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Eliav Barr, Ph.D.Barry Buckland, Ph.D.Kathrin Jansen, Ph.D.
"You did it!"
That's how Drs. Kathrin Jansen, Eliav Barr, and Barry Buckland learned in 2001 that they had a real winner on their hands. That was the "Aha!" moment for the inventors of Gardasil®, just the second prophylactic cancer vaccine ever and the very first vaccine against cervical cancer. That cry—accompanied by a smile, but no details—signaled a great deal to the scientists, however.
The long-awaited interim results of Gardasil's first clinical trial, communicated behind closed doors to Dr. Edward M. Scolnick, then president of Merck Research Laboratories, were astounding. The proof-of-concept study of a monovalent vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) 16, the most common strain found in cervical cancers, demonstrated vaccine efficacy of 100 percent: "All 41 cases of new HPV-16 infection, including [all] nine cases of HPV 16—related cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, occurred among the placebo recipients," a New England Journal of Medicine article later reported.
Given the randomized, double-blind nature of the study, Dr. Scolnick, the speaker above, could not share the results with his research scientists, leaving them somewhat mystified. But they were euphoric nonetheless—in the hallway outside Dr. Scolnick's office, they danced, cried and hugged. Alas, another 260 weekends would come and go before their work on Gardasil was complete and the vaccine approved.
In recognition of the personal qualities they clearly brought to their work—their determination, brilliance, passion and creativity—as well as the important scientific and technological contributions they made to Gardasil's discovery, Drs. Jansen, Barr, and Buckland are receiving the 2009 Discoverers Award. This annual honor is the pharmaceutical industry's highest scientific honor.
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) President and CEO, Billy Tauzin (right) with the 2009 Discoverers Award recipients, Eliav Barr, Ph.D., Barry Buckland, Ph.D., and Katherin Jansen, Ph.D. at the 2009 PhRMA Discoverers Award dinner in San Antonio, Texas.
It Seemed Unimaginable
The idea that cancer could not only be caused by a virus, but also be prevented with a vaccine, was once thought novel, controversial and, in some quarters, maybe even ridiculous. In the 1970s and 1980s, Harald zur Hausen of Germany established a link between HPV and cervical cancer, work that took him ten years to complete and won him a Nobel prize just last year. Subsequent research by the Australian Ian Frazer demonstrated the potential of synthesizing virus-like particles (VLPs) from recombinantly expressed HPV capsid protein to resemble actual viral particles. While zur Hausen's and Frazer's advances did not immediately overturn the then current dogma about cervical cancer's cause, it gave an enormous boost to efforts to find a vaccine. The hunt was on.
In time, the discovery of Gardasil became one of the most eagerly awaited vaccine discoveries in recent memory. When word of the monovalent vaccine's astounding efficacy got out in 2002, interest and excitement in the new vaccine soared; likewise, Gardasil fever heightened again when the results of Phase III studies of a quadrivalent HPV (6, 11, 16, and 18) vaccine were reported. When FDA approval finally came in June of 2006, the promise of Gardasil was widely celebrated—from coast to coast, hemisphere to hemisphere, its discovery was called a "miracle."
"This is the biggest breakthrough since the invention of the Pap test," said Dr. Mark Einstein, gynecologic oncologist at Montefiore Medical Center in New York.
About the Discoverer of the HPV Cancer Link
"Harald zur Hausen went against current dogma and postulated that oncogenic human papilloma virus (HPV) caused cervical cancer, the second most common cancer among women. He realized that HPV-DNA could exist in a non-productive state in the tumors and should be detectable by specific searches for viral DNA. He found HPV to be a heterogeneous family of viruses. Only some HPV types cause cancer. His discovery has led to characterization of the natural history of HPV infection, an understanding of mechanisms of HPV-induced carcinogenesis, and the development of prophylactic vaccines against HPV acquisition."
– The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet (2008)
The reasons are obvious. Half a million women worldwide are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually; killing one-quarter of a million
women every year, it is the second leading cause of cancer death in women. In the United States, where routine Pap testing has made a serious dent in cervical cancer rates, "11,999 women were told that they had cervical cancer in 2005, and 3,924 women died from the disease," according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Moreover, 50 percent of all cervical cancers are caused by one strain (HPV 16), and 70 percent are caused by just two (HPV 16 and 18). HPV 16 also causes 80 percent of all HPV-related noncervical cancers as well.
In addition, HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection. More than one out of four women ages 24 to 29 in the United States, estimates found, were infected by HPV. Researchers estimated that in 2000, there were approximately 6.2 million new cases of HPV infections among Americans aged 15–44. According to The New York Times, as many as 20 million Americans could be infected annually.
Considering 70 percent of all cervical cancer deaths are caused by only two virulent HPV strains targeted by Gardasil, its discovery and regulatory approval were a very big deal—for mothers, daughters, grandmothers, not to mention husbands and brothers and the rest of humankind.
"As a physician and as a woman, I think this is a phenomenal breakthrough," Dr. Gloria A. Bachmann, director of the Women's Health Institute at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, said when Gardasil's final trial results were released. "This is the first breakthrough in eliminating a significant cause of cancer, and it promises to take this entire chapter out of women's lives."
Newsweek in June 2006 may have stated it best: "Until recently, it seemed unimaginable: a vaccine that could prevent cancer? But last week the Food and Drug Administration approved a vaccine intended to do just that."
The Genesis of Gardasil
When their work began on an HPV vaccine in the 1990s, each of this year's winners was in his or her own way an outsider. It's difficult though to imagine a better team of individuals, with their different experiences, specializations, and perspectives, to lead a complex, global, multi-disciplinary project to invent a new vaccine.
Perhaps author Malcolm Gladwell was right: "There are times when being an outsider is precisely what makes you a good insider."
Pre-Clinical Phase
As a young child, Dr. Jansen already possessed two prerequisites of a scientific mind. "I was curious, and I loved biology and nature," she said. "I was fascinated by what was crawling around me and always brought them home. Literally."
One of her first experiments was to observe her pet canary flying from its perch in the living room to the kitchen counter whenever someone opened the cookie jar. Decades later her curious mind and love of science put her on a road that would eventually lead to Merck's HPV vaccine research team. In particular, her familiarity with the hepatitis B vaccine and her experience as a yeast expression specialist convinced her that an HPV vaccine was achievable. "I am convinced I can make this work because it is not much different than the hepatitis B vaccine," Dr. Jansen told her boss at the time. "I know exactly how to go about this."
But before a single needle was stuck in anyone's arm, there was much basic research to be done to understand HPV natural history. Moreover, several important decisions had to be made.
In Their Words
"I never imagined that I would be so fortunate to lead a program that resulted in a product with such a significant positive impact on human health."
– Dr. Kathrin Jansen
In 1993 Dr. Jansen established the basic research program for the HPV vaccine. Five years later, Dr. Barr and Dr. Jansen created the HPV Vaccine FUTURE Steering Committee, an international academic/pharmaceutical research group whose mission was to solve the remaining questions about HPV natural history, as well as demonstrate the safety profile, efficacy, and immunogenicity of a HPV vaccine.1
While the foundations for Gardasil had been put in place by zur Hausen, Frazer, and others, the clinical course of HPV from point of infection to point of cancer had not been fully established. Using the technology developed by Frazer and drawing on both her own work with yeast expression and experiences in biochemistry and immunology, Dr. Jansen and her team of virologists, molecular biologists, and microbiologists, in collaboration with excellent epidemiologists in the field, made several important findings that filled in gaps in HPV natural history.
Perhaps her most important contribution to Gardasil's discovery was her success in persuading her colleagues at Merck to make the vaccine in yeast, rather than insect cells. Yeast offered several key advantages. For one thing, it had a track record: Merck had been using Saccharomyces cerevisiae for years to make its very effective hepatitis B vaccine (Recombivax®). Moreover, yeast expression is scalable, meaning that enough vaccine supply could be generated to supply the world's need. Yeast products are safe, and ultimately yeast proved very efficient in producing VLPs that generated a potent immune response to HPV virions.
"I had said from the get-go that we can make this product in yeast because I believed it was the best, fastest, and most efficient way to do it," Dr. Jansen said.
"A crucial starting point was the development of a cell-based expression system that was stable over many generations and produced large amounts of high-quality VLPs," Dr. Buckland explained in a 2005 article. "The decision to use Saccharomyces cerevisiae as the expression host for intracellular VLPs was excellent in this regard."2
The choice of VLPs as antigen also had several advantages. Unlike most vaccines, which contain killed viruses or bacteria (or weak versions thereof) to generate an immune response, Gardasil does not contain any virus, dead or alive. Rather, it relies on these viral look-alikes: hollowed out particles that are synthesized in yeast from HPV L1 protein (which has all the information to create a look-alike) to resemble an HPV virion. The VLPs in Gardasil trick the body into generating antibodies to ward off HPV infections.
"For all intents and purposes the particle looks and behaves like a virus, but it does not have infectious nucleic acid," Dr. Jansen explained.
For each of the four HPV strains, Dr. Jansen's team had to perfect making VLPs recombinantly in yeast, and in each case they had to overcome major scientific obstacles. For example, even though HPV 11 made VLPs "beautifully," Dr. Jansen said, HPV 6, which is very close in sequence to HPV 11, did not. It had zero expression. The solution was to tinker with HPV 11's DNA, changing only those amino acids that distinguish HPV 11 from six.
Later, Jansen and her colleagues made another key decision in choosing the adjuvant, which is a sort of a vaccine booster rocket that helps stimulate the immune system. Specifically, they found that VLPs formulated on aluminum adjuvant were able to induce much higher concentrations (or titer) of antibodies than other kinds of adjuvants or VLPs by themselves.
In 1993 the pre-clinical proof-of-concept study designed and led by Dr. Jansen unambiguously demonstrated the efficacy of a prophylactic HPV vaccine in animals. Its potential for use in humans now demonstrated, the team turned to the next phase of the discovery process.
Clinical Trials
Dr. Barr brought a unique life view and intensity to his leadership role on the HPV Vaccine program. Not only was he shaped by the career DNA he inherited and absorbed at home, his father being a cardiologist and his mother, an intensive care unit nurse, his surroundings influenced him tremendously.
"What shaped me the most was living in a volatile world," Dr. Barr said. "Life so close to the Middle East is intense—there's a desire to be aware of one's environment and to be able to control what you're doing.
"My parents taught me that to be successful, you had to be 'A, No. 1'— you had to believe that life was a calling."
Dr. Barr wore several hats on the HPV vaccine program. In addition to leading the clinical development of the vaccine, he also developed the public health/implementation research strategy for the HPV vaccine. A major practical consideration in the development of any vaccine is the take-up rate once it's on the market. The success of a vaccine depends on getting the entire population covered as quickly as possible.
"With any new vaccine, you need a good reason to put a needle in a healthy person's arm," Dr. Barr said.
An additional complicating factor was that the vaccine wasn't intended for children, who are vaccinated in well baby visits and annual exams, but for teenagers, as well as young women.
"How do you get ornery people—who either don't go to the doctor very often, believe in their own immortality, or try not to listen to their parents— vaccinated?" Dr. Barr asked.
"To a young person for whom the risk of cancer is too remote, the vaccine has to provide some immediate benefit."
The solution was a to develop a quadrivalent vaccine—literally, four vaccines in one—that targeted four dangerous or nasty HPV strains: HPV 16 and 18, which cause 70 percent of all cervical cancers, and HPV 6 and 11, which cause 90 percent of all genital warts. A vaccine against the former, it was believed, would greatly enhance the vaccine's appeal to the public and, thus, the take-up rate. Genital warts are a painful and an especially embarrassing condition that is quite common. Nor are they inconspicuous to partners. There was also an unintended consequence: The choice of a quadrivalent vaccine also enhanced its cost-effectiveness, since the cost of treating genital warts, which often requires three or four treatments, is very high.
Dr. Barr also led the discussions with the FDA, European Medicines Agency, and the World Health Organization regarding Gardasil's basis for licensure and supervised the submissions and discussions with regulatory agencies. Besides in the United States, he had a hand in Gardasil's gaining expedited approvals in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the European Union.
It was his role in conducting Gardasil's mammoth, complex clinical trials, however, that perhaps stands out the most.
Conducted in parallel with the HPV 16 trial was a groundbreaking study that added significantly to our knowledge of HPV natural history. Published in two peer review medical journals, the results demonstrated the pathologic sequence from the point of genital exposure to HPV to the point of development of Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 3 (the most severe grade of dysplasia).
Just consider the numbers: A total of 25 clinical trials involving more than 30,000 subjects worldwide and 150 clinical centers in 34 countries on 5 continents.
None of this would have been possible without Dr. Buckland and his team of 70 chemical engineers, chemists, and technicians. Over many years, the team supplied Dr. Barr tens of thousands of doses, both monovalent and quadrivalent, for the various clinical trials. A process, it should be emphasized, that is far easier said than done—whatever process Dr. Buckland designed to produce clinical supplies had to be scalable, as is discussed below.
Nor would it have been possible without Dr. Jansen's contribution to the clinical trials. More than 150,000 specimens were examined by Dr. Jansen's lab to measure HPV infection and immunology; and over 15,000 biopsies were evaluated to assess HPV-related cervical and genital pathology.
Making the Vaccine
As captain of his rugby team, young Barry Buckland learned "not to be too cautious." Considering the high-wire act he was required to perform years later as Merck's lead on process development and manufacturing, that was an invaluable lesson. The fundamental challenge he and his team faced was to design a process for making thousands of vaccines for clinical trials that "can be scaled up and run reproducibly in a manufacturing environment to make tens of millions of doses per year." Moreover, advances in process development and scale-up had to be incorporated into the clinical program for all four strains. On top of that, Dr. Buckland's team had to be able to prove to regulators at the end that the vaccines made at opposite ends of the discovery process were essentially the same.
"Whatever process was used in Phase I had to incorporate the basic building blocks for the future manufacture of Gardasil," Dr. Buckland said.
Above and beyond the challenge of designing a process that was scalable, Dr. Buckland and his team faced a range of scientific challenges peculiar to the discovery of Gardasil.
"This was a dream project. The innovative technical elements we incorporated into the process for making clinical supplies worked, the technical transfer to manufacturing went well, and the factory we built performed."
– Dr. Barry Buckland
Working with Dr. Jansen and the yeast engineering group, Dr. Buckland's fermentation team developed the culture medium components and fermentation processes. They also played a major part in the selection of yeast strains.
But it may have been the purification team that solved the biggest problem with initial HPV vaccines. After VLPs were released from inside the yeast (by dropping pressure to break open the yeast), they lacked stability. In a technological breakthrough, Buckland and his team produced VLPs with both more stable structures and improved immunogenicity by disassembling and reassembling VLPs for types 6, 11 and 16 in vitro. The result: VLPs that were more similar to the natural HPV particles.
One of the last steps in the Gardasil discovery process was the construction of manufacturing facilities. By necessity, that step cannot wait until regulatory approval—months and lives would be lost while the manufacturing infrastructure was being built. So work on building a plant began even before all the clinical trial data was in, and it was completed before Gardasil received FDA approval. Finally, Dr. Buckland had to prove to regulators that the vaccine made in the plant was virtually identical to the one tested in clinical studies. To that end, his team performed an extensive analytical characterization of the vaccine and assembled a comprehensive regulatory package describing the chemistry, manufacturing, and controls.
Gardasil Today
Since June 2006, over 36 million doses have been distributed globally, including 19 million in the U.S. Currently, more than 8 million young girls and women in the United States have received their first dose; through December 2007, approximately 74 percent of vaccine recipients have received their second dose and approximately 54 percent, the full course.9
Gardasil is now approved for the prevention of cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancers caused by HPV types 16 and 18; genital warts caused by HPV types 6 and 11; and precancerous or dysplastic lesions caused by HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18 in girls and young women 9 through 26 years of age.10 Just weeks after Gardasil received FDA approval in 2006, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended the vaccine for use in girls and women age 9–26.
Beyond the cancers caused by HPV 16 and 18, Gardasil has been shown to reduce incidence of cervical pre-cancers or non-invasive cervical cancer caused by 10 additional types of HPV.11 These 10 types are responsible for more than 20 percent of cervical cancer cases throughout the world.
In the developing world, Merck is working with governments and nongovernmental organizations to make Gardasil available. Through its Gardasil Access Program, Merck will donate at least 3 million doses over five years in under-resourced communities. Last year the program named eight GAVI-eligible countries to be the first recipients of Gardasil.12 Moreover, Merck is providing the vaccine to the public sectors in these countries at no-profit prices.13
The discovery of Gardasil was a major breakthrough—in the estimation of many "the top medical advance for 2006."14 It represented a major paradigm shift in medical practice, as well as a major public health achievement. A cancer vaccine was invented. As important, the vaccine prompted a major shift in medical practice to the benefit of a large percentage of the population. The evidence: not only regulatory approvals in 108 countries, including the United States, E.U., Mexico, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Peru, Brazil, Singapore, Korea and many countries in Africa, but take-up rates of as high as 70-80 percent in some countries.15
It is human nature to take great achievements like this for granted. That would be a major mistake here, as it is with most new drug discoveries. Besides many lost weekends and evenings and time with friends and family, this year's winners, scientifically speaking, scaled cliffs, and traversed mountains and rivers to invent Gardasil.
Beyond the toil and time, was it not a little luck that brought these three scientists together for a decade or more? One could say the stars were all aligned—consider this: Available to Drs. Jansen, Barr and Buckland were brilliant, dedicated scientists and an extraordinary research infrastructure, a capability built by Merck's corporate management and the leadership of Merck Research Laboratories.
"These seasoned scientists knew the art and science of making vaccines," Dr. Barr said. "They really knew how to make high quality biologics and vaccines."
Also available were the financial resources to answer basic research questions and achieve and prove this complex vaccine's efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity; the vision to create a global and transparent research team to optimize collaboration and productivity; and the courage to roll the dice on a few occasions.
Finally, there was their humanity. These individuals became research scientists to prevent diseases and the pain, suffering, and loss of life left in their wake. They became research scientists to make the world a better place.
This story about the discovery of Gardasil will close with a bear hug, this one recently given Dr. Jansen by her neighbor. This gesture is a simple reminder of what drug discovery ultimately is all about.
"Thank you for all the lives you will save," the neighbor told Dr. Jansen, wrapping her arms around her.
Leaning back, the neighbor, a mother of two daughters, asked, "Don't you know how much you have done for all of humankind?"
1The FUTURE committee was also tasked to lay the groundwork for long-term public health research to monitor the impact of Gardasil on cancer rates in developed and
developing countries.
2Barry C. Buckland, "The process development challenge for a new vaccine," Nature Medicine Supplement (April 2005), p. S17.
3Termed FUTURE II. For more information see The FUTURE II Study Group, "Quadrivalent Vaccine against Human Papillomavirus to Prevent High-Grade Cervical
Lesions," N. Engl. J. Med. (May 10, 2007), pp. 1915-1927.
4Ibid., p. 1923.
5Vaccine efficacy was also demonstrated among women from all four geographic regions represented in the trial and for all ethnic or racial groups.
6Termed FUTURE I.
7Suzanne M. Garland, M.D. et al., "Quadrivalent Vaccine against Human Papillomavirus to Prevent Anogenital Diseases," N. Engl. J. Med. (May 10, 2007), p. 1932.
8In September 2008, the FDA approved Gardasil for the prevention of vaginal and vulvar cancers caused by HPV types 16 and 18. The basis was data from a combined
analysis of three trials involving more than 15,000 young women and showing that the vaccine was 100 percent effective in preventing vaginal and vulvar pre-cancers associated with HPV types 16 or 18.
9Source: Merck & Co.
10In November 2008, Merck announced that GARDASIL had demonstrated efficacy (90%) in preventing HPV-related disease in males in a still-ongoing Phase III Study.
11According to data presented at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in 2007.
12The 72 Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization-eligible countries have gross national income per capita below $1,000.
14St. Louis Post-Dispatch, among other newspapers. Also called one of "the best new inventions of 2006" (The Dallas Morning News); and "a big medical
advance" (Associated Press).
15Source: Merck & Co.


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Believe it or not... the flu isn't the only virus going around. Doctors say they're seeing lots of patients with strep throat and respiratory problems.
You can find hand sanitizer in just about every doctors office. This couple says they keep it all over the house. They have a new baby named Blake. He's six days old. The doctor gave the couple a few tips on keeping Blake healthy.
"Every time you touch something other than the baby you need to wash your hands before you go back to him and just try to keep him away from people who are sick with the flu or colds stuff like that," said Paul Dupler.
Pediatrician Dr. Colleen Olson says there's more than just the flu going around. She says she's seen a lot of RSV which stands for respiratory syncytial virus.
"Its very common childhood illness it starts as a common cold soar throat runny nose stuffy nose and especially in infants really under six months of age it can really affect their lungs and cause wheezing," said Pediatrician Dr. Colleen Olson.
So when should you take your child to the doctor? Dr. Olson says if they've had a fever for three or four days, breathing problems, vomiting, if they're not drinking, or using the bathroom
"It is sometimes it's really hard to tell I will say coming in is much safer than waiting it out. It could be strep throat which we've been seeing some of it could be an ear infection pneumonia bronchitis sometimes they have this cough and you wouldn't think it would be pneumonia but you have to listen to diagnosis that," said Dr. Olson.
Dr. Olson says she's also seeing a lot more kids with pneumonia and bronchitis. She says vaccines aren't 100 percent protective, but she says they're better than nothing. That's why she's encouraging everyone to get a flu shot.
"Did you guys get flu shots? We haven't yet but we were told today we need to get our flu shots," said Lauren Littleton.
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I sure hope that the Associated Press's Jim Kuhnhenn has been working out, especially in his upper body. The volume of water he's having to carry for the Obama administration as a dutiful member of the state-compliant establishment press has to be getting very heavy.
This evening, Kuhnhenn and his wire service are expecting the AP's readers -- and ultimately its subscribing media outlets' readers, listeners, and viewers -- to believe that President Obama, who, with plenty of help from Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, will have run up over $4 trillion of steadily rising federal government deficits by the time we get to September 30, the end of the current fiscal year (after making appropriate adjustments to reverse obfuscatory accounting entries designed to mask the truth), has now seen the light, and is on board with the idea of serious long-term deficit reduction (certain bias words bolded by me; numbered tags are mine):
Obama's debt cutting plan: Everything on the tablePresident Barack Obama, plunging into the rancorous struggle over America's mountainous debt, will draw sharp differences with Republicans Wednesday over how to conquer trillions of dollars in spending [1] while somehow working out a compromise to raise some taxes and trim a cherished program like Medicare.
Obama's speech will set a new long-term deficit-reduction goal and establish a dramatically different vision from a major Republican proposal that aims to cut more than $5 trillion over the next decade, officials said Monday.
Details of Obama's plan are being closely held so far, but the deficit-cutting target probably will fall between the $1.1 trillion he proposed in his 2012 budget proposal and the $4 trillion that a fiscal commission he appointed recommended in December.
The speech is intended as a declaration of Obama's commitment to seriously tame the deficit [2] while outlining his long-term budget principles - key components of his campaign for re-election in 2012. After gingerly avoiding any discussion until now of cuts in the government's massive benefit programs for the elderly and poor, Obama will acknowledge a need to reduce spending on Medicare and Medicaid while at the same time tackling defense spending and calling for increased taxes on the wealthy [3], White House officials said.
If that sounds like a reprise of last week's budget fight that barely avoided a government shutdown, it isn't. The stakes are far higher, the political risks greater and the goals more ambitious. At issue are long-term budget deficits and a $14.3 trillion national debt that many say could threaten the nation's economy.
The mind reels at the audacity. I could have tagged 10 items in just these few paragraphs. I'll stop at three:
This kind of image shift worked in the mid-1990s with Bill Clinton. But after getting burned in his attempt at statist health care, Clinton became more interested in staying in office than in accomplishing anything serious, and liberals were reluctantly okay with that, given that the economy was in fairly good shape and that the agenda of supposed devil incarnate Newt Gingrich was the alternative. Clinton was also lucky that deficit-cutters like current Ohio Governor John Kasich and the welfare-reforming Republican Congress ended up (with media assistance of course) making him look good.
Whether Barack Obama can set aside the hard-core ideology for longer than five minutes is an open question, but even if he can, the landscape is different. The economy is not in good shape now, and could get worse if gas really does get to $5 a gallon by Memorial Day as predicted. Also, as much as Democrats and the press may try to paint John Boehner as the next source of all that is evil, thus far the Speaker has avoided making it about him (Gingrich's biggest shortcoming), and has stuck to the agenda of making it about what the American people who gave his party the House majority want. The Speaker also has the advantage of having a credible agenda in the form of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan's long-term proposals. Finally, there is a clear understanding not present during the mid-1990s that the status quo is not acceptable. Even USA Today's editorial board acknowledges that hard reality.
Media apparatchiks like Jim Kuhnhenn seem to believe that their instant makeover effort will pan out as it did with Bill Clinton in the 1990s. Whether it can or will remains to be seen. The AP vet's first attempt is so embarrassing that I expect that more than a few subscribing outlets will laugh it into the trash can, be it the metallic ones at their desks or the ones on their computer desktops.
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Happy Monday!
I hope your weekend was as nice as ours was...
Savannah came in from College Station for Father's Day
weekend (Shaypher's here for the summer) & we got to spoil
their daddy and mine too! It was fun...♥
Speaking of Savannah:
this is one of my first Prima layouts up on the blog...
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I have chosen a winner for the Shabby Apple dress give away!
Thank you to all who entered!
I used Random Number Generator to pick my winner:
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That's our winner!
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Congratulations and I hope you enjoy it ♥
I'm ending today's post with one of my favorite shots from FD yesterday:
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Thanks everyone...
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Ciara And Future Engaged
It's "Put A Ring On It" season.
A week after Kanye proposed to Kim Kardashian on her birthday, rapper Future has proposed to Ciara. Today, Cici's publicist confirmed to the Associated Press that the couple are now engaged! Future allegedly presented her with a 15-carat ring earlier today, just two days after she celebrated her 28th birthday. Although she didn't disclose the news to her fans yet, Ciara tweeted:
Today Has 2 Be Like One Of The Sweetest Days Of My Life! #TheBestBirthdayEver
If I'm Dreaming I Don't Want To Wake Up..Aaaaaahhh!!!:)
We kind of knew this was coming, but we just didn't know when. This summer, Future told Angie Martinez that he saw her on a video set seven years ago and said he would have her one day. He also said:
I don't get into nothing to get out. We haven't set a date [but] this is the one. I said it before, I said it seven years ago, so for it to come around and happen, it was just meant to be.
Also, when I talked to Ciara last November, she revealed her desire to find the one:
I really believe that love is everything. It is so necessary, without love you have nothing. You can't live without love in my book and in my world.
I sacrifice pretty much all of my time for my career and there has to be a balance to it. What good is having success in your work but not being able to share it with someone? That's not living to me. Having career success is important but having life success is even more important to me. Especially, now more than ever it's a must.
I look ahead and I look forward to knowing who I am going to spend my life with. I can go rock the stage, but to know when I go home, my baby or my boo is waiting for me, that's fun and that is the icing on the cake.
Congrats to the happy couple!!!
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One of the worst ways to start the New Year is hungover.
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Bagels are baking at Bodo's for a New Year's Day rush, especially after C-Ville Weekly readers voted Bodo's a 2012 best hangover food, which Bodo's owner Scott Smith calls "a wonderful title to own."
Smith says bacon, egg and cheese on an everything bagel seems to be the most popular cure to soak up the sauce.
"People really go for that comfort food-y thing for that sort of moment," Smith said.
Hangover cures come in every form.
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Whittaker says there's little science to explain hangover cures and cravings. He recommends drinkers stay hydrated by alternating alcohol with water.
"High-fructose-containing foods—fruits—or really simple complex carbohydrates, like crackers and breads, have been shown in some studies to decrease the effects of a hangover," Whittaker said.
It can take anywhere from eight to 24 hours for your body to process all the alcohol.
At Solidarity CrossFit, they'll work out the wine and beer by hitting the weights hard first thing New Year's morning.
"We exorcise our demons through sweat," said Michael Towne, owner of Solidarity CrossFit. "A lot of times when you're hungover, your inhibition's low, you're feeling kind of loose. So, it's a good time to push hard."
For those who push their livers too hard New Year's Eve, Charlottesville's Integral Yoga sells herbal hangover cures.
"There are a few natural things that are available to help with the morning after," said Janet Dressel, health and beauty manager at Integral Yoga.
Liver tonic and ChlorOxygen tablets clean out the toxins. Dressel recommends homeopathic pellets called Nux Vomica, which can help with nausea or a headache.
There's also always the option to not over-imbibe.
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text: Two caveats - 1) CJ is hurt (not injured), 2) the no-huddle makes substitutions problematic because you don't want to allow the D to make substitutions. That said, when CJ was healthy, he would request out after two to three runs, usually one that included extensive running and cutting. This is not to say that CJ is in poor condition. I genuinely think he expends more energy than the average human on a single play. But when Nate Hackett said he would give the ball to CJ until he puked, did he contemplate that CJ would need frequent breathers due to his running style and due to the offense? Once CJ subs out, the no-huddle requires that he stay out because the umpire stops action to allow the defense to match any offensive substitutions, and thus negating the biggest advantages gained by the no-huddle. We were all frustrated with Chan Gailey's frequent substitutions with CJ and wanted to see CJ get closer to 15-20 carries a game. Now, after Coach Hackett promised to make CJ a workhorse (and tricked many a fantasy player into a top 3 pick), has it become clear that CJ is just NOT capable of sustaining extended carries, whether it be due to injuries, rest, or the offensive design? Was Gailey properly utilizing CJ to maximize his explosiveness all along? I know Brian has given Gailey credit for being a terrific playcaller on this blog. I wonder if we haven't seen enough of CJ to recognize him for the player that Gailey saw him as: an explosive, mesmerizing playmaker, but someone who needs a second back to carry the full burden of the running game. Am I wrong to think that the Gailey-style usage of CJ, ie frequent breaks, limited touches in the running game, more touches in the screen game, may be the best way to maximize his gamebreaking potential? I also want to be clear that I don't find this to be a knock on CJ - he is what he is, and what he is is an elite talent that can swing games for us if we can keep him on the field and in playcalls that take full advantage of his skill set. I suggest we embrace him in that role. I also think that, on this topic, Gailey might've known what he was doing.


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June 22, 2011
Six rodents trapped during routine monitoring in the last week in North County and East County have tested positive for the potentially-deadly hantavirus.
Infected rodents rarely pose a danger to people if they are in the wild and there has been just one non-fatal human case in the county, in 2004. But people can inhale hantavirus by stirring up rodent droppings, then get sick and even die. There is no treatment, vaccine or cure for hantavirus infections, which are deadly in 38 percent of cases.
"People should never sweep up or vacuum rodent droppings or nesting material when they find it," said Jack Miller, director of the County Department of Environmental Health. "Instead, they should ventilate closed areas for at least 30 minutes, and then carefully use bleach or a full-strength disinfectant before removing them."
The best way people can prevent the disease is to keep mice out of houses, garages and sheds by sealing holes larger than the size of a dime, County officials said.
Hantavirus can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), which begins with flu-like symptoms but can grow into severe breathing difficulties and even death.
The rodents that tested positive during the last week included: two deer mice from Campo; one deer mouse each from Carlsbad and Escondido; one harvest mouse from Oceanside and a vole from Carlsbad. Thirty-eight rodents have tested positive for hantavirus in the county this year, compared to 21 in 2010.
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The much anticipated sequel to the Will Ferrell classic "Anchorman" is currently being shot in the metro area.Movie extras wearing their best getups from the 1970s strolled down 14th Street in northwest Atlanta for shooting of "Anchorman 2" on Friday. Filming was in and around the famous Silver Skillet Restaurant.In addition to Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell and Luke Wilson all return for the sequel.New to "Anchorman 2" are Harrison Ford and "Saturday Night Live" alum Kristin Wiig.Filming will continue in metro Atlanta."Anchorman 2" is scheduled for release this Christmas.
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OAKDALE, Minn. (AP) -- To remember the collapse of a busy highway bridge, Minnesota historians have preserved a battered school bus door, an emergency worker's shirt and an Interstate 35W sign.
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One of my favorite baseball stories goes like this ... In 1977 or '78 or '81 — one of the years the Dodgers were in the World Series — Sandy Koufax was throwing batting practice to the Dodger hitters before a game. Unfortunately Sandy was pitching a little too well, mowing down Messrs. Garvey, Lopes, Cey & co. with his still outstanding fastball. Finally someone put a stop to this mockery of the very idea of "batting practice" and a new pitcher was found, one who wasn't the greatest left-handed hurler of all time.
In Tommy Lasorda's version of the story, it's Tommy himself (of course) who gently informs Sandy that maybe it's not ideal for the Dodgers' lineup to be mired in a slump before a World Series game. Another variation has a 52-year-old Koufax striking out the '88 Dodgers, which, considering that a gimpy Kirk Gibson was the team's best hitter, might be the most plausible scenario of all.
Well, in the grand sabermetric tradition of taking something fun and ruining it for everyone, I'm here to tell you that it's not true. Well, Koufax did throw batting practice for the Dodgers in the 1981 World Series. That part is true, at least, and makes sense, since the Yankees that year featured four lefty starters. But according to Koufax, as quoted in Jane Leavy's Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy, Pedro Guerrero "took him deep." Which actually sounds like a great plan: What could inspire more confidence in a hitter before a World Series game than homering off of Sandy Koufax?
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Most are under the impression Nick Foles is the Answer! Nick has looked good at times and was pretty comfortable in the pocket, however he is not the second coming of Tom Brady or Peyton Manning,in my opinion. Now if he becomes that sooner or later I will wholeheartedly apologize for my utter stupidity; I just don't see it, just like I didn't see it in Kolb. With that said we will need another QB because Vick is a stopgap until the new Qb learns the offense. We have heard enough about these guys to know the pros and cons of each, also all three guys we might target had there stock rise over the last couple weeks or so. So lets predict what each draft will look like with us picking each QB.
What a Geno Smith Draft may look like?
1. Geno Smith, QB
2. Deandre Hopkins, WR
3.Justin Pugh, OT
4. Tyrann Mathieu,CB
5.William Gholston, DE
7.Kwame Geathers, NT
7. Sam Barrington, OLB
What might a EJ Manuel draft look like?
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1. Eric Fisher, OT
2. EJ Manuel, QB
3. Phillip Thomas, S
4.Marcus Lattimore, RB
5.Everette Dawkins, DT
7. Kwame Geathers, NT
7.Chris Barker, OG
What might a Matt Scott draft look like?
1. Sharrif Floyd, DT
2. Johnathan Cyprien,S
3. Matt Scott, QB
4.Darious Slay, CB
5.Aaaron Mellette, WR
7.Kyle Juszczyk, FB
7. Kwame Geathers, NT
You may not like my picks, but I tried to think BPA and make estimated guesses without giving us unreasonable players. I was also trying to tame my bias which would make me pick as if every other team is stupid lol. I am not a GM just a fan eager for a Lombardi having a little fun to pass the time. Enjoy!


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John is the voice, but the Lord is the Word who was in the beginning. John is the voice that lasts for a time; from the beginning Christ is the Word who lives for ever.
Take away the word, the meaning, and what is the voice? Where there is no understanding, there is only a meaningless sound. The voice without the word strikes the ear but does not build up the heart.
However, let us observe what happens when we first seek to build up our hearts. When I think about what I am going to say, the word or message is already in my heart. When I want to speak to you, I look for a way to share with your heart what is already in mine.
In my search for a way to let this message reach you. so that the word already in my heart may find place also in yours, I use my voice to speak to you. The sound of my voice brings the meaning of the word to you and then passes away. The word which the sound has brought to you is now in your heart, and yet it is still also in mine.
When the word has been conveyed to you, does not the sound seem to say: The word ought to grow, and I should diminish? The sound of the voice has made itself heard in the service of the word, and has gone away, as though it were saying: My joy is complete. Let us hold on to the word; we must not lose the word conceived inwardly in our hearts.
Do you need proof that the voice passes away but the divine Word remains? Where is John's baptism today? It served its purpose, and it went away. Now it is Christ's baptism that we celebrate. It is in Christ that we all believe; we hope for salvation in him. This is the message the voice cried out.
Because it is hard to distinguish word from voice, even John himself was thought to be the Christ. The vooie was thought to be the word. But the voice acknowledged what it was, anxious not to give offense to the word. I am not the Christ. he said, nor Elijah, nor the prophet. And the question came: Who are you, then? He replied: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord.
...He saw where his salvation lay. He understood that he was a lamp, and his fear was that it might be blown out by the wind of pride.
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The Voice is John, the Word is Christ
Last night I was reading one of the non-biblical readings for Advent season in the back of my one-volume Liturgy of the Hours, and the reading I chose was a selection from Augustine's sermons. In it Augustine, not a huge fan of theater, as I recall, presents a beautiful description of the respective roles of the voice and the Word that comes very close to the young Karol Wojtyla's theory of Rhapsodic Theater almost 1700 years later.
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Beautiful. All the world's a stage, as the saying goes - something to think about when you're in bed trying to sleep, and your children are jumping on your head. When in those situations, occasionally the thought would come to mind that my life would be displayed as in a video in heaven, and how would I want my response to look to the audience. At the very least, that reflection prevented some choice language from escaping. At the most, it resulted in my children getting kissed and squdged. Peace to you!
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Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Korea...which market is next for you? We help medical device manufacturers strategically leverage their existing regulatory approvals so they can enter new markets quickly and cost effectively. Hiring an experienced consultant with a global view and local expertise is critical. While we cannot control how fast Ministries of Health review registration applications, we'll do everything we can to get you in line for approval as quickly as possible.
There are hundreds of qualified consultants who can help you with compliance in one or two markets. Emergo Group can help you prioritize and access more than 55 countries accounting for 95% of the global healthcare spending. Our experienced consultants in 30 countries have local market intelligence, established industry contacts and knowledge of local business customs. In many cases, having this local expertise is the difference between success and frustration. There is no need for you to hire multiple consulting firms or entrust your registrations to numerous distributors or unaffiliated consultants. "One call. One trusted partner. Worldwide access."
We serve nearly 3,000 medical device and IVD clients making a huge variety of products. Chances are very good that our consulting team has experience with your specific device or the category. Our consulting expertise runs especially deep in areas such as orthopedics, cardiovascular, dental, radiology, wound care and IVDs.
Don't get stuck with a poorly performing distributor because they control your registration in a specific market. More than 1,000 companies use us as their independent regulatory representative and registration holder. We have no involvement in selling products so using Emergo Group as your regulatory representative allows you to bring on new distributors as you wish, and terminate those who do not perform. This is important in markets including Europe, Brazil, Japan, Mexico and China.
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The Clark County School District has failed in an attempt for a share of $400 million federal grant money from the Race to the Top District competition. The U.S. Department of Education announced the 61 finalists and CCSD was not on the list.
The $40 million the district would have been in the running for would have been used to help with education of their students and was not slated to be used on buildings or other infrastructure.
The Department of Education said Race to the Top applications were received from 372 parties with each having to submit how they would use the money to better personalize education for their students and how the money would be used.
"We were disappointed to learn we are not among the finalists for the most recent Race To The Top competition," CCSD spokeswoman Amanda Fulkerson said.
"The funding would have gone into the classrooms of our most at-risk schools. Despite this news, the district is committed to continuing our progress in academic achievement utilizing the resources we are allotted. The U.S. Department of Education does provide feedback on our application. It's called the 'technical review results,' and it takes weeks before we receive them."
Gov. Brian Sandoval's office issued a statement, "While we are disappointed Clark County's application was not a finalist, we are proud of the work done."
The governor had to step in last minute to get the teachers union's support. The Clark County School District said it was unclear if any actions to get the needed signatures had any impact.
Ruben Murillo from the Clark County Education Association said their agreement helped. He points to bigger issues.
"If we had a stabilized funding mechanism for education here in Nevada, we wouldn't have to go beg for $40 million for Race to the Top," said Murillo.
This all happening after voters in Clark County rejected a proposed tax hike to go towards school infrastructure earlier this month.
The only district in the Silver State that was named as one of the 61 finalists is the Carson City School District. The nominees will be narrowed down to 15 to 25 winners on or before Dec. 31. The winners will get between $5 million and $40 million for four years, depending on the size of the district.
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Though Lipman may have her detractors at 4 Times Square and elsewhere, she still has many fans at Condé Nast headquarters including, sources insist, chairman S.I. Newhouse Jr. Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour is said to be friendly with her, even stopping by Lipman's office once.
And, regardless of any staff infighting, what really matters, of course, is the product. As one media observer put it: "If the magazine is hot and good, [other Condé Nasters] will welcome her."
The next issue, which appears Monday, is said to once again eschew a portrait in favor of a faceless industrial shot. One source said the cover story was about Cerberus Capital, which recently bought Chrysler. — Irin Carmon and Stephanie D. Smith


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A multiple alarm fire broke out just after 2 p.m. Monday in the Laurel Chase condominium complex.
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Men With Money Give More Orgasms
Bring on those Benjamins.
If you've ever refused to believe that money mattered in sex, here's more evidence proving you wrong. According to a recent study of some 1500 women, the wealthier a man is, the more frequently his partner has orgasms.
Apparently the female orgasm is an "evolutionary adaptation," partly because it appears to have no direct effect on reproduction. That means men who give a woman an orgasm are more desirable as mates.
And what's more desirable than money, honey?
This is, of course, disturbing news for poor men everywhere, as now they have scientists and their wallets against them.
But essentially what we have here is another geek attempt to claim that physical prowess has nothing to do with attraction. They're out to rid the world of jocks through their epic knowledge of Natural Selection. But really, what do a bunch of nerds know about pleasing women? Last I heard, Carlton and friends were still unable to get a girl off using only calculators and Warhammer figurines.


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Zion Testing Ma'anit Well
July 5, 2011 by admin
In his July 1 letter to shareholders, Zion Oil & Gas CEO Richard Rinberg wrote that Zion was planning to test the Ma'anit-Joseph #3 well in spite of disappointing wire-log reports. Based on the wire log data, Rinberg reported, "there is little chance that the Ma'anit-Joseph #3 well contains hydrocarbons in commercial quantities."
The reason Zion decided to move forward with physically testing the well is that during drilling they experienced "significant natural gas shows." The gas, according to Rinberg, pushed past the heavy drilling mud, indicating that it,"appears to be under relatively high pressure at depth." Testing the well will determine exactly where the natural gas is coming from and whether there's enough of it to make the Ma-anit-Joseph #3 a commercial well. Testing the well will also give Zion greater insight into the geology of their surrounding license area and may help them determine where to drill next.
When I first read Rinberg's letter I was tempted to be a bit dis-heartened by the phrase describing the wire-log interpretation, "there is little chance" of a commercial discovery. But then I remembered another letter, one written to the Hebrew people about 2,000 years ago; it listed the heroes of old and the faith that allowed them to persevere in spite of the current technology telling them. "there is little chance."
- There was 'little chance' that a worldwide flood would destroy every living thing that wasn't packed in Noah's boat.
- There was 'little chance' that Abraham, at 100 years old, and Sarah, at 90, would have a child.
- There was 'little chance' that Isaac's life would be spared by an angel and a ram caught by his horns in a thicket.
- There was 'little chance' that a slave child with a death warrant on his head would be spared, raised in Pharaoh's household, and exiled to the desert 40 years would lead his people out of slavery and into a Promised Land.
- There was 'little chance' that a rag-tag group of pilgrims marching around Jericho could make the city's walls fall down.
- There was little chance that Gideon's 300 men could rout an army of hundreds of thousand Midianites.
- There was little chance a skinny 17 year-old kid could kill a fully armored Philistine warrior giant with a sling shot.
I could go on … Hebrew history is full of heroes who were given 'little chance'. What was the one thing they had in common that far outweighed 'little chance' of success? Faith.
"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for." (Hebrews 11:1)
Faith doesn't come from wire-log data; it comes from the One Who does what He promises. I'm looking forward to test results.


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TWO Horsham three-on-three basketball teams emerged victorious at the 3x3 Bendigo Braves Tournament in Bendigo on Thursday.
Owen Hughan coached both the under-14 boys team Owen's X-Men and 16-19 girls team Owen's Angels.
Owen's X-Men team members were Tate Fennell, Josh Bibby, Mitch Martin and Jeremiah McKenzie, while Alexandra Hiscock, Chloe Bibby, Ella Bibby and Faith McKenzie made up Owen's Angels.
Both sides went through their groups undefeated, although both teams had wins of two points or less in the round-robin stage.
Owen's Angels beat Phoenicians in their grand final 19-10.
Owen's X-Men also had a good win in their grand final, downing The Wolf Pack 15-9.
Faith McKenzie won the 16-19 girls slam dunk competition.
Hughan said three-on-three basketball was a form of the game with great potential.
"Three-on-three is a relatively new style of basketball, which is being introduced by many associations," he said. "Three-on-three will become a demonstration sport at the next Olympic games.
"It is a game for everyone, as it assists with all players touching the ball, which the full-court version sometimes lacks at junior level."


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NEAR WARRENS, Wisconsin (WXOW) - Law enforcement officers have closed a section of a highway in Monroe County after a number of crashes caused by a smoky wildfire.
According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, Highway 173 near Warrens is closed from Highway 21 to County HH due to the fire. A release from the WSP says it may be closed for several hours.
Monroe County Sheriff Pete Quirin says there are multiple crashes, some with injuries as a result of the fire.


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A Pell City man was arrested and charged in the murder of his own sister this morning.
The Pell City Police Department reports Brett Christopher Love, 30, of Pell City, is charged with murder.
Mr. Love is accused in the death of his sister, Lindsey Michelle Love, 29, of Pell City.
Officers responded to the 100 block of 31st Street in Pell City around 3 a.m., after a third party called and said a woman there was distressed. When they arrived, they found the body of Ms. Love inside an apartment.
A search for a suspect began, and deputies with the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office located the suspect, Mr. Love, in an area near Pleasant Valley Drive and I-20 in Pell City. He was arrested without incident.
The PCPD says the victim was not a shooting, and a forensics investigation will determine the official cause of death.
Newton said police cannot respond to the method of murder or anything about the scene, as it is tied into the investigation. However, neighbors say the murder was gruesome.
Police say there were no indications that Mr. Love was unstable prior to the incident.
A child was inside the apartment at the time of the crime, but was uninjured.
Newton called this a "very unusual crime," noting that there haven't been any homicides in Pell City in several years.
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The confluence of a motorist being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and a police officer just doing his job, produced a frightening experience for a Moreno Valley resident.
Cassandra Miller was minding her own business Wednesday, June 27, when she found herself at the business end of a UC Riverside police officer's gun.
Miller, 56, had the misfortune of being a passenger in a vehicle that matched the description of one seen leaving the area where shots were reported being fired at Park Avenue Missionary Baptist Church on Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Miller and the driver, Rita Sweeney, 57, were pulled over on Interstate 215 near Martin Luther King Boulevard. They were ordered out of the silver-grey Dodge at gunpoint and briefly handcuffed. Police determined that they were not involved in the incident and let them go.
"Our police explained the cause of the stop and apologized," said James Grant, assistant vice chancellor of strategic communications at UCR.
Police say that when they are detaining motorists who might have weapons, they don't make a distinction between, for instance, a man in his 20s and a woman in her 80s. They can all be dangerous.
That was of little consolation to Miller, who said she was so frightened that she passed out for three minutes. She was hospitalized and said by phone that she didn't sleep at all that night because of the trauma.
"I said I don't have nothing. Please don't shoot. I thought we were going to die for something we didn't know anything about," Miller said.
She has a heightened sensitivity to guns. Her husband was killed in a home-invasion robbery, and she herself was shot in a separate incident years ago.
"I was so scared," Miller said.
Miller added that Sweeney was ordered to pull up her shirt so officers could check for weapons. She said Sweeney was upset that she had to expose her bra to passersby.
By the way, Riverside police Officer Bryan Galbreath said officers never found any evidence of shots being fired at the church, where a funeral was being held. Police did, however, stop a vehicle that had a gun inside and arrested three men.
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News: "Next Move, I'm Probably Gonna Get Justin Bieber Tatted On My A**"
Tuesday, Feb 28, 2012 6:00PM
Former D12 member Bizarre has delved into his recent obsession toward Young Money's Nicki Minaj, months after he decided to get the self-proclaimed Barbie tattooed on his body.
Sarcastic with his response, Biz clarified their imaginary love bond.
"I don't know, man. She's been responding a little bit, so I might not need a restraining order. Somebody said some hateful sh*t and she said, "Don't be hatin' on my boo." So that kinda made my day .... [Laughs]," Biz said referring to a Twitter incident. "[Kissing Lil Wayne?] Oh nah, nah, she can date other men, we got an open relationship. ... Uh ... next move, I'm probably gonna get Justin Bieber tatted on my a**. Nah man, next move, I'm about to put this little free album out, coming out March 30th, called This Guy's A Weirdo. It's my gift back to the fans that's been down forever." (Hip Hop DX)
In December, the Detroit-bred rapper released a video showing him getting a tat of Minaj.
"I know y'all people heard me and Nicki Minaj, my wife, you heard the song named 'Nicki,'" Bizarre said in a video. "But I want to show Nicki how much I really, really love her. Love her. ... So check this out Nicki. I did this for you and only you. So here goes the world exclusive. This is how much I love you and I will eat your p*ssy for life. F*ck. ... Right now I'm with my man Brooklyn Payne. He does all of my tattoos. He did my portraits. Right now, I'm going to show you my new addition. My new tattoo. Check it out. F*ck yeah! Nicki, this is how much I love you. This is your husband, Bizarre." (YouTube)
Earlier the same month, Biz unleashed his "Hey Nicki" music video directed toward the raper.
In the clip, the zany rapper flips Toni Basil's classic video 'Hey Mickey' into his own "Stan"-like version called 'Hey Nicki." The green-wigged Bizarre raps about his love for Nicki as he gazes at posters of her on his wall. "Everyday, I think about what she's wearin' / When the TV come on / I can't stop starin'," he raps. The video then segues to Bizarre and his maniacal cronies crashing a fictional wedding between Drake and Minaj look-a-likes. (Pop Crush)
On the record, he also addresses the speculated romantic bond between Nicki and her Young Money labelmate Drake.
The video takes stalker one step further and finds the overweight lover adopting Nicki's wacky wig look and fawning over a collage of magazine pictorials. It even features a Minaj look-a-like preparing to marry a guy that resembles one of her most well-known Young Money cohorts. "It's the end of the world, it's almost Armageddon," he raps. "If you and Drake get married, I'm f--king up the wedding." (RapFix)
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ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB News Channel 5) Alexandria Museum of Art lecture series to feature renowned glass art scholar and author.
On November 14, Alexandria Museum of Art will present the LSUA Cavanaugh Lecture Series from 6-7:30 p.m. AMoA announced William Warmus, renowned glass art scholar and author from Ithaca, New York, will be presenting a lecture and image slideshow on the history of glass art from ancient times through today. According to AMoA, the prestigious speaker, who has also presented at the Smithsonian Institution, will bring an innovative program that is free and open to the public.
AMoA said the program will cover the artistic and technical traditions of glassmaking from ancient Egypt to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance through Tiffany, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco to Contemporary Glass. William Warmus will tell about the history of glass from its beginnings to its modern development by artists such as Louis Comfort Tiffany as well as contemporary masters such as Dale Chihuly and Stephen Knapp, whose work is currently on display at AMoA.
William Warmus was the curator of the Corning Museum of Glass, editor of Glass magazine, author of 12 books and over 100 essays, including biographies of Dale Chihuly, Louis C. Tiffany, and René Lalique and guest lecturer at prestigious institutions such as the Smithsonian. The son of a Corning, Inc. glassblower, Warmus is an independent curator, historian and appraiser specializing in modern glass, abstract art and the aesthetics of the natural environment.


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The MMA landscape routinely scores high on the incomprehensible scale, so perhaps we're blessed in our own way to live in a sports world where absurdity is the norm, coherence the exception. Now for a month in review:
April 6th Gegard Mousasi vs. Wanderlei Silva - Just kidding!
When the news broke that Alexander Gustafsson would not be available to fight just days before the UFC on Fuel card in Sweden, it was handled with all the assembled care of a drunk teenager at the wheel of a flintstone car.
First, nobody was sure if Gustafsson was really injured. With sensible questions about the status of the main event in peril, the UFC reaction to the media inquiry was resolved with the type of language you'd expect out of any non-violent situation- "Shut up dickhead"
That was Dana White to Michael David Smith in case you decided to not to click the link.
Pride icon Wanderlei Silva diffused the tension by claiming he was flying out to Sweden to replace the injured Gustaffson, insisting it was no April Fool's joke. Except it was.
Thankfully Brad Pickett vs. Mike Easton saved an otherwise forgettable night.
April 8th Matt Mitrione's Misguided Eruption of Zen
Finding insensitive remarks in the MMA world is like trying to find a needle of hay in a haystack, and Mitrione was this month's winner, calling Fallon Fox a "sociopathic, disgusting freak". Concerned about Fallon Fox's feelings, and the LGBT community in general, Dana White responded by demanding accountability from...wait for it...Ariel Helwani.
To be fair, Mitrione did receive a suspension(ish), and Mitrione did give a sincere apology. Kudos to both parties. Mr. Helwani on the other hand...consider yourself lucky. You got off light Mister.
April 13th Team Alpha Male Vying for Power in the Seven Kingdoms
Despite only coming in one size, Team Alpha Male continues to live up to its name by being men amongst boys in their division. With Joseph Benavidez, T.J. Dillashaw, and Urijah Faber all enjoying success this month, they continue to be a force to be reckoned with. Only Benavidez doesn't have to worry about their kryptonite: swift-footed Portuguese.
Woman Inherits the Earth
To quote Ellie Sattler above. We've had two female bouts this month following Rousey's title defense against Liz Carmouche. And every fight has been exciting in some fashion. Between the bloody war involving Miesha Tate vs. Cat Zingano and the swift crucifixion involving Sara McMann vs. Sheila Gaff, it's safe to say the women have more than earned their place in the spotlight. I'd be more than happy to pay for a card that has McMann vs. Tate and Rousey vs. Zingano on the same PPV.
The Ultimate Fizzler
A lot of people really wanted to believe in Uriah Hall. That belief was supported by crushing knockouts that each seemed more brutal than the last. If it wasn't Cella getting killed by a spinning back kick, it was Bubba McDaniels needing a pancake spatula to lift his broken orbital off the ground.
And yet none of that seemed to be enough to defeat a natural welterweight in Kevin Gastulem who is officially moving down. Didn't Phillipe Nover teach us anything?
Matt Brown Steals the Fox Show Away From the 2 Best Lightweights in the World
Benson Henderson and Gilbert Melendez put on a technical display, but neither fighter seemed to fight with urgency when it seemed like it mattered most in the final round. Could Josh Thomson be the real king without a crown in waiting?
Not according to Nate Diaz, who seems to think brutally getting knocked out carries less significance in a prizefight than making "bitch ass lady sounds". Some people just lend themselves to parody.
The Curse of UFC 151 Inserts its Eye-Gouging Fingers Into UFC 159
More than any other event in recent memory, 159 will be remembered most for the grisly imagery on display. Yes, Jon Jones won his bout in expected fashion, but at the cost of his big toe ending up in a direction evolution only intended for amphibians.
Beyond that, the night ended being a cautionary tale for (to quote Ben Fowlkes' wife) for the "balls of the face", as no ocular cavity was safe with two bouts ending via eye injury. Rogan wasn't high enough to discuss how dumb nature is to place eyeballs near the brain.
The good news is that Marc Ratner will address this in front of the Association of Boxing Commissions.
Satan's Name is Jerry (or is it Jared?)
Speaking of sorcery, in case you're wondering who that devil voiced individual was during the Michael Bisping vs. Alan Belcher bout at UFC 159, fight linker is kind enough to provide the answer.
Stupid Judges Decision Award
Goes to Michael Bell, Derek Cleary and Edward Collantes for their wizardry in the Francis Carmont vs. Lorenz Larkin bout.
Tips to Being a Well Rounded Mixed Martial Arts Fan Addendum
Chad Dundas and Ben Fowlkes, who are responsible for the only MMA podcast worth listening to, do a segment called 'tips to being a well rounded MMA fan'. This month Chad suggested the documentary film 'The Imposter'. I concur. For nonfiction aficionados, may I suggest Pandora's Lunchbox by Melanie Warner.
Off Topic: NHL Playoffs 2013 Let's Muther*******!
Three Stanley Cup winners in the last three seasons all have a spot in this year's playoffs. Should be awesome. Minnesota is too talented to get swept, but also too inconsistent to stand a chance against the machine that is Chicago. I'm leaning towards St. Louis in the West though. Vancouver, San Jose, and Anaheim (though I predict Detroit for the upset) are frustratingly unpredictable. Elliot is playing well behind Hitchcock's trademark trapping style, so I favor them.
The East is full of teams that either barely made it (Ottawa/New York and New York), or needed to be in a poor division just to be lucky enough to make it. Though to be fair, Ovechkin took half a half-season off, and is one of the most enjoyable world class players to watch when motivated. Still, it's all about Pittsburgh and Boston in my opinion. Unfortunately for Boston they're playing the only team meaner, and tougher (well, if Toronto's goons get some quality playing time) then them in the first round, and might be too drained against the winner of New York/Washington. Pittsbugh's ridiculous depth at offense is just something I can't imagine anyone stopping. It'd be one thing if it was just Crosby, and Malkin and anyone that plays with them, but their acquisitions in Iginla and Morrow have been playing possessed. This isn't just the most talented team in the league. It's also a team built for playoff hockey. Only question mark is goaltending.[/TL;DR]
Dana's Good Deeds
We joke (even within this post) about MMA's oddball culture, and failed attempts at humanity, but this isn't one of them. Dana going up to Boston to write some checks is a nice gesture that deserves attention. Ignore the people using this story to criticize him.
Also, I think this season of Game of Thrones is already better than the last.
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Who takes more blame, our RBs or our O-Line? [OFTOT]
Jay Cutler is a punk. [Joey Porter's Pit Bulls]
Do the Humpty Hump, NBA-style. [Pippen Ain't Easy]
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Meeting to discuss future of Seaford Day Hospital
5:00am Sunday 9th February 2014 in News
A public meeting is being held to discuss the future of a former day hospital.
The Seaford Day Hospital was bought by the charity Horder Healthcare, which plans to refurbish and reopen it this summer.
The meeting, organised by Seaford Town Council, will give people a chance to talk about what services they would like to be provided with.
Horder Healthcare chief executive Diane Thomas said: "We are looking forward to talking to local people to determine local needs to ensure that our new facility is a real contribution to the community."
Lewes MP Norman Baker, whose constituency includes Seaford, will also be at the event at Seaford Baptist Church in Belgrave Road on February 25 at 7pm.
He said: "It is very reassuring to see Horder Healthcare, a group with a proven track record in the health sector, take on the operation of Seaford Day Hospital.
"This is a step in the right direction for health care in the town and a step towards getting facilities that are suitable for a town the size of Seaford."
Anyone interested in going should call Will Thomas on 01892 601472 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Are Horder healthcare going to charge for anything they provide? Are they aiming to make a profit? What will they do with the profits made? Why are they a charity - is it to avoid paying taxes?
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Foundation Framework , tabs and silverstripe
4 October 2012 at 1:00am
I have just designed a theme for silverstripe 3 using zurb foundation framework. Now when I try to create tabs using the foundation docs from here, http://foundation.zurb.com/docs/tabs.php , something seems to go wrong.
I am able to create the tabs but when I click on tab 2 or tab 3, it still displays the content for tab 1.
I am using the same code as in the docs ans if I use the code on a normal html page all seems to work... when I use it in silverstripe it doesn't.
Kindly let me know what can I do to correct this...
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Hi there,
How are you adding the foundation tab js?
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I was curled up in bed, lying on my side with my computer in front of me. In the bottom of the eighth, I saw Reed Johnson fly out. I saw Garret Anderson walk, and during that at-bat I saw Manny come on deck to pinch-hit. And the next thing I know, it's 1:47 am, my computer screen is black, and I'm waking up from one of the most ill-timed naps ever. I woke the computer up and discovered that, mere seconds after I had fallen asleep, Manny had hit the go-ahead home run that gave the Dodgers the win. It was a four-pitch at-bat! Why couldn't I keep my eyes open for five more minutes?
Oh well. I'm choosing to focus on the fact that the Dodgers won the game. And also that I'm in Italy.
Standing on a bridge on the island of Torcello.
Today I finished reading Moneyball, which I'm not going to review because you've probably already read it, and it's not like anything I say about it hasn't already been said a thousand times since the book's publication. But I will say that I recommend it, and that even casual baseball fans should get enjoyment out of it. I put down that book and immediately picked up another, 2666, by Roberto Bolano, which I love so much thus far that I can't even stand that I've stopped reading it to write this blog. The book is 898 pages and I'm on page 114. So there's always a chance it could take a drastic turn for the worse in the next 784 pages, but I'm hoping against it.
I took a break from the book earlier to walk to a part of town that I had never ventured into before. Even armed with a map, I managed to get sort of lost, mostly because I was inept enough to continue to look at the map upside down. So I didn't understand why the signs pointing me to the Rialto Bridge wanted me to go right, when clearly the bridge was to my left. Yeah. I'm dumb. I've got another map on which I've been marking all the streets I've already walked on, just so I can get an understanding of where I've yet to go in town. Today when I get home to mark this afternoon's journey, I don't think I'm going to be able to figure out exactly where I was. I have a good sense of direction, but that becomes compromised when I spend an hour thoroughly convinced I'm heading one way, when I've actually been going completely the opposite way.
Looking tough outside the police station on Murano.
That said, if you come to Venice, I can show you around. I've learned some stuff in my nine days here, and I could show you some things. There are many cities in the United States about which this is true, and last year I added San Juan, Puerto Rico, to that list. I think I'm happiest about knowing Venice, though. And since I still have about a month left here, I'll be a regular pro at this city when all is said and done.
I'm still a little afraid of the traghettos, which are the gondolas that take (according to the sign) a maximum of fourteen people across the Grand Canal. There are only four bridges crossing the Grand Canal, so the traghettos are necessary so you don't have to walk all over just to cross from one side to the other. I'm not so afraid of them that I won't ride one, and in fact I did take one today, but there is still a bit of fear. A lot of people stand up in them, which I'm not sure I can do yet. There's just a general sort of unsteadiness about them, and there are a lot of boats traveling this waterway, so sometimes the path looks a little dicey. But I'm willing to bet not too many of these things have capsized over the years, so the wariness is going away and I'm sure I'll be over it soon.
I've got upcoming trips to Rome and Florence and Milan, though I don't know exactly when those will happen. More news as it breaks.
My "model" pose next to a sculpture at the Peggy Guggenheim.


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