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Shrinking Detroit has 12,000 abandoned homes
Sun Aug 14, 5:03 PM ET
DETROIT, United States (AFP) - Rats or lead poisoning. When it comes to the threats from the broken down house next door, Dorothy Bates isn't sure which is worse.
"When it's lightening and thundering you can hear the bricks just falling," the 40-year-old nurse said as she looked at the smashed windows and garbage-strewn porch. "If you call and ask (the city) about it they say they don't have the funds to tear it down."
There are more than 12,000 abandoned homes in the Detroit area, a byproduct of decades of layoffs at the city's auto plants and white flight to the suburbs. And despite scores of attempts by government and civic leaders to set the city straight, the automobile capitol of the world seems trapped in a vicious cycle of urban decay.
Detroit has lost more than half its population since its heyday in the 1950's. The people who remain are mostly black -- 83 percent -- and mostly working class, with 30 percent of the population living below the poverty line according to the US
Census Bureau.
The schools are bad. The roads are full of potholes. Crime is high and so are taxes. The city is in a budget crisis so deep it could end up being run by the state.
And it just got knocked off the list of the nation's ten largest cities.
"Detroit has become an icon of what's considered urban decline," said June Thomas, a professor of urban and regional planning at Michigan State University.
"The issue is not just getting people in the city. It's getting people in the city who can become property owners and stay property owners and pay taxes."
Perhaps the biggest challenge to luring the middle class from the area's swank suburbs is overcoming racial tensions, said Stephen Vogel, dean of the school of architecture at University of Detroit Mercy.
"Suburbanites are taking the bodies of their relatives out of cemeteries because they're afraid to come to the city," Vogel said. "There are about 400 to 500 hundred (being moved) a year which shows you the depth of racism and fear."
Most American cities have experienced a shift towards the suburbs.
What made Detroit's experience so stark was the lack of regional planning and the ease with which developments were able to incorporate into new cities in order to avoid sharing their tax revenue with the city, said Margaret Dewar, a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Michigan.
The fleeing businesses and homeowners left behind about 36 square miles (58 square kilometers) of vacant land. That's roughly the size of San Francisco and about a quarter of Detroit's total land mass.
While a decision by General Motors to build its new headquarters smack in the middle of downtown has helped lure young professionals and spark redevelopment in some of the more desirable neighborhoods, there is little hope the vacant land will be filled any time soon.
In his state of the city address, embattled mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said even if 10,000 new homes were built every year for the next 15 years "we wouldn't fill up our city."
And Detroit is still losing about 10,000 people every year.
One solution Vogel has proposed is to turn swaths of the city into farmland. In the four years since his students initiated a pilot project dozens of community gardens and small farms have popped up.
But first the city has to get rid of the crumbling buildings that haunt the streets, luring criminals, arsonists and wild animals and creating a general sense of hopelessness.
"It's partly a resource issue and it's partly a bureaucracy issue," said Eric Dueweke, the community partnership manager at the University of Michigan's College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
"It takes them forever to find the proper owners of the properties and serve them with the proper paperwork," he said. "They're tearing them down at the rate of 1,500 or 2,000 a year, so they're really not cutting into the backlog in any significant way because that's how many are coming on stream."
Dorothy Bates has been waiting three years for the crumbling house next door to be torn down. There are nine more on her short block along with several vacant lots that are overgrown with weeds.
Bates does her best to keep her five children away from the rat nests, but the lead creeping out of crumbling bricks and peeling paint drifts in through her windows.
The most frustrating part of it, says her neighbor Larry, is that so many of the abandoned houses could be repaired. The foundations are solid. The buildings are beautiful. Or at least, they were once.


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Long Beach lobbyist Carl Kemp has announced that he will run for the District 5 City Council seat in 2014.
"I've been in politics a long time and I know people strategize and study and plan for running for office a long time," Kemp said. "I'm not like that. The idea just came out of the blue."
Kemp earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at Cal State Long Beach, where he served two terms as student body president.
His first job in politics was as a legislative assistant to former 7th District councilman Mike Donelon. He was later hired by former City Manager Jim Hankla for whom he served as liaison to several organizations including neighboring cities as well as League of California Cities, U.S. Council of Mayors and Congressional Black Caucus.
After working in the City Manager's Office, Kemp went to work for the Port of Long Beach where he helped secure funding for the port, the Gerald Desmond Bridge reconstruction and other projects.
In 2008, he started his own business,The Kemp Group. His clients include Yellow Cab and Evergreen Shipping.
"I'm going to listen to the people of Long Beach," Kemp said. "After 21 years in Long Beach, I know the issues. I've paid attention."
Kemp lives in El Dorado Park Estates with his girlfriend and two children.
Other candidates in the campaign for the 5th District are businessman Joe Luyben and Stacy Mungo, a Los Angeles County budget officer.
Kemp is the uncle of Los Angeles Dodgers' outfielder Matt Kemp.

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Valhalla 9 (OT), Rancho Bernardo 8
Ramona 8, Steele Canyon 6
It's nice to call on a fourth-year varsity player with championship experience — like Valhalla's Cortney Bayuk — when heading into overtime in the San Diego Section girls water polo playoffs.
Bayuk delivered against upset-minded Rancho Bernardo in the Division II semifinals on Thursday night as she scored the final two overtime goals to lift the Norsemen to a 9-8 victory at La Jolla High's Coggan Pool.
Top-seeded Valhalla (23-8) didn't lead until Bayuk recorded the last of her three goals with 2:24 left in the second of the two required overtime periods.
In the first OT period, she converted as time expired on a long-range attempt.
The victory enables the Norsemen to go for their second crown in three years on Saturday at the same site against No. 2 Ramona, which topped Steele Canyon 8-6 to reach the finals for the first time.
"It was great to pull it out," said Bayuk, the last remaining player from the Norsemen's 2011 title team. "It was just a matter of playing our game. Obviously, we were really stressed."
To send Valhalla into overtime, Roxy Herron scored her second goal on an inside shot with 1.9 seconds left in regulation to pull even 7-7.
"That was fantastic," Bayuk said. "I wanted to hug her, but we had to get started again."
No. 5 Rancho Bernardo (15-13) again went ahead on the first OT goal by Ana Walker with four seconds to go in the first extra session, but then Bayuk followed with her buzzer beater.
The Broncos' Karen Chou made 14 saves, including one on a late penalty shot. In turn, Tyler Brown scored her third goal for a 7-6 edge with 36 seconds left in regulation.
In the other semifinal, neither team led by more than a goal until Ramona junior Holly Smith connected on back-to-back shots 51 seconds apart to establish the final margin with 2:02 to go.
"You've just gotta do what you've gotta do," said Smith, who finished with three goals. "I just had to go for it. This is extremely exciting."
Cassie Bernas also recorded three goals for the Bulldogs (21-9).Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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The deputy program officer of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program office said Tuesday that predictions over escalating costs of the next-generation multi-role fighter will be proven wrong because of built-in reliability and maintainability aspects. With the program facing renewed scrutiny by the U.S. Congress and Department of Defense (DOD), Air Force Maj. Gen. C.D. Moore described long-term cost projections as uncertain, and said the program is making progress in its tenth year of development.
Moore was followed on stage during a Paris Air Show press briefing by a representative of the defense ministry of Norway, the latest partner nation to order F-35s, who said the ministry "expects the (F-35) price will be close to the price we anticipated and forwarded to Parliament."
Rear Adm. Arne Roksund, head of the department for defense policy and long-term planning, linked further procurement of F-35s by Norway to support of that nation's Joint Strike Missile (JSM) development.
Looking to stem cost and schedule overruns, the U.S. DOD earlier this year restructured the F-35 production timeline, adding 13 months and $4.6 billion to the development phase. Yet another restructuring is planned this year, reportedly this fall, after the Pentagon projected a near doubling of the F-35 unit cost to $133 million, a cost trajectory called "unacceptable" by Ashton Carter, undersecretary of defense for acquisition.
And most recently on Friday last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved language in the fiscal 2012 Defense Authorization Bill requiring that low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 5 aircraft funded in FY2011 be procured by fixed-price contract, and that the contractor, Lockheed Martin, "absorb 100 percent of costs above the target cost."
Asked if the F-35 is affordable over the long term, given the assessment by DOD acquisition executives and another analyses, Moore said, "There's a lot of uncertainty in what goes into those levels of predictions. We've been challenged by our leadership to understand what we call the 'ground rules and assumptions' and the estimating process, and to aggressively go after those areas that we know we can affect, so that what was called an unaffordable cost estimate is not a reality.
"When we look at repair estimates that run out for 50 years, manpower estimates for 50 years, we have to, in working closely with the contractor, ensure that this weapons system is reliable, and it's maintainable," Moore added. "The predictions that are put in place now could be changed based on the reality of what we demonstrate."
No More Surprises
The Norwegian parliament on June 16 authorized the acquisition of four F-35s for training purposes, with delivery in 2016. Roksund said the restructuring of the F-35 program under U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates earlier this year convinced the Norwegian defense ministry the program has stabilized, although he expressed hope of "no more surprises in the coming years."
But Roksund also linked further F-35 procurement–the defense ministry has expressed a requirement for 56 aircraft–selection of the precision-guided, high subsonic JSM, under development by Kongsberg of Norway, as well as to next-generation "armor-piercing explosive" ammunition, another development funded by the ministry.
The JSM is designed to fit into the internal weapons bay of the F-35A and C versions, and can also be carried on external stations. The missile passed preliminary design review last year and further development has begun since the parliamentary decision last week, Roksund said. The aim is to pass a critical design review in mid-2013.
"The Norwegian political objective to achieve an industrial return of value equal to the purchase" of F-35s, Roksund said. "The size and complexity of the process to complete development and integration of the weapon on the F-35 is a major undertaking for a small nation. Active support from relevant F-35 partner nations in this matter is therefore vital."
Moore said the F-35 program is conducting a technical evaluation of missile candidates and "JSM will be one of those candidates."
Eight Partner Countries
The F-35 is the Pentagon's largest international cooperative program. Eight partner countries are collectively contributing $4.9 billion to the system design and development phase (SDD). They have projected a total buy of 705 aircraft as follows: Australia 100, Canada 65, Denmark 30, Italy 131, the Netherlands 85, Norway 56, Turkey 100 and the UK 138. Those totals likely won't survive defense budget pressures, especially in the UK.
Only Denmark has yet to confirm its choice of the F-35. It will decide next year, after holding a competition in which the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is the main challenger. In Australia, the Netherlands, Norway and especially Canada, there has been political controversy over the choice of the F-35, especially while the final acquisition cost is still uncertain.
In theory, the international partners will pay the same price for their aircraft as negotiated by the U.S. services for each lot, whether it is in low-rate initial production or in the subsequently planned multi-year procurement. In previously published schedules, the partners were due to buy 223 LRIP aircraft costing an expensive $24.1 billion, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. However, Lockheed Martin admits that plan is now defunct.
To date, the partners have ordered just nine production aircraft: four for Norway in LRIP 8 (Fiscal 2014); two for the UK and one for the Netherlands in LRIP Lot 3, and one more for each country in LRIP 4.
Australia and Turkey are expected to be the next to commit, taking two and four aircraft, respectively, from LRIP 6 in fiscal 2012. Turkey plans to take seven aircraft in LRIP 7 (Fiscal 2013) with a further seven for the UK and five for Italy in this lot. Italy last year committed to a final assembly and checkout facility at Cemeri airbase. That facility may also assemble F-35s for the Netherlands.
Israel could eventually take 75 F-35s, and negotiations continue with Singapore, the other second-level F-35 partner country.
Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin expects the U.S. government to respond to a request for proposals from Japan in September, and for that country to take a decision on the F-35 versus competing fighters as early as December. South Korea could follow in 2012. Spain has given Lockheed Martin a contract to explore how the F-35B might be integrated with its small aircraft carriers, as an AV-8B replacement.


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participants. Long-term care insurance, private pay, Medicare and
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facilities, and includes inspection reports. These can be seen by
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The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs all over the country have long voiced concern over poor staffing in nursing homes. If you have concerns about short staffing, we encourage you to file a complaint with the appropriate licensing agency and to participate in the political process by contacting your legislators to let them know your experiences and suggestions to improve long-term care.
While in a long-term care facility, most problems can be worked out with
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Nursing facilities are licensed by The Office of Licensure and Certification (OLC) at the Virginia Department of Health. Licensed home healthcare agencies and Hospice agencies are also licensed by the Office of Licensure and Certification.
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Health professionals are licensed by the Virginia Department of Health Professions (doctors, nurses, administrators, etc.).
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The UFC on FOX 6 event has concluded and the four-fight main card delivered a solid mix of fantastic bouts decided by both decisions and finishes.
In the opening bout of the main card, Lamas was able to capitalize on a mistake made by Koch to earn a vicious TKO stoppage in the second round.
In the highly anticipated lightweight showdown between Anthony Pettis and Donald Cerrone, Pettis proved too much for the 'Cowboy' and stopped the Greg Jackson trained fighter in the first with damaging kicks to the body.
Rampage Jackson made his last stand against the fast rising Glover Teixeira. The two light-heavyweights delivered an action packed three-round fight, but in the end, Glover was able to out point the former champ in Jackson.
In the main event Demetrious Johnson survived an early scare from the strong left hand of Dodson that had him dropped multiple times in the first two rounds, however 'Mighty Mouse' persevered and was able to retain his title via decision.
For their parts, half of the main card bouts received bonuses in some form in the amount of $50,000.00
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Demetrious Johnson vs. John Dodson: Fight of the night 50K each
Anthony Pettis: Knock out of the Night (TKO, body kick, strikes) 50K
Ryan Bader: Submission of the night (Guillotine) 50K


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When FSU running back Chris Thompson went down with an injury in the first half of the Seminoles' win against Miami on Saturday, it was feared it was serious.
On Monday, FSU coach Jimbo Fisher confirmed that, telling reporters that the team's leading rusher tore the ACL in his left knee and will be lost for the season.
Thompson gained 687 yards on 91 attempts this season with five touchdowns. He averaged a team-high 85.9 yards per game and 7.5 yards per carry. He's also been a key part of the passing attack, hauling in 21 passes this season—third-best on the team—for 248 yards.
Thompson was at his best in back-to-back ACC victories earlier this season. Against Wake Forest, he ran for 197 yards on just nine carries and scored on runs of 74 and 80 yards. Then, in FSU's biggest win of the season against Clemson, Thompson ran for 103 yards, scored twice and caught eight passes for 79 yards.
The 5-foot-8 senior was limited to just 29 carries last season after breaking his back against Wake Forest. As a sophomore, he gained 845 yards on 134 carries (6.3 yards per attempt) and scored six times.
The Seminoles will look to James Wilder Jr. and Devonta Freeman to take on more of the load in the running game. Wilder has 369 yards on 61 carries (6.0 ypc) and a team-high seven touchdowns, while Freeman has 287 yards on 41 carries (7.0 ypc) with three scores.


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I was gone all summer, so I missed any updates. I assume he's healthy, since we haven't heard otherwise. Right now, I'm hoping for a 3-man big rotation (starters plus mahini) with Granger picking up some occasional PF minutes. Is there any reason to think he'll be better this year? He's gotten worse (or perhaps "solved") the longer he's been in the NBA.
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The National Wildlife Week poster series for 2013 is actually one big poster! Our "mega-poster" features the different parts of a tree and wildlife that are found in or use that part of the tree. Put all the individual posters together to make one very tall tree!
Each poster is designed to be printed at 17" x 11" but can also be printed at 11" x 8-1/2". Scroll down to find the poster files to download. When all the posters are printed and assembled vertically, they form one long poster—5-1/2 feet long!
Here is how to put the individual posters together to form the mega-poster:
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Birth Matters, A Midwife's Manifesta
by Ina May Gaskin
[2011. New York: Seven Stories Press; 272 pages, paperback.]
[Review first published in Midwifery Today Issue 98, Summer 2011, © 2011, Midwifery Today, Inc. Review by Jan Tritten.]
Ina May has done it again. She has written a midwife's manifesta, truly. She dismantles the technologies that have overtaken birth practices, such as the electronic monitoring craze, inductions and epidurals, as well as outlines the costs of too much surgery, detailing how things have gone woefully wrong. Ina May is eminently easy to read and always interesting. With a gift for making you think about what she says for many hours after you have read it, she makes students of us all!
Ina May is also a gifted storyteller and just as she uses this gift to teach in person, she does so in Birth Matters with the stories that end most of the chapters. I like Ina May's story of how a childbirth educator trained a doctor. "I am going to ask you to attend this last birth," she told him, "but only if you do not touch me while it is happening." He was moved to tears. She writes, "This was a Saul of Tarsus moment for him; never before had he witnessed an ecstatic birth, not had an inkling that birth could be anything but an ordeal for a woman." Ina May has a way of weaving these great stories into a well-researched book and she never ceases to amaze me.
Birth Matters educates us about models of midwifery and we get an excellent herstory of The Farm Midwifery Center and the great women who practice with Ina May. We learn about the tragedy of maternal death, including the story of a mother who died in "childbirth" and wasn't even pregnant! We learn about the importance of hands-on skills and how they've been complete lost by medical men and women, doctors and nurses.
In talking about breech, Ina May writes, "I find it sad that obstetrics has been so dumbed down in the US that few doctors are taught anymore how to deal with a vaginal breech birth." When speaking to North Carolina OB/GYN residents, a director whispered to her, "Do you realize that you and I are the only people in this room who have ever witnessed a breech birth?" Ina May observes, "What astounded me was the speed of the change in the very content of the obstetrics curriculum."
I love The Farm Midwifery Center statistics—a 1.7% cesarean rate! Read this great book to discover the rest of the report. Chapters on sexuality and birth, the power of sisterhood, fathers and Ina May's vision for the future give us even more insights in another awesome book by an author and speaker loved by midwives the world over.
Reviewer Jan Tritten is the founder and editor-in-chief of Midwifery Today magazine. She became a midwife in 1977 after the wonderful homebirth of one of her daughters. Her mission is to make loving midwifery care the norm for birthing women and their babies throughout the world.


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As the USA's fourth biggest city and home to a vibrant and colourful mix of ethnicities, book a flight to Houston with Qatar Airways and experience life in this sprawling melting pot. Built on the oil industry, Houston now has a dynamic arts and museum scene and is fast becoming a top destination for lovers of fine cuisine. Fly to Houston and enjoy a heady mix of festivals and events throughout the year in one of the most exciting cities in the USA.
Pick up a Houston CityPASS for reduced rates and then hit the streets. Attractions covered by the pass include the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Downtown Aquarium, the Children's Museum of Houston and of course Space Center Houston. Don't forget to also visit the magnificent Museum of Fine Arts and Houston Zoo during your trip to Houston.
If you feel like a leisurely stroll then try visiting the Rice University campus, which is set in woodland and is famous for its public artworks and gorgeous architectural features.
Houston has a lively performing arts culture, and you can see great shows on any evening throughout the year on your trip to Houston. These include everything from community gigs to chamber and symphonic performances. The Alley Theater is a Tony Award-winning venue. Try the Wortham Center and Alley Theater for cutting-edge and experimental performances. In total, the Houston Theater District features 9 major performing arts organizations across 4 different venues.
Festivals in Houston include the iFest in April, a multicultural music and arts festival based around markets and international food. There's also the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in February and March in Reliant Park, featuring competitions and livestock shows.
Houston is home to 3 major professional sports teams. During summer you can catch the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball while during the fall, enjoy an American Football game while seeing the Houston Texans. The Houston Rockets of the NBA play their games at the Toyota Center during winter.
Houston has a wide range of outstanding options when it comes to dining, with everything from ethnic diners and classic steakhouses to high-end chain restaurants. Montrose and the Washington Corridor are at the cutting edge of the fine dining scene here.
One of the most popular restaurants in Houston serves up Creole specialties such as seafood gumbo and Bananas Foster.
Most of Houston's bigger malls are located in the Uptown district, and if you're travelling to Houston primarily for shopping then this is where you should go first. The Houston Galleria is also very popular. This is one of the biggest of its kind in the States and sells everything imaginable.
For a more small-town feel and shopping experience try 19th Street in the Heights. You can pick up fashion items and handicrafts here, and there are lots of designer boutiques for top labels.
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Livingston ATH Chevoski Collins has been one of the state of Texas' most sought-after recruits in the 2013 class, but he's also been one of the hardest to track.
At one time, Collins was an interviewers dream, offering regular updates on his recruitment via the telephone and social media. But as things picked up, beginning in the summer, the versatile playmaker decided to play things a little closer to the vest and he stepped away from the spotlight.
More recently, Collins has again had his name in the headlines as he neared a decision. On Monday morning, at Livingston High School, the 5-11, 185-pound Collins put an end to the suspense, letting the college football world know that he was committing to the Texas Longhorns.
"It's been a long journey going through everything. All the schools I've been to I've seen a lot of things. I just felt like narrowing it down to my best fit and I'm ready to spend the next four years of my life at Texas," Collins said.
Collins chose Texas over a group of finalists that included Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU and Baylor. In choosing the Longhorns, he became Texas' 15th commitment of the 2013 recruiting class.
"When I went to UT I felt like family. It's close to home and my family can see me play," Collins said.
One of the state's more versatile athletes, Collins has been recruited by Texas to play defensive back, but he can do a little bit of everything on the football field. In fact, he made a strong showing at a Longhorn summer camp in 2011 as a wide receiver, which helped put him squarely on UT's radar.
Since that time, Texas has recruited Collins as an athlete, with the coaching staff telling him at a junior day visit in February that they were leaning towards bringing him in as a defensive back. Collins, who grew up following the Longhorn program, received his official offer from the Texas coaches in May, saying at that time "It was very exciting to have the University of Texas offer me."
Early in his recruitment, Collins expressed that he would prefer to stay on offense at the next level, where he's an explosive playmaker and a threat to score every time he touches the ball. More recently, he's come around to the idea of playing defensive back as more schools have talked to him about a college career on that side of the ball.
Collins took only one official visit, a trip to Oklahoma on September 21. He was hoping to make it in to the Longhorns' game against West Virginia last weekend but was unable to attend. Even without a recent visit, Collins just followed his heart and it led him to Texas.
"I knew, but I prayed about it and I woke up one morning and knew I wanted to be a Horn."
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AFC Wimbledon striker Matt Tubbs has been nominated for the SkyBet League Two player of the month.
Tubbs has scored four goals in five games so far this season - including the opener in Saturday's 3-2 defeat at home to Stevenage Borough on Saturday.
The 30-year-old is up against Cheltenham goalkeeper Trevor Carson, who has kept three clean sheets, striker Kevin Ellison of Morecambe, and Wycombe Wanderers' midfielder Peter Murphy.
The winner will be announced on Friday.


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Safety and Tolerability Study of SNS01-T in Relapsed or Refractory B Cell Malignancies (Multiple Myeloma, B Cell Lymphoma, or Plasma Cell Leukemia (PCL)
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|Multiple Myeloma Multiple Myeloma in Relapse Mantle Cell Lymphoma in Relapse Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma in Relapse Other B Cell Lymphoma in Relapse Plasma Cell Leukemia
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|Phase 1/2 Open-Label, Multiple-Dose, Dose-Escalation Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of SNS01-T Administered by Intravenous Infusion in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory B Cell Malignancies
- Safety and tolerability [ Time Frame: Week 6 ]Safety and Tolerability assessed by frequency, severity, and duration of treatment-related adverse events, changes in vitals signs, physical exams and lab values
- Profile of pharmacokinetics [ Time Frame: 0.5 hours pre-dose and 0.5, 2, 6 and 24 hours post-dose ]Cmax, area under curve, Tmax. Performed on Weeks 1, 3, 6, 10, 14, 18
- Explore tumor response [ Time Frame: Weeks 3 and 6, and monthly during a 24-week follow-up period ]IMWG criteria, changes in M-protein, etc. for myeloma and plasma cell leukemia; Lymphoma response criteria, CT/PET scans for B cell lymphoma
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2014
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|October 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Cohort 1
0.0125 mg/kg
Biological: SNS01-T
0.0125 mg/kg twice weekly x 6 weeks
Experimental: Cohort 2
0.05 mg/kg
Biological: SNS01-T
0.05 mg/kg twice weekly x 6 weeks
Experimental: Cohort 3
0.2 mg/kg
Biological: SNS01-T
0.2 mg/kg twice weekly x 6 weeks
Experimental: Cohort 4
0.375 mg/kg
Biological: SNS01-T
0.375 mg/kg twice weekly x 6 weeks
Detailed Description:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
B cell lymphoma patients must have had their diagnosis confirmed histologically. Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) patients must have peripheral clonal plasma cells >20% of peripheral WBC and >2 x 109/L. Multiple myeloma and PCL patients must have been diagnosed by having met all three of the following IMWG criteria:
- Clonal bone marrow plasma cells >10%
- Presence of serum and/or urinary M-protein or, if absent, kappa or lambda serum FLC must be > 10 mg/dl accompanied by an abnormal kappa to lambda ratio (<0.26 or >1.65)
Evidence of end-organ damage that can be attributed to the underlying plasma cell proliferative disorder, specifically, one or more of the following:
- Hypercalcemia: serum calcium >11.5 mg/100 mL
- Renal insufficiency: serum creatinine >2mg/dL
- Anemia: normochromic, normocytic with a hemoglobin value >2 g/100 mL below the lower limit of normal or a hemoglobin value <10 g/100 mL
- Bone lesions: lytic lesions, severe osteopenia, or pathologic fractures
B cell lymphoma patients must have measurable disease defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured for response in at least two perpendicular dimensions. Multiple myeloma patients must have measurable disease defined by the following:
- Serum M-protein ≥0.5g/dL or urine M-protein ≥ 200 mg/24 hours by protein electrophoresis
- If neither serum nor urine M-protein meet the criteria above, then kappa or lambda serum FLC must be ≥10 mg/dL accompanied by an abnormal kappa to lambda ratio (<0.26 or >1.65) (Serum FLC should only be used for patients without measurable serum or urine M-protein spike.)
- If neither of the above criteria are met, the presence of plasmacytomata measurable radiographically (CT, PET or MRI) or by direct measurement.
- Have relapsed or refractory disease after two or more prior treatment lines, each of which may have consisted of either single or multiple regimens. The investigators will ensure that patients have had the benefit of standard treatments before considering the SNS01-T clinical trial.
- Be at least 2 weeks beyond the last therapy and have recovered from acute toxicities of prior therapies
- Have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2
- Have life expectancy of at least 3 months
- Be ≥18 years of age and willing to provide written informed consent
- For women and men of childbearing potential, have used effective contraceptive methods for at least 4 weeks prior to dosing and agree to continue using such methods during the study, and for at least 4 weeks after completing the study
- For women of childbearing potential, have a negative serum pregnancy test within 24 hours before the initiation of SNS01-T therapy
- Have an absolute neutrophil count >1,000/mm3
- Have a platelet count >75,000/mm3
- Have total bilirubin <2.0 mg/dL
- Have aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase <3 times the upper limit of normal
- Have serum creatinine ≤3 times the upper limit of normal
- Have hemoglobin ≥8.0 g/dL
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have presence of nonsecretory myeloma
- Have an indolent lymphoma such as follicular lymphoma unless the disease is rapidly progressing
- Requires renal dialysis
- Have New York Heart Association Class III-IV heart failure classification
- Have CNS or leptomeningeal disease
- Have an active infection or serious comorbid medical condition
- Be receiving other concurrent anticancer agents or therapies
- Be receiving other concurrent investigational therapies or have received investigational therapies within 4 weeks of screening or 5 half-lives, if known, whichever is shorter
- Be eligible to receive any other standard therapy available that is known to extend life expectancy
- Be currently receiving steroids unless equivalent to 20 mg of prednisone or less
- Be receiving or have received heparin therapeutically within two days before and after treatment with SNS01-T
- Be pregnant or nursing
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01435720
|United States, Arkansas
|The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
|Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205
|United States, Minnesota
|Mayo Clinic
|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
|United States, New Jersey
|Hackensack University Medical Center
|Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601
|United States, Washington
|Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Medical Center
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109
|United States, West Virginia
|West Virginia University Mary Babb Randolf Cancer Center
|Morgantown, West Virginia, United States, 26506
|South Africa
|Unversity of Cape Town - Groote Schuur Hospital
|Cape Town, South Africa
|Pretoria East Hospital
|Pretoria, South Africa
|Principal Investigator:
|John A Lust, MD, PhD
|Mayo Clinic
|Responsible Party:
|Senesco Technologies, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01435720 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 14, 2011
|Last Updated:
|September 9, 2014
Keywords provided by Senesco Technologies, Inc.:
Multiple myeloma
B cell lymphoma
Hematologic disease
Blood protein disorder
Neoplasm, plasma cell
Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma
Plasma Cell Leukemia
B cell malignancy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Myeloma
Neoplasms, Plasma Cell
Lymphoma, B-Cell
Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
Leukemia, Plasma Cell
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Hemostatic Disorders
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Blood Protein Disorders
Hematologic Diseases
Hemorrhagic Disorders
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes
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Intracellular Pharmacokinetics of Zidovudine Triphosphate in Maternal and Infant Cord Blood Mononuclear Cells.
This study has been completed.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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First received: November 2, 1999
Last updated: June 23, 2005
Last verified: March 1998
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To determine the levels of zidovudine triphosphate ( AZT-TP ) in maternal and fetal cord blood mononuclear cells. To determine the ratio of AZT-TP to endogenous nucleoside triphosphate levels in maternal and fetal cells. To determine the extent of drug transfer through the feto/placental unit.
|HIV Infections Pregnancy
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Natural History
|Official Title:
|Intracellular Pharmacokinetics of Zidovudine Triphosphate in Maternal and Infant Cord Blood Mononuclear Cells.
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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS
Drug Information available for: ZidovudineU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000830
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000830
|United States, New Jersey
|Univ of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey / Univ Hosp
|Newark, New Jersey, United States, 071032714
|United States, New York
|Bellevue Hosp / New York Univ Med Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10016
|Mount Sinai Med Ctr / Pediatrics
|New York, New York, United States, 10029
|United States, Tennessee
|Regional Med Ctr at Memphis
|Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38103
|Saint Jude Children's Research Hosp of Memphis
|Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 381052794
|Puerto Rico
|San Juan City Hosp
|San Juan, Puerto Rico, 009367344
Sponsors and Collaborators
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|Study Chair:
|Fridland A
|Study Chair:
|Flynn P
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Rodman JH, Flynn PM, Robbins BL, Blanchard S, Jimenez E, Rodriguez J, Fridland A. Zidovudine pharmacokinetics and intracellular pharmacology of zidovudine in HIV-infected women and newborn infants. Conf Retroviruses Opportunistic Infect. 1999 Jan 31-Feb 4;6th:146 (abstract no 419)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000830 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|June 23, 2005
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine 5'-triphosphate
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
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Anyone looking for an evening of laughs should consider "Don't Dress for Dinner" by Marc Camoletti (translated by Robin Hawdon) onstage at Weathervane Playhouse.
The May 3 audience laughed nearly nonstop as the talented cast brought out every bit of humor in this fast-paced comedy.
In the show, Bernard (played by Richard Worswick) has everything all set-up for a weekend rendezvous with his lover Suzanne (played by Hudson resident Dede Klein). The house is ready, his alibi is set, his wife Jacqueline (played by Bernadette Hisey) is supposed to be visiting her mother and he's even hired a cordon bleu chef to prepare dinner.
Of course, everything starts to fall apart for Bernard in short order. One, his best friend Robert (played by Scott K. Davis), who is part of Bernard's alibi, is reluctant to go along with the plan. Complicating things is that Jacqueline, who has been having her own fling with Robert, now will not leave the house. Of course, no farce is complete without mistaken identities, which happens when Robert mistakes the chef Suzette (played by Ashley Bossard) for Suzanne (who knows nothing about cooking). Suzette finds herself in the midst of a tangled web of intrigue -- and takes full advantage of it until her jealous husband George (played by Mitch Manthey) arrives.
Especially noteworthy are Robert's reactions as the weekend plans devolve into chaos, and George's entrance.
Ticket and show information
"Don't Dress for Dinner" runs through May 18.
Performance days and times are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $21 each,with $19 tickets for seniors are available for Thursday and Sunday performances. Tickets for children (ages 17 or younger) and college students are $5 each at all performances. Additional discounts for groups of 10 or larger are also available.
The Weathervane Playhouse box office is open Mondays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Tuesdays through Fridays between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and is also open beginning one hour before each performance. For tickets, visit or call the Weathervane box office at 330-836-2626 or visit www.weathervaneplayhouse.com online.
Weathervane Playhouse is at 1301 Weathervane Lane in Akron.
Next on stage
Weathervane Playhouse will conclude its 2013-14 season with the musical "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" June 5 through 29. The theater also will stage "Mystery of the Gold Doubloons" as part of its Young Actor Series through May 16.
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Cards help pay tribute to Jackie with No. 42
PITTSBURGH -- As has become a yearly tribute to baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson, all players and uniformed staff donned uniform No. 42 on Monday, the 66th anniversary of Robinson breaking the sport's color barrier by making his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
In 1997, under the direction of Commissioner Bud Selig, Robinson's No. 42 was retired across all of Major League Baseball in an unprecedented tribute. The only active player still wearing the number is Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, who has announced that he will retire after this season. At that point, the number will only be worn every April 15.
"I think it's something that we should do," Cardinals outfielder Jon Jay said. "He opened up the doors for a lot of people -- for Latinos, anyone of color. If you think of how many people his influence has helped out, it has changed the lives of so many people who have been able to help their families by playing baseball. When you look over the last 50 years, that's a lot of people who have been taken care of because of what Jackie did.
"I can't imagine what it was like to play in those times, dealing with all he had to deal with. But I've read a lot, and when I've seen videos, he always had a smile on his face. His impact to the game was so much more than just being a player. It couldn't have been easy at all."
Jay said he hoped to soon find time to watch the recently released movie, "42," which traces Robinson's journey from the Negro Leagues' Kansas City Monarchs to the Major Leagues. Manager Mike Matheny said Monday that he, too, looked forward to seeing the film.
"I think it's huge for our sport and for our country, the courage that he had," Matheny said. "In talking to Lou Brock and Bob Gibson and hearing the stories of the struggles and the things that they had to go through, and Ted Savage, it just blows me away. It seems like it was another world.
"How these guys had to stand up to something as crazy as this, I'm ashamed that that was something they had to go through. Fortunately, people like Jackie Robinson carried that banner so well and we were able to get past it."
After Monday's game, all the Cardinals' players and coaches will sign a No. 42 jersey that will be auctioned on MLB.com. The proceeds of that auction will benefit the Jackie Robinson Foundation.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Giants send down Kontos to clear spot for Peavy
SAN FRANCISCO -- The acquisition of Jake Peavy for a pair of Triple-A pitchers spelled trouble for one player who woke up Saturday a member of the Giants' 25-man roster.
After the team's 5-0 loss to the Dodgers on Saturday night, it was announced that player was reliever George Kontos, who was sent back to Triple-A Fresno.
Kontos' latest stint with the Giants was as successful as it was brief. In three appearances since being promoted early last week, the Chicago-area native allowed two earned runs on five hits in 6 1/3 innings. He recorded the win in two of the Giants' three wins against the Phillies.
He owns a 3.00 ERA in 21 innings with the Giants this season.
Ryan Hood is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Apple season has come early in the back garden of my old English row-house in London. Maybe because of the chilly London summer, or because of the particular breed of apple (one I can't identify, crisp and tart and almost pear-shaped) but it's not even August and I've already got more apples than I know what to do with.
Who am I kidding, I know exactly what to do with them. Cook them down with rhubarb, ginger, and cardamom and turn them into ice cream. Apple and rhubarb are a classic English pairing, especially in preserves and chutneys, and locally grown rhubarb (not as local as my apples, but acceptable) is plentiful and delicious.
The combination of apple with rich cream is surprising, reminiscent of fresh yogurt. The cream balances the tang of the rhubarb and brings out the light, cardamom perfume. All together, the flavors are simultaneously complex and deliciously simple, sweet and tart with all the nostalgic melancholy of the end of summer.
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Skotte and Williams compete for LB spot
CORVALLIS, OR - Oregon State returns its top five tacklers from a season ago, including linebackers Michael Doctor and D.J. Alexander. However, the middle of the front seven on defense is a question mark for the Beavers in 2013.
OSU will start two new defensive tackles and a new inside linebacker in the fall. The top contenders for the middle linebacker spot are Joel Skotte, a sophomore from Bend and Josh Williams, a junior from Los Angeles.
"I think they're both intelligent," said Alexander. "They're fast. They both need to work on a couple little things, but the things they've got to work on are in the same area. So, it's kind of working out for them."
Skotte or Williams will be replacing Feti 'Unga who started 19 games for the Beavers. 'Unga who also went by Feti Taumoepeau, had 56 tackles in 2012.
"It's going to be hard to replace Feti 'Unga," said Doctor. "He did a tremendous job for us last year and the years he was here. Joel Skotte and Josh Williams, they both have had great competition at it. I think either one would be a best fit for us."
Michael Doctor led the team in tackles in 2012 with 83. 11 of those were for loss.
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Betances, Nuno rewarded with spots on 25-man roster
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Yankees have informed right-hander Dellin Betances and left-hander Vidal Nuno that they are on the club's 25-man roster to begin the season, rounding out the last of their bullpen decisions.
The hard-throwing Betances posted an 0.73 ERA in 12 1/3 spring innings, while Nuno had a 3.38 mark in eight spring innings, transitioning to the bullpen after competing for the Yankees' fifth starter vacancy.
"We liked the camps that they had," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Betances had a great camp. We think Nuno gives us a lot of flexibility as far as a second left-hander, but also a guy that can give you some innings if you bring him in to face a left, right, left. He'll give you a couple of innings."
The Yankees still need to finalize one backup infield spot after telling Dean Anna that he made the club on Friday. They are continuing to discuss how to decide the remaining spot between Eduardo Nunez and non-roster invitee Yangervis Solarte.
Betances and Nuno will join the mix leading to closer David Robertson. Left-hander Matt Thornton and right-hander Shawn Kelley were considered early locks for the bullpen, and fifth starter runners-up David Phelps and Adam Warren are also beginning the year in relief.
"Our bullpen has some flexibility because three guys can really give you some good distance," Girardi said, referring to Phelps, Warren and Nuno.
Betances, 26, made eight previous big league appearances (one start) with the Yankees in 2011 and '13. Once a top starting pitching prospect, Betances was converted into a full-time reliever last season.
"I did what I had to do. I felt like I earned my spot," Betances said. "Now it's just competing and trying to help the team as much as I can."
Nuno, 26, was 1-2 with a 2.25 ERA in five games (three starts) with New York last season. Once property of the Indians' organization, Nuno had a stint in independent ball before latching on with the Yankees.
"I can sleep a little bit better now, just knowing that I'm heading to Houston and then New York," Nuno said. "It's just a long journey. I'm just really happy, really thrilled about how I got the news. Now it's back to work."
The team also gave serious consideration to left-hander Cesar Cabral, who threw 9 1/3 scoreless innings this spring, but the club's early schedule played a part in the decision to leave Cabral off the roster.
"We play 13 games in a row to get out of the gate," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. "I think taking our best pitching going north -- the fact that we're playing 13 games in a row, Nuno can give you length as well as that he's left-handed. That gave him a leg up."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Wind speed effect on L-band brightness temperature inferred from EuroSTARRS and WISE 2001 field experiments Etcheto, Jacqueline; Dinnat, Emmanuel P.; Boutin, Jacqueline; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Miller, J.; Contardo, Stéphanie; Wesson, J.; Font, Jordi; Long, David G. (IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 2004-10-31)
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The DC Shorts Film Festival will be running from September 6 – 16, 2012. It is held at four different theaters in the DC metro area, including: Landmark's E Street Cinema, Atlas Performing Arts Center, U.S. Navy Memorial's Burke Theater, and Angelika Film Center and Café Mosaic. All those locations are pretty closed to our Washington dc family hotel.
Each film in the festival is 20 minutes or less. There are 140 films from 27 different countries and they cover the full spectrum of film genres (sci-fi, comedy, anime, drama, documentaries, etc.).
For more information about the show check out the DC shorts website!
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Bankei wrote:Hi
I have noticed that there are many people out there who reject the Abhidhamma yet still call themselves Theravadins. This includes a few monks. There are others that take the Sutta and Vinaya as primary but still see some (lesser) value in the Abhidhamma.
Why do you think this is so?
Bankei wrote:Why do you think this is so?
retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Bankei,Bankei wrote:Why do you think this is so?
A preference for the words of the Fully Enlightened Buddha with respect to the words of other Elders.
The Elders may have had their own wisdom, but the Buddha is cool.
tiltbillings wrote:But the Theravada claims that the Abhidhamma Pitaka is the Buddha's (except for the Kathavatthu).
retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Tilt,tiltbillings wrote:But the Theravada claims that the Abhidhamma Pitaka is the Buddha's (except for the Kathavatthu).
"The Theravada"?
tiltbillings wrote:Picky, picky, picky. The Theravada tradition, but as I am writing this I wonder if it is in the actual texts of the AP or is it in the commentaries.
You are probably correct, but then the issue is what weight is given to the commentaries.retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Tilt,tiltbillings wrote:Picky, picky, picky. The Theravada tradition, but as I am writing this I wonder if it is in the actual texts of the AP or is it in the commentaries.
I recall it being said that it is a commentarial claim not found within the Abhidhamma Pitaka itself (I may be wrong though).
tiltbillings wrote:The question of why is the Abhidhamma so quickly dismissed by some is an interesting one. Often, it seems to me, ignorance is the answer.
tiltbillings wrote:... but then the issue is what weight is given to the commentaries.
The question of why is the Abhidhamma so quickly dismissed by some is an interesting one. Often, it seems to me, ignorance is the answer.
Primarily, what the texts actually say. Often we see the dhamma notion of the Abhidhamma get portrayed as being ultimate little atom thingies. Piatigorsky, in his studies of the Theravadin Abhidhamma Pitaka texts (THE BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY OF THOUGHT 1984, 181) points out dharmas are not substances; they are not 'things' in and of themselves:retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Tilt,tiltbillings wrote:The question of why is the Abhidhamma so quickly dismissed by some is an interesting one. Often, it seems to me, ignorance is the answer.
Ignorance of what though, exactly?
Nyanaponika ABHIDHAMMA STUDIES page 41 BPS; page 42 Wisdom wrote:By arranging the mental factors in relational groups a subordinate synthetical element has been introduced into the mainly analytical Dhammasangani. By so doing, the danger inherent in purely analytical methods is avoided. This danger consists in erroneously taking for genuine separate entities the "parts" resulting from analysis, instead of restricting their use to sound practical method with the purpose of classifying and dissolving composite events wrongly conceived as unities. Up to the present time it has been a regular occurrence in the history of physics, metaphysics, and psychology that when the "whole" has been successfully dissolved by analysis, the resultant "parts" themselves come in turn to be regarded as little "wholes."
Prof. Dr. Y. Karunadasa THE DHAMMA THEORY, page 9 wrote:In the Pali tradition it is only for the sake of definition and description that each dhamma is postulated as if it were a separate entity; but in reality it is by no means a solitary phenomenon having an existence of its own. . . . If this Abhidhammic view of existence, as seen from its doctrine of dhammas, cannot be interpreted as a radical pluralism, neither can it be interpreted as an out-and-out monism. For what are called dhammas -- the component factors of the universe, both within us and outside us -- are not fractions of an absolute unity but a multiplicity of co-ordinate factors. They are not reducible to, nor do they emerge from, a single reality, the fundamental postulate of monistic metaphysics. If they are to be interpreted as phenomena, this should be done with the proviso that they are phenomena with no corresponding noumena, no hidden underlying ground. For they are not manifestations of some mysterious metaphysical substratum, but processes taking place due to the interplay of a multitude of conditions. http://www.zeh-verlag.de/download/dhammatheory.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Harvey in his excellent INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM, characterizes the Theravadin position, page 87 wrote:"'They are dhammas because they uphold their own nature [sabhaava]. They are dhammas because they are upheld by conditions or they are upheld according to their own nature' (Asl.39). Here 'own-nature' would mean characteristic nature, which is not something inherent in a dhamma as a separate ultimate reality, but arise due to the supporting conditions both of other dhammas and previous occurrences of that dhamma."
A.K. Warder in INDIAN BUDDHISM, page 323, discussing the Pali Abhidhamma commentarial literature, wrote:"The most significant new idea in the commentaries is the definition of a 'principle' or element (dharma): dharmas are what have (or 'hold', 'maintain', dhr. is the nearest equivalent in the language to the English 'have') their own own-nature (svabhaava). It is added that they naturally have this through conditions."
If it can be argued that it's not the words of the Buddha (even if possibly derived from them) what makes their dismissal any different to the dismissal of the Mahayana Sutras? Why would the teachings of "our elders" be somehow inherently better than the teachings of "their elders"?
tiltbillings wrote:Interesting stuff and actually useful stuff in understanding what the Buddha taught.
tiltbillings wrote:Our elders kept, for the most part, to a particular understanding of the Dhamma; the Mahayanists, ah, well, did something else.
retrofuturist wrote:With all these divergent and conflicting exegeses (or should that be eisegeses?) arising over time, is it any wonder that modern Buddhists increasingly wonder what the Buddha actually taught?
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The beach legend did so nicely Friday, substituting liberally in the last two sets during a four-set win over Japan in the USA Volleyball Cup at the Pyramid, 25-17, 26-24, 18-25 and 25-20.
Danielle Scott-Arruda, the ageless Long Beach State All-American who was playing her first official match in the Pyramid, played in the final two sets and had two kills and two blocks, with some scoring plays in the last minutes of set four.
Kristin Hildebrand and Lauren Paoliniu each had 10 kills and Alisa Glass three blocks. Mizuho Ishida had 18 kills and Miyu Nagaoka 13 for Japan.
"We have a lot of talent and it's a great year to get valuable playing time to a lot of people," Kiraly said.
"Dani did a nice job. Her teammates look at her with a high level of respect. She came in ready, and is a great role model. She sets a good example."
The U.S. team used a 5-0 run behind the serves of Hildebrand to grab a 13-9 lead in the first set. Japan got as close as three points four times, but the U.S. closed on a 9-4 run for a 25-17 win, getting key scoring plays from Lauren Gibbemeyer on the block, a pair of kills by opposite hitter Kelly Murphy and a tip over a double block by Nicole Fawcett for the game-winner.
Set two was dramatically different, with an emphasis on the drama. Japan broke out to an 8-3 advantage early and held that margin consistently, eventually taking a 23-17 lead on a Nagaoka ace.
But the U.S. put up united front after a timeout and, behind some hellacious services by Fawcett, went on a 6-0 run to draw even -- a Fawcett kill and ace, two blocks by Glass, a tap over the Japan block and then a Hildebrand kill for the tie.
Saori Kimura scored on a cross kill to give Japan set point, but Hildebrand tied it on a runner kill, Jordan Larson-Burback dropped a floater over two blockers to give the U.S. set point, and Nagaoka hit Hildebrand's serve wide for a 26-24 U.S. set win and 2-0 lead.
"It wasn't all pretty," Kiraly said. "But a good team figures out a way to slog through tough stretch. Nicole really got it going and let it rip."
The U.S. fell behind to start the third set, 11-6, and three consecutive errors, a set muff and two wide shots by Nicole Davis and Fawcett extended the lead to 14-7 and led to a U.S. timeout.
Japan, behind brilliant all around play from Ishida, extended the lead to eight before the U.S. put together some short rallies--a kill by left-hander Paolini, two blocks by Scott-Arruda, a Kelly Murphy kill and Fawcett kill that got the Americans within five at 23-18.
But a net serve and Ishida kill off the lock gave Japan the set at 25-18.
Set four was close from the start, until a U.S. run featuring a Murphy kill and a kill and block by Scott gave the U.S. breathing room at 15-11. Japan closed to one several times but a Murphy and Paolini kill and Japan muff made it 24-19,m and a Kim Hill kill closed the night at 25-20.
"I was so happy to see the Pyramid packed and the 49er fans come out," Scott-Arruda said. Her last year at Long Beach was 1993, a yeasr before the Pyramid opened, and her only other appearance at thefacility was an alumni game in 2000.
"This team has great potential, we have great depth at all the positions.
To have so many great players in the gym at the same time creates so much competition and raises the intensity."
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A STROUD motorcyclist has been killed while taking part in the Isle of Man TT.
Bob Price, 65, was an experienced racer and died following a crash in the Supersport 1 race on Monday, June 2.
A statement on the TT website from the Auto Cycle Union (ACU) read:
"Bob Price, 65, from Stroud, Gloucester was killed during the Supersport 1 Race at the Isle of Man TT races today following an incident at Ballaugh on the 3rd lap of the race.
"Bob, a car body repair shop owner, was an experienced road racer who first competed at the TT Races in 1992 and competed regularly in the Manx Grand Prix as a Classic racer.
"Highlights of his Mountain Course career included 3rd place in the MGP Junior Classic in 2002 and runner up position in the same year in the Senior Classic. He also achieved third place in the 2004 Junior Classic MGP and took part in last year's inaugural Classic TT Races.
"The ACU wishes to pass on their deepest sympathy to Bob's family and friends.
"The Coroner of Inquests has been informed and an investigation into the circumstances of the accident is underway."
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It sounds like something from a galaxy far, far away, but in truth it was not that long ago that the web was littered with sites that proudly proclaimed "works best in Internet Explorer." Thankfully those days are over. IE6 no longer dominates the web.
But, while IE6 may be a thing of the past, the root problem — websites that work in one and only one web browser — sadly, remains.
This time the culprit is WebKit, the rendering engine that powers the browsers on the iPhone, iPad and Android phones. But what's different about this round of monoculture is that, unlike IE 6, the WebKit developers haven't done anything wrong. It's web developers that have created the WebKit-only web.
Instead of writing code that will work in any browser, which might mean adding an extra three lines of code to their CSS rules, some of even the largest sites on the web are coding exclusively for WebKit.
The problem is bad enough that on Monday at the CSS Working Group meeting, Microsoft, Mozilla and Opera announced that each are planning to add support for some -webkit prefixed CSS properties. In other words, because web developers are using only the
-webkit prefix, other browsers must either add support for
-webkit or risk being seen as less capable browsers even when they aren't.
The danger is that if other browsers implement -webkit prefixes then the entire CSS standards effort will be broken. Instead of coding against a single CSS specification developers will need to code against changing vendor prefixes. As CSS Working Group co-chair, Daniel Glazman, says, "I don't think this is the right way. And this is the first time in this WG that we are proposing to do things that are not the right way."
Vendor prefixes like
-webkit and
-moz were designed to help web developers by allowing browser makers to implement CSS features before the official standard was published. Prefixes were intended to help speed up the process of adding new features to the web and, used properly, they have worked. Unfortunately they've also been widely abused.
WebKit is currently the dominant mobile browser in the mind of most web developers (that Opera is actually the single most widely used mobile browser). But even the perceived dominance of WebKit is not the real problem. The problem is — just as it was last time — that web developers are developing exclusively for WebKit.
To be clear, Firefox, IE and Opera also support these features. In most cases, the -webkit properties being used have -moz, -ms and -o prefix equivalents for use in the respective browsers. Popular CSS 3 features like border-radius, transforms, gradients and animations work in all modern browsers. Developers simply need to add those three additional lines of code to make their websites compatible with Firefox, IE and Opera. But they aren't doing that.
That the problem lies with web developers, not the browsers, led Glazman, to put out a call for action, asking web developers to "stop designing web sites for WebKit only, in particular when adding support for other browsers is only a matter of adding a few extra prefixed CSS properties."
Neither Glazman, nor anyone else is suggesting that Apple and Google should stop innovating or stop implementing new features as fast as they can. As Tantek Çelik, a Mozilla representative in the CSS WG, says in the minutes of Monday's meeting, "I think it's great that Apple wants to innovate as fast as they can…. I don't want Apple to slow down in innovation and implementing new things. That helps the Web grow and innovate."
At the same time both Apple and Google have set some bad examples by building a number of WebKit-only demos that might be part of what lead some developers to conclude that only WebKit supports such features. That has also spilled over into the world of tutorials where even sometimes even standards advocates showcase -webkit in their sample code while ignoring -moz-, -ms- and -o-*.
What makes the current -webkit-only epidemic all the more depressing is how easy it is to solve — just use prefixes they way they were intended. Thanks to modern toolkits you don't even need to write any extra code. Preprocessors like SASS and LESS make it easy to output five lines of prefixed code with a single mixin. Not a fan or SASS or LESS? No problem, just use cssprefixer, which parses your CSS and adds any prefixes you need before you publish it to the web (there's also a client-side auto-prefixing solution if you prefer).
That's fine for your website, but what about all the rest of those top 30,000 sites you don't control? Well, you could email the developers, let them know that their site isn't working in the most popular mobile web browser; let them know that you can't use their service. If you're a programmer or web developer you can help out with Mozilla developer Christian Hellman's effort to Pre-fix the web. Pre-fix the web is looking for developers willing to seek out projects on Github that only work in Webkit and then fork the project, adding the missing prefixes to the CSS, extending JS code to do proper feature detection and then sending a pull request. In other words, literally fixing the web.
We at Webmonkey hope it's obvious that building WebKit-only sites is a waste of time. If you're only interested in iOS users then take a tip from Instagram and build a native app. As Peter Linss, Hewlett-Packard's CSS WG representative says the CSS WG minutes, "there's no advantage to the Web to have someone write a platform-specific website." There's also no real advantage for the developer, especially when an automated prefixer can do all the work for you. If you want your site to embrace the web, take the time to learn the craft and embrace all of the web. Be good at what you do and do it right.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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Go Blue! Eff Brian Kelly.
That is all.
Go Blue! Eff Brian Kelly.
That is all.
Go BLUE!!!
Actually, I thought UC looked pretty good and I think they'll do well in Big East competition. They were a step slow vs UT and the Vols offense was well coached and has a QB with a rocket arm, yet the UC defenders were just a step short. This Vos team is better than we've seen in many years. As the year goes on, UC's loss will not look so bad
Another Big Weekend for the Big East. Five games vs. AQ teams, and they are all winnable (and; unfortunately, losable). If the Big East plays like it did last week, it will once again be the laughing-stock of college football. This is getting hard watch and defend as a Big East fan.
What if this is as good as it gets?
The Big East is awful. As a Louisville fan, I'm sad that my team is (a) contributing to the suck and (b) cannot take advantage of it to garner some cheap BCS appearances (see, e.g., UConn 2011 Fiesta Bowl).
Well at least we've established that UC is plenty good enough to destroy REALLY bad football teams.
The goal now should be to win the final Big East Championship trophy, so you can claim to be the champion for the rest of time.
Cincinnati Here We Go.
26 Years and Counting...
Should the title of this thread be changed to "The Conference Formerly Known as the Big East Football" or maybe "Vacant"?
The Big East had a mediocre weekend on the field (my Cards got a big win), but that is no longer as important as realignment. Ugh!
What if this is as good as it gets?
Nice win for the Cats...
Maybe Bill Simmons will stump for UC to not get left out of the shuffle, since UC is his favorite team.
!@sportsguy33 Bill Simmons
I finally have a favorite college football team: Cincy plays the "Halloween" theme when they need a stop on D at home. SOLD
That was a big win for UC. To do that on national tv to another BCS school is awesome, even if NC State sucks.
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Class of 1989, B.A. Business Administration
I graduated from Dordt College in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in Business Administration. My memories of Dordt are many. What immediately comes to mind is the dedication and commitment of the professors and the teaching of the 'Reformed world and life view' that all of life is religious and that everything is under God's sovereignty. This world and life view has provided a framework for my future and built on my upbringing in a Christian home by Dutch immigrant parents and on my primary education at a Christian School. I'm still in contact with some of my roommates and friends after more than 20 years and all of them are actively making a difference in their communities. I also have fond memories of my involvement in the Dordt Blades Hockey Club and have organized and participated in four alumni hockey events since graduation. My semester off campus with the Chicago Met Program was also life changing-- big city, unique cultural experiences, career confirming and new friends.
Looking back, I can really see God's hand at work in my life. When I graduated, I was considering law school and had been accepted by two large Canadian universities. However, I really wanted to work and at the last minute was hired by Toronto Dominion Bank. Having worked in six branches in seven years and progressed from Management Trainee to Assistant Manager, I was given a severance package at age 29. Although initially shocked and disappointed, I was blessed with the opportunity to re-evaluate and renew. I realized that the work experiences at the Bank had provided me with an excellent background in financial services from credit to financial planning. After working through the book '€œWhat Color in My Parachute'€ and writing a personal mission statement, a wonderful opportunity arose with Christian Credit Union. Both personally and professionally, I'm convinced that God had placed me in the right place at the right time. Fifteen years later, I currently serve as Manager, Financial Planning and help members achieve their life planning goals from saving for retirement to planning their estate. I manage approximately $60MM in assets. Along the way, I have continued to take courses and earn designations including the Canadian Securities Course and Certified Financial Planner® designation. Through Christian Credit Union's 'Difference' newsletter, distributed to over 5,500 Christian Credit Union members throughout Canada, I write articles about financial planning topics and Biblical principles with regards to finances.
I met Carol Slomp, a fellow Dordt Alumni ('93) while she was studying in Edmonton and was married in 1997. We have been blessed with two wonderful children and are actively involved in our church, school and greater Edmonton community.
My advice to Dordt College students:
- Be active in campus activities and take advantage of the opportunities to learn both on and off campus.
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Judging by the dizzying variety of movies, this year's Toronto Jewish Film Festival, a major cultural event in the city, is bound to satisfy a diverse audience.
Toby Perl Freilich's Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment is a comprehensive account of an iconic Israeli institution, the agricultural commune, the first of which was founded a little more than a century ago by eastern European pioneers dedicated to building a socialist state in what was then Ottoman Palestine.
In the century since then, many kibbutzim have changed tremendously. The outmoded notion of collective child care has fallen by the wayside. The central dining room has been phased out. Industry is more important than agriculture. Differential salaries and private housing are now the norm. Privatization has taken hold as the strict principle of egalitarianism has withered.
As Freiluch suggests, the kibbutz had no alternative but to change with the times. Modern capitalist Israel outgrew the kibbutz, and the traditional kibbutz model no longer fit the country.
Originally founded to provide employment for Jewish pioneers, the kibbutz played an integral role before and after Israel's creation. Kibbutzniks were in the forefront of establishing Israel's future borders. Their crops fed an expanding population. To a large degree, they produced the officer corps of the armed forces.
Freilich examines four kibbutzim: Degania (the first kibbutz), Sasa (the first kibbutz populated by American immigrants), Ein Shemer and Hulda.
Their tough and resilient founders, braving malaria, hunger and Arab raids and lacking such essentials as electricity and running water, sought to build the prototype of the new, fighting Jew. "We felt we were the elite of Israeli society," says one grizzled veteran.
The kibbutz was marginalized by the Likud party, the winner of 1977 election. The new prime minister, Menachem Begin, curtly dismissed kibbutzniks as "millionaires with swimming pools."
Begin's churlish attitude was the least of their problems. A debt crisis in the 1980s, endemic mismanagement and the continued flight of young members placed the kibbutz in jeopardy. Kibbutzim, however, appear to have weathered these challenges.
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Arnon Goldfinger's The Flat delves into a family mystery. When Gerda Tuchler died, her descendants, including the filmmaker, sifted through her possessions in her Tel Aviv flat. To their surprise, they found copies of Der Angriff, a Nazi newspaper founded by Joseph Goebbels, and letters in German attesting to an unusual friendship.
Tuchler and her husband, Kurt, were German Jews who settled in Palestine after the rise of Adolf Hitler. Shortly after their arrival, they travelled around Palestine with Leopold von Mildenstein – a nobleman and high-ranking Nazi party member who had come to Palestine to write pro-Zionist stories about its Jewish inhabitants – and his wife. Stranger still, the Tuchlers regularly visited the von Mildensteins in Germany after the war.
In his riveting film, Goldfinger tries to make sense of this seemingly bizarre relationship, questioning his incurious mother, talking to von Mildenstein's daughter (who claims he was not a Nazi) and interviewing historians.
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Evi Kurz's The Kissinger Saga takes Henry Kissinger and his lesser-known brother, Walter, back to Fuerth, their hometown in Germany, on a sentimental journey. "We still feel connected to Fuerth," says Henry, probably speaking more for himself than Walter who, unlike Henry, never speaks in German.
Like their late parents, Louis and Paula, the Kissinger brothers were born in Fuerth, a town of half-timbered buildings in the state of Franconia from which Kurz also hails.
In this competently crafted documentary, Henry and Walter recall their childhood, the rise of Nazism, the humiliations they endured, their parents' lives, their emigration in 1938, their new home in New York's Washington Heights enclave and the adjustments Louis and Paula had to make to survive.
Kurz hardly dwells on Henry's dazzling career as an academic and diplomat, nor on Walter's career as a businessman. The brothers, particularly Walter, couch their comments in careful, measured language, indicating they have not forgotten their German roots.
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Fabienne Rousso-Lenoir's Cabaret-Berlin, The Wild Scene explores the nightclub and theatre scene of 1920s and early 1930s Berlin, a mecca of modernism in which German Jews played a pivotal role. Composed of jaunty film clips and revelling in cutting anti-authoritarian humour, the film moves along to the beat of catchy tunes, features a tableau of sexy chorus girls and gives a viewer tantalizing glimpses of the future Hollywood actor Peter Lorre and of an alluring performer named Marlene Dietrich.
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Lisa Ohlin's melancholy feature film, Simon and the Oaks, takes place in late 1930s and 1940s Sweden as Europe edges closer to war.
Simon Larsson (Bill Skarsgard), a bookish and withdrawn Swedish boy, befriends Isak Lentov (Karl Martin Eriksson), a German-Jewish refugee. Their bond is cemented when Simon defends Isak from antisemitic bullies during a school break.
After a fire engulfs the Lentov home, Simon's mother, Karin (Helen Sjoholm), invites Isak to stay with them indefinitely. Isak's father, Ruben (Jan Josef Liefers), a prosperous bookstore owner, gratefully accepts her invitation.
These events occur as Germany invades Poland and Norway, imbuing the film with an ominous tone. Can neutral Sweden be next? Further layers of uncertainty pop up when family secrets are revealed and Simon discovers his real identity. Simon and the Oaks is a film of stark simplicity and depth.
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William Karel and Livia Manera's Roth on Roth offers the great American novelist Philip Roth a platform to reflect on his life. Although Roth is notoriously reclusive, he opens up here, discussing his family, novels and anxieties.
He defends his first published story, Defender of the Faith, from charges of self-hating antisemitism. He remembers he could not converse with his grandfather, who spoke not a word of English. He admits he annoyed his father when he chose writing over law. He talks about his hellish first marriage. He discloses he had to "prepare" his parents for the publication of Portnoy's Complaint, which made him financially stable. He discusses his disciplined work habits and acknowledges he is unhappy when not working. He says he faces the prospect of death with fear, sadness and resignation.
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Stephen Fischler and Joel Sucher's Dressing America – Tales from the Garment Center comes off as an ode to New York City's fabled and fiercely competitive ready-to-wear rag trade, which was founded and nurtured by Jewish immigrants in the late 19th century.
Manufacturers liken the garment district to a small town, where bumping into a familiar face is a common experience. The filmmakers claim that the industry, built on bolts of cloth, has managed to adapt to changes in taste. Surprisingly, they say precious little about the formidable challenge posed by Asian competitors.
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Paula Markovitch's The Prize is a feature film set in 1970s or 1980s Argentina, when the army-backed government was conducting a "dirty war" against the left. The movie is infinitely sombre and bleak.
A mother and her young daughter live in a simple cabin amid the wind-swept sand dunes of a lonely stretch of beach. They seem like castaways in purgatory.
The mother, taciturn and monosyllabic, is secretive, as if some disaster looms on the horizon. She has reason to be tense. Her husband has disappeared, presumably having been arrested and perhaps even murdered.
"We are here because they want to find us," she tells her daughter, Cecelia Adelstein, in ominous tones.
Before Cecelia sets off to school, she is told by her insecure mother what to say to the teacher. And when Cecilia, a bright girl, wins an essay contest sponsored by the armed forces, her mother is mortified, insisting she boycott the award ceremony.
The Prize is short on character development, and the back story is vague. But the atmosphere is thick and enveloping.
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The possible closure of Salinas' airport tower has the Monterey County Farm Bureau in a huff.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said last month that the tower may be one of more than 200 small airport towers to be closed as a result of federal spending cuts.
In a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Monterey County Farm Bureau Executive Director Norm Groot said the tower's closure would slow down helicopters and small aircraft that provide pest control and crop management to roughly 210,000 acres.
"Without these aerial operators moving consistently on a daily basis from their home base at the Salinas airport," he wrote, "severe infestations of various pests and diseases could occur in a number of our fresh products while growing in the fields."
He said the change could also lead to a price inflation if crops are not properly dusted.
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KEIGHLEY MP Kris Hopkins has been appointed minister for local government.
The former housing minister was given the new role in Prime Minister David Cameron's reshuffle.
Mr Hopkins – a one-time leader of Bradford Council – will also have responsibility for adult social care, community pubs and planning policy relating to wind farms and solar energy.
He said: "I am honoured that the Prime Minister has shown continued faith in me by appointing me to the new role.
"Having been a local councillor representing my home ward of Worth Valley for 12 years prior to being elected to parliament, it is particularly exciting to be made minister for local government, a policy area that I retain a deep affection for.
"So too adult social care, as we work as a nation to address the challenges that come with looking after a population that is living longer than ever before and the increased costs which come with this.
"And, as someone who loves nothing more than visiting my local pub, I greatly welcome the opportunity to work with brewers, landlords and patrons to support community pubs which are so important to so many cities, towns and villages and which support many thousands of jobs across the country.
"It is an exciting and intriguing new role and one I am very much looking forward to undertaking."