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Most soup ingredients don't need to cook for the whole 1 hour and 15 minutes it takes to boil a whole chicken, so add them to the broth in order of slowest- to quickest-cooking ingredient.
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For one whole chicken, chop 1 pound of onions and 1/2 pound each of carrots and celery.
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Don Lee, executive director of the Texas Conference of Urban Counties, said the change sought to address security concerns stemming from courthouse shootings. He added that a building-wide gun ban was the only cost-effective way to add metal detectors and other protections.
The measure came as an amendment to the same 2003 bill to reinforce gun-carry rights on public property. And it was former state Rep. Suzanna Hupp, the Republican who sponsored the bill, who said at least once that the amendment — which she reluctantly accepted — would address any building with a court inside it.
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The Obama administration and its European allies are considering dropping a long-standing US demand that Iran immediately shut down its nuclear facilities if it enters talks over its atomic program, The New York Times reported on Monday on its website.
The proposal would also allow Tehran to continue enriching uranium for some period during the talks and would be a sharp break from the Bush administration, which had demanded that Iran halt its enrichment activities, the report said.
Enriching uranium can produce fuel for a nuclear power plant or, if purified to a much higher degree, provide material for an atomic bomb. The West suspects Iran's nuclear program is cover for building an atomic bomb but Tehran says it is to generate electricity.
The proposals, still under discussion, were aimed at drawing Iran into nuclear talks that it has so far shunned, the newspaper said, citing officials involved in the strategy sessions.
A senior Obama administration official cautioned that "we are still at the brainstorming level" and said the terms of an opening proposal to Iran were still being debated, the newspaper said.
The six major powers dealing with Iran, including the United States, met in London last week and invited Tehran to a new round of talks about its nuclear program.
The New York Times cited European officials as saying that in talks during Obama's visit to Europe there was agreement that Iran would not accept the immediate shutdown of its facilities that the Bush administration had demanded.
Obama administration officials declined to discuss details of their deliberations, but said any new American policy would ultimately require Iran to cease enrichment, the newspaper said.
"Our goal remains exactly what it has been in the UN resolutions: suspension," one senior administration official told the newspaper.
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Ten for Thursday {Erin's Christmas Wish List}
The great thing about having a blog is that you can put together a handy guide for all the gifts you would love to open on Christmas morning. This makes it much easier on the husbands in our lives- preventing them from making bad choices such as buying us a drill for Christmas. Yes, my husband thought that since I bitched so much about the lack of power in my drill that buying me a new, more powerful one would be a great Christmas gift. I say maybe instead I just buy myself a new, more powerful husband who does all these DIY projects for me! So dear husband of mine, if you are reading this, as you should be, any of the following items on this list would not be chucked at our head if I open them on Christmas morning. The drill however- don't even think about saving that for an anniversary gift!
1 // Toddy Cold Brew Coffee System
This system promises to make a cup of coffee with very little bitterness. I've tried cold brewed coffee made with this system and I can totally attest to the lack of bitterness!
While measuring cups may not be the best gift for a husband to give a wife, they would be a great hostess gift. Or maybe for a teacher that you know loves to cook.
3 // Chief (Female) by Jenna Snyder-Phillips
I happen to think art is really a great gift to give. Art is subjective though so it is best to know what type of art the person likes. I have wanted this work for a very, very long time. The wait has been worth it though as this new edition with gold added to the print is just about as perfect as it can get.
4 // Kork-Ease Isa side zip boot
I bought this pair of Kork-Ease booties earlier this year and have found that they have pretty much taken the place of tall boots for me. It took me a while to figure out how to wear this style of bootie but now I'm obsessed. This pair with a chunky heel are so cute but dear husband if you decide to go this route I would like them in black, not the brown color shown here.
5 // Domino Crosby bike
After my weekend in Portland, Oregon I was convinced that I needed a cruiser bike. Not only are they cute but they really are so much more comfortable to ride around town than even my hybrid bike.
6 // Pom Pom Throw
One can never have too many blankets. Especially when your kids are big into building forts. This one would be great thrown at the end of a bed.
7 // Stella and Dot Nancy Studs
I have these studs in the rose colored stone version and they are my wear everyday earrings. And the size of the fake stone pretty much makes me look like a baller. Even ballers need a set of back up earrings.
8 // Icelandic Sheepskin Throw
Where couldn't you use this throw at? It is the perfect way to bring texture into a room. Kids could wear it around like a costume. Women could lay themselves on it and pose like a – well, you know where I'm going.
While my husband probably wishes I was the type of woman who would sprawl out on a sheepskin throw, the truth is you're more likely to find me curled up underneath the throw wearing these sweatpants and watching The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. And my stomach would look nothing like the lady modeling those pants!
10 // Hammered Moscow mule mugs
Moscow mules are currently my drink of choice. And making them in a regular high ball glass just seems wrong. A set of these mugs would make a great gift for so many different recipients.
What's on your Christmas wish list this year? Do you give your loved ones hints or do they pick things out all on their own? What is the worst gift you have ever received from a loved one?
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The Cardinals, losing their third straight, dropped four games under .500 and a season-high 5-1/2 games out of first place behind the pace-setting Brewers.
Of their 14 losses, four have come in four outings against former Cardinals Jason Marquis of Chicago and Jeff Suppan of Milwaukee, who were allowed to walk as free agents last off-season.
This was the 17th time in 24 games in which the Cardinals scored three runs or fewer.
"(Wells) didn't pitch very good," said Cardinals manager Tony La Russa. "We didn't hit very good. The effort was there."
The loss was the 2,000th of La Russa's career. He has more than 2,300 wins, ranking him third on the all-time list. He is fourth in losses.
April is over and La Russa said, "We've got to sharpen our focus."
BREWERS 7, CARDINALS 1: The last time the Cardinals saw Brewers starter Jeff Suppan pitch a complete game, he was pitching it against them as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates in July, 2003. He didn't have any for the Cardinals from 2004-06, but he didn't allow them to have more than one runner on base in any inning except the third inning as he went nine innings. Right fielder Skip Schumaker had his second three-hit game in five days.
--RF Scott Spiezio, in effect, scratched himself just before the game, telling manager Tony La Russa he was too emotionally spent to play, in light of the death of RHP Josh Hancock on Sunday.
--RF Skip Schumaker, told just minutes before the game that he was going to play, had his second three-hit game in his last two starts. Schumaker replaced LF Chris Duncan last Thursday when Duncan suffered a scalp injury.
--RHP Dennis Dove, called up to replace Hancock, didn't have much time to wait for his major league debut. La Russa inserted Dove in the seventh inning and Dove worked a scoreless frame, allowing just one infield hit.
--La Russa, not knowing how his team would react to Hancock's death, said, "The best way we can honor Josh and the sadness we feel is not to embarrass yourself on the field."
--The Cardinals are wearing No. 32 on their left sleeve of their jersey and a Hancock jersey was hung both in the dugout and in the bullpen Monday night.
--RHP Chris Carpenter, out nearly a month with elbow problems, reported no swelling after a sideline throwing session on Saturday and he is expected to throw a simulated game Tuesday night in Milwaukee.
BY THE NUMBERS: 2 -- Number of games the Cardinals have won when they've allowed more than three runs.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "He was a very strong part of the (Cardinals) family at the ballpark and away from the ballpark." -- Manager Tony La Russa on the late Josh Hancock, who died early Sunday in an auto accident.


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First things first. Of course an item of clothing all by itself cannot be "slutty." And a woman wearing a provocative, wispy, sexy, leave-nothing-to-the-imagination item of clothing is not a slut. But there are some slutty-ass accoutrements in the Frederick's Of Hollywood catalog. Victoria may have a Secret; Frederick's girls let it all hang out. Fuck discretion, indeed. But while you may think you know how skanky Frederick's is, you may be surprised: A lot of what they offer is actually quite tame! For lingerie! Satin nightgowns, baby doll camis and uh, crotchless knickers, after the jump.
OK, this doesn't prove anything. This is indeed slutty. It's like, once you've wrapped your mind around the front, then the back threatens your sanity. Does it come with scissors? Because that appears to be the only way to get out of it.
This is more to the point: Not so bad! As far as these things go. It's flirty, but not overtly depraved. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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SecureBlackbox includes quite a few SSL-enabled classes, which share a common set of properties and events, related to SSL/TLS communication. The following description applies to all SSL-enabled classes, if other is not specified.
Before the SSL/TLS connection can be established, the application must set certain properties of the class.
First of all, the application must specify, what SSL/TLS versions can be used. By default client-side components use TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2. Server-side components have SSL 3, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 enabled. SSL3 is enabled to keep compatibility with old client software. The versions are set using Versions property of the SSL-enabled class.
Another thing to configure is cipher suites. Cipher suite is a combination of symmetric, public-key, key exchange and digest (hash) algorithms. Also, certain algorithms can be used with specific certificates. Cipher suites are configured using CipherSuites property. By default on the client side all cipher suites are enabled. On the server side NULL* cipher suites are disabled, and the rest is enabled. Algorithms are different in speed and security level. DES and 3DES are quite slow, while AES and ARCFOUR are fast. Note, that AES and Camellia cipher suites are new and are not supported by some web servers and clients.
A special case of cipher suites are PSK (pre-shared key) cipher suites. These cipher suites don't use X.509 certificates, but instead use a shared secret (a secret key or passphrase). If you plan to use those cipher suite, see the corresponding how-to article.
TLS 1.1 and 1.2 support compression and various TLS extensions. Compression is described in the corresponding how-to article. Client-side and server-side extensions are described in the corresponding sections of the how-to.
An important step is to set a handler for OnCertificateValidate event of the SSL-enabled class. The event handler must validate the certificate and must return true only if the certificate can be accepted. Otherwise False must be returned. If there's no event handler defined, the classes assume that the certificate has not been accepted, and abort the SSL/TLS handshake. Information about certificate validation procedure in SSL/TLS components is provided in the corresponding how-to article.
If the server uses client-side authentication, it can be necessary to implement a handler for OnCertificateNeededEx event of the SSL-enabled class. This event is used to pass the certificate from the application to the server. For more information about client-side authentication see the corresponding how-to article.
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Copper and other base metals prices rose up to Rs 10 per kg in the local non-ferrous metal market today on emergence of buying by stockists, triggered by firming global trend.
Increased offtake by consuming industries also bolstered the trading sentiment.
Trading sentiment turned bullish as copper climbed in London after China's industrial output grew at a faster-pace
-than-expected, boosting optimism that demand would expand in the world's largest metals user.
Meanwhile, copper rose by 1.7 per cent to USD 7,610, zinc by 2.6 per cent to USD 2,165 and nickel by 1.9 per cent to USD
21,850 a metric tone on the London Metal Exchange.
Traders said besides firming global trend, pick up in demand from consuming industries mainly led to a rise in
base metal prices. In the national capital, copper wire scrap, copper wire bar and copper mixed scrap were up by Rs 5 each to Rs 396, Rs 415 and Rs 376 per kg, respectively.
Zinc ingot, lead ingot and lead imported also traded higher by the similar margin at Rs 125.50, Rs 129 and Rs 131
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Uh. Things are heating up in 'The Code War.' Last week we wrote about the rise in un-armed conflict between…well between pretty much everyone (organised crime, hackers, governments, terrorists etc). This week there are a lot of 'pre-incident' indicators that suggest we're on the verge of a new era of permanent on-line conflict in which systems that control information are one of many targets.
The event that caught our eye this week was a report that the White House Military Office was the target of a 'spear phishing' attack that originated from computer servers in China. 'Spear phishing' is an attack where a credible looking email convinces a recipient to divulge valuable or sensitive information like a password or account information. It's not to be confused with 'spear trading', which is when Murray makes a high-risk trade in Slipstream Trader that's not part of his larger portfolio.
We should consider the possibility that the report of the attack and the link to China are both attempts by the US to stir up suspicion and distrust of China. Having an enemy is good for the defence industry. With the US officially out of Iraq and headed out of Afghanistan by 2014, the 'Pacific pivot' President Obama made right here in Australia last year makes China the obvious candidate to be America's next big enemy.
But it's not paranoia if they really are out to get you, as the old saying goes. 'I can tell you that the Chinese have an aggressive goal to infiltrate all levels of U.S. government and private sector networks,' says Dmitri Alperovitch, a former cyber-threat researcher for McAfee. 'The White House network would be the crown jewel of that campaign so it is hardly surprising that they would try their hardest to compromise it,' he tells Bill Gertz.
The White House Military Office controls the President's travel and of course, the infamous nuclear football with US nuclear launch codes. The White House itself confirmed the network intrusion to the BBC today, but said the network that was penetrated was unclassified and no data was stolen. There is no need to go to your bomb shelter yet, in other words.
But all the 'pre-incident indicators' are in place to suggest that 'The Code War' is getting more serious by the day. The United States government now has a Cyber Command. Every command needs someone in charge. Rear Admiral Samuel Cox is the director of the US Cyber Command and last week he told Reuters that the Chinese, 'level of effort against the Department of Defence is constant.'
Cox says attempts to break into the Pentagon's networks are 'continuing apace…In fact, I'd say it's still accelerating.' His remarks follow a 2011 report which concluded that, 'Chinese actors are the world's most persistent perpetrators of economic espionage.' You can read the whole report by the US Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive yourself here. And THAT report was hot on the heels of a 2009 report by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission on the same subject.
Given the amount of thought the US has put into preparing for a cyber threat from China, you wouldn't blame the Chinese for being paranoid about the Americans either, would you? Regardless of who started it, there isn't much doubt 'The Code War' is on. The question now is how will it evolve?
For nation states, computer networks are both key strengths and key vulnerabilities. You can expect more attacks and more efforts to defend. At the very least, there will be a lot more cooperation between the telecommunications industry and the government. At the extreme, the government may decide the infrastructure of the Internet is a strategic asset that should be nationalised. Stephen Conroy probably can't wait for that!
But systems disruption and vulnerabilities are already a clear and present danger for ordinary people. Techworld reports that 30 more Australian businesses have been hit by 'ransom malware'. This is probably the 'new normal' for doing business on the Internet. It's the 21st century equivalent of a stick up or a kidnapping, but all done on-line.
If someone really wanted to undermine confidence in the economy, though, they'd keep attacking the big banks, which is pretty much exactly what's been happening for the last month. Distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks on US banks are 'escalating', according to cyber security expert Sean McGurk.
Bloomberg reports that Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, US Bancorp, and PNC Financial Services have all been targeted in what experts describe as a 'campaign' to disrupt normal business. Maybe Occupy Wall Street is back, and this time they brought hackers instead of hippies.
Seriously though, we raise these points to illustrate how fragile the financial system is when it's digital architecture is under attack. The same Bloomberg story reports that President Obama is circulating a draft Executive Order that would shield vital US information networks from cyber attacks. Just how that would work is unclear.
What IS clear is that all the pre-incident indicators are in place for a brave new world of financial cyber warfare. To us it's a reminder that the more complex a system is, the more fragile it becomes. It's also a reminder that when it comes to your money, if you don't have it, it's not really yours. Attacks on the architecture of the financial system lead people to withdraw from it, which itself accelerates the system's instability (a bank run).
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Gorgeous Sunsets! Great Family Marshfront Home;Pet Friendly,Last Minute Specials(3 Reviews)
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- Sleeps:10
- Bedrooms:3
- Bathrooms:2
- Property type:House
- Internet:Yes
- Pets considered:Yes
- Wheel chair accessible:N/A
About the Property
House, 3 Bedrooms + Convertible bed(s), 2 Baths, (Sleeps 8-10)
Very private, gorgeous sunset views over the unspoiled marsh!
Afternoon naps in our backyard hammock under the pine trees !!!
Explore nature right out your back steps !
Exceptionally convenient location -within walking distance to many Fripp Resort amenities - just a two block walk to the beach, Beach Club pools and restaurants, tennis facilities.
No Worries - home is fully stocked! Beach chairs, umbrella, beach tent, coolers, beach toys, five adult bikes, laundry detergent, paper products are all included.
We also have free internet Wifi just incase you need to get reconnected to the outside world.
For the young ones we have bed rails and a high chair.
All you need is your bathing suit!!
Our beaches are pet friendly just like our home!
Outdoor shower with both hot and cold water
Two on site Championship golf courses.
On site marina for fishing/boating charters.
Whatever you want to do, it is just minutes away and available for your use with the Resort Amenity Cards. These are available through us at the resort rate ($35 per adult spring, fall, winter, $50 per adult for Memorial day through Labor day).
Children 12 and younger do not need a card. These cards provide you access to all island swimming pools, golf courses, tennis courts, Camp Fripp (children's recreation activity center), not to mention the island restaurants and fitness center!
Saturday to Saturday rental.
Keywords: marshfront home, 279 Tarpon Blvd.
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Member since: 2008
Property Type
- 2 story
- House
- 1800 sq. ft.
House Rules
- Max. occupancy 10
- Minimum Age Limit For Renters
- Children Welcome
- Non Smoking Only
Accommodation Type
- Vacation Rental
- Guests Provide Their Own Meals
Bedrooms: 3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 10, Beds for 8-10
Other Amenities
- Outside Shower with hot water Golf cart provided complimentary
- Churches
- Cinemas
- Marina
- Playground
- Restaurants
Local Services & Businesses
- ATM/Bank
- Fitness Center
- Groceries
- Hospital
Leisure Activities
- Antiquing
- Beachcombing
- Bird Watching
- Boating
- Paddle Boating
- Shelling
- Shopping
- Sight Seeing
- Walking
Sports & Adventure Activities
- Basketball Court
- Cycling
- Deepsea Fishing
- Fishing
- Golf
- Golf Privileges Optional
- Jet Skiing
- Kayaking
- Pier Fishing
- Sailing
- Surf Fishing
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Water Skiing
- Water Tubing
- Wind-Surfing
- Dining Area
- Air Conditioning
- Broadband Access
- Clothes Dryer
- Covered Parking
- Garage
- Gas Fireplace
- Linens Provided
- Parking Off Street
- Telephone
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- Wireless Internet
- Wood Fireplace
- Cooking Utensils
- Dishwasher
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Fall Sports - $1800/week Winter - $1700/week Spring Sports - $1800/week Summer - $2200/week Sat. to Sat. rental. Less than weekly rentals will incur housekeeping fee of $150 11% SC Tax not included in rate, house cleaning fees are included. Short term rentals and nightly rates are available Refundable Security Deposit of $500
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Year Purchased: 2004
About the owner: Young, active family. We love the Lowcountry!
Why the Owner Chose Private Homes:
We actually rented the house from the original owners once many years before we bought. She saw our name and comments in the guestbook, called and asked us if we wanted to buy! And we did!
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The marsh is a beautiful, ever-changing view from our deck. The wildlife is amazing!
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2nd Bedroom with queen bed, TV, private access to 2nd bathroom
View from back deck with perfect hammock!
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Yet another view - Kitchen
Living Room opening onto screened porch
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Queens General Site Work (QG-117M)
- Design5% complete
- Procurement
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This project will convert the basketball court at Broad Channel Park to a roller hockey rink; construct a chain link fence, guard rail, and meadow at Idlewild Park; and upgrade the stage at Roy Wilkins Community Center with new pavement, electrical work, and an accessible ramp.
Project Update: A meeting was held with stakeholders to determine the scope of work for the project. Parks is now developing the design for the site.
Project Timeline
Start Date: December 2016
Projected Completion Date:December 2017
The average time for procurement is 9 months. The procurement timeline for this specific contractwill be established at the conclusion of the design phase.
The average time for construction is 12-18 months. The construction timeline for this specificcontract will be established at the conclusion of the procurement phase.
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- Idlewild Park, Queens
Rockaway Boulevard, Springfield Boulevard, 149 Avenue
- Roy Wilkins Recreation Center, Queens
Baisley & Merrick Boulevards, 115 Avenue
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Project Liaison: Joanne Amagrande
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There is an all white stray cat in our neighborhood who has adopted us as his guardians and we feed him sardines and milk everyday. He has stopped hunting for rats and squirrels and is now following Ahimsa in the true sense of the word. Not to harm other living beings, feed only what has been killed by someone else!!! He must have been very handsome in his youth, but now he is old and has few scars on his body as signs of his having established superiority over the other felines in the area. After a heavy meal he takes a nap on the wall in the warm sun rays of the noon. I had to paint him and here I am! Watercolors on handmade paperSize : 8.5"x 11.5"Supplementary images in frame, room view etc are for reference only. Room view is roughly to scale.Please note that the colors of the original paintings may slightly vary from what they appear on computer monitors/mobile screens .Shipping by India Post's Registered Airmail service. Please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Shipped flat and carefully packed to reach you safely.Please contact me for shipping cost to other countries and for discounted shipping on multiple purchases in one order to be shipped together.Shipping quotes include cost of packing materials and other incidental expenses.There are no Import taxes for small value hand made original art in the US.For other countries as import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost, these charges, if any, is to be borne by the buyer.Please research the customs duty/tax the artworks will be liable for on DutyCalculator.com.
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بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحیم. H. Emama M.D. Bladder Cancer. (Radiation Therapy) By: H. Emami Assistant professor of Radiation Oncology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IRAN. Bladder Cancer. Superficial tumors TUR (standard).
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بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحیم
H. Emama M.D.
Bladder Cancer
(Radiation Therapy)
H. Emami
Assistant professor of Radiation Oncology,
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences,
Isfahan, IRAN.
Bladder Cancer
Superficial tumors TUR (standard)
Low grade, Low stage Observation
High grade,
High stage,
Multifocal CIS
Multifocal Tumors
Tumor associated with CIS
If rapidly recur
Interavesical therapy
Radical Cystectomy
Bladder preserving
Bladder Cancer
Radical Cystectomy (standard) + CT
CT + Radical Cystectomy if nodes are Negative
(NCCN) category 1
Muscle invasion
Chemoradiation + CT
CT + Chemoradiation
Partial Cystectomy + CT
CT + Partial Cystectomy (NCCN)
Bladder Preservation
Bladder Cancer
Muscle invasion (T2)
(40 - 45 Gy)
(64 – 66 Gy)
Bladder Cancer
CT + Radical Cystectomy (NCCN) category 1
Pre-op. Chemoradiation + Cystectomy
+ Post op. Chemotherapy
Perivesical fat
invasion (T3)
Bladder Cancer
CT + Radical Cystectomy in selected patient
Adjacent organ (s)
Palliative therapy Radiation therapy
Involvement of pelvic or
Abdominal wall (T4b)
Bladder Cancer
(Chemoradiation Therapy)
Pre-op. Chemoradiation or
(for down staging)
Selected T4a
Node negative
Positive LN(s)
New Bladder
Post op. Chemoradiation
(In high risk patients)
Bladder Cancer
(Radiation Therapy)
1)-5000 cGy to the whole pelvis.
2)-Lateral boost to the bladder (1000 cGy).
3)-Cystectomy (4 to 6 week later).
Pre-op. Radiation therapy
Or Chemoradiation
(for down staging)
1)-4500-5000 cGy to the whole pelvis + bladder
boost Total dose 6400-6600 cGy +
Cisplatin, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, 5FU, Gemcitabine (low dose )(33mg/m2 twice weekly)
Mytomycin-C + 5FU (NCCN)
2)- Two course MCV , then Chemoradiation
Chemoradiation therapy
(for bladder preservation)
Bladder Cancer
(Palliative Therapy)
Bone metastasis
Lung and Liver Met. Chemotherapy
3000 CGY in 10 fractions.
4000 CGY in 20 fractions.
1000 cGy in one fraction.
1000 cGy every 3-4 week for 3 times
600 cGy every week for 5 weeks
Bladder Cancer
(Radiation Therapy Schedule)
1)-Convential (180-200 cGy/day) (Total 6400 cGy)
2)-Hyper fractionation (100 cGy X 3 times/day) (total 8400 cGy)
1000 cGy in one fraction
2100 cGy in 3 fractions
3)-Hypo fractionation 3500 cGy in 10 fractions
600 cGy weekly (total 3000 cGy
600 cGy weekly (total 3600 cGy)
Bladder Cancer
(Radiation Therapy Techniques)
Anterior-posterior portal Right lateral portal
Bladder Cancer
(Radiation Therapy Techniques)
Box Tech. (whole pelvis) Box Tech. (Bladder)
Bladder Cancer
(Radiation Therapy Techniques)
Two Lateral Arc Technique Three Field Arrangement
Bladder Cancer
(Radiation Therapy)
-External beam radiation is rarely appropriate for patients with recurrent
Ta and T1 tumor or diffuse Tis.
-simulate and treat patients with bladder empty.
-use multiple fields from high-energy linear accelerator beams.
-Treat the whole bladder with or without pelvic lymph nodes
with 45-50 Gy and then boost the bladder tumor to total dose
of 64-66 Gy.
-Consider low-dose pre-operative radiation prior to segmental
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The BBC produced two program(me)s about New York City's burgeoning early music community. GEMS Executive Director Gene Murrow was interviewed at the start to "set the scene," followed by interviews with several early music directors in the City, including Julian Wachner at Trinity Wall Street, Robert Mealy at Juilliard and Quicksilver Baroque, Gwen Toth and Dongsok Shin of REBEL and ARTEK, Jolle Greenleaf of TENET, Wen Yang of New York Baroque Incorporated, and Jeffrey Grossman of The Sebastians. There are also several musical examples to enjoy!.
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Homebuyers are cheering, but what about savers?
Interest rates down to 3.75% and at their lowest for almost 50 years - so there's the expectation that mortgages will cost less too. But of course what applies to home loans applies to savings too – and savers are far from happy anticipating even less interest on their money.
Not so long ago when interest rates were low the answer was to invest in the stock market. Equity based investments like unit trusts, investment trusts, Oeics (open ended investments companies) bonds and stocks and shares all offered the chance of a better return.
But that was before all the recent uncertainty in the economy. Investors have always been warned that the value of their stocks and shares could go up as well as down but for several years that warning seemed irrelevant. And then the markets fell. Those who didn't need to sell their holdings because they didn't need the cash are currently sitting on investments of vastly reduced value – waiting for the market to bounce back.
And it will and that's the best time to invest. But has that point has been reached? And in the meantime if you've got money and those bank and building society savings rates don't seem very attractive what do you do?
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The dinner party theory of conflict prevention runs like this: the world is getting richer, hundreds of millions of people are being borne up the social ladder by unprecedented global economic growth and as they get wealthier, these new planetary middle-class masses are inevitably going to become more like nice, educated, reasonable, middle-class people elsewhere - i.e. here. In short, they become the sort of people you'd invite to dinner.
I would like to believe this theory. As I would also like to believe the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention, the contention of American commentator Thomas Friedman that no two countries that both have McDonald's have fought a war against each other since those McDonald's arrived. Sadly, travelling through Europe, Asia and Africa over the last 10 years has left me increasingly sceptical about both of them.
The dinner parties are certainly likely to be cosmopolitan affairs - the fast-growing Asian market is seen as a potential saviour of ailing Gallic viticulture and Britain's artisan cheeses are the joy of the world's foodies - but do not necessarily mean the dawning of a new era of global stability and peace.
Why? First, because the internationalist, optimistic vision of Friedman and others relies heavily on a rejection of out-dated allegiances to 'the nation' or any of the other myriad variety of imagined and constructed communities based, to paraphrase Ernest Renan, on having done great things together and wishing to do more and their replacement by a new, softer, more peaceable and more open international identity. Sadly, there is precious little evidence that this is happening. Yes, nation states might be weaker, but our attachment to them seems stronger than ever. A sense of national chauvinism appears often to be a corollary of a society developing economic wealth, rather than its opposite, and the last decade has been a period of identity politics of a sort never seen before.
In Europe, and not just as a result of the credit crisis, protectionism is back with a vengeance. In Russia, Vladimir Putin is the expression of a new nationalist - even imperial - identity which owes much to confidence stemming from recent economic growth. Pictures of the bare-chested Russian leader on holiday strike a chord. Nobody cares about draconian media control, a travesty of a judiciary and endemic corruption. Putin embodies a vision of modern Russia and what it is to be Russian shared by tens of millions.
The key people here are not the ultra-rich who, whether in Moscow, Shanghai, São Paulo or Knightsbridge, are perhaps the only ones to inhabit something approaching a genuinely globalised and thus uniform world of the same designers, the same brands, the same sports cars and the same holiday destinations. The key is the swath of the population beneath: those whose parents or grandparents were poor, who have just traded the family motorbike for a family car, just swapped the flat for a house, who are scared that their gains could disappear and who are, often, innately conservative as a result.
So, in Pakistan, the true winner of elections last month was Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League whose potbelly, receding hair, taste for rootsy food, conservatism, and chauvinistic Islamo-nationalism resonate with exactly those people who have done well out of Pakistan's 10 years of straight economic growth - the massed ranks of the new urban middle classes in Karachi, Faisalabad or Rawalpindi.
In Thailand, never colonised, with a huge tourist industry and lots of happy, smiling people who have got much richer in the last decades, the middle classes now vote en masse for Thaksin Shinawatra, the richest businessman in the country with a terrible human-rights record whose respect for democracy is, at the very least, questionable. Many Thais believe that without a strong state and a strong leader, they would never have made the money they now have. They are unlikely to want to change either in the near future.
It is easy to dismiss Putin, Thaksin and Sharif et al as mere populists. But we would be wrong to. The reason for their success runs deeper - not in economics but in emotion. Each leader represents their nation - or at least a good chunk of the more vocal elements of its population - in a very real sense. And their popularity is evidence of an underlying trend: the return of difference.
For, since the end of the Cold War, we have been lulled into a complacency based in the idea that, with the exception of an extremist fringe of the bad and the mad, most people are like us or, if they are not like us, they would want to be. But the truth is that not everyone, given the means, wants to dissolve their own identity in a global pick'n'mix, particularly one that is actually far from global but actually American-European.
Aspirations to live in security, health and prosperity are universal. But so is the desire to live with a sense of cultural, national and personal independence. History shows us how often people are prepared to sacrifice the former for the latter. There are innumerable examples of people causing harm - to themselves as well as others - simply out of a bloody-minded desire to cling to what they believe defines them. It might be a bit of land, a flag, a collective memory of humiliation or triumph. But it is very strong and it is not entirely rational either.
There are benefits in having confident, proud states and leaders as negotiating partners - only the strong can bring peace - but there is no certainty that these new players will want to negotiate. The world might be a smaller and richer place these days, but we forget the desire for difference at our peril, however much Bordeaux or cheddar is on the planet's tables.
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