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Long-term Evaluation and Follow-up Care of Patients Treated With Stem Cell Transplants
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00106925
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : April 1, 2005
Last Update Posted : May 29, 2020
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This study will provide follow-up evaluation and care of patients who have undergone allogeneic (donor) stem cell transplantation at the NIH Clinical Center. Patients are monitored for their response to treatment, disease relapse, and later-occurring effects of the transplant.
Patients between 10 and 80 years of age who received a donor stem cell transplant at the NIH Clinical Center under an NHLBI protocol may be eligible for this study. Candidates must have had their first transplant at least 3 years before entering the current study.
Participants are generally seen in the clinic every 12 months for some or all of the following procedures:
- Periodic physical examinations, eye examinations, and blood and urine tests.
- Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy: A sample of bone marrow is obtained for microscopic examination. The patient is given local anesthesia or conscious sedation. An area of the hipbone is numbed, a thin needle is inserted through the skin into the bone, and a small amount of marrow is withdrawn.
- Tissue biopsy: A small piece of tissue or tumor is obtained for microscopic examination. Depending on the site of the biopsy, the tissue may be removed using a cookie cutter-like "punch" instrument, a needle, or a knife. The area is numbed and the tissue is removed with the appropriate tool.
Imaging tests to visualize organs, tissues, and cellular activity in specific tissues. For these tests, the patient lies on a table that slides into the scanner. They may include the following:
- Nuclear scans use a sensitive camera to track a small amount of radioactive material (radioisotope) that is given to the patient by mouth or through a vein. The scan may show abnormal areas of tissue in the bones, liver, spleen, kidney, brain, thyroid, or spine.
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses a magnetic field and radio waves to examine small sections of body organs and tissues.
- Computerized tomography (CT) uses x-rays and can be done from different angles to provide a 3-dimensional view of tissues and organs.
- Positron emission tomography (PET) uses a fluid with a radioisotope attached to it to show cellular activity in specific tissues. The fluid is given through a vein and travels to the cells that are most active (like cancer cells), showing if there is an actively growing tumor.
- Pulmonary (lung) function tests: The patient breathes into a machine that measures the volume of air the person can move into and out of the lungs.
Heart function tests may include the following:
- Electrocardiogram (EKG) evaluates the electrical activity of the heart. Electrodes placed on the chest transmit information from the heart to a machine.
- Echocardiogram (Echo) is an ultrasound test that uses sound waves to create an image of the heart and examine the function of the heart chambers and valves.
- Multiple gated acquisition scan (MUGA) is a nuclear medicine test that uses a small amount of radioactive chemical injected into a vein. A special scanner creates an image of the heart for examining the beating motion of the muscle.
Disease relapse or progression, or transplant-related problems may be treated with standard medical, radiation, or surgical therapy, or patients may be offered experimental therapy.
|Condition or disease
|Graft vs Leukemia Graft vs Host Disease Graft Rejection
While patients surviving more than three years from SCT have a high probability of being cured of their underlying disease, they are still at risk from several categories of complications which could remain lifelong risks including late recurrence (or continued persistence) of original disease, late effects from transplant related GVHD, immune dysfunction, or consequences from the chemotherapy and/or radiation given during transplant conditioning.
Since these complications are iatrogenic, the long term follow-up of SCT patients is the ethical responsibility of the transplant team. In addition, collecting data on late occurring complications allows for prospective evaluation of the long term consequences of surviving a particular transplant treatment approach (i.e. total body irradiation versus chemotherapy conditioning, T cell depleted versus T cell replete transplants).
This protocol is designed to allow for long term evaluation, data collection, and when needed standard medical care of patients (and when appropriate their stem cell donor) who have received allogeneic stem cell transplantation in NHLBI protocols. This may include patients with bone marrow failure states, cytopenias, hemoglobinopathies, metastatic solid tumors, or hematologic malignancies.
No investigational treatments will be administered on this protocol. Participation will not constitute a promise of long-term medical care at the NIH, nor will it provide for the evaluation and treatment of any non-transplant related medical problems. This protocol will provide access to NIH investigators experienced in the care of post transplant patients who can help transplant patients and their local physician manage post transplant complications. In return, data collected from subjects and their donors (when applicable) will provide NIH researchers valuable information and/or laboratory samples for the purposes of better understanding the long term consequences of stem cell transplantation and identifying areas in need of future research.
|Study Type :
|Estimated Enrollment :
|9999 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Long-Term Evaluation and Follow Up Care of Patients Treated With Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplants
|Actual Study Start Date :
|April 22, 2005
Patients (when applicable) will be co accrued to this protocol once they have survived a minimum of three years from date of transplant.
Donors (when applicable) will be co accrued to this protocol once they have survived a minimum of three years from date of transplant.
- Assure consistency of care over time for transplant patients such that outcome data can be meaningfully accrued. [ Time Frame: Ongoing ]monitor late effects of treatment and provide or recommend appropriate management
- Monitor the late effects of treatment and provide or recommend appropriate management [ Time Frame: Ongoing ]
- Describe natural history of the primary disease process. Provide fellowship training in Hematology and Oncology. [ Time Frame: Ongoing ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|2 Years to 80 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Patients surviving three years or more from date of first stem cell transplant who have been treated.
-With an experimental allogeneic stem cell transplant on a NHLBI HB protocol
-With a standard of care allogeneic stem cell transplant on the NHLBI standard of care protocol
-Selectively, when the allogenic transplant was conducted outside the NIH, but the subject has a special condition of interest to the research team
Age greater than or equal to 10 years old and age less than or equal to 80
For adults: Ability to comprehend the investigational nature of the study and provide informed consent. For minors: Written informed consent from one parent or guardian and informed assent: The process will be explained to the minor on a level of complexity appropriate for their age and ability to comprehend.
None, all patients meeting the inclusion criteria will be eligible
If appropriate clinical management of the recipient or ongoing laboratory research would indicate the need for additional stem cell collection or peripheral blood collection, a donor may also be accrued to this protocol providing they meet the following criteria:
- HLA 5/6 or 6/6 matched family donor
- Weight greater than or equal to 18 kg
- Age greater than or equal to 2 or less than or equal to 80 years old
- Age greater than or equal to 18 years of age (if participating only as a donor of peripheral blood cells for laboratory research studies).
- For adults: Ability to comprehend the investigational nature of the study and provide informed consent. For minors: Written informed consent from one parent or guardian and informed assent: The process will be explained to the minor on a level of complexity appropriate for their age and ability to comprehend.
No additional stem cells will be harvested for research purposes.
- Pregnant or actively breastfeeding
- Donor unfit to receive filgrastim and undergo apheresis. (Uncontrolled hypertension, history of congestive heart failure or unstable angina, thrombocytopenia)
- HIV positive. Donors who are positive for HBV, HCV or HTLV-1 may be used if the risk-benefit ratio is considered acceptable by the patient and investigator.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00106925
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|Richard W Childs, M.D.
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Peripheral Blood Stem Cells
Graft-Versus Leukemia/Myeloma
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Whole Body Irradiation
Leukemic Relapse
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DOT pushes safety message as road work begins
By Neal A. Shipman
Farmer Editor
With the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) soon to begin work on the four-laning of U.S. Highway 85 from Watford City to Williston, it was only fitting that representatives of the NDDOT, the North Dakota Highway Patrol and the Associated General Contractors of North Dakota were in town last Friday to stress the importance of highway safety as the state begins its busiest construction season in history.
According to Grant Levi, director of the NDDOT, the state has already bid $872 million in road projects and has a budget of $2.3 billion for statewide projects over the next two years.
While road construction projects will be occurring throughout the state, according to Levi, the biggest highway projects will be centered in McKenzie County over the next two years with the four-laning of U.S. Highway 85, and the construction of bypass routes around Watford City and Alexander.
"We're excited about the four-laning of U.S. Highway 85 from Watford City to Williston," stated Levi. "The $300 million project will take a few years to complete."
According to Levi, the new four-lane highway will have a 20 foot asphalt median with many safety features, such as rumble strips except at turn lanes.
"The NDDOT is also going to be working on bypasses to get the truck traffic out of Watford City, Williston and New Town," stated Levi. "We are going to get the bids out this summer on the southern bypass of Watford City. We're gong to be working on a very aggressive schedule to improve the quality of life out here."
And all of that road construction is going to mean that motorists are going to need to use extra caution while traveling through work zones.
"The traveling public is going to find road construction projects throughout the state," stated Levi. "Which is why we are encouraging motorists to buckle up and pay attention when they are traveling through work zones."
"Last year, there were 257 crashes in work zones," stated Levi.
For Brent Sanford, Watford City mayor, the improvements to U.S. Highway 85 can't come quick enough.
"As home to 30 percent of the traffic fatalities in North Dakota, we welcome the focus of the NDDOT and the Highway Patrol to address these concerns," stated Sanford. "We are also pleased that there will be three new Highway Patrol officers stationed in the county."
According to Sanford, the four-laning of U.S. Highway 85 will help eliminate the rear-end accidents that have been occurring and improve traffic.
With McKenzie County currently having 40 percent of the oil rigs operating in the state, as well as having 40 percent of the state's new drilling permits, Sanford says the county is at the epicenter of the state's oil development.
And that means that oil traffic is going to continue to increase.
"There are 12,000 vehicles traveling between Williston and Watford City every day on U.S. Highway 85," stated Sanford. "The traffic is very concentrated in McKenzie County. So the four-laning of this highway will be a significant improvement."
During Friday's safety meeting, Levi also stressed that when motorists encounter work zones, they need to obey posted speed limits, be patient and minimize distractions.
"Following these tips, especially in work zones, is critical as workers' lives are at stake," stated Sergeant Tom Iverson of the North Dakota Highway Patrol. "Last year, the patrol issued 800 citations in work zones, with the majority being issued for speeding."

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Paige and Linda Murphy of Gum Puddin� will present a mix of country rock, American patriotic music, blues, rock with a folk influence, traditional �old time� bluegrass and originals at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center, 300 Park Ave.
The third event in GHPAC's Second Sunday Series will be performed with no intermission. Light refreshments will follow in the historic center's newly refurbished lobby.
The Gum Puddin� duo is the only group in this area featuring performances of old-time fiddle tunes, claw hammer banjo and bluegrass banjo. They look for those hidden or little-known jewels of American music and share them with as many people as possible.
�We believe there is a rich, common culture illustrated in much of this music,� said Paige, who sings and plays the guitar, banjo and fiddle, �and hope to contribute to its enjoyment and preservation,�
The audience will hear songs about rattlesnakes, country stores, man-eating wolves, moonshine, pickup trucks, doing chores, singing bears and the end of time.
�The music and songs we enjoy are rare and precious antiques,� said Linda, who sings and plays the guitar.
Much of this timeless music sounds familiar and is based on traditional music. The duo focuses on lesser known songs that have an unusual nature or on the great classics.
Linda, or �Aunt Puddin�, has worked in education for 30 years. She has experience in the classroom, as program administrator for exceptional education and as an elementary principal. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in education from UNC at Chapel Hill.
Paige, or Uncle Gum, has also worked in education for 30 years, serving as teacher assistant, teacher, assistant principal and principal. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill.
He has worked with exceptional children and as assistant principal at the elementary, junior high and middle school levels and as principal of a middle school.
Both have deep roots in the folk heritage of North Carolina, having grown up listening to these styles of music.
The 2014 Sunday Series performances include: �Hymnprov,� with Kinston�s pianist and vocalist Clay Whittington, 3 p.m. on Jan. 12; The Ray and Bobby Band, 3 p.m. Feb. 9; and Rick and Jane Vernon, 3 p.m. March 9.
For more information about the series or to buy tickets � $10 per ticket � call 252-560-8515, 252-521-4513 or visit the Grainger Hill website, ghpac.com.


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It's the first big college-football Saturday of the season. Yay. No. 18 Ohio State, which lost its The in a haze of Tresselmanic scandal, plays Akron at noon (ESPN). Also at noon on the WWL, No. 23 Auburn hosts Utah State (2) and Northwestern visits Boston College (U).
Other big names playing this early afternoon: No. 2 Alabama and No. 13 Virginia Tech face Kent State and Appalachian State respectively.


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The prospect that Los Angeles will get its first Jewish mayor increased sharply after the votes were counted in the city's recent non-partisan primary election. But whether Jewish issues will play any part in the next round of campaigning is about as uncertain as the identity of next year's Oscar host.
The primary results left former City Council member Eric Garcetti, who received 33% of the vote, facing off against City Controller Wendy Greuel, who garnered 29%, in a run-off scheduled May 21. Garcetti, who is Jewish via his family's maternal side and a member of IKAR, a trendy L.A. congregation, is perceived as the front-runner. Greuel, who is married to a Jew and whose son is enrolled in Hebrew school, has expressed her interest in conversion as "something I would like to do."
But it remains to be seen whether either candidate will now court the city's influential Jewish vote more aggressively than he or she did during the primary.
While both Greuel and Garcetti have cited their Jewish family ties and have made campaign stops at many of L.A.'s synagogues, neither has made a special appeal to Jewish groups. A search of the supporters listed on each candidate's website fails to turn up a single rabbi or Jewish organization. That contrasts with last year's congressional race between Democrats Brad Sherman and Howard Berman, in which support for Israel and Jewish interests was a part of each candidate's stump speech.
One possible reason for this reticence is the difficulty in identifying just what those municipal Jewish interests are. The Jewish vote in L.A., largely Democratic, is divided vertically and horizontally between the classes and the masses, but in a manner unique to this company town.
On the horizontal plane, there is on one side the "friends of David, Steven and Jeffrey," as locals dub the entertainment industry clique gathered around the DreamWorks Studios power trio of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Its leaders have endorsed and contributed generously to Greuel, who once worked for DreamWorks.
On the other side there are younger entertainment industry folks — musicians, comedy writers and other less prominent creative types who are concentrated in Garcetti's Eastside City Council District 13. They are the equivalent of New York City's Brooklyn hipster enclave, and many of these individuals are campaigning for Garcetti. TV producer and filmmaker Jill Soloway, who is a force behind the alternative group Eastside Jews and recently won a Sundance Film Festival award, is among his East Side boosters.
A pre-election poll conducted by the L.A. Times and the University of Southern California showed Garcetti with an advantage on the Eastside, where he and his wife live; Greuel, meanwhile, has an edge in the Valley, where she resides with her film producer husband and their young son.
That plays up a divide on the vertical plane, which pits those "below the line" (Valley) against those "above the line" (West Side). In L.A.-speak this translates as the "working class" of the entertainment industry (crew, visual effects, catering and other services) versus "the upper class" (cast, producers, writers, lawyers, agents). Complicating this construct are guild affiliations, income levels and the traditional Jewish sentiment for unions.
The municipal unions (teachers, police, fire department, utility workers) constitute a dividing line, too, but one that Jews are less involved with today than historically. Yet it lies at the heart of the campaign's biggest issue: the city's finances.
L.A. is broke. The candidates need the unions' support to win, but they don't want the voters to think they're pawns in the hands of the unions with their demands on the city's budget for wages and pensions.
This is what most concerns retiring L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky. Widely admired by Jews from all the city's sectors, Yaroslavsky has refrained from endorsing anybody. And in a recent statement, Yaroslavsky implied he was distressed by the whole race.
"In recent weeks, I have been open about my frustration at the lack of discussion in the campaign about the precarious state of the city's finances," Yaroslavsky wrote. "Those criticisms have not been exclusively aimed at one candidate. On the contrary, they have been aimed equally at all the major candidates who, in my judgment, have not realistically addressed what they would do about the city's financial challenges."
Of course, that's easy for Yaroslavsky to say, now that he's stepping away from the firing line into retirement from public office after four decades as the city's most prominent and politically influential Jew.
"People ask me who I want, and I say, 'Zev,'" former Beverly Hills mayor Jimmy Delshad said at a pre-campaign gathering of candidates, organized by the Iranian Jewish group 30 Years After. The first Iranian-Jewish chief executive of an American city, Delshad echoed many Jewish Angelenos in saying, "I was hoping Yaroslavsky would enter the race."
If it proves anything about L.A.'s Jewish vote, the rise of Jewish candidates in 2013 coinciding with the community's lack of clear preferences shows that what was once a reliable Jewish bloc has all but dissolved into the fabric of civic society, settled over with a sense of battles fought and won.
"We're Angelenos," political consultant Larry Levine said. "We may be Jewish, but we're Angelenos. We've never had a Jewish mayor, and nobody seems to care."
That may change, of course. "I expect that Jewish voters will be a big target in the runoff," said Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of the Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute for Public Affairs at California State University, Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, one of the losing candidates in the race may be heading toward a more intensively Jewish future than ever, precisely because she lost. When asked in February what she would do if she failed in her mayoral bid, councilmember Jan Perry, an African-American convert to Judaism, told the L.A. Jewish Journal that she would study to become a rabbi.
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Gul? Why? Bowled brilliantly
Most of his career he has been a support bowler, and ever since he has been our main spearhead he has disappointed. Falls under pressure.
A good result for Australia, provided they can win tomorrow, given that they're more likely to post a competitive total against SL than Pak.
Either way I think the Lankans will win the whole thing.
Parmi | #1 draft pick | Jake King is **** | Big Bash League tipping champion of the universeCome and Paint Turtle
Now that we are out, hoping for the Windies to win the whole thing.
Heh, just noticed that the women's semi-final earlier is between the same teams! Might be a first.
Probably best to keep CH Gayle and the womenfolk well apart in any case.
Seriously though, we need a fast bowler and he's better than the other choices we have. I have confidence in him to bowl at the death. He doesn't deliver as much as he used to, but he comes through often enough. Plus, he's shown that he can occasionally contribute with the bat as well.
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"Do you know why I have credibility? Because I don't exude morality." - Bob Hawke
#408. Sixty three not out forever.
No Naved-ul-Hasan no Pakistan.
According to the rules the bails need to be completely dislodged, but I seem to remember many run-outs/stumpings given when the bail is even partially dislodged. Keeping that in mind I thought that run-out should have been given.
You talking to IR?
Would love the actual wording of the laws regarding the bails being dislodged.
I found it interesting Nasser saying that the bail has to be dislodged but also enough so you know it isn't coming back down into the groove.
Wtf? I understand his thinking, but considering we know the bails didn't go back into the groove, since it was a run out appeal, it's a weird way of looking at it.
Yeah that made no sense. In the freak chance that the bails lodge back on, the batsman's not out.
This is my reference for the rule:
Law 28 (The wicket is down) - Laws - Laws of Cricket - Laws & Spirit - Lord's1. Wicket put down
(a) The wicket is put down if a bail is completely removed from the top of the stumps, or a stump is struck out of the ground,
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What do you do when your child gets hurt while doing the thing he or she loves the most? How do you react when your child's life is altered forever in a single moment of complete random bad luck?
Earlier this summer a 13-year-old pitcher, Ryan Steen, took a line drive hit to the eye during a baseball game that left him completely blind in his left eye.
Despite that, Steen joined the basketball team this fall and is celebrating what he can accomplish rather than what he can no longer do. His parents look at his injury as a great life lesson to what he can accomplish and overcome -- to turn a negative into a positive.
As parents, how do we determine what is too dangerous for our children to do and what is safe? Do we weigh the possible outcomes -- because really everything we do can be dangerous. Or do we simply let them do what they love within reason?
We teach our children to do their best and work hard at what they love but how do we teach them to have perspective and not be afraid when the thing they love the most hurts/damages them? How do we maintain perspective? Is it even possible?
I think the Steen family is pretty amazing. If it were me, I'd probably have taken my child home and never let him play another sport ever again. Hell, I'm not sure I'd let him back outside alone once he'd gone blind from a rogue ball to the eye and God knows that baseball games would probably be out for life. I just don't think I could step back and remind myself that it was a random accident and that we can all get hurt at any moment, sitting in our living room watching television. Life is random.
As parents we want to protect our children from ever feeling pain and when something bad happens to your child, it scares you to know that we are all so vulnerable. But to be a good parent we have to encourage our child to move past it, even when our own heart forbids it.
Would you allow your son to play baseball again if he had taken a line drive to the eye and went blind?
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Lessons 3 and 4 of this course will explain the many important aspects of Internal Revenue Code Section 1031. The course will focus on the benefits of the 1031 exchange for the investor, the licensee, and the other parties involved in the transaction. The student will learn which properties qualify under Section 1031 and how to use the various types of 1031 exchanges to enhance the client's position in the investment real estate market.
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When I try to install any software from ubuntu software center it comes with error:
An unhandled error occured
There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon. This is the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 961, in simulate
trans.unauthenticated = self._simulate_helper(trans)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 1085, in _simulate_helper
return depends, self._cache.required_download, \
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 226, in required_download
pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list, self._records)
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A day after Governor Scott Walker won his recall election, the New York Times wrote, "The biggest political lesson from Wisconsin may be that the overwhelming dominance of money on the Republican side will continue to haunt Democrats." Democrats have drawn much the same conclusion. "You've got a handful of self-interested billionaires who are trying to leverage their money across the country," said David Axelrod, Barack Obama's senior campaign strategist. "Does that concern me? Of course that concerns me."
But then how to explain the landslide victories in San Jose and San Diego of ballot measures meant to cut public-sector retirees' benefits? What should concern Axelrod far more is that on the central issue of the recall--the costs of public-sector employees--the Democratic Party is wrong on the substance, clinging to its constituents rather than doing the right thing.
Warren Buffett calls the costs of public-sector retirees a "time bomb." They are the single biggest threat to the U.S.'s fiscal health. If the U.S. is going to face a Greek-style crisis, it will not be at the federal level but rather with state and local governments. The numbers are staggering. In California, total pension liabilities--the money the state is legally required to pay its public-sector retirees--are 30 times its annual budget deficit. Annual pension costs rose by 2,000% from 1999 to 2009. In Illinois, they are already 15% of general revenue and growing. Ohio's pension liabilities are now 35% of the state's entire GDP.
The accounting at the heart of government pension plans is fraudulent, so much so that it should be illegal. Here's how it works. For a plan to be deemed solvent, employees and the government must finance it with regular monthly contributions. The size of those contributions is determined by assumptions about the investment returns of the plan. The better the investment returns, the less the state has to put in. So states everywhere made magical assumptions about investment returns. David Crane, an economic adviser to former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, points out that state pension funds have assumed that the stock market will grow 40% faster in the 21st century than it did in the 20th century. In other words, while the market has grown 175 times during the past 100 years, state governments are assuming that it will grow 1,750 times its size over the next hundred years.
Why has this happened? It's democracy at its worst. Public-sector unions, powerful forces in states and localities, ask for regular pay increases. Governors and mayors can dole out only so much in salary hikes because of requirements for balanced budgets or other constraints. So instead, they hand out generous increases to pension benefits, since those costs will hit the budget many years later, when current officials are themselves comfortably in retirement.


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Camp Watchamagumee was the place to be for the Boy Scouts of Melrose Troop 68 during the weekend of May 17-19. The six Scouts, including four new members, and two adult leaders may have got a bit damp during the evening hours but they had a lot of fun during the day.
Friday night was a pretty laid back schedule. The troop left Melrose about 6:30 pm. The boys spent the evening setting up camp, reviewing fire safety rules, and enjoyed sitting around the campfire until the first drops of rain send them running for the safety of their tents.
The Scouts had a busy Saturday schedule. After breakfast they worked on their advancement and began building their primitive shelters that would would sleep in that night. It did not take long to discover that the boys did not bring along enough tarps and plastic sheets to build what they wished to build. After a lunch of baked beans and hot dogs roasted over an open fire the troop played a round of nine holes of disc golf.
Saturday afternoon was time for the annual Egg Drop Competition. Each of the Scouts received a raw egg. Their challenge was to create a package for their egg using other natural materials found around the campsite. These packages would than be dropped from higher and higher distances until only one egg remained. Daniel Klassen was this year's Egg Drop Competition winner. He took home a Boy Scout campfire cooking grille as his prize.
The next event tested the Boy Scouts fire making skills. Each boy was to start a fire and keep it going long enough to burn through a string seven inches above the ground. Matches were not allowed for this contest. The Scouts needed to start their fires using flint and steel. A strong wind turned out to be the villain of this event. Even though the Scouts created hundreds of sparks, the wind blew out many of the flames the boys were hoping to use to start their fires. Alex Engelmeyer was the troop's winner of this competition.
The boys finished the afternoon by finishing their primitive shelters, playing a couple of games, and making a great supper of fried potatoes and spaghetti and meat sauce. There was not much food left over. The boys had worked up quite an appetite.
A short chapel service was held at 7:30 that evening. This was followed with the boys moving their sleeping bags and pads into their primitive shelters for the night. As the Scouts gathered for the evening campfire they learned a troop song about Camp Watchamagumee, heard the story of the Purple Gorilla, and learned how to protect themselves from a wolfen attack.
Half of the Scouts discovered that their primitive shelters did not do a sufficient job of keeping them dry once the rain showers moved in overnight, but a couple did stay in their shelter for the entire night. Important lessons were learned which will be used the next time they build a shelter, which could be as soon as their June weekend outing.
Attending the Watchamagumee outing were Boy Scouts Alex, Daniel, Zack, Adrian, Sam, and Macoy. Adult leaders for the weekend were Scoutmaster Jim and assistant scoutmaster Eymard. Committee member Steve provided program assistance. The troop would also like to thank Melvin and Vern Klassen for allowing them to use their land for the outing.
More pictures of this outing can be found on the troop's website.
http://melrosetroop68.org/yearlygalleries/yh13.html#Camp_Watchamagumee .


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Shedding light on ice sheet collapse through Great Barrier Reef
An international team of scientists jointly led by Dr. Jody Webster, of the University of Sydney, and Dr Yusuke Yokoyama, of the University of Tokyo, is analyzing sediment cores drilled by the research ship, the Greatship Maya, across the Great Barrier Reef last year.
The scientists are using the reef as a record of sea level fluctuations and climate change from the peak of the last Ice Age, about 21,000 years ago, to the first two millennia of the current warm Holocene epoch, which started about 12,000 years ago.
Coral reefs are markers of sea level. Coral gets its energy from photosynthetic algae in a symbiotic relationship with it. When the sea level gets too high, less sunlight is captured by the algae, and the reef dies. Dead reefs form systems of terraces, ridges and pinnacles, the dates of which reveal sea level changes.
Scientists want to pin down the timing and impact of abrupt sea level rise when ice sheets melted in the past, in order to make predictions about the greenhouse future. The behaviour of the ice sheets is among the big unknowns of climate science. If the West Antarctic ice sheet melted, the impact would be catastrophic, leading to a five to six metre sea level rise and changes to seawater salinity that could send ocean circulation awry.
The team took cores of extinct coral reef and sediment from 34 holes drilled during an expedition to the Great Barrier Reef mounted by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, a multi-million-dollar international research effort to explore the ocean floor.
The cores were obtained along transects from the outer reaches of the continental shelf beyond the base of the Great Barrier Reef, which started to assume its modern configuration up to 8000 years ago.
The Australian team members, also including scientists at the Australian National University and the University of Wollongong, are dating the relict reefs using the radiocarbon and uranium-thorium techniques on the calcium carbonate coral exoskeletons. Geochemists are using the fossil corals in the cores to work out past oceanographic conditions such as sea surface temperature and ocean salinity at key turning points in the reef's history.
Dr. Webster said the scientists were focusing on three periods of "meltwater pulses", one of which is thought to have happened about 14,000 to 15,000 years ago, when the sea level rose up to 20 metres within a few hundred years.
"We're trying to get a better handle on the dynamics of ice sheet behaviour and global sea level changes," he said.
"The information will be used by sea level and ice sheet modellers to better understand how the ice sheets have collapsed in the past and hopefully improve future predictions."
Meanwhile, Dr. Webster told the meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco in December that the team had pinpointed the remnants of the coral reef that was growing at the height of the last Ice Age.
"There has been a lot of debate over where the Great Barrier Reef goes during times of lower sea level during ice ages," he said.
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South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
versão On-line ISSN 2222-3436
versão impressa ISSN 1015-8812
SCHUTTE, Danie e BUYS, Pieter. A critical analysis of the contents of the IFRS for SMES: a South African perspective. S. Afr. j. econ. manag. sci. [online]. 2011, vol.14, n.2, pp.188-209. ISSN 2222-3436.
The IFRS for SMEs was developed to address the reporting needs of SMEs worldwide. SMEs however do not necessarily have a global focus. Furthermore, SMEs from different parts of the world are exposed to different conditions and environments. Although the IFRS for SMEs was not intended for a specific user group, the majority of the respondents to the Exposure Draft on IFRS for SMEs were from Europe and other developed countries while only limited respondents from Africa and developing countries were involved. This study considered the relevance of the contents of the IFRS for SMEs in the South African environment based on user requirements. Since SMEs do not necessarily have functional accounting departments and because they rely on external accountants to compile financial statements, we included accounting practitioners and trainee accountants from the SME sector in our survey. As a result we classified the contents of the IFRS for SMEs, from a South African perspective, into different levels of importance or relevance.
Palavras-chave : accounting; generally accepted accounting practice; international financial reporting standards; small and medium entities.


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From 11/01/2012 to 11/30/2012
- 09:47 PM Revision 53452658 (scoutece): fixed schematic to look nice and be organized
- 08:49 PM Revision 98dae599 (scoutece): removed old imu circuitry. added new i2c circuitry for gyro, accele...
- 07:55 PM Revision 7f095440 (scoutos): Sepearated refresh rate for scouts and for the simulator.
- 07:21 PM Revision 6fab3966 (scoutos): Fixed the line following code.
- Now works with new units
Fixed a bug with reading the line location, correctly centering the line between -3.5 and 3....
- 05:29 PM Revision 64cefaf3 (scoutece): fixed output logic on pushbutton controller
- 04:59 PM Revision ade4f3be (scoutos): Removed a ROS_INFO from ghost scout file.
- 04:47 PM Revision a767a322 (scoutece): added tx/rx breakout for avr to gumstix serial connection
- 12:22 AM Revision 6170941c (scoutece): fixed !ENABLE on the stepper driver
- 12:12 AM Revision 20280a2e (scoutece): fixed error in confusion between SHDN and CLR. Also changed LED res...
- 11:51 PM Revision 15a40e6f (scoutece): fixed the shutdown circuit to use one of the gpio pins. added pulll...
- 06:16 PM Revision 14c1b86d (scoutece): Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scouthw
- 06:13 PM Revision 12b595f3 (scoutece): added scoutfly_rev3 to accomplish changes for the next revision of ...
- Already removed switch to swtich power supply sources. In the process of
fixing the pushbutton control circuit
- 08:59 PM Revision 41479b4c (scoutece): Merge branch 'master' of roboclub.org:/home/svn/scouthw
- 08:58 PM Revision 902fa82f (scoutece): Fixed some indentation
- 03:13 PM Revision 01aa3b6f (scoutos): Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
- 03:12 PM Revision 86b48573 (scoutos): Range sensors work now! :D
- 02:51 PM Revision cccfdc54 (scoutos): Changed sonar to use 16 bit values, not 8
- 03:40 AM Revision 28999371 (scoutos): Little cleanups.
- 03:35 AM Bug #2122 (Fixed): Standardize encoders
- Encoders currently give 336 ticks/m. They should be giving 363.78. The difference is probably due to rounding errors.
- 03:22 AM Revision 4918cbee (scoutos): Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
- Conflicts:
- 03:21 AM Revision 04114d13 (scoutos): Fixed teleop with new units, and changes the refresh rate to be clos...
- 02:29 AM Revision 25694a03 (scoutos): Changes so that scout1 automatically spawns upon creation of the
- simulator environment, and that line follow just continuously follows
lines instead of prior line-following-capabilit...
- 02:15 AM Revision ddfeb111 (scoutos): Fixing bugs with ghost scout (these were problems in odometry related
- to constants in the simulator and coordinate frame and theta representation
in the simulator). Also made ghost scout ...
- 01:16 AM Revision 35d1885f (scoutos): Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
- Conflicts:
- 01:15 AM Revision 6257c97d (scoutos): Continuing work on standardization of units.
- 01:15 AM Revision 73adca60 (scoutos): Cleanups/TODOs.
- 07:40 PM Revision 0ccfc42d (scoutos): Files that add ghost scout.
- 07:07 PM Revision 0e916314 (scoutos): Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
- 07:06 PM Revision 0e0ef125 (scoutos): Changes to add ghost scout to sim frame and make it show up on the s...
- Currently the functionality for killing scouts does not kill the ghost scout. That needs to be fixed eventually.
- 06:55 PM Revision 96ec9388 (scoutos): Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
- Conflicts:
- 06:44 PM Revision eb9cff77 (scoutos): Fixed sonar bug (corrected y direction)
- Added sonar_toggle and set_scan command and callbacks
Cleaned up sonar_visual toggle code
- 06:34 PM Revision 16097fcf (scoutos): Added header guards to scout constants.
- 06:12 PM Bug #2121 (Assigned): File Error Service call
- viki@c3po:~/ros_workspace/scoutos/scout/scoutsim$ rosservice call /scout1/sonar_set_scan 5 10
ack: True
- 05:49 PM Bug #2120: Remove old teleop and clean up scoutsim folder
- Also as part of this clean up. Change from using the #define PI 3.14... to using M_PI so that we are consistent acros...
- 05:44 PM Bug #2120 (Wontfix): Remove old teleop and clean up scoutsim folder
- Now that we have baked-in teleop, the old one should go.
- 05:45 PM Revision 30a3768e (scoutos): Last commit did not contain changes to Odometry behavior. Gits dumb.
- 05:44 PM Revision 36664e39 (scoutos): Changed Odometry to publish a ScoutPosition message with the scoutna...
- 05:15 PM Revision f40977a9 (scoutos): Added new launch file template for scoutsim.
- 05:14 PM Revision 6e8c4ad2 (scoutos): Style changes to BehaviorGUI (line length, spacing)
- 03:29 PM Revision f1582e6c (scoutos): Fixed AVR hanging when sonar not connected
- 10:03 PM Revision 39c04d7d (scoutos): Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
- 10:02 PM Revision 6c9146d5 (scoutos): Began filling in ROSsy main function
- 10:02 PM Revision ca9f6bd5 (scoutos): Some changes to the stepper library
- A few bug fixes, and changed various values to use ms instead of us due
to integer overflow problems.
- 09:38 PM Revision 05ea07c4 (scoutos): Removed Header from BOM message.
- If we need a timestamp, we can add it back later. We don't need a
- 09:42 PM Revision e2751853 (scoutos): Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
- 09:40 PM Revision c63c9752 (scoutos): Scoutsim now has consistent units of m and m/s.
- This will cause some problems.
* Behaviors which relied on the old units will have to change. We need to change the...
- 07:46 PM Revision ae475e49 (scoutos): Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
- 07:46 PM Revision 16d4e150 (scoutos): Fixed pause and resume. Kind of. There are lots of bugs with the GUI.
- 07:15 PM Enhancement #2114 (Wontfix): Make it easier to make new behaviors
- Make the makefile check the behaviors/ folder and compile anything it finds there into a behavior. Auto-generate any...
- 07:14 PM Task #2113 (Wontfix): Clean up scoutsim code
- There's some poor indentation and such.
Clean that up.
- 07:13 PM Task #2112 (Fixed): Clean up GUI code
- The GUI to create, delete, and pause scouts is some ugly python.
Clean it up.
- 07:13 PM Task #2111 (Fixed): Make scoutsim debugging tools able to run on any scout.
- Currently sonar and teleop debugging only runs on scout1, hardcoded.
Make this be specified in some easy way from ...
- 06:55 PM Revision 0076084e (scoutos): Fluidified fluid teleop.
- 06:54 PM Revision d34f8273 (scoutos): Removed the initial default scout spawn.
- This should be taken care of by the GUI or launch file somehow.
- 06:53 PM Revision 631b8a4c (scoutos): Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
- 06:52 PM Revision 594c3bb9 (scoutos): Loads specific images for each scout if they exist
- Otherwise, looks in the images folder for scout.png.
Added a few default scouts with numbers, and the xcf files they ...
- 06:34 PM Revision 9a88eb2e (scoutos): Fixed pause so that it compiles. Also changed behavior gui so that i...
- 04:45 PM Revision b4cb37e1 (scoutece): Added UCC3911 Lithium-Ion Battery Protector to jabinder.lbr
- Also added UCC3911 to schematic with associated perhiperals
- 03:31 PM Bug #2109: Add Fuel Guage and Protection circuit to charge board
- http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/UCC3911DP-4/296-11543-5-ND/381692 for protection instead
- 03:00 PM Bug #2109: Add Fuel Guage and Protection circuit to charge board
- Also need to modify charge circuit to make sure the maximum charge current is 1435mA.
Nominal Cell Voltage is 3.6V a...
- 01:39 AM Bug #2109 (Assigned): Add Fuel Guage and Protection circuit to charge board
- Protection Circuits Here:
Fuel Gauge Circuit Here:
- 02:56 PM Bug #2110 (Assigned): BOM returns values even when IR LED cannot possibly permeate through the ma...
- Tested by covering with hand and by enclosing in ESD bag.
Checked with camera to make sure IR LED was not visible.
- 12:12 AM Revision b76ae2da (scoutece): Created a new library jabinder.lbr
- Added parts for 18650 double battery holder, LT3650 two cell li-ion battery
charger and 2x2 SMT molex headers
Also ma...
- 06:11 PM Revision b1fdaaf6 (scoutos): Added toggle for Sonar. Added backsonar indicate
- -Sonar can be toggled under Sim -> Sonar
-Front and Back onars now display most recent scan point as a green dot
- 02:43 PM Revision 9eb9cc2d (scoutos): Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
- 02:43 PM Revision 47e26dee (scoutos): BOM testing code in main.cpp works with rosserial
- 10:45 AM Revision 27f73b95 (scoutos): Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
- Conflicts:
- 10:40 AM Revision 4b02e3c0 (scoutos): Added pause behavior to list
- 10:39 AM Revision a107608f (scoutos): Added new behavior to makefile
- 09:51 PM Revision 6e7f0a98 (scoutos): Changed scout_avr's main.cpp to use rosserial
- 09:49 PM Revision d008df56 (scoutos): Fixed problem with "make clean all" globs failing
- 09:37 PM Revision c2b64420 (scoutos): Finally automated generation of ros_lib for rosserial!
- 08:39 PM Revision 399f7d1b (scoutos): Changed sonar/bom timer to 64 prescalar
- Also fixed bug in the bom's timer usage, where it depended on an integer
overflow that was no longer occuring due to ...
- 12:36 PM Revision 887b4a1a (scoutos): Removed bom.cpp, bom.h, get_bom_reading.srv, and query_sonar.srv
- Removed them for real this time; not pretend :D
- 12:35 PM Revision b23c6bbb (scoutos): Changed get_bom_reading.srv to bom.msg
- Also, removed bom.cpp and bom.h since there won't be a bom node running
on the Gumstix.
- 05:28 PM Revision 85dff67b (scoutos): Modified to compile.
- 04:51 PM Revision a07a0b55 (scoutos): wrote code for the stepper motor. Requires that the caller calls ini...
- the time that the function returned by the init function will be called.
then the user must call this function at the...
- 10:21 PM Revision 8999628c (scoutos): Merge branch 'master' of ssh://roboclub.org/home/svn/scoutos
- 10:19 PM Revision aadf0a75 (scoutos): Fixed interrupt bug in AVR serial code
- Serial read disabled interrupts at the start, and returned before
reenabling them. Also, made a few other changes in ...
- 10:18 PM Revision fd73d758 (scoutos): Changed range sensor to read on-demand
- 02:25 PM Task #1886 (Fixed): Spec Out and Buy IMU
- 02:25 PM Task #2091 (Fixed): order more scout parts
- 01:03 PM Revision 68b23184 (scoutos): Scoutsim: Added Sonar Toggle
- Sonar display can now be toggled via Menu->Sim->Sonar
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Metering devices for use in single-line lubrication systems
Developed for installation in manifolds, LS21 are single-port metering devices for oil and special lubricants. When used in combination with one- to five-port manifolds, these adjustable, prelubrication metering devices provide flexible options for lubrication system design. Connections with or without (M8x1) a quick-release connector are offered for feed lines, and connections with a quick-release connector are available for main line tubes.Features and benefits:
- For use with manifolds having one to five ports to match number of lubrication points
- Compatible with ø 4 mm for feed lines and ø 8 for main lines
- Suitable for push-in type fittings for dosers and manifolds
- Robust, reliable
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It takes more than a newspaper ad to make Catholics leave the church
The Freedom From Religion Foundation caused a stir on Friday with a full-page ad in The New York Times with the heading "It's time to consider quitting the Catholic Church." The ad contained an open letter "to 'liberal' and 'nominal' Catholics" who are unhappy with the leadership of the church, calling upon them to make a Mass exodus.
Writers at America and Vox-Nova, among others, have already commented on the absurdities of the ad's argument for why Catholics should abandon their church. And not surprisingly, Bill Donahue of The Catholic League was quick to call the ad the most "vicious anti-Catholic advertisement in a prominent American newspaper," adding that "not a single Catholic who reads this ad will be impelled to leave the church."
Donahue is probably correct--it is highly unlikely that any Catholic would come across this ad and make the decision to leave the church based solely on its contents. But Catholics who are feeling pushed to the limits have heard other arguments in recent weeks for why they may want to leave the church. Even church leaders like Cardinal Francis George of Chicago have sent strong messages that challenge any Catholic who disagrees with the bishops.
"There have always been those whose personal faith is not adequate to the faith of the church," George recently wrote. "...Bishops don't claim to speak for every baptized Catholic. Bishops speak, rather, for the Catholic and apostolic faith. Those who hold that faith gather with them; others go their own way. They are and should be free to do so, but they deceive themselves and others in calling their organizations Catholic."
George's comments echo those of many Catholic bloggers and commentators, who often tell others who hold different views that they don't belong in the church and should take their faith elsewhere. Whether the topic is politics, liturgy, sexuality, the role of women, or another hot button issue, it isn't uncommon to hear one Catholic tell another that if they don't agree they should find another church (though I side with Father Andrew Greeley, who wrote in his essay for the 1998 book "Why I Am Still A Catholic" that decisions on who is or is not a "good Catholic" should be left to God alone).
It is stunning to see how often a person of faith can tell someone they don't know, or a whole group of people they don't know, that they don't deserve to call themselves Catholic. These are exactly the types of divisions that the Freedom From Religion Foundation's ad plays upon. Catholics who already feel disenfranchised, who feel as if they've had their personal faith questioned one too many times, and who feel like they've been told their opinions mean they're no longer welcome in the church might be much more sympathetic to the New York Times ad.
It's time for church leaders, and all members of the faithful, to stop fostering these types of divisions. Catholics need a church where they can rely on one another to help them better understand their faith without being pointed towards the door. In a united church--one where all are truly welcome--arguments that try to persuade people to leave wouldn't carry nearly as much weight.


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More than 250 people participated in the second annual Neal V. Singles Memorial run and walk Sunday morning, bringing more than $3,500 to the Neal V. Singles Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Organizers would like to have seen even more participants in this year's run, but they were impressed with the quality of those participating.
"Even though we didn't have as large a crowd of runners, the ones who came were awesome competitors," said Jackie Schaffner. "Some Morenci students who never competed in a running event before posted very impressive times."
Heather Whitehouse, who coordinated the event with Schaffner and Drew Stella, was delighted with the volunteer help.
"The entire event ran smoothly with the help of literally dozens of volunteers," she said. "It was easier this year, since so many of our workers also helped last year."
It was the second year of beautiful running weather, also, she noted.
One thing that gives the event a unique characteristic is the breakfast served to participants.
"We can't thank the Church of the Nazarene enough for again putting on the entire pancake breakfast," Whitehouse said.
The breakfast is made possible in part through the donation of Darin Townsend of Bob Evans who donated the sausage.
A runner from Perrysburg, Ohio, told Schaffner that the shirt designed by Stella was one of the best he's seen in the many runs in which he's participated. Positive comments were also heard about the medals.
Runners ranged in age from eight to 76 and traveled from as far away as Grand Marais in the Upper Peninsula to Hurricane, W. Va.
The fastest overall times were recorded by Sally Skeels, 28, of Adrian (19:05; sixth overall) and Sam Skeels, 29, of Adrian (16:15).Male
11 and under: KC Clegg, 26:31.71.
12-14: John Michael Martinez, 24:37.38; Colin Smith, 26:32.12.
15-18: Billy Neri, 16:27.88; Zach Phillips, 17:37.22; Brett Merillat, 19:31.98.
19-24: Chris Holt, 20:22.56; Ruskin Tansel, 22:10.77; Jamie DeVoe, 22:27.05.
25-29: Scott Walter, 22:53.88.
30-34: Matt Carpenter, 18:25.66; Corey Borck, 29:15.12.
35-59: Tom Romanowski, 17:06.01; Matt Rupp, 22:06.06; John Rorick, 23:28.89.
40-44: John Dominique, 20:02.12; Keith Stowell, 22:24.59; Tim Pinkelman, 22:46.72.
45-49: Bob Bridges, 19:35.17; Tim Speed, 23:43.25; Douglas Curry, 29:57.73.
50-54: Dave Eichler, 21:21.67; Terry Kotalik, 21:24.48; Jim Singles, 30:14.92.
55-59: Ron Carpenter, 19:51.54; Tom MacNaughton, 20:08.10; Rich Wilkins, 22:28.97.
60-69: Jerome Tomc, 25:25.87; Jim Driskill, 34:16.44; Doyce Rupp, 46:11.67.
70 and over: Bernie Marvin, 25:15.12; Everett Luoma, 29:36.28; Ed Torrance, 44:22.35.
11 and under: Carly Truckor, 27:17.28; Madison Gleckler, 27:18.50; Darian Double, 29:35.62.
12-14: Brooke Bovee, 28:06.25; Rachel Sodergren, 28:07.79; Mercedez McCaskey, 28:12.04.
15-18: Dominique Miller, 19:53.56; Melanie Brock, 22:20.73; Haley Neri, 22:53.88.
19-24: Kayse Onweller, 24:57.20; Sarah Hoadley, 28:23.19; Ali Ries, 28:40.43.
25-29: Kristie Jones, 22:45.59; Cassey Fournier, 24:56.58; Carrie Radel, 25:21.05.
30-34: Kassandra Dominique, 22:42.13; Trina Romanowski, 24:45.17; Amy Malek, 25:27.38.
35-39: Jodi McCaskey, 23:28.89; Peggie Haywood, 26:30.08; Erin Anderson, 26:52.04.
40-44: Karen Donahue, 22:29.56; Karen Ely, 52:03.34.
45-49: Karla Bowen, 25:51.02; Kym Ries, 30:24.05; Heidi Drake, 31:07.81.
50-54: Jo Essenmacher, 24:43.70; Kathie Brock, 34:49.47.
55-59: Linda Dusseau, 49:41.97; Shirley Vandesande.
60-69: Shirley Torrance, 28:05.02; Veronica Ottinger, 38:47.50; Theresa Marvin, 39:36.65.


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I'm going back to Europe for a week, To Cologne, Germany, and back to my country Spain,
I'll be in Barcelona this time going with a disney research trip! I'm so excited! except that it is very cold out there right now, we are going to have to bundle up with warm clothes! but is so worth it!
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I like artists books but don't really know anything about them, so it is with great pleasure that I present local maven and collector Anthony Elms' first in a regular or irregular feature of artists books suggestions. He'll be focusing on books that are generally affordable, still in print, and available to a Chicago buyer at a local bookstore or via the web. Let Elms spend your money!
Exhibition Prosthetics by Joseph Grigely
Every now and then I teach a course, "Publications as Curatorial Practice," and the most frustrating part of organizing the class is finding readings that don't talk about publication projects as if artists' books are the only solution to thinking with form. Now there is this slim volume from a lecture Joseph Grigely gave in London at the always interesting (let's hope) Architectural Association. The book is published by the newish upstart publishing imprint Bedford Press run by the friendly graphic designer Zak Kyes (who you might also be reading).
You'll read this book in 40 minutes, tops. And that is if you rest to take notes, or wonder why all the images are yellow. But a good and necessary quick read. It will train your eyes on the little ways that art is framed, and the peculiar, strange and necessary relationship between titles, wall labels, press releases and art works. In fact, even if I have a disagreement with the angle Grigely takes a time or two (privileging the artist a touch too much in the relationship to museum wall labels, stopping to consider press releases as artistic gestures, but not simply as press releases, etc.), the only real complaint is that the book is over too soon. So some items seem skimmed rather than developed. Then again, it was just a lecture–with a lecture's gentlemanly time constraints. And I must admit that I know this book is just the beginning of Joseph's recent public grapplings with the issues. (See, for example his recent exhibition at Rowley Kennerk Gallery.) Exhibition Prosthetics is an opening volley into what are essential and complicated questions. (Anthony Elms)
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Here's a big collection of new shows to see this Friday and Saturday and Sunday. I usually try to keep these lists down to a few favorites, but there's really just a ton of excellent work hitting the city this weekend. See the post's toes for extras too.
Andreas Fischer @ Galhberg Gallery
While the Hyde Park Art Center has Andreas Fischer's Ghost Town portraits, the landscape arm of this two-part exhibition are in Glen Ellyn's Gahlberg Gallery. See the work and the artist tonight, Thursday, January 21st from 6-8 PM @ Gahlberg Gallery, 425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn.
Jeff Marlin @ Corbett vs. Dempsey
Noble Square gallery Corbett vs. Dempsey opens a survey of Jeff Marlin's work, loaded and worked paintings exploring surface, source, and interaction with mechanical processes. Solid process work like good moons with surfaces guaranteed to reward exploration. Marlin's show opens this Friday, January 22nd from 5-9 PM @ Corbett vs. Dempsey, 1120 N. Ashland Ave.
Mike Kloss @ The Hills
I don't know much about Mike Kloss or The Hills, but I've heard a buzz to follow. Kloss's show The Hills have Thighs opens this Friday, January 22nd from 7-10 PM @ The Hills Esthetic Center, 128 N. Campbell Ave.
Daniel Lavitt @ Peregrine Program
Daniel Lavitt's awesome miniature living spaces address domesticity at various economic levels and look damned smart too. Come see Chicagoland's opening on Friday, January 22nd from 6-10 PM @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM, 500 W. Cermak Rd, 727.
Rune @ Ben Russell
JT Rogstad, Melanie Schiff, Deborah Stratman, Joshua Manchester, and Ryan Fenchel come together for a show about runic magic and darkness and mystery and other topics of the totally fucking metal persuasion. Rune opens Saturday, January 23rd from 6-9 PM @ BEN RUSSELL, 1716 S. Morgan St, 2F.
MinimumixaM @ Pentagon
Relatively new space Pentagon hosts the Twelve Galleries Project's group exhibition curated by Nicholas Cueva, Dan Gunn and Heather Mekkelson, and featuring work by Eric Fleischauer, Chris Edwards, Xavier Jimenez and Liz Nielsen. With a very clever title, layers upon curatorial layers and promising work too, Quarterly Site #1: MinimumixaM opens Saturday, January 23rd 7-10 PM @ Pentagon, 961 W. 19th St, 1F.
Ethan Greenbaum and Katrin Sigurdardottir @ The Suburban
Architectural, physical, and psychological space are considered this month at The Suburban, with Ethan Greenbaum's hard-media installations and more along with Katrin Sigurdardottir's documented recreation of the Oak Park exhibition space inside her Iceland studio. Reception this Sunday, January 24th from 2-4 PM @ The Suburban, 125 N Harvey Ave. Oak Park
Elijah Burgher @ Shane Campbell
While you're at the Suburban, don't forget to check out Shane Campbell's opening of Elijah Burgher's eerily calm blood ritual drawings. Plenty of room in the river. Show opens Sunday, January 24th from 2-4 PM @ Shane Campbell Gallery, 125 N. Harvey Ave.
If that weren't enough, also check out: Bobby Burg and Jeremy Bolen @ Andrew Rafacz, Vincent Como @ Proof, and Mark Booth, Karen Christopher, and John W. Sisson, Jr @ the Epiphany Episcopal Church, and Cabin Fever @ Co-Prosperity Sphere. That's a lot to see!
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This week's picks from Ryan.
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Here's whats up.
Armita Raafat @ threewalls
Armita Rafaat's work goes up this month at threewalls, covering the newly renovated space with Persian and Islamic arabesques falling and spreading and crumbling over and from the freshly built walls. Catch the show's opening reception is this Friday, January 15th from 6-9 @ threewalls, 119 N. Peoria St.
Edelweiss Cardenas @ LivingRoom Gallery
Curated by Thea Liberty Nichols, this is a solo drawing and painting show from Edelweiss Cardenas titled Wanderers Wonder Where. Opens this Friday, January 15th, 6-9PM @ LivingRoom Gallery, 1530 W. Superior. As a bonus, and through the magic of online voicemail, here's Edelweiss herself talking about the show:
Joseph Cassan @ Golden
Joseph Cassan's essential sculptures will be on display this month at Golden, each a pointed construction made of common materials to make a kind of skinless realism. The show opens Friday, January 15th at 6 – 9 PM @ Golden, 816 W. Newport.
Bob Linder @ He Said-She Said
Britton Bertran helped curate this Bob Linder show at He Said-She Said, the dichotomous Oak Park exhibition space/neat stuff sharing center ran by Pamela Fraser and Randall Szott respectively. Linder's work should fit right in, using a few different approaches to arrive at sentimental, alternative realities. Whatever it is, it opens this Saturday, January 16th, 6-8 PM @ He Said-She Said, 216 North Harvey Ave., Apt. 1, in Oak Park.
Group show at MVSEVM this month, featuring the work of Karen Archey, Chris Bradley, Brian Dongarra, Dominic Paul Moore (the moore in ebersmoore), Montgomery Perry Smith, and David Schafer. Also featuring audio recordings from Japanese fluxus composers Toshi Ichiyanagi & Kuniharu Akiyama. Stacked list, I'd see it. The show opens this Saturday, January 16th, 6-10 PM @ MVSEVM, 1626 N. California Ave, #2.
Andreas Fischer @ Hyde Park Art Center / Gahlberg Gallery
Andreas Fischer's two part Ghost Town exhibition kicks off this week with its first part, called Sunday Best, at Hyde Park Art Center, with a selection of painted portraits from old west tintype photographs opening Sunday, January 17th @ the Hyde Park Art Center. The second part, Original Location, opens this next Thursday the 21st at 6-8 PM, will be an exhibition of landscapes @ the Gahlberg Gallery in Glen Ellyn.
Also, the latest Proximity magazine comes out this weekend, with a release party Saturday, January 16th, 9-1 AM@ the Co-Prosperity Sphere. Its a really good issue, thick with contributions from everyone including myself. See you there or elsewhere.
Filed under: Artists of the Week, Chicago
This week's picks from Ryan, with an repeat replacement from me.
Mark Mulroney's WEATHERBEE'S REVENGE is full of paintings that are dirty and gross and funny, operating on an adolescent paradigm where humor and violence and sexual fantasy are everything and interchangeable. Mulroney's working process of painting his own depraved bodies under cut-out heads from Archie comics is simple enough, but the ridiculous narratives, awful jokes fit together just right with Mulroney's clean style and fearless imagination.
In addition to the paintings, Mulroney included four painted wooden sculptures, three of which were interactive in some way. You could rearrange a chest of breasts and mysterious bumps in Archie Spare Boob, below, lever Archie and Betty into reverse-cowgirl coitus, or pull a string to give Archie a clumsy erection.
Having never actually read the Archie comics, the characters' debasement isn't as rending as when I stumbled onto a fan-drawn Simpsons orgy. As any unfortunate internet wanderer knows, there are massive communities dedicated to producing cartoon porn of every shape and variety and franchise crossover, and its only a matter of time before "Archie porn" shows up in this blog's traffic statistics. However, its obvious that Mulroney's motivations are far from any deviantart weirdo's, giving retrospective form to a kind of innocent perversion of pop imagery.
Mulroney creates plenty of narrative variation among the pieces, some abstract and bizarre, and others shamefully clever. Every piece looks like it was floated together easily, with the artist's illustrative handling clean and confident whether rendering a disemboweled Archie or a weeping dick in detail, showing a level of artifice and care which was, I guess, appreciated.
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Mark Mulroney's WEATHERBEE'S REVENGE opened January 8th and runs through February 6th, 2010 @ ebersmoore, 213 n morgan, #3C.
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It's Bulb-Planting Time!
For gardeners in areas where the weather has cooled, it's time to plant bulbs for spring tulips and daffodils. Bulbs are nature's perfect packages, having all they need to grow inside their compact, convenient forms. They just require a bright, sunny location and a little soil preparation. For tips on creating the showiest display, I spoke to Rodney Eason, the Display Division Leader at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA.
The best blooms start with loose soil and a few inches of well-aged compost mixed in. The beds at Longwood Gardens are well maintained and don't need fertilizer, but home gardeners might want to pH test their soil to make sure it doesn't need amending. Your local botanical garden extension, nursery or garden center can help.
Break-up the soil and mix in compost with a till or a garden fork. Then take a trowel (try one with the measurements already marked on it) to lever the soil and slide the bulb into the ground, pointed tip up.
Tulips and daffodils should go in six inches deep and six inches apart. Eason suggests staggering rows of bulbs to give a fuller look to the bed (that means the second row's bulbs are behind and in between those in the first row, but still six inches apart).
Remember to examine the bulbs before tucking them in—don't bother using those that are dried out, or that feel squishy. You can plant through the last week of November, although some gardeners don't stop until the ground is completely frozen.
If you fear squirrels and deer, which like to undo all your hard work, stick to daffodils, since they don't incite the taste buds of critters the way tulips do. Or lay down a thin gauge of plastic ½" square mesh (held in with turf staples) to prevent your bulbs from becoming a snack. Just make sure to remove the mesh once the foliage reaches 2" tall in the spring.
Eason suggests these two bulbs to add some variation from the typical tulips and daffodils: Eremurus (Foxtail Lily) whose big spikes of yellow flowers make a splash in the spring, and Fritillaria imperialis (Crown Imperial) whose unusual hanging blooms appear in May.
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Stacia (full name Stacia Blake), born 26 December 1952 in Ireland, was a dancer for the English rock group Hawkwind. She is now a professional artist.
Stacia joined the band in 1971; however accounts vary as to how and why she began working with the band. Liner notes to In Search of Space indicate that poet and lyricist Robert Calvert recruited her for live shows; other sources state that she was a friend of Nik Turner, saxophonist and flautist for the band. In 2012, Turner told Mojo Magazine, "I met Stacia for the first time at the Isle of Wight… She said, "Can I dance with you?" and I said, "Yeah, but you must take off all your clothes and paint your body." She took all her clothes off but unfortunately I didn't have any body paint. That was like her audition." In an interview in British music magazine Melody Maker, Stacia herself stated that she attended a show and, inspired by the music, got on stage and performed an impromptu dance to the band's music. She immediately became an integral part of the live show after joining in 1971.
According to a 1974 interview in Penthouse, Stacia was six feet (183 cm) tall and "happily bisexual". She regularly augmented her visual impact by performing topless or nude, her body decorated in iridescent or luminescent paint. In a 2007 BBC Four documentary, Lemmy described her as 6 ft 2 inches (188 cm) tall with a 52 inch (132 cm) bust and a bookbinder by trade. The same documentary said that she was working as a petrol pump attendant in Cornwall when she joined the band.
Stacia regarded what she did with the band as interpretive dance, and was an integral part of the early to mid-1970s Hawkwind show, particularly during the Space Ritual era. She left Hawkwind in 1975 after touring with them for the Warrior on the Edge of Time album. Her departure, along with that of Lemmy (who went on to form Motörhead) and Robert Calvert, signaled the end of an era; though Calvert, after a guest appearance with the band at the Reading festival, decided to rejoin the band full-time towards the end of that year.
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"We know more than 80 percent of people who buy Keurig pods also buy Campbell's soup, so bringing together two products people love in one handy kit is a winning idea," said Michael Goodman, marketing director at Campbell Soup, in a joint news release from the two companies.
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Fabulous Fabrics Just for Jackets with Gwen BortnerA knitted jacket is the perfect item to add to your wardrobe. Wear it to the office over a skirt and shell or toss it on with a t-shirt and jeans for a day of shopping. However, knitting a jacket can be different than knitting a sweater. Learn what makes a good jacket fabric along with methods to achieve the desired result. Try a number of different stitch pattern possibilities and learn how to identify good possibilities early. Finally, begin developing a gauge swatch for your own jacket.
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