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My little baby suns went out to the big gardens yesterday! This is early for sun's in my area. Is tarted them a month ago in flats. SO much rain, so I couldn't till (not that I want to) but there was young wheat left from last year's cover crop here. I just sliced off the patchy wheat plants, raked them to the side, and laid compost on top of this wet soil. #notill Planted into the little mounds and covered as frosts won't end until May 10 perhaps. I tried this for the first time last year and had the first suns at market June 1. 'Zohar' -the premiere Organic production cut sun. My favorite color and form of sunflower. But I know some like others best. Rate Zohar 1-10? And do you have a favorite variety? #sunflower #organicflowers
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#tb to the floral design for my 25th birthday party in November. What better gift for a floral designer than designing the party display of his dreams? The driftwood piece is an ancient curly willow branch grown on our farm. It was so much fun working with @theenglishgarden and @cathycowgillflowers to source exotic flowers like King Bird of Paradise, waxflower, cymbid orchids I don't grow myself. Japanese knotweed from the fields gave a redish moss effect to the orchids. The rest of the room had ceiling to floor waterfalls and trees of this red knotweed. Despite the bleached affect, the lights came on after most of the guests had left for a more detailed pic of the urns and wall arrangment of knotweed. I love the urn with the green laser flashing through it! Thanks to all my fantastic guests that night!
Donated an event of flowers last October to my friends at Heartland. It was a gorgeous, event raising funds for eyesight in Cambodia. The arrangments were small pints of dahlias, sweet annie, lisianthus, and grasses with green heartseed vines connecting them. The garland this made meandered all the way down the table to where @naturals_by_laura and I enjoyed the evening. Thanks @codylarosa for the great interview!
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There's a distinctly Southwestern flair in Scott Sternberg's Pre-Fall 2013 collection for Band of Outsiders. It makes sense: the designer credited a trip to The Lightning Field, artist Walter De Maria's installation of some 400 lightning rods in the desert of western New Mexico, as what inspired the offering.
The feeling shines through in a number of the collection's dresses and shirts, which feature prints that call to mind Aztec motifs and Navajo blankets. Sternberg even worked a new geometry into one of his bandage skirts, coloring the layers so that they looked like steps.
From there the collection touched two other points of interest for Sternberg: suits paired with shirts were layered over sweaters with a BOY monogram in a nod to his preppy underpinnings, while a series of all-black looks (two of which featured bandage tops) veered off toward eveningwear.
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Narendra Modi meets PM, discusses Gujarat issues
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and apprised him of problems being faced by his state in various areas. Modi said the 45-minute meeting was a good one. Modi discusses Gujarat with PMdelhi Updated: Feb 06, 2013 15:37 IST
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and apprised him of problems being faced by his state in various areas.
Modi, who met the Prime Minister for the first time after the December elections last year, said the 45-minute meeting was a good one.
"The Prime Minister has assured me that he will be providing all necessary help for the people of Gujarat," Modi told reporters after the meeting at the Prime Minister's 7 Race Course Road residence in the Capital.
"It was a good meeting. We spoke for quite a while on various issues," he said.
Modi also gave Manmohan Singh a memorandum on issues related to the Sardar Sarovar Dam during the meeting.
A Gujarat government spokesperson said Modi discussed further raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam and sought the Prime Minister's intervention on permission for construction of spillway piers to full height, bridge and installation of gates at the dam site.
The height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam was raised to 121.92 metres in December 2006, whereas the Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of the dam is 138.68 metres.
By raising the FRL the storage capacity will get enhanced to almost three times the present capacity and would facilitate additional irrigation potential of 6.8 lakh hectares and nearly 40% additional power generation, the spokesperson quoted Modi as having told the Prime Minister.
Modi said he also spoke to Manmohan Singh on the issue of differential gas pricing in Mumbai and Gujarat.
"We are having a legal fight with the centre. The gas price in Mumbai and Gujarat was different. We had gone to court and won. But the centre had approached Supreme Court and efforts are being made to delay the implementation of the order."
"The Prime Minister has assured me that he will look into all these issues himself and try to expedite the decisions," he said.
Later in the day, the Gujarat chief minister is scheduled to deliver a lecture at Delhi University's Shri Ram College of Commerce.
A protest has been planned outside the college Wednesday afternoon against Modi's visit to the university.
"Do not legitimise the mastermind of Gujarat genocide in our academic spaces," said an SMS asking students to gather in the North Campus.


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DeKALB – For the next 40 days, Kassandra Salgado won't be eating pancakes for breakfast.
Salgado, a parishioner at the Newman Catholic Student Center and a sophomore at Northern Illinois University, plans to give up pancakes and pray the rosary every day in observance of Lent, a Christian time of remembrance and penance. Lent began Wednesday with Ash Wednesday.
"It's important because it's the start of the Lenten season, which is when we get to grow in our faith," Salgado said.
Christians throughout the world received ashes on their foreheads Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Many local churches offered multiple masses and services throughout the day.
"The ashes are a traditional sign of penitence," said the Rev. Matthew McMorrow, director and parochial administrator of the Newman Catholic Student Center, 512 Normal Road on the NIU campus.
McMorrow said Lent is the time for Christians to recognize their sins and prepare for the joy of Easter by working to be better and holier.
"If you do something every day that's going to make you better, you'll be more ready for Easter than you were before we started Lent," McMorrow said.
Most Christians observe the 40 days of Lent by giving up something they see that distracts them from God. Others prefer to do something extra to bring them closer to God. Some do both.
The Rev. Jon Hutchison, senior pastor at First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St., DeKalb, said Ash Wednesday is a time for Christians to strengthen themselves and their faith.
"It's a reminder that we are mortal beings and we all started out the same," he said. "We also are reminded of the Gospel news, which is that there is salvation through Jesus Christ."
While most churches held Ash Wednesday services, the Rev. Stacy Walker-Frontjes of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 900 Normal Rd. in DeKalb, observed the day in a less traditional way.
For the third consecutive year, St. Paul's offered "Ashes on the Go," an imposition of ashes for those passing by the church and campus ministry locations.
More than 100 people came by their Grace Place Campus Ministry location at 401 Normal Road, DeKalb, Walker-Frontjes said. The program became an opportunity to educate others about the church.
"We feel like it's worth doing because I see it as an extension of our hospitality and an evangelism effort in the world," Walker-Frontjes said.
The day also brought great conversations about the church, which she said is always open to anyone.
"By offering this in the public square, we are reminding them that everyone is God's beloved child," she said.
Walker-Frontjes hopes her efforts to get out in the community on Ash Wednesday encourages people to seek the church.
"The church does care about them whether or not they're in the church," she said. "I hope that people will be encouraged to keep a holy Lent and continue to pray and be closer to God."


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By Dr. Mike Walden
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
What if I told you there are some households who pay tax rates of 60 percent, 70 percent or more on additional financial resources? You'd probably agree that you've heard of such high tax rates, and you would be correct.
Now, what if I asked you what types of households pay such high tax rates? You'd probably say very high-income, or rich, households. With this answer, you would be only partly correct. Rich but also some poor households can pay these sky-high tax rates.
Before explaining, I need to be clear what kind of tax rates I'm discussing. There are actually two relevant tax rates used in discussions about the impact of taxes on a household's financial resources. The average tax rate is simply the average amount of taxes paid per dollar of your financial resources.
So, let's say your financial resources are $50,000 (maybe this is your annual salary), and the taxes you pay are $15,000. Your average tax rate is then $15,000 divided by $50,000, or 0.30, or 30 percent. In other words, you pay 30 cents out of each dollar in taxes.
The second tax concept — and the focus of this column — is the marginal tax rate. The marginal tax rate addresses this question: What if your financial resources increase by a certain amount — say $1,000 — How much in additional taxes would you pay? If the amount is $400, then your marginal tax rate is $400 divided by $1,000, or 0.40, or 40 percent. But if the amount is $600, then your marginal tax rate is $600 divided by $1,000, or 0.60, or 60 percent.
Some of you may be surprised that the marginal tax rate is not the same as the average tax rate. This is because some taxes — in particular, income taxes — have different tax rates that apply to different ranges of taxable income. For the federal income tax, higher ranges of taxable income are taxed at a higher rate. When combined with other taxes (payroll, state and local taxes), this is why high-income households can pay taxes on additional income at rates of 60 percent or 70 percent.
But notice in my introduction I said some low-income households can also pay very high marginal tax rates. But how? By definition, low-income households aren't earning enough to be subject to the highest marginal tax rates of the income tax.
The answer has to do with the financial value of public assistance that many low-income households receive, and specifically the rate at which this public assistance is reduced when the low-income household experiences an increase in earnings from working.
Most programs providing financial public assistance to households, like food stamps, Medicaid, and housing vouchers, etc., have income cutoffs. This means that as recipient households earn more money from working, their amount of financial public assistance drops.
The problem is that the rate at which the monetary value of the public assistance is reduced for each additional dollar of earnings can be very steep. A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office found the loss in public financial assistance for every dollar of additional work earnings is commonly between 40 and 50 cents and sometimes as high as 70 to 80 cents for many low-income households. If the lost public assistance is considered a "tax" on the new earnings, then these results imply marginal tax rates of 40 percent to 50 percent and sometimes 70 percent to 80 percent.
These high marginal tax rates for households receiving public assistance are not new. More than 15 years ago, I served on a state commission studying programs that helped limited-income households and the incentives for them to move from public assistance to work. Our work found that high effective marginal tax rates on new earnings were a deterring factor.
Then why aren't the public assistance programs changed so that less of any new dollars from work will be countered by reductions in public assistance? A big reason is that at least initially, it is more costly. If, for example, a household loses only $200 in public assistance when earnings rise by $1,000 — rather than losing $500 — then the program's costs today will rise.
Of course, in the long run, the costs of the public assistance programs could fall if the lower marginal tax rates on work earnings encourage more work and ultimately less reliance on public help.
Changes to taxes and tax rates are hot political topics today, both in Washington and Raleigh. While the focus will be on what workers keep when they earn more, we should also consider what limited-resource households might lose in public assistance when their work earnings increase. Judging what this tradeoff should be can have a major impact on moving households to self-sufficiency. You help decide!
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Dr. Mike Walden is a William Neal Reynolds Professor and North Carolina Cooperative Extension economist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics of N.C. State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He teaches and writes on personal finance, economic outlook and public policy. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences communications unit provides his You Decide column every two weeks. Previous columns are available at http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/news-center/tag/you-decide
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life(Period of existence), noun anima, continuance, cycle, duration, endurance, existence, lastingness, lifetime, period, period of survival, span, survival, term, term of activvty, term of effectiveness, time, time from birth to death, vita
Associated concepts: life annuity, life estate, life expectancy, life imprisonment, life insurance company, life interest, life tenant
Foreign phrases: Non nasci, et natum mori, paria sunt.Not to be born, and to be born dead, are the same. La ley favour la vie d'un homme. The law favors human life.
life(Vitality), noun activeness, activity, alacritas, animation, ardor, breeziness, briskness, drive, dynamic quality, dynamism, eagerness, effervescence, energy, exuberance, fieriness, fire, impassionedness, intensity, jocularity, jocundity, joviality, liveliness, lustiness, spirit, sprightliness, verve, vigor, vim, vis, vivacity, zeal, zest, zestfulness
See also: entity, lifetime, practice, spirit, survival
LIFE. The aggregate of the animal functions which resist death. Bichat.
2. The state of animated beings, while they possess the power of feeling and motion. It commences in contemplation of law generally as soon as the infant is able to stir in the mother's womb; 1 Bl. Com. 129; 3 Inst. 50; Wood's Inst. 11; and ceases at death. Lawyers and legislators are not, however, the best physiologists, and it may be justly suspected that in fact life commences before the mother can perceive any motion of the foetus. 1 Beck's Med. Jur. 291.
3. For many purposes, however, life is considered as begun from the moment of conception in ventre sa mere. Vide Foetus. But in order to acquire and transfer civil rights the child must be born alive. Whether a child is born alive, is to be ascertained from certain signs which are always attendant upon life. The fact of the child's crying is the most certain. There may be a certain motion in a new born infant which may last even for hours, and yet there may not be complete life. It seems that in order to commence life the child must be born with the ability to breathe, and must actually have breathed. 1 Briand, Med. Leg. 1ere partie, c. 6, art. 1.
4. Life is presumed to continue at least till one hundred years. 9 Mart. Lo. R. 257 See Death; Survivorship.
5. Life is considered by the law of the utmost importance, and its most anxious care is to protect it. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 202-3.


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Presented for a routine clearance exam, this dog was bilaterally affected. Water clefts can be seen in the equatorial cortex at the pupil margin (white arrow). The irregular circle seen by retroillumination (black arrow) represents the portion of the capsule and cortex protruding into the vitreous.


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Matt Bell necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 157 diseños de 35 diseñadores freelance.
We are a boutique SAWMILLING company that offers a unique range of services that are part of a more important process: Valuing Carbon. This one phrase captures the essence of our business.
Our process starts with the collection of salvaged logs that would have otherwise been wasted and turning them into something useful and/or unique. These products can include everything from timber ready for use in construction and architectural features to fine furniture.
By doing this, we are saving carbon from being released back into the environment and thus, are carbon positive, as these trees would be either be burnt off or turned into wood chips.
We are based east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and we recover material Australia-wide.
We are targeting people who have trees that require removal but who don't want to see them go to waste. These people can range from private land owners right up to local shires, parks services and government departments.
These might also include people who want something specific made out of their tree.
We require a logo that will be used in a large variety of ways. In this logo, we would like to demonstrate the concept of what our company is about.
Being related to trees and the environment, shades of green (suggest only 2-3max) should be used in our logo. This logo will be used on light backgrounds including documents, vehicles and signage and dark backgrounds including other print materials, navy blue (dark) work shirts. The logo will also need to be reproduced in Grayscale and Black/White for use on Faxes and high visibility clothing (flourescent yellow)
In terms of depicting what Sawnrite is about, we would like to avoid logos that show trees being cut down. We are more focused on producing something valuable from trees that have been cut down. A logo that depicts our process without being to complicated would be ideal.
Please find a dot point list of our firm requirements below:
- A clean and professional design
- Clearly shows the name "Sawnrite" in an easy-to-read font and colour
- The text 'Valuing Carbon' also in an easy-to-read font which will compliment the main Logo but can also be omitted without disrupting the design.
- A graphical part which symbolizes our process and/or our committment to 'Valuing Carbon' which can be used independently from the main logo. This needs to show that we are a SAWMILLING company but an environmentally-friendly one. Please NO MORE LEAVES!!!!
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A security researcher has published exploit code for the latest Internet Explorer zero-day flaw on the Web and Microsoft is warning that more attacks against the unpatched vulnerability can be expected in-the-wild. One thing seems to be more apparent with each passing Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability: its time to upgrade the Web browser.
This zero-day exploit of Internet Explorer is just the most recent demonstrating that IE8 is more secure than its predecessors--especially IE6. Security aside, Web hosts and developers generally despise IE6 as well. For evidence of this fact you need look no further than the extensive list of supporters displayed on the IE6nomore.com site.
IE6 is Note Secure
Joshua Talbot, Security Intelligence Manager, Symantec Security Response agreed "IE 6 does not have the security features implemented in later versions of IE; for example, Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and Protected Mode. DEP makes it more difficult for attackers to successful exploit memory corruption vulnerabilities, while Protected Mode limits what an attacker can do if they are able to gain control of the IE process."
This is the part where many readers stop reading and jump over to the comments to express their opinion--sometimes quite passionately--that everyone should just stop using Internet Explorer completely and that anyone who chooses to continue using IE as their Web browser deserves the issues and security concerns that come with it.
Judging from the Web browser market share trends, there are many who subscribe to the "drop Internet Explorer" mantra. Microsoft has seen steady--although minute--declines in market share month after month, while rival Web browsers such as Firefox and Chrome continue to make gains. Still, Microsoft holds a dominant stake at almost 62 percent--more than double the share held by second-place Firefox.
If you drill a little deeper in the browser market share data, though, you will find that not only is Internet Explorer the number one browser, but IE8 specifically is at the top of the list with more than 22 percent of the browser market. Not too shabby for a browser that will celebrate its one-year anniversary next week.
What is concerning is that the number two browser is the nine year old IE6 at almost 20 percent of the market. Although IE7 has been available for almost four years, it is the number four browser, coming in behind Firefox 3.5 with a meager 13.57 percent.
Wean Off of IE6
IE6 is simply not secure and businesses and IT administrators should make it a priority to upgrade the Web browser as soon as possible. The Web is a major vector for cyber attacks and the Web browser is the Achilles heel that makes organizations vulnerable and creates the weakest link in the security chain.
Of course, it's not quite that easy. Many organizations that still rely on IE6 would like to make the switch to IE8 but can't. Kandek explained "In the corporate environment, software is managed, and IE6 or IE7 are part of the initial, approved build that works on all internal applications. Requalifying that build against all internal applications is a large effort that many companies do not have resources for."
"If they do, they might find applications that specifically use IE6 features that are incompatible with other browsers. Recently one of our larger customers told me that they had dozens of applications that do not run under IE8," continued Kandek.


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Hallmark Channel announces Beth Stern and John Sterling to preside over Kitten Bowl
On Super Bowl Sunday, Hallmark Channel's first-ever gridiron great, "Kitten Bowl," is on pace to go "back-to-back and belly-to-belly" with the signing of host and emcee, Beth Stern, and official play-by-play announcer, John Sterling, the legendary, iconic radio voice of the New York Yankees. "Kitten Bowl," in association with North Shore Animal League America, the nation's largest no-kill shelter and animal adoption organization, will be presented Sunday, February 2, 2014 (12:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m. ET/PT). All of the kittens participating in the competition are guaranteed forever homes through Hallmark Channel's partnership with North Shore Animal League America whose innovations in animal welfare have saved more than 1,000,000 pets – and counting! "Kitten Bowl" guarantees the 60-70 kitten participants will join the list of pets adopted into loving homes and will significantly raise the awareness of the plight of shelter animals across the country. "Kitten Bowl" is part of Hallmark Channel's evergreen corporate initiative, "Pet Project," a multi-faceted initiative devoted to celebrating pets and the incredible joy and enrichment they bring to our lives.
Beth Stern is a TV personality and activist whose work on behalf of North Shore Animal League America is renowned. Beth is the wife of radio personality and reality star Howard Stern and together the couple have fostered and adopted countless shelter pets. The official radio voice of the New York Yankees and Emmy® winning host of Yankeeography and Yankees Classics on the YES Network, John Sterling's play-by-play paraphrasing of the athletic prowess in "Kitten Bowl" promises to be as colorful and lively as his broadcasts for the Bronx Bombers have been for the past 25 years. "Swishalicious," "It is high. It is far. Is go-o-o-o-n-n-n-n-e-e-e-e" and "A thrilla by Godzilla!" are just a few catchphrases that have made Sterling, who has not missed broadcasting a Yankees game in 25 years, a one-of-a-kind icon in the world of professional sports. One can already expect that regardless which team of felines prevails in "Kitten Bowl," no doubt, "The kit-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-ens win!"
Joining Stern and Sterling in Kitten Stadium will be the brightest stars in film, television, music and sports, all of whom are clamoring to be part of Kitten Bowl. Those announcements to be made shortly.
"Kitten Bowl" is the greatest feline showdown in cable television history. The competition will consist of two preliminary playoffs and a championship match. Along with basic obstacle courses of hurdles, tunnels, hoops, jumps, weave poles, lasers, lures and toys on strings, "Kitten Bowl" will feature clever locker room strategies, player profiles and "interviews," and camera work and audio recordings from the athletes as they play the game! Cats made famous by YouTube videos and Instagram followings will provide specific analysis and color commentary and will play to the cheering crowds inside Kitten Stadium and at home.
Behind the scenes at "Kitten Bowl" will provide hours and hours of furry fits and comic relief. Information about the 360 on-air, online and social media ecosystem will be released shortly.
"Kitten Bowl" is executive produced by JD Roth, Todd Nelson, Adam Kaloustian and Brant Pinvidic of Eyeworks USA (previously 3 Ball Productions) whose credits include Biggest Loser (NBC), Extreme Weight Loss (ABC) and My Cat From Hell (Animal Planet), among others.
Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming available in high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) to a national audience of 88 million subscribers. Hallmark Channel is the nation's leading destination for quality family programming with an ambitious slate of original TV movies and specials, as well as some of television's most beloved sitcoms and series, including The Golden Girls, The Waltons, Little House on the Prairie, and Frasier. The channel is also home to a range of lifestyle programming, anchored by Home & Family, a daily two-hour live show shot in a fully functional house located on the Universal Studios lot. Hallmark Channel's sibling network, Hallmark Movie Channel, available in HD and SD, focuses on family-friendly movies with a mix of original films, classic theatrical releases, and presentations from the acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame library. Hallmark Channel on Social Media: Facebook, Twitter (Join the conversation at #HeartofTV), Pinterest, GetGlue, YouTube


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By Marlena De Lacroix
Have you boarded the One Life to Live lifeboat yet? Judging from the letters I've received in the last three weeks from readers like Esther, Cherry, Marilyn and DSO, even the most discerning and stubborn of Marlena's Thinking Fans seem to be boarding. They're in hope it's the one show that can keep their long-term love of soaps afloat in a sea of rapidly sinking – and stinking — shows. So we'll have lots to say here on the experience of watching OLTL, which Marlena herself has watched faithfully since 1970. Our own Patrick Erwin, a first time viewer, will weigh in with his observations later this week. He'll compare other soaps he's watched with OLTL.
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Israel fires on Syria for a third time
- Israel captured Golan Heights from Syria in 1967
- Stray gunfire is landing in the area from the civil war in Syria
- Israel has fired into Syria twice before in recent days
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel shelled Syrian fighters after gunfire from their civil war spilled over to the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, the military said Sunday, as the conflict appeared to inch closer to the Jewish state.
The civil war in Syria has renewed tensions in the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau that Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 war. Despite constant hostility between the two countries, Syria has been careful to keep the border quiet since the 1973 Mideast war.
In recent days, Israeli troops have fired into Syria twice before, responding to what appeared to be stray mortar shells exploding in Israel-held territory. On Sunday, an Israeli military spokesman said soldiers fired artillery toward the source of gunfire late Saturday night.
Speaking on condition of anonymity according to protocol, the spokesman said the military identified a hit. He did not know if the targets were Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad or forces loyal to him.
Syrian shells have exploded inside the Israel-held Golan Heights several times in recent weeks, damaging apple orchards, sparking fires and spreading some panic but causing no injuries.
Though the two nations have been bitter enemies, Israel is concerned that if the Assad regime is toppled, Syria could fall into the hands of Islamic extremists.
While it is widely believed that Assad does not want to pick a fight with Israel, some in Israel warn that if his situation becomes desperate, the embattled Syrian leader might try to draw Israel into the fighting as a distraction.
More than 36,000 people have been killed since the Syrian uprising began in March 2011.
Fighting has raged nationwide over the weekend, killing at least 108 people on Saturday alone, according to activists.
The Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights said opposition fighters clashed with troops around rebellious Damascus suburbs. The military repeatedly shelled them with artillery.
Heavy fighting was also reported in Aleppo, Syria's largest city and a major front in the civil war since the summer. Clashes have been particularly fierce around an army base known as Base 46 in Aleppo province, according to Rami Abdul-Rahman, the Observatory's head. He said rebel units ousted regime troops from parts of the installation on Sunday.
Clashes were also in progress in the eastern oil-rich province of Deir el-Zour, where the rebels took control of the Hamdan airport on Saturday.
The airport, near the town of al-Boukamal along the border with Iraq, has been turned into a military base. Rebels have been making advances in the town for weeks, seizing control of the military security building and a checkpoint at the edge of al-Boukamal earlier this week.
The rebels have captured swaths of land and several strategic installations, particularly along the border with Turkey, but they are outgunned by the regime in battles to hold on to them. The Syrian military has relied on air power to reverse the rebel gains.
In Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi warned that providing opposition groups with heavy arms could put the entire region at risk of "organized terrorism." He was responding to a move in Europe to cancel an arms embargo.
He said that arming Assad's opponents, as Damascus accuses Qatar and Saudi Arabia of doing, violates international law and principles of nonintervention in domestic affairs.
"Unfortunately, now some reports have been published saying some sides are intending to send semi-heavy and heavy arms for the opposition groups openly," Salehi said at a conference to reconcile Syria's government with some Syria-based opposition factions which are tolerated by the regime.
Iran has backed Assad in the conflict. Iran, Russia and China are Syria's main allies.
The conference is seen as a response to last week's meeting in Qatar, where opposition groups formed an umbrella coalition against Assad.
So far, France is the only Western country to recognize the Doha-formed Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces. Other EU nations and the United States and have said they prefer to wait to see whether the coalition represents the variety of people in Syria before they recognize it.


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Separated by less than a week, attending these two shows one right after the other highlighted clear similarities and differences between trends in the two regions. I would like to briefly address the commonalities first, as analyzing the differences is far more revealing. Generally speaking, walking around the more than 20 combined exhibit halls, just about everything I saw was 'familiar.' There were a few new, truly innovative products at both shows, but even these were often improvements within a pre-existing category. In other words, there were some different style ranges with very unique features – but they were still ranges. Pressurized braising pans had an increased presence and seemed to be growing in popularity – but they were an improved version of the familiar piece of equipment we have been using for decades. I think you see my point.
The differences between equipment displayed at these two exhibitions, however, were more intriguing to me because I believe that they convey a great deal regarding trends, preferences, health codes, and priorities within each region. Certain products – even product categories – that were on display in Atlanta could not be found in Milan, and the reverse was also true. The remainder of this column highlights some of the key divergences I observed between the goods on display at these two events. Here they are, in no particular order:
As a general rule, the European equipment featured a higher quality of fit and finish. Craftsmanship of the equipment was typically superior to their North American counter parts. The polishing, welding, corners, and overall design of the European equipment seemed to receive more attention and consideration. The Europeans are more thoughtful about the design of their equipment, with a better understanding of how the equipment is actually utilized within commercial kitchens.
The European equipment featured a number of little details that had been carefully conceived to improve the European products' function, cleanability, and durability. Here are just a few examples of what I am referring to: Manual cranks for tilting equipment that featured a recessed handle which could be 'stowed' when not in use, pre-determined access points within lids on kettles and braising pans to ensure that the fill faucet would not be damaged, a recessed griddle top to help keep food in one place, as opposed to raised shields on three sides (also much easier to keep clean).
The Europeans use far more induction tops. A heavy duty induction range – built to match a full bodied range line – was a standard at the HOST show. A similar piece of equipment could not even be found at NAFEM.
Food guards (also referred to as sneeze guards or breath shields) were a standard in the United States, and even the sole or primary product line for several manufacturers. These items were much harder to find in Milan. While they were incorporated into some of the buffet and serving equipment, they were far less prevalent.
Many of the cooking suites (pianos) on display in Milan featured an open bottom with no ovens or storage cabinets below. While this does make cleaning much easier, I was a bit surprised given the limitations on space throughout Europe and traditionally smaller footprints for kitchens.
Speaking of smaller footprints, I saw range line-ups, complete with cabinet and oven bases, that were only 550mm deep (less than 24'). This seemed to have some possible application for venues where variety is desired, but volume is low and space is at a premium.
The popularity of different cooking methods was evident in the equipment on display. In Italy, combination oven-steamers have become the norm in what is now referred to as 'vertical cooking.' While combi-ovens, as they are commonly called, are continue to gain popularity in North America, they are not nearly as common as they are in Europe where nearly every corner bistro employs a combi-oven in the kitchen. Conversely, charbroiling is still a very popular method for cooking in North America, but few charbroilers were exhibited at the show in Italy.
Due primarily to health code requirements in the US, temperature controlled food holding equipment was far more common at the NAFEM show. More specifically, I am referring to equipment that is designed to hold food product – either hot or cold – that is ready for service. Drop-in hot food wells, refrigerated cold pans, induction heated chafing dishes, and other such comparable equipment on display in Atlanta was specifically designed to hold food products either above 140F or below 40F. The equivalent equipment in Italy did not focus meet the same temperature requirements. This is most likely due to differences in code requirements and preparation methods. I can only remember seeing one manufacturer in Milan showcasing hot food wells, and I did not see a single drop-in cold pan. Frost tops were utilized in most of the cold serving equipment, a method which is slowly being phased out in the US.
The European equipment placed far greater importance on limiting the usage of energy and water. Of particular interest was a manufacturer of dish machines who has a worldwide presence. During the show, they unveiled a new flight-type dish machine that can operate on just 50 gallons of water per hour. This machine, however, is not available in North America, the comparable unit that is available uses approximately 400 gallons of water per hour.
Within these observations there is a story being told. Different regions have different requirements and priorities, which impact the design and function of their kitchen equipment. What is important in one region may not be as important as another. Cooking methods, local health codes, cuisine, manufacturing processes, and local customer expectations all work to shape the type and style of equipment being offered in each region. In my experience, the lines between European and North American foodservice practices are blurring more and more each day. North American based hotel and restaurant brands are expanding globally while European culinary practices are being sought out more regularly throughout the United States as food preparation and consumption continue to play a more important role in everyday life. Taking time to explore and consider practices from the other side of the ocean – regardless of which side you live on – could result in a few good ideas that might improve your operation.
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WHAT: Rounding out a jam-packed, three-day agenda for its fifth annual Developers' Conference, ARM announces an alluring lineup of special events taking place at the show, including a candid fireside chat with ARM® CEO Warren East and esteemed journalist Don Clark of the Wall Street Journal, a number of panel sessions on hot industry topics, live product demos and more. The annual ARM cocktail and networking reception is also open to all attendees and, for the first time, this year will feature a runway show showcasing all the latest trends in ARM Powered® devices. In addition to raising the entertainment quotient at this year's conference, this special event lineup is sure to offer attendees valuable insight and perspective into critical industry issues and future technology based on the ARM architecture.
Fireside Chat with ARM CEO Warren East and Wall Street Journal Reporter Don Clark
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. PDT
Ballroom G/H - Main Lobby Level
Panel Session: Crystal Ball Gazing – The Embedded Market
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. PDT
Ballroom G/H - Main Lobby Level
Panel Session: Letting the OS Take the Strain of Multicore Design
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, 11:00 – 12:00 a.m. PDT
Room 212, Conference Center Level 1
For full details visit:ARM Developers' Conference Special Industry Sessions
Annual Cocktail Party with ARM Powered® Runway Show
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. PDT
Exhibition Hall
ARM Connected Community™ Presentation Theater
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, 12:00 – 4:30 p.m. PDT
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. PDT
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ARM Developers' Conference Special Industry Sessions
Tuesday - Thursday, Oct. 7-9, 2008
The MCU Launchpad Pavilion
Exhibition Hall - Booth 413
The 'MCU Launchpad' will illustrate the flexibility of ARM processor-based MCUs with a series of innovative product demonstrations. Participating companies include Code Red, CoWare, Hitex, Luminary Micro, Marvell and National Instruments.
ARM Adaptive Verification IP (AVIP)
Exhibition Hall - Booth 413
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ARM Mali™ Technology -The Smarter Architecture for Embedded Graphics
Exhibition Hall - Booth 506
See Mali graphics technology in action, from amazing Web experiences with the world's smallest 2D and 3D GPU to the most demanding gaming, user interface and navigation requirements on high-definition screens.
Automatic Optimization with ARM RealView® Development Suite
Exhibition Hall - Booth 313
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Linux Applications with ARM RealView Development Suite
Exhibition Hall - Booth 313
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Exhibition Hall - Booth 313
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Keil™ Microcontroller Tools
Exhibition Hall - Booth 313
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Optimizing Software to Take Advantage of ARM Processors
Tuesday - Wednesday Oct. 7-8, 2008, 2 – 5 p.m. PDT, Ballroom J
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During this hands-on session, participants will load, execute and debug example C programs using the RealView MDK tools featuring Keil uVision3 IDE and a Keil evaluation board using a STMicroelectronics processor.
For a full conference schedule visit: ARM Developers' Conference 2008 Agenda At-A-Glance
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Imetelstat Sodium in Treating Younger Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Brain Tumors
|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: NCT01836549
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Due to several intracranial hemorrhages and recommendation by the PBTC DSMB.)
First Posted : April 22, 2013
Results First Posted : July 20, 2018
Last Update Posted : July 20, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Anaplastic Astrocytoma Anaplastic Ependymoma Astrocytoma, Grade II Ependymoma Giant Cell Glioblastoma Glioblastoma Gliosarcoma Oligodendroglioma Brainstem Tumors
|Drug: imetelstat sodium
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|43 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Molecular Biology and Phase II Study of Imetelstat (GRN163L) in Children With Recurrent High-Grade Glioma, Ependymoma and Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
|Study Start Date :
|March 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|April 2016
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|April 2016
Experimental: Treatment (imetelstat sodium)
Molecular Biology Phase: Patients will receive one infusion of imetelstat prior to surgery. Surgery will take place 12-24 hours after the infusion of imetelstat. Patients will continue to receive therapy on the same schedule as the Phase II patients starting 14-21 days after surgery.
Phase II: Patients receive imetelstat sodium IV over 2 hours on days 1 and 8. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: imetelstat sodium
Given IV
Other Names:
- Numver of Patients With Telomerase-positive Archival Tumors Who Demonstrate at Least 50% Reduction [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days ]This outcome measure is for the Molecular biology study only. The assessment was done to identify cases with at least 50% reduction in telomerase activity.
- Phase II: Stratum-specific Objective Response (CR+PR) Rate [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=50% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR sustained for at least 6 weeks.
For each stratum separately exact confidence interval estimates will be provided for the true, unknown rates of objective response. Estimated by cumulative incidence functions.
- Number of Participants With Telomerase Inhibition [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days ]This outcome measure is applicable only for the Molecular biology study arm. Telomerase inhibition was assessed in PBMCs and summarised as 'yes-inhibited' vs. 'no inhibition'
- Stratum-specific Progression-free Survival (PFS) (Phase II) [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years, from the date of initial treatment to the earliest date of disease progression, second malignancy or death for subjects who fail; and to the date of last contact for subjects who remain at risk for failure, assessed up to 3 years ]Kaplan-Meier estimates of distributions of survival and PFS for all eligible subjects who received at least one dose of imetelstat will be provided separately.
- Number of Patients With Telomerase Expression Data by Detection of hTERT mRNA and TERC RNA Levels by qRT-PCR and Telomerase Activity by TRAP in Archival Tumor Tissue and to Explore Association of Telomerase Positivity With Objective Response and PFS [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days. Due to small number of patients evaluable for this objective, we can only provide number of patients with the targetted markers as no analysis with PFS is possible. ]This secondary objective is for Stratum-B and C only, which enroll HGG and ependymoma patients. We will describe the evidence of telomerase expression by detection of hTERT mRNA and TERC RNA levels by qRT-PCR and telomerase activity by TRAP in archival tumor tissue; Association of telomerase positivity with objective response and PFS will not be able to be conducted as the study was terminated early and there was no objective response.
- Quantitative MRI Parameters of Tumors Prior to and After Treatment With Imetelstat (Molecular Biology and Phase II Studies) [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days ]This outcome measure was for both Molecular biology and Phase II studies. We will not be able to present the results of this objective as the study was terminated early.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|12 Months to 21 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Tumor: Histologically confirmed Dx of ependymoma or HGG (such as anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma, gliosarcoma, or anaplastic oligodendroglioma) that is recurrent or refractory to conventional therapy.
- Subjects must have clinical indications for surgical resection and be amenable to receiving imetelstat prior to tumor resection. Subjects who require emergent surgery are not eligible for the Molecular Biology study.
- Subjects must provide, fresh flash frozen tumor samples (target 50 mg tissue; as low as 20 mg is adequate) from the time of diagnosis or previous recurrence for the assessment of tumor telomerase activity by the TRAP assay.
- Tumor: Subjects must have recurrent or refractory disease with a histological Dx from either the initial presentation or at the time of recurrence. The requirement for histologic verification is waived for subjects with DIPG (stratum D). The following diagnoses are eligible and will be treated in separate strata (B-D): (B) recurrent or refractory high-grade glioma, (such as anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma multiforme, gliosarcoma, anaplastic oligodendroglioma); (C) recurrent or refractory ependymoma; (D) recurrent or refractory DIPG (diagnosis by imaging characteristics acceptable; no histologic confirmation required)
- Slides from either initial Dx or relapse must be available for central pathology review for Strata B-C. Tissue slides must be sent per Section 10.1. If tissue slides are unavailable, the study chair must be notified prior to study enrollment.
- All subjects must have bi-dimensionally measurable disease in the brain and/or spine, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least two planes in order to be eligible for this study. Subjects who are enrolled on the Molecular Biology trial and who have measurable disease after the surgical resection and meet all other eligibility criteria for the Phase II study will be counted towards the accrual of the Phase II study.
- Subjects with neurological deficits should have deficits that are stable for a minimum of 1 week prior to registration; a baseline detailed neurological exam should clearly document the neurological status of the subject at the time of registration on the study
- Karnofsky >= 50% for > 16 years of age; Lansky >= 50% for children < 16 years of age documented within 14 days of study registration and within 7 days of the start of study drug administration
- Hemoglobin >= 8 g/dL (may receive blood transfusions)
- Absolute neutrophil count > 1,000/ul
- Platelet count >= 100,000/ul (transfusion independent defined as no platelet transfusions with a 4 week period prior to enrollment)
- Serum bilirubin < 2.0 mg/dL (patients with Gilbert syndrome, serum bilirubin < 3.0 x upper limit of normal [ULN])
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) =< 3 x institutional ULN
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 3 x institutional ULN
- Alkaline phosphatase < 2.5 x institutional ULN
- Albumin >= 2 g/dL
- Adequate coagulation defined as activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) < 1.2 x ULN
- Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70 ml/min/1.73 m^2 or a serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows:
- Age 1 to < 2 years: maximum serum creatinine (mg/mL) 0.6 for males and 0.6 for females
- Age 2 to < 6 years: maximum serum creatinine (mg/mL) 0.8 for males and 0.8 for females
- Age 6 to < 10 years: maximum serum creatinine (mg/mL) 1 for males and 1 for females
- Age 10 to < 13 years: maximum serum creatinine (mg/mL) 1.2 for males and 1.2 for females
- Age 13 to < 16 years: maximum serum creatinine (mg/mL) 1.5 for males and 1.4 for females
- Age >= 16 years: maximum serum creatinine (mg/mL) 1.7 for males and 1.4 for females
The threshold creatinine values were derived from the Schwartz formula for estimating GFR (Schwartz et al. J. Peds, 106:522, 1985) utilizing child length and stature data published by the Centers for Disease and Control (CDC)
- Subjects on systemic anticoagulants are excluded from this study as the drug can cause minor, transient changes in aPTT
- Female subjects of childbearing potential must not be pregnant or breast-feeding; female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test; (pregnancy test must be repeated within 48 hours prior to the start of therapy)
- Subjects of childbearing or child fathering potential must be willing to use a medically acceptable form of birth control, which includes abstinence, while being treated on this study
- Subjects must have recovered from the acute toxicities of all prior therapy before entering this study; for those acute baseline adverse events attributable to prior therapy, recovery is defined as a toxicity grade =< 2, using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v.4.0, unless otherwise specified in the Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
- Subjects must have received their last dose of known myelosuppressive anticancer chemotherapy at least three (3) weeks prior to study registration or at least six (6) weeks if nitrosourea
- Subjects must have received their last dose of investigational or biologic agent >= 7 days prior to study registration; in the event that a subject has received an investigational or biologic agent and has experienced >= grade 2 myelosuppression, then at least three (3) weeks must have elapsed prior to registration; if the investigational or biologic agent has a prolonged half-life (>= 7 days) then at least three (3) weeks must have elapsed prior to registration
- Subjects must have completed at least 3 half-life periods from the last dose of monoclonal antibody prior to registration; Note: A list of half-lives of commonly used monoclonal antibodies is available on the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC) website under Generic Forms and Templates
- Subjects must have received their last dose of radiation (XRT):
- 2 weeks prior to study registration for local palliative XRT (small volume)
- 3 months prior to study registration for craniospinal XRT
6 weeks (wks) prior to study registration for other substantial bone marrow irradiation
- Subject must be >= 3 months since autologous bone marrow/stem cell transplantation prior to registration
- Subjects who are receiving a corticosteroid, such as dexamethasone, must be on a stable or decreasing dosage for at least 1 week prior to registration
- At least 7 days since the completion of therapy with a hematopoietic growth agent (filgrastim, sargramostim, and erythropoietin) and 14 days for long-acting formulations
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
- Subjects must not be receiving any other investigational agents
- Subjects with inability to return for follow-up visits or obtain follow-up studies required to assess toxicity to therapy
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to imetelstat
- Known coagulopathy or bleeding diathesis
- Subjects with imaging evidence of CNS hemorrhage on baseline MRI obtained within 14 days prior to study enrollment are not eligible; Note: The presence of small punctate areas consistent with hemorrhage will not exclude subjects from participation
- Use of systemic anticoagulant medications
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active serious infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, cirrhosis or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
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): NCT01836549
|United States, California
|Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027-0700
|Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University Medical Center
|Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
|United States, District of Columbia
|Children's National Medical Center
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20010-2970
|United States, Illinois
|Lurie Children's Hospital- Chicago
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60614
|United States, Maryland
|NCI - Pediatric Oncology Branch
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|United States, New York
|Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10065
|United States, North Carolina
|Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
|United States, Ohio
|Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229-3039
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
|United States, Tennessee
|Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital
|Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105-2794
|United States, Texas
|Texas Children's Cancer Center and Hematology Service at Texas Children's Hospital
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-2399
|Principal Investigator:
|Maryam Fouladi
|Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium
|Responsible Party:
|Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2013-00482 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
U01CA081457 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|April 22, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|July 20, 2018
|Last Update Posted:
|July 20, 2018
|Last Verified:
|June 2018
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
|Plan Description:
|Other PBTC investigators can develop a concept proposal and submit it to the PBTC Scientific Committee for a decision to share data and to what extent to share it.
Brain Stem Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Infratentorial Neoplasms
Brain Neoplasms
Central Nervous System Neoplasms
Nervous System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Motesanib diphosphate
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Vitamin B Complex


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5 bad celebrity business ideas
Lightning doesn't always strike twice for celebs
Rolling Stone Mick Jagger is stinking rich. Not just because he's the front man for one of the biggest rock bands ever, but also because he's a savvy businessman.
He didn't spend all of his money on frivolous junk. He reinvested it into solid business ventures. As such, he's even stinkier rich -- plus he's got all the bennies of being a rock star.
Unfortunately, lightning doesn't always strike twice for celebrities. While the business of being a celebrity seems to work for them (at least for a while), they often back other really bad business ideas.
When you live in the rarefied air that celebrities do, good ideas seem to have weird twists on them. The ideas get even weirder the further down the celebrity food chain you go.
Here are five of the most bizarre (and awful) business ideas celebrities (and often "B" Listers) have concocted.
No. 5: Heidi Fleiss' pet spa
In the mid-1990s, Heidi Fleiss came to national attention when she was convicted of running a high-bucks celebrity prostitution ring. While she made stacks of cash selling sex to the rich and famous, once out of jail (she served a 20-month sentence), she floundered around. Apparently school guidance counselors are right -- running a high-priced celebrity call girl ring won't take you through to retirement.
In 2010 she moved to a new venture -- she opened a pet spa in Las Vegas called "Dirty Dog Laundry."
The infamous celebrity Madame might have been able to sell sex, but when it came to pet grooming she was more or less chasing her own tail. In other words, the business closed its doors within a few months.
She also found herself facing eviction. Among other things, the landlord claimed Heidi hadn't paid her rent and accused her of trashing the place.
No. 4: Kim Basinger's tourist town
In 1989, Kim Basinger was "it." She had been a successful Playboy model, a Bond girl and was riding high on the success of "Batman" (this was before Joel Schumacher tanked the franchise). It seemed everything Kim touched turned to gold.
Until she thought it was a good idea to buy a town.
Yep. She bought the town of Braselton, Ga., for $20 million. Her plans were to turn it into a tourist attraction. She wanted to develop movie studios and have it be the center of a film festival.
Regrettably, it turns out there wasn't much call for Hollywood Junior in the backwoods of Georgia, and the idea (not surprisingly) tanked.
Kim later blamed strife within her family for the idea not working out -- but that's like saying your plan for a hang glider for dogs didn't pan out because your cousin wasn't 110 percent behind it.
No. 3: Chaka Khan's "Chakalates"
Chaka Khan flirted with success in the late '70s and early '80s, but it wasn't until she recorded one of Prince's songs (apparently he wrote every song in the 1980s) that she hit it big.
She came back from the brink of mediocrity, riding the wave of success that "I Feel For You" brought. But it was short-lived. She crashed back into obscurity a few months later.
In the late-1990s, firmly in her place performing at Indian casinos and state fairs, Chaka tried her hand at the her next logical career move -- she became a chocolatier.
True, she wasn't in the test kitchen figuring out the next great way to put chocolate and peanut butter together, but she did lend her name to it -- and cashed the few checks that came in from the venture.
No. 2: The Kardashians' credit card
Ever wanted to live like a Kardashian? Yeah. Me neither.
But apparently there was a business concern out there that believed there were enough vapid people who would happily shell out money to have a Kardashian-branded credit card.
In 2010 the queens of spending thought it would be a great idea to endorse (and have their pictures emblazoned on) a prepaid credit card. Turns out only about 250 people agreed with them.
The card also brought with it a bevy of obscene fees, drawing the ire of Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.
He said: "I am deeply disturbed by this card's high fees combined with its appeal to financially unsophisticated young adults."
The only winner was Blumenthal, who managed to slam both the Kardashians and the 250 dimwits who got a card in the first place.
In the end, the Kardashians sued the credit card company in an effort to distance themselves from this horrid idea.
No. 1: Hulk Hogan's Pastamania!
In 1995, Hulk Hogan (real name Terry Bollea) foresaw an age where former wrestlers could offer more to the world than ripping off their shirts and making crazy eyes at TV cameras. A few years later Jesse Ventura would take on the world of politics, but before that, Hogan tried to change humanity via pasta.
After leaving the world of wrestling, Hogan opened a restaurant inside the Mall of America called Pastamania! It featured such palate-ticklers as Hulk-U's and Hulkaroo's.
Unfortunately, there wasn't enough belief in Hulk's vision (Philistines!), so Pastamania! closed its doors within just a year of opening.
It's too bad all this transpired almost 20 years ago. Given his penchant for reality television, he could have asked Gordon Ramsey to help him out and he would have been on another show.


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The Sony wasn't designed to actually be able to take quality photographs in a variety of situations. The Sony was designed to get as much of your money as possible, and be quite UN-versatile, so you'll have to "upgrade" to the next Sony. A compotent review will tell you this, especially regarding night photos.
[font color=\'#000000\']There's a lot to learn, and I am enjoying the learning curve. However, I have a problem with low-light pictures. The ISO restriction on the Sony, and other issues as well, limit my low-light efforts. Besides this, I have no other issues. If I continue with the Sony, I would purchase the F32X flash unit.[/font]
I began photographing with a Sony P1 resulting in images where every technical aspect was flawed. But I liked them. A lot, actually. So I bought a Sony F717 (with all it's electronic gadgetry) to get rid of the P1's limitations and haven't made more than a handfull of acceptably good images until I finally sold it.
[font color=\'#000000\']best thing for u :cool: is to get a plain old fashioned regular film camera.. that you have to set the aperture and shutter speed ... and 1 or 2 prime lenses reason is because that way you will learn all kindsa things which later you can apply to digital phoography .. as amatter of fact buy only slide film with your film camera a simple nikon fm10 is a good learning tool[/font]
[font color=\'#000000\']Forget the Sony camera if you'd like to make quality images and quality prints.[/font]


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