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Tagged: Rodney MacDonald
Those permanent socialist hordes
Citing the latest of several Corporate Research Associates polls showing Darrell Dexter's New Democrats with a comfortable lead, longtime Progressive Conservative Rob Smith has a piece in today's AllNovaScotia.com [subscription required] proposing some form of Liberal-Tory co-operation to prevent what the news service alarmingly headlines, "Socialists forever."
This argument would be more persuasive if the Dexter Government had shown any sign of being either permanent or socialist. Dexter won office less than three years ago, and he did so by turning quietly away from the strident leftist approach of previous NDP leaders, and toward centrist policies where Nova Scotia voters have traditionally found their comfort zone. The phrase, "for today's families," doesn't exactly call to mind Rosa Luxemburg.
The NDP's historic breakthrough reflects two longterm political trends.
- As Western Canada and — to a lesser extent — Ontario turned sharply right over the last 20 years, Nova Scotia remained true to what might be called Red Tory values: We remain economically moderate and socially liberal. The widening gulf makes us look uncharacteristically leftish by comparison, but it's the Uppity Canadian leopards who've changed their stripes, not us.
- Over the same period, party divisions within Nova Scotia have coalesced into three clear zones: Liberal Cape Breton; Tory rural mainland; and NDP Metro. Dexter won the last election on the strength of inroads not in Cape Breton, where he picked up no additional seats, but in the rural mainland, where loyal Tories winced at the Rodney Interregnum.
If Dexter were recklessly pursuing ideology over the province's best interests, an opposition coalition might be in order. I believe the Harper government's US Republican-style extremism should cause Liberals, New Democrats, and disaffected Stanfield Progressive Conservatives to explore avenues of co-operation.
But to argue that anything Dexter has done is so far outside the mainstream, or so redolent of permanent hegemony, as to inspire a Tory-Liberal Union is, forgive me Rob, just silly.
That NDP news conference – ctd.
Martin MacKinnon writes:
I am appalled by these NDP apologists — I do hope they're getting paid — on the $42,000* press release. Regardless if some of the $42K should not have been included, it did include funding for things like buses and "marketing consultants." If this was a Rodney MacDonald Tory event, I am sure these people would have also pointed out that the $42K was overstated. These NDP'er's are double hypocrites. One because they are governing like Tories (John Buchanan should be proud) and because they told their party members they would govern differently. Shame on them.
*The $42,000 is overstated, a concoction of the Chronicle-Herald that mixes $11,000 in announcement expenses with $31,000 in expenses related to producing an electricity plan, and pretends they are all news conference costs. The Herald repeats this misrepresentation for a third time in today's edition, along with the false claim that Dan O'Connor twice denied posting a comment to the Herald's website.
This double misrepresentation of the story, repeated three days running despite clear contrary evidence, is a blatant display of dishonesty. Apparently, the Herald prefers to misinform its readers and defame others rather than acknowledge its error.
And speaking of begrudgery – updated
In response to this, someone called Peter Watts or perhaps Paul Buher, writes from a cryptic email account:
You, sir, are a pig, and no different than Darrell Dexter.
You hide under the guise of a political blog during the day, only to be writing for the NDP at night. A $15,000 pay cheque isn't too bad I suppose. Good for you.
I have news for you. Anything you write on that virulent blog from this day forward is tainted with the stink of NDP orange, corruption, and self-serving interest. As I said, you sir, are a pig.
I wonder how Mr. Whateverhisrealnameis would feel to learn that Rodney MacDonald's Tories hired me to write that government's energy strategy.
Andrew Terris chimes in:
15K for 26 pages of text with lots of white space?
On the other hand, an erstwhile Daily News colleague writes:
That was a breathtakingly shoddy piece in the Herald this morning. Seems like Dan et al have made up their minds about the Dexter government.
I'll leave it to others to decide whether the Herald's shoddiness was breathtaking in this case, but I do think Judy Myrden's story falls into a category of invidious reporting sensible people can see through without knowing much about the topic. She calls it a $42,000 press conference, but cites only $11,000 in costs (including transportation, catering, audio-visual, and event-management) related to the event.
The other $31,000 was part of the process of producing the plan, an effort that included several government departments, and discussions with interested companies, organizations, and individuals. Myrden falsely conflated production costs with news conference costs to make the latter appear four times larger than they were.
The sad thing about this is that if Myrden, or any other Herald reporter, would bother to read the energy plan, they would find it choc-a-block full of issues vital to Nova Scotia's future—questions that could use robust discussion, debate, criticism, and even, dare I say it, investigation. Alas, that would take time, effort, imagination, and intelligence. Unlike finger-wagging.
Perhaps all provincial announcements should take place in Halifax, the centre of the known universe. Perhaps government should aways communicate with one hand tied behind its back, issuing reports written in bureaucratese and printed in gray ink on newsprint, Enver Hoxha-style.
[Update:] Stan Jones writes:
Sorry, Parker, but when you are sucking $15,000 from the same tit as the MLAs I really don't think your opinion is going to sway me.
Perhaps Mr. Jones, who bills himself as a consultant specializing in social, health and educational research, is too pure to take government money. I'm not. About a quarter of my consulting work is with government. I relish these assignments because they give me a chance to work on the most important and difficult public issues facing our society, and to interact with thoughtful, energetic, well-motivated people.
The cynical assumption at play here is that doing government work automatically makes one corrupt. If that's true, then it stands to reason that the most important and difficult decisions of our time will be worked on only by corrupt people, while all the good people (like Jones, Terris, and Watt) stand on the sidelines. Enjoy your purity, folks. Some of us want to tackle these issues.
Less pure readers can check out the Energy Plan here. They tell me it's a pretty good read.
Are promises for fools?
Contrarian reader Colin May writes :
Do you know anyone who believed the three promises made by DD and his colleagues ? Did you believe they would be able to keep the ERs open ? Everyone in the health business knew it was BS.
Voters just wanted rid of Rodney, they cared less about reality. The less said about the media the better.
Looks like Premier McNeil in four years, about the only bright light in the Canadian Liberal firmament.
Stan Jones adds:
While I tend to agree with the recommendations in the report, I wonder if it isn't true that Dexter and Steele knew pretty much what the report would say the day they appointed the experts.
The views of all four of them are surely well-known (and if Dexter and Steele didn't know them, why did they appoint them?) and nothing in the report surprises me, given what each has said in the past.
What the panel report confirms about the NDP campaign
Contrarian is working his way through the Economic Review Panel's 95-page report. At first blush, it seems a sensible document, offering a balanced approach to navigating the economic mess the MacDonald government left us in.
Premier Darrell Dexter choose wisely in selecting Donald Savoie, Elizabeth Beale, Tim O'Neil, and Lars Osberg to carry out the review. All are respected, progressive, and fair-minded.
But before we get too deep into discussing the pros and cons of their recommendations, something needs to be said:
Darrell Dexter campaigned on a triple-barreled promise: not to run a deficit; not to raise taxes; and not to cut programs. The report makes clear he will have to do all three. There is no surprise in this. Dexter made a conscious decision to promise voters what they wanted to hear, even though he knew he could not deliver as advertised. (It might be added that many voters made a conscious decision to believe him, or at least to suspend their disbelief.)
That's water under the bridge, but it warrants notice. The premier and his party indulged in dishonest politics, and the inevitable harvest is increased public cynicism and reduced public faith.
We are not naive about politics. We understand that winning is the point of the exercise. But when politicians of Dexter's caliber dissemble so brazenly, they cannot feign surprise or disappointment at voter mistrust.
Nova Scotians who don't want to wade through the panel's full report can find a useful 12-page summary here.
Rodney's chops
A stalwart Tory friend who fully expected Ian McNeil to beat Allan MacMaster in the Inverness byelection voiced surprise at MacMaster's decision to go door-to-door with former Premier Rodney MacDonald, who held the seat before quitting last month:
I would have expected voters in Inverness to have an earful for Rodney after he quit so soon.
There was certainly some of that. MacMaster received 2,247 fewer votes than MacDonald had just four months earlier. But I suspect Rodney was still a plus for MacMaster at the doorstep—probably a crucial factor in his sliver of victory.
In the eyes of most Nova Scotia voters, Rodney never grew into the premiership; he lacked the royal jelly. But voters in Inverness see it differently. They believe their favorite son was done in by a bunch of toffee noses in Halifax, especially in the legislature press gallery, who made little effort to disguise their contempt for Rodney or their conviction that a rube from Inverness has no business running the province.
Party president Ian MacKeigan expressed this view with vehemence on election night in June. Contrarian happens to know MacKeigan, a popular Whycocomagh pharmacist and an exceptionally fine gentleman. If he feels this way, you can take it to the credit union that many Invernessers do too.
The poll-by-poll results show that former CBC Cape-Breton radio host McNeil also suffered from being less well known in the southern end of the riding, which the CBC chooses to serve with Halifax programming.New Democrat Bert Lewis killed McNeil in the Port Hawkesbury area.
Poll-bypoll results in Antigonish show that the byelection there was tightly contested across the riding, although the final result was not as close
Robo Ian or Principal Bert?
Today's Antigonish by-election is a foregone conclusion. N-dip Moe Smith came within 275 votes of knocking off popular Tando MacIsaac in June's general election. Tando having abandoned the seat so abruptly, and the NDP firmly ensconced in Province House, Smith will take the riding in a walk.
Inverness is a different matter. The riding is festooned with election signs in roughly equal numbers. Although then-Premier Rodney MacDonald out-polled his nearest rival by 3,431 votes in June, would-be Tory successor Allan MacMaster is widely expected to place third today. The premier's abandonment of the riding, like Tando's of neighboring Antigonish, will hurt MacMaster, as will the traditional Liberal stronghold's penchant for snuggling up to the government side of the House.
Liberal Ian McNeil, a former CBC Radio host (and—disclosure—a friend of Contrarian's), was widely regarded as the man to beat at the outset of the campaign. While hosting CBC-Cape Breton's Information Morning program, McNeil endured a grueling three-hour daily commute to maintain his East Lake Ainslie home in the riding. A man with strong rural sensibilities, McNeil created the CBC's Party Line feature, and he has hosted musical events and community forums in every fire hall and church basement in the county.
CBC-Cape Breton's signal does not reach the southern end of the constituency, however. So McNeil is not as well known in riding's largest population center, the town of Port Hawkesbury, where NDP candidate Bert Lewis is recently retired as principal of the Nova Scotia Community College campus. You have to wonder whether the 11th-hour NSCC strike settlement, details of which are conveniently unavailable, will help Lewis.
A much weaker NDP candidate placed second in June, a first for the party, albeit with only 20.5 percent of the vote. But it's a government-prone riding, and this time, voters know which party is in government.
If McNeil loses, I suspect it will be because of a misstep. More than the other two candidates, he has blanketed the riding with robo-calls, and these aren't sitting well with voters I've heard from.
Sauce for the gander?
Contrarian reader Scooter Bob complains that the media is ignoring NDP ads that are just as negative as the Tories':
The NDP are distributing a two-page flyer. On one side is a less-than-flattering picture of Rodney MacDonald and a list of five alleged missteps — ERs closing & longer wait times; wasting money on expensive vehicles for ministers; putting HST on electricity; and putting the province in more debt. Isn't this exactly the same negative, US-style electioneering the NDP are complaining about? Why doesn't the media report on this?
Perhaps because the ads go a step further by implying illegality by the N-dips.
UPDATE: Stephen McNeil makes the same point as Bob.
Leaders agree: Punishment first, trial later—if ever
The Queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small: "Off with his head!" she said, without even looking round. –– Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
At last night's debate, all three party leaders offered ringing endorsements of the Queen's punish-first, trial-later approach to law enforcement. All three tossed the presumption of innocence on the scrap heap in response to a question from Ian McNeil of East Lake Ainslie:
How comfortable are you with a Safer Communities and Neighborhoods Act, which allows people to be evicted from their homes without being charged, or convicted of a criminal offence, or having an opportunity to face their peers?
Darrell Dexter, who purports to be a New Democrat, led the charge:
Well there are always concerns, civil liberties concerns, around whether of not people are able to get a fair hearing with respect to these kinds of matters. But what the Safer Neighborhoods and Communities Act [sic] actually does, there is an evidentiary base for decisions that are made, and there are investigations that take place, and they are designed to protect neighborhoods from disruptive activity.
It is a tool that is in the toolbox of the authorities and I have faith not only in the authorities but in the courts of this province that they administer that law appropriately, and they will protect the civil liberties of the people of this province.
Overriding all of this, of course, are the rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that is the overall safeguard for those mechanisms that exist in the Safer Communities and Neighborhoods Act [sic].
You have to wonder, is this guy inspired by the likes of Tommy Douglas and Stanley Knowles, or by Stephen Harper and Stockwell Day? The premier, too, stood squarely in the Harper-Day, law-and-order camp. Read more »
Live-blogging the debate — feedback
Reader Lucas Byers comments on contrarian's annoyance at Premier Rodney MacDonald's use of first names to address voters, regardless of age:
You'd like me as your call center rep. I worked in three different ones over six years, and only ever called my caller Sir, Ma'am, Mr Lastname, Ms Lastname, unless directed not to by the caller.
Sad that years of Conservative rule has only provided me with six years of call center [experience]; even sadder we're about to elect the Orange Menace to a majority. Maybe I'll be able to get a union job at McDonalds. I guess Nova Scotian voters are Masochists.


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Scott's approach at dish 'shifting' with times
That's why on Tuesday, Scott decided to change his approach, bunting to the left side of the infield twice for singles while the Blue Jays shifted all of their infielders to the right side. They were probably the two easiest hits Scott has gotten all year.
"I'm tired of hitting balls into the shift. I'm not a big fan of hitting .240. So you do what you can," Scott said.
The first one came with two out in the fourth inning, when Scott laid the first pitch he saw down the third-base line, easily reaching first for a single. The 32-year-old pulled it off again in the seventh, but had to be a little more patient to do so.
Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar actually guarded against the bunt until Scott fouled off the second pitch he saw for his first strike. Then Escobar moved back towards second base, giving Scott nothing but green pasture into which to bunt.
"That's usually what happens," Scott said. "They'll give up a strike. And then after the first strike, sometimes they'll say, 'Hey, if you're willing to take a chance at it, go ahead.' So I took a chance."
Scott, it turns out, has been working on the play since Spring Training, when the Orioles coaching staff approached him about adding it to his repertoire.
"I told him, at this rate you'll be hitting .300 by the end of the month," manager Buck Showalter joked before Wednesday's game. "The way I've approached it is kind of what's best for the Orioles. If we're three runs down leading off an inning and we've got a chance to get a baserunner -- you can't hit a three-run homer with nobody out there. Just take [the hit]. And if it's there, our guys will continue to take it."
Even Blue Jays manager John Farrell -- who said he feared Scott's power more than anything -- was impressed with the veteran's new found method of reaching base.
"He adjusted to us -- that's clear," Farrell said. "The second time, after he got the strike, we backed out of there to go back to the normal positioning, and he did a good job with putting the ball on the ground with a bunt."

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Information systems for international business management
International business has been growing constantly lately and the number of enterprises that are classified in some sense as intenational is now very large. International managers must deal with the added risks of expropriation, discrimination, and foreign exchange rate fluctuations. Computer models have been developed to aid in exchange rate forecasting, but unfortunately none is a perfect forecaster. I think a good manager invests in IT to increase productivity. Besides reducing costs, computers can increase the quality of products and services provided to consumers. The company's real challenge is to optimize its strategy. This paper presents several advantages and disadvantages of information systems used in international business management.
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The male elephant, named Plai Thung Ngern, or Moneybag Tusker, broke free of its shackles on July 29 at a logging camp in Phrae province, 300 miles north of Bangkok. It went on a rampage at nearby farms, killing three men and injuring a woman.
A veterinary team caught the animal, according to Richard Lair, an official at the state forest industry organisation, which oversees working elephants.
Mr Lair said the elephant had been shot with a dart, making him groggy enough to be captured.
"They'll probably let him chill out for a day or two and then go back to his normal life," he said.
There are about 2,400 domesticated elephants in Thailand, many serving in tourist parks and a diminishing number in their traditional occupation of logging. A further 1,500 are believed to live in the wild.


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Courtenay faces FA inquiry
By Mark Buckingham
Last Updated: 01/01/70 1:00am
Courtenay was involved in an altercation with stewards towards the end of Carlisle's fiery clash with Lincoln City on Saturday.
The Cumbrians' chief was joined in the scuffle by striker Richie Foran, who was one of three Carlisle players sent off in their 1-0 victory.
Courtenay revealed the scuffle occurred after he and Foran were ejected from the directors' box after the Irish marksman spat on the floor and went to watch the closing moments of the match from the players' tunnel.
The incident ended with several people on the floor but Courtenay believes the stewards were heavy-handed and hinted he would report one to the police for an assault on Foran.
"We were by the dressing room but the steward said we couldn't watch the game and had to go inside," Courtenay told The Sun.
"He was a big bloke and there were about six or eight others with him. They looked more like bouncers than stewards.
"We refused to go inside because we wanted to watch the match and then this steward grabbed my player and tried to push him through the changing-room door.
"I wasn't having that so I went in to get the guy off my player and three or four more piled in. It ended up with people in a heap on the floor.
"They were over-reacting just because they lost the game and they were morons for telling us to leave the box.
"If they want to report us then I will most certainly be talking to the police about the way the steward went for my player."
The FA are now expected to investigate the incident after Lincoln chairman Rob Bradley confirmed The Imps would report the matter.
Bradley said: "The referee's assessor has told us he will be sending a report to the FA on what happened in the directors' box and on the incident with the stewards."
Meanwhile, The Cumbrians will be without midfielder Ryan Baldaccino for a couple of weeks after picking up a hamstring injury in the win against The Red Imps.


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Ramona High School seniors received $1.66 million in scholarships during Senior Awards Night.
Ramona businesses, organizations, and individuals rewarded student efforts with $46,216 in scholarships. College awards totaled $1.28 million, and military scholarships added $340,000.
Old Miner's Scholarship to valedictorians
Kia Turner and Katie Cobian $1,308 each
Arts Unlimited
Katherine Turvey $500
California School Employees Association
Brianna Abarca $300
Bryan Coane, $300
Stephanie Destefano $300
Nicholas Fitzpatrick $300
Landon Jones $300
Samantha Kershaw $300
Eric Martenson $300
Alexander Richardson $300
Justin Sebenius, $300
Katherine Turvey $300
Rachel Vaca, $300
Marisa Ybarra $300
Arvie Degenfelder Fine Arts
Meredith O'Gwynn $500
Delta Kappa Gamma Society Int'l
Amy Jordan $500
Jessica Berman $500
Joe Meade Inspirational
Sabrina Hernandez $400
Alexis Baggett $300
Jessica Berman $200
Megan Buckley $200
Theodore Dean $300
Bonnie Judd $300
Rachael Lindquist $300
Kelsey Luckie $200
Tyler McDonald $200
Jordan Wylie $300
Sun Valley Council PTA
Amy Jordan $350
Ramona Pop Warner
Colton Houlihan $500
Ramona Art Guild
Delaney Dougher $1,000
Ramona Chamber of Commerce
Nicole Darrough $1,000
Kayleigh Hancock $1,000
Kaila Michitsch $1,000
Rachel Vaca $1,000
Dustin Ballantyne $1,000
Ramona Garden Club
Clinton Jones $1,000
Kayleigh Ward $1,000
Jared Godes $1,000
Ramona Sentinel
Brianna Abarca $200
Ramona Teachers Association
Melissa Abarca $400
Yvette Herrera $400
Theodore Dean $400
Ramona Rotary Club
Caitlin Choy $500
Colton Houlihan $500
Ashley Houts $500
Kaila Michitsch $500
Michaela Owens $500
Tyler Weaver-Villa $500
Jordan Wylie $500
Robert Rhoades
Brenda Leyva $100
Bryce Matthews $100
RUSD Management
Tyler Weaver-Villa $300
Maria Jenkins $300
San Vicente Valley Club
Ramiro Gonzales, Eric Martenson, Johannah Kramer, Jordan Wylie, Jessica Berman (amount not published per club's request)
Santa Maria Masonic Lodge #580 John Wayne McKinney Scholarship
Colton Houlihan $500
Megan Buckley $500
Clarence Sherman Memorial
Tyler McDonald $500
Irene Sherman Memorial
Amy Jordan $500
Soroptimist International
Yvette Herrera $500
Rudi Stockalper Memorial
Aubrey Canfield $250
Nicole Darrough $250
Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign War Private First Class Archie G. McArthur Post 3783
Spenser Jones $1,000
Coach Earl Holsapple
Tyler Weaver-Villa $500
Lillian Charn Schaffer Music Scholarship
Jeanette DeWeerd (amount unavailable)
Ramona Real Estate Association
Jordan Wylie $750
Kayleigh Hancock $750
Dan Fager Memorial Scholarship
Katie Cobian (amount unavailable)
Ramona Woman's Club
Eric Martenson $1,000
Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Palomar Charter of Region 18
Caitlyn Choy $200
Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County
Melissa Mitton $1,000
Philanthropic Education
Organization (P.E.O.)
Katie Cobian $2,500
Deputy Sheriff's Association
Lauren Barrett $1,500
California Law Enforcement Association Scholarship
Lauren Barrett $500
Glen Hunter Memorial Scholarship
Dustin Ballantyne $450
Justin Sebenius $450
AVID Senior Standout
Jessica Castro $100
Bulldog PRIDE Award
Tyler McDonald $100
Miriam Silva $100
National Auto Technology Competition — 7th Place
Dustin Ballantyne $15,000
Justin Sebenius $15,000
Ford AAA Auto Skills Competition — 3rd Place
Automotive Diagnostics Team
Dustin Ballantyne $23,000
Justin Sebenius $23,000
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Neumont University
Joshua Kubiak $15,000
University of Arizona Athletic Award
Jackson Willeford $28,000
Dartmouth College Athletic Award
Beau Sulser $44,000 a year
California PTA Scholarship
Caitlyn Choy $1,000 and $2,000
Chelsea King Sunflower Scholarship
Caitlyn Choy $10,000 Sparkle winner and $2,000
University of San Diego
Stephanie Hoertig $60,000
Sierra Miramontes $50,000
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Justin Sebenius $52,000
Dustin Ballantyne, working as a transmission tech helper at Perry Ford for a year, then attending Ford ASSET Dealer Training to become an automotive technician
University of Nevada, Reno
Lauren Barrett $1,500
Rachel Vaca $48,000
Cox Communications Scholarship
Laura Calcara $1,000
Loyola Marymount
Laura Calcara $60,800
University of Oklahoma Athletic Scholarship
Dylan Blankenbaker $16,000
University of California Davis
Michaela Owens $105,020
Harvard College
Kia Turner $209,000
Bridgestone/Firestone Scholarship
Dustin Ballantyne, amount unavailable
Kelly McGinnish Memorial Scholarship
Joshua Benke $2,000
Ford Salute to Education Scholarship
Joshua Benke $1,000
Sheet Metal Worker's International Scholarship
Melissa Mitton $16,000
Dallas Forbes $48,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
Tyler Weaver $10,000
Chris Durham $42,000
University of Arizona
Hanna Szymanski $48,000
Southern Arkansas University
Kimberly Whelehon $44,400
University of Notre Dame
Katie Cobian $72,800
U.S. Army
Theodore Dean $160,000
U.S. Navy
Spenser Jones $180,000


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Pacific Northwest IMBA Summit a HUGE Success!
This guest post comes to us from Brian Kilpatrick, President of Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance - West Sound chapter. He attended the 2013 Pacific Northwest IMBA Summit in Oakridge, OR, and had this to say about the experience:
From the moment we arrived in Oakridge to the moment we left town, our trip was filled with awesomeness! We arrived thursday night and unloaded our gear at the Oakridge motel, which was conveniently located next to the IMBA summit headquarters at the Church of the Nazarene. After we unloaded our stuff, we headed over to Public House and ran into Ben Beamer, who we instantly recognized because we've watched Pedal Driven a million times! Ben would ironically be everywhere we turned over the weekend, either cooking our burgers, fixing our pool table, giving a talk about what an IMBA Ride Center is all about, and just being an amazing representative of the Greater Oakridge Area Trail Stewards (GOATS). After a lively evening chatting with the locals, we hit the hay excited about what the IMBA Summit had in store for us.
Friday morning we headed over to the church basement and were greeted with a coffee, free schwag and about 100+ trail lovers from all over the northwest. After a chat with some of our old friends, we settled in among folks from all corners of the trails scene, including land managers, trail builders, club leaders and even trail laywers!
The sessions were super-informative and the discussions after were equally as insightful. We got to share our success of having the IMBA Trail Care Crew out to Port Gamble, Wash., and hear about other club's challenges and triumphs.
After a great lunch both days, we were shuttled up into the Oakridge mountains by Oregon Adventures for some truly thrilling and unique singletrack goodness. The towering Oakridge forests gave way to an underlying belly of beautiful trees bursting with brilliant fall colors.
Friday evening, we were treated to a fantastic dinner at the Public House and, on Saturday, to the thickest hamburger I've ever had at Oregon Adventures command central. On Saturday, Ninkasi had six different beers on tap for us, which really shows how dedicated they are to mountain biking.
Sunday morning it was time to leave and hit the Lion Mountain Bakery once more for a killer breakfast burrito and some locally-roasted coffee. We sat and contemplated all the connections and knowledge we had gained on the trip and felt recharged and ready continue our work back home.
Thanks Oakridge! Thanks IMBA! We can't wait to see you again!


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WHEN Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea earlier this year, it regained not only harbours for its navy and abandoned Ukrainian military bases but also long stretches of pebble beaches that were the summer destination of choice for millions of Soviet citizens. This summer, however, tourists need a push to go and some help in getting there.
FOR years, two-thirds of the six million tourists travelling to Crimea each summer came from Ukraine. But many Ukrainians are still bitter over Russia's seizure of the peninsula as well as over local residents' submission to Russian rule. As a result, few planning to holiday there this year.
Originally published as Russia leans on companies to rescue Crimea


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For short line holding company OmniTRAX, managing car-hire payables for its 17 properties is its third-largest operating expense, especially since each of its railroads has unique agreements with specific operating criteria. Data accuracy is paramount.
OmniTRAX last year outsourced its car-hire payables, rather than hire a replacement for its departing internal director of car-hire. The company selected RMI and its Car Hire Managed Services (CHMS). "We were already using the car-hire data from RMI, so outsourcing to was a natural next step," says OmniTRAX Controller Scott Bell. OmniTRAX was also able to redeploy the backup resource and now no longer needs to spend 50% of their time on the car hire effort. The switch to RMI's service took two weeks, including integration with OmniTRAX's cash settlement system.
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FM Summer camp track time!
This is a tough event for the Targa Miata. Two days of double sessions, giving rides to FM customers in brutal heat. I figure I did over 100 hard laps of the track in two days. Everything worked well. Despite the heat and the short, tight track, the car ran at normal temperatures. I wasn't taking it terribly easy on the brakes, and they also dealt well with the heat.
The blue car in this awesome picture by Travis Ingram is Elvis, another V8 car. It's got AFCO suspension with a bit less spring rate and the same basic tire setup that I do - and it provided a very dramatic visual example of how effective the aero is on the long sweeper as I came rampaging up on his rear bumper with a very high closing speed. Quite exciting for the passenger in Elvis as he saw me bearing down, too. There was also a great example of the wing's wake when a drone above the track got thrown around by the rooster tail from the car - I'll try to get the video of that.
I found the car to be pushing a bit on the tight track with the setup that had been working so well at High Plains a few weeks ago. There was no time for tuning, so I just drove around it after softening the front sway bar. I've found the car is fastest with a little bit of aero-induced understeer on the fast sweeper, but it was a bit more than I prefer. Next time, I'll try playing with tire pressures although they were right at my target. Even after about 150 laps of this track and the recent High Plains track day, the tires are looking good. The Toyo RR is my new favorite track day tire.
There was one small area of concern. At the end of the last session, I had an odd noise in the steering. A clunk at a specific point of steering angle. Fearing the worst, I got under the car - and found that a motor mount heat shield had moved out of place and was making contact with a bolt on the steering column. Well, that's an easy fix! Whew.
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An interesting upgrade.
I'm seeing a bit of oil in the intake from the PCV system, and came across this factory part for the Camaro ZL1. It's an oil separator, designed to pull oil out of the air being recirculated. Installation is easy, it just replaces the filler cap.
Well, it would be easy on a giant Camaro. It wasn't even close to fitting under the hood. After a bit of head scratching, I tried swapping the valve covers around and it tucks in nicely by the firewall. Let's hear it for symmetrical heads! We'll see how this works out.
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Adjustable rear control arm test.
First note: white gets grubby handprints all over. This part is a new adjustable arm from Paco Motorsports that will be available from Flyin' Miata soon. It'll let me adjust camber in the rear without affecting toe, which is a nice ability to have. The fact that it uses stock size bushings is a bonus as well.
It's also designed for maximum suspension travel. To my surprise, I found that the previous aftermarket upper control arm wasn't quite so good in this regard and had been making contact with the body of the car at full compression. The body of the car lost, so there's some damage to the lip above the arm. No problem, although it would explain why the hit on full compression seemed a bit abrupt.
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Wet track day!
This was supposed to be the big shakedown before the Laguna Seca event. The weather, unfortunately, had different plans. I took the car out on the sodden track on my treadless Toyos, but it was just a big slither-fest. So I took it home after one session. I still did okay, running about the same speed as a 4WD 911 on all-seasons and an Evo - but it wasn't telling me anything and wasn't really that much fun.
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Miatas at Mazda Raceway!
This is always a big event, but this year it was massive with the public reveal of the 2016 MX-5, a world record attempt, a showing of Racing The Rock under the stars and nearly 2000 cars. The paddock was mobbed and the track time was full.
It was also my first time to really let the new engine rip at sea level. I'm still in awe, it's a spectacular thing. Every time we got on the straight, I'd just power past every car in sight. Sure, it may not be as cool as catching a high power car in the corners and working out a clever way to get in front, but the big hammer is still pretty gratifying. Here's what it looked like from inside one of the other cars - I make an appearance at 2:00.
I was taking it a bit easy in the corners. Mostly because there's no prize for being the fastest at an event like this, and I did not want to crash. I was also backing off the throttle as I went over the crest halfway down the straight because the cars entering the next turn had no idea I was coming. With the closing speeds, I was essentially coming out of nowhere. This was a particular problem in the slower Group B, where I had one exciting moment as a Spec Miata moved over close to the wall as I came barreling up with about a 40 mph closing speed. I thought I was going to lose both door mirrors, one on him and one on the wall. The car was actually really well balanced, with a bit of inherent high speed understeer from the aero that could be counteracted with throttle.
The car, unfortunately, was not rock solid. When I had it down at Road Atlanta this spring for display purposes, it went into some sort of limp-home mode on me. I was never able to duplicate it and the car's been great ever since. Well, it started doing the same thing at Laguna Seca. I'd be powering along, and all of a sudden my drive-by-wire throttle would disable after a shift. It's not a fun experience, losing all power just when you're hitting the next gear. I found I could bring it back if I turned off the main battery switch, resetting the ECU. Of course, this wiped any error codes. Eventually, it failed on the way up the hill to the Corkscrew and I was able to coast back to the pits without resorting to the reset. It had to do with the electronic throttle.
Lots of theories bandied about and I tried to eliminate potential interference by wrapping the wiring harness, swapped out the pedal for another and generally got frustrated. It seemed to be heat related - and it alway happened on a shift. So eventually I just left it in fourth gear and avoided shifting all together. Still, I didn't trust the car so I parked it early. A bit of a letdown after the buildup to the event.
My current thinking is that I was hitting an airflow limit on the car's programming. There's one particular table that has to do with the amount of airflow expected for a given throttle opening, and I may have been exceeding it. That would explain why it's never been a problem with high altitude use, and why it happened when I was shifting and getting a big gulp of air when the throttle smacked open again. I'm going to mess with the table and see if I can duplicate the problem at altitude, then we'll see what happens next time it goes down to sea level again. Unfortunately, that probably won't be for another year, and I really don't want any questions around the car at that time. Some troubleshooting lies ahead.
Photo by Ben Sale. It's definitely not the classic Corkscrew shot, I love the different take on it.
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It's time for some traction.
Maxxis has just introduced a new size of their RC-1 track tire: a nice fat 245/45-15. It's been a long time coming. The tire is aimed at the track day crowd, promising a long life and good traction. I'll be mounting them on a set of Jongbloed 15x10 wheels.
I'll have to do some work to make them fit under the fenders, that's for sure. But I'm looking forward to the first track day in the spring!
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The new track rubber is mounted and ready to try out.
Those are 245/40-15 Maxxis RC-1 tires wrapped around a 15x10 Jongbloed wheel. It's a lot of rubber, and it's going to be a real challenge to get it to fit. I'm a bit worried about the fenders.
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Test fit of the new Maxxis RC-1 tires!
And it's a problem. In the front, I could probably get them to just barely clear with a hard pull of the fenders. Probably.
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The tire fitment on the rear is a bigger problem.
I don't think I can pull that fender enough to clear the tire. Almost all of the extra width of the big 245/40-15 ends up on the outside. So it's time to look at some real body modifications.
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Track day!
I was back at High Plains Raceway with the Z Car Club. Usually, this event attracts some pretty fast cars. But attendance was down and the top echelon didn't show up. There was one notable exception - a 60's 911 that had a bunch of modifications, including a MAST-built 7.0 l LS7 V8 stuck in the tail. We had some fun. I was quicker than he was on sweepers and I think I had the edge on him on high speed acceleration, but he had me under braking and on acceleration out of corners. It's hard to beat having all your weight on the rear wheels sometimes.
Otherwise, it was an exercise in passing and passing and passing. No worries, it's kind of fun to be Godzilla once in a while, and I had enough of a challenge dealing with my driving. The car was a rock star and didn't miss a beat all day.
The biggest problem was heat. It was a hot day - somewhere around 100F - and I was generating a lot of heat. Enough that I measured the temperature of the transmission tunnel at 196F and the heel of my shoe at 147. Yes, that was uncomfortable. After about 6 hard laps, I'd see the temp gauge start to move a bit on the dash, but that's still a very happy range for LS motors like mine. Even with 20 minutes on, 20 minutes off the track the car never flagged.
The brakes were much improved from a year ago. That's when I was boiling fluid and having to be very conservative. I've upgraded my brake ducting from 2" diameter to 3" and gone to 660F fluid. The brakes were still pretty hot and I wore out a set of front pads, but they never went away. I wasn't as aggressive as I could have been under braking at times - never my strongest point - but it wasn't due to a lack of braking power.
I love this engine. My maximum speed with the old one at this track was 197 kmh. Last time I was here, I had a headwind and peaked at 215 or 217. This time, I saw 222 kmh. That's a full 25 kmh faster than I ever managed with the old engine.
I had the prototype FOX suspension on the car. The Targa Miata was used as one of the development platforms, and this was the chance to get it out on the really fast stuff. After two sessions, I had it pretty dialed in and the car just felt fast and balanced. It's got great stability and fast turn-in, making the old rally-bred AFCO stuff feel surprisingly soft and wooly. I like it.
Video! Here's a clean lap, followed by the one lap I spent behind the 911. I had him on the straight, but decided to hang back and watch. Then he overheated.
This video is just a compilation of passes. NSX, Noble (or the new equivalent), new Corvette, WRX and a bunch of minnows.
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For the first time in American history, the current generation of college-age students may be destined for diminished financial opportunities than their parents. However, they may not realize that and may continue to have expectations higher than reality. Marketing students appear to be the least optimistic about their futures than students with other majors. This study utilizes a sample of 334 undergraduate students enrolled in marketing classes to find that dependent variables in three categories – family influences, demographic influences, and academic influences – impact the three independent variables of the study – student degree aspirations, career aspirations, and expected starting salaries.
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Brendan Fraser's entry into regular TV work will have to wait a little longer.
"George of the Jungle" star Fraser has bowed out of the upcoming TNT pilot "Legends," which would have marked his first starring turn on a TV series.
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Fraser was to play Martin Odum, a deep-cover operative who has a chameleon-like ability to transform himself into a different person for each mission. The project is based on a book by spy novelist Robert Littell.
The Fox 21-produced project is being executive-produced by "Homeland" duo Howard Gordon and Alexander Cary, as well as Jeffrey Nachmanoff ("The Day After Tomorrow") and Jonathan Levin ("Charmed").
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While Fraser, who signed on for the project in mid-October, might have decided that "Legends" wasn't right for him; there's still a chance that "The Mummy" star will come to the small screen in the near future. The "Dudley Do-Right" star is working on a development deal with Fox 21 for other cable projects.
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Gulf Bank, under the Patronage of Professor Moudhi Al-Humood, Minister of Education and Higher Education, recently sponsored the Retirement Rewards Day event, which honored and celebrated the work of Kuwaiti teachers and staff who have worked in the field of education for the academic years of 2007/2008 and 2008/2009.
Roqayya Ali Husain, Acting General Manager of Al-Asma educational area inaugurated the event and acknowledged the quality of education delivered by the committed and passionate teachers and support staff in Kuwait.
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Like many Americans, Aaron Matthews said he was feeling let down by the media. He tested his lack of faith by putting a campus newspaper in the spotlight of his latest documentary, The Paper, which had its first airing April 7 at the Philadelphia Film Festival. The film is slated for a national airing on PBS as part of its Independent Lens series that begins in October.
Matthews' film focuses on the staff of Penn State's student newspaper, The Daily Collegian. It highlights the frustrations and difficulties the staff faces in simply getting the story.
Although the Collegian rivals many campus newspapers, it, like many media outlets, faces declining circulation and disappointment from readers. On a day-to-day basis, its up-and-coming rookie journalists test their morals and beliefs against what is newsworthy, all the while trying to beat the many obstacles that stand in the way of their information.
"Post-9/11 especially, I was frustrated by a lack of information and the feeling that news organizations weren't providing me with the news I needed to be an informed citizen," Matthews said.
Matthews, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native and graduate of Wesleyan University, said he got the idea for The Paper after reading a magazine article about a man who was revisiting his high school newspaper. Matthews said he was excited about the idea of going back to where journalists begin their careers.
"It's the training ground for future newsmakers," he said. "All the essential questions of our time are being played out there."
During filming of The Paper, Collegian staff members find themselves embroiled in controversies on campus, struggling with differences within the newsroom and finding their morale slipping as they face difficulties in getting the information for their stories.
The range of issues is part of the appeal of the film, Matthews said.
"There are issues in the film that affect many Americans. The issues the young Collegian reporters face are issues that a lot of people care about.
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"The idea of doing a film on young journalists just struck me as really fresh and new because they are struggling with these issues for the first time," Matthews said. "A film on the New York Times wouldn't have been as interesting. They are hardened journalists who had already confronted these things. It would have seemed too predictable."
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Social media has blossomed recently as a repository for professionals to share ideas and thoughts. This article lays out how to cite these influences into publications and research.
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Study looks at mobile medical app overload and has suggestions to correct the problem
Are we at the point of 'app overload'? A recent study argues that we are, and makes suggestions on how to fix the problem.
Study shows only 50 percent of cancer apps actually contain clinical evidence
Recently, there have been numerous studies reviewing what types of apps are available for medical specialties. In a recent review of oncology apps, a lack of evidence was noted within half of the apps.
Study suggests researchers should use social media 'app' websites to engage patients in disease surveillance
Disease surveillance in the community could be attained through disease related social media websites via patient participation.
Study: Medical apps improve Physician ability to answer clinical questions in resource limited areas
A recent study in JAMIA evaluated whether medical residents in Botswana had better clinical reference access through mobile medical applications over searching through PubMed4Hh.
Study shows opioid conversion medical apps lack consistency
Opioid converters are readily available as mobile apps. However, recent research has demonstrated that there is a discrepancy in the consistency of their calculations.
Survey results show how medical student use of medical apps differs from resident physicians
A recent survey amongst UK medical students and junior doctors found a high use of smartphones and medical application usage in clinical situations and in medical education.
Published BMJ piece takes aim at medical apps and their utility
One recent piece, by Margaret McCartney, was published in the British Medical Journal titled "How do we know whether medical apps work?" [1] It is a nice short read, where Dr. McCartney lays out the overriding utilization of smartphones and tablets in our daily lives to both play games, manage our daily activities, and search […]
Recent study assessing vascular medical apps finds apps lack references to literature
A recently released study by Carter et al. assessed the extent of mobile medical applications with usability in vascular practice. Overall, the authors noted that the study demonstrated a short supply of medical apps designated for vascular surgical utilization.
Dermatologists express concern for mole diagnosing medical apps, citing poor results in testing
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The Emmanuel College community convened in the Jean Yawkey Center gymnasium on September 9th to celebrate the start of the College's 90th academic year with its annual Academic Convocation.
Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter, the Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Bert G. Kerstetter University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, provided this year's keynote address.
College President Sister Janet Eisner, SND and Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Frank Scully, Jr. welcomed students, faculty and staff to the event, an important tradition that dates back to the earliest years of the College. Sr. Janet took time to recognize each undergraduate class, notably members of the Class of 2009, who donned their graduation robes for the first time, and their freshmen counterparts, who were participating in their inaugural Convocation.
To the seniors, she asked that they "continue to prepare for a lifetime of achievement and service to others" while also finding time to enjoy "every moment" of their final year at the College. For the freshmen eager to begin their collegiate education and make their mark on their new school, Sr. Janet reassured, "Emmanuel is now your place to shine."
During their introduction of Dr. Slaughter, the former President of the American Society of International Law whose book, The Idea that is America: Keeping Faith with Values in a Dangerous World, was required reading for first-year students this summer, both Sr. Janet and Dr. Scully praised her for her work and the invitation she has put forth to all citizens to reflect upon the idea that is America, a sizeable challenge to Americans in this election year. Remarked Dr. Scully, she "urges us to recapture our moral barrier and recall how our country got where it is today."
A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences who serves on the board of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Slaughter discussed in her address the seven principal values identified in her work: liberty, democracy, equality, justice, tolerance, humility and faith - important ideals in the shaping of our country that she believes America must turn to during the current Presidential election and beyond.
She described how both 2008 Presidential hopefuls played a role in the genesis of the book, with a 2005 letter written by Army Captain Ian Fishback to Senator John McCain serving as a major inspiration and eventual title of the work. Questioning the inconsistent practices he had witnessed serving as a member of the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan, Fishback asked McCain, "Will we confront danger in order to preserve our ideals, or will courage and commitment to individual rights wither at the prospect of sacrifice? ...I would rather die fighting than give up even the smallest part of the idea that is 'America.'" "When I read that letter, I thought, 'that is exactly why I want to write this book,'" said Dr. Slaughter, the recipient of the 2007 Thomas Jefferson Award for excellence in the field of law. "[I wanted] to state at least my personal view of the 'idea that is America.'"
Senator Barack Obama's speech during the 2004 Democratic National Convention, in which he called upon Americans to "embrace politics of hope," further provoked Dr. Slaughter's appetite for pondering the values that are at stake in America.
Through a reemphasis of these values, she believes the next American President will be able to best guide the country forward through the 21st century.
"It has been an election year since 2006, but finally it is down to the conventions and finally we have our candidates," said Dr. Slaughter. "What is different about this election, in my view, is that across the country it is being felt in a different way [than before]...it is an historic election."
The Emmanuel College community convened in the Jean Yawkey Center gymnasium on September 9th to celebrate the start of the College's 90th academic year with its annual Academic Convocation.


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Wildcats look to patch holes
Bonar looking for fast, deep De Soto boys squad
It was bad enough when all the De Soto boys basketball team wasn't returning as its seniors from a year ago.
That group included leading scorers Scott McElvain and Taylor Burnett, and low-post muscle Colby Childers.
That trio accounted for more than half of the team's points per game.
But factor in some experienced varsity players moving away, some sitting out with injury, some opting to focus on other sports and some just no longer interested and the Wildcats 2006-2007 roster goes from short and experienced to just plain short.
That's alright, second-year coach Jim Bonar said. He said his team is retuning a number of playmakers to help cover the point differential, has enough big bodies to push around down low and has added enough new faces to make this his deepest team yet.
Whether the players will have to run around, run through or simply jump over the competition, he said he's confident his players will find a way to build on last season's success.
"I'm excited," Bonar said. "This is a good group of kids. I don't know that you replace those types of kids, but we'll have to find rebounding in other places and other ways to make up for the lack of height."
The most obvious choice of playmaker is 6-foot-0 junior guard Andre Linzy. More than a little short on experience when the last season began, Linzy developed into a true all-around threat for the Cats, and saw his playing time latterly take flight -- he capped off his rise from freshman squad to varsity standout with a soaring dunk midway through the season.
McElvain and Burnett combined for 24.9 points per game a year ago, but Linzy was third with nearly seven a game, and Bonar said he could be in for a major "jump" in scoring.
He canned 20 3-pointers, and was second on the team with 42 steals, only six behind the team's leader.
"It remains to be seen who will pick up the scoring, but we averaged 55 a year ago, and we need to match that number," Bonar said. "Andre's back and he's bringing the same athleticism and excitement he had before.
"He now sees himself as the go-to guy when we have to get a basket. He slipped into that role last year, and he likes that role."
Erik Hill, meanwhile, could go a long way to providing the "muscle" down low. Hill drew praise from football coach Brad Scott for his ability to see any football pass like a basketball rebound, then muscle an opponent out of the way to grab that rebound.
Hill turned that talent into a team-leading eight touchdowns from his tight end position. Now, he'll try to make the same leaps to grab real basketballs. Hill began last season in the varsity starting five, but saw his minutes and role diminish to the point where he was spending more time on the junior varsity court than he was the varsity one.
He bounced back in a big way, however, scoring 28 points in a two-game span on the strength of five 3-pointers.
Bonar said that's the kind of performance he'd like to see consistently from the 6-1 junior.
"Erik's a strong kid. He doesn't have the height, but he is stocky," Bonar said. "He was a good rebounder before, and football has helped bring that aggressiveness out of him. When the ball goes up, it's almost a fumble every time off the rim, and he views it that way and that gets him going."
As far as returning players go, that's about where the story ends. McElvain had two younger brothers, both of whom saw a lot of varsity minutes, but they transferred.
In fact, seven of last year's top 10 players are no longer on the roster, graduation being only one of the issues.
Several faces -- new and old -- could help fill that hole, however. Brady Seaman played on the varsity team as a freshman and a sophomore, then didn't go out as a junior. He's now returning for his senior season.
Senior Jordan Smith, another player fresh off a successful football campaign, is also on the team this year.
"We'll be a little deeper this year, and we're a little faster team, so we'll have to use that," Bonar said. "I'm planning on playing at least 10 players, so we'll see who steps up. We're going to try and push the pace."
The De Soto boys team kicks off the season Dec. 5 at a tournament in Osawatomie. The first home action is Dec. 19.
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Study of Vorinostat Plus Capecitabine (X) and Cisplatin (P) for 1st Line Treatment of Metastatic or Recurrent Gastric Cancer (Zolinza+XP)
This study has been completed.
Asan Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: January 11, 2010
Last Update Posted: July 14, 2017
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Yoon-Koo Kang, Asan Medical Center
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There is scientific rationale for exploring the role of vorinostat, histone deacetylase inhibitor with capecitabine (X) and cisplatin (P), one of standard chemotherapy in patients with advanced gastric cancer. XP is a new standard of care in advanced gastric cancer (AGC) and vorinostat is a novel targeted agent that prevents tumor cell proliferation, survival and angiogenesis through histone deacetylase inhibition.
|Gastric Cancer Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor
|Drug: Vorinostat, capecitabine, and cisplatin
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase I/II Study of Vorinostat (Zolinza®) in Combination With Capecitabine (X) and Cisplatin (P) for 1st Line Treatment of Metastatic or Recurrent Gastric Cancer
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Stomach Cancer
Drug Information available for: Cisplatin Vorinostat CapecitabineU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Yoon-Koo Kang, Asan Medical Center:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Phase 1 - maximum tolerated dose, Phase 2 - response rate [ Time Frame: 3 weeks for maximum tolerated dose, and 6 months for response rate ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Toxicity profile [ Time Frame: toxicity for each cycle ]
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Time from first administration of study drug to disease progression or any cause of death
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Time from first administration of study drug to any cause of death
|Actual Study Start Date:
|February 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Vorinostat plus XP
Vorinostat 200~400mg per day on day1-day14 combined with capecitabine 800-1,000mg/m2/dose, BID on day1-day14, and cisplatin 60-80mg/m2 on day 1
Drug: Vorinostat, capecitabine, and cisplatin
Vorinostat 200~400mg per day on day1-day14 combined with capecitabine 800-1,000mg/m2/dose, BID on day1-day14, and cisplatin 60-80mg/m2 on day 1
Other Name: Zolinza, and xeloda
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed unresectable or metastatic advanced gastric adenocarcinoma
- Completion of adjuvant chemotherapy 6 months before the study, or no previous chemotherapy
- Age 18 to 70 years old
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 2 or less
- Estimated life expectancy of more than 3 months
- Presence of measurable or evaluable disease
- Adequate bone marrow function (ANC >1,500/µL and platelets>100,000/µL),
- Adequate renal function: creatinine < 1 x upper normal limit (UNL) or creatinine clearance 60ml/min or less
- Adequate hepatic function: bilirubin < 1.5 x UNL, aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels < 2.5 x UNL (< 5 x upper limit of normal for patients with liver involvement of their cancer), alkaline phosphatase < 5 x UNL (except in case of bone metastasis without any liver disease)
- Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior exposure to any histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor (however, valproic acid would be allowed if a 30-day wash-off period is provided.)
- Previous adjuvant treatment with capecitabine or platinums
- Contraindication to any drug contained in the chemotherapy regimen
- Other tumor type than adenocarcinoma
- Presence or history of central nervous system (CNS) metastasis
- Gastric outlet or bowel obstruction
- Evidence of serious gastrointestinal bleeding
- Peripheral neuropathy > grade 2
- History of significant neurologic or psychiatric disorders
- History of another malignancy within the last five years except cured basal cell carcinoma of skin and cured carcinoma in-situ of uterine cervix
- Pregnant or lactating women, women of childbearing potential not employing adequate contraception
- Active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Viral hepatitis infections
- Other serious illness or medical conditions
Contacts and Locations
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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01045538
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01045538
|Korea, Republic of
|Asan Medical Center
|Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 138-736
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Asan Medical Center
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Keywords provided by Yoon-Koo Kang, Asan Medical Center:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Budman DR, Meropol NJ, Reigner B, Creaven PJ, Lichtman SM, Berghorn E, Behr J, Gordon RJ, Osterwalder B, Griffin T. Preliminary studies of a novel oral fluoropyrimidine carbamate: capecitabine. J Clin Oncol. 1998 May;16(5):1795-802.
Cassidy J, Dirix L, Bissett D, Reigner B, Griffin T, Allman D, Osterwalder B, Van Oosterom AT. A Phase I study of capecitabine in combination with oral leucovorin in patients with intractable solid tumors. Clin Cancer Res. 1998 Nov;4(11):2755-61.
Glimelius B, Ekström K, Hoffman K, Graf W, Sjödén PO, Haglund U, Svensson C, Enander LK, Linné T, Sellström H, Heuman R. Randomized comparison between chemotherapy plus best supportive care with best supportive care in advanced gastric cancer. Ann Oncol. 1997 Feb;8(2):163-8.
Hansen RM. 5-Fluorouracil by protracted venous infusion: a review of recent clinical studies. Cancer Invest. 1991;9(6):637-42.
Hong YS, Song SY, Lee SI, Chung HC, Choi SH, Noh SH, Park JN, Han JY, Kang JH, Lee KS, Cho JY. A phase II trial of capecitabine in previously untreated patients with advanced and/or metastatic gastric cancer. Ann Oncol. 2004 Sep;15(9):1344-7.
Kim NK, Park YS, Heo DS, Suh C, Kim SY, Park KC, Kang YK, Shin DB, Kim HT, Kim HJ, et al. A phase III randomized study of 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin versus 5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and mitomycin C versus 5-fluorouracil alone in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer. Cancer. 1993 Jun 15;71(12):3813-8.
Kim TW, Kang YK, Ahn JH, Chang HM, Yook JH, Oh ST, Kim BS, Lee JS. Phase II study of capecitabine plus cisplatin as first-line chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer. Ann Oncol. 2002 Dec;13(12):1893-8.
Koizumi W, Saigenji K, Ujiie S, Terashima M, Sakata Y, Taguchi T; Clinical Study Group of Capecitabine. A pilot phase II study of capecitabine in advanced or recurrent gastric cancer. Oncology. 2003;64(3):232-6.
Kurdistani SK. Histone modifications as markers of cancer prognosis: a cellular view. Br J Cancer. 2007 Jul 2;97(1):1-5. Epub 2007 Jun 26. Review.
Mann BS, Johnson JR, Cohen MH, Justice R, Pazdur R. FDA approval summary: vorinostat for treatment of advanced primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Oncologist. 2007 Oct;12(10):1247-52.
Park YS, Jin MY, Kim YJ, Yook JH, Kim BS, Jang SJ. The global histone modification pattern correlates with cancer recurrence and overall survival in gastric adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Jul;15(7):1968-76. doi: 10.1245/s10434-008-9927-9. Epub 2008 May 10.
|Responsible Party:
|Yoon-Koo Kang, Professor, Asan Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01045538 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|January 6, 2010
|First Posted:
|January 11, 2010
|Last Update Posted:
|July 14, 2017
|Last Verified:
|July 2017
Keywords provided by Yoon-Koo Kang, Asan Medical Center:
gastric cancer
histone deacetylase inhibitor
1st line chemotherapy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Stomach Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Stomach Diseases
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
Antineoplastic Agents
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Enzyme Inhibitors


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Jewish Support for Republicans Jumped Drastically Since 2008, Survey Shows
Pew Poll finds Jews who support or lean Republican increased from 20% to 29% since last presidential election, while Democratic backing dropped from 72% to 65%.
Jewish support for the Republican Party has grown dramatically since 2008 nationwide, a new analysis of survey data out from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press suggests.
The data found that the shift in the GOP direction has been more significant than among the general public.
The findings could point to trouble for the Democrats in the 2012 presidential election, where both parties are counting on strong showings among Florida's Jewish voters in particular.
"The increase among Jews is greater than in the general public, and greater than the increase in an number of other religious groups," said Alan Cooperman, associate director for research at Pew.
Jews who support or lean Republican jumped from 20% in 2008 to 29% in 2011. And Jews who support or lean Democratic fell from 72% in 2008 to 65% in 2011. The 2011 study has a 6.5% margin of error.
Republican Jewish officials greeted the survey as a confirmation of trend they claim to have observed for years.
"Jews are shifting away from their traditional allegiance to the Democratic Party and are showing a willingness to support the Republican," said Matt Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition. ""The Democrats continue to lose support among Jewish voters."
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