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Synta Provides Company Updates and Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2012 Financial Results
Synta Provides Company Updates and Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2012 Financial Results
--Expects mid-year overall survival results from the GALAXY-1 trial for ganetespib in second-line non-small cell lung cancer -
-- Expects enrollment of the pivotal GALAXY-2 Phase 3 trial to commence this month --
-- Announces key addition to executive management team -
LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NAS: SNTA) today provided an update on recent progress with its clinical programs and reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012.
"Over the past year, we have made strong progress in the development of ganetespib, our Hsp90 inhibitor," said Dr. Safi Bahcall, President and CEO of Synta. "Interim results presented last year from our GALAXY-1 trial evaluating ganetespib as second-line treatment of non-small cell lung cancer showed encouraging clinical activity. We look forward to presenting more mature results from the 240-patient target population of this trial mid-year, and enrolling the first patient in our GALAXY-2 Phase 3 trial before the end of this month."
"Ganetespib represents a distinct cancer treatment paradigm - targeting one protein, the chaperone, which simultaneously destabilizes a broad range of oncogenic pathways," said Dr. Sumant Ramachandra, President of Research and Development. "This approach is differentiated: existing cancer therapies are generally either non-specific, for example anti-mitotic chemotherapies, or target one particular signaling protein involved in a limited number of cancer signaling pathways, for example tyrosine kinase inhibitors."
"The clinical evidence to date, together with the preclinical results that show treatment with ganetespib changes the broader biology of cancer cells, reducing tumor aggressiveness, are encouraging," continued Dr. Ramachandra. "Results expected later this year will be important in confirming the clinical activity and establishing the potential for ganetespib beyond lung cancer."
The safety profile of ganetespib has been favorable in over 700 patients treated to date in more than 20 clinical trials. Transient, mild or moderate diarrhea has been the most commonly reported adverse event.
Key accomplishments in 2012
1. At the 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), investigators reported results from the second interim efficacy analysis of the GALAXY-1 trial. There were 172 adenocarcinoma patients in the clinical database at the time of the September 10 cutoff for this analysis.
Highlights included:
a. An increase in overall survival was observed in adenocarcinoma patients treated with ganetespib plus docetaxel. A median overall survival of 7.4 months was observed in the docetaxel control arm, while median overall survival had not yet been reached in the ganetespib arm. Results for docetaxel were consistent with results from prior second line non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) therapy trials. Objective response rate and progression-free survival were also improved in the ganetespib arm.
b. Results in several GALAXY patient subpopulations, defined by pre-specified clinical and biomarker characteristics, showed a substantially improved survival difference between the control arm and ganetespib arm, as compared with the difference in the all-comer (intent-to-treat) adenocarcinoma patient population. These findings have been incorporated into the design of the GALAXY-2 trial, with the objective of enriching for patients likely to derive the greatest benefit from ganetespib treatment.
c. Clinical and preclinical results were presented that suggest ganetespib reduces or disrupts new blood vessel formation (angiogenesis) and the emergence of new lesions (metastases). Analyses of tumor samples from patients treated with ganetespib showed a reduction of levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and hypoxia induced factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha), key drivers of angiogenesis and metastasis.
d. A favorable safety profile was observed with the ganetespib plus docetaxel combination in adenocarcinoma patients. Transient, mild-to-moderate diarrhea was the most common adverse event, consistent with observations from other clinical trials evaluating ganetespib.
2. Completed enrollment of the 240 adenocarcinoma patient target population of GALAXY-1 in October 2012.
3. Participated in an End-of-Phase 2 (EOP2) meeting with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review plans for the GALAXY-2 Phase 3 trial. Synta has incorporated comments from the EOP2 meeting into the Phase 3 protocol and is initiating this trial.
4. Presented results at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in June 2012 showing that common ocular toxicities seen with some Hsp90 inhibitors, but not observed in clinical trials with ganetespib or with 17-AAG, are associated with physicochemical properties that affect drug distribution to the eye.
5. Synta collaborators enrolled the first patients in investigator-sponsored trials evaluating ganetespib in combination regimens for treatment of ALK+ NSCLC, hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer, multiple myeloma, acute myeloid leukemia, and rectal cancer.
6. Completed equity financings resulting in approximately $119 million of net proceeds to the company.
Ganetespib clinical updates
The 240 adenocarcinoma patient enrollment target for GALAXY-1 was achieved in October 2012. Twelve additional patients in screening at that time were also enrolled, yielding a total of 252 adenocarcinoma patients, with the last patient randomized in November 2012. An overall survival analysis of the all-comers (intent-to-treat; ITT) adenocarcinoma population was specified for six months from last patient enrolled. Based on current projections, Synta plans to conduct this analysis in mid-2013.
The GALAXY-1 protocol specified that enrollment of patients with either of two pre-specified biomarkers may continue, following completion of the targeted number of all-comers adenocarcinoma patients, in order to ensure a sufficient number of patients in each of these biomarker-defined subpopulations. We expect that approximately 60 additional such patients will be enrolled. Based on our current projections, we expect that the final PFS analyses for these GALAXY-1 biomarker-defined subpopulations will be conducted in the second half of 2013.
The GALAXY-2 Phase 3 trial has the same design as the GALAXY-1 trial. Approximately 500 patients with advanced adenocarcinoma NSCLC will be randomized 1:1 to treatment with docetaxel plus ganetespib or docetaxel alone. The same dose and schedule used in the GALAXY-1 trial will be used in the GALAXY-2 trial. Patients on both arms will receive docetaxel generally for four to six 21-day cycles, according to standard practice at their treatment center. After completion of docetaxel treatment, patients on the ganetespib arm are eligible to continue to receive ganetespib as monotherapy treatment until disease progression. The trial will be conducted in many of the 60 centers across Europe and North America that participated in the GALAXY-1 trial, together with up to 60 additional centers.
Results from an interim analysis of the GALAXY-1 trial conducted in September 2012 were used in selecting the eligibility criteria for the GALAXY-2 trial, in order to enrich for the patients most likely to derive the greatest benefit from ganetespib treatment. GALAXY-2 will enroll patients who have progressed following treatment with one prior platinum-containing regimen of chemotherapy and who were diagnosed with metastatic disease at least six months prior to study entry. This represents approximately 65% of the GALAXY-1 patient population.
Overall survival is the primary endpoint for GALAXY-2. Two event-driven interim analyses have been specified. Based on current projections and statistical assumptions, Synta expects these analyses, together with the final analysis, to occur in 2014.
Additional clinical updates
1. Results from an initial phase of the CHIARA trial, evaluating ganetespib monotherapy for treatment of ALK+ NSCLC naïve to ALK inhibitor therapy, will inform the decision as to whether to continue additional enrollment in this trial. Synta plans to provide additional updates regarding this program mid-2013.
2. Synta also plans to provide updates mid-year from the ongoing ENCHANT trial, designed to evaluate ganetespib monotherapy as first-line treatment of HER2+ and triple negative metastatic breast cancer.
3. New investigator-sponsored and cooperative group studies are being planned to evaluate ganetespib in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapies for the treatment of metastatic breast and ovarian cancers.
Elesclomol clinical update
In March 2011, the Gynecological Oncology Group (GOG) initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial of elesclomol, an oxidative stress inducer, in combination with paclitaxel for the treatment of persistent or recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer for patients with total baseline serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level less than 0.8 times the upper limit of normal (ULN). Synta has recently been informed that this trial has met the pre-specified efficacy requirement to advance to stage 2, indicating potential activity in this difficult-to-treat patient population that has limited treatment options.
Executive management team addition
In a separate release, the Company announced yesterday that Sumant Ramachandra, M.D., Ph.D., has joined Synta as President, Research and Development.
Fourth quarter and full year 2012 financial results
There were no revenues in the fourth quarter in 2012 compared to total revenue of $3.4 million for the same period in 2011. Total revenue was $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to $7.6 million for the same period in 2011.
Research and development expenses were $14.4 million for the fourth quarter in 2012 compared to $10.9 million for the same period in 2011. Research and development expenses were $49.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to $41.5 million for the same period in 2011.
General and administrative expenses were $3.4 million for the fourth quarter in 2012 compared to $2.8 million for the same period in 2011. General and administrative expenses were $11.7 million for year ended December 31, 2012 compared to $11.6 million for the same period in 2011.
The Company reported a net loss of $18.1 million or $0.29 per basic and diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to a net loss of $10.7 million or $0.22 per basic and diluted share for the same period in 2011. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company reported a net loss of $62.8 million or $1.06 per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $47.4 million or $1.00 per basic and diluted share for the same period in 2011.
As of December 31, 2012, the Company had $100.6 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, including $59.8 million of net proceeds from the registered direct offering of our common stock in December 2012, compared to $39.7 million as of December 31, 2011.
More detailed financial information and analysis may be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2013.
Based on our current operating levels the Company expects its cash resources of approximately $100.6 million will be sufficient to fund operations into the second quarter of 2014. This estimate assumes no additional funding from new partnership agreements or equity financing events, and that the timing and nature of activities contemplated for 2013 will be conducted subject to the availability of sufficient financial resources.
Conference call
Management will conduct a conference call at 10:00 AM (EST) today to discuss clinical updates and fourth quarter and year-end 2012 financial results. The conference call will be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed by logging on to the "Investors" section of the Synta Pharmaceuticals website, www.syntapharma.com, prior to the event.
The call can also be accessed by dialing (877) 407-8035 or (201) 689-8035 prior to the start of the call. A replay will be available from 2:00 PM (ET) this afternoon through midnight (ET) on March 21. To access the replay, dial (877) 660-6853 or (201) 612-7415 and refer to conference ID 407525. The webcast will also be archived on the Company's website.
About Synta Pharmaceuticals
Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing small molecule drugs to extend and enhance the lives of patients with severe medical conditions, including cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases. Synta has a unique chemical compound library, an integrated discovery engine, and a diverse pipeline of clinical- and preclinical-stage drug candidates with distinct mechanisms of action and novel chemical structures. All Synta drug candidates were invented by Synta scientists using our compound library and discovery capabilities. For more information, please visit www.syntapharma.com.
About Ganetespib
Ganetespib is a potent inhibitor of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) that is structurally unrelated to first-generation, ansamycin-related Hsp90 inhibitors. In preclinical experiments, ganetespib has shown activity in multiple tumor models both as a single agent and in combination with certain widely used cancer agents. Company-sponsored clinical studies with ganetespib include 1) the randomized GALAXY-1 and GALAXY-2 trials evaluating ganetespib in combination with docetaxel as second-line treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), 2) the CHIARA Phase 2 trial evaluating ganetespib monotherapy in ALK+ NSCLC, and 3) the ENCHANT Phase 2 trial evaluating ganetespib as first-line treatment for HER2+ and triple-negative metastatic breast cancer. In addition, ganetespib is being evaluated in investigator-sponsored trials for treatment of a number of solid tumor and hematologic cancer indications. Information on these trials can be found at clinicaltrials.gov.
The safety profile of ganetespib has been favorable in over 700 patients treated to date in more than 20 clinical trials. Transient, mild or moderate diarrhea has been the most commonly reported adverse event.
About the GALAXY Trials
The GALAXY (Ganetespib Assessment in Lung cAncer with docetaXel) program consists of two randomized trials comparing the combination of ganetespib and docetaxel versus docetaxel alone in patients with Stage IIIB/IV NSCLC who have received one prior systemic therapy: a 300-patient Phase 2b/3 trial (GALAXY-1) to determine the patient population most likely to derive benefit from ganetespib, and a 500-patient confirmatory Phase 3 trial (GALAXY-2). More information about the GALAXY trials can be found at www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT01348126 and NCT01798485).
About Hsp90
Hsp90 is a molecular chaperone required for the proper folding and activation of many cancer-promoting proteins, and is recognized as a key facilitator of cancer cell growth and survival. Many of the "client proteins" of Hsp90 - such as AKT, ALK, BCR-ABL, BRAF, EGFR, FLT3, HER2, HIF-1alpha, KIT, MET, PDGFRA, and VEGFR - are the targets of clinically validated cancer drugs. In preclinical studies, inhibiting Hsp90 causes the degradation of multiple client proteins and leads to cancer cell death.
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This media release may contain forward-looking statements about Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. Such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "will", "would", "should", "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "believes", "may", "estimates", "predicts", "projects", or similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements, including statements relating to the sufficiency of our cash resources and the timing, developments and progress of our clinical and preclinical programs, including, the timing of the presentation of additional results from the GALAXY-1 trial, the timing of enrollment of the first patient in the GALAXY-2 trial, the timing of interim analyses and the final analysis of the GALAXY-2 trial, and the timing of updates and results for the ENCHANT and CHIARA trials, reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including those described in "Risk Factors" of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Synta undertakes no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Not necessarily…
When someone is deeply interested in a topic, they're prepared to read a lot. So don't go short for the wrong reasons. Instead, explore your topic in the amount of depth needed to achieve the goal of your article.
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Grab a pen and your notebook (now!) and scribble down some ideas.
Remember small steps...
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Can action videogame play improve visual motor control? If yes, can it be used in training complex visual motor skills such as driving? Here we took a control-theoretic approach and tested non-video-game players with a typical compensatory manual control task. After playing a driving (Experiment 1) or a first-person shooter (FPS) action videogame (Experiment 2) for only five hours, participants improved significantly in both the control precision (measured as the RMS error) and response amplitude (gain) for their performance on the manual control task. No enhancement on participants' contrast sensitivity function was observed. We fit the performance data to an extensively validated Crossover Model to further understand how action gaming affects the perceptual system that processes visual information and the neuromuscular system that executes the control command. Our model-driven analysis revealed that playing either a driving or an FPS game improved the perceptual sensitivity to input visual information for online motor control; that playing the FPS game also facilitated anticipating input errors to generate control ahead of time but hurt the stability of the neuromuscular system. In contrast, no effect on the control performance was observed for participants who played a non-action videogame. We then examined whether the improvement in the performance on the manual control task can transfer to daily visual motor control tasks such as driving. We found that lane-keeping performance significantly improved for participants who completed a 40-min training session of the manual control task while no such improvement was observed for participants without training. In summary, the present study provides the first empirical evidence for a causal link between action gaming (for as short as five hours playing) and enhancement in visual motor control. The findings have practical implications for developing training tools to improve performance on daily visual motor control tasks such as driving.
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I delight in sharing principles for practice that simplify and inspire with clients, professional students, and colleagues. My passion is to achieve excellence in teaching movement towards a balance of body and mind, optimizing our human movement potential. This new site now enables me to share a new, growing library of videos and blogs, as well as information about Bodies Mind Studio and Bodies Mind Academy offerings and events, both online and off.
Be sure to join my mailing list. All updates and news are delivered to your inbox along with exclusive info for subscribers. I am happy to be sharing my work beyond the studio to spread the word about AIM and the benefits and joy of movement practice. I also look forward to inviting researchers and other professionals across disciplines to connect and collaborate.


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In the three weeks since the blog has been updated, Trev and the rest of Zero Race has travelled all the way through the USA, has crossed into Mexico, and has just arrived at the World Climate Change conference in Cancun!
Our arrival completes the second leg of the Zero Emissions Race around the world and more than 23,000 km of driving since leaving Geneva in August.
Trev has been driven through North America from Vancouver to Cancun by Nick and Andrew, who have put in an enormous effort to overcome challenges such as reliable charging access, long driving days, cold weather, troubles with Trev's motor controller, Mexican speed bumps and potholes up to half a metre across and 30 cm deep! A very tired Andrew and Nick have now been joined in Cancun by Peter, and the rest of Team Trev are hugely proud of their efforts.
Trev will help spread the message in Cancun that we need to be developing alternative means of travel with low carbon emissions and low energy use. In a few days' time we will put Trev on a ship back to Europe for the final leg of Zero Race, arriving back at the start line at the UN headquarters in Geneva in late January.
There have been many highlights of the trip through North America. We will write about these in future blog posts, coming soon.
We are very grateful for the ongoing support of our sponsors who have helped us get this far: UniSA, Google Australia, Galaxy Resources, EcoGreen Electrical, Design Ecology, ABN Newswire and Catcon.


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Fears for jobs in Limerick as sports retailer struggles
TEN jobs are in the balance on the outskirts of the city, after sports retailer JJB said it had failed to secure vital funds to keep the firm afloat.
The British sports retailer has just four outlets in the Republic of Ireland, with one of these at the Childers Road shopping centre.
Around 10 people work in store, a number which has been steadily decreasing over the past few months.
A popular fitness club, which includes a swimming pool, also operates on site.
The retailer has put itself up for sale, and a number of buyers have identified themselves.
A spokesman for the retailer has indicated it will not be selling stores individually, and it would be likely any fitness centre would have to a part of the sale.
Therefore, if no buyer is found for JJB Sports internationally, the fitness centre here would close.
This would lead to disappointment for people who have signed up to long-term deals with JJB Fitness.
JJB - which employs 4,000 people across Britain and Ireland - has been involved in a long-running battle for survival following a slump in sales, and a string of profit warnings.
If no buyer is found, it would represent a further blow for the Childers Road shopping area after DIY chain Atlantic Homecare closed its store there on Friday.
Chairman of the city's economic committee, Cllr Diarmuid Scully said that although the JJB retail business was going downhill, the neighbouring fitness centre appears buoyant.
He said its potential closure would be a big blow, given the fact public facilities in Roxboro and St Enda's have also ceased to operate. He expressed sympathy for those facing redundancy.


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That could well be Toyota Motor Corp.'s next slogan, if the world's second-largest automaker succeeds in offering cars with a medicated cloth seat cover designed to help heal rashes.
"It's important for us to continue to push this envelope," Jim Press, president of Toyota's U.S. division, told the Reuters Autos Summit on Thursday, referring to a host of features being developed to enhance the driving experience.
Toyota is also looking at a steering wheel that could help diabetics by allowing them to measure their blood sugar levels by simply gripping the wheel.
Taking that a step further, the wheel, in conjunction with other technology, will also be able to gauge a driver's temperament and blood pressure, adjusting the color of the headlights on the car to warn others of the driver's mental state.


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Wie had missed the cut in four PGA tournaments -- including two Sony Opens at Waialae Country Club -- the Japan Tour's Casio World Open, and in lower-tier men's events in the United States and Canada. But her 5-under-par finish after 36 holes easily -- or Wiesely, if you like -- advanced her to the third round at this week's SK Telekom Open at Seoul. The cut was at even par.
Earlier in the week, Time magazine included Wie among "100 People Who Shape Our World," citing her play in both men's and women's tournaments, her millions in endorsements and "her pinup looks and giggly charm -- deployable in English, Korean, Japanese and teenspeak." Awesome.
Her play in men's events has annoyed some golfers in both the PGA and LPGA, but even the detractors recognize that her mere presence in a tournament brings more attention -- and prize money -- to the event. Grumbling should subside after she wins her first women's tournament and plays on a weekend in a PGA event.
Wie turned professional in November, and she quickly was ranked second-best in the world behind Annika Sorenstam. Her $10 million in endorsements ranks her third among female athletes, behind tennis players Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams. Father B.J. Wie reportedly has been in talks about endorsing the Shinyoung Co. in South Korea.
Wie remains charming and unassuming, and her parents and handlers face a huge task in preventing a free fall. See Tom Cruise.
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The History of Baugo Township and the village called "Jamestown"
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Author Brad Wright began his history studies of Baugo township in 1982. The need to interview the community farmers and business's was a never ending task. Many photographs were taken and copied with permission.
Files were created on different subjects, such as people, churches, business's, organizations, farmers the school system and more. In 1985 a hand written version of the book began and in 2006 the book was published and a copyright was obtained from the National Library of Congress.
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This post is for my own benefit...
Last time I was in Budapest (May 2016), I was with a lovely group of people from work and to make a long story short, we found a great restaurant. The three folks with me all got Caesar salads, but I wasn't feeling lunch food and opted for French toast instead. It turned out to be the best food decision I've ever made, and to this day it remains my number one location for French toast in the world. Problem: I had taken no pictures, I hadn't noted the name of the restaurant, and I only had a vague recollection of the location ("It's somewhere diagonally away from the Parliament building..."). Not the most useful.
I returned to Budapest this week - for work again! - and I was determined to relocate said restaurant. After a solid 15-20 unsuccessful minutes searching Google maps for "cafe" in the general diagonal direction away from the Parliament building, I finally took a wild chance and Googled "French toast in Budapest Hungary," figuring my chances were slim to none for finding anything useful. LO AND BEHOLD, I found this website, which led me to the actual cafe's website. I scheduled it into my Saturday plans immediately, and it may have been the highlight of the Budapest part of the trip...again. Honestly, who could turn down French toast with cinnamon butter and a berry sauce?
Ok, I admit...that picture is not the MOST appetizing, but it's because I took it really fast so that I could devour it immediately. Does this help?
I suppose not. Partially eaten food never looks the most appetizing. You'll just have to take my word for it, I guess. Anyway, this post serves as a way for me to remember where to get French toast in Budapest whenever I'm here next. Or whenever I decide to make a very expensive spontaneous decision to fly to Europe for brunch.


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By Allen McEachern.
Owning and maintaining a professional camera kit is expensive. Camera technology in my opinion makes a big step forward every two to three years. I plan my upgrades around this schedule. Considering the price of the professional Canon and Nikon Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) these days, costs can add up very quickly. Add to this increased memory - CF cards as well as hard drives, and upgrades become an anticipated and planned for cost of doing business. Lets say for argument sake, $5000-$14 000 every two - three years, just for cameras and memory. What part of the budget is left for lenses? Again, in my opinion, lens technology moves slower than camera tech. Lenses should need to be updated much less often.
All this to answer a question I am asked a lot...update camera or lenses or both? My response, get on a schedule of camera updates every 2-3 years. Sell your old cameras to off-set the upgrade costs. Buy used if you can. Decide if you need the top of the line cameras. Next, look at what you shoot. What lenses do you use the most? What subject matter do you shoot the most? Portraits? Landscapes? Sports? Or a mix of subjects. The idea with lenses is to build a base kit that covers your needs. Personally I have the following...85mm f1.2, 100mm Marco f2.8, 16-35mm f2.8, 24-70mm f2.8, 70-200mm f2.8, 1.4 Extender, 2x Extender. I have a useful mix of specialty lenses (85mm & 100 Macro) plus a standard selection of zooms and extenders. This kit allows me to shoot almost everything that I regularly cover. Now, what about the add on's that we occasionally need? One word, RENT! Renting is a great way to stay asset light and expand your kit as you need it. I would argue that it helps to keep costs down. A rental costs money, but this should be part of your billing if you are operating properly. Imagine a 200mm f2 (awesome lens that I regularly rent). The cost of this lens is about $7500 +/-. How often will I need this lens? How else could I use $7500? How much more insurance will I need to cover this one piece if I owned it?
My point is, save your money. Buy what you need, when you can afford it and pay with cash you have. Rent the equipment that you require to fill in the holes in your kit, when you need them. I see photographers going out of business, drowning in debt, trying to keep up. Appearances are important, looking professional is important, being business savvy is a skill. Buy used, build a base kit of lenses, rent what you need when you need it. What are your thoughts on this?


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Short for the Fast Lean Fit™ Method, the FLF™ Method originated from conditioning athletes–burning fat and toning muscle for peak performance. This sports-specific approach training gives a full-body, functional workout that activates all muscle groups simultaneously and engaging the core, resulting in a lean, toned body.
What kind of equipment do you use to train?
We use free weights, Rogue® strength and conditioning equipment, Bosu ball, medicine balls, battle ropes, resistance bands, and many different training equipment to help you reach your goals and overall strength.
IS this like crossfit?
No. Although we incorporate some components such as HIIT (high intense interval training), our training is unique to FLF™. Our trainers are all certified and have proper workout sequences that do not lead to injury or have negative impact on the joints, tendons, and muscles.
Am I going to get big and bulky like the girls at Crossfit?
No. (Unless that is your goal, we can train you in a way to get you there.) Our resistance training is mostly focused on leaning out the body and toning and sculpting your muscles to make you sleek.
Parking is located behind the Staples store inside Walgreens parking lot for 1 hour. Please park away from Staples entrance. And do not park at Walgreens or you will get towed.
Is there a shower?
Yes. Shampoo, conditioner, and body wash included. Just bring your towel.
What time do you open/close?
Our schedule is appointment based and we are open when we have our training sessions. Typically, we train 7 days a week and train clients as early as 6:00am and as late as 9:00pm.
Do you have treadmills?
We have Woodway® treadmills, the absolute best in the world. These super-quiet machines are the most comfortable surface you'll ever run on. We use these to warm up, cool down, and sometimes our cardio bursts. You'll alternate between sprints, inclines, dynamic mode, and assume other positions on the treadmill you've never thought possible.
You may request a preference, but we often choose the trainer that specializes in your fitness goals, addresses your needs, and works with your schedule.
Do you offer a free session?
Yes, you will be given a complimentary first personal fitness consultation and body assessment for the first session.
Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time for your orientation. A waiver form will need to be signed before start time.
What things should I know for my first time?
Wear comfortable workout clothes, ladies keep your jewelry to a minimum and hair out of the way, bring a hand towel if you want, wear good workout shoes, no cell phones.
What's the first workout like?
Before we get started, we want to assess where you stand on the fitness spectrum. This will involve a variety of exercises to see your cardio fitness, form, alignment, and strength. We will then discuss your fitness goals to set an achievable plan.
How do I sign up for the sessions?
Give us a call or shoot us an email to schedule for your first consultation. After that, we will work with you to set a schedule to get you started.
Can I come early to warm-up?
Yes. In fact, we encourage you to come 5-10 min. early to warm up. We have a stretching area and treadmills for use while you wait. That way, you're ready to go when it's your time.
Do you have a place to put my stuff?
We have open cubbies against the wall to store your stuff.
What happens if I can't make my appointment or if I'm late?
If you miss your appointment for whatever reason, please give your trainer a 24-hour notice. A Late Cancel charge of $15 will occur if you cancel within 12 hours of a class start time. Otherwise it will be considered a "NO-SHOW" which means you pay full for that session. If you're late, please text/or notify your trainer. Your trainer may give you a workout plan you can finish on your own.
Can I MOVE MY RESERVATION?
If you need to move your appointment but there is less than 12 hours until your scheduled class, that would be considered a cancellation and the above cancellation policy would apply. Sorry, no exceptions.
WHAT ARE your payment policies?
All class purchases are non-transferable, non-refundable, non-extendable. All monthly unlimited packages start on the date of first use. All monthly contracts are signed for auto renewal for each month or can be paid in full up front.
What payment method do you accept?
To keep everything convenient, we accept credit cards for personal training sessions and group classes. We have a merchant account set up and keep your credit card on file and take out dues automatically through EFT (electronic funds transfer) through your financial institution. If you decide to cancel your training or put your training on hold, please give us a 15-day notice so you will not be charged for the following month.
1. Be on time.
We start on time and end on time. YOU are paying for your time. We want you to get you the best possible results. Plan ahead so you will be on time.
At Fast Lean Fit™, we want to create a positive workout atmosphere. Having a professional, respectful attitude to one another will be enforced. No whining, we are not your mother.
3. BRING YOUR Best.
Some days you will be tired, some days you will be pumped up to work out. We ask that you bring your personal best each time to get the best out of training. We can coach, encourage, challenge, and push you...but it'll be up to you to bring the positive attitude and effort.


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A Special Program with Visiting Teacher John Tarrant Roshi
Westchester Buddhist Center is excited to host…
An Evening of Teachings and Exploration with John Tarrant Roshi
"Navigating in Difficult Times"
Thursday September 15th , 7-9 pm
Eileen Fisher Headquarters, 2 Bridge Street, Irvington, NY 10533
$25 *Suggested Donation (pay online or at the door)
Here's the koan:
Q: When times of great difficulty visit us, how should we greet them?
A: Welcome
When I was a boy I used to like to walk along the road in the dark, and I sang little songs, to encourage myself and also to announce myself, to tell the dark that I was a friend. The song just came by itself.
Sometimes it seems that we are in a frightening time, sometimes it seems that we are in a time of transformation, sometimes it's just confusing. People are going to want to hate each other in the coming months, and it's good not to believe that we have to hate someone. We can't control uncertainty but we can befriend it and it will be on our side. Help comes from unexpected places.
John Tarrant Roshi taught traditional Zen for 15 years before developing new ways to teach koans, ways that don't require any previous experience of Zen or even of meditation. John is the author of Bring Me The Rhinoceros And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life, and The Light Inside The Dark. He Directs the Pacific Zen Institute and has been teaching koans for 35 years. John has a deep interest in the arts. He also has a PhD in psychology. This is a rare chance to hear him on the East Coast.
Books by John Tarrant Roshi
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Posted by Péter Botta on 26 February 2013 01:11 PM
Title: I cannot submit a job to Asia Online
You have set up your Asia Online account in memoQ. You have pressed the Test connection link and the test succeeded. However, you cannot submit a job to Asia Online. This might be caused of the project number is set to 0 in the AsiaOnlineConfig.xml file. The file can be found under (it is a hidden folder and if you have not set your Windows Explorer settings to show hidden folders, you need to do this first):
C:\ProgramData\MemoQ Server\AsiaOnlineConfig.xml
Open this file in a text editor (e.g. Notepad++), replace the project number 0 with 1. Save the file. And try again to submit a job to Asia Online.
For each job in Asia Online, a project number for your Asia Online account is generated in this XML configuration file. If, for whatever reasons, your first job in Asia Online has the project number 0, you need to manually change the AsiaOnlineConfig.xml file and set the project number to 1.
Asia Online uses these project numbers to identify a specific project folder on their end.


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By Barbara Smith
In describing how she creates characters in her play "Skeleton Crew," now playing at the Old Globe Theatre, playwright Dominique Morisseau posits, "I chose to excavate these people from the inside." And her skillful pen, fueled by a love for her home city and the people there, creates a mine field of explosive conflicts and insights.
"Skeleton Crew" is the third in a series of plays the award-winning Morisseau has written about her beloved Motown ("Detroit '67, and "Paradise Blue" complete her "Detroit Trilogy"). Set in 2008 in Detroit's last-standing auto stamping plant during the tough times that put thousands of autoworkers out of work, it is a fast-paced and engrossing mix of drama and comedy. As a prelude to the opening scene, we hear radio news quoting statistics on plants closing and dreary projections of joblessness. The scene is set for this 4-character, all African American, play that turns an intimate lens on their hopes, dreams, and struggles to survive in a changing economy and a changing world. Like August Wilson, whose decade cycle of plays paints an indelibly evocative portrait of the Pittsburgh's Hill District and the colorful characters within, Morisseau has an uncanny gift for creating characters, dialogue and environment with a sensitivity and artistry that draws us in, invests us in each character's struggles as each navigates a complex trajectory with passion and humor.
Ably directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg (the play is produced in association with San Diego's MOXIE Theatre, where Sonnenberg serves as founding Artistic Director), the cast is led by Faye (tough, gritty, yet tender Tonye Patano), in whose 29 years at the plant, she has seen it all. "I know everything about this place," she tells the younger worker Dez. "The walls talk to me. The dust on the floors write me messages. I'm in the vents…in the bulletin boards…in the chipped paint. Ain't nobody can slip through the cracks past me up in here." Only months away from a 30-year retirement package, Faye has a lot to lose should the plant close down.
Dez (Amari Cheatom) is young, brash, a warrior who is conflicted, working within a system he knows is rigged against him. Bent on acquiring enough overtime to leave the plant and open his own garage, he challenges Faye, the union steward, for not standing up for her workers. "Only thing the UAW do for me is force me to strike when I don't even want to. I done paid enough dues in my life already," he spews. His anger is tempered, in Cheatom's finely nuanced portrayal, by his flirtation and desire to protect his co-worker Shanita.
As Shanita, Rachel Nicks adds an innocence and elegance to this family of workers. Pregnant, with ominously vague references to the baby's father, Shanita loves and needs her job as she prepares for future motherhood. "I feel like I'm building something important. I love the way the line needs me," she says. Just like the baby gestating inside her, she is proud to be "building something that you can see come to life at the end."
Rounding out the crew is Reggie (Brian Marable), who rose through the ranks to become a supervisor. He and Faye have a history, a close bond through his mother, Faye having helped him get his first job at the plant, all of which complicates his role in management. He is deeply conflicted, having to enforce rules and challenge his workers, whose struggles strike home to him in profound ways. Marable's internal struggle is thoroughly convincing as he must walk the line between the demands of his job and the tugs on his heart.
The play takes place entirely in the breakroom, the area where workers gather and talk. It is old and worn, with shabby couch, mismatched chairs, rusted lockers, a punch card machine and an old school boom box, a visual reminder of the plants that have turned into ghost towns, "the echoes of machines just runnin' and runnin' in the hollow space." Signs entreating "No Gambling," "Unit Meeting Thursday," "No Smoking FAYE," "Theft Alert" are posted so that the room takes on a personality of its own, like a fifth character. Staged in the round, the audience lives and breathes with the denizens in this intimate setting.
The Old Globe is the first regional theatre in the country to mount this thoroughly absorbing play. The sensitive artistry with which playwright Morisseau (also Executive Story Editor on Showtime's barrier-breaking "Shameless") has crafted the environment, the compelling power of the social conditions which shape the actions of the characters, and the poetry of the language she creates make this a deeply personal play with universal reach, impact and meaning. How much resolution you need to satisfy your soul will determine how light or heavy your heart is when you leave the theatre, because in this story, as in life, there are no easy answers when it comes to corporate greed vs. human need.
"Skeleton Crew" runs through May 7. For ticket information, visit www.theoldglobe.org.


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So as you can see the third field has multiple values delimited by the ¦ symbol
What i need to do is to basically replace the ¦ symbol with commas , so that each data item is in its own field
Then eventually remove all other data so i am just left with a CSV file of the values in the third field.
So i would like to try it in php , but might use perl depending on ease of implementation though i am more comfortable with PHP.
Anyone have any ideas or suggestions for an approach to this problem?
Thanks in advance
Anyone have any ideas or suggestions for an approach to this problem?
I am sure we can think of something ;)
your order of events seems fairly straight forward
1. open the source file for read
2. open destination file for write
3. get row from source
4. reformat
5. write to destination
6. repeat
7. close files
seems simple enough
1. open the source file for read
$sfp = fopen [ca.php.net]('/path/to/source.csv','r');
2. open destination file for write
$dfp = fopen('/path/to/destination.csv','w');
3. get row from source - we'll put this into a while loop to continuously get rows until we have none left
while ($row = fgetcsv [ca.php.net]($sfp,10000,",","")) {
4. reformat - since fgetcsv splits it up for us we are looking for the third element of the $row array
$goodstuff = str_replace [ca.php.net]("¦",",",$row[2]);
$goodstuff .= "\n";
we may need to intialize $goodstuff inside the loop to be safe
Note:Step 4 can be any type of reformatting that needs to be performed on the file contents. In this particular case we are removing fields but this would be the step where any reconstruction can be made.
5. write to destination
fwrite [ca.php.net]($dfp,$goodstuff);
6. repeat- the while loop takes care of this step as well
7. close files
fclose [ca.php.net]($sfp);
so what does that leave us with?
$sfp = fopen('/path/to/source.csv','r');
$dfp = fopen('/path/to/destination.csv','w');
while ($row = fgetcsv($sfp,10000,",","")) {
$goodstuff = "";
$goodstuff = str_replace("¦",",",$row[2]);
$goodstuff .= "\n";
seems pretty straight forward, didn't test it obviously ;)
WebmasterWorld breaks pipes so ¦ must be replaced with an unbroken pipe
[edited by: jatar_k at 7:57 pm (utc) on Feb. 6, 2005]
How about using the command-line:
awk -F[,] '{print $3}' csvfile.txt ¦ sed 's/¦/,/g' > newfile.txt
(in English: split each row on ','; keep the third field; replace '¦'s with ','s)
Of course if your data has '"'s in it you might need to tweak the command a bit
Your suggestion works the way i described the problem, so many thanks for that.
But, I had another look at the source data, and the data is not delimited by ¦
It looks like each piece of data i want is actually on a new line.
What it looks like is one field with many lines within that field.It's hard to accurately describe, so i can email a screenshot if required.
I tried using '\n' instead of '¦' but that did not work,.
Any advice appreciated.
The Hard drive failed on my laptop, so I've been out of action for a while.
Yes there is a pattern to the data.
I have been messing about and have the data items in their own row.
basically i want every 13 or so rows to be in one row delimited by commas.
There is a repeated value after every record so maybe i could just use fgets to replace newlines \n with commas and then to move on to a new row when a certain value is encountered?
the repeat value crops up like this in the file im working with
so hopefully i could end up with
Value1,Value2,Value3,REPEAT VAR
Value4,Value5,Value6,REPEAT VAR
What do you think?


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Zakiyah's wardrobe malfunction was pretty unexpected as she was just casually chatting with the girls with her boob hanging out; her choice of dress simply couldn't hold them in and we have no complaints. The cameras didn't seem to mind either as they stayed on her for a good amount of time while her boob was out, and this even aired on After Dark!
Eventually Zakiyah noticed her nipple was completely out and commented to the other girls when she noticed it. She told Nichole and Michelle that she cares about having nipple slips....but it was too late as she had already delivered one of the best clear views we've seen.
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We all know Saturday mornings were made for Farmers Markets (and coffee). From flowers, produce, decor and more, the streets are filled with everything we love. Here are a couple of our favorite finds.
1. Guynan Farms is a great family stand that will catch your eye in an second with all the colors of wild flowers they carry. Whether you buy a bundle for yourself or a loved one you can never go wrong. They are there to help with any design you would like or can throw one together that will simple blow your mind with beauty. So get out there and smell the roses.
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