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An Occasion to Commemorate
Welcome to the final issue of the NCI Cancer Bulletin for 2006. This issue is very special, not just because it's the conclusion of the Bulletin's third year, but because it's dedicated to an important event: the 35th anniversary of the enactment of the National Cancer Act of 1971 (NCA).
On such a momentous occasion, I felt it appropriate to highlight two former members of Congress who have been instrumental in making it possible for NCI to be the worldwide leader in cancer research, a position from which we have been able to accelerate the pace of scientific progress. Read more
35 Years of Progress
December 23, 2006, marks the 35th anniversary of the passage of the NCA, a landmark statute that committed the United States' will and resources toward reducing the burden of cancer, and entrusted the leadership of that effort to NCI.
The NCA was passed despite federal spending constraints, in a year when NCI's budget was less than $200 million. NCI Director Dr. Carl G. Baker had addressed a special Senate panel, chaired by Senator Ralph Yarborough (D-Tex.), earlier that year. The concerns he expressed, as well as the bold vision he laid out for the panel, were eventually encompassed in the NCA. This Act established a greater Executive Branch relationship with the National Cancer Program, converting the position of NCI director to a Presidential appointment and mandating that the NCI director administer the National Cancer Program with the advice of a President-appointed National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB). In addition, the NCA authorized NCI to submit its annual budget request (the "bypass budget") directly to the President. Read more
An Occasion to Commemorate
Welcome to the final issue of the NCI Cancer Bulletin for 2006. This issue is very special, not just because it's the conclusion of the Bulletin's third year, but because it's dedicated to an important event: the 35th anniversary of the enactment of the National Cancer Act of 1971 (NCA).
On such a momentous occasion, I felt it appropriate to highlight two former members of Congress who have been instrumental in making it possible for NCI to be the worldwide leader in cancer research, a position from which we have been able to accelerate the pace of scientific progress.
One of those people is a man who, these days, works just blocks from the White House, former Representative Paul Rogers. Among the pictures, letters, plaques, and other mementos of his career as a public servant that adorn his office is a black-and-white photo that shows Rep. Rogers and fellow Congressional leaders gathered around President Nixon during the signing of the National Cancer Act, a bill that brought sweeping changes and unprecedented new authorities to NCI.
That landmark legislation, in fact, came to pass, in large part, because of Rep. Rogers' perseverance. In the summer of 1971, he was chair of the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, which was considering a bill passed by the Senate known as the "Conquest of Cancer Act." This bill would have, in effect, made NCI an independent agency inside the National Institutes of Health. Rep. Rogers, who was under pressure from Republicans and Democrats alike to move quickly and pass the bill, had doubts. He thought the bill, by granting NCI such a unique position within NIH, could lead to its breakup. That, he believed, would be tragic.
He convened weeks of hearings and marshalled support from the scientific community to help "educate the House and the public on the matter of cancer and how it should be handled." The bill that was enacted is an example of the best of American bipartisanship.
It was a similar spirit in the Senate - spurred by deep personal experience - that led former Senator Connie Mack, in the late 1990s, to champion the doubling of the NIH budget. Senator Mack's brother died from melanoma, he and his other brother had been treated for melanoma, and his wife and daughter battled cancer. So he has a personal understanding of the toll cancer can take.
"I have a picture on my desk at home of three little boys. I think we would have been 3, 4, and 5," he says. "It's a pretty dramatic reminder to me…about what we've experienced. It also gives me hope that we're going to be able to find a cure, but at the same time, a deep sense of frustration about how much more we have to do."
Sen. Mack's experience led him to the realization that it was time for a greater investment in research, particularly cancer, and he worked to bring more resources to the NIH and NCI.
As is often the case, it's individuals, and the policies or activities or movements they help start and sustain, that do the most good. And when the spirit to make a difference exhibited by people like Paul Rogers and Connie Mack takes hold, the true beneficiaries are not institutes and agencies, but healthier people.
I hope you enjoy this commemoration of the National Cancer Act and a look back at 35 years of progress. Have a joyful and safe holiday season.
Dr. John E. Niederhuber
December 23, 2006, marks the 35th anniversary of the passage of the NCA, a landmark statute that committed the United States' will and resources toward reducing the burden of cancer, and entrusted the leadership of that effort to NCI.
The NCA was passed despite federal spending constraints, in a year when NCI's budget was less than $200 million. NCI Director Dr. Carl G. Baker had addressed a special Senate panel, chaired by Senator Ralph Yarborough (D-Tex.), earlier that year. The concerns he expressed, as well as the bold vision he laid out for the panel, were eventually encompassed in the NCA. This Act established a greater Executive Branch relationship with the National Cancer Program, converting the position of NCI director to a Presidential appointment and mandating that the NCI director administer the National Cancer Program with the advice of a President-appointed National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB). In addition, the NCA authorized NCI to submit its annual budget request (the "bypass budget") directly to the President.
The NCA also established a three-member President's Cancer Panel (PCP) to monitor and evaluate the National Cancer Program through periodic public hearings and an annual progress report.
Finally, NCA established 15 new centers for clinical research, training, and demonstration of advanced diagnostic and treatment methods, and it positioned NCI to facilitate regional cancer control programs, in cooperation with the states and other health agencies. Around the same time that he signed the NCA, President Nixon converted the U.S. Army's germ warfare facilities at Frederick, Md., into a cancer research facility, which now houses part of NCI's Center for Cancer Research (CCR).
The NCA has been amended a number of times since 1971 to expand the authority of NCI, with a stronger emphasis on cancer control and research. NCI now has an annual budget of close to $4.8 billion, fueling programs that are among the most extensive and innovative in the world.
For example, NCA's original provisions for 15 Cancer Centers has grown into today's network of 61 nationwide. At these centers, as well as other institutions and on the NIH campus in Maryland, NCI has trained tens of thousands of people from the United States and abroad.
NCI has synergized cancer research worldwide through its Office of International Affairs, coordinating research consortia and conferences, and supporting research activities in more than 60 countries. The results in the last 35 years: NCI-sponsored research activities domestic and abroad have produced 227,000 published journal articles (as indexed in PubMed) - more than 10,000 this year alone.
Beyond basic and clinical research, NCI's extensive communication efforts are rooted in the NCA, which initially directed NCI to develop programs for rapid dissemination of cancer research to the international scientific community. This was later broadened to include cancer patients and their families, health professionals, and the public. Philanthropist and patient advocate Mary Lasker is credited with a major role in enacting the NCA, and her legacy is carried on today by the growing legions of patient advocate representatives actively involved in the National Cancer Plan through NCI's Office of Liaison Activities.
The fiscal challenges NCI is currently facing hearken back to the year that the NCA was signed. But NCI Director Dr. John E. Niederhuber has affirmed the institute's commitment to the legislation's original promise: "It is our responsibility to continually earn, and always merit, the public's trust," he said. "By investing in the three research spaces - the chemical, biological, and translational - and using powerful new technologies to integrate the discoveries from this investment, we will be able to generate better outcomes for all cancer patients and reduce the burden of cancer."
By Bill Robinson
Paul Rogers was chairman of the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment from 1971 to 1978, and was instrumental in passing the National Cancer Act of 1971 and the National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act of 1978. He spoke with Richard Folkers of NCI's Office of Communications about the National Cancer Act.
The signing ceremony of the National Cancer Act on December 23, 1971, was an amazing moment of American bipartisanship.
What strikes you, as you look back on that day?
Why did the bill emphasize cancer centers?
As a member of Congress, would a day ever go by when you didn't get a request for greater disease research funding?
In 1971, the word "survivor" was not used that often. How far have we come?
In 1971, cancer epidemiology played an important, if underappreciated, role in NCI research. Studies rarely involved more than a few hundred participants, and were largely directed at how patterns of cancer risk in specific populations were affected by environmental and lifestyle factors.
Today, the molecular epidemiologist has a variety of tools, technologies, and opportunities. NCI has played a significant role in this story, designing important studies of familial cancer and providing ongoing support and direction for a national program in epidemiological research.
"The advent of major advances in molecular science and technology offers the epidemiologist a chance to overcome some weaknesses of the classical approaches of the past," said Dr. Robert N. Hoover, director of the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Program in NCI's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG). This includes better measurement of exposures and outcomes, detection of susceptible subgroups, and insights into the biological mechanisms of disease.
A clear example of this process is the discovery that infection due to the human papillomavirus is responsible for most cases of cervical cancer. By learning about the etiology and epidemiology of this disease, basic researchers in NCI's CCR were able to develop a vaccine that was licensed for clinical use this year.
To maximize the value of powerful new genomic tools, epidemiologists are taking a "more transdisciplinary team-based approach, which NCI is actively promoting through a number of strategic partnerships," said Dr. Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., DCEG director.
One such partnership is the Consortium of Cohorts, an international collaboration of intramural and extramural investigators managing 23 independently funded population cohorts that encompass 1.2 million individuals who have provided biospecimens including germline DNA. As cancers arise among these people, nested case-control studies should help evaluate molecular and biochemical biomarkers of susceptibility and early-stage disease.
In another initiative, Dr. Hoover, Dr. Gilles Thomas, and CCR's Dr. Stephen Chanock, who directs the NCI Core Genotyping Facility, are co-leading the Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility (CGEMS) project, along with Dr. David Hunter of the Harvard School of Public Health, to identify genetic alterations that make people susceptible to breast and prostate cancers. Here, too, nested case-control studies will be based on large, ongoing population cohort studies.
The unprecedented commitment to basic and clinical cancer research that came about through the NCA ushered in a revolutionary understanding of the molecular and cellular biology of cancer, which in turn has launched a new approach to treatment based on therapeutic targeting of molecular markers unique to cancer cells.
"If you go back 35 years, much of what is now commonplace was not known," said Dr. Thomas Waldmann, chief of the Metabolism Branch in NCI's CCR. With little support for basic science research available from industry prior to its signing, the NCA provided the funds necessary for investigators to commit their careers to elucidating the biological causes of cancer.
One early initiative funded under the NCA was the Cancer Virus Program, which resulted in the discovery of the first oncogenes. "What really emerged from the Cancer Virus Program was [an understanding of] molecular events that underlie the pathogenesis of cancer," explained Dr. Waldmann. "These, coupled with the results of the Human Genome Project, gave us new molecular targets for therapy, and we are just beginning to see the impact of these new targets, with drugs such as Gleevec and Herceptin."
Identifying these targets requires a large-scale, long-term commitment that was provided by the NCA. "It took us nearly 10 years to identify our first kidney cancer gene - the VHL gene," said Dr. Marston Linehan, chief of CCR's Urologic Oncology Branch, "but the subsequent elucidation of the function of that cancer gene's product has enabled the development and use of therapeutic agents to target the product and its pathway. Two such agents were approved by the FDA within the past year for the treatment of this disease."
Along with extensive support for laboratory science, the NCA has provided for a vast expansion in clinical trials to test new therapies, including the growth of large-scale cooperative groups that pool investigators and patients across the country to amass the data needed for confidence in the answers to clinical questions under study.
"I think translational research emerged through this act," said Dr. Waldmann. "Today, translational research is a buzzword, but it didn't really exist before then. Now, with the NIH Clinical Center so enormously powerful in allowing this kind of science, we can do basic science and translational research with something that's made here at the NIH. Then after it's approved by the FDA for use in a trial, we get to see the first results in our own patients."
One of NCI's basic strategies in the campaign against cancer is to gather the best information about the disease and share it with researchers everywhere. This strategy was codified in the NCA, in which the NCI Director was charged with collecting, analyzing, and disseminating all data useful in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer to researchers worldwide.
In the decades since the NCA was signed into law, additional legislation, such as the Public Health Service Act of 1996, broadened the scope of NCI's information sharing activities to include information for health professionals, patients and their families, and the public at large.
Today, NCI and its partners manage resources such as the Cancer Information Service, which offers confidential answers to specific questions about cancer. Information specialists respond to questions over the telephone, by e-mail, and via the Internet (LiveHelp at http://www.cancer.gov).
Another resource is the SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) database of cancer statistics, which contains the latest figures on cancer incidence and mortality in the United States. These statistics are the basis for many studies reported in the news, such as the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.
The public can view SEER data online as part of interactive maps and graphs that show geographic patterns and time trends in cancer mortality in the United States.
NCI's oldest and main source of cancer information is the comprehensive Physician Data Query (PDQ) database. Information in this database, which is accessible online, provides physicians and the public with information summaries on cancer treatment, supportive care, screening, prevention, genetics, and complementary and alternative medicine, as well as an international registry of cancer clinical trials and many other features. Available through Cancer.gov and the Web sites of several NCI licensing partners, PDQ information also has been translated into foreign languages, including Spanish and Japanese.
An early version of PDQ was the first online database of medical information for a particular disease. In 1982, health professionals accessed it through a dial-up connection to the National Library of Medicine. PDQ first became available on the World Wide Web in 1995.
As technology has advanced, so have the tools for information sharing. Some oncologists are now using handheld computer devices to retrieve cancer information and identify open clinical trials during office visits with patients. And Cancer Control PLANET (http://cancercontrolplanet.cancer.gov) is a Web portal that provides easy access to data and research-based resources that can help state and local cancer control program planners and staff, and cancer prevention and control researchers to design, implement, and evaluate evidence-based cancer control programs.
The next frontier in cancer information sharing is an NCI initiative called caBIG™ (the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid™). Launched in 2004, caBIG™ facilitates the sharing of data, tools, and knowledge by researchers and institutions. NCI is using this bioinformatics platform to build a network across the cancer community that supports the free exchange of information and ideas.
"caBIG™ can transform every aspect of cancer research," says NCI Deputy Director Dr. Anna Barker. "It is an information initiative for the 21st century with the potential to speed discoveries and improve the care of patients by linking researchers, physicians, and patients throughout the cancer community."
Cancer researchers have worked hard on ways to detect, treat, and prevent cancer during the last 35 years. But ironically, cancer incidence has gone up during this time, from approximately 400 per 100,000 persons in 1975 (according to data collected by NCI's SEER program) to a peak of nearly 510 per 100,000 in 1992; since then, it has effectively stabilized.
However, cancer incidence trends are not always easy to interpret as a measure of success - at least not in the short term. This is because changes in incidence are a function of many factors, including the increased use of screening, the introduction of new diagnostic technologies, and changes in the risk factor profile of the U.S. population, according to Dr. Eric J. (Rocky) Feuer, chief of NCI's Statistical Research and Applications Branch.
"Due to screening and new diagnostic techniques, we're detecting cancer earlier than we used to," Dr. Feuer explains. "The introduction of new screening technologies causes the incidence to go up temporarily, not because there are necessarily more cases, but because we are finding cases earlier than if we waited for symptoms to develop. Although it is somewhat counterintuitive, a rise in incidence associated with screening can be a positive sign, since early detection coupled with effective treatment has the potential to extend life or even cure patients."
"Changes of this type were particularly evident with prostate cancer," he continues, "when incidence went up significantly between 1988 and 1992 because changing biopsy techniques found more cancers and PSA screening was introduced. Incidence rates fell dramatically after screening rates stabilized and have since returned to a more moderate rising trend."
Dr. Feuer also notes that the risk profile of the U.S. population has changed in the past 35 years and is correlated with genuine changes in incidence rates of some types of cancer. "For example, tobacco use rates for white males started dropping in the late 1950s, leading to a flattening of lung and bronchus cancer incidence rates in the 1980s, followed by a decline starting in the late 1980s, 20 to 30 years after cessation trends changed."
Perhaps a clearer indication of the payoff for our nation's investment in cancer research is the decrease in mortality. U.S. mortality increased from 1975 to 1990, but has been falling since 1994. In addition, mortality rates of the four most common cancers - colorectal, breast, prostate, and lung - which together accounted for more than half of all U.S. cancer deaths in 2003, also showed falling rates.
These cancer mortality trends are linked to earlier screening and better detection methods, but they're also linked to changes in behavior, such as the decrease in smoking, declines in alcohol consumption in the early 1990s, and increases in sun protection in the late 1990s. Dr. Feuer notes, "It takes time to affect mortality rates. Some therapies that began in the 1970s and 1980s [such as adjuvant chemotherapy and hormone therapy for breast cancer] didn't start paying off in reduced mortality until the 1990s."
At the time the NCA was passed 35 years ago, the term chemoprevention - using drugs to prevent cancer in those at high risk - had yet to be coined. The first results from a chemoprevention clinical trial wouldn't be published until 1990 (an analog of vitamin A to prevent mouth and throat tumors), but by the end of that decade, the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial would demonstrate that, compared with placebo, tamoxifen cuts the risk of breast cancer nearly in half in women at increased risk, a result that led it to be the first drug approved by the FDA for cancer risk reduction.
Since then, exciting results have also been seen in chemoprevention trials for prostate and colon cancer, while the STAR trial, published earlier this year, showed that the osteoporosis drug raloxifene was as effective as tamoxifen at reducing breast cancer risk, but with fewer serious side effects.
"Medical approaches to cancer prevention have taken hold and are an exciting research frontier," says Dr. Peter Greenwald, director of NCI's Division of Cancer Prevention.
As the chemoprevention results demonstrate, the science of prevention has matured tremendously since the NCA was enacted. Improvements in statistical methods, for instance, have allowed researchers to determine with a good degree of certainty whether factors such as alcohol consumption, smoking, dietary and physical activity patterns, workplace exposures, and others increase - or decrease - the risk of certain cancers.
Improvements in technology that have allowed researchers to more closely scrutinize the molecular machinery of cancer have helped identify mutated genes that put a person at increased risk of specific cancers - the most well known and well studied of which may be BRCA1 and BRCA2 in breast and ovarian cancer.
Meanwhile, for several cancer types, improvements in screening have allowed clinicians to detect cancers, or precancerous conditions, at very early stages, resulting in vastly improved outcomes for many thousands of patients.
Of the advances made over the last 35 years in cancer prevention, the substantial reduction in smoking prevalence has been among the most important.
Dr. Robert Croyle, director of NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, cites numerous factors that helped to bring about this reduction, including higher taxes on tobacco products, restrictions on smoking in workplaces and public places, comprehensive state-based tobacco control programs, local and national antismoking campaigns, and effective treatments for nicotine dependence.
"Research funded by NCI has helped us understand that, to be effective, we need to impact the individual and change the environment to support a nonsmoking norm," Dr. Croyle said.
This year marked a truly remarkable prevention milestone: the FDA's approval of an HPV vaccine, which protects against the two HPV types that are responsible for 70 percent of all cases of cervical cancer and is the first-ever vaccine designed specifically to prevent cancer.
As Dr. Greenwald stresses, though, the last three decades of cancer prevention research have made one conclusion abundantly clear: "More and more evidence has established that the way you live your life affects your chances of getting cancer.
"The key things most people should do are eat smaller portions of food, establish a balanced diet, limit high-calorie drinks, exercise throughout life, and, of course, don't start smoking and, if you do smoke, stop."


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April 30, 1993 – Gunter Parche descended through the crowd
of the Citizen Cup in
Fast forward almost 21 years to February 3, 2014 – an "independent journalist" and "9/11 truther," Matthew Mills, crashes the Super Bowl MVP stage of Malcom Smith.
OK – now Mills didn't stab anybody…thank goodness. Mills didn't commit his act with malicious intent…thank goodness. But what if he did have knife? What if he did have malice on the brain? "That's stupid, Nick…nothing happened. You can't live in fear of the 'what ifs.'" Right…except that that is precisely security's job – to plan for every "what if" and be prepared to stop it or, at the very least, minimize its damage. But here we are, 20+ years after the Seles incident, and we've apparently learned nothing, changed nothing of our thinking in terms of security and sports.
It's 2014 – the biggest game in the world on as big a backdrop as exists in the world, New York/New Jersey. How the (expletive) does this happen?
Now I'm not so naïve as to believe we can stop every crazy from enacting his even crazier schemes. That's the real beyatch of security – fighting an ideology. But watch the two videos again. Do you notice anything different? At least in 1993 the perp was taken down. Citizen Cup officials pummeled Parche almost immediately. Mills? Nah. Not only was he able to mount the stage, he was permitted to get out his little conspiracy theory and EXIT THE STAGE WITHOUT INCIDENT! Shoot, the dude walks…WALKS…to the back of the room while officials make sure Smith's mic is reset. Solid priorities there, security.
This was said to be biggest and greatest security presence in the history of the big game. Just remember that the next time you think it's idiotic to have metal detecting wands at every entrance of your favorite team's stadium.

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My Dog Is Strange
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Submitted by Tina | July 16 2010 | Permalink
My dog Lucy who is a beagle, is obsessed with going to bed. If it's dark outside, she huffs and puffs until I go in the bedroom and then she jumps on the bed and uses the pillow next to me and is snoring within five minutes.
Submitted by Anonymous | July 16 2010 | Permalink
Rainy is strange at bed time, she washes her sisters face before going to sleep.. they are both Pom's...
my foster dog is a 'bed shark'-he looms under the covers, darting out of the edges so I will laugh!
Submitted by Anonymous | July 19 2010 | Permalink
My 70lb dog likes to eat one kibble at a time. She will take it out of her bowl and walk around the corner to eat it, then go back for another one, etc.
Submitted by Lora | July 20 2010 | Permalink
When Scout see's one of the other dogs playing w/something he wants, he will grab the closest thing to him and start tossing it in the air and acting like it is the most wonderful thing that he has ever encountered. When the other dogs come to check it out, he goes and helps himself to the thing that he originally wanted!
Submitted by The Dog Lover | July 20 2010 | Permalink
My jack russell Frida is weird because she eats the fuzz off of ANYTHING!!!! Weither its my sofa or my socks, she will pull it off, then act like it's the worst thing she has ever tasted! Then. . . she goes and does it again!! Its the funniest thing!
Submitted by at2002 | July 21 2010 | Permalink
My shelties loved corn on the cob. They would each get a cob to enjoy on the back porch, which they would hold between their paws and carefully nibble off the remaining corn, but not eat the cob.
Submitted by Anonymous | July 25 2010 | Permalink
My dog Jett is strange because, as a part lab, he always has to have something in his mouth when he goes outside or comes inside. Going out is no big deal, he'll grab a toy. But coming inside, he usually grabs -- a rock. I have quite a collection I need to take back outside from time to time. The worse part is, he has been known to swallow them!
Submitted by Kelly | July 25 2010 | Permalink
My dog, Mandy, has so many little quirks... She always wants to get treats while sitting on a mat of some sort; could be a bath mat, dog bed, towel on the ground, etc., but some sort of mat. If I get out a treat to give her and we are in a room with no mat, she will run into another room and sit on a mat and wait for me to come in there and give her a treat. She actually looks around in a panic trying to find a mat.
Submitted by Anonymous | July 26 2010 | Permalink
My dog hates change. If I hang a new picture on the wall. He barks at it for twenty minutes. If i bring something new into the house that wasnt there the last time he looked, he freaks out and barks at it!
Submitted by Dogmom of three | July 28 2010 | Permalink
Our sheltie/golden mix is fascinated with bugs and will even flip on his back to view them more carefully....sometimes he will crawl parallel alongside the bug as he completes his "analysis".
Submitted by Anonymous | July 28 2010 | Permalink
Zoe and Izzie are strange because they both lay up on the backs of couches, they lay with one paw tucked, will tear little parts off their toys, not eat them, and make a neat little pile next to them and they have the same strange habits
Submitted by Anonymous | November 16 2010 | Permalink
My puggle can be the craziest dog in the world running around and causing general havoc, but as soon as we put any clothes on him (especially his ' sleepy-man-sweater')he calms down instantly and goes to sleep!!?!
Submitted by B Glamser | November 28 2013 | Permalink
I have a toy poodle puppy that is 13 weeks old. When I leave him to go to work I put him in a playpen with a pee pad and a bed. I use to leave him water but he is an escape artist and I thought he was falling in the bowl since I always found him wet. It is only his beard, chest, and front arms that are wet. Today I left him alone for only 2.5 hrs and when I got home again he was wet but I didn't leave him any water this time. He was wet again, and not just damp. I have to towel his lower face off, chest, and forearms. Why is he wet? Could excessive barking make him wet? I thought it might be from teething but the only time this happens is when I leave him alone.
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Veterans Financial Assessment
VA Removes Annual Income Reporting Requirement Eliminates Burden on Veterans, Improves Customer Service.
New Veterans Health ID Card
VA Announces Rollout of Secure Veteran Health Identification Cards.
VA Dental Insurance Program
VA is partnering with Delta Dental and MetLife to allow eligible Veterans, plus family members receiving care
If you served in the active military, naval or air service and are separated under any condition other than dishonorable, you may qualify for VA health care benefits.
Many Veterans qualify for cost-free health care services based on a compensable service-connected condition or other qualifying factors.
VA strives to ensure that you have access to all of your needed services wherever you receive your VA health care. This may be on-site during inpatient hospitalization, at one of our primary or specialty care clinics, at a Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), in a Community Living Center (formerly known as a VA nursing home), or in a residential care facility. However, all services may not be available at every location.
March 24, 2014
WASHINGTON –The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is eliminating the annual requirement for most Veterans enrolled in VA's health care system to report income information beginning in March 2014. Instead, VA will automatically match income information obtained from the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration.
"Eliminating the requirement for annual income reporting makes our health care benefits easier for Veterans to obtain," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. "This change will reduce the burden on Veterans, improve customer service and make it much easier for Veterans to keep their health care eligibility up-to-date."
Some Veterans applying for enrollment for the first time are still required to submit income information. There is no change in VA's long-standing policy to provide no-cost care to indigent Veterans, Veterans with catastrophic medical conditions, Veterans with a disability rating of 50 percent or higher, or for conditions that are officially rated as "service-connected."
VA encourages Veterans to continue to use the health benefits renewal form to report changes in their personal information, such as address, phone numbers, dependents, next of kin, income and health insurance.
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As a Twins Season Ticket Holder, you are automatically enrolled in the Sweet Spot benefits and rewards program, which gives you access to many guaranteed benefits throughout the season. What's more, we've put together many other high-demand, limited availability Sweet Spot rewards that recognize and reward you for your continued passion and support for Twins baseball.
Highlighted benefits this year include the new Ticket Exchange Program and a revised View Twins Batting Practice. Remember to fill out your Top Ten Wish List (watch for information in January) and you'll automatically be entered in the Sweet Spot Sweetstakes for a chance to win pre-game field passes, Fantasy Batting Practice, and more!
Twins Season Ticket Holders enjoy many privileges that make being a part of Twins Territory even more rewarding. These benefits give you first crack at scoring tickets to special events at Target Field, secure VIP parking for a day, or view Twins batting practice before the gates are open to the public.
Can't make a game in your season ticket plan? Exchange it for a game you can attend. Watch for more details about this benefit as they become available.
Bringing a group of 25 or more to Target Field is always a great way to turn an ordinary event into a memorable occasion. Season Ticket Holders have the first opportunity to purchase group tickets before the general public. Contact your Ticket Sales and Service Rep for more information.
Get a look behind the scenes at Target Field and learn about how the ballpark was built and what it takes to entertain thousands of fans every game. As a Season Ticket Holder, you'll enjoy a 20% discount off the price of each adult ticket up to the number of seats in your account. Simply provide your account number when booking your reservation over the phone to receive your discount. To make tour reservations, call 1-800-33TWINS or 612-33TWINS (338-9467).
Getting in and out of Target Field doesn't get any easier than this. Throughout the season, three Season Ticket Holders per game will be chosen to receive free VIP valet parking for one game. Enter the Twins player parking lot, pull up to the valet and enter the ballpark directly via the private Thomson Reuters Champions Club entrance. From there you can easily go directly to the seats you hold for that game. Sweet!
VIP Parking For A Day does not include tickets or admission into the Thomson Reuters Champions Club for the game. Season Ticket Holders must have a game ticket to participate in this Sweet Spot benefit.
Season Ticket Holders wishing to upgrade, add or change their seat locations or ticket plans at Target Field for the 2014 season are able to do so beginning in December. The relocation process will be available to Season Ticket Holders who have a renewal payment on their account and will be prioritized based on consecutive years as a Season Ticket Holder and desired plan type. To indicate your interest in relocating your seats for the 2014 season, please go to twinsbaseball.com/relocation by November 4, 2013.
New for 2014, all Season Ticket Holders can enter Target Field early to watch Twins batting practice on select Monday through Thursday evening home games only. Simply present your Sweet Spot ID card along with a ticket to that evening's game at the gate. It's a great way to get closer to the action and, who knows, you might even walk away with a souvenir ball, like these Season Ticket Holders did. Some restrictions apply.
A select number of games are available for you to reserve a Skyline Suite, Event Suite, Premier Suite or the Budweiser Roof Deck. Contact your Twins Ticket Sales and Service Representative for details.
Open exclusively to Twins Season Ticket Holders, the Metropolitan Club is positioned down the right-field line. With its floor-to-ceiling windows and outdoor dining area, the Metropolitan Club offers some of the most dramatic views in the ballpark. You'll enjoy the full-service bar as well as themed cooking stations where an expert chef will prepare fresh food right before your eyes.
As a Suite Owner, Thomson Reuters Champions Club, Delta SKY360° Legends Club or Dugout Box Full Season Ticket Holder, you automatically gain access to some of the best amenities Target Field has to offer. Exclusive climate controlled dining and lounge areas allow you extra room to experience Twins baseball with family, friends and business associates.
Thomson Reuters Champions Club, Delta SKY360° Legends Club and Full Season Ticket Holders can purchase the same seat location as their season ticket plan for all postseason games. All other Season Ticket Holders have priority status to purchase postseason game tickets based on availability at the time of sale. Details on how to purchase postseason tickets will be made available as early as possible.
Take advantage of this benefit and purchase extra 2014 Regular Season and Spring Training tickets before they go on sale to the general public. Presale dates will be announced in advance and are based on the following Season Ticket Holder priorities:
First Priority Presale
Second Priority Presale
Third Priority Presale
Regular Season and Spring Training Presales are the best way to increase your chances of securing extra tickets to Twins games in 2014.
Twins fans love collecting Twins player bobbleheads. Here's your chance to add to your collection. During the 2014 season, one limited-edition Twins bobblehead will be made available to a select number of Twins Season Ticket Holders. Be sure to rate this benefit high on your Top 10 Benefits "Wish List" to improve your chances of receiving this benefit.
This always-popular benefit gives you the opportunity to welcome a family member or client, or to extend a birthday greeting or anniversary wish! Simply submit your request via the online form by going to twinsbaseball.com/sth at least five days prior to your game date. Some restricts apply.
The Minnesota Twins are pleased to provide a secure, password protected online ticket management system that allows you to check your account status, and transfer, resell or donate your season tickets via email without incurring any fees. It's easy to use, just go to twinsbaseball.com/sth and click on My Twins Tickets and enter your account number and password.
The Minnesota Twins remind you to please handle your tickets with care. In the event that your tickets are lost or stolen, we will be happy to assist you. Please contact your Twins Ticket Sales and Service representative or the VIP Season Ticket Holder Phone Line at 612-370-4575.
Located near sections 101 and 220 on the Target Field concourses, our booths are staffed by Ticket Sales and Service Representatives during the game through the seventh inning to attend to your needs. These booths are also the place where you will occasionally be directed to register for special drawings and pick up rewards reserved for Season Ticket Holders.
The Minnesota Twins are working to make special arrangements to offer Season Ticket Holders reserved or discounted parking around Target Field for the 2014 season. Watch for more details on how to take advantage of this limited availability offer.
This popular time saving benefit allows Season Ticket Holders to pre-purchase select game day promotional items for a one-time fee. Game day "giveaway" items are mailed directly to your home or business so you don't have to wait in line or miss out on a popular item. Watch your email for your chance to place your order by mid-December, 2013 for this time-sensitive opportunity.
Exclusively for Season Ticket Holders, this online toolbox of services makes your life easier by allowing you and your partner groups to share your Twins tickets with others. You'll never let any tickets go unused again. Here's what you can do:
Like us on Facebook and take advantage of special promotions and benefit opportunities exclusively for Twins Season Ticket Holders. Plus, catch upon the latest news and events from Target Field and see what exciting things Twins Season Ticket Holders are doing in Twins Territory. More »
As a 2014 Season Ticket Holder, you may receive the opportunity to gain access to select Target Field events before they go on sale to the general public. Some restrictions apply.
TWINSBASEBALL.COM/STH - Keeping you up-to-date and in the know on the latest Twins news, Season Ticket Holder benefits and promotions is what this webpage is all about. It's the place to go when you want to check on important renewal dates and deadlines, see the latest Sweet Spot promotions and partner offers, manage your season tickets with My Twins Tickets, or to find frequently asked questions about your season ticket benefits.
The Twins are pleased to provide you with the 2014 Twins Yearbook and complimentary issues of Twins Magazine. Coupons will be mailed with your Sweet Spot ID Card, and can be redeemed at the Season and Group Ticket Information booths located on the upper and lower concourses at Target Field during the game. Quantities limited, while supplies last.
Need to send us a message quickly? Simply send us an email at email@example.com and we'll respond to your request usually in less than 24 hours.
On select games throughout the year, Season Ticket Holders get their own day to run around the bases at Target Field. This is a terrific opportunity for parents to step onto the field and for kids to experience what it feels like to touch-em all at Target Field. Watch for more information on how to take advantage of this benefit.
One of the best ways to show your passion and pride for Twins baseball is to take part in the pregame festivities. Twins Season Ticket Holders will have numerous opportunities to raise the Twins Territory flag before the start of the game at Target Field during the 2014 season.
As a kid, one of the most exciting things that can happen to you at Target Field is being up close to your favorite Twins player. To that end, kids and grandkids of Season Ticket Holders will have the opportunity to stand on the field as Twins players take batting practice before the game. Watch for details on how your youngster can qualify for this unforgettable experience. Age restrictions apply.
You've seen celebrities and distinguished guests do it countless times. Now it's your turn. Selected Season Ticket Holders will get the chance to throw out a first pitch at a Twins game at Target Field. You'll also receive a free video on DVD of your moment in glory to share with friends and family. Sweet!
Step onto Target Field and watch your Minnesota Twins prepare for the game up close from a Major League Player's point of view. Pregame Field Passes are limited and distributed throughout the season. Some field pass experiences may not include the opportunity to view Twins batting practice.
Ever dream of stepping into the batter's box at Target Field and pretending you're the Major League Batting Champ? Well, here's your chance. Five times a season, 12 Season Ticket Holders and their three guests will get the chance to experience the thrill of batting practice at Target Field on a non-game day and the pleasure of telling others about it for years to come. Be sure to complete your Top 10 Benefits "Wish List" before the 2014 season begins for your chance to enjoy this popular Sweet Spot benefit.
A select number of Season Ticket Holders will have the opportunity to participate in a community charity function along with current Twins players. It's a great way to volunteer your time for a worthy cause and a chance to create a special memory with a Twins player.
Your son, daughter or grandchild will love hanging out with T.C. on the field before the game. Help T.C. greet fans, pose for pictures and pump up the crowd. Be sure to include this benefit on your Top 10 Benefits "Wish List" for a chance at this super fun experience.
Several times during the 2014 season, a few lucky Twins Season Ticket Holders will have the opportunity to participate in the line-up card exchange at home plate prior to the start of the game. Be sure to rank this benefit high on your benefits Wish List to improve your chances of being selected for this unique experience.
Once a year, five lucky Season Ticket Holders will win the chance for a special shopping experience at the Majestic Twins Clubhouse Store. Participants run through the Majestic Twins Clubhouse Store to score as much stuff as they can collect in one minute. It's a fun way to show your passion for Twins baseball and an experience you'll never forget. Restrictions apply.
This is your chance to be a participant in the in-game player trivia contest during the third inning of every Twins game at Target Field. You could win a fabulous prize and have your face appear on the Target Field video board while thousands of enthusiastic Twins fans cheer you on.
Gain a unique perspective of Major League Baseball when you and your guest sit on a private left field balcony or hospitality suite at Target Field next to a former Twins player who will join you for up to three innings during the game. Food, beverages and complimentary game tickets provided. Don't forget to bring your camera!
Pack your bags and be sure to bring your Twins jersey if you're the lucky Season Ticket Holder that is chosen to attend a Twins away game, compliments of The Minnesota Twins. Airfare, hotel and tickets to the game will be provided for you and one guest. Circle Me Bert sign not included.
Imagine your kid or grandchild announcing the batting lineup for an inning during a Twins games at Target Field. It's an experience to remember forever. Every Friday game throughout the season, children of Season Ticket Holders will be selected to be a Junior Target Field Announcer. Be sure to select this benefit when completing your Top 10 Benefits "Wish List" for a chance to enjoy this Sweet Spot benefit.
Selected Season Ticket Holders will have the opportunity for an exclusive behind the scenes pregame visit of the Twins radio broadcast booth. Other reward opportunities include a private tour of the TV broadcast truck or even a chance to experience one inning inside the TV broadcast booth.
Here's the chance for you and a guest to step into the scoreboard control room at Target Field and watch how the game presentation unfolds. You may even get to work the Minnie and Paul sign in center field for an inning.
These one-hour Fan Forums allow Season Ticket Holders the exclusive opportunity to participate in in-depth discussions with Twins players and coaches over the phone on interesting topics that you tell us you want to hear about. During the Fan Forum, you'll have a chance to call in with a question, take an instant survey and win valuable Twins-related rewards just for listening in. Watch your email for more information on specific dates and times.
Season Ticket Holders will have the opportunity to register for the chance to win a birthday party at Target Field with T.C. on a non-game day. You and your young guests will be greeted by T.C. at a special location inside Target Field. Birthday party includes a private tour of the ballpark, food, beverages and a special Twins birthday cake for up to 12 people. Be sure to bring your camera to record this special birthday experience at Target Field. Schedule based on availability.
The Minnesota Twins will select up to 200 Season Ticket Holders to serve for a year on our Advisory Council in 2014. This is your opportunity to voice your opinions and ideas that can help shape the future of Twins baseball while representing the interests of all Twins Season Ticket Holders. It's also your chance to enjoy the rewards and recognition that come with serving on the Advisory Council. Watch for information on how you can raise your hand to serve in 2014.
Get the inside scoop on what it takes to succeed in Major League Baseball from the people who are closest to it: players, coaches, umpires, broadcasters, sports agents and professional scouts. Three times a year, 24 lucky Season Ticket Holders will be invited to each Chalk Talk at Target Field and have the chance to ask questions in a small, intimate setting. You'll come away with a greater appreciation for the game.
Throughout the 2014 season, select groups of Season Ticket Holders will receive a free copy of the game's official scorecard as a keepsake of that day's Twins game at Target Field. The scorecards will be distributed to Sweet Spot members at random in the days following the game.
Collecting Twins player autographs is always a cherished memory, especially with young fans. To help meet the demand, Sweet Spot will offer three Player Collecting Twins player autographs is always a cherished memory, especially with young fans. To help meet the demand, Sweet Spot will offer three Player Autograph Sessions in 2014 where various Twins players will sign autographs on the main concourse. This benefit will be offered to 50 Season Ticket Holders and a guest each session.
For two nights a year, we turn Target Field into a drive-in for a select group of Twins Season Ticket Holders. It's a great way for your family to enjoy the ballpark in a new light by watching a classic baseball movie or feature film on the giant video board as the sunsets over the Minneapolis skyline. Non-alcoholic beverages and popcorn are complimentary.
Ever wondered what it's like to suit up in the clubhouse as a Major Leaguer? Well, this might be your chance to find out. 18 Season Ticket Holders plus up to three guests per account will change into their baseball attire in a Major League clubhouse and take swings in the indoor batting cages at Target Field. Participants will also enjoy food and beverages inside the exclusive Thomson Reuters Champions Club at Target Field. Bring your batting gloves.
Six lucky Twins Season Ticket Holders and their guest will travel to Ft. Myers, Florida to watch your Twins play a Spring Training game, compliments of Sweet Spot. Airfare, lodging and tickets to the game are all included. You'll get a close up look at Hammond Stadium and see how the Twins prepare for the regular season.
Planned for the 2014 season will be a series of days for up to 250 Season Ticket Holders and their guest to play baseball-related games, meet with members of the Twins staff and have a photo taken of your family on the field at Target Field. Watch for more details on these special days exclusively for Sweet Spot members.
We're delighted to offer Twins Season Ticket Holders 10% off game-day purchases at concession stands and merchandise outlets at Target Field including the Majestic Twins Clubhouse Store. That's every purchase, every game, all season long. And to make receiving your discount super easy, we'll issue a personalized Sweet Spot ID card that identifies you as a Twins Season Ticket Holder. Watch for your card in the mail prior to the season.
The Minnesota Twins are pleased to offer you several easy ways to pay for your 2014 season tickets.
Pay In Full
Make one full payment no later than September 30th, 2013 by mail or online via My Twins Tickets.
50/50 Payment
Pay for half of the total balance by September 30th, 2013 and the second half by November 25th, 2013. You can make your payment via mail, phone or online.
Easy Pay Installment Plan My Twins Tickets offers you a convenient and interest-free way to spread out five renewal payments over six months. Payments can be spread out through February 24th, 2014. Simply go to twinsbaseball.com/sth and sign up for the Interest-Free Easy Pay Installment Plan.
Payment dates*
September 30th, 2013; October 28th, 2013; November 25th, 2013; December - No payment due; January 27th, 2014; February 24th, 2014.
First/Partial Payment
Regardless of which payment option you choose, your first payment is due by September 30th, 2013. The balance of your payment must then be received by November 25th, 2013 unless you sign up for the Easy Pay Installment Plan.
Note: Credit cards will be charged on or within a few days following the payment date of each month.
Starting the week of January 1, 2014, one lucky Season Ticket Holder will be selected each week to win a game-used baseball, bat or Twins merchandise. To win, simply visit twinsbaseball.com/sth at least once each week to check if your name appears on the website. If you see your name, call your Twins Ticket Sales and Service Rep and you are an instant winner. That's 52 chances a year to win!
Throughout the year, Twins Season Ticket Holders can look forward to taking part in baseball-related Sweet Spot contests and promotions that recognize and reward you for your loyalty and passion for Twins baseball. Rewards may include Twins merchandise, Target Field experiences or Sweet Spot partner offers that are available for a limited time. Watch your email for information on how to take advantage of these contests and promotions.
What better way to remember the magic moments of the season than with your very own piece of Twins history from a Twins game. Throughout the 2014 season, Season Ticket Holders will have the chance to earn authentic game-used baseballs, bats and bases by participating in special Sweet Spot promotions and contests. Watch for more information on these exciting rewards available only to Season Ticket Holders.
When you're not at Target Field, Twins Season Ticket Holders enjoy a 20% discount year-round on purchases made at Twins Pro Shops located in Apple Valley, Minnetonka and Roseville. These stores offer licensed merchandise of Major League Baseball as well as game-used Twins merchandise. Store items change regularly so shop often for best selection. All three Twins Pro Shops also serve as a Twins ticket outlet. 20% discount does not apply to online purchases, game-used merchandise or game tickets.
Southport Centre - 15050 Cedar Avenue, Apple Valley - 952-891-2934
Ridge Square - 13037 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka - 952-546-0815
Rosedale Marketplace - 2401 Fairview Avenue, Roseville - 651-635-0777
From time to time throughout the 2014 season, select Season Ticket Holders will receive complimentary concession coupons, which can be redeemed for select food and beverages at Target Field. Sweet!
The Twins will be using variable pricing on all tickets for the 2014 season. Per game prices in 2014 for both single game and season tickets will be tiered based on factors such as time of year, date and opponent. The advantage for Season Ticket Holders is that you'll continue to enjoy a savings off box office demand based prices with the assurance that the price offered at the box office will never drop below the price you pay as a Season Ticket Holder for any game.
Season Ticket Holders enjoy preferred pricing on season tickets and pay no per-ticket service charge on season tickets. Plus, Twins Season Ticket Holders are not subject to tiered or demand-based pricing.
The Minnesota Twins have partnered with Tix for Tots, a well-known, non-profit social services agency to offer Twins Season Ticket Holders a quick and easy way to donate their Twins tickets online to kids living in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area and perhaps receive a tax benefit for it. This is a terrific way to share your love of Twins baseball with others who may not have the opportunity to attend Twins games at Target Field.
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Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine surveyed the
parents of more than 11,000 kids with sleep disordered breathing.
asked the parents to track their kids' snoring, mouth breathing and
sleep apnea from six months to about six years of age.
Clinic psychologist Joe Austerman didn't take part in the study, but
said the results show a connection between poor sleep and behavior
problems down the road.
"Most notably what they looked for were
children that were mouth breathers, children that snored and children
that had obstructive sleep apnea, and they highly correlated that with
hyper activity, poorer ability to plan or executive functioning and
emotional problems," he explained.
The study found that by four
years of age, kids with sleep disordered breathing are 20 to 60 percent
more likely to show behavioral difficulties. By age seven, kids are 40
to 100 percent more likely to show behavior problems.
Researchers say symptoms for sleep disordered breathing may require attention as early as the first year of life.
Austerman said that the findings underscore the importance of sleep for children.
adults, when you have a bad night's sleep, you don't function well the
next day. This is true for children and adolescents. When they don't
sleep well, they do poorer in school. This may translate to poorer
self-esteem or poorer control of their behaviors. So, I think it's a
very simple message and something that intuitively we know, but this
research now backs that up scientifically that sleep is very important
for kids," he remarked.
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If you're a wine lover with a sense of humor, it's hard not to get a laugh out of the wild and wacky portfolio of wines, wit and wonder that pour out the doors at California's Bonny Doon Vineyard, where one occasionally wonders just what the irrepressible winemaker-and-proprietor Randall Grahm might be drinking. Or smoking. Whatever.
If you're in the mood for a sample and can sneak out for a brief Friday wine-related time-waster, check out the video, "Vive le Screwcap," which has to be the most, um, unusual presentation on the virtues of alternatives to natural cork that I've seen yet. If you've got plenty of time on your hands, you might as well browse the collection of animated "Doontoons" on the winery website, too.
There's something for just about everyone in Bonny Doon's strange and diverse selection, which includes wines made in California and wines imported from France, Italy, Germany and beyond. To be honest, some of the items aren't for everyone, and a few push the limits for value. The wine that started it all, for instance, Le Cigare Volant - a Chateauneuf-du-Pape look-alike that was perhaps the first California "Rhone Ranger" - is hard for me to justify at the Chateauneuf-level price of $32 for the 2002 at the winery.
But I'm rarely if ever disappointed by his Italian wines imported under the colorful "Il Circo" ("the Circus") label, or his California Italian-style "Ca' del Solo" wines, which are generally affordable and boast mirth-provoking cartoon labels at no extra charge.
One of my "Il Circo" favorites is the Uva di Troia, a very obscure grape variety from Puglia, the "boot heel" of Southern Italy, a region better known for Primitivo and Salice Salentino. The name is sometimes translated "Grape of Troy" for a fancied association with ancient Greece, but Grahm claims that "Troia" actually means "lady of the night" in the sailors' slang of Bari, Puglia's seaport city.
I rated the 2000 vintage favorably in a 2003 tasting; the 2002 vintage, reviewed below, is a bit lighter and more tannic as might be expected of the cooler vintage, but is perhaps a better food wine as a result. Expect the hot-weather 2003, now coming into the market, to be a big boy, powerful and alcoholic. Year in and year out, Uva di Troia boasts a characteristic scent of violets that inspires the label subtitle "La Violetta."

Bonny Doon 2002 "Il Circo" Castel del Monte Uva di Troia "La Violetta" ($14.99)
This is a dark ruby wine with a reddish-violet edge. Smoky black fruit adds a floral note, and doesn't take much mental prodding to assume that it's the characteristic violets of Uva di Troia. Ripe and fresh, black fruit and appealing earthiness on the palate; snappy acidity and soft tannins provide ample structure. Rustic and food-friendly, there's no "international-style" manipulation here. U.S. importer: Bonny Doon Vineyard, Santa Cruz, Calif. (May 6, 2006)
FOOD MATCH: You couldn't ask for a better pairing with fennel-scented, lightly spicy Italian sausages and fresh, home-baked foccacia.
VALUE: Fairly priced in the middle teens. (My local shop matched the winery retail price; you may be able to find it for less.)
WHEN TO DRINK: A "lighter" vintage and four years old now, it's probably best to enjoy it over the next year or so.
Uva di Troia = "OO-vah dee TROY-ah"
Bonny Doon's Website is fun, but just wacky enough that it can be a bit hard to navigate. Here's a direct link to a fact sheet on Il Circo 2002 Uva di Troia.
Compare prices and locate vendors for Il Circo Uva di Troia on Wine-Searcher.com.


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Parents and children involved with HeadStart are invited to take part in the first HeadStart prom, complete with dinner and pictures.
"Parents are very excited," said Tammy Rallins with HeadStart. "They are really looking forward to a fun event with their children."
The event is free to children who attend HeadStart and their parents. It starts at 6 p.m. Friday, May 6 at the Minden Civic Center.Subscribe to Read!


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The Better Business Bureau is warning seniors about a new scam that's picking up in popularity as open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act begins.Identity thieves are calling up seniors and telling them they need an Obamacare insurance card.Joanne Mathis got a phone call Wednesday from a man trying to sell her a medical device over the phone. She became suspicious when she couldn't find any information online about his company."I'm always wary when someone calls me trying to sell something," Mathis said. What the caller didn't know was that Mathis is a senior advocate in AARP's state legislative office, so she knew exactly what to do."I realized pretty quickly that it was probably a scam. So, by the time he got to the point where he was asking for a credit card number, I told him, 'No thank you. I wasn't interested,'" she said.With open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act beginning next week, thieves are now posing as federal employees and calling seniors about Obamacare."Now with our elders, they tell them, you know, you need a new Medicare card. And so with that information they then say, 'If you can give me your Social Security number, we can make arrangements to send this card to you,'" said Metro Atlanta Better Business Bureau President Fred Elsberry.Elsberry says seniors don't have to do anything under the Affordable Care Act because their Medicare coverage is protected. He also said that the federal government doesn't do business on the phone."They're going to communicate with you by mail. So, that's kind of the first key. When you get one of these calls, it is definitely a scam and you should immediately hang up on them," Elsberry said.If you have questions about the Affordable Care Act and the open enrollment period that begins on Oct. 1, visit: healthcare.gov.
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STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (WJBK) -- A routine repair of the Oakland-Macomb Interceptor turned into anything but when workers discovered nearly 15 body parts in the sewer line in Sterling Heights caught up on a metal grate 50 feet below the area of 15 Mile just east of Maple Lane.Deputy Macomb Public Works Commissioner Gene Schabath was on scene."They said it looked like it had been cut up some other place and just dumped."Police believe the pieces were part of a torso and are now offering a major clue, what appears to be a very large tattoo. Investigators released photos showing fragments of the images hoping someone may recognize who it belongs to."I think it was [a] dragon or Japanese tattoos like koi fish or something like that," said tattoo artist Mark Somo.We took the photos to the Tattoo Gallery in Sterling Heights where Somo took a look.Many pieces are missing, but at first glance he thought Japanese or Chinese dragon, but as he tried to put the images together like a puzzle, he started to compare the tattoo to the Grim Reaper.Whatever it is, he believed the tattoo artist will know, calling the body marking elaborate and unique.There is no question police have quite a mystery on their hands. Right now it's not even clear where the parts may have been dumped before the current carried them to Sterling Heights. There are 100 manholes north and west of the 21 mile long interceptor that stretches from Oakland County to Macomb County."It's hard to say where they originated from, but as far as investigating it, the first thing you are going to look for is a missing person that you might be able to identify," said Sterling Heights Police Lieutenant Luke Riley.All we know at this point is that the victim is white. The Macomb County medical examiner should have more information on Thursday.If anyone has any information, they are asked to call Sterling Heights police.
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Battlefield 3 Teaser Trailer and First Details ArriveBy Alice O'Connor, Feb 04, 2011 5:45am PST Battlefield fans, commence getting excited. Developer DICE today released a teaser trailer for its long, long-awaited Battlefield 3, along with a small trickle of details.
Battlefield 3 will boast single-player and co-op campaigns in addition to its trademark multiplayer, DICE revealed. Built upon DICE's new engine Frostbite 2, it'll also see jets and prone return to the series, not to mention 64-player multiplayer in the PC edition. According to Game Informer magazine, which has BF3 as its March cover game, the console editions will only support multiplayer with up to 24 players.
Hopefully mention of 64-player multiplayer will be of some comfort to PC gamers, after DICE announced yesterday that the PC editions of Battlefield 1943 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2's 'Onslaught' DLC had been cancelled so it might focus on BF3 instead.
Battlefield 3 is slated to launch on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this fall, published by Electronic Arts. You can, if you fancy, pre-order the $50 PC version of its Limited Edition now, though curiously its actual contents won't be revealed until "late February."
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By: Damarius101 x Show Full PostRaise your hand if you jizzed within 5 seconds of seeing this post. [raises hand]Feb 07, 2011 1:29pm PST
By: Dr_Cube x Show Full PostI am so relieved that this isn't Bad Company 3. BC should remain as their casual/console version of Battlefield.
Prone (which NEEDED to be in there), jets, 64 players...all it needs is the commander and we have a worthy sequel to BF2!Feb 04, 2011 7:10am PSTI am so relieved that this isn't Bad Company 3. BC should remain as their casual/console version of Battl... : Dr_Cube
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No commander, that's was the only thing wrong in BF2. There was 0 stealth, and all the commander would d... : Desmond4231
Never played with a good commander I see. Yea, I'd say 2/3rds of the time there was someone that didn't u... : STEVENXO
Well my squad ALWAYS stuck together, if you were to far away from the squad leader you had to suicide (it... : Desmond4231
This is not true. If he spots you getting close to his equipment, an artillery strike is wasted on your s... : Dr_Cube
casual / console, please PC GAMERS ARE SO HARDCOREEEEEEE!!! I am a PC gamer first and foremost, but... : Milleh
It's an apt comparison. Consoles are the lead platforms for the BC series. Aside from the destruction, BC... : Dr_Cube
So, BC2 somehow requires less intelligence and / or a lower attention span to play than BF2? Between the ... : Milleh
BC2 is a very very small step forward, primarily because of the engine. It's a fast paced COD like game,... : Desmond4231
Totally agree with Desmond : wytefang
Pretty much correct. : Mr. Goodwrench
The destruction was a step forward but a lot was removed: commander, player count, squad mechanics, jets,... : Dr_Cube
By: Haku-Jin x Show Full PostPlayer count on consoles? 32?Feb 04, 2011 5:52am PSTPlayer count on consoles? 32? : Haku-Jin
By: SkipperMcG x Show Full PostDid they really just brag that they would have prone? LOLFeb 04, 2011 7:42am PST
By: UMG x Show Full PostChrist, is there no one that can't appreciate subtlety and doesn't need everything to be spoon fed?
I wanted to like Battlefield 2, but the silly hit detection (or was it just that they were so inaccurate?) issue rendered the vast majority of the weapons almost unusable. No one likes pinpoint accurate weapons, but when you're at only 20 feet, im inclined to think your bullets should generally hit whatever you're aiming at. I tried so hard to like the game (hey it is one of the most popular PC fps games) but I got tired of hitting nothing but thin air whenever I tried to shoot something.
I also really hope they do something more with that aircraft carrier. We all remember it from that one map.. right? It might have been completely impossible on 2005 tech, but how cool would it be if you could actually drive the aircraft carrier? Or maybe even a smaller ship like a destroyer or something.
I know battlefield is all about vehicle combat, but the whole concept is in desperate need of innovation. We have been driving the same old tanks and helicopters in games for probably over a decade at this point. They can add some fancy physics and realistic handling and that's all good but the wow factor ran out many years ago. I personally would like to have vehicles that I can walk around in while they're in motion (as opposed to being permanently glued to a chair like every game does.) I don't know why any game doesn't atleast allow you to look around while you're in a tank. Atleast that would help to communicate the idea that you are traveling in something that was volume.. and not just a floating pov.
Battlefield 2 had a lot of potential. The classes/commander system was great and the map size could have made for some epic firefights. Do games realize that guns can actually shoot out to a few hundred meters? Speaking of which, I think sniping could do with an overhaul as well. The sniper has to be the most underused and useless class in ALL shooter games. From CoD to TF2, hardly anyone uses the sniper. The reason for this is that games make sniper rifles redundant weapons. Any range that the sniper can shoot, so can a rifle (or whatever the "workhorse" weapon happens to be), and often better. CoD is a great example. The maps are just so tiny that you can shoot across the map with a rifle in many cases.
Assault rifles should be able to shoot out to 500 meters and a sniper should be able to do something like 1200 meters. Games like CoD have made a mockery out of modern weaponry in my opinion.Feb 04, 2011 1:24pm PSTChrist, is there no one that can't appreciate subtlety and doesn't need everything to be spoon fed? I ... : UMG
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I don't know what you're talking about, I don't recall every having a problem hitting anything in BF2. Yo... : mkdirbob
Yes, what we need is more snipers in Battlefield games. Wonderful. : UtilityMaximizer
Thats why I only play Hardcore mode. : zardoz555
Same here. : The_Turbinator
By: TickHeadDog x Show Full PostFor the love of god I hope this is more like Desert Combat than Bad Company. Enough with the infantry-centric crap already. Vehicles are what made the BF games so goddamn fun.
I want huge maps full of awesome vehicle combat going on again.Feb 04, 2011 9:16am PSTFor the love of god I hope this is more like Desert Combat than Bad Company. Enough with the infantry-c... : TickHeadDog
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I think a variety would be good, like the Desert map which starts our with a more vehicle centric stage a... : hillemania
DC was indeed awesome, I preferred this mod to the packaged game by a factor of 2-3. : Milleh
Yeah DC was the sh*t! : Odacom
Fuck yeah DC yay! : holinka
By: Rape.Farm x Show Full PostA real FPS. Thank. Fucking. God.Feb 04, 2011 6:43am PSTA real FPS. Thank. Fucking. God. : Rape.Farm
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sigh.... : Milleh
Man o man o man !!!! : The_Turbinator
By: gyokuro x Show Full Postlamest trailer everFeb 04, 2011 12:52pm PSTlamest trailer ever : gyokuro
By: The_Turbinator x Show Full PostStage? Stages? STAGES??!?! BF2 is about a real world open battlefield. There are no "stages", there is only a place of battle, in this case a map, and everything else is up to the rules of war, which there are none. So everything goes.
"stages" is what killed the Battlefield in Battlefield: Bad Company.Feb 05, 2011 2:55pm PST
By: Seannao x Show Full PostReally? I can only pre-order a digital copy and only from EA? :\
I really love Battlefield and all and I enjoyed all of them to death, but EA's support is far from what you'd describe as par.
I would have pre-ordered straight away if it were a physical copy. I have the sense that when it is 'unlocked' and you're asked to punch in the Key you got by email on game day, it's going to claim your Key... is already in use..
Of course this is all just speculation, but it's based on what has happened with enough frequency to produce first page Google hits on trying to find solutions to past blunders.Feb 04, 2011 10:58am PSTReally? I can only pre-order a digital copy and only from EA? :\ I really love Battlefield and all an... : Seannao
By: comben x Show Full Posthahahah i said yesterday that they dropped the bomb on 1943 and onslaught so they could tease the new bf3 stuff :D
and mother fucking co-op,
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'hell yeah'Feb 04, 2011 11:15am PSThahahah i said yesterday that they dropped the bomb on 1943 and onslaught so they could tease the new bf3... : comben
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TBH I don't see the return of prone as something to celebrate. It just means the return of dolphin divin... : coyoterys
By: Johnnsen x Show Full PostAwesome! Steam preorder ready to deploy.
http://i53.tinypic.com/2gvocg7.pngFeb 04, 2011 6:30am PST
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Steam? lol not happening. : mystifier
Whats that supposed to mean? : Johnnsen
There's no way I'm buying this on Steam : Mr. Goodwrench
Why is that? : Jimbo Ro
where's the lol button : flasher 907
By: mexpak x Show Full PostUgh Frostbite is the clunkiest engine from a gameplay standpoint in a while. Hopefully the game won't suffer too much from itFeb 04, 2011 10:00am PSTUgh Frostbite is the clunkiest engine from a gameplay standpoint in a while. Hopefully the game won't su... : mexpak
By: Steamed Pork Bun x Show Full PostWhat an absolutely useless trailer.Feb 04, 2011 11:59am PSTWhat an absolutely useless trailer. : Steamed Pork Bun
By: scary_monster x Show Full PostEverything sounds absolutely amazing so far! Pre-ordering as soon as it's available on steam!
GOTY!!Feb 04, 2011 9:25pm PST
By: Stucky_101 x Show Full PostDid they just rip off the terminator theme?Feb 04, 2011 2:50pm PST
By: Bensam123 x Show Full PostAlso hoping BF3 has more then PB in terms of anti-cheating technology...
Whoever has played BC2 should know the woes of google hacks at the current moment. Nothing spoils a game faster then cheaters for anyone who plays competitively.Feb 04, 2011 2:52pm PST
By: Mr. Goodwrench x Show Full Post64 players and prone. Pretty much all I wanted. Maybe Commander mode too but I'll take this for sure. BF3 FUCK YEAH.Feb 04, 2011 7:39am PST64 players and prone. Pretty much all I wanted. Maybe Commander mode too but I'll take this for sure. BF3... : Mr. Goodwrench
By: Bensam123 x Show Full PostHere is hoping to this not turning into another consolized PoS, especially another 'me too' CoD. BF has always been a epic series, hope dice keeps it that way.
Given the current trend of games, I'm not going to get my hopes up though.Feb 04, 2011 2:45pm PST
By: Ruaerikoholic x Show Full PostUhh Frost bite 2. YES YES YESFeb 04, 2011 11:56am PSTUhh Frost bite 2. YES YES YES : Ruaerikoholic
By: -efx- x Show Full PostI'm really happy that this is out of the bag so to speak. Hope you guys will like it.Feb 04, 2011 11:23am PSTI'm really happy that this is out of the bag so to speak. Hope you guys will like it. : -efx-
By: mkdirbob x Show Full PostPlease please if there are snow/desert maps, don't go crazy with the god awful bloomFeb 04, 2011 1:35pm PSTPlease please if there are snow/desert maps, don't go crazy with the god awful bloom : mkdirbob
By: Lobito x Show Full PostWell I am a "less than average" plane/chopper pilot, and I think it´s a shame that 1 good plane pilot in BF2 can OWN the entire server even with excellent players as enemy infantry, tanks drivers and in the AA guns (Not a good thing for game balance if you ask me), also I am a regular commander..but...Please DICE, leave the planes and the commander seat in the game, those are the elements that make Battlefield the awesome game that we love,
Don´t castrate the game in the name of the infamous "less is better" principle of console design, give us HUGE maps with at least 64 players, commanders, planes, vehicles, ability to go prone, LAN servers, (and PLEASE, give me a portable AA gun okibbthx)
Also...Skill in the FPS genre is not only found in games with railguns and rocket jumping, try for once to kill a moving chopper pilot with an sniper rifle, or to repel a long attack of numerous enemy players (infantry and vehicles) with an squad of only 4 fellas, resolution, skill, and more important... Team play.Feb 04, 2011 1:36pm PSTWell I am a "less than average" plane/chopper pilot, and I think it´s a shame that 1 good plane pilot : Lobito
By: skyler88 x Show Full PostI got a Terminator vibe from that! Looks good so far!Feb 04, 2011 6:17am PST
By: dpgagnon x Show Full Post64 players, jets, and prone? YES!Feb 04, 2011 6:03am PST
By: niceguynick x Show Full PostThe inclusion of squads is also key for me, so I hope it gets mentioned down the line. 64 players is exactly what I wanted though!
Loved being commander and ordering squads to key positions to change the course of the battle, that was immensely satisfying. Squads just bring a lot more teamwork and strategy to the battle. They were in BC so surely they'll be here too.Feb 04, 2011 10:53am PST
By: Loxodrome x Show Full PostWe've finally caught up with 2005.Feb 04, 2011 10:32am PSTWe've finally caught up with 2005. : Loxodrome
By: dantastic x Show Full PostSo is this battlefield meets tron.Feb 04, 2011 7:50am PSTSo is this battlefield meets tron. : dantastic
By: wytefang x Show Full PostI'm strangely not as enthused after seeing BF:BC2. Here's to hoping it actually feels like BF2 not BF:BC2.Feb 04, 2011 7:12am PSTI'm strangely not as enthused after seeing BF:BC2. Here's to hoping it actually feels like BF2 not BF:BC... : wytefang
By: RikiTiki2 x Show Full Postdidn't watch the thing, but does it have player controlled ships and artillery?Feb 04, 2011 8:35am PST
By: hobosapien x Show Full PostTerrible teaser, but 64 players! FUCK YEAH!Feb 04, 2011 5:52am PST
By: Athlon7 x Show Full PostLoins girded, moist, and quivering in anticipation of Dice's big load.Feb 04, 2011 6:47am PST
By: Jimbo Ro x Show Full PostSteam Preorder get!
Can't wait.Feb 04, 2011 8:01am PSTSteam Preorder get! Can't wait. : Jimbo Ro
By: technotica x Show Full Posti must admit, i am quite giddy atm, kinda wanting to reinstall bf2Feb 04, 2011 6:59am PST
By: Frraksurred x Show Full PostBeen waiting for this for a LOOOOONNNG TIME! Looking forward to bombing some of my buddies again. Muahahahaha!Feb 04, 2011 6:34am PST
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Former Packer Vice President Andrew Brandt, who now teaches sports business at Wharton and directs the Moorad Center for Sports Law at Villanova had a very interesting piece in this week's Sports Illustrated. It's called "Boxed In, Squeezed Out", and it has to do with how the collective bargaining agreement that was negotiated two years ago is having wide ranging effects on NFL. specifically rookies and veteran players nearing the end of their careers. NFL owners had been embarrassed by the huge contract given to players who never produced so fixing that end of the pay scale was going to happen. In 2010 Sam Bradford of the Rams signed for $50 million...the next two top picks, Cam Newton & Andrew Luck got half of that. There is now little or no negotiation for rookies...there is a pay scale. A union official told Brandt that "a trained monkey could negotiate rookie contracts now".
That money was supposed to be transferred to veteran players...and guys like Joe Flacco & Aaron Rodgers have benefited. But the guys who havent have been guys like Brian Urlacher. it's a combination of the teams finally deciding to go younger and cheaper...and the market then being glutted by guys like Urlacher (who decided to retire this week).
Brandt said that when he was in Green Bay they had a second "war room" that focused on financial and analytical data rather than numbers from the player workouts at the combine. It very often showed that what they called a "maturing" player (younger and cheaper) provided a similar return to a "mature" player (older and more expensive).
So...the new CBA is saving the owners money on both ends when it comes to labor costs...the next question is ...are those savings being transferred to the fans in the form of reduced ticket & concession prices?...Anyone??? Bueller??? Anyone???
The UW-Stevens Point baseball team is in action today in the NCAA D-3 World Series at Fox Cities Stadium near Appleton. They play Manchester Indiana this afternoon. You can hear my extended conversation with Pointer Coach Pat Bloom in the podcast section of the WSAU website.
Have a great weekend and remember our fallen heroes