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RIVERSIDE – Officer Michael Crain loved being a policeman and was proud to serve his country, but nothing in his life was more important than his family.
That was the message Wednesday as law enforcement officials from San Francisco to Indio joined family and friends in mourning the death of the 34-year-old Riverside Police Department officer who authorities believe was killed in an ambush by former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner.
About 1,000 people, including Gov. Jerry Brown and state Attorney General Kamala Harris, gathered at the Grove Community Church in Riverside to honor the fallen officer.
An honor guard of hundreds of police cars, SUVs and motorcycles formed a procession from the mortuary to the church, crossing beneath a flag hoisted by two fire trucks, then on to the burial at Riverside National Cemetery. Along the route, local families waved flags and held signs of support for the Crain family and law enforcement. As an honor guard escorted the flag-draped casket into the church, row after row of men and women representing police and sheriff's departments as well as state and federal agencies stood straight in dress uniforms of dark blue, green and brown.
"I knew a lot of people loved Mike," his wife Regina told the crowd. "But I really did not realize the sheer scope of this and how many people were touched by his life. It gives me great comfort to see that."
Officers in attendance described the brotherhood of law enforcement and their desire to pay respect. Lt. Forest Meadows of the Indio Police Department said Crain's death felt senseless, even in a profession where any hour on duty can bring danger. He said he hoped the large number of officers in attendance would show Crain's family that they will not be alone.
"The law enforcement community is always going to be there for them," he said.
Sgt. Rudy Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department said more than 100 people from his department attended to show solidarity.
"At any time, it could be one of us," he said.
A selfless life
Crain grew up in the Riverside area and attended Redlands High School.
"We grew up together," longtime friend Rob Frazer said. "We planned on retiring together."
Frazer and friend Joe Negroni described Crain's early selflessness.
During high school, Crain was a creature of habit at lunchtime, ordering a hamburger, cherry Pepsi and chocolate doughnuts every day. Negroni's girlfriend began joining the boys at lunch, though she never had money or food of her own. Crain had made it clear he didn't like her, but he began offering Negroni an extra $1.50 each day to pay for her food. Around the same time, the chocolate doughnuts disappeared from Crain's plate, and he claimed he was trying to eat healthier to improve his football game. Finally, Negroni and the girl broke up. Crain began ordering chocolate doughnuts again.
"Only then did I realize for about a year and a half, he sacrificed his precious chocolate doughnuts so someone he couldn't stand could have something to eat," Negroni said. "I'd never seen someone do something so selfless and thankless."
After a year of attending college classes, Crain found a calling to serve others in the Marines.
"He was made to do that job," Frazer said.
There, he learned tactical and leadership skills that translated to his service in the Riverside Police Department.
His brother Jason described the officer's courage, honor and willingness to sacrifice throughout his life.
"My challenge is to all of you, if you accept it, is be like Mike."
Crain became a police officer after two tours to Kuwait and an honorable discharge, and over the course of his 11-year career served as a member of the SWAT team, a firearms instructor, a helicopter observer and a field-training officer.
Retired Riverside detective Steve Pounds took the Marine on his first ride-along with Riverside police after he applied to the force. In the patrol car, the younger man asked question after question and punctuated his sentences with "sir."
"He wanted to know it all," Pounds said. "He was laser-fixed on every word. He was absolutely fascinated by everything police."
Riverside police Chief Sergio Diaz said Crain was admired by other officers for his skill on the job as well as his character. He spoke from the stage to Crain's children, 10-year-old Ian and 4-year-old Kaitlyn: "Your dad was a tough guy," he said. "Because he was tough, he knew he could be kind and gentle."
A family man
Surrounded by family members on the stage, Regina Crain called her marriage almost too good to be true.
"Every day got better," she said.
When she couldn't attend a Mommy-and-Me ballet class with their daughter, her husband signed up. When their son began baseball, Crain showed the same devotion.
"Mike never played a day of baseball in his life," she said. "But he learned. And he made sure he could coach Ian's team."
The family stayed busy, but on Sunday mornings, they always made time for a home-cooked breakfast of bacon, eggs and hash browns, Crain's favorite. She laughed remembering how much he loved food, and her early struggles in cooking perfectly brown potatoes.
"That's what I'm going to miss," she said. "It's just our daily ... that was our bonding time."
Crain is survived by wife Regina; children Ian and Kaitlyn; parents Stephen and Cynthia; brother Jason; and sister Leslie.
The Riverside County District Attorney's Office on Monday charged Christopher Dorner with Crain's murder. Special circumstances of killing an on-duty peace officer and discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle would make Dorner eligible for the death penalty if convicted.
Dorner also faces three counts of attempted murder after authorities said he shot and wounded Crain's partner as well as two Los Angeles police officers in a separate incident in Corona.


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I had the day off because school was closed due to the extreme cold, windy, and snowy weather so I had the chance to work on an animation project I've been thinking about for a couple of years.
Also, I was prompted by seeing the animation of Erika's Luna/Jupiter sequence on LPOD. The program made it very easy to creat an animation. Here's a link:
You may recall back in the fall of 2007 that periodic comet C17P/Holmes went into outburst causing its magnitude and coma to both increase dramatically.
I was able to make 3 field sketches over a 5 day timespan using the same telescope and eyepiece which provided an opportunity to watch the expanding coma fill and then overflow the FOV.
This is the first time I've used gifmaker so it's quick and dirty. The original sketches were scanned at slightly different sizes which the animation makes apparent. Also there is a typo on the third sketch--the FOV is 12' in all three drawings. The orientation isn't the same in the first drawing either.
Feedback is welcome. Let me know if these flaws are a problem. Perhaps I can go back to the originals and resize them for uniformity--maybe do something about that orientation, too.
Holmes was an exciting comet to observe. I hope this brings back some good memories for some of you as it did for me. Here is the animation:

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STEUBENVILLE - Spencer Badia found Nick Patrone in the corner of the end zone as time expired Saturday to give Bellaire a heart-stopping 44-42 victory against Steubenville Catholic Central at Harding Stadium.
The 4-yard scoring strike capped a frantic rally for Jose Davis' Big Reds, who reeled off 25 unanswered points to snatch a victory away from the Crusaders. The game-winning drive covered 67 yards and consumed the final 3:52 of the high-scoring opener.
''It's the first time in six years that we are 1-0 and I think that speaks volumes about our team,'' an elated Davis said. ''We overcame a lot of adversity, the big deficit and guys cramping up. We showed a lot of heart.
''I preach to them all the time about the pride and spirit of Bellaire. (Saturday), that's what it was.''
The night definitely belonged to the offenses. The teams combined for more than 1,000 yards (667 coming through the air). Badia connected on 38 of 63 passing attempts for 407 yards and four touchdowns. Meanwhile, Steubenville Catholic's Brenton Colabella launched his junior season with a positive showing, throwing for 260 (he was 14 of 26) and three scores.
''We just didn't finish,'' Steubenville Catholic's Steve Daley said. ''The kids gave us an unbelievable effort and did everything we asked of them. It was just one of the games.
''There were a couple of plays that could of have gone either way. The results of those plays really cost our kids in the end because they led to three scores.''
The Crusaders got on the board first, Colabella hitting Ryan Fletcher from 16 yards away. Stone Romano added the extra point. Bellaire came right back, scoring when Badia connected with Tyler West for an 11-yard touchdown. The conversion attempt sailed wide.
Early in the second stanza, Central made it 14-6, going 63 yards for the touchdown. The touchdown came when Michael Carapellotti made a nifty grab of a Colabella pass. Romano again added the point. It was during this drive that the Crusader running game began to show its stuff. On the march, Romano, just a sophomore, bulled his way for 35 of the 63 stripes.
Daley's crew increased its advantage to 20-6 when Colabella threw a perfect strike to Zack Herrington on a fade route. This time, however, the kick failed.
Bellaire again answered, going 76 yards and scoring on Logan Koshenka's two-yard plunge. Dalton Conroy's kick made it 20-13. Central got the final score of the half on a 49-yard Colabella to Herrington connection. The senior receiver went up the ladder to grab the toss and find the end zone. Romano's kick put the Crusaders up 27-13. The score was set up by Kyle Laukert's first of two interceptions.
The Big Reds drew first blood in the third quarter after recovering a Central fumble. Nick Maffe went in from 16 yards away. Again, the conversion attempt failed.
Central scored midway through the period when Fletcher dashed in from 12 yards out on a jet sweep. The junior showed great patience, allowing the hole to develop and dodging the Bellaire defenders. On the extra point try, Chris Murphy gathered in the bad snap and scooped it to Aleks Porreca for the two-pointer. This Crusaders score was set up by Murphy's fumble recovery. He jumped on the pigskin after Romano jarred it loose with a nasty hit on the Bellaire running back.
Daley's club appeared to take control for good late in the period, scoring on a 56-yard sprint by senior running back Doug Maslowski. Romano's kick made it 42-19 Central. Maslowski, making his first start on offense, finished the night with 175 yards.
Bellaire quickly cut the lead to 10 on a Badia pass to Crosby and a run by Maffe. The score moved to 42-38 with 5:51 left to play on a 45-yard Badia to Hunter Westlake pass.
On its ensuing possession, Central managed to move the ball from its own 20 out to the 44. A motion penalty cost the Crusaders and they were forced to the punt, setting the stage for the game-winning drive.
Going into the season, Daley indicated his Crusaders needed to do a better job of running the football. For the most part, Central did that Saturday. However, there still is work to be done.
''We did a nice job of running the ball,'' Daley said. ''However, we have to improve when it comes to picking up first downs when we need them. We need to grind it out, not so much picking up yardage in big chunks, but grinding it out.''


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It was 1980 when DeEtta White met Joyce Jingle. Jingle was "brand new," she recalls. "She was still jingling!"
White, a teacher at Madison Elementary at the time, was supposed to mentor Jingle. "She should've been MY mentor," White said.
Jingle, who has taught music at Triadelphia Middle School since the fall of 1988, is marking a musical milestone this year: 25 years producing the school's Spring Musical.
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Music teacher Joyce Jingle has been directing and producing the Triadelphia Middle School Spring Musical for 25 years. A celebration to honor her is set for May 11
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Jingle's Spring Musical is a well-respected and highly anticipated event, with between 150 and 200 students involved in some manner each year.
That's close to 5,000 sixth- through eighth-graders who have graced the stage during her tenure.
Some of these children would never have performed in front of an audience if not for Jingle's encouragement.
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6:30-8 p.m., May 11, Triadelphia Middle School Auditorium. The public is invited.
To express a memory or send a message for the event, call Dan Criswell Sr. at 304-277-1026.
"It never ceases to amaze me the talent she can pull out of these kids. Some kids you'd least expect it from - the quiet kids who get up there and belt out songs. It'll blow you away," said Janet Goddard, a paraprofessional in the special education department at TMS. She works with the student narrators in the Spring Musicals.
Vicki Flink, retired teacher and assistant principal at TMS agreed.
"She takes the talent of every child and brings it forth. ... She brings out the best of every child and has high expectations," she said.
"I'll never forget one boy who told me, 'I didn't think I could do any of this, but Mrs. Jingle said I could. And I CAN,'" Flink recalled.
Nate Strasser, TMS class of 2001, exemplifies Flink's observation. Strasser is a successful songwriter and musician.
A music director and studio musician in Nashville, he released his debut CD in 2012 and recently was accepted into a film scoring graduate program at the University of Southern California.
"Mrs. Jingle has had such a lasting impact on my life as well as so many others. She brought me out of my shell and first taught me how to express myself on stage in front of large crowds. My years in the TMS choir are some of my most cherished childhood memories," Strasser said.
Many students, such as Strasser, have gone on to find success on stages around the country and the world. "To see the kids perform (some for the first time) and get excited to be on stage ..." that's important, Jingle said.
But the ones who become life-long supporters of the arts touch her heart just as much.
Tim Haught, class of 1996, fits that category. While not a performer, he still enjoys singing, a love instilled in him by Jingle.
"Chorus was a major part of my development as a person and something of a refuge for me and my friends in both middle and high school," Haught said. Through those years, the choir room was essentially my home base, where I felt I could most be myself. ... Whether she was encouraging my talent or making sure I stayed on the right path, she always made me feel like I mattered. Her influences made me comfortable with myself and kept me from worrying about the peer pressures and social influences of those years."
Bill Sinclair, class of 2001, was a soloist back in his days at TMS. Living in Nashville and working in the health care industry, he still dabbles in the music world.
"Mrs. Jingle is the best teacher I've ever had ... period! Nowadays, I'm able to use the creativity she encouraged me to develop in everything I do," he said.
"Whether it is singing a demo or my day job, I affect people in a most positive manner. Incredible people like her only come around so often in life. I'm very glad I was able to be a small part of the many wonderful productions that Mrs. Jingle has produced at TMS."
Jingle pointed out that she's already on the second generation. "Some moms backstage helping were my students." she said. "Janet Myers-Eikey has been an enormous help. Her daughter (Jordan Eikey) is in eighth grade."
There have been at least 50 kids on stage in recent years whose parents she taught. "And maybe 50 I'm not aware of," Jingle said.
Myers-Eikey was privileged to have Jingle as a music teacher in fourth, fifth and sixth grade at Madison Elementary. "I loved her, just loved her. She was great! She made music enjoyable."
Myers-Eikey said her daughter "bawled her eyes out on stage" on the last night of this year's musical, which was held April 10-12. "She couldn't get through the last number. (Mrs. Jingle) is one of her favorite teachers."
In fact, as Jordan's little sister, Jessica, was taking a tour through Triadelphia - she'll enter sixth-grade in the fall - Jordan pointed to Jingle's classroom and told her, "That's the best room at Triadelphia."
And alumni come back year after year to support the younger students. Some kids come home from college and "pop in the DVD" of their performance, Jingle said. "One student, Dawn Barcus, who works at C.A. House Music, still remembers every step of every song."
Sandra Chapman, whose three children have been part of the Spring Musicals, pointed out that "Mrs. Jingle's program has brought great team-building, self confidence and wonderful opportunities to so many students year after year at Triadelphia Middle School. The 'alums' love to return and compare the latest program to their three years. All three of my children have enjoyed the experience tremendously. It's definitely a highlight of the middle school years."
Respected by her peers, Jingle is described by so many as "a hard worker." Myers-Eikey said Jingle goes "above and beyond."
"When you're hired, you're not required to produce these shows, and to give hours and hours of donated time. She gives 110 percent." She also noted Jingle takes her eighth-grade chorus members to Cedar Point for music competition each year - also on her own time. Every year, they return home with high marks in that contest.
"When you go to Cedar Point and compete against charter schools that specialize in music, then you know she's doing an amazing job."
She pointed out that last year or the year before, the kids got a standing ovation at Cedar Point. "One teacher said, 'Those kids were taught to sing,'" Myers-Eikey said.
Dan Criswell Sr. - who has videotaped the shows for 23 of the past 25 years, as well as taking care of other behind-the-scene jobs - commented, "She works so hard. She is there all the time! She edits the music, she casts the show, she picks the songs. She probably begins work on the next year's show the day after the last show closes," he said.
She may not actually begin the next day, but she does decide as the curtain closes that there will be another show.
"The minute the curtain closes, a student asks me, 'What are we doing next year?' The kids love it ... the performance is worth it," Jingle said.
"She works Saturdays, Sundays ... I see her car over there (at the school) all the time! She's not going to put on a show unless it's the quality she's used to. Joyce works 16-hour days," Criswell said.
After seeing the 1990 show at the recommendation of his son's music teacher, Criswell spent the next two years driving young Danny from their Clearview home to TMS - just so he could take music classes from Jingle. Criswell then got involved in the show and has been there ever since.
In fact, he's organizing a tribute evening to celebrate Jingle's 25 years. The celebration is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the TMS auditorium.
"When I first came to Triadelphia, I had heard about the Spring Musicals," eighth-grade English teacher Becky DiSaia said. "When sitting in the audience, I couldn't believe these kids on the stage. It was breathtaking. I didn't want to just be in the audience. I wanted to be a part of that."
The next year, Jingle entrusted DiSaia to write the little skits for the narrators in between the musical numbers. The narrators are chosen from students who aren't in the chorus.
"I've been able to watch these kids transform. We get to see our kids grow along with the kids in the choir. It reaffirms why I'm a teacher, to see this energy. There are lots of little miracles that happen along the way. I'm so lucky Mrs. Jingle has allowed me to be a part of this. I've learned so much from her.
"This is one project the whole school comes together for. There is so much good, positive energy," DiSaia said.
Kyle Cook of Bellaire also considers himself lucky to have worked with Jingle.
A music education major at West Liberty University, Cook observed her classes last year. This spring, he was a student teacher in her classrooms, at his request.
"Mrs. Jingle is truly one of a kind. From the first day, it was 'wow.' She has such an influence on middle school kids. They love going to chorus. It's hard to get middle school students to do anything!"
His time with Jingle was "such a rewarding experience," he said.
"In my years of college, this is my best year. Ohio County is fortunate to have someone like Mrs. Jingle. She sets the bar. She sets high standards for her kids. I graduate in May, and when I go on, everything she taught me will go with me.
"I can honestly say I learned from the best. She is the best," Cook said.
And Jingle's mentor, White, recalls from their time together at Madison in the early 1980s, that even as a novice teacher she could get the kids motivated.
"I tell you what - she jumped in with both feet from the very beginning. She was full of life and full of ideas. Oh, the ideas! The kids learned, and they loved it. They loved learning.
"She has been kissed by the muse ... because whatever she touches is perfect. That's not to say she doesn't work her buns off. She works hard. She tells the kids to do it, and they do it. She has the magic touch. The muse has touched her ... no doubt in my mind.
"Boy that woman ... I just love her so much. She's just magnificent. Isn't that a good word for her? I love her like a daughter," White shared.
Jingle's own daughter, Stephanie Jingle, rejoices in her mom's influence on her life and echoed much of what others had to say.
"My mother is the most selfless person I know. She puts in hundreds of unpaid hours a year with her students. I've seen her change children's life paths with the instillment of hard work, dedication and a love of music. I've worked with her in some fashion on every Spring Musical for 25 years, and every year it is a new, special project for her, designed specifically for the 150-plus kids participating. She is truly following her passion.
"I dance professionally in New York City now and teach dance five days a week, and I can tell you without a doubt that she is in the classroom with me every day. I do what I do because of her."
As her daughter pointed out, Jingle's students are her passion and her motivation.
Despite the hard work and the long hours, the show will go on. The 25th show held earlier this month - which she described as "special" - won't be her last.
"I'll do it until I run out of ideas, and I'm not out of ideas yet," Jingle said.


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AMES, Iowa - A 1992 graduate of Iowa State, Brooke Lovelace has always had a passion for the Cyclones. Her grandfather was a huge ISU football fan and passed down his unwavering cardinal and gold spirit when Lovelace was a little girl. She has had season tickets ever since her freshman year of college.
"It's a great feeling being a part of Cyclone nation," Lovelace said. "I try to never miss a game."
Lovelace lives for the feeling she gets the first time the ISU football team takes the field each year. The spirit of collegiate camaraderie fuels her desire to travel to road games at Nebraska in football, to the Big 12 Tournament in basketball and to the Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series wrestling matches.
The last two times Iowa State has traveled to Arizona for the Insight Bowl, Lovelace was there cheering on the Cyclones to bowl victories in 2000 and 2009.
"I am proud of the great tradition of athletics as well as academics at ISU," Lovelace said. "Iowa State is one of the best educational institutions in the world. I want our student-athletes to enjoy their experience as a Cyclone and return each year as proud alumni after they graduate, and continue to support our student-athletes."
Lovelace donates to the Cyclone Club to assist ISU student-athletes as they grow into adults and seek opportunities after college. Like the other many Cyclone Club members, Lovelace donates to fund student-athlete scholarships and provides a future for collegiate athletics. For more information about joining Lovelace and other members of the Cyclone Club, click the links tab to the left of the picture.
As an active member of the Cyclone Club, Lovelace is a season-ticket holder for football, wrestling and men's basketball. She also attends numerous women's basketball games and supports men and women's golf. Lovelace is a Project Coordinator for the Center of Disabilities and Development in Des Moines and serves as the President of the Greater Des Moines Cyclone Club.


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ACT Research says Class 8 orders in November hit a new 2010 high
December 21, 2010
Data published by ACT Research, a provider of data and analysis for trucks and other commercial vehicles, said that November net orders of heavy-duty Class 8 vehicles at 26,268 units were up 38 percent from October.
October orders were up 24 percent from September, September orders were up 15 percent from August, and August was up 15 percent from July.
ACT said in its most recent edition of its State of the Industry: Classes 5-8 Vehicles that Class 8 net orders in November hit its highest monthly total in more than four years, adding that despite a healthy increase in the build rate by North American equipment manufacturers, the backlog of units to be built rose by more than nearly 10,000 units.
"The ramp up in orders over the past three months suggests that the barriers to increasing heavy duty demand are being surmounted, setting the stage for a healthy demand rebound in 2011," said Kenny Vieth, ACT president and senior analyst, in a statement. "While the hurdles have been significant, the facts are that tight capacity and improving shipment volumes are allowing carrier profits to rise. And the fleet is as old as ever, so a portion of those profits are going to replace those aging trucks."
In a recent interview with LM, Vieth said that based on ACT's modeling and anecdotal evidence from truckers, it seems like the supply-demand imbalance, which has been tilted away from truckers for the last four years, has gone back to truckers, and it is not abating.
At current levels, Vieth said truck and trailer production is positioned to ramp up as fast as demand is. And with capacity still tight and current fleets aging in conjunction with a potential stretch of increased truckload earnings there could be some staying power for future truck production, he said.
In research published last week, ACT suggested that various factors are contributing to what could be a strong outlook for commercial vehicle demand in over the next few years.
Among the positive signs ACT points to for future demand include displays of stability and growth in freight-related segments of the economy as well as strong financial performances from publicly-traded carriers.
And according to ACT's release of its ACT North American Commercial Vehicle Outlook, the firm said it projects full-year 2010 production of Class 8 vehicles to come in at roughly 152,000 units, representing a 29 percent annual gain, but still below normal replacement demand. ACT added that demand will head north in the next two years, with 2012 production moving past 300,000 units, and it also said that weak trailer growth will be on the mend with trailer production expected to hit annual growth rates of more than 50 percent in 2010 and 2011.
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Being Rifle's recreation director has been fun, but for Aleks Briedis, family is what matters most.
Briedis, 38, has headed the city's recreation department since 1999. This spring, he's leaving his post and moving back to Chicago, where he was born. His last day on the job will be May 30.
"I'll miss the small town atmosphere, I've fallen in love with that," he said. "All the outdoor recreation, the skiing and the fishing. And it's been great working with everyone at the city."
Briedis said the decision was prompted by his ex-wife's desire to return to Chicago with their 10-year-old twin girls. He's also looking forward to being closer to his parents and members of his extended family in the Latvian community. Briedis' parents came to the U.S. from Latvia during World War II.
In his 14 years as the city's recreation director, Briedis oversaw a long list of improvements to the city's recreation infrastructure, including the passage of a 1-cent sales tax to fund his department's capital projects.
He was centrally involved in securing funding for the construction of Centennial Park, the Rifle skateboard park, and several new trails in town, among other improvements.
"He's been a great employee," said City Manager John Hier. "He's been instrumental in moving the department forward, he's obtained millions of dollars in grants for new city facilities."
Briedis said his principal challenge when he started the job was a small budget - $77,000 - and a staff of one, himself. The department has grown to five full-time employees, and the department's annual budget sits at roughly $3 million.
Briedis made news last fall when he ran for Garfield County Commissioner as a Democrat in the county's third district, attempting to unseat incumbent Republican Mike Samson.
Although he lost the race by a margin of 55 percent to 44 percent, Briedis' campaign sparked public debate on environmental issues, including the regulation of gas drilling and the need for a long-term economic plan in the county for the post-fossil fuel era.
Briedis advocated industries like renewable energy, tourism and recreation and sustainable agriculture as potential long-term economic alternatives to fossil fuel extraction.
"I was advocating a long term view in general," he said, "a 100-year plan rather than a 10-year plan. You are being reactive if you don't have a plan."
In addition to his post in city government, Briedis also served on the board of the Rifle Regional Economic Development Corp. during his time in Rifle, as well as the Garfield County Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Coalition and a group dedicated to building a contiguous network of bike and pedestrian trails from Garfield County to Pitkin County.
Once his work in Rifle is done, he said he plans to take a summer vacation at a family-owned house on Lake Michigan.
"I'm looking at it as a mini-retirement, since after this I'll probably work until retirement," he said.


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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sports Network) - Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela has
decided to retire from professional tennis.
The 33-year-old played in 12 career finals on the ATP World Tour and captured
six titles, all on clay. He also tallied three doubles titles on his preferred
The lanky 6-foot-3 Chela was a three-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist, having
reached the round of eight at the 2004 and 2011 French Opens and the 2007 U.S.
Nicknamed "El Flaco" (The Skinny One), Chela reached as high as No. 15 in the
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I noticed Jetty, then I realize Jetty is messed by the presence of IPV6. Or java is.
So I had to add -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true to java opts
and it worked.
Yet, after creating mail account (successful) a notice appears saying my "network connection lost. you are now offline".
Imagine my connection is just fine.
Looking in logs (~/zdesktop/log/zdesktop.out and zdesktop.log) reveals nothing:
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If you cannot find the information that you are looking for, then you can request assistance from the PharmGKB team.
The Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base, PharmGKB, is an interactive tool for researchers investigating how genetic variation effects drug response. A review of 10 years of PharmGKB can be found in "Pharmacogenomics and bioinformatics: PharmGKB" [Article:20350130].
The actual data reside on secured computers at the Stanford University campus.
The United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded both the researchers that collected the data, as well as the researchers who are developing PharmGKB. These include the following NIH components:
You can apply to become a registered user by clicking the "SIGN IN" link at the top of the website next to the search box. Then follow the "Have you registered?" link. You will need to fill out an application form stating your reason for wanting to register and your contact information. You will receive an email with a link to follow to activate your account.
After signing in with the current password, click the "My PharmGKB" tab at the top of the web page. Click the second link listed on that page – "Change Password". Type in your current password and the new password (two times to confirm).
You are welcome to link to PharmGKB but you may not redistribute any data/information from PharmGKB. If you would like to link to PharmGKB please use the following formats for URLs. The PA numbers can be obtained from the Downloads section.
For genes: http://www.pharmgkb.org/gene/PAxxx
For drugs: http://www.pharmgkb.org/drug/PAxxx
For diseases: http://www.pharmgkb.org/disease/PAxxx
For RSID: http://www.pharmgkb.org/rsid/rsxxx
In citing the PharmGKB please refer to:
M. Whirl-Carrillo, E.M. McDonagh, J. M. Hebert, L. Gong, K. Sangkuhl, C.F. Thorn, R.B. Altman and T.E. Klein. "Pharmacogenomics Knowledge for Personalized Medicine" Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2012) 92(4): 414-417.
If you are citing a pathway please check the pathway diagram page to find out whether the pathway has been published in the Pharmacogenetics and Genomics journal. If there is such a citation on the pathway page, please use that. If there is not, please use the PharmGKB citation for the publication titled "Pharmacogenomics Knowledge for Personalized Medicine".
Also, please send a brief email to email@example.com to inform us of which data you are using and for what purpose.
No, PharmGKB does not sell any drugs or recommend suppliers of drugs.
There are many databases that have some of the information in PharmGKB, such as PubMed, Drug Bank and dbSNP, and we rely on their resources. PharmGKB brings together the relevant data in a single place and adds value by combining disparate data on the same relationship, making it easier to search and easier to view the key aspects and by interpreting the data. We provide clinical interpretations of this data, curated pathways and VIP summaries which are not found elsewhere.
PharmGKB has data about genes, drugs and diseases and how these are interrelated. Data has been curated - extracted and sorted - from multiple sources to bring together information that builds a broader picture of the knowledge surrounding these relationships in a searchable or computable manner. The knowledge is presented as genomic variant annotations (that display the key data from individual publications), clinical annotations (that summarize several publications and interpret the data by genotype), VIP gene summaries (that give textual information about Very Important Pharmacogenes), drug centered pathways (in pictorial, textual and computer readable formats) and literature annotations (genes, drugs and diseases discussed in publications). See more information on our Overview page.
Details of our policies for data usage can be found on our Policies page.
Data can be viewed using the website or downloaded from links under the Download tab on the dark blue toolbar at the top of every PharmGKB webpage. A user account and agreement to the PharmGKB database license agreement is necessary for downloading data. This can be done in bulk using web services or as zipped up packages of spreadsheets with literature annotations, variant annotations, clinical annotations or pathway relationships.
See the Data Usage Agreement.
The PharmGKB is run by a multidisciplinary team that brings together computer scientists, software engineers, developers and research scientists with advanced degrees in the biological sciences (referred to as curators at PharmGKB) to construct frameworks and displays to curate pharmacogenomic data.
No. PharmGKB manually curates articles on a routine basis from the major pharmacogenomics journals and individual articles found in the process of compiling literature reviews for VIPs and pathways. This corpus of articles does not represent the entire pharmacogenomics literature in PubMed. PharmGKB is developing methods to automatically identify pharmacogenomics literature in PubMed and the results of these are available in the "Non-Curated Information" section at the bottom of the pages of the "Related To" tab.
Please contact us using the feedback button on the page with the error and describe the problem. Please make sure that you specify the page (URL, if possible) that has the error, and how you arrived at that page (eg. internal PharmGKB search or from an external website). Thank you for taking the time to do this and improving the resource for all users.
Clinical annotations, genotype-based dosing guidelines, drug labels, genetic tests, variant annotations, haplotypes, VIP summaries, drug pathways, literature annotations and pharmacogenetics summaries for top drugs (see "Drugs in PharmGKB" section) are manually curated in PharmGKB.
Please contact us using the feedback button and give the details of the publication you would like us to consider annotating. Thank you for taking the time to do this and improving the resource for all users.
If there is a PA number in the paper do a search on that. Alternatively, do a keyword search for a gene or drug studied in the paper and look at the datasets listed under the Downloads/Linkout tab. Or if the data are from a consortium there is a link to the submissions on the right panel of the consortium page (found by doing a keyword search for the consortium). If you still don't find what you are looking for please contact feedback for assistance.
Literature annotations and variant annotations are added in real time as a curator annotates the paper, so the tables on the "PGx Research" and "Is related to" tabs can change during the course of a day. VIPs, pathways and clinical annotations are reviewed periodically (VIPs and pathways have about a 2 year cycle, shorter if new evidence is readily apparent, clinical annotations are reviewed annually). New guidelines, drug labels and tests are added as they become evident.
Gene, drug and disease data that is automatically retrieved is updated in response to scheduled updates at the external resource.
PharmGKB collects some frequency data for genomic variants involved in pharmacogenomic relationships although it is not a primary focus and other resources may be better for finding extensive information. The frequency data of variants within individual studies is noted in the population section of variant annotations where available. This frequency data is taken directly from the annotated article. The primary datasets submitted to PharmGKB by the PGRN also contain some frequency data. Some of the VIP variant summaries also have frequency tables listing data from various publications.
Other resources that have frequency data include dbSNP, ALFRED and HapMap.
While PharmGKB does not routinely curate genomic variants associated with disease risk, some publications encountered during routine work may have these associations and they may be entered into the PharmGKB at the curators' discretion.
No, curating genomic variant data is a highly time consuming process. While PharmGKB strives to routinely curate those associations reported in the major pharmacogenomics journals as well as historically important studies encountered during literature reviews for VIPs and pathways, we acknowledge that we cannot manually curate the literature in its entirety. If you see something you think we should have, please send us feedback.
Genetic variants that are generally associated with drug response or outcomes are tagged with PD, those specifically associated with ADME of a drug are tagged with PK.
PharmGKB curators record the reported race and ethnicity in published studies when creating a variant annotation. PharmGKB uses OMB-defined categories (found here). If a study population contains people from multiple race/ethnicity groups, the study is labeled "mixed population". If the study population is not declared in the article, the study is labeled "unknown population".
A variant annotation reports the association between a single variant (single-nucleotide polymorphism or haplotype) and a drug phenotype from a single publication. These annotations are created manually by Scientific Curators who read each paper and extract the key information, including relevant drugs, study size, population data, statistical values, etc. and map the variants to a common standard (dbSNP rs#). Multiple variant annotations may be created for a single publication if it reports multiple associations between variants and drugs. Likewise, multiple variant annotations may be created for a single variant if multiple publications reporting an association between that variant and drugs have been curated by PharmGKB curators.
It is important to understand that the PharmGKB Scientific Curators routinely review several high profile journals for articles to curate. However, there may be more literature in the public domain to support or contradict a pharmacogenetic association that has not been curated by PharmGKB db. PharmGKB does its best to manually curate high profile literature but does not contain curated literature from every domain-based journal, or all of PubMed.
For more information about variant annotations, see McDonagh EM, Whirl-Carrillo M, Garten Y, Altman RB, Klein TE (2011). From pharmacogenomic knowledge acquisition to clinical applications: the PharmGKB as a clinical pharmacogenomic biomarker resource. Biomarkers in Medicine, 5(6):795-806 [Article:22103613].
Clinical annotations build on variant annotations, often combining multiple variant annotations into a single summary of the relevant variant-drug-phenotype association. The genomic variant annotations, each from a single publication, are manually examined and the overall relevance described for each possible gentoype. Essentially, a clinical annotation is a genotype-based summary of the clinical impact of a genomic variant based on the information at PharmGKB.
The phenotype for any given genotype is reported in a relative fashion as compared with other genotypes. For example, the AA genotype for a variant may be associated with an increased risk of side effects as compared with the AG and GG genotypes - but not necessarily at an increased risk of side effects for patients on the drug in general, as this would depend on a detailed examination of the target population allele frequencies and the populations on which the original US Food and Drug Administration approval is based.
The annotation is scored for the strength of evidence used to compile the annotation on a scale of 1A to 4 with 1A being the strongest evidence. For information about how the strength of evidence is assigned, see our Clinical Annotation Levels of Evidence page.
For more information about clinical annotations, see:
Whirl-Carrillo M, McDonagh EM, Hebert JM, Gong L, Sangkuhl K, Thorn CF, Altman RB, Klein TE (2012). Pharmacogenomics Knowledge for Personalized Medicine. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 92(4): 414-7 [Article:22992668].
McDonagh EM, Whirl-Carrillo M, Garten Y, Altman RB, Klein TE (2011). From pharmacogenomic knowledge acquisition to clinical applications: the PharmGKB as a clinical pharmacogenomic biomarker resource. Biomarkers in Medicine, 5(6):795-806 [Article:22103613].
See our Clinical Annotation Levels of Evidence page.
For more information, see Whirl-Carrillo M, McDonagh EM, Hebert JM, Gong L, Sangkuhl K, Thorn CF, Altman RB, Klein TE (2012). Pharmacogenomics Knowledge for Personalized Medicine. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 92(4): 414-7 [Article:22992668].
A literature annotation is the tagging of a single publication with the genes, drugs and diseases discussed in the article. A literature annotation does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the genes, drugs and diseases discussed.
PharmGKB uses the term publication to refer to a published article that has been catalogued in the PubMed database.
VIP stands for Very Important Pharmacogene. VIP summaries provide an overview of a significant gene involved in metabolism of or response to one or several drugs. Often, VIPs either (1) play a role in the metabolism of many drugs (eg. CYP2D6); or (2) contain variants which potentially contribute to a severe drug response (eg. HLA-B). VIP summaries typically include background information on the gene including any disease associations, as well as in-depth information on the gene's pharmacogenetics. VIP genes are chosen through extensive review of a variety of sources, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) biomarker list, FDA-approved drug labels with pharmacogenetic information, and Clinical Pharmacogenetic Implementation Consortium (CPIC) nominations. Additionally, VIPs may be created if a gene is associated with a large number of variant annotations and is part of high-level clinical annotations. VIP summaries are often published in the journal Pharmacogenetics and genomics.
PharmGKB has a wish-list of VIP genes to develop, based on a survey of the PGRN. If you would like to work with PharmGKB to develop a VIP summary please contact feedback.
PharmGKB pathways are evidence-based diagrams depicting the pharmacokinetics (PK) and/or pharmacodynamics (PD) of a drug with relevant (or potential) pharmacogenetic (PGx) associations. Drugs featured in PharmGKB pathways are chosen through extensive review of a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) biomarker list and Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC) nominations.
PharmGKB pathways are accompanied by a written summary of the PK and/or PD pathway, as well as other important PGx related information. Interactions within each pathway are supported by manually curated evidence from published literature and specific information for each arrow in the pathway is found on the "Components" tab. Information contained within each pathway is available for download in TSV, BioPAX and GPML formats. The pathway graphic is available for download in PDF file format. PharmGKB pathways are often published in the journal Pharmacogenetics and Genomics.
If you would like to work with PharmGKB to develop a drug pathway please contact feedback.
External pathways are pathways that have been imported from other sources such as the Pathway Interaction Database and Reactome.
Yes, please acknowledge the copyright to PharmGKB and state that permission has been given by PharmGKB and Stanford University. In addition, please check the pathway diagram page to find out whether the pathway has been published in the Pharmacogenetics and Genomics journal. If there is such a citation on the pathway page, please use that. If not, please use the PharmGKB citation.
Also, please send a brief email to firstname.lastname@example.com to inform us of which pathway diagram you are using and for what purpose.
The dosing guidelines are suggested modulations to the existing dosing guidelines that incorporate genotype based recommendations that have been published by the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC) or the Royal Dutch Association for the Advancement of Pharmacy - Pharmacogenetics Working Group (DPWG).
The drug label pages have the FDA drug label for drugs that have pharmacogenomic information and the relevant sections are manually highlighted by PharmGKB. The list of drugs with label information is derived primarily from the information found at the "Table of Pharmacogenomic Biomarkers in Drug Labels". PharmGKB does NOT contain all drug labels, but PharmGKB drug pages link to DailyMed in cases when that information is available to us.
The term haplotype refers to a cluster of allelic variants (including SNPs, insertions, deletions, etc) that are inherited together as a consequence of their proximity to one another on the chromosome. PharmGKB curates haplotype to allelic variant translation tables for certain genes where the information is available. If a gene has a haplotype translation table available it can be found on a tab labeled "Haplotype" on the gene page. If there is no "Haplotype" tab on a gene page then the gene does not have a haplotype table available. PharmGKB does not define haplotypes. Information on how PharmGKB sources haplotype translation tables can be found below in the section "Questions about data sources."
Yes PharmGKB still has primary data although it is no longer our primary focus. Primary data can be found in the datasets section of the Downloads/LinkOuts tab on a drug, gene or disease page, or the "Download" tab in the blue toolbar located on every PharmGKB page.
If you wish to submit primary data please contact the curators at feedback.
Yes, allele frequencies on PharmGKB come from two sources: (1) an article that is annotated and (2) HapMap phases II+III. Allele frequencies from articles exist as part of Variant Annotations. Allele frequencies displayed on the "Overview" tab of Variant pages are calculated from HapMap phases II+III.
Here is a list of data sources that PharmGKB uses and their versions.
PharmGKB uses dbSNP rs identifiers to map genomic variants. This mapping is often done manually by PharmGKB curators. We attempt to capture the multiple text-based names used in the literature as we come across them, so while we have common name information, these lists are not exhaustive. We also track how variants map to the UCSC Golden Path genome map and the genomic build from Entrez.
Allele frequencies on PharmGKB come from two sources: (1) an article that is annotated and (2) HapMap phases II+III. Allele frequencies from articles exist as part of Variant Annotations. Allele frequencies displayed on the "Overview" tab of Variant pages are calculated from HapMap phases II+III.
PharmGKB collects information on haplotype definitions from different sources. For example, the haplotypes that define cytochrome P450 (CYP) alleles are derived from the The Human Cytochrome P450 (CYP) Allele Nomenclature Database, and haplotypes that define UDP glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) alleles are derived from the UGT Alleles Nomenclature page, which are maintained by the Karolinska Institute and the Université de Laval, respectively.
In many cases, however, haplotypes for a particular gene are reported and defined by individual studies. There is no centralized resource or entity responsible for reconciling haplotypes or haplotype names published by different authors for these genes. Individual authors may or may not acknowledge previous haplotype publications. They may or may not interrogate the same positions or follow the same naming conventions as in previous publications. This can result in discordance in the information from different publications.
In these cases, PharmGKB attempts to collect the information from these studies into one location. PharmGKB does not attempt to standardize haplotype definitions or names. If a study provides the sequence changes that define a haplotype but does not provide a name for the given haplotype, PharmGKB may use sequential numbering to provide each haplotype with a name. This is not an "official" haplotype name, but rather a designation PharmGKB creates in order to distinguish amongst haplotypes.
Descriptions on how specific haplotype sheets are sourced and named appear on the haplotype tab for each gene with a haplotype sheet. If haplotypes are sourced from individual studies, the sources for each haplotype appear under the column "PMID".
PharmGKB imports and uses gene symbols and names from HGNC, the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee. Additional alternative names and symbols are imported from Entrez gene and manually curated from the literature to aid in searching. Gene boundaries and sequence data are imported from NCBI.
PharmGKB imports the drug names and associated metadata (structures, properties, indications) mostly from DrugBank citations. Information from DrugBank is not routinely manually curated by PharmGKB and is labeled with the tag "Source:DrugBank" at the end of each section (however, if you find an error let us know and we will correct it and inform DrugBank of the problem). Additional drugs not found in DrugBank are occasionally imported from PubChem or other sources and are labeled as such.
PharmGKB imports the standardized disease vocabulary found in MeSH: Medical Subject Headings or SnoMED. The overview page shows the inter-related MeSH, SnoMED and UMLS terms.
Known Caveats: While we recognize that the term "disease" does not accurately describe some of the phenotypes in MeSH (eg. Death) and that there are several terms that are hierarchically related, we do not have an alternative freely available structured ontology for diseases/phenotypes at present. If you wish to assist PharmGKB in this matter please contact feedback.
PharmGKB does not routinely annotate variant-disease associations, including causal or associated SNPs. Most disease annotations are tangentially related to variant-drug associations, eg. the study population may be disease-based but the drug discussed may or may not be used for that indication and the gene/variant is typically associated with the drug, not the disease.
PharmGKB uses OMB-defined categories found here.
In general pharmacogenetics usually refers to how variation in one single gene influences the response to a single drug. Pharmacogenomics is a broader term, which studies how all of the genes (the genome) can influence responses to drugs. However, these terms are often used interchangeably.
A pharmacogenetic study is a subset of genetic studies. The tests in a pharmacogenetic study attempt to predict how a person will respond to a drug. It might be a test that has nothing to do with a disease at all, but about how quickly the body breaks down the drug so the person's doctor could give a different dose if the person is likely to break down the drug very slowly or very fast. Or the test result might suggest that the person has a risk of a bad reaction to a drug so the doctor should use a different drug. But sometimes it might be a test that relates to the person's disease profile. E.g. for the cancer drug Herceptin, a drug that works on tumors that have a particular biomarker,the pharmacogenetic test is performed to assess if the tumor will be attacked by the Herceptin drug.
The same as with genetic tests to determine risk of a disease, the results of pharmacogenetics tests are not deterministic. Even if a person's genetic test shows they have a gene variant associated with an increased risk for heart disease, they may not develop heart disease. Even if the pharmacogenetic test says a person doesn't have the marker for high risk for a bad response to codeine, they might still have a bad response to codeine due to some other factor. Multiple genetic and environmental factors can contribute to an individual's response to a drug, as well as interactions with drugs taken concomitantly.
Personalized medicine is using information specific to a patient to tailor their health care. Pharmacogenomics can be used as part of a personalized medicine approach.
There are currently many obstacles to the use of pharmacogenomics in routine patient care. These include but are not exclusive to: lack of evidence that pharmacogenomics guided therapy is better than regular therapy; cost or lack of insurance coverage of pharmacogenetic testing; physicians not feeling sufficiently trained to apply results of pharmacogenetic tests; lack of guidelines in how to interpret test results; lack of studies showing how to develop pharmacogenomic associations into predictive tests. This is discussed further in these articles - PMIDs: 21326263, 21884816, 21691271, 21619429, 20485318.
PK is short for Pharmacokinetics, the movement and change of drugs in the body over a period of time. Genetic variation in processes involved in the absorption, distribution, metabolism, or elimination of a drug can result in changes in drug availability. Data in this category are primarily concerned with demonstrating that genetic polymorphisms lead to variations in the levels or concentrations of drugs or their metabolites at the site of action.
PD is short for Pharmacodynamics and Drug Response, the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and the mechanisms of their actions. Genetic variation in drug targets can cause measurable differences in the response of an organism to a drug. Data in this category document that the biological or physiological response to a drug varies, and that this variation can be associated with the variation of one or more genes. This variation is often measured at the whole-organism level.


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Women who say they were harmed by the permanent birth control device, Essure , testified Thursday before a Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C.
Cleveland resident Kim Hudak, 42, told her story to a panel of Congressional aides and officials as part of a Hill Briefing called, "Reforming the FDA: The Impact of Proposed Changes on Patients and Health Policy."
At age 28, she said he enrolled as part of the clinical trial for a birth control device that was, at the time, called STOP. She had one child and decided she didn't want more.
The birth control device, now called Essure, consists of two metal coils that are inserted into a woman's fallopian tubes in order to block conception. It's billed as a cheaper, non-surgical alternative to tubal ligation, or getting your tubes tied.
But, Hudak said getting Essure began fourteen years of debilitating health problems for her that will likely never be completely resolved.
"Within the first year, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, connective tissue disorder, chronic fatigue and restless leg syndrome," Hudak said. She said she had no previous medial issues.
To read Hudak's complete speech, click here.
The ABC15 Investigators began reporting on Essure nearly a year ago, when dozens of women across the state came forward to talk about their issues after getting the device . Common complaints include bloating, excessive bleeding, rashes and chronic pelvic pain. Women also told us about serious issues they say resulted from Essure, such as miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies.
After our reporting, the manufacturer, Bayer Health Care, added warnings to the product label , and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted a review of the Adverse Events reported about the device.
Hudak said she obtained her medical records years after participating in the Essure clinical trial, and what she found shocked her.
She said her information had been altered to reflect that she was doing well with the coils. But, she said she had complained of issues the entire time. The issues were documented in the medical exam, but not in the study information, Hudak said.
It's what Dr. Diana Zuckerman, President of the National Center for Health Research , called a "huge flaw in how problems are reported" to the FDA. She attended the briefing with Hudak and another representative of the more than 8,300 women who have united on the "Essure Problems" Facebook page .
"The patients are reporting problems to the company, and the company isn't reporting them to the FDA," she told ABC15. "They're saying, 'Oh that terrible side effect of horrible pain is not related to the device.'"
But, when women have Essure removed by partial or full hysterectomy, she said, most of them feel much better.
Hudak had a hysterectomy to remove the Essure coils, but said the operation left parts of the coils inside of her.
"It's scary. I don't know some days when I go to bed if I'm going to wake up the next morning because some days I'm really, really sick," she said.
Now, she's fighting for the other thousands of women she said are experiencing the same symptoms she has been for more than a decade.
She said she hopes the coils will be removed from the market. But, if they aren't, she said the FDA needs to thoroughly review the device to determine its safety.
"I don't want to see these women continue to get sicker," she said. "I want to see them get help before it's too late to undo the damage that's been done."
ABC15 reached out to the FDA about the briefing, but have yet to receive a response from the agency.
If you have had an issue with a medical device, you can report an Adverse Event to the FDA by clicking here .
Bayer told the ABC15 Investigators they have read the stories from the women who are sharing their experiences with Essure, but they do not believe they represent the hundreds of thousands of women who have gotten the Essure coils implanted since the device was approved by the FDA in 2002.
Bayer provided ABC15 with the following statement and this video link from Edio Zampaglione, MD, FACOG, US Medical Affairs, Bayer HealthCare:
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Bayer's Full Statement:
At Bayer, our mission is to create drugs and devices that help people. Patient safety is very important to us, and we have great sympathy for anyone who is experiencing pain, regardless of the cause. We have also read the stories from women who are sharing their personal experiences with Essure. These stories, while compelling, are not representative of the hundreds of thousands of women who have relied on Essure since its FDA approval in 2002.
As the manufacturer of this product, we have a responsibility to share the facts about Essure with you and your viewers:
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take all adverse events seriously. Most of the side effects that have been reported recently about Essure are known and included in the Essure Instructions for Use information.This was confirmed by the FDA which found that "[a]lthough there is evidence of complications, as there are with all medical devices, overall results from [a five year safety] study did not demonstrate any new safety problems or an increased incidence of problems already known."1(http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/ImplantsandProsthetics/ucm371014.htm )
· Essure has more than a decade of research and development in addition to a decade of real world experience. More than 750,000 devices have been sold worldwide. Essure has been shown to be highly effective in preventing pregnancy (99.83% based on a 5 year study) and the safety profile has been documented through numerous clinical trials. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has recognized that "hysteroscopic tubal occlusion for sterilization [Essure] has high efficacy and low procedure-related risk…."2
· More than 600,000 tubal ligation procedures are performed in the United States each year.3 We stand by the benefit-risk profile of Essure as an important option available to women who want non-surgical permanent contraception.
No form of contraception is without risk, should be considered appropriate for every woman or is 100 percent effective. As with any drug or device, it is important that women discuss the risks and benefits of any birth control option with their physicians.


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Diesel prices are down another 2.5 cents per gallon
August 23, 2011
Diesel prices fell for the fourth straight week, decreasing 2.5 cents to $3.810 per gallon, according to the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA).
This follows declines of 6.2 cents, 4 cents and 1.2 cents from the previous three weeks. Prior to the last four weeks of downward prices, diesel saw a cumulative 9.9 cent gain over a three week period. Current prices are 31.4 cents below the 2011 high of $4.124 per gallon the week of May 2.
The current price per gallon for diesel is at its lowest point since the week of February 28, when it was at $3.716 per gallon.The price per gallon for diesel fuel has not exceeded the $4 mark since the week of May 16, when it hit $4.061.
Compared to last year at this time, diesel prices are up 85.3 cents. In its short-term energy outlook, the EIA is calling for diesel prices to average $3.86 per gallon in 2011 and $3.95 in 2012, with oil pegged at $98.43 per barrel in 2011 and $102.50 in 2012.
Oil barrel prices are currently trading at around $85.50 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, with the current trading range of between $80 and $90 per barrel is still well above last year's average of $79.64 per barrel, which means gasoline pump prices should remain higher than last year's levels, according to an Associated Press report.
As LM has reported, given the fluctuation—and still high prices—of diesel, shippers and carriers remain concerned about the price of diesel and oil. While many have indicated that prices at current levels are still digestible, they cautioned that could quickly change depending on how quickly prices rise.
And even with declines in prices in recent weeks, the focus from a supply chain perspective for managing fuel price ebbs and flows—for shippers—is more on utilization and efficiency by doing things like driving empty miles out of transportation networks.
While diesel prices appear to be in check to a large degree for the time being, many industry observers maintain there is no real rhyme and reason in terms of fluctuating fuel prices.
"There has never been a period of volatility in fuel prices like there has been in the last year," said Mike Regan, president of TranzAct Technologies and a frequent blogger for LM, in a recent interview. "That means the fact that prices are down is no indication that the prices are going to stay down or rise sharply."
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I want to reconfigure my BESX5.03 to sync devices to accounts in different domains on my ZCS7.2NE. I know it has some complications with GAL but with GALsync disabled is this doable? I did some googling and concluded that there is a supersecret entry #17026 in bugzilla which might be related but I have no way of knowing as it is, you guessed it, supersecret
I could just try to submit an rfe and see if it gets flagged as a duplicate of #17026 but I am hoping that someone with bugzilla superpowers or just someone in the know will post an answer here. TIA.


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|Release Date: March 11, 2005
|Running Time: 89 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG
|Box Office: $128,200,012.00
|Genre: Animated, Comedy
Ewan McGregor
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Summary:In a wondrously clanky universe populated solely by mechanical beings live memorable robots Rodney Copperbottom, a young genius inventor who dreams of helping robots everywhere; Cappy, a beautiful, dynamic and savvy bot with whom Rodney is instantly smitten; the nefarious corporate tyrant Ratchet who locks horns with Rodney; Bigweld, a master inventor who has lost his way; and a group of misfit 'bots known as the Rusties, led by Fender and Piper Pinwheeler. Fender's head, arms, and legs routinely fall off at the most inopportune moments. As Rodney fulfills Fender's ongoing need for repairs, the two become fast friends. Piper is Fender's tomboy kid sister, who surprises everyone with her dete... Full Summary >>


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Staff Sgt. Mark Wilkes of Cairo, Ga., is reunited with his wife Mandy along with his children at the Atlanta Braves game April 26. Wilkes returned home early from Afghanistan to surprise his family at the Atlanta Braves Military Appreciation game. He was recognized as the Atlanta Braves Hometown Hero of the game. Wilkes, who is a member of the Georgia National Guard's 116th CE Squadron, was deployed out of Warner Robins Air Force Base. (Photo courtesy Desiree Bamba, Georgia National Guard)
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In response to Michael Walker, colonel, USMC retired, about my letter to the editor dated Feb. 22, for starts thank you for your service to our country, and retiring at the rank of colonel is stating you did you job extremely well.
I would like to ask you to re-read my letter, in my first four sentences in which I state: Why does our government need 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition? (Hollow points that are banned by the Hague Convention of 1899 for use in international warfare.) If these cannot be used against our enemies in war, why order this much ammunition?
That only leaves only two choices for targets, the practice range � or us.
After rereading my letter, I can see where there might be some confusion. I did not highlight the fact that it was �not� the Department of Defense that was ordering these rounds, it was Homeland Security and other branches of the government, that would seem not to need millions on top of millions of rounds of ammo, for example 174,000 rounds for the Social Security Administration.
I never said I knew anything about being a sniper, but maybe you can enlighten me. As I stated first, you CANNOT use hollow points in war and you reaffirmed what I said, so why were they ordered? I would assume there would be a reason.
You stated in your letter: �Seventy million rounds of ammunition used per year in Iraq? Nonsense.�
I will respectfully disagree.
As far as the 70 million rounds used in Iraq I found this line from the Department of Defense:
�In addition to the increased training requirement, the global war on terrorism has resulted in increased expenditures. As an example, operations in Iraq in the past year resulted in the expenditure of 72 million rounds, or about 6 percent of this fiscal year�s production. Current expenditures in Iraq are reported as 5.5 million rounds per month.�
No one wants this not to be true more than me but something is going on.
Don�t believe me, do some research yourself. If I�m wrong, then all the better; if not, then we all should worry.
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Book your room at Ocean Maya Royale All Inclusive
Get an overview of this hotel4-star resort with pools and private beach
Offering direct access to the beach, this Playa del Carmen resort is in the entertainment district, 1.8 mi (2.8 km) from El Camaleon Golf Club, and 2.3 mi (3.8 km) from Tres Rios Ecopark. Maroma Beach and Coco Beach are also within 9 mi (15 km).
Resort Features
At Ocean Maya Royale All Inclusive, spend the day on the private beach where you can enjoy surfing/boogie boarding, then return for a meal at one of the resort's 5 restaurants.
Room Amenities
All 320 rooms offer furnished balconies, minibars, and LCD TVs with satellite channels. Room service, coffee makers, and free bottled water are among the other amenities available to guests.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us! Opens in a new window
Ocean Maya Royale All InclusiveCarretera Federal Chetumal, km. 299 Playa del Carmen QROO 77710
Hotel Amenities
All-Inclusive Details
This resort is all-inclusive. Onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply).
Gratuities and taxes
Gratuities and taxes are included.
Food and beverages
- All buffet and à la carte meals, snacks, and local beverages included
- Room service during certain hours
- In-room minibar (all beverages included)
Activities and facilities/equipment
All non-motorized water sports, land activities, and use of recreational facilities and equipment are included.
Water activities
- Kayaking
- Snorkeling
- Windsurfing
Land activities
- Bicycling
- Fitness facilities
- Tennis
- Tennis lessons
- Volleyball
- Aerobics
- Dancing
- Yoga
- Onsite entertainment and activities
- Theme parties
Not included
- Motorized water sports
- Scuba-diving certification
- Scuba-diving excursions
- Scuba-diving lessons
- Snorkeling excursions
- Snorkeling gear
- Premium food items
- Premium and/or non-domestic beverages
- Bottled wine
- Airport transfers
- Laundry/dry cleaning services
- Spa/beauty facilities and services
- Activities and services offered by independent operators
- Offsite tours
- Transportation to offsite activities
Hotel Amenities
Ocean Maya Royale All Inclusive is an all-inclusive resort. Room rates include meals and beverages at onsite restaurants and bars. Other items and amenities, including taxes and gratuities, and access to recreational activities and entertainment may also be included. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.
Feel the sun on your face and watch the ocean waves from the resort's private beach. Cool off in one of the 3 outdoor swimming pools at Ocean Maya Royale All Inclusive, and enjoy amenities like a spa tub and a fitness center.
Dining is available at one of the resort's 5 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the resort's bars, which include a beach bar, a swim-up bar, and a bar/lounge. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This all-inclusive resort also offers a steam room, a garden, and a terrace. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Ocean Maya Royale All Inclusive has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour front desk
- Arcade/game room
- ATM/banking
- Number of floors - 2
- Tennis on site
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Number of outdoor pools - 3
- Pool umbrellas
- Computer station
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 320
- Terrace
- Picnic area
- Beach bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Direct access to private beach
- Private beach nearby
- Conference center
- Free self parking
- Number of restaurants - 5
- Conference space size (feet) - 2012
- Conference space size (meters) - 187
- Shopping on site
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Wedding services
- Coffee shop or café
- Conference space
- Express check-in
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Designated smoking areas
- Poolside bar
- Number of meeting rooms - 4
- Sauna
- Garden
- Number of buildings/towers - 32
- Steam room
- Swim-up bar
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pools
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Arcade/game room
- Playground on site
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Air conditioning
- Furnished balcony
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free bottled water
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Shower only
- Private bathroom
- Room service
- Satellite TV service
Where to Eat
La Hacienda - This poolside buffet restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
El Charro - This poolside restaurant specializes in Mexican cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
La Dolce Vita - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves dinner only.
Yookoso - This restaurant specializes in Japanese cuisine and serves dinner only.
Blue Moon - This restaurant specializes in fusion cuisine and serves dinner only.
Room service is available.
Nearby Activities
3 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a spa tub. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Kayaking nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Parasailing on site
- Playground on site
- Rowing or canoeing on site
- Sailing on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Surfing/boogie boarding on site
- Volleyball on site
Spa Services
- Swedish massage
- Reflexology
- Sports massage
- Number of treatment rooms 4
- Massages on beach
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 18 years old.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
No pets or service animals allowed
Optional extras
- Late check-out fee: MXN 650
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- All Inclusive Ocean Maya Royale
- Maya Ocean
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- Ocean Maya Royale All Inclusive
- Ocean Maya Royale All Inclusive Playa del Carmen
- Ocean Maya Royale Playa del Carmen
- Ocean Royale
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- Ocean Maya Royale Hotel Playa Del Carmen
- Ocean Maya Royale Riviera Maya/Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
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Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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Birth Place: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Years Active: 1991–2005, 2008–present
Genres: R&B, Hip Hop, Dance-pop, New Jack Swing
Years Active: 1991–2005, 2008–present
Genres: R&B, Hip Hop, Dance-pop, New Jack Swing
TLC is an American R&B girl group, originally consisting of lead singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. Although originally conceived as "2nd Nature", the group's name was later changed to "TLC" by their manager before they were signed to LaFace Records in 1991. The group achieved commercial success following the release of their debut album "Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip," which was certified quadruple-platinum by the RIAA and spawned the top-ten hits "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg", "Baby-Baby-Baby", and "What About Your Friends?". Their second album, "CrazySexyCool" (1994), is the only album by a female group to be awarded diamond certification b... Continue Bio >>
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Date: Mar 1st, 2014
Live at the Library presents the Looney Lutherans at Rum River Library on Saturday, March 1, for two shows at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
"Hot dish, casseroles, potlucks and church basements are all synonymous with Minnesota and the many Lutherans who call it home," said Anoka County Commissioner Matt Look. "Whether or not you're Lutheran, if you're a Minnesotan, you're certain to laugh!"
The Looney Lutherans use music, comedy, and some help from the audience to share age old wisdom for living a long and healthy life…the Lutheran way! (But you don't have to be Lutheran to love 'em!) The fun, interactive, family-friendly show includes a variety of segments on healthy living the Lutheran way, including discussion of the Lutheran "food wheel" (all roads lead to hotdish), a performance of the Lutheran food rap (Eat Like a Lutheran), and helpful beauty tips (using items from your very own kitchen). Their show last February drew a standing room only crowd that had everyone laughing and asking when they would be back.
"Everyone can use a break from the winter cold," said Library Board Vice President Melanie Keister. "Join us for a light-hearted look at Minnesota's heritage."
Both shows will feature the same content. The programs are free and open to the public, but seating is limited. The Looney Lutherans are presented by G.L. Berg in partnership with MELSA, and the program is funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Rum River Library is located at 4201 6th Ave in Anoka. For more information, call 763-576-4695.


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I know I am not!
No, I'm not even at work today.
Although it's not by choice.
Fanatic #25
F no!
Between Harrison Barnes, Hulu, and Farmville, not so much.
I'm so shaky I can barely type messages on this fan board.
We only get so much bandwidth a month at my job before we get charged extra. I may approach that today from pure CF reloads.
I'm on the weekend, so I don't have to be productive.
I should do some studying, though.
Kansas Must Be Destroyed
Sic Semper Jayhawks
Aww hell no....
Until about 3:30 when I finally cool down about his decision
OSU 2011 Game Thread
Say what? Better be at the big party today. It starts at three today and ends after the bowl producing victory tomorrow.
Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
God no. I havent looked anything BUT CF all morning.
I need to find SOMETHING to do until 3:00--to get my mind off of his decision.
I'm really starting to feel very anxious about today. Got the butterflies going on.
Torrent Brewing Company
not even a little bit. I have the day off but should be doing some work from home. probably not gonna happen seeing that since I woke up, I've hardly been able to peel myself away from CF for more than like 2 minutes.
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God no. I havent looked anything BUT CF all morning.
****, my e-mails...
Took a certification test this morning, passed it and now I have the rest of the day off... time to relax until 3 PM.
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The Power of Presence
I'm reclining in bed, looking out the window, watching the wind blow the newly leafed-out willow tree branches. Lu is sitting in the rocker, reading the just-delivered latest edition of World magazine. Bethany is next to me, working on homework, though I think she's really spending more time playing Draw Something on her iPhone. We are together, even though not constantly interacting. There is power in presence.
I'm then reminded of those who will come for a visit, and be content with merely looking out the window with me. No grand philosophical discussions, no constant conversations, no entertaining or being entertained, just a desire to be together. While others might think that a waste of time, I know what you are really saying is, "I care enough that I'm content to just share the same space for a while." There is power in presence.
And then I wonder, is God like that, too? Must I fill time together with reading the Bible, praying, meditating on the Word? Or is there a satisfaction that comes from merely being together, sharing an occasional thought, looking out the window, watching the wind blow the newly leafed-out willow tree branches?
Yes, yes, I think there is.


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