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My 13th Snort Report titled How to use shared object rules in Snort is posted. From the start of the article:
Shared object (SO) rules were introduced in Snort 2.6.0 in early 2006 to provide a means to obscure the exact detection mechanism used in the rule and allow for more flexible detection criteria. However, for the most part, organizations have continued to rely upon traditional Snort rules. This may be about to change, in light of a recent security advisory from Sourcefire. Let's take a look at how to get shared object rules working on Snort sensors.
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Snort Report 13 Posted
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Good report. I was wondering why snort put the precompiled versions :)
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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something...Green? Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte Delivers Eco-Friendly Weddings
As more eco-conscious couples take their walk down the aisle, a growing green wedding industry has responded in kind. Enter "Something Green," a new service introduced by The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte.
"We are constantly looking for innovative approaches that aren't typically offered in the luxury hotel market," said Heidi Nowak, Director of Sales and Marketing for the hotel. "We noticed a trend among meeting planners, who are starting to book more and more 'green meetings' - food catered by organic, local services, paper products like agendas and meeting minutes printed on post-consumer waste. So we thought wedding services would be an exciting item to move in the eco-friendly, green direction as well."
So, just what eco-trappings does Something Green offer? Think table linens made from recycled plastic bottle materials, take-home guest gifts of plantable herb gardens, and centerpieces in compostable papier-mâché containers. The centerpieces may be replanted, composted or donated to the bride's choice of a local hospital or non-profit following the reception, and speaking of "replanting," all foliage and flowers for the package are locally-grown. The options are vast, with pink and purple ornamental cabbage blossoms, green hypericum berries, yellow daffodils, hot pink roses, spring bulb flowers such as iris, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, gerbera daisies, hydrangeas, delphiniums, snap dragons, cosmos, and zinnias in the flower category; pittosporum, boxwood, eucalyptus, ivy, galax and more in the foliage category. All plants are sourced just miles from the hotel itself, rather than imported.
In addition to the floral eye candy, Something Green also offers edible, drinkable eco-options. Organic beverages like Juniper Green Gin, Crop Vodka, Mount Gay Pagayo, 4 Copa Tequila, and wines by Bonterra pour from a four-hour organic open bar during the reception. We like the sound of the "Tomatillo Martini," mixed with Crop Tomato vodka, muddled peppercini, red and yellow grape tomatoes, salt, sugar, oregano and fresh lime juice. Dinners make use of organic carrot purees, asparagus, hormone- and antibiotic-free filet mignons, and more. (Vegetarians will be pleased to know that meat-free dinners can be customized to their, ahem, taste). The chefs at Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte grow their own organic rosemary, oregano, chives and thyme up top on the hotel's green roof, making fresh herbs literally just a few floors away.
At the end of the night, the green bride and groom slice into an organic wedding cake prepared with house-made jams. Chef Jon Farace at the hotel mixes in organic flour, sugar, eggs, shortening, vanilla, milk, cream, and salt for the cake, and organic sugar, butter, vanilla and egg whites for the butter cream. The hotel then donates all unused food - dinner, cake, everything - to Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina.
Prices for Something Green services are steep - $189 per guest - but considering that the average wedding now costs between $20,000 - $25,000 total, it's a steal considering the high-quality eco-products in this package. The max guest list for Something Green is 480, so if you capped that, you'd be looking at a $90,720 wedding. (A more modest guest list of 150 fetches a $28,350 price tag).
More on Green Weddings
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Right at the sea property in Fethiye the perfect holiday homeRef: PTFS0142
Located almost on the water's edge, these gorgeous properties epitomise idyllic Mediterranean summer living and are just a few metres away from the famous Calis beach area for you and your family.
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Enjoy seaside living at its best in this apartment, a three bedroom Fethiye property just metres from the shore with a stunning view, and sold in immaculate condition ready to be occupied immediately after the completion of the purchase process.
About the apartment
The tidy apartment has three bedrooms and three bathrooms, and is ground on the third floor of the complex. As you enter, you will find a fully fitted kitchen and living room that opens out onto a terrace with stone built barbecue and access to the pool area.
There are three large double sized bedrooms found inside the apartment, all rooms are en-suites with bathrooms attached. The apartment is being sold completely furnished and is ready to move in immediately after completion of the purchase – giving you an easy transition to life abroad.
The apartment has been kept in immaculate condition and would be ideal for either permanent living in a vibrant area of Fethiye, or for use as a long summer home for you and your family to enjoy. There is a high rental potential due to the location and proximity to the beach area.
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Calis Beach is a wonderful spot for family vacations, with lots of activities for both children and adults. Just minutes from the complex you'll enjoy a wealth of holiday facilities and Calis town centre where you will find amenities like supermarkets, cafes, restaurants and bars and is on local transport routes.
Calis is one of the top regions in Fethiye for expats, and one look at what you can buy for your buck here, it is easy to see why so many are choosing Calis as their new setting for family life or retirement in Turkey.
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For the convenience of our guests, we're pleased to provide a kitchenette complete with a full size fridge/freezer (there's always ice cubes available in the freezer!), sink, microwave, Keurig coffee maker and dishes & cutlery, allowing you the flexibility to prepare light lunches, dinners or snacks. As well, each guest room has a propane BBQ conveniently located for your use.
The kitchenette is stocked in a second small fridge (shown above) with basic condiments such as margarine/butter, ketchup, mustard, relish, BBQ sauce, as well as other basic items for your convenience such as cream and sugar (sugar substitute Splenda is also available), salt & pepper, cooking oil, and seasonings.
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A very popular option with our guests is our Keurig "k-cup" coffee machine. We provide an assortment of coffees to choose from including dark roast, medium roast, decaf and flavoured coffee.
Free high speed WiFi is available throughout the B&B.
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Millions of football fans know Martin Tyler's voice.But by 16:50 BST on Saturday, the legendary television commentator could find himself in the first round of the FA Cup in a much different capacity.That's because the 72-year-old, who has spent years describing countless Premier League matches for Sky Sports, as well as World Cup, European Championship and Champions League finals for a variety of other broadcasters, is first-team coach at Hampton & Richmond Borough.
The sixth-tier part-timers host National League South rivals Truro City (15:00 BST) in one of 32 fourth qualifying round ties this weekend – the winners joining clubs from League One and League Two in Monday's first-round draw."Everybody in non-league has another job. It's just that everyone knows what mine is," Tyler, who has commentated on 20-plus FA Cup finals in his career, told BBC Sport.BBC to show St Albans v Boreham WoodFA Cup fourth qualifying fixturesFA Cup qualifying resultsFrom big lump to FA Cup finals on team coachTyler's passion for the non-league football scene is deep rooted.He supports National League Woking and played as a striker for Tolworth-based Corinthian-Casuals, who are currently in the Isthmian League South Division."I was a big lump up front. You had to sign a form to play in the FA Cup and it was always a thrill when I was handed one because not every player received the form," added Tyler. "I played in the early qualifying rounds but I never managed to make it to the first round proper."Little did he know then that he would soon be making regular appearances of his own at Wembley finals.
"Early in my broadcasting career I have wonderful memories of interviewing players and managers when television cameras were allowed on board the team coach going to FA Cup finals" he said."I've rarely missed a final since 1974. It did happen in 2011 because the final between Manchester City and Stoke was on the same day Manchester United won the Premier League at Blackburn. I was at Ewood Park."'I'm old enough to be their grandad'Hampton & Richmond Borough – nicknamed the Beavers and based five miles from Twickenham Stadium – were in the seventh-tier Isthmian League Premier Division and fresh from an FA Cup first qualifying round defeat by Vickers, Crayford & Dartford Athletic when Alan Dowson was appointed manager in September 2014. Tyler had been part of Dowson's backroom team at two previous clubs – Kingstonian, and Walton and Hersham – so it was no surprise the pair teamed up at the Beveree Stadium.Dowson, a former Millwall and Bradford City defender, won promotion in his first full season in charge, while the Beavers reached the National League South play-offs in 2016-17.
"Dowse used to coach my son Adam's Sunday League team – Cobham Boys – and I used to help him put the cones out," added Tyler."He got the manager's job at Walton and Hersham and he asked me to come and help. I thought he meant as a press officer but he said come and coach. I loved being back in the dressing room."I wanted to be a footballer, I never had any intentions of becoming a coach. I'm really there to put the balls, bibs and cones out, fill the water bottles."The players are great, I'm old enough to be their grandad but I don't feel my age. I can't run anymore but I make them run."'You should have stayed on the telly'
Sir Alex Ferguson was 71 when he retired as Manchester United's manager. Yet Tyler, one year older than Ferguson was when the Scot stepped down in 2013, has no plans to pack in broadcasting or coaching. His energy comes from the players around him as well as humour from opposition fans when Hampton and Richmond Borough play away at the likes of Gloucester City, Hemel Hempstead Town and East Thurrock United.FA Cup qualifying in numbers175,000 – number of fans who have watched the first five qualifying rounds of this season's FA Cup.3,034 – biggest gate so far in this season's FA Cup for Stockport County's third qualifying round tie home tie against FC United of Manchester.£1.99m – total prize money paid to non-league teams in six qualifying rounds.32 – number of non-league clubs guaranteed a place in the FA Cup first round."Every now and again I get 'you should have stayed on the telly' shouted at me," he said."Nobody has said to me I'm too old for it. I'm sure that day will come. Someone will retire me from broadcasting and someone will retire me from coaching. But as long as I can contribute, I will carry on." Missing out due to Liverpool v Man UtdTen years ago Alan Devonshire, an FA Cup winner with West Ham United in 1980, steered the Beavers to the first round where they were beaten 3-0 at home by Dagenham & Redbridge, then a League Two club, in front of 2,252 at the Beveree Stadium. It was only the second time in Hampton & Richmond Borough's 96-year history they had emerged from the qualifying rounds.With a potential money-spinning tie against a Football League club on offer, club officials hope for a crowd in excess of their current 441 league average for the visit of Truro.However, there will be one familiar face absent in the dug-out. Tyler will be 220 miles away commentating on the 12:30 BST Premier League game between Liverpool and Manchester United when the balls, bibs and cones are put out at the 3,500-capacity Beveree Stadium.Furthest a non-League team has gone in the FA Cup in recent seasons2016-17: Lincoln City (quarter-finals)2015-16: Eastleigh (third round)2014-15: Blyth Spartans, Dover Athletic, Gateshead, Southport, Wrexham (third round)2013-14: Kidderminster Harriers (fourth round)2012-13: Luton Town (fifth round)"Broadcasting is my number one job," he said. "I'd be disappointed if I wasn't doing Liverpool against Manchester United."I'm a commentator first and foremost who helps out at Hampton & Richmond Borough when I'm not commentating."I'll be on the train back home when the match is going on. "The guy who does the club updates on Twitter is away celebrating his wedding anniversary this weekend so I'll wait for a call from Dowse to find out the result."From the Hornets to the Beavers Goalkeeper Sam Howes, signed by Watford from West Ham United in July, is set to play in the tie after joining Hampton & Richmond Borough on loan.However, striker Bradley Hudson-Odoi, who made a substitute appearance in Sutton United's 2-0 FA Cup fifth round defeat by Arsenal last season, is ineligible as Sutton do not want him to be cup tied.Spot of botherOn 22 March, 2016, Hampton & Richmond Borough took on Cockfosters FC at home in a Middlesex FA Charity Cup match. The final score at the end of 90 minutes was 1-1 and the tie was decided by a penalty shootout. After 42 kicks were taken in total (21 each), Courtney Lawrence beat Beavers keeper Adrian Blake as Cockfosters advanced 18-17 on penalties.Tyler was in the dugout when Hampton & Richmond, 17th in National League South, drew 1-1 in a league game at third-placed Truro last Saturday."We're unbeaten in our last seven league games but the last six have been draws – so don't rule out a replay in Cornwall," he said.When is the FA Cup first round draw?
BBC to broadcast St Albans v Boreham Wood derbyThe BBC will broadcast Saturday's FA Cup fourth qualifying round tie between St Albans City and Boreham Wood.The Hertfordshire derby, to be played at St Albans' Clarence Park, will kick off at 12:30 BST.St Albans play in the sixth tier of English football, while Boreham Wood are in the fifth tier.Audiences will be able to watch the game live on PC, mobile or connected TV. Matches will also be available live and on demand on BBC iPlayer.
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A former initiative of Common Ground Montgomery, House to House has turned into it's own non-profit organization.
H2H is a Christian mentoring ministry in Washington Park on the west side of Montgomery, Alabama, and was founded in 2009 (as a part of CGM).
H2H began by building relationships with the parents of neighborhood youth. Hearing about the need for better housing, H2H purchased and renovated abandoned homes. They were able to do this through the help of hundreds of volunteers and several qualified investors.
H2H's executive director is Cornelius "CJ" Jackson. For more information about them and how you can help volunteer or donate, visit their website or social media links below.


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Bigfoot Believers and Sasquatch Skeptics
Monday, Apri1 10, 2000, Cleveland Plain Dealer
By BRIAN ALBRECHT E-mail: balbrecht@plaind. com PLAIN DEALER REPORTER
NEWCOMERSTOWN, Ohio - Bigfoot stomped through the West Elementary School gymnasium on Saturday, leaving his size 17-EEEE imprint in plaster casts and lollipops, his supposedly haunting howl on compact discs and likenesses of his furry face peering from sweatshirts, hats and fuzzy videos.
Believers were thrilled, skeptics confounded and the just plain curious were challenged there by the 12th annual Bigfoot Conference/Expo 2000. Nearly 200 people, including Sasquatch experts and eyewitnesses from across the country, gathered at the event, sponsored by the Tri-State Bigfoot Study Group. The group covers an area (Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia) that has had as many reported sightings as the Pacific Northwest of this 7-foot-tall, 900-pound, furry, ape-like creature that supposedly haunts the deep forests and remote mountains.
Don Keating, conference organizer and longtime local resident, said he had videos of two possible sightings in the dense woodlands around Newcomerstown, the birthplace of sports greats Cy Young and Woody Hayes, and the retreat home of Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White. Keating reported local Delaware 1ndians are said to have cautioned early settlers to put out food offerings for the "wild ones of the woods." Today, the legend persists, largely on faith. When Keating asked how many in the audience believed they had seen Bigfoot, only seven raised their hands. But it's a growing belief, according to Keating, who said the conference had steadily grown from the first, which attracted only 42 people. The conference, he said, is not intended to sell the idea that Bigfoot exists, but to bring investigators, eyewitnesses and enthusiasts together to share information and improve study m the field, with the eventual goal of making a proof-positive discovery.
Some conference attendees included Bigfoot as part of a general interest in the unexplained, mysteries encompassing everything from UFOs to the John F. Kennedy assassination. Brian Seech and his wife, Theresa, were among a group of conference visitors from Aliquippa, Pa. They said their interest in the paranormal was prompted by their own UFO sighting five years ago. Seech said they came to the conference to get some tips before embarking on a planned Bigfoot search this summer in West Moreland County, Pa., an area of previous Sasquatch sightings. Sue Juber, 45, of Alquippa, wasn't as ambitious - yet. "I'm not sure if I believe in Bigfoot or not," she said at the onset of the conference. "That's why I'm here, to find out."
But Jim Davis, 52, of Akron, said he had been a "Bigfooter" since 1967, when he lived in Streetsboro and was driving on Ohio 14 late one night and saw an elderly, panic-stricken couple running down the road. Davis said the couple had been lantern-fishing at a local lake when they encountered a creature and fled. Visiting the site, Davis said he found huge footprints and ungodly, unimaginable stench. Davis said the conference was a way he and others could "talk with other people who understand what they've seen or heard, and not be ridiculed."
"It's almost like a support group, letting people know it's OK to see a Bigfoot. You don't have to be embarrassed," said Canadian wildlife ecologist John A. Bindernagel, one of the conference speakers who believes Bigfoot is North America's great ape.
On the frontiers of Bigfoot technology William Dranginis, of Manassas, Va., brought a prototype of a $5,000, four-camera, 360-degree video surveillance system he hopes to deploy next year in an area where he spotted an unknown creature four years ago. When triggered, the system pages Dranginis, who can then monitor and control the cameras remotely with a laptop computer.
Bob Daigle, 56, of Detroit, baits his Bigfoot video camera "traps" in northern Michigan with fish (canned and fresh), but is reluctant to meet Bigfoot, face to fur. "All reports say they tend to be benign," he said, "but they're still capable of killing a human being at any time."
Conference exhibits featured plaster casts of Bigfoot footprints, and Sasquatch artwork and figurines - some probably a bit too similar to Chewbacca of the "Star Wars" movies to make dedicated bebevers happy. Souvenirs included shirts, hats, bumper stickers, keychains, footprint-shaped suckers, CDs and videotapes.
Snatches of conversation swirled like markers on a trail of the bizarre: "If you ever see one, you got to stand still,'cause if you move, they move ... I should've tracked it. I probably would've had my arms torn out of my sockets, but at least 1 would've had something."
Bigfoot fans hunted down autographs of visiting celebrities like J.E. "Smokey" Crabtree, whose Bigfoot sighting in Arkansas was the basis of the 1975 movie, "The Legend of Boggy Creek"; or Larry Lund, "The Sasquatch Sleuth," of Vancouver, Wash., who presented a session on Bigfoot video fakery. He does not include the so-called "Patterson film" among them. That grainy 1967 footage – the most widely aired and recognized image of the alleged creature lumbering near a forest - "is what keeps us going, makes us think we've really got something here," Lund said.
But many at the conference said nothing less than a Bigfoot body would convince skeptics.
As the six-hour conference closed, after all the speakers and exhibits and videos, Dale Reed, 57, of Carrollon, Ohio, was still unmoved. "When I see one come through my back yard, that's when I'll believe it," he said. Sue Juber, however, was a converted skeptic, and plans to join her Aliquippa neighbors on their Bigfoot search this summer. "I came, reluctantly, but I'm glad 1 did," she said. "By showing how much [purported evidence] wasn't real, I was able to understand how much out there does seem real."
Bigfooters hedge their bets. Nobody at the conference said the creature absolutely, positively exists. They believe it does. And even if it doesn't… as Carolyn Mack of Detroit said with a shrug, "It's a mystery. You always hope there's something out there. But if nothing else, it sure makes life interesting. "
Sep 2000, Cleveland Scene Magazine
Wild About Hairy
Hot on the trail of Bigfoot in eastern Ohio.
By Laura Putre, Walter Novak
Don Keating beats a path for the beast in the bushes. This season, all the well-dressed Bigfoot hunters are wearing satin blouses, rhinestone hair clips, and the ultimate wilderness accessory: a purse-sized spray can of Bear Guard, sold by the case. For Peggy Stilman and her sister, Veronica Burchette, such timely attire tells the world: I want to find Sasquatch, and I want to look good doing it. In a remote bramble favored by 'coon hunters, they listen for the rustle of the wildman in the leaves. Sunlight catches on their costume jewelry, making it sparkle like nearby Locust Lake.
For 15 years, the pair have been part of a close-knit group tracking Bigfoot in the woods near tiny Newcomerstown, Ohio. Though the monster-mammal has thus far eluded them, a good time hasn't. "It keeps you young," murmurs Peggy, the shyer sister, her fluffy hair teased into a platinum-blond halo. "We'd rather go out and look for Bigfoot than to dance."
Joining them are Don Keating, president of the Eastern Ohio Bigfoot Conference, and Marc Dewerth, 31, a Jerry Lewis look-alike who once glimpsed Bigfoot from 75 yards away. "He was trying to intimidate the shit out of me," recalls Marc. He almost got it on video, except whenever he trained his camera on Bigfoot, it mysteriously wouldn't focus.
Only 15 percent of Americans believe in Bigfoot, says Don, a fact that doesn't faze him. Nor do the 1,800 hours of "field research" video he's shot -- about 1,799 hours and 59 minutes of which capture tree bark and chirping birds, the remainder featuring a centimeter-high "albino Bigfoot" that could be mistaken for a strand of hair on the lens. No, the slippery nature of his prey just makes him look harder, under every rock and in every puddle reflection. "You can get very frustrated in this field," he sighs. "You're relying a lot on dumb luck." The 37-year-old stereo assembler has pursued Bigfoot since 1985, when he went to the Tuscarawas County Library to borrow a book on UFOs. He'd been planning to start a UFO club. But the Bigfoot book, Sasquatch, the Apes Among Us, had better pictures. So he decided to start a Bigfoot club instead. By then, Bigfoot was already a passé trend, his popularity peaking in 1976 with the seminal film The Legend of Boggy Creek, starring Smokey Crabtree. So Don had modest expectations for the club's first meeting -- maybe 15 people. But 30 came, most hailing from what paranormal insiders call "The Sasquatch Triangle" -- Guernsey, Coshocton, and Tuscarawas counties. Don's documented 228 Bigfoot sightings there, not counting "the teenage kids that ride down my street, making strange guttural noises out the car window." The meetings mushroomed into the Annual Bigfoot Conference, which Don calls "the biggest event on the face of the earth, as far as Bigfoot is concerned." This year, 225 people attended, sucking on Bigfoot suckers and seeing paw prints in the dented grass. They stayed in Newcomerstown hotels and ate Newcomerstown food.
Yet to the ungrateful leaders of Newcomerstown (population 4,012), Don is still just a balding guy who lives in his grandpa's basement. The police chief, mayor, and editor of the Newcomerstown News won't discuss him, creating a wall of silence that only a guy in a monkey suit, real or imagined, could knock down. Which is a real shame. "Newcomerstown's the hometown of Woody Hayes, the temperamental Ohio State football coach," Don laments. "They could also be known as the Eastern Ohio Capital of Bigfoot, but they just don't want to take the ball and run with it. Which is fine with me." Accounts of local sightings, transcribed in Don's "Monthly Bigfoot Report," include descriptions of a red-eyed Bigfoot eating a cow, a happy Bigfoot watching children on a swingset, and a preoccupied Bigfoot hurrying down an ATV trail.
Veronica says her five children think she's nuts. "'Specially my 36-year-old. They think Don's a lunatic. But they've never met him. "Veronica and Peggy grew up during simpler times. "Our dad raised us to believe in UFOs and everything." A hydraulic engineer who worked on the first X-16 rocket, "He was way before his time. He believed that we were brought here from another planet. So there's really nothing we wouldn't believe." Well, maybe one thing. Veronica doesn't believe in alien abduction. "I think it's too scary." But she and Peggy are firm believers in the Bigfoot-UFO connection. The sisters aren't sure what the Bigfoot-UFO connection is, exactly. Maybe Bigfoot gets dropped off on earth by UFOs, or maybe he just has a computer chip implanted in his brain that reports back to the aliens. All they know is that "people tell me [that] when they see Bigfoot, a while later there will be a UFO," says Peggy.
Don believes in aliens, having seen a UFO while scanning the skies for the space station Mir. But he doubts the Bigfoot-UFO connection. Marc is skeptical of aliens, but entertains the possibility that "flesh-and-blood creatures," like the Loch Ness Monster and Yeti -- the Abominable Snowman, could be out there. To show that there's no hard feelings between dissenting Bigfoot schools,
Peggy presented Don with an eight-foot-high Bigfoot she made out of plywood. "It was a birthday present," she beams, passing around a picture of a blond-bearded man dwarfed by the beatifically grinning likeness of the man-beast. Don keeps the giant craft in the closet, unwilling to award it a place of honor in his Bigfoot shrine, which includes the wall of research tapes, photos of him posing with various Bigfoot experts, and three Bigfoot watercolors. He's proudest, though, of the plaster of paris cast he made of Bigfoot's foot. Large as a prize watermelon, its five toes are numbered. Some researchers claim Bigfoot only has three toes. Don knows the real Bigfoot has five. "If you look at [the tracks] real close, you can see the other two digits," he says.
Published Thursday, January 18, 2001, in the Akron Beacon Journal.
Bigfoot enthusiast is true believer
The first phone call was to determine if he was crazy. How else to enter a conversation with a Teamster who claims to have a tape of a talking Bigfoot? So we chatted for a while, and he told me some of his story. I decided that Rich LaMonica is probably not crazy. Just to be sure, I asked him if he is crazy and he said he is not. I believed him. So we met for coffee. He was waiting in the lobby of the Country Kitchen, a slight man, 47 years old with blond hair past his shoulders, a beard and pale blue eyes, holding a dog-eared package containing a big plaster footprint under one arm and a briefcase full of books under the other. We got a table and almost immediately we were knee-deep into the story that, in many ways, has changed the life of this man from Firestone Park. The story of how, driving his truck late one night in 1988 down a Guernsey County back road, he caught a figure in his headlights disappearing into the woods, a creature covered in fur, broad-shouldered and definitely not human. And how four years later, he discovered an organization of Bigfoot enthusiasts and told them his story, which, being Bigfoot enthusiasts, they embraced. And how he began returning to the place where he'd seen the thing, and how one night he heard something outside his tent that turned his blood cold, a rising wail that set dogs to barking far off in the distance. And finally how, in 1994, he went back again with a voice-activated tape recorder and sometime in the night captured the few seconds of sound that he believes is the world's only recording of a speaking Bigfoot. You can hear it for yourself on LaMonica's Web site, http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/System/6591. I've listened to it. It's about three seconds of gibberish, distinct, but totally indecipherable, not unlike the rushed garble of those backward-masked subliminal messages on loopy '70s albums. Mostly, I had the same first impression that many other people (including LaMonica) have had: It sounds a lot like Yogi Bear. The sound, which LaMonica has translated phonetically to ``Etoobessielaysentoolsmit (pause) init,'' could be something. That's the best I can offer.
And having met LaMonica and listened to his story, I can't make
myself believe that he's the kind of person who would be lying. He's earnest and
self-educated, and, frankly (and with all due respect to truck drivers and
Bigfoot enthusiasts) far more eloquent than I might have expected. He has had
the tape analyzed by two professors in Kent State University's Speech Pathology
and Audiology Department and by a sound engineer in Kansas. The verdict? It's in
the tenor range, probably made by a creature about 6 feet tall with a large body
and head. The engineer tried to duplicate the vocal tone with human subjects,
but couldn't. LaMonica also played the tape for a man familiar with ancient
Native American dialects. (Bigfoot experts believe the creature may have had
contact with Indians.) The man said the passage could translate either to ``We
are watching'' or ``We are being watched.'' If, at this point, you're trying to
figure Rich LaMonica out, you should know that long before he spotted the figure
on the roadside in 1988, he had an avid interest in Bigfoot, dating to his
childhood. He's the kind of person who wanted to see what he saw, and wanted to
hear what he heard. He is used to being doubted. It goes with the territory.
He's looked for other explanations himself, but has found none. ``I am totally
convinced at this juncture that what I have on this tape is nothing but
articulated speech,'' he says, ``and I can't imagine it could be anything else
-- Yogi Bear notwithstanding. I want to believe that the world is not totally
explored. Not only do I want to believe that, I believe it.''
Special note about the below article:
The author mentions the Ohio/Pennsylvania Bigfoot Research group, but has added colorful content to our credit that we have never claimed: "Pennsylvania reports collected by the group have ranged from vocalizations described as howls or shrill screams to foul odors to sightings of family groups of bigfoots pursuing deer together. Feelings of being watched or being circled by something are common among the reports." We have never received reports of Bigfoots pursuing deer together (we would have trouble believing that anyway) and being circled or feelings of being watched in not a common thread in our reports. The author must have gotten us confused with someone else, and certainly never spoke with us. As a side note: we have received several hoax reports near the Harrisburg area and absolutely no reports from the Michaux State Forest.
Oh/Pa Bigfoot Research Group
The Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA www.pennlive.com
'The Cryptid Files'
Nature authorities debate reports of sightings in state of creatures such as mountain lions, bigfoot
Monday, October 08, 2001
By Marcus Schneck
As "The X Files" told us, "The truth is out there." Whose truth and how definitively that truth can be proven are the real questions. And when it comes to the "there," Pennsylvania seems a prime candidate. Mountain lions in Michaux State Forest and Stony Creek Valley, bigfoot roaming Cumberland County, piranha in the Susquehanna: the Keystone State is a smorgasbord of fodder for the investigators known as cryptozoologists. Cryptozoology is the study of legendary animals to evaluate the possibility of their existence. The animals that are the focus of this area of investigation are known as cryptids, and for Pennsylvania the one most likely to have a foundation in fact appears to be the mountain lion.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission records the large felines -- at least all the native cats -- as gone from the state by the end of the 1800s, but an average of about 70 mountain lion reports have surfaced in Pennsylvania each year since 1983. Many of the reports come from the all-volunteer Eastern Puma Research Network.
Mike Baker, a forest technician of 10 years with Michaux State Forest, and two summer interns were the sources for one of the Research Network's most recent Pennsylvania reports. Cresting a hill on state Route 233, in a remote area about eight miles north of the state forest office along U.S. Route 30, early on Aug. 2, the trio spotted something about 100 yards ahead on the road. The creature appeared to be a turkey or a vulture, then perhaps a fox, recalled Baker, "but when it jumped up on the [embankment alongside the road], we all said, "That thing has a tail." In many of the mountain lion reports, the long and slender tail of the cat figures prominently. "It was bigger than a fox," he said, "but it wasn't a coyote. It was feline. The tail was obvious." The game commission stops short of insisting people such as Baker aren't seeing something, but "we don't believe there is any wild, breeding population of native mountain lions in Pennsylvania," commission press secretary Jerry Feaser said. "If they do see something that is actually a mountain lion, the main reason is that it was something kept either legally or illegally as a pet and then released illegally, or escaped."
Nature author Scott Weidensaul reports being "more skeptical" about cryptid sightings after the 21/2 years of work he recently completed for his next book, "The Ghost with Trembling Wings," which looks at cryptozoology as part of a larger investigation of the search for animals that existed at one time but haven't been recorded for many years. Noting that no mountain lions have been killed on the roads of the state, while species as rare in Pennsylvania as lynx have been killed on roads, Weidensaul feels any mountain lions living in Pennsylvania are "the ragtag remnants of escaped and released pets." "I'm fascinated by [cryptozoology] and I always will be, but the scientist in me says, 'Show me the body, the DNA evidence,'" he said.
Another mountain lion group, the Eastern Cougar Foundation, has documented a dozen incidents involving animals or animal parts, but none of those was in Pennsylvania and none answered the question of whether the cats were native. Weidensaul, who lives in Friedensburg, believes many reports of mountain lions are the result of mistaken identify with other animals. "I've seen dogs [in the wild] that I thought at first glance were cougars," he said.
What, if anything, those who report seeing bigfoot in Pennsylvania might be mistaking for the oversized, manlike or apelike creature covered with hair is anyone's guess. An archery hunter in Michaux State Forest last fall said he saw a family of three bigfoots pursuing deer, according to Mike Kusko, forest district manager. "It seems pretty shaky to me," said Kusko of the bigfoot report, but he noted on the subject of mountain lions he has "mixed feelings. There are too many sightings for there not to be anything out there, but at the same time there isn't any hard evidence."
More than 450 bigfoot reports have emerged in Pennsylvania and Ohio in the past 50 years, according to the Kent, Ohio, group, the Ohio-Pennsylvania Bigfoot Research Group. Investigating their first bigfoot sighting in Ohio in 1978, members have yet to find proof that a bigfoot is inhabiting that state or Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania reports collected by the group have ranged from vocalizations described as howls or shrill screams to foul odors to sightings of family groups of bigfoots pursuing deer together. Feelings of being watched or being circled by something are common among the reports.
Although reports of strange fish to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission are much rarer than those of mountain lions and bigfoot, the agency this month investigated two fish resembling piranha pulled from the Ohio River. They were determined to be nonpredatory pacu, pets that a tropical fish enthusiast had released. A similar incident occurred in the Susquehanna River, near Fort Hunter, about five years ago. That, too, was a pet, probably discarded after it had grown too large for its owner's aquarium. "The 6-foot [muskellunge] that ate the poodle, that comes up every now and then," said Del Graff, director of the Bureau of Fisheries. But, mostly, "there just are no phantom fish." With its responsibility for reptiles and amphibians in the state, the commission also investigates dead pythons and other exotics dumped by owners after the pets have died. Such was the case with a 3-foot alligator found in the mud of the Susquehanna River about five years ago.
The state also seems to pop up regularly at the heart of several cryptozoological mysteries. Such is the case of the rumored photostatic copy of a long-gone photo of the thunderbird, described as a condorlike avian with a wingspan of 36 feet. The photo reportedly showed one of the huge birds dead and nailed to the side of a barn with six men standing in front of it, arms outstretched, to demonstrate the size. Legend holds that the photostat was last known to be in the hands of a couple of young men in 1966, as they ventured into northern Pennsylvania to investigate reports of thunderbird sightings.
Published Monday, October 29, 2001, in the Akron Beacon Journal.
Jeepers creepers, he's got his eyes out for creatures
Have you seen Bigfoot? This guy wants to know
When things go bump in the night, Richard La Monica is more likely to reach for a camera than a baseball bat. He would like nothing more than to have a picture of one of those elusive creatures featured on his Web site -- a collection of mysterious sightings in Ohio that span two centuries. A monster python in Peninsula. A Bigfoot in Minerva. A menacing frog in Loveland. This Halloween, you can have your werewolves and vampires -- they won't compare to Kenmore's Grassman or Lake Erie's Bessie. La Monica, who lives in Akron's Firestone Park, spends his spare time combing the Internet and local libraries for newspaper reports of people who tell of unnerving encounters with spooky species. A few dozen are mentioned on his site (www.geocities.com/saqatchr) and more than 100 are still waiting to be added ``It really surprised me to find so many interesting stories in Ohio,'' he said. ``You don't have to leave the state. It's a one-tank trip to a monster.''
La Monica doesn't take all the tales at face value. Reports of a werewolf in Defiance running around knocking people in the head with a stick bring a grin to his bearded face. ``That one's funny,'' he says. But make no mistake about it, La Monica is a believer. He believes the world harbors many undiscovered animals. He believes some of them are in Ohio. And he believes he saw Bigfoot in Guernsey County.
As La Monica talks about his hobby, his voice is soft but earnest -- someone who wasn't born to the spotlight, but whose enthusiasm refuses to be stifled. The 47-year-old truck driver's blond hair is gathered neatly into a ponytail -- a 6-inch gift he is growing for the Wigs for Kids program for chemotherapy patients. He admits his wife and two teen-age children share little of his passion for the unexplained. His own fascination has roots in the childhood tales his English grandparents told him of water monsters and fairies that inhabited Cornwall and Falmouth Bay. As a teen-ager, he became fascinated with Sasquatch and the Abominable Snowman. And as a young man working for the Alaska Department of Revenue, he heard a friend's tale of seeing a kushtaka -- a legendary Tlingit ``otterman.'' ``Well, of course, being in Alaska, I wanted to see one, too,'' La Monica said. His treks into the countryside that summer of 1974 didn't turn up any unusual animals, and in time his curiosity about such creatures subsided. And then, one night in 1988 as he was driving a produce truck through Guernsey County, he was stunned to see something he couldn't explain. A large dark figure running through the woods near the side of the road. ``It was faster than any man I had ever seen in the woods moving normally. It went through everything, not around it, including the briar bushes,'' La Monica said. La Monica shared that moment only with a few close friends, expecting he'd be ridiculed if he repeated his story to anyone else. But when one of those friends called his attention to a newspaper notice about an upcoming meeting of Bigfoot enthusiasts, La Monica took a chance. ``I was excited to have the opportunity to relate what I saw and not have people look at me like I was some kind of nut,'' he said. They not only didn't think he was a nut, but told him that there had been several strange sightings in Guernsey.
So La Monica launched his own research project, taking camping trips to the area where he saw the creature. In the years that followed, he made a cast of a 13 1/2-inch-long footprint he found in the woods, heard odd ``howl-screams'' in the night, and after reviewing a voice-activated recorder he kept at his campsite, discovered what he believes to be Bigfoot's speaking voice. La Monica was emboldened by his experiences, and in 1998 he revealed his beliefs to the world when he launched his Web site, where he shares details about his research and allows visitors to hear that recording he has dubbed ``The Talker.'' He also tells stories of other creature sightings in Ohio, which he is compiling in a book he hopes to release under the title CryptOhio. (Cryptozoology is the study of mysterious creatures.)
And for those who think Bigfoot is a hoax of gargantuan proportions, La Monica invites them to simply have fun with their imaginations. Visitors can submit fictional Bigfoot tales for his annual Halloween story contest. But to the unbeliever, La Monica is quick to offer evidence of just how much of our planet remains unexplored. For starters, he points to a Federal Aviation Administration report that says since World War II, 73 aircraft remain lost in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. ``Those planes aren't going anywhere, and they still can't find them,'' La Monica said. For himself, he makes no apologies for his own beliefs. ``I have to face the real world every day,'' La Monica says, ``but I'll never stop being fascinated with the mysterious.''
Cop recalls his bagging of Bigfoot
Iain Ashley has been in law enforcement just four years. But already, the 24-year-old Stevens County sheriff's deputy owns a claim to fame that will probably stick to him for the rest of his career.
He's the cop who caught Bigfoot.
Ashley, alas, won't get the book and movie deals one might expect from such an apprehension.
Maybe if it "had been something a little more paranormal," says the officer. "But I don't think Hollywood cares about a guy catching a kid in a monkey suit."
For purposes of sheer hilarity, however, Ashley's encounter with the unknown one night in June is priceless.
The lawman's shaggy suspect turned out to be a 15-year-old prankster who, with help from several buddies, was trying to further the Bigfoot myth by prowling the shoulder of Highway 395 near Loon Lake during the dead of night.
Who says kids don't have enough to do?
"It was the real deal gorilla suit," says Ashley, "with fake fur, gorilla gloves and everything. I think they told me they'd gotten it from a cousin."
The lads had apparently pulled this stunt a number of times throughout spring and early summer. Their hard work paid off, evoking a number of reports from mystified witnesses.
Ashley took one such report during the wee hours on Easter. He was filling his patrol car at a Loon Lake gas station when the driver of another car ran up and announced: "A gorilla just tried to jump on the hood of my car."
You don't hear something like that every day – even in Stevens County.
"I've had calls where people see things in the sky," says Ashley, adding that one UFO he investigated turned out to be the light on top of a rock crusher.
Ashley jumped into his cruiser. He roared off to the site of the alleged gorilla sighting. He thought he spotted movement in the brush about 300 yards away, but nothing worthy of an "X-Files" episode.
In the ensuing weeks, buzz about Bigfoot continued. Ashley was curious, but he never dreamed he'd crack the case.
That happened about 2 a.m. one morning as Ashley headed home. He turned a little corner near Granite Point. There in his headlights was a sight he will not soon forget: Bigfoot, swinging his arms and shambling along the other side of the highway.
Ashley made a U-turn. He switched on his light bar and chirped his siren.
"All of sudden Bigfoot started running away," says Ashley.
The deputy followed, soon realizing that this Sasquatch was not quite in the "Harry and the Hendersons" league. Bigfoot "started running up this hill and not doing very well. That kind of gave it away."
Ashley, closing in, hollered for whatever it was to stop. It did. A few moments later, the Loon Lake Ape Boy was unmasked.
Two of the lad's accomplices eventually stumbled sheepishly from the woods. They confessed to being Bigfoot's traffic spotters. They even had a campsite. Another young man was not so brave. He "took off running towards Pend Oreille County," says Ashley. "I don't know where he stopped."
Ashley asked why. "We just thought it would be funny," answered one.
Good point. Even so, they should have known better.
Stevens County has more armed yahoos than Iraq. And every one of them would sell his remaining teeth to be the dude who bagged Bigfoot.
There was no real crime committed. Until Congress passes the Bigfoot Identity Theft bill, our hands are tied. So Ashley called for a state trooper who took the boys back home to Spokane Valley.
Because they are juveniles, Ashley would not release their names. Hopefully they will read this and give me a call. The public has a right to hear Bigfoot's side of the story.
It's not like they have anything to be ashamed about. In fact, Ashley says the bogus Bigfoot asked him for a critique of his performance. "You were very convincing," Ashley told him. "Other than the fact that you're 5-foot-8 and don't run very fast."
Special Note concerning above article: This is kind of event is suspected to be very common, it is just this time the hoaxer was caught, and a news article was written about it. It is can never be doubted that there is a never ending supply of people who will try just about anything to pull a hoax. While at a party with friends, the Bigfoot subject came up and one guy mentioned he and his friends used to dress up in a monkey suit and wait along side roads around the Akron, Ohio area. They would keep checking the police blotter and newspapers to see if someone reported them. I promptly suggested they never do that in many rural areas or they will most likely get shot at.
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Completed in 1992, this building was a precursor to what we call "green buildings" today. Designed as a headquarters for IBM, the building applies architect Ken Yeang's bioclimatic designs with both internal and external features to create a low-energy building ideal for a tropical climate. Plantings spiral up the façade and into the skycourts from a three-story-high planted mound. Planting can also be found amongst the triple-height recessed terraces in the upper reaches of the building. These atriums allow natural ventilation with cool air, and the vegetation enhances shade and increases the oxygen supply. On the north and south facades, curtain wall glazing is used to control solar gain and on the east and west facades, external aluminum fins and louvers provide sun shading. The light-green glass and glazing detailing act as ventilation-filters without wholly insulating the interior. On all office floors, terraces are provided with sliding doors for workers to control the level of natural ventilation. In addition, the elevator lobbies, toilets and stairwells have natural ventilation and natural daylighting. The roof has a sunroof made of trussed steel and aluminum, which shades and filters light on to the swimming pools and gymnasium. When it was constructed in 1992, this area was also future-proofed for potential solar cells. The building has a circular floor plan, which offers no dark corners in the offices. Any enclosed rooms that don't need much light are located near the central core, which allows workstations to be located on the outside edge where natural lighting and high quality views are available. The tower has intelligent building management systems to reduce energy consumption by equipment and air-conditioning plant.
The singular appearance of this moderately tall tower is the result of architect Kenneth Yeang's ten-year research into bio-climatic principles for the design of medium-to-tall buildings. Its tri-partite structure consists of a raised "green" base, ten circular floors of office space with terraced garden balconies and external louvers for shade, and is crowned by a spectacular sun-roof, arching across the top-floor pool. The distinctive columns that project above the pool floor will eventually support the installation of solar panels, further reducing the energy consumption of a building cooled by natural ventilation, sun screens, and air conditioning.
In his book Bioclimatic Skyscrapers, Yeang points out that geometrically, the skyscraper can be regarded primarily as an intensification of built space over a small site area (or over a small built footprint). The tall building permits more useable floor-space to be built higher, with an opportunity to have better economic return from the land, and to put more goods, people and rents in a single location. The environmental justifications include a higher concentration of commercial activities in an urbanized location that enables reduced energy consumption for transportation.
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The building brings together the principles of the bioclimatic approach to the design of tall buildings developed over the previous decade by the firm. It was the recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in1995. In particular, the building has the following features:
• "Vertical Landscaping" (planting) is introduced into the building facade and at the "skycourts". In this building the planting starts by mounding up from ground level to as far up as possible at one side of the building. The planting then "spirals" upwards across the face of the building with the use of recessed terraces (as skycourts).
• A number of passive low-energy features are also incorporated: All the window areas facing the hot sides of the building (ie. east and west sides) have external louvres as solar-shading to reduce solar heat gain into the internal spaces. Those sides without direct solar insolation (ie. the north and south sides) have unshielded curtain-walled glazing for good views and to maximise natural lighting.
• The lift lobbies at all floors are naturally ventilated and are sun-lit with views to the outside. These lobbies do not require fire-protection pressurisation (ie. low-energy lobby). All stairways and toilet areas are also naturally ventilated and have natural lighting.
• The sunroof is the skeletal provision for panel space for the possible future placing of solar-cells to provide back-up energy source. BAS (Building Automation System) is an active Intelligent Building feature used in the building for energy-saving.
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The Blood Cell Transplant service is staffed by attending physicians who have a significant experience in the field. They include Dr. Tauseef Ahmed, Chief, Dr. Karen Seiter, Dr. Delong Liu, and Dr. Mehmet Ozkaynak, Pediatrics. In addition, we have two Nurse Coordinators, Oncology Clinical Social Workers, and a specially trained nursing staff.
The program is active in both pediatric and adult bone marrow transplants. It performs related and unrelated allogeneic transplants, and maintains a minitransplant program which treats patients who are otherwise not eligible for a standard allogeneic transplant.
Patients are cared for on an 12-bed HEPA filtered unit. We perform high-resolution DNA typing through Histogenetic Inc. High resolution DNA typing can be performed at the molecular level and leads to much more sophisticated tissue tying information which in turn improves our match for the patient.
Bone Marrow Transplantation is used to treat several kinds of leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, renal cell, breast and ovarian cancers, as well as nonmalignant blood disorders such as aplastic anemia. In some cases, bone marrow must be replaced because it has been destroyed by high-dose chemotherapy; in other cases, the bone marrow itself is diseased. Stem cell bone marrow is responsible for making the red blood cells that carry oxygen, the white blood cells that fight infection and the platelets that help the blood to clot.
For many patients with acute lymphoblastic or myeloid leukemia, Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other blood disorders, an allogeneic (or donor) bone marrow transplant from a genetically matched donor offers the only hope for a cure. The ideal donor is a genetically identical sibling. For the majority of these patients, however, there will be no sibling whose bone marrow is a suitable match since there is only a one-in-four chance that any sibling will have the same HLA-type as the patient (recipient). The next best option for those without matched siblings is transplantation from an unrelated, but HLA-matched, donor. The Cancer Center has one of the few programs in New York State approved to perform this life-saving procedure.
The Cancer Center is also one of a select group of centers nationwide to offer DNA matching of potential bone marrow donors on site, rather than sending the blood sample out for analysis. Providing this sophisticated analysis on site enables physicians to match a donor to the patient more quickly. In addition, there are currently more than three million volunteer bone marrow and stem cell donors listed with the National Marrow Donor Programs (NMDP) national donor registry, so the odds of finding an unrelated matched donor have improved substantially.
It takes approximately two to three months to find an appropriately matched unrelated bone marrow donor and arrange a transplant. Physicians begin by performing HLA typing on the blood of the patient's siblings. If there is no sibling match, the patient's HLA-type is then fed into a computer, which produces a printout of potential donors from around the world. In general, physicians prefer younger, male donors because women who have given birth have more antibodies present in their blood.
The most promising donors then go to a local bone marrow collection center (Westchester Medical Center is also a designated Collection Center) and have their blood drawn to confirm the six-out-of-six HLA match, and to enable clinicians at the Cancer Center to perform DNA matching. The selected donor then has a physical examination with a community physician arranged by the NMDP to screen for communicable diseases and any other contraindications. Once the donor has been approved, a date is proposed for the transplant.
After the patient's own bone marrow is destroyed, the healthy marrow is infused intravenously, much like a blood transfusion. The stem cells make their way to the empty marrow spaces and engraft and settle in. Within two to four weeks, the new marrow begins making blood cells.
Before the new marrow takes over, the patient is extremely susceptible to infection. As a result, transplant recipients spend the first few weeks after transplantation in a specialized patient care unit where contact with others is limited and special air filters minimize the patient's risk of infection.
About half of all patients receiving allogeneic transplants experience graft-versus-host disease in which the new white blood cells attack the patient's body. Graft-versus-host disease can be acute or chronic and is fatal in patients with the most severe cases.
1. What are bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cells?
2. What are bone marrow transplantation and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation?
3. Why are BMT and PBSCT used in cancer treatment?
4. What types of cancer are treated with BMT and PBSCT?
5. How are the donor's stem cells matched to the patient's stem cells in allogeneic or syngeneic transplantation?
6. How is bone marrow obtained for transplantation?
7. How are PBSCs obtained for transplantation?
8. How are umbilical cord stem cells obtained for transplantation?
9. Are any risks associated with donating bone marrow?
10. Are any risks associated with donating PBSCs?
11. How does the patient receive the stem cells during the transplant?
12. Are any special measures taken when the cancer patient is also the donor (autologous transplant)?
13. What happens after the stem cells have been transplanted to the patient?
14. What are the possible side effects of BMT and PBSCT?
15. What is a "mini-transplant"?
16. What is a "tandem transplant"?
17. How do patients cover the cost of BMT or PBSCT?
18. What are the costs of donating bone marrow, PBSCs, or umbilical cord blood?
1. What are bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cells?
Bone marrow is the soft, sponge-like material found inside bones. It contains immature cells known as hematopoietic or blood-forming stem cells. (Hematopoietic stem cells are different from embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells can develop into every type of cell in the body.) Hematopoietic stem cells divide to form more blood-forming stem cells, or they mature into one of three types of blood cells: white blood cells, which fight infection; red blood cells, which carry oxygen; and platelets, which help the blood to clot. Most hematopoietic stem cells are found in the bone marrow, but some cells, called peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs), are found in the bloodstream. Blood in the umbilical cord also contains hematopoietic stem cells. Cells from any of these sources can be used in transplants.
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2. What are bone marrow transplantation and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation?
Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) are procedures that restore stem cells that have been destroyed by high doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. There are three types of transplants:
3. Why are BMT and PBSCT used in cancer treatment?
One reason BMT and PBSCT are used in cancer treatment is to make it possible for patients to receive very high doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. To understand more about why BMT and PBSCT are used, it is helpful to understand how chemotherapy and radiation therapy work.
Chemotherapy and radiation therapy generally affect cells that divide rapidly. They are used to treat cancer because cancer cells divide more often than most healthy cells. However, because bone marrow cells also divide frequently, high-dose treatments can severely damage or destroy the patient's bone marrow. Without healthy bone marrow, the patient is no longer able to make the blood cells needed to carry oxygen, fight infection, and prevent bleeding. BMT and PBSCT replace stem cells that were destroyed by treatment. The healthy, transplanted stem cells can restore the bone marrow's ability to produce the blood cells the patient needs.
In some types of leukemia, the graft-versus-tumor (GVT) effect that occurs after allogeneic BMT and PBSCT is crucial to the effectiveness of the treatment. GVT occurs when white blood cells from the donor (the graft) identify the cancer cells that remain in the patient's body after the chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy (the tumor) as foreign and attack them. (A potential complication of allogeneic transplants called graft-versus-host disease is discussed in Questions 5 and 14.)
4. What types of cancer are treated with BMT and PBSCT?
BMT and PBSCT are most commonly used in the treatment of leukemia and lymphoma. They are most effective when the leukemia or lymphoma is in remission (the signs and symptoms of cancer have disappeared). BMT and PBSCT are also used to treat other cancers such as neuroblastoma (cancer that arises in immature nerve cells and affects mostly infants and children) and multiple myeloma. Researchers are evaluating BMT and PBSCT in clinical trials (research studies) for the treatment of various types of cancer.
5. How are the donor's stem cells matched to the patient's stem cells in allogeneic or syngeneic transplantation?
To minimize potential side effects, doctors most often use transplanted stem cells that match the patient's own stem cells as closely as possible. People have different sets of proteins, called human leukocyte-associated (HLA) antigens, on the surface of their cells. The set of proteins, called the HLA type, is identified by a special blood test.
In most cases, the success of allogeneic transplantation depends in part on how well the HLA antigens of the donor's stem cells match those of the recipient's stem cells. The higher the number of matching HLA antigens, the greater the chance that the patient's body will accept the donor's stem cells. In general, patients are less likely to develop a complication known as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) if the stem cells of the donor and patient are closely matched. GVHD is further described in Question 14.
Close relatives, especially brothers and sisters, are more likely than unrelated people to be HLA-matched. However, only 25 to 35 percent of patients have an HLA-matched sibling. The chances of obtaining HLA-matched stem cells from an unrelated donor are slightly better, approximately 50 percent. Among unrelated donors, HLA-matching is greatly improved when the donor and recipient have the same ethnic and racial background. Although the number of donors is increasing overall, individuals from certain ethnic and racial groups still have a lower chance of finding a matching donor. Large volunteer donor registries can assist in finding an appropriate unrelated donor (see Question 18).
Because identical twins have the same genes, they have the same set of HLA antigens. As a result, the patient's body will accept a transplant from an identical twin. However, identical twins represent a small number of all births, so syngeneic transplantation is rare.
6. How is bone marrow obtained for transplantation?
The stem cells used in BMT come from the liquid center of the bone, called the marrow. In general, the procedure for obtaining bone marrow, which is called "harvesting," is similar for all three types of BMTs (autologous, syngeneic, and allogeneic). The donor is given either general anesthesia, which puts the person to sleep during the procedure, or regional anesthesia, which causes loss of feeling below the waist. Needles are inserted through the skin over the pelvic (hip) bone or, in rare cases, the sternum (breastbone), and into the bone marrow to draw the marrow out of the bone. Harvesting the marrow takes about an hour.
The harvested bone marrow is then processed to remove blood and bone fragments. Harvested bone marrow can be combined with a preservative and frozen to keep the stem cells alive until they are needed. This technique is known as cryopreservation. Stem cells can be cryopreserved for many years.
7. How are PBSCs obtained for transplantation?
The stem cells used in PBSCT come from the bloodstream. A process called apheresis or leukapheresis is used to obtain PBSCs for transplantation. For four or five days before apheresis, the donor may be given a medication to increase the number of stem cells released into the bloodstream. In apheresis, blood is removed through a large vein in the arm or a central venous catheter (a flexible tube that is placed in a large vein in the neck, chest, or groin area). The blood goes through a machine that removes the stem cells. The blood is then returned to the donor and the collected cells are stored. Apheresis typically takes four to six hours. The stem cells are then frozen until they are given to the recipient.
8. How are umbilical cord stem cells obtained for transplantation?
Stem cells also may be retrieved from umbilical cord blood. For this to occur, the mother must contact a cord blood bank before the baby's birth. The cord blood bank may request that she complete a questionnaire and give a small blood sample. Cord blood banks may be public or commercial. Public cord blood banks accept donations of cord blood and may provide the donated stem cells to another matched individual in their network. In contrast, commercial cord blood banks will store the cord blood for the family, in case it is needed later for the child or another family member.
After the baby is born and the umbilical cord has been cut, blood is retrieved from the umbilical cord and placenta. This process poses minimal health risk to the mother or the child. If the mother agrees, the umbilical cord blood is processed and frozen for storage by the cord blood bank. Only a small amount of blood can be retrieved from the umbilical cord and placenta, so the collected stem cells are typically used for children or small adults.
9. Are any risks associated with donating bone marrow?
Because only a small amount of bone marrow is removed, donating usually does not pose any significant problems for the donor. The most serious risk associated with donating bone marrow involves the use of anesthesia during the procedure. The area where the bone marrow was taken out may feel stiff or sore for a few days, and the donor may feel tired. Within a few weeks, the donor's body replaces the donated marrow; however, the time required for a donor to recover varies. Some people are back to their usual routine within two or three days, while others may take up to three to four weeks to fully recover their strength.
10. Are any risks associated with donating PBSCs?
Apheresis usually causes minimal discomfort. During apheresis, the person may feel lightheadedness, chills, numbness around the lips, and cramping in the hands. Unlike bone marrow donation, PBSC donation does not require anesthesia. The medication that is given to stimulate the release of stem cells from the marrow into the bloodstream may cause bone and muscle aches, headaches, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and/or difficulty sleeping. These side effects generally stop within two to three days of the last dose of the medication.
11. How does the patient receive the stem cells during the transplant?
After being treated with high-dose anticancer drugs and/or radiation, the patient receives the stem cells through an intravenous (IV) line just like a blood transfusion. This part of the transplant takes one to five hours.
12. Are any special measures taken when the cancer patient is also the donor (autologous transplant)?
The stem cells used for autologous transplantation must be relatively free of cancer cells. The harvested cells can sometimes be treated before transplantation in a process known as "purging" to get rid of cancer cells. This process can remove some cancer cells from the harvested cells and minimize the chance that cancer will come back. Because purging may damage some healthy stem cells, more cells are obtained from the patient before the transplant so that enough healthy stem cells will remain after purging.
13. What happens after the stem cells have been transplanted to the patient?
After entering the bloodstream, the stem cells travel to the bone marrow, where they begin to produce new white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets in a process known as "engraftment." Engraftment usually occurs within about two to four weeks after transplantation. Doctors monitor it by checking blood counts on a frequent basis. Complete recovery of immune function takes much longer, however-up to several months for autologous transplant recipients and one to two years for patients receiving allogeneic or syngeneic transplants. Doctors evaluate the results of various blood tests to confirm that new blood cells are being produced and that the cancer has not returned. Bone marrow aspiration (the removal of a small sample of bone marrow through a needle for examination under a microscope) can also help doctors determine how well the new marrow is working.
14. What are the possible side effects of BMT and PBSCT?
The major risk of both treatments is an increased susceptibility to infection and bleeding as a result of the high-dose cancer treatment. Doctors may give the patient antibiotics to prevent or treat infection. They may also give the patient transfusions of platelets to prevent bleeding and red blood cells to treat anemia. Patients who undergo BMT and PBSCT may experience short-term side effects such as nausea, vomiting, fatigue, loss of appetite, mouth sores, hair loss, and skin reactions.
Potential long-term risks include complications of the pretransplant chemotherapy and radiation therapy, such as infertility (the inability to produce children); cataracts (clouding of the lens of the eye, which causes loss of vision); secondary (new) cancers; and damage to the liver, kidneys, lungs, and/or heart.
With allogeneic transplants, a complication known as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) sometimes develops. GVHD occurs when white blood cells from the donor (the graft) identify cells in the patient's body (the host) as foreign and attack them. The most commonly damaged organs are the skin, liver, and intestines. This complication can develop within a few weeks of the transplant (acute GVHD) or much later (chronic GVHD). To prevent this complication, the patient may receive medications that suppress the immune system. Additionally, the donated stem cells can be treated to remove the white blood cells that cause GVHD in a process called "T-cell depletion." If GVHD develops, it can be very serious and is treated with steroids or other immunosuppressive agents. GVHD can be difficult to treat, but some studies suggest that patients with leukemia who develop GVHD are less likely to have the cancer come back. Clinical trials are being conducted to find ways to prevent and treat GVHD.
The likelihood and severity of complications are specific to the patient's treatment and should be discussed with the patient's doctor.
15. What is a "mini-transplant"?
A "mini-transplant" (also called a non-myeloablative or reduced-intensity transplant) is a type of allogeneic transplant. This approach is being studied in clinical trials for the treatment of several types of cancer, including leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and other cancers of the blood.
A mini-transplant uses lower, less toxic doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation to prepare the patient for an allogeneic transplant. The use of lower doses of anticancer drugs and radiation eliminates some, but not all, of the patient's bone marrow. It also reduces the number of cancer cells and suppresses the patient's immune system to prevent rejection of the transplant.
Unlike traditional BMT or PBSCT, cells from both the donor and the patient may exist in the patient's body for some time after a mini-transplant. Once the cells from the donor begin to engraft, they may cause the graft-versus-tumor (GVT) effect and work to destroy the cancer cells that were not eliminated by the anticancer drugs and/or radiation. To boost the GVT effect, the patient may be given an injection of their donor's white blood cells. This procedure is called a "donor lymphocyte infusion."
16. What is a "tandem transplant"?
A "tandem transplant" is a type of autologous transplant. This method is being studied in clinical trials for the treatment of several types of cancer, including multiple myeloma and germ cell cancer. During a tandem transplant, a patient receives two sequential courses of high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplant. Typically, the two courses are given several weeks to several months apart. Researchers hope that this method can prevent the cancer from recurring (coming back) at a later time.
17. How do patients cover the cost of BMT or PBSCT?
Advances in treatment methods, including the use of PBSCT, have reduced the amount of time many patients must spend in the hospital by speeding recovery. This shorter recovery time has brought about a reduction in cost. However, because BMT and PBSCT are complicated technical procedures, they are very expensive. Many health insurance companies cover some of the costs of transplantation for certain types of cancer. Insurers may also cover a portion of the costs if special care is required when the patient returns home.
There are options for relieving the financial burden associated with BMT and PBSCT. A hospital social worker is a valuable resource in planning for these financial needs. Federal Government programs and local service organizations may also be able to help. The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Information Service (CIS) can provide patients and their families with additional information about sources of financial assistance (see below).
18. What are the costs of donating bone marrow, PBSCs, or umbilical cord blood?
Persons willing to donate bone marrow or PBSCs must have a sample of blood drawn to determine their HLA type. The donor may be asked to pay for this blood test, or the donor center may cover part of the cost. Community groups and other organizations may also provide financial assistance. Once a donor is identified as a match for a patient, all of the costs pertaining to the retrieval of bone marrow or PBSCs is covered by the patient or the patient's medical insurance. A woman can donate her baby's umbilical cord blood to public cord blood banks at no charge. However, commercial blood banks do charge varying fees to store umbilical cord blood for the private use of the patient or his or her family.
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Developed by the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging
This online training on abuse, neglect and exploitation was specially developed and tested for care managers participating in the MyCare Ohio Demonstration. MyCare Ohio is coordinating care for individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid and is being implemented in 29 counties in Ohio. MyCare Ohio participants are likely to be older and/or disabled, have lower incomes, and serious limitations in activities of daily living—all of which leaves them at greater risk for abuse. As a result, it is important that care managers who coordinate their care receive training on how to recognize and report abuse.
Learn how to recognize and report abuse in three online learning modules:
Module 1: Background information on abuse such as the five types of abuse, prevalence, and common characteristics of victims and perpetrators.
Module 2: Screening for abuse using the Recognizing Abuse Tool and tips for communicating with potential victims and perpetrators of abuse.
Module 3: The process for reporting known and suspected cases to authorities based on Ohio laws.
All modules are about an hour long and each module has a pre and post-training survey attached to it.
As of August, 2015, more than 450 care managers have registered for the training and 222 have completed all three modules.
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Funded by a grant from the Ohio Department of Aging (ODA) received through the Administration for Community Living. We would like to thank Karla Warren, our program officer at ODA and the Advisory Council who guided the development of the training.
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Georgia Anetzberger, PhD, LISW-S (Private Consultant)
With guidance from: Ohio Department of Aging & the Elder Abuse Prevention Advisory Council
*The term abuse is generally used to cover abuse, neglect and exploitation.
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The first 3D Frogger game for handheld systems, Frogger Helmet Chaos finds Frogger called upon to stop an evil force that threatens his home, Firefly Swamp, and the nearby kingdom of Bunnington Hollow. To stop the insidious Dr. Wani and his destructive mining efforts, Frogger must use all of his hopping and dodging skills, along with many new talents, to infiltrate the mastermind's lair and bring his evil plans crashing down. Frogger Helmet Chaos features more than 30 levels of single player action, unlockable bonuses and playable characters as well as new mini games which allow up to four players to compete via the wireless capabilities of the Nintendo DS and PSP systems.
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NBBF shifts attention to local scene after World Cup heroics
Kida told NBBF media that to ensure the sustainability of the achievements being recorded on the international scene, special attention must be given to grassroots development.
To this end, the NBBF has announced plans to conclude the Total NBBF National Division 2 League, which is at the National final stage, as well as organize the men and women's premier leagues.
"The journey of a thousand miles starts with a step. We have taken more than 20 steps in this journey. We have almost concluded the Total NBBF National Division 2 league with about 80 teams participating at the zonal level."
The NBBF president said that the conclusion of the Total NBBF National Division 2 league in the next 2 or 3 weeks would give birth to the Division 1 league, which will likely be abridged.
He assured that the NBBF would produce continental representatives for the 2018 FIBA Africa Club Championship for men and women.
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Bedfordshire Young Farmers, which celebrates its 70th year this year, has announced the date for its 69th Annual Show and Rally.
The action-packed event, which attracts about 2,500 visitors, is being held on Saturday, May 21.
The event is again being at Manor Farm, Green End, Pertenhall, by kind permission of the Bates Family.
Young Farmers start arriving at the rally site from 7am on the day, with livestock, handicrafts, cookery and flowers ready for a fun-filled, action-packed day.
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This position is charged with the ongoing responsibility of providing administrative support that enhances the effectiveness of the Vice President & General Manager.
Position Summary:
You must possess and demonstrate leadership with effective problem solving skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential. Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills are necessary. Must be able to prioritize and manage time effectively.
Key Position Responsibilities and Duties:
Provide daily administrative support.
Provides telephone support This may include, but is not limited to, fielding/answering phone calls, providing pertinent information, when possible, redirecting call to the appropriate individuals, taking messages, or placing a call into voicemail, as a last resort.
Compiles reports and summaries of work; updates, checks and completes records, forms and documents.
Answer telephone for Vice President.
Assist the Vice President with schedule management.
At request, information verify discrepancies and makes corrections, research records, make amendments, and disburse information
Key Position Responsibilities and Duties, continued:
Process and distributes confidential and sensitive documents
Process accounts payable and receivable.
Coordinates calendar, schedules, meetings, events and training needs
Provides travel services for Vice President and local staffing as required.
Compose and design various correspondences, memos, charts, tables and graphs.
Maintain mathematical spreadsheets related to sales and financial reporting as well as banking.
Maintain and order appropriate office supplies.
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Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email.
Prepare agendas and make arrangements for special events, committee, board, and other meetings.
Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries.
Manage and maintain executives' schedules.
Perform occasional business errands (postal services, banking, etc.)
When appropriate, represent the organization on behalf of the Vice President
Required Skill Set:
Candidate must be professional and
energetic with a positive attitude.
Dependable, takes initiative and
demonstrates excellent problem solving,
sound judgment with good organizational
and planning skills.
The ability to communicate, effectively, at
all levels of the organization and with
customers and suppliers is essential.
This position also requires a solid, selfdirected
individual who can excel both
independently and as a team player in a
fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
Must be able to complete tasks
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Experience in a growing
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Computer Skills: Proficient in MS Office
including WORD, EXEL, Access &
PowerPoint. Experience with Outlook
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database programs; training provided
for internal database system.
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High School graduate, MINIMUM
Business School diploma preferred and highly desirable
10 year minimum proven experience in support of an executive position.
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initiative, with sufficient flexibility, to adjust your actions to the actions of others. You must have the ability to give full attention to verbal instructions, with effective listening, to sufficiently understand objectives or desired results.
Your listening should be accomplished in an appropriate inquisitive manner, without interruption at inappropriate times. Duties are expected to be performed in a timely fashion, with minimal supervision.
Position may be required to work flexible hours as a result of
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