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CCR5 Inhibitors in Development: New Data on SCH532706 and Vicriviroc
Two presentations at CROI 2008 focused on CCR5 antagonists in development. Sarah Pett, M.D., of the University of South Wales in Australia, reviewed phase 1 trial results on SCH532706. Barry Zingman, M.D., of Montefiore Medical Center in New York, discussed 48-week results from a study on vicriviroc [SCH 417690, SCH-D]. Here are their study summaries.
Sarah Pett: This was a phase 1 study of a new CCR5 antagonist, SCH532706.1 This is the first time this drug was trialed in HIV-1-infected individuals. The in vitro data for this study showed it was pretty potent against many different HIV isolates. In the healthy volunteer studies, it had a favorable pharmacokinetic profile when it was dosed with ritonavir [RTV, Norvir] 100-mg once a day.
Sarah Pett, M.D.
This study was designed to look at the safety and viral efficacy in pharmacokinetics in HIV-positive individuals. The target enrollment was 12 patients, and 12 patients were enrolled. They received 10 days of dosing with 706, which was twice daily dosed, with ritonavir once a day. After the 10 days of dosing, they had a washout period, where they received no antiretroviral therapy for a further 14 days. Then, on day 25, they started combination therapy, which was at the discretion of the treating clinician.
The mean reduction of viral load at day 10, which was the last day of dosing with the study drug and ritonavir, was -1.3 log10 copies/mL. What was interesting about the drug was that there was a post-antibiotic effect. So, on day 15, which was four days after they last received the study drug, there was a further reduction in their viral load from baseline, to a 1.6-log reduction from baseline, and that post-antibiotic effect actually continued. There was a 1-log reduction from baseline that was sustained at day 20, and the patients hadn't returned to their baseline viral load at day 25.
The drug was safe and well tolerated. The most common adverse event that was reported was gastrointestinal upset in about two thirds of patients. But in fact, in 60% of the patients, we considered that this was not related to the study drug, but possibly related to the ritonavir that they were receiving. The adverse events were just grade 1, very mild.
There was one serious adverse event reported -- a patient got pericarditis, which resolved after four days -- but this was nearly two weeks after the patient had actually received any of the study drug. So we said it was possibly related, but a remote relationship. There were no other safety concerns. There was no X4 detection. There were no ECG [electrocardiogram] changes of concern.
So in summary: This new CCR5 antagonist appeared to be safe and well tolerated. It was clearly biologically active. And it's certainly feasible to give this once daily. I didn't mention that the half-life with ritonavir was 40 hours. And this, coupled with the fact that the drug has a very slow disassociation from the CCR5 receptor means it's realistic that this could be given once daily for patients.
Barry Zingman, M.D.
Barry Zingman: I'm going to be reviewing with you the results of the VICTOR-E1 clinical trial.2 To summarize: The results demonstrate that the experimental agent vicriviroc is a potent oral CCR5 receptor antagonist that has significant potential as a new treatment option for people with HIV.
VICTOR-E1 is a multinational study that was done in 12 countries. It randomized 116 patients who were screened for the presence of CCR5-tropic HIV-1. They were randomized to one of three arms. In each arm, they received a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor as part of their optimized background therapy. In addition, they were given either vicriviroc 30-mg, 20-mg, or placebo. They were followed for 48 weeks.
The patients needed to be fairly advanced. They needed to have been triple-class experienced in prior antiretrovirals. They had to have mutations against nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors, and they had to have an RNA level over 1,000.
The primary efficacy endpoint was change in log10 RNA levels at week 48. We also looked at suppression at less than 50 and less than 400, and safety and tolerability.
The patients were evenly randomized between the three arms. They were an advanced population with a CD4 count of around 200. About 85% had fewer than three active drugs in their background therapy. I should mention that randomization was stratified for high viral loads, over 100,000, and for enfuvirtide [T-20, Fuzeon] use.
Most of the patients completed the study, except in the placebo arm. Half of the patients did not complete there, because of viral failure. The primary study's endpoint, as I said, was a reduction in log10 RNA levels at week 48. Both of the vicriviroc arms showed a superior and statistically significant drop in RNA levels at week 48. They averaged about 1.76 logs, in comparison to the placebo arm at .79 logs.
When we looked at some part of the treat groups -- for example, the group that had RNA levels over 100,000 at screening -- there were trends to improvement in the vicriviroc group, especially in the 30-mg group. There were also trends to improvement in the vicriviroc 30-mg group in people with low CD4 counts.
When we further analyzed for the endpoints of achieving less than 400 copies or less than 50 copies, both of the vicriviroc groups performed significantly better, statistically better, than the placebo group. This was seen across all levels of activity of the background therapy. So, if somebody had a background therapy with no active drugs, or three or more active drugs, the vicriviroc, especially dosed at 30 mg, added additional efficacy. That was both for less than 400 and less than 50.
There were increases in CD4 counts in the vicriviroc arms: about 100 to 130 versus 60 in the placebo arm. Significantly, there were no differences in adverse event rates between the vicriviroc-treated patients and those on placebo. There were no changes in liver function abnormalities. There were some patients in each of the arms who started the study at screening with CCR5-tropic virus, who did have emergence of dual/mixed or X4 virus during the study. This was seen in all the arms. There were a few patients more in the 30-mg arm. In general, especially in the 30-mg arm, DMX-4 virus emerged very early. In fact, many of them were at baseline before the first dose, or at week 8, which was the first testing on therapy. And only half of these patients in the 30-mg dose were stopped with a high viral load. I'll just mention that efficacy correlated with levels, and the levels in the 30-mg group were better than those of the 20-mg group.
The conclusions were that: the vicriviroc plus background therapy is significantly superior to optimized background therapy alone; there was added benefit to the vicriviroc, regardless of the number of active drugs; and the 30-mg dose had a special efficacy in the hard-to-treat populations. There were no relevant safety differences. Based on these results, the 30-mg dose was chosen for phase 3 studies of this agent.
John Mellors: Thank you very much. One question for Sarah and Barry: You have a drug in phase 1 development and a drug in phase 3 development with the same mechanism of action; which is the priority?
Barry Zingman: I don't know the answer to that.
John Mellors: OK. Open for questions.
Reporter #1: Are the two drugs cross resistant? Is the new one [SCH532706] active against vicriviroc resistance?
Sarah Pett: I don't know that.
Reporter #1: Barry, it says in the abstract that viral failure was not associated with switching to X4 or mixed. Does that mean that people who came out with mixed virus during the study had a good viral response?
Barry Zingman: Yes, especially in the more potent 30-mg arm. There was more development, or emergence, of DMX-4 virus early in the study. In fact, about half of the people who developed DMX-4 variants had it detected before they even got their first dose. Then, subsequent to that, they were treated with vicriviroc and a background therapy regimen. Many of them improved; they did better. So there was less of an association with high viral loads in the 30-mg group. There was much more of an association between the development of DMX-4 and discontinuation with viral loads over 400 in the lower dose vicriviroc group and the placebo group. In the 20-mg and the placebo group, it was about one to one. But in the vicriviroc 30-mg group, only half of the patients ended up being discontinued with viral loads over 400. So I think we're seeing the combination of a potent drug, vicriviroc, and optimized therapy.
John Mellors: I have a direct follow-up to that question for you, Barry. You said that many of the patients were already dual or mixed tropic at the time of the first dose. And yet, at baseline, weren't all these patients screened for being purely R5 tropic? How much of a lag was there? Was that shift in tropism developed between the time of screening and the time of first dose, and about how long a time was that?
Barry Zingman: Patients were enrolled in the study based on the tropism assay done at screening. They had one tropism assay done at screening. It could be a maximum of about six weeks before they got their first study drug dose. So, a maximum of six weeks. At their very first study day they got more blood drawn and started the dosing that day. They got a tropism assay done that day. So they had tropism assays done once at screening, once at day 1, once at day 8, once at day 24, once at day 48. So all throughout the study. And much of the shifts in all three arms, actually, happened earlier. In the placebo and 20-mg groups, they occurred more evenly throughout the study. In the 30-mg arm, it was especially early, probably because it's a more potent drug. It suppresses CCR5-tropic virus, so underlying DMX-4 virus comes out earlier.
John Mellors: What percentage shifted between screening and day 1?
Barry Zingman: It was six patients out of 39 patients.
John Mellors: This is very consistent with what's been observed before. Because we're at the detection limit for dual/mixed.
Reporter #2: I have a question for Mr. Zingman. Could you explain the difference between both CCR5 antagonists -- between maraviroc [MVC, Selzentry, Celsentri] and vicriviroc? Are there any benefits, or non-benefits?
Barry Zingman: That's the question that everybody hears. The first way to answer that question is that certainly there have not been any head-to-head studies between the two drugs. One of the nice things with vicriviroc is that, when it's given with a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor, it has excellent pharmacokinetics. It has reliably high minimum concentrations. It has a long plasma half-life, over a day. It can be given regardless of food intake. It's, so far, very, very well tolerated.
Reporter #3: Barry, given the fact that X4 emerges so rapidly, could you comment upon the need for more sensitive assays to detect minority populations at screening?
Barry Zingman: It's clear that we need the most sensitive assays we can get. What we also need to see, though, in future clinical trials, is whether or not all the CCR5 inhibitors -- at all doses, all potencies -- can be still active with a small minority population. But right now, certainly we strive to rule out DMX-4 presence before giving somebody a CCR5 receptor antagonist.
Reporter #4: Barry, regarding the immunologic benefit of the 20- and 30-mg groups, are you looking at immune reconstitution syndrome? Are you seeing any episodes of that? And also, the correlation to CD4 percentages?
Barry Zingman: We looked at all the adverse events (serious and non-serious) and there were no noted immune reconstitution syndromes. Of course, patients were not enrolled in the study if they had a recent active opportunistic infection. I think it was within four to eight weeks. So they would be a little bit less likely to develop immune reconstitution syndrome.
Reporter #5: This question is also for Dr. Zingman. I'm curious if you could help me put in perspective how I should think about the tropism switch with the CCR5 inhibitors. Are we worried down the line that the virus will just get in through the other door, so to speak?
Barry Zingman: At least what we think is happening in many of these patients is that they actually already have DMX-4 virus: that it's there, it's a minority population, or the virus is already present. There's relatively little evidence that these agents drive the development of the X4 virus. We need to take further studies to evaluate.
Reporter #6: I just have a simple nomenclature question. We like to call everything inhibitors. You just referred to CCR5 inhibitors, yet your abstracts use the term antagonists. I understand the mechanism difference. Is there any crime in calling them CCR5 inhibitors? Is there anything wrong with that?
John Mellors: Well, CCR5 is a receptor, really. We refer to things that bind and block function of receptors as antagonists. Whereas, inhibition is an enzymatic process, generally, a catalytic process.
Reporter #6: We're all going to use these terms. It seems to me that there is inhibition of binding to the receptor.
John Mellors: Well, put it this way: You're typically antagonistic, but not an inhibitor. [Laughter.]
Reporter #7: In, I think it was, only one early study with a CCR5 inhibitor, there was noted to be an increase in malignancies. I haven't heard that replicated in any other CCR5 inhibitor studies. Is that considered by principal investigators sort of a dead issue, something that happened by chance? Can you comment on that?
Barry Zingman: Some malignancies -- I believe three different kinds -- were seen in seven or nine patients in an early ACTG [AIDS Clinical Trials Group] study of vicriviroc.3 There was an expert panel that met and reviewed the cases, and judged that there was not significant evidence that it was related to the drug itself, but more that it was occurring in an overall very sick population of patients who were entered into the study. There were no malignancies that occurred during the 48 weeks of the study. Now, after the end of the study, eligible patients who still had CCR5 tropism were able to continue on open label medication, maraviroc 30-mg. One person, three months into his course, did develop Hodgkin's disease, and is under treatment. That's all I have to say about that. Otherwise, there's been very, very few malignancies since then. That one patient who developed it also had a CD4 count under 100 pretty much the whole time, so never really had an immune response.
John Mellors: Thank you all, presenters and participants.
- Pett S, Emery S, MacRae K, et al. Safety and activity of SCH532706, a small molecule chemokine receptor 5 antagonist in HIV-1-infected individuals. In: Program and abstracts of the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections; February 3-6, 2008; Boston, Mass. Abstract 38.
- Zingman B, Suleiman J, DeJesus E, et al. Vicriviroc, a next generation CCR5 antagonist, exhibits potent, sustained suppression of viral replication in treatment-experienced adults: VICTOR-E1 48-week results. In: Program and abstracts of the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections; February 3-6, 2008; Boston, Mass. Abstract 39LB.
- Gulick R, Su Z, Flexner C, et al. ACTG 5211: Phase II study of the safety and efficacy of vicriviroc in HIV-infected treatment-experienced subjects. In: Program and abstracts of the XVI International AIDS Conference; August 14-19, 2006; Toronto, Canada. Abstract THLB0217.
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The BBC is among the organisations working with Heritage and Culture Warwickshire on a new network aimed at raising awareness of the needs of people with disabilities.
The Warwickshire team is a lead partner, along with Leicester University School of Museum Studies and the Horniman Museum in London and RAF Museum in Hendon, working on the Disability Co-operative Network.
The network - thought to be only organisation to offer such a service - will act as a platform for museums, charities, academics, art galleries and groups to share their work on supporting people with disabilities.
Its website already includes the BBC, Access Portugal, Liverpool Museums, DASH arts, Dyspraxia Foundation, the Whitworth and Indianapolis Museum of Art.
The network concept was recently selected as part of the national Transformers scheme run by the Museums Association.
Michelle Alexander, manager of Museums and Natural Environment, said: "I was extremely pleased to sign the memorandum of understanding on behalf of Warwickshire Museums. This is a very worthwhile initiative which I hope will grow and expand further in the future across more cultural organisations."
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To play online, visit the Decks section, choose a deck (or build your own), and click on the "play online" link to access the game room for Weiss Schwarz CCG players.
If you are a judge for this game, you can check here the disputed games and help us resolve them.
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There's only one thing a Mad Max game could ever be – and that's brutal. Brilliantly, Avalanche Studios' explosive interactive trailer really brings the thunder.
Much like the trailer for their other big title Just Cause 3, Avalanche Studios are going about their PR campaigns the right way, by giving them the choose-your-own-adventure feel. The seven-minute trailer lets you skip to various set pieces within the action sequence, in an attempt to demonstrate the game's myriad possible outcomes.
The first branching-path gives you a choice of three options, 'Go heavy', 'Go loud' or 'Go mad'. Obviously you pick 'Go mad', and go mad you do – unleashing vehicular carnage on a convoy of hapless rent-a-marauders with Max's signature car, the Magnum Opus.
Dropping on September 1, Mad Max will be a standalone story in the Mad Max universe, and will not be tied to Fury Road. The last-gen versions Avalanche had originally planned for the game, Mad Max will only be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.


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The term "remodeling" sometimes gets bandied about in our industry with little regard for what it actually means to the client. For most homeowners, a "remodel" is really a re-dedication.
There are many reasons a particular room in your home may have outgrown its purpose. Perhaps you have a new child on the way and you'd like to turn that old storage room into a new bedroom or playroom. Or maybe your children are growing up and that kitchen is starting to feel just a bit too cramped. In older homes, the kitchen and bathrooms may be more than a bit dated.
Whatever your intention, we consider your vision as our starting point. That's because we've been in your shoes and understand the difference a job well-done can make not only in terms of your house's value but also to enhancing the overall quality of your home life.
A great remodeling job can enhance your use and enjoyment of a particular room. Plus, it's a great way to add tremendous value to your home.
Bromwell Construction is a family-owned contracting business licensed and insured to perform custom remodels and home renovations throughout the state of Delaware. Here's just a sample of some of the services we can provide for you.
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We consider the kitchen, bathroom and basement as forming a trifecta of added value in any home. That's because these three rooms are the most likely to become dated or damaged over time. The kitchen and bathroom in particular are rooms everybody spends a great deal of time in, and as the basement repurposing trend grows hotter with each passing year, this room is rapidly ascending the list of the most in-demand renovation projects.
We've said it elsewhere on this site, but it bears repeating. The kitchen is the beating heart of your home. You begin your day there. You take nourishment there. You reconnect with the family there each night around the dinner table.
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Supreme has been known for its outlandish style, and this year's Fall/Winter collection is no exception. Fans can look forward to seeing 90s-inspired puffy vests, floral, camo and leather patches, sheepskin coats and NASCAR jackets, which all help to establish why Supreme is at the forefront of streetwear and skater apparel.
What makes this year's collection even more special is the collaborations: UK skate mogul Lucien Clarke, graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's, Schott and others have teamed up to add their own cultural flavor to the foundational NYC vibe Supreme is known for.
If you're not familiar with Supreme, it's important to know that this release will be in extremely limited quantities. Expect to camp overnight if you're hoping to scoop up some of this gear at the NYC or LA locations on August 22nd, or try your luck during the online release on August 29th.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Are You Listening?
I don't usually burn through a book in a day. I'm too busy, and I'm ADD enough to get tired of reading all day, unless it is really good.
Listen is one of those books.
This is the latest book from Rene Gutteridge, who writes both comedic and suspenseful novels. After finishing her Occupational Hazards series (hopefully not forever!) and releasing a humerous book with a co-author last year, she has turned her attention back to suspense. This is a good thing.
Marlo seems like the perfect little town. Nothing bad happens, and it is a picturesque example of what America should be. Until private conversations start ending up on an anonymous website entitled Listen to Yourself. Now people are finding out what is really said behind their backs, and it isn't pretty.
As paranoid citizens start fighting each other, Damien Underwood and his wife Kay are dealing with the disconnect they feel from their teenage kids, Jenna and Hunter. As a newspaperman, Damien believes strongly in the power of words. He may be proved right, as life in Marlo unravels from the power of the tongue to hurt people. It may get very personal for the Underwoods before it is all over.
As I thought about this book, I realized comedy and suspense are not far apart. Both rely on setting the proper mood to be able to unleash a surprise. The difference is whether the surprise causes laughter and smiles, or goosebumps and shock. Rene has a wonderful gift in setting the mood and plot in such a way to unleash either effect. This book has humor interlaced with a twisting, suspenseful storyline that kept me hooked early on.
She sets sympathetic characters up throughout town, but they aren't always clearly marked at first. One character may be disliked at first, only to turn out to be one of the "good guys" later on. The trouble with the Underwoods seems believable and drives the story. You care about them even as you see trouble coming, and you want to see how they will make it.
However, the book is more than an entertaining read. The theme of the power of words is well-crafted, and it invites anyone to take a thoughtful look at their own use of language to hurt or heal. Some books try to beat you over the head with a message - this story takes you along for the ride but leaves you pondering it afterwards. It is not preachy, but it is a valuable part of the whole message.
No book is perfect, and to me the ending was so twisty-turvy that I got a little lost at the end. There were also some consequences that seemed a little too convenient as well. Still, it was like an exciting amusement park ride with a little bumpy landing at the last.
Rene Gutteridge is one of CBA's best authors, and I encourage any fan of suspense or clever writing to check out her work. You can also find out more at her website for the book, Listen to Yourself. Also, at her blog she's doing a video blog explaining the process of writing the book, for those who have already read it - interesting!
Do yourself a favor, and Listen...
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Book Review - The Book that Transforms Nations
The book has a straightforward structure. The first part of the book explains the problem, especially in the West, of our turning away as a society in general from God's Word. He then spends a majority of the book describing ways the Bible has been used to transform cultures, from whole countries like Norway and South Korea to Calvin's Geneva and yes, Pitcairn Island. Third, he describes how what we believe about God affects how we act in life, and shows how exceptions to the rule actually prove his point, with examples such as Japan and Latin America. Finally, he casts a vision on how we can get the Word out there.
We don't hear stories anymore of the way God has transformed societies. I was impressed by Hans Nielsen Hauge, the Norwegian who skied to much of Norway spreading the Word, and the difference it made in that land. We may know a little about William Carey and his ministry in India, but I didn't realize the extent of work done there.
Some of this information isn't all that new. The idea that how we believe about God affects our culture comes admittedly from Francis Schaeffer (and it isn't necessarily original with him). Loren touches on the various areas of culture that shape it, the Seven Spheres of Influence, which I have blogged about (after learning them from YWAM). There could be more practical information about how to do what the book is trying to promote: getting the Word out to people and let it transform hearts.
Still, Loren (and his sister Janice Rogers, who has written other books with him) has an easy style to read, and he excels at getting the reader excited about the proposition in the book. I finished and was immediately ready to start tossing Bibles on co-workers' desks (however, I believe I would better serve the Lord by staying employed for a longer term basis).
What really challenged me was page 198, where he talks about how easy we have it to finish the job, as previous generations had to hand copy the Bible, and travel by foot or animal to get it anywhere. Modern technology puts reaching the whole world with the gospel as a doable goal in our lifetime! His challenge is that "our willingness to obey the Lord and move out is the only real limitation" (p 198).
I encourage anyone who has a love for Jesus and His Word, and a desire to see our country and the other nations changed to check out this book.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
CFBA Tour - Love Finds You in Bridal Veil, Oregon
In February of 2009, Love Finds You in Last Chance, California was published by Summerside Press
And Finding Jeena will release in April 2010 from Kregel Publications.
Miralee Ferrell lives in Washington with Allen, her husband of more than 37 years, ans has two grown children. She serves on staff at her local church ans is actively involved in ministry to women.
Against a backdrop of thievery and murder in Bridal Veil Falls, Oregon, a historic logging community, a schoolteacher is torn between the memories of a distant love and the man who could be her future.
Sixteen-year-old Margaret Garvey had given her heart to Nathaniel Cooper the night he disappeared from town. Four years later, just as she's giving love a second chance with Andrew, a handsome logger, Nathaniel suddenly returns. He steams back into Bridal Veil on a riverboat to work at the nearby sawmill to town with a devastating secret.
While grappling with the betrayal of those she trusted most, Margaret risks her reputation and position by harboring two troubled runaways who might be involved in the murder of a local man.
When disaster strikes the town and threatens the welfare of its citizens, Margaret will be faced with the most important choice of her life.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Love Finds You in Bridal Veil, Oregon, go HERE
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Trials into Gold
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
CFBA Tour - Harvest Moon
Jason says: I'm reading this book. It is much slower paced than his first novel, so I didn't have time to finish. I'm pushing through and hope to have a fuller review later. Until then, check this out:
Don Hoesel was born and raised in Buffalo, NY but calls Spring Hill, TN home. He works as a Communications Department supervisor for a Medicare carrier in Nashville, TN. He has a BA in Mass Communication from Taylor University and has published short fiction in Relief Journal.
Don and hopes to one day sell enough books to just say that he's a writer. You can help with that by buying whatever his newest novel happens to be.
He lives in Spring Hill with his wife and two children.
Every family has secrets. Few will go as far as the Baxters to keep them. Bestselling novelist CJ Baxter has made a career out of writing hard-hitting stories ripped from his own life. Still there's one story from his past he's never told. One secret that's remained buried for decades. Now, seventeen years after swearing he'd never return, CJ is headed back to Adelia, NY. His life in Tennessee has fallen to pieces, his grandfather is dying, and CJ can no longer run from the past. With Graham Baxter, CJ's brother, running for Senate, a black sheep digging up old family secrets is the last thing the family and campaign can afford. CJ soon discovers that blood may be thicker than water, but it's no match for power and money. There are wounds even time cannot heal.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Hunter's Moon, go HERE
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
CFBA Tour - Beguiled
My wife was "Beguiled," will you be?
In the shadows of Charleston, someone is watching her...
Rylee Monroe, a dogwalker in Charleston's wealthiest neighborhood, never feared the streets at night. But now a thief is terrorizing the area and worse, someone seems to be targeting her.
Reporter Logan Woods is covering the break-ins with the hope of publishing them as a true-crime book. The more he digs, the more he realizes this beguiling dogwalker seems to be at the center of everything.
As danger draws ever closer, Logan must choose: Chase the girl, the story, or plunge into the shadows after the villain who threatens everything?
I have Deeanne Gist and J. Mark Bertrand to thank for taking my wife away for a day. I "met" both of these authors when the faith*in*fiction blog and forums were active. Deeanne was the first acquistion from that eclectic group, and Mark was the philosophical heart.
When Deeanne's first books came out, I bought them for my wife (I've actually ALWAYS wanted to read them too, but I forget to grab them in my large stack of to-be-read books). She became an instant fan. When I saw that she teamed up with Mr. Bertrand, I knew I couldn't resist.
I wondered how my wife would like this blending of the styles (since Mark fancies crime/mystery novels).
She loved it.
She finished it in one day. I have to get up quite early to get to work, but she wouldn't come to be with me ("I only have 30 pages left!"). And before I could get my hands on it, she lent it out to a friend.
Thus, I don't have my own opinions on the book yet, but she shared her thoughts. She loved the characterization, feeling that she really knew the characters in the pages. The suspense really drove her to stay up late and finish, as the twists and turns had her hooked. She especially enjoyed the hook at the end. Her final words to Deeanne and Mark: write another one!
Deeanne Gist, the bestselling author of A Bride Most Begrudging and The Measure of a Lady, has a background in education and journalism. Her credits include People magazine, Parents, and Parenting. With a line of parenting products called "I Did It!® Productions" and a degree from Texas A&M, she continues her writing and speaking. She and her family live in Houston, Texas.
J. Mark Bertrand has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston. After one hurricane too many, he left Houston and relocated with his wife Laurie to the plains of South Dakota.
If you'd like to read the first chapter of Beguiled, go HERE


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Sitting in Darkness
A study of postbellum fiction and its engagement in debates over African American education and America's new colonial territories
Sitting in Darkness explores how fiction of the Reconstruction and the New South intervenes in debates over black schools, citizen-building, Jim Crow discrimination, and U.S. foreign policy towards its territories and dependencies. The author urges a reexamination not only of the contents and formal innovations of New South literature but also its importance in U.S. literary history.
Many rarely studied fiction authors (such as Ellwood Griest, Ellen Ingraham, George Marion McClellan, and Walter Hines Page) receive generous attention here, and well-known figures such as Albion Tourgée, Frances E. W. Harper, Sutton Griggs, George Washington Cable, Mark Twain, Thomas Dixon, Owen Wister, and W. E. B. Du Bois are illuminated in significant new ways. The book's readings seek to synthesize developments in literary and cultural studies, ranging through New Criticism, New Historicism, postcolonial studies, black studies, and "whiteness" studies.
This volume posits and answers significant questions. In what ways did the "uplift" projects of Reconstruction-their ideals and their contradictions-affect U.S. colonial policies in the new territories after 1898? How can fiction that treated these historical changes help us understand them? What relevance does this period have for us in the present, during a moment of great literary innovation and strong debate over how well the most powerful country in the world uses its resources?
Peter Schmidt is professor of English at Swarthmore College. He is the author of William Carlos Williams, the Arts, and Literary Tradition and is the editor (with Amritjit Singh) of Postcolonial Theory and the United States: Race, Ethnicity, and Literature (University Press of Mississippi).
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Article by Stephen Maddox Sr.
Young Kalief Browder was murdered by New York City's corrupt Justice System. Yes, I know he hanged himself at his parent's home, but the damage done by his imprisonment at one of the Rikers Island Prisons was the cause.
Police and Prosecutors get ahead in their professional lives by piling up big body counts of bad people they nailed, and that supposedly shows how good they are. The more, the better.
Arrested and accused of stealing a backpack when he was 16 years old, Kalief Browder insisted on his innocence. Instead of bringing him to trial, Prosecutors chose to leave him incarcerated because he would not take a plea bargain.
For more details see http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/kalief-browder-1993-2015
To me, that equals being convicted for a crime because you are forced to do the time. And, of course, this practice primarily affects poor Whites and Minorities who can't hire good lawyers.
Prosecutors often say they offer Plea Bargains as a way to cut down the case load in the overcrowded courts. That's a bogus argument.
Why have a Bill Of Rights if you can choose to ignore it? The People orchestrating the Plea Bargaining system are all Law School Graduates who have been corrupted into cooperating with a practice which ignores the need for Real Justice. These Lawyers and Judges are willing to push arrested people to confess in order to ease their own work loads.
If cities and states do not have sufficient Court personnel and space then they must provide it or stop arresting people and shoving them into an unworkable rats nest.
The professional legal people who rob Citizens of their freedom and their right to a speedy trial should be arrested and prosecuted for their crimes.


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Horton is warm and content in his new Christmas sweater from our friend Nancy.
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On his sixth birthday, Horton enjoys a good run through the pasture.
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On his sixth birthday, Horton enjoys a good run through the pasture. He's actually chasing Haley!
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Freedom of expression land you in jail?: Get the right help.
Everyone has an opinion and, hopefully, the freedom to express that opinion. Speech or various artistic forms of expression are bound to have opponents and sometimes it can have unfortunate consequences. In the United States, we are protected by the first amendment which gives the freedom of speech/expression. However, there are still limitations and these limitations go by the names of libel and slander. Libel is defamation by print or another other form other than spoken word or gestures. Slander is an untruth about someone spoken with malicious intent. Art comes in many different forms, whether it be a street performer or Picasso, and any time a piece of art is made it comes with the implication that someone may possibly be offended by the message. A street artist in New York was arrested for placing ads on bus stops that poked fun at the NYPD by saying "Drones: Protection When You Least Expect It". He was arrested by the police, which the irony is not lost on, but proves that there are limits to how far an individual's freedom of expression goes.
Other examples of art having bad consequences: an American photographer created a controversial photo entitled "Piss Christ" which depicted Jesus on the cross submerged in a bottle of urine. The photograph elicited controversy for decades. Another artist by the name of Anna Sin'kova, a resident of Ukraine, was found frying eggs over an eternal flame that burns in remembrance of fallen soldiers and the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. A video of the act exists and reveals that there are police officers watching Anna perform the stunt, but did not try to stop here. However, three months later she was arrested for "desecrating a grave." She was refused to be released on bail.
Sin'kova says that she sees the placement not as a grave, but a "propaganda for a totalitarian communist regime." To her, the old memorial does not resonate the same way it does with others. There are those that do agree with her, however, and see her actions as acceptable within the rights of her expression and have raised their voices in her defense. She says that upon her return from jail she will fight for the causes she believes in. If she wasn't prohibited from being released on bail she might have been able to get back to that cause sooner. Unfortunately, bail can be denied for a variety of reasons in different countries. If bail is denied, the defendant is allowed to apply for bail at their court hearing. Unless there is a strong reason to deny bail, the defendant will be released. If an artist is arrested after putting a piece of their work on display they should seek bail, especially if they feel that they were wrongly accused of libel or slander for their work.
Having a lawyer that can successfully defend your case using the amendment rights will help ensure the case swings in you favor. In the unfortunate event that you have been arrested, keep calm and know that you have rights protecting you, but don't rely on your rights alone. In order to ensure that you're out of jail in time to prepare your case with a qualified defense attorney, you need to choose the right bail bonds company to secure your freedom. This isn't as easy as it sounds. You need to focus on finding a bail bondsman who is both trustworthy and nearby. If you call one bail bonds company, and they tell you they will be there shortly to bail you out, and never show up, it could mean several more days in jail before you can get ahold of another and make your way out. Many times, it's family members making these phone calls on your behalf, you need a qualified bail bondsman to get the job done. With regard to their being nearby, lets say for the sake of argument that your loved one was arrested and brought to jail in Los Angles. If they call a bail bonds in Whittier, or Orange County bail bonds, such as ChiefBail.com, they can usually be there in about an hour to get them bailed out. If on the other hand you reach a San Diego bail bonds company, it could literally take hours for them to arrive.
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Bring Me Your Love has been pressed as a single 12: LP for the first time ever! It will be available November 22 at 12:01am ET at cityandcolour.com
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binse nag garud gali jai, binse kapti ow shat bhai;
binse pap punya jinh kinha, binse gun nirgun jinh chinha;
binse agni pawan ow pani, binse shrishti kahan lo gani;
vishnu lok binsai chhin mahi, hown dekha parlai ki chhanhi.
Sakhi: machh rup maya bhai, jabarahi khelai aher,
harihar brahma na ubare, sur nar muni kehi ker.
Both Sheshnag and Garud died. Those who are cheaters and betrayers also die.
Those who perform evil or virtuous deeds also die; those who believe in nirgun and sagun will also die.
Fire, air and water are perishable, as is all of creation; how far can I count?
Even Vishnu Lok is destroyed in a moment; I see all destroyed under the influence of Pralaya.
Sakhi: Maya is like a fish which is always preoccupied with hunting for food.
Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma could not get freedom from maya. What then can one say of the gods, men and sages?
In this ramaini Guru Kabir speaks of the perishability of all physical bodies or things, whether living or non-living. Sheshnag is the great mythological serpent which floats on an ocean of milk and on which Lord Vishnu rests. Similarly, the Garud is a great mythological bird, similar to the eagle on which Lord Vishnu rides. They are no more. All people are destructible whether they are cheaters or evil doers, or even if they are virtuous. Even those religious people who say that God has attributes (sagun) and those who say that God has no attributes (nirgun) are perishable. Even inanimate things such as fire, air and water are perishable just as all of creation is. Vishnu Lok is the heaven where Lord Vishnu resides; even that is perishable when the great dissolution called Pralai takes place. The gods, men and sages all perished under the influence of maya.
In order to understand this ramaini, one has to understand what maya is. This is discussed in the philosophy of Vedanta. All things in the universe, both animate and inanimate, became differentiated into their various manifestations from the undifferentiated God because of the power of maya. There are two levels of understanding in this ramaini. One is that we see all things around us being destructible. According to Indian cosmology, a time will come when there will be a great dissolution of all things on earth; and all things will then be recreated or differentiated again from a Primal Being. The second level of meaning is that when one obtains Self-realization or God Realization, then one immediately sees that all things have dissolved into the Being of God as all are really part and parcels of God. What then is the point of the ramaini? Guru Kabir intends to point out that we must not lose sight of our true being which is the Eternal Soul which is indestructible. Too often we are pre-occupied with all the material things of life and we become victims of maya which keeps us from realizing our True Self.


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Music writers David Greenwald and Daniel Siegal want to create a site for in-depth music reporting and criticism, and they want to pay writers a fair wage to do that work. Sort of like the L.A. Weekly's music section, but they want to do it minus the kind of pageview-driving clickbait -- listicles and slideshows -- that other publications don't do nearly as well as we do.
Called Uncool, it's the kind of idea that you'd think would be immediately and universally embraced by music writers and readers alike...but within days of announcing a Kickstarter to fund the project, its proposal had already set off miniature flamewar on Tumblr, and a month into the campaign, they have only been able to raise a fraction of the project's funding.
Greenwald, who has written for Billboard, GQ and the Weekly, and Siegal, who's written for Rolling Stone's website and the L.A. Times, got the idea for Uncool after the shuttering of Brand X, the Times' weekly culture and events magazine, due to a lack of advertising revenue.
The idea was to use Kickstarter to finance its first year, which would allow them the freedom to write about the music they want to "and not be tied to marketing, and advertising and these issues that we have that ended up closing down Brand X," Greenwald says.
The name Uncool comes from the scene in Almost Famous when Lester Bangs imparts sage wisdom to young music writer Will Miller. (Above.) It's also intended to signify that they are not about snobbery -- they want the site to be a place "where someone can write about Taylor Swift one week, and an obscure jazz record from 1955 the next week."
"We live is a time where you can go on YouTube or Spotify and watch a 1996 Guided By Voices show in full, or you can listen some amazing folk record from the '60s that you've never heard of," Greenwald says. "It's this amazing period for discovery and there are not a lot of places that are helping people to navigate that."
They hope to run four pieces a month on a weekly basis -- three would be essays and reviews about 1,000 words each (those will pay $250 to $500), and one thoroughly reported feature that will run anywhere from 3,000 to 10,000 words, which will net the writer $2000.
Too often, Greenwald says, outlets expect music journalists to subsist on their passion alone. He knows first hand, ticking off a list places he wrote for for free when he was trying to get started: UCLA's Daily Bruin, the site Cokemachineglow, Entertainment Weekly.
When music writers can find paid work the opportunities are often "bite-sized -- a news item or a blog post. I don't see a ton of opportunities for a writer to get in-depth with a subject."
"I think it is a big problem where people are not able to get to the point of making a living doing this," Greenwald says. "There are really great outlets who run really good work that just pay a very low wage for the amount of time it takes to do that work."
Greenwald and Siegal think if they can raise $54,000 they can produce a year's worth of Uncool. That's 12 months of a $3,300 monthly editorial budget, plus a $6,000 stipend to Greenwald and Siegal, $1000 toward web design, and the rest will go to Kickstarter fees and rewards.
They've already gathered together some of their favorite music writers -- people like Simon Vozick-Levinson of Rolling Stone, L.A. Weekly's Jeff Weiss, and Rachael Maddux, who has written for Pitchfork, Paste and the Paris Review.
Maddux though, is the only woman among the ten writers (including Greenwald and Siegal) who have been tapped as contributors -- and the gender imbalance prompted NPR music critic Ann K. Powers to tweet "Long form music writing? Could be cool ... (get more women and POC writers tho)."
POC stands for "people of color."
That tweet managed set off a tempest in the Tumblr-verse. Several music writers and readers took to their respective microblogging sites to share their thoughts about diversity in music journalism -- alternately decrying white male privilege or affirmative action.
Of the kerfuffle, Greenwald says the list of Uncool contributors were mostly friends and colleagues but adds, "We absolutely agree with the critique and we're in the process now of talking to more writers and bringing some more people on board to help give us more of a diverse staff and a diverse range of opinions."
Of course, it's little premature for all the handwringing over Uncool's diversity--the project hasn't even been funded yet. Last we checked, they still needed some $47 grand to reach their goal. Greenwald isn't worried yet though, "We've still got more than half our campaign left and a lot of promotion ahead in the next few weeks," he says.
And what if the project doesn't get the money they seek? Greenwald says the hope to still make something Uncool. "I don't know what form it will take yet, but I really love all the writers that we have corralled and would love to put something together even if it's a smaller one-time magazine -- but we're hoping it works out so we haven't had that conversation yet."
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Tag Archives: Bikes riding
92% Lake Hume
#LakeHume lapping at walking /bike track in #Tallangatta. Spring is here at last.
The view from #RedgumBedandBreakfast is beautiful with the water so high.
The Water is Back
Lake Hume has been slowly creeping back up the valley and today the view from Redgum/Tallangatta Bed and Breakfast is water
You could put on your gumboots and walk across with a little swim over the Mitta Mitta River but visually it is water. Yesterday the dogs and I walked for the last time this year on the grassy banks of the Mitta Mitta today it is mostly under water and the Mitta Mitta River gone. Swans, ducks and pelicans have returned. I have included a video of the swans hard to see but not to hear – they are 'talking' all the time. As usual Sasha the jack russell managed to get in the picture. Filling up to 100% will take a while yet.
The High Country Rail Trail 'Whistle Stop High Tea" held in May was a great success with 170 riders coming from as close as Albury and Wodonga and as far away as Sydney and Melbourne,. The weather magnificent, the food as usual pretty spectacular and there was enough even with the numbers increasing by 40 in the last few days. The next event is the Tall Trestle Ride from Corryong to Tallangatta in October.
We continue to get more bike riders using Tallangatta as a base as they explore our beautiful North-East Victoria. My latest adventurers rode around the Lake to Bethanga via Old Tallangatta and back here on the HCRT. Next day off to Yackandandah via Allens Flat and then on to Bright then Beechworth and back to Tallangatta taking 3 days to do the trip – A very fit couple.
I have also dropped off bike riders at Shelley for the ride down the trail and part Murray Valley Highway back to Tallangatta.
Snow in the mountains has also been a bonus, so the weekend trips from Melbourne to the New South Wales or Victorian snow fields will soon begin. I get many guests who leave Melbourne after work , stop the night in Tallangatta and are on the slopes at 9am for a weekend of skiing. It avoids the kangaroos and wombats on the bush drive to Corryong and mountain climb to Perisher etc in the dark.
Talking of snow, the weather here has just dropped about 10 degrees, the rain has begun and with an open fire blazing it is a perfect day to read a book and if a dog sleep by the fire
Bikes and the High Country Rail Trail
Images of the construction of Dry Forest Creek Bridge
The reconstruction of the trestle bridges continues with our volunteers . It is amazing seeing these beautiful wooden trestle bridges coming back to life. The really high ones are being bypassed. The original structures will be preserved so they continue to grace our trail. They are just too expensive to restore to a point of being able to be used but will still be there to look at.
Over the last month the Bed and Breakfast has had quite a number of push bike riders stay. Road bikes, hybrids, mountain bikes and even one built for two. Some have wanted to be dropped at Shelley riding the trail where it was relatively easy going downhill with a mix of on road and trail, the very adventurous, riding mountain bikes negotiating the tricky not yet opened bits, having to get over shut gates, wade though creeks and share the track with horses and cattle – all great fun. Our trail is becoming increasing popular which is a real bonus for Tallangatta bringing much needed tourist dollars to our town. Increasingly we are getting groups after a shared 3 day experience using Tallangatta as a base – travelling to Wodonga and then Shelley.
Sunrise on the bed of Lake Hume just down from boat ramp 30/3/2016
Whistlestop High Tea Ride
Ride along the shore of Lake Hume ( distant water to see unless we get some good rain) with stops to enjoy delicious country home cooked scones, cakes and other delicate and tasty treats. Part of the Harvest festival to celebrate Nth East Victoria's wonderful food, wine and tourist venues. Booking at highcountryrailtrail.org.au
Rail Trail Upgrade
Riding from Wodonga to Tallangatta just got more comfortable with a major upgrade to the High Country Rail Trail up to Huon Reserve, effectively removing the very rough sections of this part of the trail.
A perfect bike ride hugging Lake Hume with three reserves with toilets and BBQs , over the Sandy Creek bridge on to Tallangatta for a lunch break and a rest under the beautiful 'triangles' trees, have a swim in Lake Hume then if still feeling fit you can continue on to Old Tallangatta, finish the day with a relaxing night at the Bed and Breakfast, Hotels, Motel or Caravan Park before your return trip next day.
I have had many guests that have either travelled by train or left their car in Wodonga and ridden out to Tallangatta
Wodonga to Old Tallangatta and as the bridges are restored on to Shelley- what a spectacular bike ride that will be when finished
Check out the photos of the current bridge restoration at the High Country Rail Trail Facebook Page
Tallangatta Visitors
Last time I worked in the hospitality industry was when I was 18 and I spent a large amount of time each day washing dishes at the Sorento pub for very little money, no tips but lots of fun at the end of the night with my fellow live-in student workers. That's another job replaced by technology!
My latest hospitality venture has proved more successful than I imagined. I expected a couple of weekends a month to be booked. Weekdays never. I got it so wrong.
My guests have been from all states except for WA and NT so far.
They are:
Visiting elderly parents
Elderly parents celebrating 50+ years of marriage
Contract workers in Tallangatta for a job for 3 – 5 days
Tourists taking the scenic routes from Canberra, Gippsland, South Coast NSW and Sydney.
Bike riders on the HCRT desperate for a bed (I lent my RV as my room was booked, as was every other bed in town was, this has happened twice!)
Wedding guests and so on…..
The best part of this whole exercise has been meeting such lovely, friendly people, many of whom go out of their way to say thank you and goodbye This side of the experience I did not expect but am very grateful for.


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The Menthal team consists of interdisciplinary researchers from the University of Bonn. Computer scientists and psychologists by training, they believe that the integration of both sciences will fundamentally reshape our understanding of human behavior.
The computer science part of the team is headed by assistant professor Alexander Markowetz. His international team is composed of Boris Trendafilov (Bulgaria), Ionut "Johnny" Andone (Romania), Mark Eibes (Germany), and Konrad Blaszkiewicz (Poland). While everybody is involved in multiple aspects of the project, each researcher has a particular focus. Boris and Ionut specialize in Android development. Mark focuses on meaningful feedback and easy to use interfaces. Konrad is responsible for data storage and analysis.
The psychological part of the team is headed by Prof. Dr. Christian Montag (Head of Molecular Psychology, University of Ulm). With Bernd Lachmann (Germany) and Rayna Sariyska (Bulgaria), he investigates how phone and Internet usage is linked to psychic processes. Besides traditional psychological questionnaires, the three frequently rely on brain scans (MRI, fMRI) and genetic markers.


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Pupils at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School in Milngavie, which had a catchment area that also included Bearsden, was 'bursting at the seams' according to the authorities.
In order to alleviate the problem 90 youngsters were going to be moved to the new Clober Primary School, which was scheduled to open in Easter 1965.
St Joseph's had 370 pupils on its roll and the general purposes room had already been taken over as a classroom.
The overcrowding was reflected in the number of pupils in each classroom. Most had over 40 in them, with one having 49 pupils.
Sister Mary of St Joseph's said she had been told two of her classes would be moved to Clober Primary School.
Milngavie was set to be the start of a new long distance path stretching from the town right up to Fort William - a distance of 96 miles.
The long distance walk would be known as the West Highland Way and, although it was agreed in principle in 1973, it had to be approved by the Secretary of State for Scotland, William Ross.
With the reorganisation of the local authorities in 1976 it was envisaged that, with less authorities to deal with, the planned path's introduction could be accelerated.
Although Dunbartonshire would only provide about five miles of the route, and Stirlingshire 34, because it was at the start it was felt that both areas were important in the promotion of what could be a major tourist attraction.
Bringing in the bells was not a problem for Bearsden woman Brenda Cole, who has a collection of 1,200.
The keen bell collector had been collecting them for more than a decade and had them in all shapes and sizes.
When all of Mrs Cole's bells were unpacked they covered the whole floor of her living room.
The bells came in a range of materials as well, including copper, brass, crystal, silver, china, Wedgwood, glass, paper, wood and even corn.
Mrs Cole said she could remember where every one of her bells came from and who she got them from.
In all of her time collecting bells, Mrs Cole had only ever broken one and she still had it because of sentimental reasons.
A thug who placed pieces of concrete on the train line between Bearsden and Westerton Station could have caused a serious accident - according to British Transport Police.
Officers moved quickly to remove the obstruction after getting a call from worried members of the public who raised the alarm.
Westerton Train Station had seen a number of vandalism incidents which had resulted in court appearnces for those who had been caught.
And it culminated in Dumbarton Sheriff John Fitssimons labelling the area around Westerton train station as a 'hotbed of trouble.'
He said: "I want to send out a warning to every would be trouble maker at Westerton that I will throw the book at them."


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Campus Aerial Perspective . University of Pennsylvania . watercolor . 9" x 16"
... aerial rendering, perspective watercolor, fisheye view, illustration looking east from 38th Street over Penn's campus... for a video animation dissolve into accelerated time lapse photos of the same view. Static watercolor painting evolves into a photographic video that speeds through a day, into night and back to a sunrise morning.
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I'm driving to sailing and I
call Mom and John to
ask about the check-up.
It's been a couple of days so
probably perhaps that means there's no
bad news to speak of?
It's not unusual for them to mention
days or weeks later in a conversation
much after the fact
that Mom's broken her arm
and they had to drive 6 hours to the hospital in Kamloops, twice,
and now she has a metal plate bolted into her elbow.
Or that John lit the computer shed
on fire by accident last week but luckily the
local volunteer fire brigade
of neighbours with buckets
dipping water out of the creek
put the flames out before they reached the house.
John's flustered and worried and frustrated
and I'm trying to be sensitive but also
pressing him so that I can understand what's going on.
And yes there is a lump so
I'm asking what happens next and if they're going
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And John's says finally, clearly,
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Recent advances in the development of superpower lasers are reviewed. A number of possibilities that the newly available petawatt-power level lasers open up in the physics of extreme light fields are discussed.


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hello, hello & happy thursday, my friends!
there is little else we, here at ebv, enjoy more than summer music festivals. we love to vend them. we love to meet our customers. we love to see great live music. we love to camp. it's really the ideal fun situation for a person such as myself. i'm always lucky if the boy in the rock & roll band can get away long enough to go with, but if not, i have some great ladyfriends that are always willing to go & lend a helping hand. vending big events like that is fun, but it takes a lot of work!
this summer EBV will have you covered in our online store with everything you need to look just right at this summer's big festivals. we are also going to be vending tons of the festivals this summer, so you can come shop in person. we are currently signed up for wakarusa & bonnaroo & are still waiting to hear back on several others. be sure to follow the blog, so you don't miss any updates! it's going to be a kick ass summer, ladies!
one of the things i love the most about music festivals, not surprisingly, is the amazing fashion. here are some of my favorites from coachella & bonnaroo.
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photo sources: refinery29 & style.com
Thursday, April 21, 2011
festival fashion.
Posted by Savannah Marie at 4:16 PM
Labels: everybody's buying vintage, music festivals, summer
2 comments:
- Janelle Haskin said...
Those are all such great boho chic looks!
- April 21, 2011 at 7:59 PM
- Megan said...
Such cool outfits! Thanks!
- April 25, 2011 at 2:14 PM
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Review: The Twilight Sad live at Music Hall of Williamsburg
Photos by G.
On February 25, 2012, Scottish rockers The Twilight Sad performed at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. The band recently embarked on a US tour, but due to VISA problems (read: please get it together USA, WTF?!), the band was denied entry into the country for 5 days forcing them to cancel some dates. The Twilight Sad is here now and their show was incredible! I saw them perform two years ago and that show was my first exposure to their music. I fell in love with their deep, dark and rockin' beats coupled with lead singer James Graham's intense stage presence. James Graham appears to be channelling Joy Division's Ian Curtis and Jim Morrison as he lets the music take him to another place, and all at the same time, he delivers a very powerful vocal performance. Musically, their songs tend to have a slow build with a great climactic ending.
The Twilight Sad performed many new tracks off their 2012 release "No One Can Ever Know" including the lead single "Another Bed." A lot of the titles of their song titles are not used in their lyrics so it's always hard to keep track of their setlist. They played two of my favorite tracks "Reflection of the Television" and "I Became a Prostitute," and I would recommend those songs as a good starting place if you are unfamiliar with the music of The Twilight Sad. In an age where so few bands have little to add to the musical palate, The Twilight Sad are here to remind us all that rock and roll will never die. Thanks to The Twilight Sad for a great night!
Catch The Twilight Sad on their Spring 2012 US Tour:
Feb 26 Allston MA – Brighton Music Hall
Feb 28 Montreal QC – Il Motore
Feb 29 Toronto ON – Lee's Palace
Mar 01 Grand Rapids MI – Pyramid Scheme
Mar 02 Chicago IL – Empty Bottle
Mar 03 Minneapolis MN – 7th Street Entry
Mar 05 San Diego CA – Casbah
Mar 06 Los Angeles CA – The Echo
Mar 07 San Jose CA – The Blank Club
Mar 08 San Francisco CA – The Independent
Mar 10 Seattle WA – Tractor Tavern
Mar 11 Portland OR – Doug Fir Lounge
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Three Dimensional Video Of A Recent RCS Meeting.
Posted by Alex Cimochowski on Feb 28, 2017
Rotarian Chuck Kim and one of his associates brought in a GoPro VR 360 degree video camera and shot some "film" of one of our meetings. Here's a note and a link from Chuck so you can view the video. Pretty amazing.
To use the Youtube link, click on it to open it, click on the play button. Then click and hold your mouse on the screen to look entirely 360 degrees around the room. Move it right to left.


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Winter's in the air. But Azure's chill isn't from the weather.
|Azure's smiling...
but for how long?
Mickie Sherwood
Azure Blackstone has a chill. And—it isn't from New Orleans' November air. She fools herself into believing she has overcome her traumatic Halloween carjacking. A flashback proves her wrong.
Frank Hickman gets credit for her rescue that awful night. Now she learns he wasn't quite truthful. Is Azure's premonition about Frank really just a bad omen? Will Frank convince her otherwise?


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It has been a very busy few months! This Konstant Kraver has been traveling the world sampling food far and wide, from amazing scones with clotted cream and jam at the Ritz in London, to dumplings dumplings and more dumplings from Germany to Prague.
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And surely we cannot forget the amazing pastas and pizza in Italy, not to mention the soft sinful gelato's. Now I am not a massive gelato fan, but when I was in Italy I found myself having at least one a day!! Fabulous stuff!!
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I was excited to finally try out the Hummingbird Bakery cupcakes in London....I can just tell you they lived up to their reputation!! The cakes were soft and moist, and the icing was smooth and creamy without being too sweet! I also managed to make it to Bea's of Bloomsbury, which upon walking in, you begin to think you really have died and gone to heaven. They have also just released a cookbook Tea With Bea: Recipes from Bea's of Bloomsbury which, yes, I have ordered, along with the hummingbird bakery one....so excited! Cannot wait for them to get here!
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Through out all my travels two things stood out, in Prague my dinner being served in a bowl made out of bread - that was amazing and in Sri Lanka , my all-time favourite hot-buttered cuttle fish. I have been trying to breakdown what goes into that for years, and I'm not sure if it's because I am so drawn into its flavours of chilli and creamy butter that I completely forget what my mission was and before you know it , the plate is clean and I am still none the wiser!
I think that I have successfully eaten my way through Europe and and the UK, and I have been thinking of an exciting new direction to take the "The Sweet Tooth Chronicles " and how we can branch out, so stay tuned!
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They squeezed behind classroom desks and dutifully laid out their notebooks, seeking permits to carry a concealed handgun. A church elder hoping to feel less helpless should another gunman open fire in a sanctuary; a retired woman wanting backup on long rural drives; a burly, bearded man who thinks the world is getting crazier; a disabled man and his concerned father, seeking protection from street vultures.
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Michael Millis is living life in fendi outlet emotional limbo as he campaigns for the truth to come out about the fate of his beautiful blonde girlfriend who went missing in Marbella last September. The London-based club entrepreneur had been dating Latvian receptionist Agnese Klavina, 30, for about a year when she disappeared after moving to the Costa del Sol in May last year, seduced by the prospect of spending a summer in the sun. She and Michael, 39, spoke most days on the phone and so when he didn't hear from her for a few days at the beginning of last September he grew increasingly concerned. "I called friends of hers in Spain who went to the flat she was staying at and saw her car outside but didn't get an answer when they knocked on the door," he recalls. "I called the police to try to file a missing persons' report but they said I had to come to Spain." Michael duly flew out on September 11 and, together with Agnese's mother, sister and friends, began what has turned out to be a long and drawn-out campaign to highlight her disappearance and appeal for help. "We went to the police station to report her missing, put up posters that I'd organised in London and had friends of replica handbags uk hers in Marbella print off, and retraced her lastknown steps so we could talk to people who might have seen her that night. "Her mum and sister were obviously very worried then and they're totally distraught and heartbroken now knowing as they do that something terrible may have happened to Agnese. It's a very difficult time for them. They're a very close-knit family." Their efforts have so far come to nothing but a police investigation resulted in two British expats appearing in court last Monday. Both refused to answer any of the judge's questions, however, pleading their legal right to remain silent. So what do we know of the details of a case that has gripped the coast dubbed the Costa del Crime? On the evening of Friday September 6 last year Agnese donned a multicoloured halter-neck dress, picked up her favourite large white Louis Vuitton handbags and headed out for a night on the town."I think the UAE is a big market [for luxury products]. The UAE accounts for 30 per cent of the [luxury ]market of the GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council]. There is a lot of burberry replica outlet local demand and from tourists as well," he said. "The Middle East has the highest per capita spend on luxury in the world - $1,500 per capita on average," he added.
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1. Depression
3. Gambling
4. Drinking
Each of the topics have been tough to tackle but I have enjoyed the challenge and have enjoyed creating an authentic environment.
Today we talked about drinking. I know this is a touchy subject for a lot of people. I tried to navigate thorough this topic Biblically but not religiously. I encourage you to pause for 25 minutes and listen to the message online at http://www.wyandottefamily.com/listen.html
The whole reason we have gone through this series is not to point fingers, not to make feel people feel ostracized but to deal with issues that people are facing and to create an authentic environment where people can get help.
I mentioned in my message that we support a ministry called Life Challenge in Detroit. They help people get free from life controlling problems. If you need help or know someone who does, I encourage you to check them out. http://lifechallengesemi.org


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Coffee and Bikes are in a way united. It has made me think recently about my obsession with the two. At the end of my ride I regularly stop at the coffee shop to buy a coffee as a way of rewarding myself for getting out. I began thinking about the coffee culture associated with bike-riding and decided it was pretty plain and simple; coffee and riding have become more than just buying a coffee, it's a meeting room, a hub for riders and riding bunches, perhaps even a workshop or a networking opportunity.
My obsession with coffee doesn't finish at the café, I'm a sucker for a take-away, having to carry my cup in my bike bidon holder, not designed for a cup in anyway shape or form. So my research began, and I found the best solution, a Bike Coffee Holder, it safety holds your coffee cup, or keep-cup, and you can transport your coffee home, to work or take it on a ride.
So there it is, the coming of two great loves, drinking coffee and riding my bike; a coffee-drinking bike-riders dream. Check out my Accessory page for more info, I now sell them for all those other coffee loving riders, you will love it!


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The Austin Company provided planning, project management and construction management/general contractor services for a new 219,000 SF Program Administration and Engineering Office building in support of Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems sector.
The new facility is located within Northrop Grumman's campus in Melbourne, Florida, which was designated as one of their five Centers of Excellence – a Manned Aircraft Design Center of Excellence.
Building 229 is a three-story structural steel building, clad with architectural precast concrete panels. The first floor provides executive spaces and a data center. The second and third floors contain large, open-office work areas, with conference and teaming workrooms, and support functions located in a central core area. There is a separate central plant that is sized to handle additional future facilities on the campus. The building was designed and built to LEED® Silver Certification guidelines and was subsequently awarded this designation.
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The History Harvest is a new learning initiative in the Department of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It is a student-centered, team-oriented collaboration of community-based projects. They are using digital technologies to share the artifacts as well as their experiences of the past, ordinary life. Community members are invited to bring and share their treasures, such as photographs, letter, objects, stories, etc. Their goal is to provide a new foundation of publicly available material for historical study.
There are three communities available for browsing on their web page. They are North Omaha, Nebraska City and Lincoln Refugee Communities. In each of these communities there are collections that can be browsed and enjoyed.
Many people probably do not realize that Ralph Orduna who was born in Omaha enlisted in the US Army Air Corp during World War II and became a fighter pilot as one of the Tuskeegee Airmen. He flew multiple recon and bomber escort missions. The collection from this outstanding Nebraskan was brought to History Harvest by Philip Orduna Reis. You can learn more about Orduna by going to the History Harvest web page, but also watching a You Tube video.
Who wouldn't love to locate an everyday farming records notebook for an ancestor? Betty Stukenholtz shared this item and more for the Nebraska City Community of History Harvest. The three pages from the notebook, dated about 1890, represent everyday records that a farmer kept, revealing his interactions with workers and neighbors. It belonged to Betty's great grandfather who emigrated from Germany and farmed in Richardson County, Nebraska.
There are family history interviews, such as that of Betty Wilberger who shared papers and stories about her family from Axtell, Nebraska. One of the rare documents of the turn of the 20th century railroad was the drover's ticket. You can view one in Wilberger's collection. A drover was a person overseeing the transportation of cattle.
Become a part of the past by browsing these excellent collections, brought to you through the efforts of the UNL Department of History. It is worth your time to see what is available and also determine if you are digitally preserving your artifacts.


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Well, life continues to be busy for me this week. And while I do still eat from my fully stocked freezer, I'll admit to dipping into my wallet and eating out in order to feed myself when needed. This week, it was a splurge dinner in between meetings to one of my favorite local restaurants … Continue reading
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Hello Friends!!!! I know I've been awfully quiet in the blog world this week. All is well, it's just that all is…well…busy! These busy times are the hardest times to stay on track with healthy food and smart choices, so this week I decided to automate my food more than I normally would. I'm usually … Continue reading
Fat Cow
Yesterday I decided to treat myself to lunch. I had just gotten out of my improv class and had some errands to run at The Grove (which is an obnoxious word for "outdoor mall" here in LA) so I decided to check out some of the new restaurants there I'd been hearing about. After being … Continue reading
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