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This past Tuesday, I appeared on Glenn Davis' Soccer Matter radio show on SportsTalk 790. I'm sure most of you are familiar with it. I was on for the entire hour (7-8 p.m.) and took questions from fans on a variety of topics surrounding the club. You can hear the entire interview by downloading the file from Glenn's SportsTalk 790 podcast page.
One fan had a great point/question that I felt was important to highlight in this week's blog. He believes that we should not mortgage our future success to obtain a Designated Player and that we should build the team by adding depth and talent at a number of positions. He wanted to know how we see it.
Here it is ...
We do not believe that a Designated Player is the magic bullet answer to winning a championship. We are not placing all of our eggs into a DP basket. We believe that the key to winning a championship is having a well-rounded team that is deep with talent at every position. It is not about one player. This has been our recipe for success in previous years, and that philosophy has not changed. We see the DP as the icing on top.
We are operating on two tracks:
TRACK #1 - Add talent where possible at every level through traditional mechanisms. These include new signings, trades, and the MLS SuperDraft.
TRACK #2 - Pursue a Designated Player. We have our list of targeted players and are thinking big. The intent to sign a DP exists, but there are no guaranteed expectations that it will occur. It would not be smart to think that way, as it takes a perfect storm to sign a DP.
The good news is that we have set ourselves up to be in a position to go down both tracks, and we are doing so. It is not a case where we have to choose one track over the other.
The ideal situation is finding success on both Track #1 and #2.
The necessity is finding success on Track #1.
The luxury is finding success on Track #2.
We are after both. I hope this paints a clear picture as to our approach to this topic.
A few odds and ends:
Season ticket holders should have received, or will receive, a letter with general information on their priority number for selecting seats in the new stadium. Check your mail to make sure you received it. Call (713) 276-7500 and ask for Christina or Tiffani if you did not or if you have any questions.
The first few days of the combine have been interesting. Click here for more in-depth coverage.
A great gift for your young soccer player is our first Youth Fantasy Camp this December. Kids get treated like the pros while receiving professional training. Click here for more details.
Who's your pick to advance to the MLS Cup?
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January 9, 1926 - January 15, 2013
New Windsor, NY
Charles A. Kennedy of New Windsor, NY passed away at Orange Regional Medical Center in Wallkill, NY on January 15, 2013; he was 87.
Son of the late George Kennedy and Elizabeth Knowles Kennedy, Charles was born on January 9, 1926 in New York, NY. He was retired from the N.Y.P.D. He was married to the late Dolores P. McNamara who passed on February 11, 2005.
Survivors include son, Charles Kennedy of New Windsor, NY; daughters: Patricia Leonard of Amherst, NH, Catherine Scarnecchia of Manchester, VT and Elizabeth Kennedy of Bronx, NY; brother, James Kennedy and his wife, Eileen of Purchase NY; grandchildren: Daniel Scarnecchia, Clare Sutherlan, Caitlin Scarneddhia, Stephen and Kathleen Leonard; several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday January 18, 2013 at Quigley Bros. Funeral Home, 337 Hudson St., Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY 12520. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January, 19th at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church, 340 Hudson St., Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY. Burial will follow the Mass in St. Thomas Cemetery in Cornwall.
Arrangements are by Kevin Quigley of Quigley Bros. Funeral Home, 337 Hudson St., Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY 12520, to send condolences or to get directions to the funeral home, please go to www.quigleybros.com.

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Weekday baking
I am gradually aclimating to retirement. I still get twinges Sunday nights in anticipation of a non-existant Monday patient schedule. But this week I broke the thought habit of baking being exclusively a weekend activity. Maybe I over-compensated, but I don't think so.
Tuesday evening, I activated my starter and I put up a bulgar soaker and a whole wheat poolish in preparation for a Wednesday bake of my favorite 100% Whole Wheat Bread, the one in BBA.
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100% Whole Wheat Bread crumb
This is probably my favorite bread for almond butter on toast, BLT's and Tuna Salad sandwiches. We had all of these this week.
Wednesday evening, I fed the starter at 100% hydration for Thursday's bake of San Joaquin Sourdoughs and started on txfarmer's 36+ hour baguettes for a Friday bake.
San Joaquin Sourdough Breads
This bread is good with everything. We had some with almond butter, more with penne with butternut squash, sage and hazelnuts and more with a salad lunch.
Thursday evening, I mixed a firm levain for Hamelman's Pain au Levain with Whole Wheat. Txfarmer's baguette dough was mixed, fermented and refrigerated.
We were invited to some friends' home for dinner Friday. The response to "What can we bring?" was not hard to guess. This morning, the baguettes and Pain au Levain for dinner tonight got baked.
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Pain au Levain with Whole Wheat crust
Pain au Levain with Whole Wheat Crumb
I have the walnuts toasted for Cinnamon-Raisin-Walnut Bread.
To top off the week, my son, Joel, sent me a photo of the latest bagels he and 3-year old Sasha made this week, and he expressed some interest in "trying" to bake sourdough breads. I'll take him some starter when we visit in November. What fun!
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Hillary Lennon was just 10 years old when she started smoking cigarettes. By the time she was in her mid-20s, she was puffing two packs a day. Coughing and choking at night scared her into quitting.
"I was motivated by fear," said Lennon, a nursing student who shared her personal story at the recent Ex-Smokers Hall of Fame ceremony held at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell during the University's health and wellness fair. "I took medication and quit within two weeks. That was five years ago." The audience burst into applause, congratulating Lennon, who was inducted into the Ex-Smokers Hall of Fame four years ago. At the ceremony, 13 UMass Lowell faculty, staff and students were inducted into this year's Ex-Smokers Hall of Fame, an initiative of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Chancellor Marty Meehan, who worked on anti-tobacco legislation when he was in Congress, stressed the importance of working to stop the influence of tobacco companies on young people. "The strategy of the tobacco companies is to hook them while they're young," said Meehan. "When I was in Congress, I called for a criminal investigation against the tobacco companies for lying. The companies considered me their No. 1 enemy. I considered that an honor."
Motivating Stories Inspire Others to Quit
The Ex-Smokers Hall of Fame celebrates each person's powerful story of successfully conquering an addiction to tobacco. Megan Lewis, a graduate student in community social psychology, spearheaded the project with Diane Knight, director of the Northeast Tobacco-Free Community Partnership, a program of the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center. Lewis recruited the ex-smokers and captured their motivating and compelling stories (pdf). The students, faculty and staff who were inducted into the Ex-Smokers Hall of Fame and shared their personal stories include:
Lennon encouraged the ex-smokers to continue sharing their powerful stories. "My mother and two cousins quit when they saw that I could do it. Your story is powerful and it makes your quitting stick," she said.


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Can I Recover from a Achilles Tendon Rupture?
I am a 48-year-old male with a diagnosed complete Achilles tendon rupture. I am planning the surgical repair in the next few days. Is this a technically complex procedure? What is the likelihood of a full recovery? I snow ski 30 days each winter and enjoy springboard diving.
Surgical repair is the treatment of choice for this injury, and the success rate for people returning to normal function, I believe, is somewhere near 75-80%. I think the keys will be to listen to your therapist and surgeon during the rehabilitation process.
It typically takes about six months to return to full activity, so you need to be careful not to push "too much too soon." With the surgical repair and a well-planned rehabilitation program you should have a high likelihood of a full recovery. If you have specific questions regarding the surgical procedure or YOUR individualized rehabilitation program, I would recommend you contact your surgeon and/or therapist.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee woman says she was just praising the Lord, although at high volume, when she received a citation accusing her of violating the city's noise ordinance. She later was arrested by police on a disorderly conduct charge.
Fifty-four-year-old Betty Jones tells WCYB-TV that her routine every Sunday includes five hours of praising and dancing, while she listens to music by Johnny Cash, Randy Travis, Alan Jackson and The Judds.
But neighbors in Bristol complained about loud music, so police showed up on May 27, a Sunday. A police report says officers helped her lower her stereo's base and warned her. But officers say they came back less than two hours later being called again.
This, time they cited her under the city's noise ordinance and Jones tells the station she gave the officers a message too.
"Randy Travis was singing `I'm going home to pray to God tonight and hopefully he'll forgive my sins.' I looked at that officer and said `you better go home tonight and pray for your sins because that's what Randy is telling you," she said. "That's the gospel truth. Randy Travis told that man to go home and pray."
After more neighborhood complaints, officers went back May 28 and arrested Jones after she concedes that she was "going off and cussing." Still, she says she should have the right to praise God in her own home.
She was charged with disorderly conduct and violating the noise ordinance. She spent the night in jail.
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Can we get an "amen?"
The joyful noise coming from the David R. Pinn Center in Fairfax on Saturday wasn't a gospel revival, but it was just as inspiring and enlightening.
"Mentors can truly make the difference between struggle and success."
—Beverly Howard, director, Fairfax Families4Kids
"C'mon now. I want to hear from everybody. Give me an adjective to describe your mentor… How about amazing?" asked Beverly Howard, the "dynamic" director of Fairfax Families4Kids.
"How about chill!" said Stanton, 14, sporting yellow sunglasses and a baseball cap, making everyone laugh.
"Supportive," shouted one teen. "Caring and helpful," shouted another.
The boisterous call-and-response session was part of a special luncheon hosted by Fairfax Families4Kids, a foster-mentoring program run by Fairfax County's Department of Neighborhood and Community Services, to celebrate National Mentor Month. Created in 2005, the program's mission is to build bonds between volunteers and foster children, a majority of whom are 14 years old or older.
"Mentors can truly make the difference between struggle and success," Howard said. "Our mentors are all heroes." She said research has shown that volunteer mentors can play a powerful role in reducing drug abuse and youth violence as well as boosting academic achievement.
While Howard was more than willing to praise mentors, many of the mentors and youth were just as enthusiastic about her.
"Miss Beverly is fun and funny," said William, a 13-year-old in the program who was recently adopted. "When we're sad, she brings us up."
"She uses her soft, inside voice with us," said a 16-year-old foster youth. "She doesn't yell. I like that."
Another foster child spoke movingly about his mentor, "Mr. Keith" Foxx, one of the program's first mentors. "He's a great basketball player. He's smart, and he's always happy to see me."
Paris, a 16-year-old singer/songwriter, praised all the mentors by leading the group in singing "We Are The World," playing her jazz interpretation of the song on a guitar. After several years in the program, Paris was recently adopted.
"Paris is so talented. She's an avid reader and she writes poetry," said Alexandra LaJoux, a mentor who lives in Fairfax. Lajoux—known for her exuberant personality, and her penchant for bursting into song—is a music teacher who became involved in the program when she volunteered to teach a class.
"And let me add that I love the name Paris," LaJoux said with a mischievous grin, before snapping her fingers and serenading Paris with the Cole Porter classic "I love Paris."
"I love Paris in the spring time; I love Paris in the fall; I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles; I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles…'I sang that song to her the first time I met her," LaJoux said, laughing. "You can see, we're just one big family here."
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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors recently recognized January as National Mentoring Month. "As a nation, we need to ensure that all of our young people are well equipped to lead healthy and productive lives. You can help a young person prepare for a successful future by volunteering with a local mentoring program," said General Colin L. Powell, the spokesperson for the national campaign, during an event in Washington, D.C. last week. As part of National Mentoring Month, we asked mentors with Fairfax Families4Kids, a Fairfax County foster-mentoring program "What Inspires You to be a Mentor?" Photos of mentors courtesy of Joan Brady of Great Falls. Brady, a professional photographer, volunteers as a mentor, photographer and videographer for Fairfax Families4Kids.Click Photo for Flash
"Yeah, one big crazy family," Paris said, smiling.
The celebration ended on a high note, as mentors gathered around a chocolate cake with candles.
"Blow out the candles and make a wish," said Howard. "I wish all of you loving families."


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NH infections: West Nile, 1; Lyme, 14,000?
This week New Hampshire confirmed its first human case of West Nile virus of the year. It was the ninth case since the virus was discovered in New Hampshire in 2000. By contrast, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last month that Lyme disease infections in the United States are 10 times higher than the official figures. That would mean that New Hampshire's 1,460 new Lyme infections in 2012 were actually 14,600 new infections. But there remains no public health effort to combat Lyme in New Hampshire.
Per official figures, Lyme infections nationwide typically total between 20,000 and 30,000 a year, almost all (95 percent) coming from 13 states. (New Hampshire consistently has among the top three Lyme infection rates in America.) But those official numbers were underreported, CDC officials have long believed. So they did a more comprehensive study that did not rely only on reports from physicians' offices. They concluded that instead of 30,000 new cases a year, there are 300,000.
"This new preliminary estimate confirms that Lyme disease is a tremendous public health problem in the United States, and clearly highlights the urgent need for prevention," Dr. Paul Mead, the CDC's chief of epidemiology and surveillance for CDC's Lyme disease program, said in a news release.
Yet instead of taking actions to curb the expansion of this rapidly spreading, debilitating and potentially fatal virus, New Hampshire and other New England states (and municipalities) are concentrating public money and attention on the extremely rare West Nile virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. It is a completely unjustifiable confusion of priorities.


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Developer says foes won't deter wind power projectBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
January 09. 2014 7:24PM
DANBURY — Though residents and town leaders in Danbury and Alexandria are on record as strongly opposing the Wild Meadows wind farm project, the company behind the project says it will go forward.
Danbury selectmen said the ballot results of a vote taken last month would set the town's stance on the project. The count Wednesday night showed 249 residents opposed to the project and 116 residents in favor it.
Selectmen in Alexandria officially adopted their residents' stance against the project Tuesday night.
But officials from Iberdrola Renewables aren't taking the Danbury vote as a sign that the town opposes Wild Meadows. The ballots went to 790 registered voters in town, and fewer than half responded.
"We appreciate the efforts of Danbury's town leaders to solicit the views of local voters, but don't think the low level of responses provides an accurate reflection of local sentiment," said Paul Copleman, communication manager for Iberdrola Renewables, which wants to build a 75.9-megawatt wind farm with 23 500-foot turbines in view of Cardigan Mountain and Newfound Lake.
"We have consistently said that we would not seek to move the project forward without local support. There is support — and opposition," he said. "We appreciate the level of support and want to respect the rights of the local loggers and farmers who have leased their land to us, but we still have work to do."
Iberdrola officials were asked about Alexandria's adopted position, but did not answer. Earlier this week, Alexandria officials tried to make the point clear. Despite offering the towns hundreds of thousands in payments each year, the proposal was rejected.
"The town is against this, plain and simple," said Alexandria Selectman Donnie Sharp. "I don't even want to talk about it."
Iberdrola and its local company, Atlantic Wind, don't need agreement from residents or the governments of the two towns to build. The authority for the project's permit rests with the state's Site Evaluation Committee, though the company is seeking local cooperation.
"They don't need our approval," said Alexandria Selectman George Tuthill. "All we can do now is make it as difficult for them here as possible."
Selectmen from nearby towns also voiced their towns' opposition to the project at the Alexandria selectmen's meeting Tuesday night, and offered support to Danbury and Alexandria.
Bristol Selectman Janet Cole said, "I firmly believe we are a region of Newfound. You have the support of our communities. We'll do whatever you need us to do to fight this. Just tell us what you need." Bridgewater Selectman Terry Murphy said his town also supports Alexandria's decision. Murphy, a former property developer, said he examined the Iberdrola payment in lieu of taxes proposal and found it "very one-sided" financially in favor of Iberdrola Renewables.
"They're suckering everybody here," said Murphy, whose selectmen voted unanimously to oppose Wild Meadows when it was in discussion stages a year ago.
The towns will be able to comment during the yearlong SEC process for the project, state officials said, each with "a seat at the table" of the discussions and at SEC-sponsored local hearings.


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A Charlotte radio station is joining with a local care center to provide relief for mothers in need.
New Life 91.9, a Christian radio station based in Charlotte, will host their annual Carolina's Biggest Baby Shower at the Pregnancy Care Center in Lancaster, 718 S. Main St., from noon to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23.
The shower is a drop-in event, and people are welcome to bring a gift, tour the center and meet staff from both the care center and New Life 91.9.
Well, the crisis on the verge of bringing America to its knees has been averted for now.
No, I'm not talkin' about the fiscal cliff. I am referring to $8 a gallon milk.
I heard a recent TV news report that milk is gonna be more expensive than bottled water, so given the television source, it must be so.
First taxes, now milk.
The 16th Annual Christmas canned goods drive for HOPE in Lancaster at Carolina Christian Academy started the last week of November and ended Dec. 19, with the school's efforts netting 3,545 cans delivered to HOPE that morning.
With the addition of other items donated besides canned goods, such as boxes of ramen noodles, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, Jell-O and pasta, the total number of items delivered was close to 7,000.
Model trains and the holiday season have been closely linked since 1900 when Joshua Lionel Cowan built a small motorized gondola car to lure window shoppers into a New York City store. Passersby flocked in, but were more interested in the miniature train that traveled around a circle of track than the merchant's wares.
Are your days off spent exhausted and lifeless?
Are you receiving nasty e-mails and snide remarks from your boss or colleagues?
If you answer "yes" to any of the above, you may be the victim of workplace bullying and harassment.
Apparently, you are not alone. More than 53 million Americans have reported workplace bullying, and the situation is getting worse in this economic downturn.
The problem is what to do about it? This became my quest to find out in my bid to help a friend and others navigate through the maze.
On a Thanksgiving visit to Giles County, Va., we met Allen Neely, a true mountain man who shared his passion for tree burls.
A burl is an abnormality in which bud cells have grown in a chaotic manner, dividing in many directions to create a spherical shape.
Burls are commonly found in the form of rounded outgrowths or bumps on a tree trunk or branch.
Other burls grow attached to roots beneath the ground, and may not be discovered until the tree dies or falls.
Almost all burl wood is covered by bark even if it is underground.
The National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century's newest chapter, the Land of the Waxhaws, was chartered Oct. 20 at the historic Van Wyck Presbyterian Church.
Jane Massey, president of the new chapter, conducted the chartering ceremony, with the help of national and state officers, to celebrate the chartering of S.C. chapter No. 26.
The Rev. J.R. McSpadden, minister of Van Wyck Presbyterian Church, greeted and welcomed the group to the Waxhaws area.
ACL; do those three letters ring a bell?
If we look back at the historical and scientific study of the human body, it isn't normal for 10- to 13-year-olds to suffer an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) strain or tear.
However, the reality is this type of injury is becoming more common for today's young athletes.
Research shows that a few possible causes could be compensation of over-tightened and imbalanced muscles and various other altered functional movement patterns.
An unveiling ceremony for a historical maker designating the Old Clyburn Plantation was held Nov. 10 , just in time for Veteran's Day.
The site of the old plantation home, located at the corner of Gold Mine Highway (S.C. 601) and Tom Gregory Road in Kershaw, marks the legacy of a family whose history predates the Civil War. The keynote speaker at the ceremony was Melody Clyburn Craig, chair of the Lancaster County Historical Commission. Craig is also the great-granddaughter of Thomas Lorenzo Clyburn, who built the Clyburn Plantation.
Although the phenomenon of leaves changing color is still not completely understood, we know that it is primarily influenced by three things.
The least variable of these factors is the increasing length of night.
As nights grow longer and cooler, biochemical processes are triggered in leaves.
The second contributor is the pigmentation present. Chlorophyll is the dominant pigment that makes leaves green.
It absorbs sunlight to produce sugars for food.
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IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Search and rescue teams will resume their search Monday around the Echo Lake area west of Denver for a missing father and son.
Damian McManus and Evan McManus, who are from St. Louis Park, Minn., were last heard from on Wednesday.
According to KMGH-TV, Bill Barwick of the Alpine Rescue Team says the two men left for a camping trip on Wednesday and were due back on Sunday. They had driven to Colorado from Minnesota and planned to stop and hike along the way as part of their father-son trip for spring break.
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The Blues are 19 points short of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League and have endured disappointing exits from both the Champions League and Capital One Cup this season. After scoring in a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough Wednesday, which sealed the Blues' place in the FA Cup quarterfinals, Moses underlined the importance of lifting the trophy.
"[The FA Cup] will be important for us, we've already lost a few competitions this season, so this one would be massive for the club," Moses told the club's official website.
The 21-year-old went on to praise his teammates for their performance during a potentially tricky away tie at the Riverside Stadium.
"It was a great win for us," Moses said. "Right from the start we wanted to get the game out of the way.
"They were a good side, they had a few chances as well, but we managed to capitalise on the ones we had and win the game. In the first half both sides had chances. We had our own but weren't able to take them and we knew in the second half that if the chances came we'd have to take them.
"It wasn't an easy game and we're delighted to come away with the victory.
"It was great work from Hazard and Oscar [to set-up Moses' goal]. They're both great players as we all know, it was a nice one-two to slip me in and it just needed a little touch from me to put the ball in the back of the net.
The West London outfit will meet Manchester United in the quarterfinals and resumes its challenge for a top-four finish against West Brom at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
"We've got an important game coming up on Saturday," Moses said. "We're looking forward to it but it's not going to be an easy game, so we need to make sure we get three points."


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Alaa Awad paints for peace at Downstreet Art in North Adams
NORTH ADAMS -- Bringing the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 to the streets of North Adams, painter Alaa Awad will finish up his month-long stay in the Berkshires with an art show of oils and watercolors at MCLA Gallery 51 and a sprawling new mural on Center Street that furthers the message of justice for all.
"Everyone has to take his right without any problems, without fighting, without killing," Awad said. "Our message here with MCLA is peace and justice everywhere, and we hope this for everyone."
Awad's mural pulls in symbolism from Egyptian culture and mythology, referencing Isis, the symbol of motherhood, and Nut, the sky goddess, as it portrays the need for a balance of power to create fairness.
Though Awad focuses in on the mythological symbols that still speak to the modern culture in Egypt, he sees the message as universal regardless of country.
"This symbolism sometime changed from old cultures, from Arab culture, from foreign culture," he said. "Justice is an important thing in our life, in the human life."
Show curator Julia Morgan-Leamon first became aware of Awad just before the revolution, while in Cairo teaching at the Luxor College of Art.
"The last day the students were supposed to be there was the first day of the revolution," she said. "Nobody really knew that was the revolution yet, even though now we say that the beginning of the revolution was the 25th [of January]. The students left, and it was pretty incredible to see the whole thing transpire."
Morgan-Leamon heard about Awad through the school and on her next trip to Egypt, requested a gallery visit for her students. During the revolution, Awad had worked on sketches at his home in Luxor, but strong feelings drove him to the center of the revolution in Cairo, where he joined the street art movement.
"At the time everyone was doing the stencil art and words," said Morgan-Leamon. "There wasn't as much painting directly on the walls, and he just started doing that. It started to change the nature of the way graffiti was seen. It turned from graffiti into street painting and he was a big reason that happened."
Awad and other street painters in Cairo work with the understanding that their images could be wiped out at any time. People may paint over their work, or the army may wash the wall, and the painters resign themselves to returning to the defaced site and putting up new work, keeping the imagery of the revolution in plain sight.
"It seemed like a lot of the street painters started to work on the idea of memorializing people that were giving their lives to causes," Morgan-Leamon said. "It became less about politics. Alaa did this one about these grieving women that has lasted. No one's painted over that one."
Painting in North Adams involves less duress than in Cairo, but Awad says he brings the same passion and the same message to the Northern Berkshires as he did at home.
"Me, I'm the same person who painted in Egypt and paints here. My experience is the same, even though it changes a little bit. When I started to paint in Egypt, my message was about the history and the culture and the heritage, and if we understand our heritage, and if we understand our history, we will focus on our present, and we will understand how to solve these problems and look forward to a good future."
For Awad, street art is integral to the message he and others send, which could not be relayed effectively in a gallery setting.
"Street art, for me, is very interesting, because it relates directly to the public, and with art, without any limited space," he said. "It's out of the gallery, for the public, without any appointment or without any time you must go or have this exhibition. Sometimes we have to contact people directly without limits."
Awad said the size of a street painting offers creative liberty, bursting out of the confines of a canvas and absorbing bigger and bigger ideas to present to the world. The audience for a street painting is also larger than anything a gallery show could achieve, and that's what makes it integral to a revolution, creating a direct line of communication between the artist and the people who need the message.
"If you make an exhibition, you may have hundreds of people come to your exhibition, but in the streets, it's hundreds every day, walking and traveling," Awad said. "You put it in the space as a gift for the people. Many people can't buy art and take it home, so you give it to them in the streets. They can look at it anytime, every day. We do it not for ourselves, but for people, as a gift."
If you go ...
What: 'Thebes: Paintings' by Alaa Awad
When: Opening Reception Thursday, June 26, 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: MCLA Gallery 51, 51 Main St. North Adams
Admission: Free
Information: (413) 664-8718 or www.mcla.edu/About_MCLA/Community/bcrc/mclagallery51
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Virginia Frausto, a 14-year-old freshman at Sunnyside High School, never thought about having a baby or what kind of changes in her life a baby might bring.
She thinks about it now.
Her first day brought about a weird feeling. She had a big responsibility and that hit her hard. The baby wasn't her mother's or her sister's. Its care was put entirely on her shoulders.
"The first night was very hard," she said. "I was woken up about 10 times that night. The baby woke up first because she was hungry, then she kept waking up to be burped or changed."
A tough wake-up call for a 14-year-old.
Fortunately, Frausto is in Roxanne McNerney's child development class and the baby is not real, but a computerized doll that needs to be fed, cuddled, burped and changed almost like a real baby.
Frausto and other classmates participated in the baby-think-it-over program offered at Sunnyside High School.
"The program helps students to realize the responsibilities that come with parenthood," McNerney said. "Hopefully it helps them realize how much responsibility it takes, how much time it takes and how much effort on their part it takes."
McNerney said Yakima County has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the state and she hopes the program will help young people choose to wait to have children until they are better able to handle the responsibility.
The students who participate in the baby-think-it-over program take home a baby doll over the weekend. From Friday until they turn the baby in on Monday morning, they must care for their baby.
"When I first got into this class I really wanted to do this," said Yanet Candido, a 17-year-old senior at SHS. "I was excited about it because I have taken care of kids my whole life."
Candido said her first night was easy but by the last night, things had gotten much harder.
"She cried a lot and I had to be up all night," she said.
Jose Lara, another 14-year-old freshman at SHS, also participated in the program.
"I thought it was going to be hard, but it was easy," he said. "The first night it didn't really start crying until about 10 or 11. I checked it and it was hungry and needed to be changed."
His second day was a little harder.
"It would cry a lot and not be quiet," he said. "I changed its diaper and fed it, but it still kept crying."
McNerney said the students who bring home the babies come back in and say it's a lot harder than they thought it would be. When they bring in their reflections, their reaction is to postpone having any children.
"That's basically our goal, for them to wait until after high school to have children so they can be responsible parents," McNerney said.
Most students are ready to give the babies back when they are done with the weekend but students do get attached.
When Candido had to give her baby back on Monday she was tired but a little sad. "I really got attached to it," she said.
Frausto agreed. "I was talking to it," she said. "You get attached to it. Kind of a mother feeling."
Just last weekend, a student took a baby home that she didn't want because she said it was ugly, McNerney said. When she returned the baby, she didn't want to give it back and actually shed some tears. She had grown quite attached to it.
One girl told McNerney she woke up hearing the baby crying even though she had turned her baby in the day before.
"They start getting those instincts to take care of children right away," McNerney said.
So what have these kids learned from this project?
Lara said he learned it's too soon to have a baby right now.
"I learned it takes a lot of responsibility and experience to raise a baby," Frausto said. "The baby comes before you."
Candido added, "The whole experience taught me to think before you act. I think this should be a mandatory class. I think if someone got the feel for what it's like, they might think again about having sex."
Candido, who plays high school sports, realized she would probably have to give that up and take a job if she were to have a child right now.
McNerney hopes the project teaches the students to realize the responsibilities that come with parenting and that putting off having a child is the best thing to do.
However, because many of the teenagers are pregnant or parents already, McNerney said she hopes they learn good parenting skills through the program.
Lara added he thought kids should think of the consequences before having sex.
"Think before you act," Frausto said. "You never know when you'll get a little surprise."
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Stepping out of his 18th century character, this 'Indian' photographs a fellow 'Indian' in a child-like pose next to an anxious looking 'Puritan' woman. Adding a layer to the image, the Allen sisters photographers captured the scene with their famed cameras. This scene epitomizes the irony of the Old Deerfield Pageants where community members of English descent impersonate their Puritan ancestors and their historic enemies, the Indians. Pageants sought to accurately recreate the past, but they allowed popular stereotypes and misconceptions to seep into their historical presentations. In reality, the Old Deerfield, Massachusetts, pageants were an early 20th century attempt of a town to define a popular version of the past.
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You can read of the Hy6 story, and of details of the system here rolleiflexpages.com.Recent at Photokina;Hasselblad - made lots of rumble of something complete new, and delivered improvements in same old body with now metal panels...Mamiya/PhaseOne camera - even more mediocre improvements in DF+, and to chock for all in much same old clunky body as was AF, AFD, AFDII, AFDIII, DF...DHW announced Hy6 Mod2 and that they had been given rights to further develop the camera!!!Of above, Hassy and Mamiya/PhaseOne ask you to sell off what you have and come with fresh $$ to buy a new body. DHW simply offers a reasonable upgrade for existing camera to internals of to Mod2...Hy6 finders? I very much enjoy the WLF myself. I have also tried the 45 degree and 90 degree finders. The 45 degree is the brighter of the two and with larger view, but not same bright as WLF and not same large view. I also suggest to consider... the less high you need to lift camera, the more steady you can hold it, which I have found very important with an 80MP back. If not WLF, I would suggest the 45 degree. However, the WLF comes with the camera... so you could give it a go first and see if you like it, or not. It does make more compact... Regardless, there are choices.Hy6 ergonomics? Best handling and best balanced medium format camera for digital back. Period.Hy6 AF? I find it very very precise. Nope, it is not DSLR quick. Arguably much more precise. Funny, what was that in above about Mamiya three focus points??? Another Google search by Fred??? I had AFDIII and DSLR in past. DSLR has many focus points, sure... care to tell me which one focus on that eye??? With Hy6 the focus area is a tad larger than DSLR, but very very precise. The main difficulty in portrait and high resolution back is to focus precise at same plane as the pupil in eye when using shallow DOF. Else focus will be somewhere else (e.g. eye brow) and pupil will not be sharp.For Hy6 there is option of new Credo back or the AFi-II backs. The Credo offer the iPhone like interface, but the AFi-II offers rotating sensor and tilt display. Mine is AFi-II 12 (80MP) and I much enjoy both rotating sensor and tilt screen.Hy6 = one of best cameras I have used period.Rolleiflex lenses = 80/2.8 Xenotar is glued to my camera, best wonderful character lens I have ever owned, very sharp and lovely out of focus and shallow DOF.... my 50 FLE is likewise top notch... heck all recent Rolleiflex seem to be so, and close or on pair with large format digital lenses!!!Sold in States? Important? You can buy factory direct from Germany. My contact at DHW is direct with CEO for service and support..., yet check with Capture Integration in States. I believe they are looking into it...Leaf? I much enjoyed the image quality of my prior 28MP Leaf Aptus 65, but for landscapes it was something missing per my eye as far as colors and ability for transition into highlights, thus I maintained using also some film. The image quality of Leaf AFi-II 12 has made me drop film. Pixels aside - it is significant better than prior backs, more correct colors, more pleasing rendering of colors, finer gradation of tones, broader DR, more shadow detail, better shadow response... and I assume the more pixels help. 80MP means you can crop for image within image. These said, I am yet to upgrade to Capture One 7, which should improve these even more.Compared to Mamiya? I never liked ZD camera, AFD, AFDIII, but did like Mamiya 7. The 645 lenses? Had 45D, 28D, 300 APO, 55-110, 35AF, 105-210, 24 Fish, 80/1.9 and more. The one I liked was 80/1.9, but my Rolleiflex Schneider 80/2.8 using larger sensor blows it straight out of water. Want more shallow DOF for up close, add extender ring. Works great.I hope above helps Best regards,Anders
a liitle off topic, but is there a "ignore button" for certain users?
Heinrich - yes there is as has been pointed out to me very recently.Go to your Profile and in "Personal Message Options" you'll find the "Ignorelist" type in the name then make sure you hit the "Change Profile" button on the bottom right corner. It works!DonHopefully the moderators are keeping track....
Funny, what was that in above about Mamiya three focus points??? Another Google search by Fred??? I had AFDIII and DSLR in past. DSLR has many focus points, sure... care to tell me which one focus on that eye??? Best regards,Anders
Only works for personal messages. For the rest just look away
Once again contrary to what Fred believes - he's proven wrong.When you are ignoring a particular (or is that peculiar) individual you are greeted with the following message: "Your are ignoring this user. Show me the post.And yes Fred I did click on the link.....
Are the single body units only matched to a single back unit as well as based on ownership? You can't rent a backup back?
Honestly, if anyone wants to improve focus accuracy on any camera, use a good tripod with a good head. Everything get's easier than mobility.I start with a tripod but must admit, that under a lot of conditions move away from it, but when we review the files from any format, the ones on a tripod are more tack sharp than the ones without, regardless of lighting, movement, camera, shutter, etc.IMOBC
No you cannot rent a backup back but actually you can rent an entire camera for similar amounts to the rental cost of a P1. In addition it is the mechanical parts of the camera that are more likely to fail and you can buy or rent a backup body - go figure?
I really appreciate it if you can give answer to the following questions!How much is Hy6 Mod2? Is it possible to use DM22 or P25+ back on it?Is it possible to rotate DM22 back on it like the way it works on RZ67?What is the widest lens for this system? And it's price?Is there any tilt/shift adapter?Thank you
Anders - I received the Rolleiflex Hy6 V2 and am working on finding a 3.5 + diopter for the 45 degree finder. If you have any leads, will you please let me know? [email protected]Jerry
Regarding 35mm DSLR cameras when you have 64 or 104 focus points you have a much higher chance of a focus point being on the eyes or face.
Stop the kindergarten bashing. I think Fred does make some great points and i do know he likes the d800. And i know other people like other cameras. I'm def going medium format, not sure wich one to buy yet. But Why is everyone so offended by someones choice of camera?
Ugh, yet another 'mine is bigger than yours' thread.
How would that work for a Hasselblad H4D system. Can a photographer have a complete camera and a second body as a backup if it's the same model?
Much respect to others choice of camera, and sincerely. Simply we do not all have same preferences or requirements etc. There are indeed different preferences... which begs no wonder...... when seems on this forum one mans crusade on MFD industry continue raging, 99% on google searches and not capable to post a single quality shot he has made himself with one of the MFD gear he claims to have owned... Difficult not to comment on. Just sayin...
Dude give it up, nobody cares. Mind your own business and stop putting in energy in complaining about what others think of the camera you use and what he thinks of the manufacturer. Spend more time on those long helpful posts of yours instead!
That is nice. Believe you read me wrong. Why the heck would I care an ounce what others think of my camera??? It will imminent be superseded in world camera history by tad newer gear. So what? I feel fortunte I (finally) found what feels photographically longterm works very well for me, a tool that helps for myself achieve pictures that keeps me content. That what matter in end to any individual I would think.Apart from that, nothing in my experience changed since film, good MF, good 35mm based --- different. Simple.


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B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L Trans Am!!
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BrettRob had een nieuw logo ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit435 ontwerpen ingezonden door103 freelance designers.
2020 Security
We are a new company selling and installing Internet Protocol-based security system components (cameras, servers, software and cabling etc) and complete solutions to businesses, commercial landlords and home owners. We sell directly and via business partners.
The "2020" (as in "2020 vision") in the company name is intended to reflect the fact that the surveillance systems we sell provide high-definition images which are of substantially higher quality than the normal "grainy" images associated with older systems. For this reason one option for the logo design might be to use a mix of pixellation and non-pixellation to get the point across.
The target audience is wide and varied. We sell to business partners (e.g. alarm technicians) and to businesses. In the future we intend to franchise and franchisees' vehicles and uniforms will be branded with the 2020 Security logo.
We want the logo to reflect the fact that we are an innovative company focused on delivering peace-of-mind security technology to our customers.
Think of us as a "Web 2.0 security company" and design something cool and different around that :-)
The type face should be clear and bold. No script fonts etc please.
Please feel free to experiment with colours but please keep to a maximum of 3 or 4 and no complex gradients please.
We do not want to be perceived as a physical security company (i.e. bodyguards or bouncers etc) so no images of tough guys or locks and keys etc thanks. Also, no cartoons, stock images or clipart please.
We need images for use in printed materials (business cards, brochures etc) and for our new web site and required both the output files (JPEG etc) and the source files.
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Mission Matters
She runs the game
When Glamour magazine named Julie Johnston '14 as the sole athlete on its annual list of the top 10 college women last April, the soccer midfielder joined an illustrious group of elite performers stretching back 56 years. Among them: inventors, activists, and scientists.
Johnston wondered if she deserved to be included. But it takes only a glance at the senior's résumé to see she has otherworldly talent. SCU Head Coach Jerry Smith put it in terms even the most casual sports fan could grasp: "It's like watching LeBron play basketball," he told the magazine. "She runs the game."
A star since she arrived at SCU, Johnston was the West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year in 2010. She's a two-time, first-team All-American. Last year, she repeated as the Broncos' top goal scorer while leading the team to the second round of the NCAA tournament, despite missing seven games due to international duties.
Wearing the colors
|Team USA: In April, Bronco Julie
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Last year, Johnston captained the U.S. national team to victory in the Under-20 World Cup in Japan, leading the defense with a performance that earned her the Bronze Ball as the tournament's third-best player. The fact that she was playing defense, positions usually overlooked for individual distinction, only made it more impressive.
"I relive that day over and over again," Johnston said shortly after returning. "The moment the whistle blew I just dropped to my knees. I couldn't believe that finally a dream had become reality."
Her on-field heroics earned her U.S. Soccer's Young Female Athlete of the Year honors. Then in February 2013, Johnston earned her first cap with the full U.S. Women's National Team as a substitute against Scotland. In April, just a few days after her 21st birthday, she made her first start with the team, playing all 90 minutes in a win over the Netherlands.
Former national team star Brandi Chastain '91, whose 1999 World Cup heroics are among Johnston's earliest memories of top soccer, believes the Arizona native has the potential to perform at the highest level: "Her skills alone set her apart from the good players," says Chastain, a volunteer assistant coach with the Broncos. "But her mental fortitude and vision for the game take her to the next level. If she continues on the way of hard work and attention to detail, she will be a force to be reckoned with."
The Broncos are counting on that during her senior year. Unlike last year, the communication major should be available from the beginning of the season, leading a star-studded team that includes goal-scoring machine Morgan Marlborough '14, a transfer who was Johnston's teammate on the under-23 national team this spring.
Johnston, though, is nothing if not wise when it comes to her priorities. The star on the field is as intent on her journey as a student as she is on athletics: "I'll be as proud to graduate as I would to win the World Cup," she told Glamour.
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One in a million
A personal note of thanks to SCU alumni. You came through in record numbers to secure a $1 million gift for the University.
Yes, but is it the right thing to do?
From business to government to college campuses, it's not always a question that gets asked. But here's how the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics set out to change that.
Good light
For a quarter century Charles Barry has told Santa Clara's stories in photographs. Here are a few.
Mission Matters
Enter here
Palm Drive becomes a grand pedestrian promenade.
Graduation day highlights
More than 1,000 grads were on hand to hear the address by Leon Panetta '60, J.D. '63 at SCU's 162nd commencement exercises.
She runs the game
Julie Johnston '14 makes Glamour magazine's list of top 10 college women.


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As the head of the Catholic Health Association expressed hope that President Barack Obama's meeting on health care, planned for Feb. 25, would "move health care reform closer to completion," the leaders of a group of Catholic physicians called on Congress to scrap the current legislative proposals and start over.
"The American people are tired of partisan bickering and want lawmakers to find common ground toward creating a stronger, more equitable health care system," said Carol Keehan, of the Daughters of Charity, who is president of the C.H.A. "The current window of opportunity is small, which is why we encourage summit participants and other key leaders to move from argument and misinformation to consensus and collaboration—now," she said in a statement on Feb. 23. Other Catholic leaders joined Sister Keehan's call for urgent action on health care. Morna Murray, president of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, joined leaders of other faith groups in a Feb. 23 letter calling on Congress to "complete this task now."
"Human beings are suffering as a result of skyrocketing health care costs, ever-escalating premiums, and draconian choices between paying the rent and taking a sick child to the doctor. This is not hyperbole or rhetoric. This is the shameful reality today for millions of American families, senior citizens and children."
But the president and executive director of the Catholic Medical Association said in an open letter to President Obama and members of Congress on Feb. 23 that "the most responsible course of action" at this time would be "to pause, reflect and then begin the legislative process anew, working in a more deliberate and bipartisan manner."
"It is more important that health care reform be done right than to finish the legislative process by a date certain," said Leonard P. Rybak, M.D., president, and John F. Brehany, executive director of the association of U.S. Catholic physicians.
The summit meeting scheduled for Feb. 25 is intended to bring together key members of Congress from both parties and government officials to seek a bipartisan resolution on health care. The president unveiled an 11-page proposal on Feb. 22 that combined some elements of the House and Senate reform measures but was silent on two issues of concern to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: continuation of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the use of federal money to fund abortion and access to health care for U.S. immigrants. The White House communications director, Dan Pfeiffer, said the proposal was an "opening bid" for the health care meeting and that the language on abortion in the Senate bill was what the White House would be using. The U.S. bishops have already dismissed the Senate language on abortion as deficient.
A poll released on Feb. 23 by the Kaiser Family Foundation found the nation evenly split on current health reform legislation, with 43 percent in favor and 43 percent opposed. Asked what they think Congress should do now about health reform, 32 percent said lawmakers should "move soon to pass the comprehensive legislation" already passed by the House and Senate; 22 percent said they should stop working on it now and take it up later this year; 20 percent said they should "pass a few provisions where there is broad agreement"; and 19 percent said they should stop working on health care reform this year.


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Some random thoughts while sitting around Boston waiting for a 10 p.m. basketball game (and some of those random thoughts involve the scheduling geniuses of the NCAA and CBS).
I don't know if Leonard's Weaver has great timing hitting the hole while carrying a football, but he does has great timing while backhanding the new city where he'll be working.
Weaver, signed to play fullback for the Eagles last weekend, didn't appear very excited about the prospect -- downright disappointed, in fact -- but his views got lscant attention during a busy time in which local interest was on the NCAA tournament and, of course, Andy Reid's "State of the Eggs" breakfast news conference from the NFL meetings in down-at-the-heels Dana Point, Calif.
The Eagles signed Weaver to a one-year, $1.75 million contract that could earn the fullback as much as $2.5 million if he meets incentive clauses. Good luck with that, Leonard, unless there is a clause for standing ready on the sideline.
All in all, of course, he'd rather still be a Seahawk.
"It's just been a hard deal knowing I want to be here, and I made that clear to the organization a number of times, and here it is we still can't get nothing done," Weaver told the Tacoma News-Tribune.
"And now it resorts to this," he added, "where I have to make a secondary choice, which I did. So, it makes it very tough."
Oh, no question. Having to accept a paltry $1.75 million is just a terrible insult, a fallback position that no one -- even someone who makes up verbs that don't agree with impersonal pronouns -- should not have to bear. Oh, the humanity. TO HAVE TO PLAY IN PHILADELPHIA FOR A TEAM THAT MADE THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP AND LEAVE THE STINKING SEAHAWKS. It is too much to take.
Leonard is going to be a man about it, though. He's going to show up and play and look for his deluxe payday in the sky. In Philly? Maybe, not that he really cares.
"It's a good opportunity to show what I can do, not only to Philly but to other teams out there," Weaver said. "And then if Philly offers a long-term deal, that would be great. But, if not, hey man, it was a great time and we move on."
I'd say he's all about Philadelphia and the Eagles. Not a bit of him that's all about Leonard Weaver. Welcome to town, Leonard. So far, your timing has been good.


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A Comparison of DOX-SL Versus Adriamycin Plus Bleomycin Plus Vincristine in the Treatment of Severe AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma
|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: NCT00002318
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified January 1996 by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : August 31, 2001
Last Update Posted : June 24, 2005
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|Condition or disease
|Sarcoma, Kaposi HIV Infections
|Drug: Doxorubicin hydrochloride (liposomal) Drug: Bleomycin sulfate Drug: Vincristine sulfate Drug: Doxorubicin hydrochloride
|Phase 3
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Enrollment :
|225 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Randomized, Comparative Trial of DOX-SL (Stealth Liposomal Doxorubicin Hydrochloride) Versus Adriamycin, Bleomycin, and Vincristine (ABV) in the Treatment of Severe AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma
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:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
- Prophylaxis for PCP, cryptococcal, and herpes infections, and antiretroviral therapy (e.g., AZT, ddC, ddI) provided these doses have been stable for at least 1 month.
- Therapy for tuberculosis, fungal, and herpes infections except with potentially myelotoxic chemotherapy.
- Foscarnet for new episodes of cytomegalovirus infection.
- Colony-stimulating factors and erythropoietin.
Patients must have:
- Biopsy-proven, progressive, AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma, with any of the following:
- At least 25 mucocutaneous lesions.
- Ten or more new lesions in the prior month.
- Documented visceral disease with at least two accessible cutaneous lesions.
- Two accessible cutaneous lesions with edema.
- Documented anti-HIV antibody.
- No active opportunistic infection with mycobacteria, cytomegalovirus, toxoplasma, Pneumocystis carinii, or other microorganisms (if under treatment with myelotoxic drugs).
- Life expectancy > 4 months.
- Patients who respond to therapy on this protocol, as well as those who fail the ABV combination, are eligible to enter the Liposome Technology open trial using DOX-SL alone.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:
- Clinically significant cardiac, hepatic, or renal disease.
- Peripheral neuropathy, signs of moderate to severe sensory loss, or moderate to marked motor loss.
- Inability to comply with the study.
Concurrent Medication:
- Other cytotoxic chemotherapy.
- Ganciclovir.
Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded:
- Prior neoplasms treated with extensive chemotherapy that, in the investigator's opinion, has led to irreversibly compromised bone marrow function.
- History of idiosyncratic or allergic reaction to bleomycin or vincristine.
Prior Medication:
- Prior anthracycline therapy.
- Cytotoxic chemotherapy or interferon treatment within the past 4 weeks.
Prior Treatment:
- Radiation or electron beam therapy within the past 3 weeks.
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): NCT00002318
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|East Bay AIDS Ctr
|Berkeley, California, United States, 94705
|Pacific Oaks Med Group
|Beverly Hills, California, United States, 90211
|Hematology - Oncology Med Group of San Fernando Valley
|Encino, California, United States, 91436
|Dr Becky Miller
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048
|Apogee Med Group
|San Diego, California, United States, 92103
|UCSF - San Francisco Gen Hosp
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|Kaiser Permanente Med Ctr
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|San Francisco Veterans Administration Med Ctr
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94121
|San Francisco, California, United States, 941430324
|Pacific Oaks Med Group
|Sherman Oaks, California, United States, 91403
|United States, District of Columbia
|Dr Mahmoud Mustafa
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20037
|United States, Florida
|Univ of Miami School of Medicine
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
|H Lee Moffit Cancer Ctr and Research Institute
|Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
|United States, Georgia
|American Med Research Institute
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30329
|Infectious Disease Rsch Consortium of GA / SE Clin Resources
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30345
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern Med Faculty Foundation
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|Rush Presbyterian Med College
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
|Illinois Masonic Med Ctr / The Cancer Ctr
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60657
|United States, Michigan
|Henry Ford Hosp
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202
|United States, Missouri
|Washington Univ
|St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63108
|United States, New York
|Roswell Park Cancer Institute
|Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263
|Saint Vincent's Hosp and Med Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10011
|New York Univ Med Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10016
|Saint Luke's - Roosevelt Hosp Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10023
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Graduate Hosp / Tuttleman Cancer Ctr
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19146
|United States, Texas
|Comprehensive Care Ctr
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235
|Baylor College of Medicine
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00002318 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 31, 2001 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|June 24, 2005
|Last Verified:
|January 1996
Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Drug Therapy, Combination
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Drug Carriers
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue
Liposomal doxorubicin
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Antineoplastic Agents
Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
Topoisomerase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents


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Mark Webber will be under pressure to produce his best at next weekend's Monaco Grand Prix if he is to keep alive his hopes of retaining his seat with defending champions Red Bull next year.
After a difficult, incident-filled start to the 2013 season, the 36-year-old Australian knows he has to deliver consistent strong performances to ensure he stays at the top.
And Monaco, where he has always shone and produced one of the finest wins of his career, is expected to see him bidding to land the 10th win of his career on the unforgiving streets of the Mediterranean principality.
Under-pressure Red Bull team chief Christian Horner has been linked with a series of different drivers as potential successors to Webber, notably since defending triple world champion Sebastian Vettel ignored team orders and 'stole' victory from the Australian in Malaysia.
Asked about Webber's future this week, he said he was now in a period of opportunity, and added pressure, as the team begin considering their possibilites for 2014.
"It's probably both," he told Sky Sports News. "At the end of the day there is pressure to perform, but that exists for all the drivers. Monaco is a circuit that Mark in particular enjoys and excels at so hopefully he can have a very strong run there."
Horner, however, insisted it is too soon to be talking about next season.
"We're only five races in and just a quarter of the season through this championship," he said.
"Our decisions regarding drivers will be made in the summer and Mark, if he's delivering and motivated and has the desire to continue, of course, and as a driver that we know and achieved so much with us we'll consider very, very closely.
"But no decisions will be made about drivers until later in the summer."
Webber is without a win this year, in part due to Vettel's conduct in Malaysia. The German has won twice and now leads the title race with 89 points while Webber is sixth with 42.


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The Yreka Chargers youth football league had a wildly successful year on the gridiron this past season.
The Midgets squad – the oldest group consisting of almost all eighth graders – won the 2013 Northern California Federation of Youth Football DII Championship and made it to the NCS Super Bowl Champions game in Oroville, Calif., in November.
It was the first time since 1981 a Yreka Midgets youth football squad had won a DII title. A Jr. Midgets squad from Yreka won a DII title back in 2002. And, the Jr. Midgets squad earned a league title and made it to the semifinals of the playoffs.
Despite the success on the field, these teams accomplished their strong play with a decreased number of players on the roster.
Three years ago, around 200 kids played for the five Chargers teams. This year those numbers were way down, with around 100 kids taking part with teams averaging around 20 players each, Chargers president Phil Christy said.
The two key factors in this decline were cited as the economy and parents concerned about injuries, including concussions.
Christy is hopeful the positive play on the field this year will help bring more kids out next season.
Safety Concerns
Christy has been president of the Yreka Chargers board of directors for three years and said injury concerns, including concussions, seem to be one of the factors in declining interest. Concussions and head injuries in football have been highlighted in the media the past few years, especially with stories from the college and pro level about the dangers of head injuries from playing football and the lasting effects of these injuries on a number of players.
"I've had parents tell me that's why they have put their kids in soccer instead," Christy said. He added that fall baseball in the area has also drawn kids away from football.
But, he said, the injury risk is much less severe on the youth level and that injuries occur in all sports, including soccer and baseball. Christy said that the Chargers youth football organization is dedicated to makeingsure the kids who play are as safe as possible, including having an EMT at all the games.
Christy said that the safety gear has drastically improved over the years to try to help make kids as safe as possible, But, he added, no matter how good the equipment is, injuries do occur and those involved in youth football are taking steps to make sure that the child is quickly and properly attended to when they get injured.
He said that things are different for the most part on the youth level compared to higher levels of the sport in regards to injuries.
"With the little guy,s they don't hit as hard," Christy said.
Rob Walton is the offensive coordinator for the Midgets team and has coached youth football in Yreka for a number of years. He believes that on this level the impact of hits is not as great with the younger players.
"It's not as big of a problem on this level," he said. "They just don't hit the way an 18-year-old or 25-year old football player does."
Walton said the coaches teach the players the vital fundamentals of the game and, including the right way to properly tackle to keep injuries down.
He said around two to three kids from Charger teams suffered concussions this past season.
During one group of road games this past year, three Yreka players were taken from the field by ambulance to a hospital due to concussion concerns. Christy said it turned out that only one child had suffered a mild concussion. He said if there's any sign of a potential concussion, all measures are taken to make sure the child receives the proper care.
Coaches and members of the board of directors of the team's in the Nor Cal Federation of Youth Football are required to take part in a safety clinic each year to make sure they are properly educated and trained about safety issues, including concussions and the right way to handle these situations, he said
"I've had kids get rocked, and there's a concern, so I tell them great game, you did a good job, but you're done. I'm not going to risk it," said Christy, who is also an assistant youth football coach with the Midgets.
The Economy
Northern California Federation of Youth Football Commissioner Bill Fox believes the poor economy of the past few years is the key reason for the drop in numbers.
"I think it's definitely the economy," he said. "Everyone's in a pinch."
He believes that injury concerns such as concussions are not the reason for the decline in players in the Nor Cal Federation and said some parents have injury concerns each year.
He said with fees going up due to the increased cost to run youth football leagues, some parents can't afford to pay for their kids to compete.
One example Fox gave was that of the the cost to the league to play youth football games at the Oroville high school stadium. This year, it went up substantially to $725 per game.
In 2010, Fox said, the football teams in Oroville averaged the maximum number of 35 players and there was also a waiting list.
But, each year it went down a little bit, from 33 in 2011 to 32 in 2012. This year the average number of players on a team went down to 22. And, he added, it has been harder to gain sponsors from local businesses due to the economy.
Fox said the vast majority of towns that are part of the Nor Cal Federation has seen a decrease with only a few areas, such as Chico and Yuba City, holding steady.
Fox is hopeful the economy will pick up and that participation numbers will rise.
A National Trend
The drop in youth football players has become a national trend as of late.
A Nov. 14 story on the ESPN website said that Pop Warner, which is the nation's largest youth football program, saw participation drop 9.5. percent between 2010 and 2012. The article stated that Pop Warner officials cited several factors, including kids focusing on just one sport as reasons for the decline.
"But, the organization's chief medical officer, Dr. Julian Bailes, cited concerns about head injuries as "the No. 1 cause," the story said.
"USA Football, a national governing body partially funded by the NFL, said participation among players ages 6 to 14 fell from 3 million to 2.8 million in 2011, a 6.7 percent decline." reported the ESPN story.
The economy was also one of the reasons that was cited for the decline in player numbers in the story
The Chargers and the Northern California Federation of Youth Football are not affiliated with Pop Warner.
Waiting until HS
Christy said that some parents have told him they planned to wait until high school to let there kids play football so the kids would be more physically ready for the rigors of the sport.
Christy said that he believes youth football gives kids a vital head start into learning football fundamentals and that they are more prepared for high school football by learning the fundamentals.
To him, kids that have played at lest a few years of youth football are more prepared for the rigors of high school football.
He added that three years ago all of the Chargers teams began running the Miner offense in some form so that players know the system quite well by the time they arrive in high school.
Christy said that the vast majority of players are from Yreka.
This season, around two dozen were from Scott Valley. One was from Happy Camp and the rest were from the Yreka area, he said.
Christy said that the success of the Jr. Midgets and Midgets teams certainly created excitement among kids and the community. He hopes this will help number go up next year.
He believes it will and said there is a lot of good will and support for Chargers football in the area. He added that more than 100 people from the Yreka area, including a number of those without kids or grandkids playing, went to Oroville for the Supper Bowl contest to cheer the kids on and said the success of the Midgets and Jr. Midgets certainly has generated a lot of excitement that he hopes will help the Chargers by the time football sign-ups take place next year.
"I think the success of these teams is going to be huge for us," he said.
Yreka Chargers Football: Numbers down for youth FB
The Yreka Chargers youth football league had a wildly successful year on the gridiron this past season.


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Driver of minivan that struck bicyclist in Nashua identifiedBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
January 15. 2014 9:36AM
NASHUA — A 55-year-old bicyclist remains at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston after he was struck by a van Monday morning on Amherst Street.
The man was identified as Kevin Johnson of Nashua and was originally listed in critical, but stable condition.
On Tuesday, Lt. Michael Moushegian of the Nashua Police Department said Johnson is expected to survive his injuries.
Johnson was biking across the road from the area of D'Angelo's Restaurant to the Mandarin Restaurant when he was struck by a minivan driven by Christina St. George, 21, of 98 Deerwood Drive.
Although the accident is still under investigation, Moushegian said he does not anticipate that any charges will be filed, but he stressed the investigation is still in the early stages.
"These things tend to take awhile. We still have to conduct safety inspections on the vehicle and bike," he said. "It could be weeks or more before we release a determination of cause and fault."
Authorities are asking anyone who may have witnessed the accident to contact city police at 594-3500.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. sales of previously occupied homes dipped in December from November, in part because of a limited supply of available homes. But for all of 2012, sales rose to their highest level in five years.
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. sales of previously occupied homes dipped in December from November, in part because of a limited supply of available homes. But for all of 2012, sales rose to their highest level in five years.
The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that sales declined in December to an annual rate of 4.94 million. That's down from a rate of 4.99 million in November, which was revised lower but was still the highest in three years.
Total sales last year increased to 4.65 million. That's 9.2 percent higher than 2011 and the most since 2007. Sales finished below the roughly 5.5 million that are consistent with a healthy market. Still, most economists say home sales are improving steadily and that the gains should continue this year.
Last week, the California Association of Realtors reported that for California existing home sales and prices both posted gains in December, with the median price posting strong double-digit gains for six straight months.
Sales in December were up 0.8 percent statewide from a revised 518,460 in November and up 0.9 percent from a revised 517,730 in December 2011. The statewide sales figure represents what would be the total number of homes sold during 2012 if sales maintained the December pace throughout the year. It is adjusted to account for seasonal factors that typically influence home sales.
The statewide median price of an existing, single-family detached home climbed 5 percent from November's $349,300 median price to $366,930 in December. December's price was up 27 percent from a revised $288,950 recorded in December 2011, marking the tenth consecutive month of annual price increases and the sixth consecutive month of double-digit annual gains.
In San Joaquin County, the median sales price rose to $184,320 in December, up 3.7 percent from November and up 15.7 percent from December 2011.
Sales in December rose 16.9 percent compared to November but fell 10.3 percent from the December 2011 level.
Stable hiring, record-low mortgage rates and a tight supply of homes available for sale have helped boost sales and prices in most markets.
"We remain convinced that the housing recovery is well under way and should continue through 2013," said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at institutional brokerage BTIG.
The market is being held back by the shrinking supply of homes for sale. The inventory of available homes on the market dropped to 1.82 million in December, the lowest in 12 years.
Indeed, in California, there was only a 2.6-month supply of homes for sale in December, down from a 4.3-month supply a year earlier. In San Joaquin County, it was even worse: There was only a 1.9-month supply in December; figures for December 2011 were not available. There were only 816 homes for sale in December, about half the number available 12 months earlier, according to Trendgraphix.com that tracks area real estate sales.
A supply of five to seven months is considered normal.
And first-time buyers, who are critical to a housing recovery, made up only 30 percent of sales in December. That's down slightly from a year ago and well below the 40 percent that is typical in a healthy market.
Since the housing bubble went bust six years ago, banks have adopted tighter credit standards and are requiring larger down payments. That's left many would-be buyers unable to qualify for the lowest mortgage rates on record.
The rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage averaged 3.66 percent in 2012, the lowest annual average in 65 years, according to Freddie Mac.
Sales are rising faster for more expensive homes, the Realtors' group said. Sales of homes priced $1 million or more surged 62 percent in 2012, while sales of homes priced below $100,000 fell 17 percent.
Home prices rose 7.4 percent annually in November, real estate data provider CoreLogic said last week. That's the biggest annual increase since 2006, when the housing bubble burst. CoreLogic forecasts that home prices will rise 6 percent nationally this year.
Rising demand for homes has persuaded builders to step up construction, which adds to economic growth and hiring.
U.S. builders started work on homes in December at the fastest pace in 41/2 years, the government said last week. And builders finished 2012 as their best year for residential construction since the early stages of the housing crisis.
The gains in home building helped boost construction hiring in December by 30,000 jobs - the most in 15 months.


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