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As debate over immigration reform continues in Washington, Charleston's business community is making more noise about what's at stake here at home.
The U.S. Senate already has passed an immigration bill with bipartisan support, but it faces an uncertain future in the Republican-led House.
While the debate has been dominated by security along the U.S.-Mexico border and by how the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants should be handled, the private sector is pointing out that there's another bottom line: the future workforce.
Bryan Derreberry, president and CEO of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, is a prominent local backer of the Senate immigration reform bill.
In a recent op-ed published in The Post and Courier and in an interview Thursday, Derreberry pointed to a shortage of high-wage science and technology workers and the demand for low-wage seasonal labor as reasons why the proposed legislative overhaul is needed.
"In many places in our community, there's a need for semi-skilled and skilled labor, and it's just going to exacerbate with baby boomer retirement and the tremendous growth we're having in this region," he said.
He noted support for reforms extends beyond American borders, citing the Irish ambassador's advocacy during a recent visit to Charleston.
That said, Derreberry is "not surprised" the Senate bill hasn't been embraced by the Republican-led House, noting that body has more than four times as many members as the Senate. But he's "still optimistic" some kind of deal can be reached.
"Our leadership and board was thrilled that the bill cleared the Senate," he said, calling it a "major step" that put the issue on the "national radar."
"Now the House of Representatives has a responsibility to look at it as a legitimate piece of legislation," he said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was among the so-called bipartisan "Group of Eight" that wrote the bill. He said Thursday immigration reform is important to all sectors of South Carolina's economy, from hospitality businesses like hotels to farmers to high-tech businesses, such as Boeing and BMW.
"The consequences to South Carolina's economy are enormous," he said. "What are the biggest drivers of our economy? Tourism, agriculture and high-tech manufacturing. The agricultural community really did very well in this bill, getting access to labor they don't have today. The high-tech community ... they really did well."
Kiawah Island Golf Resort hosts more than 100 foreign workers every year, so Roger Warren, the resort's president, has a keen interest in immigration policy and the ongoing effort to tweak it.
"I'm one of those people who thinks there has to be a solution out there and would like to see a solution reached rather than have it stalled," Warren said.
The high-end barrier island resort, which includes the Sanctuary Hotel, five golf courses, restaurants and hundreds of villas, employs some 1,800 people during peak season. About 150 of those people are Jamaicans and Filipinos working as cooks, servers and housekeepers for seven or eight months at a time on H2B visas, temporary permits for foreigners to do jobs Americans won't do, Warren explained.
"They're all jobs that I have to say, frankly, coming through the unemployment rate that we've had in South Carolina since 2009, I've always been surprised that we didn't get more people who want the jobs," he said.
While border security and a path to citizenship are the main points of contention in Congress, Warren said any curtailment of H2B visas (or J1 visas, which bring European hotel management graduates to Kiawah for stints longer than a year) would spell trouble for his operation.
"I would have to change the way we run our business here," he said, specifically less capacity meaning fewer visitors and less revenue, which would affect the American workforce.
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., voted against the Senate bill because he felt it didn't do enough to secure the border, but he agreed businesses have a stake in the solution.
"Our immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed. One component of that is ensuring we have the workforce we need to allow businesses to succeed and grow," he said in a statement Thursday. "I fully believe we need a workable, efficient system for legal immigrants as we continue to build the most talented workforce in the world."
Scott called the debate "far from over."
Warren said he hopes Congress will fix what's broken and leave alone what works.
Given the complex and thorny nature of the problem, some have doubted if a sweeping immigration bill is even possible.
But Warren said that doesn't mean House Republicans should give up trying to improve the current system. He noted he is a Republican himself.
"Most of them are worried about the next election and not what's right for immigration, which I find frustrating," he said.
Graham said the ramifications of the nation's immigration policy will extend far beyond the 2014 elections.
"In the next 40 years, 80 million baby boomers will retire. Where does that future workforce comes from? How do you replace 80 million leaving the workforce?" he asked. "You need more legal immigration."
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Just thought you would be interested to know that John Kerr got married yesterday to his girlfirend, Nadine Ahmed.
The wedding was held in John's native Scotland, and he wore traditional Scottish attire. Yes, kilt and all! Nadine wore a white dress.
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John is Scottish. Nadine is Pakistani. So, a lot of the posts on Facebook are being posted with the hashtag "Scottishtani"!
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The 7 Best Ideas for Video Games (That Will Never Get Made)
#3. Co-Op Horror, Alone
By Ishmayl
"I would love to see some sort of a real co-op game, preferably in the vein of subtle, creepy horror. Basically, it would be required multiplayer (at least two-player, but ideally, up to four-player). The plot starts when the multiple players must investigate (for whatever reason) an old deserted house/chapel/cathedral/mansion/factory and get separated. It can start as something pretty subtle to separate -- to get into Room A, Player 2 has to go X distance away to activate the Generator (I know that's not clever, I leave the clever shit up to the game designers). Then, SOMETHING happens that separates the two for the rest of the game. However, here's the trick to make it co-op -- built into the game is a communication system. Speakerphones, walkie-talkies, headsets, whatever. Sometimes, depending on the distance between the two players, or the weather outside, or whatever creepy thing is happening at the moment, the communication would fizzle, or even fade out completely, so for portions of the game, the players would be playing alone."
"Something along the lines of Amnesia: The Dark Descent, but taking place between two players on opposite sides of the castle, trying to meet up in the middle before doing the final confrontation."
How It Will Make You 1 Billion Real U.S. Dollars
Horror is a communal response. A lot of the fear in the horror genre boils down to being utterly alone, away from the relative safety of society. The stakes escalate as it becomes less and less apparent that somebody will come to help us. And yet every game starts out fully escalated: You're always alone. Even if the game has you starting out in a crowded city, you know you're the only real person playing. There's nowhere to build. You have nothing to lose. Make that same game co-op, however, and it changes everything. The first time you lose contact with your friend would be one of the milestone gaming moments of our generation.
Imagine it: You're caught in a tense scenario. Say, a dark, abandoned hallway in an old insane asylum. Your friend is in the other hallway, across the darkened courtyard. Occasionally, you see his flashlight flicker across the glass. You're watching shadows for movement. You're sure there's something out there. You creep along carefully, and you catch something moving beyond the window. There was something there, right? No? Was it nothing? Probably nothing. Then, suddenly, the frantic screaming of your real-life friend -- another human being who you know is not acting, who you know just encountered something terrible, something that is probably coming for you next -- comes over the radio, and just as suddenly falls silent. No single-player game, no matter how well-crafted, could simulate that level of horror. Give us a game based entirely around that feeling, and we will give you 1 billion real U.S. dollars.
#2. Clark Kent: The Game
By Batzarro
"I want a Superman game where I can play as Clark Kent. Or any superhero game that lets you play as the secret identity, at least for a while. I know that's sort of lame sounding, but it'd help a lot more to sell the immersion if they'd let you experience this important part of superhero mythology. I know Batman the superhero has what's needed for a video game (two fists), but Batman the character needs Bruce Wayne. Combine it with an open-world type of gameplay and real-time choice-driven outcomes ('If you don't beat up Electro in time you'll miss your date with Mary Jane!') and it'd be a whole new thing."
How It Will Make You 1 Billion Real U.S. Dollars
The superhero trilogy is an unstoppable moneymaker. But quick, what's the most successful installment? The middle one, right? Spider-Man 2, The Dark Knight, even The Empire Strikes Back fits the bill. That's because the first movie spends most of its run time on setup and origin: We learn the rules of the universe, and our hero's role in it. The second movie is the contention between said heroism and mundane reality -- relationships crumble, personal success is at odds with heroic success, characters we care about die.
Now, games have tried exploring this territory before -- GTA IV comes immediately to mind -- and collectively, we gamers hated it. Why are you stopping us from blowing up ice cream trucks just to take Roman fucking bowling again? But it's the dichotomy that appeals to us: GTA IV was about a normal guy, and the fun was in making him do extraordinary things, not watching him do the mundane shit we assumed he did anyway. A superhero game is about an extraordinary guy, and a little bit of normalcy would add some much needed stakes to the genre. In short: Give us the ability to bone Mary Jane in between punching the Vulture's gross, wobbly neck inside out, and we will give you 1 billion real U.S. dollars.
#1. The Zombie Master
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"[Imagine] you were in control of the zombies in Left 4 Dead, or the monsters in Silent Hill, and you have to get them to take out survivors and fight against the team. Since I saw a Steam Greenlight game with this exact concept, my version would be more strictly PvP, with players playing as the survivors in basic third- or first-person fashion as with any horror game, and the player in control of the monsters is basically the Director from Left 4 Dead. He'd have [...] limited resources and times he can dispatch hordes of enemies, or use special boss enemies, or environmental effects. And he could only see the survivors when at least one monster has eyes on them. With visibility as a major factor it would mean having to hide a lot from monsters, not just to avoid the monster, but to avoid the controller of the monsters from unleashing a boss monster or horde in that area."
How It Will Make You 1 Billion Real U.S. Dollars
A horror RTS is already a brilliant idea. I'd love to play that. But it lacks immediacy, and you wouldn't be the victim. It would be horror without the fear -- an interesting concept, yet lacking something visceral and vital to the experience. However, inspiring that tension and fear would be a brand new and intensely satisfying experience for the monster director if the survivors were played by other real people. Especially if he got to not only watch, but listen in on the survivors' audio if there were monsters in range. Maybe he could have a special variant of scout monster whose only job is to listen in and spot ... whatever, just as long as he could hear the genuine panic and dread as his fellow players rounded a corner right into a horde of ravenous clown-spiders. Game developers, you already know that Left 4 Dead was massively successful, and it only had part of this equation down. If you gave us another human being in control of our terror -- an evil mastermind to hate instead of a computerized director -- we will give you 1 billion real U.S. dollars.
Did somebody already make these games? Awesome. Clearly we've never heard of them. Rather than being a total dick about it and keeping those games for yourself, why not just point them out in the comment section? Not a fan of these ideas? OK: Nobody's saying these are the best of all possible concepts. But seriously, like you've got a better one? No seriously, do you? Post it in the comments, go visit the thread; we don't care. There's no pride here. Just for the love of all that is holy, if you know somebody in the gaming industry, point them to this column and then sit on their neck until they agree to make at least one of these games. There's $7 billion worth of games right here -- you won't just be saving gaming, you'll be saving the economy.
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T.J. Brennan was feeling the effects of his Christmas feast. He'd downed a few more sweets than he probably should have, so upon his return to the rink Wednesday morning he skated his tail off.
"I wanted to make sure I got a good skate in and bagged myself at the end to get a couple of those extra cookies out that I ate over Christmas break," Brennan said by phone Thursday.
Based on the results, the Rochester Americans defenseman might want to keep a full cookie jar handy. Brennan recorded a career-high five points Wednesday night during a 7-6 overtime victory against Lake Erie.
"Maybe we should have saved that one for the fans in Buffalo on Friday night, make it a little more entertaining," said Brennan, whose team has a rematch with the Monsters tonight in First Niagara Center. Only single seats remained Thursday afternoon.
The Amerks (14-11-3) are back for their second American Hockey League game in Buffalo this season. They arrive with Brennan pacing the team. The blue-liner has 16 goals and 28 points in 28 games.
"It's been a good season, and it's been a lot of fun," Brennan said. "The main thing for me has been to really focus on defense and become a better player and be aware of my defensive zone, starting from there out."
The 23-year-old has always had offensive flair. He scored 32 times for the Sabres and their minor-league affiliate the previous two seasons, including his first NHL goal during an 11-game stint in Buffalo last year.
This season's outburst can be attributed to shooting more. He took 150 shots in 52 games with the Amerks last year, and he's already at 109 this year in just more than half the games.
He also has 15 points on the power play as the Amerks rank third in the AHL at 20.6 percent. Brennan ranks second in the league in power-play points and ninth overall.
"Our power play has been going pretty good, and when you've got guys like Marcus Foligno and Cody Hodgson and Brayden McNabb out there, it makes it a lot easier," Brennan said. "There's no pressure on me because those guys are such good players and such big threats that sometimes my only option is an empty net to shoot at.
"Obviously, points all look good and great at the end of the day. But to be honest that has not been my main focus."
Brennan has been striving to play better defensively, and coach Ron Rolston recently lauded the effort of the blue-liner, whom the Sabres selected in the second round of the 2007 draft.
"What they've told me is offensively they're not exactly worried about me putting up points," Brennan said. "They say that's kind of what I can do. Defensively, it's always a work in progress, especially at the NHL level. Taking care of your end is a huge part of the game, and then adding offense is obviously another huge part of your game.
"Things have just been going my way, I guess, so far. The main thing is just to keep working hard and realize where my success has been coming from."
Rochester and Lake Erie (15-13-3) will meet for the third time. The first two were wild, with the Amerks earning a pair of 7-6 victories. They trailed, 5-3 and 6-5, before winning on Foligno's overtime goal Wednesday at home. They scored four straight goals to win in Cleveland on Dec. 13.
"It's been more run-and-gun games, and both teams kind of fall into that," Brennan said. "They have a lot of skill, but we have a lot of skill, too. We've just been coming out on top.
"That's not exactly our game plan there. We want to play a little more disciplined and better defensively, obviously."
The Amerks will hold a morning skate at 10 in First Niagara Center, with Lake Erie following at 11:15. The skate for both teams will be open to the public. The game will be televised on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel in Rochester and Buffalo.
The Amerks will set a franchise single-game attendance record tonight. The Sabres have added and reconfigured seats, primarily in the 200 Level, and will now host 19,070 in First Niagara Center. The number is symbolic of the team's 1970 founding. Previous capacity was 18,690.
The Amerks' record of 17,898 was set Dec. 28, 2004, when they defeated Edmonton in Buffalo during the previous NHL lockout.
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A word used to describe where the Vietnamese person hometown is located, which is Northern Vietnam for Bucky's. They have a slightly different accent from the Southern Vietnam people. Usually told by the Southern Vietnamese people they have a higher accent, but we really don't. We're just not used to each other's accent thats why. Most of all, Vietnamese ask other Vietnamese people where they are from and they would either say Buck or Nam to indicate their location.
Person #1:"What part of Vietnam are you from"
Person #2:"I am from the Bucky region"
Person #2:"I am from the Bucky region"
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Another way of saying "Buck" as in buck naked.
I want my bitch to get bucky naked.
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expensive; costing a lot of money or bucks.
The jacket was bucky, but Mike had to have the faggy D&G coat.
автор: necky 30 января 2008
An inexpensive life-size, 4th-quality, plastic skeleton sold by Anatomical Chart Company. As these typically sell for under $100, they have revolutionized the haunt industry.
My haunt has 10 buckys in it.
автор: RobertB 3 сентября 2007
slang for tall white boy with afro who smokes catnip and loiters.
I saw a bucky loitering outside of k-mart last night.
автор: stonedbucky 20 февраля 2007
Let me see bucky, we'll have a little fun!
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Open government dead - pass the beer nuts... | Opensource.com
Open government dead - pass the beer nuts...
The date on the tombstone - September 15. Open gov that was shouted from the rooftops on Obama's first day died last week with barely a whisper - far from the headlines. The Senate approps subcommittee slashed $11 million from the House allocation, already $15 million under FY2010 funding. Transparency advocates like Sunlight are openly mourning the passing. But, the real question here is, does anybody really care?
Let's be honest, programs like Data.gov and USASpending.gov haven't exactly lived up to the promise on the side of the tin. It's the same old problem - GIGO and over promise. As for the IT Dashboard, could this be a great excuse to let it die with some grace as Vivek exits stage left? Created as a wall of shame to embarrass CIOs and their "cartel" buddies out of D.C., the dashboard is, and always has been, a joke. Why did Vivek trumpet it in every media interview? I politely pointed out that the emperor had no clothes in my Senate testimony in March of last year. Now, I'm being more direct.
But, don't take it from me. If you want proof of the inadequacy of the data, take a look at Deltek's business plans. As open gov and its implementers - OMB and GSA - promised to give America free, ubiquitous access to government data, Deltek paid $86 million for Input and Federal Sources. Now why would the ERP firm buy companies whose business models lay right in the path of the government data juggernaut? At the same time, Big Apple giant Bloomberg - a man that knows a thing about government - has invested millions in launching a data dashboard service for government and industry. If the government data was any good, who'd pay for the private sector translation?
As the Hill now cuts funds for open gov, the real questions we should ask are what did we get for our money so far and what will we get from this year's budget? Let's not bleat about approps not funding the programs - let's salute the Hill for common-sense thinking and not throwing more of our good money after bad. Isn't it right that an administration focused on finding and prosecuting contractor failure should drive some accountability inside? Now, about them Redskins...
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I think this is a great conversation starter. Is open government just federal funding as Alex Howard questions?
I don't think so. Open government is all of us. It's what we make of it. It's the change we want to happen and the pressure we apply to make it so.
I don't know enough of this, and I need to investigate. But I would be a little careful to use private investment in data as a surefire indicator that the gov data are worthless. It would not be exactly the first time that business badly misinvests – we've got ourself a steaming pile of subprime mortgages to remind usof that. Or it could be a case of capture: they invested because they knew they could lobby data.gov out of existence. You might want to use a different argument, though you may very well still be right.
Why is the IT dashboard a joke? I am not challenging you, it is a real question.
If you aren't against the concept of open government, why did you write a garbage headlines about the "death of it," particularly on the same week that a global Open Government Partnership launched? The flippancy of "pass the beer nuts" is simply not in-line with the gravity of the subject.
As I've said elsewhere to Jason, I do not believe this post was worthy of getting more exposure on this forum.
For one, it resulted in an error-filled post by Alberto Cottica that misreported that Data.gov was going to be taken down, a mistake that he has neither apologized for nor fully corrected.
For another, it's just the next in a series of FUD-filled posts that seem designed to stir up controversy with the "is dead" trope as opposed to sober analysis of the issues. I'll continue to read the Sunlight Foundation's blog and try to unsubscribe from "your cup of IT," an email newsletter that I somehow was forced to receive after speaking at the recent GOSCON summit.
There are indeed data quality issues on Data.gov, on the IT Dashboard and on USAspending.gov, as the Sunlight Foundation and other journalists have highlighted.
The larger sweep of open government at the state, local and international level, however, would suggest that your analysis of open government as rendered "alive" or dead based upon funding for the OMB's eGov fund is part and parcel of a myopic inside-the-Beltway perspective that does little to encourage the open source community to care and much to cause the broader online audience to be more cynical.
Hey Alex,
Steve is obviously not responsible for any error of mine (and, for what it's worth, I did correct and apologize, though it took Govinthelab a few extra hours to catch up because of faulty RSS connectivity). Though I do not necessarily agree with him, I think he makes a legitimate point.
This is not to say your comment is wrong. On the contrary, I for one agree with your "bigger picture". It and Steve's post, read in the light of each other, might point to something like this: a serious downsizing in the US can help later-moving administrations to angle their open gov programs in a sustainable way. What do you think?
I think that your subsequent blog post and comments here, taken in concert with your error, suggests that you're not in possession of the facts and instead are introducing your own opinion based upon Mr. O'Keefe's assessments.
Take, for example, your statement in that blog post that "there is not enough readership for data driven journalism yet," There are millions and millions of page views going to news apps and data visualizations at the Guardian, New York Times, WSJ and Texas Tribune, among others.
With respect to open data and economic value, you might further research case studies in weather, GPS, transit and now health data.
OpenGovernment didn't die, it was born premature, and before the baby made it out of the NICU incubator, the plug was effectively pulled. The IT dashboard was not the end-all-be-all of OpenGov. It was an example of what could be done with open data to save real dollars (a.k.a the only likely 'quantifiable outcome' the 45% folks care about from slide #6). CodeForAmerica tells a great story about San Francisco saving over a million dollars using Open data (small potatoes at the federal level, but the process is what's important).I'd like to shout things like "the downstream markets for government data are immature, but growing" and "if it was funded for just a bit longer...", but I'm a bit too disenchanted make a real fuss. All we can do now as civic hackers is mirror what data is still available before it goes dark, keep our heads down, and continue building use-cases, while our country gets stuck on the wrong side of yet another digital divide.
I am European, not American, so I am seeing a different debate. But from my perspective Steve has a point here: I am hearing a lot of "we will create a thriving ecosystem of innovative services based on open data, and that will create growth and jobs". I have not done the math myself, but this seems like WAY overpromising: you can create some cool apps, maybe some specialized consultancy business, but if your business model is based on something that's free and open access you are not going to go far in terms of job creation.
Anyway that's just not what open data are for, IMHO. So, in Europe, I always recommend a low profile and emphasis on making the government more transparent and smarter.
There are other issues in the background that will prevent government data sharing regardless of whom (politically) swipes their signature on some well intentioned legislation. Does the Federal and state level government entities actually have the technical ability to share public information in a responsible and coherent format? Currently, most government agencies process and archive their data in archaic stovepipe systems; therefore, making it expensive or impossible to share relevant data in a timely manner.
I think people are searching around, trying to figure out what "open government" and "transparency" mean. My efforts to bring rigor and thus progress to this area include:


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Thursday, March 28, 2013
The bright pop of the yellow ball that gets flung from one side of the court to the other while traveling over the net will likely be paused for about a week sometime in April.
That's when Goose Creek Recreation Director Gary Stuber expects resurfacing work to being on the four tennis courts at the city-owned Crowfield Golf and County Club.
The courts have several cracks and dips. They have not been resurfaced since the city bought the country club in 2003, Stuber said.
At its March 12 meeting Goose Creek City Council unanimously approved a request from the recreation department to spend $25,400 to resurface the courts.
"The farthest one on the right has a crack running down one side of it," Stuber said. "One of the other ones in the middle has a patch three to four feet in diameter that has come loose."
Tennis courts are usually resurfaced every 15 years, he said. All four courts will be resurfaced at the same time.
Stuber said the courts are open to residents of Goose Creek and non-residents can play for a nominal fee. "It's like the pool," he said. "The city owns them. I don't think residents realize they have access to those."
Currently about 50 to 75 people pay their dues to be a member on tennis teams that play at Crowfield, Stuber said, adding that they are mostly men's and women's adult teams.
Stuber said at the moment he's not entirely sure when the work will begin but said he expects it will take a few weeks for the materials to arrive. He said the two tennis courts at the Casey Center also need to be redone at some point in the future. The Casey Center courts were built on sub-par surface. They were built on dirt and have a tendency to sink, Stuber said.
In order to do the resurfacing job properly there the subsoil would need to be dug up. "At the Casey Center right now with rain you can see water coming up through the tennis courts," he said. "That's not supposed to happen.
"When you get a rain and in the summer when the sun's really hot you can see it. There's a whole method to this thing. At one point there's a crack running down the middle of the court. A crack that's an inch wide this year and two inches next year.
"I hope in the future we look at doing other things. It all depends on money and what happens in the future. Crowfield has better dirt underneath. It's like asphalt. Rain gets in there and it moves around and there's holes and cracks in it."
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Enjoy authentic Titanic recipes this Thanksgiving — but no extra ice in the drinks, please!
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History's exciting, moving "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" would be a perfect family activity for Thanksgiving weekend — it's fascinating, and a great teaching tool for kids: family, love, never knowing what might happen and being thankful for every day we have together.
You can also honor Titanic, which sank 100 years ago on April 14-15, 1912, on Thanksgiving Day with dishes from the ship's menu, culled from the book Last Dinner on the Titanic: Menus and Recipes From the Great Liner.
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Morris Maynard Thompson, 92, died Aug. 29 at his home in Durango of natural causes.
Thompson was born Oct. 31, 1919, in McKenzie, N.D., to Charles W. and Anna Hamre Thompson. He attended public schools in McKenzie and Moffit, N.D., graduating from Moffit High School in 1938.
From 1939 through the summer term of 1941, he attended Minot State Teacher�s College, receiving a two-year teaching degree. While there he took a government Civilian Pilot Training course, receiving his private pilot license.
After Pearl Harbor, he joined the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet program, graduating from the 42G advanced flying school in Roswell, N.M., in June 1942 with a pilot rating of second lieutenant. He was then assigned to a twin-engine medium bomber group that had been formed by members of General James Doolittle�s Tokyo Raiders.
In a raid over Italy, his aircraft was hit by flak, causing his crew to bail out. He spent 19 months as a prisoner of war in Germany.
Upon returning to the United States in 1945, he married Gladys Edholm in Spokane, Wash. They had two sons, Greg and Roger.
In addition to numerous military assignments in the United States, he had foreign service in Japan, Taiwan and Iceland. After 22 years he retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel.
Through the GI Bill, he continued his education at Trinity University in Texas, receiving a bachelor of science degree in education.
In 1965, he moved to Durango and accepted the position of a sixth-grade teacher at Needham Elementary, which he held for six years. He then worked for several years as a lift operator at the Durango Mountain Resort. Later, he limited his activities to fishing at Electra Lake and golfing at Hillcrest Golf Club.
He was a Life Member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge No. 507, and a member of the Hillcrest Golf Club.
Thompson was preceded in death by a son, Roger.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Gladys of Durango; son, Greg Thompson, of Durango; sisters Irma and Lila; brother Harold Thompson; two grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Cremation has taken place with the ashes interred at Greenmount Cemetery.
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Not many appliances last for 60-plus years. But Mark Mielnik's refrigerator did.
Mielnik of Altoona recently contacted Penelec to recycle his 1949 Frigidaire, earning him regional honors in the FirstEnergy Oldest Fridge Contest.
The contest was part of a joint program with utilities across Pennsylvania to seek out the state's oldest fridge, while removing as many outdated, energy-draining devices from the electric grid as possible.
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This 1949 Frigidaire refrigerator was owned by Mark Mielnik of Altoona. His was the oldest refrigerator in the region turned in as part of a contest through FirstEnergy.
Mielnik got the refrigerator when he purchased property from his in-laws and discovered the functioning appliance inside a decrepit mobile home on the lot.
Mielnik said he used it in his garage for eight or nine years to chill beverages and leftovers, but he decided entering the contest was a good way to have it hauled away this year.
"We don't need it as a spare. I thought it was a great idea to get rid of it - get $50 to haul it away and a chance to win," he said.
The 63-year-old refrigerator was one of 2,881 refrigerators and freezers picked up throughout Penelec's service area as part of the program.
While his was old, it wasn't the oldest collected. That honor went to a Pittsburgh resident who turned in a 1937 General Electric refrigerator.
In addition to the guaranteed $50 incentive that every customer receives for participating in the program, Mielnik also won a $250 Sears gift card for being the owner of the oldest refrigerator in Penelec's service area.
Outdated refrigerators and freezers cost a homeowner extra money to operate as they aren't as efficient as newer appliances, FirstEnergy spokesman Scott Surgeoner said.
"The savings a newer appliance can make a big difference in the annual energy costs of a household," Surgeoner said. "This contest is a reminder to anyone that refrigerators manufactured before 1990 are not up to current energy conservation standards and can pose a threat to the environment if not properly disabled and recycled."
Despite the end of the contest, anyone can save money by having an older, less efficient appliance in their garage or basement picked up for recycling. To participate, call 877-270-3521 or visit energysavePA.com. Appliances to be recycled must be in working order.


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Saturday, August 30, 2014
Thoughts of last years loss to Hanahan fueled Timberlands players during practice all week.
On Friday, they got their shot at revenge against the rival Hawks and erased memories of that blowout loss with a 25-14 victory over the Hawks.
We talked all week about how we got embarrassed last year, Timberland coach Art Craig said. It was probably our worst loss since Ive been here.
Hanahan, which snapped a 10-game losing skid in the series with a 41-0 romp in 2013, turned the ball over three times and missed a short field goal in falling to 0-2.
Timberlands defense set the tone in the first half, getting a pair of Shamel Williams interceptions to help build an 18-7 lead at halftime. Joseph Moultries 1-yard plunge gave the Wolves a 6-0 lead and, later, Ryan Hood hooked up with Darelle Pressley on a 20-yard touchdown pass after Williams second interception to make it 18-7.
Craig said the Wolves switched base defenses from a four-man front to a 3-5 in the middle of the week to give their athletes more chances to make plays. Drake Campbell also had an interception for the Wolves.
It allows us to get athletes all over the field and run, Craig said. I thought they bent some but didnt break a whole lot. I thought with all those skill receivers theyve got our secondary did a great job.
Timberlands other touchdown in the first half was a 1-yard run on a fourth-down play from Daniel Robinson.
Pressleys 8-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter made it 25-7.
For Hanahan, Sam Denmark hauled in a 24-yard touchdown pass from Walt Fagan to make it 7-6 in the first quarter. But the Hawks didnt score again until Vontre Howards 12-yard run with better than four minutes left.
Hanahan (0-2) hosts Bishop England Friday, while Timberland travels to Cross.
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Wanted: A Tutor for Gwyneth Paltrows Kids. Pick Me! Pick Me!Meredith Carroll
I finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up: Gwyneth Paltrow's tutor.
Well, not her tutor, but the tutor for her kids with husband, rock star Chris Martin. Apparently they're looking to hire someone for $98,000 a year plus an all-expense paid, free apartment in West London and free travel with the family as they amble around the world.
The commitment isn't ideal — between 2 and 4 hours a day — since I had been hoping for just 45 minutes to an hour, max. But I'll deal.
It'll be great. I'll teach them all about the history of their names: the varieties of tree fruits for Apple, 7, and the Bible for Moses, 6 (Old and New Testament, since Gwyneth is half Jewish). And they can teach me what it's like to be born unto Oscar and Grammy winners with the world at their disposal.
Part of the job requirement is also to teach the kids Ancient Greek, Latin, French and Spanish. I'm pretty good at French, excellent at Pig Latin and Spanglish, and can say "Grandma" in Greek. I'll make sure we eat at every Chinese restaurant we can find and figure out which characters on the menu spell "egg roll" and "pork fried rice." The Chinese lessons will be a little gift from me to them — no extra charge (although of course I'll expense the actual meals).
Gwyneth and Chris also want their kids' tutor to play two instruments, which means they'd be in luck with me as their hire: I played the oboe for four years in elementary school and have nine years of piano under my belt. Sure, Heart and Soul is all I have really managed to remember on the keyboard and I'm not sure I could pick an oboe over a bassoon out of a woodwind lineup anymore, but I have music in my soul regardless.
Of course I have my demands, too. Like if Madonna is going to come over for a workout, she has to watch the Material Girl video with me so I can ask her why she picked the ugly dude with the beard to be the romantic hero instead of someone hunkier. And if we go out for a pint with Bono, I need to be allowed to ask if he's hiding something underneath his sunglasses, and if his wife actually calls him Bono.
Since they're celebrities, they can rest assured that I'm discreet. I won't let the kids play with the riff raff, which, if you're Gwyneth Paltrow or Chris Martin, is pretty much anyone who's not them. Don't worry that they'll be lonely; we'll have each other.
So assuming they'll be calling me at any moment, I need to pack my bags and hop on a private jet. If someone could let my husband know where I've gone and my daughter that it's been real, that'd be great. Toodles.
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Doctors' Statement: Clinton's Blood Clot Is Between Skull and Brain
Late Monday, the State Department released this statement, saying that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is suffering from a blood clot located between her brain and her skull, behind her right ear. She was hospitalized on Sunday.
Below is an update from Secretary Clinton's doctors, Dr. Lisa Bardack and Dr. Gigi El-Bayoumi:
"In the course of a routine follow-up MRI on Sunday, the scan revealed that a right transverse sinus venous thrombosis had formed. This is a clot in the vein that is situated in the space between the brain and the skull behind the right ear. It did not result in a stroke, or neurological damage. To help dissolve this clot, her medical team began treating the Secretary with blood thinners. She will be released once the medication dose has been established. In all other aspects of her recovery, the Secretary is making excellent progress and we are confident she will make a full recovery. She is in good spirits, engaging with her doctors, her family, and her staff."
- Dr. Lisa Bardack, Mt. Kisco Medical Group, and Dr. Gigi El-Bayoumi, George Washington University
On Sunday night, the State Department had released this statement:
In the course of a follow-up exam today, Secretary Clinton's doctors discovered a blood clot had formed, stemming from the concussion she sustained several weeks ago. She is being treated with anti-coagulants and is at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital so that they can monitor the medication over the next 48 hours.
Her doctors will continue to assess her condition, including other issues associated with her concussion. They will determine if any further action is required.


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The Elkins Elks Senior Golf League is making plans to begins its 36th season. Golfers must be over the age of 50 and a member of the Elks to compete in the league. Matches will be held at 10 a.m....
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Driver dies day after crash with light-rail train in Sacramento
Passersby helped driver out of car
A driver involved in a crash with a light-rail train has died of his injuries, police said Tuesday.
His name hasn't been released. On Monday afternoon, the 89-year-old driver made a left turn in front of the southbound train in Sacramento, officers said in a written statement.
The man was hospitalized at the UC Davis Medical Center after the wreck.
Sacramento Regional Transit officials said the crash impacted service. It took place just after 3:30 p.m. near Del Paso Boulevard.
After the collision, passersby stopped to help the driver out of the car by breaking the vehicle's windows.
The train was bound for Watt Avenue and Interstate 80.
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A word that is used in Call of Duty 4 and 5, possibly in other shooters, where there is one man left in a game of Search and Destroy against the enemy team which has 5 or 6 players, and the one man 'clutches' and wins.
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School: St. Bonaventure
Nickname: Bonnies
Affiliation: Atlantic 10
Coach: Mark Schmidt
2011-12 record: 20-12, 10-6
Andrew Nicholson plays for the Orlando Magic which means, if you believe the prognosticators, St. Bonaventure's delightful NCAA Tournament run last season was a one-man show and the Bonnies will again fall into the lower reaches of the A-10. Then again, no one pegged Bona for much postseason success even with Nicholson so it's not alarming to Mark Schmidt and Co. that the basketball seers are suddenly dancing on the Bonnies' grave.
"We're never going to be picked to win the league, we're always going to be the underdog," said Schmidt, whose team has improved its win total in each of the last five seasons. "In a way that's good. People aren't expecting us to have a great season so our job is to go out there and prepare the way we're supposed to prepare, work hard in practice and give it the best shot we've got."
The offense flowed through Nicholson — especially in the A-10 Tournament when he was an unstoppable force — but now the Bonnies will play a tick or two faster with a smaller lineup. Nine of the top 11 players return, including seniors Marquise Simmons and Michael Davenport. Both missed most of last season with injuries.
Seven returners appeared in at least 30 games last year, including Demitrius Conger, Matthew Wright and Charlon Kloof, who combined for 77 starts. That experience has to account for something and, most importantly, they all know how to win. That's a taste not likely to dissipate even without Nicholson.
Keys to success
Not only do the Bonnies have to replace Nicholson, but also 6-foot-8, 235-pound Da'Quan Cook, who proved to be a valuable defender inside. Schmidt wants to play faster to produce easy baskets early in the shot clock out of necessity because of the lack of a determined low-post scoring threat. Only two players on the roster taller than 6-8 have experience. One is 7-foot sophomore Youssou Ndoye who, in time, can handle an expanded scoring role. The other is Simmons, who has battled injuries the last two seasons. The versatile Conger moves to power forward and will swing to the backcourt if needed, although the Bonnies have plenty of options at guard. Kloof seemed to improve with each game while Wright plays with a calming influence and is an underrated shooter. Eric Mosley also can stroke it from long range and so can Chris Johnson, who will fill it up quickly off the bench. Davenport's injury was a blessing in disguise for Jordan Gathers, who gained confidence in his absence. Now that he's back, Davenport, who averaged 11.1 points and shot 37 percent from long range in 2010-11, gives the Bonnies yet another valuable alternative on the perimeter. Because there is so much depth and experience, freshmen swingmen Dion Wright and Jean Yves Toupane, who comes from the same program as Ndoye in Dakar, Senegal, won't have to play immediately.
Big games
St. Bonaventure certainly isn't shying away from competition with a non-league schedule that includes Ohio (Nov. 28), Cleveland State (Dec. 15), North Carolina State (Dec. 22), Iona (Dec. 31) and Colorado State (Jan. 5). The A-10 bulked up with the additions of VCU (Jan. 12) and Butler (Feb. 6), two of four A-10 teams who should crack the nation's Top 25.
St. Bonaventure is past the point of rebuilding but there is some retooling to do. Playing fast-break basketball is entertaining and although the Bonnies have backcourt experience, they must limit turnovers. If the Bonnies can curb the turnovers and defend, an 18-win season and another postseason berth isn't out of the question.
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Portion of I-90 in Erie closed due to snowstorm
State police tonight have closed a portion of Interstate 90 due to the snowstorm blanketing the region, officials said.
The I-90 westbound lanes from the Pennsylvania/New York State line to exit 41, which is Route 89 in North East, was closed by police at about 8:30 p.m.
Traffic is backed up for about three miles, authorities said.
Multiple car and truck accidents, white-out conditions, and several vehicles pulled off the interstate in that stretch led to the closing.
Depot Road in nearby Harborcreek Township had been closed since 5 p.m. due to a tractor-trailer unable to get traction and blocking traffic in both lanes.
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North Charleston has staked tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on urban redevelopment plans, and with Mayor Keith Summey announcing some new initiatives Friday, it's clear the city is not letting up.
Summey spoke at the launch of the second phase of Oak Terrace Preserve, a residential development near Park Circle in which the city directly invested about $14.6 million.
While that 374-home development moves ahead, Summey said the city also expects to close on a $9.2 million deal to sell a former shopping center and a hospital that the city purchased for redevelopment, at the intersection of Rivers and McMillan avenues.
In addition, the city is now in talks to buy a roughly 120,000-square-foot vacant factory building, the old Garco mill in the Olde Village. Summey said the city wants to create an "artist colony" there.
And Summey announced that on Thursday the city agreed to buy a historic building on the former Navy base for $308,000.
Summey said the city could to use the building for meetings and events.
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Oak Terrace Preserve
Development of the 55-acre property at the end of Lackawanna Boulevard, across from the Charleston County School of the Arts and Academic Magnet high schools, started a decade ago when the city bought and demolished a privately-owned low-income housing complex.
Today the site is home to 120 houses and townhomes, built in a neo-traditional style with energy-efficient construction. Houses sell in the $200,000 range, and townhouses in the low $100,000 range.
"This is a good opportunity to get young couples moving back," Summey said.
A city block party is planned today, from 11 to 3 p.m.
The next phase will add 52 houses and 16 townhomes. The city recoups money spent by selling building lots, and by collecting property taxes.
"We couldn't be more happy with what has been accomplished so far," said Council President Bob King, who like Summey lives nearby.
Shipwatch Square
In southern North Charleston there are no full-service grocery stores, and the city has been trying for years to attract one.
To that end, the city bought and cleared the Shipwatch Square/Pinehaven Shopping Center site, and in October bought at federal auction the former Naval hospital located on 22 acres across the street.
The city has a pending contract to sell both properties in a $9.2 million deal aimed at covering the city's costs and bringing in a supermarket.
"I think that with a grocery store coming back, we could do a lot with that area," said Councilman Michael Brown, whose district includes the hospital site.
Summey said it could take 60 days to complete the sale.
New arts building
The building Summey described as a future artist colony is the last building on the expansive former Garco manufacturing site near East Montague Avenue, where the Beach Co. plans to build new housing and shops.
Kent Johnson of the Beach Co. confirmed that the company is willing to sell the building if terms can be reached.
Summey said the plan is to create loft, studio and classroom space, and a new 250- to 300-seat performance venue.
"I am thrilled to see the city's continuing support of the arts by purchasing the Garco building," said North Charleston Artist Guild President Daniel Nadeau.
Building on the base
The Runaway Bay restaurant occupies one of the historic Panama houses where officers were housed. The city owns surrounding land, as part of a recent settlement related to rail traffic associated with new port facility on the base, and plans to development homes there.
"It will offer people an opportunity to live right on the Cooper River," Summey said.
The restaurant building was in foreclosure after defaulting on a loan from the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments. The restaurant remained in operation Friday, and attempts to reach the owners were unsuccessful.
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In the business world we're often told that Figures Don't Lie, but that Liars Can Figure. While that may be true in some scandalous incidents of corporate wrongdoing, we who are cancer advocates also know that while medical statistics don't lie, that they don't always portray the picture in a way that is most meaningful to the average patient.
My wife, Phyllis, was diagnosed with advanced (Stage IIIB) multiple myeloma in May 2003. The attending oncologist told her at the very first meeting that the 2-year overall survival (OS) rate was 40% and the 5-year survival rate was only 20%. To have the prognostic stats presented in such a manner was devastating. I was fairly good in math when I was in high school and although I can't remember a cosine from a tangent, I can rationalize what 40% means as a part of a whole.
So I tried to explain to Phyllis that what she was being told was a simplification of the survival statistics that amounted to an arithmetic mean average. She was distressed, assuming that 4 out of 5 myeloma patients would die within five years and that her chance of surviving more than 5 years was but 20%. It was then that I explained that these numbers took in all patients who ranged from very ill when diagnosed, to those who were only slightly ill. It included patients of differing age, physical status prior to diagnosis, and additional complications and prior conditions.
When you look at the raw data you see a continuum from those dangerously ill and previously undiagnosed patients who may expire within a matter of months, to those who have been diagnosed, treated, and have survived 10 or more years. In the case of my wife, she had been a gym rat five days a week for more than 10 years prior to diagnosis. She was in excellent condition -- other than the myeloma -- and had no other complications that we knew of. So, I tried to explain that she had a lot going FOR her. She had a hard fight ahead, but she COULD win and WOULD win.
As I learned more about myeloma, I did become aware that some prognostic indicators may augur well or not so well. A chromosome-13 deletion or Bence-Jones protein prominence may be unwelcome. The blood panels and chemistries may point to strengths or weaknesses. The Kappa/Lambda light chain ratios may portend trouble, although these are undoubtedly the most difficult of all factors for us mere mortals to understand.
What we in the myeloma community need to do is keep our minds concentrated on the fight. We can know one thing intellectually yet work on another model subjectively. For most of us, fighting myeloma is like getting into the ring with a professional heavyweight boxer. We ask ourselves: How long will the fight last? How badly beaten up will we get?
But, while that intellectual model may seem depressing, we need to remember that the professional fighter is just using his same old tricks and that WE have an army of trainers and supporters working to help us beat the odds. That's what clinicians, researchers, and organizations like the IMF are working so hard for. And we in the myeloma community owe it to ourselves and to each other to keep on fighting. Don't get freaked by grand scale statistics. They don't apply to everybody. As a matter of fact, no statistic applies to an INDIVIDUAL patient.
We didn't ask for the fight. But we're in the ring, so we are going to give it our best shot. Phyllis has beaten the 2-year OS. In August, we celebrated our 50th Anniversary. Now, we are thinking about what we want to do for our 55th. We remember the words of Dylan Thomas: "Do not go gentle into that good night./ Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
EDITOR'S NOTE: After a year of helping his wife fight myeloma, and compiling extensive notes on the disease, Robert Heller wrote Multiple Myeloma: The Plain English Handbook for Patients and Care Givers, in the hopes that it may be of help to others on their journey through myeloma. Bob can be reached via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Protein profiling has existed in one form or another for several decades and has its origins in enzyme purification strategies of the mid 20th century.
The advent of computational technologies in biomedical science has catalyzed the development of myriad high-throughput experimental platforms and the birth of the "omics" age.
The proteome represents the identity, expression levels, interacting partners, and post-translational modifications of proteins expressed within any given cell. Global protein profiling—or proteomics—aims to census the quantitative and qualitative factors regulating the biological relationships of proteins acting in concert as functional cellular networks.
In addition to the broader, discovery-driven scope of proteomics, however, more focused protein-profiling approaches are still widely used to validate hypotheses and add finer brush strokes to the mechanistic and functional characterization of protein biology. This year's "American Association of Cancer Research" conference included sessions focusing on the application of protein-profiling techniques and strategies for basic and translational aspects of cancer biology.
"Chemotherapeutic sensitivity encompasses both sensitivity of the tumor resulting in response to therapy and sensitivity of the individual to the toxic side effects of the chemotherapy," said Eileen Dolan, Ph.D., professor of medicine at the University of Chicago.
"Identifying individuals with genetic variants that make them more sensitive to a particular adverse event associated with chemotherapy, or less likely to respond, will help clinicians provide alternative therapies or a lower dose of chemotherapy to prevent toxicity."
Dr. Dolan's group is interested in characterizing the role of transcription factors and signaling molecules in mediating chemotherapeutic sensitivity, with a view of ultimately harnessing these proteins as novel therapeutic leverage points. Dr. Dolan's colleague, Richard Jones, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Chicago's Ben May department for cancer research, described a novel technique, referred to as microwestern, that the group is using to identify candidate proteins.
"Microwestern technology can be thought of as DNA expression arrays for proteins with a twist," said Dr. Jones. "The twist is that biological samples examined with the platform undergo a chromatographic separation following their deposition onto microwestern gels, whereby small proteins migrate through a gel matrix at a quicker speed than do large proteins."
While DNA microarrays work well through the exquisite selectivity afforded by the predictable complementary base pairing between labeled mRNAs and immobilized DNA oligonucleotides, there is no comparable complementarity for proteins, and unique affinity reagents must be designed specifically for each protein that a researcher wishes to pursue.
Dr. Jones cited two disadvantages of existing Western-based protein profiling that microwesterns address. "Antibodies obtained through traditional processes typically cross-react to some degree with proteins other than their intended targets. In addition to this, standard Western blots require the use of large amounts of cellular material, large amounts of antibody reagents, and a large amount of human intervention.
"By electrophoretically resolving microarrayed cell lysate proteins through a gel matrix, protein isoforms representing intended targets can be visually discerned from unintended targets. Microwesterns also reduce starting material and antibodies required by up to two orders of magnitude." Dr. Jones added that microwesterns can outperform mass spectrometry-based methods in metrics of sensitivity and reproducibility of detection of low-abundance proteins.
"The ability of the microwestern array to measure the levels of large numbers of unique proteins across populations of individuals makes it a wonderful platform for the identification of variants that affect protein function," noted Drs. Jones and Dolan.
The group applied the technology in a study that evaluated the relationship between protein abundances, genetic variation, microRNA and mRNA expression, and chemotherapeutic-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis in lymphoblastoid cell lines. They identified over 70 proteins whose levels were associated with cytarabine-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis, knockdown of one of which, ATF2, was associated with a restoration of apoptosis in response to the drug in the cell lines.
VEGFA (or simply VEGF) is a master regulator of angiogenesis, a critical process in tumor development, and is well established as a mitogen, survival factor, and permeability factor for endothelial cells. A group led by Gillian Tozer, Ph.D., of the University of Sheffield is using mouse models of cancer to shed light on the role that VEGF isoforms play in mediating resistance to therapeutic regimens.
"The most common splice variants in mice are VEGF120, 164, and 188, and these different isoforms have unique roles in tumor vascular maturation processes. For example, VEGF188 has been found to be associated with a relatively mature tumor vasculature compared with the other main isoforms in the mouse," Dr. Tozer explained.
Her group recently found that tumor expression of VEGF120 in mice makes tumor vasculature particularly susceptible to damage by the tumor vascular-disrupting agent, combretastatin A4 phosphate (CA4P) but, compared to VEGF188-expressing tumors, resistant to radiotherapy.
To identify potential players mediating these discrepancies, the group carried out differential proteomic profiling of wild-type and VEGF isoform-specific tumor cell lines and solid tumor lysates using commercial angiogenesis and phosphoreceptor tyrosine kinase arrays (R&D Systems) combined with iTRAQ technology (Life Technologies).
They found that fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2), neuropilin 1 (NRP1), and platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) were upregulated in VEGF188-specific tumor cells, while Neuropilin 2 (NRP2) was downregulated in the same tumor extracts relative to VEGF164 and VEGF120. While stressing that VEGF-based therapeutic strategies are in the early days of development, Dr. Tozer does see promise ahead.
"In Roche and Genentech's AVAGAST (gastric cancer) trial, the ELISA was more sensitive to low molecular weight VEGF than 165 and 189, and when used to screen blood samples, was capable of predicting which patients would benefit from bevacizumab treatment, i.e., the higher the levels, the more benefit," she pointed out.
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Buffalo School Superintendent Pamela C. Brown offered to give $2,500 to each of the 106 teachers affected by involuntary transfers this fall in an effort to resolve the stalemate between the union and the district over the transfers.
It didn't work.
As part of her offer, the Buffalo Teachers Federation would also have had to agree to one of two teacher-evaluation plans that Brown offered – either the model used by Syracuse or by Binghamton.
BTF President Philip Rumore said the offer was "unacceptable." He noted that the union won an arbitration ruling saying the teacher transfers violated the contract, and a State Supreme Court justice subsequently upheld the ruling.
"We won the arbitration. It was confirmed by the courts. And then she offers money to settle it, but we still have to do other things on top of that," Rumore said. "You usually have to compensate the people who were harmed – you don't usually ask them to do more."
Brown, through a district spokeswoman, declined to comment for this article. The superintendent said she would address the situation with the School Board at its meeting Wednesday.
The stare-down is significant because more than $50 million in state and federal aid is riding on Brown's ability to get Rumore to agree on an evaluation plan that the state will approve.
It is also significant because this is the first major test of the new superintendent's ability to negotiate a major agreement of any sort with the union – seen by many observers as an indication of her ability to hammer out a new contract to replace the one that expired eight years ago.
Earlier this month, the School Board voted to authorize Brown to decide how to proceed with the legal battle over the involuntary transfers. Rumore said Monday that the district has filed an appeal in the case.
The union's 200-member governing body, the council of delegates, voted in late September to suspend negotiations on the teacher-evaluation plan until the district dropped its pursuit of the involuntary teacher transfers.
The district transferred 53 teachers from three low-performing schools this fall as part of the improvement plans at Futures Academy, Drew Science Magnet and Bilingual Center 33. The BTF fought unsuccessfully to get a court order that would have blocked the transfers until the case was resolved.
Brown, in an Oct. 12 letter to Rumore, offered to give $2,500 to each of the 53 transferred teachers, as well as the 53 top teachers on the voluntary transfer list who might have been denied positions in their preferred schools because of the involuntary transfers.
The union would have to agree to drop the court case on the transfers, she wrote, and also agree to either the Syracuse or Binghamton teacher-evaluation plan.
"I believe that the only way we are going to improve our schools and increase academic achievement is if we work together at resolving our issues," Brown wrote to Rumore. "Therefore, in a conciliatory effort, I propose the following as a final offer to settle two of the outstanding issues that currently threaten to distract us from focusing on our primary mission of educating our children."
The district submitted a teacher-evaluation plan in July, but the state Education Department rejected it. The state's primary objection to the plan, according to both Brown and Rumore, involved the awarding of extra points to teachers with a relatively high percentage of students who are chronically absent, have disabilities or do not speak English as their native language.
Under the plan submitted by the district, some teachers never could be rated ineffective, by virtue of those additional points they would get based on their student population.
In two earlier interviews with The Buffalo News, Brown said state Education Department officials had given the district until Oct. 15 to file its final revised teacher-evaluation plan. And in her letter to Rumore, she asked him to respond by selecting either the Syracuse or Binghamton plan – both of which have been approved by the state Education Department – by 10 a.m. Oct. 15.
But a state Education Department spokesman said the state never gave Buffalo an Oct. 15 deadline.
The only deadline was that given by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo: Districts must approve evaluation plans by Jan. 17, 2013, or forfeit their 2012-13 increase in state aid, according to spokesman Jonathan D. Burman. The state has asked districts to submit plans early because it may take the state four to six weeks for a review, he said.
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Katy Perry Causes a Total Audience Freak Out at Ellen
The prize? A trip to Australia for the one who could answer the most questions, though judging from both women's borderline hyperventilation as they stood there, it seemed like they had already won just standing next to the two stars.
Perry showed off her comedy chops in a plaid carnival barker's suit, plus that mustache and a boy's haircut – "I asked for the Anne Hathaway," the pop star, 28, quipped about her pixie cut – in an apparent celebration of DeGeneres's 55th birthday Saturday.
"I'm actually a second cousin to Bob Barker," Perry, fresh off of her trip to the Obama inauguration with beau John Mayer, joked as she presided over the game she called Grab Ellen's Bust.
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LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man pleaded not guilty Friday in Niagara County Court to charges that he sold crack cocaine twice to a police informant in the City of Lockport.
Deandre M. Mathews, 22, of Jordan Gardens, was indicted on two counts each of third-degree criminal sale and possession of a controlled substance. The alleged drug deals occurred Nov. 30 and Dec. 5, Assistant District Attorney Peter M. Wydysh said. Mathews was held in lieu of $1,000 bail.


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There are a number of ways to reduce irrigation and all of these recommendations are explored in great detail in this web site. Reducing water use on Xeriscapes (and standard landscapes) depends on a number of factors including the type of plants, the soil, landscaping practices, climate, irrigation system efficiency, etc. It can all be a bit overwhelming. Many water utilities offer free landscape audits. An audit is a great opportunity to meet with a local expert and discuss ways to improve efficiency on your specific landscape. Contact your utility for information on these programs.
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