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- Air separation plants
- LNG and natural gas processing plants
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- Petrochemical plants
- Adsorption and membrane plants
- Cryogenic plants
- CO₂ plants
Furnaces, fired heaters and incinerators
- Steam reformer furnaces
- Cracking furnaces for ethylene production
- Cryogenic vaporiser
- Fired heaters and waste heat recovery units
- DRI heaters & special crackers
- Incinerators and thermal oxidisers
- Linde Hydrogen
Backed by over 60 years of experience, Linde Engineering has designed and supplied systems for all major industrial sectors as well as highly sensitive military applications. We apply the most efficient technology to each application. All of our systems are based on the high mixing performance generated by a high-swirl burner. The high turbulence in the swirling burner gases brings the combustible waste constituents in contact with the required combustion air, thus ensuring complete combustion.
We have incorporated steam heat recovery into many systems. Processes that recover by-products such as concentrated acids and metallic catalyst are also routinely incorporated into systems to further reduce plant costs. These custom-engineered systems provide the high combustion efficiencies required to meet today's stringent emission requirements and to recover waste heat and/or valuable by-products, where desired.
We use simple up-fired designs if waste constituents are basically organic compounds. If halogens, sulfur and phosphorous are present, we incorporate scrubbers or other mist removal systems. We add particulate removal devices for waste that contains metals.
We developed submerged combustion (Sub-X®) technology for waste disposal. This process ensures safe, reliable and rapid quenching of flue gases to minimise dioxin formation when halogenated compounds are present.
Typical waste streams treated include halogenated hydrocarbons, organic and inorganic compounds, complex waste streams, PCBs and di-isocyantes.


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Sick of having the cloying, traditionally heterosexual holiday crammed down your throat every year? Us, too. But that doesn't mean we're too proud to both queer it and capitalize on it in our own way! So today we take liberties and license in order to bring you our We Know Better Than Cupid list of the couples we'd most like to see make it work. Or, if nothing else, at least just make it.
1. Financial guru Suze Orman and The L Word's SheBar owner Dawn Denbo
Where they meet: The International Conference for Club Owners and Agent Provocateurs in Miami
How they fall in love: Suze Orman's rousing keynote speech, "Power Attracts Money (and Hot, Younger Women)," inspires Dawn Denbo (Elizabeth Keener) to begin construction on a lesbian-themed, adults-only amusement park.
Hoping Orman can help her expand her vast and evil empire, Denbo wins her heart with a sound business plan and a firm (but mostly gentle) touch. The self-proclaimed 50-year-old virgin suddenly feels hip and popular on the sassy Denbo's arm — and is surprised to discover her natural affinity for Turkish oil wrestling.
Of course, Orman knows that along with three-way enthusiast Denbo comes her beautiful lover, Cindi. And a woman with Orman's economic savvy would never pass up a good two-for-one special.
2. Dante's Cove's oceanographer/scuba instructor/bartender Brit and Pirate Master contestant Jupiter Mendoza
Where they meet: At sea
How they fall in love: Emboldened by her discovery of the mysterious (and empty) magical chest in Season 3 of Dante's Cove, Brit (Michelle Wolff) dons her scuba gear and heads back into the ocean for more treasure hunting. Unfortunately, she paddles face-first into fellow plunderer Captain Mendoza's skiff.
The self-proclaimed "modern-day pirate" hoists Brit aboard, and before you can say "parlez," the two are role-playing as Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swann.
The scientist and the swashbuckler spend the rest of their days swilling delicious rum cocktails (expertly mixed by the multi-talented Brit) and capturing luxury liners. One Olivia cruise at a time, they recruit a whole army of lesbian pirates, finally legitimizing our right to hang those stupid skull and crossbones air fresheners from our rear-view mirrors.

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Patched with latest Mandriva updates. I notice that this doesn't support the GeForce 8xxx series, which will need to be fixed before we release 2007.0, or we'll end up with quite a few bug reports.
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Liebherr on board the E-Jet E2 from Embraer
Liebherr-Aerospace has developed, provides and services the high-lift system and the air management system, as well as landing gear components for the second generation of Embraer's E-Jet family. The E2 family benefits from the most advanced systems certified in the history of aviation, allowing increased flight control agility, optimized safety and comfort, as well as substantially reduced operating costs.
In June 2013, Embraer has launched the second generation of its E-Jet family of commercial aircraft, the E-Jets E2, which comprise three new versions, the E175-E2, E190-E2, and E195-E2.
The E190-E2 entered into service in April 2018. The other variants will follow in 2019 (E195-E2) and in 2020 (E175-E2).
On-board with three product lines
Embraer selected Liebherr-Aerospace as the supplier of the advanced high-lift system, the integrated air management system, the nose wheel steering control module, as well as the leg strut and trailing arm for the main landing gear.
High-lift system
The high-lift system features a complete fly-by-wire control system with dual channel skew detection. The system includes integrated computers, highly reliable hydraulic and electro-mechanical actuators and power control units.
Air management system
The air management system features integrated control architecture with the latest technologies in terms of lightweight electro-pneumatic and mechanical components. It includes the engine bleed air system, the air conditioning system and the cabin pressure control system. The systems feature a very high level of control integration, with superior features to improve the passenger comfort (e.g. multi zone thermal environment management, cabin pressure smooth control), as well as the latest technology to minimize the air system related engine fuel burn.
The compact bleed valve technology offers superior performances for enhanced maintainability, and reliability. This Liebherr technology allows significant reductions in operational costs and CO2 emission, contributing to respect the environment.
Nose wheel steering control module
The nose wheel steering control module is a computer module that allows steering the aircraft's nose landing gear when the aircraft is taxiing. The module is adapted from the current landing gear system of the first E-Jet generation developed by Liebherr-Aerospace.
Leg strut and trailing arm
Liebherr-Aerospace manufactures the landing gear components according to the drawings by ELEB*, which is responsible for the E175-E2 main landing gear design. The trailing arm is made of titanium, the leg strut of steel.
*ELEB Equipamentos Ltda. ("ELEB") is a wholly-owned Embraer subsidiary located in São José dos Campos which produces and sells precision hydraulic and mechanical equipment for the aviation industry, mainly for Embraer aircraft.


text: Charm School by Marc – The fall 2012 collection of Marc Jacobs' wearable offshoot line–Marc by Marc Jacobs–featured a parade of school girl inspired ensembles complete with pleated skirts, modest sweaters and no-fuss dresses. The color palette was grounded in traditional colors of black, red, navy and sapphire. Prints ranged from tartan to stripes to floral. For outerwear, Jacobs also played with bulky shapes reminiscent of his mainline show but with a less severe outcome.


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On this post, we are discovring one of the best WP Corporate Theme in 2018, Creativeclean Simple Creative WordPress from plentong having more than 281 purchases on Enevato Market !
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Title : Creativeclean Simple Creative WordPress
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Designer : plentong
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This is WordPress version of my Creativeclean template with 3 variations color (Blue, Green and Red). You can use it for anything. This template only for WordPress 3. Now with RTL support.
Creativeclean supports custom menu and four widgetized areas (two in the sidebar, two in the footer) and featured images (thumbnails for post, testimonial, team and portfolio). This template also have 5 custom post (Testimonial, Services, Team, FAQ and Portfolio).
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- Valid XHTML 1 .0 Strict & CSS 2 .1
- 5 PSD Included
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- 4 Widget Area (2 Sidebar & 2 Footer)
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- Custom Posts: Testimonial, Services, FAQ , Team & Portfolio
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- 5 Custom Widget: Creativeclean Random Testimonial, Creativeclean Team Widget , Creativeclean News Widget, Creativeclean Twitter Widget and Creativeclean Custom Text
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A Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, southern England, on July 22, 2010.
WASHINGTON -- As many as 66 countries would be eligible to buy U.S. drones under new Defense Department guidelines but Congress and the State Department, which have a final say, have not yet opened the spigots for exports, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday.
The 66 countries were listed in a Defense Department policy worked out last year to clear the way for wider overseas sales of unmanned aerial systems, as the Pentagon calls such drones, said Richard Genaille, deputy director of the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency. He did not name them.
"We don't really have a comprehensive U.S. government policy" on such exports, he told an industry conference called ComDef 2012. "It hasn't moved quite as fast as we would like, but we're not giving up."
NYT: US arms sales make up most of global market
Northrop Grumman Corp chief executive Wes Bush on Wednesday praised the Obama administration for what he described as significant moves to boost arms exports, but voiced frustration at delays in codifying them in a new export policy.
"I wish we were further along in getting that done. It's slow, it's painful, but we're doing the right things to move in that direction," Bush told Reuters.
Panetta: Military cuts to hit 'all 50 states'
U.S. arms makers are looking abroad to help offset Pentagon spending cuts spurred by U.S. deficit-reduction requirements.
Northrop Grumman's ability to boost its overseas arms sales, which now account for less than 10 percent of its overall revenues, hinges largely on streamlined export controls, Bush said.
Counterterrorism advisor Jon Brennan outlined the use of drones, arguing that it's legal and has reduced the ability of al-Qaida to attack the U.S. NBC News investigative reporter Bob Windrem and The National Journal's Yochi Dreazen discuss.
Complex web of regulations
U.S. defense and high-technology exporters have long complained about the complex web of regulations governing exports of weapons and "dual-use" goods that have both civilian and military applications. They believe the rules disadvantage them versus foreign competitors.
Of particular concern to Northrop Grumman are restrictions on exports such as the company's high-altitude Global Hawk surveillance planes.
The New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller recently reported on the individuals responsible for flying drone planes, traveling to Hancock Field Air National Guard Base near Syracuse, New York to speak with pilots flying drones in Afghanistan.
The administration last year began informally consulting Congress on plans to sell Global Hawk to South Korea before withdrawing the proposed sale for reasons that have not been publicly disclosed.
Japan, Singapore and Australia also have shown interest in acquiring the aircraft, a Northrop Grumman spokeswoman told Reuters last year.
Bush said that failure to allow such exports could spark a repeat of the 1990s, when strict curbs on U.S. commercial satellite sales prompted other countries to develop rival hardware and software. Those efforts eventually eroded the market share of U.S. satellite producers from more than 70 percent to just around 25 percent.
New Navy fighter drone promises pilotless future
"The consequences of the decisions that were made in the early '90s were devastating for the US industrial base, and ultimately did nothing to enhance security, and in fact, were detrimental to our security," he said.
Overhaul of munitions list
The Obama administration, over the objections of some Republicans in Congress, is aiming to create a single list of items subject to export controls overseen by a single licensing agency, instead of the two separate lists now administered by the State Department and the Commerce Department.
Report: Obama embraces disputed definition of 'civilian' in drone wars
Jim Hursch, director of the Defense Department's Defense Technology Security Administration, speaking at the ComDef event, said the administration was well into the overhaul but still had significant work to do.
Government agencies, as interim steps toward creating the single unified list, have worked their way through the 21 categories of the U.S. Munitions List administered by the State Department to see what items can be moved to the Commerce Department's Commercial List, Hursch said.
"We'll see what happens in November and what the victors of that election want to do to move forward on that," Hursch said.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says if budget cuts hit the Department of Defense, it will be disastrous. Pentagon Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs George Little joins MSNBC's Chris Jansing to discuss.
Beth McCormick, deputy assistant secretary for defense trade and regional security, said she hoped the reforms would continue whether President Barack Obama is reelected on November 6 or Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
"Regardless of what happens in November, we should continue this work and bring it closure," McCormick said.
The Obama administration has already put proposed revisions to nine categories of the munitions lists out for public comment and faces some hard decisions moving ahead.
'Covert' US drone operation is mapped on Twitter
"There are some categories that by their basic nature are very, very difficult," including one that encompasses both night-vision technology and fire control, she said.
In deciding what items to move to the commercial list, "we obviously have to think about the type of technology that we use on the battlefield, where obviously the control of the night has been something that's been very, very important to us," McCormick said.
Kevin Wolf, assistant secretary of Commerce for export administration, said moving an item from the munitions list to the commercial list did not mean it was "decontrolled."
It does give the U.S. government more flexibility in allowing exports to close allies, while maintaining a strict arms embargo on other countries such as China, he said.
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No longer only plain vanilla, men's wedding rings today come in a wide range of styles as unique as you. Stylish men have discovered that a wedding band design with gems, interesting texture, or meaningful symbols expresses your own personality. Gemvara's wide selection of Classic Men's White Gold May Birthstone Emerald Wedding Rings means you can find the perfect style. Gemvara selects the finest possible materials to make one of a kind Classic Men's White Gold May Birthstone Emerald Wedding Rings to order, just for you. Our precious metals are recycled or responsibly mined. Emerald inspires happiness and well being.Cool 14 karat white gold goes with almost anything, never overwhelming your outfit. Gemvara also offers any style in luxurious 18-karat white gold, which has higher gold content for even more lasting value. Both are plated with rhodium, a platinum group metal, for a brighter white finish.Gemvara's beautifully custom-made Classic Men's White Gold May Birthstone Emerald Wedding Rings are handcrafted to order, just for you, by skilled craftsmen in the United States.
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- New eight-speed automatic transmission.
- New exterior and interior design.
- New UConnect system with 8.4" touchscreen display.
- New three-spoke steering wheel and instrument cluster with 7" TFT display.
- New Selec-Speed Control and new safety features.
- Summit: top of the range model even more exclusive.
The New 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, that has been improved and renewed in terms of performance, design and comfort, is making its début at the 83rd Geneva International Motor Show. Already the most awarded Large SUV ever, Grand Cherokee features a new eight-speed automatic transmission, available on the entire engine line-up. This new transmission reduces consumption and emissions while significantly improving acceleration and gear shifting function.
New exterior and interior design features characterize each single trim level in a unique way and include new bi-xenon headlamps with LED daytime running lights (DRLs) and new interior/exterior colour combinations. The use of premium materials, such as Natura Plus leather and high-quality wood as well as the introduction of a new three-spoke steering wheel deliver an exclusive character to the interior. New contents are also offered in terms of infotainment, thanks to new UConnect with 8.4" touchscreen and the all-new for the brand 7" TFT customer configurable display cluster.
Legendary Jeep capability comes courtesy of two four-wheel drive systems, Jeep's Quadra-Lift air suspension system and Selec-Terrain traction management system. The new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee also offers the most advanced active and passive safety features, including new Selec-Speed Control.
The new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee will be introduced in Italy and in the European market in the third quarter 2013 and it will be available in the Laredo, Limited, Overland and Summit trim levels.
New eight-speed automatic transmission
Chrysler Group's new eight-speed automatic transmission débuts on the 3.0-liter V-6 diesel engine as well as on the V-6 and V-8 petrol engine offerings. New transmission ensures reduced consumption and emissions, while delivering quicker acceleration, a more precise and smooth shifting and also enhancing ride quality to new levels. A further contributor to the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee's improved fuel economy is the Eco Mode, which optimises gear shifting and, in V-8 models, Fuel Saver cylinder deactivation. If sportier performance is desired, a button on the center stack allows driver to disengage. In addition, Eco Mode activates Quadra-Lift air suspension system, if fitted, lowering it to 'Aero Ride Height': this further enhances the vehicle's aerodynamics, for optimum efficiency.
New exterior
Faithful to the compact and exclusive design that has made it world-famous, 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee has an updated style, with some changes that give the front-end a more premium and sporty appearance, while preserving the vehicle's ground clearance. On all models, the upper grille is shorter in height, the headlights are slimmer and the lower front fascia has been slightly elevated while the fog lights have been raised and are more pronounced.
The rear has also received changes and boasts new, larger tail lamps with LED lighting, a larger and more aerodynamic rear spoiler, a re-sculpted tailgate that offers greater visibility and model-specific lower rear fascias.
The following features complete the design of the new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee: new high-intensity discharge bi-xenon headlamps with LED daytime running lights (as standard on all trim levels), new design of the rims and new interior/exterior colour combinations which further enhance the premium look of the Jeep flagship.
New interiors
The interiors are enhanced thanks to the use of high quality materials such as Natura Plus leather and wood. Immediately recognisable is the revised center stack featuring new UConnect 8.4" touchscreen and the new leather-wrapped electronic shifter for the eight-speed automatic transmission. Each model of the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee has its own unique style, thanks to the adoption of specific materials and colour patterns.
Summit trim level even more exclusive
The Summit trim level represents the top of the range model and offers the highest level of quality featuring Premium Natura-Plus leather seats and the exclusive suede-like material covering the front pillars and the headliner. Exclusive feature found on the Summit model is a nineteen-speaker, 825-watt high-performance Harman Kardon surround sound audio system. This state-of-the-art system features a twelve-channel amplifier, three sub-woofers and surrounds the occupants in high-definition sound.
New UConnect system with 8.4" touchscreen
The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee is available with the new UConnect system, featuring 8.4" touchscreen which shows, clearly and directly, all information necessary for driving and on-board comfort. In addition, in order to grant maximum safety and ease of use, both audio and connectivity controls on the spokes of the steering wheel and an innovative voice-activated hands-free device are available. These features allow the drivers to keep their hands on the steering wheel and interact with the instruments easily.
New three-spoke steering wheel and instrument cluster with 7" display
Another new feature of the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee is the new three-spoke leather-wrapped steering wheel which, in the Overland and Summit models also features high-quality wooden inserts. Optimised in terms of driving position, it features buttons for managing radio, cruise control, telephone and voice commands in complete safety. All trim levels also include standard paddle shifters mounted on the back of the steering wheel. Finally, the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee has an instrument panel with a new 7" user-configurable multiview display, with TFT liquid crystal technology.
New Selec-Speed Control
The Selec-Terrain traction management system has been enhanced through the introduction of the new Selec-Speed Control, in combination with the Off road package, which allows the driver to control the speed of the vehicle, both uphill and downhill, using the steering wheel paddle shifters instead of requiring the use of the accelerator or brake pedals.
New safety contents
The new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee adds further safety systems to the already extensive equipment on the previous model, such as 'Forward Collision Warning' with 'Crash Mitigation', the device that uses radar sensors to check whether the vehicle is approaching the car in front too rapidly and, if necessary, sends a signal to the driver so that he can intervene to avoid a collision. If the driver does not react, the 'Forward Collision Warning' with 'Crash Mitigation' automatically brakes the car to avoid the collision of the cars in front.
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Brief Title
Sorafenib Plus Paclitaxel in Adreno-Cortical-Cancer Patients
Official Title
Sorafenib Plus Paclitaxel Metronomic Chemotherapy in Adreno-Cortical-Carcinoma Patients Progressing After 1st or 2nd Line Cytotoxic Chemotherapy
Brief Summary
The study is designed as a Phase II, prospective, non randomized, open-label, single arm, multicenter trial, in which patients with locally advanced or metastatic ACC not amenable to complete surgical resection and progressing to cytotoxic chemotherapy will receive Sorafenib plus metronomic chemotherapy as treatment.The aim of this phase II trial is to evaluate the clinical benefit and toxicity of the combination of Sorafenib plus metronomic chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic ACC who progressed after first or second line chemotherapy.
Detailed Description
The study is designed as a Phase II, prospective, non randomized, open-label, single arm, multicenter trial, in which patients with locally advanced or metastatic ACC not amenable to complete surgical resection. STUDY OBJECTIVES The aim of this phase II trial is to evaluate the clinical benefit and toxicity of the combination of Sorafenib plus metronomic chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic ACC who progressed after first or second line chemotherapy. Primary objective To assess the clinical benefit as measured by a non progressing rate after 4 months of the combination of Sorafenib plus weekly Paclitaxel in patients with locally advanced or metastatic ACC who progressed after first or second line chemotherapy. Secondary objectives - Assessment of Objective (Complete and Partial) Response Rates - Assessment of Duration of Response - Assessment of Hormonal Response - Assessment of Progression-Free Survival - Assessment of Overall Survival - Assessment of the relationship between specific "biomarkers" and cancer- and treatment-related outcomes - Assessment of Quality of Life by EORTC QLQ-C30 - Assessment of Toxicity ENDPOINTS The first disease assessment will be performed after 8-weeks, subsequent assessments will be performed every 12 weeks until end of the study. Primary endpoint - Progression-Free Survival rate ≥ 40% after 4 months Secondary endpoints - Response rate evaluation will be performed according to the RECIST criteria. The same methods of measurement and the same technique should be used to characterize each identified and reported lesion at baseline and during study. TREATMENT SCHEME Treatment scheme consisted of oral Sorafenib 400 mg p.o. bid plus intravenous Paclitaxel 60 mg/mq/weekly i.v., until disease progression.
Study Phase
Phase 2
Study Type
Primary Outcome
Disease free survival
Secondary Outcome
Overall survival
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Study Arms / Comparison Groups
1 arm only
Description: One arm only with Sorafenib plus Paclitaxel Patients enrolled will undergo strict follow-up Intervention: Sorafenib plus Paclitaxel
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.
Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status
Estimated Enrollment
Start Date
April 2008
Completion Date
October 2010
Primary Completion Date
October 2009
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: - Histologically confirmed diagnosis of ACC - Locally advanced or metastatic disease not amenable to radical surgery resection - Radiologically monitorable disease - Progressing disease after one or two cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens (including a platin-based protocol) - ECOG performance status 0-2 - Life expectancy ≥ 3 months - Subjects with at least one uni-dimensional(for RECIST) or bi-dimensional(for WHO) measurable lesion. Lesions must be measured by CT-scan or MRI - Age ≥ 18 years - Adequate bone marrow reserve (neutrophils ≥ 1500/mm³ and platelets ≥ 80.000/mm³) - Hemoglobin > 9.0 g/dl - Total bilirubin < 1.5 times the upper limit of normal - PT-INR/PTT < 1.5 x upper limit of normal [Patients who are being therapeutically anticoagulated with an agent such as coumadin or heparin will be allowed to participate provided that no prior evidence of underlying abnormality in these parameters exists.] - Serum creatinine < 1.5 x upper limit of normal - Effective contraception in pre-menopausal female and male patients - Patient´s written informed consent - Ability to comply with the protocol procedures Exclusion criteria: - History of prior malignancy, except for cured non-melanoma skin cancer, cured in situ cervical carcinoma, or other treated malignancies with no evidence of disease for at least three years. - History of HIV infection or chronic hepatitis B or C (This criteria should be modified to allow Hepatitis B or C in protocols looking at HCC patient population) - Active clinically serious infections (> grade 2 NCI-CTC version 3.0) - Symptomatic metastatic brain or meningeal tumors (unless the patient is > 6 months from definitive therapy, has a negative imaging study within 4 weeks of study entry and is clinically stable with respect to the tumor at the time of study entry) - Patients with seizure disorder requiring medication (such as steroids or anti-epileptics) - History of organ allograft The organ allograft may be allowed as protocol specific - Severe renal (serum creatinine > 2.5 x ULN) or hepatic insufficiency (ALT / - AST > 2.5 x ULN or ALT/AST >5 x ULN if liver function abnormalities are due to the underlying malignancy and/or total serum bilirubin > 2.5 x ULN) - Concomitant Rifampicin - Concomitant St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) - Warfarin is allowed; however, close monitoring of Prothrombin Time (PT) is recommended - Decompensated heart failure (ejection fraction <45%), myocardial infarction or revascularization procedure during the last 6 months, unstable angina pectoris, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia - Hypertension that cannot be controlled by medications (>160/100 mmHg despite optimal medical therapy) - Patients with recent or active bleeding diathesis - Pregnant or breast-feeding patients. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test performed within 7 days of the start of treatment. - Both men and women enrolled in this trial must use adequate barrier birth control measures during the course of the trial and three months after the completion of trial - Previous treatment with Sorafenib or other anticancer chemotherapy or immunotherapy during the study or within 4 weeks of study entry - Radiotherapy during study or within 3 weeks of start of study drug. (Palliative radiotherapy will be allowed). - Major surgery within 4 weeks of start of study - Autologous bone marrow transplant or stem cell rescue within 4 months of study - Use of biologic response modifiers, such as G-CSF, within 3 week of study entry. [G-CSF and other hematopoietic growth factors may be used in the management of acute toxicity such as febrile neutropenia when clinically indicated or at the discretion of the investigator, however they may not be substituted for a required dose reduction.] [Patients taking chronic erythropoietin are permitted provided no dose adjustment is undertaken within 2 months prior to the study or during the study] - Current treatment with another investigational drug - Any other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition, or laboratory abnormality that would impart, in the judgment of the investigator, excess risk associated with study participation or study drug administration, or which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study.
18 Years - 70 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Alfredo Berruti MD, +390119026, [email protected]
Location Countries
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Perennial to trees, from membranous bulb, fibrous corm, scaly rhizome, or erect caudex
Stem generally underground
Leaves generally basal, often withering early, alternate, generally ± linear
Inflorescence various, generally bracted
Flower generally bisexual, generally radial; perianth often showy, segments generally 6 in two petal-like whorls (outer sometimes sepal-like), free or fused at base; stamens 6 (or 3 + generally 3 ± petal-like staminodes), filaments sometimes attached to perianth or fused into a tube or crown; ovary superior or inferior, chambers 3, placentas generally axile, style generally 1, stigmas generally 3
Fruit: generally capsule, loculicidal or septicidal (berry or nut)
Genera in family: ± 300 genera, 4600 species: especially ± dry temp and subtropical; many cultivated for ornamental or food;
some TOXIC. Here includes genera sometimes treated in Agavaceae, Amaryllidaceae, and other families.
Perennial from spheric, tan, fibrous-coated corm; cormlets sessile
Leaves basal, 23, narrowly lanceolate, keeled, glabrous, entire, often withered at flower
Inflorescence umbel-like, open; axis 2100 cm, stiff, erect, cylindric; bracts ± lanceolate, ± scarious; pedicels ± erect, generally > perianth; flowers generally many
Flower: perianth tube generally funnel-shaped, lobes 6 in 2 petal-like whorls, generally ascending to spreading; stamens 6, filaments appendages generally 0, anthers attached at middle, generally angled away from stigma; style 1, stigma weakly 3-lobed
Fruit: capsule, generally stalked, ovoid, loculicidal
Seeds subspheric, black
Species in genus: 14 species: w North America, especially n&c CA
Etymology: (Greek: three complete, because all flower parts in 3's)
Reference: [Hoover 1941 Amer Midl Naturalist 25:73100]
Leaf 2040 cm, 314 mm wide
Inflorescence 2080 cm, generally smooth (except base); pedicels 1070 mm (> 2 X flower), curved upward
Flower: perianth straw-colored or golden-yellow striped dark (or white flushed purple), tube 410 mm, lobes ascending to reflexed, 716 mm; stamens held close to pistil, filaments attached at 1 level, unequal (2.53 or 45 mm), flat, tip forked into wing-like appendages, anther 1.52 mm, generally yellow; ovary stalk < ovary
Ecology: Edges of coastal coniferous and mixed forests, often in sandy soils
Elevation: 03000 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, s Cascade Range Foothills, Sierra Nevada, west-central Central Western California
Distribution outside California: sw Oregon
Synonyms: Brodiaea lutea (Lindl.) C.V. Morton
See the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.
Flower: perianth white to pale straw-colored, tube = lobes, lobes strongly reflexed; filament appendages curled away from anther or reflexed
Chromosomes: n=7
Ecology: UNCOMMON. Streamsides, wet ravines on serpentine near cypresses
Elevation: < 500 m.
Bioregional distribution: west-central Outer South Coast Ranges (s Santa Lucia Mtns)
Synonyms: Brodiaea lutea var. c. (Hoover) Munz


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It wasn't Santa Claus coming down the chimney of a southwest Florida home.
Naples police say it was 25-year-old Richard Tyler Brandon, who was attempting to break into an unoccupied home early Wednesday after he and a friend ran out of cash while they were drinking at Pelican Larry's bar.
The Naples Daily News (http://bit.ly/1fjHgSX ) reports Brandon's friend contacted police, who called the fire department. It took nearly two hours to get Brandon out of the chimney.
Homeowner Mike Whitley called the incident a "reverse kind of Santa."
Brandon faces two counts of burglary. He told the newspaper he didn't want to comment, but friend Derke Grenfell says he warned Brandon not to go down the chimney.
Grenfell says Brandon yelled for help when he got stuck halfway down.
Information from: Naples (Fla.) Daily News, http://www.naplesnews.com
Man gets stuck in chimney trying to rob Naples home
It wasn't Santa Claus coming down the chimney of a southwest Florida home.


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Suppose we have a normed vector space $V$ and its dual $V^*$, and suppose that $X \subseteq V^*$ has the property that for every $v \in V$, there is some $\phi \in X$ with $\Vert \phi \Vert = 1$ such that $\phi(v) = \Vert v \Vert$. Is $X$ dense in $V^*$ (in the operator norm)? Note that this is a stronger property than $\Vert v \Vert = \sup_{\phi\in X} \frac{\phi(v)}{\Vert \phi \Vert}$, since we are assuming that the supremum is realized.
I think the answer is probably "no." A nice example (passed to me originally made up by Terry Tao) showing that the second condition (the supremum over $X$ gives the norm) does not imply dense is the following: consider $l^1$ and $(l^1)^* = l^\infty$. Then the space of eventually zero sequences in $l^\infty$ is sufficient for the norm: given $f\in l^1$, let $\phi_n$ be a truncation of the sign function of $f$ to the first $n$ indices. Then $\lim_{n\to \infty} \phi_n(f) = \Vert f \Vert$. However (for $f$ with infinite support), there is no finite sequence $\phi$ with $\phi(f) = \Vert f \Vert$.


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Discussion in 'Thumpers' started by onaXR, Jan 18, 2006.
tape brand? supplier? Thanks.
One of my favorite threads.
Not a bad read.
I am sitting here waiting on the UPS truck so I can put on my acerbis tail light, and finally rid myself of the alien craft light.
Also waiting on AndyB to call so we can go ride tomarrow.
your suppose to paint the wrap with header paint. I read that after I wrapped mine and rode it a couple months. Does it reduce heat? I don't know, maybe. I always wear MX boots and never recorded temps before and after. Does it look like shit after a year? Yes. I think if I painted it, it would have lasted longer.( but it does look knarly, adds to the madmax effect...)
Only thing that really reduces the heat is a XR400 oil cooler.
BTW i think you can get the wrap and paint at Pep boys, Autozone etc..
That is the same taillight I use. It's very dim! I made a refllector out of a piece of an antifreeze jug trimmed to fit inside the lens and covered it with foil tape. After trying 3 different types of bulbs I found that Sylvania 3893(T4W) are the brightest and fit perfectly without modification.
People love the truck. I love the truck. Where is the goddamn truck with my wheels!
That's a good idea.
This is my 94 bike.I have it since then!
As traveling is my strong side but like offroad this is the perfect bike!
Easely converted to take the panniers.
I could not imagine up today another bike!Bless Honda that this strong and versatile bike is still build.I just changed the little tank for this huge 40 liters Acerbis tank.And a windscreen.Rest stock!
Nos vemos en la ruta!
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Thats what I was hoping to see, a heavily used touring XRL.
Nice bike!
Just curious, where are you located? The number plate above the headlight does not look US-spec. The skid-plate also looks like an unusual piece.
And I want to know more about those pannier mounts.
I want to know what kind of critter landed on your seat?
Rob I used dot silver tape under the light and added another socket from a boat light as the brake light, not bad as it is now. Come monday I will start the l.e.d. change over.
Me too,:huh is that sheep skin? Does it get hot? The skid plate looks alot like mine, but I added sides to it. I made mine from a sheet of aluminum.
Uncorked, Desmogged, Dave's Carb Mods, Skid Plated, Regeared 48/14, Avon Gripster Tires f/r, UNI airfilter, Rear Rack and Bags, Stainless Rear Rotor Guard, Headlight Guard, Front Fender Drilled and Bobbed, Shrouds removed, XROnly Oil Temp gauge, and the fun has just begun.
Nice fender job
I like it too but I don't really want to try cutting up my fender. What is a good front fender to replace the stock one with?
I bought a New Old Stock fender for $20 on eBay. I installed it and cut it up.
Today, while positioning my bike on a wet, wooden low water bridge for a picture, the rear wheel kicked out and the bike fell hard. The clutch and shift levers took the full brunt of the fall and both will need to be replaced. Here's a picture of the shift lever.
That sucks Rob ,at least it didnt blow a hole in the sidecase.


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From First Grade to the Field Museum: A Paleontologist's Research Comes Full Circle
If you take sample of paleontologists and ask them how they became interested in the field of paleontology, some of them will doubtlessly tell you that they first got hooked on dinosaurs as a kid and things proceeded from there. I am definitely an example of this phenomenon: as far back as I can remember I was fascinated by dinosaurs, and "paleontologist" was almost always the answer when people asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. Even though my research now focuses on ancient mammal relatives that lived before the dinosaurs, I've been very fortunate to be able to realize my childhood dream and be a paleontologist. Recently, however, I've been involved in a research project that has literally taken me back to my childhood.
The Asteroid and the Dinosaurs
In June, 1980, Luis Alvarez, Walter Alvarez, Frank Asaro, and Helen Michel published a seminal paper in the scientific journal Science, in which they presented evidence of an asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous Period of Earth History (about 65 million years ago). They also hypothesized that the after-effects of this impact caused the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, whose victims famously include the non-avian dinosaurs. Extensive research over the last three decades has led to the impact hypothesis becoming the generally accepted explanation for the ultimate cause of the end-Cretaceous extinction (Schulte et al., 2010), but in 1980 it was an extremely controversial idea and it generated a lot of attention in the popular media. A fascinating, first-hand account of the story behind this discovery and the scientific debates that ensued can be found in Walter Alvarez's book T. rex and the Crater of Doom.
The 1982 Williamstown Elementary School Science Fair
In 1982 I was six years old and in first grade. Being a kid that loved dinosaurs, when the yearly science fair rolled around, I naturally wanted my project to focus on that topic. I don't remember where exactly I got the idea, I must have seen it on Nova or in a magazine, but I decided I would do my project on the recent discovery that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. You can see the two parts of my poster in the photos below (thanks to my parents for saving them all these years!). The main point of the poster was describing how the asteroid impact could have killed the dinosaurs: dust and debris blasted into the atmosphere by the impact would have blocked sunlight from reaching the Earth's surface. Without sunlight plants would die off, and the loss of this food source would cause plant-eating dinosaurs to go extinct. In turn, meat eating dinosaurs also would go extinct as the herbivores that were their food source disappeared. I didn't think of it in these terms at the time, but the process described in my poster reflects how disturbances to one part of a community of organisms can spread along the links in the community's food web, causing animals and plants that were not involved in the initial disturbance to nonetheless become extinct. After the science fair, I didn't think much about these ideas for quite some time.
The Circle Begins to Close
We'll now fast-forward to about the year 2001. At the time, I was a graduate student working on my Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley. UC Berkeley has a strong paleontology program, and I was a student in Dr. Kevin Padian's lab working on a group of ancient mammal relatives called dicynodonts. My research project focused on reconstructing how the various dicynodont species were related to each other, and using those relationships as a framework to study the evolutionary history of the group. Dicynodonts lived in the Permian and Triassic periods of Earth history, and as such they were witnesses to and survivors of the end-Permian mass extinction. This extinction event is the largest in Earth history, and it occurred about 250 million years ago. Dr. Walter Alvarez was (and is) a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at UC Berkeley, and by the time I was a graduate student his interests in mass extinctions had expanded from just the end-Cretaceous extinction to include the end-Permian extinction as well. My work didn't focus on how the end-Permian event affected dicynodonts, but Walter's knowledge of things Permian made him a good choice to have as a member of my dissertation committee. I ended up taking a couple of classes with him and in 2003, some 21 years after my first grade science fair project, he was one of the people who read and signed off on my Ph.D. dissertation (thanks Walter!). I'm not sure what my six-year-old self would have thought if you told him that someday he would know the person who played a key role in discovering that an asteroid impact caused the end-Cretaceous extinction and have him as a mentor in the process of becoming a paleontologist. But that's not the end of the story.
Food Webs and Extinction
After I graduated from UC Berkeley, I spent about two and a half years working as a postdoctoral researcher at the California Academy of Sciences with Dr. Peter Roopnarine, one of the museum's curators. Peter is a paleoecologist (i.e., he is interested in understanding the ecological relationships of past organisms and how and why those relationships change over time). During the time that I was at the Academy, Peter became interested in network theory and how it could be applied to scientific questions that he was interested in. We tried a few different network-based projects, but the one that really got going was using network theory to model how disturbances can propagate through a community's food web, causing plants and animals to become extinct. Peter developed a model called CEG (Cascading Extinction on Graphs) to examine this problem, and I contributed data about the food webs of several Permian and Triassic communities from South Africa that included many dicynodonts. One of the things that we discovered in the course of that work is that the earliest Triassic community in South Africa, which existed just after the end-Permian extinction, had a very unusual food web structure that made the community relatively unstable (Roopnarine et al., 2007; Roopnarine and Angielczyk, 2012). Much of Peter's research has subsequently focused on figuring out why the structure of the community made it unstable, and I've continued to work with him on the implications of the model results for dicynodonts and other animals that were alive at the time. This research also inadvertently brought me a step closer to my first grade project: I was now studying the link between food webs and extinctions, although I wasn't yet paying attention to the end-Cretaceous extinction.
Full Circle
Since 2007, I've worked at The Field Museum. My research continues to focus on topics such as how dicynodonts are related to each other, and how food web structures might have affected the end-Permian extinction. About two years ago, I started working with a Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago named Jonathan Mitchell. Jon is interested in the paleoecology of birds, and as part of his Ph.D. project he is planning on studying how birds affect the food web structures of certain ancient and modern communities. When he started at U of C, Jon was interested in incorporating the CEG model into some of his work, and he began working on a project looking at the food web structures of some Cretaceous communities that included birds and dinosaurs. As things progressed, we decided that it would be interesting to try to determine if the food web structures of communities at the end of the Cretaceous were such that they might have made the extinction resulting from the asteroid impact worse than it might otherwise have been. In other words, one of the expected consequences of the impact is a die off of plants, so did the food web structures of latest Cretaceous communities allow that disturbance to easily spread to other members of the communities, causing additional extinctions? As we show in a paper that was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Mitchell et al., 2012), the short answer is yes: the food web structures of latest Cretaceous communities in North America did make them more vulnerable than communities from a few million years earlier. So if the asteroid hit 75 million years ago instead of 65 million years ago, it probably would have still caused a mass extinction, but that hypothetical extinction likely would not have been as severe as the one that actually happened.
In participating in this work, and in writing this paper, my research has truly come full circle. My first science fair project was about how the effects of the asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous could have spread through food webs, causing extinction, and now I'm a co-author of a research paper that addresses essentially the same question (albeit in a somewhat more sophisticated way). Even as a paleontologist, I wouldn't have predicted that this would happen given the focus of my research (ancient mammal relatives that lived before the dinosaurs). However, one of the rewarding things about being a scientist is that you get to follow where your curiosity leads, and sometimes it takes you to unexpected places. And now when someone asks me about why the dinosaurs went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period, I can tell them that it's a question I've been working on for practically my whole life...
Alvarez, L.W., W. Alvarez, F. Asaro, and H. V. Michel. 1980. Extraterrestrial cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction. Science 208: 1095-1108.
Alvarez, W. 1997. T. rex and the Crater of Doom. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Mitchell, J.S., Roopnarine, P.D., and Angielczyk, K.D. 2012. Late Cretaceous restructuring of terrestrial communities facilitated the end-Cretaceous mass extinction in North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202196109
Roopnarine, P.D. and Angielczyk, K.D. 2012. The evolutionary palaeoecology of species and the tragedy of the commons. Biology Letters 8: 147-150.
Roopnarine, P.D., Angielczyk, K.D., Wang, S.C., and Hertog, R. 2007. Food web models explain instability of Early Triassic terrestrial communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 274: 2077-2086.
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Kentucky Chili
Bleak Midwinter
Midwinter can be a hard season. The charm of cold weather, the hope of snow and the cozy picture of the togetherness that brings, has worn thin and a more practical taste of lingering reality settles in. The winter rains turn the gray skies grayer, make the short span of daylight shorter and shroud the few brave blossoms that dare to show themselves on my Witch Hazel tree. This winter, like many, really isn't all that cold nor is it all that pretty. It is more like a damp gray stretch of limbo.
In this post holiday space of winter we tighten our belts to pay off the holiday bills, chastise ourselves for not working harder to lose weight or get fit, and look for signs of impending spring. We put our heads down and trudge on taking care of business. We crave practical comforts and simple down to earth amusements.
The country seems to huddle around the TV in January to watch football, or in our case, Netflix movies and "24". In the kitchen I cook family favorties: I roast chicken or stir up a creamy sauce for Macaroni and Cheese. I also think back to my childhood for recipes that are practical and breathe an aura of warmth and comfort.
One of my favorite dinners as a child was Chili. The chili I grew up with was a recipe handed down over the years. My cousins tell of my grandmother making a big pot of chili for them to eat when the arrived at her house for weekend visits. I don't remember my grandmother but my Aunt Hen made chili regularly and I remember it as an expected part of my mother's weekly menus.
Regional Variation
The kind of chili I grew up with was called Homemade Chili in a local Homemaker's Association Cookbook. It might better be called Kentucky Chili or Bluegrass Chili as it seems unique to the region. It is unlike any chili I ever had in Texas, and while it is similar to Cincinnati Chili in seasoning and the inclusion of spaghetti, it is still very different. The way I remember it, and in the recipes I've seen, it is a thin brothy chili made with ground beef and beans. Spaghetti is added to the pot shortly before serving, rather than the chili being served over it.
I have rediscovered this chili in the past few years. It makes a very practical meal, stretching a pound of ground beef to feed a crowd. It is a great chili to serve for a superbowl party or anytime your budget is tight or you simply crave a bowl of old fashioned comfort food. At the very least it will add a touch of spice to a bleak midwinter.
Kentucky Chili
adapted from "Come Cook With Us"
1 lb. hamburger
1 large onion, chopped (approx. 2 cups)
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 15-oz. can diced tomatoes
1 46-oz. can tomato juice
2 15.5-oz. cans red beans (I use chili beans)
2 Tablespoons chili powder
4 bay leaves
4 whole cloves
3 qts. water
½ lb. spaghetti, broken
Brown the hamburger, onions and garlic in a large soup pot or dutch oven.
Add remaining ingredeints, except for the spaghetti. Bring to a boil and simmer at least 15 minutes but up to two hours.
Add spaghetti. Cook until spaghetti is tender.
Serve and enjoy!
23 comments:
- Cindy said...
spaghetti in chili? a great idea! This is a chili I could get my family to eat.
Last week when my backordered down-filled jacket finally arrived, I was reminded that the vision of a snowy winter was most likely behind us. Bummer! But on the bright side, spring will be here before we know it.
- January 25, 2010
- pam said...
I've never had chili like this, but I am always willing to try new versions of chili!
- January 25, 2010
- MaryBeth said...
WOW...this looks wonderful, I love the noodles in it. It looks so thick and hearty, great for a cold wet Beaverton night.
- January 25, 2010
- grace said...
the only time i've ever seen spaghetti with chili is in cincinnati, so it's good to know that it's a kentucky tradition too. chili is the quintessential winter food as far as i'm concerned. :)
- January 26, 2010
- noble pig said...
Reminds me of a Cincinnati but still, completely different and very nice family tradition, a must try for sure.
- January 26, 2010
- Hannah said...
I love the idea of putting the pasta in the chili! The whole recipe looks so easy, too. Do you think it would work with a gluten-free grain like quinoa, perhaps?
- January 26, 2010
- Marc @ NoRecipes said...
I love hearing about regional variations of food I know. This definitely different from the thick chili I'm used to but I'm a big believer that noodles make everything better, so I love the spaghetti added!
- January 26, 2010
- Unknown said...
Chili with spaghetti is the only way I eat it! I'm from Cincinnati and while we occasionally enjoyed Cincinnati style (Skyline) and still do, my mom's chili was very much like yours, with cooked spaghetti added at the last minute. Cheese on top. Yum! My kids prefer theirs (my mom's recipe) with Fritos, but I love the spaghetti.
- January 27, 2010
- JMCD said...
yep....looks just like my mom used to make, only we never had fresh garlic in the house.
jamie in lexington, ky
- January 27, 2010
- JMCD said...
ooops. just reread your recipe...cloves....not cloves of garlic :)
- January 27, 2010
- Robin Sue said...
We usually serve our chili over pasta but to put it in there is a good idea too. This seems like a chili soup. I think it is so interesting that there are so many variations of chili.
- January 27, 2010
- Debbie said...
This looks like something fun to try.
Maybe this weekend, I think it's going to rain, (again). :-)
- January 27, 2010
- Lisa said...
Thanks for all of your great comments!
I really like the spaghetti in this chili. It serves to thicken the soup somewhat and adds a contrast in texture. Just be sure to break it up a bit before adding it to the pot.
Hannah - I'm not sure about the gluten-free grain. It wouldn't have the same thickening quality but would still fill out the chili. I think it's worth a try!
JMCD - We never had fresh garlic when I was growing up either. We used only garlic powder and we didn't use that often.
Debbie - sounds like a great weekend for Chili!
- January 27, 2010
- Theresa said...
I am sure this will be a hit in the contest!
- January 28, 2010
- Zupan's Markets said...
Also another hearty meal! Looks like it'd be great for a rainy, cold day with some fresh cornbread on the side.
- January 28, 2010
- theUngourmet said...
This looks so fun and yummy! I've been wanting to hop over here for a few days now. Finally I found time!
Hope you are having a great week!
- January 28, 2010
- Personalized Pens said...
Wow.. im so hungry right now. just the picture of it makes me drool..
- January 29, 2010
- smilinggreenmom said...
Yum yum yum! I love chili and this looks great! I would love to use Kamut Khorasan Wheat pasta because our family is hooked on it! It is so soft and fluffy and nutritional and way better than even whole wheat pasta! Thanks for sharing this with us!
- January 31, 2010
- Catpurrson said...
In 1958, when my family moved to Louisville from Pennsylvania, the "lunch room" ladies served chili-spaghetti like this. It seemed very strange because I never had chili fixed like this before, but I grew to like it a lot. I have recently been searching for the recipe and this one looks very much like the way they fixed it when I was small. Thanks!
- January 11, 2011
- Mary said...
Its not Kentucky Chili without some peanut butter sandwiches or crackers and peanut butter!
That's the way I grew up eating it.
I like chili any way its fixed.
- March 07, 2012
- Anonymous said...
I am a transplant from Kentucky to Michigan. I grew up eating chili with broken up little pieces of spaghetti in it. Also the peanut butter sandwiches with it. Most people here think its weird to put spaghetti in chili, but I have converted all of my Michigan family. I wouldn't eat it any other way. Otherwise it just seems like a bowl of meat.
- February 29, 2016
- Anonymous said...
I've only had family chilli this way also. When someone handed me a bowl of chilli with meat and beans I didn't know what to think. My family has passed away now and I'm a guy who likes to cook now, but didn't when they were here because I didn't have to lol. Do you have a recipe that your family uses?
- March 30, 2016
- Unknown said...
Peanut butter sandwiches, you say? Definitely a KY thing!!!! I live in Louisville, growing up chili was mostly always served with peanut butter sandwiches, I think they started pairing it with grilled cheese when my kids were in school.
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Interview with Alain Wong : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Alain Wong : To integrate artistry with functionality. Inspired by the idea of landscape as the office is located in the city centre and surrounded by lots of tall buildings. Therefore the designer would like to create a comfortable and "natural" working environment which is contrast to yet connecting with the street view. The designer used an environmental-friendly material in natural wood color to represent the interior "natural landscape"therefore enhance the contrast, while the large pieces of windows and glass partitions allow natural light steaming through and it created the connection. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Alain Wong : Interior design always works within boundaries and has been hidden in bustling city landscape. Because of these boundaries, the connections between internal spaces, people and the city landscape have been segregated apart. In this project, the designer wanted to put emphasis on such connections and therefore used point-to-point method to define internal landscape and to re-create linkages to connect internal design, people and city landscape back together. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Alain Wong : About 2-3weeks for the design, but some details were fine tuned during construction, in term of the best practical needs. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Alain Wong : It's COMODO's office. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Alain Wong : Company expanded and needed a larger new office, so it was the chance to have a brand new look of the office which previously was black-and-white. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Alain Wong : Those need interior design for commercial projects. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Alain Wong : The concept behind. Perhaps also the idea of integrating the "landscape" with the partitions. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Alain Wong : It tells the concept behind: a "natural landscape" in such busy city landscape with lots of compact and tall building. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Alain Wong : Both the contrast and connection have been created in a harmonious way. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Alain Wong : The form of the landscape was one of the challanges. It is about architecture and lots of details of the form have to be minded. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Alain Wong : It's a new try of design for COMODO. Staff and clients like it, but a competition or award is a recognition from professionals, the public and fellows. .
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For decades, the Arab states have seemed exceptions to the laws of politics and human nature. While liberty expanded in many parts of the globe, these nations were left behind, their «freedom deficit» signaling the political underdevelopment that accompanied many other economic and social maladies. In November 2003, President George W. Bush laid out this question:
«Are the peoples of the Middle East somehow beyond the reach of liberty? Are millions of men and women and children condemned by history or culture to live in despotism? Are they alone never to know freedom and never even to have a choice in the matter?»
The massive and violent demonstrations underway in Egypt, the smaller ones in Jordan and Yemen, and the recent revolt in Tunisia that inspired those events, have affirmed that the answer is no and are exploding, once and for all, the myth of Arab exceptionalism. Arab nations, too, yearn to throw off the secret police, to read a newspaper that the Ministry of Information has not censored and to vote in free elections. The Arab world may not be swept with a broad wave of revolts now, but neither will it soon forget this moment.
So a new set of questions becomes critical. What lesson will Arab regimes learn? Will they undertake the steady reforms that may bring peaceful change, or will they conclude that exiled Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali erred only by failing to shoot and club enough demonstrators? And will our own government learn that dictatorships are never truly stable? For beneath the calm surface enforced by myriad security forces, the pressure for change only grows – and it may grow in extreme and violent forms when real debate and political competition are denied.
The regimes of Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak proffered the same line to Washington: It's us or the Islamists. For Tunisia, a largely secular nation with a literacy rate of 75 percent and per capita GDP of $9,500, this claim was never defensible. In fact, Ben Ali jailed moderates, human rights advocates, editors – anyone who represented what might be called «hope and change.»
Mubarak took the same tack for three decades. Ruling under an endless emergency law, he has crushed the moderate opposition while the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood has thrived underground and in the mosques. Mubarak in effect created a two-party system – his ruling National Democratic Party and the Brotherhood – and then defended the lack of democracy by saying a free election would bring the Islamists to power.
Of course, neither he nor we can know for sure what Egyptians really think; last fall's parliamentary election was even more corrupt than the one in 2005. And sometimes the results of a first free election will find the moderates so poorly organized that extreme groups can eke out a victory, as Hamas did when it gained a 44-to-41 percent margin in the Palestinian election of 2006. But we do know for sure that regimes that make moderate politics impossible make extremism far more likely. Rule by emergency decree long enough, and you end up creating a genuine emergency. And Egypt has one now.
«Angry Friday» brought tens of thousands of Egyptians into the streets all over the country, and they have remained there all weekend, demanding the end of the Mubarak regime. The huge and once-feared police forces were soon overwhelmed and the Army called in. Even if these demonstrations are crushed, Egypt has a president who will be 83 at the time of this fall's presidential election. Every day Hosni Mubarak survives in power now, he does so as dictator propped up by brute force alone. Election of his son Gamal as his successor is already a sour joke, and it is increasingly unlikely that Egypt's ruling elites, civilian and military, will wish to tie their future to Hosni Mubarak rather than seeking new faces.
Mubarak's appointment on Saturday of Egypt's intelligence chief Omar Suleiman as vice president and of former air force commander Ahmed Shafiq as prime minister suggests that Mubarak knows his own future is much in doubt. It also suggests that the military is already in full control of the country and preparing for the post-Mubarak period. If Suleiman and Shafiq have the full support of the Army and would promise a free election in the fall, perhaps the crowds would accept them as transitional figures once Mubarak resigns. But it may be too late for Mubarak to hand-pick his closest aides to run Egypt if he is forced out.
The three decades Hosni Mubarak and his cronies have already had in power leave Egypt with no reliable mechanisms for a transition to democratic rule. Egypt will have some of the same problems as Tunisia, where there are no strong democratic parties and where the demands of the people for rapid change may outstrip the new government's ability to achieve it. This is also certain to be true in Yemen, where a weak central government has spent all its energies and most of its resources simply staying in power.
All these developments seem to come as a surprise to the Obama administration, which dismissed Bush's «freedom agenda» as overly ideological and meant essentially to defend the invasion of Iraq. But as Bush's support for the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon and for a democratic Palestinian state showed, he was defending self-government, not the use of force. Consider what Bush said in that 2003 speech, which marked the 20th anniversary of the National Endowment for Democracy, an institution established by President Ronald Reagan precisely to support the expansion of freedom.
«Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe – because in the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty,» Bush said. «As long as the Middle East remains a place where freedom does not flourish, it will remain a place of stagnation, resentment and violence ready for export.»
This spirit did not always animate U.S. diplomacy in the Bush administration; plenty of officials found it unrealistic and had to be prodded or overruled to follow the president's lead. But the revolt in Tunisia, the gigantic wave of demonstrations in Egypt and the more recent marches in Yemen all make clear that Bush had it right – and that the Obama administration's abandonment of this mind-set is nothing short of a tragedy.
U.S. officials talked to Mubarak plenty in 2009 and 2010, and even talked to the far more repressive President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, but they talked about their goals for Israeli-Palestinian peace and ignored the police states outside the doors of those presidential palaces. When the Iranian regime stole the June 2009 elections and people went to the streets, the Obama administration feared that speaking out in their support might jeopardize the nuclear negotiations. The «reset» sought with Russia has been with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, not the Russian people suffering his increasingly despotic and lawless rule.
This has been the greatest failure of policy and imagination in the administration's approach: Looking at the world map, it sees states and their rulers, but has forgotten the millions of people suffering under and beginning to rebel against those rulers. «Engagement» has not been the problem, but rather the administration's insistence on engaging with regimes rather than with the people trying to survive under them.
If the Arab regimes learn the wrong lessons and turn once again to their police and their armies, the U.S. reaction becomes even more important. President Obama's words of support for both the demonstrators and the government late Friday, after speaking with Mubarak, were too little, too late. He said Mubarak had called for «a better democracy» in Egypt, but Obama's remarks did not clearly demand democracy or free elections there. We cannot deliver democracy to the Arab states, but we can make our principles and our policies clear. Now is the time to say that the peoples of the Middle East are not «beyond the reach of liberty» and that we will assist any peaceful effort to achieve it – and oppose and condemn efforts to suppress it.
Such a statement would not elevate our ideals at the expense of our interests. It turns out, as those demonstrators are telling us, that supporting freedom is the best policy of all.
By Elliott Abrams, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a deputy national security adviser in the George W. Bush administration.