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Working for creative agency and long-term client Imagination Europe, Neptunus supplied a number of structures to supplement the space available in the impressive Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris where Canon's event took place from 13-15 October.
During the three-days 18,500 visitors entered the exhibition that takes place once every five years, and registered in an 875 square metre x 8m high Evolution II structure that featured an internal staircase and was joined by four linked Alu Halls creating cloakrooms.
A 2,200 square metre Evolution II structure incorporating blackout roof skins to house tiered seating and a Keynote Speakers stage provided the platform for Canon to offer a glimpse of the latest research projects in development at its headquarters in Tokyo including a 120MP camera, an ultra-telephoto lens for night photography and 8K cameras.
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A carriage moves in front of the Mission Inn in 2018 during the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa Festival of Lights. This year's event starts Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. (Photo by Eric Reed, Contributing Photographer)
By Alex Groves | agroves@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise
PUBLISHED: November 23, 2019 at 9:05 am | UPDATED: November 29, 2019 at 2:04 pm
The area surrounding the Mission Inn Hotel and Spa in downtown Riverside will turn into a winter wonderland of sorts with the flip of a switch on Nov. 29. That's when the Riverside landmark will be lit up and the 27th annual Mission Inn Hotel and Spa Festival of Lights will begin.
There are plenty of fun activities to enjoy during the month-long festival. This year we honed in on five of them. The activities will be available to enjoy through Dec. 31 and you'll be able to catch the lit-up Mission Inn through Jan. 6.
Fireworks light up the sky during the Festival of Lights switch-on ceremony at the Mission Inn in Riverside on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Visitors take in the Festival of Lights at and around the Mission Inn in downtown Riverside, Friday evening December 7, 2018. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Visitors take in the Festival of Lights at and around the Mission Inn in downtown Riverside Friday evening December 7, 2018. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa Festival of Lights, seen in 2018, is set to return Friday, Nov. 29, with the traditional switch-on ceremony. (Photo by Eric Reed, Contributing Photographer)
The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa Festival of Lights will return for its 27th year Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. (Photo by Eric Reed, Contributing Photographer)
James Allen sings songs on the Festival of Lights entertainment stage in Riverside Thursday, January 3, 2019. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Visitors take in the Festival of Lights at and around the Mission Inn in downtown Riverside on Friday, Dec. 7. (File photo by Will Lester, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Visitors take in the Festival of Lights at and around the Mission Inn in downtown Riverside on Friday, Dec. 7. The festival has won a top award from USA Today poll for the best public holiday lights display. (File photo by Will Lester, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
The Festival of Lights, seen on Friday, Dec. 7, continues in downtown Riverside until early January. (Photo by Will Lester, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
The Festival of Lights, seen Friday, Dec. 7, will glow in and around the Mission Inn in downtown Riverside into January. (Photo by Will Lester, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Visitors check out the Festival of Lights at and around the Mission Inn in downtown Riverside on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. (Photo by Will Lester, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
1. Check out the lights
OK, so this one might seem a bit obvious since the festival does have "lights" in its name. However, the lights are more than just background scenery; they're a prime part of the experience. More than 5 million lights will decorate the Mission Inn itself and a new addition for 2019 is a four-story-tall chandelier with more than 30,000 light bulbs in the hotel's International Rotunda.
The switch-on ceremony begins at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 29. While performers including Kenny Loggins and Robin Thicke have appeared in recent years, the Mission Inn has not yet announced any special guests for 2019.
Through Jan. 6, the lights turn on at dusk.
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2. Celebrate Highlander pride at the new Snow Globe
If you're a proud UC Riverside alum (or current student there), you won't want to miss the new snow globe attraction. The Instagram selfie-friendly globe, located on Main Street between University and Mission Inn Avenues, is UC Riverside-themed and even features a replica of the university's Bell Tower.
3. Go for a spin
Typically, various carnival style rides dot the landscape of downtown Riverside whenever the festival returns. Two to check out this year will be The Century Wheel — a Ferris wheel-esque ride that gives its riders views of the festival below — and a classic carousel ride. All rides are $5 each or $20 for an all-you-can-ride wristband.
4. Ride in a horse-drawn carriage
It's like going back to the time of Charles Dickens! Except you have a smartphone in your hand and can take pretty pictures of all the lights as the horse-drawn carriage, sometimes led by horses sporting glittery hooves, takes you through the area around the Mission Inn. Carriages are available at three different pickup and drop off locations.
There's a fee for the rides. In previous years it's been between $5 and $10 for wagon style carriages and between $40 and $70 for special, more private Cinderella-style carriages fitting groups up to 6.
5. Support local art and music
There are plenty of chances to appreciate local talent at the Festival of Lights. There will be live entertainment nightly on the Entertainment Stage located on Main Street between City Hall and 10th Street.
On Main Street between University Avenue and 9th Street will be an "Artisan's Collective," where visitors will be able to buy art from local artists, hear musicians play and take part in art workshops. The Artisan's Collective will run 5-10 p.m. Thursday-Sunday through Dec. 29.
When: Nov. 29-Dec. 31 for the activities. Lights will stay up through Jan. 6.
Where: Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, 3649 Mission Inn Ave., and the Main Street pedestrian mall area of downtown Riverside
Cost: Festival is free, but fees apply for various attractions
Information: 951-784-0300 or riversidefestivaloflights.com.
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California statewide ballot measures are finalized after one week delay
By Ryan Byrne
On July 1, 2020, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D) announced the list of ballot measures, along with their ballot order and official titles, for the election on November 3, 2020. The deadline for certifications was June 25, 2020, until Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation (SB 300) that extended the deadline to July 1, 2020, for several legislative referrals.
There will be 12 ballot propositions on the general election ballot, including eight citizen-initiated measures and four legislative referrals. Since 2010, an average of 10 citizen-initiated measures have appeared on even-year ballots. Before the coronavirus pandemic struck California, an additional three campaigns were aiming to place their proposals on this year's ballot.
On June 25, the California Association of Realtors (CAR) filed a conditional withdrawal for the group's ballot initiative, which had never happened before in California. CAR conditioned withdrawal on the legislature passing a compromise measure, titled Proposition 19, and the legislation extending the deadline for Proposition 19 (and other legislative referrals).
Steve Reyes, chief counsel for the office of Secretary of State Padilla, agreed that a conditional withdrawal could occur. House Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-63) wrote to Secretary of State Padilla, stating, "At this point, you have no legal authority to remove Initiative #1864 from the November ballot. Our house will consider its legal options for challenging any removal of Initiative #1864 from the ballot, if that should occur." As of July 1, Rendon had not taken legal action against Padilla for allowing CAR's initiative to be withdrawn July 1. Legislation (SB 684) was introduced to prohibit conditional withdrawals from happening in the future.
Besides Proposition 19, the extended deadline allowed Proposition 18 to be certified for the ballot. Proposition 16 and Proposition 17—the other two legislative referrals—were passed on June 22.
You can read about each proposition certified for this year's California ballot below:
*Proposition 14: Voters will decide a ballot initiative to give the state's stem cell research institute another $5.5 billion via a bond issue. In 2004, voters passed a ballot measure to create a state stem cell research institute, which was funded with a $3 billion bond issue. Of that $3 billion, $132 million remained as of October 2019.
*Proposition 15: Proposition 15 would amend Proposition 13 (1978), which initiated a period in state politics known as the tax revolt. Proposition 13 required that residential, commercial, and industrial properties be taxed based on their purchase price. The tax is limited to no more than 1 percent of the purchase price (at the time of purchase), with an annual adjustment equal to the rate of inflation or 2 percent, whichever is lower. Proposition 15 would tax commercial and industrial properties based on market value, rather than their purchase price.
*Proposition 16: In 1996, voters approved Proposition 209, which prohibited the state from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment (such as affirmative action) on the basis of race, sex, or national origin in public employment, education, and contracting. Proposition 16 would repeal Proposition 209. Asm. Shirley Weber (D-79), the principal legislative sponsor of Proposition 16, said, "The ongoing pandemic, as well as recent tragedies of police violence, is forcing Californians to acknowledge the deep-seated inequality and far-reaching institutional failures that show that your race and gender still matter." Ward Connerly, a leader of the campaign behind Proposition 209, responded to Proposition 16, saying, "I believe we would win by a landslide once we let people know what affirmative action is really about."
*Proposition 17: Since 1974, California has allowed people convicted of felonies to vote after their imprisonment and parole sentence. Proposition 17 would allow people with felonies who are on parole to vote; therefore, the ballot measure would keep imprisonment as a disqualification for voting but remove parole status.
*Proposition 18: Voters will be asked whether 17-year-olds who will be 18 at the time of the next general election should be permitted to vote in primaries and special elections. As of July 1, 2020, 18 states, along with Washington, D.C., allowed 17-year-olds who will be 18 at the general election to vote in primaries.
*Proposition 19: Proposition 19 resulted from negotiations between the California State Legislature and California Association of Realtors (CAR). Proposition 19 would allow eligible homeowners to transfer their tax assessments anywhere within the state and allow tax assessments to be transferred to a more expensive home with an upward adjustment; require that inherited homes that are not used as principal residences, such as second homes or rentals, be reassessed at market value when transferred; and allocate additional revenue or net savings resulting from the ballot measure to wildfire agencies and counties.
*Proposition 20: Proposition 20 would amend or repeal several criminal sentencing and supervision laws passed during the second tenure of Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown (2011-2019). The ballot initiative would add crimes to the list of violent felonies for which early parole is restricted, recategorize certain types of theft and fraud crimes as wobblers (chargeable as misdemeanors or felonies), and require DNA collection for certain misdemeanors.
*Proposition 21: After Proposition 10 was defeated in 2018, Californians will vote on a modified rent control ballot initiative this year. Proposition 21 would allow local governments to enact rent control on housing that was first occupied over 15 years ago, with an exception for landlords who own no more than two homes with distinct titles or subdivided interests.
*Proposition 22: Uber, Lyft, and Doordash are sponsoring Proposition 22, which would define app-based drivers as independent contractors and not employees, as well as enact several labor and wage policies. The ballot measure would override Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), signed in September 2019, on the question of whether app-based drivers are employees or independent contractors. The ballot measure could be the most expensive this year, with the campaign behind Proposition 22 raising $110.7 million through March 31.
*Proposition 23: The SEIU-UHW West, a labor union for healthcare workers, is backing a second ballot initiative to enact policies related to dialysis clinics after votes rejected one in 2018. Proposition 23 would require chronic dialysis clinics to: have an on-site physician while patients are being treated; report data on dialysis-related infections; obtain consent from the state health department before closing a clinic; and not discriminate against patients based on the source of payment for care. In 2018, the SEIU-UHW West attempted to pass a ballot initiative to require dialysis clinics to issue refunds for profits above a threshold. DaVita and Fresenius Medical Care opposed the ballot initiative, raising more than $101 million between the two companies.
*Proposition 24: In 2018, Alastair Mactaggart, a real estate developer, funded a campaign to get the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) on the ballot. His campaign withdrew its initiative after negotiating with the legislature to pass a version of the CCPA. Mactaggart is back with a proposal to expand the CCPA and create a state agency to enforce consumer data privacy laws. He didn't want compromise legislation this time around, citing the state constitution's limits on legislative alteration. "The only thing I want to make sure is they can't undo the act," said Mactaggart.
*Proposition 25: In 2019, California became the first state to pass a law ending cash bail for all detained suspects awaiting trials. Instead, the law would replace the state's cash bail system with risk assessments. The American Bail Coalition, a nonprofit trade association, organized a political action committee to sponsor a veto referendum, which became Proposition 25, that would give voters the final word on the law.
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Ryan Byrne is a staff writer at Ballotpedia. Contact us at editor@ballotpedia.org.


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Using the screwdriver, undo the two easy to see screws on the back. Then using the prying tool or even your nail, pry the panel away from the middle. There is an indent in the case to help you do this.
Once the panel is off the battery can be levered out easily from the indent to the left of the battery.
Once the battery is out you are ready to remove the entire panel. There are 10 screws to undo but before you do keep in mind the camera for the 2DS is attached to both the panel you will be removing and the board under it. So try not to tear the connecting cable.
Once you have all the screws out, use the pry tool carefully all the way around until you are sure the panel is free, then fold the panel upwards until you can undo the two screws holding the camera in place. once this is off the panel is free and can be put to the side.
Once the back is off the red sides should be easy to take off, they aren't screwed down.
Removing the shoulder buttons should be easy enough, just make sure you don't lose the springs. I found that holding the spring in place with tweezers stops them from flying off never to be seen again.
These tiny connections are called zero insertion force sockets - ZIFS.
Using the prying tool, run it along the connection and the top will flip up. Once it has the flat flex cable will be free.
Once all the ZIFS are free you then need to take out all the screws holding down the board, once free slowly separate the board using the pry tool. If it gets stuck, look for any screws you may have missed.
The entire screen panel, containing the two screens. Should come away from the front panel. Don't try to push the face of the screen as the top has a protector and the bottom a separate touch screen.
Replace the screen panel with the undamaged one but make sure it if dust free as anything trapped between the screen and protector/touchscreen will be visible. Use a lint free cloth if you need to.
First, make sure all the flat flex cables and properly though the motherboard.
Then to reattach the flatflex into the ZIFS, push the flatflex cable into the socket with the leaver up. You don't need to apply much force, hence the name. Then lever the ZIF down into its locking position.
Look at the pictures in this step to better see how the ZIFS work.
These flatflex cables fit into their ZIFS in the same way as the tiny ones. Just make sure they are evenly in the socket.
You may want to put the screws in last with the board, after all the ZIFS are locked into place and the top red part is in place. Once together put the red shoulder buttons back, again taking care with the springs. Then add the other red sidewalls, just make sure the volume slider properly connects to the slider on the motherboard.
Once all together all you need to do is put the back panel back on, first make sure the camera is screwed back on. Push it together without screws first and it will click into place, then it all the screws back into place once you are happy with how well it fits together.
Last is the battery and battery panel.
For me everything worked well after I replaced the screen panel [and the camera unit since i tore the cable].
On/Off switch - You need to make sure the battery is in and charged first off. If it still dosnt work you need to make sure the slider on/off switch is properly connected to the motherboard, the part you move with your finger to turn on the 2DS has a grove on the inside that the real switch fits inside of.
Volume slider - a similar solution to the on/off switch only under the volume slider.
The screen - flickering, lines or discolouration could mean the screen needs to be reseated. That means disconnecting the flatflex cable and reconnecting ZIF socket #3 and #4 [picture located in the step titled ZIFS].
The touchscreen - If this dosnt work you need to reseat ZIF socket #6.
If the screen or backlight still don't work after reseating them it could be that the replacement screen panel is faulty.


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CEI 3 Yverdon
CEI 3 Centre for Enterprise and Innovation Yverdon-les-Bains
Situation/program
At the heart of a development Scientific Park "Y-Parc", at Yverdon-les-Bains, the new building CEI 3 offers flexible surfaces to be rented according to the needs of companies wishing to develop research activities relating with new technologies. It finalises the trilogy initiated by the ECA, the investor, in order to contribute to the technological development of Canton Vaud's northern region. The CEI 1, offered since 1991, the possibility for young "start up" companies to use fully equipped surfaces for developing their projects.
In 2008 the CEI 2 building was added, in order to ensure better services for the other sector entities.
The program of the new building includes a double height large production hall and multipurpose spaces, distinguished by a maximum flexibility in order to meet the needs of a wide rage of users.
Anchored in the geometry of the existing environment, the new building has the vocation to connect the three existing buildings of the CEI complex by reorganising the exterior spaces separating pedestrian areas from those of the cars.
The very bad quality ground's nature imposed a raft foundation anchored with 360 piles without basement.
Thus, the building has four levels, which occupy all the constructible perimeter and are organized in an optimal way to reduce the distribution areas. Some fifty external parking spaces complete the program.
Prize winner of an architecture competition, the project is organized by the superposition of three various layers corresponding to three different space types:
- spaces "industrial hall" type,
- spaces "laboratory-office-workshop" type
- spaces "service-circulation" type.
The services zone, including vertical circulations and service shafts, allows to free up the workspaces by guaranteeing a great flexibility of emplacement of the interior partitions. This intermediate layer is the only one which could be "drawn" and defined, considering that the other types of spaces are characterised by an indeterminate character (unknown users). It appears as a quality space contrasting with the external grey colours using bright colours modulated by the glazing's natural light. Visual graphics energizes the visual aspect of the interior, guaranteeing the building's internal orientation.
Broad anthracite fabrics cover a large part of the building, conferring it's changing reflections according to the variations of the natural light during the day and year. The building's skin has the will to express the diversity and the complexity of the program and at the same time to guarantee a sober and quality image in an environment, already, rather heterogeneous. These stretched textiles have, at the same time, the virtue of filtering the dazzling of the sun on the work surfaces and the computer's screens, ensuring interior privacy, while preserving optimal views to the outside. The area being subjected to a constant north wind, the fixed installation of these fabrics protects the interior of the building by avoiding the use of motorized mechanisms, expensive on maintenance and greedy in energy. While the first layer of the façade ensures the aesthetics and image of the building, the second guarantees the functional aspects (insulation, ventilation) while remaining low-cost and standardized. By balancing the proportion of glazed (triple glazing) and not glazed surfaces, it fully guarantees the swiss standards required by the "Minergie law".
A heat pump, supplied with thermal probes introduced into the foundation piles, ensure 40% of the requirements in heating and cooling during the summer period. The roof is covered with an innovating system of double-sided photovoltaic panels, whose white gravel surface reflects the light, increasing the energy efficiency by 20%. CEI 3 has as a will to propose a new typology which ables to respond the new market requirements: great flexibility and space qualities combined with a good energy performance, at viable costs of exploitation.
Client: Etablissement Cantonal d'Assurance ECA / Competition: 1.Price 2008 / Project: 2008 / Construction: 2009-2011 / Cost: 21.5 Mio Sfr
Photos: Yves André
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By: Brent Patterson
The Trudeau government launched a bidding process last year to purchase 88 new fighter jets to replace the current fleet of CF-18s (that cost $4 billion to purchase in 1982, $2.6 billion to upgrade in 2010, with another $3.8 billion now budgeted to extend their lifespan).
The three transnational corporations bidding to win the multi-billion dollar contract are Boeing (with its F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III fighter jet), Lockheed Martin (with its F-35 Lightning II) and Saab (with its Gripen-E fighter jet).
Reuters reported: "Initial proposals are due in the spring of 2020, with a winner named early in 2022, and the first aircraft delivery to be scheduled for as early as 2025, a statement from the federal government said."
Mainstream media coverage lacking
There hasn't been much mainstream media coverage on this purchase other than reports on the F-35 contract being the odds-on favourite to be chosen, the corporations that have dropped out of the bidding process, the bid that provides the most industrial benefits for Canada and the best fighter jet for the needs of the Canadian military.
Largely missing in this coverage have been these key issues:
The actual cost of the fighter jets
While mainstream media reports repeatedly put the price tag for the fighter jets at $19 billion, the actual cost is likely to be considerably higher.
In March 2011, one CBC article reported that while the Conservative government had allocated $9 billion to buy 65 F-35s (at about $70 million per airplane), the parliamentary budget officer pegged the bill at $29.3 billion when the purchase price and sustainment costs for the fleet over 30 years were included in the calculation.
And in May 2018, the Canadian Press reported: "Canada has quietly paid another $54 million toward the development of the F-35 stealth fighter jets, bringing its total investment in the controversial project to roughly half a billion dollars over the last 20 years."
These numbers should be consistently in news reports, but they are not.
Fighter jets are killing machines
Lockheed Martin boasts: "In stealth mode, the F-35 can infiltrate enemy territory that other fighters can't, carrying 5,700 pounds of internal ordnance. Once air dominance is established, the F-35 converts to beast mode, carrying up to 22,000 pounds of combined internal and external weapons, to return to the battle to finish the fight."
The National Interest further highlights that F-35 armaments include a four-barrel 25mm gun that can fire 3,300 rounds per minute.
Air Force Technology notes that the Gripen E, not to be outdone, "features a 27mm all-purpose Mauser BK27 high velocity gun providing both air-to-air and air-to-surface attack capability" — along with the bombs and missiles it carries.
Simply put, the F-18, F-35 and Gripen-E fighter jets are killing machines.
The David Suzuki Foundation explained: "A special characteristic of aircraft emissions is that most of them are produced at cruising altitudes high in the atmosphere. Scientific studies have shown that these high-altitude emissions have a more harmful climate impact because they trigger a series of chemical reactions and atmospheric effects that have a net warming effect."
Fighter jets have an even greater impact.
PhysLink.com noted: "Most US military aircraft can exceed 50,000 feet, if they really try." The Royal Air Force says, for instance, that the F-35 has a maximum altitude of 50,000 feet. In comparison, PhysLink.com adds, "Most commercial jetliners cruise somewhere between 30,000 and 45,000 feet above mean sea level."
It has also been suggested that an F-15 burns about 1.95 gallons of fuel a second, or about 117 gallons a minute. Boston University professor Neta C. Crawford said that fighter jets are so fuel-inefficient that their fuel use is measured in "gallons per mile," not miles per gallon, so "one plane can get five gallons per mile."
Furthermore, Crawford's June 2019 report "Pentagon Fuel Use, Climate Change, and the Costs of War" notes that the US Department of Defense operational consumption of petroleum was 87.4 million barrels in 2014.
Crawford highlights: "Jet fuel consumption by all the armed services accounted for more than 70 percent operational energy use that year. Although all services have aircraft, the Air Force is the largest use of petroleum jet fuel among the armed services."
We know that the federally-owned Trans Mountain pipeline could emit about 26 megatonnes of upstream emissions and about 71 megatonnes of downstream carbon pollution each year. Shouldn't the numbers also be known for these fighter jets?
Military spending endangers the Green New Deal
What else could $19 billion-plus buy? In short, a lot.
The Canadian Labour Congress' "One Million Climate Jobs" plan argued that $17.6 billion spent over a five-year period on public transit (improvements and expansion) would create a total of 223,000 "person job years" and reduce GHG emissions by 11 to 20 megatonnes.
By contrast, Lockheed Martin has stated, "According to the Statistics Canada model, approximately 50,000 jobs will be created in Canada through the selection of the F-35." Boeing and Saab appear to have been less specific on job numbers so far.
It's also important to note that the federal government already spends about $22 billion a year on the military and that in June 2017 the CBC (uncritically) reported the Liberals intend to increase that figure "by 70 per cent over the next decade to $32.7 billion."
On top of that, the Canadian Press reported (again uncritically) a government plan for a national shipbuilding strategy — including the purchase of 15 new warships — could cost almost $70 billion over the next quarter-century. Added to that, 18 new ships for the Canadian Coast Guard would cost another $15.7 billion.
Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, commented: "The Green New Deal must have anti-militarism at its core. Wars and the military render impossible the aspirations contained in the Green New Deal. And slashing the out-of-control military budget is crucial to provide the billions of dollars we need to create a sustainable and egalitarian economy."
#CancelCANSEC
With the transnational corporations bidding for the jet fighter contract this spring, and the decision to be made by 2022, it seems evident that CANSEC, this country's largest arms fair (to be held on May 27-28 in Ottawa this year) will be the scene of some full-court press marketing strategies to sell these weapons.
Last year, Saab arranged to have a full-scale replica of its Gripen fighter jet parked outside the EY Centre, where CANSEC is held. This kind of marketing is likely only to intensify this year.
The NoWar2020: Divest, Disarm, Demilitarize conference in Ottawa (on unceded Algonquin territory) this coming May 26-31 will be a key opportunity for the broader public to mobilize against the agenda of profiting from war and to call for a conversion to a peaceful, green and just future.
For more on the conference and the protest against CANSEC, please click here.
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Jung, Park, Kim, Yu, Lim, Yoon, Kim, and Kim: Impact of proximal resection margins on oncologic outcomes for patients with sigmoid colon cancer
Impact of proximal resection margins on oncologic outcomes for patients with sigmoid colon cancer
Won Bum Jung, In Ja Park, Kwon Sik Kim, Chang Sik Yu, Seok-Byung Lim, Yong Sik Yoon, Chan Wook Kim, Jin Cheon Kim
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Correspondence to: In Ja Park Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of College of Medicine, 86 Asanbyeongwon-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea Tel: +82-2-3010-3937, Fax: +82-2-474-9027 E-mail: ipark@amc.seoul.kr
Received September 23, 2013 Revised December 20, 2013 Accepted December 27, 2013
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between proximal resection margin (PRM) length and oncologic outcomes in sigmoid colon cancer.
This was a retrospective cohort study on patients with sigmoid colon cancer between 1996 and 2009 and treated by curative primary resection. Tumor location was classified into two groups: SDPS, which was located in the proximal sigmoid colon or the sigmoid-descending junction; and MDS, which was located in the mid and distal sigmoid colon.
The mean PRM length was 8 cm (range, 6 to 11.5 cm). A total of 132 patients (11.7%) had a PRM<5 cm, which was more common in the SDPS group. Patients with PRMs<5 cm and ≥5 cm did not differ in age, sex, size of tumor, histologic differentiation, stage, and number of harvested lymph nodes. Five-year relapse-free survival (RFS) was not affected by PRM length among patients and was not associated with RFS according to the Cox regression analysis.
PRM length was associated with tumor location within the sigmoid colon but not with the oncologic outcome.
Keywords: Sigmoid colon cancer, Proximal resection margin, Oncological outcome
Although significant advances have been made in colorectal cancer management, major changes have been suggested for rectal cancer. The principals of colon cancer surgical resection have remained fairly constant. The key to achieving oncologically safe resection is to obtain clear resection margins and removal of the locoregional lymph node bearing mesentery.
Apart from a few challenging cases, colon cancer is relatively easy to handle and it has a wide operative field compared to rectal cancer. Therefore, concerns regarding bowel margins are limited to only a few unusual cases. The adequacy of proximal and distal resection margins for colon cancer is primarily defined by vascular ligation and hence the adequacy of the vascular supply to the intended anastomotic segment. Although not clearly defined, it is generally agreed that 5 cm bowel margins are sufficient to allow resection of mural tumor spread [1]. Some data suggests that mural tumor migration is rarely greater than 2 cm, either proximally or distally, to the palpable tumor edge [2]. In addition, there was a report postulating that adequate clearance of the mesocolon containing the vascular and lymphatic system is more important for colon cancer surgery [3].
The proximal bowel resection margin is one of the surrogates of surgical quality: however, in some cases, it is difficult to obtain ≥5 cm proximal resection margins (PRM). For example, in patients with proximal sigmoid colon cancer, ≥5 cm PRMs cannot be obtained by anterior resection without splenic flexure mobilization. Therefore, we need to assess the influence of PRMs on oncologic outcomes to establish a surgical standard for colon cancer.
The aim of this study was to assess the association of the length of the PRM with other surrogates of surgical qualities such as the number of retrieved lymph nodes, stage, distal resection margin and to analyze the influence of PRM on oncologic outcome.
The data of 1,131 patients with sigmoid colon cancer was analyzed. All patients underwent curative resection between January 1996 and December 2009 at the Asan Medical Center. Patients with concurrent distant metastasis or disease confined within the mucosa at diagnosis, those with concurrent malignancy, urgent surgery, who underwent subtotal or total colectomy, and those with metachronous or synchronous colorectal cancer were excluded from this study.
The study was approved by the Asan Medical Center Institutional Review Board. Patients were classified into two groups according to tumor location within the sigmoid colon: the SDPS group consisted of patients with the tumor located at the proximal sigmoid colon or sigmoid-descending junction. The MDS group consisted of patients with mid and distal sigmoid colon cancer. The proximal sigmoid colon was defined as the sigmoid colon proximal to the 2nd branch of the sigmoid artery. The sigmoid-descending junction was defined as the distal area leaving the colic artery origin. The distal sigmoid colon was defined as the sigmoid colon distal to the 2nd branch of the sigmoid artery.
Proximal and distal bowel margins were measured macroscopically in pinned formalin-fixed specimens. The PRM was defined as the closest distance between the proximal border of the gross tumor and the edge of the proximal resection. Anastomoses were performed using a stapling device in most sigmoid colon cancer cases, and the cutting edges of the doughnut were not included in the measurement of the proximal and distal resection margins.
Patients were classified into two groups according to PRM length: <5 cm PRM and ≥5 cm PRM. The oncologic endpoint was relapse-free survival (RFS), which was defined as the time between surgery and tumor recurrence.
Patient and tumor related variables were characterized using descriptive statistics and comparisons were performed using the chi square test for proportions and the t-test for mean values. Five-year disease-free survival rates were determined by the Kaplan-Meier method and compared according to the length of the PRM with the log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was performed to calculate hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for demographic and clinicopathological variables. A P<0.05 were considered statistically significant. All analyses were performed using SPSS ver. 13.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).
Clinicopathologic characteristics of the patients
The median age was 59 years (interquartile range [IQR], 52 to 67 years). Males were more common than females (654, 57.8%). Most tumors were located in the mid to distal sigmoid colon (82.8%). Anterior resection was the most commonly performed procedure (1,102, 97.4%). Left hemicolectomy was performed in six patients with the disease located in the proximal sigmoid colon. The median number of retrieved lymph nodes was 15 (IQR, 10 to 21). The median PRM length was 8 cm (IQR, 6 to 11.5). In 132 patients (11.7%), the PRM was <5 cm. Clinical and tumor characteristics according to PRM are shown in Table 1. Proximal sigmoid colon involvement was more common among patients with <5 cm PRM. Pathologic variables were not different between the two groups. No relationship was observed between PRM length and the number of retrieved lymph nodes, length of the distal resection margin, and size of the tumor (Fig. 1).
Surgical and oncologic outcomes
Median follow-up was 60 months (IQR, 43 to 79 months). Anastomotic leakage developed in one patient with a PRM length ≥5 cm. Overall recurrence occurred in 168 patients (14.9%). Distant metastases including hematogenous, distant lymph nodes, and peritoneal seeding occurred in 162 patients (14.3%).
Local recurrence occurred in nine patients (0.8%). Among them, four patients had anastomotic recurrence and five had regional lymph node recurrence. Among patients with anastomotic recurrence, only one patient had PRMs <5 cm. Recurrence rates were significantly different according to the pathologic stage: 5.4% for stage I, 10.6% for stage II, and 26.2% for stage III patients. Local recurrence rates were not affected by the pathologic stage. Fiveyear RFS for all patients was 84.9%. Five-year RFS according to the pathologic stage was as follows: 94.5 % for stage I, 89.0% for stage II, and 73.8% for stage III (P<0.001).
Impact of PRM length on oncologic outcome
The 5-year RFS was not different according to the PRM length. By stage, 5-year RFS was not associated with the PRM length (Fig. 2). When analyzing the relation between PRM length and RFS in the SDPS group, we noted that 5-year RFS was not affected by PRM length (P=0.79) (Fig. 3). The prognostic significance of PRM length for RFS was evaluated. On multivariate analysis, pathologic stage and lymphovascular invasion were independent prognostic factors for RFS among all patients. PRM length was not associated with RFS by multivariate analysis (Table 2).
In the present study, we determined that PRM length is not associated with oncologic outcome among patients with sigmoid colon cancer. For sigmoid colon cancer patients, the PRM is determined according to the level of ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery because this affects the adequacy of the vascular supply to the intended anastomotic segment. The relation between PRM length and oncologic outcome has not been taken into consideration in these patients. The intramural spread of colorectal cancer up to 4 cm is well described in previous pathological studies and forms the basis of the "5 cm rule" in determining resection margins for rectosigmoid and rectal cancer [1,4]. However, the length of the distal resection margin has been challenged. A previous study showed that 94% of patients with rectal cancer had distal intramural spread less than 2.5 cm, suggesting that patients with intramural spread greater than 2.5 cm were those with poorly differentiated tumors [5].
It is now accepted that extending the resection margins further to include intramural spread may not affect survival rates, since most of these patients are more likely to die from the presence of distant metastases than from local recurrences. Hence the presence of distant intramural spread may be an indicator of poor prognosis. Since then, many studies have been performed to prove that shorter distal resection margins are acceptable in terms of oncologic outcomes [6-8] in an effort to preserve the sphincter, especially in patients with rectal cancer.
PRM, however, has not been in the consideration because enough PRM could be easily got for patients with colon cancer. In some case, unnecessarily immoderate PRM might be obtained for patients with sigmoid or rectal cancer without evidence of benefit of excessive PRM.
Studies have been performed to determine the most adequate surgery for patients with colon cancer. Resection of the intact mesocolon has been suggested based on the concept that the colonic mesentery or mesocolon contain the vascular and lymphatic drainage systems of the colon and therefore adequate clearance is likely to have the same oncologic benefit as total mesorectal excision [3]. The authors reported that meticulous mesocolic plane surgery is associated with improved overall survival [9]. They did not indicate bowel resection margins as one of the determinants of oncologic outcome. A second analysis of the COST trial [10] insisted that in the setting of technical credentialing and monitoring, surgical quality surrogates, including proximal and distal resection margins, mesenteric length, and number of retrieved lymph node, did not correlate with cancer outcomes. The "rule" of PRM length needs to be reconsidered, based on these results.
Resection of enough long proximal resection margin is not difficult for patients with colon cancer most of the cases. However, we would encounter situation whether to resect excessive bowel or get less enough proximal resection margin in some cases such as patients with proximal sigmoid colon or sigmoid-descending junction colon cancer. Proximal resection margin was determined by the adequate vascular supply to anastomosis. Anastomotic leakage occurred in one patient with ≥5 cm PRM in the present study. Short PRM did not associate with anastomotic complication.
Luminal recurrence was one of the concerns for short PRMs as the length of the PRM was guided by the extent of the intramural spread of the tumor [1]. In the present study, most recurrences (96.4%) occurred among patients with distant metastases. Anastomotic recurrence developed only in one patient who had ≥5 cm PRM. Therefore, a shorter PRM does not appear to increase the risk of local recurrence. PRM length was not associated with local recurrence or anastomotic complications. Rather it would be better to be evaluated in terms of association with systemic metastasis. PRM length was associated with the extent of mesocolic excision, including lymphatic and vascular drainage. We analyzed the association between PRM length and the number of retrieved lymph nodes and determined that these two factors were independent. Tumor size, lymphovascular invasion, perineural invasion, distal resection margin length, and pathologic stage were also independent of PRM length, meaning that a shorter PRM was not associated with less extensive resection in terms of the pathologic surrogate of surgical extent.
We analyzed the influence of PRM length on surgical and oncologic outcomes according to tumor sub-location because short PRMs could be more common among patients with proximal sigmoid or sigmoid-descending junction cancer. As expected, patients with a PRM length <5 cm were more frequently identified in the SDPS group, although surgical and oncologic outcomes did not vary according to PRM length in relation to tumor sub-location.
This study has a few limitations that should be considered when interpreting the results. There remains a potential for both referral and selection bias, as the study was a retrospective and observational cohort study performed at a single-institution. Despite the large sample size, the relatively small number of patients in the PRM <5 cm sub-group did not make a significant impact on the RFS comparisons. In addition, we examined PRM length as a categorical variable with a cut-off of 5 cm, as this was the recommended guideline, but there is a possibility that this does not reflect the continuous impact of PRM on oncologic outcomes. In addition, we could not suggest the adequate proximal margin which did not compromise oncologic outcome because of small number of subgroup with shorter than cm PRM. However, we did evaluate the relationship between PRMs and other pathologic variables in order to compare surgical extents according to PRM length. From these observations we can conclude that a shorter PRM was not associated with anastomotic complications, increased local recurrence, or poor oncologic outcomes.
In conclusion, this large single-institution study on sigmoid colon cancer patients demonstrated that a PRM length <5 cm is not considered a less extensive resection. PRM length did not affect the oncologic outcomes. This relationship was also observed among patients with proximal sigmoid/sigmoid-descending junction cancer. In addition, regardless of PRM length, most recurrences were systemic metastasis and were most tightly associated with the pathologic stage. In conclusion, excessive bowel resection in order to obtain longer PRMs should be done in moderation on these patients.
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Correlation between proximal resection margin length. (A) The length of the distal resection margin, (B) the number of retrieved lymph nodes, (C) the size of the tumor. The length of the proximal resection margin was not associated with the length of the distal resection margin, number of retrieved lymph nodes, and tumor size.
The 5-year relapse-free survival (RFS) according to proximal resection margin (PRM) length (<5 cm vs. ≥5 cm). The 5-year RFS was not affected by PRM length.
The 5-year relapse-free survival among patients with a tumor located in the proximal sigmoid colon or the sigmoid-descending junction according to proximal resection margin (PRM) length.
Patient and tumor characteristics according to the length of the PRM (n=1,131)
PRM (cm)
Age (yr) 59 (53-66) 60 (52-67) 0.63
Sex 0.40
Male 81 (61.4) 573 (57.4)
Female 51 (38.6) 426 (42.6)
Location within sigmoid colon 0.01
PS 35 (26.5) 169 (16.9)
DS 97 (73.5) 830 (83.1)
Operation < 0.001
LHC 0 5 (0.5)
AR 131 (99.2) 972 (97.3)
LAR 0 21 (2.1)
Segmental resection 1 (0.8) 1 (0.1)
Stage 0.78
I 26 (19.7) 215 (21.5)
II 62 (47.0) 438 (43.8)
III 44 (33.3) 346 (34.6)
Tumor size (cm)a) 4.5 (3.5-6) 4.5 (3.2-6) 0.26
Lymphovascular invasion 19 (14.4) 186 (18.6) 0.27
Perineural invasion 11 (8.4) 96 (9.6) 0.43
Distal resection margin (cm) 4.5 (3-6.8) 5.0 (3.5-7) 0.52
No. of retrieved lymph nodes 13 (9-20) 15 (10-21) 0.54
Follow-up duration (mo) 56 (39-68) 60 (43-81) 0.03
Values are presented as median (interquartile range) or number (%).
a) The length of the longest diameter of the tumor.
PRM, proximal resection margin; PS, proximal sigmoid; DS, distal sigmoid;
LHC, left hemicolectomy; AR, anterior resection; LAR, low anterior resection.
Factors associated with relapse-free survival, Cox regression analysis
Proximal resection margin (cm) 0.61
<5 1
≥5 1.14 0.69-1.89
Pathologic stage < 0.001
II 2.03 1.10-3.75
III 4.68 2.59-8.52
Gender 0.85
Male 1.03 0.76-1.40
Age 1.01 0.99-1.02 0.26
No. of retrieved lymph nodes 0.99 0.98-1.01 0.55
Lymphovascular invasion (yes) 1.65 1.16-2.36 0.02
Perineural invasion (yes) 1.27 0.79-2.03 0.07
Association of body mass index and postoperative outcome in patients with colorectal cancer 2013 December;9(2)
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Performance is a central component of every student's education at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and the Ensemble Showcases are where faculty-led student groups showcase their talent and creativity.
The Electric Miles Ensemble covers arrangements of mid-to-late eighties Miles Davis repertoire, including material from We Want Miles, You're Under Arrest, Tutu, Amandla, and Live Around The World. The ensemble uses the music and format of Miles's later bands as a framework for exploring fresh approaches to comping and soloing. Modern rhythm section ideas, superimposing chords over static harmonies, polytonal street grooves, etc., are explored.
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Sean Payton Net Worth Early Life, Personal Life, Career And Many More
What Is Sean Payton Net Worth?
Sean Payton is anticipated. Sean Payton net worth of $24 million. He reportedly made almost $eight million in line with yrs. at one factor in his profession. In 2011, he agreed to a 5-yr, $37.five million agreement deal, which became later canceled through the NFL in 2012. He signed a brand new 5-yr $forty million settlement on December 29, 2012.
He re-upped for a 5-12 months deal really well worth $42.five million on March 23, 2016. His maximum current settlement extension, for $forty five million over 5 years, changed into signed in 2019. Sean Payton had additionally gained several honors over his profession. As a result, primarily based totally on his preceding achievements, Sean nevertheless has plenty to sit up for within the subsequent years, and we will anticipate him to earn nicely within the close to future.
Sean Payton Net Worth: $24 Million
Salary: $8 Million Per Year
Date of Birth: Dec 29, 1963 (58 years old)
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.8 m)
Profession: American football player, Coach
As is now Sean Payton Net Worth $24 Million.
Sean Payton Early Career
Despite now no longer being decided on within the 1987 NFL Draft, Sean performed for the Chicago Bruisers and Pittsburgh Gladiators within the Arena Football League. Payton went directly to play with the Ottawa Rough Riders, Chicago Bears, and Leicester Panthers with inside the months that followed.
Payton's expert soccer profession, on the opposite hand, became short-lived when you contemplate that he began searching out training possibilities quickly after. Payton kick-began out his education profession at San Diego State University in 1988 as a terrible deputy.
Sean Payton Professional Career
In 2003, he became an assistant head teacher and quarterbacks teach for the Dallas Cowboys. He had lots of satisfaction with the club, and he enabled a mixture of gamers push their limits. Sean changed into besides crucial in the investment of Tony Romo. Sean Payton's teaching faculty took a startling flip whilst he turned into utilized as head teach of the New Orleans Saints, no matter the truth that he had already had a a success faculty as a train.
Sean Payton Net Worth $24 Million.
Sean Payton Personal Life
Sean has cute kids concurrently along with his ex-spouse Beth Suey, an American soccer coach. Sean and Beth married in 1992, nonetheless their marriage barely lasted 22 years earlier than they cut up in 2014 Meghan Payton is the couple's daughter, at the same time as Connor Payton is the couple's son. Meghan and Connor have been born in 1997 and 2000, respectively.
Meghan, his daughter, is a university pupil within the United States who besides works as an aspiring sports activities announcer. However, the previous American soccer player has now no longer found out a whole lot roughly his child Connor at the internet. Payton assessed superb for COVID-19 on March 19, 2020.
How Did Sean Payton Make His Money?
Despite now no longer making it to the 1987 NFL Draft, Sean took part in Arena Football League and affected Chicago Bruisers and Pittsburgh Gladiators. In the successive months, he became besides a member of Ottawa Rough Riders, Chicago Bears, and Leicester Panthers.
However, his faculty as an expert footballer turned into now no longer a protracted one as Payton began searching out training likelihoods quickly thereafter. In 1988, Sean joined San Diego State University as a terrible deputy.
As is (2022) Sean Payton Net Worth $24 Million.
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Comic-Con 2022: New She-Hulk Trailer Can't Make a Case
Alex Gherzo | Jul 24, 2022 |
Before this year's Comic-Con ended, Marvel gave us another – well, I hesitate to call it a treat, but it's likely bad for us, if only mentally. A new She-Hulk: Attorney at Law trailer is out, and it's about on par with the first one. She-Hulk stars Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters, a lawyer who gets hulk powers from her cousin, Bruce Banner. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law lands on Disney+ on August 17, 2022, and will run for nine episodes. Check out the new She-Hulk trailer below:
The elephant in the room is still the CGI, which is maybe even worse than it was in the first trailer. She-Hulk still looks bad, but so does real Hulk, who looked pretty good in the first one. At least when that trailer hit, there was more time till the show premiered to fix it; now, they've got less than a month. I know the visual effects artists at Marvel suffer terrible working conditions, and they have ridiculous deadlines and schedules that aren't their fault, not to mention getting degraded by people more powerful than they are. I feel bad for them, but I can't pretend this looks even halfway decent. I'm also annoyed that they seem to be going the "She's a better hulk than Hulk!" route, which I guess I should have assumed. Of course, she can throw boulders farther than he can, and of course, she can kick him through a mountain; she's got gamma-irradiated blood and Girl Power! So she'll be denigrating the Hulk and Iron Man in the series; will they take down Captain America and Thor too? When I talked about the previous trailer, I said that the idea of her having to defend Emil Blonsky in court had potential to be a compelling story; I think that even more now because the new trailer reveals that she's part of a firm or group that gives legal aid to super-people the government is prosecuting. This is a good story thread because I think a lot of hay needs to be made about government overreach with SWORD and Damage Control acting like authoritarian thugs. But I don't have any faith that they'll execute this well because, after WandaVision, these shows have all dropped the narrative ball on that; even WandaVision made the conflict too simplistic when it should have been a lot more complex. But the Marvel train rolls on, oblivious to the damaged tracks it insists on riding.
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Fantasy sizzlers, fizzlers: Jay Ajayi, Kendall Wright have breakout games
Tony Holm
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These playersd saw their fantasy football values increase or decrease most based on their performances in Week 6:
RB Jay Ajayi, Miami Dolphins: Despite the presence of Arian Foster, Ajayi tore through the Pittsburgh Steelers for two touchdowns and 204 rushing yards, more than he had total in his first five games.
QB Case Keenum, Los Angeles Rams: Keenum was efficient in a loss to the Detroit Lions, finding receiver Kenny Britt time and time again. On the day, he only had five incompletions in his 32 attempts, racking up 321 yards and three TDs, succinctly silencing the calls for No. 1 overall pick Jared Goff to start.
WR Kendall Wright, Tennessee Titans: Targeted nine times, Wright converted eight of them into 133 yards, including a 48-yard touchdown. Wright missed the entire preseason and the first three regular-season games with a hamstring injury, but he looks fully recovered now.
QB Cody Kessler, Cleveland Browns: Kessler was one of the many quarterbacks in the 300-yard club with a 336-yard, two-touchdown performance in a nail-biter loss to the Titans.
WR Golden Tate, Detroit Lions: The Lions involved all of their receivers Sunday, even Anquan Boldin, who caught eight balls. But the offense finally ran through Tate, who juked, caught and danced his way to 165 yards and a score.
Sunday fantasy takeaways: Welcome back, Odell Beckham Jr.
Fizzlers
WR Sammie Coates, Pittsburgh Steelers: The exciting young player who had the fantasy world abuzz, was active for Week 6. But with a lacerated hand, fractured finger and quarterback who suffered a torn meniscus in the second quarter, Coates managed no catches for no yards.
TE Delanie Walker, Tennessee Titans: Walker tends to be the focal point of the Titans passing offense but was only targeted twice in what was supposed to have been a juicy matchup against the Cleveland Browns.
RB Darren Sproles, Philadelphia Eagles: Sproles was a fringe flex play, but was targeted just once and ran the ball four times as the Eagles offense struggled to move the ball.
WR Michael Crabtree, Oakland Raiders: Fantasy owners have come to expect more from Crabtree, with several big performances this season. Against the Kansas City Chiefs he managed just two receptions for 10 yards as Amari Cooper received the majority of the targets in a tough matchup.
Carolina Panthers defense: Losing Josh Norman, Charles Tillman and Roman Harper in the defensive backfield and replacing them with rookies, has turned out to be not that great of an idea.
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The Twenties
Writer and Editor: Rita O'Neill-Wiseman
Special recognition to the St. Thomas Historical Commission whose efforts in compiling the Golden Jubilee Book helped us greatly in documenting this 75 year timeline.
The completed St. Thomas church and school in 1925
This is the story of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, conceived and nurtured by people of simple faith. Gently, as parents who join with God in creation, they provide a place of serenity and peace for the arrival of their offspring. Showered with gifts of love and guided by calm, sure hands, the parish takes those first baby steps into the Roaring Twenties. 1923 In a world adjusting to peace in the aftermath of World War I, Catholic Families living on the south east side of a rapidly growing city make their way downtown to worship at the Cathedral of St. Andrew. Hopes and dreams of having a church near to home are soon realized as Bishop Edward Kelley makes the decision to create a new parish to be located on Wilcox Park Drive, SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 1924 On May 8, St. Thomas the Apostle parish is canonically established. Ground is broken, and 75 enthusiastic families eagerly await completion of the combination church/school building. Graciously, the Little Sisters of the Poor offer their chapel on Lafayette Avenue for Sunday Mass during construction. Mrs. Oscar Varneau begins the music ministry of the parish by playing the organ for these first St. Thomas Masses. At the meeting in September in the home of Bishop Kelley, the Women's Guild is organized. A grateful parish holds a card party and uses the proceeds to purchase Christmas gifts for elderly residents cared for by the Little Sisters. This is one of the first Guild activities, becoming a tradition to be carried on for as long as the work of the the Little Sisters continues in Grand Rapids. 1925 Reverend Aloysisus M. Fitzpatrick, Chancellor of the Grand Rapids Diocese, assumes duties as the first pastor and Mass is celebrated in the new church on Sunday, October 18. The simple, reverent dignity of the new church is evident in the tasteful appointments donated by its members. In addition to the church, which occupies half of the ground floor, the new building also has three classrooms for 63 children who start school in October of 1925. Women of the parish organize a flower guild to provide flowers for the altars. 1926 Fr. Robert W. Bogg, Diocesan secretary, is appointed pastor of St. Thomas following the illness and resignation of Father Fitzpatrick. Ordained in 1924, Father Bogg had been administrator at St. Catherine & St. Francis, Ravenna and St. Francis de Sales, Holland, before coming here. It is a year of "firsts" in the new St. Thomas Church. 1927 Choirs are formed in these very early days. At the 8 a.m. Mass, sweet treble voices of school children echo beautiful old Latin and English hymns. The mature blending of male and female adult voices add significant dimensions to the solemnity of the 11 o'clock High Mass. Mrs. S.H. Sichterman is the organist. 1928 Reverend Joseph F. Drew comes to St. Thomas. His experience as pastor of St. James, Montague, assistant at St. Andrew Cathedral, and chaplain in the armed forces equip him well to minister to the needs of our fledgling parish. 1929 The stock market crash creates unforeseen difficulties, testing the faith of a nation.


Tenleytown could get a new sit-down restaurant as part of an upcoming development at 4620 Wisconsin Ave. NW, but after considerable back-and-forth with developers, some community members remain unsatisfied with the proposed building height and community benefits package.
Urban Investment Partners hopes to transform and expand the former American University office space into a eight-story mixed-use building with 11,000 feet of ground-level retail and 100-plus apartments. The developer is pursuing the project through the city's planned unit development process, which allows for greater density in exchange for additional neighborhood amenities.
The project has come before Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3E (American University Park, Friendship Heights, Tenleytown) on numerous occasions since February 2016 — each time to a mixed reception. Some community members praise the prospect of additional density, while others lament that a tall building would loom over the residential neighborhood just west of Wisconsin Avenue.
The most recent community presentation on June 8 generated a familiar range of responses. Urban Investment's Brook Katzen touted a beefed-up amenities package for the development, including the promise to court a full-service, sit-down restaurant for at least 3,500 square feet of the retail space.
Urban Investment also removed a planned 20-foot-tall penthouse from the latest version of the designs, in addition to shaving a few feet from the building's top floor and relocating a planned elevator in the center of the building to the southern edge. The proposed building now stands at 88 feet with no occupiable penthouse, whereas previous iterations stood 90 feet plus the penthouse.
Other benefits added since the previous presentation include pursuing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold designation, as opposed to the minimum LEED Silver level; and designating 10 percent of the building's 145 units to residents earning 60 percent of area median income, instead of the legal minimum of 8 percent under inclusionary zoning laws.
"Generally the project has evolved in a very good direction, and we hope that it's now in a place where everyone can be happy with it," Katzen told residents at the ANC 3E meeting.
But his wish didn't quite come true. While numerous residents spoke up in favor of the project and urged commissioners to support it, just as many offered counterarguments.
Some said the benefits package still isn't strong enough. ANC 3E's Tom Quinn wants the development team to bury utility wires both in front of the building and along nearby Chesapeake Street, but Katzen reiterated that at this time plans call only for undergrounding wires directly adjacent to the building.
ANC 3E chair Jon Bender, meanwhile, asked developers to consider striving for LEED Platinum certification and working to improve pedestrian safety where River Road intersects with 42nd and Brandywine streets NW about a block from the project.
Other residents want the height to shrink even more.
Existing zoning would allow a maximum height of 50 feet, but the development team argues that the city's planning principles support greater density on major corridors, particularly near Metro stations.
The project has now fallen behind schedule, with Urban Investment hoping to secure zoning approval by the end of the year. According to Katzen, construction will take 14 to 16 months once it gets underway — a shorter timeframe than normal for a project of this size because the team is modifying an existing structure rather than building a new one.
Katzen told The Current after the meeting that his team would work on addressing the latest round of community feedback in time for ANC 3E to formally consider the project's zoning application for a July vote.
Tenleytown has recently experienced a boom of fast-casual restaurants, with some residents lamenting that sit-down establishments are few and far between in the neighborhood. If Urban Investment struggles for more than a year to secure a tenant willing to enter the market, Katzen said, the developer would seek other types of tenants to fill the space.
Other previously announced community benefits for the project include rehabilitating the dilapidated National Park Service building at Chesapeake Street and Belt Road NW, and restricting the building's residents from obtaining residential parking permits.
As part of the project, the next-door wooden structure at 4624 Wisconsin will be torn down. Developers abandoned plans to incorporate 4626 Wisconsin into the design as well after they failed to purchase that site.
Meanwhile, construction is already underway on another Tenleytown project from Urban Investment: the mixed-use redevelopment of the former WAMU building at 4000 Brandywine St. NW. That 100-unit building will be completed by the end of the year, Katzen told The Current.


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by Erin Qualey 4 years ago Follow @miffedcupcake
Room 104 episode 'Hungry' proves that truth really is stranger than fiction.
Every episode of Room 104 practically guarantees your brain a wild ride through a rollercoaster of logic and feels. With an increasingly experimental slate of narratives, and a commitment to telling intense, one-act stories in a short time frame, it's a thrill to check in to the series week after week with delighted anticipation over what secrets might lie behind door 104.
'Hungry', written by Mark Duplass and directed by Patrick Brice, is the first installment of the series that is based in reality. There's a brief screen at the top of the episode stating that it's 'inspired by a true story', but you'd be forgiven for blanking on that tidbit by the end credits because the tale is so startling.
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As the curtain opens, two men, Gene (Mark Proksch) and Sam (Kent Osborne), meet for the first time. Gene has set up a lovely dining area with candles and everything, and immediately hands Sam a fistful of pills. One is specifically for blood clotting. Hmm. Gene performs some sort of surgery on Sam's nether regions and then slaps a diaper on him. He tosses a piece of something into a skillet and fries it up as Sam rests. The two men sit down at the table, and happily take bites of the item, clearly excited to finally be doing whatever it is that they're doing. This tale just gets curiouser and curiouser.
Just then, on a tip from Sam's (rightfully) concerned wife, a cop busts in and scans the scene. The camera pans over to the sausage-like piece of meat lingering on the plates, and then to Sam's blood soaked diaper, which looks like the Japanese flag, blazing red dot in the middle. OMG. They just chopped Sam's dick off AND THEN ATE IT. WHAT. Obviously, the cop is freaked the eff out by what she sees, and she immediately calls for backup.
Kent Osborne, Mark Proksch.
photo: Tyler Golden. Acquired via HBO Media Relations site.
This is where the story gets wild. Both men firmly – and repeatedly – assert that cannibalism isn't illegal. How could this be? Haven't we always been taught that cannibals are… well… psychopaths? The psycho part is still up for debate, but – according to Cornell University's Legal Information Institute – the actual act of consuming human flesh isn't illegal. Okaaaaaay…
The story that this episode is (loosely) based upon depends on this quirk of the law, and it's certainly stranger than this Room 104 fiction. In early 2001, a German man named Armin Meiwes advertised for a willing participant in his cannibalistic ritual online. And he found one. Apparently there's a corner for the internet for literally everyone.
At the time, the Guardian reported the following:
On the evening of March 9, the two men went up to the bedroom in Meiwes' rambling timbered farmhouse. Mr Brandes swallowed 20 sleeping tablets and half a bottle of schnapps before Meiwes cut off Brandes' penis, with his agreement, and fried it for both of them to eat.
Brandes – by this stage bleeding heavily – then took a bath, while Meiwes read a Star Trek novel.
In the early hours of the morning, he finished off his victim by stabbing him in the neck with a large kitchen knife, kissing him first.
The cannibal then chopped Mr Brandes into pieces and put several bits of him in his freezer, next to a takeaway pizza, and buried the skull in his garden.
Woah. Much like with Sam and Gene, these two men also had a recording to demonstrate that Brandes' was consenting to everything that was happening to him. However, unlike the episode, Meiwes had the entire body of his victim at his culinary disposal after the event. In total, he was able to consume over 40 pounds of Brandes' flesh before the cops showed up at his door. He prepared it simply, seasoning it with only garlic and olive oil.
Even though cannibalism isn't technically illegal in Germany, and his victim consented to the event, Meiwes was charged and subsequently convicted. But, it turns out that people can – and have – gotten away with cannibalism and autocannibalism in the United States.
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Earlier this year, a Reddit user posted an AMA titled 'Hi all, I'm a man who ate a portion of his own amputated leg. Ask me anything.' Quick recap – this man had a portion of his leg amputated after a motorcycle accident, asked to keep his leftovers, and then prepped his own foot meat for a taco dinner with some buddies. Too bad Sam and Gene weren't invited. Those guys know how to throw a party.
'Room 104' airs Friday nights at 11:30/10:30c on HBO.
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