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Get an overview of this hotelFrench Quarter charm at Walt Disney World® Resort
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With a stay at Disney's Port Orleans Resort French Quarter in Lake Buena Vista, you'll be on a river and convenient to Disney's Lake Buena Vista Golf Course and Epcot®.
This family-friendly resort is within close proximity of Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park and Disney Springs™.
Make yourself at home in one of the 1008 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and coffee/tea makers.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and bicycles to rent. Additional features at this resort include complimentary wireless Internet access, babysitting/childcare (surcharge), and an arcade/game room. If you're planning a day at a nearby theme park, you can hop on the complimentary shuttle.
Satisfy your appetite at the resort's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Dining is also available at a coffee shop/café, and room service (during limited hours) is provided. While enjoying a refreshing dip in the resort pool, you can order your favorite drink at the poolside bar.
Featured amenities include limo/town car service, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided at no charge.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Disney's Port Orleans Resort French Quarter
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Guests arrive at this French-Quarter inspired resort via a New Orleans-style train station; a two-story lobby with an interior courtyard provides the central check-in area. Free WiFi access is provided. The grounds are dotted with attractive gardens and lush greenery. By day, guests can hear the sounds of jazz from the player piano. At night, Scat Cat's Club, an on-site jazz club, gets cookin' with the hot sounds of New Orleans.
Outdoor fun at Disney's Port Orleans Resort - French Quarter is focused on Doubloon Lagoon, a water playground with alligator fountains and a huge waterslide in the shape of a dragon, inspired by the famous Mardi Gras celebrations. Young and old guests can also enjoy a children's pool, playground, arcade, and rentals of bicycles and watercraft. Creole delicacies are the featured menu items at Floatworks and Food Factory, which also serves popular American favorites.
Complimentary transportation is provided to all Walt Disney World Theme Parks, water parks, and the Downtown Disney Area. Complimentary ferry service is provided from the resort to the Downtown Disney Area. Complimentary self parking and an area shuttle are available. Fitness facility, tours/ticket assistance, and supervised childcare/activities (surcharge) are available as well.
Disney's Magical Express: Guests of this resort are eligible for complimentary Disney's Magical Express service (pre-booking required). Motor coaches pick up guests at Orlando International Airport and drop off at Walt Disney World Resort Hotels. Disney staff members pick up luggage at baggage claim and deliver them straight to guestrooms (for arrivals between 5 AM and 10 PM). Guests arriving outside of these hours should pick up their baggage at baggage claim to carry with them on the motor coach.
This hotel is nonsmoking except in designated outdoor areas.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Free airport transportation
- Arcade/game room
- ATM/banking
- Babysitting or childcare
- Number of floors - 3
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Fitness facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Free theme park shuttle
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 1008
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Free area shuttle
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Children's pool
- Outdoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Theme park shuttle (complimentary)
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Arcade/game room
- Playground on site
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Access via exterior corridors
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Private bathroom
- Television
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Ceiling fan
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Shower/tub combination
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory - Huge icons reminiscent of Mardi Gras parades—including ice-cream cones, jester masks, and oversize beads—hang high above diners in this casual food court with a warehouse motif. Menu items include a choice of Creole or American dishes, and dining is self-serve in style. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day.
Sassagoula Pizza Express - Pizza is available for room service during evening hours.
Scat Cat's Club - Located off the lobby, this jazz-themed club features cocktails, soft drinks, and specialty drinks.
Mardi Grogs Pool Bar - Specialty drinks, soft drinks, and light snacks are served poolside, weather permitting.
Nearby Things to Do
At the center of this resort's outdoor fun is Doubloon Lagoon, a water playground with alligator fountains and a huge, colorful, Mardi Gras–inspired slide in the shape of a dragon. The resort also offers a separate children's pool, playground, game arcade, bike rentals, and watercraft rentals. Resort guests also enjoy privileges at a companion property, Disney's Port Orleans Resort – Riverside, a Louisiana-style resort inspired by Mark Twain and the days of riverboats. Disney's Port Orleans Resort – Riverside has quiet pools, stocked fishing holes (catch and release), and an old-fashioned swimming hole with water slides and fountains. Complimentary ferryboats up the Sassagoula River transport guests to the Downtown Disney Area.
Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park and 36-hole Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf Course are both within two miles of the resort via complimentary transportation. The resort's guest services can assist with reservations at any one of Disney's five tour-caliber golf courses, all located on Walt Disney World Resort property. A nine-hole walking course is also available.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Fishing on site
- Playground on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 2.99 and USD 14.99 per person (approximately)
Hotel Name
- Disney's Port Orleans French
- Disney's Port Orleans French Quarter Lake Buena Vista
- Disney's Port Orleans French Quarter Resort
- Disney's Port Orleans Resort French
- Disney's Port Orleans Resort French Quarter
- Disney's Port Orleans Resort French Quarter Hotel
- Disney's Port Orleans Resort French Quarter Lake Buena Vista
- French Quarter Resort
- Orleans Resort
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Walt Disney World Resort Hotel Benefits
Guests staying at this Walt Disney World Resort hotel can enjoy the following benefits during their stay:
- First access to reserve a limited number of Disney FastPass+ attractions and shows, up to 60 days before they arrive (theme park tickets required)
- Extended theme park hours with Extra Magic Hours at 1 of the Disney theme park each day (theme park tickets required)
- Complimentary resort transportation via motor coaches, ferries, and monorail, providing convenient ways to explore all the theme parks at Walt Disney World Resort
- Complimentary parking at Walt Disney World Resort hotels and theme parks
- Complimentary MagicBands to access Disney theme parks (theme park tickets required), unlock guestrooms, check in at FastPass+ entrances for previously selected attractions and entertainment, and make payments at shops and restaurants
- Complimentary roundtrip airport service between Orlando International Airport and select Resort Hotels via motor coach with Disney's Magical Express, including luggage delivery straight to guestrooms
- Resort Hotel entertainment, including themed pools with slides, outdoor Disney movie screenings, and Disney Character Dining experiences


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Next week, thousands of Disney fans will gather in Anaheim, CA for Disney's D23 Expo which brings the entire world of Disney under one roof, providing attendees with unprecedented access to Disney films, television and theme parks as never before.
On FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 in the Disney Channel booth, fans of all ages are invited to join Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist Dave Barry and noted New York Times best-selling author Ridley Pearson, Disney Publishing Worldwide co-authors of prequels to the classic Peter Pan, the "Peter and the Starcatchers" book series, along with beloved "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" characters Jake, Captain Hook and Mr. Smee, for a celebration of the power of imagination and the magic of Disney storytelling. This event also includes an appearance by actor David Arquette (the voice of Skully in the hit Disney Junior series "Jake and the Never Land Pirates") and a special announcement from The Walt Disney Company Corporate Citizenship team. There will also be a performance and meet & greet with The Never Land Pirate Band.
On SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, there will be appearances by the Handy Manny character along with the voice of Manny, Wilmer Valderrama (10:00 – 11:15 a.m.) and the Special Agent Oso character along with the voice of Oso, Sean Astin (11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) in the Disney Channel booth.
For more information and tickets to the D23 Expo, go to http://www.D23Expo.com. For schedules, live updates, interactive features and tools, polls and much more, check out the D23 Expo mobile app at www.D23mobile.com!
· SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 is "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" Day at Dodger Stadium! During the game against the Colorado Rockies, there will be special appearances by Jake and The Never Land Pirate Band. The first 10,000 kids 14 & under will receive a free pirate bandana. Game starts at 1:10 p.m. For more info and tickets, please visit http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com
Info provided by PR. I wish I was in California, because my kids would LOVE to meet Jake and the Neverland Pirates and I would just love to be near Disney!!0

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Asset allocation is an important part of investing—but it is not the most effective option to ensure financial security in retirement, according to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Rather, other financial planning options are more influential in ensuring savings last throughout a retiree's lifetime.
Researchers looked at replacement rates—the amount of money needed to replace an annual salary—and the ability of retirees to fully fund them. Thus, the focus was not on maximizing investment returns but on determining what someone could do to ensure their financial security in retirement. Four options were considered: working longer (delaying retirement to a later age), taking out a reverse mortgage, spending less and allocating completely to equities.
Delaying retirement had the biggest impact. This is because it boosts monthly Social Security payments, provides more time to contribute to retirement savings and shrinks the time period for which savings will be tapped. Delaying retirement from age 62 to 67 reduces the percentage of households age 60–70 that are at risk of running out of cash from 74% to 47%.
Taking out a reverse mortgage reduced the percent of households falling short by seven percentage points at age 62 and 11 percentage points at age 67. [Our take: Reverse mortgages have unique risks and costs, and they should not be used before other options are considered.]
Controlling spending reduced the number of household falling short by three percentage points at age 62 and six percentage points at age 67. There are other benefits, however. Cutting spending before retiring, particularly for households in their 50s, allows for more money to be contributed to retirement savings. In addition, the researchers pointed out that cutting spending well before retirement lowers the bar for projected day-to-day expenditures in retirement.
For measuring the effects of asset allocation, researchers assumed an all-stock portfolio with an annualized, riskless real return of 6.5%. These assumptions were made to maximize the impact of the allocation strategies. Yet the aggressive assumptions only reduced shortfalls by one percentage point at age 62 and three percentage points at age 67.
What the data shows is that investment strategies are not a panacea for inadequate financial planning. Maximizing retirement savings, working longer and controlling spending all play important roles in achieving retirement security.
Source: "How Important is Asset Allocation to Retirement Security?," Alicia H. Munnell, Natalia Sergeyevna Orlova, and Anthony Webb, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
Rick Hartwell from KS posted over 5 years ago:
Ha! So now I read this, 30 minutes after a major allocation change to achieve a 50/50 equity/bond (+ some hedges) ratio. It is a good reminder that a prudent lifestyle & attitude of economy in the micro-economic sense does trump all of our graphs, calculations, and attention to asset allocation. A good, brief reminder. Thanks!
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Hahn not feeling urgency to make moves
BOSTON -- In the opening stages of this current White Sox reshaping process, the White Sox felt a need to move veterans Jake Peavy, Matt Thornton, Jesse Crain and Alex Rios before the 2013 non-waiver Trade Deadline to get younger, controllable talent to enhance the product.
That same urgency is not felt by general manager Rick Hahn as the present July 31 deadline approaches, despite names from Dayan Viciedo to John Danks to Gordon Beckham to even All-Star Alexei Ramirez being tossed around the rumor mill.
"We are at a different point," Hahn said. "There's certainly no urgency to do anything. I think most of the players I've read about online that are rumored to be out there are all under control beyond this season. There's no urgency to cash in an asset, so to speak, before it expires.
"Again, we are willing to make a deal at any point where it makes most sense for our long-term interests. Whether that happens in the next two weeks or it takes until the offseason or Spring Training next year, we are not going to force the issue."
Hahn added that pitching remains a priority but has always been a team priority even when the club seemed to have an abundance of top-notch arms.
"There's never really a spot where any of the 30 clubs feel like they have enough pitching," Hahn said.
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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There have been a lot of great Super Chevy events at Tennessee's Bristol Dragway, but this year's will be special in a lot of ways. Not only is it the 30th anniversary of the series, the track is pulling out all the stops for what should be a weekend to remember. There will be big-money bracket classes and True Street on the racing side, an outstanding car show with ISCA judging, and the track has announced it has added the Fas Mart Thunder Valley Mayhem on Saturday night.
For fans of extreme performance, Saturday night will see 10 Nitro Extreme Pro Mods attack the track in mind-bending fury. In addition, there will be Super Shockwave, the world fastest Chevy jet semi truck, trying to burn the place down. Super Shockwave will make runs on Saturday and Sunday. The World's Fastest Chevy Jet truck, which features the same jet engine used to power an F4 Phantom Fighter, has reached quarter-mile speeds in excess of 230 mph. Thunder Valley Mayhem. In addition, fans on Saturday will get to witness lightning-fast passes by the Chattanooga Choo-Choo and Cannonball Express "jet trains." Crowd-favorite Tranasaurus will show up to tear trashed cars to shreds, while Benny the Bomb returns to show fans he isn't afraid to go head-to-head with pure dynamite.
Throw in action from the Team FMX Freestyle motorcycles on Saturday night and a spectacular fireworks show, and Fas Mart Thunder Valley Mayhem is the perfect addition to the 30th Annual Super Chevy Show.
As usual, Team Super Chevy magazine will be in attendance to pick Editor's Choice winners in the car and drag racing pits. We'll also have our cameras set on "kill" to capture all the excitement, both for the web and the pages of Super Chevy magazine.
Bracket racers take part in exciting racing action in Bracket 1 (Super Pro), Bracket 2 (Pro), DOT and TrueKeisler Engineering Street. The True Street cruise takes place at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday so if you think you've got a hot street machine, this is your chance to prove it. Go on the 30-mile (or so) road tour, then make three consecutive drag passes. The car with the lower three-run average is the winner.
The Keisler Engineering Car Show area gives spectators the chance to get up close and personal with some super Chevys. Anyone interested in locating new products for their restoration project will want to visit the Performance & Restoration Marketplace. If that hard-to-find used part is nowhere to be found, the car corral and used parts swap meet is definitely the place to go.
In addition, Vettes of the Smokies, along with Wellmont Health System, will host the inaugural Corvette Show on Saturday, Sept. 25. A portion of each entry from the Corvette show will be given to the Children's Miracle Network by Vettes of the Smokies.Vettes of the Smokies
For a $100 entry fee, Corvette owners receive admission for two on Saturday and Sunday at the Super Chevy Show, admission into the Corvette Show, five laps around Bristol Motor Speedway, a commemorative picture, t-shirt and dash plaque, a complimentary cookout in the Bruton Smith Suite and free admission to the Thunder Valley Mayhem.
A second entry option costs $65 and includes admission to the Corvette Show and five laps around BMS.
To register, call 423.989-6900 or register online.


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Man's life saved by fast blood result
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8:00am Tuesday 5th February 2013
A MAN'S life was saved thanks to the quick work of blood test staff at Southend Hospital in a case which highlights exactly why the service must stay local.
The Echo is fighting to keep blood testing in south Essex and cabbie Roy Watson is a prime example of why we want it to stay here instead of having blood samples shipped 88 miles to Bedford and the possibility of results not being knwon for two days.
Mr Watson, 63, had his results phoned through to him by the GP just over two and a half hours after having his blood taken at a clinic on Canvey.
He was told to go straight to the hospital where he needed emergency treatment due to a critically low platelet level which help the blood to clot.
His wife Christine, 62, said: "The blood tests had shown that his platelet count was dangerously low and could have resulted in him bleeding to death if left untreated. If it was left alone he could have had a bleed at anytime. It was that close. His count was five and normal levels are 150 to 300.
"It's quite frightening when I think about it.
"If the blood had had to go to Bedford the outcome could have been very different."
NHS Midlands and East is proposing to send all non urgent pathology samples - like Mr Watson's - to a centralised laboratory at Bedford for analysis from April 2014.
The Echo backed by consultants, GPs and patients is fighting the move.
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BWW Reviews: TAKE ME AMERICA at Village Theatre
Not since "Contact: The Musical" have I seen such an ill conceived new musical roll into town. But the latest new musical to get a mainstage run at Village Theatre brought up from their "Village Originals Festival"; "Take Me America" is just that.
Based on the documentary "Well Founded Fear", "Take Me America" with book and lyrics by Bill Nabel and music by Bob Christianson follows seven refugees looking to leave their oppressive homelands and seek asylum in America and the three immigration agents who have to decide who stays and who goes back. And really that's the story, if you can call it that. Yes, the situations are horrific, although they don't really go into them that much (mostly they just say they will be killed if they go back). But there's not much of a story arc to go through, just interview after interview with the agents (the newbie, the kind one and the jaded veteran) throwing in their own dilemmas. And then, ultimately, we discover who is granted asylum. This is not a compelling story. No one grew over the course of the show. No problems were overcome. It was simply a day in the life of these immigrants and agents. It may be a horrible day for some but that doesn't give us a reason to engage.
And then there's the music and lyrics which I can only describe as uninspired, cliché and lazy. Right from the opening number we were told what we were in for as the immigrants belted out the same three words over and over, the title of the show "Take Me America". OK, yes, there were other lyrics as well but Nabel certainly relies quite heavily on repetition to fill out those songs and that does not make it good. Furthermore, none of the songs really moved along what little story there was. They simply expressed the feelings of the people involved. But with such a lack of story I guess they couldn't really move much. And I have to mention one of the final numbers where the agents are going over the case files to decide the fates of these people. Here is a song where we could actually put in some meaning or even some kind of arc. Instead, as the agents talked about each case they simply said, "Yadda, Yadda, Yadda". No, I'm not kidding. Rather than getting to know what was going through the agent's heads in their decision process we got "Yadda, Yadda, Yadda".
The cast is filled with some absolutely amazing performers which makes it all the sadder that they are stuck in this. As the three agents Dennis Bateman, Aaron C. Finely and Leslie Law are wonderful. Although I did feel that the character of Michael was a little one note and Gary a little over the top but then I think that's more how they were written. And as the refugees Iris Elton, Ben Gonio, Heather Apellanes Gonio, Ekello Harrid Jr., Diana Huey, Eric Polani Jensen and J Reese shine when they can. Their voices are gorgeous and they fill these two dimensional characters with as much as they can, but it's tough to do something with what's not there. I really felt bad for these wonderful actors and wanted to grant them all asylum from this show.
The direction from Jerry Dixon is pretty straight forward although I think he relies too heavily on the projections to convey a story that's not there. My readers know of my disdain for over used projections. Just because the technology is there doesn't mean you have to use it that much. We might as well be watching a movie. And while some of it was OK, most of it was just overdone and distracting. Especially the decision to put up the American Flag and the Statue of Liberty during the final number just came across as desperate.
So all together an interesting idea from I'm sure some engaging source material that was diluted down to the most basic and stereotypical elements without a unifying story arc. I don't really see why this was brought up from the festival and given a full staging when there are so many better shows out there. As an audience, we deserve better and I'm sure these immigrants and their stories deserve better as well.
"Take Me America" performs at Village Theatre in Issaquah through October 23rd and then runs in Everett from October 28th through November 20th. For tickets or information contact the Village Theatre box office in Issaquah at 425-392-2202 or in Everett at 425-257-8600 or visit them online at www.villagetheatre.org.
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PORT HUENEME, CA--(Marketwire - December 12, 2012) -
Mr. Frank Oakes, Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Darrell Brookstein, Executive VP, Corporate Development & Finance of Stellar will host the conference call and webcast.
To attend the call, please use the dial in information below.
Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Time: 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Conference Line (U.S.): 1-877-941-1427
International Dial-In: 1-480-629-9664
Conference ID: 4582558
Webcast: http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=102894
Slides accompanying the presentation will be available on the webcast by accessing the following link: http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=102894 or on the investor section of the company website www.stellarbiotech.com. Please log in at least 10 minutes before the start time to ensure timely participation.
A playback of the call will be available from 5:00 p.m. ET on December 18, 2012 to 5:00 p.m. ET on January 1, 2013. To listen, call 1-877-870-5176 within the United States or 1-858-384-5517 when calling internationally. Please use the replay pin number 4582558.
Visit www.StellarBiotech.com and the KLH knowledge base www.KLHSite.com for additional information on the company and its products.
About Stellar Biotechnologies, Inc.
Stellar Biotechnologies, Inc. (TSX VENTURE: KLH) (PINKSHEETS: SBOTF) (FRANKFURT: RBT) is the world leader in sustainable manufacture of Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin (KLH). KLH is an important immune-stimulating protein used in wide-ranging therapeutic and diagnostic markets. Potent, yet proven safe in humans, KLH operates as both a vital component for conjugate vaccines (targeting cancer, autoimmune, and infectious diseases) as well as an antigen for measuring immune status. Stellar Biotechnologies was founded to address the growing demand for renewable, commercial-scale supplies of high-quality, GMP-grade KLH. Stellar has developed leading practices, facilities and proprietary capabilities to address this need. To receive regular updates, enter email at bottom of http://stellarbiotechnologies.com/investors/news_releases/
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Clinical and Molecular Correlations in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 10 (SCA10)
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OBJECTIVES: I. Clinically evaluate members from families with a dominantly inherited ataxia and collect blood, skin and muscle samples for detailed molecular studies.
II. Perform detailed clinical evaluations on patients with recessively inherited ataxias.
|Hereditary Ataxia
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Pathogenic Mechanism of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 10 (SCA10)
|Study Start Date:
|November 1999
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
PROTOCOL OUTLINE: Participants undergo a comprehensive clinical and molecular evaluation. Studies include: neurologic evaluation, including magnetic resonance imaging and nerve conduction studies; ophthalmologic exam; audiologic exam, including auditory brain stem evoked response; DNA extraction from blood, skin and muscle; genotype phenotype correlation.
A neuropathologic evaluation is conducted postmortem, when possible.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|3 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion criteria:
Subjects who have the diagnosis of SCA10 and their immediate relatives.
Exclusion criteria:
Children under 3 years of age, pregnant women, prisoners, mentally incapacitated subjects, and subjects who do not give consent.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00004306
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|University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
|Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555
|Principal Investigator:
|Tetsuo Ashizawa, MD
|University of Texas, Galveston
|Responsible Party:
|Tetsuo Ashizawa, Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Office of Rare Diseases (ORD)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00004306 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 18, 1999
|Last Updated:
|March 5, 2012
Keywords provided by Tetsuo Ashizawa, Office of Rare Diseases (ORD):
hereditary ataxia
neurologic and psychiatric disorders
rare disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Spinocerebellar Ataxias
Spinocerebellar Degenerations
Cerebellar Ataxia
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Cerebellar Diseases
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Spinal Cord Diseases
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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The origins of pinstriping can be traced back many different ways throughout history, from everyday items used during the Roman Empire, to more modern uses like lettering on fire trucks, store fronts, and of course, custom car paintjobs. During the 1950's pinstriping on custom cars were made popular by the likes of Von Dutch, Dean Jeffries, and Walt Prey whose intricate techniques and styles have influenced many of today's pinstripers.
As a kid growing up in Michigan in the 1960's, the custom car culture and pinstriping profession had already held a significant influence on Mike Lamberson. At an early age, Mike used to build plastic model cars with his own twist; the model cars he built would always be finished off with a pinstripe. Mike felt the models were simply not "done" until he striped them. In 1971 at age 13, Mike and his family relocated to Pomona, California, where he saw his very first Lowrider cruising Pomona's famed Mission Boulevard.
A few years later, almost completely by chance, Mike found a local pinstriper and decided to stop by his shop to better observe the artist at work. The flow of the designs and the skill of the pinstriper fully enthralled Mike, giving him the courage to express his desire to learn from the pinstriper, and to even inquire about the possibility of an apprenticeship. Distracted and visibly annoyed, the pinstriper finally put down his brush and escorted a dejected young Mike out of his shop. He was simply "not interested" in teaching his skill to a youngster who would one day take work from him.
The negative encounter with the pinstriper did not deter Mike, in fact it made him more determined than ever to become a pinstriper. He found an old car hood and put in on the floor of his first apartment and practiced for hours. Since he did not have a reputation in the custom car scene, Mike sold his striping skills to car dealerships and body shops around the Southern California area. For the first 20 years of his career, Mike was mobile. He would travel to each job and work on-site at the dealerships and body shops, building up his skills and techniques while slowly but surely creating a name for himself in the upper echelon of his field.
In 1996, Mario DeAlba Sr. who was working at one of the shops that hired Mike for pinstriping, asked him to pinstripe one of his prestigious show cars. After Mike pinstriped Mario's car, his pinstriping really began to get noticed at the local car shows. Mario's car was featured in Lowrider Magazine, and as a result of the magazine feature, Mike began to get a lot of business from the Lowriding community. He would work at the dealerships and body shops during the week, and on the weekends he would drive to his customer's home to commence work on pinstriping their Lowriders. As a result of his work on Lowriders, his referrals continued to grow, keeping him quite busy, and more importantly, quite happy.
Within a year of the magazine feature, Mike had so much work pinstriping Lowriders that he was able to quit working for the body shops and car dealerships, enabling him to open up his own shop in Ontario. The shop allowed Mike to work in a clean, controlled environment without having to worry about the outdoor elements contaminating his work. At this time, Mike's work was featured regularly in Lowrider Magazine, as well as in other custom car magazines. His reputation continued to grow and his contribution to the Lowrider culture was highly evident in the Southern California area.
One year, Mike attended a Lowrider Magazine show in Fontana, California, with fellow pinstriper Buggs Ochoa, based out of Arizona. While walking the show, Buggs pointed out that almost every car in the show had some striping and or leafing that was done by Mike. It was an amazingly fulfilling moment in Mike's pinstriping career to see all of his artistic work on display throughout the show.
After years of rising overhead costs, Mike decided to close the shop in Ontario and move his business to his own property located in Riverside, California. Mike and his wife Lynn built a separate garage on the lot as his "office", stocked with everything he needed to pinstripe. After he moved the business to his house, one of Mike's friends sarcastically remarked to him, "Are you sure you want those gangsters coming to your home?" Mike's stoic response to his friend was simply, "My experience has been that Lowriders are hard working, and family oriented people who have always treated me like one of their own".
Around the time Mike moved the shop to his home, the DUB car trend was starting to evolve. Many vehicle owners with these types of cars emulate the styling cues of Lowriders, so it was only natural that they would start taking their cars to Mike for his work. Not only were they having pinstriping done, they were also having him apply Silver and Gold Leafing to their vehicles. His pinstriping and leafing on the DUB style of cars is evident throughout that scene. As a result, Mike and his pinstriping have gained even more exposure on the Internet, Television and media publications throughout the world.
A career that spans 32 years has made Mike and his pinstriping a very significant and important part of the Lowrider and custom car cultures in the Southern California area. Over the years, he has developed and perfected his pinstriping, scroll work and leafing. Remember the pinstriper that kicked Mike out of his shop? Well, he still pinstripes. Not only does he allow Mike in his shop, but he considers them to be colleagues and friends.
When asked how long he plans to continue to pinstripe, he stated that he will continue to work full time for about 10 more years before he retires. Like most artists, Mike says that even in retirement he will continue to pinstripe because he enjoys it so much. He has already started to mentor a young man that is just learning to pinstripe. Asked to sum up his career, Mike posed us this question in his response, "how many people get to make a living doing what they love while making hundreds of friends in the process?" Not very many people can answer that question, but it's clear that Mike Lamberson can.


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New York -- Target Corp. turned in a less than stellar performance in December, recording flat same-store sales. But Costco Wholesale Corp. and TJX shone, exemplifying an up-and-down season in which consumers backed off buying amid concerns about a "fiscal cliff" and the uncertain economic climate.
Target missed Wall Street's expectations of a modest 0.8% rise in same-store sales. Still, the discount giant said that its fourth quarter earnings should meet or slightly exceed the low end of its forecast. A key aspect of Target's weakness in December appeared to be weak sell-through of the highly-anticipated Target/Neiman Marcus Holiday Collection. The unique assortment of exclusive and pricy merchandise did not appear to resonate with customers, judging from 50% and even 70% markdowns at some locations.
Sales at Target for the five week period ended Dec. 31, increased 0.8% to $10.2 billion while same store sales were essentially flat, below the company's guidance which called for an increase in the low single digits. The performance was driven by a low single digit decrease in comparable store transactions, offset by an increase in average transaction size.
"December sales were slightly below our expectations, as strong results late in the month did not completely offset softness in the first three weeks," said Gregg Steinhafel, chairman, president and CEO. "Similar to November, profitability for December benefited from our continued focus on achieving an appropriate balance between price investments and driving sales, combined with thoughtful inventory management. As a result, we expect Target's fourth quarter 2012 earnings per share will meet or somewhat exceed the low end of our prior guidance."
Target said the strongest category during the month was food, with health and beauty and clothing also doing well.
Costco topped Wall Street expectations with a 9% rise in December same-store sales, beating estimates for a 6.5% increase. Excluding fuel sales and the effects of foreign exchange, the club posted an 8% rise.
The TJX Cos. saw same-store sales increase 6% in December, after an 8% increase last year, "significantly" exceeding the company's expectations, according to CEO Carol Meyrowitz.
"I am delighted to see that once again, consumers responded extremely well to our exciting selection of branded, giftable merchandise at excellent values, leading to our December comp sales increase of 6%," she said in a statement. "This comp increase significantly exceeded our expectations and was achieved over an 8% increase last year."
Family Dollar Stores' same-store sales rose about 2.5% in December after increasing 6.6% in the preceding quarter.
"The holiday selling season proved to be more challenging than we expected as customers faced increasing financial uncertainty," said CEO Howard Levine. He said customers are focusing "even more on basic needs."
Among other discount chains:
• Ross rose 6% in December, and lifted its fourth quarter profit view;
• Stein Mart same-store sales grew 5.9%;
• Alco Stores rose 1.1% excluding fuel; and
• Fred's dropped 4.2%.


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Police released the arrest affidavit filed against a man who is charged with killing his wife.
On Thursday, a grand jury indicted Cid Torrez on a premeditated first-degree murder charge. He was arrested Nov. 21 and charged with killing his wife, Vilet Torrez.
"It's been extremely hard," said Vilet's sister.
"The only thing that's missing is the body," said Javier Blanco, Vilet's brother. "She (Vilet) always wanted to protect him (Cid)... She was a woman in love."
Torrez reportedly told police that he last saw his wife March 30. The couple was married but didn't live together. Friends said both planned on getting a divorce.
According to the arrest affidavit, Cid Torrez told police he picked his children up that afternoon and when he came home about midnight, his wife wasn't there and neither was her car. He added that she never returned home.
Surveillance video showed Vilet Torrez driving into the gated community about 5:17 a.m. March 31 after a night out with her boyfriend, and that she made two calls to her husband's cell phone two minutes later, according to the affidavit. Police said Cid Torrez denied receiving those phone calls.
READ: The arrest affidavit
The oldest daughter of the couple told police she woke up early March 31 to what sounded like a dog howling, stated the affidavit.
"They don't have a dog," said Blanco.
The girl told police she then heard either her father or mother crying, and said she went back to sleep because she believed she heard her mother.
"It's incredible that he went to that length to murder his wife when the children are sleeping upstairs," added Blanco.
According to the affidavit, a friend of Vilet Torrez told police that Vilet planned on divorcing her husband, and said that he abused her. The friend said she saw bruises on Vilet's body.
Another mutual friend of the couple who attended group counseling sessions at a church in Hialeah with Cid Torrez said he wanted to kill his wife's boyfriend, and asked where was the best place to hide a body and how to get an illegal gun.
Three days after Vilet Torrez was last seen, Cid Torrez spoke on the phone with the same friend, who urged him to call and report that his wife was missing, stated the affidavit. Police wrote that Torrez didn't ask for help finding his wife.
A pastor at that church also told police Torrez showed up to a retreat a few weeks after his wife was last seen, but didn't ask for help finding her.
"Nobody really took it to the extreme that it should have been taken," said Blanco.
A man who works with Cid Torrez said Torrez once showed him a program he used to monitor his wife's cell phone. Torrez said that's how he found out his wife was cheating on him.
The affidavit states that Cid Torrez told police he spent nine hours at Hollywood Beach alone on April 1st because he fell asleep in his car, adding that he then swam in the ocean and got his car detailed. Police said cell phone records showed no activity on his phone for over 20 hours that day, making it impossible for investigators to obtain a GPS location on his phone during that time.
Police also wrote two cadaver dogs detected the odor of human remains in the trunk and backseat of Cid Torrez's car and at their home.
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Hospital district receives Certificate of Excellence
The Special District Leadership Foundation (SDLF) recently awarded its District Transparency Certificate of Excellence to the El Camino Healthcare District.
The district is the first in Santa Clara County and the 12th among 2,184 independent special districts in the state to receive the distinction. The SDLF award recognizes districts that exemplify outstanding efforts to promote transparency and good governance.
"This award is a true testament to the hard work and collaboration between the district and our community over the past several years," said Patricia Einarson, M.D., chairwoman of the El Camino Healthcare District Board of Directors. "As a publicly accountable organization, we are committed to being open and transparent about activities and decisions impacting district residents."
In achieving the recognition, the district successfully implemented eight essential governance transparency requirements, including completing online ethics training for all board members, holding open and public meetings and filing financial transaction and compensation reports to the state controller in a timely manner. Additionally, the district fulfilled 15 website requirements and demonstrated regular community outreach and engagement in its governance.
A board of directors, comprising five publicly elected or appointed representatives who reside in the district, governs the district. The board is responsible for ensuring that the district's mission is accomplished and providing public oversight of its business affairs.
The SDLF is an independent, nonprofit organization formed to promote good governance and best practices among California's special districts through certification, accreditation and other recognition standards.


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"Take the focus off the architecture and beam it on an astonishing object — it can be anything from a specimen plant to a Da Vinci cartoon to a nude portrait." —Thomas Jayne
"Take the opposite wall from the source of light — whether it be a door or a window — and mirror the entire thing in three vertical sections. The middle section should constitute 50% of the wall and the two side panels should be 25% each. It's an elegant look and it always doubles the room visually. In truly tiny spaces, like my guest bathroom, I mirrored every square inch where there should have been paint, except the ceiling." —Ann Dupuy
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Celebrating its 25th year, the 2013 KSBR Birthday Bash Jazz Festival, presented by Saddleback College radio station KSBR/88.5 FM, returns to the Village Green at Oso Viejo Park in Mission Viejo, on May 26. In the past, the event has boasted some huge jazz artists, such as Dave Koz, Boney James and David Benoit.
There is always a surprise or two each year because of contractual obligations, many of the most popular artists cannot be announced until they actually step on stage, which makes the event even more fun. Announced performers include Keiko Matsui, Jackiem Joyner and Jeff Kashiwa.
The Birthday Bash is the major fundraising event for KSBR. In addition to the jazz performers, more than 25 local restaurants will show off their finest creations. The Taste of the Bash is part of the admission package.
The event will once again include a special tribute to Veterans. Saddleback College's Veterans Memorial is the most significant tribute to veterans at any community college campus in the nation.
General admission tickets are $55 in advance, $60 on the day of the event (children 12 and under are free). VIP seating, ranging from $110 to $180, is also available. For more information, call 949-582-4501 or go to www.KSBR.org.
One of the more highly anticipated returns to the microphone is Maria Sanchez. She worked weekends and fill-in at KFI. She is also the ex-wife of the inventive and innovative Phil Hendrie. She is launching her own live radio program on the Internet. It's a doozy.
Maria has a unique perch from which to view the world and Southern California – mother of four (two out of college and two in college), Hispanic woman, and deeply involved in her community. She will cover current events and newsmakers, as well as delving into the latest state, national and world issues. Maria also covers the topics of lifestyle trends, health and wellness, family and parenting tips and information, relationships, household financial resources, community events and human interest stories, to name a few. There will be frequent guest appearances by experts and newsmakers.
The Maria Sanchez Show airs weekday mornings at 9 a.m. at www.LATalkRadio.com, Channel 2.
"I am thrilled to be back behind the mic and to be working with LA Talk Radio," Sanchez said. "The ability to be relevant, topical, and without commercial interruption is a fabulous opportunity to really explore topics and guests."
In the mid-2000s, KRTH/101.1 FM (K-Earth), the oldies station, was struggling. There were rampant rumors that the station might drop the format. In 2006, CBS brought in Jhani Kaye to bring the magic he brought to KOST for more than two decades. Almost immediately Kaye infused new life, broadened the playlist and rebranded the station to classic hits. The station has been a ratings winner ever since.
Jhani is leaving next month and CBS announced this week that Rick Thomas will be coming in to take the reins of not only K-Earth, but KTWV/94.7 (The Wave). Thomas was one of those kids that "played" radio with a turntable, mic and a walkie talkie and broadcast to his neighborhood.
Thomas considers Kaye a legend. "I inherit two great radio stations and serving the listeners of those stations will be my focus," Thomas said from Hawaii, where he is wrapping up four years with a radio group. "I've built my career on being able to find better ways of connecting with, and satisfying people through great radio. I start on (June 17) and can't wait to dive in and do that for these great L.A. brands."
Bob Koontz of OC Classic Cars in Brea is disappointed that the Universal Amphitheatre is being torn down after 40 years of some pretty spectacular shows. "My first concert there was Loggins and Messina when it was still an outdoor venue," emailed Koontz. "At my first MTV (Video Music Awards) show, I sat next to the Red Hot Chili Peppers when they won for best new group. Then there was the live pay-per-view boxing event with Leonard and Hearns. I took my dad to that one. I really enjoyed the charity concert of 'Tommy' performed by the Who, with just about every big rocker of the day, followed by one of the coolest after-parties on the back lot of Universal. There was also the KSCA Christmas concert with John Mellencamp and Brian Setzer."
The venue is being torn down to make way for a Harry Potter ride. Do you have any wonderful memories of attending concerts at Universal Amphitheatre?
Former 870/KRLA morning co-host, Heidi Harris, has returned to her hometown of Las Vegas and is providing a daily three-minute feature, "Heidi Harris Files," that runs three times a day on a local station, KBET. … Former KYSR DJ Skip Kelly has joined WWJK in Jacksonville as program director. … The former KDAY personality and 2009 Academy Award winner Mo'nique has dropped an amazing 82 pounds.
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Announcing the Winners of the 2011 Virtual Human Milk Collection Campaign!
We're pleased to announce the 2011 Virtual Milk Collection Campaign Award Recipients!
In support of the March of Dimes' National Prematurity Awareness Month, several thousand participants across the U.S. voted for their favorite NICU to win Medela products for their facility.
Congratulations to the six award recipients! Each will receive $5000 in neonatal human milk support products from Medela.


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Biomarkers in Tissue Samples From Patients With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Treated With Zoledronic Acid
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
City of Hope Medical Center
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Last updated: June 7, 2017
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In the Art Gallery is a new conceptual art piece. The artist created a huge pile different paintings; periodically he picks up one of the paintings and hangs it on the wall, and adjusts it.
At 11:00, the painting titled "Number 30" was hung.
At 4:00, the painting titled "Number 240" was hung.
At 7:30, the painting titled "Number 315" was hung.
What painting will the artist hang on the wall at 9:20?
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Want to take the fun out of hosting a holiday party? Spend the whole evening playing bartender.
As festive as it is to offer a delicious cocktail at your party, picking the right mixed drink involves more than just deciding what tastes great and works with your menu.
You also want something that can be prepped ahead of time, then set out for guests to serve themselves. That way, your guests can enjoy a drink and you can enjoy your guests.
To keep it simple, we start with a pitcher-style cocktail.
Allison Ladman, Associated Press
Cranberry mint pitcher margarita
- 1 12-ounce bag cranberries
- 1 cup fresh mint leaves, plus additional for garnish
- 1 750-milliliter bottle silver or blanco tequila
- 3/4 cup agave nectar
- 1 cup lime juice
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup water
After the mixture has steeped, pour it through a mesh strainer to remove and discard the solids, pressing them to extract as much liquid as possible. Transfer the infused tequilas to a pitcher and refrigerate until ready to serve.
In a second pitcher, stir together the agave, lime juice, orange juice and water. Serve the pitchers side-by-side, along with mint sprigs to garnish. Instruct guests to pour equal parts of each mixture (roughly 2 ounces of each) into an ice-filled glass, then gently stir. Makes 12 servings.
A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to be a judge in the American Harvest Bartenders' Challenge at City Roots urban farm in Columbia, S.C.
After the imbibing was done, I asked bartender Olando Patterson, manager of Goatfeathers, if he would like to share his recipes for some holiday cocktails. Here are his offerings for the season.
Susan Ardis, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Bad Santa
- 4-5 ounces eggnog
- 1 1/2-2 ounces Fireball Cinnamon
- Whiskey
You're nerdy hot
- 4-5 ounces hot chocolate
- 1 ounce UV Whipped Cream flavored vodka
- 1/2 ounce Goldschlager
Season's greetings
- 4-5 ounces eggnog
- 1 ounce Meukow Vanilla Cognac
- 1/2 ounce pear cognac
My definition of the ideal summer cocktail? Easy to make, refreshing to drink. Come the winter holidays, I make only one change: Easy to make, comforting to drink.
At Thanksgiving and Christmas and the onslaught of holiday gatherings in between, I want whatever is in my cup to put me at ease, to leave me feeling warm and to play nicely with whatever food is on the table.
But I'm not willing to work all that hard for it. Hence the "easy to make" part never changes, no matter what the season.
For cold weather holidays, I gravitate to bourbon. It has all the qualities I'm looking for — warming, festive, affordable and compatible.
So here's a trio of holiday-friendly bourbon cocktails to get you started.
J.M. Hirsch, Associated Press
Bourbon orchard
- Ice
- 2 ounces bourbon
- 4 ounces apple cider
- 1 teaspoon agave nectar
Rooted and brewed
- Ice
- 2 ounces bourbon
- 1 ounce coffee liqueur
- Root beer
Juicy dreams
- Ice
- 2 ounces bourbon
- 1 ounce Lillet
- 1/2 ounce lemon juice
- 2 ounces pomegranate juice


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AUSTRALIAN Greens leader Christine Milne says she's "cleared the air" by attacking the federal Labor government for walking away from its agreement with the minor party.
Senator Milne has accused Labor of choosing to support big miners and no longer honouring the agreement to work together to promote transparent and accountable government in the national interest.
At the National Press Club on Tuesday, she said it had been very obvious for a while that Labor had walked away from the deal.
Among the examples she cited were the government's refusal to fix the mining tax, its decision to allow mining in the Tarkine in Tasmania, to expand coal seam gas mining and to cut single parent welfare.
"All of these actions undermine that fundamental agreement," Senator Milne told Sky News.
"I thought it was time we just cleared the air, said they've walked away and frankly the response from some of them shows they have walked away."
Asked if the agreement was still in place, Senator Milne said it was "on paper".
"But you can see from the Labor party's point of view it is not, and in a parliamentary scenario it is important to be very clear about the relationships," she said.
Senator Milne the Greens would still support supply bills and oppose no-confidence motions.
But it was dishonest of the government to pretend it was working in the public interest with the Greens, she said.
"The policies they are coming out with are the antithesis of that," she said.
Senator Milne later told ABC TV the Greens' 2010 deal to support a Labor minority government was with Ms Gillard and Treasurer Wayne Swan.
If Labor was to change leaders and potentially return to Kevin Rudd, Senator Milne said it would be "new territory".
"If they are not there, then there is no agreement," she said.
"Whoever Labor were to elect to the leadership, it would be up to them if they wanted to negotiate a new agreement or not."
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David Frank, an Austin, Texas, Corvette enthusiast, purchased this '61 "square-tail" Corvette in back in 1984 for the then-princely sum of $9,000. "The car was just a 'driver,'" said David's wife Jean, "and David wasn't exactly sure what he wanted to do with it!"
"I just couldn't make up my mind whether to restore it or not," says David. "At one time or another, the car had been hit on every corner. It wasn't really what you would call 'restoration material.'"
After noticing that a number of these '61s and '62s were being turned into some pretty impressive resto-rods, Frank made the commitment. In February of 2001, he took the Corvette completely apart and started to get with the program.
David refurbished and replaced virtually every component (shocks, bushings, and grommets) on the '61's chassis with all-new pieces. Still in use is the original 3.70:1-geared '61 vintage Corvette Posi-traction rearend, albeit fully rebuilt to withstand the rigors of regular use and abuse, along with freshened-up factory-Corvette drum brakes with modern compound linings and manual steering.
When it came to selecting wheels and tires, David and Jean ultimately settled on a quartet of 16x7-inch Budnik billet wheels rolling on 225/60-R16h Goodyear Eagle GT radial rubber.
Powering this beauty is a Crankshaft and Grinding Service-machined (Waco, TX) '76 Chevrolet 350 small-block, outfitted with a Duntov cam, a set of Corvette "461" fuelie heads, and a polished-aluminum '66 Corvette intake manifold with a 650-cfm Edelbrock Performer carburetor bolted onto it. Other items include a Pertronix-converted (breaker-less) Corvette ignition system, a reproduction Corvette "off-road" exhaust system, and a GM Performance Parts chrome engine dress-up kit. Backing up the Frank's warmed-over 350 small-block is a rebuilt '67 Muncie M-22 four-speed tranny.
David and his son William handled all the paint and bodywork themselves. Frank's square-tail '61 is painted PPG Global DG '00 Corvette Torch Red urethane. Corvette Central and Paragon Reproductions supplied all of the necessary "re-pop" body panels, chrome, and stainless trim used as part of the '61's resurrection.
And when it came to the interior and trunk area, the Franks went for the full effect. Hatfield Restorations, based in Canton, Texas, re-upholstered the entire interior (which utilizes a pair of Wise Guys custom seats,) and trunk in lush parchment vinyl with gray tweed carpeting. In the process, the crew at Hatfields also personalized both areas with the Corvette logo script and the familiar Corvette crossed flags.
The Torch Red '61 was completed just in time to enter the 30th annual Ft. Worth Rod & Custom Car & Truck Show held at Ft. Worth's Amon G. Carter Exhibit Hall on March 4-7. There, David and Jean's resto-roadster captured First Place in the mild sports category, which certainly makes all that time and the occasional indecision well worthwhile.


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Northeast Atlantic Shelf Marine
About the Area
Local Species
This ecoregion is home to the Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina), Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), Porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus), Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida), Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus), and Capelin (Mallotus villosus).
Several species of whales are found in this productive region, including Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), Killer whale (Orcinus orca), Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), Narwhal (Monodon monoceros), Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), Northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus), and the Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus).
Over fishing and pollution pose the greatest threats to this region.
Habitat type:
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Geographic Location:
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The narwhal, while smaller than most other whales, has a tooth that can grow into a spiral tusk almost 9 feet (3 m) long. During the Middle Ages, the narwhal's tusk may have inspired tales of unicorns.


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But..... when on a 256 Kb connection the loading of the board takes time like forever because of the size of avatars and sig files, one has to start to wonder.
When I'm on my 2 Mb connection I nay notice, of course not, wang bam thank you mam and the page is loaded.
Did ANY of you guys ever think of those people that are dependant on a dial-up?
Did you ever think of how you are gonna look at this forum when traveling and you have to make do with dial-up?
well for those who never tried it and who started their internet careers on a broadband connection and coming from someone who started out on the net on a 1200 bps modem: it is impossible.
I now notice sigs and avatars that are 1.2 1.4 and 1.7 Mb
yes you read that right, Mb.
lemme give an example, to load a thread with 8 posts, 3 of them having this ridiculous sized stuff, plus when it is a sig, usually the avatar is the same size, the total page to load is (avg) 18 Mb.
On a dial up 56kbps modem that would take ONE HOUR to download ONE THREAD.
I personally think that it is quite anti-social to do things like that, it shows a complete disregard for other fans that would love to partake in the discussion.
Yes I know one can turn of the avatars, and even pics, but...... it will still attempt to load the gif sigs, why ? because gifs are usually (why they were "invented" in the 1st place) very small, easy to load.
It would still take 15 minutes to load the above mentioned thread, don't even go in to one with more postings, open it when you go to bed, and read it when you wake up, the cost is something you simply have to bare.....
In a hotel that would set you back more then the cost of the room.
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Dear Audrey,
I read your column from a while ago about sex during your period. I'd always been told that since the cervix is dilated during menstruation, you shouldn't have sex because you're at a greater risk of getting an infection. Is that true?
Hmm. I'd never heard of that before, but it does make sense — if there's a way out for blood, there must be a way in for other stuff. So I did some research, and, as with all lady body things, there is no consensus.
Physically, when you are on your period, your cervix is open but not in the same way as when you are ovulating. It is "rigid" and "facing down" so that blood can escape but it is more difficult for sperm to get in. Which is awesome, because who wants a bunch of dead spooge clogging up the baby hole… Am I right ladies?!
Which, hey, by the way, fun fact: did you know that when you're not fertile, and especially when you're with spawn, a plug of mucus blocks entry to your cervix and points beyond? True story! Mucus: So that's what that dude's dick was rasping against. Isn't the human body an amazing machine?
Anyway, when you're on the rag, the mucus plug has taken off (to where, it's best not to think too hard about), and the vagina's pH is higher than usual. Low pH is one of the female reproductive system's biggest selling points, as an acid environment tends to inhibit bacterial growth, so the change in pH can create a more welcoming environment for unwanted flora.
So although there are factors that could increase your chance of getting an infection during your period, and
though your cervix is open, it's not really that huge a risk, and has more to do with your specific plumbing than anything else. This is only for unprotected sex, by the way, which hopefully only the committed, monogamous, tested few of you are having.
If you're really prone to getting infections from sex, or are really worried about it, just wear a condom. I definitely didn't find any health professionals who were like DEAR GOD NO DON'T DO IT, so whatever, judgment call on your end.
Sort of tangentially, if you would like to see some fairly rad (and also GRAPHIC) pictures of different ladies' cervixes as they make their orbit around the sun, go to gardenoffertility.com/cervix.
Dear Audrey,
I know all about "size doesn't matter," blah blah blah. But as a guy, I'm a little intimidated by the sizes of most dildos for sale out there. Not that I'm in the market, mind you. However, I'm now thinking that dildo-length probably has something to do with the fact that you ladies have to grab the bottom part of it, and so you need a bunch of gripping space for your hand. Is that true? Or wishful thinking?
Oh, guy. Do not fret about the dildo sizes. I'm not sure what kind you're thinking of — the dick-shaped ones? Ladies understand that dick-shaped dildos are not accurate representations of the average dick. That is not the expectation with a dildo.
But yes, there's some gripping space. Also, it's my sense that in the dildo market, people try to buy more than they think they need, since you can always not use those last couple of inches, but if you get there and don't have enough dildo, well, then you're out of luck.
I do find that most of the women I know prefer vibes to dildos for everyday use, though. A dildo is more of a showpiece, for company. I would not spend my precious and only life worrying about dildo size, if I were you. Most women will be comparing your wiener to other ones they've had contact with anyway.


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Here is the transcript from the 2010 USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum, a presentation on climate change and agriculture from Dr. Nina V. Fedoroff, Science & Technology Advisor to U.S. secretary of State and to USAID Administrator. She "believes" in global warming, but is most concerned about implications for agriculture.
Rethinking Agriculture in a Warming Climate
Nina Fedoroff
DR. FEDOROFF: Thank you very much. It's a real pleasure to be here. We've been asked to be a bit provocative, and I hope to comply. But let me start with an even broader historical perspective than you've had so far. Worries about food, what we now call food security, are as old as mankind.
It was perhaps Thomas Malthus who most clearly crystallized these concerns with the publication of his essay about 210 years ago. Curiously, and probably coincidentally, science began to enter agriculture in earnest at about the same time with Joseph Priestly's discovery that plants evolve oxygen. Since that time, science has powered enormous gains in agricultural productivity through fertilizer production, mechanization, and plant breeding as well as chemical additives.
Critical to our current high productivity agriculture were the inventions of these two gentlemen, Haber and Bosch, who figured out how to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere where it's in unlimited supply and convert it to a form that plants can use. This is done now in huge plants around the world. Another advance that Malthus couldn't have foreseen was the mechanization of agriculture, which has penetrated in many, many countries, but not everywhere.
Yet long before science entered agriculture, people were genetically modifying plants to make them into suitable food crops. What you see here is the closest relative of our modern corn plant. It's called teosinte. It looks so different from our modern corn plant that it was originally assigned to a different species. And it wasn't until it was discovered that teosinte and corn could crossbreed that people began to appreciate how closely related they are.
The outcome of crossing of these two plants yields everything from the teosinte rachis, which is at the top of the plant just as it is in other grasses, and small ears of corn. Seeds of teosinte are hard as rock. Indeed, they have silica deposits at their surfaces. It was as long ago as 10 to maybe even 13,000 years ago that people gathered this collection of mutations—that's what genetic changes are called technically—together, and it turns out that it isn't a large number.
It's only about half a dozen genetic changes that converted the seeds of a plant that was essentially not useful to people to one of our major food crops. But it was in the 20th century that we saw the huge expansion of the ear. And that came from observations at the beginning of the century made at Cold Spring Harbor, and it's a little bit of an interesting story.
It was George Harrison Shull who actually was asked to demonstrate the newly rediscovered Mendelian principles who inbred some strains of corn that he got from various places, and then he crossed them. And much to his surprise he suddenly got much bigger, sturdier plants with larger ears. He published a little paper that said, hmm, this might have a some bearing, some implications for agriculture.
Of course it took many more decades before hybrid corn was adopted, and indeed many of the things that people say about genetically modified crops today were said about hybrid corn then. Farmers didn't want to be compelled to buy seeds over and over again. They didn't want companies running their business, and so forth. But all that is history.
Of course we've done this with wheat. We've done it with rice. And we've done it with a huge variety of plants, principally increasing the sizes of fruits, making them less toxic, removing the seeds from them, making them healthier such as the Ruby Red grapefruit at the lower right, which was actually created by irradiating shoots of grapefruit at the Brookhaven National Lab and then sending them back to Texas to grow them out and examine for useful mutations.
Molecular biology entered agriculture roughly 30 years ago, and today of course we have the familiar modifications of a number of different crop plants—corn, cotton, with a gene from a bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. It's often called the BT gene, but it is a toxin gene which is toxic to insects but not to people. Today genetically modified crops, only a few of them actually, are grown on about 300 million acres in 25 different countries.
There has been a lot of resistance to genetically modified crops in many countries, and I think that one of the things that we need to do today is to reexamine the regulatory process. We have a regulatory apparatus in this country that allows big biotech companies to get crops out to farmers. But I think one of the challenges for us going forward in creating a more sustainable agriculture is to reexamine those regulations in the light of accumulating evidence of the safety of GM crops.
The reason this is important is that over the past 30 years, most of my colleagues in plant sciences have turned away from working on crops. And that's because they can't afford the expense or time to go through the regulatory apparatus and get things out to farmers in the way that they have done over the history of our extension system and our land grant university system. So I think that's one of the challenges. Not all crops will be developed by biotech companies, and we need to develop mechanisms that will allow our public sector scientists to get crops to farmers.
Now when Malthus was writing his essay, the population of the world was somewhere around a billion. By the middle of the 20th century, the population had tripled, and between the middle and the end it doubled again. We are now approaching seven billion. Amazingly enough, the population growth from 3 to 6 billion was accompanied by a reduction in the fraction of hungry people on the face of the earth from half to a sixth, because of the success of scientific agriculture.
Now the population experts are telling us that we need to anticipate the addition of some 3 billion more people to the population of the earth. Here's a sobering factoid. The amount of arable land on the face of the earth hasn't changed appreciably, not much more than 10 percent, over the past half century, and it's not likely to increase in the future because we are losing it to desertification, urbanization, salinization as fast as we are adding it.
The food crisis of 2008 wasn't a crisis in the usual sense. It was a tipping point, perhaps a harbinger of things to come. We must also begin to think about the impact of climate change on agriculture. It's just beginning to be factored into our projections. The yellow line indicates the general temperature range over our major crop plants evolved. I draw your attention to the "x," which marks a historical temperature anomaly. That was the
summer of 2003, which was much hotter than the average over the last hundred years. If the climate projections are right, it will be an average summer a few decades from now, and by the end of the century it's going to be a cool summer.
Let's look a little more closely at it. These are temperature statistics from France showing deviations from the average for the past 100 years, and you can see the 2003 is an outlier. The average temperature was 3.5 degrees above normal, although rainfall was normal. We all heard about the 30,000 to 50,000 people that died, but what we didn't hear about was the 20 to 36 percent reduction in fruit and grain yields.
That's what we can expect from that kind of temperature increase. By the end of the century, it is projected that we will be experiencing summers warmer than the warmest now on record. Yields of our major temperate crops decline rather markedly above about 30 degrees centigrade for several reasons. The temperature optimum for a photosynthesis is in the range of 20 to 25 degrees and its efficiency declines above that.
In addition, development accelerates with temperature, so that there isn't as much time to convert the photosynthate into the oils and the starches that comprise the bulk of the harvested crop. Another variable that is becoming critical is water. Today about 40 percent of the surface of the earth is dry lands, and some 35 percent of the population lives in drylands areas.
Water tables in many of these dry regions are being drawn down more rapidly than they can be renewed. So we are approaching water crises, not only from increasing competing demands from energy production, urbanization, and others, but there will be additional drying and heating in some of the most populous places on the earth.
The red circles indicate the areas that are expected to experience moderate to severe water scarcity in the future. What that means is that the shape of the future is pretty daunting. Energy, freshwater and arable land are likely to be no more abundant, if anything less abundant. What will certainly increase is demand--that is the number of people—the extent of dry lands and the temperature.
So how do we go about adapting agriculture to climate change while we continue to increase productivity and decrease environmental impact? What people are talking about today is increasing tolerance to heat, drought and salinity. That's going on now in both biotech companies and in public breeding programs. Increasing pest resistance is important, because we're expecting and already seeing shifts in distribution of pests and diseases. But there are also big issues such as addressing the limits on photosynthetic efficiency, which is not a major research focus at the moment. The kinds of techniques that are being used and will be used include conventional breeding and marker assisted breeding.
In the future, however, it will require some combination of even more sophisticated marker assisted breeding and molecular modification. Here's where we are a bit stuck in the sense that although we have a regulatory apparatus, it is prohibitive. To encourage more active crop development, particularly in the public sector, the regulatory regime needs to be re-evaluated in the light of accumulated evidence on the safety of genetically modified crops.
I am growing increasingly convinced that we have to think well out of the box. We need to think about new crops, new methods, even new systems. And I'm going to just throw a few examples out. Desert agriculture and saline agriculture are at the moment not front and center in our agriculture, but there are institutions around the world that do research on both desert and saline agricultural systems.
That is, growing crops that can tolerate high temperatures and salt. Several of the research centers are members of the CGIAR system, particularly ICRISAT and ICARDA, focus heavily on dryland agriculture. The country that has focused most seriously on desert agriculture and been quite successful is Israel, investing in both research and on the production side. Aquaculture has to be part of the answer. Here is some really startling numbers.
A kilogram of fish can be raised with as little as 10 to 50 liters of water, depending of course on the source of the feed, and that water can be recycled. It takes in round numbers about a thousand liters of water to grow a kilogram of wheat, and around the world we feed almost half of our grain to animals. which use most of the grain to power their own existence. So if you look at the amount of water that it takes to raise a kilogram of hamburger, it's somewhere between 5 and 10 times as much as it takes to make a kilogram of grain.
Thus making better use of what will be most abundant—sunshine, saltwater, and desert—is extremely important. But there's another aspect at the heart of making agriculture more sustainable, and that's closing the nutrient loop between animals and plants. So for example, integrated aquaculture and agriculture systems have been developed on land, in the oceans and in fact in desert areas, using a variety of aquaculture combinations of aquaculture and agriculture, including halophyte agriculture.
I think we need to invest more in such closed systems because many of the problems that we have created with our modern high efficiency agriculture that have to do with the flow of nutrients that are not used by plants—that is, fertilizer and the fertilized contamination of water and the problems of recycling the wastes that are produced by animal agriculture.
In sum, I think that improving both the productivity and environmental sustainability of food production in a changing climate is among the most profound challenges facing face humanity in the 21st century. Thank you.
[Applause] MODERATOR: We can take one or two quick questions.
REPORTER: In your historical review, let me ask this about the patenting of advances. Under FDR and Henry Wallace, in fact the fathers of Henry Wallace too and grandfather, it was very explicit that food seeds should not be patented. I realize that's a way of life of the last 30 years under globalization. But with many changes in the world today including in your scarcity map, which was very interesting, of water scarcity that included part of Siberia and China and Asia, there are many paradigm shifts.
There's a whole nuclear power resurgence in China, India and Russia, South Korea. So we could be thinking outside the box in this way. Would you address a rollback in the patenting in terms of changing regulations, especially since there's a fracas now of fighting between Monsanto and Dupont and others. Thank you.
F: I doubt it. I think the intellectual property protection is not likely to be rolled back. I'd also remind you that protection of life forms really did come from plants, from the Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970. And that really was the basis on which the first bacterial patents were issued.
That train has left the station, and frankly it is really what allows companies to produce what they do and invest in the research that they do. I think we would lose more than we would gain. In fact I was just in India last week. We were having this discussion, and there was a recognition.
They are very ambivalent because they have a great dedication to the public sector. But the public sector in this particular case is not terribly efficient.
REPORTER: Hello. I'm wondering if you looked into the crops quinoa which is I believe drought-tolerant.
F: Yes.
REPORTER: And salicornia which is saline-tolerant.
F: Actually, the last slide I showed is one that I got from the Seawater Foundation, and they really have developed salicornia. In fact it's one of the major—that's a point I didn't make—it's one of the major hopeful crops for biofuels.
It really does make a high quality oil. There's a lot of reading to do. There's some molecular biology to do. But I think that, together with mangroves as carbon sinks and inland waterways could really make a huge difference in the most arid parts of the world.
REPORTER: I didn't hear you address the role of hydroponics and particularly if hydroponics can play a role in future commodity crops like wheat, corn, etcetera. Is there any movement in that direction since it's a great water saver and land saver?
F: Actually the second to last slide was an integrated hydroponics, called aquaponics, hydroponics, fish aquaculture combined with raising of mostly vegetable crops. That was a slide from the Virgin Islands experimental station. And it's done quite a lot in the Negave as well because this is very water conservative. One major technical issue to address, however, is the feed. At the moment, aquaculture feed for fish is often wild caught. How do we develop a feed that is part of the whole system? That's a research topic.
Here is the transcript from the 2010 USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum, a presentation on climate change and agriculture from Dr. Nina V. Fedoroff, Science & Technology Advisor to U.S. secretary of State and to USAID Administrator. She "believes" in global warming, but is most concerned about implications for agriculture.


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Oglethorpe University junior forward Andrew Steioff of Duluth, Ga. has been named to the D3hoops.com Men's Basketball Team-of-the-Week. Steioff is one of only five men's players nationally selected for the award, bestowed by D3hoops.com, the premiere national news source for Division III men's and women's basketball.
Steioff had a perfect weekend to help guide Oglethorpe to back-to-back wins over Millsaps and Hendrix. In the January 28 game, he connected on all ten of his field goal attempts to finish with a team-high 20 points to go along with five rebounds, three assists and three blocks. He picked up where he left off on Sunday, making all seven of his attempts from the field to finish with 16 points, three rebounds, three blocks and one assist. For the weekend Steioff was 17 of 17 from the field while averaging 18 points per game, four rebounds per game, three blocks per game and two assists per game. He can challenge the NCAA record of 24 consecutive made field goals over the course of multiple games when the Petrels face Rhodes College on Friday, February4.
At 8-3 in league play, Oglethorpe is currently tied for second place in the SCAC East standings amongst teams who can qualify for a postseason berth. The Petrels are back in action for their final two home games of the season this weekend with Rhodes College at 8:00 p.m. (Homecoming) on Friday, February 4, and Birmingham-Southern (16-1 overall record) at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 6.
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"At this point, I only see one route to avoiding the cliff, a replay of the TARP debacle in 2008," said George Washington University's Sarah Binder, an expert on Congress. In September 2008, the House defeated the bank bailout bill and the market collapsed, prompting a terrified lawmakers to reconsider and pass it…
Boehner's only other apparent option – one that he hinted at late on Thursday following the collapse of his bill – would be to walk away and leave the problem on Democrats' doorstep.
"Now it is up to the president to work with Senator Reid on legislation to avert the fiscal cliff," Boehner said in a statement referring to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
But in a closed-door session before that statement, Republican lawmakers said Boehner told them that he would at least try to work out something with Obama.