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Cafe Provence - Brandon
- Address:
11 Center St.
Brandon, VT 05733Neighborhood:
Brandon VT
- Cuisine:
MediterraneanPrice: $31 to $50
Cafe Provence - Brandon
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://cafeprovencevt.com/
- Phone: (802) 247-9997
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Tuesday - Saturday: 11:30am - 2:00pm, Bistro: 2:00pm - 4:30pm; Dinner: Tuesday - Sunday: 5:00pm - 9:00pm; Brunch: Sunday: 9:00am - 3:00pm, Bistro 3:00pm - 4:30pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Mediterranean, French
- Executive Chef: Robert Barral
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Private Party Facilities: In 2010 opportunity came knocking at our door in the form of expansion. We decided to take it and further spread our roots in Vermont with Center Street Bar, a new private dining room, culinary theater and a perfect culinary marriage with Vermont Kitchen Supply.
- Private Party Contact: Jill McGrath 8777693024
A word from Cafe Provence - Brandon
Warm and inviting, casual fine dining at Café Provence is a truly memorable experience. Located in the restored historic section of downtown Brandon, Vermont—Chef Robert Barral, former Executive Chef of the New England Culinary Institute and The Four Seasons in Boston, crafts our seasonal menu to showcase not only his talents as a chef, but also highlight the best meats, cheeses, and vegetables that local farms have to offer.Continued
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Cafe Provence - Brandon reviews from OpenTable diners
40 reviews since August 1, 2014
- Food4.4Service3.9
- Ambiance3.9Noise LevelModerate
fit for foodies (28)neighborhood gem (19)special occasion (17)notable wine list (16)good for groups (13)great for outdoor dining (9)great for brunch (8)romantic (8)great for lunch (6)hot spot (2)kid-friendly (1)late-night find (1)scenic view (1)Show More
- A French name without French foodfoodiefanDined on 11/16/2014The menu has a variety of offerings and surprisingly few French food items given the name of the restaurant. The space needs to be spruced up and cleaner. Food is often served cooled off by the time it reaches the table. Generally, it's a good place to eat and stands out in a rather barren restaurant landscape. If it was taken up a notch, it would be special.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- kitchen seems understaffedCaptKirkeDined on 11/7/2014We were seated promptly and got our bread and salad, which were very good, in a timely manner. We did not get our entrees until we had been seated for over an hour! This despite the fact that the restaurant was only half full! Imagine if they had a full house! My scallop special was excellant, except the side vegetables were room temperature. My wife's seafood stew was good.Special Features:
- a favorite placeclovisDined on 11/2/2014We need to be there every so often and this was one of those times. There was, as always, a nice pace to the meal. We serendipitously met with good friends and had a 25 minute drive home.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- BreakfastbrunchgirlsDined on 10/19/2014I brought 3 friends for a birthday brunch. They had never been there before. We have been doing this 4 times a year for 10 years and have done every kind of breakfast/brunch place imaginable. They all thought this was at the very top of the scale in every aspect. Thanks for a great experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not Cafe Provence's best nighttastebudsVIPDined on 10/13/2014This restaurant was incredibly disorganized. The service was as bad as I've ever had in 40 years of dining out. We waited about 5 minutes (with a reservation) just to be seated. We waited about 15 for appetizers. We waited a long time for our main courses. But the waitress actually brought the same appetizers to us AGAIN. (Yes, that's appetizers served twice.) A waiter finally brought some bread and butter to us -- but after we had already finished our appetizers. My duck main course was dry and tough, as if it had been sitting around for a couple of days. There was no sign on the plate of the sauce the menu described for it.I would recommend this to a friend.
- F A N T A S T I CBrandonDined on 10/12/2014Have been to the restaurant several times and have not had anything but a great meal---food/service excellent Every time we are in Vermont it's a must that we dine here. They even mad a Vegan dish for my wife. *****Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ONE OF THE BESTSallyDined on 10/12/2014LOVE THIS RESTAURANT! OUR MEALS ARE ALWAYS EXCELLENT! THE CHEF AND HIS CREW PUT ON A GREAT SHOW!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DaveVIPDined on 10/10/2014Just another nice meal at Cafe P. Always great service, super food, nice drink list, and they do not shy away from kids. Can be romantic as well as just a good neighborhood dinner.Special Features:
- Excellent food/ Overwhelmed staffVacationtimeVIPDined on 10/2/2014Our appetizers and main courses were well prepared with delicious with very fresh ingredients! Pumpkin soup and goat cheese salad appetizer- outstanding! Unfortunately, The service was lacking from every aspect. No welcome greeting upon arrival, water glasses not refilled, several servers waiting our table which resulted in no one paying attention to us. When our appetizers and then main courses arrived...no one checked to see if they were okay or if we needed anything. My entree while very tasty was quite cold. Not good for a fresh pasta dish.Special Features:
- GeoffreyVIPDined on 9/30/2014The food is outstanding and worth the 50 mile drive from Manchester, VT. There is a broad selection of dishes and especially attentive to seasonal changes. Somewhat heavier dishes as the weather turns cooler and prepared to perfection. Our party was disappointed in the service, which is generally outstanding. It was difficult to catch the attention of our waitress and when we did it was as if she were doing us a favor attending to our requests. This attitude has never surfaced in the past. I'm sure it was a "one off."Special Features:
- Just What We Were Looking ForVarvaraDined on 9/28/2014We were in Brandon for a family event and wanted to celebrate what had happen by having an elegant dinner at a fine restaurant. We got that and excellent service by a very friendly and efficient waitress.Special Features:
- Very good serviceWriterDined on 9/21/2014I want to like this restaurant, but every time I eat here I end up with a slightly upset stomach later. The menu is interesting, the food is well presented, the service is very good, but the food always seems to cause some gastrointestinal problems afterwards. Though Cafe Provence has some local items on the menu, the vast majority are shipped long distances. The escargot comes from Indonesia. The calamari is from the pacific. The pork is not from local farms (which are plentiful in Vermont) but instead are from the gigantic corporate agricultural system that treats the pigs inhumanely. The ecological thing on the menu was the local grass fed burger, but few people come to a fancy restaurant like Cafe Provence for a burger.
- SuzanneVIPDined on 9/17/2014This was a pleasant surprise to have had such a nice meal in such a remote area as far as we were concerned... :) We had spent the day touring on the roads of VT and NY and ended up in quite a nice spot. The food and service were both quite good...I had the gnocchi and my husband had the duck. The salads were good too, especially the spinach one swerved in a crsip cheese cup, well done!! We will certainly return when back in the area.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not up to expectationskamoiVIPDined on 9/16/2014Have dined here several times. This time was a disappointment. Food was not flavorful and portions were small. Pizza was soggy; seafood stew looked very unappetizing.
- Unbelievable!cvufdinerDined on 9/14/2014I went for Sunday brunch and the food was amazing! Everything was cooked to perfection. The mimosas were great and the dessert sampler was to die for! I had to drive an hour, but it was well worth it! Can't wait to go again!Special Features:
- YUMOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/1/2014Care Provance has never disappointed us and this past Monday is another one to remember!!!! Many thank yous for a fantastic job! Both our dishes were specials that night and we can only hope they make the fall and winter menue even if they stay as specials. It is wonderful to be able to chat with the staff, they are wonderful people! It was my husbands birthday weekend which we spent in Vermont and neither of us would even consider dining at a different placeSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- GlennDined on 8/26/2014The food was excellent and the quantity sizable. It being a French restaurant, I was disappointed it had no cheese plate.Special Features:
- JayVtDined on 8/21/2014Service was very good. Food was good as well but the actual mussels in the shells for the seafoos stew were essentially non existent. That was disappointing. My only other suggestion would be better lighting in the parking lot as it was extremely dark.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 8/18/2014Outstanding food and service. Great value as well.Special Features:
- Will not disappointeatingoutDined on 8/18/2014My husband and I have been to may Burlington/Middlebury area restaurants but find Cafe Provence among our very favorites. The staff is alway pleasant, the food and wine are outstanding.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/17/2014Always a pleasure to have Sunday Brunch at Cafe Provence. We make a trip over from silver Bay on Lake George in NY at least once a summer.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/7/2014Excellent food, spoiled by very slow and unacceptable service. We were a party of 5 including 2 children (8 & 10) and found it unacceptable to have to wait nearly an hour for our starters after ordering. Tables around us were served before us despite the diners arriving later. What a shame a 4/5 start rating was sacrificed by poor service.Special Features:
- The following 196 reviews are from the Cafe Provence - Brandon reviews archive.
- Fabulous saucesDonteatoutmuchDined on 7/14/2014My meal was divine. I wanted to lick my plate. The sauce was amazing!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great little placeLovefoodDined on 7/11/2014I highly recommend this little treasure. Everything was amazing with the exception of desert. Desert was just...ok, nothing outstanding. Everything else from the bread to our main course was perfection! Service was very good.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always a great mealCrown1Dined on 7/6/2014We've enjoyed Cafe for a few years now. We like Sunday brunchSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A Fish StoryVictualsDined on 7/4/2014The food at Café Provence was very good, as usual. My wife and I have been coming over the mountain and eating there for years. However, based on the recommendation of a friend, who had eaten at the restaurant the previous evening, three of the four people in our party had the ahi tuna. I was one of the very best meals that we ever had in a restaurant! The sushi quality fish was beautifully presented and perfectly cooked, but the highlight were the colorful and tasty julienned vegetables and the tasty sauce that enhanced the vegetables and the fish. Wonderful preparation and presentation!!Special Features:
- Nothing specialfoodiefanDined on 6/29/2014I had a tomato pie that was disappointing. A pile of field greens was covering most of the dish and the crust of the "pie" was hard and even difficult to cut. I would not order it again or recommend it to anyone. My friend had a burger that was allmost well done and not even close to what she ordered. The pizzas she ordered to go looked good. Don't know how they tasted.Special Features:
- Femme ExigeanteOpenTable Diner Since 2005Dined on 6/28/2014We found this is a nice local restaurant. Unfortunately for us, we were looking for a french restaurant to celebrate my partner's birthday. He loves Salade Nicoise, and that was on the online menu, but not on the menu when we arrived. They graciously offered to make one; however, what they made only barely resembled one - mostly mesclue, a couple of olives, salmon instead of tuna, and a couple of thin asparagus spears on top. The menu was primarily sandwiches, burgers and things like fish and chips. The dessert selection was good, but the creme brulee was as close as it got to being french. Again, nothing bad here, just not what we'd hoped for.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- can't beat itpickypickyDined on 6/13/2014Café Provence delivers year in and year out; remarkably tough for a stylish restaurant to accomplish. Fresh tasty greens, artisanal soups, gluten free & veggie only options are highlights rather than gratuitous out of context place fillers. Old reliables like Vermont beef burger with seasoned fries, duck w/ savory sauces, high end thin crust pizza selections. Three dessert avoiders, we somehow found ourselves digging into hot berry crumble, chocolate bomb and sorbet selection. Wine list appears completely devoid of distributors' boring schlock; every bottle looked to be a little bit off the beaten path and offering value rather than RP scores or snarf appeal. Someboby there cares. Heading north in five weeks again; table's reserved!Special Features:
- Not to be missedOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 6/9/2014If you are visiting this area of Vermont, don't miss this restaurant. The food is excellent, service is efficient and friendly (but not overly friendly), there is a good selection of wines. Amazing to find such a place in a town as small as Brandon. I wish there a restaurant like this in my big city!Special Features:
- Keeping up the good workFoodFanaticVIPDined on 5/16/2014The kitchen was in good form! Soft shell crab was excellent and a really special surprise to find on the menu. The signature dish seafood stew was better than ever. We never regret dining here.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- best dining in VermontLocalvoreWithWanderlustDined on 5/16/2014We had an exquisitely good dinner here from start to finish, superbly prepared and presented, and exceeding our high expectations. From the soft shell crab appetizer, as perfect as any I've ever had, to the spinach salad in a sculpted asiago cup (yes, edible, and delicious), to our entrees - a marvelous and creative duck and the magnificent seafood stew on risotto - to the rhubarb tart, every item was delectable and beautifully presented but without fuss or pretentiousness. The waitress was helpful in choosing a wine, attentive without being overly so, knowledgeable about the menu - and even gave us the directions for creating the asiago bowl at home. We never felt rushed and enjoyed the complete experience. Thank you, Cafe Provence!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great buffetsaveroomfordessertDined on 5/11/2014Went for the Mothers Day buffet. Food was great with good variety. Will definitely go again.Special Features:
- Creatively deliciouscosmogirlDined on 4/26/2014Excellent meal, excellent presentation, did not feel rushed. The bloody mary was the best I have ever had. We enjoyed our 40th anniversary dinner VERY much. Will be back again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Vermont French with a twistMsConsumerDined on 4/25/2014There are only a handful of world-class restaurants in Vermont. This is one of them. For foodies who are not averse to being pleasantly surprised at finding excellent food at good chain restaurant prices, this restaurant offers fresh local ingredients painted with a French culinary hand. The recent Restaurant Week lunch special included a tangy tomato soup with croutons, a choice of seafood stew, chicken Provençal or a vegetarian dish of barley risotto with local goat cheese cake. For desert there was a lovely ice cream-filled Crepe Suzette. All this for the special price of $10. This is only a week-long festival but the everyday value never breaks the bank. The wine list will not disappoint and service is always proficient and attentive.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A Great TimeenjoygreatfoodDined on 4/20/2014My family and I enjoyed the Easter Brunch. The staff was all friendly and helpful. The food was delicious.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent meal...DinerDined on 4/20/2014Easter Brunch Buffet (not Bunch as suggested above :) ) was tremendous. Every dish was excellent and there was an abundance to choose from as always. The service was excellent.Special Features:
- MilesDined on 4/20/2014This is a real gem of a restaurant and it really has become the heart of Brandon. I love the wine tasting dinners and the cooking classes. Bravo to Chef Robert for really making it a community center.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- great buffetsaveroomfordessertDined on 4/20/2014Easter buffet was great... sat upstairs for the first time. Was nice but prefer downstairsSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful serviceMsMoxieDined on 4/11/2014My friend and I had a wonderful dinner. The service was truly outstanding, and the food was delicious as always. We lingered quite a long time and did not feel rushed at all by the staff.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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The West Los Angeles College athletic training staff consists of a full time NATA certified Head Athletic Trainer, Victor Pulido, along with several Athletic Training Students (ATS). Mr. Pulido is also assisted each semester by two collegiate senior intern trainers, from the athletic training educational programs at Loyola Marymount University and Cal State Northridge University. The goal of Mr. Pulido and his staff is to provide the best possible sports medicine care, with the health and welfare of the West student-athletes of paramount importance.In addition, the athletic department has entered into a unique partnership with the highly respected, exceptionally qualified and experienced medical professionals from the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. This partnership provides our students with some of the premiere sports physicians from the Western United States and the Los Angeles area. The WLAC athletic trainers also work with a network of specialists from dentists, neurologists, internal medicine professionals, to optometrists and orthopedics.Our nationally certified Head Athletic Trainer and his staff are in charge of the health care of our more than 275 student-athletes in ten competitive teams. They cover practices and home game competitions and travel to road games where appropriate. Mr. Pulido is responsible for evaluating and assessing athletic injuries, administering first aid and injury care, making medical referrals and establishing treatments for the recovery and rehabilitation of athletic injuries and illnesses. Mr. Pulido and his staff also do a great job of educating our student-athletes in injury prevention, sports nutrition, rehabilitation and reconditioning following surgery or injury, as well as how to deal emotionally with athletic related injuries.The Wildcat athletic training room is located in the C-1 Building adjacent to the football and soccer artificial turf field and nine lane all weather track. The state of the art co-ed facility is well equipped with sports rehabilitation equipment, ultrasound, electric stimulation units, whirlpools, ice machines, treatment tables, and a private office for the Head Athletic Trainer. The training clinic is open daily during the season from noon to 7:00pm and approximately two hours prior to home games.Our student-athletes also have access to an on-campus Student Health Center which is open daily to serve the physical and psychological needs of our student body.
Athletic Training Clinic 310-287-4456
Emergency – Campus Sheriff 310-287-4314
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Eric Silika was 8 years old when a group of 15 adventure seekers gathered on the shores of Waikiki, Hawaii 20 years ago to test the limits of the human body.
It started as a small wager at a neighborhood bar. U.S. Navy commander John Collins devised with his buddies the ultimate endurance challenge. They decided to swim 2.4 miles in the ocean, bike 112 miles around the island and run 26.2 miles, all in one day.


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Problem: Typewriter – Take this now useless item and give it a new life than it was intended to have.
Solution: The "Corona-Matic" a typewriter turned into a waffle iron that makes keyboard shaped waffles.
2. Animal Waffle Iron (26$)
3. Miniature Waffle Iron
4. Texas-Sized Waffle Iron (67$)
6. Mickey Mouse Waffle Iron (33$)
8. Hearts Waffle Iron (34$)
9. Woddles penguin waffle maker
10. Rose bouquet waffle iron (find in Amazon)
1 | laura sweet
8 de December de 2010 to ● 10:36 PM
Is the keyboard waffle iron real? No links to purchase these?
come on, can't show us something so fun and then not tell us where to get them!
3 | Blue Penguin
9 de December de 2010 to ● 1:17 PM
What a great post – that typewriter is just brilliant! My next thought before scrolling down was how good a penguin waffle would be… and then you had one! Thanks for making my night (and adding to my list of kitchen wanna-haves…)
4 | Jeanette Berg
11 de September de 2011 to ● 10:46 PM
You forgot the Moods of Norway Waffle Iron ;P


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On the chilly evening of Dec. 5, the Levittown Chamber of Commerce, the Town of Hempstead, along with Levittown residents gathered at Levittown Veterans Memorial Park in front of the Levittown Library to celebrate the start of the holiday season with the town's annual holiday tree lighting.
The Levittown Council of PTA's Health and Safety Task Force conducted a presentation on Clinical Signs of Drug Use and Abuse on Monday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Levittown Memorial Education Center Auditorium.
The Island Trees wrestling team finished in first place at the Knight Classic in Uniondale. The team placed 16 wrestlers in the top four in the tournament with eight wrestlers reaching the finals. The Bulldogs started off slow, but rebounded to send 17 wrestlers to the semi-final round. The Bulldogs finished with 340 points, outpacing eighth-ranked Uniondale by 97 points. The team crowned four individual champions, led by senior Joe Cusker, who defeated two-time defending Section I champ, Mike Murray 2-1 in the finals.
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Finally, at another property, Taylor and her Asplundh team find some action. A heavy-set woman watches from a window as the workers dispatch with two trees at opposite sides of her back yard. They drag the spoils out to the edge of the street and pile them next to an old blue Buick sedan. "Where it get sick?" asks a young man with a Caribbean lilt. "You say it has cancer or something?"
"Canker," Taylor corrects and shows him an infected leaf.
"All right, thanks," he replies sadly.
Other residents who have yet to hear the sickening roar of the chain saws in their back yards have a false illusion that their trees are immune. On a recent day in Coral Gables inspectors Grisel Babea and Montel Howard found Emilio Rives at home. The energetic 80-year-old retired doctor was happy to give the inspectors a tour of the ten citrus trees in his yard. Several tangerine and orange trees, which he planted ten years ago, shade the lawn. There also is a small fountain pool there, which features a statue of a dolphin spitting a stream of water into it. More citrus trees lined the yard along one side of his house. "I don't think they are infected," Rives says, noting agriculture employees visited about a year ago. Ten minutes later the inspectors bid the talkative Rives farewell. Out on the street Babea opens her hand and shows a small leaf. It has canker spots. "I couldn't tell him," she confesses. "Most likely all ten of them will have to go."
Increasingly the workers are heading north into Broward. One of them arrived at Maria and Lawrence Austin's small canalside house in North Lauderdale a month after an inspection crew identified their four citrus trees as exposed. When Maria, age 70, stepped out a side door and saw a group of nine men and women walking about her yard, she threw a fit. She yelled, paced back and forth on the lawn, grabbed garments from her clothesline, cried, and then repeated it all. As she did, an Asplundh crew member sliced the trunk of a four-foot-tall lemon tree with a flick of a chain saw and the plant tumbled over. He and his three accomplices then began to circle a huge 30-foot-tall grapefruit tree, eyeing its hefty branches.
"I have this tree for 24 years," Maria exclaimed. "It's a beautiful tree. It no have no disease." Four female agriculture inspectors stood nervously nearby. Maria continued: "It's my baby. I fertilized it."
Also on hand was Mark Fagan, the public information officer. He tried to explain. "The tree may not look sick to you right now, but in a few months it will start losing its canopy and the fruit won't mature any more. It will drop to the ground," Fagan says sternly. "And then the disease will spread another 1900 feet to other trees."
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President Barack Obama and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., left, talk Monday on the golf course at Andrews Air Force Base.
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Eugene Delguadio, the self-titled Public Advocate Of The U.S., has had a miraculous recovery after last week's near-suicidal plea for money.
Email Of The Day – Eugene Delguadio
Virginia Beach GOP chairman agrees to resign after hitting 'forward' and 'send' on a racist e-mail
When will they ever learn? I'm not just talking about moronic Republican bigoted politicians like this Virginia Beach Republican chairman (remember NC State Rep. Larry "Fruit Loops" Brown?), but people who think that somehow your randy/racist/homophobic emails to your "friends" may lead to forwards to "friends of friends" and then eventually to the MSM?
But back to this brain-dead pol — David Bartholomew, now the former chairman of Virginia Beach's Republican Party resigned after sending this out to friends:
I went down this morning to sign up my Dog for welfare.
At first the lady said, "Dogs are not eligible to draw welfare".
So I explained to her that my Dog is black, unemployed, lazy, can't speak English and has no frigging clue who his Daddy is.
So she looked in her policy book to see what it takes to qualify…
My Dog gets his first check Friday.
Is this is a great country or what?
Yes, the mask comes off easily these days for the GOP politicians. As Monica Roberts said on my Facebook wall…
VA has a GOP governor and a GOP AG, so the bigots feel comfortable enough to KKKome out and play.
But wait, it does get better (as these stories often do). Look at the statement in the Virginia Pilot.
The city's Republican chairman agreed to resign late Monday night, just hours after a racist joke sent from his e-mail address surfaced.
David Bartholomew is not a racist and agreed to resign because the e-mail had become a distraction to the Nov. 2 election, said Gary Byler, the 2nd Congressional District GOP chairman, after meeting with Bartholomew.
The e-mail was dated March 15 and sent from the address that Bartholomew uses as party chairman. Bartholomew forwarded it without reading the contents when "he was first getting familiar with the Internet," Byler said.
Oh. My. F*cking. Dog. Is that not the most ridiculous excuse you've heard? OK, first, any disclaimer that starts off with "he's not a racist" should just go into the circular file pronto. But "getting familiar with the Internet" makes the guy look like a moron. Perhaps Bartholomew's "forward" and "send" buttons in his email client must be inordinately larger than the rest of the commands, and his hands uncontrollably moved to hit them on that one missive.
Come on, go with the simplest explanation, since Republican bigots are a dime a dozen. Bartholomew just wanted to share his tasteless humor with people he thought were his friends. Now who's going to fess up to sending to the media? I'm sure he wants to know.
The Maddow blog has more, with the hat tips going to Daily Kos diarist @lowkell and Blue Virginia.
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Bullied At School? Email This MMA Fighter And He'll, Uh, Remove The Jerk
"Anybody that's getting bullied in the whole U.S. can shoot me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com," says former WWE performer and MMA fighter Daniel Puder, who offers these simple instructions: "You email me, I'll go fly to your school … and we'll go talk to the bullies for you." Yeah. Talk. Maybe GLSEN should put this guy on retainer.
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Campus Pride calls for expulsion of 2 Rutgers students for invading Tyler Clementi's privacy
Campus Pride, an organization of college student leaders and organizations, is calling for the expulsion of Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei from Rutgers University for their invasion of privacy that led to the suicide of Tyler Clementi.
In an e-mail to Dallas Voice, the group wrote, "Now is the time to act decisively and send a clear message at Rutgers and at colleges across the country that LGBT harassment and hate will not be tolerated any longer."
The group said the Rutgers University Code of Student Conduct prohibits "making or attempting to make an audio or video recording of any person(s) on University premises in bathrooms, showers, bedrooms, or other premises where there is an expectation of privacy with respect to nudity and/or sexual activity, without the knowledge and consent of all participants subject to such recordings."
"Ravi and Wei acted maliciously to secretly tape Tyler Clementi, even posting comments to encourage others to 'video chat' and watch. This is an egregious act of invasion of privacy. Both students should be expelled. Period," said Shane Windmeyer, executive director and founder of Campus Pride.
Campus Pride recently issued a report titled, "2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People." In its survey of more than 5,000 people, Campus Pride found that 23 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and questioning staff, faculty, and students reported experiencing harassment. Among transgender students, faculty and staff, 39 percent reported harassment. The study is available on the website.
'Christian' group plans to attend Fort Worth council meeting tonight to protest city's 'homosexual/transgender agenda'
Earlier today, I got an e-mail from Pastor Curtis Smith with Trinity Metropolitan Community Church in Arlington, saying that a group calling itself "Believers Stand United" had been circulating an e-mail urging all the God-fearing Christians in the Metroplex to head over to Cowtown tonight for the Fort Worth City Council meeting to speak out against an impending "major move by the city to promote and implement a homosexual/transgender agenda in the city."
The e-mail talked about the 20 recommendations made by the City Manager's Diversity Task Force in the wake of the Rainbow Lounge raid last June, and warned that the city manager "has started implementation of these without public discussion."
(Just for the record, most of the items on the list required no action by the City Council. The only one that did that has been implemented was the amendment of the city's nondiscrimination ordinance to include protections for transgender people, and that happened after a marathon council session last year during which PLENTY of people had the chance to speak against it.)
The-email said: "All of these recommendations would be funded by your dollars as a taxpayer in Fort Worth and would give this group of citizens' special status and privileges." Hmm. We haven't heard that "special privileges" argument before, have we?
The e-mail continued:
"Several churches and ministries are planning to attend the Fort Worth City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 13. The purpose of this meeting is two fold. First, to have the Christian community's voice heard with regards to the cities plans to promote the homosexual lifestyle with taxpayer dollars. Second, to show support for our Police Department and to those officers who serve the city.
"We would like your involvement and participation in this meeting. Invite and bring as many people as you can to the city council meeting. Several pastors and ministers form the community as well from our ministry will be addressing the city council. The city council meeting starts at 7pm, but I would encourage you to get there early to ensure a seat. Click Here for directions to City Hall.
"There is a move in this country to redefine marriage. We as believers need to stand up in love and have our voices heard on this issue. Numbers matter; even if you do not live in Fort Worth your presence at this meeting will have a profound affect. Again, the meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July13 at 7pm in City Hall – 1000 Throckmorton St, Fort Worth 76102. Thank you for taking action. God loves everyone, and so do we."
(Don't you just love that last part: "God loves everyone, and so do we"? Oh yeah, these folks are just oozing love for the homosexuals and transgenders, aren't they?)
Well, Pastor Smith was encouraging the LGBT community and our supporters to turn out for the meeting, too, to try and counteract all that love. And the folks over at Fairness Fort Worth — who said the group planning to attend the meeting are an offshoot of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries, led by Kenneth's son John — are also stepping up to the plate to make sure the anti-gay agenda doesn't get a free pass.
Here's the statement from Fairness Fort Worth:
"To our GLBT Community and Supporters,
"Over the last 48 hours you may have heard that an off-shoot of Kenneth Copeland Ministries plans to attend tonight's Fort Worth City Council meeting to protest issues important to us. Many have asked if we should create a large turnout as we did this time last year. Fairness Fort Worth recommends that we save that for a more productive day.
"Here's why. Citizen presentations occur at the tail-end of the meeting. While last year the mayor moved these up due to an urgent issue — this time around there isn't anything so pressing. In fact, this promises to be one of the longest Council meetings of the year. You're certainly welcome to attend, but know this meeting may easily go until 1 a.m. Nothing on the agenda tonight specifically addresses GLBT issues. However, we have contingency plans in place to address adversarial remarks should it be necessary on any agenda item.
"Fairness Fort Worth continues to work through and be a significant stakeholder in our city process. Council members have come to respect our participation. This evening they will see the faces of our GLBT and supportive straight leadership in the gallery reinforcing the amazing initiatives they have taken over the last year.
"Tonight, watch the news; tomorrow, check your paper. Have water-cooler discussions with your colleagues and heart-to-heart conversations with your family and friends. Others may manufacture problems. We're creating solutions."
I also talked to Jason Lamers in Mayor Mike Moncrief's office. He told me that there was nothing on the agenda specifically related to the LGBT community, and that he had not heard anything about the "Believers Stand United" group coming to the council meeting tonight. And, like Fairness Fort Worth, he warned that the meeting is likely to last late into the evening — at least till midnight — and that the public comment part of the meeting won't happen until the end. He also pointed out that you can watch the council meeting live online at the Fort Worth city website.
So there you have it. The so-called Christians are planning to take their hate to the Fort Worth City Council again tonight. Fairness Fort Worth has pledged to have people there ready to answer the hatefulness if and when the need arises. But it couldn't hurt to have a few more friendly LGBT faces in the crowd to back them up.
Watch for coverage of the meeting here on the blog tomorrow and in Friday's Dallas Voice.


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With Ryback making his return on Monday Night Raw, many are wondering about the fate of his former tag team partner, Curtis Axel. It looks like management will utilize him as a role player in the singles division. The former Intercontinental Champion worked a match this week against Kofi Kingston on WWE Main Event. The company really likes having a veteran performer like Axel around, so job security should not be an issue anytime soon.
October 29, 2014
Since Ryback is on the shelf for a couple of weeks, it will be interesting to see what WWE does with Curtis Axel. There were already plans being discussed a couple of weeks ago to split up the tag team, so it should come as no surprise if management opted to use the injury as an excuse to accelerate those plans. WWE no longer believes that Axel is worthy of being a top level guy, but they do believe he can still be a useful member of the roster.
August 27, 2014
Since management wasn't completely sure what to do with them upon their returns, WWE has seemingly decided to put Big Show and Mark Henry into a tag team. The duo demolished Curtis Axel and Ryback on Smackdown. The belief is that Show and Henry could be placed into a big tag team match on a pay per view against Luke Harper and Erick Rowan.
August 11, 2014
Reports are surfacing that WWE will be throwing a last minute fatal four way match together at Summerslam 2014, where Cody Rhodes, Goldust, Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, Curtis Axel and Ryback will all be vying for the tag titles. Management does not view this division to be a priority at this time, even though fan interest has grown.
August 7, 2014
Rumors are floating around that WWE is going to be splitting up Curtis Axel and Ryback very soon. Since neither guy has a ton of momentum right now, it does not appear that the move is being done to give them a push. WWE views Axel as just a guy on the roster nowadays, and Ryback has been in the doghouse with management for quite some time now.
July 23, 2014
On Monday Night Raw this week, Xavier Woods, who is only used sporadically on television by WWE, made a surprising appearance after a tag team match featuring Curtis Axel, Ryback, Kofi Kingston and Big E Langston. He cut a quick promo about how Kingston and Langston cannot get very far in WWE by being nice guys. This is the start of the long rumored stable, which has already been compared to the Nation of Domination by fans online.
July 22, 2014
Some more names have been added to the upcoming WWE Intercontinental Championship battle royal. Big E, Curtis Axel, Dolph Ziggler, Rob Van Dam and Ryback are now in the match at WWE Battleground 2014. They join Kofi Kingston, Damien Sandow, Great Khali and Antonio Cesaro. As of right now, the company is favoring the idea of giving the title to Cesaro.
July 2, 2014
In a match that was slightly held in higher regards than a filler match, Goldust and Cody Rhodes, who worked under his Stardust gimmick again, defeated Curtis Axel, who was sporting a ridiculous looking singlet, and Ryback. The match was designed to highlight the Stardust character. Since there was a little bit of action after the match, there is a chance that WWE could be continuing this feud.
June 29, 2014
In a rather interesting move, Curtis Axel worked as a baby face during a live event in Pennsylvania over the weekend. It was during a match against Alexander Rusev, where Axel explained to the audience that while they may not like him, they have something in common because they all love America. Rumors have it that this was simply a one time thing because they needed someone to work against Rusev that evening. Axel is not expected to do a full face turn anytime soon.
June 16, 2014
In a match designed by WWE to accelerate the split between the brothers, Curtis Axel and Ryback defeated Cody Rhodes and Goldust in the second match of Payback 2014. Ryback picked up the pin fall victory for his team after delivering the Shell Shock to Rhodes. Afterwards, Rhodes told Goldust that he needs to find a better tag team partner for himself.
June 1, 2014
A rather interesting move took place on Monday Night Raw, as Sheamus captured the WWE United States Heavyweight Championship by winning a battle royal. The move was designed to take the belt off of Dean Ambrose, which would increase the friction between the Shield and Triple H. Final five guys in the ring were Ambrose, Sheamus, Jack Swagger, Curtis Axel and Ryback.
May 5, 2014
Earlier in the week, it was reported that Curtis Axel and Ryback would be receiving a shot at Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso and the WWE Tag Team Championship at Extreme Rules 2014, management has decided to put the match on the next episode of Monday Night Raw instead. A rematch at the pay per view is a possibility still.
April 27, 2014
As is usually the case with every pay per view, you can expect WWE to do last minute additions to the Extreme Rules 2014 match card. Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Curtis Axel and Ryback are expected to get the seventh match on the card. If WWE needs another filler match, then Emma, Santino Marella, Layla El and Fandango are the top candidates for that spot.
April 27, 2014
With the X-Men star making a return appearance next week, WWE has been hinting that Hugh Jackman is going to be knocking out one of the wrestlers. The company set up a poll to see which performer the fans wanted to see in the roll. Damien Sandow, JBL, Wade Barrett, Randy Orton, Batista, Ryback, Curtis Axel, Zeb Colter, Fandango and Jack Swagger were all included, but Triple H and Paul Heyman are currently in the lead.
April 25, 2014
While it has yet to be officially confirmed, you can expect to see Curtis Axel and Ryback challenging Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso for the WWE tag team championship at Extreme Rules 2014. The seeds for the match was placed when the former Paul Heyman duo attacked the Usos after they defeated Cody Rhodes and Goldust on Monday Night Raw last week.
April 25, 2014
Despite working a segment that is building towards a feud for the tag team championship, Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso were removed from the Hulu version of Monday Night Raw this week. The brother tandem defeated Cody Rhodes and Goldust before setting up their program with Curtis Axel and Ryback. WWE still intends to continue the story line.
April 23, 2014
For fans who take interest in the traveling schedules of professional wrestlers, it has been revealed that Heath Slater is now traveling with Curtis Axel in between live events. Many were under the assumption that Slater was traveling with Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre, while Axel was believed to have been on the road with Ryback.
April 23, 2014
Since he has managed to behave himself rather well since being put into the dog house, there are talks that Ryback could be on the receiving end of a push from WWE in the near future. There are rumors that he and Curtis Axel could be going their separate ways soon, and it looks like Ryback will be the beneficiary of that breakup. He should be moved back into the mid card scene by the summer.
April 22, 2014
A picture of Curtis Axel and NFL star Ben Roethlisberger backstage at Royal Rumble 2014. Many have noted the physical resemblance between the WWE star and the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback.
April 18, 2014
A video of Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns working a handicap match against Alberto Del Rio, Alexander Rusev, Wade Barrett, Curtis Axel, Drew McIntyre, Fandango, Heath Slater, Jack Swagger, Jinder Mahal, Titus ONeil and Ryback on Monday Night Raw.
April 17, 2014
"I don't have to tell you how hard I have worked. I don't have to tell you the hours, sweat, blood and tears I have put into this. I don't have to tell you stories so you'll feel bad for me. My dream may have started later than yours but you can't take my dream away from me. You say bad things about me but in the end you don't really know me. I may not be your internet darling but what I am is Fearless. And being Fearless is what has gotten me to where I am today. 8 years of constantly being put down, I am still here. And that's because I am a Survivor." - Nikki Bella defending herself against WWE fans who criticize her
November 16, 2014
"A lot of people talk about the attitude era being so great but a lot of it was terrible crap, sex jokes and over-the-top terrible bad comedy. It was Jerry Springer-like. They made a joke about a woman's breasts. Hilarious, but where's the wrestling? I look back on a lot of stuff now, and I'm like where's the wrestling? It's just a lot of crappy jokes." - Dean Ambrose discusses his disdain for a popular WWE era
October 10, 2014
"Well right now I'm not at liberty to say where I'm going but I will tell you I'm going to do the right thing for me and my family. I am in the process of structuring a deal and I do have a company in mind. I haven't said yes because I want to make it a public thing with the company and myself. I can't really say who it is or where I'm going but I can tell you it's going to happen in the next two weeks before my contract is even up. I won't be wrestling until January but there will be a signing in the next couple of weeks." - Kurt Angle hinting on whether he will stay with TNA or return to WWE
September 10, 2014
"Today, I have made the decision to close a chapter of my life and begin the next. My time with WWE was an experience I will never forget, and I will always cherish those memories. However, I am ready to move forward towards my goals and life aspirations. I am beyond thankful for the continual love and support from coworkers, friends, and fans. Thank you for everything." - Veronica Lane saying goodbye to WWE fans
September 3, 2014
"I've been really quiet since the passing of my husband and the father of my girls. Someone sent me what Mr Bollea had to say in video interview with Grantland yesterday and I would just like to ask him to stop. He is the only person in the WWE Universe who did not give a call or send a card. My girls asked why he didn't check on us like everyone else and I explained simply there isn't a camera at our mailbox or in the house when we receive our calls. I would ask respectfully Mr Bollea, for you to understand my girls hurt and just let some time pass before you say anything more." - wife of the Ultimate Warrior to Hulk Hogan
August 15, 2014
"My mom and my cousin, Savelina Fanene, were struck head on by a drunk driver this week. They lived. First reaction is to find the person who did this and do unrelenting harm to them, but then you realize the most important thing is my family lived through this, and we can hug each other that much tighter these days. Hug your own family tighter today and be grateful you can tell them you love them." - Rock talks about how a DUI almost killed his family
August 10, 2014
"Should be no surprise what happened to Alberto Del Rio. There has always been rampant racism in the industry, from subtle to obvious." - Konnan accusing WWE of being racist towards certain performers
August 9, 2014
"Every two years I go through this. This is just the first public negotiation I've ever had. I think social media has really changed this kind of thing. I'm used to every two years negotiating with Spike and negotiating with other networks. This time is absolutely not any different. We're still talking with them, but there are other people, thank God, that are interested in our product. I want to grow this brand; I want to grow it domestically. I want us to be able to start having the kind of success domestically that we're having internationally. I'm not going to stop and none of us are going to stop until we get there. I'm real excited to see and I think we'll know sooner than later what's going to happen." - Dixie Carter addresses the situation on what TNA is doing with Impact Wrestling
August 7, 2014
"No, I've been there and done it against Chris Jericho and I proved a point, so there's no sense in jeopardizing that. Everyone who saw me work that match said I did good for my age. They have a good memory of that and I'd like to leave it at that. I do know some of the older guys who have come back and tried to work in the ring and it's just heartbreaking to see. I don't want to risk all that because the fans still have a pretty good image of me and my last time in the ring." - Ricky Steamboat talking about a potential return to WWE
August 5, 2014
"Catching Monday Night Raw on my DVR. Just saw all I needed to see. Dolph Ziggler with a huge win. I bought the WWE Network just to keep up with Ziggler." - Kevin Nash praising Dolph Ziggler
August 5, 2014
"If it's true that Spike TV doesn't renew their deal with TNA, it's a double edged sword, in my opinion. They were and are atrociously bad at advertising the show whatsoever. I never used to see us advertised except maybe an hour before Impact Wrestling started. Not acceptable. The most annoying part when I was still wrestling there was I'd see Bellator constantly advertised, and we were doing better numbers at the time. Hell, even Manswers got better public relations by the network than we did. The bad side of the sword is that it obviously takes a ton of TNA's revenue away that they counted on to pay the wrestlers. For the company's future, I think the further they get the hell away from Spike, the better the company will be. That's just my opinion obviously." - Matt Morgan on the rumors that Spike TV is canceling their television deal with TNA
July 28, 2014
"Dolph Ziggler has got to be one of the toughest men to put on a pair of boots, but he's going to be like Mick Foley in another five years because that kid beats his body up more than anybody on the crew. I do know this, in my dealings with him, when I'm his producer, he gives everything he's got. He does some really phenomenal and athletic stuff." - Arn Anderson thinks WWE should push Ziggler
July 20, 2014
"He just signed with us. I was there when he had his tryout at the WWE Performance Center and I met with him there. We've been working on this for a while. His training will start when he gets here. The thing is, you can be a big star anyplace else in the world. That gets you in the door. What you do once you get here is a whole different ballgame. He's no different than anybody else once he walks through the door of the Performance Center." - Triple H on how Kenta Kobayashi will be treated in WWE
July 17, 2014
"I don't think I will ever wrestle again, but if I do, it would be for WWE. I just feel like that's my place. It's where I developed my wrestling abilities and character and that's where I would stay if I was to wrestle again. The good thing about when I left is that I left on very good terms with the WWE. It left the door open for me if I ever wanted to come back. It's not completely out of the question to ever return, whether it's for a short-term or longer. Maybe there will be a point down the line that I miss wrestling bad enough that I'll want to come back. As for now though, I'm just focusing on my company and my marriage and haven't gotten that itch to wrestle." - Kaitlyn discusses her future in professional wrestling
July 17, 2014
"Comedy wrestling is not easy. Santino Marella is one of my favorite wrestlers to watch. sad he's leaving the ring, but happy he made me smile." - Colt Cabana on Santino Marella being forced to retire from WWE due to another neck injury
July 7, 2014
"I disagree with scripting. I think the nature of a promo has to come from your heart and your guts and you have to mean everything that you're saying. Now is the perfect time to go back to that formula. You learn to sink or swim. And guys and gals will start to learn to swim again. That's what's going to make the product feel more organic, more spontaneous and more real." - Steve Austin talks about WWE being too scripted
July 7, 2014
"Heard Petey Williams retired last night. Such a great talent. Always enjoyed his work and working with him." - James Storm speaks on the surprising retirement of former TNA star Petey Williams
July 6, 2014
"Yes, I like Hulk Hogan - and here's why. With each passing year, I think I gain a better perspective on what's really important in life. There was a time - a period of many years - where Hulk's name would bring up some negative feelings for me. He was the guy who made far more than I did with a style that was the antithesis of mine. But for the past several years, whenever I see Hulk Hogan, all I can think of are the words Shane Douglas shared with me about Hulk Hogan and the kindness and warmth with which he showered the kids facing life-threatening challenges, who seemed to find strength and inspiration in Hulk's larger than life physique and personality. I'll never forget those words Shane told me, 'Those kids would just be beaming.' Those words are all I think of when I see Hogan, People can take issue with his wrestling style...as they often do with mine. But, when it's all said and done, Hulk Hogan used that oversized personality, and really big heart to ease so much suffering that he saw around him.. In the bigger picture, does anything else really matter?" - Mick Foley shares his feelings on Hulk Hogan
June 27, 2014
"Obviously this is going to be a big financial changer because you're not going to get all those buy rates. I've had a brief experience with the WWE Network. I signed up for it. I'm not a real gadget guy. I've had an iPad for damn near two years, but I hardly ever use it. I put the WWE Network on there, and I typed in certain matches, they didn't have certain things from NWA or WCW. So I've been going more to YouTube. I think they need a little bit more original content. I need to get on there more to familiarize myself with it. One of the things I've enjoyed is the old Garden stuff and from World Class (Championship Wrestling). I think it was smart to come out with the network. I think it's going to catch on more in the next two or three years, and that's when it will pay off." - Steve Austin shares his views on the WWE Network
June 27, 2014
"He is a pro. He comes to work everyday. He is straight forward and tells you exactly what it is. One of my things was I didn't get to work a match with him. I would have dropped the weight I did and keep the muscle I have. He is a great leader in terms of he talks it; he walks it. He is the face of the WWE and likely so. John Cena gave us all an opportunity to train and have the same training regiment. The training of the NBA and NFL with Olympic lifts for maintenance, for power, better cardiovascular. He was on the forefront. He gave guys an opportunity." - Brodus Clay defending John Cena
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AND NOW THE GOOD NEWS – AT 10:48 A.M. ET: Yes, there is actually some good news from Tuesday's elections.
Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin was on TV last night urging Republicans to look to the state elections, not just the federal elections. He used his own state as an example. Although we were disappointed by Wisconsin winding up in the Obama column, and by the state's election of Tammy Baldwin, a certified leftist, as the new U.S. senator, Republicans actually increased their numbers in the state legislature, making it possible for Walker to continue his remarkably successful program of righting the state's fiscal ship. Wisconsin is doing well. To its south, Illinois, run by the old-line Democratic machine, is doing poorly.
States are the bulwarks against Washington. And today Republicans hold 30 governorships – governorships in 60% of the states. The states are great laboratories, and governors often go on to become presidential candidates and sometimes outstanding presidents.
The new gubernatorial star is Republican Patrick McCrory, the former mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Dems held their convention, and now the governor-elect of North Carolina. He will be the first Republican governor of that state in 20 years. If he does well...who knows?
It is in the states that Republicans can prove the quality of their style of government. The mainstream media likes to emphasize the federal government. Don't forget the states. We can sneak up on 'em. Scott Walker did.
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Quetiapine: a pharmacoeconomic review of its use in bipolar disorder. [2012]This article briefly summarizes the burden of bipolar disorder and the clinical
profile of quetiapine (Seroquel®) in the management of bipolar disorder, followed
by a detailed review of pharmacoeconomic analyses...
A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to assess the efficacy of quetiapine
fumarate XR in very heavy-drinking alcohol-dependent patients. [2012]very heavy drinkers... CONCLUSIONS: This multisite clinical trial showed no efficacy for quetiapine
A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial of fluoxetine plus quetiapine or clomipramine versus fluoxetine plus placebo for obsessive-compulsive disorder. [2011.12]Obsessive-compulsive disorder patients who do not improve sufficiently after treatment with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor might improve further if other drugs were added to the treatment regimen... However, the period of monotherapy with the maximum dose of fluoxetine should be extended before a combination treatment strategy is applied.
Extended-release quetiapine as monotherapy for the treatment of adults with acute mania: a randomized, double-blind, 3-week trial. [2011.11]BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorder, a highly recurrent and chronic condition, often necessitates periods of hospitalization and requires lifelong treatment with medication. It is characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression. Given the severity of mania, physicians must be able to control symptoms rapidly. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this pivotal, Phase III trial was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of once-daily extended-release quetiapine fumarate (quetiapine XR) monotherapy in improving manic symptoms in patients with bipolar I disorder... CONCLUSION: This 3-week trial suggests that quetiapine XR (400-800 mg) once-daily monotherapy is efficacious (from day 4) and generally well tolerated in patients with manic or mixed episodes of bipolar I disorder. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00422123. Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier HS Journals, Inc. All rights reserved.
Continuation of quetiapine versus switching to placebo or lithium for maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder (trial 144: a randomized controlled study). [2011.11]CONCLUSIONS: In patients stabilized during acute quetiapine treatment, continuation of quetiapine significantly increased time to recurrence of any mood, manic, or depressive event compared with switching to placebo. Switching to lithium was also more effective than placebo for the prevention of manic and depressive events. TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00314184. (c) Copyright 2011 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.
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treatment of Major Depressive Disorders
Seroquel- Agitation Associated With Dementia [Completed]
The purpose of this study is to determine how safe and effective Seroquel (quetiapine
fumarate) is compared to placebo (a non-drug tablet) for a period of up to 10 weeks in the
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Relapse Prevention, RoW: Study to Evaluate Prevention of Relapse in Patients in Stable Chronic Schizophrenia Receiving Either Seroquel or Placebo [Completed]
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patients from a schizophrenic relapse when studied for a long time (1 year) and if so, how it
compares with non-active treatment.
Phase 3 /Seroquel SR Acute Mania Monotherapy - US [Completed]
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of sustained-release
quetiapine fumarate (Seroquel®) in the treatment of patients with Acute Bipolar Mania for 3
Phase III/Seroquel SR Bipolar Depression Monotherapy - US [Completed]
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of sustained-release
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Opinion, Thursday, September 22, 2011
In the run up to the election, groups wanting the government to solve child poverty have been very active. A mix of academics, political activists, religious lobby groups etc. say that 200,000 New Zealand children are living in poverty thereby significantly increasing their risks of poor health, educational and social outcomes.
But who are these children? The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), authors of the latest report,
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, are not specific about the groups composition. They make observations like,
The[se] poorest children in New Zealand are found disproportionately in sole parent households
Maori children are twice as likely as Pakeha to be living in a poor household a fact the report identifies as reflecting the relatively high proportion of Maori children living in sole parent beneficiary families and households.
Some of the children also live in two-parent working households apparently.
Other sources, The Child Health Monitor 2011 for instance, provide further clues. It records that in April 2011 children reliant on the DPB numbered 180,845. Also,
During 2009, 75% of all households (including those with and without children) relying on income-tested benefits as their main source of income were living below the poverty line.
Assuming an unchanged proportion, 75% of the 180,845 DPB-dependent children are living below the poverty line; around 135,600. So two thirds of the child poverty problem relates to DPB reliance.
Recent Ministry of Social Development research into sole parents on benefits found,
"The research considered all sole parents in receipt of a main benefit at 31 December 2005 - around 114,000 people. Of this group: just over half had spent at least 80% of the history period supported by main benefits;
a third
appeared to have become parents in their teens."
Importantly, a third is a minimum estimate due to the method of calculation. The research also found that the early starters tended to have larger families, more debt and greater hardship. Putting together the pieces thus far, conservatively 60,000 of the children living in poverty belong in welfare families which sprang from a teenage birth.
Surprisingly CPAGs report mentions teen births just once and then only as an OECD indicator of child well-being, not as a significant source of child poverty.
The CPAGs approach is one of government responsibility after the fact. It chides the Welfare Working Group for over-emphasising individual responsibilities rather than human rights. CPAGs attention is on their cure - a greater shift of wealth into these families - and not prevention.
Given the increasing ability of young people to avoid early births, that is odd. Young people across socio-economic levels are having relationships and sex. But most of the births to teenagers occur in the poorest deciles - 56 percent in the lowest three and 23 percent in the poorest. Poor, uneducated girls have less to lose when choosing or failing to avoid premature parenthood. A benefit will pay equal to or more than working full time at the minimum wage.
Yet the major recommendation advanced by CPAG is to increase benefits. Given the above set of circumstances, it isnt difficult to anticipate what raising benefits may do. Increase the number of children on benefits.
Does that matter? Yes. When the Ministry of Social Development studied whether the source of income mattered to the living standards of poor children in benefit households versus poor children in working households they found that,
"The results demonstrate that there is considerable variation in the living standards of those below the poverty threshold, and suggest that poor children in families with government transfers as the main income source are a particularly vulnerable group...Poor children whose families are primarily reliant on market income are in an intermediate position."
This indicates that poverty, of itself, isnt necessarily the problem. Yet CPAG, and their counterparts, seem quite reluctant to pin down the 200,000 children by family structure, employment status or ethnicity.
They certainly arent interested in a discussion about the long-term impacts of New Zealands high teenage birth rate, especially among Maori. If they were, a report into reducing child poverty would be the very place to have it.
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OCEAN CITY, Md. - Ocean City police say a man on bail in connection with several residential burglaries has been arrested for allegedly stealing from cars in the resort town.
Police say about 5:30 a.m. Saturday, officers saw a stolen car parked near the victim's home with the engine running and a man in the driver's seat.
Officers say they approached the car, but the man in the driver's seat ran from the vehicle and jumped into the bay. Officers pulled the man from the water and arrested him.
Twenty-year-old Alexander George Ellis of Ocean City has been charged with several counts of theft. He is being held on $25,000 bond.
Police say Ellis had been arrested Jan. 3 and charged in six residential burglaries. He had been freed on bond in those cases.
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May I say once again how much I love Leonard Pitts? Go read his editorial on Fred Phelps, the erstwhile Baptist preacher who takes his "God Hates Fags" campaign around the country to picket the funerals of gays and, now, the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq. Mr. Pitts opines that Fred must be gay himself. If Fred runs true to form, he'll send out a badly formatted press release condemning Mr. Pitts, his readers, and, I guess, anyone who doesn't "hate fags". No problem. At least I know I'll have good company in hell.
Archive for February, 2006
Leonard Pitts Takes on Fred PhelpsTuesday, February 28th, 2006
Sammie Speigner's Killer Gets 21 YearsTuesday, February 28th, 2006
Wow! Judge Clyde Jones must feel strongly about keeping murderers off the streets — he gave Sammie Speigner's killer a big one year over the minimum sentence. This even though Raymond Carlisle pulled a gun, chased Prof. Speigner from his car, and then shot him when the Prof got back to his car and tried to drive away. Then Carlisle took Prof. Speigner's wallet and his car and left him to bleed to death. Carlisle's excuse? Why, gay panic, of course. And it worked, by God. First, he was convicted of the lesser charge of felony murder rather than capital murder, and now he gets a mere 21 years, out of a possible 20-99 year range, for taking a man's life. He'll be eligible for parole in 10. Way to be tough on crime, Judge Jones.
Huh?Monday, February 27th, 2006
The US Chamber of Commerce has given Tom DeLay an enterprise award and an endorsement.
DeLay, R-Sugar Land, was presented with the "Spirit of Enterprise" award from the chamber group during a Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Peter Havel, regional executive director for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Dallas, presented the award to DeLay for his "outstanding leadership" and "for voting with the business community on a consistent basis."
Havel said the chamber group relies on legislators such as DeLay who believe in free enterprise, fewer taxes and job creation.
Havel also announced the national chamber group's endorsement of DeLay as he seeks re-election for Congress.
The Chamber also presented the following awards:
*Chastity Award to Heidi Fleiss
*Integrity Award to Richard Scrushy
*Excellence In Management Award to Ken Lay
*Truth In Journalism Award to Bill O'Reilly
*Safe Hunting Award to Dick Cheney
*Miss Congeniality Award to Leona Helmsley
*Heroism In Battle Award to George W. Bush
The GOP Doesn't Like Truth-TellersMonday, February 27th, 2006
The Bush administration today declined to appoint a special counsel to investigate domestic spying, saying that Democrats should instead focus on finding out who had leaked the information about illegal wiretapping. A young man who discovered and reported chicanery by Diebold is now facing felony charges. And two affiliated Texas non-profits that blew the whistle on Tom DeLay's illegal campaign spending were then audited by the IRS at the behest of an attorney associated with DeLay's ARMPAC.
These people are all about retaliation.
Monday Morning ReadingMonday, February 27th, 2006
Blues Reader Don Seibold has a couple of interesting pieces up at the Dr. IQ website. Check out "Alabama's Most Powerful Lobby" and his candidate review.
Bill O'Reilly Wants To Restore Phil Donahue's Honor and Dignity…Friday, February 24th, 2006
…or at least that's what his petition says. He's "increasingly concerned about the well-being of MSNBC". What he really wants is for MSNBC to fire Keith Olbermann. Bill definitely needs some cheese to go with that whine.
UPDATE: Crooks and Liars has the video from Countdown last night. Keith did a big spoof of the petition, and it was a hoot! He mentions that his ratings are going up while O'Reilly's are falling. Maybe that's why Bill's squealing so loudly.
Brave Ohio Democrat Proposes Ban on Republican AdoptionFriday, February 24th, 2006
This is a great use of humor to make a point.
State Sen. Robert Hagan sent out e-mails to fellow lawmakers late Wednesday night, stating that he intends to "introduce legislation in the near future that would ban households with one or more Republican voters from adopting children or acting as foster parents."
…Hagan said his "tongue was planted firmly in cheek" when he drafted the proposed legislation. However, Hagan said that the point he is trying to make is nonetheless very serious.
Hagan said his legislation was written in response to a bill introduced in the Ohio House this month by state Rep. Ron Hood, R-Ashville, that is aimed at prohibiting gay adoption.
"We need to see what we are doing," said Hagan, who called Hood's proposed bill blatantly discriminatory and extremely divisive. Hagan called Hood and the eight other conservative House Republicans who backed the anti-gay adoption bill "homophobic."
…To further lampoon Hood's bill, Hagan wrote in his mock proposal that "credible research" shows that adopted children raised in Republican households are more at risk for developing "emotional problems, social stigmas, inflated egos, and alarming lack of tolerance for others they deem different than themselves and an air of overconfidence to mask their insecurities."
However, Hagan admitted that he has no scientific evidence to support the above claims.
Just as "Hood had no scientific evidence" to back his assertion that having gay parents was detrimental to children, Hagan said.
I like the way this man thinks.
"It flies in the face of reason when we need to reform our education system, address health care and environmental issues that we put energy and wasted time (into) legislation (Hood's) like this."
Aren't We Proud?Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
Alabama scrapes the bottom of the barrel in many measures, but it's tops at taxing the poor. Currently, there are two proposals in the legislature to raise the threshold for income tax. Right now it's a princely $4,600 a year for a family of four. When that income level was set, it was quite progressive. Very few families earned that kind of money, and I guess legislators at the time couldn't imagine a day when an income four times that high would fall below the poverty line.
Now it seems that raising what has become a ridiculously low threshold is akin to blasphemy. Apparently there are those who believe Jesus wants us to tax the poor deeper into poverty. If the poor would just work hard enough, they could pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. After all, the Bible says that God helps those who help themselves.* Maybe we should heed these words from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
"Eliminating state income taxes on working families with poverty-level incomes gives a boost in take-home pay that helps offset higher child care and transportation costs that families incur as they strive to become economically self-sufficient," the report states. "In other words, relieving state income taxes on poor families can make a meaningful contribution toward `making work pay.'"
*Actually, it doesn't, but 75% of people surveyed by the Barna Group think it does.
Alabama's Own Lobbyist ScandalThursday, February 23rd, 2006
The Anniston Star has an eye-opening editorial about the influence of lobbyists on our Alabama lawmakers. Under current law, registered lobbyists are only required to report expenditures greater than $250 per day on public officials, and those who lobby the Executive Branch are not required to register with the Ethics Commission. Senate Bill 288, which is currently making its way through the legislative maze, would require all lobbyists to register and to report every dollar spent on public officials.
So right now lobbyists can spend up to $250 per day, with no accountability, on each legislator that they want to influence. I don't know about you, but I'd find it hard to ignore input from someone who was lavishing that kind of money on me. The average constituent doesn't contribute that much per political campaign every four years.
Of course, the lobbyists' financial largesse gives them almost unlimited access to our elected officials. Not only do they hang out in the halls of the State House, now they're finding their way into committee meetings and public hearings.
For some time, critics of the lobbying tactics of the Alabama Education Association have complained about executive secretary Dr. Paul Hubbert working the floor during committee meetings, making sure lawmakers know that he is there and that the AEA is watching.
More recently, in the House committee debate over whether the people of Alabama should decide for themselves if a constitutional convention should be called, The Huntsville Times reported how "Paul Pinyan, an Alfa lobbyist, continually whispered into the ears of members."
Alfa, it should be noted, is categorically opposed to constitutional reform because its constituents might end up paying reasonable property taxes on their land. Alabama has the lowest property taxes in the US, so low that if they were doubled, they'd still be the lowest. Out-of-state timber companies and agribusinesses love to own land here. They get to use our natural resources for pennies on the acre, and they don't give a damn if our schools suck or our poorest citizens are overburdened with high sales taxes and income taxes that kick in when a family of four makes $4,600 a year.
How was it that a lobbyist could get so close to committee members during a meeting? And what was he whispering? And to whom?
Was he bending the ear of local representative Randy Wood? Telling him to forget that back in 2002 he told The Anniston Star, "If we're going to ever grow in Alabama, we've got to have a new Constitution."?
Was he telling Rep. Steve Hurst from Mumford that no one would remember that back in 2002 he told the Talladega Daily Home, "Yes, (the Constitution) should be changed. How should we do it? Let the people vote on how they want it done."
If that was what Pinyan was doing, he did his work well, because both men decided to vote the lobbyist's line.
I've heard my very own state senator say that he depends heavily on lobbyists to provide information about the myriad bills that are proposed each session. He should be depending on his constituents to keep him informed of their wishes, but unfortunately we don't speak up often or loudly enough to counterbalance the people who spend all their time and money in Montgomery working the system.
If SB288 passes, at least we'll know who is buying our legislators and which legislators are allowing themselves to be bought. I'm betting it will face major opposition from lobbyists who will claim that its requirements are too "cumbersome" or "intrusive". But I see it as a big step in taking back our government.
Hat tip to Don Seibold at Dr. IQ.
South Dakota Passes Abortion Ban…Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
…with no exceptions for the health of the mother or for victims of rape or incest — and with the express purpose of provoking a court challenge. Does the South Dakota legislature really want to force a 12-year-old whose dad or uncle couldn't keep it in his pants to have a baby? Does it want a severely diabetic woman who has a birth control failure to put her life at risk? Apparently so. In an ideal world, we might not need access to abortion services. But in an ideal world, we'd have comprehensive sex education, easy access to safe and reliable birth control, no diseases or conditions that threaten the life or health of a pregnant woman, no rapists and no child molesters, and no fetal death or catastrophic damage. But we don't live in that world.
Apparently, the South Dakota legislature doesn't care. It wants a fight. W has the Supreme Court his supporters have always wanted, and they're banking on overturning Roe v. Wade. Can Griswold be far behind? After all, a lot of the wingnuts consider contraception to be a form of abortion. We may end up with a government that insists on wives having sex with their husbands whenever they ovulate. Otherwise, they're aborting a potential life, right?
I pray that none of my daughters will ever be in need of abortion services. I'll do my best to teach them how to protect themselves. Meanwhile, I guess I'd better start stockpiling condoms and store away a couple of morning-after pills before they disappear from the pharmacy shelves.


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CHICAGO — Back then, Dwyane Wade had it all planned it out.
Like others before him, he was set play to high school basketball here in the inner-city. Then maybe, just maybe, he would have avoided having to play catch-up all these years to those who came before him. Some were just as talented, others nowhere near his level.


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An engine fire three weeks ago has grounded the expensive new fighter jet. US military officials still hope the jet can make a last-minute appearance at the prestigious UK airshow, though.
Multibillion-dollar program to develop "the most affordable, lethal, supportable, and survivable aircraft ever to be used" hits some turbulence after a crack is discovered in an engine turbine blade.
The next generation of strike aircraft for the Navy, Air Force, and Marines.
Longtime Pentagon correspondent Richard Whittle investigated the unmanned aircraft that gave the military the ability to attack targets from the other side of the world. He talked to CNET about the drone.
The aviation industry spends big bucks and plans years in advance. Airbus sells 496 passenger jets at the UK airshow.
Lockheed Martin says the production model of the new jet successfully completed a stationary take-off earlier this month.
With commercial space flight on the horizon, a Pennsylvania training center offers would-be astronauts a chance to experience the rigors of blasting off. CNET sister site SmartPlanet investigates.
Hundreds of families of Americans missing in action in Palau since World War II have long wondered what happened to their loved ones. Now cutting-edge oceanographic technology is helping find answers.
There's a new sub-hunter in town: the US Navy's P-8A Poseidon, just now taking to the air to replace the venerable P-3C Orion. And soon it'll have a drone deputy.
Air Force has given clearance for its version of the Joint Strike Fighter to begin tests--a major milestone. The program could cost a trillion dollars over the next 50 years.


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Other than a few BD players offering Realta HQV and Anchor Bay VRS video processing — all of which were well out of my price range — it was one of the few BD players offering a high-end video scaling solution.
As a secondary benefit, the Reon HQV video processing is also applied to the player's Netflix playback.
I won't go into too much detail about this player's UI, mainly because it's identical to that of the Roku Player. From a connectivity standpoint, the P2550 lacks the Roku Player's wireless connection option, but the same can be said about the TivoHD. Both devices can work wirelessly with a wireless Ethernet bridge. All of my testing was done, however, using a wired 100 Mbps Ethernet connection and 5 Mbps cable Internet connection.
The P2550 has become my go-to Netflix streaming choice for one reason: image quality. The Reon HQV processing goes a long way in making non-HD Netflix content watchable on my 100-inch screen. Blocking and noise are greatly reduced, and just enough sharpening is applied to bring out detail without looking artificial.
It's still not DVD quality, but it comes close. There are titles I simply could not watch on the other devices that are at least passable on the P2550. The Reon HQV processing is much less noticeable on HD content, mainly since it's not performing scaling or deinterlacing duties (at least not for my 720p display, which matches the resolution of HD Netflix content).
There is some subtle noise reduction applied that does a good job of also masking the rare streaming artifact without killing detail.
Here comes the bad news: The P2550 is now discontinued, and Samsung has moved away from the Reon processing in the P3600 that replaced it.
This means there's currently not a Netflix playback device available with a higher-end video processing chipset. The P3600, and even the lower-end P1600, do a good job of scaling DVD and Netflix material, but not as good as the P2550, especially on large screens.
It's not all bad news. The Samsung P2550 has a near-identical sister, the P2500, with the only difference being a lack of Pandora music streaming.
If you're looking for a BD player with the best DVD and Netflix available, I'd grab a clearance or refurbished P2550 (new for about $350) while you still can. You can find the P2500 (new) on clearance at Amazon.com for $250.Facebook and Twitter.
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I am looking for the text in Latin of "The Building Accounts" of Vale Royal Abbey. I have consulted the historical Office of the Chesire but they don't know anything. In the corresponding page (Appendix of The Ledger Book of Vale Royal Abbey) of British History UK, I have read that it exists a translation of a certain Miss Stokes from the original manuscript now in the Public Record Office—Exchequer K. R. Enrolled Accounts, bundle 485, No. 22. Can anyone help me to find that translation?
AlbertoI have written much on Vale Royal Abbey and give talks around Cheshire on its medieval history. I am not aware of the translation by Miss Stokes but wonder whether in essence it is taken from the Ledger Book and therefore similar to the translation given in the printed version published by the Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.Tony Bostock
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