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November 2001
The Newsline section recalls the pioneering HIV/AIDS publication of the same name produced by the People With AIDS Coalition of New York (PWAC-NY).
End-of-Life Discussions and Preferences Among Persons With HIVLack of advance planning leaves many patients, families and physicians unprepared for end-of-life care decisions. While the prognosis has improved for many persons with AIDS, a need for planning remains urgent. This study was undertaken to evaluate the prevalence of end-of-life discussions, use of advance directives, and preferences with respect to end-of-life care and their relationship with patient demographics, clinical status, psychosocial factors, and practitioner characteristics among HIV-infected persons. The study was a cross-sectional survey of a US probability sample using 2,864 participants representing 231,000 adults receiving care for HIV. It was conducted between January 1996 and April 1997. The main focuses of the survey were communication with physician on end-of-life issues, completion of an advance directive, preference for aggressiveness of care, and the willingness to tolerate future permanent adverse health states. Of the 2,864 patients surveyed, 1,432, or 50 percent, had discussed some aspect of end-of-life with their practitioner, and 1,083 (38 percent) had completed an advance directive. According to the authors, "Patients were more likely to complete an advance directive after a physician discussion." Overall, physicians discussed end-of-life care less with blacks and Latinos than with whites. Women and patients with children in the household had the highest rate of communication with a practitioner, with patients infected with HIV via injection drug use and those with less education having the least communication with practitioners about end-of-life issues.
In their discussion, the investigators emphasized that "Half of all persons infected with HIV are at risk of making end-of-life decisions without prior discussions with their health care practitioners. Blacks, Latinos, intravenous drug users, and less educated individuals need advance care planning interventions in clinical HIV programs." (Journal of the American Medical Association, 285; No 22: P 2880-2887, Neil S. Wenger, M.D. et al.)
Fewer Prisoners Dying of AIDS Despite Higher HIV TotalsAIDS-related deaths in prisons have fallen sharply because of better treatment, but increasing numbers of inmates have tested positive for HIV, according to a Justice Department study. In 1999, 242 state prisoners died from AIDS-related causes, down from a peak of 1,010 in 1995, the department's Bureau of Justice Statistics reported. Sixteen federal prisoners and 78 local inmates died from AIDS, the bureau said.
There were nearly 10,000 confirmed AIDS cases in federal, state and local correctional facilities in 1999: 6,200 in state prisons, 3,100 in local jails and 430 in federal institutions.
The overall inmate population was 1.9 million. From 1995 to 1999, the number of state and federal prisoners testing positive for HIV rose by 1,500, to nearly 25,800. New York held 7,000 HIV-positive state and federal inmates in 1999, more than any other state. The decline in deaths and the increase in the number of people with the virus occurred as the inmate population soared 19 percent from 1995 to 1999. The number of HIV-positive prisoners grew at a slower rate, 6 percent, than the overall prison population.
The study reported that with the introduction of different drugs and therapies, "there has been vast improvement in the effectiveness" of care. While prisoners "are getting better treatment than they were five years ago, to say that they are getting decent treatment is an overstatement," said Carlos Arboleda, director of treatment education at the National Minority AIDS Council. "If there is a lockdown, inmates may not have access to treatment," Arboleda said. "Security always supersedes treatment and that's the nature of prisons. I don't know if it's ever going to change." (New York Times, 07/09/01, Associated Press)
AIDS Drug Could Be Easier on the HeartA preliminary study by Bristol-Myers Squibb suggests that a new AIDS drug may avoid the heart problems linked to many medications that are currently available. The study compared atazanavir, an experimental protease inhibitor, to an older drug in 467 HIV patients. Cholesterol and triglyceride counts increased only slightly or dropped among patients on the new drug, compared with increases higher than 16 percent for those on the older drug. Physicians have become increasingly concerned about increases in cholesterol and other blood chemicals linked to heart disease among people taking protease inhibitors. (USA Today, 07/10/01)
Studies Show Virus "Blips" Don't Necessarily Mean AIDS Drugs Aren't WorkingTwo studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggest that the slight "blips" in HIV virus levels that many AIDS patients experience while taking drug cocktails do not necessarily mean the treatment is failing. Doctors generally try to suppress the AIDS virus to levels undetectable by routine tests. Up to now, doctors believed that when HIV rises back to detectable levels, it means that the virus is becoming drug-resistant and that the patient has to switch medications. "Unnecessary regimen switching may result in disruption of a patient's medication routine, toxic effects from new drugs, and premature discarding of useful drugs," according to one of the studies, led by Dr. Diane Havlir of the University of California-San Diego.
Patients in both studies received standard cocktails of AZT and 3TC plus protease inhibitors. Havlir and colleagues analyzed data on 241 patients followed for about 16 months and a group of 13 followed for about 4.5 years. "Intermittent viremia" -- occasional, detectable AIDS virus levels -- occurred in about 40 percent of the 241 patients and in six of the 13. Persistently high virus levels indicating the treatment failed occurred in 30 patients, but were no more likely to occur in those with virus blips (JAMA 2001; 286: 171-179).
In the other JAMA report, Dr. Deborah Persaud from Johns Hopkins University Children's Center and colleagues studied blood samples of 20 AIDS patients on standard drug treatment for at least two years. They found that standard treatment seemed to block virus mutation even in patients with intermittent blips of virus activity (JAMA 2001; 286: 196-207). Dr. Steven Deeks of the University of California-San Francisco's AIDS Program, who wrote an accompanying editorial, noted that the studies are only preliminary, and their findings apply mainly to patients whose cocktails include a protease inhibitor. (Associated Press, 07/11/01, Lindsey Tanner)
Interrupting AIDS Treatment Shows PromiseA controversial treatment in which HIV patients take medications only on alternate weeks appears to hold HIV at bay without creating a drug-resistant virus, according to researchers. "Our results seem to be an indication that small cyclical treatment interruption could be a feasible option," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. More than a year after the treatment program began with 10 patients, Fauci said he has seen no evidence of the two most feared complications. During the one-week period in which patients went off the drugs, Fauci said no patient recorded an increase in viral levels.
Further, no drug-resistant mutation has appeared either, Fauci said at the conference.
Other structured treatment interruption (STI) programs have been tried, Fauci said, including two-months-on, one-month-off approach, but that strategy showed the ability of the virus to rebound above detectable levels. Now Fauci is focusing on the one-week-on, one-week-off regimen. "The short period of time off drugs does not appear to give the virus enough time to rebound," he said.
Georgetown University researcher Dr. Franco Lori said the immune systems of some STI patients may be able to recognize the virus and attack it when it rebounds. He warned, however, that when the virus rebounds it can destroy some key immune cells that are slowly regenerating. Scientists also expressed fears that patients might try their own forms of STI, with disastrous results. While he called Fauci's results interesting and impressive, Dr. Joseph Eron, associate professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, noted that the study involved just 10 patients. Fauci said a larger trial of STI is being prepared. (United Press International, 07/10/01, Ed Susman)
Higher HIV Rates Among Gay Latino Men Who Face RacismGay Latino men who have been the target of racism and homophobia are more likely to engage in high risk sexual behavior and more likely to have HIV, according to a national survey by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
Researcher Rafael Diaz of the Institute on Sexuality, Inequality and Health at San Francisco State University, which co-authored the study, said it "shows that HIV risk is embedded in the context of social inequality and oppression that these men experience in their life." Men who had positive gay role models were less likely to contract HIV, Diaz said.
The survey included 912 gay Latino men in Los Angeles, Miami and New York. The study divided the men into two groups: those who had unprotected sex and multiple partners; and those who were monogamous and had protected sex. Seventy-three percent of men in the high-risk group reported experiences with racial and anti-homosexual bias, compared to 62 percent in the low-risk group. Those men who engaged in low-risk sexual behavior "saw that if you are gay, you can be successful and a productive member of society," Diaz said. "Having exposure to that made them less at risk, and at least having one person in your family that you were able to talk to openly about your homosexuality helped."
Nearly 40 percent of HIV cases reported in Los Angeles County last year were among Latino men, compared with 14 percent in 1985. (Associated Press, 07/13/01)
HIV Drug ResistanceTreatment of HIV patients with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can reduce plasma viremia to below the limits of detection by current ultrasensitive assays in many patients.
However, recent studies using specialized techniques have shown that virus production continues at a very low level even in patients with "undetectable" levels of plasma virus. In addition, many patients have isolated low-level positive plasma HIV-1 RNA determinations, or "blips." The source of this low-level viremia in the setting of seemingly effective HAART remains unclear. Understanding whether the continued release of virus into the plasma of patients with undetectable plasma HIV-1 RNA is associated with the gradual evolution of drug resistance is important in the design of treatment strategies.
This study was designed to determine whether the low level of viremia that can be detected with specialized methods in HAART patients reflects the presence of initial resistance mutations to one of the drugs in the current regimen. The researchers developed a method for amplifying and sequencing the HIV-1 pol gene from the very small number of virus particles in the plasma of patients receiving HAART who have a plasma viral load of less than 50 copies/mL. To determine whether low-level viremia requires the development of drug resistance mutations, they used the method in a cross-sectional analysis of a group of patients who had prolonged suppression of viral replication with HAART and less than 50 copies/mL of HIV-1 RNA at the time of the study.
Subjects were 18 HIV-1-infected patients (seven children and 11 adults), enrolled in a longitudinal study of HIV-1 reservoirs, who had suppression of viral replication while receiving protease inhibitor-containing combination therapy. Two patients (one adult and one child) with less optimal suppression of viral replication were included to assess virus predominating when plasma HIV-1 RNA levels are low but detectable. (Journal of the American Medical Association, 07/11/01, Vol 286;No 2: P 196-207; Monika Hermankova et al.)
African Americans and "The Deadly Secret"At the end of the second decade of the AIDS epidemic, African Americans are experiencing a steady rise in infections, especially among men ages 23 to 29 who have sex with men. This tragic increase is puzzling in light of the slow down in rates among white gay men, yet not so puzzling when seen in the light of a tradition of homophobia and negative attitudes towards African American men in religious communities. Recent research makes clear that unacknowledged homosexual activity may be a secret that kills.
According to Dr. John Peterson, psychology professor at Georgia State University, who is conducting a study of gay and bisexual men ages 15 to 25, "It's pretty well-known that half of the cases of AIDS among African American men have been among men who have sex with men." Peterson's research, published in the 1998 AIDS Education and Prevention journal, shows that African American bisexual and gay men believe they face greater homophobia than whites and they respond to it differently than whites.
While white men who have sex with men are more likely to leave families and communities, particularly in rural areas and small towns, and move to gay communities in major cities like San Francisco, Atlanta or New York, this is not true of black men. There is no such thing as a gay community for African American men. "The African American community provides them support to deal with racism they experience in the general population and in the white mainstream gay community," Peterson said.
For many years, according to Pernessa C. Seele, founder of Balm in Gilead, a New York AIDS advocacy organization, religious leaders in the black community used the Bible to justify their treatment of gays and lesbians. "That's the throat-hold on this issue," she said. The grip of intolerance is beginning to change in cities across the country. "One of the things that allows us to respond effectively to the issue of homophobia is, we have a clear biblical mandate to love one another," said the Rev. Edwin C. Sanders II, pastor of Metropolitan Interdenominational Church in Atlanta. At a meeting of national African American leaders who met in Atlanta recently, the agreed-upon crucial culprit in the spread of HIV/AIDS was homophobia. "We need to get our heads out of the sand," Rev. Charles E. Wells, Sr., pastor of Flipper Temple AME Church said. "This epidemic affects just about every family in our congregation."
The double lives of African American men afraid to confront their sexuality also tragically affect African American women. According to the CDC, for African American women, who make up 19 percent of all new HIV infections and 64 percent of new HIV infections among women of all races, the leading cause of exposure to HIV has been heterosexual activity. The most likely scenario in many cases in women is that their partner contracted the virus after having sex with another man, said Dr. Helene Gayle, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV, STD and TB.
"It gives a clear picture that this is an important issue and one we must grapple with if we're going to reach young men of color who are having sex with other men," she added. (The Atlanta Journal Constitution, 07/08/01, Gracie Bonds Staples)
AIDS Fighters Redouble Vaccine EffortDespite successes in deciphering HIV and probing for its weaknesses, the scientific stumbling blocks to AIDS vaccine development remain daunting. But with HIV running rampant in the developing world, public health experts see a vaccine as the best hope for slowing its spread. That is giving renewed urgency to the hunt for a safe, effective immunization against HIV. It's about time, says Dr. Seth Berkley, president of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. "The fact remains that 20 years after the epidemic began, no vaccine is available," Berkley said. "This is a disgrace."
The fate of AIDS vaccine research largely mirrors that of other vaccine research, which is expensive, uncertain and yields fewer profits for drug manufacturers than treatment drugs. Since early in the epidemic researchers found that HIV mutates easily; by the late 1980s and early 1990s the emphasis in AIDS research had switched from finding a vaccine to developing treatments for AIDS patients.
The UN special session on AIDS last month concluded with a recommendation for increased funding to accelerate vaccine research. Currently, worldwide spending on vaccine research totals about $400 million, or two percent of the $20 billion spent on AIDS research. In the United States, the AIDS vaccine research budget at the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases is set to increase from about $100 million five years ago to $350 million next year.
AIDS experts emphasize that when an AIDS vaccine is developed it must be affordable for people in developing countries, where the proper distribution of such a vaccine will likely necessitate dramatic improvements in medical facilities. In this country, a vaccine would probably be given first to high-risk groups, such as homosexual men and intravenous drug users.
If such immunization proved highly effective with few side effects, someday it could be given as routinely as measles and tetanus shots. (Chicago Tribune, 07/18/01, Stevenson Swanson)
Circumstances at HIV Diagnosis and Progression of Disease in Older HIV-Infected AmericansPatients older than 50 years represent 11 percent of all AIDS cases in the United States. Previous studies of older HIV-positive individuals have been conducted on small or non-representative samples. The investigators studied the circumstances at diagnosis and disease progression by examining survey data from a probability sample of 2,864 HIV-infected individuals using health care facilities covered by the HIV Cost and Service Utilization Study (HCSUS), a nationally representative sample of HIV-infected individuals in the United State. Data sets were obtained from 2,864 subjects completing baseline interviews. Eighty-six percent (2,466) of participants completed the first follow-up survey and 79 percent (2,267) were available for the second follow-up interview. The analysis included interview data on patient demographics and circumstances of first diagnosis, as well as clinical characteristics at baseline and follow-up interviews.
Results of the study indicate that individuals older than 50 years, particularly those of non-White ethnicity, are more likely to be diagnosed with HIV infection after they have symptoms. Non-Whites are less likely to have clinical AIDS at baseline. During the follow-up of 14.4 months, disease progression in this group was more rapid than for Whites.
Prior studies have shown knowledge deficits regarding HIV risk factors among providers and patients that may lead to overlooking risk-taking behavior among older populations. Disparities in progression to disease might be explained by the fact that older non-Whites die more quickly once they have AIDS, as some studies have suggested. "Alternatively," according to the authors, "non-Whites may receive less effective antiretroviral therapy, contributing to less clinical improvement." Later diagnosis and potentially more rapid disease progression among older non-Whites are troubling. Improvements in the identification of HIV-infected individuals and prevention education are needed among older non-Whites. (American Journal of Public Health, 07/01/01, Vol 91; No 07: P 1117-1120; David S. Zingmond, M.D. et al.)
New York City Says Inmate Care Fails in Most Contract CategoriesNew York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation said this week that the health care company which had been awarded $314 million to care for inmates, had failed to adequately provide services in its first three months on the job. In a comprehensive review of Prison Health Services, city officials found inadequate services in 30 of 33 categories and penalized the private company $100,000. The review found that the company had failed to give all pregnant inmates HIV tests and had not properly treated inmates for the threats of TB and STDs. Prison Health Services provides care to 13,500 inmates at 12 city jails.
New York City's medical treatment of inmates has been controversial for several years. Last year, the city ended a contract with St. Barnabas Medical Center after three years of disagreement over costs, accountability and after patient deaths at the jails. The deaths resulted in a criminal inquiry that is continuing.
Prison Health Services, a corporation with $400 million in annual revenues, cares for more than 175,000 inmates in 27 states and Washington. There have been many reports of severe staffing problems and substandard care in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Washington and elsewhere. Inmates in New York have been troubled by the company's record nationally and said they remained concerned about issues like staff turnover at Rikers Island Detention Complex where, under Prison Health Services, there have been three medical directors since the first of the year.
Ernesto Marrero Jr., executive director of Correctional Health Services, the city agency that conducted the review, said that the review was tough and thorough. City officials conceded, however, that the company had improved recently and said they believed it had turned a corner after a rocky start. Company officials pointed to the rigors of their service contract and said they were pleased with their performance, given the difficulty of taking control of medical services in a sprawling system of jails. (New York Times, 07/19/01, Katherine E. Finkelstein)
Study Finds Condoms Usually Block HIVCondoms are usually effective in fighting the spread of HIV and gonorrhea, but there is not enough evidence to say for certain that they protect against other STDs, federal health officials concluded in a draft report released today. "To definitely answer the remaining questions about condom effectiveness for preventing STD (sexually transmitted disease) infections will require well-designed and ethically sound clinical studies," said the report by the National Institutes of Health. The report does not draw conclusions about the adequacy of condoms in reducing the risk of disease "other than HIV transmission in men and women, and gonorrhea in men," but it did say that one in five American adults had an STD. (New York Times, 07/20/01, Associated Press)
Study: Brooklyn at Center of EpidemicA recent study shows that Brooklyn residents are at the center of the AIDS epidemic and are dying of AIDS complications at a much higher rate than the national average. "AIDS is, and will remain for the foreseeable future, a distressing part of our borough's life," wrote Dr. John C. LaRosa, president of the Brooklyn-based State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center, in a report called "Report Card on HIV/AIDS." "Brooklynites are 3.5 times more likely to have the disease than their fellow Americans. More than half the AIDS cases in the borough are among blacks. ...More children live with AIDS in Brooklyn than any other borough. And most adults, men and women, living in the borough trace their infection to injection drug use."
According to the report: AIDS is the third leading cause of death in Brooklyn, even though it is not among the top 10 causes of death in New York state or the nation; more than half of all AIDS cases in Brooklyn can be traced to intravenous drug use; and women living in Brooklyn are far more likely to be diagnosed with AIDS than women living elsewhere in the city, state or nation.
The report also said that between 1991 and 1999 new AIDS cases among women living in Brooklyn rose from 27.4 percent to 35.4 percent of total adult AIDS cases.
The report was based on data from the CDC and the New York City and state health departments, said Dr. David Warren of SUNY. Warren, who is the medical director of SUNY Downstate Medical Center's Special Treatment and Research program, said that HIV/AIDS is prevalent in Brooklyn because, "As a whole, the borough has been slow to respond [to AIDS]." He said the "message isn't getting out" and that "the amount of outreach for testing really lags behind." Reaching out to the diverse populations impacted by HIV/AIDS can also be challenging, he added. (New York Blade, 07/13/01, Inga Sorensen)
Prevalence and Predictive Value of Intermittent Viremia With Combination HIV TherapyIn HIV-infected patients, antiretroviral therapy (ART) is directed at achieving and maintaining HIV RNA levels below the limit of detection of currently approved assays. A lower nadir of HIV RNA in response to therapy is an independent predictor of long-term virologic suppression. When patients interrupt therapy or when the potency of a regimen is reduced, abrupt elevations in HIV RNA levels are observed. However, transient smaller elevations in HIV RNA levels are also frequently observed in patients who maintain HIV RNA levels of less than 200 copies/mL with potent ART. These transient episodes have been described as intermittent viremia or "blips." The HIV RNA nadir resulting from ART has been established as an important predictor of long-term virologic suppressions, but the effects of intermittent viremia on rates of viral suppression have not been established.
To determine the prevalence and predictive value of intermittent viremia, the researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of subjects in the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) 343 and the Merck 035 trial. Of the 241 ACTG 343 patients, 101 received triple-drug therapy throughout the study. The 13 Merck 035 subjects had virologic suppression after six months of indinavir-zidovudine-lamivudine.
Intermittent viremia occurred in 96 (40 percent) of the 241 ATCG 343 patients, of whom 32 (13 percent) had 2 consecutive HIV RNA values >50 copies m/L during the median 84 weeks of observation. (Median duration of observation after first intermittent viremia episode was 46 weeks.) Of the 101 individuals receiving triple-drug therapy throughout, 29 percent had intermittent viremia. The proportion of episodes occurring during the maintenance period was 64 percent for the entire cohort and 68 percent for the group not receiving triple-drug therapy throughout vs. 55 percent for those who did (P=.25). Intermittent viremia did not predict virologic failure: 10 (10.4 percent) of 96 patients with 20 (13.8 percent) of 145 patients without intermittent viremia had virologic failure (relative risk, 0.76; 95 percent confidence interval [CI], 0.29-1.72). In a Cox proportional hazards model, the risk for virologic failure was not significantly greater in the ACTG 343 patients with intermittent viremia (hazard ratio, 1.28; 95 percent CI, 0.59-2.79). (Journal of the American Medical Association, 07/11/01, Vol 286, No 2: P 171-179, Diane V. Havlir, M.D. et al.)
Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With HIV InfectionIt has been established that the incidence of pulmonary hypertension in HIV-positive persons is several thousand times greater than in the general population. Although the pathogenesis of HIV-associated pulmonary hypertension remains unknown, it appears to occur independently of other risk factors associated with pulmonary vasculopathy, such as chronic hepatitis C infection and intravenous drug use. There appears to be no correlation between either CD4 count or the stage of HIV infection and the prevalence or severity of pulmonary hypertension. Among reported cases, CD4 cell counts have ranged from 0 to 937/mm3 (mean, 269/mm3).
The etiology of primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) remains unknown, but its development is thought to require both a genetic predisposition and a precipitating event. At the core of the pathogenesis is evidence of endothelial cell dysfunction manifested by enhanced ascoconstrictor synthesis, diminished vasodilator production and enhanced thrombogenesis. Initially, it was thought that HIV might play a direct role by infecting and injuring endothelial cells; however, evidence for direct involvement by the virus has been lacking. It has been suggested that the increased incidence of pulmonary hypertension in patients with HIV might be due to an indirect role of the virus, stimulating the host to release proinflammatory cytokines or growth factors, which result in pulmonary hypertension in genetically predisposed individuals.
Few reports describe the efficacy of treatment for pulmonary hypertension in HIV. There have been case reports of progression of pulmonary hypertension despite effective antiretroviral therapy and low viral load. Rich et al. estimated that approximately 25 percent of patients with PPH may respond favorably to calcium channel blockers with both a reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance and a drop in pulmonary artery pressure. Few data are available on the prevalence of vasodilator responsiveness among patients with HIV-associated pulmonary hypertension. In one series, none of the fives cases of HIV-associated pulmonary hypertension responded to calcium channel blockers, and intolerable side effects occurred in four of the cases. Acute responses to epoprostenol are similar to those among non-HIV-infected individuals, but the benefits of long-term, intravenous treatment with epoprostenol in HIV-infected patients are unknown.
"Additional studies are needed to better define the effect of HAART [highly active antiretroviral therapy] on HIV-associated pulmonary hypertension. With the increased use of HAART for HIV, it will be interesting to note whether a measurable change occurs in prevalence of HIV-associated pulmonary hypertension.
"Investigations of the effects of vasodilators on the natural history of HIV-associated pulmonary hypertension are also needed. Especially important is understanding the effects, if any, of therapy with prostacyclin and its analogues on HIV viral load and on HAART," the researchers wrote.
"In the interim, without supporting evidence, we recommend screening with transthoracic echocardiogram for all HIV-infected persons with unexplained shortness of breath or syncope.
Furthermore, we recommend the initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy in all HIV-infected patients with pulmonary hypertension irrespective of CD4 counts or viral load," the authors concluded. "Initiation of continuous intravenous epoprostenol for all patients with NYHA class III or IV symptoms who fail to respond to calcium channel blockers seems prudent." (Southern Medical Journal, 06/01, Vol 94; No 6: 635-639, Leonardo Seoane, M.D. et al.)
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10 Resolutions
That show teens you care
From the Partnership at Drug Free America and Hood River County Prevention Network:
Remember: Parents have more influence on their children than anyone else.
Teach your children to trust you by seeing you as a role model.
Model tolerance, patience, understanding and active listening.
If you always celebrate with alcohol, they will learn to do the same. If you always celebrate with excessive use of alcohol, they will learn to do the same.
Apologize when you make a mistake or do something you regret. Taking responsibility for your own actions is a great teaching tool.
Teach your children about ethics, values and principles they can apply in choices and decision making.
Help them discover the feeling of gratitude, not just the words "thank you."
Keep the promises you make. If you do not keep your word, acknowledge that. Help your teen understand the circumstances or choices that precipitated the change in your plans.
Answer your teen's questions and be consistent. When you notice behavioral changes in them, make yourself available and encourage them to talk about what is going on in their life.
Be understanding when they have a difficult time and let them know you will love them no matter what.
Be diligent. Have ongoing conversations with your kids about the risks of drugs and alcohol, unprotected sex, bullying, intolerance.
If you want more tips on working with your teens, call the Hood River County Commission on Children and Families at 541-386-3335.
Faces and Places
A new year, a new series
What was hinted at in the Dec. 25 paper we make official in this final edition of 2010: After three years, 52 Faces comes to an end. Yet the spirit of this weekly Saturday feature lives on.
Exit 52 Faces, enter "Our Places."
Throughout 2011, Hood River News will tell the stories of places where people gather - emphasis on people.
The series will be frequent, but not necessarily as regular as "52 Faces."
Our pages will continue to feature individual people, including those who exemplified the 52 Faces roster: the little-known and the unsung.
But "Our Places" gives us the opportunity to look closely at the gathering points that are important to the communities of the Gorge.
In this part of the world, "social networking" still involves plenty of face-to-face human contact.
Fittingly, "Our Places" will later this year include the reopening of the library, one of the community's prime meeting places, closed for the past six months.
(See the first "Library Notes" column on this page.)
"Our Places" will address how granges, churches, parks, cafes, coffeehouses and other "watering holes," classrooms, gyms and other places have evolved, and how are people interacting and finding meaning in their places?
How are the office or the barroom - two time-honored human loci - different from 1950 or 1990?
What new layers of life are found in community gardens or yoga studios - places that were anything but prevalent 60 or even 20 years ago?
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There's a "Where are they now?" element in the wrap-up to 52 Faces, on this week's Kaleidoscope.
As happens in life, people profiled in 52F moved to new jobs, tried new challenges, retired, and died.
In its three-year run, 52F shone some light on a total of about 160 people, considering that while the series emphasized individuals, there were a few times when we featured couples and once a family of four.
The summary on page B1 reacquaints us with the people from the weekly feature in 2010. At this writing, most of them are stationed pretty much where they were when their stories came out.
We mourn the death of Jack Culbertson, featured Feb. 13, a brave and gentle man who is survived by his wife of nearly 71 years, Dorothy.
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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (May 22, 2013) – A trio of Grade III stakes races on Saturday will not only kick off the Memorial Day holiday weekend at Arlington International Racecourse, but will also serve as the curtain raisers on the track's 25-event $5.5 million stakes slate. Two of Saturday's main events will be run over the Polytrack while the third will be contested over Arlington's grass course.
Among those slated to face Admiral Kitten in the Arlington Classic are Jim Tafel's Fordubai, runner-up in the Grade III Illinois Derby last month. The Greg Geier-trained son if E Dubai broke his maiden on the turf last fall. Kent Desormeaux picks up the mount.
Stakes winners Brown Almighty, General Election and Procurement have also been entered in the Arlington Classic. The first named, a Big Brown colt owned by Tri Star Racing, Joe Denson and Brent Gasaway and trained by Tim Ice, broke his maiden over this course last summer before shipping south to annex the $50,000 Sunny's Halo at Louisiana Downs. Eddie Castro gets the call.
WinStar Farm's General Election, runner-up in the Grade III Lexington over Keeneland's Polytrack in April, will be making his turf debut for trainer Kellyn Gorder. Joe Rocco Jr. rides.
Glen Hill Farm's Procurement invades from Santa Anita Park for trainer Tom Proctor. The son of Milwaukee Brew won the $70,000 La Puente Stakes at that track on April 21. Garrett Gomez, who has been aboard Procurement in his last four starts, gets a return call.
Others in the Arlington Classic, with riders named, are: Lothenbach Stables' Bambazonki (Eduardo Perez); John Bell's Bells Big Bernie (Tim Thornton); Rich Fontana's Bobo (Florent Geroux); Terry Hamilton's Dorsett (James Graham); Olympia Star's Gefest (Rosemary Homeister Jr.), Erich Brehm & Gene Voss's Whiskey Bravo (Chris Emigh); and Jim Ford's Yorkshire Icon (Channing Hill).
The $150,000 Hanshin Cup at a mile over Polytrack attracted 10 older horses topped by Windy Hill Farm's Nates Mineshaft, a multiple graded stakes winner with more than $600,000 in career earnings. The 6-year-old son of Mineshaft has not raced since finishing third in the Grade I Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs last June but prior to that had won the Grade III Lone Star Park Handicap, the Grade III Mineshaft Handicap and the Grade II New Orleans Handicap. E. T. Baird will get a leg up from trainer Anne Smith for the Hanshin.
Lothenbach Stables' Mister Marti Gras, a career earner of more than $800,000, ran second in the Grade III Washington Park Handicap last fall in his last appearance at Arlington and has been competitive in several starts since, including two wins at Hawthorne last fall. The Chris Block-trained son of Belong to Me will be reunited with regular rider Eduardo Perez.
The remainder of the field for the Hanshin Cup (with riders named) are: G. Watts Humphrey Jr. & St. George Farm Racing's Seruni (Mike Smith); Jim Tafel's All Stormy (Kent Desormeaux); KFBC LLC's Hattaash (Florent Geroux); Terry Hamilton's Hammers Terror (James Graham); Camelia J. Casby's Night Party (Shane Sellers); Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Gary Barber's Patrioticandproud (Garrett Gomez); and William Stiritz's Hogy (Chris Emigh).
Completing the trifecta of stakes races is the $150,000 Arlington Matron for fillies and mares at a mile and an eighth on Polytrack.
William Butler's Lotta Lovin, a proven stakes winner on Polytrack, invades for trainer Mike Maker. The daughter of Repent has taken six of her seven victories over all-weather surfaces. Mike Smith has been named to ride the 4-year-old filly.
G. Watts Humphrey Jr.'s Ice Cream Silence could prove tough in here off a neck victory in the Grade III Doubledogdare Stakes at Keeneland in her last trip to post. The 4-year-old Street Sense filly is trained by Rusty Arnold and will be ridden by Joe Rocco Jr.
Hooh Why, the millionaire mare owned by Mark Hoffman & Earl Trostud Jr., finished second in this race last year. The 7-year-old is in good form and will be ridden by the meet's leading rider Emmanuel Esquivel.
The rest of the field for the Arlington Matron (with jockeys named) are: Bruce Lunsford's Distorted Legacy (Garrett Gomez), Ken & Sarah Ramsey's Sisterhood (Joao Moreira), Asiel Stable's Diva's Diamond (Tim Thornton); Shadwell Stable's Ausus (James Graham); Coffeepot Stables' Imposing Grace (Channing Hill); and Flaxman Holdings' Absolute Crackers (Eddie Castro).


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May 11, 2013
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Soccer, Subjectively was a blog about the USMNT but will now drift off into the endless sea of forgotten blogs.
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Love Bake Nourish by Amber Rose
The angle: Fruit-filled cakes and sweets made with — wait for it — natural sweeteners and ancient grains. It's a "have your cake and eat it too" situation.
Recipes for right now: Blackberry & Rose Geranium Cake, Apricot & Pistachio Crumble, Mini Blueberry & Hazelnut Muffins, Strawberry & Barley Cupcakes, Apple Tart Tatin, Purple Berries with Mascarpone
Who would enjoy this book? Bakers eager to experiment with flours like rye and spelt, anyone with a sweet tooth
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Amber Rose
• Who published it: Kyle Books
• Other highlights: I'm embarrassed to admit that I'd already spent a good chunk of time with this book before I realized that all of the recipes are made with natural sweeteners and ancient flours. Partly, it's because the gorgeous photos of everything are so wonderfully distracting. Partly, I think it's because the the lack of processed ingredients is intentionally subtle — to me, it feels like the emphasis is first and foremost on making tasty-sounding baked goods and then oh-by-the-way these are actually pretty good for you. This works for me with this cookbook — I don't feel at all tricked into eating healthier baked goods (I'm looking at you, black bean brownies); instead, I feel encouraged and eager.
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Love Bake Nourish by Amber Rose
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Diane Kruger & Hailee Steinfeld: Chanel Paris Fashion Week Show
Diane Kruger strikes a pose at the Chanel Spring/Summer 2013 Haute-Couture show as part of Paris Fashion Week held at the Grand Palais on Tuesday (January 22) in Paris, France.
The 36-year-old actress was joined at the show by Hailee Steinfeld, Rita Ora, Anna Wintour, and model Cara Delevingne.
"Thank you for having me Mr.Lagerfeld! #Chanel #Incredible #Speechless #Paris #FashionWeek" Hailee tweeted after the presentation had ended.
Over the weekend, Diane and her beau Joshua Jackson were spotted heading to a bar to watch the big football games!
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A Cresco man charged with leading one illegal prescription painkiller ring is heading to Monroe County Court, while a Tannersville man charged with leading another ring is allegedly in drug rehabilitation.
A Cresco man charged with leading one illegal prescription painkiller ring is heading to Monroe County Court, while a Tannersville man charged with leading another ring is allegedly in drug rehabilitation.
John Romagnolo, 44, of Cresco, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday before Mountainhome Magisterial District Judge John Whitesell. Romagnolo will appear at a future date in county court, where he can go to trial, plead guilty or plead no contest.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office meanwhile has issued an arrest warrant for Bryn Stevenson, 30, of Tannersville, whom authorities have been told is in rehab at an unidentified location, Attorney General's Office investigators said. Once located, Stevenson will appear before East Stroudsburg Magisterial District Judge Michael Muth.
Romagnolo, who is expected to post bail soon, and Stevenson led two separate, competing rings trafficking oxycodone and other prescription painkillers, authorities said. Both rings, responsible for the distribution of $2.1 million worth of prescription painkillers in Pennsylvania, were broken up by agents from the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation, federal officials and local police.
The rings were supplied by a New York City doctor's office manager and her husband, who are in custody in New York and will appear in the future in district court here in the Poconos.
The office manager wrote prescriptions using names provided by the ringleaders, who used "fillers" to get pills at various pharmacies in Monroe and neighboring counties, authorities said. Ring members used insurance or medical assistance to buy pills at lower costs, generating profits for both rings, authorities said.
Romagnolo, Stevenson and others involved in their respective rings have a history of being addicted to painkillers, according to authorities and attorneys for some of the defendants. They either took painkillers for injuries or were experimenting to get high and became addicted.


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Kurt Angle made an appearance on Bellator MMA Thursday night to discuss the International Olympic Committee's decision to drop wrestling from the Olympics in 2020.
"It's very frustrating. I can tell you that there a lot of kids out there who want to go to the Olympics. Now it's been taken away from them," Angle said cageside at Thursday's Bellator fight card.
Angle repeated his claim that wrestling has the highest participation since 1980 and is "right behind football." Angle said that because of the Olympics and MMA, wrestling's popularity has grown.
Angle added an international appeal, noting this decision affects "200 countries," especially European countries where their two main sports are wrestling and powerlifting.
After Angle spoke, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney pushed Bellator's movement to "save wrestling" at the Olympics, noting they are working with USA Wrestling to appeal to the IOC.
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car is now the sponsor of AOPA Airports, a directory of public-use airports and FBOs across the United States.
As the directory's sponsor, Enterprise will offer Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association members a discount on its rental rates and the opportunity to reserve rental cars directly through a link on the online edition of AOPA Airports (aopa.org/airports).
Enterprise provides service and, at most locations, vehicle delivery to more than 3,000 general aviation facilities nationwide. The "Book Now" link located on the AOPA Airports page will allow members to book a vehicle with the AOPA member discount. Members using the Enterprise toll-free phone number listed in AOPA Airports will also receive a discount. AOPA members just need to provide their member number at the time of reservation in order to receive the discount.
"This is a terrific new service that will allow general aviation pilots to plan their flights beyond arrival at the airport," said Ed Thompson, AOPA vice president of corporate partnerships and products. "AOPA Airports online provides all the destination information our members need, including current weather. Now it will even allow them to easily reserve an Enterprise rental car at a discount."
Enterprise and AOPA entered into a strategic partnership in September 2012. Enterprise founder Jack Taylor has strong ties to aviation as a decorated Navy fighter pilot during World War II. As a result of that experience, he named his family-owned business after the USS Enterprise, one of the aircraft carriers upon which he served.
The AOPA Airports directory, available online and in print, offers nearly 400,000 AOPA members information on more than 5,000 public use airports, seaplane bases and heliports. It lists 7,000 FBOs and airport businesses, as well as airport diagrams with runway dimensions, taxiways, ramp areas, displaced thresholds and buildings. It also includes radio frequencies and telephone numbers, 31,000 restaurant and lodging listings and 12,000 local attractions. In addition, the directory's print edition lists international landing facilities, customs border protection information and entry requirements for Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.


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Penn @ NWAV 43
September 25, 2014
A number of Penn linguists will be presenting at NWAV 43 which will be held October 23-26 in Chicago, Illinois. The conference is hosted jointly by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois Chicago campuses in downtown Chicago.
Penn @ NELS 45
September 23, 2014
Florian Schwarz, Anton Karl Ingason and Einar Freyr Sigurðsson will be presenting co-authored papers and posters at NELS 45. The conference will be held at MIT, October 30th - November 2nd, 2014.
Penn @ Phonology 2014
September 11, 2014
Eugene Buckley, Kobey Shwayder and Sunghye Cho will be presenting posters at Phonology 2014. The conference will be held at MIT, September 19-21, 2014.
Julie Anne Legate's research featured in SAS Frontiers Magazine
August 29, 2014
Julie Anne Legate's research is featured in this month's issue of SAS Frontiers Magazine.
Florian Schwarz at Sinn und Bedeutung 19
August 28, 2014
Florian Schwarz will be giving a talk at at Sinn und Bedeutung 19 at the University of Goettingen on September 17th, 2014. The title of the talk is "Scalar Implicature Processing: Slowly Accepting the Truth (Literally)" and it is co-authored with Jacopo Romoli and Cory Bill.
Julie Anne Legate to give colloquium talks
August 14, 2014
Julie Anne Legate will be giving colloquium talks at the University of Conneticut on September 5, 2014, and at Michican State University on October 2, 2014.
Florian Schwarz gives talks at SALT 24 and ZAS
June 2, 2014
Florian Schwarz gave a talk at SALT 24 on May 31, 2014. The conference was held at NYU. The title of the talk was "Presuppositions are fast, whether hard or soft - Evidence from the visual world paradigm". He will also be giving a talk at ZAS in Berlin on June 6, 2014, titled "Embedded Presuppositions: Experimental Investigations of Projection and Local Accommodation".
Aaron Ecay presents at CUNY Syntax Supper
April 29, 2014
The talk will be given on April 29, 2014. The title of the talk is 'Implications of a three-way analysis of the evolution of English "do"-support'.
Haitao Cai presents at IACL-22 & NACCL-26
April 29, 2014
Haitao Cai will present a poster at the IACL-22 & NACCL-26 conference which will be held at University of Maryland, College Park. May 2-4, 2014.
Penn @ DiGS 16
April 13, 2014
Tony Kroch will be one of the invited speakers at DiGS 16 to be hosted in Budapest from 3-5 July, 2014, by the Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. A number of other Penn linguistis will also present at the conference.


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Is this sentence correct:
1-That John is in love with you is uncertain.
The semantics are a bit awkward.Originally Posted by navi tasan
Can a thing be certain or uncertain?
Thanks TDOL and Cas,
Cas, I don't get what you mean.
"His being in love with you is uncertain."
"It is uncertain that he is in love with you."
Why do you say that a "thing" is uncertain here?
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Originally Posted by navi tasan
a thing is the semantics, i guess
WelcomeOriginally Posted by woshi410
What do you mean?
In terms of syntax, the sentence works: Noun clause = Adjective, but in terms of meaning, well, maybe it's just me, but I pick up on something that's quite odd: to be certain or uncertain is to have the ability to weigh possibilities, and things just don't have that faculty.Originally Posted by navi tasan
Who is uncertain that he is love with you?
?That he is in love with you is uncertain.
=> The noun clause is uncertain.
We are uncertain that he is in love with you.
=> We are uncertain.


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Although Senate Democrats and Republicans are roughly $1 trillion apart over how much additional revenue a new tax system should create, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, (D-MT), said "we will solve" that divide.
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As to whether senior Democrats will get their $1 trillion in additional revenue, Baucus said, "I talked to Democratic leadership about the need for revenue. I can't give a number. I don't think it'll be that high." He added that "there has to be some revenue."
In response, Baucus' House counterpart, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), would only endorse additional revenue as a result of increased economic growth.
"In the House, new revenue is not something we think is necessary, but I think the real focus of both of us is, get the policy right," said Camp.
Skeptics say tax reform, in Washington's current power structure, is largely unachievable. Baucus and Camp argue the current tax code is too inefficient and costly and there is growing demand to replace it. They point to support from businesses and President Barack Obama as evidence of its possibility.
Camp said he would welcome any opportunity to achieve tax reform, even if that meant attaching it to a government spending bill or a debt ceiling increase.
Baucus agreed, though insisted he is in line with other Democrats in demanding Congress increase the debt ceiling with no additional policies attached.
"I think it's more appropriate that we pass a clean debt limit ... But having said that, my major goal is to get tax reform passed," said Baucus. "It is very hard to predict what the right combination would be ... we'll be able to answer that question (in a couple more months)."
Camp disagreed, predicting tax reform will be an element in the debt ceiling discussions.
"Typically, debt limit has had policy attached to it," said Camp. "And I think we're going to see that discussion and debate."
Baucus and Camp, (R-MI), are continuing their nationwide push to overhaul the tax code. They visited payment-processor Square in San Francisco Monday and nearby Intel on Tuesday.
Tech companies, especially those specializing in software, have been among the most aggressive international tax planners, avoiding high United States taxes by keeping or shifting profits overseas.
To address this, Camp proposes exempting 95% of foreign earnings from U.S. tax, while imposing a one-time fee to return existing international profits.
Baucus generally supports Camp's international taxation approach. "We're in agreement ... we're not in a different place," said the Finance Committee chair. "Our goals are the same. I'm not going to quibble around the edges, but our goals are the same," he said.
The two tax chairman said they meet weekly and talk on the phone even more frequently. Both are planning to introduce tax overhauls in their respective committees. Despite the collaboration, the chairmen admit their products will be different.
"I think that when the House passes its bill, when Chairman Camp produces his bill out of committee, that'll be an opportunity for me and others to say 'good work, they're on the right track,'" said Baucus. "Frankly I'd expect the same when we come out with a bill," he said of Camp.
The Ways and Means Committee chairman is well ahead of Baucus in releasing details of his opening proposal. Camp calls for a top rate of 25%; a level tax experts said is only possible with eliminating or drastically reducing the most popular preferences.
Despite the skepticism, Camp said he is still committed to a top rate of 25%.
"I think you need to have a goal," said Camp. "I'm assuming that (a top rate of 25%) as I move forward."
Baucus failed to commit. "I'm not going to give a number. Nobody can give a number. It's early yet," he said.
Wherever the rate falls, taxpayers would have fewer deductions to claim under Baucus and Camp's proposed upgrade. During the 2012 presidential campaign, former Governor Mitt Romney floated a cap on all deductions. That would achieve a reduction in tax preferences, though add a layer of complexity to a tax code Baucus and Camp said they want to simplify.
"It's not been my preference," said Camp of a deductions cap. "We've been very careful not to make declarative statements about what the whole thing may look like."
The chairmen also largely dismissed moving to a pure flat tax, a system with one rate and no deductions.
Baucus called the idea "meritorious" because it is "rooted in simplicity." Though he said "A pure flat tax has the practical result of creating some winners and some losers ... those who are upper income earners would get big breaks."
"It's difficult to have one rate because, certainly of the disparities in income levels," said Camp. "We have a progressive tax system and I think for most Americans they would agree that's an appropriate tax system to have."
Baucus is retiring after this term and Camp is in his final year as Ways and Means Committee chairman. Both refused to predict where they will be at the start of the next Congress in January 2015. They would only say they expect to attend a presidential bill signing for tax reform by then. Still, many in Washington would take the other side of that bet.


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New Car Review
2012 Audi R8 GT: First Drive
It's Comfy Out on the Edge
This may or may not be news, but Audi won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 2011. During the time Audi has participated in and pretty much dominated this legendary motorsports event, its team of highly talented drivers have given their input and expertise to create victorious sports cars that can be driven for hours on end.
Not only has this accumulated knowledge seeped into the standard road-going R8 coupes and convertibles – which are wonderful machines – it has reached a logical conclusion in this most extreme iteration yet, the R8 GT coupe. With its extra aerodynamic kit (check out those wings on the side of the headlights) and slightly lowered suspension, the R8 GT appears ready to tackle any endurance race.
Just like a track car, trimming weight was a must. Audi has changed the coupe's usual rear deck from aluminum to carbon fiber, while the standard automatic rear wing has also been replaced by a fixed carbon fiber item – no need for a heavy electric motor to raise or lower it. Even little savings – like using thinner glass for the windshield, a lighter steering wheel and thinner carpets – have all helped shed 180 pounds.
Behind the two seats throbs a 5.2-liter V10 engine, making 560 horsepower and 398 pound-feet of torque. Yes, that second figure does seem a bit low, especially when Mercedes-Benz AMG cars are churning out 590 lb-ft these days. When applied to the pavement, though, there isn't even the slightest hint that the R8 GT is a little shy in the torque department. The car sprints from standstill to 60 mph in just 3.6 seconds, on the way to a top speed of 198.8 mph.
Energy is transmitted to an all-wheel drive system through a six-speed, semi-automatic gearbox. There are just two pedals to deal with: one for go, one for stop. Most of the time, 85 percent of that power turns the rear wheels with the remainder driving the fronts, but up to 30 percent can be sent forward automatically, if grip conditions demand it.
The GT version has a different suspension to other R8 models. This one is more track-focused, but still no boneshaker. It would be comfortable enough to drive for long stints, especially when the actual dynamics are factored in. This car handles in such a benign manner; it feels utterly controllable at all times.
Imagine a Stradivarius violin played by a passable member of an orchestra's string section. It would sound sweet and no doubt inspire the musician to new levels of performance. Put that same instrument into the hands of a true virtuoso and its full potential is realized. It's like that with the R8 GT. It will flatter a driver with less talent, but will truly be unleashed with a real craftsman behind the wheel.
What's more, the R8 GT is cheaper than a Strad. Although it still takes $196,800 to buy one. And those excellent, fade-free ceramic brakes with the snazzy red calipers are another $9,900. Sadly, this car is also about as difficult to acquire as an antique violin. Of the 333 being made (it takes 12 days to build each example by hand), only 90 are earmarked for the United States and the company says most of those are already spoken for. Ah well, there's always the soft-top Spyder GT version, supposedly coming out in the fall with a price $20,000 above the coupe's.


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"Congratulations, stranger. After a long observation by the magic talent scouts of Baldumir, it is now certain that you have the potential for magic in you. This makes you to one of a few beings who have the honor of studying the art of magic at the academy of wizardry." This mod adds a long main quest and various side quests to the game. The main quest isinterwoven with the side quests to tell a story full of suspense. Everything is set on a lonely island, which has been created by the mages themselves. The Elder Scrolls lore had been considered while modding the area. The island is in a separate world space with about 320 cells, including various surprises like a little flying isle in the sky. But how and why is another question. A question that can be found in the story itself.
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52 weeks 2 Find Him is a social experiment that focuses on a 42 year-old woman's journey to find her husband. It is an online documentary that is shaped by Neenah's actions and reactions, along with viewers' participation. What happens when a woman invites the world to become her dating coach? Each week, we invite you to tune-in and join-in by helping with Neenah's search, as she explores: the many methods of meeting eligible men, preparing for dates, and maintaining a healthy, romantic relationship.
Now I recognize what she's doing is extreme, but at least she's doing something. We can talk all day long about how there are no available black men, how they all date white women and how they are all in jail or on the down low. For me, however, that all sounds like a bunch of excuses. To me, the perceived issues with black men aren't really the problem. And mind you, I'm not talking about poor, uneducated women here. I'm talking about you well educated, professional sisters who seem to be successful in every aspect of your life other than romantically.
So once again I ask, what's the real reason you're single?
For those of you who don't want to be married and are happily single, I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about women who (in some cases desperately) want to be married or at the very least partnered up...why are you single?
I contend that getting married isn't that hard to do. Getting a boyfriend definitely isn't that hard to do. I do know that if you aren't proactive about either of the above then they become increasingly difficult to do.
My aunt, when she was 60 (she'll be 67 this month) got married for the second time. She met a man at her pinochle club meeting, dated him, and he proposed. Prior to this she had other relationships, all as an over 40 woman with a daughter in college (she had three other grown daughters) and adopting her niece's daughter who died in a car accident.
She is overweight, though shapely. She isn't light-skinned, doesn't have long her and her eyes are an uninspiring brown. She would best be described as a handsome woman, though she is extra fly. And, as far as I can remember she has always had a man...when she wanted one.
So, if my 67 year old aunt can be on her second husband and did so while being a single parent to a then tween aged daughter, why are you young, attractive, no children having twenty, thirty and forty-somethings having such a hard time finding, keeping and marrying a man?
Are you dating?
Do you have a life?
Are you waiting for God to bring you a man?
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Along with the announcement of the Wii U price and release date, Nintendo debuted the new app, Nintendo TVii. While the inclusion of new apps isn't surprising in the least, it does confirm that Nintendo is positioning the Wii U as a home entertainment device more than just a new gaming console.
The Wii U's Nintendo TVii app will be able to search all of your registered TV sources, including the services available through the Wii U like Netflix, as well as your own sources like DVR, Hulu, and more. The gamepad will show you the options and act as a personal search engine and remote, plus it will also connect to social networks, including Facebook and the Wii U network, to show you what your friends are saying about it.
When you are watching a show, certain programs will offer additional information streamed to the gamepad. If you are watching a scripted show, you can look up the filmography of the actor. If you want to know when that show will air next, you can easily access that as well. Then if you are watching one program but are thinking about the next, you can also watch trailers of movies and shows while still watching the original show on TV.
While watching a show, you can also capture screenshots to share through your social networks. This is something that will grow as the Wii U grows. In theory though, any program you watch, you can see the reactions of your friends, assuming they also watched the show through Nintendo TV and posted comments.
The sports aspect looks to be a highlight of the service. While watching a game live on TV, the gamepad will be connected online and constantly offer you additional information, the ability to replay plays, and talk to friends about the game.
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Richard A. Packer
Mr. Packer was appointed Chairman of ZOLL in April 2016, after serving as Chief Executive Officer since 1999, and earlier as the company's President. He previously held executive positions as Chief Financial Officer of the company, interim Vice President of North American Sales, and Vice President of Operations. Prior to joining ZOLL in 1992, he was a Vice President at Whistler Corporation, a consumer electronics company. Mr. Packer holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, as well as an engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. As of April 2016, Mr. Packer also serves as Executive Officer of Asahi Kasei's Health Care Business Unit.
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Mr. Rennert was named Chief Executive Officer of ZOLL in April 2016. Since joining ZOLL in 2008 as President, he has led the company to become the global leader in external defibrillation, diversified the product portfolio through the addition of transport ventilators and intrathoracic pressure regulation (IPR) therapy, and has overseen the establishment of Asahi Kasei ZOLL Medical, ZOLL's Japanese subsidiary. Prior to joining ZOLL, Mr. Rennert led the analytical instruments business at PerkinElmer, Inc., and earlier in his career, held manufacturing and engineering leadership positions with United Technologies and General Electric. Mr. Rennert holds master's degrees in management and mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a bachelor's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University.
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Mr. Whiton was named President of the ZOLL Resuscitation Products division in April 2016. From 2013 until 2016, he served as Senior Vice President of International Operations, increasing ZOLL's international resuscitation business by more than 50%. During the previous 15 years, between 1998 and 2013, Mr. Whiton served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration, playing an instrumental role in shaping the company's mission and strategy. This led to significant company growth in revenue while ZOLL was listed on the NASDAQ, prior to ZOLL's acquisition by Asahi Kasei in April 2012. Before joining ZOLL, Mr. Whiton was Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Ionics, Inc., a global separations technology company. Earlier, he was a Manager at Price Waterhouse. Mr. Whiton holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in accounting from Bentley College.
Jason T. Whiting
President, ZOLL LifeVest
Mr. Whiting was named President of the ZOLL LifeVest® division in July 2015, after serving as the Vice President of Global Marketing and Clinical Operations for LifeVest. Before joining ZOLL in 2008, he had more than a decade of medical device management experience with Guidant Corporation (now Boston Scientific Corporation) and MEDRAD (now a business of Bayer Healthcare). Throughout his career, Mr. Whiting has held positions in sales, marketing, supply chain management, and global business management. He holds an MBA with a dual major in marketing and supply chain management from Michigan State University and a bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of Michigan.
James Palazzolo
President, ZOLL Temperature Management Solutions
Since 2008, Mr. Palazzolo has been President of the ZOLL Temperature Management Solutions division, where he is responsible for the general management of ZOLL's therapeutic temperature management business as well as operations related to ZOLL's AutoPulse® product. Mr. Palazzolo previously held positions in sales and marketing, business development, and research and development at numerous medical device companies in all stages of development, including Radiant Medical and Revivant Corporation, which were acquired by ZOLL. He holds a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University.
Alex N. Moghadam
President, ZOLL Data Management Products
Mr. Moghadam assumed leadership of the ZOLL Data Management division team in July 2013 after serving eight years as Vice President of International Operations for ZOLL's core resuscitation business. During this time, he more than doubled the company's global presence and expanded its reach into Japan, China, India, Eastern Europe, and the Nordic region. Prior to joining ZOLL, from 1995 to 2005, Mr. Moghadam held a variety of commercial and operational roles with Thermo Electron (now Thermo Fisher Scientific), which included eight years of overseas assignments in Asia and France. He holds an MBA from DePaul University, a master's degree in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird), and a bachelor's degree in biology from Loyola University of Chicago.
Steven K. Flora
Senior Vice President and Vice President of North American Sales
Mr. Flora joined ZOLL in 1998 as Vice President of North American Sales. Prior to ZOLL, Mr. Flora spent 16 years in various positions with Marquette Medical Systems, a manufacturer of cardiovascular and physiological monitoring systems. He last served as Vice President of Sales. Mr. Flora received his bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Illinois.
Aaron M. Grossman
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Mr. Grossman joined the company as Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary in October 2011. His legal expertise includes managing all aspects of the legal function, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, employment, corporate governance, intellectual property, and litigation. Prior to ZOLL, he served in a similar capacity at LeMaitre Vascular, Inc., a publicly traded medical device company based in Burlington, Mass., with operations in 15 countries. Earlier, from 1999 to 2002, Mr. Grossman was a Corporate Attorney at Goulston & Storrs in Boston. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from Vassar College, a master's degree in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a juris doctorate degree from Harvard Law School.
Craig M. Stowell
Vice President, Corporate Controller
Mr. Stowell was named Vice President, Corporate Controller in December 2013 after serving ZOLL as Assistant Corporate Controller since 2010. He joined the company in 2003 serving in various finance roles, including planning and budgeting, business development, and corporate governance. Prior to ZOLL, Mr. Stowell was employed by Narad Networks, an early-stage technology company. Earlier, he was an Audit Manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Boston. He received a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Massachusetts and subsequently earned his CPA license.


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Holiday Inn Purdue - Fort Wayne
Holiday Inn Purdue - Fort Wayne
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Welcome to Holiday Inn Purdue - Fort Wayne
Welcome to Fort Wayne, Indiana and our hotel.
Welcome to a new hotel which blends old world traditions and the best of modern hospitality. The Holiday Inn Purdue Fort Wayne will exceed your expectations. Business and leisure travelers alike enjoy our convenient location just off I-69.
Our location is perfect for visitors to Fort Wayne. Our hotel guests can enjoy nearby attractions, which include the Botanical Conservatory, the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo and the Glenbrook Mall. For sports enthusiasts staying in our Fort Wayne lodging, Purdue University Fort Wayne sporting events, Komets hockey, and Mad Ants basketball is within easy driving distance right across the street.
Frequent travelers appreciate our hotel's location, directly across from the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, and next to Purdue University Fort Wayne , offering you easy access to both institutions. We are also nearby Parkview Hospital, Nestle, Harris Corporation and Raytheon offices. Our hotel also offers free high-speed Internet access throughout the facility, a business center for your convenience, and four meeting rooms of flexible space.
Guests enjoy the thoughtful amenities of our hotel which include an indoor pool and spa, along with a well-equipped Fitness Center. We offer a full-service restaurant, The Mastodon Grill, and the Faculty Lounge. Call today to reserve your room and Relax, it's Holiday Inn.
Kids Stay and Eat Free
Kids ages 18 and under stay for free when sharing their parents' room. Up to four kids ages 11 and under eat free any time of the day in any Holiday Inn® on-site restaurant.
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Children's Activities Available.
Indoor heated pool on site. Many local attractions for children are available inquire at the front desk.
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Standard Wireless Internet service is included for all guests.
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- Car Parking Available
- Complimentary Daily Self-Parking is available
- Hotel has a private parking lot with 250 spaces. Parking lot is fully lighted and patrolled by the University police 24 hours daily. Bus and Motorcoach parking is avaiable and free of charge.
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- Pets allowed
- Service Animals Allowed
- Pets Walking Area Available
- Pet Fee per Night: 25 USD
- Pet fee is 25 dollars per day with a maximum of two pets per room. Any damages could result in additional fees.
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- Number of Floors: 6
- Total Number of Rooms: 151
- Number of Suites: 4
- Number of Non-Smoking Rooms: 151
- Number of Accessible Rooms: 8
- Connecting Rooms Available
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- Public Spaces Renovated in: 2018
- Guest Rooms Renovated in: 2008
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