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The third track of the Biotherapeutics Analytical Summit focuses on the practical application of analytical characterization for Comparability, Biosimilarity and Development purposes. It covers case studies with a variety of products and a range of analytical technologies. We have invited the FDA and regulatory experts to advise and to discuss regulatory challenges being experienced by the industry. This conference also covers the link between the process and analytical technologies for innovator products and for biosimilars.
Thursday, March 27
8:00 am Registration and Morning Coffee
8:30 Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Jeffrey K. Glenn, Ph.D., Associate Director, Analytical Development, Janssen R&D
8:35 am The Commercial Product Lifecycle: Comparability Approaches and Control System Updates
John Stults, Ph.D., Director, Protein Analytical Chemistry, Genentech, Inc.
The product lifecycle of a biotherapeutic may span decades. During this period, a number of changes are expected which require comparability assessments, including process upgrades and manufacturing site transfers. Updates to the control system are also an important component of lifecycle management. Each of these exercises requires a well-defined strategy, and provides analytical challenges and opportunities. This presentation will describe approaches for the demonstration of comparability and for updating control systems, with case studies to highlight the analytical challenges and their solutions.
9:05 am Stage-Appropriate, Risk-Based Comparability for Drug Substance Manufacturing Process Changes
Kazumi Kobayashi, Ph.D., Director, Bioprocess Development, Biogen Idec, Inc.
9:35 am Comparability Case Study for a a Cell Line and Process Scale Change for a Monoclonal Antibody
Shanthini Jeyarajah, Ph.D., Associate Director, Biological Analytical Development, AVEO-Oncology
Changes to the manufacturing process including cell-line, process scale and site were made to increase the production of a monoclonal antibody during clinical development. A comprehensive comparability study consisting of analytical and non-clinical components has been performed to support the implementation of these changes. The analytical comparability study design, product attributes before and after process change and demonstration of comparability through release testing, extended structural and functional characterization and assessment of stability will be discussed in this presentation.
10:05 Characterization for Biosimilar Comparability Assessment
Fiona M. Greer, Ph.D., Global Director, Biopharma Services Development, SGS Life Sciences
Biosimilar development requires comprehensive physicochemical characterization side-by side with the originator to demonstrate "Biosimilarity". This includes intensive characterization of multiple batches to determine variability of quality attributes. Strategies for primary and higher order structure comparability will be discussed particularly for antibodies where their size and complexity requires LC/MS/MS.
10:20 Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing
11:00 am Comparability Assessment of Antibody Higher-Order Structure after Process Changes
Tom Lerch, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Analytical Research & Development, Pfizer, Inc.
During the development of an antibody biotherapeutic, manufacturing process changes can affect protein structure, and consequently, drug function, efficacy and stability. As a result, comparability assessments are designed and implemented to evaluate product attributes before and after process changes. Established biophysical methods are lacking in quantitative evaluation of higher order structure (HOS) comparability. Strategies for evaluating HOS comparability in biotherapeutics and applying statistical analysis for biophysical comparability will be discussed.
11:30 am Antibody Characterization Using a Time-Resolved FRET FcRn Binding Assay
Jeffrey K. Glenn, Ph.D., Associate Director, Analytical Development, Johnson & Johnson
FcRn receptor binding provides an estimate of >in vivo half-life, a tool for evaluating structure-function relationships, and determining lot-to-lot comparability. Due to the low-affinity interaction between antibodies and the FcRn receptor, a robust, easy-to-use format has been difficult to achieve. This presentation will describe an FcRn binding assay using the time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer (TR-FRET) format. Results from different antibodies, examples of interference, and data demonstrating the stability-indicating nature of this method will be provided along with comparison to other FcRn binding formats.
12:00 pm Comparability Excercises During Biosimilar Development
Andreas Wattenberg, Ph.D., COO, Protagen Protein Services Gmbh
Comparability studies during biosimilar development are a key driver of process development. Depending on the development stage, the settings and challenges of such comparability studies are very different. The layout of studies from early development to the registration phase and life-cycle management will be discussed and data from such studies presented.
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1:30 pm Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Kenneth R. Miller, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Analytical Biotechnology, Regulatory Sciences & Strategy, MedImmune, Inc.
1:35 pm Compendial Tests and Quality Attributes for Biotherapeutics – Special Challenges for Glycosylated Molecules
Tina S. Morris, Ph.D., Vice President, Biologics & Biotechnology, USP
Glycosylation is a non-template driven, highly process dependent post-translational modification, and presents special challenges in the manufacturing, analytical development and quality control of biotherapeutics. In the context of comparability exercises, both within the space of a single manufacturer and in assessing product quality across manufacturers, defining performance criteria for appropriate analytical approaches as well as setting acceptance criteria are key decisions – how good is good enough? This presentation explores how compendial standards can serve as benchmarks for best analytical practices in general and specifically for key quality attributes of well-characterized biotherapeutics.
2:05 pm Acceptable Changes in Quality Attributes of Antibodies and Assimilated Biopharmaceuticals
Robert Mayer, Ph.D., Scientist, Analytical Characterization, Sandoz GmbH
Variation in quality attributes comprising identity, strength and purity that are acceptable in the product life cycle has been debated extensively. This talk presents a study focussing on variation in marketed biologics. By analyzing the quality profiles of Rituxan®/Mabthera® (rituximab) and Enbrel® (etanercept) sourced from the market between 2007 and 2010, this presentation provides examples of acceptable variations for products that have remained on the market with unchanged product labels.
2:35 Molecule Assessment: Averting Problems in Development
Amy Hilderbrand, Ph.D., Scientist, Protein Analytical Chemistry, Genentech, Inc.
To assess the manufacturability of biological molecules coming from late stage research, a cross-functional team was established to characterize and evaluate possible issues that would hinder the development of these molecules into drug products. The evaluation includes stability assessment of specific motifs within the molecule under stressed conditions. This talk will focus on the analytical techniques used for early molecular assessment.
3:05 pm Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing
3:30 pm Regulatory Perspectives on Characterization and Comparability
Lixin Xu, Ph.D., Monoclonal Antibodies, Biotechnology, FDA/CDER
In the lifecycle of a biotechnology product, manufacturing changes to the drug substance or to the drug product are unavoidable. It is the responsibility of the manufacturer to demonstrate sufficient and appropriate comparability between pre-change and post-change products. Regulatory considerations from product quality perspective for the comparability process (package), for demonstrating analytical comparability and for comparability across the product manufacturing lifecycle will be discussed.
4:00 – 5:00 pm Breakout Discussions
Table 1: Comparability Challenges for >Glycosylated Therapeutics
Moderator: Tina S. Morris, Ph.D., Vice President, Biologics & Biotechnology, United States Pharmacopeial Convention
Table 2: Critical Quality Attributes and Critical Process Parameters
Moderator: Kenneth R. Miller, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Analytical Biotechnology - Sciences & Strategy, MedImmune, Inc.
Table 3: Analytical Studies Required to Support Process Change, such as Scale Up, Change of Manufacturing Site, Formulation Change etc.
Moderator: John Stults, Ph.D., Director, Protein Analytical Chemistry, Genentech, Inc.
Table 4: Putting Together a Clinical Comparability Protocol
Moderator: Kazumi Kobayashi, Ph.D., Director, Bioprocess Development, Biogen Idec, Inc.
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Guests are invited to embark on an elegant evening of food, live music from CTO 5th Avenue, dancing, games and fabulous prizes. The evening will also feature the Sailabration of Life Auction, where guests are invited to bid on a variety of fabulous prizes. Later in the evening, the winner of the organization's Delightful Dining raffle will be announced. The raffle tickets, at $5 each, offer the chance to win twelve $200 dining gift certificates (valued at a total of $2,400) to some of the area's finest restaurants.
"I am pleased that Terriann Procida of Moorestown, president of Innovative Benefit Planning LLC in Cinnaminson, has once again agreed to serve as this year's gala chair," said Boccolini. "Terri and her fellow committee members have given generously of their time and talents to ensure another successful gala – and that everyone is guaranteed to have a fun evening," she added.
This year, Samaritan is pleased to welcome CBS 3's Kathy Orr, who has graciously accepted the opportunity to be the emcee for the evening's events. Orr is an Emmy award winning Meteorologist, providing forecasts weekdays on The CW Philly's and CBS 3 Eyewitness News, and CBS 3′s sister radio station, 94 WIP. Orr arrived in Philadelphia in 1998 as the first female meteorologist in the Philadelphia television market. Her forecasting and reporting have earned her eight Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards for "Best Weathercaster," as well as top honors from the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association and "Best Weathercaster" honor in Philadelphia Magazine's "Best of Philly" issue.
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Proceeds from the evening will benefit Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice programs and services that are not covered by Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance as well as offering help for patients without any insurance.
"The proceeds collected at events like our gala ensure that we are able to continue to provide the highest level of care to any and all who request it," explained Boccolini. "Samaritan has never turned anyone away for an inability to pay – this year will be no different due to the generosity of all those who support this fantastic event."
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The first report was made to 911 about 2:30 a.m. in the 7000 block of East Castle, which is a few blocks southeast of Lincoln and Woodlawn. Police and emergency crews were unable to find a victim or any evidence of a stabbing.
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BY BRIAN McGILLIVARY
---- — TRAVERSE CITY — A failure in the city's drinking water treatment system that occurred during the National Cherry Festival went unreported for almost a month.
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality officials issued the city a Significant Deficiency Violation Notice for incidents on July 5 and July 31, when the city failed to use enough coagulant to filter out a pathogen that can cause diarrhea. The more serious incident occurred on July 5 because of a pump failure.
A DEQ official said the incidents should have been immediately reported. The failure was not considered a threat to public health because the pathogen generally is not present in the area of East Bay, from which the city draws its water.
City commissioners learned of the problem on Monday, as did officials from Elmwood, Garfield, and Peninsula townships who buy water from the city.
"I'm a little surprised it took this long to surface," said Commissioner Jim Carruthers. "They are going to notify the public now. Shouldn't that have been done two months ago?"
Had city officials notified the DEQ in a timely manner, the agency would have ordered an increase in chlorine level and a partial flush of the system, said Brian Thurston, district engineer for the Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance in the DEQ's Cadillac office.
DEQ officials would have issued a public notice at that time.
On July 5 city workers discovered that a pump that delivers alum to the city's water treatment facility had failed. Alum works to coagulate microscopic giardia lamblia cysts into a mass that can be filtered out of the water.
If ingested, the cysts latch onto the small intestines and cause giardiasis, also known as "travelers diarrhea," because of its prevalence in nations with less developed water treatment systems, according to the Mayo Clinic's web site.
Symptoms generally take seven days to develop after exposure.
Art Krueger, superintendent of the water treatment plant, said at the time he didn't believe the problem warranted public notice. He thought the level of coagulant the city used was a recommendation from the DEQ, not a required minimum.
Krueger said city records show that many times over the last decade the coagulant level was below what triggered the DEQ notice for July 5 and July 31. Staff noted the failure in the regular monthly report to the DEQ.
"It's obviously a more critical issue now that it's been brought to our attention by the DEQ," Krueger said.
Thurston discovered the problem during his review of the city's monthly reports. He visited the plant and met with city officials on Sept. 5 before issuing the violation notice on Sept. 27.
Thurston noted during his visit that one of the treatment basins had less coagulated mass suspended in it than the other and suggested that perhaps one of the coagulant feed lines was partially plugged. A subsequent city investigation proved his observations correct.
Krueger's supervisors pointed to the plant's outdated technology and antiquated systems, not human error, as the main culprit behind the failure.
"Most of that equipment is original to the plant," said City Manager Jered Ottenwess. "I'm concerned any time we have a violation at the treatment plant, but I think they've done every thing they can to correct it."
Dave Green, the city's director of public services, said officials are working to replace the manual monitoring system with an automatic data collection system to monitor chemical feeds into the water supply. The system also will have automatic alarms to notify staff when there is a problem.
Until then, plant employees will begin hourly monitoring of the water, as opposed to testing it once at the end of the day. The city also contracted for a reliability study to identify other needed plant upgrades.


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Voronoi diagram
h = voronoi(...)
[vx,vy] = voronoi(...)
voronoi(x,y) plots the bounded cells of the Voronoi diagram for the points x,y. Lines-to-infinity are approximated with an arbitrarily distant endpoint.
voronoi(x,y,TRI) uses the triangulation TRI instead of computing internally.
voronoi(dt) uses the Delaunay triangulation dt instead of computing it.
voronoi(AX,...) plots into AX instead of gca.
voronoi(...,'LineSpec') plots the diagram with color and line style specified.
h = voronoi(...) returns, in h, handles to the line objects created.
[vx,vy] = voronoi(...) returns the finite vertices of the Voronoi edges in vx and vy.
Consider a set of coplanar points P. For each point Px in the set P, you can draw a boundary enclosing all the intermediate points lying closer to Px than to other points in the set P. Such a boundary is called a Voronoi polygon, and the set of all Voronoi polygons for a given point set is called a Voronoi diagram.
Use one of these methods to plot a Voronoi diagram:
If you provide no output argument, voronoi plots the diagram.
To gain more control over color, line style, and other figure properties, use the syntax [vx,vy] = voronoi(...). This syntax returns the vertices of the finite Voronoi edges, which you can then plot with the plot function.
To fill the cells with color, use voronoin with n = 2 to get the indices of each cell, and then use patch and other plot functions to generate the figure. Note that patch does not fill unbounded cells with color.
This code uses the voronoi function to plot the Voronoi diagram for 10 randomly generated points.
x = gallery('uniformdata',[1 10],0); y = gallery('uniformdata',[1 10],1); voronoi(x,y)
This code uses the vertices of the finite Voronoi edges to plot the Voronoi diagram for the same 10 points used in the previous example.
x = gallery('uniformdata',[1 10],0); y = gallery('uniformdata',[1 10],1); [vx, vy] = voronoi(x,y); plot(x,y,'r+',vx,vy,'b-'); axis equal
Note that you can add the following code to get the figure shown in the previous example.
xlim([min(x) max(x)]) ylim([min(y) max(y)])
This code uses voronoin and patch to fill the bounded cells of the same Voronoi diagram with color.
x = gallery('uniformdata',[10 2],5); [v,c]=voronoin(x); for i = 1:length(c) if all(c{i}~=1) % If at least one of the indices is 1, % then it is an open region and we can't % patch that. patch(v(c{i},1),v(c{i},2),i); % use color i. end end
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I am wondering if you guys follow the same rules for cardio as you do w/ using weights. What i mean the ratio of carbs to protein in your shake, and then the meal about an hour later.
And while I got you here what ratios do you use after a workout, then in your meal after.
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I don't.
I don't necessarily eat right after doing cardio if that's all I do.
Squats work better than supplements.
"You know, if I thought like that, I'd never put more than one plate on the bar for anything, I'd never use bands or chains, I'd never squat to parallel or below, and I'd never let out the slightest grunt when I lift. At some point in your lifting career (assuming you're planning on getting reasonably strong and big), you're going to have to accept that most people think you are some kind of freak." -Sensei
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When doing cardio, I focus on what I eat BEFORE I work out more than after.
About 1/2 an hour before intense cardio workout I take in about 70/20/10 (c/p/f) and I wait 45 minutes after to eat again. Afterward, I pretty much eat what I want as long as it's not sugar. Usually what I want works out to a piece of fruit and some cottage cheese.
My theory behind this is that my body will need the energy and the glucose from the pre-meal to keep from metabolizing my muscles. That and I like eating like that before my cardio.
Now in pain, only working out the walking sticks.
I try not to eat before, and not right after either. I will do it in the morning when I wake up, then I will go about my day, but I try not to eat before, while, or very soon after cardio.
Second place is just a generic term your mom created to make you not feel bad about losing, because second place is actually first loser!
If your doing a HIIT cardio session and don't eat before then wouldn't your body go into a catabolic state? wouldn't the same window of oppertunity apply since you are working your muscles.Originally posted by TurboStu
I try not to eat before, and not right after either. I will do it in the morning when I wake up, then I will go about my day, but I try not to eat before, while, or very soon after cardio.


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To starboard is the Caribbean galley, featuring cabinets with shelves underneath. A changing room with porta-potti is located at the stern, so you can change out of your wet swimsuit before dinner. Up on the skydeck you'll find additional seating with storage underneath. There's a spiral staircase, a bimini top, and a slide. Get back on board using the stainless swim ladder. In addition, the PTX hull configuration allows for a towing post, so the kids can bring the skis, boards, and tubes along for the day. Test RunFor our test, the 310 Boundary Waters was powered with a 350 horsepower, four-stroke outboard from Yamaha. This 5.3 liter V-8 outboard is loaded with innovative features to deliver outstanding torque and power. A 60-degree offset double overhead cam 32 valve configuration complements the multipoint fuel injection and single electronic throttle control valve for maximum performance up and down the throttle range. A digital electronic control system and Yamaha's Ultimate Corrosion Protection System offer reliability this season and for many seasons to come. Premier's 310 Boundary Waters is 31' on deck and 31'4" overall. A 10'2" beam offers room for lots of luxury, and she'll carry the whole party- up to 25 passengers, in fact. The PTX version of the Boundary Waters can safely handle an outboard of up to 350 horsepower. If you really want engine capacity, go with the twin PTX. That rig will handle up to 600 horsepower. Now that's truly awesome!The Yamaha 350 put us up on plane in 4.3 seconds and we reached 30 miles an hour in 8.1 seconds. Our top speed was 35.8 mph at 5500 rpm. We determined our best fuel economy to be at 3000 rpm where we calculated our range to be 64 miles at 19.3 miles an hour. This boat is a luxury package, and the 350 Yamaha is an impressive piece of machinery. The 310 Boundary Waters with the Skydeck option from Premier is a really unique package. 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By Kevin Harvison
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McALESTER — For Josh Peckio, McAlester senior and starting defensive end, football is all about the contact. The physicality, the hits, the battle — that's what Peckio said forges football's deep bonds between its players.
Peckio got his first taste of football's physicality playing flag football in the third grade.
"Flag football out here on the field, Cade Harkins catches the ball," Peckio said Tuesday. "I had his flag, and he spins and elbows me and gives me a black eye.
"I was pretty proud about it."
Peckio was born in McAlester and went through McAlester's public school system. He played linebacker in junior high and his freshman year, but he suffered a medial collateral ligament injury in his knee on the first play of the first day of padded practice his sophomore year.
"Going in for a tackle, and Mikey (Verner) falls back from making a tackle and lands right into my knee," Peckio said.
The injury cost Peckio almost all of his 2011 sophomore season, returning just in time for the Buffs' state semifinal game against Guthrie. Still regaining the mobility necessary to be a linebacker, Peckio switched to the defensive line.
"Because of the knee injury, they wanted my hand down (in a three-point stance)," Peckio said. "And also, I'd get playing time faster as a d-lineman as opposed to a linebacker. I loved it. ... Contact every play, coming right off the ball, always get to hit somebody."
Whether on offense or defense, lineman rarely get as much recognition as skill-position players. But games are often won or lost at the line of scrimmage — what Peckio called the "battle in the trenches" — and knowing that binds the line together.
"You spend so much time up here with everybody," Peckio said. "You really aren't with your family that much.
"You don't go out there and play for yourself. You're playing for your buddy right next you."
Peckio spent the rest of the 2011-12 school year regaining strength in his knee, working with Buffs coach Austin Maddux and participating in McAlester's winter powerlifting program.
Peckio continued powerlifting for the 2012-13 year, qualifying for the state competition in the 242-pound weight class.
"He's one of those guys that does everything we ask him to do," Buffs coach Bryan Pratt said.
"He's a good kid, works hard for us, made some plays for us and really helped out."
Though Peckio had made varsity as a freshman, he saw little playing time, then lost his sophomore year to injury. He said he really started to feel like a Buffalo during McAlester's 2012 season-opener at Stillwater.
"I go to find Coach (Kevin) Harmon, but all I notice is all the people behind him in the stands," Peckio said of that game.
Peckio didn't start as a junior, but he got enough minutes coming off the sideline that when he returned as a senior, Coach Pratt said it was almost like getting back a starter. Peckio took some snaps on the offensive line earlier this season, but he's since returned to play exclusively on the defensive line.
It's taken McAlester's defense a few games to gel this season, but it took a huge step forward Friday against Noble.
"They ran sweep away from me in the fourth quarter, and I get the block-down from the backside guard and go flat down the hill," Peckio said of a play against Noble, breaking into a big smile. "Robby (Stephens) is going in to make the tackle, the guy tries to side-step him and I take his helmet off of his head."
When he's not playing football, Peckio still tries to find a way to improve his game, working out or watching video. He also spends a lot of time with his youth group at First Baptist Church in McAlester.
Though he didn't go to church often as a young boy, Peckio said he started going in the eighth grade, when youth minister Brad Millsap invited him. Millsap left a big enough impression on Peckio that Peckio someday wants to be a youth or children's minister himself.
"They've kept me out of a lot trouble," Peckio said of FBC McAlester. "Football has too, kept me out of a lot of trouble, but my youth minister Brad, because my father hasn't been around, he's been kind of my father. Since I met him, he's always there when I needed him."
Peckio said he'd also like to continue playing football in college. Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee is Peckio's top choice, and even if he can't earn a football scholarship, Peckio said he'll likely try to walk on to the football team at whichever college he attends.
Peckio's taken some damage playing football, but that just keeps him coming back for more. And no matter the pain, Peckio just loves the contact too much to walk away.
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""Absolute speed"": the 2009 Suzuki Hayabusa's reputation can be summed up with those two words. Having set the world motorcycle top speed record, it is impossible not to mention the Hayabusa in any discussion about highest top speed, or fastest accelerating motorcycles. From the Bonneville Salt Flats to your local drag race strip, the Hayabusa's reputation precedes it. The Hayabusa is not just a sport bike, but it also epitomizes the term superbike. Beginners beware: this is not a bike to learn how to ride on. This is a bike for those who already know how to ride, and are looking to take their skills to the next level.
No one can deny the Suzuki Hayabusa has a unique look. When it was initially designed in 1999, Suzuki wanted to give the Hayabusa original styling that would define the company for the future. While most sport bikes have sleek fairing, the Hayabusa's screams aggressiveness. Whether you love or hate it, the Suzuki Hayabusa will definitely stand out among other sport bikes wherever it's parked or ridden.
The 2009 Suzuki Hayabusa is powered by a monster of an engine. There is no other way to describe the 1340cc, 16 valve, Inline four-cylinder engine. It generates 166.6 horsepower at 9,500 rpm, and 101.4 ft. lbs of torque. At least 90 ft. lbs of torque are available at 3,000 rpm, which translates into outstanding acceleration from a standstill, up to speeds that are twice the posted speed limit in most states.
While there has been a ""gentleman's agreement"" the past ten years so motorcycle companies don't keep trying to break world records in top speed, the Hayabusa still deserves its crown of being the fastest production motorcycle in the world. Most of the Hayabusa's competitors for raw speed are limited production boutique bikes that cost $100,000 or more. With a stock Hayabusa able to achieve zero to 60 in 2.3 seconds, and run the quarter mile in the mid 9-second range, this motor is capable of delivering all the power a rider could possibly need or want. For added features, the Hayabusa comes with Suzuki's Drive Mode Selector (S-DMS). The S-DMS has three different engine settings that adjust performance for road conditions, and rider preference.
The chassis on the Suzuki Hayabusa is designed to deliver superior stability, while accelerating and maintaining a high top speed. A twin-spar cast aluminum frame forms the base of the chassis. Showa fully adjustable inverted forks provide the suspension up front, with an adjustable aluminum alloy rear shock absorber in the rear. While the chassis is designed to optimize stability at high speed and under intense acceleration, it is still a nimble bike capable of cornering well. The Hayabusa handles remarkably well, allowing you to enjoy casual riding on twisting mountain roads, as much as drag racing at the local track. Tokico radial mounted front brake calipers, taken from the Suzuki B-King, supply excellent and reliable stopping power, which is necessary on a bike this fast.
The Suzuki Hayabusa's ergonomics emphasize its essence. There is no compromise on the Hayabusa. There is no nod to touring comfort here, just a focus on maximizing the bike's performance. Its seat, handlebars, and footpegs are designed for one purpose only: assisting the rider to achieve the fastest speed possible (or legal). The Hayabusa might also be one of the most heavily customized bikes ever made, so plenty of aftermarket modifications are available from adding a turbo, to custom paint.
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My body unhinged and sleeping in the jungle
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What was deluxe becomes debris, I never questioned loyalty
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Here's the scene. I'm preparing to climb up the side of the Caterpillar dinosaur seen tearing a car in half in this video in order to shoot a 360 degree night panorama of the junkyard. And then out of the silence of the desert night there is a sound. A sound that will haunt me for years. At the time, I wasn't sure if it was a car crash or a plane crash or a close encounter. I got on top of the dinosaur to take a look. The sound turned out to be a high speed head-on collision about a mile away. A strange kind of shock, and then sirens, as police and ambulances quickly rolled to the scene. I setup for the 360 panorama and by the time I was completing the last shots a helicopter appeared in the sky for an airlift. As the helicopter departed, I made the image below. We didn't see anything in the paper the next day. I was able to track down some of the accident details online: the driver of one car died, the couple in the other car were airlifted to a hospital. I hope they're OK.


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Never enter into any home improvement agreement that is not in writing and does not include at least the following provisions and notices required by law:
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The Total Price, including materials, labor, and any additional charges you have agreed to in the contract.
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By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch
LONDON (MarketWatch)—Cigarette makers are bracing for a potential drop in demand and a fierce price war, after Big Tobacco failed to overturn an Australian law last month calling for plain wrapping on their products.
Since then, fear has mounted that generic packaging will not only hurt the premium brands that rely on distinct branding but will also trigger an illicit, counterfeit trade that will have major implications across the entire industry.
The developments have scared the investor community, with major tobacco firms lagging their regional stock indexes since the ruling. Imperial Tobacco Group PLC /quotes/zigman/167179/delayed UK:IMT -1.32% /quotes/zigman/168318/delayed/quotes/nls/ityby ITYBY -1.20% and British American Tobacco PLC /quotes/zigman/218491/delayed UK:BATS -1.13% /quotes/zigman/233120/delayed/quotes/nls/bti BTI -1.10% have each dropped more than 6.5%, while the Stoxx Europe 600 index /quotes/zigman/2380150/delayed XX:SXXP -1.21% , a broader gauge of markets in the region, by comparison, has gained 1.6%.
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Lorillard is buying electronic-cigarette maker Blu Ecigs for $135 million, marking Big Tobacco's first foray into the small but fast-growing alternative to combustible cigarettes. Photo: AP.
"It's common sense that if you make all packs look the same, it's easier for criminals to counterfeit them and pass them on to consumers. That is a real concern and a real threat," said Simon Evans, a representative for Imperial Tobacco Group. "We wouldn't expect to see less people smoking, but would expect those people to smoke less-legal products."
The Tobacco Plain Packaging Act will come into effect on Dec. 1 in Australia and see cigarettes packets stripped of any individual branding, with only the company name in a gray, Lucida Sans font at the bottom. In addition, a warning and a picture of lung cancer, gangrene, rotten teeth or other consequences of smoking will take up at least 75% of the front.
Health officials hoped the warnings would help smokers quit.
And the industry is concerned it's not going to stop at Australia's borders. Norway, India, France and Canada are already considering bans on cigarette branding, while both the U.K. and New Zealand are looking specifically at introducing plain-packaging laws. Russia is also considering adopting the idea while also looking into a ban on smoking in public places.
In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration is not seeking to ban branded packets but will require larger, more prominent health warnings on all cigarette packaging and advertisements. The move is the first change in cigarette warnings in more than 25 years in the U.S. and is "expected to have a significant public health impact by decreasing the number of smokers," according to information available on the FDA's website. The rollout was planned for September this year, but continuing litigation has delayed implementation. Still, a representative from the FDA declined to comment on the potential commercial implications for tobacco firms in the event plain-packaging were to be introduced to the U.S. market.
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"If we look back at what happened in 2010 when the Australian government took taxes on cigarettes up 27% it drove a big increase in illicit trade, which went up 4%, costing the government an additional A$500 ($529 million) in tax," Bloomquist said.


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By Travis McDade
Ten years ago, responding to $200,000 worth of thefts by curator Shawn Aubitz, United States Archivist John Carlin said he had "appointed a high-level management task force to review internal security measures" at the National Archives. "A preliminary set of recommendations are under review and a number of new measures are already in place." Four years later, an unpaid summer intern smuggled 160 documents out of the very same Archives branch. His only tool was a yellow legal pad.
In the decade since the Aubitz crime was meant to alert us to the flow of documents stolen from American archives, our nation's most important cultural heritage institutions have undergone something of a bloodletting. Pilfered, plundered, and looted by a series of men whose sole motivation was money, the institutions that were supposed to be locked down remained more akin to open air markets. For weighty evidence, look no further than this fact: the decennial anniversary of Aubitz's sentence coincides almost exactly with the sentencing of an archives thief who out-stole him by a factor of ten.
That man — predator historian Barry Landau — was sentenced on Wednesday to a solid seven years in prison. The reason for this sentence is the one bright spot in an otherwise grim decade in archives history and it has absolutely nothing to do with improved security or the work of task forces.
Federal sentencing is basically a numbers game. The more numbers a prosecutor can add to the level of the crime, the greater the sentence. Thanks to the work of the United States Sentencing Commission, archives theft now has a lot more numbers than it did when Aubitz was caught. This mattered a great deal in the Landau sentence.
Because his thefts involved "objects of cultural heritage," Landau's calculation started at a level eight crime instead of a level six. He got an added two levels because he stole from a "museum" — an umbrella term under which archives fall in the United States Code. Another two was added for theft involving pecuniary gain and another two for "a pattern of misconduct involving cultural heritage resources." In total, this is an eight level bump. Absent these added levels, his crime would put him instead — given the number of items he stole and his time off for cooperation and acceptance of responsibility — at a total level of 19. This would have given Judge Catherine Blake a range of between 30 and 37 months in jail from which to choose. Instead, the added eight levels brought Landau to a level 27 crime, giving Judge Blake a choice of between of 70 and 87 months. (She chose 84 months, at the high end of that range.) That is a remarkable difference, and it is thanks largely to the US Sentencing Commission decision to treat our cultural heritage seriously.
I say "largely" because Landau's sentence is dependent upon more than just the guidelines. The Cultural Heritage Resources Guideline is a tool that is only as good as the federal prosecutor using it, and I've seen the work of the Sentencing Commission undone by poor prosecutorial performance before. But not here. The US Attorneys prosecuting this case basically got out of Landau's sentence all they could. In fact, their reach exceeded their grasp a little bit, in an effort to get another two levels based on an idea never used in archives theft — that Landau was the "organizer, leader, manager, or supervisor" in the series of thefts. If this had been accepted by Judge Blake, there was the possibility that Landau could have been sentenced up to 108 months in jail (fully nine years). This is an indication that the prosecution took the case seriously, and knew how to use the guidelines in defense of our cultural heritage. This is very good news.
In the aftermath of the Landau crimes there was much talk — as after Aubitz, Daniel Lorello, Lester Weber, David Breithaupt, Denning McTague, Eugene Zollman, Howard Harner, Leslie Warren, Edward Renehan, etc. — that this time was the last. There was word of "thousands of hours and dollars" spent on security and new measures and training and, well, you get the point. But what caught Landau and the rest of these men was none of that stuff. It was a hearty mix of skepticism, luck and good old fashioned attention-paying. And what is going to keep him in jail until he's 70 is a bit of federal law few people have heard of. Maybe if more potential thieves had heard of it, we'd have fewer items of cultural heritage for sale on eBay.
There are several interesting confluences roiling the waters of archives theft right about now, making for a strange moment. As I noted, we are only one month short of the tenth anniversary of the Shawn Aubitz sentence. Landau's sentence, at 84 months, is exactly four times what Aubitz got. But it is also twice that of Lester Weber, the archives thief who, before Landau, was sentenced most strongly for his crimes. So when does Weber, this past decade's second most prolific archives thief, get out of prison? Today.
That these two thieves, taken together, will spend a decade behind bars is a fact that bodes both good and ill. Good that these men are now looking at serious jail time for stealing our cultural heritage; ill that they keep stealing enough of it to qualify for these harsh sentences.
Travis McDade is Curator of Law Rare Books at the University of Illinois College of Law. He is the author of The Book Thief: The True Crimes of Daniel Spiegelman and a book on a Depression-era book theft ring operating out of Manhattan forthcoming from Oxford University Press in spring 2013. He teaches a class called "Rare Books, Crime & Punishment."
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6 Responses to "Barry Landau and the grim decade of archives theft"
What, no Sandy Berger? Fo shame.
The Berger thefts were bad – absolutely – but don't fit into the "cultural heritage" crimes I was talking about. I think he deserved time in jail – actually, any kind of punishment at all would have been nice – but, based on federal law, I can see why he didn't get any. The items he stole were of far too recent vintage to qualify as "cultural heritage" under the US Code. I wrote about his thefts a lot at the time he committed them but, strictly speaking, he doesn't belong in the same category as the other guys I mentioned. But I take your point: an archives thief is an archives thief is an archives thief.
Dear Mr. McDade, Thank you for your excellent and informative article. Two points that might interest you: 1) Not all thieves are men. A number of years ago, Lee Israel and her accomplice, Jack Hock, were arrested (following a sting operation in my office) by the FBI for stealing from a number of libraries and institutions. When the news broke about Landau's arrest in Maryland, I immediately was in contact with the FBI (I was, in fact, the first to do so) as Landau, it turned out, had sold me some stolen letters and documents in recent visits. I think that there is also some responsibility that curators must bear — it is sometimes the case that they realize that a theft has occurred but some choose not to notify the authorities for fear of embarrassment, losing future gifts, etc. Finally, after visiting Landau in his apartment for the last time, he said to me in parting, "Remember, David, I am the screwer not the screwee…" We'll see how that plays out in prison.
David Lowenherz
Mr. Lowenherz,
Thanks for the info – and funny last line. I've thought a great deal these past years about the demographics of book, map and document thieves and of course you're right: they're not all men. But they are overwhelmingly men, especially in archives. In fact, except for the person you mention, I cannot think of another female thief from this past decade. (I can think of a half-dozen who stole books from special collections, though.) It has been pointed out to me, by the way, that this does not mean women aren't stealing – it just means they're smart enough not to get caught.
As for the librarian and archivist tendency to hush-up crimes, that is more and more becoming a thing of the past. Thefts used to be kept quiet as a matter of course; now a cover-up is the exception, I think. In any event, I'm on your side of that one. Full disclosure of what was stolen, particularly from libraries, almost always pays dividends.
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William Shughart interviews Economist Randy T. Simmons, author of Beyond Politics: The Roots of Government Failure.
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1 cup plain, low-fat yogurt
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1. Put yogurt and peanut butter in a small bowl. Mix well.
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3. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
4. Serve with bite-sized fruit and/or veggies.
Yield: 5 servings
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Calories: 106
Total fat: 7 grams
Protein: 5.4 grams
Sodium: 94 milligrams
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Your home computer — the newest component in your A/V quiver
Because the AV8003 A/V preamp/processor leaves all of the power amplification to the matching MM8003 power amp, it's able to focus exclusively on advanced connectivity. And heading up its diverse repertoire of A/V inputs and outputs is the rear-panel RJ-45 ethernet port. This simple connection, combined with DLNA compatibility, allows you to link all the media on your home computer or network to your home theater system. Stream video from the internet or your media server. Listen to audio stored on your computer or streamed from an internet radio source. Share archived photos with friends and family. All you have to do is connect the AV8003 to your home computer, network, or media server via ethernet.
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You might say you're enthusiastic about home theater. Point in case: while some people have a home theater room, your A/V area might better be referred to as a "home theater wing". In short, you've created an expansive viewing and listening area that easily accommodates you and all of your friends and family. But, with seven- or nine-channel surround sound audio configurations, you're concerned about maintaining audio quality and fidelity in such a large venue. The solution? THX Ultra2 certification, found on the AV8003 preamp/processor from Marantz. THX Ultra2 certification ensures you that the AV8003 is capable of delivering high-performance, high-fidelity audio and video experiences, especially in large home theater areas.
The HD audio experience
We're all used to associating new HD home theater formats, like Blu-ray Disc, with high definition video. But what about HD audio? That's right, you heard us: HD audio. The expanded storage capacity of Blu-ray Disc allows for both Full HD 1080p video and 7.1-channel lossless, studio-quality surround sound audio. Now, just as you need an HDTV to experience 1080p video, so too do you need specific technology to take full advantage of 7.1-channel lossless audio. With its Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD Master Audio processing decoding technologies, the Marantz AV8003 is able to decode the lossless surround sound audio found on Blu-ray Disc, providing the audio experience the director intended for you to have.
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Given the advanced HD audio and video performance of which the AV8003 is capable, you might be worrying that your DVDs and MP3s aren't going to have a place in your new home theater. Well, fret no more: First, Anchor Bay's Precision Video Scaler and 10-bit video processing allow the AV8003 to upconvert standard definition video — like that found on all your DVDs — to 1080p levels . . . ideal for viewing on your HDTV. Further, the Marantz Dynamic Audio eXtender recreates the high- and low-frequency audio removed from compressed audio formats like MP3 or WMA, delivering a dramatically improved listening experience in your home theater area.
One device, many rooms
The term "home theater" doesn't refer to "a TV and some speakers in a living room"; it evokes audio and video throughout the home. While the AV8003 A/V receiver from Marantz is capable of delivering high-performance audio and video in your living room, it's also equipped to extend your audio and video experience beyond a single room. You can send stereo analog audio and composite-video signals to two additional rooms, such as the bedroom or the kitchen. All you need in these other rooms is a pair of powered speakers and a video display.
Custom audio with Audyssey
Just as your listening preferences and tastes are unique, so too is your listening area. Because no two home theater areas are the same, each configuration of speakers, walls, and furniture has a unique impact on the performance of any given audio system. Now, you could reorganize your living room in an attempt to optimize your system's performance, or . . . you could customize your audio system to your listening area. Featured on the AV8003, Audyssey MultiEQ room calibration automatically evens the frequency response of your room and speakers for an audio experience customized to the unique characteristics of your listening area.
Back to connectivity
We began with a discussion of the AV8003's massive connectivity repertoire, and now it's time to return to the point. So, you already know that the AV8003's ethernet port brings you access to audio, video, and photos on your computer or home network. But that's just the beginning. Four HDMI inputs and two outputs offer single-cable connectivity for both HD audio and HD video, making this the ideal interface for Blu-ray Disc media or upconverting DVD players. For expanded video connectivity, the AV8003 also offers numerous component-, composite-, and S-video inputs and outputs. On the audio side of things, this A/V preamp/processor offers both optical and coaxial digital audio inputs and outputs, as well as 7.1-channel multi-channel audio input. Finally, for quiet listening, the AV8003 sports a single headphone output.
Ready for radio
Nothing beats jamming out to commercial-free XM or SIRIUS satellite radio in your car. Well, except maybe for jamming out to satellite radio in your car and in your home theater. Featuring SM and SIRIUS satellite radio readiness, the AV8003 lets you easily connect a separate satellite radio tuner to one of the specially designed ports on the rear of the unit, instantly connecting your home A/V equipment to your pre-existing XM or SIRIUS subscription.
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Chances are, you're planning on installing the Marantz AV8003 as the central hub in an advanced, integrated home A/V system. Delivering high-performance tools for advanced installations, the AV8003 offers and RS-2323c port, as well as two 12V DC trigger outputs, and IR flasher, receiver, and emitter connections.
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High Definition Multimedia Interface, or HDMI, is the only home A/V connection that allows for both Full HD 1080p video and 7.1-channel studio-quality audio to be passes along a single cable. In other words, in order to take full advantage of your home theater's high definition potential, you need to HDMI cabling to link HD-capable components. It's only natural that you might have questions regarding how best to outfit your personal HD system. Vann's sales representatives are here to explain all of your options. Call the 800 number at the top of this page for expert advice.
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Reviewed By: Dona H. - Colorado Springs, CO
This unit is very difficult to configure on your network. The menus are hard to understand and the manuals are even worse. After three months of fiddling around with this unit I still cant access all my video files on my NAS device or any other network device.
I bought the AV8003 and if I had the oppertunity to do it over again I would certently buy from another manufacturer.
Marantz support will only help you with getting the IP address configured than basically hang up saying all other problems are the fault of the network settings. Period!
If your intent is to use this unit as a player for all your stored media audio & video dont buy this unit as you will struggle as I have getting it working.
Comparison Specifications
- Processing decoding: Dolby TrueHD, Digital Plus, EX, Pro Logic IIx / dts-HD Master Audio, HD High Resolution Audio, ES, 96/24, Discrete, Matrix 6.1, Neo:6
- Output power: Pre-amp output, 7.1 channels
- Best video connections: 4 HDMI in, 2 out (discrete commands for each output)
- Best audio connections: 3 digital optical in, 1 out / 3 digital coaxial in, 1 out
- Multi-channel audio in: 7-channel unbalanced audio in
- Other connections: 1 ethernet / 4 component video in, 2 out / 4 composite-video in, 4 out / 4 S-video in, 3 out
- DSP: 32-bit TI digital signal processing
- Surround modes: Circle Surround II
- Plug and play: XM/SIRIUS satellite-radio ready / HD Radio tuner
- Remote control: Main-zone remote / Sub-zone remote
Additional Specifications
- Networking capable / DLNA support
- THX Ultra2 certification
- DSD decoding via HDMI / Neural-THX for XM Radio / HDCD decoder
- Anchor Bay Precision Video Scaler for video upconversion to 1080p via HDMI / Full 10-bit video processing
- Multi-zone capability: 3-zone audio and video distribution
- Audyssey MultEQ room equalization
- Marantz Dynamic Audio Expander
- Audio: 24-bit/192kHz DAC / Torodial power transformer
- Chassis: Copper plated construction
- Format support: MP3 / AAC / WMA / WAV / JPEG / BMP
Manufacturer Specifications
- Sound enhancements: Video Off (Pure Direct) / Source Direct / Variable crossover / Display off / Bass management / Lip-sync
- Additional connections: 1-ch balanced audio in / 4 L/R audio out / 1 headphone out / 1 RS-232c / 2 DC trigger out / 1 flasher in / 1 IR receiver in / 1 emitter out
- Audio section: 105dB signal-to-noise ratio / 8Hz-100kHz analog frequency response / 8Hz-45kHz digital frequency response
- FM radio tuner section: 87.5-107.9MHz frequency range / 75/70dB signal-to-noise ratio, mono/stereo
- AM radio tuner section: 530-1710kHz frequency range / 50dB signal-to-noise ratio
- Video section: 5HZ-100MHz component-video frequency response / 5Hz-8MHz composite/S-video frequency response / 60dB signal-to-noise ratio
- Deep Color, x.v.Color support
- Power requirement: AC 120V, 60Hz / Power consumption: 85W
Dimensional Specifications
- Dimensions: 17.31" W x 7.31" H x 15.19" D
- Weight: 25.6 lbs
Marantz AV8003 Warranty Details
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A new turn in the long road to Lafferty Park
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The road to Lafferty Ranch, a city-owned parcel of undeveloped land atop Sonoma Mountain, is long, twisting and rough, not unlike the decades-old effort on the part of some Petaluma residents to open the land to the public as a park.
"There's been a lot of twists and turns along the way," acknowledged Bruce Hagen, who first got involved in advocating for the land to become a park around 1995. He and others, including the Friends of Lafferty Park group, noted environmentalist Bill Kortum and former City Councilmembers Matt Maguire and David Keller took the first step up that path in about a decade when they filed suit last week against neighboring land owners who have historically prevented access to the land.
Lafferty Ranch is a 270-acre swath of oak, wetland and rolling, grassy hills bisected by the tumbling Adobe Creek and located near the top of Sonoma Mountain. It overlooks Petaluma with commanding views that, on a clear day, reach to the Golden Gate Bridge. It's accessible only by the narrow, steep Sonoma Mountain Road and neighbored by private ranchland and estates. Petaluma purchased it in 1959 as a water source, but as time passed, the city transitioned to getting most of its water from the county water agency. In the early 90s, city leaders began to consider other uses for Lafferty, such as opening it for a park. That drew fierce opposition from a coalition of nearby landowners, led by the wealthy, controversial Peter Pfendler, who owned land adjacent to Lafferty. He raised concerns over fires, the degradation of Sonoma Mountain road, and tresspassing, among other things.
For much of the 1990s, debates over the fate of the property flared between park advocates, the city and Sonoma Mountain land owners, making the issue one of the most politically divisive in the city's history. Early on, officials from Petaluma and Sonoma County discussed swapping Lafferty Ranch with another property owned by Pfendler but later discarded the notion, based in part on public outcry. Then, in 1996, several people opposing the land becoming a park were arrested for forging signatures on a ballot initiative supporting the land swap and were convicted of election fraud.
The saga continued into the early 2000s, when the city, having spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on environmental studies and legal fees, largely abandoned the fight.
When Pfendler died of cancer in 2007,some speculated that opening the park would be an easier undertaking. But there were virtually no public developments in the matter until Jan. 31, when lawyers working on a pro bono basis for the Friends of Lafferty Park filed suit in Sonoma County Superior Court.
The suit challenges what many say has been one of the biggest obstacles to opening the land to the public: a longstanding assertion by neighboring property owners that there is no public access to property.
Some neighbors have claimed that the lands adjoining Lafferty block the property's access to Sonoma Mountain Road, which makes a sharp turn just before the Lafferty property.
The turn leaves a 35-foot gap between the road and the gate to the property, which is the only access point. Some neighbors have argued that the land in between the road and the Lafferty fence belongs to them, not the city. Attorneys for Friends of Lafferty are contending that there is a historic easement between the road and the gate that should be honored. They point to a map adopted by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors in 1877 as the official road map of the county, which shows Sonoma Mountain road crossing onto the Lafferty property. They argue that the map formalized the road easements depicted on it and that those easements should still be honored today. According to Councilmember and attorney Mike Healy, the argument has merit because of a recent California Appeals Court decision upholding a similar easement. Healy brought that case to the attention of Friends of Lafferty several years ago and has helped them craft their argument.
"My perspective is I have a fiduciary duty as a councilmember to this city-owned property," he said. If right-of-way to the property is established, he said, it will give the public a chance to view Lafferty Ranch and decide what they want to do with it. "I've always maintained that I want to have the park opened and still be a good neighbor (to the nearby land owners)," he said.
It was the chance of resolving the right-of-way issue, said Hagen, that brought the group's focus back to the site.
"This (suit) is really just a small step," said Matt Maguire, who was a proponent of opening the park in the 90s, leading marches to Lafferty Ranch so that Petalumans could get to know the property. Maguire said the group wasn't ready to re-engage in the full battle of opening the ranch up as parkland, but that it wanted to take a first step so that the city could do more with the property, like apply for grants for fire supression and erosion control, and possibly bring school groups to tour the property.
The suit names the parties that own the land adjacent to Lafferty, including the Tavernetti-Bettman family and Kimberly Pfendler, the widow of Peter Pfendler. It remains unclear whether Pfendler and the nearby property owners will have the same interest in opposing access to the land now that Peter Pfendler is not there to lead or fund the fight.
Patricia Tuttle Brown, a longtime advocate for opening Lafferty as a park, said that when she heard about the pending legal action, she reached out to the two affected neighbors beforehand. She said Kimberly Pfendler has not responded to her letter yet, while the Tavernetti family returned her call and said they felt the issue had been dead for a long time.
A call and e-mail by the Argus-Courier to Pfendler's business, Pfendler Vineyards, went unreturned, as did a call to Richard Tavernetti.
"We don't wish to get into a big cat fight over this," Maguire said, "We just want to clear the title up." However, he added, "All of us believe that Lafferty will be open to the public one day, it's inevitable. I hope it can happen in conjunction with neighbors in a neighborly way. For now, we just want to take this first step."
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