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Chula Vista-based boatyard Marine Group Boat Works has reached an agreement with the Port of San Diego to take over a bankrupt competitor's lease in National City starting April 1.
They reached their deal after negotiations for the Knight & Carver property spilled into the public forum in early March. Marine Group said the Port was trying to use the National City deal as leverage to move the boatyard from its original Chula Vista location, and Port employees said Marine Group had failed to demonstrate its ability to pay for and clean up the site.
The Board of Port Commissioners at its March 5 meeting put the port's chairwoman, CEO and city attorney in charge of negotiating the terms of the lease takeover. They reached an agreement by March 20, and the deal is set to close March 31.
One client fears the takeover will mean fewer options for him when he's shopping for repairs and maintenance on his larger ships.
"What it comes down is, for us to have some kind of choice around port tidelands about where we take our boats for repair," said Jim Unger, vice president of Hornblower Cruises & Events. "We would be in a — even though we respect our competitor — a monopoly situation."
Although there are other boatyards in San Diego besides Marine Group, he explained, most of them are too small to service his larger vessels.
Port public information officer Tanya Castaneda said it's hard to imagine there being a monopoly for large ship repairs when not only are there other boatyards in San Diego Bay, but there are a host of others in nearby ports.
"There's nothing preventing a boater from going to boatyards in Long Beach, Los Angeles and even Mexico," she said. "In fact, we get boats that come from L.A. at times because they have gotten a better bid down here."
Marine Group Boat Works Vice President Todd Roberts said there is still plenty of choice in the regional market, and Marine Group will continue to battle it out.
Meanwhile, Marine Group plans to expand operations to the old Knight & Carver site on April 1, allowing the company to do more work in a shorter amount of time, reducing wait times for its clients.
The company will have to do some cleanup before the boatyard is running at full capacity, Roberts said. That means 11 new employees out the gate and an estimated 40 or 50 more within the next several months.
"We'll just be doing some repairs and maintenance to improve the appearance, and lining up work as fast as we can to keep us busy," Roberts said.


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This guest post comes from Evan at Food Makes Fun Fuel. We love his blog because he loves food just as much as we do and embraces a great attitude about being gluten free. Enjoy this insight into his favorite Bob's Red Mill products and check out his blog at FoodMakesFunFuel.com.
Hi, Bob's Red Mill fans. My name is Evan, a runner with a passion for cooking and a blog called FoodMakesFunFuel.com.There's always been something fun about baking, whether it's impressing people and making them happy, knowing that you made something special, or just licking the batter. I never thought that I'd need to follow a gluten-free diet. The day I found that out felt like a death sentence to my baking career. No more brownies from a box; no more funfetti cupcakes; not even light and fluffy pancakes on a Saturday morning.
Rather than letting this be a "death sentence", I started looking at ways to continue on pursuing my hobby and having fun with it. Little did I know then that a company called Bob's Red Mill made all the gluten-free delicacies I could have hoped for. By using their flours in place of traditional wheat flours, I've been able to recreate delicious and whole grain baked goods just as well as ever.
For anyone who might be new to gluten-free baking, here are a few of my favorite products and substitutions. With these in your pantry, making anything will be so simple you'll swear it couldn't be true.
In place of enriched, bleached flour use Bob's Red Mill gluten-free all purpose flour blend. This is the easiest switch you could make. Bob's Red Mill's all-purpose flour is a perfect mix of flours and starches to substitute in any recipe. I love using it in traditional brownie recipes for that same, fudgy feel.
For a quick cake fix, use Bob's Red Mill's gluten-free vanilla cake mix instead of any other brand. When my birthday rolled around, my family wanted to make me something but had no clue about gluten-free baking. I told them not to worry and to turn to this cake mix. Not only is this a great mix, but it also contains whole grain sorghum flour. Try making it into cupcakes for a bite-sized dessert.
One of the foods I miss most being gluten-free is a simple pizza. Of course, you can get take out pizza anywhere, but gluten-free? Not so much. Bob's Red Mill gluten-free pizza crust is perfect for making your own. Besides being nice and chewy like a good crust should be, it's made with whole grain rice flour; in that respect, it's actually better than most pizza crusts!
These are just a taste of my favorite uses for Bob's Red Mill's gluten-free line. If you're wondering what else there is, plenty. Just take a look and you'll see that living gluten-free is NOT a baking death sentence. It's just the starting point.


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BOROUGH parks are set to host a week of free play events for kids this summer.
Children and young people of all ages are invited to enjoy a host of activities being laid on by Dudley Council next month.
Kids will be able to try out a climbing wall, parachute games, sumo fun sessions, team games, nature activities, den building, arts and crafts, storytelling, a fire pit and there will also be a baby zone.
The fun sessions will run from noon to 4pm at Huntingtree Park, Halesowen, on Monday August 4; Mary Stevens Park in Stourbridge on Wednesday August 6; Priory Park in Dudley on Thursday August 7; and The Dell and Fens Pools in Brockmoor and Pensnett on Friday August 8.
Councillor Tim Crumpton, Dudley's cabinet member for children's services, said: "Playweek is a great success every year and takes place across the parks in the borough regardless of what the weather is like on the day. I would encourage families to find the park nearest to them and take the children for a fabulous free play day.
"The activities are all staffed by professional playworkers and there is something for children of all ages at each event."
Participants just need to complete a basic registration form at each park to join in the fun. Children under eight must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
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Los Angeles Archdiocese kept sexual abuse in the shadows » Father Nicholas Aguilar Rivera
The letter from the bishop in Mexico was friendly, offering warmest greetings and asking a favor from then-Archbishop Roger Mahony.
Could Mahony find a place for Father Nicholas Aguilar Rivera, who wanted to come to Los Angeles for a year "due to health and family reasons."
"If His Excellency were to accept him, don't have any concerns in granting your permission," Tehuac?n Bishop Norberto Rivera Carrera wrote in January 1987.
But the bishop apparently had second thoughts about his initial endorsement, writing Mahony again in late March to explain that Aguilar Rivera had wanted to leave the Tehuac?n Diocese after being badly beaten because of "problems of homosexuality."
Mahony later claimed that he'd never received that letter, so had no qualms about appointing Aguilar Rivera to serve at Our Lady of Guadalupe on March 16, 1987.
What transpired in the predominantly Latino congregation in East L.A., and at nearby St. Agatha's Church, is at the heart of a suit that led to the release last week of thousands of pages of personnel documents.
A 35-year-old man who says he was molested by the priest as a youth claims church leaders knew Aguilar Rivera was a pedophile when they assigned him to the two local parishes and that they knowingly concealed his misdeeds.
He has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles archdiocese and the Tehuac?n Diocese, claiming that church leaders had used "coded language ... to facilitate the international transfer of child molesting priests."
The man's attorney, Anthony De Marco, obtained personnel files for 14 other priests from the archdiocese, then attached them to a motion in the suit in an effort to demonstrate a concerted cover-up by Mahony and his top aides.
The plaintiff said he was one of the young boys Aguilar Rivera befriended when he began serving at Our Lady of Guadalupe. According to the documents, the priest roughhoused with the youngsters on the playground, invited them to the rectory, took them on field trips and visited their homes.
Within weeks, one of the youngsters complained about the priest, and church leaders transferred him in in May to St. Agatha's parish. He continued to visit families from OLG while developing new friendships with St. Agatha kids.
In a deposition included in the records, an OLG parishioner said she invited "Father Nicholas" to Christmas dinner in 1987. The priest shared a bottle of wine with her husband, then spent the night in their home, sleeping in a bedroom with three of their five sons.
The woman said she could hear noises coming from the bedroom during the night, but found nothing amiss when she checked on her boys. The next morning, however, the priest left abruptly, almost running from the house.
And when her sons came down for breakfast, they told her, "Mom, the father is not the guy he's supposed to be. He's a mean guy ... because he did something wrong to us."
"That day was the worse day of my life," the woman said in the deposition. "I never think that one of the mens ... that preach the word of God and say we need to love each other with the love of God, that he did that to my sons."
According to court documents, on Jan. 8, 1988, several parents went to OLG Pastor Bill McLean, and told him Aguilar Rivera had molested their sons.
In his deposition, McLean said he immediately alerted Vicar of Clergy Thomas Curry, who ordered him to keep the complaints confidential.
The next day, Curry went to St. Agatha's and confronted Aguilar Rivera, who denied the allegations.
"I told Father he would have to leave and that the Archdiocese would pay for him to stay at a retreat house," Curry wrote later. "I told him that it was likely the accusations would be reported to the police and that he was in a good deal of danger."
By the time the OLG school principal called police on Jan. 11, Aguilar Rivera had fled back to Mexico and disappeared.
The documents show how Mahony and Curry scrambled to contain any scandal, fighting efforts by police to question altar boys at St. Agatha's in a search for potential victims.
"The whole issue of our records is a sensitive one, and I am reluctant to give any list to the police," Curry wrote in a memo to Mahony.
In a note at the bottom, the cardinal wrote, "We can't give such a list for no cause whatsoever."
Files show Aguilar Rivera was appointed the vicar of a church in Mexico but was later defrocked over sex abuse accusations, according to a story from the California Catholic Daily.
According to a 2004 report by the archdiocese, Aguilar Rivera was accused of molesting 13 youngsters in L.A.
Staff Writer Brenda Gazzar contributed to this report


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IRS Offers "Safe Harbor" for Home Office Deductions
One of the more contentious tax matters which has plagued primarily the self-employed over the years is the issue of claiming deductions for that office in the home. So here comes the IRS, offering an optional safe harbor method that individuals can use to determine the amount of these deductions.
For tax years beginning in 2013, a bloke can deduct $5 per square foot of qualified use, up to a maximum of 300 square feet.
Recall that only in situations where strict requirements are met have deductions been allowable for direct expenses, and the business use portion of indirect expenses associated with the business use of a residence.
- Home office expenses are deductible if part of the house is used regularly and exclusively as a principal place of business, or as a place to meet or deal with customers or clients in the ordinary course of business. (And for folks who are employees, use of the home must be for the "convenience of the employer.")
- Expenses which are allocable to space within the house used on a regular basis for the storage of inventory or product samples are also deductible if the dwelling unit is the sole fixed location of the trade or business.
Home office deductions are generally limited by the amount of net income
derived from the business, with disallowed amounts available for carryover to future years.
The new safe harbor is an alternative to deducting actual expenses – as such, a chap who so elects generally won't be able to deduct any actual expenses related to the qualified business use of his home, with a couple of exceptions:
- If one "itemizes" his deductions, any allowable expenses related to the home which are deductible without regard to the "qualified business use" (generally, mortgage interest and property taxes) remain deductible aside from the safe harbor calculation.
- Also, even if the safe harbor is chosen, taxpayers will continue to be able to deduct any other allowable trade or business expenses (such as wages, advertising, auto).
One other caveat: a taxpayer using the safe harbor cannot deduct any depreciation on
the residence – no big deal, inasmuch as the bookkeeping related to this little bugaboo can create headaches, not to mention the usually measly amount of tax benefit.
CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR – This article contains general information about various tax matters. You should consult your CPA regarding the implications to your own particular situation.
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Please give me a few isometric tricep exercises
An isometric exercise is one in which the muscle is contracting but not changing in length. This is often done by pushing or pressing on a stationary object. A couple examples for the triceps would be:
1. Sitting Triceps Press: In this exercise, you sit on a chair or stool, with your arm at your side and elbow bent to 90 degrees, push your hand down against the arm rest, your leg or something stationary to your side.
2. Standing Wall Press: Standing with your back against a wall, your arm to your side with your elbow bent to 90 degrees; push your elbow back against the wall.
3. Standing Triceps Stationary Pull: While standing, grasp a fixed (rope, bar, ledge, etc?) object in front of you with both hands. Keep your elbows at your side and bent to 90 degrees and push or press down against the object.
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The Application for California Residency for Tuition Purposes is due no later than Friday, June 16, 2017 (Friday, July 21, 2017 for Transfer Students). All supporting documentation must accompany your application or your application may be denied. The deadline must be strictly observed. If you miss the deadline, you may reapply during the spring 2018 semester.
Click here to access the Application for California Residency for Tuition Purposes application.
AB-540 Non-resident Tuition Exemption: Click here to access the University of California Hastings College of Law Nonresident Tuition Exemption Application and Affidavit.
Under California law AB 540, certain non-resident students are exempt from paying non-resident supplemental tuition.
If you are granted an AB 540 exemption, you will pay in-state tuition and fees and not the supplemental tuition charged to non-residents; however, you will remain classified as a non-resident at UC Hastings.
Who is eligible for the tuition exemption? If you're otherwise subject to non-resident supplemental tuition charges but can answer yes to both of the following questions, you are eligible for the AB 540 nonresident tuition exemption.*
In addition, if you answer yes to both of these questions but do not have legal immigration status, you must certify that you are taking steps to legalize your immigration status or will do so as soon as you are eligible.
* Non-immigrant students are not eligible for this exemption. Non-immigrants include, but are not necessarily limited to, students holding visas in one of the following categories: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, TN/TD, U, TWOV and NATO.
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You should complete and submit the University of California Hastings College of Law Nonresident Tuition Exemption Application and Affidavit form after you have been admitted and submitted your Application for California Residency for Tuition Purposes to the Office of the General Counsel and received a non-resident classification. You may be asked to provide official high school transcripts and proof of high school graduation.
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New apartments along El Camino in pipeline
Expect more apartment units to pop up along El Camino Real in Mountain View.
Prometheus Real Estate Co. is currently in the public approval process with the city of Mountain View for its second phase of apartments on El Camino Real.
The Mountain View City Council approved the 165-unit first phase, which encompasses the former Tropicana Lodge and Western Appliance sites – approximately 2.5 acres – at 1720 and 1730 W. El Camino Real. Phase 2 includes an adjacent property, 1616 W. El Camino Real, formerly occupied by Austin's restaurant.
A recently approved affordable housing project at 1581 W. El Camino Real, will feature 26 units for the "high-functioning, developmentally disabled," according to city planner Randy Tsuda.
The site, approximately 300 feet southeast of Rich Avenue, is being developed in partnership with First Community Housing, a nonprofit affordable housing developer. Rental rates for the units will be affordable to "extremely low" and "very low-income" residents. The council committed $4.65 million to the project.
MV library hosts 3D printing forum
The Mountain View Public Library has scheduled a 3D Printing Open House 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 19.
Presenters Brook Drumm from Printrbot, Roy Worthington from Octave and representatives from Tech Shop San Jose will discuss 3D printing, how it is evolving and its impact on the landscape of manufacturing and society at large. After the discussion, vendors and entrepreneurs will offer demonstrations of 3D printers and 3D software.
The library is located at 585 Franklin St.
For more information, visit www.mountainview.gov/library.
KMVT elects Carpenter to board of directors
Los Altos City Councilwoman Val Carpenter is among six new members elected to serve on the Mountain View-based KMVT 15 Silicon Valley Community Media Board of Directors.
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They (still) got the beat
Call it nostalgia, call it fun, but all of it's good. With their iconic infectious '80s tunes, The Go-Go's are back (although they said they never went away) and are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their album Beauty and the Beat. That alone is hard to beleive, but they come to town and for a little chunk of tonight, they'll take the audience on a little "Vacation." Lesbi-centric rockers Girl in a Coma from San Antonio open the show.
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Tags: SportsCenter, Williams, Adam Schefter, Ravens, RBRavens Sign Ricky WilliamsOWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The Baltimore Ravens have signed veteran running back Ricky Williams to replace Willis McGahee, who they let go days before training camp.
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Williams agreed to a two-year deal, the team announced on Monday. The contract is worth $2.5 million with some escalators that could make the contract worth $4 million total, a source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
The former Heisman Trophy played last season with the Miami Dolphins and if everything goes well with his physical on Tuesday, Williams will work in tandem with Ray Rice.
"He's a veteran that brings a lot of leadership," Rice said. "I'm looking to learn a lot from him. I'm looking forward to working with him."
A former Pro Bowler, Williams rushed for a career-high 1,853 yards to lead the league in 2002.
"He's an awesome player," quarterback Joe Flacco said. "He's a legit player."
Last season, Williams, 34, split time with Ronnie Brown in Miami and averaged 4.2 yards per carry. He gained 673 yards and scored two touchdowns.
Williams has rushed for 9,569 career yards and 68 touchdowns, recording 325 receptions for 2,523 yards and eight touchdowns.
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"It gives us a proven playmaker, an outstanding runner, an outstanding receiver and an outstanding pass protector," offensive coordinator Cam Cameron said. "He knows this system and he has played extremely well in this system."
Williams has a history of failed drug tests for marijuana and has been suspended by the NFL previously. He has also retired in the past only to return to football.
He has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, which was treated successfully with therapy and medication.
"I think those things are way, way, way in the past," Cameron said. "My relationship, my experience with him, there is no risk, but we're all human. There's risk with everybody. We all make mistakes. Ricky's not perfect, but I know he's got a great heart and he's a great football player."


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Every now and then, I go through the voicemails on my office phone and delete the ones I no longer need. I usually end up trashing all of them–with the exception of two that I've held onto for years.
One of these, which I received on Sept. 8, 2006, came from the PR representative of a Long Island, N.Y. charter and aircraft-management firm. The caller invited me to come along on a trip to Brazil, where the company planned to take delivery from Embraer of a new Legacy 600 business jet. Because the trip would be taking place around the time of Business Jet Traveler's press deadline, I declined.
Good thing I did. On the return flight, the Legacy collided over the Amazon with a Gol airliner. All 156 passengers on the airliner were killed and, while everyone on the business jet miraculously survived, none of them will ever forget the experience.
New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey, who was on board the Legacy to do a story for Business Jet Traveler, was convinced in the minutes after the collision that he was going to die and scribbled a farewell note to his wife that he hoped might be found in the wreckage. After the Legacy managed to land–minus a winglet, its tail damaged–Brazilian authorities held him for interrogation for 36 hours. Joe later wrote about the whole traumatic experience for the Times and for us. Every time I hear the charter company's voicemail on my phone, I realize how close I came to being in the seat next to him.
Incidentally, the Brazil trip wasn't my first brush with airborne disaster. Back in the early 1980s, when I was editor of Phoenix magazine in Arizona, I accepted an invitation to take a ride with a company that operated sightseeing helicopter flights over the Grand Canyon. But a few days before my scheduled trip, I opened the morning newspaper to find that the previous afternoon's flight had crashed in the Canyon, killing all onboard. Needless to say, the company canceled my trip (and when it eventually called to ask whether I wanted to reschedule, I said "thanks, but I think I'll pass").
That helicopter incident—and the voicemail about Brazil—make clear how easily, quickly and inadvertently everything can go to hell. Of course, the reverse is also true; thanks entirely to luck, life can suddenly take a big turn for the better. I almost decided to skip a certain event in 1988, but because I didn't, I met the wonderful woman who became my wife and now have two great kids.
Which brings me to the other voicemail I haven't deleted. This one came from my daughter, Myriam, on March 31, 2004, when she was all of four years old. In the sweet, innocent little-girl voice that she had back then, she left a simple nine-word message: "Daddy, I wish you were here. I love you."
I like to play that recording from time to time. It's a reminder of one of the biggest reasons I want to stick around for as long as possible—and of why I'm glad I sidestepped the disaster that could have followed the invitation in the other voicemail.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACK) today announced the presentation of Phase 1 safety and clinical results evaluating two potential new therapies with a novel target ErbB3, a signaling receptor believed to be responsible for triggering tumor growth and resistance in a number of malignancies including breast, ovarian, gastric, esophageal and bladder cancers. The two studies were presented in poster sessions at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) in Vienna, Austria.
To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/58387-merrimack-pharmaceuticals-erbb3-cancer-therapy-esmo-2012-congress
The separate studies were testing the safety profiles of (1) MM-121, developed in collaboration with Sanofi, in a combination regimen with weekly paclitaxel in advanced metastatic breast and ovarian cancers and (2) MM-111 in multiple HER2-Targeting regimens in advanced HER2 positive (ErbB2+ or HER2+) solid tumors. Each study demonstrated a promising clinical benefit rate for the MM-121 and MM-111 combination regimens, a secondary endpoint for each of the studies. MM-121 and MM-111 each employ their own unique mechanisms to stop ligand-driven activation of ErbB3 from signaling the cancer cell to grow.
"We are pleased to see signs of clinical benefit in our studies with MM-121 and MM-111 across a broad range of solid tumors in patients who have progressed on standard of care therapies," said Robert J. Mulroy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals. "Both candidates emerged from our Network Biology research engine, in which we identified ErbB3 as a central growth signaling node. Given their unique approaches to targeting ErbB3 biology, we believe that MM-121 and MM-111 are important therapies to advance the treatment of cancer and we are excited to watch them progress through clinical development."
A Phase 1 Study of the Anti-ErbB3 Antibody MM-121 in Combination with Weekly Paclitaxel in Patients with Advanced Gynecologic and Breast Cancers (Abstract #: 974PD)
The study evaluated MM-121, a fully human monoclonal antibody, in combination with weekly paclitaxel, a standard regimen for patients with advanced gynecological and metastatic breast cancers.
In partnership with Sanofi, this combination regimen is currently being evaluated in two phase 2 studies, one in advanced ovarian cancer and one in neoadjuvant breast cancer.
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A Phase 1 Study of MM-111; a Bispecific HER2/HER3 Antibody Fusion Protein, Combined with Multiple Treatment Regimens in Patients with Advanced HER2 Positive Solid Tumors(Abstract #: 496P)
The Phase 1, multi-arm study examined the safety, pharmacokinetics and anti-tumor activity of MM-111, a bispecific antibody targeting the HER2/HER3 complex, combined with the standard of care HER2-targeting regimens of capecitabine, cisplatin and trastuzumab ; lapatinib +/- trastuzumab; and paclitaxel with trastuzumab. The study included patients with breast, gastric, esophageal and bladder cancers.
"This study shows that HER3 may indeed play an important role in the growth and resistance of multiple HER2+ solid tumor types," said Donald A. Richards, M.D., Ph.D., medical oncologist with Texas OncologyTyler, an affiliate of The US Oncology Network. "This study suggests that MM-111 can be safely combined with several trastuzumab-containing regimens."
Phase 2 studies will further examine the role of MM-111 in the treatment of a variety of tumors, the first of which is expected to be initiated late this year.
About Network Biology
Network Biology is a Merrimack Pharmaceuticals' proprietary, multidisciplinary approach to drug discovery and development, efficiently combining biology and mathematical modeling to understand the complex network, or molecular web of signaling pathways, within a cancer cell and the relationship between switches that turn specific processes on and off, triggering cell growth. Merrimack utilizes this information to develop medicines to disrupt or alter cancer growth signaling and to develop diagnostics to identify which patients will benefit most from each treatment. Network Biology is highly efficient and has the potential to significantly quicken the pace of drug discovery and development for not just cancer, but a multitude of serious diseases.
About Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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LONG BEACH — Family and friends of a 9-year-old Long Beach girl, allegedly killed by her stepfather who was seeking to silence her from speaking up about sexual abuse, gathered together Friday to say goodbye to the beloved child.
More than 500 people filled the chapel at All Souls Cemetery to overflowing, many of them family members of Xiomara Jonsales-Fernandez, a bubbly and bright little girl who was always talking in class.
Her mother, Graciela Fernandez, told the assembled mourners that though her heart aches, she must remain strong for her other children. Helping her is her faith in God and her belief that Xiomara is with God.
Her love for and memories of Xiomara will always be with her, the emotional mom said.
"I have a place in my heart for all of the cute faces that Xiomara has given me," Graciela said, as many dabbed tears from their eyes.
More than 500 people gathered at All Souls Cemetery to pay their last respects to Xiomara, who authorities allege was killed by her 31-year-old stepfather on April 28.
Prosecutors charged Jacinto Zuniga Trujillo last week with capital murder, citing months of on-going sexual abuse. According to the criminal complaint, Trujillo killed his stepdaughter to keep her from telling anyone about the crimes.
The pair were found shortly before noon in an alley next to an East Long Beach church. Xiomara's lifeless body wasn't far from where Trujillo was found, covered in blood and suffering numerous self-inflicted stab wounds in what police said appeared to be a suicide attempt.
Trujillo is scheduled to enter a plea to the charge on May 22, at the Long Beach Superior Court.
A pastor who spoke at Xiomara's funeral on Friday reminded those in attendance to keep both families in their thoughts and prayers, noting the death left all who loved Xiomara deeply hurt.
Prior to the ceremony, the 9-year-old was laid out in a white dress with a white flower in her long dark hair, her small white casket trimmed in rose gold accents and draped with a white gauze and lace veil.
"She looks like an angel," one woman said as she walked into the chapel.
Surrounding the coffin were flowers of every color, though the predominant theme was pink, including a large spray of fuchsia roses in the shape of a heart with a picture of the beaming 9-year-old in the center.
Since her death, Xiomara's family and their friends have pulled together and worked hard to support one another.
They spent many days washing cars and making gift baskets to raise funds for the funeral, raising more than $10,000 through various donations. That includes gifts made to a memorial fund set up in Xiomara's name at the Farmers and Merchants Bank East Long Beach branch.
The family hopes to raise the $15,000 needed for the funeral, as well as some extra funds to help Graciela for all the time she has needed to take off from work.
"She's doing better every day," said Alma Tabares, Graciela's eldest daughter and Xiomara's eldest sister.
It's Xiomara's 7-year-old sister who worries Alma the most, the 21-year-old said.
The 7-year-old and Xiomara were almost inseparable growing up together, playing together every day and never wanting to miss out on anything the other was doing, Alma said.
Both girls attended the same elementary school near their Central Long Beach home and walked home together after class every day. Because Xiomara got out of class about 20 minutes later each day, her little sister would wait for Xiomara outside Xiomara's classroom.
Though she knows Xiomara is in heaven now, Alma said, she still went back to Xiomara's classroom to wait for her big sister on her first day back at school last week.
"She hasn't asked about her dad at all," Alma said.
Though Trujillo was Xiomara's stepfather - he helped raise her since she was only a few months old - he is the biological father of Xiomara's 7-year-old and 1 1/2-year-old sisters.
Xiomara and her two younger sisters all loved Trujillo very much, as did the rest of the family, Alma said.
No one knew of any abuse and none of them ever would have dreamed he would hurt any of the girls, Alma said.
"I don't know how to explain it (to the 7-year-old)," Alma said. "How do you tell her her dad is the one who took her best friend?"
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I have had a keen interest in the Dhamma for a few years now, reading a lot and gaining a useful intellectual understanding of the Dhamma. I mainly practiced what I called Anapanasati and some Metta on occasion. I have really felt great benefits in this time and felt like I had some insights into the Dhamma on some short retreats and visting a monastery for a time once. I decided I needed to find a technique and stick with it to develop some real insight and to move forward, some monastics recommended Goenka style to me and I said I would give it a go, so today I have arrived back from my 10 day retreat and I feel it was the best thing I have done in my life. There was a real experience of Dukkha and a strong sense of arising and passing away as the days passed in the course. This was my first experience of sweeping and I am amazed that I have not being doing this all along . I felt the subtle vibrations all through my body as I became equanimous to plaeasure and pain, I entered in to free flow and moved through my whole body inside and out , at one stage I just stopped, and my whole body radiated and pulsed in a mass of changing phenomena. There was a real experience of no self, when I came out I still had a deep rooted sense of self but I have had the experience of not having one, this may sound strange but it is what I have experinced. When I told the teacher about the radiating and pulsing he said I should not stay like that too long before sweeping again so as to work on my equanimity, but that this is very good. So the last few days went like that, sweeping , radiating and pulsing, arising and passing away.I did experdience occasional blocks of pain or gross sensations but with total equanimity.
Now I am home I feel I should of discussed all of this further with the teacher but at the time I did not care and could really hold a thought in a way, strange.
Anyone have anything similar happen?
Also I am very sensitive now to sense pleasure , listened to some music and I felt orgasmic with vibrations, hard to work on equanimity in this instance but I will be patient and diligent. I realize that the senstivity will change aswell.
Would it be just as good to meditate for two hours in the morning instead of one in morning and one at night?
If any one could answer my queations and comment on my experience it would be great.
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Topic: My Wayne
I haven't been here in a while. I'm still on my med.'s, as long as I am I feel ok. Christmas was hard, and the New Years wasn't as bad. I was with my daughter for Christmas. When I went to my therapist yesterday, I told her that I've still have my tree up. She asked why? I said I guess it's like a semi memorial for Wayne. I have a lot of ornaments of him on the tree. Around it I have pictures of us, pictures of him, and a picture of us and my daughter at her college graduation. There's also flowers, poems in frames, and candles.
I guess it makes me feel close to him, is the reason. In 2 weeks it will be 2 years, the longest two years of my life. I wish it had been me instead of him, then he would have to pick up the millions of pieces, called a life. I'm not happy I don't know if I will ever be. I went to the oncologist Friday to have blood work, a friend of mine was on the other side of the hospital on the in patient oncology unit, I could not go see her. It is hard enough to go into the oncology doctor's office, different doctor, but to go on that floor where we spent four weeks, is impossible for me. She also has the same doctor that Wayne had. I already told my boss that I am taking off on the 17th, she said maybe I need to come to work to get my mind off of what day it is. Of course, this is a person that has both parents, husband, and children. I wish to be so lucky. My last thing hug your love one's, and tell them you love them daily, we know what it's like to go through God to be able to do so.
I'm not a widow, I am a wife
We are only apart for heaven's sake
You are waiting for me at heaven's gate


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Hey it's mr.onemanband and I will be making some Storyline in my blog today starts the first series. Now this take place with current champions and you will see title changes and turns so enjoy.
Raw after payback
John Cena - the champ is here.after going through hell last night I walked away with this wwe champion make no mistake it doesn't matter if your ryback rock or whoever I will defend this and hold this title.*
* punks music hits*
Punk - cena it's been awhile
I mean 2012 was a hell of a year for you and me
And 2013 was feeling like Deja vu except i was you I couldn't beat rock at the royal rumble . I couldn't recapture it at ec so I decied I would go after something as covenant as that title around your waist , The undertakers streak and I felt as I had it in the bag I was in his head something most superstars could never say they were in his head and I went to wrestlemania put on one hell of a match and fell just shy of it. You see that I'm not gonna lie 400+days as champ attempting the streak it takes a toll and I thought I was down flashfoward couple months later and I see you and ryback put on a clinic you two nearly killed each other and you walked away as champ as a technicality but neither the less. You had the title . I started to think well if cena can turn his year from utter failure and disappointment why can't I . It's all coming back round you see John you know what the next ppv is right? Something I'm quite familiar with money in the bank I mean I'm a two time mitb winner and 2011 mitb I walked away from it with wwe title and changed wwe. So to be honest I feel like it's my ppv just like Chicago it holds a place in my heart .*
So cena at mitb how bout cm punk John cena for the wwe championship?
Cena- punk your back and you look like wolvrine or maybe you just forgot to shave rest. You want to challenge me for title ?
You are on!
* excuse me**
Vickie and Maddox Walk out
Vickie- cm punk cena we run the show here
And I don't care if you think you earned or Desrve title shot you will not be getting
Maddox- whispers something in her ear
Vickie- you sure? Yea sounds like great idea !
Ok punk I'll give you a wwe championship match
If if you can win a number 1 contender match tonight against this man!
*feed me more*
Vickie - tonight cm punk will face ryback in a #1 contenders match in main event in a3 stages of hell match.
Lumberjack tables and a falls count anywhere
Vickie - cena tonight you will be in action as you team up *y2j and a mystery opponent to face del rio axel and big show*
Returning from raw
Wade Barrett last night I lost my int title and as upsetting as it may seem I believe it's greener pastures for me. so tonight I announce, I'm entering the mitb match and will win I'll show you what the Barrett Barrage is going full steam ahead.
* team rhode scholars theme*
Cody Rhodes - wade I totally agree with you greener pastures you see but that's for us the most gifted up and comers in the wwe so we announce our entry's into the mitb world title match
Damien sandow - your welcome from the future world champion
* sheamus music hits*
Aye fellas you seem to be missing something mighty important here that Im a formor Whc and wwe champ also kotr us champ and I'm entering mitb match and I'm kicking all your arses and walking out *as mitb
* Christian music hits *
Say aren't you forgetting the man who revolutionized ladder matches was in the 1st mitb who is a former Whc int tag team I mean this is my comfort zone this is my show
lights go out
Video promo for RVD When he won
Shows him cashing in and winning
Then says RVD MITB
All in ring silent*
Return from raw
Action Seth Rollins of the shield
To face Randy orton tonight now
Orton vs Rollins
Typical tie up Rollins gets upper hand dominates must of match orton gains hand
Out comes reigns to ring but is caught off guard by bryan who accidentally cost orton match trying to explain orton hits rko and sets up for punt kick but walks away
Cesero makes his way out to the ring as he is set to go one on one with sin cara
Cesero Is warming up in ring as zeb colter is on commentary explaining his new relationship with him*
Sin cara in the ring match starts
Cara vs cesero*
Cara gains upperhand until he goes for springboard*
For a crossbody gets caught with uppercut*
Cesero hits cara with finisher
Cesero wins
After match cesero and zeb start destroying cara
Mysterio hits ring and sets up cesero for 619 colter grabs him away
Divas action next
Aj lee out to the ring as she is set to face Natalya*
Aj vs Natalya*
Natalya hits couple closelines body slam and even goes up to top rope to hit a elbow drop misses and aj takes advantage hits her shining wizard*
Goes for pin 1 2 she then starts laughing to herself and picks up Natalya and puts the op on taps and holds on after and refs try to pull her off as
Kaitlyn in for save aj runs off*
Santino is back everybody he is set to go one on one with dean Ambrose
Squash match
Wyatt family promo
Family values*
Bray rocking in chair
Paul h with punk speaking about Plans
Punk says that he loves Paul but he needs to do this alone
Punk leaves and Paul makes call
Punk vs ryback next
Lumberjacks to the ring hey Alex Riley and hunico
Punk starts up match as ryback starts hurting him bad overpowing him throughout the match punk gets caught in corner ryback throws him to outside
Heels attack him throw him in he gets caught with*
Meat hook set up for shellshock punk reverses hits gts 12 ryback kicks out hits meat hook again shellshock 1,2,3
Ryback 1
Lumberjacks head back and tables match is up
Ryback starts hammering punk goes hits a military press and goes for a table*
Finish him ryback goes to pick him up reverse punk kicks him in head lands on table punk goes for elbow ryback up going for suplex gets blocked up top ryback attempts a shell shock jumps off and crashes through table ryback celebrating but doesn't know he went through table first
Punk hurt on ground ryback furious says start third and hits another meathook goes for pin 12 punk kicks out ryback throws him to outside head first into steelsteps into barrier goes to attack again misses punk corner knee wizard sets up ryback for gts*
Lesnar music hits
Crowd goes nuts punk confused
No lesnar anywhere
Ryback picks punk up shellshock 123
Ryback wins*
Ryback celebrates and out comes Paul with a worried look toward punk checks on him punk
Is livid yells what was that Paul?
Storms off
Cena getting ready backstage runs into ryback
They have choice words main event next
Heels make way into ring
Del rio axel and big show waiting
First out is y2j big pop
2nd cena usual
Whose the third *
Kofi Kingston returns with crowd excited to see him
Kofi starts match out with axel good back and forth tags into y2j and del rio then show and cena*
Match breaks down del rio yells to Ricardo to grab title he goes to hit y2j dz comes out and runs at Ricardo whose running away del rio chases cena aa to big show axel in ring hits prefectplex y2j and kofi start attacking axel double teams kofi hits boom drop gets y2j to hit starts up
boom boom*
Trouble in pardise to y2j kofi has disturbed looked in his eye and face*
axel can't beleive it and Trouble in pardise to axel.*
Kofi puts axel on y2j*
Axel wins*
Cena shocked looks at kofi
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A RESPECTED online publication devoted to West Midlands History is turning its gaze onto Stourbridge's glass industry this month.
History West Midlands Magazine, edited by Dr Malcolm Dick of The University of Birmingham, is dedicating its next edition entirely to glass - which will include a 20-minute film exploring the effects of the glass industry on Stourbridge and the wider region.
History buffs and film-makers have been filming at various locations in Stourbridge's Glass Quarter - and on Monday (February 10) they stopped off at Wordsley's Red House Glass Cone to interview glassblower Darren Weed in action in his hot glass studio.
Amblecote's Ruskin Glass Centre and Kingswinford's Broadfield House Glass Museum will also feature in the film which will also include interviews with the borough's renowned glass expert Charles Hajdamach and art and design historian Sally Hoban.
Dr Malcolm Dick said: "Glass and Glassmaking was chosen as the subject of this issue and our related filming because it provided the opportunity to explore local glass-making traditions, uncover the work of individual entrepreneurs, inventors and artists, and reveal the variety of products they created from decorative glass to lighthouse lenses and bulb vases."
Councillor Tracy Wood, Dudley's cabinet member for environment and culture, said: "Our glass industry, both past and present is something we are all proud of.
"It's great to have the Stourbridge Glass Quarter recognised by such a well-regarded publication and I look forward to seeing the finished films."
The film will be available to subscribers at www.historywm.com and a range of shorter films on the glass industry will be available to all on the magazine's website and YouTube site.


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Saturday, September 23, 2017
Oral Cancer
Are Bumps on the Back of the Tongue a Sign of Cancer?
I took antibiotic 875-125 Augmentin. After four days on the medicine, my tongue felt burnt as is I drank very hot coffee. I called the doctor, and they said it's probably a yeast infection and instructed to stop taking the medicines. I saw the doctor today, he said it's not yeast infection, that it looks like cysts of the tongue and that I should see a ENT specialist.
Is this a sign of cancer? Maybe I never noticed these bumps toward the back of my tongue. I looked with flashlight and went crazy. It looks like clumps of bumps. I touched them and they feel slightly raised and hard. Doctor gave me Clormitrozole sucking tabs until I see a specialist. I am so confused. If it doesn't look like yeast infection to the doctor, then why the yeast oral medicines?
Some of the taste buds at the junction of the front part of the tongue and the tongue base are anatomically larger than the others. They form a 'v' shaped line at that junction. But you should be seen and evaluated by an ENT specialist to make sure that there is no abnormal growth there.
Enver Ozer, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University


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SARATOGA COUNTY -- The presidents of the four largest countywide Capital Region chambers of commerce met over breakfast with about 150 area businesspeople in attendance Thursday to discuss the key issues facing the local economy. Their synopsis: Growth is steady, but the region must not become complacent.
This first-ever "State of the Region" breakfast, sponsored by the Capital District Transportation Authority, featured a panel discussion with Mark Eagan, president of the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce; Linda Hillman, president of the Rensselaer County Chamber of Commerce; Todd Shimkus, president of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce; and Charles Steiner, president of the Chamber of Schenectady County. Bill Flaherty, the regional executive for National Grid in the Capital Region, moderated the discussion.
The four chamber presidents collectively represent more than 7,000 of the region's employers, including energy, biotechnology, pharmaceutical research, health care, education and agriculture. Eagan referred to it as "an innovation economy."
The presidents agreed that nonprofits and small businesses also are important in the mix of the regional economy.
Hillman recounted how in 1998, then-president of the Albany chamber Lynn Taylor noted the growing number of technology companies in the region and said the Capital Region could be another Silicon Valley. Taylor began working to grow the newly named Tech Valley.
"I lived in Massachusetts then," Flaherty said. "When I came into the Capital Region, all I saw was wheat fields."
Unemployment in the Capital Region is at 6.8 percent, Steiner said. Statewide it's 7.9 percent, and nationally it's 7.4 percent. All four counties have grown in population, and job development has been strong, with GlobalFoundries and General Electric building new plants.
Shimkus agreed, adding that the gross domestic product of the region has increased six times faster than that of the country since 2008. County housing figures also are at 12.2 percent in Albany County, at 17.5 percent in Saratoga and at 18.4 percent in Schenectady.
"The state of the economy is good," he said. "But we mustn't become complacent."
Hillman spoke of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's strategic plan for the region, including its cities, highways and waterfronts.
The transformation of Troy is an ongoing project, she said. River Street properties are being purchased and developed, there is a new wine bar and luxury apartments are coming.
Hillman and Shimkus pointed to the importance of supporting art and culture venues in the region, as they draw people to the area.
Steiner said he also considers the regional bike trails to be an asset drawing people to the area.
Albany International Airport, the panelists said, is a key factor in keeping the region competitive not only statewide, but nationally and even internationally. More airline routes and capacity are needed, they agreed.
Shimkus spoke of green initiatives as he pointed to the need for more power in the region. Twenty chambers in the state have an Energy Alliance Program, he noted.
"They are saving millions of dollars for regional companies," he said.


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Competition on Tigers is out in left field
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- With all the conversation surrounding the Tigers' open left-field spot -- and the players who have emerged as candidates -- manager Jim Leyland cautioned against allowing that decision to weigh too heavily.
"It's a small piece, but yet it's a big piece," Leyland said. "But whoever this guy is, it's not gonna be the guy that carries the team. The big guys carry the team. That's the way it's always been."
Avisail Garcia and Nick Castellanos -- both right-handed hitters who can complement lefties Andy Dirks, Quintin Berry and Brennan Boesch -- and Don Kelly are all possible candidates for the position.
Castellanos has impressed early this spring, having reached safely in nine of his last 11 plate appearances since he played all nine innings against the Phillies on Monday. Kelly is back with the club as a non-roster invitee after playing 119 and 113 games for the Tigers in 2010 and 2011, respectively.
"I know what Donny Kelly is," Leyland said. "I can close my eyes and I know what I've got in Donny Kelly. It's just a matter of whether he fits or not. Is he the best fit for our team? We'll see."
Leyland has said he feels comfortable with Dirks in left field most days, but would like to have a right-handed-hitting outfielder who can start when Detroit faces an especially tough southpaw. That's where Garcia, who impressed against lefties late last season, and Castellanos could come in.
"At the end of the day, this is pretty simple," Leyland said. "You can talk until the cows come home. I doubt very much that the guy that maybe comes up and helps in left field or is a utility guy, I doubt very much that is the difference whether the Tigers win or lose. This is all about the big guys. The big guys, that's your core. The big guys are gonna be the guys that carry you."


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I understand i need to get the Dotproduct of the 2 vectors and then set the rotationz for the bottom teapot so it looks up at the other above it ,do you have to convert the DotProduct to radians as its in degrea's?
vectors are
D3DXVECTOR3 TeaPotPos(0.0f,-3.0f,-10.0f); D3DXVECTOR3 TeaPotPos2(0.0f,3.0f,-10.0f);
pic included
Thanks for reading
First of all, the angle in your picture is 90 degrees, not 180 radians. There are only 2pi radians in a circle, so 180 radians doesn't make sense. Secondly, forget degrees, start thinking in radians. Everything in math programming is always in radians.
Also the dot product doesn't return degrees or radians. To get an angle out of it, first you have to normalize the two vectors you're dotting. Then the dot product is the cosine of the angle between them. Call acos() and you've got the angle in radians.
Thank you so much i will try that now , yeh it was a typo saying 180 , i did mean 90
so i try this, dosen't look like its done what i want Angle says 0.761013
D3DXVECTOR3 TeaPot1Pos(0.0f,2.0f,-5.0f);
D3DXVECTOR3 TeaPot2Pos(0.0f,-2.0f,-5.0f);
D3DXVec3Normalize (&TeaPot1Pos,&TeaPot1Pos);
D3DXVec3Normalize (&TeaPot2Pos,&TeaPot2Pos);
float Dot = D3DXVec3Dot(&TeaPot1Pos,&TeaPot2Pos);
float Angle = acos(Dot); //should be 90
D3DXMATRIX TeaPot1Matrix;
D3DXMATRIX TeaPot1Rot;
d3ddev->SetTransform(D3DTS_WORLD,&(TeaPot1Rot * TeaPot1Matrix));
D3DXMATRIX TeaPot2Matrix;
Thank you so much i will try that now , yeh it was a typo saying 180 , i did mean 90 :wacko:
But did you get the radians/degrees mixup as well?
float Angle = acos(Dot); //should be 90
No, that should be pi/2, as we're talking radians, not degrees. I get the feeling you have your definitions of radians and degrees reversed.
ok sorry , so it should be 180 radians,Angle says 0.761013, should it not be 180 float
LOL. Maybe you should try actually READING the messages people write to you. Look at this: http://www.math.rice.edu/\~pcmi/sphere/drg_txt.html. Degrees are the ones that go from 0 to 360. Radians are the ones that go from 0 to 2*pi.
I have no idea.
Christ. At least TRY to read my post. NO NOT 180 RADIANS, IF YOU SAY 180 YOU MEAN DEGREES. BUT 180 DEGREES IS THE SAME AS 3.1415 RADIANS.
But indeed, I haven't looked at the actual coordinates at first, but the angle seems correct to me (0.761013 radians equals roughly 43.6 degrees). Just flipping a vector about the y-axis doesn't mean it's rotated 180 degrees. I get the feeling you're actually thinking in 2D, while your vectors are in 3D.


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America's transportation system needs more centralized, top-down planning. At least, that's what the Brookings Institution's Robert Puentes advocates in a 2,350-word article in the May 23 Wall Street Journal.
Downsizing Blog
Federal Pension Reform
The Washington Post reports that both Republicans and Democrats are looking to require federal employees to pick up a larger share of their pension contributions. The article notes that federal employees enjoy benefits that aren't available to most private sector workers:
Federal Gas Taxes and Federalism
Last week I discussed the Obama administration's decision to redistribute federal high-speed rail money rejected by Florida Gov. Rick Scott. I noted that "Florida taxpayers were spared their state's share of maintaining the line, but they're still going to be forced to help foot the bill for passenger-rail projects in other states." My underlying point was that the states should be allowed to make their own transportation decisions with their own money.
HUD's 'Wastelands'
A year-long investigation by the Washington Post into the Department of Housing & Urban Development's HOME affordable housing program uncovered systemic waste, fraud, and abuse. The tale is yet another example of why the federal government should extricate itself from housing policy and allow the states to chart their own course.
Ron Paul on the General Welfare Clause
Now that Rep. Ron Paul is again a presidential candidate, his constitutional views will come under increasing scrutiny, as happened yesterday when he was interviewed by Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. Not surprisingly, critics immediately leapt on Paul's "crankish view" that Social Security, Medicare, and other such programs are unconstitutional. Even Wallace seemed taken aback, citing the document's General Welfare Clause:
Eternal Federal Welfare State
George Will makes a good point in his latest column: Democrats maintain a peculiar "conviction that whatever government programs exist should forever exist because they always have existed." Will's observation centers around the shameless Democratic attacks on Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) proposal to reform Medicare and Medicaid.
High-Speed Rail and Federalism
Florida Governor Rick Scott deserves a big round of applause for dealing a major setback to the Obama administration's costly plan for a national system of high-speed rail. As Randal O'Toole explains, the administration needed Florida to keep the $2.4 billion it was awarded to build a high-speed Orlando-to-Tampa line in order to build "momentum" for its plan. Instead, Scott put the interests of his taxpayers first and told the administration "no thanks."
Boehner's Spending and Debt Promise
House Speaker John Boehner has promised to tie substantial spending cuts to upcoming debt-limit legislation. He said spending cuts will have to be at least as large as the dollar value of the allowed debt increase. Thus, if the legislation increased the legal debt limit by $2 trillion, then Congress would have to cut spending over time by at least $2 trillion.
Postal Vision 2020
Postal Vision 2020 is a conference scheduled for June in Arlington, VA, that will discuss the U.S. Postal Service's long-term prospects in our increasingly digitized world. Here's how the Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe frames the gathering:
GOP Shouldn't be Afraid to Challenge Reckless Spending
When Republicans took control of the House in November, it set the stage for a brawl with Democrats over the sorry state of the federal budget. Round one — over funding the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year — left both sides gasping as they staggered to their corners. Round two — over raising the debt limit — will be even tougher, but Republicans should come out swinging for fiscal responsibility.