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Two gay North Texans on original summer programming reality shows are continuing to thrive.
Lewisville's Ben Starr and Dallas' Leslie Ezelle have been standouts on their respective series — Starr on Fox's MasterChef and Ezelle on HGTV's Design Star. Starr was a top-three finisher in this week's episode on Tuesday, while Ezelle made a strong impression Week 1 of Design Star and has never been in the bottom of the pack since. (Another Dallasite, local chef Carrie, has been most known as the object of hatred among her team on Fox's Hell's Kitchen.)
The rest of the summer's reality life will continue to gay it up: Local pastry chef Lina Biancamano, who works in the kitchen at Stephan Pyles, is a contestant on Top Chef: Just Desserts starting next month, and the series Most Eligible: Dallas debuts in three weeks on Bravo. And tonight on Lifetime, the new season of Project Runway premieres.
But what has really interested me this summer on reality TV has been the rotating guest judges on So You Think You Can Dance. A few seasons back, senior judge and exec producer Nigel Lythgoe took it on the chin for making comments perceived as homophobic — an odd claim, considering that SYTYCD has among the gayest (though least out) cast of contestants on reality TV (as well as many gays behind the scenes.)
Maybe that controversy led to Lythgoe intentionally gaying up the lineup this season. Starting with the mass auditions, guest judges this season have been gay choreographers Adam Shankman and Jason Gilkison. Then during the live elimination weeks, the first round of judges included gay faves Megan Mullally, Kristin Chenoweth and Debbie Reynolds, then in the past three weeks the 1-2-3-4 punch of Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Neil Patrick Harris (pictured), Rob Marshall and Lady Gaga. All have made pretty out-there comments for the family-friendly show. "Do you have a boyfriend?" Ferguson asked one of the female dancers. "So do I," he said. Harris joked that one girl was so good even he was attracted to her, and last night Gaga joked that she "loves a queen" … and she wasn't talking about Elizabeth II. Can't wait to see who's up next to judge.

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FC Dallas hit 2,000 followers on our Instagram page this weekend. As a thank you, we're launching a photo contest for THIS WEEK ONLY.
Simply grab your FC Dallas scarf, take a photograph with it in a fun place, and post it on Instagram tagging @FCDallas and using the hashtag #ScarvesUp. You have to be on Instagram to participate, so if you aren't, go ahead and sign up and follow us.
On Friday, we'll place the photos on FCDallas.com where you can vote on your favorite shot.
The Grand Prize Winner will receive a four tickets and a special on-field experience at the 9/2 match vs. Seattle Sounders. 2nd Place will receive four tickets to the 9/2 match and 3rd Place will receive two tickets to the same match.


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Mostly Good News for Monarch Spring Migration
AUSTIN, Texas — Millions of monarch butterflies have begun their annual spring migration north into Texas, and entomologists say it's mostly good news this year. All the monarchs in North America east of the Rocky Mountains winter in one mountainous region of central Mexico, where monarch numbers dropped alarmingly due to a severe snow storm in 2004. Scientists say monarch numbers in this region now appear to have bounced back to approximately 300 million butterflies.
While thousands of monarchs can be seen concentrated in a single time and place during the fall migration in Texas, the spring migration, by contrast, is a more dispersed and drawn out affair lasting nearly two months. Generally, observations of less than 20 monarchs are reported for any one time and location in the spring.
As with many native wildlife species, plants and habitat types hold the key to whether people will see monarchs.
"Native milkweed plants that the monarchs will seek out for egg laying include green milkweed (Asclepias viridis), Zizotes milkweed (Asclepias oenotheroides), and antelope horn milkweed (Asclepias asperula)," said Mike Quinn, an entomologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, who added that native flowering species like Texas mountain laurel are a favored nectar source for the returning butteries.
Scientists with the Monarch Watch international research and conservation venture report that on Feb. 27 it was apparent the butterflies were leaving Mexico. Until late March, the overwintering generation will be moving through Texas. The next leg of the migration will then be taken up by the first spring generation moving through Texas in April.
"Part of the good news this year is the monarchs are in great shape," said Chip Taylor with the University of Kansas, where Monarch Watch is based. "The proportion of monarchs with tattered wings and low fat reserves appears to be low. The winter was mild and the result seems to be that those surviving the winter are well prepared for the 600 or so miles they need to travel to reach the milkweed areas of Texas. The peak of returning monarchs is usually sighted in Texas after March 15."
Taylor said more good news is that scientists were able to purchase more than 500 tags to track butterfly movements, and it appears they have finally recovered most of the tags that were being held by residents of the Mexico protected butterfly reserve after the massive winter kills of 2002 and 2004. Monarch Watch recently offered a 50 peso reward for each tag turned in, which greatly increased the number of tags recovered, but strained the organization's budget in the process.
Taylor said when scientists and volunteers arrived in Mexico this year, President Felipe Calderón held a meeting at which he announced a "zero tolerance" policy for illegal logging together with a Conservation Development Strategy for the state of Michoacan. In spite of Mexican efforts, Taylor said some illegal logging continues within the 56,000-hectare Monarch Biosphere Reserve, including sites previously occupied by butterflies. Officials hope economic development programs will enable loggers to transition to legal income-producing activities and help prevent illegal logging that is reducing the butterfly's wintering habitat.
More information, including video and photos of monarch butterflies in Mexico, can be found on the Monarch Watch Web site.
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text: To give his pepper plants some extra light during the winter months, João Silva decided to set up a solar-powered light that would charge during the day, then light a lamp after dark. Rather than simply scavenging a circuit from an old garden lamp, though, he designed his own SolarLamp circuit from scratch. It looks like a fun project, and he has a good explanation of the issues that he ran into when designing a circuit to work at low voltages. As a bonus, he used the open source circuit toolkit gEDA/SPICE/ngspice to design and simulate the circuit. Excellent work!


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BRISBANE, Calif. — Global specialty retailer Bebe reported retail sales of $109 million for the fourth fiscal quarter ended July 6, a decrease of 8.5% compared to $119.1 million for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2012.
Comparable store sales for the quarter decreased 7.1% compared to a decrease of 2.5% in the fourth fiscal quarter of the prior year. The decrease was primarily driven by the negative comparable store traffic during the quarter, with April being the most negative.
Retail sales for the fiscal year ended July 6 were $442.8 million, a decrease of 8.6% compared to $484.2 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012. Comparable store sales for the fiscal year ending July 6 decreased 8.8% compared to an increase of 5.3% for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012.
During the quarter, the company increased promotional activities to continue to clear through previously committed unproductive inventory. While this negatively impacted merchandise margin, the company says it made progress in working through legacy merchandise to ensure a clean inventory position for the fall season.
Beginning in fiscal 2014, Bebe will discontinue quarterly retail sales reporting. Sales and earnings will be reported in conjunction with the quarterly earnings announcement.
Bebe designs, develops and produces a distinctive line of contemporary women's apparel and accessories under the Bebe, Bebe Sport, Bbsp and 2b Bebe brand names. It currently operates 240 stores, of which 188 are Bebe stores, including its e-commerce site, and 52 are 2b Bebe stores, including its e-commerce site. Stores are located in the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Canada. Bebe also distributes and sells Bebe-branded product through its licensees in approximately 25 countries.


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How is it possible to make something simpler than is possible?
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Get an overview of this hotelVictorian Vancouver hotel in Downtown Vancouver, walk to Canada Place
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Located in Downtown Vancouver, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Rogers Arena, and Canada Place. BC Place Stadium and Stanley Park are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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A restaurant, coffee/tea in a common area, and a business center are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free continental breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include self parking, dry cleaning, and a 24-hour front desk.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. A business center is on site at this 3-star property. This Victorian hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, ski storage, and coffee/tea in a common area. Onsite parking is available (surcharge). A total renovation of this property was completed in October 2013.
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Chamber annual business expo
The Los Altos Chamber of Commerce's 13th annual Business EXPO 2001 is scheduled 4-7 p.m., April 26, at the Los Altos Youth Center, 1 N. San Antonio Road.
The event will feature Los Altos retailers, restaurants, professionals and services coming together to show off under one roof.
Attendees will have an opportunity to win raffle prizes donated by local merchants. Individual businesses will also offer prize drawing opportunities at their displays. Admission is $5. For more information, call 948-1455.
American Business Women's Association
The Changing Times chapter of The American Business Women's Association holds its monthly dinner meetings on the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 2885 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara. Coming monthly programs include precision selling the Business Associate Event (April 18), the educational awards presentation (May 16) and the Woman of the Year Celebration (June 20). Cost is $25. For reservations, contact Robin James at (408) 938-2216. Reservations must be made by the Friday prior to each meeting.
The Technology and Society Committee
The Technology and Society Committee meets for lunch and a speaker at 11:45 a.m. on alternate Tuesdays at the Golden Wok, 895 Villa St., Mountain View.
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Faithfully based on the actual 1979 prototypes that never saw production, Super7's "new" figure series retains the vintage looks, articulation, accessories, and, best of all, packaging of the originally planned toys. The series consists of what would have been the entire first wave:
* THE ALIEN ("BIG CHAP") - w/ removable transparent dome, extendable jaws and glowing brain!
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Facebook celebrated its sixth birthday on February 4th and announced that it now has over 400 million members. That's quite an accomplishment — just a year ago, the social media giant had 150 million users.
Noting this milestone in a blog post, founder Mark Zuckerberg said:
We've made great progress over the last year towards making the world more open and connected.
If Facebook was a country, it would soon have the largest population in the world. At 400 million active users and counting, only China and India have more inhabitants:
Look again at that last number… That's more than half a billion estimated users. Given Facebook's exponential growth rate, it probably won't be too long before the network reaches this milestone.
And Facebook could be a major disrupter in realm of news and media
An interesting post on ReadWriteWeb suggests that Facebook could become the world's leading news reader and contends that, with a few tweaks, it could be a major player in the distribution of news content. (An update indicates that ReadWriteWeb has hard numbers confirming that Facebook is already the largest news reader on the Web.) A recent article on the Facebook blog encouraged members to set up a news feed on Facebook.
According to recent data from Hitwise, Facebook has eclipsed Google News to become the fourth-largest news distributor on the Web:
Facebook already drives 2.5 times as much traffic to other news and media destinations (3.5%) as Google News (1.4%). Here's an illustration of the increase over the past year in visits from Facebook to news and media Web sites relative to Google News:
A blog post at The Atlantic discusses how Facebook is becoming the real news portal for the world these days and notes that it's not a surprise:
But the emergence of Facebook as a real driver of news stories tells us something important about how news works. Getting our news from our friends is nothing new. It's as old as the concept of neighborhood gossip. But if Hitwise analytics are capturing a true trend in media, and the share of Facebook outbound links really doubled in the last six months, it paints the picture of an increasingly nichefied world of news readers. Friends are reading what their friends are reading, who are reading what their friends are reading, and so on. It presages the deterioration of top-down news, and the rise of news-reading groups whose news sources and opinions become a centripetal, self-perpetuated cycle of information — or disinformation.
The majority of traffic to news sites still comes from Google, Yahoo, and MSN, but Facebook is definitely a player to watch.
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London Welsh's Carl Kirwan, Mitch Lees, Ben West and James Tincknell warmed up for this afternoon's huge British & Irish Cup clash with London Scottish with a cooking lesson.
A rugby player's diet can be dull and repetitious at the best of times so under the guidance of head chef Anthony Shaw, who's been serving up delicious and nutritious food to London Welsh's players at the club's Old Deer Park training ground for the past seven years, the players cooked up a variety of marinated chicken stir-fry dishes, as well as salmon, before sitting down to enjoy the fruits of their hard work.
"We're all pretty keen on our diets and Anthony offered to help us out and show us a few tips," said London Welsh flanker Carl Kirwan.
"The general diet is chicken and broccoli and Anthony showed us some chicken marinates – one was taranaki and another was yoghurt – to just try and add some flavour.
"I'm always keen to learn new things and it was good fun, and Anthony knows his stuff."
Chef Shaw said: "I enjoyed it and the boys enjoyed it and that was the main thing.
"Hopefully they've taken a few things on board from and some of them do seem really keen to cook.
"We're now looking to roll this out once a fortnight. We'll get different boys next time and perhaps do cooking meats, pasta, marinates – whatever they want to do."
Welsh make the short trip to the Athletic Ground today in the British & Irish Cup knowing that victory is a must if they are to have any chance of progressing to the quarter-finals.
"It's a huge game; London Scottish are the only team we haven't beaten this season. The Championship game at the Kassam before Christmas was hugely disappointing – we had a lot of ball but we just didn't take our chances," added Kirwan.
"We've had a very good week and the team have performed really well in training, very precise, and hopefully we can take it into Saturday's game."


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State Sen. Phil Griego, D-Los Alamos, has a big résumé. It includes stints in former US Sen. Pete Domenici's, R-NM, office, as Santa Fe's mayor pro tem and, less illustriously, as a habitual drunk driver. After getting caught, he helped pass New Mexico's ignition interlock law. Now the 60-year-old real estate agent is among the more credible voices on how to deal with DWI—a vital concern, after the June 28 crash on Old Las Vegas Highway that killed four teenagers. Griego says he no longer drinks.
SFR: Since the June 28 crash, we've heard proposals to ban alcohol sales and imprison first-time drunk drivers. Are either of those realistic?
PG: No. No. You're not going to turn Santa Fe County into a dry county. You're just not going to do that. No. 2, you can pass all the laws you want, but…as long as people can drink liquor and drive, there are going to be idiots that drink and drive. I was one of them. I got caught twice. I spent three days in jail and learned my lesson. You've got to start educating our kids.
How many times did you drive drunk before you got caught?
A thousand. Because I never thought it would happen to me. It became a habit. You'd get off work, you'd go to a bar, you'd have a couple beers—before you know it, you'd had nine. I'm not ashamed to admit that. Everybody does it.
Considering how common drunk driving is, aren't the hard-line proposals a bit disingenuous?
Sure! You talk to people who want to pass all this legislation and put people in jail for years and years and years—how many times do they go to dinner and have a couple glasses of wine and drive? They're not going to admit that. But I will. What happened that week on Old Las Vegas Highway, it could've been me. So every time I pass that area and see that marker, it just gives me chills. I don't know how many times I drove that way on the way back to the ranch, intoxicated.
After all that, your life amounted to something.
Everybody has a second chance. The thing is, are you going to take advantage of it?
Do we have the right kind of education? By the time kids are experimenting with alcohol, they're laughing at their DARE classes.
When people who have actually experienced this, other than an arresting officer, talk about it, the conversation between that person and the class sticks.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano wants more inpatient addiction-treatment programs.
The thing is, if you don't want the help, you're not going to get it.
But there aren't enough beds; we're not even giving people the chance to flunk out of rehab.
That's true. And there are people waiting. How many are waiting because they want the help, and how many are waiting because they were sentenced to inpatient treatment? We have to think, 'How can we afford to create more treatment centers?" It's always about money.
So, as a lawmaker, what will you cut to fund more treatment?
That is a very difficult question. Because are you going to cut education, health care, social services? We, as legislators, always get a cut of the pie to take home for capital outlay. Mine has primarily been for acequias and so forth. Am I willing to forego the money for acequias in my district to fund a treatment center in Santa Fe that my constituents may not use? Every legislator faces that question.
Are we making any progress whatsoever?
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Once again another week has passed with a mixture of weather systems.
We have experienced everything from warm, windy stormy conditions to frost and sunshine, but I have to wonder out that if March has "come in like a lamb" perhaps it "will go out like a lion".
We will have to wait and see.
To start the week Richard and I took Annabel and Natasha, who had spent the night with us, for a walk to the dairy to see the cows.
It was a lovely sunny morning ,with the cows all lying down very contentedly in the cubicle barn chewing their cud after consuming a hearty breakfast.
As we walked into the barn through an open door one of the younger cows was standing in the passage.
She looked at us for a while and then must have decided we were a threat, as she turned ran and spooked the other cows. They all got up in alarm, before everything settled down again. Oh dear! The unpredictability of animals.
While in the barn the twins met Ruth, one of our Jersey cross cows which has recently given birth to her fourth calf. Ruth shows many of the Jersey characteristics, although she is somewhat distant from her Jersey ancestors.
She is small,with a pretty head, fine frame and is virtually black all over. She is a good cow, born in August 2008, who has milked well over her previous three lactations.
In her last lactation she gave 9,325 litres of milk, with a butterfat of 5.03per cent. The butterfat of Jersey cows' milk is always higher than Friesian/Holsteins, so Ruth still has quite a lot of Jersey blood running through her veins.
Natalie did the milk recording over the weekend. We were pleased to hear that the butterfat percentages were much improved, with a bulk sample result of 4.05 per cent brought about by altering the cows' diet a little.
On Stowell Farm the workload has been gathering pace.
At the beginning of the week Mark and Kevin mucked out all the barns housing the pregnant ewes, so that the beds would be as clean as possible for the start of lambing. The ewes have to be held in outside pens while the barns are cleaned and bedded up. This has to be done very gently as the ewes were due to start lambing at the start of the month.
They also walk through a foot bath again, just to help keep their hooves in good condition At the end of the week a few ewes had given birth just a few days early, but the lambs are strong and doing well.
The first of the artificially inseminated ewes has also given birth to twins on her due date.
Melissa has been busy on the computer during the week. All the details of the recently purchased rams and rams used for artificial insemination have to be recorded in the flock management plan. Then as the lambs are born all their details can be added.
Kevin has recently given me details of problems that showed up in the organs of the graded lambs which were sent for slaughter the two previous weeks.
It was quite interesting as the majority of problems were caused by dog parasites, the infestation being picked up by the sheep grazing pasture contaminated with the droppings of dogs.
The sheep graze a large acreage of parkland on to which dog walkers have access, so the situation could be improved if all dog droppings were picked up.
On a sunny day later in the week I noticed an increase in bird song. There were several skylarks singing as they fluttered in the air above some of our fields, buzzards made use of some welcome thermals and a roe deer grazing in some pasture near the wood.
They would all probably like to see some more lasting springlike weather.
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Exactly how good are Lindt bars? Montegrano mentioned that the 70% and 85% are worth a look. How do they compare in bean selection, methods, roasting? Also, how is this Ghirardelli company? I don't think much of them already since they use milk products in their chocolate, so I'm guessing that they're of lower quality. The only reason that I ask about these bars specifically is because I found a specialty store that carries both of those brands. El Rey's site says that they also carry theirs, but the guy on the phone didn't mention them. We'll see.
July 31, 2006
The 70% and the 85% are better than you might think, given their common availability. We will have reviews in the Chocopaedia very soon. Their other bars, flavoured, milk white, are not recommended because they use vanillin, rather than real vanilla.
They have in the past made some origin bars, in several different guises (e.g. 'Ecuador') but I'm not sure if these are still around - I need to check with Lindt.
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August 1, 2006
First of all, which Ghirardelli chocolate were you referring to when you mentioned the inclusion of milk? Perhaps my memory is fading, but the last time I checked the ingredients list for their dark chocolate, I did not see any milk products listed. Obviously, milk chocolate has milk products; it would not be called milk chocolate if the milk was left out. Factors of superiority lie in other areas, such as beans, fermentation, roasting, etc., not in whether the chocolate is classified as milk or dark. Cluizel and Valrhona make milk chocolate as well, but they are not lower end brands. Ghirardelli makes an extremely good milk chocolate and a good baking bittersweet chocolate. If you ever need chocolate for a recipe real quick, and you have no alternative, go for Ghirardelli.
I could have sworn that I found a review of a dark Ghirardelli bar and I saw milk fat in the ingredients, but I can't seem to locate it. I know that the main components of good chocolate lies in how the beans are prepared; I have been educating myself recently about chocolate. I also know that there are good milk chocolates. Anyway, I thought that the only guideline for a chocolate to be labled as dark was it has to contain a certain amount of cocoa butter, and if they include milk products, they are probably trying to cover up poor beans. Hershey's has a bar that they label as dark chocolate that contains milk fat, so I made the connection between them and Ghirardelli. Again, I am very new to the world of chocolate and don't know much about different brands. I have learned a lot, but PLEASE correct my mistakes. I was probably reading two reviews for a milk and a dark Ghirardelli bar and got the ingredients confused between the two.
So do you reccomend any Ghirardelli dark bars?
August 1, 2006
Personally, I don't recommend any Ghirardelli chocolate, other than the bittersweet baking bar and their milk chocolate. Different types of chocolate are determined according to the minimum percentages of chocolate liquor, sugar, and other ingredients defined by the FDA. Unsweetened chocolate has 100% cocoa liquor; bittersweet must have a minimum of 50%; semisweet 35%; and sweet 15%. However, a good bittersweet chocolate is going to range in the 70's, so don't settle for anything less; the true taste of the chocolate would be covered up by the extra sugar in lesser percentages, although experimentation in the 60% range is encouraged to determine what suits you.
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High Cut-off Hemodialysis in Patients With Advanced Cardiac AL Amyloidosis and End Stage Renal Disease (DIACAL)
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|Primary Amyloidosis of Light Chain Type
|Device: High Cut-off Hemodialysis Drug: Chemotherapy
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|An Open Label Phase II Trial of Free Light Chain Removal by Extended High Cut-Off Hemodialysis in Patients With Advanced Cardiac AL Amyloidosis and End-Stage Renal Disease.
- Survival [ Time Frame: 6 months ]The primary objective will be to assess survival of patients with advanced cardiac AL amyloidosis treated with HCO-HD combined with chemotherapy.
- tolerability of the experimental device [ Time Frame: 1 month ]Secondary objectives will be to assess the feasibility and tolerability of HCO-HD in patients with advanced cardiac AL amyloidosis, the efficiency of HCO-HD plus chemotherapy in reducing amyloidogenic FLC in this setting, and the ability of this approach to promote improvement of cardiac dysfunction as assessed by biomarkers.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|February 2015
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: High Cut-off Hemodialysis
Device: High Cut-off Hemodialysis
During dialysis the patients will undergo the first cycle of chemotherapy according to the current standard of care for subjects with advanced cardiac AL amyloidosis. Measurements of FLC and cardiac biomarkers will be done before and after each dialysis session. High cutoff HD will be continued during the first chemotherapy cycle. After the first cycle the end-of-treatment evaluation will take place.
Other Name: TheraliteDrug: Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy will be based on alchilators, proteasome inhibitors, steroids, IMiDs.
Detailed Description:
This will be a single-center phase II open label trial. Subjects with advanced cardiac AL amyloidosis and end-stage renal disease will undergo HCO-HD while receiving chemotherapy for their plasma cell dyscrasia according to the current standards of care.
After giving written informed consent, the patients will be evaluated for eligibility. Briefly, the subjects with a biopsy-proven diagnosis of AL amyloidosis who are cardiac stage 3 based on NT-proBNP (> 332 ng/L) and cTnI (> 100 ng/L) and whose estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is < 15 mL/min per 1.73 m2 will be eligible for the study. Patients with non-AL (e.g. familial and senile) amyloidosis will be excluded, as well as subjects who have less than 100 mg/L circulating amyloidogenic FLC. Sixteen patients will be enrolled.
The study includes 3 periods: screening, treatment followed by the end-of-treatment evaluation and follow-up. During dialysis the patients will undergo the first cycle of chemotherapy according to the current standard of care for subjects with advanced cardiac AL amyloidosis. Measurements of FLC and cardiac biomarkers will be done before and after each dialysis session. High cutoff HD will be continued during the first chemotherapy cycle. After the first cycle the end-of-treatment evaluation will take place. Follow-up evaluations will be performed after the end of each subsequent chemotherapy cycle and every 2 months after chemotherapy discontinuation for 1 year or until disease progression occurs.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of AL amyloidosis.
- Age ≥ 18 years.
- Evidence of a monoclonal light chain in serum and/or urine by positive immunofixation and abnormal FLC κ/λ ratio.
- Evidence of cardiac involvement at echocardiography (mean left ventricular wall thickness > 12 mm in the absence of other causes).
- Cardiac stage III (both NT-proBNP > 332 ng/L and cTnI > 100 ng/L).
- Estimated GFR < 15 mL/min per 1.73 m2 or requiring dialysis.
- NYHA class III or IV.
- Initiation of chemotherapy for AL amyloidosis scheduled between day 3 and day 8 after first HCO-HD session.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Non-AL (e.g. familial, senile) amyloidosis.
- Concomitant non-amyloid related clinically significant cardiac diseases.
- Involved (amyloidogenic) FLC < 100 mg/L.
- Inability to undergo chemotherapy for AL amyloidosis.
- Uncontrolled infection.
- Inability to give informed consent.
- Previous or ongoing psychiatric illness (excluding reactive depression).
- Pregnant or nursing women.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01531751
|Centro per lo Studio e la Cura delle Amiloidosi Sistemiche - Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S.Matteo
|Pavia, Italy, 27100
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Giampaolo Merlini, Director, Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01531751 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 11, 2012
|Last Updated:
|September 1, 2015
Keywords provided by Giampaolo Merlini, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo:
cardiac biomarkers
AL amyloidosis
Light Chain Amyloidosis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Kidney Diseases
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Urologic Diseases
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Renal Insufficiency
Proteostasis Deficiencies
Metabolic Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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The past week saw quite a few developments in the mobile sector. Nokia (NYSE:NOK) scored a major coup by signing on China Mobile (NYSE:CHL), the world's largest wireless carrier by subscriber base, to sell a TD-SCDMA version of the Lumia 920, starting later this month. On this news and other developments, Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock took a big 7% tumble Wednesday – its biggest single-day loss in four years. Nokia's joint-venture with Siemens, Nokia Siemens Networks, announced the sale of its optical networking business unit to Marlin Equity Partners as part of its ongoing restructuring that will help it cut costs and sustain operations on a standalone basis. Towards the end of the week, China Mobile said that an iPhone deal with Apple is contingent on successful negotiations of a mutual 'benefit sharing' agreement between the two parties. (see Apple's China Potential Could Be Limited By A Subsidy Compromise With China Mobile)
Nokia's China Mobile deal
Nokia's stock received a major boost Wednesday, rising almost 13% on news that the company has entered into a deal with China Mobile to sell a version of the Lumia 920. Earlier, there were rumors in the market about the Lumia 920T for several weeks prior to the announcement but Nokia finally confirmed that it will indeed be bringing the TD-SCDMA variant of its flagship Lumia 920 smartphone, the Lumia 920T, to China Mobile before the end of the year. While Apple's iPhone 5 will be launched on both China Unicom (NYSE:CHU) and China Telecom (NYSE:CHA) next week, China Mobile's huge subscriber base gives Nokia almost twice as big an addressable market for its comeback Windows Phone bid in the world's biggest smartphone market.
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This comes on the back of several reports claiming that the Lumia Windows Phone 8 smartphones are seeing impressive demand leading to sell-outs in multiple developed markets, including the U.S., Germany and Australia. A Yahoo China report goes as far as to claim that Nokia received more than 2.5 million orders for the Lumia 920 in less than a month since launch. To add perspective, this is just a tad shy of 2.9 million sales that Nokia recorded for the entire Lumia portfolio during the previous quarter. With the world's largest subscriber base of close to 700 million and 3G penetration of only about 11%, China Mobile presents a big opportunity for Nokia to make the most of the rising Lumia popularity. (see Nokia Inches Closer To $4.50 Fair Value With China Mobile Deal)
Apple's big fall
Despite high expectations from the ongoing holiday season, Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares took a big tumble Wednesday, falling almost 7% by the end of the day and recording its biggest single-day loss in four years. Such a huge trading loss cannot obviously be accounted for by a single reason and multiple explanations have since emerged for the decline. While some have put it down to margin requirements for Apple positions being increased by clearing firms, others have attributed the decline to decreasing expectations about the declaration of a special dividend from Apple this year before the impending fiscal cliff. These reasons, however, have little to do with the fundamentals of Apple and don't therefore impact our long-term view of the company from a valuation perspective.
Apple's big fall on Wednesday however coincided with a few other important news reports that might impact its long-term competitive standing. Research firm IDC, for instance, saw Apple's tablet market share slipping to 53.8 percent in 2012 from 56.3 percent last year in the face of rising competition from Android tablets such as Google's Nexus 7, Amazon's Kindle Fire and Samsung's Galaxy Tab. Growing competition in the smartphone market from a resurgent Nokia, which announced a China Mobile deal for its flagship Lumia 920T the same day, was another big reason for the nervousness. Somewhat disconcerting was also AT&T's announcement that it expects to sell only 26 million smartphones this year, implying a year-over-year decline in Q4 smartphone sales. Given how important iPhone has historically been to AT&T's smartphone sales, this was seen as having a direct implication on the overall iPhone sales.
While all the above listed concerns may have cumulatively pulled down the company's market capitalization by $35 billion in a single day, we maintain our $710 price estimate for Apple's stock as our model takes into account the impact of the growing competition on Apple's margins both on the iPhone and the iPad front. As for the impact of the recent developments on Apple's iDevice sales, we see that our estimates might actually be a tad conservative. (see Why Apple's Fall Was Exaggerated; Sticking With $710 Estimate)
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Behind the smiling public face of Cuties brand clementines, a multimillion dollar feud has been festering for months.
There won't be any interruption in supplies, though, despite the fact that Paramount Citrus Association and Sun Pacific Marketing are in arbitration regarding the packing, marketing and selling of the fruit, Paramount's president said.
"Paramount Citrus will continue to deliver the Cuties brand to our customers and consumers," said David Krause, president of Delano, Calif.-based Paramount. "Our ongoing plans for the fall remain unchanged."
Berne Evans, owner of Pasadena, Calif.-based Sun Pacific, said he could not comment on the pending arbitration, which also involves a dispute about use of the Cuties logos. Evans did say he anticipates the relationship between his company and Paramount will continue, even after their current contract expires in 2014.
Cuties coined in 2001
Evans and Paramount owner Stewart Resnick began collaborating in the late 1990s. They agreed in April 1999 to grow, pack, market and sell clementines and afourers. They coined the Cuties name in 2001, according to court documents.
In 2004 the companies harvested the first major crop under the Cuties brand. Evans and Resnick formed Maricopa Packing LP, Exeter, Calif., in October 2005 to pack the brand.
In September 2007 Resnick and Evans formed the Cuties Clementine Cooperative, according to records from the California secretary of state. Paramount and Sun Pacific are the only voting members of the cooperative. The cooperative's website does not include corporate officers or names of participating companies.
Nonvoting members can sell clementines to the cooperative. Fowler Packing Co. Inc., Fresno, Calif., which grows and packs Cuties, is described by Evans in court documents as a "business associate" of Paramount and Sun Pacific.
Juice operation
By the 2011-12 season, Cuties volumes had grown to 75 million boxes. In June 2011 Evans and Resnick were finalizing plans for a juice operation that would provide a profitable option for culls. Development of the juice operation is part of their 2008 master agreement.
The juice operation, Califia Farms, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Pacific, in Pasadena. Resnick and his company are not involved. He pulled out of the deal in late 2011.
Califia began making and marketing Cuties-branded juice. In March, Resnick filed a trademark infringement case in federal court, even though court documents show Paramount and Sun Pacific jointly own the trademarks and intellectual property related to Cuties.
A month later Resnick withdrew the federal complaint after Evans asked the judge to enforce an arbitration clause included in the 2008 master agreement. The trademark dispute is pending before the American Arbitration Association.
More than just juice
Resnick's apparent displeasure concerning the master agreement with Evans dates back to at least October 2011. Court documents state Resnick wanted to take over the packing of Paramount's clementines and afourers for 2012-14.
Resnick also told Evans he wants to market and sell all of Sun Pacific's clementines and afourers for the 2012-14 seasons, according to court documents.
The disputes came to light July 14 when The Wall Street Journal published a story outlining the companies and their leaders. The Journal reported Evans was unhappy with expensive advertising campaigns that saw the companies spend $20 million during the latest season.
"That story was really old news," Evans said. "The reporter first called me last summer, and then I didn't hear from her for months. Then she called back after the first of this year."
Paramount and Sun Pacific also claim each owes the other millions. Court documents show that Paramount wants $60 million from Sun Pacific and Sun Pacific wants $18 million from Paramount.
Resnick declined to be interviewed.
When asked about the situation, Krause said "commercial advertising has helped grow the brand, increasing loyalty among current customers and building national awareness."


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Police have said the gun used in the shooting near Harrisons car wash in the Brewerytown section of the city belonged to him.
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A MOTORIST tried to entice a teenage boy into his car in Atherton.
The 15-year-old was walking along Bolton Road when a silver Ford Ka passed him and stopped on the opposite side of the road, near to the junction with Marlborough Road.
The driver wound down the window and spoke to the boy, who assumed he was asking for directions and went over to the car.
The driver asked him several personal questions before asking him if he wanted a lift home. When the teen declined the driver asked to shake his hand but grabbed his hand and pulled it down onto his legs, asking him again to get in the car.
The teenager managed to wriggle free and walked off but realised the Ka was following him. He broke into a run and managed to lose the car.
The boy wasn't physically hurt but was left upset by the incident which happened between 11pm and 11.30pm on Saturday, December 28.
His attacker was described as black with a large build, giving the impression of being tall. He had short dark shaved hair, short stubble and spoke slightly broken English. He wore grey cargo trousers and a black leather jacket. The Ford Ka was silver with darker grey or possible black bumpers.
Det Con Andrew Partington said: "We don't want to cause any undue alarm but we believe we have to let people know this has happened.
"Thankfully the boy had the presence of mind to struggle free and run off, but the fact he was then followed by the car shows how potentially dangerous this man is.
"With that in mind I want people in Atherton to be aware of this man and to ensure they report anything suspicious to the police."
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WANDERERS have won the race to sign West Brom defender Craig Dawson on loan.
The England Under-21 international is set to join the club before this weekend's FA Cup clash with Everton but will not be able to feature as he is cup tied from a previous round.
Dawson, who previously turned out for Radcliffe Borough, was also wanted by Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United and Leicester City.
It is expected that he will sign until the end of the season.
The centre-half will provide competition for Zat Knight, Tim Ream and Sam Ricketts, along with David Wheater who has recently returned to full-time training after a knee injury.
But West Brom have warned that the move is unlikely to turn into a permanent one, with Steve Clarke insistent that he has a future at the Hawthorns.
"Craig is a top prospect, a top talent," said the Baggies boss last week. "He has been really unfortunate that Jonas Olsson and Gareth McAuley have been outstanding. The back-up this year has been Gabi Tamas who also been outstanding and he's found his chances very limited.
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In 76 minutes of action, The U.S. international midfielder assisted on a goal and helped Anderlecht build an 11-point lead atop the table in Belgium's top flight.
Both goals came in the first half. Dieumerci Mbokani opened the scoring with a one-time shot from close range. Five minutes before the break, Kljestan prodded the ball through the disorganized Charleroi back line with the outside of his foot. Massimo Bruno finished off the chance, and effectively the game. The U.S. international midfielder made way in the 76th minute.
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The Nebraska State Patrol is at its lowest number of troopers since 1996, but the patrol is budgeting to fix radios and vehicles, not hire more troopers, Sen. Colby Coash of Lincoln said Thursday.
Sen. Bob Krist of Omaha said Nebraska has about 425 state patrol members.
Coash voted against advancing LB 579 from the general affairs committee because he said enforcing liquor laws isnt the only thing the patrols need to do.
We do have needs in law enforcement, he said. We have needs for more troopers. Whether they go to liquor enforcement, child sex crime investigation; we need all of that.
Sen. Dave Bloomfield of Hoskins said assigning new officers to liquor control will free up other officers. Earlier in the debate, Bloomfield said having more patrol in rural areas gives people a sense of security.
Sen. Russ Karpisek sponsored LB 579. He said in 1987 there were 12 officers focused on enforcing liquor laws and dealing with license holders, but that was ratcheted down to nine, which is why the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission brought the issue to Karpisek.
Were trying to stop the slide any lower than 10, he said.
There is currently about one officer focused on liquor law enforcement for every 600 active liquor license holders, with 5,583 licensees listed on the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission website.
As debate stretched on for LB 579, an amendment to decrease liquor law patrol officers in the bill from 15 to 10 passed on a vote of 26-1, with Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha opposed.
Several senators said its a budget issue, and 15 members would take away from other priority bills.
Karpisek agreed it would affect the budget. It would cost about $100,000 per additional patrol member in 2013 to 2014 and about $90,000 in 2014 to 2015, according to the fiscal note attached to the bill.
Sen. Tyson Larson of ONeill said thats too much money. Larson said to look at other 2013 priority bills and weed out some of them.
He said that setting a number in statute reduces flexibility for the Appropriations Committee to work on the budget.
The senators ran out of time to vote on an amendment by Karpisek, who said his amendment would clarify that the state patrol has power to decide if it should increase up to 15 people the number of employees dedicated to liquor enforcement.
I think this is the piece that takes away any micromanaging that we may be concerned about because it assigns 10 members and there are currently, roughly, nine, Karpisek said.
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A MAN has died after being hit by a train in Bolton this morning, causing rush-hour delays for rail commuters.
The British Transport Police received reports shortly before 7am that someone had been hit by a train at Moor Lane tunnel, just outside Bolton town centre, on the Horwich-bound side of the tracks.
Greater Manchester Police and the North West Ambulance Service also attended the incident and a BTP spokesman confirmed that a man had died at the scene.
All lines between Bolton and Preston were blocked while emergency services dealt with the incident.
The trains between Preston and Bolton were up and running again by 8.50am, although there were delays on some routes.
A Northern Rail spokesman said the line towards Manchester reopened at 8.10am and the line in the opposite direction was reopened 10 minutes later.
Replacement bus services were being used.
Ben Haydock, aged 22, from Chorley, was travelling to work as an accounts manager in Manchester.
He said: "It's shocking. You can't really complain about the commute when there are bigger things in the world than being late for work on one day."
System engineer Gareth Evans, aged 52, from Farnworth, was also travelling to Manchester.
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He said: "It just makes you think. I'm worried that it's becoming a fact of life that people are that desperate that they would do something like this."
Manju Ghosh, a retired woman from Lostock, added: "It so sad and my thoughts are very much with the family at this moment. You can't complain about delays because of incidents like this."
A British Transport Police spokesman said: "We were called shortly before 7am following reports of a person being struck by a train at Moor Lane tunnel, West Portal, Bolton.
"Our officers are currently on scene, alongside colleagues from Greater Manchester Police and North West Ambulance Service, and have discovered the body of a man who appears to have been struck and killed by a train.
"At this stage the incident is not being treated as suspicious and we are now working to determine the identity of the deceased.
"Once this has been achieved a file will be prepared for the coroner."
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If I had to pick the best freestyle song of all time Silent Morning (1987) by Noel would be number 2 right behind Debbie Deb's When I Hear Music. I always figured he still performs shows. Recently a friend showed me the video above of a recent live performance of Noel. It wasn't just a normal performance for him. He was suprised when his two estranged daughters showed up on stage to dance with him. These things are always touching and mix that with an 80s legend and it's sparkly.
"Noel Pagan (also known as Noel) is a Puerto Rican American and Spanish male Latin freestyle singer born in the Bronx, New York. "Silent Morning" became his first Top-10 hit on the dance singles chart and peaked at #47 on the Hot 100 in 1987. "Like a Child" peaked at #67 in 1988, but it became his first number-one single on the dance chart. He topped the dance charts again later that year with "Out of Time." – Wikipedia
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A Jewel JokeMystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
Dr. T.G. Smith got out of his VW Beetle and walked past the ice-frosted car in Miss Forkton's perfectly clean, neat-looking, snow-covered driveway. It had snowed heavily earlier, but the storm had stopped an hour ago. He walked cautiously up the icy stairs to the door. It was a small cottage-like house, with no garage, or much of a yard.
Miss Forkton opened the door when he rang the bell and invited him in. "It sure is cold out there," he said.
"Yes, too cold for burglars, you would think," came her reply.
"Tell me about your robbery, Miss Forkton," Dr. Smith said.
"Well, I just got home about five minutes ago. When I came into the door, I saw my safe open," she replied, and pointed to an open wall safe. "I went straight to the phone and called you. I'm glad you got here so fast!"
"Yes, we may have a hot trail for such a cold night," Dr. Smith mused.
"I had a fortune in jewels stolen, Dr. Smith. I don't think this is a good time for jokes!" she said.
"I agree with you one hundred percent. So...why did you bring me out on such a cold night for this little joke of yours, Miss Forkton?" the detective asked.
HintHow long had it been since she "came home"?
Answer"Dr. T.G. Smith got out of his VW Beetle and walked past the ice-frosted car in Miss Forkton's perfectly clean, neat-looking, snow-covered driveway. It had snowed heavily earlier, but the storm had stopped an hour ago."
If Miss Forkton would have arrived at her house "just five minutes ago", then her car would not have been covered in snow nor would the windows have been ice-frosted. There would also have been tire tracks from her car, and her foot prints in the driveway, and leading up the stairs. Because there was no garage, there is no way Miss Forkton could have parked her car anywhere else. This suggests that Miss Forkton never left the house since the storm.
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Oct. 17, 2008
TPWD Projecting Average Quail Season
AUSTIN, Texas — Late quail production due to dry and hot range conditions has set the stage for an average hunting season, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists.
The statewide quail season runs Oct. 25-Feb. 22. The daily bag limit is 15, with 45 in possession. Legal shooting hours for all non-migratory game birds are 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset. The bag limit is the maximum number that may be killed during the legal shooting hours in one day.
"For South Texas, production came late and history tells us when you get these late hatches, they tend to be less productive so right out of the box we're going to have less birds," said Robert Perez, TPWD upland game bird program director. "I would encourage hunters to go early in the season, as soon as hunting conditions are favorable for dog work."
About this time a year ago, most of the Texas quail country was lush with vegetation after great late summer rains, but the winter that followed was one of the driest on record.
"The quail season was about average and there were plenty of birds surviving into late winter," Perez noted. "But the lack of moisture, combined with heavy ground cover, may have made it difficult for bobs to find late winter and early spring greens; a very important part of the diet. Hunters reported difficulty finding birds in their usual haunts."
Because quail production is "density dependent" as birds are striving to recover from hard times in recent years, Perez noted hens typically will make as many nesting attempts as conditions allow until they are successful or run out of time.
This year, most of the state experienced a dry summer with above-normal summer temperatures. For these reasons quail production was spotty in some areas as evidenced by reports of differing size classes of chicks observed by biologists during the summer census survey.
Statewide surveys were initiated in 1978 to monitor quail populations. This index uses randomly selected, 20-mile roadside survey lines to determine annual quail population trends by ecological region. This trend information helps determine relative quail populations among the regions of Texas.
Comparisons can be made between the mean (average) number of quail observed per route this year and the long term mean (LTM) for quail seen within an ecological region. The quail survey was not designed to predict relative abundance for any area smaller than the ecological region.
Below is a summary of quail production around the state, based on annual census surveys conducted by TPWD and what hunters can expect to find this season.
Rolling Plains
This region was not as dry this past winter as some other areas of the state and scattered spring and summer rains resulted in some early production but the bulk of the reproductive effort appears to have been later in the summer. Field reports indicate differing size classes of chicks with plenty of late hatching.
Survey results and field staff observations predict a slightly below-average to average year. Due to the variation in weather conditions across this region it's a good idea to scout ahead to be sure hunting areas are holding birds.
The average number of bobwhites observed per route was 18.7 compared to 21 last year. This is slightly below the LTM of 22.5. Despite perceived low carry-over through the winter, enough young birds have been produced to offer good bobwhite hunter opportunity, especially in areas under proper range management. Public hunting opportunities can be found at the Matador and the Gene Howe Wildlife Management Areas.
The survival rate for adult quail appears to have been good to excellent during the mild winter in 2007-08, according to Danny Swepston, TPWD wildlife district leader in Amarillo. The spring of 2008 was generally hot and dry through the major nesting and brooding rearing months, however recent reports for pheasants, quail and turkeys from staff and landowners are encouraging. Swepston predicts a fair to good season for these birds.
South Texas Plains
For South Texas, surveys predict a below-average year, but at the time biologists ran these routes the bulk of hatching had no yet occurred. There will likely be a whole lot of small birds at the beginning of the season and plenty of hunter opportunity.
Unfortunately spring rains were lacking over most of the range, which delayed nesting attempts by those birds that survived the winter. Quail are very adaptable when it comes to timing of the nesting season and can wait until the rains come, even if it's late in the summer. And that's exactly what happened in South Texas. July rains spurred pairing and nesting and September field reports indicate broods of small chicks.
"We had an extremely dry year, with some rains last September, but less than we normally receive, and then essentially little or no rain until this past July. During July, we received about eight inches the first half of the month, and then received up to a foot of rainfall with Hurricane Dolly," said Stephen Benn, area manager at the Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area. "The good news is that we were coming off an extremely wet 2007, so habitat was in excellent condition going into the drought period, and has, of course, rebounded."
The average number of bobwhites observed per route was 6.6 compared to 7 last year. This is well below the LTM of 19.4 and is predictive of a below-average hunting season. However, this is likely an underestimate due to late hatching. The Chaparral and the Daughtrey Wildlife Management Areas provide public quail hunting opportunities.
The Trans-Pecos ecological region of Texas has experienced above-average populations of scaled (blue) quail for the past five years. Unfortunately, this year's survey shows a dramatic decrease in birds observed. Low numbers have also been confirmed by field reports. Spring-summer breeding conditions were not favorable for scaled quail. Reports from the western edge of the Edwards Plateau (the Stockton Plateau) indicate slightly better production.
"Most of the Trans-Pecos suffered an extended drought that lasted through last winter, spring, and half of this summer," said Tim Bone, TPWD wildlife biologist in Alpine. "Only since July have good, wide-spread rains come to the Trans-Pecos. Currently range conditions over most of the district are very good."
The average number of scaled quail observed per route was 6.7 compared to 28 last year. This is well below the LTM of 18. Public hunter opportunities can be found at Elephant Mountain and Black Gap Wildlife Management Areas.
Gulf Prairies
TPWD surveys indicate bobwhite numbers in the Gulf Prairies are up considerably from last year. Hunters should focus on the central and lower coast in native prairie habitats.
"The dry spring actually benefits quail and turkey in most of my country," offered David Forrester, TPWD wildlife district biologist in LaGrange. "This spring saw good turkey production and quail production seemed to be good also. Those places with good quail numbers and habitat should have good hunting opportunities."
Cross Timbers/Edwards Plateau
The Cross Timbers and Edwards Plateau are below their respective LTM's. Although there are certainly areas within each region where some quail hunting opportunity remains, this survey is not designed to detect changes in localized populations, especially in fragmented landscapes.
Access to hunting on TPWD managed public land is available with the purchase of a $48 Annual Public Hunting Permit, which can be bought wherever hunting licenses are sold, online or by calling toll free (800) 895-4248. There is a $5 convenience fee for online and phone purchases.
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Last week, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC released the public sections of the second annual resolution plans filed by 11 Category 1 firms (i.e., financial institutions with $250 billion or more in US nonbank assets). The regulators had extended the deadline from July 1st to October 1st, in recognition of the firms' need for additional time to incorporate guidance published in April (the "April Guidance").
The plans have evolved since the first versions were submitted in July 2012. First, and most notably, all but two of the 11 plans identified more Material Entities than they included in 2012. Second, many of the public sections indicated that the firms considered additional resolution strategies, including a "single point of entry" approach. Although resolution strategies are not fully explored within the public sections, many firms have availed themselves of the options provided by the April Guidance to present feasible resolution strategies that assume the idiosyncratic failure of the parent firm without the requirement that all Material Entities also fail.
What has not evolved is that the plans' public sections continue to be very short (i.e., under 50 pages) as compared to the actual plans themselves which run thousands of pages. Relative to the plans themselves, the public sections reveal limited information, and what is revealed makes the plans seem more alike than they actually are. This generic nature is in part due to the public sections' brevity, but the driving reasons are firms' competitive concerns and the reality that resolution plans can be politicized (with press headlines and congressional scrutiny of "too big to fail" frequently re-emerging).
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After fighting a protracted legal battle, James Meredith broke the color barrier in 1962 as the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. The riot that followed his arrival on campus seriously wounded scores of U.S. marshals and killed two civilians; more casualties than any other clash of the civil rights era. To restore order, the Kennedy administration dispatched thousands of soldiers to Oxford.
In The Price of Defiance, Charles Eagles shows that the stunning eruption of violence resulted from the "closed society's" long defiance of the civil rights movement and federal law. Using many previously untapped sources, including FBI and U.S. marshal files, army and university records, and Meredith's personal papers, Eagles provides invaluable background for understanding the historic moment by demonstrating the university's - and Mississippi's - history of aggressive resistance to desegregation from the post-World War II years on, including the deliberate flouting of federal law. Ultimately, the price of such behavior - the price of defiance - was not only the murderous riot that rocked the nation and almost closed the university but also the nation's enduring scorn for Ole Miss and Mississippi.
Eagles paints a remarkable portrait of Meredith himself by describing his unusual family background, his personal values, and his service in the U.S. Air Force, all of which prepared him for his experience at Ole Miss.
Based on extraordinary research, Eagles vividly portrays the culture of segregation and the eventual desegregation of one of the last bastions of racial segregation, Ole Miss.
©2009 Charles W. Eagles (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
I'm Audible's first Editor-at-Large, the host of In Bed with Susie Bright -- and a longtime author, editor, journo, and bookworm. I listen to audio when I'm cooking, playing cards, knitting, going to bed, waking up, driving, and putting other people's kids to bed! My favorite audiobooks, ever, are: "True Grit" and "The Dog of the South."
"Integrating Ole Miss"
"The Price of Defiance" sets the scene of the white college life in Mississippi during the early 1960s: beauty queens, sororities & fraternities, keg parties, football, etc.
Might sound familiar to a lot of colleges today? Except only white students were allowed to enroll at the University of Mississippi, or as they called it, "Ole Miss."
Everything hit the fan with the integration push in 1962 to allow African Americans to enroll at Ole Miss— a total page turner with unforgettable heroes to cheer for!
James Meredith was the first African American to enroll, and the day before the first day of school was so explosive, fatal riots ensued.
The children and grandchildren of alumni during those years can recount their stories in complete detail. It impacted the community, for generations, right up to today.
Author Charles Eagles, a Mississippi historian, writes Defiance like a screenplay— great plots, characters, action. Is there a movie deal yet?
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