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COUPVILLE, Wash. -- People impacted by the massive landslide that hit the south end of Whidbey Island 3-1/2 months ago may have to wait another two years before there is full access to their neighborhood.
County Public Works officials and geologists from the state Department of Natural Resources addressed a packed room of homeowners Tuesday afternoon.
Public Works director Bill Oakes told KING 5 News that the hillside in the Ledgewood neighborhood of Coupeville has been moving for thousands of years, calling it one of the biggest slides in Northwest history. He said the slide was brought on by heavy rains and the ongoing movement of the bluff.
In March, the massive slide destroyed one home, and left four others uninhabitable. Seventeen houses remain cut off from civilization, except for a primitive one-lane road put in as an emergency measure.
It has been a long 14 weeks of living in limbo for Joanna Bachman and her mom, Elsie.
"It's just gonna be bad," said Joanna, who lives with her 84-year-old mother in the area cut off area.
The slide moved a quarter mile wide swath of land in just a few seconds. Some in the neighborhood believe the county may have played a part.
"It was certainly not an act of God," said Arthur Nowell.
Nowell should know. He is a renowned University of Washington geologist and oceanographer who happens to own a home in the slide zone. He said the hillside hasn't been draining properly for two years and believes poor county maintenance may have caused water to back up and make the entire slope unstable.
"To change it from an area 40 yards wide to an area 400 yards wide, it raises a significant question of 'Did she move or was she pushed?'" he said.
At Tuesday's meeting, state and county analysts told homeowners the county is not responsible and said the hillside has been sliding for thousands of years.
"I don't think there's anything we could've done to predict the size of this slide or to prevent a slide of this size," said Oakes.
Oakes said it will likely be two years before the washed out road connecting those cut-off homes is replaced, if it's replaced at all. As it stands now, there is still no access for a fire truck and no mail delivery.
Neighbors also expressed concerns that the county may turn over liability for the emergency road that was carved out of a trail immediately following the slide to the homeowners association.
"If that happens," said Joanna Bachman, "we're responsible if someone gets in an accident. We didn't build that road. It's the county's responsibility."
Public Works Director Oakes said he will work with neighbors to try to find a solution.
Oakes said the cost for the catastrophe to Island County taxpayers so far is $400,000.


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By Justin Jones, Staff Writer
Friday, July 27, 2012 —
A Stanly County student is on her way to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill without the stress of paying for her education after receiving a full-tuition scholarship.
Kristi Walker, 18, received the scholarship on behalf of the North Carolina Division of Veteran's Affiars at the Veteran's Affairs Office in Stanly County.
To be a recipient of the award, one must be either born in North Carolina, or have a father who was a citizen of North Carolina at the time of enlisting for military service. The scholarship will cover Walker's tuition, room and board allowances.
"At first we were very concerned. I didn't know if we'd have to take out loans or things like that," she said.
The award became available to Walker because of her father's service in the Air Force from 1987-1991. To be eligible for the scholarship, the recipient's father must have served in a combat zone or adjacent waters to a combat zone. Randi Walker served in two combat campaigns, in Panama and Operation Desert Storm. Randi received a campaign medal for his service.
Rod Barbee, the Veterans Service Officer, presented Kristi Walker with the award.
"Like her parents, I'm proud of her. I knew the first time she walked through the door she had a good head on her shoulders."
According to Barbee, his office had little to do with awarding the scholarship, but that it was earned by Walker. To receive the scholarship, she filled out paperwork, turned in recommendation letters, as well as completed a series of interviews.
"Her dad's service just gave her the opportunity. She still had to do the work now," he said.
"But she earned it [in the interview]; that's where she had to excel."
Walker has excelled in school, graduating from Stanly Early College High School as class valedictorian.
Walker graduated from the school, which is a five-year program located on Stanly Community College's campus, in four years, leaving with a high school diploma and associate's degree. She found out she would receive the scholarship on the day of her prom, overshadowing the events of the night.
"They were all encouraged," she said of her parents after receving the award. "But when I received (the news) prom meant nothing anymore."
The signs of relief from her father and mother, Diane, were visible, allowing room for a joke typical of a proud father.
"It's a stress relief to send her to school. We finally got her there," he said joking.
"But she's accomplished everything she has set out to do up to this point. And we're very proud."
Upon entering UNC, Walker plans to study journalism, with other interests including international affairs.


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'Cursing Mommy' is gosh darn hilarious
Give the Cursing Mommy some credit. She actually makes it through the first paragraph of her new book, The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days, without cursing even once; though, it must be said that in the second $*!ing paragraph she is compelled to rail about the $*!ing kitchen ceiling.
The ceiling is only one of the many trials of the Cursing Mommy, hilarious creation of former Hudson resident Ian Frazier, two-time winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor.
Mommy's goal is to live graciously, spiritually, in tune with the glory of nature, marveling at the promise of children and responsibility toward the environment, and sharing it all with us, her loyal unseen friends. It is very difficult to reach such a goal when one's older son has gone off his meds (Ridiculin, for one) and burned down the $*#ing garage; one's husband's salary has been reduced (by a boss who has been sending lewd propositions by text message) and one has accidentally placed an online order for 156 %)#ing coats, resulting in an $8,973.63 credit card overdraft.
Mommy, frequently either excessively caffeinated or wondering if her readers, too, have their first cocktail at 8:15 a.m., wishes to share with us her dodgy domestic talents, such as mending clothes or making a portfolio for family photos; they inevitably result in Mommy's abandoning the whole %#^ing thing and shrieking curses at "hammock lobbyists" or Ronald Reagan ("I don't &*!ing care if he %^*ing died!").
Though the format is a series of journal entries, the book is a continuous blue-streak narrative, with established themes that grow more ludicrous. A school levy has failed, so families must do building maintenance, like cleaning the !%# boiler room or the fourth-grade project, electrical wiring. Oh, and Mommy's husband Larry may have invested the family's life savings in a Nigerian dump.
Utterly, hilariously beaten, as desperate as a housewife can be, with a motto: "Oh, what a ^#%ing horrible day this has been," the Cursing Mommy made two appearances in Lamentations of the Father, Frazier's 2009 essay collection, and often is featured in a column he writes for the New Yorker.
The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days (244 pages, hardcover) costs $25 from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Look in the fiction section, instead of humor. Ian Frazier is an alumnus of Western Reserve Academy.
Mystery in Miami
Lima-born mystery author Don Bruns alternates between two breezy series: Caribbean, about rock journalist Mick Sever, and Stuff, about a couple of Florida private eyes with more enthusiasm than experience. Hot Stuff, sixth in the latter series, finds James Lessor and Skip Moore, principals of More or Less Investigations, sweating it out in a fancy Miami restaurant whose ambitious sous chef has been murdered.
Skip, the narrator, and James are engaged by the owner, a publicity-conscious celebrity chef, and his overbearing wife to go undercover in the kitchen to listen to gossip and grill the other employees. James, with a culinary school background, is placed as the new sous chef — potentially endangering him, if the killer was someone who had hoped to advance to that position. LeBron James makes a cameo appearance.
Hot Stuff (285 pages, hardcover) costs $25.95 from Oceanview Publishing.
• The gently humorous reminiscences of a Catholic schoolgirl in the 1950s are found in Sister Said by Lee A. Friend of Cuyahoga Falls. Her wide-eyed devotion to every pronouncement of her Ursuline teachers eventually caused her mother to issue a cease-and-desist order on the repetition of everything "Sister said." The 122-page paperback costs $11.99 from online retailers and also is available at Grismer's religious goods stores.
• Local authors including former Beacon Journal columnist David Giffels, who interviewed Black Keys member Dan Auerbach, join undergraduate and graduate students, as well as community contributors, in the fourth issue of Rubbertop Review, the University of Akron's literary journal. With the theme of "Ohio Connections," this issue also contains an interview with Josh Rolnick, author of the award-winning story collection Pulp and Paper, poetry and short fiction. Get the $5 issue from Eric Wasserman at UA's Department of English, Olin Hall, Akron 44325-1906.
Learned Owl Book Shop (204 N. Main St., Hudson) — Authors Mayra Porrata and Crystal Pirri, and illustrator Kaleb Rice, sign Return to Planet Nuf, 2 p.m. today.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers (28801 Chagrin Blvd., Woodmere) — Laura Taxel signs Cleveland's West Side Market, 2 p.m. today.
Malone University (Cattell Library, 515 25th St. NW, Canton) — The Writers Series continues with poet Brett Foster (The Garbage Eater), 7 p.m. Monday.
Akron-Summit County Public Library (60 S. High St., Akron) — Anne Lamott (Operating Instructions, Imperfect Birds) appears as part of the Main Event Speaker Series, 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Mac's Backs (1820 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights) — Mike DeCapite, author of the essay collection Radiant Fog, reads and signs, 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday; Gail Bellamy signs Cleveland Christmas Memories, 1 to 2 p.m. Friday.
Wild Bird Center (117 Merz Blvd, Fairlawn) — Julie Zickefoose, creator of exquisite wildlife paintings and author of The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds, signs her work, 11 a.m. Saturday.
Cuyahoga County Public Library (Parma Heights branch, 6206 Pearl Road) — Gail Bellamy signs Cleveland Christmas Memories, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Registration required; call 440-884-2313.
Visible Voice Books (1023 Kenilworth Ave., Cleveland) — New Philadelphia native Kara Martinelli signs My Very Dearest Anna: My Grandparents' Letters from WWII, 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday.
— Barbara McIntyre
Special to the Beacon Journal
Send information about books of local interest to Lynne Sherwin, Features Department, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Event notices should be sent at least two weeks in advance.


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If cutting edge San Francisco can't meet the challenge of climate change and related environmental issues, are we all doomed?
04.16.13 - 6:04 pm | Steven T. Jones |
When biologists talk about the health of a fragile ecosystem, they often speak of an "indicator species." That's a critter — a fish, say, or a frog — whose health, or lack thereof, is a signal of the overall health of the system. These days, when environmentalists who think about politics as well as science look at San Francisco, they see an indicator city.
This progressive-minded place of great wealth, knowledge, and technological innovation — surrounded on three sides by steadily rising tides — could signal whether cities in the post-industrial world will meet the challenge of climate change and related problems, from loss of biodiversity to the need for sustainable energy sources.
A decade ago, San Francisco pioneered innovative waste reduction programs and set aggressive goals for reducing its planet-cooking carbon emissions. At that point, the city seemed prepared to make sacrifices and provide leadership in pursuit of sustainability.
Things changed dramatically when the recession hit and Mayor Ed Lee took office with the promise to focus almost exclusively on economic development and job creation. Today, even with the technology and office development sectors booming and employment rates among the lowest in California, the city hasn't returned its focus to the environment.
In fact, with ambitious new efforts to intensify development along the waterfront and only lackluster support for the city's plan to build renewable energy projects through the CleanPowerSF program, the Lee administration seems to be exacerbating the environmental challenge rather than addressing it.
According to conservative projections by the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the Bay is expected to rise at least 16 inches by 2050 and 55 inches by the end of the century. BCDC maps show San Francisco International Airport and Mission Bay inundated, Treasure Island mostly underwater, and serious flooding the Financial District, the Marina, and Hunters Point.
Lee's administration has commissioned a report showing a path to carbon reduction that involves promoting city-owned renewable energy facilities and radically reducing car trips — while the mayor seems content do the opposite.
It's not an encouraging sign for Earth Day 2013.
Last year, the Department of the Environment hired McKinsey and Company to prepare a report titled "San Francisco's Path to a Low-Carbon Economy." It's mostly finished — but you haven't heard much about it. The department has been sitting on it for months.
Why? Some say it's because most of the recommendations clash with the Lee administration's priorities, although city officials say they're just waiting while they get other reports out first. But the report notes the city is falling far short of its carbon reduction goals and "will therefore need to complement existing carbon abatement measures with a range of new and innovative approaches."
Data presented in the report, a copy of which we've obtained from a confidential source, shows that building renewable energy projects through CleanPowerSF, making buildings more energy-efficient, and discouraging private automobile use through congestion pricing, variable-price parking, and building more bike lanes are the most effective tools for reducing carbon output.
But those are things that the mayor either opposes and has a poor record of supporting or putting into action. The easy, corporate-friendly things that Lee endorses, such as supporting more electric, biofuel, and hybrid vehicles, are among the least effective ways to reach the city's goals, the report says.
@Guest: It is what? An opinion that the [economic] synthesis of competition and self-interest yields "the greater good" without government or business interventions? We can read, in brief, about this reification in Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein in which government and business interventions destroyed fledgling social democracies in many countries only to rapaciously expropriate resources for profit—without competition, development or social stability; neither an invisible hand (quite a few state officials including those of the victimized countries provided a wink and a nod to make it so). Perhaps this is why this economic philosophy is often called neoliberal instead of neo-classical—it requires no invisible hand! Oops! I don't want to give away the answer to my original query, that is, "waiting for Adam Smith's "invisible hand" is like waiting for the second-coming of Jesus Christ. Guess which will happen first and consider what the very natural consequences will be?"
Posted by Awayneramsey on Apr. 18, 2013 @ 11:38 am
You Trolls are funny. That's funny "peculiar," not funny "ha-ha."
"World-changing though (sic), technology and culture coming out of
L.A.?" Now, that IS funny "ha-ha!"
"Silicon Valley" is simply another bedroom community of San Francisco;
none of the burgs around here would even exist if not for The City.
And whether you recognize or not, San Francisco is indeed the most
beautiful, trend-setting, and progressive major city in the world. And while it's true there has been a hostile takeover of many progressive forums and institutions,
I am confident the Trolls will start to go back to their God-forsaken home towns when the next bubble pops.
Posted by TrollKiller on Apr. 18, 2013 @ 5:56 am
TrollKiller, there is no free lunch, not on our side. What happens is only what we make happen. Relying on our opponent to collapse into a steaming heap is no strategy, it is quasi religious Marxist historical imperative crap.
Posted by marcos on Apr. 18, 2013 @ 6:52 am
Posted by TrollKiller on Apr. 18, 2013 @ 6:55 am
He can't stand to see anybody but himself scoring rhetorical points against the crypto-reactionary "moderate" trolls on this site. It's about the only thing that can bring him to reclaim the left as "his side"; so he can bash it all the more effectively from within.
Posted by lillipublicans on Apr. 18, 2013 @ 7:17 am
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Posted by marcos on Apr. 18, 2013 @ 7:34 am
"I am confident the Trolls will start to go back to their God-forsaken home towns when the next bubble pops. "
I am confident that the trolls will go back to their god-forsaken home towns once progressives, liberals and neighbors organize to win elections like we'd done in the past so that their neoliberal troll bullshit never sees the public policy light of day.
Posted by marcos on Apr. 18, 2013 @ 7:35 am
Would be that participatory democracy actually worked.
So-called liberals and progressives can't even organize to
get basic human rights like universal healthcare and education,
let alone roll back the tide of carpetbagging troglodytes flocking
to The City. The only thing that's going to stop the influx of Flatlanders
is the end of the bubble that's bringing them here in the first place.
They obviously aren't here to enjoy the culture.
Posted by TrollKiller on Apr. 18, 2013 @ 12:02 pm
Those who came before us were able to organize and they faced more challenging barriers to communicating. Those labor unions that are conceding us to serfdom did not organize themselves, organizers busted shoe leather to organize them. Could you imagine anyone employed by a union in SF actually organizing people to create a union today? Could you imagine anyone in a nonprofit organizing the community to win elections and contest power? It is not like nobody on the progressive, neighborhood, liberal side ever won an election in the past few decades. No, people are being made to stand down and not contest power when the means, motive and opportunity are all within our grasp. Those people sitting atop of organizations that others busted ass to create are the ones who are coopting grassroots efforts.
Hoping that your opponent will exhaust himself before he beats you to a complete pulp is not an acceptable option.
Posted by marcos on Apr. 18, 2013 @ 6:51 pm
The young people you would have "organizing" have no interest in anything outside their own very narrow self interests, like money and staring at hand-held devices. No one has to "co-op" grassroots efforts; most people simply are not interested, or are too busy trying to survive to "save the whales" or whatever. The "opponent" is the materialistic mindset of State Capitalism. Tilting at windmills will only result in a broken collarbone, or in being arrested or killed for being some sort of "terrorist." This is not to say you shouldn't agitate for your cause or vote in local elections. But fundamental change in the whole OS of the USA will require a major economic calamity, like the one fast approaching. Empire ALWAYS exhausts itself.
Posted by TrollKiller on Apr. 19, 2013 @ 6:42 am
I remember Matt Gonzalez winning the Board of Supervisors Election as a Green for D5 back in 2000. I remember busting my ass campaigning for him, knocking on doors and handing out fliers. I remember emptying my piggy bank to max out donations for his campaign even though I couldn't afford a car or even the money to keep my motorcycle running.
I remember later he became the Chair of the Board and put a real scare in the powers that be when he ran for Mayor 2004. I remember hundreds of people lining up to campaign for him and me again maxing out donations to his campaign (along with my roommate, the only two people in the whole fucking city to give $750 bucks that year to Matt).
Was that just a really bad acid trip and it didn't really happen? Where you on a really bad acid trip for four years and missed all that?
Posted by glenparkdaddy on Apr. 22, 2013 @ 11:32 pm
When Earth day started way back in 1970 the general consensus among environmentalists was that over-population, the Population 'Explosion' or Population 'Bomb' as it was then known, was the single biggest threat to the environment. Fast forward 43 years and mainstream enviro groups like the Sierra Club and otherwise environmentally conscious papers like SFBG can't bring themselves to address what remains the single biggest threat to life on the planet- an over abundance of humans. Maybe they decided it was a political loser or that it was more fun to talk about hybrid cars and composting worms.
The biggest single driver (in fact the only driver) of US population growth is immigration, both legal and illegal. This is not a racial issue, it applies equally to immigrants from all corners of the Earth. At the current rate of 1.5 million immigrants per year (documented and undocumented) the US population is projected to reach 850,000,000 by the end of the century.
Can our wetlands and wild spaces survive such an increase in population? Can we preserve biodiversity or keep our air and water clean with such massive numbers? The answer to both questions is no.
Meanwhile, so as not to look like racists at an SF cocktail party, so-called liberals continue to spew the vague drivel of 'diversity' and things continue to get worse for the environment and for American workers.
There is a progressive solution. Limit the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country (again, not a racial issue, an across the board cut). Reduce it from 1,000,000 per year to 250,000. Under no circumstances increase it. And yes, deport those that come here illegally and break US immigration law. It costs less than watching our environment and economy continue to spiral ever downward. Let these immigrants work to improve their homelands, as we must work to improve our own. I wish them luck and encourage no cruelty toward them.
American immigration law should benefit American citizens. This is not a racial issue. It's a question of economic justice and environmental stewardship.
Cue- a barrage of comments below calling me a racist. Sigh...
Posted by The Ripper on Apr. 18, 2013 @ 6:02 pm
The answer to overpopulation is birth control.
The answer to immigration reform is to get over
the racist notion of "borders." All human beings should be free
to go wherever they want to. That's how genetic diversity
is created, which is the whole point of life on Earth anyways.
We need more diversity, and fewer babies.
Posted by TrollKiller on Apr. 19, 2013 @ 6:13 am
Just as long as they don't get benefits paid for by others. And they file and pay income tax. And they don't take jobs that would otherwise go to Americans. And only when immigrant rights are reciprocal (When Mexico, China and European countries no longer requires Passports, or allow Americans to take jobs and own property).
Posted by Richmondman on Apr. 19, 2013 @ 12:36 pm
Sounds good to me.
Posted by TrollKiller on Apr. 19, 2013 @ 1:40 pm
There's a long way to go before you can even get near the idea of borderlessness.
For our part, we can start by ending the practice of making life in the global south hell for global southerners via perpetual military intervention, supporting corrupt extraction regimes so that we can bring all of that booty home.
That is the push and pull of immigration to the US, the original sin, the crime in the first instance, the one that we have the power to control.
After that, then there will be natural itinerance in various societies where people move because they want to rather than being forced to flee violence or to seek a better economic deal. By that measure, the average Guatemalan has more of a legitimate claim on Social Security and Medicare in the US than the average American. But working Americans have not historically been party to the subjugation of south Asians.
So long as borders are in place, certain immigration policies can be an act of aggression by corporate power against working people to drive wages and standards of living down. I've got a feeling that support amongst Latino Californians for raising the number of legal immigrants moving forward given the 25% poverty rate in CA is not as high as for a pathway to citizenship.
Posted by marcos on Apr. 19, 2013 @ 2:02 pm
Actually, the crime in the first instance is the occupation of the Americas by Europeans. This occupation was prophesied by Native Americans to last 500 years. After that time, The People will begin to return. The uniformed call them "Mexicans."
Posted by TrollKiller on Apr. 19, 2013 @ 3:30 pm
That's "uninformed."
Posted by TrollKiller on Apr. 19, 2013 @ 5:23 pm
"When Shell and others "green up" your energy with "Renewable Energy Credits," meanwhile, system power is all you're getting. Renewable Energy Credits are the energy world's equivalent to a papal indulgence. Essentially, purchasing one allows an energy provider to claim credit for power generated by an existing renewable facility — power that would have been generated regardless and is distributed to someone else — while providing its customers with system power. Locals paying a premium for "100-per cent renewable" energy may actually be receiving whatever's in the grid — while propping up existing wind-farms in Idaho or landfills in Washington. Unions say they hate this because it sends money and jobs out of state. Environmentalists hate it because it doesn't add to the development of new renewable power. "
Posted by Richmondman on Apr. 19, 2013 @ 10:21 am
Can you spell "boondoggle?"
Posted by TrollKiller on Apr. 19, 2013 @ 1:38 pm
Θ The sad truth is that a lot of good ideas get started in San Francisco and the Bay Area, but then falter from lack of follow-through. We seem to only get so far, and then watch everyone else take the idea and run with it.
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Postremission Therapy for AML
Treatment Options Under Clinical Evaluation
Current Clinical Trials
A major challenge in the treatment of children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is to prolong the duration of the initial remission with additional chemotherapy or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In practice, most patients are treated with intensive chemotherapy after remission is achieved, as only a small subset have a matched-family donor (MFD). Such therapy includes some of the drugs used in induction while also introducing non-cross–resistant drugs and commonly high-dose cytarabine. Studies in adults with AML have demonstrated that consolidation with a high-dose cytarabine regimen improves outcome compared with consolidation with a standard-dose cytarabine regimen, particularly in patients with inv(16) and t(8;21) AML subtypes.[1,2] Randomized studies evaluating the contribution of high-dose cytarabine to postremission therapy have not been conducted in children, but studies employing historical controls suggest that consolidation with a high-dose cytarabine regimen improves outcome compared with less intensive consolidation therapies.[3-5]
The optimal number of postremission courses of therapy remains unclear, but appears to require at least three courses of intensive therapy, including the induction course.[6] A United Kingdom Medical Research Council (MRC) study randomly assigned adult and pediatric patients to four versus five courses of intensive therapy. Five courses did not show an advantage in relapse-free and overall survival (OS).[7,8][Level of evidence: 1iiA]
The use of HSCT in first remission has been under evaluation since the late 1970s, and evidence-based appraisals concerning indications for autologous and allogeneic HSCT have been published.[9] Prospective trials of transplantation in children with AML suggest that overall 60% to 70% of children with HLA-matched donors available who undergo allogeneic HSCT during their first remission experience long-term remissions.[10,11] In prospective trials of allogeneic HSCT compared with chemotherapy and/or autologous HSCT, a superior disease-free survival (DFS) has been observed for patients who were assigned to allogeneic transplantation based on availability of a family 6/6 or 5/6 HLA-matched donor in adults and children.[10-16] However, the superiority of allogeneic HSCT over chemotherapy has not always been observed.[17] Several large cooperative group clinical trials for children with AML have found no benefit for autologous HSCT over intensive chemotherapy.[10-12,14]
Because of the improved outcome in patients with favorable prognostic features receiving contemporary regimens, it is now recommended that this group of patients receive an MFD HSCT only after first relapse and the achievement of a second complete remission (CR).[9,18,19]
While there is a clear movement away from transplantation in first remission using MFDs in pediatric patients with AML that has favorable prognostic features, there is evidence suggesting an advantage for allogeneic HSCT in patients with intermediate-risk characteristics. A large intent-to-treat analysis of 472 young adults treated on Bordeaux Grenoble Marseille Toulouse (BGMT) studies showed a survival benefit from allogeneic HSCT in intermediate-risk patients (all patients not favorable or unfavorable), while patients with favorable-risk disease (t(15;17), t(8:21), or inv(16)) did not appear to benefit. Of note, there were insufficient numbers in the study to determine whether patients with unfavorable-risk disease (complex karyotype (≥5 cytogenetic findings), del(5q), monosomy 5 or 7, 3q rearrangements, t(9;22), t(6;9), or 11q23 rearrangements, except t(9;11)) benefit from this approach.[20] A second study combining the results of the POG-8821, CCG-2891, COG-2961, and MRC-Leuk-AML-10-Child studies confirmed an advantage for allogeneic HSCT in patients with intermediate-risk AML but not favorable-risk as defined above or poor-risk as defined below. However, again, there were insufficient numbers in this study to assess the role of matched family member transplantation in patients with poor-risk AML, defined by del(5q), monosomy 5 or 7, or more than 15% blasts after first induction for POG/CCG studies as well as including 3q abnormalities and complex cytogenetics in the MRC study.[21] A Nordic Society for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (NOPHO) study reported that time-intensive reinduction therapy followed by transplant with best available donor for patients whose AML did not respond to induction therapy resulted in 70% survival at a median follow-up of 2.6 years.[22][Level of evidence: 2A]
Many, but not all, pediatric clinical trial groups prescribe allogeneic HSCT for high-risk patients in first remission.[19] For example, the Children's Oncology Group (COG) frontline AML clinical trial (COG-AAML1031) prescribes allogeneic HSCT in first remission only for patients with predicted high risk of treatment failure based on unfavorable cytogenetic and molecular characteristics and elevated end-of-induction minimal residual disease (MRD) levels. On the other hand, the AML-BFM 2004 clinical trial restricts allogeneic HSCT to patients in second CR and to refractory AML based on results from their AML-BFM 98 study showing no improvement in DFS or OS for high-risk patients receiving allogeneic HSCT in first CR.[17] Additionally, late sequelae (e.g., cardiomyopathy, skeletal anomalies, and liver dysfunction or cirrhosis) were increased for children undergoing allogeneic HSCT in first remission on the AML-BFM 98 study.[17] Because definitions of high-, intermediate-, and low-risk AML are evolving due to the ongoing association of molecular characteristics of the tumor with outcome (e.g., FLT-3 internal tandem duplications, WT1 mutations, and NPM1 mutations) as well as response to therapy (e.g., MRD assessments postinduction therapy), further analysis of subpopulations of patients treated with allogeneic HSCT will be an ongoing need in current and future clinical trials.
If transplant is chosen in first CR, the optimal preparative regimen and source of donor cells has not been determined, although alternative donor sources, including haploidentical donors, are being studied.[16] Of note, there are no data that suggest total-body irradiation (TBI) is superior to busulfan-based myeloablative regimens.[17,18] A randomized trial comparing busulfan plus fludarabine versus busulfan plus cyclophosphamide as a preparative regimen for AML in first CR demonstrated that the former regimen was associated with less toxicity and comparable DFS and OS.[23] In addition, a large prospective Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research cohort study of children and adults with AML, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) showed superior survival of patients with "early-stage" disease (chronic-phase CML, first CR AML, and MDS-refractory anemia) with busulfan-based regimens compared with TBI.[24]
Maintenance chemotherapy has been shown to be effective in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia.[25] In other subtypes, there are no data that demonstrate that maintenance therapy given after intensive postremission therapy significantly prolongs remission duration. Maintenance chemotherapy failed to show benefit in two randomized studies,[3,26] and maintenance therapy with interleukin-2 also proved ineffective.[6]Treatment Options Under Clinical Evaluation
The following are examples of national and/or institutional clinical trials that are currently being conducted. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
- AML08 (Clofarabine Plus Cytarabine Versus Conventional Induction Therapy and a Study of Natural Killer Cell Transplantation in Newly Diagnosed AML): St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is conducting a randomized trial for children with newly diagnosed AML in which the efficacy of postchemotherapy NK cell transplantation is being assessed after five cycles of chemotherapy.
- COG-AAML1031 (Bortezomib and Sorafenib Tosylate in Patients With Newly Diagnosed AML With or Without Mutations): This is a phase III COG study designed to answer the question of whether the addition of the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib to chemotherapy during induction and postremission therapy improves outcome; in addition, this study will test whether the addition of sorafenib to chemotherapy along with HSCT for patients with high-allelic ratio FLT3-ITD–positive AML improves outcome compared with historical controls. This study will also utilize MRD determination at the end of induction, in addition to cytogenetics and molecular markers, to stratify postremission therapy.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with childhood acute myeloid leukemia in remission. The list of clinical trials can be further narrowed by location, drug, intervention, and other criteria.
General information about clinical trials is also available from the NCI Web site.References
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- Bleakley M, Lau L, Shaw PJ, et al.: Bone marrow transplantation for paediatric AML in first remission: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Bone Marrow Transplant 29 (10): 843-52, 2002. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Koreth J, Schlenk R, Kopecky KJ, et al.: Allogeneic stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective clinical trials. JAMA 301 (22): 2349-61, 2009. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Klusmann JH, Reinhardt D, Zimmermann M, et al.: The role of matched sibling donor allogeneic stem cell transplantation in pediatric high-risk acute myeloid leukemia: results from the AML-BFM 98 study. Haematologica 97 (1): 21-9, 2012. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Creutzig U, Reinhardt D: Current controversies: which patients with acute myeloid leukaemia should receive a bone marrow transplantation?--a European view. Br J Haematol 118 (2): 365-77, 2002. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Niewerth D, Creutzig U, Bierings MB, et al.: A review on allogeneic stem cell transplantation for newly diagnosed pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. Blood 116 (13): 2205-14, 2010. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Jourdan E, Boiron JM, Dastugue N, et al.: Early allogeneic stem-cell transplantation for young adults with acute myeloblastic leukemia in first complete remission: an intent-to-treat long-term analysis of the BGMT experience. J Clin Oncol 23 (30): 7676-84, 2005. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Horan JT, Alonzo TA, Lyman GH, et al.: Impact of disease risk on efficacy of matched related bone marrow transplantation for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: the Children's Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol 26 (35): 5797-801, 2008. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Wareham NE, Heilmann C, Abrahamsson J, et al.: Outcome of poor response paediatric AML using early SCT. Eur J Haematol 90 (3): 187-94, 2013. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Liu H, Zhai X, Song Z, et al.: Busulfan plus fludarabine as a myeloablative conditioning regimen compared with busulfan plus cyclophosphamide for acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a prospective and multicenter study. J Hematol Oncol 6: 15, 2013. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Bredeson C, LeRademacher J, Kato K, et al.: Prospective cohort study comparing intravenous busulfan to total body irradiation in hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blood 122 (24): 3871-8, 2013. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Fenaux P, Chastang C, Chevret S, et al.: A randomized comparison of all transretinoic acid (ATRA) followed by chemotherapy and ATRA plus chemotherapy and the role of maintenance therapy in newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia. The European APL Group. Blood 94 (4): 1192-200, 1999. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Perel Y, Auvrignon A, Leblanc T, et al.: Treatment of childhood acute myeloblastic leukemia: dose intensification improves outcome and maintenance therapy is of no benefit--multicenter studies of the French LAME (Leucémie Aiguë Myéloblastique Enfant) Cooperative Group. Leukemia 19 (12): 2082-9, 2005. [PUBMED Abstract]


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Indeed, recent analyses indicate that people who ran farther and faster lived no longer than those who ran more moderately. (Both were published in the British journal Heart; for a breakdown of the reports in layman's terms, click here .) One analyzed the habits of more than 50,000 people for 30 years. The runners in the group had a 19% lower death rate than non-runners. Yet among the runners, those who ran more than 20 to 25 miles a week lost that "mortality advantage." The other analysis noted that those who ran faster than 8 miles per hour didn't outlive their slower peers. And extreme athletes, while healthier overall than sedentary people, can be prone to cardiac abnormalities that cause strokes.
To be sure, the research isn't conclusive. And for plenty of folks the goal is not a super long life, but a healthier one. To achieve that, experts say, it's important to stay active, but active doesn't necessarily mean breaking a big sweat." For example, you could spend a half-hour a day walking, gardening, or even doing housework. In fact, in a study out this month in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Boston researchers found that exercisers may benefit from physical activity in bouts of less than 10 minutes—as long as those short bursts add up to 150 minutes a week. ( Read more about the study here .)
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Gone are the days when most mainstream doctors viewed acupuncture as voodoo. The needle therapy, which has Eastern origins, has grown in acceptance over the years, along with other alternative treatments. "We're in a different world than we were a decade ago," said Dr. Victoria Maizes, executive director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and a professor of medicine and public health at the University of Arizona. Maizes and her peers in integrative medicine practice a treatment that proponents say combines the best of traditional medicine and so-called alternative therapies.
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Last year, acupuncture took an even bigger step into the mainstream with a study that found that the treatment can ease arthritis and other common forms of chronic pain. The major study, financed by the National Institutes of Health and published in JAMA Internal Medicine (formerly the Archives of Internal Medicine), was a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that tested the outcomes of patients given true acupuncture, sham acupuncture, and no acupuncture. True acupuncture got better results than the faux needle-pokes, indicating that acupuncture is more than a placebo. Massage also received a clinical nod last year, with a study out of Emory University showing that weekly massages can lower levels of stress hormones and boost immunity.
Some health insurers cover acupuncture in limited circumstances, but those paying out of pocket can expect to pay roughly $75 to $100 an hour, about the same as for a therapeutic massage.
Patients considering nontraditional therapies should evaluate them on a sliding scale of evidence, Maizes said. That is, the more potential risk the procedure involves, the greater the evidence needs to be that it works. Most acupuncture and massage would pass this assessment handily: the potential for negative side effects is relatively small, and they've been proven to work.
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Patients ask Dr. Darrell Rigel about vitamin D all the time. One of the most common question the New York City dermatologist fields is whether sunblock will interfere with vitamin D conversion (since sunlight converts vitamin D to a form that the body can use). It's a good question. After all, vitamin D is important for bone health, and getting the right amount can help keep osteoporosis at bay; it's also thought to boost mood. His answer: unprotected sun exposure only increases your risk of skin cancer, so it's better to get your vitamin D exposure through supplements.
But that said, don't overdo it. A recent study out of the University of Copenhagen, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, disputes the notion that you can't get enough vitamin D. Researchers studied blood samples from nearly 250,000 Danes and found higher mortality rates in those with low levels of vitamin D and those with high levels of vitamin D. While the research isn't conclusive, it does argue against the extreme practices that some people take to get the vitamin—such as a monthly injection of up to 50,000 units, which can cost as much as $500 a shot.


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This is a completely ridiculous-not-going-to-happen-in-a-million-years-but-could-if-Terry-Ryan-was-ludicrously-bold offseason plan.
First off, the Twins will only have $46 million allotted to non-rookie contracts; this should free up tons of money. I'm not going to get into money that in depth, but I would like to think any of the players I mention as FA pickups would fit within the budget. Soooo, here it is:
1) Biggest, boldest, boldesterest move: Trade for Jurickson Profar. This seems crazy, and it's absolutely not going to happen, but it would be a godsend for the Twins. Profar would shore up the SS position for years to come, provide good offense for the position, and it would just be generally awesome. I'm thinking a package of Rosario and Berrios would get it done.
2) Big, slightly less bold move: Trade for Rick Porcello. The Twins need pitching and Porcello could be had from the Tigers relatively cheap considering his age, that he's under control for two more years, and that his stuff (particularly the usage of his CB) seems to be on the upswing. For Porcello, the Twins could dangle Danny Santana and Jared Burton.
3) Sort of bold move: Sign Garza. He's hovering around 30, but he's been a solid 3/4 starter his whole career. Correia is the "ace" of the staff, and he's clearly a 5.
4) Not bold move: Sign Phil Hughes. He had a 3.88 era on the road. He's 27. Why not do this?
That's it. Three new pitchers and one new SS. Make no mistake, even with a Dodgers-like budget heading into the 2014 offseason, this team would not make the playoffs next year. These moves are to move the team into a position to succeed in 2015. That being said, this is what the team would look like to start 2014:
1) Garza
2) Porcello
3) Correia
4) Hughes
5) Gibson/Deduno/Diamond/Worley
SS: Profar
2B: Dozier
1B: Mauer
DH/LF: Willingham
DH/RF: Doumit
3B: Plouffe
LF/RF/DH: Arcia
C: Pinto
CF: Hicks/Presley
This, of course, is not a pretty Twins line up, BUT the pitching is much improved, the infield and outfield is solid up the middle, and there are pieces that can be easily jettisoned for mid-season/September call ups in preparation for 2015. Around July, I'd pencil this configuration as a perfect world scenario:
1) Garza
2) Porcello
3) Gibson (he takes a step up)
4) Hughes
5) Meyer
(Correia is flipped for a HD-DVD player or a case of OK Soda)
SS: Profar
2B: Dozier
1B: Mauer
3B: Sano
RF: Arcia
DH: Doumit
C: Pinto
LF: Presley
CF: Hicks
(Willingham is trade for the ghost of whatever he could have netted in 2012)
All this, off course, leads to 2015, when Buxton shows up and turns water into wine.
So, that's my plan that will never, ever happen. Yup.


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Six seniors will form the core of Hillsboro's 2007 baseball team. They, along with a mix of promising underclassmen will aim to improve on last seson' 13-7 record. Pictured are (from left) Daniel Berg, Lucas Hamm, Troy Frick, Alex Nuss, Aaron Stepanek and Travis Riesen.
"Our approach to the game is pretty much what it was last year," said Oelke, who is beginning his sixth year as head coach. He is joined by second-year assistant Doug Dick.
"Last year we really didn't know what to expect," Oelke added. "I thought if we'd win five games, I'd be happy. We ended up having a really good season.
"This year, obviously expectations are a little bit higher. We do have a little more experience and we have some some talent. But our league is tougher this year."
The Trojans lost to graduation second-team all-league outfielder Justin Moore, a .357 hitter with 15 runs batted in, and honorable-mention infielder Chad Hughbanks, who hit .406 and drove in 14 runs.
But the Trojans return senior Travis Riesen (.311, 12 RBI), an honorable-mention selection at catcher and the team's No. 1 pitcher (4-1, 2.96 earned-run average), and junior Daniel Jost (.366, 11 RBI), who received honorable mention as a utility player. Jost played on the infield and made 11 appearances on the mound (0-0, one save, 6.39 ERA).
Add to the mix four other senior starters, including the team's top hitter in infielder-pitcher Troy Frick, who hit .455 and drove in 20 runs at the plate and was 4-2 with an ERA of 4.83 on the mound.
Also returning are infielders Aaron Stepanek (.344, 6 RBI), Alex Nuss (.268, 8 RBI), and Lucas Hamm (.259, 9 RBI).
The sixth senior is Daniel Berg, who made five pitching appearances with five at-bats.
Last season, the Trojan infield set a program record with a .929 fielding percentage, so Oelke sees infield defense as a team strength again this year.
"We're pretty solid on the infield defense," he said. "No matter who we put on the mound, I think we're going to be OK there.
"Last year was kind of a unique year—it was the only season I've coached here at Hillsboro that we didn't have to move our infield around much. We were able to stay consistent at second, basically at short, and third."
At this point in the preseason, Oelke sees his Game 1 infield lineup as Riesen on the mound, Jost at catcher, Nuss at first, Frick at second, Stepanek at shortstop and Hamm at third.
"Everything will change, depending on who is pitching," he said.
Meanwhile, the outfield lineup is more fluid. The primary candidates are Berg, juniors Mitchell Koop and Dustin Strunk, sophomore Isaac Leihy and freshman Jacob Edwards.
Leihy and Edwards are part of a promising pool of first-year players that also includes sophomore Robby McClelland and freshmen Tyler Ediger, Jacob Fish, Devon Funk, Devon Funk and Adam Suderman.
"We return quite a few guys, but we're going to have some young kids who are going to be able to help us quite a bit," Oelke said.
The mix of experience and youth should improve the team's overall speed on the base paths.
"Team speed is a little better than it was a year ago, but it's still not as good as it's been in the past," Oelke said. "But that's going to be a strength for us."
A third strength Oelke cited is team leadership.
"Leadership has been good so far," he said. "We knew that was something we needed to have. A lot of guys are stepping up and are starting to do something for us in practice as well.
"It's going to be very important for us to learn to jell this year, especially because of our freshmen (who will see varsity action)," he added.
On the flip side, Oelke is concerned about his team's productivity on offense.
"We're going to struggle a little bit," he said.
Other question marks include the defense of a relatively inexperienced outfield, plus the critically important pitching staff.
"Pitching—it's hard to say right now," Oelke said. "We've got some guys who are struggling to hit spots right."
Joining Riesen in a potential five-man starting rotation would be Frick, Jost, Edwards and Ediger.
"Stepanek also will throw for us, but I don't want him to be a starter," Oelke said. "I want to use him in middle relief and end-of-game kind of situations—40 pitches or less."
Also expected to help in middle relief are Berg and sophomore Gavin Serene.
"Berg has picked up a little velocity," Oelke said. "I think he'll be able to contribute a bit more middle relief than he did a year ago.
"Gavin, considering he only weighs 100, isn't going to blaze it by anybody, but he sure keeps kids off balance," he added. "He's effective for a good inning or inning and a half."
Oelke added that Strunk and virtually any of his freshmen could see some time on the mound as well this season.
The Trojans open their season Friday, March 30, at Wichita Collegiate, then take on Nickerson in their home opener the following Tuesday.
"Collegiate potentially could be pretty good again—they return most of their pitching," Oelke said.
"I'm picking Nickerson in the top two (in the league). They've got the talent and should win it, even though they're still juniors. They've got some really talented kids."
Also on his list of teams to watch are perennial contenders Smoky Valley and Hoisington and perhaps Lyons, who lost several seniors but also started two to four freshman last year.
"Last year, I felt like the league was down a little bit," Oelke said. "I think it's going to be better this year."
Oelke said his team is itching to start playing games.
"A lot of the guys have been out since Feb. 26 (the first official day of practice)," he said. "This week you could start to see a shade of burnout. Three weeks of practice just gets old."
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The hotel was previously owned by Steve and Gloria Marshall who bought the property from Don and Marilyn Olson five years ago.
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One night after the New Albany girls' softball team dispatched archrival Jeffersonville, IT turned back another rival, defeating Providence 3-0 Tuesday at Prosser Field in New Albany.
A three-run third inning highlighted by a two-run homer to center field by pitcher Hannah Morton with two outs turned out to be all the cushion Morton and the 12-3 Bulldogs needed.
Timely defense and a dominant pitching outing from Morton, who improved to 7-1 on the season, punctuated the victory.
"All season long, Hannah has kept us in games," New Albany coach Steve Belden said. "She did it all today. They did a nice job changing things up on us with their pitchers, but I thought our defense was stellar, and Hannah had the big hit for us."
It was 0-0 in the bottom of the third when leadoff hitter Sidney Rudy reached on a single with one out.
Next, Whitney Atkins tripled to center to drive in Rudy for a 1-0 Bulldog lead. With two outs, Morton's drive easily cleared the center-field fence to give New Albany the 3-0 advantage.
Meanwhile, Morton, who went the distance in a 5-3 win over Jeffersonville on Monday, mystified 10-5 Pioneer batters and appeared to grow stronger as the contest went on.
Providence opened the contest with singles by Jordan Stengel and Lillian Hughes but after the first frame, no other Pioneer player reached second base.
Morton only surrendered four hits to the Pioneers and retired the final 11 Providence batters. She struck out nine and only walked one batter.
"She kept throwing the rise ball on us, and for some reason, our girls didn't make the adjustment," Providence coach Sean Payne said. "Credit to them and their pitcher for throwing it. If we're going to get suckered by that pitch, she needs to keep throwing it."
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It's been fun to watch the media discuss the border crisis in real time, improvising their arguments on the fly. Let's try A, and if that doesn't work, we'll try B.
Chris McDaniel, candidate for the U.S. Senate from Mississippi, lost the Republican runoff to incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran last month, and now he is being led down a primrose path to political oblivion. McDaniel's passionate supporters think that a moment of crisis for the country is a good time to treat control of the Senate as if it's a prom queen election.
I've held off on writing about soccer for a decade -- or about the length of the average soccer game -- so as not to offend anyone. But enough is enough. Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign of the nation's moral decay.
While the Obama administration tortures the Benghazi raid suspect into a false confession that a YouTube video made him attack our embassy, let's review what his "capture" is meant to distract us from.
Economics professor Dave Brat crushed House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Republican primary Tuesday night, in a campaign that was mostly about Cantor's supporting amnesty for 11 million illegal aliens.
Death Penalty Month at anncoulter.com has already been interrupted by the psycho in Santa Barbara, and now it's being interrupted by the Buddhist in Bagram.
Mass murder at a sunny college campus in a beach town would normally be considered "newsy," but Elliot Rodger's massacre at the University of California-Santa Barbara last Friday is getting surprisingly little press.
Those of you who follow my work assiduously know that Davis shot and killed an off-duty cop, Mark MacPhail, in a busy Burger King parking lot in front of dozens of witnesses, including people who knew him, as well as a van full of Air Force airmen.
As described in last week's column, The New York Times and other sanctimonious news outlets censored details about the crime that put Clayton Lockett on death row, the better to generate revulsion at his deserved execution. You might say they buried the facts alive.
The next time liberals get indignant when we say they care more about criminals than the victims of crime, remember their hysterical weeping over Clayton Lockett. I refer, of course, to the vile rapist-murderer, whose execution last week is getting more press than Chris Christie's bridge scandal.
I had listened to roughly eight hours of commentary on Donald Sterling and the ugly remarks he made in conversations secretly tape-recorded by his girlfriend, before I heard anyone mention a wife.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is demanding a quick settlement of the lawsuit brought by the five men convicted of one of the most sickening crimes in the city's history: the attack on the Central Park jogger in 1989.
As those of you who follow my hate mail know, I am opposed to running untested candidates against perfectly good incumbent Republican senators this election cycle. It will be a long time before Republicans have as good a year as this to win a Senate majority.
Between having Republican presidential candidates fly to Las Vegas to kiss his ring, billionaire Sheldon Adelson has managed to fit in time to talk Sen. Lindsey Graham into sponsoring a bill banning Internet gambling.
Last Sunday, The New York Times published a front-page article about the heartfelt need of California farmers for more illegal aliens.
I've been thrown off my health insurance -- THANKS, OBAMACARE! -- and have spent hours and hours over the past month trying to figure out my options now that the Democrats have made my old plan, which I liked, "illegal." (I prefer to think of my plan as "undocumented.")
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When I wrote a book about mobs and group-think a few years ago, I could honestly say that mob behavior existed exclusively on the left in America -- unless you count Oakland Raiders tailgate parties, which I do not.
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new SC HomeTM indoor line, set to debut in 2010.
We love to make our showrooms a place where people feel at home, and as
Editor and Publisher of Hearth & Home magazine, Richard Wright, said,
"Summer Classics is one of two or three showrooms that you want to go
into because you know you are going to see something beautiful and romantic,
that you would covet and want in your own home."
In addition to Atlanta, we relocated our Chicago showroom to the new
Market Square of the Chicago Merchandise Mart.
Our hard work has paid off, as Summer Classics was awarded "Most Fashionable
Retailer" and "Best Overall Merchandising, Multistore" by Casual Living
magazine for its 2008 Merchandising Awards.
We are glad you're here and hope to see you on the 10th floor.
Enjoy the show!
Robert Robinson
Director of Advertising and Public Relations