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A Campaign To Protect Our Elections From Dirty Tricks And Dirty MoneyKarl Rove created American Crossroads to continue his 40-year history of unfairly manipulating elections on behalf of oligarchs. He joined…
False Prophet Rove: Obama's 'Speech 'Nice Packaging.'False Prophet Rove: Obama's 'Speech 'Nice Packaging.' (via facile Report) False prophet and war instigated Karl Rove gave Obama a…
Right-wing Media And Pundits Seize On White House CIA Operative BlunderRight-wing Media And Pundits Seize On White House CIA Operative Blunder (via www.theprogressivesinfluence.com) Valerie Plame (Former CIA Outed Via Bush operatives)…
HILARIOUS! Karl Rove Calls Hillary Clinton 'Old and Stale'HILARIOUS! Karl Rove Calls Hillary Clinton 'Old and Stale' (via Americans Against The Tea Party) If there's one thing crusty…
Did Karl Rove's Riff on Hillary Clinton's "Traumatic Brain Injury" Backfire?
Is onetime Republican political maven Karl Rove too transparent for his or his party's own good? As I noted here, Rove was back to his old tricks recently in masterfully conducting the new and old media orchestras when he made charge he could later…
Karl Rove: Media Symphony Conductor
There's an old joke about a skunk who lifts his tail and, as bystanders hold their noses, says, "So do you!" Once again, Bush-era Republican maven Karl Rove has lifted his tail and altered the (ahem) atmospherics in America's political room —…
The Brad Blog: EXCLUSIVE: Former Gov. Don Siegelman Brings the Hammer Down on Tom DeLay from Prison
Alabama's former Democratic governor issues statement to The BRAD BLOG, slamming the former GOP House Majority Leader for his part in a $20 million 'money laundering' conspiracy to defeat him…
-By Brad Freidman
September 25, 2013- Ever since last week's reversal of former GOP Rep. Tom DeLay's 2010 money laundering convictions by a 2-to-1 partisan decision of a three-judge Texas appeals court panel, we have been contrasting the Texas Republican's treatment in the judicial system with that of Alabama's former Democratic Governor Don Siegelman.
Media Matters: Fox's Karl Rove Shouts Lies About Benghazi
-By Zachary Pleat
September 8, 2013- Fox News contributor Karl Rove repeated long-debunked falsehoods about the military response to the September 2012 attacks on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya.
During Fox News Sunday on September 8, a panel discussion turned to the upcoming anniversary of the attacks in Benghazi. During the segment, Rove falsely asserted that no military assets were ordered to assist the Americans under attack in Benghazi. Rove soon raised his voice and, over and over again, repeated his false claim that no help was sent to Benghazi.
Mother Jones: Groundswell's Secret Crusade to Crush Karl Rove
Ginni Thomas and her conservative allies have launched a stealth attack on the GOP's top strategist.
-By David Corn
July 25, 2013- Groundswell, the recently created coalition of prominent right-wing activists and journalists, gathers weekly to coordinate messaging and plot strategy for "a 30 front war seeking to fundamentally transform the nation." These sessions usually fixate on how best to battle the president, congressional Democrats, and progressive groups. But their 30-front war also includes something of a civil war: a fierce crusade against the Republican establishment and Karl Rove, the GOP strategist and Fox News pundit.
Huffington Post: Karl Rove Mocked By Sen. Jeff Sessions Over Immigration
-By Michael McAuliff
June 21, 2013- Highlighting the split between big-business Republicans and their more socially conservative brethren, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Friday mocked Karl Rove and his allies at the super PAC American Crossroads as a bunch of out-of-touch "fat cats" who spend their time sipping drinks at country clubs.
If they paid more attention to regular people, Sessions argued on the Senate floor, Rove and his pals might have advised Mitt Romney to take a more aggressive stance on immigration, which could have put the wealthy former governor in the White House.
Instead, American Crossroads and its affiliated nonprofit, Crossroads GPS, spent more than $100 million in a losing effort that Sessions belittled.
Huffington Post: Chris Van Hollen: IRS Rules To Be Challenged In Court
-By Paul Blumenthal
June 18, 2013- WASHINGTON — Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Tuesday that he and two campaign finance watchdog groups would sue the IRS, challenging regulations that allow nonprofit groups to be involved in politics if they're "primarily" devoted to a social welfare purpose.
Van Hollen said he and watchdog groups Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 would sue to clarify an IRS regulation that he said was at odds with the law, which requires certain groups to "exclusively" engage in social welfare to earn nonprofit status. The IRS regulation permitting groups "primarily" engaged in social welfare allows the organizations to participate in an undefined amount of political activity, said the congressman, a leading advocate of campaign finance reform and ranking member of the House Budget Committee.
The Daily Beast: Karl Rove's "Liberal Group" Complaint and the Crossroads GPS Scheme
When it comes to dark money groups, what really separates Crossroads GPS from its liberal counterparts is tens of millions of dollars in FEC-reported political spending, writes Robert Maguire of the Center for Responsive Politics.
-by Robert Maguire
June 2, 2013- Karl Rove, the co-founder of Crossroads GPS, has taken of late to asking why his 501(c)(4) social welfare group has been scrutinized, while "liberal groups have operated for decades in the same way GPS does without Democrats complaining." He singled out the League of Conservation Voters, NARAL Pro-Choice America, unions and the NAACP.


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Emma Thompson's ugly truth: she hopes to return to play her now beloved Nanny McPhee, warts and all, at least two more times.
"I think I've got two stories, if we're lucky enough to do that – a modern one and a futuristic one," Thompson tells PopcornBiz.
Her "luck" seems likely enough: the first two installments of the family friendly franchise she writes and stars in have proven extremely popular (the second, "Nanny McPhee Returns" debuts on home video Tuesday), and Thompson's already in the midst of crafting the third outing for the nanny who from hag to hottie as her child charges become less naughty.
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"I'm about into the first act" of the third story, says Thompson, who admits breaking the story "bloody well doesn't come easy. And this one, the modern one, is the hardest one of them all, because it's completely new vernacular and because the difficulties that children are experiencing and that parents are experiencing in the 21st century are so different to those that they experienced in the 20th and the 19th."
She does have a better handle on a possible fourth film, set "way, way ahead when we're all living in space. I've got that story pretty much written, actually."
No one's been more surprised than Thompson at how much she's enjoyed allowing the nanny to rule her professional life the past few years. "I'm intrigued by my passion for it because I do really love writing these," she says. "They are quite simple morality tales in a sense, but they're fantastically difficult to write. So there must be some deep psychological thing at work, where somehow or other I'm sorting out the world in my own mind as I write, and that makes me feel better."
She says even without her unglamorous character prosthetics she occasionally gets recognized by wee fans of the films who respond to her "with great affection, I'm happy to say. Only a couple of them have hidden under the kitchen table and refused to come out! I have to let them look at me for quite a long time, because I have to remind them that they only see me looking not like I look, as it were, in the last two frames of the movie. So it's nice, because it's a perfect disguise."
For her current film, "Men In Black 3," Thompson gets a break from major makeup sessions. "I'm not in prosthetics – I've got a lot of product in my hair but that's about the length of it," she says. "I'm playing the head of the organization. They have a new head of Men in Black and she's a woman! They're going to have to call the next one 'People in Black.' Though I don't think it works quite so well."

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- In Jordan and Lebanon, the children of women married to foreigners are denied citizenship
- By contrast, men from those countries can confer their nationality on their families
- Neighboring countries have reformed similar laws over the past decade
- Politicians say changing the laws will create issues with refugee populations
In Jordan and Lebanon, women married to foreigners are taking to the streets to fight for their children's citizenship rights.
In both countries, women who marry non-nationals are unable to confer nationality on their child or spouse, rendering their families foreigners in the eyes of the law, and denying them rights and access to key public services. In contrast, men from those countries who marry foreigners face no such obstacles.
The same situation applied throughout most Arab countries until 2004, when -- following years of campaigning by women's groups -- Egypt changed its laws. In the subsequent years, reforms followed in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, the Palestinian territories, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
But in Amman and Beirut, change is slow in coming. Nima Habashna, a 53-year-old Jordanian, has been campaigning for five years for citizenship to be granted to her children.
She began her campaign online through a blog called "My mother is Jordanian and her nationality is my right," and last year took her activism to the streets.
"I am a citizen of this country, I pay taxes and it's my right to be treated the same way a Jordanian man is treated," she said.
"If we were in any other part of the world where democracy exists, we wouldn't have had to go through this to demand a basic right."
Habashna has six children with a Moroccan man she married in Jordan in 1974. Since he left six years ago, the children have been in a state of limbo.
Four have no passports, effectively rendering them stateless. The family must pay for public healthcare and education, freely available to their peers, because the children are not considered Jordanian.
Habashna's 17-year-old daughter, Rola Habashna, says she is treated differently at school over the nationality issue, even though she was born and bred in the country.
"Even if I don't have a Jordanian passport or citizenship, I consider myself Jordanian," she said. "I was born here, raised here and live my life like any other Jordanian."
An estimated 40,000 Jordanian women and children are affected by the country's citizenship laws, according to government-funded think tank, the King Hussein Foundation. Among them is Salwa Al Arabi, the Jordanian wife of a Pakistani, who joined the protests after her three children repeatedly encountered problems over their nationality.
She said it was unfair for the law to discriminate against people for whom they fall in love with.
"What can I do? I found him and I loved him, and it's destiny," she said. "Why can't we be like Egypt or Dubai ... they gave (the children) citizenship."
Habashna agreed: "People say that the problem is with us marrying non-Jordanians, but it's not that. The problem remains in the laws."
In Lebanon, where the same issue exists, women's rights campaigners marched in the streets earlier this month to call for law reform. Lina Abou Habib, a Beirut-based activist who has campaigned on the issue throughout the region since 2002, estimated 15,000 people in Lebanon were affected by the nationality laws.
A year ago, campaigners handed a draft law to Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and in March the issue was addressed by Cabinet for the first time, with a ministerial committee formed.
But the committee has yet to meet and Abou Habib believes no action will be forthcoming any time soon.
She said the reasons given by politicians to maintain the status quo -- including that doing so would upset Lebanon's fragile demographic balance between the major faith groups -- does not hold water.
"The same politicians are asking for Lebanese nationality to be given to Lebanese immigrants, and we know this will actually benefit one particular confessional group over the others," she said.
Another common justification is that changing the rules would encourage an influx of Palestinian refugees, and undermine the right of the estimated 400,000 Palestinians already living in Lebanon to return.
"We are talking about equal rights for Lebanese women and men," said Abou Habib. "There is no link between this and undermining the Palestinian cause. The real reason is our political system ... is incredibly patriarchal."
Jordan's government takes a similar position, saying a large influx of refugees from the Palestinian territories, Iraq and Syria makes the issue a political problem.
Nadia Hashem, Jordan's women's affairs minister, told CNN she was pursuing the issue. "I sympathize with them quite a lot. I want to find a solution for these people," she said. "This business of falling in love business is a troublesome area."
But Habashna does not accept the ministry's explanations for her predicament, and says she will continue her "battle" until the laws are changed.
"There are a lot of given excuses," she said. "But the real deal is that it's ... discrimination against women."
Follow the Inside the Middle East team on Twitter: Presenter Rima Maktabi: @rimamaktabi, producer Jon Jensen: @jonjensen, producer Schams Elwazer: @SchamsCNN and writer Tim Hume: @tim_hume and digital producer @mairicnn


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Local Author Manipulates Way to Victory
I won! Thanks to your votes, many of which probably came from outside my home state and thus were blatant moral, if not technical, violations of the competition's integrity, Company rode to joint victory as the State Library of Victoria's "Most Popular Book."
Now, some might view this as a shameful exercise in depriving a more deserving author of their rightful prize. Possibly this group includes the State Library, since they declared me "Joint Winner," implying quite the statistical event. But no, no, I have to take their word for it that there really was a genuine tie. This makes me pretty glad I voted for myself. And means that my wife—who the morning of the award ceremony said, "I was supposed to vote?"—is in big trouble.
I didn't mention this in my acceptance speech. What I did say, and would like to repeat here for those who (ahem) couldn't make it to the ceremony, is that it's continually amazing to me that people read something I wrote and care enough about it or me to send me an email, or mention it on their blog, or vote in a competition like this. I get so much personal joy out of writing, but to feel that response from people as well is truly touching, and makes what I do a privilege.
While I'm talking home town news, I'm stepping out for the launch of the new Australian Syrup edition, Wednesday 12th March, 6:30pm in the Sun Theatre foyer, 10 Ballarat St, Yarraville. They say "bookings are essential" (03 9689 0661), but I don't know about that. I mean, it's a foyer. And it's me.
By the way, I just moved house, and I'm writing this blog on dial-up. Dial-up! It's like being blind.


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Patrick Cates was selected by the Board of County Commissioners to serve as the Douglas County Manager effective March 7, 2019.
Patrick has over 22 years of experience with the State of Nevada. Prior to coming to Douglas County, Patrick was appointed by Governor Brian Sandoval to serve as the Director of the Nevada Department of Administration (D of A) on September 14, 2015.
In Patrick's capacity as D of A Director, he oversaw a variety of agencies including: Administrative Services; Enterprise IT Services; Fleet Services; Hearings and Appeals; Human Resource Management; Public Works; Purchasing; Risk Management; State Library, Archives and Public Records; the Office of Grant Procurement, Coordination and Management; the Deferred Compensation Program; and the Victims of Crime Program.
Prior positions include six years as Deputy Director of the Department of Wildlife where he managed administrative and support functions to include budgeting, contracting, grants management, facilities management, information technology, engineering, personnel, and operations.
Patrick also served the Nevada Departments of Cultural Affairs, Health and Human Services, and Motor Vehicles and Public Safety.
Mr. Cates holds a bachelor degree in economics from the University of Nevada, Reno.
Patrick grew up in Washoe County and graduated from Reed High School in Sparks. He met his wife, Bonnie, while attending college. Bonnie and Patrick have three daughters and are guardians of two nieces. They both enjoy history and the great outdoors.
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Address: 1594 Esmeralda Ave. Minden, NV 89423
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 218 Minden, NV 89423
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Douglas County Sheriff's Office Responds to Protest
Sheriff Coverley Media Briefing
Official Statement from the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners Regarding August 8, 2020 Protest
UPDATE Douglas County Prepares for Planned Protest on August 8, 2020
Douglas County Prepares for Planned Protest on August 8, 2020
Douglas County Shooting Range Improvements
Douglas County Opens New Dog Park
Douglas County Homemaker Program Conducts Fan Drive for Seniors
Douglas County Receives Generous Contribution from the Community Services Foundation
Douglas County Asks Residents Near Numbers Fire to Prepare for Potential Flooding
Update on Numbers Fire Investigation
Douglas County Community Services Department Announces Important Partnership with The Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada
Meeting Location for Douglas County Board of County Commissioners Meeting Change to Virtual
Douglas County Community and Senior Center Small Kitchen Fire Extinguished by Sprinkler System
Douglas County Recreation Announces Re-Opening of Lake Youth Day Camp
Douglas County Recreation Announces Re-Opening of Valley Youth Day Camp
Douglas County 9-1-1 Emergency Services Launches New Service Allowing 9-1-1 Callers to Share Health Data
Douglas County Board of County Commissioners and Planning Commission Continue to Hold Virtual Meetings
Offices of the Assessor, Clerk-Treasurer and Recorder Located in the Historic Courthouse Re-Open to the Public on June 10, 2020
Douglas County Community Centers Open June 3
Topaz Lake Campground Opens June 1, 2020
Douglas County Re-Opens Park Facilities- Skate Park, Horseshoe Pits, Hard Ball Courts
Douglas County Public Counter Offices at the Minden Inn Re-Open to the Public
Business Resource Guide
Douglas County Community Services Announces the Temporary Closure of the Douglas County Shooting Facility
Cave Rock Drive Pipeline Replacement Project- Phase I Update
Minden-Tahoe Airport Aviation Roundup
Douglas County Discontinues Community Access Channels
Douglas County Community Services Announces Opening of Tennis and Pickleball Courts
Douglas County Board of County Commissioners Draft Letter to the Governor In Support of Reopening Douglas County
Douglas County Board of County Commissioners Hold Special Meeting to Discuss Recovery and Economic Impacts to Business
Evaluating Economic Impacts and Discussing Reopening
A Public Service Announcement from your Quad County Elected Officials on COVID 19
Douglas County Sheriff's Office Launches New Website
Douglas County Public Meeting Information Submitting Public Comment
Douglas County Encourages Local businesses to "weigh-in" on COVID-19 Economic Impact Survey
Douglas County Updates Economic Vitality Webpage to Assist Local Businesses
A Message from our Chairman on COVID-19
A Message from our County Manager on Public Closures
Sheriff Coverley Asks the Public to Stay at Home and Keep Close Watch on Juvenile Activity
Douglas County Public Meetings: Materials and Participation
Douglas County Commissioners Scheduled To Hear Presentation on Lake Tahoe Events Center
The American Red Cross in Partnership with Northern Nevada Rural Counties Takes Action to Prepare Community for Disaster Relief Simulated Shelter Set-Up Scheduled
2020 Census Information
Douglas County Instates Text-to-911 "Call if you can – Text if you can't"
Master Plan Update 2019
Douglas County Sheriff's Office Public Safety Reminders for New Year's Eve
Family Support Council received a $5,000 donation from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office to go towards their "Help Save the Roof" Project
Holiday Package Crime Prevention Tips from DCSO
Parade of Lights Route and Road Closures
Douglas County Hosts Special Meeting for Development Agreement Between Park Ranch Holdings LLC and Master Plan Amendments
Flood Awareness Event
Douglas County Sheriff's Office holds a No Shave November fundraiser contest to benefit Suicide Prevention Network
Douglas County Receives Finance Award 2019
Douglas County Public Works Department hosts first Community Open House
Douglas County Businesses Receive Spotlight Awards
Scheduled Road Work
Vail Resorts and Douglas County Community Services Foundation Announce Climbing Wall Lifetime Naming Right Agreement
Board of County Commissioners To Review Process of Master Plan Map Update
Accepting Applications for Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife
Road Closure Ironwood Dr.
Grant Funding Aids Douglas County Efforts to Prevent Opioid Crisis
Serve on the Census Committee in Douglas County
$5 per Night Surcharge to all Hotel Rooms and other Transient Lodging Accommodations Within the Lake Tahoe Township Area of Douglas County
Douglas County Sheriff's Office is preparing for the upcoming 4th of July celebration at Lake Tahoe
Are you Prepared for an Evacuation
4th of July Events Douglas County
Boil Water Notice Rescinded
Boil Water Notice Johnson Lane
East Fork Fire Protection District Dispels Myths and Misconceptions Regarding Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems
Water Consolidation 2019
Board of County Commissioners Incident
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) and East Fork Fire District Respond to Signs and Symptoms of a Possible Opioid/heroin Overdose.
Special Olympics Torch Run
Regional Collaboration Leads to Heart Safe Communities
Douglas County Conducts Community Assessment Survey for Emergency Response
Douglas County Vacation Home Rental Task Force Holds First Meeting
Warmer Temperatures Could Bring Spring Flooding
China Spring Plant Sale
Tahoe Douglas Elks Lodge #2670 Donates to Douglas County Recreation Youth Sports
Livestreaming of Board Meetings Down Due to Technical Difficulties
Change in Community Development Public Counter Hours
Letter From County Manager
Douglas County Announces Schedule for Budget Presentations
Douglas County Celebrates Social Services Month
Board of County Commissioners Sign Resolution Opposing SB143
Douglas County Reschedules Public Workshop on Water Utility Rate Analysis
February 21, 2019 Board Meeting Cancelled
Douglas County Hosts Public Workshop on Water Utility Rate Analysis
Douglas County Hires New Director of Community Development
Douglas County Receives Nevada Department of Investigation Report and AG Declination Letter
Recruitment of Representatives for VHR Task Force
Press Conference on Monday, January 28, 2019
Douglas County Wins Budgeting Award
Douglas County Encourages the Community to Reach Out
County Manager, Tom Stone, Resigns


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Dozens look for answers at health care forum
Organizer: There have been many misconceptions
Some major website problems are making it difficult for people trying to sign up for health care, leaving many with questions about the Affordable Care Act.
On Saturday, dozens of people in Milwaukee went to a health care forum to get some answers. Bobby McGuire came to the forum at St. Matthews Church with a lot of questions.
"If I qualify, what (do) I qualify for, exactly? How much will it cost me and what type of benefits will I have or health care will I have?" McGuire said.
McGuire said he hasn't had health insurance for years because it was too expensive.
Organizer Dr. Pamela Malone said it's important the community knows they're not in it alone.
"There have been many misconceptions. There are many people here without health care and our goal as an organization is to provide information so that policy makers can then go forth and do what they need to do," said Malone.
Student Michelle Verser said she knows the information will be life-changing.
"I'm sick sometimes, so I have to go to the doctor. It's going to be a big blessing for me," said Verser.
According to the Obama administration, the enrollment website should running more smoothly by the end of November. Officials said they've assigned a general contractor to manage the overall effort of the 3-week-old website and to go through each problem.


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Oh, I never noticed that spam; was it bad? Nowadays, I only check by in Mondays to update the tourney champ. Anyway, glad you fixed it, you, master of the listpages command! As you know full well, we're not expecting any changes to Factions, so no modifications to the wikidot either...
Ok, never mind. Looks like the problem's solved. In case I broke something, there's a backup accessible in the site manager. That thread/link in my last note describes how to address it if it happens again. --Frank
Hi Aleo,
I see the wiki site was spammed on July 9, so I've locked down edits for non-admins. You can re-enable those in the Site Manager > Security > Permissions any time, or just make whoever has something to contribute an admin.
I've asked a question about it here:
The wikidot community is very knowledgeable, so hopefully we won't have to manually delete those dozens of pages the spammer created.
Thanks! I don't remember who that was for, but it was a request from a KS Backer, as are most of the Crest designs I've done. Sadly, I've been too busy with other things to work on any for a while now, but I'm looking forward to seeing my designs on Banners in the game once Stoic gets that implemented
Thanks for the support, Aleonymous! I try not to pick favorites of my crests (in public anyway) but those are some good ones. It's been a lot of fun for me to work on them. I am working on one for Netnazgul right now but it has been slow going with some of the other things I've got going on in RL.
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Leapin' Lizards! The popular comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world's best-loved musicals.
With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan ANNIE charms everyone's hearts, despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find her parents, who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan.
With the help of the other girls in the Orphanage, ANNIE escapes to the wondrous and magical world of NYC. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, ANNIE foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations and befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She finds a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.
ANNIE is the perfect family-friendly musical, and an ideal show for a largely female cast. Middle Schools and elementary schools should also take notice of ANNIE JR - a special version of this title expressly designed for younger performers.


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Beat the Streak Report: Thursday, June 18
Today's recommended picks
Derrek Lee, 1B, Cubs
20-for-56 (.357 AVG) during 14-G hitting streak
Lance Berkman, 1B, Astros
10-for-18 (.556 AVG) lifetime vs. Rangers starter Vicente Padilla
Brian Roberts, 2B, Orioles
4-for-8 (.500 AVG) lifetime vs. Mets starter Livan Hernandez
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
If life does indeed begin at 40, then BTS leader wildtanners has a great many things to look forward to. Perhaps a payout of over $1 million will be one of those things. wildtanners became just the 20th contestant in the eight-plus years of BTS play to reach the 40-game plateau yesterday when Freddy Sanchez laced a first-inning single en route to a 2-for-5 day. wildtanners is now just 10 games away from setting a new BTS record, and 17 shy of toppling Joe DiMaggio's mark for the top prize.
Of course, he isn't the only one with eyes on the Yankee Clipper's record. richdempc continued his own impressive run yesterday, extending his streak to 36 games with a 1-for-4 effort from Ichiro Suzuki. Furthermore, he took over sole possession of second place when wolfenstein35's selection, Albert Pujols, was limited to two walks in four plate appearances vs. the Tigers.
Pujols' hitless performance also spelled an end to the 34-game run of trkmn94. That allowed paulcmoss84, who tabbed Ichiro, to take over third place at 34 games. crtownse went with .400 hopeful Joe Mauer (1-for-4) to move up to 33 games, while beowolf49 and darla019 pushed their streaks to 32 games with their respective picks of Marco Scutaro (3-for-4) and Pat Burrell (1-for-4).
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 11.0%, 1-for-4
2. Joe Mauer (MIN): 5.4%, 1-for-4
3. Ryan Zimmerman (WSH): 4.2%, 0-for-4
4. Ryan Braun (MIL): 4.1%, 2-for-4
5. Carl Crawford (TB): 3.9%, 1-for-4
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Jongkun (Timothy) Kim was making waves in the BTS standings before his 35-game run came to an end yesterday.
Timothy was born in Korea and moved to Toronto in 1998. A University student, it's not surprising that he's put a lot of thought into his BTS strategy. Timothy focuses on the day's starters with a high ERA and the hitters with a strong average against them. If he's having a tough time deciding, he looks to see if it's a home game for the batter. He also feels that a player coming off a hitless game will be motivated to bounce back and have a successful day at the plate.
Timothy roots for both the Blue Jays and Red Sox, and names Kevin Youkilis as his favorite player. He hopes his hometown Jays make the playoffs this year, so maybe when he's not busy studying the BTS batter-pitcher matchups, he can devise a way to help the Toronto pitching staff stay healthy.
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Jason Bay ended my streak yesterday at 7 games. He only played through four innings.
For this series, I'm going with all Baltimore players.
Philadelphia 3rd worst pitching staff with 263 hits given up the past 30 days
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(Reuters) – Training for the Boston Marathon may be grueling, but finding a place to stay during the event is also proving a challenge for participants and supporters this year.
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Office tenants are fleeing average Midtown rents of $75 per sq. ft. for cheaper rents of $45 per sq. ft. downtown. The migration helped drive down the Class-A vacancy rate to a tight 6.3% in the first quarter, reports Cushman & Wakefield.
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Members of ULI's Industrial & Office Park Council discuss the recovery of the industrial and office sectors, what investors are looking for, the return of development, and other trends.
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How would you characterize the recovery of the industrial and office sectors, and what kind of uncertainty remains?
Jack Fraker: The job losses in this country did not hit the industrial sector as badly as they hit the office market. But because consumer spending was down, warehouse demand was down, so we had a lull in the fundamentals in 2009 and 2010. When the recession hit, everybody could quickly put the brakes on new construction, knowing that it only takes about six months to build a warehouse or distribution center. Now the economy is better, and many markets around the country have healthy occupancy levels. Some speculative construction is taking place in a handful of markets. The fundamentals are improving, interest rates are favorable, and institutional investors continue to be interested in industrial real estate.
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James Carpenter: Overall, the industrial leasing market improved in 2011. In prior recoveries, small businesses led the way. In this recovery, market performance was driven by large multinational corporations with cash or access to capital. They were reconfiguring their supply chains to save money, primarily for consumer products and e-retail, and they leased modern, high-ceiling warehouses larger than 400,000 square feet [37,000 sq m]. At the other end of the spectrum, 20,000- to 100,000-square-foot [1,900 to 9,300 sq m] spaces leased to local companies and 100,000- to 300,000-square-foot [9,300 to 28,000 sq m] spaces leased to regional companies didn't start to perform very well until the fourth quarter of 2011, and then probably due to improved prospects for employment, a moderate uptick in consumer spending, restocking of inventories, and incrementally better credit for small to midsized business, all overlaid with a current of optimism about the economy.
Andrew Friedman: In the Bay Area, office absorption is strong in many markets, particularly in San Francisco's South of Market submarket and in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Mountain View, and Cupertino. There has been less activity in San Jose and Santa Clara, but the prospects for 2012 are improving. Much of the leasing activity is driven by big technology firms like Apple, Facebook, Google, Salesforce, Twitter, Yammer, and Yelp. In Seattle, a dozen large companies are growing, but the big gorilla there is Amazon, which added about 10,000 employees last year, the overwhelming majority in Seattle's South Lake Union submarket. Traditional downtown office tenants—finance, real estate, insurance, and other professional services—have grown more slowly.
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Jeffrey Barclay: The hottest topic for everybody in real estate right now, especially in the office sector, is job growth. Where is job growth going to come from? When will corporations that are now flush with cash start hiring? From a real estate point of view, the questions are how to respond to those companies' needs and to what extent is conventional real estate obsolete, or at least not optimally useful. On the industrial side, the question is really much more related to trade—how the slowdown of China's economy might influence trade patterns, how the 2014 expansion of the Panama Canal will have an impact on trade.
John Levy: What we have is a very uneven recovery, and the concept of risk is still a big issue for people. They really don't know where they want to take risk, and there are still a lot of people who want to play both ends of the barbell: either they want to be extremely safe or very risky. The thought process is that they will lose some money on the very risky deals, but they will make enough that it will be effective.
What are investors looking for, and what is the availability of financing?
Carpenter: In the industrial arena, the typical investor in 2011 was seeking a major distribution market—Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, northern New Jersey, or Miami. The investor market wanted newer, fully occupied, larger distribution space in those markets, and they were willing to pay a handsome price. That resulted in significant trading of those assets in most markets. Now investors are willing to think about Class B product, provided that they stay in those major markets. That's a function of pricing: the yields in the slightly lesser-quality product, as long as it's well located and well designed, are significantly higher than yields for core, probably by 125 to 175 basis points. After the Class B buildings begin to trade in primary markets, Class A products will likely trade in lesser markets like Indianapolis, Nashville, Charlotte, Memphis, or Phoenix.
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Fraker: Most institutional investors are focused on the top-tier markets and are not looking as closely at industrial opportunities in so-called secondary cities. I think they are missing opportunities for slightly higher returns by not going into these secondary cities, where they could be getting a higher return by about 50 to 100 basis points. Later on, those cap rates and returns might get compressed in secondary markets, so there is a built-in profit. I'm watching closely to see when the money starts coming back into the secondary markets.
Levy: The good news for both industrial and office buildings is that the reemergence of the commercial mortgage–backed securities [CMBS] market is offering a financial alternative that has been lacking for the last four or five years. We have been able to do big deals in major cities for quite a while—Washington, D.C., New York, San Francisco—but a good building in Nashville or Austin might have had trouble. The CMBS market is willing to provide capital not just in five cities, but in 30 or 40. In addition, there is quite a bit of money in the form of either mezzanine debt or preferred equity. The rates for mezzanine debt have come down dramatically as well.
Are you seeing signs of a return to development?
Friedman: Office development is coming back faster than people anticipated. In Seattle, there is talk of development, and one small project in the South Lake Union area just broke ground. In San Francisco, Tishman Speyer has announced plans to build two office projects in South of Market and expects to start construction in the near term. In Silicon Valley, a number of projects have either broken ground in the last 60 to 90 days or they are going to soon. I can think of three or four projects in Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Santa Clara, and Palo Alto. There are also some land sales. I know one that is expected to close at a price that is close to the peak prices reached before the downturn, and my understanding is that it's going to be a spec development.
Fraker: For the industrial markets, Los Angeles, Houston, south Florida, central Pennsylvania, and even Salt Lake City are showing signs of life. New construction is likely to start later this year in Dallas, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis. What's being built are very large buildings because corporate America became very cautious and shelved its expansion projects and consolidated distribution center projects from 2009 to 2011. Now corporate America has a little more confidence in the economy.
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For the office sector, do trends favor urban locations over suburban ones?
Barclay: Urbanization is creating new winners and losers. New York City is a great example. The most active markets in New York are not necessarily in the traditional big corporate markets. The best example I can point to is Chelsea and the meatpacking district in New York. Two years ago, Google bought a building there, and ever since then the desire to be near there has been tremendous among tenants. It's possible that corporations will have less appetite for suburban office parks, or that some edge cities will benefit and some of the more remote locations will suffer. This trend is likely to lead to more adaptive reuse. The old buildings, like the one Google bought in New York, are extremely suitable for today's technology.
Levy: There is no question that there is a move to hipper space—unfinished ceilings, open plans, ping-pong tables, Wi-Fi everywhere. Today's workers may take up a little less space than they did in traditional offices, but now they have different needs. They want a car wash or a gym in the building; they want Wi-Fi in the lunchroom. But those spaces don't necessarily have to be downtown. Silicon Valley is pretty hip, after all.
What other trends are shaping the industrial and office park sectors?
Levy: The Ben Bernanke economic plan is actually working. Right now, if you open a money market fund, you might get 10 basis points a year. Not too long ago, you could make 3 to 5 percent interest. With the Federal Reserve policy now, there is no reward for parking your money. You have to invest it, and real estate is generally thought to be a relatively safe, high-yield investment. By keeping rates very low, Bernanke has forced investors to look for and accept some risk.
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Carpenter: E-commerce is the dominant force in the industrial sector because it's driving so much of the changing demand in retail. The e-retailers are leasing big buildings. Amazon is the bellwether: they leased a couple million square feet in Phoenix last year. In Louisville, which is a UPS hub, the Zappos.com shoe company has 900,000 square feet [84,000 sq m] and is adding more space every day. The large e-retailers are all taking space close to these major logistics hubs for overnight shipping.
Fraker: The biggest change in the industrial sector is that these buildings now are designed with lots of trailer parking on site. It requires more land, but corporate real estate managers want to get maximum utility out of the site. In some cases, the trailers are used for storage. Also, there is a move to make more warehouses environmentally oriented and to obtain LEED [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design] certification, with features such as on-site water retention, reflective roofs, and clerestory windows to bring in natural light.
Barclay: The amount of office space per employee is shrinking. Technology such as the iPad has been a game changer. People can be much more productive in much less space. Even a few years ago the security concerns about wireless communication systems in offices were almost prohibitive, and now wireless systems are everywhere, allowing people to be productive from anywhere they want to be. Office tenants are looking for spaces where their employees can effectively collaborate. They're moving more toward teams: people work with one set of people on one project and another set of people on another project. Tenants want common areas where people can catch up over coffee or work out, informal meeting spaces distributed throughout the space. There's a major workplace trend toward breaking down the boundary between work and play.
Friedman: Workplaces are getting denser. The old rule of thumb was one employee per 250 square feet [23 sq m]. Now, especially in the tech world, in an open-plan work environment, one employee for every 125 to 140 square feet [12 to 13 sq m] is more common. Companies are also providing more informal meeting areas, lounges, and amenities such as high-quality food and exercise facilities. As a result, tenants are favoring larger floor plates with better window lines. That gives them the ability to efficiently accommodate a dense work environment, provide multiple amenities on the same floor as the workspace, and give employees the flexibility to quickly form project teams as needed. Now a lot of other industries with younger workers, whether media companies or entrepreneurial finance companies, are also seeking these creative kinds of spaces.


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Over there is my panda bear shaped grape soda. I procured it from the hospital when Tomathy was there next week with an appendix bypass interruption. Don't think the attending prosthetic didn't notice my be-gloved-ness, or the jamboree infestation in my Pinto. Undoing mass migration is the business I hope to be in when I graduate from the state college of Umbro shorts. Or there may be snapping pigeons on the Phil Collins statue on the square in Madagascar. Photo finishes are a hobby of mine, since I ate that camera a few tape guns back. I once doodled a doodle of noodles when I was huffing arctic sea turtles. Don't judge me by my overreaching habits, says the orbital bone infection.
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|Photograph taken by Williamson Prince Paljor is standing in front of C E Dudley
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Frederick Williamson was the Eighth British Political Officer of Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet in the 1930s. A part from a steward diplomat posted in the buffer zone of Sikkim, Williamson was also a passionate photographer. He has taken a number of pictures of Sikkim, Tibet and Bhutan (three Himalayan Kingdoms) during his stay at Gangtok as a British Political Officer. Between December 1930-August 1935, he and his wife, Margaret Williamson, shot approximately 1700 photographs throughout the Himalayan region. As well as documenting the Williamsons' personal travels, the photos provide an unusually well-preserved and well-catalogued insight into social life in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet during the 1930s [Source: www.digitalhimalaya.com] His photographs resembles the social, political, cultural and economic aspects of then Sikkim and its immediate neighbors which are mostly confined in travelogues and writings of the scholars. The most important picture taken by him includes the family photographs of Sikkim Royals in which young pilot prince of Sikkim Paljor Namgyal is standing with the other member of the Royal House. A part from this rare picture, almost all the photography of Williamson like plays an imperative part for the study of pre Second World War Sikkim. The Williamson Photographic Collection is housed in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University and a recent exhibition entitled Collected Sights featured a number of Williamson's photos. Of equal interest are the 23 reels of 16mm cine film which Williamson shot while in Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet. (Source www.digitalhimalaya.com ) The passionate photographer and a gigantic diplomat Frederick Williamson died in Lhasa in 1936.
|Maharaja Sir Tashi Namgyal and Maharani Kunzang Deechen of Sikkim and Mrs. Dudley
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Memorial Day
I went to dog beach with the usual gang–my sister, her husband, their two boxers, and my two kiddies.
It was Hugo's first time and I think he had the most fun.
Lily was her usual weird self on the ride home and chose to face the seat instead of forward.
And here's Maggie. Totally over it.
Hope you all had a lovely Monday! I'm off to finish some crochet pieces.
May 28, 2012 4:06 pm
looks like such a fun day for everyone! does lily get car sick? my guys will face the seat too because they don't like the motion. the x-country trip traumatized them 😦
May 28, 2012 6:53 pm
oh my goodness they are cute. i wish there was a dog beach here. in nashville you can't even take your dog to the lake. LAME.
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Their little vests are sooo cute! We wanted to go but didn't feel like dealing with parking. So jealous!
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I wish we had a beach AND that my boy liked water. Ho hum, i'll just have to live vicariously through your two cute bundles of weird!
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Optimizing Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00207948
Recruitment Status : Terminated (no measurable response was detected at the 50% increase threshold.)
First Posted : September 21, 2005
Last Update Posted : August 5, 2015
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Dose adjustment of Kaletra
Although, the use of protease inhibitors (PI) containing highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has led to a remarkable improvement in the prognosis and outcome of HIV infection, only 45% to 70% of treatment-naïve patients who commence HAART achieve complete virological suppression. The emergence of HIV resistance to antiretroviral drugs is one of the main obstacles to the successful long-term suppression of HIV replication. Poor adherence and unfavorable pharmacokinetics (PK) caused by altered absorption, genetic variations in metabolism and drug-drug interactions frequently lead to antiretroviral drug concentrations below the inhibitory concentration for 50% of the viral quasispecies (IC50) and loss of viral suppression.
Enzymes of the cytochrome (CYP) P450 (CYP2C19, CYP3A4, CYP3A5) family located in the liver and small intestine are responsible for the metabolism of PIs. The absence of expression of certain enzymes from this family was recently correlated with a genetic polymorphism, which may have a major role in variation of cytochrome P450-mediated drug metabolism. Results of these studies suggest significant differences in the distribution of the polymorphism associated alleles between ethnic groups, in particular between Caucasians and African Americans. Detection of cytochrome P450 variant alleles and more detailed data on their allelic frequency in various ethnic groups is critical to assess their impact on PK of antiretroviral agents, in particular PIs.
This research proposal is aimed at the development of a novel multidisciplinary approach to optimize HAART in HIV infected children. It is increasingly clear that inter-individual variation in drug metabolism and responsiveness has a strong genetic component. The metabolic pathways leading to drug clearance, bio-availability, and cellular responses are complex, and only beginning to be understood. Key to our understanding of inter-individual responses is identification of the genetic polymorphisms that contribute to this variability, the relative contribution of different genes/SNPs, and the possible interactions between the corresponding protein products or pathways. We propose to develop a dosing regimen of PIs in HIV-infected children that takes into account genetic variability in drug metabolism and transport, and resistance of the dominant viral strain (as determined by virtual phenotype).
In order to do so, the protocol address the following Specific Aims:
- Specific Aim 1 (completed previously): Determine the prevalence of genetic variations in CYP2C19, CYP3A4, CYP3A5, and MDR-1 genes in a cohort of children and adolescents with HIV infection.
- Specific Aim 2 (completed previously): Evaluate the relationship of this genetic variability to the pharmacokinetic parameters (Cmin, Cmax, AUC) and toxicity (graded by the Division of AIDS [DAIDS] classification) of protease inhibitors in pediatric patients with HIV infection.
- Specific Aim 3 (THIS STUDY): Evaluate the impact of dose adjustment of protease inhibitors based on pharmacogenetic profile and virtual inhibitory quotient (VIQ) on clinical outcome (measured by HIV-RNA viral load and CD4+ cell count changes) and toxicity (graded by the DAIDS classification) in pediatric patients with HIV infection.
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|Optimizing Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents
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Therapeutic Dose Adjustment
To adjust the doses of medications to meet target therapeutic concentrations
Drug: Dose adjustment of Kaletra
Adjust the dose by up to +50% of reccomended dosa off the drug to meet target therapeutic concentrations
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- evaluation of vIQ [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]vIQ would be reassessed to determine if increasing their PI dosage thereby increasing the bioavaiability would reduce their viral load.
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- Evidence of HIV infection confirmed by positive culture or PCR on at least two occasions, or a positive ELISA and a confirmatory Western Blot. At least one of these tests must be done in an ACTG certified laboratory which is approved to perform the assay for protocol testing
- Age 4-21 years
- Current use of HAART regimen (NRTI or/and NNRTI based) containing a PI
- HIV-RNA levels above 1,000 copies/mL (Stage II)
- vIQ<1 for Kaletra
- Signed informed consent and, if indicated, signed informed assent or waiver of assent.
Exclusion criteria:
- Grade 3-4 DAIDS defined toxicity
- Use of cimetidine (used as the internal standard for the HPLC-MS/MS assay)
- Any active opportunistic infection
- Any of the following laboratory findings at entry: absolute neutrophil count <750 cells/mm3; platelet count <75,000 cells/mm3; AST >3 times upper limit of age adjusted normal values; ALT >3 times upper limit of age adjusted normal values; serum creatinine >1.2mg/dL.
- Patients on dual PI regimen (except when second PI is given for boosting) at the time of enrollment
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): NCT00207948
|United States, District of Columbia
|Children's National Medical Center
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20010
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|Natella Y Rakhmanina, MD
|Children's National Medical Center, Children's Research Institute
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|Natella Rakhmanina, MD, Children's National Research Institute
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|September 21, 2005 Key Record Dates
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|August 5, 2015
|Last Verified:
|August 2015
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Protease Inhibitors
Genes, MDR1, Cytochrome P-450 enzymes
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HIV Infections
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Retroviridae Infections
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