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|2013-01-26, 23:13
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Sybil system is going to fall
question is Makashima is he our figure to the revolution?
|2013-01-27, 01:10
|Link #162
Eaten by goats
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Rokkenjima
If they kill off any of the inspector/enforcer team fairly soon...I'd say that Masaoka and Yayoi are the most likely candidates. Kougami and Akane probably have main character immunity at least for the moment, and out of Gino and Masaoka, Gino is probably the one with the greatest potential for character development if the other one dies. Shion and Kagari have had too little screen time to make a big impact from dying. Yayoi, on the other hand, had her own episode, and her plotline with her former friend didn't seem to get fully resolved.
|2013-01-27, 01:39
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Kubo GO TO HELL
Join Date: May 2012
Location: with Maki-sama
Age: 26
Yayoi and yes the story of Rina ... *fantasy ON* it will damage it dies at worst it is done badly hurt, and then be healed by Shion *fantasy OFF*
|2013-01-27, 19:30
|Link #165
Kubo GO TO HELL
Join Date: May 2012
Location: with Maki-sama
Age: 26
|2013-01-27, 20:16
|Link #166
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
I actually can't picture akane becoming an enforcer, due to the fact that she's not even have this clear anger against society or specific resentment towards anybody. (SHE JUST FORGIVES EVERYBODY)
I think most likely she will be next Makashima towards the end
Not as a instigating people to murder and cause chaos.
But she tries to get the idea to the public to seperate themselves from the sybil system.
Tomoi did mention she was a good teacher right?
|2013-01-30, 14:36
|Link #167
~defying fate
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Bodhum
I'm gunning for Masaoka to die, if anybody needs to die. That'll trigger something in Gino, perhaps can make his hue gone bonkers, and become an enforcer himself.
Yayoi, on the other hand, still have her story with Rina to go through. I certainly hope she survives till the end of the series.
|2013-01-30, 14:57
|Link #168
Prefectural Magical Girl
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Paris, France
According from what I gather in this thread, I'm going to expect either Masaoka or Kagari to die, given the feeling that the latter will show his heroic side when trying to save Kogami from danger and I'm thinking of Choe (Makishima's right hand man for those who didn't know) dying as well, even though it's gonna looks rushed as hell. Once the current three-episode arc will end, the next arc will have so many villains and twists to look for if Makishima doesn't die because :
- We might learn more about Yayoi aside from her flashback, but given that she may be hanging out Shion in episode 2 and the fact that the latter is hinting that she may be into violent and passionate stuff, it will be nice if the way she commit such acts might probably be influenced by Juliette by Marquis de Sade (though I haven't read it, I do heard it may be a controversial subject bought at the end of the 18th century) and my own view about "homosexuality is a crime against Sibyl" will be explained in details.
- We want to see the relationship hints between the Comissioner and Shougo.
- People's clear hue reasons will be told too.
- I'm really expecting Akane to make plans against the Sibyl System if needed, but at the same time she will more than likely be kidnapped by Shougo for "test subject" purposes. Even if she's able to escape against him, it will be impossible not to have her waiting for Shinya to save her as if she was the princess of the castle, leading it a epic fight between him and Shougo.
- We need to learn more about Kagari and Shion aside from being just behind the background, and it will be even better if they show some hints of their flashback.
- If Masaoka or Gino will be placed in danger and one will sacrifice himself in front of the other's eyes, expect Gino's getting seriously increased later on if Masaoka really dies but I don't know if he keeps his Inspector role yet.
They are many other speculations I'm expecting but I don't want to run off so much things, considering I liked on how the suspense was portrayed in this show.
|2013-02-02, 03:57
|Link #171
Prefectural Magical Girl
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Paris, France
Some spoilers about episode 16 (though they were written in pics rather than texts for some reasons :
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|2013-02-02, 13:59
|Link #172
Deploying Funnel Cakes
Join Date: Jan 2008
Sounds plausible. I always suspected something was up with... someone.
What I find off is that there is no mention of a national/federal government. Is this an independent city?
How is the rest of the world?
Is this only one city? The Sibyl system been implemented somewhere else?
|2013-02-03, 17:49
|Link #174
Sisterhood of the Desu
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: in a van by the river
If those spoilers hold
Though I'd rather see Masaoka get killed off...mainly because Gino would get development. I can't really see them killing off Yayoi, unless Urobachi-san goes on a massacre spree in the end...and there's also her connection to Rina. And Gino seems like he's starting to realize how messed up things really are...
Kagari hasn't really been developed at all really.
|2013-02-03, 18:17
|Link #175
Kubo GO TO HELL
Join Date: May 2012
Location: with Maki-sama
Age: 26
|2013-02-06, 10:38
|Link #177
Prefectural Magical Girl
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Paris, France
|2013-02-06, 16:15
|Link #179
Kubo GO TO HELL
Join Date: May 2012
Location: with Maki-sama
Age: 26
Spoiler for my speculation:
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i dont find anything for ubuntu right now, but asi remember it was the same issue with the repository and xorg like it is mentioned in the above link.
In that link there is the same error message that i get when starting X with i810 drivers. But because im still somewhat of a Linux Noob i cant figure out what the problem is really about.
For saftey i post my error messages here again:
- module ABI major version(0) doesn´t match the server´s version(1)
- Failed to load module "i810" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
- No drivers available
Ok, problem is clear now :
The i810 drvier in current was build for Xorg 7 , and we have switched to Xorg 7.1 .
The package is flagged out of date, but hasn't been updated yet.
Looks like you have the following options :
- wait until the driver has been updated by the maintainer, JGC. asking him nicely in mail/pm might speed this up.
- build the latest version of the driver yourself like Shen has done. Maybe shen can send you the packages he made so you don't have to build those yourself.
- use the temporary workaround that is mentioned in the unixboard post and works for clownish who posted it.
a. boot to a console login and login as user.
(if you use a graphical login like kdm/gdm you will have to disable it for the time being)
b. type
startx -- -ignoreABI
this tells X to ignore the difference in version numbers and continue starting the graphic environment.
Multi-init booting with apg Openrc and systemd coexisting
Automounting : not needed, i prefer pmount
Aur helpers : makepkg + my own local repo === rarely need them
Ok, problem is clear now :
The i810 drvier in current was build for Xorg 7 , and we have switched to Xorg 7.1 .
Hmm, no. The package in current (xf86-video-i810 1.6.5-2) is for Xorg 7.1. I'm using it right now and it works fine.
Maybe there is a mismatch between the installed driver and the xorg-server. This is what I have:
$ pacman -Qs xorg-server xf86-video-i810
local/xorg-server 1.1.1-3
X.Org X servers
local/xf86-video-i810 1.6.5-2
X.org Intel i810/i830/i915 video drivers
You can refresh the packages with 'pacman -Sy xorg-server xf86-video-i810'.
I am pretty sure i have the same version, but i will post them here too as soon as i have time for it. I installed drivers+server just a few days ago, so they should be the same.
I will try to reinstall both, because i remember that i tried to install the drivers from the intel page before i tried those from the repository. Maybe that messed something up....
I'm having the exact same problem as Cretain with a rather clean install.
Ok, after i did remove everything of xorg and intel drivers and did a clean re-install it works now. But i still have some problems.
1.) I cant get my widescreen Resolution to work. I edited xorg.conf and put in 1280x800 like i did on my other system, but in KDE i have no option of selecting it.
2.) The looks of everything is not very good. Everything is a bit blurry, fonts are sometimes hard to read...looks too "smoothy" if you understand what I mean(sry, im german and dont know how to express everything^^)
3.) I dont know if my hardware acceleration works. I dont have the command "glxgears" like i have on my other system. Maybe its because on the other system i have an ati graphics card, i dont know. How can i get some kind of benchmark or test if it works corretly?
In order to get glxgears I had to install mesa I think it was. Yeah it's the package called mesa which use to be called mesa-apps. Install that and you will have the needed opengl library.
For the resolution error there is an app in the aur called 915resolution. I installed that and added a line to my rc.local to force it to change the resolution for one of the modes in xorg. There are docs for this app that explains everything in pretty good detail. Here's a link... http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/
For the font bluring issue that could be the refresh settings in the corg.conf. I forget what I set mine to but I'll look abit later. Mine is 14.1" widescreen laptop so not sure if it will work for you or not.
Hope that helps. If glxgears does not start working do a search on the forum for glxgears and you will find some info. That's what I did to figure out what packages to install to get it working. It's not a native dependancy of the drivers or xorg packages. Hope that all helps.
Ok, I got the i810 driver working for the most part. I can start KDE & FVWM but I'm having some odd problems with Fluxbox.
If I put "exec fluxbox" in xinitrc then X starts fine, but if I use "exec startfluxbox" (which is what I really need) then I get the "(WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found " thing again.
Also, when using the vesa driver I get "(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xb0000000,0x7b0000)"
I'm using the latest xorg, i810 & fluxbox packages from Arch. This sure is annoying. Any ideas?
Here's a bit of extra info:
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
Load "freetype"
# **********************************************************************
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto" # Auto detect
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Laptop LCD"
HorizSync 28-50
VertRefresh 43-75
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel 945GM"
Driver "i810"
# Driver "vesa"
VendorName "Intel Corp."
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Display 0"
Device "Intel 945GM"
Monitor "Laptop LCD"
DefaultDepth 24
# DefaultDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Display 0"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
# Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
# EndSection
try commenting out the BusID line
many thanks shen, i will try those things later on. I have a 14.1" widscreen too, but i guess i can figure out the refresh rates by myself also. So now its time to get on the aur for me, i never used it before(as i said, im still new to arch^^).
try commenting out the BusID line
It just alternates between PCI:0:2:1 and 0:2:0.
Ok, shen, maybe i could use your help again
i did read the link you postet and installed the pakage 915resolution from AUR, but i cant figure out what i have to add in the rc.conf(you said rc.local, but i think you meant rc.conf, right?^^) and if i do "915resolution -l" i havent got the 1280x800 resolution listed in the output.
And i cant find this mesa-apps pakage. when i search for glxgears every thread says that it is in the mesa-apps pakage, but i just cant find it.
Ok, shen, maybe i could use your help again
i did read the link you postet and installed the pakage 915resolution from AUR, but i cant figure out what i have to add in the rc.conf(you said rc.local, but i think you meant rc.conf, right?^^) and if i do "915resolution -l" i havent got the 1280x800 resolution listed in the output.
And i cant find this mesa-apps pakage. when i search for glxgears every thread says that it is in the mesa-apps pakage, but i just cant find it.
Here's what I did for the 915resolution...
In rc.local I added this line..yes rc.local since it is the last rc script to load after boot...
/usr/sbin/915resolution 38 1280 800 24
Now the mesa-apps was replaced by a package named mesa. So just pacman -Sy mesa and you should be golden and glx and should load fine.
tardo wrote:
try commenting out the BusID line
It just alternates between PCI:0:2:1 and 0:2:0.
Mine does that and so far anyone I have talked to has the same issue. Just ignore it it will still work just fine as far as I can tell.
Also when you add exec fluxbox to .xinitrc as far as I know and I could be wrong that will execute startfluxbox. If I just type startfluxbox it doesn't even launch flux just spits out some info and never starts. I have to use the .xinitrc method and then startx for anything other then if I use something like GDM.
Using "exec startfluxbox" is suppose to start fluxbox just like "exec fluxbox" would, except it also loads a certain startup file which has settings for the programs you want to run at startup, keymaps, background settings, etc.. Using "exec fluxbox" hasn't been loading the file so I assumed that was probably the problem.
I've been using "startx" to start it up. It goes as follows:
x pops up for half a second then dumps me back to the console with (WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found.
This might be a dumb question, but how do I ignore it? Is there a command?
Using "exec startfluxbox" is suppose to start fluxbox just like "exec fluxbox" would, except it also loads a certain startup file which has settings for the programs you want to run at startup, keymaps, background settings, etc.. Using "exec fluxbox" hasn't been loading the file so I assumed that was probably the problem.
I've been using "startx" to start it up. It goes as follows:
x pops up for half a second then dumps me back to the console with (WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found.
This might be a dumb question, but how do I ignore it? Is there a command?
Hmm has to be more then that going on as that is just a warning. How the i810 driver works is it looks for your vid card on two different Bus ID'. There is a way to disable that if I remember correctly.
Try this.. press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and that should take you to the tty that will show the info that comes up when you type startx. Maybe there is something there that is being missed. I'll look through the xorg file you posted as well and compare it to mine and heck I may jsut post mine for reference if it is different. Also what model laptop is this? Could be a refresh issue. I'll post more in just a sec.
One more thing do you have the package ttf-bistream-vera installed? If not install it. I had to install it for Flux to load.
Recrof here's my xorg.conf for reference. It does look different then yours.
Just a note the section where it sets the FontPath is not complete. I need to go through that section and make sure all the paths are accurate just have't done that yet..:)
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Xorg Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
# Serial Mouse not detected
# USB Mouse not detected
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
# FontPath "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
Section "Module"
Load "ddc" # ddc probing of monitor
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" ""
Option "XkbVariant" ""
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Serial Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS/2 Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 31.5 - 64.5 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
VertRefresh 60 - 75 # Very conservative. May flicker.
VendorName "LPL"
ModelName "1280X800@75HZ"
DisplaySize 380 240 #mm
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "All"
BoardName "All"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x800"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800"
Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
Ok, after searching for more Fluxbox specific problems I found out that my problem was with not adding "exec fluxbox" to my Fluxbox startup file. It was so simple yet completely overlooked!
I appreciate your effort trying to help, thanks . Sorry about leading the thread a bit off topic.
Ok, setting up 915resolution has worked now and also i found glxgears again, hardware acceleration works also. Thanks so far
EDIT: after making another try everythig is just fine, now it has the right look...thanks again. visuals are done here
I succesfully used 915resolution, but I dont get 1280x800.
/var/log/Xorg.log says:
(WW) I810(0): config file hsync range 28-96kHz not within DDC hsync ranges.
(WW) I810(0): config file vrefresh range 50-75Hz not within DDC vrefresh ranges.
(II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 28.00-96.00 kHz
(II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-75.00 Hz
(II) I810(0): Not using mode "1280x800" (no mode of this name)
(--) I810(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
(**) I810(0): *Built-in mode "1024x768"
(**) I810(0): *Built-in mode "800x600"
(**) I810(0): *Built-in mode "640x480"
(**) I810(0): Display dimensions: (300, 210) mm
(WW) I810(0): Probed monitor is 300x190 mm, using Displaysize 300x210 mm
(**) I810(0): DPI set to (86, 92)
So it cant find 1280x800
In my xorg.conf I have:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
DisplaySize 300 210
HorizSync 28-96
# Option "DPMS"
VertRefresh 50-75
# 1280x800 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 49.68 kHz; pclk: 83.46 MHz
Modeline "1280x800_60.00" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -HSync +Vsync
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Intel"
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Where is the problem ?
In the SubSection "Display" you list the modes you'd like to use on you display. But this list should include modes defined in the Modelines in the Section "Monitor". On the contrary, in your Section Monitor there is no mode called "1280x800"; rename "1280x800_60.00" to "1280x800".
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It won't take long to figure out the 2012 Mets.
The team entering spring training without expectations – at least positive ones – face a difficult schedule despite 13 games at Citi Field and ten on the road. That includes everybody in their division, so we'll have an idea of how they'll stack up against the NL East.
I looked at their schedule this afternoon and if things play out as expected, they could be done before the weather gets warm. It isn't hard to imagine interest in the baseball season being done in Flushing before the kids are done with school.
They open with a pair of three-game series at home against the Braves, who always give them a hard time, and the new-and-improved Washington Nationals (80-81 last year), who are talking with Prince Fielder.
Then they have consecutive three-game series at Philly and Atlanta before coming home for four games against San Francisco and three with Miami.
The Nationals and Marlins were sub-.500 last season, but both played the Mets tough and are expected to be better this year, perhaps to the point of wild-card contention.
They close out the month with three at Colorado and one in Houston, places where they have struggled.
Following two more at Houston, the Mets play Arizona, at Philadelphia and Miami, and home to Milwaukee and Cincinnati before May 18.
Think there's a chance they could be ten games under or more by then? You bet.
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I don't want to be one of those guys. You all know what I'm talking about. Those Internet guys. The guys who complain and complain and complain about every single angle going on in pro wrestling today. The ones who tweet, post, and blog about what's wrong with the business but offer no new or substantive ideas on how it could someday get better—mostly because they'll never be satisfied anyway. The ones who say there hasn't been a good Monday Night Raw since 1997. But somehow, y'know, they're still fans. And hey, at the end of the day, I really don't think I am one of those guys. But I have to admit that right here, right now, I do agree with them about one thing: The "big match" heading into TLC doesn't have a whole lot going for it. Not much at all. Note that I am choosing my words carefully here because PWI Publisher Stu Saks tends frown upon the kind of coarse language that I'd rather use to describe the big Cena/Orton "showdown."
just tough, that's all. It's tough to get excited about this when it feels like all we're being offered is a warmed up batch of leftovers
from the back of pro wrestling's gigantic, stainless steel LG refrigerator. Many,
many voices on the 'net have sharply (and correctly) criticized the current incarnation
of the Cena/Orton feud, largely because we've
already seen it. More than once. And why would this particular showdown—in
which things have been just thrown together for the sake of choosing the "new"
face of WWE—be more personal than the other
ones? Like the time in 2007 that Orton shackled Cena to the ring while he
punted Cena's dad in the head…I mean that's
personal, folks. Or how about when Orton's 2010 win over Wade Barrett
resulted in Cena's brief exile from WWE? Those were some high stakes, right? The
point here is that we've seen these guys before. Sure, they can work a match, but it seems like WWE is just putting some lipstick on the same old cash cows.
the title unification thing? Again, we've been down this road before. Is the
title unification for keepsies this time or is this just another story that'll
be undone in a few weeks or a few months when the story gets stale? I think my
friend and fellow PWI contributor Kevin McElvaney captured the cynicism of a
lot of frustrated fans when he jokingly told me that the TLC main event should
be re-christened as the "No, It's Only Going to Be One Belt,
For Real This Time!" match.
a recent message to their text subscribers, WWE kept up their full-court press
for the forthcoming showdown, asking fans if TLC's Cena/Orton main event is "the
biggest match in WWE history." It was a rhetorical question, though, because it
wasn't attached to any particular poll. But really … Bigger than Hogan and Andre?
Bigger than Michaels and Austin? Bigger than Rock and Cena? Bigger than Sammartino and Morales? It was the
aforementioned text that got me thinking: Is there any other sport or form of
entertainment that consistently hypes its product to a level that makes it
almost impossible to deliver at the end of the day? I think the potential is usually there, but most
comparable enterprises resist the temptation to do so just in case they don't
deliver … so that they don't hurt their overall product in the end.
anyone know that the Rams and Titans would put on one of the best championship
games ever before the kickoff for Super Bowl XXXIV was in the air?
Nah. Can anyone say that a World Series will have a nail-biter ending in Game 7
before the first pitch? Nope. But can we say that Sunday's champion vs.
champion match at TLC is the most important contest in WWE history? In this
case, logic is absolutely turned on its head by the hype machine because WWE suggests it could very well be the best ever.
this could all be an elaborate set-up for a much larger and more exciting story
that naysayers like me are too shortsighted to imagine. But with a healthy mix of recycled
ideas and a shaky build for Orton as convincing and formidable opposition to
Cena's veritable freight train of momentum, it's really hard to get excited
about Sunday's main event.
Mike Bessler
PWI Contributing Writer
@OfficialPWI Contributor
Friday, December 13, 2013
TLC: New Hype For Some Old Ideas
1 comment:
- Tony Laplume said...
Having the two reigning champions actually fight each other in the unification match is something that hasn't happened before. That's how we got Chris Jericho. And if it works, this may be the match fans actually care to remember between Cena and Orton, who were always headed toward each other in some way after being the two biggest debuts not named Brock Lesnar of 2002. They never did it at WrestleMania, and at this point it seems likely they never will. But context is everything. If there is no swerve, this is automatically history. And no one saw it coming. Me, I'm waiting to judge this until I see the results.
- December 13, 2013 at 10:34 AM
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After watching the commercials and seeing all the hype, I must admit that I was significantly influenced to go out and by myself a pair of the Reebok EasyTone shoes. Toning shoes are all over the media these days. Who doesn't want to be able to put on a pair of shoes and eventually get hot buns and thighs? Count me in! But after doing my own research and looking at studies that have recently been conducted by reputable universities, I think I'm going to pass on the miracle shoes. Here is why.
The shoe companies claim that these shoes cause minor instability, similar to that of instability balls at the gym on a much smaller scale. This instability results in more muscles working and thus more toning in the legs, butt and thighs. If you read reviews online, such as Amazon.com, people who have worn these shoes find that their muscles are sore afterwards. So the shoes must be working, right?
Well not entirely. According to WebMD, the soreness is most likely attributed to the muscles working in different ways, but not enough to warrant claims of overall toning. The muscles quickly will adapt to the odd instability before your buns become steel.
A study was done at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse with four different pairs of shoes (3 toning brands and 1 regular tennis shoe). 12 active women between the ages of 19-24 wore the shoes for 12 five minute intervals on the treadmill. Researchers then monitored how hard they worked. A second test group of women between the ages of 21-27 performed similar tests while wearing the shoes. Researchers then looked at muscle usage while wearing the shoes. The results? There was no significant change in calories burned or muscle usage when comparing the four shoes.
So, this sucks because I was really looking forward to buying a pair of these shoes. People say they do feel better for people who put a lot of pressure on their heels when standing and walking. Maybe there are people who would just like the shoe for the comfort factor. Still, don't be expecting to walk in these shoes for a few days and end up with the kind of legs and buns seen in the commercials. For those results, looks like it's exercise and diet that win again!
To read more about the study, go to http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/truth-about-toning-shoes.


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Economists polled by MarketWatch expect the Conference Board to report that its gauge of consumer confidence slightly pulled back to 80.1 this month from 80.7 in January. Consumers are the backbone of the U.S. economy, and analysts watch confidence levels to get a feeling for the direction of spending. The Conference Board's report will be released at 10 a.m. Eastern.
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Sea-Doo has been tweaking the GTX S 155 over that last year and has added yet another feature, the ability for the rider to adjust the suspension to his or her liking. The suspension system allows the hull and upper deck to move independently from each other, which cushions the rider from the buffeting effect of the water on the hull at speed. The suspension will allow the upper deck to travel 5.5" (13.9cm) and this is where the adjustment comes into play. Since every rider is a different weight, you can adjust the resistance, stiffening or softening the suspension movement.The adjustment point for the suspension is located under the seat and here is an area we want to point out some differentiators. Notice how the adjustment can be made with a simple ratchet tool. This makes the process much easier than having to get your hand in a small place and try to turn some type of lever. Also, notice how the support bracket is stainless steel, even though this part of the watercraft is not usually seen. Now look closer, you will see a premium strut that is holding the seat in the open position. Having the seat hinged with a strut to hold it up is in our opinion, an important design feature.The above images also shows us how the seats are upholstered using several types and sections of stain-resistant UV-protected vinyl stitched together.
Looking at the GTX S 155 you can see that this watercraft has a special seating design. In our opinion, the forward part of the driver's seat is an important area because it impacts comfort and the ride. It first impacts comfort due to the ergonomic design of allowing your legs to be in a more natural position, closer together and angled in at the knees. The impact on the ride will come when you are curving in the turns, this design will allow you to use your thighs and legs to grip the machine, reducing the amount of work your arms will need to do to hold you on the machine.The seat back for the driver is also important. It not only provides support, it also helps keep the rider in place in aggressive maneuvers. Behind the drive in the first passenger position is a grab strap mounted to the seat. If you have ever ridden with two or three others, you know how much more comfortable it is for the driver without a person clutching your midsection. The aft end of the seat, or position three, is flatter and this is so when you are towing, the passenger can comfortably face aft. Notice also the built-in grab handle behind the seat.
In the above images you can clearly see the splash deflector just aft of the nose of the watercraft. This prevents water from running up the hood cover and directly into the riders face. It deflects the water off to the sides, helping to keep the ride dry. Just aft of the deflector on port side is a slap-cap fueling point. In our opinion, not having to open a cover and seat to refuel is a good thing. But always remember to vent your watercraft before starting it.
We all need stuff when we go on the water and the GTX S has a relatively large forward storage compartment under the hood. Inside is a storage insert that is watertight and removable which also makes a convenient carrying case you can just pull out and take up on the beach with you.
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Just below the seat back grab handle is the tow point, located on the articulated arm for the suspension system. The GTX S also has a fairly good sized swim deck which is convenient for getting ready on your ski or wakeboard.
The GTX S has the S3 hull which is designed to create specific low pressure zones through the use of steps to reduce the overall drag. Other design elements along with the sponsons help to deliver the tight cornering and nimble ride our tests have shown we can expect from any Sea-Doo model. Many boaters underestimate the importance of the hull design when it comes to watercraft. There is a belief that a machine this small relies more on engine power. In fact, the design of the hull can have a great impact on speed. Once we perform a full test on the new GTX S, we will have the numbers to report back. As it stands, our test ride did not include our test gear being connected.
Powering the GTX S 155 is a 1,494 CC four-stroke, 4-cylinder, naturally aspirated Rotax 4-TEC engine. It is designed to run on regular unleaded 87 octane gasoline and has a clever closed loop cooling system. The ride plate on the back of the watercraft has the engine coolant circulating through it acting as a radiator since it is in constant contact with the water.The engine is connected via direct-drive to a stainless steel impellor inside the aluminum, axial flow, and single stage jet pump unit.
The team at Sea-Doo has been on top of the wants and needs of the boaters. In addition to items we covered above, the GTX S has standard tilt adjustable handlebars, a fold down re-boarding step, and convenient storage compartment forward of the drive, under the handlebar. The overall looks are an area we always score Sea-Doo very high. In recent years we have also noticed an improvement in the overall fit in finish of the new machines. There is no doubt that Sea-Doo is focused on the market for each of their watercraft, and with the target for the GTX S being the luxury market, we think they hit the mark perfectly.
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Renjer here, some of you guys probably know me already. I consider myself to be quite average in maths, not too good, not too bad either. I'm not the Olympiad kind of guy who claims to know everything there is to know about Maths, I find it quite difficult too sometimes.
I'm in uni in Western Australia, doing Biotech and Chemistry major, and Maths minor. This year I have to do this calculus unit which is sometimes bordering on the impossible part of things. I did vectors and partial derivatives already; just finished Vector Calculus which I find really difficult, now studying 2nd order Differential Equations. And finally, we'll end with a topic on Linear Algebra and matrices.
Next year, I'm still doing maths (not for the 2nd semester of this year though), and I'm really scared of taking Fourier analysis (after seeing how hellish this 2nd year calculus unit can be), so I've decided to take Environmental and Biological Modelling. I guess it'll be much easier, and for once, it's an open book exam! How I wish my calculus unit now were an open book exam.
I post quite a lot of my assignment questions here and questions that I can't do, I hope you guys can help me. I'm quite amazed by the prompt reply too. Thanks.
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Welcome to the forum!
Sure, we'd do our best to help you, in whatever way we can!
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even bio major need to know DE now...... IT CAN'T BE HAPPENING!!
It's not that, but this has a little story behind it.
A biotech major has to take stats (originally). With chem, he has to do a slightly harder unit called Applied Maths (which of course involves DEs).
Now with me, I saw what the Applied Maths syllabus was and I was shocked. Most of it, I've covered in college! So, I applied for a preclusion (which shouldn't have been granted because later I found out, whatever you did in college didn't count in uni. Turns out I was lucky.)
Also, no one in the world (I think) would do such a degree as I'm doing (Biotech, Chem, maths minor) in 3 years because I think it is really stressful.
And yes, Bio major needs to know DE now, we use a lot of it in modelling. With partial derivatives too I think.
Do you need to master special solutions to all types of DEs? Frankly, I find solving a DE manually is not a good idea.
for PDEs, I think there are virtually no manual solutions. We have to count on computing softwares.
Yes of course, I know that in Applied Maths, we have to use the I formula (which is like replacing something with Ie^ something, I don't remember) for DEs that are not separable. There's also separable DEs, 2nd order DEs and non-homogeneous DEs. I wonder how I'm going to put all those down into my 2 pages of notes.
How I wish this exam was an open book exam, just like Maths Modelling. Actually I think all maths exams should be open book since, anyone with the right state of mind won't take any problems directly out of the book, right?
Actually I think all maths exams should be open book since, anyone with the right state of mind won't take any problems directly out of the book, right?
Yes, exams should have somewhat original questions!
I prefer open book - it is closer to the real world (how many bosses say "I need the report by 11:00, and you aren't allowed to refer to any books or notes" ... ?)
Anyway, if you have to spend too much time thumbing through books you will fail anyway.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
Hi renjer.
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I am an Independent Associate of Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
My question is as follows:
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Establishing a Bully-free Environment for ELLs
There are many types of bullying. Physical bullying is comprised of actions such as hitting, pushing and punching; verbal bullying includes name-calling and teasing; and emotional bullying consists of behaviors such as excluding someone from an activity. The ELLs in the suburban school where Joann Frechette and I taught were often the victims of verbal and emotional bullying. Their parents were not likely to report verbal or emotional bullying to the school. In my experience ELL parents did not appear to recognize the emotional damage that bullying can cause in children. They often expressed that this type of bullying is a normal part of growing up. Furthermore, ELLs who were victims of bullies were usually reluctant to draw attention to themselves. They were not only embarrassed to talk about their problems with bullies.
Staff members in my school district received training in an anti-bullying program adapted primarily from the book, Bully-Proofing Your School by Cam Short-Camilli (1994). We called our program We Respect ALL People (WRAP). At the heart of the WRAP program are various strategies that students employed to deal with bullies. From the beginning we wanted to make sure that the English language learners in our school were included in the program. We found that they needed extra practice with some of the strategies, and that they felt more comfortable talking about their experiences in their ESL class. So, we decided to reinforce the WRAP strategies as part of the ESL curriculum.
Even though ELLs do not often assert themselves while an actual bullying incident is happening, they will usually bring the problem to the ESL class. There, the ESL teacher teaches assertive language that ELLs can use with bullies. As the students gain more confidence through practice, they are more willing to stand up to a bully. Building community and encouraging classmates to be of assistance to each other goes a long way in helping ELLs avoid problems with bullies.
There are many long-lasting effects of bullying for the victim. Children who are bullied have low self-esteem and tend to be anxious and insecure and are often lonely and depressed. it is important for ESL teachers to work with classroom teachers to ensure that ELLs have a bully-free environment in school.
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- Arnold said...
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- June 2, 2010 at 7:54 PM
- Cassy said...
Another way to avoid or lessen bullying is for all school staff to model positive behaviors such as friendliness, courtesy, acceptance, and assistance. I've witnessed adults behaving negatively to newcomers. One behavior I experience too often is that some school staff who don't deal directly with my ELLs act as if they are invisible - no hello, no smile. Consequently,their students develop a certain indifference or disdain for the ELLs, labeling them as "the bilinguals" as if it were an insult. And the bullying begins...
- June 3, 2010 at 4:51 PM
- everythingESL said...
Cassy, I taught in a district where the principal would scream about "those bilinguals." I found that bullying occurs, however, even if the adults establish accepting, welcoming environments. What really surprised me is the amount of bullying that took place among my Korean students - Korean students bullying each other. Teachers didn't even know it was happening because it happened in native language.
I belive that districts need to make a concerted effort to teach all students how to contend with bullies.
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LA VERNE, Calif. — A small early-morning earthquake jolted the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in eastern Los Angeles County but there have been no reports of damage or injuries.
The US Geological Survey says the quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 3.7, struck just before 4:44 a.m. Thursday about a mile southwest of La Verne.
It was registered at a depth of less than a mile.
A dispatcher says the La Verne police headquarters rattled for a few seconds. Police have received no calls reporting damage or injuries.
The epicenter was about two miles northwest of Pomona and about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.


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Ever since Ferrari principal let it slip that Sebastien Vettel and Fernando Alonso could get along as teammates, Vettel is being flooded with queries over his 'supposed' Ferrari move. And for good reason, the young world champion seems like a fitting candidate for the Italian team who have not seen good fortune for a couple of years now even with a fairly competitive car.
Apparently Vettel has a pre-contract with Ferrari for 2014 and Fernando Alonso has already veto-ed that he wouldn't like to race with Lewis Hamilton as a partner,
Domenicali had said: "I think they are both intelligent guys and they could easily co-exist."
Meanwhile Red Bull were quick to counter and had said that they have Vettel under contract for 2014.
Sebastien Vettel meanwhile was cool as a cucumber, shrugging off the rumours :
"I've always said Ferrari is a great team with a great history, and with a great tradition in Formula One in particular," Vettel said.
"But I'm very happy with where I am at the moment. Does it unsettle me? No.
"For now the focus is entirely on this season. If you want to have a say on this year's championship, you are much better off being fully focused because as you can see it's extremely tight, with a lot of winners so far, so I need all my focus on this year."


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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter took a swipe at European governing body UEFA on Sunday for what he said were attempts to block his reform process to make soccer's governing body more transparent and less prone to corruption.
Blatter said he was surprised that UEFA, headed by Michel Platini who is a possible rival for the FIFA presidency in two years' time, had declared itself against key proposals from FIFA's reform working party the Independent Governance Committee (IGC).
UEFA, in a declaration last month, rejected a proposal to limit FIFA executive committee members to two four-year mandates and called for the FIFA president to serve a maximum of 12 years instead of the eight put forward by the IGC.
Blatter, who was in South Africa for Sunday's African Nations Cup final, said it was UEFA's job to consult their national associations, not to issue their own declaration on the proposals.
"The reform process is on the way to conclusion," he told a media round-table meeting. "Two parts have been implemented by Congress: the establishment of an independent ethics committee and the fact Congress and not the executive committee will choose future World Cup hosts.
"Now there are 10 or 11 other points that have to be dealt with by the next FIFA Congress in Mauritius in May. So I'm surprised by the reaction of UEFA, because the executive committee told the confederations they should consult their national associations about the reforms and what they think about the last part of the amendments to the statutes.
"And I'm surprised because it did not seem like a consultation, it seemed like was decision-making from UEFA where the national associations have signed a declaration against this.
"The idea was that at the FIFA Congress, all national associations have the right to speak on the amendments in favor or against. We have asked the confederations to make consultations, we have not asked them to make decisions.
"If all the Confederations make decisions, what is the point of the FIFA Congress?"
Blatter was also angry that UEFA appeared to take a stand against security checks FIFA wants to introduce for anyone being elected to the executive committee, following a series of high-profile scandals involving FIFA officials.
"What is important to me, and I will defend it, is that all members of FIFA shall have a scrutiny check, because everyone working somewhere has one. All the referees and linesmen on the FIFA list have to have one and sign a document which is recognized by their national association.
"So if it is good enough for FIFA referees, why should it not be the same for the FIFA executive committee and all the members of FIFA? Why is UEFA now against this? I don't understand it."
Last week the IGC, headed by Mark Pieth, a professor in criminal law, said it was disappointed that UEFA was trying "to dilute the thrust of the reform".
Blatter, 77 next month, declined on Sunday, not for the first time, to say that he would definitely stand down as president when his term of office ends in 2015.
Blatter was elected FIFA president in 1998 and will complete four terms of office in 2015.
Asked what his plans were, he replied: "As far as 2015 is concerned, no-one can see into the future but I will fight for the reform of FIFA and I will fight to keep what FIFA is now, a federation of national associations and not a holding of confederations (who make decisions). I will fight that until the last day of my mandate in 2015.
"My mandate ends in 2015, if God gives me my health, and I know I have to stop but I don't know when I will stop."
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Sorafenib Therapy Prior to Radiofrequency Ablation for Intermediate Sized Hepatocellular Cancer
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00813293
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified February 2017 by Rebecca Miksad, MD, MPH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : December 23, 2008
Last Update Posted : February 27, 2017
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- How to Read a Study Record
The purpose of this research study is to determine if sorafenib improves the effectiveness of a procedure called radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of hepatocellular cancer. During radiofrequency ablation (RF ablation) a needle is inserted into the tumor tissue and heat is used to kill the tumor cells.
Sorafenib has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of hepatocellular cancer that cannot be treated with surgery. Radiofrequency ablation has been used to treat many types of tumors, including hepatocellular cancers. Pre-clinical data suggests that sorafenib may improve the efficacy of RFA. The use of sorafenib prior to RF ablation in this study is "investigational" and has not been approved by the FDA. "Investigational" means that this combination is still being studied and that research doctors are trying to find out more about it. In this study, the study doctors hope to better understand the extent to which the combination of sorafenib and RFA may be done practically and successfully. Correlative imaging and tumor studies will evaluate mechanisms of action as well as novel predictors of RFA efficacy.
|Condition or disease
|Hepatocellular Cancer
|Drug: Sorafenib Procedure: radiofrequency ablation
|Phase 2
Participants will be randomized to receive either sorafenib or placebo (pills with no medication). Participants will take sorafenib or placebo on Days 1-9. Radiofrequency ablation will be performed by an interventional radiologists on Day 10.
On Days 1 and 9 of the study participants will have a physical exam and blood tests performed. A study MRI will be performed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) prior to starting study medication and on Day 9. A tumor biopsy will be obtained at the time of RFA. A CT scan will be performed after RFA.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|20 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase II Trial Of Short Course Sorafenib Therapy Prior to Radiofrequency Ablation for Intermediate Sized (3.5 to 7cm) Hepatocellular Cancer
|Actual Study Start Date :
|January 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 2016
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 2017
Experimental: Intervention Arm
Sorafenib treatment given prior to radiofrequency ablation
Drug: Sorafenib
Short course of sorafenib given orally twice a day prior to RFA
Other Name: Nexavar
Procedure: radiofrequency ablation
all patients receive standard of care radiofrequency ablation
Placebo Comparator: Placebo Arm
Placebo pills given prior to radiofrequency ablation
Procedure: radiofrequency ablation
all patients receive standard of care radiofrequency ablation
- To prospectively investigate if sorafenib increases the effectiveness of RFA. [ Time Frame: 2 years ]Difference in volume and diameter of coagulation zone
- To describe the safety and feasibility of sorafenib prior to RFA. [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- To explore the relationship between MRI and RFA effectiveness [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- To investigate tumor tissue for changes after sorafenib and to assess for RFA predictors [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Confirmed hepatocellular cancer (HCC) by pathology or by NCCN imaging guidelines
- All HCC stages are allowed. May be a liver transplant candidate.
- At least one tumor (index tumor) accurately measured as 3.5-7cm in diameter (long and short axis diameter to be recorded, but only one needs to meet this criteria) on baseline imaging.
- No prior therapy for the index tumor
- No prior systemic treatment for HCC within 4 weeks and no prior anti-VEGF therapy within 8 weeks of study entry.
- Life expectancy > 8 weeks.
- ECOG >=0 or 1
- RFA clinically indicated for index tumor.
- Acceptable overall RFA and anesthesia risk.
- Adequate bone marrow, liver and renal function: Hemoglobin >9.0 g/dl; Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)>1,500/mm3; Platelet count correctable to >50,000/mm3; compensated liver function (Child-Turcotte-Pugh A, B7 or B8); Creatinine <1.5 times ULN; INR correctable to <1.5.
- Ability to take oral medication and no evidence of impaired absorption.
Exclusion Criteria
- Urgent treatment of the index tumor anticipated.
- Participants who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier. Participants currently receiving any other study agents.
- Known brain metastases
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to sorafenib.
- Participants receiving medications or substances that are inducers of CYP3A4 (rifampicin, St. John's wort, phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital and dexamethasone) or that are metabolized/eliminated by predominantly UGT1A1 pathway or by CYP2B6 and CYP2C8.
- Decompensated liver disease
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Thrombolic or embolic events within the past 6 months.
- Hemorrhage/bleeding event within 4 weeks
- Serious non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture.
- Evidence of severe or uncorrectable bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy
- Major surgery, open biopsy or significant traumatic injury within 4 weeks of study entry.
- Contraindication to or inability to undergo the RFA procedure,
- Contraindication to or inability to undergo imaging with MRI
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness
- Individuals with a history of a different malignancy unless disease-free for at least 5 years and are deemed by the Investigator to be at low risk for recurrence. Individuals with the following cancers are eligible if diagnosed and treated within the past 5 years: cervical cancer in situ, and basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
- HIV-positive individuals on combination antiretroviral therapy
For additional inclusion/exclusion criteria details contact Study Site.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00813293
|United States, Massachusetts
|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|Principal Investigator:
|Rebecca A Miksad, MD, MPH
|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
|Responsible Party:
|Rebecca Miksad, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Harvard University; Attending Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00813293 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
K23CA139005 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
IST000508 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Bayer/Onyx )
|First Posted:
|December 23, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 27, 2017
|Last Verified:
|February 2017
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
Keywords provided by Rebecca Miksad, MD, MPH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute:
Hepatocellular Cancer
Liver Cancer
radiofrequency ablation
liver directed therapy
interventional radiology
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Liver Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Digestive System Diseases
Liver Diseases
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Antineoplastic Agents
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Vitamin B Complex
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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Succession planning and developing a sustainable business depend on finding and training new leaders. Global Knowledge International Vice-President of Leadership and Business Solutions Jocelyn Bérard discusses some of the key traits and skills, as outlined in his book, Accelerating Leadership Development.
To learn more practical and effective ways to accelerate leadership development join Bérard for the "Getting There Faster" Webinar on October 1.
Video transcript below:
Caitlin Nobes: The rate of retirement for corporate candidates is ever increasing leaving companies seeking the next generation of leaders to fill critical roles. Understanding how to accelerate Leadership Development in your organisation can stabilise and fortify its foundation for ongoing success.
Join Jocelyn Bérard, International Vice President, Leadership and Business Solutions, Global Knowledge and author of a new publication "Accelerating Leadership Development" as he discusses some practical solutions to this very real business dilemma.
Accelerating Leadership Development – Part 3/3, Global Knowledge
Caitlin Nobes: Joce, some part of your book is practical solutions for building your organisation's potential. Can you give me an example of one of those practical solutions?
Jocelyn Bérard, VP, Leadership & Business Solutions – International
Jocelyn Bérard: Uh-huh. We have to remember that leaders are not expert in leadership theory, so we care a lot in our approach at Global Knowledge when we train leaders to say, it has to easy to learn and easy to apply. And they learn a lot of competencies as leaders, develop lot of competencies as leaders, so one of them, a very common one that we mentioned before is communication. So you can imagine there is probably thousands of books on communication that you can, you can read, so how do we teach a leader in a day or half a day how to be a better leader.
So we have an approach called KUBA, KUBA with a K. So if you want to as a leader improve your communication, what we are saying is make sure in your message that people know what you are talking about with the K. It's really about the facts, what are the facts, what is it you want to communicate. The people you communicate to, need to understand that you are KUBA, so what is the rationale, why is it that you communicate, why is it that we are making a change or "the why". The B is for Believe. You can communicate and be clear and they can understand doesn't mean that they will believe in what you are saying. So if you want them to believe, it's all about the benefits, the benefits for them, not always for them, but the benefits for the customers or benefits for the organisation. We need to discuss the benefits as well. And finally the A of Kuba is what's the action, what are the actions, what do you want them to do now. What's the next step?
So when a leader thinks about that in the way they communicate, they say, okay do I have my right, the facts right, do they understand, we need to check understanding and do they believe in that, that's often the most challenging aspect and then am I clear what I want them to do, if there is something to do with the information which is often the case. So that's a very practical way and we have leaders that we have worked with and we trained years ago and they remember that, KUBA yes and how I will communicate more effectively. So that's a very good example of how to be practical in the leadership development.
Caitlin Nobes: So I noticed in your book you have a whole chapter on delegation and feedback. Why are they so important for accelerating leadership development?
Jocelyn Bérard: Uh-huh. It probably deserves more actually. Really what I am trying to do there is to bring a different angle to the notion of delegation and feedback. Everybody knows delegation and feedback from a tactical standpoint. Delegating every day, giving feedback on a regular basis. What I am trying to bring here is a strategic view on delegation and feedback. I am sure you heard about this 70:20:10, how we learn as adults is 70% by doing, 20% from others and 10% from formal learning.
Delegation could be part of the 70. If I know that one of my direct report or leader need to grow a certain, acquire a certain type of experience I can identify a task or project to delegate to that person so they gain the experience that they need and the feedback could be part of the 20% because if I now know what competency exactly or behaviours they need to modify or improve to become a better leader I can regularly provide feedback and it becomes the two together, giving assignments, providing feedback, way more powerful way and a strategic way to grow leaders.
Caitlin Nobes: You wrote in your book that one of the best practices is for leaders to create alignment to maximise business results. What would be a practical and easy way for leaders to do that?
Jocelyn Bérard: Sure. And maybe I need to clarify. What we mean by alignment is really aligning everybody's effort and expectations with the business plan or a business strategy. Sometimes we say that it's not developing the plan is the most difficult, it is really to make it happen.
Make it happen
So the first thing a leader can do to make it happen is make the connection. Show the team how our team contribution is supporting the bigger picture. So either our department or divisions and even our personal contribution is supporting the team. So make the connection.
Add Value
Second one is add value. Discuss how we do add value and some employees may say, "oh I just have a support function". It's important for everybody to realise, how do I add value to the organisation and make it clear.
Tell A Story
And finally I'd like to say - well tell a story. It's kind of linked to celebrate or explain to people, well here's a good example of how we did an alignment and here's the impact we had on the organisation. We need to talk about alignment, so it becomes true, it becomes concrete and people can see it in their day to day functioning.
I think it was a good conversation today to really discuss some key elements on how we want to accelerate leadership development. Because of the aging of the population, many organisations need to identify high potential, they need to accelerate the development of their leaders and having consistency on how to identify them, having proper diagnostic and having practical solutions for leaders really help to accelerate the development of leaders in the organisation for today and tomorrow.
Caitlin Nobes: Want to discover more practical and effective ways to accelerate leadership development, join Jocelyn Bérard for their "Getting There Faster" Webinar. See details below this video.


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We've started packing up the things we won't be using for the next few weeks . Here's a tiny portion of my Rite Aid stash:
My mom came to visit for the weekend so Mike and I could have some uninterrupted cleaning time in the garage.
And in between packing, we've been taking trips out to Roseville for lunch and shoe shopping.
I am going to update the last two weeks of my Project Life tonight before I pack up the rest of my craft supplies and then I'll be back with pictures of the new house.


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Charlie Allen on Robert Fawcett
Be sure to visit Charlie Allen's Blog for the latest installment of his CAWS series, updated today. Charlie writes...
"A lot of RF's in my file... still have scads."
"From my limited experience, meeting and talking briefly twice, and hearing a near diatribe before a group of S.F. illustrators (before SF Society of Illustrators was formed), Fawcett was a complicated, almost irascible, man. May have been his genius, a towering ego, or something else.....but for an artist as prolific, as talented, as successful, a legend in his time...he should have been totally happy and positive. I saw the opposite."
"Have thought for a long time about his general 'state of dissatisfaction', and almost hostile attitude that I saw....and, in spite of his great talents. Brilliant people often have unusual personalities....but it just may have been as simple as financial reward. Top lawyers, surgeons, business men, certainly actors, athletes, entertainers, etc. command much higher incomes than the average. This really wasn't the case with illustrators....with a few exceptions."
"Again, enough history. Cheers.... Chas."
Many thanks to Charlie for sharing these scans and his thoughts on the artist- and be sure to check out CAWS # 7 at Charlie Allen's Blog.
* My Robert Fawcett Flickr set.
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Thanks for the Fawcett posts. They brings back lots of old magazine memories. I would enjoy seeing some posts on the great western painter and Saturday Evening Post cover artist John Clymer some day.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:12 PM
Charlie, respect isn't the case in any field of art. It took me years to get over my anger at one comment, "Well, it's not like you're discovering a cure for cancer."ReplyDelete
Or, the more common ignorance displayed at parties, "Oh, you draw. I wish I could get paid to play all day like that..."
We've all starved at some point. An expert illustrator I admired in the '80's recently came to the house to repair a fuse! I recognized him, and had a wistful chat about the once and future bad ol' days.
Fawcett was a master at all aspects-- he even overcame his color-blind limits. I'm sorry to hear he never enjoyed his well-deserved status, for all the disrespect.
- charlie allen11:08 PM
ANONYMOUS.....Enjoyed your comment. Forgot to mention Fawcett's color blindness. Probably a reason he started off with value, then added color. He came up with great color combinations, tho, so It never seemed a problem. Actually, I think Fawcett was supremely confident, and liked to play the 'ham', or the 'wronged party'. His talk in front of about 30 artists was bitter, but hilarious. He could be rude, but interesting, and a gifted raconteur. CAReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:17 PM
Oops, I think I edited too heavily in the post above. To clarify:ReplyDelete
I read the series of Fawcett entries as a whole, and was struck by a few lines. Where Charlie wonders about Fawcett, I think I see a cause.
Word choices like "stubborn" have a cause. If he's such a consistent producer and the envy of his colleagues, where is the need to be stubborn? May I suggest Art Directors who want his style, but not his thinking?
Emotions behind "contempt for any who consider it a racket" and scorn for "rubber-stamp picturemaking" maybe aren't reserved for his lazy competitors, but may be generated by the the self-serving remarks of ungrateful clients.
When generous skill meets smug ignorance, it's appalling. A prime portion of a life contributing something we feel is highly valuable-- "just past 50" we do reflect, and reinforce our beliefs. It does cause others to wonder why we are so,um, irascible.
I am not comparing my talent to Fawcett's, only outcomes. If an Illustrator's Illustrator "can't get no" then I'll be fixing fuses soon myself.
- Anonymous11:22 PM
LOL-- our posts crossed, Charlie.ReplyDelete
Thanks for being generous; I sound irascble.
BTW, "wronged party" humor rings true by experience, no?
- Anonymous11:41 PM
Have you seen the Clymer collection over at Curtis Publishing?
I've been reading Fawcett's master course for the Famous Artist's school, where he shares his whole philosophy of illustration. He describes himself as "somber, methodical, rebellious, introspective, and occasionally satirical." In his day, when magazines were the mainstream popular form, he said that illustrators have a responsibility, because "we represent the only view of art, of beauty, to millions of people. If we do less than our best, we cheat them."ReplyDelete
I noticed that Dover has his "On the Art of Drawing" in an inexpensive reprint form.


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From the guy who is really responsible for the Penn State sex abuse scandal, even if he hasn't been charged:
That is the word Graham B. Spanier, the ousted Pennsylvania State University president, chose to use in response to the charge that he knowingly overlooked the crimes of a child predator in his midst. The allegation defies logic, he argued in a July letter to Penn State trustees, because Mr. Spanier has devoted his scholarly and professional life to studying the welfare of children, and is also a victim of [physical, not sexual] abuse....
...Mr. Spanier's defense has prompted renewed focus on his scholarship, as reporters and bloggers scour journal articles and books that had previously been of passing intrigue to few outside of academe. What the publications reveal is a man whose fleeting interests in human sexuality led to a broader and sometimes pessimistic exploration of the state of the American family...
...The article, "Sexualization and Premarital Sexual Behavior," examined several variables, including abuse, that might compel a person to have sex before marriage. The paper served as a retort to critics of formalized sex-education programs, which Mr. Spanier found to have no direct link to premarital sex patterns.
Mr. Spanier concluded that sexual abuse before the age of 12 or 13 would have no influence on premarital sexual behavior, because genital touching would be "interpreted by the child as tickling or playing, whether pleasurable or not."
Mr. Sandusky's victims, who were all boys, ranged in age from 8 to 17, according to prosecutors.
In the context of recent events, Mr. Spanier's assertion that young children might interpret sex acts as "playing" carries a distinct irony. After an assistant football coach saw Mr. Sandusky raping a boy in a Penn State locker room in 2001, Mr. Spanier said he was told only that there had been some "horseplay."
"I didn't conjure up ... anything more than throwing water or snapping towels," Mr. Spanier told ABC.
Young children may not understand sexual experiences, but they know enough not to talk about them, Mr. Spanier surmised in his research.
"Children probably pick up cues from adults about sex play which inform the children that it should be concealed," Mr. Spanier wrote.
Mr. Spanier's 1975 paper only examined sexual abuse in girls, not boys...
There's a lot more at the link. I'd really like to hear noonwitch's take on this.
Gram Spanier is the scum of the earth. I wish I never knew the guy. He should be in jail along with Sandusky. The douchebag.
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Penn State most likely has one of the following programs, academically speaking: social work, education, a law school, a med school-professors in any of those programs could have given any PSU administrator the appropriate advise for how to deal with a pedophile using your school's programs as a cover for raping children. Call the cops, then call CPS. Fax CPS a written report within 24 hours.
I have no sympathy for any administrator or Penn State employee who knew about the abuse and did less than what is required by law by those in their profession. I'll save my sympathy for Sandusky's victims, his sons and the innocent students at Penn State whose school's name has been ruined by these jerks.
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What I don't get is why people were letting the younger children so far off the leash.
I still think that when people read stuff like this, they are more interested in convincing themselves that they haven't put their own children in danger than they are in looking at how much access others actually have to their children.While you were hanging yourself , on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun
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