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Home Styles Monarch Dining Table and Chairs
Add a stylish touch to your kitchen with this rectangular dining table. An 18-inch removable leaf and six chairs finish this dining set.
Pastoral kitchen pantry with recessed panel doors Crafted from hardwood solids and engineered wood Sleek black finish 2 storage ca...binets with fixed shelves and 2 adjustable shelves Overall dimensions: 30W x 16D x 72H inches Whats Included PantryDescription Perfect for cereal, canned goods and all your favorite kitchen ingredients or as an elegant linen closet for your homes hallway, the Home Styles Americana Black Pantry is a versatile cabinet with more than enough space to meet all your storage needs. Crafted from hardwood solids and engineered wood, this piece is incredibly sturdy but also incredibly stylish thanks to its traditional pastoral design and recessed door panels. Two storage cabinets open to fixed and adjustable shelving that can be customized to fit your needs. Measures 30W x 16D x 72H inches; some assembly required. About Home Styles Home Styles is a manufacturer and distributor of RTA (ready to assemble) furniture perfectly suited to todays lifestyles. Blending attractive design with modern functionality, their furniture collections span many styles from timeless traditional to cutting-edge contemporary. The great difference between Home Styles and many other RTA furniture manufacturers is that Home Styles pieces feature hardwood construction and quality hardware that stand up to years of use. When shopping for convenient, durable items for the home, look to Home Styles. Youll appreciate the value. read more
This Nantucket Kitchen Island and stools are constructed of solids and engineered wood in a Sanded and Distressed White Finish. Th...is piece is physically distressed by hand using different techniques such as wormhole effect, triangular indentations, paint splattering, and other imperfections. This piece is finished to have an aged patina look. This set has black granite inlay top, adjustable shelves on side, storage drawer and adjustable shelves behind doors. Set includes: Nantucket Island, Two Stools Distressed White Finish Materials: Hardwood solids, engineered woods Finish: Sanded and distressed white Upholstery materials: Vinyl seats Upholstery color: Black 3/4-inch black granite inlay top Convenient drop leaf that rises to extend depth to 37 inches Two adjustable shelves on each side Storage drawer and cabinet Black vinyl seat and back on stools Antique brushed nickel hardware Seat dimensions: 24 inches high Dimensions: 36.25 inches high x 48 inches wide x 27 inches deep Assembly required. This product ships in four 4 boxes. Avoid placing your furniture in direct sunlight and maintain at least two feet between furniture and heat sources. Aniline and Protected leathers are especially sensitive to direct sunlight. Use a professional cleaner to help resist staining and prevent overall soiling. Note: This product will be shipped using Threshold delivery. The product will be delivered to your door or the nearest ground-level entrance of your residence. Signature required upon delivery. read more
This kitchen cart is an ideal blend of style and function: spacious, well-organized with your choice of 3 different tops. choose y...our cart top: heavy-gauge 18/8 stainless steel, solid hardwood or solid graniteavailable in a variety of colors and finisheslarge storage areas with adjustable shelvesspice rack on one side; towel rack on the other2 drawers, 4 raised-panel cabinet doors with metal hardware Durable hardwood construction with heavy-duty locking rubber casters. Assembly required. Measures 48�x17�x34�"H. Imported. read more
Save Room without Sacrificing Your Work Space with this Beautiful Naples Corner Desk If you are looking to set up a convenient wor...kspace within your own home, then this Naples corner desk by Home Styles may be the perfect furniture option for you. Its... read more
Bedford Compact Computer Desk and Hutch-Ebony Finish Home Styles Bedford Compact Cabinet and Hutch is constructed of poplar solid ...hardwoods and engineered wood in a rich multi-step Ebony finish. Cabinet features include file drawer that accommodates letter or legal size files... myboysmommyKnoxville, TN 2 of 2 people found this review helpful.Tue, Oct 25, 2011 via kmart.comDO NOT BUY~ Bedford desk and hutch is ABOSOLUTELY not worth the $ Basically this product comes in 2 flat packs. Upon opening found several boards were split/broken/damaged. Within the first few steps found pre-drilled holes were not in the right place (off a bit) leading to issues with parts not lining up. Also this meant none of the 4 door shut correctly or lined up either. Also as we screwed in the provided screws into the predrilled holes, the wood began to split in many places. Also we had 2 boards that are warped. In addition to all this atleast 3 steps on the directions are incorrect leading to having to undo and redos. Basically after 6 hours of assembly we have a doorless piece of furniture that looks like something we could have bought for $199. Now we are dealing with Sears as we refuse to put an additional minute to dismantle it to return. Charging this kind of money for this piece is robbery. Was this helpful?YesNo Flag read more
Sleep like royalty in the Naples Canopy Queen Bed, a striking centerpiece for your bedroom. This canopy bed frame is constructed f...rom sturdy, hardwood and finished with a beautiful black veneer. The simple yet sophisticated design sleek, straight lines, slightly flared legs and raised panels on the headboard and footboard. A simple, elegant canopy bed perfect for the contemporary bedroom. Frame Material: HardwoodSurface Material: VeneerNot Included: MattressCare and Cleaning: Wipe Clean With a Dry ClothDimensions: 60.25 " H x 87.0 " W x 87.0 " D Headboard Dimensions: 60.25 " H x 62.5 " W x 87.0 " D Weight: 176.0 Lb.see shipping and returnsreview this item read more
Enhance your kitchen with an attractive, well-organized kitchen cart. Customize it to complement your d�cor with your choice of 3 ...different tops. choose your cart top: heavy-gauge 18/8 stainless steel, solid hardwood or solid graniteavailable in a variety of colors and finisheslarge storage area with adjustable shelfspice rack on one side; towel rack on the otherstorage drawer, 2 cabinet doors with metal hardware Durable hardwood construction with heavy-duty locking rubber casters. Assembly required. Measures 32�x18�x35�"H. Imported. read more
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This attractive kitchen cart is an easy way to expand your counterspace, or use it as a serving bar when entertaining. Kitchen Car...t: natural wood finish topped with stainless steel top blends well with all styles of d�cor easy-to-sanitize stainless steel is optimum for food preparation middle shelf is slatted and adjustable; perfect for wine rack or extra storage space fixed bottom shelf, 2 drawers with brushed stainless hardware, and towel holder rolls easily and silently on heavy-duty locking rubber casters Kitchen cart is 44x20�x36"H. Rubber wood with stainless steel top. Wipe wood parts with soft cloth. Use stainless steel cleaner with soft cloth or paper towel for top. Easy assembly. Imported. read more
This kitchen island hides a unique sliding mechanism that allows its two posts to easily slide and expand the top surface from 26�..." to 39". Mahogany solids and cherry ...more info This kitchen island hides a unique sliding mechanism that allows its two posts to easily slide and expand the top surface from 26�" to 39". Mahogany solids and cherry veneers warmed with a multi-step rustic cherry finish.recessed panel doorsprofiled edge topbold moldings4 storage drawersmetal drawer guidesantique bronze hardware1 adjustable shelf behind storage doorMahogany/cherry veneer. Measures 26�x48x36"H. Assembly with Phillips screwdriver required. Clean with damp cloth. Imported. read more
Accent your home decor with the modern styling of the Cooper coffee table, featuring a bold black grain finish. This exceptional p...iece highlights a solid wood construction, tapered legs, and convenient storage. Tapered legs Number of drawers: One 1 Set included: One 1 Cooper coffee table Material: Wood Finish: Provence with black grain Dimension: 18 inches high x 47 inches wide x 29 inches deep We cannot accept returns on this product. Assembly Required read more
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Add a clean new look to your bedroom decor with this Tribeca queen-size bed. Clean lines and a rich wenge finish highlight this be...autiful bed. Materials: Solid rubberwood Finish: Wenge Modern design accented by clean lines Slat design eliminates the need for a box spring Fits a queen-size mattress not included Dimensions: 41 inches high x 64 inches wide x 87.1 inches long Mattress, box spring, and bedding comforter, sheets, pillows, etc. are NOT included. Assembly required. This product ships to you in three 3 boxes. read more
Materials: Wood, veneer, MDF, glass Finish: Black Three 3 drawers Spacious drawers run on solid metal glides Spacious top panel ca...n solidly hold most flat screens TV up to 60 inches Three thick, clear glass shelves divides center portion of unit into six spacious compartments for electronics storage Curved legs Mid-century open back design Clean with a damp cloth Dimensions: 22 inches high x 60 inches wide x 16 inches deep Assembly required read more
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Set includes sofa and chaise 2-piece sectional Durable Genuine leather and leather match upholstery in dark brown Furniture featur...es a hardwood frame and stuffed with high density foam Includes an internal rubber lattice support system for added comfort When you sit on this, everything that touches your body is leather Leatherette is used on the sides and back for added durability, and easier cleanup When seated in this sectional, the chaise is on the left hand side Dimensions: Set measures 123.5 inches long x 87.5 inches deep x 31 inches high Sofa: 84 inches long x 29 inches high x 38 inches deep Chaise: 87.5 inches long x 29 inches high x 39.5 inches wide Seat: 16.5 inches high x 22 inches deep Arm: 15 inches wide x 22.5 inches high Signature required upon delivery. Note: This product will be shipped using Threshold delivery. The product will be delivered to your door or the nearest ground-level entrance of your residence. Signature required upon delivery. read more
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The simple charm of Remi Contemporary Dresser and Mirror will charm you with its lucky number 7 English Dovetail drawers. An extre...mely attractive mirror with mushroom head pulls completes this set. Set includes: Dresser, mirror Materials: Solid woods, veneer Finish: Espresso wood Four large bottom English Dovetail drawers, along with three English Dovetail upper smaller size drawers Wooden mushroom head knobs Nicely shaped bun feet Elegant tall mirror with clean, fine lines Dresser Dimensions: 34 inches high x 63 inches wide x 18 inches deep Mirror dimensions: 41 inches high x 39 inches wide x 1.63 inches deep Assembly required. This product ships in two 2 boxes. Note: This product will be shipped using Threshold delivery. The product will be delivered to your door or the nearest ground-level entrance of your residence. Signature required upon delivery. read more
Update your kitchen and dining rooms convenience and decor with a hanging pot rack Kitchen accessory includes 24 hooks to easily s...tore all your pots, pans, ladles and other accessories Rectangular hanging pot rack is made of heavy-gauge steel Finish options: Graphite, copper, satin nickel, bronze Features 24 hooks, 12 are angled and 12 are straight Includes two 6-inch extension hooks for hanging Made of heavy-gauge steel Mounting hardware included read more
These Swap dining chairs manage to be eye-catching without being over-the-top. With a white molded seat and a grey backrest, these... chairs are stackable for easy storage and will fit in with a modern decor. Materials: Plastic, acrylic Finish: White molded plastic seat Transparent grey acrylic backrest Stackable Dimensions: 32.5 inches high x 21.75 inches wide x 16 inches deep; seat height: 18.75 inches read more
Give your home decor a fresh touch with this Preston set of two chairs featuring oak wood construction in a formal carved finish. ...Cotton light beige fabric on the seat and back completes the look of this furniture. Color: Light beige Materials: Cotton, oak wood Finish: Oak Seat height: 19 inches Dimensions: 38.5 inches high x 23 inches wide x 18.5 inches deep Number of boxes this will ship in: One 1 Chairs arrive fully assembled Avoid placing your furniture in direct sunlight and maintain at least two feet between furniture and heat sources. Aniline and Protected leathers are especially sensitive to direct sunlight. Use a professional cleaner to help resist staining and prevent overall soiling. For oil based stains, use a professional degreaser. Please note: This order will be shipped via Freight carrier and our Oversized Item Delivery/Return policy will apply. Please click here for more information. read more
Sleek and sophisticated, this bold 6-drawer dresser features a durable thick top and sides. With simple lines and brushed drawer p...ulls, this dresser offers modern styling. Materials: MDF, composite wood Finish: Black Brushed chrome finished pull-handles Thick top and sides Six 6 drawers Crafted in North America Dimensions: 29.75 inches high x 58.5 inches wide x 15.25 inches deep< Assembly required read more
The Valhalla Designer Series 5-Drawer Chest in Medium Brown Walnut has bold, thick tops and sides that will provide your bedroom w...ith a high level of sophistication and style. This chest pairs substance and style with 5-drawers that provide plenty of storage space for your clothing. The black finish contrasts with the brushed metal drawer pulls to complete the modern styling. Combine this chest with others members of the Valhalla Designer Series collection to complete your bedroom. read more


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Location is fantastic, directly in front of the beach and restaurants. So much to choose from to eat at. 10 mins to the 12 apostles. Apartments are a good size, we stayed in a bayview level 1. The problem was ours (no.14) was the only one without a roof over the balcony so couldn't sit outside when it rained and... More
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- We are proud to feature Port Campbell's newest accommodation, with a new apartment wing and additional first-level villas now available.We offer visitors a luxuriously-relaxing stay to complement their sightseeing adventures along the Great Ocean Road, and are close to the food, fashion, arts and crafts of Port Campbell, including our cafe/takeaway for a quick snack or a great coffee.Combining crisp, modern style with country hospitality and warmth, Sea Foam is private and quiet, thanks to double-glazed windows and thoughtfully designed apartments.Relax on a balcony or deck while watching the water, or just take in the passing parade in Lord Street.The bright, spacious and airy, all units are fully self-contained, with queen-sized beds, quality furnishings and fittings throughout, reverse cycle air-conditioning and heating, washing machines, and Austar cable TV.We look forward to making your stay a memorable one!Your hosts,Andy and Steph O'Connor ... more less
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Broward County agencies offer opportunities for residents to volunteer their services to benefit their community. Whether you are a retiree with extra time on your hands, a student looking to fulfill service hours, or an individual or group interested in being involved, this website offers opportunities for you to consider.
Technology Instructors Needed at the Libraries Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013
Make a difference in the lives of adults by volunteering as a Broward County Library technology instructor. You don't need to be a computer expert – your enthusiasm and patience along with a good working knowledge of computers and the Internet are all that's required. A single five-hour instructor training session designed for adult learners is required to teach, and you must complete the Broward County Library volunteer application and background check forms. Both can be found on the Library Volunteer website.
Technology classes for adults learners are offered at 12 Broward County Library locations on such topics as Basic Computer, iPad, eMail, Searching the Internet, Online Job Searching and Résumés, and Social Networking. A class may consist of one to six sessions, and each session lasts approximately two hours. All teaching materials are provided. For more information, visit the OASIS Connections website or call 954-201-2657.
Parks Needs VIPs! Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013
Broward County Parks and Recreation Division's Volunteers Improving Parks (VIP) program offers a variety of volunteer projects for students, families and groups of all sizes to share their time and talents with the community. VIP opportunities are available throughout the park system with schedules that are convenient for just about everyone. No experience is required – training and assistance will be provided. Take the first step today and fill out a volunteer application, or call the Volunteer Coordinator at 954-357-8153. More...
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Animal Care and Adoption has needs for volunteers in a variety of positions.
Pet Foster Parents: Residents with extra time can volunteer to foster very young kittens and puppies that have come into the shelter without their mother. Animal Care will provide training. More...
Greeters: If you enjoy working with the public and/or on a computer, Animal Care and Adoption needs you! Volunteer Greeters welcome customers and give them basic information regarding shelter programs and services.
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Solid Waste and Recycling Services and Partner Cities Remove Nearly a Ton of Litter During "Great American Cleanup 2013"
Updated: July 31, 2013Approximately 2,000 pounds of litter were removed from Broward County school grounds as part of the "Great American Cleanup 2013." Between March 1 and May 31, Solid Waste and Recycling Services worked with "Keep Broward Beautiful" partner cities and volunteer students to coordinate the drive. Horizon Elementary School in Sunrise picked up the greatest amount of litter, removing 240 pounds in just two hours. In Hollywood, Driftwood Middle School students removed 234 pounds of litter, with Atlantic Tech in Coconut Creek close behind with 233 pounds.
County Food Drive Nets More Than 26,000 Pounds of Food
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Broward County's 365 Food Drive has resulted in 28,596 pounds of food that has been donated to area food banks. The drive was launched as a annual campaign in January 2010, and became an ongoing campaign in 2011 due to the increase in demand for assistance caused by the national economic downturn. All non-perishable food items, such as canned meat, vegetables and fruit, peanut butter, jelly or jam, soups, pasta and toiletries, are welcome at any time. Collection boxes are available at the Governmental Center, 115 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale; Government Center West, 1 N. University Drive, Plantation; all Broward County libraries, and the Main and regional County Courthouses. For a complete list of collection box locations and food items needed, visit broward.org/FoodDrive.


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Soprano's star struggles with mental illness
Joe Pantoliano wants people suffering with a mental disorder to know they are not alone
May 2, 2012
Joe Pantoliano
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Joe Pantoliano wants people suffering with a mental disorder to know they are not alone
May 2, 2012
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-- here in Chile is fabulous actor he has known from the -- so of course.
Know you from sopranos but we want to talk about this no kidding -- 22.
I know someone's distracting is over there the guys take it down no kidding me -- -- -- KM two dot org the lead number two.
There it is go check -- this website we're gonna tell you which confined there and it opened the card tells you what our mission yet and -- -- they can't see the -- a good website and they'll they'll read your mission there -- we'll talk about that in a moment but I also want to talk about discus all ties in together as it -- and that you're an author of this book called a silent as your new -- it's a good looking cover.
It gets your attention and that's the point because you want to get the attention and bring light shed light on what you're talking about -- Which is you call him until -- needs.
Okay this is of course we're beginning mental health awareness month now and you were diagnosed with clinical depression in your fifties.
So why -- -- did you put your ideas.
Five years -- to five years ago so why did you put your name in your face.
To this this illness and and and why now come out yeah.
You know that'd be discrimination.
And and prejudice and bigotry that surrounds mental disease.
Is akin to.
What was happening and and the United States and -- sixties with African Americans.
Gay community community.
This is like the last vestige of equal rights for human beings and the country 75%.
Of all Americans we'll have some kind of mental disease in their lifetime.
Yet there is shame about talking.
About it recovery.
Comes when you disgusted with -- -- say that you.
Mood disorder you're -- hear no kidding me to.
-- I what I was getting better I went to do.
A movie I've decided to movie and I went to see this studio doctor that they have to check -- -- and making it -- and it got -- Insurance company -- a bit that you're going to be around.
Well when I finished and I told them what was going on and I said.
You know he had a history of lung disease heart disease.
Do you drink no.
What medication you take like take ten milligrams of Lipitor.
A baby aspirin and now I'm taking ten milligrams of antidepressant.
Okay I signed the thing two days later my life as they won't insure you you are insurance risk they said that they will.
They will attach a -- in that if you have a mental breakdown.
And you cause this production slow down a stoppage would be your financial responsibility.
I had to sign that -- I started telling my colleagues you know high profile celebrities.
And they started telling me well I don't tell.
You know I just don't say it and I knew that this -- it precedent -- might -- lawyer's client the client who.
-- how to break down.
Cause the studio two weeks -- stopping.
And ultimately they went after him they looked at his credit card records and saw that he was in fact taking an anti -- and they.
And they suing for breach of contract.
So your your your point here is that eating it exacerbates the problem if you can't.
If you can't acknowledge that you have this.
Illness this mental dis ease -- you call it an inch do you feel like it's not fair.
You've it's easy to to to -- -- is that you know we want we want equal rights that we are American brain.
We want our brains to have the same constitutional parity.
Buy insurance company to.
Be paid to heal it.
They would take care of our gall bladder which is an even functioning any longer doesn't even have a job it's obsolete.
And our brain when you talk about vital organs is the only.
Matter that can't be removed that can't be replaced.
Replace a heart beat inflation along.
It is this science is doing that but I'm going to very valuable and preventative medicine is what I'm talking about we want and I I've I mess.
The largest celebrity based organization in the country and for years we.
You allow a celebrity you sign on to the dark corners of prejudice and discrimination against move disease.
And what we want to do is make it cool in trendy we want to make the discussion of mental uneasiness.
Cooling trendy.
We want we want science.
To go do what they got -- debated in the meantime we can talk about -- -- -- that it's okay you know why we have it was similar problems so with so dearly if someone goes to indicate -- -- -- cave in to the number two no kidding me two dot board.
And they are looking for a place to go to where they can discuss this openly -- where they can.
-- and I loved it they that they want -- best front that ought to go anywhere.
You know if I told you I have anxiety disorder and you know when you did you know you.
Probably -- somebody that does it.
I guess has -- two.
You know could we talk about emotional intimacy.
That kids will talk about.
There acne and that time a month.
But they want to talk about what's troubling -- what's with this is a scary place is a lot going on for teenagers that's when kids.
Discover that they have some kind.
Medical issue.
They he'll go off to school that's -- drinking and -- starts to exacerbate because.
We have those I had these dead seven deadly symptoms which were drinking eating dieting.
-- being -- couldn't afford the shopping shoplifting.
Thing is that.
That all did my my state of -- that how how did those that was caused by your mental diseases you call it.
As I discovery and therapy.
That I had that -- traumatic events in my life and as a kid.
And I unconsciously.
Had made a decision because I was dyslexic and I I didn't know how to read.
I made a decision that was gonna show them that I was going to get inside my mother's TV -- and become.
A celebrity and that would be my -- if I can go to Hollywood and Hollywood and we embraced me that would be -- asylum along with local all you need for a good asylum is an empty room in the right kind of people.
Right I understand I think Hollywood.
Is the largest asylum.
And the world.
This sick is most screwed up -- wind up in Hollywood.
You know Whitney.
-- -- Let me use then -- let's just.
Keep it here with fueling well let's talk about Whitney Houston and and that Amy Winehouse.
Who did the title song from imovie you know getting into she gave me her -- she's in charge me.
Can't they both died from a mental this easy miss them.
It was the mental uneasiness that they couldn't get out of their mind that they couldn't come to reckoning widths and so they want to feel better.
And this stuff made me feel better the twenty -- -- a day made me feel better but that's not working.
-- just like the alcohol stop working everything it stops working.
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Nicaragua Strengthens Economic Ties with Europe
Recent meetings and agreements signal that European countries may increase investment in energy and infrastructure projects in Nicaragua.By Peter Tase.
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Furious about its government cowing to Russia and mishandling economic challenges, Ukrainian citizens have taken to the streets in record force. By Ivan Verstyuk.
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Chris Brown's Tat Resembles Beaten Woman, CD Label 'Beats Women'
Chris Brown recently got a tattoo that resembles a battered woman, and an anti-domestic violence group put a label on his CD that says "Warning: Do not buy this album. This man beats women."
Chris Brown insists that his new tattoo, that is adorned on his neck, is a depiction of a mexican sugar skull, a decorative sugar sculpture used in the Mexican culture in celebrations. However, it looks a lot like a beaten woman.
Customers shopping for CDs at HMV stores in London have reported seeing an "advisory label' on Chris Brown's latest album warning patrons not to buy the album because "this man beats women."
Brown was charged with felony assault in 2009 after he physically abused his then-girlfriend Rihanna. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years probation, as well as community service and domestic violence conseling.
It's unclear how the stickers got on copies of Fortune, Brown's fifth studio album, but Gigwise reports that there are believed to have been placed on the CD cases by anti-domestic-violence activists.
Despite negative reviews, Fortune, which was released in late June, debuted at number one on the album sales charts both in the UK and here in the US.


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"No act of Jefferson's administration presents such a variety of disgraceful features as this shameful purchase of a colony of Frenchmen." Federalist Party, Circa 1803
It was a time of war, strife and heated debate! Napoleon was leading the crusade of a French empire in the nations of the old world while modern-day America was being jostled between French, Spanish, English and Union interests. By 1803 the United States consisted of 17 states and 4 territories in the East with the formidable Appalachian Mountains running down the middle. The key communication port of New Orleans on the Mississippi River belonged at that moment to France, but Napoleon was under pressure. Having lost strongholds in the Caribbean and under financial strain to fund his war in Europe, he and made a bargain that would change the future forever. On April 30, 1803 he authorized the sale of the entire 828,000 square mile French Territory of Louisiana for 60 million Francs (~$15 million).
The purchase almost doubled the size of the United States overnight, but it had surprisingly heavy opposition. The bargain had been struck in a rush and without formal approval of the president. Opponents in the Federalist Party, worried about their balance of power, argued the purchase was "worthless desert" and unconstitutional, stricking back hot with comments like the quote above. But with historical foresight, Jefferson upheld the deal and the treaty was ratified.
The massive impact of this piece of history strikes me as I stand on the steps of the State Capitol in Baton Rouge. It's a spring day, cherry blossoms are blooming, the sky is a brilliant blue and the dates carved in stone by my feet take me back in time. We're here for a quick stop to visit family and I'm amazed at how green and peaceful the town is despite the busy working traffic of the Mississippi River and the bustle of LSU (Louisiana State University). We're parked in a horse park just outside town bounded by large, green pasture and the river. Here we'll hang out and regenerate for a few days, watch the horses, walk the levee and enjoy some good meals before we run off to boondock in Texas. After this point we'll be West of the Mississippi and into another phase of history. In the meantime I'll walk and marvel on the land that was purchased so long ago for only 5 cents an acre.


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Has Gettysburg Kicked Its Kitsch Factor?
Historian Tony Horwitz travels to the Civil War battlefield and finds that even where time is frozen, it's undergone welcome changes
- By Tony Horwitz
- Smithsonian magazine, April 2013, Subscribe
Climbing over a snake-rail fence, Peter Carmichael leads me across a field of grass stubble and gray boulders. On this wintry day in 2013, the field is frozen and silent. But 150 years ago it was filled with the shriek and smoke of the bloodiest battle in American history.
"The Confederates who charged here were mowed down in minutes," says Carmichael, director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. As evidence, he shows me photographs taken just after the battle of bullet-riddled corpses. Then he walks a few paces and lays the 1863 images on the ground. The field in the photographs aligns perfectly with the one we're looking at in 2013, right down to clefts in individual boulders. All that's missing are the dead. "That's what's so chilling and special about Gettysburg," Carmichael says. "You can almost enter the past. It's like time travel."
Recapturing history with such precision wasn't always so easy at Gettysburg. When I visited as a boy in the 1960s and '70s, the battlefield contours included the Home Sweet Home Motel, a 300-foot observation tower and a Stuckey's restaurant. Until just a few years ago, the battlefield visitors center stood near Gettysburg's "High Water Mark" (the farthest point reached in Pickett's Charge) and within sight of a wax museum, a restaurant called General Pickett's Buffets and a clot of souvenir shops.
Tourist kitsch has always been part of Gettysburg's appeal and much of it remains. But due to an extraordinary rehabilitation of the battlefield in recent years, and nonmilitary sites in and around the town, visiting Gettysburg is a much richer experience than the one many Americans may recall from school and family trips in earlier decades.
This is also a community that takes history seriously while having serious fun. Karin J. Bohleke is a case in point as is her husband, a scholar at Gettysburg's Lutheran Theological Seminary, the cupola of which served as a lookout for both armies in 1863. I met the couple in the ballroom of the Gettysburg Hotel, teaching quadrilles and reels to 50 people practicing for a period ball. "Good Victorian posture!" Bohleke instructs. "And ladies, when you step back, tilt forward on your toes so you won't trip on your hoop skirts."
This casual blend of past and present suffuses Gettysburg, attracting people who love to live history, and not just the Civil War. In warm weather the streets fill with battle re-enactors, Lincoln impersonators, ghost-tour leaders carrying lanterns, and others dressed in everything from buckskins to World War II attire (the summer dress code seems to be "any time but the present"). Residents are so used to this eclectic parade that they don't even blink at buying groceries beside Stonewall Jackson or Clara Barton. "It's the banality of weirdness," says Ian Isherwood, who teaches history at Gettysburg College. "People feel this license to be whomever they want."
A more somber air prevails on the fields and ridges around town, where the Valley of Death and Slaughter Pen speak to the carnage that occurred here in 1863. That summer, following repeated victories in Virginia, Robert E. Lee led his army into Pennsylvania, hoping to gather supplies and crush his demoralized foes by beating them on Northern soil. A Union Army shadowed Lee's, but neither side knew the other's exact position. When units from the two armies collided near Gettysburg, reinforcements quickly converged along the ten roads leading into the town. Unlike most major Civil War battles, which resulted from long campaigns for control of strategic rail or river hubs, Gettysburg was a sudden and improvised clash in and around a rural college town. The three days of fighting caused 51,000 casualties—almost a third of all the soldiers engaged, and more than 20 times the town's civilian population.
Gettysburg turned the Civil War in the Union's favor, and Lincoln's address near the soldiers' cemetery four months after the battle is the most famous in U.S. history.Gettysburg is also the world's largest sculpture garden, with over 1,300 monuments dotting miles of countryside. In short, there's an awful lot of hallowed ground to cover. So it pays to be selective and to exercise some old-school virtues: map-reading, advance study and most of all, imagination. Otherwise, Gettysburg may seem just a peaceful expanse of farmland, marble and mute cannons—the opposite of the violent and deafening scene of destruction the battlefield commemorates.
Fortunately, the Gettysburg National Military Park does a stellar job of interpreting the battlefield, beginning with an introductory movie and museum at a palatial new visitors center. The park service has also just restored Gettysburg's famed cyclorama, a 377-foot circular painting with a viewing platform at the center, so that combat swirls dizzyingly around you. Painted on canvas in 1884, the artwork melds into a 3-D diorama, creating the illusion that you can step off the platform and into Pickett's Charge.
The changes to the 6,000 acres of battlefield park are even more striking because of an ambitious rehabilitation over the past 12 years. Not only have intrusive modern structures and utility lines been removed. The park service (which has a tree on its logo) has cleared woods that weren't there in 1863, replanted orchards that were, and rebuilt miles of the zigzag "worm" fences that formed such a distinct and critical part of the original battleground.
While hard-core buffs might dream of even more—roads returned to wagon trails and planes banned from Gettysburg's airspace—the result is a rare re-creation of the mid-19th century. "We're not doing DNA analysis to determine exactly what type of heirloom apple grew in which orchard," says Katie Lawhon, a park service ranger, "but we're doing what's realistic and sustainable to bring back the 1863 landscape." This has brought environmental dividends, too, including the return of long-absent birds and of a rare mammal called the "least shrew."
The rehabilitation has also drawn attention to parts of the battlefield that were once hard to reach or make sense of because of changes in the land. Most visitors still cluster at famous sites, such as Little Round Top, where Joshua Chamberlain and his Maine men repelled a flank assault, or the Angle, where Pickett's Charge crashed into the Union line. But serious buffs like Peter Carmichael of the Civil War Institute prefer horse and walking trails removed from the tourist mobs. Clutching maps and photographs from the 1860s, he leads me on a narrow path to the base of Culp's Hill, where the fighting was so intense that men battled into the night.
"That's a burial trench," he says, pointing at a depression about three feet deep and six feet wide. "It was filled with Confederate soldiers." Though the bodies were later disinterred and moved to gravesites in Virginia, the land still bears the scars. Carmichael reads letters from John Futch, who saw his brother suffer and die while fighting here. "We lost all of our boys nearly," Futch wrote his wife, declaring himself "half crazy" and desperate to return home. He deserted soon after the battle, but was caught and executed. "Places like this, where you can link the landscape to individuals, remind you that the war wasn't all glory and noble sacrifice," Carmichael says.
After a half-day of battle tourism, I retreated into town, which I'd barely explored on previous visits. One reason: The street closest to the battleground is a gaudy strip that includes the wax museum, a model train museum, Servant's Olde-Tyme Photos and shops peddling cap guns, toy soldiers and paranormal gear for the town's dozen ghost tours. But just beyond this skirmish line of schlock stretches the town's historic heart, a grid of handsome streets and buildings, anchored by Gettysburg College. The bucolic hilltop campus arose before the Civil War on land owned by Thaddeus Stevens, the radical abolitionist played by Tommy Lee Jones in the movie Lincoln. An exhibit on Stevens includes his light brown wig, boots designed for his club foot, a photograph of the black woman he allegedly shared his bed with, and a document quoting Stevens' words shortly before his death: "My lifelong regret is that I have lived so long and uselessly."
Lincoln was likewise modest (and wrong) in declaring at Gettysburg, "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here." The story of his 272-word address is well told at the David Wills House, a museum inside the home where Lincoln stayed the night before his speech. The grand brick home features the room where Lincoln may have polished his words, and the mahogany bed he slept in. I also learned that the Gettysburg Address was recorded by reporters at the scene, not always with accuracy. One newspaper wrote that Lincoln closed his speech by resolving that, "government for and of the people, born in freedom, might not perish from apathy." Another newspaper considered Lincoln's address a collection of "silly, flat, and dishwater utterances."
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I grew up in Virginia with Confederate trenches in my backyard. I've never been to Gettysburg because I've always envisioned a battlefield ruined by statuary, much the way the Vicksburg battlefield is more about 20th-century hero worship than the actual battle. But the 150th anniversary reminds me this is a site I must visit.
Posted by Rossor on June 30,2013 | 10:00 AM
In regard to Tony Horwitz's recommendation of "advance study" before visiting Gettysburg ("Best Small Towns"): A source that should not be overlooked is historian Douglas Southall Freeman's three-volume classic, Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command (1944). His detailed, evocative chronicling of the battles of the Army of Northern Virginia include (Vol.3) a spellbinding account of the Gettysburg engagements, from the confederate perspective. Lee's Lieutenants is a great read, even for one who isn't preparing to visit a Civil War battlefield.
Posted by James Shaver on May 6,2013 | 01:39 PM
Been to Gettysburg many times. I always have to stop at The Mine (the bar mentioned in the article). Lots of great conversation with many educated and interesting characters. You may end up learning even more there than on the Battlefield.
Posted by Ben on April 4,2013 | 07:46 PM
The most interesting fact about the 20 year old woman who died while baking bread was that she was apparently the only civilian fatality in a battle that included 51,000 combatant casualties. A different time.
Posted by Joe Jones on March 31,2013 | 11:06 PM
I too am pulled to Gettysburg, probably from frequent visits with my dad while my mom was busy visiting her alma mater, the now closed St. Joseph's College in Emmittsburg, MD (now the site of the fire/rescue training center). My last visit I roamed the streets of the town and visisted the beautiful new visitor's center,with my old friend the cyclorama. Something about the all those lives coming together still floats in the air. Twice now I've done a horseback battlefield tour-it brings a perspective to events that at least some of the participants had. After reading this article, I'm looking at my calendar for when I can return. Thankfully, it is only a day trip from my home in Baltimore.
Posted by Mary James on March 29,2013 | 09:57 AM
Gettysburg College is a bucolic campus, but it is not "hilltop" campus. The writer is likely confusing the college with the Lutheran Seminary, which sits atop Seminary Ridge.
Posted by Sean on March 28,2013 | 07:15 PM
My wife and I visited Gettysburg for the 100th anniversary of this terrible battle. We spoke in hushed tones as we walked among the many monuments. We never returned. Gettysburg had taught us much that lasted a lifetime.
Posted by Richard Ariessohn on March 27,2013 | 12:25 PM
Gettysburg keeps making me come back. Last week was the sixth time... What is it that does that? Has to be the lure of guilty landscape and historical atmosphere... NPS does a fantastic job in preserving the field, I try to help a little by donating to the Civil War Trust. Wish I could come over more often. Frank, Holland PS. I really liked your book Conferates in the Attic!
Posted by Frank Ratelband on March 24,2013 | 11:52 AM
Tony (or anybody else) - how can i locate the burial trench that you spoke of? Thanks John
Posted by John on March 22,2013 | 09:27 AM
To capture Gettysburg - a timeless place. And to show the amazing, positive changes that have happened to Gettysburg - "the ambitious rehabilitation" which Horowitz describes - we used unmanned aerial drone high definition video cameras to show the battlefield in a way that it has never been seen before in "The Gettysburg Story" film for public television. You can see a preview of the film here: http://www.GettysburgStory.com
Posted by Jake Boritt on March 22,2013 | 08:35 AM


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October 22, 2011, 01:08:37 PM »
Good morning all.
I started gardening with earthboxes in 2004. I live in Central Florida. In 1980 we lived in a small town called Avon Park, Fl. It's best know for the small air force bombing range close by. But the AF shut the bombing range down as far as Air Force military presence. I gardened with my roto tiller and muscle power, enough to more then feed and can the food I grew. I had three large garden plots on the 2 acres we lived on. But it was sosososo hard. I tried to plant directly but water just didn't stay when I watered, leaching right through the sand. So I gathered all my neighbors grass clippings after my kids went to school and toted them home in my little trailer. I started lining each furrow with grass clippings, planting seeds directly on top, and then adding another layer of leaves before covering with sand, I watered and watered. I did get a great garden but I am way over wanting to garden from the build up to the harvest. Earth boxes were what I needed. So we started with five, but immediately filled them with black berry bushes. It was so expensive buying good soil and all the fertilizers. So I got another hundred boxes, and put in a small crop. But I quickly found another 100 boxes necessary to not only eat but to can my produce. Before even the first big harvest in my 200 boxes was hauled in, we were on our way to growing like a small organic farmer. I did all the research I could. I met with the earth box people, meeting Blake Whisenant, the inventor and tomato grower. It was so fascinating hearing his story of being a tomato grower using mules at one time. He lost crops to flooding conditions and it pushed him to create the earthbox, originally for growing tomatoes. He worked for years until the earth box looks like it does today. I met Hoss Morgan, a man who has gone through the trouble of being a certified organic farmer and looked over his many many boxes, learning how his farming was different from what was written for instructions for the small scale gardener. He taught me who I could buy soil from having it mixed to my specs bringing the soil expense way way down. I even buy fertilizer bulk, as well as dolomite. But I learned much more from reading the forum. I scoured it. I was one of those silent ones who just read and never speak or write. I remember someone scolding the many of us who did this and started tentatively asking my questions. I asked so many questions and learned so much. There are some really great people on this forum who offer and help so many. I think they should be gifted with earth boxes for all the help they've given. Take note of this John and Kathy and other earthbox staff. Anyway, I spent hours and hours reading the forum and other cites the forum took me too. I certainly say that without the knowledge, I may not have been able to grow my farm.
I do things differently, from watering, to fertilizing, and growing. I no longer plant some things like corn, it just too hard to grow organically. I no longer try to sell and share my veggies with my neighbors because I spent way too much time trying to sell. I went from total retirement to gardening on a grand scale. I am attempting a 12 row strawberry patch. 12 rows for us means, 12 rows of 27 boxes. I'll make another attempt at some pictures. I actually wanted 10 rows but when I got the 1600 plus plants I didn't fill in plants that didn't make it like I first decided. I'm going to now fill the missing plants with the little plants that are thrown off. They come in a little later but will produce just as well. I'm growing strawberries as a cash crop this year. We give what we don't eat or store to food pantries, shelter homes, and shelters who feed the hungry. I hope to sell enough to pay for the fertilizers and seeds we grow to give away. During our winter garden, we primarily grow one quick season of green beans, followed by spinach and broccoli. We have over 1200 boxes that are being grown for these shelters and food pantries. I would strongly suggest for anyone having an abundance of a harvest to share with the hungry people out there. The one thing they seldom get are veggies. Fresh garden kissed veggies. People live out of cars down here and we've had dozens of thank you's and sometimes a special story comes to us about what we're doing affects others. Like the homeless vet, down on his luck another who told us her kids wouldn't know what fresh veggies tasted like if it weren't for us. They could care less if the tomatoes they got weren't as pretty as possible. Selling to people was a bummer a lot of the time. Veggies not perfect were always picked over even though it was just as tasty as other fruits. I was first put off though of giving away veggies because while they'd happily take veggies I picked, they wouldn't come and help pick with a few strong bodies being less then a mile away from us. We pay for it to be done now. This year I have a young woman who is going to do some community hours helping with the harvest and distribution.
I experiment on something about every years. We plant seeds like green beans directly in the soil. In the past we wouldnt get 100 percent germination this way. Maybe only 60 percent. We now add a small amount of potting soil in the hole we dig to plant a seed filling it with new soil that feeds young plants until their roots are really going good. Doing that this year did give us almost 100 percent germination. But as well as plant in soil I start another 100 seeds at same time in pots as transplants to the boxes where seeds didnt grow. With the addition of the hand full of potting soil with fertilizer this year we didnt really need to do this. Germination was 99 per cent plus so Ive taken those plants and am experimenting. I now plant only 8 green bean plants per earthbox. I get better harvest. The middle plants now produce much more because theres more room My experiment this year to to plant only six plants in a bunch of boxes and see what the difference in amount harvested between six seedlings per box and 8 per box. I found 8 gave me more produce then I got from 12 plants per box. With 12 per box the middle plants did not have as much as the ones on the ends. I think theres too much foliage and it reminds me of what happens when you put two seeds in one hole. You get a lot of foliage but not much fruit/veggies.
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Thank you for this thread and your experience, Linda. With the quantity of boxes you use, you are decades of experience ahead of the bulk of us. I found it especially interesting that you used your first boxes to grow blackberries in. This is something that I have considered in my area even before I bought my first box, but haven't implemented yet. I want to grow thornless black berries and train them along the chain-link fence on the edge of my property. Did you have any problems growing the vines in your boxes?
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Hi Paul,
Thanks for reading our endeavors. I actually grow the thorn-less Navajo Blackberry. We've been talking a lot this last year about moving the plants when they go dormant. There both pros and cons here. You've asked a question that I've also been pondering. This is my third year. I followed earth box instruction on planting them. I've been keeping the plants cut down by trimming a lot during the dormant times.
This year our blackberries need to be thinned. At three years in boxes they are getting too big, too full of new plants, and this has caused problems with fruit. The first two years we got lots of fruits, more the second but this year we didn't get as many as year two.
I started plants that were 2 years old from older rootstock and that was in 2009, three years ago. I've not separated them, just trimmed them back each year. By trimming back a lot my vines just kind go up and out and down almost touching the ground. I've cut them back this much for 3 yrs.
What I do for this next season is under a lot of discussion with my husband right now. After I get off the forum I'm going to try and reach Hoss Morgan with more questions. I'll let you know what I find out.
My plants seem to need some help. I got fruit, just nothing edible. No big juicy berries but lots of flowers and not very good fruit. I'll explain more later.
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You raise some very interesting points, Linda. I hadn't considered the necessity of taking the plants out, thining out the older/less productive canes and replanting them. I had read that the canes did need to be trimmed back in dormant periods, but this pertained to in-ground growing.
It reminds me about my two rosemary bushes that occupy one of my boxes. The first year they were quite aromatic, full of oils as they grew. This year, I do not smell any of the oils when I rub the leaves. They are in their second full year of growth. The two bushes are so tightly grown together that I was unable to replenish the fertilizer strip that lies between them this year. They are still growing but showing definite signs of a lack of nitrogen, due to their yellow leaves. I need to get them out of the box and transplanted into the ground where I want them to turn into a hedge.
I know you really don't have the time to do it, but I know that I, and I am sure many other growers as well, would love for you to write a book of your garden notes, describing what works for you, problems you had and how you overcame them, and what the results were. I would stand in line to buy a copy.
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Rather than giving compass directions to wave the Arbah Minim it would be less complicated and say stand facing the Ark if in a synagogue or facing in the direction of Israe l/ Jerushlayim. Start by waving in the direction one is facing and then continue to the right etc. Not everyone who is reading this article lives in western europe and north america.


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Chez Sophie – Mar Mikhael
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The restaurant offers a mix between French and Italian in a fancy atmosphere. Sophie Tabet, the chef, has graduated from the Bocuse Institute in France. The interior is a restored old Lebanese house with a luxurious and modern design.
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Starters, Fish and meat platters in addition to pimi piatti
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Aug 28, 2012 at 14:12Was this interesting?40Chez Sophie is a fine-dining french restaurant which is very expensive. I didn't like the atmosphere and the decoration is minimalist. The starters were very good (crispy shrimp rolls, salmon tartare) but the main courses were average (braised beef, fried sea bass filet).
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Rugby league international Menzie Yere has helped send off the latest gift of hundreds of items of sports kit for the people of his native Papua New Guinea.
Yere who plays for Sheffield Eagles, was on hand to load a container packed with shirts, shorts, socks and boots which will make a 9,000-mile, seven-week, trip across the world.
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The company's base at Dukinfield, Manchester, has been the collection and storage point for kit donations and has organised the shipping to PNG.
He said: "It's great the way Menzie is trying to help young people back in PNG. "Once again sports fans across the country have responded with individuals giving their old kits and rugby clubs from every part the country – rugby league and rugby union. It's been amazing how generous people have been."
He added: "This is the second shipment and the staff at Hanlon and Wright have given their time to help Menzie and make it a success."
When the kits arrive in PNG the kit will be distributed by the Rotary club of Boroko to schools and sports organizations.


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Welcome back more controversy surrounding media matters that liberal organization.
Whose self proclaimed goal is to take down Fox News.
Its founder David Brock has a very special super pac now that works behind the scenes with President Obama is super pac.
Does that violate any laws -- Fox News contributor and editor in chief of the daily caller Tucker Carlson good morning Tucker.
Good morning -- David Brock in addition to had not media matters he also.
Couple years ago started something called American bridge 21 century which is -- a super pac.
All right so -- Who -- David -- super -- teamed up with.
Well George Soros -- And given a million dollars among many other democratic donors most of whose identities -- secret that's the whole point of the super -- of course.
You can keep your identity secret and and give money to break the law specifies that a super -- -- -- in coordination with the campaign of course they exist to help campaigns but they can't port and the problem is that David Brock is also the head of media matters and wearing that hat he has extensively coordinated with the White House political operation.
Which is another name really for the Obama campaign in -- fact.
And so we have documented coordination.
Between Brock and the White House and it is also -- the super pac.
Well that's a clear violation of campaign and -- is and if it.
It it seems very clear to me -- this is not something that we have proven and it's not something that the government's -- after him on.
But there's clearly coordination and you could say well.
You know that was in my capacity as the head of another organization OK but you're still in regular content.
-- coordinating a message and I think that's a problem -- there's also the hypocrisy of Barack Obama -- who famously has excoriated super president -- terrible idea a blight on.
Democracy stuff like that well there there -- various special interest yeah sure but he is completely embrace them especially now that he's in a tough go.
Well of course because they're having trouble raising money in a straightforward way that is to say.
Raising money for the campaign -- and so they're relying on these these outside groups which.
Are actually not really outside -- -- very much inside the tent so it beat -- we've talked for years about how media matters is out to destroy Fox News.
Now that there's this super -- in their raising presumably millions of dollars as well and there are some coordination between the super pac and media matters.
Can the super -- use those millions of dollars to try to take down Fox News to.
-- sure anything at watch -- I should also -- that -- David Brock as as said many times that -- he's on the Jihad against Fox News but not just fox also christianity.
Right -- part of their stated goal is to fight Christian propaganda.
And also they have a long history of attacking Israel Alan Dershowitz accuse him of anti semitism.
For their work against Israel so yeah but that money in the short answer is yes that money can be used to attack whoever they want.
Okay great that's good that you broke the story to our attention.
Tucker Carlson from the daily caller thank you for joining us from the bureau.
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Allan M. Weissman, M.D.
Dr. Allan Weissman received his B.S. from Stony Brook University and his M.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1981. After a residency in Internal Medicine at Washington University, he came to NIH where he was a post-doctoral fellow in NICHD. In 1989, he joined the NCI as an independent investigator. In 2001 he was appointed Laboratory Chief and is currently the Chief of the Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling.Research
The components of the ubiquitin system comprise a highly complex and finely tuned set of mechanisms whereby the fate and function of specific proteins are regulated. Modification of proteins with ubiquitin impacts on almost all cellular processes through a variety of different mechanisms. The most well-known of these is through targeting of proteins for degradation in the 26S proteasome. Additionally, ubiquitylation can affect the trafficking of proteins within the cell in a variety of different ways. This modification can also activate signal transduction pathways, modulate gene expression and plays critical roles in both double and single stranded DNA repair.
Ubiquitylation is a hierarchical pathway with one (maybe two) ubiquitin-activating enzymes (E1), over 30 different ubiquitin conjugating enzymes (E2s) and perhaps as many as a 1000 different potential ubiquitin ligases (E3s). Ubiquitin ligases interact with E2s that have been loaded with ubiquitin, recognize specific substrates and mediate the transfer of ubiquitin to substrates where stable isopeptide linkages are formed and in many cases chain of ubiquitin are generated.
While we are interested in all aspects of the ubiquitin system, work in our laboratory is primarily focused on ubiquitin protein ligases, their interactions with specific E2s, structure-function relationship and the roles of these proteins in modulating critical cellular processes, particularly those that are associated with cancer and other human diseases. We also have an interest in the discovery of inhibitors of specific components of the ubiquitin system that may serve as the basis for novel therapeutics.
Structure-Function Relations and Substrate Identification for Ubiquitin Ligases
There are only a handful of different ubiquitin ligase domains. Most prominent among these are the RING finger and RING-finger like family of E3s. Within this family of proteins there are a variety of other regions that appear to play roles in modulating ligase activity. Ongoing studies in the laboratory are oriented towards determining the roles that various domains and other structural features play in the function of ubiquitin ligases and in identifying specific substrates for these ligases. Ubiquitin ligases currently under study include AO7 - which has been implicated in signaling through Nf-kappa B, Parkin - a ubiquitin ligase frequently mutated in familiar Parkinson's Disease and multiple ubiquitin ligases implicated in endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD) (see next section), particularly the prometastatic E3, gp78 [also known as the human tumor autocrine motility factor (AMFR) or RNF45].
Our research has uncovered a complex domain structure for gp78, which includes a RING finger, a CUE domain that binds ubiquitin and a novel and highly specific binding site for gp78's cognate E2, which we refer to as the Ube2g2 binding region (G2BR) (Chen et al.,2006) . A major area of interest is to understand how these domains within gp78 function together to mediate ubiquitination. In collaboration with our colleagues at CCR, R. Andrew Byrd and Xinhua Ji, we have recently determined the structure of Ube2g2 in complex with the G2BR. The binding of the G2BR to Ube2g2, at a site distal to RING finger binding results in allosteric changes in Ube2g2 such that the capacity of the E2 to be loaded with ubiquitin is altered. However, most striking is that this binding results in a marked increase in the affinity of Ube2g2 for the gp78 RING finger resulting in an enhancement of ubiquitination (Das et al., 2009), this work was the subject of a recent NCI press release and a Preview in Structure (Wang and Schulman, 2009). In yeast, both major RING finger ERAD E3s, HRD1 and DOA10 share a common component known as Cue1p, which is required for their function. Analogous to gp78, we have now determined a specific binding site within the yeast Cue1p protein for the yeast ERAD E2, Ubc7p. This Ubc7p binding region (U7BR) has the capacity to stimulate RING finger-dependent ubiquitination (Kostova et al., 2009). Ongoing studies are oriented towards further characterization of gp78, a determination of the means by which the U7BR stimulates ubiquitylation in yeast and the assessment of additional sites of non-ligase domain interactions in ubiquitin ligases.
Determining the fate of transmembrane proteins in the secretory pathway
A major area of interest is in understanding the mechanisms responsible for degradation of proteins by ERAD. This set of process represents a major mechanism whereby misfolded and unassembled proteins are targeted for degradation and also plays important roles in responses to ER-stress and in regulating critical regulatory proteins. We have characterized a specific ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, known as Ube2g2 or MmUbc7, that is critical to this process and determined that gp78 functions together with Ube2g2 to mediate protein degradation. gp78 was first characterized by others as the AMFR and purported to be a G-protein coupled receptor. Given this history, and the increasing evidence for roles for issues related to ER stress and the unfolded protein response in cell survival, we are evaluating the possibility that gp78 might play in tumor growth and in metastasis in animals and whether there are specific proteins targeted by gp78 that might be responsible for its postulated role in human malignancy. Our initial studies have been in sarcoma, where, in collaboration with Dr. Chand Khanna, we have found that gp78 plays a causal role in survival of metastatic cancer cells. A striking finding is that gp78 targets a known metastasis suppressor protein, known as KAI1 or CD82, for ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal degradation (Tsai et al., 2007, NCI press release). This finding is important not only because of its potential therapeutic implications but also as it establishes a new level of regulation of metastasis suppressors, through control of protein stability. We are continuing to study the relationship between gp78 and metastasis through analysis of a variety of different tumor types and development of mouse models. Related studies are oriented towards determining the range of substrates for gp78 and functional and physical interactions between the multiple mammalian ERAD E3s.
Inhibitors of the ubiquitin conjugating system
The discovery that the RING fingers in general are ubiquitin ligase domains (Lorick et al., 1999) has led us to become involved in the search for inhibitors of specific RING finger ubiquitin ligases whose activity may play an important role in cancer. This work, in collaboration with Dr. Karen Vousden and IGEN/MSD has led to the discovery of a family of inhibitors of Hdm2, an E3 that plays a critical role in regulating levels of p53, a critical tumor suppressor and the 'guardian of the genome' (Yang et al., 2005). We have subsequently discovered a highly soluble and more potent member of this family that is currently being evaluated by NCI for its potential as a lead for therapeutic development(Kitagaki et al., 2008). A side benefit of our screening efforts has been the discovery of a family of small molecules that exhibit relative specificity towards inhibiting E1 and which specifically kill transformed cells (Yang et al.,2007). These discoveries are also under further evaluation by NCI for their therapeutic potential.
In addition, together with CCR collaborators we are exploring the potential to inhibit ERAD in general or gp78 in specific as a therapeutic modality for cancer and other diseases.
Ubiquitin and Mitchondria
Our studies on ubiquitylation at membrane-bound organelles have recently expanded to mitochondria. In collaboration with Dr. Michael Glickman, we have now provided the first unequivocal evidence for a crucial role for ubiquitylation in regulating a critical component of the mitochondrial fusion machinery, the yeast mitofusin Fzo1p. Ongoing studies are oriented toward better understanding the role of ubiquitylation at the mitochondrial outer membrane in mammals and expanding this area of investigation to an analysis of the role of ubiquitin in regulation of other critical protein involved in mitochondrial function.
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a Received any illicit drug or alcohol treatment refers to treatment received in order to reduce or stop drug or alcohol use, or for medical problems associated with drug or alcohol use. It includes treatment received at any location, such as a hospital, rehabilitation facility (inpatient or outpatient), mental health center, emergency room, private doctor's office, self-help group, or prison/jail. Any illicit drug includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic drug used nonmedically.
b Estimates are based on a revised definition of Poverty Level that incorporates information on family income, size, and composition and is calculated as a percentage of the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds. Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over. Respondents with unknown poverty information were excluded.
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Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; SE: standard error.
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