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"Our finding that the effect of prostate size is independent of Gleason score, PSA and disease stage supports the paracrine signal mechanism."
PSA Rising, July 31, 2005. A large prostate has previously been found to go along with improved prostate cancer survival in men undergoing radical prostatectomy. A team at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, in a recent study, analyzed the relationship of prostate size and prostate specific antigen (PSA) failure in men undergoing brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer.
They studied data on 613 men who had undergone I radioactive seed implantation. Average patient age was 65 (plus orminus 7 years). Average prostate volume ultrasonically measured at seed insertion was 40 ml. All patients had a minimum of 2 years of followup.
Men with a large prostate had increased freedom from failure compared to men with a small prostate. Failure time in men with an intermediate size prostate was between that for large and small prostates. This difference in failure rates was statistically significant.
Large prostate size significantly correlated with time to PSA failure and it was independent of the significant effects of Gleason score, PSA, disease stage, minimal radiation dose covering 90% of prostate volume and hormone treatment, including androgen ablation.
Some researchers theorize that paracrine signals, which regulate tissue growth in benign prostatic hypertrophy, have beneficial influences on coexistent prostate cancer.
The Mount Sinai team say, "Our finding that the effect of prostate size is independent of Gleason score, PSA and disease stage supports the paracrine signal mechanism."
"If a circulating substance," they go on, "such as a cytokine, might be responsible for improved survival, this substance might be useful for treating prostate cancer. Moreover, since we found that prostate size is independent of PSA, Gleason score and tumor stage for predicting outcome, we hypothesize that patients with a small prostate treated with brachytherapy might benefit from hormone treatment and larger radiation doses. These measures are now generally reserved for men with more advanced tumors, higher PSA and increased Gleason scores."
In an editorial comment, Dr. Andreas Bohle, Professor of Urology at HELIOS Agnes Karll Hospital, Germany notes that this paper "bears outcome data of one of the largest cohorts of permanent interstitial seed (LDR) brachytherapy treated patients with a long term follow up of 140 months," and should be read carefully.
"In low-risk patients," Bohle says, "around 95% had no progression after 140 months. For intermediate risk patients roughly 12% and for high-risk patients roughly 45% had biochemical progression after 140 months. Interestingly, the curves do not show any further decrease and remain linear 75 months after treatment." Brachytherapy, he concludes, "can no longer be considered an inferior therapeutic option to radical prostatectomy in men with localized prostate cancer."
Reference: UROLOGICAL ONCOLOGY
Prostate cancer in a large prostate is associated with a decreased prostate specific antigen failure rate after brachytherapy
Lehrer S, Stone NN, Stock RG. Department of Radiation Oncology and Urology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Urol. 2005; 173: 79-81
Editorial Comment in Int Braz J Urol. 2005 Jan-Feb;31(1):87-8. Bohle A.
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Philippoussis spent time yesterday on Melbourne Park's indoor courts, hitting up with the young Australians taking part in a week-long training camp.
He is looking to put behind him an injury-riddled year in which he plummeted from No. 9 in the rankings to 105 and won only 11 matches.
Woodbridge, who will play with new doubles partner Manesh Bhupathi in his 18th consecutive Open, said Philippoussis' recent woes had lessened the pressure on him to perform in front of his home crowd.
"He has no pressure next year . . . this year was so bad that next year he can just go for it and get himself back to where he belongs," Woodbridge said.
Australian Davis Cup captain Fitzgerald was impressed by Philippoussis.
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Similar to having quality starting pitching, understanding hitter trends and setting your lineup with the best hitters is essential to winning in fantasy baseball. If you have a player that has been stuck in a slump over the past week (or month), consider adding a streaking hitter who is hot until your star finds his groove.
Fantasy Baseball Dugout's Week 18 Cheat Sheet is designed to give you a full view of the top hitters, by position, in fantasy baseball. Below you will find a breakdown of the top statistical hitters, by position, over the past 7 days, 30 days, and the entire season. Statistics are listed based on a standard 5×5 league (batting average, runs scored, home runs, RBI, stolen bases).
Conor Jackson of the Arizona Diamondbacks is the top hitter in fantasy baseball over the past week. He's batting .560 with 9 runs scored, 3 homeruns, 8 RBI, and 1 stolen base in the past 7 days of competition.
- 7 Days: Ryan Doumit, Pittsburgh Pirates (.429/5/1/8/2)
- 30 Days: Brian McCann, Atlanta Braves (.314/11/6/18/2)
- Season: McCann, Braves (.302/46/20/63/3)
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- 7 Days: Jackson, Diamondbacks (.560/9/3/8/1)
- 30 Days: Carlos Delgado, New York Mets (.357/20/9/23/0)
- Season: Lance Berkman, Houston Astros (.344/85/22/76/15)
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- 30 Days: Howie Kendrick, Anaheim Angels (.360/17/3/18/4)
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- 30 Days: David Wright, New York Mets (.310/25/5/19/5)
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2001 M5 grey market car for sale
My friend has this 2001 M5 shipped straight to California from Germany back in 2005. He paid ~$8 to have it converted to meet U.S. and emission standards, paid $2k for shipping and ~$7k for import and custom fees. It only has 36k original miles and has not been driven much since came ashore. I guess he was young and didn't know what he was doing.
All in all, he spent $25k (including buying new wheels and tires and some minor repairs) to get it to the U.S., in addition to whatever you paid in Germany.
Two yrs ago, he backed up into a pole and caused a big dent on the rear passenger door. An autobody shop estimated $2k for the repair and another $1.5k for some other minor stuff. The repair has never been done.
He ran out of money and never got the car registered into DMV. DMV registration fee and used sales tax will add another $8k to the money already spent.
How much do you think the car is worth as it is? It cannot be legally driven on the street until it's registered, which costs $8k. Would anyone pay top dollars for it as a parts car or bother to spend money to get it properly registered. The car has been sitting in the garage most of the time since 2005.
It's silver w/ black interior. Manual. Looks like new.
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30k would be my bet. it probably needs some minor maintnence because its been sitting for a long time.
The best thing about it is a euro dash.
Documented, improved & active forum members cars are fetching a fraction of 30k.
Oops didnt see that it still needed repairs, thought he he had put a lot of money into it.
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your best bet part it out or if your intrested i have a complete body i was going to do a 2jz conversion i can sell you 40k on car the motor and drive train is in my 8 SERIES. :)
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Stamp publications encompass all published works dedicated to the world of postage stamps, from price guides to stamp-collection albums to books about philately. Because all modern stamps indicate their country of origin in some form, the most common types of stamp publications available today are catalogs of yearly stamp releases organized by country. However, enthusiasts organize their personal stamp collections in all manners—from printing styles to transportation routes to stamp subjects (also known as thematics). One way or the other, for philatelists or collectors looking to find a complete list of all available stamps created in a certain location or time period, stamp publications provide a concise and easy way to do so.
The British Royal Family has been filled with passionate philatelists, dating back to Prince Alfred's youthful hobby in the 1860s. After the Prince's interest became public knowledge, the first collectible albums for British stamps were published within the decade, featuring printed outlines for every stamp variation available since the postmark was first introduced. An ever-increasing selection of stamps soon made this method impractical, and publishers frequently divided their books by country of origin. In 1904, Albert's nephew, Prince George, paid the record-breaking price of £1,450 for an unused 2-cent stamp from Mauritius. Media attention on Prince George's expensive acquisition helped to establish stamp collecting as both a popular pastime and a lucrative market.
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The imposition of transgender people in opposite sex bathrooms should certainly cause us sorrow but so many people want you to conform and even rejoice in it. All along it seems to be lost on people that being transgender is a mental disorder and delusional. Should we encourage people's delusion? No.
As you know there have been fights over bathroom laws. Some states only want males to go in the men's public bathroom and females to go into the women's public bathroom. On the other side big business, entertainers, and the federal government (Department of Education, President, and even presidential candidates) are lining up to say that a man who feels he is a woman should be able to go to the women's bathroom and shower with women in their public showers.
They say it is a matter of civil rights, but it is really a matter of indecency. It is certainly not kind nor caring toward women (or men) who have to endure the opposite sex coming into their bathrooms, locker rooms, and community showers.
Imagine a 17 year old boy who is transgender demanding to use the women's shower room at the Lebanon High School or at the YMCA? That is indecent, unkind, uncaring, and simply devilish to force this upon high school girls (or people of any age). It is even unfair.
In many cases schools and other public institutions will be able to find some reasonable accommodation for transgender individuals that does not impose their psychological disorder on the rest of society.
Such accommodation is contrary to the goal of the LGBT community however. This is not a matter of live and let live. They want to force the transgender delusion upon all of us. This is a matter of reshaping society and forcing others to rejoice in perversion or be branded a bigot and marginalized.
Don't let the LGBT community frame the bathroom wars as a civil rights issue. In needs to be understood in different terms. Take note of this point and consider how you speak to it yourself if you should have the opportunity. Speak in terms of what is kind, caring, and considerate of those who are not transgender. Press the matter of fairness. Is it fair to the vast majority of people who are not transgender to have their privacy violated? Talk about compromise and accommodation rather than imposing the narrow LGBT agenda.
Remember Jesus died for transgender people. We should never hate transgender people, but we should sorrow over their great burden and its effects on society. Even more we should speak out.


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NZ shares drops to four-week low, tracking US stocks down after manufacturing activity slows
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Feb. 4 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand sharemarket dropped to a four-week low, tracking a decline on Wall Street, after a report showed US manufacturing activity grew at the slowest pace in eight months, fuelling concern about global growth.
New Zealand's benchmark NZX 50 Index fell 58.331 points, or 1.2 percent, to 4,791.171 in morning trading. In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2.1 percent, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index sank 2.3 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite Index shed 2.6 percent.
Just three stocks advanced in early trading on the NZX 50. Xero led declines, down 5.6 percent to $37.30, tracking a fall in US technology stocks. Among local blue chip stocks to fall, Fletcher Building declined 0.7 percent to $8.90, SkyCity Entertainment Group slipped 2.1 percent to $3.72, Auckland International Airport dropped 1.4 percent to $3.58 and Contact Energy was down 0.6 percent to $5.07.
The Institute for Supply Management's US factory index dropped to 51.3 in January from 56.5 a month earlier as orders slumped, a sign manufacturing cooled at the start of the year as winter storms hindered activity. Economists polled by Bloomberg had expected a reading of 56.
"The market is saying that is a pause in growth, is it weather related, that is a big question on the screens at the moment," said Andrew Bascand, managing director at Habour Asset Management which holds about $1 billion in equities. "A lot of our stocks are owned by global investors and they are marking back our stock market relative to what's happening overseas. In the course of the next month or two or even the next day or two I would expect this to unwind a bit."
To be sure, the S&P 500, the benchmark for US equities, remains above its 200-day moving average of about 1,700, while US manufacturing remains in expansion with a reading above 50 and a return to normal climatic conditions may bolster future readings, Bascand said.
"We have still had some very good earnings announcements out of America and as we continue into the earnings season, I am expecting a bit more of the same," Bascand said.
In New Zealand, strong growth is set to produce strong earnings, he said.
Traders are now turning their focus to a key US employment report due out Friday in Washington for an indication of how the world's largest economy is tracking. Non-farm payrolls probably climbed by 185,000 workers in January after the coldest December since 2009 chilled job growth to just 74,000 that month, according to Bloomberg.
In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index ended the day with a 1.3 percent slide from the previous close. The UK's FTSE 100 gave up 0.7 percent, Germany's DAX fell 1.3 percent and France's CAC 40 retreated 1.4 percent.


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|Head Coach Dave Hixon '75
Head Coach Dave Hixon '75
In 29 seasons, two-time National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Northeast Region Coach of the Year Dave Hixon '75 has molded the Amherst men's basketball program into one of the finest in the nation. As the winningest coach in school history, the 10th winningest active Division III coach in the nation and the 19th winningest coach in NCAA Division III history (by total wins, as listed in the 2005 NCAA Record Book), Hixon has guided the Jeffs to a 520-219 overall record, nine NCAA Tournaments, 13 ECAC Tournaments, 14 Little Three titles and NESCAC Championships in 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2006 while posting a 16-2 record in NESCAC Tournament play.
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The Assistance League of Redlands will soon begin a 3,200-square-foot expansion of its West Colton Avenue center - which, members say, will give the group much-needed space to increase its philanthropic work in the community.
"We plan to start a capital campaign to help supplement the funds that have been raised for the project," said Sally Moore of Redlands, the group's first vice-president. Moore has been working toward this expansion for 10 years, and chairs the group's Land Use Development committee. "All signs point to a ground-breaking in the near future. "
In 2010 the group helped 3,876 people. In 2012 it was 5,604, a two-year increase of almost 45 percent. Statistics for 2013 are not yet available, but the organization expects to see another big jump in demand for services because of continuing hard economic times.
"People who had good jobs don't have them anymore," said Connie Jury of Redlands, the group's president. "People are struggling, even losing their homes - they were working and paying a mortgage, and now they need help. We want to be there to meet the needs that come up. "
More room will be a distinct advantage, she said. The group plans to enlarge its Thrift Shop to accommodate estate sales and other special events, and provide a more capacious sorting room, which will be a big help in processing and storing the donations that come in every day. Increased space will save money by reducing the group's dependence on rented storage units.
The plans also include a multipurpose philanthropic room that will provide work space for preparing such items as Assault Survivor Kits and RALF Bears, Moore said, "as well as meeting space for our chapter and auxiliaries who are essential to all the things we do. "
The existing building will also get a new roof and air-conditioning, which will make the center more comfortable for volunteers and for people receiving services, Jury said.
The group is eager to get going on the project, she said: "Now is the time - after the rainy season, and before it gets too hot. "
The Thrift Shop is the Assistance League's primary source of funds for all its projects, Moore said. With demand for services increasing, "this expansion is essential. "
The Assistance League, which is an all-volunteer organization, supports six philanthropic projects with proceeds from the Thrift Shop and three annual fundraising events.


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What is Typical Downpayment on a Lease Purchase?
Q: Our home has been on the market for a year. During this time, we have built our new home and moved out of our previous home. We have found a family who wants to rent our previous home for a year and plans to purchase the home at that point. We don't know what percentage of the price of the home is reasonable to ask for a downpayment for this type of situation. Can you help us? - Angie
A: There is no set way to structure this. You can set up whatever you want. Many people do a lease purchase or a lease option because they have to save up for a down payment. This person would not have say 5 to 10 percent to put down. So typically they can be structured not much different than renting the home with a smaller amount down. You could have some of it non-refundable since your goal is to sell and not lease. If it is a situation where they have the money but can't qualify, then you can go for the larger down and do the lease purchase; the lease option gives them the option to purchase in the future at a set price and terms/the lease purchase is a purchase agreement from the start and you can have the down payment non refundable. So it depends on the specifics that the buyers can meet. A good Realtor should be able to assist you with this.
Brenda Cunningham is a Realtor with West USA Realty in Phoenix, AZ.
A: I think the bigger question here is: are you sure you want to sell your house on contract? Essentially you are becoming the bank and carrying the mortgage for this new buyer. Many many times, these buyers default. After all, if a bank won't lend to them - should you? If you are still okay with proceeding, then I'd suggest getting six months worth of rent as the initial down payment amount. Other things to consider - are you charging them interest and at what rate? How are you going to report this on your income taxes? It might be a good idea to consult with both an attorney for a contract and a tax professional for the implications this will have.
Carrie Abfall is a Realtor with RE/MAX Real Estate Professionals in Columbus, IN.
A: That is something you need to consider a few different ways. If you have your home listed with a Realtor, you may have commissions that may need to be paid. I would say if you ask for 10 percent you should be ok. If you plan on keeping all of the rent money paid, then 10 percent would be a minimum. If you are allowing a portion of the rent to go towards the down payment, then that may be a little lower.
Example: For a $100,000 home, ask for $10,000 down and keep the $800 per month until they fulfill the purchase.
Or you could take $8,000 down and give them a $200 credit off rent each month toward the down payment of the home until purchased.
There are many different scenerios you could use; this should be a negotiated part of the contract.
Jim Totten is a Realtor with Century 21 Northland in Traverse City, MI.
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E. M. Forster's beloved Italian novels, now in a single hardcover volume.Forster's most memorably romantic exploration of the liberating effects of Italy on the English, A Room with a View follows the carefully chaperoned Lucy Honeychurch to Florence. There she meets the unconventional George Emerson and finds herself inspired by his refreshingly free spirit— which puts her in mind of "a room with a view"—to escape the claustrophobic snobbery of her guardians back in England. The wicked tragicomedy Where Angels Fear to Tread chronicles a young English widow's trip to Italy and its messy aftermath. When Lilia Herriton impulsively marries a penniless Italian and then dies in childbirth, her first husband's family sets out to rescue the child from his "uncivilized" surroundings. But in ways that they can't possibly imagine, their narrow preconceptions will be upended by the rich and varied charms of Forster's cherished Italy.


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The father of Jeremiah Oliver, the missing five-year-old boy from Fitchburg, was arrested in Connecticut on drug trafficking charges just days before he was due in a Massachusetts courtroom to seek custody of his two other children, official said.
Jose Oliver was arrested and charged with possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, possession of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a school, and criminal attempt of sale of narcotics, according to New Britain Police Department Lieutenant Jeanette Saccente.
We received information that he was involved in drug trafficking, said Saccente, who added that police then arranged a drug bug from Oliver.
According to police, Oliver arrived at the pre-determined location with 30 bags of suspected heroin in his possession and was arrested.
His son, Jeremiah Oliver, has not been seen since September. Authorities were alerted to his disappearance Dec. 2, when his 7-year-old sister told counselors at Reingold Elementary School in Fitchburg that she was being abused by her mothers boyfriend and that she had not seen Jeremiah in some time.
Authorities are treating the case as a potential homicide, with Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.s office alleging that Jeremiahs two siblings were savagely beaten by Alberto Sierra Jr., 23, and that their mother, 28-year-old Elsa Oliver, did not prevent the abuse.
Sierra has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is being held without bail. Oliver has refused court orders to disclose where her son is and is being held in contempt. She has also pleaded not guilty to criminal charges.
The boys disappearance has shaken the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, which has fired three employees - the direct care social worker and two supervisors - for failing to meet their professional responsibility to the Oliver family.
Jose Oliver, who lives in Connecticut, had vowed to appear in Fitchburg Juvenile Court Jan. 10 to seek custody of Jeremiahs sister and 9-year-old brother, who are currently in a state-administered foster home.
While his previous criminal record included an arrest for possession of heroin and a charge of assault and battery, Jose Oliver insisted in a recent Boston Globe interview that he was a changed man. Oliver acknowledged his history of drug use, he requested that state officials look beyond his past infractions and return his children to him.
Dont judge me on my past. People do change, Jose Oliver insisted in an interview with the Globe last week.Everybody makes mistakes, man. Theres nobody perfect in this world. The past is the past, lets leave it there. Im a new person. Im older, Im wiser.
Two days after the Globe interview, Oliver was in handcuffs -- charged with drug dealing.
It is unclear if the missing boys father, who could not be immediately reached for comment, will abandon his attempts to regain custody of his other children as a result of his arrest this week.
#2 Jan 2, 2014
"Don't judge me on my past. People do change"
-Jose Oliver
What a joke!! See Lynchie this why YOUR past will never be erased or forgotten. Your past is who you are today. PUTZ!
#3 Jan 2, 2014
The drugs are worth $300. He probably would have profited $75. He was probably attempting to fund a bus trip back to Fitchburg. Whatever his reason for going out and securing drugs at the request of a cop he should have not done it.
This case has many discussion points. Now Stamy will state, throw him in prison for 10 yrs. So Stamy would rather spend $450,000 to house Jose.
It is funny listening to these so called" conservatives" ! Every time a country blinks at the US you hear them state "just nuke them"
Every time someone commits a crime Stamos and his not so smart cohorts will say, "jail them"!
But while they are in prison, cut ALL schooling, cut ALL training and just let them sit there for ten years so they get out at the same level they went in on.
The more these conservatives pass laws the more the entire system gets so messed up.
As city and towns cut back the number of police, some how somewhere the conservatives think that cutting food stamps, welfare and social security checks will cure the problem.
Since the 1st we have read of home invasions, domestic abuse spikes, drug dealers and gangs everywhere. One guy carried a 300 lb safe out of a house. Car jackings and the list goes onward.
And what is the conservative voice? "Jail them and throw away the key". Thank god there are real thinkers such as myself that will actually solve problems.
I am not saying to reward them but come on. My transition program is the way to go. Transition people off social security through employment! When a firefighter retires then hire two social security beneficiaries at a lower but fair rate such as $10 an hr.
#4 Jan 2, 2014
He was not funding a bus trip, he owns a Mercedes that he doesn't parade around unless he is going out to a gang party.
"So Stamy would rather spend $450,000 to house Jose."
We had to pay for you didn't we?
Welfare brings crime. Move social services, cut Section 8 housing and move the methadone clinic. The city will become totally different.
These people don't want to work. They earn $2,000-$6,000 per week selling drugs.
I never sold drugs but I have lived the welfare lifestyle. Free everything. Why would someone want to work to pay for everything when they can lie and get it free? This lifestyle is handed down generation to generation.
If they get all their needs taken care of and they are happy they will never change. If it's is taken away from them then they will have to change. Yes, some will sell more drugs to meet those need but cutting out Section 8 housing the majority of them will move to a community that offers it.
It is like feeding birds, the more they get fed more of them will arrive. Take away their food and they will leave. The same goes for welfare, our city is too small to offer these services and freebies. They need to go to a bigger city such as Worcester or Springfield.
Welfare was meant for the laid off worker from the paper mills to receive their government block of cheese and other food until they return back to work. It was never meant to be a permanent lifestyle.
So social workers are now going to put out fires and respond to medicals?
#5 Jan 2, 2014
Attempting to fund a bus trip? Really? supposedly he stated he lives on $600 / month in disability you really think he just started selling 30 bags of heroin so he could take a bus back to Fitchburg??? People just don't start selling drugs for a $50 bus ticket! Losers always gives losers the benefit of the doubt! Way to go Lynchie boy
#6 Jan 2, 2014
This is really hilarious, Kevin. You're not a real thinker. You're a real kook. So your ability to solve problems is non-existent. And in any event, even the miniscule number of people who stumble across your many loony and ill-informed ideas won't ever take you seriously. Not just because you're crazy, but because you don't bother to work or pay taxes, you're a felon with a long and violent history and your only experience in public service has been with the Department of Corrections, the Parole Board, the Registry of Motor Vehicles, various courts and numerous constabularies. As a frequent customer.
Hint: No "real thinkers" have your pedigree. Tom Friedman never got banned from a university campus. H.L. Mencken didn't get his license revoked for road rage. Alan Dershowitz wasn't busted for receiving stolen property when he was 17. Oliver Wendell Holmes never got lugged for A & B on a PO. And none of the noted thinkers in U.S. history ever spent eight years in the can for manslaughter.
So, yeah, it's pretty much a given that your ability to influence any kind of public policy debate is pretty limited. As shown by your two dismal attempts to get elected to public office. People know a kook when they see one. So stop pretending that you're something that you aren't. You're just a deranged crank.
#7 Jan 2, 2014
I tell everyone if they want a lay around job with full benefits then apply to become a firefighter or a cop/state trooper.
And let me ask you, move the methodone clinic? Are you serious? The clinic came to serve a need it wasn't here in Fitchburg before heroin!!!! All police should have to take a course to understand methodone!
Methodone cuts crime and illegal drug use.
I agree that section 8 and other social programs need to be changed into transition programs.
#8 Jan 2, 2014
Lets be honest for once OK. So if we cut section 8, welfare, food stamps and other social programs then crime will go down????
Do you have ANY logic at all ? Lets even get more honest. Do the current FPD members know who the drug dealers are in Fitchburg????? I say YES as many have stated that they went to school with these officers!
So, if we take away all the social service spending do you think that your pay rate will go down? Who is going to rent apartments in Fitchburg? Who will pay all the excise taxes? Who will support all the businesses? How will the economy work? Explain.
It is easy to say, "just cut it all off" or "just bomb that country". This is a "conservative approach. But then when you begin to explain the results such as a tripling of prisoners and a tripling of yrs served in jail against the fact that there will be less tax spenders.
#9 Jan 2, 2014
Taxes come from cigarettes sales, alcohol sales, sales taxes, excise taxes, tolls, income taxes and the list of fees is endless!
It isn't as clear cut as you think. Methodone is a good program, it works better than ten jails, 50 cops and millions in spending!
But the State police will sit outside of the clinic ticketing for inspection stickers. Leave struggling people alone. Why would we want a state trooper at the clinic making it more difficult for people to stay clean and crime free?
We have a poorly managed police and government because people do not vote.
You do understand that those receiving social services spend 100% back into the economy where it in turn employs people and pays for police and fire salaries, correct??
United States
#11 Jan 2, 2014
I know one place taxes DON'T come from: You, Lynch. You don't pay taxes on the crazy check. We're all paying for your lardass lifestyle.
People who get welfare and SSDI will pay taxes on smokes and beer. No taxes on food. And the bulk of public revenue comes from income, exise, gas and property taxes. Something you' never pay.
#12 Jan 2, 2014
I am a thinker. I like Dershowitz but I do not always agree with him either. Yes, he stayed away from alcohol and drug abuse and Yes many others have had the opportunities that others never had in persuit of making wealth.
Take Romney and Jerimiah. Romneys' father was a Senator and very wealthy. Jerimiah was born into poverty and dysfunction. Same with Bush whose father was president. In fact Bush got pulled over for dozens of drinking and driving incidents and had many more fists fights than I ever had in my life.
Unfortunately people stopped voting as they have lost faith in government so what is left is a group of people like you that influence the law which everyone must live under. A law where corrupt criminal police are NEVER charged.
There is corruption everywhere especially in Fitchburg. From the judges, court personel and the list goes onward. Yes the people are to blame because they do not vote any more. They have lost faith in government.
And you are 100% right, I cannot get a job anywhere! For example Dave had a custodial job where he was going to move up to manager. He was brought in , given a raise and many compliments for his work and conduct. He worked for an outfit in Worcester that houses retired nuns. Two days later they called him in and let him go.
A new law had been passed that disallows anyone with a cori to be employed in health care. And in fact, if you have a Cori you cannot even sell flowers on the corner nor hot dogs and the list goes onward. It is nearly IMPOSSIBLE for an "ex con" as you put it to get a job anywhere!
And so many go onto disability rightfully! This is a clear discrimination. And you will say that it should be like that. They took DNA forcefully from everyone in jail. And they stated that 99% of unsolved crimes would be solved. Over 15 yrs later less than 1% where solved and more innocent people were let off death row than were arrested for unsolved crimes!
Then there is the truth that anyone with money does not go to jail so they are skipped from having the label of ex con like many cops, politicians and even Geroge Bush the ex president. And his wife the ex first lady killed some young college student while drinking and driving.
When I was in jailI fought for rehabilitation programs. These programs had been funded for years but never implemented . All along while one sheriff was conducting cash parties and collecting double pay for the same job and all the governor did was chuckle!
Yes, we have elite Democrats who are the same as far right conservative/self righteous pay to get out of trouble Republicans. I am a registered Independent. The only reason an independent is not elected president is because people are afraid to vote for the best guy as they want to follow the winner!
#13 Jan 2, 2014
I pay all kinds of taxes. All my money is spent before I get it. Everyone who rents pays the owners property taxes. Please do not say different!
#14 Jan 2, 2014
They're receiving that money without putting anything into the system (much like yourself) It's recycled money you Putz! Which is the problem, people like you who don't wanna work and be a legal taxpayer are multiplying and the work force is shrinking. Do you really think the police and fire dept. are the downfall to Fitchburg? So take a look in the mirror and ask yourself - did I contribute to society as a productive human or did i take from society? I'm quite sure the answer is you are stealing from society!
#15 Jan 2, 2014
And you definitely DO NOT PAY TAXES! You make $25,000 a year so you receive 80% of your paid income taxes back. And you claim kids that are not yours which increases your rebate check by $4,000 a year. You collect food stamps.You buy food stamps for half price as you strong arm a food stamp recipient that I know.
You work for social services, you illegally run social security numbers. I have spoken to your boss's boss about this and they are watching you!
#16 Jan 2, 2014
Why shouldn't the police ticket cars with expired or illegal inspection stickers? If they are involved in a collision they are uninsured. In order for ins to be in force you must have a valid sticker. Lynch, you always want to give a free pass to the people who have made a career of grabbing every "free pass" they can, legally or through fraud. You, sir, are not a problem solver. You, sir, ARE the problem.
#17 Jan 2, 2014
You don't own a home. You don't own a car. You pay taxes on your McDonalds! That's about it!
#18 Jan 2, 2014
Yes, I contribute more to society then many FFD members and more than MOST FPD members. I am a better person than most of them. I am more honest.
And yes I pay taxes. If you know the program then you would understand. I have more work hours in than every firefighter and police officer my age!
I work harder than every FFD and FPD member my age besides those who work construction outside of their job.
See, I have respect for firefighters but even they will tell you that they do not work much at all. And a FPD member works probably 1 hr a day and the rest he is driving around.
There are many jobs like this! Now if you get paid less than a firefighter or a police officer then you are working much harder. The further you go down the harder the person is working.
A housekeeper at a hotel is pushed into having to completely change sheets and make a bed in under 4 minutes. Four beds into their work day and they are physically working harder than an officer.
The only thing that stopped me from being hired as an officer was the fight I had in 1992.
You cannot state the truth out here. I do all the time but you people hide behind fake names and still cannot tell the truth!
If I ever stated anything wrong about you then state it strongly! State your name and state "I never filed a false report against you Lynch" and we will go from there. It is easy and simple!
You know why they do not? Because they know the truth! Detective Ledoux spends time out here on topix and a frequent basis. So does a couple self admitted topix users. I know who they are!
Right baldy? Or Little boy wonder/leave it to beaver? Everything I said about them is 100% true!
#20 Jan 2, 2014
Some of these dishonest police have children and they teach them how to mistreat people. Some of their kids got hooked on drugs. Now the FFD families have a better track record because they protected their children from the rest of society and that is why you know out here when you are talking to a firefighter whose parents protected them from the real world which 99% of us live in!
#21 Jan 2, 2014
Lying again, Kevin. As you do.
To begin with, it wasn't "the fight I had in 1992." A man was murdered. You pleaded guilty and went to jail for your part in it. For eight years on a 6-15 year sentence. And even a six year old knows that no one does eight years for a fist fight.
Secondly, you already had an extensive arrest record before that. According to you, the U.S. military wouldn't accept you (And I take everything you say with a grain of salt. You might have made up the whole story about attempting to enlist in the service) because you were arrested for receiving stolen property when you were 17. And then there were the numerous A & B on a PO charges in Boston. As well as whatever the crime was that caused you to violate whatever probation you were on when you were arrested in connection with a murder in 1992. So don't try to tell us that there was only one tiny, little insignificant issue that prevented you from becoming a police officer. You were already a career criminal at a very young age. And a psych eval would have immediately set bells ringing once a doc realized that you were a violent psychopath with a substance abuse problem. You could never have become a cop. Ever.
#22 Jan 2, 2014
Kevin, Kevin, Kevin. We've gone over this before. Your real world has nothing to do with the real real world.
In the real world, people don't lose their license for life because of a violent road rage incident. They don't do eight years in the joint for their part in a murder. They don't have multiple arrests for A &B on a PO. Or for assault. Or receiving stolen property. They aren't barred from college campuses. They have jobs. They pay taxes. They don't attack cops or firemen and don't hide in people's bushes, peek in their windows or take photos of their license plates.
Your real world is what 99% of people call Wacky World. Your real world is an insane asylum without walls.
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David Geoffrey Williamson was born at Haywards Heath, Sussex, on February 25, 1927, into a family whose roots he traced to County Durham in the 18th century. His father, Geoffrey Williamson, was a prolific author and journalist who edited John Bull magazine; his mother, Margaret Lloyd Roberts, came from a Welsh medical dynasty descended, as her son discovered, from various Welsh kings and princes, as well as from Edward III.
Young David was educated at Merchant Taylors, where his masters included the writer Hugh Kingsmill ("a keen flogger", as Williamson recalled).
A bookish youth, he went straight into a publishing job with the mainly educational house of Geoffrey Bles; but in the early '50s he found his true metier as an editorial assistant on Burke's Peerage publications. Under the erratic editorship of L.G. Pine, he worked on the massive 17th edition of Burke's Landed Gentry (1952) and the Coronation edition of Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Frustrated by Pine's stinginess and blustering ignorance, he returned to Geoffrey Bles and then, later in the '50s, set up as an antique dealer, specialising in coins and medals.
Yet he continued to pursue his genealogical interests, and in 1962 published his first book, The Counts Bobrinskoy, the family history of a Russian dynasty. An ardent "White" Russophile, Williamson served on the committee of the Russian charity bazaar at Chelsea, where he managed the vodka stall.
By this time his old sparring partner Peter Townend (with whom Williamson conducted a rather spiky comic double act) had succeeded Pine in the editorial chair at Burke's, and Williamson returned. Callers at his antique shop in the bowels of Knightsbridge Underground Station would find him compiling pedigrees of the peerage and landed gentry.
It was not until the early '70s, with the encouragement of the new editor, Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, that Williamson really blossomed at Burke's and began to realise his potential as a genealogical historian.
In Burke's Guide to The Royal Family (1973) he broke new ground by tracing, together with his young friend and protege Jeffrey Finestone, all the descendants of George II.
By way of research, Williamson and Finestone (who would appear together at fancy-dress parties in the guises of Count Dracula and Tadzio from Death in Venice respectively) were assiduous attenders of royal weddings on the Continent. They became especially friendly with the court-in-exile of King Leka of the Albanians (King Zog's heir), and Williamson took pleasure in informing His Majesty that his Australian bride, Queen Susan, was a ninth cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II - and that King Leka himself was a ninth cousin of Richard Nixon.
To mark the bicentennial of the United States, Williamson came up with the wheeze of tracing the ancestry and descendants of all the American presidents. Burke's Presidential Families of the USA (1975) was voted "Reference Book of the Year" by the US Library Journal.
Although he and Finestone together laid the foundations for the ambitious multi-volume Burke's Royal Families of the World, they had a falling-out which culminated in a farcical court case over copyright. Finestone decamped to Thailand, and Williamson compiled the copious genealogical sections of the two volumes which appeared in 1977 and 1980.
Following Massingberd's departure and a change of management at Burke's, Williamson, by now senior contributing editor, found himself in the doldrums and turned his hand to making pasta. But in 1983, Charles Kidd invited Williamson to join him in the editorship at Debrett's, where he found a congenial berth for the last 20 years of his life.
Besides co-editing five editions of Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage with Kidd, Williamson also served as editor of the 1988 edition of Debrett's Distinguished People of Today, and subsequently acted as a consultant to that annual biographical directory. Also under the Debrett imprint, Williamson wrote an impressive tally of general illustrated volumes, including Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain; Debrett's Kings and Queens of Europe; Debrett's Presidents of the United States of America; and Debrett's Guide to Heraldry and Regalia.
In 1996 he was the natural choice to compile the first edition of the new work of reference Brewer's British Royalty; and in 1998 the National Portrait Gallery produced his perennially popular History of the Kings and Queens of England. All Williamson's books demonstrate his arcane scholarship, lightly and amusingly worn.
A fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, he came to be regarded as the doyen of genealogists. He was a fellow and honorary life member of the Society of Genealogists; a vice-president and former chairman of the professional Association of Genealogists and Record Agents; and served on the executive committee of the English Genealogical Congress.
He was unmarried.
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FLORENCE, S.C. – South Florence High School and Johnsonville High School took top honors at the recent Pee Dee Regional High School Mathematics Tournament. The tournament, sponsored by the Pee Dee Education Center and Francis Marion University, was held in the university's McNair Science Building auditorium.
The 24th-annual event featured approximately 230 students from 14 area schools.
Participating schools were divided into Division I and Division II schools. Schools with A and AA athletic classifications were considered Division I, while AAA and AAAA athletic classifications were considered Division II.
All students took a one-hour written exam during morning competition. Courtney Dease of Hanna-Pamplico High School recorded the highest individual result on the exam by earning 14 points (out of a possible 18). Brandon Poston of Hannah-Pamplico and Tessa Jaeger of Johnsonville each earned 13 points, while Andy Elvington of Latta High School and Marcus McLaughlin of Dillon High School each recorded 12 points.
The top four individual test scores from each school were combined to create a team score. The four schools in each division with the highest team score qualified for the afternoon finals.
The finals consisted of four individuals from each qualifying school answering questions flashed onto an overhead screen. Points were awarded to the first, second, and third persons who answered correctly.
In Division I, Johnsonville won its 12th team title, the most of any school, by defeating Hanna-Pamplico (second), and Latta and Mullins high schools (tied for third). The four individuals who represented Johnsonville in the finals were Jaeger, Brett Lewis, Rebecca Driggers, and Magan Bishop. Melanie Graham is the Johnsonville math team adviser.
Among Division II schools, South Florence captured its third team title in the past six years. Marion High School placed second, followed by Dillon and Marlboro County high schools. Representing South Florence in the afternoon finals were Annie Chen, Matt Ross, Kristin Haggerty, and Vicky Lai. Sherry Young serves as the adviser for the South Florence math team.


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Shellfish toxin warning reinstated
Friday, 10 August 2012 10:30 a.m.
As a result of testing, people are advised to avoid collecting or eating shellfish from a large area along the Coromandel and Bay of Plenty coastline.
The area includes the coastline from Tairua (including Tairua Harbour) to Bowentown heads.
"Sampling confirms high levels of paralytic shellfish poison along this stretch of coast. We strongly urge people to avoid all shellfish from this area until further notice. It is unfortunate that this warning has had to be reinstated so soon, however this is a natural occurrence which is difficult to predict," says Medical Officer of Health, Dr Jim Miller.
The health warning affects all bi-valve shellfish including mussels, pipi, tuatua, cockles, oysters, scallops, catseyes and kina (sea urchin). Paua, crayfish and crabs can still be taken but as always, the gut should be removed before cooking.
Consumption of shellfish affected by the paralytic shellfish toxin can cause numbness and tingling around the mouth, face or extremities; difficulty swallowing or breathing; dizziness; double vision; and in severe cases, paralysis and respiratory failure. These symptoms usually occur within 12 hours of a person consuming affected shellfish.
Anyone suffering illness after eating shellfish should seek medical attention. Monitoring of toxin levels will continue along the coast and any changes will be communicated accordingly.
For all health warning updates across the Bay of Plenty and Lakes districts call 0800 221 555. Further information is available at www.toiteorapublichealth.govt.nz/health_warnings
For more information or comment, contact:
Dr Jim Miller
Medical Officer of Health
Phone: 07 577 3789 or after hours via the hospital switchboard on 07 579 8000.


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Sloper, Patricia and Statham, June (2004) The National Service Framework for children, young people and maternity services: developing the evidence base. Child: Care, Health and Development, 30 (6). pp. 567-570. ISSN 0305-1862. DOI UNSPECIFIEDFull text not available from this repository.
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Oregon is the only state in the country that requires a prescription to purchase cold and allergy medications that contain a key ingredient for methamphetamine production
Oregon Attorney General John Kroger testified today before Congress and urged the passage of a national law that would require a doctor's prescription to obtain cold and allergy medications that contain a key precursor ingredient of methamphetamine.
"Oregon's decision to put cold medicines with pseudoephedrine behind the counter in 2006 dramatically reduced the number of meth labs in the state," said Attorney General Kroger. "I'm urging Congress to pass Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden's bill, which would adopt for the entire country Oregon's remarkably effective law."
Attorney General Kroger testified in Washington, D.C., before the United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control.
The results of Oregon's law have been dramatic. Meth lab seizures fell from 472 in 2004 to 10 in 2009.
More than 40 states have taken steps to address domestic methamphetamine production, but none as aggressive as Oregon's approach. For example, a law passed by Kentucky in 2005 requiring customers to show photo identification to purchase cold medicine with pseudoephedrine showed initial positive results. Meth lab seizures dropped from 589 in 2005 to 328 in 2006. But meth producers began using straw buyers to avoid detection and lab seizures increased 41 percent from 2007 to 2008.
According to a study conducted by the RAND Corporation, meth addiction costs the nation $23 billion each year in law enforcement, environmental cleanup and drug treatment expenditures. Meth labs leave environmental waste and meth addiction increases child abuse and neglect.
"Putting pseudoephedrine behind pharmacy counters is only part of the solution," said Attorney General Kroger. "We also need tough enforcement against illegal meth production and distribution organizations and world class treatment and prevention programs."
Attorney General John Kroger leads the Oregon Department of Justice. The Department's mission is to fight crime and fraud, protect the environment, improve child welfare, promote a positive business climate, and defend the rights of all Oregonians.
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