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BAY43-9006 - Phase II in Advanced Breast Cancer
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00101400
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 11, 2005
Results First Posted : June 23, 2009
Last Update Posted : December 13, 2013
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|Condition or disease
|Breast Neoplasms Breast Cancer
|Drug: Sorafenib (Nexavar, BAY43-9006)
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|54 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Multicenter Uncontrolled Trial of BAY43-9006 in Subjects With Metastatic Breast Cancer.
|Study Start Date :
|February 2004
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2006
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2008
Experimental: Sorafenib (Nexavar, BAY43-9006)
Sorafenib 400 mg administered twice daily (b.i.d.)
Drug: Sorafenib (Nexavar, BAY43-9006)
Sorafenib 400 mg administered twice daily (b.i.d.)
- Number of Subjects With Response (Complete or Partial) [ Time Frame: Until 30 days after termination of active therapy ]Number of subjects with metastatic breast cancer treated with single agent BAY43-9006 who had best overall response assessed as complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) as per Modified World Health Organization (WHO) Tumor Response Criteria.
- Time to Progression [ Time Frame: Until progression occurs ]Time from start of treatment until progression was first documented.
- Time to Objective Response [ Time Frame: Until objective response occurs ]Defined only for subjects achieving objective tumor response from start of treatment to the date when confirmed PR or CR was first documented according to the Modified WHO Tumor Response Criteria.
- Overall Response Duration [ Time Frame: Time from PR or CR to progression ]Overall response duration was defined only for subjects achieving confirmed objective response (PR or CR). It was measured from start of treatment to the date when progressive disease was first objectively documented.
- Survival Time [ Time Frame: Start of treatment to death ]After the end of treatment visit (30 days after the last dose), the subjects were monitored every 3 months for survival (visits/phone calls).
- Number of Subjects With Stable Disease up to Cycle 4 [ Time Frame: Until 30 days after termination of active therapy ]Number of subjects who had not responded to treatment but had stable disease up to cycle 4.
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, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age > 18 years
- Women with prior histologically documented diagnosis of breast cancer
- Subjects with metastatic disease who have already received and failed at least one chemotherapy regimen for metastatic disease and, if ER/PgR +ve, have failed on at least adjuvant hormonal therapy
- Subjects for whom trastuzumab treatment is not indicated, no longer effective or refused by the subjects
- Four weeks since the last cytotoxic chemotherapy or clear evidence of progression on hormonal therapy
- Subjects who have at least one measurable lesion by CT (Computed Tomography) scan or MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) according to modified WHO Tumour Response Criteria
- Subjects who have an Eastern Co-operative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1 or 2
Adequate bone marrow, liver and renal function as assessed by the following laboratory evaluations:
- Hemoglobin > 9.0 g/dl
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1,500/mm3
- Platelet count = 100,000/µl
- Total bilirubin =1.5 x the upper limit of normal.
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) = 2.5 x upper limit of normal (=5 x upper limit of normal for subjects with liver involvement of their cancer)
- Amylase and lipase = 1.5 x the upper limit of normal
- Serum creatinine = 3.0 x the upper limit of normal
- Prothrombin Time (PT) or International Normalized Ratio (INR) and Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) < 1.5 x upper limit of normal (subjects who receive anti-coagulation treatment with an agent such as warfarin or heparin will be allowed to participate provided that no evidence of underlying abnormality in these parameters exists)
- Subjects who give written informed consent prior to any study specific screening procedures with the understanding that the subject has the right to withdraw from the study at any time, without prejudice
- Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
- Signed informed consent must be obtained prior to any study specific procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous malignancy (except for cervical carcinoma in situ, adequately treated basal cell carcinoma, or superficial bladder tumours [Ta, Tis and T1] or other malignancies curatively treated > 2 years prior to entry)
- Congestive heart failure > New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II
- Cardiac arrhythmia requiring anti-arrhythmic (excluding beta blockers or digoxin)
- Active coronary artery disease or ischaemia
- Active clinically serious bacterial or fungal infections (> grade 2 National Cancer Institute - Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE), Version 3)
- Known History of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection or chronic hepatitis B or C
- Metastatic brain or meningeal tumors unless the subject is > 6 months from definitive therapy, has a negative imaging study within 4 weeks of study entry and is clinically stable with respect to the tumor at the time of study entry. Also the patient must not be undergoing acute steroid therapy or taper (chronic steroid therapy is acceptable provided that the dose is stable for 1 month prior to and following screening radiographic study)
- Subjects with seizure disorders requiring medication (such as steroid or anti-epileptics)
- History of organ allograft
- Substance abuse, medical, psychological or social conditions that may interfere with the subject's participation in the study or evaluation of the study results
- Known or suspected allergy to the investigational agent
- Any condition that is unstable or which could jeopardize the safety of the subject and his/her compliance in the study. Pregnant or breast-feeding subjects. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test performed within seven days prior to the start of study drug. Women enrolled in this trial must use adequate barrier birth control measures during the course of the trial.
Excluded therapies include:
- Anti-cancer chemotherapy, hormonal therapy or immunotherapy during the study or within 4 weeks of study entry. Mytomicin or nitroureas should not be given within 6 weeks of study entry
- Significant surgery within 4 weeks prior to the start of study drug
- Any bone marrow transplant or stem cell rescue within 4 months of the start of study drug
- Radiotherapy during the study or within 3 weeks of the start of drug
- Use of biologic response modifiers, such as Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF), within 3 weeks of study entry
- Investigational drug therapy outside of this trial during or within 30 days prior to start of the study drug
- Concomitant treatment with ketoconazole, itraconazole, ritonavir, or use of grapefruit juice
- Prior use of Raf-Kinase Inhibitors (RKI), Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) or farnesyl transferase inhibitors
- Concomitant treatment or use of St. John's Wort
- Prior use of bevacizumab and all other drugs that target Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)/VEGF receptors
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): NCT00101400
|Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 70199
|München, Bayern, Germany, 80637
|Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, 60590
|Bologna, Italy, 40138
|Milano, Italy, 20133
|Milano, Italy, 20162
|Parma, Italy, 43100
|Study Director:
|Bayer Study Director
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|NCT00101400 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|January 11, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|June 23, 2009
|Last Update Posted:
|December 13, 2013
|Last Verified:
|November 2013
Keywords provided by Bayer:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Vitamin B Complex
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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Article: Telling the Steve Gleason story
I've been tracking Gleason, the former Saints special-teams ace, diagnosed with ALS last January, for a story that will run on NBC's Super Bowl pregame show Sunday. My last trip to New Orleans was Wednesday. It's been a memorable few visits with Gleason and his wife, Michel, and their son, Rivers, particularly seeing how noble and human Gleason is handling the ultimate punch in the gut: how every muscle in his body is slowly but surely breaking down and failing him.
I won't tell the story here; it'll run later in the pregame show. But when I started reporting it in the fall, Gleason, 34, was insistent that it not be a sob story about an athlete whose athleticism is being robbed. "I don't feel sorry for myself, and I don't want anyone else to,'' he told me in November. "All I want is to be able to help some ALS patients, show them they don't have to give up when they're diagnosed.''
I agreed. I said we at NBC would tell his complete story, with an eye on what he hopes to accomplish for ALS patients. Which I think we've done. You can judge when you see the story Sunday.
But something happened on the way to doing the story. Michel, his wife, is tremendously real and emotional. Steve is valiant and well-spoken. ALS is eating away at Gleason's legs and torso; he is now using a walker. It's impossible to experience the Gleason story and not be touched, and not get choked up. Impossible, unless you're a totally unfeeling person. And so last week, when I was in New Orleans, I spoke with Steve and Michel about the story. I didn't want to blindside them, because there is some sadness and some inspiration and a few tears in the piece. "It has to be this way,'' I told them. "You can't tell this story antiseptically, or any ALS patient and family members who watch it will say, 'That's not real. That's a bunch of BS. That's not my life.' '' They agreed. I didn't tell them that to seek their approval. I told them because this is the way it had to be to be real.
I am a TV story neophyte. The heavy lifting here was done by producer Phil Parrish and his dogged production assistant, Paige Westin. I think we've all gained respect for what ALS patients go through every day to live lives something close to normal and dignified. The thing I have appreciated most is seeing the feeling and the love Michel's family, the Variscos, have for Steve, this newest member of the family from the Pacific Northwest. The other day, Michel drove me to the vacant lot catty-corner from the Varisco home, where Michel's grandfather lived until flooding from Hurricane Katrina ruined his home. Now Michel and Steve have the blueprints for a home there, and they hope to build it and be in it by late this year.
"It's cool,'' Michel said. "It's like recycling. It's going to be great to have my family so close by, because let's face it, I'll need them.''
With a baby, and with a husband who needs more care as each day passes, she'll need the help.
"This family is my support system,'' said Gleason. "The support system is my force shield. It's harder for the desperation, the anxiety, the depression, to creep in.''
Hope you enjoy the story. I'll tweet a little more about it as we get closer to Sunday.
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another terrible performance by Oliver Perez.
Maybe he can go march with all his brothers and sisters because he's about to become a farm picker.
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Bowser wrote:Draftnik - I watched two innings of baseball today... that's it. I have only watched one full Pirates game and that was Snell's performance on Friday.
I won't go to a game until later this summer, I want my son to learn the smell of the game while he's young. Hopefully in 18 years, MLB will get its act straight.
ESPN is a joke.
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Friday, March 15, 2013
COMMITMENT TO CARE: Lee Schwamm, MD, executive chair of Neurology (l) and Michael R. Jaff, DO, chair of the Institute for Heart, Vascular and Stroke Care discuss a patient a patient's care plan.
The MGH has received a top honor from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) for its commitment to improving its quality of care to stroke patients. The "2013 Stroke Collaborative Reaching for Excellence (SCORE) Defect-Free Care Award" recognizes the MGH for providing defect-free care to more than 80 percent of patients admitted with stroke over the course of a year.
"We are thrilled that the MGH has been ranked first among all 17 large volume hospitals in Massachusetts," says Lee Schwamm, MD, executive chair of Neurology and member of the Institute for Heart, Vascular and Stroke Care's directors' committee. "This recognition is a true testament to our ongoing commitment to improving stroke care and also serves to demonstrate the Institute's focus on advanced, integrated and patient-focused care."
The MGH treated 516 out of 541 patients, or 95.4 percent, with all therapies for which they were eligible, as part of the SCORE's voluntary stroke registry and quality improvement initiative that reviews data from 57 hospitals statewide. To be considered "defect-free care," patients must receive all 10 medical management options for which they are eligible – including antithrombotic treatments, anticoagulation therapy, statin medications, education materials and counseling. The award recognizes care provided at the MGH from October 2011 through September 2012.
"We are committed to providing highly coordinated care for each and every patient, each and every day – and this wonderful achievement shows that we are doing just that for the 1,000 stroke patients we see on an annual basis," says Michael R. Jaff, DO, chair of the Institute and medical director of the Vascular Center. "We will remain dedicated to continuing our mission of advancing stroke care on a local, national and international level."
The MGH was a founding member of the SCORE program, which was formed in 2005 as a partnership among the DPH, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Paul Coverdell National Stroke Registry, and the American Heart/Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines Stroke program.
The MGH will be presented with the SCORE defect-free care award during the DPH's Celebration of Success and Award Ceremony on June 19.
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Go to MY UW Student Center, click on COURSE ENROLLMENT, then TERM
INFORMATION, then click on "Course Change
Request", select Fall 2008, find the course, put a check
by it, enter in the credit change, SAVE, print it out and get a
signature from the instructor/supervisor (as proof they agree to the
credit change) Bring the form to Jane Ford Bennett in Rm. 5106 or
place it in her mailbox. Jane will go into the computer system and
"approve" the credit change.
Note: Please try to do credit changes before the end of December 2008.
Submitted by Jane Ford Bennett, Senior Grade Reporter on November 14, 2008
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Conservative Republican state Rep. Don Pridemore has registered to run for state superintendent of schools.
Pridemore says in a statement that the filing doesn't mean he will definitely enter the race, but he will make a decision soon.
Pridemore is required to submit the required signatures to get on the ballot by Jan. 2.
Incumbent Department of Public Instruction Secretary Tony Evers is the only other candidate in the race.
Pridemore says in his statement that the status quo is not working on "it's time for a fresh set of ideas."
Evers did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
Pridemore was first elected to the Assembly in 2004. He was unopposed when he was re-elected to a two-year term in November.


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An 11,000-square-foot, flex-space warehouse at 5065 Covington Way has sold to a Pennsylvania limited partnership for $550,000. Rodino LP bought the property from CP Perimeter Point LLC, with the deal closing last week. The warehouse sits on 1.07 acres at the southeast corner of Covington Way and Covington Pike. The Shelby County Assessor's 2007 appraisal was $306,500. CP Perimeter Point bought the property and an adjacent building at 5055 Covington Way in June 2006 for $500,000. The buying company shares an address in King of Prussia, Pa., with Maaco Enterprises Inc., an auto painting and auto body repair chain with one Memphis location at 5653 Mt. Moriah Road. A Maaco spokesman said she had no knowledge of a new location on Covington Way and that if something is in the works, it's in the very early stages.
Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. - a division of Frankfurt, Germany-based Deutsche Bank AG - was Shelby County's top residential home seller for January in terms of dollar amount, according to the latest data from real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com. Deutsche Bank sold 62 homes in the month - a 29.2 percent rise from the 48 it sold in January 2007 - for a total of $4.3 million. Its average sales amount was $70,122. The increase occurred because the organization acted as the trustee for numerous securitization trusts and, in some cases, as custodians for mortgage documents, said Deutsche Bank spokesman John Gallagher. The company's large number of sales stemmed primarily from Shelby County's rise in foreclosures during the past year, a growing trend in the latter half of 2007. There were 529 residential sales for the month averaging $163,852 and totaling $86.7 million, an increase from the 350 totaling $41.5 million in January 2007. Deutsche Bank was followed in dollar amount by U.S. Bank NA with 50 sales totaling $3.9 million; Housing and Urban Development with 67 sales totaling $3.4 million; Kevin and Sharon Kimery with one sale totaling $2.1 million; and Chamberlain & McCreery Inc. with eight sales totaling $2 million. HUD's 67 sales led the county for the month, followed by Deutsche Bank's 62, U.S. Bank's 50, Wells Fargo NA with 35 and Bank of New York Trust Co. with 26. On the commercial side, the trend was numerous companies selling at least one property - but not much more than that. Of the 99 entities that made a sale, only five sold more than one. The top commercial seller in terms of dollar amount was Fair Oak LLC, which notched two sales totaling $17.7 million. The company recently sold Poplar Place Townhomes and Collier Village apartments. Ty Investments LLC had the highest number of sales with three totaling $1.1 million. All told, there were 105 commercial sales in January averaging $1.3 million and totaling $137.4 million.
Contract talks between the city of Memphis and the Memphis Police Association began this month without the president of the police union. In light of that, the MPA and its president, Lt. Gene Hulley, filed a complaint this week in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, according to The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com. The suit was filed over the continuing dispute with Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin and the city of Memphis. Hulley and the union are seeking compensatory and punitive damages and a temporary injunction allowing Hulley to participate in the contract talks. Hulley was elected president of the union in November, marking the third time in the MPA's 35-year history that a lieutenant has served in the post. But Godwin announced in December that he had not given nor had Hulley sought permission to serve in the post. Godwin said in a December information bulletin that "members of management will not hold an elected office" with the union because those ranked lieutenant and higher "are not covered by this agreement." Godwin also pointed out that the two other union presidents who wore silver bars had sought and been granted permission from previous police directors before they were elected union leaders. Hulley took office as leader of the union in January despite Godwin's ultimatum to take a demotion to sergeant or give up the union post. According to the lawsuit filed Monday, Hulley showed up for a working lunch with city leaders in February designed to set the stage for upcoming labor negotiations with the MPA and other unions representing city employees. At the luncheon, he was ordered to leave by Deputy Chief Jim Tusant. Police contract negotiations opened last week and Hulley attended as an observer. But the city took the position that Hulley couldn't meet with the union's negotiating team when it caucused in private "and he could not have any involvement in the negotiation process." Hulley and the union claim the city's actions have violated their Constitutional rights to free speech and assembly and the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. No date has been set for a hearing on the request for a temporary injunction.
Three first-run foreclosure notices for properties owned by Patricia M. Alexander appear beginning on Page 38 of today's Daily News. She is the wife of Charles Alexander, who has seen more than 25 foreclosure notices filed on his properties in the past two weeks. The properties facing foreclosure are 3009 Crystal Ave., 524 E. Olive Ave. and 1006 Oakview St. All three properties were mortgaged on Sept. 27, 2001. Washington Mutual Bank is the owner and holder of the debts. The Oakview Street and East Olive Avenue locations are slated for foreclosure sale March 20 at noon at the southwest Adams Avenue entrance of the Shelby County Courthouse. The Crystal Avenue property is scheduled for sale March 27 at the same location. For more information on the Alexanders and previous foreclosure notices filed against them, visit www.memphisdailynews.com.
Christ Community Health Services (CCHS) has received a community enhancement grant for $16,300 for its Frayser Health Center. The grant will help provide new equipment and supplies that will be used for women's health. A new Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure instrument, which diagnoses and removes abnormal tissue from the cervix, will be bought using the grant money. CCHS was founded in 1995 as a nonprofit, Christian-based organization focusing on the fulfillment of the emotional, physical and spiritual needs of underprivileged, medically underserved populations of Memphis.
The Supreme Court decided Wednesday that employees who claim job discrimination should not suffer because of mistakes made by the federal agency charged with investigating their allegations. The 7-2 ruling allows an age discrimination lawsuit to proceed against Memphis-based FedEx Corp. The majority opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy is critical of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which failed to notify FedEx that 14 employees had filed a complaint. Companies must be told about complaints before discrimination lawsuits can be filed. As a result of the EEOC's failure to notify, the two sides lost the benefit to engage in an informal dispute resolution process. The lower court that will now hear the case "can attempt to remedy this deficiency" by allowing for conciliation and possible settlement, Kennedy wrote. In dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas said the majority of the court is effectively absolving the EEOC of its obligation to administer the law correctly. Thomas, who led the EEOC in the 1980s, was joined by Justice Antonin Scalia. The EEOC has acknowledged it erred in this case, and others, and has said it has tightened its procedures to avoid similar mistakes in the future. Federal law requires plaintiffs to file a complaint with the EEOC and wait 60 days before they sue an employer. The law is intended to give the EEOC the opportunity to notify the company accused of discrimination, investigate the charges and seek to resolve them before a suit is filed. The FedEx employees said FedEx courier Patricia Kennedy filed a form with the EEOC in December 2001 that included the information necessary to comply with that law and that the suit she and her colleagues filed in April 2002 should be allowed to proceed. A district court dismissed the case, but the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New York City, ruled in March 2006 that the case should be allowed to proceed. The court found that the EEOC's failure to follow through on Kennedy's complaint and notify FedEx should not preclude the plaintiffs' right to sue.


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(CNN) -- Piers Morgan likes to talk the talk but how did the CNN anchor fare when he had to walk the walk and face a cricket ball coming towards him at 150 kilometers an hour?
Morgan, who likes to tweet from the lip, has been one of England's most outspoken critics over the past few weeks following the team's embarrassing capitulation against Australia in the fiercely contested Ashes series.
And from the cosy surroundings of his U.S. home, Morgan took to Twitter to criticize England's wretched batting in the first three Ashes Tests -- matches in which Australia cruised to victory.
But on Friday in Melbourne, where England are playing Australia in the fourth Test, Morgan got a taste of what the touring batsmen have had to contend with over the last few weeks, though none of them were dumped onto their backside -- unlike the CNN anchor.
Brett Lee has hit Piers Morgan three times in four balls and Morgan fell over on the other one. #TearsForPiers #Ashes— CA Digital Media (@CricketAus) December 27, 2013
Facing former Australian fast bowler Brett Lee, a man who took 310 wickets in 76 Tests, Morgan was pummeled during a six-ball blast.
With Lee not holding back, Morgan gave the appearance of a rabbit caught in the headlights as he backed away from nearly every delivery.
Watch Morgan's ordeal on YouTube
On four occasions the Englishman was hit on the body, while he was also clean bowled by Lee much to the amusement of the watching crowd of 2,000, which included Australian cricketers Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle.
My sister's verdict just in: 'It was like a form of stoning...very upsetting.' @BrettLee_58— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 27, 2013
"He got hurt but he didn't get maimed, so that's a positive step," Lee told the Sydney Morning Herald.
"You have to give full credit to the guy -- he's going to be really sore tomorrow.
"But he kept on going, so you have to take your hat off to the guy.
"The biggest smile around the ground was from Mitchell Johnson I think. I looked over at Mitch and he gave me a wink, he was quite chuffed."
"@MichaelVaughan: What are you doing @piersmorgan ??? pic.twitter.com/LPmrYM4QUZ" how funny was that— Brett Lee (@BrettLee_58) December 27, 2013
If the 48-year-old Morgan was bloodied, he remained unbowed after his bruising experience.
"It's made me reassess what you need out here on an Ashes tour and that is courage, fortitude and a Churchillian spirit of never giving in despite overwhelming odds," he said.
CNN digital writer Chris Murphy plays amateur cricket with Morgan, so what was his analysis of his teammate's performance?
"Having played cricket with Piers on numerous occasions, it's well known he has two shots: a forward defense and a heave to the leg side," said Murphy. "Sadly, he wasn't able to exhibit either.
"Charging down the wicket at someone bowling nearly 150 kph isn't brave, it's just plain stupid. But Piers deserves full marks for the guts he showed in the face of a relentless barrage from Brett Lee.
"The sight of any batsman backing away from his stumps is a sign he's troubled by the pace of the bowler, but in this case it was probably a wise idea to prevent his chin being shattered.
"A still head, straight bat and balance are the fundamentals of batting -- sadly for Piers, none of those elements were on show in Melbourne. Thankfully though, he is still alive to tell the tale."
Read: World record cricket crowd at MCG sees Australia on top
The England players who were the subject of Morgan's Twitter angst did at least return to form Friday to take control of the fourth Test at the MCG.
Their nemesis Johnson took five wickets to leave England 255 all out, but the visitors hit back to have the home side reeling on 167 for nine at stumps and facing the prospect of defeat after three earlier easy victories.
Read: Kallis set to retire from Test match cricket
In South Africa, fast bowler Dale Steyn put on a display that Lee at his best would be proud of, taking six wickets for 100 runs as India were all out for 334 in their first innings in Durban.
Retiring legend Jacques Kallis became only the second man in Test history to take 200 catches during the course of the second day.


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SHIRLEY -- Energy Advisory Committee Chairman Bryan Dumont brought a proposal before the selectmen Monday night for the first phase of a pilot solar project slated to be built on Water District land.
The contractor the committee selected to build the facility is EPG, which is one of only two companies in the state doing the specialized work required for solar, Dumont said.
The new system will provide 3 megawatts of power to Devens.
Anticipated town perks include lower municipal electricity bills and a substantial new revenue stream over the 20-year life of the contract, Dumont said.
He quoted some impressive numbers. For example, building the facility drops the town's electric rate by 40 percent and leasing the land promises to raise municipal revenue substantially over the 20-year life of the contract. With annual lease revenue of $37,604, the total comes to $752,080, Dumont said.
The EAC recommends that selectmen endorse the contract with a signed document, Dumont continued, and the Board of Assessors backs it up by the numbers, with expert input from a solar-savvy consultant hired for the purpose. EPG will come in later to officially seal the deal, he said.
A motion to accept the pilot program as presented passed unanimously.
Construction of the solar facility is expected to start in the spring.
In other business, selectmen appointed a new conservation agent, Takashi Tada, finally filling a position that's been historically hard to maintain. With just 12 hours a week on the clock, those who have taken on the job in recent years haven't stayed long.
Conservation Commission Chairman Nancy Askin said the allotted time was not sufficient for the required work.
At a previous meeting, she asked the selectmen to up the agent's hours from 12 to 19 per week, both to ensure the work gets done and that someone qualified would want the job.
The agent's job description was changed to meld with that of a secretarial position that had been empty for some time and would be phased out in the new setup, Askin told the board at the time. Most of the clerical duties a secretary once performed are not needed now that the office is computerized, she explained, with the rest rolled into the agent's duties.
Selectmen agreed to expand the position to 19 hours per week.
As it turned out, the applicant the commissioners wanted to hire as the new conservation agent changed her mind about taking the job. The advertisement went out again.
Monday night, Askin introduced Tada to the board as a "really outstanding candidate." References she checked gave him high marks as a scientist and for his "even temperament," she said. "He is qualified to do an excellent job here."
The selectmen agreed.
Chairman David Swain starred some of the items on Tada's resume, including college degrees suited to the position. Additionally, in the town of Ayer, Tada served on the Conservation Commission, Greenway Committee and the Pond and Dam Committee, Swain said.
Selectman Kendra Dumont said Tada had a "great resume" and she had no reservations about appointing him. He was hired, subject to the requisite CORI background check.


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The premise of Wolfenstein: The New Order is an alternate history where the Nazis won World War 2. Bethesda has released a new trailer showing off just how much things have changed in the game world of the 1960s, but the timing is a bit awkward with today being the 69th anniversary of D-Day.
Narrated by protagonist B.J. Blazkowicz, the video shows Nazis as the Beatles, a Nazi's "one small step" for Fascism, and a Fatman being dropped on New York City. Der Fuhrer also gets a bit of screen time. There is even some game play shown. Check it out for yourself if the coincidence of the trailer's release doesn't disturb you too much.
We got a look at the single-player-only game already, and it seems to hold true to the spirit of the series so far. It is being developed by MachineGames, made up of former Starbreeze vets. The game is scheduled to come out later this year for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
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Finance Minister P Chidambaram sought to ease concerns it was targeting double taxation treaties on Friday, saying a proposal that sparked alarm among foreign investors was clumsily worded.
Chidambaram's reassurances mark the second day in a row the minister has had to address the confusion sparked by the amendment unveiled on Thursday, which appeared to give Indian tax authorities wider latitude to target investors benefiting from double taxation agreements.
That amendment, tucked in a Finance Bill tabled with parliament, had wide market repercussion, coming a year after poorly written rules to ensnare tax evaders had sparked an outcry among foreign investors and forced the government to amend provisions and delay implementation for two years.
The proposal was part of the budget for the fiscal year starting in April, which disappointed investors with a surge in government spending and new taxes on the rich and large companies.
"It has not become law yet. It's a bill. When I read that clause again, I said it is clumsily worded," Chidambaram said in an interview with ET Now TV.
Chidambaram added the government would not question the validity of tax residency certificates (TRC) held by foreign investors who are based in countries with double taxation treaties with India.
The amendment on Thursday had said the TRC, which effectively exempts the holder from paying taxes in India, "shall be necessary but not a sufficient condition for claiming any relief" under the double taxation agreements.
Foreign investors had expressed worries that India could begin to question the validity of those certificates altogether.
Chidambaram's clarification came after the Finance Ministry
Mauritius is a popular source of foreign investments into India, accounting for around 40 percent of portfolio inflows according to some estimates.
That clause gives tax authorities the power to probe the beneficiary of the taxes under these treaties, which has long concerned foreign banks and brokerages investing in India.
These institutions buy Indian assets on behalf of their clients through subsidiaries with double tax treaties with India, meaning under Indian law, only the banks and brokerages are registered as the foreign investor, while the end investor remains outside the purview of Indian tax authorities.
The ministry said in its statement its double taxation agreement with Mauritius only required a tax residency certificate, though it added that was "pending ongoing discussions" between the two countries.
Chidambaram said until such talks were concluded, the existing treaty with Mauritius would remain unchanged.
"We are in discussions with the government of Mauritius to revise the treaty," Chidambaram told ET Now.
"And unless we have revised the treaty, I don't think we should do anything unilaterally."
Although the reassurances from the finance minister soothed some of the concerns, foreign investors called the poorly worded amendment damaging to India's appeal.
Foreign investors are integral to Indian markets, given the country needs capital flows to plug a current account deficit that hit a record high in the quarter ended in September.
(Additional reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh and Manoj Kumar in New Delhi)


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Timing was a factor in the decision to run in the April 7 Wood after the son of Tiznow cruised to a seven-length allowance win in his 2012 debut at Gulfstream Park last Friday.
Gemologist debuted a winner at Turfway Park last September and closed out his juvenile campaign with a pair of victories at Churchill Downs: an allowance optional claimer in October followed by the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes on November 26.
Pletcher said he expects to work Gemologist once before the 1 1/8-mile Wood Memorial – Sunday, April 1 at Palm Meadows – before sending him to New York on an April 4 flight.
As of Wednesday, NYRA stakes coordinator Andrew Byrnes listed the following horses as probable for the Wood: Grade 3 Gotham winner and juvenile champion Hansen; recent stakes winners The Lumber Guy and Street Life; and Tiger Walk, most recently fourth in the Gotham. Byrnes added that 2011's Grade 1 Three Chimneys Hopeful winner Currency Swap –second to Gemologist in last week's Gulfstream allowance – was also under consideration for the race, along with Gotham runner-up My Adonis and Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby winner Prospective.
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Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito has confirmed that Grade 1 winner Jackson Bend will join the all-star cast of horses headed to Aqueduct Racetrack for the Grade 1, $400,000 Carter Handicap on Wood Memorial Day, Saturday, April 7.
A modestly bred 5-year-old son of Hear No Evil, Jackson Bend boasts a resume that includes more than $1.3 million in earnings and a Grade 1 win at the seven-furlong Carter distance, earned last summer in Saratoga's Grade 1 Forego, which he won by 3 ¼ lengths.
After opening his 2012 campaign with a victory in the Grade 3, one-mile Hal's Hope at Gulfstream on January 14, Jackson Bend most recently ran third in the Grade 2, one-mile Gulfstream Park Handicap on March 10.
"He stumbled leaving the gate and was outside the entire race," Zito said. "We really can't take much from that race, but he came out of it really well. He's a terrific at seven furlongs and the Carter makes perfect sense."
The race will mark Jackson Bend's second career start at Aqueduct, having run second by 9 ¾ lengths to Eskendereya in the 2010 Wood Memorial.
The Carter is shaping up as one of the best races for older horses run this year, with entrants expected to include 2011 Preakness (G1) winner Shackleford, 2011 Foxwoods King's Bishop (G1) and Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner Caleb's Posse, Grade 1 winner Capt. Candyman Can, and five-time graded stakes winner Calibrachoa.
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New York's leading rider Ramon Dominguez might only miss two weeks of action after positive results from an MRI on Tuesday, according to his agent Steve Rushing.
"Ramon had an MRI on Tuesday, spoke to his doctor today, and they are confident that he can be back within two weeks," Rushing said.
That timeframe would get Dominguez back to the races in time to ride Hansen in the April 7 Resorts World Casino New York City Wood Memorial at Aqueduct.
On Friday evening, Dominguez will attend his first NHL game as he heads to Madison Square Garden to watch the conference-leading New York Rangers host the Buffalo Sabres. Dominguez will sit down for a television interview with analyst Al Trautwig to discuss Wood Memorial Day at Aqueduct, which will air during the second intermission on MSG2.


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Filed under: Communism, Cuba, Economy, Foreign Policy, Iran, Islam, Socialism, Terrorism | Tags: Fidel Castro's Cuba, Socialist Paradise?, The Maximum Wage
We have people out protesting about the minimum wage. They seem to think it is right and proper for the government to decide what employers should pay their employees, no matter what skills the employees may possess. Seattle has just decided on a $15 an hour minimum wage, to be reached gradually. In the socialist paradise of Cuba, they don't have a minimum wage. They have a maximum wage. Nobody gets to earn more than $20 — but that's a month, not an hour. Doctors and lawyers get an extra $10 to bring them up to $30 a month.
Fidel Castro declared that his salary was about 900 pesos per month, or $36. But Forbes magazine included the Cuban ruler in its 2006 list of the 10 richest "Kings, Queens, and Dictators." Interesting revolutionary ethics.
Now Fidel Castro's former bodyguard has written a book that says Castro' claim that he lived a life of exemplary revolutionary frugality was a pack of lies. Juan Reinaldo Sanchez, 65, served as a bodyguard for the Cuban leader for 17 years and has published a memoir that portrays Fidel as a sort of feudal lord who ran the island like a personal fiefdom.
Castro controlled about 20 luxury homes, a Caribbean island getaway with a pool and dolphins, at Cayo Piedra south of the Bay of Pigs, where he kept the 88 foot yacht Aquarama II, several fishing vessels whose catch was sold to fatten his bank account. Like most dictators, there were several numbered bank accounts, as well as the finances of several state enterprises including a small gold mine. There were a couple of other large yachts, one a floating hospital. Only special friends like the Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Márquez and CNN owner Ted Turner were invited. And there was a complex of Havana buildings and grounds, including a basketball court, a fully equipped medical center, rooftop bowling alley.
It isn't just socialist paradises, but apparently Islamic paradises as well. Saddam Hussein was well equipped with palaces and luxury. The Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, has been found to control a financial empire worth an estimated £60bn. An empire which includes businesses as wide-ranging as an ostrich farm, a birth control pill factory, oil and telecommunications.
The big-shots in charge always talk a good game about caring for the poor, and helping the middle class, serving the people, but when you lift up the covers and peek underneath, they all seem remarkably intent on enriching themselves.
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Pomona council's artistic streak
A couple of under-seen art pieces from the 1960s popped up recently in the Pomona Council Chambers. Both are by Claremont artist Betty Davenport Ford.
Up top is "Pigeons," a bronze cast of a piece that was once located on West Second Street and dated to the Pedestrian Mall days. The original was stolen from Second and Gordon streets in the 1970s. A new version was cast in 2003 at the behest of the Vehicle Parking District board but was never displayed until now. It's on a table to the right of the council dais.
At right is "Gazelle." The stone and clay work was once also displayed at Second and Gordon as part of a fountain, but I believe the fountain was taken out when Gordon was closed. "Gazelle" grazed in the City Hall lobby the past few years until its recent leap to the Council Chambers foyer, where it stands nobly under the thermostat.
A half-dozen other art pieces, from tile mosaics to cast bronze statues, remain as part of the fountains dotting East and West Second Street.


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Melbourne Central YHA
Fun, affordable, clean, central and fun - these are five characteristics you will find at Melbourne Central YHA.
This is the perfect place to stay when in Melbourne. We're part of the new generation of flashpackers and we work hard to make your stay an enjoyable one.
Our friendly and knowledgeable staff are keen to share their wisdom of this wonderful city with guests.
We're right in the centre of town with the free City Circle tram stopping in front of the hostel. We're also within walking distance of Southern Cross Station, airport shuttles, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Crown Casino, Flinders St Station and many of Melbourne's famous eateries, bars and secret laneways.
The hostel is situated in the neo-baroque Markillies Hotel which was beautifully renovated in 2009 and reopened as Melbourne Central YHA.
All our rooms are superbly resorted and include bunk beds, lockers, security card entry and heating. Rooms are not ensuite but our communal bathrooms are cleaned to a very high standard daily. All bed linen is included in the rooms and towels are for hire from the reception at a cost of $2.00.
We have a fabulous rooftop terrace with BBQ and views of the city, ready for summer. We have Wi-Fi available for purchase as well as computer terminals. We also have deals with local restaurants including Cafe 566 for breakfast.
So book with Melbourne Central YHA; you won't be disappointed.
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- 24 Hour Reception
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Bus & Train: The hostel is 1 kilometre from Southern Cross Station and the Skybus Terminal at 562 Flinders St.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Community members are encouraged to show their support of the East Lansing Soccer Complex's ongoing fourth phase of improvements at a special Inaugural Lights Game on Friday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m.
The East Lansing High School girls' varsity soccer team will take on Petoskey High School in the first game played under the Complex's newly lighted field. A post-game celebration will commence at Reno's following the event, where local rock 'n' roll band, Lost Marbles, will put on a show for Complex supporters. The live entertainment is free and open to the public.
"The Finishing Touch" Fundraising Campaign
While the East Lansing Soccer Complex's fourth phase of improvements has substantially moved along thanks to the generosity of East Lansing community members, the East Lansing Soccer Club and the City of East Lansing, funding is still very much needed to round out the project. In addition to the installation of lighting on one field, additional bleacher seating and construction of covered team benches and scorer's tables (completed last fall), the fourth phase still calls for various other improvements, including a new press box, a team shelter area/building and an admission/entry booth to the stadium area.
Since the development of the complex in 1998, the City of East Lansing has diligently worked with the community to provide continuous enhancements to the user-friendly soccer facility. Three successful community-based fundraising drives have already provided a concession/restroom building with attached pavilion, perimeter fencing, scoreboards, bleacher seating, uncovered player bench areas and concrete walkways to the complex to date. Campaign organizers and the City of East Lansing are now looking to put the "finishing touches" on the nine-year project through the fourth phase of enhancements.
Community members interested in contributing to "The Finishing Touch" fundraising campaign are welcome to contact fundraising coordinator Amy Uecker at (517) 351-4621.


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The Root of the Matter : Philadelphia hip-hop duo the Roots talk race and justice on 2008's 'Rising Down.'
Not Dead Yet
The year's best hip-hop albums
By Gabe Meline
There's a running theory among my friends that just like the Olympics, the election and the leap year, hip-hop's quality control comes and goes in a four-year cycle. The years 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 each brought a rush of classic albums, and despite repeated announcements to the contrary, hip-hop is far from dead in 2008; as in quadracycles of years past, it's been a banner year. Here are the top albums worth buying for your head-nodding loved ones this holiday season.
For just about any hip-hop fan, The Roots' Rising Down stands near the top in 2008. While the Roots' live shows have devolved into sousaphone clowning and tedious 15-minute Bob Dylan covers, Rising Down is deep, deliberative and satisfying. Darkly themed around the 19th-century minstrel show ("Acting like a monkey's the only way to sell tickets," quips Dice Raw on "I Will Not Apologize"), the album serves as a companion soundtrack to Obama's speech on race in Philadelphia--coincidentally, the Roots' hometown. Every track is a keeper: "Criminal" lays out the obstacles to going clean with prison-friendly skin, and on "75 Bars," Black Thought slays like only a 20-year veteran of the mic can.
If you've got a Bay Area-focused hip-hop fan, look no further than Grip Grand, whose "96 Bars" ups the ante on Brokelore, one of this year's most overlooked gems. With hardly any industry push behind it, Brokelore is destined to be a lost classic, a perfectly constructed album both thoughtful and obsessive. Yes, the title is a reference to being destitute; Grip Grand resides in an imaginary place called "Brokeland," and in the song "Poppin' Pockets," he cleverly separates himself from the bling crowd. Whether calling out critics in "Love/Drama," pushing a loping groove on "A Penny," or dissecting success in "Hip-Hop Classic," Grip Grand is both humble and humorous, qualities as rare in hip-hop as his old soul samples.
For the NPR-listening hip-hop fan, there's no other choice than The Dusty Foot Philosopher, a stellar debut album by K'naan. Growing up in war-torn Somalia, K'naan learned English from Eric B. and Rakim and Nas albums, and eventually made this autobiographical record. With a sample of sloshing water which turns into the opening beat, Dusty Foot is one highlight after another: "In the Beginning" is an anthemic call to freedom; "I Was Stabbed by Satan" a sing-along rumination on fate; "Hoobale" an eerie warning against terror. Musically, the album is hip-hop's Graceland, featuring traditional African instrumentation behind K'naan's nasal, personality-riddled voice. Political, poetic and charged with empowerment, The Dusty Foot Philosopher is the best record you never heard all year.
For the old school hip-hop fan, it's hard to go wrong with Q-Tip's The Renaissance. Known as the main point man for A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip brings back excellent samples and a less halting delivery than on his misunderstood previous effort, 1999's Violator. That The Renaissance is almost entirely self-produced (excepting J. Dilla's "Move") makes it all the more an achievement for Q-Tip; old Tribe Called Quest fans aching for more flavor will especially bug out halfway through, when the absolute sickest bass line in the world--on "Manwomanboogie"--kicks in. More than a return to form, The Renaissance is an adrenaline-rush package from hip-hop's massively original voice.
For the profanity-deprived PG-13 hip-hop fan, go with People Under the Stairs' Fun DMC, which is kid-friendly without being ridiculously corny. In usual P.U.T.S. fashion, guns and hoes step aside for an album's worth of diggin' through crates, hangin' with the bros and throwin' another burger on the grill. No one on the West Coast can match the dusty-groove production of Double K and Thes One: 1970s samples reign supreme, especially in "The Ultimate 144," which comprehensively references every single classic hip-hop break in history in just three and a half minutes. Kids will dig the included bonus of a comic book, and they'll find kindred chicken-scratches in the on-point telephone-pole cover art.
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For those still confused, go with the safety zone and pick up a copy of Lil' Wayne's Tha Carter III, the biggest-selling hip-hop record this year. In a year of mainstream blahs from Rick Ross, T.I. and The Game, this is the joint to cop, if only for "A Milli," the year's most left-field hit whose game-changing production and beautifully bizarre presentation are impossible to deny. Chances are they've already got a 5,765MB BitTorrent of everything the Weez has ever done, but c'mon, give 'em a tactile memento. If nothing else, it'll last until 2012.
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What hatches from an egg? Not just baby birds. In this book students will discover a number of different animals that hatch from an egg. Great photos and illustrations.
Using the high-frequency word "I," this book introduces several useful vocabulary words for zoo animals. Repetitive language and interesting illustrations support beginning readers.
One spider's search for a home of her own. Each spring hundreds of spiders hatch from their egg sacs and begin their struggle to survive. They must protect themselves not only from predators, but also from their very own siblings! Ginger Wadsworth and Patricia J. Wynne chronicle the real-life drama of one spider as she eats, grows, spins a dragline of silk, and soars up, up, and away to find a home of her own. This book is good for your brain because: Early Childhood Literacy, Insects and their Environments
A look at the concept of mother and baby farm animals. E.g.: the mother is a sheep and the baby is a lamb. Great photos and illustraions.
Fun illustrations lead the reader through a safari adventure in Africa. Clickable illustrations allow readers to go back and view photos of African animals and listen to animal sound effects.
When it comes to birds, Lucy's grandpa knows every beak and squeak. With binoculars in hand, Lucy and her grandpa begin to search for a robin redbreast. But the bird isn't making it easy for them! A squawk-y, bossy bird? That's a blue jay. Birds with round beaks good for scooping? Canadian geese. Hey, will that nest with the three blue eggs lead to a happy discovery in this spot-the-robin mystery?
What will peck and poke, and swim, or fly, or wobble out of each egg? Ten spreads with gatefolds and a dramatic fold-out finale lead young readers from a single penguin egg to an ostrich's clutch of ten. Throughout, kids expand their grasp of nature - animals who hatch from eggs, their birthing environments, and what they're like when newly hatched.


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Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?susaninrehoboth Jun 2, 2012 3:58 AM (in response to newbernroundhouse)
Did your computer break? I don't know how anyone could set up original listing(s) without a computer. For me, using a smart phone to reply to inquiries is just about impossible. Using an Ipad is not much better.
Then there is the record keeping. I have just one rental property and I'm retired and still can't imagine tracking rentals, expenses & necessary IRS info without a computer.
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?newbernroundhouse Jun 2, 2012 3:47 PM (in response to newbernroundhouse)
My computer is not broken, I have an excellent MacBook Pro. I have loads of listings set up already, I fully understand all of the reasons why it is NOT a good idea to use a different form of tech. to manage my rental however I'm interested in hearing from those that DO and their first hand experience. I can type very speedy on a small iPhone and I see that so many tablets can now handle complete websites and document editing. I'll soon be traveling with a small minimal backpack (think roughly school backpack size, not huge hiking backpack size) while managing my rental from a distance and it's not a good idea to travel (no vehicle) with an expensive laptop if I can avoide it for those weeks. I can always pop in at libraries and friends'/hosts' homes for intense computer work. Other times I travel by kayak and I can't fathom hauling a $3k laptop along and taking that risk of losing everything.
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?sodamo Jun 2, 2012 7:39 PM (in response to newbernroundhouse)
For what it's worth here are my thoughts.
Basically I use, safari browser, email, Numbers, and Pages. Mostly I used my MacBook pro but like using my iPhone and iPad. I'm hoping that someday soon, the transition between Number and Pages on the MacOS and iOS via iCloud become more seamless, and don't have to worry about the translations between formats. So, I would say I could basically manage in the manner you are suggesting. Unfortunately, there are some website incompatibilities, HA/VRBO and my state tax site. Last I tried cannot edit this forum from iPad. Can't post pics to the listings either. Hopefully these get fixed. There is a VR app, but I haven't used it yet, I'm waiting for it to share data between iPhone and iPad via iCloud. No problems with either PayPal or Square for credit cards using either.
So, bottomland, I'd say basically doable, but might need real computer access for specific functions.
I find myself doing less and less on my laptop and look forward to when I don't need it.
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Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?newbernroundhouse Jun 5, 2012 6:25 AM (in response to sodamo)
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?margaret Jun 3, 2012 4:18 PM (in response to newbernroundhouse)
If your are comforable with your smart phone you should be fine for the short term. I use my phone when I travel for a week or less to manage my rentals and have had no problems so far. Access to a computer is not usually a problem if the need should arise but for the most part I find the phone works for me. Just be sure to have everything that you can done before your leave then handling inquiries should be easy.
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?newbernroundhouse Jun 3, 2012 4:33 PM (in response to margaret)
Well, it's been years since I had an iPhone. My current phone is horrible to do emails with, can't do any document stuff, can hardly use the internet and will not log into VRBO, etc... the plus side is that it does receive email, and it's all unlimited for $35.... What sort of smart phone are you using? Thanks and I appreciate your feedback, Margaret!
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?margaret Jun 3, 2012 4:54 PM (in response to newbernroundhouse)
My phone is a driod 3.
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Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?ppv1 Jun 4, 2012 4:07 PM (in response to newbernroundhouse)
I have been able to do it with little to no real difficulties. Starting last December, when I have been traveling, I stopped packing my laptop and now only travel with my Asus Transformer tablet (android) and my HTC Sensation smartphone (also android). When at home, I more frequenlty just use my Mac desktop or laptop. I have had no problems accessing HomeAway or Vrbo to respond to inquiries or my credit card processor for requesting payments. I have uploaded all of my documents I use to send to my guests in DropBox so I can access from anywhere. If you plan ahead and set yourself up to access the things you need while away from home, you can definitely do it!
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?newbernroundhouse Jun 5, 2012 6:43 AM (in response to ppv1)
Thanks, it's super helpful to hear exactly which device can and can't do what. Is this yours? http://www.amazon.com/Transformer-TF101-A1-10-1-Inch-Tablet-Separately/dp/B004U78J1G
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?ppv1 Jun 6, 2012 6:34 PM (in response to newbernroundhouse)
Yes--that is the tablet I have. I also have the docking keyboard that basically turns it into a netbook--but I rarely use the keyboard.
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?sapphiresteve Jun 4, 2012 5:58 PM (in response to newbernroundhouse)
By any definition, all the devices mentioned are computers. Some computers have more capability than others. A 2012 "smart phone" probably has about ten thousand times more computational ability than existed on our planet fifty years ago!
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?newbernroundhouse Jun 5, 2012 6:43 AM (in response to sapphiresteve)
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?xrszgirl Jun 5, 2012 9:46 AM (in response to newbernroundhouse)
I am jealous of your travelling adventure!!! Have a great time and you will do just fine managing your rentals from your phone. I do it all the time1
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?newbernroundhouse Jun 5, 2012 9:48 AM (in response to xrszgirl)
Hey thanks!!
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?jeffbailey Jun 8, 2012 8:26 AM (in response to newbernroundhouse)
The HomeAway iPhone/iPad app actually has an owner login which gives you some of the features of ReservationManager. However, last I checked it only works if you list of HomeAway (not VRBO), so I wasn't able to check it out.
I also have an iPhone/iPad app called Vacation Props that allows you to quickly respond to inquiries using from HomeAway/VRBO/FlipKey/VacationRentals.com using customized email templates. It keeps track of your reservations, inquiries, and other property information.
Jeff Bailey
Creator of Vacation Props, an innovative iPhone/iPad app to manage vacation properties and quickly respond to inquiries
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?newbernroundhouse Jun 8, 2012 8:33 AM (in response to jeffbailey)
Jeff, thanks for the reply. I don't have a HA listing, only VRBO. I'm also leaning towards a tablet that is not an iPad. While I appreciate my Apple products, the iPad has a lot of features I don't require (the cameras and so forth) I do plan to check out the Vaction Props App, that sounds promising. oh, I see it's your App, very nice!!! Is it only for iPad/iPhone?
I'm trying to sell my MacBook, one fellow offered a trade for his 1st gen iPad. Would apps like yours and any other things I need to do work on the first gen? I haven't heard back from him though so it might not happen.
Andrea Fahy
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?jeffbailey Jun 8, 2012 8:51 AM (in response to newbernroundhouse)
Yes, the app only for iPhone/iPad and it runs fine on an iPad 1. Personally, I think you'd be much better off with an iPad than an andrioid tablet if you plan to rely on it for your rental properties. The android tablet market is pretty fragmented and the ecosystem of third party apps is much stronger for the iPad. However, I'd be a little hesitant to get an iPad 1 at this point since at some point in the future Apple will likely not support it with newer versions of iOS. iOS 6 will likely come out this year and its possible they may announce its only for iPad 2 and beyond. If I had to guess I would say iOS 6 will be supported on the iPad 1, but it will be the last major release.
Jeff Bailey
Creator of Vacation Props, an innovative iPhone/iPad app to manage vacation properties and quickly respond to inquiries
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?murdockvacationrentals Jun 3, 2013 4:08 PM (in response to newbernroundhouse)
In my opinion, it is most effective to have access to a computer in order to provide prospective guests with a thorough response to their inquiry, including a break-down of the pricing.
An advantage of doing everything on a mobile device is that you could respond very quickly, if desired. A downside is that the responses may be a little more limited in scope and content.
However, IF I was to go completely mobile I would convert all of my email templates into the notes app so I could simply copy/paste them into the response. I would convert all of the attachments I normally send (floorplans, terms and conditions, maps, etc.) into URL links that could be included in the response as well. The last component for the inquiry response would be the pricing breakdown and you would have to figure out the easiest way to put that in.
When it comes to completing a reservation though and all that goes with that, I guess it could all be done on a tablet, but it seems like it wouldn't be as time efficient as getting it done on a computer.
I like the idea of hiring someone part-time or full-time to help respond to inquiries, process reservations, send cleaning reminders to cleaners and send thank you cards to guests after booking and staying, thereby freeing up more time for owners/managers to focus in on other tasks needing attention.
Good luck in your travels and adventures!
Munro Murdock
RA, MBA, Ko Olina Resident
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Quick UPDATE added June 3, 2013:
The iPad and other tablet devices make it quite easy to transact business remotely without a computer. The various apps available are quite impressive and rival many full computer-based programs. I still think I'm most 'productive' and efficient though when working from my laptop. However, if you find yourself on the move a lot and still want to be able to be responsive to guests, owners and service providers, investing in web-enabled mobile devices is very beneficial.
And for those who struggle with adopting and adapting to new technologies, the sooner you can embrace it and open up your mind to the possibility of learning new things...the better off you will be in the long run. Trust me. Technology innovation is not going away. It is the way of the future for all business transactions. Take classes, watch online tutorial videos, get friends and family to teach you the tips and tricks for using these devices. Yes, it can be very overwhelming when you are not used to it, but 15-30 minutes a day invested in learning how to use technology will benefit you immensely in the years to come!
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Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?newbernroundhouse Jun 9, 2012 6:39 AM (in response to murdockvacationrentals)
Hi Munro,
Thanks for writing. I appreciate your feedback and thought I'd respond! I've started saving everything into Google Docs, This way any of my documents can be accessed by a device of my own or someone else's. I also have much of the information on my website. The rental agreement & rules is on my site in PDF form. I try to keep information readily available online to try and answer questions folks might have. Likewise with pictures or the floorplan, it's all on my website. I'm still pretty new at this and I find it difficult for me to use a template with the way I try to gear my responses per each person.
Re. time efficiency, that's not the issue here. I travel. For fun. In order to travel and not be bound by employment, I turned my house into a vacation rental. So, when it's rented out I have all the time in the world to do anything I'd like. That's the joy of it! Similarly, since it's a new rental I'm not in any position to hire out for much more than lawn maintanence. I could definnitely see, down the road once clearly in the profit margin, hiring out like you suggest! I look forward to that day when I can get someone else to run it all for me =)
I checked out your website, it's very nice, easy to navigate and pleasing to the eye. Also your family portrait on the site is beautiful!
Andrea Fahy
Re: Running a Rental WITHOUT a Computer?murdockvacationrentals Jun 3, 2013 4:11 PM (in response to newbernroundhouse)
I hope things are going well. Just revisiting this post to see how it's working out for you. Some other programs I've been using a lot for storing and sharing information are Evernote and Dropbox. Dropbox is similar to Google Docs (now Google Drive). Evernote is a convenient way to store just about anything, from receipts to recipes to notes to web content or any other reference material.
Munro Murdock
RA, MBA, Ko Olina Resident
Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers
www.HawaiiLife.com | firstname.lastname@example.com
View our Ko Olina vacation rental HERE
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Onlookers watched Prince William and Kate Middleton in awe Wednesday as the newlyweds spent what was supposed to be a day off, lifting spirits in the fire-ravaged town of Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada.
Even though the northern community was not on the official itinerary, the royal couple hoped to bring smiles to a town where more than 400 homes and businesses were lost to a forest fire in May.
"[Kate Middleton] wanted to make sure that the attention wasn't on her, the attention was on us," Kyle Paulson, a volunteer firefighter who lost the home that he and his wife raised their three children in, told the Toronto Star.
William and Kate did get some quiet time during their whirlwind tour Tuesday at Eagle Lake -- often called Honeymoon Lake -- to watch the midnight sunset.
The couple reportedly spent another evening alone on Wednesday night, after leaving Slave Lake, this time at the picturesque Lake Louise. According to The Associated Press, William and Kate spent a little one-on-one time together at Skoki Lodge in Banff National Park.
"We've seen I think probably the most romantic side to Prince William that we've ever seen," Katie Nicholl, an ABC News contributor and author of 'The Making of a Royal Romance' said. "He's suddenly just pulled out these romantic gestures and he whisked Kate away."


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Larson is new midwife in Blue Hill practice
Blue Hill Memorial Hospital welcomes Tiana Larson, CNM to the Blue Hill Women's Health Care practice. Larson received a BS in Biology and Anthropology from Western Washington University in 2003 and a BS in Nursing from the University of Southern Maine in 2007. In 2012 she graduated with an MSN in Midwifery from Frontier Nursing University in Kentucky. She comes to Blue Hill Memorial Hospital with a wide range of midwifery experiences, including a Rhode Island maternity hospital, a largely Amish-populated Pennsylvania area birth center, and a large New York community hospital. Larson previously spent time with Blue Hill Women's Health Care during an internship as she was completing requirements for certification.
Larson moved to Surry with her family earlier this summer. In a press release, she describes midwifery as "both a passion and a joy" of hers. "I'm excited to be joining a team known for compassionate, high quality care," said Larson. She will be providing both well-woman care starting at adolescence as well as full-scope midwifery from prenatal care through birth.
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Congressman Gary Ackerman on Monday criticized the United States Postal Service for planning to close the current Bayside Post Office and relocate the facility to a remote and inconvenient location.
Under the proposal, postal officials want to move the Bayside branch, situated just off Bell Boulevard in back of the Long Island Rail Road station, to a postal carrier annex at 41-29 216th Street. The annex, several blocks from Bell Boulevard, is located in a much less convenient location and on the edge of a residential neighborhood.
"If this is what they are considering, and we have received no official communication to indicate as much, then this clearly would be a consolidation of facilities, and requires public notice, consultation and input," said Ackerman. "That has not happened. We must insist that proper procedure is followed."
The Postal Service is seeking to relocate the Bayside branch sometime in 2013. No jobs would be lost under the plan. The Postal Service presently leases both properties and claims that the move would save the agency money.
"Closing the Bayside post office would be a huge blow to Northeast Queens," said the area's councilman, Dan Halloran. "To make maters worse, the government has been less than transparent about this process. I didn't even hear about the closure until a few days ago."
Ackerman said the move could also mean a loss in customers, which would only exacerbate the financial hardships the Posta Service has been experiencing.
"Making it more difficult for consumers to purchase its products and utilize its services is certainly not the way to go," said Ackerman.
Ackerman also expressed concerns about the potential increase in traffic and further lack of parking that those who live in near the proposed new site may be forced to endure.
The USPS did not return a request for comment.
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The Bucks jumped out to a 45-0 halftime lead despite controlling the ball on offense only 5:52 of the first half of the contest. Coach Jeff Traylor then played the Gilmer Junior Varsity offense the entire second half of the game against the outmatched youthful Yellowjackets, and they managed a score on their first possession of the half.
Both teams agreed to run the clock non-stop except for extra points and changes of possession beginning at the 6:15 mark of the third quarter.
Gilmer will now take on Pittsburg on Thursday night, Nov. 21, in the Area round of the playoffs. The Buckeyes will be a prohibitive favorite in that contest as well.
Gilmer won the coin toss and elected to defer to the second half. Pablin Olivares kicked away to Shane Burge at his 10 and he returned to the 18 where freshman quarterback Jeremiah Crawford led the Yellowjacket offense onto the field first time.
The Black Flag Defense forced a three-and-out and Crawford hit a 45-yard punt down to the 32. The ball was taken by Chase Tate and he went 68 yards into the end zone, but the Buckeyes were called for an illegal block on the return. After a 10-yard penalty from the point of the infraction, Tanner Barr led the Gilmer offense onto the field at his 24.
Barr led the offense down the field on a 10-play drive into the end zone that took 2:40. The first TD of the night came when he hit Desmond Pollard from 12 yards out, capping the 76-yard scoring drive with 7:34 left in the opening quarter. Pablin Olivares hit the PAT and Gilmer led 7-0.
Rhett Self returned the next kickoff from his 7 out to the 12, and Mineola went on offense on again. The 'Jackets picked up one first down, but the Black Flag forced a punt on the next series. Crawford hit a short 24-yard kick to the Gilmer 40 and Barr and company hit the field for the second time.
The offense held the ball for 1:53 and moved 55 yards in 8 plays, but the drive stalled inside the 10 and Olivares came in to attempt a 21-yard field goal. The kick was good and Gilmer led 10-0 with 2:44 left in the first quarter.
Self took the ensuing kickoff from Olivares at his 2 and returned the ball up to the 21. Crawford led his team on a lengthy drive on the possession. He hit Casey Gilbreath on a 25-yard pass on the second play of the possession. Mineola held the ball for 8 plays and 3:18, but the Black Flag shut the door on an incomplete pass on a 4th and 11 at the Gilmer 33, and Barr brought the Gilmer offense back on the field.
The Bucks went on a 5-play, 67-yard drive in just 47 seconds for their next score. On the first play of the possession, Barr hit Nick Smith for a 37-yard gain. Barr ran for six on the next play, Jamel Jackson followed with an 8-yard run before Barr ran for 12 on the next play. Kris Boyd then ran into the end zone from the 5 on the next play. Olivares added the extra point and Gilmer led 17-0 with 10:39 left in the first half.
Self took the next Olivares kickoff at his 7 and returned the ball up to the 21 where he fumbled the pigskin, but Gilbreath recovered for the Yellowjackets at that point and they went on offense again.
Self was stopped for no gain on the first play of the series before Crawford threw incomplete for Chantz Perkins on the second play. On the third play of the possession, Self lost five yards and never really got the handle on the ball. John McPherson was at the right spot at the right time and scooped up the loose pigskin and returned it into the end zone for a touchdown with 9:47 left in the half. Olivares booted the extra point and Gilmer led 24-0.
Perkins took the next Olivares kickoff at his 15 and returned it out to his 25 where Crawford brought his offensive team back onto the field. It was a quick three-and-out by the Black Flag and Crawford was forced to punt away again. The kick travelled 40 yards to the Gilmer 38. DeVondrick Dixon fielded the kick and didn't stop until he had traveled 62 yards into the end zone for another Buckeye TD. Olivares added the extra point and the score was 31-0 Gilmer with 7:14 left in the half.
The next kick was taken by Aaron Stanford at his 22 and returned to his 33. In a desperation move, the 'Jackets went for a fourth and less than a yard at their own 42 trying to sustain a drive and make something happen. Crawford was stopped just short of the yard to gain, and Gilmer took over on offense at the Mineola 42.
It took just one play and 12 seconds for the Bux to find the end zone, as Barr hit Chase Tate for 42 yards and the TD with 5:13 left in the half. Olivares split the uprights, Gilmer led 38-0, and the rout was on.
After a 16-yard return of the next Olivares kickoff, Mineola set up shop on their 27. They managed two first downs before the Black Flag shut the door forcing another Crawford punt. The ball travelled into the end zone and Gilmer went back on offense at their 20 with 1:23 left in the half.
The Buckeyes moved the 80 yards in five plays that consumed exactly one minute off the clock for what would be the final score by the first team offense on the night. Barr hit Darrian Lewis on an 80-yard pass and run into the end zone, but an illegal block call brought the ball back to the Mineola 40 after the penalty yardage was marked off. After picking up another first down in three plays, Barr hit Pollard from 29 yards out for the touchdown. Olivares booted another successful extra point and Gilmer led 45-0 with 23 seconds left in the half.
After a 10-yard return by Burge out to the 'Jacket 25, Self gained one yard on a run and the first half came to a close.
The Mineola kick to open the second half went to the Gilmer 27 and was returned to the 43. JV quarterback Zac Spears led the JV offense onto the field for the drive. It was a time consuming and successful possession, as the JV unit held the ball for 4:33, and went the 57 yards for a touchdown over 12 plays. The score came on a 21-yard TD run by Cambron Granville with 7:27 left in the third quarter. Granville also caught a 24-yard pass from Spears on the third play of the drive on a key third down conversion. Tristan Olivares came in for the extra point, and after the kick the Gilmer lead was 52-0.
Tristan stayed in for the ensuing kickoff. The kick was taken by Kourtland Sinches at his 15 and he returned the kick out to his 32. The clock continued to wind shortly after the beginning of the Mineola possession. The Black Flag didn't allow a first down and Crawford hit a 34-yard punt with no return, putting Spears and his unit back on the field at the Gilmer 36 with 5:10 left in the third quarter.
The JV offense picked up one first down on a Spears to Dakeilan Nelson pass, but Spears' pass on a fourth-and-two on the next series fell incomplete and Crawford brought his charges back onto the field at his 34. The Yellowjackets mustered two first downs in the possession, but Crawford had to punt away on the third series. The kick went into the Gilmer end zone and the Bucks were back on the offensive at their 20 with 10:40 left in the game.
Gilmer went three-and-out on the possession and Spears blasted 50-yard punt down to the Mineola 23. Crawford led his team down the field for their best possession of the game, picking up three first downs in the process. On the fourth series Crawford narrowly missed getting his team on the scoreboard, as Gilbreath caught a pass just out of the field of play as he ran out of bounds inside the end zone, and Gilmer took back over at their 17 with 3:02 left.
Jackson Sikes picked up a first down on the first play of the possession with a run of 10 yards, but on the next series Spears had to punt away on fourth down. The kick traveled 30 yards to the Mineola 28 and Crawford led his team onto the field with 16 seconds left in the game. Self picked up four yards on a run up to his 32 as time expired, giving the Buckeyes the 52-0 victory.
We asked Coach Traylor his thoughts on the easy win. "Mineola's a very young team, you know. They had a freshman quarterback and some good sophomore linemen out there and they were excited to play and I was excited for those guys, but yeah, we've got a veteran ball club who's been here a lot before, and our kids played well tonight."
We also asked his thoughts about the first playoff shutout win in five years. "Yeah, it was good to get that. Our kids needed a little confidence booster, so we played a lot better on defense."
We also asked him if the plan had been for the JV offense to get playing time in the game and his thoughts on their performance. "Yeah, we had told them all week if we could get ahead we were going to let them go the whole second half, so they worked hard all week and we got them a little extra practice and they went out there and executed. We didn't execute there a couple of times, but we were close and I was happy for those kids."
We wrapped our interview up by asking the coach his thoughts about this week's game against the winner of the Pittsburg-Wills Point game. Pittsburg was the favorite in that matchup and won 54-49. "I really don't have a clue. We worked on Mineola all week, you know, and that's all I've been focused on, so we'll wait and see what happens."
The game against the Pirates (5-6) will kick off at 7 p.m. tomorrow night (Thursday, Nov. 21) in Longview at Pine Tree ISD's new $16 million Pirate Stadium.


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Athlete of the Week
Anthony Zelano
Zelano tallied a game-high five goals as the Titans cruised past East Providence 8-2 in Thursday's regular season finale. It was the third straight win for the Titans, who had lost four in a row before that.
"We really focused on settling the ball," Zelano said. "Before it was in our defense a lot and we were losing it. We're really trying to hold onto the ball and get a lot of shots."
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(This article was originally published at Simply Statistics, and syndicated at StatsBlogs.)
This is part of the ongoing series of pro tips for graduate students, check out parts one, two and three for the original installments.
- You can never underestimate how little your audience knows/cares about what you are talking about (so be clear and start with the "why").
- Perfect is the enemy of good (so do something good and perfect it later).
- Learn about as many different areas as you can. You have to focus on one problem to get a Ph.D. (your dissertation) but the best way to get new ideas is to talk to people in areas with different problems than you have. This is the source of many of the "Big Impact" papers. Resources for talking about new ideas ranked according to formality: seminar, working groups, meeting with faculty/other students, going for a beer with some friends.
- Here are some ways to come up with a new method: (i) create a new method for a new data type, (ii) adapt an old/useful method to a new data type, (iii) an overlooked problem, (iv) changing the assumptions of a current method, and (v) generalizing a known method. Any can be impactful, but the highest probability of high impact in my experience is (ii).
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When a car lives as long and well as my VW Beetle, it deserves to go out with a little drama.
When a car lives as long and well as my VW Beetle, it deserves to go out with a little drama.
I'd spent a most relaxing and well-earned weekend at the beach with my teacher friends — the so-called book club where nobody reads the books. We'd had a remarkably beautiful Saturday, with the sun reaching late summer highs.
A long, long walk on the beach after breakfast and a late lunch meant it was 3 p.m. that Sunday before my friend Lynn and I headed back home. I'd deliver her to her home in Concord and then head on up to Lexington. At home, my husband had salmon ready to grill.
We were laughing and talking as we moved on down N.C. Highway 130, then U.S. 211 and onto that long stretch of U.S. 74 that would take us most of the way home. Just outside Laurinburg, two police cars had pulled a vehicle over on the shoulder, so I changed lanes and geared down to pass. But when I tried to gear back up again, my car coughed.
"Something's wrong," I said to Lynn as I eased over to the right lane and made it to the shoulder just as the cough became a sputter. Black smoke poured out the tailpipe. The two police cars — did they check their rear view mirrors to see a car in distress? Apparently not — drove on.
I killed the engine and we hopped out. I popped the hood. Nothing smoked or spewed there, but that black smoke pouring out the backside was thick as night. (Later we discovered that it burned a good-sized hole in the grass just behind the exhaust pipes.) When I tried to accelerate, nothing happened.
We called AAA. "He'll be there in an hour," said the dispatcher of the tow truck driver. "He'll know where to tow you."
As we settled in for the hour wait, I realized I was in trouble of another kind — we'd been on the road two hours, and for those two hours, I'd been drinking tea. I had to go — real bad.
There were no convenient trees on the side of the road, just a house behind some bushes. I could take off walking — but to where? For all we knew, it was still a good five miles to that civilization called Laurinburg. I could get the tow truck driver to stop at a Hardee's, but it would be a while before he arrived.
"Open the passenger door and make a shield," said our friends back on the beach. They were now sitting on the front porch of our beach cottage, sipping wine. "Oncoming cars won't be able to see."
It was a great idea. And it would have worked just fine, but we were on a curve, which meant that travelers in both directions would get an eye full.
"Do you really care?" Lynn asked. She's the mother of three children. "Kind of," I said.
So we sat a while longer, talked a bit more. I checked my watch and my rear view mirror. No tow truck in sight. Cars zipped by in both directions.
"I've got it!" I said. "Beach towel!" It was brilliant. With Lynn holding the towel, the car door open on one side and the car itself on the other, we created a sort of three-sided room. Only the house on the hill had a full view, and by now, I assure you, I didn't care.
Thirty minutes later, Randall in his tow truck pulled in, cranked the VW onto his truck bed, and said, "Where to?"
"Nothing's open in Laurinburg on Sunday," he said when we asked.
"Then take us to Lexington."
So, Lynn climbed in the back seat of the cab and I took the front beside Randall. We set the GPS and off we went.
He could fly in that tow truck, reaching speeds of over 70 miles per hour. I liked Randall. We both did. He lived in the little town of Fairmont, had two children who were staying with his mother tonight. His wife died in a tragic car accident a year ago. He was a former Cub Scout, a super nice guy.
It was dark when we pulled into the repair shop in Lexington two hours later. My husband met us, and Lynn's was waiting at our house.
Our adventure ended — so we thought. The next day I talked with the mechanic. "You blew out your turbo," he said, shaking his head. He didn't need to say more.
The next day, just to double-check my decision not to repair, I called the service manager at the dealership. When I told her what the mechanic had told me, her response was, "Oh no."
That's when I knew it was really over.
While signing papers for the new one, my husband and I told Beetle stories. "Remember that time we took it to Key West? Remember passing everything on the highway?"
Yeah, I remember.
At 237,000 miles and 11 years, I've got no complaints.
The new one is a sweet ride, but it's not nearly as fun. After all, few things can beat chugging down the highway in a Volkswagen Beetle, sunroof open, windows down, that diesel engine humming like a song.
Barbara Presnell is a poet and teacher of writing who lives in Lexington. Contact her at www.barbarapresnell.com.


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DIXON – The sixth annual "Tales From Beyond the Grave" will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Oakwood Cemetery, 416 S. Dement Ave.
Walkers will visit the graves of Dixon historical figures, such as Esther Barton, Charles Walgreen's parents, and Frank Lloyd.
The cost is $5. Proceeds will go toward headstone restoration and mausoleum maintenance.
Golf carts will be available. Tours will last about an hour and begin every 15 to 20 minutes. The last tour will start at 3:30 p.m. In case of rain, the walk will be rescheduled for Oct. 20.
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BOG panel to review FSU film school program in South Florida
Source: Tallahassee Democrat, 01/17/13
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By Doug Blackburn
Dean Colson, chair of the Board of Governors, said today he will be naming a three-person committee to review FSU's new satellite film school program in West Palm Beach.
This is the first academic year for FSU's new major in digital animation. Its founding partner, Port St. Lucie-based Digital Domain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September, less than one month after the first 28 students were enrolled in the program.
FSU President Eric Barron said FSU would follow any recommendation by BOG, but he spent about 15 minutes outlining why he would like to keep the new program where it is. He said FSU is in discussion with four national industry leaders about establishing partnerships with the university and bringing a presence to South Florida. He touted the role the film school program could play in Florida's economy.
No BOG members voiced concerns regarding FSU's plan, but administrators at Florida Atlantic University in nearby Boca Raton had questioned FSU in November 2010 when it announced plans to begin a new division of its highly ranked film school in West Palm Beach.