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Vaccine Therapy and Sargramostim in Treating Patients With Pancreas Cancer That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00669734
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : April 30, 2008
Last Update Posted : July 4, 2019
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|Condition or disease
|Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Stage III Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
|Biological: Falimarev Biological: Inalimarev Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Biological: Sargramostim
|Phase 1
I. To determine the tolerability of delivering two standard doses of the PANVAC-F (fowlpox) (falimarev) vaccine administered intratumorally in conjunction with subcutaneous injections of PANVAC-V (vaccinia) (inalimarev) followed by PANVAC-F (fowlpox) in conjunction with rH-GM-CSF (sargramostim) versus (vs.) subcutaneously injected PANVAC-V or PANVAC-F in conjunction with rH-GM-CSF in patients with incurable pancreatic cancer based on local unresectability or with small volume metastases.
I. To assess the toxicity of the vaccine injections. II. To assess evidence of tumor response by imaging and tumor marker response. III. To assess gene transfer to pancreatic tissue. IV. To assess immunologic response to PANVACTM.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of falimarev.
Patients receive falimarev vaccine intratumorally using endoscopic ultrasound guidance on day 1. Patients also receive inalimarev vaccine subcutaneously (SC) on day 1 and sargramostim SC on days 1-4. Patients then receive falimarev vaccine SC on days 15 and 29 and sargramostim SC on days 15-18 and 29-32 in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Beginning on day 43, patients with stable or improving pancreatic cancer receive falimarev vaccine SC and sargramostim SC (given on the day of and for 3 days after each falimarev vaccination) monthly in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Beginning on day 71, patients with no irreversible or dose limiting toxicity, receive falimarev vaccine SC and sargramostim SC (given on the day of and for 3 days after each falimarev vaccination) monthly in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients undergo biopsy periodically for correlative studies.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|18 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Immunotherapy for Unresectable Pancreas Cancer: A Phase 1 Study of Intratumoral Recombinant Fowlpox PANVAC (PANVAC-F) Plus Subcutaneous Recombinant Vaccinia PANVAC (PANVAC-V), PANVAC-F and Recombinant Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (rH-GM-CSF)
|Actual Study Start Date :
|February 1, 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|October 1, 2019
Experimental: Treatment (vaccine therapy, sargramostim)
Patients receive falimarev vaccine intratumorally using endoscopic ultrasound guidance on day 1. Patients also receive inalimarev vaccine SC on day 1 and sargramostim SC on days 1-4. Patients then receive falimarev vaccine SC on days 15 and 29 and sargramostim SC on days 15-18 and 29-32 in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Beginning on day 43, patients with stable or improving pancreatic cancer receive falimarev vaccine SC and sargramostim SC (given on the day of and for 3 days after each falimarev vaccination) monthly in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Beginning on day 71, patients with no irreversible or dose limiting toxicity, receive falimarev vaccine SC and sargramostim SC (given on the day of and for 3 days after each falimarev vaccination) monthly in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Biological: Falimarev
Given intratumorally or SC
Other Names:
Biological: Inalimarev
Given SC
Other Names:
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Biological: Sargramostim
Given SC
Other Names:
- MTD of falimarev, defined as the dose level that 0/6 or 1/6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) and that at least 2/3 or 2/6 patients treated with the next higher dose have had DLT [ Time Frame: 71 days ]The descriptions and grading scales found in the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) Active Version of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) will be utilized for adverse events (AE) reporting.
- Mean number of positive cells per high power field in the pancreas biopsy specimen [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Compared between groups using the Fisher exact test.
- T cell proliferation [ Time Frame: Up to 4 years ]Analyzed by comparing pretreatment responses to post treatment responses for absolute differences and/or percent increase.
- Cytokine production [ Time Frame: Up to 4 years ]Analyzed by comparing pretreatment responses to post treatment responses for absolute differences and/or percent increase.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Patients may have locally advanced disease, not amenable to curative resection; the site of pancreatic cancer must be amenable to endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) injection; patients with newly diagnosed metastatic disease of small volume may be included in the study at the investigator's discretion; such patients would be limited to those with:
- Liver involvement < 10% of volume and no metastasis > 2 cm, and/or
- Pulmonary involvement with no respiratory compromise and no metastasis > 2cm and/or
- Peritoneal disease and no metastasis > 2 cm and without ascites (as might be found on exploratory laparoscopy)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1 (Karnofsky >= 80%)
- Patients (in the opinion of the principal investigator) should be able to complete a full 3-month course of vaccination preferably with an anticipated survival of 6 months or longer
- Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
- Hemoglobin >= 8 gms/dL
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
- Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)(serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT)(serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
- Prothrombin time (PT)/partial thromboplastin time (PTT) within normal institutional limits
- Amylase/lipase =< 1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
- Creatinine =< 1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
- Urine Protein =< grade 1 or 24-hour urine protein =< 1000 mg for patients with proteinuria above 1+
- Urinalysis: No evidence of casts
- The effects of PANVAC-V (vaccinia) and/or PANVAC-F (fowlpox) on the developing human fetus are unknown; for this reason, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for four months following the last vaccine dose; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
- Patients may not have any other active illness (e.g., uncontrolled infection, uncontrolled cardiac disease) that would preclude safe therapy
- Patients must sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients may not have had radiotherapy to the pancreas
- Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier
- Patients may not be receiving nor have received any other investigational agents within 28 days prior to registration
- Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial
- History of allergic reactions or severe adverse reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to PANVAC-V (vaccinia) and/or PANVAC-F (fowlpox) which include but are not limited to the viral vectors vaccinia (small pox vaccination) and fowlpox, allergy to GM-CSF or to eggs which are used for the production of the vaccine
- Systemic corticosteroid therapy within 28 days of registration; topical steroids, steroid eye drops or inhaled steroids are contraindicated for at least 2 weeks before vaccinia vaccination and at least 4 weeks post vaccinia vaccination
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure or documented cardiomyopathy, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements; patients with symptomatic cardiac disease or congestive heart failure who are not stable on current medications or have significant impairment of function such as class III New York Heart Association (NYHA), recent cardiac events including myocardial infarction or cerebrovascular accident within six months of entry, and/or unstable or uncontrolled arrhythmia or angina
- Active pancreatitis defined as clinically symptomatic hyperamylasemia and/or hyperlipasemia
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breast-feeding should not occur for at least 4 months following completion of therapy with the recombinant vaccine
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients and patients with hepatitis B and C are ineligible because of likely reduced immune competence which could affect the ability to respond to the vaccine
- Evidence of immunodeficiency or immune suppression; autoimmune diseases such as the following: autoimmune neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, or hemolytic anemia, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, or scleroderma, myasthenia gravis, Goodpasture's syndrome, Addison's disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, or active Graves' disease
- Prior or concurrent extensive eczema or acute, chronic, or exfoliative skin disorders (e.g., extensive psoriasis, burns, impetigo, or disseminated zoster, varicella zoster, severe acne, or other open rashes or wounds)
Unable to avoid close contact or household contact with the following high-risk individuals for 3 weeks after the PANVAC-V (vaccinia) vaccination:
- Children under the age of 3 year
- Pregnant or nursing women
- Individuals with active or a history of eczema or atopic dermatitis, or Darier's disease; those with other acute, chronic or exfoliative skin conditions (e.g., burns, impetigo, varicella zoster, severe acne, contact dermatitis, psoriasis, herpes or other open rashes or wounds) until the condition resolves
- Immunocompromised individuals (by disease or therapy) such as those with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
- Concurrent malignancy (i.e., malignancy other than adenocarcinoma of the pancreas), unless the subject has been curatively treated and disease free for >= 2 years, except non-melanoma skin cancer or in-situ cervical cancer
- Splenectomy
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): NCT00669734
|United States, New Jersey
|Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
|New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08903
|Principal Investigator:
|Elizabeth A Poplin
|Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00669734 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2012-03111 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
070602 ( Other Identifier: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey )
7606 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
P30CA072720 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
U01CA132194 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|April 30, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 4, 2019
|Last Verified:
|June 2019
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Acinar Cell
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Pancreatic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Gastrointestinal Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antiprotozoal Agents
Antiparasitic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Protective Agents
Antiviral Agents


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Florida Senate President Don Gaetz probably meant well when he said, "I wish we could pass a law against crazy." But the phrase hurts.
Sen. Gaetz made the comment while discussing gun violence and the need to prevent it through closer attention to mental health. The comment was included in a story by Lloyd Dunkelberger that appeared in Wednesday's Herald-Tribune.
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"Crazy" is a common term with many meanings, sometimes positive. When spoken in reference to genuine mental illness, however, the word has a dehumanizing effect. It tends to erase the distinctions and suffering of mental illnesses and toss them into one dismissive heap. This thwarts public understanding and is unhelpful -- especially when coming from one of Florida's most influential lawmakers.
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Laws present people with a choice: Obey, or pay the consequences. Mental illness, by contrast, offers no choice. Schizophrenia, severe depression and other debilitating mental problems come on without invitation. Like cancer, arthritis and Alzheimer's, they pay no attention to statutes.
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Like Gaetz, we too wish that the scourge of gun massacres would cease. Mental illness was either known or suspected among some of these killers. Yet mass shootings are extremely rare compared to the everyday bloodshed -- driven by such common motives as robbery, revenge, jealousy and fear -- that gives the U.S. one of the highest gun-violence rates in the developed world. In thousands of gun murders annually, no history of mental illness is established.
This point gets lost, all too easily, in the debate over gun safety reforms.
To be sure, Florida and the nation do have a mental-health problem on their hands: the lack of access to adequate treatment. When it comes to gun murders, however, the country cannot ignore the factor of proliferating firearms -- America's weapons of mass destruction.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Hamilton, Ohio-based home health care services provider Personal Touch Home Care, with 50 locations in 13 states, will pay $35,000 and furnish other remedial relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
According to the EEOC's suit, Personal Touch fired Pamula Calfee because of her disabilities: renal failure, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and asthma. Calfee had worked for Personal Touch since 2000 and had no problems performing her job even with her disabilities.
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The EEOC filed suit (Civil Action No.1:11-c v-00042-SJD) in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Cincinnati Division after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement
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"Treating an employee badly based on a physical impairment violates the very core of the ADA, and the EEOC will continue to fight for the rights of disability discrimination victims," said Laurie Young, regional attorney for the EEOC's Indianapolis District Office.
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In the 1930s, the Staten Island Historical Society, along with Borough Historian Loring McMillen, saw a historic preservation opportunity in the buildings that had been vacated, and in 1933 the Society obtained permission to renovate the former County Clerk's and Surrogate's Office for use as a museum. The museum opened in 1935, and in the following years the Society acquired several other nearby historic buildings. In 1948 the Society was granted use of the Third County Courthouse (which today serves as the Visitor Center). In the early 1950s, the City of New York acquired the 100-acre Richmond Town site, which was designated Richmondtown Restoration and set aside for preservation. Today this site, with 30 historic structures, serves as the largest of the four sites that make up Historic Richmond Town.


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Man establishing Albany Museum of Political Corruption
How? The Albany Museum of Political Corruption.
Yes, a museum exposing acts of political corruption. There isn't another like it in the world.
Museum founder Bruce Roter came up with the idea last July while musing with a prominent local politician. "Albany could lighten up a bit," they agreed in the conversation.
"We have corruption here, why not use it as a resource?" he said.
From there, Roter developed the idea for the museum and told some friends. "More and more people really seemed to like it," he said.
In time, support for the museum grew, along with local and national media attention.
A year later, the man with the plan said it's all about money. Finding developers and interested benefactors is the task at hand.
"Ideally, I would love to have a great deal of local support in the sense that we could build this together here in Albany for our own sake," he said, adding that fundraising events are currently in the works.
Determination is key, and Roter knows it.
"It's necessary. It's needed. It's a good idea and it must be pursued," he said.
Roter's last big campaign was to get a Trader Joe's in the Capital Region, and he succeeded.
"I plan on pursuing this to a successful ending also," he said about the museum. "I don't have any illusions that it's going to be a cakewalk, because it obviously has some controversial overtones."
Surprisingly, however, the idea hasn't been met with much criticism.
"Most people seem to get it," Roter said. When he tell his plans, many laugh. "Once they stop laughing, they say it's a good idea," he said.
To rehabilitate the city's image and name, "Albany ought to take leadership in this regard, because it's Albany's name that has been dragged through the mud," he said. "No one else is going to clean up Albany's name except Albany. It wasn't our mess, but it's our mess to clean up."
Oh, there's one more thing.
"It would be a money maker," Roter claims, saying he sees the museum as a profitable endeavor.
A portion of those profits would be donated to the city to help with beautification. In Roter's head, the museum fits in perfectly with a new, reinvigorated downtown area.
"Let's use that money to put a fountain or a playground or help continue the development of downtown Albany," he said. "Albany will benefit and profit and make money from state corruption. We deserve it."
Originally from Long Island, Roter said it was his stint living on the West Coast that sparked his flame for social irreverence, that he is now bringing to Albany. Roter has lived in the city for more than 17 years and works as a music professor at The College of Saint Rose.
"We're a very hardworking class of people," Roter said of the Albany culture, "but we don't know how to poke fun at ourselves."
Roter thinks Albany needs to start recognizing its flaws in a way that might rid the city of its negative political stereotype.
The Albany Museum of Political Corruption is meant to be an institution that can entertain and inform the public, and meanwhile bring revenue for the city.
"The museum is not going to be used as a lynch mob against any single politician or any political party," Roter said. "The museum is not intended to demonize anyone."
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When things are in full swing at the museum, Roter envisions starting up a lecture series, where fallen politicians might speak freely, and perhaps educate a newer class of state politicians on how to avoid the same pitfalls.
Roter has the whole idea pretty fleshed out, but he plans to enroll historians and other professionals to bring together exhibits and help the museum come alive.
While a time line is largely dependent on funds, Roter believes the museum should be up and running within the next five years. Meanwhile, he's been casually looking at downtown real estate and speaking with developers. Roter hopes to build the museum in downtown Albany, within a stone's throw of the Capitol.
As much as the idea has a humorous tone, the museum is not a joke.
"It's a serious effort," Roter said. "It is a serious campaign and it is good for Albany."
For more information or to donate, visit www.albanymuseumofpoliticalcorruption.org.
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Felicia Day Interview
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It's really rare that we get the chance to interview someone about something other than the video game they are working on or whatever product they are hawking so we jumped at the chance to interview Felicia Day. If you don't know who she is she's the director/writer/star of The Guild, an online show about a guild of World of Warcraft players. She's also a veteran Hollywood actress who's appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, House, and will be starring in an upcoming episode of Dollhouse.
Can you talk about your earliest video game memories and why you like games so much? How did you get into WOW and what other games are you currently playing? What game are you most looking forward to coming out to this year?
Gaming was my #1 pastime as a kid. I was homeschooled and it was the best thing I did to pass time at home alone with my brother. We would fight over who got to play :). My earliest memory was playing Zork on my grandpa's "Laptop", which was so huge, it was the size of a desk, haha. One time we ran up a 300 dollar phone bill calling into the Sierra hint line for King's Quest. That didn't my Mom very happy at the time.
I got into WOW several years ago because my brother recruited me into his guild, but I've always played every RPG out there for the PC.
For this year, I am definitely looking forward to more about the KOTOR and Star Trek MMORPGs and Diablo 3 of course: Diablo 2 was almost the death of my college career.
Your acting work and your work on The Guild must take up a huge amount of time, how much time do you spend gaming for fun? What other game systems do you own?
I play at least 10-20 hours a week. I have a Wii and an Xbox, a DS, games on my iPhone and of course games on my Mac/PC. I definitely don't get to play as much as I would LIKE due to all the work I'm doing on my web shows, but it's never a tossup between going OUT and staying IN to play games: the games always win the Friday night.
Can you talk about the process that goes into creating an episode of The Guild? How long does each episode take from start to finish? What have been the hardest lessons you've learned in producing the show? Which episode has been the hardest for you to do? Which one was the easiest?
For season 2 I wrote the whole season at once, it turned out to be 100 pages, feature length, and rewrote the episodes between shoots on the weekends. We averaged a day and a half an episode this season, because we had more locations, more crew and actors, and were shooting on HD. It was a much bigger affair for Season 2. The hardest lesson I guess was learning how to roll out episodes 1x a week instead of 1x a month. A lot of logistics to work out and get the episodes delivered on time.
The easiest episodes are the ones where the cast are at their computers separately, and the hardest episodes were the last four of Season 2 because we had like 20 extras, were shooting in small quarters, fight scenes, etc. It was a lot to chew off on such a small budget! The good will of the fans comes in handy for our show; we're so lucky that they're talented and want to help make the show what it is.
Congratulations on wrapping season 2. Do you foresee a complete story arc with the Guild, one that comes to a calculated end--or is this a series that you feel can continue indefinitely?
I didn't set out for this to continue indefinitely, but it seems like these characters have a will of their own, stories for them keep popping up in my head, so I'll continue as long as that happens!
How did you come up with the avatar names for each character? What were some of the names that were rejected?
Interesting question! Codex has been my handle all my life, it's from the Ultima games. I definitely remember Zaboo's name was "Puck" at one point, and Clara's was "Muffins", until I had the idea of her using her own name.
What challenges do you face as an Internet producer? Is it hard to make a living making a career out of the Internet?
I definitely don't make my living off the internet, I'm an actress and pay my bills that way :)
Even though The Guild feels like a sitcom more than something created by video game fans (ie RvB, Low REz, and Video Game Theater) and I think the reason why is that the language used when talking about "the game" is kind of generic MMO speak. Was this intentional to avoid any legal complications or we're you trying to reach a larger audience? How do you balance a show that caters to the hardcore with making the show accessible to someone who doesn't know a murloc from a minotaur?
Yes, we deliberately use generic RPG terminology, at first to avoid copyright, and then after that to make sure we focused on the characters and not arguing about crit ratings etc. It's a delicate balance between satisfying the gaming aspects and the non-gaming aspects, but at the end of the day, these characters are people who game, they've created a community through gaming, but they're more than their labels of "gamers." As we all are.
South Koreans really love their MMOs (who can blame them). Have you had any feed back from any native Koreans on The Guild?
Strangely, not a lot! I'm not sure that we have subtitles in Korean through Xbox Live or not, but I'd love to get the word out over there. Maybe a Korean version of The Guild with Korean actors? That would be cool! :)
The characters in the guild are presented as a band of misfits that are socially awkward. Do you think your perpetuating a negative stereotype? If not then how would you respond to someone who accused you of giving gamers a bad reputation?
I don't think anyone would accuse me of that. I set out to show the world that gamers are not sullen dudes living in their mom's basement, like mainstream media portrays them. Adults play, parents play, pretty girls play. This is a rich culture, and I try to be careful about making FUN of the characters vs. HAVING fun with them. Apart from that, I personally AM socially awkward, so whatever, I'm writing what I know.
Fernando Chien (Wade the stuntman) brings a stunning amount of kinetic energy to the show. How did you go about adding him to the roster?
I knew I wanted a love interest for Codex for the season who WASN'T a gamer, and it took 2 months for me to come up with a non-cheesy character my audience wouldn't hate on sight and wasn't a cliché. I've worked with lots of stunt guys in my time as an actor, so when I stumbled on the idea, everything fell in place. He's a GREAT actor, we were so lucky to have him as part of the cast.
The beginning of each episode is a little reminiscent of the beginning of Dr Horrible. Did you take some inspiration from it given that you did star in it?
The Guild predated Dr. Horrible, so no the inspiration didn't come from it, but the webcam conceit isn't exactly new, I didn't invent it. I fought using it for quite a while when I wrote the script, but the visceral connection of a person staring out at you is powerful when watching things on a tiny internet screen. And Codex is such an introverted person that we find out much more about her personality through the webcams than when she interacts with other people.
Have you heard from anyone from Blizzard about the show?
They are great supporters of the show, we went to Blizzcon and gave a panel and they provided us with a booth. I love everyone I've met over there. We are great fans of each other haha!
The Guild is now syndicated on Xbox Live, could you talk about how that deal came about and the impact that it's had on the show? Do you think the show has opened more doors for you in Hollywood?
We started shooting Episode 1 of Season 2 of The Guild on our DVD money because I didn't want to sell the rights to the show to a production partner, and that was what everyone wanted to fund the show. We stuck to our guns, and then magically Xbox came in and wanted to partner to deliver the show to a whole new audience. They got the show, they didn't want ownership, and they got Sprint on board to sponsor. We have a huge number of new fans through Xbox Live, and the show is downloadable on people's TVs right next to traditional Hollywood shows in their Marketplace. It's an amazing distribution opportunity, and they are so supportive and fun to work with. It's a dream come true.,
As far as opening new doors, it has to a certain extent, but Hollywood still doesn't look at web video as quite"legitimate", so it hasn't really helped my acting career that much. I do think having the confidence of running my own show has made me a better actor. I'm not begging for approval anymore, which was why I started doing this in the first place.
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This week's publication of ridiculing the Prophet Mohammed in French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has further stoked anger.
The producer of the film, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, is reportedly a 55-year-old Egyptian Copt and convicted fraudster – out on parole – who lives in Los Angeles, California.
US media say Nakoula wrote and produced the film under the name Sam Bacile before he was identified. He was questioned overnight Friday by police before going into hiding with his family.
Anti-US protests sweep Pakistan
Thousands of Islamist activists in Pakistan staged demonstrations again Saturday but there was no repeat of the previous day's violence.
More than 5,000 protesters marched towards the parliament in Islamabad, including hundreds of women, chanting "We love our Holy Prophet" and "Punishment for those who humiliated our Prophet".
Some 1,500 people from the hardline Islamist Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Sunni religious groups rallied in front of the US consulate in the eastern city of Lahore, chanting "The US deserves only one remedy – jihad, jihad".
Hundreds gathered in the southwestern city of Quetta, calling for the makers of the film to be killed while scores in Peshawar, where six people died in Friday's protests, chanted anti-US slogans.
Religious groups rallied in the southern port city of Karachi, where 15 people were killed Friday, after the funerals of the demonstrators took place.
Witnesses estimated that nationwide rallies on Friday mobilised more than 45,000, mainly members of right-wing religious parties and supporters of banned terror groups, although the numbers were still small in a country of 180 million.
Police fought back with gunshots and tear gas as arsonists and looters attacked cinemas, banks, shops and restaurants in Karachi, where outbreaks of political and ethnically linked violence have killed hundreds this year.
Four more people died overnight from wounds they received during the protests, taking the number killed across Pakistan on Friday to 21, health department officials said.
The combined total of wounded in Karachi, Peshawar and in the capital Islamabad was 229.
Overall, 23 people have been killed in Pakistan during protests over the past week.
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Butler said an agreement with the federal Economic Development Administration controls the Industrial Park and its tenant through 2016 and the county may not be allowed to site the SO there regardless.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Roxy: Christian Warrior
Our last lady of the bunch is Roxanne Morris, but you can call her "Roxy". Roxy is a 28 year old from Brooklyn, NY and she is Very Very religious. Capital 'V' religioso. How religious is she, you ask. She is a seminary student who identifies with Lil Hantz because of his daily walk with Christ. Now, as you know, dear readers, I give a little love nudge to Survivors who contact me pre-premiere. Wouldn't you know it? Roxy has FB messaged me. It was simple and polite and she's very enthusiastic so I am biting my tongue so hard right now. The religious stuff really turns me off, but, then again, Lil Hantz was great material so I will choose to give Roxy the benefit of the doubt. Just this once!
Of course, Roxy's inspiration is Jesus Christ and she would love to bring her Bible with her on the island. *tongue starts to bleed* Once, she found a rock in the Valley of Elah where David slayed Goliath so she's going to stick it in her bikini bottom and bring that with her too. *bites off end of tongue* If Roxy wins the money, she'll donate some to her church and then travel the world with her own ministry. Look, I could never do that. In a million years I could never do that so good for you Roxy. You're a much nicer person than I'll ever be. I'd probably spend the money on liquor, lingerie, and maybe one of those sex swings so, you know, that tells you how pious I am.
Let us pray. Please to enjoy:
You know what? She's spunky. She's confident and well spoken. Honest to God (whoops, am I allowed to say that?), she's likable at first glance. Clearly, she'll be a wealth of material which is always a good thing. I just hope that we don't get another "Kneel! Kneel! Pray!" thing going on after every challenge. Godspeed Roxy. Amen.
So, what do you guys think of Roxy? How much are those sex swings anyways? Comment it out bitches!
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And the first person voted out of Survivor : Philippines is........ReplyDelete
- DiabolicalSeptember 19, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Cannot stand the Jesus Freaks. You might be a nice person Roxy but mine is not yours for salvation. If you spend the show praying and forcing your tribe to pray along with you, you're dead to me.ReplyDelete
It takes a lot to get me laughing out loud. But when you somehow combined this lady's religious beliefs with your propensity for a sex swing I could not help it. Is your sense of humor as fun in vocal conversation as it is in print?ReplyDeleteReplies
Of course it is. Especially since I have a voice like a burly bagpiper.Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 19, 2012 at 5:52 PM
Ten Lashes Tom because you've never heard the show! SMH @ U!ReplyDelete
ROFLMAO Funny stuff LaLa!
- AnonymousSeptember 26, 2012 at 9:03 PM
And she's gone. Quite an embarrassment to the rest of us quiet Christians. You really shouldn't smile at someone and thump your bible while you stab them in the back. Back to seminary school sweety.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2012 at 4:51 PM
She was a crap person. It's great that her time on the island is done.ReplyDeleteReplies
Actually she is extremely nice and a great sport. She laughed at everything I threw her way in this blog.Delete


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A State of Trance 500: the official theme
Its 500th episode is quickly approaching. The 10th birthday is just around the corner. And the anticipation for the events is exceeding all limits. The trance community can hardly wait to celebrate A State of Trance 500, and for good reason.
With events in South-Africa, the US, Argentina, The Netherlands and Australia, Armin van Buuren has set up one of the greatest – if not the greatest – celebrations in dance music of all-time. Now that its official mascot's have been presented and the new www.astateoftrance.com has been launched, it's time to discover the official theme for this wonderful happening. Especially for ASOT 500, Armin produced a brand new Gaia track. In follow-up to '4 Elements', 'Tuvan' and 'Aisha', he now presents 'Status Excessu D'.
'Status Excessu D' has everything a brilliant theme song needs: energy, strong beats, a warm melody, a real classic feel and a break that sends shivers down your spine no matter how many times you've listened. This is 'Status Excessu D', the official A State of Trance 500 theme.
Armin premiered the track in his A State of Trance 496 show, enjoy this special preview.


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Hall of Fame outfielder ?Little Poison? Lloyd Waner was a long-time Pirate.
Lloyd Waner was born in 1906. Despite is 5'9, 132lb stature, Waner broke into the baseball major league in 1927 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, where played for almost 15 years and ended his career in 1945. He was the younger and quieter half of the "Big and Little Poison" combination with his older brother, Paul. Waner was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1967, and he passed away in July 1982.
Lloyd James Waner was born on March 16, 1906 in Harrah, Oklahoma. He and his four brothers and sisters grew up on a farm with their father Ora "Ote" Waner and their mother Etta Waner. The brothers worked hard from dawn to dusk every day and baseball was their only form of entertainment. Influenced by their father, who was a star player for a western league in Oklahoma City, brother Paul and Lloyd's love and natural talent developed over the years. The entire family enjoyed playing the game and the siblings developed healthy competition amongst themselves. The Waners used their farm to their advantage and learned to hit against corncobs and cut down saplings in the woods to use as bats. The oldest brother, Ralph, was a decent player but did not show the gifted talents Paul and Lloyd exemplified. Ote Waner was the first to realize their natural abilities: Well, I heard the two kids playing around the side of the barn and I took a peek, and I sure was amazed. There was Lloyd throwing corncobs at Paul and Paul was smacking those corncobs and sending them out on a line. He never missed one and he was using a hoe handle for a bat. Then came Lloyd's turn, and Paul would pitch to him. Same thing all over. Now I was considered a mighty good hitter myself, but when I saw those kids cracking away at corncobs I knew I was never in their class. Waner graduated from McLoud High School and went on to attend East Central State University in Ada, Oklahoma. During the three semesters he was enrolled, Waner played for the Ada Independents and several other local teams, as well as the East Central Teachers' College. During this time his older brother, Paul, left Oklahoma to attempt to break into the big leagues. In April 1926, Paul made his major league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Through his first year he lobbied the Pirates managers to recruit his younger brother. Waner got the opportunity to tryout to make the lineup. With his 5'9", 132 lb frame, his chances were slim as he was competing with veterans Kiki Cuyler and Clyde Barnhart, and talented rookie Adam Comorosky. Two days before the regular season began Barnhart collided with Elmer Lane during an exhibition game. Both were injured and forced to sit out in the last pre-season game. Waner won himself a starting position by banging out four out of five bats in that game. By the time Lloyd Waner had arrived in Pittsburgh, baseball as an institution had great momentum. Much like Oklahoma, Pennsylvania had a strong sense of baseball history, and Pittsburgh had given its fans unforgettable championships as well as last place finishes. With the 1925 World Series victory over the Washington Senators, combined with Pittsburgh's growth in the iron industry, the "Steel City's" expanding population and love of the game gave promise for the Waners' starting seasons. The Waner brothers became known as "Big and Little Poison" while playing for Pittsburgh. Their nicknames came about in a different way than many would guess. "Poison" is Brooklynese for "person," and one game when the Pirates played the Brooklyn Dodgers in Ebbets Field, a Dodgers fan supposedly griped "Every time you look up those Waner boys are on base. It's always the little poison on thoid and the big poison on foist." After that, the name stuck. The first series of games of Waner's debut season proved he deserved to be in the major leagues. He made outstanding catches in his left outfield position, as well as showing great speed and sensational hitting. Throughout the season Waner showed continued improvement upon his natural talent, which ultimately led to reshuffling in the lineup. Waner was batting a .329, and Pirates manager, Donnie Bush, moved him into the most valuable outfield spot, center field. Through his rookie campaign he batted .355 and set a league record with 223 hits. Pittsburgh went on the finish first in the National League and go up against the New York Yankees in the 1927 World Series. The series was first ever to be broadcast on a nationwide radio hookup, with an audience of 35 million people. In the end, the series was a disappointment for the Pirates who lost in a four game sweep. For Lloyd Waner the World Series came early in his career and never came again: "My first year up to the majors was in 1927, and darn if we didn't win the pennant. Boy, I thought to myself, this looks like a cinch. But I hung around for 18 more years and never saw another one." The next few years did not go well for the Pirates as they slipped in the standings, but those years were favorable to Waner. He was ranked among the best young players and had a good reputation as a clubhouse guy. He had come in at an inexpensive price tag, but now his value to the Pirates had increased dramatically and he wanted to cash in on it. His brother Paul also had similar feelings. Their sentiments were leaked to the press, which led to a public scandal in which Pirates officials attempted to portray the brothers in a gluttonous image. New York Sun reporter Joe Vila was sympathetic and wrote "The Waners were not responsible for the Pirates' poor showing last season and they have formed a sort of co-partnership agreement to hold up (Pirates' Owner) Dreyfuss until he comes to terms." The Waners remained in Oklahoma as the team began spring training, and the Pirates scrambled to reassemble the team and replace the entire outfield. Waner was non-confrontational in nature and disliked the strife. Unlike his brother, playing baseball was his only shot at success. So in mid-March he relented and signed for $2,000 less than he originally sought and joined the team. Waner played for the Pirates fourteen years, until the beginning of 1941. The Pirates leadership felt he and his older brother did not fit in with the youthful direction of the team. Waner had batted .300 or higher ten times with the Pirates and he finished in the top ten in MVP voting in 1927 and 1929 and was an All-Star in 1938. After the 1938 season both "Big" and "Little Poison" seemed to lose their drive. Paul Waner was released on December 10, 1940, which marks the day the Pirates terminated the longest running brother combination in baseball history. Waner was crushed, but pushed on with the Pirates. His season started out slow and never picked up. He posted his lowest average in the majors, his hits dwindled to low numbers, and he was noticeably slower in the outfield and around the bases. The Pirates tried to salvage the situation and trade him immediately. Lloyd later reminisced about that day; "I can tell you the saddest day of my career. It was the day in 1941 when the Pirates traded me to Boston for pitcher Nick Strincevich. I never thought I'd get over it." Between 1941 and 1944 Waner played for the Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The 1943 season was a breaking point for him. At 37, he was ready to retire from baseball and dropped out of the league, but Paul convinced him to give it another try one year later. He was easily convinced because he enjoyed the idea of playing for the same team as his brother again. Unfortunately, Waner blundered in spring training and was released from the Brooklyn Dodgers. After his release the Pirates picked him up, no doubt as a fan favorite. The Sporting News reported in 1945 that: Little Poison did not get much of a chance to work last year, but he was, and is, a swell insurance policy to have around. One of baseball's most beloved veterans, especially in Pirates circles, where he played for more than 14 years after first coming up to the big show, and a very popular chord was struck when the Pittsburgh club brought him back to Forbes Field on June 18 last year, following release by Brooklyn, which made him a free agent. No better liked player ever wore Buccaneer flannels. Lloyd appeared in 23 games that season, and then asked the Pirates to release him. On September 25, Lloyd Waner hung up his baseball uniform for the last time. When he retired his lifetime average was .316 and 2,459 hits which put him in a rare class of center fielders and leadoff hitters, not to mention his immeasurable speed. Lloyd moved back to Oklahoma but did not shy away from baseball, just the limelight of playing the game. He scouted for the Pirates from 1946 to 1949, and then for the Baltimore Orioles in 1950. Tired of travelling, he returned to Oklahoma City full-time and took a job as an accountant and foreman. In 1967, the Veterans Committee elected Lloyd Waner to the Hall of Fame. It was clear for many years prior he would not get into the Hall of Fame through the Baseball Writers Association of America's (BWAA) rigorous route. The Veteran's Committee provides an additional opportunity for Hall of Fame election once players have been passed over by the BWAA. Lloyd was undoubtedly an excellent player but his defense, singles, and speed just did not measure up to the BWAA's standards. Nevertheless, he survived the harsh criticism surrounding his selection and made the trip to Cooperstown, New York to be officially inducted. Waner was honored by the city of Pittsburgh on January 29, 1967. In part of his speech Waner emphasized how pleased he was that his career started and ended in Pittsburgh: "This is really my home because this is where I broke into the majors with the Pirates in 1927 and played for almost 15 years. This is where my friends are and this is where my fans were." In 1999, Pittsburghers were asked to vote and create the Pirates team of the century. More than 14,000 cast their votes and the team consisted of some of the greatest players in the history of the game and some particular fan favorites; Included in that team was center fielder, Lloyd Waner. On July 22, 1982 at the age of 76, Lloyd Waner died of complications related to emphysema. He was survived by his wife Francis Mae, daughter Lydia Freeman, and son Lloyd Jr., and five grandchildren. From the days where brothers tossed corncobs and swung broomstick bats to being inducted into the Hall of Fame years later, the Waner brothers and their story are permanently woven into the history of America's favorite pastime. Fellow Pirates player Woody Jensen remembered the Waner brothers warmly: "There are a lot of guys in there [Hall of Fame] who don't deserve it, and there are some guys playing in the big leagues now who couldn't play high school ball back then… But those Waner boys, now they deserve to be in there. They were great ballplayers. Paul was an extrovert and Lloyd wouldn't say much and stayed away from the cameras. But they stayed together and pulled for each other."
- Baseball Almanac. "Lloyd Waner Stats." Baseball Almanac. 2009. 1 Dec. 2009. <>http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=wanerll01>.
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Even as the United Nations prepares to massively expand its "sustainable development" agenda at the upcoming sustainability summit in Rio de Janeiro, lawmakers in Tennessee approved a joint resolution blasting the global body's controversial Agenda 21 - adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit - as an "insidious" socialist plot. All across America, opposition to the UN schemes is building quickly.
The popular measure (HJR 587) in Tennessee was passed by a bipartisan 72-to-23 landslide in the state House of Representatives last month. And on Tuesday, it was overwhelmingly approved in the Senate with 19 in favor and 11 against.
A broad coalition of activists from across the political spectrum came together to support the resolution, urging lawmakers to stand firm in the face of attacks to protect the people of Tennessee. And the efforts paid off: Supporters celebrated its passage Wednesday as another small victory for liberty, private-property rights, and national sovereignty.
Despite being non-binding, analysts said legislators in Tennessee sent a powerful message by recognizing the "destructive and insidious nature" of the controversial UN scheme. The resolution, among other points, urges the public and policymakers to reject Agenda 21, which it describes as "a comprehensive plan of extreme environmentalism, social engineering, and global political control."
Echoing a similar measure adopted earlier this year by the Republican National Committee (RNC), the resolution approved in Tennessee cites the UN's own documents to expose the global plan. Agenda 21 policy describes "social justice," for example, as "the right and opportunity of all people to benefit equally from the resources afforded us by society and the environment," lawmakers observed.
Such a "radical" vision would have to be accomplished by what the resolution describes as "socialist" and "communist" means — "redistribution of wealth" from U.S. taxpayers to governments around the world. Meanwhile, the legislation points out, Agenda 21 considers national sovereignty to be a "social injustice."
In other words, if the UN has its way, Americans would be forced to submit to global authorities as opposed to governing themselves under the framework established by the Constitution. And everything would have to change — education, the economy, policies, taxes, consumption, production, and more.
"This United Nations Agenda 21 plan of radical so-called 'sustainable development' views the American way of life of private property ownership, single-family homes, private car ownership and individual travel choices, and privately owned farms all as destructive to the environment," the resolution explains. "We hereby endorse rejection of its radical policies and rejection of any grant monies attached to it."
While the 20-year-old global plan has never been formally adopted by the U.S. Senate — which must ratify all treaties — it is still being implemented across the nation by stealth. "The United Nations Agenda 21 is being covertly pushed into local communities throughout the United States of America," the measure notes.
Aside from the federal executive branch, one of the main forces working to foist the scheme on Americans is a global organization named ICLEI (formerly known as the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives). And it uses a variety of innocent-sounding terms — "Smart Growth" and "Green," for example — to advance the controversial agenda, the resolution states. As such, the legislature of Tennessee resolved to warn America about the "dangerous intent" of the plan.
Facing a tidal wave of anti-Agenda 21 activism, an assortment of extremist pro-UN groups and tax-funded propagandists have attempted to downplay the significance of the global agenda, portraying it as a harmless environmental initiative. But experts and lawmakers were not convinced, and opposition to the schemes continues to grow.
State Sen. Mike Bell, a Republican who sponsored the Senate resolution in Tennessee, held up the UN's Agenda 21 in a thick folder for all to see. "There is over 300 pages, like I said, contained in this document," he explained, noting that the state resolution would send a "message" to Congress. "I can best describe this as zoning rules on steroids."
Some Democrats, however, did not see it that way. "It seems to me that planning and forethought and trying to preserve our Tennessee way of life is exactly what we should be doing," State Sen. Andy Berke was quoted as saying. It was not immediately clear why he opposed the resolution because it merely condemns Agenda 21 and UN schemes — not planning, forethought, or the preservation of the state's way of life.
Still, despite support from some pro-UN Democrats, opposition to the global organization and its "sustainable development" schemes largely transcends party lines. In the Tennessee House, for example, at least half-a-dozen Democratic lawmakers joined with the GOP majority to approve the anti-Agenda 21 resolution.
Activists who backed the measure come from both sides of the aisle, too. "Let's be sure to thank those elected officials who have the courage to brave ridicule and disinformation in order to bring UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development out of the shadows and into the light," noted the group Democrats Against U.N. Agenda 21 in a statement urging the Tennessee Senate to approve the resolution. "We can do it. We're getting stronger every day, and it's because you are speaking out."
Of course, the growing alliance seeking to preserve individual liberty and private property in the face of UN plans also includes a wide range of conservative and libertarian organizations. Diverse groups such as the Tennessee Eagle Forum, local Tea Party chapters, The John Birch Society, the American Policy Center, and even the Republican National Committee all played a role in getting the joint resolution passed.
Meanwhile, another piece of legislation on the agenda in Tennessee would do more than simply condemn the UN plan using strong language — it would completely prohibit the adoption or implementation of any part of the global scheme within the state. If passed, the law would ensure that local governments and state agencies would not be able to financially support or work with the vast array of "shadow organizations" seeking to "surreptitiously implement 'Agenda 21' around the world."
Beyond Tennessee, legislators and policymakers at the state and local level all across America are working hard to stop the agenda as well. Several states are already considering similar legislation. And scores of city governments are dropping their controversial membership in ICLEI — with the trend expected to accelerate faster than ever this year.
The UN, however, is moving full-speed ahead toward achieving its goals. Several official documents released in recent weeks revealed that the global body plans to use this June's UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UN CSD) to amass wide-ranging new powers and literally re-shape civilization under the guise of environmentalism. Even people's thoughts and lifestyles are in the crosshairs.
The upcoming global summit — known as Rio+20 because it marks the 20th anniversary of the Earth Summit which adopted Agenda 21 — will seek to transform humanity toward what its leaders describe as a "green economy." It will be chaired by UN CSD Secretary General Sha Zukang, who served as a senior diplomat for the Communist Chinese dictatorship before taking on his high-level "sustainability" post at the UN.
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A blonde's house was on fire, so she called 911 and started screaming, "Help me, please! My house is burning! Hurry!"
The operator said, "OK, calm down, and we'll be there soon. How do we get to your house?"
The blonde replied, "Duh, in that big red truck!"
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- "It's been extremely gratifying to be able to expand our employee base with so many talented new additions," said Inlanta's Director of Human Resources, Jan Priem.
Inlanta Mortgage is pleased to announce 2012 was its best year for new hires, with a total of 77 new employees over the course of the year. In just the past month, Inlanta has added three sales and eight support staff.
The Madison, Wis. branch added Loan Officer Lupe Montes and the Augusta, Maine office welcomed Loan Officer Martha St. Pierre. Loan Officer Stephen Speer joined the Oak Brook, Ill. office and the Bloomington, Ill. office welcomed Marketing Assistant Hillary Denham.
The corporate office in Brookfield also saw a number of new hires this month. In the funding department, Closer Mathew Peters joined the team, as well as Shipper Todd Gemmell. The underwriting department added a Junior Underwriter, Barbara Zehren this month. Finally, the information technology department welcomed Systems Manager Diane Myers.
Inlanta is still looking to fill many new positions at both the corporate and branch level. Open positions at the corporate office include experienced processors and underwriters. The Brookfield North branch is currently looking for a new loan officer and loan officer assistant. A complete list of open positions and their descriptions can be found online at www.inlanta.com/job-openings.
"It's been extremely gratifying to be able to expand our employee base with so many talented new additions," Director of Human Resources Jan Priem said. "Each one of them brings fresh ideas that help us refine and polish our processes and increase our customer base and satisfaction levels."
Headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., Inlanta Mortgage was established in 1993. The company has grown to 33 branches in 15 states and over 220 employees. Inlanta Mortgage provides its partner branches with Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac agency products, as well as a full suite of jumbo and portfolio programs. The company is delegated FHA/VA, FHA 203K and USDA approved.
Inlanta Mortgage was named a Top Workplace in 2012 has been listed on Mortgage
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Business Journal's "Top 25 Largest Milwaukee-Area Mortgage Banking Companies." Inlanta Loan Officers have also been named as Milwaukee Magazine's "Top Mortgage Professionals. Inlanta has also received the Platinum Million Dollar USDA Lender Award and was a finalist for the 2010 Mortgage Technology Award.
The company's platform supports high producing professional partner offices with the
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Larry Pratt: Guest speaker at group trying to recall state lawmaker believes Aurora gunman didn't act alone
UPDATE: A theater victim weighs in.
The guest speaker at a fundraising dinner for a group trying to recall a Democratic state lawmaker over his gun votes theorized last year that the Aurora theater gunman didn't act alone and the attack was somehow related to the United Nations' small-arms treaty negotiations.
Larry Pratt, director of Gun Owners of America, is scheduled to speak at a fundraising event for The San Juan Freedom Defense Committee, which is trying to recall Rep. Mike McLachlan, D-Durango.
So, what about Pratt raising questions about whether suspected theater gunman James Holmes acted alone?
"I've known Larry for 25 years," said David Saleh, spokesman for the defense committee. "He's anything but a conspirationist."
Lasamoa Cross was at the Aurora theater with her boyfriend, A.J. Boik, who was killed.
"At the time, pundits like Larry Pratt rushed in to do media tours claiming that the shooting was some kind of United Nations conspiracy," she said, in an e-mail. "Now a bunch of fringe gun groups are bringing him into Colorado for a fundraiser. This is not only an insult to me, but shows how completely out of touch these guys are."


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Although some events that have gone digital, simply add more channels to their systems.
For instance - goodwood festival of speed and goodwood revival
Goodwood estate, who run the event, have their own capacity plus system, on 3 repeaters (so 6 channels) for all year round use on the estates side, and the horse race course.
When the festival / revival comes along, the radio supplier puts in a single digital repeater for the main 'event control' channel (unknown why, perhaps for resilliance against system failure of the big system), and then goes about adding repeaters to their existing capacity plus system, on short term hire freqs. The capacity plus system uses the extra voice paths for the massive boost in users on the system (over 200 radios on 16 talkgroups last year).


text: Anyone else thinking of just boycotting this year's Olympics? It's full of sports that I don't care about for 206 out of every 208 weeks, with competitors who always turn out to be on performance enhancing drugs, plus despite pipe-dreams about separating sport from politics it's serving to legitimise and celebrate current Chinese government despite the various crappy things that government has been doing and will no doubt continue to do. Just reckon, despite my normal bloke's ability to get into any televised sport after 10 minutes of watching, that I'll give the whole thing a miss this Olympiad.