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Ralph Peters is now officially batshit crazy
Ralph Peters' latest choice for Iraq:
The fact that this amoral asshole ever led troops disgusts me.
If we can't leave a democracy behind, we should at least leave the corpses of our enemies.Here's what would happen if we did what Peters suggests. The violence in Iraq would explode. Period. More troops (and, undoubtedly, innocent Iraqis) would die for a war in which Peters says there's only a slight chance we "can achieve a few of our goals"--whatever they are. So Peters is saying that the lives of American soldiers are worth whatever respect we can still salvage from the depths of Bush's quagmire.
The holier-than-thou response to this proposal is predictable: "We can't kill our way out of this situation!" Well, boo-hoo. Friendly persuasion and billions of dollars haven't done the job. Give therapeutic violence a chance.
Our soldiers and Marines are dying to protect a government whose members are scrambling to ally themselves with sectarian militias and insurgent factions. President Bush needs to face reality. The Maliki government is a failure.
The fact that this amoral asshole ever led troops disgusts me.

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BEIJING, Dec. 29 (UPI) — China has the world's third largest economy but a report says 40 million of its farmers live in poverty, making less than $175 annually.
Fan Xiaojian, head of China's national poverty and development office, told the Web portal ifeng.com the global financial crisis has hit the poor hard in China.
"China has invested 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) to reduce poverty this year, an increase of 3 billion yuan ($439 million) from last year, and the largest investment in poverty-relief in the last ten years," he said, China Daily reported.
Fan, however, said the income of the most poverty-stricken counties in the country rose 9.6 percent in the first three quarters of this year.
The report said China, the third-largest economy after the United States and Japan, is the first developing country under the U.N. Millennium Development Goal to reduce the number of its people living in poverty by half.
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Annette and Brian Swanson have a unique perspective of the recent string of events surrounding missing people. It's a perspective none of us have, or ever want to have.
They are the parents of Brandon Swanson, the then-19 year-old Marshall man who vanished into the night five years ago.
Vanished. That's a complex word. But when you consider the exhausting, comprehensive search process for Brandon spanned 120 days and just as many square miles and included hundreds of volunteers and dozens of dog handlers, vanished might best define what happened.
It's a word we've heard all too much in recent weeks, one that sends chills down your spine. People aren't supposed to just vanish.
We heard it in coverage of the three missing women in Minnesota whose stories have grabbed headlines this month. And, of course, we heard it when news broke about the three women from Cleveland, who disappeared some 10 years ago, only to reappear earlier this month, about three miles from where they disappeared. Hearing that word leads us to doubt and wonder, speculate and question. And in missing people cases, sometimes those questions never get answered.
Annette Swanson followed the story in Cleveland and those of the three missing women in the Twin Cities to a point but didn't obsess about it.
"You know, I see that they have been found, and my initial feelings are, good, I'm glad they found them. I'm happy for the family, they got what they needed. They can move forward in the process of grief and finding answers as to what brought this about. That's really all the thought I put into it - I'm happy for the families, they can move on. Then I just need to let it go."
"It's interesting in the sense that the three in Cleveland were found - it's just, you don't want to think about we think about Brandon, but we don't want to think that he's missing," Brian Swanson said. "We try to kind of keep that out of our thoughts."
There's no hard evidence to suggest Brandon was abducted like the women in Cleveland were, so the Swansons' story is different. Yet, what has played out in Cleveland does give the Swansons pause.
"It's so complex and it's so unusual, so to me there's some interest in that," Annette Swanson said. "Is the victimology changing, or has it changed? Statistics show that they don't keep their victims alive. There's so many hours and days that go by, and their chances of recovering a missing person alive plummet after some time. Are we missing something in how these perpetrators work? Is there another layer to this, something that we can learn from it to help these families?"
The Swansons' position to be able to relate with parents whose world has been interrupted by the sudden and unexplained disappearance of a child doesn't fill the hole that has been created in their life. But despite fearing the worst after waking up in the middle of a nightmare five years ago, Annette Swanson has come to learn that a parent's hope is eternal.
"The interesting thing, and there's no scientific backing to it, but you heard Gina DeJesus' father say he knew she was alive - in his heart he knew it, he felt it," Annette Swanson said. "And, you know, she was! And she's back home. When we lost contact with Brandon, sometime thereafter, I had a similar feeling, but the feeling was that he's not alive I don't know if it's a parent's gut intuition, or just that bond you have with your child. But there's always hope, even if you think there isn't. There always will be hope."
Brian Swanson said that paralyzing, instinctive feeling was one they both shared after Brandon's disappearance, even though neither wanted to admit it at the time.
"It's just, inside, something's gone," he said.
"You brace yourself for the worst," Annette Swanson said. "There was just some sort of a sudden, bottom-dropping-out emptiness that you feel."
A half decade removed from Brandon vanishing, the Swansons continue to cling to hope that someday they will be reunited with their son, or at the very least get some of their questions answered. In the meantime, the couple continues on the journey to normalcy. But until they get some kind of closure, that's a journey without a destination.
"Even if or when we find Brandon and we get answers, we're forever changed," Annette Swanson said. "There is no going back to where we were before."
The Swansons are working on a different kind of normal today, and it's a work in progress. Some pieces of their lives have been picked up. In some ways, time has proven to be only a Band-Aid for their wounds, but they know they must march forward with it.
"The universe continues to move forward - you either move with it or you get lost in it," Annette Swanson said. "Those are basically your two choices."
Simple, routine things can be a struggle at times, Annette Swanson said. Preparing a meal can be a struggle. Cleaning the house, too. These are things the rest of us just do without a second thought, but the mind apparently doesn't always allow the body to take care of what needs to be done.
"Organizing just everyday things, sometimes they're like mountains, even now," she said. "It's not as bad, but it's still there."
In a sense, some level of normalcy has returned in their lives, in that days are no longer haunted by rumors or consumed by emotionally-draining searches and all the physical work they once put into them. This has allowed the Swansons to focus not just on their careers or those mundane tasks about the house, but their family as well - their daughter Jamine, grandson Eli and a future son-in-law.
"Those are the things that make life worth living and getting up every day for," Annette Swanson said. "For me, what keeps me going is my family. Truly, that's what keeps me going."
The Swansons still long for knowledge in this unsolved mystery surrounding their son, but they are committed to moving on as best they can.
"We want to get back closer to the normal we used to have," Brian Swanson said.
"I don't want to just maintain, I want to keep feeling better every day," Annette Swanson said. "I don't want to be 'here,' in this spot. I want to be better, I want to live better."


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Tembe Elephant Park
The Tembe National Elephant Park covers the area that was once called The Ivory Route. For ages this ancient route linked the ivory traders of Mozambique and Zululand. This is where the largest elephants in Africa - indeed, the largest in the world - once roamed.
Today, 220 of these gentle giants - the last remaining indigenous herd in KwaZulu-Natal - thrive in their ancestral homeland within the unique sand forest and grassland ecosystem of the Park.
This is where you can meet them - face to face. Enjoy the thrill of a morning and afternoon safari game drive in an open game viewing vehicle, and feel the tingle of anticipation as you edge up close to one of Tembe's giants. The Park is also home to an abundance of other game, including lion, rhino, buffalo, leopard, giraffe, zebra, and numerous antelope species.
In-beween game drives, guests can relax around the swimming pool.
In the evenings, enjoy wholesome bush cuisine served under the stars by lamplight of the communal dining boma, surrounded by the thrilling sounds of the bush. Swap tales with your fellow guests as you bask in the warmth of the campfire, watching the spectacular evening display of acapella isiatamiya singing.
The accommodation comprises of luxury en-suite safari tents that blend unobtrusively with their natural surrounds. The tents offer a remarkable experience - you enjoy all the comforts but you're virtually living out there in the ageless African bushveld.
At night a great peace and quiet descend over you and it is almost impossible not to sleep soundly in the velvety darkness under the rugged trees standing sentry around you. The mornings are announced by an enthusiastic chorus of birds.
All meals.; tea/coffee; morning/afternoon game drives; and transfers to the hide during the day are included.
Children of any age are welcome. Rates available on request.
General Information For Guests
Guests are encouraged to 'cover up' in the evenings, and apply the insect repellents the lodge provides on game drives and in the individual tents. This is especially important for evening game drives - and in the summer months. The taking of malaria prophylactic tablets is purely the choice of the guest. For any further questions, please consult your General Practitioner.
The lodge also recommends bringing a torch to the lodge.
From Swaziland: Enter KwaZulu-Natal from Swaziland via the Golela Border Post. Once in KwaZulu-Natal, turn left on to the N2 South heading towards Mkuze.
You'll see the Jozini Dam and Shayamoya Lodge on your left. There will be a road at the end of the dam that is sign posted for Jozini. Take this Jozini turn off.
It is 19 km to the town of Jozini. Passing through it, ensure that you stay left, when the road forks. (for signage is confusing). Go over the dam wall. This dam wall road continues through rural countryside for approx 35 km, until you reach a T-junction. Turn right at the sign reading Bhambanana/Ndumo/Kwangwanase.
Continue along this road for 29 km – through a foot 'n mouth boundary – past the Ndumo Game Reserve turn-off until you reach the entrance to Tembe Elephant Park on your left. When you arrive at Tembe, the gate guard will radio the camp to meet you. They will show you where to park your vehicle and will take you by 4x4 to the lodge. Please note that the gate closes at 6 pm.
From Johannesburg or Pretoria: From Pretoria, take the N4 (Witbank) or from Johannesburg, take the N12 (Witbank) road. Take the Hendrina/Middelburg off ramp, to N11 (Ermelo). Continue on the N2 to Piet Retief, then Pongola. Go through Pongola and head towards Mkuze. You'll pass Jozini Dam and Shayamoya Lodge on your left.. Shortly after this is the Jozini turn-off on your left. Take this Jozini turn off, and follow the directions as above.
From Durban : Travel north on the N2. Take the Hluhluwe turnoff and drive through the town, turning left at the T-junction. After 1 km, turn right over the railway line, onto the R22 towards Mbazwana and Sodwana Bay (but please do not turn off to Sodwana Bay). Stay on the R22 for approximately 145 km, passing over 3 roundabouts at Mbazwana and following the road up to the top T-junction (it is a roundabout). Turn left here, and it is only another 15 km to the Tembe gate.
For further information or if for any reason you are delayed, please contact the main Reservations Department on (031) 267 0144 or phone the lodge directly on (035) 592 0545.
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Canton advances past Danville in D4 Duals
DANVILLE – Brady Bryington didn't panic when he was tripped to his back early in the first period of his 285-pound bout Monday night. He was nervous, sure, but he didn't panic.
Canton's sophomore heavyweight, in the decisive bout of last night's District 4 Class AA Duals pigtail match, worked off his back. Then he worked for a reversal. Then he worked for a fall.
The sub-.500 wrestler a year ago turned in maybe the biggest win of his career, his 21st of the season, when he pinned Danville's Zach Campbell in the final bout of the night to give 17th-seeded Canton a 40-33 win over 16th-seeded Danville. Canton advances to wrestle top-seeded Towanda on Wednesday night at Towanda in the first round of the District 4 Duals. Canton lost to Towanda, 59-18, a week ago.
"Maybe he didn't panic, but I started to," Canton head coach Lyle Wesneski said. "Last year in that situation he would have rolled over and packed it in. Mentally he just wasn't ready (last year). I coached him on the offensive line in football and I could start to see the change him. He matured a little bit. He got a little confidence in himself. He grew about six inches taller, he thinned out a bit and he's athletic."
Bryington's win capped a run of four wins in the final five bouts of the night allowing the Warriors to erase an 11-point Danville lead. Regional qualifier Connor Route earned a crucial third-period fall at 195 pounds, state eighth-place finisher Garrett Wesneski scored a fall with 3 seconds left in the first period at 220, and Bryington was able to fight off his back for a fall at 285. The 34-33 lead for Canton after Wesneski's fall gave Canton its first lead since the third bout of the night when it had a 12-6 lead.
"We lost a couple that I didn't think we should have, but (Danville) came out and they scrapped. They're a scrappy bunch," Wesneski said. "It was a good team win. We had to come back at the end and it's nice to have you big guys waiting there."
The Warriors have been in playoff mode for the better part of two weeks, though. Coming off a 1-4 performance at the Jersey Shore Duals, the Warriors lost two consecutive bouts against Wyalusing and Towanda to put its record at 11-11 with one match left prior to the District 4 Duals qualifying cutoff date. The matches against Wyalusing and Towanda also had Northern Tier League title implications.
But the Warriors won a 36-31 decision over rival Troy on Thursday to qualify for the duals a year after a loss to Williamson in its final match before the duals cutoff kept the Warriors out of the tournament. So last night's tight match against Danville was nothing this team hadn't experienced.
The win over Danville (12-11) was the 10th this year for the Warriors (13-11) by fewer than 10 points. Canton has also won six matches this year by five points or less.
So although Wesneski knew he had his aces in the hole at the end of the match, there was still a little concern when Danville won toss-up bouts by fall at 126 and 152 pounds, and lost another by decision at 160 pounds giving the Ironmen a 27-18 lead.
Canton is still without junior Tyler Cole at 182 pounds because of a knee injury which should sideline him until sectionals. The only saving grace for Wesneski and Canton was having won the coin toss prior to the match. It allowed the Warriors to dictate the matchups at 170 and 195 pounds, maybe the two most crucial bouts of the night, especially considering Danville's wins in earlier toss-up bouts.
It allowed Canton to move junior John Bowman (13-3), who joined the team just following the Christmas break, away from Danville 170-pounder David Burke (22-1). Bowman earned a major decision at 170 pounds and Burke bumped up to 182 where he got a fall, giving the Ironmen a 33-22 lead with three bouts left.
"John, in a regular dual, would have wrestled Burke," Wesneski said. "(Monday night) we just couldn't afford to do that with not having Tyler in the lineup. We needed to get the matchups we needed because I knew it would come down to the wire."
The flip also allowed Wesneski to match up Route with Danville's Sam Crone. Crone, who missed last year after having back surgery but is 14-7 this year, put up a good fight with Route. He was trailing just 6-3 before Route caught him on his back and got the fall in 5:18.
Garrett Wesneski, ranked second in the state at 195, bumped up to 220 and was leading 5-0 when he pinned Gunnar Feldmann in a tilt with 3 seconds left in the first period. It set the stage for Bryington's heroics.
"I think this gives us more confidence now going to Towanda to wrestle," Bryington said. "Towanda beat us a couple weeks ago and they're almost undefeated, but we have nothing to lose. We need to get a good day of practice in (today) and then go up there and see what happens."
"All season long we've been in playoff mode. They're comfortable," Wesneski said. "I told them, we're the last seed, we don't have any pressure on us at all. We're going to a hostile environment on Wednesday night against one of your biggest rivals and we don't have a darn thing to lose. I'll guarantee you we're going to show up Wednesday ready to go."
106: Dennis Route, C, pinned Kevin Smeltzer, 2:43. 113: Ethan Landis, C, pinned Dalton Stump, :54. 120: Jake Danneker, D, won by forfeit. 126: Alex Carter, D, pinned Brett Wesneski, 3:34. 132: Ryan Messa, D, won by forfeit. 138: Brendan Cohick, C, dec. P.J. Bellino, 5-3. 145: Travis Butcher, C, dec. Addison Zakarian, 8-2. 152: Jay Brennan, D, pinned Bryce Cole, 3:52. 160: Dalton Semiclose, D, dec. Spencer Castle, 4-2. 170: John Bowman, C, maj. dec. Jarrett Walters, 11-0. 182: David Burke, D, pinned Richard Heffner, 3:24. 195: Connor Route, C, pinned Sam Crone, 5:18. 220: Garrett Wesneski, C, pinned Gunnar Feldmann, 1:57. 285: Brady Bryington, C, pinned Zach Campbell, 1:17.
Takedowns: Canton 11, Danville 7. Official: Jeff Weatherite. Records: Canton (13-11); Danville (12-11).


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Larry H. Dobson
McCLURE – Larry H. Dobson, 58, of McClure, died at 1:51 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, at his residence.
Born on Oct. 31, 1954, he was a son of the late Harvey J. Sr. and Mina A. (Foust) Dobson.
Larry is survived by: wife, Talitha (Huffman) Dobson; son, Shane M. Dobson, of McClure; grandchildren, Zachary Brittain, Kelsie Dobson and Brandon Dobson; and siblings, Elsie Hicks and husband, David, of Milroy, Pam Peck and husband, Ken, of Burnham, Harvey J. Dobson Jr., of Yeagertown, George Dobson and wife, Sheila, of McClure, and Sonny Dobson and wife, Jean, of Lewistown.
He was a 1973 graduate of Penn Highlands High School.
Larry worked at Beavertown Weaving Mill and served in the U.S. Army. He was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and a member of the McClure American Legion Post 942.
A viewing will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, at Heller-Hoenstine Funeral Homes Inc., 108 First Ave., Burnham.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 16 W. Specht St., McClure, with Pastor Lisa Schuster officiating.
Interment with military honors will take place in McClure Union Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Lung Association, 3001 Old Gettysburg Road, Gettysburg, PA 17011.
Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.hellerhoenstinefuneralhome.com.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Bedtime: Just that one word can incite fear and anxiety for both children and parents.
Two Canadian toy designers want to bring a light of joy and hope to children everywhere. Kim Blair and Jeff Lai have created Brobo, a unique huggable night-light toy with education books and cartoons. Their goal is to bring light to a dark world and provide lovable plush friends to help kids be brave at bedtime.
Brobo plush night-lights come in different designs and sizes, including the red superhero Brobo, the sweet pink robot Pep, the cuddly puppy Dog, the mysterious mummy Mumu and the silly dinosaur Trex.
Kids can take Brobo to bed and control the light by themselves. It turns off automatically after five minutes.
Brobo toys are safety-tested and -certified and recommended for children ages 18 months and up. Brobo toys are available at select specialty toy retailers and at brobo.com.


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MAY 7, 1963 -- Standing outside 16th Street Baptist Church, the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth heard someone say, "Let's put some water on the reverend" and saw the fire hose pointed at him.
Shuttlesworth said he "spoke heart to heart with the Lord" and "If you're ready for me, I'll come."
The force of the hose swept him down stairs and into a wall and left him hospitalized.
- The Rev. Martin Luther King spoke to reporters outside the Gaston Motel saying the "movement's coming of age. This is the first time in the history of our struggle that we have been able to fill the jails."
- Gov. George Wallace said he was prepared to send state troopers into Birmingham.
- Birmingham News publisher Clarence Hanson, Jr. sent a telegram to President Kennedy, a message printed on the front page of the paper.
"Mr. President, if these were white marches, demonstrations, open defiance of uniformed law officers, we believe your administration would have taken vigorous action to discourage them," Hanson wrote. "Our aim is the restoration of domestic tranquility, cessation of open disruption, and provision of a basis for calm negotiation toward concrete results which will answer legitimate complaints of Birmingham Negroes."


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A second-round draft pick out of Indiana, who grew up in Port Allen, across the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge, Porter watched the Saints every Sunday with his family and friends. He remembers bags on the heads of embarrassed fans during the lean years.
Now the Saints have done the previously unthinkable in large part because of him in a 31-17 victory Sunday.
His 74-yard touchdown on an interception of Peyton Manning gave the Saints an insurmountable two-touchdown lead late in the fourth quarter. In the NFC title game, his late interception of Brett Favre stalled Minnesota's potential game-winning drive.
"It was great film study," Porter said of the his interception Sunday. "We knew that on third-and-short they stack, and they like the outside release for the slant."
The Saints went on to beat the Vikings in overtime to earn their first-ever Super Bowl berth.
Porter was drafted by the Saints in 2008 and earned a starting cornerback spot in his rookie season. But that year was cut short by a broken wrist in the first half of the season.
This season, Porter went down in midseason with what was thought to be a season-ending knee injury at St. Louis. The next day, Porter -- and the Saints -- got good news. It was a severe sprain. His season wasn't over. He returned in Week 15 and played brilliantly in the playoffs.
Now, during Mardi Gras, his family, friends, and Saints fans in New Orleans and all across the Gulf South have another reason to party.
"It means so much," Porter said. "Words can't describe how much this means for New Orleans."
(This report was written by Brett Martel of The Associated Press.)


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The Portland Trail Blazers were bounced off the floor Wednesday night, 111-93, by the Brooklyn Nets in their first game back at the Rose Garden after a five-game road trip.
Nets forward Reggie Evans (22 points, 26 rebounds) and his teammates embarrassed the Blazers, leading by as many as 30 points and putting the game away just minutes after tip-off. Portland now sits 3.5 games back of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference with 11 games remaining.
The Oregonian's Mike Tokito has your complete game recap, and Joe Freeman breaks down the implications of last night's loss; here's a look around the web at what everyone else is saying following Portland's loss Wednesday night.
• Ben Golliver, Blazersedge.com:
Stotts elected not to question his team's toughness when served the opportunity on a platter, even on a night when Portland conceded 74 points in the paint and fell behind by 20 points in the first quarter. He first admitted that he "didn't have an explanation" for his team's "very discouraging" performance, but then pivoted to his favorite explanation, a lack of mental focus.• Mike Barrett, Blazers.com:
The Blazers came into this game needing a win badly to keep pace with the teams ahead of them in this jumbled playoff race at the bottom of the conference. You always worry about the first game following a long road trip, but because Portland's last game came on Sunday, it was thought that it perhaps wouldn't be as big a factor this time. I'm still not sure it was a factor at all. They were just whopped in the face in the first few seconds, put on their heels, and never had a chance. Evans saw to that by himself.• Chris Haynes, CSNNW.com:
"I looked at the player personnel [sheet] and they play about seven guys and out of them seven, you got probably like six of them playing a minimum of thirty something minutes a game," [Reggie] Evans told CSNNW.com. "That just let's me know that if they average that on a daily, nobody not being aggressive on defense. Nobody not trying to get a foul.• Mike Mazzeo, ESPNNewYork.com:
"That's where you want to be more aggressive on the offensive end because they may not go for a block. They're more focused on offense than trying to win a team game. That's the way I took it."
During the first quarter, the Nets shot 56 percent from the field and outrebounded the Blazers, 18-3. Brooklyn got nine points and 10 rebounds from Evans and 11 points from Lopez. The Nets had 12 assists and just one turnover in the period. Brooklyn led in second-chance points, 16-0.• Dwight Jaynes, CSNNW.com:
The Portland bigs didn't want anything to do with Evans' aggression. Instead of getting a body on him or pushing him away from the basket, they mostly let him have his way with them, watching him roam around at will to score and pluck offensive rebounds. It was truly embarrassing. The man has averaged just 4.1 points per game over a 10-year career yet he was an offensive force in this game.• Kerry Eggers, Portland Tribune:
LaMarcus Aldridge was the only Portland starter who had his game together, scoring 18 of his team-high 24 points in the first half and making 11 of 14 shots in his 32 minutes. The other four starters combined for 34 points. Rookie point guard Damian Lillard scored all 15 of his points in the second half but made only 4 of 12 shots from the field. But it was at the defensive end, and on the backboards, that the Blazers were truly lacking.• Danny Nowell, Portland Roundball Society/ESPN.com Daily Dime:
That was ... probably the end of a season. The Blazers have been able to cling to the myth of playoff contention, but as they trailed by more than 20 in the fourth, Terry Stotts emptied his bench for the first time this season. This loss may send the Blazers into next-season mode.• Roderick Boone, Newsday:
Despite Joe Johnson sitting for the second straight game as he works through his right quadriceps contusion, the Nets got all the offense they needed and then some. They exploded for 64 first-half points and raced out to a 29-point lead in the second quarter, running away with a 111-93 victory. "That's a very, very good win. Our guys were ready to play,'' P.J. Carlesimo said.


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EMS responded to a call in Guttenberg this morning where a woman sustained minor burns to her hand, a North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue spokesman said.
A small "electrical arc" came out of an outlet and burned the woman's hand.
The electricity was turned off and an electrician is on the way to the home, the spokesman added.
The woman in her 20s was treated at the home and released.


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To the Editor:
President Barack Obama must be ignorant of the facts, or just made a stupid statement when he said recently that marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol.
This is ludicrous. His own Office of National Drug Control Policy says that there are more carcinogens in marijuana smoke than tobacco smoke.
Studies have shown that men in their 20s and 30s can have permanent brain damage, poor memory and reduced I.Q. after smoking marijuana.
We've spent billions of taxpayer dollars warning our youth on the dangers of drugs, and these efforts have been undercut by the president's comments.
The Drug Free America Foundation says the president's laissez-faire attitude shows just how misinformed he is. He sends a very confusing message about marijuana being harmless. In his own words, "It's a bad habit and a vice."
What a hypocrite!
Is this just politics as usual to get back the youth vote?
Bobbie Simon
Deptford Township


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CHATHAM — Authorities determined a reported suspicious package at the Chatham train station was harmless, only containing personal items, The Morris County Prosecutor's Office said.
Borough police, the prosecutor's office and members of the Morris County Sheriff's Department's Bomb Squad responded around noon to investigate the package, according to First Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Zelante.
David Teng, a manager at Bean Curd on the corner of Main Street and
Fairmount Avenue, said Fairmount had been closed off for a stretch
leading to Main Street during the investigation, but Main Street remained open.
A spokesman for New Jersey Transit said service was unaffected.
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Posted under News on December 21st, 2013
By Edward Anschutz
Editorial Contributor Mike Kelsey
(Sturgeon Bay, WI) December 21, 2013- Thunderhill Raceway heads into 2014 with guns blazing with its most aggressive marketing plan to help drivers keep their wheels turning. A minimum $6,500 in contingencies will be dished out at the banquet to drivers who support the track. Such business's as Jerovetz Motorsports Shock Service, N.E.W Racing Supply, S & B Trailers, Kroll Racing Fabrication, Woody's Signs, Floors by Josh and Vlies Custom Race Car Bodies have signed up to give-away tires, shocks, race car lettering, Ford 9", Modified & Sport Mod spruce up kits, custom racing T-Shirts and so much more. Specifics for each business will be released after the new year.
"This is just a tip of the iceberg when it comes to contingencies." Stated track promoter Woody Wodack, "I've been talking non stop with supporters who are signing on, this deal could be huge for our drivers."
The track known as the circle of death has received a huge make over courtesy of Rass Excavating. Hundreds of yards of fresh premium clay now covers the newly shaped track. The track was surveyed and laid out with state of the art equipment. All problem spots in the track, namely turn 2 and 4 were cut out. This will add banking to the exit of each corner, setting it up for late race passes. The clay was laid out from the top side of the track and worked to the bottom, this will offer drivers a multi-racing grooves around the 1/3 mile oval. The track surface was also widened out to 75' all the way around which will make it easy to battle 3 and 4 wide racing.
The season is slated to have 18 point nights with racing starting on Saturday April 27 continuing to championship night on Saturday August 27. A special is also penciled for September 10 & 11. A few front row spots remain open for purchase along with several second and third row parking spots. Call today to make sure when you pull in the gate you have your spot.
Rules for the Street Stocks will remain basically the same as last year with a just a few minor tweaks. John Sternard will be the Rep for the division.
Everyone here at the Hill wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas!


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I love giving gifts. I love putting thought into what someone will {hopefully} appreciate and watching them open a fun surprise.
But I'm not going to lie. I also love receiving gifts. I get giddy with excitement to receive something I wouldn't buy for myself.
Food magazines are high on that list. With great cookbooks already at home and an endless supply of recipe ideas online, I can never justify buying myself a magazine subscription. But I can't explain how much I look forward to flipping through pages filled with tempting photos and unique ingredients. Every month, I am inspired to try completely new recipes that I would never search for online.
For the last several years, I have been so grateful to receive a variety of magazine subscriptions from my family. I've enjoyed Real Simple, Food Network, Rachel Ray and more. And this year, I was absolutely thrilled to open a Christmas gift and find a subscription to Food & Wine. This is one magazine I've always looked at in stores and felt it was for "real cooks."
I received my first magazine just a couple weeks ago and it did not disappoint. As soon as I saw this easy Lo Mein recipe, I knew I'd be trying it.
This was my first time gaining enough courage to finally try cooking with oyster sauce. And guess what? It wasn't that scary! And was incredibly easy! And it added great flavor!
The original recipe uses linguine or spaghetti noodles, which definitely makes this much more approachable, but we had half a box of leftover soba noodles that worked perfectly and was just as easy.
Easy Lo Mein with Broccoli, Mushrooms and Snow Peas
Keywords: stir-fry entree vegetarian broccoli mushrooms Chinese
Ingredients (2 servings)
- 3 tbs. low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tbs. oyster sauce
- 2 tbs. sesame oil, divided
- 2 tsp. chili-garlic sauce
- Pinch red pepper flakes
- 8 oz. soba noodles
- 4 oz. button mushrooms
- 1 head of broccoli florets
- Ginger, to taste
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 6 oz. snow peas, trimmed
1. In a small boil, combine soy sauce, oyster sauce, 1 tbs. sesame oil, chile sauce and red pepper flakes. Set aside.
2. In large skillet, heat remaining tbs. sesame oil. Add mushrooms and broccoli cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add ginger, garlic and snow peas and cook about 2 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, bring pot of water to a boil. Cook noodles according to package directions and drain.
4. Add noodles to vegetable mixture and stir in sauce. Allow entire mixture to warm evenly. Serve and enjoy.
~What is your favorite recipe inspiration source?


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January 30, 2007
UCSB's College of Engineering's Materials Science Department Ranks Second Among U.S. Universities in Total Citations Over the Last Decade
• Demonstrates the Value of UCSB Research to Others
• Physics Department Also Takes Top Rankings
News Release
Santa Barbara, California – January 30, 2007 – UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering's Materials Science Department ranks second in total citations among U.S. universities for a 10-year period -- 1996 to 2006 -- according to Thomson Scientific, based in Philadelphia, PA.
The ranking demonstrates how other professors in the field perceive the relevance and significance of the work at UCSB's College of Engineering. It is a measurable sign of both the value of the research and its applicability to other research occurring worldwide.
In addition, the Physics department at UCSB ranked first in citations per paper and fourth among U.S. universities in total citations among other institutions in Physics for the 10-year period, 1995-2005.
The data, from Thomson Scientific's Essential Science Indicators (ESI), is a resource that enables researchers to conduct ongoing, quantitative analyses of research performance and track trends in science. Covering a multidisciplinary selection of more than 11,000 journals worldwide, this analytical tool offers data for ranking scientists, institutions, countries, and journals.
About the College of Engineering at UCSB
The College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara is a global leader in bioengineering, chemical and computational engineering, materials science, nanotechnology and physics. UCSB boasts five Nobel Laureates (four in sciences and engineering) and one winner of the prestigious international Millennium Technology Prize. Our students, professors and staff thrive in a uniquely-successful interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial culture. Our professors' research is among the most cited by their peers, evidence of the significance and relevance of their work.
Released by Barbara Bronson Gray
Media ContactTony Rairden
Copyright © 2016 The Regents of the University of California, All Rights Reserved.


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KALAMAZOO — He was undoubtedly the only player at last week's Mid-American Conference football media day to compare himself to John Adams.
Mitch Zajac's reference to the second president of the United States — in explaining the normalcy of collecting his own personal library, which he does, as Adams did — is only surprising to those who don't know Western Michigan University's senior linebacker.
Or those who know him only as No. 47 and under a football helmet. Not as the Harley-riding inquisitive engineering student with thousands of books shelved and boxed in the basement of his parents' home near Lansing.
This is someone, after all, who during the recruiting process took numerous visits to WMU's campus to make sure the university's academic offerings fell in line with his scholastic plans.
Zajac's brains have probably been more important to his college football career than his durable brawn and adequate physical abilities.
This coming season, a WMU defense with several more gifted athletes will again relay on Zajac to keep it together.
WMU football key dates
First practice: 3:30 p.m. Monday
First scrimmage: 3:30, Aug. 18
First game: At Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Sept. 3.
First home game: Nicholls, 7 p.m. Sept. 10.
First MAC game: Central Michigan, noon, Sept. 17.
"(Defense) is so much about gap integrity," Cubit said. "Mitch knows exactly where he's supposed to fit, so you're not getting big, big plays.
"And to me, he just gets people in the right spots at the right times. ... That's kind of why he plays."
He was also WMU's leading tackler last season, with 97, justifying his place on the depth chart, often ahead of more touted linebackers, such as former Bronco Dex Jones and sophomore Desmond Bozeman.
"There has to be somebody in there at all times that's going to be consistent," said Zajac, listed at 6-foot-1 and 229 pounds. "Those guys are all great players, don't get me wrong. ... It's a challenge. People are going to doubt you. You've just got to prove them wrong."
Zajac is one of only three seniors expected to start this season — defensive tackle Drew Nowak and safety Doug Wiggins are the others — on a relatively experienced defense entering its second year under coordinator Dave Cohen.
Year 1 was one of as many hiccups (Idaho, Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan) as highs (Ball State and Kent State, most notably).
"I think we made leaps and bounds from where we started at Michigan State last year to where we finished at Bowling Green, and we've just got to keep doing what we did," Zajac said. "I don't think we did poorly in any game. One thing didn't stand out. It was just a mistake here and there that got us beat.
"We can't afford mistakes anymore."
Zajac is feeling a mindset of urgency that can only accompany an approaching senior year, when each game is a countdown toward the end of a career.
"My freshman year, we came in, did real well, we were 9-3, went to a bowl game," he said. "My expectation was, 'Alright, this ain't that hard, 9-3 every year, going to a bowl game, we're going to win the MAC.' But it's tough. College football is tough."
Graham Couch can be reached at email@example.com or 269-388-7773. Follow him at twitter.com/broncosinsider


text: In the spring of 2002, 74-year-old Joan Southgate, a former social worker from Cleveland, began an epic journey, walking in the path of her slave ancestors from the Ohio River to freedom in Canada along the Underground Railroad. This spring she completed her walk, a journey that has caught the imagination of people across the country. Last night in Oberlin Joan Southgate was honored for her efforts to bring history alive, even including a song dedicated to her by singer/songwriter Jeff Varga. ideastream's Karen Schaefer was there.


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Effects of ranolazine on exercise tolerance and HbA1c in patients with chronic angina and diabetes
Aims The anti-anginal efficacy and safety of ranolazine in diabetic and non-diabetic patients included in the Combination Assessment of Ranolazine In Stable Angina (CARISA) trial (JAMA 2004;291:309) were studied. Glycaemic control was also assessed in CARISA and its long-term open-label extension study.
Methods and results Patients with chronic angina enrolled in CARISA (189 with diabetes, 634 without diabetes) on background atenolol, diltiazem, or amlodipine therapy were randomized to placebo, ranolazine 750 or 1000 mg twice daily for 12 weeks, during which exercise tolerance, angina frequency, nitroglycerin usage, glucose, HbA1c, and lipids were measured. Patients completing the randomized study could enroll in an ongoing open-label extension study and were evaluated every 3 months. Ranolazine produced similar improvements in exercise parameters, nitroglycerin use, and angina frequency in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Adverse events were similar between groups. Fasting glucose and lipids remained unaltered in diabetic patients after 12 weeks of therapy. In a post hoc analysis, ranolazine 750 and 1000 mg reduced HbA1c vs. placebo by 0.48±0.18% (P=0.008) and 0.70±0.18% (P=0.0002), respectively; the HbA1c levels appeared to remain unchanged over time during long-term therapy.
Conclusion Anti-anginal efficacy and safety of ranolazine for angina were similar between diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Ranolazine significantly improved glycaemic control in diabetic patients.
- Ranolazine
- Diabetes
- Chronic stable angina
- HbA1c
See page 5 for the editorial comment on this article (doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi624)
Type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome have reached epidemic levels in the United States1 and Europe, and are expected to result in an increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease.2 Diabetes is a significant predictor of cardiovascular mortality3 and is a common co-morbidity in angina patients. It has a reported prevalence of 7.9% in North America and 7.8% in Europe.4 The Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) of the National Cholesterol Education Program classifies diabetes as a coronary heart disease risk equivalent.5 Cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction rates are significantly increased in diabetic patients. Treatment options are often challenging because of the metabolic abnormalities that affect endothelial function and frequently co-morbid conditions, such as hypertension, dyslipidaemia, autonomic dysfunction, and extracardiac atherosclerosis.3,6
Ranolazine is a novel haemodynamically neutral anti-anginal and anti-ischaemic compound under development. Unlike existing anti-anginal agents, ranolazine studies have shown that its anti-anginal effect is achieved with little effect on blood pressure or heart rate.7–10 Ranolazine increases exercise capacity and reduces angina attacks in patients with chronic stable angina.7,8 Ranolazine was well tolerated with little or no effect on mean blood pressure or heart rate and induced an average increase in the QTc interval of <10 ms at 1000 mg twice daily in humans.7,8
We previously reported that in the placebo-controlled, multicentre, randomized Combination Assessment of Ranolazine in Stable Angina (CARISA) trial, ranolazine was effective in increasing treadmill exercise time, time to angina onset, and time to onset of ischaemic ST-segment depression in patients with chronic angina who had demand-induced myocardial ischaemia at low-level exercise workloads. The purpose of this analysis of the combination therapy trial was to evaluate the anti-anginal efficacy and adverse event profile of ranolazine in diabetic vs. non-diabetic patients with chronic angina. In addition, the effects of ranolazine on HbA1c levels, serum glucose, and serum lipid levels during the randomized phase of the CARISA trial and HbA1c values during its long-term open-label extension study were examined in diabetic patients to determine if ranolazine had specific effects on patients with diabetes.
Study design
The details of the CARISA trial have been previously described.7 Briefly, in the CARISA trial, 823 patients with chronic angina on background once daily atenolol (50 mg), diltiazem (180 mg), or amlodipine (5 mg) were randomized to 12 weeks of therapy in a three-arm parallel study to placebo, ranolazine 750 mg twice daily or ranolazine 1000 mg twice daily. As previously described, patients were randomized in 1:1:1 ratio to the three treatment groups in blocks of six, stratifying by background therapy.
At the screening and qualifying visits and subsequent visits at Weeks 2, 6, and 12, blood pressure, heart rate, and electrocardiogram (ECG) and exercise tolerance test (ETT) trough measurements, adverse events, and concomitant medication usage were collected as well as angina and nitroglycerin-use diary review. ECG and ETT peak measurements were evaluated at the screening and qualifying visits and Weeks 2 and 12. Physical exam, body weight and inclusion/exclusion criteria assessments, and laboratory tests (including HbA1c in diabetic patients), were conducted at the screening/qualifying visit and Week 12 (trial endpoint).
Upon successful completion of CARISA, patients who met entry criteria were eligible to participate in an open-label extension trial, which is ongoing. The extension trial analyses presented here were based on data availability through August 2003 and represent the results from ∼2 years of an anticipated 6-year study.
Study population
This analysis compared the effects of ranolazine in diabetic and non-diabetic patients (taking insulin or not taking insulin) enrolled in CARISA. To be eligible for CARISA, all patients were required to have chronic angina >3 months and documented coronary artery disease. Patients with a resting ECG abnormality that precluded analysis of the exercise ECG were excluded, as were patients who required digoxin therapy, were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV failure, or had an acute coronary syndrome or revascularization procedure within 2 months before study entry. Diabetes was diagnosed on the basis of clinical history with no requirement for ongoing treatment with hypoglycaemic agents. Insulin-dependent diabetics were designated as such for analysis if they were receiving insulin treatment at baseline.
As previously described,7 the qualifying criterion for randomization was based on exercise duration with two modified Bruce ETTs, 1 week apart, such that the presence of exercise-induced angina was achieved. Ischaemic ST-segment depression ≥1 mm was validated at St Louis University Core ECG Laboratory.
Efficacy assessments
The primary efficacy parameter in CARISA was the exercise duration at 12 h post-dose, which is the approximate time of trough ranolazine plasma concentrations. Exercise testing was also performed at the peak time of plasma concentrations, ∼4 h post-dose. The ETT time required to reach the severity of symptoms that would typically have caused the patient to stop exercise during the course of his or her usual daily activities (and no further) constituted the 'exercise duration' endpoint of the study. Secondary efficacy variables included time to onset of angina, time to ≥1 mm ST-segment depression, and patient-reported frequency of angina attacks and nitroglycerin consumption. HbA1c was assessed post hoc as a measure of efficacy in patients with diabetes.
Safety analyses
Adverse events were recorded and investigators assessed the drug relationship of each event.
Laboratory measures
The protocol specified that laboratory values were to be collected 12 h (±0.5 h) after patients' most recent dose of study medication and following a 10–12 h fasting period from the previous evening. Key laboratory tests included ECGs, haematology, coagulation, serum chemistry (HbA1c in diabetic patients only; HbA1c was not collected in patients who were not diabetic at baseline), urinalysis, and lipid panel. HbA1c was analysed by Covance Central Laboratory using Bio-Rad Variant analyser that utilizes ion-exchange high performance liquid chromatography. In this analysis, the safety of ranolazine in diabetic vs. non-diabetic patients was compared through evaluation of adverse events, vital signs, and laboratory data.
Statistical considerations
Within CARISA, the effects of ranolazine on exercise time variables in diabetic vs. non-diabetic patients were assessed in an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) model with effects for treatment, baseline exercise time, background therapy (atenolol, diltiazem, or amlodipine), centre (pooled by geographic region), diabetes status, and the interaction of treatment with diabetes status, using the last observation carried forward after randomization. The primary analysis data set included all patients who received study drug and had at least one evaluable ETT after randomization, assigning patients to treatment groups as randomized with intention to treat. Angina frequency and nitroglycerin consumption were normalized by time of study participation and expressed as a weekly rate. The weekly rates were ranked and analysed using the ANCOVA model described earlier.
For the diabetic patients in CARISA, change from baseline in HbA1c at 12 weeks of treatment or early termination was analysed post hoc using an ANCOVA model with effects for treatment, baseline laboratory value, pooled site, and background therapy. Treatment effects in diabetic patients who were taking insulin and those who were not were estimated by adding insulin status and the interaction of treatment with insulin status to this ANCOVA model. The proportion of patients with HbA1c <7% at 12 weeks of treatment or early termination was analysed using a logistic regression model with the same effects as the main ANCOVA model. Early termination was defined as failure of the patient to complete 12 weeks of randomized therapy during the double-blind study.
Combining data from the diabetic patients in CARISA and the long-term extension trial who received ranolazine, changes from baseline HbA1c were summarized as a function of time since start of ranolazine. Patient data for the long-term study were included if patients did not have more than a 7-day interruption in dosing between CARISA and its long-term extension study. For this analysis, the time scale was broken into 100-day intervals. The average value of HbA1c in each of these intervals was estimated with a repeated measures generalized estimating equations (GEE) model11 using the normal distribution and with effects for baseline value and time, insulin use, and the interaction of time with insulin use. Assuming that the duration of each patient's study participation is not correlated with HbA1c, this method provides an unbiased estimate of the changes in HbA1c over time, appropriately adjusting for missing data. Diagnostic tests using GEE models showed no evidence for correlation between the duration of follow-up and the observed values of HbA1c (P>0.53). A sensitivity analysis comparing the results in all patients with those patients who had the longest follow-up was also used to validate the repeated measures analysis.
All hypothesis tests were two-sided and conducted at the 0.05 level of significance. The analyses reported are exploratory and as such there was no adjustment for multiple inferences.
Of the patients enrolled in CARISA, 189 (23%) had a history of diabetes. Baseline characteristics of the diabetic and non-diabetic patients in the CARISA trial are illustrated in Table 1, including the antidiabetic medications taken by the diabetic patients.
|Patients, n (%)
|189 (23)
|634 (77)
|Age, years (mean±SE)
|Men, n (%)
|136 (72)
|501 (79)
|Prior MI, n (%)
|113 (60)
|361 (57)
|Prior CABG, n (%)
|43 (23)
|101 (16)
|Prior PCI, n (%)
|51 (27)
|101 (16)
|History of hypertension, n (%)
|140 (74)
|387 (61)
|CHF (NYHA class I or II), n (%)
|55 (29)
|190 (30)
|Diabetic patients receiving concomitant medicationsa
|Medication drug class
|Placebo n (%) (n=57)
|Ran 750 mg n (%) (n=68)
|Ran 1000 mg n (%) (n=64)
|Diabetics receiving any antidiabetic medication
|39 (68.4)
|42 (61.8)
|46 (71.9)
|α-Glucoside inhibitors
|2 (3.5)
|1 (1.5)
|1 (1.6)
|19 (33.3)
|32 (47.1)
|31 (48.4)
|1 (1.8)
|3 (4.4)
|1 (1.6)
|16 (28.1)
|17 (25.0)
|19 (29.7)
|11 (19.3)
|13 (19.1)
|11 (17.2)
|Calcium dobesilate
|1 (2.3)
CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CHF, congestive heart failure; MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; SE, standard error; Ran, ranolazine.
aPatients could be receiving more than one medication.
As previously reported in the CARISA study,7 ranolazine significantly improved exercise duration in the primary analysis of the overall population. Figure 1 shows the effects of ranolazine on exercise duration (primary efficacy parameter), time to onset of angina, and time to ≥1 mm ST-segment depression at trough plasma concentrations in diabetic and non-diabetic patients in this study. The treatment effects appear to be similar in the two subgroups. There was no significant treatment by subgroup interaction for exercise duration (P=0.89), time to onset of angina (P=0.54), or time to ≥1 mm ST-segment depression (P=0.44), and therefore no evidence that the treatment effect differed between diabetic and non-diabetic patients. At the time of peak ranolazine plasma concentrations, there was also no evidence that the treatment effect differed between diabetic and non-diabetic patients. At peak (data not shown), there was no significant treatment by subgroup interaction for exercise duration (P=0.58), time to onset of angina (P=0.26), or time to ≥1 mm ST-segment depression (P=0.088).
Over the 12 weeks of the CARISA trial, ranolazine significantly reduced the number of normalized weekly angina episodes and nitroglycerin usage in the overall patient population.7 The effects of ranolazine in diabetic patients and in non-diabetic patients appear to be similar, as shown in Figure 2. Statistical tests for interaction between diabetes status and treatment effect showed no evidence that the effect of ranolazine differed between diabetic and non-diabetic patients in either the number of weekly angina episodes (P=0.81) or nitroglycerin usage (P=0.063). It appears that the effects of ranolazine in diabetic patients are comparable to those in non-diabetic patients.
Effect of ranolazine on HbA1c in diabetic patients
HbA1c values were obtained from 160/189 (85%) of diabetic patients at baseline and 140/189 (74%) of diabetic patients at 12 weeks. The analysis of HbA1c changes from baseline included the 131 (69%) patients who had both baseline and on-treatment HbA1c values. The analysis adjusted the estimated end-of-treatment and change-from-baseline mean values for baseline differences among the treatment groups. As shown in Table 2, ranolazine 750 and 1000 mg reduced HbA1c compared with placebo by 0.48±0.18% (P=0.008) and 0.70±0.18% (P=0.0002), respectively. When the diabetic patients in CARISA were stratified by insulin treatment, the reduction in HbA1c compared with placebo in those receiving insulin was greater, as shown in Table 3.
|Placebo (n=37)
|Ranolazine 750 mg BID (n=47)
|Ranolazine 1000 mg BID (n=47)
|Week 12 or early terminationb
|Change from baselineb
|Difference vs. placebo
aLeast-squares mean estimates from analysis of variance with effects for treatment, pooled centre, and background therapy.
bLeast-squares mean estimates from analysis of covariance with effects for treatment, pooled centre, background therapy, and baseline HbA1c.
|Placebo receiving insulin
|Ranolazine 750 mg BID receiving insulin
|Ranolazine 1000 mg BID receiving insulin
|Yes (n=10)
|No (n=27)
|Yes (n=13)
|No (n=34)
|Yes (n=8)
|No (n=39)
|Week 12 or time of early terminationb
|Change from baselineb
|Difference vs. placebo
aLeast-squares mean estimates an analysis of variance model with effects for treatment, pooled centre, background therapy, insulin treatment, and the interaction between randomized treatment and insulin treatment.
bLeast-squares mean estimates an analysis of covariance model with effects for treatment, pooled centre, background therapy, insulin treatment, the interaction between randomized treatment and insulin treatment, and baseline HbA1c.
Recent diabetes treatment guidelines emphasize achieving a HbA1c of <7% as the target for the treatment of diabetes.12 Table 4 shows the percentage of diabetic patients in CARISA with an HbA1c of <7% at baseline and at the end of treatment. Using a logistic regression analysis that adjusted for baseline differences, the percentage of diabetic patients with HbA1c <7% was significantly higher in the ranolazine 1000 mg group (P=0.004). This change in HbA1c was not accompanied by an increase in weight during the 3-month double-blind period. Ranolazine did not appear to significantly lower fasting glucose concentrations during the 12-week treatment phase (Table 5).
|Placebo (n=37)
|Ranolazine 750 mg BID (n=47)
|Ranolazine 1000 mg BID (n=47)
|Baseline, n (%)
|14 (37.8)
|17 (36.2)
|12 (25.5)
|Week 12 or time of early termination, n (%)a
|16 (43.2)
|24 (51.1) (P=0.30 vs. placebo)
|26 (55.3) (P=0.004 vs. placebo)
aLogistic regression with effects for treatment, pooled centre, background therapy, and baseline HbA1c.
|Adverse event (%)
|Diabetic patients
|Non-diabetic patients
|Placebo (n=57)
|Ran 750 mg BID (n=68)
|Ran 1000 mg BID (n=64)
|Placebo (n=212)
|Ran 750 mg BID (n=211)
|Ran 1000 mg BID (n=211)
|Patients with adverse events
|Discontinuations due to adverse events
In Figure 3, it appears that levels of HbA1c remained unchanged beyond 12 weeks of ranolazine treatment in the long-term, open-label extension study (for up to 2 years). The Day-50 point represents an average of all measurements taken at any time <100 days after the start of ranolazine during either CARISA or the long-term extension. For this analysis, data from all ranolazine-treated patients were combined, regardless of dose. A sensitivity analysis using only patients who had values in the latest time interval produced similar results.
Adverse events
As shown in Table 5, the proportion of patients with adverse events was similar between diabetic patients and non-diabetic patients. There were no notable differences in either laboratory values or vital signs in diabetic vs. non-diabetic patients.
Effect of ranolazine on serum lipid levels in diabetic patients
As shown in Table 6, ranolazine 1000 mg did not have an effect on lipids during the 12-week double-blind treatment period in CARISA, whereas the 750 mg dose was associated with an increase in low-density lipoprotein and total cholesterol. These disparate values suggest a spurious finding and thus do not appear to be of clinical significance.
|Diabetic patients
|Non-diabetic patients
|Ranolazine 750 mg BID
|Ranolazine 1000 mg BID
|Ranolazine 750 mg BID
|Ranolazine 1000 mg BID
|Glucose, mg/dL baseline
|Change from baseline, (n)
|1.2±7.1 (49)
|8.0±8.8 (63)
|1.7±7.2 (57)
|0.8±1.5 (186)
|1.0±1.3 (189)
|0.3±1.2 (189)
|Total cholesterol, mg/dL baseline
|Change from baseline, (n)
|−4.3±4.1 (51)
|15.7±3.3 (65)
|0.7±4.5 (58)
|−4.0±1.9 (199)
|13.1±2.4 (198)
|13.4±2.1 (197)
|Triglycerides, mg/dL baseline
|Change from baseline, (n)
|26.3±21.2 (51)
|21.2±13.5 (65)
|−7.3±9.3 (58)
|−3.1±4.8 (199)
|15.8±6.4 (197)
|2.3±5.5 (197)
|LDL, mg/dL baseline
|Change from baseline, (n)
|−5.3±3.9 (50)
|9.5±2.6 (55)
|−4.4±4.3 (56)
|−3.1±1.7 (192)
|7.9±2.2 (188)
|6.0±1.7 (186)
|HDL, mg/dL baseline
|Change from baseline, (n)
|−0.1±0.9 (51)
|1.9±1.0 (65)
|5.0±0.8 (58)
|−0.3±0.5 (199)
|2.6±0.6 (197)
|3.2±0.6 (197)
|HDL/LDL ratio baseline
|Change from baseline, (n)
|0.03±0.02 (50)
|−0.04±0.03 (55)
|0.06±0.02 (56)
|0.01±0.01 (192)
|0.01±0.01 (188)
|0.02±0.01 (186)
HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.
We previously reported the results of the CARISA trial whereby ranolazine was effective for treating chronic stable angina during 12 weeks of therapy in combination with atenolol, diltiazem, or amlodipine.7 In CARISA, ranolazine compared with placebo treatment significantly improved exercise duration, time to onset of angina, and time to 1 mm ST-segment depression. In addition, ranolazine treatment reduced angina frequency and nitroglycerine usage compared with placebo treatment. As patients with diabetes account for 15–25% of the population enrolled in clinical trials of chronic angina therapy,13 and diabetic patients accounted for 23% of those enrolled in the CARISA trial, we sought to evaluate the effects of ranolazine in this patient population. The adverse event profile and ECG effects (including prolongation of the QT interval) of ranolazine were extensively reviewed in both the CARISA and MARISA study publications.7,8
This analysis indicated that ranolazine improved exercise parameters similarly in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Treatment with ranolazine significantly decreased HbA1c concentrations in diabetic patients. Ranolazine did not appear to be associated with a clinically significant change in serum lipids. The earliest time point that might show the full effect of a therapeutic intervention on HbA1c is 12 weeks.14 Therefore, CARISA was the first study of ranolazine in which the duration of double-blind treatment was long enough for HbA1c to reach a new equilibrium. The reduction in HbA1c was significant vs. placebo in diabetic patients whether or not they were treated with exogenous insulin. In particular, the decreases in HbA1c seen in insulin-treated patients were greater than those seen in non-insulin-treated patients. In view of this observation, it can be speculated that an increase in insulin sensitivity may at least in part account for this observation. The significant response in HbA1c that was observed following ranolazine treatment was equivalent to that expected with an oral antiglycaemic agent and thus represents a considerable potential for clinical benefit.15–17
HbA1c has become a standard measure of long-term glycaemic control.18 Raised HbA1c has been shown to be correlated with an increased incidence of diabetic complications including myocardial infarction.13 Further, the UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS)15–17 has demonstrated that aggressive reduction of HbA1c with intensive hypoglycaemic therapy is associated with a reduction in complications of diabetes in Type 2 diabetics. Target levels of HbA1c of <7% have thus been incorporated into a number of guidelines.12,19 Cardiologists have an increasing role in the management of diabetic patients because of the substantial co-morbidity of diabetes and ischaemic heart disease17 and as a consequence, HbA1c estimation is an integral part of cardiology practice. Although the changes in HbA1c levels were not accompanied by similar changes in glucose in this study, ranolazine may offer a further therapeutic option in the management of the diabetic patient with ischaemic heart disease.
HbA1c was not a pre-planned efficacy variable in the CARISA trial, which had angina as its primary focus. For this reason, neither the presence of diabetes nor usage of insulin or other antidiabetic medication was a stratification factor in the randomization. Although the analysis of HbA1c was exploratory, the apparent dose-response is indicative of an effect of therapy rather than an artifact. In addition, hypoglycaemic therapy was not strictly controlled, although few patients changed either the nature or the dose of their therapies during the study. Patient activity was also a possible confounding factor. However, the level of exercise demonstrated by Boule et al.20 to be required to reduce HbA1c to the extent seen in this study (three 45 min sessions of moderate aerobic exercise per week) would be unexpected in such an elderly angina population. HbA1c values from the long-term follow-up study have no concurrent placebo control, and are thus subject to potential biases due to time trends in patients' disease states, and the possibility of patients discontinuing for reasons that would correlate with future HbA1c values. Because the data that would be needed to determine the nature of such a correlation cannot be observed, the magnitude of this potential bias is unknown.
Improvements in exercise duration and decreases in angina frequency appeared similar between diabetic and non-diabetic patients treated with ranolazine. Adverse events were similar between diabetic and non-diabetic populations. In patients with diabetes, ranolazine significantly decreased HbA1c. The HbA1c concentrations appeared to remain consistent over time during long-term treatment. The results of this study suggest that ranolazine may be an effective and well-tolerated anti-anginal medication in diabetic patients with chronic angina. Further, prospectively designed studies are warranted to confirm the findings of this analysis.
This study was supported by CV Therapeutics Inc.
Conflict of interest: A.D.T. is a member of CV Therapeutics Europe Advisory Faculty. M.C. is an employee of CV Therapeutics Inc., which supported these studies. B.R.C. is a consultant to CV Therapeutics and has received research grant from CV Therapeutics.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Of four Huntsville Stars originally voted to the Southern League All-Star team, only one will be heading to Jacksonville, Fla., for next Wednesday's game.
The latest casualty to the Huntsville list is first baseman Jason Rogers, who suffered an oblique injury on Thursday night and will be sidelined indefinitely. He's being replaced by Huntsville catcher Adam Weisenburger. Rogers had been ticketed to participate in the pregame home run derby.
Outfielder Brock Kjeldgaard was a late addition to the Southern League North squad, replacing Kentrail Davis. The Brewers promoted Davis to Class AAA earlier in the week.
Pitcher Ariel Pena was also named to the squad as a replacement for Chattanooga's Rob Rasmussen, who has been promoted.
Pitcher Taylor Jungmann, the starter in Friday's 6-2 loss to Birmingham , was one of the original selections and will be traveling to Jacksonville. Jimmy Nelson, who began the year in Huntsville before moving to Triple-A Nashville and was received sufficient votes to make the team, but was promoted before the squad was announced.
It was not a stellar performance by Jungmann, who walked six men in two innings of work. Huntsville pitchers allowed 11 walks, to just three by Birmingham.
Nonetheless, it was 2-2 going into the ninth. But Birmingham loaded the bases on a walk, single and error. Jared Mitchell walked to bring in the lead run, then Michael Earley cleared the bases with a double.
After Birmingham's first run, on a bases-loaded walk, Nick Walker tied things in the third on an RBI single before Marcus Semien put the Barons back up, 2-1, with an RBI single in the fourth. Rene Tosoni tied the score with a double in the fifth.


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Unbeknownst to humans, demons from an overlapping dimension walk amongst them in the streets of Tokyo. The balance between the worlds is kept by the crow guardian Karas and Yurine, its master and voice of the living city. However, the time of harmony nears the end as the once-Karas Lord Eko returns. Seeking to purge humanity for its evils, he terrorizes the city with his minions that feast on human blood. The ultimate battle between good and evil awaits; can Yurine and her newly initiated Karas prevail against Lord Eko and protect their city against his monstrous horde?
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In the streets of Tokyo, demons walk amongst us, but only they know we exist. The protector of the city is Karas, a man who transforms into a crow-armored persona when evil threatens humanity. Saying much more about the plot of Karas would be borderline spoiling (don't worry, the AniRec description doesn't spoil), so that's really all you need to know. Creatures are draining humans of blood... read more
Story Karas has a story that I liked okay. Each city has a demon guardian called Karas that has supernatural powers granted by its demon master, a girl called Yurine. Otoha is an ex-mafia member who turns into one such Karas tasked to guard Shinjuku, however Shinjuku has another Karas, Lord Eko, who wants to destroy the city because humans have forgotten that demons exist (but dude, how can you blame them when... read more
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Two Detroit-Area CUs Reach Out to Low-Income Families
DETROIT -- For two Detroit-area credit unions, tax season is an opportunity instead of a headache.
Dearborn Village Community Credit Union and Communicating Arts Credit Union are working with the Community Tax and Resource Center in southwest Detroit to provide financial guidance to the area's low-income families.
Although the pilot project is currently active only during tax preparation time, backers hope it could eventually become a year-round effort.
The Michigan Credit Union League explains the center was launched by the Accounting Aid Society and funded through a $114,600 grant from the Skillman Foundation. The center is linking its tax services for low-income households with local community groups that provide asset-building tools and education.
In addition to free tax-filing services to those who qualify and an invitation to credit union membership, visitors to the center can also receive information on heating bill assistance, legal services, building toward home ownership, Individual Development Accounts, property tax screening and self-employment/micro-enterprise programs.
Accounting Aid chose southwest Detroit for the center based on an existing partnership with State Rep. Steve Tobocman (D-Detroit), who is providing office space, volunteers and property tax screening. Tobocman's office has hosted one of the agency's tax sites for the past three years.
Southwest Detroit, located about two miles outside downtown, has a population of about 90,000. Almost 40 percent are Hispanic, so information and programs will be provided in both English and Spanish. Fifty-eight percent of the families with children earn less than $40,000 a year.
When DVCCU President/CEO Terry Denmark was approached by the Michigan Credit Union League about participating, "We decided it would be a natural fit," Denmark says.
"The league has been involved in the Just File It program to help lower-income folks file their income taxes electronically and apply for earned income credit. The league has also been very involved in a Community Redevelopment Initiative, and knew we had just opened a branch in southwest Detroit."
The credit union will have staff on site at the center four days a week, acting as receptionists and answering questions regarding credit union services.
As part of getting the program underway, DVCCU and Communicating Arts Credit Union were invited to educate the actual tax preparers about their credit unions. Denmark took with him a handful of bilingual brochures.
"The product that amazed them was our checking account with overdraft protection," he recalls. "I'm not a believer in courtesy pay, although I know other credit unions are. So we have simply taken something that has been around for years, a line of credit, and dubbed it our 5 cents a day overdraft protection.
"Our computer is geared to $50 increments. If you overdraft by $1 or by $50, it's going to cost you two and a half cents a day. If you overdraw by $50.01 to $100, it's going to cost you five cents a day and so on. Everyone who has a checking account and has no credit snags gets a minimum of $250 protection. If you have some credit problems we might start you off at $100."
Another brochure that won the interest of the tax preparers was one advising against payday lenders. Why go to a payday lender and pay $20, $25 or $30 dollars for a payday loan for a few hundred dollars when you can go the credit union and if you need $300 for two weeks that will cost you 15 cents a day times fourteen. That works out to $2.10.
Donna Risch, vp/finance at Communicating Arts CU, explains the credit union will have a representative at the tax center two days a week. Participants will receive coupon books, including one to open a credit union share account.
Risch notes the first year the tax center helped 75 people. Last year that figure doubled. This year the Accounting Aid Society estimates it will serve 700 people.
The biggest challenge?
"Fortunately I have one gal who is bilingual and able to communicate in both English and Spanish," Risch answers. "But we don't have a lot of Spanish-speaking employees at this time. This is new territory for us, and we want to educate people about credit union services and why credit unions are great places to belong." --email@example.com


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The dhimmi headlines, still. If I were actually Asian, I'd get insulted, and they are. They are protesting the use of the word. These are Muslim gangs and there are scores of them, raping, trafficking and destroying non-Muslim girls. Enough bowing and scraping before these savages.
This is but one of several trials trying hundreds of Muslims for sex slavery in the UK. Hundreds of 11- and 12-year-old girls. Stolen. Drugged. Raped. Bought and sold by scores of Muslim men. This is just the latest in a long line of Muslim sex-slave gangs. "These men were enjoying the sex slaves allowed by the Qur'an (men may enjoy 'what your right hands own,' 4:3) and Islamic law from among unbelieving women" (here).
And the leadership of the EDL is persecuted for protesting this, as well as other Islamic supremacist activity.
Gang of nine Asian men in Oxford groomed girls as young as 11, court hears Telegraph, January 24, 2013 (thanks to van)A gang of nine Asian men in Oxford groomed vulnerable girls as young as 11 for sex, subjecting them to assaults that were "perverted in the extreme", a court heard today.Left to right: Kamar Jamil, Akhtar Dogar, Anjun Dogar, Assad Hussain, Mohammed Karrar, Bassan A Karrar, Mohammed T Hussain, Shan Ahmed, Balel Ahmed Photo: Julia Quenzler/CENTRAL NEWS
The girls were plied with drugs, including crack cocaine and heroin, before being taken to hotels and empty houses where other men from around England paid to have sex with them, the Old Bailey was told.
The "depraved" sexual abuse could last for several days at a time and the girls were guarded so they could not escape. One victim described her life at the time as a "living hell".
Sometimes the men involved in the alleged child prostitution ring would exercise "extreme" violence on the girls and threaten to inflict "serious harm" on them or their families if they tried to free themselves from the group, jurors heard.
The prosecutor told the jury of seven men and five women that the facts of the case would make them feel "uncomfortable" but urged them to "steel yourselves to listen to the evidence and assess it carefully and dispassionately".


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EAST HANOVER — A single-car accident closed Route 280 east near exit 4 Sunday morning, the state Department of Transportation said.
A helicopter was en route to the scene to transport a person injured in the accident as of 11:20 a.m., the State Police said.
The car was removed from the road and the incident is still under investigation, according to the State Police.
The DOT reported the accident had closed the right lane as of 10:43 p.m., but about 20 minutes later the state said all lanes were closed.
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Members of the "99% Voters" group say Cravaack has failed to focus on middle class economic issues.
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Constituents who call themselves "99% voters" say they are fed up and are planning to work against his policies.
"We believe that we need a representative who truly knows and understands, not only Duluth, but all of the eight congressional district and we don't feel we have that with Chip Cravaack," Brandon Clokey, "99% Voters" Rally Member said.
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Three men are under arrest for separate assaults on two Rowan University students in November. Authorities say 23-year-old Lance Husser, 20-year-old Landis Husser and 23-year-old Ernest Watson Jr., all of Woodstown, were arrested Wednesday.
The students were assaulted and robbed near the university's Glassboro campus shortly before 1 a.m. on Nov. 11. The armed assailants took their wallets and cell phones. The students were not seriously injured.
Rowan officials said they do not believe the three suspects have any connection to the fatal beating of a Rowan student last year. Rowan sophomore Donnie Farrell of Boonton was attacked and killed by a group of men during a robbery.


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The Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE) has declared Vodacom Tanzania Limited the Employer of the Year for the second year in a row writes JUMMANE BONGE.
Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda, was Guest of Honour at this year's ATE Employer Of the Year Award Presentation ceremony.
"This is the second time in a row that we have won this accolade and is a clear indication of the work that we continue to put in to make Vodacom a great place to work, " Vodacom Tanzania's Managing Director, Rene Meza said.
Vodacom Tanzania also emerged top in the following categories: Performance Management Process, Leadership and Governance, Human Resource Policy and Practice, Workforce Focus and Quality and Productivity of Employees.
Meza goes on to say that Vodacom was truly honoured by the ATE recognition and that Vodacom Tanzania's win this year was a clear demonstration of his company's commitment to ensuring that it remained at the forefront of furthering best business practices in the country.
"These awards serve as an incentive to us to continue to invest in our people, our systems, the community and our network because what we do has a tremendous impact within and without Vodacom.
The mobile phone has transcended the traditional use of just making and receiving calls. Today, you can access your finances from your palm, watch TV, listen to the radio and so much more because of the services that we offer," he said.
"Our employees who are the key drivers of all our initiatives remain central to all that we do and that is why we continue to go from strength to strength," Meza said. Last month Vodacom was also declared the second largest contributor to government revenue and the top taxpayer in the telecoms sector at the 2014 National Compliant Tax Payer Award ceremony that was held at the Julius Nyerere International Conference Centre.


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FREEHOLD BOROUGH – Two familiar faces comprise the Democratic ticket running for Monmouth County Freeholder this year.
Asbury Park businessman Giuseppe Grillo and Holmdel attorney Lawrence Luttrell will face Republican incumbents Freeholder Director Lillian Burry and Deputy Director Gary Rich in November's general election.
Grillo, a Freehold native, is sales director for Ideal Tile Importing, his family's Asbury Park business. A graduate of Rider University, he holds a master's degree in global affairs from Rutgers University.
"We need people that are small business owners and people who have had to wrangle a budget and make hard decisions," Grillo said. "Those are the important qualities a freeholder should have, and that's what I bring to the table."
Grillo, 37, was previously executive director of the Monmouth County Democrats.
"Running for freeholder is the next logical step because I was always raised to give back to the community and be part of the solution, and not part of the problem," Grillo said.
He lives in Asbury Park with his wife, Seresa, and their 5-year-old daughter, Leonora.
Luttrell, a Brooklyn native, moved to Monmouth County as a child. He is a graduate of the University of Miami and the St. Thomas University School of Law.
"All my life people have been telling me what I can't do, and I've proved them wrong," Luttrell said. "I was told I couldn't make the Miami football team, that it was ridiculous to try, and I made it. Then they told me I couldn't start my own law practice, I did it, and here I am 14 years later. I've been told that a democrat can't win a county-wide race here, too, but persistence is everything."
Luttrell, 42, came up short in his campaign for freeholder in 2013.
"I'm running again for two reasons," Luttrell said. "One I really care about it, and two, I'm not going to let yesterday's misses affect today's outcome. Most of the things I've done in my life have been in the face of adversity."
Luttrell lives in Asbury Park with his wife, Renee, and three daughters.
In the early phase of their campaigns, both men have said they would like to impose more fiscal discipline on the county government.
"It's universal, everyone wants to see this out of control spending and fiscal irresponsibility corrected," Luttrell said. "The county talks about how they kept the amount raised from taxation flat, what they're not telling you is that they have to raise the tax rate to get there. The ratable base is going to go down, , a lot of properties throughout Monmouth County were damaged in Sandy, and more were affected by the recession, plus every year folks are going to challenge their tax assessments."
Grillo said he would also like to see more ethical checks on Monmouth County's freeholders.
"The one thing I keep hearing from people – they ask me "Are you an incumbent?" I say no, and they say good, I'm voting for you," Grillo said. "There's definitely some frustration with career politicians in general in Monmouth County. The main thing that Larry and I want to do when we're elected is to end land deal payouts, reinstitute ethics boards, eliminate overpriced no-bid contracts and cut government waste and patronage jobs that seem to be a glut on the county budget."
Grillo acknowledged that Democrats have an uphill battle against Rich and Burry.
"Between the two of them they have a combined half-century of life as politicians, so they've won plenty of elections," Grillo said. "
Monmouth County will head to the polls on Nov. 4 to vote in the general election.