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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Conservatives Have Lost Their Boogeyman
Canadians want the parties to work together, and the Liberals should revise their kneejerk defensive posture, at the mere mention of coalition. Harper has been a complete and utter failure on the co-operation front, and the Liberals can position themselves as the only alternative that can break the combative Parliamentary logjam. Not just an outreach to other opposition parties, but even future overtures to a Harperless Conservative party. Harper is the problem, he doesn't deserve another mandate, this unseemly culture in Ottawa is his doing. With the UK reference in the background, the public will be less fearful of a coalition- in fact they may well welcome it. This belief is particularly true, when one considers the next election will probably occur while the British honeymoon is still in tact, it will look somewhat attractive in the near term.
We can work with the NDP, on certain issues we can work with Bloc and with new leadership, we can work with the Conservatives. Formal or informal, you can dance around, but the main point is the Liberals are perfectly positioned to best bring certain consensus. If the left and right can unite in the UK, then all the silly accusatory language of the Conservatives looks decidedly alarmist and disingenious.
When you consider the idea of a Liberal majority almost lunacy, it is more prudent to embrace the realist scenarios as your own initiative. In that way, when voters are faced with the probabilities, there will be no shocking opportunism or silly denials, it will be a mature debate, with us as advocate. Ignatieff as the conciliator that can finally make Parliament work, a non-career politician that can bring people together once and for all. You position yourself as different, and in so doing you render a harsh indictment of the current government. Coalitions are somewhat sexy, and we have little to fear from the Conservative hysterics. In fact, the reactions highlight themselves as impediment to progress. If you look closely at voter apathy, at the heart of the turnoff is this constant hyper partisanship. The party that appeals beyond the present realities, will ultimately get some traction.
35 comments:
- Jesse said...
I really like the idea of suggesting that we'd work with a Conservative party that had a new leader. I think that's a great "three second" answer to the coalition question that people will absorb, accept, and move on.
It also does a good job of ripping Harper for being the problem, while actually being reasonable and open.
- 11:50 AM, May 13, 2010
- Steve V said...
Never a bad idea to let voters entertain the post-Harper world. We should actively turn voter angst into a "there's another way" argument.
- 12:26 PM, May 13, 2010
- Scotian said...
Good point. Not that I haven't been advocating a united opposition strategy against Harper specifically since the waning days of Martin's government of course. I would add that another aspect to this is that I think a lot of Canadians that normally don't pay attention to politics have noticed that under Harper's "leadership" we have seen the most fractious, most divisive and most nasty political environment yet. Not to mention the only minority that ever dodged a confidence vote and document release by prorogation in our history given the reaction the second prorogation triggered a few months back. Not only that, but that the really ugly venom seems to consistently come from Harper's side (MPs are untrustworthy traitors and that sort of thing).
What the Liberals need to do is sell not only their own set of policies and how they differ from the CPC, but also that it is Harper that has been repeatedly sabotaging anything resembling cooperation whenever it does not get everything his own way. This is a naked showing of contempt for the voters that chose to give him a minority which means they want him to prove himself by showing he can play fair with others, and this is exactly what he has not been doing, instead acting like he was given a majority all along which in turn shows his contempt for the will of the voters.
I agree with Jesse's point about how this approach would separate Harper and his alien variant of practicing Canadian politics from the wider idea of Canadian conservativism too, not only might it help sell to progressives it may also make it easier for those former PCPCers still voting for the CPC but nowadays wondering what Harper truly is to switch this time to Liberal in voting. As I have repeatedly stated for years Harper's brand of conservativism has no resemblance nor connection to traditional Canadian Conservativism and I think that may also be finally percolating through many of the more detatched from politics watching voters over the past couple of years.
Good post Steve V and a very good point. The only question I have in my mind is how well the NDP would go along with this or whether they would undercut it because it works against their clear strategy of defeating Liberals even before Harper's CPC since the Libs are their greater rival for seats. Still though I think it is a way for the Libs to make an effective pitch in an election.
Although I am not as convinced pointing out Ignatief as a non-politician that could bring all together would sell as well, but then I have not been really impressed with him nor ever really liked the idea of him as Lib leader, but of course compared to Harper he is golden (not that this is a high threshold in my books, but as I have said repeatedly the only important goal is getting Harper out of power as soon as possible, not that he should ever have been enabled to even get to power to begin with given his inherent fundamental anti-Canadian beliefs both ideologically and on the process side too).
- 1:46 PM, May 13, 2010
- Steve V said...
" I would add that another aspect to this is that I think a lot of Canadians that normally don't pay attention to politics have noticed that under Harper's "leadership" we have seen the most fractious, most divisive and most nasty political environment yet."
I think the best part of this strategy, is that it directly places the dysfunctional Parliament on Harper. This decay has happened on the Conservatives watch, so if people are tired of business as usual partisanship, the Liberal can position themselves as the alternative. The only way to do this effectively, is to champion co-operation with all parties moving forward. I also think this idea helps rebrand the Libs, which we desperately need.
- 1:55 PM, May 13, 2010
- DL said...
I hope more Liberals take Steve's view and recognize that closing your eyes and wishing for a return of the 90s when there was a divided right and an almost non-existent NDP and having a Liberal majority is pure fantasy. The new reality of Canadian politics is that parties will have to be prepared to reach out to one another. The NDP has been willing to dance anytime there has been a dance partner. They were willing to work with Paul Martin for six months in 2005 until Martin decided to end the arrangement. The NDP was most notably willing to work with the Liberals and form a coalition government in 2008/09 - once again the Liberals scuttled the deal.
I think that parties need to be mature. The Liberals have to get over a sense of entitlement that they ought be able to get support from other parties in exchange for nothing. The NDP obviously has to be reasonable in its demands as well - but anyone looking at the abortive coalition deal the NDP and Liberals negotiated in 2008 will note that the NDP was quite willing to jettison a number of policies that were totally at odds with where the Liberals stood. In the 1985-87 accord in Ontario - most of the accord consisted of the NDP forcing the Ontario Liberals to actually bring in things that were already in their platform!
Quite honestly, I think that Ignatieff should pull back from his ill-advised "I will never form a coalition government" with anyone and instead go back to leaving all options open - he should even half jokingly say this includes letting Harper be his Deputy PM in a Liberal-Conservative coalition government where the Tories are the junior partner!!
Let Harper be stuck playing the role of Mr. Nasty who unilaterally refuses to work with anyone.
I also think that AV would be a great first step towards further electoral reform in Canada and would reduce alot of the friction between the NDP and Liberals since they would be able to preference each other in ridings across the country - like the Liberals and Nationals do in Australia. The beauty of AV is that if there was a referendum on it - I think it would sail through since I cannot think of any valid argument against it other than a few Tories squawking "no fair, the other parties will gang up on us!"
- 3:11 PM, May 13, 2010
- Tof KW said...
DL said...
"I hope more Liberals take Steve's view and recognize that closing your eyes and wishing for a return of the 90s when there was a divided right and an almost non-existent NDP and having a Liberal majority is pure fantasy."
OK DL, maybe I'm not hanging around the same blogs as you, but I've noted a distinct lack of optimism in regards to any prominent Grit bloggers or posters on this matter. Most are hoping that any future election sees Harper with a diminished seat count, so that CPC leadership challenges come out in the open, best case scenario being the Libs + NDP could form a majority. But hey, if you find any Libs that think they will be winning a majority anytime soon, could you pass the names by me? I have some primo beachfront property for sale in Tuktoyaktuk that I'd like to offload on some poor sucke …um I mean astute investors.
DL said...
"The NDP was most notably willing to work with the Liberals and form a coalition government in 2008/09 - once again the Liberals scuttled the deal."
And the Libs should be thankful they did, because "that coalition" would have killed their party for a generation. Of course the NDP were all for it. They've been playing vampire politics with the Grits for decades now, hoping their support bleeds off enough so the could take over their position within the Canadian political dynamic.
DL said...
"They were willing to work with Paul Martin for six months in 2005 until Martin decided to end the arrangement.
OK in all seriousness, how exactly did Martin end this arrangement? I didn't know there was any arrangement. The Libs were writing budgets with Conservative input, and getting any rightwingnut-objectionable legislation passed with the help of the NDP. This 'arrangement' from what I remember was just Layton screwing over the Libs at a time of weakness and voting non-confidence to take a chance at improving their seat count. That it caused Harper to become PM is irrelevant. It's all about what's best for Layton's political ambitions don't you know, not what's best for Canada.
However you did make one very good point:
" The NDP obviously has to be reasonable in its demands…"
You can start by ending your constant bashing of the Grits and concentrate on the real enemy.
- 5:02 PM, May 13, 2010
- DL said...
I'm not going to get into yet another debate about the mythologies of what did and didn't happen in Nov. 2005 - suffice it to say there are two sides to every story.
You accuse the NDP of attacking the Liberals instead of attacking the "real opponent" - but then in the same breathe you describe the NDP's willingness to form a coalition with the Liberals that would have made Michael Ignatieff PM of Canada - as the NDP playing "vampire politics". The reality is that it was the NDP that was taking the huge risk. Throughout the world, parties that become junior partners in coalition arrangements almost always get decimated in the subsequent election (as the Lib Dems in the UK may learn).
This debate reminds me of the endless debates in the US about "bi-partisanship". Its quite obvious that the definition of "bi-partisanship" in the US is Democrats adopting Republican positions - never the reverse. Similarly, the Liberal definition of the opposition cooperating to oust Harper seems to be as follows: the NDP promises never to criticize any Liberal again and promises not ask anyone to vote for then, while Liberals are free to attack the NDP from coast to coast. Its some bizarre world where the Liberals are free to develop strategies to take votes from the NDP but the NDP is not allowed to respond.
Cooperation is a two way street. Why should the NDP "play nice" when you have Ignatieff pontificating about how refuses to work with the NDP after the next election.
Until the Liberals show some willingness to cooperate for the common good - don't expect the NDP to unilaterally disarm.
- 5:13 PM, May 13, 2010
- Jerry Prager said...
All party inclusive Fair Share Cabinet based on Proportional representation should be the norm.
- 5:36 PM, May 13, 2010
- Jerry Prager said...
in the late 19th century Disraeli noted that the future of Conservativism was tory democracy, it's time for the Liberals to embrace liberal democracy, non-corporatist free enterprise locally sustainable nationalism committed to a world governed by the Ethics of Greatest Equal Liberty.
- 5:38 PM, May 13, 2010
- Steve V said...
"suffice it to say there are two sides to every story."
- 6:24 PM, May 13, 2010
- Scotian said...
Congratulations, you represent why I have become anti-NDP since Layton came to power and sold out principles for power with Harper back in 2005. That so many Dippers cannot get past their personal issues with the Liberal being more politically successful at their expense is bad enough. That they cannot do so to defeat the worst threat to social justice and progressive values and principles in this nation;s history in the current PM shows that for all the talk about how principles are what counts when push comes to shove partisanship is more important to you.
I have written repeatedly about how I see the NDP as helping Harper gain and hold power, I am not going to repeat myself here at this time, you really want to know why go to Saundrie and read my writings there. What I am is a swing voter that effectively lost two choices in the last decade (one betrayed into oblivion the PCPC, the other sold out its principles for expediency, your party) who has always seen Harper as a fundamentally different leader and political threat than anything we have seen. Five years ago I thought he might be as dangerous as the Separatists, since then watching his government act I have come to the horrifying conclusion that he is actually MORE dangerous to our nation's stability and survival than the Separatists, a concept I never thought I would believe possible prior to his rise to power.
I've said since the waning days of Martin that Liberal Tory same old story is fundamentally wrong where Harper is concerned, and that anyone that truly believes in progressive principles and social justice must place stopping his rise to power, and since that failed now his removal from power as the only important goal/focus. That the NDP needed to lay off the Libs and have as united a front against the CPC as possible to make this happen, then once Harper was gone do what you want in terms of attacking the Libs. This has not happened.
Dippers need to let go of their dislike/distrust/hatred of Liberals, for as bad from an NDP perspective they may be they are nothing in terms of toxicity to NDP principles and ideas as the Harper CPC, pure and simple. Get rid of Harper, then go back to politics as usual, the fact that Layton could not make this choice showed me that he placed expediency before principles, and the fact that so many Dippers defend that choice and continue to enable such underscores my belief in their real commitment to principles first is rhetorical, not actual.
I didn't expect Liberals to be defenders of principles first, I did expect that of the NDP I used to be able to vote for but since Layton have been unable to. As I have said time and again, if Layton was dealing with the PCPC then I would not be objecting to his approach, but anyone with half a functioning brain knows that Harper does not come from anything resembling a Canadian political tradition in either ideology or process understanding, and to not recognize the threat that posed and poses to our nation shows yet again how partisanship blinds even the most intelligent and rational of human beings.
- 6:55 PM, May 13, 2010
- Jesse said...
Quick note on AV: The UK Labour leaders were ready, in coalition talks, to offer AV without a referendum, because it's not a constitutional change.
- 7:12 PM, May 13, 2010
- DL said...
This is so absurd, I don't even know where to begin. The NDP signed a coalition agreement in December 2008 that would have returned the Liberals to power and tossed Harper into a dung heap - and the Liberals reneged. The NDP was begging the Liberals to help destroy the Harper reign over a year ago - and the liberals chickened out and decided to give Harper a lease on life.
History will always record that the NDP extended and olive branch to the Liberals and was willing to form a coalition government and have a love-in with the Liberals and work side-by-side with them to achieve common objectives - and the Liberals said "No! We'd rather give Harper a few more years in power than take power and give to give the NDP a few crumbs". That's always the Liberal attitude - give us a whole loaf or else we want no loaf at all.
"Dippers need to let go of their dislike/distrust/hatred of Liberals, for as bad from an NDP perspective they may be they are nothing in terms of toxicity to NDP principles and ideas as the Harper CPC, pure and simple. Get rid of Harper, then go back to politics as usual, the fact that Layton could not make this choice showed me that he placed expediency before principles, and the fact that so many Dippers defend that choice and continue to enable such underscores my belief in their real commitment to principles first is rhetorical, not actual."
- 7:18 PM, May 13, 2010
- DL said...
"The UK Labour leaders were ready, in coalition talks, to offer AV without a referendum, because it's not a constitutional change."
Changing the voting system for the House of Commons is NEVER a "constitutional change". The House could vote tomorrow by a simple majority to switch to proportional representation and it would be perfectly legal.
- 7:20 PM, May 13, 2010
- Steve V said...
Oh DL, the NDP just want power, their motives aren't pure. As for that particular coalition arrangement, thank christ cooler heads prevailed, because the circumstances were abysmal. You don't come off a crushing election defeat and then get to do an end around and become Prime Minister. That doesn't pass the smell test, the outrage was palpable, it was the wrong time for a new arrangement. You'll note, the thrust of this post, so I'm on board with coalitions, but that was the WORST possible presentation, and it would have set us back a generation. You must have legitimacy, that manifestation had zero.
Anyways, you're a hardcore partisan puppet, you see what you want, but this "kumbaya" stuff coming from the NDP is nothing more than political expediency, always has been. Lust for power. If you doubt the commitment, the hilarity of trying to roadblock May tells everyone with HALF A BRAIN that the resolve is purely self interest. Please, enough of you self righteous frauds.
- 7:24 PM, May 13, 2010
- DL said...
So what's the issue?? Of course the NDP wants power. We always have and we always will. There is no point competing in electoral politics unless you want to get as many votes and seats as possible. I'm not sure where you ever got this crazy idea that the NDP doesn't believe in competing in elections and put principle ahead of everything to the point of self-destruction. That's never been the case.
That being said, parties can still have things in common (like a Venn diagram). The Tories and the LDs in the UK have fought each other viciously to an even greater extent than the Liberals and NDP ever have in Canada. Yet, the Tories were willing to reach out and give a few crumbs to the LDs in order to establish a stable government. I get the impression that the Liberals in Canada would rather be in opposition for the next hundred years than re-gain power and have to give the NDP even 10% of the power. You need to get over that and be prepared to cooperate for a change.
- 7:33 PM, May 13, 2010
- Steve V said...
Just don't come here with this "the NDP wants to work with other parties" like they're unique or principled. Shit bores me to tears.
- 7:39 PM, May 13, 2010
- Jesse said...
Re: "Changing the voting system for the House of Commons is NEVER a "constitutional change". The House could vote tomorrow by a simple majority to switch to proportional representation and it would be perfectly legal."
In the opinion of the parties involved, a "constitutional change" like straying from single member constituencies would have required a referendum. Our written constitution would, in my opinion, have something of the same requirement.
Just because the UK doesn't have written constitution doesn't mean they can't have constitutional change.
- 7:55 PM, May 13, 2010
- A reader said...
If that 2008 coalition agreement was so illegitimate, and so ill-advised, Steve V, then why did every single Liberal member of caucus sign it in the first place?
- 9:05 PM, May 13, 2010
- Jim said...
"Oh DL, the NDP just want power, their motives aren't pure."
That is pretty rich coming from a Liberal!
Please explain to me the "pure motives" of the Liberal party.
- 9:05 PM, May 13, 2010
- Steve V said...
- 9:12 PM, May 13, 2010
- Gene Rayburn said...
"That is pretty rich coming from a Liberal!"
Sort of like anything that comes out of your smug mug Jim. Really, you make the lamest comments, think you've said something profound because you equate being a windbag with being smart then spazz out when inevitably you are proven to be a lead tongued troll.
Feel free to start spazzing out now...
- 9:28 PM, May 13, 2010
- Tof KW said...
Oh right Jim, I forgot Harper went into public office for purely altruistic reasons. Please spare us, the last gang that should be talking about the purity of their motives are the Reformatories.
- 9:36 PM, May 13, 2010
- Fred from BC said...
A reader said...
If that 2008 coalition agreement was so illegitimate, and so ill-advised, Steve V, then why did every single Liberal member of caucus sign it in the first place?
Can't speak to why they signed, but it was definitely ill-advised; Conservative poll numbers shot up almost overnight to over 40%, the Liberals dropped to 20% and the NDP 10%. The public quickly and unequivocally rejected the idea... maybe it was the perceived influence of the Bloc, or maybe the NDP getting caught plotting it beforehand (making it look like they were doing an end-run around the results of the election).
Who knows? What is clear is that the Canadian public rejected that particular coalition, so if you're going to try it again you'd be well advised to find out what kind of formal coalition they would accept...
- 9:43 PM, May 13, 2010
- Fred from BC said...
Jerry Prager said...
All party inclusive Fair Share Cabinet based on Proportional representation should be the norm.
Oh HELL NO. Not if it involves putting fringe parties in there. No thanks...ending up with a 'pizza Parliament' like some of the European governments would be the absolute worst step we could take. We would be doomed to deficits and minority governments forever. Porn stars, yogic flyers, animal rights activists and the like don't have anything constructive to offer us.
I would love, though, to have that 'run-off' voting brought in; any candidate receiving over 50% of the vote wins, otherwise the top two candidates run again for the win. A perfect system in my opinion...
- 9:54 PM, May 13, 2010
- Gallahad said...
I thought Fred from BC was banned?
- 10:31 PM, May 13, 2010
- Gene Rayburn said...
"Porn stars, yogic flyers, animal rights activists and the like don't have anything constructive to offer us."
and the creationists, xenophobes, sociopaths, nutbars & Pierre Poilievre have anything constructive to offer us?
Jeez Fred, it's not even Friday and you're serving up that substandard fare?
- 10:48 PM, May 13, 2010
- RuralSandi said...
DL - give your head a shake. There was no guarantee that the GG would have gone along with the coalition. She could have said no.
Jackie boy went way too far with his thurst to be important. When dealing with Martin he kept making more demands - it had to stop.
Stop trying to rewrite history to fit into your own view.
- 7:23 AM, May 14, 2010
- DL said...
If you look back at what the NDP demanded (and got) in the 2005 budget deal - it was all pretty reasonable stuff. In the fall of 2005 the NDP demanded action to preserve public health care in the wake of the Chaoulli decision in Quebec. martin refused to talk because he WANTED to be defeated in the house stupidly thinking he could regain his majority. Martin's gambit failed. Paul Martin - Canada's WORST PM EVER!
- 10:07 AM, May 14, 2010
- Scotian said...
That last comment of yours proves just how disconnected from reality you are! ANY serious progressive of any political stripe that fails to see Harper as Canada's worst PM ever has proven their disconnect from reality. As I said earlier, you and Dippers like you are exactly why I hold the NDP in such contempt these days, you let your partisanship and your side's lust for power dominate good sense, judgment and protection of the principles you and your party once stood for.
You hate the Libs far more than you hate Harper because they are the greater threat to your electoral chances, which is fine if you are a party that places making gains in Parliament before all else. Yet that is not what the NDP claims of itself (and I saw by actions was true prior to the rise of Layton to leadership), no you are a "different kind of party that places principles first", well thanks for showing yet again that this is nothing but complete male bovine excrement.
Martin is the worst PM in Canadian history??? Wow, the partisan blindness dripping off that statement is as bad as anything I have seen from those Blogging Tories uncritically and totally swallowing whatever party central aka Harper tells them. Way to go in showing yet again that the CPC and NDP have more in common at heart than either likes to admit, hatred of the Liberals before all else. Thanks for betraying all those progressive principles you and your party once stood for when they most needed defending and wallowing in your hatred instead, you are exactly the kind of person Harper relies upon to first gain power and now to hold onto it and worse to get to a majority however slim it might be.
And some people wonder why I blame the NDP as a significant component for the rise of Harper to power and maintaining power...well this is why!
- 1:13 PM, May 14, 2010
- DL said...
Maybe you Liberals should look in a mirror and blame yourselves for the rise of Harper. You stole MILLIONS of dollars in the sponsorship scandal. YOu had a government that was so rotten to the core with thieves that people turned to the official opposition out of revulsion. Thank God the NDP was there to scoop up a chunk of the anti-Liberal vote. If the 2006 election had been a two party race Harper would have won a majority.
- 10:58 PM, May 14, 2010
- Fred from BC said...
Gene Rayburn said...
"Porn stars, yogic flyers, animal rights activists and the like don't have anything constructive to offer us."
and the creationists, xenophobes, sociopaths, nutbars & Pierre Poilievre have anything constructive to offer us?
That's correct, yes.
(except for your rather cryptic reference to Pierre Poilievre. Is this the Liberal version of the standing joke we maake about Hedy Fry?)
"Creationists, xenophobes, sociopaths and nutbars" also wouldn't have anything constructive to offer if they were members of fringe parties acting as a defacto coalition to extort concessions from a fragile minority government, as in my European analogy (most pertinent example (but by no means the only one: Greece).
- 1:08 AM, May 15, 2010
- Gene Rayburn said...
""Creationists, xenophobes, sociopaths and nutbars" also wouldn't have anything constructive to offer if they were members of fringe parties acting as a defacto coalition to extort concessions from a fragile minority government, as in my European analogy (most pertinent example (but by no means the only one: Greece)."
Unfortunately for us those Creationists, xenophobes, sociopaths and nutbars make up our government. So are you saying the CPoC is a fringe party only catering to the wants and needs of the lunatic fringe of the right?
Such low hanging fruit.
- 8:55 AM, May 15, 2010
- Scotian said...
Maybe you should stop assuming that everyone that takes issue with the actions of the Layton NDP that is not a Harper cheerleader is a Liberal. I'm not. My issues are that of the swing voter, I just happen to be one that believes it is a civic duty to stay informed about politics under the principles that democracy works best with an informed electorate making informed choices.
So maybe you could learn to stop making assumptions that fit your partisanship...somehow I doubt it given your writings to date that I have seen. If you decide to claim I am lying feel free to find all those posts I have that praise the Lib leader, lib policies, and Lib actions like most Liberal partisans do. You won't find them, you know why? I am not a Liberal partisan. My views are my own, so try dealing with them as such instead of taking the cheap and easy way out you did by branding me a Liberal.
As I said before you are clearly too partisan to be trusted, any progressive that claims Martin was the worst PM in Canadian history with the example of Harper is clearly too invested in their Liberal hatred to see reality for what it is. Exactly the sort of partisan Dipper Harper relies upon to keep him in power. Oh btw, you didn't capture all that much disgruntled Liberal vote going by the actual results, and it is just as possible if you hadn't been there it could have gone to the Greens, because I doubt any votes that went to you from the Libs would have ever gone to the Harper CPC. So nice arguing without actual facts for evidence, classic partisan thinking. Remember the definition of assumption, it would serve you well.
- 5:12 PM, May 15, 2010
- Fred from BC said...
Gene Rayburn said...
Unfortunately for us those Creationists, xenophobes, sociopaths and nutbars make up our government.
The Canadian public disagrees with you, and has for about 4 years now.
So are you saying the CPoC is a fringe party only catering to the wants and needs of the lunatic fringe of the right?
No, I'm saying exactly the opposite of that...what would lead you to assume otherwise? If there is any part of my argument that you honestly can't understand, feel free to ask me for clarification.
- 5:52 PM, May 15, 2010


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Kay Plaskowitz remembers nearly four decades ago being driven by her husband to Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church in Baltimore while punching down the pan of rising bread dough on her lap. As she carried the dough into the basement kitchen to bake during the Sunday service, she had a plan.
Previously, the church had tried to sell homemade noodles at its fundraising festival, but they weren't very popular. This time, the smell of fresh bread wafting through the building and the taste of the loaves warm from the oven convinced Plaskowitz's fellow congregants that she had a better money-making option.
"We made 30 or 40 loaves," Plaskowitz said. "We sold them all in about half an hour."
This year, over five Saturdays leading up to the 38th annual Russian Festival, Plaskowitz directed about 20 volunteers in preparing roughly 1,000 loaves of bread, which have become a signature item for the church fundraiser. The festival will run noon-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday and will also offer other Russian food, a tea room, crafts, shopping and live entertainment.
Among the breads for sale are traditional rye bread, poppy seed rolls, nut rolls and cheese braids. Another customer favorite is the fancy bobkas: sweet white breads with raisins and chocolate or cherry filling.
In her grandparents' time, in Russia, rye bread was eaten all year, but certain kinds of white bread were made for holidays and special occasions, said Plaskowitz, who now lives in Columbia. Then, and now, a bobka is considered a treat, she said, and because it is round, it "reminds people of the grandmother, her shape."
Plaskowitz has belonged to Holy Trinity all her life, and she and her husband enjoy baking and learning about Russian food. She said she has found her bread recipes in cookbooks and in the newspaper over the years and then fine-tuned them for large batches. She has also established a tightly run operation ensuring that the bread for the festival is completed her way, from flour to finished loaves.
"The dough has its own life cycle," said Susan Kuvelker, of Columbia, who is Plaskowitz's daughter and who has been helping with the festival baking since the beginning. "If you don't do the right thing at the right time, it tastes different."
On Oct. 1, the church bakers were making cherry bobkas. Kuvelker was part of the early team, arriving at the church's newly renovated kitchen at 7:30 a.m. with her sister, Debby Blaszak, also of Columbia, and Blaszak's husband and two daughters.
They were joined by church member Sandy Wanner, who started by boiling a large pot of water on the stove to make the air warm and humid. The women prepared the milk, butter, sugar, eggs and yeast. They added flour with the industrial mixer, and, as the first tubs of dough were set aside to rise, Plaskowitz's granddaughters made the filling of cherries and nuts and measured it into paper bowls.
Plaskowitz arrived around 9 a.m. to check on the bakers' progress and to oversee the dividing and weighing of the first tubs of dough. Then it was time to call in the next group of volunteers, who followed Plaskowitz's instructions to place the dough in round fruitcake pans, add the filling, and then make a circle of dough balls on the top.
Lidiya McCormack was one of several Russian immigrants who were part of the baking team that day. She said she was impressed at the way the church has kept traditions alive from the time of the tsars, even while many people living in Russia today do not.
"We come from Russia, and we don't know," about the traditional breads, said McCormack, who first arrived in New York 10 years ago, married an Irish man, and moved with him to Baltimore in 2010. "I like this church. I like very much this community," she said. "They keep the traditions for a long time."
More volunteers arrived to pull the pans from the pizza ovens that Plaskowitz said are the best for baking bread, to arrange the bread on cooling racks and to bag the loaves to be frozen until the festival. Anyone is welcome to help out, and over the years church members have brought neighbors, co-workers and interested friends who want to learn the process.
"If you are Russian or not, the bread tastes great," Kuvelker said. "The local bakeries don't make it any more."
"I think it is very heartfelt, actually," she said. "When you give up Saturday after Saturday after Saturday it's because it makes you feel good. It's a nice warm memory of your own grandmother.
Cherry Bobka
Makes: 2-3 loaves, depending on pan size
For the dough:
2 packages dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1 1/2 cups milk
3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
8-9 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins
For the filling:
4 ounces cut-up maraschino cherries
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Heat the milk on low until it is almost scalding. Remove from heat, and stir in the butter until it is melted. Add the sugar and stir well. Beat the eggs slightly with a fork to break the yolks. When the milk/butter/sugar mixture is lukewarm, add the eggs. Place 1/2 cup warm water into a large mixing bowl. Add the yeast and stir until dissolved, about 5 minutes. Add the milk mixture to the yeast mixture. Add the vanilla, about half of the flour and the salt and blend well. Add the raisins and almost all of the remaining flour.
Knead the dough on a floured surface with the palms of your hands for at least 10 minutes. Add the remaining flour a little at a time if the dough is sticky. When the dough is smooth and elastic, place it in a lightly greased bowl, cover it with a tea towel and allow it to rise for about an hour until it doubles in bulk. Punch it down with your fist and let it rise again to double its bulk.
To make filling, mix cherries, walnuts, brown sugar and cinnamon together.
Then, with slightly floured hands, shape the dough into small balls. Place a layer of the balls in a greased pan. Add the filling. Place another layer of the dough balls on top, centering them away from the sides of the pan. Cover the dough and let it rise until it reaches the top of the pan. For a shiny, golden-brown finish, paint the top with a glaze made of one egg yolk mixed with 2 tablespoons of cold water.
Bake at 350 degrees in a preheated oven for about 45 minutes. When completely cool, decorate with a sugar glaze (1/2 cup confectioners sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon water or lemon juice) and maraschino cherries.
Note: A pan should be about one-third full when the dough and filling are placed in it and rise to the top before baking.
If you go
The 2011 Russian Festival runs noon-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday at 1723 E. Fairmount Ave. Information: http://www.russfest.org or 410-276-6171.


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APRIL 2010 - New photos from a different fox den! The den is under lakeside boulders and we're hoping to be able to spot the fox in the future. So far we've just got a quick look at the kits. Hopefully we'll see them again and add more photos. The male is bushy and beautiful:)MAY 2010 : We spotted the male delivering dinner again and this time the kits are coming out of the den. The male definitely looks a bit ragged with several reasons attributing to it. He hunts fairly far from the den and has been delivering food several times a day for many weeks. It's also been 4-5 weeks since the last photos and he is shedding the heavy winter coat. The kits are beautiful and appear to be quite active and healthy.JUNE 2010: We've been able to see the kits several times this month and it's great to be able to see them grow. The parents aren't around much and the kits are ranging farther from then den as they learn to hunt.JULY 2010: It's been about five weeks since the last photos and the kits have changed dramatically. They've thinned out with their growth spurt and are very long limbed and lean as they mature. Though some of the photos look like serious fighting it appeared to be friendly with no injury.
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Author Notes: In the beginning of cherry tomato season, I only want to eat them fresh and drippy. But once they come in strong, I love this tart, which bakes the tomatoes to concentrate and caramelize their sweetness (and remove a bit of moisture so that they don't sog everything). The baked tomatoes are set in a base of goat cheese, lightened with a bit of milk and eggs -- it's not as delicate as a quiche custard, but lightened just enough to give it a bit of softness. The tiny bit of mustard and the sprinkling of thyme leaves provide a nice accent, without distracting from the summery cherry tomato flavor. —deensiebat
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tablespoon dijon mustard
ounces soft goat cheese
cup half-and-half or milk
teaspoons chopped fresh thyme (or other herb of your choice), divided
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Halve the cherry tomatoes along their equators, and place them cut-side up in a baking dish. Drizzle with a bit of olive oil, and place them in the oven for 2-3 hours. They should shrink up somewhat, to maybe 2/3 their size, but still be juicy. Set aside.
- Raise the oven temperature to 375 degrees. Spread the mustard along the bottom of the tart shell, leaving a very thin layer. In a mixer (or using a whisk or fork and a lot of patience), blend together the goat cheese, eggs, half-and-half, and half the fresh herbs. Pour this mixture into the tart shell. Gently place the tomatoes on top, cut-side up, in an arrangement that strikes you.
- Transfer the tart to the oven, and bake ~45 minutes, until the filling has puffed and begun to brown, and the tomatoes are caramelized a touch on top. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly. Scatter the remaining fresh herb and a light sprinkling of salt across the top, and serve.
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Fight for Your DestinyPlay the most exciting adventure fighting game for mobile! After serving in the army for two years, Jin returns home only to find himself in the middle of an ancient conspiracy. As he delves deeper into the secret world of Asura Cross, Jin meets a cast of strange men and women. He must fight them to save a friend and uncover the mysteries that surround him. Be the decision maker as you fight against enemies and alter Jin's fate! Featuring 8 different modes of gameplay and with an intriguing storyline full of twists and turns, Asura Cross offers deep rewards in addicting martial arts gameplay!--------------------- FEATURES CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE IN STORY MODEThe choice is yours in Story Mode as your decide how your hero will play out his destiny. Strengthen your character with skill building and training options. With multiple endings, the combinations are endless as you determine your fate. PLAY WITH A FRIEND IN VERSUS MODEChallenge a friend or a stranger as you go head to head in split screen action or through Bluetooth! BATTLE YOUR WAY TO THE TOP IN ARCADE MODEDefeat the rankings of all the characters as you achieve special skills and moves in Arcade Mode! HONE YOUR SKILLS AND UNLOCK CHARACTERS IN PRACTICE MODESharpen your moves in Practice Mode as you work to unlock new characters and perfect your hand-to-hand combat moves!--------------------- NEWS & EVENTS Website http://www.gamevil.com Facebook http://facebook.com/gamevil Twitter http://twitter.com/gamevil YouTube http://youtube.com/gamevil
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NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia--U.S. oil and gas conglomerate Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM, -1.42% and Russia's OAO Rosneft (ROSN.RS) signed a deal Wednesday to broaden their existing joint venture by adding seven more licenses to develop hydrocarbon resources on Russia's Arctic shelf, Exxon Mobil's Deputy Chief Executive Stephen Greenlee told journalists.
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The companies will also conduct a feasibility study on constructing a liquefied natural gas plant on the island of Sakhalin off Russia's Pacific coast. Rosneft is lobbying to be allowed to export LNG, which currently only OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) is permitted to do by law.
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Rosneft is currently buying competitor TNK-BP in deals worth $55 billion that will create the largest listed oil producer in the world and will hand BP PLC a 19.8% stake in the oil giant.
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If you have a bakery in your local downtown area, you likely showcase some of your sweet treats in the front window to tempt everyone walking by. After all, who can resist an artistically decorated cupcake or holiday cookie?
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I wish you a happy (and safe!) celebration of freedom and democracy. I hope your day includes a slightly blackened hot dog and a slice of watermelon -- or whatever food you enjoy on this holiday. (Hmm. I wonder if it's too late to start a 4th of July cheesecake tradition in my family?)
This fun fireworks page is perfect for celebrating the 4th of July or any other day. The sparks won't set any fires, and you control the show. (Thanks for sending the link, Gloria.)
My cousin Elaine sent an interesting link that's also appropriate for the holiday. It's the homepage of an Ames, Iowa artist whose ongoing project is Freedom Rock. At Memorial Day each year, he paints a new patriotic mural on the rock. It's quite impressive. To see ten years of murals, visit the link that's titled "The Rock."
My mother's cookouts
My mother loved to cook out on the 4th of July. When I was little we didn't have a barbecue grill, so Mama prevailed upon my dad every year to create a cooker with cement blocks and oven racks. Later on, I remember Mama cooking on an iron grill that my dad welded for her in his shop.
One 4th of July evening, I stepped on a hot rack that had been taken off one of Mama's outside cookers. It was twilight, and I was running around barefoot with my sparkler -- probably not a wise thing to do, all in all.
My mom coated the sole of my foot with slightly-beaten egg white. She had read that egg white was a good home remedy for burns.
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I don't express my love for the United States as often as I should. I remember the times I returned to the U.S. after many months of living elsewhere. I had a lump in my throat and tears of joy in my eyes when my feet touched American soil again. I do understand why people kiss the soil of their homeland when they return from their wanderings.


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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01350232
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Poor accrual)
First Posted : May 9, 2011
Results First Posted : November 20, 2014
Last Update Posted : November 29, 2016
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This is a clinical research trial in which a novel preparatory regimen was developed for bone marrow transplant (BMT) which eliminates the primary obstacle to transplant, the lack of a matched sibling donor. It is believed this regimen is sufficiently efficacious and sufficiently gentle to apply to patients with sickle cell anemia and related disorders. It is proposed to characterize the efficacy and toxicity of this regimen in high risk patients with sickle cell anemia using criteria for patient selection that have been accepted in prior BMT trials in patients with sickle cell disease, specifically only the subset of patients whose prior clinical behavior indicates that they are at high risk for serious morbidity and early mortality. In addition, it is proposed to characterize the pathophysiology of a consistent febrile response seen in the haploidentical BMT regimen the investigators have developed at Thomas Jefferson University (TJU).
The primary goal of this study is to determine the response rate to a reduced intensity conditioning regimen which consists of fludarabine, cytarabine, low dose total body irradiation and cyclophosphamide in patients with severe sickle cell anemia.
|Condition or disease
|Sickle Cell Anemia Sickle Cell-hemoglobin C Disease Sickle Cell-β0-thalassemia
|Drug: Fludarabine Drug: Cytarabine Device: Cellular Infusions Radiation: Total Body Irradiation Drug: Cyclophosphamide Drug: Bortezomib Drug: Rituximab Procedure: Plasmapheresis
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Hemoglobinopathies, such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia major, constitute a group of genetic diseases associated with significant morbidity and premature death. In the 1970s, the mean survival of patients with sickle cell disease was 14.3 years. With improvements in medical practice, this has improved such that estimates are now into the third decade of life.
In patients with sickle cell disease, a single amino acid substitution in beta-hemoglobin causes erythrocytes to sickle in response to oxidative stress. The sequelae of this defect are vaso-occlusive crises, resulting in episodes of bony pain and infarction, acute chest syndrome, and strokes. Life long need for transfusion leads to complications including alloimmunization and iron overload. The latter condition is frequently associated with significant end-organ damage.
In recent years, new strategies in supportive care, such as the use of hydroxyurea to stimulate fetal hemoglobin production in patients with sickle cell anemia, have resulted in the amelioration of some of the devastating manifestations of this disease. However, this therapy does not benefit all patients, and there have been concerns about the possible risk of latent transformation to leukemia with prolonged use of this drug. Clearly, better treatment strategies are needed for this devastating group of diseases.
Patients with sickle cell anemia will be offered enrollment on a clinical trial of reduced intensity stem cell transplant. The transplant donors will be either HLA matched siblings or family members who are 50% matched for HLA. Patients will receive therapy in 2 steps.
For patients who are allo-immunized against the donor (patients who have made an immune response already against the donor's HLA type), there will be a desensitization process. This will be outpatient therapy and will include therapy with bortezomib on the 1st, 4th, 8th and 11th day of a 21 day cycle. This will be repeated for a second cycle, for a total of 8 doses of bortezomib over a 6 week period. In addition, they will receive rituximab on the 1st and 8th day of each cycle. These therapies are designed to decrease the subject's chance of rejecting the transplant, as it is known that patients with sickle cell anemia are likely to be heavily immunized against donors. For patients who have high levels of antibodies against the donors, a plasmapheresis procedure will be performed prior to admission as well. All patients will undergo red cell exchange prior to admission.
During the transplant admission, subjects will receive a "Two Step" chemotherapy and transplant regimen. The chemotherapy "first step" will be with fludarabine and cytarabine and a low dose of total body irradiation. This will be followed by the "first step" of the transplant graft - the donor lymphocytes. The "second step" of the chemotherapy will be two doses of cyclophosphamide. This will then be followed by the "second step" of the transplant graft - the stem cells.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|2 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Reduced Intensity Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Sickle Cell Anemia From HLA Matched or Partially-Matched Related Donors
|Study Start Date :
|September 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|August 2011
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|August 2011
Experimental: HSCT
Subjects receive the preparative regimen in 2 steps. The "first step" will be with fludarabine and cytarabine and a low dose of total body irradiation. This will be followed by the "first step" of the transplant graft - the donor lymphocytes. The "second step" of the chemotherapy will be two doses of cyclophosphamide. This will then be followed by the "second step" of the transplant graft - the stem cells.
Only subjects with prior alloimmunization against donor will receive desensitization. Subjects who demonstrate alloimmunization against the HLA of the donor will receive bortezomib and rituximab in combination with plasmapheresis prior to the admission for transplant.
Drug: Fludarabine
Subjects will receive fludarabine at a dose of 30 mg/m2 daily for 4 days as part of the preparative regimen
Other Name: Fludara
Drug: Cytarabine
Subjects will receive cytarabine at a dose of 2 g/m2 daily for 4 days, approximately 4 hours after the fludarabine
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Device: Cellular Infusions
Subjects will receive the cellular product in 2 steps. The first is a lymphocyte infusion of 2 X 10e8 lymphocytes/kg on the day they receive total body irradiation. The second is a CD34 enriched stem cell product approximately 48 hours after the cyclophosphamide.
The CliniMACS® Plus Instrument will be used for the selection of human CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in human allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
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Radiation: Total Body Irradiation
All subjects will receive 200cGy TBI in a single fraction on the AM they receive the lymphocyte infusion
Other Name: TBI
Drug: Cyclophosphamide
All subjects will receive cyclophosphamide at a dose of 60 mg/kg at approximately 72 and 96 hours after the lymphocyte infusion
Other Name: Cytoxan
Drug: Bortezomib
Subjects will receive bortezomib 1.3 mg/kg on Day 1,4,8, and 11 of a 21 day cycle. This will be repeated for 2 cycles.
Other Name: Velcade
Drug: Rituximab
Subjects will receive rituximab 375 mg/m2 on day 1 and day 8 of a 21 day cycle, on days they will also be receiving rituximab. This will be repeated for 2 cycles.
Other Name: Rituxan
Procedure: Plasmapheresis
Subjects who continue to have detectable anti-donor antibody will receive plasmapheresis to reduce the antibody further
Other Name: Plasma exchange
- Stable Engraftment [ Time Frame: 180 days post-infusion ]To determine if the reduced intensity preparative regimen of fludarabine, cytarabine, cyclophosphamide and low-dose total body irradiation will generate stable engraftment with donor hematopoietic stem cells in at least 80% of patients with severe sickle cell anemia.
- Organ Toxicity [ Time Frame: 30 days post infusion ]To assess organ toxicity related to fludarabine, cytarabine, cyclophosphamide and low-dose total body irradiation in a population with severe sickle cell anemia.
- Overall Survival [ Time Frame: 6 months post infusion ]To determine the overall survival at 6 months post-transplant in patients receiving a matched or partially-matched related donor transplant after reduced-intensity conditioning.
- Acute Graft Versus Host Disease [ Time Frame: 100 days post infusion ]To describe the incidence and severity of acute and chronic GVHD following this reduced intensity transplant from partially matched related donors using a combination of cyclophosphamide, tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) as GVHD prophylaxis.
- Correction of Hemoglobinopathy [ Time Frame: 100 days post infusion through 5 years post infusion ]To evaluate the extent of correction of hemoglobinopathy following this reduced intensity transplant.
- Immune Recovery [ Time Frame: 100 days post infusion through 5 years post infusion ]To assess the pace of lymphoid recovery and associated risk for opportunistic infections and relapse (return to recipient erythropoiesis) in this patient population.
- Quality of Life [ Time Frame: Through 5 years post infusion ]To describe the quality of life and functional status following transplantation.
- Cytokine Profile [ Time Frame: Through 5 years after infusion ]To characterize the profiles of cytokines released following administration of the lymphoid portion of the transplant (donor lymphocyte infusion [DLI]).
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 to 45 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Patient Selection:
i) Patients with sickle cell disease (sickle cell anemia, sickle cell-hemoglobin C disease, or sickle cell-β0-thalassemia) confirmed by hemoglobin electrophoresis.
ii) Patients should have one or more of the following:
- History of acute chest syndrome requiring recurrent hospitalization or exchange transfusion (Acute chest syndrome is defined as pulmonary infiltrate involving at least one complete lung segment, consistent with alveolar consolidation but not atelectasis, accompanied by chest pain, fever, cough, tachypnea or wheezing)
- History of nonhemorrhagic stroke or central nervous system event lasting longer than 24 hours
- Recurrent vaso-occlusive pain (≥5 episodes during the past two years) or recurrent priapism requiring hospitalization or visits to the emergency room or sickle cell day unit
- Sickle nephropathy (moderate or severe proteinuria or a glomerular filtration rate 30-50% of normal predicted value) with progression on ACE inhibitor therapy iii) Patient must have failed therapy with hydroxyurea, as HU as evidenced by at least 6 months of maximum HU dosage for sickle cell disease, i.e. dose escalation to a level which caused some minimal hematologic toxicity in terms of CBC values. Failure to respond must also be documented by no significant increase in subjects HbF levels at this maximally tolerated dosage.AND development/ persistence of items listed in (ii) Patients who are deemed not eligible for hydroxyurea by the primary hematologist will be considered eligible without having failed hydroxyurea. Non-eligibility for hydroxyurea therapy is based on:
(1) the diagnoses of SC disease and sickle cell-β0-thalassemia in which no clear evidence supports the use of hydroxyurea therapy and thus treatment with hydroxyurea is not considered the standard of care in these entities (2) the presence of high hemoglobin F levels in patients with sickle cell anemia and documented Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin (HPFH) in which hydroxyurea is not considered the standard of care (3) severe adverse reactions to hydroxyurea in patients with sickle cell anemia based on, but not limited to, count suppression, GI intolerance, and dermatomyositis Patient unwillingness to be compliant with hydroxyurea therapy is not an acceptable reason for non-eligibility iv) Patients must have an acceptable related donor
- who is matched at the HLA-A;B; C; DR loci (8 of 8 match) or mismatched for at most one locus (7 of 8 match) (well matched related donor
- who is mismatched at 2-4 alleles (haplo-identical) v) Patient age greater than 18 - 45 years vi) ECOG performance status 0-2/ Karnofsky 70-100% vii) Written informed consent obtained from the patient. viii) Transaminases <3X ULN; patients with transaminases greater than the ULN but less than 3XULN will be evaluated by the hepatology service and will undergo further imaging and biopsy as deemed necessary by hepatology. They will not be considered eligible unless cleared by hepatology.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patient Selection:
i) Pregnancy/ unwillingness to use adequate contraception during study period ii) Liver disease including
- Acute hepatitis (transaminases >3x normal value)
- Chronic hepatitis C
- Chronic hepatitis B or history of exposure to hepatitis B iii) Cardiac ejection fraction < 50% iv) Pulmonary hypertension - as evidenced by findings on resting echocardiogram of pulmonary artery systolic pressure ≥ 40 mmHg or any evidence of right ventricular dysfunction (hypokinesis or RV dilation) v) Severe renal impairment (GFR <30% of predicted normal value) vi) Severe residual functional neurologic impairment (other than hemiplegia alone) vii) DLCO ≤50 viii) Any evidence of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus ix) Psychiatric disorder that would preclude patients from signing an informed consent x) Severe neuro-cognitive or executive function making informed consent possible
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): NCT01350232
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Thomas Jefferson University
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107
|Principal Investigator:
|Joanne Filicko-O'Hara, MD
|Thomas Jefferson University
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01350232 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
1-RC2HL101496-0 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute )
|First Posted:
|May 9, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|November 20, 2014
|Last Update Posted:
|November 29, 2016
|Last Verified:
|October 2016
Keywords provided by Thomas Jefferson University ( Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University ):
sickle cell
SS disease
SC disease
bone marrow transplant
stem cell transplant
matched sibling
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Hemoglobin C Disease
Hemoglobin SC Disease
Hematologic Diseases
Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital
Anemia, Hemolytic
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Fludarabine phosphate
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antirheumatic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Myeloablative Agonists
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Antiviral Agents
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Here at FORBES, we've been tracking Donald Trump's wealth since the inaugural Forbes 400 rich list in 1982. Today, we value him at $2.7 billion, although he claims he's worth far more. One question we're often asked when talk turns to Trump's fortune: how can a man who has been bankrupt so many times remain a multi-billionaire? How is he worth more now, post-bankruptcies? We spoke to bankruptcy lawyers and casino industry experts — some of whom have had firsthand involvement in Chapter 11 cases connected to Trump — in an attempt to explain how he has survived corporate bankruptcies and thrived in the aftermath.
1. It's nothing personal…
First things first: Donald Trump has filed for corporate bankruptcy four times, in 1991, 1992, 2004 and 2009. All of these bankruptcies were connected to over-leveraged casino and hotel properties in Atlantic City, all of which are now operated under the banner of Trump Entertainment Resorts. He has never filed for personal bankruptcy — an important distinction when considering his ability to emerge relatively unscathed, at least financially.
"Corporations, limited partnerships, and LLCs in which he had an ownership interest or companies that had his name attached have filed for bankruptcy," said Michael Viscount of Atlantic City law firm Fox Rothschild LLP, who represented unsecured creditors when Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, as it was then called, filed for Chapter 11 protection in 2004. "Therein lies the big distinction."
(See: Trump Exaggerating His Net Worth (By 100%) In Presidential Bid)
He did take a personal hit the first time around: he'd financed the construction of the Trump Taj Mahal with junk bonds and was unable to pay the high interest. His business was in the red, and so was he, to the tune of about $900 million in personal debt. By the mid-90s, he'd reduced most of that debt, selling his Trump Princess yacht, his Trump Shuttle airline, and his stake in a handful of other businesses. More importantly, he stopped guaranteeing debt with his own wealth. "The first bankruptcy was the only time his personal fortune was at stake," said Ted Connolly, a Boston bankruptcy lawyer who used Trump as model for getting out of debt in his book The Road Out Of Debt: Bankruptcy and Other Solutions to Your Financial Problems. "He learned from it. He's insulated."
2. …it's just business.
Trump has never apologized for using Chapter 11 as a business tool — indeed, when he spoke to my FORBES colleague Keren Blankfeld recently, he noted that many "great entrepreneurs" have used bankruptcy to restructure debt, free up capital and improve their businesses.
"I've cut debt — by the way, this isn't me personally, it's a company," Trump said. "Basically I've used the laws of the country to my advantage and to other people's advantage just as Leon Black has, Carl Icahn, Henry Kravis has, just as many, many others on top of the business world have."
But to those uninitiated in bankruptcy laws, four instances of corporate bankruptcy in a row can seem staggering. "To the ordinary person in the street, it may seem surprising, but certainly not to me," said Reed Smith partner Michael Venditto, who has represented clients in high profile Chapter 11 cases, including bankrupt airline TWA. "Chapter 11 is how you reshape and restructure a company that has problems. It doesn't indicate anything nefarious or even bad management."
3. It's better than the alternative.
More important, said Venditto, are the repercussions Chapter 11 might have for creditors versus, say, liquidation. "You can have a visceral reaction to the fact that this company has gone through Chapter 11 multiple times, but the bondholders look at it and the alternatives are much, much worse. What is an empty casino sitting on the Atlantic City boardwalk worth? If it's operating and it's got cash flow and income, it may not be able to pay back every cent on the dollar, but the creditors are better off in the long run."
4. He's leveraged his persona.
Trump's name and image have undoubtedly helped him survive each bankruptcy and come out on top. He's able to demand a high percentage of reorganization equity based on the value his brand brings to a casino or hotel operation. So says Edward Weisfelner, a partner at New York firm Brown Rudnick who was involved in two of the three casino bankruptcies, first representing bondholders, then as counsel to Carl Icahn's firm Icahn Partners, who tried to buy most of the debt in Trump Entertainment Resorts. "The leverage he had was that his name was on the side of his casinos," said Weisfelner. "The cost of throwing him out, rebranding and changing his name everywhere would be very high. "
Added Joseph Weinert, senior vice president at Atlantic City casino consultancy Spectrum Gaming Group, who has produced research for Trump: "
The stakeholders decided they were better off with Trump's name than they were without it."
5. He has less and less interest in the bankrupt companies.
With each bankruptcy proceeding, Donald Trump's stake in the casinos and hotels in Atlantic city that bear his name has decreased. In the first Trump Taj Mahal bankruptcy, he handed over 50% equity to bondholders in return for favorable interest rates. In 2004′s Chapter 11 filing, his stake was reduced to 25%. During wranglings with bondholders immediately before the 2009 bankruptcy, Trump resigned from the board of Trump Entertainment Resorts; his equity stake is now 5%, with another 5% in warrants.
6. He's not the one to blame.
Atlantic City lawyer Viscount doesn't believe Donald Trump himself should be held accountable for any of his company's bankruptcies — his creditors, he said, knew what they were getting themselves into when they lent Trump money over and over again. "They're all big boys and girls," he said. "They've all played this game before, in the insolvency space. The company that possessed his name filed bankruptcy because it was overleveraged. What does that tell you? People want to lend him money. He does grandiose things with it."
Icahn lawyer Weisfelner doesn't place blame for these corporate bankruptcies with creditors, and questions whether Trump's companies have used Chapter 11 the way its creators intended.
"There's such a thing as good faith," he said. "The purpose of bankruptcy laws is to protect companies, their customers and employees, to give them a second chance and to treat claim holders fairly. If bankruptcy is used instead to artificially elevate your equity interests above legitimate creditor claims and avoid obligations then you could argue that's not what the laws were designed to do."
Viscount doesn't think Trump has misused the system at all. "Chapter 11, in my view, is the ultimate business transaction forum," he said. "It's the place you go to keep a business alive and well. He's done nothing inappropriate."


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PLEASE NOTE that the Tennessee State Library and Archives does not hold copies of all of the items listed in this bibliography. Please check the Tennessee State Library and Archives Online Catalog or visit the Ask Us a Question! web page to contact the Library and Archives and verify we have an item in our collection. We will respond to e-mail requests promptly; response time may vary, depending on the amount of research required to answer your question and the unique nature of your request. If you need immediate assistance you may call the reference desk at (615) 741-2764 or visit us in person.
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Biographical directory, TN General Assembly, 1796-1969 (Hancock County, Preliminary #44-A). Nashville, TSLA, 1974. 45 pp.
Farley, Gary. Social systems & economic development in a rural environment: Hancock County, TN. N.p., 1967. 1 vol.
Goodspeed's history of east TN (Hancock County, pp. 871-872, 1216-1225). Goodspeed, 1887.
Grohse, William P. Echoes from Vardy. N.p., 19--. 3 vols. (compiled from "Echoes from Vardy" column which appeared in the Morristown Citizen Tribune, 1978-1989)
Hancock County, TN & its people, 1844-1989. Sneedville, Hancock County Hist. & Gen. Soc., 1990. 229 pp. (rev. ed., 1994, 306 pp.)
Health profile: Hancock County, TN. Johnson City, ARCHA Health Systems Agency, 1986. 22 pp.
Henry, Bill. "Alex Stewart: a personal reminiscence." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 47 (1981), pp. 48-66.
Ivey, Saundra K. "Aunt Mahala Mullins in folklore, fakelore & literature." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 41 (1975), pp. 1-8.
Kolasa, Kathryn M. Foodways of selected mothers & their adult daughters in upper east TN. UT dissertation, 1974. 238 pp.
Oster, Kenneth. A comparative study of local government in a five county region: the Clinch-Powell River Valley; a resource intern report. Knoxville, TVA, 1971. 56 pp.
Price, Prestiss, ed. "Two petitions to VA of the north of Holston men, 1776, 1777." ETHSP 21 (1949), 95-110.
Soil survey, Hawkins & Hancock counties, TN. Washington, D.C., US GPO, 1979. 84 pp.
TN Dept. Transportation [county maps] issued periodically.
TN Valley Authority. Educational resources & needs in Hancock County, TN. Knoxville, TVA, 1965. 22 pp.
Thomas, Gregory A. A plan for low-income housing as an amelioratory measure against persistent rural poverty in Hancock County, TN. UT thesis, 1987. 165 pp.
Trent, Emma D. East TN's lore of yesteryear. Whitesburg, the author, 1987. 621 pp.
Trent, Emma D. Faces, places & things of early east TN: a sequel to East TN's lore of yesteryear. Whitesburg, the author, 1989. 421 pp.
US Geol. Survey [topographic maps] issued periodically. Quadrangles: Coleman Gap, Back Valley, Sneedville, Kyles Ford, Looney's Gap, Plum Grove, Howard Quarter, Swan Island, Lee Valley, Pressmens Home.
Wagner, Deborah. K. A case study of the impact of public investment expenditures in Hancock County, TN. UT thesis, 1979. 57 pp.
Woodside, Jane H. "From farm to festival: crafts in the Clinch River Valley." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 53 (1987), pp. 118-129.
Allen, Lee A. "Introduction to Melungeon bibliography." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 55 (1991), pp. 122-157.
Aswell, James R., et al. God bless the devil: liar's bench tales. Chapel Hill, UNC Press, 1940. 254 pp.
Ball, Bonnie S. The Melungeons: notes on the origin of a race. (rev. ed.) Johnson City, Overmountain Press, 1992. 114 pp.
Ball, Bonnie S. The Melungeons: their origin & kin. Haysie, VA, n.p., 1969. 71 pp.
Ball, Donald B. A bibliography of TN anthropology, including Cherokee, Chickasaw, & Melungeon studies. Knoxville, TN Anthrop. Assn., 1976. 56 pp.
Barr, Phyllis C. The Melungeons of Newman's Ridge. ETSU thesis, 1965. 40 pp.
Bible, Jean P. Melungeons yesterday & today. Rogersville, East TN Print. Co., 1975. 125 pp.
Burks, Jacqueline D. The treatment of the Melungeon in general literature & belletristic works. TTU thesis, 1972. 112 pp.
Cavender, Anthony P. "The Melungeons of upper east TN: persisting social identity." TN Anthrop. 6 (1981), pp. 27-36.
Davis, Louise. "The mystery of the Melungeons." TN Valley Hist. Rev. 1 (1972), pp. 22-29. (reprinted from Nashville Tennessean Magazine Sept. 22 & Sept. 29, 1963)
Dromgoole, Will A. "The Melungeon tree & its four branches." The Arena 3 (1891), pp. 745-751.
Dromgoole, Will A. "The Melungeons." The Arena 3 (1891), pp. 470-479.
Elder, Pat Spurlock. Melungeons: Examining An Appalachian Legend. Continuity Press, 1999. 390+ pp.
Hale, Will T. "The Melungeons of east TN." (In A history of Tennessee & Tennesseans, v. 1, pp. 179-186, Chicago, IL, Louis Pub. Co., 1913.)
Haun, Mildred. The hawk's done gone, & other stories. Indianapolis, IN, Bobbs-Merrill, 1940. 356 pp. (fiction)
Isaac, Norm. From Newman Ridge, TN, to southeastern KY highlands: trail of the Portuguese, Indian & English mixed clans. Richmond, IN, the author, 1983. 103 pp.
Ivey, Saundra K. Oral, printed & popular culture traditions related to the Melungeons of Hancock County, TN. Indiana U. dissertation, 1976. 529 pp.
Kennedy, N. Brent & Robyn V. Kennedy. The Melungeons: the resurrection of a proud people: an untold story of ethnic cleansing in America. Macon, GA, Mercer U. Press, 1994. 156 pp.
Price, Edward T. "The Melungeons: a mixed-blood strain of the southern Appalachians." Geog. Rev. 41 (1951), pp. 256-271.
Price, Henry. Melungeons, the vanishing colony of Newman's Ridge. Sneedville, Hancock County Drama Assn., 1971. 26 pp.
Shepherd, Lewis. "Romantic account of the celebrated 'Melungeon case.'" Watson's Mag. 17 (1913), pp. 34-40.
Sovine, Melanie L. The mysterious Melungeons: a critique of the mythical image. U. KY dissertation, 1982. 239 pp.
Stuart, Jesse. Daughters of the legend. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1965. 249 pp. (novel of Melungeon life)
Studies in folklore & ethnicity. Edited by Larry Danielson. Los Angeles, CA, CA Folklore Soc., 1978. 108 pp. (special issue of Western Folklore 36, 1977)
Werner, Diana. The Melungeons: an interstitial racial category of the southern Appalachians. U. GA thesis, 1973. 98 pp.
Worden, William L. "Sons of the legend." Sat. Evening Post 220 (1947), pp. 28- 29, 128, 130, 133.


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2008: Appeared in eight games off the bench... Season cut short by injury... Recipient of the Jack Marshall Award and the Bob "Doc" Holliday Award... The Marshall Award is presented by the Yale Soccer Association to the member of the team who demonstrates the qualities of team spirit, loyalty to his fellow players and dedication to the game... The Holliday "Unsung Hero" Award is given to the squad member who regardless of playing opportunity or personal recognition consistently demonstrated a selfless commitment, a positive attitude and contributed to team spirit in ways that improved the well-being of the Yale soccer program. 2007: Tied for second on the team in goals despite being limited to only 11 games because of injury... Scored twice in Yale's 3-1 victory over UW-Milwaukee at the Dartmouth Classic... ESPN The Magazine-CoSIDA All-Academic District I second team selection. 2006: One of only three returning players to appear in all 17 games... Started 12 games 2005: Named honorable mention All-Ivy... Started 15 games in the midfield... Tied for fourth on the team in goals... Both of his goals were Yale's only goal in 1-1 ties... The first came in his first career game against Providence... Against Penn, his goal in the 66th minute tied the score in a key Ivy League game. Before Yale: NSCAA All-America selection and named the Wisconsin Player of the Year as a senior at Middleton High School... Captained Middleton to the state championship... Earned NSCAA Academic All-America honors... Finished with eight goals and 17 assists for 33 points for Middleton, which went unbeaten in its final 18 games to finish 22-3-1 overall... A member of the Olympic Development Program regional team and played club soccer for FC Milwaukee.