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EPA Applauds Environmental Champions from the U.S. Virgin Islands
Release Date: 04/24/2009
Contact Information: Elizabeth Myer (212) 637-3860, firstname.lastname@example.com
(New York, N.Y.) In conjunction with Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented Environmental Quality Awards to representatives from three projects across the U.S. Virgin Islands for their efforts to protect the environment. EPA Acting Regional Administrator George Pavlou presented the awards today at a ceremony at EPA's office in Manhattan, and environmental advocate Majora Carter delivered keynote remarks.
"These exemplary environmental stewards have gone above and beyond for environmental change in local communities across the U.S. Virgin Islands," said Pavlou. "Let their extraordinary contributions remind us all that we can make our world a better place and individuals really inspire others and make a lasting difference."
EPA selects Environmental Quality Award winners from non-profit environmental and community groups, individual citizens, educators, business organizations and members of the news media, as well as from federal, state, local or tribal governments and agencies. The honor is given to those individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to improving the environment and public health in EPA Region 2, which covers New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and seven federally-recognized Indian Nations. The agency receives nominations for the awards from both inside and outside EPA. For information about the Environmental Quality Awards in EPA Region 2, go to https://www.epa.gov/region02/eqa/.
Business and Industry
Onaje Jackson, Sustainable Systems and Designs International, St. Croix
Onaje Jackson is the President and Founder of Sustainable Systems and Designs International (SSDI), a leader in earth-friendly planning, design and engineering solutions. Jackson continually collaborates with individuals, local businesses and international organizations that seek assistance to incorporate the latest in sustainable and renewable technology into their development projects. Under his guidance, SSDI has successfully completed a range of projects throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America.
Environmental Education
International Year of the Reef, 2008 St. Croix Planning Committee, Kingshill, St. Croix
The St. Croix International Year of the Reef 2008 Planning Committee is a local grassroots group that was formed to raise community awareness about the importance and fragility of coral reefs. In 2008, the group held 17 community events to promote coral reef awareness and stewardship to over 1,500 residents. The group's media outreach led to 13 local newspaper articles and produced two public service announcements that provided information about local fishery regulations and encouraged listeners to leave marine resources—coral, sand, shells and animals—in their natural habitats.
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Sean LaPlace, St. Thomas
An active member of many U.S. Virgin Islands organizations and volunteer groups, Sean LaPlace has contributed countless efforts to protecting the islands' natural resources. He spearheaded a massive used tire collection campaign on St. Thomas in which a large group of volunteers removed close to 1,500 illegally dumped tires over just a few days. He testified before the Virgin Islands Coastal Zone Management committee at just nine years of age, advocating for the protection of endangered species and wildlife, and has been a frequent guest on local talk shows where he discusses the importance of responsible planning.
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EDMONTON – New research has provided the most conclusive proof yet that oilsands development in northern Alberta is polluting surrounding lakes.
The findings all but end the debate over industry's contribution to toxins found in local watersheds, say the report's authors.
The federally funded research by some of Canada's top scientists was published Monday in the prestigious U.S. journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It concludes that levels of toxic hydrocarbons in six lakes in the oilsands region are between 2 1/2 and 23 times what they were before the mines were built.
While overall toxin levels remain low, trends aren't good and some lakes are already approaching warning levels. The paper adds that the timing of the contamination and its chemical makeup both point to industrial sources.
"This shows very conclusively that at least in the lakes we looked at, we cannot see any way we can attribute this to natural causes," said study co-author John Smol, a biologist at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont.
Industry and government have long suggested that hydrocarbons found in water bodies near oilsands development could have come from naturally eroding bitumen deposits. That door is now shut, said Smol.
"(That debate's) completely over. If there was still a coffin to be nailed, I think this is kind of putting in a lot of nails in the coffin."
Industrial contamination in the oilsands region has remained controversial because baseline levels of hydrocarbons in the environment were never adequately established before development began. Rivers do cut through deposits and naturally occurring oily slicks are clearly visible along some shorelines.
To assess how things used to be, Smol and his colleagues took core samples from the sediment of six lakes — five close to oilsands facilities and one more distant. The layers in the sediment provide an annual record going back to 1880.
Levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons — many of which are cancer-causing and considered highly hazardous — increased over time in all six lakes.
In four of the lakes, sediments now have an average of more than four times as many such hydrocarbons as they once did. In Lake NE20, levels were 23.2 times greater. Even Namur Lake, 90 kilometres to the northwest, had 3 1/2 times as much of the toxins.
The data shows levels began increasing in the late 1960s, almost exactly when commercial production from the oilsands began, and at a time when such levels were declining in other northern lakes. As well, lakes downwind of oilsands mines showed greater increases than those upwind.
The makeup of the contaminants also changed about the time oilsands development began. The proportion of hydrocarbons associated with natural processes such as forest fires decreased and those considered to be oil-derived increased, Smol said.
The study suggests overall levels of toxins in sediment remain relatively low, well beneath those recorded in other Alberta lakes near industry, agriculture or urban areas. But Smol points out that until recently the study lakes were wilderness waters.
"We're not saying we have toxic lakes right now, but we see that these are wilderness lakes that are now at the level of a typical urbanized lake."
Biologist and co-author Joshua Kurek says the line on the graph is headed the wrong way.
"The general trend is that in remote lakes (deposition) tended to peak earlier, in mid-20th century, whilst the oilsands lakes are on a clear trajectory for increasing," he wrote in an email.
At NE20, the lake most heavily affected, seven of the 13 contaminants considered already exceed sediment quality guidelines above which ecological effects could begin to appear. If nothing changes, Smol said, three of those contaminants are likely to start have effects within the next few years.
"The trajectory is not good," Kurek said. "We've already entered the area of concern."
Smol added that hydrocarbons are only one worry. The study didn't measure levels of contaminants such as heavy metals, mercury or soot.
As well, oilsands production is expected to more than double by 2025.
"It's just starting," said Smol. "I don't see the pollution decreasing in the near future."
Monday's study drew immediate reaction from scientists on the journal's website.
"This work has put an end to the debate about whether oilsands development is contaminating waters in the region," said Karen Kidd, a biologist and Canada Research Chair at the University of New Brunswick.
"The increases are concerning because some exceed Canadian guidelines known to be safe for aquatic life."
Jules Blais, a toxicologist at the University of Ottawa, said the study shows clear evidence the oilsands developments have dramatically increased toxin levels.
"The recent changes under the (federal) omnibus bill to facilitate these developments are not going help. We've made it a lot easier for development to take place."
One scientist who has previously published on the oilsands offered an alternate view.
"One viewpoint would be to say, 'That's terrible,' " said Roland Hall, a University of Waterloo biologist whose work found no oilsands impact on more distant lakes. "Another would be to say, 'Wow, that's all?' It's elevating contaminants only slightly beyond the boundaries of the activity."
Steve Hrudey, who led a Royal Society panel on the oilsands, urged perspective.
"Focused studies would be required to determine whether ecological impairment was actually occurring."
David Schindler, a University of Alberta ecologist whose 2009 papers drew one of the first links between toxin levels and the oilsands, said Monday's research highlighted the need to ensure the monitoring programs now being set up remain independent of government.
"Would this study have even been seen by non-scientists if only Environment Canada scientists were involved?" he asked.
Government and industry also chimed in.
"Good science is to the benefit of everybody involved," said Travis Davies of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
Still, he said the results "need to be weighed against actual impact," pointing out the study found invertebrate numbers in the lakes remain healthy.
That was echoed by Adam Sweet, spokesman for federal Environment Minister Peter Kent.
"With the exception of one lake … the levels of these contaminants did not exceed Canadian guidelines and were low compared to urban areas," he said.
Sweet said the federal-provincial monitoring plan was set up to address concerns raised by the new research.
Smol said there's still more work to do. He said the scope of the study should be expanded to include more lakes and more contaminants — including a look at how different toxins might interact with each other in the environment.
He said climate change is also starting to have an impact on lakes in the area. Warmer temperatures increase the growth of algae and the creatures that feed on them.
"We're living in a multi-stressor world."

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Legal Definitions in the EU Member States
This resource includes the legal definitions of different types of gender-based violence used in EU Member States, according to their legal terminology and national legislation. It was last updated in 2019 and makes a reference to the United Kingdom as a member state of the European Union.
BelgiumViolence, JusticeIntimate Partner Violence
Any form of physical (e.g. intentional assault and battery), sexual (rape of modesty and rape), psychological (stalking and insults) or economic violence (e.g. abandonment of family) between spouses or persons who live together or have lived together and between a stable emotional and sexual relationship exists or existed.Observations
Domestic violence is any form of physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence between members of a same family, regardless of their age.Legal Source:
Law to combat violence against partners,24 November 1997Legal provisions on protection orders:
Court custody
BelgiumViolence, JusticeRape
Any act of sexual penetration, regardless of its nature and by whatever means, committed against a non-consenting person, represents a crime of rape. Consent is not considered to have been given, if the crime is committed by violence, coercion or deceit, or is made possible by the infirmity or physical or mental impairment of the victim.Observations
The Law of 4 July 1989 amending certain provisions concerning the crime of rape has broadened the definition of rape.
Marital rape is forbidden and condemned by the law in the same way as other forms of rape: it represents an aggravating circumstance in cases of rape.Legal Source:
Criminal Code, Article 375
BelgiumViolence, JusticeSexual Assault (excl. rape)
Indecent assault is defined in terms of use of violence or threats for adults.Legal Source:
Criminal Code, Article 372
BelgiumViolence, JusticeSexual Harassment
"Sexual harassment at work" is defined as any unwanted conduct related to the sex of a person of any form of unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct with a sexual connotation with the purpose or effect that the dignity of the person is being violated, especially when a threatening, hostile, insulting, humiliating or offensive situation is being created.Observations
In the judicial system, cases of sexual harassment can be qualified as stalking.Legal Source:
Law of 11 June 2002Legal provisions on protection orders:
Protection against dismissal and relocation.
BelgiumViolence, JusticeStalking
The repeatedly pursuing, watching or harassing of a person in a way this person perceives to be disturbing, worrying or tormenting.Legal Source:
Law 30 October 1998
BulgariaViolence, JusticeIntimate Partner Violence
In Bulgaria, intimate partner violence is included under "domestic violence": any act of physical, mental, sexual, emotional or economic violence and any attempted such violence, as well as the forcible restriction of individual freedom and rights and of private life, carried out against individuals who have kinship ties, who have or have had family relation or are or were cohabiting partners. In addition any act of domestic violence in presence of a child is considered mental and emotional violence against him/her.Legal Source:
Law on Protection against Domestic Violence 2005, Article 2 and Criminal Code, Article 296, Paragraph 1 (punishment for noncompliance with a protection order against domestic violence, issued by the court under the Law on Protection against Domestic Violence)Legal provisions on protection orders:
Law on Protection against Domestic Violence 2005, Chapter 2
BulgariaViolence, JusticeRape
Sexual intercourse with a female who is unable to defend herself and without her consent; by force or threat of force or by bringing her into a helpless state. This act is punishable with imprisonment of two to eight years.Observations
Penetrative sexual acts with another person by using his/her employment or material dependence on him/her - imprisonment of up to three years (Penal Code, Article 153)
Higher punishment for aggravated rape (e.g., when the victim is under the age of 18, related to the offender, or if it is a repeat offence)Legal Source:
Criminal Code, Article 152Legal provisions on protection orders:
No legal provision
BulgariaViolence, JusticeSexual Assault (excl. rape)
Molestation is an act with the purpose of arousing or satisfying a sexual desire without copulation regarding a person who has accomplished 14 years of age, by using force or threat, availing himself of his/her helpless status or by bringing him to such a status or by taking advantage of dependency or control.Legal Source:
Criminal Code, Article 150Legal provisions on protection orders:
No legal provision
BulgariaViolence, JusticeSexual Harassment
Any unwanted conduct of sexual nature expressed physically, verbally or in another way offending the dignity and honour and creating a hostile, offensive, humiliating or impending environment and, in particular, where the refusal or compulsion to accept such conduct may have influence in making decisions affecting the person.Observations
The law explicitly recognises sexual harassment as a form of discrimination and bans it. The EU definition of sexual harassment is fully recognized in the Bulgarian Law on Protection against Discrimination.Legal Source:
Law on Protection against Discrimination of 2004 andLaw on Protection against Discrimination, Paragraph 1(1)Legal provisions on protection orders:
No legal provision
BulgariaViolence, JusticeStalking
In Bulgaria, stalking is a term used to describe a particular kind of harassment, namely "any unwanted conduct on the discrimination grounds, expressed in a physical, verbal or any other manner, which has the purpose or effect of violating the person's dignity or creating a hostile, degrading, humiliating or intimidating environment, attitude or practice."Legal Source:
Law on Protection against Discrimination of 2004, Supplementary provisions, Paragraph 1, Item 2Legal provisions on protection orders:
No legal provision
CzechiaViolence, JusticeIntimate Partner Violence
In the Czech Republic, "Maltreatment of a person living in a jointly occupied dwelling" means: whoever maltreats a close person or other person, that lives with him/her in jointly occupied flat or a house shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of six months up to four years.Observations
The definition is limited only to situations of cohabitation and thus does not fully correspond to the definition of intimate partner violence.
Special circumstances (in the same legal provision):
Legal Source:
- The offender shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two years up to eight years, a) if he/she commits the act defined in paragraph (1) in especially cruel manner or on more than one person, b) if he/she causes grievous bodily harm, c) if the offence is perpetrated against more than two people, or d) if the contravention has continued for a prolonged period of time.
- The offender shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of five years up to twelve years if he/she causes by the act defined in paragraph (1), a) serious bodily harm to at least two people, or b) death.
Criminal Code, Section199Legal provisions on protection orders:
Eviction: Act on Police No. 273/2008, Sections 44-47
Court protection: Code of Civil Procedure, Section 76b
CzechiaViolence, JusticeRape
Whoever forces another person by violence or threat of violence or threat of other serious harm to take part in sexual intercourse, or whoever abuses his/her inability to defend him/herself for such purpose, shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of six months up to five years.Observations
Special circumstances (in the same legal provision):
Legal Source:
- An offender shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two years up to ten years if he/she commits an act given in paragraph (1)a. through coitus or other sexual intercourse done in a way comparable to coitus,b. against a child, orc. with a weapon.
- An offender shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of five years up to twelve years ifa. he/she commits an act given in paragraph (1) against a person under the age of fifteen years,b. he/she commits such act against a person taken into custody, being imprisoned, undergoing preventive treatment, being in protective detention, being placed into protective or institutional training or in similar institution where individual freedom is restricted, orc. he/she causes through such act severe injury to health.
- An offender shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of ten years up to sixteen years if he/she causes death through an act given in paragraph (1).
- Preparation is punishable.
Criminal Code, Section 185Legal provisions on protection orders:
The general personal injunction (Code of Civil Procedure, Section 76b(1)b) could be used in theory to prevent contact between the perpetrator and the victim. However, it has not been used so far.


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ESQUIRE.COM: I caught a couple episodes of The Following. This is a gruesome show.
NATALIE ZEA: That's what they say.
ESQ: But you and Kevin Bacon are great on it. You're on Justified as well. How'd this come about?
NZ: I started out on Justified as a regular for two seasons and then we talked about the idea, for season three, of sticking around for a few episodes to wrap the character up. While I was wrapping her up, I was looking for a new project, and this one came along pretty early on. So early that we really didn't know what was happening with it. I was told to read it because it was so good and so solid, and I did, and it sort of went away and came back again. And it kept coming back in my life. I had a meeting with Kevin Williamson and then a breakfast meeting with Kevin Bacon, and, you know, the two of them are really hard to say no to individually. And when you put them together you kind of don't have a choice. It was a pretty easy sell.
ESQ: So you're now one degree away from Kevin Bacon.
NZ: I guess that's the number. I'm not really sure how that works. I think you're right.
ESQ: I was watching some of the things you're in. I didn't realize you were Christinith in The Other Guys [watch scene above].
NZ: Yeah, that was on the other night. I haven't seen it since it was in the theater, and I happened to catch myself, which is always such a strange and surreal experience — when you're flipping channels and you see yourself staring back at you unexpectedly.
ESQ: That scene cracks me up. You're hysterical.
NZ: I've actually done a lot of comedy. I think especially when you're on TV, once you become associated with one genre or the other, it's near impossible to break into the other one, even if you have experience with both. I was in a meeting a couple years ago at CBS, and I expressed interest in comedy and everyone looked at me like I had two heads. And I couldn't understand why, and one of the guys said, "You know, you're everyone's go-to drama girl." And I said, "That's lovely and flattering, but I also went to acting school." I'm not a one-trick pony.
ESQ: You're screaming at Mark Wahlberg.
NZ: That was so much fun. My abs were like needles the next day, they hurt so bad from laughing.
ESQ: Can you talk a bit about The Following?
NZ: It's a show at its most basic level about good and evil. It's about the good guy and the bad guy, and there's always gotta be a girl, and I'm that girl who's sort of sandwiched between these two extremes. My character was married to Joe Carroll. Kevin Bacon's character, Ryan Hardy, was a huge part in getting him put away. We have a relationship that's sort of unrealistic. It falls apart. All this is taking place in the past. Ten years after the fact, Joe escapes from prison and Ryan is asked to come back on the case. It opens up room for Ryan and Claire, and then Joe Carroll gets thrown back in the mix, so we're all kind of back where we were a decade ago. Fox is doing such an incredible job of promoting the show.
ESQ: Yeah. Those Edgar Allen Poe masks were sent to our office.
NZ: Oh, that's so creepy!
ESQ: An intern snatched them up. He was very excited.
NZ: There are a couple on the makeup trailer. They just taunt you.
ESQ: When you're doing those scenes, are you reminded of your soap-opera days?
NZ: Yes and no. Yes in the melodrama aspect of it. No in the sense that this is much better-written. I have so much fun doing scenes with them. We don't hold back and again, it's why actors become actors. They get to do that kind of stuff.
ESQ: It's intense. People's eyes getting gouged out. Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy. What's it like working with them? How different are they?
NZ: I don't find them to be all that different. They're up for anything. There's a lot of thinking on one's feet. Both of those guys are so good at that. James and I tend to be, in the best possible way, on the side of melodrama. And then with Kevin, there's a lot more subtlety going on.
ESQ: Were you a intimidated by going to work with Kevin Bacon?
NZ: No. Have you met him?
ESQ: No.
NZ: Any intimidation or tendency to be star-struck goes away within the first thirty seconds you meet the guy. He understands the power he wields. He's an ideal acting partner. He's so private, and you forget that he's an icon.
ESQ: It's surprising to see Kevin Bacon on a network TV show.
NZ: Every year during pilot season there's a huge name people talk about. I had already read the script and again, it was rather early. The news came up that he had signed on. I was really surprised because big stars like that tend to want to do cable shows, and his intention was something on cable, but I guess he started reading scripts, and from what I've heard him say, he couldn't tell the difference between cable and network because they were all just so good. And I agree. I think television scripts have become really intriguing and well-done. And writers have stopped drawing any actual line between film and television they used to never cross.
ESQ: Between this show and Justified and Hung, you've been pretty present in this golden age of television.
NZ: I've been so fortunate. When I started, I had a really hard time getting work. It was the mid- to late-nineties. There was the WB. My age was perfect for it, but I just never came across as a youngster. I had to grow into my age in order to start working, and by the time I did, it was when things started to get good.
ESQ: Did you film your episodes on Hung in Bloomfield Hills [a Detroit suburb]?
NZ: I was there twice. I never went inside Detroit proper.
ESQ: I was just curious. I'm from there.
NZ: It's a lovely little town. Is it a town or like a suburb?
ESQ: It's a suburb but like its own city. Are you going to be on season four of Justified?
NZ: I am. That is affirmative.
ESQ: And any more comedy stuff coming up?
NZ: I'm lining up some stuff, because apparently that's how you have to do it these days.
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Paolo Soleri dies at 93; architect of innovative city Arcosanti
Paolo Soleri, an Italian-born architect who created a visionary prototype for a new kind of ecologically sensitive city in the remote Arizona desert four decades ago, only to watch the suburban sprawl he detested begin to creep near it in recent years, has died. He was 93.
Soleri died of natural causes Tuesday at his home in Paradise Valley, Ariz., according to an official with the architect's foundation.
PHOTOS: Paolo Soleri | 1919-2013
A onetime apprentice at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West compound on the edge of Scottsdale, Ariz., Soleri founded his own desert settlement, called Arcosanti, in 1970 at a site roughly 70 miles north of downtown Phoenix.
Perched on a bluff overlooking the Agua Fria River, it drew inspiration from the utopian villages of religious exiles and the fledgling environmental movement of the 1960s. Like Wright, Soleri was energized by the extremes of the desert landscape and relied on young, earnest followers to carry out a good deal of the construction work.
But he also broke philosophically with Wright, whose influential Broadacre City plan of the 1930s imagined a string of lush suburban communities connected by car traffic. In a series of feverishly detailed drawings, Soleri instead proposed denser, vertical settlements that would leave more land untouched at ground level. He called this approach "arcology," a term combining architecture and ecology.
PHOTOS: Notable deaths of 2013
Planned as a community of more than 5,000, Arcosanti was never home to more than 100 or so people. Most of the residents were apprentices to Soleri who, like Wright's followers at Taliesin West, paid for the privilege of studying his work at close range.
As Soleri aged, progress on the desert compound went from deliberate to grindingly slow. Even some of his followers said his approach was autocratic, or called the philosophy underpinning the architecture opaque.
One journalist visiting Arcosanti in 1999 described it as "a beautiful ruin." A suburban subdivision, Cordes Lakes, was built just two miles to the south.
But it would be too simple to say that Soleri lost and the McMansions won, or that the architect's impassioned ideas about the relationship between architecture and the natural world have grown irrelevant. Increasingly, the leaders of the green architecture movement see the kind of density and vertical architecture he championed as crucial to energy-efficient living.
Paolo Soleri was born on June 21, 1919, in Turin, Italy. (His acolytes would later make much of the fact that he was born on the summer solstice.) After earning a doctorate in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Turin, he moved to Arizona in 1947 to study at Taliesin West.
He also traveled to Wright's original Taliesin compound in Spring Green, Wis., spending 18 months altogether as an apprentice.
"I was there to be a sponge, really," he said in an interview for a new documentary on his career, "The Vision of Paolo Soleri: Prophet in the Desert."
He left Wright in 1949 to pursue his own work. "Three of my friends in the fellowship went to him and said they would like to come with me," Soleri said in that interview. "Mr. Wright was very upset by that. So we were fired."
Soleri's first solo project was the Dome House in Cave Creek, Ariz. Sunk partially into the desert, the house is topped with a retractable glass dome and suggests a cross between Wright's work and the futuristic Los Angeles architecture of John Lautner, another Wright disciple.
While working on the Dome House, Soleri met Corolyn Woods, the daughter of the client, who would become his wife.
He and Woods, known as Colly, spent the next six years in Italy. Soleri accepted a commission to design a building for a ceramics company on the Amalfi Coast. The knowledge he picked up working on that project would later help him set up a side business at Arcosanti designing and selling small ceramic and bronze bells.
After returning to Arizona in 1956, Soleri founded a small studio on five acres of land near Scottsdale and named it Cosanti. It was a prelude for the grander ambitions of Arcosanti, which began when Soleri purchased more than 800 acres near Cordes Junction in the late 1960s.
There he set to work creating what he called a "lean alternative" to consumerism and cities designed around the automobile. Ultimately Arcosanti was to include towers 25 stories high.
Slightly more than a dozen structures have been built over the years, including a foundry and a music center. There is also a swimming pool. Soleri estimated near the end of his life that the compound was perhaps 5% complete.
It barely attracted enough permanent residents to make the transition from commune to small town, let alone achieve an urban character. Among the followers of Soleri's who stayed on and started families, many found themselves driving long distances each day to take their children to school, undermining Arcosanti's commitment to walkability and car-free living.
Soleri designed a small handful of structures outside Arcosanti, including a pedestrian bridge in Scottsdale and an amphitheater in Santa Fe, N.M.
His prominence in the architecture profession waxed and waned over the decades. The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., mounted an exhibition on his work in 1970, the year he began building Arcosanti. A decade ago he enjoyed a fresh round of acclaim that included the Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
Lately some hugely ambitious developments have echoed Soleri's call for an architecture that huddles densely in the desert, sharing resources, rather than spreading thinly across a vast area. One of them is the $22-billion Masdar City project on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, designed by architect Norman Foster as a hyper-efficient "cleantech cluster."
And just as many of Wright's apprentices went on to their own lengthy careers, a handful of Soleri's apprentices have taken his philosophy in productive directions. The best-known is Will Bruder, architect of the Central Library in Phoenix, who studied with Soleri in 1967.
Soleri's wife died in 1982. He is survived by two daughters and two grandchildren.
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Today's News: Our Take - Bristol Palin Defends Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson: "Shame on A&E"
The support for Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson is growing.
Hours after his reality show co-stars rose to his defense, so did Bristol Palin. In a blog post titled "Leave Phil Robertson alone!," Palin says that the backlash about Robertson's anti-gay comments in GQ "flies in the face of what makes America great," she writes. "People can have their own beliefs and own opinions and their own ways of life."
Duck Dynastyfamily: We cannot imagine going forward on the show without Phil
Palin, 23, says that everyone needs to treat others with love, and that it should go both ways. "I hate how the LGBT community says it's all about 'love' and 'equality.' However, if you don't agree with their lifestyle, they spread the most hate. It is so hypocritical it makes my stomach turn," she continues. "They need to learn how to respect others' opinions and not just jump to the conclusion that everyone who doesn't support homosexuality and gay marriage is homophobic."
Palin says that everyone should enjoy free speech, even if certain expressed beliefs makes others uncomfortable. "If I were Duck Dynasty, I would take my show to another channel," she writes. "So much disrespect." Additionally, Palin posted a photo of Robertson on her Facebook page and said, ""I support Phil Robertson and his right to express his faith and his beliefs. Shame on A&E."
Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson spews anti-gay comments in GQ profile
Palin's post comes days after her mother, Sarah Palin, tweeted to defend Robertson. The cable network has suspended Robertson from filming indefinitely after anti-gay comments he made in the new issue of GQ sparked outrage online. "Everything is blurred on what's right and what's wrong... Sin becomes fine," Robertson told the magazine. "Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men." Robertson went onto quote The Bible and said that the "homosexual offenders" would not "inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right."
On late Thursday, the rest of the cast of Duck Dynasty said that they "cannot imagine the show going forward without our patriarch at the helm," leaving the future of the hit show in jeopardy.
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Monday 11/18/2013
CLEMSON, SC – Junior forward K.J. McDaniels had his first career double-double and scored a game-high 21 points to lead Clemson to a 71-57 victory over archrival South Carolina at Littlejohn Coliseum on Sunday. The game was played before an announced crowd of 7,238. The win pushed Clemson's record to 3-0 on the young season, while the loss dropped South Carolina to 1-2 overall.
McDaniels added seven blocked shots in one of the finest all-around performances in quite some time for the men's basketball program. But he was not the only Tiger to make a difference for Brad Brownell's team Sunday. Point guards Jordan Roper (15) and Rod Hall (14) combined for 29 points, to pace a Tiger offense that shot 44 percent overall. More impressively, Clemson sank 24-of-26 at the free throw line – a school record given a minimum of 25 attempts.
South Carolina won the rebound battle, 41-33, and outscored the Tigers in the paint by a 40-26 margin. But the Gamecocks struggled shooting the ball, connecting on only one of 10 long-range attempts and 56 percent of their free throw attempts. Clemson also had a positive assist-to-turnover ratio (14-to-12), compared to a 7-to-13 ratio for Carolina.
Hall was aggressive early, scoring six quick points to push the Tigers to an 11-8 lead six minutes into the game. The margin grew to eight moments later as Adonis Filer and Roper buried corner three-pointers. The lead hovered around that margin until McDaniels came out of nowhere to follow a teammate's miss with a one-handed tip dunk that made it 24-13 with under nine to play.
A six-minute Gamecock drought ended with fewer than four to play when Sindarius Thornwell buried a wing three. The next possession, he hit a runner to pull SC within eight at 26-18. Clemson drove the ball well in the final minutes and converted at the free throw line, making 12-of-14 in the half, to earn a 12-point cushion at one time. But Carolina's Mindaugas Kacinas scored on a tip-in just before the buzzer to cut the lead to nine at 35-26.
The Gamecocks came out fast in the second frame, scoring the first six points to cut it to 35-32 before McDaniels scored on a driving layup and free throw. But SC continued in attack mode, cutting it to three on a Tyrone Johnson freebie to make it 40-37 with 14 to play. McDaniels brought the crowd to its feet on back-to-back possessions with a lob dunk over the top of the zone on one trip followed by a monster stuff on defense that led to a three-point play on the other end. The plays pushed the lead back to 45-39.
McDaniels kept pouring it on, scoring seven of 10 points for the Tigers as the lead ballooned back to double digits at 50-40 with 10 to play. Clemson stretched it to 14 on a long three by Ibrahim Djambo, his first in a Tiger uniform, with fewer than six to go. Clemson was steady in the waning moments to pull away to the win.
The Tigers take to the road this week to take part in the Charleston Classic in the lower part of the state. Clemson will take on Temple in the opening round on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m.
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Utah Jazz: The Most Disgusting Fans In The NBAMay 13, 2008
Philadelphia fans are known to be brutal. Throwing snow balls at Santa Claus, booing their franchise players, and cheering when opposing players get injured are just several infamous occasions in which the City of Brotherly Love didn't live up to its name.
But that's nothing compared to some of the disgusting fans in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Last season, Derek Fisher was a hero in Utah. His eleven-month-old daughter, Tatum, had just been diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare type of eye cancer. She had needed an emergency three-hour surgery and chemotherapy at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Choosing to be with her during surgery, Fisher wasn't sure he would be able to attend Game 2 of the team's second-round series against the Golden State Warriors. Upon landing back in Salt Lake City following the surgery, Fisher got the news that Jazz starting point guard Deron Williams was in foul trouble and his backup, Dee Brown, was seriously injured during the early stages of the game. Fisher knew he had to be there for his team.
He arrived at the stadium during the third quarter and was given a standing ovation. Fans and players alike were showing him a lot of respect and it was a feel-good moment as a sports fan. Fisher later hit a shot that sent the game into overtime, allowing the Jazz to ultimately win the game.
After the Jazz were knocked out of the playoffs in the Western Conference Finals by the San Antonio Spurs, Fisher talked to management and asked to be released. He knew he couldn't keep flying to New York or Los Angeles from Utah to get his daughter treatment. He needed a situation that allowed him to play close to a treatment center so he could be there for his team and family, not have to choose and miss time like he did throughout the 2008 playoffs.
After weighing his options, he decided to return to the Lakers in Los Angeles, where he was drafted in 1996 and played for eight seasons before signing with the Warriors in 2004. He became the team's starting point guard and a mentor for the Lakers' young guards: Jordan Farmar, Javaris Crittenton, and Coby Karl, who had only one year of NBA experience combined.
Midway through the season, Los Angeles traded for Pau Gasol and became an instant favorite in the Western Conference. The Lakers went on to finish the regular season with 57 wins for the top seed in the Western Conference. After a sweep of the Denver Nuggets in the first round, Los Angeles' next opponent was the Utah Jazz.
Crossing an unwelcoming old path
Los Angeles won the first two games of the series in the Staples Center thanks to the Lakers' home-court advantage. Then things got nasty.
Leading in the series, 2-0, the Lakers arrived in Salt Lake City on May 9 and, as they took the court, boos filled the stadium for Derek Fisher. Had they forgotten everything he had done for their team? Didn't they realize why he had to leave and what he was going through? But the story doesn't end there.
Utah won Game 3, but in Game 4, things got worse.
As Derek Fisher went to the line to shoot a free throw after a technical foul, a fan behind the basket covered his right eye and began screaming at the Lakers point guard.
"It's a classless, immature grown man who represents the majority of Utah fans," said Lakers fan Matt Azzam, 20, after seeing the picture. "Like all teams, there are some rowdy fans, but Jazz fans cross the limits. They don't realize [Jazz owner Larry] Miller let Fisher go from his contract and that he made the move to L.A. for his family."
When shown the picture, some Jazz fans were also embarrassed. Jordan Raygoza, 17, said, "Of course [it's crossing the line], because it's a personal matter for Fisher and he did a lot for Utah last year through his problems."
This isn't all, though. Several fans who attended the game have said that some Jazz fans were chanting "cancer" over and over again when Fisher touched the ball or shot free throws.
"If it is true, and the fans did chant 'cancer,' it is absolutely heartless of them," Azzam said.
"There is a moral boundary that anyone with common sense should know and not cross, and the Jazz fans obviously don't have any regard for Derek Fisher, his family (especially his daughter), and anyone who has suffered from cancer. To make a mockery of such a life-threatening issue is 100 percent morally wrong, and there is no justification for it."
Implications and history
For a group of people to chant something so insensitive is just disgusting to me. What if Derek Fisher's daughter had been in attendance at the game? How would she feel when she sees people covering their eyes and screaming or hearing the chants of cancer?
"It's a pretty disgraceful thing to do and I'm sad to be a fellow Jazz fan," Raygoza said.
This isn't the first time something like this has happened in Utah, either. Last year, during the Golden State series that I talked about earlier, fans apparently shouted racist comments at African-American players on the Warriors.
Talking about the difference between playing at home compared to on the road during the series against the Jazz, Warriors forward Stephen Jackson said, "Well, we're not hearing racial slurs, we're not hearing people wishing for me to go to jail. That's the difference for me. I'm loved here in Oakland."
Jason Richardson said he and his teammates were caught off-guard by the slurs.
"That was something new. It shocked all of us," he said. "We weren't expecting that. I mean, [Jazz fans] were trying to get into our heads any way they can, but I couldn't believe anybody would stoop that low. It's nonsense."
Whether it's taunting a life-threatening illness or lobbing racial slurs, the Utah Jazz have some very disturbing fans. For someone to be able to chant and yell things like that and still feel alright with themselves is sickening.
"In all my years as a sports fan, yes this is [the most disgusting display of character]," Azzam said.
"Being an avid baseball fan, I've seen syringes being thrown on the field. Being an avid Lakers fan, I've seen signs made about Kobe being a rapist. That's fine, but when you bring up something that Fisher had no control over and make a joke out of it, it's disgusting. The Utah Jazz organization needs to come out and release an official apology to the family of Derek Fisher."
And while these fans think they are helping their team, they're actually giving the Lakers' players and fans motivation to beat them.
"It would bring ultimate satisfaction to close this series up in Utah and shove it up the crowd's ass," Azzam said. "I've got respect for the Jazz players, but the crowd has absolutely no respect from me. I would give almost anything to end this series in Game 6 with a purple-and-gold ass-whopping."
Basketball is just a game, but what some fans of the Utah Jazz are doing goes beyond the scope of the 94-foot court. These are truly the most disgusting fans in the NBA, and it sickens me that there are people actually like this in the world.
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Corydoras loxozonus
Callichthyidae. Subfamily Corydoradinae
Rio Meta basin, Colombia.
Maximum Standard Length
2.2″ (5.5cm).
Aquarium SizeTop ↑
18″ x 15″ x 12″ (45cm x 37.5cm x 30cm) – 50 litres.
Use a substrate of fine sand and provide shelter in the form of smooth rocks and chunks of bogwood. Areas of thick planting are also appreciated, as is the provision of some floating cover. Also provide some surface turbulence and flow, as it prefers well-oxygenated water. As with all corys, don't use undergravel filtration, and ensure the substrate is kept scrupulously clean. These catfish are sensitive to poorly-maintained or dirty substrates and can lose their barbels if kept in substandard conditions.
Water Conditions
Temperature: 70-75°F (21-24°C)
pH: 6.0 – 7.2
Hardness: 2-12°H
Will accept most sinking dried foods, as well as small live and frozen varieties such as bloodworm, brine shrimp and chopped earthworm. Feeding a varied diet will ensure the fish are in the best condition.
Behaviour and CompatibilityTop ↑
Very peaceful and suitable for many community tanks. Don't keep it with anything very large or aggressive. Good tankmates include small characins, cyprinids, anabantoids, dwarf cichlids and other peaceful catfish. Always try to maintain Corydoras in groups as they're far more confident and active in the presence of conspecifics. A group of at least 6 individuals is suggested. Give regard to the slightly lower temperatures preferred by this species when choosing companions.
Sexual Dimorphism
Like most corys, C. loxozonus is most easily sexed when viewed from above. Females are noticeably rounder and broader-bodied than males, especially when full of eggs. They also tend to grow larger than males.
Can be bred in a similar fashion to many other Corydoras species.
Set up the breeding tank (18″ x 12″ x 12″ or similar is a good size), with either a bare bottom, sand or fine gravel substrate. Use air-powered sponge or box-type filtration as fry won't be sucked into these and provide some clumps of vegetation such as java moss. A temperature of around 75°F and a pH of 7 should be fine. It's always better to have a higher ratio of males to females when breeding corys and 2 males per female is recommended. Condition the group on a varied diet of live, frozen and dried foods. When the females are visibly full of eggs perform a large (50-70%) water change with cooler water, and increase oxygenation and flow in the tank. Repeat this daily until the fish spawn.
It's worth observing a couple of notes on general cory breeding at this point. Many species are seasonal spawners, breeding during the wet season in their native countries. This occurs at the same time of year as the UK winter, so if summer breeding attempts are failing, it may be worth waiting until winter before trying again. Also, some species can take several years to become sexually mature, so be patient. Finally some species simply require different tactics, including timing of water changes, oxygenation levels etc. If you aren't having any luck, don't be afraid of trying different approaches.
If the fish decide to spawn, they will usually lay their eggs on the tank glass, often in an area where water flow is quite high. Spawning behaviour is characterised by an initial increase in activity and excitement, before males begin to actively pursue females. A receptive female will allow a male to caress her with his barbels, before the pair take up the classic "t-position", in which the male grasps the females barbels between his pectoral fin and body. He then releases some sperm and it's thought that this passes through the mouth and gills of the female, being directed towards her pelvic fins. These she uses to form a 'basket', into which she deposits a single egg (although up to 4 may be released). Once this is fertilised, she swims away to find a suitable place to deposit the egg, before the cycle is repeated. If you spawn the fish in a group situation, you will often see multiple males chasing a female as she goes to deposit an egg, in an effort to be the next chosen to fertilise eggs.
The adults will eat their spawn given the opportunity, so once spawning is complete you have 2 choices. Either remove the adults and raise the brood in the same tank, or move the eggs and raise the fry elsewhere. If you decide to move the eggs, you'll find they're quite robust, and can usually be gently rolled up the glass with a finger. The new container should contain the same water as the spawning tank and be similarly well-oxygenated. Wherever you decide to hatch the eggs, it's always best to add a few drops of methylene blue to the water to prevent fungussing. Even then some eggs will probably fungus, and these should be removed as soon as they're spotted in order to prevent the fungus spreading.
The eggs hatch in 3-4 days and once the fry have used up their yolk sacs, they will accept microworm and brine shrimp nauplii as first foods. The fry seem to be less susceptible to disease when kept over a thin layer of sand, as opposed to in a bare-bottomed setup.
NotesTop ↑
There are currently over 180 described species of Corydoras (commonly shortened to "cory"), making it one of the most speciose of all South American fish genera. There are also loads of undescribed species, many of which have been assigned a "C number" for identification purposes. This is a very simple system of numbering and is similar to the L number scheme used to identify undescribed Loricariids. Both systems were implemented by the German aquarium magazine DATZ (Die Aquarien und Terrarienzeitschrift), but have proved to be invaluable tools and are now used widely by aquarists worldwide. It's partly this tremendous diversity (along with their undeniably cute looks) that puts corys among the most popular fish in the hobby.
They're also very peaceful aquarium residents. Although they'll consume bite-sized items such as eggs or fry, aggression towards other species is virtually unheard of. Intraspecific hostility is similarly unusual, occurring in only a handful of species (mainly being confined to the "long-nosed" varieties). Provided space isn't an issue this rarely results in physical damage, though. In nature most species occur in large schools and as such do best when kept in a group in captivity.
Most corys are primarily benthic (bottom dwelling), although a handful of exceptions do spend the majority of their time in open water. Unfortunately this behaviour often means that they're often purchased and sold as scavengers that will "clean the bottom" of your community tank. While they'll certainly polish off any uneaten morsels that reach the substrate, they won't keep the substrate "clean" as such. In fact maintenance of the substrate becomes more of a primary concern if your tank contains a few corys, as they can develop nasty infections of the barbels if kept in dirty or otherwise unfavourable conditions. It should also be said that they won't do well if expected to survive on the scraps of food that escape the fish above. Always use sinking varieties to ensure your corys receive the right amount of food.
All corys are facultative air breathers, meaning they have the ability to breathe atmospheric air to a certain extent if necessary. They possess a modified, highly vascularised intestine to aid in the uptake of atmospheric oxygen. This adaptation allows them to survive if their habitat becomes oxygen-deprived for any reason. In the aquarium you'll see them darting to the surface to take in gulps of air on occasion. This is perfectly natural and no cause for concern unless water conditions are deteriorating, in which case the frequency of visits to the surface will usually rise correspondingly.
Corys are part of the "armoured" catfish group, and instead of scales possess two rows of bony plates running along the flanks. The genus name is composed of the Greek words cory, meaning helmet and doras, meaning skin (here used incorrectly to denote "armour"). They also have very sharp pectoral fin spines, which are easily caught in the mesh of aquarium nets and can also produce a painful "sting" if they penetrate the skin. Care should therefore be exercised when handling or moving corys for any reason.
This species may also be referred to its C-number, C082.


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Chief: Texas' battered $3B cancer effort endures
Wed., Oct. 24, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An embattled $3 billion cancer-fighting fund in Texas will recover from a controversy that led two Nobel laureates and others to resign over allegations that politics trumped science in spending decisions, state officials told stakeholders Wednesday.
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas opened its annual meeting under a cloud of scrutiny brought by the mass resignation of nearly three dozen scientists, some of whom criticized the fund for "hucksterism" and "suspicion of favoritism" on their way out the door.
All were out-of-state peer reviewers, who served on the first line of choosing which proposals were worthy of taxpayer dollars.
The state is trying to reverse the damage this week and kicked off the agency's conference with a vote of support from Dr. Brian Druker, who is behind the breakthrough cancer drug Gleevec and among the world's most foremost cancer researchers.
CPRIT Executive Director Bill Gimson then told a crowd of scientists and industry executives that the agency would flourish despite the fallout, vowing that CPRIT would ultimately rewrite the books on state-led research initiatives.
"We're a learning organization," Gimson said. "We listened. We're committed to getting it right."
After delivering the keynote speech on his research, Druker told The Associated Press he has some concerns about CPRIT's ability to restock its crucial peer review panels following such pointed public criticisms by heavyweights in the science community. But he praised the "integrity" of the agency's leadership and said he was confident of the future.
"They've had some controversy and some concerns and issues," Druker said. "But it's still an unprecedented opportunity. If it's done right, it's going to make a big impact."
Started in 2007 behind a push led by cancer survivor Lance Armstrong and Gov. Rick Perry, CPRIT spent most of its first five years basking in acclaim and industry awe of the unprecedented amount of taxpayer dollars committed to a state-run, cancer-fighting effort. Only the National Institutes of Health now doles out more cancer funding dollars than CPRIT, which has so far awarded nearly $700 million total.
But the plaudits abruptly gave way to rebukes starting in May, and the fissures came from within.
Dr. Alfred Gilman, the agency's chief scientific officer and a Nobel laureate, announced his resignation following a $20 million award that never received a full scientific review. The money was for a so-called incubator project at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, one of the country's top research institutes.
Gilman accused the agency's oversight board of ramrodding the project through the application process, despite the proposal being just six pages long. Gimson has said the type of proposal didn't require a full scientific review under agency rules but has since conceded missteps in how the award was handled.
Candid and inflammatory internal emails later made public ("I told Gimson this was the bomb that would destroy CPRIT") exposed the depths of the rift, and other resignations followed. Thirty-three scientific peer reviewers have since cut ties with the agency, many just this month, which coincided with Gilman's last day.
Gimson repeatedly emphasized the agency's commitment to an inscrutable peer-review process during his opening remarks Wednesday. He added that every grant proposal ever recommended for funding by the agency's science review panels has been approved by the 11-member oversight board, which is made up of political appointees.
The recent barrage of unflattering press has raised concerns among some scientists that the state's annual trough of $300 million in taxpayer funding is at risk. The Texas Legislature reconvenes in January, and lawmakers could cast a more critical eye toward the agency while facing pressures to shrink the state budget.
The bulk of CPRIT grants go to research, but the agency also funds drug-commercializing efforts and prevention programs.
According to Gimson, funds from the agency have enabled 200,000 screenings statewide for cancers include breast and colorectal.
"If the Legislature chooses not to fund it anymore, so much harm would come to people in West Texas that would not come if it remains," said Dr. Patrick Reynolds, director of the cancer center at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. "It's unthinkable."
CPRIT's meeting runs through Friday. The conference also is set to tackle the significant issue of whether CPRIT should put less money into research and more into private startups that are trying to bring drugs to the market. In Texas, the governor's office already doles out hundreds of millions of dollars in private tech investments.
A final decision on whether CPRIT will change its funding allocations is expected next year.
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By Ransdell Pierson
Dec 11 (Reuters) - Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co is confident it will do for Alzheimer's patients what it did almost a century ago for diabetics - find a breakthrough treatment, even though skeptics say it could take years.
"We are on the cusp here of writing medical history again as a company, this time in Alzheimer's disease," Jan Lundberg, Lilly's research chief, said in an interview.
Just as the Indianapolis-based company made history in the 1920s by producing the first insulin when type 1 diabetes was a virtual death sentence, Lundberg said he is optimistic that the drugs Lilly is currently testing could significantly slow the ultimately fatal memory-robbing disease.
"It is no longer a question of 'if' we will get a successful medicine for this devastating disease on the market, but when," said Lundberg, 59.
To be sure, companies often tout drugs in the pipeline that never make it to market. Lundberg's degree of confidence is striking given that Lilly's most closely watched experimental drug - solanezumab - failed two big late-stage studies earlier this year. Analysts said the drug still has a slight chance of approval because it delayed memory loss in Alzheimer's patients with mild symptoms - something no other drug has ever done.
Lilly desperately needs new big-selling medicines to replace lost sales of several of its biggest products that now face competition from cheaper generics. A successful Alzheimer's drug could bring in billions of dollars each year.
An estimated 5 million people in the United States have Alzheimer's, the biggest cause of dementia. More than 35 million people worldwide are believed to have dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, and those numbers are expected to rise as more countries see lifespans increase. But truly effective treatments have eluded researchers.
"Alzheimer's is fatal, ultimately with no survivors, so we are in desperate need for an effective therapy," said Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Mayo Clinic. "Is Lilly poised to make that contribution? I don't know. But they are pursuing very good options."
Petersen said Alzheimer's may be more complex than diabetes, and thus harder to make quick strides against, as Lilly did with insulin. "There may not be a silver bullet. We've had so many failures of Alzheimer's drugs, so we don't want to be inappropriately optimistic."
And even as Wall Street looks for an Alzheimer's treatment that will deliver blockbuster revenues, many remain cautious.
"Lilly is one of the leaders, but this is going to take a lot longer than we all want it to," said Cowen and Co analyst Steve Scala. "I doubt a drug will have a meaningful impact on the course of the disease for the next five years."
Lilly also faces competition from other drugmakers like Merck & Co and Roche Holding AG that have promising Alzheimer's compounds that could reap annual sales in the billions of dollars.
Lilly is ahead of other drugmakers in Alzheimer's research after solanezumab, in Phase III trials, was shown in August to slow cognitive declines in patients with mild symptoms of the disease. But the drug, given by intravenous infusion, failed its overall goal of delaying cognitive and physical decline in the larger group of patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's.
Industry analysts said Lilly might ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve solanezumab only for patients with mild Alzheimer's. But the FDA would likely require new trials for that narrower population of patients with mild disease, analysts said.
Leerink Swann analyst Seamus Fernandez said a new trial would likely take three years, but that solanezumab could generate annual sales of up to $7 billion if approved and become Lilly's biggest source of earnings growth.
Lundberg, who joined Lilly in early 2010 after heading research for a decade at British drugmaker AstraZeneca, would not say whether Lilly would seek approval of solanezumab, based on already completed trials.
Lundberg noted that test results were mixed for solanezumab. "What we saw was a slowing of cognitive decline -- the memory problem -- while the activities of daily living were much less affected."
But he said solanezumab's results were impressive nonetheless, especially compared with a similar drug from Pfizer Inc, called bapineuzumab, that failed in large closely watched trials over the summer. Both drugs target toxic plaques in the brain made of a protein called amyloid.
"We have an agent that was safer and also showed a statistically significant benefit" against mild Alzheimer's, he said.
Some researchers believe far earlier use of solanezumab, and other drugs that target amyloid, could prevent symptoms of the disease. One such prevention study will begin next year at Washington University in St. Louis, and includes use of solanezumab.
Lundberg was cautiously optimistic about Lilly's mid-stage trials of a different oral class of Alzheimer's drugs called beta secretase inhibitors -- or BACE inhibitors -- which work by blocking production of amyloid.
In small earlier trials, Lilly's experimental drug cut levels of amyloid beta in cerebrospinal fluid by 60 percent. A similar drug from Merck & Co lowered levels by about 90 percent in a separate Phase 1 trial. Each company claims to be ahead of the other in the potentially lucrative race to develop the first approved BACE inhibitor.
Excitement about the class of drugs intensified in July, when researchers in Iceland identified a mutation in a gene that slows the body's production of beta secretase, Lundberg said. Those aged 85 and older with the beneficial mutation were 81 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer's than others in that age group.
Lilly and Merck are expected to complete their mid-stage trials by early 2014, and show whether their BACE inhibitors are safe.
"This category could be enormous," said Leerink Swann's Fernandez, estimating that a successful drug could capture as much revenue - $10 billion - annually as some of the most successful cholesterol drugs.
"We're looking at multi-billion opportunities because of desperation and the cost of treating this disease," he said.


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Short Turns: Winter 2012 issue
TEN YEARS STRONG ❖ Dave Irwin's Dash for Cash becomes a 10 th annual this February 3-4 in Banff and Sunshine Village when the Dave Irwin Foundation for Brain Injury pushes past the $400,000 fundraising mark. On top of 10 pairs of skis to give away, prizes range from RK Heliskiing to ClifBars to Giro and Scott helmets. Singles and … More »


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EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: This 2012 Nissan Armada Platinum is a big 'un, with power and capacity to take on anything you might throw at it. Just make sure your wallet is up to the job, both in upfront outlay and every time you visit your local filling station. Actually, for a vehicle of this size and with this level of equipment, the pricing is fair. This truck has all of the goodies--three rows of cushy leather-clad seating, navigation and maximum audio, rear-seat entertainment, power liftgate, heated seats (first and second rows) and heated steering wheel, serious V8 power and a surprising level of refinement.
The truck drives smooth and steady, whether with the driver alone or loaded up with every seat filled and packed with gear. Power is ample and is available on command, though that Nissan V8 seems a little raw at times. Steering is steady and predictable, but the whole apple cart can get awfully upset in crosswinds. Gusts can really toss it off path, requiring constant correction. The five-speed autobox also seems antiquated--fuel economy would see at least a modest boost with a sixth overdrive cog to the work with.
Fuel economy is really where the Armada suffers--we posted a series of numbers in keeping with EPA estimates, the best of which was 14.26 mpg. If gasoline prices climb, loading up the family for a long trip in the Armada will become mighty expensive--not that fuel isn't already topping $3.50 per gallon. If your lifestyle demands this much utility, hopefully your pocketbook can support it.
NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: The Armada is a nicely done large SUV with plenty of power and agreeable driving dynamics. It's big, the relatively old design still stands out at the curb, and the interior is simple, even if a bit plain, but functional.
Everything about this thing is large, including the price. But as Gritz notes, it's well equipped and offers a ton of capability and function. I didn't have occasion to put more than one other person in the Armada (talk about a waste of all this space), but there's a cavernous amount of room to haul anything. It's also a comfortable daily driver and handles well for such an imposing utility barge. The chassis is comfortable, though potholes do a little more upsetting than one might expect. On the other hand, you could probably drive over a field of rocks in this thing, should the need arise. Additionally, the steering is light, making for an easy demeanor in corners and curves. Plus, I always love a big V8, and for "only" 317 hp, this thing felt rather strong.
The thronelike seats, the elevated driving view--it all made for a conquering feeling on the road. Driving through some sketchy areas didn't faze me in the least, as the Armada felt like piloting a tank. Plus, as the sun set and dusk fell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue, it offered an excellent vantage point to soak in the architecture as I rolled toward the expressway. That was a cathartic feeling, for sure.
The downsides: The fuel economy is obviously not so great; the interior is a bit tired, and it seems Brontosaurus utes such as this will be CAFE casualties. Yes, people will still need big trucks and SUVs, they'll just need to be way more efficient than this one. Still, this is a nice big rig and a fun weekend. Great name, too. Armada. That has attitude.
EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: This Armada hits all the right buttons in a full-size ute. Plenty of low-end grunt for pulling stuff, big enough to haul around a lot of people and/or stuff, and a roomy, comfortable cabin. I had a small flashback to our recently departed long-term Infiniti QX56, and even though they come from the same families, the two vehicles are a couple of blocks apart when it comes to interior finishes. But if you like a higher grade of leather and a couple of dead trees worth of wood, then the Infiniti is more to your liking. But in all honesty, the Nissan variant is more than adequate.
One thing that annoyed me right off the bat was the nontelescoping steering wheel. If you can make it go up and down, why not in an out? That little feature makes getting a comfortable driving position so much easier. And in a truck tipping the price scale north of $50,000, I think a telescoping wheel should be standard.
I'm still not a fan of Nissan's radio interface, with three separate pages in which to save radio stations from any band. Maybe if this were my own vehicle I would like that, but I sure don't like it here.
All things considered, if I were in the market for a full-size SUV, would I buy this over, say, a GMC Yukon or a Dodge Durango? That's hard to say because there is nothing overly compelling here to differentiate the Armada from the rest of the field.
ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: While its luxury cousin over at Infiniti moved onto the Nissan Patrol platform with the debut of the latest-generation QX56, the Armada remains on the old Titan base that it's been on since day one. Not that it is a bad thing because I've actually been a fan of the big barge for its solid drive quality (for a massive SUV) and healthy grunt off the line from the 5.6-liter V8.
I'm not sure whether anyone remembers what the interior in the Armada looked like when it first came out, but the current cabin is way better, with quality plastics and a decent amount of soft-touch surfaces. There's massive space to easily carry large families and plenty of gear anywhere. Oh, and thumbs-up for the comfortable and cushy bucket seats up front.
For such a big truck, it's easy to wheel around. Steering is light and responsive to make maneuvering around parking lots easy enough, and the brakes are strong and responsive to bring the rig down from speed with ease. And the ride is comfortable, with the Armada gliding over road imperfections.
Of course, all of the space, comfort and power come at the expense of fuel economy. I averaged 14.16 mpg on my tank, which matches the EPA combined fuel-economy rating. An extra gear in the transmission might help squeak out some more efficiency, or maybe a cylinder-deactivation system?
The fact is that some people need all of the capabilities that something such as the Armada offers to carry a big family and tow a camper or boat behind it. For those people, the Armada is still worth a look even though it's a little long in tooth.
2012 Nissan Armada Platinum
Base Price: $54,925
As-Tested Price: $55,400
Drivetrain: 5.6-liter V8; 4WD, five-speed automatic
Output: 317 hp @ 5,200 rpm, 385 lb-ft @ 3,400 rpm
Curb Weight: 5,808 lb
Fuel Economy (EPA/AW): 14/13.7 mpg
Options: Rear cargo net and organizer ($245); floor and cargo mats ($230)
For more information: Check out the 2012 Nissan Armada Platinum at shopautoweek.com.


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Phaneuf scores OT winner for Toronto
Ben Scrivens didn't want to be part of Steve Stamkos' big milestone.
The NHL's leading scorer got his 59th goal of the season, but Dion Phaneuf scored the game-winner in overtime for the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 3-2 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night.
''I just didn't want to give up 60,'' said Scrivens, the Leafs' goalie. ''It would be on the highlights all summer.''
Stamkos is trying to become the NHL's first 60-goal scorer since Washington's Alex Ovechkin had 65 in the 2007-08 season, and just the second player to reach that mark in the last 15 years.
''He's a team player and he cares about the right things for the right reasons,'' said coach Guy Boucher. ''Whether it's 59 or 60, it doesn't make a difference in the quality of the player.''
Stamkos badly wanted to get the job done in his hometown — ''Oh yeah, it'd be special,'' he said before the game — but heads to Winnipeg instead needing a goal in Tampa's final game on Saturday.
His coach was clearly trying to help him along. Stamkos received a team-high 25:08 of ice time and matched his season-high with eight shots on goal.
''You could see definitely that their hockey club is trying to push the puck in his direction,'' Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said. ''We were fortunate I think tonight to only hold him to one. He had lots of chances.''
Tim Connolly and Jake Gardiner also had goals for Toronto.
Martin St. Louis added a goal for the Lightning.
Stamkos appeared to be headed for his league-leading 13th game-winner of the season after sneaking behind the Toronto defense and converting a perfect pass from Bruno Gervais at 8:48 of the third period to make it 2-1. But Gardiner tied it up with less than three minutes to play in regulation by banking the puck in off a defender.
Phaneuf's winner came after Dwayne Roloson stopped a Phil Kessel shot.
There was very little atmosphere for Toronto's final home game of the season. With the team long out of playoff contention and the Blue Jays' marathon opener in Cleveland stretching into the Leafs' game time, there were several clusters of empty seats at Air Canada Centre.
It was just the team's second win on home ice in the last two months — an ugly 2-8-3 stretch that contributed to a seventh straight season outside the playoffs.
But the players took some solace in being able to leave the ice to cheers while saluting the fans with sticks raised high.
''We've got great fans,'' Phaneuf said. ''We struggled at home for a while, no one was happy about it. We have not been playing the way that we want to play.
''But we wanted to finish our year off, our last game at home in front of our fans, the way we (did).''
St. Louis opened the scoring for Tampa Bay with a shot that caromed off some bodies and past Ben Scrivens 5:49 of the first period. Stamkos was standing at the edge of the crease but didn't pick up a point on the play.
It took less than a minute for the Leafs to tie it up, with Connolly getting a beautiful pass from Gardiner and having a wide open net to shoot at.
Stamkos truly began establishing his presence during a second period where he was credited with six shots. Scrivens stopped him with a toe save early on before getting a blocker on another good shot through traffic.
At the other end, Roloson did his part to keep the game close.
The 42-year-old Lightning goaltender got his glove on a great chance by Tyler Bozak before stretching his leg back to deny Clarke MacArthur on the rush.
NOTES: Leafs F Joffrey Lupul took the morning skate — his first since separating a shoulder March 6 — but won't play again for Toronto this season ... Former Leafs goalie Johnny Bower received a loud ovation when he was shown on the scoreboard ... Stamkos has three goals in eight career games at Air Canada Centre.


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