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The future of the light bulb has arrived. The Philips Hue connects to your home wireless network with a bridge, giving you the ability to turn the LED bulbs on and off, change their colors and program rules from a computer or mobile device. Bright, right?
Back in May, Philips rolled out some neat updates that take Hue to another level, with the ability to create timer and geofencing rules to automatically turn the bulbs on and off. At $200 for a starter pack, that includes a bridge and three bulbs, Hue isn't necessarily practical, but the technology within the system has much potential. With the price of energy-efficient bulbs lowering these days, the appeal to Hue is primarily to techies.
Perhaps most exciting of all is that Philips has built an ecosystem around Hue, encouraging developers to contribute to the platform. We round up five cool ways to play with Hue.
Though you're tethered to your mobile devices, using a smartphone or tablet to control the lights can be inconvenient. It involves a multistep process when all you want to do is turn on or off the lights: Unlock the screen, launch the app and then make adjustments.
Logitech's newest high-end remote, the Harmony Ultimate ($349.99), is a dramatic improvement from its predecessor, the Harmony Touch. This is largely due to the Harmony Hub, which allows you to control entertainment devices (up to 15 from 225,000 compatible) hidden behind cabinets. With Bluetooth built in, you're also able to connect to game consoles without an adapter. Like the Harmony Touch, you can program shortcuts to automatically turn on the proper devices and inputs with the press of a button. The user interface within the touch-screen has been redesigned to display more options at a glance, and there's nice haptic feedback when you interact with the screen. The physical buttons on the remote have essentially doubled in functionality, with the ability to program two tasks apiece (except the off button), triggered with a click or a hold.
Perhaps most riveting (and relevant to this column) is the ability to adjust the brightness and color tint of Hue for movie watching. While the function is somewhat bare bones — the ability to select bulbs, adjust brightness, modify coolness or warmth, and save these settings to programmed activities — this opens the door to the idea of a remote being the center of a smart home. Though no specifics were mentioned, Logitech execs told me that this is something the line will continue exploring. No doubt, controlling your lights with a remote is far easier than reaching for a phone or tablet. (You can also flip the light switch, but that's more like a hard override, akin to turning off your surge protector. When the light switch is off, you're unable to control the respective bulbs with an app.)
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In my humble opinion as a tech columnist, IFTTT is the most underrated service on the Web. Boy was I excited to see it add a Philips Hue channel in May.
Short for If This Then That (and pronounced like lift, without the "l"), the service can execute actions upon triggers. For example, if the pollen count is above a certain threshold, send me an e-mail reminder to take my Clarinex. Or if there are attachments sent to my Gmail account, save them automatically to Dropbox. You can create countless recipes like these that put the Internet to work based on the available channels.
As a hardware gal, I was especially pleased with the addition of gadgets, such as Belkin's WeMo, Withings and Jawbone Up.
IFTTT Integration with Hue allows you to build recipes that turn on lights, turn off lights, blink lights, dim lights, change color (even to hex color codes), change color from an image or turn on a color loop. As such, I can have my lights turn on automatically within 15 minutes of sunset, or I can set them to turn purple and yellow if there's breaking Lakers news on ESPN (another channel partner).
The beauty of IFTTT is that the sky's the limit. As more channels are added in the future, there are new and inventive ways to have fun with Hue.
In itself, Exoplanet (iOS, free) is an amazingly comprehensive app that catalogs its namesake. The details it collects to accompany these faraway planets outside the Milky Way are a treasure trove of not-so-practical information, including the exoplanet's host star, year discovered, mass, radius, distance (we're talking hundreds to thousands of light years away), diagrams and other identifiers. There are also visualizations of exoplanet orbits, animations and even an augmented reality sky map where you point your device toward the sky to find exoplanets.
Of course, the app can also control Hue lights. An experimental feature hidden within the settings, Exoplanet can set the ambient light of your home according to a selected planet based on the stellar type and temperature of the host star. That means, short of a rocket ship, spacesuit and questions about how to get back home, you can get an out-of-this-world experience of what it'd be like to stand on different exoplanets.
Of course, when it comes to color-changing lights, you can't help but think party. All it takes is the perfect party playlist and an app.
Using an algorithm to visualize your music, Ambify (iOS, $2.99) will transition between colors for an instant discotheque backdrop — minus the giant shiny ball. There are sliders to adjust the sensitivity, variation and maximum brightness as well as an option to turn flashing on or off. Played to the tune of Lady Gaga, the light show can be reminiscent of a rager — except in the comforts of your own home and without the overpriced drinks. A small asterisk: Because the app plays music stored on your iPhone or iPad, those who rely on music-streaming services, such as Pandora or Spotify, are out of luck. You do remember how to build playlists in iTunes, right?
Another Hue add-on that enhances the TV experience, AmbiHue (iOS, $4.99) is an app that can match the lights to the tube.
The idea behind AmbiHue is to coordinate the color of the wall behind your TV with what's playing. Ideally, at least one bulb will be placed behind the set, so when you take a photo of the screen, the backlighting will change to match. But its uses extend beyond movies and TV shows. You can take a photo of anything to adjust the Hue bulbs. If you're feeling devilish in a red outfit, why not have the decor match? It's certainly easier (and more ephemeral) than paint.
While AmbiHue can be fun to play with, keep in mind that the default (and free) Hue app also allows you to adjust the bulb's colors based on photos. It provides a set of default images to get you started, but you can also import photos or shoot directly from the app.
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An Iowa man who served 17 years of a 50-year murder sentence has left prison on parole.
Iowa Department of Corrections spokesman Fred Scaletta says Brian Davis was released on Wednesday.
Under the terms of Davis' parole, he must stay with relatives in Olathe, Kan., obey all laws and get a job. His parole will be supervised by Kansas officials.
Davis was convicted of second-degree murder for killing Julie Baack. The 23-year-old Baack disappeared from her Le Mars apartment in 1992.
Her remains were found east of Onawa three years later. Davis and Baack were dating at the time of her death.
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For about five years now, pharmaceutical companies have been interested in developing therapeutics based on the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway. Such drugs take the form of small interfering RNAs (siRNA), which perform the duty of interfering with expression of targeted messenger RNAs. And although the field has grown by leaps and bounds since its inception, there are still problems.
"The only real problem with therapeutic RNAi is getting the siRNA into the cell; every other problem is minutia in comparison," says Steven Dowdy, Ph.D., investigator at The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine. A major reason for the challenges in RNAi delivery is that siRNA is a large (14,000 Daltons, on average), highly negatively charged molecule that will not enter cells unless they are artificially perturbed by chemical means.
Two of the most popular methods of siRNA delivery are nanoparticle- and liposome-based systems. The liposome-based systems have, up to now, been associated with liver-targeted pharmacokinetics, a phenomenon that restricts the therapeutic potential of RNAi to common diseases of the liver such as hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and hypercholesterolemia.
At CHI's "RNA Interference Summit" to be held this month in San Francisco, various emerging and revised mechanisms of RNAi delivery will be presented. Dr. Dowdy will be one of the speakers at this meeting. "Our approach is an entirely different one than the rest in that it looks to have a different pharmacokinetic profile, so that we can potentially go after diseases in tissues other than the liver," he says.
Dr. Dowdy's approach involves the development of a fusion protein that contains a peptide transduction domain (PTD), an eight or ten amino acid, arginine-rich peptide that enables siRNA to be delivered to the entire population of cells in the human body. The delivery also occurs in a noncytotoxic manner, which already gives it a leg up on liposome- and nanoparticle-based delivery systems notorious for their cytotoxicity.
Essentially, because the PTD is arginine-rich the protein can interact with the highly negatively charged siRNA; when this occurs, they neutralize each other. The system is further enhanced with the binding of the siRNA by a double-stranded RNA-binding protein (DRBP), which further masks the highly negatively charged surface of the siRNA, thus allowing the entire complex to effectively interact with the target cell's plasma membrane.
The complex is taken up into the cell by a specialized form of endocytosis called macropinocytosis that occurs in all cells. Once inside the macropinosome, the pH decreases from 7 to 5 and the DRBP, which is pH-sensitive, releases the siRNA into the lumen of the vesicle. There, the PTD causes a breach in the vesicle membrane, thereby releasing the naked siRNA into the cytoplasm, where it can cause a knockdown of its target through the RNAi pathway.
Dr. Dowdy will also present data on the effectiveness of this platform in over 30 cell types in culture, including many cancer cell types. "RNAi is the ultimate warhead to kill cancer cells because it has the ability to adapt as the genetics of the cancer adapt," he says. "For personalized cancer treatment, the only putative drug on the table is RNA interference. Nothing will come close to this, if you could deliver it. If you can't deliver it, then, obviously, there is no drug."
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If the Clintons left the White House "dead broke,'' as Hillary Clinton put it, their dire straits didn't last long.
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Mrs. Clinton's personal financial disclosures as U.S. senator and as secretary of state show the couple took in at least $12.3 million in 2001, up from $336,134 in 2000, Bill Clinton's last year as president. Those filings disclose income and assets in ranges, and the Journal's review is based on the minimum figures. The disclosures don't necessarily include all of Mr. Clinton's income.
The bulk of the Clintons' disclosed 2001 income came from paid speeches Mr. Clinton gave that year,which earned him $9.2 million. They earned another $2.8 million from book royalties.
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I am a liberal, conservative pedestrian who is not affiliated with a religion, however I celeberate all of the Christian, Jewish, Muslem and other such holidays in order to get cool gifts and to get drunk!
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COLUMBIANA - Not only is the city losing its manager, but his backup is also retiring after 18 years.
Service Director Jay Groner, who was appointed to the position by City Manager Keith Chamberlin in 1994, has announced he is retiring after more than 40 years of working in Columbiana.
Groner told city officials of his intention to retire after Chamberlin announced he was leaving the position he has held the last 20 years. Both said their decisions were based solely on changes to the Ohio Public Employee Retirement System (OPERS).
The changes were signed into law by Gov. John Kasich and take effect Jan. 7, 2013. They increase employee contributions, compute new final average salaries, require longer service and reduce cost-of-living adjustments.
A September article in the Columbus Dispatch said the changes are to ensure that the pension systems can meet the state requirement that their unfunded liabilities be paid off within 30 years.
Groner and Chamberlin both said it makes no financial sense for them to remain in the positions after the changes take effect.
"The changes in it are very significant," Groner said, adding that he has roughly 40-and-a-half years service credit through the system for his employment that began with the city in 1969.
His first job was with the park, and over the years he has worked in other departments, including serving as cemetery superintendent 15 years.
He doesn't intend to be rehired by the city after his retirement although he does intend to continue working in some capacity.
"It's a very bittersweet decision. I don't know that I'd come back. I'll find my fingers in something but I don't know what," he said.
He and Chamberlin will both be leaving on Dec. 31, and Chamberlin said he will not appoint the new service director. That will be a task for the new city manager.
Mayor David Spatholt said he, Councilman Bob Bieshelt and council clerk Deann Davis are getting together to come up with minimum requirements for the city manager position.
The job has not formally been posted as open but it will be advertised soon, he added.
Councilman Bryan Blakeman said 12 people submitted input through the city's website, its Facebook page and his own personal website regarding the attributes the next manager should possess.
"People that supplied their thoughts to us were extremely detailed and very personal. They spent a lot of time on this. I'd like to say thank-you to the people who did that, it sends a message to us," he said.
He also said that during the closed door meetings council has held to discuss the position they are all "on the same page" regarding the type of person who should be hired.
Chamberlin and Groner are making $86,000 and $65,000 a year, respectively.


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» 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday: The United Way of Weld County Youth Allocations Committee will award grants to nonprofit organizations in Weld County. The money was raised by children in the Youth Campaign. The program has a group of high school students in the county review grant requests, visit area nonprofits and award the funds themselves.
» 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 13: United Way will host its annual Northern Colorado Children's Festival, a free event with entertainment and activities at the Island Grove Regional Park Events Center, 501 N. 14th Ave. in Greeley. Every child will get a free book to take home.
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TYRONE - The Altoona Mountain Lions went into Tuesday night's District 6 Class AAA boys volleyball championship as the top seed.
State College was unfazed. After all, the Little Lions competed in the Mid-Penn Conference and faced several strong teams from District 3 during the regular season.
Altoona won the first set Tuesday, but State College stormed back to take three sets in a row and win the D6-AAA crown - 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 25-22.
SC Coach Kim-Li M. Kimel's message to her team after the first set was simple: "I asked them if they wanted to be here. Are we spectating or are we attempting to win the match?" she asked her Little Lions.
"We've struggled with this all year," Kimel continued. "One night, we come out and just tear it up. Then, the next match, you wonder if they have to be somewhere, so I just tried to remind them that they had to ask themselves what the purpose is of being here, and make sure they work to that end."
Altoona was competitive, but, in the end, State's middle blockers Andrew Groves and Eric Deshong and outside hitter Ibrahim Almoaiqel were too much for the Mountain Lions around the net.
"We moved from the Mid-State League, which is basically District 6, to the Mid-Penn League," Kimel said of the seedings. "We didn't play Altoona this year."
The ratings, according to Kimel, are based on records. State was 8-7 overall and 6-5 in the Mid-Penn.
"There are several state-rated teams in the Mid-Penn and it's much more challenging," she said. "It's much better preparation for playoffs."
SC broke a 21-21 tie to take the second set, 25-23. In the third set, the Little Lions opened an 20-12 lead and cruised to a 25-17 win.
Altoona battled back in the fourth set and pulled to within 24-22 only to see SC get the winning point on a questionable call on the back line.
Altoona coach John Saboe was disappointed, but pleased with his team's effort.
"We played tough," Saboe said. "We had a lot of youth on the court and, at times, the youth showed through.
"But, the kids battled, and that's all we've asked from them all year," Saboe noted. "We started the season and many people said that because we graduated nine seniors it was going to be a rebuilding year. "We went 8-4 and to be 8-4 in a rebuilding year ... I don't think that's too bad.
"We beat the Double-A champ, Bishop Guilfoyle, and that was a great accomplishment and they came in here and battled State College."
Saboe didn't dwell on the game-ending call, but didn't let it go unnoticed.
"In Game 4, we were in a situation we practice every day," Saboe said. "We were down, but the kids did exactly what we told them to do. They battled, but unfortunately, a call went the other way. Those things happen."
Game notes: Altoona statistical leaders: Brett Koelle, 16 kills, 4 service points; Tanner Baumgartner, 13 kills, 20 digs, 6 service points; Josh Huber, 14 blocks; James Piaggio, 5 blocks; Eric Wineland, 31 assists; Nate Baker, 15 digs, 8 service points. ... State leaders: Eric Deshong, 14 kills; Deniz Demirci, 13 kills; Ibrahim Almoaiqel, 12 kills; Noah Hanahan, 29 digs; Andrew Groves, 43 assists.


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(US) 4X4 Baroque Festival (26-30 August 2010)
(US) Harmonia Early Music -- 1 hour long episode (July 19, 2010)
Music of Mattheson and Fischer with the Koelner Akademie, Byzantine chant with John Michael Boyer, and Paul O'Dette performs lute pieces by Marco dall'Aquila.
The German period instrument orchestra known as the Koelner Akademie has been recording world-premieres since its inception. Led by American conductor Michael Alexander Willens, the Akademie has been a champion of famous and little-known composers whose music remains continues to remain relevant.
(FR) Rencontres internationales de l' Abbaye de Vignogoul (29 July - 8 Aug. 2010)
Exhibition, workshops and early music concerts in the Abbey of Vignogoul.
Some instruments of the Orpheon Foundation, consisting of violins, violas, cellos, violones and violas da gamba from the 16th to the 18th C., restored to original condition, will be made available also to modern players interested in getting to know the historical musical instruments : truly a unique learning opportunity.
(US) The Face of Bach (Teri Noel Towe)
The Face Of Bach is a website devoted to the portraits of Johann Sebastian Bach, and to the fair and accurate analysis of the various images that purport to be accurate depictions of the facial features of Johann Sebastian Bach.
As I continue to develop this site, I hope to offer thorough evaluations of the various Bach portraits and to provide information on the source materials that are the foundation for any discussion of the portraits of Johann Sebastian Bach.
(SE) Musikmuseet (Stockholm Music Museum) and the "Clavichord" application software (HansErik Svensson & Karl Dickson authors)
Visit the Musikmuseet (Stockholm Music Museum) website where you will find more than 6400 artifacts of which many are period instruments.
(US) Scanning a Stradivarius (Smithsonian.com)
Medical 3-D imaging makes it possible to study the anatomy of the world's greatest stringed instruments – and uncover the secrets of its makers.
(HU) Recorder Instruction in Hungary -- A perspective view by Árpád Zoltán Szabó
I'd like to open a window to an aspect of recorder playing in Hungary with this message.
Music education in Hungary has a country-wide institution system which consists of music schools situated mostly in towns and maintained by the state.
(DE) Stockstädter Musiktage (Stocktadt Recorder Exhibition/Festival) (14-16 May 2010) -- Photos/Videos on YouTube
Here is a collection of photos and videos found on YouTube from the Stocktadt Exhibition/Festival of 14-16 May, 2010. If you did not attend this year, plan on attending next year. Stockstädter Musiktage is one of the largest recorder exhibition/festival in Europe.
(IT) International Workshop on Diagnostics and Preservation of the Musical Instruments (May 20-21, 2010) -- CLOSED
*** As a matter of interest this workshop has been posted past it's deadline date.
Department of Histories and Methods for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage
University of Bologna, Ravenna site
May 20-21, 2010
The conference, open to all museum professionals and curators, is aimed to present and critically discuss the latest researches about diagnostic techniques applied to musical instruments and advanced conservation practices, in relation also to fittings, use of materials, stockpile management, through the presentation of case studies.
(DE) 1844 Kützing's The Science of the Piano Forte architecture (German language) - 1844 Das Wissenschaftliche der Fortepiano Baukunst
This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project
to make the world's books discoverable online.
(US) "Florilegium and the Bolivian Baroque Series" -- Harmonia Early Music Weekly Posting
The English ensemble Florilegium has been exploring Bolivian baroque music for a number of years. Their latest Channel Classics recording, volume 3, focuses on repertoire found in Bolivia's historic missions as well as the city of La Plata (the colonial name for Sucre, the capital of Bolivia).
(UK) Beethoven the Pianist (Tilman Skowroneck, author) (Cambridge University Press) (2010)
The widely held belief that Beethoven was a rough pianist, impatient with his instruments, is not altogether accurate: it is influenced by anecdotes dating from when deafness had begun to impair his playing. Presenting a new, detailed biography of Beethoven's formative years, this book reviews the composer's early career, outlining how he was influenced by teachers, theorists and instruments.
(CH) Fifth Edition of the Harmoniques International Congress in Lausanne «Chopin et son temps» (9-12 Sept. 2010)
At the end of the 18th century, Vienna and London were the undisputed centres of piano-making, and home to distinct schools of piano-playing.
The beginning of the 19th century saw the rise of a new centre, Paris, which progressively eclipsed the other two. Nicknamed "Pianopolis", Paris in 1832 boasted more than a hundred and ninety-three piano-builders, many drawn from elsewhere in search of renown. Paris was a magnet, too, to young piano virtuosi ; it was only natural that Liszt and Chopin should be of their number.
(DE) Digitizing Sensitive Manuscripts (Munich Digitisation Centre (MDZ))
The art of digitizing sensitive manuscripts are partly demystified on the Munich Digitisation Centre (MDZ) website.
(US) Early Music America Announces Annual Awards (1 June 2010)
(SEATTLE, WA) Early Music America, the national service organization for the field of early music, announces the winners of its 2010 awards recognizing outstanding accomplishments in early music.
(DE) Bach-Wettbewerb Leipzig 2010 (Bach Competition in Leipzig) (7-17 July 2010)
The XVII Leipzig Bach Competition will be held from the 7th-17th July 2010 in piano, harpsichord and violin / baroque violin.
(US) An Exploration of the Countertenor in Rrecording From the 1960s to the 1980s -- Harmonia Early Music (30 Nov. 2009)
The countertenor voice is one of most unusual and alluring sounds heard in Western classical music. It is the highest natural male voice and one that has been heard in recording with increasing frequency from the middle of the 20th Century to the present day.
(TR) Magdalena Consort Concert at the International Istanbul Festivals (24 June 2010)
Presenting a programme of sacred and secular works by Händel and Bach for baroque lovers, the ensemble will appear at the Süreyya Opera House.
(US) Voices of Music --Photos from the Berkeley Early Music Festival and Exhibition, 2010 and misc.
Visit the Voices of Music photo albums of which you can find the following photo albums:
(US) All Bach Celebration, featuring the Baroque Orchestra of Maine (BOOM) (26 June 2010)
The inaugural concert of the new group The Baroque Orchestra of Maine or 'BOOM' will take place on Friday, June 25 at 7:00pm at the Church of Universal Fellowship in Orono, and will be featured in two other concerts. This baroque orchestra will perform an all Bach program on period baroque instruments.
(US) Early Music Pub Crawl: San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV) Blogs the Berkeley Festival
Festivals, unlike single concerts, are full-immersion events with lots of possibilities to explore all at once. In an effort to bring the festival experience closer to our readers, SFCV sent two writers — Jonathan Rhodes Lee, an experienced early-music performer and writer, and Jessica Hilo, an arts writer with less connection to the early-music world — to "blog" for a full day (last Saturday) at the Berkeley Festival.
(UK) Women Players in England, 1500–1660, edited by Pamela Allen Brown and Peter Parolin (Ashgate, 2008)
Offering evidence of women's extensive contributions to the theatrical landscape, this volume sharply challenges the assumption that the stage was 'all male' in early modern England. The editors and contributors argue that the pervasiveness of female performance affected cultural production, even on the professional London stages that used men and boys for women's parts. English spectators saw women players in professional and amateur contexts, in elite and popular settings, at home and abroad. Women acted in scripted and improvised roles, performed in local festive drama, and took part in dancing, singing, and masquing. English travelers saw professional actresses on the continent and Italian and French actresses visited England.
(US) Call for papers: 2011 Lyrica Dialogues at Harvard (Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations) (1 Sept. 2010)
The Lyrica Society invites abstracts for its 2011 Dialogues at Harvard, themed "France the Lewd--France the Prude / France Erotique--France Pudique" scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 1-2. Six panels, organized by historical periods (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) will juxtapose moral, ethical, and aesthetic dimensions of religion and spirituality with sensual, sexual, and gendered eroticism in the confluence of French music and literature.
(UK) Colonial Counterpoint Music in Early Modern Manila -- D. R. M. Irving (Author)
In this groundbreaking study, D. R. M. Irving reconnects the Philippines to current musicological discourse on the early modern Hispanic world. For some two and a half centuries, the Philippine Islands were firmly interlinked to Latin America and Spain through transoceanic relationships of politics, religion, trade, and culture.
(UK) Versailles and the 24 Violons du Roi (21-25 June, 2010)
In a stunning coup for the Royal College of Music, our Historical Perofrmance team led by Ashley Solomon are delighted to present the first appearance in 250 years of some very special instruments.
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Already chosen an All-American by coaches, sports information directors and Basketball Times, the 6-9, 255-pound center paced five fellow seniors on the D-II Bulletin First Team All-America squad. Rohde was already the 10th player in Seawolf men's basketball history to be named All-American, but he becomes the first to gain consensus recognition since multiple entities started awarding such honors.
"We are thrilled for Taylor and proud of his incredible accomplishments this season," said UAA head coach Rusty Osborne, whose Seawolves finished No. 16 in the final national rankings. "He has represented the Seawolf program with class and integrity both on and off the court, and I believe his best basketball is still ahead of him."
The Phoenix (Pinnacle HS) native led the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in scoring (19.8), field-goal percentage (.627, 8th nationally) and double-doubles (9), and finished in a virtual three-way tie for the rebounding lead with 8.0 rpg.
The two-year transfer from Arizona State was a double-figure scorer in 26 of 30 games this season and shot 50-plus percent from the floor in 25 of the last 26 contests, including an ending streak of 17. Rohde tallied 12 games of at least 25 points – including four outings of 30-plus. Among his most impressive performances were a 28-point, 16-rebound effort in a Nov. 25 victory over Division I UC Irvine and his 32 points and 11 rebounds in UAA's NCAA Tournament First Round win over Montana State Billings.
As a team, the Seawolves finished 23-7 overall and 15-3 in the GNAC – just one game behind eventual national champion Western Washington. UAA was the No. 2 regional seed as the GNAC captured four of the eight NCAA Tournament berths in what has recently been the nation's most successful region at the national level.
Rohde quickly climbed UAA's all-time charts, reaching the 1,000-point mark in just 57 games and breaking the career record for field-goal percentage at .621. He also finished among the program leaders in scoring average (10th, 17.9 ppg), points (11th, 1,143), rebounds (t-11th, 463), rebounding averages (10th, 7.2 rpg), free throws made (4th, 291), free throws made per game (4th, 4.5), double-doubles (t-7th, 13) and games started (11th, 63).
UAA Men's Basketball All-time All-Americans
1984 Jeff Martin (3rd Team)
1987 Hansi Gnad (1st Team)
Jesse Jackson (1st Team)
1989 Michael Johnson (1st Team)
Todd Fisher (3rd Team)
1990 Todd Fisher (1st Team)
1995 Jason Kaiser (3rd Team)
2001 Ed Kirk (3rd Team)
2008 Luke Cooper (1st Team/D-II Bulletin)
(2nd Team/B-ball Times)
Carl Arts (1st Team/NABC)
2012 Taylor Rohde (1st Team/B-ball Times)
(2nd Team/Daktronics)
(1st Team/NABC)
(1st Team/D-II Bulletin*)
*National Player of the Year
Note: List does not include honorable mention honorees


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Bortezomib initially showed clinical activity against multiple myeloma in a small phase I trial (3), and was approved by the FDA on the basis of excellent results from a larger phase II trial (4). This study of single agent bortezomib showed an overall response rate of 35%, with a complete response (CR) rate of 10%, in patients with heavily treated, relapsed and/or refractory myeloma. The next step in evaluating new drugs is usually a phase III trial, which compares the novel agent against a known therapy with established efficacy, to see which is better. Richardson and colleagues presented the final results of just such a trial, called the APEX study, which randomized patients who had relapsed or refractory disease after one to three prior treatments to receive bortezomib or the steroid dexamethasone. Myeloma was twice as likely to respond to bortezomib therapy than dexamethasone, with 38% of patients achieving a response on bortezomib versus only 18% on the steroid. In addition, the quality of the responses was better, since a CR or near-CR was seen in barely 2% of patients on dexamethasone, compared with 13% on bortezomib. An improvement was seen by 78% in the time to progression (TTP), or the time until the patients' disease began growing again, and the best results were seen in patients that had received only one prior therapy for their myeloma*. These findings suggest that patients who receive bortezomib earlier may have a greater benefit than patients who receive it later in their disease course. Most importantly, the improved response rates and TTP translated into a survival benefit, since patients treated with bortezomib had a 41% decreased risk of dying compared to those who received dexamethasone. Toxicities of the two drugs were also compared and, perhaps not surprisingly, patients on each agent had slightly different side effects. Among those who received dexamethasone, there was a greater risk of some problems such as infections, musculoskeletal effects like weakness, and elevated blood sugars. Patients who received bortezomib had a greater likelihood of a decline in their platelet count, gastrointestinal effects like constipation or diarrhea, and also peripheral neuropathy, or numbness and tingling in their hands and/or feet. Despite these different side-effects, the proportion of patients having serious drug-related problems was similar, as was the proportion of people who had to stop their treatment because of such difficulties. Patients should speak with their health care providers in detail, since there may be other reasons why one drug or the other might be better suited for a particular individual. Overall, however, in this study patients receiving bortezomib had better outcomes compared to those on dexamethasone, and this did not come at the cost of an increased frequency of serious side effects.
Proteasome inhibitors seem likely to work well not just alone, but also in combination with other drugs by helping to overcome several pathways of drug resistance. These mechanisms are often used by myeloma cells to help them survive the effects of chemotherapy (see Myeloma Today, Volume 5, Number 10, page 7). Previous reports indicated that bortezomib seemed to co-operate well in several two-drug combinations, including with either liposomal doxorubicin (Doxil®), melphalan (Alkeran®), or thalidomide (Thalomid®), without adding side effects. At the recent ASH meeting, preliminary data was shown of results from clinical trials with several new combinations. One example was the work of Channan-Khan and colleagues, who are studying the combination of bortezomib, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, and thalidomide. They have so far found that this three-drug regimen has been well tolerated with no unanticipated side effects, and rare low platelet or white blood cell counts as the only severe side effects. In patients with heavily pre-treated multiple myeloma, 54% have had a 50% or better reduction in their disease burden, also known as a partial response (PR). Encouraging finding were also reported by Hollmig and colleagues, who are evaluating the four-drug regimen of bortezomib, infusional doxorubicin (Adriamycin®), thalidomide, and dexamethasone. If seen, most of the more severe side effects were again manageable decreases in the platelet or neutrophil counts. A similar response rate was seen with this four-drug regimen, with 63% of patients having a CR or PR. This latter result is especially interesting since almost all of the patients had myeloma that had previously become resistant to bortezomib, but with the addition of other drugs this resistance was able to be overcome. Much data needs still to be gathered, and additional studies are needed to find out if such combinations are better than bortezomib alone. At least one such study is currently underway, a phase III randomized trial comparing bortezomib alone against bortezomib with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin. Also, additional studies are needed to determine which of these many combinations are best, or if they can be used sequentially. Nonetheless, these new results continue to reinforce the impression that combinations of bortezomib with other drugs don't significantly increase side effects, but can overcome drug resistance and induce better response rates.
When new drugs are discovered that work against relapsed and/or refractory myeloma there is often interest in studying them in patients with previously untreated disease. The rationale is that chemotherapy-naïve myeloma would be less drug resistant than it becomes in the relapsed setting, resulting in a higher response rate. This would hopefully result in the ability to collect stem cells from patients for later transplant that would have fewer residual myeloma cells. For these patients, and also for those who are not transplant candidates, these higher response rates could hopefully improve overall survival. Preliminary results of one study using bortezomib alone as initial myeloma therapy were reported by Richardson and colleagues. Most of the side effects seen so far were similar to those described in other trials of this proteasome inhibitor. An overall response rate of 44% has been seen so far, similar to that reported for dexamethasone alone, which has previously been the single agent with greatest activity against myeloma. Since some patients cannot take steroids for their myeloma because of problems with steroid side effects, these results suggest that bortezomib alone may one day be a rational initial treatment option. For patients who can take steroids the data presented by Harousseau and colleagues was very encouraging. They found that the combination of bortezomib and dexamethasone had few if any serious side effects, and yet induced a response rate of 83% after four cycles of treatment. Furthermore, stem cells could be collected safely, and patients could go on to successful stem cell transplantation. These results were so encouraging that this group is planning to start a randomized comparison of bortezomib/dexamethasone versus the VAD regimen (vincristine with infusional doxorubicin and dexa-methasone), which has so far been one of the standard combinations used for myeloma therapy.
Two other regimens commonly used as initial therapy for myeloma are melphalan with prednisone (MP) and thalidomide with dexamethasone (TD). The former is often used in older patients or others that do not have transplant as an option, while the latter is more commonly used in patients prior to stem cell transplantation. Both TD and MP are now been studied in combination with bortezomib, and early results of these trials were also presented. Mateos and colleagues described their results with bortezomib and MP, which they called VMP, showing that decreased platelets or neutrophils were the only moderate side effects seen. Among the first small group of patients treated in the phase I portion of this study the response rate was 91%. This is far better than what would be expected of MP alone, which usually results in responses in only a little more than half, and a larger phase II study is planned. Alexanian and colleagues reported on their so-called VTD regimen, which was very well tolerated, and induced an overall response rate of 80%, which may be better than that of TD alone. Interestingly, they found that there was a trend for an even higher response rate of 94% when bortezomib doses greater than the 1.3mg/m2 approved for relapsed/refractory myeloma were used. Also, they noted that the vast majority of the responses were seen in just the first two monthly cycles of therapy, and further treatment led to only modest additional improvements. These results suggest the exciting possibility that shorter courses of treatment with these novel combinations may result in equivalent or even better outcomes compared to currently available therapies. Since the risk of developing a drug-related side effect is often related to its total dose and duration of exposure, such briefer treatment plans could help in reducing the toxicities of myeloma therapy, thereby also improving quality of life.
These and other studies that were presented at ASH are good examples of the many ways in which bortezomib is being used to treat patients with myeloma. Many questions need still to be answered, such as whether proteasome inhibition could be effective in a maintenance setting. If so, this would allow patients who achieve a remission to receive lower doses of bortezomib less frequently to increase their chances of staying in remission. Another important question is if patients who are treated with bortezomib, or a bortezomib-based regimen, can then be retreated with the same or a different combination later in their disease course, and once again benefit. What has been learned so far, however, is encouraging indeed. Bortezomib as a single agent has established itself as a standard of care for patients with relapsed and/or refractory myeloma. It seems to be active as early as in the second line of treatment, and may be more effective the earlier that it is used. Combination regimens based on bortezomib that may well further improve the outcome of patients with relapsed disease are poised to enter phase III testing, which will hopefully prove their enhanced efficacy. Finally, bortezomib is beginning to prove itself to be a valuable and safe drug as part of the initial therapy of myeloma in patients both prior to transplant, as well as in patients who do not have transplant as an option. This drug is therefore poised to significantly contribute to the recent trend in patients with myeloma for an increasing survival and quality of life in the short run, and hopefully to the cure of this disease in the longer term.
*45% response rate compared to 26% with dexamethasone. There was a 62% reduction in the risk of death at 1 year for these patients.
1. Voorhees, P. M., Dees, E. C., O'Neil, B., and Orlowski, R. Z. The proteasome as a target for cancer therapy. Clin Cancer Res, 9: 6316-6325, 2003.
2. Yang, H. H., Ma, M. H., Vescio, R. A., and Berenson, J. R. Overcoming drug resistance in multiple myeloma: the emergence of therapeutic approaches to induce apoptosis. J. Clin. Oncol., 21: 4239-4247, 2003.
3. Orlowski, R. Z., Stinchcombe, T. E., Mitchell, B. S., Shea, T. C., Baldwin, A. S., Stahl, S., Adams, J., Esseltine, D. L., Elliott, P. J., Pien, C. S., Guerciolini, R., Anderson, J. K., Depcik-Smith, N. D., Bhagat, R., Lehman, M. J., Novick, S. C., O'Connor, O. A., and Soignet, S. L. Phase I trial of the proteasome inhibitor PS-341 in patients with refractory hematologic malignancies. J Clin Oncol, 20: 4420-4427, 2002.
4. Richardson, P. G., Barlogie, B., Berenson, J., Singhal, S., Jagannath, S., Irwin, D., Rajkumar, S. V., Srkalovic, G., Alsina, M., Alexanian, R., Siegel, D., Orlowski, R. Z., Kuter, D., Limentani, S. A., Lee, S., Hideshima, T., Esseltine, D. L., Kauffman, M., Adams, J., Schenkein, D. P., and Anderson, K. C. A phase 2 study of bortezomib in relapsed, refractory myeloma. N Engl J Med, 348: 2609-2617, 2003.


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Chipotle Mexican Grill just announced that its Q1 sales beat expectations. But food inflation is pressuring profit margins.
"Food costs were 34.5% of revenue, an increase of 150 basis points driven by higher commodity costs," said management. "Higher commodity costs were primarily driven by inflationary pressures in beef, avocados, and cheese prices."
Earnings per share climbed 7.8% to $2.64, which was below expectations of $2.87.
Still, customers continue to head to Chipotle in droves.
Comparable store sales jumped 13.4%, beating expectations for 8.8% growth.
"We are delighted that more and more people are choosing to visit our restaurants every day allowing us to deliver double digit comps during the quarter," said co-CEO Steve Ells. "We are confident that our special food culture will continue to attract more customers to visit Chipotle as customers better understand and connect how natural and high quality ingredients that are freshly prepared result in better tasting food."
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Monday, November 18, 2013
Their priorities seem to concentrate on just three things – jobs, jobs, jobs.
Don't get me wrong; I'm all for a booming economy with full employment just as much as the next person. And, with serious problems in Washington and with global economic pressures challenging our comfortable way of life, job creation definitely should be a high priority.
There's no doubt the U.S. economy is changing, requiring our workforce to develop higher-level, technical skills; and our businesses to quickly react to a fast changing, ever-more-competitive landscape.
All of this helps explain why we're seeing state and local governments rush headlong into economic development with more gusto (and dollars) than ever.
Setting aside the larger policy questions about this activity, which I believe center on whether government ought to give economic incentives to some businesses and not to others, if governments insist on doing it they ought to be as transparent with it as possible.
The problem is, in South Carolina we're not very transparent in this area.
But just as governments and their programs are always expanding so is the transparency movement, and economic development is the latest place where open government advocates seek more sunshine.
Yet I don't bring this up just because public policy advocates might think it's a good idea. I bring this up because it's serious business that consumes surprising amounts of public money – your money.
This past August, the S.C. Board of Economic Advisors released a report showing the cost of state incentives awarded in fiscal 2011 for economic development. The total – almost $390 million.
Mind you, that's just for one year, and it doesn't include what cities and counties provided that year in tax breaks and other enticements for companies to locate or expand in their areas.
Here's one way to put the $390 million into perspective:
If you added up this year's budgets for the State Law Enforcement Division, the S.C. Department of Public Safety, the state Attorney General's Office and the S.C. Judicial Department, you'd still have about $40 million left to spend before equaling the amount the state gave to businesses for economic development in 2011.
Surprising, isn't it?
But here's the rub: While we have access to a few summarized totals, we don't know much else about this public spending on economic development incentives on our behalf.
We don't know specific amounts that individual companies are receiving in job development tax credits and many other kinds of tax incentives. We don't know how many jobs are ultimately created and how much capital investment is ultimately made by firms receiving our incentives compared to the job and investment totals those companies committed they would meet.
At least, most South Carolinians don't know those important details – and cannot find them out – because almost all of this information is "privileged" under state law, including the S.C. Freedom of Information Act.
The argument for this secrecy: It's considered to be either confidential taxpayer information or company trade secrets.
As a certified public accountant and South Carolina's comptroller general overseeing the state's accounting system, I understand the sensitive nature of this information.
But isn't that really the whole point here? We're talking about public dollars for a public purpose going into bank accounts of private companies. And in my opinion if you're reaching into the public purse you ought to disclose what you pull out just like everybody else has to and what you give back in return.
I mean, how else can we know whether we're getting our money's worth with all of this economic development spending?
Several states, including Indiana and Arizona, require much greater transparency in their economic development expenditures. They're able to deal with the sensitivity issues. It's time that South Carolina did, too.
Richard Eckstrom, a CPA, is the comptroller general of South Carolina and commander of the S.C. State Guard.
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Insomnia is a persistent disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep or both, despite the opportunity for adequate sleep. With insomnia, you usually awaken feeling unrefreshed, which takes a toll on your ability to function during the day. Insomnia can sap not only your energy level and mood but also your health, work performance and quality of life.
How much sleep is enough varies from person to person. Most adults need seven to eight hours a night.
Many adults experience insomnia at some point, but some people have long-term (chronic) insomnia. Insomnia may be the primary problem, or it may be secondary due to other causes, such as a disease or medication.
You don't have to put up with sleepless nights. Simple changes in your daily habits can often help.
Insomnia symptoms may include:
Someone with insomnia will often take 30 minutes or more to fall asleep and may get only six or fewer hours of sleep for three or more nights a week over a month or more.
If insomnia makes it hard for you to function during the day, see your doctor to determine what might be the cause of your sleep problem and how it can be treated. If your doctor thinks you could have a sleep disorder, you might be referred to a sleep center for special testing.
Common causes of insomnia include:
Insomnia becomes more common with age. As you get older, you may experience:
A change in health. The chronic pain of conditions such as arthritis or back problems as well as depression, anxiety and stress can interfere with sleep. Older men often develop noncancerous enlargement of the prostate gland (benign prostatic hyperplasia), which can cause the need to urinate frequently, interrupting sleep. In women, menopausal hot flashes can be equally disruptive.
Other sleep-related disorders, such as sleep apnea and restless legs syndrome, also become more common with age. Sleep apnea causes you to stop breathing periodically throughout the night. Restless legs syndrome causes unpleasant sensations in your legs and an almost irresistible desire to move them, which may prevent you from falling asleep.
Sleep problems may be a concern for children and teenagers as well. However, some children and teens simply have trouble getting to sleep or resist a regular bedtime because their internal clocks are more delayed. They want to go to bed later and sleep later in the morning.
Nearly everyone has an occasional sleepless night. But your risk of insomnia is greater if:
Sleep is as important to your health as a healthy diet and regular exercise. Whatever your reason for sleep loss, insomnia can affect you both mentally and physically. People with insomnia report a lower quality of life compared with people who are sleeping well.
Complications of insomnia may include:
If you're having sleep problems, you'll likely start by talking to your primary care doctor.
To get ready for your appointment:
For insomnia, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
Don't hesitate to ask questions any time during your appointment.
A key part of the evaluation of insomnia is a detailed history, so your doctor will ask you many questions.
About your insomnia:
About your day:
About your bedtime routine:
About other issues that may affect your sleep:
In addition to asking you a number of questions, your doctor may have you complete a questionnaire to determine your sleep-wake pattern and your level of daytime sleepiness. You may also be asked to keep a sleep diary for a couple of weeks if you haven't already done so.
Your doctor will likely do a physical exam to look for signs of other problems that may be causing insomnia. Occasionally, a blood test may be done to check for thyroid problems or other conditions that can cause insomnia.
If the cause of your insomnia isn't clear, or you have signs of another sleep disorder, such as sleep apnea or restless legs syndrome, you may need to spend a night at a sleep center. Tests are done to monitor and record a variety of body activities while you sleep, including brain waves, breathing, heartbeat, eye movements and body movements.
Changing your sleep habits and addressing any underlying causes of insomnia, such as medical conditions or medications, can restore restful sleep for many people. If these measures don't work, your doctor may recommend medications to help with relaxation and sleep.
Behavioral treatments teach you new sleep behaviors and ways to improve your sleeping environment. Good sleep habits promote sound sleep and daytime alertness. Behavior therapies are generally recommended as the first line of treatment for people with insomnia. Typically they're equally or more effective than sleep medications.
Behavior therapies include:
Taking prescription sleeping pills — such as zolpidem (Ambien), eszopiclone (Lunesta), zaleplon (Sonata) or ramelteon (Rozerem) — may help you get to sleep. Doctors generally don't recommend relying on prescription sleeping pills for more than a few weeks, but several medications are approved for long-term use.
Nonprescription sleep medications contain antihistamines that can make you drowsy. Antihistamines may initially make you groggy, but they may also reduce the quality of your sleep, and they can cause side effects, such as daytime sleepiness, dizziness, urinary retention, dry mouth and confusion. These effects may be worse in older adults. Antihistamines also can worsen urinary problems, causing you to get up to urinate more during the night.
No matter what your age, insomnia usually is treatable. The key often lies in changes to your routine during the day and when you go to bed. Good sleep habits promote sound sleep and daytime alertness. These tips may help.
Basic tips:
At bedtime:
Many people never visit their doctor for insomnia and try to cope with sleeplessness on their own. Although in many cases, safety and effectiveness have not been proved, some people try therapies such as:
Because the Food and Drug Administration does not mandate that manufacturers show proof of effectiveness or safety before marketing dietary supplement sleep aids, talk with your doctor before taking any herbal supplements or other OTC products. Some products can interact with medications, and others — such as L-tryptophan, kava or 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) — can be dangerous on their own.
Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people. In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.
Specialists in psychiatry and psychology and pulmonary medicine treat adults with sleep disorders at the Sleep Disorders Center at Mayo Clinic in Arizona.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 800-446-2279 (toll-free) 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
Specialists in psychiatry and psychology and pulmonary medicine treat adults with sleep disorders at the Sleep Disorders Unit at Mayo Clinic in Florida.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 904-953-0853 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
Specialists from neurology, psychiatry and psychology, pulmonary and critical care medicine, and pediatric and adolescent medicine treat adults and children with sleep disorders at the Center for Sleep Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 507-538-3270 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
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The sleep disorders program in the Department of Neurology conducts research aimed at understanding sleep disorders and improving therapy, as well as providing clinical services to care for people with these disorders. Read more about Mayo Clinic's Center for Sleep Medicine.
See a list of publications by Mayo doctors on insomnia on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.
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Lucas A. Reinhard, 25, of New Riegel, passed away Thursday morning, Dec. 27, 2012, at his home.
He was born March 9, 1987, in Tiffin, to Timothy C. and Diana D. (Gillig) Reinhard, and they survive in New Riegel.
Also surviving are four sisters, Kimberly S. (Patrick) Jones of Fostoria, Janet T. (Louis) Kramer of Mechanicsburg, Denise M. (Jeremy) Ritter of Carey and Leslie A. (Kevin) Metzger of New Riegel; a brother, Scott C. (Victoria) Reinhard of Pheonix, Ariz.; five nieces; and five nephews.
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Lucas was a member of All Saints Parish and had attended New Riegel Schools. He was an avid sports fan, especially football, and the Green Bay Packers. He attended, with his family, the 1998 Super Bowl between the Packers and Broncos through Make-A-Wish. He enjoyed his pet cats, "Oden" and "Artimus," along with watching movies, PlayStation, computing and Lego projects. He also will be remembered as a Fantasy Football legend and great "Jeopardy" enthusiast.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at Hoening Funeral Home, 242 W. Tiffin St., Fostoria, where a Christian wake service will be at 8 p.m.
Visitation also will take place at the church 10-11 a.m. Monday.
His Mass of Christian burial is 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31, at All Saints Catholic Church, New Riegel, with Father Tim Kummerer presiding. Burial will follow the Mass at St. Boniface Cemetery, New Riegel.
Memorials are suggested to Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northwest Ohio or to All Saints Parish.
Online expressions of sympathy may be made, and photos and memories shared by visiting www.hoeningfuneralhome.com.