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Fog greeted early arrivals to the NBAA Business Aviation Regional Forum in Seattle this morning, but it soon burned off under the unseasonably warm sun shining on the event, which was held today at the Clay Lacy FBO at Boeing Field. More than 800 people pre-registered for the forum and 80 exhibitors filled one of Clay Lacy's hangars. An Embraer Legacy 650 was the largest jet of the 16 static-display aircraft, which included a Piper Meridian, Quest Kodiak and Hawker 4000.
During the opening session, NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen warned local business aviation operators about the threat of the federal government imposing a $100 per flight user tax on turbine operations. This could be a high risk during the "lame duck" session of Congress, he said. As they have previously, NBAA and other aviation associations are urging the government to stick with "far more efficient" fuel taxes. "Fuel taxes work," Bolen told attendees. "User fees destroy. A $100-per-flight fee would cause us to suffocate."
Other sessions during the forum included local tax issues presented by CenterPoint Aviation Law; loss-of-control mitigation strategies for business aircraft operators by Aviation Performance Solutions; transitioning to digital charts by Jeppesen; and Future Air Navigation System update by Universal Avionics.
Dean (not verified)
September 21, 2012 - 4:11pm
It is bad enough that this economy has placed many unemployed, and not just the number of people the government is counting, but many more. Along with that, the economy has shattered and displaced lives being at the bottom of the barrel. Where are the JOBS?
Now, with this damn "User Fees" it will hurt the economy in the aviation industry as well. I am a pilot and it will make me stop flying. I can't afford it - with the high prices of aviation fuel, ever increasing regular automotive fuel and along with being out of work for 4 years. Which government nut-case dreams this up? Is there a mastermind that wants to destroy others for their own greed? What is the government thinking? Especially in this current hard times, they want more money from the little people.
This "User Fee" will increase unemployment without a doubt!!! Can't the FAA see that?
Fritz Katz (not verified)
September 21, 2012 - 4:45pm
Looks like "Dean" is another hysterical, uninformed, misinformed victim of the AOPA deliberate disinformation campaign against ALL user fees. The AOPA President and staff have been trying to attract new members and pander to their wealthiest sustaining members by spreading the LIE that the $100 only-turbine-using-services-including-IFR trip fee will penalize little taildraggers out on Sunday pie patrol and ground piston twins used for business and close FBOs and flight schools coast to coast. IT WILL NOT as anyone (take a hint, Dean) who actually reads the budget or even excerpts on point would know.
Why shouldn't those who use exceptional and exceptionally expensive services pay for them instead of the general flying public and the general public itself?
And cut the crappyola tapioca, Bolen. "Suffocate" your industry? Someone with a sixty million dollar bizjet is not gonna change a gahhdmn thing about their operations over a $100 trip fee, nor someone with a Meridian,
It is high time for this nation to face fiscal reality - those who consume more and more sophisticated services should pay for them, not the struggling majority. The admittedly struggling majority of small piston owners will be subsidizing the fatcats wolfing down catered caviar in the back of their Legacy 650s if this user fee hysteria continues. Time to write/email/call your legislator and say "users SHOULD pay"... fiscal responsibility is not just for the lower classes.
Blake (not verified)
September 22, 2012 - 4:59pm
Since we have an administration who wants to mirror Europe from social health care, to now user fees. If User Fees are the answer, how do you explain Europe's mess? Clearly its not working in Europe in terms of paying debt! If you feel so strong about user fees, then why don't you pay $100 every time you fly? Write a check the IRS, they'll love to have it! Until the hypocrites on the left start practicing what they preach, I'd be more accepting!
Its only thing for a single jet owner. Where its going to hurt is Part 135 operators, i.e. Net jets, Flight Options, etc. That $100 per IFR flight adds up with the number of flights they operate. This is on top of all the other BS the IRS is conducting with Aircraft Management companies. What about the airlines??? Its just not biz jets that use the airspace!
Joey Eaton (not verified)
October 2, 2012 - 10:21am
what about the helicopter tour guy doing site seeing tours around big cities and tourist attractions? $100 / flight @ 25 flights a day? it'll put them out of business, or make it too expensive for the average tourist to experience.
PM (not verified)
September 21, 2012 - 5:02pm
I am a pilot. ... I supported AOPA for many years. However, if we're closing Schools and Post Offices, cutting back on unemployment and medicare, Rich kid Fly-boys should pay more of their usage of the services they consume - why sould the General Public subsidize their hobby, or the small businesses which wouldn't survive without these subsidies? ...
I draw attention to the reduction of budget to the HHS (Health and Human Services - specifically Aid to the Poor), and the increase in the FAA budget - specifically the Grants-in-Aid for Airports (partly funded from of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) - and what pi**es me off is that... When Obama passes Stimulus these Airports benefit from, they blame Obama for increasing the deficit, but when it comes to their having to step up to pay Tax Fairness, they still blame Obama...
We bail out the Investment Bankers, they take their fat bonuses and buy turbo props, then we have to pave their runways, fix their VORs and man their Air Traffic Control Towers. We bail them out AND polish their playground!
Please, write your Congressmen, Senators, and the President (soon, please) and ask them to Support General Aviation User Fees. Also, please, if you've ever posted a flame against the NRA - consider the AOPA worse - they have a much bigger impact on the budget than the NRA does - Please post and repost any info on the General Aviation User Fees as Corporate Jet Subsidies on Steroids.
Thank you.
Jim (not verified)
September 21, 2012 - 5:22pm
I'm all for people paying their fair share but this proposal is absurd. I am a private pilot and I fly a small, six passenger, turbo prop airplane. I usually fly alone, mostly for business. I just checked my logbook and I flew 160 flights of varying distances and durations over the past 12 months. Most less than one hour. At $100 per flight, this proposal will add $16,000 to my annual flying expense. Today, I spend $26,000 per year on fuel, another $20,000 on insurance, hanger, and maintenance for the plane. So my annual outlay will increase by 35% based on this proposal. Clearly the category of aircraft that I and hundreds others in the US fly has not been considered and this additional cost will destroy the value of the planes and in many cases will cause their owners to abandon aviation.
On top of that, this idea creates real safety concerns. A good example is the 15 minute flight I make frequently for maintenance on my plane. According to this proposal, if I can remain in "uncontrolled" airspace for the whole flight, I don't get charged. Hardly seems worth a hundred bucks to go 15 minutes away and I can avoid controlled airspace by flying low, avoiding the use of ATC traffic avoidance services, and avoiding the use of ATC flight plans, all of which increase the risk of flight to me and others in the area. Hardly a good idea.
If we need to make the public feel like the "rich guys" are paying their share, let's make sure we find a way through mechanisms that fairly measure that share. This flat tax is just wrong.
Wolfgang (not verified)
September 21, 2012 - 6:33pm
Quite interesting to read these comments. I am a corporate pilot in Europe. We have user fees and I can only hope that you can convince your political representatives NOT to go this way. As anyone can see here, most of the money is needed to pay for even more bureaucracy which is required to collect that money from people who may or may not find it hard to pay 100 $ trip fee in a turbine aircraft.
I bet if this goes through it will be extended to piston aircraft sooner or later because each government has use for more and more money, if they find a way to tax someone for something.
General aviation is dying here because flying got too expensive for the majority of GA pilots. If you feel better if Uncle Sam squeezes money out of the fat cats - think twice! Don't let this happen in you country!
Flyboy (not verified)
September 21, 2012 - 8:27pm
You see, Fritz. You ever seen the acronym K.I.S.S.
means, Keep It Simple Stupid. You see Fritz, when you create
A Beuarocrocy, you have to fund it. So, now you have that Gov
Employees salary. You got to pay rent on his or her booth in
Every airport that your set up in. I could go on and on with additional
cost to run this thing. So....all this money that's supposed to pay for Next
Gen is paying instead for this rental space and and Gov employee salary.
So now Uncle Sam says, we need more Revenue. Well, we're already here
Lets start taxing the GA pilots now. Ya see Fritz Katz, all they needed to do
Was add a fuel tax to everyone. And 100%, I say 100 % of that revenue would
Have went to Nex Gen. Hey Fritz, KISS
matt (not verified)
September 21, 2012 - 8:38pm
Once the door is opened with "user fees", it will not stop with turbine aircraft. Anyone who thinks otherwise is only fooling themselves. AOPA and the rest of the GA groups need to take lessons on lobbying from the NRA. Maybe then the "user fee" idea will finally be dead. Hopefully voting President Obama out of office will go a long way to killing "user fees" once and for all.
John Wagner (not verified)
September 21, 2012 - 8:51pm
The current trend of the press and news media is to [condemn / censure / denounce / criticize] General Aviation and airports. They portray only one side of the story and fail to investigate a major role General Aviation and our airports have played in the industrial development of our country.
Working in the aviation industry for over 40 years, of which 25 were with the state of Michigan's Bureau of Aeronautics, I had many occasions to deal with public and privately owned airports and corporate flight operations.
One of the more interesting stories (of many), was that of Genova Products of Davison, Michigan. They were the developers of PVC pipe. In a telephone conversation many years ago with the CEO and founder (whose name escapes me), he related to me the difficulty in establishing their product as a standard in the plumbing and housing industry. It was necessary to achieve acceptance by the multitude of governmental agencies across the county, especially those establishing building codes.
To achieve this necessary objective, they purchased a MU-2 and even built their own airport (Davison, Genova Airport). They then undertook the scheduling, pick-up and transporting the many township and state officials across the country (by air out of their local airports), to the Genova manufacturing and testing facility and established an acceptance and code by which PVC pipe has become a standard nation-wide.
Would anybody care to speculate the financial impact this company has had on the U.S. by virtue of the company airplane and the many local GA airports and FBO's? It should be blatantly clear what the entrepreneurial spirit and the company airplane contributed to our country and its economy.
We should challenge the government, the press and many naysayers and detractors of general aviation, to contact Genova Products and cover the role and impact this one company alone had on our society. And, they are just one of many such situations. Those in congress and the administration need to understand the universal role aviation plays and therefore a reasonable portion of the tax burden needs to be distributed among the population as a whole. Lastly, we don't need another bureaucracy to administer a $100 per flight fee when an in-place gas tax has proven to be a very effective means of tax collection!
Richard (not verified)
September 22, 2012 - 11:43am
I know FBO's that charge what they call "facility fees" right now that rival what the the government wants to do. Believe me greed kills. Once thriving airport traffic drops dramaticly and does not rebound. Pilots will route around the airports with the "buy fuel or pay us" policies. Government fees on top on this will kill GA.
Maynard McKillen (not verified)
September 23, 2012 - 9:39am
Has anyone stopped to ask, "Why does this User-Fees-for-Turbine-Flights idea keep coming up?" You can't just put it down to the scheming of one political party or the other, however much some respondents want to believe it. Why else would the idea rise from the dead in three successive administrations?
Since the Reagan Administration, and thanks to it, middle class Americans now shoulder a much larger share of the tax burden that used to be borne by the affluent and by large corporations. They've also watched their salaries and wages stagnate, while inflation and the cost of living have crept upward. They've lost buying power, discretionary income, and their labor has been devalued.
Republican legislators cannot endorse any tax or fee that would impact the donors who paid for their campaigns, and who promise them a soft landing in some cushy lobbying firm or think tank after their years of "public service" end. These donors have grown fat and arrogant under supply-side tax policy that amounts to an entitlement program for the already affluent. Wealthy Americans insist the American Dream is still available to those who will work to achieve it, citing their own success as proof. But what these affluent freeloaders will not admit is that, having achieved success under the protection of rule by law, using an infrastructure they do far too little to maintain, they wrongly insist, either out of ignorance or by indulging in monumental self-absorption and self-deceit, that they did it themselves. (Pause while the audience roars with laughter.)
Nor will these quirky thugs, these affluent freeloaders, admit that they now want to change the rules, to pull the ladder up behind them, to keep the club small, incestuous in thought and deed.
Enter the legislative branch of government, overpopulated with the underprincipled, many of whom want to ride any wave of public sentiment and milk votes out of it, in pursuit of... well, they are a decidedly averse-to-introspection-lot, so they don't know what the hell they want. Probably trying to make up for neglect and abuse suffered at the hands of damaged parents. Why the nation has to suffer these fools is a question for the gods.
Credit the affluent freeloaders for possession of acute predatory instincts. They see in the attention-starved politician an easy mark, a resource to be exploited in the pursuit of... well, they are a decidedly averse-to-introspection lot, so they don't know what the hell they want. Fair to say the affluent freeloaders have an addiction to money, power, influence, though what these are surrogates for is...yes, a question for the gods. Why the nation has to suffer these fools...you know the rest.
This nation once had the foresight to tax affluent freeloaders at a level that would keep their political influence in check, keep business booming, create and expand an infrastructure for the common good (a socialist approach, surely) and, by growing what was at the time the largest middle class any nation in the world had seen, arguably ever in recorded history, created the finest example of a democratic republic with a regulated free market economy. I speak of the 1950s.
True, women and minorities lived under the thumb of different laws and social corruptions than did white males. But taxes on the wealthy and big business were high by today's standards, and yet the economy was booming. If big business had dared to make the ridiculous claim that the tax rates applied to them would stifle job creation, the public would have laughed at such blatant lies and called them greedy, maladjusted whiners. The affluent and the leaders in big business didn't have a stranglehold on power and influence back then. Power resided with the middle class, where it always belongs.
Back then, a republican president chose not to dismantle New-Deal era reforms and innovations, not because he embraced them wholeheartedly, but because, witnessing the economic health of the nation, due in part to said innovations and discoveries, he put the nation first, not his party or any provincial, creaky, patriarchal, elitist ideology.
There is no correlation between tax cuts, especially those targeted at big business and the already affluent, and economic recovery or economic growth. Call it what it is: an entitlement program for the undeserving, one that offers no benefit to the nation or its citizens. It is welfare for the affluent freeloaders, who have grown too lazy to actually do the hard work required to run a business honestly. Instead they bribe their way to laws that favor the hording of wealth, that allow them to sequester it in off-shore tax havens, that allow them to invent byzantine financial "innovations" to hide their income, hide the value of their assets, and most importantly, hide their monumental business failures.
So why are User Fees again on the radar? Because all but a few of our legislators lack the courage to confront the affluent freeloaders and reform (read: simplify) the tax code to recapture the tax revenue freeloaders have sequestered for decades, revenue that belongs to the great nation that allowed these freeloaders to acquire affluence. Through the previous three administrations, legislators have looked for any means to capture that lost revenue, which represents part of the power they, and the government, can wield. Which recapture method will offend the smallest number of people? Enter User Fees.
The airlines, exempt from the fee, have no objection. Scratch one lobbying bloc. Piston engine aircraft are also exempt: scratch the private pilot bloc, a well-educated group very capable of activism on matters affecting their stick-time. But one of the private pilot organizations, AOPA (whose members fly mostly piston engined aircraft and would mostly not be affected by the proposed fee) has not been transparent in educating their members on the issue. This is a blight on their reputation. As a result of AOPA's obfuscations and lies of omission, too many private pilots believe that User Fees as proposed will affect their piston-engined aircraft flights, or have been scared by the Chicken-Little argument that it is only a matter of time before User Fees will be expanded to cover all private aviation flights by any category of aircraft.
Private pilots have to be prodded into recognizing that the affluent freeloaders aren't finished preying on the middle class, that the freeloaders' addiction to money and power cannot be curtailed by ignoring them, or by voting them whatever laws they want (and thereby voting against our own, and the nation's, best interests). Private pilots have to do much more than merely (my thanks to Mr. Moore for this observation) walk past the latest Cessna, Cirrus or Pilatus, gawk, whistle, and say, "Wow! Wish I could afford that..."
So, the legislators got your attention with talk of User Fees? It's clear we can't let the affluent freeloaders who own them decide what's best for our nation. Decades of entitlement has made the affluent so self-absorbed they can't see beyond their net worths. Their reign as the center of power has to end now. Either we restore equitable taxation and make the affluent freeloaders contribute justly to the nation's well-being, or we tax them with User Fees, and not just for turbine flights. If they don't like it, they can go live in those countries they outsourced jobs to. Hell yes I'm for User Fees! User Fees for affluent freeloaders. The IRS can supply the list.
The real task before us? Restore the government's power to tax corporations and the affluent equitably. Restore to the government sufficient power and clout, and only that, to participate with citizens and business in a balanced triumvirate. We had such a balance once, we can have it again. Then watch all talk of User Fees vanish and become a curious appendix of our economic history.
MC (not verified)
September 23, 2012 - 11:50am
Typical ... Gov looking to fix a problem that doesn't exist. If FAA funding is falling short, look for efficiencies and raise fuel Taxes! The tax system is already in place, works, and gets the money where it belongs ... No new bureaucracy and not one new penny will be required for oversight .... Period!
Less than honest and certainly less than honorable politicians think that we are too stupid to recognize that "fee" equals "tax" and they are scared to death of the "t" word. Do the right thing and stop pandering to idiots while trying to protect your own skin .... You were hired to protect ours!
The rest of you .... Stop over thinking this! You're part of the problem!
In case you're wondering .... Yes I am a pilot and I am far closer to the administrations poverty level than their definition of rich. I will pay my fuel taxes if increased and keep flying .... User "fees" will kill GA ... Look across the pond or down under! Are they really this stupid or is it intentional?
skypilot (not verified)
October 2, 2012 - 3:56pm
Some of the commenters here really need to get a breath of fresh air and rethink their position on what truly will kill the high end GA industry and a $100 ATC charge per IFR flight for turbine powered aircraft operating in the high altitude structure of our NAS is not that! - I'll bet that figure is close to what these guys tip the line boy at the FBO each time they refuel and load the catering aboard.
What will kill the GA industry is to espouse the theory that somehow because we have always done things one way, that's the way it has to remain. There is no such thing as a free lunch and the sooner the AOPA and NBAA crowd figure that out the better they will be able to represent their constituenticies on matters such as this with sensible solutions to insure the long-term growth of the GA industry.
What's interesting to me about this debate is that despite the facts, there seems to be a sense of entitlement by these high-end GA types who operate these multi-million aircraft of getting a free ride on the taxpayer's $ - sound familiar? - think about it!
John Michaylo (not verified)
October 8, 2012 - 1:16pm
Perhaps airspace users need to or should pay more to use the ATC infrastructure, but to me the key point is that whatever mechanism is put in place to fund it additional growth of the bureaucracy cannot be one of the results. Reduction of the cost of the infrastructure has to be as important as figuring out how to fund it. A user fee will require additional bureaucracy which will dilute (or negate) any benefit of the additional revenue from fees, which leaves us right where we started.
Whether biz jet owner/operators are "fat cats" leaching off a system supported by the "average Joe middle class GA owner/operator" or are actually small to mid-sized business owners working very hard to build or maintain a business that is not supported well by our commercial airline industry is an interesting (and important) discussion but will always be overly prone to opinion, political tendencies and a scarcity of factual demographics. But whichever side of that argument you find yourself on, fees are a bad idea. If we have to pay, at least use existing bureaucracy. So as much as I hate the idea of increased fuel taxes at least they won't add a new expensive FAA department to implement.
Instead of arguing which of our pockets the government should pick (fees or fuel taxes) we should be mobilizing to find ways to control the cost of the infrastructure and the bureaucracy behind it. That's not a political position, it's a pragmatic one.


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I had to smile when I saw the Perishable Pundit headline, "When confronted with the United/PMA merger, what would Jesus do?"
Most of the time we expect the Pundit to talk about "WWJD" in the context of "What would Jim do?" In this case, the Pundit commented on an e-mail from Fred Williamson, who closed his note to the Pundit with a reference to the New Testament verse John 16:33.
Going so far as to skillfully dissect the Greek and Hebrew meaning of the passage ("These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world, ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world"), Prevor concludes:
The verse that Fred sends us is Jesus talking to his disciples and advising them that because of his actions, his willingness to go to the cross, the temporal concerns of the world will be transcended. In sending this verse, Fred holds out the hopeful thought that the tribulations of the trade are difficult but also temporary and the result inevitable. Of course, that raises a question of leadership.
The verse doesn't preach that good outcomes are preordained; it explains that because of Jesus and his actions, the result has been determined. So the logical question in analogizing to the United/PMA merger talks is this: Who is to be our Jesus?
My own thought is this: in the context of the United/PMA merger talks, there is no Jesus. For Christians, "practicing the presence of Christ" in the context of our everyday public and private lives may be a useful exercise to stretch our faith and obedience. However, there is no use looking for "our Jesus" at PMA or United. That's a careless proposition.
There is but one Jesus, the one who Christians believe was sent to to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to give liberty to the captives and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. Unless I'm sorely mistaken, none of that has anything to do with the mission of United or PMA.


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A Study of Chemotherapy Plus Azidothymidine in the Treatment of Kaposi's Sarcoma in Patients With AIDS
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To study the safety and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of combined chemotherapy when it is administered to patients with advanced Kaposi's sarcoma together with one of two different doses of zidovudine (AZT).
The combination of AZT and chemotherapy may be effective in treating the tumor as well as preventing the life-threatening infections when used for patients with AIDS and Kaposi's sarcoma. The MTD of combined chemotherapy is being determined so that the information will be available for future studies, when the relative effectiveness of the two doses of AZT has been learned.
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|A Phase I Study of Combination Chemotherapy (Adriamycin, Bleomycin, and Vincristine) and Azidothymidine in the Treatment of AIDS Related Kaposi's Sarcoma
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The combination of AZT and chemotherapy may be effective in treating the tumor as well as preventing the life-threatening infections when used for patients with AIDS and Kaposi's sarcoma. The MTD of combined chemotherapy is being determined so that the information will be available for future studies, when the relative effectiveness of the two doses of AZT has been learned.
AMENDED: AZT by mouth. If the treatment is well tolerated, subsequent groups of patients are started on increasing doses of doxorubicin combined with the same dose of bleomycin and vincristine. After determination of the MTD of chemotherapy in combination with AZT, the 2nd phase begins in which AZT is given and the first group of patients is given bleomycin and vincristine only. If this combination is well tolerated, then the subsequent groups are started on increasing doses of doxorubicin with the same dose of bleomycin, vincristine and AZT. The MTD of chemotherapy in combination with AZT is then determined. Patients achieving maximum response to the tumor are maintained on AZT alone. This is an outpatient study, and patients are seen every 2 weeks for evaluation, with a physical examination every month. Original design: The combination of chemotherapy and AZT is given to groups of four patients each, the first group beginning with bleomycin and vincristine, without the addition of doxorubicin. The chemotherapy is given intravenously every 2 weeks. This is combined first with AZT by mouth.
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Patients must demonstrate any of the following clinical and laboratory findings:
- 25 or more mucocutaneous lesions with or without lymphedema.
- Progressive Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) with 10 or more new lesions in the month prior to study entry or visceral involvement.
- Oral mucosal lesion(s) requiring therapy.
- Prior history of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) or Mycobacterium avium intracellulare.
Patients with any of the following constitutional symptoms with no etiology established may be included:
- Temperature > 38 degrees C and/or drenching night sweats for more than 1 month.
- Watery diarrhea (= or > 3 stools/day) for 2 or more weeks.
- Weight loss > 10 percent of normal. Patients with carcinoma in situ of the cervix or localized squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin may be included.
Active alcohol or drug abuse sufficient to prevent adequate compliance with study therapy.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following conditions will be excluded:
- Peripheral sensory or motor neuropathy.
- Opportunistic infections requiring therapy.
- Significant pulmonary (exertional dyspnea with minimal exercise) or cardiac insufficiency (New York Heart Association, status > 2).
- Serious neuropsychiatric illness which would prevent informed consent of intensive treatment.
Concurrent Medication:
- Any drugs causing anemia, neutropenia, or significant risk of nephrotoxicity. Patients with a history of other systemic malignancies or lymphomas, except carcinoma in situ of the cervix or localized squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin, will be excluded from the study.
Prior Medication:
- Systemic antineoplastic chemotherapy.
- Excluded within 30 days of study entry:
- Any other investigational therapy.
- Antiretroviral agents (zidovudine, ribavirin).
- Immunomodulating agents (steroids, interferons, naltrexone, isoprinosine, and interleukin-2).
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000987
|United States, California
|UCLA CARE Center CRS
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|Study Chair:
|PS Gill
|Study Chair:
|S Miles
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000987 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
11049 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES Registry Number )
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|March 28, 2012
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Drug Therapy, Combination
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue
Liposomal doxorubicin
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Antineoplastic Agents
Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
Topoisomerase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Tubulin Modulators
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


text: With the new SuperFriends in Miami, it got me thinking: players like Rush will see their value rise in the NBA, especially among Eastern Conference contenders. Teams are going to need to have solid perimeter defenders in the 6th/7th month role, and that is what Rush does. As I remember, he has defended Wade fairly well in the past. Just a little food for thought, wondering what other people think. Is there something to this or am I reading too much into the SuperFriends phenomenon? I'm not saying that these guys are going to be highly sought after commodities, but I think teams will be more interested in guys like him knowing they have to counter two monsters on the perimeter in Miami.


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Cedar Grow Table
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Exclusive | Grow a Beautiful Garden on Your Porch, Deck or Patio
- A substantial and exceptionally sturdy elevated garden
- Grow just about any vegetable — without bending or kneeling
- Made from beautiful, durable, rot-resistant cedar
Harvest fresh vegetables right from your patio or deck! The 6-5/8" deep planting box on this convenient growing table is deep enough for most types of vegetables, including peppers and compact patio tomato varieties. The hefty, 4" x 4" legs provide sturdy support, and there's a handy lower shelf for supplies.
Product Details
- Cedar
- 50" L x 23-1/4" W x 33" H
- Holds 86 quarts of planting mix
- Assembly required
- Gardener's Supply Exclusive
Reviewed by 3 customers
- Attractive
- Solid and sturdy
- Packaged poorly
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Comments about : Cedar Grow Table:
Was disappointed upon opening the box and finding that a couple of pieces had been damaged in shipping. However, it was easy to repair the damaged pieces and once assembly was complete the unit was attractive and sturdy. Perfect size to put out on our deck. I don't like the thin wooden floor and may replace it with something a little sturdier. Overall this is a nice planter, I would recommend it.
- Was this a gift?:
- Yes
- Company was helpful
- Poor packaging
- Poor quality
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Comments about : Cedar Grow Table:
This item has some pre-assembling and the parts that were nailed ahead were not centered correctly and the pieces split. The bottom piece of the garden is layer plywood and the layers were separating. It was also poorly packaged and other items were damaged.
I was SO disappointed.
- Conveniently Located
- Easy to assemble
- Looks great
- Love The Storage Shelf
- Terrific Raised Garden
Best Uses
- Grow Lettuce Etc
- Loaded With Herbs
Comments about : Cedar Grow Table:
Mine is located right outside my patio door, off my kitchen. I bought it specifically to plant my non-invasive herbs for ready access. Plus I smell the pungent odors they give off every time I open the door! My husband easily assembled it and we had it full of plants that day! Spacious and a handy shelf below stores everything I need. No negatives at all! Did I mention how easy it is on my back without stooping, and no critters get to my herbs!
- Was this a gift?:
- No
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Topic: What Chemo should be used for me?
Well, I have an appointment with my oncologist today at 1pm. We are discussing final decisions on my adjuvant therapy that starts on Friday the 13th. As of now, I believe they are only putting me on Gemzar but from what I can gather, the combination of Gemzar/Cisplatin is the 'standard of care' for CC.
My situation is a bit different in that there is no remaining tumor and the chemo is preventative to hope for a better chance of non-recurrence.
I actually sent an email to Dr. Javle at MD Anderson, gave him my history, and he also suggested a combination Gemcitabine/Cisplatin for 3-4 months with 5.5 weeks of Radiation and oral Xeloda. I am going to bring this up to my oncologist today but really have no clue as to what I should be doing.
Suggestions/comments?? Thanks in advance!
Husband to Eileen, Dad to Hunter (17) and Sydney (15)
Attitude is everything, you have to keep it positive! And take it one day at a time, it's all anyone can do with this disease...


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Now gather around and pay attention. If you don't already have one of today's steal, the 2.5" Create a Sticker maker by Xyron, then pause what you are doing right now and steal this baby. As a crafter of 15+ years, this tool is a necessity in my work space. The ability to turn pretty much anything flat into a sticker is won-der-ful. There are times when it's just so much easier to slide your delicate pieces, title letters, ribbons, flowers, die cuts...you name it through the machine providing instant stickage, rather than having to deal with glue pens, adhesive dispensers or glue dots.
Every year my 11 year old hints that she'd really like the Christmas gifts to be wrapped with bows and tags added. Reality is that I feel pretty accomplished slapping on the name of the recipient with a sharpie marker. :) I decided to make a better effort this year and made some gift tags using my Silhouette machine and the glorious 2.5" sticker maker.
First I cut out all of my gift tag pieces.
Next I ran them through my 2.5" Create a Sticker maker.
Then I assembled the pieces together, lickety split. Seriously. Fast. Then I ran the entire tag back through the sticker machine and they are ready for when I finally get around to wrapping gifts! Hooray for my 11 year old. Presents with tags on them. I feel so accomplished. :)
While I adore my Xyron "X" sticker maker, the extra space provided with the 2.5 is wonderful. In fact of all of the Xyron machines that I own, the 2.5 is my "go to".
Because of the extra space to work with, I decided to sparkle a piece of chipboard by running the chipboard through the machine face down.
Next I added glitter to the front on top of the adhesive...
...removed the excess then put it together in a very simple and quick card.
Lastly I remembered that I have yet to make "teacher gifts" and the last day of school is today! Eeek!
I ran some strips of paper through my machine, stuck them to the front and backsides of these clothes pins, added some super strength magnets and ended up with these cute clips.
So there you have it! The 2.5" Create a Sticker machine by Xyron really is love!
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"I purchased this product and the two year warranity. I am having problems with playing dvd's. The machine takes forever to load the dvd's or when it does load the dvd, it makes so much noise, I can't hear my program. How can I contact Overstock to return this product"
Love this product. Enjoying taking vhs turning into dvd to enjoy again...
Toshiba DVR620 DVD/VCR Combo
ITEM#: 12026515Have both VCR and DVD recording and playback options without the clutter. The versatile DVR620 takes the fuss out of saving your videotapes to DVD and enhances DVD picture quality to near HD with 1080p upconversion via HDMI. With a maximum DVD recording time of 8 hours, this convenient device makes it easy to capture multiple episodes of your favorite sitcom or drama. The built-in Dolby Digital sound system ensures that every screen sound from subtle whispers to screeching tires comes in crisp and clear. The included remote control lets you alter settings from across the room.
- Manufacturer: Toshiba
- Manufacturer Part Number: DVR620
- Manufacturer Website Address: https://www.toshiba.com
- Brand Name: Toshiba
- Product Model: DVR620
- Product Name: DVR620 DVD Recorder/VCR Combo
- Product Type: DVD Recorder/VCR
- Media Formats: DVD-RW
- Maximum DVD Recording Time: 8 Hour
- Number of Heads: 4
- Video Formats: SVCD
- Scan Format: 1080p
- Picture Control: Zoom
- Scanning Modes: Progressive Scan
- Sound System: Dolby Digital
- Audio Formats: CD-DA
- Image Formats: JPEG
- Component Video
- Composite Video
- Digital Audio Coaxial Out
- Remote Control
- Color: Black
- Height: 3.9"
- Width: 17.1"
- Depth: 10.6"
- Weight (Approximate): 9.46 lb
- Package Contents:
- DVR620 DVD Recorder/VCR Combo
- Remote Control
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Unreliable VHS section
Product lasted only long enough to transfer 20 VHS tapes t disc before the VHS section failed disabling any operation. Very disappointing and costly "brick" now destined for the electronic landfill.Read More
no separate receiver not practical
can't record one show while watching another - not worth it unless you will only record when you are not home or watching something else. do not understand why they took away the receiversRead More
al prewitt
Love this product. Enjoying taking vhs turning into dvd to enjoy againRead More
Works as advertised.
This DVD-RW + VCR Combo works as advertised and is a great value for the price. I use it like a DVR to record my favorite shows and watch them later. I don't miss an episode. As a Club O Member my DVD-RW + VCR Combo just stopped working one day, shortly after I got it. An it was replaced with a new one a few days after I reported it defective. No hassle.Read More
No tuner that is a problem
I did not know that this VCR/DVD could not record due to know built in tuner.....it is to late for me to return due to that I threw out the box it came in. Now the DVD part plays great clear etc. But the rest I have the problem will have to hunt to find something that will be able to record from my television. Buyer beware.Read More
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Major design flaw!
This was a first: a VCR/DVD player -- with no input connector! That's right, no coax in/out; just a "digital coax in" [RCA plug] The only thing worse would have been to forget a power cord. Toshiba help line was no help; apparently, this was a "feature" not a bug ...Read More
vcr/dvd combo
Ive had the chance to use this now for a few weeks. It works pretty good but it seems to be lacking in some common functions of a player. There is no commercial skip on the vcr. Also you have to have a very direct and straight shot of the remote to the player for it to pick it up. I know this sounds weird but im talking about it being at same height off the floor straight at it or it wont work. The manual that came with it is kinda lacking. It would be good to have more info on what everything does and what all it is capable of. Im just glad to have one that works at this point. The vcr/dvd combos are getting pretty hard to find. Picture quality from tapes is very good! Dvd player works well but ive not recorded from this yet so i cant say how well it does.Read More
Unfortunate Return - Does not have a TV Tuner
I purchased this Toshiba DVD/VCR Recorder and had it sent to me in New Zealand - excellent delivery service in 3-4 days. As the unit did not have a TV Tuner, there was no way that I could use it for recording programmes from the TV. As a DVD to VCR and VCR to DVD I would suggest that it would be suitable for that purpose. I spoke to The Call Centre and, after explaining my problem, was put through to the Reurns Department at Overstock. My return and subsequent refund from Overstock was handled in a very friendly and helpful manner with my repayment back to me within a week of the unit leaving my hands. Definitely recommend Overstock.com - will certainly use their services again. Thank you Overstock.Read More
Good Value
Arrived promptly, in excellent condition. Set up was relatively easy and we had the recorder up and running in a short time.Read More
Great buy
This was a very good buy. Video playback quality very good. I can dub all my old vhs tapes to dvd with ease.Read More
Questions & Answers
Hello Gus, you will be contacted by Customer Care. Have a great day.
"One reviewer stated that there was no coaxial input. Is this correct? I need to go from my cable box into this machine."
Hello samsmama13, unfortunately this item is out of stock. We currently do not have inventory to check, and cannot guarantee the item will be restocked. Thank you for shopping with us.
"Is this (Item #: 12026515) new, unopened or is it refurbished?"
Hello JOTT, this is new. Have a great day!
"Does this vcr have a tuner"
Hello stingerbob, this one does not have a tuner. Thank you for your question. Shelia B
"Please, Brazil is regional 4. This unit is universal (All regionals), working with my regional, or only in regional 1 (USA)? Rodolfo"
Hello rolopes, this Toshiba DVR620 DVD/VCR Combo plays in regional 1 only. Please feel free to contact us again with any further questions.
"I see this machine has an S-Video uotput and would like to know if this output works for both the DVD and the VHS. On some machines it only works with the DVD and I have many VHS tapes I would to transfer and need the S-Video output for the best quality."
Hello ronj50, this DVD player can in fact be used to transfer VHS to DVD via S-Video. If you have any additional questions please feel free to let us know. Thank you for shopping with us!
"Will this unit record on DVD+R as well as on DVD-R disks? Does it have HDMI input as well as HDMI output?"
Hello elko627, this will record both DVD+R and -R. This item has the following terminals. Component Out 1 HDMITM Out 1 Front DV Input 1 Front A/V Input 1 Rear S-Video Input/Output 1 /1 Rear RCA-Video Input/Output 1 /1 Rear Analog Audio Input/Output 1/1 Coaxial Digital Audio Output 1 Thank you for shopping with us.
"A question asked on 8/28 2012 was if this unit recorded VHS to DVD. On 8/29 Overstock customer care replied:: "No, this player does not record VHS to DVD. Please feel free to contact us again with any further questions.overstockcustomercare1 on Aug 29, 2012 But then on 28 January a question was asked if it could record from DVD to VHS AND from VHS to DVD and the Overstock customer care replied: "Yes, you can record a VHS to a DVD, but not the other way around". overstockcustomercare1 on Jan 30, 2013 So...one customer care person said it CAN record from VHS to DVD and the other said it CANNOT. Can you clarify which is the correct answer please"
According to the manual and the device, you can dub either way (DVD to VHS and VHS to DVD). However, most retail DVDs are protected and you will not be able to break their security to dub them using this machine.
Hello, we sincerely apologize for the misinformation. This machine can dub DVD to VHS and VHS to DVD Thank you for shopping with us.
"I have some NTSC VHS tapes I would like to transfer to DVD. Will this machine do that?"
Hello, renewable. Hope your day is going well. This will not transfer tapes; it's strictly a player. Thank you for shopping with us and please feel free to contact us again with any further questions.
OVERSTOCK: You are contradicting the other Overstock answers. WHICH IS IT - DOES THE DVD RECORD FROM THE VHS????? OR NOT?????
"Can I set this to record different channels while i'm gone? Can I record one thing but watch another?"
You can program to record but must use the TV Tuner to do so. You cannot record one program and watch another since it does not have a tuner built in.
"To clarify - does this unit have dubbing capabilities to transfer from VCR tapes to make DVDs copies?"
Yes it does.
"Why do you say in your Q&A that the unit does NOT record VHS to DVD while the reviews talk about that very feature being a benefit? Perhaps I'm missing something. ALSO, does one need a separate tuner or can we plug directly into a TV, or must it be a cable box, which we have in another room? THanks in advance for your response."
The product details state the maximum DVD recording time of 8 Hours. You can plug the unit directly into either a TV or a combination tuner and TV.
"Does this product allow you to play and record both PAL and NTSC?"
Yes, this product does allow the play and record of both PAL and NTSC.
"Can anyone help me find a VCR/DVD Recorder/Player with a digital tuner built in?"
We do not currently offer a VCR/DVD device with a digital tuner.
"Does this have a digital tuner built in? My unit is going out on me and I will eithr have to have another unit with a digital tuner built in or get cable or dish. I would prefer to get another unit if possible."
I apologize, this does not have one built in.
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veganray wrote:JHern wrote:IMVHO, manufacturers themselves tweak a lot of production discs after they get the prototypes approved, making versions of discs that would not pass PDGA standards and rules if submitted by themselves. Why isn't there such a moral outrage against that, as there is for the po-folk pouring hot water on their plastic?
Haha. Can we trust a vegan to know what a herring looks like?


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The 49ers have signed free-agent safety and special-teams standout Darcel McBath to a one-year contract, the team announced Thursday.
McBath spent the 2012 season with the 49ers after signing just before training camp. He appeared in all 19 games, finishing with eight special-teams tackles during the season and one in the playoffs.
Panthers: Carolina will sign former 49ers receiver/returner Ted Ginn Jr. to a one-year contract, according to NFL.com.
In three seasons with the 49ers, Ginn caught 33 passes for 384 yards. He also returned 94 punts and 87 kickoffs.
Cardinals: Defensive end Frostee Rucker has agreed to a one-year contract.
Rucker started all 16 games with the Cleveland Browns last season.
Giants: Quarterback David Carr has re-signed as a backup to Eli Manning.
Chiefs: Left tackle Branden Albert has signed his franchise tender and will this season for $9.828 million unless he works out a long-term deal.
Titans: Safety Bernard Pollard has agreed to a one-year contract. A seven-year veteran, Pollard spent the past two seasons with Baltimore.
Duper arrested: Former Miami Dolphins wide receiver Mark Duper was arrested on one count of felony child abuse after he beat his 17-year-old son during a series of fights at their home in Jacksonville, Fla., police said.
Duper attacked his son, Marcus, three times and knocked him out twice, authorities said.
Harlon Hill dies: Harlon Hill, the former star receiver for the Chicago Bears whose name adorns the NCAA Division II player of the year trophy, has died after a lengthy illness. He was 80.
Sam Hurd re-indicted: A federal grand jury in Dallas has re-indicted former NFL wide receiver Sam Hurd, who already is accused of trying to establish a drug-distribution network. The new indictment charges Hurd with conspiracy to possess five kilograms or more of cocaine with intent to distribute.


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Didn't know about SWTOR restricting quick bars, was planning to go f2p to level cap then resub again :P
This kinda seems petty of Bioware, I'm not sure if I'm going to even bother with f2p now...turns me off from the game somewhat. Too bad, I was looking forward to playing again.
Maybe I'll just buy some Skyrim addon packs instead...>.<


text: Things to do Friday, May 3, 2013 May 2, 2013 Story Share MusicBILL ROSS RECYCLE BAND: 7 to 10 p.m. Cover $5. Elk River Community Center, 1047 Main St., Elkview. Call 304-965-3722.MOUNTAIN MUSIC JAM: 5 to 8 p.m. Free. Open to traditional musicians. Lawn of Carnegie Hall, 105 Church St., Lewisburg. Call 304-645-7917.BARE BONES: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free. Taylor Books, 226 Capitol St. Call 304-342-1461 or visit www.taylorbooks.com.WEST VIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 8 p.m. Adults tickets start at $12. Students and children start at $6. Featuring organist Peter Dubois. Includes Bartok's "The Miraculous Mandarin Suite" and more. Clay Center. Call 304-561-3570 or visit www.theclaycenter.org.Stage/theaterMIMI GONZALEZ and SID DAVIS: 8 and 10:15 p.m. Admission $10. The Comedy Zone, Holiday Inn, 400 Second Ave., South Charleston. Call 304-414-2386 or visit www.comedyzonecharleston.com."A DELICATE BALANCE": 8 p.m. Adults $15. Seniors and students $10. Pulitzer prize-winning, dark comedy detailing the seemingly peaceful, upper middle-class life of Agnes and Tobias that's disrupted one night. Written by Edward Albee. Alban Arts Center, 65 Olde Main St. Call 304-721-8896."ANYTHING GOES": 7:30 p.m. Adults $10. Students and seniors $8. Capitol High School Performing Arts Center. Call 304-348-6500, ext. 156. "EVITA": 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20. Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice's Tony-Award winning musical about Eva Peron. Presented by Charleston Light Opera Guild. Charleston Civic Center Little Theater. Call 304-343-2287."NO PLACE LIKE NOWHERE": 7:30 p.m. Adults $6. Students $4. Comedy about brothers attempting to put on a two-man production of Romeo and Juliet in Nowhere, Nev. Charleston Catholic High School Drama Troupe. Charleston Catholic High School Commons, 1033 Virginia. St. E. Call 304-342-8415."CROWNS": 6:30 p.m., 110 Marshall in Beckley. A gospel music dinner theater. Tickets are $15 per person or $25 for couples and $7.50 for children under 12. Reservations are required. Call 304-222-2536 or email firstname.lastname@example.com."QUILTERS": 7:30 p.m., Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Lewisburg. Musical by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek. Musical explores the history of women on the frontier. Tickets are $24 for adults, $21 for seniors and $18 for students and children. Call the GVT Box Office at 304-645-3838. ArtARTIST RECEPTION: 6 to 9 p.m. Free. An opening reception for the work of painter Scottie Stowers. Regular hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Salon Indigo, 1587 Washington St. E. Call 304-347-0055. DanceEXTREME COUNTRY DANCE CLUB: 8 to 10 p.m. (Lessons at 6:30 p.m.) Admission $5. Elk Elementary Center, Mink Shoals exit of Interstate 79. Call 304-949-3973 or 304-549-0910.GOOD TIME COUNTRY DANCERS: 6:30 to 10 p.m. Cost $5. Line dance and patterned couples dance. Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department, 6313 MacCorkle Ave. Call 304-545-6377 or 304-550-7144. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 WVU law professor announces run for Congress 4 St. Albans rallies to beat Riverside, 21-17 5 WVU pulls away from Kansas for 56-34 win Marshall faculty representative says Board of Governors' statement a mistake Previous Story Bulletin board: May 3, 2013 Next Story


text: It's an out-and-back on rocky, slow, difficult and demanding (but yet run-able) trail. Starting at the Tea Room in Gambrill State Park we run down the hill to the trail head for the Blue trail. Once we get on the Blue trail we follow it through Gambrill State Park, through the Frederick Watershed and into Cunningham State Park where we then turn around at the Manor Area of Cunningham State Park.There are a couple of favorable points to this challenging yet entertaining run: (1) Shade. The course is almost entirely covered with luscious tree foliage. (2) Streams. there are several stream crossings where you can twinkle your toes in cool "beer commercial" type of mountain water and cool down. If we don't have a lot of rain and it's a hot summer the streams will wither up and dry and will tease you with the thought of what they once were. If rains hard during the race (2001) then the trail becomes a major water way and it's... hello, where did I put my goggles. Since this is an out and back on an established trail and has been permanently blazed with light blue blazes on a fair number of trees. The trail will not be marked with the customary engineering ribbons or chalk. No trail maps or orienteering seminars will be conducted. Simply follow the runner in front of you. This should work as long as they don't get lost or take a wrong turn. Once you reach the half way point its simply a matter of turning around and retracing your steps and facing the hill back up to Rick's overlook and on to the finish line. Getting lost is always possible but let's hope for the best. Sixty percent of the runners get off course at least once. This course will penalize any runner who runs "heads down". The Catoctin 50k trail run requires that you slow down/stop and look around at each intersection. If you think you know the way without looking around then we wish you good luck and hope your detour is minimal. If you have a habit of not following directions then please don't run. There's no search and rescue which means race management and volunteers have to cover the course and surrounding areas. This is a very unpleasant situation and makes us very "unhappy". Course questions will be answered at the pre-race briefing. Unreasonable complaints, criticisms, and selfish attitudes will be ignored and race management and/or the appropriate volunteer will administer humility to the participant in question.


text: The University of San Diego's five-year stranglehold on the West Coast Conference Commissioner's Cup awarded annually to the WCC institution with the most success in conference play is in serious jeopardy. BYU increased its lead to 11.5 points in the race for the 2012-13 Cup with decent finishes in men's and women's golf and tennis recently. BYU now has 71.0 points through April's events and leads Santa Clara (59.5) after the Broncos won a share of the women's tennis regular season title. San Diego is just behind Santa Clara, with 59.0 points. In the men's race, BYU is in second place with 29.0 points, three behind leader Saint Mary's College (32.0 points). In the women's race, BYU leads with 42.0 points and Santa Clara is second with 35.0. The Cougars won't gain any ground in the next few weeks because BYU doesn't have rowing. That sport's women's championship is May 18 in Gold River, Calif.


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WILMINGTON, Del. A new poll released by Chase Card Services has found that 55% of families have yet to begin back-to-school shopping, and 62% have not set a budget for back-to-school purchases.
"With a plan in place, parents are empowered to make the right decisions in what can often be a significant shopping season," said Tom O'Donnell, general manager Chase Card Services. "And there is no better moment to teach kids about planning and spending wisely than when the money is being spent on them."
Of the 38% of Americans who have set a budget for back-to-school shopping this year, 41% said their budgets are smaller this year as compared with 2009, the survey found.
The poll found that parents will be focusing on the basics, with 34% saying they plan to just buy must-have items. Parents also are looking to save with the following tactics: shopping at discount stores (59%), reusing school-related supplies (36%) and clipping coupons (24%).


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Risers and fallers after Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Martinsville:
Jimmie Johnson: Johnson didn't make the biggest gain in the points standings Sunday, but he may have made the biggest move of the season. By winning at Martinsville, Johnson leaped to the top of the standings at the most critical time of the year. His fourth win of the season—and seventh of his career at Martinsville—gave him the Chase lead with just three races remaining and for just the third time this season.
As usual, Five-Time is peaking at just the right time.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.: No matter how much you fault him for trying to race with a concussion, Earnhardt has done and said all the right things since realizing he had a significant injury. By sitting out for two races, he sent a message to fellow drivers about the dangers of concussions and showed that, though costly, it's OK to stay on the sidelines while recovering from a serious injury. After his forthcoming interview on Friday at Martinsville, hopefully, other drivers will follow his lead.
Earnhardt also made a successful return at Martinsville. He was fast all weekend, drove a superb race on Sunday and was headed for an impressive finish before getting taken out by Carl Edwards with nine laps remaining. Junior even showed a bit of angst after the race, chiding his crew for a risky pit call that put him in a bad position.
Aric Almirola: Since being united with crew chief Todd Parrott seven races ago, Almirola has shown tremendous potential. He finished 12th three weeks ago at Charlotte. Then he led 69 laps at Kansas before wrecking. At Martinsville on Sunday, he finally put it all together, matching his career high with a fourth-place finish.
It couldn't come at a better time for Almirola, either, as he is hoping to land a new contract for next year with Richard Petty Motorsports. RPM would be wise to re-sign Almirola and keep he and Parrott together.
Denny Hamlin: Martinsville was supposed to be the place where Hamlin surged back into the thick of the championship race. Instead, he and his Joe Gibbs Racing team shot themselves in the foot and eliminated themselves from championship contention at a track where they could have won.
Two speeding penalties derailed Hamlin, but he came back from both of them and was racing for the lead—and the win—again when the master control switch on his car broke, causing his car to stall. His 33rd-place finish dropped him to 49 points behind Johnson and out of title contention.
Hamlin has won five races this year and thought this might be his best chance to win a championship. But mistakes and mechanical problems have hampered him all season and hurt him again at the worst possible time.
Tony Stewart: Wow, what a difference a year makes. At this time last year, Stewart was in the midst of one of the most remarkable championship runs in NASCAR history. A year later, Stewart and his Stewart-Haas team have just flat stunk in this year's Chase.
After getting off to a decent start in the Chase, Stewart struggled and finished 20th at Dover. Then he caused a wreck and finished 22nd at Talladega. He struggled again and finished 13th at Charlotte.
At Martinsville, where Stewart jump-started his championship run with a win last year, Stewart struggled all day, got lapped twice and finished 27th. A year after winning the title, Stewart is 10th in the standings and could match the worse points finish of his career (11th).
Kevin Harvick: Harvick's blown engine at Martinsville just added insult to injury for what has been a miserable season. A year after winning four races and finishing third in the Chase for the second consecutive season, Harvick is winless and has been terrible in the Chase, failing to score a single top-10 finish.
He was running well at Martinsville until his engine soured and finally blew with 25 laps left in the race. His 32nd-place finish was his worst of the season and dropped him to 11th in the standings.
Power rankings
1. Jimmie Johnson (Last week: 2)
2. Brad Keselowski (1)
3. Clint Bowyer (3)
4. Kasey Kahne (4)
5. Kyle Busch (10)
6. Jeff Gordon (9)
7. Denny Hamlin (5)
8. Greg Biffle (11)
9. Matt Kenseth (6)
10. Ryan Newman (17)
11. Martin Truex Jr. (8)
12. Tony Stewart (7)
13. Kevin Harvick (12)
14. Paul Menard (15)
15. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (20)
16. Aric Almirola (18)
17. Brian Vickers (NR)
18. Carl Edwards (14)
19. Mark Martin (13)
20. Sam Hornish Jr. (24)
21. Bobby Labonte (26)
22. Joey Logano (21)
23. Jamie McMurray (22)
24. Juan Pablo Montoya (23)
25. Regan Smith (16)
26. Landon Cassill (28)
27. Jeff Burton (25)
28. Marcos Ambrose (19)
29. Kurt Busch (NR)
30. Casey Mears (NR)


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BENICIA -- The waterfront, sunshine, music and fun activities were the ingredients of the returning Benicia Waterfront Festival.
After a seven-year hiatus, the two-day festival made a comeback Saturday, hoping to attract a broader range of visitors.
"It's been great," event coordinator Deborah Meyer said. "There's definitely more people here than the Art and Jazz Festival."
The Benicia Fine Art & Jazz Festival replaced the Waterfront Festival after it was discontinued. However, attendance was shrinking.
"I think (the Waterfront Festival) appeals to a broader range of people," Meyer said. "We see more families with younger kids, and younger people."
The weekend festival offers 65 food and shopping vendors, craft beer and wine, a music stage, seating areas, and a children's section.
Organized by the nonprofit organization Benicia Main Street, the summer event also serves as its biggest fundraiser.
"The proceeds go into our general fund, which goes back to the downtown area," Meyer said.
Because the drowning of a 21-year-old man ended the festival seven years ago, the board of directors have decided not to include any water activities.
However, Meyer said that's something that is still in consideration for future festivals.
Three women have made the Waterfront Festival their tradition.
"We have been coming here for a long time," Karen Richer, of Vallejo, said.
Richer, her spouse Martie Keating, and Keating's sister Carol, however, were not a big fan of its replacement.
"It was just boring," Richer said. "It didn't feel like there was any life to it... No personality."
After the first year, the women stopped coming.
This year, even though they said they were glad to see the Waterfront Festival back, they said there's room for improvement.
"It's a lot smaller," Martie Keating said. "And it's their first year, so it feels a little disorganized."
They also hope for more seating and shade, they said.
In any case, the trio said they will be coming back next year.
The festival will continue today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the foot of First Street. Tickets are $10 per adult, $5 per senior, and children under 12 years are free.
For more information, visit www.beniciamainstreet.org.
Contact staff writer Irma Widjojo at (707) 553-6835 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @IrmaVTH.


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One of my Bordeaux, WA connections sent me an email today with the title being about "Monster Trees" with content about logging. I've been asked many times if I know what was the tallest fir tree logged in Washington state. Sadly, I do not. But if the pictures in the blog post at SBYNEWS entitled before Chainsaws Logging Monster Trees don't provide any reasonable examples of one or two, I don't know what will.
Here's an example of one from the article that makes me question whether it was just one tree or not. If it was, all I can say is "Wow".
I know the photo above is small but you can see a larger one by following the link above to the site. You might have read my earlier article[intlink id="1665″ type="post"]1938 Bordeaux Washington Old Growth Logs[/intlink] that included one of our personal family photos showing trucks loaded with some fairly large old growth logs.
These pictures bring up all sorts of questions like, "how did they get those big trees down, how did they load them on the trucks, and how could that small looking truck haul that big log on a dirt road"?


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ChUcK wrote:If you want to keep calling me names like a child, that's fine. I'll simply continue to fill your thread with the ways that your stencil sale is not what it seems.
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Third point: This thread is an advertisement. The spokesperson for this advertisement, when challenged to defend his offering, finds the best plan of action is to act like a child who has been caught lying.
I hope you aren't a salesman in real life, your commission would be less than satisfactory. I don't understand what you do not intend to take away from acid- it seems to me that the very least you could take away is some tips, techniques, and social skills.
This is the people's forum- not mine, not yours. Also, there's a section dedicated to For Sale items, why don't you try selling your vinyl there? As far as I know, this part is for showing off, not selling.


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Trick or treating has gone to the dogs! Bring your costumed canine friends to The Farm for this special Halloween event. Dog will trick or treat, take advantage of photo opportunities and leave with a treat bag just for them. All dogs must be on leash. Multiple humans may attend with each dog.
Tickets are $5 per dog and can be purchased at The Farm or Poudre Pet & Feed Supply.


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AN investigation has been launched at Royal Blackburn Hospital following the sudden death of a Ribble Valley man.
Paul Shaw suffered a stroke after an intravenous drip was wrongly inserted into his neck, an inquest opening at Blackburn Coroner's Court heard.
He was transferred to the Critical Care Unit but died on Friday, May 30.
Health bosses said an investigation was under way, but refused to say whether the healthcare professional involved had been suspended.
Mr Shaw, 50, went into hospital on Tuesday, May 20, for an operation on a large incisional hernia, which occurs when body tissue pokes through a surgical wound in the abdomen that has not fully healed, the hearing was told.
His condition deteriorated after it was found a tube had been inserted into the carotid artery, which carries blood to the brain, instead of the jugular vein.
In a statement released after the hearing, medical director for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Dr Ian Stanley said: "East Lancashire Hospitals Trust would like to express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mr Shaw following this tragic incident. We cannot comment on any specific details but can confirm that it is subject to a full investigation."
The Lancashire Telegraph's medical expert Dr Tom Smith said: "It's a colossal tragedy."
The court was told how Mr Shaw, who was born in Sheffield but lived in Edisford Road, Clitheroe, died from a stroke, a blood clot, and the insertion of the vascular line.
Vasopressin treatment, which is administered to control the increased flow of urine in people suffering from diabetes insipidus, but can also cause narrowing of the arteries, was also a contributory factor.
Mr Shaw lived at Thistle Manor, a residential care home, and the inquest into the commis chef's death was adjourned.


text: Google and Acer have announced the Acer C7 Chromebook. The Chromebook will be available tomorrow on Google Play, BestBuy.com, and Best Buy stores. The retail price will be $199. The Acer C7 is already available on Google Play, Amazon UK, PC World, and Currys. The Acer C7 has an 11.6-inch display, 3.5 hours of battery life, a full-size keyboard, and a clickable trackpad. The Acer C7 boots up in 18 seconds and is 1-inch thin. The Acer C7 has 100GB of Google Drive Cloud Storage and a 320GB hard disk drive. It also has an HD camera, 3x USB 2.0 ports, 1 HDMI port, 1 VGA port, WiFi, and an Ethernet port.


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Jemima Khan
Jemima surprised her native England when she married Imran Khan, Pakistani cricket legend and member of the country's National Assembly. After years of crusading with her husband against corruption and fighting for refugees' rights, she divorced him and moved back to England, where she found a new love in actor Hugh Grant.That relationship ended in 2007. She recently made headlines when she offered to post bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after he was arrested in London. Oh, and she also recently dissed Prince William's future bride Kate Middleton on Twitter, saying, "Kate Middleton -- those are not heir-bearing hips are they? Unfeasibly narrow."
AppealIn 1995, Jemima Khan married retired Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan. There was something quite fetching about Jemima when she was in Pakistan and appeared in a khadi outfit with a hijab exposing half of her head. Maybe it was the exotic contrast of a Westerner in Eastern wardrobe; maybe it was that touch of mystery that goads men to come and unveil it. After having two children, Jemima and Imran Khan divorced in 2004, and Jemima went on to date Hugh Grant for the next three years.
SuccessJemima Khan could have lived an uneventful, spoiled life, limiting her public exposure to the society columns of the British press. But she had a thirst for making change and a real desire to help people. So she left the comfort of her home and moved to Pakistan, where she became a political wife and an activist.
Standing by husband Imran Khan in his fight for a transparent democracy, Jemima also raised funds for cancer hospitals and other causes. Her high profile back home and connections to people in power made her efforts especially fruitful, and she was soon being compared to Princess Diana.
Also an entrepreneur and talented communicator, she ran a fashion business and wrote columns for some of England's largest newspapers. It is still her dream to pen a book.
Jemima Khan BiographyJemima Goldsmith was born to a wealthy London tycoon and his mistress on January 30, 1974. Her father, Sir James Goldsmith, brought Jemima up in the height of luxury, raising her as a true aristocrat.
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Jemima seemed suited to the lifestyle that she was born into, and from a young age, she demonstrated a natural talent for horsemanship. But the girl shunned the equestrian life and chose academia instead, enrolling in Bristol University's prestigious English literature program. Jemima's studies further fueled her innate curiosity about the world, and her interests soon shifted to religious matters, specifically Islam and its clear messages about life on Earth. The faith took on even greater relevance for Jemima in 1995, when she met 42-year-old former cricketer and practicing Muslim Imran Khan in a posh London nightclub. The two fell in love and were married later that year in Paris.
The wedding reception was a real who's who of London society. Jemima, a philanthropist at heart, asked guests for donations to a cancer hospital in lieu of wedding gifts.
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The newlyweds moved to Pakistan, where Imran led the Movement for Justice Party, a political movement that aimed to root out rampant corruption in the country. Jemima quickly learned Urdu (Pakistan's official language) and began speaking at her husband's rallies, earning the admiration of the public and becoming a national sweetheart of sorts.
Jemima pursued her own mandates as well, urging women to participate in democracy, advocating the eradication of neo-natal tetanus in Bangladesh and raising funds for Afghan refugees. She traveled extensively throughout neighboring countries to promote her causes. Naturally, her enthusiasm for philanthropy prompted comparisons between Jemima and her one-time close friend Princess Diana.
Jemima's original dream of being a journalist came to fruition when she began doing special reports for Britain's Channel 5, and writing regular columns for the Telegraph and other UK papers. Her foray into print was somewhat controversial, as some of Jemima's pro-Palestinian views drew scorn from Jewish groups and even members of her own family. Such criticism did not sway her from her views, however.
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Jemima's increasing prominence and her husband's relentless pursuit of corrupt officials made many in Pakistan nervous, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Displacing dissidents by accusing them of serious crimes was commonplace in Pakistan, and it wasn't long before the outspoken Jemima was charged with smuggling antique tiles out of the country. As a consequence, she was forced to live in exile in London with her sons, Sulaiman, 2, and Kasim, a newborn.
The tiles in question were, in fact, Christmas presents that Jemima had purchased for her mother. She took them to several archaeological experts in England, and all concluded the pieces weren't even 10 years old. After 11 months in exile, Jemima was able to return to her adoptive country after a coup forced Sharif out of power.
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Among Jemima's various pursuits was a successful fashion business, the profits of which went to the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital. But she was forced to suspend business after the events of September 11, 2001, when her New York buyers canceled all their orders. She took her newfound free time to finish the education she had put on hold when she married Imran, focusing on comparative religion.
By that time, Jemima and Imran had begun to drift apart, and she returned to London to finish her degree. Though the tabloids insisted that their marriage was on the rocks, both Jemima and Imran denied it. By June of 2004, however, they couldn't hide it anymore. A spokesman for Imran's party announced the marriage was over.
jemima khan dates hugh grant
Jemima laid low for a while, but the gossip-hungry British press quickly took note of her new friendship with actor Hugh Grant. Again, she couldn't hide the truth for very long, and soon the couple admitted they were deeply in love. More rumors swirled about a wedding, but they split in 2007.
jemima khan posts bail for julian assangeAlthough Jemima Khan is used to making headlines for her fashion statements, she recently made the news when offered to post bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after he was arrested in London. "I am not here to make any kind of judgment on Julian Assange as an individual as I do not know him and I have never met him," said Khan."I am here because I believe in the principle of the human right to freedom of information and our right to be told the truth."
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Cyndi Lauper still gives a damn about gays and the tint of her newest music venture
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CYNDI LAUPER with David Rhodes.
House of Blues, 2200 N. Lamar St. Aug. 11 at 8 p.m. $30–$55.
Dallas' summer music calendar has been hopping for LGBT audiences, from Lady Gaga and Melissa Etheridge to Adam Lambert on the horizon. Cyndi Lauper brings her tour here Wednesday. But while the others stick close to their musical genres, Lauper changes her game as often as her hair color. And this year, she's got the blues.
Genre leaping can sometimes be the biggest misstep of a musician's career (Garth was never the same after the Chris Gaines debacle), but Lauper has been doing it for years: Pop to dance to acoustic to standards, all without missing a beat. So she never considered her move into blues was a risk.
"I wanted to do Memphis Blues when I was still at Sony back in 2004," she says. "As Muddy Waters quoted, 'If blues gave birth to a child, that child would be rock and roll.' The blues is the basis for all genres of popular music."
Which is what Lauper's back catalog consists of. This move shouldn't be much of a surprise. Before her landmark debut album, she was working the scene with cover bands, doing a lot of Janis Joplin, Rolling Stones and Faces — bands heavily influenced by blues. With a little extracurricular research, Lauper discovered legends like Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Big Maybelle and Ma Rainey.
"I was hooked," she says.
Now she's come full circle working with noted musicians on Blues such as veteran giants B.B. King, Allen Toussaint and legend-in-the-making Jonny Lang. For Lauper, this is the album she's always wanted to do. She's even confident that her gay fans will follow along even though blues may not be the most popular for LGBT listeners.
"It was a dream to work with each of them; like my own blues museum in one studio," she says. "My fans seem to love all kinds of music and at different times in my career I have wanted to record certain genres of music that have been meaningful to me, or helped shape me as an artist and they have always come along for the ride. For that, I am grateful."
That isn't hard to see. Lauper has been a staunch advocate for LGBT equality and visibility. Her True Colors Tour celebrated queer and queer-friendly music and her recently launched Give a Damn has rallied celebrity support by the likes of Wanda Sykes and Oscar-winner Anna Paquin, who used the campaign to come out as bisexual. She also teamed up with Gaga for a MAC Viva Glam campaign that takes on HIV/AIDS prevention awareness for women.
"I want to continue the work of the True Colors Fund and our Give A Damn campaign to get straight people to stand up for the gay community so that all of us have civil rights and America can be the country it's supposed to be where we are all treated the same," she says.
She even expects to bring back the True Colors Tour despite big-ticket festivals and tours not doing so well this summer. But first, she's giving her own music career some attention.
"It's about the blues baby! This year I wanted to focus on Memphis Blues and bring it on the road," she says. "To me, it's uplifting and music is supposed to heal. The BP oil disaster in the Gulf, wars in the Middle East, the rise of HIV infections in women, global warming — the list is endless, so yeah I'm blue. The great thing is that it still uplifts and no matter how blue you get, there is always hope around the corner."
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition August 6, 2010.