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Thought I would post this link on this board as well as it contains some info on current and upcoming trials.
http://cancer.stanford.edu/documents/Cl … _NL_v5.pdf
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Thought I would post this link on this board as well as it contains some info on current and upcoming trials.
http://cancer.stanford.edu/documents/Cl … _NL_v5.pdf
thanks, I read it thru,; It adds to my knowledge about radiology.
However, the other link for your 2nd post about Standford did not work.
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Do you have any opinion about radioembolizations. It is being discussed as a potential treatment option and i would appreciate anything you might have to share?
It is a potential good approach for intrahepatic tumor for recurrence too big for RFA and after unsuccessful treatment of TACE.
The side effects that I research on radioembo with Y90 is comparable to chemoembo with cisplatin and Adriamycin+mitomycin.
Its effectiveness also base on the size , number and location of the tumors and the patients' health status;
Fatigue (40-50%) is the major side effect;nausea is second but it may only last for a week or so.The treatment is divided into 2 days.
1st day is for the assessment of whether you can qualify for the radioembo Tx;MRI/PET/Cat will be performed at the hospital;Lab work will also be done (patients need to fast,not to eat anything the nite before) ; calculation of the radioactive Y90 dose will be done to maximize the benefit of the deliverty of the Y90.;a test run of the radioactive treatment will be done to make sure the Y90 go to the right places in stead of the stomach,lung or the intestine which will become a serious health concern.( all of these can take the whole day to do.)
In the 2nd day ,the patient will have an angiography and the procedure will be performed by interventional radiologist in a couple hours.and after observation for another couple hours in the hospital,if all goes well,patient can go home and will be seen by the doctor in a week or a month for follow up asessment.
In my personal opinion, as well as recommended by my 2nd opinion doctor recently, I will try radioembo with Y90 done by an EXPERIENCED interventional radiologist.(this is almost a MUST ) when the need arise;since many hospitals are now trying to have this option available to patients but most if not all,lacking the experienced radiologist to do it.
According to my knowledge, Northwestern university intervention radiology dept. in Chicago is best known for this treatment and research. Dr. Raid Salem and his team is recommended to me by my consulting doctor too.
a very general reference may be of help as follows;but I am sure you have already done your research.
http://www.omicsonline.org/2155-9619/21 … -2-110.php
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Hi, Sandtdad,
I need your help if i may.
are you still on the GENOX+panitumimab trial?
How long have you been on that trial ?
and please tell me exactly what you think about the treatment(any pretreatment tests to exclude patients have heart problems or diabetes)
and what is your opinion on the treatment so far like adverse reactions;and any good overall response rate.
due to the nature of the medical history and questions I will ask is private and personal;If you can send me your response thru email thru this web site;I will deeply appreciated. If you can quote the" impression section "of your scan before the treatment starts and the quotation of the "impression remarks" of the last TWO scans and the overall assessment of the clinical trial by YOU .and how you feel about targeted therapy , I will love to hear your side of the story . especially you and I have the same kind of intrahepatic CCA.
BTW ,I did edit the above message to include Northwestern University as the hospital in case you want to explore radioembolization. I will talk a bit more via email when the timing is right for you.
Thanks in advance.
God bless.
I would be glad to give you the requested information.
I am still on the trial and headed for treatment 14 this week
We are getting to an interesting point as scans show reductions, but the third scan had a smaller reduction than the first two.
Quick question how do I get the email address?
Sandtad....to find Percy's e-mail...scroll down the posting until you reach "recommend." Look to left block - Email (in green) click on that and voila..you are there.
If you encouner any problems please, let us know.
I sent an email but I am not sure it went through. Can you confirm?
I did receive emails from three others but NOT you during the last 48 hours.
I think you can get the info.by replying my email that I sent to you a few days ago. But if your email still not get confirmed, you can copy and paste here on the web and I can answer them via e mail to you.
Try again today and I will keep an eye on it.
Thanks for your trust.
God bless.
I tried some cut and paste with my blackberry
Let me know if it worked
I received your email about 10-15minutes ago while answering message on the board, I will give you my thoughts before tonite ends via email.
God bless.
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LAKEPORT -- A Lake County judge ruled a Lakeport man was fit to stand trial for attempted murder and other felonies Tuesday, but the defendant's mental state will remain crucial to the case.
After hearing the decision by Judge Richard C. Martin, public defender Komnith Moth entered pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity on behalf of his client, Dennis Leroy Cato.
Authorities allege Cato, 64, shot at a pair of PG&E subcontractors wrapping up utility work at his Hill Road East home Aug. 29. He faces two counts of attempted murder and five other felonies related to the incident.
Moth declared doubt about Cato's mental competency during a court appearance Oct. 30.
Martin said Tuesday he read and considered reports from two court-appointed doctors who evaluated Cato in November. Both agreed the defendant was competent to stand trial.
Wearing a black- and white-striped jail uniform, Cato showed little reaction as the judge ruled he would face a trial for the charges against him.
The trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 23 at the Lake County Courthouse.
Cato, who remains in custody at the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility, will next appear in court Jan. 7 for pretrial conferences.
Martin appointed two new doctors to examine Cato in the meantime in regard to the insanity pleas.
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How much will the Seahawks use the option?
By Brady Henderson
Danny O'Neil's latest piece on 710Sports.com focuses on how NFL defenses are gearing up to stop dual-threat quarterbacks and how the Seahawks plan to minimize the risk of injury with Russell Wilson.
Monday's post-show video provided a chance to address a follow-up question: how much will the Seahawks use the read-option in 2013?
For all the success the Seahawks had with the read-option during the final month of the season and in the playoffs, it was more of a wrinkle of their offense than a staple.
According to Lee Singer of ESPN Stats & Information via Mike Sando of ESPN.com, Seattle ran only five option rushes from Weeks 1 to 12 before beginning to feature it more during a Week 13 win over Chicago. Still, the 50 option rushes the Seahawks ran over the final five weeks of the regular season accounted for 30 percent of their running plays. And according to Sando, Wilson kept the ball on only 19 of those 55 option plays.
Will those numbers increase this season? O'Neil and Brock Huard discuss that in the video below.
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Adam Brimo is the CEO and co-founder of OpenLearning, the social, collaborative and student-centered online learning platform where anyone can create and run courses. Course content formats include audio, video, text, blogs, quizzes and different types of assignments. With the help of world renowned University of New South Wales Professor Richard Buckland, Brimo based the OpenLearning system on the principles of student autonomy, diversity of learning materials, openness of resources and social interactivity.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and International Relations, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering from the University of New South Wales. Prior to co-founding OpenLearning, he founded Mijura, an innovative team management application; and Vodafail, which landed him the 2011 Choice Magazine Consumer Activist of the Year award. He is also the recipient of the 2011 UNSW Alumni Graduand Award.
A true academic, consumer activist and entrepreneur, Adam Brimo took the time to talk with the Rackspace Startup Program about the importance of having an efficient and reliable team that can meet tight deadlines. What follows are Adam's thoughts on how the OpenLearning product was developed and branding that product to ensure that people can find you.
What was involved in the product development of OpenLearning?
It's very important to stay focused on the priorities that will have a direct impact on your users or potential customers today. When building a product, it is very easy to think of cool features, ideas or enhancements that sound easy to implement, but if you actually go on to implement them they will take longer than you expect. This will result in the most important features being delayed. This includes attempting to build a complex system prematurely before you have the user demand or scale to require it. Therefore, we rely heavily on feedback from our customers and requests for features before we implement new functionality.
How do you establish a successful branding strategy?
The first step to building a business is ensuring that people can find you. There are a few key things here to get right. You have to choose a name that is easy to spell, easy to pronounce and descriptive of your product or service. Our name came from the style of learning environment that we were building, which was already a well known teaching style.
It is also vital to have a .com domain name that matches or is similar to your name. The main way people find our website is by word of mouth, typing in our domain name or searching for it on Google. The majority of people will naturally assume that your domain is the same as your company name with a .com at the end. Initially we started with a different domain, however we were lucky enough to purchase our current domain name for a reasonable price.
What lessons were learned building OpenLearning?
We have learned the importance of having an efficient and reliable team that can meet tight deadlines. When you have limited resources you need a combination of a great team and the ability to prioritize and focus on the most relevant tasks at hand. Those priorities may change quickly so although it is good to think far into the future, you have to be ready to adapt and change just as fast.
What challenges did your startup run into?
It is always going to be challenging to bring a new product to market and OpenLearning is no exception. We operate in a very competitive market with many well-funded and established players so the challenge for us is to move quickly and respond quickly to our customers' needs. This is both from a product development view as well as customer service and engagement.
What business wins has OpenLearning achieved?
We've been able to grow to over 20,000 users without any paid marketing or SEO by focusing on engaging our existing users and building features that make our platform inherently social. Additionally, while our main business has been providing our platform to universities and companies, we have also provided a number of free online courses in a few disciplines. This has enabled students and teachers to experience the platform and learn something before running a course themselves.
What were the 'What to Do' and 'What Not to Do' while building your startup?
You won't always know what decision you should make in a given situation so you should always just try making the best decision under the given circumstances. When you look back you will always have the benefit of hindsight so try not to worry too much.
What were the good, the bad and the ugly of establishing OpenLearning?
We've been pretty lucky in that we've had great support from our users and our customers. In many ways we are going on a journey with our users to build the educational platform they've always wanted. This means that when we run into challenges or problems, we can work together to solve them and build a stronger relationship.
What pivots were involved while establishing your business?
We were initially targeting the higher education market exclusively but we quickly discovered that the sales cycle for our product would be too long. So we've now focused more on making it extremely easy to setup a course so that individuals and training organizations can use our platform as well. This has helped us open up the platform to a wider range of people and organizations.
What straight up business advice would give to a startup?
Focus on finding and servicing your customers from the very beginning. It's easy to get carried away trying to build a great product but if you don't have customers then you won't know if you're developing the right product or if you're solving a real problem.
The Rackspace Startup Program thanks our favorite UNSW Lion, Adam Brimo, for taking the time out of his busy schedule to enlighten us on how finding and servicing your customers from the very beginning is vitally important to a startup. For more insight on hosting your startup on the Rackspace Cloud platform backed by Fanatical Support™, contact the Space Cowboys today.


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Long Term Effects of Peginterferon Alfa-2a Plus Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C/B Co-Infection and Chronic Hepatitis C
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Chronic hepatitis C may relapse in simple chronic hepatitis C patients who initially obtained sustained virologic responses. Although the HCV SVR could be maintained in around 90%, the remaining 10% of these patients may develop hepatitis C relapse during follow-up. Therefore, it is important to follow up the long-term of these patients with dual chronic hepatitis B and C.
From another aspect, for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B, the virologic and serologic responses may also not be durable. Alternatively, previous studies suggested that the therapeutic efficacy might not be seen in the study period, and incremental response might occur during long-term follow-up. Therefore it is also important to clarify the long-term outcome of treatment in this dually infected population.
Evaluation of the long term effects of treatment with peginterferon alfa-2a plus ribavirin for patients with chronic hepatitis C/ hepatitis B co-Infection and chronic hepatitis C in the original study ML17862 is important. This present protocol is thus to assess whether the HCV SVR is sustained and to assess the durability of the HBV virologic and serologic responses or any incremental response during a 5-year follow-up period, including six months after end of the therapy in the original study and an additional 4 and half years in this project (5 years overall follow-up after the end of treatment). Specifically, we wish to assess the (1) sustained virologic response (SVR) of HCV in both populations, (2) incidence of HBsAg loss and HBsAg seroconversion (HBsAg loss and appearance of anti-HBs) in dually infected population, (3) ALT normalization or flare off-treatment during both populations, (4) reductions of HCV RNA from the original baseline levels in the two patient populations, and (5) reduction of serum HBV DNA off-treatment in the dually infected population.
|Coinfection With Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Monoinfection With Hepatitis C Virus
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|An Extension, Observational Protocol to Evaluate the Long Term Effects of Peginterferon Alfa-2a Plus Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C/B Co-Infection and Chronic Hepatitis C in the Original Study ML17862
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- Patients who were randomized, treated and returned for follow up in the ML17862 protocol will be eligible for inclusion in this protocol
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- Patients unwilling to provide informed consent or abide by the requirements of the study.
- Patients who have already initiated anti-HCV or HBV treatment, approved or investigational since completion of the original protocol
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00361179
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Hepatitis A
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis, Chronic
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C, Chronic
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Virus Diseases
Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Flaviviridae Infections
Hepadnaviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Parasitic Diseases
Peginterferon alfa-2a
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Looking to get more creative with your local or homegrown meals? Here's the scoop on a new series of classes organized by Fair Food, a nonprofit that advocates for local and sustainable agriculture.
I'm not sure why everything looks easier on television. How many hours do we spend watching cooking shows and competitions versus standing in our own kitchens preparing food?
My new year's resolution has been to not let any of my garden produce go to waste. As a result of this commitment, I have begun to feel that it's time to be more creative with my colorful harvest.
To that end, I found an educational series hosted by Fair Food that convenes at the Reading Terminal Market. The best part (besides the complimentary, locally made Victory Brewing Co. beer) is the price: less than $40 per class.
I asked Fair Food's Farmstand product manager Alex Jones a few questions about the classes via email.
1. Why did you start this series?
Fair Food always has a lot going on — there's the Farmstand in Reading Terminal, where we sell local, sustainable food year round; our work connecting our more than 120 member restaurants to local farms and distributors; and big events like the Philly Farm and Food Fest. At the Farmstand, an educated customer is our best customer, and we wanted to do more to connect people to what they eat using our fresh produce and expert know-how as raw ingredients. Plus, we've been talking to people like Amanda Feifer of Phickle.com, cheesemaker Rynn Caputo of Caputo Bros. Creamery, and Marisa McClellan of FoodinJars.com about collaborating somehow. Our home space, Reading Terminal Market, also loved this kind of programming, so the Rick Nichols Room in the market as a venue was a good fit.
2. How does this connect with your mission?
Even if it's not explicit, educating consumers is a huge component when it comes to getting the public to support local and sustainable agriculture. Fair Food was one of the first organizations to do this in Philly, and the local food movement has come such a long way. Now, more organizations are doing this kind of work, and more people are conscious of what they're eating and where it comes from. But we don't stop there. This kind of education can really empower people to make choices about their food — not just buy it because it's in the grocery store. That, and taste — taking ownership of something that tastes delicious really reinforces what you've learned.
3. What more should people know about this educational series?
This is our first time out with this kind of venture, so we would really love the Philly food community's support! The ticket dollars go to the room rental, our stellar food professionals who will be teaching the classes and materials, with anything left over going back into Fair Food to keep us doing what we do. Buy a ticket — you'll get to mingle with other food lovers, learn a lot from our instructors (who, incidentally, are all super-nice people who love to talk shop), and taste some seriously delicious stuff. And at each class, you get to bring home the fruits (or veggies) of your labor, or, in the case of the Caputo Bros. class, fior di latte just waiting to blossom. Lastly, events like this help Reading Terminal Market fulfill its purpose as a space for the community, not simply a destination for tourists and conference attendees.
Upcoming classes range from Fun with Fermentation to Making Mozzarella. They begin around 6 p.m. depending on the class.
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Today I want to focus on Qualcomm (QCOM), and I'll start with a bigger-picture chart that suggests where the stock may go. Once that's established, we'll zoom in on a daily chart to help you fine-tune a possible entry.
Below, then, is the weekly chart of Qualcomm. Note that the larger pattern constitutes a bullish pattern of higher highs and lows, and this will remain intact as long as the price stays above the July 2012 low. An ability to hold above that level would also tell us the minimum upside target is in the $73.16 area.
Now, here's another way to look for upside targets. I've measured quite a few of Qualcomm's prior rally swings, and -- as you can see on the chart -- they come to $21.71, $21.64, $28.21 and $22.89. Also notice that the current swing, from the July lows, has only amounted to $12.36 so far.
The typical targets I suggest come from extensions of prior swings, starting with the 1.272 Fibonacci ratio. However, we can also define targets through prior rally swings, as noted above -- because we the current rally may well turn out similar to one of those bounces. With that in mind, if we take 100% of these prior rallies and project them from the July lows, some of these projections come in between $74.80 and $75.98 -- not too far away from my first extension target.
Now that we know what our initial upside targets are in this stock, let's take it down to a daily chart and figure out how we can get involved on the buy side, and also define a reasonable risk level.
On the above chart, I am currently looking at a pullback zone where I would be interested in a buy-side entry, and where the risk can be relatively low vs. the potential reward if my bullish scenario starts to play out. The support cluster comes in between the $61.22 and $62.58, and the maximum risk can be defined below the prior swing low at $60.22.
That's where your risk will be defined, for example, if you get triggered into the buy side around the $62 area. So the risk would be roughly $2 for a possible reward of $11 or more, based on the minimum upside target handle of $73.
Bottom line: I am watching the current pullback in Qualcomm to see if it tests and holds above the key support decision above. If it does, I'll dial it down to a 30-minute chart and see whether it triggers a buy entry.
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The National Milk Producers Federation's Board of Directors agreed Tuesday to support a series of major reforms in the Federal Milk Marketing Order program, intended to renovate the economic structure of the U.S. dairy sector. The changes will be packaged as part of the Foundation for the Future program that NMPF has been developing during the past 18 months.
The proposal:
- Replaces end product pricing formulas with a competitive milk pricing system;
- Incorporates two classes of milk – fluid (Class I) and manufacturing (formerly Class II, III and IV product uses);
- Maintains the higher of for establishing the fluid use (Class I) minimum base price;
- Maintains current Class I regional differentials;
- Maintains the number and basic structure and provisions of Federal Orders.
"In order to create a truly comprehensive transformation for the betterment of the dairy industry, we needed to adopt these specific changes as part of Foundation for the Future," said Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of NMPF. "Our Board's vote today is a critical, necessary step toward significant reform of the entire regulatory structure of the dairy sector."
The changes approved Tuesday – which were developed by a committee of dairy policy experts from across the industry – maintain the basic framework of the Federal Milk Marketing Order system, but eliminate some of the most contentious elements from the current structure, such as make allowances, which are the result of the end product pricing formulas now used to price farmers' milk.
Kozak said that the Federal Order reforms will be incorporated into legislative language and submitted to Congress to review, as part of the overall Foundation for the Future package. He said that the proposal will be shared with other stakeholders in the dairy sector, including processors, in an effort to build consensus around the changes.
"There has long been a shared notion that change is needed; now we've taken a big step toward defining what that change should look like," Kozak said. "We are looking forward to explaining to everyone, from farmers to processors to lawmakers, how a competitive pricing system, and shifting the pricing basis to two classes of milk, will make the Federal Order system more flexible and sensible."
Kozak said that NMPF will continue to build support for the other, previously-approved elements of Foundation for the Future, which include a new Dairy Producer Margin Protection Program to help protect farmers when their margins are compressed by low milk prices and/or high feed costs, and establishing a Dairy Market Stabilization Program to help address periodic imbalances in milk production and demand.
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Consecutive homerless games in Cincy a rarity
CINCINNATI -- There have been 941 games played in the 12-year history of Great American Ball Park, and Saturday's 1-0 Reds win over the Nationals was only the 79th game in which a home run was not hit. In other words -- or numbers -- a homer has been hit in 91.7 percent of contests at the ballpark.
But this season alone, seven of those homerless games have taken place in the first 50 games. That means a homer has been hit at Great American Ball Park in 86 percent of games in 2014.
Saturday's homerless game was the second straight after the Nationals beat the Reds, 4-1, on Friday and no baseballs left the yard. Friday and Saturday's homerless affairs represent just the fourth instance in the ballpark's history in which two consecutive games were played without a dinger being hit.
There has never been a stretch of three games in a row without a homer at Great American Ball Park, and that statistic will be in jeopardy in Sunday's series finale.
A larger deviation between the historic trend and what's happened so far this season can be found in the number of 1-0 games played at the ballpark. Overall, there have been 16 1-0 contests played in the history of the venue, representing 1.7 percent of all games. This season alone, however, there have been five out of 50, representing 10 percent of all games.
The Reds are 9-7 all-time in 1-0 games at Great American Ball Park, and 2-3 this season after Saturday's win.
Manny Randhawa 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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Let your kids brag about their huge catch—and have the state record to prove it
AUSTIN – Getting credit for catching a record fish in Texas is easier than you may think, especially if you're a youngster.
Better still from a conservation standpoint, you can hang a nice Texas Parks and Wildlife certificate on your wall instead of a mounted trophy.
"With school out and plenty of time for fishing, the department would like parents to know the chances of their kid becoming a record holder are really good," says Joedy Gray, who runs TPWD's Angler Recognition Program. "The odds are in a young angler's favor because there are a lot of bodies of water in Texas for which no one has applied for a record yet."
Junior anglers under the age of 17 are encouraged to set records in fishing holes around the state this summer. In areas where there is no existing record, fish must be at least the legal size. To record the fish, remember to find a certified scale location and have a measuring tape handy. For a list of locations with certified scales, visit the TPWD site at: http://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/programs/fishrecords/scales.phtml.
The Angler Recognition Program maintains state records for public and private waters including all lakes, rivers and bays. In addition to size records, the program recognizes other fishing achievements including first fish (for any angler, any age), big fish (for landing a trophy fish of any qualifying species), elite angler (for catching five trophy-class freshwater or saltwater fish) and outstanding angler (for a catch that does not fit other award categories but still deserves recognition.)
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005
By staff - Colts.com
Week 5: Colts vs. Rams
Bill Polian, in his eighth season as Colts president, has a resume unique in the NFL. One of two men to win NFL Executive of the Year five times, Polian in the 1980s built the Buffalo Bills into a four-time Super Bowl participant. In the mid-1990s, be built the expansion Carolina Panthers into a team that made the NFC Championship Game in its second season, 1996. Since joining Indianapolis in 1998, he built the Colts from a 3-13 team in 1997 and 1998 into one that has made the playoffs five of the last six seasons, including an AFC Championship Game appearance after the 2003 season and AFC South titles in 2003 and 2004. Each week during the season, in The Polian Corner, Polian and Colts.com will discuss issues pertinent to the Colts and the rest of the NFL.
Q: A long trip home on Sunday night and with the Colts 5-0 Monday – the NFL's only remaining unbeaten team, you had chance to review the tape from Sunday afternoon's 28-3 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. What were your thoughts?
A: Mixed feelings, actually. I thought we played a really good defensive game except for too many missed tackles. (Colts Defensive Coordinator) Ron (Meeks) pointed that out Monday in our staff meeting, that that's an area that needs to improve. We gave them (the 49ers) too many extra yards and it's really just a matter of wrapping up. It's not a matter of physicality or hitting or getting there. We're doing all of that. We got a little sloppy in terms of not wrapping up their ball carriers. Those (the 49ers' running backs) are fellows who we're not used to seeing and don't have a book on, so to speak. So, some of that's understandable, but we need to do a better job of that. Offensively, the fumble (at the 49ers' 1-yard line in the second quarter) is absolutely inexcusable. You cannot have that. Reaching the ball over the goal line is neither a good play nor an excuse and it shouldn't happen. It cannot happen. Having said that, for the first time all season, we lost our patience after that occurred and didn't stay with the same patient approach we've taken previously. As a result, we put the defense in some awfully difficult situations. They rose to the occasion, thank goodness. But the fumble got us all out of sync. Up to that point, we'd been going up and down the field and it looked like it was going to be a nice game. That didn't turn out to be the case because they are a well-coached team with a plan. (San Francisco Head) Coach (Mike) Nolan went in at halftime and I'm sure said to his team, 'Look, we're only 14 points down and seven of those have come because of turnover. Let's go out and get the onside kick and score. They're beatable. You've seen what they're doing.' They did just that and fortunately, after about a quarter and a half, we got patient again and got our feet under us and began to make plays offensively and then put the game away. Any time you get five turnovers – force five turnovers – you should score more than we did. We made a lot of errors that we can improve upon and must improve upon. You cannot fumble the ball on the 1-yard line going in and expect to be a good football team. It happened in New England (last season) and it happened Sunday and it can't happen again. It's that simple. There's a lot to work on and a lot to improve, not the least of which is ball security. They are fundamental things and as usual, the players need to listen to one voice and pay attention to what (Colts Head Coach) Tony (Dungy) tells them from the first day of mini-camp until the season ends, that it's fundamentals and the mastery of fundamentals and the execution of fundamentals that wins football games. Not your reputation, or the number of sacks you get, or the number of touchdown passes, or the number of yards you gain or any of that nonsense – or the number of stories that get written about you. It's fundamentals that get the job done. I don't know what Tony had to say in his press conference (Monday), but I think both of us feel we didn't do the job Sunday as fundamentally soundly as we should have. That needs to improve.
Q: A big reason for that is because you're going to need to play well against the St. Louis Rams Monday night . . .
A: They're a big-time scoring machine. Their coach (Mike Martz) is now sidelined (with a medical condition), and our hearts and our prayers go out to Mike and to his family. I have served with him on the NFL's Competition Committee, as has Tony, and he's a wonderful man and we certainly wish him well. I hope this situation gets straightened out and he's back on the sidelines and quickly as possible. He's a good person and a good coach.
Q: Joe Vitt is the interim head coach. How much do you know about him?
A: Joe was in New Orleans for a while and I think he may even have been here (with the Colts as a strength coach from 1979-1981) for a while. He spent a lot of time with (longtime Rams, Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks Head Coach) Chuck Knox in Seattle. If any of Chuck rubbed off on him, we'll see a lot of (running backs) Steven Jackson and Marshall Faulk. Joe's a defensive coach by trade, so I imagine he'll be active in the defensive side of it. The management of the game, I would expect he would not be as heck-bent for leather, if you will, as Mike would be. So, maybe a little bit different approach.
Q: Not a lot of challenges on the first play of the game?
A: (Laughter) Mike's unique that way. He lets it go from Day One. There's no holding back. He's going to go for that end zone anytime, anywhere. He's good for the game, but I might anticipate Joe playing a little differently.
Q: You always say, 'Don't look at the records. Look at the team.' This is not a 2-3 team coming in here next Monday, is it?
A: Not at all. They've got probably the greatest collection of skill people in the NFC, for sure. If you like offensive football, tune in next Monday night. It's not too long ago they were The Greatest Show on Turf. I suspect (wide receiver) Isaac Bruce will be back for them. They throw the ball awfully well. They run it awfully well. They've had a change in defensive coordinators, Lovie Smith having gone to Chicago as the head coach (in 2004) and Larry Marmie taking over. They've got a little bit of a different approach from the personnel standpoint. They're not a totally Dungy defense, but a lot of it is. In that sense, both teams are familiar with the scheme, so it ought to be wild and woolly. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if it were.
Q: What was the basis for taking Peyton Manning out near the end of the (San Francisco) game and putting Jim Sorgi in?
A: Jim was in there simply because Tony wanted to get him some snaps under game conditions. It was time to get Peyton out of there. The game was salted away. They weren't going to come back and win it. It was a good opportunity to get Jim some snaps and get him working against an opposing team. All those snaps are like making a bank deposit. It all comes back and earns interest for you in the future. Even though he handed the ball off, you've got to read the defense and you've got to make the adjustments necessary if there are audibles to be called. It's good for him to get the opportunity. So, that's the reason he was in there.
Q: It really looked like the fumble near the 49ers' goal line was a touchdown. It appeared the ball crossed the plane of the goal-line before Edgerrin fumbled.
A: First of all, no one fumbles on purpose. (Colts Offensive Coordinator) Tom Moore made that point Monday in our meeting. So, when we talk about fundamental errors, the issue is, 'Do you execute your fundamentals as well as you possibly can?' Not that you're trying to make an error. No one does that. Least of all, Edgerrin. But you still have to execute fundamentally. That was the case in Boston (last season against New England), as well. There is a case to be made on third down or maybe even fourth down if you're going for it to try and reach the ball our and get there. But early in the game, even if you don't get in with three cracks at it, you still get a field goal. In Boston, a field goal would have tied the game and maybe we go to overtime. In Boston, we wanted to take time off the clock. It's under two minutes. We had about 1:50 remaining at the time. If you don't get it in, take all the time you want. We'd like for them not to get the ball back if we could help it. If you remember, last year the defense was no replica of what we have this year – largely because some of our guys were younger. (Then-rookie cornerback) Jason David was starting his first ball game on Monday Night Football to open the season against the World Champions. It's not a good play. It's just not a high-percentage play. It's not what smart football teams do. You run the risk of fumbling and that's what happened twice. My belief, based on people that I've learned the game from, is that the first priority on the goal line – or the first priority in close quarters for a running back – is ball security. It's always ball security. You can kick a field goal, you can throw a pass for a touchdown, you can run the ball in on the next play. If you lose the ball, you lose the opportunity and you lose the momentum. We lost six minutes on the clock (after James' fumble Sunday), which their offense used, and seven points. A minimum of three points, but probably seven. It's not a good play. It really is not. And furthermore, based on what I saw on the replays, he did not score. It certainly would have been indefinite and they would not have reversed. I don't like our chances with that official reversing. We've got a track record there, too.
Q: Will the Edgerrin fumble be reviewed by the league?
A: Yes, but they won't do anything about it. They have plenty of more other important issues than that to review, believe me.
Q: Have there ever been any thoughts about the Colts occasionally wearing an alternate-color jersey? Black, perhaps?.
A: We won't go with black. Our colors are blue and white and will remain so. (Colts Owner and Chief Executive Officer) Jim Irsay and I and Tony have made the point that the New York Yankees don't change and the Los Angeles Dodgers don't change and the Boston Red Sox don't change. There's a reason for that. It's called tradition. Jim Irsay has said, 'If it's good enough for (Hall of Fame quarterback) John Unitas, it's good enough for us.' Now, as to an alternate jersey design, we really liked very much – including the players – the alternate jerseys, the throwback jerseys that we wore on Thanksgiving last year. They were very authentic, by the way. Those were worn when the Colts first came to Baltimore with Bert Rechichar and Co. There's a possibility we might do something along those lines in future years and I think it's a very viable idea. But not black.
Q: The linebackers, especially (outside linebacker) Cato June and (middle linebacker) Gary Brackett, have been very impressive this season.
A: I think you'd have to search far and wide to find a better pair of linebackers in the nickel situation than those two. They really do a phenomenal job covering the pass. They both play awfully well against the run, too. They're a big reason we're an improved football team defensively.
Q: How much does having played safety at Michigan help June in that area?
A: He did all the ball drills, that's for sure. But (Colts linebackers Coach) Mike Murphy has really done a great job getting him acclimated to playing up there. It's not as easy as we as personnel people make it sound. We say, 'Oh, yeah, he played in the box at Michigan. He should be able to do it here.' It's different responsibilities and this level is much, much faster than the college level. Also, the play of the cornerbacks should be credited to (defensive assistant) Leslie Frazier. That was a group that by this time last year had given up seven or eight big plays. We don't have anything near that at this point. That's experience, but it's also attention to detail. Great credit to all of them.
Q: The season is only five games old, but to only allow 29 points in five games is pretty darned good.
A: It's been outstanding. We've turned the ball over. We've sacked the quarterback. We've done what it takes to be a very good defensive team and, of course, we're going to have to bring all of that and more this coming week against the St. Louis Rams.
Q: Any concern at all on special teams? The punt returns seem to be struggling, in particular. (Punt returner) Troy (Walters) doesn't seem to be hitting the holes.
A: I don't know that that's the case. I think you're seeing the result of play and sort of reading things into that. The first responsibility of anybody on the kicking team is to make sure that we secure the ball, whether that's recovering an onside kick, or making sure to catch the punts securely. We don't want to turn the ball over in that situation anymore than turning it over on the goal line. You turn it over on special teams and you're giving the other team 50 or 60 yards in field position. Troy's been great at preventing that. On Sunday, he made very, very good decisions every time they kicked the ball. He had two nice runs, the last of which came in the fourth quarter, when he gained 14 of 15 yards. The other one was in the 9-yard range. The one in the fourth quarter was brought back on a call, that suffice it to say, we weren't jumping up and down about. But that (the return game) has improved. We can see improvement in that on a weekly basis in the punt return game. Also, Dominic (Rhodes) is back (as a kickoff retuner). We hope that we only get one kickoff return a game. We had two Sunday and they were both onside kicks. We'll take that every week, but we're getting better. Would we like to have a dynamic, incredible, blow-it-out return guy? You bet. I don't know of one that's out there.
Q: In your opinion, what was the quick change of the game?
A: The quick change was Cato June's first interception (in the second quarter), which was a touchdown. It couldn't have come at a better time. It gave us a 14-point cushion. It was a great play and was clearly the quick change of the game and one that made the biggest difference.
Q: He might even be the defensive player of the week. His second interception ended any chance San Francisco had of a comeback.
A: If he's not, I hope they pick somebody who was really outstanding, because Cato was as good as it gets Sunday.
Q: The defense has really come together this year. A lot of naysayers for a long time, but you really put it together in the off-season.
A: The credit for the defense goes to the players and the coaches for doing such a great job in preparation and working and developing fundamentals. You don't get good teams overnight. One of the problems we have in sports these days is we live on a media cycle. Today is one story and tomorrow is another and there's another after that. That's not the way human existence works and it's not the way athletics works. It takes time for people to grow and develop and learn and get confidence in themselves. When we said a couple of years ago that we'd be a good defensive team, we knew we had the raw materials and we knew we had the right coach in Tony and we also knew it would take time. That time has come and now we're a pretty good team. We just need to keep playing at the high level we've shown in the past and improve on what we need to improve upon, the areas that I mentioned earlier. One thing that has to happen if you want to succeed is that you need to get better every week. Teams get better or they get worse. They don't stay the same. You must get better every week. Along about Thanksgiving, that's when the separation really takes place. Teams begin to skyrocket and play really great football and other teams begin to fall by the wayside. But that's a gradual process, too. We just need to take a positive step every week. Sometimes, you don't even come out on the right end of the scoreboard, but you may have played pretty well. Sunday, we came out on the right end of the scoreboard, but maybe only took a baby step forward.
Q: How will the Colts prepare differently with an interim coach on the sideline for the Rams on Monday?
A: That's a very good question. First of all, I think you have to be prepared for an emotional game by the Rams. Mike is highly-respected by his players, well thought-of. They'll want to win for him, so the emotional carryover will be there, especially on Monday night. Every once in a while during a 16-game season, you hit an emotional peak. I think this will be one of those for the Rams. We'll need the help of the 12th man more than ever on Monday night. Secondly, although they are certainly married to the schemes they use and that won't change, they may change the approach to play-calling. We don't know that. We don't have any track record of the offensive coordinator calling plays, so we don't how much of an effect it will have on that side of the ball. Having said that, as Tony is fond of saying, if we play our game, we ought to be OK. That means don't turn it over. Stop the run. Run effectively. It means be patient in the passing game. If we do that, we'll be OK.
Q: Any thoughts on the theory that maybe NFL defenses have sort of caught up with the Colt's offense this season?
A: Everybody in the NFL studies everybody else. When a team comes up with a new concept, or a highly-functional concept, like the Rams did a number of years ago with their offense and we did last year with our high-powered passing offense, everyone studies that in the off-season. Actually, there are coaches who are assigned to study projects in the off-season. Sometimes, the entire defensive staff. Sometimes, just members of the staff. They've got to report back to the entire organization, 'Here's what they're doing. Here's why they do it. Here's what we would do to counteract it.' That happens all the time. It's a matter of course. It's not as though they've figured something out. It's just they studied us and we, like everybody else, have tendencies. Although we're a team that really doesn't have very strong tendencies compared to some others. Our whole concept is based on the fact that, whatever you do, you can't defense everything. Whatever you don't defense is what we'll do. What people have said, by and large, in one way or the other, is, 'We're going to make you run the football.' You can do it the way some teams, like Cleveland did, and rush three and drop eight or rush two and drop nine, and play your safeties in Kokomo. Then, you're forced to run the ball. Or you can play the way the 49ers did Sunday and try to disguise coverages and mix coverages and hope we get antsy and make a mistake. We did on one occasion. The first interception, the one to (Colts wide receiver) Marvin (Harrison), we had an alternative receiver to go to that was open, but you've got to take a shot on that one. That's Marvin. It's like going up (in baseball) when the count's 3-0. You get the green light and swing for the fences. You don't want to hit a bleeder over second base. There was nothing wrong with that. The ball bounced the wrong way. The other interception was just not a good throw. We had other people available. And it was not a good strategic play at the time. Their defense had been out on the field a long time and we had great field position. It might have been better to run the ball for a time and let the defense catch their breath and set something up. So, from a tactical standpoint, it wasn't his best call. If they had it to do over again, they'd probably do it somewhat differently. But by and large, we've avoided that. We've been patient. We've taken what the defense has given us and we've taken big plays in the passing game when they've given it to us. But I don't think people are just going to line up the way Green Bay did (in 2004) and blitz and say, 'We'll cover you man to man.' You're going to get 45 points on you doing that.
Q: One player who hasn't gotten a lot of recognition, but who has improved drastically this season, appears to be cornerback Jason David.
A: He's really done a terrific job in pass defense. He had phenomenal interception Sunday. He's a little bit of a ball hawk. He's got a knack about him and he likes doing it. He's feisty. And he's nothing if not a guy who likes to play. He's really improved his technique greatly. Obviously, the experience has helped. He was forced in there last year because of injuries and did a terrific job. He's so much more improved this year because he has that year under his belt. He's been doing a great job. With (rookie cornerback) Marlin Jackson playing in the nickel along with the other guys, we're a very improved secondary. We hoped that would be the case and it has turned out to be true.
Q: Talk about Rams running back Steve Jackson. He came close to falling to the Colts in the draft two years ago.
A: We had decided we were going to take him if he got to us. We liked him very much. He didn't. The Rams took him, I believe, two picks in front of us. If I'm not mistaken, we traded down and took (safety) Bob (Sanders) with the 40th pick. He's really a good back. He's big and strong and has great hands. He can catch the ball out of the backfield. They got him just at the time that Marshall (Faulk) needed someone to give him a blow every now and then. He's a combination of a guy with size and speed, and he has all-the-way ability. He can take it the distance and still punish you. That's a rare combination in this league. He's a big-time back and they use him exceptionally well. With Marshall, they have a tremendous 1-2 punch. Better than anyone we've played to this point. I think Isaac Bruce will be back, and along with Kevin Curtis – who's become the slot receiver – it gives them every bit as good a receiving corps, I think, as they had when they won the Super Bowl (in 1999).


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City manager applications could fall
October 5, 2012
There were 122 people who sought the Park City manager position in 2003, the last time there was an opening.
The recruiter tapped by Mayor Dana Williams and the Park City Council to assist in the hiring process has said the number of applications could fall sharply.
The recruiter, Sacramento, Calif.-based Bobbi Peckham, said recently people decided against moving jobs during the recession and the pool of public sector candidates has been reduced through retirements and fewer people choosing government careers.
She said fewer people are submitting their names for city manager positions. Peckham predicted the field could be as low as between 60 and 80 candidates. If the number is at the low end of the range, there could be approximately half the number of applications as compared to 2003.
City Hall is paying Peckham's firm, Peckham & McKenney, $17,500 plus expenses up to $7,500 to conduct the recruitment. The deadline for the candidates is Oct. 22.


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These last few days of the year are ones I look forward to most; when we can unplug from our usual routine and just focus on relaxing with family. To me that means lots of cooking, feasting, wine-drinking and wood fires in the fireplace. But it can be hard not to get caught up in all that holiday scurrying – shopping, wrapping, decorating…I find myself wondering Am I done yet?
I managed to accomplish some holiday baking this year, and somehow it turned out there wasn't enough chocolate in the assortment. These biscotti seemed like the missing link. It helps that biscotti are the perfect cookie for packing up in bags for last minute gifts because they're not fragile or fussy.
The biscotti recipes I like best use butter. Some traditional biscotti are made without it, but I think they can be tooth-breaking hard. The ones here have a nice ratio of crunch, chew and deep chocolate flavor.
I chopped some extra chunks of chocolate to melt and drizzle over the biscotti, and I sprinkled a little flaky sea salt over some of them, too.
Dark chocolate biscotti
Keep the biscotti in a covered container for up to a week.
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup dark chocolate baking chunks or chips
- Arrange baking racks to the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
- Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
- Beat the butter in an electric mixer until fluffy; add the sugar and mix at high speed until combined, about 30 seconds. Scrape down the bowl if needed, then beat in the eggs. Lower the mixer speed to stir in the flour mixture and mix until just combined; stir in the chocolate chunks.
- Divide the dough in half. Shape each half on a lightly floured counter into a log about 12 inches long and 3 inches wide. Arrange the logs on the baking sheet about 3 inches apart.
- Bake 30 - 40 minutes, until the logs are firm to the touch. Cool on a rack 10 minutes.
- With a large, sharp knife, slice each log into ¾-inch wide slices on a slight diagonal and put them cut side down on the baking sheet.
- Lower oven to 325 degrees. Bake 5 minutes, then gently turn the biscotti unto the other cut side and bake for another 5 minutes.
- The biscotti are great plain or dip them into some chopped, melted chocolate if you like.
Based on a recipe from Gourmet magazine


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In an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) study, 57 children, average age 9, took 1 mg of Pycnogenol per kilogram of body weight per day or a placebo for one month. Researchers measured stress hormones in the urine before and after the study and again 30 days later. At the end of the study, kids in the Pycnogenol group had fewer ADHD symptoms and fewer signs of adrenaline and the nerve stimulant dopamine in the urine compared to the start of the study. Thirty days after the study ended, both the ADHD symptoms and adrenaline and dopamine had returned to pre-study levels.
In another ADHD study, 61 adolescent kids took 1 mg of Pycnogenol per kilogram of body weight per day or a placebo for four weeks. Parents and teachers tested the kids' attention and concentration after taking Pycnogenol for one month and again four weeks later. After one month, kids who had taken Pycnogenol had significantly fewer ADHD symptoms compared to the start of the study and compared to placebo. Thirty days after the study ended, ADHD symptoms had returned, leading researchers to conclude that Pycnogenol had reduced ADHD symptoms.
In an iron study, researchers measured iron levels in 1,641 U.S. toddlers, aged one to three, including 42 percent Hispanic, 28 percent white non-Hispanic and 25 percent black children. Kids most likely to be deficient in iron were Hispanic, overweight, had non-English-speaking parents or were not in daycare.


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If there's a unifying theme in 2013's San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, it's that many entries will spark lively conversations and debates afterward. Just like all good film festival movies should.
This year's slate of 74 films cover hot-button issues ranging from late-term abortions to sexual experimentation and on to Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Family fare is also well-represented, along with some definite crowd pleasers. The festival kicks off this week.
Particularly noteworthy is the impressive number of entries that not only focus on powerful women — including a fictionalized account of celebrated philosopher Hannah Arendt and a documentary on feminist Esther Broner — but are directed by them.
The annual festival kicks off July 25 with the boy-detective drama "The Zigzag Kid" and runs through Aug. 12 with screenings at theaters throughout the Bay Area, including San Rafael, Oakland, Berkeley, Palo Alto and San Francisco.
Here are a few films not to be missed.
"The Attack": How well do we really know our spouses? That's one of the questions raised in director Ziad Doueiri's thriller. Ali Suliman is anguished Palestinian Israeli surgeon Amin Jaafari, a desperate husband navigating treacherous terrain while investigating whether his wife was the suicide bomber who killed more than a dozen in Tel Aviv. "The Attack" exposes how repressed political sentiments bubble to the surface in moments of crisis. (6:15 p.m. July 30, the Castro, San Francisco; 6:40 p.m. Aug. 4, the California, Berkeley; opens Aug. 9 in area theaters.)
"Dancing in Jaffa": I bet Hollywood can't wait to adapt this inspirational documentary about a ballroom champion's altruistic project to persuade Jewish and Palestinian Israeli children to dance together. Director Hilla Medalia's jewel of a movie draws us into the lives of the kids and their instructor, Pierre Dulaine. It's hard not to be captivated by this documentary's graceful power and hopeful spirit. (3:45 p.m. July 26, the Castro; 6:55 p.m. Aug. 2, the California; 2 p.m. Aug. 6, CineArts in Palo Alto; noon Aug. 10, the Rafael Film Center, San Rafael.)
"Brave Miss World": Seven weeks after her 1998 rape in Italy, Israeli beauty queen Linor Abargil was onstage winning the Miss World title. In Cecilia Peck's shocking documentary, the camera follows the stunning Abargil as she travels the world talking to countless survivors of rape and trying to create more awareness about this epidemic. "Brave Miss World" is not only well-made, it's a soul-stirring experience that will outrage. (3:30 p.m. July 31, the Castro; 2 p.m. Aug. 4, the California.)
"Hannah Arendt": Barbara Sukowa's wise, layered portrayal of real-life philosopher/writer Hannah Arendt, best known for her New Yorker coverage of the Adolf Eichmann trial, is the real reason to see director Margarethe von Trotta's intelligent, restrained film bio. It's a little slow, but there are a host of other rewards, including von Trotta's use of footage from the court proceedings themselves and Janet McTeer's radiant performance — as usual — in a small role as popular novelist Mary McCarthy ("The Group"). Thought-provoking and literate. (2:05 p.m. July 28 at the Castro; opens Aug. 2 at the Shattuck, Berkeley; the Camera 3 in San Jose; the Opera Plaza in S.F.; and the Rafael Film Center.)
"After Tiller": As Roe v. Wade confronts more challenges, just four U.S. doctors continue to perform controversial late-term abortions. Why do they pursue a practice that provokes so much outrage? Who are their patients? We find out in this insightful and moving documentary. "After Tiller" — named after the late-term abortion doctor George Tiller, who was murdered — will shake you to your very core and may even make you reconsider your own beliefs. Martha Shane and Lana Wilson are talented filmmakers, and they've given us a unique perspective in a roiling debate (4 p.m. Aug. 8, the California).
if you go
What: San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
When: July 25 through Aug. 12
Where: Rafael Film Center, 1118 4th. St., San Rafael; California Theatre, 2113 Kittredge St., Berkeley; Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave., Oakland; Piedmont Theatre, 4186 Piedmont Ave.; New Parkway Theater, 474 24th St., Oakland; CineArts, 3000 El Camino Real Building No. 6, Palo Alto; Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., San Francisco; JCCSF, 3200 California, S.F.; Rayko Photo Center, 428 Third St., San Francisco
Information: 621-0523 or http://sfjff.org


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Fairfax County Agency Observes National Consumer Protection Week
Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Jan. 16, 2003
Fairfax County Agency Observes
National Consumer Protection Week
Feb. 3-7, 2003, is National Consumer Protection Week, which will highlight consumer protection and education efforts around the country. The Consumer Protection Division of the Fairfax County Department of Cable Communications and Consumer Protection is celebrating this important event with an open house from Monday, Feb. 3, to Friday, Feb. 7, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The open house will be held in Suite 433 of the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.
The Consumer Protection Division provides a variety of consumer protection services for Fairfax County citizens. The division licenses and regulates taxi cab drivers and operators, peddlers, solicitors, gun dealers, precious metal and gem dealers, pawn brokers, massage therapists and establishments, and going out of business sales, and investigates consumer complaints about these activities. The division also mediates consumer and landlord/tenant disputes and investigates complaints in order to determine if laws have been violated. Arbitration is available when the mediation process fails to resolve an issue. Staff also prepares cases for legal action and seeks prosecution through the County Attorney's Office.
The Consumer Protection Division provides staff support to the Consumer Protection Commission, the Tenant-Landlord Commission and the Towing Advisory Board. Staff also provides assistance to condominium and homeowners associations through seminars and publications, such as the Community Association Manual.
Consumers will find helpful information on the county's Web site about a variety of consumer topics such as auto repairs, new home construction, home improvement, consumer complaints, and more. Visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dtcs/consserv/homepage.htm for these other consumer topics.
Interested consumers are welcome to visit the Consumer Protection Division to pick up a treat and a special packet of information which tells about the agency and gives useful tips on how to be a smart consumer. Come and meet the staff who will be available to answer questions and provide advice to help solve problems you may be having with a business or landlord in the county. For more information, call Consumer Protection at 703-324-5934, TTY 703-222-8653.


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Washington, DC – Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid released the following statement on the Republican-controlled Intelligence Committee's failure to hold the Bush administration accountable.
A fact sheet on intelligence oversight failures and a letter to Senator Frist are attached.
"I agree with Senator Frist, the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee has been bogged down by partisanship. The only way we can restore this important committee's non-partisan tradition is for Leader Frist and Chairman Roberts to stop bowing to the pressure of the Bush White House and permit the committee to do its job. When faced with strong evidence that the Bush Administration has misused intelligence, misuses that have made America less secure, time and again the Senate Intelligence Committee has ducked its responsibilities and refused to hold the Administration accountable. The recent record of the Republican-controlled committee is most notable for its abdication of authority and responsibility.
"The Intelligence Committee's meeting on March 7th presents an important credibility test for Senator Frist and Senator Roberts. If both are serious about their desire to let this committee perform its duties, Chairman Roberts will keep his word and permit the committee to conduct a vote on Senator Rockefeller's reasonable proposal to review the Administration's controversial domestic spying program."
Editorial Boards and Commentators across the Country Have Blasted Senator Roberts' Lack of Oversight on the Republican- Controlled Intelligence Committee.
"Roberts' Credibility On Line" [Wichita (Kansas) Eagle, 2/18/06] "Advise and Assent" [L.A. Times, 2/19/06] "Doing the President's Dirty Work" [New York Times, 2/17/06] "Congress Tackles Surveillance" [Washington Post, 2/16/06] "Roberts at Center of Spying Firestorm" [Wichita Eagle, 2/27/06] "No Checks, Many Imbalances" [George Will, Washington Post, 2/16/06]
Intelligence Oversight in the Senate:
A Record of Partisanship and Failure
Despite the fact that the Senate Intelligence Committee has increased its staff size from 23 to 36 – an increase of over 50% — beginning in the fall of 2004 [S.Res.445, 10/1/04], Senator Frist claims that the Senate Intelligence Committee is over-burdened and that Democratic requests would require, "an overwhelming amount of staff time, attention and resources."
For the past several years the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee has failed to exercise its oversight responsibility.
Detention, Interrogation, and Rendition Controversy – No Committee Investigation
oDespite numerous troubling reports about detainee abuse as a result of Bush Administration's detention, interrogation, and rendition policies and questions about role of intelligence community, the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee has refused to formally investigate these actions.
Iraq Pre-War Intelligence Controversy – Committee Investigation Incomplete Nearly Three Years After Start of War
oAfter months of refusing to conduct an investigation of the Bush Administration's misuse and potential abuse of pre-war intelligence related to Iraq, the Republican majority grudgingly consented to conduct an investigation when it became apparent it lacked the votes to thwart it. Nearly three years after the start of the war and more than two years since the committee unanimously voted to initiate an investigation of these issues, this committee has yet to complete its work. Key Administration officials have still not been interviewed; key documents have not been reviewed. New information comes out every week about how these failures have undermined intelligence reform and our chances for victory in Iraq.
Oversight and Implementation of Intelligence Reform – No Meaningful Committee Action
oThroughout the tenure of the current chairman of the Intelligence Committee, there has been a refusal to undertake a comprehensive, systemic examination of the intelligence community's organization and effectiveness – an extraordinary abdication of oversight responsibilities in the wake of all of the intelligence questions raised by the attacks of 9/11. The committee did not convene intelligence reform hearings until after the Senate leadership had vested responsibility for intelligence reform in the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and only then held a few "me-too" hearings. As a result, the Senate Intelligence Committee was rendered irrelevant to the most significant intelligence community reform effort since the community was formed in 1947.
FY2006 Intelligence Authorization Bill – Failed to Gain Senate Passage of Bill for First Time in the nearly 30 Year History of Committee
oDue to Republican objections, the Senate Intelligence Committee has failed to pass the Intelligence Authorization bill on the Senate floor for the first time in nearly 30 years.
Domestic Spying Program – No Committee Investigation


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Click here for Part 1 of this piece.NEW YORK ( TheStreet -- Continuing from Part I of my article on saving for retirement, now our individual has opened a Roth IRA account with $5,500 to get the ball rolling and just took the first step to securing her financial freedom. It should also be noted that the account can be opened with any amount between $0 and $5,500. To contribute the maximum amount per year to the Roth IRA, our individual will need to save about 15.3% of her take-home pay through her 30s. While this might not seem like a "fun" way to "spend" your money, it will prove rewarding down the stretch. By the time our individual reaches 40, she'll already have $60,500 in contributions alone. Just for fun, we can assume she allocated 70% of her portfolio to stocks and 30% to fixed-income. On average, we'll say the stocks returned 8% per year and the bonds returned 3%. While contributions have totaled more than $60,000, returns from our investment strategy have brought the total up to $90,246. Not too shabby. While our investor continues to save 15% of her $43,200 take-home pay through her 40s, she now has over $115,500 in contributions alone. With the increase in age, our investor has shifted herasset allocation to 65% stocks and 35% bonds in an attempt to decrease risk. After contributions and returns, the total savings is now up to $255,811. Now that our investor is in her 50s, things change slightly -- most notably, the annual contribution limit. When you hit 50, you can contribute $6,500 instead of the standard $5,500. This is known as a catch-up contribution. With our investor still saving 15% of their pay, she will contribute another $65,000 to her Roth IRA over the next decade, bringing the total amount of contributions to a robust $180,500. Let's again assume in our example the investor shifts slightly away from stocks in favor of bonds. The asset allocation is now 60% stocks and 40% bonds. Assuming the 8% return rates from equities and 3% return from bonds, the total stock fund is worth just over half a million dollars, while his bond fund is now worth just north of $100,000.
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Benefits and Risk Management
Benefits and Risk Management
The mission of the Benefits and Risk Management Office is to exemplify outstanding customer service while promoting healthy lifestyles among all employees and their families through ongoing district wellness initiatives, by protecting the district's human, physical and financial assets through identifying, measuring and minimizing loss exposure.
We also strive to provide employees and their families with comprehensive, affordable insurance programs and personal asset management vehicles to secure current and future health and well-being.
Northside ISD offers employees a suite of health, dental and vision benefit plans insured by United Healthcare. more...
By virtue of being a public institution, the district offers unique options for pension and tax sheltered retirement plans. more...
Work-Life Balance Program/EAP
Northside ISD, through Aetna, provides a free comprehensive resource for employees and their families for achieving balance with work and their personal lives. It provides help with workplace stress and family issues such as parenting, education, aging, financial and legal questions, addiction and recovery and emotional health.
Early Childhood Collaboration Program
Northside ISD offers a tuition-based preschool program for children of employees on several elementary campuses within the district. The children must be three or four years of age by September 1st of the current school year to participate. The program is an inclusive preschool with both early childhood certified and special education certified teachers. The curriculum offers a wealth of developmentally appropriate experiences for young children planned to incorporate TEA's Pre-Kindergarten Guidelines.
Employee Discounts at Community Businesses
The Northside ISD School-Business-Community Partnerships Departmentmakes it possible for Northside ISD employees to receive discounts for products and services with local businesses. Discounts for health clubs, automobile insurance, cellular phones, area childcare and many others are available. A complete listing of "Partnership Perks" is available on the Partnerships web site.
Free Admission to Athletic Events
Northside ISD employees may attend athletic events at district facilities at no cost by presenting their employee ID at the admission gate.
(Special events may require the employee to pay for admission. Free admission is allowed for Northside ISD employees only; family and other guests must pay posted prices at these events.)
Leaves of Absence
Northside ISD offers various types of Leaves of Absences. To apply for a leave of absence go to www.nisd.net under employee links click on Leave of Absence Request. You can file your leave and print the paperwork there. If you need to re-print the paperwork you can click here to re-print.
Risk Management
Excess Student Accident Insurance Coverage
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Our salaries are competitive with San Antonio area school districts and comparably-sized districts in the state. more...


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President Obama Reveals $3 Trillion Plan to Cut the Deficit [VIDEO]
In a speech given from the White House Rose Garden on Monday, President Obama proposed a $3 trillion plan to cut the deficit, with half of that amount covered by increased taxes on the wealthy and another $800 million financed by letting the Bush-era tax cuts expire.
"If we are going to make spending cuts… then it is only right we ask everyone to pay their fair share … We can't afford these special lower rates for the wealthy. We can't afford them when we are running these big deficits," he said.


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Another thing that is considered giving the disc stability, apart from a high parting line, is the bead. Not many new discs have those anymore, and when they do they are described as old-school (…Stalker). Isn't the bead just another way of adding distance below the parting line to make it more stable? …or does the shape of the bead itself create some kind of air flow that makes it stable?
This may be off topic (unless it has something to do with the parting line), but I was wondering about the point of adding a non-streamlined shape to a discs profile, such as a bead.


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The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch at 9:27 a.m. today for Portage County that will remain in effect from Tuesday evening through Wednesday afternoon.
A winter storm system is forecast to pass through the greater Cleveland area Tuesday evening, according to NWS, that could possibly bring 6 to 10 inches of snow and winds ranging from 10 to 20 m.p.h. Visibility could be as little as a quarter-mile during the storm. Temperatures will hover around the mid 20s.
Other counties included in the winter storm watch include Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula, Huron, Medina, Summit, Trumbull, Richland, Ashland, Wayne, Stark, Mahoning and Holmes.


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White-label versions of CloudBerry Backup is available to our partners via the CloudBerry Lab Partner Program. This program allows you to offer managed online backup services under your own brand that are powered by the CloudBerry Backup software and Amazon S3 secure cloud storage.
While the personal version of CloudBerry Backup requires users to sign up with Amazon directly, the Partner program will allow you to store all customer data under a single centrally managed S3 account and provide your customers with individual accounts that are managed and billed directly by you.The Partner Program provides client functionality that is essentially identical to the CloudBerry Backup, with options for additional functionality or customization of the client available under the Private Label option.
Sign up for CloudBerry Managed Online Backup Service.
Main Features:
- Easy installation and configuration
- Seamless integration with CloudBerry Backup
- Create / manage user accounts
- Integrates with Windows Authentication
- Setup user quotas
- Re-branding options
System Requirements:
- Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 (32 and 64 bit)
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
- Amazon S3 account
Technical summary
CloudBerry Managed Backup Service works as a web service and requires Internet Information Service to operate. User connects to a Managed Backup Service endpoint rather than to Amazon S3 directly. Managed Backup comes with a control panel that offers user management.
Integration options / API
You can integrate CloudBerry Backup with your own applications. CloudBerry Backup can run as a service on user computers and you can control it using your own tools/UI. There are two integration options available:
- Command Line interface
- C# API - currently only backup plan statistics retrival is supported. However, we are going to extend it with other methods by the time Managed Backup Service is released.
We would love to hear your own integration requirements and we will try to adjust accordingly


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The Vendy Awards, New York's annual celebration of street food, are hitting Sunset Park in a few weeks. Until then we'll be taking a look at the finalists in their rookie category—new vendors who started cooking on the street just this year. Next up: the Thainamese newcomer Sweet Chili.
Sweet Chili is owned by Chef Lisa Fernandes, who you may remember from Top Chef's Season 4 in Chicago. The truck debuted on June 1st with a menu inspired by Thai and Vietnamese cooking. Click on the slideshow above for a closer look at what they're selling.
Sweet Chili roams around the city hitting Midtown on Mondays, Fridays, and alternating Wednesdays. They can be found downtown Tuesday and Thursday, and out at Industry City on the alternate Wednesdays.
Stay tuned for more Vendy coverage later this week. You can see all the finalists on the Vendy website.
About the author: The non-Blondie half of Blondie & Brownie, Siobhan Wallace fits in writing and promoting her book New York à la Cart: Recipes and Stories from the Big Apple's Best Food Trucks in between working towards her MA in Food Studies from NYU. You can follow her on Instagram at @SiobhanDubs.


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The majority of Americans will gather Thursday in loving family groups, sit peacefully together in the largest room in the house and, after a ceremonial opening song, be ready for several hours of screaming at the television.
The ritual, including the national anthem, has become the way an awful lot of my fellow citizens will celebrate what is listed on the calendar as Thanksgiving Day.
Around Casa Aylworth we will observe some of these national traditions.
We might hold down the screaming a bit, because: A) my dear bride, the saintly Susan, the wife, mother, mother-in-law or grandmother of all those present, is not a fan of screaming at football players who can't even hear us because they are on television; and B) the grandwidgets are likely to be making so much noise we wouldn't be able to hear ourselves scream in the first place.
Susan will spend most of the next few days doing the preliminary preparation for the T-Day feast. I will bake a couple of lemon meringue pies. Visiting family members will all have something to contribute to the supply, and the meal will be grand.
For many years the fourth Thursday in November included an afternoon pick-up, bare-knuckles football game.
I don't know if it is going to happen this year, but I won't be in the lineup. There comes a point where age and good sense trump testosterone, and I have come to realize that a full-tilt, padless football game is more likely to kill than to thrill me.
I will replace mud, thud and blood with the opportunity to play catch and cuddle with grandchildren. I'm the winner in this trade.
I will also indulge in one of the older, if somewhat less observed, traditions of the past.
I am going to take a chance on Thanksgiving to count my blessings and give sincere thanks.
This year, 2012, hasn't been one of my favorite years ever. It is the year that my father-in-law, Hugh Hubbard, died. I have an unshakable faith in eternal life so Hugh's exit is "See you later," rather than "Goodbye," but it is still hard on my beloved Susan.
At the same time, even with tears in her lovely eyes, my Susan is singularly the greatest blessing in my life and always top in my count.
Also this year we added a granddaughter, Sadie, and a grandson, Corbridge, taking the total to 21.
In a time when it is not universally true, all of my children, or in Rebecca's case her husband, Jonathan, have jobs that feed their families and have a future. All of my grandchildren are happy — or at least as happy as teenagers can be — and healthy.
Susan's books are selling online at a rate that surprises even her.
Not everything in my life, or my family's life is perfect, but if everything was truly perfect, what would there be left to strive for?
For a lot of reasons, I like and enjoy Thanksgiving Day, and this Thursday will be a celebration, even if I can't hear myself scream.
Roger H. Aylworth is a staff writer with the Enterprise-Record. His column appears every Sunday and he can be reached at 896-7762 or @RogerAylworth on Twitter. Autographed copies of his two books can be purchased at the newspaper office.


text: This news item expired on 4/28/2013, so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. Health & Human Services Annual Report FY 2012 It is apparent from in the Health and Human Services Annual Report, attached below, that Fiscal Year 2012 was an extremely busy year for Buncombe County. They have taken strategic steps toward a more integrated and seamless service approach that better enables individuals' ability to make good choices regarding their health, safety and financial stability. Much of their effort last year focused on the physical infrastructure needed for this approach. They co-located services under one roof at Coxe Avenue and built electronic systems that support a smooth state-of-the-art client flow and coordinated access to internal and external resources and services. As the dust settles from these building projects, they are turning their eyes toward accelerating the effectiveness of citizen support in Buncombe County by further integrating services. Mandy Stone, Director of Buncombe County Health and Human Services, and her staff ask that the community review the Annual Report and share suggestions for ways Buncombe County can improve services. Table: News Item Documents File NameSizeTypeDate & Time Added HHS Annual Report 3 MB 02/12/2013 9:43 AM


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The trial of a graphic designer accused of killing a man following a fight on a train will begin later today.
Rhys Stacey Parchment, 25, of New Barns Avenue, Mitcham, is charged with the manslaughter of 24-year-old Warsame Warsame, from Kingston.
He is accused of punching Mr Warsame twice in the head during a fight on a train from Wimbledon to Raynes Park on March 2, 2013.
Mr Warsame was found hours later unconscious on a different train travelling between Wimbledon and Raynes Park, and died in hospital on March 4 from an inoperable bleed on the brain.
The trail will be held at Blackfriars Crown Court in London.


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We need Steep and Cheap thread, so here it is.
Today SAC is doing a crazy sale were they are getting rid of limited stock. Everything is 60-90% off and there are new items every minute or two. You might be able to snag something really cheap if you're lucky enough to find something in your size.


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I voted team with Gabriel because I believe it will be a harder time for Gabriel to get booked on SD or Raw without a partner while Kofi won't have that issue.
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I get that Big E Langston dropped the NXT CHAMPIONSHIP
but....to Bo Dallas out of all people? WTF!


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The 2014 Flake Festival Medallion Hunt began Saturday, Feb. 15. The medallion is hidden in a Forest Lake park. (Lakeside Memorial Park and Fenway Athletic Park are not eligible.) This year's winner will need to have a Flake Festival button in order to claim the prize of a $200 check and a gift package valued at $300 that has been put together by local businesses. Buttons can be purchased at the Forest Lake Area Chamber of Commerce office at 568 S. Lake St. and at many local businesses.
Click here to see a directory of Forest Lake's parks.
Daily clues are being posted at 8 a.m. until the medallion is found.
Clue No. 1: Saturday, Feb. 15
A plan that would stick,
We decided to pick,
Olympics for this FLake Fest's theme.
Read wisely and then you,
can pick the right venue.
Your victory's not just a dream.
Clue No. 2: Sunday, Feb. 16
Gold, silver and such,
Would be lovely to touch,
But they aren't the prize for this race.
The one we've hid here,
Is not colored, but clear,
There's no prize if you get second place.
Clue No. 3: Monday, Feb. 17
Don't break with tradition,
Find this new edition,
And laugh all the way to the bank.
There's no shortage of snow,
This year, as we know,
Push through and you'll have me to thank.
Clue No. 4: Tuesday, Feb. 18
Finding joy in the frozen,
This year we've chosen,
A place that will make you dig in.
Don't trust your eyes,
To discover this prize,
Get out there, it's time to begin.
Clue No. 5: Wednesday, Feb. 19
In Sochi the rings,
are iconic things,
Showing, not one, but all six.
A similar scheme,
Can be found at this scene,
One of few that can show the same mix.