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Pearl Izumi Select Barrier WxB Pant $0.00
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When your commute is filled with slush, snow, and a hearty dose of cold, the Pearl Izumi Select Barrier WxB Pants might just be your golden ticket to comfort. Fully taped internal seams mean badass waterproof goodness—but the Elite Barrier WxB Pants aren't like your old waterproof-but-stuffy yellow fisherman slickers. Pearl's Elite Barrier 3-Layer & 2-Layer stretch fabric with Titanium thermo-regulating technology provides the ultimate in waterproof and breathable protection, and we're sure you can't say that about your slickers.
- Thigh vents do just that—vent
- Elasticized waistband with one-hand-pull elastic drawcord
- Reflective elements keep motorists aware of your presence
- Abrasion-resistant patches in high-wear areas for kicking ass and taking names
- Volume-reducing closure at pant cuff for stealth missions
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Size chart
Pearl Izumi
|Regular Fit
|35 - 37.5in
(88.9 - 95.3cm)
|37.5 - 40.5in
(95.3 - 102.9cm)
|40.5 - 43.5in
(102.9 - 110.5cm)
|43.5 - 46.5in
(110.5 - 118.1cm)
|46.5 - 49in
(118.1 - 124.5cm)
|29 - 31.5in
(73.7 - 80cm)
|31.5 - 34.5in
(80 - 87.6cm)
|34.5 - 37.5in
(87.6 - 95.3cm)
|37.5 - 41.5in
(95.3 - 105.4cm)
|41.5 - 45in
(105.4 - 114.3cm)
|35 - 37.5in
(88.9 - 95.3cm)
|37.5 - 40.5in
(95.3 - 102.9cm)
|40.5 - 43.5in
(102.9 - 110.5cm)
|43.5 - 46.5in
(110.5 - 118.1cm)
|46.5 - 49in
(118.1 - 124.5cm)
|European Race Fit
| 36.5 - 38in
(92.7 - 96.5cm)
| 38 - 39.5in
(96.5 - 100.3cm)
| 39.5 - 41in
(100.3 - 104.1cm)
| 41 - 42.5in
(104.1 - 108.0cm)
| 42.5 - 44in
(108.0 - 111.8cm)
| 30.5 - 32in
(77.5 - 81.3cm)
| 32 - 33.5in
(81.3 - 85.1cm)
| 33.5 - 35in
(85.1 - 88.9cm)
| 35 - 36.5in
(88.9 - 92.7cm)
| 36.5 - 38in
(92.7 - 96.5cm)
| 36.5 - 38in
(92.7 - 96.5cm)
| 38 - 39.5in
(96.5 - 100.3cm)
| 39.5 - 41in
(100.3 - 104.1cm)
| 41 - 42.5in
(104.1 - 108.0cm)
| 42.5 - 44in
(108.0 - 111.8cm)
| 31.5in
| 32in
| 32.5in
| 33in
| 33.5in
- How to Measure:
- For best results, take measurements over your underwear.
- Chest:
- Measure under your arms, around the fullest part of your chest.
- Natural Waist:
- Measure around your natural waistline, keeping the tape a bit loose.
- Hip:
- Measure around the fullest part of your body at the top of your legs.
- Inseam:
- Using pants that fit well, measure the crotch seam to the bottom of the leg.
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Very Waterproof. Baggy
Member since
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I haven't had water penetrate through yet. The material is on par or better than my E-Vent jacket. I've used them for playing in the snow with the kids. They fall more on the mountain bike and commuting side of the bike gear spectrum. They are very durable and I haven't needed to retreat them to keep them waterproof. The ankle closure works great.
Very functional... but a little sticky.
David Thiel
Member since
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Bottom line: these pants work well, but are a bit uncomfortable if you're wearing shorts underneath... because the interior feels like vinyl. Decent as a vanity coverup if you're hitting the bar right after a ride and don't want to sit there in your tightys.
-- Reinforced seat.
-- Zippers at the ankles.
-- Cinching velcro at the ankles
-- No idea what they mean by thigh vents
-- No pockets at all.
-- Reflectors in all the right places.
-- Decent styling (good enough for walking around.)
-- Waist is simple elastic with a weak drawstring
-- Pant material isn't incredibly durable
-- They do stay out of the chain pretty well.
I bought these with the idea that I'd wear them over shorts for MTB rides. They ain't comfortable enough for that. But what they DO work for is as an extra layer--over long tights--when it's getting really cold out and as rain pants for camping. Tolerable over shorts, pretty solid over long johns.
Is there any kind of pocket on these?
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Is there any kind of pocket on these?
David Thiel
Member since
There are no pockets of any kind on these. Not even one of those sneaky key/card pockets you find in swimsuits.
I'm 6'0 and 205lbs, athletic build, with...
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I'm 6'0 and 205lbs, athletic build, with a size 33 waist and a 32" inseam. What size would you recommend?
David Thiel
Member since
That's a tough one. These have an elastic waist and a tiny little drawstring, so I'd focus on the waist. For length, the large lists 32.5 and the M is listed at 32... so long enough but just so. I think I'd recommend the medium for you... they should be long enough but also shouldn't fall off your skinny waist.
I hope that helps!
Extremely Awesome!
Josh Dennis
Member since
Waterproof, windproof, breathable pant! I have been a year round commuter for years; this is my new rain, snow, and cold weather pant. Super comfy, quiet fabric with some killer element protection properties.


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I don't know if you all remember when Savana suddenly out of nowhere wouldn't do her dance class any longer. So we gave it up. A few weeks ago I got a postcard in the mail from them saying they were having registration and on that day you could try a class. She saw the postcard with a ballerina on it and wanted to know what it was so I told her and she said she wanted to do dance again. When we went to sign up it was at the wrong time for her to try but her old teacher was there so she said she had a free hour and she'd do a class with her. So nice. Savana loved it. The teacher explained to her that there would be a different teacher. Savana was adamant she wanted me to sign her up again so I did. Well, today she has her dance outfit on an hour before it's time to go. She's excited. Has not expressed any anxiety at all. We go and just as she walking into the room she turns around and starts to cry and tells me she can't do it. I had Kai and Sawyer with me. Kai was begging me to go to puzzles in the lounge and Kai was fussing and Savana was...losing it. She got that look on her face where I know that she won't go back. I gave her one of her stress mints and she seemed ok until I tried to coax her in the room. The owner and her old teacher were also trying different tactics. Finally one of the younger highschool volunteers took Kai to do puzzles and the owner asked me if she could take Sawyer for me. I sat on the floor with Savana and she just kept saying over and over, "I can't bring myself to walk in. I'm sorry. I can't help it. I can't help it." I was bawling. She was bawling. It was just awful. I gathered my boys and we left. Her old teacher and the owner caught me at the door and said to please keep bringing her back, not to give up. They have lots of ideas to get her in there. All the way home she cried about how she wanted to do dance so badly but couldn't bring herself to go be with her class. I cried all the way home too. I wish everything didn't have to be so difficult for her. I watch all those other little girls just skip on in there and have to wonder why Savana seems to carry the world on her shoulders.
We came home and I started making dinner and accidently poured a shatload of ground cloves into an indian dish i was preparing. ARGH. I got out what I could but it tasted like crap. The kids each ate a bowl of shredded coconut and a cold pancake with pb for dinner while dbf and I choked down the food because it was full of our fresh csa veggies we couldn't waste. Sawyer took tiny cat naps all day making it impossible for me to do much with the other children.
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Antiangiogenic Agent Shows Promise against Glioblastoma
An experimental antiangiogenesis drug may improve the treatment of the most common and deadly type of adult brain cancer, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School reported this week at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting in Los Angeles.
The promising clinical results were buttressed by imaging and biomarker analyses that support a theory that the value of antiangiogenic agents may not be limited to halting the development of blood vessels that feed tumors, but that the drugs also can "normalize" them to the point where the delivery of standard treatments to the tumor may be improved. Read more
Supporting Quality Research Remains NCI's Top Priority
I had the opportunity once again to provide the NCI Director's update at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Los Angeles.
It was an honor as a long-standing member of the organization to participate in the annual meeting as the NCI Director. I am pleased to see the significant growth and outstanding progress made by our organization.
During my talk, I took the opportunity to discuss some areas of research that I find particularly intriguing - including cancer stem cells and potential diagnostic applications of chromosome location mapping, for example - and to address some of the issues that are part of the conversation in the scientific community about the NCI budget and its potential impact on the future of cancer research. Read more
Antiangiogenic Agent Shows Promise against Glioblastoma
An experimental antiangiogenesis drug may improve the treatment of the most common and deadly type of adult brain cancer, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School reported this week at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting in Los Angeles.
The promising clinical results were buttressed by imaging and biomarker analyses that support a theory that the value of antiangiogenic agents may not be limited to halting the development of blood vessels that feed tumors, but that the drugs also can "normalize" them to the point where the delivery of standard treatments to the tumor may be improved.
The research team presented updated data from a phase II clinical trial involving 31 patients with glioblastoma that had recurred after standard treatment of chemotherapy and radiation. Daily use of the experimental agent, AZD2171, an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors, improved progression-free survival compared with what is historically seen in patients with recurrent glioblastoma, 111 days vs. 63 days. The drug had a more modest improvement in overall survival compared with historical controls, 211 days vs. 179 days. In addition, 9 of the first 16 patients achieved partial responses as measured by at least a 50-percent reduction in tumor contrast enhancement by imaging.
"The results are encouraging," said the study's lead investigator, Dr. Tracy Batchelor, chief of neuro-oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. "All of the arrows are pointing in the right direction."
Even so, Dr. Batchelor warned, this was a small number of patients in a nonrandomized trial, so the results should be interpreted with an abundance of caution.
According to Dr. Percy Ivy of NCI's Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, the study also reached another important metric: 27.6 percent of patients were alive and with no signs of disease progression at 6 months, compared with a historic benchmark of approximately 15 percent with standard therapy. That suggests further studies are warranted.
"This is exciting because, as a single agent, [AZD2171] has shown some evidence of activity in a disease that is uniformly fatal," Dr. Ivy said. "And the evidence is sufficient to start exploring combinations and determining if this represents a new advance in treatment."
In addition to the improved survival results, in some patients the use of AZD2171 remedied a significant problem associated with glioblastoma: swelling in the brain caused by fluid retention, known as edema. As a result, many of the patients were able to reduce or halt altogether the use of steroids to treat the edema, which carry their own debilitating side effects.
Evidence for normalization was acquired through a novel application of imaging studies that allowed a careful comparison of blood vessels on the unaffected side of the brain with vessels in and around the tumor. Molecular biomarker analyses, meanwhile, showed that the expression of two proteins, bFGF and SDF1α, correlated with tumor progression and reversion of vessel diameter to an abnormal, enlarged state during treatment.
These findings, Dr. Jain continued, suggest that bFGF and SDF1α are pro-angiogenic reinforcements called to action to help tumors escape anti-VEGF treatment. Although animal model studies had indicated bFGF was likely involved in angiogenesis, SDF1α's involvement is a new finding.
Based on these results, NCI has approved an early-phase clinical trial to evaluate AZD2171 in combination with standard therapy of radiation and temozolomide in newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients. And Dr. Batchelor will lead a randomized phase III trial supported by AstraZeneca that will test AZD2171 in combination with chemotherapy in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. That trial has been submitted to the FDA for approval, Dr. Batchelor said, with the hope of enrolling patients by the end of the year.
By Carmen Phillips
Supporting Quality Research Remains NCI's Top Priority
I had the opportunity once again to provide the NCI Director's update at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Los Angeles.
It was an honor as a long-standing member of the organization to participate in the annual meeting as the NCI Director. I am pleased to see the significant growth and outstanding progress made by our organization.
During my talk, I took the opportunity to discuss some areas of research that I find particularly intriguing - including cancer stem cells and potential diagnostic applications of chromosome location mapping, for example - and to address some of the issues that are part of the conversation in the scientific community about the NCI budget and its potential impact on the future of cancer research.
For even the most venerable cancer researchers, the current budgetary environment is a cause for anxiety. And that concern is understandable. Because of increased costs for everything from rent to utilities, an essentially flat budget since 2004 has translated into a 12-percent reduction in NCI's purchasing power over that time period. That has real consequences for NCI, its employees, and the researchers who rely on our support.
Yet, NCI remains committed to finding ways to fund quality research. The success rate of competing RPGs, which has fallen considerably since the end of the doubling of the NIH budget in 2003, is largely attributable to a tremendous spike in the number of applications. It's important to stress that the number of awards has remained stable.
Although the bulk of applications are approved after their initial submission, there are numerous instances where funding doesn't come until two application revisions over several years. We're going to be working with NIH to take a closer look at researchers in these situations, who may be eligible for bridge funding to keep their research programs operating during the application revision and resubmission process.
As I also have noted previously, we are particularly focused on protecting and supporting young investigators. The number of NCI-funded new investigators has continued to climb, with the payline for those grants in some circumstances extended by up to 6 percentile points. And in the last review round, in fact, I personally reviewed those applications from new investigators that fell just short upon their initial review to determine which would be selected for an exception.
As usual, AACR highlighted some of the most exciting and innovative work being done in cancer research. I'd like to congratulate the organization on reaching its 100th anniversary, and thank all of its members for everything they are doing to decrease the cancer burden.
Dr. John E. Niederhuber
Imatinib (Gleevec) can reduce the recurrence of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) in patients whose tumors have been surgically removed, a large, randomized clinical trial has found. The final-stage clinical trial, sponsored by NCI, was cut short after an interim analysis of the data showed that taking imatinib was associated with a decreased risk of recurrence. Imatinib was made available to all patients participating in the trial.
A network of researchers led by the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group conducted the study, which involved more than 600 patients. The interim analysis showed that 97 percent of patients who received 1 year of imatinib after surgery did not have a recurrence of their cancer compared with 83 percent of patients who received 1 year of placebo. Imatinib, which has been taken by more than 100,000 patients worldwide for GIST and chronic myelogenous leukemia, was well tolerated.
The standard treatment for primary GIST is the surgical removal of the tumor without additional therapy. Conventional chemotherapy agents have been notoriously ineffective against GIST, a type of tumor usually found in the stomach or small intestine.
"This study for the first time demonstrated that targeted molecular therapy reduces the rate of recurrence after complete removal of a primary GIST," said the principal investigator, Dr. Ronald DeMatteo of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. "These results have major implications for patients with primary GIST."
Palliative Radiation Extends Survival for Elderly Patients with GlioblastomaElderly patients with glioblastoma benefit from palliative radiation therapy, which provides significantly increased survival with no detriment to quality of life, according to a study published in the April 12 New England Journal of Medicine. The randomized trial, conducted by the Association of French-Speaking Neuro-Oncologists, also highlighted the feasibility of enrolling elderly patients in cancer clinical trials.
The investigators enrolled 81 patients 70 years of age or older with glioblastoma into the trial. All patients had good functional status. Forty-two received supportive care alone, including antiseizure medication, physical and psychological support, and access to a palliative care team. The other 39 patients received supportive care and radiation therapy (50 Gy in doses of 1.8 Gy per day, given 5 days a week).
Patients receiving radiation therapy had a median survival of 29.1 weeks compared with 16.9 weeks for those receiving supportive care alone. Radiation therapy produced a survival benefit regardless of the extent of surgery performed, which ranged from biopsy alone to complete resection. Physical and mental status declined over time in both groups, with no significant differences observed between the groups. Perceived quality of life also did not differ between the groups.
The authors stated that "radiotherapy increases the median survival of elderly patients with glioblastoma who have a good performance status at the start of treatment." They also noted that "the optimal dose of radiotherapy in elderly patients remains undetermined." Other studies have indicated that various other palliative radiation regimens, using different doses and fractionation schemes, may provide similar benefit.
Hispanic Breast Cancer Differences Persist with Equal Access to Care
Despite equal access to health care services, differences persist in the size, stage, and grade of breast cancer for Hispanic women compared with non-Hispanic white (NHW) women, according to results from a study published online April 9 in Cancer.
The study compared 139 Hispanic women and 2,118 NHW women with breast cancer who were all established members of the Kaiser Permanente Colorado health plan. The Hispanic women were diagnosed at a younger age; at a later stage of disease; with larger, higher grade tumors; and with less treatable estrogen- and progesterone-negative tumors, reported the investigators led by Dr. A. Tyler Watlington at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
"The results of this study confirm those of many previous studies that breast cancer presents differently in Hispanic women," the researchers noted. Previous research has suggested that the differences may be due to socioeconomic factors, especially lack of or inadequate health insurance and less access to care among low-income Hispanic women. However, the current study shows that "these differences were apparent even among a group of Hispanic women with equal access to care and similar health care utilization," they added.
"The results of this study, in our opinion, lend further support to the evidence for a biologic/genetic basis for these differences," the researchers stated. Future research should more carefully explore differences in clinical presentation as well as biologic differences in tumor genotypes and phenotypes, "as different strategies for breast cancer prevention may then be warranted for Hispanic women," they concluded.
Age, Race, and Income Level Associated with Undertreatment of Ovarian Cancer
Women with ovarian cancer who are aged 70 and older, African American or Hispanic, or insured by Medicaid were less likely to receive the recommended comprehensive surgical treatment, according to study results in the May 15 Cancer.
Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancies in the United States, accounting for more than 14,000 deaths each year. Providing comprehensive surgical treatment for women with ovarian cancer, which is often diagnosed at advanced stages, is one of the most effective ways to improve survival outcomes.
Dr. Barbara Goff of the University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues analyzed hospital admissions data of 10,432 women aged 21 and older who were diagnosed with ovarian cancer and underwent surgical removal of their ovaries (oophorectomy). Researchers identified patients across nine states from 1999 to 2002 using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's state inpatient databases, which contain discharge information, such as demographics, place of residence, and diagnosis.
Researchers found that 66.9 percent of the patients received comprehensive surgical treatment (oophorectomy plus surgical removal of all visible extra-ovarian tumors). Women who were 70 or older, African American or Hispanic, or Medicaid patients were all less likely to receive comprehensive surgery compared with women who were between the age of 21 and 50, Caucasian, and had private insurance. Women in hospitals with obstetrics-gynecology teaching programs were also more likely than women in nonteaching hospitals to receive comprehensive surgery. Surgeons that performed fewer than 10 ovarian cancer surgeries per year were significantly less likely to provide comprehensive surgical care.
The authors noted, "Because optimal surgery with cytoreduction is associated with improved overall survival, efforts should be made to ensure that all women with ovarian cancer, especially those who are vulnerable because of age, race, or socioeconomic status, are referred to centers or surgeons from whom they are more likely to get optimal surgery."
|University of Michigan Hosts Town Hall Meeting: Stopping Cancer Before It Starts
On April 11, the nonprofit Friends of Cancer Research and the University of Michigan (U-M) Comprehensive Cancer Center hosted a town hall meeting on what the most promising new developments in cancer prevention and detection research will mean for the public.
The guest panel, moderated by Susan Dentzer of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS-TV, included the Hon. John Dingell (D-MI); NCI Director Dr. John E. Niederhuber; FDA Commissioner Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach; U-M Cancer Center Director Dr. Max Wicha; Dr. Stephen Gruber, director of the Cancer Genetics Clinic at U-M; Dr. Dean Brenner, professor of pharmacology and internal medicine at the U-M School of Medicine; Dr. Joseph Purvis of the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca; and Ruth Freedman, a long-term breast cancer survivor and volunteer patient counselor at U-M Cancer Center.
Discussion topics ranged from recent findings on how cancer develops and how it may be prevented to how this information may influence clinical trial design, FDA regulation of new products that can prevent and detect cancer, postmarket surveillance, and the financial and other barriers affecting progress in these areas.
A videocast of the meeting is available online at: http://ummedia02.rs.itd.umich.edu/cccmc041107.
Mammogram Study Evaluates Computer-Aided Detection
Researchers are reporting that a computer system created to help radiologists interpret mammograms may not be helping after all. The system, known as computer-aided detection, or CAD, uses software to mark suspicious spots on mammograms that could be overlooked by radiologists.
In the first large-scale study of how well the technology works in the clinic, the researchers found that it did not improve the detection of breast cancer. Rather, the use of CAD led to significantly more false-positive mammograms than when radiologists relied on their own experience.
With the technology, 20 percent more women had biopsies than when the system was not used, even though most of these women did not have breast cancer. Dr. Joshua J. Fenton of the University of California, Davis, and his colleagues reported their findings in the April 5 New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
"Our goal was to see how computer-aided detection is working in clinical practice, and this study tells us that it's probably not working the way we expected," says co-author Dr. Stephen Taplin of NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS).
The findings will surprise and disappoint most mammographers, says Dr. Ferris Hall of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in an accompanying editorial. He points out that the use of CAD not only failed to increase the cancer-detection rate, but also was harmful because it increased the number of false-positive mammograms, which resulted in more testing and biopsies.
CAD systems, which cost between $50,000 and $175,000, are increasingly common in relatively large mammography centers. The Food and Drug Administration approved the technology in 1998 based on limited data, and Medicare began to pay for CAD soon after. Within 3 years of FDA approval, 10 percent of U.S. mammography facilities had adopted CAD, and others have followed.
It is unfortunate, Dr. Fenton notes, that the technology has come into widespread use before researchers could be certain of its clinical benefits. His team and Dr. Hall have called for larger studies to determine whether the routine use of CAD does more good than harm.
The researchers analyzed 429,000 mammograms and 2,351 cases of cancer detected at 43 facilities of the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium between 1998 and 2002. During this period, seven of the facilities implemented CAD, which allowed the researchers to compare results before and after. The other facilities were the control group.
The study did not evaluate whether CAD might save lives. But the results reinforce the need to resolve a major controversy in breast cancer: the clinical implications of detecting ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a precancerous condition that may lead to invasive cancer, but also may never cause harm. It is not possible to identify which ones will lead to invasive cancer at this time.
The use of the technology increased the detection of these lesions, but it did not identify more invasive cancers. This raises the question of whether detecting more DCIS will save lives. The editorial suggests that it may not substantially reduce deaths, because detecting DCIS accounts for only about 10 percent of the reduction in deaths associated with screening.
"The critical question is whether detecting more DCIS helps save lives, and we do not have an answer right now," says Dr. Taplin.
The researchers estimate that with CAD, 157 women would be recalled (and 15 would undergo a biopsy) in order to detect 1 additional case of cancer, which might be DCIS. This scenario could increase the national costs of mammography screening by approximately $550 million annually.
In addition to the economic costs, a false-positive mammogram can have long-term effects on a woman's health. Women who receive false-positive mammograms tend to become more anxious and worried about breast cancer, and the concerns can linger for many years, researchers reported in the April 3 Annals of Internal Medicine.
"Receiving a false-positive mammogram can have an enduring effect on a woman's behavior and her well-being," says Dr. Noel Brewer of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who led the study.
For many women in the NEJM study, the result of a false-positive mammogram was not just some anxiety, but also a biopsy. "These women are not just getting a false-positive and becoming worried - they're also having a procedure," says Dr. Taplin. "We need to understand the implications of this."
One concern that he and others are investigating is whether breast biopsies may distort breast tissue and affect the interpretation of future mammograms.
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Following are newly released NCI research funding opportunities:
Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology
This is a renewal of PAR-06-410 and will use the R01 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3716. Inquiries: Dr. Peter Lyster - firstname.lastname@example.com
Bioengineering Research Partnerships (BRP)
This is a renewal of PAR-06-459 and will use the R01 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3718. Inquiries: Dr. Albert Lee - firstname.lastname@example.com
AIDS International Training and Research Program
This is a renewal of PAR-05-140 and will use the D43 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3717. Inquiries: Dr. Jeanne McDermott - email@example.com
Reactivating Tumor Suppressor Genes
Name of the Trial
Principal Investigator
Why This Trial Is Important
Preclinical studies have shown, however, that FdCyd is rapidly broken down in the body, and the breakdown products do not block methylation. Another drug called tetrahydrouridine (THU) may help prevent FdCyd breakdown when administered with it. THU may allow FdCyd to remain intact long enough to reduce the hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes and possibly allow them to be reactivated.
This is the first clinical trial to test the combination of FdCyd and THU in humans. Researchers are interested in establishing the maximum tolerated dose and determining how this regimen affects the methylation of certain genes. They will also determine the toxicity of this treatment, and examine its effects on levels of proteins that are important for the progression of cancer.
"FdCyd/THU is being developed collaboratively by researchers at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and the NCI," said Dr. Doroshow. "So far, patients in the trial have tolerated the combination well, and we have seen some clinical responses.
"Our hope is to develop the regimen as an orally available combination that will safely and effectively deliver repetitive doses of these tumor-suppressor gene-activating agents to patients."
Who Can Join This Trial
Study Sites and Contact Information
An archive of "Featured Clinical Trial" columns is available at http://cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/ft-all-featured-trials.
AACR Annual Meeting Coverage
HPV Vaccines Demonstrate Long-Term Protection
Data from the ongoing evaluation of participants in a phase II trial testing a still-experimental vaccine manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) called Cervarix showed that more than 98 percent of the 776 participants for whom extended follow-up data are available maintained protection against HPV types 16 and 18 - considered the two most oncogenic HPV types - for more than 5 years.
The vaccine, reported the study's lead investigator, Dr. Stanley Gall from the University of Louisville, provided near complete protection against HPV types 16 and 18 incident infection (98 percent), 100-percent protection against 6- and 12-month persistent infection, and protection against most instances of HPV-associated precancerous growths. Although it's only designed to protect against HPV types 16 and 18, the GSK vaccine also demonstrated protection against incident infections of HPV type 45 (88 percent) and HPV type 31 (54 percent), which together account for approximately 10 percent of cervical cancers, Dr. Gall explained.
GSK applied to the FDA for marketing approval for Cervarix on March 29.
Longer term data also were presented on more than 12,000 women in a phase III trial testing Gardasil, the HPV vaccine approved by the FDA last year. Dr. Darron Brown of the Indiana University School of Medicine reported that, 3 years after completion of the three-shot vaccine regimen, Gardasil provided virtually complete protection against precancerous lesions associated with HPV types 16 and 18, and HPV 16 and 18 antibody levels continue to be significantly elevated.
In the 241 women for whom 5-year follow-up data are available, Dr. Brown reported, Gardasil provided 100-percent protection against HPV 16- and 18-related precancerous lesions. A preplanned substudy of vaccine cross-protection against other HPV types has been completed, Dr. Brown added. Although the final results are not ready for presentation, he said, the available data are "very encouraging."
Engineered Virus Delivers Killer Protein to Prostate Cancer Cells
The investigators built their system around a gene called mda-7/IL-24, which produces the cytokine IL-24, a signaling protein important to the immune response, that kills cancer cells when expressed at high levels. They engineered an adenovirus carrier for the gene, which can multiply within cancer cells. The virus was altered to replicate in response to transcription factors found only in cancer cells. When the virus enters a cancer cell, the researchers explained, it replicates millions of copies of itself and produces IL-24, which kills the cell and releases a flood of virus into the bloodstream to infect and kill other cancer cells.
After in vitro experiments confirmed that viral replication was confined to cancer cells and induced growth inhibition and cell death, the investigators tested their gene therapy system in a xenograft mouse model of therapy-resistant prostate cancer. The virus completely eradicated not only the primary tumor but also distant tumors, explained the study's leader, Dr. Devanand Sarkar from Columbia University.
An earlier version of the therapy has already been tested in a phase I clinical trial, producing a significant clinical response in several of the patients who completed one 28-day treatment cycle. Experiments to test the next-generation treatment in mice with fully functional immune systems are ongoing, Dr. Sarkar said.
Risk of Colon Cancer in African Americans Linked to Genetic Variants
The finding may provide some insight into the higher colon cancer incidence and mortality in African Americans seen over the past three decades when compared with Caucasians, according to Dr. Krista A. Zanetti, a Cancer Prevention Fellow, and Dr. Curtis C. Harris, chief of the Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis in NCI's Center for Cancer Research (CCR).
Despite the small sample size of African American cases and controls, "These results are particularly robust," Dr. Zanetti said. The variants are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which are places in the genome where a single unit of DNA may vary from one person to the next.
The team conducted a case-control study that included 261 individuals with colon cancer and 537 healthy individuals, all from the greater Baltimore area. Of these, African Americans represented 103 cases and 201 controls. In African Americans, four SNPs in the MBL2 gene increased the risk of colon cancer at least three- to fourfold compared with African Americans without the genetic variants. In African Americans with two copies of all four MBL2 variants, there was a nearly sixfold increased risk. These associations were not seen in Caucasians.
Additional studies are needed to clarify and validate these findings, Dr. Zanetti explained.
"Given the lower frequency of these SNPs in Caucasians than African Americans in this study, we may need a larger number of samples to see if this association exists in Caucasians as well," Dr. Zanetti said. They are investigating this by using case and control samples from the ongoing, NCI-funded Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial.
If Memory Serves...
The first issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute was published in August of 1940. The journal's Editor in Chief was NCI's Director Dr. Carl Voegtlin. The first few volumes of the journal featured articles on stomach cancer, a predominant cancer of the era, and mostly contained papers written by NCI staff members.(Read more)
For more information about the birth of NCI, go to http://www.cancer.gov/aboutnci/ncia.
NCI Scientists and Advisor Receive AACR Awards
Dr. Harold P. Freeman, senior advisor to the NCI director, received the second annual AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research-Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship for his work on the Patient Navigator Program. This community-based effort to reduce cancer disparities led to the development of the Patient Navigation Research Program, a grant program funded by Congress that is administered by NCI's Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities.
The awards were presented at the 2007 AACR annual meeting in Los Angeles.
Collins to Give Kaplan Lecture at Harvard
Dr. Collins, an expert clinical pharmacologist, will share his views on positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in a talk titled: "Beyond FDG: Facilitating the Next Generation of PET Imaging Probes." The lectureship is named after Dr. William Kaplan, who was the first chief of oncologic nuclear medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School.
Free Telephone Workshop for Cancer Survivors
This free series offers cancer survivors, their families, friends, and health care professionals practical information to help them cope with concerns and issues that arise after treatment ends.
Part I of the series focused on "Neuropathy and Joint Aches: New Post-Treatment Challenges." Part II, "My Treatment Is Over: Why Do I Feel so Alone and Sad?" is scheduled for May 15. Part III, "Finding Hope and Meaning After Treatment" is scheduled for June 19. All workshops take place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., EDT.
No phone charges apply, but preregistration is required. To register or to access an archived workshop, go to www.cancercare.org/TEW.
Breast Cancer in the News
Several high-profile reports about breast cancer have received media coverage in recent weeks, including work on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer-assisted detection, and screening mammography recommendations. With research often reduced to sound bites and headlines, it can be a challenge to distinguish the key points and understand the implications. To help, here are summaries of three recent publications.
MRI Detects Contralateral Breast Cancers
Where: Published in the March 29 New England Journal of Medicine.
Target audience: This study is about breast cancer detection and applies only to women who have been newly diagnosed with breast cancer and want to know whether they have cancer in both breasts.
Findings: MRI plus mammography can help identify hard-to-detect cancers that might be missed by mammography alone. By detecting cancer in both breasts at the same time, women could potentially be treated for both cancers simultaneously rather than having to go through treatment again in the future.
Bottom line: When used in combination with physical examination and mammography, contralateral breast MRI will identify the vast majority of contralateral cancers at the time of diagnosis in women who have an indication such as having very dense breasts or being at high risk for breast cancer.
MRI Screening, Mammograms Urged for High-Risk Women
Where: Published in the March/April CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
Target audience: This report provides consensus guidelines developed by experts and applies only to women who are at high risk of developing breast cancer.
Findings: In certain groups of high-risk women, conducting both annual MRI scans and screening mammography increases the likelihood of early detection. "High risk" is defined in these guidelines as women who have a 20- to 25-percent lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. This is a very substantial increased risk. Only 1 to 2 percent of women have a risk of breast cancer this high. Risk can be estimated with a risk-assessment tool, and more information can be found on the ACS Web site.
Bottom line: Women should talk to their physicians about whether they fall into the high-risk category and might benefit from MRI scans along with screening mammography.
Comment: "These two publications confirm earlier reports that MRI is a very sensitive technology for detecting breast cancer, and they give us a little more information about when it should be used, including for women who have just been diagnosed with breast cancer and for women who are at high risk," says Dr. Daniel Sullivan, associate director of the Cancer Imaging Program, NCI's Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis.
Mammogram Study Evaluates Computer-Aided Detection
Where: Published in the April 5 New England Journal of Medicine.
Target audience: Researchers and clinicians. This study raises questions about software used at some mammography facilities but does not alter recommendations for women about screening mammograms.
Findings: This was a large-scale analysis of screening mammography performed between 1998 and 2002 at 43 U.S. facilities, some of which adopted computer-aided detection, or CAD. CAD increased the detection of ductal carcinoma in situ but not invasive cancer. It also increased the number of evaluations that resulted in biopsy compared with the period when CAD was not available.
Bottom line: Larger, carefully designed studies are needed to determine whether the potential benefits of CAD outweigh the potential harms.


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Detectives arrested 48-year-old Quoc Han Ho and 56-year-old Quang Van Do, both of San Jose, on suspicion of cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sales and theft of utility services. Both men were found in a home on the 100 block of Walker Ranch Parkway, where police seized 826 marijuana plants and six pounds of dried weed, totaling 206 pounds, according to a release from Sgt. Anthony Bejaran of the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department.
Neither of the suspects were in custody in Stanislaus County Jail as of Wednesday, Oct. 3.
Police served a warrant at 10:30 a.m. after developing information that an indoor marijuana grow would be found in the residence, according to Bejaran.
Upon serving the warrant, detectives found a large marijuana grow and detained both Ho and Do, who were also found in the home, according to Bejaran. Marijuana was found in several rooms inside the home, including bathrooms and closets, he stated.
Detectives also learned the residents were stealing power for their marijuana grow to avoid having to pay for the services, according to the sheriff's news release.
A Walker Ranch Parkway neighbor, who did not wish to give her name, said Tuesday that authorities arrived with weapons drawn and a shield up before banging loudly on the door of the home where the suspects were found, demanding residents to open up.
Residents at the home, who moved there within the past three months, were fairly quiet, she said. Though women and children were initially among the home's residents, she said she had not seen them there in recent days.
"They would come and go a lot," she said.
Bejaran could not be reached for comment Wednesday, so it was not clear whether police think the case was related to the seizure of 750 pounds of marijuana, totaling $750,000, in five separate west Patterson homes on Aug. 23.
However, he said Tuesday, Oct. 2, it was not related to the arrest of Patterson residents Chad McGarry and Ronald Hunter on marijuana cultivation-related charges, and McGarry and his wife, Kristina McGarry, on marijuana sales charges following alleged seizures of pot at their homes on Sept. 25.
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The Sanford Police Department is once again defending its investigation into the shooting death of a teenager which occurred on February 26.
Trayvon Martin, 17, was shot and killed during an altercation with a Neighborhood Watch captain. George Zimmerman told police he was acting in self defense after he said he was attacked by Martin.
On Thursday, police spokesman Sgt. Dave Morgenstern addressed criticizism that investigators are not listening to witnesses, specifically Mary Cutcher. Cutcher said in a television report that she was ignored by officers who were first on the scene.
"There were some inconsistencies with her statement and what was aired on the news," said Sgt. Morgenstern.
Cutcher said she is furious with the police department for accusing her of lying on television. She said she told Morgenstern, "I want it retracted and a statement that's true."
Morgenstern said no one ignored Cutcher, adding that officers contacted her on the night of the shooting, but she said she did not want to get involved.
"She was contacted several times and on March 2," he said. "She did finally come in for an interview here at the station."
Cutcher denies that, saying she was the one who had to reach out to officers. "I contacted the public relations guy for the chief and told him exact dates and times I called. Four different times for one person."
Cutcher said she is still waiting for a call back. Meanwhile, Morgenstern tells us they have her sworn testimony to police officers.
"The information or sworn statements she provided regarding the actions of Zimmerman were consistent with the information Zimmerman provided to us."
Cutcher will be holding a news conference with Martin's parents on Friday morning at the Martin family attorney's office.
Militia group wants to arrest Sanford neighborhood watch leader
A leader of a self-described black militia group says members will go to an Orlando suburb in about a week to attempt a citizen's arrest on a white neighborhood watch leader who has admitted to fatally shooting an unarmed African-American teen.
The New Black Liberation Militia's Najee Muhammad said Thursday that members will try to arrest 28-year-old George Zimmerman. Zimmerman heads a neighborhood watch group in Sanford.
Zimmerman told detectives he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in self-defense last month as the teen was walking back from a store to the house of his father's fiancé, who lived in the neighborhood.
Martin's family has criticized the police department for not arresting Zimmerman. An attorney for Martin's family says they are discouraging any vigilante action.


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Funeral services for the Rev. Milton Vernon Sargent, 81, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2011, at Central Baptist Church in Springhill, where he was an active and faithful member. The Rev. Tim Everett will officiate the service. Burial, with military graveside rites by the Barksdale AFB Honor Guard, will be in the Bethsaida Cemetery, near Ida, under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home, Springhill.
Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. today (Tuesday), at Bailey Funeral Home.
Rev. Sargent, a resident of this area since 1994, went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, June 11, 2011 in Shreveport. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, retiring in 1968, at the rank of Master Sergeant, after 20 years of service. A commanding officer once described Milton as "the finest NCO that I have known in the 16 years that I have been associated with the Air Force."
He was in the ministry for 40 years, having served as pastor at Ida Baptist Church; Salem Baptist Church of Red Land, First Baptist Church of Columbia, First Baptist Church of Cullen and also served churches in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia and New Jersey. He was the youngest of seven children, all boys, born to James Henry and Linna May Powell Sargent.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years, Marjorie Blackerby Sargent; daughters, Tricia Scribner and husband, Randy of Charlotte, North Carolina; Lynna Rea Winkler and husband, Todd of Welcome, Arkansas; six grandchildren, Neli Scribner, Sara Kell and husband, Andrew, Emily Scribner, Jessica McDaniel and husband, Justin, Ashleigh Moreno and husband, Jeremy and Ben Winkler; five great-grandchildren, Noah, May, Nathan, Hunter and Ally; and many precious nieces and nephews.
Serving as pallbearers will be Todd Winkler, Randy Scribner, Ben Winkler, Jeremy Moreno, Justin McDaniel and Ronnie Dupree.
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Mandy, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you here!
L, that's great you've been getting out more. Of course your dh should be all right with them. You're probably doing the best thing by going out in short bursts like that. My BIL made me laugh when we were on the cruise a few months ago. He is a business manager type person who is hardly ever home, so he doesn't interact much with his kids. Any how, we were all sitting in one of the coffee shop places and the kids were all being their usual nutty selves and he turned and said, "if they are always like this, then they probably need to be in therapy." We all looked at each other as if to say "this man has no idea."
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Today is a rainy gloomy looking day. I think we'll go out in a bit to get Travis some new pants. I need to get these kids out of the house for awhile. They go stir crazy too easily.
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Key Strategies in Implementing Assessment Findings 2:00 pm
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Women at the Crossroads: DV Survivors with Criminal Justice Involvement, Part 1 2:00 pm
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Your neighbor who volunteers at the library, your child's bus driver, and the Little League coach in your community may not seem to have much in common at first glance.
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Partnering with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC), Count Us In aims to illustrate HPHC's values. They believe that "amazing things happen when people work together" and that is why we want to share stories about just that.
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I've been thinking about Mom a lot this week so of course this mini-kit had to be pink. If you would like to download it just click here.
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Dumb me! When I finally got around to checking my link last night, I discovered that you had to download each file separately! I just fixed this by putting the files into a zip file and uploading that to MediaFire. Here is the new link that will make your download much easier.
You can download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?ffs38ol1uaofncq
This is the old link just in case you might want only one or two of the items.
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mama4bears - thanks for the gorgeous mini! Love the miniature roses and the soft delicate feel of it. :)
Lovely work, Selra and Pam, and anyone else I missed. Love seeing people try something new! I've got limited time on the computer this week and next, spending time with the baby & not-a-baby-anymore!
I discovered late last night that you had to download my minikit one file at a time. Sorry about that! This morning I placed all the files in a folder and created a zipfile which I uploaded to MediaFire. Here is the new link for the zipped file:
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The beginning of the season has finally started. For those of you who are getting loose for your first few rounds here are some of the most simplistic tips that come from the Big Easy himself, Ernie Els.
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If you are a dad to be I thought I'd help you out with a list of things you need to know about your pregnant wife.
1. Morning sickness doesn't only happen in the morning.
2. Her boobs hurt all the time so stay away!
3. She has to pee. Like probably right now.
4. She never feels cute in maternity clothes no matter how much she loves being pregnant.
5. She wants you to rub her feet.
6. She is tired all the time! It's hard work building a baby.
7. She needs you to help out more around the house because of number 6.
8. Her hormones may make her crazy, but remember she loves you anyway and don't take it personally and definitely don't fight back.
9. She cries a lot.
10. She has cravings and you'd better cater to them.
Good luck dads :)
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A prisoner in jail receives a letter from his wife: "Dear Husband, I have decided to plant some lettuce in the back garden. When is the best time to plant them?"
The prisoner, knowing that the prison guards read all mail, replied in a letter: "Dear Wife, whatever you do, do not touch the back garden. That is where I hid all the money."
A week or so later, he received another letter from his wife: "Dear Husband, You wouldn't believe what happened, some men came with shovels to the house, and dug up all the back garden."
The prisoner wrote another letter back: "Dear wife, now is the best time to plant the lettuce."
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The median home value in Canyon Country, CA is $360,850.
This is
lower than
the county median home value of $445,300.
The national median home value is $170,100.
The average price of homes sold in Canyon Country, CA is $360,850.
Approximately 63.47% of Canyon Country homes are owned,
compared to 32.17% rented, while
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Canyon Country real estate listings include condos, townhomes, and single family homes for sale.
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Beautiful double door entry leads you to the open foyer with high ceilings and a sweeping staircase with skylight above. Step down to the formal living room with marble fireplace. The family room which leads to the kitchen, has a granite fireplace. The kitchen offers granite counters, double ovens, opaque glass front cabinets, recessed lighting, a garden window, and a breakfast nook with bay window that looks out to the backyard. The formal dining room has a built in buffet cabinet and swinging door that leads to the kitchen. There is a bonus room with a skylight and access to the backyard. There is a bedroom, full bath, and a laundry room downstairs as well. The master suite has a fireplace and a sitting area with a bay window and peek-a-boo view. The master bath has a spa tub & separate shower, dual sinks, skylight, and cedar lined walk-in closet. Two additional bedrooms share an adjoining bathroom. You'll find newer carpet, silhouette style blinds, ceiling fans, and solid oak doors & molding throughout the house. Enjoy the serene backyard with a built-in barbeque, large covered patio, spacious grassy area, and lots of fruit trees. Per the sellers the property line goes approximately 15 ft beyond the crest of the hill at the back of the property.
This is currently the largest single property for sale in all of Los Angeles County. The owner covered 30 of his 175 acres with his Dream Estate, and has been improving the remaining 145+ acres for a number of years. The 145 acres of flat to rolling hills are under development and have been strategically zoned to ease the building approval process for just about any purpose: luxury guest estates, commercial or light industrial projects, Stables & trails, soccer & baseball fields, or maybe your own Taj Mahal. Website with 6 videos available for view. Includes adjacent property APN #2813-024-007.
Quail Manor - The most exclusive privately gated luxury estate in the Santa Clarita Valley, fit for a celebrity. After entering the gated neighborhood of Sand Canyon Oaks, you will be greeted by the private gates of Quail Manor. This unique luxury estate sits on 5+ acres of beautifully manicured land with a private lake, a 9 car garage, full basketball and tennis courts, outdoor kitchen, and a beautiful pool area w/waterfalls. The current owner invested over $1 Million dollars in upgrades. With a fine mixture of casual and formal areas for entertaining, this home will surely impress anyone. The newly remodeled kitchen is a chef's dream and opens to the sprawling family room and bar area fit for a fine hotel lobby. 8 bedrooms and bathrooms, themed children's rooms, a guest house and maid's quarters offer plenty of space for your family and guests. The 13 fireplaces, high ceilings and custom solid oak wood work throughout shows the attention to detail. Some of the other amenities include, a large office, a library with pool table, home gym, sauna, plenty of storage, solar panels, and a beautiful wine cellar. Top all of this off with a multiple award winning custom theater, some secret passage ways, and an elevator, and you will fall in love at first sight.
40 Acres of beautiful rolling hills with numerous sites to build your dream home. This property features many improvements facilitating home development.
As you arrive to the entrance of this private & magnificent estate, you will immediately notice the beautiful gardens. Panoramic views await as you walk up the curved slate stairway to the front porch which features waterfalls. Upon entry, you will be drawn to the living room with its two story high ceilings, a wet bar, & the dramatic windows across the front of the home.The kitchen is an ?oversized cooks dream? featuring a large island & breakfast bar, high end appliances & more. The family rooms is complete with a fireplace, floor to ceiling & under the surface pool windows, & aquarium. Guest quarters sit on this level around the corner from the sunroom. The master bedroom, located on the upper level, features a seating area surrounding the fireplace, large walk in closet & custom master bathroom. Access from the master bathroom to the pool makes it easy for a quick dip. The billiard room, exquisite office with built in cabinetry and additional bedroom/office share the second level. Outside you will find a large pool, Jacuzzi, & kitchen complete with Viking appliances. Additional features include work out room, tennis courts, solar panels to heat the pool, guest/maids quarters, 2 laundry rooms, in home elevator, marble flooring, gorgeous views and more.
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Caramel-Chocolate Sticky Buns make a delicious breakfast treat. They are so good you will want to make an extra batch to take to work and share with your coworkers, or serve them at your next party. Everyone will love them!
Here are the ingredients you need to add to your shopping list:
1 (15-ounce) container ready-to-spread coconut-pecan frosting
1 cup of pecan halves
2 (10 to 12-ounce) cans of refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
20 milk chocolate kisses
Now let's get baking your Caramel-Chocolate Sticky Buns.
First, preheat your oven to 375°.
Spread the frosting in a greased 9" square pan. Sprinkle the pecans over the frosting. Flatten each biscuit to about 1/4" thickness. Place a chocolate kiss in the center of each biscuit. Fold the biscuits in half; press edges together to seal. Arrange the biscuits over the pecans, flat side down.
Next, bake on the lowest position of the oven rack at 375° for 25 minutes or until brown. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Invert onto a serving plate. Serve them warm.
Please note: Be sure to set the oven rack in the lowest position possible to make sure the centers of the buns get done.
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Although they had just a few minutes to make their case, Fourth Congressional District candidates Joe Kennedy III and Sean Bielat touted their experience and ideas in a Fox25 debate earlier Wednesday morning.
The live debate, which was moderated by Fox25 news host Gene Levanchy, lasted less than 15 minutes. This was the final scheduled television appearance for Bielat and Kennedy before the Nov. 6 general election.
Bielat, a Norfolk Republican, is running against Kennedy, a Brookline Democrat, to replace the retiring Fourth District Congressman Barney Frank, of Newton. The winner will represent Foxborough in Congress.
Keeping with a theme that has run throughout the campaign, Bielat and Kennedy sparred on experience and whether Kennedy's name has carried him through the election.
"I think experience matters, and I don't think Joe has it," Bielat said.
Bielat served as an officer in the Marines and said he has "spent most of the past decade" in business. He also heads up the internet startup OneClickPolitics.com.
Kennedy stood by his record as a prosecutor for Middlesex County and the Cape/Islands as well as his work in the Peace Corps. He also emphasized his public appearances across the district.
"From day one, it is my name on the ballot and I have to go out there and earn people's respect and hopefully their support, and the only way to do that is by knocking on doors," said Kennedy, who was endorsed by the Boston Globe today.
But Bielat responded with a criticism of Kennedy's appearances, saying that he has turned down offers from "19 different [media] hosts" and has not held any town hall-style meetings.
"[Kennedy] is hoping that this name and money is enough...and that if he can stay quiet enough, he'll get in," Bielat said.
Kennedy, though, argued that Bielat's focus on his experience and family name is just a way to move away from the issues facing voters.
"When it comes to the actual issues in the race, Sean's on the wrong side," Kennedy said. "Each time he brings it back to my family and my experience and I think it's just another distraction."
The candidates were also asked about their opinion on casinos in Massachusetts, and whether they would support one here in the Fourth District. Both candidates said they would be in favor a casino if it also had the support of the local community.
Bielat then shifted the focus of the debate to taxes, saying that he supports lowering taxes and creating "pro-growth policies" that would help businesses in Massachusetts.
Kennedy also addressed his view on taxes, saying he stands behind the "The Buffet Rule" and increasing taxes for wealthy Americans.
In his closing statement, Bielat focused again on Kennedy's experience, saying that he hopes voters will go into voting booths on Nov. 6 and consider candidates' qualifications.
"Look at what Joe's offering, it's not a whole lot," Bielat said. "It's not qualifications, it's not ideas, it's a bunch of talking points, it's a lot of money...what we need right now in Washington is people with experience."
As he finished the debate, Kennedy underlined his belief that the government can help create a "framework" to bring equal opportunity to every citizen, something that he said is "at stake" in this election.
"I believe in a society where each of us has access to that opportunity and where each of us has to do our part to make America prosperous for generations to come," Kennedy said.


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This challenge will run for two weeks and go through September 1, 2012 @ NOON. Here are the guidelines:
1. Create a layout with the free template provided here (Double Template #77).
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3. Upload your layout to the sketch challenges gallery by NOON on September 1, 2012 and reply here with the link so we can all see what you created!
4. If you complete a layout with the free template, I will give you my "Life Unscripted" embossed paper pack.
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Inkster Public Schools has missed a deadline to submit financial information to the state. Now the district could be dissolved.
Inkster's Board of Education met in special session Monday in a last ditch and last minute effort to try and save the financially troubled district.
Under a new state law, Inkster Schools can be dissolved. They were given until 5 p.m. Monday to show the state they have a loan to get through the school year and a favorable opinion from their accounting firm.
"CPAs are prohibited from rendering any kind of opinion on solvency. Therefore we cannot provide the letter the state is looking for," said Inkster Schools Business Manager Kelly Howey.
"We have no official written communication from Comerica. However, in our ongoing talks with the bank, it was based on the assumption that the state would approve the deficit elimination plan that they've had in their possession since January, and without that approval, the bank could not make a commitment to the district."
The district faces a $15 million deficit. They submitted a deficit elimination plan that the state admitted could work, but state officials said they lacked confidence in the district's leadership.
Late Monday afternoon, Inkster Schools Superintendent Mischa Bashir read a statement explaining why they could not give the state what it wanted. She said it is the state's fault for not approving the deficit elimination plan. She also called the criteria for avoiding a shutdown impractical, saying the state has not given the district a viable alternative to closing its doors.
We asked School Board Member Cornelius James whether he is concerned the district will be dissolved. He said, "We're going to see what happens here."
The state has released a statement saying the dissolution process will move forward. The next step is for the intermediate school district to weigh in.
If the district is dissolved, we were told students will go to neighboring districts such as Romulus, Taylor or Wayne-Westland. Those details have yet to be worked out, and school officials are still hoping for one last meeting with the state.
The following is the statement from the Michigan Department of Treasury in its entirety:
Neither Inkster Public Schools nor the Buena Vista School District submitted documentationnecessary to avoid disorganization and dissolution under Public Act (PA) 96 of 2013 by today's5:00 p.m. (EST) deadline. Therefore, the dissolution process, pursuant to PA 96 will moveforward.
Last week, State Superintendent Mike Flanagan and State Treasurer Andy Dillon determined that the Buena Vista and Inkster School Districts were no longer financially viable and were unable to educate students, pursuant to Public Act 96. However, the Superintendent and Treasurer agreed to give officials from both districts until 5:00 p.m. today (July 22, 2013) to provide documentation showing they have access to cash and/or a commitment letter from a lending institution as well as an opinion letter from their respective accounting/audit firm, indicating the cash would allow for the district to remain open through the end of the next school year.
Given that neither district provided the documentation requested, the joint determination thatboth districts met all factors required under PA 96 remains in effect and the disorganization anddissolution process will move forward. Under PA 96, the joint determination reached last weekwill be forwarded to each district's respective Intermediate School District (ISD). By law, theISD would then declare the District dissolved and immediately order attachment of the territoryof the Districts, in whole or in part, to one or more other school districts within the respectiveIntermediate School district and ensure that students from those dissolved districts have viableschools to attend on September 3, 2013.
For more information on Public Act 96 of 2013, visit www.michiganlegislature.org and click onthe Public Acts tab.
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