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Neuroblastoma is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in neuroblasts (immature nerve tissue) in the adrenal gland, neck, chest, or spinal cord.
Neuroblastoma often begins in the nerve tissue of the adrenal glands. There are two adrenal glands, one on top of each kidney in the back of the upper abdomen. The adrenal glands make important hormones that help control heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar, and the way the body reacts to stress. Neuroblastoma may also begin in nerve tissue in the neck, chest, abdomen or pelvis. Neuroblastoma may be found in the adrenal glands and paraspinal nerve tissue from the neck to the pelvis.
Neuroblastoma most often begins in infancy and may be diagnosed in the first month of life. It is found when the tumor begins to grow and cause signs or symptoms. Sometimes it forms before birth and is found during a fetal ultrasound.
By the time neuroblastoma is diagnosed, the cancer has usually metastasized (spread). Neuroblastoma spreads most often to the lymph nodes, bones, bone marrow, and liver. In infants, it also spreads to the skin.
Neuroblastoma is sometimes caused by a gene mutation (change) passed from the parent to the child.
Gene mutations that increase the risk of neuroblastoma are sometimes inherited (passed from the parent to the child). In children with a gene mutation, neuroblastoma usually occurs at a younger age and more than one tumor may form in the adrenal glands.
Signs and symptoms of neuroblastoma include bone pain and a lump in the abdomen, neck, or chest.
The most common signs and symptoms of neuroblastoma are caused by the tumor pressing on nearby tissues as it grows or by cancer spreading to the bone. These and other signs and symptoms may be caused by neuroblastoma or by other conditions.
Check with your child's doctor if your child has any of the following:
Less common signs and symptoms of neuroblastoma include the following:
Tests that examine many different body tissues and fluids are used to detect (find) and diagnose neuroblastoma.
The following tests and procedures may be used:
A biopsy is done to diagnose neuroblastoma.
Cells and tissues are removed during a biopsy so they can be viewed under a microscope by a pathologist to check for signs of cancer. The way the biopsy is done depends on where the tumor is in the body. Sometimes the whole tumor is removed at the same time the biopsy is done.
The following tests may be done on the tissue that is removed:
Children up to 6 months old may not need a biopsy or surgery to remove the tumor because the tumor may disappear without treatment.
Certain factors affect prognosis (chance of recovery) and treatment options.
The prognosis (chance of recovery) and treatment options depend on the following:
Prognosis and treatment options for neuroblastoma are also affected by tumor biology, which includes:
The tumor biology is said to be favorable or unfavorable, depending on these factors. A favorable tumor biology means there is a better chance of recovery.
In some children up to 6 months old, neuroblastoma may disappear without treatment. This is called spontaneous regression. The child is closely watched for signs or symptoms of neuroblastoma. If signs or symptoms occur, treatment may be needed.
After neuroblastoma has been diagnosed, tests are done to find out if cancer has spread from where it started to other parts of the body.
The process used to find out the extent or spread of cancer is called staging. The information gathered from the staging process helps determine the stage of the disease. For neuroblastoma, the stage of disease affects whether the cancer is low risk, intermediate risk, or high risk. It also affects the treatment plan. The results of some tests and procedures used to diagnose neuroblastoma may be used for staging. See the General Information section for a description of these tests and procedures.
The following tests and procedures also may be used to determine the stage:
There are three ways that cancer spreads in the body.
Cancer can spread through tissue, the lymph system, and the blood:
Cancer may spread from where it began to other parts of the body.
When cancer spreads to another part of the body, it is called metastasis. Cancer cells break away from where they began (the primary tumor) and travel through the lymph system or blood.
The metastatic tumor is the same type of cancer as the primary tumor. For example, if neuroblastoma spreads to the liver, the cancer cells in the liver are actually neuroblastoma cells. The disease is metastatic neuroblastoma, not liver cancer.
The following stages are used for neuroblastoma:
Stage 1
In stage 1, the tumor is in only one area and all of the tumor that can be seen is completely removed during surgery.
Stage 2
Stage 2 is divided into stages 2A and 2B.
Stage 3
In stage 3, one of the following is true:
Stage 4
Stage 4 is divided into stages 4 and 4S.
Treatment of neuroblastoma is based on risk groups.
For many types of cancer, stages are used to plan treatment. For neuroblastoma, treatment depends on risk groups. The stage of neuroblastoma is one factor used to determine risk group. Other factors are the age of the child, tumor histology, and tumor biology.
There are three risk groups: low risk, intermediate risk, and high risk.
Recurrent neuroblastoma is cancer that has recurred (come back) after it has been treated. The cancer may come back in the same place or in other parts of the body.
There are different types of treatment for patients with neuroblastoma.
Different types of treatment are available for patients with neuroblastoma. Some treatments are standard (the currently used treatment), and some are being tested in clinical trials. A treatment clinical trial is a research study meant to help improve current treatments or obtain information on new treatments for patients with cancer. When clinical trials show that a new treatment is better than the standard treatment, the new treatment may become the standard treatment.
Because cancer in children is rare, taking part in a clinical trial should be considered. Some clinical trials are open only to patients who have not started treatment.
Children with neuroblastoma should have their treatment planned by a team of doctors who are experts in treating childhood cancer, especially neuroblastoma.
Treatment will be overseen by a pediatric oncologist, a doctor who specializes in treating children with cancer. The pediatric oncologist works with other pediatric health care providers who are experts in treating children with neuroblastoma and who specialize in certain areas of medicine. These may include the following specialists:
Treatment for neuroblastoma may cause side effects.
For information about side effects that begin during treatment for cancer, see our Side Effects page.
Side effects from cancer treatment that begin after treatment and continue for months or years are called late effects. Late effects of cancer treatment may include:
Some late effects may be treated or controlled. It is important that parents of children who are treated for neuroblastoma talk with their doctors about the possible late effects caused by some treatments. See the PDQ summary on Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer for more information.
Seven types of standard treatment are used:
Observation is closely monitoring a patient's condition without giving any treatment until signs or symptoms appear or change.
Surgery is used to treat neuroblastoma unless it has spread to other parts of the body. Depending on where the tumor is, as much of the tumor as is safely possible will be removed. If the tumor cannot be removed, a biopsy may be done instead.
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy x-rays or other types of radiation to kill cancer cells or keep them from growing. There are two types of radiation therapy:
The way the radiation therapy is given depends on the type of cancer being treated and the child's risk group. External radiation therapy is used to treat neuroblastoma.
Iodine 131-MIBG therapy
Iodine 131-MIBG therapy is a treatment with radioactive iodine. The radioactive iodine is given through an intravenous (IV) line and enters the bloodstream which carries radiation directly to tumor cells. Radioactive iodine collects in neuroblastoma cells and kills them with the radiation that is given off. Iodine 131-MIBG therapy is sometimes used to treat high-risk neuroblastoma that comes back after initial treatment.
Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses drugs to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. When chemotherapy is taken by mouth or injected into a vein or muscle, the drugs enter the bloodstream and can reach cancer cells throughout the body (systemic chemotherapy). When chemotherapy is placed directly into the cerebrospinal fluid, an organ, or a body cavity such as the abdomen, the drugs mainly affect cancer cells in those areas (regional chemotherapy). The way the chemotherapy is given depends on the type of cancer being treated and the child's risk group.
The use of two or more anticancer drugs is called combination chemotherapy.
See Drugs Approved for Neuroblastoma for more information.
High-dose chemotherapy and radiation therapy with stem cell rescue
High-dose chemotherapy and radiation therapy with stem cell rescue is a way of giving high doses of chemotherapy and radiation therapy and replacing blood -forming cells destroyed by cancer treatment for high-risk neuroblastoma. Stem cells (immature blood cells) are removed from the blood or bone marrow of the patient and are frozen and stored. After chemotherapy and radiation therapy are completed, the stored stem cells are thawed and given back to the patient through an infusion. These reinfused stem cells grow into (and restore) the body's blood cells.
Maintenance therapy is given after high-dose chemotherapy and radiation therapy with stem cell rescue to kill any cancer cells that may regrow and cause the disease to come back. Maintenance therapy is given for 6 months and includes the following treatments:
Targeted therapy
Targeted therapy is a type of treatment that uses drugs or other substances to identify and attack cancer cells with less harm to normal cells.
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are small-molecule drugs that go through the cell membrane and work inside cancer cells to block signals that cancer cells need to grow and divide. Crizotinib is used to treat neuroblastoma that has come back after treatment.
New types of treatment are being tested in clinical trials.
This summary section describes treatments that are being studied in clinical trials. It may not mention every new treatment being studied. Information about clinical trials is available from the NCI website.
Immunotherapy is a treatment that uses the patient's immune system to fight cancer. Substances made by the body or made in a laboratory are used to boost, direct, or restore the body's natural defenses against cancer. This type of cancer treatment is also called biotherapy or biological therapy.
Vaccine therapy uses a substance to stimulate the immune system to destroy a tumor. Vaccine therapy is being studied to treat neuroblastoma that has come back after treatment.
Other drug therapy
Lenalidomide is a type of angiogenesis inhibitor. It prevents the growth of new blood vessels that are needed by a tumor to grow.
Patients may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial.
For some patients, taking part in a clinical trial may be the best treatment choice. Clinical trials are part of the cancer research process. Clinical trials are done to find out if new cancer treatments are safe and effective or better than the standard treatment.
Many of today's standard treatments for cancer are based on earlier clinical trials. Patients who take part in a clinical trial may receive the standard treatment or be among the first to receive a new treatment.
Patients who take part in clinical trials also help improve the way cancer will be treated in the future. Even when clinical trials do not lead to effective new treatments, they often answer important questions and help move research forward.
Patients can enter clinical trials before, during, or after starting their cancer treatment.
Some clinical trials only include patients who have not yet received treatment. Other trials test treatments for patients whose cancer has not gotten better. There are also clinical trials that test new ways to stop cancer from recurring (coming back) or reduce the side effects of cancer treatment.
Clinical trials are taking place in many parts of the country. Information about clinical trials supported by NCI can be found on NCI's clinical trials search webpage. Clinical trials supported by other organizations can be found on the ClinicalTrials.gov website.
Follow-up tests may be needed.
Some of the tests that were done to diagnose the cancer or to find out the stage of the cancer may be repeated. Some tests will be repeated in order to see how well the treatment is working. Decisions about whether to continue, change, or stop treatment may be based on the results of these tests.
Some of the tests will continue to be done from time to time after treatment has ended. The results of these tests can show if your child's condition has changed or if the cancer has recurred (come back). These tests are sometimes called follow-up tests or check-ups.
For information about the treatments listed below, see the Treatment Option Overview section.
Low-Risk Neuroblastoma
Treatment of low-risk neuroblastoma may include the following:
Intermediate-Risk Neuroblastoma
Treatment of intermediate-risk neuroblastoma may include the following:
High-Risk Neuroblastoma
Treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma may include the following:
Stage 4S Neuroblastoma
There is no standard treatment for stage 4S neuroblastoma but treatment options include the following:
Recurrent Neuroblastoma
Patients First Treated for Low-Risk Neuroblastoma
Treatment for recurrent neuroblastoma that is found only in the area where the cancer first formed may include the following:
Treatment for recurrent neuroblastoma that has spread to other parts of the body may include the following:
Patients First Treated for Intermediate-Risk Neuroblastoma
Recurrent neuroblastoma that has spread to other parts of the body is treated the same way as newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma.
Patients First Treated for High-Risk Neuroblastoma
Treatment for recurrent neuroblastoma may include the following:
Because there is no standard treatment for recurrent neuroblastoma in patients first treated for high-risk neuroblastoma, patients may want to consider a clinical trial. For information about clinical trials, please see the NCI website.
Patients with Recurrent CNS Neuroblastoma
Treatment for neuroblastoma that recurs (comes back) in the central nervous system (CNS; brain and spinal cord) may include the following:
Treatments Being Studied for Progressive/Recurrent Neuroblastoma
Some of the treatments being studied in clinical trials for neuroblastoma that recurs (comes back) or progresses (grows, spreads, or does not respond to treatment) include the following:
Use our clinical trial search to find NCI-supported cancer clinical trials that are accepting patients. You can search for trials based on the type of cancer, the age of the patient, and where the trials are being done. General information about clinical trials is also available.
For more information from the National Cancer Institute about neuroblastoma, see the following:
For more childhood cancer information and other general cancer resources, see the following:
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Purpose of This Summary
This PDQ cancer information summary has current information about the treatment of neuroblastoma. It is meant to inform and help patients, families, and caregivers. It does not give formal guidelines or recommendations for making decisions about health care.
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A clinical trial is a study to answer a scientific question, such as whether one treatment is better than another. Trials are based on past studies and what has been learned in the laboratory. Each trial answers certain scientific questions in order to find new and better ways to help cancer patients. During treatment clinical trials, information is collected about the effects of a new treatment and how well it works. If a clinical trial shows that a new treatment is better than one currently being used, the new treatment may become "standard." Patients may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial. Some clinical trials are open only to patients who have not started treatment.
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Marco Rubio's problem wasn't the water
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the Republicans' big Latino hope for 2016, is a smart politician who might still make it to his party's presidential ticket, but he blew it big time during his nationally broadcast State of the Union rebuttal speech on Tuesday.
I'm not talking about the fact that he looked uncharacteristically nervous, rubbing his forehead repeatedly as if he was trying to wipe off sweat or scare away a mosquito. And I'm not talking about the moment where he almost disappeared from the television screen to get a bottle of water -- a scene that cartoonists will feast on for quite some time.
(Soon after the speech, Washington's influential Politico website ran a story on Rubio's awkward water-bottle grab under the headline 'Rubio's drinking problem,' while the CBS News website carried the story under the headline, 'Marco Rubio's 'water bottle-gate' moment.')
I'm talking about the content of his speech. Rubio, who had just appeared on Time magazine's cover as 'The Republican Savior,' missed a huge opportunity to establish himself as a Republican who can reach out to independent voters who, while not happy with President Barack Obama, see the Republicans as a party taken hostage by the extreme right.
Rubio had a great opportunity to shift somewhat to the center on issues such as immigration, women and gun violence, while maintaining his criticism of Obama's public-spending policies.
But Rubio missed his chance.
On immigration, the 41-year-old Cuban-American senator -- one of the Republicans' few hopes to recover Latino votes following the party's disastrous showing among Latinos in the 2012 elections -- didn't dare to pronounce the "C" word, as in citizenship, when he talked about the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.
Minutes earlier, in his State of the Union address, Obama had proposed passing comprehensive immigration reform with greater border controls and "a responsible pathway to earned citizenship." That path should include background checks, paying meaningful penalties, learning English, and going to the back of the line of those trying to get into the country legally, Obama said.
But in his Republican rebuttal address, Rubio seemed to offer an eventual permanent-residency status without a path to citizenship.
"We need a responsible, permanent solution to the problem of those who are here illegally," Rubio said. "But first, we must follow through on the broken promises of the past to secure our borders and enforce our laws."
The problem with not offering an earned pathway to citizenship is that it would, among other things, kick the problem down the road, creating a huge underclass of people who 10 years from now would be taking to the streets to demand their full rights.
France and other countries that gave undocumented immigrants permanent residency without citizenship have created a huge underclass of foreigners who have not blended into society, increasing social tensions and leading to periodic, often bloody, street riots in immigrant neighborhoods.
On gun violence, Rubio didn't propose any measures to reduce the recent wave of mass killings, even after the latest massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn.
In his speech, Obama called for a Congressional vote on background checks to make it harder for criminals to buy weapons, as well as measures to keep military weapons off the streets.
Rubio's response was: "We must effectively deal with the rise in violence in this country, but unconstitutionally undermining the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans is not the way to do it."
On women's issues and gay and lesbian rights, Obama called on House Republicans to pass an act to combat violence against women, an equal-pay-for-women law, and other measures to ensure equal treatment for all military personnel, including gay soldiers. Rubio did not directly address any of these issues.
My opinion: Rubio may recover from his "water-bottle gate," because I found in my own experience interviewing him that he's an intelligent, good-natured politician who will surely put this awkward moment behind him with a mix of self-depreciating humor and smart policy proposals.
But I'm not so sure he will be the "savior" who can reconnect the Republican Party with Latinos, women, and other sectors of society unless he distances himself from his party's right-wing extremists on immigration, gun violence, women, and other social issues, while continuing to stick to the Republicans' small-government philosophy. Rubio's problem wasn't the water. It was the message!
Andrés Oppenheimer is a Latin América correspondent for the Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla. 33132. Send e-mail to: firstname.lastname@example.com.

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These are heady days for baseball fans. Every team is undefeated, and hope springs eternal. With the first games of Spring Training set for Friday, it seemed like it was time to start blogging about baseball again.
A question that seems to be on every baseball fan's mind is – who has the best starting pitching staff in baseball? Below is my humble attempt at answering that question. Let me know if you agree/disagree.
1. Philadelphia Phillies – While this might seem like a homer call, the Phillies have to be considered the best collection of starting pitching in the league. After pulling off one of the major surprises of the off-season by signing Cliff Lee, the Phillies have four legit #1 starters. The Phillies (on paper) have the best pitching rotation since the Braves of the early 1990s (Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, John Smoltz and Steve Avery). This is my initial reaction to the pitching staff – taken from my post Merry Cliffmas and Happy Halladays!:
Think about this, Lee, who won the Cy Young in the AL in 2008 joins a staff that includes: reigning Cy Young winner Roy Halladay; 2008 World Series MVP Cole Hamels; and 3-time All-Star Roy Oswalt. What other team can match that pitching depth? The answer – NONE!
Just look at their numbers from last season:
I know that Lee, Hamels and Oswalt did not have great records, look at the other stats! Ridiculous. Also keep in mind that when Oswalt was with the Phillies he was 7-1 with a 1.74 ERA. The Phillies now have the best pitching staff in the league.
It doesn't matter who takes the fifth starter spot (though I think it will be Joe Blanton), the Phillies have the most formidable starting rotation in baseball.
2. San Francisco Giants – As seen in last year's NLCS, the Giants' pitching staff can hang with the Phillies. Tim Lincecum, who struggled at times last season, found his form in the playoffs. Matt Cain made the Phillies' offense look pedestrian. Jonathan Sanchez looks like he is ready to take the next step toward becoming an elite lefty. Madison Bumgarner developed over the course of the season and looks set for a big year. The only question mark is Barry Zito as the fifth starter, but if he even has an average year (10-14, 4.45 ERA in his time with the Giants) he will be a pretty decent 5th starter.
3. Boston Red Sox – Some might question the Red Sox being ranked this highly, especially after the poor performance last season of Josh Beckett, John Lackey and the enigma that is Daisuke Matsuzaka, but I believe that at least one of the aforementioned pitchers will rebound this year. If more than one can return to the form all have previously exhibited, the Red Sox will have a formidable rotation. Jon Lester (19-9, 3.25 ERA) and Clay Buchholz (17-7, 2.33 ERA), two guys I thought deserved more Cy Young consideration last season, anchor the rotation. Even if Beckett and Lackey turn in career average years – 15-10, 3.96 ERA for Becket & 15-10, 3.89 ERA for Lackey – the rotation should be good enough to win the AL East. Any positive contribution Dice-K can give will be an added bonus.
4. Oakland Athletics – This selection might surprise some, as the Athletics toil in obscurity in Oakland, but the A's have a legit rotation. I think this excerpt from a post on pitching rotations sums up the A's:
Check out these stats and compare them with any pitching staff in MLB: Brett Anderson 7-6 2.80 ERA 75 K's, Trevor Cahill 18-8 2.97 ERA 118 K's, Gio Gonzalez 15-9 3.23 ERA 171 K's, Dallas Braden 11-14 3.50 ERA 113 K's and a perfect game. Average age…25!! Oakland led the AL with a 3.56 era, 17 shutouts and held opponents to a .245 batting average. Question mark is 5th starter but they have many young guys to choose from in the minors and they also signed Rich Harden. If they can get any hitting they could be a team no one would like to play come October.
5. Los Angeles Dodgers – Four of the Dodgers' starters finished last season with ERAs under 3.60. Not too shabby. Clayton Kershaw led the way with a 13-10 record and an ERA of 2.91 and will be just 23 at the start of the season. Forming the rest of the rotation behind Kershaw are Hiroki Kuroda (11-13, 3.39 ERA), Chad Billingsley (12-11, 3.57 ERA), Ted Lilly (7-4, 3.52 ERA w/ the Dodgers), and Jon Garland (14-12, 3.47 ERA w/ the San Diego Padres).
In making this list, several teams just missed the number 5 spot (I feel like the top 4 are pretty set). The St. Louis Cardinals would likely have made the top 5, but with concerns about the health of Adam Wainwright's elbow, the rotation is weakened. Some have been touting the Milwaukee Brewers with Zack Greinke joining Shaun Marcum and Yovani Gallardo at Miller Park. I think the Brewers have the beginnings of a very good rotation, but it remains to be seen how Greinke will adjust to the NL and whether Marcum is for real. A third team that many have in their top 5 are the Padres. Mat Latos and Clayton Richard are two studs at the top of the rotation but after the top 2 there are more questions than answers. Also, could Latos be in for a sophomore slump? Lastly, the Atlanta Braves are in the discussion as well, especially if Derek Lowe and Jair Jurrjens can rebound from subpar 2010 seasons. Looks like I could have found one more team and written a top 10.
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Monday of last week, U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., took the 8:55 a.m. flight from Little Rock to Washington, as usual. He hit the ground running that afternoon and didn't stop much until he was on the plane headed back to Little Rock Thursday afternoon. He spent 30 minutes with his family and then headed to a fundraiser — mostly close friends, he said, who listened as he talked about the personal difficulties of serving in Congress. It was nighttime before he was home.
The next day, his wife, Elizabeth, and children, Mary Katherine, 6, and John, 3, headed out of town to see her parents. He'd barely seen them all week, which was not unusual. Left in Little Rock to work in his campaign office, Griffin finalized a decision he and Elizabeth had been considering for months: He was leaving Congress after two terms.
"My kids, they're very articulate on this issue, and they made their feelings known, and I would be unfair if I didn't say that they've been a part of this process. … They want to see more of me," he said Monday, the day he made his decision public.
Griffin said others in Congress told him he was making the right decision. Were his children grown and out of the house, a longer congressional career would have been an option. He's been able to take his son with him to spend a week in Washington, but it's not like being home. "As my boy in particular has gotten older, his best friend's his daddy, and I'm the only daddy he's got," he said.
Supposedly Griffin was somewhat vulnerable this election, and it might have been a tough race, but incumbents rarely lose. Officeholders often say it, but he certainly sounds sincere when he says he's leaving to spend more time with his family.
This is not a political obituary. Griffin still has 15 months left in his term and, only 45, hasn't shut the door on running for office later.
He'll have to make a living regardless, and with his experience in Congress and his law degree, it will be a good one. He said he doesn't have anything lined up, but as a member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, he's been helping write the nation's tax laws.
If he wants it, he would not be the first Arkansan to become a lobbyist. Former Sens. Dale Bumpers, Tim Hutchinson and Blanche Lincoln and former Reps. Ed Bethune, Jay Dickey and Beryl Anthony all have done that or something like that. So have former Reps. Mike Ross and Asa Hutchinson, the two frontrunners in next year's governor's race, though Ross did not do it for long.
Griffin said he never planned a long career in Congress, which is a good thing because I don't see how a guy whose engine revs that fast could have stayed too long. He's intense. He sees it as part of his job to engage his constituents – all 700,000 of them, individually if necessary. He gave out his cell phone number during public appearances and would take calls on it. He told me he doesn't regret doing that, but it must have detracted from needed down time.
Now that the seat won't be contested by an incumbent, candidates from both parties will be lining up to run for it. It will be a hotly contested race because there's a chance it could switch parties, which doesn't happen all that much these days.
Those who run will have to make decisions about their priorities. Often, they'll have to choose between House and home. As Griffin found, when you're a member of Congress, lots of people — including the most important ones — want to see more of you, they make their feelings known, and they're very articulate.
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I had to write and applaud your In Our Opinion ("A pothole in the road to Vision Zero" - 6/26) column from last week's newspaper.
A couple of weeks ago I narrowly missed running over a middle-aged man on Fresh Pond Road. He strolled across the street in the middle of the block with his head completely turned in the opposite direction. As I slammed on my brakes bystanders yelled at him, but he seemed oblivious to how close he came to dying.
Driving in Manhattan on a regular basis, I am appalled at the way pedestrians take over the streets. They cross wherever they want to and go against the light in crosswalks. I particularly love the dirty looks they give me when I honk at them, as if I am the person doing something wrong. And they seem to have no concern for all the cars waiting at the intersection they are blocking.
I firmly believe that traffic would flow much better if the city could somehow correct this behavior, along with taxis that stop in the middle of the street to pick up fares, buses that don't bother to pull into their bus stops, double parkers, and idiots that gridlock intersections.
Drivers would be much more calmer behind the wheel if they did not have to deal with these nuisances. A lot of people speed and drive aggressively because they are frustrated and trying to make up for lost time.
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Well it appears that the Republican nomination process, which had so much interest and promise at the start has devolved to the same old name calling divisive tactics we've grown to expect from the current crop of conservatives.
Romney is outspending his rivals at the rate the three or more to one, and still can't seem to close the deal. That's because he continues to remind the working class voters he is wooing that he is a rich country club guy. He offers Perry a gentleman's bet for $10,000 in an attempt to call Perry's bluff. He claims not to be worried about the poor. He defends the personhood of corporations. He says he likes firing people. He disingenuously pretends to sympathize with those who have been laid off while defending policies at his own company which laid off thousands. He claims to understand the needs of Michigan while at the same time defending his op ed which called for the government to let domestic auto manufacturers go bankrupt. He demonstrates his support of GM by declaring that his wife drives "several Cadillacs". He tries to reach out to the NASCAR crowd by showing up at an event and then admitting that his only connection to the sport is that some of the wealthy folks who own some of the cars are friends of his. He even manages to upset dog owners by defending his mistreatment of the family pooch. Finally he defends his wealth saying that if someone has a problem voting for a successful (read wealthy) person, they should vote for somebody else.
Socially conservative Republicans have taken his advice to heart and ARE voting for somebody else.
The problem is that the "somebody else", at least in the form of Rick Santorum, is even crazier than Mitt.
Santorum has done the impossible (contending for the Republican nomination) by giving voice to the unspeakable (the deep biases of social conservatives). He took advantage of a bad Gingrich debate performance in Florida to leapfrog Newt in the "anybody but Mitt race". Gingrich was counting on Florida being the knockout blow for Santorum which would allow Newt to become the sole standard bearer for the conservative vote. Instead, Santorum is filling that role because he has been willing to take public positions that are even more radical than Newt. Now that's saying something.
Santorum is proposing nothing less than a religious take-over of government. This has allowed him grab the radical right standard from Newt and take Mitt on in the celebrity death match that social conservatives have been waiting for.
The Republican establishment can't believe their eyes. This is their Frankenstein nightmare. The Tea Party that they used to gain a House majority in 2010 has turned on them with the full force of self-righteous fury.
"It makes the party look like it isn't a modern party," Rudy Giuliani told CNN's Erin Burnett, fretting about the candidates' Cotton Mather attitude about women and gays. "It doesn't understand the modern world that we live in."
After a speech in Dallas on Thursday, Jeb Bush also recoiled: "I used to be a conservative, and I watch these debates and I'm wondering, I don't think I've changed, but it's a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people's fears and emotion rather than trying to get them to look over the horizon for a broader perspective."
Alan Simpson, the former Republican senator from Wyoming, recently called Santorum "rigid and homophobic."
Arlen Specter, who quit the Republicans to become a Democrat three years ago before Pennsylvania voters sent him home from the Senate, told MSNBC: "Where you have Senator Santorum's views, so far to the right, with his attitude on women in the workplace and gays and the bestiality comments and birth control, I do not think it is realistic for Rick Santorum to represent America." That from the man who accused Anita Hill of perjury.
The fact that Romney eked out a slim victory in Michigan over Santorum really doesn't matter.
What matters is that the social conservative Tea Party wing of the Republican Party continues to reject Romney. If you add up the votes for Santorum, Gingrich, and Paul – Romney lost Michigan.
The Republican social conservatives may not have enough votes to win the nomination for Santorum, but they do have enough influence to force Romney into a very difficult choice. If he hopes to unify the party, he is going to have to move so far right that he becomes unelectable in November. Some are saying that this has already happened.
If he abandons the conservative wing of the party, they may run their own candidate (Sarah Palin) or become so disgusted with the nominating process that they stay home in November. It also doesn't help Mitt that his backers in the Republican establishment continue to whine that they don't have a more likeable guy like Jeb Bush or Mitch Daniels to turn to.
At least in Michigan, Santorum effectively poisoned the water for Romney in the fall already with a simple question which Romney never answered. Why did Romney support the Wall Street bailout while opposing the auto bailout? This wasn't lost on Obama either, who gave a barn burner speech to the UAW in Washington on the same day that Michigan voted and asked the same question. If Romney does eventually win the nomination, you can bet that this question is going to continue to be asked all the way until the vote in November. That's because it cuts right to the heart of why people just don't trust Romney.
In the meantime, this primary continues to grind at the fabric of this country. The claims against the President become more and more extreme. Gingrich who managed to skip Vietnam calls Obama "the most dangerous President in modern American history" because he is "incapable of defending the United States." Perhaps Newt missed the headlines about bin Laden, al-Awlaki, or the scores of other al Qaeda leaders that have been killed or captured. That sort of language may work with the Republican base, but it is going to alienate mainstream voters who still possess a sense of fairness.
Obama may end up with an easier victory this fall than he anticipated, but he will have to deal with an even more deeply divided country than when he first took office.


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Sunni Islam ( /ˈsuːni/ or /ˈsʊni/) or Sunnism (/ˈsuːnɪzəm/ or /ˈsʊnɪzəm/) is the largest branch of Islam;. Sunni Muslims are referred to in Arabic as ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah wa āl-Ǧamāʿah (Arabic: أهل السنة والجماعة, "people of the tradition and the community") or ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah (Arabic: أهل السنة) for short; in English, they are known as Sunnis or Sunnites.
Sunni Islam is referred to as the orthodox version of the religion. The word "Sunni" comes from the term Sunnah (Arabic: سنة), which refers to the sayings and actions of Muhammad that are recorded in hadiths (collections of narrations regarding Muhammad). Sunni Muslims generally consider Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim to be entirey authentic and accurate hadiths.
Sunni is a broad term derived from Sunnah (سنة , plural سنن sunan ), which is an Arabic word that means "habit" or "usual practice". The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad. In its full form, this branch of Islam is referred to as "Ahlus-Sunnah Wa Al-Jama'ah" (literally, "People of the Tradition and the Congregation"). Anyone claiming to follow the Sunnah and can show that they have no action or belief against the Prophetic Sunnah can consider him or herself to be a Sunni Muslim. However, it should be noted that Shi'a Muslims also hold that they follow the Sunnah.


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ANTAKYA, Turkey — Rape has become a "significant and disturbing feature" of the war in Syria, one that many refugees cite as their leading reason for fleeing the country, according to a report released Monday by a New York-based humanitarian organization.
The victims are primarily women and girls who are attacked in public, at roadblocks or at home by "armed men." The report, by the International Rescue Committee, does not specify whether those men are primarily from government forces or from rebel ranks.
Family members are often forced to watch, according to the report, and gang rape is not uncommon. In addition, it says, there is an "alarming lack" of medical and psychological support for survivors of the attacks.
This sexual violence was "consistently identified by Syrian women, men and community leaders as a primary reason their families fled the country," according to the report, which is based on interviews in November with refugees, officials, aid workers and others in Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq.
The number of Syrian refugees living in neighboring countries has grown to more than 600,000. Many live in camps, while others pack into rented apartments or squat in schools, public buildings or sheds — unsafe environments that the report says can lead to sexual assaults, elevated levels of domestic violence and early or forced marriages.
In Syria, sexual-assault victims often do not report or publicize what happened for fear of retribution from their assailants or their own families, as such crimes carry a painful stigma.
"No one wants to talk about it, because in a conservative society, it is shameful to talk about it," said Hiba Alhaji, founder of the Free Syrian Women Organization. "They don't understand how these ladies are not to blame."
Alhaji is based in Turkey, which has more than 150,000 registered refugees, and has tried to secure funding to start rehabilitation centers for rape victims. But she has had no luck.
Heavy fighting is continuing in Syria, particularly in the suburbs of Damascus.
On Sunday, in the northern city of Azaz, near the Turkish border, at least 20 people were killed and 99 were injured when government warplanes bombed a market, according to Doctors Without Borders, which treated many of the injured.
On Monday morning, at least five adults and eight children were killed when a house south of Damascus was hit in a government airstrike, activists said.
NATO officials said Monday that Syrian government forces fired a short-range ballistic missile over the weekend, one of more than 20 launched in the past month, according to Reuters news agency. Some of the missiles have landed close to Turkey's border, where the United States, Germany and the Netherlands plan to install six Patriot antimissile batteries. The defense system is expected to start operating early next month, if not sooner.
Suzan Haidamous contributed to this report.


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Tim McGraw Admits Audio Issues Helped Create Memorable ACM Photo
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are one stunning couple, but it wasn't just Hill's beautiful dress that caused the 'Lookin' For That Girl' singer to take a moment during their memorable ACM performance.
The couple was generating a lot of talk after Hill surprised the crowd and appeared on stage next to her husband in a sparkling gown. It was obvious that McGraw was taken aback when he first saw his wife appear but there was more to it than just her sheer beauty.
"I looked at her like that because she stunned me when she walked out 'cause she looked so beautiful. She didn't let me see the dress," McGraw tells Go Country 105. "She purposefully didn't let me see it so when she came out it threw me off guard plus I was having trouble hearing in my ears so I looked at her to sort of steady me a little bit as well."
When the radio hosts said he should have stuck to the sweet story of Hill's beauty being the cause of his breathlessness McGraw responded, "Gotta tell the truth."
The Louisiana born singer said the whole weekend was a lot of fun despite the insanity. He's excited about starting his upcoming Sundown Heaven Town Tour that kicks off in May and will hit over 30 cities. He's also going to be seen in a new film with George Clooney called 'Tomorrowland.'
"I really can't tell you what it's about because it's so far out there that I'm not even sure what it's about."
See the Top 5 Moments From the 2014 ACM Awards


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Sixty-two percent of C-level executives responding to a recent survey by IT services provider Avanade said they were bothered by frequent interruptions caused by irrelevant incoming data. Not surprisingly, given the state of most executives' inboxes, the single largest source of such data was e-mail. All of us, executives or not, can make good use of these tips on managing e-mail from Mitch Joel, president, Twist Image, and author of "Six Pixels of Separation," who wrote about the topic on his blog.
Mitch Joel is President of Twist Image — an award-winning Digital Marketing and Communications agency. In 2008, Mitch was named Canada's Most Influential Male in Social Media, one of the top 100 online marketers in the world, and was awarded the highly prestigious Canada's Top 40 Under 40. His first book, Six Pixels of Separation (published by Grand Central Publishing - Hachette Book Group), named after his successful blog and podcast is a business and marketing bestseller. You can find him here: www.twistimage.com/blog
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Hello Newbie here.
I have to confess to being a complete beginner.
I took this picture of the Northern Lights last night:
Location: Iceland
Time: 23.05
Direction: West - WNW
Can anyone help me identify the planet in the lower sky - is it venus or saturn? Also what is the constellation behind it?
Sorry, there is a lot of cloud, but a few stars are visable


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The U.S.–Mexico War
Omar Valerio-Jiménez
The United States–Mexico War was the first war in which the United States engaged in a conflict with a foreign nation for the purpose of conquest. It was also the first conflict in which trained soldiers (from West Point) played a large role. The war's end transformed the United States into a continental nation as it acquired a vast portion of Mexico's northern territories. In addition to shaping U.S.–Mexico relations into the present, the conflict also led to the forcible incorporation of Mexicans (who became Mexican Americans) as the nation's first Latinos. Yet, the war has been identified as the nation's "forgotten war" because few Americans know the causes and consequences of this conflict. Within fifteen years of the war's end, the conflict faded from popular memory, but it did not disappear, due to the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War. By contrast, the U.S.–Mexico War is prominently remembered in Mexico as having caused the loss of half of the nation's territory, and as an event that continues to shape Mexico's relationship with the United States. Official memories (or national histories) of war affect international relations, and also shape how each nation's population views citizens of other countries. Not surprisingly, there is a stark difference in the ways that American citizens and Mexican citizens remember and forget the war (e.g., Americans refer to the "Mexican American War" or the "U.S.–Mexican War," for example, while Mexicans identify the conflict as the "War of North American Intervention").
Women and Politics in the Era of the American Revolution
Sheila L. Skemp
Historians once assumed that, because women in the era of the American Revolution could not vote and showed very little interest in attaining the franchise, they were essentially apolitical beings. Scholars now recognize that women were actively engaged in the debates that accompanied the movement toward independence, and that after the war many sought a more expansive political role for themselves. Moreover, men welcomed women's support for the war effort. If they saw women as especially fit for domestic duties, many continued to seek women's political guidance and help even after the war ended.
Granted, those women who wanted a more active and unmediated relationship to the body politic faced severe legal and ideological obstacles. The common law system of coverture gave married women no control over their bodies or to property, and thus accorded them no formal venue to express their political opinions. Religious convention had it that women, the "weaker sex," were the authors of original sin. The ideology associated with "republicanism" argued that the attributes of independence, self-reliance, physical strength, and bravery were exclusively masculine virtues. Many observers characterized women as essentially selfish and frivolous creatures who hungered after luxuries and could not contain their carnal appetites. Nevertheless, some women carved out political roles for themselves.
In the lead up to the war, many women played active, even essential roles in various non-consumption movements, promising to refrain from purchasing English goods, and attacking those merchants who refused to boycott prohibited goods. Some took to the streets, participating in riots that periodically disturbed the tranquility of colonial cities. A few published plays and poems proclaiming their patriotic views. Those women, who would become loyalists, were also active, never reluctant, to express their disapproval of the protest movement.
During the war, many women demonstrated their loyalty to the patriot cause by shouldering the burdens of absent husbands. They managed farms and businesses. First in Philadelphia, and then in other cities, women went from door to door collecting money for the Continental Army. Some accompanied husbands to the battlefront, where they tended to the material needs of soldiers. A very few disguised themselves as men and joined the army, exposing as a lie the notion that only men had the capacity to sacrifice their lives for the good of the country. Loyalist women continued to express their political views, even though doing so brought them little more than physical suffering and emotional pain. African American women took advantage of wartime chaos to run away from their masters and forge new, independent lives for themselves.
After the war, women marched in parades, lobbied and petitioned legislators, attended sessions of Congress, and participated in political rallies—lending their support to particular candidates or factions. Elite women published novels, poems, and plays. Some hosted salons where men and women gathered to discuss political issues. In New Jersey, single property-owning women voted.
By the end of the century, however, proponents of women's political rights lost ground, in part because new "scientific" notions of gender difference prepared the way for the concept of "separate spheres." Politics became more organized, leaving little room for women to express their views "out of doors," even as judges and legislators defined women as naturally dependent. Still, white, middle class women in particular took advantage of better educational opportunities, finding ways to influence the public sphere without demanding formal political rights. They read, wrote, and organized benevolent societies, laying the groundwork for the antebellum reform movements of the mid-19th century.


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After making a major investment in their quarterback, the Packers are making a minor-looking change in how they protect him.
But if it keeps Aaron Rodgers upright, it will be quite significant.
According to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Packers plan to flip right tackle Bryan Bulaga to left tackle, and swap left guard T.J. Lang and right guard Josh Sitton.
That will leave former left tackle Marshall Newhouse, last year's undrafted rookie Don Barclay and 2011 first-rounder Derek Sherrod competing for the right tackle job.
"I sat down with Bryan and Josh on Monday and I told them I wanted to make the move to where they're on the left side," McCarthy said. "Those two are our most accomplished and experienced players. I told them about the responsibilities and my expectations about playing the left side.
"Some of the things we'll want to get into schematically as we move forward. They were excited about it."
Bulaga played left tackle in college, but had settled in on the right side. But Newhouse was a disappointment and Sherrod hasn't returned from a broken leg, so they chose to go with more of a sure thing after giving Rodgers a $110 million contract extension.
That the Packers have been as successful as they have been without stability up front speaks to Rodgers' skill, but they hope by putting a more stable group on his blind side, he'll be better able to shine.


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At the intersection where Colorado Highway 3 joins U.S. Highway 550 before Walmart, the southbound lanes of 550 have two green arrows that are always on. If left turns arent an option there, whats the point of this? Are left turns going to be allowed there in the future or what? Sign me, Curious Commuter
The Highway 3 light to nowhere is not unique. They are featured just down the road at the Farmington Hill interchange, where folks driving westbound have always-on green arrows, too.
The arrows are there as a precaution, according to our friend Nancy Shanks, spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Transportation.
T-shaped intersections can be tricky. The lanes forming the top of the T are a traffic throughway, while lanes cutting across the middle of the T feature stoplights for turning traffic.
Suppose you are a driver rolling into Durango from the west. You get to the Farmington Hill interchange, and all the other lanes have stoplights except yours. What do you do? How are you supposed to act?
Without those two green always-on arrows, a few people would get confused and panicky; they inevitably stop in the middle of the highway. And you know what would happen then.
Always-on green arrows let there be no doubt that its OK to proceed, unlike the flashing yellow arrows that have proliferated throughout Durango and offer an amber strobe-light disco quality to our intersections.
Perhaps our flashing yellow arrows could inspire someone to organize a Harlem Shake video that synchs with blinks.
If you dont know what a Harlem Shake is, Google it, then visit http://tinyurl.com/a6wouu3. This is a Fort Lewis College shake video posted to YouTube on Feb. 19.
And now you know why Mrs. Action Line couldnt wait for Spring Break to come.
Its time once again for the Mea Culpa Mailbag, with some observations arriving PDQ regarding last weeks question about ADUs.
As you might recall, the column chronicled Bruce Garlicks prank on the city. Upset at a perceived lack of attention paid to plans to allow more garage conversions and apartment additions, he placed a classified ad online telling people to call about absolutely free building lots in Durango Colorado for up to 500 lucky people.
The phone number on the ad was for the citys planning department, which received a couple dozen calls about the offer.
One anonymous reader summed up the fears of many.
First come the ADUs, raising the density of the neighborhood. Then, like in Denver, come the people who buy single-unit dwellings in a neighborhood, scrap the house and build a fourplex or sixplex. Think of the extra cars, garbage and sewage impact on the city, the reader points out.
Durango needs to think hard about this issue. What a great way to downgrade a nice family neighborhood.
On the other side of the issue is Chad Nystrom, who was livid that Action Line failed to mention Bruce Garlick owns a number of rental properties.
That is the reason that he is against the ADUs, Chad wrote. Any real journalist would have added that.
Chad chided: No one can afford the rents in this town, and you cant see why we need (ADUs)? You guys are trying to make this a town of nothing but rich folks on vacation.
He admonished Action Line to put some actual humor in your articles if they are supposed to be comedy! I make my living roofing homes in this town, we all need that work, and I dont appreciate you or Bruce Garlick and (his) scam!
Chad was angry that the hoax needlessly distracted city staff members. He asked: Is Bruce facing charges for wasting the time of people like myself who called to find out about these free lots ... ?
Email questions to email@example.com or mail them to Action Line, The Durango Herald, 1275 Main Ave., Durango, CO 81301. You can request anonymity if you can scarcely believe daylight saving time begins next Sunday.


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