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HERCULES — Residents proposed a variety of functions for the Civic Arts building and its struggling restaurant at a recent community meeting, even though it is unclear which agency owns the building and how much discretion the city has over its fate.
At Thursday's meeting in the City Council chamber, about two dozen residents, many from the Hercules Historic Homes and the surrounding waterfront neighborhoods, suggested two basic alternatives: leasing the building to another restaurateur, or putting it to a range of possible civic uses, such as a total-immersion language school, a culinary academy or an events center.
Several proposed combinations of the two basic approaches, including using the building for a cafe, bakery and restaurant at different times during the day as well as a venue for homeowners association meetings, weddings and other special functions. Several cautioned that the city currently has no money to operate the building.
The City Council likely will take up the issue of what to do with the building in the new year.
The original 2008 lease agreement between Sala and the redevelopment agency calls for a starting rent of $3,465 a month for the 2,100-square-foot building. The restaurant is considerably in arrears on the rent, officials say.
In June 2009, the City Council passed two resolutions approving a transfer of ownership of the building from the now-defunct Hercules redevelopment agency to the city. The transfer appears at first glance not to have been recorded, said City Manager Steve Duran, who is researching the matter further. A January 2010 lease amendment that includes a $230,000 loan to Sala for tenant improvements names the city as landlord but includes the redevelopment agency, which funded the loan, as a party to the amendment.
Under rules accompanying the state's abolition of redevelopment agencies earlier this year, agency properties generally must be sold to pay off agency obligations but in some cases could be transferred to the city for civic uses, subject to state approval. Those rules, however, would not apply to the Civic Arts building if it turns out the city owns it by virtue of the 2009 resolutions.
Built around 1917, according to a plaque near the entrance, the Civic Arts building has served as workers' quarters, the Civic Arts Center, a senior center and a Tiny Tots preschool before it closed. The redevelopment agency invested more than $1.6 million to acquire and rehabilitate the building.
The 2008 lease agreement came as a surprise to many residents of the adjacent Historic Homes who thought the building was supposed to become a historical museum. Many opposed a restaurant, fearing that noise, smells, lights and traffic would spoil the quiet of their neighborhood.
In July 2008, the Planning Commission, heeding the neighbors' concerns and denied Sala a conditional use permit for a restaurant. But two weeks later, the City Council adopted the Waterfront Now Initiative, which added a loop to the Waterfront District boundary to incorporate the Civic Arts Building and put it under the "Historic Town Center" zoning, where a restaurant does not require Planning Commission approval.
Many residents eventually made their peace with the restaurant, and some expressed dismay Thursday at its apparent failure and offered varied explanations. Some suggested the mostly Thai fare was too specialized to appeal to a broad base. Others blamed the restaurant's off-the-beaten-track location and a lack of signage to draw attention to it; still others blamed the as-yet unrealized dreams of a bustling surrounding waterfront area that could support Sala as part of a greater cluster of restaurants and other businesses.
Contact Tom Lochner at 510-262-2760. Follow him at twitter.com/tomlochner


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DRIVESHAFT: Darunavir/Ritonavir In HIV-infected Virologically-suppressed Experienced Subjects (DRIVESHAFT)
This study has been completed.
Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center
Tibotec Therapeutics, a Division of Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., USA
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Gregory Huhn, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center
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First received: August 24, 2011
Last updated: April 20, 2015
Last verified: April 2015
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Darunavir is a nonpeptidic protease inhibitor with a high genetic barrier to resistance that evolved from a prototype compound synthesized using structure-based design strategies. Once-daily darunavir at 800mg boosted with 100mg of ritonavir is an effective antiretroviral agent indicated for HIV-infected treatment-naïve patients. In treatment-experienced patients, darunavir was initially approved for twice-daily administration boosted with twice-daily ritonavir at 600mg and 100mg, respectively. Recently, once-daily darunavir/ritonavir was approved for use in treatment-experienced adult patients with viremia with no darunavir resistance mutations. In treatment-experienced patients with viral suppression, switching from an antiretroviral taken twice-daily to a once-daily dose is an attractive option to promote greater patient acceptability and adherence, and potentially minimize side effects and toxicities. Because of darunavir/ritonavir's high genetic barrier to resistance and well-established safety profile at a once-daily dose, switching patients with virologic suppression from twice-daily darunavir/ritonavir to once-daily darunavir/ritonavir will likely confer attributes more favorable to patients through a simplified dosing schedule and lower potential for lipid elevation without the loss of virologic control. DRIVESHAFT is a 48-week Phase 4, randomized, open label, comparative study. The study will be conducted in 60 HIV-1 infected, antiretroviral experienced, virologically-suppressed patients on regimens containing darunavir 600mg/ ritonavir 100mg twice-daily and a minimum of two other antiretrovirals, with a history of 0-1 darunavir-associated resistance mutations. Subjects will be randomized 1:1 to switch to darunavir 800mg/ ritonavir 100mg once-daily or continue on their current regimen. Rates of virologic suppression of once-daily darunavir/ritonavir regimens relative to darunavir/ritonavir twice-daily regimens will be compared, and safety, change from baseline fasting lipid parameters, and adherence will be evaluated.
|Drug: Twice-daily Darunavir/ritonavir Drug: Once-daily Darunavir/ritonavir
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|DRIVESHAFT : Darunavir/Ritonavir In Virologically-suppressed Experienced Subjects Halving an Antiretroviral by Finetuning Therapy - A Phase IV Randomized, Open-Label Study to Evaluate in HIV-1 Infected , Virologically-suppressed Patients on Regimens With Darunavir 600mg/ Ritonavir 100mg Twice-daily Switching to Darunavir 800mg/ Ritonavir 100mg Once-daily Versus Continuing Darunavir 600mg/ Ritonavir 100mg Twice-daily Containing Regimens
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS
Drug Information available for: Ritonavir Darunavir Darunavir ethanolateU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Gregory Huhn, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Primary Efficacy Endpoint for Virologic Suppression in HIV-infected Subjects [ Time Frame: 48 weeks after randomization to study medication ]Proportion of subjects with plasma HIV-1 RNA <50 c/mL at Week 48 using a Missing, Switch, or Discontinuation = Failure (MSDF) algorithm as codified by the FDA's "snapshot" algorithm
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Secondary Efficacy Endpoints [ Time Frame: Within 48 weeks after randomization to study medication ]
- Proportion of subjects with plasma HIV-1 RNA <50 c/mL and <400 c/mL at Week 24
- Proportion of subjects with plasma HIV-1 RNA <400 c/mL at Week 48
- Safety Assessment [ Time Frame: Within 48 weeks of randomization to study medications ]•Compare the tolerability, safety, and change in lipid parameters(total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides) of once-daily versus twice-daily darunavir/ritonavir containing regimens over 48 weeks
- Immunologic Endpoints [ Time Frame: 48 weeks after randomization to study medications ]•Absolute values and changes from baseline in CD4+ and CD8+ over time
- Assessment of Virologic Failure [ Time Frame: Within 48 weeks of randomization to study medications ]•Assess the development of viral resistance in subjects experiencing virological failure
- Medication Adherence Assessment [ Time Frame: Within 48 weeks of randomization to study medications ]Characterize adherence to once-daily versus twice-daily darunavir/ritonavir containing regimens using the Modified Medication Adherence Self-Report Inventory (M-MASRI) scale
|Study Start Date:
|January 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Once-daily Darunavir/ritonavir
Subjects switched from Darunavir 600mg plus Ritonavir 100mg twice-daily to Darunavir 800mg plus Ritonavir 100mg once-daily
Drug: Once-daily Darunavir/ritonavir
Subjects switched from Darunavir 600mg plus Ritonavir 100mg twice-daily at baseline to Darunavir 800mg plus Ritonavir 100mg once-daily for 48 weeks
Active Comparator: Twice-daily Darunavir/ritonavir
Subjects remain on regimens containing Darunavir 600mg plus Ritonavir 100mg twice-daily
Drug: Twice-daily Darunavir/ritonavir
Subjects remain on regimens containing Darunavir 600mg plus Ritonavir 100mg twice-daily
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- ART-experienced, HIV-1 infected subjects ≥18 years of age.
A female subject is eligible to enter and participate in the study if she:
- is of non-childbearing potential defined as either post-menopausal (12 months of spontaneous amenorrhea and ≥45 years of age) or physically incapable of becoming pregnant with documented tubal ligation, hysterectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy or,
is of child-bearing potential, with a negative pregnancy test at both Screen and Day 1 and agrees to one of the following methods of contraception to avoid pregnancy:
- Complete abstinence from intercourse from 2 weeks prior to administration of study medications, throughout the study, and for at least 2 weeks after discontinuation of all study medications.
- Double barrier method (male condom/spermicide, male condom/diaphragm, diaphragm/spermicide).
- Approved hormonal contraception may be administered with darunavir/ritonavir
- Any intrauterine device (IUD) with published data showing that the expected failure rate is <1% per year
- Any other method with published data showing that the expected failure rate is <1% per year.
Any contraception method must be used consistently and in accordance with the approved product label. All subjects participating in the study should be counseled on safer sexual practices including the use of effective barrier methods (e.g. male condom/spermicide).
- CD4 >50 cells/mm3
- HIV-1 RNA concentrations at undetectable levels (according to local assay being used) for at least 12 weeks on stable current regimen
- Current regimen includes darunavir/ritonavir 600/100 mg twice-daily plus a minimum of two other antiretrovirals
- Negative serum pregnancy test at screening visit
Exclusion Criteria:
Subjects meeting any of the following criteria must not be enrolled in the study:
- Known hypersensitivity reaction to agents being utilized in the study
- >1 cumulative darunavir associated mutations (V11I, V32I, L33F, I47V, I50V, I54L or M, T74P, L76V, I84V, or L89V) detected from any previous genotype or a VircoTYPE HIV-1 darunavir fold-change >10.0 on any previous virtual phenotype
- Pregnant or breast feeding woman
- Liver dysfunction with Child-Pugh class C disease or decompensated cirrhosis
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01423812
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01423812
|United States, Illinois
|Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
Sponsors and Collaborators
Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center
Tibotec Therapeutics, a Division of Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., USA
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Gregory Huhn, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Additional Information:
1. De Meyer S, et al. Antiviral activity of TMC 114, a potent next generation protease inhibitor against more than 4000 recent recombinant clinical isolates exhibiting a wide range of protease inhibitor resistance profile. Antiviral Ther 2003;8:3S19. 2. De Meyer S, et al. In vitro selection experiments demonstrate an increased genetic barrier to resistance development to TMC 114 as compared with currently licensed protease inhibitors. Antiviral Ther 2002;7(Suppl 1):S5. 3. De Meyer SD, et al. Phenotypic and genotypic determinants of resistance to TMC 114: pooled analysis of POWER 1,2, and 3. Antiviral Ther 2006;11:S83. 4. Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents. Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents. Department of Health and Human Services. December 1,2009;1-161. Available at http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/Adultand AdolescentGL.pdf. Accessed September 15, 2010. 5. Clotet B, et al. Efficacy and Safety of Darunavir/ritonavir at week 48 in treatment-experienced patients with HIV-1 infection in POWER 1 and 2: A Pooled Subgroup Analysis of Data from Two Randomized Trials. The Lancet 2007;369:1169-78. 6. Cahn PK, et al. Efficacy and Safety at 48 Weeks of Once-daily vs Twice-daily DRV.r in Treatment-experienced HIV-1-positive Patients with No DRV Resistance-associated Mutations: The ODIN Trial. Abstract 57. 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2010). San Francisco. February 16-19, 2010. 7. Moltó J, et al. Treatment simplification to once daily darunavir/ritonavir guided by the darunavir inhibitory quotient in heavily pretreated HIV-infected patients. Antivir Ther. 2010;15(2):219-25. 8. Paterson DL, et al. Adherence to protease inhibitor therapy and outcomes in patients with HIV infection. Ann Intern Med 2000;133:21-30.
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Gregory Huhn, Attending Physician, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01423812 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 24, 2011
|Last Updated:
|April 20, 2015
Keywords provided by Gregory Huhn, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center:
protease inhibitor
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
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Ahead of EWNCW's upcoming ppv; 'In Violence We Trust', we have some news on who will be lining up at the commentary table!
With EWNCW legend Bodom participating in a match, we can report that he will not be behind the table at the ppv, as he will be backstage throughout the entire show.
With that in mind, I can proudly announce that replacing Bodom at the table will be none other than........ EH?!?!?!
*Thompson looks off camera to his right*
Thompson: But..... there must be some mistake here?!?! What?!?!?!...... NO?!?!?!?!?! But I've done it before!!! On Rage!!! I filled in for the man before!!! I DID A GOOD GOD DAMN JOB!!!!!!!!! I DID A GOOD JOB I TELL YOU!!!!!!!!
*Thompson looks straight ahead into the camera again, composes himself, adjusts his hair, collect the papers he's strewn all over the desk, swipes the spilled coffee mug off the desk (which can be heard smashing on the floor), and puts on a trademark smile before continuing*
Thompson: The man replacing Bodom behind the commentary table at the ppv will be none other than EWNCW's young color commentator from Warzone; Josh King
*Thompson lets out the name with much effort from behind his clenched teeth and obviously fake smile*
Thompson: With the Warzone show announced as, and I quote, "On Ice" by EWNCW management, both Warzone play by play commentator Bryan Thomas and color commentator Josh King's futures are in limbo as to what will happen to them. But evidently, EWNCW plan on keeping both on board, as King has been handed the chance to commentate at this big event.
This is a big chance for the young King to show his skill on the big stage.
*Thompson smiles away before letting out a big sigh, thinking that the show's off air. He reaches under the desk and brings up an EWNCW mug and a bottle of vintage whiskey, pouring himself a mug*
Camera man: Ummm Dick?....
Thompson: I mean how can they do this to me guys?! commentated on Rage before for Bodom and I was AWESOME!!
*He takes a swig of the whiskey*
Thompson: I mean that Josh King? Really? He has no experience on the big stage!!
Camera man: Umm, Dick?....
Thompson: He's never called Rage or Inferno yet he's deemed qualified to call a damn ppv?! How the hell does that work out?!?!
*He takes a swig from the whiskey bottle*
Camera man: Ummm, Dick?....
Thompson: WHAT?!?!?!
*The camera man points to the red light indicating that they're still on air*
Thompson: Oh!! Right!!
*Thompson tosses the whiskey bottle away (which also lands with a SMASH off screen), before putting on his trademark smile again and collecting his papers*
Thompson: That's all for now folks! We'll bring you the latest as we get it!!


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A couple of weeks ago in my Interview with Entrecard's Graham Langdon I said at the end that I was going to run a competition to give away my Entrecard credits to some lucky ProBlogger readers.
The time has come.
I have 5000 credits to give away and I'm going to give them to 5 readers (1000 each). 1000 credits could buy you some nice publicity on some great blogs who run the Entrecard widget on them.
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Re: Daughter of Newly Diagnosed 58yo Mom
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He had his mapping two weeks ago and all went well there.
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Laurel Hill Proposal Presentation Workshop
Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
April 29, 2003
Laurel Hill Proposal Presentation Workshop
Citizens Invited to Share Ideas for Former Lorton Prison Site
Fairfax County is working to define options for Laurel Hill, the former prison site at Lorton. Their work includes identifying uses for the 136 historic buildings, and planning the open space, park and recreation areas. A Proposal Presentation Workshop will be held on Saturday, May 3, from 1-6 p.m. in the cafeteria of the Silverbrook Elementary School, 9350 Crosspointe Drive, Fairfax Station. The meeting is being held jointly by the Laurel Hill Adaptive Reuse Citizens Task Force, the Fairfax County Park Authority and the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.
At the workshop, individuals and organizations will have the opportunity to share their proposals and ideas for parkland and the reuse of the buildings. Citizens are invited to come and hear from others about unique or inspiring concepts that have been implemented in other communities.
Residents and organizations are encouraged to contact Kelly Davis at 703-324-8609, TTY 703-324-3988 to get on the list of presenters. Each group will be given a maximum of 10 minutes for their presentation. There will also be van tours running periodically through the Laurel Hill site leaving from Silverbrook Elementary during the workshop. For persons with hearing impairments, sign language interpreter services are available upon request. Please call 703-324-8563, TTY 703-324-3988 for any special accommodation requests.
The master planning process is an intensive 12-month effort that began in the fall of 2002 and will continue through 2003. During this period, the Adaptive Reuse Citizens Task Force and the Fairfax County Park Authority will develop a set of ideas and recommendations for their respective areas of Laurel Hill. The task force will identify specific uses for the former Occoquan Workhouse and Central/Maximum Security Facility while the Park Authority will work on plans for the park and recreational areas identified in the Comprehensive Plan, including the former youth facility that will be transferred to the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority and the remaining property that will be transferred to the county Park Authority.
For more on the adaptive reuse process, contact Mary Ashton in the Office of the County Executive at 703-324-3408, TTY 703-222-5495. For more on the Park Authority process, contact Judy Pedersen in the Park Authority at 703-324-8662, TTY 703-324-3988.


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Best Album of the Year – 2014 Taste of Country Awards
2013 was a great year for country albums! Women may not have dominated the charts, but they produced some of the best LPs of the year. Ashley Monroe, Kacey Musgraves and Kellie Pickler all recorded projects that made our list of the Top 10 of 2013. Now, it's time for fans to decide who their choice for No. 1 is.


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The A's worked out a deal late Thursday night to bring back Kurt Suzuki to provide much-needed depth at catcher.
Suzuki, 29, spent his first six seasons in the majors with the A's before a trade late last season to bolster Washington's injury ravaged catching ranks. The Nationals returned the favor barely 12 months later.
Oakland's primary catcher, John Jaso, has been out more than a month and possibly could miss the rest of the season after suffering a concussion. Jaso's early-season platoon partner, Derek Norris, has a fractured left big toe, and the lone remaining catcher on the roster, Stephen Vogt, was knocked on his back and hit his head during a collision with Seattle's Dustin Ackley on Wednesday.
The most experienced alternative at Triple-A Sacramento, Luke Montz, is on the disabled list.
The current starter at Sacramento, David Freitas, was acquired from Washington last August for Suzuki and has played just 22 games above Double-A.
Suzuki is hitting .223 with three home runs in 78 games with the Nationals but has worked with most of the A's pitching staff, a significant factor as the squad makes another run at the playoffs.
According to the Washington Times, the A's are believed to be sending a pitching prospect to the Nationals in return for Suzuki.


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Family-run bakery Reeve the Baker is running a Doughnut Week, with shops in Warminster and Devizes among those taking part.
From Monday until next Sunday, 20p from the sale of every pack of three doughnuts sold in Reeves' 11 stores across Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset will be donated to children's hospice, Naomi House.
Reeve the Baker has supported Naomi House for 15 years and during that time has raised over £50,000 for the hospice near Winchester, which provides support for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.
Doughnut Week money will pay for a range of play activities at Naomi House, including arts, crafts and day trips out.
Managing director Gary Reeve said: "We're proud to support such a worthwhile cause, especially as they enter the next exciting stage of development."


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Porter getting prepared for new replay rules
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Astros manager Bo Porter said Saturday that strategy will play an important role as to when to challenge plays under the new instant replay system. The second-year manager said he has scenarios on a card for when to and when not to review, based on the things like run probability and the score.
Some gamesmanship could play a huge role, as well.
"Let's say you get out there and you ask the umpires, 'Do you mind getting help?'" Porter said. "They may decide to come together and get help and you don't even have to use your [challenge]. Now, if you go through that progression of questioning, and he still says, 'No, I got it right,' then you go, 'OK, I'm going to challenge this.'"
Porter said by that time, the manager may have gotten some information from the dugout as to whether he should go ahead and challenge the play. It's important to remember these calls will now also be allowed to be shown on ballpark video boards.
"By that time, you've gotten information from your video people, you've gotten the call from the dugout and you have a pretty good idea of, 'Yes, you should' or 'No, you shouldn't,'" Porter said.
Beginning this year, managers will be able to challenge certain plays that are subject to review. The Astros will have five games during Spring Training in which the league will allow replay reviews: March 8 vs. Yankees, March 9 vs. Blue Jays, March 12 vs. Nationals, March 14 vs. Cardinals and March 22 vs. Cardinals.
Meanwhile, Porter said he and bench coach Dave Trembley are approaching all of their Spring Training games as if reviews are allowed, even if they won't actually be able to challenge the calls.
"We will take the entire spring, even the games that we don't have video replay available to us, we have a system in place where we still say, 'OK, that's one we're going to challenge and this is why. That's one we couldn't challenge and this is why,'" Porter said. "I think it's good to get into that practice throughout the whole course of the Spring Training schedule."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Phase II Randomized Study of Collagenase in Patients With Residual Type Dupuytren's Disease
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Evaluate the safety and efficacy of collagenase in improving flexion deformity, range of motion, and grip strength in patients with residual Dupuytren's disease.
|Dupuytren's Contracture
|Drug: collagenase
|Phase 2
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|Allocation: Randomized
Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Study Start Date:
|August 1995
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|April 2004
PROTOCOL OUTLINE: This is a randomized, investigator-blinded, placebo-controlled study.
Patients receive a single dose of either collagenase or placebo into the target finger on day 0. Patients who do not respond at the 1 month follow up visit may receive an injection of open label collagenase, if IgE antibody levels are no greater than 15 ng/mL.
Following treatment, patients use a nighttime extension splint for 4 months and perform finger flexion/extension exercises. Patients are followed at 1, 7, and 14 days, and at 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months, for each joint treated.
Completion date provided represents the completion date of the grant per OOPD records
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--Disease Characteristics-- Diagnosis of residual Dupuytren's disease with fixed flexion deformity of the fingers of at least 20-30 degrees caused by a palpable cord Positive table top test (inability to simultaneously place affected finger and palm flat against a table top) --Prior/Concurrent Therapy-- Surgery: At least 30 days since surgery for Dupuytren's disease Other: At least 30 days since prior investigational drug --Patient Characteristics-- Hematopoietic: No history of hematologic disease Hepatic: No history of hepatic disease Renal: No history of renal disease Cardiovascular: No congestive heart failure within 6 months No angina within 6 months No myocardial infarction within 6 months Pulmonary: No history of respiratory disease Other: HIV negative Not immunocompromised No history of significant illness, e.g., endocrine or neurologic disease No history of illicit drug abuse or alcoholism within 1 year No psychosis At least 2 weeks since infectious illness No chronic or debilitating disease No IgE antibodies to collagenase greater than 15 ng/mL No known allergy to collagenase or any of the inactive ingredients in the injection Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00004409
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|Stanford University Hospital
|Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
|United States, New York
|State University of New York Health Sciences Center - Stony Brook
|Stony Brook, New York, United States, 11790-7775
|Study Chair:
|Lawrence C. Hurst
|State University of New York
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|NCT00004409 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|October 18, 1999
|Last Updated:
|March 24, 2015
Keywords provided by FDA Office of Orphan Products Development:
Dupuytren's disease
arthritis & connective tissue diseases
rare disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Dupuytren Contracture
Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Muscular Diseases
Connective Tissue Diseases
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Hamilton out of lineup to 'recharge,' enters game late
ANAHEIM -- Angels slugger Josh Hamilton was initially in Saturday's lineup -- batting fifth and playing right field -- but was scratched less than two hours before the game against the White Sox. The team offered no immediate explanation for the change.
As it turns out, no explanation was needed.
"Just took a day," Hamilton said. "There always doesn't have to be a reason for things."
The Angels simply intended to give Hamilton a day off to "recharge," as manager Mike Scioscia put it.
Hamilton did not get the day completely off, however, as he was used as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning.
The right fielder also got two plate appearances in which he singled and was intentionally walked.
William Boor is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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When building a Lowrider, the final piece needed to complete the build often comes in the form of a car club plaque, which is to be fitted in the back window of the ride. This plaque is sacred to car club members, and many of them build their cars around the aesthetics of the plaque. Considering the fact that some riders work for years to earn the opportunity to "fly" these car club plaques in their respective rear windows, it's only right that these final additions receive special attention.
It is widely believed that the first Lowrider car clubs began putting their car club plaques in automobile back windows sometime during the late 1960's. The Hot Rod crowd had been putting some sort of club identification on their cars since the early 1930's, but it was not until the late 1960's that the early Lowriders added their own spin to these club identifiers, and they initially designed a different type of plaque to be placed inside the cars.
The car club plaques have always been foundry casted in brass, bronze, or aluminum, but in the last 10 years or so, laser cut plaques cut from sheets of metal have become more popular. The ability to produce more ornate designs, coupled with the lowered cost of producing a laser cut plaque, has persuaded many clubs to forego the more traditional and expensive casted plaques in favor of the new laser cut plaques. There are still some clubs that prefer the casted plaque, but the vast majority of car clubs in the present day prefer the laser cut alternatives.
About 12 years ago, Joel Garcia started Jagster Engineer Group with a $500 loan from his father, Joel Sr. Initially; Joel started producing high end custom furniture and company signs. When he started Jagster, he was working with a company that was cutting parts for him, and he saw that they were starting to work with laser cut car club plaques. Two years after Joel started Jagster, he and his father decided to take the business to the next level by purchasing machines to bring their work in-house. They also wanted to expand their client base by serving the Lowrider Culture. Joel and his dad were already Lowriding, so it made sense to set their expansion plans in that direction. Joel went back to school to learn engineering, and also received hands on training to learn how to use the machines they purchased. He graduated from Los Angeles Trade Tech and then enrolled at Cal State Los Angeles, in order to complete his engineer degree. Thus far, he has had to put school on hold because running Jagster takes up the majority of his time.
The first car-related product they produced were laser cut key chains. Joel and his dad cut some Bowtie and Impala key chains and headed to a car show in Fresno, California. He brought his "Pomona Swap Meet" wagon, and sold the key chains throughout the show. They sold everything they had that day.
The father-son duo came back to Los Angeles and started to cut more key chains while they planned for the next weekend. Since that first show in Fresno, Jagster grew quickly, and the company went from walking the shows with the wagon to setting their own booth at the shows. Soon after, they were following the Lowrider Magazine car show tour and getting recognized. Car Clubs started to come to them to cut their plaques, and car owners started having Jagster cut custom parts for them. These parts included the likes of trim pieces, rear end supports, hydraulic backing plates, and grills.
As Jagster's reputation for quality work and customer service grew, it allowed Joel to add to his product line. He began producing extended skirts for the 1996 Cadillac big bodies, license plate toppers, and jewelry for the car clubs. It should be noted that all of Jagster's Chevy products are GM Approved, and Joel has the hang tags to prove it. Jagster has also worked with Mister Cartoon and Mario's Auto Works to produce one off pieces for their high quality builds. Over the past couple of years, they have added Lowrider Bicycle parts to their offerings, including custom sprockets, pedals, and forks. Jagster takes care of the chroming, plating, powder-coating, and engraving of their customer pieces as well, which makes them a one-stop shop.
Their customer base has grown over the years to include customers from countries located outside of the United States. Joel has even traveled overseas to attend shows and meet these customers face to face. If you don't see Jagster at the shows, you can always stop by their shop, or reach Joel and/or his dad on the phone.
What is the plan for the future at Jagster Engineer Group? Joel would like to get back to Cal State LA and complete his education, but it may take some more time since there are also plans for expansion and new products. You can reach Jagster at 213-703-3229 or visit http://www.myspace.com/jagsterla.


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Point guard Ryan Harrow, who asked N.C. State for a transfer release last month, announced late Wednesday on Twitter he will resume his college basketball career at Kentucky.
"I am a Kentucky Wildcat!" Harrow declared on his Twitter account.
Harrow is a 6-1 playmaker from Marietta, Ga., who arrived at State as a 5-star prospect and averaged 23 minutes and 9.3 points per game. He made 10 starts for coach Sidney Lowe, who was dismissed at the close of the season.
Kentucky's decision to accept Harrow, who has three seasons of eligibility remaining, appears to break the recent run of top-of-the-line point guards for John Calipari.
His past five point guard recruits either were (Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans, John Wall) or are projected to become (Brandon Knight, Marquis Teague) lottery picks. Harrow had not suggested that level of talent.
However, the 2012 class is regarded to be short on talent at point guard, with one of the few exceptions being 6-3 Rodney Purvis of Raleigh, whom UK is pursuing.


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The museum store is located in the Herders Cottage. It features merchandise based on the history and culture of New York State and rural America. Handcrafted items produced by our highly skilled staff and local artisans are featured. A section containing toys, games, books and crafts will please children of all ages!
Todd's General Store, located in the Historic Village, offers original and reproduction 19th-century products such as ceramics, glassware, band boxes, tinware, brooms, candles, soaps, candies, toys and games. For additional shopping opportunities visit our online store
Cross the street to the Fenimore Art Museum and visit The Fenimore Museum Shop. Located on the main level, the shop carries quality merchandise produced by regional artists, books and gifts related to art, New York State history, Native American art, jewelry, and folk art.
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Stop by the Crossroads Cafe, located next to Bump Tavern in the Historic Village, for sandwiches, wraps, salads, cold drinks, and ice cream treats.
You can also walk directly across the street to the Fenimore Art Museum to the Fenimore Café. Dine al fresco on the flagstone terrace overlooking beautiful Otsego Lake, or select an intimate table inside. The changing menu includes wraps, salads, homemade soups, grilled specialties, fresh baked goods, soft drinks, coffee, a wide assortment of teas, wine and beer served with our spectacular view.
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I got a biopsy done on a mouth lesion by a dentist. He thought it was a cyst and opened it to drain it, but found some tissue pellets that he thought needed to be biopsied. I got the biopsy results back and it said "suggestive of pleomorphic adenoma" with a note that said they couldn`t rule out adenocarcinoma because there wasn`t a sample that showed ht interface between the lesion and healthy tissue. I went to an oral surgeon and he seems to think it is a PA too, but wants to redo the biopsy. Just for my peace of mind, how confident would you say an oral pathologist issuing this diagnosis would be? What is the rate of assuredness inidicated by "suggestive of"?
This is an issue that oral pathologists deal with occasionally - that is, a biopsy sample from a salivary gland tumor that is fragmented, making interpretation more challenging. The cells of pleomorphic adenomas often have certain microscopic features that are characteristic for that lesion. The difficulty arises because sometimes we see low-grade (not very aggressive) salivary gland malignancies ("cancer") that can mimic pleomorphic adenoma microscopically.
The best way to tell the benign from the malignant tumor is to obtain another biopsy sample - basically a wedge of the tumor that includes some of the normal tissue. If it is a malignancy, it would show cells invading the normal tissue, while the pleomorphic adenoma will usually not show such an aggressive pattern. The odds are good that the oral pathologist is correct with his or her initial assessment, but every now and then we encounter a tumor that surprises us when we look at the final biopsy sample.
For that reason, you should have the second biopsy procedure done, and hopefully it will confirm the oral pathologist's diagnosis.
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What's in the safe? We'll find out Friday
EUGENE, Ore. - What's in the safe? We'll find out Friday.
Peter Pomponi donated the safe to the Roosevelt Middle School Auction.
He found the safe while renovating his farm house in Grants Pass almost 3 years ago.
"I think the safe has a long history and someone hid it for a reason," Peter said "As I was tearing apart a section of the workshop the safe began to emerge. The more I pulled away boards, the more it became apparent it was a safe."
What's inside remains a mystery, although Peter and his daughter Isabella have heard a few clues this week as the safe echoed out some hints.
"I heard something that sounded like a clunk, metallic, maybe something like a chain, so we heard something slide and clunk," Peter said.
The school put the safe and its contents up for auction online at noon Pacific time on the Roosevelt website.
The auction will close at 8 p.m. Friday night during the Roosevelt Showcase event.
Once the winning bid is confirmed, a locksmith from Eugene Lock and Safe has donated his time to open the safe and reveal the contents.
Isabella started the bidding Wednesday with a $100 bid.
"It would be interesting to keep the safe and have it opened," Isabella said, "but on the other side it would feel really good to donate it to the school so they can raise money."
Parent volunteers at Roosevelt say given the current budget situation at the school, this annual auction is very important.
"By getting this money into the school, we'll actually be able to not only get another teacher but actually keep teachers that would be laid off," said parent volunteer Louise Bronaugh said.


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throw in some bugs, make wow free add some strange items that increase your health significantly + OP's feature = private server. Gogo blizz!
If it's for just that (killing garrosh) then yes
throw in some bugs, make wow free add some strange items that increase your health significantly + OP's feature = private server. Gogo blizz!
If it's for just that (killing garrosh) then yes
It would be WORST IDEA EVER!
There won't be more epic feel of Horde/Ally
Yes, I'm sure the battle between the alliance and horde in pandaira ends with us all being friends and grouping together
I don't know anything more than anyone else but I think a clue is here. Near the top of the Data Changes section. This has been in the air for a while now.
People will be happy enough to stand up for America if they're comfortable with what American stands for.
This whole conversation is somewhat dumb imo. Everyone on pvp servers has horde/alliance characters. Half the people you talk with in chat or hanging around in your guild will at some point have fought or killed you on a seperate faction. Not talking between factions is about as dumb, as the guy in the article earlier clearly and accurately said...people are jerks. Those guy will camp you then log onto the opposite faction toon and taunt you anyway. So really doesn't matter.
NOBODY gets along anymore in gaming. You don't talk with poeple in LFR or randoms for fear itll start off some big chat fight for no better reason then some 13 year old monkey trying to impress this chick in his guild who is actually an over wieght 40 year old male with a voice synth on his vent.
The only thing that can possibly make gaming (not just wow every game has degenerated into trolls and asshats in chat ASIDE from moderated private servers) is the addition of cause n effect measures. Act like an asshat you get crap ratings which in turn could slow your progression, or que times get a negative as a result etc. ALL characters on account tied together no folks hiding. Pay an 15 a month to get an account just for trade chat abuse...fine waste your money.
Cross faction grouping won't hurt anything you poeple don't talk to the team mates ya group with anyway so what's the difference... Won't speed up que's except during off peak times as you will still have the same heal/tank to dps ratio. But hey...off peak times will benefit.
its probably Defense of the Alehouse and its will probably be a new way to play because they will probably make it like a legit DOTA like they are doing with SC2
i live by one motto! "lolwut?"
Don't know if this has been mentioned earlier in this thread but I could see it happening sometime soon.
Didn't Wrathion mention that Azeroth needs to stand united against the incoming evil? This would mean that Horde and Alliance would have to stop the war and negotiate some sort of a fleeting peace.
I don't like the idea of Cross-Faction in general
Marco Koegler's work with procedural map building always looked to me on par with their REALLY REALLY old plans of player-made content.
Another really old feature that they can be bringing is the mentoring program that allow ahigh level character to decrease levels in order to play with the newly arrived friends.
Both seem way more possible than cross-faction.
...did they say it would be released "at the end of Mist"? Or are you just assuming so since LFR was implemented at the end of Cata?
so your logic is
i want this
i think they can do it
so this must be it!
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Cross faction groups
equals cross faction sloots.
I'm down.


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A new club racer-inspired version of the Honda S2000 will take the legendary vehicle's track-worthy performance to an entirely new level when it makes its world debut at the New York International Auto Show on April 4, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today. Engineered around the expectations and needs of Honda performance enthusiasts, the S2000 CR will be available as a new trim level when the aggressively-tuned vehicle goes on sale in the fall of 2007.
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Gdansk, Poland, July 8, 2011 – Russia easily beat Brazil in straight sets (25-20, 25-20 and 25-17) in the last match of Pool F in 2011 World League Final Round in Gdansk, Poland.Both Russia and Brazil had already qualified for the semifinals for this clash of the heavyweights. The only battle that remained was that of top spot in Pool F.The best scorer of the match was Taras Khtei from Russia with 12 points, while Leandro Vissotto Neves led Brazil with 11 points.
2011 FIVB Volleyball World LeagueLive Scoring/ResultsFinal Round - Poland July 6-10As expected both teams rested several important players, the most notable absence being that of Brazil's enigmatic captain Giba. Likewise, the Russians also rested key personnel as both coaches gave some of their reserve players a run out.
In this tournament it has become a habit for Brazil's to lose the opening set and so it was to prove again. The opening exchanges suggested that despite the changes this was going to be a closely fought encounter. However it was the Russians who soon got their noses in front jumping into an 8-5 advantage at the first TTO. Thereafter they took controlm of the set seeing it out 25-20.The "Canarinhos" recovered their poise somewhat at the strart of the second set and soon Brazil found themselves in the lead (9-7), Despite some good blocking and strong serves they were unable to maintain that momentum and the Russians sensimng an opportunity quickly exerted control. They overhauled their opponents and raced ahead with a four-point-advantage at the second TTO (16-12). After that the game became a display of Russian domination as they took the set again 25-20.For Brazil everything was reminiscent of their opening match against Cuba when they also lost the first two sets. But Russia were a much a different proposition. Brazil's coach "Bernardinho" changed his libero in the next set (Mario Padreira Junior replaced Dutra Santos Sergio), but Russia continued to dominate. Brazil tied the score, but they were still falling behind. When the Russians once again took the lead at 17-13, there was nothing Brazil could do. Russia easily won the set 25-17 the match 3-0 and with it sealed top spot. It's a win that will provide some comfort for the heartache of losing to Brazil in last year's World League Final.


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Spencer finished the regular season leading the Summit League with 468 kills and was in the nation's top 40 with a 4.25 kills per game average. She also had a conference-best 30 aces.
Spencer becomes the first IPFW player since the program joined the Summit League to be named Player of the Year. The Mastodons while a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference won player of the year honors four times with the last one coming in 2000.
This is the second consecutive year that Spencer earned a top individual award from the conference. The sophomore last season was named the 2011 Summit League Freshman of the Year.
With Spencer leading the offense, IPFW finished in second place in the Summit League and received a berth to the four-team Summit League Tournament.
IPFW will play Oakland in the conference tournament semifinals at 6 p.m. Friday.


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binocular wrote:SamKR wrote:Also, see this animation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Optic ... quares.gif
Well duh. To me, they start off the same, and end up different.
Yes. The perceptions (of shade of square B) arising at the beginning and at the end are different - even though the conceived "objective reality" is supposed to be the same.


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Nearly two weeks ago, on the night of Oregon's Fiesta Bowl victory—Chip Kelly's 46th win in four seasons as a head coach—the Kelly-to-the-NFL rumors were festering and it was hard to see things any other way than this: If Kelly were to leave for Philadelphia or any other pro town, he'd never again have it as good as he had it in Eugene.
That's still our sense of things, though our admiration for Kelly continues to grow. Not so much because of his .868 winning percentage, but because of the eggs this Duck was sitting on for 10 days after turning down the Eagles and telling Oregon he'd be staying put. He had both the cold-bloodedness to walk away from the table in Philly and the cold-heartedness to B.S. his bosses right to their faces. Get this man a Congressional seat! And to think, just six years ago Kelly was an offensive coordinator—at New Hampshire.
Maybe he's so brave, so bold, so driven to succeed that he'll pull a Pete Carroll and go from dominator of the Pac-12 to toast of an NFL town. Who knows?
And—if you're an Oregon fan or a Stanford fan or a USC fan or just a college football fan—who cares?
Forget Chip Kelly. It's all about the future of the Ducks now.
The nutshell version nearly two weeks after Oregon's fourth BCS appearance in a row: Will the Ducks ever have it as good again?
Some names come to mind as we ponder that question.
Mark Helfrich, of course. He's expected to be the third consecutive offensive coordinator (following Kelly and Mike Bellotti) promoted into the head coaching job at Oregon. From the standpoints of philosophy and strategy, Helfrich makes all the sense in the world for the Ducks.
Continuity matters, too, and Helfrich—who was Kelly's OC all four years—offers that in a big way. He's extremely popular among the Ducks players. He's a native of the state. He's only 39. A-pluses all the way around with this guy.
But Helfrich can't possibly win at Kelly's level if the elephant in the room rears its ugly head. And that would be Willie Lyles, or the NCAA fallout related to his unseemly association with the school.
Maybe Kelly isn't such a shrewd negotiator after all. Maybe he has something else in common with Carroll: the same sense of self-preservation that leads some captains to abandon sinking ships. One has to suspect Oregon smells real trouble coming for the program when it appears, likely in the spring, before the NCAA committee on infractions. How many uncomfortable conversations about Lyles' phony scouting service and the NCAA's new enforcement team must've taken place behind closed doors in Eugene over the past 10 days?
And here's another name: Lane Kiffin. If you were on Twitter on Wednesday, you undoubtedly saw jokes about Kiffin celebrating Kelly's departure from the Pac-12. But the joke has been on Kiffin ever since he took over for Carroll.
Is Kiffin, who just endured a humiliating 7-6 campaign, an exposed head coach—all name, no game? Or is he a man who had no real chance to succeed at a championship level after rules violations committed on Carroll's watch led to a bowl ban at USC and, far more damaging, a massive reduction in scholarships?
Perhaps he's both, but he's definitely the latter.
If Helfrich is faced with NCAA-imposed obstacles that are anything close to what went down at USC, he'll struggle as surely as Kiffin has. The only difference is not as many folks out there will enjoy it.
MORE: Some Oregon recruits wish Kelly the best, while others may look around


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text: Shot through the heart By John McCoy June 1, 2013 Story Share John McCoy She shot her first round of skeet in February, and already Amanda Litton has become a shotgun-sports enthusiast. The 27-year-old Dunbar resident now spends a couple of afternoons a week at the West Virginia Clays Inc. skeet and trap complex near Hernshaw. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Amanda Litton's concession to romance is now a growing passion.The 27-year-old nurse ventured into the shooting sports to spend more time with her new boyfriend. What started as a quick outing to shoot pistols has transformed into trip after trip to the skeet club and days of tramping the woods in search of turkeys."If you had told me a year ago I'd be doing all this, I would have laughed at you," said the Dunbar resident.It's not that Litton feared or distrusted firearms; she just didn't dream she'd ever shoot them recreationally."I grew up around guns," she said. "My dad was in the military, and we always had guns in the house. I shot BB guns with Dad and tried a few rifles and pistols, but I never got into it."That changed last year, when, within the span of five months, Litton obtained a permit to carry a concealed handgun and she started dating a shooting-sports enthusiast."I work nights, and I got the concealed-carry permit in the interest of safety," she said. "Then in December I started dating Todd."Litton's new boyfriend told her he'd like to share his hobbies with her. She asked him what they were."He told me he liked hunting, shooting, skeet shooting and fishing. I said, 'I'll try anything once as long as it doesn't hurt me or kill me,'" she recalled. They had their first "shooting date" in January."We took our pistols to a little range near Marmet," Litton said. "It was cold, and we were really bundled up. We were the only two people out there. We started shooting, and Todd said, 'Wow, you're really a good shot!'"Two or three weeks later they went skeet shooting."I was quite a sight," she said with a laugh. "I was wearing camouflage pants, a long-sleeved shirt I had worn under my scrubs, and an awesome pair of polka-dotted black rain boots. One of the skeet club members loaned me his son's 20-gauge pump gun, and I shot my first two rounds with that."For someone accustomed to shooting at stationary targets, hitting airborne, fast-moving clay birds can be quite a challenge. It was for Litton, too. "In that first round [of 25 birds], I might have hit three or four," she said. "The recoil from that 20-gauge was tearing me up. By the end of the second round, my shoulder was killing me. Another member offered to lend me his 28-gauge, and that was a lot easier on me." The experience left Litton wanting more. She and her boyfriend became regulars at the club, shooting as often as two to three times a week."My scores have improved quite a bit," she said. "On a bad day I'll hit 15 or 16 in a round, and on a good day I'll hit 21 or 22."Polka-dotted rain boots are no longer part of her skeet-club attire. A padded vest now protects her gun shoulder, and a shooting pouch hangs from her hip and holds her shells."I finally have a gun of my own, too," she added. "I just got it - a 28-gauge Browning Citori XS Sporting. I think having a gun that really fits me will help me to shoot better scores."She's even giving thought to entering a competition or two."Todd and I have discussed going to some competition shoots later this year," she said. "We think it might be fun, and it might help us take our shooting to another level. Todd shot in a small competition recently, and he shot his first-ever 25-of-25 round. It was awesome." Litton's experience with skeet shooting encouraged her to try some shotgun-oriented hunting."I took the online hunter safety education course, passed the test and got my hunter ed card," she said. "Todd and I went turkey hunting during the season. We went camping at Stonewall Jackson Lake. I didn't get a turkey, but he did. We also went fishing, which was great."I definitely want to try dove hunting this fall. Some of the guys at the skeet club have an annual dove outing, and I'm hoping to go along."Becoming part of the so-called "gun culture" hasn't bothered Litton for even a minute."Guns - and the people who use them - get a lot of bad press," she said. "I've found shooters and hunters to be some of the kindest, most giving people I've ever met. Every time I'm around them, I'm impressed by how helpful they are, how willing to share their time and their things with someone they hardly know."I've never found another group of people quite like it. So far everything I've done with them, I've enjoyed."Reach John McCoy at 304-348-1231 or email@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Teen pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 2 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 3 Toyota announces new $115 million project for WV plant 4 'Report for America' pilot project begins in Appalachia 5 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken Children inspire author's new book on hiking Previous Story DNR hoping to lure potential anglers with Free Fishing Days Next Story


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There was no room in the print edition this week or last to review all the shows I saw over the past few weeks, so I wanted to give a shout-out to two that deserves to be seen during this, their closing weekends: True West at Contemporary Theatre of Dallas and Creditors at Broken Gears Theatre Project.
True West, Sam Shapard's modern reinterpretation of the Cain and Abel myth, pits Austin (Mike Schrader), a dour, responsible, by-the-rules screenwriter, against Lee (Gregory Lush), his manipulative numbskull petty crook brother. Lee considers himself an average American, which doesn't speak very well of our culture. Austin, though, it just as deluded, with lofty, high-brow ideas for a script he's pitching to an independent producer (T.A. Taylor). Lee perceived Hollywood as no better than he — a hustle is a hustle. Slowly, the brothers' roles shift, creating tension and ample amounts of comedy.
Lee is a perfectly awful character, the unbridled id with access to a car. He uses his own version of logic illogically (think all those "deep" conversations lorded over by the preachy morons on reality TV) and you feel for Austin's plight. Lush handles that dichotomy of amiable and infuriating expertly, and brings an aggressive physicality to the part (he really destroys that typewriter with a golf club — I hate to see a classic so brutalized). If Schrader's desperation is less engaging, it's not due to him, but to Austin's self-destructiveness.
Shepard isn't performed as often as he deserves to be. His plays don't fit in easy pigeonholes of comedy, drama, romance. He's all things, and True West is a superior achievement.
Creditors is a very different play in many way — 90 years older than True West — but no less relevant. This taut three-character drama is a shockingly contemporary and breathlessly intimate psychological thriller. Although it pre-dates Freud, Strindberg's dissection of the human will is unnervingly accurate.
A frail artist (Evan Fuller) recovers at a resort with the support of a fellow traveler (Elias Taylorson), who probes the man about his unfulfilling relationship with his wife (Meredith Morton). With laser accuracy, he dissects the dynamics of their relationship and devises a ploy for making him see the pointlessness of his marriage. But things aren't what they full appear to be.
Broken Gears, located in a rustic 30-seat theater across from the Grapevine Bar, is the perfect setting for this claustrophobic investigation into revenge and suspicion. The characters rarely talk above a hushed conversation, which creates unnerving closeness not just to the actors, but to the emotions. Director Rene Moreno keeps it clean and unfussy, with minimal movement that seems not stiff but still.
All the actors are exceptional, with Fuller seeming to undergo actual asthmatic attacks and Taylorson's professorial demeanor wholly convincing. SO intense is the action that at a recent performance, a sudden crashing noise offstage (intentional) caused the entirety of the audience to startle. It grabs you by the short hairs. Catch it before it's gone.


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NEW YORK — Over the years, a fatty liver has become an indicator of obesity and insulin resistance among humans, but researchers have found that people with fatty livers are five times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than their healthier counterparts.
In a new study slated for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, researchers examined 11,091 Koreans with fasting insulin concentration, a marker of insulin resistance, and diagnosed the subjects with a fatty liver via an abdominal ultrasound. At baseline, 27% of the population had been diagnosed with having fatty liver.
The researchers followed up after five years of the initial examination and found that regardless of baseline insulin concentration, patients with fatty livers had significantly more metabolic abnormalities, including higher glucose and triglyceride concentration and lower HDL ("good" cholesterol) levels. They concluded that patients with fatty livers were five times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes.
"We believe that a diagnosis of fatty liver should raise an alarm for impending Type 2 diabetes," said Sun Kim of Stanford University and senior author of the study. "Our study shows that fatty liver, as diagnosed by ultrasound, strongly predicts the development of Type 2 diabetes, regardless of insulin concentration."
"Our study shows in a large population of relatively healthy individuals that identifying fatty liver by ultrasound predicts the development of Type 2 diabetes in five years," Kim added. "In addition, our findings reveal a complex relationship between baseline fatty liver and fasting insulin concentration."


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Just six months into her job as assistant director of the Office of Servicemember Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Holly Petraeus is kicking butts and taking names of mortgage lenders who dare to mess with America's military families.
Last week, Petraeus, the wife of Gen. David Petraeus and daughter of Gen. William Knowlton, formally dressed down Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Saxon Mortgage and others at a joint Congressional forum on illegal service member foreclosures before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Her appearance coincided with the release of a Congressional report, "Fighting on the Home Front: The Growing Problem of Illegal Foreclosures Against U.S. Servicemembers," that fueled her tough talk.
Several mortgage servicing companies recently admitted to multiple violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, or SCRA, including foreclosing on service members who were deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
SCRA was passed in 2003 to protect active-duty service personnel from improper foreclosures, evictions and other financial consequences of military service. When a service member is called to active duty, SCRA has their back, lowering to 6 percent the interest rate on their mortgage and credit card loans. In 2009, Congress expanded protections under the little-known Homeowners Assistance Program to protect service members from calamitous loss due to the collapse of the housing market.
Petraeus expressed her outrage that any financial institution would ignore these protections.
"Service members should not have to struggle to get the protections they are due under the law. A National Guard wife once told me that her husband had been activated three times, and each time she had had to fight with their bank for months to get the SCRA interest rate reduction applied," she told the forum.
"As we've seen from the recent settlements with Bank of America, Saxon Mortgage and JPMorgan Chase over SCRA-related incidents, experiences like hers, reflecting lenders' lack of compliance with other SCRA protections, have been far too common."
Petraeus noted that although foreclosure is devastating for any family, it's a "terrible situation" for military families -- both the family back home and the deployed service member who feels helpless to take action to prevent it.
While she acknowledged that the CFPB will not enforce SCRA (that job falls to the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice), Petraeus pledged to make her office a conduit through which service member complaints are routed to the appropriate agency.
Mortgage lenders, you've been served: Mess with Holly Petraeus at your peril.
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text: TV specials from the show floor February 3, 2009 12:00 AM This year on February 14, local media outlets including NBC 5 Chicago, WGN-TV and Telemundo Chicago will continue to host their annual Chicago Auto Show special programs with exclusive coverage from the show floor. The television specials will highlight concept cars and the best of the show while providing full show coverage. NBC 5 Chicago will air the 2009 Chicago Auto Show special in HD live at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14. The fast paced hour-long show will take viewers on a visit to the show floor. This annual broadcast will include NBC 5 personalities Brant Miller, Ginger Zee, LeeAnn Trotter, Paula Faris, Charlie Wojciechowski, Art Norman and Matt Rodewald. The show will also be streamed live on NBCCHICAGO.COM. An encore will air on NBC 5 on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 11:05 p.m. This year marks the 11th consecutive year that NBC 5 is live from the Chicago Auto Show. The station's coverage has been honored with nine local Emmy awards. WGN-TV, in cooperation with John Davis and the MotorWeek team, will begin their hour-long special at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14. The program will feature its annual concept car report as well as full coverage of the show. The program's talent includes John Davis from MotorWeek, teamed up with Marcella Raymond and Valerie Warner. The TV special is in HD and an encore presentation is also scheduled. Telemundo Chicago will host an up-close-and-personal tour of the Chicago Auto Show in a special half-hour show "Road to the Auto Show" scheduled to air on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 10:30 p.m. with an encore presentation airing on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. Hosts Oscar Guzman and Nelly Carreño will highlight the family-friendly offerings, great automobile deals and information on environmentally-friendly vehicles. Back to News


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Emily was diagnosed with breast cancer just five months after she was laid off from her job as a software developer, right in the middle of the economic downturn in 2009. After her tumor was removed, she couldn't afford to keep paying for insurance coverage, so she skipped out on chemotherapy and radiation. The cancer came back. Emily is now dead.
Emily's primary care doctor says her story may have ended differently if she had been able to access coverage under Obamacare's optional Medicaid expansion. But she lives in Utah, where lawmakers have resisted implementing that policy, despite the fact that it's a central tenet of the health reform law.
That's just one of the stories featured in a new documentary, "Entitled to Life," that's attempting to put a personal face on the politically contentious issue of Medicaid expansion. Like more than 20 other states across the country, Utah hasn't yet agreed to accept generous federal funds to extend public insurance to additional low-income residents who don't currently qualify for Medicaid. "Entitled to Life" makes the case that the human cost is too great to continue resisting this Obamacare provision.
Paul Gibbs, the independent filmmaker who made the new documentary, is personally invested in the issue because he's seen the benefits of Medicaid coverage firsthand. Five years ago, when he was struggling to put himself through film school — in addition to working part time and caring for his niece and nephew — he was diagnosed with end stage kidney failure.
"I was working hard on a lot of different things, but I didn't have health insurance. I needed help surviving, and Medicaid was one of the things that made it possible for me to have that kidney transplant," Gibbs recounted in an interview with ThinkProgress. "I really want other people to have the same opportunity I had — just to get the help they need to stay alive."
Many of the other Utah residents featured in Gibbs' documentary are dealing with recovering from car accidents, strokes, and surgeries, as well as managing chronic conditions like autoimmune disorders and epilepsy. They have painful stories of the consequences of not being able to access the health care they need. For instance, a Vietnam war veteran was forced to file for bankruptcy after his wife, who worked a minimum wage job and didn't qualify for Medicaid coverage or his VA plan, needed two operations to clear her arteries and remove an aneurysm. An uninsured single mother sometimes tries to cut open her painful abscesses at home with a razor blade, because she can't afford to visit a doctor and get the procedure done with anesthesia.
"I think there is a determination from those who oppose Medicaid expansion to view it just in terms of numbers, to think of this in terms of tax dollars. But this isn't about tax dollars. This is about human lives," Gibbs pointed out. "I think that, if most of these legislators really allow themselves to hear what these people have to say, they would be moved."
"Entitled to Life" is available on YouTube, and Gibbs is planning to partner with state-based organizations to screen segments of the film at upcoming town halls regarding Medicaid expansion. He's hoping that it will open Utah residents' eyes and encourage them to "make some noise" in support of a potential expansion plan proposed by Gov. Gary Herbert (R) earlier this year. That plan has the potential to extend coverage to an estimated 110,000 low-income Utahns.
Even though the new film is being used as a lobbying tool to persuade the Utah legislature, Gibbs also thinks that the stories in his documentary could have a broader impact outside the borders of his own state. Across the country, millions of impoverished Americans are locked out of health reform altogether because their lawmakers are resisting Medicaid expansion. Gibbs thinks that's partly because Medicaid has been unfairly construed as a government handout.
"What the film is really about, more than anything else, is that the stereotypes about people who need Medicaid and these other social programs are just not true," he said. "These people aren't lazy. They're hardworking, and they're really just like anybody else. They just need help. The fact that they're poor doesn't reflect anything on their character; it reflects only on their circumstances. I think that's true no matter what state you're in."
"They're just our fellow human beings," Gibbs added, "and we need to stop stigmatizing them just so we can tell ourselves it's okay to let them die."


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Here's where I am now:
Strong head wind -ESP Avenger(Almost never use)
Not so strong head wind - _________
A little head wind -X Wildcat or Pro Orc
No wind -Ch Archon
Light downwind - Dx Beast(when I flip it right, it goes)
Strong downwind - Dx Archangel 150
Still trying to figure out the Pro Destroyer. Pretty sure I ruined it taking off the flash. It's long, but only into a very very light wind. Anything more than that, and I need a lot of room right. Anything less than that and my other stuff is longer. Not sure if to try another or try a Pro Wraith for the not so strong wind slot.


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cool! so do u have a diary? a journal?
lol thats okie dokie.
so u were just learnin to ride? not doin barrels, or reining or western pleasure?
AWWWWWWW COOOOOOLLLLL!!!!! : Im HAPPPPPPPPYYYYY uve rode a horsey b4~!!!!! wat all did u do when u rode? like any specialty? orrrr.....????=]
ohh. how long did u ride? how come u didnt tell me uve rode b4? =[
ohhhh. thats cool! do u ride now?
awwwww....cooolio ur goona start riding!!!! breeches are nifty!
thankfully it is! I love my breeches!!! and i love my wool socks with them! hehe
my horsey pj bottoms and a loose t-shirt. or my breeches with shorts on top and a loose tee
cool! i like boot cut jeans and wrangler jeans. shirts or blouses i like. i do have a fave shirst that is from the movie Spirit, stallion of the Cimmaron.
my fave outfit is my rustler jeans w/ hole at knee=], my cowboy boots, leather bomber jacket or jean jacket, and my hat!
i have a fave sweater. my princeton sweater! and i like my sweatshirts that say horsey stuf! like "heres one little girl who would rather wear chaps than a party dress" or soft hands, steady mind, strong legs, ride. or the Ride like theres no tomorrow.
and i like my low rise boot cut jeans. =]
wat are ur fave pajamas?
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