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Drought conditions in the San Luis Valley have caused some growers to cut back slightly on potato acreage.
Jim Ehrlich, executive director of the Monte Vista-based Colorado Potato Administrative Committee, said there was a 10% reduction in acreage from last year.
"Acreage is right at 50,000 areas this year," he said.
The lack of water was a contributing factor.
"In light of the water situation, our acreage is down slightly," said Jed Ellithorpe, a partner in Aspen Produce LLC, Center, Colo.
However, Ellithorpe said the reduction won't really affect the company's supplies that much.
"It won't affect our volume a whole lot," he said.
Ehrlich also said last year's market played a role in the reduction.
"Water limitations as a result of the drought, and poor crop prices for the 2012-13 crop were factors," he said.
Other growers also have noticed the added stress from the water situation.
Shane Watt, vice president of sourcing and grower relations for Wada Farms Marketing Group, Idaho Falls, Idaho, said the snowpack is the main concern right now.
"The snowpack is the largest contributing factor to the drought," he said.
Watt also said that he doesn't expect to see increased production in that area unless drastic changes take place.
"If we have multiple consecutive years with above normal snow pack and rainfall, it could change but at this point almost everything is irrigated, and we won't really be able to increase potato acreage," he said.
Ellithorpe says the drought conditions may be part of a longer drought cycle, and the rains this summer might indicate some relief in the future.
"We've been dealing with these drought conditions for at least 10 years, but we're optimistic that it will turn around. Hopefully the rain this summer will be an indicator that Mother Nature may provide some relief this winter," Ellithorpe said.
However, the situation is still severe.
"We have had a more normal summer this year with less heat and more rain but we are still suffering from the fourth-lowest snowpack on record, which dates back to the 1880s," Ehrlich said.
Ellithorpe says that if drought conditions don't improve, potatoes likely won't be as affected as other crops.
"If we don't get relief through the annual snow pack, we'll probably be faced with acreage cuts, although those cuts don't generally happen in the potato world," he said.
Potatoes are more of a cash crop, and growers have often shaped their entire operations around that harvest.
"They've built their operations around the volume of potatoes they generally grow each year, so reducing that acreage is a big challenge," Ellithorpe said.
Instead, Ellithorpe says growers try to rotate crops and cut other, less profitable commodities.
Les Alderete, general manager at Center-based Skyline Potato Co., agreed.
"Water will play a major role in next year's plantings," he said.
In addition, the region has created a water subdistrict, which is attempting to address the problem by retiring irrigated acreage in the area to balance water pumping with water recharge from snowpack, Ehrlich said.
"The subdistrict has created a pool of money by taxing growers for their water usage and in turn using this money to incentivize land retirement and less pumping," he said.


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"How to Win" is a work in progress by Stephen Duncombe, an academic, and Steve Lambert, an artist. We are both long-time political activists and both of us believe that using art and culture to transform the world is a good idea. But we are both haunted by the same question: How do we gauge the success of our projects? Hell, how do we even think about success when our goal is utopia?
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More than a month ago LSU football coach Les Miles and his family phoned the mother of Rivals100 offensive lineman Cameron Robinson of West Monroe and sang birthday to her.
Just last week, when some of LSU's top prospects checked into their hotel rooms for the Rivals100 5-star Challenge in Chicago, they found a little reminder from the Tigers in the form of hand-written letters from members of the coaching staff, wishing them well in their star-studded weekend endeavor.
Not only was the gesture well received among the players LSU choreographed to receive them but with other elite players not previously considering the Tigers.
"When everybody found out about it the next day they were saying that was crazy," said Rivals100 wide receiver Malachi Dupre of John Curtis. "They were saying that school goes out of their way a lot for ya'll and that was cool what they did that ya'll."
LSU tried to blanket as many of its prospects on hand as possible but in some cases the letters weren't delivered for whatever the reason.
To those that received the white envelopes addressed in purple ink, including Rivals100 running back Leonard Fournette of St.Augustine who was unavailable for comment, it was the thought that counted and had them thinking about LSU despite being more than 900 miles away from the campus.
"I was really excited when I saw the letter," Rivals250 wide receiver Saeed Blacknall of Manapalan, N.J. "I was surprised and it was great to see my No. 1 showing me love."
Blacknall, who has already made an unofficial visit to Baton Rouge, has indicated LSU's his No. 1 school and the nation's No. 15 wide out could commit to the Tigers as early as next month.
Inside linebacker Clifton Garrett, the top-rated prospect in Illinois, is another out-of-state player that holds LSU in high regards.
Garrett has also made an unofficial visit to LSU and said in previous interviews the Tigers are atop his leaderboard.
"It was a pretty good feeling knowing that they were thinking about me enough to have a letter at my hotel waiting for me," said Garrett, a Rivals100 member and four-star recruit. "That really shows how much they really do want me."
LSU's attention to detail didn't go unnoticed by the nation's top-rated offensive guard Demetrius Knox of Ft. Worth, Texas-All Saints Episcopal.
Although there hasn't been a lot of public buzz connecting Knox to LSU the fact that the Tigers included the Rivals100 member in such a way could reap rewards in the future.
"It was great," Knox said. "It shows they really think a lot of me. It really meant a lot. You always want to go somewhere you're wanted."
While considered more of a long shot LSU had a letter waiting for Adoree' Jackson of Gardena, Calif.-Junipero Serra.
Jackson, who recently named the Tigers among his list of 10 finalists, is a Rivals100 member, five-star prospect and nation's No. 2 rated cornerback.
"My first thought was that I had arrived, but it was time to do work," Jackson said. "I was appreciative because it was the only one just sitting and waiting. I liked that."
Of the players on the receiving end of the letters Westlake tight end Jacory Washington - a Rivals250 member and four-star prospect - was the only committed player to the Tigers but that didn't underscore the signifance of the moment.
"It was exciting to know that they were thinking about me," Washington said. "It's great and shows a lot about how they care for their players."
Dupre is a four-star prospect and nation's No. 7 wide receiver who arguably put himself in a position to improve both of those rankings the next time they're upgraded after the Rivals100 Challenge.
Observers believe LSU is in a good place recruiting wise with Dupre, who has already made several unofficial visits and is close friends with current team members Odell Beckham Jr. and Duke Riley.
With UCLA and Florida State providing stiff opposition in the recruitment of Dupre, the Tigers are going to need to rely on any and all means possible in which to try and secure his signature.
Consider this most recent example of that and another step in the right direction.
"It was nice that they went out of their way and they didn't have to do that," Dupre said. "I enjoyed getting one. A few of the other guys from LSU got one and we were all pretty hyped about it. The letter was wishing me good luck at the camp and that they would be watching from afar. It showed that they cared."
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Victoria Beckham and David Beckham took their three oldest out for a fun night in London yesterday. Romeo, Cruz, and Brooklyn Beckham hit the town, while their little sister, Harper Beckham, stayed at home. The Beckham fivesome left the Royal Albert Hall after watching a performance of Kooza by Cirque du Soleil. They piled into their car, trying to avoid the rain. The wet weather is something they're readjusting to after returning home to the UK following their years spent in sunny LA. The family seems to be settling in now. Victoria was spotted last week visiting some of her favorite London shops — and has spruced up their surroundings with some newly acquired Manolo Blahnik candles. David, meanwhile, was in the stands in a Chelsea soccer stadium to watch as Brooklyn played with an under-14 team.


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In downtown Port Angeles
Red Lion Hotel Port Angeles overlooks the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Hollywood Beach, 1 block from the town center. Port Angeles City Pier and ferries to Victoria, British Columbia, are a few steps away, and the gateway to skiing, hiking, and more in Olympic National Park is a 5-minute drive.
Waterfront seafood dining
The Port Angeles Crabhouse and Lounge starts the day with a hearty breakfast, then serves signature fresh seafood dishes against a water-view backdrop. Guests can keep up their exercise routine in the fitness center and on the riverside jogging path, and swim some laps of the outdoor pool. ***Seasonal outdoor pool closed for the season*** Will reopen May 2016
Kitchenettes, free WiFi
Light and airy rooms and suites have uncluttered, stylish decor, and many feature private balconies and harbor views. Kitchenettes are equipped with fridges, microwaves, and coffeemakers. Guests can get online in seconds using free WiFi, and relax in front of a favorite cable TV show.
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In addition to a seasonal outdoor pool, Red Lion Hotel Port Angeles provides a spa tub and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Event facilities include conference space and meeting rooms. This beach hotel also offers a picnic area, coffee/tea in the lobby, and concierge services. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Red Lion Hotel Port Angeles is a smoke-free property.
- Outdoor seasonal pool
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- Fitness facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms 3
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
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- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 186
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- Picnic area
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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- Smoke-free property
- Coffee shop or café
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- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Free self parking
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- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
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- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
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Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
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- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
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- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- Daily housekeeping
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
Port Angeles CrabHouse - Onsite restaurant.
Nearby Things to Do
A seasonal outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
- Free bicycles on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 15.00 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 15 per pet, per day
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee: USD 6.95 per accommodation, per night
- Fitness center access
- Internet access
- Newspaper
- Faxes
- Additional inclusions
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 8 and USD 13 per person (approximately)
- Pet fee: USD 15 per pet, per day
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 15.00 per night
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- Port Angeles Red Lion Hotel
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Children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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text: 6D Helmets Launches International Distribution Press Release | September 28, 2013The following is from 6D Helmets…Brea, California – 6D Helmets is proud to announce the launch of international distribution for 6D products in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. 6D Helmets will be hosting a media press introduction this Friday September 27th, 2013 at 4pm directly following the United States Motocross Des Nations team introduction by Youthstream in Teutschenthal, Germany. Recent 250cc Motocross Champion and MX2 Motocross Des Nations United States team rider Eli Tomac will be on hand for the 6D event."We are very eager and excited to open these territories as we have had overwhelming interest from racers, dealers, and distributors throughout Europe and the globe. Many distribution partners have already been established encompassing key market regions throughout the world. It is a goal of 6D's to educate riders and racers worldwide as to the safety benefits of 6D's patent pending 'ODS' technology and provide them with a local resource to secure products and support.We encourage the international media to attend the press launch and learn more about 6D's ground-breaking technological advancement in helmet technology – Bob Weber, CEO & Co-Founder of 6D Helmets, LLC.The 6D ATR-1 helmet exceeds the ECE 22.05 safety standard, the U.S. DOT FMVSS218 safety standard, and the Australian AS1698 motorcycle safety standard.You can catch #8 Eli Tomac in his 6D Helmet and the rest of Team America this weekend at Motocross Des Nations in Teutschenthal, Germany. CBS Sports will be airing Motocross Des Nations live Sunday 3PM ET.By Press Release Comments


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The Ducks could have complained about the officiating, but they didn't. They could have whined and groaned and acted as if they had been wronged after a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks in their home opener Friday night at Honda Center.
Instead, the Ducks blamed themselves for a one-sided loss in front of a sellout crowd of 17,529 that came to celebrate the return of hockey but sat in silence for long stretches. The Ducks gave up three power-play goals, including two in the pivotal opening period.
"Unacceptable," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said.
"We didn't do ourselves any favors," team captain Ryan Getzlaf said.
"We let our emotions get the best of us," winger Bobby Ryan said.
Daniel Sedin and Mason Raymond scored power-play goals in the first period, Aaron Volpatti added an even-strength goal in the middle period, Zack Kassian had a power-play goal early in the final period and Raymond scored an even-strength goal late in the third.
Vancouver goaltender Cory Schneider made 30 saves for his fifth career shutout.
After routing the Canucks in their season opener and defeating the Calgary Flames, the Ducks started the season 2-0 for the first time since 2006-07. They scored seven goals against Vancouver and five more against Calgary, the most they scored in two games to start a season in their history.
The Ducks' victories and their scoring flair masked one serious problem, however. They struggled to kill penalties in each of their first two games, giving up four goals in seven shorthanded situations. They weren't any better in Friday's rematch with the Canucks.
Vancouver scored three times on nine power-play opportunities.
The Ducks were scoreless on three chances with the man-advantage.
"I wouldn't say it's a concern," Getzlaf said of the Ducks' penalty-killing struggles. "Special teams are a huge part of it. Special teams, we lost tonight. It's tough. The penalties were 10-1 or 9-1 or whatever they were. First period, they were all penalties. We got a little carried away.
"Their power play was better than our penalty killing."
Vancouver made the Ducks pay for all their transgressions.
The Canucks' Henrik Sedin found twin brother Daniel Sedin all alone near the right goal post a little more than a minute after the Ducks' Daniel Winnik went to the penalty box for holding and Getzlaf followed him after taking a cross-checking penalty against Raymond.
Daniel Sedin swept home Henrik's pass to give the Canucks a 1-0 lead 9:13 in.
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India set England an imposing target of 179 to win their second and final World Twenty20 warm-up after half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina.
England used 12 men for the practice match, with Stuart Broad testing his troublesome right knee with two overs before leaving the captaincy to deputy Eoin Morgan, and started promisingly.
They had India 39 for three after the six-over powerplay, but Kohli (74 not out) and Raina (54) batted with cool heads and occasional blasts of power to lift the total to 178 for four.
Broad looked fit and bowled with pace in a 12-ball spell that cost 14 runs and England will need him for the tournament proper as the rest of the pace attack struggled to tie the batsmen down.
Jade Dernbach, Chris Jordan and Tim Bresnan each went at nine or more an over, with only James Tredwell's off-spin offering real control.
Broad began the match on the sidelines, with Moeen Ali asked to fulfil an unfamiliar new ball role.
But he conceded only four runs from the first over as Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma got off to a slow start.
The score stood at 15 when Rohit was caught at fine leg mis-timing a pull, giving Dernbach first blood at the start of the fourth over.
Three wides followed, as well as four runs through point, but Dhawan followed his partner back to the pavilion in the next over when Bresnan had him well held by Tredwell at cover.
India's shaky start was confirmed on the final ball of fielding restrictions, when Yuraj Singh nicked Jordan to wicketkeeper Jos Buttler and left his side vulnerable on 39 for three.
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The duo settled quickly and added 81 runs in 8.5 overs between them.
Tredwell was treated with due respect, with his tidy spell costing only 20, but Stephen Parry was milked for 17 in his only over - including the first six of the innings by Kohli.
Bopara was also attacked, Raina hitting him consecutively for three fours and a six before he was athletically caught by Jordan attempting another maximum.
But the arrival of Mahendra Singh Dhoni meant no let-up for England and his fifth-wicket partnership with Kohli brought 58 runs in 31 balls.
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My 4-year old son kept having red, swollen penis (started at the top of the penis)and been having this issue since Oct 2010, like once a month. When we try to touch the penis, he complained pain. We brought him to the hospital, urine test was normal and the doctor say it is not phimosis, the doctor also has no idea what lead to the pain. Kindly advise.
It sounds like your son is uncircumcised. It is important to perform daily cleaning of the penis, including the head of the penis, although I recommend that soap not be applied to the head of the penis, because it can be irritating. In boys who are uncircumcised, the head of the penis is quite sensitive, even if there is no infection or inflammation, which would cause redness. Some 4-year-old boys who are uncircumcised have persistent adhesions or attachments between the foreskin and head of the penis, and as these adhesions separate spontaneously, redness and pain can occur. Often, application of a mild corticosteroid cream can reduce the irritation and discomfort that he may be experiencing.
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HOUSTON - Critters are looking to find shelter from the cold, and they are doing it inside Houstonians' homes.
Brent Cornelius with ABC Home and Commercial is a busy man, setting, trapping and removing unwanted house guests. Rodents and other critters are coming into people's homes to find a warm place in our chilly weather.
ABC Home and Commercial officials said they are getting 30 to 50 calls a day for animal removal.
Experts said keeping critters out of your home is all about prevention.
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Experts also advise homeowners to trim their trees, especially ones against their homes. Trees can be an easy way for critters to climb on and into your home.
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Situated on the waterfront, this condo is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from Captain Hooks Marina and Dive Center and 3 mi (4.8 km) from Sombrero Beach. Conch Air and Island Hoppers Aerial Adventures are also within 1 mi (2 km).
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Along with a marina, this condo has an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, concierge services, laundry facilities, and express check-in are onsite.
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In addition to a marina, Indigo Reef Resort Villas & Marina by KeysCaribbean features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Marathon condo also offers barbecue grills, a picnic area, and concierge services. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more cancer cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia.
|Drug: arsenic trioxide Drug: cytarabine Drug: daunorubicin hydrochloride Drug: mercaptopurine Drug: methotrexate Drug: tretinoin
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Pilot Study of Arsenic Trioxide-Based Consolidation Therapy for the Primary Treatment of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
- Disease-free survival at 2 and 5 years after study completion
- Safety of arsenic trioxide following cytarabine and anthracycline immediately after study completion
- Validate peripheral blood real-time PCR for minimal disease monitoring as measured by real-time PCR for PML-RARalpha monthly for two years after study completion
|Study Start Date:
|October 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
- Determine, preliminarily, the safety of incorporating arsenic trioxide (ATO) into cytarabine and daunorubicin hydrochloride-based consolidation therapy followed by tretinoin maintenance therapy in patients receiving induction tretinoin and daunorubicin hydrochloride with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) induced into remission with tretinoin and daunorubicin hydrochloride.
- Determine, preliminarily, the efficacy of this strategy in inducing and maintaining molecular remissions in patients treated with this regimen.
OUTLINE: This is a pilot, multicenter study.
- Induction therapy: Patients receive oral tretinoin twice daily on days 1-60 and daunorubicin hydrochloride IV on days 4, 6, and 8. Patients are evaluated between days 60-67 and proceed to consolidation therapy.
- Consolidation therapy: Patients receive cytarabine IV continuously on days 1-3, daunorubicin hydrochloride IV on days 1-3, and arsenic trioxide IV over 1-2 hours once daily, 5 days a week, beginning on day 8 and continuing for 6 weeks. Patients with clinical and/or cytogenic, but not molecular, remission receive additional arsenic trioxide once daily, 5 days a week, for 30 doses (6 weeks). Patients achieving clinical and molecular remission after completion of 6 or 12 weeks of arsenic trioxide proceed to maintenance therapy.
- Maintenance therapy: Patients receive oral tretinoin once daily on days 1-15. Treatment repeats every 3 months for 8 courses (2 years).
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for up to 5 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 50 patients will be accrued for this study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|5 Years to 74 Years (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) by morphologic and flow cytometric documentation (high orthogonal light scatter, lack of HLA-DR expression)
Patients with classical APL as well as the microgranular variant (M3V) are eligible
- In cases where the diagnosis is unclear, consultation with a hematopathologist is required before enrolling the patient in the study
- Patients found to have cytogenetic abnormalities that do not produce the PML-RARα gene rearrangement will be removed from study and will not be included in data analysis
- Patients will not be excluded because of performance status or comorbid disease
- Premenopausal female patients must have a negative pregnancy test
- No prior chemotherapy for APL except hydroxyurea
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00276601
|United States, Alabama
|Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
|United States, Florida
|University of Florida Shands Cancer Center
|Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610-0232
|United States, Georgia
|Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30342
|United States, Maryland
|Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
|Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410
|United States, Nebraska
|UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
|Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198-3330
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Hillman Cancer Center at University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15232
|Study Chair:
|Steven D. Gore, MD
|Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|Steven D. Gore, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00276601 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
P30CA006973 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|January 12, 2006
|Last Updated:
|April 16, 2014
Keywords provided by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center:
untreated adult acute myeloid leukemia
untreated childhood acute myeloid leukemia and other myeloid malignancies
adult acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
childhood acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(15;17)(q22;q12)
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Leukemia, Myeloid
Arsenic trioxide
Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal
Abortifacient Agents
Reproductive Control Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Dermatologic Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Folic Acid Antagonists
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Antirheumatic Agents
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Indian leadership beckons divisive Gujarat politician
DELHI: The controversial Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi has burnished his credentials as a possible future prime minister of India with a solid showing in the regional poll in his home state of Gujarat.
Mr Modi won a fourth term as chief minister of the prosperous, industrial western province, although his Bharatiya Janata Party won fewer seats than many had predicted, and two fewer - 115 - than in the last election.
The win was convincing - the BJP needed 92 seats for a majority, and Congress, its main rival at the national level, won only 61, but many analysts had forecast up to 130 seats for Mr Modi.
It was claimed that a landslide victory would establish him as the frontrunner to lead the BJP in the 2014 national elections.
Many were convinced regardless of the result.
As news of the BJP's victory spread, supporters in Gujarat's capital, Ahmedabad, took to the streets chanting: "Today, the chief minister, 2014, the prime minister.''
"Modi has proven that he has the ability to showcase himself as a prime ministerial candidate," an economics professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Sebastian Morris, said. "Congress will have to work hard to check his increasing clout."
Others urged caution.
"Big success in one state does not mean that the party is ready to put Modi centre stage," Pralay Kanungo from the Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University said. There were signs on Thursday that Mr Modi might already have his eye on the national stage. He gave his victory speech in Hindi rather than the local Gujarati language and, unusually at a moment of triumph, sought absolution for past errors.
"If I have made mistakes I ask my six crore [60 million] Gujarati brothers and sisters for forgiveness," he said to the crowd.
To a national audience, it was an unmistakeable reference to the Gujarat riots in 2002.
The riots and Mr Modi's role in them made him a hugely divisive figure across India.
He had just taken the chief minister's seat when a train carrying Hindu pilgrims was burnt by a Muslim mob in Godhra in February 2002, sparking anti-Muslim riots that raged for months across Gujarat.
More than 1000 people were killed and Mr Modi's government was accused of actively fomenting the violence of Hindu vigilantes.
He has always denied the allegations and none have ever been proven against him. His Hindu nationalist support base say he is a defender of their religious rights, but Muslims and other religious minorities fear a Modi-led government in New Delhi.
Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and Congress's likely prime ministerial candidate, was not as large a presence as predicted in the Gujarat poll. While he reportedly kept a forensic eye on polling data, he kept a low profile, given Mr Modi's unshakeable local popularity.
In the mountainous northern state of Himachal Pradesh, Congress won 36 seats to the BJP's 26 and will form government.
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OAKLAND — The last time 31-year-old Shemicka Johnson saw her younger sister, the teen was doing what she loved most: shopping.
"I ran into her leaving Southland mall with her boyfriend," Johnson recalled of her 18-year-old sibling, Ayana Dominguez. "She told me she was going to Dave & Buster's, I told her to have fun and she said she'd call me soon."
That call never came.
Two days later, her sister was dead. And on Wednesday, the Berkeley resident's slaying remained a mystery.
Dominguez died following a double shooting about 8:45 p.m. July 10 in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant in the city's Fruitvale district. The shooting also left her 22-year-old boyfriend wounded outside the 3100 International Blvd. eatery, police said.
Police said the two had driven to Wendy's for food and were sitting in the car when at least one gunman opened fire from outside the vehicle before fleeing. The boyfriend, an Oakland resident whose name was not released, refused assistance and was taken by relatives to a hospital in stable condition with a wound to his lower body.
Police learned that Dominguez had also been taken by passers-by to a hospital, where she died at 9:34 p.m.
"I got a phone call that she'd been shot," Johnson recalled. "You hear about it all the time, but you don't think it would happen to someone close to you."
Dominguez and her boyfriend had dated for about two years, Johnson said.
"He called me from the hospital the day after the shooting. He was just apologizing to me that he didn't call me. I just wanted to hear what happened. He sounded very sad. Angry. The same thing everybody is feeling. Who would do this?"
Dominguez graduated in February from the Berkeley Technology Academy, which is part of the Berkeley public school system, and had been an intern at the Association of Bay Area Governments in Oakland, her sister said.
Dominguez, an aspiring cosmetologist, excelled at hair braiding and hair design. Her favorite hobby was shopping.
"She had a bubbly personality," her sister said. "Was a real girly girl who loved make up and dressing up."
Kathleen Cha, senior communications officer at the Association of Bay Area Governments, said she worked closely with Dominguez while she interned at the agency for about one year, performing administrative duties.
She worked at the agency's Oakland office through a program called Highways to Work, funded by the Alameda County Department of Social Services that places at-risk youths in paid internships so they can develop work skills, Cha said.
"Not only are we sad, we're enraged because she's not a statistic. This is personal," Cha said. "She was a quick study. Very curious, shy and reserved, but it was fun to be able to watch her grow in her abilities."
Dominguez is survived by her mother, Autumn Blueford, her father, Scott Dominguez, two sisters and one brother, all from the East Bay.
A private memorial service will be held but a date had not been set as of Wednesday, Johnson said.
Police do not yet have a motive for the attack, and no arrests had been made. Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest of suspects. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3821 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.
Staff writer Harry Harris contributed to this report. Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.


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Bush Republicans are preparing to give Congress a pay increase. Democrats believe Congress should not get a raise before the American people do. Here are some key facts on the minimum wage. It's time for a new direction.
A Minimum Wage Worker Would Need to Work 642 Hours – 16 Weeks of Full-Time Work — to Pay for a Congressional Raise. Most Members of Congress currently earn $165, 200. Based on the standard formula, they could get a 2% raise in 2007, brining them to $168,504 — an increase of $3,304. At the current rate, a worker making the minimum wage would have to work approximately 642 hours to make $3,304. That is a little over 16 weeks at 40 hours per week.
A Fair Increase in the Minimum Wage is Long Overdue. Congress and corporate executives continue to line their own pockets while ignoring the needs of the poorest Americans.
- It's been more than 9 years since minimum wage workers last saw an increase in their wages.
- During those nine years, Congress has raised its own pay by $31,600. [CRS, "Salaries of Members of Congress," 4/18/06]
- Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia have responded to this inexcusable inaction at the federal level by raising their minimum wages at the state level.
- The average CEO now earns 821 times more than a minimum wage worker, earning more before lunchtime on his first day of work than a minimum wage worker earns all year. [EPI Economic Snapshots, "CEO-Minimum Wage Ratio Soars," 6/27/06]
An Unacceptably Low Minimum Wage is a Key Part of the Problem of Poverty in our Nation.
- The number of Americans in poverty has increased by 5.4 million since President Bush took office. [U.S. Census Bureau, 12/14/05]
- 37 million Americans currently live in poverty, including 13 million children. [U.S. Census Bureau, 12/14/05]
- Among full-time, year-round workers, poverty has increased by 50 percent since the late 1970s. [U.S. Census Bureau, 12/14/05]
- Minimum wage employees working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year earn $10,700 per year, almost $6,000 below the federal poverty guidelines of $16,600 for a family of three. [U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1/24/06]
Raising the Minimum Wage will Make a Significant Difference in the Lives of Working Families. Millions of hardworking Americans would benefit from a higher minimum wage.


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South African Judge Discusses Art and Politics
This fall's Arts Management Colloquium, a joint event with the Washington College of Law, took place on November 18. Albie Sachs, a founding member of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and a human rights activist, spoke about the role the arts played in the establishment of a democracy in post-apartheid South Africa.
Despite growing up in an activist family, Sachs initially pushed back against assumptions that he would follow the same path his parents walked. They saw the plight of Africans in South Africa as a parallel to their own treatment as Jews in Lithuania prior to World War I.
Sachs enrolled at the University of Cape Town at age 15, and it was then that he began to get involved in politics and human rights. He joined the Modern Youth Society, which was committed to the ideas of free thought, progressive politics, and an egalitarian, multiracial society. When he was 17, he joined the Defiance of Unjust Laws Campaign, which was a campaign of civil disobedience against apartheid. Sachs began practicing law at the age of 21 in Cape Town, where he defended those charged under apartheid racial statutes and repressive security laws.
In the 1960s, the South African government introduced a new law that allowed political prisoners to be detained for 90 days without charges filed against them. Sachs was arrested (for the first time) in 1963. After 90 days, he was released and arrested again immediately upon his release. Two and half months later, he was released. Then in 1965, he was arrested again, this time under the 180-Day law, which allowed for longer periods of detainment without trial.
In 1966, Sachs went into exile in England, where he studied and taught law. He later went to Mozambique and worked as a law professor and legal researcher. In the 1980s, while still in exile, he helped to write the African National Congress's Code of Conduct and its statutes. As a member of the Constitutional Committee and a national executive of the congress, he returned to South Africa in 1990 to help with the negotiations that led to the country becoming a constitutional democracy. When Nelson Mandela was elected president in 1994, Sachs was appointed to serve on the newly established Constitutional Court.
Because of his background in law and the arts, it only made sense to host this Arts Management Colloquium's event at the Washington College of Law. AU's program began with a multimedia tour of the South African Constitutional Court built on the site of the infamous Old Fort Prison in Johannesburg in which many prisoners were unjustly held, including world leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. Sachs led the design of the building, which expresses the ideals of the new democracy through its architecture and the collection of South African art works inside. Every nook and cranny of the court has South African art at its core, from the lobby design motif that reflects the African tradition of "justice under a tree," to the courtroom itself in which the bricks of the old prison were used for the exterior walls, thereby transforming the bricks of oppression into bricks that uphold justice. Sachs said the light-filled design was inspired by a fellow justice who mentioned that her mother might ask, "Is the building smiling at me or frowning at me?" The question reminded Sachs that the building should serve as a symbol of both common sense and justice. It should reflect the most aspirational ideals of democracy and also be a place that felt open and welcome to all South Africans.
As part of the program, Anne L'Ecuyer, a faculty member in the Arts Management Program, facilitated a brief artistic exchange between Sachs and the audience. Participants received handmade paper objects shaped like leaves and were invited to explore the concept of Ubuntu, an African philosophy that means "I am because you are." As the discussion began, L'Ecuyer asked everyone to hold the leaves above their heads, and to rustle and wave them at Sachs. "We did this in your honor and to extend the idea of justice under a tree," she said, "To show that we are all under a tree together. We are a tree here tonight." Sachs said he was surprised and moved by the gesture.
L'Ecuyer asked Sachs how the arts came to be such an important part of his life. "I can't separate art from all the elements. It all came into my life in different ways," he said. Both of his parents were involved in the struggle against apartheid and joined the Communist Party in the 1920s. His father, Emil Solomon Sachs, was a leader of the South Africa's Garment Workers Union. His parents emigrated to South Africa from Lithuania.
Music was also woven into the evening's program. After singing two phrases of the spiritual, "Standing in the Need of Prayer," Sachs stopped and mused that if the group were in South Africa, everyone would have joined in by then. At another point, he addressed how music and musicians are sometimes ahead of their time: "Our jazz musicians wrote our Bill of Rights in music before we wrote it in words." He ended the evening by singing Irving Berlin's "Always," a song that helped him get through the long months of imprisonment.
Sachs also noted the more practical connection between the arts and law. "Clearly, when you are writing a judgment, you respect the conventions and the presentation, but even then you can use language to express it a certain way," said Sachs.


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A REVIEW has been launched after an Essex Police dog died.
Gunner, a German shepherd aged five, was carrying out fetch and return exercises in Stanway when he collapsed.
He was taken to a vet in Colchester for treatment, but was confirmed dead.
Chief Inspector Tom Simons said: "This is a very sad occasion.
"The bond between our handlers and their dogs is very strong and the officer involved is very upset at the loss.
"While they are working dogs, these animals also become a close and important member of each police officer's family.
"All the initial indications are that Gunner died of natural causes, but a review into the circumstances of his death will be carried out."
It is the second police dog to die in three months.
Baron, a German shepherd, also five, was undertaking a training exercise with his handler at a disused building in Danbury in November when he fell from a roof.
He was injured and had to be put down.
A review into the circumstances of his death was opened by the force.


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TOBREX® (tobramycin ophthalmic solution) 0.3% is a sterile topical ophthalmic antibiotic formulation prepared specifically for topical therapy of external ophthalmic infections.
Each mL of TOBREX® solution contains: Active: tobramycin 0.3% (3 mg). Preservative: benzalkonium chloride 0.01% (0.1 mg). Inactives: boric acid, sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, tyloxapol, sodium hydroxide and/or sulfuric acid (to adjust pH) and purified water. TOBREX® (tobramycin ophthalmic solution) 0.3% has a pH range between 7.0 and 8.0 and an osmolality of 260-320 mOsm/kg.
Tobramycin is a water-soluble aminoglycoside antibiotic active against a wide variety of gram-negative and gram-positive ophthalmic pathogens.
The chemical structure of tobramycin is:
Molecular Weight = 467.52
Molecular Formula: C18H37N5O9
Chemical name: 0-{3-amino-3-deoxy-α-D-gluco-pyranosyl-(1→4) }-0-{2,6-diamino-2,3,6-trideoxy-α-D-ribohexo-pyranosyl-(1→6) }-2-deoxystreptamine.
In Vitro Data: In vitro studies have demonstrated tobramycin is active against susceptible strains of the following microorganisms: Staphylococci, including S. aureus and S. epidermidis (coagulase-positive and coagulase-negative), including penicillin-resistant strains.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter aerogenes, Proteus mirabilis, Morganella morganii, most Proteus vulgaris strains, Haemophilus influenzae and H. aegyptius, Moraxella lacunata, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and some Neisseria species. Bacterial susceptibility studies demonstrate that in some cases, microorganisms resistant to gentamicin retain susceptibility to tobramycin.
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A source close to Te'o gave ESPN's Jeremy Schaap documents that the source says are Te'o's AT&T phone records from May 11 to Sept. 12, the date that the woman was supposed to have died. The logs are not originals, but spreadsheets sent via emails, and could not be independently verified.
The records show that in that four-month span — when Te'o has said he believed Lennay Kekua to be in a Los Angeles hospital recovering from an accident and being treated for cancer — Te'o made and received more than 1,000 calls totaling more than 500 hours in length from the same number in the 661 area code. The 661 area code covers Lancaster, which is part of Los Angeles County. The source told Schaap that Te'o believed the 661 phone number in question was Kekua's.
Of these calls, 110 were more than 60 minutes in length, including several that were several hundred minutes long. In an ESPN interview Friday, and in interviews with both ESPN and Sports Illustrated last fall, Te'o said he was on the phone "every single night" with a person he believed to be Kekua, often for long stretches late at night.


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Feminists routinely deny Eros — except when it suits them to exploit their sexual power. Only someone deliberately blind to human reality could maintain that putting men and women in close quarters 24 hours a day will not produce a proliferation of sex, thus introducing all the irrational passions (and resulting favoritism) of physical attraction into an organization that should be exclusively devoted to the mission of combat preparedness. Reported "sexual assaults" will skyrocket, and of course it will only be the men who are at fault. Any consensual behavior leading up to the "assault" — getting in bed with your fellow grunt drunk and taking off your clothes, for example — will be ignored, since in the realm of sexual responsibility, women remain perpetual victims, at the mercy of all-powerful men. Expect a windfall to the gender-sensitivity-training industry, which will be called in both before and after the entry of women into combat units to eradicate endemic male sexism.
Even if Leon Panetta intends to keep female fighting units sex-segregated, that distinction won't last. Feminists will complain that female-only units stigmatize women.
Chivalry is one of the great civilizing forces, taming men and introducing social graces and nuance to what would otherwise be a brutish social world. It is already on life support, but sex-integrated combat units will provide the coup de grâce. If a woman is taken prisoner, will special efforts be made to rescue her to save her from the risk of rape?


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I can see karma in action on others for instance - if i am nice it affects others and they will be nicer later to me i can see how its not excatly what you put is what you get - and how some of it might come later - maybe in a next life ect
i can see how if you improve someone elses life his life is better now and he is less angry = less chance he will blame you for his trobule ect .... and much more examples that i can see how your actions affect your surroundings
but what effect those it have on me ? how come i meditate and put a lot of effort in it and i come back to the start to 0 ? doesnt it have an effect ? how come the actions of for example 3+4=0 ?
my question in short : is there cause and effect in meditation ? if so how can i put so much time and effort in and still no increase in mindfulness where is the cause and effect here ?


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Open Captioning Resolution
passes City Council unanimously
Portland City Council approved an Open Captioning Resolution unanimously on June 28 that will develop an implementation plan for opening captioning of all media produced by the City and presented on its websites or Public Access channels. Commissioner Amanda Fritz brought the resolution before Council in an afternoon session.
Several members of the Portland Commission on Disability were joined by members of the public at the meeting. All testimony offered was in favor of the resolution to remove a barrier to communication on the web, increasing inclusion and access for people with disabilities.
The Office of Equity and Human Rights will work in collaboration with the Bureau of Technology Services and City public information officers and webmasters to develop an implementation plan for captioning media produced by the City and determine the costs associated with the implementation. A report will be made to Council by September 1, 2012, about the captioning implementation plan and cost.
More information on the resolution is available on the City Auditor's website at http://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/webdrawer/rec/5023361/.
Portland Commission on Disability
July 2012 Meetings
PCoD Accessibility in the Built Environment Subcommittee
Second Monday of the month
Monday, July 9, 10 am to 1 pm
1900 Building, 1900 SW Fourth Ave, Room 4A
PCoD Livability and Wellness Subcommittee
Second Tuesday of the month
Tuesday, July 10, 3 to 5 pm
Pettygrove Room, Second floor/City Hall
1221 SW 4th Avenue
PCoD Executive Board Meeting
Meeting rescheduled due to conflict with 4th of July
Wednesday, July 11, 6 to 8 p.m.
Office of Equity & Human Rights
The Commonwealth Building, 421 SW 4th Ave, Suite 500
PCoD Public Outreach and Awareness Subcommittee
Fourth Thursday of the month
Wednesday, July 26, 4 to 6 p.m.
Office of Equity & Human Rights
The Commonwealth Building, 421 SW 4th Ave, Suite 500
PCoD Employment Subcommittee
Fourth Friday of the month
Friday, July 27, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Pettygrove Room, Second floor, City Hall
1221 SW 4th Avenue
Portland Commission on Disability Meeting
Friday, August 10, 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Mayoral Candidates' Forum 12:30 to 2 p.m.
1900 Building, 1900 SW Fourth Ave, Room 2500A
Portland VA Medical Center improving accessibility
The Portland VA Medical Center is adding signs with raised lettering to its elevators, reworking some counters and insulating some under-sink hot water lines to make the hospital easier to navigate for disabled veterans.
Charles Keen, executive director of Accessible Organization in Salem, a disability rights advocacy group, said the improvements will be helpful for veterans who are visually impaired or use wheelchairs.
Connecting Communities Coalition
Employment Subcommittee will meet July 9
The July meeting of the Connecting Communities Employment Subcommittee will be held on Monday, July 9, from 6 to 7:30 pm. The meeting location will be at Inclusion, Inc., which is located at 50 SE 18th Avenue in Portland. More information about the meeting is available on the ONI Online Neighborhood Calendar at http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?event_id=61596&cal=DisplayEvent&c=52339.
Author Margaret Mann to be at booksigning July 14
Margaret Mann will be reading and signing her book, "A Dramatically Different Direction," at In Other Words bookstore, Saturday July 14, from 5 to 7 pm. In Other Words bookstore is located at 14 NE Killingsworth St. "A Dramatically Different Direction" is a poignant, funny and heart-rending autobiographical commentary by an old, bi-racial, lesbian, Buddhist in a wheelchair. Disabled in 1997 by a small blood vessel bursting in her spinal cord she has rebuilt her life with an amazing good humor and a dash of sarcastic wit.
Several of Margaret's articles have appeared in New Mobility Magazine in the past few years. Before moving back home to Hawaii Margaret was the assistant director of the Disability Rights Council in Washington, DC, and worked for a time at the Endependence Center (CIL) in Arlington, Va.
Nominations are now open for
the fall's Making A Difference Awards
Nominations are open for the Making A Difference Awards 2012 which will be presented October 23 at Connecting Communities' fall event, "Branch Out." The City honors individuals and groups making a difference in the Portland disability community every year at this event.
Anyone who knows a business, organization, individual or youth who deserves recognition for work that promotes equity; breaks down barriers, both physical and social; encourages the elevation of the disability community through employment, art, access or health, or other examples that may deserve recognition is encouraged to submit a nomination.
Nominations may be made on the form available at: http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?c=58963&a=402236. The form includes specifics about the nominating criteria and requires some basic information to be submitted, including an additional sheet that tells how the nominee exemplifies the criteria areas. The form also has information for submitting in person, by regular mail or email. The deadline for nominations is September 1, 2012.
Connecting Communities asks
for help to preserve WIPA
The Connecting Communities Coalition (CCC) needs more and immediate help from the community to save the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) benefits planning program, which assists individuals with disabilities in using their benefits to obtain and continue to work and live more independent and self-sufficient lives. WIPA is a critical employment support for people with disabilities in a grueling economy and job market. Oregon's WIPA is part of Disability Rights Oregon (DRO).
CCC requests that supporters please e-mail or telephone Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue's office today and urge that he immediately act to continue the WIPA programs by releasing appropriated funds to the existing WIPA programs. Supports are aksed to stress the importance of WIPA in helping people with disabiliities get work and continue working. Note that in recent days, Commissioner Astrue's unwillingness to continue the WIPA programs has become the primary obstacle to saving these programs. Commissioner Astrue's e-mail address is: email@example.com
Please also send brief e-mails to Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy and Associate Director of the Office of Communications, and Gene B. Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, reiterating your support for continuing the WIPA program and asking for the White House's help in supporting Commissioner Astrue in doing the right thing. E-mails to Dale may sent through the Office of Communications comment line at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments/ope. Sperling may be contacted by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
PHAME announces an incredible
Summer 2012 Season of Performances
With summer's start, PHAME has announced an incredible list of performances and special appearances that will culminate in a major debut August 18-19 when the PHAME Vocal + Instrumental Combo will open for and collaborate with Portland's Pink Martini.
PHAME will also be debuting at the Waterfront Blues Festival, July 5-8, and the Mississipi Street Fair, July 14. On August 1, PHAME will debut a new documentary film about PHAME entitled "the H is for Honored Tour." The feature-length documentary will be shown at the Hollywood Theatre and will take viewers on an unforgettable journey of the heart. Also, "PHAME is a Cabaret" will be performed August 16 at 7 pm at Artiists Repertory Theatre.
For more information concerning the performances and to purchase tickets, visit PHAME's website at http://www.phameacademy.org/blog/.
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The Office of Neighborhood Involvement Disability Program Facebook page features daily postings of news, videos, events and issues of interest to people with disabilities. Visit the program's Facebook page to read these postings and other information posted daily on disability issues, news and concerns.
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POLICE have released CCTV images following an alleged indecent assault on a 16-year-old during a train journey between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Amersham.
British Transport Police released the images today of a man they would like to speak to in relation to an assault which happened on Saturday, May 15 on the 10.39pm service.
The victim came forward after a police appeal.
Detective constable Chris Church, leading the investigation, said: "At around 11pm the 16-year-old victim, from Buckinghamshire, was sitting in an almost-empty carriage when a man sat next to her and began to touch her inappropriately. When the girl moved to another part of the train, the man followed her and sat close by again.
"This was an incredibly frightening experience for the girl, and one that only stopped when another passenger stepped in to check if she was alright. At this point, the man fled the train at Amersham station."
The incident was first reported by a witness, but officers were only able to make contact with the victim after police appeal posters at railway stations prompted her to get in touch.
DC Church added: "Who is the man in the pictures? That's the question that I need local people to help me answer. I think he might have vital information that could greatly assist this investigation. If you recognise him, or have any other information, please get in touch.
"British Transport Police takes sexual offences on the rail network very seriously and will always fully investigate all incidents reported to us."
Anyone with information is asked to contact British Transport Police on 0800 405040, or text 61016, quoting reference ESUB/B6 of 08/07/2014.
Information can also be passed anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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Published: 2012-12-17, by Ana Gracia.
Axiange Blocks Free is an application that reunites three different and skilled games in only one app. What surprised us most about Axiange is the number of different modes and ways to play that are available: traditional, fashion and classic, all of them with their own rules and levels of difficulty.
You need to place the pieces in their best spot, trying not to get to the top part of the screen, just as any tetris classic gameplay. To rotate the pieces tap on the top left piece, to make it drop just press the screen and choose the correct place.
The game provides several tools to help you out, like making pieces easier to eliminate, increasing time, removing the bottom row and others, it's a really complete game that however could have a more elegant and usable design in order to improve the player's experience.
Axiange Inc. is the developer of Axiange Blocks Free and all the other versions for Android. A simple entertainment for fans of classic tetris that want to try other game modes and spend a lot of time playing in the three difficulty levels.
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I had my three children over 11 years, and of all the disadvantages of spreading your kids that far apart, one of the biggest is that the older kids will insist on having a say in their baby brother or sister's name.
When we found out our youngest child would be a boy, my husband and I were delighted that we had a name all ready for him: Edward, to be called Ned. That had been our second-choice name for our older son, whom I insisted on naming Joseph after my dad. But my husband and I both loved Edward and Ned, and we were thrilled and relieved to be set with our name.
Not so fast, said our older children. Any kid named Ned, they claimed, would be sure to be called Nerd in the playground. They weren't too fond of the name either. In fact, they said, if we named him Ned, they already knew they weren't going to like him.
Sigh. We couldn't very well give the baby a name his older siblings hated, so we went back to the drawing board. Luckily, my husband and I quickly found another name we both loved: Harry.
Even Harry Potter couldn't sell our kids on that name. No, they said. If Ned was a nerd, Harry was "hairy."
Well, we asked, what did they think we should name the baby? Our son Joe, who was three at the time, loved the name Jim — but as a name book author I thought I would never to be able to tell interviewers I'd named my own sons the oh-so-plain pair of Jim and Joe. That was like being a fashion editor and dressing in head-to-toe Gap. Joe's next best idea: Rainbow Boy.
All I remember after that was holding my newborn son in my arms in the hospital, the other children at my bedside, still debating his name. Finally we came up with Owen, my grandfather's middle name and one that we all at least agreed on. My husband and I hated giving up the names Ned and Harry. But as difficult as it can be to arrive at a name two of you love, it can be almost impossible to please four people.
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An "unforgiving, puritan Anglo-Saxon" attitude to adultery is damaging married life in Britain, driving couples to divorce rather than strengthening the family, according to an outspoken academic.
Catherine Hakim, a British social scientist and bestselling author who was educated in France, argues that a "sour and rigid English view" of infidelity is condemning millions of people to live frustrated "celibate" lives with their spouses. In a book bound to provoke controversy, she likens faithful husbands and wives to "caged animals" and argues that they should be free to explore their "wild side" with lovers without the threat of divorce.
Meeting a secret lover for a casual encounter should be as routine as dining out at a restaurant instead of eating at home, she claims.
British couples should take their cue from the French, who she claims are happier and have more stable home lives because of a permissive and "philosophical" approach to adultery.
Husbands in Britain could also learn much from the "experienced libertines" across the Channel whom, she insists, are the "masters of seduction".
Ms Hakim, a former London School of Economics social scientist now based at the Centre for Policy Studies, a think tank, provoked controversy last year with her book Honey Money, which urged women to exploit their "erotic capital" to get on in life.
In her latest book, The New Rules, she renames adulterous trysts as "parallel relationships" and "playfairs", while rebranding secret lovers as "playmates".
She claims that there is such a thing as a "successful affair" in which both parties are happier but no one gets hurt. Countries, such as France and other southern European nations, with apparently more accepting attitudes to marital betrayal also have lower divorce rates, she points out.
Similarly, she lauds Japan with its Geisha traditions and greater acceptance of pornography in contrast to the "killjoys" in Britain and America.
"Sex is no more a moral issue than eating a good meal," she writes.
"The fact that we eat most meals at home with spouses and partners does not preclude eating out in restaurants to sample different cuisines and ambiences, with friends or colleagues.
"Anyone rejecting a fresh approach to marriage and adultery, with a new set of rules to go with it, fails to recognise the benefits of a revitalised sex life outside the home."
Sex is no more a moral issue than eating a good meal.
She attacks the traditional morality that has underpinned the family unit for centuries but also accuses relationship counsellors and therapists of trying to "pedal a secret agenda of enforced exclusive monogamy". Her central argument is that the rise of the internet, which has made it easier for people to find new lovers, has brought about a change in sexual behaviour on a par with the invention of the contraceptive Pill. Adultery is now, she says, simply the "21st-century approach to marriage".
The book explores the world of dating websites specifically for married people in search of affairs. She argues that cuckolded husbands and wronged wives would be better to accept infidelity and try it out for themselves rather than growing bitter.
The Daily Telegraph, London