text: OverviewBack to top Indigo Wild - Zum Clean Aromatherapy Laundry Soap Patchouli - 64 oz. Item# :121457UPC# :663204352452 Brand:Indigo Wild Size/Form:64 oz. Ship Weight:4.80 Servings:64 Dosage:1 oz. Indigo Wild Patchouli Zum Clean Aromatherapy Laundry Soap - 64 oz. (1.89L) Tired of the chemical detergent spin cycle? Clean up the way you clean your skivvies with Indigo Wild's Patchouli Zum Clean Aromatherapy Laundry Soap. Indigo Wild's Patchouli Zum Clean Aromatherapy Laundry Soap is a handmade laundry soap. We're talking a nudist colony of coconut oil soap for cleaning and 100% pure essential oils for an all-natural scent. Plus baking soda to remove stains and smells. You won't find these dirty words: detergents, optical brighteners, chlorine, parabens, phosphates, petrochemicals or sulfates. Indigo Wild's Patchouli Zum Clean Aromatherapy Laundry Soap is low-sudsing, super concentrated and great for high efficiency machines. Indigo Wild's Patchouli Zum Clean Aromatherapy Laundry Soap washes 32 loads in top-loading washing machines and 64 loads in high-efficiency machines. Maid by Nature: Handmade with pure essential oils Great for high-efficiency machines Highly concentrated Chemical-free Zum Clean is not a detergent. It is a deterrent - to pollutants, to overconsumption, to byproducts, to irritants. After all, your clothes are your second skin. Would you rather wash your skin with detergent or soap? Good. Because this is not a detergent. Zum Clean is a laundry soap - the only 100% all-natural laundry soap mixed, poured and bottled by happy human hands. Yep, no machines were harmed, nor chemicals used, in the making of this product. And since Indigo Wild's happy hands aren't as stingily efficient as machines, they pour liberal loads of pure essential oils for laundry loads that literally clear the air while they clean your clothes. But, please, don't call this a detergent. Pronounceable ingredients, pronounced effects. 100% pure essential oils naturally freshen clothes and "aromatherapize" your home while you wash. Coconut oil soap treats your second skin gently and is not drying. Baking soda removes dirt and odors. Vegetable glycerin clings to dirt and stains. Natural borax cuts grease, softens water, digs up dirt and balances your load's pH level. Zum Clean 101. Zum Clean is a natural fabric softener, so you can hang dryer sheets out to dry. Indigo Wild tests on their own clothes, not on animals. All Zum Products Are: Vegetarian Vegan - Except for Zum Bars (Goat's Milk), Zum Kisses (Honey), & Zum Rub (Goat's Milk) Gluten Free - Except for Zum Body Lotions (Oat Bran Extract) & Oatmeal-Lavener Zum Bar (Oatmeal). Rosemary Extract is Gluten Free but Does Contain Soy. Harsh Chemicals Free Cruelty Free Frequently Asked Questions Does Indigo Wild test their products on animals? They do not test their products on animals. They love to test them on themselves and their friends and family. What kind of preservatives does Indigo Wild use? For the products that require preservatives, they use tocopherol (vitamin e), rosemary oleoresin, and potassium sorbate. What is the shelf life of the products? Because Indigo Wild's products are all natural it is best to use them up. Zum Bars can last two years and they are still wonderful! The scent fades over time but it is still a great bar of soap. The lotions should probably be used within a year of the purchase date. Keep all products out of direct sunlight and heat. You can even put them in the refrigerator to extend their shelf life. Do they have any vegan products? All Zum Products are Vegan, Except Zum Bars (Goat's Milk), Zum Kisses (Honey), & Zum Rub (Goat's Milk). Where did they get the name "zum"? Zum is simply a play on the word "some". As in "This sure is "zum" bar of soap!" Dirty Words There are a handful of ingredients Indigo Wild simply avoids when it comes to handmaking their products. These words are not just dirty, they're downright disgusting. Indigo Wild doesn't and will never use the following ingredients: Animal Tallow Animal Tallow or Sodium Tallowate, comes from rendered animal fat. Many rendering companies get their animal lard from road kill. Cocoamidopropyl Betaine Cocamidopropyl Betaine is a surfactant, giving detergents their manufactured cleansing and lathering properties. It is a known irritant to skin, eyes, and lungs. Plus, it has been shown it can be carcinogenic. Sulfates/Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) Sulfates/Sodium lauryl sulfate and its extended family are used in products as an inexpensive foaming agent. It's an eye and skin irritant, and products containing laureth chemicals have been found to contain levels of 1,4 dioxan, which the EPA has classified as a carcinogen. Petroleum By-Products / Mineral Oil Petroleum by-products and Mineral oil are by-products of the distillation of gasoline from oil. It coats skin like plastic, clogging pores and interfering with the skin's ability to eliminate toxins. It slows cell development and skin function. You'll find this inexpensive ingredient in a lot of baby products and lotions. Phthalates Phthalates are used in perfumes and beauty products to make fragrance last longer. It interferes with the endocrine system, which regulates your body's growth, metabolism, and sexual development and function. Triclosan Triclosan is an antibacterial, antifungal chemical used in many consumer products. Studies by the FDA show it may contribute to bacteria resistance to antibiotics and alters hormone regulations. It is registered as a pesticide with the EPA. Parabens Parabens are chemical preservatives found in many body care products and cosmetics. They are linked to breast cancer as they have been found in breast cancer tumors and they mimic estrogen, a hormone known to aid in the development of breast cancer. Artificial Colors Artificial colors labeled as FD&C are believed to be cancer causing agents. Propylene Glycol Propylene glycol, a chemical derived from natural gas that acts as a penetration enhancer. It can alter the structure of skin by allowing chemicals to penetrate your skin and increase likelihood chemicals will enter the bloodstream. Chemical Sunscreens Chemical sunscreens absorb in the skin, thus also absorbing the harmful UV light and can cause skin damage, irritation, and increase risk of cancer. DEA/TEA DEA/TEA a chemical wetting agent and emulsifier for shampoos, lotions, and creams. They can react with ingredients in cosmetic formulas to form NDEA, a potent carcinogen. NDEA is readily absorbed through the skin and has been linked with stomach, esophagus, liver, and bladder cancers. PEGS or PPGS PEGs or PPGs are synthetic ingredients processed with ethylene oxide which is associated with reproductive effects, central nervous system depression and is an EPA classified carcinogen. Tetrasodium EDTA Tetrasodium EDTA a preservative made with carcinogens, formaldehyde, and sodium cyanide. It's a penetration enhancer so it breaks down the skin's protective barrier absorbing in the blood stream. Diazolidinyl Urea Diazolidinyl Urea is a preservative that acts as a formaldehyde releaser in body care products. Formaldehyde is classified as a human carcinogen by the EPA. About Indigo Wild Their people were born to be Indigo Wild. And - guilty as charged - every one of them is a true nature's child. They've banded together to thump and bump the rock and soul into every batch of Zum Bars, Glows, Rubs, Kisses, and more. Individually, their peeps are virtuosos who are oh-so major to helping the ingredients sing. But together, they're fusicians who ensure the holistic is always greater than the Zum of its parts. They make Indigo Wild's stuff rock, balancing the rhythm that forms the backbone: Goat's milk, soy wax, jojoba oil, shea butter, argan oil, dragon's blood. They add stuff like meadowfoam seed oil, rosehip oil, and botanical extracts for bass vibes you can feel. Then they bring out the 100% pure essential oils to lay down a melody that hits the high notes. Indigo Wild Trivia & Useless Facts Passing down their pearls of... something. Yes, there's some wisdom in these pearls, too. Call this the "Did you know?" section for everything trivial about Indigo Wild. Herein lies knowledge, Indigo trivia, useless facts, and proof that a few bottles of wine are also a few bottles of inspiration. Enjoy. Did You Know? "Zum" is a made up word? This was where the few bottles of inspiration came in. The Zum font on their labels was designed by Todd, Emily's husband, on a cocktail napkin. Zum Bars contain such a high percentage of essential oils they are considered therapeutic. Stores sellout of the F&M Zum Bar in an average of 4.5 days after receiving it. Betsy, Cathy & Annie's brother Joe owns an all natural dry cleaning company called Hangers. Tina hand-pours many of the products. Tina's husband John Paul is a famous harmonica player. Julie & Mary label all of the products. They stop packing & production every day so they can all eat lunch together. Aaaah, ain't that sweet. Some days they have as many as 16 dogs in the building. Zum Tub bath salts are jacuzzi-safe. Myrrhy is the dog featured on the Y.U.M. products & he was named after Frankincense & Myrrh. Shea butter is a natural sunscreen. Ylang ylang & patchouli are natural aphrodisiacs. Rosemary Mint Zum Mist is great for hangover headaches. Bobbi Brown has Zum Rub in her drawer? (as seen on Oprah) A well known plastic surgeon uses Zip's Scab Dab to help reduce scars. You can call Indigo Wild any time if there are more things you want to know. Andre, the soap cutter can also cut a rug? Causes Indigo Wild Supports: Indigo Wild loves dogs and hates breast cancer. Many of their own pups are rescues, and they are active in Kansas City Sheltie Rescue. They also have some badass cancer fighters in their ranks, and they're working with some great local charities to support cancer warriors. Where The Indigo Wild Things Are Before Indigo Wild touches your body, it touches these bodies. No worries, Indigo Wild is not showering with your soap singing "I'm Too Sexy" before they ship it off to you. They are talking handcrafted, handmade, hand-mixed, hands-on…which is all pretty dang handsome. So take a spin with Indigo Wild's handy work. It's mixed and mashed with 100% pure essential oils, shea butter, meadowfoam seed oil, soy wax, goat's milk, botanical extracts and other jujulicious ingredients. It all helps to carry on some karma and magnify the mojo. Then it's flashed by the butt of a gnome, danced over by a shaman, kissed by a fairy and blessed by a goat.


text: Developer asked for $30K to drop complaint By Eric Eyre November 3, 2011 Story Share Chip Ellis Mason County Commissioners Rick Handley and Bob Baird and County Administrator John Gerlach (left to right) came to Charleston on Thursday to speak with federal prosecutors and FBI agents. Read more: Developer's company falsified records, defrauded government, FBI alleges CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Charleston housing developer Douglas E. Pauley offered to drop a federal discrimination complaint he filed against Mason County commissioners if the commission paid him $30,000, according to a letter sent to county officials by the county's prosecutor."It was, 'You pay us, or we'll be after you,'" said Mason County Commissioner Rick Handley, who also was named personally in the September 2009 complaint.Pauley filed the discrimination charges after commissioners rejected his request to build a 32-unit apartment complex for seniors and the handicapped on land owned by state Treasurer John Perdue and his wife, Robin. The FBI is investigating the property deal.Later in 2009, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sent investigators from its Philadelphia office to Mason County. HUD agents interviewed Handley and Commissioners Miles Epling and Bob Baird.Epling, a Marine Corps veteran who received a Purple Heart for injuries he received during the Vietnam War, lost both of his legs in battle. Baird was 76 years old when Pauley filed his discrimination complaint."Mr. Pauley was bringing discrimination charges against an older man and a paraplegic," Handley said Thursday. "It's bad that someone would have to go to such lengths to get what they want."What Pauley wanted was commissioners to write a letter of support for his apartment complex to the West Virginia Housing Development Fund, which would administer tax-credit funds that would finance the apartment complex.Pauley, a Perdue campaign donor, also offered to withdraw his discrimination complaint if county commissioners issued the support letter, according to Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Damon Morgan's September 2009 letter to the commission. Morgan was representing the commission in the dispute with Pauley.Earlier that year, Pauley and the Perdues asked Mason County commissioners to write the letter supporting Pauley's project. Commissioners voted 3-0 against the request, saying the project was "out of character" with the rural area.Pauley's offer to drop the discrimination charges didn't persuade commissioners to change their mind about supporting the project."Our reaction was, "We're not signing anything,'" Handley recalled. "Right is right, and wrong is wrong." Commissioners also refused to pay Pauley the $30,000, which Pauley said would reimburse him for the expenses he incurred "formulating and designing the plan" for the apartment complex, the prosecutor's letter states.Pauley has declined to comment on the investigation. His lawyer, Ben Bailey, was out of his office Thursday and could not be reached for comment.In his Sept. 2, 2009, complaint to HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Pauley alleged that Mason County residents who opposed his project did not want the apartment complex because "mentally handicapped" people would live there. Homeowners with property near the Perdues' land also did not want the elderly living there because "they would marry younger people with children," according to Pauley's complaint.Other neighbors who spoke at an April 2009 commission meeting said seniors at Pauley's apartment complex "could get Alzheimer's and deteriorate rapidly and cause problems," according to Pauley's complaint filed with HUD.Handley said Pauley's allegations in the discrimination complaint took homeowners' statements out of context. Handley said such allegations had nothing to do with the commission's decision to vote against the project. "If they would have put it closer to town, near facilities, then we would have supported it," Handley said. "They had no transportation, no way to get to town. I don't care who owned the property, it just wasn't the right place to have seniors or the handicapped, six miles out of town."Handley said HUD investigators never returned to Mason County or issued a report on their findings.The initial letter from HUD to the commission notes that the federal agency would charge the commission with a violation if investigators determined an "unlawful discrimination housing practice has occurred." In the letter, federal housing officials also said they would dismiss the complaint, if there was "no reasonable cause."Either way, federal officials said, they would notify Mason County commissioners in writing.Commissioners never received a follow-up letter, Mason County Administrator John Gerlach said Thursday.Gerlach and Mason County's three commissioners met privately for more than two hours Thursday with federal prosecutors and FBI agents at the Robert C. Byrd Courthouse in Charleston. Mason officials were interviewed individually about Pauley's land deal with Perdue.After the meetings, Handley declined to comment on the interviews."Due to the ongoing investigation, we were asked not to make any comment," he said.Federal agents raided Pauley's Charleston office last week, hauling away boxes of documents over three days.The FBI returned the documents earlier this week. Bailey, Pauley's lawyer, released a letter from the U.S. Attorney's office that says Pauley won't face criminal charges, provided he continues to cooperate in the investigation.Last December, the Perdues sold an 11-acre property to Pauley for $215,000.Later that month, Pauley received $3.67 million in stimulus funds through the West Virginia Housing Development Fund to build the apartment complex, called Milton Place after Robin Perdue's late father, Milton Burdette.Perdue sits on the Housing Development Fund's board of directors. He and his designee to the board never voted to approve Pauley's project.That decision was made by two Housing Fund staff members, both certified public accountants, who reviewed and scored project applications. The Housing Fund awarded $18 million to 11 projects -- including Pauley's apartment complex -- across West Virginia.Perdue and Pauley are longtime friends. Perdue has spoken at several groundbreaking ceremonies for Pauley's projects in recent years. Pauley has made at least two $1,000 contribution's to Perdue election campaign's since 2007, campaign records show.Perdue, who has agreed to provide documents to the U.S. Attorney's Office, has said he followed "all legal procedures" during his property deal with Pauley.Reach Eric Eyre at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-4869. 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New Research Uncovers Why Many With Lupus Are Resistant to Traditional Treatments
Findings Could Lead to Lower Doses of Medication for Lupus Patients, Reducing Serious Side Effects
/PRNewswire/ -- Two immune system proteins could be the culprit behind many lupus patients' resistance to widely used steroid treatments, scientists with the Baylor Research Institute (BRI) in Dallas announced today. It is estimated that more than 5 million people suffer from lupus worldwide.
Currently, those with lupus and other autoimmune diseases, commonly treat the condition with corticosteroids to suppress their overactive immune system and prevent it from attacking healthy tissues which can result in symptoms such as inflammation, pain and organ damage.
These steroid treatments work by killing certain immune system cells, including plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs) that overproduce type 1 interferons, an immune system substance that contributes to lupus and other autoimmune diseases. However, unlike other conditions, steroid treatments are not as effective against these cells in those with lupus.


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Ground game powers Smithson Valley to win
Updated 2:33 am, Friday, October 12, 2012
SAN MARCOS — Smithson Valley scored the first four times it had the ball Thursday night and rolled to a 35-7 victory over San Marcos at Bobcat Stadium in the District 25-5A opener for both teams.
The Rangers (6-0) used a bruising running attack to wear down the Rattlers.
Smithson Valley ran for 240 yards, including 80 from Lawrence Mattison, who did not appear in the game until the Rangers' third possession but wound up scoring twice.
"Our other backs and our quarterback (Garrett Smith) know how to run the ball," Rangers coach Larry Hill said. "Personnel matters are an in-house thing."
Smith's 68 yards came on only five carries. He ran 10 yards for the Rangers' final touchdown and also passed 16 yards to Taylor West for a score.
"He played well for a guy who really hadn't been in a game in three weeks," Hill said of his quarterback, who missed most of the Rangers' victory over Corpus Christi King two weeks ago.
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"I thought he ran the offense well and did a good job with his reads," Hill added.
Smithson Valley scored on its first possession and never looked back.
A 3-yard run by Xavier Coombs — at the end of a four-play, 64-yard drive — launched a night on which the Rangers were dominant on both sides of the ball.
San Marcos (1-5) scored on a 4-yard run by Jonoah Fabian with 6:57 left in the game when the outcome already was decided.
"San Marcos came out and played hard," Hill said. "They threw some new things at us.
"But I thought we played well. We didn't turn the ball over, and when you don't turn the ball over, you're doing all right."
Besides not turning the ball over, the Rangers got an almost-perfect night passing. Smith completed his first nine attempts and wound up a workman-like 9 for 12 for 94 yards.


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Duana Taha reports that she and her new husband are compatible in every way, until they start talking about baby names.
I recently got married, and we're very happy. Like a lot of just-married couples, we're thinking about children in the near future, which is great.
Except we forgot one crucial thing. A baby name pre-nup.
Do most couples work out their baby names before they agree to be tied together forever? Was I unaware? Because there are some issues here we definitely should have discussed…!
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text: Kind of like the music and movies threads, what good books have you read recently? I just read Micheal Lewis' book Moneyball for the fifth time, and I enjoyed every bit as much as I did the first time. It is about Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics organization and how they manage to field a good team year after year on such a low payroll. This is a must read for any baseball fan. It will change the way you think about baseball forever.


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WI NEWS - At the June meeting of Ruskington WI, Meena Cuthbert explained the characteristics of each separate area of India, her birthplace, concentrating on the fashion and cultural differences of the country.
She brought along some Indian costumes for members to view.
A few days later WI members were treated to a hands on presentation by the chef of the Green Elachi in Ruskington.
They were shown the various spices and flavours involved in creating the dishes the restaurant has on its menu. Members were then treated to a 'beginners dish', a fragrantly spiced Chicken Biriani with Korma sauce and salad.
Ruskington WI meet at the Winchelsea Centre at 7.15pm on the second Wednesday of the month. For more information contact secretary Janet Roddis on 01526 830165
Today (Wednesday) Ruskington WI will be hearing a talk on the topic Suffragettes and Granny Rawle presented by Mick Rawle.


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Results Of The 'Pay What You Want' Tangible Goods Experiment
from the sorta,-almost-worked dept
While this is just a single data point, it probably isn't that surprising from a psychological standpoint. I would imagine many people went through the thought process of realizing that they could try any price, but if they went too low... it might not get made at all. So, for people who want to be cheap, perhaps the "logical" price point is just a bit below the necessary average, hoping that some others will overpay and subsidize you. And that's what happened. As some in our comments noted, perhaps a much more interesting (and possibly better) model would be if there were a way to take the 3,000 highest bidders. In that scenario, if you bid too low, you wouldn't get the stylus at all... but others who bid slightly more would. I'd be fascinated to see how something like that worked out.
Either way, with a few weeks left, and the ability to change bids, many expected that enough people would change their bids to hit the necessary threshold. However, rather than wait for that, the designers just added some new fixed-price tiers, that priced the item at the $25 they plan to officially market it at, and a whole bunch of people have paid up, so the overall project did end up going well past the threshold. Definitely an interesting business model experiment, which, once again, highlights one of the risks with a pure "pay what you want" model especially with tangible goods. It can work, but there are pressures to keep in mind.


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Totally awesome! Performer walks on stage carrying an ordinary looking briefcase. He places it on a table, with a clear view underneath. He now opens up the briefcase and reaches inside and produces items that cannot physically fit inside the briefcase. Some examples are:A motorcycle helmet, a basketball, a large teddy bear, a saucepan, a can of paint.The possibilities are endless. Imagine your audience reaction when this happens! Even better still, the briefcase is closed up and can be shown on both sides. It can be casually placed down in full view to the audience with both sides visible. There are no holes, no hanging bags, no body loads or steals, no black art, no sleights, no collapsible or inflatableloads. Nothing is added or removed. Entirely self contained and easy to do. The specially prepared briefcase does all the work for you. The method is undetectable, even as close as two feet away. This versatile prop is ideal for stage performers, children�s shows, clowns, M.C.'s or even business people. Imagine walking into a meeting pulling out some papersAND a basketball from your brief case.
Supplied is the special briefcase and fully illustrated instructions with routine and presentation ideas. No production items supplied.
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They are found in cactus-dominated savannas, in open landscapes with light forests with falling leaves. They eat early in the morning or late at night on cactus and orchards. The nests are made in natural holes or in old woodpecker's nests where up to 70 birds can gather.
A ban on trapping has allowed the population to recover slightly since the 1980s, although it is still listed as vulnerable by IUCN.
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Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
MSUFCU has the long-term savings options to help you save for retirement, higher-learning, or health care expenses. View current dividend rates.
Coverdell Educational Savings Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, Traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, and SEP Plan IRAs are insured for an additional $250,000.
A Roth IRA gives you the ability to invest your after-tax dollars today and take qualifying withdrawals tax free after five years on deposit and if you are at least age 59½, disabled, or are a first-time home buyer. Contributions may be made at any age, as long as you have earned income.
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A Health Savings Account, or HSA, is an IRA-like account that is designed exclusively for covering medical expenses incurred by the person who establishes the account and his or her dependents.
In order for HSA assets to retain their tax-free status, they may only be withdrawn and used for certain expenses.1 These expenses include: most medical, dental and vision care, premiums for long-term care insurance, health insurance when unemployed, and certain health insurance premiums after age 65. Funds used for non-medical expenses after age 65 are treated as taxable income.
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The HSA Insured Money Management Account, or HSA IMMA, is a variable rate savings that offers a tiered rate of return based on the daily balance. Minimum initial deposit is only $50 and you may make additional deposits for any amount and at any time. Electronic transfers are limited to 6 per month according to federal Regulation D and there are no limits to the amount of times you may access funds in person at one of our branch locations. This account can also provide overdraft protection for your HSA Checking.
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THE MEANING OF ALMOST EVERYTHING Opens at The Purple Rose Tonight
The Purple Rose Theatre Company has announced the world premiere production of a new comedy by Jeff Daniels. The Meaning of Almost Everything will enjoy a nine-week engagement from Thursday, January 10 - Saturday, March 9, 2013. Press Opening is tonight, January 18, 2013.
Regular performances for the duration of the run are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8:00 PM with Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 3:00 PM and Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM. All performances will be held at The Purple Rose Theatre Company, 137 Park Street, Chelsea, Michigan 48118.
The 15th play penned by PRTC founder Jeff Daniels, The Meaning of Almost Everything is perhaps one of Daniels' most personal, and yet, most whimsical pieces to date. With elements of slapstick, vaudeville, tragedy and farce, this exuberant romp of a play explores the pain and the joy of human existence.
The story follows two men, "A" and "B," who exist in an undefined place and time, a place of safety and comfort, but also a place where nothing happens. One man wants to remain. The other isn't so sure. Through their feats of daring (and sometimes cowardice), they stumble through the darkness to find the big answers to life's big questions. This comedy questions the nature of our world and the absurdity of it all. The Meaning of Almost Everything contains adult language and content.
When asked about the impetus for The Meaning of Almost Everything, playwright Jeff Daniels explains, "I've never been one to think whatever may come after this life will be better. One can always hope and pray and believe, sure, but given the choice between the known and the unknown, frankly, it seems a lot of us would rather just stay put, thank you very much. That's the "What if...?" that drove the writing on this one. How do we turn this life of ours into an everlasting one? Forget leaving a legacy or living on in other people's memories, I mean staying put. Right here, right now, forever and ever. That it doesn't work that way is the conflict in the play. And in us."
Directed by Guy Sanville, the cast includes Matthew Gwynn of Farmington (Our Town, Growing Pretty) and Michael Brian Ogden of Berkley (Superior Donuts, White Buffalo, Escanaba in da Moonlight).
Founded in 1991 by actor and Chelsea native, Jeff Daniels, The Purple Rose Theatre Company is a leading American theatre dedicated to producing the new American play and creating opportunities for Midwest theatre professionals. The PRTC is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit professional theatre operating under a Small Professional Theatre agreement with the Actors' Equity Association. The PRTC promotes the development of new American theatre and its practitioners, provides valuable educational opportunities for young artists, and, through consistently high quality production values, has earned the respect of both local and National Theatre communities.
Tickets are available for purchase now. Ticket reservations can be made by calling The Purple Rose Theatre Company Box Office at (734) 433-7673 or online at www.purplerosetheatre.org.
Pictured: Matthew Gwynn and Michael Brian Ogden. Photo Credit: Sean Carter Photography.


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It is very rare that the treatment is not successful. However, in the case that I am still positive, the rescue will care of at their vet.
Please email for an application. A New Beginning Pet Rescue, Inc. only accepts cash. We do not have the ability to accept credit or debit cards and no longer accept checks. The pets are available to be seen at our adoption events on weekends at the Petsmart in Altamonte Springs on Saturday from 11-5 and Sunday from 12-5.
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45 Years Ago: Crosby Stills & Nash Release Self-Titled Debut
It was rock music's first true supergroup, the near-perfect distillation of the vibrant Southern California folk-country-rock sound of the late-'60s and one of the rare records that lived up to the hype around it. On May 29, 1969, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash released their first record together titled simply, 'Crosby, Stills & Nash.'
The trio first came together through the old trick of meeting up at the right place at the right time. Byrds singer David Crosby was familiar with Buffalo Springfield guitarist Stephen Stills from bumping into each other frequently around the L.A. scene. Crosby had even sat in with Buffalo Springfield for a missing Neil Young at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Now, Springfield was dead and over, and the Byrds had kicked Crosby to the curb.
In July 1968, the two men happened to run into each other at a party at the Mamas and the Papas singer Mama Cass' home and began to jam on Stills' song 'You Don't Have to Cry.' Nearby, the Hollies' singer Graham Nash heard what they were doing, sauntered over and asked the two men to play their tune again. "Stephen and I looked at each other and said, 'OK, sure,' and we sang it again," Crosby recalled. "When we were done, Nash said, 'Can you do that one more time? Just one more time.' The third time we sang it, Nash joined in and added a top harmony line. It was amazing! It really was."
For Nash, the chemistry was apparent immediately, "I am a harmony singer. David Crosby is a harmony singer. Stephen Stills is a harmony singer. We know what we're doing," he later explained. "There was something about us singing together that was magic, and we all recognized it immediately." Stills, agreed with his bandmate's assessment saying, "The blend was spectacular, yeah. That high English Celtic voice with David, you know, so real smooth, sort of Glenn Yarbrough kind of voice and my whatever you wanna call it. I don't know, a gravelly little kind of style, but can carry a tune."
Nash quit the Hollies shortly thereafter and CSN was officially born. What they needed now was a record label. After a brief period of interest with the Beatles' imprint Apple, the trio elected to sign with Atlantic Records. Knowing that they would need a steady hand at the wheel, they enlisted David Geffen and Elliot Roberts as managers.
Once the business end of things had been taken care of they jetted off to an apartment on Moscow Road in London and set about the task of writing new songs. Each member brought in their own material and worked it out among each other. Stills was responsible for 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,' that he wrote about singer Judy Collins, while Crosby brought in 'Long Time Gone' and Nash offered up 'Marrakesh Express.'
The album was recorded intermittently at Wally Heider Studios in Hollywood from June 1968 through April 1969. Noted session drummer Dallas Taylor was brought in to fill in on the percussive end of the equation. "We knew who each other were," Taylor noted. "We ended up jamming out at John Sebastian's house and they asked me to join the band."
When the album was finally released, it turned the band into an overnight sensation, or as Stills later said, "All of a sudden, we're at Woodstock and I know what 400 acres of people looks like from a helicopter." The record ultimately reached No. 6 on the Billboard Pop Album chart on its way to platinum certification and recognition as one of the greatest records in rock history.
In 2006, 'Crosby, Stills & Nash' received the requisite modern-day remastering treatment during which four new, never-before-heard recordings were added for inclusion.


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I've been thinking about playing fantasy baseball this year. It would be my first time. Any tips?
I've been thinking about playing fantasy baseball this year. It would be my first time. Any tips?
I'd rather listen to Kelch read the phone book than suffer through Thom Brennaman's attempt to make every instance on the field the most important event since the discovery of manned space flight. -westofyou
First year, play in a mixed (AL & NL) league, with 10-12 owners, using the traditional 5x5 stats (Avg, R, HR, RBI, SB and ERA, WHIP, K, W and SV).
Listen to the ESPN Fantasy Focus and MLB Fantasy 411 podcasts.
Have fun!
Don't buy one of those stupid magazines. Get yourself acquainted with some of the better online fantasy baseball blogs, such as http://www.rotoauthority.com/. On that site there are some fantasy baseball "roundtables" that include other bloggers so check their sites out too. I hope that helps a little...
The draft is the most important day of the season. If you don't want to use your 1st year strictly as a learning experience it's important to prepare. Taking advantage of a site like www.mockdraftcentral.com will help. Yahoo also has mock drafts but theirs won't start for another 6+ weeks while mdc already has mocks going on.
"Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."
Planned on a 5x5 league, but was leaning toward an NL-only since I'm much more familiar with the players. Why a mixed league?First year, play in a mixed (AL & NL) league, with 10-12 owners, using the traditional 5x5 stats (Avg, R, HR, RBI, SB and ERA, WHIP, K, W and SV).
I'd rather listen to Kelch read the phone book than suffer through Thom Brennaman's attempt to make every instance on the field the most important event since the discovery of manned space flight. -westofyou
Plan to hate your pitching, something always goes wrong there.
Yeah, I'm definitely unfamiliar with AL players, so yeah.Usually easier, but if you are unfamiliar with AL players this may be a disadvantage for you.
I'll keep it in mind, WoY.Plan to hate your pitching, something always goes wrong there.
I'd rather listen to Kelch read the phone book than suffer through Thom Brennaman's attempt to make every instance on the field the most important event since the discovery of manned space flight. -westofyou
I always found it helpful to create a spread-sheet with the position players in clear tiers. (you define the tiers based on your scoring). That way you can quickly tell that there are only 1 tier level SS available, while there are still 6 tier 1 level OF available. Scarcity at the position level is important at both the top and the bottom. You can sink yourself pretty quickly with a guy that gets 400 ABs and hits .220 or gets 25 starts and puts up a 6.75 ERA.
For each player I calculated a number for each of the categories, plus an overall number. This allowed me to quickly determine, in the middle rounds, where I was deficient/strong and who would be the best fit.. You might have 2 guys ranked the same, but one can help you out quite a bit more with WHIP at the expense of Ks, etc.
Next I'd look at each guy and determine if I though his numbers would be better than last season, worse, or roughly equal ... and then note that by each total score (-, +, =) - another way to distinguish between 2 guys of roughly the "same value"
If you have last years final stats for the league, then you can kinda figure out what a K or HR is worth in your league. Then you can tell if 1 HR or 10 Ks or 2 SB is worth more. Use this info to calculate a score for each player for each individual category, and overall. Use these numbers to set your tiers by position. I usually divided up the scores by 5ths and then used 5 colors to denote the tiers, making some adjustments if the drop off from the 2nd last guy in a tier and the last guy was a huge gap.
If you are going to be in the league on an annual basis, take notes during each draft. You'll soon find out that Bob likes HR hitters, Steve wants players from team x and y, John doesn't take any west coast players because he wants to check his scores before bedtime, and Nick likes to load up on starting pitching. You can use this info combined with your draft order to determine which players you need to pick now if you want them, and which you can let slide another round. Guys will also tend to draft players that did well for them the previous year, and avoid any that didn't do so well. This can be exploited as well.
A supplemental sheet for those guys without a starting position, or starting the year in the minors or on the bench is handy as well.
This sucks a bit the first year, but once you have the sheet set up, it's not bad to update. I always tended to update the sheet for the next year while watching the playoffs. Then you only had to make adjustments for FA, injuries, etc. in the spring.
... or you can download something from one of the million sites available and have the same info as most of the other guys drafting.
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Maybe this isn't advice for a newbie, but I would avoid 5x5 leagues.
Counting wins and stolen bases are silly- especially when you make them as valuable as home runs. Willy Taveras should not be on any fantasy roster where there are 12 owners. Not one. But in fantasy he will be- or at least one of his clones.
I enjoyed rotisserie when I was starting out.
Do some research so you have an idea what you want to do. Use sites like fantasybaseballcafe and sportsfanatics, not necessarily as gospel but as starting points for rankings, tiers, strategies, etc. I would strongly suggest being as prepared for the draft as possible because players you want or were counting on, will often be drafted by the person in front of you and you need to be able to have another option in mind. Don't be afraid to try out your own strategy, listen to the "experts" but use their info. in tandem with your own knowledge, projections, hunches. Don't necessarily follow the run on SP's or closers or 2B's just because everybody else is taking them. Find the right niche for you, be it big $$$, playing with friends, in person drafts, roto, H2H, minor leagues, there are a million ways to play and have fun.
More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
I was referring to the previous version of Taveras, but it holds true for any guy who has a bunch of steals, regardless of his success rate or how lousy his other stats are.
Check out this cheat sheet for 2008- Willy is ranked ahead of Todd Helton, Jermaine Dye, Javy Vazquez, Tim Lincecum.
As the 101st ranked player, he would start in a 10 or 12 team league.
Anyone who steals 50 bases is roster fare in a 5x5 league (as Taveras did the season before). If steals count as much as homers, why wouldn't you have him? Yeah, 50 homers equals 50 steals, that sounds about right.
If you want to live in that world, you'll love a 5x5 league LOL....
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^ Yep, part of the strategy is finding good value SB guys. In 5x5 a SB does not equal a HR. A HR also gives that player a run and at least 1 RBI.
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UDWR Green River/Flaming Gorge Project Leader Ryan Mosley sent in this report of the second night of the annual electrofish sampling from Thursday night. This makes me even more stoked for next week's trip to film for the Utah Bucket List. Here's his report.
We completed our rescheduled electrofishing at Little Hole last night. The weather was clear, breezy at times, with subfreezing temperatures that laid a thin sheet of ice on the deck of the boat. The cold temperatures didn't put a "chill" on either the work ethic of the crew or the catchability of the fish, and the results were impressive. We sampled a total of 369 fish, composed of rainbow trout, brown trout, and mountain whitefish. It's obvious that we traded numbers of fish for quality of fish, compared to our sampling at Spillway earlier in the week. Big, healthy fish were well abundant in the sample including brown trout up to 19-inches and 2.6 lbs and whitefish up to 19.5-inches and 3 lbs. Big fish of the night was a 20-inch, 3.4 lb rainbow trout which exemplified the "Spalding football" characteristic so common in the rainbows inhabiting the Green River these days. Check out the picture of UDWR wildlife biologist, Clint Sampson, proudly holding this football-shaped rainbow trout.It takes a lot of people to successfully complete this biannual sampling project. Special thanks go out to those that came and fought the cold weather this spring, including those from all sections of the UDWR, Trout Unlimited, and guides of the Green River.


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Veterans Ivan Chubb, right, and Hubert Jarrell, left, honored Chiefland Citizen editor Lou Elliott Jones as Veteran News Reporter of 2010-11. Chubb, Florida Veterans Affairs Representative, said in his presentation, "Your honesty, hard word and dedication to the principals of freedom is always present. We thank you and are proud to be on your team, as your team is a sure winner. I salute you, Lou, and God bless America and God bless and protect you."
Roz Boudreau, left in photo above, and Judy Allen, photo below with Boudreau, received volunteer pins for work they have done for the VA Hospital in Gainesville and the local nursing homes, Tri County and Medic Ayers. Boudreau received a pin for 1000 accumulated hours and Allen received her pin for 700 accumulated hours.
Rep. announces WW II registration
Rep. Rich Nugent (FL-05) announced recently that his District Office would be providing assistance to veterans who wish to be registered with the National World War II Memorial.
On Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the month of September, World War II veterans are invited to stop by the congressman's district office, located at 16224 Spring Hill Drive in Brooksville for assistance registering with the National World War II Memorial.
The Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall will be in Crystal River from Sunday, Oct. 2 to Sunday, Oct. 9 at the Holcim Property on U.S. 19 a mile north of C.R. 488. Other military tributes will also be open free to the public 24 hours a day. All veterans, families and school groups can also visit the Florida Military of the Order Purple Heart Mural Memorial, the Korean War Memorial and the Moving Tribute to those dead in the Global War on Terror and Sept. 11.
WASHINGTON – Veterans who served aboard U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships operating on the waters of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, may be eligible to receive Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation for 14 medical conditions associated with presumptive exposure to Agent Orange.
The Log Cabin Quilters met Thursday, Sept. 1, at the Levy County Quilt Museum. Our days are getting so busy so we know that the fall of the year isn't so far away. Our Northern Quilters will be back with us soon.
Goldie McHenry is at Hospice and we visited with her. So far she is doing well. Our prayers are with so many now and more are being added to the list to be remembered.
Darrel and Laverne Jernigan and John and Gale Underwood announce the upcoming marriage of their children, Megan Jernigan and Clifton Underwood.
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The Levy County Schools Foundation will host its 2nd Annual Beast Feast on Oct. 8 at the Black Prong Equestrian Center on CR 337, Bronson. Dinner will begin at 5:30 pm.
A few spots still remain for the Florida Master Naturalist Program Upland Habitats Module. The six-week course will be on Thursday from Sept. 22 to Oct. 27 at the Levy County Extension Office, 625 N. Hathaway Ave. (Alt. 27), Bronson.
The cost is $225 and includes student workbooks, 12 presentations, three field trips, four videos, a certificate, a patch, a pin and more. To register or for more information, visit masternaturalist.ifas.ufl.edu, or call Emma Willcox at 352-486-5131.
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Attended the game and had a great time.
Paul looks like a completely different player. Comfortable, confident, assertive--definitely loved what I saw there.
Lance did a good job of getting his points with the starters in various ways (2 open 3's, 2 tip ins, 3-4 fast break lay ups, back door cut) with the starters, and really handled the ball and ran a few nice pick & rolls with scola when he Was with the bench.
Roy is a monster on the inside. Enough said there
West was west, but his defense was a bit to be desired.
OJ showed that he should definitely be a rotation player and is one of the more natural scorers on the team.
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OK! News: Are Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez Getting Back Together?
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Brantley gets forearm stitches removed
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Indians are counting on another solid season from Michael Brantley, so taking a cautious approach with his recent forearm injury has been important. Cleveland wants to be sure the left fielder is fully recovered and prepared for Opening Day.
On Thursday, Brantley had the stitches removed from his forearm -- he needed 15 to close a laceration suffered earlier this spring -- and was a full participant in the club's morning workout. Indians manager Terry Francona said Brantley might be ready to resume playing in games by Sunday.
"We'll let him probably go a couple days," Francona said, "where he does everything on the field, running the bases, taking balls off the bat, and then maybe Sunday we'll get him in a game. Maybe we'll start him for three or four innings. I think that's probably pretty reasonable."
Brantley, 25, was spiked on the left forearm by A's third baseman Josh Donaldson in a road game against Oakland on Feb. 25. Cleveland's left fielder was sliding headfirst into third base when Donaldson, hustling to get back to the bag ahead of the runner, accidentally stepped on Brantley's arm.
The Indians initially said Brantley would be sidelined from games for a period of seven to 10 days. Thursday marked the 10th day in his recovery. Over the past few days, Brantley had already resumed hitting and throwing drills.
Last season, Brantley hit .288 with a .348 on-base percentage and a .402 slugging percentage in 149 games for Cleveland. Along the way, he collected six home runs, 37 doubles, four triples, 60 RBIs, 12 stolen bases and 63 runs scored.
In three Cactus League games this spring, Brantley went 5-for-6 at the plate with four doubles, three runs and two RBIs.
Brantley served as the Tribe's starting center fielder last season, but the signing of center fielder and leadoff man Michael Bourn has forced him to shift back to left field. Prior to last year, Brantley split his time between left and center in parts of three previous seasons with Cleveland.
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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On September 25, 2007, sixty-nine percent of identified domestic violence programs in the United States participated in the 2007 National Census of Domestic Violence Services. The results were published January 30, 2008 in the NNEDV report: Domestic Violence Counts :07. A 24-hour census of domestic violence shelter and services across the United States.
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Wake Forest to retire Chris Paul's jersey
Posted January 30, 2013
Winston-Salem, N.C. — Wake Forest will retire the No. 3 jersey of former Demon Deacon All-American Chris Paul during a halftime ceremony at the March 2 game against Maryland.
As part of Chris Paul Day presented by Lowe's Home Improvement, Wake Forest will honor Paul at a breakfast to benefit the CP3 Foundation and then at the noon game against Maryland.
The breakfast will be held at the Grand Pavilion at the Embassy Suites in Winston-Salem at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning. The breakfast is open the public at a cost of $100 per person, with proceeds benefitting the CP3 Foundation. For reservations, call the Wake Forest Sports Marketing Office at 336-758-7225.
The first 10,000 fans in attendance at the game later that day will receive a free tie-dye t-shirt compliments of Jordan Brand.
Paul's No. 3 will be the 11th Wake Forest jersey honored in the rafters of the Lawrence Joel Coliseum. Paul is the first Deacon to have his number retired since Josh Howard's No. 5 in January 2004. No Deacon has worn No. 3 since Paul left Wake Forest for the NBA in 2005.
Other Demon Deacons to have their jerseys retired are Charlie Davis (12), Muggsy Bogues (14), Skip Brown (15), Tim Duncan (21), Randolph Childress (22), Dickie Hemric (24), Rod Griffin (32), Len Chappell (50) and Rodney Rogers (54).
Paul, who grew up 10 minutes from the Wake Forest campus in Lewisville, played two seasons for the Deacons from 2003-05. As a freshman in 2003-04, Paul was named ACC Rookie of the Year after averaging 14.9 points and 5.9 assists per game. He led Wake Forest to a 21-10 record and a berth in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.
Paul propelled the Deacons to new heights as a sophomore in 2004-05, as Wake Forest won a school-record 27 games and rose to No. 1 in the national polls for the first time in program history.
As a sophomore, Paul was a consensus first team All-American after he averaged 15.3 points and 6.6 assists per game. He also picked up ACC All-Defensive Team honors, leading the league with 2.4 steals per game.
Paul ended his Wake Forest career with 948 points, 395 assists and 160 steals. He ranks eighth in school history in assists and seventh all-time in steals despite playing just two seasons. Paul's teams went a combined 30-4 at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum, including a perfect 16-0 mark in 2004-05.
Paul left Wake Forest for the NBA after his sophomore season and was the fourth overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Hornets. He was an instant success in the NBA, earning Rookie of the Year honors in 2005-06.
Two years later in 2007-08, Paul finished as runner-up for NBA MVP, garnering 28 first-place votes after averaging 21.1 points and 11.6 assists per game and leading the Hornets to the Southwest Division title.
Paul spent his first six seasons in the NBA with New Orleans before being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers prior to the 2011-12 season.
Paul is only the fifth player in NBA history to lead the league in both steals and assists in the same season (2007-08; 2008-09) and he is one of two players to accomplish the feat twice.
Arguably the best point guard in the game of basketball, Paul has also won two Olympic gold medals with Team USA. He served as the backup point guard on the 2008 team that won gold in Beijing before assuming the starting role on the 2012 squad that won gold in London.
Paul was recently selected to his sixth-straight NBA All-Star Game this season, which is the sixth-longest active streak in the NBA.
Paul has continued to make Winston-Salem his home since leaving Wake Forest, leading many philanthropic efforts in the area. He created his CP3 Foundation in 2005 as a partnership with The Winston-Salem Foundation in honor of his late grandfather.
The CP3 Foundation, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last several years, focuses on enriching the communities it services through initiatives including the Nathaniel Jones Scholarship Fund, in memory of Paul's grandfather.
The scholarship is designated as 50 percent for a basketball student-athlete and 50 percent for a need-based student undergraduate scholarship with first preference given to students from West Forsyth High School.
The CP3 Foundation's initiatives also include partnerships with Feed The Children, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Boys & Girls Club and Habitat for Humanity. The Foundation also sponsors and supports literacy initiatives, youth basketball clinics and court refurbishments, holiday giving and emergency preparedness initiatives.
A two-time Dean's List member during his time on campus, Paul is committed to earning his degree from Wake Forest. He has carved time out of his busy schedule to return to the University for summer classes with the goal of graduating with a degree in communication.
The jersey retirement ceremony will be held at halftime of the Wake Forest-Maryland game. Tickets for the game are available online at WakeForestSports.com or by calling the Wake Forest Ticket Office at 336-758-3322.


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Medicine in Motion
A Spin Through UAB's New Cyclotron
By Matt Windsor
Imagine you want to find tiny outposts of cancer, track the growth of Alzheimer's plaques, or detect early signs of heart disease—things that you just can't do with a traditional MRI or CT scan. One way would be to attach a homing device to a normal body compound, like glucose, insert it into a patient, and see where it goes. That's positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in a nutshell.
The first step is making the homing devices. In the PET world, they're known as tracers, and to produce them you'll need a cyclotron. Cyclotrons make tiny particles go very fast. Using paired magnets, they accelerate protons and other particles to more than a million miles per hour, then shoot them in a beam at a target just outside the machine.
The goal is to convert a stable element into another, unstable element—that is, to make a radioisotope. The more power you have, the more isotopes you can make, and the more body processes you can image. UAB's 24-million electron-volt cyclotron, which was installed in April 2013 as the centerpiece of the new Advanced Imaging Facility in the Wallace Tumor Institute, is the most powerful cyclotron at any U.S. academic medical center.
Just across the hall from the cyclotron are two state-of-the-art PET/CT scanners, the only ones of their kind in Alabama, which can image patients much more quickly than UAB's previous machines, at half the radiation dose. Next to them is a bay being prepared for a cutting-edge PET/MRI machine, a research tool that offers revolutionary neural imaging capabilities.
"What makes this facility transformative is the proximity of the cyclotron to the PET/CT units and eventually to the PET/MRI," says Cheri Canon, M.D., chair of the UAB Department of Radiology.
That's because distance matters in PET imaging; radioactive tracers don't last long. The most commonly used PET compound, F18 FDG, is a glucose molecule labeled with Fluorine 18. It is widely used in cancer staging and diagnosis, and it has a half-life of 110 minutes. "In other words, after 110 minutes, half of it is gone," says Kurt Zinn, Ph.D., director of the UAB Division of Advanced Medical Imaging Research. Before the cyclotron went active in October 2013, UAB received daily shipments of F18 in order to keep its PET scanners in operation.
The size and power of the cyclotron mean it can produce large amounts of F18 FDG. "But it also allows us to make more exotic tracers," Zinn explains. And the close proximity of the scanning suites to the cyclotron makes it feasible to use these extremely short-lived agents for both patient care and research.
How short-lived? Carbon 11, which can detect damaged neurotransmitters in patients with Parkinson's disease before symptoms appear, has a half-life of 20 minutes. Oxygen 15 tracks blood flow in incredible detail; its half-life is two minutes. "They're gone so fast you barely have time to take the picture," says Janis O'Malley, M.D., director of UAB's Division of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics. Special tubes take Oxygen 15 gas directly from the cyclotron to a patient waiting in the PET/CT scanner.
PET is "incredibly useful for looking at cancer," O'Malley says. "It lets you more precisely monitor the effects of therapy," for instance, she explains. "It will tell you if a chemotherapy drug is working, so you can change to something else quickly if it isn't." In several cases, an initial (non-PET) CT scan showed that a patient's tumor hadn't changed in size, "but we knew from the PET/CT that the cancer therapy was working because it had killed the activity in the tumor," O'Malley says. "We've also seen the opposite: The mass was getting smaller, but we could tell that new lesions were popping up."
"New tracers are being developed all the time, further expanding the clinical applications for advanced imaging," O'Malley says. One cardiac agent now in phase 3 clinical trials, florpiradaz, offers a "much more precise look at what's going on" in the heart compared to standard cardiac stress tests. That allows doctors to better identify patients at risk for an impending heart attack, O'Malley says. Other agents could improve "viability studies," which examine heart tissue after an attack in order to determine if there is enough healthy tissue to warrant a bypass. "If we can determine that an area we thought was all scar tissue in fact has healthy tissue, we could save it with surgery," says O'Malley. "We can get the blood flowing back to that area and allow it to recover."
The cyclotron produces compounds for patient imaging in the morning; the rest of the day it is set aside for researchers, who are working on newer and more long-lasting tracers. "The neuroscience area in particular has tremendous potential, because you can detect signs of malfunctions in the brain long before there's ever a clinical symptom," Zinn adds. "Then you have the opportunity to intervene, and use PET to follow that intervention to see how it is working." UAB researchers are particularly interested in finding ways to combine the precision of tracers such as Carbon 11 with the longer half-lives of agents such as Zirconium 89, which can be imaged more than a week after administration.
The Advanced Imaging Facility is already serving as a premier recruitment tool for the brightest clinical and research minds, adds Canon. "This facility gives our physicians and researchers opportunities in clinical care and research that they could not get anywhere else," she says. "It's really unmatched."
Now You See ItA few of the powerful—but short-lived—tracers produced by UAB's cyclotron:
Zirconium 89 • Use: Detecting cancer metastases • Half-life: 3.2 days
Fluorine 18 • Use: Cancer staging, detecting metastases, evaluating tumor treatment response • Half-life: 110 minutes
Carbon 11 • Use: Early detection of plaques in Alzheimer's disease and neurotransmitter changes in Parkinson's disease • Half-life: 20 minutes
Ammonia 13 • Use: Cardiac perfusion (blood flow) studies • Half-life: 10 minutes
Oxygen 15 • Use: Cardiac perfusion • Half-life: 2 minutes
Hot Job
A Day in the Life of the Cyclotron Team
Long before daybreak, Harvey Doane is hard at work in the UAB Advanced Imaging Facility (AIF), preparing UAB's cyclotron for another day of service. The massive blue device, which weighs more than 61,000 pounds, produces the radioactive particles needed for positron emission technology (PET) imaging. These particles, known as tracers, decay rapidly; within a few hours, they are gone.
That's why Doane arrives around 3 a.m. to prepare the cyclotron for action, adjusting his target material and settings based on the number of patients being scanned that day and the types of scans required. As the cyclotron begins bombarding the target material with a beam of protons, the facility's radiopharmacist and radiochemist meticulously clean the adjoining "hot cells" in which they will finish transforming a stream of tracer product into a patient-ready pharmaceutical.
The most common radiopharmaceutical is F18 FDG—a combination of the tracer Fluorine 18 and glucose—which is used in cancer diagnosis and staging. Producing F18 FDG takes about two hours of cyclotron time and another two to three hours of preparation time before it reaches the patient, says Denise Jeffers, the AIF's radiopharmacist.
An inert gas pushes the F18 from the cyclotron through tubes in the floor into chemistry synthesizers, where it is bound to glucose molecules by an automated process under the watchful eye of radiochemist Jinda Fan, Ph.D. The resulting F18 FDG is then transferred to Jeffers's hot cell, where she uses robotic manipulator arms to prepare the appropriate dose for each patient who will be scanned that morning.
By the time patients arrive at 7 a.m., their radiopharmaceutical doses are ready. For F18 FDG, it takes an hour or more after injection for the dose to spread throughout the body. Patients wait in private, TV-equipped rooms until the dose has reached the appropriate areas; then they are scanned in the facility's "time-of-flight" PET/CT scanners, the most advanced PET cameras in Alabama.
Meanwhile, the cyclotron, hot cells, and other machinery is thoroughly scrubbed and sterilized—"you'd better like cleaning if you want to do this job," Jeffers says—to get set for their next jobs: producing experimental tracers for UAB researchers.
"The most interesting things we can do aren't with F18, but with what are called 'intrinsic labels'"—small molecules that behave identically to their non-radioactive counterparts, says Kurt Zinn, Ph.D., director of the UAB Division of Advanced Medical Imaging Research. "For imaging receptors in the brain, for example, the neurotransmitters are so small that only an intrinsic label such as Carbon 11 will reach them. We can produce Carbon 11 and other exotic labels with our cyclotron, unlike any other facility in Alabama."
"The most important aspect of this cyclotron is what it means to our patients now and in the future," says Cheri Canon, M.D., chair of the UAB Department of Radiology. "Because of the different types of radioisotopes that can be produced in our cyclotron, we can cover the whole gamut of disease, from diagnosis to assessing response to treatment."
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