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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A partial jawbone bearing seven teeth unearthed in a cave in Israel represents what scientists are calling the oldest-known Homo sapiens remains outside Africa, showing that our species trekked out of that continent far earlier than previously known.
Researchers on Thursday announced the discovery of the fossil estimated as 177,000 to 194,000 years old, and said the teeth bore telltale traits of Homo sapiens not present in close human relatives alive at the time including Neanderthals.
The fossil of the left part of the upper jaw of a young adult ― the person's sex remains unclear ― came from Misliya Cave on Mount Carmel's western slopes about 7.5 miles (12 km) south of Haifa. Also found inside the large collapsed cave, once inhabited by humans, were blades and other stone tools that were sophisticated for the time, several hearths and burned animal bones.
Homo sapiens first appeared in Africa, with the earliest-known fossils roughly 300,000 years old. A key milestone was when our species first ventured out of Africa en route to populating the far corners of the globe.
Until now, the oldest Homo sapiens fossils outside Africa had come from two other cave sites in Israel, including one also on Mount Carmel, about 90,000 to 120,000 years old.
The new discovery supports the idea that humans migrated out of Africa through a northern route, the Nile valley and the eastern Mediterranean coast, and not a southern route across the Bab al-Mandeb strait, the southern coast of Saudi Arabia, the Indian subcontinent and East Asia, said Tel Aviv University paleoanthropologist Israel Hershkovitz, who led the study.
"This is an exciting discovery that confirms other suggestions of an earlier migration out of Africa," added paleoanthropologist Rolf Quam of Binghamton University in New York, a co-author of the study published in the journal Science.
"Now we finally have fossil evidence of this migration, in addition to inferences drawn from ancient DNA studies and archaeological sites," Quam said, referring to genetic research suggesting a migration from Africa at least 220,000 years ago and probably earlier.
Hershkovitz said he believes Homo sapiens may have originated some 500,000 years ago.
The Misliya humans were likely nomadic, moving around the landscape following the movements of prey species or according to the seasons of the year, Quam said.
"They were capable hunters of large-game species including wild cattle, deer and gazelles. They also made extensive use of plant materials, including perhaps for bedding," Quam added.
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For Struggling Mother, The Answer Is On The Farm
Working many hours a day in an office far from home, Karla Trujillo was losing touch with her children and with her roots in farming. So she decided to change her life. She gave up her job, went back to the family farm in western El Salvador and began learning how to get more out of farming. The training she received through the Purchase for Progress initiative, coordinated by WFP, has already produced huge dividends - in every part of her life.


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Natural, affordable, effective, and environmentally friendly – green cleaning offers many benefits, but it often takes a back seat to more glitzy initiatives. Do your occupants even know that those clean bathrooms, desks, and hallways are the result of sustainable cleaning methods?
Green cleaning uses an integrated approach for custodial needs. More than just eco-friendly products, it also encompasses practices and techniques, purchasing policies, and waste reduction.
Whether your green cleaning program has been in place for years or you're starting to make the transition, make sure to evaluate your janitorial closet from top to bottom for these hidden opportunities.
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A tidy workspace undoubtedly contributes to customer satisfaction, but green cleaning goes beyond appearance to address health concerns, says Y. Rene Tuchscher, chief operating officer for KBM Facility Solutions and member of the Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association (PRSM).
Your building is full of chemicals, many of which can originate from cleaning products. Bleach, ammonia, fragrances (phthalates), dyes, chlorine, 2-butoxyethanol, and antibacterial agents such as triclosan have all been shown to create various health problems. Janitorial staff and occupants alike are at risk of respiratory, skin, neurological, and endocrine issues either from direct contact or lingering vapors.
"Reduce your building's toxic footprint by using plant-based, biodegradable cleaners," recommends Roger McFadden, vice president and senior scientist at Business Interiors by Staples. "You'll see returns in improved IAQ, worker productivity, and reduced absenteeism."
Unlike organic foods at the grocery store, rarely will you find a price premium for green cleaning products. Because many of these alternatives use concentrated formulas, they are typically less expensive because packaging, water, and shipping costs have been reduced and those savings passed on to customers.
"Most green chemicals also work in cold water and require less product for the same results as traditional formulas," says Bill Balek, director of environmental services and legislative affairs for ISSA, a cleaning industry association. "These benefits will reduce hot water demands, inventory duplication, and the rate of product consumption."
Take Green Cleaning to the Next Level
Beyond non-toxic chemicals, rest assured that all facets of your janitorial practices have a sustainable alternative waiting to be implemented.
Not sure what to look for? Try a third-party cleaning audit, which evaluates all aspects of your cleaning procedures for areas of improvement, Tuchscher explains. These audits can serve as a benchmark, document benefits, and drive continuous improvement on a yearly basis.
As your sustainable practices grow, make sure they encompass:
- E-waste (computers, appliances, bulbs, printer cartridges, and batteries)
- Deep cleaning (carpet, window washing, drains, vents)
- Energy-efficient cleaning equipment
- Composting (food, landscaping)
- Hand and dish soap (kitchens, restrooms)
- Vegetable-based printer ink and toner
- Detergents for laundry and dish washers
- Microfiber rags, towels, and mops
- Ice removal
- Pest management
- Filters with high resistance (vacuums and HVAC)
- Walk-up and entrance mats
Even your paper products can get a green overhaul, notes Balek. Look for recycled content, bleach-free, and compostable or recyclable alternatives for toilet paper, tissues, kitchenware, paper towels, and garbage liners. Many companies have successfully transitioned to reusable plates and mugs to cut down on waste.
Day cleaning is another popular method to adopt and can save energy costs by shifting janitorial practices away from evening hours. Few companies can switch to exclusively day cleaning, Tuchscher cautions, but most find a comfortable blend between the two.
Root out products with artificially derived fragrances, McFadden advises. A "fresh" citrus or rain scent can add substantial cost without contributing to cleaning performance. Using a non-scented formula can save 20% of the product's price tag and eliminate a few headaches too.
Don't forget to involve your occupants, Tuchscher stresses. Use newsletters and events to toot your green horn, but strategically place signage wherever appropriate to remind building inhabitants of your sustainable practices.
"You can also create green teams to compete against each other for waste reduction," Tuchscher says. "It creates a sense of community and puts some responsibility in the hands of tenants."
Pit dorm rooms, departments, or floors against each other. You can even use a public dashboard in a lobby to show results or offer prizes to encourage participation.
No matter which strategies you use, make continuous improvement a priority – there are always new ways to expand and refine your green cleaning program.
Jennie Morton [email protected] is associate editor for BUILDINGS.


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All music can be regarded as reflections: of the composer's ideas and visions; of conscious and unconscious sources of inspiration; of work with often-intractable material - for both the composer and the performer. This CD of music by Mogens Christensen is in a very special sense a reflection of a specific concert and of the growing interest today in the interaction between electronic and acoustic instru-ments. In addition the six works reflect one another: work no. 4 is a reflection of no. 2, work no. 3 is a reflection of no. 5, and work no. 6 is a reflection both of no. 1 and of all the other five works together. Finally, within each work there are lots of reflec-tions, among other ways in the form of echoes.
Mogens Christensen (b. 1955) was a pupil of among others Per Nørgaard, Poul Ruders and Ib Nørholm. He had his international breakthrough as a composer with the work Winter Light in Paris in 1994 and has made his name with up to a hundred works in well nigh all genres. He has also aroused attention with his innovative work with children and young people. In the book Kreativ værkintroduktion (Crea-tive introduction to works) Christensen presents a method of encouraging children to live their way into symphonic music by working creatively for themselves with small elements of the music. Since 2005 Mogens Christensen has been Professor of Music Communication at the Academy of Music and Music Communication in Esbjerg.
An undercurrent of poetry and dream runs through Mogens Christensen's oeuvre. As a young man his music was directly influenced by literary models, and later the poetic and the fairytale-like have been recurrent sources of inspiration. A transparent, dreaming universe is characteristic of much of his music and already comes to expression in a number of his titles, for example Midsummer Night Birds, Dreamtimes, Sommerzauber and others. In recent years Mogens Christensen has been increasingly preoccupied with the interplay between acoustic instruments and electronics.
The story behind this CD recording begins with the commissioning of a work by the ensemble Contemporánea, which has specialized in performances that involve elec-tronic manipulation. Nimbus of Queen Hatasu (track 1) was the result, and this was followed by a fruitful collaboration between the ensemble and the composer. In 2005 and 2006 the ensemble played several portrait concerts of music by Mogens Christensen, who in that connection wrote a number of new works for both indi-vidual members and the whole ensemble. Only the solo violin piece Dreamless Fragments (track 2) is an earlier work. The remainder of the works on this CD have arisen in connection with the concerts. Besides Mogens Christensen's own electro-nic reworkings (tracks 1, 3 and 5) the ensemble's 'electronic musician' Ejnar Kanding had in the course of the concert engaged in extensive, work-specific processing of all the pieces on the CD. The works are so to speak reflected in Kanding's electronic interpretation. So in more than one sense the CD can be regarded as a portrait of both Contemporánea and Mogens Christensen: the music has a shared history, and the pieces can be heard to advantage as a totality, not least because of the reflections. Listening to the music through headphones can also be recommended in order to take full advantage of the electronic sound-universes that are one of the central shared features of the works.
Nimbus of Queen Hatasu
Like that of Mogens Christensen's clarinet trio, Gura, the title of Nimbus of Queen Hatasu has been taken directly from one of the writer Johannes V. Jensen's many 'myths'. Hatasu was a queen of Pharaonic Egypt and Jensen's short story is based on a general fascination with the possibility of shedding light on one's own time through the use of mythical tales - a phenomenon that is also well known in the world of music, especially opera, where for example the Orpheus myth has been composed and re-composed many times. This is not programme music and there is no direct connection between Johannes V. Jensen's myth and Mogens Christensen's work, but Christensen is himself fascinated by the contemporaneity that can arise between myth and the present.
Nimbus of Queen Hatasu was written for bass clarinet, percussion (especially gong, finger cymbals and vibraphone) and electronics. The three extremely different sound sources supplement and challenge one another in turn - very old instruments meet the latest technology - and it is striking how instruments like gong and finger cymbals with their evocations of ancient cultures fuse with the electronic sound-universe of the present day; a universe that is at the same time able to create a mood of something very remote. The electronic sounds are to a great extent manipulations of the natural instruments involved, and often sound like extensions of them. The atmospheric electronic background consists of 12 pre-produced sound files, each of which is to be played at its own point in the score and is only processed slightly along the way.
The work can be experienced as a kind of inverted set of variations: only a few minutes before it ends do we have the basic melodic material presented in the form of a unison sequence at a fast tempo in bass clarinet and vibraphone. It is this material that is scattered over the whole piece during the first 11 minutes. The material appears like fragments from a mist - or perhaps from the obscuring darkness of myth - only to condense and come together towards the end. This retrogressive relationship is not immediately audible, but a number of motifs or details that recur several times are - for example the motif of the gong right at the beginning, and certain of the phrases of the bass clarinet. At the overall level the work falls into three main sections that merge seamlessly into one another. The middle section is mostly characterized by calm, while the two outer sections are typified more by rhythmic and melodic activity.
Dreamless Fragments
A fascinating exploration of the fantastic potential of the violin as a sound-source, originally written for violin alone, but here with added electronics. The work is part of a collection of three pieces for solo violin dedicated to the Spanish-born violinist Ricardo Odriozola, who has lived since the beginning of the 1990s in Bergen in Norway. For many years Mogens Christensen has collaborated closely with Odri-o-zola, who has appeared on several recordings of -Christensen's music.
Dreamless Fragments is the last of the three original solo pieces and reflects the first piece in the collection, Cadenza, as a kind of dreaming echo. In the world of classical music a cadenza is the name given to the soloist's more or less free impro-visation at the end of a piece for soloist and ensemble - typically a concerto. The improvisation normally includes fragments from the work itself. In Dreamless Fragments there are fragments from Cadenza, but also fragments or reminiscences of Bach's partitas for solo violin and finally from Vivaldi's Four Seasons concertos for orchestra and solo violin. Both the Bach and Vivaldi fragments develop in expression into fragments of Jimi Hendrix' wild, distorted guitar solos. That a composer sends a nod back through history this way is not unusual - and thus not in Mogens Christensen's universe either.
The electronics too are built up from fragments. They consist of sampled fragments of the violin part which are discreetly manipulated along the way and then played against the violin, for example as accompaniment or as a kind of echo or even contra-part, so that the violin plays a duo with its own partly distorted reflec-tion. There is a considerable element of improvisation in the electronic samp-ling, and manipulation along the way, especially in live performances of the work.
The work falls into a number of parts of shifting character. It all begins with a single note which is struck up intensely, and then remains there vibrating; the note develops, singing almost like a bird, expanding its tonal territory and becoming wilder and wilder in expression. A striking change in the mood leads into a more lyrical passage with echo effects and Bach-like runs until the whole again ends in wildness. A new change of mood leads into an extended middle passage dominated by melodic, straightforwardly melancholy phrases in the violin. The Bach-like runs return with full force; pizzicato effects mark the transition to a concluding dreaming sequence with Vivaldi fragments which once more end in wildness.
Fragments and Echoes of East Earth DrEaming
The score of the solo piece East Earth -DrEaming (track 5) permits several inter-pre-tations. During the rehearsal work the clarinettist Fritz Berthelsen, along with Ejnar Kanding (electronics) and Mogens Christensen, experimented with coaxing a diffe-rent story out of the written music. The result was Fragments and Echoes of East Earth DrEaming, which functions on this CD as a pre-echo or premonition of East Earth DrEaming. This version is more intense, shorter and at a much faster tempo than the original, which gives it a quite different character. More electronics have been used in the A-sections (cf. track 5). Among other things the bass clarinet ends up playing a kind of duo with itself, and the melodic motion takes on a more compact form. The B-sections are very short and very intense.
In other words, this is a strikingly compressed and partly distorted version of the original - an attempt to 'give it gas'; yet nothing is as innocent and naked as in East Earth DrEaming! The highly meditative element in the original has almost gone; in this reflection the work is much more insistent and aggressive.
Echoes of Fragments
Just as Fragments and Echoes of East Earth DrEaming (track 3) is an echo of East Earth DrEaming (track 5), Echoes of Fragments is also an echo of Dreamless Fragments (track 2); in fact it is an echo written for the greatest antithesis to the violin among the bowed strings: the double-bass. It is not a note-by-note repro-duc-tion, but a reflection of some of the same effects - a reflection of the natural virtuosity of the violin into the quite different physique and sound-universe of the double-bass. And a reflection that is thereby very different from the original.
Echoes of Fragments begins audibly in the same way as Dreamless Frag-ments, but the expression and character are quite different, precisely because the instrument is. Among other things the distortion effects are much clearer and more dominant here, also because the bassist uses harmonics and in some passages must play the instrument in a highly unconventional way. The electronics are used in the same way as in Dreamless Fragments, that is as sampled sounds that are processed along the way, but they are used more discreetly in the bass solo than in the violin solo.
The work is one long improvisation with free references to Dreamless Frag-ments, but falls clearly into three main sections. Section 1 begins with a low, distorted tremolo note that passes into bright harmonics. The tremolo and the slightly hovering effect that it generates dominate the section. Section 2 begins with a series of arpeggios at a high pitch as well as low, descending notes. The musician changes from the bow to pizzicato. This whole section alternates among different variations on the arpeggios and (fragments of the) tremolo effects from section 1. The last section consists of decidedly melodic phrases. Gradually the effects and elements from earlier in the work return, and the work ends with a kind of synthesis of the various elements that have been used in the course of the piece.
East Earth DrEaming
Here the technology of the West meets the meditative tradition of the East. At several points the bass clarinet recalls the long, low horn of the Tibetan monks. and at several points the electronics are reminiscent of percussion from the Far East. East Earth DrEaming is a work that abandons present-day complexity for a floating, dreaming state and for the static and unearthly. The work was written speci-fically for bass clarinet and electronics, and with their faint, discreet shadow effects the electronics do a great deal to underscore the meditative quality.
East Earth DrEaming can be experienced as a rondo form, that is an alter-nation between two contrasting sections. The A-sections consist primarily of the melodic motion of the bass clarinet; the B-sections consist of an electronic under-current across which the bass clarinet plays a few extended notes, so-called multi-phonics.
The music begins with a violent blow that sounds like a shrill gong or finger cymbals from the East, but which turns out to be the start of a brief introduction for electronics. The bass clarinet first begins the A-section alone at a steady tempo which gradually becomes decidedly slow. The melodic material in the A-section is in general dominated by great leaps and glissandi. The slow tempo underscores the medi-tative character, and the melody line, which shoots out in all directions, empha-sizes the sense of something dreaming and flickering, something non-manifest - like isolated molecules, freely floating in a void.
The B-sections form a contrast to the sound of the A-sections, but they share the meditative character. In the B-sections a kind of dialogue arises between the electronic sounds and the notes of the instruments; the sound changes in both instrument and electronics; one senses that the two sound-universes mutate through mutual inspiration.
In the subsequent A-sections the electronics gradually join in as faint echoes that are manipulated as the piece progresses. The dreaming and flickering become even more marked. For the last four minutes of the 17-minute work the A- and B-sections become substantially shorter, but the tempo is still slow. In the A-sections there is no echo any more; but the notes are electronically supported by an extra harmony a parallel fifth below - the interval of perfection and emptiness. The work dies out quietly.
The title refers to a phenomenon known in a number of languages from among other places the Far East, where a written character can at the same time be an indepen-dent syllable or word with its own sound. In classical Javanese for example aksara is the name of a group of 'sound-bearing' consonants (i.e. consonants with inherent vowel sounds).
In Mogens Christensen's Aksara we meet, for the first time on the CD, the whole group of sound-bearing instruments: bass clarinet, percussion, violin, double-bass and electronics. Five minutes into the work there is a short pause, followed by a passage where the instruments all play in unison. Here Christensen has written the word ak-sa-ra into the score across three of the (identical) notes of the bass clarinet - as if to say, a note is a note is a note\. The basic substance of music! From this one note there develops a whole progression with a number of effects that appear both earlier and later in the piece. Aksara can thus be regarded as music about music: the fascination of music is the fascination of notes and sounds, and what happens with them in time - neither more nor less.
At the start (and again later in the work) the music gathers around a core note which the bass clarinet seesaws around and to which all the others relate. The work begins in fact just like Nimbus of Queen Hatasu with a powerful blow and with the gong as an important part of percussion. At several points in Aksara it is the gong that marks a transition, and the gong carries one of the motifs that recurs most clearly in the course of the piece: a partly chromatic descending tone row. In general there are a number of things from the preceding works on this recording that are reflected in Aksara. Violin and double-bass clearly refer to motifs and effects that were used earlier in the two solo works for these two instruments - for example the distortion effect; and the character of the bass clarinet's sometimes wild melodic ride is also recognizable from the preceding works. Aksara is in other words a kind of synthesis of all that has gone before.
Throughout the work the different instruments take turns to be in focus, and the music alternates between solo-like and tutti-like sections. However, the elec-tronics in general play a very retiring role; the other instruments of the ensemble have more than enough to contribute. Fast, rhythmically terse motifs alternate with calmer, more subdued sequences, and the whole work ends in a highly evocative fugue where the individual parts take the lead in turn, only to come together finally in an ever-ascending note, which in the end is hammered in firmly and repeatedly - and then suddenly stops.
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Microsoft iCOMP extends anti-Google push to Australia
Calls for regulator inquiry into search
An online retailer lobby launched by Microsoft and Burson-Marsteller in Europe in 2007 to oppose the Google-DoubleClick merger has planted its flag in the Australian retail market.
In a submission to the Australian Productivity Commission inquiry into the retail industry, the astroturf lobby group highlights Google's admitted dominance of search. "Anyone who cares about Australia's digital and economic future should understand the role of search engines," the group writes, "and how competition in search affects Australian online businesses and consumers."
The report claims that search advertising in Australia is "worth around A$2 billion" – a figure which would put Google's search advertising income at more than A$1.8 billion, given its estimate of the Chocolate Factory's share at more than 90 percent of the Australian market. Microsoft's Bing, by comparison, is only credited with 5 percent of search in Australia.
If Google's share of advertising income matches its share of all searches, then its take from Australia is far ahead of the roughly A$700 million that's the accepted estimate.
The iCOMP submission also reiterates a complaint made in a number of countries for several years: that Google appears to structure its search algorithms to favour its own services over its competitors. The submission cites the ongoing Foundem case in Europe, in which the vertical search company, an iCOMP member, has accused Google of "disappearing" its site from searches.
Among other things, the iCOMP submission ends with a call for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to "open a formal inquiry into Google's practices and market dominance".
The submission is credited to Louise O'Donnell, an account manager at Ogilvy lobbying outfit Packer Partners.
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Created by Kevin EastmanPeter Laird Abilities Highly skilled in ninjutsuOlympic-level agility, speed, and strengthMastery of kobudoMaster of stealthChi GongMaster of twin offensive/defensive sai High Temper Fictional universe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Played by Similar Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) |
Raphael, often shortened to Raph, is a fictional character and one of the four main characters of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media.
- Mirage Comics
- Image Comics
- Archie Comics
- 1987 animated series
- Ninja Turtles The Next Mutation
- 2003 animated series
- 2012 animated series
- Original trilogy 1990 1993
- 2007 film
- Reboot 2014
- Video games
- Reception
- References
In the Mirage/Image Comics, all four turtles wear red bandanas over their eyes; in other versions, Raphael is the only one who retains a red bandana. Raphael wields twin sai as his primary weapon. (In the Next Mutation series, his sai stick together to make a staff-like weapon.) He is generally the most likely to experience extremes of anger or rage, and is usually depicted as being aggressive, sullen, maddened, and rebellious. He broke his shell while fighting The Shredder 1 on 1, in the 2014 film. The origin of Raphael's anger is not always fully explored, but in some incarnations appears to stem partly from the realization that they are the only creatures of their kind and ultimately alone. He also has a somewhat turbulent relationship with his older brother Leonardo because Leonardo is seen as the group's leader. Raphael is named after the 16th-century Italian painter Raphael. In 2011 Raphael placed 23rd on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes, a list that did not feature any of his brothers.
Mirage Comics
In the earliest black-and-white Mirage Comics, Raphael was the most violent turtle and had a tendency for going berserk either in battle or when his temper flared up. He has a somewhat cynical and sarcastic sense of humor. In later issues, it's shown that he is not particularly fond of the supernatural, stating so explicitly in Tales of Raphael: Bad Moon Rising.
Raphael mellowed somewhat as the series went on, possibly a key moment for his character development was when he allowed Leonardo to go in alone to defeat The Shredder after nearly being killed by the Foot Elite. Since then, he has been less likely to challenge Leonardo's leadership, and on the whole is more friendly towards his family and allies.
Of his three brothers, Raphael is actually closest to Michelangelo, having stated this in the fourth issue of the original TMNT comics. Raphael often shows a caring, more laid-back, side of himself when around his younger brother, frequently indulging the younger turtle emotionally when at home and ferociously protecting him from harm when in battle. Raphael openly admits that the mere thought of his younger brother being grievously injured causes him to experience violent rage. In his self-titled one-shot miniseries, Raphael meets human vigilante Casey Jones, his foil, who is more violent and unstable than he was. Despite their brutal first meeting, the two have since formed a close bond.
In the comic book series' Volume 4, he is still the most violent turtle, but is more sociable. After having been bitten by a vampire-like creature, he experienced a further mutation, and became a large, dinosaur-like version of himself. He went into a state of berserk animal rage because of it, but with some guidance by an inner manifestation of Master Splinter, he regained his original mentality and later assisted Leonardo and Casey Jones in tracking down the vampires who attacked him. This is also somewhat similar to an earlier storyline during Volume 1, where Raphael was attacked by a leech-like creature who, when sucking his blood, also drained him of the mutagen in his body and reverted him to a small turtle. The leech itself mutated and vanished, prompting the remaining turtles to follow it. Finally, after tracking down the creature, Raphael manages to bite it and pierce its skin, thereby drinking its blood and mutating back.
This incarnation of Raphael appeared in the crossover special Turtles Forever voiced by Sean Schemmel.
Image Comics
In the Image series that treated the first two volumes of the Mirage Comics as canonical, Raphael was blasted in the face and disfigured. After that, he wore one of Casey Jones' hockey masks for much of the time, and eventually just an eye patch. Later, Raphael wore Shredder's armor in an attempt to psychologically dominate a number of the New York Mob, with whom the Foot Clan was engaged in a losing gang war. He donned a slightly variant version of the armor, and pretended to be the Shredder to get the advantage on his pursuers. He succeeded in defeating them and was then accepted into, and given control of, the New York faction of the Foot Clan for a brief time. In the independent published series of the Image Comics #24, Raphael had an eyepatch and red bandana for the whole issue and was even angrier than ever. He killed Cheng with whom he had been friends in issue #25, and as soon as Pimiko was killed by the gauntlet of Lady Shredder, Raph removed his bandana and eyepatch to reveal his left eye was no longer disfigured but was back to normal. He later said to Leonardo he had a thing for Pimiko, and like Donatello with Baxter's help on ridding him of cyborg parts, Raphael kept his crush on Pimiko a secret.
Archie Comics
The Archie comics series was titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures and began as a direct adaptation of the popular cartoon series in the late 1980s. After the second story arc, Raphael changed costumes and began wearing an all dark ninja outfit which he won during an Alien Wrestling Match. He would be the first member of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to have a girlfriend, meeting Ninjara in issue #28 and breaking up near the end of the magazine's 75 issue run. In the future, Raphael would lose an eye during a conflict with the Shredder, Verminator X, and Armaggon (in most of the future timeline incarnations of Raphael, his left eye is missing). He would time travel after his brother Donatello invents the technology and eventually retire on the island Turtleco (which used to be Manhattan) and become a bar owner.
1987 animated series
Raphael's personality in the 1987 animated series deviates the most from all other incarnations, though the show's theme song states that Raphael is "cool, but crude" (he takes a slice of pizza with his sai and shoves the rest of it onto the screen). Despite the theme's reference to his crudeness, he actually had a more toned down attitude in this incarnation opposed to all other incarnations. His toned-down attitude was mostly due to the fact that this series was based primarily on humor. Raphael is a sarcastic wise-guy, and supplies comic relief alongside Michelangelo, whose humor is usually attributed to his ignorance and spaciness, whereas Raphael is more sarcastic and witty. As a result, Michelangelo is the subject of Raphael's jokes more than any other Turtle. He frequently makes jokes that break the fourth wall.
This incarnation of Raphael is entirely different from other variations. He has a far less confrontational relationship with his friends and fellow Turtles — the most striking example being his lack of a sibling rivalry with Leonardo. Raphael has no desire to steal anyone's thunder or become a leader; he's perfectly content providing the wittiest of the cartoon's jokes, being the most humorous turtle of the group. Despite this, Raphael usually served as a contrast to Leonardo's "gung-ho do-gooder" persona with his pessimistic sarcastic remarks. However, Raphael did challenge Leonardo's leadership once in the season 8 episode "Turtle Trek".
In the Season 4 episode "Raphael Meets His Match", Raphael was paired off with a mysterious mutant female named Mona Lisa, who might have been considered as a potential girlfriend for Raphael. Despite following the Turtles back to New York City, Mona Lisa was never seen again.
In the season 5 episode "Raphael Versus the Volcano", due to a malfunction in Donatello's Healthometer, Raphael was convinced that he soon was going to die and decided to end his life as a hero named the "Green Defender", saving people from dangers and stopping criminals when he thought he had nothing to lose. When the Healthometer malfunction was discovered, the other Turtles tracked him down to tell him he wasn't going to die.
In the 1987 series' original English-language version, Raphael's voice actor is Rob Paulsen from season one to season nine with Thom Pinto as the 1989 alternate, Hal Rayle as the 1993 alternate, and Michael Gough in the final season. In Turtles Forever, the 1987 version of Raphael is voiced by Sebastian Arcelus. Raphael also made a couple of appearances in the 2012 series in the episode, The Manhattan Project. He and the other turtles along with Casey and April are seen through a portal by their 2012 counterparts walking on a road and he made a speaking cameo along with the other turtles at the end of the episode when a space worm from the 2012 dimension started terrorizing the street. All four turtles see the worm and spring into action while shouting their famous catchphrase, 'Cowabunga'. This would be Rob Paulsen's second role in the 2012 series, the other being Donatello while he returned to his role as Raphael for the cameo. This would mark the first time in over 28 years the 1987 TMNT cast would return to their roles.
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
Raphael appears in the live action series, Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation, as well as its crossover episode with Power Rangers in Space portrayed by Mitchell A. Lee Yuen and voiced by Matt Hill.
2003 animated series
In the 2003 series, Raphael was voiced by Greg Abbey (Eiji Miyashita in the Japanese version), and speaks with a Brooklyn accent. In this incarnation, he has a dark, bright green skin color, much more vivid than those of his brothers. This version of Raphael has a personality which is more akin to his original incarnation - he is angrier and more sardonic, but not quite as violent unless extremely angry - as proven in one incident where he almost smashed Michelangelo's head in with a pipe after Mikey beat him in a sparring match. The theme song for season 1-3 did not have a part that actually described each turtle individually, but from season 4 onwards it was changed, and stated that "count on Raphael to throw the first punch".
He often argues with Leonardo and Michelangelo, although he is depicted as being very close with both at times. He is the first of the turtles to cry (or at least, shed tears) when Leonardo is gravely injured and might not survive. Raphael is generally very protective of his brothers, getting angriest when an enemy harms them or captures them. His relationship with Donatello consists of poking fun at his intellect or annoyance at his long-winded explanations. Raphael considers Donatello as something of a dork, yet still his brother, and he still cares for Donatello just as much as he does Leonardo and Michelangelo. His best friend is generally regarded as Casey Jones - and is the best man as Casey and April's wedding in the final episode of this series. In all incarnations of the turtles except for the 1987 cartoon, Raphael appears to live in the shadow of Leonardo and resents his brother's social position in the group. However, his rivalry with his brother is heavily toned down in comparison to the comic books and rarely shows a deep hatred towards him as the series progresses. He is shown to be a skilled motorcyclist. It has often been hinted that Raphael has entomophobia, the fear of insects. He has shown on many occasions an unrivaled hatred of bugs, however unlike the 2012 incarnations he shows more violence than fear when near a bug.
Raphael's relationship with Michelangelo is unique in this series. Michelangelo has a tendency to severely annoy his brother, from playing pranks, to taunting, gloating, and overall rubbing his accomplishments in Raphael's face. Despite his rivalry, Raphael also expressed his pain and fear of losing his youngest brother and leader when Leonardo was nearly killed by the Foot, to the point where he even started crying. As Leonardo recovered, Raphael was also the one who supported Leonardo the most, even helping him to forge Leonardo's two new katana, and paying the greatest attention to the care of his brother. In the episode "Ultimate Ninja" Raph attempted to protect Leo from the Ultimate Ninja when he challenged him and lashed out in anger and fear when Leo was nearly hurt. Raphael continues to challenge Leonardo's decisions in this incarnation as well, as Raphael and Leonardo often argue over what to do in certain situations, Raph usually favoring a direct and confrontational approach. Despite differences, Leo and Raph arguably have the closest relationship of the Turtles emphasized in the series, as their conflicting views and care for one another is a key point in many episodes throughout the entire series. Raphael will often put himself in danger, going as far as disobeying Splinter and Leonardo to protect his family and friends, but he will react immediately (and harshly) if they are in danger. He has an extremely loyal side and is always the first to react when another of his brothers is in trouble. This happens on numerous occasions, like when he stops a blow from hitting Leonardo using only his sai, or kicks the Shredder away from Donatello when the former is about to attack.
2012 animated series
Raphael is voiced by Sean Astin in the 2012 series. In this incarnation, he is described (in the theme song) as having "the most attitude on the team". During the first portion of the first episode, "Rise of the Turtles", it was shown that he has exceptional agility, able to dodge all of Donatello's bo staff strikes, before snatching the staff and breaking it. It is also implied that he has won several times before, as he says to Donatello "drop the staff, and no one gets hurt" to which Donatello replies, "I did last time, but you still hurt me." After defeating Donatello, Raphael then won the training tournament by throwing Leo with one of his sai. However, when Splinter congratulated them, Raph bragged about his victory, which caused Splinter to hit a pressure point on his neck and forced him to compliment his brothers. He is once again an impulsive hothead, and also has a normal pet turtle named Spike, which later mutates and becomes this show's version of Slash.
His relationship with Leonardo was generally tense, Leonardo's more patient approach contrasting with Raphael's aggression, but he developed a greater appreciation for Leonardo's skills when Raphael's own attempt to serve as the leader showed him that he couldn't cope with the pressure of taking responsibility for his brothers' safety, preferring to risk himself rather than them. With Michelangelo he insults him but he cares. This is shown when in "New Friend, Old Enemy" he comforts Mikey when he is feeling down, by telling him that he is an awesome guy. Raphael's relationship with Donatello involves (rarely serious) threats, glares, hitting and insulting, like in "I, Monster", where he throws a rat at him to get him to stop talking. However, Donatello cares for Raph, for instance having a hard time insulting him in "Turtle Temper", and trying to give him a hand when he is later in the van with the Kraang. Raphael is also petrified of cockroaches until he managed to defeat the mutant cockroach, Spyroach.
Raphael's character design was updated, giving him green eyes as well as a small, lightning-shaped chip out of his plastron across his left shoulder. His shell shows a great deal of distinct battle damage (considerably more than those of his brothers), and the tails of his mask are tattered and worn. In this sense, it is obvious that he does not care about getting hurt too much in a fight. In "New Girl In Town", he states that he has no problem risking his own life, but he cannot stand to, and therefore will not, risk the lives of his brothers.
Original trilogy (1990-1993)
In the 1990 film adaptation, Raphael is voiced by Josh Pais. He speaks with a distinctive tough-sounding Lower East Side accent (that was imitated in the later versions of TMNT), and is the turtle whose character is explored most completely. He has a quick temper, uses mild language and verbally challenges Leonardo. This film focuses more so on his feeling of isolation from his brothers and sense of regret and anger when Splinter is eventually captured from the Shredder. Here, it is established that he shares a closer relationship with news reporter April O'Neil having saved her from the Foot Clan on several occasions.
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, he is played by Kenn Troum, and voiced by Laurie Faso, and in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III film he is played by Matt Hill, and dubbed by Tim Kelleher. In the films, he is still angry and occasionally goes off by himself in the second movie, but has a soft spot for the young people the team meets. It is also shown that he has an appreciation for nature as it appears to calm him.
2007 film
In TMNT, Raphael is voiced by Nolan North. In Leonardo's absence, he has spent his nights as an armored vigilante known as The Nightwatcher. His time as the Nightwatcher is one of the few during which Raphael uses a different ninjitsu weapon, the manriki: weighted chains that can be concealed in the hands and used from considerable distances. Unlike his sai, the manriki are typically not lethal weapons, though they could crush a skull if used with enough force.
In this movie, the animosity between Raphael and Leonardo is the most straight-forward due to Raphael's anger at his brother leaving. He resents Leonardo's bossing them around and treating them like "[Leo's] little soldiers" when he (at least in Raphael's opinion) abandoned them for at least a year. This leads to a physical confrontation between Raphael and Leonardo and resulting in Raphael almost mortally wounding Leonardo before retreating - suddenly realising what he was about to do, and running in fear from his anger. After Leonardo is kidnapped, Raphael then acknowledges his mistake to Master Splinter and confesses what happened and why he understood the reason Leonardo was chosen as the leader. Master Splinter then explains to Raphael that his tendency to put the world's problems on his own shoulders as a protector of the weak is a great quality and that while he may not be his favorite student, it does not mean he is his least favorite son. Master Splinter then tells Raphael that his strength, his passion, and his loyalty to the people he cares about are also merits of a great leader, if it can be tempered with compassion. After Raphael, the Turtles, as well as Casey and April rescue Leonardo, Raphael is shown to be eager to fight alongside his brother instead of against him.
Raph's relationship with Donatello is also explored more when Donatello makes it clear that he doesn't like the Nightwatcher. This is due to the Nightwatcher using tactics like Raph's and due to the reason that Donnie believes that the team still exists where as Raph does not. Donnie also doesn't support Mikey's admiration of The Nightwatcher and even though Donnie doesn't know that Raph is The Nightwatcher, believes that Raph should get a normal job to support the family. Donnie's dislike of The Nightwatcher alone seems to mildly anger Raph and then there's the fact that Splinter put Donnie in charge of the turtles while Leo was away. This factor annoys Raph a little more and leads to Raphael almost punching Donnie in the face; smirking when his brother flinches.
Reboot (2014)
Raphael appears in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles portrayed by Alan Ritchson. In the film, he is aggressive and struggles with following orders. He often loses his temper and has fierce independence, which does not sit well with his brother Leonardo. He is the first turtle that April O' Neil sees after stopping the Foot Clan, although she does not get a good look at him and thinks he's a man. When April takes their picture, Raph threatens her even after Donatello erases her phone's memory data. In the battle at the turtle's lair with the Foot, Raph is crushed under rubble and is presumed dead. Because of this, he is the only turtle not captured by the Foot. When he awakes, he finds a dying Splinter who tells him and April to save his brothers. They team up with Vern Fenwick to help him save them from Sacks Industries, where he fights Shredder to buy April and Vern time to do so. After rescuing Leonardo, Donatello, and Michaelangelo and defeating the Shredder, Raphael and his brothers use the mutagen to save Splinter's life. He along with Donatello and Leonardo don't try to get April's attention unlike Michelangelo who does voice his feelings to April. Although in the end of the movie he does show appreciation to her for sacrificing everything for them. In this incarnation, Raphael isn't as hot headed and doesn't clash with Leonardo over leadership however they have a brief argument over the Hatamishi which Raphael refuses to go to and claims he'll leave which Leo debunks. He is more close to his brothers in the film than in most adaptations. He does still get annoyed at Donatello when he does talk of his calculations in a way the others don't understand. Also, it should be noted he is the only turtle in the film to stay true to his other adaptations by not wearing any footwear.
In the sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Raphael is shown to be more like his standard self. He becomes enraged when he learns Leonardo has commanded Donnie to not reveal to him or Mikey about the Purple Ooze being able to turn them into humans, stating that Leo broke the third code of the ninja (honor) by lying to his brothers. He disobeys direct orders from Leo and has no problem lying to April and Casey in order to get them to go along on a mission with him. He does still show caring for his brothers as him and Mikey are shown to be very close, with the two of them pulling pranks on Casey Jones and Raph becoming enraged when Krang nearly kills Mikey. Raphael in the film is also shown to have a fear of great heights, possibly due to the events of Movie 1; while the other turtles leap out of an airplane with little thought Raphael puts on a parachute and even then must psych himself up to perform the jump.
Video games
In the first few video games, based on the 1987 cartoon, Raphael was an unpopular character because of the short range of his weapon. To make up for it in later games, he was the fastest turtle which gave him more of an advantage, however he has the lowest stamina of all the turtles, which means that every hit he took would cost him more health points than the others. In games based on the 2003 animated series, he is the strongest Turtle as opposed to the fastest, the same goes for the video game based on the 2007 movie TMNT. He appears in TMNT: Smash Up as a playable character, with Frank Frankson reprising his role. The Nightwatcher also makes an appearance as a separate playable character.
Raphael is one of the main playable characters in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows videogame, where he is voiced by Carlos Alazraqui. His damage and toughness stats were superior to the other turtles, but the short range of his sai remained, and he was the slowest turtle. His special move is Iron Fists, where he puts on iron gloves which have extremely high power, but little range. Raphael also appears in the 2014 film-based game, voiced by Roy Samuelson.
In 2008, Raphael shared the fifth place with Leonardo on TechCrunch's list of Top 10 Video Game Ninja Characters. As mentioned above, he came in 23rd on IGN's list of Top 100 comic book heroes.


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Councilman on Tasergate: Suburbanites making city look bad
Mayor Nutter is standing by the police officer who Tasered the teen-ager trespassing in center field at Monday night's Phillies game, but it was South Philadelphia City Councilman Jim Kenney on Tuesday who had the strongest words yet for the behavior that precipitated the incident.
Mayoral spokesman Doug Oliver said Nutter "fully supports" Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, who defended the police officer who used a Taser gun to stun and subdue 17-year-old Steve Consalvi of Boyertown, in Berks County. "He strongly discourages fans from running on the field during the game, or without permission," said Oliver. Nutter is at a meeting in Washington, D.C., and could not be reached immediately for comment.
Kenney defended not just the police but also city sports fans, and complained that suburbanites were giving the city a bad rap.
"It seems to me that people from the suburbs think, when they come into the city, they can act like idiots," said Kenney, who is meeting with police and team officials next week about security policies at the stadiums. "A lot of them come in and disrespect Philadelphia, then complain how bad Philadelphia is."
Kenney noted that neither Monday's episode nor the infamous "Pukeymon" incident last month -- in which 21-year-old Matthew Clemmens of Cherry Hill allegedly purposefully vomited on an 11-year-old girl at a Phillies game -- involved a Philadelphian.
Kenney praised the Phillies for their efforts to control unruly fans, including ejecting three "drunken idiots" who sat behind him a Phillies-Dodgers playoff game in October and chanted "F-- You, Manny."
Kenney wants anyone escorted out of the sports facilities to face, arrest, prosecution, a fine and/or community service. He was a backer of the famous "Eagles Court" presided over by now-Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery, and suggested that a police wagon* should be stationed outside each game, if necessary, to take unruly fans away.
"I do think it does damage further the reputation of this town and its sports fans.," Kenney said. Kenney said while the use of a stun-gun appears "shocking," it was also hazardous for police officers to have to chase and/or wrestle people tot he ground. "Anything can happen when you have to physically subdue someone. The bottom line: no one has an issue if the goofball doesn't run on the field."
"You can't just allow them just go home or go to the next bar and brag about how fun it was to get thrown out of the stadium," Kenney said.
*NOTE: The author of this blog post may have slurred his own Irish ancestry in the original version by using the term "paddy wagon." While the origin of the term is disputed -- either referrding to the Irish "Paddies" thrown into the wagon, or the Irish policemen doing the throwing -- we get that it can be offensive. Kenney did not use this term.
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Apple's next iPhone rumored with 8-pin dock connector, enhanced Bluetooth
The details come from a report published Wednesday by iLounge, which cited two sources for the 8-pin dock connector. That contradicts earlier reports that the new dock on Apple's next iPhone will be a 19-pin design.
With the launch of the next iPhone, Apple is expected to retire the 30-pin dock connector that has been found on its iPod lineup and iOS devices for years. Because of the large number of accessories on the market compatible with the current 30-pin design, Apple is expected to provide an adapter to help ease the transition to the smaller design.
Wednesday's report said the new dock connector will potentially allow devices to be connected to docks and cables in two orientations, similar to the MagSafe charger design found on Apple's MacBook lineup.
Author Jeremy Horwitz was also reportedly told by one source that Apple is working on an unannounced iOS 6 feature that will greatly enhance Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity between devices.
"The feature would enable, say, a future iPod nano to display iMessages received by an iPhone, record voice memos that could be shared via the iPhone, and even initiate phone calls through its own headphones," he wrote. "It could also conceivably let you make iPhone calls from your iPad (or possibly even recent Macs), assuming the iPhone was paired with the computer over Bluetooth."
Apple began adding Bluetooth 4.0 support to its devices in mid-2011 with the MacBook Air and Mac mini, while the launch of the iPhone 4S late last year marked the debut of Bluetooth 4.0 on handset from the company, along with "Bluetooth Smart Ready" support.
Apple joined the Bluetooth Special Interest Group board of directors last year, and now takes part in overseeing the development of standards and licensing for the short-range wireless technology. When Apple joined, the special interest group said the iPhone maker would provide insight on platform development, as the company understands that technology is now driven by "hub devices" that capture data, utilize data at the application layer, and even upload it to the cloud.


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In Game 1, everything went wrong for the Lakers, everything went right for the Thunder. Thunder won. In Game 2, for 46 minutes, at least some things went right for the Lakers, everything went wrong for the Thunder. The pace was slow. The defense was incredible for the Lakers. The Thunder weren't hitting jumpers. A seven-point lead with two minutes. Hold onto the ball, hold onto the lead, gain control of the series, go back to L.A. having rattled the kids in blue.
And then.
As the Thunder closed on a 9-0 run, you couldn't help but think of how often the Lakers had done this exact thing to so many teams. They were the ones who made the key steals late. They were the ones who waited for the opponent to crack. They were the ones who made clutch plays. But now? Now it's OKC. They won when they played flawless, they won when they played terribly. And now it's 2-0 OKC.
For Oklahoma City, there are reasons to be concerned but a ton of reasons for confidence. When the shots didn't fall, they won. They had just a 92 offensive efficiency Wednesday night, and yet got the win. They had an off night offensively for the second-best scoring machine in the league, and they walk away with a 2-0 lead. Defensively, they stepped up to the challenge. Had they bent more inside, the game could have broken open. Had Thabo Sefolosha not done such a marvelous job on Kobe Bryant, helping him to a 9-25 night, they may not have sustained. The Thunder defense kept them in it, the Thunder's athletes took the momentum, the Lakers' ineptitude opened the door, and Kevin Durant slammed it shut.
And for a fun twist on a narrative, instead of LeBron James failing in the clutch, it was Kobe Bryant with this line: 0-2, zero points, 1 turnover, one bad pass knocked out off of him, one bad miss, one airball, no final shot, and a whole lot of frustration. Bryant was clearly livid both after Kevin Durant's game winner and upon turning around to see Steve Blake taking a three-pointer for the win instead of, you know, him.
It's not wise to get riled up about Blake, however. This is a shooter who hit five threes against the Denver Nuggets in Game 7. He was wide open. I mean, wide open. The pass had to be made, the shot had to be taken. It just didn't fall. This is life in the NBA, the reality of clutch vs. the myth. Bryant, though, certainly struggled and his play down the stretch may have thrown a little dirt on the Lakers.
But this series is far from over. The Lakers proved Wednesday that they can throw some kinks in the chain of OKC's mighty system, and headed back to L.A. they have to be hopeful a few more things will go their way. The question is whether they can force OKC into the same halfcourt troubles it had Wednesday night, or if they get busted open by the same team that torched them in Game 1.
The Lakers can get right back into this thing with a win on Friday. But it's a back to back set against a younger, fresher, hungrier team that seems to have all the answers, that can cross the finish line even when they stumble. The Lakers? They're just trying to get the dust out of their mouth.
The Lakers had answers for the Thunder until the end. Then the ghosts that the Lakers usually wreak on their opponents grabbed hold of L.A.. By the throat.
Closing note: Andrew Bynum laughed as he left the floor.


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Immunotherapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma - Phase II Trial of Autologous Cancer Antigen Specific Immunotherapy
- Evaluate the efficacy of immunotherapy with irradiated autologous tumor cell vaccine
and sargramostim (GM-CSF) followed by monoclonal antibody OKT3- activated T lymphocytes
and interleukin-2 in combination with surgery in terms of response rate in patients
with stage III or IV renal cell carcinoma.
- Determine the immunogenicity of renal cell carcinoma in this patient population.
OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to extent of disease, extent of antigen specific
response to vaccination, performance status (0 vs 1), prior therapy (yes vs no), and gender.
Patients undergo surgical debulking of tumor on week 1 followed by adjuvant chemotherapy.
Within 2-4 weeks of chemotherapy, patients are vaccinated with irradiated autologous tumor
cells and sargramostim (GM-CSF), then receive GM-CSF alone intradermally at vaccination
sites daily for 4 days. Patients are revaccinated 2 weeks later.
Patients undergo peripheral blood mononuclear cell collection two weeks after the second
vaccination. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells are stimulated with anti-CD3 monoclonal
antibody (OKT3) and interleukin-2, producing activated T lymphocytes. The activated T
lymphocytes are infused IV over 1-6 hours followed by 5 doses of interleukin-2 IV every
other day over 10 days. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or
unacceptable toxicity.
Patients may receive one additional course of immunotherapy as above.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, then every 6 months thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 60 patients will be accrued for this study
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Roy D. Baynes, MD, PhD, FACP
Study Chair
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
United States: Federal Government
June 1997
Name | Location |
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute | Detroit, Michigan 48201 |


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NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (UPI) — The December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., seems to have swayed public opinion on stricter gun-control laws, a poll indicated.
The New York Times/CBS News poll found that 54 percent of Americans say they think gun-control laws should be tightened, up markedly from a CBS News poll in April that found that only 39 percent backed stricter laws.
A gunman killed 20 children, six adults and himself at the school Dec. 14.
The poll also found that most of 1,110 respondents — about 90 percent — said they would support a background-check requirement for all gun purchases, and about 60 percent of respondents said they would support a ban on high-capacity magazines, such as the 15- and 30-round magazines that have been used in several recent mass shootings.
"I'm from a rural area in the South, I grew up in a gun culture, my father hunted," Leslie Hodges, a 64-year-old gun owner from Atlanta, said in a follow-up interview. "However, I don't believe being able to have a gun keeps you from thinking reasonably about changes that would keep someone from walking into a school and being able to kill 20 children in 20 seconds. I think that we can say, O.K., we want the freedom to have guns in this country, but there are rules we can all agree to that will make us all safer."
The national poll was conducted Jan. 11 to Jan. 15, before the president announced his proposals to curb gun violence. It has a sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.
Another poll, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey, showed that the National Rifle Association is more popular than Hollywood.
The powerful lobby for gun makers and gun owners has a 41 percent positive approval rating, while Hollywood and the entertainment industry have a 23 percent favorable rating, the poll found.
The NRA and other critics have blamed the entertainment and video-game industries for contributing to an American culture of violence.
The poll found 34 percent of respondents gave the giant gun-rights group a negative rating, while 46 percent said the same about Hollywood and the entertainment industry.
At the same time, 56 percent of Americans said laws covering the sale of firearms should be made stricter, the poll found.
Views about guns were closely tied to whether the respondent households had a gun, the poll found. Sixty-seven percent of people in homes without guns favored stricter laws while 44 percent in homes with guns favored making them stricter.
The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found 41 percent of Americans said someone in their household owned a gun.
The poll of 1,000 adults was conducted Jan. 12-15 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
Copyright 2013 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).


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text: On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Jacques B. Siboni wrote: > Dear all, > > i forward the following mail to ltsp and beowulf as I use these concepts and > Mosix group seems to be in a very depressed mood. > > The problem I encounter occurs before Mosix even starts. There is some new > kind of stuff with kernel 2.4.xx that does not accept some kinds of fragments. > It is more an NFS boot problem. > > One (quick and dirty) solution could be to allow the kernel to load even with > an mtu less than 1500, which I could not do. > > Thanks in advance > > Jacques > > Dear Jacques, This has the look and feel of a hardware problem with your physical network. The fact that small packets sometimes make it through but big ones don't is telling indeed. You don't describe your physical network, but one of the following could easily be the problem: a) Bad wiring. One wire with an almost-broken wire can do this. So can poorly wired connectors at the punchblock or inside the RJ45 connectors. b) Wiring runs that are too long. 100BT has a maximum radius of 100 m from a switch that can retime packets. If runs are too long, a collision condition can easily occur as one host brings up the line to send but the signal doesn't have time to propagate to a host downstream in time to keep it from ALSO bringing up the line to send. In a high traffic density network, lots of packets collide and are lost, and perhaps smaller packets have a better chance of making it through at least sometimes. c) Hubs instead of switches, especially too many hubs. Packets sent to a hub are echoed on all lines, and ANY system trying to send in the same window will cause a collision. Too many hubs add latency that reduces the effective diameter of your network and increases the probability of collisions. Switches actually read a packet and retransmit it on ONLY the line it is destined for, and retime the packet besides. This isolates systems from traffic not intended for them and improves network stability and performance. Offhand I can't remember the maximum number of "repeaters" (hubs) permitted in a 100BT network -- something like 3 -- because I haven't used hubs for years now, ever since switches got so cheap. Good switches will also sometimes indicate lines with a fault condition and isolate those lines. d) Cheap/bad NICs. It is just my opinion, but this includes all RTL8139 NICs from any manufacturer. These NICs have exhibited behavior like that which you describe in my own systems all by themselves on an otherwise perfect network -- if you flood them with a packet stream, they can easily end up dropping all but one or two packets in a hundred. Again, small packets probably doesn't improve their efficiency (it just makes for a longer stream with even smaller interpacket gaps) but it likely does improve the probability that a packet will make it through before timing out. Unfortunately, RTL8139's are nearly ubiquitous, since they are available in $10 NICs and some folks cannot resist the bargain. If you have 8139's, just throw them away and buy a decent NIC -- eepro100, tulip, 3c905 -- and your problem may magically go away. e) It's a long shot, but a poorly supported card/driver or interference with a particular chipset or motherboard or card combination "can" cause things like this, but frankly I doubt it. I'd work a-d over pretty thoroughly before I started worrying about problems in the base linux kernel or network drivers (RTL drivers excluded, although it isn't really a driver problem per se) or exotic chipset problems. This is presuming that you are running a reasonably recent and/or non-SMP production kernel. If you are running a really old kernel (especially a really old SMP kernel) or an exotic homemade kernel with strange drivers or the like, after I finished asking "why" I'd agree that doing something sort of dumb like this could also cause such a problem. There are some lovely online guides to the care and feeding of Ethernet networks, many of them linked to www.phy.duke.edu/brahma or available on the Scyld website. One or more of them will (for example) tell you the maximum number of repeaters permitted if in fact you are using hubs and have a very large physical network. Hope this helps. I'd advise investing in (minimally) a network cable tester and if there is any chance at all your cable runs are too long, in a reflectometer. If you are using hubs or RTL NICs, I'd STRONGLY recommend swappping them out for switches and decent NICs as rapidly as possible, especially for the lines connecting to your servers. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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Propellerhead has released what it says will be the first in a series of 'micro tutorials' for its forthcoming Record software.
With a running time of less than two minutes, the first instalment doesn't go into a great deal of depth, but it does demonstrate just how easy it is to start creating a song in the new application.
When you fire up a new project, you're not required to pick a template, sample rate or even a name - you can simply add an audio track and get going.
Hopefully, future tutorials will dig a little deeper; you can give the first one a look below.
Record will be released on 9 September priced at $299/€299/£249. Reason users will be able to crossgrade for $129.
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(Poem #1636) Overture to a Dance of Locomotives Men with picked voices chant the names of cities in a huge gallery: promises that pull through descending stairways to a deep rumbling. The rubbing feet of those coming to be carried quicken a grey pavement into soft light that rocks to and fro, under the domed ceiling, across and across from pale earthcoloured walls of bare limestone. Covertly the hands of a great clock go round and round! Were they to move quickly and at once the whole secret would be out and the shuffling of all ants be done forever. A leaning pyramid of sunlight, narrowing out at a high window, moves by the clock; discordant hands straining out from a center: inevitable postures infinitely repeated - two-twofour-twoeight! Porters in red hats run on narrow platforms. This way ma'am! - important not to take the wrong train! Lights from the concrete ceiling hang crooked but - Poised horizontal on glittering parallels the dingy cylinders packed with warm glow - inviting entry - pull against the hour. But brakes can hold a fixed posture till - The whistle! Not twoeight. Not twofour. Two! Gliding windows. Coloured cooks sweating in a small kitchen. Taillights - In time: twofour! In time: twoeight! - rivers are tunneled: trestles cross oozy swampland: wheels repeating the same gesture remain relatively stationary: rails forever parallel return on themselves infinitely. The dance is sure. |
It takes a very special poet to see and capture the beauty of something as banal as a railway station. It takes a very special poet to take the sheer mundaneness of the experience of entering that station and to turn it into an allegory and a vision of human existence. It takes a very special poet to convey, with incredible clarity, not only the sight of the terminal, but also its sounds and its rhythms. It takes a very special poet to combine the easy realism of "two-twofour-twoeight!" with the analytic precision of "inevitable postures infinitely repeated". It takes a very special poet to make something as clunky as an old steam locomotive dance. It takes William Carlos Williams. What moves me about this poem is the sheer beauty of it, the extravagence of the conceit and the breathtaking way that Williams pulls it off. It's amazing how exact Williams' observations are - to see what I mean just try boarding a train from Grand Central station with "promises / that pull through deep stairways / to a deep rumbling" running through your head. And it's fascinating how the poem is truly an overture - how there's a distinct sense at the end of having been launched into some great adventure, of a rhythm building to some grand waltz. Just the way you feel when you're starting a long train journey and the train finally pulls out of the station and into the countryside. Aseem P.S. Is it just me, or does this poem read like a cubist or Dada-ist painting - like something Marcel Duchamp would have painted?


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Pimpinella saxifraga is an herbaceous perennial up to about 2-3 feet tall with compound umbels of small white flowers and pinnately compound (sometimes twice-compound) leaves. It is probably often overlooked, because of its superficial similarity to the very common and abundant wild carrot (Daucus carota). The distribution map is a very poor indication of the plants distribution--widely in door County and probably thorughout NE Wisconsin and perhaps throughout the state. |


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NEAREST is addressed to the identification and characterization of potential tsunami sources located near shore in the Gulf of Cadiz; the improvement of near-real time detection of signals by a multiparameter seafloor observatory for the characterisation of potential tsunamigenic sources to be used in the development of an Early Warning System (EWS) Prototype; the improvement of integrated numerical models enabling more accurate scenarios of tsunami impact and the production of accurate maps in selected areas of the Algarve (SW Portugal), highly hit by the 1755 tsunamis. In this area, highly populated and prone to devastating earthquakes and tsunamis, excellent geological/geophysical knowledge has already been acquired in the last decade.
The methodological approach will be based on the cross-checking of multiparameter time series acquired on land by seismic and tide gauge stations on the seafloor and in the water column by broad band Ocean Bottom Seismometers and a multiparameter deep-sea platform, this latter equipped with real-time communication to an onshore warning centre. Land and sea data will be integrated to be used in a protptype of EWS.
NEAREST will search for sedimentological evidence of tsunamis records to improve the knowledge on the recurrence time for extreme events and will try to measure the key parameters for the comprehension of the tsunami generation mechanisms.
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"For the discovery of high temperature superconductivity in non-oxide systems."
Background:Robert Haddon obtained a B.Sc. (Hon.) degree at Melbourne University, and an organic chemistry Ph.D.from Pennsylvania State University in 1971. He was a Queen Elizabeth II Fellow at the Australian National University, and in 1976 he joined Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he was a member of the Chemical Physics and Materials Research Departments (AT&T, Lucent Technologies). In 1997 he was appointed Professor of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Kentucky, and in 1998 he became Director of the NSF Advanced Carbon Materials Center. He co-founded CarboLex, a company that produces single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), and in 1998 he founded Carbon Solutions, a company that is focused on the chemical processing of SWNTs. In 2000, he was appointed Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical & Environmental Engineering and Director of the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University of California, Riverside. His research interests are in the electronic structure and properties of molecules and materials, with particular emphasis on transport, magnetism, and superconductivity. He was named 1991 Person of the Year by Superconductor Week, and is a Fellow of AAAS and APS.
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text: Dominic Dromgoole's production brings refreshing clarity to one of Shakespeare's most famous and best-loved tragedies, drawing out the contemporary relevance of this passionate teenage love story. Ellie Kendrick, a truly youthful Juliet, and Adetomiwa Edun, a boyish Romeo, head an excellent cast whose period costumes point to the timelessness of parental disapproval, adolescent temperament, rivalry and violence. Filmed before a live audience at Shakespeare's Globe in the heart of London, its intimate and atmospheric setting adds immediacy and vitality to the humour and passion of Shakespeare's verse. Filmed in High Definition and true surround sound.


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See who's interested in whom, says Valleywag
Facebook staff can not only look at any profile on the site, they can also see which other profiles that user has been looking at.
Snooping at other people's profiles is part of the joy of the site, but most of the joy was knowing you could do so in private. But according to Valleywag Facebook staff can easily see what you've been up to on the site.
Facebook's terms and conditions do not rule out this happening: "Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that user content you post on the site will not be viewed by unauthorised persons." The privacy policy continues: "We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the site."
Facebook notes that your content may still be available even after you have deleted it. Ordinary users cannot see what other people have been clicking on.
According to Valleywag, which got the scoop on employee snooping, there is a third party application which does look at where you've been - but only if you ask it to first.
More from Valleywag here.
The blog also claims to have got its hands on Steve Ballmer's Facebook page - enjoy that here. ®


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I'm trying to edit a JSP for a project and I'm getting a NullPointerException somewhere in the JSP when it's requested from my server.
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What are some good techniques to debug errors in JSPs? I'm using IntelliJ 9 Ultimate as my IDE.