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Destroyed, terminated, ceased functioning, ended abruptedly by external forces
"My car was toast after I hit that wall"
by P Prabhanhi September 18, 2003
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Only the best food ever. As in EVER! Seriously, bread goes in the toaster, toast comes out! YES.
*pop* Was that the toaster? MINE!!!!!!!!
by Killykillydeathdeath July 24, 2006
A variation on the term 'repost' which has stuck. On the You Laugh, You Lose Facebook group, instead of just typing "repost" on a familiar picture, members would type variations, the most popular and lasting being 'toast'. Coined by Nigel Lewis Hassell.
That picture is toast.
by PhantomDoughnut December 31, 2010
"We don't go nowhere without toast, we thugged out" - 50 Cent's "Wanksta"
by SyX July 03, 2003
All toasters toast it.
Mario: Aha! Here's the problem, too many toasters.
Mario: You know what they say... all toasters, toast toast!
Mario: You know what they say... all toasters, toast toast!
by Teh Problem August 18, 2009
Toast is a New York slang for Gun. It probably evolved from the term Burner (as in when the bullet pierces your body it burns).
by mauriciagrant October 20, 2003
1: carbonised bread
2: to raise your glass to someone/something
2: to raise your glass to someone/something
A toast to bread! For without bread there would be no toast!
by Pretty Vacant May 18, 2004


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With over 16,000 submissions into the talent search contest it was difficult choosing a winner. To all of you who entered the contest, I just want you to know that you have all been entered into the Tyler Perry Studios casting database, and my Casting Director has been instructed to use people from the contest whenever possible. So you may get a call for upcoming movies or TV shows. A lot of you are super talented. Thank you so much for auditioning!
This was a hard decision. The winner of the talent search contest won for several reasons. One is the number of votes, but more important than that is the level of talent. I'm very excited to work with this person because I love breaking fresh new talent. I was so inspired by this person's work that I can't wait to create something for this person to do.
And the winner is Darmirra Brunson.
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Christie Files Paperwork to Seek Re-election
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has officially filed to seek re-election as governor in 2013, putting to rest some speculation that the popular Republican would step down to focus on a presidential bid in 2016.
Christie filed the requisite paperwork to seek re-election around noon Monday, said Mike DuHaime, a chief Republican adviser to Christie.
When asked about next year's governor's race, Christie has said that he's had little time to contemplate his political aspirations while focusing on the state's rebuilding efforts. Christie said he imagined giving 2013 "some deep thought soon" when asked about the race two weeks ago.
"It's appropriate to admit that I only have so much bandwith," Christie said during a press conference in Trenton.
Some Democrats had speculated that Christie would pass on 2013 to focus on running for national office in 2016. But Christie's popularity has surged in the wake of Sandy, with two state polls released within the week showing a double-digit increase in his favorability rating.


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what idiot didn't see this coming when they put women in the military?
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What should be done about the rising numbers of sexual abuse within the military?
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There MUST be a zero tolerance policy that is enforced 100%. All current policies need to be thoroughly reviewed and adjusted and/or new provisions added. As a retired field grade officer, I strongly feel that commanders, etc, be taken out of the decision process for investigation and prosecution and that the process be handled thoroughly by an impartial agency, such as the JAG Corps. We must do everything we can to provide a safe environment and to protect our most valuable resource - 100% of our service members.
thank you. I would like to add that there are male on male assaults in the military as well. There have been since the dawn of time. To the people who likened women in the army to Roman times; history states there were many, many mal on male assaults. Sexual assault is about control, not sex.
I've read the comments and it appears that the majority seem to believe this is only a male vs. female problem that needs addressing. This is not that exclusive, nor should it be considered that way. Most of the existing regulations were written before women in combat positions was a political football booted around to advance a social change experiment. Women in combat is not a new idea, women have endured combat conditions since our country went to war.
The rules are written to provide recourse thru the UCMJ for inappropriate physical interaction between all military personnel. I firmly believe the rules as they are written should be enforced and convictions and sentencing should not be overturned by Command without compelling new evidence. I also remain firmly convinced the thorough investigation of each individual incident is required to maintain fairness and discipline. I do not see how the institution of a Zero Tolerance policy automatically equates to the institution of the former or the elimination of the later.
Any "ZERO-TOLERANCE" kind of rule or regulation is asking for trouble. Organizations (military, schools, etc.) seem to have a bad habit of over-reacting and over-compensating when dealing with such things. Each case should be viewed and dealt with, based on its own evidence, within available guidelines. That's my 2-cent's worth.
Maybe my father who served as an Infantryman and a veteran of WW-II, Korea, and Vietnam was right, "Women should not be in the Army".
Women should not be in combat. They are NOT men's physical equals. They weaken the combat Army. How many women were in the Roman Army or in Combat positions in WWII,Korea, or Vietnam. It is insane. They want to be like men but it someone slaps them on the ass it's Sexual harassment. Remember Jessica Lynch? Her quotation when asked 'What did you do when the firing started?' She said an I quote, "I dropped to my knees and I prayed" Yeah I want someone like that watching my back. They gave her a Bronze Star and a free scholarship to the University of West Virginia. Too bad the people with her didn't get scholarships but they all were killed. STOP THE INSANITY WOMEN DO NOT BELONG IN COMBAT.
It's a very slippery slope. During my career I made it my policy to steer clear from any advances toward soldiers. However others may not be able to have such self control. I think the appropriate response or punishment is to pull rank. If the risk is worth it then by all means have at it but don't complain when you lose your stripes.
'Zero tolerance' needs to be carefully defined since there have been abuses in the past when the term has been used. Further, the implementation of the policy placing females in combat roles, should it be decided upon, should wait until the proper procedural safeguards are in place to deal with the current situation regarding sexual assaults. For political correctness well-intentioned individuals are seeking to put women in situations that make sexual assaults more possible.
Sexual assault happens at the school house, at basic training, at female only dorms, in parking lots, at parties. According to the 2012 DoD report, less sW23Uthan one third of sexual assaults happened in combat zones.
Sexual harrassment is already illegal in both the military & civilian arenas. It is obvious that more laws aren't the answer. Enforce the ones we already have. Awareness, enforcement, accountability and consistency are what's needed. If people can't obey 5 laws what makes anyone think they'll obey 6?
From experience one of the most difficult times is to serve long periods without the opportunity to speak to a woman. Gets pretty lonely at sea. I am much too old to understand placement of women on ships at sea. In particular the subs with confined quarters. No mention of the affect this has on waiting wives back home.
No mention of any records of consensual sex. No records of pregnancy. No records of enlisted men with women officers. No mention of gay couples? How about all the facts without fear or favor?
At such a young age seems like the hormones work overtime. At COMNAVFOR Japan my job was to investigate, arrange and assist prospective marriage couples. The job was to work with the Japanese police and American Embassy as these were international marriages. I handled and approved close to 100 applications. One application tabled as she was a Chinese spy out of Singapore. It was the Viet Nam War period.
I always felt the job as strange because does the government or the military have the right to deny
the right to marriage? The ramifications of women serving together in the military are many.
How does this policy work in places like Israel or other countries? Is it a cultural problem or a
problem seen in every country?
You really need to do some reading. You are way off in your thinking.
The problem will exist as long as there is a coed military. I know it is not politically correct and others may call it sexist, but the fact remains that women should not serve with men.
A little over 10% of the sexual assaults are male on male. What do you propose in your infinite wisdom we do about that? Rape has nothing to do with sex. It is abuse and control. Plain and simple. The actual fact is that the military mimics society. The numbers of assault in the military are very close to being the same as in the civilian world. The biggest difference is in the low prosecution levels.
Dear Survivor, I believe your 10% of Male on Male Rapes is way off. The most recent number of Rapes in the Armed Forces is 55% Male, and 45% Female. Male Rapes are on the rise in a big way! In 1989, at NAS Moffat Field, I saw firsthand what a rape can do to a woman. I was walking down a Barracks hallway, when I heard a woman screaming terribly. I was not sure what to do, so I looked in and saw a friend of mine scrubbing her skin raw. I ran to a phone called the MP's then woke up a friend of hers to help her out! That incident has stuck with me in detail all these years. I also in 1990 watched a Chief Petty Officer's career end abruptly, after 22 years of service charged with Sexual Harassment. Three months after this event happened, this so called Female sailor tried it again. She had a bad habit of being late for work, and when she was counseled, and written up she tried the same thing. This time they figured out her little game, and she served a sentence, and was thrown out. They, the Military never recalled or cleared the Chief from the first offense, they wanted to save face I guess. So long story short, a little bit of NCIS investigation can go a long way when properly utilized!!!!
They need to take the fact that there will always be that temtation there. Remove it and take it out of harms way.
No matter what policy is "enforced" the problem lies in the fact that the chain of command determines the outcome of any and all charges. Noted is the fact that an Air Force pilot Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, an F-16 pilot convicted of aggravated sexual assault against a civilian was convicted in a Court Martial and received a prison sentence. The General of his base overturned his sentence and returned him to duty with no punishment! The resolution to this scourge is that all sexual assaults should be reported to civilian authorities and civilian Courts. The military has shown that it can longer be trusted to enforce these laws.
Put Bill Clinton in charge. He's consistently set a splendid example of how to treat off-limits women.
A "Zero limits" policy is open to abuse and UN-reasonable results. Each incident should be investigated and considered in the light of past behavior and intent of each party. The cry of "he touched me inappropriately either on the dance floor or in a passageway may be the result of revenge, antagonism or frustration, or blackmail on the recipients part. or it may be a misguided attempt to develop or further a relationship. In many cases a simple sincere apology should be the end result.
"Zero Limits" on guns ina school resulting in suspension of a child for pointing a pencil in imitation of a action movie is to extreme result of a misguided policy.
As a survivor and victim advocate I can most assuredly tell you that less than 1 percent of the over 25, 000 assaults reported restricted and unrestricted are unsubstantiated. And of those over 75% recant before adjucation. Keep your personal agenda out of facts that you definitely do not know.
I am not sure who you were responding to. We do not need more rules. What is needed is for Officers not to cover up assaults and prosecute the offenders


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To correct Lincoln somewhat, he should have said, . . . that government of the people, by the politicians, and for the politicians shall not perish from the earth.
Government's view of the economy: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. — Ronald Reagan
In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.
-- Alexis de Toqueville
All sorts of things show up as emails from friends (or sometimes, from enemies). Here are some examples.
A friend emailed this to me. It's appalling news from the Washington Post:
Icebergs Disappearing?The Washington PostThe Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department from Consulafft, at Bergen, Norway.Reports from fishermen, seal hunters, and explorers all point to a radical change in climate conditions and hitherto unheard-of temperatures in the Arctic zone. Exploration expeditions report that scarcely any ice has been met as far north as 81 degrees 29 minutes.Soundings to a depth of 3,100 meters showed the gulf stream still very warm. Great masses of ice have been replaced by moraines of earth and stones, the report continued, while at many points well-known glaciers have entirely disappeared.Very few seals and no white fish are found in the eastern Arctic, while vast shoals of herring and smelts which have never before ventured so far north, are being encountered in the old seal fishing grounds. Within a few years it is predicted that due to the ice melt the sea will rise and make most coastal cities uninhabitable.* * * * * * * * *I apologize, I neglected to mention that this report was from November 2, 1922, as reported by the AP and published in The Washington Post - 90 years ago. Those coastal cities must be way under water by now.***************** Darn that pesky global warming.......................Link to Snopes -- the article is real.###I have no idea where this came from or who wrote it. It may not actually be from a Canadian. But, it makes a lot of sense to me:TOP 10- "ONLY IN AMERICA " OBSERVATIONS -- BY A CANADIAN*1) Only in America could the rich people - who pay 86% of all incometaxes - be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people whodon't pay any income taxes at all.2) Only in America could people claim that the government stilldiscriminates against black Americans when they have a blackPresident, a black Attorney General, and roughly 18% of the federalworkforce is black while only 12% of the population is black3) Only in America could they have had the two people most responsiblefor our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the TreasuryDepartment and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and MeansCommittee, BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of highertaxes.4) Only in America can they have terrorists kill people in the name ofAllah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslimsmight be harmed by the backlash.5) Only in America would they make people who want to legally becomeAmerican citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tensof thousands of dollars for the privilege while they discuss lettinganyone who sneaks into the country illegally just 'magically' becomeAmerican citizens.6) Only in America could the people who believe in balancing thebudget and sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as"extremists."7) Only in America could you need to present a driver's license tocash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.8) Only in America could people demand the government investigatewhether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gaswent up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company( Marathon Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes(Nike).9) Only in America could the government collect more tax dollars fromthe people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a Trilliondollars more than it has per year - for total spending of $7-MillionPER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough money.10) Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the richat a $35,000.00 a plate campaign fund-raising event.###The following came to me in March, without authentication. It was described as a list of "Paul Ryan's Proposed Budget Cuts."Actually,according to Snopes, the list came from Jim Jordan. Link to Snopes article on budget cuts.It's a darned good list. I might keep the Amtrack subsidy. I don't know whether Obamaphones are in here by some other name, but I'd cut that.I would also reform disability pensions, which are running wild now, and take a hard look at food stamps.Here it is:PAUL RYAN'S PROPOSED BUDGET CUTSA List of Republican Budget CutsNotice S.S. and the military are NOT on this list.These are all the programs that the new Republican House has proposed cutting.Read to the end.(Talk about a Pork Barrel........)* Corporation for Public Broadcasting Subsidy -- $445 million annual savings.* Save America 's Treasures Program -- $25 million annual savings.* International Fund for Ireland -- $17 million annual savings.* Legal Services Corporation -- $420 million annual savings.* National Endowment for the Arts -- $167.5 million annual savings.* National Endowment for the Humanities -- $167.5 million annual savings.* Hope VI Program -- $250 million annual savings.* Amtrak Subsidies -- $1.565 billion annual savings.* Eliminate duplicating education programs -- H.R. 2274 (in last Congress), authored by Rep. McKeon, eliminates 68 at a savings of $1.3 billion annually.* U.S. Trade Development Agency -- $55 million annual savings.* Woodrow Wilson Center Subsidy -- $20 million annual savings.* Cut in half funding for congressional printing and binding -- $47 million annual savings.* John C. Stennis Center Subsidy -- $430,000 annual savings.* Community Development Fund -- $4.5 billion annual savings.* Heritage Area Grants and Statutory Aid -- $24 million annual savings.* Cut Federal Travel Budget in Half -- $7.5 billion annual savings* Trim Federal Vehicle Budget by 20% -- $600 million annual savings.* Essential Air Service -- $150 million annual savings.* Technology Innovation Program -- $70 million annual savings.* Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program -- $125 million annual savings..* Department of Energy Grants to States for Weatherization -- $530 million annual savings.* Beach Replenishment -- $95 million annual savings.* New Starts Transit -- $2 billion annual savings.�������* Exchange Programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Trading Partners in Massachusetts -- $9 million annual savings* Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants -- $2.5 billion annual savings.* Title X Family Planning -- $318 million annual savings.* Appalachian Regional Commission -- $76 million annual savings.* Economic Development Administration -- $293 million annual savings.* Programs under the National and Community Services Act -- $1.15 billion annual savings.* Applied Research at Department of Energy -- $1.27 billion annual savings.* Freedom CAR and Fuel Partnership -- $200 million annual savings..* Energy Star Program -- $52 million annual savings.*Economic Assistance to Egypt -- $250 million annually.* U.S.Agency for International Development -- $1.39 billion annual savings.* General Assistance to District of Columbia -- $210 million annual savings.* Subsidy for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority -- $150 million annual savings.*Presidential Campaign Fund -- $775 million savings over ten years.* No funding for federal office space acquisition -- $864 million annual savings.* End prohibitions on competitive sourcing of government services.* Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act -- More than $1 billion annually.* IRS Direct Deposit: Require the IRS to deposit fees for some services it offers (such as processing payment plans for taxpayers) to the Treasury, instead of allowing it to remain as part of its budget -- $1.8 billion savings over ten years.*Require collection of unpaid taxes by federal employees --$1 billion total savings.(WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ABOUT?You know what would happen to you if you didn't pay taxes?)* Prohibit taxpayer funded union activities by federal employees -- $1.2 billion savings over ten years.* Sell excess federal properties the government does not make use of -- $15 billion total savings.*Eliminate death gratuity for Members of Congress. (WHAT???)* Eliminate Mohair Subsidies -- $1 million annual savings.*Eliminate taxpayer subsidies to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- $12.5 million annual savings� (WELL ISN'T THAT SPECIAL)* Eliminate Market Access Program -- $200 million annual savings.* USDA Sugar Program -- $14 million annual savings.* Subsidy to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- $93 million annual savings.* Eliminate the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program -- $56.2 million annual savings.*Eliminate fund for Obamacare administrative costs-- $900 million savings.* Ready to Learn TV Program -- $27 million savings..* HUD Ph.D. Program.* Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act.*TOTAL SAVINGS: $2.5 Trillion over Ten YearsMy question is, what is all this doing in the budget in the first place? Maybe this is why the Democrats are attacking Paul Ryan.###


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For the most part no. The Stevens-Seastrom-Phillips descend from John and Priscilla Alden who were passengers on the Mayflower.
Of course that doesn't mean we don't have famous cousins! The following links show our famous cousins. There are a few errors since the search used some inaccurate information in other people's trees at ancestry.com. Gaynell Owens isn't actually descended from John and Priscilla Alden.
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Bad Friday for Alcohol
THE proprietor of a Tullamore restaurant has backed calls from the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) condemning the ban of alcohol sales in restaurants on Good Friday.
Paula Tahraoui of Sirocco's said she agrees with the RAI that the current law is unacceptable. "The law's archaic," Tahraoui said.
Chief executive of the RAI Adrian Cummins said the current law governing alcohol sales on Good Friday is not only affecting Ireland's image abroad, but business internally as well.
"The restaurant sector is the biggest employer within the hospitality industry, employing over 64,000 people. This law affects more than just the diners who want a drink, it affects thousands of people on a busy weekend when restaurants simply won't open," he said.
Cummins said Ireland must be the only country in the world that has a bank holiday weekend and actually chooses to close restaurants and gastropubs. "Even the Vatican City doesn't obey this ridiculous law," he said.
"It hurts really badly," Tahraoui agreed. "I'm a traditional girl as well, but we're living in a multi-cultural society. It's very, very outdated. Restaurants are at a loss for the day."
Tahraoui agrees a push should be made to change the law, not just for businesses but for consumers as well. "People have the right to choose," she said.
Offaly Independent
Doctor Goes Nuts
A PSYCHIATRIST who bit two Gardai (police) and assaulted a member of staff at Nancy Blake's bar in Limerick last summer is "convinced his drink must have been spiked on the night," Limerick District Court heard.
Dr. Seamus O Flaithbheartaigh, 51, with an address at Castlemara, Annacotty, pleaded guilty to the charges of assaulting two Garda officers and a member of staff at around 1 a.m. on Saturday, July 7, 2012.
The court earlier heard that the married father of three was observed to be in a highly irate and agitated state, and was being restrained by a number of males at the popular Denmark Street bar.
However, his barrister Michael Collins told Judge Aeneas McCarthy that he has no recollection of the incident, except waking up in a cell. He said the nature of the offenses were "an aberration" for
O Flaithbheartaigh, who has no previous convictions and is of "good character."
He said his client was "very apologetic" for what had happened, and presented two testimonials of his good character and professionalism to the court.
O Flaithbheartaigh is employed by the Health Service Executive and is also an adjunct senior clinical lecturer attached to the University of Limerick's graduate medical school.
Collins added that the "significant coverage" of the case in the press has been a source of embarrassment to him and his family.
Sergeant Donal Cronin told the court that when Gardai approached O Flaithbheartaigh, he bit them both. He was charged with assaulting a male Garda attached to Mayorstone Garda station, assaulting a female Garda during the execution of her duties and assaulting a male staff member of the bar.
McCarthy said he was taking into account the early plea, his remorse, his good character, clean criminal record, and that he is a "highly educated and professional man."
The judge said he accepted it was an aberration from normal behavior and that he cannot account for what happened on this particular night. He noted that he is also "making a valuable contribution to training medical school students in psychiatry in the University of Limerick."
However, he noted this incident was "far from trivial for those involved," but any conviction would have an impact on whether he might wish to return to the U.S. to work again, and also his ability to practice here.
He applied the Probation Act, dismissing the charges against him, and said compensation for the injured parties would be a matter for a civil court.
Limerick Leader
Living in Toilet
A CZECH homeless man has been living in a public toilet in Ennis and would be dead was it not for the church, a district court heard.
District Court Judge Patrick Durcan described the conditions that 58-year-old Josef Pavelka and his friend are living in as a "scandal."
The details emerged as part of a probation welfare report prepared for Ennis District Court in relation to Pavelka, who appeared on public order matters.
The man's solicitor, Daragh Hassett, said if it wasn't for the church in Ennis, Pavelka "would be dead." He outlined that his client and his friend, a Polish national, have been living in a public toilet.
The same man had been living in a tent during sub-zero conditions in 2010, before being housed for a period at Laurel Lodge, a hostel for the homeless in Ennis, but it has been some time since he resided there.


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Ireland is a truly dog-friendly destination and around half of our Irish holiday cottages welcome pets, so there's every reason to take 'Scamp' on holiday with you. You'll save on kennel fees too, increasing your funds for a few holiday treats. No pet passport is required and travelling by ferry is not only fast but also means you can take all your doggy essentials with you in your car - some even offer kennels onboard at a nominal charge.
Just like us, dogs love a change of scenery and that's exactly what they'll get when you arrive at your pet friendly holiday home in Ireland. Some of our properties are located deep in the countryside, gateway to endless way-marked, tail-wagging trails. Others are a short drive from the coast, which of course means that they're near to some of Ireland's best dog-friendly beaches - name one hound that doesn't enjoy a romp on the sands! (Just remember to check in advance of any seasonal restrictions with the local tourist office.)
If you fancy rubbing shoulders with the pet-loving locals, check if there are any agricultural shows or other similar events close to your pet friendly Irish cottage - enter into the dog show and you may even scoop the prize!
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Below we list all our pet friendly cottages in Ireland, many with enclosed gardens and other such doggy preferences. Otherwise refine your search and click on the map to browse our holiday rentals in your chosen region. Wherever you decide to go one thing is certain…Scamp will have the most terrific time!
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- Jun 10:
- San Jose: Century 21 dome theater granted historical status by city council
- Jun 9:
- Mercury News editorial: San Jose should preserve Century 21 and rein in marijuana dispensaries
- Jun 8:
- Pizarro: Century 21 dome's landmark status goes before the City Council this week
- May 5:
- Pizarro: Century 21 dome in San Jose continues on path to landmark status
- Mar 31:
- Pizarro: Fitting farewell to the Century 21 theater
- Mar 30:
- San Jose: Century 21 dome theater closed
- Mar 27:
- Pizarro: Last picture shows at the Century domes this weekend
- Mar 19:
- Pizarro: Drama over Century 21 dome theater continues
- Mar 17:
- Pizarro: Chuck Reed writes letter opposing Century theaters' preservation
- Mar 8:
- Sal Pizarro: Dome theaters get last chance to avoid doom
- Jan 13:
- Pizarro: Century 21 dome's historic status goes before San Jose panel
- Jun 20:
- Pizarro: Movement afoot to save San Jose's Century domes
When San Jose's Century 21 theater opened nearly a half-century ago, the first movie it showed was the comedy "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.'' Last week, the 950-seat theater on Winchester Boulevard was running the Tom Cruise fantasy, "Oblivion.''
The metaphorical distance between those two titles gives you the thumbnail version of what's happening with the modernistic theaters on Winchester Boulevard, which are looking more doomed than domed these days.
A plan for developing offices and shops on the turf across from Santana Row would mean all but certain demolition of the Century 21, 22 and 23 cinemas, now officially renamed the Winchester theaters.
Arguing that these are iconic buildings, preservationists are now waging a campaign to save at least one of the theaters, which have not quite reached the 50-year-mark for official landmark consideration.
"I'm very concerned that we in San Jose are erasing a very significant period of our history as we demolish so much of the postwar architecture, '' said cultural historian Heather David. "It's part of our cultural identity.''
I may as well tell you that modernistic '50s and '60s architecture is not my passion. The preservationists, however, have a right to make an argument for saving a dome, and the rest of us should listen. I'm going to present this issue as impartially as I can.
The first of the three cinemas, Century 21, opened in late 1963, making use of the "laminated beam'' construction technique widely used in churches. It even had a special wraparound projection room for Cinerama movies -- though Cinerama movies were not shown there.
Era of optimism
"It was one of the last hurrahs for the stand-alone movie theater,'' said theater historian Gary Parks. —It was part of that Tomorrow-Land sort of optimism before the counterculture changed things at the end of the decade. People gobbled it up.''
The cinemas were run by the litigious Syufy chain, which had theaters throughout the Bay Area. The domes specialized in big blockbusters like the Star Wars movies or "2001.'' For a long time, they had the most comfortable seats in town.
The ownership of the land underneath the theaters, meanwhile, has roots that go back to Sarah Winchester, the heiress who built the nearby Winchester Mystery House.
County records show that two families, the Raneys and Farrises, descendants of the husband and wife who took over the Winchester Mystery House after Sarah's death in 1922, continued to have an interest in the land underneath the theaters. Vincent Raney, the modernistic architect who designed the theaters, was a member of the Raney clan.
Ray K. Farris II, a businessman from Monte Sereno who is listed as the agent for service for Winchester Investments LLC, the owner of record, did not return my call. So it's hard to know the exact structure of ownership for the 11.6 acre site now.
50-year lease
Preservationists say the Syufy chain, which continues to operate the cinemas despite selling the bulk of the Century theaters to Cinemark USA in 2006, had a 50-year lease on the property. With that lease expiring, the landowners are exploring new options.
"You could build a large shopping center or have one or more office towers at the location,'' Greg Davies, a partner with Cassidy Turley told a reporter recently.
That fits in with the city's plan, which calls for an urban village consisting of shops, offices and possibly apartments. (Such a development would worsen already-clotted traffic, a story for another time).
Even preservationists acknowledge that the land is underutilized now. From a capitalistic point of view, you can't blame the property owners for wanting to increase their return. In Pleasant Hill, demolition began Wednesday on the CineArts Theater, called the Dome.
Saving a dome?
Could a sensitive plan in San Jose incorporate one dome and maybe even use it as a marketing device? The most logical choice would probably be Century 23 -- behind the Winchester Mystery House -- though Century 21 is the most historic cinema.
Adding weight to the preservationists' cause is the search by the people who ran the entertainment-oriented Retro Dome -- the former Century 25 at Westgate -- for a new home. With some changes, they believe one of the domes would do nicely. But they don't pay the rent that a corporate tenant might.
San Jose Planning Director Joe Horwedel says that one of the tensions in this debate is what he calls the "Noah's Ark'' phenomenon -- the belief that every city should have its own example of a particular architectural style or icon.
I ran that past Brian Grayson, the head of the Preservationist Action Council, who was, not surprisingly, skeptical.
"Part of our city's history is the fabric of the buildings and what came before,'' he said. "Just because a city 100 miles away has an example of the building doesn't tell the story of this city.''
For once, I don't have a passionate answer here. You may: If you go to www.mercurynews.com/scott-herhold, you can vote on whether to save a dome.
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Deputies said a woman was injured after she fell asleep at the wheel while driving in Butler County.
The Butler County Sheriff's Office said a woman crashed her car into a telephone pole in the 1100 block of Beissinger Road about 8:40 a.m. Sunday.
Crews at the scene said the impact split the pole in half.
Investigators said the woman had been driving from Indiana when she fell asleep and crashed.
The woman had to be flown to University of Cincinnati Medical Center and her condition has not been released.
No one else was hurt.


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Published: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, March 25, 2013 at 4:23 p.m.
Justin Wesley Ponder, 17, one of four high school students accused of raping a classmate at a party in December, was granted new counsel in Henderson County Superior Court Monday.
The students are scheduled to appear again in Superior Court on June 24.
Ponder's attorney, Scott Sheffron, filed a motion to be released from the case "for reasons that I feel should not be disclosed in court," he told Judge Mark Powell.
Releasing Sheffron, the judge filed the request for a new defender to represent Ponder, who also faces a charge of trespassing on East Henderson High property — a school from which he was banned after he was charged.
After court, Sheffron told the Times-News that he still believed in Ponder's innocence, but could not take the case.
Tyler Scott Garren, 16, James Matthew Bishop, 17, Vincent Joseph Curto, 17, and Ponder attended East at the time they were charged with second-degree rape in December. They face a minimum of 17-and-a-half years to a maximum of 21 years and 9 months in the Department of Corrections if convicted.
The victim, who is 16, told investigators with the Henderson County Sheriff's Office that she was in and out of consciousness on a couch while three of her classmates raped her at the party, where alcohol was consumed. The suspects told detectives that they had sex with the victim, but said it was consensual, according to warrants.
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From left to right: Pauline Roccucci, Bonnie Gore, Tim Herman, Vice Mayor Susan Rohan and Mayor Carol Garcia. The City of Roseville operates under the council-manager form of municipal government. Council members are elected at large for four-year terms of office. Two and three Council members will be elected alternately at the general municipal election in November of even-numbered years. The Council member receiving the highest number of votes in the latest election is seated as Vice Mayor for the first two years of his or her four-year term, and as Mayor for the final two years. The City Council enacts laws and establishes administrative policy for the city.
Roseville residents are encouraged to attend City Council meetings. Residents who wish to address the Council may do so according to guidelines noted in the pamphlet, Your City Council Welcomes You. The pamphlet is available outside the Council chamber, the City Clerk's Department and the Communications Office.
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Council Meetings The Roseville City Council meets on the first Wednesday of the month and usually conducts adjourned meetings the third Wednesday of the month. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. in the Council chamber located at City Hall, 311 Vernon Street. Special meetings and workshops are scheduled as needed; see our Online City Council Calendar for up-to-date meeting information.
Agendas Agendas are posted at the entrance to City Hall on Fridays. Copies of the backup materials are available on the Friday preceding Council meetings in prominent city locations including the reception area of the City Clerk's Department and the Roseville Public Library.
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Warriors general manager Bob Myers likes to read poetic and insightful quotes to ease his worrisome mind. Thursday, he shared a sonnet by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
"Basically," he explained after his fidgety recital, "it means don't waste your life in doubts and fears. Spend yourself on the work."
But Myers' latest composition -- a revamped Warriors roster -- is loaded with question marks.
Fans, coach Mark Jackson and several players have raved about the job the front office has done. Myers, on the other hand, is adopting the wait and see approach. With training camp set to start Monday, the unknowns are too plentiful, his desire to win too fierce, to let him bask in the glow of raised expectations.
Myers affirmed his team is better than the 23-43 squad from last season, and that the depth has improved. Those seem to be the only conclusions he'd share.
"We're good on paper. I guess that's better than being bad on paper," Myers said. "There is a lot this team has to prove, a lot individuals have to prove."
Perhaps Myers is sandbagging, saving himself in the event this crew crashes and burns. Perhaps being better than last season isn't enough, not when he's harboring championship dreams.
He admitted to worrying about whether center Andrew Bogut and point guard Stephen Curry, both coming off injuries, can get back to where they were. He qualified his praise of the team's rookies by pointing out they've yet to play. He shied away from calling the back half of the schedule favorable because "the Western Conference is pretty tough."
Myers' hesitation makes sense considering the decisions he has to make. Golden State has a chance to get way under the salary cap two summers from now. That's a two-season window to decide how to use that money.
According to multiple team sources, the club is committed to retaining Curry long term; the question is for how much. Discussions were promising before Curry's camp suspended negotiations until after the preseason games. The expectation is that Curry will sign a contract extension by the Oct. 31 deadline.
But do the Warriors keep Bogut, who will be up for an extension after this season? Is rookie Harrison Barnes the small forward of the future? Is Klay Thompson good enough to be the starting shooting guard on a contender? Which of the Warriors' young players should be traded or kept?
"These players can stay as long as they want if we win," Myers said through a smile. "But if we don't win ... maybe things do get turned over."
None of the pertinent questions for Myers can be answered now. So he speaks in generalities and avoids grandiose statements. It seems his demeanor is rubbing off on the organization, as even the preacher himself, coach Mark Jackson, felt no urge to make playoff predictions again.
Almost apologetically, Myers confesses he believes in the potential of the players and coaching staff. But he's not ready to publicly pronounce them the answer to the franchise's losing ways.
He says part of him will never be satisfied until a championship banner is hoisted. But part of it, obviously, is this team hasn't won him over. Nor can it yet.
"I just want this team to deserve to be successful," Myers said. "Whatever result that means. I think if we put in the time and employ the right process, we'll be happy with the result. But to turn it on its head and say this is what the result is going to be, I don't know that that's productive. ... I'd rather go do it and let the results speak for themselves as opposed to saying it's going to happen."


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Writer/producer J. Michael Straczynski's comic book work includes Amazing Spider-Man, The Twelve, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Brave and the Bold, Rising Stars, Midnight Nation, and his latest under his own "Joe's Comics" imprint at Image, Ten Grand and Sidekick. On television, he was executive producer and creator of Babylon 5, Crusade, and Jeremiah. In films, he has written Changeling, Ninja Assassin, World War Z, and Thor.


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It was like Christmas morning in Tim Jones' East Palo Alto classroom when he opened a box and found a hobby laser cutter inside as his fourth-graders at Brentwood Academy looked on.
And that was just one day last week. There's more to come. He'll get two bookcases, headphones, paper, iPads, a camera and two 3D printers -- items together worth about $15,000.
Jones and 603 other Bay Area teachers found out last week that requests they had posted on the crowd-funding site DonorsChoose all had been funded by Google.
Jones hit the jackpot -- he had nine projects funded. "I was speechless," said Jones, 31, who has taught since 2006 and has had 93 projects funded over the years.
Google's gift totalled nearly $666,900 for 718 projects. Some lucky teachers like Jones had posted multiple projects. Google included a comment on the online page of each project it funded, and later the New York City-based DonorsChoose sent an e-mail to each teacher.
The Mountain View-based company had asked how it could focus on nearby schools, and along with DonorsChoose came up with the plan to fund current projects requested by Bay Area teachers, DonorsChoose spokesman Christopher Pearsall wrote in an e-mail.
DonorsChoose, a 501(3)c charity, was founded in 2000 by teachers in Bronx, NY. On its Web site, public and charter-school teachers select a needed item in its catalogs, write a description of their project then post it online. Would-be donors can peruse those requests, sorted by geography, need, type or funding level, and click to donate specific amounts.
If enough donations accumulate to fully fund a project, DonorsChoose notifies the principal, and purchases and ships the item to the school. The charity requires the teacher to publish photos of the item in use. Teachers and students also must write thank-you notes and explain the impact of the item in the classroom. About 70 percent of projects get fully funded. Those not attracting enough donations within four months are removed, and the contributions credited to donors.
Learning to post requests takes time, as does describing projects and following up with appreciation and reports. But the reward makes a huge difference, say teachers in districts that don't equip classrooms extensively.
Without DonorsChoose, Jones said, his classroom in the Ravenswood City School District would be pretty sparse. "We'd barely have paper," he said, "we'd be reading only textbooks," with no classroom library. He uses access to the fancier technology, like the 3D printer, as classroom incentives.
In Jennifer Howard's English classroom at Oakland High, boxes of pencils and spiral notebooks, white-board easels and even an iPad arrived day after day last week..
There were also class sets of books -- "The Alchemist," "Warriors Don't Cry" and No Fear Shakespeare's version "Romeo And Juliet" with modern English equivalents next to the original text.
Howard, 28, a seventh-year teacher at the Oakland school, said, "The boxes were getting delivered, and the kids were saying, 'Ooooh, what's in that one?'" She also has had a document camera and other books funded by DonorsChoose.
This week, Howard, Jones and hundreds of other Bay Area teachers and students will be writing lots of thank-you notes.
"It's well worth it, seeing them get excited by the arrival of school supplies," Howard said. "They get impressed by people's generosity. They say, 'Wait, strangers and organizations actually care about Oakland High?' "
Contact Sharon Noguchi at 408-271-3775. Follow her at Twitter.com/NoguchiOnK12.


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Mosaic Executive, Mike DeNeve, Recognized For Quiet Leadership
Mosaic executive is honored by Bartow Chamber at dinner.
Published: Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 2:27 a.m.
BARTOW | Mike DeNeve, manager of Mosaic's mine permitting operations, was named the recipient of the 2012 George W. Harris Jr. Leadership Award by the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce on Saturday night.
In presenting the award at the Chamber's annual banquet, Larry Madrid, last year's recipient, defined DeNeve's style as "quiet leadership."
"Rather than the brash, bold and charismatic characteristics often associated with strong leaders," Madrid said, "Mike DeNeve's leadership style is directed more toward strength, perseverance, tenacity, as well as a willingness to nudge rather than gallop ahead, and to model restraint, modesty and inspiration."
DeNeve said he was honored by the award, and that his family is the center of his universe.
"I think Bartow is the greatest city in the world," DeNeve said.
DeNeve, 58, serves on the city's recreation board and was a founding member of the Bartow Youth Soccer League. He coached in the league for several years, as he did with Dixie Youth Baseball.
"A past member of the Florida Youth Villa Classic executive committee, Mike has also served on the chamber's golf scramble committee, where he's probably best known as the on-course sausage cook at each year's tournament," Madrid told the estimated 400 people attending Saturday's banquet.
"In fact, he and his son, Brad, are quite famous for their barbecue skills, which they donate to many local charity events."
Named for the late chairman of Citrus & Chemical Bank, before it was acquired by BB&T Bank, the George W. Harris Jr. Leadership Award is presented to a graduate of the Chamber's Leadership Bartow program who exemplifies the spirit of community involvement and dedication that Harris embodied. It's the Chamber's most prestigious award for community leadership.
The award has been presented since 1995, when Scott Young was the inaugural recipient.
Professionally, DeNeve has worked for Mosaic and its predecessors for more than 30 years.
In his current position, he oversees permitting efforts in Hardee County, where he's responsible for managing team activities, procurement and scheduling of consultant work.
"Mike's commitment to education extends to his serving as co-chair for the Chamber's education committee and as vice president of education on the Chamber's executive board of directors," Madrid said,
DeNeve, a 1972 graduate of Bartow High School, also is active in St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, where he serves as an usher and lector.
He and his wife, Susan, have a son and a daughter, and one grandchild.
The Chamber also installed new officers Saturday evening, with LeaAnn Thomas, assistant county manager, assuming a one-year term as president.
The outgoing president is Rob Kincart, owner of A-C-T Environmental & Infrastructure.
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Washington, D.C. -June 25,2012
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its federal partners continue to monitor and work closely with states potentially affected by Tropical Storm Debby, including Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina. FEMA and its partners will continue to closely track severe weather conditions and forecasts for Debby through the week, and are urging residents to be vigilant in monitoring local reports due to anticipated heavy flooding.
As of 10 a.m. today, the storm is currently located in the Gulf of Mexico about 75 miles south-southwest of Apalachicola, Florida, and continues on a very slow pace, moving northeastward at 3 m.p.h. Tropical storm watches and warnings, as well as flash flood watches and warnings have been issued for several areas along the Gulf Coast, including inland areas.
"Gulf coast residents and visitors should take Tropical Storm Debby seriously," emphasized FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate. "Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 illustrates the immense amount of rain a slow-moving tropical system can produce. Flooding with Tropical Storm Debby is a very big concern for the Florida panhandle and portions of the southeast."
According to the National Weather Service, Debby is expected to produce rain accumulations of 5 to 10 inches over eastern portions of the Florida panhandle and northern Florida, with isolated maximum amounts of 25 inches possible. Total rain accumulations of 5 to 10 inches are expect over central Florida and southeast Georgia into coastal South Carolina, with isolated maximum amounts of 15 inches possible.
Along with the heavy rains, land falling tropical systems also increase the potential for tornadoes, and FEMA is urging people in the impacted areas to monitor weather conditions by listening to your local radio and television news outlets, or by listening to NOAA Weather Radio.
FEMA, through its regional offices in Atlanta, Ga., and Denton, Texas, remains in constant contact with state emergency management officials stands ready to support impacted states if requested. At the request of the State of Florida, a FEMA liaison officer is onsite at the Florida state emergency operations center to support state response efforts as needed.
More information on tropical storm and flooding preparedness is available at www.ready.gov, www.listo.gov, and for other languages at www.ready.gov/translations.


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TRAFFIC ADVISORY: Watch for closed lanes in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte
Published: Monday, January 27, 2014 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 3:46 p.m.
Drivers in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties are advised to use caution in the following areas where the Florida Department of Transportation says road construction or other projects are underway:
— Interstate 75 from Sumter Boulevard in North Port to River Road. Crews widening the highway to six lanes. Expect lane closures from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
— I-75 from University Parkway to the Charlotte County line. Expect delays. Crews are installing closed-circuit cameras, roadside sensors and other equipment for an "intelligent transportation system."
— Tamiami Trail at Gulf Gate Drive, Bay Acres Avenue and General Spaatz Boulevard; State Road 789 (John Ringling Causeway and North Gulfstream Avenue) at Sunset Drive-Golden Gate Drive; Clark Road at Beneva Road and Sawyer Road; and Bee Ridge Road at Murdock Avenue and Honore Avenue. Lane closures from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. while crews replace mast arms and traffic control devices.
— Fruitville Road from Lime Avenue to McIntosh Road. Intermittent outside lane closires from 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. while crews inspect and repair drainage.
— Fruitville Road from Cattleman Road to Phillippi Creek. Lane closures from 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. during road resurfacing.
— State Road 72 from the Myakka River State Park entrance to Deer Prairie Slough. Crews working along shoulders of the highway.
— Interstate 75. Crews replacing fender system on Manatee River bridge and working near the shoulder of the highway.
— I-75, between Sarasota County line and Interstate 275 in Parrish. Ongoing installation of fiber-optics cable, closed circuit camneras and roadside seniors for "intelligent transportation system. Highway shoulders may be closed.
— 12th Street West from 24th Avenue to 14th Avenue. Intermittent lane closures while crews construct a sidewalk, improve curbs, gutters and drainage and install signs and pavement markings. Expect lane closures.
— I-75 at University Parkway. Crews installing sidewalk, pedestian signals and other improvements. Lane closures from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
— I-75 at U.S. 301 interchange in Ellenton. Crews performing landscaping.
— U.S. 301 north of 121st Avenue. Outside southbound lane closed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday whlie crews construct a driveay.
— U.S. Business 41 from Eighth Avenue West to Cortez Road. Intermittent southbound lane closures from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. while crews replace poles and maintain power lines.
— U.S. Business 41 from 18th Avenue and 19th Avenue. Crews making drainage repairs.
— U.S. 41/Business 41 from Eighth Avenue West to Cortez Road. Intermittent southbound lane closures 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. while crews replace poles and maintain power lines.
— U.S. 41 from south of U.S. 301 Boulevard to south of 23rd Avenue. Paving operations from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
— U.S. 41 at Cortez Road. Nighttime lane closures while crews reconstruct the intersection to improve pedestrian safety.
— U.S. 41 from south of U.S. 301 Boulevard to south of 23rd Avenue. Paving operations and replacement of signals from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
— U.S. 41 from Sarasota-Manatee county line to Bowlees Creek. Expect lane closures while crews inspect and repair drainage pipes.
— U.S. 41 at Pearl Avenue in Whitfield Estates. Dual left turn lanes closed through Jan. 31 for Manatee County crews.
— U.S. 41 from the Sarasota County line to Bowlees Crrek. Expect lane closures while crews inspect drainage pipes.
— State Road 70 from Peridia Boulevard to Caruso Road. Intermittent closure of eastbound outside lane between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. while crews replace power poles.
— S.R. 70 from Braden Run to Pope Road. Lane closures from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. while crews install water pipelines.
— S. R. 70 at Caruso Road. Lane closures from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. while crews replace power poles.
— S.R. 70 at Brook Side Boulevard. Crews cleaning outfall at Braden River.
— S.R. 64 from west of Carlton Arms Boulevard to I-75. Crews are widening the highway, installing bike lanes, sidewalks and drainage swales, constructing a sidewalk and replacing traffic signals. Expect intermittent lane closures.
— U.S. 41 at Tarpon Boulevbard. Crews restriping the road. Expect lane closures from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m.
— U.S. 17 from Foxtail Lane to Peace River Shores. Crews extending a turn lane. Expect lane closures from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Narnia Studios presents the 16th annual Mighty Kite Flight — the only sanctioned kite festival in North Carolina – from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at Bonclarken, 500 Pine Drive, Flat Rock.
The event is free and open to the public. The first 25 kids, accompanied by adults, will receive free kites.
The American Kitefliers Association and the Kite Trade Association International have designated April to be National Kite Month.
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Learn About Therapies
Sometimes surgical treatment alone is not sufficient for kidney cancer. If you had metastatic disease (cancer that has spread to other organs) when you were diagnosed, or if you have developed metastatic cancer since your nephrectomy, your doctor will most likely recommend additional treatment. The most commonly used treatments for kidney cancer are various forms of "targeted therapies" or immunotherapy. Targeted therapies — so-called because they "target" cancer at the cellular level — have expanded the options for the treatment of kidney cancer. Other traditional, but less-often used, treatments include radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Several investigational therapies, including vaccine therapy, are also available.
If you are a patient experiencing side effects from any of the FDA-approved medications that follow, the Kidney Cancer Association's Nurse Telephone Information Service may be able to answer questions and provide assistance: +1 503-215-7921.
Targeted Therapy
One of the most exciting new developments in recent years has been the introduction of drugs that interfere with the growth of cancer cells at a molecular level. By focusing on specific molecular growth pathways, these drugs can interfere with cell growth, prevent cell replication, or disrupt the blood flow supply to the cell. Much research is under way worldwide and it is yielding new targeted therapies as well as providing information about how they work. As more is learned about pathways of cells, it is likely that even more new drugs and treatments will be introduced.
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
For malignant tumors to expand and metastasize, they must be able to form new blood vessels by a process called angiogenesis. Tumors overproduce "growth factors" that stimulate the development of new blood vessels to supply oxygen and nutrition. These include "vascular endothelial growth factor" (VEGF) and "platelet-derived growth factor" (PDGF). These growth factors activate certain tyrosine kinases, proteins inside cancer cells that are important in cell functions, including the development of new blood vessels. This allows tumors to grow and to metastasize to other parts of the body.
In 2005 and 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first new medications to treat kidney cancer in more than a decade: sorafenib tosylate and sunitinib malate. Both of these new drugs disrupt the angiogenesis process. Known as tyrosine kinase inhibitors, they interfere with the proteins inside cancer cells, thus interfering with certain cell functions. These drugs are also known as "multi-kinase inhibitors" because they target both the tumor cell and the tumor blood vessel structures. They work by interfering with reproduction of cancer cells as they attempt to grow and divide uncontrollably. They also have the advantage of being administered orally.
The goal of treatment with these newer medications is to slow the rate of growth of the cancer and, if possible, shrink the size of existing tumors. Some patients may experience a significant decrease in the amount of cancer in their body. Some patients may not experience shrinkage in the size of their tumors, but have long periods of "stable" disease. Your physician will discuss how your cancer is responding to treatment, and will have additional options to consider for treatment when necessary. It should be noted that some patients will not receive any benefit from a medication. In some cases, a medication that was effective in treating a patient's cancer stops working and other treatment options must be considered.
Nexavar® (sorafenib tosylate) is a medication that targets the blood supply of a tumor, depriving it of the oxygen and nutrients it needs for growth. By blocking the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), Nexavar can interfere with the tumor cell's ability to increase its blood supply. By blocking the Raf-kinase pathway, Nexavar can also interfere with tumor cell growth and proliferation. Clinical studies show that it can significantly slow the progression of tumors. In the Phase III trial which led to the FDA approval of Nexavar, the median time for tumor progression was doubled for patients taking Nexavar, compared with patients taking a placebo.
Sutent® (sunitinib malate) also deprives tumor cells of the blood and nutrients needed to grow by interfering with VEGF and PDGF signaling pathways. Sutent was approved by the FDA in 2006 for kidney cancer patients because of its ability to reduce the size of tumors. Clinical studies showed a favorable response rate in patients with metastatic kidney cancer whose tumors had progressed following immunotherapy.
Torisel® (temsirolimus) is another recently approved kidney cancer drug. It was designed to inhibit the mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) kinase, which is important in cell growth and cell survival. By blocking the mTOR pathway, Torisel can interfere with the tumor's ability to multiply as well as reducing its ability to stimulate angiogenesis.
Afinitor® (everolimus), approved by the FDA in March 2009, is an orally administered mTOR inhibitor. Afinitor works by blocking a specific protein known as the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and acts as a multifunctional inhibitor of cell growth and proliferation, angiogenesis, and cell metabolism. The drug is intended for those patients with advanced renal cell cancer who have already tried a kinase inhibitor, such as Sutent or Nexavar.
Votrient® (pazopanib), the sixth drug to be approved for kidney cancer since 2005, is an oral medication that interferes with angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels needed for solid tumors to grow. It is a kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.
Inlyta® (axitinib), approved by the FDA in January 2012, is a prescription medicine used to treat advanced kidney cancer (advanced renal cell carcinoma or RCC) when one prior drug treatment for this disease has not worked.
Monoclonal Antibodies
An antibody is a protein produced by the body's immune system that fights infections and foreign substances in the body. Monoclonal antibodies are genetically engineered antibodies that are identical copies of one another. They are used in various medical diagnostic tests and are being studied for possible use in the treatment of cancer. Monoclonal antibodies can be designed to attach to particular sites on a tumor and may be used to produce images for diagnostic purposes or to deliver anti-cancer drugs to the tumor with great specificity. The use of monoclonal antibodies in the treatment of metastatic kidney cancer is under active investigation.
Avastin® (bevacizumab), FDA-approved for kidney cancer in August, 2009, is a biologic antibody designed to specifically bind to a protein called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) that plays an important role throughout the lifecycle of the tumor to develop and maintain blood vessels, a process known as angiogenesis. Avastin is designed to interfere with the blood supply to a tumor by directly binding to the VEGF protein to prevent interactions with receptors on blood vessel cells. Avastin does not bind to receptors on normal or cancer cells. The tumor blood supply is thought to be critical to a tumor's ability to grow and spread in the body (metastasize).
Your body's immune system is responsible for protecting you from viruses, bacteria, and cancer cells. Immunotherapy, sometimes called biologic therapy, is a form of treatment that boosts the body's own immune defenses. Immunotherapy is considered one of the standard treatment options for kidney cancer patients with advanced metastatic disease.
Well-documented, but very rare, cases of spontaneous regressions in kidney cancer patients with metastatic disease suggest that the immune system can play an important role in the control and potential treatment of this disease.
The building blocks of immunotherapy are biologic response modifiers (BRMs). They are substances that enhance the body's immune system and improve its ability to fight cancer. BRMs do their work by regulating the intensity and duration of immune responses. A BRM can be either a manmade drug or a natural substance produced by the body.
Several BRMs can boost the body's natural immune defenses. The cytokines are an important family of BRMs that include Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and Interferons. Used either alone or in combination, they have represented the standard in the treatment of kidney cancer.
Interleukin-2 is a biologic response modifier (BRM) available for the treatment of advanced kidney cancer. It stimulates the growth of two types of white blood cells: T cells and "natural killer" (NK) cells. T cells are very important in your body's fight against cancer because they recognize cancer cells and set off an alarm to the body. The NK cells respond to this alarm and are transformed into lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells, which are capable of destroying cancer cells.
Opdivo® (nivolumab) was approved by the FDA in 2015 for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma in patients who have received a certain type of prior therapy. According to the FDA, Opdivo works by targeting the cellular pathway known as PD-1/PD-L1 (proteins found on the body's immune cells and some cancer cells). By blocking this pathway, Opdivo may help the body's immune system fight cancer cells. Opdivo is intended for use in renal cell carcinoma in patients who have received prior anti-angiogenic therapy (treatments that interfere with the blood vessels that contribute to the growth of cancerous cells).
Proleukin® (interleukin-2) was approved by the FDA in 1992 for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma. A genetically engineered product, recombinant IL-2, is available for use in various therapeutic regimens. Several different routes of administration may be used: IV bolus, subcutaneous (SC), and continuous IV infusion (CIV). These are further classified as high-dose (IV bolus) or low-dose (SC and CIV). The term "high-dose or IV bolus" refers to the relatively large dose of a drug given intravenously as a 15-minute infusion every 8 hours for a maximum of 14 infusions to hasten or magnify a therapeutic response. When administered in this fashion, patients are admitted overnight to the hospital for the duration of the treatment cycle to be closely monitored. Recent statistics on long-term survival in patients treated with high-dose IL-2 continue to demonstrate that this therapy is effective for selected patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who can tolerate these large doses.
These results confirm the premise that immunotherapy has curative potential in metastatic renal cell carcinoma. In some cases, IL-2 therapy produces what are known as "durable complete responses" (results lasting greater than 10 years) in a small percentage of treated patients and represented a significant milestone in the treatment of kidney cancer. Significant toxicities are associated with IL-2 treatment. Side effects include nausea, vomiting, hypotension, cardiac arrythmias, diarrhea, loss of appetite, gastrointestinal bleeding, rashes, disorientation, hallucinations, fever, and chills. Most of these side effects are completely reversible on discontinuation of drug administration, but they can be severe. It is imperative that the treating doctor be experienced in the use of IL-2 and ensures diligent clinical monitoring of the patient during treatment.
Interferons are widely used to treat kidney cancer, alone or in combination with other drugs. Interferon therapy is typically self-administered by injection under the skin several times per week. Interferons work by "interfering" with the life processes within the cancer cell, preventing its growth and making the cell more susceptible to attack by other elements of the immune system.
There are three major types of interferons — alfa, beta, and gamma — but interferon alfa has been most widely studied in the treatment of kidney cancer. Several interferon alfa products are available in the United States and have been used in the treatment of kidney cancer. INTRON* A, a product of Schering Corporation (Kenilworth, NJ), has been designated as interferon alfa-2b. Roferon*-A is manufactured by Roche Laboratories (Nutley, NJ) and has been designated as interferon alfa-2a. These drugs are very similar, and kidney cancer may be treated with either. Most insurance companies recognize the value of interferon alfa in treating kidney cancer and reimburse for this therapy.
In several dozen clinical trials, an overall response rate of about 13% has been achieved with interferon alfa.29 However, in patients with high performance status (i.e., lack of symptoms related to their disease), previous nephrectomy, and metastases predominantly in the lung, the major response rate (complete plus partial responses) with interferon alfa treatment is usually from 6 to 10%. It is also recognized that patients who receive interferon alpha, when compared with those who are treated with hormones or chemotherapy, have improved survival rates.
Response to interferon alfa is characterized by slow regression of tumors; the average time from start of treatment to objective response is three to four months.
The most common side effects of interferon therapy are flu-like in nature. They include fever, chills, muscle aches, headache, loss of appetite, and fatigue. Generally, these symptoms become less severe with continued therapy. Administering interferon in the evening and taking a nonprescription pain medication can help relieve these symptoms. However, other symptoms may appear with prolonged use of interferon, including weight loss, lower white blood cell counts, extra heartbeats, loss of interest in sex, mental confusion, and depression. If severe, side effects may require stopping the therapy. Fortunately, the side effects of interferon are not permanent. A dose of 5 to 20 million units of interferon alfa daily appears to have maximal efficacy and avoids the more serious toxicities associated with higher doses.
Other Treatments
Radiation Therapy
Though it is not considered a primary form of therapy, radiation can be used in the treatment of kidney cancer that has metastasized to the bone, brain or spine. It may be used to control symptoms – relief from pain, for example.
There are several different types of radiation therapy; all work on the same basic principle of using high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells or slow their rate of growth. Radiation therapy is a "localized" treatment, targeted as precisely as possible at a specific area or tumor. Radiation therapy works by damaging the DNA molecules inside the cancer cell, thereby preventing them from being able to grow and divide. Generally, this treatment is done on an outpatient basis in a hospital or clinic. The type of radiation to be used is determined by the location of the tumor in the body.
External Beam Radiation
This type of radiation therapy involves lying on a table while a machine delivers a beam of radiation from the machine, through the skin, to the tumor. The most common machine is called a linear accelerator. The exact location for the beam to "hit" is determined by calculations during the "simulation" visit prior to the initiation of radiation therapy. The radiation is given over several days (often between 4 and 14 days), with each appointment lasting about 30 minutes. The actual dose of radiation is given for seconds to minutes, but it takes time to get you and the machine set up to deliver the precise dose of radiation ordered by your doctor. The total number of days is determined by the amount of radiation that your doctor wants to use. Some areas of your body are more sensitive and will not require as much radiation as others.
External beam radiation therapy is used commonly to treat bone metastasis causing pain or areas of bone that have been weakened by the cancer (to prevent the bone from breaking). These areas include the ribs, femur (the upper leg bone), humerus (the upper arm bone), and vertebrae (your backbones). If a fracture (break) occurs, radiation therapy may be given to kill cancer cells in the bone, allowing the fracture to heal. When kidney cancer spreads to the femur or humerus, surgery may be done to insert a metal rod to stabilize the bone with radiation therapy being given following surgery.
Side Effects of Radiation Therapy
Unfortunately, radiation may also damage healthy, normal tissue. Side effects of radiation therapy occur in the area treated, referred to as the "radiation field." These side effects are temporary and vary depending on the area of the body being treated. One of the most common side effects is dry, irritated (reddened) and sensitive skin. Your radiation oncologist or nurse will provide you with written information and instructions for skin care and other side effects specific to your radiation treatments. The skin may require 6 to 12 months to return to normal.
Constipation or diarrhea may occur if the intestines are in the "radiation field." Anemia (low hemoglobin), neutropenia (low white blood cell count), and thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) may occur if you are receiving radiation therapy to the pelvic bones or femur. Nausea, vomiting, and urinary discomfort may also occur.
Certain side effects occur during or shortly after the completion of radiation, while other side effects may begin several weeks after you have completed radiation therapy. Fatigue may develop towards the end or shortly after your treatments have finished. Fatigue is not unusual, but it is important to discuss the timing and severity of fatigue with your doctors and nurses. Resting is important, but doctors usually advise patients to stay as active as possible.
It is important to ask questions before treatment starts, at appointments, and during your recovery from radiation in order to ensure that your treatments are effective, side effects are minimal, and that any side effects that develop can be treated early. All of these factors will help you tolerate the treatment with a minimum of side effects and complications.
Radiosurgery is non-surgical technique that allows treatment of cancer that has metastasized to the brain. Doctors direct beams of high-dose radiation to tumors. This allows for a more precise and concentrated treatment than other types of radiation. Radiosurgery is the preferred method of treating brain tumors under a certain size and number.
One form of radiosurgery is gamma knife therapy for brain metastases. This is an outpatient procedure done in a gamma knife center, using a fitted head frame and both a CT and MRI scanner. The patient lies on a bed wearing the fitted head frame (helmet) that slides into the gamma knife machine. Radiation is delivered through ports inside the helmet, with the beams intersecting at the tumor.
Chemotherapy works on the same principles as radiation therapy except that chemicals are used to kill malignant cells or slow their growth. The specific type of chemotherapy depends on the site of metastases, type and grade of tumor, and physical condition of the patient. Many chemotherapy programs combine several different drugs to kill malignant cells that might be resistant to a single drug. Chemotherapy may be administered in a hospital or on an outpatient basis. The drugs may be taken by mouth, by intravenous infusion, or by simple injection.
Although chemotherapy is the standard treatment for most solid tumors, kidney cancer is generally resistant to chemotherapy.35 The reason for the resistance of kidney cancer cells to chemotherapy is not completely understood. However, it is now known that kidney cancer cells produce an overabundance of multidrug-resistance-associated protein, which acts to repel various chemotherapeutic agents away from the cancer cell.
5-Fluorouracil (5FU) appears to be the most effective chemotherapeutic agent currently available for kidney cancer, but response rates are only in the range of 5% to 8%.36 Therefore, at present, chemotherapy is generally used in combination with other therapies or reserved for patients entering clinical trials to test new agents and for patients who failed to respond to immunotherapy.37 Researchers continue to study new drugs, new drug combinations, and new treatment approaches.
As in radiation therapy, chemicals can damage normal cells. As a result, patients may experience side effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, allergic reactions, and low white blood cell counts. The severity of these side effects depends on dosage, the specific drug used, the patient, the course of treatment, and other factors. These effects may last for a few hours to a few days.
Hormone Therapy
Hormone therapy is a form of chemotherapy; however, in this case natural and synthetic hormones are used in place of cytotoxic drugs. There are generally fewer side effects from this type of therapy. Unfortunately, to date the use of hormonal therapy in the treatment of metastatic kidney cancer has yielded disappointing results.36 Hormone therapy is generally used to treat symptoms of the cancer rather than the cancer itself in a small number of patients with advanced kidney cancer.38 Megace (medroxyprogesterone) is an oral hormonal agent which may be used to help treat cancer-related anorexia, or loss of appetite.
Investigational Therapies
Vaccine Therapy
Vaccine therapy is an experimental treatment that uses the patient's own tumor cells or tumor-associated products to vaccinate the patient. The goal is to boost the body's immune system in order to fight cancer. Unlike other vaccines, which are preventative, cancer vaccines are therapeutic; that is, they treat the disease rather than prevent it. Once you have had surgery to remove a tumor, a portion of it is used to create a vaccine that is then re-introduced into the body. It is hoped that these naturally occurring substances will stimulate the immune system to attack any new cells that re-appear bearing the original tumor's genetic code. Vaccine therapy using tumor cells should be discussed as a treatment option before your nephrectomy.
Vaccine therapy is still in an investigational stage, with numerous research programs in progress. Early results were mixed, but as techniques have evolved, results have become more promising. Oncophage®, a vaccine manufactured by Antigenics, is approved for use in Russia, but has not been approved by the FDA.
Stem Cell Transplants
Blood stem cells reside in the bone marrow and perform the critical role of continually replenishing the body's supply of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. When transplanted, stem cells and T-Lymphocytes can elicit an anti-tumor effect under certain conditions.
This is a highly experimental procedure, and patients with advanced metastatic cancer who did not respond to interferon alfa K2 therapy have been treated with transplantation of peripheral blood stem cells.51 The results of this approach remain experimental, and because of the serious side effects experienced by some patients, further refinement of the procedure is needed.
Stem cell transplantation is an intensive procedure and is only recommended in limited situations. Check with your doctor.
Managing Your Expectations of Therapy
As you and your medical team consider options, including all of the treatment therapies listed here, it's important to keep all of these options in perspective. Your doctor will make a recommendation to you based on a number of factors. It is important to understand why a particular treatment is chosen, so be sure to ask questions. If you are unable to afford these treatments, financial help is available. Call +1 847-332-1051 for information.
The state of your disease will be followed through the use of scheduled CT scans. Your doctor will discuss your results with you, indicating whether the tests show stabilization, partial response, complete response, or progression of the disease.
Each of us wants and needs to believe that we will be helped and "cured" by whatever therapy is used. The information you receive may cause disappointment. However, make certain that you talk to your doctor to ensure that you understand the meaning of terms like "partial response" and "stable disease." These should be viewed as partial successes, not failure. Partial responses can help you determine when to change therapies — sometimes leading to other options that are more beneficial. Even if there is no response to a given therapy – a condition known as "stable disease" – this may put you in a holding pattern until a newer treatment or clinical trial is available. Kidney cancer is too unpredictable, and the therapies are too new, for you to give up fighting because of "stable disease" or "partial response." For this reason, it is important not to let disappointment rob you of your determination or will to live. Simply learn from your experience and go on.


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First time visitor to the phish.net boards
First Phish Concert experience: Last night 6-23-2012 Burgettstown PA
First Phish Concert Impression: Astounded. Been a peripheral fan since around '95 or so, but the live experience was a welcome breath of fresh air.
The Green Crew? The Light-stick Explosions? The self-sustaining Phish-nation economy? Wonderful surprises.
Then I add on the fact that I have heard several places (fellow concert-goers, online reviews, etc.) that I was served with a phenaomenal setlist for a first-time attendee.
Sorry to ramble. I just wanted to drop in real quick and offer my sincerest gratitude to the Phish community for their wonderful character, vibe, and overall generosity towards a relative outsider.
Plus the fact that seeing Phish for the very first time was a life-changing experience. Thank goodness I'm 35 with three kids. If I was still 19-22 and childless, I could easily see myself touring from city to city.
Thank you once again for the wonderful first impression. Now I'll get back to listening to the MP3 version of the show I just attended. You Enjoy Myself is just ending and fading out with that insane vocal crescendo.
That's a pretty decent song.....