packet
Thanks for all of the help and great ideas, everyone!
I have galileos, and a pair of tradmasters. I regularly throw them in the washing machine (for last 2 years prolly every month or so). They are both in great shape. I hang them dry, and I've never had a problem with a resole coming loose or anything.


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Anett Pootosh
Michelle Kwan
Kim Yu Na
Irina Slutskaya
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Kristi Yamaguchi
Midori Ito
Oksana Baiul
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I still wouldn't choose Kwan, the few times she had flawed performances she did not win. Two major competitions (96 Worlds and 98 Olympics) were hair-splittingly close. I think her dominance of a decade was due to her amazing consistency, not weak competition.
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Why are you accusing other posters of being a "J-Bot?"
The pollster's phrasing (not to mention spelling, of course) is a real hash of a mess (especially since different interpretations are possible), but who cares!?
It's the off-season!
Forget that last request! I wanna see a vid of Schubert's Rosamunde!
Uhhh?! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCk8tt6gfAY Well, I doubt Trixi herself ever woulda shined in Rosamunde judging by this weak, labored interpretation of another composer's music. Ummm, wow at 1:50 timing to the music. And that hairstyle!? That must be what was weighing her down.
The comment by the youtube poster shows that the poster isn't familiar with more accomplished freestyle skaters of that era. But sure, skating has changed, just not necessarily in every respect for the better.
BTW, which skaters (singles, pairs or dance) could do Rosamunde justice?
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i know you are a kim's fan. then, why don't you agree with me that kim era's Ladies field was not weak???although this claim would be good for kim, too?
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Is it good for any public forum when a certain group of posters keep posting obviously loaded poll questions and subsequent coalition posts over and over again? In the case of this thread, in an obvious attempt to create controversies/enmities among the fans of present and past skaters? Don't blame me. If you can't get it (although I think you do get it), look at muse****'s post #12 as an example. Let's not play innocent and ignorant.
I'm so . I'm going to FSU jail.
Listing ones achievements being so high only makes it more likely they had weaker competition. While in rare instance someone compiles one of the best records ever even with stronger competition, the likelihood of greater achievements and dominance is made higher by poorer competition, so listing how much Kwan has achieved only makes it more likely even if not a guarantee, her competition was probably poorer.
Cohen gets lower PCS in her prime than Asada usually gets the last 5 years, so I wouldnt say she is stronger in performance, and in technique she is poor for any top 6 level skater in any random time period, let alone compared to Kim and Asada, two all time great technical skaters.
Asada > Slutskaya
Kostner or Ando > Cohen
Ando or Rochette >> Hughes, Butyrskaya, whoever is left of Kwan's competition that lasted more than 13 months


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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced her replacement for U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint on Monday.
Haley announced at noon at the Statehouse that Rep. Tim Scott, R-Charleston, will take DeMint's empty seat in January. Scott, a tea party-backed conservative, will be the first African-American senator in the state's history.
State law gave the Republican governor the authority to pick DeMint's successor. DeMint announced less than two weeks ago that he would resign Jan. 1 to take the helm of a national conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation. Scott will take over on Jan. 3.
"It's been an honor to serve the people of South Carolina in [the] United States Senate for the past eight years," DeMint said earlier in December. "Now, it's time for me to pass the torch to someone else and take on a new role in the fight for America's future."
Upon Haley's announcement of Scott as her choice, he took the podium and after a moment of silence for Newtown, CT, Scott went on to say thank you for the opportunity to serve in the Senate.
Scott said he knows there is no way to fill DeMint's show but looks forward to serving South Carolina, including making a statement about the federal government's spending.
"We can take all the revenue from the top 2 percent and simply could not close the annual deficit," Scott said. He went on to say his top two priorities are tax reform and spending control.
"And Tim, I could not be happier today," DeMint said after Scott's appointment was announced. "I appreciate the compliments. I can walk away knowing someone is in the seat that is better than I am and can carry conservatism to our country."
DeMint said he is leaving the Senate because he needs to take the case to fix America to the people and can make a difference through the Heritage Foundation. He said that several Republican governors and leaders recognize the current course of the federal government will "end up in some type of meltdown" and he is working to prevent that.
"I will keep serving and fighting the way that you've seen in the past," DeMint said.
In response to DeMint's service, Sen. Lindsey Graham thanked him for his work and their work together representing South Carolina.
"You will be someone who is listened to for what you've done the last four years," Graham said about DeMint.
With regard to Haley's choice of Scott as Senator-elect, Grahams said she "chose wisely."
"Only advice I can give you is you got here by being Tim Scott. Just keep being Tim Scott," Graham said. "Just keep being the good person you are. He will be a great senator, a better person than he is a politician."
Scott will fill the seat until 2014, when voters will choose who will fill the remaining two years of DeMint's term.
Haley's five finalists were reportedly former first lady Jenny Sanford, U.S. Reps. Tim Scott and Trey Gowdy, former Attorney General Henry McMaster and state health agency director Catherine Templeton.
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Blue Bomber Report Record: 4–1–0
Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
with Paul Wiecek
TIGER-CATS (4-7) at BLUE BOMBERS (2-9)
Tonight, 7 p.m. TV: TSN Radio: CJOB
Bombers line: They're bad and appear to be getting worse. The return of QB Buck Pierce should help -- but this team's problems only start at quarterback, they don't end there. The only safe prediction about this club these days is that there won't be any laughing on the bench if they're getting drilled again this week.
Ticats line: The Ticats were 3-2 when they came to town in August and their narrow loss here, which also represents Winnipeg's last win, began a five-game Hamilton losing skid that ended with a 51-8 win over the Edmonton Eskimos last weekend.
Bottom line: If you don't think the Bombers can win this game, then you probably don't think they're going to win another game all season. And you might not be wrong.
LIONS (8-3) at ESKIMOS (5-6)
Saturday, 6:30 p.m. TV: TSN
Lions line: B.C. has the best record in the country this season, mostly because they're 5-1 at home. This one's on the road.
Eskimos line: Edmonton has lost three in a row, their offence is almost as bad as Winnipeg's and this week they announced they were bringing in an "adviser" to help offensive co-ordinator Marcus Crandell. Yikes.
Bottom line: A battle between the best defence in the league and the second-worst offence.
ARGONAUTS (6-5) at ALOUETTES (7-4)
Sunday, noon TV: TSN
Argos line: The Argos have a winning record but have actually given up more points this season -- 280 -- than they've scored -- 278. They've proven remarkably efficient at making the points they have scored count and their defence has exceeded just about everyone's expectations this season.
Alouettes line: The Als have also given up more points than they've scored -- 327-301. But they've been dominant at home, where they boast a 5-1 record.
Bottom line: A win and the first-place Als would have a four-point cushion on second-place Toronto with six games to play.
STAMPEDERS (7-4) at ROUGHRIDERS (5-6)
Sunday, 3 p.m. TV: TSN
Stampeders line: The Stamps are riding a four-game winning streak, thanks in large part to what is shaping up to be a record-breaking season for running back Jon Cornish. Cornish needs to average just 79 yards per game the rest of the season to eclipse the 56-year-old single-season rushing yards record for a Canadian set by Normie Kwong (1,437 yards).
Roughriders line: Head coach Corey Chamblin said someone is going to lose their job if his club doesn't hold Cornish to under 100 yards rushing this week. Someone is going to lose their job.
Bottom line: Chamblin provided an amusing diversion with his Cornish pledge this week. But it won't be so funny if someone actually loses their job because the coach is writing cheques his defence can't cash.
THE PICKS (straight up)
The Free Press has assembled a panel this season to offer their fearless predictions every week. Joining us this year are CJOB's Bob Irving, and from the Free Press, sports editor Steve Lyons, columnists Gary Lawless and Doug Brown and lead football writer Paul Wiecek:
Irving: Winnipeg, B.C., Toronto, Calgary
Lyons: Winnipeg, B.C., Montreal, Saskatchewan
Lawless: Hamilton, B.C., Montreal, Calgary
Brown: Hamilton, B.C., Montreal, Calgary
Wiecek: Hamilton, B.C., Montreal, Calgary
Last week (overall): Irving 4-0 (30-14); Lyons 4-0 (27-17); Brown 4-0 (25-19); Lawless 3-1 (23-21); Wiecek 4-0 (20-24).
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition September 21, 2012 C2
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A hip injury that has kept Tri-City Americans goalie Eric Comrie sidelined for a week requires surgery. Comrie, in his first year as a starter, will miss the remainder of the season.
It sucks right now, Comrie said Friday afternoon. It is better to do it (surgery) while it is minor. The doctors say I will be more flexible, have better range of motion and be pain-free.
Comrie said he has been experiencing pain for awhile, but it started to get worse after the Subway Super Series in November. After last weeks game in Kamloops, Comrie has watched from the bench. He also missed out on playing in Wednesdays CHL/NHL Top Prospects game.
Comrie had tests earlier this week that revealed the damage. He will have surgery Feb. 5 in Vail, Colo., then return home to California for rehab. He should be back on the ice in 3-4 months.
We sat down and talked about it and decided this would the best course of action, Comrie said of the conversation with his parents Bill and Roxanne. I have to move forward and next year I will be 100 percent. Its really hard to leave. Weve really become a family. This is the closest team I have ever been on.
While Americans general manager Bob Tory knows this is the best course of action for Comrie and the team, it still was a hard conversation to have.
This is a devastating blow to our team, Tory said, but we will get through this. We have to look after the athlete first and the team second. We have to do the right thing by him. We cant feel sorry for ourselves. I feel worse for Eric. Its his draft year. Hes learning the ups and downs of sports at a young age.
Comrie, in his second season with the Americans, was 20-14-1-2 in 37 games.
He has a 2.62 goals-against average, a .915 save percentage, and two shutouts.
Comrie was the No. 2-ranked draft-eligible goaltender in North America in Central Scoutings midseason rankings tops in the Western Hockey League.
He also was the only goaltender listed in the top 30 of NHL draft-eligible players, according to NHL.com.
Though he will miss the remainder of the season, Comrie does not believe this setback will affect his draft status this summer.
The scouts have seen me play, he said. By the draft I should be healthy.
With Comrie out, the starting goaltending duties fall to Luke Lee-Knight, 19, who is 5-3-0-0 this season, including three wins in his last four starts.
I found out (Friday) morning, Lee-Knight said. I didnt know if he was being serious or not. He was serious. Eric is such a great friend of mine, this was sad to hear. We just need to keep going. Ive worked hard all season and I think Im ready.
Comrie is confident Lee-Knight can get the job done in net.
I think Luke is more than ready, Comrie said. Against Portland (a 3-2 win on Dec. 7 at the Rose Garden), he showed he can play. Hes going to be unbelievable. Weve become really good friends. Its hard to say goodbye to him.
Tory has confidence in Lee-Knight and the rest of the team as it moves forward.
In the end, this is a team game, Tory said. For Luke, this is a special gift. As a group, everyone has to step up and give more. If everyone can do that, we can get through this. We have very high standards. We expect them to go out and get it done no matter who puts the jersey on.
Tory, who is on a recruiting trip in Alberta, also needs to work out the details of who will back up Lee-Knight.
The Americans have 26 regular-season games remaining, not to mention the playoffs.
Troy Trombley, of the Melville Millionaires in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, has backed up Lee-Knight the last three games and is with the team through tonights game in Spokane.
If this would have been before Jan. 10, we could have made a trade or listed someone, Tory said. The timing makes it that much more difficult.
The Americans have Trombley, 18, and 15-year-old Evan Sarthou (L.A. Jr. Kings U-16) on their protected list.
They are the only two players who are eligible to come in and help.
We have to have their teams permission to use them, Tory said. We are trying to work out a schedule.


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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Ben Folds — The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective
Deserving songwriter gets a career-spanning, three-disc collection that doesn't overstay its four-hour welcome.
Matt Carney
Drawing from his three studio albums with Ben Folds Five, three solo studio albums and piles of EPs, compilations and live albums, "
The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Ben there, sung that
Both timeless and dated, Ben Folds marries his piano-man ballads and improv antics with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic.
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Ben Folds with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic
8 p.m. Thursday
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Ben Folds' kids listen to Elliott Smith
Don't count on kiddie tunes from the pop pianist anytime soon.
Talking to Ben Folds two weeks ago was a career highlight for me, as I've long been a fan of both his original work and the very funny, imaginative and expletive-laden cover songs he's recorded. Going into the interview, I wanted to focus on his most recent songwriting and how he felt about the 10th anniversary of "Rockin' the Suburbs," but Brian Winkeler at Robot House Creative here in OKC suggested another question that prompted some insight from the world-famous songwriter.
Unfortunately, there wasn't enough room in my story to include Folds' answer — slim to none — so a blog post will have to suffice. Here goes:
I spoke recently with John Linnell of They Might Be Giants
, and he remarked on very young fans latching on to their music from their work on the children's albums. I'm wondering if you've noticed younger fans getting into your music from the "Over the Hedge" soundtrack and if working with that potentially whetted your interest in writing songs for kids.
: I don't think songs have to be written for kids in order to be understood and consumed by kids. So, just a straight-up kids album, I'm not sure about that one. I don't know how I feel about that. Because you see kids like 4, 5 years old listening to The Beatles. And it can be on the level that's like, God, "Yellow Submarine." I don't know if you have to write it for kids.
To me, They Might Be Giants' music is very brilliant. But their kid record, meh. I got that 'cause I had kids at the time and then I thought, "God, I don't want them listening to this crap." I played them Elliott Smith instead; they liked that. I think They Might Be Giants — Linnell especially — is just absolutely brilliant, so I don't mean any disrespect. I just think that maybe that's not the best purpose is to write to kids directly.
Well, there you have it. Folds plays the Civic Center with the OKC Philharmonic tomorrow night at 8 p.m., but you can also catch him tonight as he'll be giving a Mastersclass for ACM@UCO at Exhibit Hall D, Cox Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens at 7 p.m. It's free and open to the public.
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Miss Ben Folds's ACM@UCO master class last night?
Worry not, for OKSee was there taking notes for you.
The quick hits: ACM@UCO head honcho Scott Booker tossed open-ended questions Folds' way for about an hour, which he spent detailing his start and several of the early business decisions he made. About 500+ sat in rapt attention, cheering and occasionally even gently heckling the two men on stage. Wayne Coyne sat front row, which Folds acknowledged during the interview.
Booker ended his bit, opening the floor to questions from the audience. The line formed long quickly, and OKSee took off for the Ra Ra Riot show a few questions in. However, it was more than enough time to hear some great, enlightening banter from Booker and Folds, particularly the nature and function of the artist within the modern music business. Also, he made a buncha
I've gone through my notes and assembled a highlight reel of sound bites that are below. Enjoy.
On growing up singing in the South, where the stereotype that musically minded boys were all homosexuals:
"My father said I had a terrible voice."
On breaking his hand while defending his roommate from bullies at the University of Miami, and subsequently flunking a test and losing his music scholarship:
"I threw my drums in the lake."
On his experience working on a music publishing deal in Nashville:
"I enjoyed it, sort of. I didn't get any royalty money for three or four years because of the bad contract. ... Ben Folds Five happened because I got so scared of the Nashville thing."
On the transfer from working on a Nashville hit-making assembly line to his own solo project:
"Suddenly I realized all the things that were getting me rejected were suddenly valued. ... Then I heard Liz Phair's 'Exile in Guyville' ... and that set me off. I knew about The Replacements, but I didn't really know about indie stuff."
On the piano he lugged around during those earlier BF5 years:
"I borrowed a lot of money to pay for that first piano. It was in constant danger of getting repossessed."
On the business end:
"We got a business manager who explained we needed to borrow money to pay taxes."
On 550 Music's (a division of Sony Music Entertainment) promotion of the single "Brick":
"They treated 'Brick' like 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn': Release two rockers, then a power ballad. And it worked."
On signing to a major label:
"It was a relief. It meant I didn't have to move my piano anymore."
On working as a producer:
"I like being the producer when I'm brining to life something that wouldn't be music otherwise. The Nick Hornby collaboration, for instance."
On certain of his works being considered "novelty" or a joke:
"My biggest frustration is the words 'novelty song.' I don't know what that means."
On Elliott Smith, with whom he toured (and whom Booker briefly managed):
"He's such a great songwriter technically. He was trying to write Beatles songs, and people heard him for what he was, which was desperate."
Odds and ends:
"I was writing waltzes about Howard Cosell and stuff."
"We got a tour manager who'd worked for Slayer."
"We spent money on a producer; we liked his name, Stiff Johnson."
"After 'Brick,' I started pulling favors. Like, 'OK, I want to make a spoken-word record with William Shatner.'"
"Rivers [Cuomo, of Weezer] was off on an island somewhere, laying in the sun. I think that's where he got the song."
"['Weird Al' Yankovic] is the most not-weird man I've ever met."
"One of my best friends is Bob Saget."
Folds performs tonight with the OKC Philharmonic at the Civic Center. Tickets are still available at the box office and online at
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The senior guard had a second half worthy of finishing her career in the Chickasha Sports Arena to finish on 28 points. Stewart scored 23 of those in the second half with three buckets from beyond the arc. The win ends a six game losing streak for Chickasha (7-12).
Dominique Golightly was also in good form once again, picking up a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. The sophomore was part of a concentrated attack at the block that slowly opened up the outside shots as the game progressed.
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Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and the Smear-tacular Tea Party GOP
It encourages the transformation of ideological differences into bright lines that allegedly divide good people from bad.
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has gotten a lot of grief lately, and for good reason. His speculation about whether Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel received secret payments from North Korea was the kind of unsubstantiated smear that takes your breath away. But in all the ballyhoo over Cruz something else seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle: the extent to which the unsubstantiated smear has become stock in trade for Tea Party senators.
Take, for example, Wisconsin's Ron Johnson. Earlier this month he gave a speech in which he set out to "describe" what "patriots," "people who like freedom," and "people who like this country" are "up against" these days. The answer: "liberals, progressives, Democrats, whatever they call themselves nowadays, Socialists, Marxists."
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That's right, Senator Johnson. Having determined that the term "liberal" is too freighted with negative connotations, there are a lot of us Democrats calling ourselves Marxists these days. It's a bit of rebranding and we have high hopes.
But regardless of what we call ourselves, the implication of Johnson's observation is pretty clear: on the one side you have patriots (people like Johnson), and on the other you have people who neither love freedom nor America—those are the Democrats.
In the same speech, Johnson said "Liberals have had control of our culture now for about 20 years." It's part of their "diabolically simple" strategy to undo America. Wow, liberals must be a pretty nefarious bunch. Need proof? Johnson doesn't offer much, but maybe he doesn't need to. Twenty years ago was 1993. That year cross-dressing home wrecker Mrs. Doubtfire took the country by storm. It was pretty much everything liberals stand for in 125 minutes of heart-tugging hilarity.
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And if Cruz and Johnson aren't enough for you, take a listen to Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. In a recent interview with NPR Paul was asked to explain how Mitt Romney could have lost in 2012. Paul's explanation: "it is much easier to offer people something for nothing, than it is to tell people that in reality hard work and sweat equity is how a country gets rich." That evidently appealed to Obama voters because the president said "he was going to take from the rich and give to the poor. And there's always more poor than there are rich. So, you can see in a democracy it's easier to sell that message."
Oh, OK. The way to success in America is hard work. But "poor" people would rather have the spoils of success handed to them than have to work hard. So a president who promises to do that has found himself a winning message. What a terrific view of people who labor at the lower end of the socio-economic ladder, the aspirations they have for themselves and their families, and the kinds of things they think about when they go to the voting booth (to say nothing of how it characterizes Obama supporters: we're lazy, and just looking for a handout.)
To be sure, this isn't the first time we've ever heard people say things like that. Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Dinesh D'Souza have been peddling this pabulum for years. And anyone who's been in the middle of a congressional election with a Tea Party candidate has heard all of this and more.
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But the frequency with which this kind of rhetoric emanates from conservative quarters ought not to inure us to its impact. It encourages the transformation of ideological differences into bright lines that allegedly divide good people from bad, and it gives sanction to the notion that difference is itself sufficient evidence that the other person could be engaged in any manner of nefarious conduct.
It's the kind of thing that you'd like to think wouldn't work in the American political system. But for the last couple of election cycles its worked like gangbusters, tapping a deep vein of grievance that animates the Tea Party, a myopic sense of victimhood and entitlement.
So holding Senator Cruz to account for his slander was a good thing. But if the recent past is any indication, the smear isn't going anywhere. It wins votes. And that should be troubling to all of us, Democrats and Republicans, who share the pluralistic notions of democracy to which our country has long aspired.


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Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Head and Neck Cancers
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For certain stages of certain cancers, postoperative radiation therapy improves outcomes for many patients. Adding radiation to chemotherapy also improves outcomes for those with inoperable tumors that have not metastasized beyond regional lymph nodes. Over the past several decades, methods to plan and deliver radiation therapy have evolved in ways that permit more precise targeting of tumors with complex geometries. Most early trials used 2-dimensional treatment planning based on flat images, and radiation beams with cross-sections of uniform intensity that were sequentially aimed at the tumor along 2 or 3 intersecting axes. Collectively, these methods are termed conventional external-beam radiation therapy (CRT).
Treatment planning evolved by using 3-dimensional images, usually from computed tomography (CT) scans, to delineate the tumor, its boundaries with adjacent normal tissue, and organs at risk for radiation damage. Radiation oncologists used these images, displayed from a "beam's-eye view," to shape each of several beams with compensators, blocks, or wedges to conform to the patient's tumor geometry perpendicular to the beam's axis. Computer algorithms were developed to estimate cumulative radiation dose delivered to each volume of interest by summing the contribution from each shaped beam. Methods also were developed to position the patient and the radiation portal reproducibly for each fraction, and immobilize the patient, thus maintaining consistent beam axes across treatment sessions. However, "forward" planning used a trial and error process to select treatment parameters including the number of beams and the intensity, shape, and incident axis of each. The radiation oncologist modified one or more parameters and re-calculated dose distributions, if analysis predicted underdosing for part of the tumor or overdosing of nearby normal tissue. Furthermore, because beams had uniform cross-sectional intensity wherever they bypassed shaping devices, it was difficult to match certain geometries, in particular concave surfaces. Collectively, these methods are termed 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT).
In the mid-1990s, 3D conformal methods were further developed to permit beam delivery with non-uniform cross-sectional intensity. This technique often relies on a device (a multi-leaf collimator, MLC) situated between the beam source and patient that moves along an arc around the patient. As it moves, a computer varies aperture size independently and continuously for each leaf. Thus, MLCs divide beams into narrow "beamlets," with intensities that range from zero to 100% of the incident beam. With an alternative, termed tomotherapy, a small radiation portal emitting a single narrow beam moves spirally around the patient, with intensity varying as it moves.Each method (MLC-based or tomotherapy) is coupled to a computer algorithm for "inverse" treatment planning. The radiation oncologist delineates the target on each slice of a CT scan, and specifies the target's prescribed radiation dose, acceptable limits of dose heterogeneity within the target volume, adjacent normal tissue volumes to avoid, and acceptable dose limits within the normal tissues. Based on these parameters and a digitally reconstructed radiographic image of the tumor and surrounding tissues and organs at risk, computer software optimizes the location and shape of beam ports, and beam and beamlet intensities, to achieve the treatment plan's goals. Collectively, these methods are termed intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).
Multiple studies have generated 3D-CRT and IMRT treatment plans from the same scans, then compared predicted dose distributions within the target and in adjacent organs at risk. Results of such planning studies show that IMRT improves on 3D-CRT with respect to conformality to, and dose homogeneity within, the target. Dosimetry using stationary targets generally confirms these predictions. Thus, radiation oncologists hypothesized that IMRT may improve treatment outcomes compared with those of 3D-CRT by one or more of the following mechanisms.
Increased conformality may permit escalated tumor doses without increasing normal tissue toxicity, and may thus improve local tumor control. Better dose homogeneity within the target may also improve local tumor control by avoiding underdosing (cold spots) within the tumor and may decrease toxicity by avoiding overdosing (hot spots). Finally, enhanced conformality for standard doses may reduce dose outside the target volume and thus decrease toxicity.
However, IMRT aims radiation at the tumor from many more directions, and thus subjects more normal tissue to low-dose radiation than occurs with CRT or 3D-CRT. This method may increase late effects of radiation therapy. In addition, because most tumors move as patients breathe, dosimetry with stationary targets may not accurately reflect doses delivered within target volumes and adjacent tissues in patients. Furthermore, treatment planning and delivery are more complex, time consuming, and labor intensive for IMRT than for 3D-CRT. Thus, clinical studies must test whether IMRT improves tumor control or reduces acute and late toxicities, when compared with 3D-CRT. Testing this hypothesis requires direct comparative data on outcomes for separate groups of similar patients treated with each method.
Head and Neck Tumors
Head and neck cancers account for about 3% to 5% of cancer cases in the United States. The generally accepted definition of head and neck cancers includes cancers arising in the oral cavity and lip, larynx, hypopharynx, oropharynx, nasopharynx, paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity, salivary glands, and occult primaries in the head and neck region. Cancers generally not considered as head and neck cancers include uveal and choroidal melanoma, cutaneous tumors of the head and neck, esophageal cancer, and tracheal cancer. Thyroid cancers are also addressed in this policy. External beam radiation therapy is uncommonly used in the treatment of thyroid cancers but may be considered in patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer and for locoregional control in patients with incompletely resected high-risk or recurrent differentiated (papillary, follicular, or mixed papillary-follicular) thyroid cancer.
POLICYIntensity-modulated radiation therapy may be considered medically necessary for the treatment of head and neck cancers.
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy is considered medically necessary for the treatment of thyroid cancers in close proximity to organs at risk (esophagus, salivary glands, and spinal cord) and 3-D CRT planning is not able to meet dose volume constraints for normal tissue tolerance. (see Policy Guidelines).
POLICY EXCEPTIONSFederal Employee Plan: Effective January 1, 2010, prior approval for outpatient IMRT is required. As of July 1, 2010, prior approval is no longer required for outpatient IMRT provided for the treatment of head and neck cancers.
Federal Employee Program (FEP) may dictate that all FDA-approved devices, drugs or biologics may not be considered investigational and thus these devices may be assessed only on the basis of their medical necessity.
POLICY GUIDELINESFor this policy, head and neck cancers are cancers arising from the oral cavity and lip, larynx, hypopharynx, oropharynx, nasopharynx, paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity, salivary glands, and occult primaries in the head and neck region.
Organs at risk are defined as normal tissues whose radiation sensitivity may significantly influence treatment planning and/or prescribed radiation dose. These organs at risk may be particularly vulnerable to clinically important complications from radiation toxicity. The following table outlines radiation doses that are generally considered tolerance thresholds for these normal structures in the area of the thyroid.
Radiation Tolerance Doses for Normal Tissues
aTD 5/5, the average dose that results in a 5% complication risk within 5 years
bTD 50/5, the average dose that results in a 50% complication risk within 5 years
The coverage guidelines outlined in the Medical Policy Manual should not be used in lieu of the Member's specific benefit plan language.
POLICY HISTORY5/26/2009: Policy added
7/16/2009: Approved by Medical Policy Advisory Committee (MPAC)
12/28/2009: Added Prior Approval for FEP members effective January 1, 2010. Also corrected a typographical error, changed CPT Code 77148 to 77418.
07/16/2010: Policy Exceptions section revised to state that as of July 1, 2010, prior approval is no longer required for outpatient IMRT provided for the treatment of head and neck cancers for FEP members.
08/17/2010: Add CPT code 77338 to the Covered Codes table.
12/30/2010: Policy statement revised to indicate that intensity-modulated radiation therapy is considered investigational for the treatment of thyroid cancers.
07/19/2012: Policy statement on head and neck cancers unchanged. Policy statement on thyroid tumors changed from investigational to the following: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy is considered medically necessary for the treatment of thyroid cancers in close proximity to organs at risk (esophagus, salivary glands, and spinal cord) and 3-D CRT planning is not able to meet dose volume constraints for normal tissue tolerance. Policy guidelines updated regarding radiation tolerance doses for normal tissues (esophagus, salivary glands, spinal cord). Added ICD-9 code 193 to the Covered Codes table.
08/13/2012: Added ICD-9 code 195.0 to the Covered Codes table.
10/23/2013: Policy reviewed; no changes.
SOURCESBlue Cross & Blue Shield Association policy # 8.01.48
CODE REFERENCEThis may not be a comprehensive list of procedure codes applicable to this policy.
The code(s) listed below are ONLY medically necessary if the procedure is performed according to the "Policy" section of this document.
Covered Codes