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The Lenten lunches for this year will begin on Wednesday of this week.
Each year these lunches are held with the support of the many local churches as a community event.
The lunches are held by the United Methodist Women, in conjunction with the Ministerial Alliance and are held at the Community United Methodist Church on the corner of 200 East and Main Street across the street from the Price City Hall.
A community event, everyone is welcome for the next five Wednesdays. Food is served from noon to 12:30 p.m. and then an inspirational talk is given by various pastors from 12:30 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
This is a no charge event, but offerings are taken and donated to various charities.
The lunches will include the following dates and programs.
â¢Feb. 25-Reverend Lee Huseby from the Price Community United Methodist Church of Price.
â¢March 4-Reverend Jim Drury from the Ascension St. Matthews Episcopal Lutheran Church of Price.
â¢March 11-Reverend Lee Huseby from the Price Community United Methodist Church of Price.
â¢March 19-Jerad Upwell, the Youth Paster at the Price Chapel Christian Missionary Alliance Church of Price.
â¢March 25-Father Fred Metzger of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church from Helper.
â¢April 1-Reverend Andrew Lasslo of New Life Ministries from Spring Glen.


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Shimansky offers a gem of an experience in Cape Town
Rob PetersThe song goes that diamonds are a girl's best friend. No argument there, because I've never met a girl who doesn't like something with a nice sheen to it. But then they work pretty well for guys too, particularly when they're trying to impress said girls by introducing them to their new BFF.
Radisson Blu Stands Tall on Cape Town's water's edge
Bianca ColemanFor a city with such a magnificent coastline, there are surprisingly few five star hotels on the water's edge, and even less that combine this with such convenient proximity to so many of Cape Town's top tourist attractions. The Radisson Blu Waterfront is one that stands out amongst the crowd.
Top Braai Spots for Heritage Day
Marisah Smith and Fazielah WilliamsIf there is one thing Capetonians are good at - other than socialising, of course - it's braaing. Whether it's meat or fish, you can be sure that on a spectacular summer's day (or even on a winter's day), you will find us gathered around the fire, enjoying each other's company, the tantalising aroma of meat on the grill and our breathtaking city views.
Hope on Hopkins adds more variety to the Cape Town gin sceneTHE gin floodgates have been opened in Cape Town. Not only do we have at least three dedicated gin bars and at least two locally produced tonic waters, but it's becoming a popular spirit to distill with new brands emerging into the market all the time.
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#InstagramDiary: My Design Indaba 2014 Experience
I awoke on Monday morning with a sensory overload hangover and I'm blaming the 2014 Design Indaba Expo, held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from Friday 28 February to Sunday 2 March, 2014 for that, Cape Town's creative piece de resistance!
#InstagramDiary: My Stellenbosch Wine Festival Experience
The Stellenbosch Wine Festival and Expo, presented by Pick 'n Pay and held from January 24 to February 2, 2014, is yet another reason we Capetonians have to celebrate Cape Town.
Wine canapés and French words in Cape Town's Constantia Winelands
And there's me thinking I'd seen all the beautiful wine farms this amazing city of Cape Town has to offer. Think again Diva. Beau Constantia est arrivé (by the way, when I see French words like 'beau' and ' pas de nom', I can't help but throw my French about a bit).
#Instagram Diary: Groote Post, Groote Delight
Monday 23 September, 2013, saw me heading out of the Mother City along the West Coast road and bouncing in a mini van through the veld towards the Darling Hills where, between the Kapokberg on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other, lies a gem of a wine farm called Groote Post.
My Big Bottle Festival Experience in Instagram
Saturday 24 August, 2013 found me wandering around the elegant Cellars-Hohenhort Hotel in Constantia at the third annual Big Bottle Festival, a rather a posh event, what with the Bentley and Lamborghini flanking the entrance way and the sound of high heels clicking across the conservatory floor (at least my sneakers were from Paul Smith!).
My Montagu Adventure on Instagram
Route 62 is one of the most stunning drives in the Western Cape, possibly in the whole of South Africa, and it's one of my favourites. It leads to some of the most picturesque towns and villages in the province, like Montagu.
Five amazing places for tea in Cape Town
Drinking tea is a gentle, languid pastime and there's no shortage of amazing places to indulge in an excellent blend in our gorgeous Mother City. I did a tea meander in the Cape Town CBD and surrounds, and these are a few amazing places to sip and savour the leaves – be they from Ceylon, China, prepared by the Earl, or plucked in the Cederberg, like our local pride and joy, rooibos.
My Good Food & Wine Show experience in Instagram
I confess this was my first visit to the Good Food & Wine Show in a long time. With more than 200 stands in the vast CTICC venue over four days from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 May, 2013, I was amazed at the event's growth over the last few years. The stalls, some far more fabulous than others in both product and appearance, offered everything from food and wine to everything in between that relates to the home.
Top stylish shopping spots in Cape Town: an Instagram essay
As far as my favourite stores in Cape Town's CBD go, these five are at the top of my list at the moment. I tend to shop where products stand out by way of design and quality, and where I know I'll always get amazing service.


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We're proud to announce the exclusive Engine Build Experience for Corvette Z06 customers is back - the only one of its kind for supercar customers.
This unique program allows you to assemble the 650-hp supercharged LT4 engine that will power your new Corvette Z06. You'll build the engines at the new Performance Build Center within the Bowling Green Assembly Plant.
The Engine Build Experience is selected with order code PBC and is offered on all Z06 trim levels. The $5,000 package includes a full day with a Performance Build Center engine assembly technician who instructs and oversees the build, a personalized engine plaque identifying the owner/builder and professional photography of the experience.
Upon completion, the engine moves to the vehicle assembly area of the plant, where it will be installed at a future date, aligned with the scheduled assembly of the customer's Z06.
Customers can catch their Corvette being assembled through a special tour organized by the National Corvette Museum (www.corvettemuseum.org). They can also opt for Museum Delivery (order code R8C), which personalizes the buying experience with a unique delivery program at the National Corvette Museum, located across the road from the Bowling Green Assembly Plant.
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Dying for a travel guide!
Posted February 3, 2012 10:21 am by Lauren Forbes
Just how popular were the famed Murray travel handbooks? John Lothrop Motley (see previous blog) lets us know, writing to John Murray III in May 1867:
I am dying for the Hand Book for Southern Germany, Tyrol & Switzerland. You were kind enough to give me a copy in 1861.
A year or two ago I gave it to a desperate traveller from California whose pocket had just been picked of it & who wd have given its weight in gold for another – I made him a present of it & sent him away with tears of gratitude on his nose – You see what straits people are reduced to in consequence of the non publication of the new edition.
Booksellers are howling for it & travellers are picking pockets & having them picked. It can't be bought. If you can find an old copy for my wife she will be deeply endebted.
I like the way it is suddenly for his wife…
John Murray III started up the travel handbooks, having travelled on the continent himself and having noticed the lack of good tourist guides with all the information so useful to travellers. He compiled some himself from his own travel diaries, and the handbooks took off, with various writers taking on the task – most notably Richard Ford, art connoisseur and author, whose remarkable "Handbook to Spain" was published in 1845. As well as eventually covering nearly all the continent, the handbooks reached further afield, with guides appearing for India, Japan and New Zealand. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry on the Murrays, "Karl Baedeker … acknowledged his debt to the Murray model".
If you'd like to hear more about issues surrounding the sale of these fascinating travel guides, there is a free talk here at the National Library of Scotland on 15th March at 18.00 – more details, including how to book a place, are available here: http://www.nls.uk/events#mar15


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Was Jesus a Pathological Liar?
No matter how many times I have quoted John 14: 13 -14: "Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it." Christians turn a deaf ear and simply ignore Jesus' promise of help. Yet Christians are convinced they will go to Heaven and have salvation when Jesus NEVER gave a plan of salvation in the Synoptic Gospels and one is hard pressed to even find one in the Gospel of John.
However, despite this very vague and strange soteriology of Jesus, Christians are convince they will go to Heaven and they are equally convinced the unsaved will go to Hell.
But just how many lies of Jesus and the Gospels can simply be ignored and Christians can still be confident that everything Jesus states is true?!
So here is my challenge to the Christian community: Since the Gospel of John is generally consider the last Gospel written and contains a more fully developed Christology (such as the famous verse of John 3:16), I want any Christian to prove that neither Jesus nor the Gospel writers are pathological liars.
Lets start with one verse from John's Gospel and I want any Christian to prove this statement of Jesus is true and correct based on the Canonical 66 book Biblical text.
"You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies." John 8: 44
A. Please prove from the Biblical text where Satan EVER killed or murdered anyone!
B. Please prove from the Biblical text where Satan EVER told a lie!
Christians, if Jesus is everything you claim he is (God in flesh, the living sinless Word of Truth and the only hope for eternal salvation) this should be easy for you to do.
On the other hand, if you can't give direct proof text examples, how can you trust anything Jesus or the Gospels text tell you? How can you remain a Christian in spite of known Biblical lies?
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Asthma is a disease of the lungs in which the airways become blocked or narrowed causing breathing difficulty. This chronic disease affects 25.9 million Americans. Asthma is commonly divided into two types: allergic (extrinsic) asthma and non-allergic (intrinsic) asthma. There is still much research that needs to be done to fully understand how to prevent, treat and cure asthma. But, with proper management, people can live healthy and active lives.
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Asthma...does the word make you think of people who cough and wheeze all the time? Don't people with asthma have to avoid sports and strenuous activities? And, when it comes right down to it, isn't it "all in their heads?" If you're one of the 25.9 million Americans with asthma, you challenge stereotypes like these every day. Learn all you can about asthma. It's the first step toward erasing these long-held myths and living a full, active life.
Asthma is a disease in which the airways become blocked or narrowed. These effects are usually temporary, but they cause shortness of breath, breathing trouble, and other symptoms. If an asthma episode is severe, a person may need emergency treatment to restore normal breathing.
An estimated 25.9 million people in the United States have asthma and, despite the availability of treatments, it remains poorly controlled among many. This health problem is the reason for nearly 479,000 hospital stays each year. People with asthma can be of any race, age or sex. Its treatment costs billions of dollars each year.
Despite the far reaching effects of asthma, much remains to be learned about what causes it and how to prevent it. Although asthma can cause severe health problems, in most cases treatment can control it and allow a person to live a normal and active life.
With allergic and non-allergic asthma, it is primarily a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. This means that people with asthma have inflamed airways which causes two secondary symptoms:
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(2) the lungs have difficulty moving air in and out, which is called airflow obstruction. Together, these symptoms cause the tertiary symptoms the coughing, wheezing, tight chest and worse.
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David Wright will not discuss new contract during season
Today on WFAN, David Wright told Ed Coleman he will not discuss a contract extension during the season, but would be willing to discuss a new deal during the off-season.
"I've made a decision, along with my representatives, that we will not discuss contract during this season," Wright told Coleman. "Or next for that matter. There's too much good going on with this team, and so many positive vibes with this team right now, that it wouldn't be fair to my teammates, to this team, to do something as selfish as talk about a contract for me. It doesn't just affect me. It affects the guys in that clubhouse, it affects the vibe in the clubhouse. It's a part of the business, but on the same hand, it's selfish when I feel I am discussing 'me', when we should be discussing 'we' as a team, and especially the good start we have gotten off to."
Wright did add ""I've said it once, I've said it a million times – I love it here."
According to David Lennon of Newsday, the team does not see Wright's stance as an obstacle towards reaching a new deal.
On Tuesday, Sandy Alderson told reporters he plans to speak this season with the agents for Wright about a new contract extension.
"We certainly will talk to his agent sometime this season," Alderson said. "I don't want to infer that we will make an offer. We won't make an offer. We expect to talk to his agent this season certainly."
Earlier this month, Brian Costa of the Wall Street Journal said the Mets are quietly preparing a long-term contract extension for Wright, according to a baseball official familiar with the team's thinking.
However, on Wednesday Mets COO Jeff Wilpon spoke with reporters and said there is no reason to rush the David Wright situation.
"As Sandy said last night. [Wright] is under contract this year," Wilpon said. "We have an option for next year. There is no gun to anybody's head. So, let it just play out. At the right time, Sandy and I will discuss it and it will move on."
Wright is in the final year of a six year, $55 million contract he signed during the 2006 season. However, the team holds a $16 million option for 2013, which Wright can choose to void if he's traded.
Now, that doesn't mean the whole situation isn't nerve racking from a fan perspective. I'd love for the two sides to work out a deal sooner rather than later and move on together. Most importantly, the uncertainty would end, and this discussion would end – the focus would shift to pure baseball, and Wright's continued contribution to the history of this franchise.
To listen to Wright's entire talk with Coleman, check out WFAN.com.


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Eribulin Mesylate in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancer of the Urothelium and Kidney Dysfunction
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This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of eribulin mesylate and to see how well it works in treating patients with cancer of the urothelium that has spread to nearby tissue or to other places in the body and kidney dysfunction. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as eribulin mesylate, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Chemotherapy drugs may have different effects in patients who have changes in their kidney function.
Distal Urethral Carcinoma
Infiltrating Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma Associated With Urethral Carcinoma
Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter
Proximal Urethral Carcinoma
Recurrent Bladder Carcinoma
Recurrent Urethra Carcinoma
Recurrent Urothelial Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter
Regional Urothelial Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter
Stage III Bladder Cancer
Stage III Urethral Cancer
Stage IV Bladder Cancer
Stage IV Urethral Cancer
Ureter Carcinoma
Drug: Eribulin Mesylate
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|A Phase I/II Study of E7389 Halichondrin B Analog (NSC # 707389) in Metastatic Urothelial Tract Cancer and Renal Insufficiency
- MTD and recommended phase II dose (RP2D) of eribulin mesylate for patients who have received a tubulin-inhibitor for the recurrent/advanced disease, graded according to CTCAE v4.0 (Phase I) [ Time Frame: 21 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- MTD and RP2D of eribulin mesylate for patients who have not received a tubulin-inhibitor for the recurrent/advanced disease, graded according to CTCAE v4.0 (Phase I) [ Time Frame: 21 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Overall response rate calculated as the ratio of the number of eligible patients who experienced a confirmed CR or PR by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors v1.1 (Phase II) [ Time Frame: Up to 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]95% confidence intervals will be constructed.
- Incidence of adverse events, graded according to the CTCAE v4.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 24 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]All observed toxicities will be summarized in terms of type (organ affected or laboratory determination such as absolute neutrophil count), severity (by the CTCAE v4.0), and time of onset (i.e. course of treatment). Tables will be created to summarize these toxicities and side effects, overall, by course, by renal insufficiency status, and by prior exposure to tubulin-inhibitors.
- Overall survival (Phase II) [ Time Frame: From the start of treatment on day 1 until progression, death, or the start of another treatment, assessed up to 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Summarized with Kaplan-Meier plots and confidence intervals. The Cox proportional hazards model will be used to compare males and females, adjusting for the PK variables as well as age, renal status, and prior therapy.
- Progression-free survival (Phase II) [ Time Frame: From the start of treatment on day 1 until progression, death, or the start of another treatment, assessed at 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Summarized with Kaplan-Meier plots and confidence intervals. The Cox proportional hazards model will be used to compare males and females, adjusting for the PK variables as well as age, renal status, and prior therapy.
- Progression-free survival (Phase II) [ Time Frame: From the start of treatment on day 1 until progression, death, or the start of another treatment, assessed up to 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Summarized with Kaplan-Meier plots and confidence intervals. The Cox proportional hazards model will be used to compare males and females, adjusting for the PK variables as well as age, renal status, and prior therapy.
- Disease control rate (CR+PR+SD) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Logistic regression will be used to compare males and females, adjusting for the PK variables as well as age, renal status, and prior therapy.
- Expression levels of the tubulin isotypes [ Time Frame: Baseline ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]For each of the tubulin isotypes, the distribution of the expression levels will be summarized with plots and standard statistical summary numbers; prior to analysis, the expression levels may be transformed to render the distributions more compatible with the assumptions of normal distribution. The association between the expression levels and response will be summarized with means and standard deviations and confidence intervals (or medians and ranges) and displayed with box-plots.
- Pharmacokinetic parameters for eribulin mesylate [ Time Frame: At baseline; at 5, 10, 15, and 30 minutes; and at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24 hours on day 1 of course 1 and at end of days 2-4 and 8 of course 1 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Analyzed using compartmental and non-compartmental models. max concentration, systemic clearance, renal clearance, volume of distribution, half life, and area under the curve tabulated overall, and by prior exposure to tubulin-inhibitors, with summary statistics (means and standard deviations, or medians and ranges) and displayed with box-plots; the relationship between the PK parameters and indices of renal function (e.g. serum creatinine and creatinine clearance) will be examined using scatterplots and correlations.
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Drug: Eribulin Mesylate
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I. To establish whether E7389 (eribulin mesylate) can be given safely to patients with moderate and severe renal dysfunction at 1.4 mg/m^2/week (the maximum tolerated dose [MTD] previously defined for patients with normal renal function) on days 1 and 8 of a 21-day cycle. (Phase I) II. To characterize the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of E7389 in patients with moderate and severe renal dysfunction. (Phase I) III. To determine the response rate of patients with advanced urothelial carcinomas to E7389 in the first-line setting. (Phase II) IV. To determine the 6-month, progression-free survival and overall survival of patients with advanced urothelial carcinomas treated with E7389. (Phase II) V. To document the toxicity associated with the administration of E7389 to patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma patients and varying degrees of renal dysfunction. (Phase II) VI. To determine the response rate of patients with advanced urothelial carcinomas to E7389 in the setting of progression after prior platinum-based chemotherapy for advanced or recurrent disease, in two cohorts: tubulin-inhibitor treated or tubulin-inhibitor naïve. (Tubulin inhibitors in common use for urothelial cancer include paclitaxel, docetaxel and vinblastine). (Phase II) VII. To determine the 6-month progression-free survival and overall survival of patients with advanced urothelial carcinomas treated with E7389 after platinum-based therapy for recurrent or advanced disease. (Phase II) VIII. To document the toxicity associated with the administration of E7389 to patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma patients in the second line and later setting. (Phase II) IX. To compare men and women with advanced bladder cancer treated with E7389 with respect to toxicity of E7389 as classified by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v)4 for (i) all hematologic toxicities, (ii) all non- hematologic toxicities, and (iii) the most frequently observed toxicities (neutropenia, anemia, leucopenia, infection). (Enrollment to additional females) X. To compare men and women with advanced bladder cancer treated with E7389 with respect to response to E7389 as evidenced by (i) disease control rate (DCR) defined as stable disease (SD)+partial response (PR)+complete response (CR) at 12 weeks, (ii) progression-free survival (PFS), and (iii) overall survival (OS). (Enrollment to additional females) XI. To compare men and women with advanced bladder cancer treated with E7389 with respect to pharmacokinetics of E7389. (Enrollment to additional females) XII. To compare men and women with advanced bladder cancer treated with E7389 with respect to tumoral expression of genes involved in the mechanism of action of E7389, including tubulin isotypes, microtubule-associated protein 4 (MAP4), and stathmin. (Enrollment to additional females)
OUTLINE: This is a phase I, dose-escalation study followed by a phase II study.
Patients receive eribulin mesylate intravenously (IV) over 1-2 minutes on days 1 and 8. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up monthly for 12 months and then every 3 months for up to 24 months.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer that is not amenable to surgical treatment
- Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed urothelial tract carcinoma
- Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as >= 20 mm with conventional techniques or as >= 10 mm with spiral computed tomography (CT) scan
- All patients may have received up to two prior lines of chemotherapy for recurrent/advanced disease
- Patients must have received at least one platinum-based chemotherapy for recurrent/advanced disease; recurrent disease is defined as having recurred after definitive therapy and advanced disease is defined as T4 and/or N2 and/or M1; in addition, for completion of Cohort #2, patients must also have received a tubulin inhibitor as part of their therapy for urothelial cancer; for purposes of this evaluation, treatment with chemotherapy regimens where carboplatin or similar is substituted for cisplatin or where a taxane is added or removed will be considered the same regimen; tubulin inhibitors in common use include paclitaxel, docetaxel, and vinblastine; the exception to this requirement applies to women
- Women with and without prior therapy are also eligible; priority will be given to those who consent to participating in the pharmacokinetic studies
- Life expectancy of greater than 6 months
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2 and Karnofsky >= 60%
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,000/mcL
- Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
- Hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 institutional upper limit of normal (IULN)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 X IULN
- Patients must have either (a) normal kidney function (i.e. creatinine =< 1.5 X upper limit of normal [ULN] OR calculated creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min by the modified Cockcroft and Gault Formula OR a creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min obtained from a 24-hour urine collection) or (b) moderate or severe renal dysfunction (i.e. creatinine clearance < 60 mL/min and >= 20 mL/min)
- Patients with symptomatic uremia, uncontrolled edema or unstable serum electrolytes should not enter the trial until such time as they have been stabilized - such patients should be discussed with the principal investigator
- Eligibility of patients receiving any medications or substances known to affect or with the potential to affect the activity or pharmacokinetics of E7389 Halichondrin analog will be determined following review of their case by the principal investigator
- Women and men of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
- Patients must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
- Patients with brain metastasis that are unstable (i.e. presenting with neurologic symptoms that progress or require increasing doses of steroids within a 4-week period) or are untreated (i.e. not radiated) should be excluded
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with E7389
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible; HIV-positive patients with cluster of differentiation (CD)4+ =< 500/mm^3 are ineligible; appropriate studies will be undertaken in this group of patients when indicated
- Prior therapy with E7389 Halichondrin analog (eribulin)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00365157
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Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Transitional Cell
Kidney Neoplasms
Ureteral Neoplasms
Urethral Neoplasms
Kidney Diseases
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Ureteral Diseases
Urethral Diseases
Urinary Bladder Diseases
Urogenital Neoplasms
Urologic Diseases
Urologic Neoplasms
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text:
Sheldon repays the favor on Lake Oswego
"I'm so ready [to play against the Lakers]. My sophomore year, we lost to them in the quarterfinals. And then, last year, we lost to them in state. That's the only team I've lost to," said Sheldon Irish quarterback Taylor Alie, prior to his game against the Lake Oswego Lakers today. "I want to get revenge. All of us do."
Coach Lane Johnson and the Irish stood atop the pack this year, as they defeated the Lakers in their state championship rematch at Jeld-Wen Field. Going into the game, the Irish were undefeated, at 13-0, and kept the streak alive with their win over the Lakers.
The Irish capitalized on five Laker turnovers, much like the Lakers did, against the Irish, last year. The hard-fought battle brought the 2012 season to an end for 6A, the score ending at 13-6.
The game started out in a lull for both teams, neither one putting six to seven points on the scoreboard. The only series to put points on the board in the first half came from an interception by Sheldon Irish wide receiver Dylan Lewis, with 1:26 left in the first half. Lewis's pick set up an Irish field goal.
"It feels incredible. All of the work that we've put in for four years, and we finally get one. It just feels amazing; it's indescribable," said Lewis, with tears in his eyes.
The Irish were ahead, 3-0, to start the third quarter. After another standstill for the first two series, the Lake Oswego Lakers earned their first and only score of the game. On Sheldon ball, wide receiver Connor Strahm proceeded play on a wildcat formation, only to fumble. Though the fumble was controversial, – some believed Strahm was down before the ball popped out – the Lakers advanced on the turnover. With 5:08 left in the third quarter, Lakers quarterback Justen Ruppe threw a laser pass to wide receiver Jack Anderson for the score. The PAT was blocked by Sheldon Irish linebacker Ivan Faulhaber, putting the Lakers ahead in the third quarter, 6-3.
On the next Irish possession, quarterback Taylor Alie threw notable passes and handoffs to wide receivers Connor Strahm and Ivan Faulhaber, and running back Mitch Lewis. Moments later, to start the fourth quarter, Sheldon wide receiver Strahm went in on a wildcat formation, to add six points to the Irish's score.
Strahm said, "Our coaches put us in great positions to make plays, and when we get in that position, we need to make them. And we made them."
On the Lakers' next possession, quarterback Justen Ruppe threw a pass right into the arms of defensive back Connor Strahm for an Irish interception. Strahm's pick set up the next and last Irish field goal of the night.
In the fourth quarter, as the final seconds on the scoreboard ran down, Sheldon Irish defensive lineman Liam Talty leaped in the air, and came down with the ball in his hands. The interception sealed the win for a very hopeful, and vengeful Sheldon Irish football team.
Looking to his fellow teammates, Talty said, "I feel amazing. I can't even believe this. I've always dreamed of this, and I can't even tell you what this feels like."


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Carbon County offices will close at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, December 7,
2012, for our annual employee holiday luncheon.
Members of the public with business to conduct at one of the County
offices that are closed are asked to plan accordingly. Offices will
be open for regular business hours the following Monday, December 10,
The annual holiday lunch is held to thank our County employees for
their service throughout the year and we appreciate your support and
Thank you,
Board of Carbon County
Published in the Sun Advocate November 29, 2012.


text:
Monday, February 18, 2013
The worst part of my day is late afternoon. The sun is tired, it's yawning across the sky, and sitting underneath it, watching the yellow ball of melting energy drag itself westward adds to my lethargy. I have always hated mid-afternoon.
My first idea was trail mix! Maybe we should eat trail mix for a mid-afternoon snack! The crunchy liveliness of salty bits filled with protein and magnesium! But no amount of crunching and picking through (to horde the cashews) saved me. Trail mix failed to stop the signs of a dying sun.
Then I read a book about a woman who takes a salt bath every mid-afternoon. She found a warm dip in the tub at this time of day was a way to slough off the beginning of the day and recharge for the next portion.
Aha! A bath.
As a Picesan, water is always the first response to every problem. When I put my head underneath the sudsy water I feel like I can finally breathe. And so I added a four o'clock bath to our daily schedule, thinking perhaps I could use some Netflix magic to steal time from my children.
But the children followed me. Not the boy, he who can entertain himself for an entire day with one robotic toy and an imaginative scenario. But the girls, they dash upon hearing the tunes of our squeaky hot handle and the rush of tub water. By the time they are upstairs and around the corner their clothes are stripped leaving behind a trail of snotty, food-stained, cotton accoutrements in their wake.
So we bathe together. Like the woman I saw in the public pool in Norway when I was sixteen years old. She came in the female locker room from the pool with her little daughters swarming around, stripped down nude in front of them, in front of me--the only other person in the room--with no hesitation. Her long, Nordic body was beautiful, showing the shape of a birthing woman. Her daughters danced naked as she tried to dress them. Water dripped off their long hair, down their bodies to puddle around their feet. And me, in the corner, trying to covertly dress myself-- in an American shock at seeing a naked stranger in an asexual situation. But I left the pool in my own chlorined skin thinking, I want to be like like that.
They prod me. They poke me. They pinch me. They ask about the pink snakes on my body which happen to be the proof of their existence written on my skin. Stretch marks! They wiggle my chest and slap each breast like rough dough. Breasts! Yours will grow, I tell them, they will be bigger than they are now. Maybe bigger than mine, maybe smaller, but they will be yours and you can love them too.
But will they love them? I wonder. Are my daughters growing up in a world where the natural woman is becoming extinct? Will they know what a white-haired woman looks like? Will they experience seeing the deepening wrinkles on a woman's face, around her eyes, curling under her chin down to her chest? Will they know more than just a handful of women who have learned to accept their bodies graciously?
I have seen porn. I have watched movies. Not many. Not much. It was all at great expense to be "open minded" and "sexually uninhibited" and "educational." But it left me doubting my own inherent sexuality, in some cases it felt like an act of violence to my spiritual, sensual self. It took away my sexual empowerment. It left me in a fog of stupidity.
Is that what I am supposed to look like?
Is that the sound I am supposed to make?
Is that the reaction I am supposed to have?
Why do I feel more offended than aroused?
What did any of it have to do with the way I feel when I am underneath the stars behind on black backs of the Wasatch mountains--when I felt so connected to my eternal self, so powerful and strong? What did it have to do with the early desert mornings when the oranges, pinks, purples and blues illuminate with the sunrise like dusty rainbows in the distance, making me giddy to be alive? Where was the moment when the thunder rocks you home from a walk in the park, baptizing you with water and sound, shocking you into a belief in God? And what about the scarlet geraniums blossoming out of the window planters in the narrow streets of Paris tempting you to never, ever return home again? Or being in that home, rocking your baby, feeling the waves of a little chest slowly, slowly slip into slumber knowing you had part in achieving another creature's joy?
Because those are the moments I feel sexual. It has nothing to do with my body shape. Nothing to do with lust. Nothing to do with the lingerie I might try on. Nothing to do with man-made lights in a hot, sweaty studio. And surprisingly, nothing to do with a partner.
(But oh, to share it with partner? That giddiness, the eternal, the empowerment of knowing all creation is a work of sexual, sensual divine and we become apart of it, together? Yes. Yes. Ohhh YES.)
My sexuality is empowerment. It's the way I feel apart of a huge earth, under that retiring sun and set in motion by a big white moon. It's knowing who I am, and how I feel when my body moves to the motion of the joy I feel. It's forgiveness, it's vulnerability, it's honesty, it's intelligence. Pleasure is pure wisdom.
I have never felt powerful after watching porn, just more submissive, more debased, more stupid and dazed. And what if I were to become addicted to it? Where would those moments of sexual empowerment go? Would they be lost in the fog of pushed fantasy and contrived scripts?
This I will do for my daughters: I will love my body. I will love myself. I will tell them how I love the way my cheeks turn pink and my freckles pop when I feel intimate with the man I love. The way my eyes twinkle and my mind races with questions when I talk someone who interests me. The communion I hold with God in the most private places of my soul. The way I feel when I smell silvery sagebrush after a light rain. The way my body pounds in tune to my heart when I walk up the hills behind our house.
I will tell them about their own bodies. Recognize their unique shapes from the roundness in their nails to the wave of their eyebrows. I will tell them the significance of their female body parts--pointing out the divinely-designed relationships of all the muscles and organs in the body. Like the similarities between the throat muscles and the cervix, and the idea that when a woman has a voice in her life, one that is heard loud and validated, it will often affect the openness and competency of her cervix. Or what I learned from infertility: a menstrual cycle actually is imperative to flushing out toxic thoughts and emotions that build up in our bodies over time.
I will tell them what I know is true: sexuality is intelligence. Education will make them empowered, awareness will open their eyes to truth, compassion will cultivate a body that can give and receive. All of this will do more for their sexual health than any other endeavor.
I will tell them about heaven. One day I will stand in the presence of my Mother in Heaven. As will they.
We will see her shape, the glory of a million creations--breasts that give, a belly that bears, hair that shines with splendor--and we will embrace Her and thank Her for co-creating us in the likeness of Her.
What will I do for my daughters in that tub each day, besides let them discover my wavy, water-loving body? Prepare them to meet Her again, and recognize Her face, Her body, Her sensuality--because it echos their earthy mother--because it echos their own.
Utah readers: over the weekend I saw Happy Little Secrets at the Echo theater in Provo. It's a brave, open play about same-sex attraction, relationships, grief, suicide, family and what it looks like to struggle silently in our BYU/Mormon community. It encouraged me to think we might be on the brink of more openness, more story-telling, less secrets more honesty. It was written by the award-winning playwright Melissa Leilani Larson (Martyr's Crossing) and is a quick 80 minutes of thought-provoking, well-written material. Go see it.
Only weeks away, someone make sure Lydia is behaving:
86 comments:
- Kate said...
oh goodness, courtney, that was a beautiful post. brava and thank you for your eloquence.
- February 18, 2013
- Aiketa said...
This is such a great post C. Jane. Also I loved the series about porn addiction.
I love how you are working lately on your blog and all that you try to do to help others and how you learn and give people the possibility to learn about things which are not usually told. You are awesome.
All my love from Barcelona.
- February 18, 2013
- ambuhhh said...
What a beautiful, beautiful thing to write.
- February 18, 2013
- Dre + Drew - Pacific Northwest Living - DuPont, WA said...
One of the most amazing things I have read and hope to also implement with my daughters THANK YOU seriously THANK YOU!
- February 18, 2013
- Callister said...
Oh wow. What a beautiful and enlightening post this is for me. I hope to be able to teach my own two daughters the truths you have just spoken.
- February 18, 2013
- Lyndsay said...
Thanks for this! It made me tear up.
- February 18, 2013
- Valerie said...
Thank you that was so lovely. I just had my own baby girl, and this is what I want her to learn about her body. Thank you for giving words to my thoughts.
- February 18, 2013
- Loriel Christensen said...
I needed this. Bless your soul. Thank you. I'm a young, very young, LDS newlywed, and this is SO what I needed to hear, and see. You are brilliant.
- February 18, 2013
- thejpearson said...
Wow. So much of this truly resonated with me, deep enough that I was feeling what I read rather than reading it. Definitely re-reading many times.
- February 18, 2013
- carla thorup said...
"sexuality is intelligence." and so much more.
thanks courtney, this was beautiful.
- February 18, 2013
- Vesuvius At Home said...
This was very beautiful and truthful and you may have changed my mind about porn.
I'm afraid I may have offended you with my facebook comment. I hope you understand that I wasn't referring specifically to Mormon culture as being shame-filled and repressed, but to many religious cultures in general. Many people are made to feel ashamed of their sexuality by their religious cultures--I'm glad you weren't. My husband was, and it has taken us years to move beyond all that. Some men are made to feel a great deal of shame over their natural, powerful, sexual urges (including extreme shaming over curious ventures into pornography such as your own) and that makes me very sad. That's what I was getting at on Faceboook.
Again, this blog is a beautiful expression of full-bloom sexuality.
- February 18, 2013
- Allison said...
This shook me to the core, in the best, best way. Thank you for writing the words that I can't put together myself.
- February 18, 2013
- Di said...
Thank you for everything you share on your blog about body image and motherhood. There are so many women who hate their bodies in my family, with eating disorders, depression, or addictions across the spectrum, so every time I find something like your writing or the following link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-bongiorno/teaching-my-daughter-to-love-her-future-body_b_2490815.html), I hold onto it to take out when I'm having a bad body image day, or someday when I have daughters, to help teach them what I'm finally learning at 28.
- February 18, 2013
- Nancy said...
That was beautiful! I wish I had such guidance and openness when I was growing up.
- February 18, 2013
- Janae said...
One of my favorite posts of all time. Beautifully written!
- February 18, 2013
- experimentalcriticism.com said...
How is it that you are always able to articulate the things that Jamie and I are thinking about before we're able to discuss them.
Thank you. That's all I can say. Thank you.
- February 18, 2013
- Kristin said...
This is one of my favorite things you have ever written. I had tears in my eyes by the time I finished. So beautiful.
- February 18, 2013
- Elizabeth said...
Very lovely, and important. Don't forget to listen to yourself. :)
- February 18, 2013
- Mary & Marc said...
This bit of prose came from somewhere beyond yourself...and, in kind, resonated somewhere beyond myself....Thank you.
- February 18, 2013
- Andrea said...
This is it. I am a counselor and a mother to sons and a woman who was once married to a sex addict. And this is what I try to teach those I come in contact with - this is what I try to share with friends and sisters and anyone who is searching for words to talk about something that has become so entrenched in shame and confusion in our culture. I always say - we are not embarrassed talking about our eyes or elbows - why should we feel shame talking about the other perfect parts of our body. Thank you.
- February 18, 2013
- Beth Allen said...
Wow, Courtney. This is the most beautiful thing I've read. You are amazing.
- February 18, 2013
- minta said...
Where did you learn that about the relationship between the throat & cervix? And the idea of a woman having a more competent cervix if her voice is heart loud and clear? That rung so true to me when I read it I had to stop and re-read it. Please share a reference if you have one. Thank you.
- February 18, 2013
- The Bears said...
I was just in a discussion with someone who believes women lose their sexual drive really early. I believe they just don't feel like living a lie any more. That their sexuality doesn't mirror what we see in Hollywood and definitely not what we see in porn, so maybe others believe we aren't sexual. Worse... maybe we even start to believe that about ourselves. Thank goodness for posts like these that remind us of the electricity we feel bathing in the moonlight and that if we ever truly ceased to be sexual, we would cease to exist. We just need to be truthful about what actually brings us pleasure and not accept the cheap imitation the world shoves at us from every direction. Thank you for your beautiful words.
- February 18, 2013
- Mallory Camille said...
Oh, Courtney what a force you are for empowerment. I cannot even express how needed these words are, how they stand out as a testament against the false thinking of self deprecation women are embracing. Your point of view brings clarity and joy about the female body not disappointment and a consuming desire for "so called" perfection. When I read your words I am enlivened because you speak TRUTH. That's what readers find so refreshing about your blog, you write what is true and beautiful and it is impossible to ignore it.
- February 18, 2013
- KrazCalls said...
This was beautifully written. My daughter and I have had many talks but she is getting married in a few months and we will have a more in-depth conversation soon. I will share this with her and hope it will resonate with her the way it did with me. Thank you so much for having the courage to share the truth about yourself with the world! You have no idea how many people you have helped. I am one of those people and I am grateful.
- February 18, 2013
- Michelle said...
I would love to share this post with a group of teenage girls I am going to be speaking to the end of this month!
I don't think I have heard anything more beautifully stated and I deeply, deeply feel that women all over the world need to hear these words.
- February 18, 2013
- Carrie said...
Incredible. Incredible. Incredible. Thank you for talking about Porn and loving our bodies and of Heavenly Mother. It's time.
- February 18, 2013
- Tambra Coons said...
I love you. That is all. Now excuse me while I try to blog without feeling like a fool after reading your beautifully put words. You really are an inspiration Cjane.
- February 18, 2013
- tallia said...
Your words about heavenly mother brought tears to my eyes. That's exactly how it will be and exactly what I need to think about. Thank you.
- February 18, 2013
- rae said...
What a beautiful, healthy, modern, religious, and spiritually lovely approach to sexuality! Bravo Cjane! Thanks for sharing...
- February 18, 2013
- Maggie May said...
Courtney not only are you pushing your boundries but your writing is beautifying too. Glorious. I completely concur- this is exactly the kind of Momma I am also, also how my sexuality feels, also what I think- I've written blog posts along these same lines, but never so condensed in thought, so purposeful. Great job
- February 18, 2013
- Janessa @ Treasure Hunting Mommy said...
Absolutely amazing. I've disagreed with some of your posts the last several months but this is by far one of my most favorite things you've written. Probably tied with Erin's birth story. Thank you so very much for writing this. This is something I want my daughters AND my son to know. Really wonderful. Thank you C. Jane.
- February 18, 2013
- Sierra said...
Thank you for sharing this. I loved every second.
On another note, I am going to see that play next weekend!
- February 18, 2013
- MMMandM said...
CJane, you inspire me to be a better communicator with my daughter. Thank you--
- February 18, 2013
- Ronny said...
I cannot thank you enough for this series. Someday, I hope that my throat will loosen enough to be able to write my own story, but for now, I will just say WOW!
I always instinctively knew "a menstrual cycle actually is imperative to flushing out toxic thoughts and emotions that build up in our bodies over time." But I've allowed my culture, misogynistic marriage therapists, and my own self to tell me that it was PMS. The truth, I've discovered, is exposed to harsh daylight as my uterus sheds it's lining.
- February 18, 2013
- SuiGeNeRiS Speaks said...
A beautiful eloquent post....My first husband came from a Mormon family of four boys and a mother who appeared to hide her sensuality/sexuality -inexperienced with women, porn was his education....and it was so wrong. I felt pressure to be like those hammed up women in those ridiculously orchestrated scenarios. Even though it didn't feel right, I didn't know myself well enough to know what it meant for ME to be sexual. His confusion led to my confusion and I lost myself.
I am teaching my daughter to love an get to know HERself. To find power in HER identity, womanhood and sexuality, in the hope that no one can make her question it.
- February 18, 2013
- sarah, rsm said...
i wish you had been my mother, cj. i wish you had raised me...taught me to appreciate the body which houses my soul. your words touch me and i am both sad and grateful. thank you.
- February 18, 2013
- -Danica- said...
This post was such an answer to my prayers. These are the words I need to pass on to my daughter. You can't know how much I needed this, but thank you so much for sharing your talent of writing. This was absolutely beautiful.
- February 18, 2013
- john's mom said...
this resonates inside me, c jane.and clearly inside so many others as well. so i will add my thanks.
i would also love to "discuss" with you how these amazing thoughts impact mothering a son. i am a mom of one boy (so far) and i often think that it is so important and overlooked to teach our young men these same lessons. i want my son to be equipped to love a real, beautiful woman one day - complete with wrinkles, grey hairs, whatever marks time may leave on her body - and i want him to learn to love his own body in its masculinity as well.
you are an inspiring mother/woman/human being, c jane.
(reposted because i couldn't stand my earlier typos)
- February 18, 2013
- Bri!!! said...
BEAUTIFUL! Oh how I've loved this series. Thank you for sharing about our Heavenly Mother. Gave me chills. Cjane, I so want to love my body. I have been really struggling with my postpartum body after giving birth to our beautiful daughter (at home) 8 months ago. I have struggled with body image since I was in elementary school. More than anything I want to teach my daughter to love her Godly body. I also want to teach my son how powerful our bodies are (men and women). He was present for his sisters birth and I know it will be a very special experience for him to recall. I hope that will be the beginning of him honoring women and loving their bodies for what they were designed to do. This moved me!
- February 18, 2013
- T said...
Fantastic and SPOT ON! Beautiful in its honesty and freedom of soul and spirit. You are a bright beacon that many of us need to see reminding us where we are going and showing us a graceful way to get there.
- February 18, 2013
- Fresh Hell, Texas said...
So many of your ideas are similar to what I taught my son (my only child.). When he came out to us, I had to work twice as hard to remind him that sex is sacred because society has such negative views of gay and lesbian sex and sexuality.
- February 18, 2013
- al said...
Wow, no negative feedback? In that case, this post sucked. Oh, just kidding--thought you might need a dose of humility ;)
Very beautiful. Thank you for writing it.
- February 18, 2013
- Natalie said...
Your daughters are so lucky to have a mom like you. I wish I had grown up with that kind of awareness about my own body, like you are teaching your daughters.
- February 18, 2013
- Jonbud said...
C Jane I ask of you to find a male POV covering what you just wrote about. I ask because I think you can deliver. Please!
- February 18, 2013
- Miggy said...
That was pretty great. Yeah. So much good stuff. Glad you're learning those things and sharing...makes me want to be a little more open with the things I'm learning.
- February 18, 2013
- Vanessa Brown said...
It took moving here for me to start loving my post partum body. The woman here walk with pride--a beautiful pure pride. They walk along the beach I can tell proud of their after baby bodies. And it is beautiful to see.
I don't know what made me feel the need to be very open with my body in front of my girls. it is something I didn't have growing up. Something in me must have known that it needed to be different in my home.
Everything works out wonderfully when we listen to our own mother voice. Even if it is something foreign to us, I always try to listen. You are teaching your girls such important things. Raising a generation of girls that are strong in many many ways is what our world needs right now. Good job mama CJane!
- February 18, 2013
- Lori Cartwright said...
Such beautiful thoughts and beautiful words. Thank you for sharing them and reminding me that sexuality and spirituality coexist in the best parts of life.
- February 18, 2013
- tiffany said...
i am often wanting to comment on your eloquent ways of interpreting life and all its glory... looks like this post finally got me to do it. seriously, you are an inspiration. your words are gorgeous and honest. i only wish everyone everywhere could read your blog... the effect it would have! thank you.
- February 18, 2013
- Unknown said...
This is my first time here, but I really enjoyed it! I share your views on porn, and as a fan of descriptive writing, I truly enjoyed reading. I'm off to find the subscribe button!
Adrianne B.
Ocean Springs, MS
- February 18, 2013
- hannah said...
Simply wonderful. Thank you.
- February 18, 2013
- emmaproctor said...
magnificent. spoke to my soul.
- February 18, 2013
- Amy said...
Fabulous post Courtney. I love reading your thoughts.
- February 18, 2013
- Allison said...
Courtney, thank you so much for this beautiful essay. I have been increasingly angry at my body lately. Even though it has given birth to 5 beautiful babies. I have not felt feminine. Your writing helps me begin to see that my body is beautiful, no matter what the world says. I have 2 daughters and I don't want them to feel about their bodies The way I have felt about mine for far too long. From The bottom of my heart, thank you.
- February 18, 2013
- Michelle said...
Amazing! Thank you.
- February 19, 2013
- momJulee said...
This made me cry. Beautiful.
- February 19, 2013
- paul said...
Ugh. Maybe because my throat doesn't have a Cervix to partner with, but this essay is just too self-indulgent and trite for my liking. The themes have all been said before and they have certainly been said better.
- February 19, 2013
- Barb said...
Ugh, Paul, see you later, then.
Dearest C. Jane, I think you are an intelligent, discerning writer and woman. You have tapped into a spiritual reservoir that you draw from regularly and then share with us. Thank you for that. I appreciate reading your wisdom and it makes me recommit to communing more with the things I know to be true and the things I am still yearning to know.
- February 19, 2013
- Bri!!! said...
Paul, if you think Cjane is so trite, then don't read her blog. Seriously, your comment was unnecessary. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all.
- February 19, 2013
- Anne said...
Paul, you are brave. Aren't you afraid of cjane's faithful herd of followers coming down on you like a ton of bricks?
- February 19, 2013
- amy said...
C. Paul is an idiot (whoever he is). What you just said needs to be said over and over again.
I cannot describe how powerful that was for me! You are a powerful force for good and for goodness, and growth.
I can't thank you enough for your words and your wisdom.
- February 19, 2013
- Anne said...
See Paul, it has started already. Name-calling and everything. It will get ugly.
- February 19, 2013
- Bri!!! said...
Anne, is it brave to be mean? I can totally understand a difference in opinion, but being mean is never necessary. I don't think it is nice to name call even if someone deserves it. It's amazing how harsh people can be hiding behind their computers. I've been guilty of the same, but calling it brave? No, it is more cowardly than brave. And herd of followers...really? I disagree with a lot of what Cjane writes, but that's OK. I appreciate her views. It helps me see other points. If you feel this way, why do you read her blog? I'm always amazed how many people waste time on things they want to tear down.
- February 19, 2013
- Anne said...
Easy Bri!!! Don't get your knickers in a twist. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Settle down. Sheesh!
- February 19, 2013
- Ashlee F. said...
I am so intrigued by this line in your post: "a menstrual cycle actually is imperative to flushing out toxic thoughts and emotions that build up in our bodies over time". Starting at the age of 27 I experienced a period (no pun intended) of amenorrhea that lasted about 2.5 yrs. The dr's couldn't tell me why. I am just interested in how you came to this conclusion because I would like to know more about it:)
- February 19, 2013
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- February 19, 2013
- Allison Demarest said...
you are a true revolutionary. thank you for your words.
- February 19, 2013
- Allison Cross said...
We get it, Cjane. You don't approve of porn. But I wish you'd just understand that some people don't have "eternal" sex with their partner. Sometimes they don't even love their partner, or know their last name. This doesn't make their experience of their sexuality any less valid than yours. But it's still their right to have sex and to enjoy it. Sex can be many things and for some people, who don't do it within the confines of LDS heterosexual marriage, it's not just about love.
- February 19, 2013
- Maria Lindsey said...
Allison Cross- I get what you're saying, but CJane is clearly and so beautifully talking about her own personal experiences, she wasn't trying to label it for you. I felt from her post her own personal story, not a story to define you or me. Her insight was beautiful and you need to relax and realize the context of the blog you are reading. Do you want her to outline every single sexual experience that everyone has? How could she even do that? Take what you will from her post that relates to you and leave the rest. This was one of the most beautiful posts I have ever read by CJane. It is emulating her honesty and I don't get for one second that she is trying to define anything for anyone else. You probably owe her an apology for your own personal frustrations with this topic and the fact you took it out on her.
- February 20, 2013
- Allison Cross said...
@Maria Lindsey
Thanks for the laugh. Cjanes's entire series labels pornography — a highly subjective activity/entertainment form as bad, dirty and evil. That's a pretty strong commentary on the legitimacy of a specific kind of sexual activity - a commentary many, many people outside the LDS community do not agree with. So yes, Cjane is labeling me and my sexual experience. That's exactly what she's doing. I'm expressing this in a comment on a public blog posting, and now I need to apologize? Give me a break.
I'd be happy to read a posting here on the very important distinction between a consuming addiction (which I agree exists) and erotica, which has existed since human beings started having sex with each other.
I'd also be happy to read a guest posting from a gay person, a transsexual, or even a young, unmarried, sexual active college student. But I suppose this is too much to ask.
- February 20, 2013
- Danita said...
@minta...Ina May Gaskin talks about the throat/cervix connection in most of her books. She calls it the Sphincter Law.
C Jane, beautiful post...as always.
- February 20, 2013
- Maria Lindsey said...
Allison Cross- Thanks for being respectful to me in your answer, I really sense your eagerness to be understanding while still stating your point of view.
I understand that you have a certain point of view but do you know what blog you are reading? Why wouldn't CJane write about her sexuality in relationship to her feelings with her own personal spirituality? She is on here representing herself. Just because she feels differently about erotica/pornography than you doesn't mean her opinion isn't valid. You are doing the same thing to her that you claim she is doing to you. Do you want me to send you some other blog suggestions that deal with the topics you suggested she write about, or do you want her to just cover everything? It sounds like you are not aware that she is not the only blogger out there?
- February 20, 2013
- eebs said...
Thank you for this post. It is empowering and beautiful.
- February 21, 2013
- Tina said...
just when I think you couldn't possibly write anything that would move me more...there you go. Yes, yes, ooooh yes!
- February 21, 2013
- Christine Marie said...
Wow. This is beautiful and poignant and may have just changed how I will approach parenthood. Thank you.
- February 21, 2013
- Sarah Jane said...
Wow! I do feel your blog has improved my life, my thoughts and my spirituality. God bless you! Awesome, indeed!
- February 22, 2013
- Rachel said...
Yay, Courtney! Your bravery is inspiring!
- February 22, 2013
- Kelli Anderson said...
holy shit. i am so impressed with your writing skills. your words are poetry. so so so beautiful. if you lived a few hundred years ago your words would be in our textbooks today. i just connect with you so, so much and we should be friends irl i'm just sayin.
- February 23, 2013
- Kelli Anderson said...
so i just shared on my blog about why i think lds people should support same sex marriage laws. and since you are cjane, i mean i know you will have an opinion on the subject. and i'm in this collecting of opinions mode right now, so please feel free to check it out.
- February 23, 2013
- Melody said...
Lovely thoughts. Well expressed. Keep writing and God bless.
- February 24, 2013
- Betina said...
I absolutely loved this post. Thanks.
- February 24, 2013
- Kjerstin said...
This is so beautiful and TRUE. That idea, that sexuality is not necessarily related to sex and IS related to God and creation and the absolute stunning prettiness of everything, is such an important thing to understand and something I didn't learn to fully appreciate until lately.
I shared this post with some friends and it moved them just as much as it did me. You actually inspired us to start a whole new "Additional Reading" page on our LDS sex/intimacy website (EternalIntimacy.com) -- we want as many women to see this as possible.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts.
- February 26, 2013
- Lauren said...
You are so gorgeous, Courtney. The definition of a Godly woman. I am deeply thankful for your generosity in sharing your soul so eloquently and honestly. I would love to learn more about your understanding of the feminine aspects of divinity and of woman as creator. How do you reconcile this understanding with the notion of God as father? In one moment, the infinite nature of God seems to trivialize the whole idea of gender-- and in the next it occurs to me that God's genius is, in fact, most clearly illuminated by the precarious dance between the masculine and feminine aspects of His every creation. I have always related to God as my father, or perhaps as my husband. I have not connected to the maternal, female character of God. As a feminist in every respect, I feel great shame in this. I know that there must be a level of awe accompanying such a connection, but my picture of God is limited to His masculine aspects for all of the usual reasons. I would love to know more about your experiences with this, if you would be willing to share. Thank you for continually challenging and inspiring me! You are such a gift to my little world.
- March 04, 2013
- Julie said...
I know I'm late on this one but MAN. This might be the best blog post I've ever read, ever. So beautiful! So on point!! Thank you Thank you Thank you Court!!
- March 07, 2013
- Whitney said...
Wow! Mind blown! Beautiful, beautiful CJane!
- March 07, 2013
- Steph and Christian said...
Lauren - this may be of interest to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_My_Father
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Starting at the end and working backward. I finished building the majority of our mantel the other day. I used Google's free application, SketchUp, to crystallize the final design. The original mantel looked like this:
Kelly came up with the idea to replace our old oil furnace with a highly efficient Mantis gas fireplace. When we decided it was the right thing to do, we also rearranged the whole living room.
Once we improved the living room layout, part of which involved purchasing a flat screen, I proceeded to build a structure around the old brick chimney/fireplace. I didn't mention it when I posted about building the structure how I tied into the wall framing and the mantle top. I basically screwed 2x4 legs into the wall framing. The legs each incorporated two 2x4s tied together in an L-shape with some 1/2" plywood to give me enough room to run 2x4 horizontals across the front of the chimney. Then I built a couple of rectangles out of 2x2s so that any plywood facade could be tied into framing. Here's what I started with the other day:
Next, I used 18 gauge 1" nails (as I recall) to attach bead board and some finish grade plywood to the sides and top center of the mantle. I had a good supply of bead board I had purchased during the summer for prototyping the exterior soffit (but then abandoned using bead board thus leaving me with a surplus of 1 1/2 4x8' sheets) so I decided it would help distinguish the columns I was envisioning on the right and left. Here are some links to the soffit project (my post; Kelly's post) and looking back I see that we need to post the final caulked and painted photos because the finished version looks really good.
Taking down the mounted TV was a definitely a 2-3 person task but I managed to not throw out my back or make a $900 mistake when I brought it back down off the wall. Ever since I had mounted the TV I had been a bit nervous about it not crashing off the wall so getting it down and knowing I was going to build a much stronger backing was a real motivation for getting this project underway. Once the TV was down there was no going back because God knows we couldn't survive another day without watching The Closer :-).
Here I have the 3/4" cabinet grade plywood fastened to the wall with screws and 12 gauge nails. I've started nailing in the MDF 1x6" across the top of the mantle and on the base, 1x4" and 1x3" legs on the left column.
Before I attached the legs, I had to build out from the 2x2 and 2x4 structure at the edges around the fireplace flange so that I would have a single plane to attach the MDF. When I previously fastened the plywood, I left a buffer of about 1/2" so that I wouldn't have to cut the plywood perfectly so that it would be flush with the outside of the mantle and the inside (near the flange). I ripped down (using my table saw setup) some MDF 3/8" strips to get me close to the plane I wanted. This helped me get flush in three dimensions (with the plywood and into the fireplace opening with the plane of the 2x2s). It's hard to see but when your strips are very small, MDF splits pretty easy when you hit it with a nail so I switched over to staples. One split I had to rip out and put in a small piece (Robert had a name for this practice/piece but I can't remember it at the moment). While my work wasn't perfect, I decided it was good enough and pushed on.
Before remounting the TV I put 1/4" bead board across the breadth of the plywood backer. I needed to cut one sheet into two 42" tall sections so that the beads would line up vertically and so that I could use the lap edging that adorns the long sides of bead board (the lap edging allows you to butt the long side of the sheets together so that the joint just looks like another bead).
If you made it this far… thanks! Now go back to the beginning and hopefully you'll appreciate the final (almost) product. After I re-attached the TV mount, Kelly helped me get the TV back on the mounting arm. Fortunately for me, she came home at the perfect time—all of the construction was done and I was starting to sweat bullets that I couldn't get the weighty TV back on the the mount by myself.
To finish the project I need to run some more MDF vertically toward the ceiling from the top of the mantel. In my mind this will carry the outside lines of the two columns up toward the ceiling and emphasize the chimney. We also need to finalize how these legs will someday tie into crown molding: so there is a horizontal detail at the very top of the bead board (where it meets the ceiling) that still needs to be worked out.
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The unlocked Blackberry Torch 9810 is a device that serves as the new area for RIM and their new line of phones. This is one of the few devices that they have announced over the course of the last few months, and so far it appears to live up to the expectations of the users. The device will be launching with AT&T later in the month and features a 4G GSPA+ network. It utilizes a 1.2 GHz processor that is much faster at getting around the Blackberry seven operating system that some of the previous phones. This is one of the most feature-rich phones that Research In Motion has released in recent times, and you can bet that it will continue to make the phone much more popular.
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Spikey-eared Pichu (ギザみみピチュー Gizamimi Pichu) is a female Pichu from the past that was bought to our time by Celebi's time traveling powers. She first appeared in Arceus and the Jewel of Life. She also appeared in Get Fired up, Spikey-Eared Pichu!, the fourth ending song of the Diamond & Pearl series. It loves Grepa Berries. Its name in Japanese means Notch-eared Pichu.
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SAN ANTONIO/AUSTIN (Reuters) - Sixty separate wildfires, whipped by winds as Tropical Storm Lee passed, burned across parched Texas on Monday, destroying hundreds of homes and leaving at least two people dead, authorities said.
"I'm still seeing no containment," said April Saginor, public information officer for the Texas Forest Service, who confirmed that the Bastrop County Complex Fire east of the state capital has alone scorched more than 25,000 acres and burned 476 residences so far.
"That's a record in Texas for a single fire," she said of the homes destroyed.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the front-running Republican Party presidential candidate, canceled his appearance at a candidate roundtable in South Carolina on Monday to return to Austin.
"I have seen a lot of mean-looking fires in my time, but this one is the meanest. You realize the devastation when you see it first hand," Perry said at a news briefing on Monday.
"I am not paying any attention to politics right now. There are people's homes and lives in danger, and that is far more important," he said to a smattering of applause.
"I have never seen a fire season like this. We have lost more than 3.5 million acres to brush fires, that is an area larger than the state of Connecticut," he said. "We have a long way to go to get this thing contained."
Officials said the worst of the fires was in Bastrop, a country of about 70,000 people thirty miles east of Austin.
Saginor said more than 250 firefighters were working on the Bastrop fire, which stretches for 16 miles with a breadth of six miles in some spots.
"This fire is nowhere near being under control," Bastrop County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Fisher said.
On Monday a second fire had broken out southwest of the main fire, in southwestern Bastrop County, he said. But crews had been able to contain the main fire north of the Colorado River, and he was confident it is not likely to move into more populated areas west of the main fire zone.
The Service responded on Sunday to 63 new fires burning on more than 32,000 acres, including 22 new large fires.
Authorities in Gregg County, in northeast Texas, said a fire there killed a 20-year-old woman and her 18-month-old daughter, who were trapped in their mobile home by flames.
Residents said the fire had moved at an amazing speed, driven by the strong, gusty winds.
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"This is a shock," said one man as he drove out of the fire zone near Bastrop with his family. "We had some nice plans for Labor Day, and this gives you a sick feeling."
"We know that this is tough on people who have been evacuated," Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell said. "Especially since there is no set time for people to return."
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Dispatx Art Collective are pleased to announce the publication of our fifth edition, The Plague of Language. Fifteen projects related to the theme can be seen online at www.dispatx.com, featuring poetry by JH Prynne and Rod Mengham, sound pieces from Paul Whitty and Chris Mann, and a full length interview with Marc D Hauser of Harvard University.
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We are also actively seeking proposals for collaborative projects related to the new theme in exploration : Improvised Maps. This theme explores correlation, translation and recursion. It relates closely to the creative method – the organising process which translates creative vision into creative output.
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Participants are invited to communicate with the project by sending SMS messages to one of two smoke signals located at the event. Remote participants can send messages through our Real-Time Virtual Interface located at www.memorycloud.com
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Hi Ryan,
It is indeed ironic that I would be criticized as a Benjamin disciple. You and Marisa understandably challenge my reading of him, but I think my reading is defensible, with some caveats. I'm not referring to his entire canon, or to his biographical history. I am referring to one text. In that text he himself says, "We do not deny that in some cases today's films can also promote revolutionary criticism of social conditions, even of the distribution of property. However, our present study is no more specifically concerned with this than is the film production of Western Europe." Indeed, the footnoted connections he makes between film and politics seem largely tenuous and speculative, almost like they are incidental observations that he wasn't quite confident enough to include in the body of the text.
The epilogue seems particularly tacked on. He takes the marinetti quote and runs with it, but in his rush to the tour-de-force finish line, he doesn't satisfactorilly connect all the dots. Just because he wants me to focus on the epilogue doesn't mean I have to buy it. Just because I don't buy the epilogue doesn't mean I can't find use in some of his prior observations.
I probably should have prefaced my original post with some disclaimer like, "I know this goes against the accepted interpretation of Benjamin's aura, but..." Nevertheless, I don't think his observations are off limits simply because I disagree with the larger conclusions he draws from them. Am I not free to take his initial observations and draw my own conclusions? I don't think aesthetics are a fascist control mechanism of war just because Marinetti was loony and Hitler was an art school drop-out who dug ...
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Gabrielle Giffords Attends Anniversary Vigil Marking One Year Since Shooting
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and husband Mark Kelly wave goodbye to... News PhotoArizona,Gabrielle Giffords,Horizontal,Law,Mark Kelly,Photography,Tucson,USAPhotographer Jonathan GibbyCollection: Getty Images News 2012 Getty ImagesTUCSON, AZ - JANUARY 8: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and husband Mark Kelly wave goodbye to the thousand in attendance at the 'Remembering January 8th Candlelight Vigil' held at the University of Arizona Mall January 8, 2012 in Tucson, Arizona. The event was the culmination of several days commemorating the one year anniversary of a shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded more than a dozen more. (Photo by Jonathan Gibby/Getty Images)