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Assembly Bill 234, introduced by Assemblyman William Horne (D-34), is an all-out attack on the Second Amendment for imposing an excise tax on every Nevada firearms dealer who sells firearms or ammunition in the state. Dealers will be required to charge a $25 tax on every firearm and 2 cents on each round of ammunition sold! The extremist anti-gun authors of AB 234 are seeking to punish the exercise of a specific constitutional right in order to fund state mental health and crime victimization programs with this new tax. While the NRA supports reasonable steps to fix the broken mental health system in our country, singling out law-abiding gun owners with a gun and ammo tax is NOT the way to achieve this goal.
AB 234 would also require background checks on all private transfers of firearms, unless the person to whom the gun is being transferred possesses a CCW. AB 234 also authorizes a civil cause of action to be brought against a person who fails to request a background check before transferring their firearm.
Finally, AB 234 would outlaw the mere possession of any "metal penetrating bullets" and any ammunition which is considered to be "tracer or incendiary" in nature, making possession (not misuse) of either a gross misdemeanor.
Please contact members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee and urge them to OPPOSE AB 234. Contact information for committee members is provided below.
Two Pro-Gun Measures Also to be Heard the Same Day
Assembly Bill 143, introduced by Assemblyman Michael Fiore (R-4), would allow individuals who hold a CCW permit to carry their firearm on the property of the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHU) without first gaining permission from the university president, which is currently mandated by statute. It has been a long-held policy within the campus administration to not allow permit holders to carry, which has created an environment where students, faculty and staff are left defenseless in gun-free zones.
AB 143 would also authorize county sheriffs and the Police Department of the NSHU to provide CCW permit holders with information on organizations and instructors that provide courses in firearms safety within an educational environment.
Assembly Bill 195, introduced by Assemblymen John Ellison (R-33) and Donald Gustavson (R-14), would help streamline CCW renewals by allowing a person to apply any time before the CCW permit expires.
Please call and e-mail members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee TODAY and urge them to OPPOSE AB 234 and SUPPORT Assembly Bills 143 and 195.
Assembly Judiciary Committee:
Assemblyman Jason Frierson (D-8), Chairman
Assemblyman James Ohrenschall (D-12), Vice-Chairman
Assemblyman Richard Carrillo (D-18)
Assemblywoman Lesley E. Cohen (D-29)
Assemblywoman Olivia Diaz (D-11)
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Assemblywoman Ellen B. Spiegel (D-20)
Assemblyman Wesley Duncan (R-37)
Assemblywoman Michele Fiore (R-4)
Assemblyman Ira Hansen (R-32)
Assemblyman Jim Wheeler (R-39)
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UPDATE: Man bailed after van hits road workers on A361 at Tiverton
Posted: January 30, 2013|
A man has been released on police bail after two men were left injured in a collision with a van.
The two men were working on a busy road in Devon and were airlifted to hospital after they were in a collision with a van, leaving one in a critical condition.
Emergency services were called to the A361 at Tiverton on the northbound carriageway close to Gornhay Cross at 11am yesterday.
A police spokesman said: "Three casualties were injured in the incident.
"The two more seriously injured were taken to hospital - one is in a critical condition.
"The third man is described as walking wounded."
All three men were from the Tiverton area.
Two Devon Air Ambulances landed at the scene to fly the injured men, aged in their 40s.
One of the injured men was flown to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth where this morning police said he remained in a critical condition.
Meanwhile the second man was flown to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
A 43-year-old man from Saltash who was driving the van was yesterday arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.
He was taken to Heavitree Road Police Station in Exeter for questioning and has this morning been released on police bail until May 20.
The A361 was closed in both directions at Bolham roundabout as crash scene investigators examined the area.

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Former US Men's National Team captain, Thomas Dooley, is interested in coaching at Toronto FC. In my conversation with the former US/Bundesliga star and UEFA Cup champion, Dooley reveals his passion for coaching and what he would do as coach of Toronto FC.
Beatty: Why Toronto FC?
Dooley: Toronto is a soccer town and Canada is a soccer country. Its fans are knowledgeable and excited, much like the fans in Europe. Since coaching is a 24/7 job and I had been involved in two to three other projects, I didn't want to sign up to a coaching job. Either I'm doing it right or not at all. Around one and half years ago I decided that I want to coach 24/7. When I became available, I was in positive discussions with Mo Johnston but had come too late and Preki was chosen as head coach of Toronto FC. Since then, I have also had meetings with DC United and things were moving positively, but in the end they chose to Ben Olsen as their head coach.
Beatty: Have you had any conversations with Klinsmann?
Dooley: I've contacted Toronto FC, but have not had any meetings with them yet or spoken to Klinsmann. I believe Klinsmann is helping them find their identity, structure, and playing style.
Beatty: What type of playing style would you have?
Dooley: You must play the style of game to fit the players you have. Three things are very important to play successful:
1. I would play an attacking style of soccer, though not at the expense of defense. The players need to understand the tactical part in any game. That is a key to play any style successfully.
2. Another very important part of playing successful soccer is fitness. You need to be fit for 90 minutes.
3. Passion, and play with heart. Players need to understand what does it mean to play for Toronto FC
Beatty: How would you improve the club?
Dooley: First, I would setup a good system of player development. Specifically, I would instill a soccer apprenticeship. At least five days of training per week for academy players would be mandatory. Our kids are missing thousands of hours on the soccer field and tens of thousands of hours on TV (theory) lessons.
Beatty: So would this be a residential academy?
Dooley: No, it is not necessary for kids to be in boarding school. Being able to see their friends and family at the end of the day offers some support and is does not necessarily need to be removed. Academy players (U-14, U-18) could alternate training and home/ online schooling or through cooperation with a local school to provide an education as well as a real soccer apprenticeship. For example, a U-16 team might train from 8am-10am M-F, while the U-18 team may be in class from 8am-10am. From 10am to noon, the U-16 team would be in class, while the U-18s trained. A break for lunch from noon to 2pm and then they begin the same process again from 2pm to 4pm and 4pm to 6pm. At 6pm, they are done and they get to go home. That is how it could look like.
Academy teams train three times a week. With the current level of training time, they really have time to only cover the basics and need more hours to also have time to train tactically. They must learn what each position means. If you look at players like Cherundolo, Friedel, Reyna myself, etc that have spent many years in Europe, we have feedback and high levels of training that many other players don't get. With the proper training, a team can greatly improve its standing.
Beatty: What about first team players?
Dooley: You don't need to have the best players to play successful or win championships. The best team wins championships. I have played 15 years of my 20 year soccer career in Germany. I went through all that. 1. With Kaiserslautern: we went from last place after more than half of the season to manage to stay in the league and win the German Cup. With almost the same team we won the Bundesliga Championship the next year. 2. With Schalke: from a goal to finish the season on 9th place we finished on 3rd, qualified for UEFA Cup and won it that fallowing year with almost the same team. That doesn't happen through accident that is team building. I'm positive with that experience I can personally pass these things on to players. 3. As a coach at FC Saarbrücken, I had to deal with 34+ players. Many players who had come from big clubs like Bayern Munich, but were simply there to collect a paycheck. I had no assistant coach and was left without much support from the Club officials, but I fought every game for every point. I believe in giving 100% on the field for 90 minutes and leaving it all out on the field every time. With good training and work, one of my best players was Julian De Guzman and he went on to become a success in the Bundesliga and in France.
Beatty: Speaking of Julian De Guzman, can he be a big success for Toronto FC?
Dooley: Many players take some time to adjust to MLS, but players are also people. If a player is unhappy for any reason (playing in the wrong position, pressure as a highly paid player, problem with the coach etc.), it is difficult to play his best. You need to find the right tone for each player. Julian has a good soccer mind from his time in Europe and can and will be a great asset for Toronto FC and will be successful.
Beatty: Are there any particular players you have identified for Toronto FC?
Dooley: I have every touch of every player in every game for Toronto FC via Matchanalysis.com. [Matchanalysis.com is a game and player analysis service that has clients ranging from top teams throughout the world as well as news organizations such as the New York Times. In addition, Matchanalysis.com has signed agreements with 13 MLS teams individually and the league office in 2010 previously working with Seattle Sounders in 2009]. With these databases and tools, I already have a huge advantage on understanding all of the players on a team and whom I might want to incorporate if given the opportunity.
Beatty: Are there any particular people that you would like as an assistant coach?
Dooley: If a club would like to keep a current assistant coach for continuity purposes I would work with them, but if I had the opportunity I would bring in someone with whom I have written many books and also has a UEFA Pro-License as I do. [One of Dooley's many other passionate investments into coaching and soccer is Dooley Soccer University, www.dooleysoccer.us, and my best guess would be that he is speaking of Christian Titz, http://www.dooleysoccer.us/index.php?page=christian-titz].
Beatty: What is unique about you?
Dooley: My goal is to have a great challenge, where I can show my knowledge and accomplishments in soccer. To achieve that, I aspire to a coaching job with clear goals, working with a great supportive organization and helping to build a team that plays successful soccer with a great team spirit.
We all know that you don't need to have the best players to win a championship. It is the best team that plays successfully and wins trophies. I intend to build players who believe in themselves, play with confidence and develop a winning gene. For a number of years after finishing my playing career, I was not ready to focus 24/7 on a coaching job because of other commitments. Now, the time is right. After many year on the soccer fields all over the world (2 World Cup participations, 81 games for the US National Team, numerous Champions League and UEFA Cup games, 15 years of playing in the German Bundesliga and 4 seasons in MLS), I am now certain that it is time to continue, my so far very successful time in soccer.
Of course, there are differences in training between countries and different leagues. Not only in the quality, but also the mentality and culture play a big factor. I know that, I include that in the way I envision my training program and will act accordingly. I always had high expectations and accomplished all my goals.
As I mentioned before I am passionate about developing talent in MLS for the US and for Canada and I think if my training methods were implemented that in five years our current U-14 through U-18 teams would be significantly better than the players that have not benefited from a soccer apprenticeship. Under the right coaching methods, the current team would be instilled with a sense of 100% effort, soccer detailed information and tactics to become a great team regardless of the players. However, under the right coaching methods, each player would develop much better and faster. The MLS would benefit from those players and maybe players would not just sign up with average teams in the best leagues, they would sign with the best teams in those leagues.
What do you think? Excited to see more former USMNT players in the mix for coaching MLS or are you just wondering why it has taken so long for these players to work their way into coaching in MLS? What do you think about some of Dooley's suggestions for development? As a Toronto FC, does Klinsmann and now Dooley give you hope for a better season for Toronto FC?
-Patrick Beatty
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If you purchase travel products through U.S.-based airlines, hotel chains, car rental firms, tour operators or travel agencies, you're afforded certain consumer protections regardless of where you're traveling. But when it comes to cruises, you're operating in an advocacy gray area, particularly since virtually all major lines are not based in this country.
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The industry's largest trade organization, the Cruise Lines International Association counts 25 major cruise lines among its members. CLIA's site includes a wealth of information on a variety of issues, including safety, security, accessibility for passengers with disabilities, medical facilities, onboard gambling, workplace codes of conduct and vessel sanitation.
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A high-tech way to maintain a healthy buzz and avoid a massive blackout.
We've all had nights when we drank too much, and mornings when we woke up wishing someone had stopped us after our second drink, rather than our fifth. Dhairya Dand, an inventive MIT Media Labs researcher, has taken that wish and made it a reality by creating a prototype for ice cubes that monitor how much you drink.
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Reoccurring blackout drinking experiences are a sign of alcoholism. The only safe drinking for an alcoholic is no drinking. If you think you need disco ice cubes then you might have a problem. But I'd send a set to Chrissy so the people around him will be safer.+2
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Will they blink Red hammer-and-sickles when drunk by a boot-licking, pinko propagandist like Tingles? Perhaps a palm version.
Chrissy's Run.
Report to Carousel, Chrissy.+2
That pic is of Mr Softballs hisself drinkin' the Massa O's enem…..koolaid+1
"Alcoholic blackout" after 3 drinks??+4
Hey ya, three drinks? Just how big were those pitchers?0
Back when I drank I considered a six-pack as "one"+3
Who puts ice cubes in beer & wine?
This is a dumb idea – the "inventive MIT Media Labs researcher" would have better spent his time learning how to drink responsibly
Just another loser lib who cannot control his own behavior but wants to tell us how to control ours.+2
"I haven't fallen asleep in 20 years! I pass out!"
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They should maybe add music to them so they're not completely worthless. lol+3
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The victim had his throat slashed and lost an ear.
Pedro Hernandez seems to have revealed specific details related to the abduction.
The gunman opened fire in a public waiting room.
Less so in surveillance-camera footage.
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Whitechapel Haven was one of the first rape crisis centres in the UK. This was flagship crisis centre that provided dedicated services to people who have been raped. They are technically called SARCs.
SARCs are centres that provide a specialist medical and forensic service for anyone who has been raped or sexually assaulted. These are a collaboration between the NHS and the Police to better facilitate the collection of forensic evidence to bring around more prosecutions and to maintain a register of pending rape cases on DNA evidence that can be used to bring prosecutions and chart and detect serial rape.
It is also a place where specialised and trained medical professionals can provide a sympathetic service including sexual health.
The SARC's service is free to all. Anyone can walk in without any appointment. Men, Women, Minors.
The long term support is provided by the Rape Crisis Centre's advocacy and counselling teams but for the short term these places are the go to place for victims of rape in the UK.
The SARC also offers medical services to those who are raped but DO NOT wish to report the assault. The SARC then offers to hold evidence under a doctor patient confidentiality until the victim wishes to place a charge. The idea is that victims can come forwards, get the help they need, see the evidence themselves and then decide whether or not they want to go through with it. This way the evidence does not vanish and women are more encouraged to come forwards and get seen at an earlier stage.
The earlier the medical visit, the greater the chance that the rape can be prosecuted since the age of evidence is so vital to getting a conviction.
Which is what makes the following story so screwed up.
Two staff members were fired from Whitechapel Haven after failing to submit 93 samples, storing evidence in the wrong type of container and mixing contaminated clothes with clean ones.
The NHS is retesting original samples to recreate the evidence but it's evidence that the new system of cuts and reorganisation is harming services. When you make drastic changes including pointless cuts to a system that requires streamlining of resource usage rather than pointless cuts to service.
The difference is simple. Why spend money fixing problems when we can spend money preventing the problem from occurring. This is the difference between a tiny hole and a gaping one. The tiny hole is easier to fix than the gaping one and the NHS has been holed repeatedly by bad decision making. Funds are wasted on services that do not bring additional functionality when the base itself is rotten. It's like building a skyscraper on marshmallow.
Let's think of it sensibly. Why should we close A&E and Birth Centres when the problem is inefficiency? The closure of these won't make the NHS less inefficient, all it does is maintain inefficiency over fewer places with less service. Why should we cut older nursing jobs when we have a staffing crisis and replace them with less qualified nurses? Why are we trying to balance our books with cuts to the base of the tree rather than the branches? This is a vital service and we are still looking at restructuring things like this.
Patients can choose their local hospitals! Yay for patient choice! That is Great! But what's the damn point if their choice is stymied by closure of services, overworked staff and badly managed and incompetent support? Why the hell are we paying A&E staff such a pitiful amount and watching a massive drop out rate and indeed emigration rate when they should have first line salaries? Why on earth are we spending so much on NHS food? Why on earth is the cleaning and supply so inefficient?
The solution is simple. Make the base strong. The NHS did not soar on the wings of choice, but on providing the service. Fix the service and the choice will follow. We have become so fixated with "choice" that we completely forget about the basics.
I am willing to bet that this was due to either
1. Cuts causing the staff to improvise with what they have
2. Quotas to meet causing the staff to fudge the books to keep working
3. Staff cuts resulting in holes in staff coverage where such problems can occur.
This may just be two people trying their level best to keep working. We were forking over a £1000 or so per year per person. Nearly a third of what the USA spends. We are NOT inefficient, we are efficient, but we can do better by actually reviewing our expenses and looking at ways to make it efficient. By efficient I mean either do the same job at a lower cost or a better job at the same cost. Not "Stop Doing The Job".
The Quota System is the death of the NHS.
The Whitechapel centre once stood for excellence. In 2009 it received an award for it's work and it was widely considered a roaring success. It helped push through around 60 cases of rape to the judiciary a month. It was an amazing idea and one that would work if we didn't force it to jump for the amusement of bureacrats and instead looked at goals.
The goal of a SARC is to provide the best healthcare, the most sympathetic ear, the best liason service between police and medical and victim. Not "Process 70 people a month".
Because as of now? Whitechapel Haven was not a solution to rape but a problem because it was making it harder for victims to seek justice.


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Nicole Scherzinger has been talking about her upcoming movie debut in Men In Black 3 alongside Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith.
"I play a woman in black and leather, " the 33 year old tantalised. "In some of the scenes I've got some serious hardcore rocket launcher. It's crazy."
The former Pussycat Doll and new X Factor US judge added that she frequently would use songs to get into character, singing them in her head to get into the right frame of mind.
"I was playing my music in my head, almost like I was doing a music video. It was my song, Poison, and then also Led Zeppelin."
Well it takes allsorts I guess, and if that worked for her, then it works for me.
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MTV Video Music Awards 2011 Tribute to Britney Spears
Friday's new promo for the MTV Video Music Awards satisfied by announcing there will be a tribute to Britney Spears at the upcoming show, but left us a little confused as to what exactly would be going down come August 28. How do you recap a career that's included giant snakes, a Las Vegas wedding, an impromptu buzz cut and one memorable umbrella? After the clip dropped musical and visual hints at possible involvement from Madonna, Janet and Michael Jackson, TV producer and casting director Johnathan "Woody" Woodbeck has added to speculation with a recent tweet that included the tribute's alleged set list. "If this lineup is legit (which I'm told it is) the tribute to Britney at the VMAs is gonna be insanely EPIC!!," he tweeted on Friday, along with a photo listing the talent scheduled to perform Spears' singles. The list reads as follows:
Selena Gomez – "…Baby One More Time"
Katy Perry – "Oops!…I Did It Again"
Janet Jackson – "I'm a Slave 4 U"
Demi Lovato – "Toxic"
Ke$ha and Nicki Minaj – "Gimme More"
Lady Gaga – "Circus"
Britney Spears – "Hold It Against Me/I Wanna Go"
The names are accompanied by an asterisk explaining "Madonna presents Ms. Spears with Lifetime Achievement Award." Overall this collection of 2011?s biggest stars—seven out of eight artists who are featured on our Popdust 40—makes sense: Gomez has featured a Spears medley in recent live shows, Minaj has been opening for Brit all summer and Ke$ha is responsible for writing "Till The World Ends," all of which make things slightly more personal rather than simply having the ambiguous younger generation of female pop paying tribute to one of their idols would be able to do. Plus, Madge has always played along with Britney's doe-eyed worship of her, and there was that infamous VMA kiss. But—and we say this with all due respect, Britney—Janet Jackson and Lady Gaga?! While Gaga likely listened to Britney growing up, her hold on pop music today is rooted in such entirely different things: Britney was the dancing sex symbol while Gaga is the defiant and outrageous provocateur.
This is the Internet, so remember to tread with caution. There has been no official word from MTV as of yet, but Woodbeck's tweet and photo have not been deleted. We're skeptical that the network would allow such grandiose plans to leak two full weeks ahead of time, but for someone who has had their highs and lows chronicled on the network for over 10 years, we guess Spears deserves one big party.
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Former Disney Channel star Orlando Brown was arrested on suspicion of DUI Friday night.
The 23-year-old actor, who played Eddie Thomas on "That's So Raven" from 2003-2007, was initially pulled over for driving without a license plate, TMZ reports. Officers smelled alcohol on his breath, prompting a field sobriety test.
Though Brown was stopped in front of his house (with his pregnant girlfriend in the car), he was booked at 12:38 on suspicion of DUI. Brown posted $15,000 bail and was released at 7:42 a.m. Saturday.
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Andrew Garfield is inspired by Spidey!
Late last month, 27-year-old actor Andrew Garfield from the Social Network, made an appearance at Comic-Con 2011, where he discussed what he learned while filming The Amazing Spider-Man, even saying it "saved my life."
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Potterheads in the US better start saving up some $$$!!!! Your vacationfor next year has already been planned for you!
Back in March, we were excited when Warner Bros. announced that theirThe Making of Harry Potter studio tour in the UK would open to fans next spring.
Now, a trailer (above) has been released for the tour, and it looks like it should be an absolutely heavenly experience for hardcore Potter fans!
What do U think? Will U be going on the Harry Potter studio tour when it opens next spring?
Potterheads of the world, rejoice! You now have a new place to go and worship!
Warner Bros. has announced that next spring, The Making of HarryPotter walking tour will open at their studios in Leavesden, England. As we've previously mentioned, this experience will totally immerse fans in the world of the Harry Potter movies, providing a rare opportunity for fans to see props and effects from all the flicks, as well as walk on the very sets used in the movies, like Dumbledore's office and the Great Hall.
Wow! We can't even imagine!
Tickets go on sale for the three-hour tour
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It was the biggest group net profit on record for the first half of any fiscal year. The airline attributed the strong showing to increased passenger traffic and strenuous cost-cutting efforts.
JAL's group revenue from overall operations totaled $7.93 billion in the April-September period, up 5.7 percent from the same six-month period last year. Its group operating profit increased 5.7 percent in the April-September period from a year earlier to $1.40 billion.
The carrier's revenue from both international and domestic cargo operations in the April-September period amounted to $473.75 million, down 3.3 percent. International cargo revenue was down 6.7 percent at $315.88 million, while domestic cargo revenue was up 4.2 percent at $158.38 million.
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JAL's new full-year projections are as follows: $15.19 billion in operating revenue, up 0.8 percent from fiscal 2011; $2.06 billion in operating profit, down 19.5 percent from fiscal 2011; $1.75 billion in net profit, down 25.0 percent from fiscal 2011.
JAL filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2010 under the Corporate Rehabilitation Law, which is similar to Chapter 11 in the U.S., marking one of the biggest corporate failures in Japanese history. JAL shares were delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) the following month.
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JAL carried out drastic restructuring measures, including cutting more than one-third of its workforce and terminating many loss-making domestic and international routes. These turnaround efforts paid off. JAL has been touted as the world's most profitable airline in recent months.
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CHICAGO ( TheStreet) -- An experimental drug from AstraZeneca (AZN) and Array Biopharma (ARRY) shrank tumors in half of patients with melanoma of the eye and delayed the re-growth of tumors for twice as long as patients treated with temozolomide, a commonly used melanoma drug.
The phase II study of selumetinib, presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, is the first to ever demonstrate a meaningful clinical benefit for patients with advanced melanoma of the eye.
Selumetinib is a pill which blocks a protein known as MEK used by cancer cells to grow. Array discovered selumetinib and licensed the drug to AstraZeneca in 2003. AstraZeneca is conducting phase II studies of selumetinib in non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and thyroid cancer.
Melanoma of the eye is a rare cancer, with about 2,000 cases diagnosed in the U.S. each year. About half of patients develop metastatic disease with survival ranging from nine to 12 months. No currently approved drugs are effective in treating melanoma of the eye, including drugs for skin melanoma.In the study, 98 patients with metastatic melanoma of the eye were randomized to treatment with selumetinib or temozolomide. Fifteen percent of selumetinib-treated patients achieving major tumor shrinkage while temozolomide produced no tumor shrinkage. Selumetinib delayed the regrowth of tumors (progression-free survival) by a median of 15.9 weeks compared to 7 weeks for temozolomide. Median overall survival for selumetinib-treated patients was 10.8 months compared to 9.4 months for temozolomide. The relatively small survival benefit was impacted by temozolomide patients who "crossed over" to receive selumetinib once their tumors started to grow again. Selumetinib failed to demonstrate significant efficacy in the more widely diagnosed skin melanoma. In a phase II study also being presented at the ASCO meeting, the combination of selumetinib and dacarbazine reduced the risk of death by only 7 percent compared to dacarbazine plus a placebo. The narrow survival edge was not statistically significant. Earlier this week, a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) MEK inhibitor known as Mekinist was approved by the FDA for patients with metastatic melanoma with two gene mutations known as BRAF V600E or V600K. Mekinist's approval was based on a pivotal study in which the drug delayed tumor growth by 3.3 months compared to chemotherapy. AstraZeneca is conducting multiple phase II studies of selumetinib in other forms of cancer. -- Reported by Adam Feuerstein in Chicago. Follow @AdamFeuerstein
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Although Bernie Ecclestone reckons the Bahrain GP will go ahead, he admits he's concerned it could become a PR nightmare.
As F1 got down to business in Melbourne on Friday, there were fresh calls for the sport not to head to Bahrain.
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"They (the protesters) don't need to resort to violence," said the 81-year-old.
"All they need to do is stand on the road on the way to the circuit, with placards, and they would get their message out there. Nobody's going to shoot them.
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Brain-based learning, up until fairly recently, has focused on building cognitive skills. Such skills include executive function skills such as focus, memory, reading and the like. In both education and in the workplace, the role of emotions in optimizing learning and performance has not been studied as closely as these other aspects.
However during the conference, it was made clear that the brain is first and foremost a social organ. The cortex is shaped by social interactions. How much we feel that we are a part of something has much to say about how ready our brain is to learn. I was struck by the number of speakers who had learning disabilities but who went on to complete advanced degrees from the some of the loftiest academic institutions: Harvard and Stanford, for instance. Each of them credits significant figures or groups in their lives who made them feel connected, safe and empowered.
This is very critical. I remember a teacher I had in 8th grade who didn't like me, at all. In fact, when my father went to a conference for my brother who was a year older, she wanted to talk about how there are good kids and bad kids and I was a bad one. I had another teacher in high school who told me I wasn't going to get into college, let alone the college of my choice. Today, I would like to hit her over the head with both of my diplomas from the college of my choice! And by the way, she was in no way an inspiration as if I had to prove something to her. She was just awful.
Now things could have turned out rather badly if it weren't for my father who wrote me a letter of support- basically saying that he loved me and wanted the best for me. He urged me to give my full effort because my world would be opened onto me if I did. I would have an interesting life. And you know what? He was right. You can read that letter here .
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Angela Nickerson, 35, is a travel writer who divides her time between Sacramento, Calif., and Italy. She is the author of "A Journey Into Michelangelo's Rome" (Roaring Forties Press) and the just-out "Rome's Angels & Demons: The Insider's Guide." The latter is a companion to Dan Brown's "Angels & Demons" and the new film adaptation starring Tom Hanks. Nickerson's book is available as a free e-book download at www.roaring fortiespress.com/content/our_catalog_angels_demons.php.
Q. There are differences between the bestseller and the movie; which is your travel guide more tied to?
I read "Angels & Demons" several years ago, when I first read Dan Brown's follow-up novel, "The Da Vinci Code." I subsequently reread "Angels & Demons," and my book is largely based on that.
I don't really deal with the differences between the novel and the movie as much as I do the locations. For example, the Piazza de Poppolo and St. Maria del Popolo are locations in both. What I do is give background information on those locations and tell why they're both significant to the book and movie.
I feel the movie is very faithful to the spirit of Dan Brown's book, if not so faithful to the plot. I think this solved some of the problems in the book's plot, which is a bit too complicated.
In that regard, all the major sites in the film are in the book.
Q. How many sites in all do you cover?
I think it's 32 in all, and all deal with "Angels & Demons" in some respect. One of the insinuations made in the book, which is not as apparent in the movie, is that the obelisks in the city are significant to the path of illumination. So I included all the obelisks in Rome. If you're interested in seeing them all – and they're in important spots around the city – I cover them all.
Q. If you're visiting Rome and only have a half day to spend on "Angels & Demons" sites, where should you go?
The Vatican, because so much of the book and movie action happens there. I would absolutely start at St. Peter's Basilica. Go to the basilica, take the elevator up to the roof. This is something so few people know about, it's kind if hidden and you have to ask where it is. It costs about five euros.
Up there, if you're so inclined, you can climb the 320 steps up inside of the dome to the lantern of the dome. You'll truly have the best view of Rome. You can't imagine it. It's still so amazing. And the location ties to the book.
You can also get a tour of the Scavi – the excavations underneath St. Peter's Basilica. The basilica is built on top of a necropolis – a "city of the dead" where the ancient Romans buried people. They've done some recent excavations underneath the basilica that revealed part of this well-preserved necropolis, all in an effort to find St. Peter's tomb.
That in itself is controversial. Is it really St. Peter's tomb? I leave that to the archaeologists. But it is a remarkable tour and an interesting insight into the early history of St. Peter's Basilica.
My second choice if you have limited time for "Angels & Demons" would be the Piazza Navona, a fabulous place to just see Italian life. The sculptures in the piazza are free to see, and the place is open 24 hours a day. Its fountains are magnificent, and there's also an obelisk there. There are also wonderful cafes that are a little on the pricey side – the piazza is a large tourist attraction – but the ambience can't be beat.
Q. What's with the obelisks?
The ancient Romans conquered Egypt and brought back much older Egyptian obelisks and placed them in well-visited places in Rome, like the middle of the Circus Maximus and the circus of Nero, which is now underneath the Vatican.
The ancient Romans displayed them as ornaments of history and also as place markers. The Romans would often add inscriptions and dedications to these captured obelisks in honor of an emperor or a battle.
In the 1600s, Rome had a major reorganization of the city. It was a great effort, driven mostly by the popes to reflect the power of the Roman Catholic Church. Large boulevards were created to replace narrow streets. Some of the obelisks were left in their original locations, but most were moved to piazzas – to be centerpieces of important locations.
In the novel, Dan Brown insinuates that the Illuminati had a hand in this, but that's just fiction. Ultimately, moving the obelisks was about creating a beautiful and well-organized city, and Rome succeeded to a degree.
Q. How much turf are you covering in all?
"Angels & Demons" takes place over about seven hours and in maybe a couple square miles. Not a big area, and one that's easily covered by public transportation and on foot if you decided to do all the locations. That would take a full day: a bunch of churches, the Vatican and Castel Sant'Angelo. The Vatican deserves a day of its own.
Q. How does Castel Sant'Angelo figure into this?
In the book, it's the place where Langdon and Victoria have a big fight with the villain and where the Church of Illumination – in the book and in the movie – has its secret hideout.
Of course, there are people who show up there and are very disappointed that they can't find the Church of Illumination and that it doesn't appear quite as Brown depicted it. But Brown had to create this secret location.
The building was built for Emperor Hadrian and was to be his tomb. For about 150 years, the emperors were all buried there.
In the Middle Ages, the Vatican started to turn it into a fortress and there were several face-lifts. The tomb/fortress received a chapel whose façade was designed by Michelangelo. Beautiful quarters were built there because it was where the popes could escape to if the Vatican was under siege. They could barricade themselves in there. It now has a museum open to the public. It offers a motley assortment of general history of the papacy and of the building itself.
Q. You don't cover food in your book, but can you suggest a place or two for dining in the "Angels & Demons" part of Rome?
There are some really good places near the Vatican. One is called Osteria dei Pontefici – "The Pope's" – and is owned by a guy who used to be in the pope's private security force. He retired and opened this restaurant. It has good Italian food, and you never see Americans in there. It is on Via Gregorio VII; the Web site is www.osteriadeipontefici.com.
Another favorite is Romolo, in a neighborhood called Trastevere. It's kind of a nicer restaurant but is in a building with history. The food is good. The service is very good. It is on Via di Porta Settimiana; the Web site is www.romolola fornarina.com.
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Black Student Union,
Boston, MA
I had a very good experience with Custom Ink. Customer service was great and efficient. My order came on time. I would use again. I would recommend having more buying options though is my one thing.
Frankfort, IL
It's so nice to see what the design looks like right away - no waiting for a proof of being charged separately. That was a great help. I usually dont have an extra week to wait to see if I like something. I need to know now and if it doesnt work then I move on to the next idea.
Benton Harbor, MI
Great customer service, and excellent turn around time!
Bellevue, WA
Excellent, easy web site, and it was very easy to conduct a transaction!
Cisco Systems, Inc.,
San Jose, CA
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Capital Commercial,
Greenacres, FL
It's an awsome site and it's well worth the time and money to get awsome projects.
Rye, NY
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Billings, MT