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Thus, I take this opportunity to pay tribute to
Elizabeth Sladen who passed away yesterday.
Yes, she was a Godess.
She was THE Doctor Who companion of my youth,
and probably one of the most loved companions ever.
I Hope she has a sense of humor where ever she is. I seem
to remember her saying once how much she hated this full on 1970's
train wreck on an outfit, but it's how I often remember her. It's
what she wore in her last episode as a regular cast member.
At 63 she was way too young to go.
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Today's theme: GODESSS
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Labels: doctor who, Elizabeth Sladen, Sarah Jane, Tom baker
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It took me a while to see the Dr. Who silhouette in the background. Now that I do it's my favorite part.ReplyDelete
I just realised now that I look at your drawing that I used the same reff photo as you, entirely subconsciously. She was a very pretty woman and there are a lot of photos of her looking pretty, but less with any of her trademark facial expressions. This was the best one I could find too.ReplyDelete
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Arrived as a stranger, Stefano Raus left the European Championships with all eyes fixed on him. His magnificent performance in TempO – the first "non-nordic" after a true "Finnish-Swedish fleet" - showed him their capabilities and an enormous room for improvement. A bright future is waiting for the young Italian athlete.
The first question is always the easiest. Could you tell me, in brief, who is Stefano Raus?
Stefano Raus (S. R.) - I was born 19 years ago in Trento, were I still live. I'm studying at the Scientific High School of Trento and I attend the last year. I started in TrailO two years ago when I competed in a course of Italia Cup, in Monte Prat, after a FootO course. I decided to do TrailO because I wanted to compete in all the disciplines of orienteering so with that I reached my goal. I don't have any important result in TrailO because I did very few races but I liked a lot the Marco Giovannini's TempO online game. In FootO I was good in youth categories and I went to EYOC in 2011. I was also in FootO Junior National Team until last summer when I stopped training because, in two months, I twisted three times my ankle.
You've been recently in Portugal, competing at ETOC. Was it, in the beginning of the season, a major goal, to be in Palmela for the European Championships?
S. R. - Honestly, it wasn't. Most of all, because I wasn't sure about the call to the Italian Team until I read it on the Italian Orienteering Federation's website. I started in TempO with the online game, on trailo.it, and I had good results. So our National Coach, in the end of 2013, told me I had talent and, if I was in two important TempO competitions, in Milan and Lipica, in the beginning of 2014, he would include me in the team. But I wasn't, because one day I had the FootO course setter exam and, in Lipica, I competed in FootO. Anyway, our Coach made quite a bet on me and I was selected. But I think he won it! I have to thank him.
How did you prepare for the European Championships?
S. R. - It was my first time in Portugal but I followed the last years races like EYOC, ISF and Portugal O' Meeting. These was also my first TempO race "live" and when I read the call I searched for the Palmela Village online to see exactly the type of terrain. With the Google Maps I made by myself a map of the golf course and I tried to see where the controls should be placed. Now I see that I did a good job. Just without the contours, you can understand a lot of things.
To finish 8th in TempO – in fact, to be the first "non-Finnish or Swedish athlete" in the competition – was an amazing result. Did you expect this?
S. R. - No. My main goal was just to reach the final because I think that, if I was in Portugal only for TempO and I wouldn't qualify, once I returned to Italy I suppose that me and the Coach would be both sent in jail. So I was stressed before and during the qualifications, I didn't know exactly how to pronounce correctly the letters and, both in the qualification and the final, I used to point at the written letters, loosing seconds. In the final I was feeling good during the entire competition, I tried to do my best with my possibilities and, finally, I saw my real level and that I can improve in the future.
You missed the PreO competition. Why was that?
S. R. - I really like TempO and I was selected only for it because I do not have any remarkable result in national Pre-O competitions. In TempO I can easily compete and understand the situation in front of me because from FootO I learnt to have a good quick glance. While in PreO, I think that the most important is the experience and, maybe, to see the course setter point of view; and I have no experience of that at all. Italy was good also in PreO, with Elvio and Remo, and I have to say that a thing behind our results is, of course, the beautiful team I was in, and even if some of us lost the flight and arrived in Palmela on the day of the Model Event, we had great moments together!
Overall, how do you evaluate the ETOC 2014? Can you point the best and the worst?
S. R. - I saw that the organizers had some funny problems in EOC but the ETOC I think it was well organized. Maybe some officials at the stations were too much friendly but I had no problems with that: she started talking about Benfica-Juventus but I told her I cheer for Milan (just before the last station at qualifications). Portuguese can be proud of their work, everyone was prepared and the best was the umbrella-escorts at the Final: I risked to crash on a tree but I saw the control flags only when I was seated and it was exciting.
Is TrailO going in the right way?
S. R. - Oh... that is not easy for me to judge, but I can say that, if in Italy, they'll organize more TrailO races near of just after a FootO event, there will be more participants. Maybe it would also be more known because a lot of my o'friends, once I came back from Portugal, asked me what I did there and what TempO is. Finally, I think that young orienteers are the best for TempO so there are a lot of good potential around us, you just have to ask them to try and see.
Are we going to see you competing in WTOC, in your home country?
S. R. - Actually I don't know, because I was asked to be course setter of the Sprint race of the 5 Days of Italy, in Levico, where the TempO final will be, and they just stopped me. And, in the last years, I sometimes trained in Alberè di Tenna's forest, with a very old map. But I know the place... and my girlfriend has an holiday house just out of the map! Now I have to study a lot for my High School final exams, that will end a week before WTOC. So, I will see what they will decide for me. I hope the organisers don't make any mistake but there will be a lot of people and resources.
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Only people working in the RV industry could understand the difficulty of operating within a system that is easily 30 years behind automotive. Our aftermarket parts are coming from possibly 3 different distributors & we sell RVs from multiple manufacturers. Each aftermarket distributor and OEM have completely different systems for ordering parts, if they have a system at all. We are dealing with manufacturers that would still like it if you "sent a fax." We also have parts that are go out into our retail store, while the identical part is stocked from an RV manufacturer solely for warranty replacment. Topline RV has set up systems to help you to manage all of these complex issues including an excellent cross-reference system!


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Over the past couple of weeks, our group met with community representatives to gather feedback on the new on-street bike routes that will be installed in the city this year. We started to gather their feedback, and we are now about to show our plans to the public to obtain more input (meetings on February 12 and 20).
But how will the public influence the design of the routes?
The Bicycle Transportation Plan was approved by City Council in 2009. Through this plan, the locations of the 2013 and future on-street bike routes are already determined.
On the technical side, our engineers follow the Transportation Association of Canada's (TAC) Bikeway Traffic Control Guidelines. These guidelines provide direction on elements such as the appropriate application of different facility types, intersection design and the required signage, pavement markings and design widths.
Local input is what will make this successful. So what our team really needs to know is how the design will serve the communities and how we can meet specific needs around institutions like businesses, churches and schools. For example, people will tell us which routes and paths our bike route should connect to in order to meet the community's needs.
Most of the time, our biggest constraint is space. We need to fit new infrastructure on an existing street with a limited width. We also have to balance the desires of the community with the goals of the plan without compromising safety. And we have to take into consideration all the different voices in the community.
It's not easy, and it involves trade-offs. In some case, we will need to remove parking, reduce travel lane widths or transition the bike route to a different facility type. These decisions are not taken lightly, but sometimes they are necessary to ensure the safety and comfort of cyclists and motorists along the routes.
Considering public input is essential to help us do our best work. That helps us design the right infrastructure for the right area, whether it's a bike facility on a high-volume cycling route or in a quiet neighbourhood.
Get involved! Visit www.edmonton.ca/cycling.
The bike lanes are a fiasco. There is no consideration for traffic flow. Just check out what they've done along 190 street between 87 and 95 avenue. . It is now dangerous to drive that stretch as there is barely enough room for two way traffic. Parking is eliminated on one side and the bike lane comes almost to the middle of the road in places. Since it was put in I haven't seen a single rider use it. When I called the city to voice my concerns I was told its a done deal, live with it. This is no way to get buy in from frustrated drivers who represent the major use of the roadway.
+Mrs Bullock. Why don't you ride along that road then, if so much space was dedicated to cycling. You already have lots of roads to go on. I also think you meant 189 St, not 190. If you don't feel comfy going at 50 km/h with two way traffic, then don't go 50. Do 30-40 km/h. I have seen riders use it, quite a bit actually. Roads like Anthony Henday drive were purpose built for motor vehicles. 178 is also a sufficient road.


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by Dubby Riley
Dear Reader:
There are essays buried here which have revived some of you from a funk. I've felt it and have heard about it and it is wonderful. I too have been filled by the magic of those verses. I hang around hoping some of skill from their authors will sprinkle me, their loyal apprentice.
We're frantic with anticipation to introduce an old friend. And there is a story which must be shared...
I think we are in a new era, which I call Social Media Artist Revolution. We're all artists because we create art with each breath we take, with each picture or memory we see in our mind, with each swagger or step we take, with each smile we share, with each glance sideways we give a stranger who passes, with each hug we receive or even dream about.
I'm here to introduce you to Ms. Reya Mellicker. It was about a year ago, or just a little more, that I got a message. "Dubby, is that you? I can't tell because the picture is so small."
It was Reya. We met in creative writing class at Baptiste Junior High School in 1966 or '67 Laughed? Oh yes, we laughed mightily and often. And it was all that laughter which had me think of her all those years. So you see, it is because of the Cosmology of Reya that this humble blog was ever created.
Here's a little something from her blog, The Gold Puppy:
One happy reunion that was the result of leaving behind the Wiccan path is that I got God back. No, not the sociopathic guy with the white beard who judges us and smites whomever He wants. Not the guy who makes promises or tells people they are "chosen." I never believed in that god. I'm talking about the great divine realm, beyond the beyond. God, according to the cosmology of Reya (and many many great thinkers throughout history) is formless, unnameable, unknowable by the mind, impossible to describe or explain, except for brief moments in the heart.
From there she tells us more of the Goddess of whom I also worship, at whose alter my candles are lit. The Goddess for whom we all can devote our last breath of hope. For it is in the Divine Feminine that we shall be saved. That is if we have time still for salvation. And in that same post, she shares this unforgettable and clever image...
The words in the side mirror are "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear"
So welcome Reya. It is now official, we represent five places...


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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Bad Hair Day
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So, where is the picture? Funny thing: Ireland cut her own hair the other night. I didn't notice it until the next morning when there was a large chunk of blonde hair in the garbage. It was half her bangs. Why didn't I notice, you ask? Well, her hair is wild and wispy and it just looked like her hair was parted on the side and wisping away. It's only about an inch long in that spot!ReplyDelete
first of all, rebecca- i am the SAME way about hair as you. i spent maybe only 10 seconds on my own hair each day (besides shampooing), to comb it out. voila! done! same with ella. i heart braids for the very same reason. whole DAYS go by (at least until we get to sunday morning) when i don't touch her hair.ReplyDelete
secondly, we must see a picture!
thirdly, yes- i feel the same way about being present. often i find myself distracted. too- the kind of mm hmm response but not really listening. probably comes from spending time on the computer, but it carries over even when i could attend to them better (while doing dishes, etc). i'll pray for you (and me!) about that!
I remember giving my little sister a trim one day...we were in her room with the door closed...our mom walked in after my first cut - imagine our surprise (and hers!)ReplyDelete
My hair dryer gets used more for art projects than on my hair...
I have recently found myself feeling spaced out too! I don't remember feeling this way before. I hope it's not caused by computer use! I pray that you and I both will "be present" more with our kids. I really enjoy your blog.ReplyDelete
For me, when the children were really small, it was the telephone that did us in. I was lonely and in such need of adult conversation and yet we didn't have a cordless so I'd be stuck in the kitchen talking with a friend or relative and my little ones would inevitably get into something they shouldn't because they knew I couldn't see them!ReplyDelete
Oh the joys and traumas of raising little ones. The technology may be new but distractions have been around since the days of Adam & Eve I'm afraid. Bravo for recognizing it early on.ReplyDelete
For my mom, the first time she scolded my older brother for bothering her during her soap opera was the last time she turned on the tv during the daytime. Thankfully, I grew up without that afternoon noise. For me, the distraction was "ministry" in our home but we found ways to involve the kids with the guests (two of which were you and your sister!). Handcrafts, sewing anything beyond mending & repairs, all of that waited patiently in dormancy but its springing back to life as our nest empties.
Take heart though, a side benefit to having adult children is hearing about all the things they did without our ever knowing about it. Our kids love to tattle on themselves, years past the statute of limitations for punishment! Great to pop in your life on occasion. thanks for sharing.
-donna dahlstrom
Oh NO! I think almost every family has a "haircut story", though, so take heart :-)ReplyDelete
Hope you all are doing well and enjoying your summer!
I can so relate, Rebeca - Hannah has a self-or-sibling induced cut right now, too. I think it's too short to cut all her hair to match, though, so I keep using pigtail buns to hide it! And I have been thinking the same thing lately about being really with my girls, and tomato staking - we must be in a similar place with our little ones! Blessings to you and your's today!ReplyDelete


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About GAPF
The national association GAPF (a Swedish acronym for: Never Forget Pela and Fadime) is a secular and nonprofit association working against honor violence. GAPF puts its focus on both men and women who are exposed to honor violence. Our goal is to help and support men and women, as well as be a source of information about honor violence in the Swedish society.
The association was founded in 2001 by Sara Mohammad. The name of the association is in honor of the two women Pela Atroshi and Fadime Sahindal who were murdered in honor killings.
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|All our team are tried and true professionals who have owned and operated their own business at some stage of their career.Confidentiality and prompt service are the hall marks of BSC.Our brokers will handle all stages of the negotiation from listing to sale through to the final hand over, including the Contract from DRAFT TO SIGNING
Business Broker
Mobile: 0448 555 046
Rod Clissold is a qualified engineer. He worked for many years with the Electricity Commission of NSW. He also oversaw the fit-out of many new power stations throughout NSW and Queensland. Rod is also a director of his own company that was setup several years ago. He was the owner of 5 concrete agitator trucks located on the Sunshine Coast and Western Queensland. Rod has a full understanding of the running of companies and businesses as he has been an Owner/operator for many years. Rod is very hard working and is qualified in many fields. He would love to help you sell your business, or buy a business.
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mobile: 0417 605 638
Paul Ahern, Principal of Business Sales Consultants, has been involved in the Real Estate Industry since 1987.Firstly as Manager of Raine & Horne Redcliffe then taking over the Business of Nationwide Realty Redcliffe & Kallangur on the Northside of Brisbane.In 1997 Paul and his Wife purchased the Seaside Real Estate Office at Rainbow Beach which they held for a period of 10 years In 2007, Paul moved to the Sunshine Coast, working as a Sub-contract Estate Agent for a number of Agents, During this 21 year period, Paul has conducted numerous Business Sales and is abreast of all aspects of the legalities and contractual requirements of Business Sales.Paul has made his specialty in the Sales of Real Estate Offices and Rent Rolls and can becontacted for a confidential chat on the buying or selling.
E-mail: email@example.com
Business Broker
Mobile: 0402 825 262
Clive managed many large companies as Managing Director / Chief Executive. He was previously Managing Director of Sunshine Plantation (The Big Pineapple) and graduated Harvard Business School USA in 1976.
Clive has 40 years of negotiating and selling experience with sound local knowledge, a comprehensive network of contacts and a unique understanding of the Sunshine Coast business market. Clive has been married to Ronnie for 23 years, has 5 children, lives in Buddina and is a past president and current active member of Rotary.
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Admin Manager
Mobile: 0408 993 564
Joanne has been the administrative manager for BSC since inception.
Previously Jo had worked in many fields and was a partner in businesses on Sunshine Coast for 14 years.
She has qualifications in Banking, as a bank clerk, Myob, QuickBooks, IT and Administration.
She has excelled in her current position and is an integral part of the business.
Jo has the job of doing all the admin requirements, keeping websites updated and producing business profiles on all businesses.
She has an excellent phone manner and has empathy with all clients who are either purchasing a business or selling their business.
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Peter's Garden courtesy of Claudia Fisk
Rustlings is a 100-year-old garden acquired by Peter and Claudia Fisk in 2000. Over a ten-year period Peter transformed it to create a wonderfully peaceful landscape with many rooms, each with a different feel and mood. There are wide lawns and tight hedges, some holding in lavender, others winding around the meandering paths.
The garden is best viewed by taking the path to the right immediately after entering. The woodland forest area hosts tall, dramatic trees including cypresses, a Himalayan cedar, and a large sequoia. A boardwalk leads over a dry creek bed with views up to the terraces and the dramatic pencil pines.
Rustlings is a contrast of sweeping views and intimate spaces such as the Silent Garden, a serene Japanese meditation space with its tea house, ponds and Himalayan weeping bamboo. Enormous trees include a magnificent mature maple, an Atlantic cedar, and a mighty oak. A cloud-pruned tree stands proud next to a Buddha amid spring green tulips, elegant grasses and feature rocks.
A succulent garden is also home to a cedrela, a Japanese yuzu and two rare oak-leafed camellias.
Whilst Rustlings is a celebration of trees in all their stately grandeur there are strong middle and lower layers, a white dogwood and weeping cherry both draping almost to the ground.
Since 2010, when Peter passed away, Claudia has been careful to retain his philosophy for Rustlings, ensuring the garden is a restful haven reflecting a sense of peace and tranquility that is in contrast to the world around it.


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Ken M - all good points from a singular point of view.
From my feedback from the Junior exec., junior numbers are holding up quite well and I think have grown the last couple of years.
Colts is and will continue to be a huge issue. Please Please as I have said numerous times before, I assume you care about our rugby in WA, I'd love to hear your solution.
A number of years ago there was a transition in school leaving age from 17 to 18. This added a bit of complexity in that clubs advised us that an Under 19 comp would mean a Colt exits school and realistically only be able to play 1 year as a Colt. Some clubs saw that as too short a time to integrate. Furthermore talented under 18 players who played whilst in year 12 ( either in PSA or Club) would be snapped up into Premiergrade and Reserve grade. Clubs told us that less talented friends coming out of under 19 into seniors a year later fell away, because teams in 3rd and 4th grade had few 19 and 20 years olds and many of the older opponents and team mates saw fresh meat as a chance to make them into men. So, we went to under 20 ( amongst many other reasons) .
We still have talented players leapfrogging colts and heading straight into Prems or Reserve. We have the less talented Colts now advising us they are time poor and two lots of training, plus a Saturday eats into their casual work and play time schedules.
So, yup you are right it is a comic book situation, happy to take all the blame if that makes you happy, but I think most people would agree we have tried new things ( like the u23's comp.) which failed, but unless you try something and fail, you don't learn.
Interesting you see the board - made up of volunteers - should implement a plan to try and grow the game.... What should clubs do? Are you saying the board must be involved with every club and direct clubs how to retain good people on and off the field?
With respect to the Force and Community, I think I have answered that previously.
Not sure I understand your point about so-called major clubs relying on the FORCE. It has been since 2016 that each club was only allowed 4 Force players - I cannot see how 4 players can fill books - please explain? What false economy are you talking about?
From 2015 to 2017, I think you will see the game did grow. So, not sure where you got your figures. There were more senior matches in community Rugby in 2017 than in 2014.
I suggest you keep your powder dry regarding Alison - hate for you to get egg on your face - be at least respectful and allow her to prove herself. She has not yet started. All clubs will receive an initiative that she has put together that is absolutely amazing. If she can get more spectators to each Community match - is that not a good thing? - more spectators = more beers does it not? If she can channel assistance to clubs where volunteer fatigue is settling in, is that not a good thing. For example - Joondalup Brothers required some IT help to put their sponsor's logos on the correspondence - Alison organised someone to help. Through Alison, clubs will be able to get help - another example - every club MUST have accounts audited by law. Some clubs have been paying around $3,000 to get this done each year - through Alison, there is a company prepared to do it FREE OF CHARGE - Is that a good thing?
Alison also - using her own money - downloaded all ARU board papers and accounts for past 7 years from ATO and ASIC websites. She then spent close on 200 man hours digesting and posting on TWF some of the crooked dealings. This led to the Senate enquiry and right now ASIC are still investigating. Yes we lost the war, but through Alison's diligence and absolute dedication and love for Rugby Union she has provided the Authorities with the data needed to investigate and let's hope charges are laid.
So, Mr. Ken - keep your powder dry on your opinion of Alison as right now you are so wrong. Alison's skill set in Forensic accounting and governance adds to your board. I am sure you'd prefer we appoint someone with the necessary skills that adds value than someone without these skills.
If the community agrees with you Ken - I will be moved on tomorrow night, so, why not come to the AGM and satisfy yourself seeing me disappear into the wilderness if that is the will of the people. It could be an amazing night for you.
IPRC = hope that professional rugby will return and remain in WA
ASIC = hope that the corrupt leaders of Rugby Australia will see justice
SuperRugby TV rights negotiation = hope that Super Rugby will be remunerated appropriately for their duplicitous dealings and mismanagement.
therefore I would suggest the war rages along quite nicely.
C'mon the
"Look at this site. A year ago at this time there were dozen upon dozen of posts on Metropolitan Rugby; today there would be lucky to be 3 or 4 regular posters, and if I handn't put up a couple of threads on the subject over the last 3 or 4 weeks, there wouldn't have been any.
These are facts, guys, not just the rantings of a bitter old man past his use by date. Facts, biting our arse as we all deny reality and howl impotently at the moon."
Poor Fulvio. It looks like you have been left behind. There is a nice new Facebook page which has over 1100 members and is very active with lots of clubs stuff happening. Relax though Fulv, you would not enjoy it very much anyway.... They seem to be very positive about the future of Rugby in WA. Very little whingeing about RugbyWA.... Lots of people with positive suggestions and ideas working together to try and improve things.... Not your scene at all.
Thanks for the info, David.
Any truth in the rumour you're standing for the board again?
Gnawing on the ends of old plots again Fulvio.
Still trying to work out my name.... I'll give you a clue. My initials are PBS. Sorry no D for David.
No intention of standing for any Rugby positions Board or Club.
Nudge, nudge, wink wink, say no more.
this years colts are worrying .. but this years 18's is possibly worse so there are some real legacy issues about to hit over the next few years. We are losing them at the start and just as bad we seem to be losing them now at social grades. I wonder whether the focus should not be on the social grades getting stronger and providing a path for the younger ones to come into 5ths/4ths/3rds as assuming you won't hold interest with only 4-5 teams playing each other all year. And I understand a couple of those teams are registered with he bear minimum playing numbers. Lions even borrowing players from the Numbats to field a team in the trial match.
I'm pretending not to be affiliated to any club so shhhh
Is too late to fix this season, I suspect possibly. But its time for the re-build and colts should be a priority as this is where the growth will come from for senior rugby, first step should be leave it as 16's, 18's & 20's for at least 5 years and stop the consistant stuffing around we have had with 17's, 19's etc etc and variations for last 4 years. Young players like to know what is ahead of them and at the late teen ages some have not developed body size etc. and are simply not ready for seniors, but need to be kept in the game. Next point should be clubs who wish play in prems should have to field 1st, 2nd & colts. As some clubs appear to have not developed their junior ranks and have focused on trying to win the prems at any cost, should be given a timeframe to achive this. For example if a club has no u16, u18 or u20, they should have to produce at least 1 of these age groups next season or form a legitimate barbarian side and then parametres should be set for forthcoming years. If they cannot achive this they should forfeit the premier staus, hard call, but the future lies in the juniors and colts. People will scream and shout they do not have the personell in the area, consistantly bringing in players from interstate and overseas that move on after a couple of seasons is an expensive short term fix and will not rectify anything in the long term apart from some short term success. The problem is growth and sustainability, basically change must come or the game slowly gets smaller and dies.
I know nothing about Western Australian Metropolitan Club Rugby.
I know very little about Western Australian Rugby in general.
Apart from what I read here.
I do know about Club Rugby in other states and I do have an intimate knowledge of Sydney Subbies Rugby.
let me give you some information-
* Participation numbers are down across the board and have been on the decline for the last couple of years.
* Sydney Club Rugby ( From Shute Shield to Division 6 Subbies Rugby) receive zero money from RA or NSW Rugby.
* NSW Rugby expects all Teams in Shute Shield and Subbies are expected to field colts teams.
* Shute Shield Must field 4 Grade teams and 3 Colts teams per club week in and week out. Colts players can only play 90 minutes of Rugby in a day. The player can not take the field after that time.
* My Club - Division 3 Subbies Rugby must field 3 Senior Grade teams and 1 Colts team.
* One of the Shute Shield Clubs is in very serious trouble.
- It has lost all but one Sponsor
- The Club owes its President Thousands(LOTS) of dollars.
- The Current President demanded repayment of this money at the start of the season or he threatened to put the club into Voluntary Administration or he be elected President.
- In the final Club Trial matches of the year - This club only fielded one Colts team (14 players) 2 Senior teams including multiple players that were recruited from the spectators attending and werent registered players when they took the field. Also, the same Colts team ran on the field to start the second colts game only to be prevented by the opposition Team Manager who recognised the colts from the previous game.
- This Club is expected to be wound up and shut down by Mid May, if not sooner.
* Another Shute Shield Club has sold its traditional club grounds and Rooms for a multi-million dollar deal, and is rumored to be moving to Western Sydney very soon. Possibly even next year.
* Fees have gone up for all NSW Club Rugby. Some by more that 50%. My Club has to pay around $25K (it was 17K the year before to field 4 Senior teams and a Colts Team) to field 3 senior teams and one Colts team.
* A Club in the Same Competition as my Club has already advised Subbies Rugby that they are unable to field a Colts team this Season.
Numbers are down - its becoming harder and harder to recruit players. NSW Rugby seems to see the best way to fix this is by Demanding Clubs have a Colts team. And penalising the Clubs unable to do so.
I stopped waiting for the light at the end of tunnel and lit that bitch up myself!
Is that the facebook page that doesn't appear to have a post on it since the 27th November last year, and then only dribble about people's sausages?
David, really?
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Monday, December 6, 2010
An Autobiographical Stroll
Happy Monday morning, dear Twain fans and readers!
This past week was a hootananny here at The Mark Twain House & Museum-- we celebrated Sam's 175th birthday with a Party on the Mississippi, wrapped up our Nook Farm Book Club with a discussion of The Diaries of Adam & Eve, brainstormed about nonfiction in this week's writer's workshop, and took over 500 people through the house during our annual Friends Holiday House Tour. Whew! That was all fantastic but our staff is ready for a long winter's nap.
Luckily, this quiet morning is a fantastic time to get back to the reason we're working so hard: Twain's writing. This is one of my first opportunities to sit down and peruse the best-selling, very recently published, much buzzed about Autobiography of Mark Twain, so we can flip through some sentences together. Ready, dear readers, for a coming attraction of the book?
On the structure of the narrative: "It starts out with good confidence, but suffers the fate of its brethren-- is presently abandoned for some other and newer interest. This is not be wondered at, for its plan is the old, old, old unflexible and difficult one-- the plan that starts you at the cradle and drives you straight for the grave, with no side-excursions permitted on the way. Whereas the side-excursions are the life of our life-voyage, and should be, also, of its history."
On his family: "As I have said, the Clemens family was penniless. Orion came to the rescue."
On first meeting Helen Keller when she was fourteen years old: "Mr. Howells seated himself by Helen on the sofa and she put her fingers against his lips and he told her a story of considerable length, and you could see each detail of it pass into her mind and strike fire there and throw the flash of it into her face."
On politics: "I said that no party held the privilege of dictating to me how I should vote. That if party loyalty as a form of patriotism, I was no patriot, and that I didn't think I was much of a patriot anyway, for oftener than otherwise what the general body of Americans regarded as the patriotic course was not in accordance with my views; that if there was any valuable difference between being an American and a monarchist it lay in the theory that the American could decide for himself what is patriotic and what isn't; whereas the king could dictate the monarchist's patriotism for him..."
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The U.S. is using new shale-oil finds to work toward energy independence, and so could Australia. The resource-rich country down under could achieve self-sufficiency in oil, if Brisbane-based Linc Energy's lnc recent reserve estimates come anywhere close to fruition.
The Australian energy firm released consultant-compiled estimates of prospective shale reserves in South Australia late Wednesday, prompting speculation -- notably in the Adelaide Advertiser -- that it could be sitting on as much as $20 trillion worth of oil.
The highest estimate of the potential reserves would eclipse all the oil in Australia, the regional Australian newspaper quoted Linc Chief Executive Peter Bond as saying. Such a discovery could bring Australia back to oil self-sufficiency, Bond went on to say, according to the Advertiser report.
Linc's shares spiraled 29.2% higher in Sydney afternoon trading Thursday after the firm released the two estimates of unrisked prospective resource reserves in the Arckaringa Basin.
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According to Slashfilm, "The Incredibles" director Brad Bird told a packed audience at the San Francisco based WonderCon 2007 that he would love to do a sequel to that film, but it's unlikely to happen.
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Tomorrow night is our Meet the Teacher night and then Friday is our first day of school! I don't feel ready AT ALL! Today I had to run to the teacher supply store for more border because I ran out with 1/2 a foot to go! Then when I got to the store I found that they were completely out of that style so I had to settle for a different pattern. I used it to cap the ends and middle of my 15 foot long bulletin board in the hallway. I'm still not sure how I feel about mixing two patterns together - there's something in me that is screaming for uniformity! I may go back tomorrow and pull it all down and just use the second type of border by itself.
Of course I probably won't have time to do that - we have a workshop in the morning, a pot luck lunch together and then a workshop across town until 4pm. Then the Meet the Teacher night starts at 4:30!! I still need to hook up my student computers, do a final dusting and put up my student names and decorate the class tree! I have serious doubts that I will be able to accomplish it all!
Of course, I can't complain because we have a new teacher who just found out her grade assignment and classroom at the end of the day today! By the way, so far I'm still a 1st grade teacher - got a list of my 23 firsties this afternoon. However, kindergarten is at 24 students apiece right now, so if we get many more we'll be authorized another teacher - but not until that magical tenth day of school of course! So while I may start out in first, there's still a chance that I will be in K. So for now I'll hold off on changing my blog name!
My friend Nancy from Joy of Kindergarten is hosting a fun linky about the 5 things you miss about summer!
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My school is cold too. I wear a jacket to the cafeteria every day. It's crazy!!
Christy :)
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- August 16, 2012 at 6:06 PM
- Nancy said...
Oh no....I forgot about snacking...shoot, I need a #6: going to the bathroom only at scheduled breaks in the day. Yikes, it's a wonder teachers don't have more kidney problems, ha ha. Thanks for linking up! I hope you get K....keeping my fingers and toes crossed!!
- August 16, 2012 at 10:18 PM
- Miss Trayers said...
I hate not being able to control the temperature either. Our school is centrally controlled--all supposed to be the same temp, but I really don't understand why you can walk into different rooms and freeze. I'm going to miss being able to look at blogs too! :)
- August 18, 2012 at 5:59 PM
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Babooners Of Boro Park
The Vilna Gaon said "chassidism is not Judaism",what more proof do we need than to watch these Babooners violate practically every halacha in the book?
To add insult to injury,these guys are running a contest,who can put up the LEAST qualified candidate.
We all remember when a whole bunch of these LIFNAI M'SHURAS HADINNIKERS went to jail for laundering drug money through Mosdos Baboon.
Then we all remember a whole bunch of other guys that pleaded guilty to stealing government money.
Let us not forget the fire of the financial records.
Now we watch this group of thieves & ignoramuses looking to the secular courts for their perceived justice.
It's a good thing they did not bring the judge a shtreimel and some germs from the last tisch(actually tischen,more than one tisch by more than one rebbe.)
Maybe it's not so bad,we get two comedy shows within a few blocks from each other.
I just thought of a way for them to raise some more money for the purchase of new chandeliers for every clown that attends their rebbe's tisch.They should contact Hollywood,and have a new show created based on true crimes called "NAME THAT CROOK".
I can hardly wait to see what happens when the real estate goes up for public auction,than we will get a good up front seat for the most violent movie of our time.


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In my Sweden box, I received:
A box of oatmeal chocolate sandwich cookies (they included a recipe for a cookie milkshake I can'r t wait to try!), flat bread crisps and a box of licorice
A good sized bottle of elderflower syrup-a $13-$18 value!!(Any good baking recipes, anyone?)
Nordic fudge (yum!), Lingonberry jam-a $10-$12 value (also yum) and sweet and hot honey mustard
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Again, I think Try the World hit it out out of the park on this one. I received 8 different items in different food categories (treats, ingredients and condiments). I wish the fudge bag was a little bigger but overall I think the value was definitely there! I am excited to see what my September box holds.
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A Far Cry from Kensington is the story of Mrs Hawkins, a young widow whose husband was killed in the Second World War and who works as an editor in 1950s London. Mrs Hawkins (no one ever uses or even seems to know her first name) lives in a 'rooming-house' in Kensington along with a varied cast of characters: Wanda, the mournful Polish dressmaker, Kate, a super-efficient and respectable nurse, William, a medical student with a love of classical music, Basil and Eva, a quiet and reserved couple, and Isobel, a young secretary with a wealthy father who lives in a whirl of parties. All these people, as well as her friends and colleagues, look to Mrs Hawkins for advice and help with their many problems. She is described by everyone in terms such as 'reliable' and 'capable', they all confide their secrets to her but no one expects her to have a life or feelings of her own.
The novel is narrated by Mrs Hawkins, looking back on her time in Kensington during long nights of insomnia years later. This reminiscing creates a nostalgic mood under the witty and lively surface of the novel. I liked Mrs Hawkins' voice, the way she confided to the reader the private thoughts that lay behind her competent and helpful image, and offered pieces of practical advice on matters such as dieting and how to concentrate when writing (the answer is to get a cat, apparently), commenting that 'I offer this advice without fee; it is included in the price of this book'.
I like Muriel Spark's concise, sharp style, and the novel creates the atmosphere of Kensington and the rooming-house in only a few details. Mrs Hawkins' fellow lodgers are first described in terms of the sounds she hears from their rooms – Isobel's chatter on the telephone, Wanda's tea-parties with her Polish 'friends and enemies', Kate dragging furniture around during her obsessive cleaning sessions. While reading this novel, I imagined 1950s London as a run-down and shabby city that was full of drama and eccentricity, especially in the publishing world, where people are constantly being sacked or arrested for fraud or engaging in various literary rivalries and disputes.
The plot of A Far Cry from Kensington is very unusual, beginning with some threatening anonymous letters received by Wanda, the dressmaker. At first the novel seems like a traditional mystery, with each of the lodgers being under suspicion. However, it doesn't continue for long in this vein; Mrs Hawkins (obviously with the benefit of hindsight) reveals the culprit within a few chapters, although we still don't yet know how or why this person decided to persecute Wanda or what the result of such malicious behaviour will be. It's a surreal story that brings in radionics (apparently a method of curing people's ailments using a strange electronic box that was all the rage in the 1950s) and creates connections between various characters in a fantastical and never fully explained fashion.
The aspect of the book I liked best was the story of Mrs Hawkins, her various jobs in publishing companies, and how she began to make changes in her life and the way other people perceive her. I also enjoyed the atmosphere and sense of place in the novel. Although the overall tone of the book was witty and hopeful, I thought the last chapter (without giving anything away) was a little darker and more unsettling somehow. I think it's because of Muriel Spark's sparse writing style that she can leave the reader with this feeling of mystery at the end of her novels.
A Far Cry from Kensington is one of my favourite Sparks so far, along with The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Girls of Slender Means, which probably means that I prefer her slightly more conventional novels (although they all seem to contain surreal and unexpected elements).
This post is my rather last-minute participation in Muriel Spark Reading Week, but I'm definitely quite interested in reading more of Muriel Spark's novels now.


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I was laid in bed at 2am this morning, Googling 'Japanese Living Rooms?' It was dark. I was naked. I couldn't sleep because my mind was a swirling with, let's say 'solutions.' (The good thing about me, is that if there's a problem…a big one…I am really good at finding OUR strength in YOU, evoking my kitten strength and with 'fire' creating a more positive solution. I get it from my Mama. Sometimes we do Versace rings, other times we do solutions.)
So, i'd had this brilliant day with Ruby and Junior and The Wunnas. We shopped, we lunched, we movie watched a home…(Karate Kid with Jaden Smith in) and the children were a DREAM. I couldn't even believe how flipping good they were! I even kept having to TELL them how good they were because, I couldn't at all believe it!
Ruby: We're just really happy …'
(When you're a Mum. You LOVE HEARING THAT!)
I couldn't be too bothered with tending to all my 'socials,' yesterday, as I do it all week long…I needed a moment off and you never get a moment off….So I posted a quick 'throw back' picture, that I actually really love…and got on with my family day.
Balance is everything.
(So if prosecco.)
Brilliant day. Superb! I am the luckiest glamour puss alive and i'm steaming ahead with work, feeling FREE, embracing opportunity and just really enjoying life at 37. It's easy. But anything you love, or anything that fits you like a glove (be it in work or love) is simple. There's no stress. No hassle. I like no stress and no hassle.
So, I'm happy.
Around, 9pm, we're all at mine, settled, chilling and scattered around the home. The kids are in pj's. I'm in my comfies, which is pj bottoms and just a bra. It's either that…or just pj bottoms. I'm not really bothered about hiding behind a million layers.. I'm body confident. I even love my wibbly bits, that shouldn't really be wibbly. I might not be 'Vogue', but i'm alright. I'll live. 🙂
Do KNOW that BOTH my children are body confident because of my 'no quarms' attitude to my own body. I guess, I accidentally taught them that. (Saying that, I also taught them to be 'Divas,' which isn't one of my best qualities.)
Anyway, around 8 pm, my mum's still at mine and she slowly walks, whilst reading a text, upstairs to m room to deliver some 'awkward news.' She thought it was bad news. I did for a second. It actually made me grumpy for a moment because she had passed it on the 'worry parcel,' (as I like to call it.)
I dropped that 'parcel' straight away because it's not what i'm about. I'll find a solution with a smile and move it forward with 'gusto.' I'm the most flexible, really prepared human being. Lol
My Mum's really blunt, so she'll just 'say it out…' like I would… I liek that about her. There's not jigger pokery. Just the facts.
Plus, I hate it when people over 'dramatize' situations. I say it all the time, y'know…when they make a 'mountain out of a molehill.' They only either do it because their own life lacks a 'thrill,' they're just dull, weak, or they want attention. Lol. That's my Prosseco theory!
I once dated a boy, who always did that and it annoyed me SO MUCH…that I left him. I can't stand it that much. 🙂 I just believe that strong people find solutions. We share strength. (My chick friends will tell you..I am awful at sympathy. Hahaha.) Find your swiggedy swag!
Long story short…
I believe everything DOES happen for a reason…So after a moment to myself, a big old think….I marched downstairs with my 'solution' face on and my positive 'I've got this Mum' vibe, in full force.
I'm good like that!
I gave some really big SPEECH. Like I was some kind of Locker Room coach and my team was getting beat…then I wrapped it up with charm, love and 'so this is what we're doings…' and just like that….everyone slept well.
I laid awake until 2am. Haha Maybe, I talk shit and just take on other peoples stress for them?
In a second, we were sorted. Bad news, was turned into good, to the point where I dare say that I'm excited. I can't tell you about it yet…but it involves a 'doer upper.' Basically, I was just sick of 'silly dallying' around and letting someone try to 'Rule The Roost.' I took it into my own hands and now it's getting sorted.
*Cya Doll!*
Wunna is SWAG!
God, I had some much stuff to tell you, but instead i've rambled on about all that! But yes, that's how I ended up Googling 'Japanese living rooms.' I couldn't sleep, because my mind was POSITIVELY busy. I was actually gonna Snapchat the fact that I couldn't sleep…but whenever I do, everyone messages me frantically because they can't sleep either…Makes me phone buzz, literally every second, which keeps me up even more. Lol.
I'm loving Sunday. I hope you are too! I'm on my newsfeed and everyones now engaged or getting married. Even flipping Ed Sheran!
Someone inboxed me a poem this morning…So I'm saving the read for this afternoon. It's the same guy who follows me on Instagram, a Wunna Land Fan…He sent me the other one previously, which I posted in my blog. I liked it. It was lovely of him.
I love a poem! Even if it's just 'comedy.'
I also recieved the most beautiful card all the way from one of my Gay guy besties in LA, THEO…who i've known for 10 years. He is one of my BEST BEST FRIENDS. He sent me the card,just to remind me that he 'loves' me and 'misses' me…I'll tell you all about it in my next post, as I need to head off to buy foundation and find breakfast.
I love that my other LA guy friend 'Tarik,' (he actually hosted a show called 'Flab to Fab' years ago in LA, that a 'before he was super famous' Perez Hilton was on. Anyway, Tariks all buff, married and funny. He used to always have a soft spot for Me or any chick really and he'd continuously lean over the gym counter attempting to whisper 'sweet nothings,' at me, like I was his world….
Tarik: 'Bitch, you should love me.'
Me: 'Hahah. Get lost dude. I don't. You need to go back to Romance Camp.'
Anyway, he was asked to turn the music up louder, in his home, so it felt like a 'party party.' ONLY IN LA, will you hear a guy, before a music turn up, utter the words,
Right, i'm off.
I need foundation.
I hope you love Sunday toooooooooo!
Chrissie x


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Bloomberg reported today that India's gold imports spiked by 176% for the month of August over the same period last year. The latest numbers are a bit of a surprise to some analysts who believed that official numbers would be equal to or below what they were last year due to the higher import duties placed on the precious metal in the interim.
The country has recently been dealing with a growing problem of illegal gold smuggling due to the government increasing import duties on gold from 2% to 10%.
This dramatic increase in official imports is likely only part of the picture as many believe that in addition to the rise in illegal small-time smuggling, that there has also been a rise in illegal large-scale importing. Most of the reports coming in about illegal smuggling are about people getting caught bringing in a few bars or ingots at a time, usually from Bangladesh or Nepal, but recently there have also been a number of stories involving smugglers getting caught with entire boats loaded with gold.
Smugglers have been getting more creative too, as the crackdown from authorities becomes more intense. Some have resorted to swallowing the gold or hiding it on their body, in their underwear or hollowed out soles of shoes, false luggage bottoms, and stashed in airplane lavatories for later retrieval. One intrepid smuggler was caught when it was noticed that there was an exceptionally large amount of staples used in the boxes for some kitchen appliances he was transporting. The staples were made of gold.
The World Gold Council predicts that about 200 metric tons of gold will enter into India this year unofficially.
India is the world's second largest consumer of gold behind China but ranks first in importing. Together, India and China account for 70% of the world's gold consumption.
For August of 2013, India imported $739 million dollars worth of gold. This year, the country's gold imports topped 2 billion for the month of August. That number is expected to be eclipsed this month as physical demand for gold in India always increases around this time of year as the country prepares for religious festivals and the wedding season.


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DescriptionFollowing the defeat of the evil Krill in Enchanter, the intrepid apprentice has become a full member of the Circle, under the command of the famed Necromancer Belboz. Very soon, however, the hero notices that something strange has been happening to the master. He frequently talks to himself and seems to be under some sort of a malevolent influence - until one day, he is mysteriously kidnapped. Looks like the brave Enchanter must venture on a perilous journey once again, and bring back the leader of the Circle.
Sorcerer is a sequel to Enchanter, and is part of the Zork universe. Like its predecessors, it is a text adventure, in which the player interacts with the game world by typing combinations of verbs and objects. The spell system from the previous game is back; a new feature is the protagonist's ability to drink magical potions, which must be done sometimes in order to solve the game's puzzles.
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TriviaIn 1984, Sorceror was advertised on the back cover of Boy's Life magazine in an attempt by Infocom to reach a larger audience. The plan backfired when postal workers decided not to deliver that issue of the magazine on the grounds that it "advertised a satanic product".
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NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNTH), the parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. ("LMI"), a global leader in the development, manufacture and commercialization of innovative diagnostic imaging agents, today announced that new data from a sub-analysis of its first Phase 3 study of flurpiridaz F 18 for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in patients undergoing exercise stress testing will be presented at the 21st Annual Scientific Session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) in Boca Raton, Florida. The findings show the superiority of flurpiridaz F 18, an investigational positron emission tomography (PET) agent for MPI, compared to MPI with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for the assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) during exercise stress testing.
The oral presentation entitled, "Exercise Stress Testing with Flurpiridaz F 18 PET and Tc99m SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for the Assessment of CAD: A Subset Analysis of the Flurpiridaz F 18 301 Phase 3 Study," will be presented by Rob Beanlands, M.D. of University of Ottawa Heart Institute on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 10:45 a.m. ET in the Featured Oral Abstracts session of the meeting.
"Due to short half-life limitations of currently available tracers (13NH3 and 82Rb), PET myocardial perfusion imaging is commonly used in conjunction with pharmacologic stress testing," said Dr. Beanlands, the lead author of the presentation. "The ability to perform PET imaging with exercise stress would allow us to gather important additional clinical information and also to use the same camera for both stress modalities. The results of this study provide evidence of the particular utility and future potential of flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease."
Based on a blinded read of PET and SPECT data, flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging demonstrated a statistically greater sensitivity (67.0%) versus SPECT (54.9%) (p<0.016) but lower specificity (73.8%) versus SPECT (85.4%) (non-significant for non-inferiority testing). Improved diagnostic performance of flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging versus SPECT was also observed by ROC analysis (p<0.05). A significantly higher percentage of images were rated as either excellent or good quality with flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging, compared to SPECT for rest images (p<0.001). No drug-related serious adverse events were observed.
The data are from a multicenter, international (United States, Canada, and Finland) Phase 3 study of flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging. The study enrolled approximately 800 patients with known or suspected CAD who were scheduled for coronary angiography and conventional SPECT. Of these patients, 221 patients with known or suspected CAD underwent exercise stress flurpiridaz F 18 PET and SPECT imaging and coronary angiography.
"The Phase 3 data sub-analysis presented at ASNC demonstrates the ability to conduct flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging for coronary artery disease detection in association with exercise stress testing," said Cesare Orlandi, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Lantheus Medical Imaging. "Flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging also shows superiority over SPECT in this subpopulation not assessable with current standard PET imaging modalities. We believe improved diagnostic accuracy, coupled with reduced radiation exposure and potential for quantification of coronary flow reserve provide great promise for flurpiridaz F 18 to become the diagnostic imaging agent of choice for evaluating coronary artery disease."
Lantheus is poised to commence the second of two Phase 3 trials for flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging with a revised protocol in place under an FDA-approved Special Protocol Assessment and is in active negotiations with potential strategic partners to assist with the further development, manufacture and commercialization of this promising agent.
About the Flurpiridaz F 18 First Phase 3 Study
The first flurpiridaz F 18 Phase 3 study was designed to assess the diagnostic efficacy of flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging versus SPECT with Tc99m-labeled agents for CAD detection in the same patients. Patients with known or suspected CAD who were either scheduled for or had completed invasive coronary angiography (without intervention) were included in the study. Each patient was studied using both one-day rest/stress flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging and Tc99m-labeled SPECT imaging (one-day rest/stress or two-day protocol). Images were interpreted by three expert readers blinded to all clinical information. Quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) was used as the truth standard, with patients considered CAD positive with a stenosis ≥ 50% in at least one major vessel by QCA. Flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging substantially outperformed SPECT, in sensitivity, one of the study's primary endpoints, but did not meet the study's other primary endpoint, non-inferiority for specificity, implying a substantial and unexpected under-diagnosis of CAD with SPECT in the trial. Unlike flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging, SPECT results were skewed with low sensitivity and high specificity when compared to the truth standard. In secondary endpoints, flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging outperformed SPECT in image quality and diagnostic certainty with less than half of the radiation exposure for patients. Subsequent to the initial read of the data, LMI performed a re-read which confirmed the initial results as well as showed improved performance of flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging as compared to SPECT in women and subjects with high body mass index. Based on the results of the first Phase 3 study, the Company redesigned the protocol for its second Phase 3 study, including different primary endpoints – namely, the performance of flurpiridaz F 18 on its own merit versus coronary angiography as the truth standard – and the Company has received a Special Protocol Assessment from the FDA in connection with its second study.
About Flurpiridaz F 18 and Coronary Artery Disease
Flurpiridaz F 18, a fluorine 18-labeled agent that binds to mitochondrial complex 1 (MC-1)1, was designed to be a novel PET imaging agent that may better evaluate patients with known or suspected CAD, which is the most common form of heart disease2, affecting an estimated 15.5 million Americans 20 years of age or older3. CAD is the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women2. Each year more than 400,000 Americans die from CAD2. In the first phase 3 study, flurpiridaz F 18 demonstrated improved CAD detection and reduced radiation exposure over standard SPECT. In subgroup analyses, the risk-benefit profile of flurpiridaz F 18 PET imaging appeared to be favorable in women, obese patients and patients with multivessel disease. It is important to note that, with a 110 minute half-life, flurpiridaz F 18 can be used in conjunction with treadmill exercise, which is not feasible with other currently used PET tracers for MPI.
About PET and MPI
PET imaging or a PET scan is a type of nuclear medicine imaging procedure4 that provides information about the function and metabolism of the body's organs, unlike computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which primarily show anatomy and structure5. MPI is a non-invasive test that utilizes a small amount of radioactive material (radiopharmaceutical) injected into the body to depict the distribution of blood flow to the heart. MPI is used to identify areas of reduced blood flow to the heart muscle. The test is typically conducted under both rest and stress conditions, after which physicians examine and compare the two scans and predict whether the patient has significant coronary artery disease6. Although SPECT is most commonly used for MPI7, PET imaging has gained considerable support and use in the field of cardiovascular imaging, as it offers many advantages to SPECT, including higher spatial and contrast resolution, resulting in higher image quality and improved diagnostic accuracy, accurate attenuation correction and risk stratification8.
About Lantheus Holdings, Inc. and Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.
Lantheus Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a global leader in the development, manufacture and commercialization of innovative diagnostic imaging agents and products. LMI provides a broad portfolio of products, which are primarily used for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. LMI's key products include the echocardiography contrast agent DEFINITY® Vial for (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) Injectable Suspension; TechneLite® (Technetium Tc99m Generator), a technetium-based generator that provides the essential medical isotope used in nuclear medicine procedures; and Xenon (Xenon Xe 133 Gas), an inhaled radiopharmaceutical imaging agent used to evaluate pulmonary function and for imaging the lungs. LMI is headquartered in North Billerica, Massachusetts with offices in Puerto Rico and Canada. For more information, visit www.lantheus.com.
Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may be described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak only as of the date hereof. Lantheus undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
1 Yalamanchili, P, Wexler, E, Hayes, M, Yu, M, MD, Bozek J, Radeke, H, Azure, M, Purohit, A, Casebier, DS, and Robinson, SP. Mechanism of uptake and retention of 18F BMS-747158-02 in cardiomyocytes: A novel PET myocardial imaging agent. Journal Nuclear Cardiology 2007 Nov-Dec;14(6):782-8.
2 National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Coronary Artery Disease: Who Is At Risk. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Cad/CAD_WhoIsAtRisk.html. Accessed September 2016.
3 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics. 2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2016;133:e38-e360.
4 Radiology Info. What is Positron Emission Tomography – Computed Tomography (PET/CT) Scanning. http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=PET. Accessed September 2016.
5 National Institutes of Health. NIH Clinical Center. Positron Emission Tomography Department Overview. http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/pet/. Accessed September 2016.
6 Society of Nuclear Medicine. Procedure Guidelines for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Version 3.0 June 2002. http://interactive.snm.org/docs/pg_ch02_0403.pdf.
7 Salerno, M and Beller, GA, Noninvasive Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2009; 2:412-424.
8 Heller, G, Calnon, D and Dorbala, S. Recent Advances in Cardiac PET and PET/CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. J Nucl Cardiol 2009; 16:962-9.