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Ukrainian citizen and leader of the Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemilev, has been handed a document on the Ukrainian border informing him he is banned by federal law from entering Russian territory for five years.
The typewritten document is unsigned, with no official heading, and was made public by the Crimean Tatar parliament, the Mejlis.
It follows an incident on Monday when uniformed men pulled down the Ukrainian flag from the Majlis and replaced it with a Crimean one.
Crimea's deputy prime minister has also announced the government will ask Tatars to vacate illegally occupied land to make way for what were described as "social needs."
This could target virtually all of Crimea's Tatars, as they were denied land rights upon returning to the peninsula in 1991, and so built makeshift homes on unauthorised property.


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Thinking Back on Thanksgiving
December 1, 2011
With Thanksgiving behind us I have noticed my friends and family posting updates on Face Book about the things they are most thankful for. I saw one that said, "The happiest people don't have the best of everything they just make the best of everything". I just love that saying and it made me think about the life we have here on the farm. I was contemplating that while looking at one of my favorite photos of my father with my daughter, Sophia, holding a newborn piglet. I cherish the memory of that day, Sophia's look of delight as she holds that baby pig in her arms while my dad looks on with his encouraging smile.
I'm thankful to have this vast countryside to call home. I grew up here on this farm, and sometimes things were tough. We grew up without air conditioning, a furnace or even a dishwasher. In the winter my sister, Anne, and I wore mittens, bulky wool socks, and a hat along with sweaters to keep warm in bed at night, but we always made the best of it. Like when we got to play with our cousins. We had the most fun with our cousins, Shane and Chris. Together we made up games like Leepo People, where we would run and make a flying leap into a snow drift on the edge of the driveway like super heros as we yelled, "Leepo People" as loud as we could. We caught crawdads in the crick near our farm and floated down that same crick in inner tubes on hot summer days.
After college I moved away to Minneapolis, Los Angeles and even Milwaukee but I always return here to this countryside not just because of my family but, as they say, home is where your heart is and mine is here. I'm thankful for the wonderful memories from growing up on the farm with my sister and cousins and even more thankful to be able to raise my daughter on the farm where I grew up with plenty of freedom and wide open spaces.
What are you thankful for? Do you have photos that capture the spirit of that feeling? If so I would love to see them. Let's call it a photo contest. Please submit your photos for this contest by uploading them to the Niman Ranch Facebook page and describe how your photograph represents something you are thankful for. The winner's photo will be featured in our next blog post with their story. I look forward to seeing your wonderful pictures and reading about what makes you feel thankful.

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The Holidays are coming fast, and dressing up for dinner parties, cocktails and brunches is never easy. This year, embrace the sophisticated elegance of satin: from classic pieces to trendy must-haves, here are six staples to make this season a success!
A bomber jacket
Bomber jackets are EVERYWHERE this season. Add a relaxed touch to your look by adding this sportswear-inspired piece to a classy outfit.
A slip dress
The 90's have been in full force for the past seasons. Channel your inner Kate Moss with a strappy, midi lenght slip dress.
A blouse
Jeans, skirts, shorts, wide leg pants… A blouse can be worn with pretty much anything in your wardrobe. So many ways, so little time…
A jumpsuit
2 pieces in one. Glamorous AND practical.
A minaudière
Yes, minaudière. We're pretty sure it means "Super small" in French.
A luxurious PJ set
Because the party only starts when you take off your clothes.
What's your favorite satin piece?


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Harriet McBryde Johnson is the author of a new novel, Accidents of Nature. It is categorized as a Young Adult Novel, but like many YA books, it is a fine adult read. In fact, if I could afford it, I would buy copies for every uninitiated, clueless do-gooder for the disabled that I meet and/or work with.
Like me, Harriet McBryde Johnson grew up with a disability. Like me, she was in "special ed" until the age of 13, and went to "crip camp". I only went to crip camp once; if one can extrapolate from the novel, it sounds like Harriet had a better time than I did, because she went to crip camp more than once.
Accidents of Nature is about crip camp circa 1970, the first year that the narrator of the novel, Jean, goes to camp. Jean is a "spaz" with CP who uses a wheelchair. The pivotal character of the novel – based upon, one guesses, the author – is Sara, who is a camp veteran and also uses a wheelchair.
The plot is a simple one of coming of age, coming to grips and coming to terms, if you will. It is a quick read, and for me, was like reading a personal parallel history. (Isn't there an old line about, "We went to different schools together"?)
This novel confirms the answers I've come to about some of the more difficult questions about disability and disability politics and the crip experience:
* It really is us ("crips") against them ("norms"); very, very few of the non-crip do-gooders really get it, even now
* Children with visible disabilities, perhaps severe disabilities, whose parents convince them that they are "just like everyone else" are doing those children a grave disservice in the sense that those children are in a for a rude awakening the minute they are out of the protected zone of family and the familiar
* Telling disabled children that they are all winners in competitions or athletic events – even rigging the game to give truth to the lie – is a patronizing ploy done for the benefit of the adults
* Many (not all) of the people in the "helping professions" are using us ("the crips") to work out their issues
HMJ uses politically incorrect jargon for different disability types that resonates loud and clear and true to me.
One thing I thought she skirted around a little was cross-disability tensions, particularly in groups of children/young adults with vastly different cognitive abilities. Her depiction of a baseball game and other activities in which each individual with a disability uses the abilities they do have to benefit the group overall was dead on.
Harriet McBryde Johnson is also the author of a memoir, Too Late to Die Young, which I also highly recommend.
The first time I heard the expression, "chick lit", I thought they said, "crip lit". There's definitely room for both.


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QUESTION: Does "used to" change forms?
ANSWER: Good question. I thought I was sure of the answer until recently when I had to acknowledge the conflicting explanations and examples of sources I trust. At this point, I can only outline my thoughts and then turn to you, my colleagues, for a more definitive answer.
Thankfully, there's at least agreement about the form and use of used to in affirmative sentences. All sources explain that this structure refers to past habitual actions, and the same form is used for all subjects. (I used to feel more confident. She used to feel more confident. They used to feel more confident. Etc.) In addition, all sources agree that used to appears in questions and in negative sentences with far less frequency.
The confusion begins when we try to show how to form interrogative and negative sentences. Do we drop the -d and use only "use to"?
First, we need to identify what this verb form is. Both Biber (73) and Greenbaum (39) use the label marginal modal auxiliary. "Marginal" can either be a helpful or harmful term, depending your point of view. Perhaps it's good to recognize variation in forms because this might allow us to agree to disagree. On the other hand, students seeking a black-and-write explanation may be disappointed if we remain in the gray.
If we include used to in our discussion of modal verbs, we may feel strongly that the form must remain the same. Just as we make no spelling changes to should (Should we talk more? We shouldn't be so vague.), we might argue the need to follow suit when we use used to: Did you used to think that? They didn't used to do that.
But do you see the difference? With used to we insert the auxiliary do in the question and the negative. The only other marginal modal auxiliary that does this is need to: (present) Do we need to talk more? – No, we don't need to talk more. / (past) Did we need to take more time? – No, we didn't need to do that. The problem with this comparison is that need to can show present and past tense: I need to do this. / I needed to do that. In contrast, used to is a structure that is limited to the past.
If we group used to more closely with semi-modals, then it becomes easier to accept the changes in form. After all, have to uses the forms had to and didn't have to.
Part of the problem may be connected to register. Most sources agree that used to is most frequently used in conversation. Like other modal verbs in spoken English, there is reduction. (Have) got to becomes "gotta," for example, and ought to becomes "otta." Our ears also recognize "hafta" as have to and "shoulda" as should have. Have our ears grown so accustomed to "usta" that we no longer remember if the verb should be written as used to or use to?
Greenbaum explains that used to functions as both "an auxiliary and as a main verb with DO-support" (40). Used not to is listed as a British construction, while didn't use(d) to is listed as being British and informal American English. However, note that the final (d) is listed as a variation. Biber and his team limit their examples of negative forms to used not to and didn't used to. The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English includes examples with Did you use to…? / used not to / didn't use to.
Perhaps didn't use to was never a part of prescriptive grammar, but it has become so common in everyday English (particularly American – although I see similarities on US- and UK-operated sites), and now it has become a standard pattern. Is the reason why a good number of online and offline sources teach didn't use to/ Did you use to…? because descriptive grammar dominated at the discussion table?
I should make a final note that all sources agree on having no change in form when used to is part of an adjective (participial adjective) + preposition combination, as in I'm not used to heated arguments. (= not accustomed to) / You'll get used to her way of teaching. (become accustomed to)
Please let me know your thoughts. Which forms do you teach of used to and why?
Biber D. et al. (2007). Longman grammar of spoken and written English. Essex: Pearson Education Limited.
Greenbaum S. and Quirk R. (1995). A student's grammar of the English language. Essex: Longman Group UK Limited.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Retrieved from http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/used-to


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The JP500 features: built-in balanced or unbalanced operation, 14dB of gain, six line inputs, 2 outputs and switchable polarity. Bandwidth 20 Hz - 50kHz. Tube complement: 6 x ECC82, 2 x ECC83 and 4 x EL84 and in the power supplies 2 x EF86 and 2 x EL84. Weight 135 lbs.
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Below is a full list of JNCC's offshore seabed surveys for
Coquet to St Mary's MCZ,
Dates: 22/04/2016 –
Images taken during
CEND0716. From left to right; rinsing out a Day grab sediment
sample prior to sifting; staff monitoring the drop
camera footage during the night shift; and a Day
grab containing a sediment sample. All images © Yolanda
Arjona/JNCC 2016.
Deep Links Project MPA Connectivity
Survey, JC136
Dates: 13/5/2016 – 23/6/2016
From left to right;
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) ISIS being deployed during JC136
©Neil Golding/JNCC 2016; Deep Links Project logo; ROV operating
room during an ROV mission for JC136 © Neil Golding/JNCC
Swallow Sand MCZ and North East of
Farnes Deep MCZ, CEND1016
Dates: 17/05/2016 – 29/05/2016
Southern North Sea Sandbanks
Monitoring Survey Monitoring Survey
Dates: 31/05/2016 – 19/06/2016
From left to right: JNCC
and Cefas survey scientists onboard the Cefas Endeavour;
species sample processing; sediment grab sample processing.
All images © JNCC 2016.
International Dogger Bank
Dates: 04/07/2016-15/07/2016
Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope NCMPA
survey, 1016S
Dates: 18/07/2016 – 03/08/2016
From left to right:
Drop-camera deployment on the MRV Scotia; box core sample
processing; drop-camera seabed image from within Geikie Slide and
the Hebridean Slope NCMPA. Left and middle images © JNCC 2016,
right hand image © JNCC/MSS 2016.
Pisces Reef Complex cSAC/SCI survey,
Dates: 30/10/2016 – 09/11/2016


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Relatively speaking, despite a 3.3 million-dollar structural deficit, National City's finances are in pretty good shape -- that's what mayor Ron Morrison told nearly 40 residents during a special city-council-sponsored "strategic planning and budgetary workshop" inside Kimball Senior Center on D Avenue on Saturday, March 21.
Compared to Chula Vista's projected deficit of $19.5 million for next fiscal year or San Diego's $60 million shortfall, $3.3 million isn't that much.
During the weekend meeting, National City city manager Chris Zapata said reduced revenues from car sales, closure of big-box stores such as Circuit City and Mervyn's, and the loss of revenue-generating projects such as the new Home Depot and Costco have negatively impacted the city's revenue stream during the past year.
Yet, despite dipping into the reserves last January to account for the budgetary shortfall, during the meeting, city officials classified the city's finances as "strong" even in this "challenging financial environment."
Inside the Kimball Senior Center, the city's director of finance, Jeanette Ladrido, said National City has "clean financial audits" with limited debt and is monitoring expenditures and finding more efficient ways to run city government, all part of a "cost containment" strategy.
Part of that strategy included looking at every position on the city's payroll. So far, National City has suspended hiring for 37 vacant positions, 13 of which for the police department.
And although the citywide reorganization has amounted to over a million dollars worth of savings, there's another reason National City's books aren't as burdened with debt as other cities: the one-cent sales tax that residents voted to extend this last election.
"I know the mayor said we are doing relatively well, and you know relative is…relative," said councilmember Frank Parra near the end of the four-and-a-half-hour-long meeting. "If it wasn't for the one cent [sales tax] we'd be devastated, just like many other cities across this county."
Mayor Morrison agreed, saying although neighboring cities are looking at National City as an example to solve their budgetary shortfalls, the city has "problems of its own."
Morrison also reminded some citizens that before the city invests in any projects such as more open green spaces or parks, sustainable funds need to be in place.
Morrison did have one idea for open, green space: the city's golf course. "Very little of our public gets to use that, but it's our biggest area of green space. It's one of the things we can look at. I know it's going to be controversial and a lot of people are going to be screaming and yelling, but I think we need to take a look at what's best for the overall community."
For more on National City's theory of financial relativity, go to their next budget workshop on May 26 at City Hall.
More from SDReader
- More stories by Dorian Hargrove
- City Checks Its Math on Five-Year Financial Outlook — Feb. 9, 2011
- The Butcher's Block — Aug. 11, 2010
- Bad News Rising — March 3, 2010
- Poolhardy — April 22, 2009
- Nine sinking San Diego County cities — Jan. 21, 2009
The city needs revenue so lets turn the golf course into park....Holy Crap....
That's what happpens when you pay retroactive pension increases of 50%.
Did National City do that John?


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Smart Growth as a Driver of Equity
Equitable Opportunities for All People and Communities
[1:50] Introduction of Ron Sims.
[3:36] Ron describes his background and his motivation for his work on the environment and social justice.
[5:26] Ron talks about the history and current status of the name change of King County.
[9:21] Clarification that the official name is still King County, but it is now named after Dr. Martin Luther King, but the area also recognizes the role that other races and cultures play.
[12:03] Ron will be giving the keynote address at the 2016 New Partners to Smart Growth Conference and a panel discussion.
[12:26] Ron shares the major themes of his keynote.
[14:02] Why do you think those who have been focused on improving the built and natural environments are only now realizing that the key to improving our physical environment is greater economic and social inclusion for under-served and disadvantaged communities?
[17:09] Where have you seen the biggest advances on issues of access to economic and social inclusion?
[23:40] Ron discusses how we can make investments that will fundamentally make a difference.
[29:00] Ron shares what the Equity and Social Justice Initiative is trying to accomplish and how it's working.
[33:38] Ron shares one change that would lead to more sustainable and more equitable communities.
[33:58] What one action could listeners take to help build a more equitable and sustainable future?
[34:12] What does Martin Luther King, Jr. King County, Washington look like 30 years from now?
Ron Sims is a civic volunteer active in health, education, environmental and social equity issues. Appointed by Governor Jay Inslee, Sims serves as the chair of the Washington Health Benefit Exchange Board. The board is responsible for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Washington State.
Sims is on the Board of Regents of Washington State University. He was appointed to the board by former Governor Chris Gregoire. The Board of Regents is the university's governing body. Sims is on the Board of Directors of the Washington Health Alliance, formerly the Puget Sound Health Alliance, a nonprofit organization he helped found where employers, physicians, hospitals, patients, health plan providers and others from throughout the region come together to improve healthcare quality.
Sims served as the Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 2009 to 2011. He was appointed by President Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. As the second most senior official at HUD, Sims managed the day-to-day operations of an agency with 8,500 employees and an operating budget of nearly $40 billion.
Prior to his appointment at HUD, Sims served for 12 years as the elected Executive of Martin Luther King, Jr. County (also known as King County), in Washington State, the 13th largest county in the nation with over 2 million residents and 39 cities, including the cities of Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond. As County Executive, Sims was nationally recognized for his work on the integration of environmental, social equity, and public health policies that produced groundbreaking work on climate change, health care reform, affordable housing, mass transit, environmental protection, land use, and equity and social justice. Born in Spokane, Washington in 1948, Sims is a graduate of Central Washington University.
The Equity and Social Justice Initiative of King County, Washington recognizes that economy and quality of life depends on the ability of everyone to contribute. They will work to remove barriers that limit the ability of some to fulfill their potential. They are committed to implementing their equity and social justice agenda, to work toward fairness and opportunity for all.
"It's something my parents taught: always work collaboratively—you can be surprised at who your friends are."
"If smart growth does what it's supposed to do and really changes how we impact the lives of other human beings, we would see some really radical changes and results in every community because, all of a sudden, you would see people flourishing."
"The people who now are in the smart growth movement, the opportunity's never been greater to see a transformation of this country in ways that are going to be stunning."
"King County adopted an ordinance, and the ordinance basically says one never makes somebody else's life worse. And our goal is to make sure that everybody would have a high quality of life, no matter what neighborhood they're in."
King County, Equity and Social Justice
New Partners for Smart Growth Conference


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Greg Mankiw is not sure why we're talking about income inequality now:
One hypothesis is that we don't worry about inequality when everyone is doing well. Another hypothesis is that we now have a president with a political ideology that sees inequality as especially pernicious.
As it turns out, Daniel Hirschman [ht: tc] at the University of Michigan wrote a dissertation chapter on the topic, in the field of sociology: "Rediscovering the 1%: Economic Expertise and Inequality Knowledge" (pdf).
Here's the abstract:
In the 2000s, academics and policymakers began to discuss the growth of top incomes in the United States, especially the "top 1%." Newly analyzed data revealed that top income earners in the 1990s received a larger share of income than at any point since the Great Depression, and that their incomes had begun a dramatic upward climb in the early 1980s. This paper investigates why it took two decades for this increase in top incomes to become politically and academically salient. I argue that experts assembled two "regimes of perceptibility" (Murphy 2006) for producing knowledge about income inequality, and that neither of these regimes was capable of tracking movements in top incomes. Macroeconomists focused on labor's share of national income, but did not examine the distribution of income between individuals. Labor economists, on the other hand, drew on newly available survey data to explain wage disparities in terms of education, age, work experience, race, and gender. By relying on surveys, these scholars unintentionally eliminated top incomes from view: surveys top-coded high incomes, and thus were incapable of seeing changes in the top 1%. Studies of top incomes that relied on income tax data thus fell by the wayside, creating the conditions under which experts, policymakers, and the public alike could be surprised by the rise of the 1%. This historical narrative offers insights into the political power of economic expertise by clarifying the complex linkages between observations, stylized facts, causal theories, and policy attention.
There's a great deal to recommend in Hirschman's analysis, in terms of both his theoretical framework (in which he focuses on "regimes of perceptibility" and the way those regimes produce both ignorance and knowledge about inequality) and the history of those regimes (especially in mainstream macroeconomics and labor economics in the twentieth century).
But I also think Hirschman overlooks or downplays significant parts of that history of the regimes of perceptibility with respect to inequality within economics. Let me briefly discuss three that strike me as important in terms of tracking or, as has most often been the case, not tracking movements in top incomes.
First, while Hirschman does mention the classical political economists' (especially David Ricardo's) concern with the "distribution of income between the classes," he never touches on Marx's critique of political economy. He therefore fails to understand how, after Marx, the distribution of income within capitalism has come to be associated, directly or indirectly, with (a) class exploitation and (b) distributions of the surplus-value capitalists appropriate from wage-laborers to those at the top of the distribution of income.
Second, while mainstream macroeconomists have historically referred to the "stylized fact" of relatively constant factor shares, those factor or class shares of income never played an important explanatory role in their theoretical frameworks. Within mainstream macroeconomics, the portions of national income stemming from or going to labor and capital have never been considered to be a significant factor in—either as cause or consequence of—the recurring boom-and-bust cycles of capitalism.
Third, the postwar rise to hegemony of neoclassical economic theory (in labor economics but also across the discipline) meant that marginal productivity theory and the notion of "just deserts" were, within mainstream economics, the predominant way the distribution of income—in terms of both the factor and size distribution—was understood. If every group and individual is getting its "fair," marginal contribution to production, there's really nothing else to worry about or investigate.
As I understand it, the combination of the specter of class after Marx and the discursive rules within mainstream economics created a field of ignorance that was only broken—at least partially—with the spectacular crash of 2007-08. Only then did the growing share of income going to the top 1 percent acquire some relevance in the wider society and, to a lesser extent, within the discipline of economics.
Even today, and despite the important empirical knowledges produced by Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, the regimes of perceptibility within mainstream economics continue to produce a profound ignorance concerning the causes and consequences of the unequal distribution of income within contemporary capitalism.


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283 Crab Orchard Road
Frankfort, KY 40601
- (504) 512-2564
Three Boys Farm Distillery
Family owned and operated craft distillery on a small farm. Corn used in the distillation process is grown right there on the 122-acre farm. Family is at the core of all the operations with the goal to make quality products in a modest environment. Products include Bourbon, Rye Whiskey and Flavored Whiskey.
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Recipe from Lure: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from the West Coast cookbook by Chef Ned Bell
Geoduck clams are somewhat blush-inducing with their long and wrinkly form. The fatty body meat and the long tube (siphon) that protrudes from the shell have distinctive tastes and textures—both worth exploring. This recipe is all about the tube, which is like octopus or calamari in texture but with a little crunch. Served sliced on crispy baked-wonton nachos, along with avocado and a piquant grapefruit vinaigrette, geoduck makes for an exciting appetizer.
For The Grapefruit Vinaigrette
- Combine the grapefruit zest and juice, mustard, and salt in a small bowl. While whisking, slowly drizzle the oil in a thin steady stream until incorporated and the mixture is emulsified. Adjust seasoning to taste.
Chef's note: Alternatively, you can do this with an immersion blender or in a blender or small food processor. Can be made ahead of time; will keep refrigerated for up to 2 weeks (although the grapefruit flavor will start to weaken after a few days).
For The Geoduck Nachos
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Spread the wonton skins on the baking sheets, and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Set aside to cool.
Meanwhile, to prepare the geoduck, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Place a bowl of ice water nearby. The clam's shell will be slightly open. Slice between the shell and the meat on both sides to separate the adductor muscle from the shell and allow it to open. Open the shell, pull out the meat, and cut off the siphon tube. Reserve the body meat for another use (it's delicious finely diced and sautéed in butter for just a few seconds or added to the clam chowder), but discard the sack hanging from it. Add the tube to the boiling water and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer the tube to a bowl of ice-cold water to stop the cooking. Peel off the skin. Halve the tube lengthwise and thinly slice.
- Cut the avocados in half lengthwise and remove the pit. Scoop the flesh into a medium bowl. Using a fork, coarsely mash the avocado with the lemon juice and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- When ready to serve, slice the grapefruit segments crosswise into thirds. Spoon a little of the avocado mixture into each wonton crisp, add 2 slices of geoduck, and then drizzle with the vinaigrette. Garnish with lime zest and scallions.
Chef's note: Wonton wrappers come square or round, and some are thinner than others, so a 10-ounce package might have 30 or it might have 50. It all depends on the brand. They also go by many different names—wonton skins, gyoza wrappers, pot sticker skins, you get the idea. For this recipe, just about brand will do, although I prefer round shapes. If you can only find square, cut them in half diagonally to make triangles. Bake up any leftovers to serve with soup, chowder, salad.


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Monthly markets review: January 2016
An overview of markets in January 2016 when worries over growth in China and the US, as well as volatile oil prices, put significant pressure on global equities.
- It was a turbulent start to 2016 as renewed instability in the Chinese equity market and a further deterioration in the oil price saw global stockmarkets post steep negative returns.
- In bond markets, perceived safe havens rallied with Treasury, gilt and Bund yields declining.
- In the US, the S&P 500 returned -5%, negatively affected by fears of slowing global and domestic growth, the latter underlined by news that GDP had expanded by a disappointing 0.7% in Q4 2015.
- In the eurozone, global growth concerns combined with worries over the banks, particularly non-performing loans in the Italian banking sector, resulting in the MSCI EMU index returning -6.3%.
- On the final day of the month the Bank of Japan surprised markets by announcing a negative interest rate policy on excess reserves held at the central bank.
- Emerging markets lagged their developed counterparts. China underperformed amid a series of headwinds including ongoing yuan weakness versus the US dollar, weak economic growth, and the spill-over effect from the removal of selling restrictions in mainland stockmarkets.
The views and opinions contained herein are those of Schroders' investment teams and/or Economics Group, and do not necessarily represent Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.'s house views. These views are subject to change. This information is intended to be for information purposes only and it is not intended as promotional material in any respect.


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Virtual Profiles customers endure VMware acquisition of RTO Software
Small companies sell innovation, but they are often gobbled up by market leaders. IT pros share some defensive tips to guard against acquisition-related woes.
RTO Software customers who bought the small company's products prior to its acquisition by VMware are disappointed with the way things are going under VMware ownership -- a common dilemma for customers of small vendors acquired by larger companies.
Jim Moyle, a desktop virtualization consultant and tech blogger, has two clients that bought RTO's Virtual Profiles and renewed their annual subscriptions just before VMware purchased RTO Software in February."Both have been told by VMware that as the RTO Virtual Profiles solution is now part of VMware, it will no longer be sold or supported as a standalone item, and that means no updates to the products; not even security patches," Moyle said.
One of Moyle's clients, Tom Norton, an IT manager for an independent school in the U.K., bought RTO's Virtual Profiles product in August 2008. He used it on Windows Server 2003 and was extremely satisfied with the support that RTO provided.
When Norton's organization planned a Windows Server 2008 upgrade last year, RTO didn't support that version, so he held out on the annual maintenance subscription renewal. In August 2009, RTO came to him with an offer he couldn't refuse: renew immediately for a year of maintenance, and when Windows Server 2008 support became available, it promised to automatically adjust the renewal to one year from that date.
"So, you renew now, it will be through September 2010. If we ship [Windows Server] 2008 VP Support in November 2009, then we extend the maintenance through November 2010," an RTO account manager told Norton via email.
Having haggled for a maintenance rate of $1,590 (U.S.) per year, Norton renewed to avoid losing that price. In January 2010, Norton asked RTO for at least a beta version with Windows Server 2008 support, and an RTO representative said via email that he would get the beta with Windows Server 2008 support in April. A month later, VMware acquired the company, and all bets were off.
"Here it is July, and they still haven't released Windows 2008 support, and since [VMware] said there would be no further development, they never will," he said.
VMware released a document following the RTO deal saying it would support existing RTO contracts until they expire. After that, RTO customers have to buy VMware View and VMware Support and Subscriptions (SnS) to get RTO products.
For customers like Norton, who have no interest in VMware View, their RTO Software investment is now worthless. He had to buy alternative profile management offerings from Citrix and AppSense.
And even RTO customers that planned to use View won't get it packaged in the next version as expected, becauseVMware isn't bundling RTO with View 4.5 due to Windows 7 support issues. RTO technologies may be available as an add-on, but only with Windows XP support, according to sources.
VMware did not respond to request for comment.
Acquisition nightmares all too common
Plenty of IT pros have seen deals go sour when software vendors they liked got chewed up and spit out in unrecognizable form.
Mike Nelson, a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) consultant and co-founder of IT consultancy NelMedia, was a PlateSpin customer for about a year before Novell bought the software company in 2008.
Nelson used PlateSpin's PowerConvert tool for physical-to-virtual machine migrations and workload management, and he said he received excellent service and support.
"We could order and activate our licenses without so much as a hiccup, and whenever we called for support, we always got directly to an engineer," Nelson said. "During one support incident, the engineer conferenced in one of the actual developers because he wanted them to be aware first-hand of the issue we were dealing with."
After Novell bought them, things changed, he said. Allocating and managing licenses now requires multiple sites, and support involves "a triad of never-ending, nonhuman phone prompts, scripted questions from a nontechnical person, and the feeling of pulling teeth to get to a real, knowledgeable engineer," Nelson said.
"I miss the old days," He added.
Small vendors worth the risk -- if you negotiate a good contract
The risk of acquisition shouldn't deter a company from using a start-up, because there are many benefits, and smart contract negotiations can help customers avoid some acquisition-related issues.
Many IT pros like working with small vendors because of their malleability. Start-ups have no problem tweaking technologies to meet a customer's specific needs and will often provide the same or better products than bigger competitors at lower prices.
That's why Lyle Worthington, CIO of Horseshoe Bay Resort in Texas, passed on Citrix and VMware in favor of Sychron. Austin, Texas-based Sychron provided a VDI product that had management features that Worthington said he liked better than what is included with XenDesktop or VMware View for far lower cost.
"A small company can turn on a dime to work with us," Worthington said, adding that they are quick to innovate. "These guys were doing stuff before View and XenDesktop ever existed that those companies are just starting to do now."
As Nelson pointed out, start-ups offer great service to their customers because they want to keep the few clients they have extremely happy.
Service is one of the reasons why Nigel Fortlage, a CIO at a large Canadian international trade service provider, chose a small, software company called Imanet to provide the primary application for his core business.
"We were considered a major client for Imanet, so we received a lot of attention, and issues were addressed quickly," Fortlage said.
Unfortunately, Descartes Systems Group Inc. acquired Imanet in April, and Fortlage's organization is a small potato to the Waterloo, Ontario-based company, which has over 6,800 customers in 60-plus countries. "We aren't getting the same warm and fuzzies from them," he said.
As a result, Fortlage has to employ smart contract-negotiation techniques to minimize the acquisition's affect on his business.
He said it's a good idea to include an "out" in case the new company abandons a critical product or service. "I'm putting my feet in the ground so they give me six- to 12-month notice instead of the 30 days they proposed if they decide to leave our market segment, along with an exit strategy requirement," Fortlage said. "That way, I'll at least need to have time to plan and transition."
And when signing on with a small vendor, Worthington of Horseshoe Bay Resort said he always makes sure there is a clause stating his contract remains valid through an acquisition. "That doesn't mean it always works, but it at least gives us some power," he said.
Let us know what you think about the story; email Bridget Botelho or follow @BridgetBotelho on Twitter.


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Medieval music represents nearly up to 1,000 years of European musical development. It is the ancestor of all later Western music. In the history of music, the medieval period extends from about A.D. 500 to about 1450. However, our knowledge of medieval music is incomplete due to our loss of medieval music. The music of the people consisted of folk songs and dances. Public concerts did not exist. Paying to hear music would have seemed ridiculous to medieval people. Church polyphony was performed only in cathedrals, monasteries, royal chapels, and a few large city churches. Outside of these places polyphony was confined, in most of Europe, to the upper classes. The common people only heard polyphonic music if they worshipped in a cathedral or monastic church. Otherwise, they would hear it only if there was some wedding procession. For an event like this the king's musicians would perform a piece specially composed for the occasion.


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'J. Edgar' Trailer!
There's been a lot of buzz about Clint Eastwood's upcoming film J. Edgar about the first director of the FBI. The film will not only explore the man's career but his personal life as well. Hoover will be played Leonardo DiCaprio and The Social Network's Armie Hammer will play his number two man, Clyde Tolson. The film comes out in November! What do you guys think??
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Now that warm weather is upon us, it's time to put that grill to good use. Kabobs are a quick and easy way to get your protein and vegetable at the exact same time. We're always looking for exciting ingredients to skewer together, and this recipe for Jerk Chicken and Mango really fits the bill. Spicy Jamaican-style marinated chicken pairs perfectly with sweet mango and red bell pepper. Add rice or a green salad and dinner is on the table!
Grilled Jerk Chicken and Mango Kabobs
- 4 teaspoons curry powder
- 4 teaspoons ground cumin
- 4 teaspoons paprika
- 3 teaspoons ground ginger
- 3 teaspoons ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 mangoes cubed into 1 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 red bell peppers cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 red onion cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
1. Combine the first 11 ingredients; rub over chicken pieces. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or overnight.
2. Thread chicken pieces, mango, peppers, and red onion onto skewers. (If using wooden skewers, be sure to pre-soak in water so they don't burn on grill.)
3. Grill skewers until chicken is cooked through -- about 10 minutes total (5 on each side).
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Two people were killed in an early morning car crash in New Haven, and speed and wet road conditions might have been factors, police said.
Police identified the driver as John Stewart Jr., 31, of West Haven, and the passenger as David Albert Gay, 26, of New Haven. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
An officer on patrol saw the Mercedes Benz apparently speeding on Webster Street at about 1:30 a.m. on Friday and turned around to pull the vehicle over.
Seconds later, he came upon the crash scene in which the car had wrapped itself around a tree.
Both men were pronounced dead.
"(It is) definitely one of the top five worst accidents that I have seen," Sgt. Chris Rubino, of New Haven Police, said.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Genesis 18:16-33 English Standard Version (ESV)
16 Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way. 17 The Lord said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, 18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I have chosen[a] him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him." 20 Then the Lord said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, 21 I will go down to see whether they have done altogether[b] according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know."
Abraham Intercedes for Sodom
22 So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord. 23 Then Abraham drew near and said, "Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?" 26 And the Lord said, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake."
27 Abraham answered and said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. 28 Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?" And he said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there." 29 Again he spoke to him and said, "Suppose forty are found there." He answered, "For the sake of forty I will not do it." 30 Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there." 31 He said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there." He answered, "For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it." 32 Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it." 33 And the Lord went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
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I own a Samsung 305T Plus, got it 18 months ago. It worked great for photo editing and gaming until recently. For some reason, no matter what is the device I plug to the monitor through the DVI connector, the image seems "dithered", as if the driver would only allow me to display 256 colors instead of 16.7M. I provide a capture of my monitor I took with a digital camera with a copy of the original picture:
As you can see, the image is still present, but for some reason (and I'm still using a native 32-bits color depth resolution), it seems like the image lacks color graduations, just as if I dithered the colors.
My questions:
- What are these symptoms from? Inverter? Backlit? Something else?
- What would be the possible solutions to fix this?
I'm aware Samsung could probably replace my monitor, but I read a couple of posts on other forums (with apparently no solutions) where sending the monitor to Samsung would result in having no monitors for a month or two, which I can't afford to wait. I wouldn't mind paying 150~200$ to repair a +1000$ monitor like this one (30" is quite big). This monitor shines, I wish I would just have to replace a piece of hardware to get it fixed.


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- Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator (DIEP) breast reconstruction
- Transverse Upper Gracilis (TUG) flap
- Profunda Artery Perforator (PAP) breast reconstruction
- Facial aesthetic and reconstructive surgery
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Hometown: Austin, Texas
Why I chose this specialty: I chose plastic and reconstructive surgery for the variety. We treat patients from 2 days old to more than 100 years old and operate from head to toe. During residency, it was not uncommon to operate on one-year-old for a cleft lip, a 20-year-old for facial trauma, 40-year-old for breast cancer reconstruction, a 50-year-old for carpal tunnel syndrome, a 60-year-old for a cosmetic facelift and an 80-year-old for skin cancer all in the span of a few days. It also allows me to use my hands, not only to heal, but also in an artistic manner.
Hobbies and interests: I love being outdoors — hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, boating (wake-boarding, skiing, skurfing and tubing), scuba, smoking meat and gardening. My wife and I love trying new restaurants.
Volunteer activities: Operation Smile. My first trip was to India to treat a cleft lip and palate.
Latest accomplishment: Finishing the breast and microsurgery fellowship at UTSW. I spent a year focusing on mainly autologous breast reconstruction.
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The body of the pilot of the Russian Su-24 jet shot down by the Turkish air force has reportedly arrived in Turkey, and will be sent to Russia, announced Turkish premier Ahmed Davutoglu in a press conference on Sunday.
According to Russia Today, Turkey is making arrangements for the body of Russian pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Oleg Peshkov, 45, to be sent back to Russia in accordance with the Orthodox Christian tradition.
Lieutenant-Colonel Oleg Peshkov was the commander of Su-24 that was shot down by Turkey on 24 November. Peshkov parachuted out of the burning jet, but was killed in random firing by the Syrian Turkmen brigade in northern Latakia in Syria.
The Syrian Turkmen brigade operates in the Syrian region near the Turkish border, and there have been allegations that it is funded by Turkey. [Also read: Syria rebels rob dead Russian pilot; Putin to honour 'hero of Russia']
It has also emerged that Alparslan Celik, the leader of the Syrian Turkmen brigade, is a Turkish national, against whom social media users now have started a wanted-dead-or-alive campaign.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the country will award the Star of Hero of the Russian Federation posthumously to Lieutenant-Colonel Oleg Peshkov.


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In 2010 a certain Internet search engine estimated the number of books in the world to be around 129,864,880. I'm guessing in the years since that figure has grown somewhat. So how do we show which ones belong to Leeds Libraries? Well we brand them.
Today it's a pretty bland process, our name, phone number and web address is printed on the date label and a barcode has allowed us to move on from the days of individual book tabs and brown cardboard library tickets. This wasn't always the case thought, over the years we have displayed various images and methods to show which books belong to the library and today we will show you a few.
First we have a couple of items we showcased in a previous post 'The Genera and Species of British Butterflies by H. Noel Humphreys (1959)'. Written 25 years before the Municipal Buildings opened; we made sure that if you used our copy you knew it belonged to us. Every colour plate displays an embossed stamp showing the name of Leeds Public Libraries around the City crest. Whomever wielded the embossing machine was not concerned with avoiding the colour images either as the stamp dissects the butterflies wing.
In European Butterflies and Moths by W.F Kirby (1898) each of the 61 colour plates is stamped with a small but obvious Leeds Reference Library mark. Why did we permanently mark these beautifully coloured plates? Possibly to discourage theft of the image, hand coloured plates were considered an asset to the book and the stamps would deter people from carefully cutting out the page to use as a print or sell on. The mass produced books of today don't carry the same level of value for their printed images so the practice is now obsolete.
As early as 1917 is was decided that Leeds should have a specialist Commercial, Science & Technical library covering business and science based subjects as part of its Central Library services. Initially opened in 1918 in the Art Gallery News Room it moved in 1956 d to the modernised Tiled Hall. By the 1990s information became more readily available through CD Rom and online subscriptions and so the library was amalgamated into the second floor Reference Library, however during its tenure on the ground floor it had its own green bookplate to show clearly which department the items belonged to.
There are two stamps shown above belonging to the same item. The top stamp in red shows the City of Leeds Free Public Libraries 1899 acquisition of Daniel Oliver's 1893 Vegetable Kingdom. With the help of the Local & Family History library on the second floor we have deciphered the lower accession stamp as follows; we believe the 10/55 note shows the items movement into the newly formed Commercial, Science and Technical Library in October 1955 ahead of the, department's official reopening the following year. CT is the shorted code used within the Leeds Library service to represent the Commercial & Technical library as it was commonly known. The 59070 is the bibliographic identification number and the BSQ number is the shelf mark, we think the BSQ prefix stands for Basement Stack Quarto to show the location and size of the volume.
Making a Mark – Leeds Libraries Style
In 2010 a certain Internet search engine estimated the number of books in the world to be around 129,864,880. I'm guessing in the years since that figure has grown somewhat. So how do we show which ones belong to Leeds Libraries? Well we brand them.


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Walk into Cristina's Tortina Shop in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, and right away you'll notice there's something special.
It's not just the lively pink-with-brown-polka-dots décor.
It's not just the picture frames along the east wall that showcase the staff and their dreams.
It's not just the stunning selection of scrumptious cupcakes (if you happen to get there before they're sold out!).
What you'll notice above all else is the atmosphere.
Because the people on both sides of the counter can't help but be excited about what owner Mary Iusso and her daughter Cristina helped launch just a few short months ago.
When Cristina was born, doctors were surprised to discover she had Down syndrome. They approached Mary and her husband with a list of things she would not be able to do.
Fortunately, in the true spirit of Things that are Excellent, Cristina's family instead chose to focus on what she could do.
This led, just a few years later, to the opening of Mary's brainchild: a cupcakery that "creates equal employment opportunities for people with Down syndrome, Autism and other Special Needs."
Cristina's Tortina Shop is so much more than a place that makes and sells outstanding desserts.
It is a place that, as their tagline suggests, showcases capabilities.
There has been quite a buzz about the shop on local media, and the word is spreading. When I visited a couple of Sundays ago, Mary shared that they were getting emails from around the world.
In the early days, they donated leftovers to a local women's shelter. But these days there aren't any leftovers. Cristina's now regularly sells out of cupcakes long before closing.
The cupcakes are incredibly good (the Cioccolata is Cristina's favorite and mine too!), but you'll want to make the trip just to see what a difference the right attitude can make.
For more of the story and a quick peek in the shop, enjoy this video:
Yes, Cristina's Tortina Shop is doing more than just serving up delicious desserts. They're changing the world, one cupcake at a time.
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Trees are white. Sunglasses look clear. Skin seems to glow. In Invisible London, a video filmed using an infrared camera, Dr. Andrew Steele of Lab, Camera, Action! explains what London, England would look like "in a color that you can't see with your own eyes."
It might look like these pictures are just black and white, but if you look more closely, you can start to see there's something strange about them… What we're seeing here is called near-infrared. It isn't heat. It's a color just beyond the red end of the rainbow.
Compare the differences in the visible and infrared portraits, shown side-by-side, and more.Next: How the Sun Sees You: Revealing human skin in ultraviolet light.
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I consider Australia an excellent place to live in, if not the best. But Australia is not perfect. A fine example for Australia's imperfections is its lack of exposure to non English speaking cinema. Compare that with, say, Israel, a country that's not on any sane person's best place to live in list. As a person who grew up in Israel, I consider myself blessed to have been exposed to one level or another to French cinema. I suspect this is to do with the dominance of the English language: Australians are bothered with watching foreign language films, while for Israelis a movie with subtitles is a movie with subtitles regardless of whether it speaks French or English. Clearly, dominance breeds laziness.
This occurred to me as I was watching 2012's Le Chef, a French movie following up on the great tradition of French movies involving an unlikely/contradictory pairing of male hero characters. I'm talking about movies such as The Sucker (originally Le corniaud, or as it was translated in Israel – The White Cadillac). Or the more recent The Closet, a movie I consider one of the best comedies I have ever watched (if not the best).
As per its name, Le Chef revolves around chefs. In contrast to its name, it revolves around two chefs. One of them is Alexandre (Jean Reno), a famous chef running a Parisian 3 star Michelin restaurant that seems to have peaked already; the general consensus is of Alexandre now living off past glories. The younger restaurant owner wants him gone, replaced by new blood. At the other corner we have Jacky (Michaël Youn), a wannabe chef whose self imposed high standards get him to lose every cooking job he ever got. Alas, Jacky has to compromise, because his girlfriend is pregnant and they need the steady income. But compromising is hard!
Don't worry, though, because Le Chef is as predictable as. The twain shall meet, the old shall learn from the new, the new shall learn from the old, and both shall learn to cooperate. Sort of, at least, because they will do so in the classic, relaxed but crazy, French comedy manner. Indeed, this film is ever so French: from its dealings with matters of food to its distinct stench of chauvinism, Le Chef is your classic French dish. Which, as it happens, is not the worst way ever to spend a relaxing night at home in the company of Netflix.
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Upcoming presentations on ALTTO:
2016 and 2017 were busy years for ALT Training Online with giving presentations on this progressive initiative up and down the country. In 2018, we're presenting much less on ALTTO so we can focus on completing the course modules, as well develop the best materials for you to use in your classrooms - whilst keeping everything free.
Please return here for updates on ALTTO presentations.
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Please return here for updates on ALTTO presentations.
Also, be sure to keep checking the ELT calendar below which lists all teaching events in Japan.
The Japan Association for Language Teachers
JALT is the largest language teaching association in Japan with chapters and special interest groups (SIGs) all over Japan. There will be a group near you with a presentation or workshop soon. You could present at one yourself too, just get in touch with them. Below is the link to the events page around the country.
The 'Doing Research' module writer holds workshops in Fukushima University - if you're in the area.
Sean Mahoney's research page is here.
The ELT Calendar provides information for all workshops, presentations, seminars etc for teacher development in Japan.
- after you go to an event, it would be useful to let all of us know what you learnt, skills and techniques you developed, ideas you got..... use facebook. Or. if you have a lot to say, why not write a guest blog? Email the ALT Community Media Manager David Hayter firstname.lastname@example.com to talk about it.
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Preoperative chemotherapy followed by esophagectomy compared with surgery alone in the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus
Hernández Lizoáin J.L., Cienfuegos J.A., Pardo F., Martínez Regueira F., Sola I., Aristu J., Azinovic I.
Department of General Surgery, Clínica Universitaria, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Magazine: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas
Date: Apr 1, 1998Pathological Anatomy [SP] Radiation Oncology General and Digestive Surgery
The aim of this study is to assess the effect of concomitant preoperative radio-chemotherapy in the treatment of epidermoid esophageal cancer.
We studied a total of 45 patients, divided into two groups. Group I consisted of 20 patients diagnosed with epidermoid esophageal cancer who had been treated initially with esophagectomy. Group II consisted of 25 patients treated with preoperative radiotherapy and two cycles of chemotherapy (cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil), one at the beginning and the other at the end of the radiation treatment, on whom an esophagectomy was subsequently performed. The clinical characteristics were similar in both groups. In group II, there were 12 cases (48%) with absence of tumor in the esophageal wall, three of which had node involvement. The operative mortality was similar in both groups (10% and 8% respectively).
The only significant difference found in the postoperative complications was the incidence of anastomotic leak; but this was related to the different esophagectomy techniques used rather than the type of therapy. A decrease in the number of patients with tumor recurrence was observed in Group II, especially where the local component was concerned.
The best actuarial survival rate at five years was in patients with no presence of tumor after neoadjuvant treatment (44.4%). However, the radio-chemotherapy seems not to have had any benefit in cases with node involvement.
CITATION Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 1998 Apr;90(4):275-90
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TMG Rollup 3 out now; so's Mod_Security for IIS
TMG SP2 Update Rollup 3
As the ISA Blog mentions, Rollup 3 for TMG Service Pack 2 is now available:
We are happy to announce the availability of Rollup 3 for Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2). TMG SP2 Rollup 3 is available for download here: Rollup 3 for Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 2
Please see KB Article ID: 2735208 for details of the fixes included in this rollup.
The Build Number for this update is: 7.0.9193.575
Fair number of new fixes included and it looks like a worthwhile update. I'm putting it on my home TMG box tonight. As a reminder, the hotfix rollups are cumulative for a given Service Pack, so if you're already at Service Pack 2 (and you should be) you just need SP2UR3 if you skipped UR1 or UR2.
Mod_Security for IIS
In other security-related news, mod_security for IIS hit a stable release at 2.7.2, as the SRD blog notes:
We are pleased to announce the release of a stable version of the open source web application firewall module ModSecurity IIS 2.7.2 . Since the announcement of availability of the beta version in July 2012 , we have been working very hard to bring the quality of the module to meet the enterprise class product requirements. In addition to numerous reliability improvements, we have introduced following changes since the first beta version was released:
- optimized performance of request and response body handling
- added "Include" directive, relative path and wildcard options to the configuration files
- re-written installer code to avoid .NET Framework dependency and added installation error messages to system event log
- integrated OWASP Core Rule Set in the MSI installer with IIS-specific configuration
- fixed about 10 functional bugs reported by ModSecurity IIS users.
Microsoft also released recently a TechNet article entitled " Security Best Practices to Protect Internet Facing Web Servers ", which explains in details benefits of deploying a WAF module on a web server.
The Technet article referenced above is worth a read if you're charged with delivering IIS web server security for random applications!
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HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Not Getting What You Paid For:
Everyone knows there's a reason the most expensive colleges in the country — generally private residential institutions — charge so much. The money they spend on hiring the best faculty members (full-timers of course) and on keeping student-faculty ratios low results in a higher-quality education. Right?
The crowd gathered here for a standing-room-only session at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities certainly wanted to believe. From a show of hands at the start of the session, the vast majority of attendees were administrators at those institutions. And the researchers who presented new data on the economics of liberal arts education threw cold water all over that conventional wisdom.
Research presented here by researchers from Wabash College — and based on national data sets — finds that there may be a minimal relationship between what colleges spend on education and the quality of the education students receive. Further, the research suggests that colleges that spend a fraction of what others do, and operate with much higher student-faculty ratios and greater use of part-time faculty members, may be succeeding educationally as well as their better-financed (and more prestigious) counterparts.
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But this week saw the extraordinary case of a Belfast bookseller being taken to court by a disgruntled customer – over a small number of errors in a book he sold her. Former Queen's University finance student Grainne McElroy was so aggrieved at the mistakes she found in the £46 (€69) academic textbook that she attempted to sue David Torrans, who owns No Alibis bookshop. After a 20-minute hearing in Enniskillen Crown Court on Tuesday morning, the case was dismissed by the judge.
From the Irish Times, today. Important note: Gráinne McElroy responds to the Times article (by way of a comment to this post) here.
I think they are missing the point. The story as reported is standard litigious-culture-bashing, backed up with some seeming concern for the hardship faced by small booksellers. But why should book readers put up with low standards? It's not as if the student was disagreeing with the content or the arguments. A skipping CD or a supposedly all-red carpet that had bits of black scattered around it is a mechanical problem, and can easily be a case of not-fit-for-purpose given appropriate circumstances.
Typos, especially in a scientific or mathematical textbook, can of course make the book something less than advertised. While the occasional grocer's apos'trophe is hardly worth causing a legal stink over (despite the clear sinfulness of such errors), that does not mean that the booklover (book reader, book purchaser, etc) must accept all errors.
Yes, there may be a problem with going after the poor little shop (why is this relevant?) instead of the publisher (presumably sufficiently large as to be an acceptable defendant!). But it seems that these cases (and the media coverage that results from them) should turn on factors such as the interpretation of the relevant statutes (such as the Sale of Goods Acts), rather than yet more scaremongering about how the lawyers are taking over the world. I am not advocating LA-style lawyers on every corner, but dragging consumer protection law into disrepute by mocking what seems a very sensible exercising of accepted, reasonable legal principles is unfair.
In a week where we are likely to see the long-awaited Consumer Protection Bill, the unsuccessful case of Ms. McElroy, who apparently:
despite her difficulties with the book, […]subsequently graduated with a first class honours degree
(says the Times, with a smirk)
reminds all consumers to be vigilant and assertive in the exercise of their rights – whether to read or otherwise!
Incidentally someone (either the interviewee or at Irish Times) is guilty of yes, an error here:
Editorial consultant Dermott Barrett is equally incredulous: "For someone to instigate legislation – that's really extreme," he says.
That would be litigation, Sir (or sub-editor). And what is an 'editorial consultant' anyway?