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Who Are We?
The U.S. Cultural & Heritage Tourism Marketing Council (USCHT) is an exciting new initiative to drive cultural and heritage tourism to and within the USA by developing "dynamic" cultural and heritage tour packages that offer unique and innovative cultural and heritage experiences to visitors.
Why Was the U.S. Cultural & Heritage Tourism Marketing Council Formed?
The U.S. Cultural & Heritage Tourism Marketing Council is a direct outcome of the U.S. Cultural & Heritage Tourism Summit held October 6-8, 2005 in Washington, DC in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce, The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, Partners in Tourism and American Express. The Summit was developed and produced by Shop America Alliance.
The Summit was successful in bringing together over 400 delegates and distinguished leaders in cultural and heritage tourism from all 50 U.S. States, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands. This event served to catalyze enhanced interest in U.S. Cultural & Heritage Tourism, one of our nation's most valuable assets. It also resulted in the realization that the U.S. did not have a national organization promoting and marketing cultural and heritage tourism both nationally and internationally. Hence, the USCHT was formed to provide that platform.
What Do We Do?
The primary purpose of the USCHT is to package, market and sell U.S. Cultural and Heritage Tourism Experiences on behalf of its partners, the leading U.S. tourism destinations, attractions and travel partners.
The Council is dedicated to marketing U.S. cultural and heritage tourism destinations to and within the USA.
The Cultural Traveler Tours Packages Feature Museums, Gardens, Aquariums, Historic Homes, Epicurean Experiences, Art Galleries, Performing Arts Venues, Shopping, Dining....and more! Visit TheCulturalTraveler.comto learn about our current packages.
How Do We Do It?
- PARTNER with leading U.S. Tourism Destinations, Cultural and Heritage Attractions and Travel Partners
- PROMOTE Cultural & Heritage Tourism both nationally and internationally
- PACKAGE Cultural & Heritage Tours to generate visits, exposure and revenue
- POSITION U.S. Culture & Heritage Tourism Marketing Council as a leader in the tourism industry.
How We Further Support the Marketing of U.S. Cultural & Heritage Tourism
- Host a transactional website, TheCulturalTraveler.com, to market and sell our partners' cultural and heritage packages and other initiatives
- Co-Publish The Cultural Traveler, an annual guide showcasing US culture and heritage travel experiences.
- The guide is distributed to all Pow Wow delegates and at other travel trade and media events, is placed in the Delta Sky Mile Clubs nationally and is available on line at TheCulturalTraveler.com, ShopAmericaTours.com and MuseumStoreAssociation.org.
- Co-Present the annual ONE Travel Conference with Shop America Alliance to bring together thought leaders in the shopping, dining and cultural tourism industry to exchange ideas and nurture partnerships
- Co-Produced the book, Marketing Cultural & Heritage Tourism, authored by co-founder of USCHT to inform and educate on how to market cultural heritage tourism
- Publish The Cultural Traveler E-News to provide a forum to update all interested in cultural and heritage tourism about cultural and heritage trends and activities.
- Commission Market Research to provide current and insightful data on the cultural and heritage visitor and how best to market to them
- Offer seminars and webinars on the marketing of cultural and heritage to visitors
- Represent the cultural and heritage tourism segment on national tourism boards. Sheila Armstrong, Co-founder and Executive President, has served on the Brand USA Marketing Committee and the Board of Directors of the U.S. Travel Association. She has just completed her term on the Secretary of Commerce's Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. Rosemary McCormick, Co-founder and President of Shop America Alliance, has served on the Destination & Foundation Board of Directors. She has just completed her six year tenure on the US Travel Association Board of Directors and Executive Committee and Members Connect Committee
- Represent our partners as travel trade shows and media events including the annual IPW (International Pow Wow) Travel Trade Show and Media Day.
10 Top Benefits of Partnering with the USCHT Marketing Council
1. Packaging
We help you develop effective cultural and heritage tourism packages. We negotiate rates and contracts, write sales copy, edit photographs and design the packages for the websites and marketing collateral
2. Online Marketing Services
Your packages are showcased and sold on the web at TheCulturalTraveler.com, ShopAmericaTours.com, via a link to DiscoverAmerica.com, other major online tour operators' sites such as Travelocity, Expedia and Mark Travel plus your own site.
3. Tracking
We track results of your packages and provide you with quarterly sales reports
4. Travel Trade Exposure
We provide representation and marketing of your USCHT packages at major travel trade shows and sales missions in the USA, UK, Germany, Canada and Mexico
5. Public Relations
We promote your USCHT packages to domestic and international travel trade media.
6. Information and Ideas
The Cultural Traveler E-News promotes packages and provides news and views on USCHT developments.
7. Networking and Professional Development
Partner in USCHT are invited to attend the annual meeting at the ONE Travel Conference
8. Tourism Education
We provide training and development for USCHT partners.
9. Dedicated Professional Staff
USCHT's President, Sheila Armstrong, works directly with USCHT partners. The USCHT affiliation with Shop America Alliance and Shop America Tours provides marketing assistance and a support network.
10. Affiliation with Industry Leaders
Partners include the leading U.S. Tourism Destinations, Attractions and Travel Partners dedicated to marketing U.S. Cultural and Heritage Tourism.
Sheila Armstrong has served on U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke's Travel and Tourism Advisory Board and the U.S. Travel Association Board of Directors.
Rosemary McCormick has served on the U.S. Travel Association Board, the Executive Committee and the Members Connect Committee. She also served on the Destination & Foundation Board of Directors. Armstrong and McCormick also serve on the Board of Women in Travel and Tourism International.
The Cultural Traveler Tour Packages are a fun, new way to "catch some culture"!
- Offering the best cultural experiences combined with VIP, insider opportunities, special savings and the convenience of flexibility
- Enriching a vacation getaway, to see family and friends or a business trip
- Inviting visitors to experience America's Culture, History, Gardens, Arts, Shopping and Dining in a unique and entertaining way.
- Going beyond the usual package tours to feature "And More" experiences!
- Focusing on the WOW! Factor—tell a story, are memorable, add value and enrich the visitor's experience.
Why Is US Cultural & Heritage Tourism Important?
- Cultural & Heritage Tourism is the largest growing segment of the Tourism Market (Ref. TIA and U.S. Department of Commerce/OTTI )
- Culture & Heritage is the #3 top tourism activity in the USA (Shopping and Dining are #1 & #2 Ref. U.S. Department of Commerce/OTTI Studies)
- Cultural & Heritage Tourism is a $192.3+ billion industry (Ref. The Cultural Traveler Market Research Study)
- Cultural & Heritage Tourists spend more and stay longer at their Destinations (Ref. The Cultural Traveler Market Research Study)
- Arts and Culture Economic Growth has increased 24% in last 5 years—now a $162.2 Billion Economic Activity (Ref. Americans for the Arts)
Who are the Most Productive Cultural Travelers in generate ROI?
(Ref. The Cultural Traveler Market Research)
- Baby Boomer/Seniors
- College Degree/Professional
- Annual HH Income of $75,000 or More
- Stays Longer & Spends More
- Looks for Unique Travel Experiences
- Wants Value-- Both in Time AND Dollars
- Spends $3,000+ on 4.2 Trips Per Year
- Force Behind Multi-Generational Travel
- Get Information From the Web (as well as word of mouth)
- Part of 80%+ of Americans Who Book Their Travel On-Line
How is the USCHT Structured and Who Are Our Partners?
The USCHT is an LLC that develops and markets cultural and heritage tour package for our partners. Our partners are cultural and heritage organizations and destinations engaged in cultural and heritage travel marketing. USCHT works in affiliation with Shop America Alliance who serves as the facilitator and program manager of these packages, bringing their expertise as a leading tour operator with years of experience in developing and marketing more than 200 diverse package tours.
How Do You Become a Partner?
To join the U.S. Cultural & Heritage Tourism Marketing Council, Contact:
Sheila Armstrong, President
U.S. Cultural & Heritage Tourism Marketing Council
2 Tomotley Court
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
Phone: 843-341-6392
TheCulturalTraveler.com ONETravelConference.com
U.S. Cultural & Heritage Tourism Marketing Council
Sheila Armstrong
Co-Founder and President
Rosemary McCormick
Co-Founder and Development Director
President of Shop America Alliance


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this is so gorgeous! celebrating with you today! xoReplyDelete
What an incredible video to watch this morning. Thank you for sharing your life on this blog! Amazing!ReplyDelete
Happy family anniversary!!ReplyDelete
Lovely to see your journey again. xxReplyDelete
Gorgeous video. Inspiring story. You are truly blessed.ReplyDelete
Loved watching this. Sitting here wiping my tears on my shirt. Though it's not the time for such a thing in our lives, I hope and pray to begin our journey toward adopting sometime in the future. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful video Emily. Congrats on this special day. You are inspiring.ReplyDelete
Congrats on one year home to Ms. Elsa! Thanks for sharing your journey so honestly on your blog. It's TRULY refreshing.ReplyDelete
What a year you have. Meeting Elsa for the first time on the day she moves in. Then finding out you are pregnant.....and having a baby ALL in one year. (I know other things as well) What a blessed family. Elsa is blessed but so are you. We adopted our son at about the same age. Love seeing your family pictures. Congratulations on accomplishing all that you did in one year.ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful story!!!! After watching video I checked my email and jcrew just came out today w a beautiful shirt from Ethiopia called Elsa!!!!! Perfect for you special day!!!ReplyDelete
Wow! What a beautiful journey! Happy Gotcha Day!ReplyDelete
this just makes my heart full.ReplyDelete
i know it's been a rough year at some points,
but seeing God's grace radiate through it all has been so
wonderful to watch.
you are so so so blessed!
I remember praying for you guys a year ago today!ReplyDelete
Happy Gotcha Day! She is beautiful & that video made me cry! God has truly blessed you with an awesome journey!ReplyDelete
I think I should've done my makeup after I watched this! Beautiful video. Happy Gotcha Day!ReplyDelete
Happy Gotcha Day! That was a beautiful video and I love that she always has a smile on her face.ReplyDelete
Yay! What a beautiful day to celebrate!!ReplyDelete
What a great day to celebrate. She looks so happy and God has blessed her with a wonderful family. Keep up the great work Mom!ReplyDelete
wow! one year :) yay! have a great day celebrating :)ReplyDelete
this is so great. you almost had me tearing up! so happy for ya'll!ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing! We brought our daughter, Addis, home from Ethiopia in April 2011, so it's especially meaningful to read about your story. I'm hooked on your blog. ~KateReplyDelete
So so beautiful! Sitting here in tears as we are just at the tip of the beginning of our journey. I can't wait to hold our sweet Ethiopian baby in my arms! Thanks for sharing your journey :) Happy Gotcha Day!ReplyDelete
Happy Gotcha Day!! :)ReplyDelete
so so so so sooo amazing!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh! Amazing video. You have a beautiful family! However, it was a horrible idea to watch it at work! :)ReplyDelete
Oh my...heart...is...swelling... :) thanks for sharingReplyDelete
absolute lovliness!ReplyDelete
Oh that was amazing, tear jerking, heart warming..all of it! What a blessing you are! I can see that you are really following your call!ReplyDelete
Awww I loved that video! You are such a sweet and adorable family! :DReplyDelete
OMG! Could you and your family be any more amazing?!! How precious, and touching. It moved me to tears and was something I will continue to look back on as we explore our options!ReplyDelete
Absolutely beautiful! Precious! Priceless! Elsabeth is such a ray of light with her ever beaming smile. Congratulations on 1 year!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations, Emily. God is amazing. His power is amazing. His provision. His grace. He is sufficient, girl. And more. Loved this. Thank you for sharing it. And Happy Gotcha Day to Elsa!!! :)ReplyDelete
Wow!! What a BEAUTIFUL amazing story :) Thanks for sharing!!ReplyDelete
That was an amazing and inspiring video! You have a beautiful family!ReplyDelete
A year already! Were coming up on our gotcha day in May. What a trip it's been. Congrats. Elsa's beautiful!ReplyDelete
So lovely!! I love seeing your beautiful family.ReplyDelete
UGH, what a tear jerker - such a beautiful story. You are beautiful and so is your family. So happy to "know" you. :)ReplyDelete
I am a blubbering mess after watching that. The ugly cry!! Snot, tears, the lot. We are just starting the process..I needed to see this tonight. Thank you xReplyDelete
This is beautiful. You are beautiful Emily and so is your family. Jesus is so good. Thank you Lord, for not forsaking the orphans and for bringing little Elsa home.ReplyDelete
God is so good. Thanks for the cry lol. Shes so beautiful btw!ReplyDelete
beautiful!!!!! love to your sweet family!!!ReplyDelete

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Michael Dean interviewed on charming Scottish podcast, Greening Out
Michael W. Dean from the Freedom Feens on Greening Out podcast.
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Michael W. Dean from the Freedom Feens on Greening Out podcast.
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Michael Shanklin Interviews Michael Dean of the Freedom Feens radio show on 10/29/13 for the Voluntary Virtues podcast. A good time is had by all. Doesn't need show notes because with these two, you know it's good.
Michael W. Dean's book A User's Manual for the Human Experience
Michael W. Dean was a handful at a very young age. He tested extremely high on aptitude tests, but was asked to leave his public school due to his very vocal hatred of authority figures. (Examples here, here, here, here and here.)
20-minutet segment on the Ed and Ethan Podcast where Michael Dean ruins their show by talking too long. Hey, you put a microphone on MWD, he'll talk. It's what he does. Worms!
Charlie cat is out of the cat hospital and and healing nicely, but Neema's still in Gitmo. So Ben Stone from the Bad Quaker podcast and Michael W. Dean of the Freedom Feens do a very special psychedelic cross-show episode where they discuss Adam Kokesh's legal options, the War on Liberty, how the original Boston Tea Party was very much like today's Occupy Wall Street, and why brewer/patriot Samuel Adams was full of MACHO LIBERTARIAN FLASH!
Alternate low-bandwidth version:
On this the Final Anarchy Gumbo episode, Michael W. Dean explains the value of, and then plays some, promos and liners for Freedom Feens radio station affiliates. This is something you do for free for stations, and you should do it well and promptly.
The Gumbo will still very occasionally have new episodes, but no longer weekly, as MWD is too busy working on his lifelong dream of RADIOOOOOOOOOO!
June 6th, 2013:
Hey, I am pod fading Anarchy Gumbo….I have gotten busier now that the Freedom Feens got on radio, and have a few other things that came up, so I really don't have time to do a weekly Gumbo anymore.
I still may occasionally do an interview on the Gumbo, every few months or so, but I can't do it weekly and have it be good, so I'd rather not try and half-ass it.
Thanks man!
Michael W. Dean
The Freedom Feens do a remote Skype Q&A after a showing of Guns and Weed: the Road to Freedom at the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party convention. Larken Rose and Jim Bovard are in attendance, which is hella cool. This is the audio of the video chat.
Quick and dirty test with the Feens and Ben Stone the Bad Quaker. Dig it man. Worms.
Get Mumble 1.2.4 here.
By popular demand, here is the one-minute MP3 of the glam rock Kittyfeet dot com Theme Song recorded in San Francisco in The Year 2000.
Words, Music, Singing, Bass guitar: Michael W. Dean
Guitar, Drums and engineering: Cliff Truesdell.
Here, Bad Quaker Ben Stone does a great audio lesson picking apart Michael Dean's radio interview with a statist. It's really good for learning to recognize logical fallacies. Worms.
Libertarian Michael W. Dean of the Freedom Feens talk radio show does an interview on the drive-time Morning Show with Hal Ginsberg on 10,000-watt AM progressive talk station KRXA in Santa Cruz/Monterey California. Topics include gun control, unions, taxing the rich, and just generally being "a little more progressive."
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UPDATE: Congratulations to the 646 students who accompanied the Washington Redskins Quarterback, Donovan McNabb, and his teammates yesterday. They successfully set the Guinness World Record for Largest Virtual Exercise Class. Hopefully this accomplishment will inspire others across the country to rise up with the Play 60 Challenge!
On Tuesday, September 21st, The Guinness World Record for Largest Virtual Exercise Lesson will be pursued by the Washington Redskins' Quarterback, Donovan McNabb. The event will take place at FedEx Field in Washington, D.C.
McNabb, who was recently named Health Ambassador for the Redskins, is asking fellow Redskins and 1,000 local students to join him in a 30 minute exercise lesson. To set the world record, the event must include at least 605 participants and last thirty minutes or longer. The attempt will be observed by an Official Guinness World Record Adjudicator, Mike Janela. If all standards are rigorously met, Janela will declare The Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation as record holders and present them with an official certificate; a feat not easily met. (more…)


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Thursday, January 17, 2013
It all started not long ago when we were driving home from Charleston on I-26. I spotted a billboard advertising a gym with what I thought was one of the cleverest business slogans ever: "Pay Diddly For Your Squats." I just couldn't get this phrase out of my head. Which is, of course, the goal of catchy business and product names.
The more I thought about it, the more catchy local names came to mind.
Near us on Trolley Road is a sign for the "Howl-A-Day Inn," a veterinarian's kennel. In the Ladson area is a tavern called the "Pour House." Among clever business names in downtown Summerville are a brace of them with two-word, well defining titles:: "Finishing Touch," and "Perfectly Frank's." The former offers custom framing and just the right decor pieces for the home. The latter plays on the proprietor's name as well as a main menu item.
Also nearby are "Pop's Top Shop," an upholster doing, among other things, convertible tops and sunroof repairs. Then too, are the self-explanatory "Bearly Worn Baby Boutique," and "Tread Quarters," plus a quartet of salons called "Attitudes," "Great Clips," "Hair Jazz," and "Just Teasin."
Well, I was hooked and became a significant sign seeker, starting a list of those which appealed to me wherever I went. Visiting in Lexington I saw a marquee outside a butcher's which proclaimed "Meat'n Place." In North Charleston there's an architectural practice called "Verdi," which in five letters underscore its mission and services. Using the Italian word for "Green," it offers some of today's most sought-after building assets, including economy and sustainability. Succinct. Clever. Again, memorable.
I saw a catchy sign in the Blue Ridge Mountains which said in huge Capital letters "Snow For Sale," written one word on each of three lines. I didn't think it clever; I thought it ridiculous. Who would buy snow in the Virginia hills? But the joke was on me. Turned out it advertised a realtor whose last name was Snow! (Maybe clever at that? I remembered it, didn't I?)
There is also such a thing as a catchy symbol. Every time we go to Folly Beach I can't help grinning at the clever (and humorous) life-sized model of a shark hanging boldly outside an attorney's office. I'll bet this actually brings in business.
The internet, of course, features dozens of sites offering brainstorming techniques helping to come up with catchy names and phrases. There are also a myriad of books for sale which purport to instruct you on how to do same.
A favorite site was a posting by one Lily Rose, who went on a quest similar to mine. Seeing a sign for a bike shop, she thought of the one which caught her eye in her college town a few years before. She never forgot the "Cycle Path." This led her to research other clever business and product names and compile a lengthy list. My six favorites were a coffee shop named "A Brewed Awakening Espresso;" "Lettuce Eat," a restaurant, and one of the best to my mind, medical consultants tagged "Ill Advisors." The other three I really liked were "Kid Napping Center," for preschoolers, an automatic garden sprinkler aptly labeled "Bed Wetter," and the "Humpty Dumpster," for, of course, tossing garbage and junk.
Then the other day I was in the grocery store called "Publix" in which "x" marks the distinctive marketing spot and came across a clever product to dispatch flies and other small critters. It was a melody of alliteration. The product called "Swift Swat," had its slogan tell us it was three-pronged – a "Swatter," a "Sweeper," and a "Scooper."
Now that's catchy – in more ways than one!
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The BCS Rankings for Week 9 are sure to be jumbled again thanks to the No. 1 team in the country going down again for a third straight week.
Welcome everybody, I'm Rich Thomaselli, Deputy College Football Editor for Bleacher Report and I'll take you through the live ESPN telecast of the second BCS standings.
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The manager of the Tennerton Public Service District asked the Upshur County Commission on Thursday to restore the PSD's original boundary so that the agency can proceed with a long-awaited sewage project.
Terry Gould said the county commission in 1995 adjusted the Tennerton PSD boundary to allow for the City of Buckhannon to extend a sewer line to the Brushy Fork area. But Gould said the boundary was moved further west than they realized. Gould said the Tennerton PSD board did not learn of the larger area until it had started a $4 million extension project in recent months.
'It took in not just Buckhannon, but the entire western section of the county," Gould said.
The project would serve about 140 customers along the U.S. Route 33 corridor. But Gould said none of those customers currently reside within the Tennerton PSD jurisdiction, though Gould said it was believed they did when the PSD started the project.
Shane Whitehair from the Region VII Planning and Development Council said the city is trying to obtain funding for a similar project in that area, but is still in a preliminary stage. Buckhannon Mayor Kenneth Davidson asked if the county commission could delay any decision on the boundary adjustment until a meeting with Sam Ludlow, the engineer who oversees the city's sanitary sewer operations, can be arranged.
The commissioners scheduled a 10:45 a.m., Jan. 24 meeting with the two organizations. It will start at the conclusion of a 10:30 a.m. public hearing regarding the potential annexation of the area of the Upshur County Wellness Center and the new West Virginia Army National Guard facility.
"We are supportive of serving the community,' Davidson said. "If there is money on the table, we certainly should work together to make that happen."
The funding for the project will come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development loans and grants, along with some money from the state's Infrastructure Council.
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We're just one week away from the release of "Green Day: Rock Band," as one of the biggest acts in the world conquers an all-new medium: video games. It features 47 of the Berkeley boys' greatest tracks, including all of Dookie, American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown.
Recently, Buzzworthy had a chance to talk with Green Day about the game, the group's all-time best MTV memories and some of the more painful events that have gone down while they were out on tour.


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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International has acquired U.S. rights for lymphoma treatments Targretin® (bexarotene) capsules and Targretin gel 1% from Eisai for $65 million up-front, plus additional payments tied to undisclosed milestones, the companies said today.
In addition, Eisai has transferred the New Drug Application for Targretin to Valeant, which agreed in return to oversee all regulatory obligations associated with the product in the U.S. However, Japanese-owned Eisai will retain its rights to Targretin outside the U.S., where it will continue to supply product for its sales subsidiaries and distribution partners.
Approved in 1999, Targretin capsules and gel were developed by Ligand Pharmaceuticals, which sold exclusive worldwide rights to those drugs and two other cancer treatments to Eisai in 2006 for $205 million. Targretin capsules and gel are used to treat the skin problems arising from cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) when at least one systemic therapy has not worked. Targretin gel is also indicated for patients unable to tolerate other therapies.
But an effort to expand the indication for the Targretin drugs met last year with negative publicity: Two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine warned the families of Alzheimer's patients not to use the drugs off-label for the disease despite an earlier study from Case Western Reserve University showing that the drug rapidly cleared beta-amyloid from the brains of mice. Even if families of patients wanted to use Targretin off-label for Alzheimer's, they may have been deterred by the reluctance of insurers to cover off-label use—no small issue given the drug's reported annual cost of about $14,000.
"Eisai believes that this divestiture agreement with Valeant, a pharmaceutical company with strengths in dermatology, will lead to maximization of the agent's product and patient value in the United States," the company said in its own statement on the deal. "In addition, the agreement will enable Eisai to strategically reallocate resources to other mid-to-long-term business growth areas."
Over the past two years, Eisai has coped with the loss of patent protection for the Alzheimer's disease drug Aricept in the U.S. and Europe. Aricept sales plunged by about half during FY 2011 to ¥147.1 billion (about $1.6 billion) from ¥290.4 billion ($3.1 billion).
In response, Eisai has shifted to Japan the commercialization focus of Aricept and proton pump inhibitor Pariet (AcipHex), whose FY 2011 sales fell 7.7% from the previous year, to ¥126.4 billion (about $1.4 billion) from ¥136.9 billion (about $1.5 billion). Eisai granted exclusive rights to Minophagen Pharmaceutical to develop and commercialize Targretin in Japan in March 2011. Minophagen's development and commercialization rights expanded in April 2012 to regions that include Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.
Eisai also expanded its oncology offerings by focusing on anticancer agent Halaven, discovered and developed in-house; and developed the epilepsy drug E2007 (perampanel). Eisai's oncology products collectively racked up ¥93.1 billion (about $998.7 million) in FY 2011, up nearly 16% from ¥80.3 billion ($861.3 million) in FY 2010.
Those and other moves followed Eisai's implementation of its mid-term strategic plan "HAYABUSA," under which Eisai also committed to entering all of the world's 20 largest pharmaceuticals markets, including emerging countries, and supply its products to more than 500 million patients.
The sale of Targretin rights was Eisai's second divestment snice December, when it sold U.S. rights to its antineoplastic agent Gliadel® Wafer (carmustine intracranial implant wafer) to Arbor Pharmaceuticals.
"In emerging and developing countries, we will carry out the provision of products at affordable prices that match the actual social, economic, and healthcare environments in each country, build partnerships with governments, international organizations, and implement other initiatives," Haruo Naito, Eisai's president (representative corporate officer) and CEO said in a May 2012 message posted on the company's website.
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Countdown to MIX11: Get the Goods (including a free pass) in 10 Minutes
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Find out the deets on MIX this year by tuning in to the Countdown show with @anyware and @ritzy each week. The inaugural show gives an overview of the conference this year, but let's fast forward to the good stuff: how do you get your hands on that complimentary ticket? Well, MIX is a mix of things and we know it's so much more than just the best web conference in Vegas. Tweet a creative picture of something (real) that's also a MIX, tag it with #MIX11, and watch a future show to find out if you've won the winning MIX! Watch this week's show for more details and good luck MIXing it up!
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Are you guys sure you want to say that MIX is a "100% consumer Web" event? Because, you know, WP7 doesn't quite fit that. Yes, development for it is based on Silverlight, which is (was?) mainly Web technology, but honestly, WP7 is not Web. Even once IE Mobile supports HTML5, WP7 will be mostly about Silverlight and XNA. Just sayin'.
20 seconds in Ritzy's hand and it broke, the only thing would been more funny if it had gone off in your hands as well.
Ahh the familer feeling that follows a disconcerting twing.
How many is that now? 5 or 6.
@Trancecoder: We had many similar internal conversations leading-up to MIX10. If you believe that the web is only something that's delivered through a browser, then I can appreciate the perspective (though WP7 can absolutely handle browser-based content too). If you believe that the web is a basic component of almost any modern application, then this makes sense. Every day, more devices are connecting to the web. If we exclude games, how many of the top 50 applications in any mobile marketplace would cease to work if they were cutoff from the web? From my perspective, the web may have started out as browser-exclusive, but it's grown well beyond that.
Also, Web != HTML5.
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Weekly Workout
Tuesday, Jul 9, 2013
2 p.m. Location: Libra room
2 p.m. Location: Libra room
Participate in a weekly workout video as part of Kick Your "Buts". You do not have to be registered in Kick Your "Buts" to attend. Yoga mats will be provided. Workout clothes are recommended.
Contact Info:
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Dear Lacrosse Fanatics,
The Lacrosse Club Kiel invites all of you to participate in our 14th Kiel Lacrosse Meeting (KLM) taking place here in Kiel on 8th &9th of August. We are likely to prepare 6 -7 fields on our Nordmarksportfeld so that 8 women teams and 16 men teams can compete.
Because of billing and paying problems in the last years we impose complete team fees for this KLM:
Men: 375 Euro / Team
Women: 300 Euro / Team
This fee will include all costs as well as payments for DLaxV referees ("Sro-Gebuehr"), the players party on Saturday and the welcome party on Friday. Please feel free to contact us, if there are any problems regarding payment, we are happy to assist you.
You have to pay your team fee until 31st June 2009 otherwise we cannot guarantee a reserved slot for you.
Still German lacrosse referees who are in need of prolonging their referee's licences can contact us for umpiring single games.
We will be offering catering for reasonable prices on field, sanitary equipment is in place as well. You are invited to camp next to the field for a small fee. On Saturday night will be our great lacrosse party again, it is always extreme fun.
Please send applications to firstname.lastname@example.com including the following information:
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• Number of players
• First come/pay, first serve!
We will be listing single players contact data on our homepage as well as the participating teams so that you can organize yourself. More information will follow soon.
Please feel free to check http://www.kieler-lax-meeting.de for news.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Yesterday I squared my shoulders and flung the fridge doors wide. It was time to face the ugly battle. That's right: Armageddon's got nothing on a funky taco salad.
(Side note: If Widdle and I ate all the food in our fridge, freezer and pantry before buying more, we wouldn't go to the store for a month, maybe longer. Sure, we might end up eating grape jelly on fish sticks, but you get my point.)
Anyway, I'm bad about cleaning the fridge because, as many of you know, I hate to housekeep. I have no knack for it. I'm not slovenly—you won't find a book, shoe or picture out of place in our house—but I am…. unaware. It does not occur to me to dust the blinds and baseboards now and then, until Widdle says, "How about dusting the blinds and baseboards now and then?"
Nor does it occur to me that the fridge should be cleaned, until I stroll in the kitchen and actually see, say, maple syrup dripping out of it. (I also didn't know fresh chicken had an expiration date until—my hand to God—I was 26 years old. It's a wonder my ex-husband lived to divorce me.)
Widdle helpfully points out neglected tasks, and sometimes leaves pithy notes on the dining room table. Well, in the dust on the dining room table.
But I digress. When it comes to cleaning, let's just say I grimly plug away, if only because it makes my husband happy. I do my best.
Back to the fridge: It's crammed to the gills with leftovers, vegetables, fruit, coconut milk, eggs, iced tea, fruit juice, butter, bacon, yogurt, sauces and condiments. Shelves and shelves of condiments. How much horseradish do two people need (when one of them doesn't even eat horseradish)?
Then there's what I privately think of as the ethnic corner. That's where you'll find ginger dressing, tahini, duck sauce, Italian and French salad dressings and a large bottle of teriyaki sauce. We have never, not once in eight years, cooked anything using teriyaki sauce. Which makes it doubly suspicious that the seal is broken and roughly a quarter-cup is missing. Is Widdle secretly spicing my food with sodium?
No time to worry: I begin pulling out bottles, containers, jars, plates and jugs, stacking everything on the washer and dryer. Then I throw half of it away because it's either expired (see delayed awareness of the concept, above), dried-out, discolored or involuntarily moving (see funky taco salad, above).
Next I fill a basin with water and detergent and attack the sticky shelves on the door. This takes about 20 minutes. Then I remove all the interior shelves, scrub them in the sink, rinse, dry and replace them in the fridge. This takes about 30 minutes. After that, I remove the vegetable crispers and clean them in the sink. This takes about 15 minutes. By this time I'm jittery about everything that's been sitting at room temperature for the past hour. What if it spoils and we both get ptomaine poisoning? That would be delicious irony.
Finally, the job is done. I carefully return all items to the fridge. It's a lot less full than it was—but sparkling clean! I feel very proud. Until Widdle comes home and says, "Looks great! What about the freezer?"
You know I'm going to jump on that tomorrow. Along with the baseboards.
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AHL announces suspension
October 27, 2013
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Providence Bruins right wing Bobby Robins has been suspended for one (1) game as a consequence of a roughing incident in a game vs. Springfield on Oct. 25.
Robins was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule 28.1 (supplementary discipline).
Robins will miss Providence's game today (Oct. 27) vs. St. John's.


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Having a one-of-a-kind style isn't for everybody.
"People always say, 'Oh, she lives in another era,' " says burlesque dancer and fashion designer Dita Von Teese of the Hollywood home she's filled with antiques and vintage collectibles.
"But it's not true. I just love to be surrounded by things of glamour and beauty."
In fact for 25 years Von Teese (a self-proclaimed "aesthetic control freak") has painstakingly curated an array of curios: classic pinup art, rare burlesque memorabilia and ... stuffed birds?
"I collect antique or ethical taxidermy – meaning the animals died naturally. I think they're beautiful."
To properly house her extensive collection, Von Teese, 40, gave her five-bedroom pad a "complete makeover," converting two bedrooms into closets and wallpapering nearly the entire home.
"I can't stand modern, white interiors," she says. "IKEA is my worst nightmare! "
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on February 12, 2013 - 12:48 AM
Dear Miss Manners: My father passed away a few years ago. To my nieces and nephews, he has always been referred to as "Grandpa." Last fall, my husband and I were blessed with the arrival of our first child. My mother-in-law refers to my father-in-law as "Grandpa."
This really hurts my feelings because I feel as though it is dismissing my dad's role. My dad may not ever be able to meet my son, but I look forward to telling him about my dad.
My husband says I'm being overly sensitive. Lately, I have tried to mention my dad in front of them using the name "Grandpa," but nothing has changed.
Who decides the names of grandparents? Would it be rude of me to ask them to choose another name?
Gentle Reader: It seems a bit late for Miss Manners to have to explain to you that all children have two grandfathers – and, in these chaotic times, sometimes more. Attempting to trademark the term "grandpa" on behalf of your late father is not only futile, as you have discovered, but also insulting to your father-in-law.
That said, families do often find it convenient to distinguish between them by using different diminutives, or a relevant ethnic title, or a proper name appended to the title. First choice goes to the person to be addressed, subject to modification – preferably endearing modification – by the child when he begins to talk.
By all means, talk to your child of his maternal grandfather – but not at the expense of attempting to distance his relationship with his paternal grandfather.
Discretion is commended
Dear Miss Manners: I needed the email address of a friend at the company my best friend works at. He would not directly provide me with the email address. Instead, he told me that he must ask for this friend's permission to give it to me.
I think this is absurd, since the friend I want to contact and I have known each other for a few years now, although we are not at all close. Anyway, my best friend believes this is the proper procedure. In this day and age, people exchange emails all the time. What are your thoughts on this matter?
Gentle Reader: That you are fortunate to have a best friend who will not be handing out your address to everyone who wants to clutter your inbox. He could have suggested that he give yours to the person you wanted to write, but still, Miss Manners commends him for his discretion.
Send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, email@example.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.


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I'm always looking for creative ways to support the performing arts (Hint: the biggest way is to actually buy a ticket and go) so this time of year, I look for some equally creative ways to give the gift of theater and music to friends.
I had to smile at Threshold Repertory Theatre's solution for contributors. It has an Adopt-an-Actor program and is described on the website this way: "Actors make great companions, house-trained, good at memorization, smart & witty, compassionate and dramatic."
For $250 you get to pick a main stage show, pick your actor, receive a bio and photo of him or her, be recognized in the production program, receive a signed program from your actor and get to pick your seat in the theater.
It's a charming way of drumming up support, and, of course, the actors at Threshold do meet the above criteria of being witty and charming and it's a great way of giving tax deductible contribution.
Threshold Theatre has productions at 841/2 Society St. and it's a 99-seat black-box hall. The company has a place on the website that you can fill out the adoption papers, so go to www.charlestontheater.com/#!adopt-an-actor-/cypk for more information.
Sigh, now if they would only come to dinner and bring their repartee.
JAC as gifts
Jazz Artists of Charleston has gift certificates that you can have e-mailed directly to the recipient within 48 hours of purchase, which is great for those last-minute shoppers. If you shop this weekend, the gift recipient will still get the certificate in time for Christmas.
If you want to give a gift certificate that requires mailing, it will take 5 to 7 business days after the purchase and there's an additional $1 mailing fee.
The gift certificates are good for performances, merchandise or just plain donations to the group. The jazz artists are truly thriving in our city, and are quickly making a name for Charleston as the "Other New Orleans" when it comes to hearing good music.
Go to http://jazzartistsofcharleston.org/gift-certificates/ to order.
Do you really want a toaster for Christmas?
That's the silly question on the Summerville Orchestra's website showing off gift certificates.
The orchestra is a wonderful community resource and tickets are $10 to hear so many wonderful and popular choices of music.
The orchestra is getting even more creative though. They will prepare a custom-designed gift basket, or combine the gift certificate with a dinner package at a favorite local restaurant.
It's a gift for any price point. Call 873-5339 and get started. If you get on the ball, you can get your tickets or gift certificates mailed by Dec. 20, or you can pick them up at the office. Go to summervilleorchestra.com.
Of course, if you miss deadlines, there is always Gift Rocket. It's like a gift card in that it's meant to be spent at a specific place, but it's more flexible because the recipient collects the money up front and ultimately decides how to use it.
This is a gift card that includes several local arts organizations, including Nina Liu and Friends, but it's really good for any business nationwide.
You suggest the business to the recipient, but they don't have to use it there. They can just redeem the gift card online and use the money however they wish. It's a classier way to send a monetary gift to someone, and it's all done online. A few touches on your smartphone and shopping is done. Gift Rocket does the work and it's not like those gift certificates that are locked into a particular location.
Go to www.giftrocket.com/send-a-gift-card
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Source: Reuters
quote: Yes, the point is that major revisions are slowing down since the release of ICS, now that the platform is maturing and catching up in fundamental features (stability, polish, smoothness).
quote: And yes, there were complaints that JB wasn't a big enough improvement over ICS.
quote: Android added that feature iOS had way back in 2007 with "project butter", and their big tablets are still laggy and unresponsive .


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quote: I didn't actually read Tony's entire post. Not even a third of it. Because it's the same goddamn thing he says every time.
quote: It's like he doesn't even realize Google doesn't make their money directly from handset sales. Their not a handset maker! Google's entire strategy IS market share, because the more people using Android and Google's baked-in services, the more Google profits.


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Dr. Art Brownlow
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Dr. Art Brownlow holds a D.M.A. in trumpet performance from The University of Texas at Austin, an M.M. in trumpet performance from Northwestern University, and B.M.E. from Furman University.
Dr. Brownlow is principal trumpet of the Valley Symphony and performed in the inaugural concert of the Festival Internacional de Otoño in Matamoros, Mexico. He has performed as a member of the Spoleto Festival Orchestra at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC, and at the Festival dei Due Monde in Spoleto, Italy.
Dr. Brownlow's honors include selection for membership in the Alpha Chapter, Northwestern University, of Pi Kappa Lambda, National Music Honor Society; and selection for membership in The University of Texas Graduate Honor Society.
In addition to publishing numerous articles, Dr. Brownlow wrote "The Last trumpet: A History of the English Slide Trumpet." It was a joint project between Pedragon Press and the Historic Brass Society, and the first offering in a new series of books titled "Bucina: The Historic Brass Society Series."
Dr. Brownlow teaches trumpet, music history, conducting, and music appreciation.
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Authorities have banned an Oklahoma man from flying back to the Middle East. His family says they don't understand the problem.
Saadiq Long lives in Qatar and says he had to battle U.S. authorities to fly to McAlester to see his sick mother after he was placed on the No Fly list. He was eventually allowed to fly home in November.
Wednesday, Long attempted to board a plane at Will Rogers World Airport, but was denied a boarding pass. His family and a civil rights group are now pushing for answers.


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Monday, July 26, 2010
What do you think about these?
I made both of these necklaces using the Beautiful Butterflies die (one of my favorites) from Stampin' Up, catalog #114507. For this first necklace I used some makeup bags that my daughter was throwing out because they had broken zippers.
For this second one, I cut the butterflies from upholstery material I picked up from the clearance bin at the fabric store. Then I sewed them onto a fabric collar I made from some black denim.
So what do you think? Would you wear them?
17 comments:
- nerllybird said...
Wow, what a brilliant idea. I love the materials you've used, the make-up bags look great. I would wear these, altho probably would want the collar in the second one to be a bit narrower so that there was less fabric showing behind the butterflies. It looks good as it is, tho, and I expect other people will have different ideas.
- July 26, 2010 at 2:36 PM
I love it do you have the pattern
- July 26, 2010 at 4:26 PM
Michelle you are so creative. The butterflies are beautiful. I agree with nerlybird about less fabric showing behind the butterflies those butterflies have such an airy light gorgeous feel to them. Thanks for showing your latest creation.
- July 26, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- Coleen said...
Nice work Michelle. Here in Ukraine we look for alternative materials all the time since most scrap book things can't be bought here. That was a clever idea. I"m going to post it on my crafty fan page on Facebook. It will direct back here. Cheers, Coleen
- July 27, 2010 at 2:50 AM
- Mimi Cross said...
Excellent use of materials on hand! I'd wear them, for sure.
- July 27, 2010 at 5:17 AM
- Bobbie said...
1. I LOVE your posts & would love to see more of them.
2. I think the 1st pix is gorgeous!
3. I would prefer to see the silver butterflies on a chain instead of on top of fabric.
Please write more in your blog.
One happy subscriber to your blog,
Barbara (Bobbie)
- July 27, 2010 at 1:12 PM
- billiejo said...
Beautiful! I might wear the simple necklace made from the make up bags, but not the elaborate second necklace. ONLY because jewelry has become a "special occasion only" thing for me. Living in such a warm climate (Tucson, AZ), my necklines and blouse styles have changed. So much so that the second necklace would never work for me now, but I do love it. Don't stop there Michelle. You're on the right track for sure.
- July 30, 2010 at 8:24 AM
- helloholley said...
I love these,just totally lovely and perfect....thanks for your inspiration!!!!
- August 3, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- natasa said...
I've recently discovered your blog and you amaized me...
I just not get enough of you and your work. Here in Romania we are at the begining of scrapping era, i might say.
I own a blog dedicated to wedding accesories and i've linked you there.
All the best,
- August 5, 2010 at 11:00 PM
- Donna said...
OH very nice, I need to get that die!! Your projects are always so nice and your a fantastic instructor!! Thanks for sharing
- August 6, 2010 at 8:31 AM
- Rubber Keypads said...
These are absolutely beautiful, such an inspiring idea. I just like butterflies in general and they can be quite good decoration and are just adorable. So nice!
- August 13, 2010 at 12:14 AM
- Barb said...
I honestly wouldn't wear them myself but they are lovely. Well done you for being so " recyclably minded " top marks for intuition and achievement.
- October 8, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Linda w said...
Love them, and would wear them. Hugs lin
- April 4, 2011 at 4:29 AM
wow! what a good Idea, I like the things you are crafting,especially the (somehow) unusual materials . Thanks for the Ideas !greetings from Vienna,Austria
- April 26, 2011 at 2:06 AM
- StampinCatMom said...
I would wear the first one with a pretty spring/summer top or dress. The second one, I'm not feeling it.
- May 20, 2011 at 6:46 AM
- suzARTe said...
these are really lovely, great feature pieces. Very good use of materials that would otherwise be discarded, great to see this.
I am hoping more people share recycled projects on my blogging is for sharing giveaway.Please consider submitting some of your great ideas
- July 2, 2011 at 7:46 AM
- Marianne B in AZ said...
Funny I would run across your comment on this blog that is no longer active, five years after the fact! Hope all is well!
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Gaara is more stronger than Itachi.
that is so crazy!!!hahaha ITACHI,VEGETA.GAARA what again? VEGETA!!!! VEGETA can destroy a world...that is so ridiculous^^
I agree with Quexer. Vegeta can blow stuff up without much effort and he can do the same with itachi and gaara.
That Goku wasn't invited to this fight. I'd like to see anyone from Naruto try to stop a kamehameha wave! People fear the strange and unusual. I AM the strange and unusual.
Vegeta without a dout!
itachi could just use mangeckyo sharinggan and win.
i dont know but i think Gaara has the best chanse with his sand powers
i think he wuld def. win
itachi tsukuyomi ftw,the end,game over
the winner is Light Yagamihahaha......
i think itachi
Vegeta in super saiyan 8
itachi, on Dbz vegeta always lost to goku and he wasnt the strongest sayin.And gaara tied in a fight with naruto.
Itachi would definatly win.
itachi hands down
Christopher Garland(aka)garland5000Gaara would kick Itachi and Vegetas asses hand down but Gaara couldn't beat naruto because naruto is to strong.
I have no idea which Itachi you're talking about so I can't really say for certain. If it was Itachi Uchiha, then I'd say that Itachi could probably take Gaara since Gaara could only tie with Naruto and Itachi can beat Naruto. So it would be between Itachi and Vegeta. I would have to go with Itachi on that one because of the powers of his Sharingan. Sorry Vegeta but you're still in second place. lol "You can only be young once, but you can be immature forever! "
Garra and Vegeta may be pwoerful fighers, but they are not match fro Itachi.
Christopher Garland(aka)garland5000Garra could kick the whole DBZ crew and wouldn't be tired."I SHALL RETURN BY GEN MAC ARUTHER"
itachi hands down
Nuff said.... Hears voices in his head...probably due to his headphones.
Vegeta would definitaly win with no problam at all. He could just aniolate both of them.
As the light doth fall the shadows will come to fight.
who Vegeta is but I am choosing Itachi Uchiha
im in for itachi becuz he has many hidden and strong powers like amaterasu
Vegeta Is a character from Dragin Ball Z.
garra woulduse his sand to kill all oppoents.
But wouldn't Itachi see Garra's attacks coming with his eye's, use his special power to copy his attacks, and then use Garra's own attacks against him?
no match i say vegeta all he has to do is use his big bang or final flash and thats that
Vegeta all that Itachi and Gaara can do is watch i amazment
he has too many powers and he is quite strong
casue voltron would bust in with a blazing sword and kick thereass gonna pull rule 34 on your mudkipz
And right after that the Strike Freedom Gundam would show up, blast Voltron with a ton of lazers all at once, then cut Votron in half with a beam saber.
they'd all kill each other! Tsunayoshi Sawada (10th gen) Mafia boss
and yeah, they'd all kill each other....it'd be a nice bloody tie...
garra because he could fall asleep and turn into the wind demon and crush everyone. the first to go would be itachi then garra and vegeta would have an all out brawl wile vegeta is in giant monkey form.... Skatch that Vegeta would win "How unexpectedly irregular. Why do you continue to resist?" - Gurren Lagann, Anti-Spiral
Vegeta because come on he can fly, shoot beams of pure energy, and he can go ssj4. gaara's ultimate defence would crumble at the big bang attack and itachi isn't fast enough to keep up with him and would be destroyed by the final shine attack.
is that before or after itachi uses his sharingun to torcher vegeta in his own mind and garra crushes him in a sand bearial"It's Time To Take A Dirt Nap!!" - Dead Leaves, #666
yea i agree with Ethon_daes_Lidinius Vegeta whould win without even trying
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A proposed Sunoco gas station that the Board Of Zoning Appeals reviewed on Monday was met with dissension. Residents directly affected by the proposal were on hand to voice their opinion against it.
The property is owned by Lupert Adler and Preservation Row. This company is affiliated with Front Door Communities, the company that is building The Tributary residential development on Rivertowne Parkway.
The gas station is slated to be constructed at the south-west corner of Highway 41 and Rivertowne Parkway.
The case is under the category of "exemption" due to the fact that the original Rivertowne Planned Development, approved in 1994, would not allow it unless an exemption was made.
The Board of Zoning Appeals' decisions are final and warrant no approval of the Planning Commission or the Mount Pleasant Town Council. The board voted to defer the proposal for 30 days.
Residents of the community touted safety and quality of life concerns about the store.
More than 1,000 residents use Rivertowne Parkway daily, as it is the only way in and out of the community. Communities within the neighborhood include Planter's Pointe at Rivertowne, Rivertowne on the Wando, Rivertowne Country Club and the new Tributary development along Rivertowne Parkway among others. A future development along the parkway will be comprised of $380K-plus homes that will be directly next to the proposed station.
The station would be completed around June or over the summer of 2014. A right turn lane is slated for completion when the gas station is supposed to be completed.
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Pumps are will be back greater than 20-feet from the street line and the buffer will be increased to 25-feet, and plantings will be increased to make the buffer resemble a denser type buffer.
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After testing 476 patients, the Buffalo Veterans Affairs Medical Center has uncovered the possibility of infection from the inadvertent reuse of insulin pens that were intended only for one-time use, but it provided few details.
In November, the Medical Center learned that between October 2010 and November 2012, 716 patients may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C through the possible reuse of insulin pens that were not labeled for individual patients.
The hospital attempted to contact 570 patients by telephone or mail, said Evangeline Conley, a spokeswoman for the hospital. To date, of the 541 living patients, 476 consented to testing for possible infection and nine declined testing. The remaining patients have yet to respond to the hospital, she said.
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"We are engaging in an epidemiologic analysis to definitively pinpoint the source of infection and have not yet completed that analysis," Conley said. "We want to make sure the information we have is accurate and definitive."
In a similar case, Cattaraugus County Public Health Director Dr. Kevin Watkins earlier this month reported to the Board of Health that at least 12 people tested positive for hepatitis C and one person for hepatitis B after undergoing screening offered by Olean General Hospital because of the possibility that insulin pens were inadvertently reused. Watkins could not be reached to comment further.
Olean General last month mailed 1,915 patients letters recommending they seek testing, after an internal review raised the possibility that some of them may have received an injection from another patient's insulin pen. It's still not clear how those people may have been infected, and the meaning of the test results remains uncertain.
The percentage of patients testing positive for hepatitis C at Olean General is less than 2 percent of all those tested, said Dennis McCarthy, a spokesman for the hospital. That rate is lower than the prevalence of hepatitis in the general adult population in the United States, which is about 2 percent.
"We believe that the chance of infection from the use of an insulin pen at Olean General Hospital is almost zero," said McCarthy.
Hepatitis refers to a group of viral infections of the liver. Hepatitis C virus infection is the most common chronic blood-borne infection in the United States, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
An estimated 4 million people in the U.S. are infected with hepatitis C. Of those, about 3.2 million have long-term chronic hepatitis C, and the rest have acute infections that get better, according to the American Liver Foundation.
The faulty insulin practices occurred despite a 2009 Food and Drug Administration warning against reusing the devices, as well as a January 2012 alert from the Centers for Disease Control.
Insulin pens were designed for convenient self-injections by diabetics at home. But their use has increased in hospitals as well since their introduction in the 1980s.
The nonprofit Institute for Safe Medication Practices recently issued an alert, recommending that hospitals strongly consider transitioning away from the routine use of insulin pens, even though no cases have been reported yet in which blood-borne pathogens were transmitted from patient to patient.
The Veterans Health Administration National Center for Patient Safety recently prohibited use of multidose pen devices in patient care units at VA facilities, with a few exceptions. In addition, the inspector general at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has initiated a review of practices at the Buffalo VA Medical Center.
The institute noted that the recent cases in Western New York are similar to other incidents elsewhere in the country.
"All it takes is one or two individuals who are not aware that it is unsafe to place a new disposable needle on a pen used for one patient and use it to deliver a dose of insulin to another patient," the group wrote in its alert. "Completely controlling for this is difficult, perhaps even impossible, given that unsafe pen use has persisted despite educational efforts and monitoring."
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I was confused and dismayed over a recent letter referencing Charles Towne Landing as "neglected."
I wonder if the writer of the letter had been to the Landing in the last five or six years. It has been redone as a truly historical site, not an amusement park.
The exhibits inside the new building reflect the history in an easy-to-follow and sensitive manner that takes into account the 10-year period when there were settlers on that property. The outdoor exhibits live up to those criteria as well. It is a peaceful place to visit, to learn our early history and to be on the river.
Park manager Rob Powell has done a magnificent job (even during state budget cuts) working with his staff and volunteers to make history come alive. The boat was replaced five or six years ago, and the hands-on virtual "dig" for children is informative and fun.
Friends of Charles Towne Landing have sponsored family friendly fun runs in the evening once or twice a month that have been very popular and generated quite a bit of money.
However, if the letter writer is looking for an amusement park she can rule out the landing, thank goodness.
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If a child moves from South Carolina to New York, he will deal with Common Core Standards that are basically the same as here. The standards move students away from basic recall of information to application and problem solving. They teach students how to defend their answers and how to apply them in a real world situation.
I have spent 45 years as a teacher and administrator in the public schools of South Carolina, and I only wish Common Core Standards had been implemented during my tenure.
Our state superintendent, Dr. Mick Zais, is opposed to the standards, yet he has never taught in a public school or served as a building-level administrator. His lack of experience and knowledge relative to instruction and curriculum are severely limited. This is the same state superintendent who refused to accept millions of federal dollars for South Carolina schools.
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Deen being bullied
I was born in Savannah and am proud to say I am a Georgia Cracker. Paula Deen is being bullied by corporate America.
These mega-companies have become followers not leaders. She made them plenty of money, but that doesn't matter now.
They have chosen to follow other "politically correct" individuals who are afraid (yes, afraid) to stand up and say, "So, she said something decades ago, told the truth about it and has apologized."
Would it have been better for her to have "taken the fifth" as our IRS officials have done? They're still on the payroll, but she's in the midst of a financial meltdown. Something's not right here.
I represent a non-profit organization against bullying (Peace — Pass It On) that stresses buddies not bullies. A lot of Paula's "buddies" have chosen to be bullies.
I challenge readers to stand up against what's happening to Paula Deen. This in no way condones what Paula said, as it was definitely not the right word to use. But when is a sincere apology not accepted?
Maybe that's what's wrong with this country — we've become followers instead of leaders.
That is why this great country is about to lose the respect of the entire world.
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As a girl growing up in the '60s in Rhode Island, I knew there were places I had better not walk. Even so, I was about 10 years old and walking to the library one day when a car with several men drove by and I had what I think was a soda can thrown at me.
I recall as a teen-ager and then a young woman that when a woman was raped, she was asked what she was doing in that neighborhood, at that time, by herself, with those clothes on.
Now that the trial of George Zimmerman is over, I am not only reminded of how women were blamed for being attacked, I am thinking about my son who is now 21, not that much older than Trayvon Martin when he was shot and killed.
Imagine your teen-age boy walking any street, dressed as teen-agers do, in the early evening hours. And then imagine that he realizes that he is being followed.
He tries to ignore it, and then panics. He makes a phone call to alert a friend and in his fear and anger describes his pursuer in angry language that you or I might use under those circumstances. Finally, feeling confused and trapped, he decides to fight.
Trayvon Martin was standing his ground.
George Zimmerman was not being pursued. He was not at home protecting himself and his family. He was the pursuer.
By attacking Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin was standing his ground and died because apparently in Florida an adult man with a gun trumps a teenage boy attempting to defend himself from a pursuer with his hands.
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Foxfire Road
Wadmalaw Island
Laugh a little
Frida Kahlo de Rivera (nee Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderon) was the wife of the noted Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. They had a stormy, up and down marriage.
Kahlo was a successful artist in her own right. I agree with her quotation concerning the importance of laughter. "A day without laughter is a lost day." (Thought for the Day, July 6).
Note, however, that pointing and giggling invariably causes ill feelings.
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Cessna Avenue
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They listened, but there is still work to be done. Last week the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee took an important step to address the rapidly expanding Alzheimer's epidemic.
Thanks in part to your advocacy, Senate leaders from both parties spoke to the importance of investing to address the skyrocketing costs of this devastating disease.
On July 9 the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies voted to include $104 million dedicated to Alzheimer's in its fiscal year 2014 funding bill. And the full Senate Appropriations Committee also voted to support this increased funding for essential research and caregiver support.
This is a step in the right direction, though a far cry from what is needed. Last year alone, approximately $300 million was spent nationally on research.
Beyond that, the financial burden for patients, families and caregivers, for the most part, is not covered by insurance plans.
I urge you to continue to reach out to Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Tim Scott and thank them for the progress being made, though there is still the critical continued financial need in the area of both research and support for patients and caregivers.
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