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Monday, December 10, 2007
Meanwhile, Down at the Post Office...
Now I accept that in the two weeks before Christmas this may not be unusual, but it happens virtually every time I want to use the facilities of a post office. I venture to suggest that somewhere along the line the Post Office management is getting something wrong.
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- Man in a Shed said...
Its similar in Woking. Our crown post office is to be closed are relocated to the basement of WH Smiths - but there is always a queue there when I go in. How can it not be making money ? ( Or perhaps its the property value the Royal Mail wants - so as to subsidise other services in Labour heartlands ).
Can you imagine it a town the size of Woking not being able to justify its own post office !
PS Iain your ducking David Cameron's anti-English statements in Edinburgh. Anything to be sacrificed for the Union ( by which he means England of course - as we are all lining up to give the Scots and Welsh more devolution and money ). - December 10, 2007 4:27 pm
If you are heading out towards Lewes, stop in at Five Ash Down and see how a village post office can be run effectively.
- December 10, 2007 4:39 pm
- Chris Paul said...
Post Office management under Crozier are *insert Guido-ism* They are running PO counters on hardly mitigated capitalist principles. Ditto the other two parts of the business.
This is largely because of competition rulings in Europe which Tories and Lib Dems (!) voted through and Labour opposed. An exemption for this industry would I think have been possible.
The GPO's golden goose of telecomms was of course privatised long before this.
I have been in Hansard on a PO saving campaign. The particular one mentioned closed because the sub postmaster wanted to give up.
The next nearest one was the only one of about 25 in our city that we managed to save. It is still thriving.
A Lib Dem cllr who did nothing except run whingeing Focus reports has not honoured his promise to buy us all a beer if it survived.
Perhaps if the Tories made a firm funding commitment to counters with a detailed rationale we could get into a better dialogue with the LP centre and they could give the Crozier management different ground rules?
But I think it is fair to say that would likely be the same story or worse under Conservatives. And even the Lib Dems have policy to privatise the lot. - December 10, 2007 4:41 pm
- Tory Radio said...
Reasons it doesn't make money:-
1) The amount of money made on each transaction is tiny
2) Government in its wisdom pushed peopel into having money paid into bank accounts and not through post office counters which hit the network
3) Postage costs relative to Europe are quite low and in past years the organisation (Royal Mail) made a loss on each letter posted
4) When I worked for them there was a network of 19,000 post office branches - name me another retailer which has such an extensive network - NONE.
5) People say they want their local post office - but then they hardly use it - it has always been a case if use it or lose it.
So those who visit a couple of times a year and then moan when it closes really can't complain. Do you bank with the Post Office etc etc...
Management should face some of the blame - as the products and services that are offered have never been the most innovative, but at the same time, when Royal Mail (as opposed to Post office) was extremely profitable governments of all colours took out huge dividends which let to a huge lack of investment.
We are now seeing the result of this I'm afraid. - December 10, 2007 4:44 pm
I think the fact is that although their service is still massively in demand, it brings them very little revenue (c.f. the jazzy new advertising screens in major POs - the attempts of cashiers to sell you travel insurance or credit cards...)
How to solve that one? Pay-per-use? Commission on stamps sold?? Someone who knows more about it than me may have some clues... - December 10, 2007 4:49 pm
- Patriccus said...
Yes, and this is not the first time the POs in Kent have been downsized over the Christmas break.
But tell me Iain, why the interest in the Kentish postal service - anything to do with the fact that the main county sorting is in Maidstone perchance?
;-) - December 10, 2007 5:08 pm
Nothing worse than being stuck in a Post Office queue behind someone with parcels and foreign letters...
- December 10, 2007 5:10 pm
- Travis Bickle said...
Tell them you're a member of WestLife and you'll get served straight away.
- December 10, 2007 5:15 pm
Post Office/Royal Mail management? What Post Office/Royal Mail management? Uncoordinated party in brewery springs to mind. Anyway, not much family silver left to sell.
- December 10, 2007 5:22 pm
Hmmm, near-monopoly publicly owned company is unresponsive to its customers and doesn't understand commercial logic. Somebody call the Guinness Book of Records.
Clumsy irony aside, I dealt with the Post Office a lot in my former job. Almost everybody in government knows it should be privatised, and lose its commitment to uniform nationwide pricing (this is a prime example of Britain gold-plating an EU Directive), but NuLab obviously can't admit that. So it's lumbered along from crisis to crisis for a decade. Like so many of our other public services, really ... - December 10, 2007 5:24 pm
- Johnny Norfolk said...
Have you seen the cheap and nasty tv ads by the post office. Thy call it 'the peoples post office' whilst they set about closing them all over the country. just like Labour say one thing do another.
When they start closing them in Norfolk it will hit the old folk very hard.
Imagine what the BBC would say about it if the Tories were in power.
Labour should be ashamed with themselves making the most vulnerabe in society suffer - December 10, 2007 5:30 pm
If its economical for you to drive to 3 post offices to try find one that's quiet, it sounds to me that you've got two too many post offices near you.
Clearly what your area needs is one big post office with sufficient staff. Lower costs (only the overheads of one post office to deal with instead of three) and better service because you have sufficient staff and resources to offer more complex services.
Basing an argument for Royal Mail's efficiency on how busy post offices are in the fortnight before Xmas is as sensible as claiming that Santa needs more elves for all 364 days of the year because you walked in on Xmas Eve and everyone was rushed off their feet. Nonsense based on a partial view. - December 10, 2007 5:36 pm
You have to be competitive under the terms of the Thatcherite settlement.
- December 10, 2007 5:38 pm
Sadly, it was the Tories who, in their privatising frenzy, sold off the Girobank to Alliance & Leicester in 1990 for £100m or so. It was a brilliant initiative [sadly, by the Wilson government], years ahead of its time, and was just turning profitable. With the recent withdrawal of the clearing banks from villages and towns, Girobank would have gone from strength to strength; providing banking services for individuals and small companies. It would also have helped to make the post office network viable. A truly innovative Tory party would start working on recreating Girobank for the 21st century. It wouldn't be unduly expensive, and the individual skills are there. It would, above all, be popular. Time, surely, for the big idea.
I'm not an exemployee, by the way, just a member of the public who was profoundly depressed when such an obviously good business was 'given away' on wrong-headed political principles. - December 10, 2007 5:39 pm
Man in a Shed said...
"Can you imagine it a town the size of Woking not being able to justify its own post office !"
I know of at least four sub-post-offices in Woking. - December 10, 2007 5:40 pm
I hold the Post Office in the same contempt it appears to hold all it's customers.
In my five years in England (having been to about 20-30) post offices in that time - I have never seen a short queue.
I have never met either a pleasant member of staff or a competent one.
If possible - the delivery service should stay publicly owned but the counter services and offices should be sold off. - December 10, 2007 5:53 pm
Most villages now can hardly support a shop of any description, let alone an organisation plagued by lousy management, bolshie unions, commercial restraints, political interference, too many branches, and a rapidly changing market.
- December 10, 2007 6:29 pm
- Man in a Shed said...
Anon 10 Dec - yep there are - but they won't all survive. The question is why the central crown post office isn't viable in its current location.
The parliamentary candidates for both Labour and Lib Dems have been out campaigning on this issue.
I've emailed the post office who confirm that the closure of the main post office is being considered along with relocation to the basement of WH Smiths. But why ?
I see Tory Radio's point - but then surely the answer is to charge more for the services. If a post office isn't viable in the centre of Woking when its filled with customers are post offices viable anywhere ?
PS Have added a picture of the (crowded - and its like this most lunch times) interior of Woking crown PO to my blog - I had a post in prep on this issue as its likely to appear in local campaigning - but I'll out it up now to make the point. - December 10, 2007 6:37 pm
I am lucky - I discovered a Post Office near me in west London which largely serves a Muslim clientele. So no queues at Christmas! I went in last week to post my boxes to the troops - thank for putting me on to that, Iain - and was in and out in five minutes. Of course this probably means the PO is going to close this branch down ...
- December 10, 2007 7:13 pm
a Post Office at a convenient location and a universal cost of postage supplied by a well paid, contented staff is far too close to a socialist ideal for anyone in the Tory, Labour or Lib Dems to contemplate. Privatise the lot, sit back and moan when the shit hits the fan. After all thats the way it has been since the days Maggie
- December 10, 2007 7:55 pm
Silly Iain. You're supposed to post your parcels and letters online. Tsk!
- December 10, 2007 8:04 pm
If you want to see a real queue, go to the central post office in Belfast. The queues there are always 3 deep, even bigger on pension or family allowance day.
It's dreadful! - December 10, 2007 10:09 pm
Iain sounds to me what is happening is that Post Office Ltd is doing what A Darling instructed them to do.
Back in June he made an announcment that 2500 post offices were to close. If you save one, you have to close another one to keep the numbers up.
This process now is about access not business. Profitable post offices in the wrong place may be closed. Loss making ones in the right place will survive. In a few years time when the loses mount they too will have to close.
The gvt have been complicit in taking away services like benefits, road tax, passports, tv license, etc so reducing foot fall, and in turn using the reduced footfall as a reason to close them down.
By the time this will finish Labour will have closed 1/3 of the post office network it inherrited in 97. Shameful. - December 10, 2007 10:37 pm
Ditto (again!) in Uxbridge. I went in for travel insurance, waited 40 mins! They are going to move it to top floor of WH Smiths with less counters - incredible!
- December 10, 2007 10:53 pm
Yup, they've moved the Ilford Town Centre PO to WHSmiths.
I do not begin to understand why I can't get my TV licence there but can get broadband????
Word verification is apt - ikdysocy! - December 10, 2007 11:02 pm
The post office is like all nationalized industries. Which is a highly expensive inefficient way of keeping people out of productive private sector employment or on social security for life.
I cant think of one thing post office counters do that could not have been done years ago by automation of some kind or another.
(Remember by far and away the biggest cost of running a post office counter system is the wages bill. A cost or employment which this government has increased at an alarming rate.)
The post office in general loses money because it has long since been run for reasons other then profit.
It is not the duty of this country to offer a job to the WORLD or even the people born here. Just to provide plenty of votes for our current NWO FASCIST government.
Cameron has a choice when he gets in. Sack 3 million useless mainly imported public 'service' workers at least so risking violence in the streets an a sharp national depression. Even worse then the one we are going to have anyway. Or sign us up to EU NWO socialist Fascism for eternity.
There is a pattern emerging in this so called democracy. Which should radically depress any intelligent freedom loving person who has been paying attention.
Put simply; we have all been here before, and it was not at all nice last time.
There is a world of difference between free market liberal conservative democratic capitalism and Corporate Fascist social democratic capitalism.
The first creates an opportunity to prosper, protects liberty and builds prisons only to put serious criminals in.
The second creates dependent slaves and serious elected criminals, deliberately destroys liberty and builds prisons only to put people like me in.
We all know which type of capitalists Gordon Brown and New Labour are. Thats completely self apparent after 10 years.
My worry is I am not sure anymore which type Cameron is.
What is also my concern is that if he is thankfully the first type of capitalist.
Will the BIG MONEY people that control just about everything in this world, allow him to be successful, and if so at what cost?
Your insight Iain into some kind of answer to these VITAL questions, would be much appreciated. - December 10, 2007 11:09 pm
- Roger Evans said...
The Post Office in Romford always has a queue - right out of the door and along the pavement...
- December 10, 2007 11:31 pm
What you fail to understand Ian is that with a lot of services adding additional staff, to shorten queues, is regarded as a cost burden to the business. It doesn't matter if it costs you to stand in the queue as long as it does not cost the business. So they will not add extra staff in a bank at lunch time, nor will the Post Office open extra branches.
- December 11, 2007 12:36 am
I'll be very sorry to see my Kentish sub-Post Office close. Being just across the road from my flat it's so convenient.
It's also convenient because I seem to be its solitary customer so I never have to queue. - December 11, 2007 1:34 am
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I think you've hit on something! Let's make everyone renew their road tax at a post office (instead of making a phone call). Insist that they have to make three separate visits: once with the insurance certificate, once with the MoT certificate, and once with the cheque. Result: Higher footfalls! Post offices rescued! Problem solved!
Or am I missing something? - December 11, 2007 9:00 am
You should use one of the Post Offices on the parliamentary estate - there's never a long wait at them.
- December 11, 2007 11:17 am
All you country folk could come into London to use our Post Offices. We have way more than we need. Within a 10minute walk of my house are 3 sub post offices and 1 main post office. If I extend my walk to 15 minutes I can find another 3 sub post offices. 20 minutes for another 2 main post offices and several more sub post offices - in one case there are two in the same street virtually within sight of each other. Its plain to me that country post offices are being closed in order to finance the over-requirement of post offices in London.
- December 11, 2007 12:35 pm
- Newmania said...
vqThe PO loses about £250 million a year .For the most part this is due to the natural decline in need , internet, paying welfare directly to banks and so on. The Liberal and Labour Party have moreover supported the Unions in their efforts to stop any of the changes that might have been made. In this case innovative management would have been required and that was hardly likely in the public sector .Nokia supplied the red army with boots for about fity years and then in five .... that's was real world competition does for you
I am highly dubious that, as Chris Paul suggest that there could have an exemption for communications were on thev EU shopping list right from the start in accordance with the 'function' plan to extend EU influence. With Brown quietly selling the county it is a bit rich anyway. The Conservative Party are quite clearly the Party who have realised the need for independence form the EU in some form.
There are some difficult problems involved but partly it is simple. The labour Party sprays endless wasted money at its heartlands but the English Countryside = has been under vengeful attack for ten years, they will not lift a finger because it is not their country. Had it been a problem affecting their corrupt heart , like the NE , then £30 billion would not have been too much
Atlas not everyone has a comouetr or even a car.Sub Post offices going will kill many villages and precious communties . Can you imagine how little Labour care about that. - December 11, 2007 2:30 pm
- Roger Thornhill said...
Iain, they are clearing the way for Deutsche Post to take over.
Self-interested or self-loathers. Some are both.
p.s. Johnny Norfolk - I noticed the "peoples post office" ads. I suppose calling them "peoples" is to soften the population up for the inevitable state of anything so prefixed...
p.p.s. if it were down to chris paul, we would still be on dialup at home but the PO would have a state monopoly on internet cafes. - December 11, 2007 7:11 pm
I think the biggest problem is too many people coming in for unnecessary things. Most postage can be bought online/in advance/from other places.
--http://miracleUK.info/ - December 11, 2007 8:34 pm
Osama the Nazrene said "...It doesn't matter if it costs you to stand in the queue as long as it does not cost the business. So they will not add extra staff in a bank at lunch time..." - Surely it isn't extra staff that is required; simply not sending all of your staff for their lunch-break at exactly the same time as the rest of the nation has their lunchtime would do. Admittedly the rest of the nation could stagger their lunch breaks too.
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Post #1 Phobos Jul 2 2010, 3:20 am
Delicious pharmaceuticals!
Usually romanized or referred to as "Unthinkable Natural Law", this Touhou title is actually a fighting game, unlike most of its predecessors.
Hisoutensoku differs from the other games in the Touhou Project series in that instead of being a Shoot-em-up, it is a fighting game with a heavy slant toward projectiles. It features a variety of 20 different Touhou Project characters. It also features a weather system that can affect the tides of battle, a 20 card deck system, and flight, which is vital to approaching enemies and dodging enemy attacks. There are three basic attack buttons which when combined with a sequence of direction keys (like in most fighting games) will trigger different kinds of attacks of magic or physical nature. magic attacks are powerful, but limited by "spirit orbs" which are recovered over a period of time of not using "spirit" attacks. Most, if not all spirit attacks can be dodged by using moves that "graze", such as dashing at any direction or flying. Blocking spirit attacks damages your own spirit orbs, limiting your own spirit abilities and sometimes even breaking your guard. Physical attacks tend to be faster, but you need to be up close. Some characters are however very dependent on physical abilities, and can be a real threat even to those based on spirit attacks. The characters tend to rely on different types of gameplay, ranging from characters that blast foes with powerful magic, to fast moving and physically powerful characters, even to characters that just mindfuck you with abilities that disable your own powers or simply make playing confusing As you damage your opponent, you may "draw" up to 5 cards from a pre-selected 20-card deck you may customize anytime by accessing the game's menu when not playing. Drawing cards is pretty much like filling a "special" bar in other fighting games. When you fill the slot for a card, the card is now available for use. Using a card puts its effect in play and consumes it, with no way of getting it back. There are 3 types of spell cards: Skill Cards, which power up your current spirit abilities or change them into an alternate version. Spell Cards, which unleash powerful attacks or supportive abilities. These cards usually consume cards other than themselves. In this sense, the most powerful Spell Cards consume up to 5 cards. System Cards, which power up passive abilities such as offense, defense, speed, or have various effects such as changing the current weather, send your opponent flying to the other side of the screen, cut through "delay" animations, etc. The spell card system makes the game VERY customizable, as you may play many different versions of the same character, specially thanks to Skill Cards. Getting familiar to the game does not take very long, and it can be a fun experience to experimentation with combos of physical/spirit/spell attacks can be really fun and competitive, just like any fighting game. Like most fighting games, it features multiplayer options,and Netplay for this game is built in, so you can play with other people you know.. That is the whole point of the thread, to get people into this game and have some fun smashing keys to fight each other online. The game itself is an expansion to a previous fighting game known as Scarlet Weather Rhapsody. You need to have both games in order to play the game properly. All you need to do to play properly is open "configex123.ini" in your Hisoutensoku folder, and direct the following line to your SWR folder: "[th105path] path=x:\path\to\SWR\folder" Once you get the game, you need to install the 1.10 patch [download] and the translation patch [download]. You may also download the character and spell cards unlock since they actually take pretty long to unlock and, honestly, the point of this game is netplay, not single player mode. Here is the link for said unlock [download] If you need ANY kind of help, ranging from where to obtain this game to how to set it up, you may PM me and I will most gladly assist you. |
Post #5 rockz Jul 2 2010, 6:35 am
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Neutral. I have to give him props for both making a game in this day and age with street fighter graphics (and looks like gameplay too), but also have to disapprove for the same reasons. It's 2010 (2007) and everyone has a 3d card. He certainly has reinvented the fighting genre with the flying and ranged attacks, and it looks like it should be successful, but again, he came too late. Therefore, zun is crazy. (on top of that, his "team" consists of just him).
I don't like the music very much either in the video, but you're saying that's not the game music? That leads me to believe there is no music. Windom seems like it has a similar theme of flying/ranged attack fighting, but is completely 3d (looks terrible, but still, 3d). Unfortunately, it's not a classic fighting game, so we can't really compare them properly, and obviously have completely different playstyles. This is a great wallpaper to use if you want to go into an epileptic fit every time you sit down in front of your laptop, which I guess is a better option than watching Naruto.
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Post #10 MadZombie! Jul 2 2010, 10:01 pm
Dammit phobos. You didn't even look. You just guessed when you tried to play online with me. If you had looked around you would know Hamachi is un favored by other players and the built in net play is just fine. More importantly that you need to enter the IP address in x.x.x.x:port format to use the clipboard tool.
I'd like to think thats what was keeping us from playing at least. ;D |
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Post #14 HCMAristocrat Jul 22 2010, 2:01 pm
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Finally started playing two days ago and I have the sneaking suspicion that characters' power levels correspond to their canon strengths, meaning everyone > Cirno and Yuyuko > Youmu, etc. But that aside, this is going to take a while to get used to since I haven't really played a fighting game before . I wasn't born in the arcade age anyways ><.
I decided to pick Utsuho as a starter character given the massive damage output; I haven't yet gotten used to defending/grazing on demand to avoid attacks so I reasoned that if I deal enough damage fast enough I won't die from the enemy's attacks. This certainly works on AIs: I can go 2-0 against them in Lunatic without losing much health. But this strategy doesn't work against real players who actually know how to dodge/graze/dash. Practicing against #hisouten people doesn't help: they curbstomp me with full HP and I can't really do anything. Lunatic AI disappoints too. Guess I'll have to make do with trial-and-error. |
Post #15 Phobos Jul 22 2010, 3:35 pm
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Youmu is better than Yuyuko. Her corner pressure is unrivaled in this game... Although, it takes a good deal of skill to learn how to put pressure on the enemy. Do not play against people in Hisouten unless you are really willing to lose over 9000 times against them. Instead, play against me and MZ, the people who are the closest to your skill level.
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Volunteers are asked to commit for a minimum of four months. In particularly specialized areas volunteers may work for a shorter period.
Medical students from Ireland and the U.K. attend each year at the clinic. Their placements range from four to eight weeks. Applications for elective placements can be made to the Trust. Accommodation is provided in the volunteer centre in the village.
The Trust works in conjunction with the National G.P. training scheme in Ireland.
Doctors in their final year of G.P. training may volunteer to spend part of their year in the clinic at Cape Maclear. Placement is for fourteen weeks. Many have availed of this opportunity to work with African patients in their own environment.
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In theory, both groups do the same thing — produce and drive industry leading Toyota Camrys.
But the scope is drastically different, and that's what captured the imagination of drivers, owners and other members of Toyota's NASCAR teams on Wednesday when they got a unique look at the production at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky.
Chance Sheldon is a 13-year-old 8th grader at LaRue County Middle School. He enjoys sports and video games and all the other things a 13 year-old boy would. Sheldon prefers Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Matt Kenseth, Xbox to Playstation and Battlefield 3 to Call of Duty. The difference between Sheldon and most 13 year-olds is he also enjoys drag racing, at 56 mph, in junior rail cars, against guys with actual drivers licenses.
Former LaRue County resident Bryan Barber of Greensburg won his second Clayton Homes Modified feature of the season July 20 at Ponderosa Speedway in Junction City.
The Kentucky Motorsports Hall of Fame's induction ceremony will take place Aug. 11 at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green.
The ceremony, the hall's fifth annual such event, will begin at 3 p.m. eastern time.
Members of the 2012 class are:
• Allan and Donald Barker of Louisville, Sports Car Club of America road racing champions.
• Collings Downes Sr. and Jr. of Louisville, APBA and NHRA champions.
• Butch Krieger of Louisville, drag racing and tractor pull announcer.
The 8th Annual Kentucky State Park Race Series, including a 5K family fun walk, will start April 14 with the Goose Creek 5K at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park in Louisville. Runners of all ages can take part in all five races to capture the overall championship based on a point system. Additional dates and races are: May 12 – Spring Hoot 5K at Barren River State Resort Park near Glasgow; June 9 – Possum Ridge 5K at Taylorsville Lake State Park at Taylorsville;
Several drivers were honored at Saturday's awards celebration at Bluegrass Speedway. The top 10 in each division received plaques. Track promoters David and Anita Ferrell received the STARS Midwest Dirt Racing League Promoter of the Year Award. The Ferrells announced they will not return as promoters next season. They've spent 12 seasons at the track.
Final Top 10 Track Points 44 Auto Mart Super Late Models 1. Tim Rivers (Salem, Ind.)- 177 2. Lee Devasier (Crestwood)- 154 3. Jeff Watson (Campbellsville)- 152
SUMMARY-Bluegrass Speedway Bardstown Sept. 24
44 Auto Mart Super Late Models (19 entries) Top Qualifier- Aaron Hatton 14.822 Dash- Tim Prince, Jeff Watson, Dustin Neat, Aaron Hatton, Lee Devasier, Tim Rivers 1st Heat- Jason Hinkle, Steve Barnett, Tommy Carlton, Jim Price 2nd Heat- Bill Blair, Jr., Marty O'Neal, David Webb, Jeff Rawlings
SUMMARY - Bluegrass Speedway, Bardstown Sept. 17 American Modified Series (24 entries) Williams Precision Engine Top Qualifier- Ricky Arms 16.130 Hypercoils Spring Heat #1- Jimmy Payne, Ricky Arms, Robbie Gullion, J.T. Ayers, Dion Benningfield, Matthew Colston Wiles Driveshafts Heat #2- Joey Kramer, Kelly Warren, Elliott Despain, Billy Meredith, Brian Foster (DQ- Josh Lucas) VP Racing Fuels Heat #3- Bryan Barber, Trent Young, Michael England, Earl Plessinger, Rob Penny, Gary Parks
44 Auto Mart Super Late Models 1. Tim Rivers (Salem, Ind.)- 96 2. Lee Devasier (Crestwood)- 76 3. Mike Jewell (Scottsburg, Ind.)- 68 4. Jeff Watson (Campbellsville)- 66 5. Tim Tungate (Campbellsville)- 65 6. Joey Daniel (Liberty)- 64 7. Steve Barnett (Franklin, Ind.)- 61 8. Jarryd Holshouser (Boaz)- 52 9. Rohn Moon (Greenwood, Ind.)- 39 10. Larry Greer (Bowling Green)- 35
Country 100.9 MIKE FM UMP Modifieds 1. Benji Lee (Loretto)- 107 2. Michael England (Glasgow)- 101
Bluegrass Speedway Top Ten Track Points after May 28, 2011
44 Auto Mart Super Late Models 1. Mike Jewell (Scottsburg, Ind.)- 43 2. Tim Rivers (Salem, Ind.)- 29 3. Joey Daniel (Liberty, Ky.)- 28 4. Lee Devasier (Crestwood, Ky.)- 27 5. Dustin Neat (Dunnville, Ky.)- 26 6. Darrell Lanigan (Union, Ky.)- 25 7. Steve Barnett (Franklin, Ind.)- 25 8. Rohn Moon (Greenwood, Ind.)- 24 9. Scott James (Lawrenceburg, Ind.)- 22 10. Josh Richards (Shinnston, W. Va.)- 20
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Paying your bills late can have drastic consequences on your credit score and finances. When you're juggling your money to make payments for rent, credit card accounts, and car payments, you might run into tight situations. If you are short of cash and thinking of a payday loan to help you, read this article for some great advice.
If you have taken a payday loan, be sure to get it paid off on or before the due date instead of rolling it over into a new one. Extensions will only add on more interest and it will be more difficult to pay them back.
Any company that is going to loan money to you should be researched. Don't pick a company just because they look good in commercials. Make sure you spend enough time researching the companies, especially check their rating with the BBB and read any online reviews about them. If you choose a reliable company, your experience will go much more smoothly.
Never accept a loan from a payday loan company without doing your homework about the lender first. Even though you can easily locate them, it is in your best interest to try to find those with the lowest rates. Investing only a little bit of time can help you save quite a bit of money.
The Better Business Bureau website is a great source of information on payday loan companies. Many shady companies are just waiting to fleece unsuspecting people who are in dire need of assistance. You should make sure you know if the companies you are considering are sketchy or honest.
Many payday loan companies require a checking account. The lender will likely ask you to authorize a one-time direct transfer from your bank account to pay off your loan. The loan will be automatically deducted from your account on the day the loan comes due.
You should only do business with a payday loan company if they can provide you with instant approval. If they claim it is impossible to determine your eligibility immediately, they have an outdated operation that you should likely avoid anyhow.
Do not be alarmed if a payday loan company asks for your bank account information. Often, consumers do not want to share this type of information and may not apply for the loans they need. Remember, you need to have the means to pay back the lender, that is the entire point of the loan.
You might need to have a solid work history if you are going to get a payday loan. Lenders often want you to have worked for three months or more with a steady income before giving you any money. You might need to provide verification of your pay to the loan company.
Of course, there are hoops to jump through to get a payday loan, but don't let this make you feel like a number or a cog in a wheel. Never hesitate to negotiate with a supervisor for better terms. Most businesses are happy to give up some profit margin if it means getting more profit.
If you're in a tough financial situation, it can be hard to think clearly. Hopefully, you've just had some of your questions answered and know now whether a payday loan will help. Solving an emergency cash crisis requires doing your research and carefully considering your options.


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My favorite is Infernape, and as coincidence it is also the best on stats and movepool from the three.
Choose your FAVORITE fire/fighting starter and post why.
My favorite is Infernape, and as coincidence it is also the best on stats and movepool from the three.
Choose your FAVORITE fire/fighting starter and post why.
Blazekin. He is much cooler than the other two, and he's the original fire/fight. I hate infernape in general... just overall a bad pokemon. And Emboar cannot match Blazekin. Not even close. So, uhhh, yeah. The coolest, strongest, and best. Blazekinnnnn!
Blaziken. Infernape is a tad over designed, Emboar fails to be like them in terms of speed and it would help if the defense would be higher, it makes no sense. Blaziken is fine overall.
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Blaz was my first and most epic starter. That thing was a monster ! Need i say more ?
speed boost blaziken. nuff said.
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For the record, Infernape's stats are all lower than Blaziken's besides defenses (which are made obsolete because of Blaziken's higher HP) and speed (which is fixed by Speed Boost). Statistically, the only thing Infernape has over Blaziken is more speed for the first turn it's out.
That said, I strongly prefer Blaziken. The combination of Swords Dance and Speed Boost lets it mutilate reams in a way that neither of the others are capable of. Not that I don't like the other two, but Blaziken is just so insanely awesome.
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Blaziken all the way, I prefer Blaziken because he was my first starter and I have the most nostalgia when I use him!
blaziken because i love his moves i love his name and i like how a little bird turns into a giant human like pokemon.
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Blaziken is my favorite. Emboar is stupid IMO and I hate it so much. Infernape is okie, but not my fav...
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Blaziken. I always seem to have bad luck using Infernape in-game, and while Emboar is powerful, it's a little too slow for my liking, and its design doesn't appeal to me. Plus, Blaziken evolves from my favorite Fire starter.
Fire type is my favorite, but those 3 aren't my favorite fire pokemon. In those 3,I like more Infernape because its looks good and its strong, but I admit Blaziken is stronger, and I don't like the design much.
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I feel like a hippster voting for emboar but I love pigs and bulky-looking mons.
Though even if emboar wasn't one of my favorite mons he'd still be my favorite fire/fighting. Blazekin has awkward crotch fur and kinda gives me the creeps and infernape doesn't thrill or disgust me... he's just kinda there.
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Blaziken is the best on the list. Emboar is the worst starter ever. It has the ugliest design, and the fact that it's the THIRD fire/fighting starter in a row doesn't make it more bearable.
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Like Lucario95 said, I love Fire-types, but not these guys. I picked Blaziken since I have vaguely fond memories of using it in 3rd Gen. The other two just don't appeal to me and 5th Gen was the first time I didn't choose the Fire starter on my first play-through.
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According to the report, Utah's unemployment rate dropped from 6.9 percent to 6.0 percent during May. Herbert said the data confirm the success of Utah's economic policies.
In a prepared statement the Governor, "A low tax burden, steady regulation, and an educated workforce are consistently proven as the best components for economic growth. And these latest numbers prove that Utah is steadily growing out of the recession."
The governor also said that Utah maintained a growth rate 1.5 times the national average, at 2.4 percent.
"Utah is the best place for business — period," Herbert said. "However, our unemployment rate is still too high for comfort. These numbers and accolades are wonderful for our great state. But I won't rest until every Utahn who wants a job, has a job."


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What they don't tell you about Cattails…
To most people, an abundance of cattails indicates a healthy wetland area. As an ecologist and landscape architect, I'd like to set the record straight.
First, are cattails native?
Yes and no. The Broad Leaf Cattail is native but the Narrow Leaf and Hybrid Cattails are not. Since cattails freely hybridize and reproduce explosively, we can no longer tell what a true Broad Leaf Cattail looks like. Besides, even the Broad Leaf Cattail will dominate an area if it is left unmanaged.
With that out of the way, let me explain why cattails are called an invasive species. Cattails are the "bully on the playground": they beat out other desirable species. I have never seen a wetland maintain diversity with a cattail component, no matter how large or small that component may be. When cattails are left unchecked in a wetland they ultimately dominate the site and crowd everything else out (with the exception of Common Reed or Reed Canary Grass, two additional extremely invasive species commonly found in degraded wetlands). Cattails thrive in disturbed areas such as a new pond in a subdivision, a roadside ditch or a remnant wetland that is not stewarded. Because cattails are such an aggressive species they must be removed from the site and managed in perpetuity. Cattails can be hand-pulled when they are small and exist in small quantities. If there are too many cattails to be hand pulled, however, they will have to be treated with an appropriate herbicide. When herbicides have to be utilized, they should be used by a licensed herbicide applicator with experience in ecology and plant identification in order to reduce the amount of site disturbance caused by the chemical application. As mentioned earlier, disturbed areas are easily taken over by weeds, including more cattails. Therefore we must take steps to fill any voids created in the plant community because of chemical treatments, otherwise Mother Nature will fill them herself. If there are desirable wetland species on-site, a stewardship crew must collect and plant the seed of desirable natives where the cattails have been killed. If you can't collect seed, then seed should be purchased from a reputable native seed nursery and planted within the disturbed areas. Prior to planting, it is ideal to conduct a prescribed fire after the cattails are dead to expose the soil and create suitable conditions for seeding.
Earlier I mentioned a "stewardship" crew. Stewardship is the term used for maintenance of a natural area. Would you install a landscape and not maintain it? Of course not. If you are going to restore a natural area, don't do so without a stewardship plan. Natural areas are low maintenance landscapes, not no maintenance landscapes. Stewardship is not so much about making native plants grow: it is more about making invasive species not grow. We work in stewardship under the tenet of Competitive Release. Take the Emerald Ash Borer for example. The borer is such a big problem because nothing eats it here, so nothing can control it. When it was introduced there was nothing to affect its growth, therefore it has a competitive advantage over native insects in expanding its territory. With effective stewardship, we kill the invasive plants so that the native plants have the competitive release on-site. With competitive release our native plants are given the opportunity to beat out the invasive species and destroy their ability to take hold. A stewardship process goes on forever but costs typically drop with time if done right.
Now that you know that cattails are invasive, take a look into an area invaded by cattails and notice the lack of plant and animal diversity. If cattails do not dominate the area currently, they will shortly. In the future if anyone tells you not to worry about cattails, you'll know better… you'll know that once the area has been cleared of cattails, it will be a beautiful, diverse and functional natural area.


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after becoming disabled 12 years ago I started sleeping using this wedge. it is so comfortable and the quality is excellent. in fact it has lasted all these years. I am going to buy another,though,just to have a spare. it's expensive compared to others on the market,but well worth it.
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I have to agree with most of the reviews about the pillow not being part of the set and lack of instructions. I got home and was sort of confused about how to use the wedge correctly, even after the demo. I figured I didn't need to pay too much attention to the sales guy since he made it look so simple. I was also very excited about the pillow and bummed when it wasn't in the bag. I did however, notice after my purchase that on the website it's clearly stated the pillow is sold seperatly. I will make due with what I have and enjoy being able to sleep without back pain.
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Daughter has POTS and has to sleep at a 45-degree angle. This wedge has definitely improved her quality of life. (Would have to agree, though, that the picture of the pillow is misleading! Maybe better to have a smaller "suggested use" picture inset?)
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The young man did a good job of flipping and truning the sleep wedge in the store, but no instructions when I opend the product at home! Store diplay misleading: it appears that the pillow is part of the unit...not so! ;-/
(Posted on 5/24/12)
The wedge serves the purpose, but the picture is misleading. A pillow does NOT come with this - it is sold separately. Big drag considering the drive back to RTB would be another hour for me and I am too uncomfortable to do it (broken ribs.)
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Event Calendar
January 2013
Build a Warre Hive of your own.
Warre Bee Hives are an inexpensive way to do your part to give honeybees a home, improve your habitat and produce your own honey. At each event, we have 4 openings for participants who want to build their own hive.
Complete 4 box Warre Bee Hive along with hands on assembly experience . . . $100.00
That cost includes lunch served the day we build. The API gardening team will provide lunch and drinks.
Please send your check, made out to Applewood Permaculture Institute, to the address indicated above. Your check must have cleared the bank before your spot is reserved. This is, of course, first come, first served.
Assembly will take place within an unheated garage with the door open. Please dress in multiple layers appropriate to the weather. The saying goes that there is no bad weather . . . only insufficient clothing. We will hold the event unless there is a blizzard or something. You will be helping others build their hives also. Think of it like the old barn raising events, but we\'re raising hives. You will work, hard, all day. You will go home tired, happy, carrying a new Warre and having made new friends. You will probably want to bring along your camera. This is no place for children, power tools will be in use all day long.
You must reserve a space by contacting Don Studinski, firstname.lastname@example.com or 303-248-6677. If there is overflow interest we will keep a list and give those first chance at any future hive builds
Cost: $70 for students, $80 for individuals, $90 for families
Course content recommended for children over 12.
Learn a new hobby this spring! The Northern Colorado Beekeepers Association offers a beekeeping course that will provide beginners with enough knowledge and assistance to assemble a bee hive, populate it with bees and safely manage the hive. Students also have the option to purchase bees and beekeeping equipment at reduced prices through the association.
For more information or to enroll: call Carolina Nyarady (970) 663-7305 or
The session on Saturday 1/19 will not be at the REA building. It is tentatively set for 'The Ranch' at the Larimer County Fairgrounds. please contact Caroline for more details or follow updates on the NCBA website: nocobees.org
This is class 1 and 2 which are held on Saturday morning. There is a final class held on Friday evening, February 8th from 6-9 pm.
All classes will be held at the Exhibition Hall at the La Plata County Fairgrounds.
Saturday, January 19th
- 10:00 a.m. – Bees, Bees, & More Bees!
Beth Conrey, President of Colorado State Beekeepers Association (CSBA), will focus on honey bees but will also include a selection of local bees of importance to the home gardener. You will learn the importance of pollinators in your garden, basic identification of bees, and pollinator friendly plants and home sites.


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The Fool On The Hill - October 30 / 31, 1967
Paul was in France filming "The Fool On The Hill" sequence that was used in their film "Magical Mystery Tour".
"I wandered off to France and did the "Fool On The Hill" part one morning with a couple of mates. It wasn't quite "union" - you were supposed to take millions of cameramen, but we didn't want to do that…"
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Motivated Belief: John Polkinghorne on the Resurrection, Part 3
The real problem of belief in miracle is properly a theological issue, not a scientific one, since claims of unique historical occurrences lie outside science's competence to adjudicate. All it can do is reinforce the commonsense recognition that something like a resurrection does not usually happen. The real challenge to belief in miracle lies elsewhere.
Series: Evolution Basics
Written by BioLogos Fellow of Biology Dennis Venema, this series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.
Does Resurrection Contradict Science?
So what then does Resurrection mean? For Benedict it represents a new dimension of reality breaking through into human experience. It is not a violation of the old; it is the manifestation of something new.
Series: Understanding Randomness
In this series, Kathryn Applegate addresses the concern that randomness implies the absence of God's activity and involvement in the natural world. She begins by clearing up some common misconceptions about the concept of "randomness", and later focuses on the mechanisms of the immune system to demonstrate that God works through random processes to preserve life. Far from being an indication of a "godless" universe, one might conclude that randomness is one of God's favorite mechanisms for creating and sustaining life!
Creator of the Stars at Night
The God who created the cosmos is the God who came to us as a child in Bethlehem.
Looking at the Collapsing Universe in the Bible
The language of a collapsing universe is related to the end of the old covenant and the coming of the new covenant as God's "new world order."
Surveying George Murphy's Theology of the Cross
If God himself is willing to die, particularly in such a gruesome way, then perhaps we should at least consider the possibility of God allowing the death of other creatures, too. But would this really be compatible with what we know of God through Scripture?
Series: "And God Saw That It Was Good": Death and Pain in the Created Order
The tension generated by our understanding of God's character, as revealed in the Bible, and by the reality of the natural world around us has been the focus of much debate within the Christian church since the first century. This series examines critically several of the proposed solutions to this problem, viewing them from the perspective of a geologist, paleontologist, and orthodox evangelical Christian.
Series: Behe, Lenski and the "Edge" of Evolution
In this series, we reexamine the claim made by Intelligent Design proponent Michael Behe to have found a limit to "Darwinian" evolution in light of recent results from the laboratory of Richard Lenski.
Jesus the Artist
Speaking in parables is indeed similar to an artist's craft. They create impressions, whole new worlds of meaning intended to turn old worlds on their heads.
"Come and See": A Christ-centered Invitation for Science
Classical Christian orthodoxy as expressed in the Creeds begins at the beginning: nature owes its existence to and is sustained by Jesus Christ. One implication is that the best way of finding out about nature is to look at nature.
The Randomness Project
It is not uncommon to hear voices proclaiming that biology and physics have shown us that—at fundamental levels—nature is random, hence meaningless, purposeless, and without a creator. But how might God work providentially through indeterminate processes? The John Templeton Foundation has provided a generous grant of $1.69 million to support a new research initiative on the theme of Randomness and Divine providence.
Death and Rebirth: The Role of Extinction in Evolution
When they imagine evolution, many Christians picture novelty: new species arising over time, or speciation events. But as the most recent Southern Baptist Voices exchange makes clear, many Christians also focus on the role of death in evolution—something that can be a stumbling block.
Series: Southern Baptist Voices: Evolution and Death
This exchange brings together related essays on death in light of evolution and Scripture from Southern Baptist theologian Dr. John Laing. Laing argues that evolutionary theory requires death to play a central role in the creation of new life, but sees Scripture depicting death only "as an invader, disturber of peace, and a force of evil." A BioLogos response is given by Dr. Jeff Schloss.
David Lack: Evolutionary Biologist and Devout Christian
Charles Darwin's personal struggles and ultimate rejection of Christianity are well documented, and people are eager to link his loss of faith to his evolutionary theory. David Lack, on the other hand, began his scientific career as an agnostic, but shortly after publishing his famous book on the evolution of "Darwin's finches", he converted to Christianity.
Becoming Human: New Insights from Genome-wide Functional Genomics
We live in exciting times for a geneticist: more and more genomes are being sequenced, and more and more novel genome-wide analyses are being performed to shed light on what all those newly-determined sequences mean.
Randomness and Evolution: Is There Room for God? (Videocast)
This BioLogos videocast addresses the idea of randomness as a part of natural selection, and whether it challenges the possibility of God using the evolutionary process as a means of creation.
Series: Randomness and God's Governance
In this three-part series from Pruim's chapter in the book Delight in Creation: Scientists Share Their Work with the Church, mathematician Randall Pruim explains what scientists and mathematicians mean when they speak of something being "random". He also addresses God's use of apparent randomness in creation as a part of his sovereign rule.
Chance Creation
It should not be surprising that John Cage asked the stuff he used to make paintings to take part in the process—to contribute its own identity to the intentional, purposeful, and determined work of creating "based on chance."
A BioLogos Response to William Dembski, Part 2
I now respond directly to Dembski's analysis of "Darwinism" and how BioLogos differs from the view he critiques.
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- To estimate the toxicity of bortezomib in combination with intensive reinduction chemotherapy in young patients with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphoblastic lymphoma.
- To estimate the second complete remission rate at the end of block 1 reinduction chemotherapy and the 4-month event-free survival of these patients.
- To assess minimal residual disease in bone marrow following completion of each block of reinduction chemotherapy.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
- Reinduction block 1: Patients receive cytarabine intrathecally (IT) on day 1; vincristine sulfate IV on days 1, 8, 15, and 22; doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 15 minutes on day 1; oral prednisone twice daily on days 1-29; bortezomib IV on days 1, 4, 8, and 11; and pegaspargase intramuscularly (IM) on days 2, 8, 15, and 22. Patients with CNS-negative disease (CNS1 or CNS2) also receive methotrexate IT on days 15 and 29; patients with CNS-positive disease (CNS3) receive triple intrathecal therapy (TIT) comprising methotrexate, hydrocortisone, and cytarabine IT on days 8, 15, 22, and 29. After completion of reinduction block 1, patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and M2 or M3 bone marrow proceed directly to reinduction block 2. Patients with ALL and M1 bone marrow or lymphoblastic lymphoma proceed to reinduction block 2 after blood counts recover. Patients with persistent CSF blasts after 6 doses of TIT or patients with progressive lymphoblastic lymphoma are removed from the study.
- Reinduction block 2: Patients receive etoposide phosphate IV over 1-2 hours on days 1-5; cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days 1-5; bortezomib IV on days 1, 4, and 8; filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) or IV daily beginning on day 6 and continuing until blood counts recover*; high-dose methotrexate IV on day 22; and leucovorin calcium orally or IV every 6 hours on days 23 and 24. Patients with CNS-negative disease also receive methotrexate IT on days 1 and 22; patients with CNS-positive disease receive TIT on days 1 and 22. After completion of reinduction block 2, patients proceed to reinduction block 3 immediately or when blood counts recover. Patients with disease progression are removed from the study.
NOTE: *Patients do not receive G-CSF on day 8.
- Reinduction block 3: Patients receive cytarabine IV over 3 hours twice daily on days 1, 2, 8, and 9; L-asparaginase IM on days 2 and 9 (or a single dose of PEG-asparaginase IM or IV on day 9); and G-CSF SC or IV daily beginning on day 10 and continuing until blood counts recover.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 6 months for 3 years and then annually for 2 years.
- Diagnosis of 1 of the following:
- Pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in first early (< 36 months from diagnosis) isolated bone marrow or combined bone marrow/extramedullary relapse as documented by histology and immunophenotyping
- T-cell ALL in first isolated bone marrow or combined relapse as documented by histology and immunophenotyping
- T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma in first relapse as documented by histology
- Measurable disease as documented by clinical, radiographic, or histologic criteria
- Relapsed or refractory to conventional therapy
- No Ph+ ALL unless refractory to ≥ 1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy
- Patients who are unable to tolerate tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy due to toxicity are eligible
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- No extramedullary disease (i.e., isolated CNS disease or isolated testicular disease)
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- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
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- Not pregnant or nursing
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- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- Shortening fraction ≥ 27% by echocardiogram OR ejection fraction ≥ 50% by gated radionuclide study
- Pulse oximetry ≥ 94% at sea level (> 90% if at high altitude)
- No evidence of dyspnea at rest or exercise intolerance
- No evidence of acute pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiograph
- No known allergy to doxorubicin, cytarabine, etoposide, etoposide phosphate, boron, mannitol, or bortezomib
- No CNS toxicity > grade 2
- Seizure disorder allowed provided patient is on anticonvulsants (e.g., benzodiazepines or gabapentin) and it is well controlled
- Able to receive any asparaginase products (E. coli, PEG-asparaginase, or Erwinia asparaginase) on this study (i.e., no prior severe pancreatitis, stroke, or other toxicity)
- Patients who initially receive asparaginase but discontinue drug due to toxicity are eligible
- Patients with prior allergies to pegaspargase that are clinically significant are eligible provided Erwinia L-asparaginase can be substituted
- Fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy (for patients who relapse on therapy other than standard ALL maintenance therapy)*
- No prior cumulative anthracycline exposure > 400 mg/m²
- No prior bortezomib or other proteasome inhibitors
- No prior reinduction attempts or treatment for prior extramedullary relapse
- Patients with primary induction failure are not eligible
- At least 14 days since prior cytotoxic therapy (24 hours for hydroxyurea)
- At least 7 days since prior anticancer biologic agents or donor lymphocyte infusions
- At least 4 months since prior stem cell transplant or rescue
- No evidence of active graft-vs-host disease (GVHD)
- No concurrent GVHD prophylaxis
- No concurrent anticonvulsants known to activate the cytochrome p450 system (e.g., phenytoin, carbamazepine, and phenobarbital)
- Concurrent benzodiazepines or gabapentin allowed
- No concurrent corticosteroids (including steroids as antiemetics) except as treatment or prophylaxis for anaphylactic reactions OR treatment for pulmonary toxicity
- No other concurrent anticancer chemotherapy or immunomodulating agents NOTE: *Patients who relapse while receiving standard ALL maintenance chemotherapy will not be required to undergo a waiting period prior to entry onto this study.
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I think the Akadema glove is a very good product. However customer service at Sports Authority ruined my grandchild's Christmas, His a right handed thrower and was originally sent a Lefty glove. I called to correct the mistake and found out several days later by e-mail that again I was being sent the wrong handed glove. I immediately call C.S. about the mistake and I was told that it would be corrected once again. Several days later I received the wrong handed glove again. Now I'm told that I have to wait another week for a reorder. My grandchild told me that Santa had let him down, he had a tournament this weekend and had hoped to use his new glove.
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"It is a very important program for us," said Ravens President Dick Cass during a press conference at the Under Armour Performance Center in owings Mills. "it is something we are concerned about. The program is just not directed at youth football, it is directed at all youth sports. We are trying to raise concussion awareness in our market, the greater Baltimore area, about the dangers of concussions and how to treat them and how to recognize them. We have committed a total of $125,000 to this program over the next 5 years and I think that is a significant sign of our commitment to this issue."
He says the Ravens efforts in this partnership with MedStar Sports Medicine are part of a greater NFL effort raise concussion awareness around the country.
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"It is a honor for me to be able to partner up with MedStar and the Baltimore Ravens on something that is so important," says Ravens linebacker Jameel McClain.
"Creating awareness about this subject that is sometimes overlooked, especially at a younger age in sports. In sports we have the mentality of being a warrior and toughening it out. I was always told as a kid if it's not broken you can go. But when it comes to the head you never know," adds McClain. "So if you are dinged-up or if you are dizzy, you have to sit yourself out. You have to be aware. But not just for the players but for the coaches and the trainers that are there and the family members to make sure that this awareness is important because, the long term effect what we are finding out now is way more important than we thought it was back in the day."
Maryland House Bill (HB) 858 and Senate Bill (SB) 771 - legislation designed-to protect student-athletes from the dangerous effects of concussions - were signed into law by Governor Martin O'Malley in July 2011. Maryland became the 18th state to enact such legislation in the United States.
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MedStar Health, the Ravens and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first joined forces in 2011 in a public safety campaign addressing sports concussion awareness and prevention.
The Ravens and MedStar Sports Medicine co-branded established CDC materials (coaches fact sheet, parents fact sheet, athletes fact sheet, coaches clipboard). The materials, highlighting the common signs, symptoms and treatment protocol associated with concussions, were distributed to more than 150 area youth and high school football coaches and athletic directors.
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Set these up on Mavic 317 rims with tape and tubeless valve stems. Popped right up with a blast from the compressor, and didn't require sealant to seal up the tire. Was still losing some air around the bead and valve stem, so running sealant to tighten up those leaks- everything seems to be working great at 38psi (I'm a big guy) any lower and the rear tends to burp on square-edge bumps.
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The band has offered up their track "Everything In It's Right Place," which plays in the background of the film.
"We have to stop the oil giants pushing into the Arctic. An oil spill in the Arctic would devastate this region of breathtaking beauty, while burning that oil will only add to the biggest problem we all face, climate change," Thom Yorke said in a statement about the film.
Paul McCartney has also signed on to contribute his efforts toward the campaign; in addition, several other artists have signed the Arctic Scroll, which calls for the Arctic to be protected.
by RTT Staff Writer
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