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AACI Members Choose Stan Gerson for New Leadership
August 20, 2014
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) announces the election of Stanton L. Gerson, MD, as vice-president/president-elect effective in October 2014.
Dr. Gerson is the Asa and Patricia Shiverick- Jane Shiverick (Tripp) Professor of Hematological Oncology, director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, in Cleveland, OH, founding director of the National Center for Regenerative Medicine, and Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University. He is also director of University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland and a member of the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors. [more]
CWRU, UH Announce Collaborative Fundraising Initiative for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer
July 1, 2014
Leaders from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Monday announced a new collaborative fundraising effort focused on Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) cancer. The news came as Char and Chuck Fowler announced their third major philanthropic commitment aimed at defeating the disease that claimed their 14-year-old daughter, Angie, in 1983.
Inspired by the new collaboration and the Fowlers' generosity, an anonymous donor also made a $5 million contribution to support the Angie Fowler Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Institute at University Hospitals (UH) Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.
The Fowlers' newest commitment represents the first-ever creation of a center focused on AYA cancer within a Comprehensive Cancer Center, a designation the National Cancer Institute has given to just 41 centers across the U.S. The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center–a collaboration among Case Western Reserve, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center–involves 350 scientists and physicians dedicated to understanding how to prevent, treat, and cure all forms of the disease. The Center today has nine areas of focus, among them Genetics and Personalized Medicine, Prostate and Kidney Cancers, and Breast Cancer. The Fowlers' investment will advance efforts to make AYA Cancer another priority, both because of the region's existing strengths in the area and the overwhelming need for additional efforts. [more]
Synthetic Triterpenoids Show Promise in Preventing Colitis-Associated Colon Cancer
June 24, 2014
Researchers from Case Western Reserve and Dartmouth universities have shown that a class of small antioxidant molecules carries enormous promise for supressing colon cancer associated with colitis. These findings, published in an early June edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, offer hope that physicians ultimately will be able to reduce dramatically the number of sufferers of this inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who go on to develop colon cancer.
"Patients with inflammatory bowel disease have a 10-fold greater risk of colon cancer, placing it among the top three high-risk conditions for colorectal cancer," said senior author and hematologist/oncologist John Letterio, MD, professor of pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and director of the Angie Fowler Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital. "Common epithelial cancers develop over a period of years, even decades, in populations at high risk due to genetic predisposition, so chemoprevention strategies could delay, or even halt, onset of clinically evident colon cancer." [more]
Newly Discovered Protein Inhibits Cancer Growth
June 19, 2014
Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered a protein that inhibits the growth of cancerous tumors and slows development of new blood vessels that help cancers to spread.
A research team led by Paul Fox, PhD, of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine in Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute, discovered that a variant of VEGF-A decreases angiogenesis.
The researchers named the variant VEGF-Ax. The protein cuts off the blood supply to tumors and inhibits tumor development in animal models. [more]
Cancer Drug Boosts Levels of Vascular-Protective Gene, KLF2
June 13, 2014
Case Western Reserve University researchers have discovered that an existing drug used to help cancer patients has the potential to protect thousands of others from the often-deadly impact of vascular clots.
In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration approved bortezomib (Velcade) to treat multiple myeloma, which is a type of bone cancer and mantle cell lymphoma – a particularly aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In addition to attacking cancer cells, the drug has been shown to help prevent clot development common to many forms of the disease.
As hematologist Lalitha Nayak, MD, an assistant professor of medicine, reports in the June 12 edition of the journal "Blood," the anti-thrombotic effects of bortezomib are determined by KLF2, part of a family of Kruppel-like factors – master regulators of vascular health. [more]
Stem Cells Hold Keys to Body's Plan
June 5, 2014
Case Western Reserve researchers have discovered landmarks within pluripotent stem cells that guide how they develop to serve different purposes within the body. This breakthrough offers promise that scientists eventually will be able to direct stem cells in ways that prevent disease or repair damage from injury or illness. The study and its results appear in the June 5 edition of the journal "Cell Stem Cell".
Pluripotent stem cells are so named because they can evolve into any of the cell types that exist within the body. Their immense potential captured the attention of two accomplished faculty with complementary areas of expertise.[more]
Dr. Neal Meropol Honored as American Society of Clinical Oncology Fellow for Extraordinary Service
May 16, 2014
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) will honor Neal J. Meropol, MD, as a Fellow during the May 31 Opening Session of the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago. He will be one of 12 exceptional members to earn the designation of Fellow as a result of their extraordinary volunteer service, dedication and commitment to ASCO, the world's leading professional organization representing physicians who care for people with cancer. This recognition permits all 12 new ASCO Fellows to add the designation of "FASCO" to their credentials. [more]
FDA Issues Proposal to Extend Authority Over Additional Tobacco Product
May 12, 2014
The following piece was written by Dr. Erika Trapl, Associate Director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at CWRU. Dr. Trapl was invited to write this guest commentary based on her extensive research in with e-cigarettes and other tobacco products.
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products recently proposed a new rule to extend their regulatory authority to cover alternative tobacco products –including e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, nicotine gels, waterpipe (hookah) tobacco, and dissolvables. For those involved in tobacco control, this announcement from the FDA is long overdue and is just the first step in beginning to exercise the regulatory actions needed to continue to reduce tobacco use in the U.S. [more]
Researchers Present Findings on Promising Biomarker for Esophageal Cancer
May 7, 2014
A new biomarker for esophageal cancer shows promise in improving screening for this deadly disease and its precursor, Barrett's esophagus.
Amitabh Chak, MD, of University Hospitals Case Medical Center's Seidman Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, presented findings today at Digestive Disease Week in Chicago in a research forum titled "Aberrant Vimentin Methylation in Esophageal Brushings: A Biomarker for Detecting Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma" (embargoed May 5, 9:15 am CT).
Dr. Chak and a research team found that a change in the DNA, methylation of the vimentin gene, can be an effective new less-invasive test for detecting Barrett's esophagus (BE). In 117 patients, they examined if a new, non-endoscopic "brushing" of the esophagus is as effective as the more invasive, traditional biopsy. [more]
Study Shows Aspirin Can Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risks for those with Specific Gene
April 24, 2014
The humble aspirin may have just added another beneficial effect beyond its ability to ameliorate headaches and reduce the risk of heart attacks: lowering colon cancer risk among people with high levels of a specific type of gene.
The extraordinary finding comes from a multi-institutional team that analyzed data and other material from two long-term studies involving nearly 128,000 participants. The researchers found that individuals whose colons have high levels of a specific gene product–that is, the biologic materials expressed by the gene 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH)–dramatically reduce their chances of developing colorectal cancer by taking aspirin. In contrast, the analgesic provides no benefit to individuals whose colons show low levels of the gene product 15-PGDH. About half of the population possesses high levels of 15-PGDH. [more]
Drs. McCrae and Schmaier Receive ASH Bridge Funding Awards
March 24, 2014
Two Cancer Center members, Drs. Keith McCrae and Alvin Schmaier, are among 15 researchers awarded one-year $100,000 grants from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) that will help sustain their research amidst severe funding reductions for the National Institutes of Health.
Twenty-nine scientists have received Bridge Grants since the program was created in July 2012, including Case CCC member Dr. Yu-Chung Yang, who was part of the first group of recipients. [more]
Researchers Use "Big Data" to Identify Cancers
March 18, 2014
Researchers at CWRU and colleagues used "big data" analytics to predict if a patient is suffering from aggressive triple-negative breast cancer, slower-moving cancers or non-cancerous lesions with 95 percent accuracy.If the tiny patterns they found in magnetic resonance images prove consistent in further studies, the technique may enable doctors to use an MRI scan to diagnose more aggressive cancers earlier and fast track these patients for therapy. Their work is published online in the journal Radiology.
The work comes just two months after senior author Anant Madabhushi, PhD, professor of biomedical engineering at CWRU School of Engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, and another group of researchers showed they can detect differences between persistent and treatable forms of head and neck cancers caused by exposure to human papillomavirus, with 87.5 percent accuracy. In that study, digital images were made from slides of patients' tumors. [more]
Dr. Neal Meropol Recognized as ASCO Fellow
March 12, 2014
Neal Meropol, MD, Case CCC Associate Director for Clinical Research, was named as a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ACSO). This distinction recognizes ASCO members for their extraordinary volunteer service, dedication, and commitment to ASCO. The award will be presented at the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting during the Opening Session on Saturday, May 31. [more]
Dr. Nima Sharifi Recognized With 2014 AACR Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research Award
March 6, 2014
Nima Sharifi, MD, Kendrick family endowed chair for prostate cancer research, Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, will be recognized with the 34th Annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research Award at the AACR Annual Meeting 2014, to be held in San Diego, Calif., April 5-9.
Since 1979, the AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research has honored an investigator younger than 40 years of age to recognize his or her meritorious achievements within the field of cancer research.
Sharifi is being recognized for his seminal contributions as a young investigator to the field of prostate cancer biology. He will present his lecture, "Androgen Metabolism Drivers in Prostate Cancer: From Mechanism to Therapy," Monday, April 7, 4:30 p.m. PT, in room 20D in the San Diego Convention Center. [more]
Dr. Charis Eng Honored With the 17th Annual AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship
March 5, 2014
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will award the 17th annual AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship to Charis Eng, MD, PhD, at the AACR Annual Meeting 2014, to be held in San Diego, Calif., April 5-9.
Eng is the Sondra J. and Stephen R. Hardis endowed chair in cancer genomic medicine and founding director of the Genomic Medicine Institute at the Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute in Cleveland, Ohio. She is being recognized for her unstinting support and active promotion of women working in cancer research, medicine, and genetics. She will present her lecture, "PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome Previvorship: What now?," Saturday, April 5, 5:15 p.m. PT, in Ballroom 20D in the San Diego Convention Center. [more]
University Hospitals unveils new website, app to help patients find cancer clinical trials
March 4, 2014
A website and mobile-device app designed by University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center is providing cancer patients with information on clinical trials that they might be able to access as part of their treatment.
The website, at http://clinicaltrials.uhseidman.org, and app – available on the iPhone, iPad and Android devices – have information on more than 150 available cancer clinical trials offered in collaboration with the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. [more]
Dr. Paul Tesar Recognized with Professorship of Innovative Cancer Therapeutics
March 3, 2014
Dr. Paul Tesar was appointed the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professorship of Innovative Cancer Therapeutics at a ceremony held on Thursday, February 27, 2014.
Originally from Cleveland, Dr. Tesar is a CWRU alumnus, receiving his undergraduate degree in biology under the mentorship of Dr. Stephen Haynesworth. Dr. Tesar's potential was evident early on, attracting the notice of the National Institutes of Health, which bestowed on him a scholarship to complete his PhD at the University of Oxford.
Building on the work of the 2012 Nobel Prize winners in Medicine who discovered how to turn skin cells into stem cells, Dr. Tesar's lab took this landmark discovery even further and discovered how to transform skin cells directly into brain cells, or specifically, oligodendrocytes. [more]
HPV Vaccination: A Significant Opportunity for Cancer Prevention
February 24, 2014
The following piece was written by Dr. Susan A. Flocke, Director of the Behavioral Measurement Core Facility and co-Leader of the Cancer Prevention, Control and Population Research Program of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is also Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at CWRU.
The President's Cancer Panel monitors progress of the National Cancer Program, identifies topics of high importance to the nation, and recommends action to address identified issues. Earlier this month, the Panel highlighted human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines as an effective but under-used intervention to prevent cancers1.
Letters from the Panel were sent to multiple stakeholder organizations and to the President of the United States urging action to increase the uptake of HPV vaccination, especially in adolescents. The primary message of the calls to action is that HPV vaccination is cancer prevention and that the HPV vaccination is safe, effective, and especially important given the high prevalence of HPV. [more]
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers Discover Pathway of Protein that Helps Cancer Cells Survive
February 13, 2014
A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine has discovered how the cancer-related protein Bcl-2 signals cancer cells to live longer. The breakthrough emerged when the scientists discovered that Bcl-2 alters the level of calcium ions in lymphoma and leukemia cells that are resistant to cancer treatments. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the research findings could help lead to the development of drugs that attack Bcl-2 in malignancies and produce better outcomes for cancer treatment.
"One of the deadliest and most remarkable characteristics of cancer cells is that regardless of where they are growing, and no matter what types of treatments are employed, including many different forms of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, the cancer cells have the ability to survive," said Clark W. Distelhorst, MD, Professor, Medicine-Hematology/Oncology, Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and co-leader of the Basic Sciences Program at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. "Since 1993 our team has been conducting research on key mechanisms by which the protein Bcl-2 keeps cancer cells alive." [more]
Study Finds Mammography Beneficial for Younger Women
January 24, 2014
Researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have published new findings in the February issue of American Journal of Roentgenology that mammography remains beneficial for women in their 40s. According to the study, women between ages 40 and 49 who underwent routine screening mammography were diagnosed at earlier stages with smaller tumors and were less likely to require chemotherapy. [more]
Op-Ed: Reproducibility of Preclinical Academic Studies
January 21, 2014
This op-Ed piece by Dr. Bing-Cheng Wang, co-Leader of the GU Malignancies Program of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Professor of Medicine at CWRU and MetroHealth Medical Center, comments on a global issue in scientific publications- concern over reproducibility in lab findings and the complexity of validation studies. This has implications in how we conduct research.
Recently the biomedical research community was shaken by the widely publicized findings that an alarming proportion of peer-reviewed preclinical studies are not reproducible. The problem surfaced after publication of two commentaries detailing the inability of scientists at pharmaceutical companies to reproduce results from the published literature in 67% to 90% of cases (Nat. Rev. Drug Discov.10, 712, 2011; Nature 483, 531-533, 2012). Many of the studies are in the field of oncology. Surprisingly, the reproducibility of published data did not significantly correlate with journal impact factors, the number of publications on the respective target, or the number of independent groups that authored the publications. [more]
Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Team Discovers Key Mechanisms to Inhibit Triple Negative Breast Cancers
January 16, 2014
A team of researchers from the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have identified critical complex mechanisms involved in the metastasis of deadly "triple negative" breast cancers (TNBC). These tumors are extremely difficult to treat, frequently return after remission, and are the most aggressive form of breast cancer in women. The discovery of this critical interaction of mechanisms could be used to develop new life saving treatments to kill metastatic tumors in TNBC.
"In previous findings published over the past 10 years, our teams have described key mechanisms in these critical proteins," said Khalid Sossey-Alaoui, PhD, Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic. "A key component in the deadly metastatic potential of TNBC tumors is that they spread through tissues outside the breast very quickly. The two proteins that we studied, WAVE3 and TGF-β, when together, promote tumor aggressiveness."
"We found important biological implications," said William Schiemann, PhD, an associate professor, Division of General Medical Sciences-Oncology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, and co-leader of the Breast Cancer Program at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. "For the first time, we uncovered an interplay between the two proteins that can inhibit or suppress TNBC – a discovery that has the potential to inhibit proliferations of the tumor." [more]
Researchers at Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Discover Ovarian Cancer Biomarker
January 8, 2014
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have identified a microRNA biomarker that shows promise in predicting treatment response in the most common form of ovarian cancer – a breakthrough that has the potential to improve outcomes for patients with the disease.
A CWRU research team led by Analisa DiFeo, PhD, an assistant professor of General Medical Science-Oncology at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, found that the biomarker miR-181a is a molecular driver of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). The research team also found that elevated levels of miR-181a in ovarian tumors are associated with chemotherapy resistance and disease progression. [more]
Cleveland Clinic Researchers Create Online Colorectal Cancer Risk Calculator
January 3, 2014
Researchers at Cleveland Clinic have developed a new tool called CRC-PRO that allows physicians to quickly and accurately predict an individual's risk of colorectal cancer, as published in the current edition of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.
CRC-PRO, or Colorectal Cancer Predicted Risk Online, is designed to help both patients and physicians determine when screening for colorectal cancer is appropriate. Current guidelines recommend patients are screened at the age of 50. However, with this new tool, physicians will be better able to identify who is truly at risk and when screenings for patients are necessary. [more]


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Pilsen is a populated place located in Marion County at latitude 38.471 and longitude -97.04.
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Hello Parent(s),
Lindsey and I are so thankful for the opportunity to serve your student(s) on a weekly basis. We do not take this responsibility lightly. We have thoroughly enjoyed these last 6 months while serving at Lone Star Cowboy Church, and believe the future is bright.
We wanted to give a quick disclaimer on what we will be discussing during the month of February. As all of you know, students are growing up in a generation where sexual conduct is no longer an act kept sacred for marriage.
Starting February 1st, we will be starting a teaching series titled "Sexy and I know it." The thought process for us is this; most students know that sex before marriage is wrong, but they continue to make the same mistakes; Hints the title "Sexy and I KNOW it."
During this series we will be tackling tough and somewhat controversial issues. We will be covering topics such as dating, sexual purity, pornography, and homosexuality. These are issues that students deal with on a daily basis, and we want to enlighten the students on what the bible says about these issues.
With all of that said, if you are concerned or have ANY questions please do not hesitate to call us at the Church at 936-597-5742, or you can email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
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New York, NY, January 19, 2010 -- Today marks the official release of The Space Bar - community developed office accessory to help you maximize the use of your desk space. The Space Bar is designed to house your desktop clutter while also providing additional USB ports for your gadgets. The Space Bar is simple and elegantly designed and provides you with More Space, More Ports, and Less Clutter.
Use The Space Bar shelf to store any desk items you like - keys, digital camera, iPod, Split Stick, Cable Caps, sticky notes and more. At the end of the day, simply slide your keyboard into the designated space below the shelf and return in the morning to a neat and organized office space. This device can stow a keyboard up to 18" long by 1.5" high.
In addition to the storage and tidy-ness benefits, The Space Bar also has 6 USB ports conveniently located in the front of the unit and 1 USB cable in the back to connect it to your computer. Now there's need to conserve your ports - you can have your camera, iPod, Split Stick, and more hooked in all at once! The Space Bar is constructed of aluminum with durable hard plastic accents.
The Space Bar is the twenty third product designed and developed by the quirky community since quirky's launch on June 2nd. quirky gives everyone the chance to get product ideas out of their heads and onto shelves. Each week quirky's community collaborates to select and produce one new product idea. This week ends the development of The Space Bar and it is now available for sale in sets of three at quirky's online store for $42.00.
You might remember other successful quirky products including the Split Stick, a double-sided USB drive, the DigiDude, a portable camera tripod and keychain, the Scratch-n-Scroll, a mousepad with a writing surface and the PowerCurl , a cord wrap for Apple's MagSafe power adapter.
quirky engages participants to collaborate in every aspect of product creation - from ideation, design, naming, manufacturing, marketing, right on through to sales. Anyone can participate on quirky.com either by submitting their own product idea for $99, or by voting, rating, and influencing other people's product ideas. Cooler still, 30¢ of every dollar generated from the sale of a quirky product goes back to these influencers.
Every week users post ideas on quirky to be rated by the quirky community. The community surveys the submissions during the 7-day evaluation period and selects one product to move forward to product development. quirky's community then begins weighing in on everything from naming to logo selection to packaging through to prototype.
The final product becomes available for pre-sale at the quirky online store (quirky.com/products). Once the product hits its pre-sale threshold, credit cards are charged, and the product goes into production and delivery. At this point, 30¢ of every dollar made from the sale of these products goes back to the community. "Community" in this case covers both the ideator as well as all people who voted, commented, and rated the project idea along the way.
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Why can you buy it in a 3 pack? That's strange as it seems to have enough ports for about any single user I can think of.
Good question rapid. I guess they assume that most home users have multiples of three keyboards at home.
I've been staring at the pic and I can't figure out where the storage compartment is. The extra USB ports will definitely come in handy and I guess you could place it upside down and sit your keyboard inside it to save space when you're using your computer.
I'd suspect that the 3-pack will be for businesses. It does look pretty handy under some situations.
Now if they only made one that went with my USB cap covers (also by Quirky)!
Yeah Clem but a business would want substantially more a user would need 1 maybe two with as many ports as it has on it. I have no clue my motherboard and tower has more anyway and soon those would be USB3. Which I plan on grabbing a pci-X adapter for myself.
I could see putting my keyboard on top of this thing and storing stuff under it, but that might raise the keyboard too high for comfort. Moving it out of the way to get AT my keyboard would be a PITA at best. Especially with USB cables and devices connected to it.
I wish they had a picture of this thing open I would like to see it
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The Conservatory of Flowers has captivated guests for more than a century. This gem of Victorian architecture has a long and storied history, and is the oldest wood and glass conservatory in North America. As a city, state, and national historic landmark, the Conservatory remains one of the most beloved attractions in Golden Gate Park. Find more information in their website here.


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I would be content to leave homos alone to wallow in their filth in private, if they weren't so intent on forcing it upon everyone else.
But they are determined to pervert everyone, and they get mean when people won't go along.
(Globe Tribune.Info) Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cake Shop in Lakewood, Colorado is a devout Christian, whose beliefs about marriage are defined by the scriptures he holds to be a direct revelation from the Almighty. When two homosexual men, Dave Mullin and Charlie Craig went to the Masterpiece Cake Shop, they expected to quickly order a cake and walk out. Mr. Phillips informed the two men that he would under no circumstances make a cake for them, that he defined marriage as being between a man and a woman.
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Widespread Animal Suffering Exposed in Retail Pet Stores
First-of-its-kind undercover investigation finds shocking animal cruelty, spurs national call for laws regulating retail pet industry
Sacramento, CA — The Animal Protection Institute (API) today announced a groundbreaking undercover investigation into the live pet trade. API's investigator visited 64 randomly selected pet shops in California, including Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego and San Francisco, and found widespread violations of laws designed to protect animals sold in pet shops. The investigation also documented extensive instances of substandard care and conditions that did not violate state law but exposed animals to injury and zoonotic disease.
California's laws regulating the pet shop industry are among the toughest in the United States, yet this investigation proved that even these do not meet the basic physical and psychological needs of animals. Key findings of the investigation include:
- 66% of stores failing to provide at least one form of environmental enrichment to one or more of the animals in their care
- 44% of stores having at least one animal who was sick, injured or showed signs of neglect
- 39% of stores failing to provide sufficient water and/or nutritionally adequate food
"We were shocked by what we found in this investigation: illness, injury, neglect and horribly substandard care," says Michelle Thew, API's Chief Executive Officer. "What is more shocking is that these conditions exist in stores that are open to the public at a time when consumer complaints about pet shops are already off the charts. If the industry thinks this is acceptable to show the public, one wonders what goes on behind the scenes."
"Unfortunately API's footage shows how common unsanitary conditions and animal care problems are in retail pet stores," says Chris Sanders, DVM. "Ultimately, we need changes in the law that allow for proper enforcement of the laws that protect these animals, and if pet shops are repeatedly violating the law, they need to be prohibited from selling live animals."
According to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, sales of live animals in the pet industry totaled $1.6 billion in 2004.
"The evidence our investigation reveals clearly demonstrates that laws must be improved and consumers must act to end the suffering of animals in pet stores. If the state with the toughest retail pet industry regulations has a problem this severe, how does the rest of the U.S. measure up?" says Thew. "The retail pet trade is a billion-dollar industry in the U.S. The sad fact, as our investigation shows, is it's the animals who pay the price."
API, a national nonprofit animal advocacy organization, works to end animal cruelty and exploitation through legislation, litigation, and public education. For more information, visit www.api4animals.org.
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Asia Art Archive Launches Collection Online For Free To The Public, This Week
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Hong Kong based non-profit organization Asia Art Archive (AAA) launched their new website and online collection Wednesday to much anticipation. The archive's primary initiative is to facilitate understanding, research and writing in the field of contemporary art in Asia and they're currently working towards further making public their impressive collection of the past 4 years. Over 3,000 items including images, video documentation and primary source materials are now available on the new online platform free of charge.
Another Life: The Digitised Personal Archive of Geeta Kapur and Vivan Sundaram (via Asia Art Archive)
As part of the organizations continuing efforts to document and digitize otherwise unseen and unavailable materials, the digital collection management team headed up by Jamie Hsu work behind the scenes to build the infrastructure for the constantly evolving database of over 34,000 records. "With the launch of Collection Online, it is the first time that AAA is providing immediate content that can be accessed at any time and place." Hsu said. The main goal in developing the website interface was to "provide an in-depth and direct browsing experience" which "encourage interpretive research".
Fine Arts in China (中國美術報) AAA hold the complete series of the weekly art newspaper published in Beijing between 1985 and 1989. (via Asia Art Archive)
Head of strategy and special projects, Chantal Wong notes that the platform is also a space to host the archives research initiatives, such as the newly launched e-journal Field Notes. "We are really excited (to launch the journal), It is an opportunity to invite experts, scholars, curators, artists, thinkers, archivists across disciplines to share their thoughts and debate".
The inaugural issue asked 40 contributors 'to consider the notion of the contemporary in art – within the context of Asia."
Asia Art Archive Backroom Conversations, ARTHK12 (via Asia Art Archive)
In todays digital world concepts of knowledge transfer are constantly being re-assessed and AAA's Executive Director, Claire Hsu hopes to address this with the new website. "There is a significant shift in the way information is presented in the new site", she said, "not only is there more material, but it is carefully interlinked; we hope users will be able to navigate it in ways that will be more personally useful."
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Looking ahead, AAA will be focused on increasing digital access to the information in its collection as it partners up with U.S image database organization ArtStor, as well as Indonesian based Visual Art Archive (IVAA), recognizing needs to collaborate with other institutions the archive will continue on in their efforts to make public fundamental information.
AAA Special Collections - A digitization of unseen primary materials including the personal archives of indian art collective and duo Geeta Kapur and Vivian Sundaram, documentation from renowned Filipino artists and curator, Roberto Chabet and the ongoing Contemporary Chinese Art collections Materials of the Future: Documenting Contemporary Chinese Art from 1980-1990 which includes The Mao Xuhui Collection, The Zhang Peili Collection and The Zhang Xiaogang Collection.
Field Notes - The tri-annual bi-lingual journal brings together texts from leading scholars, critics and artists in a range of fields, its first edition The And: An Expanded Questionnaire on the Contemporary addresses notions of the 'contemporary in art'. Available for download here: http://www.aaa.org.hk/FieldNotes/Current
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Sneak Peek: Beckett Goes to the Crash
He's not in the car!
Beckett wants a rematch with Castle, but not playing Scrabble. She clears the table for some brutal strip poker. Clothes come off and things get heated when Beckett goes all in. Watch this fun scene from Castle Episode 621: Law & Boarder.
He's not in the car!
The search for Castle is on!
Castle makes Beckett feel better even though everything's falling apart.
What just happened?
Martha thanks Kate for making her son so very happy.
Just imagine your wedding guests are murder suspects. In their underwear.
Feels like a dream.
Beckett finally gets justice for her mother's murder.
Captain Montgomery gave her the key all those years ago.
Castle gets to head home early from his Derrick Storm book tour.
I've overplayed my hand.
Do you have a warrant?
It's so much better than Scrabble.
It's not Ryan or Esposito.
Feel the bitter sting of defeat.
Castle and Beckett celebrate this closed case on the dance floor.
The 12th Precinct puts on a show to make a convincing '70s police station.
I can't believe you let this chic boss you around.
This could be one enormous wedding.
Beckett actually gets to have that awkward talk she and Castle joked about!
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Husband and I have decided that we will try for a forth if I am not pregnant...
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Adventure seeker promoting hope & unlocking potential in Western Kenya, building a rescue center for kids who have been made vulnerable HIV/AIDS, and learning each day to try harder, grow taller, be kinder and give more.
The power at the OLPS office went out again today. Supposedly Kenya Power was fixing some felled poles, but no one knew for sure. This doesn't happen often, but when it does the general productivity level tends to drop off. By lunchtime, those of us who haven't fled for internet cafes or to the field escape the hot, stagnant air in our offices and congregate in plastic chairs under the tent in the center of the compound. We talk politics, debate about religion and culture, discuss local news, brag about the successes of friends and family members or commiserate about the illness or loss of a loved one.
Enjoying moments like these has never come naturally to me. As anyone who knows me well can attest, I'm chronically over-scheduled, short on time and always late for something. I've never been one to casually drop by a friends house to chat, with no intention, purpose or end-game in mind. Life in Kenya is teaching me me to appreciate the connection you can make with someone when waiting for a meeting to begin, a bus to arrive, a meal to be ready, or the power to come back on. I'm learning to relish these opportunities, though at first all of the waiting made it seem like time was flowing like molasses.
And while many of the days in Kenya have felt like my longest, somehow it seems like only yesterday that I touched down in Kisumu.
I have five more days until my flight back to the states, and I'm constantly wavering between unbridled excitement to return to my life in San Francisco and deep reluctance to leave this place and the people that have taught me so much, especially since I have no idea when I'll be able to return.
I know I will spend the next week running around like a chicken with my head cut off - visiting the Rescue Center and the gardens, meeting with contractors, planning for the future of my projects, packing, figuring out travel logistics, planning fundraising events, grant-writing and attempting to find a job back home. In the midst of all of this, I need to remember to take a breath, sit back and enjoy the last few days I have here, with the people who have brought me so much joy.
I'm glad the power went out today.
To call the past week and a half insane would be a gigantic understatement. It all started out the Thursday before last, when I woke up in the middle of the nights with a cold sweat, horrible stomach pain and achey bones. You guessed it: malaria! It turns out that prophylaxis aren't 100% effective. Luckily, I work at a clinic. I was diagnosed by our lovely lab tech Dixon, pictured here, showing me my own blood parasites.
I got on medication, and was back in working order around 3 days later. Which was good, because we were expecting a very important visitor: Martina! Martina is my fellow advocate, working at St. Timothy's school in Moshi, Tanzania.
We took her to Homa Bay, around 2 hours outside of Kisumu, to visit the Lake Region Community Development Initiative (LARCOD), an NGO that our coworker Staula helped start. We met an amazing young women's business group. They share a farm, weave baskets and blankets, run several small businesses that they are able to expand through small-scale table banking. We talked with them about their challenges, the biggest of which is access to potable water. There is no running water in their village, and the walk to Lake Victoria takes over two hours. The closest water source is a sort of man-made pond which only fills after rain - when it becomes full of muddy, stagnant water thats also used by cows and other domestic animals. They showed us some of this water, and how they purify it best they can - stirring it with chloride tablets, then boiling it when they have enough money for firewood. The result is far from ideal.
We also got to visit Staula's rural home, meet her extended family, and eat the most delicious meal I've had in my 3 months in Kenya. Tilapia, nile perch, chicken, kale, chapatti and two different kinds of ugali. It was amazing.
On the way back we hiked to the Homa Hills hot springs, boiled some eggs in the bubbling sulfur water, and got to see some incredible views of Lake Victoria and the surrounding countryside.
On the way back, however, we ran into trouble. A bit of election-related rioting broke out in Kisumu just as we were returning to town. These were nowhere near the severity of the 2007 riots- it was more to the tune of people taking advantage of the chaos to stop cars, demand bribes, and loot like crazy. Our car was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and things got a little scary, but we got out of it unscathed - minus the shillings extorted from us and tomatoes stolen from the trunk of the car. We holed up in a roadside hotel for an hour or so while the chaos passed, then hid in the backseat of a car under many of our (beautiful, multicolored and very handy) kitenges, and were smuggled safely home. I don't have any photos of this particular adventure.
The next morning was Easter Sunday and the violence had died down enough to accompany Anastasia and the kids to mass at St. Josephs. Afterwards we had lunch at her house. Martina proved to be whiz in the Kenyan kitchen, fixing up some delicious spaghetti. Here she is helping the kids wash their hands before lunch.
On Tuesday, we did something I've been looking forward to for a long time.
HIPPOS! We took a lovely boat ride out on Lake Victoria, where we spotted many hippos and two different varieties of kingfisher. We also got to see the fisherman selling their early-morning catch to the mamas to be sold in the market in town.
Before the end of Martina's visit we also got to show off our project sites, introduce her to all of our co-workers at OLPS, eat delicious Nyoma Choma (grilled goat), and host a girl's night at our apartment with Bernice, Nancy and Mercy - our favorite Kenyan ladies.
The past 10 days has been punctuated by the highest highs and a few pretty low lows, but I wouldn't trade these experiences in for anything. Sydney and I have just over two weeks left in Kisumu, and we don't plan to waste a moment. Work on the Rescue Center, Rita Rose and the drip irrigation farms at Nyamonge and Ayoro primary schools is progressing remarkably - photos to come.
Stay tuned!
Trauma requires rehabilitation. While this is an obvious statement, I don't think the reality of it hit me until I learned more about Judith. Now she is 12 years old, and since I met her I have only known Judith as a sweet girl who loves to ride bikes, shoot hoops and run around with other neighborhood kids. She's a little shy, but willing to give you a big smile or an unexpected laugh once you've earned her trust. But it turns out she's come a long, long way.
Anastasia, the founder and director of OLPS, took Judith in six years ago. Judith's mother had died, and she had been living with her abusive father. From the first night, Anastasia and Judith have had to work together through a number of developmental and behavioral issues. At first, she couldn't sleep through the night and she interacted badly with other children. She would play with the gas burners in the kitchen, almost causing house fires when she ran away scared as the flames rose too high. She wasn't growing, mentally or physically, as fast as she should have.
While talking to Anastasia in her office one afternoon, she told me that she had to "learn to love, to care, to train, to be a real mother" to help Judith overcome her past, and grow into the happy, funny girl she is now. She is doing well in her new school, and last time I visited her she showed me her "model walk," pretending she was showing off the latest fashions.
Many of the orphans and vulnerable children that OLPS works with have been through a lot in their small number of years, and recovery takes a great deal of attention, time and dedication. Caring for these kids can be very difficult, especially if they are placed with families who don't understand how to help them.
When the Rescue Center is finished, it will be a place where children like Judith can get the rehabilitation and treatment they need to learn to interact positively with the world around them. Trained counselors and full-time staff will be available to provide care, compassion, and healthcare expertise.
DONATE NOW, and we can give these these kids the time and space they need to heal and to grow.
I meet Charity in the hallway of her primary school. Classes have just let out for the afternoon, and girls in blue and white checkered uniforms sit in groups on the grass. Charity shyly shakes my hand, hikes up the plastic bag book bag on her shoulder, and runs to find her elder sister Helen.
After Charity and her two sisters lost their mother and father, they came to live with their closest relative in Kisumu – a stepmother who is already supporting her own daughter and three young grandchildren. At only 12 years old, Charity is already in the Kenyan equivalent of 8th grade. Although she is soft-spoken, her English is perfect and her responses to my questions are well-articulated and thoughtful.
There was a time at the end of last year when the three girls were left alone for two months with little money and no food. Their stepmother had to return home with her other children, who are her primary concern. One of the counselors I work with heard about this and found Charity and her sisters at the house, unable to pay school fees or mend torn uniforms, hungry and predictably frightened. She persuaded the stepmother to return to look after the girls, but the care they receive remains inconsistent at best.
One of the biggest problems in Kenya is the high cost of education. Regardless of her high marks and enviable potential, Charity may not be able to continue on to secondary school because of her circumstances. She dreams of becoming a teacher one day and wants to visit the Netherlands, which she learned about in her social studies class. Her favorite subject is English.
If she were in a stable environment that nurtured her intelligence and ambition, she could easily qualify for a scholarship.
When the Rescue Center is complete, Charity and other girls like her will have a safe space to come home to. Kids staying at the Center won't need to worry about how to get schoolbooks or where the next meal will come from. They will be able to focus on their studies and develop their potential to the fullest.
DONATE NOW to give Charity the chance to live her dreams!
As we navigate the old Subaru through the meandering streets of the slum, I wince as the car veers a little too close to a rickety vegetable stand. After a few wrong turns we finally find the right place, and before I even open the door I see the face of a little girl outside the passenger window – all big eyes and bright smile. She takes my hand, and I know she is who I came here to meet: Laura.
It's hard to reconcile the beautiful seven year old leading me through the narrow alleyways with what I know of her past. Laura and her mother discovered their positive HIV status years back, after her father died from the disease. Her mother began to struggle with her physical and emotional health, and took her own life when Laura was five years old.
I follow her into a small courtyard, just big enough for a kitchen garden enclosed by a fence of old mosquito nets. A woman pulls aside the curtain covering the door of her two-room house to greet me with a warm handshake, an inquiry about my day in rapid Luo (the tribal dialect), and a kiss on each cheek. I'm never given this woman's real name, but everyone knows her as Nyangere.
Since Laura's mother has no family in the province, coming here was her best option. Nyangere is also HIV positive, so she understands how difficult it is to find people to care for orphans with the disease; even though children like Laura need stable care the most.
Laura has found an amazing caregiver, but she is the youngest of five kids living in the house, plus another nine who rely on Nyangere for financial support. She is a woman with incredible strength and an enormous heart, but because of her age and ailing heath supporting 15 children will one day become impossible. Until then, she does laundry for neighbors at under 3 USD per household, makes cooking charcoal to sell, tends her garden, and makes sure Laura takes her daily medicines on time.
When the Rescue Center is complete, caseworkers will not have to plead with already overburdened households to take in children like Laura. In some communities in Africa, HIV positive children are exiled, but with proper medication Laura can live a long, happy and productive life. The center will be a safe place where children like Laura will have the chance to recover and thrive until they can find a permanent home.
DONATE NOW, and we can finish that sanctuary together!


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I have a confession to make. I am a lazy chef.
My mother in law is a former instructor at the French Culinary Institute in New York City. She also happened to graduate from that very institution as the valedictorian of her class. She currently freelances for Fine Cooking magazine and has served as executive chef for several of Manhattan's trendiest restaurants. She will travel for hours in search of that perfect Tahitian vanilla bean to insert in a sugar bowl "just because." She will of course always put that vanilla bean to use upon request when making individual pots de cremes or creme brulee just for me since "it takes just a minute."


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…more than 53 percent of respondents saying the content they read in blogs has an impact on their work-related purchasing decisions. Some 80 percent of respondents say they read blogs, with 51 saying they read them at least once a week.
The study also reveals a large majority of respondents get their news and information via blogs. So while regular consumers may not have fully embraced blogs as an alternative to mainstream media, business and IT professionals certainly have.


text: To be real, lately things have been kinda crazy. A few weeks ago my only full blooded younger brother almost died. That scared the shit out of me. But, the other night I watched him perform for the first time In a long time. I love my brother, not that he'd claim me, but he's doing his thing. He got out there and rocked his set. I'm proud as fuck for him and of him. Thanks to everyone who helped and are supporting my brother. If you don't know who he is then don't worry about it. He probably doesn't want you to know who I am anyways.


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Tyler Caraway said...
Considering my stance on affliction, I think it is more fair to say that I've spent more time on it than any other spec so far. ;)
That said, I would like to mention that this is the exact reason why I prefer playing hybrid classes over pure classes.
When I play my warlock, I want to play as affliction. Period. That's the spec I want, it's the spec I love, it's the playstyle I prefer. When destruction or demonology deal more damage than affliction, it is difficult to fight against changing to that spec. After all, my gearing wouldn't really change, nor would the base playstyle. Yeah, I'd have a completely different rotation and all, but I'd still be a caster.
On my druid, I play balance. Period. That's the spec I want, it's the spec I love, and the playstyle I prefer. If feral deals higher damage than balance, then it isn't hard to tell people "So what? I'm a moonkin." because the two are so radically different. Encounters can only have so many melee, you need X amount of range, and the gearing to totally different. I can't switch from spec to spec at the drop of a hat even if I wanted to.
Because of this, I feel I actually get to play and enjoy the spec I want on hybrid classes, while any time I pick up a pure class, I have to spec into whichever deals the highest DPS. For example, when I rolled a shaman alt, I went with the shaman spec I wanted to play because I thought it would be fun. When I rolled my rogue alt, I went with assassination because it was hands down the highest DPS without question, despite that I prefer the playstyle of combat.


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Now that BIll Gross has left Pimco where should you invest? Here are some alternatives.Janet Brown, Contributor
Bettng against Bill Gross's ability to scale new heights in Peyton Manning-like fashion could prove costly. read »
The stock market staged an impressive rebound Monday, even though the major averages did close lower. The S&P futures dropped to a low of 1955.50 in early trading but then closed the day at $1968.50. This is a sign that there are buyers at lower levels, which is a positive for the overall market. The futures are showing moderate gains in early trading while the EuroZone markets are also higher in early trading. The daily technical studies are still negative but are trying to bottom out.[...] read »
Irrational market activity within closed-end bond funds has set up a fantastic buying opportunity for patient investors. read »
The soap opera that has been going on publicly at PIMCO since March, when CEO Mohamed El-Erian departed, is coming to a close, as Bill Gross abruptly left the firm last Friday for smaller rival Janus Capital. The reverberations from this very public divorce will continue for awhile, but at least now both parties - PIMCO and Gross - can get on with their respective lives. And in that respect, the departure is a win-win. read »
The volatility returned to the stock market last week with a vengeance as—while the market bears were pleased with the losses—the sharp rallies last Wednesday and Friday likely made them a bit nervous. The demonstrations in Hong Kong Monday have started the week off on a negative note with the Hang Seng losing 1.9%. So far, the losses in Europe are small with the US futures trading sharply lower but still above key support at last week's lows. The selling was quite heavy last Thursday as the[...] read »
Billionaire founder Bill Gross leaving PIMCO, $221 billion Total Return Fund, for Janus. read »
Kent Croft: At Croft Investment Management we are very much long-term investors rather than market timers. We focus on performance over years and decades rather than months and quarters, so we tend to have very low turnover. I think it's averaged a good bit less than 20% per year over a long, long period of time. read »
The stock market's sharp rally on Wednesday caught the markets by surprise as did the much better than expected data on New Home Sales. The data did not help most of the homebuilders as the iShares Dow Jones Home Construction ETF (ITB) were lower on the day. The technical outlook for the industry group remains negative. The rally also confused the financial media, which has been focusing on the "Alibaba top" since the start of the week. In yesterday's technical review of the market, I pointed[...] read »
Pharma is on a roll. More than a fifth of the 100 richest billionaires in India have pharma and health care riches, among them half of the eight newcomers, such as Hasmukh Chudgar, whose Intas Pharmaceuticals was recently valued by Temasek at close to $1.4 billion. Entrepreneur P. V. Ramaprasad Reddy, one of three returnees to the list, came back after four years on a threefold jump in shares of his Aurobindo Pharmaceuticals. read »