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Donna Purnell is a mother of three from Massachusetts and a bit of a modern-day Harry Houdini.
As the economy tanked, this former housewife finally decided to pursue her true passion in life and became an escape artist.
She's one of the few women in the world doing what she does and she's creating fans across the globe with her awe-inspiring tricks, particularly her famous escape from an underwater torture cell. It's a trick that Houdini made famous and Donna, who now goes by the stage name Alexanderia the Great, has perfected it.
She explains how her passion for these tricks was born when her now husband tried to impress her when they were newly dating teenagers. She realized she had a natural talent for these illusions.
Over the years, she's undergone a lot of official training and says she's mastered her craft.
Find out how her star rose when her husband put one of her videos on YouTube, which has led to appearances on every major network and new fans in more than 80 countries.
Alex the Great offers advice for anyone looking to follow their dreams.
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ENFIELD - The contents of the flatbed truck could have been bound for a scrap yard. But to town firefighters, the two beams, covered with dents, rust, scratches and jagged edges, were priceless artifacts delivered to the town by way of Ground Zero.
"We're glad to be able to get them home to their final resting place," said Deputy Chief Paul Januszewski.
The steel beams, each 18 feet long and weighing about 1,400 pounds each, were part of the World Trade Towers that came crashing to earth when the towers collapsed following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Specifically, they were part of the building frame on the north face of the north tower.
In a low-key reception attended by about a half-dozen people Thursday afternoon, the flatbed, accompanied by a fire department escort, delivered them to the Enfield Fire District 1 station on Weymouth Road.
Januszewski and Lt. Brian Ellis traveled to Kennedy International Airport in New York Thursday morning to pick them up from a former airplane hanger that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey uses to store Ground Zero debris.
Ellis and Januszewski said they did not know what condition or shape the steel would be in until it was loaded on the truck.
When it was being loaded, they could see for the first time one of the beams carried a spray-painted marker: "FDNY," the abbreviation for the Fire Department of New York.
Ellis said the mark probably was put there during the rescue effort. Sections of the rubble that were searched for survivors and then for victims would be marked off to show other searchers that that area had already been gone over.
"That's how they'd usually mark their territory," he said. "If you have that on there, one of our brothers probably put it there. We're pretty glad to have that there (because) it adds to the value that close to home."
The plan is to incorporate each into the Sept. 11 memorial in front of the station, although exactly how is yet to be determined, Januszewski said.
Enfield is receiving a piece of the towers as part of a Port Authority program to distribute artifacts from Ground Zero to any fire department, police department or municipal agency wishing to incorporate it into a permanent and public Sept. 11 display.
Steve Coleman, spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the authority has granted about 1,420 of the 1,500 requests so far.
"That's 1,500 requests from all 50 states and eight foreign countries," he said.
Within weeks after the 9/11 attacks, the Port Authority hired an archive firm to go through the rubble of the two towers and to chronicle as much as they could, he said.
The idea was to identify distinguishable items from the tower, like street signs, turnstiles, and other artifacts that could be used one day a memorial to the site, he said.
Ground Zero objects were kept in a climate-controlled 80,000-square-foot hanger at John F. Kennedy Airport
Two years ago, the 9/11 Memorial Foundation selected which items it wanted for the memorial, and the Port Authority decided to give away most everything else to any police or fire department or town government interested in using it as part of a permanent, public display.
The response was immediate, he said.
Many of the pieces are smaller, 2 to 3 feet in size while others are as big as Enfield's, and others still are bigger than that, he said.
"Some pieces people are requesting are a ton or several tons," he said. Reading, Penn. received permission for 28 beams that each required a separate truck for transport, he said.
"There is no charge for the artifacts but they are responsible for the transport," he said. "It is up to the individual group to figure out how to get it back home."
Januszewski said no Enfield firefighters took part in the rescue effort 10 years ago, and no Enfield residents died in the attacks. But as in other parts of the country, the tragedy of the Sept. 11 attacks resonates among the town, including the fire department.
"Three hundred and forty-three of our brothers were lost that day, as well as members of the police, security services and the armed forces," he said.
"To be able to bring home an artifact from the towers where we had such a tragic loss and to put it in this garden is just monumental to us," he said.
"It's beyond words and emotion, and I get emotional just talking about it," he said.


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http://www.pinchme.com get a free sample box each month while supplies last can get from 3-5 samples
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The recent Fast and Light film provides a great insight into Skyrunning and shows how the sport has grown worldwide; the UK has also seen interest grow in a sport where earth meets sky.
Shane Donnelly is a 26-year old runner from Ireland who has had his imagination captured by the sport.
In 2015 alone, he has raced the Tromso SkyRace in Norway, the Glen Coe Skyline in Scotland and the Mourne Skyline MTR in Northern Ireland.
Three challenging races but it's the Glen Coe event in Scotland that is currently making runners turn their heads and wonder, 'can I do that?'
Let's face it, the 2015 first edition of the race had Skyrunning World and European Champion, Emelie Forsberg take part and post race she said:
"Waow! Seriously the best race in this distance. Super technical ridges and gullies (think Trofeo Kima but no via ferrata!) and some parts are very runnable on nice but tricky trails. Glen Coe I'm thrilled to have run this race. Thanks for the amazing organization. Even though it was hard all of the nature and the course made me go fast."
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The 2009–2010 models of the Toyota Prius and all models of the Lexus HS 250h were recalled in February 2010 due to failure in the vehicle's regenerative braking system (RBS), which is designed to use friction accumulated during braking to help recharge the car's battery. Owners of these models have reported experiencing a braking failure when attempting to stop on uneven or slick surfaces, such as when potholes, rain or snow are present on the roadway. According to experts, the brake failure can be deadly, even in situations where the vehicle is traveling as slow as 30 mph. Just days before the recall was issued, Toyota apologized for not responding to reports of the brake failures sooner and announced that it was conducting an evaluation of the affected Prius and Lexus vehicles. Evidence indicates that the company had known about the braking problem for years, but failed to issue a recall. Only Prius vehicles produced between May 2009 and January 2010 are affected by the recall.
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The hardware required by a box frame is remarkably simple when compared to the modern casement window: we tend to believe this reflects the integrity of the original design rather than any reluctance by hardware suppliers to develop this area of their catalogues; after all, it would be in their interests to 'invent a better mousetrap'. The mechanism is such that little can be done to modify it without completely changing it and this would call for a review of the joinery as a whole. The spiral balance is possibly the major innovation in this line but we consider it to be a different form of sliding window altogether: if budget is a major concern, feel free to view our pages on this type of window.
There is a great variety of sash window hardware available both in terms of price and quality. We tend towards the top end of the spectrum; poor quality hardware can destroy all the good work done by our joinery teams both from a performance and aesthetic perspective. Hardware is available in Brass, Chrome and Satin Chrome as standard.
- Pulleys are specified according to the weight of the sashes they will be expected to convey and have bearings to assist with smooth running and quiet operation.
- To help raise the sashes, we fit good quality solid sash lifts onto the bottom rails.
- The sashes are secured by heavy duty fasteners with a locking facility.
- To communicate the sash weights to the sashes themselves, we specify hard-wearing waxed sash rope with a nylon core: this resists stretch and fraying and will give many years of good service before replacement becomes necessary.
These items are all included in the price and they represent a full suite of hardware for a perfectly functioning and insurance-compliant window. Having said that sash hardware cannot be substantially modified, it can be upgraded – if you are interested in what is available, click on the 'Style it your way!' icon for a feast of delights....


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The true life story of a man who overcomes the adversity of childhood poverty, foster homes, the Vietnam War, and his resulting PTSD. It is a story of immense hardship and courage that eventually leads to spiritual redemption.
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Yesterday was a personal record; it was the hottest I've ever experienced first-hand while showing homes with clients. 117 under bright blue, sunny skies.
Standing in backyards while we discuss potential landscaping ideas and pool repair.
Standing inside homes without a/c, where the temperature might have only been 97, but the humidity was brutal.
And then that one oasis of a home – the one with the electricity on and cold a/c blowing. Thank you, sellers, we REALLY appreciated that!
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Here is Heather's take on "It's a Dry Heat."
Your rehydrated and ready for another round today Realtor,
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft delivered the 2016 State of the Coast Guard Address at U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Congressional Auditorium Tuesday.
This was Adm. Zukunft's second State of the Coast Guard Address and he welcomed the opportunity to recognize Service accomplishments, reinforce his strategic intent and provide direction for the coming year.
"Now, on behalf of the 88,000 women and men of the Coast Guard, I profoundly thank the 114th Congress and this Administration for delivering an authorization bill along with the largest acquisition budget in Coast Guard history," stated Zukunft.
The commandant's speech focused on how the budget is being driven by strategy and how the budget will support his priorities to invest in the 21st century Coast Guard, sustain mission excellence, and maximize value to the nation.
The Western Hemisphere Strategy was a topic of the strategic conversation. The Commandant affirmed that in Fiscal Year 2015, Coast Guard assets interdicted or disrupted more than 190 metric tons of cocaine and detained more than 700 suspected drug smugglers detained for prosecution.
"When I met recently with the President of Honduras, he noted a 23 percent decrease in violent crime in his country – a result he attributes to whole of government drug interdiction," said Zukunft. "The increased budget allows me to invest in our capital fleet and intelligence programs so that we can continue to reestablish rule of law and stability in our own hemisphere."
The Commandant elaborated on what the 2017 budget means for the Arctic Strategy and how it paves the way to recapitalize the diminishing fleet of heavy icebreakers.
"Currently, the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star is returning home upon completion of its third consecutive mission to Antarctica, flying the flag of our Nation's sole operational heavy icebreaker capable of operating in ice up to 21-feet thick. It causes me great discomfort as it should everyone in this audience that the U.S. has no insurance policy – no self-rescue capability whatsoever – should Polar Star and her nearly 40-year-old engineering plant suffer an engineering casualty and become beset in the ice of Antarctica," stated Zukunft. "However, the budget includes funding to accelerate the acquisition of heavy icebreakers, and as I have previously mentioned, I am grateful for the President's ardent support to ensure the United States maintains year-round access to the strategic polar regions. I am committed to the safety, security and environmental stewardship of the Arctic, and I will continue to lead this effort at the international level."
The Commandant also highlighted the recently released Human Capital Strategy.
"For all the investments we are making in our capital plant – if they are not matched with a commensurate investment in our people – those aircraft, cutters, rescue boats and the skill sets required to operate them will become hollow," said Zukunft. "Which is why our Human Capital Strategy and retaining our most vital asset – our people – is the bedrock of the State of the Coast Guard."
The Commandant closed by saying that he is very optimistic in today's state of the Coast Guard and that "these are truly theFinest Hours to serve in the United States Coast Guard."
Please view the full 2016 State of the Coast Guard Address video and script at http://ift.tt/1PkRYc6.
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Another year has passed and here comes another year celebration of my birthday. Yeap, my birthday was yesterday and I am really truly blessed with all the blast celebration together with family, friends and boyfie.
Even my very best friend courier a "Starbucks Coffee Planner" all the way from Miri cause she knows that I have the habit of writing diary since I was 10.
Thanks to Shing Wei and Wawa for the treat on my pre-birthday. We're having at the newly opened restaurant, FullHouse Lifestyle Cafe.
We are always crazy, young and wild. I really having a great and wonderful time when I with them and they are really indeed complete part of my life.
Bought 2 pieces cause there are only 4 of us (mommy, lil bro, boyfie & me. Dad went China for business trip). The taste of this ice-cream makes me feels like in paradise.
I would like to thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes, either via facebook, SMS or even twitter. I am truly happy and delightful to receive all the wishes from you all. Not forgeting to all these bloggers for the meaningful birthday wishes; Hilda Teo, Rosyln Kong, Charmaine Pua Li Ping, Kemang, Mariah Doksil, Helmi John, Teo Jun Fook, Henry Tan, Priscilla Needsahug Tawie, Richard Lex, Iz Cawan, Jeff Chuah, Tom Rungitom, Fish Szehui, Thanks to you all. YOU GUYS ROCK MY WOLRD!!
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July 17, 2012 8:31 am
this HUGE wasp-like insect has been hanging around our garage and garden. Is it harmful to humans ,as in, will it sting us? I am allergic to stings and I'm a little nervous to go into the garden! It is eating other insects as this picture shows, and this morning when I went to the garden, it flew up from the garden with another bug in it's legs. We live in Illinois and today is July 17, 2012.
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Hi Mary,
The predator in your photo is living up to its common name Hanging Thief. Hanging Thieves are a family of Robber Flies that often hand from a single leg while feeding. The only wasp in your photo it the Paper Wasp that is being eaten by the Hanging Thief. Hanging Thieves often prey upon wasps and bees. We do not know of anyone being bitten by a Hanging Thief, but we imagine they are capable of biting if they are carelessly handled.


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When she was five years old, she tried to heal her mother by shaping the colors of her aura. Are auras the universal healing prinicple?
When she was five years old, she tried to heal her mother by shaping the colors of her aura. Are auras the universal healing prinicple?
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text: HomeLifestyleBooks & FilmLove, Loss And Catharsis The Heartfelt Photography Book Where Death And Dying Take On Tulip Form Even the simplest images are full of stories. Even the most substantial life-events can be captured in a single image. Tulip, the pathos-laden first book by London-based documentary photographer, Celine Marchbank, is both image and story, overflowing with grief and beauty. It is the story of the photographer's mother's struggle against lung cancer and a brain tumour. Focusing on the tiny details in everyday life, she allows their significance to shine and burn brightly. "I tackled it from the approach of looking at the small details that together tell a bigger story," she tells us. Candidly and delicately, the book documents little items of significance in the last months leading up to her mother's death. Without undue attention to the morbid, Celine prefers to see her project as a celebration of her mother's life. "My mum was a head chef and had studied art, so she came from a creative background," Celine tells us. "She loved my images, and I think she liked the idea of being the subject of one of my projects, she was not a shy woman." Celine used to be a graphic designer, but switched to documentary photography after pursuing an MA in the same topic. Having been practicing the art and trade for the last 5 years, her book, which she launched on Kickstarter, allows us to share in her sorrow, as the process became a pillar of strength to lean on, helping her to cope and overcome her strife. Ingeniously, the sole image of a tulip encapsulates the gamut of emotions in a recognisable and plaintive image; a concentrated symbol of loss, beauty, despair, and hope. "I could see that the tulips were telling a story on their own," she affirms. "I realised they were symbolic of what was happening. They represented happiness, love, kindness and generosity, but also isolation, decay, and finally death." We caught up with Celine to ask her more about her process: The Plus: How did you find using Kickstarter? Celine Marchbank: It's been fantastic, but a long hard month, a lot of hard work goes into reaching your funding target. I think a lot of people think you make a nice video, launch the campaign and then sit back and watch the money roll in, but it couldn't be more different! There was a lot of preparation work before launch, but the hard work all pays off if you get it right. For creative projects, it's such a fantastic way to gain interest and support for your work. What's so invaluable with Kickstarter is reaching a new audience. They become a community to share future work with. TP: How was the process of photographing your mother at such a difficult time? CM: It was obviously a very hard project to do, but I knew from the start I did not want to just concentrate on the dying part, it was more about the time we had left, so I would take pictures of the things that would remind me of her. Some days when she was really struggling I didn't take any pictures at all, I tried to be respectful to her needs. I didn't want images of my mum suffering. TP: How was she as a subject? Did she also share your passion for photography? CM: My mother was always very open about the idea of me photographing her. I think it made her feel like she was doing something in return for me. When she was diagnosed I became her full-time carer. I didn't mind caring for her, I would have done anything for her, but I think she always felt guilty about her illness. So we kind of made this agreement that I would look after her and she would let me photograph our time together. TP: How do you think art helps you deal with loss? CM: I still can't work out if doing the project made me feel slightly detached from the pain, or maybe I felt more affected by it, I'm still not sure. Since the project my work has evolved to explore emotions, it became a way for me to process all the grief and sadness. It wasn't something I planned, it just happened. Every new personal project I worked on had connections to my grief. I started writing lots about grief on my blog, it just seemed to pour out, and then I felt better. It really helped to get it out in whichever way, especially because speaking about it was not my preferred option. TP: What has the reaction to this heartfelt project been? CM: It's been incredibly warm and supportive. People have contacted me from all over the world who've been through a similar experience. Commercially the project has been received very well too, it's being shortlisted for many prestigious photography awards, but that wasn't the reason I did it. You have a kind of bond with people who parents have died from cancer, you join a club, and these people's opinions mattered the most to me, and the good response I got from them was reason enough to have done it. TP: What would you say your mother's legacy is? CM: My mother was an amazing person; she had a very interesting life and had a great influence on many people's lives, not just mine, especially in the cooking world. You can read about it in her obituary. I'm just glad to have been born to such a strong, talented and fascinating woman; she's left a lot to live up to! TP: What are you working on now? CM: Since my mother's death I have been working on a project about her cooking history, as I found boxes of her old recipes and menus from all of her many restaurants. I started to teach myself how to cook her recipes, they made me feel closer to her. Alongside this I have been working on a project about grief. When I felt sad I would cook her food, it would feel like she was with me, and so I think they could work well together. I have written lots and shot lots of images, I need to give myself time now to sit with it and see what comes out of the editing process. I'm really looking forward to this. Tulip: My Mother's favourite flower is published by Dewi Lewis Publishing in March 2016.


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Embattled President Michel Temer exchanged furious denunciations of corruption Saturday with a leading businessman who alleges Brazil's leader was behind the bribes paid by business executives to politicians and government authorities in exchange for political favors.
Meatpacking billionaire Joesley Batista, who is himself under investigation for fraud, claimed in an interview published in the news magazine Epoca that "Temer leads Brazil's largest and most dangerous criminal organization." He provided no specifics to back up his charge.
Temer's office fired back with a statement describing Batista as "the most notorious and successful bandit in Brazil's history," and it promised to file criminal and civil lawsuits against him.
Batista is now a key witness in corruption investigations that threaten to force Temer out of office before his term ends in December 2018. Prosecutors have said they are considering charging the president with receiving bribes and with trying to obstruct the investigation into a colossal corruption scheme at the state-run oil company that involved huge kickbacks to politicians in return for inflated contracts. Dozens of politicians and business executives already have been convicted in the Petrobras case.
Kickbacks reported
A key part of the evidence against Temer comes from plea bargain agreements with prosecutors signed by Batista and his brother Wesley that allow the two men to remain free. Under investigation in a pension fund fraud, they have said they paid kickbacks to more than 1,800 politicians to win favors for their JBS meatpacking company.
JBS is the world's biggest meat processing company and operates more than 100 industrial units around the world.
Their revelations include a recording of a March meeting between Batista and Temer in which the president appears to condone the payment of hush money to imprisoned former Speaker of the House Eduardo Cunha, who is serving a 15-year corruption sentence.
Prosecutors have said that in the recording Temer is heard authorizing Batista to pay Cunha the equivalent of about $150,000 a week for not reaching a plea bargain deal.


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In recent days, a firestorm erupted over comments made by Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, on the Oklahoma House of Representatives floor. And while Kerns sincere apology should put the matter to rest, what shouldnt be lost on the public is the name of a small group of conservatives meeting at an OKC gun range that I believe will continue to play an influential role in Oklahoma politics: the High Noon Club.
During the 2010 primary election cycle, I witnessed one of the most malicious attacks on a politician in some time against then-candidate Republican state Treasurer Ken Miller. With the blind viciousness of a rabid dog, Millers opponents distorted his legislative record. When the source of the Ken Miller lied campaign was identified, it was traced to tea party leaders.
The campaign against Miller continued into the general election. The conservative activists campaigned against Miller, suggesting a Democratic candidate would be better. Miller went on to win in a landslide victory in November, despite the baseless efforts against him.
Negative attacks are back in the news, and the comments of righteousness coming out of these ranks are disturbing.
In the April 27 Oklahoma Gazette cover story, Fractured family, Clifton Adcock quoted Oklahoma Conservative Political Action Committee leader Charlie Meadows as stating that his group plans on actively targeting Republicans not upholding conservative principles. Were going to change our strategy, Meadows said. Were probably going to devote much more of our resources to taking out these moderate and liberal Republicans. So much for Ronald Reagans so-called 11th Commandment: Thou shall not speak ill of any fellow Republican.
Meadows, Sooner Tea Party leader Al Gerhart and others associated with the tea party or right of right movement appear to be poised to shape the Republican Party in an image deemed acceptable to them, and them alone.
Those who question whether such a small group could actually possess this kind of influence should look at the recent decision by GOP Gov. Mary Fallin and House Speaker Kris Steele to change their own positions and return $54 million in federal funding for a health insurance exchange for fear that tea party adherents would create a firestorm.
The firestorm is here regardless of whether we send the money back. Its here for any Republican who thinks discussing economic development issues rather than Shariah law is a better use of time. Or for anyone who doesnt think carrying guns around schools is a good idea. Or anyone who likes to think for themselves, for that matter.
The idea that a group such as OCPAC or the Sooner Tea Party would actively divide the Republican Party is disturbing on its face. To advocate for voting for a Democrat in a general election is a childish approach to building a better state.
Are those associated with the tea party movement more concerned with building a state that people want to live in, or more interested in a scorched-earth ideology that leaves more people on the sideline than in the game? Members of Oklahomas political elite are taking note of these groups. Its probably time the rest of us did the same.
Smith is an attorney living in Oklahoma City.


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Chemotherapy in the Adjuvant Setting
In a similar fashion to tamoxifen, the EBCTCG performed an overview of the worldwide randomized data for the use of adjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage breast cancer (almost 18,000 women randomized in 47 trials). The chemotherapy regimen used in the majority of trials was CMF (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil [5-FU]).
Chemotherapy significantly reduced the annual risk of recurrence and mortality compared with no chemotherapy, and trials that used a combination of several agents (polychemotherapy) were superior to those of single-agent chemotherapy. The use of prolonged chemotherapy (regimens of typically 1-2 years) did not improve upon the efficacy of shorter regimens (3-6 months).
The benefits of chemotherapy were greatest in women younger than age 50; however, the reductions in the risk of recurrence and death were still significant for women in all age groups (Table 8.2 and Fig. 8.2).
Some have argued that the benefits of chemotherapy in younger patients (typically premenopausal women) are secondary to the actions of chemotherapy on ovarian ablation. Chemotherapy, however, appears to have the greatest impact in the youngest group of patients (age < 40), who are least likely to experience drug-induced amenorrhea. Unfortunately, few women greater than age 70 were randomized in these trials, and therefore insufficient dataexist to comment on the benefits of chemotherapy in this age group.
With that said, there is little reason to believe that women over age 70 do not benefit from chemotherapy; however, the proportional benefits in this age group are not known. Age alone should not be the only determinant for the use of adjuvant chemotherapy in women who are at substantial risk of recurrence.
Chemotherapy has a proportional reduction in the risk of recurrence and death among women with lymph-node positive and node-negative disease similar to that seen with tamoxifen. The absolute benefits of chemotherapy are dependent upon the underlying risk of recurrence, and therefore women with lymph-node positive disease derive the greatest benefit.
Table 8.2. Benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy
Fig. 8.2. Absolute risk reductions with polychemotherapy during the first 10 years of follow-up, subdivided by age at randomization and nodal status. Values for polychemotherapy and control patients at 5 and 10 years and absolute differences at 10 years (with SDs, and log-rank p-values for whole period) are given beside each pair of lines. Reprinted with permission from Lancet 1998; 352:930-942
This concept is best illustrated in Figure 8.3, in which the proportional reductions in mortality are applied to three groups of patients at different risks of recurrence (node-positive, node-negative, and "good prognosis" node-negative with small tumors found on screening mammography).
For women under 50 years of age, absolute improvements in 10 year survival are approximately 11% in the "poor prognosis" lymph-node-positive patients, whereas the "moderate" and "good" prognosis node-negative groups experience smaller improvements in survival of 7% and 2.6%, respectively.
Fig. 8.3. Estimated absolute survival advantages with prolonged polychemotherapy for populations of women with good, intermediate and poor prognosis, subdivided by age (calculated by having the proportional risk reduction unaffected by prognosis). For women over age 50, the absolute improvements in 10 year survival are approximately 3.2% for women at the highest risks of recurrence, and 2.4% and 1.0%, respectively, for women with moderate-and good-prognosis disease. Although the absolute percentages are small, when these improvements in survival are applied to the large number of women who develop breast cancer around the world, the potential number of lives saved is quite large.
Some of the trials included in the overview analysis addressed chemotherapy plus tamoxifen versus tamoxifen alone. In women of all ages, the addition of chemotherapy to tamoxifen further reduced the risk of recurrence as compared to treatment with tamoxifen alone. As mentioned previously from the tamoxifen overview, tamoxifen has been shown to add to the benefits of chemotherapy.
Therefore, each treatment appears to contribute independently to improving disease-free and overall survival, and should be considered complementary and not competing adjuvant treatments (Table8.2).
Maura N. Dickler
American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer: Update 2003. CA Cancer J Clin 2003
- Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group. Tamoxifen for early breast cancer: An overview of the randomized trials. Lancet 1998; 351:1451-1467.
- Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group. Polychemotherapy for early breast cancer: An overview of the randomized trials. Lancet 1998; 352:930-942.
- Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group. Ovarian ablation in early breast cancer: Overview of the randomized trials. Lancet 1996; 348:1189-1196.
- Fisher B, Costantino JP, Wickerham DL et al. Tamoxifen for the prevention of breast cancer: Report of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project P-1 study. J Natl Cancer Inst, 1998; 90:1371-1388.
- Gianni Bonadonna, Guest Editor. Breast Cancer. Seminars in Oncology 1996; 23:413-532.


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13th August, 2010 - I thought I'd add a new post with just a few more photos from the evening... starting off with some good old fashioned neon. There's something about Japan and neon. Like BBQs and snags (Aussie vernacular for sausages), or Kath and Kim (another Aussie-ism). Can't imagine one without the other. Neon signs beyond anything else perhaps let you know that you're in the heart of a big Japanese city.
Tankuki-koji is one of the main shopping malls in Sapporo that runs parallel to Odori Koen and goes for about half a dozen blocks or more. It's also a must visit if you've got more than an afternoon in Sapporo. Lots of little shops to visit.
A haircut anyone - not sure why the barber's pole... but the Japanese love symbols. Especially ones that have a somewhat hypnotic feel. Then again, it's amazing what sorts of things - or people - you'll bump into when travelling....
As an example....we were all heading to the izakaya when we came across a young asian woman with a rather large suitcase, looking obviously lost. Well, needless to say we all decided to help her find her hotel. Not so easy as you might think - even with a bunch of smart-phones at the ready when the address was wrong. That wasn't the interesting part though - turns out the girl was from Australia. In fact Adelaide of all places. Not only Adelaide, but only about 5km from where we live... not that we knew each other of course. Adelaide's a bit bigger than that. She was over in Sapporo attending a Christian mission, and whilst we didn't talk long, it was amazing to think of a young person packing their suitcases for the great unknown for their faith alone. There's a lot of people that do however, and hats off to them. Not that Sapporo was quite the deepest darkest Africa (no offence to any Africans). I hope she had a good time in Sapporo.
It was also about that time that we came across this little Buddha, perched high atop one of the buildings. I'm sure T-chan's friend told me some incredible story at the time - but the reality is a little less mysterious. The shop below sells Buddhist religious items such as Butsudan - or Buddhist prayer alters for the home. Just in case, they also sell Shinto items for good measure - part of the complex fabric of Japanese life.
And speaking of symbols - you couldn't get any more a culinary symbol of Sapporo than a GIANT CRAB! Yes, kani is well worth trying in Sapporo - so fresh and delish. Not quite a staple in Hokkaido, but not far off either. It really is a seafood delight. Of course - if crabs really grew this big, that might be a different matter.
The Japanese are renowned in the West for their desire to change - to always be re-inventing themselves. Actually, this is not entirely correct. Or at least not the entire picture. There's a strong element of resistance to change in Japan (Ok - that might not surprise people). But what might surprise people is the extent to which individuals feel empowered to fight development. I'll talk a bit later about Narita Airport (the most startling example of this)... but for now, we see yet another example of progress enveloping, but not destroying, the past in Japan.
Now there are a few things that are odd about Sapporo - for example - why you stick a ferris wheel on top of a building - or why, oh why, do you stick a great big clock in the middle of a busy intersection. I can't quite imagine checking my watch for correct time as I'm driving through... oh, and trying not to hit any other cars or pedestrians whilst I was at it. This is the same Nikka corner that I mentioned in the previous post. I seemed to spend a fair bit of time around here....though I might hasten - not for the food. In Japan, McDonalds is known as Ma-ku-do, or Ma-ku-do-nal-do (very South American sounding... think Ronaldo). That's not the only thing that's a little different. For example - try getting an ebi (prawn) burger in Australia, or having green tea. If you're ever stuck for an idea of what to eat in Japan - don't be too embarrassed or insecure about going to McDonalds... it's a perfectly valid cultural experience. Every now and again.
And for evidence that McDonald's isn't quite the universal constant that everyone thinks... let's just have a quick look at some of their Japanese advertising. Not quite what we're used to here anyhow.
And I mentioned the famous Nikka corner... well, I suppose it's also rightfully known as the Kirin corner. Depends on whether you're a beer person or a spirits person. Not sure what you call it if you're both (or don't drink alcohol). This is looking away from the clock in the middle of the road...
And Japan is a beer country - they have a number of mega-brands. Asahi is one of the more well known ones, though not my go-to-beer if I have a choice. The fact that in the heart of Susukino, Sapporo, their signs are written more in English says more, perhaps, about the investment opportunities they see for their beer than anything else - that and that Japanese actually love to appear international.
And as is often the way of things - we ended up back a Tanukikoji....where we had started. There's an underground shopping district (see the stairs going down) that heads to Odori Koen, and is known simply as Pole Town. Not a pole in sight however... but it's a good place to shop if your in Sapporo. The shops may have closed at this time however, but there was still plenty of life in the city.
And so all good things must come to an end. At midnight (around the time of the last subway from Odori station), it wasn't quite as deserted as this photo makes out. Indeed, the last subway is always a bit popular. And you'll find plenty of people that have had just a little too much good cheer during the preceding hours. But people pretty well keep to themselves, and behave remarkably well considering. In fact, I've never felt unsafe at all in Sapporo at night - though I have to admit that my wife has may stories of coming across MANY unsavoury characters on her way home from the train/subway at night. Being a single woman at night in Japan is not always quite so safe or pleasant... but that's another story.


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Community Blood Drive In Crofton
There will be a blood drive held in Crofton on Wednesday, March 4th.
It will begin at 12:30 p.m. and last until 5:30 p.m.
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Both King Harald and Queen Sonja celebrate their 80th birthdays in 2017.
'Like so many older people have experienced before us, one rarely feels as old as the figure implies. For us, it's a bit unreal',
said the king in his New Year speech, that, as tradition dictates, was broadcast on the last day of the year.
2016 has been a year characterised by hard fronts, and harsh rhetoric about immigration and in the 'asylum' field.
In his speech, King Harald emphasised that people must want each other well as not wanting each other.
'If we have good dreams for each other, if we want each other as well, then much magic can happen. It's good for us to ensure
that others may thrive. Both in the community of ours in Norway, and as world citizens', said the king, who also maintained that
knowledge of our cultural heritage helps make us more whole as human beings.
'There is a wealth of knowledge that helps us to know that we belong to a place, and do not live in a vacuum. That we have
been influenced and inspired by the same factors as the people who lived before us', said the king in his speech.
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Staggered Defoliation of Fuji Cherry
From time to time I like to test out techniques that are different from what I have been taught previously. Particularly with deciduous species where I am unfamiliar with the fine budding and growth characteristics it's fun to push a healthy tree to see what it can do, or can't do. With this cherry I had established it in this oversized box and am getting some long shoots.
I had already cut back the long shoots from last year over the winter. On April 13th, after the new shoots elongated for the spring, I defoliated all the leaves from the interior of the tree. But, at the same time I left the shoots on, with the strong tips still elongating and I wired the base of each shoot out as far as I would likely want to keep it. Then I set the tree back on the bench. I hypothesized that this would allow light in and cause budding in the area. My thinking was that a full cutback and full defoliation would potentially cause some of the branches to die. I believe this technique will prevent that problem.
It's interesting to note that I snapped three of these branches while bending them, I expected that one or two would die but all three continued growing despite being split.
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Jim GremelMay 7, 2016
Excellent – thanks!
Judy BartoMay 24, 2016
How is this one doing since the defoliation and cutback?
Eric SchraderMay 24, 2016
I could snap a new photo for you later this week. Just looked at it yesterday and there are about a hundred buds coming out all over the place. I'll update when I have more shoots to show in the photo.


text: In 1966, a young Marine took a reel-to-reel tape recorder with him into the Vietnam War. For two months, until he was killed in action, Michael Baronowski made tapes of his friends, of life in foxholes, of combat. And he sent those audio letters home to his family in Norristown, Pennsylvania. 34 years later, his comrade Tim Duffie brought those tapes to radio producer Jay Allison, as part of the Lost & Found Sound series. This radio story originally aired on NPR's All Things Considered.


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Judge rules against Cuban migrants who clung to Florida Keys lighthouse
MIAMI (AP) – A group of 21 Cuban migrants who reached a lighthouse off the Florida Keys last month should be returned to the island nation because the structure does not count as U.S. soil, a Miami federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Judge Darrin Gayles' ruling said the 136-year-old American Shoal lighthouse does not count as dry land under the U.S.'s "wet-foot, dry-foot" policy.
Lawyers for the migrants had argued the lighthouse is U.S. territory, and their clients should get to stay. They had previously asked for an injunction to keep the U.S. Coast Guard from repatriating the migrants, but Tuesday's order denied that request.
Attorneys for the federal government acknowledged the lighthouse is U.S. property but argued it was not equal to dry land.
The lighthouse is located about 7 miles from Sugarloaf Key. At issue was whether the lighthouse, a historic 109-foot iron structure that was in use from 1880 until 2015, qualified as U.S. territory under the "wet foot, dry foot" policy. Under that policy, Cubans who reach U.S. shores are usually allowed to stay, while those intercepted at sea are generally returned home.
The ruling comes amid a surge of migration from the communist island to the U.S., partly out of fear the favorable policy might change as relations warm between the two Cold War foes. The Coast Guard has said attempts by Cubans to reach the U.S. by sea increased 155 percent in May compared to the same month last year.
The 21 Cuban migrants who reached the lighthouse May 20 stayed there for several hours before they agreed to board a Coast Guard cutter, where they have remained since. The lighthouse has a large, eight-room living area once occupied by a keeper and other workers and sits on a submerged reef that was deeded to the U.S. by the state of Florida in the 1870s, according to testimony at a hearing earlier this month.
In 2006, a different Miami federal judge ruled that Cubans who reached a portion of the abandoned Seven Mile Bridge in the Keys that was no longer connected to land still qualified as "dry foot" because the structure was U.S. territory.
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Awhile back (circa. 2009) I started doing the Secret Keys comic strip with one of my old roommates. So we invented The Big Insane Happy. My cartoons have graced the pages of in Magic Bullet, 10 Magazine, Mandrill Comics, Patheos Nonreligious, Toco Cat Comics, Waygeek, netSideBar, Groove Magazine, The Sequential Samurai, Art Nouveau Magazine, The Alternative Chronicle, and others. I have also performed with Stand-Up Seoul, Freshly Comedy, Stand Up Yours, Tringlish, Calimocho Kids, Box of Bees, and guested on a few podcasts including Naked Diner and Uncensored English. I am also on the board of advisers for the African Cartoon Centre.
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FamousFix) died on Tuesday. His partner, Ray Goulding, died in 1990. They were both Massachusetts natives, and their comedy had a deadpan New England quality. Their radio skits often took the form of an interview that would go spectacularly wrong, as in "The Slow Talker", one of their most popular routines, heard in the clip below:
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TBT: Bob & Ray, "The Slow Talker"; R.I.P. Bob Elliott
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Today's the day: on September 8, 1997, I posted my first movie review on the Internet. The first post in my 10-year celebration, which I started a year ago today, has some history of the site, if you're interested.
I spent the last year migrating reviews from the old design into the blog format, which is important not just to maintain a cohesive look at the site but also to get all the content into a database — that will make future upgrades to whatever the next hot thing in Net design is. But I did have someone email me recently who was annoyed that I had "disabled the Back button" and so must be very ashamed of my work if I don't want people to be able to surf back to a previous back on the site. Of course, I have not disabled anything: all those old-design pages now have redirects on them bouncing surfers to the new blog pages, and so hitting the Back button merely moves you back to the redirect page… which immediately bounces you forward again. I realize that's a bit inconvenient, but with thousands of pages and countless links to the old pages around the Net, there's no way I could NOT redirect. And there's an easy-to-use nav bar at the top of all the blog pages, so it should still be easy to find what you need. (And of course you can always use your browser's history to navigate back if you need to.)
I'm starting the process of putting together a book of my favorite reviews, which I hope to have ready very soon — November, maybe. And I'd like to include a Readers' Choice. So here's what I'd like you to do. Send me an email with one choice for your favorite review of mine, anything published up till today. Everyone who sends in a vote — ONE vote only — will be entered into a drawing to receive one of five free copies of the book. This has nothing to do with my other contests in which I give away movie crap, so it doesn't matter if you've won before or anything. The only rule is: ONE vote per person, and get your vote in by October 1.


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1. Tanking: The theme of the final month of the NBA season has been tanking. Namely, that the bad teams have quit trying in an attempt to amass ping pong balls for the NBA Lottery. But is this true? Well, the anecdotal evidence overwhelmingly supports this assertion. Of the 16 teams currently in the NBA playoffs, all are at least 5-5 in their last ten games, except Orlando (which is 4-6 and has been reeling with the injury to Dwight Howard). Of the 14 teams now outside of the playoff picture, only four teams are 5-5 in the past ten games and two of those teams (Phoenix and Milwaukee) are still actively competing for the playoffs. Ten of those 14 teams are 3-7 or worse in their past ten. Of course, one would expect the poor teams to play poor in any random sampling of ten games but the ineptitude is palpable and most of these bad teams have shut down key players already.
Of course, there is little incentive for bad teams to really try to win once they obviously won't make the playoffs. Indeed, teams get a better chance to win the Lottery with more losses. There is some value to finishing strong, as winning will give the bad team some positive feelings with fans for the next season. But good feelings aren't going to be too strong enough merely because a team the goes from loser to competitive non-playoff team. Throw in that competing requires risk to your best players for the next season, and the slim benefits of finishing strong are clearly dwarfed by the benefits of losing. So, unless you are on the perimeter of the playoff race, the only real incentive to compete after a team has established itself as bad is where the coach or GM who is at a risk of job loss and hopes to show intra-season improvement sufficient to avoid being fired.
Henry Abbott over at ESPN argued that tanking is deleterious to the NBA and rewards bad decision making and should, therefore, be eliminated. Tanking is not really good for the NBA but it is difficult to think of a system that incentivizes competition over tanking. The concept of the NBA Lottery was invented to limit tanking (particularly after the Rockets were accused of tanking to get the pick that became Hakeem Olajuwon in 1984). The Lottery initially gave all non-playoff teams an equal shot of winning the Lottery and thus a team on the verge of the playoffs had as much of a shot of getting the top pick as the worst teams. The NBA figured that the system wasn't fair to the really bad teams and could even encourage border line playoff teams to junk a run at a low playoff seed for the shot at the top pick. So, the weighted Lottery system was adopted and being bad became the best way to possibly get a better pick, even if you weren't sure to have a top three pick.
Is this current system a problem? Well, it isn't good that bad teams look like even bigger pushovers come April but fixing this only creates more problems. The best idea put forward came from Bill Simmons, who has talked about a tournament between the non-playoff teams, with the winner getting the best pick. This would encourage teams to play harder for better seeding in a theoretical tournament but the incentive still isn't that great. Playing hard won't help because the seeding isn't really that important since none of the really bad teams are usually so good that getting a top seed in a loser's bracket would be that big a deal. For example, if we were to fictionally create a loser's tourney right now for 2011-12, the Suns would be the top seed and would have a bye but the third seeded Bucks would draw the Bobcats, not exactly a huge disadvantage for Houston. Also, the moderately bad teams, like the Nets or Raptors probably wouldn't care which top seed they draw and winning a round in the bad tourney wouldn't exactly excite the fans. A loser's tourney has the distinct stench of the NIT, much ado about nothing to the fans. At the end of the day, the Lottery is the best way to balance between making sure the decent teams shoot for the playoffs teams and the bad teams are given a better chance but not a guaranteed shot at the highest picks and no artificial system is really going to fix this. For now, we just have to accept that the bad teams will be worse by the end of the season.
2. Bobcats Are Quite Bad: It may be a shortened season but Charlotte is threatening to have the lowest winning percentage in modern history. At 7-56, the Bobcats are worst offensive and defensive team in the NBA and their expected won-loss doesn't short change them either, as the point differential projects to the same 7-56 record. It is clear that Charlotte has been managed horribly from day one and it is important for the team to get another win just to avoid another humiliation for the continually alienated local fans. At the end of the day, though, the Bobcats already bottomed out with some terrible drafts and the trading of Tyson Chandler for nothing but financial savings. It seems, though, that the Bobcats have figured this all out and Michael Jordan has finally hired a competent GM in Rich Cho. If Charlotte gets Anthony Davis, Thomas Robinson, or Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, they will have a nice building block. The fans may never feel for the Bobcats like they did for the Hornets but better the Bobcats are doing the right thing in dumping their mediocre vets and starting over. Now they just have to not screw up the coming draft choices.
3. Metta World Elbow: I caught much of the fun Lakers/Thunder game on Sunday. A great game was lost to the side story of Metta World Peace's hard elbow to the head of James Harden. World Peace was rightfully tossed from the game and has earned a suspension of five games or so. World Peace claimed after the game that the elbow was unintentional and part of his celebration of a made basket. In reviewing the tape, World Peace seemed very much aware of Harden's presence and meant to shove him off, though he probably didn't mean to hit him so squarely in the head. The elbow looked very similar to one that World Peace threw at Chris Paul earlier in the season.
While World Peace definitely deserves his punishment, this incident should not be looked at as a back slide to his reckless behavior from many years ago, when he started a brawl in Detroit. The elbow on Harden was vicious but is a part of the game. Being guilty of serial elbow is not a character defect, as Bill Cartwright, Dikembe Mutombo, and Karl Malone can attest.


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WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas -- The man who opened fire inside a Texas church, killing two people before being shot to death, visited the church several other times this year and was given food but got angry when officials refused to give him money, the minister said.
Keith Thomas Kinnunen, 43, brought a shotgun into the West Freeway Church of Christ in the Fort Worth-area town of White Settlement during Sunday services and opened fire, killing church members 67-year-old Richard White and 64-year-old Anton "Tony" Wallace, according to police. Witnesses said he was wearing a fake beard, a wig, a hat and a long coat, which drew the attention of the church's security team.
Minister Britt Farmer told The Christian Chronicle that he recognized Kinnunen after seeing a photo of him without the disguise.
"We've helped him on several occasions with food," Farmer said in the interview. "He gets mad when we won't give him cash. He's been here on multiple occasions."
ORIGINAL STORY: Texas church shooting: 3 dead, including shooter, in attack caught on livestream
Authorities said Kinnunen's motive remained under investigation. He was fatally shot by Jack Wilson, a member of the church's volunteer security team, within seconds of the attack.
"The only clear shot I had was his head because I still had people in the pews that were not all the way down as low as they could. That was my one shot," Wilson said Monday from his home in nearby Granbury, adding that several other churchgoers had their weapons drawn as well.
RELATED: What we know about the man who shot, killed Texas church attacker
The actions of Wilson and other armed churchgoers quickly drew praise from some Texas lawmakers and gun-rights advocates. Texas officials hailed the state's gun laws, including a measure enacted this year that affirmed the right of licensed handgun holders to carry a weapon inside places of worship unless a facility bans them.
"We can't prevent every incident, we can't prevent mental illness from occurring, and we can't prevent every crazy person from pulling a gun, but we can be prepared like this church was," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told reporters Monday.
President Donald Trump tweeted Monday night and Tuesday morning about the attack, both times highlighting the role of armed citizens in stopping the shooter. "If it were not for the fact that there were people inside of the church that were both armed, and highly proficient in using their weapon, the end result would have been catastrophic. A big THANK YOU to them!" Trump tweeted Tuesday.
But other Texas lawmakers, while praising the churchgoers' actions, called for a special legislative session to address gun violence after a devastating year that included mass shootings in El Paso and the West Texas cities of Odessa and Midland.
"As lawmakers, we must come together to address the rise in gun violence we have seen in Texas," state Sen. Beverly Powell, D-Fort Worth, said in a statement Monday. "Yesterday's gunman had a long criminal record, including charges of aggravated assault and possession of an illegal weapon. We must respect the Second Amendment while also working together to keep guns out of the hands of those who wish to do harm to Texans worshiping in a church, attending school or shopping for their children."
WATCH: Authorities praise church security volunteers for stopping gunman
Tiffany Wallace, daughter of victim Anton "Tony" Wallace, told Dallas TV station KXAS that her father was a deacon at the church and had just passed out communion when the gunman approached him.
"I ran toward my dad, and the last thing I remember is him asking for oxygen, and I was just holding him, telling him I loved him and that he was going to make it," Wallace said. "You just wonder why? How can someone so evil, the devil, step into the church and do this."
Wallace's grandson was also inside the church at the time.
"The gunman just stood up and turned around to him. So probably like three feet away from my papa," the boy said. "It's kind of heartbreaking, but sometimes you gotta be strong about it and just keep on going."
Isabel Arreola told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that she sat near the gunman in White Settlement and that she had never seen him before. She said he was wearing what appeared to be a disguise and made her uncomfortable.
"I was so surprised because I did not know that so many in the church were armed," she said.
Richard White's daughter-in-law, Misty York White, called him a hero on Facebook: "You stood up against evil and sacrificed your life. Many lives were saved because of your actions. You have always been a hero to us but the whole world is seeing you as a hero now. We love you, we miss you, we are heartbroken."
Investigators searched Kinnunen's home in nearby River Oaks, a small city where police said his department's only contact with the gunman was a couple of traffic citations. But Kinnunen appeared to have more serious brushes in other jurisdictions. He was arrested in 2009 on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Fort Worth and in 2013 for theft, according to Tarrant County court records.
He was arrested in 2016 in New Jersey after police found him with 12-gauge shotgun and rounds wrapped in plastic in the area of an oil refinery, according to the Herald News Tribune in East Brunswick. It was not immediately clear how those charges were resolved.
In a 2009 affidavit requesting a court-appointed attorney, Kinnunen listed having a wife and said he was living with four children, according to court records. He told the court he was self-employed in landscaping and irrigation work.
Kinnunen's extensive criminal record also included assault charges in Oklahoma and Arizona.
Court records from Grady County, Oklahoma, obtained by Dallas television station KXAS, show that Kinnunen's ex-wife sought a protective order in 2012 in which Cindy Glasgow-Voegel described her husband as a "violent, paranoid person with a long line of assault and batteries with and without firearms. He is a religious fanatic, says he's battling a demon."
Church officials held a closed meeting and prayer vigil just for church members Monday evening. Farmer told the crowd that he had encountered Kinnunen in the past.
"I had seen him. I had visited with him. I had given him food," Farmer said.
White Settlement's website says it was named by local Native Americans in the 1800s for white families then settling in the area. City leaders who worried that the name detracted from the city's image proposed renaming it in 2005, but voters overwhelmingly rejected the idea.
Wilson said the church started the security team about 18 months ago after moving to a new building and becoming concerned about crime in the area. Wilson has been a firearms instructor since 1995, spent six years in the Army National Guard and was a Hood County reserve deputy. He said some of the security team members he trained were at first afraid to touch a gun.
"I don't feel like I killed a human, I killed an evil," Wilson said. "That's how I'm coping with the situation."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Ian Chesterton wakes up one night, years after he stopped travelling with the Doctor. Only he's back in Coal Hill School, in his chemistry lab, and an alien named Pendolin is asking him about his life. Apparently, he's on display in the Ian Chesterton Exhibition of the Time Museum.
The Time Museum is the latest of Big Finish's generally strong First Doctor Companion Chronicles. I don't know what it is about them, but they're guaranteed buys for me. There's definitely a reason that when you look at the shelf where I keep my Companion Chronicles, you see seven little pictures of William Hartnell in a row on the spines (that's The Perpetual Bond, The Cold Equations, The Rocket Men, The First Wave, The Anachronauts, and The Time Museum, for your information).
The aesthetic of The Time Museum is great. The cover looks fabulous — surely one of the best that Alex Mallinson has done in a range of excellent covers. Richard Fox and Lauren Yason do their normally strong job on sound design, too, endlessly evoking a number of different settings as Ian and Pendolin move through his life. And of course there's good old William Russell as Ian. It doesn't need saying any more, but the man is pure class and his performance is as fantastic as always.
Though the conceit of The Time Museum is good on the surface, its first episode (The Cave of Five Hundred Skulls) suffers from a problem that some other Companion Chronicles have: repetition. Once you get past the main revelation of where Ian is and what he's doing, not much happens as Ian and Pendolin move through the exhibition. They see a memory, they are attacked, and again, and again. Though the individual bits are all well done, one doesn't have the feeling that they add up to much.
The cliffhanger itself is kind of lame — a revelation that's not a revelation to anyone paying any attention — but it's the second episode (The Birth of Ian Chesterton) that's really good. There's some delightful role reversal I wish the story had played with more, there's some callbacks to David Whitaker's Doctor Who in an exciting adventure with the Daleks, and then there's a fantastic deconstruction of a scene in An Unearthly Child. Now, this is a key scene in Doctor Who history, and you'll have heard it talked about before… but not like this. James Goss uses The Time Museum to put an utterly new spin on an old moment, and it's unexpected. I almost want to rewatch An Unearthly Child now, but I know I'll be bored to death as soon as the second episode turns up.
Judging by the extras, The Time Museum was originally scheduled to come out in 2013 as a fiftieth-anniversary story. I don't know what's it's out now in 2012 for, but I'm glad it is: another callback to one of the very best eras of Doctor Who, reminding us what we all love it for. Doctor Who will go on forever, of course, but The Time Museum lets me know that Ian Chesterton will too.
The Time Museum (by James Goss; starring William Russell) was released by Big Finish Productions in July 2012.