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Neo-Adjuvant Study in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients (ICE)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01097642
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 1, 2010
Last Update Posted : May 15, 2020
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|Condition or disease
|Breast Cancer
|Drug: Cetuximab Drug: Ixabepilone
|Phase 2
Ixabepilone and capecitabine combination has demonstrated to be an active regimen in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) after failing an anthracycline and a taxane regimen. Cetuximab is active in tumors that express epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) with demonstrated activity in head and neck and colorectal tumors. A proportion of breast cancers are known to express EGFR. Cetuximab's mechanism of action suggests the possibility of efficacy in breast cancer patients, and several studies show that it may be efficacious in Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). This study seeks to evaluate Ixabepilone alone or in combination with cetuximab as a possible way to increase antitumor activity. In this randomized open-label phase II trial, patients will be randomized equally between 1) Ixabepilone or 2) Ixabepilone plus Cetuximab. Randomization will be stratified by disease stage (T1N1-3M0 or T2-4 N0-3M0).
The study's primary objective is to determine the pathologic complete response rate (pCR) (breast and axilla) of Ixabepilone versus Ixabepilone when combined with cetuximab in patients with invasive breast adenocarcinoma T1N1-N3M0 or T2-4 N0-3M0 disease who are triple negative and who are candidates for preoperative chemotherapy. The secondary objectives are to evaluate overall objective response rate in both treatment groups and to assess safety and toxicity of each regimen. There are also tertiary, exploratory objectives that will hopefully allow for the correlation of biomarker expression and response to treatment.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|40 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Randomized Open-Label Neo-Adjuvant Phase II Study Comparing Ixabepilone (I) Vs. Ixabepilone Plus Cetuximab (IC) in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients
|Actual Study Start Date :
|October 2008
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 2019
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2019
Active Comparator: Ixabepilone
Brand name is Ixempra ®; it is an epothilone B analog used in combination with other chemotherapeutics against cancer.
Drug: Ixabepilone
Ixabepilone will be given at 40mg/m^2 IV over 180 minutes on day 1 of each of four 21 day cycles.
Other Name: azaepothilone B
Experimental: Ixabepilone plus Cetuximab
Cetuximab, brand name Erbitux, is an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor and monoclonal antibody used with Ixabepilone against cancer.
Drug: Cetuximab
Cetuximab will be given at 400mg/m^2 IV over 120 minutes for its initial loading dose on day 1 of the first of four 21 day cycles. It will then be administered on a weekly basis at 250 mg/m^2 IV over 60 minutes.
Other Name: Erbitux
Drug: Ixabepilone
Ixabepilone will be given at 40mg/m^2 IV over 180 minutes on day 1 of each of four 21 day cycles.
Other Name: azaepothilone B
- Complete Response Rate [ Time Frame: one year after treatment ]The study's primary objective is to determine the pathologic complete response rate (pCR) (breast and axilla) of Ixabepilone versus Ixabepilone when combined with cetuximab in patients with invasive breast adenocarcinoma T1N1-N3M0 or T2-4 N0-3M0 disease who are triple negative and who are candidates for preoperative chemotherapy.
- Overall Objective Response Rate [ Time Frame: one year after treatment ]The secondary objectives are to evaluate overall objective response rate in both treatment groups.
- Safety and toxicity of both treatment regimens [ Time Frame: one year after last treatment dose ]Baseline signs and symptoms will be recorded and followed throughout the trial. Toxicity assessments will be continuous during treatment and the year of follow-up, after which all study drug-related toxicities will be deemed resolved, stabilized, or irreversible. CTCAE v.3.0 will be used to grade toxicities. Vital signs will be performed at baseline and will be monitored pre-dose and during study drug administration for Cycles 1 - 4. Chemistry and hematology laboratory tests will be done at baseline and prior to each subsequent chemotherapy cycle.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with histologic confirmation of invasive breast carcinoma.
- Patients must have intact primary tumor.
- Patients greater than or equal to 18 years.
- Patients should have T1N1-3M0 or T2-4 N0-3M0.
- Patients with bilateral breast cancer are eligible.
- Patients with second primary breast cancers are eligible.
- Patients should have a Karnofsky performance scale of greater than or equal to 70%.
- Patients must have clinically measurable disease to be treated in the neoadjuvant setting.
- Patients should have adequate bone marrow function, as defined by peripheral granulocyte count of greater than or equal to 1500/mm^3, and platelet count greater than or equal to 100000mm^3.
- Patients must have adequate liver function with a bilirubin within normal laboratory values. Alkaline phosphatase and transaminases (ALT and AST) may be up to 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) of the institution.
- Patients should have adequate renal function with creatinine levels within normal range.
- Patients should have a normal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of greater than or equal to 50%.
- Negative serum or urine pregnancy test for a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP).
- WOCBP must use a reliable and appropriate contraceptive method during the study and six months after chemotherapy is completed. WOCBP are women who are not menopausal for 12 months or had no previous surgical sterilization.
- Patients must agree to have study biopsies.
- Patients must sign an informed consent indicating that they are aware of the investigational nature of the study, in keeping with institutional policy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with a history of other invasive malignancies diagnosed and treated within the previous 5 years, except non-melanoma skin cancer and non-invasive cervical cancer.
- Her2Neu, ER and PR positive patients should be excluded.
- Patients with Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) are excluded.
- Patients with an organ allograft or other history of immune compromise.
- Prior treatment with any investigational drug within the preceding 4 weeks.
- Chronic treatment with systemic steroids or another immunosuppressive agent.
- A Known history of HIV seropositivity.
- Patients with an active, bleeding diathesis or on oral anti-vitamin K medication (except low dose coumarin defined as 1 mg a day).
- Other concurrent and/or uncontrolled medical disease which could compromise participation in the study (i.e., uncontrolled diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension, severe infection, severe malnutrition, unstable angina, or congestive heart failure - New York Heart Association Class III or IV, ventricular arrhythmias, active ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction within six months, chronic liver or renal disease, active upper GI tract ulceration).
- Patients with a pre-existing peripheral neuropathy.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01097642
|United States, Texas
|The Methodist Hospital Cancer Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|Jenny Chang, MD
|The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
|Responsible Party:
|Jenny C. Chang, MD, Sponsor-Investigator/Principal Investigator, The Methodist Hospital System
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
0908-0265 ( Other Identifier: HMRI IRB )
|First Posted:
|April 1, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 15, 2020
|Last Verified:
|May 2020
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
|Plan Description:
|Plan to share data to be determined
Breast Neoplasms
Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
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Samsung's Galaxy S4 Is Great But No iPhone Killer
Please stop asking me if the Samsung Galaxy S4 is better than the iPhone 5, and stop calling every new smart phone a potential iPhone killer. Any new phone could be a killer if you consider a thousand small cuts a prelude to death.
Based on specs, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is the better phone. It now has more power and cutting edge features. Things like face/eye tracking and gesture-based controls are features iPhone 5 users can only dream of –- for now.
The resolution of the 0.31-inch-thin Galaxy S4 is higher than the iPhone 5, and there's more screen real estate on the Galaxy's 5-inch display than the 4-inch one on the iPhone. The Gorilla Glass 3 tech -– the first device to sport the new technology –- is ostensibly stronger than what iPhone 5 has (although only a drop test can tell us for sure).
Inside, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is a near 2GHz quad-core CPU. The dual-core iPhone 5 has 1GHz of power. Samsung stuffed a 13-megapixel camera into the Samsung Galaxy S4, while the iPhone 5 tops out at 8MP. Not to mention the fact that the Galaxy S4 can shoot with both cameras at once to create mind-boggling effects that you may or may not want.
Samsung is also starting to use NFC is interesting ways: letting people pair the phones by tapping and then turning the ad hoc connection between multiple phones into a surround sound system. That's quite cool, though it also seems pretty impractical.
Feature for feature, the Galaxy S4 appears to have the iPhone 5 beat. So why can't I declare victory for the Galaxy S4?
Because it's not that simple.
Hands On
I did spend some time with a couple of preproduction units and must admit, the phone feels and looks good. At 4.6 ounces, it's relatively light for a 5-inch phone, and since it's actually somewhat smaller than the Galaxy S III, it didn't feel like it was stressing my hand.
The marquee features — Air Gesture, Smart Scroll and the Dual Camera — all worked pretty much as advertised. Smart Scroll, which might be Samsung's biggest innovation, was a bit touchy for me in the preproduction unit. It's also, as Samsung told me, misunderstood. It's not eye-tracking per se; instead, the phone's front-facing sensors see your face and eyes to guide the tilt-to-scroll tech. That's right, you tilt the phone back and forth to scroll up and down on a page. You cannot simply use your eyes to scroll. It's a cool feature that, with some refinement and practice on the user's part, could become useful.
SEE ALSO: Hands On With the Galaxy S4
Air view is a highly intuitive feature that I want Apple to adopt immediately: Where programmed, the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen reacts before you touch it. I tried hovering my finger over the browser tabs and then a thumbnail of my hidden pages showed up –- before I even touched the screen. To a certain extent I think this is an amplification of the capacitive abilities that exist in most smartphone screens. You know what I mean: You hover over your phone's screen and it takes action before you're ready? Remember, capacitive screens read the conductivity in your fingers. If the signal is strong enough, you probably don't have to touch. I'm guessing they turned the capacitance up to 11 (though I may be wrong).
Air Gestures feels like a feature from the future. You wave at the screen and things happen. I was, for example, able to switch between browser tabs by waving at the screen. Not a "hello" or "goodbye" wave, mind you. It was more like stroking the airspace over the phone. To make it work right, though, I had to gesture near the top of the Galaxy S4 screen –- over the sensors. Still, once I got the hang of it, it worked so effectively that I want to rename this feature "Galaxy S4 Jedi Control."
The camera takes ultra-sharp photos, but while the dual-screen feature worked well, I had trouble imaging when I'd want to take a photo like that. I bet people will use the dual-video features more often (think simultaneous video conferencing with prospective home buyers while showcasing your open house).
So It's Better, Right
In an interview with CNBC, the host tried to nail me down on which phone is better. He could sense my excitement over the new toy, but I wouldn't take the bait.
Just because the Samsung Galaxy S4 is currently winning the features arms race does not mean everyone should drop their iPhone 5s (or even other competing Android phones) and order a new Galaxy S4.
If you're an iOS user, you have to consider switching platforms. Android 4.2.2 (what the Galaxy is running) is a good platform, but if you like iOS, you may find it overly complex, even confusing. Some people prefer the gated community of Apple's App Store to the somewhat looser Google Play store (which doesn't vet every app). Also, there is the issue of OS updates to consider: Samsung may be ready to roll out an OS update later this year, but perhaps carrier partners Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile won't be. That doesn't happen with iOS. Everyone gets their update at the same time.
There's also phone size to consider. I think there are people who love big phones (and actually believe phablets like the Note II count as phones) and those who love them a little smaller. I am in the latter camp. I get more than enough utility out of my iPhone 5 screen. When I need more real estate, I switch to a tablet.
Then there's the ecosystem. While consumers seem more than happy to swap one Android phone for another, or even to make the switch from an iPhone to an Android phone, Apple's still winning the tablet war. If you buy the Samsung Galaxy S4, will you also get an Android tablet? If so, which one? I still don't see a lot of Galaxy note 10.1's in the wild (actually, I see none). The leading Android tablet is the Kindle Fire. It has the Google Play store like the Galaxy S4, but, also like the Galaxy S4, the interface is custom. In other words, you end up with two custom Android interfaces. Apple's iOS is consistent across devices.
Nothing I'm saying here is a deal-breaker, but all are considerations when choosing your next smartphone.
So, yes, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is an awesome piece of work. I am certain that every current Galaxy S phone owner will want one (and they should). As for switching or beating the iPhone into submission, that's a more complex battle and a decision that won't be settled with a spec sheet.

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Obama: Anti-gay bill step backward for Ugandans
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- President Barack Obama on Sunday harshly criticized plans by Uganda to further criminalize homosexuality, saying it would "complicate our valued relationship."
Defending gay rights around the world, as he has done at home, Obama said a bill that President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to sign will be a "step backward" for all Ugandans and reflect poorly on its commitment to protect the human rights of its people. It also marks a serious setback for anyone committed to freedom, justice and equal rights, Obama said.
Obama said the United States stands for the protection of fundamental freedoms and universal human rights and believes people everywhere should be treated equally.
"That is why I am so deeply disappointed that Uganda will shortly enact legislation that would criminalize homosexuality," Obama said in a written statement issued from Southern California, where he was spending the weekend. "The Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda, once law, will be more than an affront and a danger to the gay community in Uganda. It will be a step backward for all Ugandans and reflect poorly on Uganda's commitment to protecting the human rights of its people. It also will mark a serious setback for all those around the world who share a commitment to freedom, justice and equal rights."
"Enacting this legislation will complicate our valued relationship with Uganda," he said, adding that the U.S. has conveyed that message to Museveni.
Homosexuality already is illegal in Uganda under a colonial-era law that criminalizes sex acts "against the order of nature."
Museveni said last week that he plans to sign the new legislation, which has alarmed rights activists because it prescribes life imprisonment for acts of "aggravated homosexuality." Those acts are defined as sex acts where one of the partners is infected with HIV, sex with minors or the disabled and repeated sexual offenses among consenting adults.
It was unclear when Museveni will sign the bill. Ugandan lawmakers passed it in December and Museveni since has been under heavy pressure to enact it. The measure enjoys broad support among Christian clerics and lawmakers who say it is needed to deter Western homosexuals from "recruiting" Ugandan children.
Susan Rice, the U.S. national security adviser, said Sunday on Twitter that she spoke "at length" with Museveni on Saturday night and urged him not to sign the bill.
Uganda is one of many sub-Saharan African countries where homosexuals face severe discrimination, if not jail terms. Nigeria last month increased penalties against gays there.
Obama has made support for gay rights a hallmark of his presidency.
He supports same-sex marriage and his administration eliminated the Clinton-era ban on openly gay service in the military.
For his State of the Union address last month, Obama included basketball player Jason Collins, the first male athlete on a major U.S. sports team to announce that he is gay, among guests chosen to sit with first lady Michelle Obama. Obama has said Collins' announcement marked a moment of progress for the gay community.
Obama also welcomed last week's announcement by a University of Missouri football player that he is gay.
He also has spoken out against a Russian law banning gay propaganda and included openly gay athletes on the U.S. delegations to the opening and closing ceremonies at the Sochi Olympics.
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10 Signs the Return of Jesus is near
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Remember to Always Focus on Jesus (3:38)
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The Signs, one by one
Sign 1. The Rebirth of the state of Israel and Jewish control of Jerusalem (11:45)
Sign 2. Trends toward rebuilding the Temple (14:12)
Sign 3. Muslim end-time expectations - the rise of False Prophets (22:54)
Sign 4. The Arab Spring - calling for the Beast (16:43)
Sign 5. The Rise of ISIS in Iraq/Syria - the Lion (13:11)
Sign 6. The Rise of Iran - the Bear (13:03)
Sign 7. The Rise of Turkey - the Leopard (10:33)
Sign 8. The Battle for Egypt - "Kingdom against Kingdom" (14:11)
Sign 9. The Rise of global anti-Semitism and Christian persecution - the Nations are raging (17:26)
Sign 10. The state of the Western Church - Apostasy, false doctrine, confusion and fear (8:19)
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More Signs will come soon - we are called to Persevere (3:57)
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I love reading and have decided to keep a list of all the books I read. (Mainly because I often start reading a book only to realise I've read it before!) I'm going to post a few at a time of the books I've read so far this year and when I've finished that will just add more when I read more!
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Brilliant book and I love the cover!!!
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique RoffeyAnother great book!
Room by Emma Donoghue
A bit disturbing but completely unputdownable!
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
This was good but not as good as some other Jodi Picoult books I've read.
The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove by Lauren Kate
This was awful, I definitely wouldn't recommend it.
Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
Quite an interesting read.
The Blasphemer by Nigel Farndale
I remember enjoying this at the time but it's not very memorable.
Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna
I loved this – you can read my full review here.


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Andre Gibeau's decision came down to a choice between following his head or his heart. His heart was beating "90 percent" for Rep. Dennis Kucinich, he says. But "10 percent" was thinking: Sen. Barack Obama. In the end, he says, he followed his heart.
Betty Ward was won over by Senator Obama and his message of hope.
Donna Richards, after careful calculation of all the candidates' policies and worldviews, went with John Edwards.
These unaffiliated voters, like about 6 in 10 New Hampshire independents, cast Democratic ballots in the state primary Tuesday, according to a Monitor analysis of NBC exit polls. Enough of these political free spirits pulled Republican ballots to help boost Sen. John McCain to victory on the GOP side. But the overarching tilt of Granite State independents toward the Democrats, mirroring the trend five days earlier in Iowa, may be an early indicator of how America's growing ranks of independent voters may tilt come November.
"In New Hampshire and nationwide it bodes well for the Democratic nominee and the rest of Democrats on the ticket because independents actually did vote in the Democratic primary," says Dick Bennett, president of the American Research Group, a polling firm based in Manchester, N.H. "Independents dislike partisanship and don't really like to participate in primaries."
Interest in New Hampshire independents has been high because, well, they make up such a large share of the electorate here: 44 percent. True to their reputation as unpredictable and freethinking, many had not made up their minds until primary day or a few days before.
Focus on the Constitution
Even Mr. Gibeau, a self-described news junkie, was undecided as of Tuesday morning. On Election Day, he had two TVs on – one tuned to CNN, one to MSNBC – and he continued to read online and listen to the radio.
Gibeau, an attorney, says he had the US Constitution uppermost in thought when he went in to vote. He was drawn to Ohio's Representative Kucinich because of their shared views on "personal liberties, restoring the Constitution, focusing on the balance of trade, especially where China is concerned," he says.
He was adamant that his vote not be a strategic decision. "If I voted for Obama, it would be less for Obama and more against Hillary [Rodham Clinton]." He cites his "dislike of Bill Clinton's foreign policy and the suspicious activities that the Clintons have been engaged in" as reasons Mrs. Clinton was not his candidate.
Gibeau says he's satisfied with his decision. "I went with my conscience and my heart," he says.
Concern for kids' future
Ms. Richards made her decision within the past two weeks, after seeing Mr. Edwards in person for a second time. She was eager to settle on someone so she could help her candidate win, she says. Edwards's detailed policies were only part of the reason she chose him.
"He'll be the one sitting behind the desk thinking about the garden-variety American. It's not cerebral for him, it's not academic, it's not political, it's personal," Richards says.
Edwards is also the one she would trust with her children. "His message about leaving the world better for your children is very powerful. Other people adopted it. I am of the generation where my kids may not make out better than I did," she says.
Appeal of a 'fresh face'
Ms. Ward's moment of decision came Monday evening. She liked what Bill Richardson, Ron Paul, and Dennis Kucinich had to say about the Iraq war. So what was it about Obama that sealed the deal for her? "Sometimes it takes someone with a fresh face to say an old message so it's brand-new," she says.
Obama drew more of the independent vote here – about 24 percent – than any other candidate, Democrat or Republican. Clinton garnered about 18.6 percent of independents, and Senator McCain 15.1 percent. The remainder cast ballots for one of the nine other candidates, the exit poll data showed.
Ward acknowledges that by voting for Obama she made compromises on issues she cares about, including his position on the war in Afghanistan. "I want all the boys and girls home in America," she says, and out of harm's way.
The decision, ultimately, was not an easy one for her. "I don't feel the fire in this," she says.
Independent voter Russ Ouellette, on the other hand, says he was "very excited" to vote for Obama. The issues weren't what moved him. He was looking for someone who would be a "leader," able to "move beyond fear and divisiveness to get something done." He was inspired by Obama's call for "a new kind of politics."
The Illinois senator's personal story is compelling, too, he says.
"Part of me is glad that he is an African-American. Part of me is glad that he has a Muslim name. Part of me is glad that he has no experience. Because that is drastically different. The traditional rich white man with 35 years of experience is not necessarily going to be able to think objectively about what needs to be done."
But Mr. Ouellette wants to ensure that Obama will remain as committed to reaching out to independents and Republicans as his sweeping words suggest.
For that reason, Ouellette tempers his enthusiasm with a note of caution. "I reserve my feelings because I don't know what's going to happen," he says.
• Other stories in this series appeared Nov. 20 and Dec. 24.


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I have a Sony CDX-GT630UI on my boat and would like to install a Sirius XM antenna to it. I see there are antennas for boats but it's basically a car stereo and not sure if the Marine antennas will work? Can I use a car antenna?
Does anyone have any info on getting this Sony model working on a boat?


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The Hits Keep Coming, But The Beard May Have To Go
This spring, Josh Reddick has put his baseball bats to good use, as he leads the Red Sox in hits, doubles, and total bases.
His razor, on the other hand, hasn't seen any action.
With Boston's opener looming on Sunday night at Fenway, Reddick is sporting a shaggy beard that Johnny Damon – Circa 2004 – would have endorsed.
Since the Red Sox have a strict "no beards" rule for their minor league players, Josh knows he'll have to shave it off if he doesn't make Boston's Opening Day roster.
"That's why I haven't shaved all spring," Reddick told me on Monday in Ft. Myers. "I'm going to let it grow for as long as I can until I actually have to get rid of it."
It's not the first time that Reddick has "pushed the envelope" when it comes to his grooming habits.
Last year at Double-A Portland, Reddick didn't break the facial hair rules, but he did have a Mohawk . . .
(photos courtesy of Kelly O'Connor)
. . . and also sported a mustache that was more suited to a certain genre of film than professional baseball.
Last July 31st when Josh was promoted directly from Double-A to the big leagues, Portland manager Arnie Beyeler told him that his head and upper lip had to be clean-shaven by the time he got to Fenway.
This is how Josh looked when he arrived in Boston.
Despite his torrid spring this year, the 23-year-old outfielder expects to begin 2010 in Triple-A.
"My mindset right now is going to Pawtucket," Reddick said. "I don't want to get my hopes up too high, so that's what I'm going to stick with right now. If I make the big club that would be great, but if not, I'm going to be happy playing wherever."
If Josh is correct and doesn't open the season in Boston, he's put himself in a position to be one of the first player's called-up when the Red Sox need an outfielder or a left-handed hitter. He's not only posted big numbers (.383/.408/.638), but he's shown improved plate discipline this spring.
"I've worked a lot on taking more pitches like they've wanted me to do, even though I only have two walks," Reddick said. "I feel like I'm swinging at fastballs a lot better – I'm waiting for the ball to be in the strike zone and I'm laying off the off-speed stuff early in the court. That's been a key improvement for me. Even though the walk numbers haven't been there, I've worked the count until I've gotten fastballs. I'll never go up there looking for a walk and they say they don't want to take my aggressiveness away, so it's a fine line."
I asked Josh if the Red Sox have shown him data and/or video that illustrates the importance of getting into hitter-friendly counts.
"We don't sit down and study numbers – I'm not the kind of guy that likes to look too far into things. I just want to know what a pitcher throws and how he works on me – we've got a great resource for what pitchers do in certain situations. I try not to look too far beyond that because I don't want to be thinking too much at the plate. Hitting is already hard enough – why make it any harder than it is."
So far this spring, he's made it look easy.
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Josh Reddick is not the only member of the 2009 PawSox having a tremendous spring.
Jeff Bailey is batting .444/.516/.704 in 19 games for the Arizona Diamondbacks with a pair of home runs.
According to a recent story in the Arizona Republic, Bailey is battling Rusty Ryal, Tony Abreu and Cole Gillespie for the final bench spot on the Diamondbacks roster.


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No. 14 Arkansas may add to N Mexico's sack woes
Bobby Petrino faced exactly one question at his weekly news conference about New Mexico, the Razorbacks' opponent on Saturday.
It wasn't Petrino's fault that most of the focus was on Arkansas' 51-7 win over Missouri State last week. For a team that entered the season with question marks at quarterback, on the offensive line and in the running game, the convincing win provided a host of answers.
It also offered a measure of assurance for the No. 14 Razorbacks (1-0) while preparing to face the Lobos (0-1) in Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium on Saturday. With the first test out of the way, Petrino is eager to improve with Southeastern Conference play and a trip to Alabama looming in two weeks.
"We feel like we have a lot to work on and we have to get better," Petrino said.
The big question was at quarterback, where junior Tyler Wilson took over for Ryan Mallett, now in the NFL. Wilson was efficient, if not spectacular, in his starting debut - finishing 18 of 24 passing for 260 and a pair of touchdowns while guiding the Razorbacks to scores on each of his four possessions.
Sophomore backup Brandon Mitchell also saw plenty of action during the blowout, finishing 10 of 11 for 104 yards. The combined 28 of 35 passing performance left New Mexico coach Mike Locksley searching for superlatives this week.
Other than Arkansas' potent offense, Locksley's main concern this week is his offensive line, which gave up 10 sacks in a 14-10 loss to Colorado State last week. Locksley said the line wasn't to blame for all the sacks; he noted that receivers ran the wrong routes and quarterback Tarean Austin held on to the ball too long.
The sacks set New Mexico back 47 yards. Nine penalties and six fumbles - three of which were lost - didn't help, either.
"I'm hopeful that those were just first-game mistakes and they were made by guys playing their first football as Lobos," Locksley said. "We can get those things corrected."
They should start soon. The Arkansas defense forced Missouri State into six three-and-outs last week, allowed only 163 yards of total offense and led the SEC in quarterback sacks last season.
One of the reasons for lockdown performance last week was the standout debut of junior college transfer Alonzo Highsmith at outside linebacker. Highsmith, the son of the former Miami running back with the same name, had a pair of tackles for losses in the win.
He wounded eager to see the Lobos.
"Anytime you hear about a team giving up a lot of sacks, it makes you even more anxious to get out and play and pin our ears back and go get him, too," Highsmith said.
Arkansas defensive coordinator Willy Robinson was a bit more cautious in his approach than Highsmith, making it clear the Lobos are a step up in competition over Missouri State.
"I think where they fall short a little bit is they have a veteran skill group," Robinson said. "But where it doesn't match is they have youth on the offensive front, and we've got to be able to take advantage of that."
One area Petrino wants to see improve is his running game. With three new starting offensive linemen and a backfield in flux after the season-ending injury suffered by Knile Davis last month, the Razorbacks averaged only 3.1 yards per carry last week.
Senior De'Anthony Curtis provided a spark for Arkansas with 37 yards on only five carries, but Petrino expects more than the 102 rushing yards total of a week ago this week.
"I don't think we did as good as we should have," Curtis said. "But I believe in the o-line, I believe in the coaching and I believe in us as a running back crew that when the time comes, we will have a stellar game and will know when to break out."


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CommScope's COVID-19 Customer & Partner Hub Visit
We recently completed our acquisition of Pace —positioning ARRIS as a global leader in our industry with an unmatched body of talent.
Today, we'd like to welcome the Pace leadership team to our ranks, where we'll leverage their expertise to bring our vision of the future to new markets.
At the executive level, Bob Stanzione will continue on as Chairman and CEO of ARRIS, along with Dave Potts as EVP and CFO. Larry Margolis will lead integration of the combined organization as EVP of Corporate Strategy & Administration. Larry Robinson and Bruce McClelland will continue to serve as President of their respective business units, which will maintain their current structure: CPE and Network & Cloud and Global Services. Ron Coppock will lead our new, dedicated international sales organization and continue to lead marketing, as President of International Sales and Global Marketing. Tim O'Loughlin from Pace will bring his sales expertise and relationships to his new role as President, North American Sales. Jim Brennan will continue as SVP of Supply Chain and Quality, Patrick Macken as SVP, General Counsel and Secretary, and Vicki Brewster as SVP of Human Resources. Finally, Pace's Phil Baldock will serve as ARRIS's new SVP, CIO.
We expect many members of the Pace senior management team to take on leadership positions at ARRIS—a testament to Pace CEO Mike Pulli's work in creating one of the industry's leading talent organizations and one that matches ARRIS's culture of success.
"The people of ARRIS represent the future of our company," said Bob Stanzione. "Today, we have the industry's leading talent under one roof. And in the coming months, we'll begin to leverage the full potential of our combined expertise—broadening our global footprint, tapping into new markets, catalyzing innovation, and transforming entertainment and communications for millions of people around the world."


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Zygor Rivals the changes to Mists of Pandaria Lore
This is going to be quite an awkward update, since we have 4 pretty messed up posts, 2 on Warcraft, 1 on Need for Speed and yet another on something that is supposed to change the quality of the blog (or at least announced the new theme change!). Anyways I wish not to postpone things for much longer in a useless manner so here are the updates:
- Mists of Pandaria Lore Continued – You know that the lore for a story behind a huge game, such as World of Warcraft, can't really be put into one single post, even if we talk about a sole expansion only and just the main string of events. So obviously here's part numero deux for my commented version of the events.
- Times are changing – After a thorough analysis of things and some specialist advice on the matter, some serious chaps underlined some issues that I might be facing with them darn websites and also pointed some solutions. Anyways I decided to throw in this post and pour out my thoughts on the matter and also to announce the petite changes made to the blog.
- Zygor for Patch 5.4 – Now this is a bit more like it. Here you have some of the new strategies that one may be forced to deal with as soon as blizzard decides to launch Patch 5.4 and throw us in the middle of yet another serious battle, this time against one of our own. (Who's next? Varin?! … Damn …). So Zygor has already announced that they are working on the full guide for patch 5.4 changes that will include the raid to Orgrimmar (obviously), some tips on the proving grounds and off course on the mysterious timeless isle as well. So go and join up with them already if you haven't! (Just kidding :P)
- Need for Speed Rivals Overview – Been some time since I last mentioned racing in my posts, so I decided to mash up this post about the newest version of Need for Speed and that is Rivals. To put it in one single phrase, the game is a mixture of Hot Pursuit and Most Wanted, let us just hope it will have at least a moderate success and in a market with upcoming titles such as The Crew this could prove somewhat, problematic!


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Effective January 2008, free tickets for public transport will be available from a machine in the baggage collection area (on the left hand side just before passing customs) at Geneva International Airport (Information GIA). This Unireso ticket allows you free use of public transport in Geneva for a period of 80 minutes.
The Place des Nations ("Nations" stop) and Prégny Gate ("Appia" stop) entrances of the Palais are served by a number of tram and bus lines. The Place des Nations entrance, however is only for staff or delegates with a badge, valid identity document and accompanied by a staff member and who are not carrying luggage (laptops, rucksacks and hand bags are permitted). It is about a 500 metre walk uphill from the Place des Nations entrance to the Prégny entrance.
Buses 8, F, V, Z stop at both "Nations" and "Appia".
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Bus 28 goes from the airport to the Pregny Gate entrance ("Appia" stop), as well as to the Place des Nations ("Nations" stop).
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A taxi stand is located on Avenue de la Paix, 50 metres uphill from the Nations gate and are available any time. Taxis cannot enter the UN compound - passengers will have to get off at the Pregny or Nations gates.
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There are two gates to the Palais des Nations: on the Place des Nations and on the route de Pregny, in front of the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross).
If you don't have UN identification, you will have to go to the Pregny Gate (see map). You will need valid identification, for example a passport or national identity card.
You can obtain a UN pass by applying to the UN/ECE secretariat staff. Valid identification is also required for this. The secretariat will issue documentation, which you should then take to the Security Services at the Pregny Gate, where identification passes are issued. There is no charge for this process.
Identification passes have an expiry date. After that date a further application must be submitted. Passes are not transmissible, and must be returned to the Security Services once they have expired.
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I want to share with you readers one of my new favourite pass times! Yes chalk board art :) I got this little chalk from my dad to go along with the desk that he made for him and after reading this awesome tutorial I have really been enjoying changing it for the seasons.
This is the one I did yesterday for the Christmas season.
I think I will get some coloured chalk and start incorporating that into my designs but for now I will enjoy my simple black and white.


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How Real Publishing Works
Everything you wanted to know about literary agents...
Now read them again. Really. Understanding the above will keep you out of the hands of scammers and help you bypass the slush pile. The extra time spent now will save you much trouble later.
Moving on ... this Index contains four main sections:
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Navigating the Wide World of Publishing
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Many threads contain multiple subjects. If a thread isn't named or doesn't start with what you're looking for, keep reading cuz it's in there somewhere (and you might even learn something by accident. )
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Like any plumbing system, your arteries can get clogged up. When you have high blood pressure, inflammation causes cholesterol to stick to the walls of your blood vessels, forming a plaque. The following foods are powerful enough to prevent this dangerous clogging.
Kiwi and Cantaloupe
These antioxidant-rich foods work by reducing toxic LDL cholesterol, which is formed by a rusting process in your arteries. They can help stop the "rust" in its tracks and even prevent it from spreading. Eat 1 cup of cantaloupe or 1 kiwi a day to unclog your arteries.
Despite being a source of cholesterol, shrimp can be helpful for your heart. They contain taurine, an amino acid, which acts like plastic wrap so fats can't cross the intestinal wall and get into your arteries. Try having 5 medium-sized steamed or grilled shrimp twice a week. Be sure to avoid the cocktail sauces.
Red-Skinned Grapes and Cranberry Juice
These foods strain the fat out your arteries. Instead of having fat build up in your blood vessels, these foods improve your cells' ability to absorb the fat and use it for energy production. Drink a glass of cranberry juice three times a week or eat 1 cup of grapes per day to unclog your arteries.
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BrightSource's Desmond says Ivanpah facility a model for future projects
How does the expansion of distributed generation in the United States impact large-scale solar project investments? During today's OnPoint, Joseph Desmond, senior vice president of marketing and government affairs at BrightSource Energy, discusses opportunities for future investments in solar technology on the heels of last month's Ivanpah solar facility opening. BrightSource is an equity investor in Ivanpah. Desmond also talks about the importance of Department of Energy loan guarantees for Ivanpah -- and future projects his company is considering.


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RWS should free the doplhins because bad luck continues to dog Genting Singapore.
In what Genting Singapore called a prudent move in the face of a slowing global economy and tightening credit conditions in China, the company raised its bad debt provisions to S$56.9 million for the third quarter, up from S$23.5 million a year ago.
That equates to 8.5% of its gaming revenue, higher than the average of 3% the past six quarters, Citigroup wrote.
'However, this is in contrast to Marina Bay Sands, which has not shown higher provisioning, so we wonder if Genting Singapore's decision was driven by its aggressive credit extension that was seen in the first half of the year,' Macquarie Equities Research analysts wrote.
There are concerns that its flagship casino, Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), continued to cede market share in both VIP and mass gaming segments to rival MBS.
"Genting Singapore lost significant gaming market share in 3Q11 and also did not see any ramp-up in non-gaming,' the Macquarie report said. 'We believe the VIP market share loss is more driven by lack of a competitive product relative to MBS."
'We find it interesting that notwithstanding Genting Singapore adding more table game capacity, slots and electronic table games (ETGs) (quarter-on-quarter), mass market failed to ramp and showed 2 per cent QoQ growth. This essentially means that table, slot and ETG yields all declined QoQ – at a time when there was available hotel room capacity," the Macquarie report said.
The scheduled opening of Bayfront MRT at MBS may also shift some mass-market players away from RWS, it said.
Err maybe freeing the dolphins will help dispel the bad luck?
BTW, Morgan Stanley and OCBC are bullish on the stock.
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Plus Hall of Fame Sports wants me to give you two tickets (Top Deck) to the August 10 game, which is Hideo Nomo bobblehead night.
The first 25 readers that send me an email will be entered into Random.org to determine the winner. I will announce the winner tomorrow morning.
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Ali Packard
Whether she's acting on screen, doing stand up, or rocking the mic, you can bet Alicyn's having fun. She beams with a playfulness and youthful exuberance that is both contagious and energizing. Beginning with her strong belief that performers inspire others through their work, she strives to create something special with each and every project. As a comedienne, Ali's unique brand of sweet and sassy stand-up has graced the stages of The World Famous Improv, The Comedy Store, The Ha Ha Cafe, Room 5 & many more clubs across Los Angeles. Her comedic songwriting skills are on full display as she incorporates her witty and distinctively catchy, pop-infused ukulele ditties into her stand-up.
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The conversation between your fingers and someone else's skin. This is the most important discussion you can ever have. ~ Iain Thomas
The perfect beach bunny.
Do you have a sweet tooth? Would your loved ones say that you're shy? Is it inner calm or relaxation that you seek? When it comes to San Francisco's girls, I am the equivalent of thick caramel sauce, an inviting blanket on the beach, or a cozy reading room. Think of our time together as a retreat; a chance to recharge your batteries and face the rest of the week with a sunnier disposition than you ever imagined possible. The purr of a kitten, the giggle of the one that got away, and the smile of a sunbeam; I am the perfect mixture of delight and sultriness.
Raised a true California girl, my skin is sunkissed and my my hair long, silky and blonde; my big blue eyes will capture your attention and you may never want to look away.
Our time together is something you will never forget and leave you only wanting more. I'm witty and bright but still as sweet as a kitten, my giggle is enchanting, you are sure to be entranced.
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I only respond to emails, but I promise it is just as swift as sending me a text or call. In order for me to feel most safe meeting you, I simply need to verify you: by including two past references in your email, or a LinkedIn with a personal photo, I will be able to see you as soon as possible!
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Online dating, like real life dating, can get a little skeevy because people are lame and pervy and also, lame and pervy. So to see the type of lame and pervy responses that a cute girl would get while on a dating service like OKCupid, a guy created a fake profile with a picture of a cute girl and BATSHIT INSANE CRAZY information. How did the guys take it? They loved it!
Rob Fee from Mandatory made sure to make "her" profile as idiotic and unappealing as possible, littering it with typos, racism, criminal activities and picking the most inane hobbies and interests ("2 and one half men" and "bon jorvi" and "yolo"). If people actually read the profile, they'd think this "girl" wasn't right in the head and that they should stay far away from her. But of course the profile racked up views and 39 messages in 6 hours.
So right, maybe people skipped the reading the profile part and just went guns blazing when they saw "her" picture. But Fee continued to stress the crazy in "her" messages:
In other messages, Fee responded that she needs to get her arm refitted, that she was sexually friendly with her cousin, that she's a part-time prostitute and yet the guys kept continuing the conversations in hopes of meeting up IRL. It's like they'll ignore all the flaws and red flags as long as the person on the other side of the screen is a cute girl. Or I guess, as long as there is a picture of a cute girl on the other side of the screen. Read more about the hilarious OKCupid experiment here. [Mandatory]


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It's been described as the largest federal corruption case in the history of Dallas, but you wouldn't know it from the paltry number of people who observed the three-month trial. Most days former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill and the other four defendants, their legal team and the jury outnumbered onlookers.
There were days when the public interest waned and media coverage was relegated to posts of obscure blogs. Days when jurors and defendants were caught nodding off as the tedium of the trial weighed heavy on their eyelids. Days when the endless autumn rains or prospect of paying another $10 for parking kept people away.
Only not today.
Don Hill
Jim Schutze: What Don Hill's conviction means for Dallas.
Web extra: Read the transcript of our interview with Don and Sheila Hill after their convictions, on Unfair Park.
Web extra: More photos from outside the courthouse during the trial.
Today, on the 15th floor of the Earle Cabell Federal Building, U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn's courtroom is packed. Reporters, courthouse observers, lawyers, family and friends of the defendants, and those too damn curious to be elsewhere this dreary October 5 morning are anxiously awaiting the jury's verdicts.
Before the jury returns, Lynn tells the assembled spectators that jurors have reached unanimous verdicts on all counts charging the defendants with conspiring to accept bribes from one affordable-housing developer and extorting money from another.
But more is at stake than the fate of the defendants. Guilty verdicts would leave an unsightly stain on Dallas City Hall that could take years to erase. Not guilty verdicts would deter mounting efforts at City Hall for comprehensive ethics reform and send a message to wayward politicos that the integrity of their more questionable actions could go unchecked.
Judge Lynn, a diminutive woman who has successfully controlled her courtroom through an unmanageably complex trial, instructs those before her to refrain from all outbursts. She brings in the jury and asks the defendants and their attorneys to rise. She reads out loud the first charge on the verdict form—count 10—the conspiracy to commit bribery charge.
Defendant D'Angelo Lee, a friend of Hill's and his former appointee to the city plan commission, stands sheepishly behind his attorney; he appears to be praying. Rickey Robertson, a car dealer, looks confused, as though he doesn't know where he is. Darren Reagan, however, has been here before. Lynn sentenced him to one year in prison after a jury found him guilty in June 2008 of scamming the government by using his elderly mother-in-law as a front to pocket $40,000 in public housing money.
Gone from Hill's face is his trademark gap-toothed grin. He appears solemn, neatly dressed in a dark-blue pinstriped suit, looking more like the lawyer he was trained to be than a defendant. He clasps hands with his wife and co-defendant Sheila Farrington Hill, branded by the prosecution as his former mistress. Ray Jackson, Don's attorney, holds Don's left hand, while Victor Vital, Sheila's attorney, grabs her right. The judge reads the verdict:
"The jury finds the defendant, Donald W. Hill, guilty."
The courtroom remains silent; no one reacts. Lee is the next to be found guilty. Then Sheila. Don gets a better grip on her hand, as if to brace her for the firestorm headed their way.
By the time Lynn finishes, the jury has convicted the defendants on all but six of the 29 counts against them. Don Hill and Lee have each been found guilty of seven counts, Sheila five, Reagan and Robertson two each.
"I don't remember very much on count 10 after she called Sheila's name and said, 'Guilty,'" Don says a day after the trial. "It was so unexpected and so numbing that I really didn't adjust after that."
Several hours after the verdict, juror Nedra Frazier still feels overwhelmed. "Today was very emotional for me and for a lot of us."
Frazier became the final juror after the defense made a last-minute challenge to the racial composition of the jury. Because all the defendants were black, the judge allowed her to be seated as one of four black jurors. Defense lawyers considered her addition a major coup. They figured they had another empathetic juror who would take to heart their arguments that their black clients were being selectively prosecuted for the same kind of conduct that white politicians had gotten away with in Dallas for generations.
But Frazier says race didn't factor into the deliberations. Instead she cites the mountain of damning evidence—wiretaps, transcripts, e-mails, documents, surveillance videos and 44 witnesses—that led jurors to their guilty verdicts. "There were a lot of facts out there," she says.
Sheila Hill couldn't disagree more. A day after the verdict she sat stunned in her lawyer's office, convinced the government had totally failed to prove its case. "The last thing I expected was what we heard [from the jury]."
But Frazier believes there was enough evidence to go around to convict everyone. "Everybody knew what they were doing."
Surprisingly, Frazier rejects the idea that Don Hill was the mastermind behind the entire conspiracy—that the defendants had spun this tangled web, with Hill at its center.
"I think everybody played their part individually," she says.
But that's not what the prosecution would have had the jury believe. Not at all.
The convoluted corruption case was filled with lots of City Hall jargon, clunky acronyms, more than 5,800 government exhibits and untold unanswered questions. But in the broad strokes of the prosecution's June 29 opening statement, it was clear the case would have something else: sex appeal.
There was the longing of forbidden love between Don and Sheila who had been carrying on a clandestine affair for roughly five years before it ended his marriage. There was the $10,000 cash payment to Don Hill outside a prominent South Dallas church, extorted by co-conspirator Darren Reagan from affordable-housing developer turned informant Bill Fisher. There was the $15,000 BMW given by Sheila to Don as a supposed legal retainer, the money for the car funneled through a bribery scheme that had developer Brian Potashnik hiring Sheila as a $14,500-a-month consultant. There was the hundreds of thousands of dollars handed out by Potashnik and Fisher in minority contracts for little or no work done, and the 30,000 wiretapped conversations, several of which were excerpted by the prosecution to give the jury a taste of more to come.
The government told the jury that in late 2004, Fisher and Potashnik were engaged in a turf battle to develop affordable-housing projects in South Dallas. Each developer had proposed an affordable-housing project that competed against the other in three separate neighborhoods. By law, each area was entitled to only one council-approved project for coveted federal tax credits. So the loser had significant capital at risk.
The defense attorneys, four of whom had been court appointed, were led by two black lawyers, Jackson and Vital, both younger than 40. In his opening statement, Jackson wasted no time attacking the credibility of the prosecution's star witness, Fisher, who had turned to the FBI in November 2004 after he claimed Lee asked him to donate $7,500 to a surprise birthday celebration for Hill and pressured him to hire unqualified subcontractors. Fisher is "conniving and dishonest," Jackson told the jury. And he even hired a private security firm owned by former city council member James Fantroy to gain Fantroy's crucial vote for Fisher's projects: "It's like the pot calling the kettle black," Jackson said. Because Potashnik simply built better projects, Fisher, Potashnik's former employee, "was angry, and he wanted to do something about it."
Though a risky trial strategy, Jackson told the jury that his client Don Hill would be testifying in his own defense. "What better evidence for you than to hear it from the horse's mouth?"
Up next was Sheila's attorney, Vital, who, like Jackson, appeared willing to throw former City Plan Commissioner Lee under the bus. He branded the co-defendant a "big spender" and said he had productivity issues. He stressed that his client's affair with Don Hill didn't make her a criminal, and yes, she was providing legitimate services for Potashnik's Southwest Housing—though he acknowledged that she was a poor record-keeper and "scatterbrained."
Rather than begin its case with a bang, the government, led by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Marcus Busch, Sarah Saldana and Chad Meacham, began with a painfully prolonged whimper. While star witnesses—Potashnik, Fisher and former Mayor Laura Miller—waited in the wings, the government tediously laid the predicate for their testimony by calling just-the-facts FBI agents who introduced the government's warehouse of physical evidence.
It wasn't until July 22 that Potashnik took the stand. His appearance was a triumph for the government, which a day before jury selection had turned Potashnik from a defendant adamantly maintaining his innocence into a witness for the prosecution. An 11th-hour plea offer was apparently too good to refuse.
Like Fisher, his first brush with City Hall shenanigans came from Fantroy and his security business. Potashnik testified that he had hired J.L. Security and Investigations to protect some of his developments, but fired the company after theft increased at three properties. Outraged, Fantroy vowed to never again support his projects, and from this encounter, Potashnik said he learned a valuable lesson. "If I did not work with elected officials and succumb to the pressure imposed, I would not be able to gain support."
That's why he "crossed the line," he said, by paying Farrington & Associates—a consulting company formed by Sheila and Lee—more than $14,500 a month, even though Sheila wasn't doing any actual work. Potashnik testified that Don had referred him to Sheila, though he was unaware at first of their ongoing affair or that Lee owned a piece of Farrington & Associates. He told the jury he didn't need a consultant, but feared that if he didn't hire Sheila, he would be denied "the political support to move forward."
Potashnik said he often felt pressured, though he couldn't cite instances of direct pressure coming from Hill. He did tell Hill that he felt threatened by Reagan, head of the Black State Employees Association of Texas, which didn't represent any actual employees. Reagan knew Hill through Kathy Nealy, Hill's close political confidant, and from his redevelopment of a South Dallas shopping center. Reagan wanted to become the project manager for two proposed Southwest Housing developments in Hill's district and wanted Potashnik to pay him a startling $250,000 plus a like amount generated from the projects. And what would Reagan provide in exchange? He would ensure the projects met all minority hiring goals, said Potashnik, goals necessary to enlist Hill's support. But Potashnik didn't succumb and refused to hire Reagan.
Potashnik did, however, hire LCG Development Group, a general contractor, after being pushed to do so by then-City Plan Commissioner Lee. Potashnik's company paid LCG, headed by Andrea Spencer (a co-defendant who had pleaded guilty before trial) and Ron Slovacek (a co-defendant who has yet to be tried) for concrete work done on a project outside of Hill's district, with some of the fees traced by the government into a Farrington & Associates bank account in what prosecutors called a "10 percent kickback scheme."
Potashnik felt he was being squeezed too hard by LCG, whose bid on each of two projects in Hill's district was $250,000 too high. A May 4, 2005, wiretap revealed Lee balking at lowering the bid and explaining to Slovacek that the $250,000 was a "tax" added to each project—$200,000 to Lee for brokering the deal, $50,000 to Spencer, who is black, for being the minority participant. Slovacek countered that removing the "tax" would allow them to match or underbid other contractors. But Lee told him they couldn't afford to do it for "Kibbles 'n Bits."
Potashnik testified that he found Lee's pressure to hire LCG "offensive," which led him to hire a different contractor, but he continued to work with Lee, fearing that if he didn't it would come back to haunt him. "I was basically in a state of denial. I looked the other way, put my head in the sand and didn't ask the right questions."
Potashnik's testimony cut both ways, weaving the fabric of conspiracy but also showing how loosely connected its threads were to Hill. During his four days on the stand, the prosecution played a May 2, 2005, wiretap that had Lee complaining to Hill about his LCG problems. Hill appeared to be giving his planning commissioner an ethics lecture, explaining that Lee couldn't profit off deals he voted on as a public official.
On cross-examination, defense lawyers attacked Potashnik for his "sweetheart" plea deal and his relationship with former Mayor Miller. Potashnik, his wife and father had together contributed $66,000 to her political campaigns and the strong mayor referendum she supported. And a day before her vote on a Southwest Housing project, Miller received a $10,000 contribution from the Potashniks. The implication? Why were five black people on trial, while Miller, a wealthy white woman, was not?
Since deciding not to run for a second full mayoral term in 2007, Miller had managed to stay out of the limelight, deferring to her successor, Tom Leppert, who quickly became the face of the city. But when the elegant, smartly dressed former journalist entered the courtroom on August 6, it seemed as though she had never left office.
A poised witness, Miller was witty when she wanted to be, combative when she needed to be. She testified she and Hill admired each other, and there were many issues regarding affordable housing upon which they agreed. There were three issues, however, upon which they didn't agree: handing out tax abatements to developers, a subsidy to attract the Cowboys to build its new stadium in Dallas and ethics reform. As mayor, Miller championed tough new ethics rules while Hill saw them as a stigma that branded the majority-minority council untrustworthy.
Miller recalled first meeting Bill Fisher at an August 23, 2003, council meeting. He was pitching the council on one of his proposed developments when Miller leaned toward Hill and asked why council member Fantroy had recused himself from the proceedings. Hill explained that if Fisher's project was approved, Fantroy would stand to benefit, because his company would be handling security at the new development.
"I thought it was inappropriate for that relationship to occur," Miller told the jury. So she confronted Fisher right there (by some accounts, creating a huge "ruckus"), and he confirmed the arrangement.
"Are you kidding?" she asked and immediately called the council into a closed-door executive session to discuss the propriety of the arrangement with then-City Attorney Madeleine Johnson.
Miller testified that Hill didn't understand her concerns, and "he was very emphatic about it." Hill began pacing around the council chambers. "He was very loud. He was aggravated."
Although Miller told the council she thought "everything was wrong with it," Johnson advised council members that Fantroy's recusal resolved any ethical dilemma. This gave the defense the cover it needed to argue that Hill's integrity was intact. Johnson's legal opinion, however, didn't placate the feisty Miller who next contacted Sarah Dodd, then a KTVT-Channel 11 news reporter. Her broadcast caught the attention of the FBI, which opened the investigation that gave rise to the current trial.
Prosecutor Saldana asked Miller what she thought of Fisher. "I thought he was doing something unethical in order to get support for his projects."
She held a higher opinion of Potashnik, though. In her cross-examination by Jackson, she admitted she often touted Potashnik's projects and had sent letters of support for Southwest Housing to Austin and San Antonio less than a month after receiving a campaign contribution from him. She also testified she had done nothing wrong; it was "perfectly legal" to accept campaign contributions.
On direct examination, Miller testified that Potashnik had told her he felt uncomfortable making a $40,000 donation to former council member Leo Chaney's book fair. "I said that if he had concerns, that he should go to the FBI."
Although Potashnik never took his complaints that far, Fisher did, becoming an FBI informant and agreeing to wear a wire and carry a large briefcase concealing a video camera. At one meeting at Starbucks, Lee grew suspicious of Fisher's "big bag" and even patted Fisher down. But that didn't stop Lee from incriminating himself after they sat down to talk.
Fisher, a stout man who resembles Rush Limbaugh, took the witness stand on August 11. Jerry Killingsworth, the city's housing director, had previously testified he didn't trust Fisher. "He had credibility issues with me."
Although the defense counted heavily on the jury having similar issues, Fisher appeared professional and serious when testifying, sounding knowledgeable and cautious.
Earlier testimony from Kathy Nealy gave jurors a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes roles political consultants play in representing their clients' interests before the council. Nealy, who is black, lobbied South Dallas council members and earned $175 per hour plus a $20,000 bonus each time a client's project passed the plan commission or city council; prominent consultant Carol Reed, who is white, earned $100,000 to secure the votes of North Dallas council members. Fisher testified he had retained both, saying Nealy had urged him to sign the security contracts with Fantroy to get his deals approved. This contradicted her testimony.
Fisher admitted that Hill never directly extorted money from him, but felt Hill was the unseen hand behind a conspiracy to do so. "All roads led through Don Hill," he said. "None of this could have happened without Don Hill controlling the votes on all of these matters, the zoning votes, the tax credit matters, all of these."
Fisher testified that Hill encouraged him to employ minority contractors on his projects, even suggesting he meet with Reagan, which Fisher did. On one development still seeking council approval, he entered into a large contract with Reagan to serve as his project manager. But that's not what brought him to the FBI. It was only after Fisher was pressured by Lee to donate $7,500 to Hill's surprise birthday party the day Fisher's project came up for a council vote that he felt compelled to go to the authorities. (A phone message introduced as evidence had Lee asking Fisher for $2,500.)
"I thought it was improper," Fisher testified. "I had matters pending, and $7,500 is way over the campaign limits."
Wiretaps played during Fisher's testimony also implicated co-defendants Rickey Robertson and Lee in a telling scheme. Fisher had been resisting Lee's attempts to pressure him into hiring Robertson's company, RA-MILL, as a subcontractor. When Fisher protested that Robertson, a car dealer, had no real construction experience, Lee proposed "Plan B": Fisher would pay him anyway.
Asked prosecutor Busch, "So their Plan B is, 'If you pay us $540,000, we won't do any work on this project?'"
"Yes, but we'll pass your zoning cases," Fisher testified.
Fisher's testimony and Lee's wiretap did so much damage to Lee that his lawyer was left with little choice but to claim entrapment, a last line of defense for most criminal attorneys. Hill's culpability, however, wasn't nearly as concrete: He rarely spoke to Fisher, and the government had so far failed to prove that Hill directly exchanged money for votes.
Vital also figured he'd scored points when he read a transcript of a December 6, 2004, taped conversation between Fisher and Lee. "The mayor is, in my opinion, doing something that she should not be doing," Fisher said. "She's taking massive campaign donations from Brian, and in exchange for that, in a tit-for-tat, she is opposing my projects." Fisher also said that Potashnik had given Miller $100,000 in the past year, and "you don't see it all in the campaign." Vital jumped on this as support for the defense contention that, unlike the defendants, Miller was able to avoid prosecution because she is white.
Hill, who had remained confident bordering on cocky throughout the government's case, had not heard anything yet that would keep him off the stand. The other defendants would not testify in their own defense, but Hill stood ready to be his own best witness.
Or his worst.
Fielding two days of softball questions from his lawyer's direct examination, Hill came across to the jury as the likable guy that he is: a dedicated public servant who, upon taking up his council position in June 1999, sought to follow the advice of former City Council Member Maxine Thornton-Reese, who urged him to accomplish two goals: "unite the African-American council members" and revitalize downtown.
Hill made a point of speaking directly to the jurors, something lawyers always advise their clients to do, and seemed sincere when asked by Ray Jackson how he felt about the prosecution's use of the term "mistress" when referring to his wife Sheila.
"That's been the most painful part of the entire trial," he said—that she had to pay the price for his adultery.
Hill maintained that no one knew that she was his mistress: not Brian Potashnik, not D'Angelo Lee. He had managed to keep their affair quiet, even though Lee and Sheila had gone into business together (they used her last name because Lee had credit problems, testified Hill) and Potashnik had their firm on a monthly $14,500 retainer (with Sheila receiving $2,500 and Lee the rest, according to Hill).
Hill claimed he never encouraged Fisher to hire Darren Reagan as a project manager on one of his affordable-housing developments, and he only learned afterward that Lee was profiting from a concrete contract with Potashnik for a development outside of his district. But at no time did he accept bribes or extort money from Potashnik or Fisher. And Hill maintained that while he wanted minority participation in the projects, it was never in exchange for his vote.
On September 8, the third mundane day of Hill's direct, Jackson asked about some of the more damning allegations against Hill. What about the infamous $10,000 cash payment captured on surveillance, showing Reagan handing him an envelope in a church parking lot of Friendship-West Baptist Church? Hill said he never expected to see Reagan there, and Reagan told Hill that the money was partly a campaign contribution from him and Allen McGill, his partner in BSEAT and a co-defendant who had pleaded guilty before trial. The rest was for D'Angelo Lee, whom Reagan expected to be working with in the future. Reagan also showed Hill an invoice from BSEAT to Fisher, along with a copy of Fisher's check to the company.
Subsequently, Lee and Sheila showed up at the church, but rather than give $5,000 to Lee, Hill handed it to Sheila, who would later deposit it in her Farrington & Associates bank account. So what appeared to be a $10,000 bribe from Fisher to Reagan to Hill was explained away by Hill as a fee for Farrington & Associates and a campaign contribution for Hill to fight the strong mayor referendum. Hill then reported the $5,000 as separate $1,000 contributions coming from Farrington, Reagan, McGill, Lee and Lee's wife. What might have appeared to jurors as cover-your-ass accounting could have looked worse. "Why not pocket it and move on down the road?" asked Jackson.
"That's what everyone wanted to expect of us, but we weren't going to do that," Hill said.
Jackson turned Hill's attention to another potential land mine—a wiretap, which prosecutors had introduced in anticipation of Hill taking the stand, of a conversation between Hill and Lynn Flint Shaw, a prominent political operative who was murdered last year by her husband. When she spoke with Hill, he was trying to broker a deal between the black community, which was interested in defeating Miller's strong mayor referendum, and wealthy white arts patrons, who were seeking city support to subsidize a maintenance contract for the arts district, which Miller opposed. Both Hill and Shaw were raising funds to defeat the strong mayor referendum. (Hill contributed his $5,000 from Reagan to the anti-strong mayor campaign.) But Hill wanted the arts community to contribute as well.
"They need to get $50,000 to $100,000 and get it to you by the end of the week," Hill told Shaw, "because if I don't see no money, I'm not voting on no maintenance contract."
Although the conversation had nothing to do with the pending prosecution, it did smack of the same kind of pay-for-play bribery for which Hill was on trial.
On direct, Hill offered a brief explanation of the conversation, whose sting was hard to mitigate. Wisely, Jackson moved through it quickly and changed directions.
Under the aggressive cross-examination of prosecutor Busch, Hill's calm façade quickly cracked. The prosecutor wasted no time in bringing out the self-serving inconsistencies in Hill's direct and came close to completely destroying his credibility.
Hill had testified that he recalled being told by the FBI that he was the "subject of an investigation but not a suspect or a target."
Was it a "clear lie," Busch asked, when Hill told the media that he wasn't the subject of an FBI investigation? To which Hill awkwardly responded, "No."
On direct, Hill had testified that he had no idea that Reagan was going to show up at the church parking lot—a minor point until Busch produced a transcript of a prior conversation between Hill and Reagan confirming a meeting would take place the next day. And why didn't Reagan just give Lee's share of the "payoff money" to Lee when he showed up at the church? Hill had no answer. And why did Hill break the remaining $5,000 into lesser $1,000 campaign contributions? Because he thought that was the legal limit. Not so, as Busch pointed out, as he read Hill the state law, which put the maximum cash contribution at $100.
Five o'clock couldn't have come too soon for Hill, who didn't have a much easier time the following day. Hill's credibility took another hit when Busch brought up his use of a fax machine, which would have been insignificant had Hill not lied about its location and ownership. First he told the jury that he didn't have a fax machine at his house (Busch presented a photo of one taken at his home during the FBI raid in June 2005), and then he said the machine belonged to his ex-wife, Vivian (Busch showed Hill a document that proved he knew the fax machine was city property). By the close of cross, Hill could no longer look at Busch, was awkwardly taking long pauses before answering, had repeatedly incurred the judge's scorn for being non-responsive and appeared, at times, to bury his head in defeat. Few courthouse observers doubted that Hill's decision to take the witness stand was a huge mistake.
Whether that mistake alone cost him an acquittal is somewhat academic. Jurors interviewed after deliberating on and off again for six days say it was the overwhelming weight of the government's evidence that caused them to return their verdicts of guilt.
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"The jury's verdict today," announced U.S. Attorney Jim Jacks in a post-trial press conference, "shows that the citizens of this community do not want a government where the game is rigged and the people in positions of power seek to further their own interests before that of the citizens they are supposed to be serving."
Aided by the testimony of Fisher and five of the 14 co-defendants who had pleaded guilty, the prosecution secured a major victory, but it's not over yet. Separate trials for state Representative Terri Hodge, Ron Slovacek and Jibreel Rashad, Robertson's partner in RA-MILL, are forthcoming. Cheryl Potashnik, Brian's wife, has pleaded guilty and will testify against Hodge, who is charged with accepting rent and utility subsidies from the Potashniks in exchange for letters of support for Southwest Housing.
But don't think for a moment that Don and Sheila Hill have been humbled by the verdict or are giving up the fight. Both are appealing their convictions.
"It's not like some little game, and if you lose, oh, you lost the game. People's lives are at stake," Sheila insists. "It's just the next step of being lynched."
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