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LOCKPORT – Donald J. Frey, of Lockport, who has been in a court-supervised drug treatment program for 13 months after admitting to burglary, pleaded guilty to two more crimes Wednesday, including the theft of a credit card that had belonged to a woman who had been fatally stabbed.
Frey, 38, of Lincoln Avenue Extension, admitted to fourth-degree grand larceny and third-degree burglary. Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas kept him in the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment, where he has reportedly been doing well.
The crimes predated his admission to that program. On March 2, 2012, he burglarized his neighbors' home, stealing $2,400 worth of property, and on April 12, 2012, he took a credit card that had belonged to the late Norma Confer and ran up $677 worth of charges.
Frey's father is the executor of the estate of Confer, who died May 25, 2011, 34 days after she was stabbed by Hans S. Diefenbach of Lockport.
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LONDON— Margaret Thatcher profoundly changed economic policy making in Britain, and the British economy itself. To what extent those changes were for the better is still debated in this country decades later.
Mrs. Thatcher treated blistering inflation with ruthlessly high interest rates. Unemployment zoomed. She gutted British trade unions, deregulated finance and presided over an epochal shift from manufacturing to services. In her wake, the new British economy grew solidly—if not spectacularly—until it was undone by the financial crisis in 2008.
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I'm trying to pinpoint the age when a child goes from hearing laughter and applause and so they laugh and clap along because they think it's because of something they did - to - being embarrassed, humble, when someone really does laugh or clap because of something they really did do.
How I wish I could be childish in these situations still to this day. You like my blog post? Hahahaha! clapclapclap with delight. Because I do feel like responding on the inside that way, a lot, underneath the humility, and the pokey feelings that I'm glaringly undeserving. (But if I remember correctly, even as a child I never could take a compliment comfortably.)
The empty ones pile up underneath my sink and then out into the garage where they get knocked over almost weekly. So I sweep the broken glass and still wash out and still save the next one when the last pickle is eaten.
Tonight I want to capture the kids with their belly giggles while watching Tom & Jerry on the kitchen TV.
I have mothered much, but I have yet to see their innocence sneak off, like I"m sure it will, when I'll tuck it in one night and find it gone one morning. [Like Peter's shadow I imagine I'll do my best to look for it and sew it back on]
One by one it will fade, when it is time. Suddenly? Will I see it happening? Or will it creep away slowly while I pay careful attention?
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Foundation Medicine has teamed up with Clovis Oncology to develop a biomarker-based in vitro diagnostic to help select patients most likely to respond to Clovis' anticancer candidate rucaparib, a PARP inhibitor currently undergoing Phase I/II clinical development. The collaboration aims to identify mutations other than germline and somatic BRCA alterations, which may represent new tumor targets for rucaparib.
Rucaparib is an orally-available, small molecule PARP inhibitor in development for the treatment of patients with cancers predisposed to PARP inhibitor sensitivity. The drug has undergone testing in multiple Phase I and Phase II studies as both an oral and IV formulation, primarily in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy. While Clovis' initial focus is on developing rucaparib for ovarian and breast cancers with defective BRCA function, the firm claims its partnership with Foundation Medicine could identify new targets for the drug. This could feasibly increase the proportion of, for example, ovarian cancer patients who are eligible for rucaparib therapy from the 15% or so who have germline BRCA mutations, to an estimated 40–50% of patients who exhibit DNA repair deficiencies caused by somatic mutations in other genes.
"Foundation Medicine's leadership in next-generation sequencing and genomic analysis make them an ideal partner to work with us on our rucaparib program," comments Clovis president and CEO Patrick J. Mahaffy. "This continues our commitment to developing targeted therapies with companion diagnostics to identify the patients most likely to benefit from our therapeutics."
Clovis' lead anticancer candidate, CO-101, is a lipid-drug conjugate of gemcitabine, which is in development initially for treating pancreatic cancer patients with tumors that express low amounts of a membrane transporter protein known as hENT1, and are thus expected to be resistant to standard gemcitabine-based therapy. CO-101 is designed to enter cells by a mechanism that is independent of hENT1 expression to overcome this resistance mechanism. The drug is currently undergoing a pivotal study, Leap (Low hENT1 and Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas), topline data from which are expected during Q4 2012.
Clovis' CO-1686 candidate is an oral-targeted covalent (irreversible) inhibitor of cancer-related mutant forms of EGFR. The drug is currently undergoing Phase I/II development for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). CO-1686 is designed to selectively target both the initial activating EGFR mutations as well as the T790M resistance mutation, without impacting on normal EGFR at anticipated therapeutic doses. The firm says it plans to develop CO-1686 for both second-line therapy against EGFR-mutated NSCLC that has become resistant to EGFR-directed therapy due to the emergence of the T790M secondary mutation, and also potentially as a first-line treatment for EGFR-mutated NSCLC.
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Local college crowns hot dog-eating champ
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Oh boy, wait until Food Warden Michelle hears about the college sponsoring something like this!!!
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Hot Dog sounds good i think I'll head up to Long Doggers Indiatlantic for one or two or three! Flynnville Train is in town today shooting a music video at Satellite Beach and the Sebastian Inlet. They will be jamming at Lous Blues 2 nite!
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Was this done as a fundraiser? Was there money made to donate somewhere in the area to feed the hungry? Food eating contest are disgusting. There are people going without meals in our city, state, country and our world while there are others having competitions on how much they can fill their stomachs. Maybe next year could be a food drive competition for local food banks. It sounded like a good fun competition for the students but its sad that about 61 hungry people in Williamsport could have had a hot dog to eat.
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Take advantage of convenient refrigerated breadsticks to fashion these fuss-free flowers. A speedy seasoning gives them a boost of herb garden flavor.
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Next Wednesday night, Cortez Allen will walk the red carpet at the ESPYs Awards Show at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. The ESPYs are ESPN's annual glitzy get-together for the best and brightest in sports, complete with Oscars-style pre-show interviews and post-show parties.
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Cortez Allen
Team: Steelers
Year: Third
Position: Cornerback
Drafted: 4th round, 2011
At The Citadel: 2006-10
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Year: Fourth
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Allen will share the red carpet with ESPYs host Jon Hamm of "Mad Men" fame and a gaggle of sports' one-namers — LeBron, Serena, Peyton, et al.
But Citadel fans who remember Allen from his days as a Bulldog need not worry — there's little chance that fame will change the humble kid from Ocala, Fla., who still says "Yes, sir" on the phone.
"I don't think of myself as a celebrity," said Allen, who is preparing for his third season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. "I'm just Cortez, the same person I was at The Citadel, before The Citadel, before the NFL.
"That's very important to me, to never change for anything, for fame or money or whatever. Regardless of the setting, I just try to be my best self in every environment."
That attitude is precisely the reason Allen has succeeded in the harsh environment of the NFL after a solid, but not spectacular, career at The Citadel. Allen, 6-1 and 196 pounds, was twice a second-team All-Southern Conference pick before the Steelers drafted him in the fourth round in 2011.
Allen is set to start at cornerback this season for the Steelers, who allowed former starter Keenan Lewis to sign with New Orleans in the offseason as a free agent.
The reason: Allen's emergence last season. He picked off two passes, forced three fumbles and recovered a fumble in the final two games of 2012 while starting for the injured Ike Taylor.
"I'm excited about it," Allen said. "It will be the first time I've played the whole game at corner since I was at The Citadel.
"But I feel the same way about it as I did last year. If you always prepare as if you are the starter and push as hard as you can, then you have a shot to do it."
Allen said he's learned a lot from all his Steelers coaches and teammates, including All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu. But it's Ike Taylor, an 11-year veteran who also went to a smaller school (Louisiana-Lafayette) who's been his chief mentor.
Allen rents a townhouse in Pittsburgh during the season, and in the summer lives in Orlando and trains with Taylor, who like Allen was a fourth-round pick (2003).
"He's taught me how to be a professional, what it takes to be the best and stay ready," Allen said. "I've never seen anyone work as hard as he does. His whole mentality, his commitment to the game, it's something I want to model and develop as I continue my career."
Taylor predicts big things for his protege.
"He's going to be trouble for a lot of people," Taylor told reporters this summer. "He pretty much has everything you are looking for as far as a cornerback, being a shutdown guy."
Allen said a lot of his teammates are not familiar with The Citadel, despite the presence of two former Bulldogs in the NFL (receiver Andre Roberts is heading into his fourth season with the Cardinals). An exception is center Maurkice Pouncey, who played for Florida when the Gators clubbed Allen and the Bulldogs, 70-19, in 2008.
"He's always joking with me about that game," Allen said. "He says he played one series in that game, that's how good they were. A lot of the guys joke with me and ask, 'Isn't that an all-boys school?' "
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Peter J. Bertucci, a New Orleans native and Marine veteran who spent most of his career working at the Westinghouse Electric plant in Cheektowaga, died Thursday in Brothers of Mercy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a long illness. He was 82.
Bertucci, a mechanical engineer who designed medium motors and gears, joined Westinghouse in Pittsburgh right out of college, and transferred to Buffalo just a couple of years later.
He remained at the Genesee Street facility near Greater Buffalo International Airport until the plant closed and the facility was sold in 1984. The property was later incorporated into the airport's expansion.
When businessman Chris Collins and other engineers purchased the former Metal Gear in Pittsburgh and moved the company to Niagara Falls, Bertucci worked there until 2007.
"He loved it," said his wife, the former Johann Crick. "He loved math. He loved math books, and he loved his work."
Bertucci attended Jesuit High School in New Orleans and went on to graduate from Tulane University. He also spent two years in the Marine Corps during the Korean War from 1951-1953 but did not leave the United States. Instead, he was stationed in Barstow, Calif., doing early computer work for the Corps.
During that time, he met his first wife, the former Nancy Roberts, who predeceased him. She was also in the Marines. They moved to Pittsburgh together when Westinghouse hired him.
Bertucci was active at his church, with readings and singing, and was also "very involved" as a baseball and softball coach in Clarence, where the family lived, Johann Bertucci said. He was also a Cub Scout and Boy Scout leader.
"It was certainly a journey, a wild ride," she said.
Besides his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Susan, Linda and Elizabeth; four sons, John, Thomas, James and Michael; and two stepsons, Bruce and Keith.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11:30 a.m. today in Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 8500 Main St., Clarence. A military service will also be held, with a military salute and bugle, and the playing of "When the Saints Come Marchin' In."


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A drink with a particularly potent alcohol content. After drinking, you will become rather loopy.
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i dont get why babcock is in love with samuelsson so much hopefully itll only be for one shift and the wings will wake up and buy him out in the off season , and tootoo out again when he along with emmerton and eaves were starting to get some good chemistry going
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This year seems like it has flown by.
Each year seems to go faster as we add children, camping trips, family time, friends and general chaos into the equation.
I take hundreds of pictures each year in hopes of putting together this creative scrapbook that will be a tribute to the amazing year we had. But the reality is I barely have time to transfer the pictures from my camera to my computer let alone print them off and create something with them.
So ... I started using Shutterfly.
It seemed like a happy medium, somewhere I could gather all my memories and create something that is better than crowding around my computer each time I want to show off family memories. I didn't have to make prints and organize everything on the kitchen table only to put it away before I really begin.
Boy, was I wrong.
Shutterfly is great. It was my organization of pictures that failed me.
I had all my pictures lumped together in folders on my computer with random dates and no real description of what they were. I had 42 pictures of my son playing in the sand at the lake but couldn't remember when it was. It took me so long to decide which pictures to use and what order to put them in that I gave up.
Have you been there?
I was do dismayed that I had basically given up. I had decided that I would just not be successful at creating something like a scrapbook.
But then I was given one from the teacher I student taught with that was beautiful, and it renewed my desire to create!
I came up with a strategy for organizing my photos that made it easy to use Shutterfly to create a treasured look back at 2011. I am in the middle of making my book for 2012 and I am actually enjoying it! So here are my tips for organizing your photos throughout 2013 to help you create a memory book of which you can be proud:
1. Download your pictures EVERY TIME you use your camera. Don't go months between because you will forget what you have! If you use your phone to take lots of pictures like I do, try to sync with your computer at least once a week.
2. Once you have downloaded your pictures, take a minute to go through and delete the ones where eyes are closed, etc. This really cuts back on the pictures you have and only leaves the ones you really want!
3. Name your files so you remember what the pictures are. "Miscellaneous October" is NOT a good file name. Try the date and a brief description. For my daughter's first birthday I used "10/29/12 Sam's bday." Doing this helps when you are deciding on order and also makes it so you don't have to scroll through a ton of other pictures to find the ones you are looking for.
4. If you have time, create a Word document and write a brief description of what was going on. I try to include the date, who was there, where we were, what we did and some favorite memories. It only takes me a few minutes and is so easy when it is fresh in my mind. It helps me TREMENDOUSLY when I am looking back! I save the document right in with the pictures.
One fun new thing I did this year was save pictures that my son took. He is big into the camera this year and took a ton of pictures from his perspective! I asked him why he took the picture and made a quick note. It was fun to make a page in my book of the world through Ryan's eyes!
I hope this helps some of you organize your memories in 2013. It is fun to create something that people can hold and admire instead of scrolling through endless folders while everyone is gathered around the computer! Now the only problem is getting my Shutterfly addiction under control.
Happy New Year!
Casey Park is Greeley Moms' craft and activities blogger. Read her Tuesdays on Greeley Moms.
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kimberley- i wish i still had terry he was great in bed
becca- yeah i know he regularly gives me multiple orgasms just looking at me
becca- yeah i know he regularly gives me multiple orgasms just looking at me
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Someone who is kind, giving and generous. You won't find a more loyal and thoughtful person! Always concerned with the thoughts and feelings of others, while putting them first. Loving and caring friend, wife and mother, also a great lover. A defender of the underdog. Spiritual, mystical, other-worldly, an old soul, and the cutest hunny bunny you will ever meet.
I wish I was a Terry.
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magical fingers capable of doing great things and bringing pleasure to even a keyboard
Oh my gawd, d'you see Terry's fingers touching those keys?
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A god like figure, the Main character in the terrific adventures of Terry, and an idol for many. Often referred to as the king of bus drivers, with his worshippers often referred to as 'Terryists', who aim to control the modern world with the power and holy aid of Terry. Most powerful being of all time, and has been mentioned in many legends for his extreme bed skills, with his nickname being 'terryanosaurus sex'.
Can also be used to describe something as 'awesome'
Can also be used to describe something as 'awesome'
Trev: After reading the terrific adventures of Terry back to back, I now feel strong faith for his holy power, and so, have converted to a Terryist.
Hank: Wow, that's so Terry, I'm Proud you have finally seen sense!
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Awesome-est friend in the entire world that is 20% pimp and adorable! He's funny and knows how to cheer someone up! AND HE WILL FUKK YOU UP! HE KNOWS MARTIAL ARTS!! But he's a sweetheart! He also has a 'mustache'. His name backwards also resembles a masturbating frog.
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vb; British slang for engaging in sexual intercourse with the wife or partner of a close friend, team member or colleague. Named after England Football Captain John Terry's alleged philandering with team mate Wayne Bridges' wife.
1] I tell you what Fabio, I'd terry your wife at the drop of a hat.
2] Oi Gav, I terried Ian's missus last night, do you think I should pop down the STD clinic?
2] Oi Gav, I terried Ian's missus last night, do you think I should pop down the STD clinic?
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A girl very obnoxious and loves her beer. Her laugh would terrify a grizzly bear walking in the woods. Shes kindhearted and loves to spend money on people. Shes Irish and goes crazy on saint Patrick's day!!
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Police are looking for a 27-year-old man in a manslaughter investigation into the death of a man early today at a homeless encampment in Waiehu.
The suspect was identified as Charleston Koko.
Police were called to the encampment at the end of Kaae Road in the area known as Wailuku Rivermouth at 2:25 a.m. to investigate a report that four men were fighting, said Lt. Jayson Rego of the Criminal Investigation Division.
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He said officers found a 50-year-old man unresponsive in a tent and started cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The man was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, Rego said.
The police investigation revealed that the victim had been involved in an argument that became physical with his nephew Koko, who lives in another tent at the location, Rego said. Koko reportedly threw the victim to the ground and mounted him before the two were separated by other family members, Rego said.
The victim went back to his tent, where he collapsed, he said.
An autopsy is scheduled Monday for the victim, who had no outward sign of injuries, Rego said.
Koko, who fled before police arrived, is described as Hawaiian, 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He has been known to frequent the Wailuku town and Waiehu Hawaiian Homes areas.


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RENO/TAHOE — Grant Korgan battled temperatures of 50 degrees below zero, winds of 35 miles an hour and whiteouts as he propelled himself for 12 days across the ice of Antarctica.
Korgan, who was paralyzed in a snowmobile accident in 2010, became the first adaptive athlete to reach the South Pole after completing the 75-mile trek in a sit-ski last January.
Writing, publishing and marketing a book about the experience is proving to be a different — but still daunting — challenge these days for Korgan and his wife, Shawna.
The first boxes of books were delivered to the porch of their Sparks home a couple of weeks ago, but the Korgans were so busy that the boxes sat unopened for nearly a day.
"Two Feet Back" — the book to which Korgan devoted six hours a day since shortly after his arrival home last winter — is published by Lucky Bat Books, headquartered in Minden.
Through those long hours at the computer, Korgan knew he wasn't writing a book to make a few bucks. He was writing what he considers to be a message with the potential to change the lives of thousands of readers.
"The success of the book will be determined by the positive impact it has," says Korgan, an Incline Village native. "Our goal is to empower people to live life to the fullest."
The couple's marketing plan is designed to get that message to as many people as possible, both through the book and through other venues, such as personal appearances.
"If people don't know about it, they don't know about it," says Shawna Korgan.
They are relying heavily on social media as a marketing tool. A three-minute video created to promote the book and Korgan's story had drawn 2,500 views within its first few days on YouTube, and the couple is hoping the video goes viral.
"We've all seen movie trailers," says Shawna Korgan. "This is a book trailer."
They're working, too, to line up public-speaking appearances. He is scheduled to keynote the annual Healthcare Forum of The Chamber on Oct. 3, speaking for an hour on the steps individuals can take to empower themselves in their search for health and a balanced life.
Between a heavy schedule of physical conditioning, the development of marketing strategies, the delivery of his message of the power of positivity, Grant Korgan doesn't have much time for sleep.
On the other hand, he says the injury left him unable to sleep well. The extra time is important.
"It's about being willing to do the work," he says. Writing initially was a challenge for Korgan, who worked as a research project leader in the fields of microtechnology and nanotechnology and spent his weekends as a top adventure athlete before the snowmobile accident.
Day after day, the book required him to revisit the initial ordeal and moments of discovery.
"It's an intense process to share with the world some of your most intense moments," he says. "You always want to stay with the truth."
He tells, too, of the importance of a network of supporters, most importantly his wife, who helped him shape his philosophy of shedding the weight of limitations and living life to the fullest.
Physicians and therapists at Spine Nevada in Reno, Korgan says, are among the heroes of his story.
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This year's conference will feature a keynote address from Dr. Peniel Joseph, Professor of History at Tufts University and the author of the award-winning Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America. Professors from area institutions will serve as panel commentators and participate in a workshop on professional development and the job market.
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End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) occurs when kidney function falls to 15-20 percent of normal capacity, and your kidneys no longer function well enough on their own. At this time, you will need either dialysis or transplantation.
The Kidney Transplant Center, located at Gulf Coast Medical Center, serves patients who desire transplantation as their treatment option.
Why Choose Us?
Personalized Care
Our transplant team is available to you 24 hours a day. We will take time to listen to your questions and concerns and answer them in a thorough and timely manner. We will provide comprehensive care through a team composed of nephrologists, surgeons, transplant coordinators, social worker, financial coordinator, and dietician to create an individualized plan of care for you. We collaborate with donors and recipients and their referring physicians to ensure continuity of care, while guiding patient families through the emotional, financial, and medical journey toward transplant.
Expertise and Experience
The Kidney Transplant Center has performed over 800 deceased and living donor transplants. Dr. Gordon Burtch, surgical director, and Dr. Joel Van Sickler, medical director, have guided the transplant program since its beginning in 1990.
Successful Outcomes
The most recent center specific report released by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) confirms that we provide excellent results in patient and graft survival rates.
Shorter Waiting Time
In many parts of the United States, the average waiting time for a kidney from a deceased donor is three to five years. The average time on our waiting list is 20 months.
Donor Types
There are two ways in which to receive a kidney transplant:
- Living Donor:
A healthy person may donate one of his or her kidneys to you. This option greatly reduces the length of time you will wait for a transplant. A living donor can be a family member, spouse, or friend.
- Deceased Donor:
You may also receive a donated kidney from a deceased person who has previously registered to be an organ donor or whose family wishes to donate his or her organs at the time of death.
Patient Journey to Transplant
Referral Process
You, your physician, or your dialysis unit can make the initial referral to the Renal Transplant Center at Gulf Coast. After we have gathered the basic information, you will be scheduled for an educational class and your evaluation appointments.
- Self-Referral:
You may print and complete an on-line Self Referral Form and fax it to 239-343-0048.
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To refer a patient for kidney transplant evaluation or to speak with a member of our transplant team, please call 239-343-0442, Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm.
Evaluation Process
The evaluation that is performed for every patient includes, but is not limited to the following:
Education Class
On your initial visit to our transplant center, you will take part in a comprehensive education class to help you and your family become as knowledgeable as possible about the transplant process. This will include information on support services, financial obligations, patient family roles and responsibilities, nutritional counseling, surgical procedures, medications, and follow-up care.
Psychosocial Evaluation
Every patient being evaluated for kidney transplant will have a psychosocial evaluation with our transplant social worker.
You will be scheduled for appointments with the transplant nephrologist, transplant surgeon, and transplant urologist. Depending upon your medical history, you may also be scheduled to see a cardiologist, pulmonologist, gastroenterologist, or infectious disease doctor.
Testing may include, but is not limited to, the following:
- Routine laboratory testing and Tissue Typing
- Chest X-ray and EKG
- Renal Ultrasound
Approval and Listing
Once you have completed the evaluation process, the transplant selection committee will meet to determine if you are an appropriate candidate for kidney transplant. At that time, you will be listed for kidney transplant with United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). A letter will also be sent to you detailing your rights and responsibilities while waiting for your transplant.
United Network for Organ Sharing
Every U.S. transplant program is a member of the United Network for Organ Sharing, also called UNOS, which is a private, non-profit organization based in Richmond, Va. UNOS maintains the national patient waiting list for all solid organ transplants, then matches donated organs with patients, collects and analyzes scientific data nationwide. To educate yourself about the transplant process, visiting the UNOS Web site.
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At his first visit to the famous Snowbirds race in Florida recently, 16-year old JJ Wang from China represented HB-HPI in fine form during this unique, all-day, all-night racing event. Waking up at wild hours in order to get practice runs in was a new and unique experience, but that's what comes with the territory at this 24-hr race!
JJ's main goal as the only member of the HB-HPI factory racing team was to get into the A Main, which he did by qualifying 5th after 4 rounds of qualifying. The single-Main nature of the Snowbirds meant that it was all-out for 'glory or nothing' over the 5-main A Main, and getting hit off the line didn't get JJ off to a good start, but he was up to 6th before having to pull off the track.
Check out JJ's complete race blog about his visit to the Snowbirds, with many more pictures: http://www.jjwangracing.com/news/2014-snowbird-nationals-orlando-fl-january-28-february-2/


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The combination of the words Straight and rope, which means highly potent Marijuana. Also a Bay Area band founded by Laurence and Scott.
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MARTINSBURG - The Berkeley Arts Council has awarded grants to fund two more projects in its "Amplify the Arts" grant program.
A grant to the WVU School of Medicine will provide funding for a Certified Art Therapist to present a workshop to healthcare students on the history and uses of art therapy in patient care and in judicial arenas. The workshop will be opened to WVU Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine as well as nursing students at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College.
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Thanks to her impressive musical knowledge and her easygoing charm, Jewel has had no trouble fitting in on this season of The Sing-Off.
But it seems no one has taken to Season 4's new addition more than host Nick Lachey.
The best performances of 2013
In this exclusive sneak peek from Monday's season finale (8/7c, NBC), Lachey reflects on their "magical season together" before busting into a swoon-worthy performance of "It Had to Be You." And Jewel is so moved by his efforts, she takes the stage and makes it a duet!
The Sing-Off airs Wednesday at 8/7c on NBC. The Season 4 finale airs Monday at 8/7c.
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Give man a fish and he'll eat for a day, right? But teach him how to fish ... well, that's the part that appeals to Matt Alexander, although he uses words like "long-term sustainability."
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The Palmetto Medical Initiative sends teams of 30-60 volunteers on quarterly mission trips to Uganda and Nicaragua. The trips take place in March, May, August and December so that local residents receive consistent care throughout the year while volunteers work to complete the medical centers.Many volunteers are medical, pharmaceutical, nursing and other students at the Medical University of South Carolina, although medical experience is not a must. Most pay their own way.Groups of long-term volunteers stay for four- to six-week intervals. One nursing volunteer stayed in Uganda for a year.To learn more or to apply to volunteer, call 696-2223 or go to www.palmetto medical.org.
Alexander was working with nonprofits when he realized: It's one thing to provide short-term medical missions to the world's impoverished people. It's another to fill their needs for the long haul.
Christian rockers lend benefit aid
Popular rock band Needtobreathe, a longtime supporter of the Palmetto Medical Initiative, is lending its musical muscle to raise funds for the local nonprofit.The band is partnering with the Commonwealth Cares Foundation to host the Needtobreathe Classic, a March 19 golf tournament at Daniel Island Club's Ralston Creek and Beresford courses. Proceeds will go to the initiative.A rock band with Christian music success, Needtobreathe recorded its fourth album, "The Reckoning," in Charleston. Band members Bear and Bo Rinehart, brothers from Seneca, formed the band with drummer Joe Stillwell and bass player Seth Bolt. In 2011, they opened for Taylor Swift's North American tour.Popular bands Collective Soul and MercyMe, along with singer John Mark McMillan, also will participate in the golf tournament. The musicians will play at an after-party for sponsors, select guests and the first 30 foursomes to register for the tournament.Golfers will have a chance to pair with celebrity guests from the sports and music industries."Having Needtobreathe's support in our golf tournament takes this event to an entirely new level," said Britt Gilbert, founder of Commonwealth Cares Foundation. "Our goal is simple: to raise as much money as possible for Palmetto Medical Initiative and its work around the globe. The more people who can get behind our cause, the better."Gilbert has gone on two medical missions trips with Palmetto Medical Initiative, one to Uganda and one to Nicaragua. The foundation is the charitable arm of Commonwealth Financial Group, a Daniel Island-based financial services firm.The Commonwealth Cares Foundation has hosted a charity golf tournament for five years. This is the third year proceeds go to the group.The cost is $300 for individual player registration and $1,200 for a team of four. Celebrity foursome packages cost $5,000. Register at www.common wealthcares.org or call 884-4545.
But what could a few Charleston guys — a doctor, a businessman and a property developer, all barely pushing 30 — do that entire local populations in say, Uganda, couldn't do?
For starters, they could raise money. They also could help local workers build medical centers. They could hire and train native medical and business professionals. And then they could charge something reasonable for the care provided — all to make the deal self-sustaining.
That's the teaching a man to fish part.
And it is the concept behind Palmetto Medical Initiative, a Charleston-based nonprofit that just built a regional referral medical center in Uganda that treats 1,600 patients a month.
Next up: The leaders are taking this model to other corners of the globe where treatable and preventable illnesses still impose death sentences. Nicaragua comes next.
In the beginning
It all started one day in 2008, when Alexander went surfing with his buddy, Ed O'Bryan, a young ER doctor passionate about mission work.
They stopped, sandy and sun blown, for a bite.
With deep faith, career ambitions and long lives ahead, they got to talking. Alexander was 27; O'Bryan was 30.
Alexander worked with the nonprofit Prison Fellowship. Several years earlier, his parents had adopted six children from Liberia. He traveled with them to the tense, ravaged nation.
Meanwhile, O'Bryan had been on many mission trips. He knew folks from St. Andrew's Church in Mount Pleasant who had good contacts in Uganda.
But how could they tap the benefits of short-term mission trips yet sustain a long-term investment?
"We can do all of this evangelism and discipleship, but who's going to pick up when we leave?" Alexander asked.
Three months later, the friends went on a scouting trip with photographer Joshua Drake. They flew over Uganda's blue lakes and rolling green hills toward the town of Masindi.
"We found a unique combination of beauty and a very welcoming people," recalls Alexander, the group's executive director.
Yet the people suffered. It was normal for a woman to lose a child. Or for a child to lose a mother or father at an early age.
"There was this lack of hope," Alexander says. "Everyone there had lost someone to a preventable disease."
Alexander and O'Bryan left with a goal: launch a pilot project to help local people. Palmetto Medical Initiative was born.
A few months later, they took 35 volunteers, many of them Medical University of South Carolina students, to provide care and research needs.
As they landed, Alexander began to worry: What if nobody showed up to their clinics?
The local bishop called.
"There's a bit of a line forming," he cautioned.
When they arrived, about 1,200 people waited in line. Some had walked 20 or 30 hours to get medical care.
Beyond radar
Michael O'Neal had just returned to Charleston after spending two years in Costa Rica with Young Life.
He'd taken a job overseeing a local construction company's operations. Yet he longed to use his skills in other countries. The Spanish major felt drawn to Central America.
"I've always had a heart for different cultures and a desire to see the world through a different lens," O'Neal says. "The more lenses I see the world through, the clearer it becomes."
Then he had a dream. In it, he worked in an African hospital.
It made no sense. His career was in construction, not medicine. And he'd never been to Africa.
"It was a shock to me. It just wasn't on my radar," he recalls.
Meanwhile, his college friend Alexander had returned from Uganda with this pilot project idea. They had lunch.
"Would you consider moving to Uganda for a couple of years?" Alexander asked.
O'Neal went to his wife, Amanda, who shares his passion for mission work.
"The idea of seeing an entire community transformed was too hard to resist," he recalls.
They would stay in Uganda for more than two years.
A stark need
O'Neal oversaw construction of a whole new medical center that serves as a regional referral hub.
He hired local builders and used local materials and building practices. Then he taught workers techniques for improving quality and efficiency.
The Masindi-Kitara Medical Centre's outpatient clinic opened in December 2010. The need was stark.
Uganda has one of the world's highest birth rates. Yet maternal and infant death rates are among the world's worst. Life expectancy is about 53 years, according to the CIA World Factbook.
The public health system doesn't come close to meeting the need. And private medical centers are too expensive for most Ugandans, Alexander says.
"The reality of poverty hits you when it has a face and a name, and you see it day in and day out. It hits close to your heart," O'Neal says.
Take 4-year-old Eddie. He had walked into a pit where people burned trash and suffered severe burns on both legs.
In a desperate attempt to save him, Eddie's parents had rubbed dirt and ash on his legs to protect the open wounds. Infection set in.
The local public health staff advised Eddie's parents to take him home and keep him comfortable while he died.
Instead, the staff quickly administered antibiotics and cleaned and wrapped his burns. They did so every day for months.
Today, Eddie is 6. He plays soccer and visits the medical staff each month.
"He's become part of our family, our story," O'Neal says. "He represents that next generation we are trying to reach and transform through health care."
In 2011, the medical center added a 20-bed inpatient ward. In 2012, it added two surgical theaters and a 15-bed labor, delivery and maternity center, where about 100 babies will be delivered each month. The entire center treats 1,500 to 1,600 patients each month.
The next goal: Make it self-sustaining.
First, the center has employed 50 Ugandans including medical and business professionals — not a team of Americans.
"At its root, sustainability is a commitment by the local staff to the community and to see (the medical center) as their own," says O'Neal, who now directs international projects.
Second, patients pay for care even though they are impoverished.
The initiative established fees based on what 98 percent of local residents can afford. That money goes back into the center. An indigent care fund helps those who cannot pay at all.
"We are there to serve them, not to make money," Alexander says.
The entire Masindi-Kitara Medical Centre cost about $400,000 to create. Yet for the first seven months of 2012, the facility supported itself with patient fees.
Alexander expects it to be self-funded year-round by May once capital costs for the new maternity ward are paid for.
"That's what we get excited about," he says. "The goal is for Ugandans to completely control the project."
No drive-by
It's not every day when a guy grabs coffee with a buddy and winds up with a $50,000 check in hand and a camera crew recording the moment.
But when that buddy is Jason Surratt, missions pastor at Seacoast Church and Seacoast happens to be in the midst of a major gift campaign, these things happen. And so it went Dec. 18.
Seacoast has sent missions to Nicaragua for a decade, but the trips can have a drive-by feel, Surratt says. The $50,000 donation will help fund a new medical center.
"It is an investment," Surratt says. "This is not just going to meet an immediate need today. It will be built to last."
In Nicaragua, they found a huge shortage of treatment for chronic illnesses such as diabetes that can escalate into life-threatening complications if left untreated.
They also discovered a hotel in Viejo that had been mostly built, then abandoned for lack of money. It will become a large outpatient center. Palmetto Medical Initiative just sent the first payment.
Next up: Raise $50,000 more to complete renovations. Then teach a whole new community to fish for a lifetime of accessible health care.
Reach Jennifer Hawes at 937-5563 or follow her at www.facebook.com/jennifer.b.hawes.


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Most people are familiar with the unappetizing browning of apples shortly after they're cut or bitten into. The good news is that molecular biologists have devised a clever way to prevent it. The bad news is that organizations that represent apple growers are implacably opposed to the improved fruit.
And therein lies a cautionary tale.
The biology of apples is complicated but fascinating. Almost all commercial apple varieties are grafted onto hardy root stocks that have dwarfing genes to keep the trees on apple plantations short and easier to harvest. Therefore, the DNA of the roots is different from the DNA of the fruit tree.
Apples' blossoms are self-incompatible with respect to fertilization so they must be cross-pollinated by insects (primarily bees) in order to develop fruit. Special pollinating trees are found in most orchards as a source of pollen for the fruit tree blossoms. These pollinating trees (often crab apples) have still different DNA. Once the pollen fertilizes the apple blossom the fruit can develop.
The pollen DNA mixes with the flower ovum DNA and the resulting hybrid seed embryo grows and produces a hormone that directs other parts of the flower (which contains only flower DNA) to develop into the fruit. Thus, the DNA in the fruit itself is different from the DNA in the seeds.
This difference in DNA between the fruit and the seeds is why different varieties of apples can be grown in close proximity and yet maintain their differences. Because the DNA in the fruit is only from the flower, not the pollen, Granny Smith apples growing next to Golden Delicious growing next to Red Delicious all produce apples with their own unique DNA.
A Canadian company has petitioned both the U.S. and Canadian federal regulatory authorities to permit the sale of a new variety called Arctic® Apple that contains a commercially significant trait. It is highly resistant to the unappetizing browning that occurs when an apple is cut or bruised. The biology that made this possible is elegant and intriguing.
Enzymatic browning is caused by the apple's chemical reaction to cell injury, such as when the fruit is bitten or sliced, which ruptures the cells and triggers a chemical reaction between an enzyme called polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and chemicals in the apple that cause the apple flesh to turn brown. A family of four genes controls the majority of PPO production, so scientists turned off those genes—and lo and behold, Arctic Apples don't manifest enzymatic browning.
Ordinarily, this development of another new apple variety would be a nonevent—except, perhaps, for apple growers and retailers who would, one would expect, relish a new product with additional appeal to consumers—but the seeds of discontent have sprouted: Because the shutoff of the four genes was done with recombinant DNA technology, there have been objections and consternation.
Simply because this highly precise and predictable methodology was used, some apple growers are worried that this new variety could constitute a threat to other apple crops. The U.S. Apple Association (USApple), the industry's trade group, says that it "supports advancements from technology and genetics and genomics research," and that "benefits can include attributes such as quality…"—which would certainly include nonbrowning apples—but, paradoxically, USApple has also come out firmly against the introduction of the Arctic Apple.
USApple has emphasized that its objections are "not based on any concern about human health and safety," but "consumers like their apples and are not calling for these new 'nonbrowning' cultivars." How lame. Are consumers clamoring for apple cultivars that are more resistant to predation by insects, viruses, or fungi?
There are several reasons why their concerns are unfounded.
First, as described, farmers and plant breeders have been creating new varieties of apples for millennia. The new molecular techniques for accomplishing this are far more precise, predictable, and conservative.
Second, there is vast experience in both cultivation and in our diets with recombinant DNA-modified varieties of various crops. Farmers in three dozen countries have cumulatively cultivated more than 1.25 billion hectares (about 3.75 billion acres) of them, and North Americans alone have consumed more than 3 trillion servings of food or ingredients from recombinant DNA-modified plants. There has never been a single documented case of disruption of an ecosystem or harm to a person.
Extensive global scientific research has identified no unique health risks associated with recombinant DNA-modified crops or food, and the apple growers associations (except perhaps the organic growers, who often seem to reside in a parallel universe) have no concerns about the safety of this nonbrowning apple.
Henry I. Miller, M.D. ([email protected]), is the Robert Wesson fellow in scientific philosophy and public policy at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Robert Wager, a biologist, is on the faculty of Vancouver Island University.
Henry I. Miller, M.D. ([email protected]), is the Robert Wesson fellow in scientific philosophy and public policy at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Robert Wager, a biologist, is on the faculty of Vancouver Island University.
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One of the first things you need to know in order to debug managed applications with a native debugger such as cdb, windbg, etc., is how to dump a managed object. This is a task you'll repeat often if you spend any time at all debugging managed code.
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ZAGREB, Croatia � American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin is having a record-setting World Cup season on the slopes.
She�s the first American to win two World Cup races before turning 18.
The 17-year-old Shiffrin captured her second career World Cup victory at Friday�s night slalom, sending her to the top of the slalom standings.
�I am just trying to find the edge of what I can ski,� Shiffrin told The Associated Press. �I am having a very good year. I am very excited about it, and I am always hungry for more. ... I am really happy and I know anything can happen.�
Voted World Cup rookie of the year last season by her peers, Shiffrin has lived up to expectations.
In 12 races so far, she won twice and recorded six more top-10 finishes.
She�s also ahead of Lindsey Vonn as the top American in the overall standings � although Vonn just returned to training after a monthlong break to recover from an intestinal illness.
Along with the victories have come the limelight � and the prize money � but Shiffrin is determined to not let it get to her head. The victory in Zagreb increased Shiffrin�s earnings to fifth on the season�s money ranking list with $117,500.
�I am still going to do the same thing,� said Shiffrin, who was born in Vail.
�I have to remember that I am only 17 and I feel like a baby sometimes, and I don�t hide that.�
She travels the circuit accompanied by her mother Eileen � �my biggest help, she keeps me grounded and focused.�
�I have always wanted to sleep really deeply and not really worry,� Shiffrin said. �I know that some things are going to work and turn out fine. It�s not the end of the world.�
The same approach has helped her to keep a positive mind on the slopes.
Just a week after earning her first World Cup victory in Are, Sweden, and going top of the slalom standings, all eyes were on Shiffrin at a night event in Semmering, Austria, the last race of 2012.
She was fourth after the opening leg but failed to finish after straddling a gate early in her final run.
�A lot of times there is pressure. In Semmering I didn�t deal with it very well,� she said.
�I think it was good to go out in Semmering, it brought me back down to earth. ... There is always a next race coming up very soon. I know I will have some mistakes and some bad races but in general every experience counts.�
World champion Marlies Schild has dominated women�s slalom for many years. But the Austrian is out for the season after knee surgery.
After six races � including the Munich city event on New Year�s Day that counted as a slalom � Shiffrin has 336 points, followed by overall World Cup leader Tina Maze of Slovenia with 310 and Veronika Velez Zuzulova of Slovakia with 305.
�It�s still so far away, there is still a couple of races and a lot more training days,� Shiffrin said. �I just have to stay in the moment because that�s what�s working so far and what keeps me grounded. It�s definitely one of my goals, but it will be difficult to hold on to this bib.�
U.S. women�s technical coach Roland Pfeifer has been impressed with Shiffrin�s improvement in her second year at top-level racing.
�She is progressing rapidly,� said Pfeifer, who is looking forward to see what Shiffrin can do at next month�s world championships. I�d say it�s really promising on the way to Schladming.�
Apart from peaking in slalom, Shiffrin has racked up three top-10 finishes in giant slalom this season. And it�s just a matter of time before she will start entering the speed events � super-Gs and downhills.
�I am definitely going to move into speed, I love it,� Shiffrin said. �I trained a little bit of speed this past summer, it�s so fun, and I feel really good on the long boards. But I am trying to be just patient. I am going to take it slow. When I feel like my technique is really dialed in and I am comfortable going fast, I will go fast.�
U.S. women�s head coach Alex Hoedlmoser had no doubts about her future as an all-round contender.
�Mikaela has a lot of potential, but we�re not rushing,� Hoedlmoser said. �It�s not just that�s she has loads of talent, she also likes to work hard and she definitely shows the right attitude.�
Shiffrin probably won�t try her luck in speed racing until she knows she can match the best. Even at 17, it�s already all about winning.
�I have always dreamed about being on the top spot,� Shiffrin said. �In whatever race I was in, I wanted to win and to be really competitive. Being in the World Cup is no different. I still want to win everything.�