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Editor's Note: The General takes a look at the Leafs' forgotten superstar in a great fanpost.
Congratulations to the Toronto Maple Leafs for their 6-5 shoot-out victory last night over the Devils. Congratulations to Toskala for the win and for killing the Cujo-switch experiment. Congratulations to Niklas Hagman for the beautiful, memorable winner, and getting a laugh from Marty too. And congratulations to Wilson and the entire team for showing that hustle and perserverance really do pay off.
But mostly I want to congratulate Tomas Kaberle. For being a superstar. I've known Tomas was for a long time, but I admit, this year I was beginning to wonder about him. I wasn't worried that he'd be a bad defenceman - Tomas will never be a bad hockey player - I was just worried that without Sundin and McCabe, he might have lost some of his extra-special-ness, and had become just a good defenceman who was okay in a lot of situations. Heading into last night's game, Van Ryn was the leading Leaf defenders with 6 points, while Kablere had just a goal and an assist for only 2 points. In the win against the Devils, Tomas did pick up 2 assists, but it was during the shoot-out where Kaberle showed he still has superstar stuff.
(3:27) Have a good look at this moment in the shoot-out. When Kaberle steps up, the Leafs are down 1-0 and down to their final shot. Kaberle needs to score or they lose. He knows it. Hagman didn't have the same pressure. If he had missd, the Devils would still have had to score. If Tomas misses, the game is over, the Devils will celebrate, and reporters will say yet again that the Leafs couldn't do it. And to keep that from happening, Kaberle, alone, needs to beat the mighty Brodeur.
Watch it again. (3:27) With the weight of the game on his shoulders, Kaberle takes two soft, casual steps, and then puts his head down and takes 4 quick power-strides up to centre. There's a smooth, gentle stutter-glide as he picks up the puck, and then he's back in high gear again as he hits the blue line. Arching to his right to set up the angle for the left-hand shot, Kaberle explodes towards the goal with amazing speed, and then simply beats Brodeur with hands that were faster then Marty's pads. And the shoot-out continued.
The Devils came close but the Leafs prevailed, thanks to Hagman, and then Toskala. But let's not overlook Kaberle's excellent contribution in this one, keeping the game - and our hopes - alive, with a big-time, superstar performance.


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A scheme to help people take their first step onto, or move up, the property ladder is being introduced in Wales in Spring.
The three-and-a-half-year scheme will be available to all buyers facing housing pressures.
£27m from the Welsh Government will support the purchase of up to 3,000 new-build homes up to the price of £250,000.
Buyers will not be able to claim the funding directly, instead house builders and the government will act as guarantors. Buyers will contribute a 5% deposit.
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Connecticut State Police are investigating a burglary at an auto repair garage in Southbury that was interrupted on Thursday morning.
Employees arriving at Classic Coach on Southford Road noticed two men stealing items from the property just before 7 a.m. According to one worker, the suspects were taking aluminum and said they knew the owner.
"They said they were tying down their load," said John Traonetta, who added that the shop had been burglarized two weeks ago.
Employees told police that the two suspects got into a red truck and drove off from the scene.
The workers followed the truck, which fled on Route 188 westbound, and called police on their cell phones.
The two suspects traveled about four miles into Oxford and left the truck abandoned in the Lutheran Church parking lot near the intersection of Great Hill Road and Route 67, police said.
Police, along with a K-9 unit, searched the area for the two suspects, who had fled on foot.
Troopers found John Polakowski, 20, of Waterbury, hiding at the Oxford water pump station house. He was taken into custody without incident and was arraigned in Superior Court in Waterbury later that day, police said.
However, state police continued to search a large wooded area with a K-9 unit, but were unsuccessful.
During their investigation, police determined that the second suspect is Wayne Conroy, 33, of Naugatuck. Conroy is wanted in connection with several other crimes, police said.
Police towed the truck to a nearby automobile shop where all the stolen aluminum was recovered.
Aluminum is in high demand, according to Classic Coach owner James Mongelli.
"Times are getting tough," he said. "People are getting desperate."
Since his shop has been burglarized twice in two weeks, Mongelli said he is looking into ways of keeping burglars out including more fences and signs. The business has cameras throughout the grounds.
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Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden looking to rebound from opening day start this week in Cincinnati
BEREA, Ohio - Cleveland Browns quarter Brandon Weeden stood before the media Wednesday afternoon after practice and summed up his NFL debut on Sunday by saying "It's one bad start."
The Oklahoma State rookie was intercepted four times and overthrew wide open receivers at critical times.
"We're all going to have rough stretches. I think, obviously, mine was the first week. I look at the mistakes I made and you guys saw them. Guys were wide open and I missed them. That's not my character. That's not the way I usually throw the football. I'm confident," Weeden said.
The Browns quarterback was asked how many times he watched the game film from Sundays loss and he said three times and now, "It's time to move on."
Weeden said the bad game did not shake his confidence, but he has to quickly correct the mistakes so that he can continue to prove to the coaches and the organization that "He is still the guy."
Weeden admitted some of the overthrows were the results of just pure adrenaline.
"I just have to play better. That's all there is to it. When it's all said and done and you drop the helmet, you've got to play better, that's the bottom line."
The Browns rookie signal caller will get that chance when they hit the road to face the Bengals in the annual "Battle of Ohio" series, which has been dominated by the Bengals the last few years.
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I had a great week! I ran every morning I wanted to, got all my planned runs in AND was gone pretty much the entire weekend for Page's wedding! It was a busy week to say the least, but one that I definitely feel good about.
I planned on keeping my mileage pretty much the same as last week, which is more than I typically do the week before a marathon, but that was on purpose since I am using SFM as a training run for PDX.
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Tuesday morning I got up, gave myself a pep talk and went on to have my fastest tempo run ever I think! It was a great run and set the week off on a good foot.
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4 tempo miles @ 7:30 avg
Then I went to run club that night for an easy 5 miler.
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10 progression
I got up early and got had another great run. I kept the first 5 easy @ 8:59, then picked up the pace for the last 5 @ 8:12.
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6 easy
I met up with my friend Lauren early and we got the miles in. My legs were SO tight at the start of this run, but felt much better by the end… just like a recovery run should be!
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13 long
Since I was going out of town early Saturday morning for Page's wedding, I wanted to get in my long run for the week Friday. I planned on doing 14-15 originally, but decided that 13 was just enough for the day. I ran with Kristin and Lauren and we had another great run!
13.0 miles/1:55:36/8:53 avg pace
5 easy
I got up and got a quick run in before heading to Reno with Kristin for the wedding!
5.0 miles/45:26/9:05 avg pace
We had SO MUCH FUN and Page was a gorgeous bride. I am so happy I was able to be a part of her big day! I will let her fill you in on the details first, but I will say I ended up in the black dress!
There was definitely no time or energy for running after a late night of dancing, drinking and shenanigans. Plus we hit so much traffic on our way back from Reno, that it took almost twice as long to get home as it did for us to get there! Needless to say, I am wiped out from another great weekend.
Totals for Week 11: 47.0 miles
This week I will cut back my volume quite a bit since the marathon is on Sunday! I will probably run more than my typical pre-race week, but still make sure not to do too much.
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MAT1320 was definitely my easiest class. Similar to gr 12 calc with intergrals. Has easy mid terms and exams. He can be a bit boring in lectures but he is one of the rare teachers where if u ask a question in class, he will answer it, even if its a stupid question. I was kind of annoyed by this yet happy about it at the same time. turtle pace
Failed with this guy last year because he was useless. He must have gotten a kick in the bum, because this year he was extremely helpful, did not mock or laugh at students, was very clear, excellent notes, etc. Very nice/smart guy. I hope he keeps up with the way he taught this year instead of going back to how he was last year.
Smart prof. Material is very abstract. However, if one attends DGDs and solves problems exams go well. Nice lecture notes. Very helpful at office hours.
Doesnt give assignments, all midterms amd finals are based on a "problem list" he updates throughout semester(almost all answers can be googled). he doesnt understand what people are asking when they have questions. he mocks students when they ask questions (ie. he laughs at us). dont take this class with him if you have a choice!!!
This is a very abstract course, and is very hard to understand for a lot of people, and he doesn't make it any easier. His exams are all exact problems taken from the problem list, so if you understand the problems, you should be find. He gives some answers in the DGD, and will help you in office hours, but it's not easy to do well in the class.
Nice and smart guy, but teaches in a way that is inconsistent with every other professor. I wouldn't fault him for the abstractness, as that seems to just be the nature of the course. But as the other rater said, he doesn't give actual assignments - just updates a "problem list" with a TON of problems from the book at random intervals.
He's a very nice guy, but his lectures are absolute garbage. He teaches the material in a way that's way too abstract for the class to understand, and his DGDs, which are supposed to be dumbed down, are just as abstract. There aren't any assignments, but this gives no reason to do any actual work. He's also incredibly boring to listen to...
well, although this professor does not explain the stuff clearly, he has SUPER EASY exams. JUST STUDY HIS PREPARATION TESTS and make sure that you solve ALL of them. I guarantee that you will take A+++ if you do what I said. DO NOT ALSO FORGET TO ATTEND THE DGDs or SOLVE THEIR QUESTIONS. his exams are straightforward
Took Linear Algebra with the prof...his teaching is a little abstract and that can be confusing for few but his midterm and final is really easy. There were no assignments. Use the textbook and youtube and you can ace the course with this guy.
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Former boxing world champion Amir Khan has said that getting married will not distract him from his boxing career, and added that he aims to continue on his comeback and win back a world title.
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Richard Birkett – Richard sustained a broken nose against Glasgow Warriors and has since made a full recovery. In addition to the nose injury, Richard has undergone surgery for a troublesome elbow problem and will be out of action for ten weeks.
Riki Flutey – Whilst with England, Riki continues to recover from a calf injury sustained in Wasps' clash with Northampton Saints.
John Hart – John is progressing well after shoulder surgery in August he is now six weeks into his rehab programme.
Richard Haughton – Richard continues to recover from sternal bruising, sustained against Glasgow Warriors and is likely to return to full training next week.
Ben Jacobs – Ben sustained a minor tear to his posterior cruciate ligament prior to Wasps v Leeds last weekend and is currently working through a rehab programme with a view to return to play in two weeks.
Simon Shaw – Whilst with England, Simon continues to recover from a calf injury sustained ahead of Wasps' clash with Northampton Saints.
Christian Wade - Christian is recovering well from a scaphoid operation following an injury sustained in pre-season. He is likely to return to play in six weeks.
Dave Walder – Dave continues to recover from knee injury sustained against Northampton Saints on the 24th October and will return to full training next week.
Joe Ward – Joe is ruled out of this weekend's game after an elbow complaint. He will work with Wasps rehab team with a view to return to play next weekend.


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The award-winning CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP), a co-curricular program of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), offers free, after-school and school-based arts programs for youth ages 6-18 in every discipline taught at CalArts. Programs are offered at public schools, community centers and social service agencies, covering a thousand square mile radius across Los Angeles County. With classes led by a teaching corps of accomplished CalArts faculty, alumni and student instructors, CAP participants learn to create original works of art and to experiment with prevailing conventions of artistic expression. CAP's success has served as a model for other arts education organizations locally and nationally. And the program has received numerous honors, including the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, which recognizes effective programs that foster the creative and intellectual development of America's children.
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We take a team-by-team look at some of the top young talents in the league and predict when they will earn their first Pro Bowl berth. Plus, we shine the spotlight on Detroit's breakout rookie — RB Kevin Jones.
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The Jackson County Medical Examiner's Office has determined that heat exposure was a factor in the death of a 57-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man who lived in the 5000 block of Park Avenue.
The victim had a pre-existing medical condition that may have made him more susceptible to the heat. The victim's caretaker left for the weekend and returned Aug. 9, to find that the victim had died. It is unknown if he had contact with anyone during the caretaker's absence.
The room temperature where the victim was found was estimated to be 90 degrees despite the fact two fans were on – a box fan in the second floor window and another beside his bed.
People who have chronic medical conditions or are disabled make up one of the five categories at highest risk for heat-related illnesses or death. Other high-risk groups include the elderly; the economically disadvantaged; people taking certain medications, including narcotics, sedatives and diuretics; and infants less than one year old. In this case, at least one of these high-risk categories may have been a factor in this death.
Heat-related deaths can be prevented. The Health Department recommends checking on relatives, friends and neighbors who are in one of the five high-risk categories once in the morning and once in the evening during extreme heat conditions.
The Health Department's 24-hour Heat Hotline, (816) 513-6265, provides information and tips about how to beat the heat. Heat information can also be found on the Health Department's Web page (www.kcmo.org/health).


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By BOB NORBERG
Opponents of Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit's plans are recruiting paid signature-gatherers in a last-ditch effort to get a measure on the November ballot to overturn the commute line's sales tax.
RepealSMART organizers also said Thursday they are intent on gathering 40,000 signatures by Jan. 27 to force SMART directors to set the election.
"We would rather the money go to people locally than spend the money to fight this in court," said Clay Mitchell of Windsor, co-chairman of the repeal effort.
SMART's opponents believe that only 15,000 signatures are necessary to qualify the measure, using a threshold set by Proposition 218, a measure passed by voters in 1996 that set up an initiative process to overturn existing taxes.
SMART officials, however, are relying on the Secretary of State's advice to follow a state election law that uses a different formula, which would require 39,000 signatures.
Organizers of the repeal campaign believe they will reach the 15,000 mark, Mitchell said, but by paying $1 per signature may possibly collect 40,000 signatures, giving SMART no choice but to set the election.
RepealSMART has relied on 250 volunteers to circulate petitions since late September. Mitchell said they are still trying to determine how many signatures they have gathered so far.
Supporters of SMART on Thursday called it a sign of desperation and a lack of community support for the repeal campaign.
"It is a sign of urgency and unease that they will not make their goal," said Jack Swearengen, chairman of Friends of SMART and of a broader group, the SMART Riders Coalition, made up of business, labor and transportation advocates.
RepealSMART is circulating petitions in an effort to place a measure on the November ballot to repeal the quarter-cent sales tax, which voters approved in Sonoma and Marin counties by 70 percent in November 2008.
The opponents argue SMART has downsized the plan to a point that it is no longer what was promised voters and would not draw enough ridership to relieve traffic and reduce emissions.
SMART has sold construction bonds and awarded a contract for the first rail segment, from Guerneville Road in Santa Rosa to downtown San Rafael, but it is 38.5 miles instead of the 70 miles originally planned and service will start one to two years behind schedule.
Extending the line to Cloverdale and to Larkspur is still planned as additional funds become available.
The quarter-cent sales tax is the main source of funding for the project, along with other local, regional, state and federal funds.
To recruit people to gather signatures, RepealSMART sent e-mails to the thousands of registered voters in Sonoma and Marin counties who included their e-mail addresses in their registration, Mitchell said.
So far, the group has raised about $20,000, all in small donations averaging about $100, Mitchell said. He and co-chair John Parnell of Novato will dip into their own pockets to make up the difference, if necessary, he said.
Is there a copy of the Pro-SMART leaflet that has been mentioned ? I would like to fact check it.
Perhaps one of them can post it.
@ Chris Snyder,
Yes, any group has the right to give out leaflets in an orderly manner and within reasonable, constitutionally-appropriate guidelines set by local government. You shouldn't even be asking that question.
The problem was (is?) that some pro-SMART people were not just handing out leaflets at an appropriate distance away from RepealSMART signature gatherers. They were being, according to first-hand reports, abusive and were, in some cases, only about two feet from potential signers of the initiative.
I too hope that in all future cases, there will be respect and appropriate distance between RepealSMART and pro-SMART folks. That is the way to conduct democratic processes.
The message that needs to get out there is that the money spent for an election now is nothing compared to the total costs of the SMART train. And since the train is expected (by SMART's own projections) to serve only a tiny percentage of our population, and the revised plan will only build approximately 1/2 the train and 1/3 the bike paths for the amount that was — we were told in 2008 — supposed to build the entire 70 miles, Sonoma/Marin voters are entitled to be the ones to decide whether they want to go ahead with this or not.
I note that your SMART Riders Coalition facebook page is intolerant of comments that ask pertinent questions. Why did the SRC delete a reasonable question asking how SMART is going to fund the 2nd phase of the project (Cloverdale to Santa Rosa, and San Rafael to Larkspur)? If you don't know that answer to this vital question, all right, but then I suggest that it should be of interest to us all to get the answer. Don't you want an answer to that question? Here is another important question: why should Sonoma/Marin taxpayers pay for something that will NOT decrease traffic or emissions to any significant degree? SMART claims it will, but various analyses using SMART's own numbers indicate the opposite.
Some people are SMART enthusiasts to the point that they don't care what the facts are. But the falling support (see the last, widely publicized poll vs. the election margin in 2008) among the public indicates that many residents here are not willing to build something so expensive if the numbers don't support it. SMART and SRC should take this important viewpoint into greater consideration.
@ GAJ and Kirsten-
I hope you agree that pro-SMART people have a right to leaflet wherever there are petition gathers without interfereing in any signature gathering.
It is absolutely the right of repeal-SMART to gather signatures without any interference. It is also the right of citizens to peacefully express disagreement via handbilling. No one from our SMART Riders Coalition has ever been instructed to harass anyone. In fact we have been pro-active in training people in any sort of conflict avoidance. I have been told that there have been some very friendly and respectful conversations between the two camps in the field. I hope that both sides can continue to stand side by side peacefully expressing their views.
The message needs to go out that putting this on the ballot will cost taxpayers millions of dollars. Also, if it is re-pealed taxpayers would be on the hook for tens of millions of dollars more…if not a hundred million or more. Also, there are thousands of jobs at stake for working men and women in Sonoma and Marin counties. We need jobs now and SMART is already putting people to work.
So save money and decline to sign any repeal SMART paper.
I also read that on the Patch police report & was blown away. I think the policeman miswrote the report, or Patch transcribed it wrong. We are looking into it. It mixes up the parties, and is not correct.
I was on one end of that verbal argument when the policeman arrived. My volunteers called me when he arrived. I know that the "blocker" is the one who complained & acted like our volunteers bothered him. My great-grandmother volunteer called the police, while I told him that he couldn't lean on the pillar, looming over my volunteers from literally 2 feet away. We were disagreeing over that, and when he called us liars and that we are killing "thousands of jobs", I told him that perhaps he should get his facts straight. I missed all of his F-bombs, but I do have a picture of the guy.
I just put it on our Facebook page. Do you know this man?
@Chris, correct me if I'm wrong, your post says the proponent of SMART was the one talked to by the Police about their behavior.
"Officer(s) determined that a person opposing SMART train system and a proponent were in a verbal argument. Advice was given to the proponent regarding his actions and how to go about properly conveying his message."
@Chris Snyder, it is you who are misinterpreting the blotter report. The police did not ask RepealSMART to leave as you imply. The police did speak with a pro-SMART person, who I believe, was swearing/shouting at RepealSMART signature gatherers and signers, including some elderly women. This man, after being spoken to by a police officer (as the report indicates), then left the area according to witnesses.
My understanding is that this was not the only incident of pro-SMART people doing more than just handing out leaflets. They heckled and harassed at several locations, although apparently that is not happening currently. I'm sure John Parnell and/or others will elaborate on the facts.
@ Parnell I know that your group is trying to spin everything in your favor and thus the made up stories about harassment. The facts are that people have a right to pass out leaflets telling the truth about SMART. Perhaps you should be doing trainings on First Amedment rights. Not one person from the SMART Riders Coalition has been cited for anything and they have actually been complimented for their proffesionalism by police and property owners (after repeal-SMART calls the police to try and stop leafleting). It is ironic that repeal-SMART tries to silence the voices of others with false claims and hysterics. On several occasions repeal-SMART has been asked to leave property once becoming belligerant.
This police blotter from Novato shows that it was anti-SMART petioners who were aggresive and were asked to leave the premisies.
Jan. 14, 12:02 p.m. – A verbal disturbance was reported in front of the Safeway store on Nave Drive. A group of petitioners were in an argument with another person. The reporting party said the people were using abusive language and that customers were upset. The reporting party had also asked the group of petitioners to leave the premises and they have refused to do so. Officer(s) determined that a person opposing SMART train system and a proponent were in a verbal argument. Advice was given to the proponent regarding his actions and how to go about properly conveying his message.
Did anybody else notice the pathetic photo-op " Start of Construction " pic ?
They were blocking a lane of road, when any off road benchmark would work. It was a show. I know surveyors, this was an act.
The serious flaw in your business plan is dependence on transporting with the North Coast Railroad Authority.
Taxpayers, state, federal, and local, have been generous in their support for renewing freight service. We've purchased the line and rebuilt the tracks and crossings. They've got the trains and engineers It's ready to roll. Why are weeds still growing in the tracks?
And please be advised, freight service has nothing to do with SMART. They separate, although equally inept entities.
You may also what to update your business plan regarding any dependence on Redevelopment Districts. They're not happening either.
Try and try again.
John Reed – 20 feet? I counted about 2 feet (maybe 3) at Safeway today in Novato. Is using the "F"~word repeatedly a part of your code of conduct. If you doubt that fact, look at the police report. Classy!
Engineer – using the freight has nothing to do with SMART. Actually, SMART will be more of an impediment for your business, and will interfere with you business. SMART is going to shut the freight down during their construction, and then want the freight to run solely at night. So unless you work at night, SMART will have a negative affect.
Chris Snyder – all of that stuff…housing implications, no weekend service, not going to Larkspur, cutting/"deferring" the bike path – those are all things that SMART has said. Perhaps you should pay more attention to what is said at SMART board meetings (and not what they tell the press happened) and not listen to the propaganda being told to you by Lisa Maldonado.
Do you believe this "phases" lie too? If so, could you explain how "phase 2″ is going to be built, when all the money is spent on "
John Reed – 20 feet? I counted about 2 feet (maybe 3) at Safeway today in Novato. Is using the "F"~word repeatedly a part of your code of conduct.
Engineer – using the freight has nothing to do with SMART. Actually, SMART will be more of an impediment for your business, and will interfere with you business. SMART is going to shut the freight down during their construction, and then want the freight to run solely at night. So unless you work at night, SMART will have a negative affect.
Chris Snyder – all of that stuff…housing implications, no weekend service, not going to Larkspur, cutting/"deferring" the bike path – those are all things that SMART has said. Perhaps you should pay more attention to what is said at SMART board meetings (and not what they tell the press happened) and not listen to the propaganda being told to you by Lisa Maldonado.
Do you believe this "phases" lie too? If so, could you explain how "phase 2″ is going to be built, when all the money is spent on "
Remember this is just for a re-vote
On a project that is materially different from the original proposition.
I will also cost twice as much.
Aside from that times have changed things.
We no longer can afford the most minimal
maintenance on our road system. The Billion dollars that SMART will cost
may only serve a few hundred people.
The loss of usable roads will cripple our
economy. What would you rather have? the ability to drive you car around the county or be able to ride a train to San Rafael? I have only been to San Rafael once so I would vote NO on "SMART" but that's just me.
If you would like to vote on this then by all means find a petition and sign it!
It is a rare chance to stop what could be a very expensive blunder.
That's right! "We are taking back the North Bay NOW!"
And we're starting with that cray liberal loon Lynn Woolsey! She's going down in flames. FLAMES! We are the people and we will make ourselves heard! Enough is enough! "The PD, the leftwing socialists & their apparatchiks on this page, you are ALL on NOTICE. You don't HAVE US anymore. We won't be going along with your BS."
That's right! Oh, wait. This is the anti-SMART page. Oh.
Let's try this again.
That's right! "We are taking back the North Bay NOW!"
And we're starting with that cray liberal SMART! It's going down in flames. FLAMES! We are the people and we will make ourselves heard! Enough is enough! "The PD, the leftwing socialists & their apparatchiks on this page, you are ALL on NOTICE. You don't HAVE US anymore. We won't be going along with your BS."
Be prepared for the rise of JIM JUDD. Ah, I mean anti-SMART! Yeah, that's it!
The sad fact is that SMART will not be able to run without taxpayer subsidies.
Even sadder is the fact that Detroit is SMARTer when they realized they couldn't afford light rail and pulled the plug on their project.
Unfortunately, not so SMART rail advocates continue to blindly move forward, taxpayers be damned.
Missy, you rock.
Why don't you contact me, lets get a protest going at Smart work sites-like 3rd st..
RepealSMART is out in force today gathering signatures. If you want the chance to vote again on the SMART train/bike path plan that has changed so drastically since Measure Q was originally passed in 2008, please check here for some of the locations: http://www.facebook.com/StopSmart#!/StopSmart.
Engineer: the freight train situation is one apart from SMART. RepealSMART is only concerned with facilitating another vote on the proposed passenger service plan that was presented when Measure Q was put on the ballot in 2008.
Chris Snyder: It's getting pretty thick in here too. You totally ignore the fact that SMART sold the voters on a specific plan to get Measure Q passed in 2008 and then slashed the percentage of the line that would be built for the tax money. Instead of a full 70 miles from Cloverdale to Larkspur, we are only getting Santa Rosa to San Rafael (and I believe that doesn't even reach into the middle of San Rafael but stops at the Civic Center — I heard that last week but if it is incorrect, someone will undoubtedly advise us all). In order for the remainder of the line to be built, additional funds will have to be found. Wherever those funds come from, they will be taxpayer funds in some form or another. So, we are talking about a train that will cost roughly 2x what we were told in 2008. Yet, SMART doesn't think that kind of change ought to get renewed voter approval? You apparently don't think so either. RepealSMART does think so.
Furthermore, Mr. Snyder, if you want to get into misinformation, let's talk about SMART's contentions that the train will reduce 101 traffic and emissions. Even today about 70000 cars travel across the Sonoma/Marin county line every day each way. That's today, not twenty years from now. SMART's owe projections claim a top figure of about 3600 one way trips each day if the entire line is built. Anyone with rudimentary math skills can see there will not be much impact. And emissions will not be reduced either, obviously. The train itself will run on oil-based fuel too, let's not forget.
Additionally, if there should be significant increase in population here in Sonoma/Marin over the next 25 years (as we've been hearing from "planners"), there might be a few more people riding SMART, but there will still be increased traffic and emissions accompanying the higher population. Yet, SMART touts the idea of denser population, especially around the train line, doesn't it? Which, by the way, would significantly alter the character of our counties, now wouldn't it? Yet, I think many people deliberately moved to Marin and Sonoma because they sought a less densely populated area!
John Reed: we'll see how your "code of conduct" is implemented, won't we? So far, though, there have been incidents with both people who were and were not part of your group. RepealSMART welcomes appropriate information dissemination by anyone who has facts to share. However, RepealSMART signature collectors have been experiencing harassment which goes beyond such dissemination.
Dear lefties on WSC, your bullying tactics aren't going to work against The People. The People will still sign. Bring it on, you're really scared RepealSMART will get the signatures so you are doing threats and bullying tactics to STOP PEOPLE from signing. Nice work. It will only work to serve AGAINST YOU in the long run. You will turn more people OFF to your cause.
However, keep doing these threats and bully tactics, this will only serve to swell our numbers. BRING IT ON! You're bringing in your big Union Thugs, bring it on, the people will not tolerate this and your demise will be quicker.
Paying signature gatherers is very common. When big money wants something on the ballot, they pay big bucks. Sound familiar? Medical marijuana paid $2 to $3 per signature. Tens of millions spent to legalize it. The anti-pension bill that will be on the ballot in November paid $5 to $6 per signature and got the jo done quickly, all in the LA area. A buck a piece is pretty cheap, obviously there is no big money interest in stopping SMART. People stopped the Bridge to Nowhere because it was outrageously expensive. SMART, by it's own admission, is outrageously expensive and very heavy in upper management salaries and chronie paybacks. They don't care if the public knows now, they have people who will get out and spread the word, a train at any cost. A train is the only thing that matters.
Volunteers? You mean UNION THUGS don't you "John Reed" aka Lisa Maldonado.
For fun google Lisa Maldonado's picture. ROTFL!!
"Decline to Sign
Keep the train on time"
That's my mantra for the weekend!
The volunteers with the SMART Riders Coalition will be out this weekend to do outreach and public education so that folks who are approached to sign the repeal petition will have the facts about how the SMART train and pathway will create much-needed construction jobs and provide a long-term benefit to the North Bay by providing a regional transit network to supplement the crowded 101 corridor.
We have been compelled to get out and make our case now that the anti-SMART campaign has gone to using paid signature collectors. We have a code of conduct for all our volunteers which requires them to not engage with the petitoners, remain 20 feet away, and to remain calm and peaceful at all times. We don't want to spend our weekend out in front of shopping centers, but the enormous cost that the misguided and destructive repeal campaign would impose on our community requires that we do our civic duty and make sure that voters have the real facts about SMART.
They're desperate to save SMART effort, why they even have their own little motto "Decline to sign" which they've put on this page already several times.
Guess what, the North Bay is becoming more conservative and we WON'T BE BULLIED by the leftwing loons, people are actually waking up and MANY/MOST of them are Dems!
Well well well. The worst thing the LEFT hates is DEMOCRACY, like this petition drive. The PD, the leftwing socialists & their apparatchiks on this page, you are ALL on NOTICE. You don't HAVE US anymore. We won't be going along with your BS.
It's all gelling right now. The meeting "for" OneBayArea which the PD and the lefties tried to portray people as Tea Partiers (which they are not, they're DEMS!), this SmartRepeal, and on and on.
NOTICE – we THE PEOPLE are sick of you and your lies. WE THE PEOPLE will not be pushed around by your mindless agendas and nanny state bs anymore!
We are taking back the North Bay NOW!
I will be locating my business at a business complex that is at an already established rail spur. If not I will be building a spur with help of the rail and county. I plan on moving my goods by fork lift directly to the rail cars and then off to the national rail system. Saving on the shipping costs.
If the trains are repealed I will not be locating my business in Marin or Sonoma and I can thank all the folks who oppose building American infrastructure, capitalism and commerce.
I support passeger and freight trains.
I have some news for all of the transplants from other states and southern California. I don't blame you that you can't remember anything about the North Bay, you weren't here the first go around.
BART was considered and a cost analysis was done in the late 80′s. $1 Billion just to sling a track under the Golden Gate Bridge. Today? I wouldn't believe anything less that $3 Billion for that crossing. They blocked the Sonoma Valley with a Scenic Corridor designation, so BART can't come in that way. Sonoma County has effectively "Greened" their way to isolation. The train is a bloated boondoggle… Why have there been no freight trains? Because the trains can not go to the end destinations, the stores. The expense to load a semi to go a quarter mile is rediculous. Some boasted a train can transport a ton 450 miles on a gallon of diesel. Guess what? A semi can transport a ton over 200 miles on a gallon of diesel. Not a bad deal for not having to load and unload it two to three times.
Get over the commute aspect. The numbers projected have exceeded the population of the end destinations. It is exaggeration to create jobs at a huge expense. Remember, the bridges were paid for a long time ago, the tolls now subsidize the ferry system for over $300 million a year. Taxes will go up a lot.
It is getting pretty thick out there. Repeal-SMART folks are saying that the train is not going to run on weekends so no wine tours, the train is never going to Larkspur, cities will be make to build low income housing around SMART stations so there will be dangarous elements introduced in the community and the stations will be suject to gang activity… and there is no bike path….ect…blah…blah…blah.
They will tell anyone anything to get a signature. There needs to be some truth in this process. Not a bunch of lies to get something on that ballot that will cost the taxpayers millions.
We need work in this community folks not the destruction of work.
Say no to the lies and half-truths. Decline to sign.
"In each of the three elections it took to get SMART on the ballot to begin with – paid signature gatherers were used. Shocking." –Graeme Wellington
Actually, I believe that as a board that governs a special district, SMART was able to vote to put the measures on the ballot without collecting signatures from voters.
If the SMART plan would have been to link to BART from the very beginning – instead of this total nonsense that ends in San Rafael and maybe, perhaps, we hope makes it to Larkspur one day – I'd bet almost EVERYONE in the North Bay would support this project. There would have been no need for a repeal effort.
As it is, SMART is a typical government-funded debacle that will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars for little benefit.
SMART board members blather on about "vision," but people with true vision would have linked to BART from the start.
Before comparing SMART to BART one ought to compare the population density between the two corridors. Few people familiar with the obstacles facing mass transit pretend that density doesn't matter. But, alas, some were found in Sonoma and Marin counties.
BART was considered a too-expensive boondoggle when it was first planned. Now try to do without it.
But where are the freight trains that promised to take 100′s of trucks off the our roads? Taxpayers invested over a hundred million dollars. What's the hold up?
Just a reminder to many of you and perhaps some of you who did not know.
Back in recent history, the rail roads used to bribe and bully politicians throughout the state of California.
The petition system, by members of the public, was designed to overcome and overwhelm the corrupt politicians through voter strength.
Corrupt government politicians and corrupt government bureaucrats are the ones who hate the petition system. So, they scream and scream about paid signature gatherers because they cannot reveal the true criminal motives of bribed government bureaucrats.
The opponents of paid signature gatherers are nearly always those who fear the loss of their government power or those who fear the loss of their government spending.
You could have an army of paid signature gatherers and nobody would sign the petitions unless the goal was beneficial to the general public.
The screams against paid signature gatherers start in Sacramento where the corrupt government has recently enacted further restrictions upon the public with the intention to limit our ability to get reforms on the ballot.
Apart from all the positives the SMART Train will bring in terms of reduced traffic, alternative transportation, jobs and bike and walking paths, prospective signers should ask themselves and the REPEALERS why they would want us taxpayers to buy a very expensive set of lawsuits that a repeal will bring. Because money has been spent, trains are being built(in the US) and construction contracts awarded and work begun, it's quite possible that a repeal means we will still be on the hook for payment to fulfill all those legal obligations but without a train to show for it. The REPEAL SMART effort is a full employment act for lawyers and a disaster for taxpayers. Decline to Sign!
Let this be a lesson to us all-
Do not vote for any new tax increases no matter how good the project sounds while we have unaccountable officials
running things-they are dishonest and manipulative even while using our money to enrich themselves disproportionately.
It's really shocking how many people just don't "get it". They see this as the community pooling their resources to create something that will better the lives of the citizens.
I understand that point of view.
But others see this as yet another case of the Government taking the money we work hard to earn & handing it over to people to create their own little fiefdom, grease their friends & tax payers be damned.
If I believed for one second that this train would be built on time, on budget and as advertised & wouldn't lift a finger to stop it.
I wouldn't support it because I think it's a luxury we can't afford, but I wouldn't actively oppose it.
However, they have yet to even break ground and it has become painfully clear that this is nothing more than another out of control bureaucracy designed to use my tax dollars to line the pockets of people who are experts at playing the system.
Oh yeah…. and build a train!
There are now two columns about this topic on the Opinion page of the PD.
That must mean this issue is twice as important as the others.
By Sunday there will be three places to berate RepealSMART for doing what SMART did every time it was on the ballot.
"Supporters of SMART on Thursday called it a sign of desperation and a lack of community support for the repeal campaign.
"'It is a sign of urgency and unease that they will not make their goal,'" said Jack Swearengen, chairman of Friends of SMART and of a broader group, the SMART Riders Coalition, made up of business, labor and transportation advocates."
Using paid petition gatherers is a smart move. It doesn't mean that the Repeal SMART campaign doesn't have public support. The number of signatures that have already been gathered indicates that it does have support. But it is not possible to rely on volunteers for everything. (Few statewide petitions qualify without paid signature collection.)
We all know that SMART has paid tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars for PR over the last several years. Does this also mean that SMART itself doesn't actually have support from the public?
To say that Repeal SMART's use of money is a sign of a lack of community support is to make an unfounded claim. As Mitchell stated, it makes sense to spend some money now on signature gatherers rather than to risk having to spend even more money on a costly court fight later.
Neither Mitchell nor Parnell is drawing a salary from the repeal effort, and, as the article states, both are willing to personally contribute money to the effort.
When a machine like SMART is spending public money in support of itself, it's not fair that its supporters call foul when opponents of the project spend a little bit of private money to oppose the machine.
In each of the three elections it took to get SMART on the ballot to begin with – paid signature gatherers were used. Shocking.
And if they somehow don't reach their goal, the paid signature gatherers can be retasked to collect signatures to recall each and every member of the SMART board.
Or the perhaps a RICO investigation can be initiated with the FBI — because this really is corruption,
I'm a RepealSmart volunteer.
People's willingness to sign the petition hasn't been a problem.
Finding the time is.
I think paying for signiture gatherers is a good idea.
The voter on the street has an opportunity to do so.
The fact that the person with the clip board is paid (as they often are) is insignificant. The sheet has a breif summation as to what's proposed.
Make your voice heard any way you can.
The more you know, the more it's NO!
Storm trooper tactics by SMART backers trying to stop the lawful collection of signatures is despicable and unlawful. SMART backers seem to have forgotten that it is a basic constitional right to petition the government and if SMART is anything, it is a government organization.
The local police and the SMART Board need to stop this immediately.
Find the places to go & sign near you! We CAN do this!


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Certified Local Fall Festival Saturday, November 10, 10am – 4pm Portland Parkway, 10 W Portland St, Phoenix, AZ Click here for parking info and map, or ride the light rail to the Roosevelt & Central Light Rail Station! This is a rain or shine event! Join Local First in Downtown Phoenix this Saturday for our 8th Annual Certified Local Fall Festival! The new location at Portland Parkway is a beautiful, shaded green space where attendees can stroll, shop and be entertained. This...Read More
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Ladies and gentlemen, I've just been handed an urgent news story and I need all of you to stop what you're doing and listen! Strawberry Hedgehog Pop-Up Shop,Yoga Classes & Vegan Bake Sale! We are opening up the rest of my factory space to start building some beautiful community! Yoga classes and guided meditation will be offered starting in November M-Th evenings and weekend classes. We will have a cozy and inviting retail space set up on the dates listed below just for the...Read More
Workshop Time!
"Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. It's where all the fruit is." -Shirley MacLaine Hope to see you this Sunday! I have a slew of very hard to find organic fruit extracts and enzymes we will get to play with, along with the fresh stuff. I can't wait to share and play! Please register online and prepay...Read More
Parties, and Workshops, and SALES, oh my!
Now: SALE! Use coupon code THANKYOU10 to take 10% off your order of $50 or more. Enter the code below your shopping cart contents and above your shipping information. July 19: July 2012 Get Your PHX Celebration honoring some pretty fantastic local Business Women, including yours truly at 180 Degrees Automotive. 545 W Mariposa. More info. July 22: Fruity Beauty Workshop! There will be a morning workshop and an afternoon workshop to learn which fruits and veggies are best to eat for optimal skin...Read More
Chill Out Workshop!
HOLYMOLY it is hot.. it is very hot! You need ways to cool down naturally and I am here to keep you fresh and fabulous through this summer's scorching temps. The searingly high mercury can fry your brain and make you do things that might be against your better judgement.. using conventional products like core-plogging, chemical ridden antiperspirants or masking with synthetic fragrance. Join me for a workshop at the Strawberry Hedgehog HQ to learn how to chill out naturally! :c) When:...Read More
Vegan Bakesale! Calling all bakers, eaters, people who care about others.
When: April 14th, 11am-6pm Where: Strawberry Hedgehog HQ: 526 W. Mariposa St., Phoenix, AZ 85013 (just SE of 7th Ave and Camelback next door to the Antiques shop) What: Vegan bake sale and silent auction with all proceeds benefiting Autism Speaks Why Autism: Autism affects 1 in 110 kids, 1 in 70 boys, according to the CDC! From the Autism Speaks website: " Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development… Learn...Read More
Weekend Update!
WHEN: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 17 WHERE: Whole Foods 101 and Ray Road, 2955 West Ray Road, Chandler RSVP on Facebook Strawberry Hedgehog owner, Tracy, and gnomie, Catherine, will be selling fabulous soaps and lotions outside of Whole Foods Chandler on the SE corner or Ray Rd. and the 101. Stop by and say hi, it should be a blast! Live music, food, fun stuff for kids. Click here for more info. Whole Foods Local Vendor Day Soap sampling with fabulous soap gnome, Kimberly! WHEN: : noon...Read More
Come see us!
I'm so excited that Strawberry Hedgehog has so much going on in this new year! Whole Foods Local Vendor Days abound thanks to my team of fabulous friends handing out fabulous samples, informing the public, and representing as all important soap gnomes. We are also able to be at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market every other weekend! Please check out our calendar to see where we will be when. I'd love to see your smiling face, and you know you've always wanted to meet a gnome....Read More
Pop Up Shop Tonight!
Looking for a fun evening? Stop by The Mint in downtown Scottsdale for great drink deals, yummy food, and a Pop-up shop including 20+ local vendors! I will have holiday special soaps not available anywhere else and whipped body creme that was exclusive to the club but you can pick it up tonight! 15% of all transactions will be donated to charity! When: Thursday, 12/15 4-8pm Where: The Mint, 7373 E. Camelback Rd Charity: ACCEL http://www.popupshopaz.com/ RSVP on...Read More


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- Very detailed and serious comparison of functional and imperative programming styles.
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(AP) Analysis: Romney's Nevada Win Leaves Rivals Few Options
Mitt Romney's decisive victory in Nevada was never much in doubt. He won the state's caucuses four years ago, kept his organization active and he could count on support from Mormons who made up a quarter of caucus goers this year.
But the former Massachusetts governor's win here, coupled with his enormous Florida victory just days ago, proved Republicans have begun to coalesce around his candidacy in earnest. He swept nearly every voting group in Nevada including those that have been slow to come aboard, such as tea party activists and voters who describe themselves as extremely conservative.
And that spells trouble for his remaining rivals who now face a stark question: How do they stop him?
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I'm not so sure of this analysis. Many of my friends have as much enthusiasm for Romney as they do for going to the dentist.February 5, 5:18 pm | [comment link]
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Snowshill Manor and Garden - National Trust
Snowshill Manor and Garden - National Trust
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Snowshill is no ordinary manor, as Charles Paget Wade was no ordinary Edwardian gentleman. Mr Wade embodied his family motto 'Let nothing perish', spending his life and inherited wealth amassing a spectacular collection of everyday and extraordinary objects. He bought each because of its colour, craftsmanship and design, restoring the ancient Cotswold manor house to display them. Laid out theatrically, the Manor is literally packed to the rafters with 22,000 or so unusual objects – from tiny toys to splendid suits of Samurai armour. The Manor is surrounded by an intriguing terraced hillside garden designed in the Arts & Crafts style.
Venue Type:
Historic house or home, Garden, parklands or rural site
Spring 2011
1 April to 3 July, Wed–Sun & all Bank Holidays
Manor: 12.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)
Garden, restaurant and shop: 11.00–17.30 (last entry 17.00)
Priest's House: 11.00-17.00
Summer 2011
4 July to 28 August, Wed-Mon
Manor: 11.30–16.30 (last entry 15.30)
Garden, restaurant and shop: 11.00–17.00 (last entry 16.30)
Priest's House: 11.00–16.30
Autumn 2011
29 August – 30 October, Wednesday - Sunday
Manor: 12.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)
Garden, restaurant and shop: 11.00–17.30 (last entry 17.00)
Priest's House: 11.00-17.00
Winter 2011
5 November to 11 December
Garden, restaurant and shop only: 12.00-16.00 (last entry 15.30)
Closed: Spring & Autumn: Mon & Tue (except Bank Hols)
Summer 2011: Tue
Winter 2011 (from 12 Dec)
House & garden: £9.50, child £4.80, family £24.00. Groups £8.10. Garden, restaurant/shop only: £5.20, child £2.60, family £12.70. Visitors arriving by bicycle or on foot offered a voucher redeemable at Snowshill NT shop or restaurant.
- National Trust
Additional info
Groups and coaches welcome but limited and strictly by prior appointment.


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"NGLC's $12 million Wave IV builds on the 20 new, personalized, blended secondary school models we helped to catalyze through Wave IIIa in 2012. With this new wave of investment, NGLC aims to further catalyze and accelerate the development of the blended learning model in secondary education. Our goal is to enrich the educational landscape with both a larger number and a more diverse portfolio of players innovating with blended learning approaches. NGLC aspires to find entrepreneurs and innovative organizations and agencies that share this urgency and recognize the potential of technology-enabled breakthrough school models to catalyze broad, transformative change across public K-12 education in the United States.
NGLC will award 20 launch grants of $150,000 guaranteed plus up to $300,000 available in 1:1 matching funds and will award 30 planning grants of $100,000 each."
Applications will be accepted in two cycles in 2013, with deadlines of April 22, 2013 and December 2, 2013.


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DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - None of the DeKalb County school system's commencement ceremonies will take place in places of worship this year in response to parent complaints.
The ceremonies will instead be hosted at secular venues or outdoor stadiums. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Thursday (http://bit.ly/13NCJ30 ) that the district decided to move about 12 ceremonies from religious venues in response to parents complaining about the public schools holding graduation ceremonies in religious settings.
Other parents have spoken out against the move. They say holding the ceremonies at secular venues has translated to higher costs for hosting the events, and less than ideal facilities with visual barriers and bad acoustics.
Schools superintendent Michael Thurmond says DeKalb schools could look to once again hold ceremonies in places of worship if religious symbols are not visible.
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Intranasal drug delivery for brain metastatic breast cancer
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|2013 (Cycle 19)
|Grant #: 19IB-0141
|Award: $242,530
|Award Type:
|Research Priorities
|Innovative Treatments>Gene therapy and other treatments: new frontiers
Initial Award Abstract (2013)
Non-technical overview of the research topic and relevance to breast cancer: There is no effective therapy for breast cancer that has spread to the brain. A major roadblock is the fact that the usual breast cancer drugs are not able to penetrate the blood-brain-barrier (BBB) and therefore do not reach metastases in the brain. We are seeking to develop a novel chemotherapeutic agent that enables dosing via nasal inhalation, which will circumvent the BBB and increase brain-targeted activity, while keeping full-body exposure low.
We will take advantage of, but substantially improve upon, certain criteria that have worked well for the treatment of aggressive brain tumors, such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The current gold standard chemotherapy for GBM is temozolomide (TMZ), which is given orally and crosses the BBB reasonably well (although sub-optimally). However, its full-body distribution can cause harmful bone marrow suppression.
Many years ago, the natural product perillyl alcohol (POH), which is found in many plants including fruits, had been tested for anticancer activity. Although it was fairly potent, there were severe intestinal side effects after oral dosing; therefore POH did not enter clinical practice. However, recent studies in Brazil demonstrated that simple inhalation of POH through the nose (with a vaporizer 4 times daily) is effective against brain tumors that have stopped responding to other treatments. Additionally, there were little to no side effects resulting from POH sniffing, which favorably impacted quality of life. This gave us the idea that POH might be useful as a vehicle to facilitate delivery of other chemotherapeutic agents into the brain via simple nasal inhalation.
Consequently, the applicants long-term collaborator, Dr. Thomas Chen and NeOnc Technologies generated a novel chemical entity where TMZ was fused with POH. Computer modeling predicts that this unique molecule, called T-P, has excellent brain entry, much better than TMZ. We hypothesize that T-P can be given to patients via inhalation and will be effective against breast cancer metastases in the brain, without major side effects.
While our primary intent was to generate a therapeutic molecule that can very effectively enter the brain, we made the surprising discovery that T-P is several-fold more effective at killing cancer cells in a culture dish than either parental compound, TMZ or POH, alone. Moreover, simply mixing TMZ with POH cannot replicate the potency of T-P, showing that stable fusion of the two molecules into a new entity is essential for the greatly improved potency. Administration of T-P to a few mice did not reveal major side effects, and the animals continued to thrive, indicating that the drug is well tolerated. In our proposed study, we intend to investigate whether intranasal T-P exerts therapeutic effects in animals with breast cancer-derived brain metastases.
The question(s) or central hypotheses of the research: Our hypothesis is the following: (i) T-P is able to circumvent the BBB and enter the brain more effectively than other anticancer drugs. Therefore, in combination with its increased tumor-killing potency, therapeutically effective concentrations can be delivered to intracranial breast metastases. (ii) Intranasal delivery will (a) help concentrate the drug in the brain, and thus reduce systemic (full-body) exposure to the drug, and (b) minimize metabolism/turnover of the drug in the liver. This will enable us to give overall lower drug dosages and thus reduce the chances of unwanted toxic side effects.
The general methodology: On one hand, we will perform studies in vitro to investigate the molecular mechanisms by which T-P attacks and kills breast cancer cells. With the use of breast cancer cell lines in culture, we will study the known targets of TMZ and POH to find out whether T-P attacks the same molecular targets, and which target(s) is (are) the critical ones to effect tumor cell death. On the other hand, we will use mouse breast tumor models with metastatic spread to the brain. We will apply two methods of drug administration, oral and intranasal, in order to determine which is more effective and has the least side effects.
Innovative elements of the project: The innovative elements are: (i) The fusion of POH to a chemotherapeutic drug will enable intranasal delivery of the drug and, if therapeutic proof of principle with TMZ indeed can be verified, should be applicable to other drugs as well; (ii) the fusion of POH with TMZ has generated a novel compound that is substantially more potent than its individual parts; (iii) compared to conventional oral or intravenous drug administration, which distributes the drug throughout the entire body, intranasal drug delivery will increase brain targeting but decrease full-body exposure, and thus will minimize the risks of unwanted side effects, such as bone marrow suppression, which is a serious effect of many oral or i.v. chemotherapeutics.


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The Christmas market's 90 lovingly furnished wooden booths blend in harmoniously with the old quarter's unique green sandstone ensemble, the only one of its kind in the world. It's hard to imagine a more beautiful setting than the market square, the cathedral, St. Peter's Church and the lovely rows of half-timbered houses in between. Every evening, trumpeters mark the end of the day's proceedings. Artist Fritz Risken has Nativity scenes from around the world on display at his studio in Brunstein chapel, and tourist guides will be happy to take you on a culinary journey of discovery around the Christmas market.
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Food stalls open until 10pm
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As a Mom of three, I post a lot of pictures on Facebook of holidays, first days of school, family outings and more. Since most of my family and friends are on Facebook, I don't print them out like I used to when I had my old non-digital camera. Recently, when I went looking for a picture that my daughter needed for school, I realized that I don't have a copy of any of the recent pictures I have taken {Read More}
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Welcome to A Spectacled Owl's "30 Days of Christmas Giveaway" Event! Each day for the month of November, there will be a new review/giveaway posted. There are AMAZING sponsors & AMAZING prizes included. I am so excited to bring this to all of you wonderful readers and hope you will be excited as well. Here is how it will work: 30 Different Reviews/Giveaways, each posted one day after the previous one Each giveaway will run 7 days All Reviews/Giveaways will {Read More}


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The jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics highlighted something we have been discussing for a while on Gallup.com -- that examining the unemployment rate alone does not paint a complete or accurate picture of a nation's employment situation or economic energy.
We know that the unemployment rate is distorted by fluctuations in the size of the workforce and further, that it has no relationship with GDP.
For that reason, Gallup has worked to develop alternate employment metrics -- metrics that focus on quantifying the percentage of people employed in full-time jobs -- that do have a relationship with GDP.
Since January 2011, we have reported extensively on the percentage of workers in the U.S. and worldwide who are employed full time for an employer. We feel great about this metric because it is comparable in countries worldwide based on rigorous, representative national samples.
However, we also saw the limitations of any metric that is based on the workforce rather than the population. As such, we decided -- well before last week's BLS report -- to launch a new metric called "Payroll to Population." This metric reports the percentage of the entire population that is employed full time for an employer. It will move when more of the population has solid full-time jobs, period -- regardless of the season or shifts in the size of the workforce. We're tracking it nightly in the U.S. and around the world in every single country where we survey. We hope it will become the new global standard that leaders use to track the true employment situation in their nations.
Here are some findings from our inaugural reports on this metric:
- 27% of the world's adults aged 15 and older were employed full time for an employer in 2011
- 19 countries, including the U.S., have a Payroll to Population percentage at 40% or higher
- 20 countries had a Payroll to Population employment rate of 10% or less
- 45.3% of Americans aged 18 and older were employed full time for an employer in August
- August 2012 Payroll to Population rate for the U.S. is up from August of the past two years
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Additionally, you can always find the latest country-level figures on our economy and world sub-homepages.
To get each new Payroll to Population story delivered to your inbox as soon as it is published, sign up for Gallup news alerts and select All Gallup Headlines, Economy, or Good Jobs.
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Lou Silverstone
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Lou Silverstone is a comedy writer who was one of "The Usual Gang of Idiots" at MAD Magazine[1][2] from 1962 to 1990.
At MAD, he was primarily, though by no means exclusively, a writer of television and movie parodies. His first-ever contribution was "Bananaz," a parody of Bonanza. It was not until 1968 that he began contributing other kinds of articles, many of which were otherwise related to television and movies.
Following his association at MAD, Silverstone moved to its competitor Cracked, where he served several years as an editor and writer.
- ^ Bermel, Albert (1982). Farce: a history from Aristophanes to Woody Allen. Simon and Schuster. p. 432. ISBN 978-0-671-25148-2. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ Miller, Russell (6 November 1991). "The World Goes Mad After 39 Years, the Zany Magazine Gets Serious Treatment in a Big, Glossy Coffee-Table Book-Just the Kind of Thing It Mocks". Los Angeles Times. p. E1. Retrieved 20 March 2011. "Together with his fellow Mad alumnus Lou Silverstone, De Fuccio now edits Cracked magazine..."
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Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 2 p.m. at Herman Baptist Church with burial following at Herman Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 from 1 until 2 p.m. in the Collins-Burke Funeral Home parlor.
She was preceded in death by her father, Samuel Lawson Bennett; mother, Eveline Black Bennett; husband, Walter H. Durham; sister, Bertha Kennedy; brothers, Charles Bennett, Jim Bennett, Emery Bennett and Louie Bennett and great-grandchild, Joshua Beau Allen.
She is survived by her daughter, Margaret Ann (Ray) Smith of Jasper; sons, Bobby Joe (Brenda) Durham and Darrell Lee (Esther) Durham and sisters, Esker Kennedy, Kathryn Dopson and Mildred Steele.
The family request donations be made to Herman Baptist Church.
Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571


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LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech conducted its first scrimmage Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium, and also held its first workout in full pads four practices into the spring season. The workout gave the coaches, and fans, their first glimpse of the Red Raiders in a game simulation under the new coaching regime.
"It was a typical first scrimmage," head coach Tommy Tuberville said. "At times we looked good and other times we looked like a team in its first scrimmage. I thought our quarterbacks did a nice job of finding receivers and the offensive line provided good protection. Defensively, we saw a lot of things we liked. Once we see the film, we'll have a better idea of where we are. But, I thought it was a good start for our fourth workout of the spring."
The Red Raiders return a talented group from the 2009 season, but most eyes are on the battle at quarterback. Seniors Taylor Potts and Steven Sheffield took a bulk of the snaps as Sheffield finished the day with 222 yards and two touchdowns on 18-of-25 passing. He also ran for another score. Potts completed 13-of-25 passes for 141 yards and a score. Both worked with the ones and twos during the scrimmage. Sophomore Seth Doege added 35 yards and a passing score on 5-of-12 passing, while redshirt freshman Jacob Karam was also 5-of-12 for 49 yards.
Tramain Swindall led all receivers with 103 yards on four receptions and scored a touchdown on the scrimmage's opening drive. Jacoby Franks and Aaron Crawford followed with 74 and 61 yards and a touchdown apiece.
On the ground, Crawford led all backs with 63 yards on 10 carries and another score, while Harrison Jeffers and Eric Stephens added 66 and 23 yards, each on six rushes. Baron Batch gathered 13 yards on six carries.
Cornerback LaRon Moore paced the defense with seven stops, while safeties Brett Dewhurst and Franklin Mitchem added six tackles each. Redshirt freshmen Aundrey Barr, Pearlie Graves and Brandon Mahoney, along with junior Sam Fehoko, each recorded sacks. Dewhurst and walk-on defensive back Sawyer Vest grabbed the defenses two interceptions.
The Red Raiders get back to practice Monday at 3 p.m. at Jones AT&T Stadium. Practices are open to the public.
PASSING (C-A-Yds-TD)
Steven Sheffield (18-25-222-2)
Taylor Potts (13-25-141-1)
Seth Doege (5-12-35-1)
Jacob Karam (5-12-49-0)
RECEIVING (Rec-Yds-TD)
Tramain Swindall (4-103-1)
Jacoby Franks (7-74-1)
Aaron Crawford (2-61-1)
Detron Lewis (5-50-0)
Lyle Leong (5-30-1)
Eric Ward (2-24-0)
Alex Torres (2-23-0)
Aaron Fisher (1-20-0)
Gerardo Acevedo (1-18-0)
Austin Zouzalik (3-10-0)
Derrick Mays (2-8-0)
Baron Batch (1-6-0)
Adam James (1-5-0)
Eric Stephens (1-3-0)
E.J. Celestie (1-2-0)
RUSHING (Rsh-Yds-TD)
Aaron Crawford (10-63-1)
Harrison Jeffers (6-55-0)
Eric Stephens (5-23-0)
Gerardo Acevedo (4-17-0)
Baron Batch (6-13-0)
Tim Graves (3-13-0)
7 – LaRon Moore
6 – Brett Dewhurst, Franklin Mitchem
5 – Michael Aguilar, Jared Flannel, Kerry Hyder
4 – Bront Bird, Daniel Cobb, Will Ford, Julius Howard, Eugene Neboh
3 – Dion Chidozie, Sam Fehoko, Donald Langley, Colby Whitlock
2 – Matt Bonano, Jonathan Brydon, Cody Davis, Malcolm Gilliam, Pearlie Graves, David Neill, Jarvis Phillips, Myles Wade
1 – Britton Barbee, Terrance Bullitt, Corey Lee, Jordan Osborne, Sawyer Vest, Arlan Waller
Aundrey Barr, Sam Fehoko, Pearlie Graves, Brandon Mahoney
Brett Dewhurst, Sawyer Vest
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Someone recently had some body work done on their work van, but not the good kind. We're talking about some illegal body work.
Security footage shows a shadowy figure lurking around the America's Best Inn on North Parkway in Huntsville during the early morning hours of May 20th.
He's seen walking past the vehicles, looking around, apparently to see if anyone's watching.
He forgot about that surveillance camera.
Then you can see him go to work, so to speak, on the work van. He disappears on the opposite of the van. We see what he's doing when he moves in front of the camera once again, messing with the tires.
When he finishes, he pauses, and does some more "work" on the front windshield, smashing it.
There was a car parked right beside that van. We don't know if he targeted that van or if he knew the victim. We do know he took a knife and slashed all four tires.
Then, for good measure, he took out a tool of some sort and smashed in the driver's side windshield.
It''s dark, so we can't get a good look at his face. But police describe him as a man with a slim build, wearing long shorts, a baseball cap and a hoodie.
Any idea who he is?
There are dollar signs involved in this question, as in up to a thousand dollars in reward money.
Just make the anonymous call to 256-53-Crime.
Or text or e-mail your anonymous tips. Instructions on how to do that can be found on our Crime Stoppers page.
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