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Hill re-elected in McMinnville, Terp again Yamhill mayor, other city results
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Yamhill County Clerk's Office released additional election results at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The voting now stands as follows:
* YAMHILL — Incumbent Paula Terp has defeated challenger Chuck Mitchell, 234 votes, or 52 percent, to 215 votes, or 48 percent.
Earlier, the two were tied with 159 votes each.
Terp was elected mayor for the first time two years ago after eight years on the city council. Mitchell served as mayor more than a decade ago and hopes to return to the position.
* McMINNVILLE — In the race for McMinnville Ward One council seat incumbent Scott Hill has defeated political newcomer Nicholas Scyoc. With only a few ballots remaining, the count is now 1,714 to 996, or 63 percent to 37 percent.
Scyoc, a veteran, is set to graduate from Western Oregon Universtiy with a degree in policy administration and an appetite for politics.
Hill, a banker, is finishing his second term on the council. He served on the city budget committee for several years before that.
* AMITY — Amity Mayor Michael Cape was on his way to returning to office for two more years.
He has 262 votes, as of 1:30 p.m. today. Trailing far behind were Rudy van Soolen at 129 and Sharon Haggith at 105.
Cape, who has lived in Amity for 10 years, drives a school bus and substitute teaches in the private Santiam Christian school system, north of Corvallis at Adair Village. He also owns Abigail's Barbeque and Catering.
He served on the city council before being approved to serve out the remainder of Bob Wiro's term of mayor when Wiro resigned in 2006. He was elected to a full four-year term in 2008.
Haggith has no political experience.
Van Soolen currently sits on the city council, but his term expires at the end of this year. He could possibly return by appoointment.
* DUNDEE — Jeanette Adlong, with 877 votes, and J. Randal Reddell, with 709, are winning re-election to the Dundee City Council.
Newcomer Tim Weaver also will be seated on the council, with 893 votes. Gabi Hinoveanu received 468 votes according to results released by the Yamhill County Clerk's Office at 1:30 this afternoon.
* LAFAYETTE — Four candidates are vying for three open council seats.
Incumbents Chris Pagella, with 538 votes, and Marie Sproul, with 575, are facing challengers Tim Hamel, with 479 votes, and Chris Harper, with 783. So Harper, Sproul and Pagella will be seated.
* WILLAMINA — In the race for a four-year term on the city council, Ila Skyberg had 414 votes from Polk and Yamhill County residents to Gary Hill's 305, Rita Baller's 265 and Allan Bramall's 256.
Skyberg, Baller and Bramall are the incumbents. It would appear Skyberg and Hill have secured seats on the council, but with ballots still outstanding, the race between Baller and Bramall is too close to call.
Corey Adams ran unopposed for mayor. He currently serves on the city council, so his seat will be filled by appointment, as will another open seat.
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Obesity Associated with Higher Cancer Risk among Veterans
In a study of 4.5 million patients hospitalized at Veterans Affairs hospitals over a 27-year time period, researchers found an increased risk for nearly 20 different cancers in those men who were obese. The study appears in the January/February issue of Cancer Causes and Control. Claudine Samanic and co-workers, all from the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, examined medical histories from computerized discharge notes from Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country. They assessed records for over 3.6 million white men and over 800,000 black men. Among obese veterans, they found an increased risk for cancers of the colon and kidney, which have been reported in numerous other studies, but also an increased risk for a number of less common cancers, such as male breast, lower esophagus, gallbladder, thyroid, extrahepatic bile duct, and connective tissue cancers, as well as malignant melanoma, multiple myeloma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and acute myeloid leukemia. Read more
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The Complex Interaction of Diet, Physical Activity, and Genetics in Cancer Prevention and Control
At a time when nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population is considered overweight or obese, compelling evidence suggests that excess body weight is a risk factor for many cancers. However, in terms of weight-related factors, body weight alone does not completely determine an individual's ability to prevent or survive cancer. Instead, cancer researchers use the term "energy balance" to describe the complex interaction among diet, physical activity, and genetics on growth and body weight over an individual's lifetime and how those factors may influence cancer risk.
NCI has supported epidemiologic research in large cohort and case-control studies looking at the effects of weight, diet, physical activity, and cancer outcomes. These and other studies suggest that being overweight or obese increases the risk for postmenopausal breast cancer, colon cancer, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, endometrial cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and several other cancers. Other studies, including some basic animal and cell culture studies, have explored the mechanisms by which obesity may influence cancer risk. Clinical intervention studies involving small groups of patients have placed people on specific diet, activity, and weight-control regimens to see how those factors influence cancer risk. This research is promising and should yield great insights into how these particular behavioral and genetic factors contribute to the cancer burden. Read more
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The Complex Interaction of Diet, Physical Activity, and Genetics in Cancer Prevention and Control
At a time when nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population is considered overweight or obese, compelling evidence suggests that excess body weight is a risk factor for many cancers. However, in terms of weight-related factors, body weight alone does not completely determine an individual's ability to prevent or survive cancer. Instead, cancer researchers use the term "energy balance" to describe the complex interaction among diet, physical activity, and genetics on growth and body weight over an individual's lifetime and how those factors may influence cancer risk.
NCI has supported epidemiologic research in large cohort and case-control studies looking at the effects of weight, diet, physical activity, and cancer outcomes. These and other studies suggest that being overweight or obese increases the risk for postmenopausal breast cancer, colon cancer, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, endometrial cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and several other cancers. Other studies, including some basic animal and cell culture studies, have explored the mechanisms by which obesity may influence cancer risk. Clinical intervention studies involving small groups of patients have placed people on specific diet, activity, and weight-control regimens to see how those factors influence cancer risk. This research is promising and should yield great insights into how these particular behavioral and genetic factors contribute to the cancer burden.
As is often the case, this research has raised as many questions as it has answered. It is abundantly clear, however, that regular physical activity can reduce the risk of colon cancer by half, and can also reduce the risk of breast cancer among obese postmenopausal women. Additionally, we know that balancing "energy in/energy out" - the calories eaten vs. those burned each day - is imperative to avoid gaining weight. For many Americans who are overweight and sedentary, eating fewer calories and increasing physical activity is necessary to reach a healthy weight.
The nation's obesity epidemic has heightened our interest in obesity and energy balance at both NIH and NCI. In 2002, NCI formed a group to identify priorities for obesity and cancer research. The group identified three goals: to understand the causes of adverse patterns of weight, physical activity, and diet; define how these causes contribute to cancer; and apply this knowledge to prevent and control cancer. We hope to understand how obesity can interact over the entire lifetime to influence the cancer process, and to develop better measures of weight, diet, and physical activity. To do this, NCI will continue to work actively with NIH and other federal and private partners to complement and extend existing efforts.
In 2005, NCI anticipates receiving funding for transdisciplinary centers on energetics and cancer. The centers will bring together scientists from multiple disciplines to accelerate progress toward reducing cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality associated with obesity, low levels of physical activity, and poor diet. The centers also will provide significant opportunities to train scientists at every stage in their careers in the area of energy balance and cancer. NCI is also now developing an energy balance intervention dissemination initiative to actively disseminate evidence-based interventions for obesity.
I invite you to learn more about NCI's energy balance initiative, including research plans and progress, in The Nation's Investment in Cancer Research: A Plan and Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2005 at: http://cancer.gov/pdf/nci_2005_plan.
Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D.
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In the January 15 issue of Nature, NCI scientists reported the discovery of a new mechanism in human cells for producing proteins. This involves cutting a protein into smaller pieces, which are then rejoined in a different order. The finding suggests that human cells may be able to produce a far greater range of proteins than was previously thought. Two of the authors, Dr. Ken-ichi Hanada and Dr. James C. Yang, are from NCI's Surgery Branch.
The researchers were studying fragments of a protein known as fibroblast growth factor-5 (FGF-5), which was overproduced in the tumor cells of a kidney cancer patient. In the process of trying to determine which portion of the FGF-5 protein is recognized by the patient's killer T cells, they discovered that the T cells recognize two stretches of the protein that are not next to each other. This led them to conclude that after the FGF-5 protein is produced in the cell, it is cut into pieces, which are then stitched together in a different order. The enzymes for cleaving the protein or stitching the pieces back together are not known. Similar protein processing has been reported in single-celled organisms and some plants.
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The human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 (HTLV-1) has evolved to develop a novel mechanism for inhibiting its expression, a function that may mask its presence in infected cells, researchers from the NCI report in the January 2004 issue of Nature Medicine. The finding may explain why HTLV-1 can persist despite the body's robust immune response to it.
Dr. Genoveffa Franchini and colleagues from the Animal Models and Retroviral Vaccines Section, Center for Cancer Research, found that a nuclear-resident protein of HTLV-1, p30II, is able to reduce the levels of the Tax and Rex proteins, which play critical roles in virus expression.
"This protein is able to modulate viral expression and may help the virus to remain concealed and avoid elimination by the host immune system," Dr. Franchini said. The researchers studied p30II's effect at the post-transcriptional level as well as during transcription. The finding was that the real action was occurring after transcription of viral messenger RNAs, with p30II specifically targeting the Tax and Rex mRNA, but strictly in the cell nucleus.
The novelty of this finding, Dr. Franchini explained, is that retroviruses are thought to become latent through cellular mechanisms, "leaving it to the cell to decide its own fate." The protein p30II "puts the virus more in charge of what it wants to do."
A high viral replication correlates with a higher probability of developing leukemia. Therapies that can block the interaction of p30II with the viral RNA, Dr. Franchini suggested, will unmask the virus, "meaning the virus will be expressed and more overt to the immune system, and that might facilitate its elimination."
Smoking Reduction Fails to Proportionally Decrease Carcinogen Exposure
The good news from a study in the January 21 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) is that exposure to the potent tobacco carcinogen NNK can be significantly reduced in smokers who substantially reduce their daily cigarette intake. The bad news, according to the University of Minnesota Cancer Center researchers who conducted the NCI-funded study, is that the reduction is not proportional to the reduction in cigarettes smoked. In a related JNCI commentary, an international team of epidemiologists reported that a review of the evidence accumulated over the past 16 years reveals that there is a causal relationship between tobacco use and cancers not previously believed to be associated with smoking, including myeloid leukemia and cancers of the stomach and liver.
"Together, these articles serve as a poignant reminder that tobacco's role as a cancer initiator and promoter…remains one of the greatest global public health challenges," wrote Drs. Scott Leischow and Mirjana Djordjevic, of the NCI Tobacco Control Research Branch, in an accompanying editorial. "The most dramatic health benefits in the next half century will occur if we can significantly increase the number of smokers who quit."
NCI Re-engineering Intramural Research Program
A strong basic science foundation coupled closely with innovative technology development, outstanding clinical investigators, and population scientists afford NCI's Intramural Research Program (IRP) a unique opportunity to help achieve NCI's challenge goal of eliminating the suffering and death due to cancer by 2015. Encompassing the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) and the Center for Cancer Research (CCR), the IRP is uniquely positioned to create a premier center of cancer research that can pioneer novel approaches to translational and clinical research through its interdisciplinary research strengths and that can provide outstanding training in basic, clinical, epidemiologic, and translational research.
To enhance the scientific environment so it nurtures innovative, high-risk, and long-term basic, clinical, and population-based research with an emphasis on translational initiatives that bridge all approaches, the IRP is engaging in a "re-engineering" process. This re-engineering process builds on the critical core of investigators dedicated solely to basic, clinical, and epidemiologic research, while enhancing and accelerating work for those engaged in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary translational research.
According to Dr. J. Carl Barrett, director of CCR, re-engineering capitalizes on "the recognized areas of research excellence in the IRP and provides the foundation upon which NCI can establish a leadership role in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary translational research." This theme is underscored by Dr. Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., director of DCEG, who indicated that "the IRP will take advantage of its concentration of cancer epidemiologists, biologists, and clinicians to form transdisciplinary research teams that can quickly and efficiently translate discoveries in basic science into medical and public health strategies aimed at cancer prevention, detection, and treatment."
Although the traditional administrative organization of the IRP remains, cross-organizational faculties and working groups now provide a forum where scientists from diverse backgrounds can work cooperatively in a particular discipline, disease, or approach to scientific discovery. The re-engineering is creating "an IRP without walls, that fosters the exchange of ideas among intramural Dr. J. Carl Barrett Director, Center for Cancer Research and extramural scientists and clinicians," according to Dr. Barrett.
"Re-engineering the IRP is an ongoing process designed to create effective interactions among its scientists as well as with investigators in the extramural divisions, in other NIH institutes, academic institutions, and industry," said Dr. Barrett. According to Dr. Fraumeni, "NCI is well positioned as a national agency to accelerate progress through strategic partnerships between intramural and extramural scientists that integrate population and clinical sciences with the tools of genomics and other emerging technologies."
Other initiatives also contribute to the enhanced collaboration encouraged by re-engineering. A total of four Centers of Excellence in advanced biomedical technology, molecular epidemiology, immunology, and molecular oncology have been established to support basic and translational research to reach the 2015 challenge goal. Additionally, the intramural clinical research program has been enhanced by establishment of the Medical Oncology Clinical Research Unit (MOCRU), a trans-organizational structure that provides investigators throughout NCI with centralized access to clinical research expertise and medical oncology resources. MOCRU acts as a clinical partner to intramural investigators, promoting translation of laboratory discoveries into the clinical setting and establishing standards of excellence for clinical research and patient care. Intramural clinical studies continue to be based on innovative, concept-based clinical research trials applicable to the treatment of many cancer types and have an emphasis on rapid translation of basic research discoveries to clinical applications.
Cross-disciplinary training and enhanced communication are critical to the re-engineering process. The IRP provides traditional basic, clinical, and epidemiologic research training, but also training in interdisciplinary and translational research to help prepare the next generation of national leaders in cancer research. The IRP provides trainees with access to novel approaches and cutting-edge technologies (e.g., imaging, nanotechnology, and computational biology) and encourages trainees to have multiple mentors with expertise in diverse fields of study. NCI's educational objectives are achieved through numerous activities designed to increase interactions with the extramural community and assist scientists in achieving career goals. Activities include partnerships, courses and workshops, fellowship programs with special emphasis, and career development activities.
The re-engineered IRP will reward investigators for their scientific creativity, collaborative interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research, willingness to take risks, and efforts to try novel research approaches. Programs that cut across labs, branches, and divisions are of immense value to the IRP and are important for scientific progress.
Name of the Trial
Phase III Randomized Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) for the Prevention of Breast Cancer (NSABP-P-2). See the protocol summary at http://cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/NSABP-P-2.
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Why Is This Trial Important?
STAR will determine whether the osteoporosis prevention drug raloxifene is as effective as the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen in reducing the chance of developing breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
"Another important part of STAR will be to assess the long-term safety of raloxifene versus tamoxifen in women at increased risk of breast cancer," said Dr. Wolmark of NSABP, the group of researchers conducting the trial. "The two drugs have different side effects, which we need to better understand."
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The Early Detection Research Network (EDRN): Clinical Epidemiology and Validation Centers
NCI seeks U01/U24 applications for new and competing renewals of the Clinical Epidemiology and Validation Centers (CECs) component of EDRN. Supporting collaborative translational research, EDRN is responsible for the development, evaluation, and validation of biomarkers for earlier cancer detection and risk assessment. The CECs serve as resource centers for specimens for use in EDRN and either participate in or develop the validation studies.
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Innovative Technologies for Molecular Analysis of Cancer (SBIR/STTR)
NCI invites applications for projects to develop highly innovative cancer-relevant research technologies, methods, and tools that support molecular analysis in vitro, in situ, or in vivo in discovery processes, as well as in preclinical models and clinical research. The RFA will use the SBIR and STTR mechanisms.
For more information see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=1800.
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Application of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research (SBIR/STTR)
NCI invites applications for projects to evaluate the use of emerging technologies ready for initial application to clinical or biological questions in cancer research. Applicants should demonstrate that the technology is robust and yields reproducible measurements and should gather preliminary data to support use of the technology in a future project(s) with a clinical or biological focus. The RFA will use SBIR and STTR mechanisms.
For more information see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=1801.
Inquiries: Dr. Gregory J. Downing, OTIR; email@example.com
Innovations in Cancer Sample Preparation (SBIR/STTR)
NCI invites applications for research projects to develop, enhance, or adapt sample preparation methodologies and technologies; develop assays to assess sample quality; and elucidate criteria by which to judge sample quality. The outcome will be products and methods to optimize sample utility. The RFA will use the SBIR and STTR mechanisms.
For more information see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=1802.
Inquiries: Dr. Gregory J. Downing, OTIR; firstname.lastname@example.com
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The purpose of this Program Announcement (PA) is to solicit grant applications for the competing continuation of projects from previously funded phase II projects for the process of developing products for commercialization and translation into the clinic. The PA will use the SBIR and STTR Phase II Grants award mechanism.
For more information see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=1780.
Inquiries: Rosemary Wong, email@example.com
Proteomics Slated for Science Writers' Seminar
An update on clinical proteomics will be presented at the NCI Science Writers' Seminar on January 28, 2004.
These sessions are designed for science and medical reporters with the intent of increasing the quality and quantity of media coverage on cancer research. The speakers will be Dr. Lance Liotta and Dr. Emanuel Petricoin, codirectors of the NCI/Food and Drug Administration Clinical Proteomics Program, and their collaborator Dr. Elise Kohn, from the NCI Laboratory of Pathology.
The scientists will explain their successes in distinguishing ovarian, breast, and prostate cancers from benign conditions and how their techniques can be used to clinically identify early-stage cancers. They will highlight progress since their 2002 landmark paper in The Lancet, which first described proteomics for possible use in detecting ovarian cancer. The seminar will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the NIH campus in Bethesda at the Natcher Conference Center, Room F1. Pre-registration is required for on-site attendance, but anyone can watch the live webcast at http://videocast.nih.gov/.
President's Cancer Panel Focuses on Survivorship
The panel has heard of the difficulties all survivors endure: transferring NCI treatment records to their community providers, accessing relevant post-treatment information, obtaining appropriate follow-up screening and care, acquiring necessary support services, overcoming financial and insurance-related barriers, and addressing cultural and language barriers to care.
Specific issues affect survivors ages 60 and older. Survivors in this age group told the panel of the hardships of living on a fixed income. They also expressed their fears of losing their employment and associated insurance benefits. They called for improved communication with the public - employers, caregivers, and insurers - about the experiences and needs of cancer survivors.
Older adult survivors have more co-morbidity issues, which may obscure symptoms of recurrence. They metabolize pharmacologic agents differently than younger people. And they are more concerned about transmitting genetically linked cancers to their children.
The panel's final report on cancer survivorship is expected to be released this summer.
Sporn Named First NCI Eminent Scholar
Also at the retreat, Dr. Janet D. Rowley, University of Chicago, an expert on human chromosome analysis, accepted the Rosalind E. Franklin Award for Women in Cancer Research. Dr. Rowley, an Albert Lasker Award recipient, is internationally known for her discovery that the translocation of genetic material seen in the Philadelphia chromosome is the cause, not the result, of chronic myelogenous leukemia. The NCI prize honors the commitment of women in cancer research and is given in tribute to Dr. Franklin, who played a critical role in the discovery of the DNA double helix.
This is a list of selected scientific meetings sponsored by NCI and other organizations. For locations and times and a more complete list of scientific meetings, including NCI's weekly seminars and presentations open to the public, see the NCI Calendar of Scientific Meetings at http://calendar.cancer.gov.
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As I sit here and contemplate and read everything about the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's writing of 'Pride and Prejudice' I wonder how many of us have read it or for that matter, any other of her wonderful works. Just in case you've never read it, now you can read it here.
Here's what 'Jane Austen's Regency World' is saying today…
"The media is awash with stories how today – Monday, January 28, 2013 – is the 200th anniversary of the first publication of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Chawton Cottage appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning.
The P&P readathon is being streamed from the Jane Austen Centre here in Bath.
And the Pride & Prejudice special edition of Jane Austen's Regency World magazine is still available – as is Celebrating Pride and Prejudice, by Maggie Lane and Hazel Jones, marking 200 years of Jane Austen's 'darling child'".
To all of you that haven't read Jane, I so hope you at least watched some of the mini series and movies that tried to capture her written word. Instead of writing my thoughts on everything Austen, I 'raided' the You Tube and here's what I came up with….
Laurence Olivier
Colin Firth
David Rintoul
Matthew Macfadyen
Elliot Cowan
Martin Henderson
And here are some of my favorite scenes from my favorite movies/series….
Out of all her works, what did you like the best? Who is your favorite Darcy and why? To one of you, b2b will send 'LOST IN AUSTEN' mini series that I fell in love with the first time I saw it! *US ONLY ;(
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Samantha's Q & A
Who's your favorite sports team, and why?
Miami Dolphins is my new favorite sports team, partially because I love the city and partially because teal is my favorite color
What's your favorite movie quote?
"You should never throw a bong kid, ever"
What's your favorite video game, and could you kick our butts at it?
I'm really awesome at Wii Party and also any Mario Brothers game excluding ones involving driving, I suck at those
Piercings/Tattoos (How many? Where?)
2 hummingbirds on my shoulder, small symbol on my right ankle and "heartbreaker" tattooed on my right lower back
What's the most embarrassing song on your iPod?
I'm sure there's a Lindsay Lohan song on there somewhere
What's your best party trick?
I can swallow my tongue and I'm really flexible
What's the most memorable pick-up line you've ever heard?
As he is pumping my gas.... "So, do you like big lifted trucks? Because I think you'd like mine"
What's the worst job you've ever had?
The one I have now which will remain nameless
What's the most dangerous thing you've ever done?
Got on a stranger's private jet
It's 4AM after a crazy night out – what are we eating?
Pizza obviously
What's the strangest thing in your fridge right now?
The 7 different kinds of barbeque sauce
What's the naughtiest thing you've ever done in public?
I flash people a lot
What do you feel sexiest wearing?
My snuggie
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Gabrielle's Q & A
Who's your favorite sports team, and why?
Pittsburgh Steelers--I've followed them ever since I was young because of my dad and brothers, but now, I enjoy watching them because it's similar to riding on a rollercoaster! Lots of ups and downs!
What's your favorite movie quote?
"Yeah I called her up, she gave me a bunch of crap about me not listening to her, or something, I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention."--Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) in Dumb and Dumber
What's your favorite video game, and could you kick our butts at it?
Super Mario Brothers, and I have plenty of tricks up my sleeves to beat you!
Piercings/Tattoos (How many? Where?)
Only 2 piercings in each ear--no tatts
What's the most embarrassing song on your iPod?
My Humps--by the Black-Eyed Peas
What's your best party trick?
I can hold a headstand with a split for a good 5 minutes
What's the most memorable pick-up line you've ever heard?
"You must be tired since you've been running through all of these guys' minds all night, let me help you by taking you home to bed."
What's the worst job you've ever had?
I baled hay one summer on a friend's farm--sneezed all summer long!
What's the most dangerous thing you've ever done?
Went white water rafting through the Grand Canyon--we were down there for 21 days.
It's 4AM after a crazy night out – what are we eating?
Something chocolate and sticky that needs lots of licking to get off!
What's the strangest thing in your fridge right now?
A big bag of Spirulina--it's a nasty looking fine gren powder that I put into smoothies. It's kind of like algae!
What's the naughtiest thing you've ever done in public?
Did a nude photo shoot in a fountain in downtown Charleston--I even got some of my police officer friends to block off the streets until we were done. There were men hiding in the bushes watching!!!
What do you feel sexiest wearing?
Lingerie or a bikini in high heels
Tell us a joke.
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Shack Giveaway: Black Ops 'First Strike' DLC Codes [Update][Update: 5:00pm] Entry into this giveaway is now closed. Winners will be contacted via Shackmessage. Check after the break for the winner list.
[Original Post] Today marks the release of the "First Strike" map pack on Xbox 360 for Call of Duty: Black Ops. To welcome new content for the popular shooter, Shacknews staff infiltrated top secret strongholds and extracted a dozen codes for the DLC to give away to our loyal readers.
The contest is open to Shacknews members in the United States. To enter, simply leave a comment in this story. The winner will be selected at random at 5PM CST and notified via Shackmessage. Please make sure you watch your Shacknews Inbox.
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5 U.S. Code § 3351 - Preference eligibles; transfer; physical qualifications; waiver
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In determining qualifications of a preference eligible for transfer to another position in the competitive service, an Executive agency, or the government of the District of Columbia, the Office of Personnel Management or other examining agency shall waive—
(1) requirements as to age, height, and weight, unless the requirement is essential to the performance of the duties of the position; and
(2) physical requirements if, in the opinion of the Office or other examining agency, after considering the recommendation of an accredited physician, the preference eligible is physically able to perform efficiently the duties of the position.
This section does not apply to an appointment required by Congress to be confirmed by, or made with the advice and consent of, the Senate.
Source(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 426; Pub. L. 94–183, § 2(4),Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1057; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), (3),Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224.)
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The words "in the competitive service, an Executive agency, or the government of the District of Columbia" are added on authority of former sections 851, 858, and 869, which are carried into this title. The last sentence is added on authority of former section 869.
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1978—Pub. L. 95–454substituted "Office of Personnel Management" and "Office" for "Civil Service Commission" and "Commission", respectively.
1975—Pub. L. 94–183struck out ", except an appointment made under section 3311 of title 39" after "or made with the advice and consent of, the Senate".
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Track Improvements Timeline
For more than 100 years, fostering innovation and development in motorsports safety has been a priority for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's leadership and the teams and manufacturers that compete at IMS. Over time, many exciting breakthroughs have occurred and, despite the inherently dangerous nature of high-speed racing, many lives have been saved.
For example, the brick surface, one of the Speedway's most treasured legacies that quickly lent the nickname "The Brickyard" to the venerable track when it was laid down in 1909, was installed in response to an acute need for greater safety.
When the original tar-and-crushed-stone surface proved too unstable during that first summer of racing in 1909, track co-founders Carl G. Fisher and James Allison took little time in deciding that paving bricks – more expensive but more robust than concrete – should be the surface of the future.
Another major innovation, for racing and the automobile industry in general, was crafted essentially out of necessity two years later. Ray Harroun and the Nordyke & Marmon team showed up for the inaugural Indianapolis 500 Mile Race with a single-seat car, the No. 32 "Wasp." All other teams had two-seat cars which allowed a riding mechanic to be on board and serve as a second set of eyes. The cry went up that Harroun couldn't see cars behind him, would therefore be a safety hazard when on track, and should be banned from the race.
Harroun and the team took a piece of mirror and framed it in steel, mounted it at the top of his range of vision, and what is believed to be the first rear-view mirror – in the history of both racing and passenger automobiles – was created.
Other "firsts" for racing that were perfected or came into being at IMS include the first use of a Pace Car (1911), what is believed to be the first mass rolling start of a race (1911), the first use of four-wheel hydraulic brakes (1921), the first installation of color warning lights (1935), the first mandatory use of helmets (1935) and the first use of crash-data recorders (1993).
As the 21st century dawned on the Speedway, arguably the greatest invention to protect drivers in a high-speed crash, the SAFER (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction) Barrier, was applied to the track's four turns, in May 2002.
The SAFER Barrier (.pdf) is constructed in 20-foot modules. Each module consists of five rectangular steel tubes, welded together, to form a unified element. The modules are connected with internal steel splices, and bundles of 2-inch-thick sheets of extruded, closed-cell polystyrene are placed between the concrete wall and the steel tubing modules.
The barrier was developed by the Indy Racing League and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility beginning in 1998. NASCAR joined in the development of the project in September 2000.
On Opening Day of the 2002 Indianapolis 500, the Speedway once again became the laboratory for real-life safety research and discovery. Robby McGehee became the first driver to hit the SAFER Barrier in practice. The severity of the crash could have resulted in serious consequences, but McGehee suffered only minor injuries. The barrier also was in place for the 2002 Brickyard 400 and United States Grand Prix, and every event since.
The SAFER Barrier was removed from the Speedway's walls in August 2004 to make way for a complete repaving of the oval. A second-generation version of the SAFER Barrier was installed in spring 2005.
View a timeline of the Track Surface Improvements at IMS.
A timeline of Indianapolis Motor Speedway safety innovations and improvements:
1911: Inaugural Indianapolis 500 winner Ray Harroun employs what is believed to have been the first rear-view mirror on his No. 32 Marmon "Wasp."
1911: Historians believe the 1911 Indianapolis 500 is the first time a pace car is used to bring the field to the green flag at a controlled speed, leading the pack for the first mass rolling start of a race.
1921: The Duesenberg Motor Company team, operated by Fred and Augie Duesenberg, introduces the use of four-wheel hydraulic brakes.
1925: Front-wheel drive is used at the Speedway for the first time on a privately-owned Miller entry, driven by Dave Lewis and Bennett Hill, that finishes second.
Early 1930s: Magnetic particle inspection (Magnaflux) of key safety-related components, such as steering shafts, is implemented.
1935: The first installation of colored warning lights (green and yellow) completed at the Speedway in time for the 1935 Indianapolis 500.
1935: Helmets are made mandatory, a first for motor racing. They were not required in European grand prix racing until 1952.
1936: First mandatory driver's test is instituted, requiring that all new drivers show their skills at various speeds before they are allowed to practice for the "500." The Rookie Orientation Program continues in the same spirit today.
1936: Inside concrete wall removed and safety aprons substituted.
1938: Pit wall constructed to separate crews' work area from pit area, thus providing a safer working environment for crews during track activity.
1948: New emergency medical center constructed, expanded in 1972, and still in use today as the Clarian Emergency Medical Center with state-of-the-art trauma center equipment.
1957: Pit area is completely redesigned with safety in mind. A second wall is added, separating pit lane from the racing surface.
1959: All drivers required to wear fire-retardant uniforms, and roll bars are required on cars.
1964: New safety cable is installed on outer edge of entire track.
1965: Only methanol fuel – which is much less volatile than gasoline – is permitted in the Indianapolis 500. All cars are required to be equipped with a rupture-resistant fuel cell, and on-board fuel capacity is limited to 75 gallons. A minimum of two pit stops is required for each car (increased to three in 1968 and four in 1972).
1974: Onboard fuel capacity is reduced to a maximum of 40 gallons.
1979: "Packup" procedure established, whereby the Pace Car enters the track during cautions to regulate the speed of the field.
1991: Revolutionary energy-absorbing attenuator is added at pit entrance.
1993: Crash data recorders, developed by Delphi Automotive Systems, are placed in cars competing in the Indianapolis 500. This is the first application of this groundbreaking technology in motorsports.
1993: New higher outside walls and larger, higher safety fences installed. New warning strips and warm-up lanes installed.
1998: First version of PEDS Barrier (Polyethylene Energy Dissipating System) installed inside exit of Turn 4 in time for the 82nd Indianapolis 500. The wall consisted of 5-foot-long, overlapping impact plates made of polyethylene. Each plate contained two cylinders made of the same material and measuring 16 inches in diameter.
1999: The second-generation PEDS Barrier, PEDS-2, is installed inside the exit of Turn 4, replacing the PEDS Barrier. PEDS-2 contains an additional, smaller, polyethylene cylinder inside the original PEDS cylinder to add strength to the system.
1999: Debris fence added in North Pits, separating pit lane from grandstands and enhancing fan safety. Additional debris fence added south along pit lane in 2001.
2001: Race Control Camera System installed.
2002: Revolutionary SAFER Barrier energy-absorbing system installed in oval's four turns, the first such installation in the world. The catch fence overhang is extended to approximately 5 ½ feet – the longest of any racetrack in the world.
2005: An updated version of the SAFER Barrier is installed around the Speedway following a comprehensive repaving of the 2.5-mile oval, pit lane and warm-up lanes in 2004.
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Ryan Kuo: I'll be playing basically everything. I got an HDTV earlier this week and am this close to sitting on the couch with it cradled in my arms like a baby. I want to try out a bunch of different games, but so far, 'Splosion Man is a hell of a lot easier to play when you can see the barriers and switches. I'm finally giving BioShock a good, proper playthrough. And I will finally return to Fallout 3 after putting it on hiatus because playing it on my old tube was giving me eye and neck strain.
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Harold Goldberg: I'm drinking the Bayonetta Kool-Aid this weekend, baking some geckos, if you know what i mean. I enjoyed "Avatar" in IMAX 3-D so much that I'm tempted to give the game another chance. And, for the videogame book, I'm playing Crash Bandicoot again. I've been keeping an eye on CES, and kind of wish I had a 3-D television and that all current games were in 3-D, too. I hate the glasses going over my glasses, but could you imagine the imminent God of War III in 3-D? Tasty.
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Chris Buecheler: I am quite deeply immersed in Batman: Arkham Asylum, after receiving it for Christmas. I just saved the Warden, and now all of the lunatics are out of the asylum. ZOMGs! I really like the exploration aspects, and I'm even enjoying the collection aspects because the items a) are varied and b) give you something useful (experience points) instead of useless (Xbox Live Achievement points).
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Marc Saltzman: I'm at CES this weekend so the only game I'll be playing is Human Frogger, as I try to avoid getting hit by cars on Las Vegas Blvd.
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Paul Semel: I'm knee-deep in Divinity II (and not loving it), but it's for a review so I'll keep slogging away. With any hope I'll finish it before the weekend ends so I have time to start in on Bayonetta.
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Tom Bissell: I keep playing the Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer, possibly because I've finally got a loadout I really like. Last weekend I came in first place in 17 free-for-all matches in a row, including one spectacular hour in which I had two 30-kills-and-four-deaths runs. (My loadout has me invisible and silenced; I lurk around the edges of the maps, stealing the air drops of those foolish enough to request them.) This is the first weekend in a while in which I will not be playing Brütal Legend, because I was racing through the gameplay to get to the next cut scene, which is not a happy thing to be doing.
Also, my girlfriend and I are playing Fallout 3 together. She's amazed by how much she likes it. Having been through the game on three separate occasions, I'm still shocked by how affecting and creepy the Wasteland remains. Right now I'm downloading Saints Row 2 through Xbox Live. I played and disliked it last year, but a couple people whose taste I respect have convinced me to give it another go. Finally, I may try, yet again, to get the Achievement in Left 4 Dead 2 in which you knock all four Survivors asunder with one Charger run. I've knocked three of them countless times, but the fourth remains maddeningly elusive.
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Gus Mastrapa: I bullied w1ndst0rm into buying Borderlands with his holiday gift card. I'm hoping we'll be able to get together and play some more this weekend. I've also downloaded the beta for Eskil Steenberg's Love, which I'm really looking forward to experiencing more of -- the game is beautiful, but so far fairly difficult to grok.
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Evan Narcisse: I didn't get a chance to play any Left 4 Dead single-player over the break so I'm going to try to fit some of that in. While co-op's the best thing about Valve's shooter, I've found that playing alone is the best way to soak up the narrative touches the game throws out there. There's also a copy of Bayonetta begging to have it plastic sheath ripped off. Before I do that, though, I'll most likely be getting my bromance on with John Teti as we march through Army of Two: The 40th Day, if our early copies get here in time. [Fist bump/air guitar/butt slap!]
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Scott Jones: Bayonetta and I will be spending the weekend together at a Tahoe resort, where we will enjoy shrimp cocktails and sparkling wine and I will attempt to unlock all of her Platinum medals. Wish me luck. She's a lot of woman to handle.
I'm also playing Dragon Age: Origins on my shiny new gigantic iMac. There's a lot of talking. And there's a steady stream of junk that constantly needs to be sifted through. Mostly this game just makes me want to cut my ear off and send it to Bayonetta.
I also have The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks on pause on my DS. The DS has been blinking at me each day -- greeeeeen ... darrrrkkkkk ... greeeeeennnn ... daaarrkkkkkkkk. But yesterday it turned to yellow, which concerns me. If it gets to red, that means Spirit Tracks probably won't get finished. Ever.
Then the pile of unfinished Zelda games in my life will increase by one. (Last Zelda I finished: Wind Waker.) (And that was like having a part-time job.) (P.S. Tingle: I miss you. You still make me feel funny inside.)
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Troy Goodfellow: I've been holding off on finishing Dragon Age: Origins because there was new DLC coming. I should probably see how this story ends.
I'm also still exploring all the changes in the Heir to the Throne expansion for Europa Universalis 3. Tom's stories about playing Venice and assertions that I am underestimating some of the new concepts will make me go back later today to prove him wrong and demonstrate which of us is the better Doge.
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James Fudge: When I get back from New York I'm going to be playing Borderlands and Batman: Arkham Asylum. I convinced my nephew to buy it when he was around for the holidays and we had a blast playing it split-screen, but I really want to see how the game flows with two or three more players in the mix. I'll have to bug Gus and w1ndst0rm I guess.
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William Abner: Borderlands for me as well. My old college buddy spent the week after Christmas at the house and he got hooked on it. We?ve been playing co-op the past three nights. I don?t see that changing soon. It's a crazy addictive game.
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Jason McMaster: I've started playing Team Fortress 2 again and am still knee-deep in League of Legends. Thanks to the Steam Holiday Sale, I managed to get about a million games I've been wanting to try, so I might delve into those. Now to choose between Heroes of Might and Magic V, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky or Section 8. What do you guys think?
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Kyle Orland: Ditto to Marc's comment. It's like a sea of people out here in Vegas. Maybe I'll catch some time with Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story or the new Zelda on the plane ride home this weekend.
What's on your own playlist this weekend? Inquiring Game Trusters want to know. Leave a comment below.