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Phase II Study With Abraxane, Bevacizumab and Carboplatin in Triple Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer (ABC)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00479674
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 28, 2007
Results First Posted : February 18, 2015
Last Update Posted : February 18, 2015
Duke University
Genentech, Inc.
Celgene Corporation
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|Tracking Information
|First Submitted Date ICMJE
|May 25, 2007
|First Posted Date ICMJE
|May 28, 2007
|Results First Submitted Date ICMJE
|December 9, 2014
|Results First Posted Date ICMJE
|February 18, 2015
|Last Update Posted Date
|February 18, 2015
|Study Start Date ICMJE
|May 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|March 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Best Clinical Response Expressed as Percentage of Participants Treated With Combination Regimen of Weekly Abraxane® and Carboplatin Plus Biweekly Bevacizumab to Treat Women With Stage IV or Inoperable Stage III "Triple Negative" Metastatic Breast Cancer. [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
Best clinical response is based on RECIST criteria, the proportion in each response category along with the exact binomial confidence intervals are estimated. Toxicity summaries are also provided.
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|To assess the safety and tolerability of a combination regimen of weekly Abraxane® and carboplatin plus biweekly bevacizumab to treat women with Stage IV or inoperable Stage III "triple negative" metastatic breast cancer. NCI CTCAE Version 3.0 to assess [ Time Frame: two years ]
|Change History
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Clinical: To assess progression-free survival (PFS) in measurable disease patients according to RECIST criteria. Compare disease status with serial CT scans using RECIST Correlative: To evaluate sequential plasma samples for presence [ Time Frame: two years ]
|Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|Phase II Study With Abraxane, Bevacizumab and Carboplatin in Triple Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer
|Official Title ICMJE
|A Phase II Study of Abraxane®, Carboplatin and Bevacizumab in "Triple Negative" (Demonstrating No Expression for Estrogen, Progesterone, or Her2 Receptors) Metastatic Breast Cancer
|Brief Summary
|Taxanes (such as paclitaxel) are highly active to treat breast cancer. Abraxane® (nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel) compared to standard paclitaxel improves efficacy and tolerability. When combined with a taxane, platinum agents improve response in metastatic breast cancer, with carboplatin conferring less toxicity than cisplatin. Monoclonal antibodies including bevacizumab target vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) to reduce angiogenesis. We hypothesize that the previously-untested combination of weekly Abraxane® and carboplatin plus biweekly bevacizumab will lengthen time to progression without producing intolerable toxicity.
|Detailed Description
|Anthracycline-based chemotherapy is widely used as adjuvant treatment for breast cancer. In addition to the challenge posed by anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity, there are issues surrounding previous treatment with anthracyclines which limit its utility in the metastatic disease setting. Many patients with advanced disease will have had prior anthracycline-based adjuvant therapy, may have reached a maximum cumulative lifetime dose, or developed refractory disease, creating an obvious need for non-anthracycline treatment strategies.3 Platinum- and taxane-based chemotherapies as first-line therapy for metastatic breast cancer have demonstrated significant activity, producing single-agent response rates > 50%; in combination these rates increased to > 60% in both previously untreated and in patients who previously received anthracyclines.3 However, overall survival has remained relatively unchanged.4 As there is currently no standard of care for patients with metastatic breast cancer, various physical and psychological factors must be considered when evaluating chemotherapy treatment options, including the patient's tumor biology and growth rate, presence and extent of metastases, history of prior treatment and response, sensitivity and tolerance to therapy, and quality of life.2 Strategies to develop combination, higher dose, or sequential regimens using these active agents, while improving response rates and/or time to progression, may produce increased toxicity without increased survival.2 Because metastatic breast cancer remains essentially incurable using cytotoxic therapy alone, the study of targeted biologics offers new opportunities to enhance drug delivery via their ability to regulate specific receptors that are associated with clinically aggressive disease processes.
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|Phase 2
|Study Design ICMJE
|Allocation: N/A
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Condition ICMJE
|Breast Cancer
|Intervention ICMJE
|Study Arms ICMJE
|Experimental: Abraxane, Carboplatin, Bevacizumab
Abraxane 100 mg/m2 IV over 30 min days 1,8,15.; Carboplatin AUC=2 IV over 15 min days 1,8,15., Bevacizumab 10 mg/kg IV days 1,15
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|Actual Study Completion Date ICMJE
|March 2014
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|March 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
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|United States
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|Responsible Party
|Duke University
|Study Sponsor ICMJE
|Duke University
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|Duke University
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|January 2015
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I'm sure the poster designer for this was excited about his super clever idea – "the crow will be her mask, like an optical illusion!" On paper, it probably sounded great. In practice, something about that eye position, I can't stop picturing the crow as her sassy gay sidekick. "Oh. My. God. Queen, look at your hair. I am literally laying an egg right now, that's how freaking cute it looks. Quoth this raven: Caw! You're fabulous!"
Giggity. And just when I thought I couldn't get any more turned on, I read "Peter Sarsgaard."
Before you get too excited, remember that Amanda Seyfried says she'll never do "full frontal." Come on, babe, people are gonna start thinking you're uptight.
And here's the new poster for The Amazing Spider-Man, which Sony may or may not hate. I haven't seen the movie, but I can tell you I hate this poster and its stupid diagonal slant. Every crappy poster these days has the subject tilted diagonally like that. That makes this instantly recognizable as a trend follower, without presenting any internal logic as to why this should follow it. All it does is scream "I'M GENERIC!"
Much better. Not only is it not tilted sideways for no reason, it's got Spider-Man's arm as a phallic reference prepared to squirt hot webbing on bad boys. I've said it before, but if I was Spider-Man, I'd definitely hold my arm up to my crotch and pretend jack off while I shot web "jizz" everywhere. I'd be the "fun" superhero.
They definitely made this one look like it comes with a free NPR subscription, which tells you the audience they're going for. If it had been aimed at someone like me, they would've pitched it as a Game of Thrones spinoff.
Faced with her father's fading health and environmental changes that release an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy leaves her Delta-community home in search of her mother. [IMDB]
Could be good, but my interest in any film reduces by 20% every time a critic quote includes the word "poetry."
A lady rides side-saddle! Dammit, Brave, We'll never marry you off without a hymen!
I really liked Cabin in the Woods, and I probably would've seen it a lot sooner if the marketing had given me any kind of indication as to what kind of movie it was. Lovers of tongue-in-cheek humor such as myself generally don't go in for films about pretty people with serious faces getting killed in the woods. I know the jenga cabins thing was supposed to be a clue, but no one who hasn't seen the movie would have any idea what the hell that was supposed to mean.
Does this look more like a Dead Kennedys album cover or a Megadeth album cover? Discuss.
(Not that that's a bad thing).
With a poster like this, you know the trailer is going to be awesome.
F*CK YES CHUMBAWUMBA! Oh, man. This could be even better than Kellen Lutz's gay lacrosse movie. He and Brandon Routh should team up to play star-lacrosse'd lovers. Whackety schmackety do!
"In theaters," uh-huh, suuuure it will be. Though I do appreciate the poster designer cropping out Christian Slater's 12-foot-long forehead. Christian Slater's forehead is pure nightmare fuel.
Personally, I think he'd look more evil if he was holding a baguette or something, but that's just me.
Eh oh, get a load a Barney Rubble ova heah, thinks he's a cowboy.
Is that a control-top flack jacket?
Chuck Norris ain't wear no beret, cuz he's from 'MURICA!
Yeh, you's bettah believe Oy's got a flashloight, can't very wew see where Oy's shoo'in wivout a focken flashloit, now can Oy, Tommy. An' if da gun don' work, oy's got free ta foive focken frowin knoives ta stick da cunts wiv, now don' Oy.
Have you seen Terry Crews's trailer trailer for this yet? As far as trailers for trailers go, you'd be hard pressed to do better than Terry Crews screaming at people.
Nice scarf, bra. Shave one side of Dolph's head and he'd look like every Skrillex-looking chick in Williamsburg.
Rifle rounds are for pussies, real men wear shotgun-shell bandoliers.
Effete British men running around being scared of everything sounds terrible, but I enjoy disheveled Simon Pegg in his underpants. I guess you could say I'm torn.
You know, when you said "Giant Mechanical Man" I was not expecting a lost Friends episode.
I still can't believe Adrien Brody's in this.
Be honest, you just re-released It's Complicated with a different title, right? Come on, you can tell me, my mom doesn't even read this site.
Ha, Hawaiian shirt with skulls on it.
This is a Chinese movie, and yes, that's Kevin Spacey in there. I'm sold. Kevin Spacey should be in every movie. I just wish he wasn't so busy being the president of Space.
Again, and I don't wanna sound gay, but Kevin Spacey in a cape = instant must-see.
Yes, yes, a million times yes.
Here's Anna Faris with her short haircut in The Dictator. [via ThePlaylist] Look, it's not that some girls don't look super cute with short hair, it's just that every guy has a grandma who has one of those short-bobbed old-lady 'fros, so when you come home with a super short haircut like this, every husband or boyfriend secretly worries that it's never going to grow out again and he's going to be dating his grandma. We imagine there are 70-year-old guys everywhere who still remember that day as a turning point, the day their wife first turned into a grandma. We like your hair fine, we just don't want this to be that day.
With the short hair and the overalls, I'm envisioning a big make-over scene in the middle of the movie.
I still don't think this movie looks all that great based on what we've seen, but the way that chain and pendant makes it look like he has a woman's breast on the right is nothing short of genius.
Serious question: how the hell do you get boots like that on and off?
I can't tell if they're trying to cover up that Marilyn Monroe tattoo on her forearm with makeup or if she's in the process of getting it removed.
"Oh my God, I'm OBSESSED with Marilyn Monroe!" -Every dumb chick ever.
A few commenters told me I was uptight for not thinking this looks that funny, so let me explain the difference between this bit, and, say, the Running of the Jew, in Borat, since they're similar bits. The "Running of the Jew" scene in Borat is funny because they introduce the premise of the joke, and then they keep upping the comedy throughout the short scene. First they have something called "The Running of the Jew," then there's the Jew costume, then there's the idea that "the Jew" lays a giant egg, then the kids who have to "crush the Jew egg before it hatches." It's like six well-executed ideas in one bit. The running scene in The Dictator is a sort of funny idea, but it's really just one idea playing out slowly while you wait for it to get to the inevitable conclusion.
Hey, you know what's even less funny? Me explaining comedy bits. Remind me never to do this again.
Will Smith's face makes this look like the picture on the outside of a toy box. Buy this gyro-cycle! See how much fun he's having???
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"Ah SAID, I get older, they keep stayin' the same age! Whah cain't you understand that!"
[from Mud, via Playlist]
Looks like someone's coon hound treed a gator. Something like that.
Fun fact: the director of this film has been nominated for two Oscars. This… is one of the worst posters I've ever seen.
"What if it was like Snow White, but Thor was there chopping the shit out of everyone with axes?" -the pitch for Snow White and the Huntsman.
Is there anyone less believable than Kristen Stewart in the role of Joan-of-Arc-esque swordswoman? Betty White, maybe?
Whitney Houston's passion project, featuring Cee Lo Green doing his "motown guy" voice, which I must admit that I enjoy immensely.
Does Derek Luke's weird speech impediment bug anyone else? It's like he puts a phantom extra syllable in every word.
[posters via IMPA]

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Jan 17, 2013– Dallas, USA (Techreleased) – Lockheed Martin's family of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles successfully completed a top-to-bottom government design review in late December, well ahead of the first Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) JLTVs that will begin rolling off the assembly line this spring.
The Design Understanding Review, which was held December 18 through 20, assessed all elements of Lockheed Martin's JLTV design and confirmed its overall maturity and requirements compliance.
"We are focused on ensuring that our servicemen and women get the very best equipment for the mission," said Scott Greene, vice president of Ground Vehicles for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "Our JLTV is affordable both to buy and to operate. It provides proven performance with room to upgrade capabilities as required and is ready for production."
In refining its EMD design, the Lockheed Martin team optimized a JLTV model already proven in government testing. The production-enhanced JLTV maintains the proven force protection, transportability and reliability of the earlier Technology Demonstration model, while significantly reducing weight and cost. Lockheed Martin's JLTV design reflects improvements from more than 160,000 combined testing miles.
The JLTV family of vehicles is designed to replace and supplement the existing fleet of Army and Marine Corps Humvees. Compared to existing vehicles, JLTV will provide greatly improved crew protection, lower logistical support costs, superior fuel efficiency and state-of-the-art connectivity with other platforms and systems. Government tests show the Lockheed Martin design equals the high blast-protection standards of much larger mine-resistant vehicles serving in combat today.
In August 2012, Lockheed Martin received a $65 million contract from the Army and Marine Corps to continue developing its JLTV design through the EMD phase. Assembly of the first EMD JLTVs is under way at BAE Systems' military-vehicle manufacturing plant in Sealy, Texas.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is a 2012 recipient of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for performance excellence. The Malcolm Baldrige Award represents one of the highest honors that can be awarded to American companies for their achievements in leadership, strategic planning, customer relations, measurement, analysis, workforce excellence, operations and results.


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WASHINGTON—Women service members who experience combat are apparently as resilient as the men they serve alongside, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association.
Men and women deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008 experienced very similar levels of combat-related stress and post-deployment mental health impacts during the first year following return from deployment, researchers reported in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, published by APA.
"Contrary to popular belief, women who go to war respond to combat trauma much like their male counterparts," said lead author Dawne Vogt, PhD, of the Veterans Administration National Center for PTSD and Boston University School of Medicine. "And with the unpredictable guerilla tactics of modern warfare, barring women from ground combat is less meaningful."
The findings are particularly significant given the recent call for the Pentagon to reverse its longstanding policy that bars women from ground combat, Vogt said. As of 2009, more than 750 women had been wounded or killed in action during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom, the paper states.
The research was based on survey responses from 595 service members drawn from a random sample from the Defense Manpower Data Center roster. It included 340 women and 252 men from active duty, National Guard, and Reserve forces. The women, on average, were three years younger and more likely to belong to a racial/ethnic minority group. The men were more likely to be married, living with children, have higher incomes and to have served in the Marine Corps during their deployment.
Researchers used stress measures that included exposure to combat involving firing a weapon, being fired on, and witnessing injury and death; experiencing consequences of combat, such as observing or handling human remains and dealing with detainees; enduring difficult living situations in the war zone; and fearing for one's safety and well-being.
As expected, men reported more exposure to combat and battle aftermath, as well as difficult living conditions. "The fact that these differences were relatively small, however, suggests that women's exposure to these stressors in [Iraq and Afghanistan] may be, on average, only slightly lower than men's exposure on average," the study states.
Few gender differences were reported in post-deployment mental health. Specifically, levels of post-traumatic stress, mental health functioning, and depression were similar, though scores on substance abuse were higher for men than women.
The findings could reflect improved training of female service members in recent years and that combat duty may equalize risk due to its persistent level of threat, according to the study.
Article: "Gender Differences in Combat-Related Stressors and Their Association With Post-deployment Mental Health in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. OEF/OIF Veterans," Dawne Vogt, PhD, Women's Health Sciences Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System and Division of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Rachel Vaughn, Women's Health Sciences Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System; Mark E. Glickman, PhD, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA, and Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health; Mark Schultz, PhD ,Mari-Lynn Drainoni, PhD, Rani Elwy, PhD ,and Susan Eisen, PhD Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital; Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Online, June 1, 2011.
Dr. Dawne Vogt can be contacted by email or by phone at (857) 364-5976.
The American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C., is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists. APA's membership includes more than 154,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance psychology as a science, as a profession and as a means of promoting health, education and human welfare.


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Vikings clear final hurdle to get new stadium
(AP) ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Vikings moved to within a governor's signature of getting a new $975 million stadium on Thursday after the state Senate approved a plan that relies heavily on public financing.
Gov. Mark Dayton has said he'll sign the measure, meaning the Senate's 36-30 vote was effectively the final barrier for the stadium. The House passed it overnight.
The team has chased a new stadium for nearly a decade, but didn't have leverage until its lease expired this past year on the 30-year-old Metrodome. Dayton led the charge this year, fearing the team might leave the state if it didn't get a new building.
Under the bill, the team's future in Minnesota would be guaranteed for three decades.
The Vikings would pay 49 percent of construction costs. The public expense is high: $348 million for the state and $150 million for the city of Minneapolis.
Even before the final Senate vote, the stadium bill had taken on an air of inevitability after the House approved it and adjourned for the year early Thursday. Opponents conceded during the Senate debate that the bill would become law, even though they expressed unease with the state's share backed by expanded gambling.
Stadium backers talked about the pain of losing the Lakers and the North Stars to other states in past decades, and said they were inundated with messages from Vikings fans urging them to keep the team here.
"This stadium is the best interest for the state," said Sen. Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont. "This investment from three partners is the best for this state."


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WordPress dominates the world of web content management, powering over 59 million websites and hosting about half that many. Nimble, a Santa Monica-based software-as-a-service startup, is taking some pages out of WordPress' playbook by opening the API for its social CRM platform, and offering an in-platform app store for developers to give away or sell applications based on it.
Founded by Jon Ferrara, the cofounder of the Windows contact management giant GoldMine Software (now owned by FrontRange Solutions), Nimble is trying to fill the gaps left by SalesForce.com and create a community of plug-in developers and SaaS partners by opening up its interface and server-side APIs, and create an in-platform application store that developers can sell their software through.
SalesForce.com trumpeted the arrival of the "social enterprise" at its Dreamforce conference in early September, announcing its efforts to tie social networking data on customers and clients more tightly into the company's SaaS marketing and sales apps. Salesforce unveiled Data.com, a $100-per-user service that provides information on prospects' social networking information and e-mail addresses mined from Dun & Bradstreet's database and from Salesforce's crowd-sourced contact data service, Jigsaw.
Salesforce is hardly the first to the social club—software developers such as ZenDesk and Yammer have been working social network connections for business for marketing, customer service, and internal collaboration. ZenDesk for Twitter turns negative "tweets" about a company into help desk tickets, and Yammer provides a private Facebook-like environment to track what coworkers are up to.
And then there's Nimble, which has been pulling social networks into the same "contacts, calendar, and communication" formula that worked for GoldMine a decade ago since 2009 with its cloud platform. The platform connects to users' web e-mail and calendars, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to draw contacts in, and then tracks marketing interactions and deals as they progress.
But unlike his last effort, Ferrara says, Nimble was designed from the beginning to plug into other cloud services and become the plumbing that connects them. And while GoldMine had a few hundred add-ons at its peak, Ferrara believes Nimble could attract thousands of plug-ins from web app developers the way the WordPress blog platform has.
Nimble's server side is built on Amazon's AWS, Python and MongoDB. Gilles Marchand, Nimble's cofounder and product director, tells Ars that the developer team focused on building the whole platform around an API that would be plug-in friendly, opening up Nimble's data through REST and JSON calls.
Nimble's front-end is built with JavaScript and the Google Web Toolkit. The public API will also include code for building "widget" applications that can be integrated directly into Nimble and offered through an app store within the Nimble platform (after getting a very Apple-like screening for security and user experience). At the same time, Marchand says, Nimble is trying to allow as much flexibility as possible for those applications, following a model similar to Facebook's—which essentially just provided screen real estate and allows developers to "inject" a web IFRAME into it to run their application from the developers' own sites.
For now, Nimble is rolling out the API in limited fashion as it tests it, using it internally to develop integration with early partners. Connections to the first two of those partners—online survey and marketing feedback form service Wufoo and marketing platform Hubspot—was rolled out this week as the Ukraine-based development team works on completing security and request-throttling features. Email marketing app MailChimp, Intuit's QuickBooks, and web invoicing provider FreshBooks are all in the works as well, Ferrara says.


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That I may climb it like a stair."
The above lines are from a version of The Brothers Grimm story of Rapunzel. This month we plan to read as many picture book versions of the classic story as possible while we wait for the release of the movie, Tangled. At the end of this month, on November 24, 2010, Walt Disney Pictures will release their 50th full-length animated feature, a new, unique story based on the fairy tale, Rapunzel.
I recently read through some of the advance press notes about Tangled, and it is unclear to me just how closely the Disney version will follow the classic tale. Obviously, Rapunzel and her famous hair play a major role. In the storybook version, the villain is a witch. According to the movie's press notes, the villain is written a little differently -- "Mother Gothel is the only mother Rapunzel has ever known. By stealing Rapunzel as an infant and raising her in the tower, Gothel ensured that she alone would have access to Rapunzel's magical hair, which she uses as her personal fountain of youth." And, where's the prince? Well, there's Flynn Rider, the thief. Rapunzel makes a deal with him and the apparently both escape the tower together. Guess we'll have to wait and see the film before trying to make comparisons. I'm most excited to see what Rapunzel's chameleon, Pascal has to say. His character is certainly not in the original fairy tale!
Like I said, in the meantime we plan to check out some of the many various children's books about Rapunzel. See our Rapunzel picture book list and reviews here: http://www.brimfulcuriosities.com/2010/11/rapunzel-picture-books-childrens.html
SurLaLune Fairy Tales also has a pretty comprehensive list of versions if you're interested in doing a little research of your own: http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/rapunzel/books.html
Synopsis (Provided by studio)
When the kingdom's most wanted—and most charming—bandit Flynn Rider (voice of Zachary Levi) is taken hostage by Rapunzel (voice of Mandy Moore), a feisty teen with 70 feet of golden hair who's looking for her ticket out of the tower where she's been locked away for years, the unlikely duo sets off on a hilarious, hair-raising escapade filled with adventure, heart, humor and hair—lots of hair.
Related Links:
Tangled Website: http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/tangled/
Become a fan on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DisneyAnimation
Follow on Twitter: @disneyanimation
Random House is releasing several movie-tie in books. View the full list at http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/disney/books/TAN/Tangled/
Interactive Disney storybooks based Tangled Disney are available from Reader's Digest / Simon & Schuster:
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has kindly offered to give away some cool Tangled promotional items to a Brimful Curiosities reader. The prize pack includes:
- Female fit Rapunzel t-shirt in Adult and Youth sizes (choice S, M, L, XL)
- General fit Flynn Rider t-shirt in Adult and Youth sizes (choice S, M, L, XL)
- General fit Pascal t-shirt in Adult and Youth sizes (choice S, M, L, XL)
- Silly Bandz – set of 4 characters (Rapunzel, Flynn, Pascal, Maximus)
To enter, leave any comment relevant to this post or, if you have one, list your favorite book version of Rapunzel.
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• Contest ends on Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 at 11:59 PM CST.
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Josh MacDonald (far left) placed ninth at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational, helping the Flames finish sixth as a team.
Liberty redshirt junior Josh MacDonald posted an impressive ninth-place finish at Saturday morning's Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational, leading the Flames to sixth place in the team competition. Meanwhile, junior Jacy Christiansen came in 30th in the women's race, helping the Lady Flames place 12th overall. The Liberty men's squad justified its No. 8 ranking in the Southeast Region with its performance in the 8K race. The Flames totaled 141 points, placing sixth among 13 teams, including 11 regionally ranked squads. For the second straight week, Liberty recorded a victory over Big South foe High Point, which placed 10th with 239 markers. North Carolina surprisingly claimed the men's team title with 58 points, finishing ahead of national No. 11 Eastern Kentucky (second place, 76 points) and No. 16 Virginia (third place, 101 points). The meet served as something of a preview of the Nov. 15 NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships, which will also be contested at Panorama Farms. Nine of the 15 men's teams ranked in the Southeast Region competed in Saturday's meet. The Lady Flames finished with a score of 346, coming in 12th of 14 teams, including 11 regionally ranked foes. For the second week in a row, Liberty edged Big South rival High Point, as the Panthers ended up 13th with 347 points, one more than the Lady Flames' total. As in the men's race, the women's 5K saw a bit of a surprise atop the standings. Host Virginia took home the women's team championship trophy with 42 points, scoring 25 points fewer than the runner-up, national No. 14 William & Mary.
Men's 8K Recap MacDonald moved up significantly throughout the race, finishing ninth after residing in 33rd place at the two-mile mark. The California native dipped under 24 minutes for the first time in his career, covering the undulating 8K course in 23:59.3. Senior Caleb Edmonds, the reigning Big South and ECAC Runner of the Week, came in 21st in the field of 102 participants. His official time was 24:12.6. Sophomore Jeremie Bourget (24:22.4, 28th place) and redshirt sophomore Ngetich Kipchirchir (24:27.1, 31st place) crossed the line less than five seconds apart. The Flames' fifth sub-25:00 performer on the day was sophomore Sam Hibbs. He clocked a personal-best time of 24:57.1 to earn a 53rd-place finish and close out Liberty's scorers. Zach Barker and Jarred Cornfield also recorded personal-best 8K times while finishing sixth and seventh, respectively, among the Flames' entrants on Saturday. Barker placed 56th in a time of 25:05.1, while Cornfield's first-ever sub-26:00 effort (25:30.4) was good for the 72nd position.
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A collection of 15 1950-1956 Packards owned by a man who devoted much of his professional life to selling and repairing examples of the orphan car brand will be sold at auction next Saturday.
Raymond Barland and two of his brothers founded a Packard dealership called University Motors in 1947. The family members continued selling and repairing Packards in the Lawrence, KS dealership for sometime after the car company officially folded in 1958. According to Hemmings.com, where we found this collection of Packard project cars, Barland sold Packard restoration parts into the late 1990s.
All 15 Packards that will sell next weekend were on Barland's property in Lawrence when he died in 2004. They had remained there until the city discovered what was hiding behind the fences surrounding the property and began pressuring Barland's family to get rid of the cars.
None of these Packards are super rare or desirable cars, and they are all certainly in need of some love. Even so this assembly of orphans deserve to be saved, at the very least to keep another Packard on the road or at best to be brought back to life themselves.
If you're in the Midwest and in search of a Packard project, Lawrence, KS is the place to be next weekend. We can only hope each of these old cars falls into the hands of someone who is interested in using them for something more than scrap metal.
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The Argentine coach took issue with an innocuous questions about his huggy-kissy treatment of his players, and launched into an impassioned defense of his heterosexuality.
It's unclear whether the reporter's question was mistranslated, or if it's just crazy Maradona being crazy Maradona. But his eyes widened, and he repeatedly insisted that he prefers women.
"No I have not gone limp wristed," he said. "I am dating Veronica who is blond and 31-years-old."
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Macaws are considered to be the most intelligent of all birds and are called by
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This WORLD specializes in eight species/subspecies of Large Macaws.
Common Name:
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Genus/Species: Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
Brazil, south of the Amazon, also extreme eastern Bolivia.
Natural Habitat:
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The pop superstar was arraigned in court on Wednesday (09Jul14) on a charge of misdemeanour vandalism following the incident in January (14), when he reportedly hurled eggs at the property, which was located near his own pad in a gated neighbourhood in Calabasas.
The singer was not present for the hearing, but his lawyer entered the plea on his client's behalf.
As part of a deal with prosecutors, Bieber was placed on two years' probation and given community service, while he was also sentenced to complete 12 weeks of anger counselling, with at least one class a week.
In addition, Bieber must pay his neighbour $80,900 (£47,588) in restitution and stay at least 100 yards away from the victim and his family, reports TMZ.com.
Police had initially estimated the damage to be worth $20,000 (£11,765), but the judge revealed the repairs to the "dream house" had cost more than four times as much.
Bieber moved out of the Calabasas mansion shortly after the egging incident and sold the property to reality TV star Khloe Kardashian in March (14).


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The Home Espresso Machine Blues: Rating today's state of consumer espresso machines
Posted by TheShot on 28 May 2007 | Tagged as: Home Brew, Machine, Quality Issues
I've written both here and elsewhere on how the state of home espresso has both improved and become worse at the same time. While home espresso is mostly out of the Krups Dark Ages, its future is uncertain:
- super-expensive, super-disappointing super-automatics are now de rigeur for high-end home kitchen designs
- as a new format, coffee pods are struggling somewhere between the dismal failure of disc cameras and the resounding success of digital cameras
- café chains continue to expand all over the world, making tolerable espresso ever more convenient… just as
- more and more new home espresso enthusiasts discover that the promise of cheaper, more convenient, and better espresso drinks at home has been an exaggeration — if not an outright lie.
Looking at things from the supply end, I spent some of this past Memorial Day weekend surveying the state of home espresso retail sales where most layman consumers in the Bay Area would naturally look: SF's metrosexual retail capital of Union Square. This is my report.
Coulda been contenders
I checked out the appliance offerings at two major retailers that consumers equate with finer home cuisine: the Williams-Sonoma flagship store and the Maiden Lane Sur La Table. I also checked out the nearby Crate & Barrel and The Sharper Image outlets for yuks. Williams-Sonoma carried just three espresso machine models: Nespresso, Jura, and Breville, all ranging from a modest $229 to a bank-busting $3,249 Jura (excluding a lone La Pavoni, perhaps best of the lot, that was essentially hidden). Sur La Table added Francis Francis, Keurig, and a couple of token Krups machines. (Crate & Barrel carried Krups and De'Longhi exclusively, and The Sharper Image had only Keurig and Flavia.)
A few weeks ago at the Carmel-by-the-Sea Sur La Table, I was inspired to do a taste comparison for myself (and was thus inspired to write this article). So in SF it was time for a run-off election. After sampling espresso made from a number of their floor model machines (and a serious caffeine overdose), I disliked the Nespresso espresso the least of the bunch. Of the lot of them, the Nespresso seemed to have the most potent flavor and generated some of the best crema.
This was a bit surprising on a few levels. For one — unlike the stale, pre-ground coffee packed in mail-order capsules that are required for the $299 Nespresso machine — the $2,400 Jura I sampled could use fresh, whole beans. Perhaps Sur La Table's bean supplies were that old (likely) or the Jura machine itself did unholy things during the grinding and brewing process (also likely). But no consumer should pay $2,400 for an espresso machine that makes $150-machine espresso.
You could argue that unlike the Nespresso, yes, the Jura can actually froth milk. But for the $2,000 price tag difference, you could literally buy your own dairy cow. You could also attempt to argue that the Swiss-made Jura, while made mostly of cheap plastic, offers unparalleled robotic convenience. But for that price difference, that robot better be shooting lasers out of its eyes at unsuspecting burglars and cockroaches. Especially if it can't make a decent cup of coffee.
The Nespresso C180 Le Cube — as good as it gets?!
I've always advocated that the truly best home machines aren't sold at these "gourmet" retailers. You typically have to go to specialty coffee retailers on the Internet to find even a basic Rancilio Silvia — for the past decade, the gold standard by which all home espresso machines should be measured. But middle America isn't buying Silvias. They are shopping at these retailers.
While the Jura most closely represents the style and quality of home espresso machine that the latest high-end kitchens are featuring as built-in appliances, the Nespresso C180 Le Cube won the bake-off. Which, if you've done any research on the reviews of home espresso machines, should not be surprising after all. The Nespresso has earned accolades from Consumer Reports, praise from various knock-off gadget blogs, and even highly favorable ratings on the respectable CoffeeGeek.com.
Yet despite all its praise — and the jazz music soundtrack and luxury car TV advert polish on the device's Web site — I've always felt the Nespresso to be woefully inadequate as a home espresso machine. It is one step forward in convenience (self-contained, push-button), but two steps backwards in quality (stale, pre-ground beans in mail-order capsules).
So I had to question myself: did I just not get it? Did I carry some irrational, resentful bias against the device's encroachment on the handmade craft of artisan espresso through automated coffee technology? But then I surely don't feel that way about roasters. Am I missing something transcendent that dozens of Coffee Geeks clearly experienced? It was time for a patented CoffeeRatings.com test.
CoffeeRatings.com tests the Nespresso Cube
So, at the Maiden Lane Sur La Table just as the one in Carmel, I applied the same techniques to the espresso made with the Nespresso C180 Le Cube as I would to any other café. Always using the black Ristretto capsule (always beware when the names of espresso drinks become "flavors"), my repeat tests confirmed my bewilderment in what the fuss was all about. Which leads me to ask: have we become so conditioned to expect so little from home espresso that this is what we've come to regard as "quality"?
The pour starts out with a full crema right away — which is impressive until you notice how sickly pale, mottled, and bubbly it looks. I actually found it downright unappetizing. Compare the color and texture of the espresso crema in the photos below of the Nespresso Ristretto shot and a typical shot I made at home. While a good, healthy looking crema isn't a guarantee of a great espresso, I've almost never had a good espresso with a sickly or absent crema. But, unlike the Krups Dark Ages, I suppose that a crema even exists at all is a step up.
The cup has a decent aroma, though its body is a touch thin (yet nowhere near as thin as the body I had from espresso made from the second-mortgage Jura machines). While there are some hints of brightness in the cup, and the flavor is neither diluted nor watery, its flavor clearly lacks the robustness that comes with fresh coffee. Though there are some pleasant spice elements, the flavor profile is undeniably flat from age and lacking multiple elements of a typical espresso flavor spectrum.
Although the Nespresso's 5.90 coffee rating compares well with most Starbucks, the most disheartening part is that the Nespresso ensures that this is as good as your espresso will ever get — by design, since the system was developed with the ultimate consistency in mind. So if you want milk or the chance of a better espresso, you're much better off shelling out another $300 to get a Rancilio Silvia and a decent burr grinder. Otherwise, I'd prefer a much cheaper Moka pot/stovetop coffee made with fresh beans — even without the crema.
Read the review of the Nespresso C180 Le Cube.
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7 Responses to "The Home Espresso Machine Blues: Rating today's state of consumer espresso machines"
Interesting article. Agree that the crema you have pictured looks offputting, but I just set up my 180 Cube yesterday and am not having the same experience as you. The crema is top class from my machine, very appetising, with nice mouthfeel, although I am finding all but the strongest of the brews lacking in the body I require. Enjoyed the Ristretto, however, and would say it's as good as all but the very best coffee shops around these parts, and there aren't many of them.
As a latte drinker, I also found that when made with milk around 1.3% fat, being our standard sort of skimmer in Oz, it was just a bit watery, although it's what I would usually have in a cafe. Went to full cream milk and had a very satisfying cup of ristretto just a moment ago.
Great site–keep up the good work
i'm a professional Barista and fanatic blogger. At my caffenation blogspot you can see i test all kinds of coffee beans and blends and also machines.
soon i'm going to write a review about all these nespresso capsules. my motiviation in doing so i because the nespresso on my girlfriends small and cheap magimix nespresso machine is suprisingly good. and with good crema. way better than on your photo. of course not as good as my espresso's on a good machine, but better than in most (professional) places.
soon more.
I've owned several coffee machines over the years and plenty of stove tops.
Like the author, I have always looked down on capsule systems, thinking them nothing more than just a gimmick or cash grab.
However, earlier in the year my coffee machine blew up, (it had been on it's way out for a while), and due to lack of funds I'd simply carried on with my burr grinder and a stove top, waiting for something intereting to come along.
This past weekend I was at a friends house, he'd been given a Nespresso system as a wedding gift; after 20 minutes of me telling him it would be disgusting, that it was an afront to decent coffee I agreed to try a few of the different blends and "flavour's" he had.
15 cups of coffee later I was sold on the concept and the taste of the coffee – the crema was not at all like that pictured in the review, (coincidentally my favorite blend was the Ristretto), and each cup had distinct aroma's and taste.
I agree, some of the weaker blends are not nice, but then I prefer strong dark roasted coffee, but this is personal taste, not a problem with the system or the capsules.
Long story short – I bought a machine the same day, I've not had any issues, never been disappointed nor have I had a bad cup of coffee from it.
Further to your conspiracy theory, this would be a UK/Europe based machine.
Here is Nespresso's dirty secret to reasonably good coffee from a stale capsule:
The capsules are aromatized with flavouring. It's the only way to ensure a consistent taste regardless of age/type/roast of the coffe.
"Went to full cream milk and had a very satisfying cup of ristretto just a moment ago"
now that's weird. milk ristretto? I guess ristretto is a "flavor" now to some…


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Maybe ranching still belongs on public lands
I found a recent photograph that shows three people in cowboy gear " I'm the one pouring coffee from a thermos into beat-up cups. We'd all just gotten down from our horses, and the guys are leaning on a pickup truck marked U.S. Forest Service. Here's the surprise: We're all laughing.
I'm a rancher, and the picture was taken the day I accompanied two range technicians while they did annual monitoring work on our cattle-grazing permit in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. Usually, that's about as much fun as going to the dentist. I dread the ordeal, mainly because it usually includes a scolding from the federal grass cops about "Things Gone Wrong," subtitled "Cows Eat Grass." In recent years the government's answer to any problem has been fewer cattle, fewer days on national forest lands. This can make it hard for a rancher to make a living.
That day last summer, as the photo shows, it was sunny and warm, I had a good horse to ride in beautiful country, and the range conservationists were good company. I hadn't met them before, but we visited easily as we stepped through the hoops of walking, counting, recording. After all, it's not rocket science, measuring blades of grass. We'd been short of rain in Wyoming, and it was a relief to agree that the grass would be ready for our cattle when they completed their climb to these high ranges.
Usually, the day carries tension and finger-pointing, but to my surprise, these guys avoided that approach. They were more interested in the country around us and its history, asking questions about the original boundaries and previous permittees, landmarks and trails. They wondered if I knew the origin of obscure names such as Brindle Creek, Aagard Springs and Divorce Ridge. They asked about gone-away sheep permits on the Bighorns, and whatever happened to sold-off ranches and their owners, and about the early-day trails and roundup customs. We laughed as I retold the funny stories I knew from my 50 years of ranching here. My husband, I said, could tell them more, since he was born here and his father and grandfather used this range before there ever was a Bighorn National Forest.
We talked about the future, too, and I tried to be optimistic about what would become of local ranches amid trends for ever-more housing developments, second homes and resorts close to these public lands. The ride was finished before we finished the conversation, so I broke out the coffee and some fairly clean cups from under my truck seat. When the fellows left, I said I hoped to see them again, and I meant it. It felt like an unusual day. They'd given me a lot to think about.
Like some other ranchers in the West, our family has been in the same place for a hundred years or so. Local folks like ourselves are the "stickers," as Wallace Stegner wrote, since we seem to be the ones who stuck it out, sustaining our communities and keeping their history alive in our memories.
How refreshing it was " the sincerity and respect for local knowledge these young Forest Service employees displayed. Our conversation that day reinforced my view that grazing permits and the ranching industry remain a positive use of public lands.
The ranchers who have survived have had to learn from mistakes and change practices to become better caretakers of public land. Now, those of us who are left on the land provide stability for the surrounding areas. I realized that this has been little understood and not much appreciated. Forest Service personnel usually move frequently around the region, and they must adapt to policy changes from Washington as they go. Ranchers, on the other hand, stay put; their knowledge may not be as wide, but it sure is deep.
I hope the two range men I spent time with show up again in a rancher's picture somewhere, and I hope that someday they rise toward the top of the heap in the Forest Service. They reminded me that ranching shouldn't be regarded as a detriment to public-lands management, but rather as a contribution to the well-being of our federal lands system. Multiple use of public lands is a concept worth preserving, and the relationship between permittee and staff member ought to be harmonious, respectful and maybe even enjoyable.
In the meantime, I'll keep the photograph.
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Check Out These Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Dishes in Chicago
Thanksgiving, a holiday devoted to indulgent eating with a side of gratitude, thrives on tradition. Aside from the turkey centerpiece, the table typically includes bread rolls, stuffing and pumpkin pie. But if you're gluten-free, you're not feeling very thankful for this spread. For holiday gatherings with a set menu, avoiding gluten is harder than staying sober at a family reunion. However, that doesn't mean gluten-free eaters are stuck with a side salad and sweet potatoes. Restaurants and bakeries across Chicago are serving gluten-free versions of Thanksgiving favorites and sharing the recipes.
Here are five places offering holiday dishes that everyone can enjoy:
Summer House
The new Lincoln Park hotspot Summer House might look like a Santa Monica export, but the menu nails Midwestern taste buds. The potato-polenta mash, including the requisite cream and butter, deserves to supplant the traditional mound of mashed potatoes. Polenta, a naturally gluten-free cornmeal, adds welcome texture to a side dish known more for quantity than ingredient quality. Summer House also provides an entirely gluten-free menu, making it an ideal destination for a post-Thanksgiving meal. Don't miss their dessert bar where chef Jeff Mahin sets a new standard for gluten-free chocolate chip cookies.
Summer House, 1954 N. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60614 (map); (773) 634-4100; summerhousesm.com
E+O Food And Drink
Even if you grew up loathing Brussels sprouts, this dish from E+O Food And Drink will convert you. Chef Rodelio Aglibot miraculously combined two things that no one is usually hankering for, a green vegetable and salad, and elevated both to must-have status. The crispy Brussels sprouts and kale salad is a tossed with jalapeños, fried shallots, carrots, chilies, red cabbage, and a sweet chili lime vinaigrette. Instead of the traditional roasted veggie side, this flavor-packed salad offers a tasty gluten-free alternative.
E+O Food And Drink, 125 Randhurst Village Drive, Mount Prospect, IL 60056 (map); (847) 398-3636; eofoodanddrink.com
Stuffing is gluten incarnate—a dish based primarily on bread. For the gluten-free crowd, it's a frustrating reminder of what we can't consume. Fortunately, as more gluten-free breads have hit the market, stuffing is no longer completely off-limits. Prasino chef Jared Case created a gluten-free, vegetarian stuffing recipe with a short ingredient list and big flavor. The surprising light dish features carrots, celery, onion and fresh sage, but home chefs can add their own elements. On the restaurant's menu, gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian items are clearly noted, making it stress-free to order safely.
Prasino, 846 W Division Street, Chicago, IL 60622 (map); (312) 878-1212; prasino.com
It's not every day that a gluten-free restaurant earns a Michelin Star. Senza, a fine dining restaurant in Lakeview, might be the very first to receive this honor. While their four and nine-course tasting menus are well worth a leisurely dinner, they also sell gluten-free baked goods in the morning as Wheat's End Café. Just in time for Thanksgivukkah, they've created a special pumpkin challah. The orange hued braided loaf is the perfect marriage of two overlapping holidays and a welcome addition to any table. No word yet on edible menorahs or pumpkin spice dreidels.
Senza, 2873 N Broadway Street, Chicago, IL 60657 (map); (773) 770-3527; senzachicago.com
Vanille Patisserie
Aside from Halloween, Thanksgiving is prime time for pumpkins. Usually that just means pumpkin pie, but Vanille Patisserie sells pumpkin macarons. You can also find decadent flourless chocolate cake and almond flour cookies that are naturally gluten-free and just small enough that you can eat a handful without guilt. As for chocolate cake, sometimes breaking tradition just tastes better.
Vanille Patisserie, 2229 N Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614 (map); (773) 868-4574; vanillepatisserie.com
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DUNEDIN, Fla. — There might, just might, have been a few cervezas involved and one of Alex Rios' friends may or may not have ended up with an unwanted tattoo. What we do know for sure is that some late-night shenanigans over the winter in Puerto Rico led to a mohawk for the Jays' right fielder.
Let Rios explain: "We started talking about mohawks and stuff like that. I was like, 'You know what? I'm going to grow one.' I have a friend who has one, but he has good hair. Mine is all kind of nappy. Mine's a bootleg one."
Rios' bootleg mohawk was definitely the talk of camp today over at The Mattick. Sure, there were catchers and pitchers working out or something, but the black stripe garnered all of the attention. People were asking about the new 'do before asking about those negotiations with Rios on a long-term deal (still going, by the way).
Veteran catcher Sal Fasano — bearer of arguably the greatest Fu-Manchu in baseball history — was asked if he'd be able to pull off a mohawk: "If I had a mohawk like that, I'd get arrested for something. I already look like a sc umbag."
Over by the batting cage on one of the practice fields, Jays general manager J.P. Ricciard, shortstop John McDonald and Rios engaged in this entertaining dialogue:
RICCIARDI: "Alex, if you cut your hair, you'd be like Tom Brady. You'd have them all. What do you think Johnny Mac?"
MCDONALD: "The problem is that he's already had them all."
RIOS: "Aw, c'mon, Johnny."
When asked if there was drinking involved when he decided to grow the 'hawk, Rios grinned widely and responded: "There were a few"
One reporter laughed and asked if anyone ended up with a tattoo.
"It wasn't me," Rios replied.
Rios wasn't sure if he was keeping the hairdo or not, but a decision will probably come quick. Rios was worried if he kept it too long the sides of his head would wind up being darker than the top, thanks to six weeks under the Florida sun. Now that'd be a sweet look.
Check out the 2008 Spring Training photo album to see more goings on from today.
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Hey Jordan:
Now your talking…
Don't blame the haircut on Rios and his motley crew of friends from Puerto Rico.
Apparently, he slipped on a flipping ice cube (while dancing) at a disco and knocked himself out cold. He now suffers from amnesia and actually thinks he is Mr."T" from the hit TV show the A-Team and Charlie Sheen (Wild Thing) from the movie Major League…
Bring it on Alex!
You guys see the prank done on Kyle Kendrick of the Phillies? If you didn't you should check it out http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/rumors/post/-Trade-to-Japan-leaves-Kendrick-in-shock?urn=mlb%2C67246 I got a laugh out of it.
Freedom thanks for that link. The guy's reaction was priceless.
He actually pulls that haircut off pretty well. He might want to start growing it in now though, for early April in Toronto.
I was thinking about the prospect of Rios batting first, and I kind of like it. It's different, but he is the biggest threat on the basepaths. Plus if Zaun and Johnson bat at the bottom of the lineup, they both get on base a good amount. That will still leave Rios with plenty of RBI situations. He will also get the most plate appearances, and why not run you best hitter out there the most? He could put alot of pressure on the other teams pitcher and defense to start the game.
great photos JB, keep 'em comin!
RE: Rios batting first
I think that is dependant on how well guys like wells, Rolen and Overbay do. If Rios continues to be our best hitter, then I don't see him hitting first when we will need him to be our top RBI producer. I would be nice to have the luxury of batting him leadoff though, I agree.
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Thanks for the tip on the Kyle Kendrick prank — it was excellent and rates a perfect (10) score!
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Yup, I went strawberry picking! pictured above are actual strawberries that my family and I are enjoying RIGHT NOW! So delicious!
My cousin Amie contacted me a few days ago to see if I would be interested in Strawberry Picking...of course! I asked Diane if she would like to come with...she offered to watch the girls instead if I would bring her some berries. I think that was smart thinking on her part :)
So, after some research and planning, we decided to go to a place on Hwy 151. When we dropped the girls off Frank suggested a place in Pardeeville which was way closer. So this is where we ended up going:
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Turns out they are a couple that also brings produce and vegetables up to the Badgerland Produce Auction (one of our outlets for our apples in the fall).
We were worried because we hadn't planned on anything to pick in. We brought some tubs with us but turned out we had nothing to worry about...they had plenty of picking boxes available to us!Of course, I forgot my camera when we were out in the fields doing the picking but we managed to snap a few great shots after we got back to the house to pay. There are LOTS and LOTS of strawberries there and you even get a fun tractor/wagon ride out to the field! I am posing above with one of my boxes of strawberries...around 10.5 lbs!
Here is my cousin Amie with the 10 lbs of strawberries she picked for herself.
Here is my cousin Amie with the 10 lbs of strawberries she picked for herself.
A picture of the two flats of strawberries I picked. I was glad Amie convinced me to do two instead of three...that would have been a lot of strawberries!Here I am getting my strawberries weighed. It cost us $1.40/lb to pick our strawberries and that included the boxes and the tractor/wagon ride. I thought it was a good deal.
Amie was so happy that I was blogging about this adventure...she just loves to get her picture taken! Thanks!
Amie was so happy that I was blogging about this adventure...she just loves to get her picture taken! Thanks!
Our hands where stained pink after all the picking we did!
Amie carrying my last box of apples to be loaded into the van.
And to make everything even more worth it...here's baby Capri enjoying the strawberries for breakfast this morning! The girls just gobbled them up!
Amie carrying my last box of apples to be loaded into the van.
And to make everything even more worth it...here's baby Capri enjoying the strawberries for breakfast this morning! The girls just gobbled them up!
Thanks Amie for inviting me to go...I had a great time and look forward to making this an annual adventure!
Labels: pick your own, Roger and Ida Price, Strawberry
4 comments:
- TITLE by Amie said...
So much fun! I'm going to be eating strawberries for days :)
- July 1, 2009 at 9:22 AM
- FabricFascination said...
My favorite fruit, and these look yummy!
- July 1, 2009 at 11:28 AM
- quiltingfrenzy said...
The strawberries look yummy!
- July 1, 2009 at 12:10 PM
- S and O said...
Wow what fun, picking your own berries?! They look absolutely delicious! :)
- July 6, 2009 at 9:37 PM
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Zimmer Features New CLS(R) Brevius(TM) Stem with Kinectiv(R) Technology at EFORT Congress
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
- Modular Neck Options for the Proven CLS(R) Spotorno(R) Stem Body
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX: ZMH), a global leader in musculoskeletal care, today introduced its CLS Brevius Stem with Kinectiv Technology at the 12th annual European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. The new hip stem is based on the CLS Spotorno Stem, one of the most reliable implants worldwide [1-3] with more than 25 years of clinical use. The new hip stem writes the next chapter in CLS Spotorno Stem history with the addition of Kinectiv Technology. This technology enables surgeons to better match patients' individual needs with modular neck options designed for independent intra-operative adjustments.
The CLS Spotorno Hip Stem is a pioneering system for uncemented total hip arthroplasty characterized by excellent primary and rotational stability. Since its introduction in the 1980s, the CLS Spotorno Stem has been used in more than 560,000 total hip arthroplasty procedures around the world [4]. The stem has been optimized to accommodate a variety of patients' anatomies and to bring great intraoperative flexibility.
Intra-Operative Flexibility with Kinectiv Technology
Expanding the CLS Spotorno Stem technology through a modular neck approach combines a proven concept with more than 25 years of clinical success with the intra-operative flexibility of modular neck options. Kinectiv Technology offers a wide array of head center locations allowing for an independent, intra-operative control of leg length, offset and version for a more accurate restoration of the patient's natural anatomy. The CLS Brevius Stem with Kinectiv Technology is shorter than conventional stems, providing greater bone conservation compared with the original CLS Spotorno Stem.
Documented Long-Term Reliability
The CLS Stem's capacity for osseointegration has been demonstrated in a number of clinical studies with follow-up periods up to 20 years [2, 3, 5, 7]. The Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Registry documents a 97.5% survival rate at 16 years postoperative [1]. Consistently, Muller et al. found a stable stem fixation in 98.8% of the operated hips 17 years after implantation [3]. All of these studies, together with the results of other clinical investigations, some of which encompass follow-up periods of up to 20 years [7], confirm that revision surgery after implantation of the CLS Spotorno Hip Stem body is a rare event - again demonstrating the excellent longevity of this implant with long-time survival rates.
Kinectiv Technology can already look back on initial periods of clinically proven success. The results indicate that the design of the Kinectiv Neck Implants not only gives the flexibility surgeons need to address a wide range of patient anatomies but also meets the stringent strength requirements. In a 2-year follow-up multicenter study conducted on 634 patients, Duwelius et al. were not able to find any complications related to femoral implant nor fractures of a stem or modular necks or dissociations of the nead-neck junction [6].
For more information about the advantages of CLS Brevius stem with Kinectiv Technology, please visit the Zimmer booth at EFORT or visit evolution.zimmer.com.
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Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, Zimmer designs, develops, manufactures and markets orthopaedic reconstructive, spinal and trauma devices, dental implants, and related surgical products. Zimmer has operations in more than 25 countries around the world and sells products in more than 100 countries. Zimmer's 2010 sales were approximately $4.2 billion. The Company is supported by the efforts of more than 8,000 employees worldwide.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the orthopaedics industry, management's beliefs and assumptions made by management. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as "may," "will," "expects," "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "estimates," "projects," "assumes," "guides," "targets," "forecasts," and "seeks" or the negative of such terms or other variations on such terms or comparable terminology. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. For a list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see our periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be set forth in our periodic reports. Readers of this document are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, since, while we believe the assumptions on which the forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, there can be no assurance that these forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate. This cautionary statement is applicable to all forward-looking statements contained in this document.
[1] www.jru.orthop.gu.se; Annual report 2008
[2] Schreiner et al. Mid-term results of the cementless CLS stem. A 7- to 11-year follow-up study. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2001;121:321-324
[3] Muller et al. Seventeen-year survival of the cementless CLS Spotorno stem. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2010;130:269-275
[4] Zimmer data on file
[5] Schramm et al. Total hip arthroplasty using an uncemented femoral component with taper design: outcome at 10-year follow-up. Arch Orthop Trauma 2000;120:407-412
[6] Duwelius P.J, et al: Clinical Results of a Modular Neck Hip System: Hitting the "Bull's-Eye" More Accurately, Am J Orthop. 2010; 39 (10 suppl):2-6
[7] Aldinger P.R, et al: Uncemented Grit-Blasted Straight Tapered Titanium Stems in Patients Younger than Fifty-five Years of Age. Fifteen to Twenty-Year Results, J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009;91:1432-1439
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Here's a great way to confit your digestive tract: order way too much food at Davanti Enoteca and regret it later when you're trying to have a productive rest of your day. As crippling as brunch at Davanti Enoteca may be, it's worth every lingering ache. Revered for its rustic Italian dinner fare, this place makes a strong case for Italian brunch as the most decadent, irresistible weekend fare in town. There's just something about that truffle egg toast that captivates more than a crystal ball.
Let's start with that truffle egg toast, aka uovo tartufati ($11). This dish has long been one of the more popular dinner items at Davanti, but when you think about it, it makes the perfect brunch item in that it is essentially a ridiculously extravagant rendition of toad in the hole. Pieces of bread as thick as cake wedges are baked with fontina— and truffle oil—laden eggs in the center until everything softens and becomes an embarrassment of gooey richness. I think the last time I enjoyed something this gooey and cheesy, I was a kid eating Chuck E. Cheese pizza. Since adults aren't allowed at Chuck E. Cheese without kids (appalling, right?), I'm glad I have another outlet to satiate my gooey desires. It's all served with a smattering of asparagus slivers in an attempt to make you feel healthy. Lol.
Because brunch demands bread in heinous portions, you'd be remiss in not ordering the sheet pan-sized platter of focaccia di Recco ($17, plus $2 with honeycomb), another dinner item staple that is right at home on the brunch table. This is Ligurian-style focaccia, which differs from the fluffy rosemary-scented stuff I bake for myself and eat for dinner in the judgement-free solace of my apartment. Rather, Davanti's is crispy and flaky, like a buttery phyllo, striated with soft cow's milk cheese and optionally adjoined by a dollop of honeycomb. It's the perfect marriage of sweet meets savory, single-handedly bridging the gap between the two brunch realms.
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Philosophical discussion concerning the art of music interpretation takes place at the University of Toruń on April 16. The speakers will be accompanied by Rafał Blechacz, pianist.
Until May 16, 2011, candidates can apply to participate in the All-Poland Competition of Knowledge about Fryderyk Chopin. The competition is organized by the Polish National Fryderyk Chopin Institute for young adults up to 17 years old.
The Fryderyk Chopin Museum received a donation of forty-seven original autographs, including letters written by Chopin and Jane Stirling.
The vernissage of the exhibition dedicated to the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition takes place on March 17, at 6.00 pm. in the Dom Polonii in Warsaw, 64 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street.
To celebrate the Chopin Year many places in Poland and abroad have a new profile thanks to sculptures and memory plaques commemorating the great composer.
Chopin 2010 Celebrations Office published the first album summarizing celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the Polish composer.
Lukas Geniušas, winner of the 2nd prize in the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition held in Warsaw will perform a concert in the Warsaw Philharmonic on March 10 at 6.00 pm.
The film summarizes the most important events of the Chopin Year. The premiere of the film takes place on March 7, 2011, in the Muranów Cinema, Warsaw.
Tatiana Shebanova, an outstanding Russian pianist, died on the 1st of March, 2011, in Warsaw. She was the winner of the 2nd prize in the 10th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition held in Warsaw. She left behind exceptional heritage in the Chopin domain.
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What's News: Twitter announces first steps to go public. J.P. Morgan increases money and staff to bulk up its oversight. A secretive Syrian military unit is scattering its chemical weapons stockpile. Joanne Po reports. Photo: Getty Images
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