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Staff Council had a chance to sit down with elected members Kelly Alexander (University Communications & Marketing) and Colin Gerker (University Center & Student Activities) to ask them a few questions about backgrounds interests. Read more to see what we discovered!
Director of Public Relations in UCM. I was the Director of Communications at Alexandria City Public Schools in Alexandria, Va.How did you get into this area of work and what do you like about it?
I majored in journalism at GWU and got a job right out of school as a media relations specialist at GW's medical center. I like telling stories and keeping people informed.
Where are you from? What did you study in University?
I am from Orange, Va. I studied at George Washington University
What is one place you'd love to go, which you haven't visited yet?
If you could be one fictional character, which one would you be and why?
I had to think about this. One choice would be one of my favorite actresses Sanaa Lathan as career-minded and successful Kenya McQueen in the 2006 Drama/Romance Something New. She has a great career, money, great family and finds true love with an architect who builds her a wonderful backyard paradise where they get married and combine two families from different backgrounds. They live happily ever after doing the things they love to do because she opened her mind to something new. (hopeless romantic)
What has your experience been on Staff Council, and what is your favorite memory?
I enjoy being on Staff Council. I enjoyed getting to know the team during Staff Appreciation Week activities this year.
What do you hope to accomplish with Staff Council?
I would like for staff to feel more valued and more a part of the decision-making process … I want their opinions to matter. At some point, I hope that Staff Council might advocate for a Spring Break off for staff as well.
What do you do now and what did you do before coming to AU?
I work as the Assistant Director for Fraternity & Sorority Life in University Center & Student Activities. Previous to AU, most recently and descending, I was Greek Life Advisor at UC San Diego, Leadership Consultant/Expansion Coordinator at Beta Theta Pi Fraternity Headquarters, Manager of Dublin Pub (Top 10 Irish Pub in the USA), Service Learning Coordinator and Adjunct Faculty at the University of Dayton.
How did you get into this area of work and what do you like about it?
As a member of a fraternity, I truly believe in lifelong membership and connection to my organization and its values. While in graduate school, my fraternity headquarters asked me to advise my undergraduate chapter. After three years in the volunteer role, I was hired by their headquarters and sent to California to focus on leadership development and expansion efforts. From there, I was hired at UC San Diego in Greek Life, and now I'm here! I love the ability to work with high performing students in their efforts to positively impact campus and community. When we think of "social" sororities and fraternities. What we really mean is "societal" in the scope of impact. This is the focus I love to keep in mind while empowering fantastic students.
Where are you from? What did you study in University?
I am originally from St. Louis, Missouri. I attended the University of Dayton in Ohio. My undergraduate degrees are in history and film/audio production. I have a masters degree in education (human services administration, counseling concentration).
What is one place you'd love to go, which you haven't visited yet?
My partner and I are planning a trip to Singapore, Philippines, and Vietnam!
If you could be one fictional character, which one would you be and why?
A hybrid of Leslie Knope from Parks n' Rec and Liz Lemon from 30 Rock. Somewhere in-between. I love their energy, their drive, humor, and humility in getting the work done.
What has your experience been on Staff Council, and what is your favorite memory?
I am new on Staff Council, so jumping on Executive Board so early has been my favorite experience and host of memories. I absolutely love engaging with the community, and am most fond of Keesha and Adrian's leadership on the board. I am learning so much about AU through doing this work, and I am thankful for HR and our support team for empowering staff to operate a council of representatives to support our colleagues.
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Yummy curry in London? Um, yes please.
Can you believe that I had never tried Indian or Pakistani food before moving to London just over a year ago? Yeah, me neither. It seems ridiculous now, but I never dared to sample South Asian cuisine, citing my easily upset stomach and dislike of strong flavours.
Silly girl, I am.
I live in Brick Lane, a trendy area of East London known for its amazing Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Indian cuisine- restaurants proffering these menus line the streets. It was only a matter of time, then, before I succumbed to curiosity. I threw caution to the wind and let my tastebuds decide whether or not I was a fan of South Asian food.
Enter Lahore Kebab House. I ate there once and I was hooked. I've been back about seven or eight times since.
Located a five minute walk from my London flat, slightly south of Brick Lane, this restaurant, as indicated by the name, specializes in Pakistani food (which, to my untrained eye, looks very similar to Indian food). The smorgasbord of curries and accompaniments are difficult to choose from, everything is appealing and tasty.
The restaurant is huge, seating around 500 people, and quite the "sausage factory" if you'll excuse my crude language. As the area borders "The City", London's financial district, the dinner crowd usually consists of large groups of men in suits, having a curry and a brew. The restaurant can get loud (when I was there last week a group of semi-drunk finance guys stood up and did a rousing, off-key rendition of Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time") but the atmosphere is congenial.
I always order the naan (plain and garlic) and the chicken tikka masala. The food is fresh, as evidenced by the scalding masala which will burn your tongue if you're not careful (or too greedy to wait for it to cool a bit before eating). The food, to put it very simply, is extremely good.
When my mom came to visit me in London last March, I suggested we come here, for a visit to London is not truly complete until one indulges in a curry in Brick Lane. She ended up taking Liebling and I out for dinner, which I feel kind of bad about (she was our guest, after all!) but the prices are so reasonable for the amount of food we had that in the end I didn't really mind.
Be sure to add this restaurant to your list the next time you're in London!
Are you a fan of Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi food?
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Interferon is approved for adjuvant treatment of patients with stage IIB/III melanoma. The identification of predictive markers that would permit selection of patients would be beneficial. Specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and II antigens have previously shown an association with response to therapy or overall survival of patients with metastatic melanoma.
A total of 284 high-risk melanoma patients participating in a randomized trial and 246 healthy controls were molecularly typed for HLA class I and II. Specific allele frequencies were compared between the healthy and patient populations, as well as presence or absence of these in relation to recurrence. Alleles related to autoimmune disease were also investigated.
No significant differences were found between the distribution of HLA genotype in the melanoma population compared with healthy controls. Correlations between nonrecurrence and the presence of HLA-Cw*06 allele were noted present in 19.3% of melanoma patients. The median relapse-free survival of the Cw*06-positive cohort was 100.2 months versus 37.3 months in the Cw*06-negative cohort (P = .013). The median overall survival for the Cw*06-positive cohort has not yet been reached, versus 78.9 months in the Cw*06-negative cohort (P = .025). HLA-Cw*06 was present in 29.79% of patients in the autoimmunity group and 15.38% of patients in the nonautoimmunity group (P = .049).
No allele was associated with absence of recurrence in patients receiving adjuvant interferon with the exception of HLA-Cw*06, an allele correlated with psoriasis. HLA-Cw*06-positive patients have better relapse-free and overall survival. Cancer 2010. © 2010 American Cancer Society.
Patients with stage IIB, IIC, and III melanoma as defined by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC sixth edition) are characterized as a group at high risk, with relapse and mortality risks exceeding 40% at 5 years.1 Several large cooperative group trials have evaluated adjuvant therapy with high-dose interferon (IFN)-α2b in this patient population and have consistently demonstrated significant prolongation of relapse-free survival (RFS) as compared with observation or GM2 coupled to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) and combined with the QS-21 adjuvant (GMK)-vaccine.2-4 Two of these trials have also demonstrated a significant improvement in overall survival (OS).2,4 The pooled analysis of 4 Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group and intergroup trials conducted between 1984 and 2001 has shown a durable impact of high-dose IFN on RFS, but not on OS.5 Analyses of the RFS and OS curves from the initial trial (E1684) revealed early separation between the high-dose IFN-α2b and the observation arms.2 Therefore, the 1-month intravenous induction phase of the regimen may be necessary and sufficient to reduce the risk of recurrence, and several prospective trials designed to test this hypothesis are currently ongoing or have recently been reported.6
Unfortunately, acceptance of high-dose IFN-α2b has been limited because of the toxicity and cost of this regimen and the lack of a large survival benefit in meta-analyses.7,8 Evidence suggests that only a subset of patients will benefit from this therapy. Nearly all patients experience side effects, including fatigue, fever, arthralgia, anorexia, hepatic toxicity, and depression that can be severe. A better understanding of the mechanism of action of IFN-α2b and identification of predictive markers that would permit selection of patients most likely to benefit would therefore be beneficial.
Serological typing for both human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and class II antigen expression has previously shown an association between specific HLA antigen expression and clinical response to therapy or OS of patients with metastatic melanoma treated with interleukin (IL)-2 (eg, HLA-DQ1)9,10 or combinations of IFN-α and IL-2.11 One report demonstrated an association of homozygosity of HLA-DR and decreased chance of response to treatment with IL-2.12 The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the role that HLA class I or major histocompatibility complex I (determined at low resolution) and HLA-DR/DQ or major histocompatibility complex II (determined at high-resolution) might exert on the outcome of high-risk melanoma patients receiving adjuvant high-dose interferon. The patients included in this analysis were a subgroup of patients enrolled in a randomized phase 3 trial conducted by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group to evaluate intravenous induction therapy with interferon alfa-2b for 4 weeks as compared with the same regimen followed by 11 months of adjuvant interferon alfa-2b therapy.
In addition, we compared HLA frequencies in melanoma patients and healthy controls (healthy unrelated individuals from the Donor Marrow Registry of the National Tissue Typing Center, Athens, Greece). Furthermore, because an increased risk of developing disease recurrence as well as second primary melanomas in melanoma patients presenting with localized disease has been associated with HLA-DQB1*0301 or HLA-DRB1*1101 alleles,13-16 we compared the frequency of these genotypes in 2 groups of melanoma patients defined by outcome—namely, those who remained free of recurrence and those who have experienced disease recurrence. HLA alleles related to the development of autoimmune diseases17 were studied as a consequence of our observation of correlations between autoimmunity and disease outcome on treatment with IFN.
Blood samples were collected with ACD anticoagulant from 284 melanoma patients and a panel of 246 randomly selected healthy unrelated Greek individuals, who served as a control population.
Patients participating in this study were enrolled in Trial 13A/98, a prospective, multicenter, randomized phase 3 trial conducted at 13 institutions by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group. In this trial, 364 patients with histologically documented AJCC stage IIB, IIC, or III primary cutaneous melanoma were enrolled between 1998 and 2004. For patients with clinically negative lymph nodes, stage was defined pathologically using sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy. Any patient with a positive SLN was required to undergo complete lymphadenectomy. All patients were randomized to receive protocol treatment within 2 months of initial surgery or 1.5 months of therapeutic lymph node dissection. The regimen used was a modification of the E1684 regimen.6 Group A patients received IFN-α2b (15 MIU/m2/d intravenously 5 days per week for 4 weeks) followed by observation. Group B patients received the same induction dose for 4 weeks followed by subcutaneous therapy (10 MIU/day 3×/wk) for an additional 48 weeks. The primary endpoint for the core protocol was RFS and OS by treatment group.
The HLA substudy reported here was conducted prospectively at 4 institutions participating in the core protocol. This substudy had separate institutional review board approval, and all patients provided written informed consent to this substudy. Blood samples for evaluation of HLA were drawn at the same time as samples for routine initial visit clinical tests. The first 10 mL of blood collected was used for standard biochemistry and blood cell counts, and the second 3 mL was used for HLA testing. Blood samples were obtained before treatment.
The clinical outcome of patients was prospectively followed using standardized testing. Clinical staging consisted of medical history, physical exams, blood cell counts, and blood biochemistry at 3-month intervals, and chest x-ray and liver ultrasound at 6-month intervals.
Genomic DNA was extracted and isolated from whole peripheral blood of all patients and controls, using magnetic beads and Biorobot EZ1 (an automated instrument for nucleic acid purification) and a genetic extraction kit, following the manufacturer's protocol (Genovision, Oslo, Norway; Qiagen, Hilden, Germany). DNA was dissolved in doubly distilled H20, DNA concentration was estimated by measurement of OD260, and purity was measured by the ratio of OD260/280. The final preparation was stored at −20°C until further analysis.
Genomic HLA typing was performed using previously published DNA based techniques.18-20 Initially HLA-A, -B, -Cw, -DRB1, and -DQB1 low resolution molecular typing was performed in all subjects, with amplification of genomic DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using locus-specific primers and reverse hybridization with sequence and allele-specific oligonucleotide probes, using a commercially available kit (Lambda Array Beads Multi-Analyte System, LABType RSS0, One Lambda, Inc., Canoga Park, Calif). Subsequently, high-resolution typing at the allele level of HLA-DRB1 and -DQB1 loci was implemented by PCR using sequence-specific oligonucleotides (ELPHA HiRes, Biotest, Dreieich, Germany) and PCR with sequence-specific primers (Olerup SSP, Saltsjoebaden, Sweden), respectively, following the manufacturers' recommendations. The allele assignment was made according to the HLA-visual software program.
Allele frequencies were defined with 2 different approaches. In the first approach, each individual was used as a unit, and a particular allele was noted as present if detected at least once in an individual. In the second approach, the total number of detections of a particular allele was counted, that is, the allele presence was counted once in heterozygous and twice in homozygous phenotypes. In this case, the allele frequency was calculated over twice the number of individuals tested. Specific allele frequencies were calculated for both the patient population and the healthy control population. Fisher exact test was used for comparing the frequency of specific alleles (1 observation per patient) between the healthy and patient populations as well as the frequency of recurrence between the population in which the specific allele was present versus the population in which it was absent.
In addition, recurrence and specific allele frequencies were compared between patients with or without development of autoimmunity.21 Development of autoimmunity was defined as either a positive test for autoantibodies or presentation with a clinical manifestation of autoimmunity in the 12-month period during which blood samples were analyzed for autoantibodies. Two-sided P values were used with no adjustment to account for multiple comparisons. The analyses presented here should be considered as exploratory and hypothesis generating rather than conclusive. The relationship between presence of specific alleles, autoimmune response (landmark analysis at 12 months), and patient RFS and OS were further studied using Cox proportional hazard models. The landmark analysis includes patients without event up to 12 months and still on follow-up at 12 months. They are classified by whether they had autoimmunity, based on their autoimmunity status at 12 months, that is, after the last evaluation of autoimmunity was performed.21 Survival was evaluated from the date protocol treatment was started to the date of last follow-up or date of death from any cause. RFS was calculated from the initiation of treatment to the date on which relapse was first documented or on which death without documented relapse occurred. The reverse censoring method was used for calculating descriptive statistics; for the follow-up time, Kaplan-Meier estimates of RFS and OS are presented.22 For all alleles presented, the ones with frequency <5% in the melanoma population are not included in the analysis.
Alleles defined a priori were: HLA-A*02, HLA-B*35, HLA-Cw*04, HLA-Cw*06, HLA-Cw*07, HLA-DQB1*0301, HLA-DQB1*0501, *0502, *0503, *0504, HLA-DQB1*0601, *0602, *0603, *0604, *0605, *0608, *0609 (HLA DQB1*05 and HLA DQB1*06 correspond to previously serologically typed HLA-DQ1), HLA-DRB1*1101, HLA-DRB1*03, and HLA-DRB1*04. The possibility of chance deviation still exists without correction, and for this reason we consider P values between .01 and .05 as probably significant, as suggested by others.23 SAS 9.1 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC), was used for statistical analysis, whereas RFS and OS curves were generated with SPSS version 15.
The frequency patterns of HLA class I and II were first evaluated in the healthy control and melanoma populations. Eleven HLA alleles were found to be significantly different between the melanoma patients and the healthy control population. For the remainder, no significant differences between the distribution of HLA genotype were found in the melanoma population compared with the healthy control population. The alleles that differed among melanoma patients were HLA-A*03, HLA-B*037, *53, *54, *58, *59, *78, HLA-DRB1*1102, HLA-DQB1*0201, and *0302 with corresponding P values .042, .033, .050, .046, .001, .021, .004, .021, .006 and .033, respectively. Most of these alleles are represented in <10% in both populations.
Patient demographics and baseline characteristics have been described elsewhere.6,21 With a median follow-up of 70.67 months (only among patients alive [censored values], range, 7.1-138.7 months), there were 156 recurrences and 104 deaths. The association of HLA genotype with absence of recurrence is presented in Table Table1.1. Correlations between nonrecurrence (alive/well vs recurrent/dead) and the presence of MHC class I allele HLA-Cw*06 and MHC class II allele HLA-DRB1*1501 were noted with the corresponding P values .035 and .045, although these are not corrected for multiple testing. When we examined the gene frequency, no further information was acquired on the predictive value of HLA. This was the case also in comparing gene frequency between healthy controls and melanoma patients.
Comparison of RFS and OS for previously defined alleles of interest also showed no statistically significant difference among the other alleles investigated (A*02, B*35, Cw*04, Cw*07, DQB1*0301, DRB1*1101, DRB1*03, DRB1*04, DQB1*05 + *06) with the exception of Cw*06. The median RFS of the Cw*06-positive cohort was 100.2 months (range, 2.7-100.2; 95% confidence interval [CI] not evaluable) versus 37.3 months in the Cw*06-negative cohort (range, 1.1-115.1; 95% CI 21.1-53.5; P = .013). The median OS of the Cw*06-positive cohort has not yet been reached (observed minimum and maximum death times 9.8 and 84.2 months; 95% CI not evaluable) versus 78.9 months in the Cw*06-negative cohort (range, 2.3-86.1; 95% CI not evaluable), with a P value of .025. Apart from HLA-Cw*06, stage was found to be an independent predictor for RFS (P = .029) and OS (P = .013) in univariate analysis. The association of HLA-Cw*06 with RFS and OS was explored through a multivariate Cox model including lymph node involvement, ulceration, and stage. In the presence of HLA-Cw*06 in the Cox model, only stage was found to be an independent predictor for RFS (P = .010) and OS (P = .0011). Controlling for disease stage, the P values for the association of Cw*06 with RFS and OS are .018 and .039, respectively. Treatment duration and interaction of treatment duration by HLA-Cw*06 were found nonsignificant, when included in the multivariate Cox models for RFS and OS (P = .20 and P = .46, respectively for RFS; P = .33 and P = .86, respectively for OS), along with HLA-Cw*06 and autoimmunity. The Kaplan-Meier curves for RFS and OS in the A*02 and Cw*06 cohorts are presented in Figures Figures11 and and2.2. The median OS of the B*35-positive cohort was 69.2 months (range, 8.0-86.1; 95% CI, 49.3-89.1) and has not yet been reached for the B*35-negative cohort (range, 2.3-84.2; 95% CI not evaluable), with P = .040 and P = .1383 when controlling for disease stage. No differences were observed in RFS (P = .143 and P = .2141 when controlling for disease stage).
In the cohort of patients included in the prospective autoimmunity study, allele frequency was investigated in 155 of 200 patients (47 in the autoimmunity group and 108 in the nonautoimmunity group). HLA-Cw*06 was expressed in 29.79% (14 of 47) of patients in the autoimmunity group and 15.38% (16 of 108) of patients in the nonautoimmunity group (P = .049). Statistical significant differences were seen in HLA-B*35 (21.28% vs 41.35%; P = .018) and HLA-DRB1*0701 (23.4% vs 7.69%; P = .015, respectively). No differences were seen in the expression of HLA-A*02 (31.91% vs 48.8%; P = .077).
In the landmark model for the association of Cw*06 with RFS, Cw*06 and autoimmunity were statistically significant (P = .020 and P < .0001, respectively). In the landmark model for the association of Cw*06 with OS, only autoimmunity was statistically significant (P < .0001). In the landmark models for the association of HLA-B*35, HLA-DRB1*0701, and HLA-A*02 with RFS or OS, only autoimmunity was found statistically significant (P < .0001). For all other cases, interaction between alleles and autoimmunity was also tested, but it was found to be insignificant.
This prospective analysis was performed to evaluate whether HLA genotype influences the likelihood of a favorable outcome or response to IFN adjuvant therapy. To answer these questions, it was first necessary to define a baseline population for comparison. No database was available that describes the prevalence of HLA alleles among Greek melanoma patients. Several reports have analyzed the HLA genotypes in North American Caucasian, Italian, Spanish, and Scandinavian populations, yielding conflicting data.10,24-26 No significant differences were seen in the HLA profiles of the Greek healthy control and melanoma populations studied here.
In the E2690 laboratory corollary of the intergroup adjuvant trial E1690, among patients expressing HLA-A*02, IFN-α2b treatment had a lesser impact on RFS (P = .02) compared with the observation arm; among patients not expressing HLA-A*02, the RFS was better for IFN-treated patients.27 The differences did not reach significance for RFS among patients in the HLA-A*02-negative subset because of the small size in the subset analyzed from trial E1690 (P = .16). The test for interaction between treatment and HLA-A*02 status was marginally significant (P = .06). Therefore, this apparent interaction may be a statistical artifact. In our group of patients, the outcome of HLA-A*02-positive patients did not differ from the HLA-A*02-negative cohort in terms both of RFS and OS. Although patients in these 2 studies are of different ethnic backgrounds (North American Caucasian and Southern European Caucasian), and the methods used for HLA typing differed (serological in the E2690 and molecular in the present), the percentages of HLA-A*02 are similar; 42.7% and 46.8%, respectively. Likewise, other class I alleles such as A*11, or class II alleles such as HLA-DQ1, an allele related to the susceptibility to autoimmune diseases,28 initially found to be associated with clinical response and survival with IL-2 therapy in the metastatic setting,9,10 were not found to be related to absence of recurrence in our group of patients. Interpretation of the results in the IL-2–treated patients should take into consideration the caveats associated with retrospective studies involving a relatively limited number of patients not homogenously treated along with uncorrected statistical correlations. Similarly, in our study there are potential weaknesses in identifying differences in outcome based on HLA status, possibly including a subset of patients participating in a randomized trial in which half of the patients received 1 month and half 1 year of adjuvant interferon, as well as the mixed-stage patient population. In addition, the large number of tests performed exploring possible associations between HLA and disease, recurrence, and autoimmune response would lead to some significant results occurring by chance without biological significance. Thus, the analyses presented here should be considered as exploratory and hypothesis generating rather than conclusive. Moreover, in an updated report on 272 patients treated with IL-2–based therapy at the National Institutes of Health, no significant association between HLA type and response was observed.12 However, in other immune strategies for melanoma such as polyvalent melanoma, cell vaccine OS after treatment correlated with HLA phenotypes.29 However, it is important to mention that both resolution and reliability of molecular HLA typing has substantially improved during the last decade, which has led to partial revisions in HLA associations.
Similarly, no differences were seen when patients were divided according to the presence or absence of HLA-B*35, HLA-Cw*04, HLA-Cw*07, HLA-DRB1*301, HLA-DRB1*04, or HLA-DRB1*1101, alleles associated with thyroiditis (postpartum thyroiditis, Hashimoto disease), rheumatoid arthritis, Sicca syndrome, and diabetes,17 or HLA-DQB1*0301, previously correlated with recurrence in stage I and II melanoma patients. We investigated HLA alleles that are correlated with a higher risk of specific autoimmune diseases, as we have previously shown that the appearance of autoantibodies and/or clinical signs of autoimmunity are strongly associated with improved RFS and OS in patients with melanoma who are receiving adjuvant therapy with high-dose IFNa2b.23 Failure to demonstrate the association of thyroid autoimmunity with certain HLA types in this study might in part be explained by the finding that their presence increases the probability by no more than 3-fold in most cases.17 Moreover, this observation suggests that the IFNa2b-related induction of autoimmunity in melanoma patients differs from spontaneously occurring autoimmune disorders with respect to HLA genetics and presumably also in other aspects of this multifactorial process. This is not surprising, because the current understanding of the development of thyroid autoimmunity suggests a T-cell–mediated disease with mostly unknown multifactorial etiology, such as infection or chronic inflammation with a strong genetic component.30 Thus, different routes of autoimmunity may be associated with different sets of genes. Nevertheless, it is most interesting that HLA-Cw*06-positive patients have better RFS and OS (P = .013 and P = .025, respectively), which remains statistically significant for RFS even in the presence of autoimmunity (P = .020). In addition, a statistically higher percentage of Cw*06-positive individuals was present in the cohort of patients who developed autoimmunity. Although the Cw*06 allele has been correlated with psoriasis, the IFNa2b-related autoimmunity was not limited to the skin, affecting other organs as well.
As none of the HLA class II alleles showed significant positive or negative association with the exception of Cw*06, this result is presented here to allow others to consider the evaluation of this issue in trials of IFN-α2b that are being conducted in separate US and European cooperative groups. In particular, as Cw*06-positive patients may have slower-growing melanomas irrespective of IFN therapy, this allele may thus be a prognostic rather than a predictive marker. A validation set of non–IFN-treated melanoma patients should be examined to evaluate this hypothesis. The exploration of this finding in melanoma patients matched for HLA type and adjusted for stage from data sets of randomized controlled trials with an observation arm would answer this question. A final question arises in regard to the correlation of Cw*06 and favorable prognosis of melanoma: the expression of this allele is also correlated with the development of psoriasis, a proinflammatory disorder of the skin in which patients are intolerant of IFNα. It was recently shown that the fraction of patients who benefitted from IFN therapy in the randomized intergroup trial E1694 and were alive at 5 or more years correlates with elevated pretreatment blood serum levels of IL-6, tumor necrosis factor α, IL-1α, and IL-1β.31 The correlation of Cw*06 and elevation of proinflammatory cytokines is thus a new topic of interest in view of the findings reported in this study.
This study was supported by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group, the National Tissue Typing Center, Athens, Greece, and Award number P50CA121973 from the National Cancer Institute. Helen Gogas, John Kirkwood, and Vernon Sondak have served as consultants to Schering Plough. John Kirkwood and Vernon Sondak have received honoraria from Schering Plough.
We thank Mrs Anastasia Gotzou for secretarial assistance.
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So... lets get the boring yet vital bit out of the way. The blog is going to change a bit, nothing huge or anything, but I just want to not restrict myself. What I mean is I don't want the blog just to be known as a beauty blog, a lifestyle blog, or a fashion blog. I want my blog to be about me and what I enjoy. So I'm probably going to do some posts which are slightly more personal, what I might be doing, my ideas, just thoughts, book reviews, I may even just post a simple picture post without any writing. Like an inspiration board, a positivity board etc. I want the blog to reflect me as a single person, not just the things I'm interested in.
The schedule is also changing ever so slightly... Instead of an outfit post every week, I'll be doing them every 2 weeks... Due to some reasons in my personal life, which are explained below, I won't have time to document an outfit a week or do a lengthy post on a saturday each week, so I hope this is okay!
As you know, I also took a break from modelling, mainly because I felt a lot of stress, paranoia and my self-confidence slightly getting to me, and honestly, I needed the break, its given me time to brain storm, re-think where I want to take my modelling, what I want to achieve. I only had one shoot during this time and it was with my regular studio who I work with (Barnham Studio), and again it was a short shoot where we got some simple work done. (Images below from shoot)
Being Fancy
Well on the 6th September, I ended up going to a fancy ball. And by fancy I mean, really fancy. Pretty much all the people there were wealthy, posh and they were wearing designer dresses, I felt like bursting into tears like I wouldn't fit in or anything, but I had never been welcomed so beautifully into a community. Despite not being rich or particularly posh I managed to grasp onto how to become a real lady that evening with thanks to Oscar who accompanied me and taught me some etiquette. Due to the prestige of the event I wasn't allowed to take pictures of the place we went to or the event itself, as they had professional photographers and such, but as we drove up the drive (and yes, we had a posh car thanks to my chaperone who is a bit well off, we didn't get the bus! We went in a black Mercedes, although I don't know what type, I'm a bit dumb when it comes to cars) the mansion was lit up in the dark night sky, we arrived at around 9.30pm and I had never seen anything more beautiful in my life, I'm glad I went for a simple look for this event.
I was taught how to dance in a long formal dress, I was taught about classical music, as to which I now can't stop listening to (Pachelbel's Canon in D Major is definitely one of my favourites now!), I was taught all about the cutlery, how to eat properly, and a whole host of other things. And the best part was, the fact we had a very rich entrepreneur and his utterly gorgeous wife on our table, they helped me and spoke to me as if I were one of them. They even told me I'd be perfect to have a rich husband... still hope for me yet!
I kept my make-up super simple, and even opted to wear no eyeliner to try and be as natural as possible. I used 2 concealers, a tinted moisturiser, Collection Foundation for my face along with the Bourjois Rose D'Or blush. I stuck to a soft champagne and soft pink for my eye shadows to reminiscence elegance but to also just make my eyes pop a little, I used a light brown in the crease, and slightly blended out towards the outer eye for a small smoky effect. I just used a simple gold lip gloss on my lips. And I just used my Rimmel Scandaleyes mascara on my lashes. I wore tear-drop earrings, starting with pale blue crystals and the last pendant was black which then flowed perfectly into my dress with the blue responding to my blue eyes. For my hair I went for a back combed side bun, very elegant and very easy to do. This whole look was achieved in under an hour, all by me. Not bad if I say so myself!
I got a new job!
Remember I got really fed up with my old job, which had rubbish pay (and by rubbish I mean below minimum wage). I worked about 39/40 hours a week, despite my contract which they breached and my wage per annum was about £9,500 just below. However, now I have a new job at a place I'm really excited about working at! My wage after tax is about £13,800 pa - which is a HUGE increase!
I do have to become a real financial bore now though, seeing as I need to start saving for a deposit to move out, I need to start a pension fund for when I'm older etc. So, things are getting real, I'm finally an adult. I'm not really THAT excited about it, but we all have to grow up... I guess.
The Blog
Yes I finally gave the blog another make-over... I might even stay with this one... who knows! I hope you like it! I've gone for the white. black and red approach. I don't know why, the pink just bored me a bit I guess!
A-Level Results
So I got my English Language A-Level result in August. I wasn't hugely pleased with it, but I was never an exam person anyway, I did do really well in half the exam though and got an unexpected high score in it but the other seemed to be less great. Despite my slight (expected) disappointment - I've decided I still want to carry on writing and doing reviews and stuff like that! So I thought of also encorporating articles into this blog as well as more reviews, like film, books, and other things like CD's which may take of interest too. Let me know if that is something you'd be interested in, or anything you want me to do!
Well I think that's it, I'm doing a picture post of my holdiay soon and now planning posts to put up for you guys!!
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Local Angler Chris Comeaux of Louisiana takes advantage of the early spawn at Crooked Creek last week. With the waters warming up the bass are moving toward the shallows to spawn. During these times anglers are hitting the banks and drop-offs pretty hard. While this is a great time to catch nice bass and hone your skills it is also important to remember to practice catch and release, especially on your spawning bass. So take a kid and get out there and enjoy the fishing action while it last.
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How American Politics and Media Exist in a 'Post-Truth' Landscape
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Radio show host Ari Rabin-Havt reveals how powerful corporate interests deliberately disseminate misinformation to the public.
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Thursday, March 01, 2012
David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt of Media Matters for America, look at how Fox News president Roger Ailes has transformed the network. Their book The Fox Effect follows Ailes' career as a media consultant for Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush to in his current position and his mission, which they say is to spread a partisan political agenda despite the widely held standards of objectivity in news reporting.


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Game of Thrones is HBO's new series, a medieval fantasy based on a series of books by the name of 'A Song of Fire and Ice'. The story follows the actions and reactions of seven families living amidst seven kingdoms that make up Westeros. We primarily focus on four families in particular; The Starks, whom protect the North of Westeros; The Baratheon, who rule the kingdom through King Robert Baratheon of the Seven Kingdoms; The Lannisters, a family married to King Baratheon silently seeking control of the throne, and finally The Targaryens, previous rulers of the seven kingdoms now living overseas and plotting revenge and a means of retaking the throne for themselves. Having enjoyed HBO's Rome I thought I'd give this series a go, and I can't say i'm disappointed. The opening episode sets the tone for the series well, showing us that the world of Westeros is far from stable, housing various families each with their own agenda even if allied with another in some way.
The cast is strong, led by Sean Bean as Ned Stark in what I believe to be his strongest role to date. He's accompanied by a range of actors including Charles Dance (Alien 3) and Lena Hedey (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles). The shows characters are as strong as the cast which make for interesting scenes. The outcast characters John Snow (Bastard of Ned Stark) and Tyrion Lannister (Dwarf brother of the Queen) for example work really well together and provide the show an element of satire. Tyrion ends up instructing Snow to carry his title of Bastard as a shield so that he might be invulnerable to its use against him in the future. I look forward to the development of many of the characters found in Game of Thrones but I seem to have grown attached to the bastard and the dwarf.
I can't help but see a few similarities to characters from others shows/films. The Stark children seem to have a close bond that's so similar to how I remember the kids in the British series Shameless, this may be HBO's intention as they've recently made their own version of Shameless. The similarities gets weirder, do the Targaryens remind you of the character Luna and Lucious Malfoy from Harry Potter? Or does the Lanister prince remind you of Draco Malfoy…surely I can't be the only one to see the likeness to them.
I was surprised to find that this series was different to past HBO series in the bedroom department. Being a fan of True Blood, Californication and Rome I've been accustomed to quite graphic sex scenes, however Game of Thrones seems to have toned things down a little. I don't mind this in the slightest it just feels odd that HBO seem to have changed their approach to sex scenes. I wonder if they're trying to change their image, if this is a one off or if they'll ramp up the sex in later episodes.
The opening scene of the first episode features three night watchmen being slain by some sort of inhuman being (White Walker). Whilst this scene clearly shows all is not normal in the world of Westeros we hear nothing more than a whisper relating to such things other than that scene. I assume we'll see more of these things further into the series, perhaps when visiting 'The Wall', either that or HBO feels that the paranormal aspect might put viewers off the series.
I've really enjoyed the series so far and look forward to seeing further episodes. With a second season already confirmed and an interesting start to the series this is definitely something to watch during the summer.


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Photo Life 50 Years (사진 인생 50 년사)
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by Jang, Won-Sik (앙산 장원식)
NP: Songseok, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. vg+ to near fine. Quarto. 393pp. (3). White photo-illustrated dust jacket, with black lettering on front cover and spine. Cream colored buckram boards with black lettering on front cover and spine. The book celebrates the 50 years that Jang Won-Sik worked in photography, and features breathtaking work in mostly landscape a nature photography. The work showcases the Korean landscape, ranging from huge epic mountain vistas to intimate portraits of flower petals. The book is organized according to the seasons Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter, and Humans, Birds, Flowers. Mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, seashores, rocks, waterfalls, leaves, sunsets, wildlife, and farmers in the rice fields are featured. The last section features some of the photographers work abroad including China and the United States. Text in in Korean, with introduction and section headings in English. Dust jacket with some light scratches and creasing, as well as some minor bumping and closed tears to tail of spine and some corners. Binding with head and tail of spine bumped. Interior with minor creases to a few pages. Dust jacket and binding in overall very good+, interior in near fine condition. (Inventory #: 40806)


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Only Lovers Left Alive
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Why do vampires fascinate us so? Is it because they bring out our primordial fear of the dark, harking back to when we lived in caves and wouldn't venture out at night for fear of creatures waiting to rip our throats open? Or is it just because vampires are a sexy thing, for some reason?
With the vampire film approaching (if not already exceeding) a saturation point in film, TV and general popular culture, it seems timely that an auteur filmmaker would give us their take on the genre. And so, Jim Jarmusch gives us Only Lovers Left Alive.
A pair of married vampires, Adam and Eve—read into that whatever you'd like—live on opposite sides of the world. They are hundreds of years old, and seem to be on a bit of a break from one another. Adam (Tom Hiddleston) is a tortured musician, hermetically making music in a dark old house in Detroit. Eve (Tilda Swinton) is a free spirit living in Tangier, wandering the dark streets, frequenting cafes before dawn. Neither of them feed directly on human subjects anymore, but rather obtain blood through shady backroom deals.
We find out that this is done not for nobility or some sort of moral code, but because most humans, through regular use of drugs and alcohol, taste pretty gross, so they seek out much more pure stuff.
As the film opens, it seems as though Adam has had just about enough immortality for one lifetime. Despite his music garnering a bit of a cult following, Adam is content to remain in the shadows, where he's always been. We can tell he's well past yearning for a normal life.
Sensing that something is wrong with Adam, Eve returns to him and the pair talk of times in the very distant past. We learn that Adam has been a bit of a Forrest Gump these past few centuries, having met or influenced a countless number of famous authors and musicians during his long life.
The name dropping of these famous people gets tiresome very quickly, as does the credibility of Adam being in all these different places at precisely the right time. But when Eve's younger sister Ava (Mia Wasikowska) arrives on their doorstep after close to a century of being out on her own, her carelessness becomes a serious threat to their anonymity.
Jarmusch doesn't bother tackling the long mythology of vampires, nor does he try to do anything with the well-established rules beyond obeying them. Instead he uses vampirism to explore the relationship between Adam and Eve, that special sort of kindred connection you can have with someone over a number of years, the type that keeps you both up all night, feeding off each other's energy, even when you're far apart. Appropriate enough to make this a vampire love story, I guess.
The film exists without any real drive or direction until Ava arrives on the scene, and it mostly maintains a certain aimlessness for the duration of the film. But at its core it's about two people who know their love will never end unless they let it. This isn't romanticised, it is downbeat; two outcasts who have no one but each other to rely on, in the throes of an addiction that is prolonging their lives together rather than shortening them or driving them apart. The film also gets away with its slow pace because its cast is more than watchable.
Hiddleston makes what could have been a maudlin, sad-sack character something more genuine and defeated. The strange and alluring Tilda Swinton is as strange and alluring as ever. Though her stay is brief, Mia Wasikowska gets under your skin immediately, and she is also effing cute. Anton Yelchin's character is an interesting modernisation of the Renfield character from Dracula, the disciple of a musical genius rather than a grotesque slave, though he's never aware of what his idol truly is.
The flaw in this film is that without other external conflict, the vampire really has only one drive: to drink blood and prolong its life, neither of which are incredibly interesting to watch unless we're seeing desperation and destruction in achieving this goal, or some sort of pathos. If the story was about a regular person, the equivalent would be a guy wandering around looking for free food. Or maybe it would just be a depressing drug film. This is better than that, though.
Though Only Lovers Left Alive never really mines the already hollowed out depths of vampirism, its ending reinforces what has fascinated us for so long about vampires: their monstrous survival instinct. No more vampires for a while, please. Frankensteins and Wolfmans are welcome, though…
Only Lovers Left Alive is now showing nationally.
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Jack Balkan has been analysing the Bush administration's proposals in response to the Supreme Court's Hamdan decision, gauranteeing Guantanamo detainees the protections of the Geneva convention. In particular he is concerned with the moves to amend or abolish the 1996 War Crimes Act, which basically says US citizens found guilty of committing war crimes will be fined, jailed or executed.
"So the Administration position, post-Hamdan, is that Congress should excuse Americans (and Administration officials) from liability for possible war crimes, either because the act is unnecessary-- since we have always acted humanely except for a few bad apples who didn't take orders from the Administration-- or because it is necessary-- since the Administration has in fact ordered people to violate Common Article 3...
And what about those bad apples who were acting completely on their own? Well, there's the rub, you see. If any of them is ever prosecuted under the War Crimes Act, their most likely defense will be that they weren't really bad apples after all, but were actually following orders of the Administration-- the same Administration that insists that it has always treated its detainees humanely. And if a jury were to find that they believed this defense, it would be a bit-- shall we say-- embarrassing for the Administration. So to minimize the risk of any such embarrassments, the Administration would prefer that even the bad apples don't get prosecuted under the War Crimes statute.
So there you have it. A law making it a illegal to commit war crimes is simply a luxury that we Americans can't afford."


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Hello everyone! Its November 1st! Wow! I can't believe it! Are you like me and wondering where the year went, let alone last month. 🙂
We had a great Halloween last night. Scroll down of a picture of my three kids, beautiful niece and my hubby. I think he loves Halloween more then me. Hehe!
Today, I have for you my Shabby Tea Room challenge. It is all about fall colors and a fall theme. Although, there are no fall colors here at the moment, I still do love them. They are my favorite colors and my house is decorated with them too. And for my Mojo Monday sketch, I went with the circle card. This card took me outside my creative box and I love it!
As always, your comments are so very important to me so let me know what you think! If you ever have any questions about today's card or the techniques that I use, please email me. Have a great day!
All Year Wishes II stamp set created this gorgeous "thanksgiving" sentiment stamped in brown ink. Beautiful Ovals set is my sneak peak that will be released soon. I am so excited that the nestie dies work perfectly with them too…
My Beautiful Family
Stamps: All Year Wishes II, Beautiful Ovals
Paper: 7 Gypsie Collections from the journey
Awesome Tools: Scallop Circle Dies, Circle Scissor Plus, Nesties Ovals
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Very Competitive 12 team H2H Keeper league need 1 replacement owner.
Daily lineups, roster size 21, Daily starters: 3 C, 2 LW, 2 RW, W, 4 D, Util, 2 G (essentially start 3 full forward lines, 2 D pairings and 2 goalies)
8 Teams make the Playoffs (NO Bye Wks in the Playoffs), Season Max Moves: 100, Weekly Max Moves: 5.
Categories: Skaters: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, ShorthandedPts, SOG, Faceoffs Won, Hits, Blocks
Goalie: W, GAA, Sv%, Shots Against, SHO
We just started draft pick trading last year and the team you'll be inheriting has not picks in the 6th and 13th rounds but 3 picks in the 14th round
Each team can select 3 Keepers from last years roster. The inherited team has:
Marchand (Bos), Couture (SJ), Krejci (Bos), Ladd (Wpg), Vanek (Buff), Havlat (SJ), Semin (Car), Boyle (SJ), Phaneuf (Tor), Elder (Van), Letang (Pitt), Dubinsky (Clb), Oshie (StL), Selanne (Ana), Burns (SJ), Downie (Col), Horton (Bos), Theodore (Fla)
Ignila & Luongo are also on this team but 1st/2nd round picks are not Eligible to be Keepers. **This rule is changing in 2 years and will be eliminated!!!
Other Keeper Rules:
Only 1 Keeper may be a Goalie
All 3 selected Keepers Can NOT be from the Same position.
Our draft will likely be Mon, Jan 14th @ 7 pm EST (or Tues, Jan 15th @ 7pm EST). The Keeper deadline will be 48 hours before the draft date.
Please E-mail me @ email@example.com with 'Bucket of Pucks' Replacement Owner in the title, if you are a competitive owner (NOT being shy to talk trade wouldn't hurt either) who's interested in joining a highly competitive league.
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Hokukuji Temple Tea House - Traditional Japanese architecture is designed around specific purposes. The chashitsu literally tea room is one special type of architecture, usually very small and made of natural materials: wood, plaster, reed tatami floords, and shoji paper windows. The special architectural style that developed for chashitsu is called sukiya style or specifically sukiya zukuri. It has come to indicate a style of designing public facilities and private homes based on tea house aesthetics. Features of chashitsu typically include a tokonoma alcove; subdued colors, and the size is ideally 4.5 tatami mats.
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You know how people are always talking about how great social media is?
And it is great – I use it regularly!
But what a lot of people wonder is what value can social media have for my business?
Everyone wants to monetize social media, but people aren't really sure how to maximize their social media energy and efforts.
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The program focuses on teaching a "specific system of content syndication" to help improve search engine ranking, build expert status, send more traffic to your website, and help you generate more leads into your business.
It's being taught by two well-known online marketing coaches, Denise Wakeman, Online Visibility Expert and founder of the Blog Squad, and Dr. Rachna Jain of Profitable Popularity.
The focus of this 5-week training is helping people create a content syndication strategy that works.
People are spending hours and hours on Facebook and Twitter, but ignoring the other 10 kinds of social media sites you can use.
This means you're not using social media as well as you could be.
And don't worry, even if you're not super technical, the training is designed to be easy to follow and easy to apply.
Starting March 1st, you'll learn how to convert your text content to multiple formats, and, just as importantly, how to efficiently send your content around the Internet.
Done correctly, content syndication has the possibility to move your business to a whole new level in terms of recognition and opportunities.
Plus, Denise and Rachna have a new, up-to-date module on how to "monetize" your content … the "missing link" in social media.
The early bird special ends Thursday, February 23rd.
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Otakuzine Anime Magazine has announced through their official Facebook page the dates of the most anticipated anime event this year, Ozine Fest 2012.
The 8th Ozine Fest will be held on April 13, 14 and 15 at Megatrade Halls SM Megamall Bldg B, Mandaluyong City. No details yet on the ticket prices, contest rules, etc. but they will be providing updates soon on their official Facebook page and affiliated pages.
Ozine Fest is an annual anime convention organized by the staff of Otakuzine Anime Magazine, a local anime magazine published in the Philippines. The event features activities such as cosplay competition, exhibition booths, band tournament, art and karaoke contests, maid cafe and etc.


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Die Vielharmoniker
"Die Vielharmoniker" is a 6-voice a cappella group, formed in 2002 and based near Frankfurt in Germany. The repertoire from the current line-up of Viola Bomrich, Anne Lindner, Matt Atherton, Björn Rothmüller, Alex Bräumer and Jan Unger covers many possible music styles.
With arrangements in up to 6-part harmony, all written by group members, this form of singing is unique, with each voice providing it's own solo part, but still blending in a wall of harmony. All without instruments. All without playback.
This a cappella group, in which purpleplanet owner Matt sings, have been taking time over the last couple of years to learn new material, and to integrate new members. The release of their first album, plus planned concerts, saw the requirement for a complete refresh of the Vielharmoniker website. A simple, classy one-page design, plus a web store using wooCommerce, a comprehensive shop plugin for WordPress; the group are very pleased with their brand new web presence.
Matt designed this site himself, and the fantastic photos were provided by Thomas Gierth of GFotos.de.
Many thanks! We'll be in touch soon.
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text: Grand Valley Catholic Outreach provides essential services to families who are in need including food, clothing, assistance with utilities and rent and case management support. This organization has a great vision as shown in a permanent housing project for people who are very low income or disabled and transitional housing for families leaving homelessness. The organization has a unique blend of vision, heart and faith and has become a standout of service to the homeless and working poor in the Grand Valley.


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How failures can make you smile
Are you feeling like quitting after failure?
Failure happens to all of us, no one is an exception. It's not a mater of whether you will fail or not, it's a matter of what you're going to do with your failure. Quitting is not always the right answer… Here is a post that I write to encourage you facing your failure and soar above them.
What is failure?
Failure is an event, not a person.
~Zig Ziglar
Zig Ziglar got it right, failure is just an event, yet many generalized it as if it is the person. How many times do people say, "I am a failure", or judging others "he/she is useless"? Looking deeper, failure is only a part of the time you spend on earth. You can choose to look into the successes and great things that have happened in your life. As Joel Osteen's analogy, we can look at the donut instead of the hole within. We can look at our strengths and successes instead of our weaknesses and failures.
I'm tempted to quit
Juggling personal commitment, work and career, social life and leisure, while continuing this blog is not easy. There are so many things in mind that I have no time to start, not counting the mistakes that I have made. The slowness of how my readership is growing can easily discourage me. Yes, it does tempt me to quit and stop working on this blog.
As I write this post, it encourages me to continue on, to persist, and look beyond the failure. If I want, I can choose to look into 100 over readers that have subscribed and I can be thankful for that. I can consider it as a success instead of failure. Why then giving up? As one saying has ever stated, winners are not those who never fail but those who never quit.
I hope this post will encourage you too, to see what lies beyond failure and more…
Beyond failure…
Brick wall is there to show you one thing, how hard you want it to happen.
~Randy Pausch
Beyond your failure, there are meanings. There are reasons and purposes attached to them. As Randy Pausch mentioned, the brick wall you face is there to show how persistent you are. Joel Osteen also summed up this principle clearer, that… "Everything happens not to you, but for you." Doesn't that show a higher perspective that all of us can look into? That beyond failure, there is meaning we can look into.
Beyond meaning…
I do not believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
~Oprah Winfrey via Confident1 (Fear of Failure)
What is the significance of having the meaning? It helps you to enjoy and to be thankful. Enjoying the failure? That sounds crazy! Nope, it's not enjoying the failure, it is enjoying the process. If you did enjoy the process, then you will not think that your failure was a wasted time, instead it is a lesson we all can learn from.
Together with the quote above, David shared an article on the fear of failure that I found very helpful. Inside, he also shared an inspiring video. You can watch the video at the end of this post. One statement from the video, "if you never fail, you never live."
Beyond enjoyment…
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once,
but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
~Bruce Lee, American-born Hong Kong Actor, Martial Artist & Instructor
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Practicing one kick for 10,000 times!? Imagine what the trouble that may come. First, people are getting bored, getting sick of practicing the kick. Second, people are getting worried and fearful, what if that will never work, what if you are spending your time, money and energy just for one useless "kick."
One blogger that taught me a lesson on persistence is Raymond Chua. I met him once for dinner. Besides his enthusiasm and his many achievements despite of his young age, I admire his persistence. He shared about his commitment to post an article everyday within a year. I don't think it is easy to be kept. Along the way, there will be temptation to do other things rather than posting an article everyday. He is tempted to post longer and less frequent post. He might be tempted to spend more time networking or other marketing stuffs. He might even be tempted with many other things, yet he sticks with his commitment. When he found anything extra is necessary; he will get creative and plan it around his commitment. With this kind of persistence, I believe he will be a blogger that many will be "feared" of =).
Beyond persistence…
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
~Winston Churchill
Beyond persistence is enthusiasm. Without them it will be just a routine or regularities. Instead of going through them with passion, you will be doing it with much burden. Without enthusiasm, you may persist for a little while, but you will not be staying long enough.
How do you stay enthusiastic? It is when you do things not just merely for doing it. It is when you have goals behind your action and you stick your eyes on them. With the goals in your mind, you will easily attach meaning to the action you are doing. I guess this is also something that I have forgotten for many times. Ask yourself what is your vision, what do you hope behind every persistence action that you have? Is it just for merely doing things? Is it just merely to gain more money, more fame, or more readers? What will you do when you gain them?
One article that inspired me again is taken from Scott H. Young, What's Your Exit Strategy? Without the exit strategy, without any plan after your plan is finished, you will easily make many mistakes. Do read the article to learn more. One important point I want to reiterate, begin with the end in mind!
Beyond enthusiasm…
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
~Thomas Alva Edison
Isn't that an amazing perspective towards failure? Despite of all our persistence and enthusiast to pursue our goal again and again, there has to be a process of evaluation. When you fail, it is important to check yourself, what have you learn from the experience? How can you do it differently? How can you grow from this point? What you can do now with all that you have to fix it? Those are the evaluations you need to do.
One article shared a thought-provoking insight. It shared that, instead of enthusiasm, boredom can be more useful in helping you to grow, to be creative and getting better. Check out the article… Boredom Can Be Good for You. And I really have to thank Derrick Kwa for sharing the article via Google Reader.
Beyond competence…
We… rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character and character, hope.
~Apostle Paul in his letter to Romans (Romans 2:2b-4)
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Beyond competence, there is another side of growth that you must have, that is the character. While competence can be learned, character needs to be developed. While competence is what the tip of the iceberg is, character is the unseen huge part below. It does not come naturally; it comes when you are willing to change. Sometimes you have to get rid your old habit, old mindset and ego, your belief and many other things. It is the price that you pay, and often we can only realize that through our failures, our suffering and perseverance.
And there is hope…
What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.
~Emil Brunner
And the last but not the least, keep on reminded that we have hope. And that hope will not disappoint us!
Remember, winners are not those who never fail but those who never quit!
If you have any experience with failure and how it changes you, please share in the comments.
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We've got a number of product reviews that will be posted in the next few weeks. Embroacation to bikes. One item that's in our crosshairs are the new 'aero road helmets'. Not as bulky as a specific TT helmet, these lids are made to save you watts in a mass start event. While waiting for the new product to hit our desk, we did a bit of digging and offer up evidence that the aero road helmet concept has been done before, in fact almost two decades before:


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Eve of DOCOH Trial
Today is the eve of Baby's obedience trial, aka Dog Obedience of Hollywood's AKC obedience trial. So what I did at lunch "to her" I am sure she is going to be holding against me and taking revenge at the … Continue reading
This boy was in a Georgia shelter. He looks so much like my Aussie, Annie. I was torn between trying to get him and the distance between us. He was on the Walton, Georgia site for several weeks, and I thought … Continue reading
Blimp Then BSO Copter
(1/30/08) Wednesday evening as I was fixing dinner, I heard a heap load of commotion outside, Dobies and Aussie were upset at something, and when I stepped out into the backyard I saw it. It was the blimp I had … Continue reading
Mercury in Retrograde
Mercury is in retrograde, and so is my patience. What is a planetary Retrograde? Picture the planets orbiting the Sun like an old-fashioned mechanical racetrack. Each planet has its own track, a different distance from the Sun, traveling at different … Continue reading
Raven's slowly growing up in the brains department and testing her rank in the Fort Doberdale hierarchy. She's still a puppy-head, but an older model puppy-head, and has little self-control over some of her impulses. OK, many of her impulses. For example, when I give treats to … Continue reading


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Modesitt on the Fallacy of Undergrad as Vocational Programming
I am guilty of advocating more women pursue STEM degrees, but I'm also one hundred percent behind my daughter's choice of career in vocal performance. At one point in her life, she was perfectly happy to pursue a STEM related … Continue reading
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How Chess Has Changed Over The Last 150 Years
http://io9.com/how-chess-has-changed-over-the-last-150-years-1707692642 Chess is one of those games I know how to play but have no desire to play. As noted in this article, the rise of the machine has made human play almost an afterthought. I like computers but I … Continue reading
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NPR: Forgotten Female Programmers Who Created Modern Tech
But every time you write on a computer, play a music file or add up a number with your phone's calculator, you are using tools that might not exist without the work of these women. — Laura Sydell, The Forgotten … Continue reading
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Article: Why women leave tech: It's the culture, not because 'math is hard'
Why women leave tech: It's the culture, not because 'math is hard' http://fortune.com/2014/10/02/women-leave-tech-culture/ Another article that my experience in tech proves out. Apparently, I am too stubborn to quit though. Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please … Continue reading
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Article: Big solar storm heading toward Earth
Big solar storm heading toward Earth http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/11/tech/innovation/solar-storm/ Should be here Saturday. Keep a flashlight handy.
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What's Your Major? 4 Decades Of College Degrees, In 1 Graph : Planet Money : NPR
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A Look Back At How The Content Industry Almost Killed Blockbuster And Netflix (And The VCR) | TechCrunch
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Damen Green Solutions has signed a letter of intent with Norwegian company TeamTec to supply and service the AVITALISTM ballast water treatment system. The system combines filtration and a proven, eco-friendly chemical treatment solution optimized for medium-sized to large vessels.
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Founded by Artistic Director Ritesh Das
Toronto Arts Week- Music Gallery, Toronto
Molson Dry Drum Heat – Harbourfront, Toronto
Vancouver International Folk Festival, Vancouver
Voted by NOW magazine: "Top 10 best concert of 1993"
Molson Dry Drum Heat – Harbourfront, Toronto
Vancouver International Folk Festival, Vancouver
Cultures Canada '94 – National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Kumbaya Fest – Ontario Place, Toronto
Sunfest '95 – London, Ontario
Rhythms of India – National Gallery, Ottawa
Peterborough Folk Festival – Peterborough, Ontario
1994/95Series – Harbourfront, Toronto
CD Single Release: 'Mukti'
CD Debut Album release: 'Toronto Tabla Ensemble'
West Coast Tour: Vancouver, Edmonton, Harrison and Nelson, BC
Grand Hall, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa
GuelphJazz Festival – Guelph, Ontario
Nathan Philips Square, Toronto
1995/96 Series – Harbourfront. Toronto
CIUT FM listed # 5 in Top 120 albums and #2 in Top 20 local artists.
Music Video Release: 'Funky 10'
Sunfest '97 – London, Ontario
Winnipeg Folk Festival- Winnipeg, MB
Du Maurier Jazz Festival, Toronto
Festival by the Sea – Saint John, NB
Acid Jazz Groove Festival, Toronto
Detroit Festival of the Arts – Detroit, MI
1996/97 Series – Harbourfront. Toronto
Live Wire Music Series, Toronto
Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa
Music Video Release: 'Asahi'
Fashion Cares , Toronto –aired on Much Music June 24, 1998)
Atlantic Jazz Festival, Halifax
CD Album Release: 'Second Palla'
Pacific Contact w/The Tea Party at Edgefest, Vancouver
In Concert with Pandit Chitresh Das- Harbourfront, Toronto
FIREDANCE – Toronto, St. Catherines, Peterborough, Ontario
Dancers for Life, Toronto
In Concert with Rita di Ghent – Harbourfront, Toronto
Nominated: JUNO awards for 'Firedance' – Best Global Album
Sunfest '00 – London, Ontario
Canadian West Coast Tour
Peter Gabriel Tribute Celebration – Toronto, Ontario
Weaving CD Release Concert – Toronto, Ontario
EMI presentation of 'One Giant Leap' – Opera House, Toronto
Canadian East Coast Tour
Montreal Jazz Festival – Montreal, QC
Ottawa Folk Festival – Ottawa
National Concert Series with The Tea Party
Canadian West Coast Tour
ChildHaven Fundraiser – Ottawa
Ontario Trillium Foundation Awards Show – Toronto
Co-composed theme music for CBC Metro Morning Show
In Concert with Sisters Euclid – Harbourfront, Toronto
COCA Conference Showcase – Fredericton, NB
Ottawa Jazz Festival – Ottawa
In Concert with Chhandam Dance Company – Enwave Theatre, Toronto
Benefit Concert organized and performed for victims of the Tsunami, over $10,000 raised
In Concert with Jeff Martin – Glenn Gould Studio, CBC, Toronto
Australia Tour with Jeff Martin
In Concert with Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri and G.S. Sachdev, Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto
In Concert with Joanna de Souza, Kathak Solo – Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto
CD Release 'Alankar' concert
'What is classical' Festival – Harbourfront – Toronto
Toronto Gay Pride Festival – Toronto
Silk Road Festival – Kitchener, Ontario
In Concert with: LAL – Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
Music Release for 'Under the Sea' IMAX movie
Ratha Yatra Festival – Toronto
'Heartbeat' In Concert with Chhandam Dance Company and Lavish – Enwave Theatre, Toronto
'Temples to Terabytes' in Concert with LAL and Chhandam Dance Company, Toronto
'WinterCity Warm Up' – Bread & Circus, Toronto
Ratha Yatra Festival – Toronto
IIFA – International Indian Film Awards – Rogers Centre, Toronto
Kalanidhi International Festival – Toronto
'Voices Now' in Concert with Chhandam Dance Company – Harbourfront, Toronto
Festival of South Asia – Toronto
Ratha Yatra Festival – Toronto
Selected 'Festival' theme music for TD Canada Trust commercial
Amar Pujo Festival – Mississauga, Ontario
Ratha Yatra Festival – Toronto
'Overcome' collaboration project with composer Joel S. Silver and visual artist Max Dean for Nuit Blanche 2013
Amar Pujo Festival – Mississauga, Ontario
TTE Next Generation April Concerts – Toronto, Scarborough
Launch of the Indian Diaspora Festival, Toronto
Opened Centre for Indian Arts on Gerrard Street, Little India
Collaboration concert with Nagata Shachu at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Performance as part of Festival of South Asia, Toronto
Collaboration concert with Nagata Shachu at Aga Khan Museum
Collaboration concert with Chitresh Das Youth Company from California, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
25th Year Celebration Concert Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Debut of Toronto Tabla Youth Ensemble, consisting of 6 members between 12 and 17 years of age.
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Digital Compass is a free digital citizenship/online safety program provided by Common Sense Media. It is geared at students in grades 6-9 and available on the web, Edmodo, Android, and iOS.
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