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by Terry Duffy
Contacts are being made, albeit slowly, as the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works Community Action Committee has begun its outreach to federal legislators with a goal of enlisting their interest of future government funding for potential cleanups at the Niagara Falls Storage Site.
For more than a year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been active with a feasibility study to determine future remediation/cleanup actions of the Interim Waste Containment Structure at NFSS. The 10-acre site, an in-ground earthen cell with a clay cap, holds an assortment of consolidated high-level radioactive wastes and debris from throughout the NFSS and other sites that was constructed in the 1980s as a temporary cell with a potential shelf life of 25 to 50 years. It is continually monitored and maintained by the Corps to prevent leakages. Problem is, the high level K-65, R-10 and other radioactive wastes stored inside IWCS have a longevity extending into the thousands of years, and present continuing dangers of radon exposure to the community for years into the future in the event of a breech of the cell's cap, its walls or leakages into the area's groundwater.
For that reason, the Corps is proceeding on its feasibility study and aims to have a comprehensive analysis of the IWCS complete by 2014 or 2015 with a record of decision expected by then to plot the site's future.
But uncertainty over what happens next remains constant. Buffalo District Corps reps have repeatedly said that funding for any future comprehensive remediation/cleanup of the IWCS is far beyond its annual budget, that of the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy, actual government overseer of the NFSS property. Preliminary cost estimates well in excess of $1 billion have been given for a potential cleanup, and Corps officials have said any such funding would require specialized Congressional action.
It's with that understanding the executive committee of LOOW-CAC, a local volunteer citizens group working with Doug Sarno, Corps-contracted facilitator on the IWCS feasibility study, has been moving over past months as it now begins its approach of the area's elected federal representatives. At its session Tuesday at the Lewiston-Porter Community Resource Center, Dr. Joseph Gardella, John and Frances Larkin professor of Chemistry at the University of Buffalo and LOOW-CAC co-chair, said CAC had started the contact process with the local staffs of federally elected representatives for Western New York. "The idea has been to establish points of contact," said Gardella. Included thus far have been contacts made with the local offices of U.S. Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, Rochester-area U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter, whose district formerly included the LOOW site, and Buffalo-Niagara Falls-area U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins. To come are contacts with newly-elected U.S. Rep. Chris Collins, whose district contains the LOOW site, U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, representing the state's Southern Tier, and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer.
"Our goal (once all contacts are made) is to have a possible joint meeting between the (Buffalo area) staffs," Gardella continued. He said CAC would then begin its work of educating the legislators on the IWCS and the need for remediation with a goal of direct meetings down the road in Washington. "We are reaching out ... to the entire WNY federal delegation to assist us in making the ultimate cleanup of the NFSS a priority and identifying the appropriate funding that will be required upon the final cleanup decision in 2015," Gardella said.
He indicated LOOW CAC aims to complete its meetings locally over coming months and have actual meetings in Washington in the future. The group will meet again on Tuesday, March 12, at 6:30 at Lew-Port to discuss its progress, and the session is open to the public.
For more on the LOOW-CAC, visit its website, www.loowcac.org.


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July 4, 2013 (DAYTON, Ohio) --A preliminary report from federal investigators says a wing walker and aerobatic pilot killed in a fiery crash at an Ohio air show practiced their performance the previous day and reported no mechanical problems.
The June 22 crash at the Vectren Air Show near Dayton was witnessed by thousands of horrified spectators and captured on video.
An accident report from the National Transportation Safety Board says the plane was turned upside-down and positioned to cross in front of the crowd when the nose pitched slightly and the plane abruptly rolled and struck ground. The report does not address the cause of the crash.
Federal Aviation Administration records showed clean safety records for the 64-year-old pilot, Charlie Schwenker, and 44-year-old performer Jane Wicker. Both were from Virginia.

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A man's impotence, or inability to achieve or maintain an erection, might be a symptom of a medical problem.
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a male's inability to get an erection that's firm enough for sexual intercourse.
The condition is also called impotence.
ED can result in an unsatisfactory sex life and cause other problems, including:
- Low self-esteem
- Embarrassment
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Relationship problems
The condition is also one of the causes of male infertility, if a man is unable to impregnate his partner.
Erectile dysfunction is often a symptom of underlying medical problems, such as:
- Cardiovascular disease
- Diabetes
- Obesity
- Neurological diseases
- Alcoholism or drug abuse
- Hypogonadism or low testosterone
- Smoking history
Treatments for ED, including oral medications, are generally highly effective.
Erectile dysfunction affects between 7 and 52 percent of men, depending on the specific group being studied, according to various research.
Age is a major factor in developing ED.
About half of men older than 60 will experience the condition, while fewer than 10 percent of men under age 60 experience it.
Symptoms of Erectile Dysfunction
The occasional inability to get an erection is considered normal.
The condition is only called erectile dysfunction when one or more of the following happens frequently, or lasts a long time:
- Difficulty getting an erection
- Difficulty keeping an erection
- Reduced sexual desire
Causes of Erectile Dysfunction
Getting and keeping an erection involves many physical and psychological factors, and the condition can have many causes.
These include:
- Atherosclerosis (hardening or narrowing of the arteries)
- High cholesterol
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes
- Obesity
- Smoking
- Parkinson's disease
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Substance abuse, including alcoholism
- Sleep disorders
ED can also result from injuries to the pelvic area or spinal cord, or as a side effect of surgery.
Treatments for enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH) or prostate cancer may cause ED, as can some prescription medications.
A condition called metabolic syndrome can also cause ED.
Men with metabolic syndrome have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, elevated insulin levels, and excess fat around the waist.
Psychological factors are often involved in ED. These can include:
- Depression
- Stress
- Problems with relationships
ED can be caused by a combination of physical and psychological factors.
Risk Factors for ED
Men with diabetes or heart conditions are at a higher risk for ED, as are those who use tobacco or are seriously overweight.
Other risk factors for the condition include:
- Taking certain medications, including antihistamines, blood pressure drugs, and antidepressants
- Prostate surgery
- Radiation treatment for cancer
- Injury to the penis, or to the nerves or arteries that control erections
- Abusing drugs or alcohol
- Stress, anxiety, depression and other psychological factors
Men who spend lots of time bicycling may also be at risk for ED, since bicycle seats can injure nerves and blood vessels that assist in erections.
Erectile Dysfunction Treatment
Oral medications (sometimes called "erection pills") are the most common treatment for ED and are generally effective.
They include:
- Cialis (tadalafil)
- Levitra (vardenafil)
- Stendra (avanafil)
- Viagra (sildenafil)
These ED medications can cause a dangerous and irreversible drop in blood pressure if they're taken with certain other medications, including nitroglycerin or any other nitrates used for chest pain.
Less serious side effects may include vision changes, headache, flushing, back pain, and upset stomach.
Another treatment for ED is injecting Caverject (alprostadil) into the penis just before sex. Suppositories of the drug placed in the urethra may also be used instead of injections.
Testosterone therapy may be tried as an ED treatment if a man has below-normal levels of the hormone testosterone.
Manual devices can also be used to treat ED.
Electric or hand-powered vacuum pumps remove air from a hollow tube placed over the penis, drawing blood into the organ. Placing a ring around the base of the penis then helps maintain the erection.
Men who don't respond to any of these ED treatments may decide to have semirigid rods surgically implanted in the penis.
Surgery may also be used to repair damaged or obstructed blood vessels, which can cause or contribute to ED.
If your ED seems related to psychological factors, your doctor may recommend counseling or psychotherapy.
Natural Remedies for ED
Lifestyle changes may help prevent or resolve ED, and most are important for your overall health, too.
Helpful steps include:
- Losing weight
- Quitting smoking
- Managing stress, anxiety, and other mental health concerns
- Exercising
- Getting treatment for drug or alcohol abuse
- Maintaining a healthy relationship
Alternative Remedies for Erectile Dysfunction
Many herbal and other "natural" substances are marketed as treatments for ED.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against the risk of contamination — and dangerous dosages of potentially harmful drugs — in some dietary supplements marketed as "herbal Viagra."
The FDA recommends caution before purchasing or using any pills, beverages, chewing gum, or dissolving oral strips that:
- Promise results as soon as within half an hour
- Claim to be alternatives to prescription ED drugs
- Are sold through unsolicited e-mails
- Are sold in single-serving packages
Also be suspicious of "all-natural" ED remedies that have labels written entirely or mostly in a language other than English, or that seem to be copying the appearance of FDA-approved drugs.


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Last week I was the lucky recipetent of a speciality gift box from the kind people of Montezuma's - this gift box contains twelve 45g taster bars of their different flavour variations...arent I a lucky boy :D :D It wasnt until I started reading the brochure that came with my gift set that I realised that Montezuma's chocolate is 'designed and built in West Sussex Chichester'...very local to myself. The chocolate they make is organic and looking at the list of ingredients all of the bars appear to be very clean...this bar for instance only included seven different components..very different to the highly manufactured bars which contain ingredients lists that struggle to fit on the wrappers. Reading up about how they make the chocolate and their values is actually really intresting and I suggest you check out their website MONTEZUMAS
Moving on to todays bar - the aptly named "Culture Shock" is a bar of 'organic white chocolate with ginger & chilli'. Despite being a masive fan of spicy food ive not been someone whos yet bought into the whole 'chilli in chocolate' fad that seems to be very fashionable at the minute (see Lindt etc for evidence of that!)...before this bar I wasnt convinced it could work.
As you can above the bar came in a very snazzy looking little box (100% recycable!) - the chocolate was kept in a plastic sleeve inside the box which although did the job of keeping the chocolate intact and fresh was not really the most attractive. The bar itself asthetically was not the most impressive bar I have had, dont get me wrong it didnt look bad but it literally was just a bar of blocked chocolate - no special patterns etched into the surface etc..fair enough I guess. The only aspect that redeems the score for the appearance of the bar is the outer casing which really does look impressive and worthy of a more premiuim chocolate.
Breaking the bar into pieces was obviously easy enough with the nature of the design. The smell of the bar had a sweet vanilla scent, I could also detect a slight hint of ginger which wasnt suprising due to the bar being 17% comprised of the spice.
Letting the first block melt on my tongue the slight hint of chilli was quickly evident and brought a slight warmth and tingling to the tatebuds. Ive never really expreienced chocolate like this before and it was realy quite a pleasent sensation; as I said previously I am really quite a fan of spicy food - though I enjoyed the slight burning sensation I honestly believe that for some people they could find it too intense...if I was to give this to someone to try who didnt like spicy food I really would not be suprised if they turned their nose up at it claiming that it was too spicy for them...oh well I enjoyed it :)
Despite the chilli factor being the most evident flavour and taste to the bar, behind it is an extremely high quality white chocolate. Its definately some of the best I have had to date in terms of white chocolate and it had just that right mixture of milkyness and vanilla flavour with a delightful smooth creamy texture. The ginger flavour was also quite present in the bar and added to the warmth of the chilli - the ginger element added a subtle undertone of spice that worked nicely in tandem with the creamyness of the chocolate.
Overall this is really a great bar of chocolate that I urge you to try in some form. The contrast in flavours with the creamy chocolate and subtle tongue tingling spices made for an exciting flavour that I myself had never tasted anything quite like before, and im sure you probably havent either. Like white chocolate? Like chilli? Like ginger?...if the answer to the previous three questions is a resounding 'Yes' im pretty sure you would love this bar. Very much worthy of its fantastic score.
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- For the second time in a month, a federal judge has set aside a deeply conservative state's limits on same-sex marriage, this time in Oklahoma.
U.S. District Judge Terence Kern on Tuesday struck down Oklahoma's voter-approved ban. But he headed off any rush to the altar by putting the effects of his ruling on hold pending an appeal.
Like the federal judge who reversed Utah's gay marriage ban in December, Kern determined that Oklahoma's constitutional amendment violated the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause. His ruling had references to both the Utah ruling and those issued by the U.S. Supreme Court last summer.
The decision drew criticism from the governor, attorney general and other elected officials in this state, known as the buckle of the Bible Belt.


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Rachel shares her tips on shopping for a family of five on a tight budget and eating healthily.
With the demands of running a family of five, finding ways to save money on food was not high on Rachel Mostyn's to-do list.
Between feeding three hungry little mouths, the school run, household chores and her freelance work, Rachel had enough on her plate.
From an average weekly food and drink spend of £200, which included some eating out, Rachel managed to cut spending by £100 while still eating a healthy balanced diet and plenty of fruit and veg.
It was a family effort, with the kids – Amelia, six, Leila, five and Joseph, three – all getting stuck in to bake homemade treats that would normally have been bought.
"I got the children on board by making it fun for them," says Rachel, from Bristol. "They love baking, so we made brownies together one day and pizzas on another."
She saved money by:
Rachel says: "I know we spend a lot of money on food and I felt there were areas where we could make obvious savings."
"Amelia and Leila have hot meals at school," says Rachel. "But I tend to prepare another elaborate meal for their dinner.
"I really went back to basics in the evening with things like scrambled eggs, homemade soups and sandwiches with leftover chicken.
For lunch, her youngest, Joseph, would have the leftovers from Rachel and husband Toby's dinner on the previous evening.
Gone were the usual after-school snacks such as cereal bars, mini cheddars and yoghurt raisins, replaced by fruit, carrot sticks and crackers.
"We always have a large fruit bowl in the kitchen full of fruit so the kids are used to eating it."
Less popular among the brood was the lentil and spinach dhal. "They didn't like it at all," says Rachel. "The girls were like: 'Where's our normal food gone?'"
The homemade pizzas, however, were a hit. "I bought some freshly prepared pizza dough from the bakery and the kids spread on the toppings, such as olives, sweetcorn and peppers.
"Cooking with the kids is fun and teaches them a valuable skill. Making homemade pizzas instead of buying them saved us around a fiver."
Rachel didn't make any big changes to her shopping habits. "I tend to do a big supermarket shop once a month and buy fresh ingredients from the high street during the week.
"However, I was more stringent about buying value brands and selecting cheaper alternatives, such as canned tuna chunks instead of tuna steak."
Feeding a family of five on a budget requires military-style planning. "I normally sit down on Sunday to plan our meals for the week," says Rachel.
"I did an inventory of food we already had in and realised we had quite a lot in the freezer and store cupboard, so I made sure I included as much of it as I could in our meal plan," she says.
Instead of eating out at the weekend, Rachel prepared a carrot and coriander soup, which the family had for lunch with some fresh bread on Saturday and Sunday.
"I also stopped having my daily coffee shop latte," Rachel says. "You get into buying habits that can end up being quite a drain on your expenses, which you can really do without."
With meat and fish being among the most expensive items on their shopping bill, Rachel opted to base more of her meals on vegetables and starchy carbohydrates, as recommended for a healthy balanced diet, shown by the Eatwell Guide.
Instead of the customary minced beef lasagne, Rachel made a veggie version, which was much cheaper, lower in fat and got the thumbs up from the kids.
Other cheap eats Rachel prepared were:
"I try as much as possible to cook in bulk, so if I'm cooking a bolognese sauce, I'll make enough so that I can freeze a portion or two."
Dietitian Azmina Govindji says:
"Rachel has demonstrated that you can save money and eat healthily, even if you have a busy life. Teaching children to cook at a young age can help them engage with family meals, and hopefully they will eat better, as they're more likely to want to taste their culinary creation.
"Buying value brands can allow you to eat the same basic foods at a lower price. And purchasing that daily coffee can really mount up to a hefty bill, so Rachel was smart to cut down on her shop-bought lattes. Cooking in bulk and freezing for another day makes good sense all round."


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Arkansas Home with a Stylish Palette
A family home gets an update from color maven Tobi Fairley
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Just as before a big game, there's a moment of anticipation when a designer is about to unveil a game plan to homeowners. The kickoff reveals the palette, textures, and furnishings that the designer hopes will create a winning style. But too often, there is one phrase—"Here is where I want to introduce color"—that can trigger a timeout, with the homeowners huddling to devise a strategy that's more reserved.
Happily for Little Rock, Arkansas, designer Tobi Fairley and homeowners Julie and Patrick Swope, of Rogers, Arkansas, that didn't happen when Fairley showed them her ideas for their house. In fact, the Swopes were dazzled with the conceptions, which fit the fast-paced style of the athletic couple and their two energetic young sons. "Patrick and I love tradition," Julie says, "but we also wanted a home with a youthful appeal that was not too serious for our active family. We knew Tobi's color sensibilities would be perfect, giving us the best of both classic and current styles."
For her part, Fairley understood that a hip plan with a winning design was needed for the Swopes. But before she injected any fancy color footwork, she relied on the fundamentals—a neutral base and classic furnishings—to anchor her vibrant approach.
"Julie is confident in her style," says Fairley. "It wasn't scary to recommend a strong palette because I knew she understood color as a tool for a memorable design. She is comfortable with color and modern uses of it. As long as the colors I used were rooted in tradition, I could create something special."
A neutral envelope of warm ivory paint on the walls grounded the intense combination of blue-and-white that the designer put into play in the entry hall and living and dining rooms. Wanting the entry hall to be not only welcoming but also useful, Fairley created a comfortable seating area at the base of the impressive curving staircase. Matching blue-and-white armchairs and a stair runner bordered in a Greek key trim warm and soften the cool sleekness of the stone and wood surfaces.
The living room served as a tutorial in investing in pieces that work well together over time and in various spaces. Fairley incorporated furniture that the Swopes already had—like side tables and a sofa with graceful lines upholstered in beige—into her scheme. Fresh pairings of seating pieces were repositioned, including grand wing chairs covered in a handsome shade that bridges navy and cobalt, cream-colored slipper chairs at the room's opposite end, and benches perched on X-shaped stainless steel bases and upholstered in a geometric Greek key motif that adds a graphic touch.
The dining room continues the palette, but here the look is contemporary and less patterned. "Julie is extremely organized," notes the designer. "Everything has its own place so the family can live clutter-free. In the dining room, we wanted her 'Tobacco Leaf' porcelain from Mottahedeh to shine when she entertained, so I kept the surroundings dynamic but restrained." White klismos-style chairs with blue upholstery encircle the round dining table.
Because of its cheerful disposition, yellow often earns the silver medal for color, coming in second place after blue-and-white. Team Tobi and Julie wanted to use yellow but preferred a hue with enough muscle to hold its own—nothing overly feminine and pretty. Black and gray accents with bold yellow in the family room, breakfast room, and kitchen give a competitive kick that acknowledges the male presence in the home. Julie, who loves to cook and spends countless hours in the kitchen, wanted her husband and boys nearby as she chops and stirs. So Fairley and Julie made the adjacent family room an effortlessly casual place where the Swopes could be comfortable. The space sports masculine stripes on its X-base benches and an armchair that looks dapper in pinstripes.
Fairley suggested replacing the kitchen's existing ornate cabinetry and making its black-white-and-gray granite counters look more sophisticated. Cabinets were refaced with contemporary doors, and Lucite bar stools with easy-clean vinyl in taxi-cab yellow provide a casual setting where the Swope men can keep Julie company while she cooks.
In the breakfast area, the bold black-and-gold duo takes on a slightly softer flair. A banquette references Chippendale style with black bamboo chairs in the same shiny patent material used on the sturdy bar stools. A fabric patterned in curvy black-and-white silhouettes is used for drapery panels, toss pillows, and cushioned chair backs. The rug echoes the room's dramatic colors.
The striking palette also makes its way downstairs to the media room, where high-gloss lacquer finishes the wall, and bar stools in wide white-and-black stripes mingle with geometric patterns in the relaxed seating area.
In the master suite, the designer repeated the blue-and-white that is so magnetic in the public spaces. But this time, she paired the twosome in a way that is calming, selecting a four-poster bed in a chalky finish and using a swirling floral fabric for window treatments and chair coverings in the sitting area.
The Swopes consider Fairley's design a triumph. ''We don't sit a lot in our family," Julie says. "We are active, athletic, and love to travel. After living in our completed home, we find it perfect for keeping us happy and organized so we can make the most of our time doing things we love."
Photography: Nancy Nolan
Interior designer: Tobi Fairley, Tobi Fairley & Assoc., 5507 Ranch Drive, Suite 103, Little Rock, AR 72223; 501/868-9882, tobifairley.com.
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Classic Blue-and-White Touches
Blue-and-white ginger jars frame the view from foyer to living room.
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Foyer Sitting Area
Below the staircase, a pair of chairs are covered in a blue-and-white damask fabric from Schumacher.
See more details of the foyer on the following slide.
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Patterned Details
In the foyer, a stair runner is edged with an eye-catching Greek key pattern.
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Dining Room
A pendant light from Circa Lighting contrasts with cobalt lamps atop the buffet. Klimsos chairs from Hickory Chair are upholstered in a matching blue fabric from Duralee.
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Family Room
A painting by artist Saliha Staib informed the color scheme of the family room. It's flanked by Visual Comfort sconces above Hickory Chair's "Camden" sofa covered in a neutral Kravet fabric. The "Relaxor" charcoal pinstripe lounge chair is from Lee Industries, and the X-based "Park Avenue" benches are from Duralee.
See more of the family room on the following slide.
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Family Room
On the other end of the room, a painting by Jen Bradley reflects a similar palette to balance the space. Two yellow urns from Tozai Home ground the artwork's bright colors.
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Breakfast Room
Pal+Smith's "Antoinette" rug anchors the breakfast table, extending the black-and-yellow theme. Schumacher's statement fabric, "Chenonceau," demands attention.
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Kitchen Island
In the kitchen, contemporary polished nickel pendants from Urban Archaeology offer lighting over the island.
See more of the kitchen on the following slides.
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Kitchen Details
Lucite corbels and glossy vinyl seats on the kitchen stools give the room a subtly modern vibe.
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Kitchen Sink Area
Existing granite in the kitchen was downplayed by the addition of Carrara marble subway tiles used for the backsplash and on the walls above the range and windows.
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Kitchen Cabinetry
The room's bright touches of vibrant yellow are tempered by its neutral background palette and natural stone surfaces.
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Media Room Sitting Area
"I wanted the space to be theatrical," says designer Tobi Fairley of the media room. Adding to the room's drama are noteworthy upholstery treatments, including an ottoman that pairs a leather top and a vigorous black- and-white fabric base.
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Media Room Bar
Bar stools add to the room's contrasting palette, each artfully clothed in a centered, wide black stripe.
"It wasn't scary to recommend a strong palette because I knew that Julie understood color as a tool for memorable design," says designer Tobi Fairley.
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Media Room Game Table
Bold stripes adorn the game table chairs as well. Black-and-white architectural photos and circle artwork by Scott Carroll add a sharp, graphic quality to the walls.
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Family Portrait
Julie and Patrick Swope with sons Carter (left) and Hayden.
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A custom blue finish on the walls lends texture to this red-and-blue playroom. Lucite chairs from H Studio tie in contemporary details from elsewhere in the home.
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Yellow Bedroom
A chandelier from Circa Lighting reflect the room's bold stripes, which are defined in the gold-and-mint bed linens and custom area rug.
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Master Bedroom
Tailored bed linens by Matouk grace the cream-colored four-poster. "Serpentine Commodes" by Amy Howard sit on either side of the bed and are topped with crystal lamps from Circa Lighting.
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Master Bedroom Desk Area
A stately round mirror provides glamour above the writing desk. The desk lamp from Circa Lighting imitates the mirror's round shape.
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Master Bedroom Sitting Area
Schumacher's "Aylesbury Vase" fabric was used for the master suite's draperies and Roman shades. It also covers the Lee Industries lounge chairs that flank a Hickory Chair "Eton" sofa in the seating area.
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Master Bath
A beaded chandelier by Made Goods hangs above the tub, and "Imperial Trellis" by Schumacher blankets the walls with graphic pattern.
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Guest Bedroom
Walls coated in Sherwin-Williams' "Rainwashed" set the stage for rest and rejuvenation. Black-trimmed linens with chic scalloped edges from Matouk adorn the bed by Oly.
See more of this room on the following slide.
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Guest Bedroom Sitting Area
In the sitting area, a series of classic Greek portraits provides a whimsical backdrop for Duralee chairs in stylish Schumacher upholstery.


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July 17th: '7Days of Chocolate Reviews' - Edition 48
Hi All,
It's finally time to announce the winners of the recent Heavenly Cakes Competition and I can reveal that the winners of the three Heavenly Cakes Giftpacks (of their own choice!!!!) ..... are ....
Debbie Andrioli (Stratford-Upon-Avon)
Sara Macey (Chatham)
Chris Sulzdorf (Nunhaed)
..... and the winner of the special bonus prize is .....
... Stephanie Meyer-Scott (Farnborough), who submitted the following suggestion for Betty ...
"Completely Irresistible!? Why, thank you!"
Thank You to all that submitted answer there was a tremendous response. Please pass on your congratulations to the winners and look out for more competitions on ChocolateMission very soon. Remember to sign up to my twitter feed for the weekly competition.
Post from other blogs I enjoyed this week
* TheImpulsiveBuy - Marvo has been checking out these 'Pillsbury Sweet Moments Chocolate Fudge Molten Lava Brownies' - they certainly win the award for longest name ever ... SEE HERE
* Foodstufffinds - The world cup may be over (boooo!), but Cin is still mopping up the last of the Walker's limited edition world cup flavours. This week it was 'Welsh Rarebit' ... wait a minute ... Wales didn't even qualify for the world cup ... SEE HERE
* CandyBlog - Cybele posted her review of the Aero 70% Dark and gave it a good score of 8/10 ... SEE HERE
* SugarPressure - There was a nice review of the Green & Black's Mint Dark Chocolate Bar posted on their site. It's not one we seen that commonly here in the UK ... SEE HERE
* GiGiReviews - Why are Burritos so popular in the US but not here in the UK? This Barbacoa Burrito doesn't sound anything special, but I still would welcome a decent Burrito outlet here in the UK ... SEE HERE
* YumYucky - Try reading these stories of food/drink horrors by Josie without smiling. Those stories remind of the time I took a swig of cooking oil rather than my drink when I was making a stir fry ... embarrassingly that was only last week :D ... See HERE
I haven't had time to collate all the stories from the chocolate market this week. Please feel free to leave a comment with any news that has caught your eye this week!!
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AICPA Applauds Senators Baucus, Grassley for Introduction of Legislation Putting a Stop to Tax Strategy Patents
January 25, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 25, 2011) – The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants applauds U.S. Senators Max Baucus and Chuck Grassley for their bipartisan introduction of legislation to put a stop to the practice of patenting methods for complying with the U.S. tax code.
The bill, which is included in larger patent reform legislation pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee, would provide that tax planning strategies are not patentable by deeming any tax strategy patent to be "within the prior art" under patent law, or essentially already part of the public domain.
"The AICPA strongly supports the legislation that Senators Baucus and Grassley are introducing this week and we applaud the decision by Senators Leahy, Grassley and Hatch to include it in their comprehensive patent reform bill," Barry Melancon, president and CEO of the AICPA, said.
"The problems associated with tax strategy patents, which troublingly have already been granted in areas such as charitable giving, estate and gift taxes, pension plans, and deferred compensation, are multiple and complex. They undermine the integrity of our tax code and will unnecessarily complicate the ability of taxpayers to comply with the code," Melancon said.
Senator Patrick Leahy, Vermont Democrat, is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senator Orrin Hatch is the senior Republican.


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The Florida Supreme Court ruling upholding government employees' mandatory 3 percent pension contributions dashed hopes among some area employees of regaining control of that portion of their salaries.
The Florida Supreme Court ruling upholding government employees' mandatory 3 percent pension contributions dashed hopes among some area employees of regaining control of that portion of their salaries.
Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell said most of her employees seemed upset by the decision.
"My sense from the majority of the employees is that they're disappointed in the ruling," she said.
One silver lining is the freeing up of money from the separate holding accounts the Sheriff's Office, Alachua County government and other constitutional officers set aside to reserve money they would have needed to reimburse employees if the court had ruled against the state mandate.
"Regardless of which way the ruling went, we were prepared for it," Darnell said.
With those reimbursements rendered unnecessary, the Sheriff's Office can use the money it reserved for other purposes.
Darnell said she hopes to help offset the 3 percent reduction in workers' paychecks, possibly by using some of the money that had been set aside for potential reimbursements to give workers a pay bump instead.
She is evaluating the feasibility of that and other options, which depend on the money available. The Sheriff's Office already has incurred the unexpected expense this fiscal year of placing deputies in local elementary schools in the wake of the recent shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
Employees at the Sheriff's Office weren't the only ones upset by the court decision. Karen McCann, president of the Alachua County Education Association, said she was disappointed, calling the mandatory contribution a tax on working people.
"The legislation in the state of Florida balanced the budget on the backs of state workers," McCann said.
The requirement also will make it harder to recruit teachers out of college to make their careers in Florida.
"A lot of young teachers I talk to want to stay only for a few years," she said.
Most University of Florida employees aren't affected by the ruling, said Paula Varnes Fussell, vice president for Human Resource Services at UF.
UF provided a 3 percent pay increase to offset the mandatory pension contribution starting in March 2012. The roughly 1,700 faculty represented by the United Faculty of Florida union, which didn't agree to the proposal, will be affected, as previously reported in The Sun.
University officials assumed the state Legislature had the legal authority to establish this requirement and decided to offer raises based on that assumption, Fussell said.
While she hadn't heard anything about the ruling from faculty or staff Thursday, Fussell said, "they were happy to get the 3 percent increase when they received it."
Joey Flechas and Clare Lennon contributed to this report.


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Freshman Julia Salata (Canton), ranked third in the nation at 143 pounds, was one of two additional King wrestlers to place inside the top-seven in their respective weight class in the tournament, thus earning an automatic bid to the U.S. Olympic Trials in April. Salata split her first two matches (72 kg) by decision but won three of her next four matches to earn a fifth place medal in a 5-1 victory by decision over Christen Dierken (UC). Along the way to her medal bout, Salata pinned Derri Strub (OCU) and won her next two battles by decision including a come-from-behind, third-period 5-3 victory over Kendra Lewis (Lindenwood).
Top-ranked Alli Ragan once again made her mark by finishing fourth at the 63-kilogram (136#) group. The sophomore won each of her first three matches in pool play, pinning two of her opponents in the first period. After suffering a 3-2 defeat to Melissa Apodaca (NYAC), Ragan came from a four-point, first-period deficit to overcome Veronica Carlson (NYAC) by a 3-1, 3-0 decision, recording three points in the third period for the win. Her run ended in a 7-2 defeat by Erin Clodogo (Sunkist) in the third place bout.
In the 55-kilogram (116#) weight class, Sarah Hildebrandt (Granger, Ind.) advanced the farthest in the brackets falling a win short of getting a chance to move on to a medal match. She earned wins in her first two matches by defeating Sherri Berube (Sunkist) and Schuyler Brown (Gator Wrestling Club) by a combined score of 20-5 in a pair of decisions. The CLASS recorded a takedown as time expired to defeat Brown, (0-5, 4-3, 1-1). She was eliminated late by Shauna Isbell (Lindenwood) in a three-period decision, 4-1. Hildebrandt entered the tournament ranked fifth in the 123-pound division, nationally.
Samantha Klingel (55kg) lose first round battle but rebounded by winning her next two matches, finishing 2-2 on the day. Klingel is currently ranked second nationally in the 116-pound weight class. Teammate Victoria Nguyen (Johnson City, Tenn.) also finished 2-2 on the day.
Lorrie Ramos (Orlando, Fla.) took to the mats at 72 kilograms and opened her day by defeating Brittany Jones with a second-period pin (1:09) before falling to Oklahoma City's Kristie Davis and then defeated by Dierken, Salata's medal round victim.
King will compete in the NWCA National Duels, held on Jan. 7 in Springfield, Illinois. They will then engage in two dual meets with No. 1 Oklahoma City University (Jan. 15, 10:00 a.m.) and No. 5 University of the Cumberlands, both held in the Student Center Complex (Bristol, Tenn.). The Tornado will then host the Women's College Wrestling Association (WCWA) National Championships on Saturday, Jan. 28.
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Jan 31, 2012
Every day technology gives me new and better and more exciting ways to communicate with the people in my life. But it does of course come at a cost. Phoning people costs paid minutes, and texting costs to send and receive. There are also times when I need to impart a lot of information to someone but either don't want to type it all out on my phone, or don't want to disturb them with a phone call. Wouldn't it be nice to leave a voice mail but skip the step of calling their phone?
Voxer markets itself as a walkie-talkie app for phones. Essentially it offers users the opportunity to leave messages for their friends that can be retrieved any time the recipient is free to do so. Messages can be text, but the better feature is the voice option. Hold down the button and talk freely into the microphone. No need to save the message – as soon as the record button is released the message is queued in the recipient's inbox. I've used this feature to co-ordinate detailed plans while I'm walking and can't text and the other person is getting ready to meet me and can't be on the phone at that moment. It lets them listen to the message whenever they have a few seconds, without dialing into their voicemail box.
Even better, it really does function as a walkie-talkie if the recipient is in the program at the same time. There's no need to say "over" at the end of each message – they are all time-stamped and play in order. They're saved for quite some time, so I've also enjoyed going back and listening to random conversations I have had.
I really feel like I need to stress that this is a free app. I don't know how much money it saves, using data to send messages vs paying for phone minutes, but I know that it has saved me time. Also there is something very appealing about using my phone as a walkie-talkie. It is great, and I wish more of my friends had it. If I could get them all to download it I actually think I'd make very few direct phone calls. There simply wouldn't be a need to.
I have experienced some bugginess in it though. Or rather I should say my test partner did. He found that sometimes, rather than playing back the audio, the app would just freeze or play static. And I found that sometimes I couldn't hear the messages he left me unless I took my headphones out and listened to it through the external speaker. A bit odd, but it doesn't dampen my enthusiasm for it in the slightest.


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By Laila Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police will begin carrying large amounts of anti-opiate drugs in an effort to combat a recent spike in heroin deaths, law enforcement officials said on Tuesday.
Opiate overdoses killed more than 2,000 New York residents in 2011, more than double the number in 2004, state records show. Across the United States, the number of fatal opiate overdoses increased 45 percent from 2006-2010.
"This program will literally save lives," New York Attorney General Schneiderman said in a statement.
Some 19,500 officers with the New York Police Department — the nation's largest police force — will receive kits with the opiate antidote drug naloxone, which can instantly restore breathing in people who have overdosed, Schneiderman's office said.
The $1.7 million needed to purchase the naloxone kits for NYPD officers will come from the attorney general's Community Overdose Prevention Program, which is funded by money seized from drug dealers and other convicts, the attorney general's office said.
The kits, costing about $60 each, contain two pre-filled syringes of naloxone, two atomizers for nasal use and sterile gloves. They have a shelf life of two years.
It was not immediately clear when the program will begin. It expands on a smaller pilot program used by NYPD on Staten Island, which resulted in a handful of overdose reversals, the attorney general's office said.
More than 150 police departments around the state have applied to receive naloxone kits since April and most have been approved, Schneiderman said.
(Reporting by Laila Kearney; Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Cynthia Osterman)


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Farmers' markets provide an important setting for local farmers to sell their food directly to customers.
The markets also provide an opportunity for consumers to ask questions, learn more about where the food is grown, and discover new produce to try.
We support Philadelphia farmers' markets by helping operators and vendors to ensure food safety standards and promote best practices.
The resources below were designed to help make every local farmers' market as safe as it can be.
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I've wanted to create some 3D printables for back to school for a long time. When I saw this clip art by GiftSeasonStore, I knew the templates would practically design themselves. These owls are just so stinking cute!
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There is also a free matching printable party invitation, which you can download from the link art the bottom of this post.
These .jpg templates are very easy to make, especially if you follow the step-by-step instructions included in the zip file. You can download the toppers, wrappers and gift bags below:
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Using a brief-treatment mobile therapy model, we seek to introduce specialized and evidence-based early childhood mental health services across Allegheny County, in Pennsylvania, addressing the local call for more mental health services specifically designed for young children.
Like our other programs, the Matilda Theiss IMPACT Program provides a foundation for the enduring emotional health of young children with psychiatric disorders or those at high risk of developing psychiatric or developmental difficulties.
We use a multi-method approach of evidence-based therapeutic techniques that:
The specific focus of the Matilda Theiss IMPACT Program is on providing mental health treatment and consultation to not only the child, but to the child's family and caregivers in the community in which they work and live.
The program is designed for young children:
Brief-treatment mobile therapy services can be provided one to six hours per week for 36 weeks. Services are provided in the community — typically in the home or school settings.
Call the Mobile Therapy line at 412-383-1575 for more information about the IMPACT program at the Matilda Theiss Child Development Center.
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School Board candidate's job offer stirs speculation
Adrian F. Harris was all set to file petitions Tuesday to run against Carl P. Paladino for the South District seat on the Buffalo School Board.
That was until Mayor Byron W. Brown personally offered Harris a job Friday as a recreational aide.
That job would occupy Harris from 2 to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, preventing him from attending School Board meetings. Harris said he's now reconsidering whether to run for the seat being vacated by incumbent Louis Petrucci.
Was the job offer the result of an alliance that appears to have been formed between the mayor and Paladino?
Harris said he's heard people suggest that, but he doesn't believe it.
Still, Harris said, the timing "was just really weird."
After getting high scores on a civil service exam and then interviewing for the position with the parks department in October, he didn't hear anything for six months – until he received a call Wednesday saying the mayor wanted to speak to him Friday about the parks job.
"Anybody who I've talked to thinks it's curious, and when you tie things together in this conspiracy-driven world, that's going to happen," Harris said. "But I try to stay above it, and I'm a true believer in karma and that things happen for a reason."
Also, he said, "that's government; it runs at a snail's pace."
The mayor spoke with him for about five minutes, Harris said, and never said a word about the School Board race. The job will pay in the range of the "mid-30s," Harris said.
Michael DeGeorge, Brown's spokesman, said nothing improper or out of the ordinary occurred.
"As a policy, we don't discuss personnel issues, but the mayor meets with all levels of employees, and this was nothing out of the norm. This has nothing to do with the School Board election," DeGeorge said.
A former member of the mayor's administration who asked not to be named said Brown in his early years personally interviewed candidates even for "low-level positions" but couldn't say what the current situation has been.
Harris now works as a teaching assistant in Lancaster High School, and he said he may still decide to keep his current job.
Harris interviewed with Buffalo city officials for a similar civil service position 14 years ago but felt he didn't get it because of "politics." Steven Stepniak, commissioner of public works, parks and streets, was responsible for nominating Harris for that job, leaving the final decision to the mayor.
Paladino, Harris' would-be opponent, has promised to help throw out incumbents, pressure union president Philip Rumore to resign, and convert underperforming public schools to charter schools. And he has criticized and derisively characterized female black administrators and school board members as "the sisterhood."
Brown and Paladino – once bitter enemies – seem to have buried the hatchet. In late February, the mayor supported Paladino's Ellicott Development Company bid to construct the Carlo, a 14-story building with a hotel, office space, apartments, restaurants and parking ramp near the entrance of the Erie Basin Marina.
Brown's support came shortly after he selected Sabres owner Terry Pegula over Paladino to develop a large parcel near First Niagara Center.
Paladino has said he won't take a stand in this year's mayoral race, and he hugged the mayor publicly at the developer's Ellicott Square Christmas party in December.
That's a far cry from when Paladino said in a radio commercial that "if we really want to fight crime, start with City Hall."
Harris discounted the possibility of the mayor holding a hidden agenda.
"I just think it wouldn't be that much of a stretch for the mayor to call me in and talk when everything is light on a Friday. I consider it an honor, sort of. He's the mayor of the city."
Harris added: "I have heard Mayor Brown likes to have his finger on everything."
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With more than 1,900 people looking on, the strong majority of them aged World War II veterans, state officials and veterans leaders today dedicated New Jersey's long overdue World War II memorial in Trenton.
The veterans, many of them walking with the aid of canes or bundled in blankets against a chill November breeze, heard tributes offered to them as members of "the Greatest Generation.''
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Floyd Kirkland, left, of Trenton and a WWII veteran with the 269th Engineers views a section of the New Jersey World War II Memorial with Bob Knecht of Union, a WWII veteran with the 87th infantry before the dedication of the memorial this afternoon.
And at 3:45 p.m., on a Veterans Day 63 years after the end of the war, Gov. Jon Corzine and Major Gen. Glenn K. Rieth, commander of the New Jersey National guard, lowered a red, white and blue banner signed by many of the New Jersey guardsmen serving in Iraq to unveil the centerpiece of the impressive memorial, a 12-foot, one-ton bronze sculpture of "Lady Victory" atop a 5-foot pedestal.
Earlier, Corzine told the veterans, "We salute you because of the personal courage it required both to leave your jobs and families and to see fellow soldiers, perish, sometimes at your feet, on the battlefields of Europe, in the skies over Asia, and on the fronts in Africa and the Pacific Rim. We salute you because your courage and fortitude set an example for all of us - and then you came back and built up this country into what it is today.''
Among the veterans was 100-year-old former Army paratrooper Frank Cuccia, who presented an envelope to Corzine to pass to future governors that details the location of two time capsules secretly buried in the memorial park.
Prior to the dedication, World War II veteran Thomas F. Mahoney, 86, of Union (Union County) walked the park alone and paused to linger at the wall depicting the war in the Pacific. He is president of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Chapter II of Central Jersey.
Mahoney looked the photos on the wall, marines climbing aboard landing craft, fighter planes in action, a sailor blowing taps. "This is almost forgotten about," he said recalling the war. "It's a shame."
Officially known as the World War II Memorial at Veterans Parks, the monument stands in the shadow of the Statehouse located directly across the street.
More than 500,000 New Jersey men and women served the nation as World War II raged in Europe and the Pacific, and more than 30,000 made the ultimate sacrifice to protect their country. Veterans officials estimate more than 90,000 World War II veterans still call New Jersey home.
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MTV's "Jersey Shore" sure packs a punch... in Snooki's face -- an upsetting scene that ought to do little to placate the show's growing critics.
A preview of tonight's episode showed a quick clip of Snooki, the "guidette" from Marlboro, N.Y. getting socked right in the face.
And the man who punched her in the face is reportedly a New York City school teacher.
The Post identified the man who socked Snooki as Brad Ferro, a 24-year-old gym teacher from Deer Park, Long Island.
Ferror was drinking in the Beachcomber Bar & Grill in Seaside Heights, N.J., when he decked the dudette, according to the paper.
Dept. of Education officials say they've taken Ferro out of his north Queens Community High School and sent to a reassignment center while they investigate.
And although many people find the drama on the show entertaining, not everyone agrees. Andre DeMino, the president of Unico, an Italian-American service has repeatedly denounced the behavior of the eight housemates on the Jersey Shore, calling it "reprehensible and demeaning in all respects."
"I don't see any redeeming value in the show," DiMino told the New York Times. "They are an embarrassment to themselves and to their families."
Following the show premiere, MTV staffers have reportedly received threats.
"We understand that this show is not intended for every audience and depicts just one aspect of youth culture," MTV's spokesman toldFox Newson Tuesday. "Our intention was never to stereotype, discriminate or offend."
Programming president at MTV, Tony DiSanto, defended the show saying that it never even crossed his mind that it was offensive.
When he asked whether it bothered him, he said, "To be 100 percent honest, no, even as an Italian American," the president told theHollywood Reporter. "I just wanted to be cautious about toning down the partying."
He added, "I don't look at these characters as representing an entire ethnic group."
Even though the show is packed with silly antics, only 1.4 million viewers tuned in, which was nothing compared to the more than 10 million viewers who tuned in to watch Jon and Kate Gosselin's divorce announcement.
The show airs on MTV Thursdays at 10 p.m.


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SPAN 353 (IT) Peninsular Literature II: Modern and Contemporary (1)
A detailed study of representative works by Spanish authors from the 18th century to the present, or Neoclassicism and Romanticism to Post-Franco feminism. Literary criticism and theory will be applied to several genres including narrative, poetry, and drama with reference to their historical, literary and social contexts. Primary texts include works by Bécquer, Galdós, Pardo Bazán, Valle-Inclán, Unamuno, A. Machado, García Lorca, Sánchez Ferlosio, Martín Gaite, and others. Conducted in Spanish.
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SOURCE: Prana Biotechnology
September 10, 2012 10:59 ET
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - Sep 10, 2012) - Prana Biotechnology (NASDAQ: PRAN) (ASX: PBT) today provided highlights and excerpts from the panel discussion, entitled 'Alzheimer's and Other Issues of Aging,' which took place on Sunday, September 9th at the Celebration of Science Conference in Washington, D.C. Freda Lewis-Hall, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Pfizer, moderated the panel. The Celebration of Science gathered over 1,000 leaders from the scientific, government, industry, philanthropic and academic communities to honor the tremendous accomplishments of science and to discuss promising possibilities for future breakthroughs.
Professor Jeffrey Cummings, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, and Chairman of Prana's Scientific Advisory Board, discussed the rising Alzheimer's epidemic among the aging US population and the need to find drugs that can reverse the disease. According to Dr. Cummings, "Patients with Alzheimer's Disease urgently need new therapies. While recent late stage clinical drug failures are disappointing, there is a promising pipeline of emerging therapies including PBT2, Prana's metal-protein attenuating compound."
Dr. Rudy Tanzi, Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Prana's Chief Scientific Advisor, reviewed why he felt that the late-stage therapeutic candidates had failed and said that there is mounting evidence that compounds like PBT2 that can simultaneously prevent amyloid beta protein from accumulating, neutralize its toxicity, and restore metal homeostasis in the neuron can stop and perhaps even reverse the neurodegenerative process of Alzheimer's Disease. According to Professor Tanzi, "Prana's PBT2 may prove to be the winning technology, based on not only a large and growing literature of scientific research but also on Phase II trial data. PBT2 has a unique therapeutic action that can benefit people suffering neurodegenerative disease because of its specialized ability to prevent the toxic relationship between disease proteins and the metals, zinc and copper, in the brain. In a 12 week trial PBT2 both significantly lowered beta-amyloid levels in spinal fluid and improved the cognition of patients with Alzheimer's Disease."
The currently ongoing IMAGINE trial, with 12 months of treatment, aims to establish PBT2 as a safe and effective treatment for Alzheimer's Disease. The double blind placebo controlled trial is enrolling 40 patients with prodromal or mild Alzheimer's Disease in five sites in Melbourne, Australia. Brain Imaging is being used to measure PBT2's effect on amyloid deposits in the brain (using PiB-PET scanning) and effects on increasing brain activity (FDG PET). Cognition effects are being measured by the Neuropsychological Test Battery (NTB).
Prana is also conducting a 6 month trial in 100 patients with early to mid-stage Huntington's Disease and the company believes that PBT2 has the potential to bring real benefit to Huntington's Disease patients who suffer from a range of motor, behavioural and cognitive symptoms. The trial objective is to demonstrate safety, motor and behavioural benefits and the same cognitive benefits for Huntington's patients that it has already demonstrated in Alzheimer's patients treated with PBT2.
The Celebration of Science gathered over 1,000 leaders from the scientific, government, industry, philanthropic and academic communities to honor the tremendous accomplishments of science so far and to imagine what's possible for the future.
About Prana Biotechnology Limited
Prana Biotechnology was established to commercialize research into age-related neurodegenerative disorders. The Company was incorporated in 1997 and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in March 2000 and listed on NASDAQ in September 2002. Researchers at prominent international institutions including The University of Melbourne, The Mental Health Research Institute (Melbourne) and Massachusetts General Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, contributed to the discovery of Prana's technology.
For further information please visit the Company's web site at www.pranabio.com.
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Murata lays out IoT plans
Keywords:MEMS? Internet of Things? 150mm diameter wafers?
This suggests that rather than expand into 200-mm wafer processing in Vantaa the company is more likely to work with one of the mainstream IC foundries, such as GlobalFoundries Inc. or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. that have fabs in southeast Asia, and who are eager to expand into MEMS production.
IoT is popular in China and Japan
What is Murata's approach to developing countries such as China, India?
"We have two factories in China, one in Wuxi and one in Shenzhen, making MLCCS and wireless communications modules and power supplies." Murata goes on to indicate that China has become the world's electronics factory, stating that 50 percent of all of Murata's production is shipped to China for assembly into equipment. That equipment then goes all over the world. He adds that Murata is starting to develop design functions in China for power supplies and wireless communications modules.
However, some 80 percent of Murata's production is in Japan while 85 percent of sales are outside of Japan, which makes the company sensitive to exchange rates, Murata said. "So we try to encourage production outside Japan; in China, Thailand, Singapore." The next step is to open an MLCC factory in the Phillipines in 2013, he added.
So after MEMS will Murata continue to move up in complexity and into digital electronics and software?
"We have that capability," says Murata. "We acquired Sychip. They produce wireless communications modules based on the WiFi standard. They also have software capability for protocol for communications module. Using these kind of people we are trying to develop wireless sensor networks, which can be used in smart house; smart way to use electricity, lighting dimmers, air-conditioning, temperature monitoring."
Murata said this strategy links into the Internet of Things or IoT which is a popular topic, but particularly in China and Japan. "We're not sure how soon this technology will be used in the market."
When asked why China and Japan are pursuing IoT so aggressively Murata responded: "One reason is the energy crisis in Japan. We have shut down all the nuclear plants. And in China the demand for electricity is increasing very rapidly and they face environmental issues."
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
An Open Letter to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback
14 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Thank you for your comments. As a native Kansan, I am embarassed by our governor's lack of understanding of the important role the arts play in the lives of our citizens. Let us hope that he will realize that the humanities are what make us human.
- May 26, 2011 at 9:54 AM
- Anonymous said...
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Danette Baker
Kansas Citizen and Artist
- May 26, 2011 at 10:49 AM
- tom said...
Nicely written but I suspect it will fall on deaf ears. BB's caught up in his own little world where the only things that matter are religion (his brand) and corporate sponsors.
- May 26, 2011 at 11:42 AM
- Ken May said...
Well done, Alex. We can't let misinformation go uncorrected.
- May 26, 2011 at 1:17 PM
- Elsie Campbell said...
Here's hoping someone is listening out there who can make a difference. Brownback probably isn't that someone, but only time will tell. Thank you for setting the record straight on this issue.
- May 26, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- donald said...
to paraphrase Danette Baker: Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Don Loncasty
Leawood Kansas
- May 26, 2011 at 3:05 PM
- Priscilla Howe said...
As a former Vermonter and a current Kansas resident, and as an artist, I want to thank you for your clear and cogent letter. I'm proud of Vermont. I'd like to be proud of Kansas.
- May 26, 2011 at 7:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
With a 775% ROI, would it be possible to get the private sector to invest and cover the $500,000? Seems like it might be fairly easy since the private investors could be payed back quickly and handsomely on a practially guaranteed basis. This would continue to give VT the opportunity to provide the professional development services, educational outreach, and other grants, etc. that support the creative sector in VT. Additionally, might this ROI and the ability to pay investors pack remove the concern that the state arts would have to compete with the cultural institutions they hope to support? I would think that these institutions could both invest with the state arts agency and continue to contribute to the arts.
- June 1, 2011 at 6:24 AM
- Anonymous said...
My friends (on both sides of the political spectrum) and I are upset about our governor's rigid views. It is clear that he doesn't listen to anyone but his religious leaders and his corporate allies. Thank you so much for weighing in!
Roeland Park, KS
- June 1, 2011 at 10:43 AM
- Joyce DiDonato said...
Dear Mr Aldrich,
I am a native Kansan, still living in KC, but HAPPILY on the Missouri side now, and happen to be an opera singer working around the globe. I have read of these developments and find the words "repulsed", "saddened" and "sickened" to be entirely too mild for how I feel about this ignorant act. I thank you for writing your coherent, informative letter, but fear that it will fall on deaf ears. My heart is bleeding for my home state, and can only hope that logic and integrity will prevail.
Joyce DiDonato, who is sadly thinking of returning the key to her hometown of Prairie Village, KS.
- June 2, 2011 at 1:01 PM
- Anonymous said...
I am saddened by the news that we lost our Art Funding. Well written, Mr Aldrich. Thank you for your information and time.
...a Lawrence Kansas artist & citizen...
- June 2, 2011 at 3:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
Relying on private funding is foolish. No matter what the return, private companies and wealthy people are still hesitant to fund the arts.
In Nebraska, the names Lied, Sump, and Kiewett are plastered absolutely everywhere, including the Lied performing arts center in Lincoln and the Sump-Terscher Amphitheater in Papillion. These families have donated so much to our cities and state, but they can't be expected to fund every theatrical endeavor. It will stop somewhere.
- June 2, 2011 at 5:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
"Relying on private funding is foolish." How? The state arts agency already relies on the private sector for 80% of its funding. And to suggest that private companies are reluctant to invest "no matter what the return," is, without more, counter-intuitive. Private companies will almost always invest if there is a practically guaranteed return to them. Relying on the public to support the arts through increased taxes would be nice (perhaps might even get everyone engaged in the arts), but it seems to me that if the same effect can be achieved without taxing the public so much, that approach should be embraced.
- June 8, 2011 at 2:09 PM
- Alex Aldrich said...
To Anonymous (6/8) and (6/1):
I don't disagree with you that we should all be relying on private funding. In fact, with the exception of state arts agencies which, by definition, are funded exclusively with public funds federal and state), that's how most cultural activities and organizations are supported.
What we are talking about is a return on the investment made only by state and local governments. That return is in the form of tax revenue which does not nor will not ever accrue to private investors.
The value of public investment in the arts is rarely specific works of art created by specific artists. Instead it is found in students who are more engaged in school because of healthy public arts education programs; more liveable communities that pay attention to the design of public places and whose cultural institutions are well-supported; and greater understanding of world cultures that is intrinsic to cultural exchanges and cultural diplomacy.
Removing state policy makers from a place at this robust table is less about the $ value of the harm it will do to the arts sector and more about the long-term negative impacts on schools, communities, and public policy discussions.
Here in Vermont, the discussion is less about how the arts are supported by the community than about how communities are, instead, supported by the arts. To us it's not a "political" issue. It's a quality of life issue that all parties can and should support.
--Alex Aldrich
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Osterwick Sommerfeld Mennonite Church (Osterwick, Manitoba, Canada)
The Osterwick Sommerfeld Mennonite congregation began services in 1914. The congregation originated through division from Bergthaler Mennonites and later immigration from the Soviet Union.
Initially this congregation met at Waldheim, but the church building was moved on to a new basemet at Osteriwck in 1949. Sunday school began in 1952, and membership peaked at about 150. The language of worship was German.
After the division in the Sommerfeld congregation in 1958, many members joined the Reinland congregation. The church suffered, and services ended in January 1966. The congregation donated its building to the Stuartburn congregation in 1967.
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Bergen, Peter. History of the Sommerfeld Mennonite Church: That is the Background and First Hundred Years of the Sommerfeld Mennonite Church. Altona, MB: Sommerfeld Mennonite Church, 2001: 206.
Peters, Jake. "An Annotated Bibliography of Materials Relating to the Sommerfelder Mennonite Church." Research paper, Canadian Mennonite Bible College, 1979. Mennonite Heritage Centre.
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In Texas alone, feral hogs cause $52 million of damage to crops and pastures annually, he said.
"And that does not include damage to wildlife food plots, wildlife feeds and feeders, or to recreational areas like parks, golf courses and landscapes," Higginbotham said.
In an attempt to curtail the damage, landowners hunt and trap feral hogs, he said. But at the same time, Texas hunters and landowners put out approximately 300 million pounds of shelled corn annually, primarily for white-tailed deer, spending an estimated $50 million. Feral hogs crash the party by raiding the feeding sites and eating the corn, often preventing deer and other wildlife from visiting at all.
The party crashing does more than just deny supplemental feed to white-tailed deer and other wildlife. Better-fed feral hog sows are more likely to produce more piglets per litter, and those piglets have a higher survival rate, Higginbotham said.
Fencing seemed the answer to the problem, he said, but how high was high enough to stop hogs and low enough to admit deer?
To answer this question Higginbotham devised a cooperative study with Dr. Tyler Campbell, wildlife biologist and station leader at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services-National Wildlife Research Center near Kingsville.
Higginbotham and Campbell enclosed deer-feeder sites with fences of three heights: 20 inches, 28 inches and 34 inches. All fences used six 16-foot long panels, staked with steel T-posts and arranged in a circular pattern around feeders. During July and August, remote sensing cameras, which are tripped by motion, were used to record deer and feral hog traffic. The cameras recorded traffic before the fencing was erected and then for two weeks after in late July and early August.
Before the fencing, the automatic cameras recorded 5.3, 3.1 and 4.7 hog visits per hour for sites no. 1 (34-inch fence), no. 2 (28-inch fence) and no. 3 (20-inch fence), respectively. Deer visits per hour were 0.8, 1.4 and 0.1 respectively for sites 1, 2 and 3.
Once the fencing was installed, all three heights limited feral-hog access, but the two highest fences excluded them completely. To a small degree, the 34-inch fencing and the 28-inch fencing limited some deer access as well, but the overall effect on deer traffic was minimal as they could easily jump the fences, Higginbotham said.
With the fencing, hog visits per hour were reduced to 0.0, 0.0 and 1.8 for sites 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Deer visits per hour were negligibly reduced to 0.66 from 0.8 for the 34-inch fencing, but actually doubled for the 24-inch fencing and more than quadrupled for the 20-inch fencing, he said.
And why the increase of deer visits for the two lower height fencing?
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Because of these results, Higginbotham and Campbell are recommending 28-inch fencing.
The 28-inch high panels worked as well as the 34-inch high panels at excluding hogs," Higginbotham said. "Therefore, 60-inch wide panels can be purchased and ripped lengthwise down the middle to create a least-cost exclosure."
The cost of the panels and T-posts was $115 for the 20-inch high fencing, $170 for the 28-inch, and $187 for the 34-inch, he said.
However, Higginbotham said, landowners should not use this data to reduce the standard height of trap cages, which is usually 60 inches.
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