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Robertson and Delsing re-elected chair, vice chair of NWB
Goat Expo set first October weekend
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More scenes of North Platte, where there are more Halloween scenes per capita than any city in America.
North Platte definitely has more than its share of nifty yard decorations as Halloween approaches. We snapped a few photos recently of some in the middle of town.
If you'd like us to publish yours, just email your favorite photos to email@example.com. We'll be eager to help scare people with you.
Haunted yards, buildings, cornfields
A look at Halloween events around town.
Through Wed, Oct. 31
Lincoln County Historical Museum (2403 N. Buffalo Bill) Spirit Haunting in a Ghost Town. 7-10 p.m. Ages 9 and up $6, otherwise free.
D & N Event Center - "Mayhem Manor" haunted house. Weekdays & Sunday 6-9 p.m. Fri.& Sat. 6-12 p.m. $5. Presented by the North Platte Junior Belles.
Friday, Oct. 26
Sculleys Shooters (2221 E. Fourth) Heaven & Hell Halloween Party with live music by Hemlock. Includes a scariest costume contest. 9 p.m. Cover charge.
Longhorn Bar (Sutherland) - Halloween party, costume contest. 9-2 a.m. $5 cover.
Saturday, Oct. 27
Sutherland Track (N. County Rd.) Trick or Feet 2012 run/walk. Costume contest. 8-11 a.m. Adults $20, Kids: $15. Proceeds benefit Boy Scouts.
Downtown on the Bricks 14th annual Halloween Walk for 3rd graders and under. Dewey St. closed to motorists. Fun Jumpz, Trunk or Treat, Pumpkin Penny Toss, Creepy Caves and Tattoos for the kids. McGruff, Sparky, Spike, Bulldog mascot, Interact and NP Cheerleaders, and the Good Witch will read stories to kids. 1-3 p.m.
A to Z Books (507 N. Jeffers) West central Nebraskas Open Mic Nite. Halloween music, ghost stories, costumes. 7-10:30 p.m. Established performers and newcomers welcome. Free-will donation. Refreshments provided or bring your own.
Sculleys Shooters (2221 E. Fourth) Heaven & Hell Halloween Party continues with live music by JB & The Moonshine Band. 9 p.m. Cover charge.
Sunday, Oct. 28
First United Methodist Church (1600 W. E) Trunk or Treat. Family friendly fun night for kids of all ages with games and refreshments. 4:30-6:30 p.m. Free admission.
Wednesday, Oct. 31
Buffalo Bill Manor - Trick or Treaters welcome from 4-6 p.m.
Harvest Christian Fellowship church (NW campus, 2607 Rodeo Rd.) - Harvest party, 5-8 p.m. Games for the family, candy giveaway, special area for preschoolers.
Bethel Evangelical Free Church (2700 W. Philip) Annual Family Fall Festival with games, food, and prizes. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free event.
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LSES Solar Tour
Louisiana Solar Energy Society
Monday, October 7, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The LSES Fall Tour will feature homes all over the state!
During this tour, homeowners demonstrate the renewable energy and conservation features of their homes. These self-guided tours afford participants the direct perspectives of homeowners and installers about the costs, components, and economic and environmental benefits of going solar.
The Solar Tour is a great opportunity for members of the community to meet real people who are using solar energy to reduce their monthly energy bills, enjoy tax credits and cash incentives as they improve their property values, and reduce carbon emissions.
Visit our Facebook event page herehttps://www.facebook.com/events/488315824594889/to share with your friends!
Look at pictures from our past solar tours here! http://www.lses.org/events-2/solar-tours/solar-tour-photos/
When & Where
Louisiana Solar Energy Society
Baton Rouge,
Monday, October 7, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (PDT)
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Goalkeeper training resumes today, Monday, August 21, and will continue on Monday's thru the end of October.
Training will be held at South Jordan Elementary (11205 S Black Cherry Way, South Jordan) .
U13 thru U19's from 4:30-5:30pm
U9 thru U12's from 5:30-6:30pm
As much as we focus on player development and building competitive teams, our game day officials are doing the same.
On your next game day, put yourself in their shoes. It is no easy task to be expected to see every call from every angle.
Much respect to those officials who take it to a whole new level!
Our passion for this sport in this community runs deep. Since 2003 Utah Soccer Alliance (USA) has been promoting the development of Utah youth soccer players. With 100% of our focus being on the player, we have seen our once U7 players move on to collegiate programs. We have seen "novice" soccer players break through the game at premier levels in record time. We have seen the bond that the game brings, not only with players, but with generations of their families who play, return, support.
The roots of our program have turned into the branches of success as we have merged with other clubs and been given the opportunity to offer our philosophy of soccer into new areas, new players, new families.
We have built a program that provides all comp soccer players a place to STAY...not just a place to play. We firmly believe that our tiered levels of play; Premier, Elite, Select, Classic, and Academy support all players in their growth. In nearly every age group USA has 3-4 teams where players can find their path thru coaches who specialize in the development the player desires in order to grow.
Utah Soccer Alliance is family. Soccer is the glue that holds us together. We wear our Red, White, and Blue with pride. We are built to last. We play to compete. We build on our losses as much as we do from our wins. We develop.
We welcome you at our tryouts, across the field as our competitors, as fans, families, volunteers, spectators, nay-sayers...and believers.
We invite you to learn about Utah Soccer Alliance.
We invite you to LOVE THE GAME.
Check out where you might fit into our program. From Premier to Academy, we have competitive programs for nearly every player. See how your player profile matches with USA club expectations.
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No one ever said that being a dairy farmer was easy, but according to a new job rankings report from CareerCast.com, it's one of the worst jobs in the country.
Ranked No. 195 of 200, dairy farming sits firmly among the worst jobs in America.
"A dairy farmer provides a necessary service to food consumers," the report said. "But the work is especially challenging. Larger farms streamline production, which forces smaller farms out of business and results in an anticipated 8% decline in the profession by 2020."
This year, dairy farming came in better than newspaper reporters, lumberjacks, enlisted military personnel, actors and oil rig workers, which is a step up from CareerCast's 2012 report which ranked dairy farming no. 199 of 200.
Dairy fans spoke up on the CareerCast web site, defending dairy farmers and their way of life.
"Better farming and working with animals than dealing with drones working in an office, hustling coffee and paper clips to the upper management, having "a case of the Mondays." At least animals can't talk back to you," one person commented on the CareerCast website.
"I love my local farmers and support them as much as possible! I hope no one is discouraged from this lifestyle, because as far as I'm concerned, it's a noble pursuit," another reply said.
There's no doubt that dairy farming has its risks both physically and financially. But for producers like Pennsylvania dairy farmer Mary Lou King, recently named the nation's "Unstoppable Mom," each day brings its own rewards, according to a report from the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.
"To me, that is the reward," King said. "I still get so excited when a cow is calving and I've been in the barn since I was practically four. I have always loved cows. It's just very personal to me. It's our lifestyle and my kids love it. I couldn't imagine doing anything else."


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|Atlanta sweet potatoes were enormous compared to the ones I see at home!
Eat Little, Eat Big who sent me this photo of dinner at Urban Pl8 with (from left) Susie, Kellypea, Kathy, Jeanette, Lydia, me, Andrea, and Liz. The photo was taken by our server, who really could have used a tripod and maybe a reflector or two! We highly recommend Urban Pl8.)
My Thoughts on BlogHerFood 11:
I've attended a lot of BlogHer Conferences in the past, so I'm well past the giddy stage about it. Obviously I really enjoy the holy trinity of information+people+food that's so much a part of the whole blogging conference experience, or I wouldn't keep going. I had a great time at BlogHerFood, learned a lot, and just as I've found at past conferences, the best part for me was finding long time friends I hadn't seen for a while or finally meeting bloggers I've known online, some for many years, but hadn't met in person. (There were so many people I enjoyed hanging out with or finally meeting that I'm not even going to try to name them, but you know who you are! And smooches to all of you!)
But, and for a whole variety of reasons, this year's BlogHerFood felt a little overwhelming to me. There were so many new bloggers I'd never heard of (and most of them hadn't heard of me either.) And even though I enjoy meeting new people, I quickly start to get them confused, and sometimes I found myself thinking of the early days when most food bloggers at least knew about each other, even if they hadn't met. Some people may not like me saying it, but when I went to my first BlogHer conference in 2006, things definitely seemed less frantic, less competitive, less cliquish, and definitely less product-oriented, and I kind of miss "the good old days." And now that I've crossed right over into old fogey-ness by saying that, I guess I'll stop and send you to some spots on the web where you can find out more about BlogHerFood11.
What Did We Learn at BlogHerFood 11?
Who Else Wrote About BlogHerFood 11?
(I love reading the highly varied reports from other blogs. I'm sure I've missed a lot of posts, so if I didn't find your yours feel free to leave your link in the comments and I'll add it to this list.)
From David Lebovitz ~ BlogHerFood 11 - Atlanta
From The Merry Gourmet ! ~ The Good and The Bad of Food Blogging Conferences
From Eating Rules ~ How to Change the World (even if you're not a food blogger)
From Fed Up with Lunch ~ A Basic Guide to Blogging Food Politics
From Sticky Gooey Creamy Chewy ~ 45 Stories High
From Completely Delicious ~ BlogHer Food 2011
From Home with Mandy ~ BlogHer Food, Arrival and RockHer Party
From Katy She Cooks ~ 27 Things I Learned at My First Food-Blogging Conference
From Bon Vivant ~ I Came, I Saw, I Conquered - BlogHerFood 11 Conference
From Fun Girl Cooks ~ Ode to BlogHerFood 2011
From We Are Not Martha ~ BlogHer Food 2011
From Kevin and Amanda ~ BlogHer Food 2011
From Sass and Veracity ~ BlogHerFood 2011 - Observations on a Conference
From Simple Bites ~ My BlogHerFood 11 Recap
From OMG Yummy ~ Bloggers as Agents of Change for Our Own Community
From Jeanette's Healthy Living ~ Blogging Friends and BlogHer Food Atlanta 2011
From Bibberche ~ Gone with the Wine
From Dianne Jacob ~ 5 Notes to Self for Coping with Conference Anxiety
From Picky Palate ~ Oreo Stuffed Cookie Jars and BlogHerFood Atlanta
From Meet Us in the Kitchen ~ Sweet Auburn Curb Market
From Eat the Love ~ BlogHer Food 2011 in Atlanta Recap (with many more links!)
Have you ever been to a food blogging conference? If so, let us know what you thought about the experience in the comments.


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Brewer at the Legislature: Mob rule
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Robertson and Delsing re-elected chair, vice chair of NWB
Goat Expo set first October weekend
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The Christmas season is upon us, a time of joy, love, and good cheer for many families but also a time of heartache and memory for those who have lost family members in the past year.
The many committees I served on during the interim are finished, and a number of recommendations have been compiled.
The water task force, which consisted of six state senators, representatives from river basins, farm, ranch, business, and wildlife interests, will issue its report to the public on Friday, Dec. 20.
The report recommends the establishment of a governing board, and the development of a funding mechanism which would generate up to $50 million per year to address water quality and water quantity issues across the state.
Nebraska will soon supersede Texas as the No. 1 cattle feeding state in the nation, primarily because Texas is running out of water, and pivot irrigation in Texas is beginning to play out.
It is important that we reach sustainability in Nebraska and the efforts of the Water Funding Task Force over the summer will move us towards that goal, but raising the funds necessary will be quite challenging.
The Education Committee concluded its summer sessions on Dec. 16.
There was general consensus that early childhood education needs to be advanced across the state and there should be some property tax relief, but the committee was unable to come to a consensus about how to implement that goal.
Simply put, the state aid formula is Needs Minus Resources equals State Aid. With static real estate values on residential property and sky-rocketing ag land values, more and more districts are cut out of the state aid formula (because higher land values indicate they have more resources.)
While the committee recognizes the problem, there are many on the committee who fear that their own districts will be hurt by some attempt to modify that formula, so we were unable to come to a clear consensus on what to do about this problem.
Although I did not serve on the Tax Modernization committee, I did attend several of their meetings. The committee's final report came out last week but was not signed by all members of the committee which indicates some dissension on the committee about what kind of substantive tax changes should be made.
Of particular interest to the agricultural sector was a recommendation by the committee to lower the appraised value of agricultural land to 65% of actual value from the current 75% of value.
This recommendation came from the unanimous cry for help from Nebraska's farmers and ranchers who have seen taxes rise significantly over the past 10 years as ag land values climbed.
Modest broadening of the sales tax was suggested with vary little change to the income tax.
I am the vice chair of the state retirement committee, a small but significant committee which is charged with regulating the pension programs for Nebraska's teachers, state patrol, judges, and county employees.
One of our challenges last year was trying to patch a hole in the pension plan which directly related to the collapse of the stock market during the Great Recession.
This summer the committee held several hearings dealing with pension plans. At a recent meeting, I learned that the revenue in the plan has generated a real rate of return of 16% for the year and that the teacher's plan (by far the largest plan under the Nebraska Retirement System) is returning to good health.
Additional revenue may be necessary to restore the State Patrol and Judges plan to the levels we would like them to be, but they are not in any danger of being unable to fulfill their current responsibility.
I've enjoyed being your state senator this past year and look forward to the upcoming legislative session with enthusiasm.
It really takes a great deal of time to learn both the people and the processes of the legislature, and I feel more confident in my ability to make a difference for the residents of the 43rd district.
Please stop and see us at the Capitol if you are in Lincoln during the session.
Have a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous and happy New Year.
As always, I value your input, and welcome phone calls, emails and personal visits from you.
-- Sen. Al Davis, State Capitol, PO Box 94604, Lincoln, NE 68509. (402) 471-2628. email@example.com
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mikenz66 wrote:Sure, there are some interesting ideas in their work. But I'm not aware of them addressing the subject of this thread. Which is why I said.mikenz66 wrote:It's interesting in how it differs from other criticisms.
Most modern criticism of the Theravada Commentaries (translated and/or written by Buddhaghosa) that get brought up here concern tricky doctrinal points (e.g. Ven Nanananda etc) to do with the nature of reality, or other subtle issues.
I may be wrong, since I have not read everything that they have written...
Personally I find the idea of some "Great Betrayal" overly hyperbolic. As far as my experience goes, there's some helpful stuff in the ancient commentaries. And there's some helpful stuff in the writings of Ven Nanananda and other modern interpreters. It's useful that we have these various analyses to draw out the possible ways of interpreting and applying the Dhamma.
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Honda has long enjoyed a special relationship with our customers in America. And we are a better company because of the many challenges we have faced to meet their needs. In 2004, we marked the 25th anniversary of Honda's U.S. production. Last year, we reached the 30-year milestone of Honda research & development in America. And this spring, we will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Acura brand.
A few weeks ago, we announced a strategy to bring Acura to Japan in 2008. And Acura will be introduced in China this spring. We are taking these big steps to make Acura a global brand. The Honda and Acura brands will offer their own distinct identities. And all future Acura models ... throughout the world ... will be exclusive to the brand. To achieve this, we will strengthen the structure at Honda R&D in Japan to more clearly focus the development of products for each brand.
We are very confident about this strategy because of the strength of the Acura brand in North America. Acura was born in America as the first Japanese luxury brand. Now, Acura has record sales momentum - last year surpassing 200-thousand units in the U.S. for the first time.
Key to this growth and expansion is that Acura has separated itself from traditional luxury brands ... by offering performance luxury products that take their prestige from advanced technology ... always ahead of the times. Recent examples include Super Handling All Wheel Drive, Real-time Traffic information and a Collision Mitigation Braking System ... each already applied to the Acura RL.
Another key to distinguish the Acura brand is the keen design and packaging of our products. To further enhance this direction, a new Acura design studio will open in California in early 2007 ... close to our existing R&D headquarters. The TL and MDX demonstrate how our U.S. teams can design and develop great products. In this new studio, designers and stylists from around the world will play a lead role in designing future Acura models.
This Acura strategy means that the Honda brand must also have a strong identity. And the Honda brand has never been more clear ... with a focus on "Clean, safe and fun." Importantly, we have created products that achieve all three values.
Honda has always led the way in reducing emissions, advancing fuel economy
and developing alternative fuel technologies. Our goal is to provide what Honda
engineers many years ago called Blue Skies for our Children.
Since then, we have considered it as our responsibility to produce the most environmentally responsible products and technologies possible ... even as we satisfy our customers. Now ... to further advance environmental conservation, I think the entire auto industry must think of "we" - not just "me." Each company must take responsibility and action by continuing to improve every product.
Toward this end, I want to challenge the entire industry, including Honda, to further improve fuel efficiency. So, let's enter a race together. A race for the benefit of all customers and the global environment.
Last year, Honda announced our plan to improve the fuel efficiency of each product line - automobiles, motorcycles and power equipment. We already lead the industry in fuel efficiency. But by 2008, we will introduce a new 4-cylinder internal combustion engine to improve fuel efficiency by up to 13 percent from 2005 levels. And a V-6 engine with new VCM technology will improve basic V-6 efficiency by up to 11 percent over 2005. And we will not stop there.
At the same time, we continue to invest in advanced future technologies. The current Honda FCX is now in use by an individual customer in the real world. And today, we are showing the FCX Concept. This car is very close to the next generation fuel cell vehicle we will debut in 3-to-4 years. In fact, this fall ... we will begin limited driving opportunities with a prototype version of this vehicle.
But ... again ... the auto industry must think of "we"
- not just "me." We cannot just develop the vehicle. We must
make a commitment to address the fueling infrastructure that will enable our
customers to use these cars in the real world.
Toward this end, we just introduced Home Energy Station III, the 3rd generation of Honda's challenge to provide customers with the possibility to refuel their fuel cell vehicle. It will also generate clean power and hot water for the home.
Importantly, we have shown that environmentally advanced vehicles can also meet advanced safety standards. Honda has completed the initial commitment of our Safety for Everyone approach - offering advanced safety on our vehicles regardless of size or price. For example ... side curtain airbags and ABS are standard on vehicles from the upcoming subcompact Fit to the Ridgeline truck.
You can really see the benefit of this commitment on the new Civic. With Honda's ACE body, we are addressing vehicle-to-vehicle compatibility in frontal collisions like no other automaker. And Civic recently became the first compact car to achieve the IIHS "Top Safety Pick - Gold" award.
Safety for Everyone is an ongoing commitment to our customers and society. You can see some of our future safety concepts with the ASV3 vehicles ... technologies that help sense the potential for collisions. Again, our commitment is not just "me" protection, but "we" protection ... trying to make transportation safer for all road users.
Through all of these efforts ... we are providing new value to our customers and society ... helping Honda maintain our special relationship with the American people ... and achieving our goal of being a company that society wants to exist.
Now, I would like to introduce Dick Colliver, who will introduce a new model that fits with Honda's clean, safe and fun brand values. Thank you.


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I've admired Lotta Jansdotter for quite some time, ever since I first bought her Simple Sewing for Baby book a few years ago! The fabric she used in the book was so fun and I've always wondered how to get my hands on something like that. Well, Lotta has come out with her very first fabric collection and I'm smitten! It's called Echo - and you will not be disappointed!
I didn't purchase every print in the collection, but I got my favorites... in half yard cuts!
I figure I'll be able to make a good sized quilt and them some! Thank you, last Sunday's craft show, for sponsoring this purchase. haha
prints with a white background
prints with a colored background
On to the good news!
No, not THAT good news...
We finally have a new house! We close in a couple of weeks and guess which room this is:
Well, obviously, its the dining room... but its going to be my sewing room! ALL MINE!
Note the horrendous wallpaper - it will be on its way out not long after we have the keys. I plan to do a soft grey in there to keep it light and bright, and so photos will be easier to take. And this light fixture, if I'm lucky.


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Mom-to-be Jessica Simpson put on a happy face in the Big Apple.
Jess smiled for photographers while leaving the Crosby Street Hotel in NYC with fiancé Eric Johnson on Tuesday.
The couple, who are expecting their first child together, were heading to the Museum of Modern Art for the 25th Annual Footwear News Achievement Awards.


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Cosplayer Bree > Wig of Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail)
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Minimum Price: $35
Plus shipping. Using spirit gum to adjust spikes to your own face will be needed :]
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- 11-26-2012
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- Fairy Tail
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- Gray Fullbuster
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- 2011
- Construction Difficulty:
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- I styled this for a friend who never wore it. We ordered a Jaguar, but they were out of stock so they sent me a Jareth instead. I had to cut it, and looking back it would have probably come out better if it was a Jaguar. Anyway, this is hairsprayed and hair glued all over the place for the spikes, and some are meant to be tacked down to your neck with a little spirit gum to keep the spike from sticking out too much.
- Wig Review
- Eh. Not my best work, but not awful either. I think it would have been better with a Jaguar but wutevuh.
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Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Treating Patients With High-Risk Hematologic Cancer
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RATIONALE: Umbilical cord blood transplantation may allow doctors to give higher doses of chemotherapy or radiation therapy and kill more cancer cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying allogeneic umbilical cord blood transplantation to see how well it works when given with chemotherapy or radiation therapy in treating patients with high-risk hematologic cancer.
|Graft Versus Host Disease Leukemia Lymphoma Myelodysplastic Syndromes Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Diseases
|Biological: anti-thymocyte globulin Drug: busulfan Drug: cyclosporine Drug: melphalan Drug: methylprednisolone Procedure: umbilical cord blood transplantation Radiation: radiation therapy
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Pilot Study of Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation in Patients With High Risk Hematologic Malignancies
- rates of durable engraftment in patients [ Time Frame: day 42 ]The primary study end point will be hematologic engraftment. Engraftment is defined as achieving ANC larger than or equal to 500 ul/mm3 of donor origin for three consecutive measurements on different days by day +42.
- Event-free survival by clinical and pathological disease assessment [ Time Frame: at disease progression or death ]
- incidence of recurrent disease in patients post UCB transplant [ Time Frame: post transplant ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 1998
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Biological: anti-thymocyte globulin
- Determine the rates of hematologic and immune reconstitution in patients with high risk hematologic malignancies who are undergoing high dose chemoradiotherapy followed by unrelated umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplantation.
- Determine the incidence of graft-versus-host-disease in this setting.
- Describe the incidence of recurrent disease in these patients post UCB transplant.
- Describe the incidence of serious infections and secondary lymphoproliferative diseases following transplantation with UCB in these patients.
- Determine specifically whether larger recipients can be durably engrafted with unrelated UCB, and determine whether nucleated cell or progenitor cell content of the graft is predictive of hematological engraftment.
OUTLINE: Patients may undergo a back-up peripheral blood stem cell collection prior to treatment.
Patients receive 9 fractions of total body irradiation (TBI) on days -9 to -5 followed by melphalan IV for three days on days -4 to -2 and antithymocyte globulin IV or methylprednisolone IV for three days on days -3 to -1. On day 0, patients receive umbilical cord blood infusion. If TBI is not tolerated, busulfan is substituted and administered orally every 6 hours for 4 days on days -8 to -5. Cyclosporine and methylprednisolone begin on day -2 and continue for 6 months.
Patients are followed at least monthly for 1 year, then every 6 months for the second year, and then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: There will be a maximum of 48 patients accrued into this study over 4 years.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 54 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Histologically confirmed high risk malignancy including:
- Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) after induction failure, or in first complete remission with high risk features including stem cell or biphenotypic classification (acute myeloid leukemia (AML) M0), erythroleukemia (AML M6), acute megakaryocytic leukemia (AML M7), cytogenic markers indicative of poor prognosis, or failure to achieve complete remission after standard induction therapy
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) or ANLL in second or subsequent remission
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in chronic phase
- CML with accelerated phase or blast crisis are eligible after reinduction chemotherapy converts disease to chronic phase
- High risk ALL in first complete remission
Myelodysplastic syndrome with evidence of evolution to acute myeloid leukemia
- Refractory anemia with excess blasts
- Refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), ANLL, or ALL with recurrent disease after autologous stem cell transplantation
Must also meet all the following conditions:
- No HLA-ABC/DR identical related bone marrow or UCB donor
- No 5/6 antigen matched related bone marrow or UCB donor
- Condition precludes waiting to search and find a donor in the National Marrow Donor Registry
- Must have an available serologic matched umbilical cord blood unit in the New York Blood Center's Placental Blood Project
- No active CNS disease
- Under 55 at time of umbilical cord blood transplantation
Performance status:
- Zubrod 0-1
- Karnofsky 80-100%
Life expectancy:
- At least 3 months
For patients with ALL or ANLL in remission, CML in chronic phase, or NHL without marrow involvement who elect to undergo autologous peripheral blood stem cell collection and storage:
- WBC at least 3,000/mm^3
- Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,000/mm^3
- Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
- Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
- ALT/AST no greater than 4 times normal
- Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
- Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min
- Normal cardiac function by echocardiogram or radionuclide scan (shortening fraction or ejection fraction at least 80% of normal value for age)
- FVC and FEV_1 at least 60% of predicted for age
For adults:
- DLCO at least 60% of predicted
- HIV negative
- No active infections at time of autologous stem cell harvest or pretransplant cytoreduction
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Effective contraception required of all fertile patients
Biologic therapy:
- Prior autologous stem cell transplantation allowed
- See Disease Characteristics
Endocrine therapy:
- Not specified
- Not specified
- Not specified
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00003335
|United States, Ohio
|Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106-5065
|Study Chair:
|Brenda W. Cooper, MD
|Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00003335 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
P30CA043703 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
CWRU4Y97 ( Other Identifier: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center )
|Study First Received:
|November 1, 1999
|Last Updated:
|March 14, 2012
Keywords provided by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center:
recurrent childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
recurrent childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma
recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia
chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
untreated childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
adult acute myeloid leukemia in remission
adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission
childhood acute myeloid leukemia in remission
childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission
adult acute erythroid leukemia (M6)
adult acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (M7)
childhood acute erythroleukemia (M6)
childhood acute megakaryocytic leukemia (M7)
refractory anemia with excess blasts
refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation
recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma
recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma
recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma
recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma
recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma
recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma
recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma
recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma
recurrent adult Burkitt lymphoma
de novo myelodysplastic syndromes
previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes
secondary myelodysplastic syndromes
graft versus host disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Graft vs Host Disease
Myeloproliferative Disorders
Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Bone Marrow Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Precancerous Conditions
Antilymphocyte Serum
Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate
Prednisolone acetate
Methylprednisolone acetate
Prednisolone hemisuccinate
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Located in City of Westminster, this luxury hotel is within a 10-minute walk of King's College London, Covent Garden Market, and Royal Opera House. London Coliseum and St. Martin-in-the-Fields are also within 10 minutes.
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Along with 2 restaurants, this hotel has 4 bars/lounges and a 24-hour fitness center. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a coffee shop/café, a snack bar/deli, and a rooftop terrace are onsite.
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All 157 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and Select Comfort beds. Guests can enjoy deep soaking tubs, and other standard amenities include iPod docks, 24-hour room service, and LCD TVs.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. The property also has a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of hotel's 4 bars/lounges. Business-related amenities at this 5-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms.
Wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 5382 square feet (500 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers a 24-hour fitness center, a rooftop terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
ME London has designated areas for smoking.
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- Total number of rooms - 157
- Number of floors - 10
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English breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 11 AM.
STK London - This steakhouse specializes in international cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Radio Rooftop Bar - This rooftop bar specializes in Spanish cuisine and serves light fare only. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Reservations are required. Open daily.
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The cast list is up-not too many suprises, Dorothy Hamill is skating, as is Nancy Kerrigan, and Punsalen/Swallow-but isn't she pregnant?
Here's the Link http://www.championsonice.com/skaters.php
The cast list is up-not too many suprises, Dorothy Hamill is skating, as is Nancy Kerrigan, and Punsalen/Swallow-but isn't she pregnant?
Here's the Link http://www.championsonice.com/skaters.php
I think Liz is due in December. Maybe they will skate for only the latter part of the tour. Since she's an ice dancer and, therefore, doesn't jump or get tossed into the air, I would imagine that Liz could still be on skates.
I recall that Nancy Kerrigan skated during her pregnancy. I think she was pregnant in her 1st Halloween on Ice which is why she wore a pumpkin outfit. Her doctor said it was ok as long as she didn't jump a lot - so, I think she restricted her self to doubles until she got to 'big' to feel comfortable jumping at all.
This is from Elvis' bio:
"...he was awarded the Meritorious Service Decoration, in recognition of his courage during the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, where he competed with a groin injury to win his second silver medal."
Oh, yeah, that's what I would want to see included in MY official bio on the Internet: That I had a GROIN injury.
BTW, isn't Elvis going to be competing in the GP series this year?
not so many ladies!
Am I missing something? I didn't see Nancy and Dorothy listed.
Me either (?)
Wow, Fumie and Ann Patrice! I think this is the first time for them as regular tour members.
Is it just me, or does Michelle look incredibly cute in that red outfit?
I think I get what happened from MKF. It sounds like earlier today the old listings were up, including the winter tour which no longer exists. The 2004 listings came up later today. Dorothy, Nancy and P and S aren't on that tour.
There must be some weird "voo-doo" magic going, on because when I checked the site yesterday (the second) They had both Dorothy and Nancy's picture up there. I did notice they updated it just today though.
Oh well,
If you go to their link, neither Dorothy or Nancy are listed - I read where Dorothy signed up again for Champions on Ice, but their 2004 tour does not show her. In the past there were 2 tours, one for the winter and one for the summer - I wonder if that will hold true for the upcoming season
Woo COI said they were having a shorter tour they really ment it. Not are they not coming to Nashville, they not even going to St.Louis which I could go see that one.
This really stinks. And they got a great cast, better than SOI.
wow, they are really cutting down for the summer tour. Not that many stops. I hope they keep the NJ stop.
Sounds to me each and every year they cut back. I am just wondering how long with COI last. Are they slowly going down?
I don't think so. They had a huge tour after the Olympics -- 82 shows, I think. So naturally they had to scale back from that. People say the general state of the economy is hurting the entertainment industry overall. I think that as long as COI continues to bring the top stars, they will be all right.
I agree with what mathman said. Obviously the Olympics always brings extra attention to figure skating, and with the added hype of 2002: Sarah Hughes, double gold, there was an even bigger "thirst" so to speak, for FS. So of course, they won't be able to recapture their stellar 2002 tour. The sliding economy might play a role too though. Anyways, my prediction is that the core SOI & COI audiences will continue to see the show, but it won't have great crowds until after the next olympics, or the next "scandal"


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Meet ABC Newsman Dan Kloeffler '99
Dan Kloeffler '99
His years at UNH weren't just some of the best of his life; they were some of the most pivotal.
"There isn't a week that goes by that I don't think of some memory I have of UNH and smile," said Dan Kloeffler '99. "It really is one of those very special communities. I encourage everyone I talk with to check it out. It's one of the best universities in the country for academics and the social benefits as well—open, friendly, welcoming."
He credits his time at UNH—and his sister—with getting him where he is now. A digital correspondent for ABC News based in New York, Kloeffler reports for ABCNews.com, ABC News Now and "Good Morning America Weekend." In addition to on-air reporting, he also blogs for ABCNews.com.
Born and raised in Michigan, Kloeffler transferred to UNH after a year at a small college in Michigan. "I had family in the area and I loved the state. I realized I needed to get away from home and New Hampshire seemed like a perfect fit." Of course, it didn't hurt that he fell in love with the campus on his first visit. Although Kloeffler worked full-time job while attending UNH he went to all the hockey games and fondly recalls homecoming and too many nights at Libby's.
So Kloeffler's sister...it was the middle of his sophomore year when she asked him if he was passionate about the business degree he was working on. "At the time I didn't have a good answer." It was that frank conversation—and her observation that he likes to be the center of attention, likes to get dressed up, and thinks he knows everything—that first sparked his interest in journalism. And in the event you were wondering, she still speaks her mind. She's the first one who will call me up after I've been on air and say 'I don't know if I would have worn that tie with that shirt' or 'your hair looked weird,'" he said with a laugh.
Then there were the classes with UNH journalism professor Lisa Miller. "I wasn't one of those kids who grew up pie-eyed watching Peter Jennings or Tom Brokaw but I just fell in love with it." Soon there was an internship at WMUR that led to a job as weekend producer and assignment editor while he was finishing his last year of school. "It was the summer JFK, Jr.'s plane went down and I was on the assignment desk that Friday night. It was the first really big event I saw unfold on my watch and I knew then I wanted to be on air."
A WMUR colleague encouraged him to apply for an open reporter position at WNDS. It was 1999 and the primary was quickly approaching. "When they learned I had a suit I was hired as an anchor. I've had a lot of serendipity moments like that." And then there was the move to the NBC affiliate in Syracuse; a job he almost didn't take. "When I first got into journalism I wanted to be at WHDH in Boston. I didn't want to go anyplace else; I liked their style of doing news, the coverage, the people they had and that's all I focused on. The reality in this industry is that you need to up and move every three years and now I'm incredibly glad I did. The lessons I learned were so valuable, especially about taking chances."
From Syracuse it was on to MSNBC and NBC's "Early Today" before landing at ABC News. "I feel lucky I can play in both sandboxes at ABC. Every day is different. Working on the digital platforms offers more flexibility and freedom than a traditional broadcast. People tend to be more active participants in digital media while in broadcast we put the information out for consumers to consume. In anything I do here or in the future I want to incorporate humor, my personality, fun, individuality, and reality. As journalists, especially in New York, it's easy to get disconnected from what people are talking about and that's what I strive to bring to everything. I always ask myself how my mother sitting in Michigan will look at this story and how does it affect her."
Last fall Kloeffler made another big career decision, taking a big chance. While reporting on actor Zachary Quinto coming out during a broadcast of "ABC World News Now" Kloeffler came out himself—professionally that is.
"The response has been one of the most life-changing experiences I've ever had," he said. "ABC has been incredibly supportive and I am blown away by all the people saying how courageous it was. I'm lucky in that I've been out to my family and friends since my sophomore year in college, and much like when I came out to them my fears were unfounded. I felt accepted at UNH and now at ABC, too."
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I'm starting to become a little like Jim Carry when he was in that movie "Me, Myself & Irene".
I'm slowly getting a little like the Hulk.
You all remembered that post about my bad summer when I returned and how I lost my home? The council refuses to accomodate me. I was so upset and a little angry, I had urges to freak out. When I got home, I started crying, I felt like smashing my fist through the wall. Now I feel guilt.
I was really getting somewhere with the whole meditation and de-attachment thing.
I had very horrible nightmares but 1 of them made some sense. It sounds horrible, I even felt sick myself but it was a dream involving sexual contact.
Before I became serious about Buddhism, I flirted a lot. Not for lust but for love. But being desperate can come off as slightly selfish & greedy. Being too needy shows attachment and attachment leads to suffering.
I think Buddha's sending some kind of message to me? What do you think?
Or maybe my state of mind is not clear enough and I need to meditate more?


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Angus Macpherson, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon, is out of the Intensive Therapy Unit at the Royal United Hospital in Bath and continuing his recovery on a ward.
Mr Macpherson was taken ill on Friday, May 30, whilst visiting Dr Andrew Murrison, the MP for South West Wiltshire, in Trowbridge.
Kieran Kilgallen, chief executive of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, who met members of Mr Macpherson's family yesterday afternoon, said: "Angus is out of ITU. He is sitting up in his bed on the ward, talking to his family and continuing to improve steadily.
"He has asked that we pass on his thanks for the very many messages he has received wishing him a speedy recovery."


text: It's costing more than ever to build new convenience stores, according to the NACS' 2009 State of the Industry report. This news comes at a time when the economy is dragging down sales and profits. As a result, operators face a crucial challenge as they try to grow business organically: build or renovate? The answer


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Cost-effectiveness of Outpatient Versus Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation (CERC1)
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
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The hypothesis is that home based clinical rehabilitation (CR) is less expensive than hospital based CR with similar clinical effectiveness. The investigators will compare the results of two forms of CR on
- direct and indirect healthcare costs
- effectiveness on mortality, morbidity, modifiable risk factors control, functional capacity measured by exercise testing, health related quality of life and satisfaction rate
- cost/effectiveness analysis
|Coronary Heart Disease
|Behavioral: Cardiac rehabilitation
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Versus Hospital. Cost-effectiveness Study
- Morbidity [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Readmissions, percutaneous or surgical revascularization
- Cost [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
Direct costs
- direct healthcare costs: hospital admissions for cardiovascular causes, percutaneous or surgical revascularization, medical and nursing consultation, physical training sessions, medical explorations including the analytic explorations, medication consumption, emergency department visits, depreciation of equipment used.
- Direct costs other than health: Transfer the patient for his attention, passenger costs if necessary.
- Indirect costs: working days lost during program participation (2 months, family overloads caused by participation in the program (2 months).
- Control of risk factors [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Control of risk factors at the end of training sessions and one year after the acute event: Percentage of patients achieving the therapeutic goal outlined in the clinical practice guidelines in each of the risk factors
- Functional capacity [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Oxygen consumption peak measured during exercise testing
- Quality of Life [ Time Frame: 1 year ]SF-12 version 2
- Satisfaction [ Time Frame: 1 year ]satisfaction questionnaire based on Osakidetza Basque Health Service questionnaires
- Mortality [ Time Frame: 1 year ]All cause mortality
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|April 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Hospital cardiac rehabilitation
The patients will perform physical training sessions in the hospital
Behavioral: Cardiac rehabilitation
Active Comparator: Home cardiac rehabilitation
The patients will perform physical training sessions at home
Behavioral: Cardiac rehabilitation
The only difference in the hospital's program is that training sessions will be out of hospital with the same target heart rate that in this case will be controlled with pulsometer or Borg scale. The recommended frequency of sessions will be: at least 5 days a week with a minimum of 1 hour / day.
Detailed Description:
The main reasons for patients not to participate in a cardiac rehabilitation program that usually develops by group in the hospital or in a gym, are problems of access to hospital, disgust for participating in a group activity and problems in reconciling their work and / or home with the program schedule. These problems could be overcome by outcome cardiac rehabilitation and thus could increase the number of patients benefit from treatment in either the environment extra or intra-hospital.
Low and medium coronary patients sent to cardiac rehabilitation program at our center within the first 12 weeks after presenting with acute coronary syndrome or been revascularized will be included in the study. The prescription of intensity of effort is based on heart rate reached during the stress test for the initial evaluation in all cases, although at home-program heart rate will be monitored using heart rate monitor and / or by the Borg scale. In this way outpatient group patient could performed training sessions individually and at the time of day that best suits their capabilities. The other program components: control of risk factors, health education and counseling will be identical in both groups of patients.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients referred to cardiac rehabilitation program in the first twelve weeks after an acute coronary syndrome (myocardial infarction or unstable angina) or after percutaneous or surgical revascularization
- who have no contraindication to participate in the program
Exclusion Criteria:
- contraindication to participate in the program
- high-risk criteria for home cardiac rehabilitation.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01567189
|Contact: Fernando Aros Borau
|+34 945 007000
|Araba University Hospital
|Not yet recruiting
|Vitoria, Álava, Spain, 01009
|Responsible Party:
|Fernando Arós Borau, Cardiologist, Basque Health Service
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01567189 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 22, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 28, 2012
Keywords provided by Fernando Arós Borau, Basque Health Service:
Exercise therapy
cost effectiveness
cardiac rehabilitation
home-based exercise
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Diseases
Coronary Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Ischemia
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
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Kate admits to giving-birth nerves
2:12pm Tuesday 19th February 2013
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2:12pm Tuesday 19th February 2013
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The Duchess of Cambridge has confessed that she is nervous about giving birth, as she showed off her baby bump for the first time at a public event.
Kate's admission came as she chatted to a group of women recovering from drink and drug addictions at a treatment centre run by the charity Action On Addiction of which she is patron.
The Duchess spent time with an arts therapy group at Hope House in Clapham, south London, where the centre's clients had completed paintings charting their battle with substance abuse.
Lisa, a mother-of-three who did not want to give her full name, said: "I did ask her if she was nervous (about giving birth). She said it would be unnatural if she wasn't - she's human like us."
The 34-year-old, who turned to drink during a violent marriage which lasted 18 years, said: "I said 'Congratulations and good luck, I hope it all goes OK'."
The Duchess arrived at the treatment centre, which is based in a large period property in the leafy suburb, and was greeted by dozens of photographers, cameramen and journalists.
Wearing a MaxMara dress, she looked relaxed and tanned after her Caribbean holiday and shook hands with Nick Barton, Action On Addiction's chief executive, before clasping her hands around her small baby bump. The Duchess made the gesture a number of times during the visit to the centre and seemed completely at ease with her growing figure.
The royal visit was overshadowed by the furore caused by the comments of novelist Hilary Mantel, who has suggested the Duchess is a "shop-window mannequin" with no personality, whose only purpose is to breed.
During a lecture at the British Museum, the double Booker Prize-winner said Kate appeared to have been "gloss-varnished" with a perfect plastic smile in contrast to Diana, Princess of Wales, whom she described as awkward and emotionally incontinent. She seemed to suggest that the "painfully thin" Duchess was selected for her role because she posed no risk of showing any character.
Prime Minister David Cameron, who is in New Delhi on an official visit to India, defended the Duchess, saying of Mantel: "I think she writes great books, but I think what she's said about Kate Middleton is completely misguided and completely wrong."
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After a rain-soaked opening day at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif., the clouds are starting to break and sunshine is in the forecast for the remaining two days of the 80-acre show. At 11 a.m., the traffic in the Dairy Center as well as the Hoard's Dairyman booth was very brisk.
Yesterday, we reported that Hoof Supervisor made the finals for World Ag Expo's Top 10 New Products. Another product with direct dairy ties that made The Top 10 New Products is McLanahan's 44 Super Magnum Sand Pump. Many herds across the country have turned to sand because of the great cow comfort benefits. However, sand has one major downside; it simply wears out farm equipment due to its abrasive nature.
The new pump which debuted at the World Ag Expo has been tested in field conditions at a commercial dairy in Pennsylvania for the past year and has been working quite well. McLanahan also tells us that a pair of pumps recently were installed in New York and Wisconsin.
In order to deal with sand's abrasive action, the 44 Super Magnum Sand Pump has split castings that are protected by replaceable rubber liners while the impeller is made from molded rubber. Both rubber components are made of nitrile -synthetic rubber polymer. Nitrile was the material of choice because it not only stands up better to sand, but it is also oil resistant and stands up to most milk house chemicals which improves its life in many dairy environments. A heavy-duty mechanical seal made from tungsten carbide/silicon carbide protects the bearings and shafts from sand and manure.
The unit retails between $20,000 and $25,000. The price depends on the motor size, which ranges from 10 to 40 HP (horsepower), diameter of the shaft which ranges from 3 to 8 inches, among other features.
To check out the other Top 10 new products at World Ag Expo, go to www.worldagexpo.com/attendeeschoice You can cast your vote based on a five-star scale for your favorite new product once you've previewed them.


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text: Star Lotulelei to the Carolina Panthers? We should have guessed that, given Carolina's history. Lotulelei, taken as the 14th pick in the first round by Carolina in the 2013 NFL draft Thursday, joins a line of Utes who have played for the Panthers. The current roster includes tackle Jordan Gross (1st round, No. 8, 2003) and receiver Steve Smith (3rd round, 74th overall, 2001). Defensive back R.J. Stanford was taken in the seventh round (223rd overall) in 2010 before moving onto Miami. Other players who had stints in Carolina are receiver Kevin Dyson (1998) and defensive tackle Ma'ake Kemoeatu (2002). In addition, former Ute Fred Graves (1969-71) coached the receivers at Carolina in 2011-12 before moving on to the San Diego Chargers.Lotulelei declined an invitation to New York and watched the draft at his Utah home with more than 100 supporters. "I couldn't be happier to be a Carolina Panther," Lotulelei said in a statement provided by his agent, Bruce Tollner. "It was great to get the phone call from the Panthers. Real happy...very emotional...real happy to be in this position." Among those who attended Lotulelei's draft party was Utah coach Kyle Whittingham who was thrilled that Lotulelei went to Carolina, but also surprised Lotulelei didn't go earlier. "Our guys have done well there and I am happy for him," Whittingham said. "I know what type of player he is. I saw him every day and know his capabilities. There is no doubt in my mind he will anchor that defensive line for years to come." Lotulelei is the seventh first-round draft pick in Utah football history and is the highest overall draft choice behind Alex Smith (No. 1 in 2005, San Francisco), Gross and Lee Grosscup (No. 10 in 1959, New York Giants). There are now 23 Utes on current NFL rosters. "I'm stoked, ready to get out there and go to work," Lotulelei said. "I couldn't be happier with the team that picked me. I'm ready to go out there and do whatever the team needs me to do." Whittingham said Lotulelei has all the tools he needs to succeed in the pros. "He is a great technician with good pad level and he is a gap eater," Whittingham said. "He eats up those gaps inside." Lotulelei, who made six All-America teams as a senior, could graduate from Utah this summer with a bachelor's degree in sociology. He is married with two daughters. Whittingham hopes several more Utes will land with NFL teams including offensive lineman Sam Brenner, defensive end Joe Kruger and returner Reggie Dunn. "I had a lot of people contact me about Reggie Dunn after his pro day," Whittingham said. "Hopefully three or four guys still have a shot." - Lya Wodraska


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$53 million matched, positioning Foundation for continued impact; opportunity and need persist in challenged research funding environment
NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) announced that with the help of the Parkinson's community, it has completed and surpassed the $50-million Brin Wojcicki Challenge. Longtime Foundation supporters Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki have matched more than $53 million in capacity-building gifts received by MJFF from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2012.
Mr. Brin and Ms. Wojcicki, the Foundation's largest donors for several years running, spearheaded the Challenge to spur donors at every level to give, renew or increase giving to MJFF. Because of the enthusiasm and generosity of the Foundation's community of donors, Challenge-eligible giving exceeded the original goal by about $3 million additional dollars that Mr. Brin and Ms. Wojcicki have agreed to match.
"Anne and Sergey's friendship to our Foundation and to Parkinson's patients worldwide is awe-inspiring," said Michael J. Fox. "As if a $50-million match weren't tremendous in its own right, they've gone above and beyond their initial commitment to match the $3 million extra ponied up by our incredible supporters. There's no doubt the Challenge has made our community stronger and more vibrant in its passionate pursuit of a cure."
Over the course of two years, the Challenge brought thousands of new contributors to MJFF. It also helped the Foundation reactivate relationships with thousands of supporters who had given prior to 2010, and motivated over 4,000 to stretch their giving in order to double the impact of their generosity.
Mr. Brin is co-founder of Google. Ms. Wojcicki is co-founder of 23andMe, a personal genetics company. With the completion of the Challenge, their personal giving to MJFF totals more than $157.5 million since 2004.
An opportune moment and an urgent need
Mr. Brin and Ms. Wojcicki chose an opportune moment in Parkinson's drug development to launch the Challenge. MJFF and most of its research partners believe that the pipeline of new Parkinson's treatments is as robust as it has been in decades, if not ever. Understanding of the factors underlying disease onset and progression is increasing, and insights from genetics are opening new avenues for therapeutic development. In the midst of this promising activity, government and commercial sources of research funding continue to dry up. Especially as more research approaches the clinic, where costs rise steeply, there has never been a more important time or a greater need for the Parkinson's community to work together to ensure funding sufficient to keep the most promising projects moving forward.
At the outset of 2013, MJFF remains focused on:
"Our Foundation's promise to Parkinson's patients is to work urgently to identify and fund the projects closest or most critical to practical therapeutic relevance," said Todd Sherer, Ph.D., CEO of MJFF. "We're grateful to our Challenge participants and our entire community of supporters for helping us continue to fulfill that promise."
About The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's ResearchAs the world's largest private funder of Parkinson's research, The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to accelerating a cure for Parkinson's disease and improved therapies for those living with the condition today. The Foundation pursues its goals through an aggressively funded, highly targeted research program coupled with active global engagement of scientists, Parkinson's patients, business leaders, clinical trial participants, donors and volunteers. In addition to funding more than $300 million in research to date, the Foundation has fundamentally altered the trajectory of progress toward a cure. Operating at the hub of worldwide Parkinson's research, the Foundation forges groundbreaking collaborations with industry leaders, academic scientists and government research funders; increases the flow of participants into Parkinson's disease clinical trials with its online tool, Fox Trial Finder; promotes Parkinson's awareness through high-profile advocacy, events and outreach; and coordinates the grassroots involvement of thousands of Team Fox members around the world.
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At Luncheon
by the America China Society
And Five Other Organizations
October 30, 1997
Mr. Conable,
Dr Kissinger,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It gives me great pleasure to get together with you at today's luncheon hosted by the America China Society, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the U.S.-China Policy Foundation, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Asia Society and the Committee of 100. Over the years, you have made positive contributions to deeper understanding and friendship between the Chinese and American peoples. Allow me to express, on behalf of the Chinese Government and people, our heartfelt thanks to you and our deep gratitude and best regards to all our American friends who have cared for and supported the improvement and growth of China U.S. relations.
Now, let me take this opportunity to brief you on China's domestic and foreign policies and share with you some of my thoughts on China-U.S. relations.
China has gone through quite a few extraordinary events since the beginning of the year. On February 19, Mr. Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of our reform and opening up program, passed away. The Chinese people of all ethnic groups cherished a profound memory of this great man, and were determined to carry forward unswervingly his unfinished cause. On July 1, the Chinese Government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, wiping out the century-old humiliation caused by its occupation and succeeded in maintaining Hong Kong's prosperity and stability in accordance with the policy of "one country, two systems", "Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong" and a high degree of autonomy. In the middle of September, the Communist Party of China convened its Fifteenth National Congress, whose main theme was to promote an all round advancement of the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics to the 21st century by holding high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory.
This Congress also clearly answered the important question as to how China's reform, opening up and modernization drive will go forward.
Between now and the end of the first decade of the next century we will work to establish a fairly ideal socialist market economy while maintaining a sustained, rapid and sound development of the national economy so as to lay a solid foundation for basic achievement of modernization by the middle of the next century.
After reviewing our experience of the past and present, we made it clear that keeping public ownership in the dominant position while allowing diverse forms of ownership to develop side by side is a basic economic system that we must always adhere to in the primary stage of socialism. Public ownership can take diversified forms, and all management methods and organizational styles that embody the laws of socialized production, such as the joint stock system and the joint stock partnership should be utilized without hesitation. The nonpublic sector is an important component of our socialist market economy, and we should continue to encourage and guide their sound development.
Along the line of establishing a modern enterprise system, we will accelerate the reform of state owned enterprises, giving greater play to their dominant role in the national economy and quickening the market-oriented reform of the national economy with better play of the basic role of the marketplace in the allocation of resources and improved mechanism of macro control. We will continue to readjust and optimize the economic structure and stick to the strategies of revitalizing the nation through science and education and sustainable development. We will further improve our pattern of openness which is all directional, multi-leveled and wide-ranging, develop an open economy and open China still wider to the outside world. We will ensure that our people will reap the benefit of continued economic growth and gradually achieve common prosperity.
We will further enlarge democracy, run the state according to law and turn China into a socialist country ruled by law. As early as over 2,000 years ago, ancient Chinese came up with such plain ideas of democracy and the rule of law as "people being essential to a state while their governance following prescribed laws". Today, these thoughts have been further developed to reflect the new times. We believe that without democracy there can be no modernization. We will ensure that our people hold democratic elections, make policy decisions democratically, carry out democratic management and supervision and enjoy extensive rights and freedoms under the law while giving greater play to their creativity and their sense of being the masters of state affairs. We will continue to safeguard the dignity of the Constitution and other laws, further improve the legal system, strengthen supervision on government organs and leading officials at all levels to ensure that all work of the country is carried out according to law. The overall goal of our political restructuring is to build socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics while upholding and improving our basic political system.
We will build a national, scientific and popular socialist culture that is geared to modernization, the world and the future and endeavor to raise the ideological, ethical, scientific and educational standards of the whole nation. At the same time, we should conduct multi-formed cultural exchanges with other countries, drawing on their strong points while introducing our own achievements to the world.
What the Congress has achieved has given expression to the common desire of the Chinese people of all ethnic groups. The Congress, as commented by world opinion, sent out an unequivocal message: China's reform and opening-up is irreversible. This judgment is correct.


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Nebraska farmers might be reimbursed for surface water taken by the state to send to Kansas, under a bill advanced by Nebraska lawmakers Tuesday.
Christensen proposed the bill because residents of the Republican River Basin irrigation district in southern Nebraska have lost access to much of their surface water from the Republican River during the drought.
After amendments, the bill would use money from the states general funds to compensate farmers for the water they cannot use. The amendments set a cap of $10 million each fiscal year to pay the farmers.
Christensen said that expenditure would not be too much.
We can work around the priorities and needs of the state and do it in a fiscally responsible method, he said.
Supporters of the bill discussed the importance of water to every aspect of Nebraskas economy.
Sen. Annette Dubas of Fullerton said the loss of water has a ripple effect because it can impact the ability to pay taxes, which will affect local schools and communities.
The decisions we make today are going to be critical to the future of our entire states economy, Dubas said.
Because the Republican River runs from Colorado through Nebraska and into Kansas, Nebraska long ago entered into a compact with Colorado and Kansas to determine the rights to the water. Under the interstate compact, Nebraska is required to permit a certain volume of river water to flow into Kansas.
The compact caused senators to question who owned the rights to the water being compensated with the bill.
Where does compensation start? Where does it stop? And who owns the water? And who has the responsibility? Sen. John Harms of Scottsbluff asked.
Harms added that he was not against the bill but wanted the body to consider its ramifications.
Sen. Dave Bloomfield of Hoskins asked if federal crop insurance would compensate these farmers for their losses, rather than the state general funds.
Christensen said that crop insurance will not decide how much affected farmers would receive until May 26, which would be too late to plant corn.
He also said that insurance would be more likely to reimburse for natural disasters rather than the state use of water.
If I knew (insurance) was paying, I wouldve lifted the bill, Christensen said.
Many senators said Christensens bill emphasizes the need for a long-term, sustainable plan for solving water issues that Nebraska faces.
Sen. Tom Carlson of Holdrege proposed a bill (LB 517) earlier this session, which was advanced, that would create a task force to research water issues that many said could help with this problem.
Christensen agreed a long-term plan is necessary, but wants to help those struggling this year.
I want to make sure this year is taken care of because the farmers got blindsided, Christensen said.
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The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors will again take up county employee retirement benefits and the county's federally-scrutinized medical marijuana ordinance at its first meeting of 2013 on Tuesday.
The meeting starts with a swearing-in ceremony for newly elected 4th District Supervisor Dan Gjerde, returning 1st and 2nd District supervisors Carre Brown and John McCowen and two returning Mendocino County Superior Court judges, followed by a reception in the Administration Center foyer.
At 1:30 p.m., the board will hear a report from the county's actuary, the Segal Company, outlining contribution rates for new employees hired on or after Jan. 1 through the end of the fiscal year in June. The board adopted a new-employee retirement benefit level, called a tier, in December under the Public Employees Pension Reform Act (PEPRA).
Among other things, the new tier means new county employees and the county, as the employer, will each pay half of the benefit.
Also on the agenda, but not scheduled at a set time, is a proposed change to the county's medical marijuana ordinance, Chapter 9.31 of the Mendocino County Code.
Until March 2012, and the threat of federal litigation, medical marijuana collectives could apply to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office for permits to grow up to 99 plants, an exemption from the county's limit of 25 plants per parcel. The U.S. Attorney's Office in October issued subpoenas for records the county keeps regarding 9.31.
The ordinance was originally adopted in 2008, then revised in 2010, 2011 and 2012, according to a summary prepared for the board by County Counsel Tom Parker.
Parker proposes that the board add section 9.31.015 to the ordinance stating that any information the county holds concerning 9.31 is considered confidential, protected medical information, according to the summary.
"This section would state explicitly what has always been implicit in the legislative intent of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors ... regarding Chapter 9.31 since 2008 and is not declarative only of a new legislative intent prospectively," a summary of the change states.
The new section would read, in part, "... the County of Mendocino Board of Supervisors hereby finds and declares that all medical marijuana use information received by and/or generated by the operation of Chapter 9.31 has always been intended to be treated and held by the County of Mendocino as confidential medical information to the fullest extent authorized by California and Federal law from 2008 to the present as well as prospectively."


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I guess I'm not a big fan of Josh Smith. I don't think he was snubbed last year, I think he was a marginal all star like several others.
This year, as long as Al Horford is fully healthy, he should be the 2nd best post player on his own team. And if Horford isn't fully back, that team won't be good. So I don't see him as a major threat.
I'm more worried about Deng, he'll have a big role on a team that should still make the playoffs.
Everything said... Best teams get rewarded with all star slots. I think it will be easiest to reward Danny this year, the same way it was easiest to reward Hibbert last year, even though he didn't deserve it over Tyson Chandler and KG.
Josh Smith is pretty damn good, I get that many here hate his attitude but he averages 18.8 and 9.6 plays great D and can block shots too.
i don't care about attitude, it's his game I don't like. Obviously, you take attitude/leadership into consideration when building a team, but a good player is a good player.
But he takes way too many bad shots for me to consider him a clear All Star. A marginal All Star, sure.
The sad thing is that he keeps adding to his game every year. He works, he gets more versatile. Now he can even play some 5. But at the same time, he keeps taking more and more bad shots. I liked him 2 years ago more. He wasn't able to play 5, but he attacked the basket more.
Fact is the numbers were nearly identical last year between Iggy and Deng. Deng actually held players to lower shooting percentages than Iggy, and the Bulls held opponents to the lowest fg% and ppg in the league so it's not crazy to see why Deng ended up with 1 more vote for the all defensive team (20-19).
That said I'd still take Iggy over Deng if I need 1 stop to end a game.
edit: what i can't explain is the Boozer vote. That must have been some kind of inside joke
I think Deng deserved to be on the All Defense team, but Iguodala should've gotten Kobe or Ibaka's spot IMO.
re Deng-Ibaka, I'd probably take Deng on Melo, Kobe or Paul Pierce, someone big, great individually and with a solid post up game. But if I have to defend a smaller guy, and especially a playmaker (Wade, Harden, Rose) it's Iggy.
But tbh, you are fine just tossing a coin defensively, their offense is the difference. Do you want someone who will stretch the floor, or a far better creator.
I forgot there were people who actually wanted Nene. Lol.
I really disagree about Hill having a better shot at the ASG than Paul though. Hill is underrated here, and a very good combo guard, but George has more hype and momentum as a potential rising star, which shapes the perception of the player, and he simply has more raw talent. The fact that he's starting as the "2 guard" while Hill is starting as a 1 hurts Hill's shot too. Even though I look at Hill as just a "guard" he'll likely be competing with other point guards meaning he'd need to compete with
D Williams
R Rondo
D. Rose (if he comes back in time)
K Irving
Each of whom are significantly better than Hill
Also at least
J. Teague
J. Holiday
B. Jennings
J. Wall (though I expect a leap from Wall playing with some serious players like Okafor and Nene for a whole season to group 1)
Are comparably good and will probably have a larger role on their respective teams.
Paul though, competing against 2 guards, you've got-
D. Wade
J. Johnson
A. Afflalo (underrated, will get lots of shots on a terrible Orlando team and will get a look at the ASG if they are miraculously even just bad instead of terrible)
Is any other 2 guard head and shoulders better than PG in the East, especially if PG makes even a moderate leap next year?
I think the Pacers will get off to a very fast start (even you admit they are a very good regular season team, and have great chemistry), and will have at least 2 guys in the game, heck, we probably would have had 2 last year if Granger didn't lay an egg for the first quarter+ of the season.
His biggest comp will probably actually be Granger, since I don't see us with 3 All Stars.
If Granger recovers and is playing at anywhere close to his 2nd half of the season form, or really even the level of the 2 years before last (19-21 ppg 5-6 rpg on 43-45% from the field, 38-40% from 3) I see us getting Roy (14-15 ppg 9-10 rpg on 50% I don't think is unreasonable to expect from him since he was 13-9 last year and tends to improve each year and is still young) and Danny. If Danny is playing more like a 18 ppg 41-42% guy I think Paul has a great chance at the game if he is putting 14-15 ppg 6-7 rpg 2-3 apg 1 bpg 2-2.5 spg on his usual percentages while cementing his rep as a defensive stopper on one of the better teams in the conference.
We all know that PG has All-Star talent, I don't think him making the game next year is as pie in the sky as some think. Granger's 3rd year was the year he "made the leap" and PG is also a hard worker and is far more talented than Granger ever was, on both sides of the ball.
Our talent is pretty underrated, especially by those looking just at stats, afterall what other team ran such a balanced offense other than Memphis and Denver in the NBA?
You can argue that we have
Arguably the 2nd best center in the conference (opinions will vary, but Roy is comparable to Chandler, Noah, Lopez some put him at the top some put him below, the coaches put him above them all last season.) Bynum for now, is clearly the best as long as he is healthy of course.
Arguably the 3rd best Small forward in the conference (After LBJ/Melo he and Deng and Current Pierce are a crapshoot)
Arguably the 3rd best Shooting Guard in the conference ( I don't think it is crazy to say it gets muddy after Wade and J. Johnson)
I'm interested to see how West is with a full year between his rehab too, because the West that was with New Orleans would be a top 5 power forward in the conference pretty easily too, his 21-8 on 50% and great from the line years compare well to most of the 4 men in the East as well, though on this team he won't put up those numbers, he isn't far removed from some very, very good years with CP3 in New Orleans, he wasn't a 2 time all-star against the stacked big men in the West for nothing after all.
We need PG to make a leap to where he is inarguably the 2nd best 2 guard, who can at least contain Wade to really make the leap, but as a supporting cast for such a player we're pretty elite.
If we're on pace for a big season the coaches will give us at least 1 all-star, it's pretty much how it works, coaches reward players from winning teams, it is very tough to make it otherwise unless you're an anomaly like D-Will who is juts clearly a great player in a crap situation.
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but voters vote for "guard", "forward" and "center". Then there are two position-less spots. And injury selections.
So Paul George isn't just competing with Afflalo, he's also competing with Rondo, Irving, etc.
Technically that is how it is, but in practice they tend to conform to positions except in cases wherein there aren't alternatives Joe Johnson is a, what 6 time all-star (not that he didn't deserve it some years, but in years where he was putting up 21 ppg on less than 53-54 TS% in more than 39 minutes per game, which covers basically the last 4 times he made the team you can bet he got a boost from the 2 guard position being weak behind Wade instead of the 3, or the 1). Jameer Nelson made the All-star game one year largely due to his position and team etc... It still matters, it's just they won't stick to it so closely that it means snubbing someone who is clearly superior. In the case of 2 comparable players though having less competition at the position can make a difference.
Paul George putting up 14-16 ppg 6-7 rpg 2-3 apg with 2 or so steals per game while maintaining his reputation as a defensive stud on a strong team will certainly benefit from playing the 2 guard, instead of the 3, for example and would have a very compelling case for the All-Star game when it comes down to the coaches vote. Ditto to Roy Hibbert and Danny Granger.
I also don't get the assertion that Roy didn't deserve his spot last year over Chandler, remember at the time of the All-Star game Roy Hibbert was averaging
13.8 ppg
9.6 rpg
1.7 bpg
.512 from the field in 30.8 mpg (16.4 ppg 11.44 rpg 1.98 bpg per 36 minutes) on one of the conferences top teams.
Whereas at the same point Chandler was averaging
11.7 ppg
9.5 rpg
1.3 bpg
on .703 from the field in 33.5 mpg ( 12.5 ppg 10.2 rpg 1.4 bpg per 36 minutes) on a team that was massively underperforming and was out of the playoff picture)
Hibbert was more productive in less minutes on a better team scoring more, blocking more and rebounding more even in terms of raw numbers in 3 less minutes per game. I don't see the how Roy didn't earn it over Chandler on his own merits, it wasn't a pity vote, or just a team accomplishment vote, he had a very strong case based on his merits. Chandler is the better defensive player, but Roy is a good defender too, and Roy is infinitely more valuable offensively, since you can actually run an offense through him, as opposed to Chandler who has no post game other than put backs or dunks gift wrapped from pick and roll action.
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Joe Johnson is a good player and was a top 5 guard in the conference for many years.
Curveball - Gerald Green makes the AS team instead.
Mind blown.
How? Good numbers paired with highlight dunks to get attention. The good enough numbers seem very unlikely of course, but since we are wildly speculating about the quality of every Eastern player next season before games are even being played...
Danny's knee's worse than we think, misses the first half of the year. PG slides to the 3, Green plays 34 minutes a night at the 2...
Pacers Digest servers crash under the weight of DANNY'S HOLDING US BACK threads...
I think that I would have a conniption fit. Not because of GG, that would be awesome, but because of anti-danny threads.
To be fair it would be amazing for the team if GG really broke out and we could trade Danny+ other parts for a star point all while saving tons of cash on GG's steal of a contract, but the idea that Danny is somehow holding us back is both asinine and pervasive in this forum. Danny has his limits, but he and PG can absolutely play together. It isn't a coincidence that our starting 5 was so statistically dominant, and that Danny was by far our best player in terms of on/off. Even when he wasn't playing well in the Miami series people should be able to get the point when looking at how badly we got creamed when Danny left game 5 with his injury...
I think GG could open some eyes for sure though, kid has serious skills and was seen as a guy with star talent at one point, when he's on he can be so deadly.
Also, for those only interested in numbers, 82games.com provides some numbers comparing the two players in question.
If you scroll down, Iggy held opponents to an effective FG% of .404. Deng held opponents to an effective FG% of .456.
Everything else should have been in the form of a p.m., thank you
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edit: come on now mods... if you're gonna tamper with my posts you can at least give me a reason why
FWIW mattie, i never called you a "jackass". That was your word describing NBA coaches. I just simply asked a question and left it up to the readers to decide.
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Yeah I think they both deserved it, there just wasn't enough room for both. The only reason I take Iggy over Deng is his ability to turn you over. You can't go wrong with either one though.
82games assume that if you play at SF, your counterpart is the opposing SF, which isn't really true in case of stoppers who defend multiple positions. Deng did it, but especially Iggy did it, he defended the best 1-2-3.
It's a shame that the voting system lacks flexibility so much. They should've given the SG spot to Iggy, and SF to Deng.
I tend to agree with this, although fans of the site and I'm pretty sure the site itself claim they watch every play, but I have my doubts. Synergy's my stat website of choice.
Looks like we can put to rest the idea Paul's not strong enough to guard SFs in the league. As well as Danny's stats say he played last year the coach still recognizes Paul's our best option.Vogel doesn't believe Young to be the team's best small forward defender. Paul George, who is longer, quicker and younger, gets that nod. Danny Granger will get opportunities as well
Sam Young is by far the young-est player on this roster.Vogel doesn't believe Young to be the team's best small forward defender. Paul George, who is longer, quicker and younger, gets that nod. Danny Granger will get opportunities as well
I think I'd still put Granger on LeBron or Paul Pierce types, strong/skilled guys who like to post up. But it depends on what George has done over the summer.
Sam's 27
I agree about Danny's post D, but post play is nearly non existent these days for wing players. In nearly 80 games both Paul and Danny were posted up less then 1 time per game, and if you go back and watch them half of those are basically just post isos where the guy receives the ball in the mid post area then faces up to make his move. There were very few legit post plays where the offensive player overpowered Danny or Paul. Being able to defend in space and having the speed and quickness to play help D and still get back to your man (Danny's main weakness) is much more important for a wing then post D IMO.


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Foreclosure stats show a recovering housing market, but national improvements are stronger than Queens figures.
According to the February 2013 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report from RealtyTrac, a leading online marketplace for real estate data, U.S. bank repossessions have dropped 25 percent from last year, the lowest level since September 2007.
Numbers in Queens, however, were up compared to February 2012.
Since the recession began, bank repossessions in the borough reached their highest peak in October 2008 at 320.
Those numbers significantly dropped over the last few years, but went up from 14 in February 2012 to 24 a year later.
Foreclosure filings increased even more during that same period from 44 to 345. The jump can be mainly attributed to the sharp increase in default notices.
After monthly numbers in the hundreds and thousands since the beginning of 2007, there were only seven default notices in February 2012. Since May of that year, numbers went back into the hundreds, with 297 in Queens County last month.


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