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Diesel Hair of the Dog
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My first review on our shiny new, and drastically improved site: Diesel Hair of the Dog. Buzz about this brand has been floating for a couple months now, and I first began burning this brand at the factory, back in June of 2012. I'm going to be honest out of the gates: I love this cigar. And, I'm about to tell you why.
First, a little disclaimer. Feedback has been mixed about Diesel Hair of the Dog. Some love it, some don't. That's fine. However, my purpose of this review is to set the record straight, and touch on the primary reason why some folks do not fancy the blend.
Many of today's full-bodied cigars fool the enthusiast into believing they are full-bodied, using flavor as a catalyst. Certain strains of tobacco, and certain blending and fermentation processes not entirely focused on balance, allow a cigar-maker to create a cigar with a lot of flavor, but no real strength. Over time, our palates have been trained to focus on flavor and associate flavor with strength. Therefore, a full-flavored cigar will seem full-bodied, regardless of the true, underlying power of the tobaccos at play.
Diesel Hair of the Dog is the exact opposite. To be honest, it's more of an oldschool full-bodied cigar. One you feel in the belly and feel behind the eyes. This is power. This is full-bodied tobacco. This is the way full-bodied cigars used to be. The way they should be.
You won't notice a truckload of spice, or a harsh bite on the back of your palate. Your taste buds won't be overwhelmed or confused by an un-balanced array of potent flavors.
You will notice a smooth, well-balanced bouquet with subtle yet savory nuances. These nuances will greet you gradually, in methodical fashion, keeping your taste buds interested and sensitive to change.
Here's what I get out of Diesel Hair of the Dog. Each cigar opens with a feisty series of pepper and spices. This opening instantly warms your palate and awakens your taste buds in preparation for a deep, underlying complexity. Both wrapper and binder are ligero. Thick, dark, sun-drenched leaves responsible for the spices welcoming you upon first light. Then the fillers come into play. High priming Nicaraguan long-fillers from Esteli, combined with long-leaf tobaccos from the volcanic soils of Ometepe. These bold tobaccos are married with Piloto Cubano long-fillers for balance, completing a well-balanced recipe yielding subtle yet noble flavors. Once the initial spice winds down, Hair of the Dog unveils these flavors. Oak. Rich tobacco. Earth. Roasted coffee bean. Leather. Toast. Sweet tobacco. I note all of this throughout the burn, and no one flavor dominates, and they're always backed by a subtle spice on the long finish.
But here's the kicker: strength. I would no doubt classify this cigar as full-flavored due to the complexity and variety of flavors at hand. However, at no point do I feel like I stuck the action end of a shotgun in my mouth. Every time, when I sit back and burn a Diesel Hair of the Dog, I feel the power in my gut. A raw power that leaves me satisfied as if I just polished off a hearty meal. The Ometepe long-fillers are apparent, too....it's that buzz I'm feeling behind my eyes. I love that. That's the full-bodied portion. This cigar is strong, and if you can distinguish strength from flavor, you will most certainly agree.
This is not your average Diesel cigar. This is not Unholy Cocktail, nor is it Unlimited. Hell, if you removed the band you may not even know it's a Diesel. But it's damn good, it's damn satisfying, and it will impress those yet to be fooled by other cigar-makers.


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I am just wondering if anyone knows how to install php silently with the oracle 11g extension?
I already read over the following...
Silent Install
The installer also supports a silent mode, which is helpful for Systems Administrators to deploy PHP easily. To use silent mode:
msiexec.exe /i php-VERSION-win32-install.msi /q
You can control the install directory by passing it as a parameter to the install. For example, to install to e:\php:
msiexec.exe /i php-VERSION-win32-install.msi /q INSTALLDIR=e:\php
You can also use the same syntax to specify the Apache Configuration Directory (APACHEDIR), the Sambar Server directory (SAMBARDIR), and the Xitami Server directory (XITAMIDIR).
You can also specify what features to install. For example, to install the mysqli extension and the CGI executable:
msiexec.exe /i php-VERSION-win32-install.msi /q ADDLOCAL=cgi,ext_php_mysqli
The current list of Features to install is as follows:
MainExecutable - php.exe executable ( no longer available as of PHP 5.2.10/5.3.0; it is now included by default )
ScriptExecutable - php-win.exe executable
ext_php_* - the various extensions ( for example: ext_php_mysql for MySQL )
apache13 - Apache 1.3 module
apache20 - Apache 2.0 module
apache22 - Apache 2.2 module
apacheCGI - Apache CGI executable
iis4ISAPI - IIS ISAPI module
iis4CGI - IIS CGI executable
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Manual - PHP Manual in CHM Format
I can install php sliently without the extension:
msiexec.exe /i php-5.3.17-nts-Win32-VC9-x86.msi /q
but both the following didn't work:
msiexec.exe /i php-5.3.17-nts-Win32-VC9-x86.msi /q ADDLOCAL=ext_php_oracl
C:\Tmp>msiexec.exe /i php-5.3.17-nts-Win32-VC9-x86.msi /q ADDLOCAL="ext_php_orac
le (11g)" /l*v "c:\Tmp\verbose.log"
The logging wasn't much help, just said
DEBUG: Error 2711: The specified Feature name ('ext_php_oracle (11g)') not found in Feature Table.
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My doc just told me "you'll make yourself crazy if you start worrying about it too much: you're a healthy person already, so just remember to eat a good variety foods and don't wait until you're starving to have something to eat."
For quick foods, I keep things like granola bars, yogurt, bananas, cheese, and other quick-fix, generally healthy snacks around. I also have instant oatmeal a lot...I know it's not as good as traditional stuff, but with my high-need baby I just don't have time to spend waiting for it to cook in the morning.


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Thanks for reading my blog. If you're not a premium subscriber to the site, I encourage you to give it a shot. Over 85% of our subscribers return each year. You can order here:
I've published FantasyGuru.com since 1995. My site is one of the oldest fantasy info sites on the Internet, and I was online doing this before all but 2-3 others still in existence. 2011 is our 17th year in business, if you can believe that.
I get asked how I got started with all this a lot, and now I have a place to send people who ask. After graduating college with a bachelor's degree in Communications (Radio/TV/Film), I was working as a rock disc jockey and also in publishing. Through the radio station, I got hooked up with a guy who had a local sports cable TV show in New Jersey. I told him he should have me on his show because I was a "Fantasy Guru." I came up with the name in about three seconds. Before that, I was just a guy who played fantasy and was very good at it and could talk sports, particularly football, with the best of them. He agreed, and my appearances went so well that I became a weekly co-host on the show. The show aired in about 1 million homes in New Jersey and due to a lot of wild stunts and antics (think Howard Stern, think strippers participating in banana eating contests) and the fact that most cable systems carried only 30-35 channels, we had something of a cult following.
I also quickly gained a reputation for my predictions and evaluations – I proclaimed Isaac Bruce the next Jerry Rice in the summer of '95, and not one caller had heard of him, for example – so I decided to start a hard copy newsletter and to market my advice. I slapped up a Web page in early 1995, and off I went.
In 1996 I was contacted by ESPN.com to contribute to their fledgling fantasy area. In fact, I was technically the first individual to be employed and featured on ESPN.com (back then the site was called ESPNNET Sportszone). I had a few columns there, one of them being the "Stock Watch." I believe I was the first to use the stock market analogy to aid in fantasy analysis, for what it's worth. I also wrote and contributed to ESPN's first coverage of fantasy football on television. I worked with ESPN.com for seven years until ESPN wanted to use only their own employees for their fantasy area (yeah, whatever). The fact of the matter is I never truly tried to capitalize on my relationship with ESPN because I had no intention of working for them full time and moving to Connecticut.
Otherwise, I just got involved in as many things as I could, particularly writing for and appearing in as many fantasy magazines as I could to promote the site.
As the years passed, my reputation grew, due in large part to my success as a fantasy player in high-profile "Expert Leagues" comprised only of fantasy writers, and my exposure on TV, Radio, and Print. My first expert league was also the first one on the Internet, to my knowledge, Fanex. That was 1997, and I won the title. The next year I lost in the Championship. The next year I won the league. The year after that I won the league. People took notice. In various expert leagues put on by numerous media entities such as ESPN, CBS Sportsline, and Yahoo! Sports, I've won 18 titles, including championships in leagues run by those three outlets. In 2008, I won the NFL.com expert league as well as Expert Leagues for Fantasy Sports Magazine, Fantasy Forecast Magazine, and my 12-team league in Rotobowl. I finished the regular season in Rotobowl 3rd overall in points (out of 400).
Things heated up the early part of this decade when the NFL Network and NFL Films decided to cover fantasy sports. They called me, and I appeared weekly on "NFL Fantasy Live" alongside former NFL Player Ron Jaworski and the next year on the NFL Network's "Playbook" show alongside former NFL Players Sterling Sharpe and Solomon Wilcots. In 2003, the NFL asked me to be a key contributor on their strategy-based preseason DVD on fantasy football.
That same year, I decided to launch my own fantasy magazine, FantasyGuru.com magazine. That 2003 debut featured the first player interview in a fantasy magazine, then reigning rookie of the year Clinton Portis. There have been many in other magazines since, of course. Since then I have interviewed LaDainian Tomlinson, Steve Smith, Maurice Jones-Drew, Reggie Bush, Marshawn Lynch, Kevin Jones, LaMont Jordan, Julius Jones, and Tatum Bell for the magazine. Also in 2003, I began appearing on Comcast Sportsnet, and still do to this day as the chief fantasy analyst on the "Fantasy Fix" show on Comcast Sportsnet's local stations, which also air nationally on Direct TV. After being on NFL Network for its launch in 2003, it was expected that Adam Caplan and I would have our own show the next year. That didn't happen, as NFL Network for the most part ignored fantasy, and moved most of their programming out to LA (I did my stuff at NFL Films, in New Jersey).
That next year, 2004, Sirius Satellite Radio launched, and Caplan and I were contracted to co-host their NFL Channel's "Sirius Fantasy Football." We just wrapped up our fifth season in 2008. I do the show from my house using an ISDN line that makes it sound like I'm in the studio. And as the actual host of the show I put callers on the air myself, while working with producers who are in the main studio in New York. We have some celebrity guests on, talk to a lot of insider types, even FantasyGuru.com subscribers. It's pretty cool. In 2007, we started inviting NFL players to come on the show, and each time I review my projections for them for the week. In '07-'08 we've had on Adrian Peterson (Min), Maurice Jones-Drew, Ronnie Brown, Matt Forte, Greg Jenning, Marques Colston, Santonio Holmes, Steve Slaton, Eddie Royal, Joe Flacco, Derrick Mason, Antonio Bryant, Chris Cooley, Kevin Curtis, Chester Taylor, Dominic Rhodes, Tony Scheffler, Roddy White, James Jones, Owen Daniels, Greg Olsen, Tim Hightower, Dustin Keller, Jacoby Jones, Shaun McDonald, LenDale White, Reggie Williams, Lance Moore, Sidney Rice, and others.
Thanks to my affiliation with Sirius, I'm able to attend events such as the NFL Draft, Combine, and Super Bowl, and I've been able to interact with many players, coaches, agents, insiders, and analysts all of which helps me cover the NFL for fantasy football.
Finally, I also write columns online for Yahoo! Sports have written a nationally-syndicated newspaper column that appears weekly in papers such as the Chicago Sun-Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Due to the obligations I have to my family and, quite frankly, our subscribers, I have passed on a lot of other opportunities in the fantasy sports industry. If I could be cloned, I'd do it, but I can only do so much.
I've been married since I was 23 years old (crazy, I know), and I have four children, including twins born in February 2006. I reside in Southern New Jersey near the shore.
If I'm not doing things and traveling with my kids or out with my wife, I'm probably expanding my massive DVD collection, watching a great movie, listening to music, or attending a rock show. I also spend a lot of time in the Spring/Summer coaching Little League Baseball.
Some of my favorite movies include anything written/directed by Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Alexander Payne, Martin Scorsese, the Coen Brothers, the Farrelly Brothers, Charlie Kaufman, among others. Before the twins came, I was spending some down time (not a lot these days) studying the art of screenplay writing and also working on one, but that interest has been pushed asside for a few years until the twins get a little older.
Some of my favorite bands include Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Weezer, Coldplay, The Shins, Death Cab for Cutie, Spoon, Band of Horses, The Decemberists, The Strokes, The Killers, Silversun Pickups, REM, and many others. I usually attend 6-7 rock concerts a year, many of them with my oldest son, Christian, who is a very talented muscian.


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The Top 10 List of Non-Giants Who Should Be on Every Giant Fan's Christmas Card List: No. 6, Andrew Friedman and Neil Huntington
Yeah, yeah, More Splash Hits know. These are two guys in the No. 6 spot, which of course means this is a Top-11 list and not a Top-10 list. Really, I mean you can't even send the Christmas Card to the same address.
But there are similarities enough between Friedman and Huntington to group them together for this purpose.
And if you're hung up on the 10-or-11 thing, consider the No. 6 spot a readers' choice (i.e. you can send a Xmas card to Friedman or Huntington).
On Jan. 5, 2009, Friedman, general manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, went against rule No. 1 of any baseball general manager — and that is don't sign a free agent who is older than you — when he signed Pat Burrell for two years, $16 million. Burrell is actually about a month older than Friedman.
But Friedman went with a different strategy. And that's "If you can't beat him, sign him." Burrell was a member of the Phillies the previous fall when Philly beat Tampa Bay in the World Series.
But Burrell, who had never hit fewer than 18 home runs in any of his previous nine big-league seasons, hit 14 in his first year with the Rays, batting .221.
In 2010, it got worse. Burrell was .202 with 2 HRs and 13 RBI when he was released by the Rays on May 19.
Ten days later, he was signed by the Giants, and hit .261 with 18 HRs with the Giants and was a pivotal part of the Giants' push into the playoffs.
With Huntington, the Pirates GM, it's a similar story. Huntington signed Lopez for $775,000 after the left-handed pitcher posting a 9.26 ERA in 14 games with the Red Sox in 2009.
Lopez was solid with the Pirates, posting a 2.79 ERA in 38.2 IP. But with Lopez was arbitration eligible after the 2010 season, the low-budget Bucs traded him to the Giants for OF John Bowker and LHP Joe Martinez.
Lopez went on to post a 1.42 ERA in 19 IPs for the Giants. In the postseason, he gave up one run in 5.2 IPs with six Ks.
Also Huntington was responsible for the deal that sent 2B Freddy Sanchez to San Francisco for pitching prospect Tim Alderson. Alderson went 11-9 with a 6.03 ERA between Class A and AA in 2010.
Oh, and there's one other link between Friedman and Huntington, besides helping the Giants with some key players.
The Ray and Pirates were two of the four teams that passed on Buster Posey in the 2008 MLB first-year player draft. The Royals and Orioles are the other two.
So thanks Andrew and Neil for all the players — Pat Burrell, Freddy Sanchez, Javier Lopez AND Buster Posey.
The Top 10 List of Non-Giants Who Should Be on Every Giants Fans Christmas Card List:
No. 7, Roy Oswalt
No. 8, Bud Black
No. 9, Paul Emmel
No. 10, Bengie Molina
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Friedman also showed his naive side when he tried to push Josh Hamilton through the Rule 5 Draft without a taker and got served when the Chicago Cubs selected Hamilton, then traded him to the Cincinnati Reds.
Sure the Burrell move might have been a bit unsightly by a payroll standard, but it worked out great after May 15th when Burrell left the confines of the Rays clubhouse, spent a little "me and my dog Elvis" time, then wandered into the San Fran locker room only costing the G-men the MLB minumum salary.
Maybe Friedman has a little San Fran love in him somewhere.
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It's nice that you want to thank them for helping you win a championship🙂 That Championship was a long time to wait.. Trust me (Tribe fan and still waiting).


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Every year as fall rolls around, we start thinking that a new haircut with bangs might be in order. We feel we're not alone in this one, so we gathered up some of Hollywood's best cuts for inspiration.
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The Glee star has the perfect, wearable everyday bangs that just about any woman in America could pull off with ease.
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I love Reese's longer bangs that can easily flow right into the rest of her long, pretty hair. But they'll still add a little something extra to a ponytail if she throws her hair up.
Zooey Deschanel4 of 20
Zooey's super thick bangs suit her groovy style perfectly. Their loose waves create a perfect frame for her face and really make her eyes stand out.
Tyra Banks5 of 20
Not for the faint of heart, Tyra's dramatic fringe here looks amazing on her. But I'd hate to have to grow those out when I tired of them.
Rachel McAdams6 of 20
Rachel proves here that curly girls can rock bangs, too. You'll just need to commit to styling them a bit in the morning.
Rachel Bilson7 of 20
Rachel's hair is always one of my Hollywood favorites. Even with her petite features, she was able to pull off this look. I'm kind of hoping she brings it back soon.
Portia de Rossi8 of 20
The super short bangs like Portia's definitely make an edgier statement than some other cuts. They don't work on everyone. But when they're good ... they're very, very good.
Penelope Cruz9 of 20
Penelope took home her Oscar for Vicky Cristina Barcelona with one of my all-time favorite fringe looks. She was like an updated version of Audrey Hepburn.
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Nicole's come a long way from the girl we first met with wacky hairdos and colors. Now, she makes a change like cutting bangs and millions follow suit, a few of my friends included.
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About the Alumni Association
Middlebury is a lifetime experience. The MCAA Board's purpose is to connect all alumni to each other and to Middlebury College in mutually beneficial ways—fostering a community not limited to time or place.
MCAA represents undergraduate alumni and graduates and attendees from Language Schools, Bread Loaf School of English, and Bread Loaf Writers Conference, as well as graduates of the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
MCAA is led by a board of directors, which focuses on continuing education, alumni admissions program, alumni career services, chapter events, young alumni, diversity, alumni nominations, communications, class correspondents, and other initiatives. Learn more about the MCAA mission.
For the next three years, the board will focus on three priorities:
- Alumni Career Services: The goal is to improve networking and career opportunities for all alumni in partnership with the College's Education in Action office, which includes Career Services.
- Volunteer Appreciation: The goal is to engage alumni volunteers and recognize them for their service to the College.
- Building the MCAA Brand: The goal is to improve the visibility of the MCAA, so alumni around the world understand their relationship with Middlebury doesn't end with graduation and view MCAA as a valuable lifelong resource that keeps them informed and connected.
MCAA Board Members
Suzanne Daley '96
Robert "Bobo" Sideli '77
Vice President
|Zachary "Zach" Bourque '01, LS'99
Past President
Needham, MA
Victoria Baptiste '04
Young Alumni and Diversity Liaison
Laura Bozarth '92, LS'91, MIIS '94
Graduate Programs Liaison
Molly Evans '96
Career Services
Matt Goebel '94
Communications Committee
Rick Hawley '67
Continuing Education
Phyllis Wendell Mackey '78
Class Correspondent & Nominating Committee
Philip Picotte '08
Annual Fund Liaison and Young Alumni
Ed Soh '94
Admissions Liaison
Andre Berot
Admissions Liaison
Tom Steinle '84
Nominating Committee
Wendy Russell Tracy '95
Chapter Representative & Admissions Liaison
Greg Woodworth '81
Career Services
Ex-officio members include:
- Meg Storey Groves '85, Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations
- Ann Einsiedler Crumb '71, Associate Vice President for College Advancement
- Elizabeth Karnes Keefe, Assistant Dean of Language Schools and Schools Abroad
- Susan Regier, Director of Annual Giving
Ex-officio Alumni Trustees include:
- Adrian Benepe '78
- Allan Dragone '78
- Catherine Lee '92, LS'90,'92
- Russell J. Leng '60
- S. Carolyn Ramos '93
- Caroline Sneath McBride '78


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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) animal disease traceability final rule took effect March 11, and local livestock owners are required to comply, according to Zack Yanta, president of Karnes County Farm Bureau.
However, the rule only affects cattle raisers selling cows or bulls over 18 months of age interstate. "Livestock of this age will need a permanent identification number, as well as a certificate of veterinary inspection to verify that they are in good health," Zack said.
Details on the new federal tagging requirement can be found at www.aphis.usda.gov/traceability. Cattle sold within the borders of Texas fall under the Texas Animal Health Commission's (TAHC) tagging requirements, which can be found at http://www.tahc.state.tx.us.


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By Helena Rodriguez: CNj staff writer
I don't get a real vacation this summer because I don't have a real job … yet. But when I did have one, I remember how hard it was to get away from work completely.
I always remember what it was like going back to work on Monday morning, in bad need of a vacation from my vacation. My vacation was usually getting away for a few days and then trying to get things checked off of my to-do list, which I couldn't get done during a normal work week.
Being a graduate student, even when I did get a bit of a vacation this year, like during spring break and a few days after the spring semester, before I began my summer job, it wasn't a vacation per se. There was massive catch-up to do, as in housecleaning, paying bills and doctors appointments and other business, which I had put off until then.
More and more Americans are taking work with them on vacation, according to a recent poll by The Associated Press and Ipsos. Typical luggage now includes suitcases, sunblock, camera, and a laptop. Yes, a laptop. Even when I went away on a Spanish immersion program with Eastern New Mexico University in Yucatan, Mexico, a few summers ago, I had a laptop in tow. I used the laptop to write several of my weekly columns, because I didn't want to miss one, and I haven't missed a single one since I started writing this column four years ago this week.
With cell phones, it's even harder to get completely away from it all. When I worked for the Abilene Reporter-News in Abilene, Texas, in 2002, I remember calling several times while I was on vacation to check my voice mails and I also remember checking my e-mail.
I have to admit, though, that when I had a major surgery in 2002 and wanted to continue writing my columns during the four weeks that I was out of work, my editor did not let me. She had undergone a similar operation and told me that she had defied her doctor's orders and she worked while she was supposed to be at home recovering. Although she wasn't at work, she was working on stories on a computer. And when she went to see her doctor, he could tell that she had been working. She told me that my recovery would go much better if I did not have any type of stress-related work, no matter how minor. Yes, writing a column can be stressful. And so that was one time when I actually did not work, but then again, it was not really a vacation per se.
About one in five people in the AP survey said they do some kind of work while on vacation and about the same amount of people checked office messages or called in to see how things were going. Moreover, twice as many people checked their e-mail while 50 percent kept up with other personal messages like voice mail. According to the poll, some people reported that it would have been even more stressful for them if they hadn't checked in to work once in a while, while they were away.
Perhaps it's all about a human need to feel needed. That's what I say.
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By Ray Sullivan: Guest Columnist
The year 2005 was a busy time for Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico. New publishing initiatives and technical upgrades allowed us to expand and improve on how we provide you with important information in traditional and new ways.
And it occurred amidst some of the busiest news days our region has faced in years. Our three news teams covered many routine stories and the region's biggest news, including the uncertain future of Cannon Air Force Base; three large fiber-optic construction projects in Clovis, Portales and Tucumcari; the lack of moisture in recent months; the loss of some regional support for the Ute Pipeline water project; and several extraordinarily brutal murders.
None of those stories were more important, however, than the 874 obituaries we printed in the Clovis News Journal, the 436 in the Portales News-Tribune, and the 231 in the Quay County Sun. It is an honor to print these brief summaries of the lives of friends and neighbors, and their relatives. As usual I was most struck by those involving young infants, followed by the obit for Clovis businessman and civic leader "Mac" McDaniel. His tall frame, big smile, gentle nature and ambling gait were a gift to all who knew him.
Internally, our year started strong on the business front, then softened and held steady the rest of the year. Concern over the possible loss of the air base tightened some business spending, as did softening real estate and automotive sales.
Yet, like many of our customers, we decided not to stop the new projects we were drawing up but to reinvest in the future by finishing those initiatives.
New products include Saturday paper, Fronteras
The first one was to move Monday's paper to Saturday in Clovis and expand it to Portales. Launch was Aug. 6, before fall prep sports teams started playing. News Journal and News-Tribune associates worked with readers and advertisers on prototypes, and outlined the challenges each department faced and overcame them.
Local ad share is strong at our papers, but Monday is nationally a slow day for revenue and news, and so it was here. Saturday is the week's busiest shopping day and more breaking news and sports usually occurs Fridays, so news content is usually much stronger. Reader and advertiser support has been strong because people want information 24/7. Saturday fills a big void and Sunday news of significance is placed on our Web pages so there won't be a gap for Internet-savvy readers.
Then, five weeks after the Saturday launch, we began distributing a free Spanish-language weekly, Fronteras, every Wednesday in Curry, DeBaca, Roosevelt, Quay, Parmer and Bailey counties. A mixture of syndicated and local news, this tabloid attracts new readers in the influential and growing Hispanic community. Several advertisers report they are seeing many new customers in their stores.
The year ended with efforts to expand our online news and business capabilities. Traffic on the Clovis, Portales and Tucumcari Web pages grew tremendously throughout the year, not just during big events like base hearings and murders. We know the newspaper of the future will depend on how you like to read your news and ad information. That takes manpower, equipment and investment in other news or ad sources. This year we are staring a New Media unit that will employ up to three people. Paying for the investment requires that we develop more advertising opportunities for our customers. We did that in late November and the first month's results have been exceptionally good.
Technical improvements among year's highlights
Finally, 2005 brought several technical improvements. Besides the usual computer upgrades, we switched ink providers after experiencing problems last summer and fall. Then we lined up a supplier who provided better blankets that go beneath the plates on the press. Lint shedding from the old blankets was muddying reproduction quality, plus the blankets weren't pushing the plates tight enough against press cylinders for good page impressions.
The most significant work started last October, with a $300,000 capital improvement project at the News Journal known as CtP, short for "computer to plate." We print all our papers in Clovis and this project meant combining two prepress rooms into one to house two lines of CtP machines.
They transfer computerized page designs directly onto plates and develop them in continuous fashion. It eliminates the step of sending images first to film and then transferring them by hand to plates and developing those. One less reproduction step, better inks and new blankets have resulted in sharper colors and better page registration.
The CtP project will be done in a few weeks when a new electronic plate bender arrives. Our old bender is a decades-old, worn metal contraption. Press operators have to slide developed plates into it by hand and apply pressure three times to make three separate bends per plate. Worn metal and different operator techniques cause plates to not line up as precisely on the press. When that happens, color images and words blur on paper.
With the new bender, our pressmen will put each developed plate in the same place in the machine each time. At the touch of a button, the bender will automatically make the bends the same way within seconds. That precision will further reduce prepress time, aid color registration and reduce newsprint waste.
Some of our old technology has or will be carted off. And some, like a newer image-setting film machine, will be moved to our Freedom Printing operation in Portales, so that staff can do better work.
As 2006 begins and news events like Cannon and murder trials are played out, we expect to offer more high-quality journalism that has led to numerous awards for our three newsrooms, including eight of nine general excellence awards won by the CNJ staff the last three years. We can, and expect, to always do better than we did before.
Customer service will receive more focus again this year thanks to new technology and streamlined operations. Our parent corporation, Freedom Communications Inc., is installing new computer systems for the circulation departments. We hope to have ours in place by mid-year, though it could be later.
Plus we are working to unveil this winter or spring a combined customer service desk for Portales and Clovis readers who call in about missing or late papers.
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to provide this snapshot of the good work done by the associates at our papers and print operations. We have upwards of 90 associates at any one time. Every day their efforts make this business successful for the owners and valuable to you.
Have a great 2006.
Ray Sullivan is publisher for Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico. Contact him at 763-3431 or by e-mail: email@example.com


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Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Statement from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee on the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011
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Pratapur Temple in the Swayambhu Monument Zone of the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage site, Nepal suffered damage from a lightning strike at around 5 ...
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UNESCO Director-General to send Special Envoy to Bangkok and Phnom Penh
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Cultural heritage update for Egypt
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World Wetlands Day is 2 February
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Last Call: Caribbean Heritage Course in Curaçao
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Colorado State University (USA) offers Spanish-language course on Protected Area Management
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Kinshasa Declaration to protect DRC World Heritage sites signed
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Rescuing the Congo's natural world heritage
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2011 is the International Year of Forests
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Panasonic World Heritage calendar released in online version
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PORTLAND, Maine Wayne E. Cliff , 79, of Portland, Maine, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2013, following a long battle with a chronic respiratory condition.
Wayne was born in Arlington, Mass., in 1933, the only child of Stanley and Alice Cliff. After moving to Chicago, Ill., he attended Francis Parker School through high school and was awarded a coveted Navy ROTC scholarship, affording him an Ivy League education at Dartmouth College (B.A., 1955), where he met Margot, the love of his life. Wayne and Margot were married in June of 1956, after Wayne earned his Masters in Business Administration at Tuck School of Business.
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Athlete Year of Birth: 1981
Athlete Place of Birth: Gold Coast, Queensland
Athlete Weight: 48 kg (108lbs)
Athlete Height: 161 cm (5ft 2in)
Athlete Lives: Gold Coast. Australia
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Emma Snowsill is recognized as the highest award winning woman in ITU Triathlon History. An Olympic, Commonwealth and triple World Champion, Emma has won the ITU World Cup 12 times and graced the podium a cool 23 times. Dabbling in sports such as swimming, tennis, basketball, ballet and skiing throughout her childhood, Emma had her first foray into the world of triathlons at the age of 16 and from then on, she was hooked. Emma's rise to the top of her sport was meteoric, winning her first National Age Title in 2000 and following it up soon after with a win at the World Champs in Perth. In 2001 Emma claimed gold at the Sydney Youth Olympic Festival, and the following year started racing on the open elite circuit in Europe and Asia. Competing predominately in World Championship Series, Emma enjoys competing and travelling in triathlons worldwide.
Her sensational performance, bubbly personality and down-to-earth attitude at the 2008 Beijing Olympics made Emma a household name, and she represents the bright and exciting future of Australia's Olympic champions. After an injury and illness plagued 2009 season Emma is back on ITU world tour and finished 2010 with a superior win at the Grand Final in Budapest. In 2011 her focus will be on the qualification for the 2012 Olympics and to win the World Championship title. 2012 will be the year in which she will try to become the first athlete to defend the Olympic Gold Medal in the sport of triathlon.
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Athlete Tri Entry Year: 1998
Athlete Other Sports: Surfing, Basketball, and Skiing on water, snow, sand or Jet ski
Athlete Education: studying for Health Science Degree (currently deferred)
Athlete Hobbies: Gourmet cooking, music, reading & driving fast cars
Athlete Children: None.
Athlete Sports Hero: Cadel Evans
Athlete Proudest Moment: My proudest moments were winning Gold Medals at the Olympic & Commonwealth Games plus three ITU World Championships and also being awarded the \'Order of Australia Medal\' (OAM) .
Athlete Injuries: Other than a cracked rib caused by my Surfboard plus a few sprains, strains, bumps & bruises, I have had no major injuries.
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The 2-minute, 3-second video on Marian University's website has more than 2,200 views in the past week.
Prairie Ridge graduate Brad Knipfel admits the scenes from NAIA Marian's national championship football win last week in Rome, Ga., have gotten his attention.
"I'm saying double digits, at least," Knipfel said of his own views. "I watch it and say, 'OK, we did win.'"
Fifth-ranked Marian's 30-27 overtime victory against No. 3 Morningside had plenty of drama for Knipfel, a senior offensive lineman, and his teammates.
Marian, located in Indianapolis, outscored Morningside, 20-7, in the fourth quarter and overtime to lead the Knights (12-1) to the crown in only their sixth season of football.
"It was surreal," said Knipfel, the team's starting right guard. "It's hard to put into words. It was 22 weeks of hard work that went into it. It still gives me chills."
Down 20-10 in the fourth quarter, Marian scored a pair of touchdowns to take a 24-20 lead with 2:46 to go. At the 1:04 mark, Morningside took back the lead, 27-24.
"We knew their offense was good enough to score (again)," Knipfel said.
In the final 64 seconds, Marian drove 50 yards to set up Mike Josifovski's tying 35-yard field goal. On its only possession in overtime, Marian got a 26-yard field goal from Josifovski, which set off a wild celebration scene captured in the school's online video.
"This whole year, we never really blew anybody out," Knipfel said. "We knew we were going to have to grind it out with them. We have a lot of heart."
The start to Knipfel's season was quite a grind as he recovered from a broken left ankle that caused him to sit out last fall.
"I came into camp at about 70 percent (healthy)," said Knipfel, who will return for his final season of eligibility in the fall. "It slowed me down."
About a month into the season, Knipfel said he got back to 100 percent and quickly moved into the starting lineup when a fellow lineman went down with an injury.
Marian was guided this season, Knipfel said, by a devastating loss in last season's national semifinals to eventual champ St. Xavier. The game ended on a turnover with Marian at the St. Xavier 1-yard line.
"Our saying all year was, 'How much do you want that extra yard?'" he said.
While Marian's players are "still in shock" a week after the game, Knipfel said winning the title was equally emotional for ex-Marian players such as his older brother, Randy, who was an offensive lineman on the Knights' inaugural team. Randy Knipfel also was on the coaching staff two seasons ago.
"I told him, 'We're playing this game for you and other guys who wore this jersey,'" Brad Knipfel said.
MVC's best: Ashley Rosch and Melanie Jereb got used to volleyball success at Cary-Grove.
As college freshmen, the local athletes who helped the Trojans become a state power continued to succeed in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Rosch, an outside hitter at Illinois State, was named the MVC Freshman of the Year last month and was joined on the All-MVC first team and the All-Freshman squad by Jereb, an outside hitter at Creighton.
Rosch is the fifth player in ISU history to win the MVC's top freshman honor. This season, she led ISU (18-12) with 336 kills and ranked second with 324 digs.
Jereb was the first freshman in school history to be named first-team All-MVC.
Jereb started every match as Creighton (29-4) won the first regular-season and league tournament titles in school history. Jereb, an MVC All-Tournament selection, ranked third on the team with 306 kills and third with 340 digs. Creighton went 1-1 in the NCAA tournament and was eliminated by then-No. 11 Minnesota in the second round.
CCIW studs: Crystal Lake Central grad Josh Fick was chosen this month as a member of the D3Football.com All-North Region third team.
Fick, a junior defensive tackle at North Central College in Naperville, helped the Cardinals to a 9-3 record by compiling 33 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, two sacks and two forced fumbles. He also was a first-team selection to the All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football squad. The Cardinals won a share of the league title this season for the seventh year in a row.
Marian Central grad Greg Whalen, a junior at North Central, was named to the first-team All-CCIW offensive line. The NCC offense ranked 25th in the nation in scoring offense (37.3 points a game) and 36th in total offense (434.2 yards).
Junior wide receiver Chad O'Kane (Richmond-Burton) was a second-team all-conference choice after catching 38 passes for a team-best 547 yards. He had two TD receptions.
The Cardinals also got a key defensive contribution this season from freshman defensive end Josh Beveridge (Crystal Lake South), who had a team-high 7.5 sacks and 9.5 tackles for loss. Junior linebacker Adam Szudarski (Marian) had 31 tackles and 1.5 sacks, while freshman defensive back Brian Frapolly (McHenry) had seven tackles. Junior tight end Ryan Szudarski (Marian) had 10 receptions for 151 yards.
Relay tops nation: In the final rankings of 2012, the U.S. Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association honored the men's 4x1,600-meter relay team at D-III Augustana College.
The quartet, which included senior Brad Keating of Cary-Grove, posted the nation's best time of 17:26.29 on April 27 at the Drake Relays in Iowa.
• Barry Bottino writes a weekly column and a blog about local college athletes for the Northwest Herald. Write to him at firstname.lastname@example.com, check out his On Campus blog at McHenryCountySports.com and follow him @BarryOnCampus on Twitter.


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CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC OPEN TIMEAPPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ORDER COUNCIL AND STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS ACTION OUT OF CLOSED SESSION PRESENTATIONS 1. Report from Marin Strong Starts on Upcoming Sales Tax Request to Provide Health, Dental Care, and After School Care to Qualified Marin Families. 2. Introduction of Seth Allingham as Interim City Clerk/Administrative Analyst.
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Hello mama's I have been back to work for 2 weeks now and my supply seems to be slowing down this week. I do have a small over supply and it could be possible that my body is just balancing out. But I am wondering how often membranes and valves shoudl be changed. I have a PIS so I have a good pump.
Also I did not get to pump on this past weekend at all as LO is having a growth spurt and was feeding more often that normal. I have a pretty good stock but I don't want to start using it this early. We hit the 100oz mark last week WOO HOO :clap. I wanted to be a few more weeks before I had to think about using the stash and I wanted to know that my supply would make it thru going back to work.
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Girls Unstoppable
OK moms. I'm 50 yrs old. So maybe I'm just "out of it".
I just read my 13 year old daughters text from a 15 yr old boy she just met in person at a football game last weekend. I was at the game too and knew that she had a crush on him but they had not met until then. (They had been "friends" on fb.) In this recent text, he was asking her to make out with him next time he saw her, asking about her experience, asking if she would go all the way with him. Asking her to send a picture of herself and promising to not show anyone. Her responses were yes to the making out idea, but no to the picture. (Thank gosh on the photo decision!)
Naturally, I will be vigilant about this situation. She is waaaay too young in my book to be involved with someone with these intentions.
So here's my question, is this normal talk for young boys these days? I am going to talk to her about what I read, but I want to be equipped here. Is this normal conversation between the sexes these days? Or are there still plenty of boys out there who would not speak to a girl he was hoping to date this way? I'm sad. This is so aggressive and insulting.
September 4, 2012 at 1:42 PMOK so.I don't have any experience with my own teens yet but I'm only 29 and I remember being a young teen and having crushes on older teens. While its scary and I would hate to see it happening with my own.daughters I had very similar phone conversations. (Texting didn't exist) I kissed and even went all.the way at a too early age. So yes its normal. Teens have raging hormones and don't have the ability to think rationally. As a mom, and I'm pretty sure you pay her phone bill you have a right to read her texts and see what she is doing online. Let her know that and let her know that you will not allow conversations like that. Because they will escalate
September 4, 2012 at 2:55 PM
It's definitely not NORMAL, but I've seen it, yes. My younger brother just came out of teenagehood and while he wasn't one of "these boys" some of his friends were. Being the older sister I would gte rude remarks in person and over text and IM asking inappropriate things. I think you should arm your daughter with all of the knowledge you can and remind her than NO ONE should talk to he that way when she is 13. Especially an older guy she just met. It's appaling, but I wouldn't lose hope on all potential guys.
September 4, 2012 at 4:45 PM
Thank you so much for replying, and so soon at that! I literally teared up when I read your response because it was so straight forward and down to earth! I needed that!
You're right, I do pay for the phone and it is my right to check. Usually, I believe, she erases most texts once she caught on that I was checking. I don't blame her really. Who wants there mom "listening in" on conversations. I get it. But this is exactly why I do it!!
So now, my decision is whether to just take the phone for awhile, letting her know that it is for her protection since she is obviously getting into conversations that are unhealthy. Or....letting her know I read it and discussing the unhealthiness while letting her keep her phone. (In which case she can just go back to erasing all her texts.)
OR, there is this detective part of me that feels that going "stealth" is the only real way of protecting her. Now that I know this about the boy for instance, I will keep her far away. Where as 2 days ago, I thought he was just adorable and would have let her go to the next football game coming up.(their planned meeting spot). Ofcourse that would mean not admitting what I read and any attempt at a good conversation might not happen.
So I'll probably stick to the taking the phone plan. Feel free to weigh in if you have the time. I appreciate it and thanks.
by KaylaMillarSeptember 10, 2012 at 11:09 AMI would explain to her that if a boy is only interested in one thing
He doesn't really care about her.
by .Angelica.September 10, 2012 at 12:02 PM
my kids are still very young but i've never had a guy talk to me like that. :/
September 11, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Thanks everyone sooo much. This is what I did. I thought and thought about what I would want to hear from my mom at this age. What she could say that would not just shut me down and make me feel mad and invaded. I thought about how when I was her age, that my friend and I did sneak off with older boys to "make out" once. So, I told her that I had found her phone and read the text between she and the boy. I did as some of you said and told her that I did not see one time in that whole texting conversation where he asked anything about her other than sex related. So obviously he didnt care about her as a person. We talked about meaningful relationships and what that means. I told her what I had done when I was her age and that it could have ended very badly and that I wasn't proud of it.(I told my story so that she knew that I truly did understand.) We talked about ways that she could steer converstaions like this away from sex talk and more about discussions that would make her feel respected. I said that she could always say that her parents check her phone and that she can't talk about those things. I told her she can always use her parents as her excuse to get out of any situation, whether we really know about the situation or not. It seemed good. I hope it helped. I think she was relieved and it gave her a way out. The main thing I want to say here, is that I'm so glad I waited to confront her because my initial reaction was anger!! That kind of conversation would not have gone well. Writing here and getting responses from each of you helped me and gave me time to settle down and think while getting advice and reactions from other moms. THANK YOU JUST ISN'T ENOUGH! P.S. I'm still keeping a close eye out. I'm under no illusion that one talk changes everything. I'll keep at it!!
September 11, 2012 at 6:34 PM
I wonder what she sees in him. Like, what about him is attractive? Because a lot of times people just go for who is attracted to them (in any way) rather than thinking about who they are attracted to (and why).
September 12, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Such a good question to pose to our children. I have actually asked that of both of my middle school aged girls because you are right!! They seem to like someone back just because they are liked! In middle school it seems so important to "have a boyfiiend" just for the label. They have both said things to me like, "why does so and so always have a boyfriend but not me?" "She's not prettier than me, why does she have a boyfriend?" That kind of thing. I just try to assure them that they are beautiful (which they are) and that it's more important to wait until someone really likes them for how awsome they are. That it will happen. Oh the pains of growing up.
September 12, 2012 at 2:07 PM
Definitely turn the tables on her and ask her what she finds attractive (and really emphasize brains and character over looks), because I bet she's never thought about it before Like I said in another thread, people, especially teens, rarely recognize their creative autonomy. Most teens are just passive observers in their own lives, and we as moms have to teach them how to become active participants.
Quoting ljanlin:
Such a good question to pose to our children. I have actually asked that of both of my middle school aged girls because you are right!! They seem to like someone back just because they are liked! In middle school it seems so important to "have a boyfiiend" just for the label. They have both said things to me like, "why does so and so always have a boyfriend but not me?" "She's not prettier than me, why does she have a boyfriend?" That kind of thing. I just try to assure them that they are beautiful (which they are) and that it's more important to wait until someone really likes them for how awsome they are. That it will happen. Oh the pains of growing up.


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Morrison is being charged with second-degree strangulation, second-degree threatening and disorderly conduct.
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Geesh, those experts can really put a damper on your lifestyle. Recently they came up with some new findings about life expectancy that are a bit disconcerting.
Now, usually I read these kinds of statistics and they don't bother me at all. I mean, since I'm retired and not currently seeking a new career, knowing that Bering Sea fisherman or Pacific Northwest logger are the top two most dangerous jobs in America doesn't really scare me … unless my wife subtly suggests that I take up industrial crab fishing or commercial tree topping as a new hobby. But then my problem is a lot bigger than a statistical study.
However, the experts have gone too far with their research this time. Now they are getting personal. What have they done? Well, they've examined two topics upon which my very existence depends: television and bacon. Let me explain …
A recent study by the British Journal of Sports Medicine has found that people who average six hours a day watching television will live 4.8 years less than those who watch no TV. In other words, for every hour we watch the google-box, our life is reduced by 22 minutes. You know what that means?
That means for every episode of "Cake Boss" I watch, I'm checking out 22 minutes sooner. Same for "Storage Wars." And a rerun of "Leave it to Beaver"? That's stealing 11 minutes of my life. Golly, Beav, what would Miss Landers say?
But it gets worse. Now there's another study that tells us that for every piece of bacon, we eat we lose nine minutes of our life. Just think, something as innocent as Burger King's Bacon Sundae or Jack in the Box's Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburger are actually quite deadly to our lifespan. And I hate to tell you this, but that last Triple Baconator you ate from Wendy's just cost you an hour and 21 minutes.
But now we're entering double-jeopardy territory. If you eat bacon while watching TV, you are losing minutes like crazy. Let's say you're watching "Swamp People" while munching on an Angus Bacon and Cheese Snack Wrap from McDonald's. Let's do the math:
One hour of TV: 22 minutes
One strip of bacon: 9 minutes
Total Life Lost: 31 minutes
But look on the bright side. I lived for an hour, but only lost 31 minutes. That's a plus-29 in my math book. Whatever that means.
Oh, and one more study. Scientists say that sitting for more than three hours a day will lop off two years from our lives. So let me get this straight … If I'm sitting down watching TV while eating bacon, then I'm pretty much on borrowed time. And if what I'm watching is really stressing me out, then doctors say I'm losing four to eight more years of life. So much for watching "Downton Abbey."
I thought it would be interesting to use my honed math skills and add up all the time that I am losing from my life. I computed everything and found out that I am really beating the odds, because I discovered that with all the time I have lost, I should have died somewhere in the 1650s.
I'm thinking that maybe all of this lost lifespan stuff is a bunch of hooey. I can't imagine people dying from reruns of "Bonanza." The Ponderosa seemed like such a healthy environment. And look at Kevin Bacon. He's still alive. Plus, if bacon was so fatal, then why aren't pigs extinct? Think about that.
So I guess I'll just sit myself down in my Amish glider chair, grab a leftover Baconator, and watch a marathon of "Ozzie and Harriet" … unless the Alaskan king crabs are running …
• Michael Penkava is a retired teacher who taught for 35 years at West Elementary School in Crystal Lake. He is currently living life with reckless abandon: toiling on an icy boat deck in the Bering Sea, hauling up heavy crab cages as he fights rogue waves under the pelting rain in the fury of an angry Poseidon … all the while chewing on a strip of bacon. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Registry
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This study is a collection of data to evaluate safety and characterize progression of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH).
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
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|Observational Model: Cohort
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|Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Registry
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- The PNH Registry will collect data to evaluate safety data specific to the use of Soliris. [ Time Frame: Ongoing (up to 13 years) ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Primary analyses will assess safety endpoints, including occurrence and time to first event for the following: meningococcal infections, infections with serious outcomes, formation of HAHA to Soliris, malignancy, thrombotic events, pulmonary hypertension, impaired renal function, serious hemolysis, pregnancies, infusion reactions, targeted adverse events, bone marrow transplant, and mortality.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- PNH Registry will collect data to characterize the progression of PNH as well as clinical outcomes, mortality and morbidity in Soliris and non-Soliris treated patients. [ Time Frame: Ongoing (up to 13 years) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Secondary analyses will include descriptions of patient populations, PNH specific treatments, concomitant medications, progression of disease, PNH clone sites, clinical symptoms, and clinical outcomes.
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PNH patients of any age, including minors, that are receiving Soliris
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Collection of data to evaluate safety and characterize progression of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH).
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- Patients of any age, including minors, with a diagnosis of PNH or a detected PNH clone, including patients previously treated with Soliris and withdrawn from treatment. (Subjects under the age of eighteen years must have parent/legal guardian consent. Upon turning eighteen years of age, these subjects must be re-consented).
- Ability to comprehend and sign consent to have data entered in the PNH Registry.
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Kelly RJ, Höchsmann B, Szer J, Kulasekararaj A, de Guibert S, Röth A, Weitz IC, Armstrong E, Risitano AM, Patriquin CJ, Terriou L, Muus P, Hill A, Turner MP, Schrezenmeier H, Peffault de Latour R. Eculizumab in Pregnant Patients with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria. N Engl J Med. 2015 Sep 10;373(11):1032-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1502950.
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|Study First Received:
|April 15, 2011
|Last Updated:
|April 1, 2015
|Health Authority:
|Argentina: Human Research Bioethics Committee
Australia: Human Research Ethics Committee
Australia: National Health and Medical Research Council
Belgium: Ethics Committee
Canada: Ethics Review Committee
Finland: Ethics Committee
France: Comité consultatif sur le traitement de l'information en matière de recherche dans le domaine de la santé
France: Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins
Germany: Paul-Ehrlich-Institut
Netherlands: Independent Ethics Committee
Norway: Ethics Committee
Spain: Ethics Committee
Sweden: Regional Ethical Review Board
Switzerland: Swissmedic
United Kingdom: Research Ethics Committee
United States: Food and Drug Administration
Keywords provided by Alexion Pharmaceuticals:
Paroxysmal Nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal
Urination Disorders
Urologic Diseases
Urological Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
Anemia, Hemolytic
Hematologic Diseases
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Bone Marrow Diseases
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Label of Aha
JE 31773 (CG 14142) Cairo Antiquities Museum
Material: Ivory
Size: Height: 4.8 CM; Width 5.6 CM
Location: Naqada
Excavator: 1897 Excavation, and a Fragment discovered by J. Garstang in 1904
Period: First Dynasty (2920-2770 BC) Reign of Aha
Photographer: Unknown
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