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Pigging out on New Orleans Ice Cream
August 2nd, 2010
A few weeks ago I vented on Facebook about how I can rarely ever find New Orleans Ice Cream Co. flavor Banana's Foster in supermarket freezers. It seemed like other banana ice cream maniacs beat me to it every time I looked. New Orleans Ice Cream Company owner Adrian Simpson saw my little bitch fest, contacted me and offered to send over a few pints as a sign of good faith. I couldn't possibly refuse. Adrian and I had met a few years back when NewOrleans.com had a table right next to New Orleans Ice Cream Co at a Grand Tasting during NOWFE. I'll never forget my first mouthful of Rum Raisin ice cream or getting "juiced" with Adrian as we tasted every wine on the floor.
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well its tranny time. she's slippin more and more. now the hard part. do i go with a stock rebuild/stock converter, bts, ats, or sun coast? money is a slight issue but not huge. i even thought about buying the rebuild kit from sun coast and having it rebuilt some where. i have about 2-3 week's before i can get it in so give me your opinion's. i'm leanin pretty far to sun coast kit and converter deal. kit is $450 converter is about $1300? let the opinions and sugestion's flow! :burnout
Well, I think I would look at a heavier duty kit, whether towing or rodding around. It appears that this is the weak part of the whole truck. It was the same in my last F-350 with the E4OD auto. I ordered in a heavy duty towing package, beefed up friction bands so to speak, additional cooler, and some other mods...
My new F-250 has the 4R100 just like yours, all of ours do here as our 7.3s are the same as your last 7.3's up to 2003 only we got them through 2006. I know of three transmission failures in hard going. If I was rebuilding one, I would certainly go for a heavy duty kit of some improvement. We know of about 3 out of maybe 90 F-250's gone bad, to quote Marc "certainly the weak link..." Me? I would Forget the few dollars more, get the heaviest duty one available. Forget all the hard shift mods, that only makes it harder on the transmission. I would say concentrate on beefed up working bands so to speak.
My worth.
only thing is ranger, firm shifts are better for the trans..........i understand where your coming from.....jerk your head six inches back when it shifts....that isnt good for anything.....but a good, firm, crisper shift than the stock trannie is actually better.........Marc
Well Marc, what shift mods do you suggest are good?????????? I was under the impression from various sources that the 300 rpm padding in the stock shift was there to preserve the tranmission, and that the hard shift of the various programs was what killed them. We are firmly in the belief here in Oz that this is the main reason for the early deaths of the few we have had go bad, chipped up too much on the engine and hard shifting on the trans. Trans coolers and synthetic oil is a help, but the chipping mods are believed to be the problem. So what has been the experience on your end>???
i found this. i think the stage two would be just right. not to much but not not enough.
well.....its all more complicated than "just the programmer" or "just the use" or what fluid you use.
the weakest link generally in the whole trannie is the torque converter. when towing or hauling heavy loads, they get pretty hot. im not a trans tech, but from what i know, your fluid temp within the coverter can be as much as 100 degrees farenheight higher than the temp anywere else. the torque coverter is prone to a lot of slippage under the right conditions and the factory one isnt as strong generally as the rest of the tranny in an E4OD/4R100..............the slippage creates exxesive contamination and is usually the root cause in a failure of a hard worked trannie.........especially if OD has been used while workin it hard, but that is not a cure all fix, they can still fail without going into OD........
as far as the shifting......head snapping shifting is bad for a trans....that means the programmer is messing with the RPM range as well as line pressures and possibly more. that will kill a trans. the 140HP setting on the TS chip if used too frequently is a prime example. it is ok from time to time...but it is not good to use too often and can cause overheating or possible torque converter problems...........now to the other side....a good, strictly line pressure controlled firm shift is great. it reduces the slippage throughout the trans in all ranges. it is kind of like not "feathering" a clutch in a manual trans.....just engaging it. it is harsh, but the less slipping, the less friction matirial taken off. its a complicated science, and the best way to controll it isnt with a chip, its with a shift kit...but as long as its just a slight bump in line pressure, its actually better for the trans..........Marc
Pretty impressive stuff there... Not sure I understand the pricing structure, must be a kit on the top, but further down the 4R100 Stage 3-2 what ever that -2 means? Is $4800+ ???
Probably out of the question to freight one to Oz, we might just look into a kit to put into our own transmissions. Maybe that is the upper price structure and the lower listings are including a 4R100 trans itself...
My E4OD got a new valve body upgrade and "heavy duty towing kit" of some sort of upgraded clutch packs... And a rebuilt torque converter.. About that $2500 mark... I am assuming this Stage III kit could be bought as a kit to upgrade our own transmission, sounds the way to go...
I know about as much on automatics as the dancing chicken In my last Ford, a clutch pack disintergrating plugged up filter and transmission cooler with gunk and scrambled the whole transmission. I would certainly opt for a tranmission upgrade if doing it again.
Thanks Marc and Bill, regards from the Ranger out on the edge of civilisation..
I myself think Suncoast is high priced. $1200 for a coverter? I'm running a Dacco multi disk billet 95k stall unit, that you can get for around $525. As for the rest of the trans, there are many sources out there for rebuild kits. Like this http://www.transmissioncenter.net/E4OD.htm one of their combo kits look like they would fit your bill.
there's two listing's. one above the other. one is two wheel drive the other is four wheel drive. i found the sun coast web site,the price for a tranny w/o converter is about the same as it cost my mom for a rebuilt for her taurus. hey marc, if i get an ats or suncoast do you think this can be done in the drive way or am i better off to take to someone? i've done three or four tranny swaps but they weren't four wheel drive or any thing newer that '90. what do you think?
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Dear Readers,
It's me, Allie! I'm writing to you this week to tell you that I've been going to the Y this week, and I'm feeling the effects already. Like I said last week, you need to make yourself believe you can do it and it gives you a sense of empowerment!
I've accomplished a lot of things I didn't think I could do, just by trying them! Every time I've gone to work out these past two weeks, I have made myself to 100 sit-ups on the abdominal bench. I would never have thought I was strong enough to do ten, let alone 100 sit-ups, but I've accomplished my goal and it has been easier each time!
Another goal I have set for myself begins tomorrow! I have decided to completely cut sweets out of my diet until Thanksgiving. During the holiday seasons, it's really easy to over eat and eat foods you would normally avoid. To prepare myself for the parade of pies and pastries sure to pop up during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons, I am going to start avoid them now so that I am better prepared to eat them in small doses when the time comes. If you'd like to take this challenge with me, I would be glad for you to join! In addition to my no-sweets plan, I am going to be starting back up with my 100 squats a day challenge. If you would like to participate in one or both of these endeavors, feel free to comment and let me know how they're working for you!(Or tell any hilarious squats-in-the-school-bathroom-stall type stories!)
I hope you have a safe and healthy week, and remember to make time for your health and your body. You CAN do it!
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Introducing Delegates
When you deliver a course how do you introduce yourself to your delegates and them to each other? It would help if you gave the approximate number of delegates involved...
"Go round the room" not allowed!
When you deliver a course how do you introduce yourself to your delegates and them to each other? It would help if you gave the approximate number of delegates involved...
"Go round the room" not allowed!
pair everyone off
give them 2 minutes each to interview the other; to find out
1 who the person is
2 what they do
3 what they want out of the day/course
4 a little secret
then each person presents their colleague into the room in one minute or less
I don't use this every time but quite often it is an appropriate way to open proceedings
I usually have an activity after the domestics that I do before the introductions - join the dots, if your department were a car, if you were in a circus which role would you adopt etc.
I ask for a volunteer to speak first and then use the volunteer to nominate someone else in the room. That person speaks, I ask the personal information - name, work area, objective, etc - and they nominate someone else. At the end, I'm rarely nominated so make a point of adding my response.
It works well for groups up to 15 or so.
If delegates are going to be together for a day or less then individual stand-up intros are what I use. If they will be together for 2 days plus (especially of 3 days or more) one method I use builds strong rapport and begins to build trust (especially if there will be small team activities or breakout groups):
1. Give everyone a 15" by 19" white board and pen markers in at least 4 colors;
2. Pair them up and ask them to interview their partner - they should take notes on what their partner says about himself/herself (job, where from, travel experiences, need from the course or whatever you want) HOWEVER, all their notes on the white board must be pictures or symbols - NO WORDS ALLOWED and the other ground rule is - you must use all 4 colors.
3. Then each person stands at place (not front of the room) and introduces the partner showing and using their white board.
Typical results: lots of information comes out and guess what? All the delegates remember the info over the course; lots of laughter at limited artistic abilities; some very interesting individual preferences.
4. When each person finishes their intro of partner I take their white board and post it on the walls; I suggest that more about each person will be revealed so anyone can go to a white board and draw something about the new info.
After the course I keep the best whiteboards and post them on my office walls (I sometimes joke that I'm saving it to show their parents when the delagtes are very young - harking back to scholl days. And my walls become great conversation starters.
firstname.lastname@example.com Washington, DC USA
Before they arrive I get them to write up their name, company and function on a piece of cardboard that they hang around their neck using a piece of knotted string, this is all done before we start thus saving valuable time. I view anything else as airy fairy and an insult modern training techniques.
Of course, if it's a lengthy programme running over several intermittent days I will get the candidates to tattoo this information on their foreheads, thus saving even more time on subsequent dates and overall reducing the environmental impacts of the event.
Seldom......if there is a clear fact that delegates all know each other very well I might amend slightly......sometimes I ask them to share how long they've been in the busienss/company (I then note this and add it up so I can say that we have 236 years of accumulated experience here which is why I'm not going to teach you how to do your jobs [if this is appropriate]
I love Garry's "paddington bear" approach.......it reminds me of my old army mugshot for my ID card!
Some courses that I run I base the entire "delivery" on the delegate "wants" and make that very clear from the outset.
I was working in an hotel and there was another training course running concurrently from a well known Insurance company. They had obviously done the "Delegate Objective" intros and captured them on flipcharts which they then posted in the breakout area; an atrium in the corridor between the Reception Area and the Leisure centre. The page was headed "Customer Focus Workshop", One Delegate Objective was "An early knock off and a free lunch!".......whilst I was passing through a senior manager was paying a visit to the course, saw this in the public area full of their customers and went absolutely "ape"


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The Treatment Plant Process:
Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Project Status Updates
The current treatment plant process consists of physical treatment, primary treatment, trickling filters, secondary clarifiers, chlorination for disinfection and polishing ponds. Then river discharge to the Salinas River. The following links describe each process:
Physical Treatment | Primary Treatment | Trickling Filters
Secondary Clarifiers | Bio Solids | Disinfection
Plant Staffing
Staffing for the Plant currently consists of 4 operators with State required Certifications ranging from Operator I to Operator III. Operators take care of operations, mechanical maintenance, electrical, telemetry, SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), recordkeeping, laboratory analysis and landscape maintenance. Staff currently work five days a week with a standby operator covering the weekends.


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Mortgage Burden for Bales Familiar Story for U.S. Troops
The housing finance setbacks that confronted Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, the soldier accused of killing at least 16 civilians in Afghanistan, are one part of his story that many U.S. troops would recognize.
Bales and his wife owned a home in Washington state she was trying to sell for less than its mortgage and another that sits empty with a "Do Not Occupy" sign from the city on the door. At one point, the couple owed more than $500,000 on the homes.
For soldiers who have been deployed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, such financial pain may compound battlefield trauma, said Matthew Weidner, a Florida lawyer whose clients include service members facing foreclosure on their homes.
"There's also a failure of the military leadership and command structure to realize the damage financial stress can cause and add to the combat stress," Weidner, a partner in Weidner, Bowden & Weidner P.A. in St. Petersburg, Florida, said yesterday in an interview.
Last month, four of the biggest mortgage servicers agreed to a $25 billion settlement with the Justice Department to end a probe into whether they had improperly foreclosed on the homes of armed service personnel since 2006. Ally Financial Inc., Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to the pact. Bank of America Corp. reached a partial settlement with the government in May 2011.
Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Ally consented to pay $116,785 plus lost equity and interest to any service member who was identified as a victim of wrongful foreclosure.
Justice Department Review
The banks also agreed to a review to be overseen by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division to determine whether any service member since 2008 was charged mortgage interest in excess of 6 percent after a valid request to reduce the rate. Maintaining a higher rate is prohibited under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
While many soldiers have shared the burden of mortgage payments that ballooned and home values that plummeted during the housing crisis, Robert and Karilyn Bales were in a much deeper financial hole than most.
"I've rarely seen staff sergeants who lived in $300,000 houses," said John S. Odom Jr., a retired Air Force judge advocate and a partner in Jones, Odom & Politz LLP in Shreveport, Louisiana.
"Other than the fact that his job was as an infantryman carrying a rifle and supervising a squad of infantrymen, he isn't different than if he had been a lineman for the local power company," Odom said in an interview yesterday.
Bales, 38, is being held in a military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as he's investigated over the shootings in two villages in southern Afghanistan on March 11.
The family's two properties were in Washington state, within commuting distance of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, where Robert Bales was based.
Two Homes
The couple borrowed $506,250 on the two residential properties in October 2006, public records show -- $178,500 on a house in Auburn and $327,750 on a home in Lake Tapps. Today, the two houses have a combined assessed value of $358,100, or 29 percent less than the initial loan amounts, county records in Washington state show.
Karilyn Bales had listed the Lake Tapps home, where the family lives, as a "short sale," for less than the mortgage balance, according to Phillip Rodocker, the real-estate agent who listed the house.
Robert Bales, who was deployed to Afghanistan in December, had departed for the third of his three deployments to Iraq in August 2009 just as the house the couple rented out in Auburn was about to be auctioned at the entrance to the King County, Washington, administration building.
Auction Notice
The Bales owed $15,644.19 on the house plus $1,333.46 in trustee's fees, according to the auction notice. The auction subsequently was canceled without explanation. A Bank of America filing in King County, in August 2011 said the couple was $16,978 in arrears on the rental property.
The house sits vacant and banned for occupancy by the city.
The Obama administration has said it is cracking down on mortgage companies, banks and other financial institutions that have broken U.S. laws aimed at protecting military personnel from predatory lending and foreclosure proceedings while they are deployed.
"I continue to hear stories of service members and veterans being ripped off by businesses that see our troops as easy targets for a quick profit," Holly Petraeus, associate director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Office of Servicemembers' Affairs, said at a Jan. 25 press conference in Washington. Petraeus is the wife of retired Army General David Petraeus, now director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has set up a Repeat Offenders Against Military Database to track companies and individuals that repeatedly target the military community.


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Employee: Donna Olive
Employer: Bristol Elder Services
Insurer: Alea North America Insurance Co.
Insurer: Ace American Insurance Co.
Insurer: Alea North America Insurance Co.
Insurer: Arch Insurance Co.
Insurer: American Home Assurance Co.
Board Nos.: 046702-04
: 038851-05
: 046278-05
: 010094-06
: 018421-06
(Judges Fabricant, Horan and Koziol)
The case was heard by Administrative Judge Sullivan.
Goncalo M. Rego, Esq., for the employee
Joseph M. Spinale, Esq., for Alea North America Insurance
Robert A. Reardon, Esq., for Ace American Insurance at hearing
Jennifer Hylemon, Esq., and Laurie K. Stewart, Esq. for
Ace American Insurance on appeal
Sheila S. Cunningham, Esq., for Alea North America Insurance
Paul R. Ingraham, Esq., for Arch Insurance
Lori J. Harling, Esq., for American Home Assurance
FABRICANT, J. American Home Assurance (American), the last insurer in this successive insurer case, appeals from an administrative judge's decision holding it liable for the employee's bilateral carpal tunnel injury. Because we agree there is no evidence the employee's condition or symptoms worsened during the time American was on the risk, we reverse the decision, vacate the award of benefits against American, and recommit the case to the judge for further findings and additional evidence, if necessary.
Donna Oliver, formerly a stone setter for a jewelry company for thirty-one years, began working for the employer twenty hours a week as a driver and kitchen helper in August 2001. As a result of an automobile accident in the course of her employment on October 23, 2001, the employee was out of work for a couple of months with pain primarily in her left shoulder, left elbow and neck. In November 2001, while still recuperating from the car accident, she began to experience a slight tingling and numbness in both hands. (Dec. 7, 8.) Following her return to work in December 2001, the symptoms and pain in her hands increased. She associated this with repetitive job activities. (Dec. 8.) She began dropping things and, by late 2004, her pain and other symptoms peaked so that she needed assistance from co-workers. (Dec. 8.)
The employee initially treated with Dr. Gary Alves, a chiropractor, for the injuries resulting from the automobile accident. (Ex. 11a.) One week after that accident, she began treating with Dr. Sergey Wortman, a physiatrist to whom Dr. Alves referred her, for pain in her left shoulder, elbow and wrist. In February 2002, Dr. Wortman performed a nerve conduction study and EMG on her right wrist. (Dec. 7, 8-9, 11.) He, in turn, referred the employee to Dr. Edward Akelman, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in the treatment of hands and upper extremities. Dr. Akelman examined her twice in 2005, ultimately diagnosing her on November 16, 2005, with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, causally related to her work with the employer. He suggested new EMG and nerve conduction velocity tests, which, if positive, could indicate the need for bilateral surgeries. (Ex. 11c.) To date, the employee has neither undergone surgery, nor received any treatment, including physical therapy or medication, since seeing Dr. Akelman. (Dec. 9, 11-12.) Until the hearing, the employee had not lost time from work due to the bilateral carpal tunnel condition, although she did continue to have constant burning, aching, throbbing and numbness in both wrists, a loss of feeling in her fingertips, and the inability to hold small items such as pens, forks and knives. (Dec. 10, 14.)
The employee ultimately filed claims against five insurers for §§ 13 and 30 medical benefits, for anticipated bilateral carpal tunnel surgery, and ongoing § 34 weekly total incapacity benefits following the surgery. [1] (Dec. 2.) Doctor Robert Leffert conducted an impartial examination pursuant to § 11A, but was unable to offer a definitive diagnosis or opinion on causation. (Dec. 10-11.) The judge allowed the employee's motion to submit additional medical evidence due to the complexity of the medical issues. (Dec. 2, 5.) The employee submitted medical records from Drs. Alves, Wortman and Akelman. Three of the insurers submitted medical records from Dr. Alice Hunter, Dr. John Fattore and Dr. Wortman. (Dec. 5.)
Adopting the opinions of Dr. Akelman, Dr. Hunter and Dr. Fattore as to diagnosis, the judge found that the employee suffered from bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. With respect to causation, the judge adopted Dr. Akelman's November 16, 2005 opinion that the employee's carpal tunnel syndrome in both arms was "directly and causally related to her work for [the employer]." [2] (Dec. 12.) The judge further found that § 1(7A)'s heightened causation standard was not applicable because "none of the insurers adduced any evidence of a bilateral condition of the upper extremities that pre-existed the onset of symptoms alleged by Ms. Oliver." (Dec. 16.)
Based on Dr. Hunter's opinion, the judge authorized bilateral carpal tunnel surgeries followed by four weeks of § 34 total incapacity benefits after each surgery. [3] (Dec. 11-13, 15-17.)
As to the issue of which of the five insurers was liable to pay benefits under the successive insurer rule, the judge made the following findings:
I find Ms. Oliver sustained an original workplace injury due to repetitive use of her hands while employed by Bristol Elder Services and that her condition first became symptomatic in October 2001. I find also that her condition worsened as she continued her work in essentially the same job. Although her pain peaked as early as late 2004, her total condition worsened every year. Finally, I find that American Home Assurance, the carrier last at risk, is liable for the workplace injury to Ms. Oliver.
(Dec. 15; emphasis added.) American argues the judge misapplied the successive insurer rule because there is no evidence the employee suffered any aggravation or worsening of her condition or symptoms after it came on the risk in April 2006. We agree.
The successive insurer rule applies to claims for medical benefits, such as surgery, as well as to claims for weekly incapacity benefits. Miranda, supra at 648. Under this familiar rule, the insurer on the risk when an employee's work activities are "even to the slightest extent a contributing cause of the subsequent disability," is liable for the employee's ensuing incapacity. Rock's Case, 323 Mass. 428, 429 (1948). Of course, as here, an injury "may develop gradually from the cumulative effect of stresses and aggravations." Trombetta's Case, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 102, 105 (1973); Cole v. Roger Kent & Co., Inc., 24 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 7 (2010).
The issue of the contribution, or the causal relationship, of multiple injuries to a period of incapacity, or need for surgery, requires expert medical evidence. Miranda, supra at 649; Spearman v. Purity Supreme, 13 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 109, 112 (1999). If the adopted medical and lay evidence can be read to support a finding of liability against the insurer designated by the judge, we will uphold that finding. See Kautz v. Sloane & Walsh, 19 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 54, 62 (2005). Here, however, the adopted medical and lay evidence fails to support the judge's finding of liability against American, the last insurer. The judge found the employee's "condition worsened as she continued her work in essentially the same job," and that "her total condition worsened every year." [4] (Dec. 4.) However, there was no medical evidence the employee's condition worsened or was aggravated as a result of her work activities from April 7, 2006 through July 1, 2006, when American was on the risk. Doctor Akelman's causation opinion, on which the judge relied, was given on November 16, 2005, five months before American assumed responsibility for paying compensation claims against the employer. Doctor Akelman's opinion was based on his examination of the employee, the February 2002 EMG and nerve conduction velocity tests, and his understanding of the employee's job duties. He offered no opinion regarding when her need for surgery due to her work activities arose, or that he expected her condition to worsen. [5] (Ex. 11c.)
Of course, even in the face of an expert opinion that the employee's medical condition has remained the same, "a disabling increase in symptoms of some days' duration as a result of the stress and exertion of work" may be considered an injury which supports a finding of liability against a later insurer. Long's Case, 337 Mass. 517, 521 (1958); Gosselin v. Springfield Wire Co., 21 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 317, 318 (2007). However, Dr. Akelman's opinion does not reflect that the employee's symptoms continued to worsen due to her work activities after April 6, 2006, nor did the judge so find. Not even the employee's testimony would support a finding that her symptoms increased after American assumed liability. Rather, the employee testified, and the judge found, that her pain had peaked in 2004 or 2005. (Dec. 14, 15; Tr. 80.) At no point did she recant her testimony as to when her pain was at its worst; [6] rather, she affirmed that her pain had remained basically the same since peaking in 2005. (Tr. 48, 69-70, 81.)
Thus, the judge's assignment of liability to the last insurer on the risk cannot stand. We reverse the decision insofar as it holds American Home Assurance liable for the employee's medical and projected incapacity benefits for a bilateral carpal tunnel injury, and we vacate the award of such benefits. We recommit the case for the judge to determine liability among the successive insurers. In so doing, he must make specific findings, supported by the evidence, regarding when the employee's symptoms and/or condition were last aggravated by her work, causing a need for surgery. He may take additional evidence as needed.
So ordered
Bernard W. Fabricant
Administrative Law Judge
Mark D. Horan
Administrative Law Judge
Catherine Watson Koziol
Administrative Law Judge
Filed: December 15, 2010
[1] Dates of coverage for each insurer are as follow:
Arch Insurance: July 10, 2000 - June 30, 2004
Ace American Insurance: October 30, 2001 - July 9, 2003
Alea North America Insurance Co.: July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2005
Alea North America Insurance Co.: July 1, 2005 - April 6, 2006
American Home Assurance: April 7, 2006 - July 1, 2006
(Dec. 8.) The decision indicates the periods for Ace American and Arch Insurance are probable, subject to confirmation. Id. The hearing transcript indicates Ace American's coverage ended July 1, 2003, and Arch Insurance's coverage began July 1, 2000. (Tr. 18-19.) However, neither insurer raises the issue of the dates of coverage on appeal.
[2] The judge acknowledged that Dr. Akelman's earlier opinions on causation were inconsistent with his final opinion, but permissibly adopted his latest opinion. (Dec. 11-12.) See Perangelo's Case, 277 Mass. 59, 64 (1931)(expert's opinion which must be taken as evidence is his final opinion). The judge specifically rejected the causation opinions of Dr. Hunter and Dr. Fattore because neither physician had a complete work history, and Dr. Hunter had no prior medical records relative to the employee's care. (Dec. 12-13.)
[3] Although we have held that an award of a specific period of weekly incapacity benefits is speculative where surgery has not been performed, Miranda v. Chadwick's of Boston, Ltd., 17 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 644, 648 n.3 (2003), and cases cited, American has not challenged the prospective award of four weeks of total incapacity benefits following each surgery. Therefore, we do not address this issue. See Buckley v. Stahl USA, 20 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 151, 152 n.1 (2006).
[4] We note that although the judge found the employee continued to work in "essentially the same job," (Dec. 4), he described changes in her job duties beginning in 2005. (Dec. 6-7.)
[5] Even had he so opined, his opinion may have been speculative.
[6] The judge cited the following testimony by the employee before making his findings: "It's really hard to say when it peaked. I can honestly say as time went on, it got worse
. . . as every year went on, it got to the point where like I said I started dropping more things. The pain got more severe." (Dec. 8; Tr. 61.) However, the judge asked the employee to clarify this testimony, and she confirmed her earlier testimony that her pain peaked in late 2004 or early 2005. (Tr. 62-64; see also Tr. 55-56.)


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Show #271
Week of March 8 | Special Guest Don Was | Playlist
Don Was
This week we are proud to present music legend Don Was. Don has not only produced albums for the likes of The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt, he won the 1997 Grammy for Producer of the Year and had a successful career traveling with his own band Was (Not Was). This show was recorded LIVE from the Berklee College of Music in Boston.


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Planning commissioners Tuesday night discussed relaxing the current ordinance, which only allows chickens on lots that are 2 acres or larger, with a special land use permit.
When resident Christopher Vanoosterhout recently approached the Township Board to request consideration for the keeping of chickens, the board passed it along to the Planning Commission on a 4-3 vote.
"Knowing it was a 4-3 vote, I would say, if we made a major change, I'm not sure it would fly," Township Community Services Director Lukas Hill told the Planning Commission. "It's lukewarm at the board level. If we were to go back to them with something, I think it would need to be fairly conservative."
Commissioners brooded on several options, including no minimum lot size, but they appeared to agree in principle to relaxed standards that would allow up to four hens on a lot as small as 12,000 square feet. For every additional one-tenth of an acre, residents could have an additional chicken, with a maximum of 10.
The animals would have to be fenced in and also have a structure available for their use. Roosters and slaughtering would be prohibited.
Spring Lake Village leaders considered allowing chickens in 2009, but decided against it.
Crockery Township Supervisor Leon Stille said his municipality is OK with chickens unless neighbors complain.
"What the heck are a half-dozen chickens going to hurt?" Stille said. "There's enough space here that people can pretty much do what they want to do. If it gets stinky or noisy, we'd say there has to be a limit."
Spring Lake Township planning commissioners are expected to review a revised ordinance next month and make a recommendation to the Township Board.
Commissioner Ron Lindquist said he took an informal poll and residents appear to be in favor of allowing chickens, with the consideration of lot size.
Commission Chairman Dave Rumpel said his niece keeps chickens on the east side of the state.
Read the complete story in today's print or e-edition of the Grand Haven Tribune.


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Maple producers will be opening their sugarhouses to the public for the next two weekends as part of the states annual Maple Weekend program.
Our techniques for making maple syrup today are both time-tested by tradition and enhanced by modern technology, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Lewis County Executive Director Michele E. Ledoux said in a statement. On Maple Weekend, visitors can see all aspects of maple making, from the tapping of the trees to sap collecting to the boiling of the sap into syrup. Some producers will demonstrate the making of maple syrup into other products, including maple cream, maple cotton candy and maple sugar. Sampling will be available. Maple Weekend provides an easy and enjoyable, family-oriented opportunity to see how New York maple producers make some of the worlds finest syrup and related products.
The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 22 and 23 and again on March 29 and 30, although not all participating producers will be open all four days.
Donald M. Moser, president of the American Maple Museum in Croghan, said his familys sugaring operation which will be open for both weekends saw a small run of sap last week, but there was not enough to boil right away.
It is often questionable whether there will be an ample supply of sap to boil for Maple Weekend, particularly the first weekend, and this year is no different, Mr. Moser said. Its always up in the air, he said.
However, participating producers in the absence of sap have in the past boiled water to show off their evaporators, and other family-friendly activities will be on tap to educate and entertain visitors.
When you are here, you will be able to hike on our interactive history of maple sugaring trail, taste free samples and watch sap boil its way to being maple syrup, states a release from Oswegatchie Education Center, whose A to Z Sugarhouse will be open to the public both weekends. You will often get to see and feel the fire below and smell the sweetness above.
The annual event, which started in the 1990s in Wyoming County as Maple Sunday, now involves maple producers from throughout the state. However, according to the Maple Weekend web site, the goal remains the same: to give the public a first-hand opportunity to see how maple products are produced and the opportunity to taste and purchase maple products.
We open our sugarhouses and we give tours from the tree to the table, said Lawrence J. Rudd, owner of Rudds Family Maple Syrup in Mannsville, in a statement. People have a lot of questions. At Maple Weekend, they get answers. They can see it, smell it, taste it and experience the heritage New York maple syrup has. People get familiar with it.
Participating producers in Lewis County are as follows, with dates open in parentheses for those not participating in all four days: Mosers Mapleridge Farm at 3981 Wilson Road, Copenhagen (March 22 and 29 only); Oswegatchie Education Center at 9340 Long Pond Road, Croghan; Yanceys Sugarbush at 7981 Long Pond Road, Croghan (March 29 and 30 only); Mosers Maple at 9609 Croghan Reservoir Road, Croghan; Pierces Sugar Spigot at 11603 Route 812, Croghan; and Swisser Sweet Maple at 6242 Swiss Road, Castorland.
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Professor Andrew (John) Gurr was born on 23 December 1936 in Leicester.
He grew up in New Zealand and was educated at the University of Auckland and Cambridge University.
His academic posts include lectureships in English at Victoria University of Wellington (1959), the University of Leeds (1962-9) and the University of Nairobi (1969-73), where he was also Head of Department. Since 1976 he has been a professor of English at the University of Reading (Head of Department, 1979-86), where he teaches Shakespeare studies. He is also Co-Director of the Renaissance Texts Research Centre based at Reading University.
An acclaimed Shakespearean scholar, Professor Gurr's published work on the Shakespearean theatre includes The Shakespearean Stage, 1574-1642 (1970), Playgoing in Shakespeare's London (1987), The Shakespearean Playing Companies (1996) and Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres (2000). He has also written a biography of Shakespeare (1996), and, as chief academic advisor, was a key figure in the project to rebuild Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. He has been Director of Globe Research since 1998.
Professor Gurr has also edited several of Shakespeare's plays, including Richard II (1984) and Henry V (1992), and The First Quarto of Henry V (2000), as well as editor of three plays by Beaumont and Fletcher, two books on African literature: Black Aesthetics (with Pio Zimiru, 1973) and Writers in East Africa (with Angus Calder, 1974); and is author of a critical study (with Claire Hanson) of Katherine Mansfield (1981).
His latest book is Shakespeare's Opposites: The Admiral's Company 1594 - 1625 (2009).
He is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies. He was editor of the Modern Language Review between 1988 and 1998 and was editor of the Yearbook of English Studies. He also regularly contributes articles on Shakespeare to publications ranging from the Shakespeare Survey to the Times Literary Supplement.
Professor Gurr lives in Reading.
Critical Perspective
While he has been retired for several years now, Andrew Gurr remains a refreshing, if unlikely mix of path-breaking Renaissance scholar and pioneering postcolonial critic.
He is a man who is as much at home with Katherine Mansfield as he is with Macbeth, and it is a testament to his continued relevance and resonance within the academy that many of his books have gone through numerous editions.
In terms of what was known at the time as Commonwealth literature, Gurr had a particular interest in East African writing, as well as in canonical postcolonial writers such as V.S. Naipaul and Ngugi wa Thiongo. He was also interested in modernist writers such as James Joyce and Katherine Mansfield, who had complex relations with colonial culture. In Katherine Mansfield (1981) Gurr, together with his co-author Claire Hanson, locates the New Zealand born writer within the context of the modern short story, focusing upon her stylistic use of plotless narrative, symbolism and epiphany. Meanwhile, in Writers in Exile: the Identity of Home in Modern Literature (1981) Gurr looks more generally at the work of Mansfield alongside other modern writers (including Joyce, Naipaul, and Ngugi) in terms of questions of modernity, home and homelessness. While such connections are today fashionable, Gurr deserves to be recognised as one of the first to think through some of the key correspondences between modernism, empire and postcolonialism.
Nevertheless, it is for his contributions to Shakespeare studies and Renaissance drama that Andrew Gurr is, rightly, best known. Gurr has edited a number of Shakespeare's plays including King Richard II (1992), and King Henry V (1992), but he is best known for his prolonged investigations, across a series of different books, into the immediate physical and social contexts surrounding the plays and their contemporary performances, from audiences, to stages to theatre companies. As Gurr himself once put it:
'Modern playgoers think about theatre as a two dimensional experience, like cinema. Personally I am rather hostile to Shakespeare on film, because it puts audiences back in the dark, where they are looking at the picture instead of sharing the experiences. For Shakespeare however, theatre was three dimensional and people came to hear a play, not to see it. The design of the early theatres in which the plays of Shakespeare's time were staged shows us how the audience was supposed to encircle the stage – ideal for listening but not for seeing.'
In The Shakespearean Stage, 1574-1642 (1970), now in its fourth edition, Gurr provides the first authoritative, and comprehensive account of the original staging practices, theatres and acting companies associated with Shakespeare's drama. Quickly establishing itself as a classic among undergraduates and interested readers, the book was praised in Shakespeare Quarterly for the 'admirable … way it condenses a great deal of technical information into a readable and judicious account. Gurr writes graciously, has a gift for piquant illustration, and provides us with generous quotations from essential documents …'.
Gurr's interest in the hitherto neglected physical world that surrounded Shakespeare's plays is pursued further in Playgoing in Shakespeare's London (1987). Like a literary detective, Gurr pieces together fragments of information to provide a compelling picture of Renaissance drama in action. Gurr's strengths lie in what we might term a sort of peripheral vision, which allows him to recreate the world surrounding the drama, from auditorium behaviour, to the class composition of audiences, to questions of taste, and even an investigation of the psychological make up of the spectator. It is a topic which gives a new twist in Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres (2000), an introductory text focusing on the gestures, props and costumes of the Shakesperean stage. The book is written with Gurr's typical forensic attention to detail: no less than three chapters are dedicated to the process of players exiting and entering the stage. Thus, with characteristic ease, he puts flesh on the bones of Shakespeare's plays and the original contexts of their reception:
'For Elizabethans the opening of a play was a public event, and an act of choice which had an almost religious dimension. Up to three thousand people paid to have themselves shut into a large wooden-framed auditorium, expecting to spend two or three hours of their afternoon enjoying a game or play or illusion. They came to watch a fiction, the acting out of a story which they would witness, well aware of the novelty and the religious doubts about the choice they made in observing an act designed explicitly to deceive them, willing to suspend their disbelief while they sat or stood in varying kinds of discomfort.'
There is a deceptively simple drama about these lines, which recreate the Shakespearean audience through an almost intuitive narrative that captures the reader with its apparent spontaneity. But Gurr's intuitions are based on painstaking research of the archives and are far from mere suppositions.
Gurr's most recent books, The Shakespeare Company (2004) and Shakespeare's Opposites: The Admiral's Company 1594-1625 (2009), are closely connected. The former provides an exhaustive history of the Shakespeare Company, an established team of players for 48 years (1594 to 1642). With typical rigour, Gurr attends roundly, and for the first time, to every dimension of the company, from the central part played by Shakespeare himself, to more mundane issues of finance and management. Meanwhile, in Shakespeare's Opposites, Gurr focuses on the Admiral's Men, the acting company which (along with the Shakespeare Company) performed to Londoners during the late sixteenth century.
Gurr remains an active speaker on the national and global circuit, a popular and public intellectual who retains a fitting (given his life long preoccupation with the bard's reception) commitment to his audience.
Dr James Procter, 2009
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- Shakespeare's Opposites: The Admiral's Company 1594 - 1625, Cambridge University Press
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- The Shakespeare Company, Cambridge University Press
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- The First Quarto of Henry V, editor, Cambridge University Press
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- Staging in Shakespeare's Theatres, with Mariko Ichikawa, Oxford University Press
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- William Shakespeare: The Extraordinary Life of the Most Successful Writer of All Time, HarperCollins
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- The Shakespearean Playing Companies, Clarendon
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- King Henry V, editor, Cambridge University Press
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- Rebuilding Shakespeare's Globe, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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- Studying Shakespeare: an Introduction, Arnold
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- Playgoing in Shakespeare's London, Cambridge University Press
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- King Richard II, editor, Cambridge University Press
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- Writers in Exile: the Identity of Home in Modern Literature, Harvester Press
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- The Shakespearean Stage, 1574-1642, Cambridge University Press
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- The Maid's Tragedy / Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, editor, University California Press
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LSU coach Les Miles doesn't operate like his peers. We have further evidence of this thanks to the fact that he rappelled down a 24-story building in the name of charity on Thursday. Watch him go over the edge.
Miles did this for Over the Edge Adoption. More details behind the campaign from Louisiana Family Forum: "LFF hopes to provide a unique moment for increasing awareness of the nearly 500 adoption-eligible children in Louisiana's Foster Care program. This once-in-a-lifetime experience will feature individuals, including policy makers, pastors and key state leaders, rappelling One American Place in Downtown Baton Rouge on May 31st. This event is Phase Two of a three-phase initiative where LFF seeks to reduce red tape in foster care adoptions, raise awareness and connect 100 children to permanent families."
Here are a few other photos of Miles in action.
Photo from inside the building of @lsucoachmiles. (via former @lsubaseball player @jlfaircloth) twitter.com/LSUPublication…— LSUPublications (@LSUPublications) May 30, 2013
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Here is more video of Miles making his way down the face of the building found on Busted Coverage.
Miles isn't the first daredevil coach this offseason. Eastern Michigan's Ron English is skydiving so the Eagles can get new bathrooms
Another coach you've probably heard of also took to rappelling for charity prior to last season: Former Rutgers coach Mike Rice. (His rappelling was aimed at raising money for the American Cancer Society.)
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FORT DRUM Soldiers from the posts 10th Combat Aviation Brigade will be deploying to Afghanistan, according to an announcement Thursday afternoon by the Department of Defense.
About 2,200 personnel from the brigade will be deploying during the coming rotation of forces in the country. They will perform aerial support missions during their nine-month deployment.
The 10th CAB has anticipated a mission to Afghanistan and has aggressively trained at all levels, Col. David J. Francis, the brigades commander, said in a press release. We are prepared and ready for this deployment.
Troops are scheduled to leave the area in the spring. The brigades last deployment was in October 2010. The brigade has completed three tours of Afghanistan, along with one in Iraq.
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Get to know this year's version of the Fire's long-time foe.
Check out the MLS scouting report below, for a technical break down of both sides.
It's Tues... no it's actually Wednesday, but we still feel the need to entertain you with our awesome GIFs.
So instead of GIFTuesday, it's GIFWednesday's featured GIF, Chris Rolfe's 49th Fire goal across all competitions. As you can see below... it was quite a shot.
We got some great news today that Saturday's match vs. Columbus will be carried LIVE and for FREE on MLSsoccer.com as the el Jimador Tequila MLS Stream of the Week.
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Saturday's game will be carried on television in Chicago with a carrier announcement to come on Thursday.
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As they do every week, MLSsoccer.com's Dan Haiek and Matt Doyle give their view on Sunday's clash between the Fire and Dynamo...
You already watched Daniel Paladini and Wells Thompson preview Sunday's match-up versus the Houston Dynamo. You've also seen Assistant Coach Mike Matkovich talk tactics in the AthletiCo Coaching Corner.
Now check out how Dominic Kinnear and his side look at the Fire.
After picking up their first win of the season last week, the Fire travel to Houston for Sunday's match (4pm CT on UniMas/La Ley 107.9FM) brimming with confidence. The Dynamo lost again on the road last week against Portland but are returning to BBBV Compass Stadium, a place where they have never lost. Here are a few things to look out for from a tactical perspective:
Giles Barnes – excelling in the role of second striker and deceptively good in the air
Giles Barnes has had an excellent start to 2013, playing in an almost free role just behind the target striker. Barnes is dangerous in a number of areas: he can drop deep or wide with the ball, taking on defenders, he can also win flicks on to his strike partner and he has come up with two headed goals already this season.
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Against Portland last week and San Jose the week before, Barnes linked up well with central midfielders Adam Moffat and Ricardo Clark, taking the ball from them before turning and running at defenders from deep or around the box.
In the air, Barnes won many dangerous flick-ons against San Jose in Houston's last home match. Barnes' ability to win balls in the air seemed to baffle San Jose, who were clearly anticipating him to be running onto the flicks by Will Bruin.
In the matches against San Jose and the week before against Vancouver, Barnes chipped in with two headed goals. When teams play Houston, it is easy to get distracted by players such as Brad Davis or Boniek Garcia but Barnes has been their most dangerous player this season.
The Fire cannot give him space on the ground and players like Austin Berry need to match Barnes in the air.
The possible return of Arne – if he returns, who moves to the bench?
Much of the talk this week in the Fire camp is the potential return of Arne Friedrich to a Fire back line that has been decimated by injuries at the beginning of the season.
Though everyone is looking forward to Arne's return, it brings up a very tough tactical decision for head coach Frank Klopas, namely who plays at right back.
Wells Thompson has done a very solid job over the past two matches in that position, improving from a shaky first half against Chivas to having a standout game in last week's win against NYRB.
Wells stated this week that he would like to "lock the down the spot and become a regular starter" and he certainly has put forth a good case to the coaches.
Thompson's distribution out of the back is excellent and as the away team this week, the Fire will be looking to hold onto the ball for as long as possible and not be wasteful in possession.
Paladini, Thompson Preview Houston
The other realistic candidate for the starting right back spot should Friedrich return is Jalil Anibaba, last season's starter. Against a physical and big team like Houston, Jalil's strength could be needed.
Anibaba is also excellent in the air and with players like Barnes and Bruin to contend with, Klopas may turn to the third-year defender.
Houston's knack for scoring goals from set pieces is also well-known and Anibaba's presence in the box could be all-important on Sunday afternoon.
The Dynamo's frequency of scoring from corners is such that the home fans get to their feet for every corner, expecting a goal or good chance to be created from each one.
Though there was a lot of talk about Logan Pause moving to right-back at the beginning of this season, I don't see the Fire changing too much the in the midfield after last week's performance.
A start for Jalil at right back would be tough on Wells Thompson after two great performances, but tactically, starting Anibaba would make the most sense.
Prediction: 1-1 with the Fire goal coming from Sherjill MacDonald
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One of the comments to the last post mentioned that a way to provide the benefits of a combination therapy is to make a drug that hits more than one target. For a while there, this idea was a bit out of fashion, but I think it's been making a comeback.
There are a number of multiple-target drugs on the market already, and the list even includes some where this profile was arrived at deliberately. (That was a joke. I think.) Examples of the planned category include Tracleer (bosentan), a dual endothelin receptor antagonist for pulmonary hypertension, rupatadine, a dual histamine/PAF antagonist for allergy (not yet approved in the US, I think), and Cymbalta (duloxetine), an antidepressant which affects both serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake.
Examples of the non-deliberate class include all sorts of drugs marketed before the 1980s or so. (That's about the time that target-based drug design really took over, as opposed to "see what it does in vivo".) In some therapeutic classes, this is the norm - the activities of CNS drugs in general are known to be extraordinarily messy. The antipsychotics, for example, hit so many receptors that it's basically impossible to figure out just how they work. A more recent example is the cardiovascular drug Pletal (cilostazol), which is both a PDE-III inhibitor and an adenosine uptake inhibitor. Other PDE-III inhibitors didn't work nearly as well, so there was clearly something else pitching in. (There may well be something similar at work with Lipitor, to pick a drug that everyone's actually heard of, although no one's quite sure what the extra activity is.)
There are all sorts of other dual-acting drugs being looked at in earlier phases of development. For the most part, they're going after similar receptor subtypes or related enzymes, since that's where you're most likely to get the cross-reactivity. (A good example would be the PPAR alpha-gamma ligands that many companies have been trying to develop for diabetes.) But the biggest area of multiple-action drugs now is cancer.
You might not know it from reading the popular press, though. A lot of reporters are still a generation behind, going on about the new breed of incredibly selective targeted cancer drugs. Problem is, it's turning out that some of those incredibly selective drugs work only on incredibly small numbers of cancer patients, which is not what everyone had in mind. Over the last few years, efforts have shifted to making drugs that hit a slew of potential cancer targets simultaneously, in hopes that this will show more efficacy, and these are just coming to the FDA now.
Many, many cancer targets are from a large family of broadly similar enzymes (the kinases), so getting multiple activities isn't really all that hard. In fact, getting selective kinase inhibitors was the hard part - looking back, had we but known, we all could have probably skipped that step and gone right to the blunderbusses. But the fear was that these compounds would be too toxic (yeah, even for cancer therapy), so selectivity got priority. Now that it turns out that we don't need to be so picky, it's also becoming clear that the multiple-kinase drugs are tolerated a lot better than we thought. You'll see the word "targeted" thrown around when these agents are discussed, but it should have quotes around it.
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1. zp2k on August 11, 2005 11:16 PM writes...
How is the FDA responding to this sort of thing? Naively, I would have guessed that it would be a lot harder to get IND approval for drugs without single-target specificity.
2. GA on August 12, 2005 9:25 AM writes...
Not just cancer...for indications like inflammation as well, where several kinase cascades contribute, people are starting to think that selectivity might actually be a bad thing. Although the "acute" vs "chronic" debate really makes this tough to argue for a less selective kinase inhibitor for inflammation.
3. linus on August 12, 2005 10:36 AM writes...
I'm new here - first stopped by after I read about this blog in Science. Lots of interesting thoughts, Derek. I'm a biologist, worked in Big Pharma for >20 years, in antibacterial discovery, and am now doing independent consulting. About dual (or more) targeted drugs: Its interesting to note that all of the clinically useful systemic monotherapeutic antibacterials have multiple targets. Most likely because the likelihood/frequency of resistance development through target mutation is greatly reduced. Discovery efforts are finally taking note of this and dual/multiple target inhibitors are gaining favor in antibacterials as well.
4. PsychicChemist on August 12, 2005 1:29 PM writes...
A vast majority of antibacterials kill bacteria, either by inhibiting protein synthesis (by interfering with the translation machinery, or by inhibiting cell wall biosynthesis. So even if you are specifically inhibiting the translation machinery, as a consequence of that, you are affecting all the proteins being synthesized in the cell. I wonder if anyone has tried this sort of approach (ie non specific eukaryotic protein synthesis inhibitors) in oncology - The challenge of course, would be to deliver these agents selectively to tumor cells.
5. Derek Lowe on August 12, 2005 2:24 PM writes...
As I understand it, the therapeutic window has been a problem with going after protein synthesis. It's active through so much of the cell cycle, as compared to the DNA targets, that you'd expect problems. Still, it is being worked on. And since no one thought that another hard-core protein mechanism, Millennium's Velcade (a proteosome inhibitor) would make it, maybe there's some hope.
Some of the DNA-interacting agents are thought act at least partly through disrupting protein synthesis downstream, although it's mighty hard to prioritize chickens and eggs in these mechanisms.
6. Peter Ellis on August 13, 2005 4:52 AM writes...
The challenge of course, would be to deliver these agents selectively to tumor cells.
Hmmm, well, yes. If you had a magic delivery system that only ever delivered your stuff to cancer cells, then there's no need to be specific at *all*, just use bleach.
7. PsychicChemist on August 13, 2005 2:37 PM writes...
I have read some recent literature regarding tumor targeting technologies and it appears that people are making some progress in this area. A good example would be Mylotarg (Calicheamicin linked to a tumor targeting antibody, via an acid labile linker that falls apart in the endosome). I would think that these sort of approaches will become more important if "less selective" anti-cancer agents are the way to go. In any case, I dont think bleach will work (I understand the pun) as it will probably react with any type targeting agent you might want to use - especially if your targeting agent happens to be a bio-macromolecule of some type. But if you still like bleach, an option would be to encapsulate it in some funky carbon nano-tube (lined with a nano layer of steel perhaps) that miraculously reaches and liberates bleach selectively in tumor cells. And, of course, you can refer to any recent issue of JACS as to how to make this miracle molecule.
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John McLaughlin is a stay-till-the-end type of Sooner fan.
Last season, he waited through that excruciating rain delay before the Texas Tech game, then sat through every last second of that excruciating loss to the Red Raiders.
John McLaughlin is a stay-till-the-end type of Sooner fan.
Last season, he waited through that excruciating rain delay before the Texas Tech game, then sat through every last second of that excruciating loss to the Red Raiders.
He is all in when it comes to Oklahoma.
Except for this one thing.
"I'm disappointed that Landry Jones has returned," McLaughlin said.
He just can't get behind the fact that the Sooners' senior signal caller is back for one more season at OU.
The metro-area resident isn't alone.
On the day Jones plays again on Owen Field during OU's Spring Game, there are plenty of fans conflicted about his return. Yes, he's a three-year starter who has won 30 games in his Sooner career and has a chance to break every major passing record in school history. Sure, he's bound to be on every preseason Heisman Trophy watch list come the fall.
But despite those credentials, there was not a unanimous sigh of relief in the Sooner Nation when he decided not to bypass his senior season for the NFL.
Make no mistake — a majority of OU fans jumped for joy at the news of Jones' return. But the fact that there were any fans who were less than thrilled, much less a sizable group of them?
That's peculiar.
The whole thing fascinated me so much that I went looking for some answers. I asked Sooner fans to share their thoughts on my blog, on Twitter and on email, and what they said was enlightening.
For starters, most fans are glad that Jones is still wearing the crimson and cream. Their reasons are many.
Some like the fact that there's experience at the quarterback position. And there's little doubt how valuable that is. Jones has already started 37 games, tying him with Cale Gundy for most starts for a Sooner quarterback.
Other Sooner fans contend that Jones was better than he was given credit for last season. OU started the year as a national-title contender but finished it with three losses and a trip to the Insight Bowl. While the failings of the defensive secondary took the lion's share of the blame, Jones took some heat, too.
But he was playing much of the season without his most lethal weapons. Losing Dom Whaley and Ryan Broyles were big-time blows.
"The injuries we had last year would've affected anyone," Mike McCormick said.
Count the Sooner fan from Shreveport, La., among the group that is glad Jones returned.
"With what we have coming back ... we need our best player at quarterback coming back, and without a doubt, that is LJ," he said. "I'm not thrilled about turning this offense over ... to a guy or guys who have yet to take a meaningful snap in a game."
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As one of the world's premier builders of acoustic pianos, Kawai has long understood the importance of an instrument's touch, or "feel", to the player. Without a keyboard action that responds perfectly to an artist's commands, a piano would not accurately create the sound that the artist is seeking.
For this reason, Kawai engineers' number one goal is to create digital piano actions that provide the same level of response and nuance as is found in our acoustic piano actions. To this purpose, Kawai has created two basic types of digital piano actions.
The first is Kawai's AHAIV series graded-hammer actions. These actions utilize a hammer component under the keys that creates a mechanical movement and feel similar to an acoustic piano. Additionally, the hammers are weighted in a graded fashion where the left-hand, or bass, keys are heaviest. As you move up the keyboard the hammers gradually become lighter. This simulates the same characteristic found in an acoustic pianos action where the hammers are larger in the bass region and gradually get smaller as you move up the keyboard.
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The AWA PRO and AWA PROII actions feature extra-long wooden keys and a mechanical design similar to that found in Kawai's acoustic grand pianos. The extended length of the wooden key allows for a pivot point in the middle of the key. This creates movement on both ends of the keys and pushes the hammers in an upward motion from the back of the key (same as in a grand piano action).
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Final Results ERIN, Wis. – The DePaul golf team wrapped up the Erin Hills Intercollegiate on Tuesday at Erin Hills GC. The Blue Demons tied for 13th place, while senior Moritz Ackerhans tied for 30th in the individual standings.Ackerhans started Tuesday in a tie for 11th place after 36 holes. The senior slid into a tie for 30th after bringing in a round of 78 (+6). Ackerhans finished six-over par for the tournament after rounds of 72 (E), 72 (E) and 76 (+6).After going four-under for the back nine in the first two rounds, Ackerhans struggled and recorded five bogeys. The Kiel, Germany native then focused in and parred six of his final nine holes.Ackerhans tied for 30th with Wisconsin's Zachary Balit and Northwestern's Matthew Negri. Patrick Rodgers from Stanford, who has been the leader at the end of the first two rounds, held on and took home the individual championship and finished seven under for the tournament.Rodgers and his teammates from Stanford were crowned the team champion and combined for a score of 851 (-13). James Lelliott carded the low round for the Blue Demons with a 77 (+5) on Tuesday. The freshman brought one birdie in the final round and tallied four during for the three-day tournament.Also competing for the Blue Demons were Jonathan Hewett, Adrian Halimi and Alex Lloyd. The first year golfer finished in a tie for 58th ending his tournament with a round of 78 (+6). Halimi joined his teammate in carding a 78 (+6) but finished in a tie for 77th. Lloyd came in with a round of 82 (+10) and finished in 80th.The Blue Demons have the next 13 days off before they travel to Beallsville, Md. for the Georgetown Intercollegiate. This two-day event runs Oct. 21-22 at The Members Club at Four Streams.


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|Accession Number: G-12810 (MetaCyc)
Species: Actinidia eriantha
A cDNA clone encoding an acetyl-CoA:alcohol O-acyltransferase was isolated from A. deliciosa tissue and recombinantly expressed in yeast. The gene was named AT9.
The recombinant protein was characterized for its substrate specificity, and exhibited alcohol acyl transferase activity (AAT) with a broad range of alcohol and acyl-CoA substrates leading to the formation of volatile esters commonly found in kiwifruit [Gunther11].
Transcript accumulation increased by several folds in ripe versus unripe fruit.
Molecular Weight of Polypeptide: 47.67 kD (from nucleotide sequence)
Unification Links: Entrez-Nucleotide:HO772637
Created 27-Apr-2011 by Pujar A , Boyce Thompson Institute
Enzymatic reaction of: acetyl-CoA:butanol O-acyltransferase (acetyl-CoA:alcohol O-acyltransferase)
n-butanol + acetyl-CoA <=> butyl acetate + coenzyme A
The reaction direction shown, that is, A + B ↔ C + D versus C + D ↔ A + B, is in accordance with the Enzyme Commission system.
The reaction is favored in the direction shown.
In Pathways: volatile esters biosynthesis (during fruit ripening)
Gunther11: Gunther CS, Chervin C, Marsh KB, Newcomb RD, Souleyre EJ (2011). "Characterisation of two alcohol acyltransferases from kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) reveals distinct substrate preferences." Phytochemistry 72(8);700-10. PMID: 21450321
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While the building may not look spectacular you will enjoy a spectacularly friendly 24/7 service, neat and spacey rooms, no matter whether you chose a comfort room or prefer accommodation at hostel level, great food and rates which are easy on your purse. We are a bit crazy about making our guests' stay something to talk about which may explain why you will meet tourists here and business people as well, students and senior citizens, families, soccer teams and symphony orchestras. We would love to have you here!
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Arrival by train:
Central station: Ca. 15 minutes walk to the Herberge. Along the St. Petersburger Strasse, across the traffic lights Brgerwiese, at the right a free place (with skater course) is visible. Go on to the Herberge across the place.
Alternatively with tram lines 3 (direction Wilder Mann), 5 (direction bigau) or 7 (direction Weixdorf) as far as stop Pirnaischer Platz. Through the underpass to the other side of the street. Then along the St. Petersburger Strasse past the office building, after the music pub 'Motown' left the way to the rear you get directly to the Herberge.
Station Dresden-Neustadt: With tram line 3 (direction Coschtz) as far as stop Pirnaischer Platz. Further see description Central station.
Arrival by plane:
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SOA Projections, Common Data Models, and eventually Surface Oriented Data Architectures
I admit before writing another line on this subject that I have more questions than answers and majority of my statements here should start with "I wonder ..".
SOA Projections: SOA defines a conceptual object model
Where i work there are upwards of 500 applications. In proportionate numbers are databases to support them. Services are the answer. A common API is the answer. Probably true. So I define a handful services. Some are queries and some are updates changing the state. Each service will take objects or structures as inputs and emit an object or collections of objects as output or none. Although each service is independent and stateless, the outputs of these services are corelated and taken together presents a well defined object model.
Query Services: Similarities to SQL
Moreover a query service has to be cogniscent of the amount of data it needs to return, say for displaying in a "paged" portal page. The same query service may also have to take in a "where clause" to constrain the data. The same query service may have to accomodate "sort" and even at times "aggregation" (such as sum, average etc). In short you need a similar (may be smaller) set of semantics provided by SQL.
Common Data Models
My hunch is that the "collective" output of a set of related services essentially presents a well defined "Common Data Model". So in a round about way the services originating from "n" number of distinct databases presents the picture of a "unified common database" on the other side. Perhaps what do we loose if this "conceptual datamodel" is to be realized in a physical database backed by a number of "data synching" abilities offered by "Master Data Management" technologies.
Say we do. Say we go ahead and realize conceptual common data model in a physical database with proper synching procedures. Now something like a web portal can take advantage of this aggregated/conceptual database using "horizontal portlets" (ex: SQL query populated in a web page is a horizontal portlet, for such a portlet can work with any data as long as it is the output of an SQL). This is not uncommon for reporting needs today by reporting engines.
I am sure there is a middle road. But the agility of horizontal portlets, well defined data models exposed closer to the end users, query like semantics, need for joins across services are questions to SOA.
Surface Oriented Data Architectures
The tendency in corporations is to hide all the data as far away from the end user as possible. In what I am calling Surface Oriented Data Architectures the data is migrated or presented as close to the end user as securely as possible. For instance searching music libraries or finding buying patterns in Amazon: I see them all as essential characteristics of a "Surface Oriented Data Architecture" where data migrates to the "surface".
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After much fanfare about a coming bipartisan budget agreement in the Senate, it looks as though rumors that the so-called Gang of Six had fallen apart may be true. Bloomberg reports:
A bipartisan "Gang of Six" senators is unlikely to reach agreement on a proposal to reduce the government's long-term budget deficits, Senator Tom Coburn said today.
Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican and member of the group, said his colleagues remain "just too far apart on basic issues."
Other senators in the group seeking a budget accord in Washington said an agreement remains within reach.
The group has been working privately for months trying to achieve an agreement on a combination of tax increases and spending cuts to reduce the deficit. Its negotiations have been closely followed in part because its members come from across the ideological spectrum of the Senate.
The very existence of the group was the ostensible reason the Senate Budget Committee had not yet voted on a FY2012 budget, even while the statutory deadline of April 15 has long since passed and the Republican House passed its own budget over a month ago. The Senate Democrats decided not to bring President Obama's own budget proposal to a vote, and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is unlikely to bring either the House budget or Pat Toomey's (R-Penn.) proposal to the Senate floor.
So with no other budget options, the Senate Budget Committee, chaired by Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), still has the responsibility of bringing up a budget for a committee vote. After Conrad's original draft proposal was criticized by his fellow Democrats as being too conservative, the Budget chair reintroduced a modified version of his plan to his caucus colleagues, which was reportedly more warmly received by the liberal wing for its plan to reduce the deficit with a "50-50" approach ($2 trillion in spending cuts, along with $2 trillion in tax hikes). But as the Hill reports today, that budget proposal is still on shaky ground, with no committee mark up in sight:
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) says he has no immediate plans to mark up a budget, as members of his committee continue to disagree over spending cuts and tax increases.
Conrad said he has additional meetings scheduled with his colleagues Tuesday afternoon and will make an announcement in the coming days on a possible markup.
"I'll say something later — not today, probably," Conrad said. "There are a lot of conversations under way."
Conrad hasn't been able to move forward because, on the closely divided Budget Committee, he'll need all 12 Democratic votes to pass any budget. A Republican aide tells me that Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who caucuses with the Democrats and who sits on the Budget Committee, is likely holding up Conrad's bill. Sanders was reportedly unsatisfied with Conrad's original draft proposal because of its emphasis on spending cuts over tax increases. On the flip side, Conrad could risk losing the support of more moderate Democrats, such as Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who are both facing reelection next year. (Ben Nelson told Roll Call today that he doesn't support any tax hikes.)
Conrad could, however, afford to lose Sanders's vote if he were able to pick up a Republican on the committee with a more amenable compromise. But it's doubtful a budget will materialize anytime soon: It's been over two years (748 days exactly) since the Senate has passed a budget.
UPDATE: Andrew Stiles of NRO reports that it's now pretty much a certainty: Oklahoma Republican senator Tom Coburn announced he plans to "take a break" from the Gang of Six talks.