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It is possible that the main title of the report Hypothyroidism is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
Hypothyroidism is a condition characterized by abnormally decreased activity of the thyroid gland and deficient production of thyroid hormones. The thyroid gland secretes hormones that play an essential role in regulating growth, maturation, and the rate of metabolism.
Specific symptoms and findings associated with hypothyroidism may be variable, depending upon the age at symptom onset, the degree of thyroid hormone deficiency, and/or other factors. In many adults with hypothyroidism, the condition may be characterized by generalized fatigue and lack of energy (lethargy), muscle weakness and cramping, dryness of the skin and hair, incomplete or infrequent passing of stools (constipation), sensitivity to cold, and other symptoms. If the condition is present at birth (congenital hypothyroidism), associated symptoms and findings may become apparent during early infancy. These may include respiratory and feeding difficulties, listlessness, protrusion of the abdomen, constipation, dry skin, coarse hair, progressive accumulation of fluid within bodily tissues, and other associated abnormalities. Some affected infants may have progressive retardation of physical and mental development that becomes increasingly severe (cretinism) without early recognition of the condition and prompt treatment.
There are several different causes of hypothyroidism. The condition may result from an underlying defect that is present at birth (congenital), such as improper development (dysplasia) or absence (aplasia) of the thyroid gland or biochemical (enzymatic) abnormalities. The condition may also develop later during childhood or adulthood (acquired) due to certain underlying disorders, the use of particular medications, or surgical removal of the thyroid gland. Although hypothyroidism most frequently affects adult females, the condition occurs in both genders and may become apparent at any age.
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[simage=2144,400,y,center]Living in poverty can be difficult to grasp, but a group of Washington County residents got a glimpse of life on low income at a simulation in Brighton. The Washington County Extension and Brighton Horizons sponsored Tuesday's simulation, which was held in the old Brighton school gymnasium. Nancy Adrian with the Extension says 43 people participated in situations low-income families face, such as having to get food from a food pantry or getting through unemployment. She says when put in these situations, many participants ended the evening with no money or food, evicted, or with children in foster care.
One Brighton resident says she thought the simulation was good, but left her emotional, and that the night reminded her to not take what she has for granted.


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Plunge at the Start of Trading in Asia Triggered Automatic Sell Orders, Creating a 'Domino Effect'
Gold prices slumped to their lowest level in nearly three years Wednesday after a selloff at the start of Asian trading reverberated through trading floors in London and New York.
The most actively traded contract, for August delivery, fell $45.30, or 3.6%, to $1,229.80 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. This was gold's lowest settlement price since Aug. 23, 2010. Gold for June delivery also fell 3.6%, down $45.20 to settle at $1,229.60 an ounce....


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|Lance Wilson
|GTA San Andreas
|Full Name
|Lance Wilson
|Place of Birth
|Los Santos, San Andreas
|Date of Death
|1992 (during Pier 69)
|Ryder's House in Ganton, Los Santos
|Main Affiliations
Grove Street Families
Carl Johnson
Big Smoke
OG Loc
Big Bear
B Dup
Los Santos Vagos
Russian Mafia
San Fierro Rifa
Loco Syndicate
|Voiced by
|MC Eiht
- For the mission see Ryder (mission)
Lance Wilson, better known as Ryder, is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a supporting character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (set in 1992). Ryder appeared as a high ranking member of the Grove Street Families who later joined forces with the Ballas, Los Santos Vagos and Russian Mafia. He is voiced by MC Eiht.
Character history
Early life
Ryder was born in Los Santos, likely in Ganton due to his close relationship with Sweet and Carl Johnson, and he later became a member of the Grove Street Families. He was once thrown out of school for beating up a teacher who was wearing Ballas colours, although Ryder claims this was because he was too intelligent for school. He rose up the ranks of the gang before becoming one of Sweet's closest allies, being helped by the departure of Carl Johnson in 1987 following his brothers death. The Grove Street Families, however, began to lose influence, power and money to their arch rivals, the Ballas, due to their stance against the sale of drugs, which was fueling the Ballas' rise to prominence. Big Smoke attempted to convince Sweet about the benefits of selling drugs but failed, later meeting Ryder in his house where he convinces him to join his newly formed alliance with the Ballas. The alliance is later expanded to include the Los Santos Vagos and Russian Mafia, while another was established with the Loco Syndicate, who began supplying the new alliance with drugs from their base in San Fierro, although they do not realize that an undercover government agent is involved in the operation. Ryder and Smoke also played a part in the murder of Beverly Johnson (the mother of Sweet and Carl), which was committed by the Ballas using a green Sabre, although they were aiming for Sweet.
Life with Carl Johnson
The death of Beverly Johnson brings her son, Carl, back to Los Santos from Liberty City. Carl meets Ryder again shortly after the funeral where they are attacked by a group of Ballas gangsters performing a drive-by shooting, destroying Smoke's vehicle. Carl, Sweet, Smoke and Ryder then use bicycles to flee the area. The four cycle to Mulholland Intersection where Sweet breaks away from the group, drawing the Ballas vehicle, allowing Carl, Smoke and Ryder to escape. The three are briefly followed again by a Ballas car, although the Ballas do not aim their guns at Smoke and Ryder due to their alliance, a fact missed by the Johnson brothers. Smoke also refuses to shoot at a Ballas car performing a drive-by shooting, claiming he did not wish to waste the food they had just ordered, although Ryder does start shooting the Ballas.
Ryder continues his life as normal with the Grove Street Families, often being seen with Sweet and Carl. He begins to hire Carl to do various tasks, the first being to drive to The Well Stacked Pizza Co. fast food restaurant in Idlewood, where Ryder attempted to rob the store but was thwarted by the manager, using a shotgun in self-defense. Ryder later assists Carl to kill a drug dealer and then a number of Ballas gangsters who were associated with the dealer in a home in Idlewood. Ryder also hires Carl to help him steal weapons from the home of Colonel Fuhrberger in East Beach, steal a weapons shipment from a train coming from Las Venturas and to steal weapons from the National Guard Depot in Ocean Docks.
Ryder later accompanies Carl, Sweet and Smoke to the Cluckin' Bell fast food restaurant in Willowfield, where they see a group Ballas attempt a drive-by shooting. The four survive and destroy the Ballas car. Ryder is again seen when the four discuss the gangs weapons and later performs a number of drive-by shootings with the three in East Los Santos and Jefferson. He also attended a party thrown by OG Loc in Grove Street.
Sweet later arranges a meeting at the Jefferson Motel between the various sub-sects of the Grove Street Families, in an attempt to bring the factions back together to fight the Ballas. Ryder, upon arriving with Sweet, Carl and Smoke, criticizes the non-Grove Street gangsters, which Carl and Sweet do not realize is an attack on the gang rather than the sub-sects. Sweet enters the motel on his own and, when the Los Santos Police Department ambush the meeting, Ryder and Smoke flee the scene in Sweet's Greenwood. The two, however, later re-appear at the side of the motel and drive away from the pursuing police, driving the car through a Sprunk billboard. The car explodes upon landing on the road below while the four, who had bailed out of the car, decide to go back home on their own.
Betrayal and death
Cesar Vialpando, the boyfriend of Sweet and Carl's sister Kendl, later phones Carl to come to an alleyway in Verdant Bluffs. While there the two witness Smoke and Ryder, along with C.R.A.S.H. officers Frank Tenpenny and Eddie Pulaski, with the green Sabre used in the killing of Carl's mother. Carl finally realises the true allegiances of Smoke and Ryder but is forced to go to Mulholland Intersection to save his brother from a Ballas ambush during a shoot-out. Sweet is shot and later arrested, being taken to a prison 'upstate' (as revealed by Mike Toreno) while Carl is taken to Angel Pine in Whetstone by Tenpenny, Pulaski and Jimmy Hernandez, the third member of C.R.A.S.H.
In the absence of both Sweet and Carl, Smoke and Ryder take control of the Grove Street Families and add them to their alliance. The Ballas take control of Ganton and other Grove Street Families turf in Los Santos. The Grove Street Families gangsters also begin to work for Smoke and Ryder by taking drug shipments from the Loco Syndicate drug manufacturing plant in Doherty, San Fierro back to Los Santos. Cesar Vialpando, however, later discovers this and informs Carl, who stops a number of the shipments from reaching Los Santos. Carl later moves to San Fierro but returns to Angel Pine with Vialpando to photograph the three leaders of the Loco Syndicate, who were meeting Ryder at the towns Cluckin' Bell.
After obtaining the photographs Carl returns to San Fierro and has them developed. He meets with Wu Zi Mu, a leading member of the Triads in San Fierro and his assistant Guppy, who identifies the three leaders as Jizzy B., a nightclub owner, T-Bone Mendez, the leader of the San Fierro Rifa, and the gangs leader, although they are unaware that he is an undercover government agent. Carl later kills Jizzy B. and later ambush a meeting between Mendez and Ryder, with help from the Triads. Carl and Vialpando both kill Mendez but Ryder escapes, swimming to a nearby boat, although Carl follows him and kills him on route back to Los Santos. Carl later shows remorse for killing his former friend, although Cesar reveals that Ryder tried to have sex with Kendl.
- Ryder bears a striking resemblance to the late rapper Eazy-E. He is always seen in a black baseball cap (which reads "San Andreas" in place of "Compton"), sunglasses, a windbreaker and Jheri Curl hairstyle. Ryder's Picador is based on a Chevy El Camino, also a staple of Eazy-E's image (i.e. "A fresh El Camino rolling Kilo G").
- Ryder constantly chastises Carl Johnson for his driving, regardless of how carefully the player drives - citing his "East Coast" style, a reference to the fact he lived in Liberty City before his comeback.
- In replay mode, Ryder, along with Sweet and Big Smoke, appear as pedestrian character models.
- Ryder is not seen without his sunglasses and only once, during the mission Ryder, without his cap. A glitch in the game reveals that behind the sunglasses, Ryder always has his eyes closed (or perhaps squinted, which is a side effect of marijuana).
- Ryder continues to wear green after his betrayal of the Grove Street Families becomes apparent to Sweet and Carl Johnson.
- Ryder is addicted to PCP - throughout the game it is nicknamed 'water', 'wet' and 'sherm'. The license plate of Ryder's brown Picador also reads "SHERM".
- Carl Johnson tells Ryder that "One day, you'll seriously wished that you hadn't have pissed me off." during the mission Home Invasion, foreshadowing Ryder's death.
- In pre-release screenshots Ryder was shown to own a brown Sadler.
- Ryder's favorite Radio station is Radio Los Santos.
- Ryder has a poster of the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City game artwork on a wall inside his house.
- Ryder's voice actor, MC Eiht, can also be heard during the song Hood Took Me Under by Compton's Most Wanted, which features on Radio Los Santos.
Mission appearances
- GTA San Andreas
- The Introduction
- Sweet & Kendl
- Ryder (Boss)
- Cleaning the Hood
- Drive-Thru
- Nines and AKs
- Drive-By
- Home Invasion (Boss)
- Catalyst (Boss)
- Robbing Uncle Sam (Boss)
- House Party
- Reuniting the Families
- The Green Sabre (Betrayal)
- Loco Syndicate Drug Courier (Cash runs)
- Photo Opportunity
- Pier 69 (Killed)


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We have heard a lot about the so-called sequester in recent months. We have also heard that it has been delayed.
To the editor:
We have heard a lot about the so-called sequester in recent months. We have also heard that it has been delayed.
But are you aware that beginning Oct. 1, 2013, some 171,000 military retirees and their dependents will lose their Tricare Prime health coverage? This is true and it has not received much, if any, media attention.
First, we end up paying for �free� health care and now we have a stipulation as to where to live in order to receive certain health-care packages. The Pentagon announced in January that it is eliminating Tricare Prime from areas that are 40 miles or more from active or former military bases.
This will affect 98,771 in Tricare South � military retirees and their families including those that were retired because of medical reasons; 37,404 in the North Tricare region; and 36,706 in the West. Tricare Prime networks will only serve those who live in ZIP codes within 40 miles of a military treatment facility or one closed through the base closure and realignment process.
So, those military retirees going home when they retire had best make sure if they want to keep Tricare Prime to check the distance to the nearest military facility. Active-duty troops will not be affected. According to Military Times, the Pentagon is expected to save between $45 million to $65 million dollars a year.
I have no opinion � just wanted to let you know.
Luis J. Alers-Dejesus


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|2011-08-15, 05:14
|Link #1882
Enraged and Suicidal
Join Date: Mar 2008
Stephanie Meyer does not deserve any love, only HATRED.
Or at least that was all I was tempted to say but that would be rather troll-like ain't it? So comment on the story... I can't think of anything. It broke my brain. It's obviously made on drugs.
|2011-08-15, 08:18
|Link #1883
Portable Dude Mk. II
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: All ghillied up spying on someone ~2,000 yards away using telescope sights.
Age: 29
You should just go to Japan and help a hentai mangaka write the plot for their next work.
Actually, it's starting to get unamusing already. I think I might stop acknowledging what is a Holy Crack anymore...
|2011-08-16, 19:59
|Link #1888
I crack you up
Join Date: Dec 2010
Age: 25
I had a scene where Knight Leader was weeping because he had seen the Queen like that.
Another was Fiamma trying to run away from Silvia, and she thinks he was going to betray her and Ollerus, so she tortured him BDSM style. Cue Ollerus waking up, seeing this, and going fucking Yandere mode.
|2011-08-16, 20:59
|Link #1889
Portable Dude Mk. II
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: All ghillied up spying on someone ~2,000 yards away using telescope sights.
Age: 29
TkMacintosh: Now where have I seen that kind of plot. I remember it was from a manga I read, perhaps. All I could recall that a girl wished boys weren't perverts and the next morning she woke up to she finds her world turning into one where half-nakedness is the proper way of dressing and that putting proper clothes on is like stripping in public. And the boys get turned on when they saw her in full school uniform. It's not a H manga though, but NSFW nevertheless.
|2011-08-16, 21:09
|Link #1890
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
|2011-08-17, 09:57
|Link #1893
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: England, it's pretty small, I'm sure you'll find me.
Age: 25
And my god MeisterBabylon Kakine in a skirt I could handle but with a little girls legs I think I might throw up.
|2011-08-18, 06:30
|Link #1895
FanFic Writer
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Norway
Age: 30
Is there a preferance for using Kamijou or Touma to address our main spiky-haired hero? In the light novels he seems to be referred to as Kamijou all the time, but is that consistent, and if so, is there a reason provided?
I personally feel like using Touma, but if it's part of his character to think of himself as "Kamijou", that's a good reason to change it.
Obviously I'm asking this in the fan fic thread because this is regarding writing fan fics. If anyone feels it's malplaced, please feel free to point in the right direction
|2011-08-18, 06:44
|Link #1896
...Is a lightning bolt
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Sweden
Mikoto: that idiot
Aogami/Tsuchimikado: Kami-yan
Index: Touma
His mother: Touma-san
Most other people refer him as Kamijou-san most probably because they don't really know him that good.
|2011-08-18, 06:48
|Link #1897
We're Back
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Discord
Age: 30
It's a matter of Japanese formality, but this depends on your writing style whether you want to westernized it, or retain the same feel as the Light Novel.
If you want to Westernized it, then by all means you can use their given name. But the Light Novel refers to all of them by their family name or full name, save for special occasions.
Index is the only one I know that refers to everyone by their given name, being a westerner herself this is to be expected but mostly because her character is naturally friendly and open.
|2011-08-18, 08:22
|Link #1898
FanFic Writer
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Norway
Age: 30
Hey there, thanks for the answers!
I think I wasn't clear enough in my question though.
I didn't mean when people are talking to or about him directly. I meant in the narrator's voice when writing from Touma's point of view.
Several times during the light novels it says "Kamijou did this, Kamjiou said that". Why doesn't the author use his first name? He doesn't seem to use the last name rule on all the characters (like when we're seeing Mikoto's point of view she's actually called Mikoto - most of the time).
I was wondering if this was a consistent thing throughout the series, or if it's just random when the author uses his first name or last name when writing from Touma's point of view.
Basically, does Touma usually refer to himself as "Kamijou" when he thinks?
|2011-08-18, 23:23
|Link #1899
Σ(。д°(o--(ಠ益ಠ )
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Hotsprings Resort
Age: 32
Howdy folks.
I'm a relatively new guy when it comes to writing stories in this series, but I do have the first chapter of something I recently got through finishing. If you folks don't mind, I would love if you could check it out and possibly give me feedback? It's a bit on the serious side, with action and dialogue.
As a word of warning, however: it's got a handful of OCs, so do read through it all before passing judgment. So, without further ado:
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The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® series continues by remembering one Tennessee State Tiger who made it to the show.
In 1981, outfielder Terry Blocker became the first and only TSU alum to get drafted in the first round of the MLB draft. The New York Mets selected Blocker with the fourth pick in the draft - two picks behind Joe Carter, but two rounds ahead of Tony Gwynn.
The Colombia, S.C. native came to Tennessee State in 1979 and immediately started as a freshman. In 42 games he was seventh in the nation in stolen bases with 40, scored 59 runs and hit .360.
He followed his freshman campaign by knocking in 28 runs while still increasing his average. However, his truly breakout year came during his junior season- a season in which he played only 32 games but still managed to hit 11 home runs, three triples and batted .402.
Blocker's junior season would be the last time he suited up for the Tigers as he traded TSU blue for Mets blue when the club selected him with its first pick.
Like many draftees, Blocker spent his first year playing professionally in the minor leagues. He roamed the outfield alongside Darryl Strawberry and Billy Beane while with the Mets' AA affiliate in Jackson, Miss.
Blocker made his big league debut on Apr. 11, 1985 as a pinch runner. During the season, he had one hit in 15 at-bats before being sent down to the minors.
The Mets then shipped Blocker to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later on Nov. 11, 1987.
The 1988 season proved to be a more fruitful one for Blocker who found hitting at the Braves' Fulton County Stadium much more inviting. Blocker got 210 plate appearances during his first year with Atlanta and had 42 hits and two home runs.
In 1989, Dale Murphy played center field for the Braves - putting Blocker's playing time in jeopardy. Later that season, Blocker attempted to stay on the big-league roster by becoming a pitcher.
He pitched one inning in his career, surrendering two walks but no runs.
The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® highlights some of the greatest moments in honor of Tennessee State's centennial celebration. A new moment will be released each weekday for a total of 100. These moments were chosen by the TSU 100 Moments committee, which consists of alums from various departments. TSU has so many great moments, not all can be represented in these 100.
Sports Information Assistant Alex Mitchell contributed to this article.
Follow TSU Athletics on Facebook.com/TSUTigers and Twitter @TSU_Tigers.


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Cheap Eats
There's a cornucopia of culinary bargains to be found in the Valley, and we're here to help you track them down
By: Lynn Hazlewood
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Bargain dining doesn't have to mean processed food at some soulless national chain. There are eateries in the Valley with plenty of personality, where the cooking's fresh, and the prices won't break the bank. And many savvy restaurateurs are offering such recession-busting specials, you couldn't even make the meals at home for the money. Some of the spots we've rounded up may not suit confirmed fancypants foodies — but the fare's wholesome and the bottom line's a steal.
» First stop: Big W's Roadside Bar-B-Q, Wingdale


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Cetuximab With or Without Tivantinib in Treating Patients With Head and Neck Cancer That Is Recurrent, Metastatic, or Cannot Be Removed by Surgery
|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: NCT01696955
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : October 2, 2012
Last Update Posted : August 22, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Recurrent Head and Neck Carcinoma
|Biological: Cetuximab Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Drug: Tivantinib
|Phase 2
I. Response rate (comparing the cetuximab/ARQ 197 [tivantinib] combination with cetuximab single agent activity).
I. Continuous tumor shrinkage. II. Progression-free survival (PFS). III. Overall survival (OS). IV. Objectives I, II, and III above, as well as response rates, will be assessed and compared between treatment arms in the subgroup of patients with high mesenchymal epithelial transition factor (c-MET) expression, and/or high c-MET copy number.
V. Single agent activity for ARQ 197 (tivantinib) in patients who have failed cetuximab.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
ARM I: Patients receive cetuximab intravenously (IV) over 60-120 minutes on days 1 and 15 and tivantinib orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
ARM II: Patients receive cetuximab IV over 60-120 minutes on days 1 and 15. Patients who fail cetuximab as a single agent may receive single agent tivantinib PO BID on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 5 years.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|79 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Phase II Trial of ARQ 197 (Tivantinib)/Cetuximab Versus Cetuximab in Patients With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
|Actual Study Start Date :
|August 20, 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 6, 2017
Experimental: Arm I (cetuximab and tivantinib)
Patients receive cetuximab IV over 60-120 minutes on days 1 and 15 and tivantinib PO BID on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Biological: Cetuximab
Given IV
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Drug: Tivantinib
Given PO
Experimental: Arm II (cetuximab)
Patients receive cetuximab IV over 60-120 minutes on days 1 and 15. Patients who fail cetuximab as a single agent may receive single agent tivantinib PO BID on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Biological: Cetuximab
Given IV
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
- Response rate assessed according to RECIST [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Response rates in the two arms will be compared using a continuity-corrected chi square test. A sample size of n=38 patients per arm will provide 80% power to detect a difference of 12% vs 35% between the cetuximab and combination treatment arms, using a one-sided test at the alpha = 0.10 significance level.
- Activity of single-agent tivantinib after failure of cetuximab [ Time Frame: Up to 8 weeks ]
- Change in c-MET copy number [ Time Frame: Baseline to 8 weeks ]Change in tumor burden, PFS, and OS in subgroup of patients with high c-MET expression and/or high c-MET copy number. Logistic and Cox proportional hazards regression models to examine the change in tumor burden, PFS, and OS in subgroup of patients with high c-MET expression and/or high c-MET copy number.
- Change in c-MET expression [ Time Frame: Baseline to 8 weeks ]Change in tumor burden, PFS, and OS in subgroup of patients with high c-MET expression and/or high c-MET copy number. Logistic and Cox proportional hazards regression models to examine the change in tumor burden, PFS, and OS in subgroup of patients with high c-MET expression and/or high c-MET copy number.
- Change in tumor burden, measured using the sum of longest diameters of target lesion [ Time Frame: Baseline to 8 weeks ]Early change in tumor burden will be compared between groups using two-sample t-tests. Waterfall plots will be constructed for graphical comparison.
- OS [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Kaplan-Meier curves will be generated for OS and the treatment arms compared via log rank tests.
- PFS [ Time Frame: From start of treatment to time of progression or death of any cause, assessed up to 5 years ]Kaplan-Meier curves will be generated for PFS and the treatment arms compared via log rank tests.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically/cytologically confirmed diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck origin not amenable to curative intent therapy; both human papillomavirus (HPV) positive (+) and HPV negative (-) are eligible, but status has to be known prior to randomization (although not required for consenting); any type of tissue based HPV assessment is acceptable (e.g. p16 immunohistochemistry [IHC] or HPV in situ hybridization [ISH]); if local HPV testing is not available slides can be sent to the University of Chicago for HPV testing; please note that p16 IHC is generally only considered to be accurate for oropharyngeal tumors
- Presence of measurable lesions (as per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [RECIST] 1.1); generally a >= 10 mm tumor lesion (in the longest diameter by computed tomography [CT] scan) or a lymph node >= 15 mm (short axis) is considered measurable disease when evaluated by CT scan (with a slice thickness no greater than 5 mm)
- Availability of tissue (10 tumor containing formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded [FFPE] slides/sections)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1
- Patients who have received cetuximab or another inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in the curative intent treatment setting (e.g. with radiation or during induction chemotherapy [prior to definitive, curative intent therapy]) are eligible for the study
- Life expectancy of greater than 8 weeks
- Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL
- Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
- Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal
- Serum creatinine =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal OR creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
- Patients must be able to swallow ARQ 197 (tivantinib) by mouth, unless adequate data about administration by gastrostomy (G)-tube becomes available; tablets may be crushed, but must be taken orally
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients with normal immune function (cluster of differentiation [CD]4 count > 200) are eligible if there are no drug interactions with ARQ 197 (tivantinib) or cetuximab
- Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately; men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to use adequate contraception prior to the study, for the duration of study participation, and 4 months after completion of ARQ 197 (tivantinib) administration
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 2 weeks earlier
- Nasopharyngeal tumors that show lymphoepithelioma histology
- Patients who have received more than 2 prior cytotoxic treatments in the palliative treatment setting are ineligible
- Patients who have received treatment with an EGFR or MET inhibitor in the palliative treatment setting are ineligible
- Patients with known, active brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial; patients with treated brain metastases stable for >= 12 weeks are eligible; use of corticosteroid (for patients with brain metastasis and other indications for corticosteroid use) is acceptable on a low maintenance or tapering dose schedule
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to ARQ 197 (tivantinib) or cetuximab
- Concurrent life-threatening diseases: patients with diseases which with reasonable certainty do not limit life expectancy to 12 months or less are eligible; assessment of such concurrent illnesses should be by the principal investigator
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study; breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with ARQ 197 (tivantinib)
- Concurrent use of warfarin (therapeutic use) is allowed, but requires close monitoring of prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR)
- History of congestive heart failure defined as class II to IV per New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification; active coronary artery disease (CAD), clinically significant bradycardia or other uncontrolled, cardiac arrhythmia defined as >= grade 3 according to National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 4.0, or uncontrolled hypertension; myocardial infarction occurring within 6 months prior to study entry (myocardial infarction occurring > 6 months prior to study entry is permitted)
- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
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): NCT01696955
|United States, Arizona
|Mayo Clinic in Arizona
|Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259
|United States, California
|City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Duarte, California, United States, 91010
|USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
|University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
|City of Hope South Pasadena
|South Pasadena, California, United States, 91030
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern University
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
|Decatur Memorial Hospital
|Decatur, Illinois, United States, 62526
|NorthShore University HealthSystem-Evanston Hospital
|Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60201
|Ingalls Memorial Hospital
|Harvey, Illinois, United States, 60426
|Illinois CancerCare-Peoria
|Peoria, Illinois, United States, 61615
|Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
|Springfield, Illinois, United States, 62702
|United States, Indiana
|Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology Inc-Parkview
|Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, 46845
|Indiana University/Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
|United States, Iowa
|University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
|United States, Maryland
|University of Maryland/Greenebaum Cancer Center
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
|United States, Michigan
|University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
|Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
|United States, Minnesota
|Mayo Clinic
|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
|Metro Minnesota Community Oncology Research Consortium
|Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States, 55416
|United States, Missouri
|Washington University School of Medicine
|Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
|Mercy Hospital Saint Louis
|Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63141
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
|Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033-0850
|University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15232
|Principal Investigator:
|Tanguy Seiwert
|University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01696955 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2012-01640 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
9165 ( Other Identifier: University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center )
9165 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
N01CM00038 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
N01CM00071 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
N01CM00099 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
P30CA014599 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|October 2, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 22, 2017
|Last Verified:
|August 2017
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Squamous Cell
Neoplasms by Site
Antineoplastic Agents


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Hi All,
I have just found out that I am expecting but the financial worries have already set in! What is worrying me the most is my credit card debt. I have three seperate cards (one credit, two store) and the debt totals about £3k. I know that it's not a lot in comparison to some and it's more than manageable whilst I am in work, but with the pittance you get from SMP I am really worried! I'll need to find about £200 a month! Does anyone have any advice with regards to possibly lowering payments etc?
Any advice will be greatly appreciated!!


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Allison Krauss (b. 1971) is a renowned American bluegrass-country singer and fiddle player.
She has thus far released more than ten albums, appeared on numerous soundtracks, and has been credited by audiophiles with helping to usher in a new interest in bluegrass music in the United States. Her soundtrack performances have led to further popularity, including the Grammy-winning O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, an album also credited with raising American interest in bluegrass, and the Cold Mountain soundtrack, which led to her performance at the 2004 Academy Awards. During her career she has won 20 Grammy Awards—more than any other female artist and tied for seventh-most among all artists—along with numerous other awards.
Krauss and her band, Union Station, sang "Sesame Jamboree" with the Count on the 2007 direct-to-video Sesame Street release, Kids' Favorite Country Songs. Krauss also appeared in a Healthy Moment with Baby Bear to tell us to do things that make us happy because it keep our minds healthy and we will also feel good too.


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1. Re: Help with clicks tagruthgordy May 2, 2011 6:39 AM (in response to Julie Cloutier)
Create Clicktag AS 2.0
1. Create animation
2. Add new layer to very top of timeline. (must be at top) Label "clicktag" or Inv button. (It doesn't really matter what you label it)
3. On first frame of this layer draw rectangle to cover full stage (may go beyond stage dimensions)
4. Rectangle must have a fill color. You may delete frame around the box. (Make sure alpha slider has some fill percentage before you draw rectangle to enable fill)
5. Convert this box to a button symbol. Name clicktag (or button)
6. Double click on this button or get to edit mode. Select color fill with solid arrow. Click on Properties panel/Fill color and adjust alpha to 0%.
7. Go back to Scene. Click on first frame of clicktag layer. Select the now invisible button by surrounding with solid arrow tool.
8. Select properties panel and click on arrow in circle to get Actions panel.
9. Make sure Actions panel says ACTIONS-BUTTON at top of panel.
10. Add coding from below:
on (release) {
getURL (_level0.clickTag, "_blank");
11. Send swf/html files along with your target URL to publication
Good luck
2. Re: Help with clicks tagJulie Cloutier May 2, 2011 9:44 AM (in response to ruthgordy)
Thank you very much, this is very very helpful.
3. Re: Help with clicks tagJulie Cloutier Apr 13, 2012 11:51 AM (in response to Julie Cloutier)
Hi, this discussion was closed month ago but I have a new problem with click tags and I thought maybe if I posted here I could get an answer.
I have a problem when inserting a click tag and a link. I read that the clickTAG must be on the top layer of the animation, so I put right below it on another layer a button with a link to a website. When I click on the animation, the click tag work but the redirection to the website does not.
Any idea on how to make a link work while inserting a click tag ?
Should I put this code on the same button ?
on (release) {
getURL (_level0.clickTAG, "_blank");
on (release) {
getURL("http://www.mywebsiteaddressblablabla.com", "_blank");
4. Re: Help with clicks tagJ0HNS0N Apr 13, 2012 12:03 PM (in response to Julie Cloutier)
No, you don't put the URL in the banner. Just the first block of code. The URL will come in to the banner as a variable when it's trafficked. Here's a tool you can use to make sure it's set up correctly:
5. Re: Help with clicks tagJulie Cloutier Apr 13, 2012 12:36 PM (in response to J0HNS0N)
Hi, thank you for your answer but I still have a question.
Who will put the url in then if it's not me ? And how should they put it in ?
What do you mean by when it gets trafficked ?
6. Re: Help with clicks tagJ0HNS0N Apr 13, 2012 1:00 PM (in response to Julie Cloutier)
Is your banner going to run in a big ad network? It's probably going through something like DFA (Doubleclick For Advertisers) or AdSense, who will host your banner and put it in a rotation on a network of sites. The person who sets up the banner to run in this framework is 'trafficking' your banner. WHen doing this, they will assign a URL to the click tag variable which gets found by your swf via flashvars in the embed code. By doing it this way, instead of hard-coding the url in the banner: it makes it easier to change the URL, and enables reporting of how many people clicked through from the banner.
7. Re: Help with clicks tagJulie Cloutier Apr 13, 2012 1:04 PM (in response to J0HNS0N)
Thank you for this clarification, I will run this by my client. Thanks a lot.


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One can say it starts with a big bang. Just the other day, one of my neighbors married off one of his children. When we saw the tent being erected in our street we anticipated with dismay the next morning. Sure enough, at exactly 6 o'clock they started the generator which they had so considerately put right in front of our house and the tape started blaring wedding songs. But who am I to complain? I am the foreigner here – different folks, different strokes.
|Roang Kaa - Wedding Tent for the morning ceremonies
|How refreshing - the generator a few meters from the tent - together with music, wedding chants - cacophony at its best.
Normally, the religious ceremonies last until midday or 2 o'clock. The wedding reception for all the friends and people deemed worthy of being invited is held later in the day, usually starting at 6 o'clock, at a restaurant or venues that specialize in this, like the Mondial center on Mao Tse Tung Blvd. or the new center at Koh Pich. Depending on the status of the parents this can be a most lavish affair ranging from 10 tables to well over 100 tables. A table usually seats 8 or 10. The parents' purse also determines how many dishes will be served. Anything less than three is absolutly impossible and three is already considered stingy. The upper class will serve up to 10 different dishes, including small crabs, beef with mango salad, duck, etc.
A big difference to Western weddings are the gifts. Of course, the bride and groom receive a more or less large present from their parents, and some smaller ones from the closest relatives. Normal guests, however, hand over money at the reception in an envelope that is included in the original invitation. No other gifts are given. The amount depends on the social standing of both the parents and the guests. Naturally, as can be expected, the higher the status the more money. Cambodia's neighoring countries have the same customs in this respect, but the amounts are somewhat more moderate in Vietnam and in Thailand. The Nouveaux Riches in Cambodia know no bounds here either. A wealthy couple attending can easily hand over $500 or even $1,000. This generosity will be returned, however, when a child of that couple gets married. And there is no way around it. I attended a wedding in Vietnam once. The envelope there was neutral, that is, it had no name on it - not so in Cambodia. The preprinted envelope is clearly marked with your name, so the parents can clearly identify you for a miser if you give less than is usual and customary. The benefit of that system, of course, is that the parents might even make a profit as the guests practically pay for their own meals. And this is the exact reason why so man people can hold these wedding parties in such style, many a time well above their social or professional standing. Saving face and showing status is paramount in Cambodian, as in all Asian, societies.
Just imagine a Westerner holding a wedding reception for 1000 guests. Consequently, you don't see too many of those in the West. If the Khmer parents were to pay for everything out of their own pockets they would easily have to shell out up to $25,000, and sometimes more, for morning ceremony and wedding reception, band, and other entertainers. A nice tent in Phnom Penh including the wedding singers, the musical and electronic equipment can cost around $2,000 - $3,000; more modest ones around $1,000; people in rural areas are luckier – it's about $300 there. So, altogether, if they had to pay with their own money we would probably see a lot fewer weddings along the streets and roads.
It's a hassle for the guests, especially the ladies, too. They need a new dress, or they rent one. Make-up and hair-style will take hours; everything for just 2 -3 hours as most receptions end at 8 or 9 o'clock. My wife was invited to the wedding of the son of an 'Excellency' just this week. The ladies (look chumteauv) try to outdo each other on these occasions. My normally rather Westernized wife fell back into her traditional Khmer attitude, and felt she needed to look particularly special, not she doesn't look special every day. This is also the occasion where the 'successful' businesswomen, say wives of rich government officials and high-ranking military people, show off their jewelry. While Westerners like to enjoy travel first and head off to a honeymoon in far and exotic locations that can also cost a fortune, Cambodian women appreciate jewelry over everything else. (Sometimes it also serves as consolation for her husband's infidelities.) Some people receive so many invitations they have to attend 2 or more in one day. Another government official whom I happen to know said he has wedding invitations for virtually every day of the week. Poor guy.
|My wife and stepdaughter ready to compete.
|When will she get maried?
Thankfully, we have received only two invitations so far. I bowed out of the Ayadom's (Excellency's) invitation but attended the simpler one in the town where I have my 'weekend' house. This is a small town and I am the only foreigner there. I needed to show my face so as not to offend these good people, and good they all are. They are all very friendly and helpful.


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Soluble and insoluble fiber
Dietary fiber is the part of food that is not affected by the digestive process in the body. Only a small amount of fiber is metabolized in the stomach and intestine, the rest passes through the gastrointestinal tract and makes up part of the stool. There are two types of dietary fiber, soluble and insoluble. Soluble fiber retains water and turns to gel during digestion. It also slows digestion and nutrient absorption from the stomach and intestine, and it helps lower cholesterol and blood sugar levels. Soluble fiber is found in foods such as oat bran, barley, nuts, seeds, beans, lentils, peas, and some fruits and vegetables. Insoluble fiber speeds the passage of foods through the stomach and intestines and adds bulk to the stool, making bowel movements easier to pass. It is found in foods such as wheat bran, vegetables, and whole grains.
Fiber is very important to a healthy diet and can be a helpful aid in weight management. One of the best sources of fiber comes from legumes, the group of food containing dried peas and beans.
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New Car Review
2012 Audi Q5: New Car Review
Pros: Upscale looks, fun to drive, high-quality interior, good 4-cylinder fuel economy, satisfying optional V6.
Cons: Smallish cargo hold, forgettable 4-cylinder performance.
Practically every luxury crossover SUV promises "carlike performance," but few deliver as resoundingly as the 2012 Audi Q5. Based on the A4 platform, the Q5 rides higher and holds more cargo than its A4 relatives, yet its driving character is remarkably similar. We've often questioned the point of crossovers, especially when similarly practical regular cars are already offered-like the A3 hatchback and A4 Avant wagon, for example. But the Q5 does such a bang-on impression of a car that it basically neutralizes our default crossover criticism.
Of course, if you really start to attack corners, you'll notice that Q5's elevated center of gravity translates into increased body roll and lower limits. But come on, who really drives like that in a crossover? People typically buy these vehicles so they can ride higher and feel safer, even if it means sacrificing some handling capability. In the Q5, the sacrifice is so small that most drivers won't even notice.
A more significant sacrifice is required by the standard turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. We're already lukewarm on the "2.0T" in the A4, and the Q5 adds about 300 extra pounds to the 211-horsepower inline-4's workload. The optional 3.2-liter V6 solves the power problem, but it costs a lot more, too. So the Q5 does force you to compromise under the hood: you can have value or performance, but not both.
Nonetheless, we're big fans of Audi's compact crossover. If you want your new luxury SUV to feel as little like a truck as possible, make sure you get some seat time in a Q5.
Comfort & Utility
The 2012 Audi Q5 is offered in three trim levels: Premium, Premium Plus and Prestige. Note that the 2.0T engine is available in Premium or Premium Plus trim, while the 3.2-liter V6 engine comes in Premium Plus or Prestige trim.
The Premium comes with 18-inch alloy wheels, foglamps, LED taillights, leather upholstery, power front seats with adjustable lumbar, a tilt-telescopic steering wheel, woodgrain interior trim, tri-zone automatic climate control (including a separate temperature control for the back seat), the Multi-Media Interface (MMI) system with a dash-mounted control knob and a ten-speaker audio system with an auxiliary input, an SD card reader and satellite radio.
The Premium Plus adds xenon headlamps with LED running lights, a panoramic sunroof, a power liftgate, auto-dimming mirrors, driver memory functions, Bluetooth and iPod integration and heated seats. Notably, the 3.2 Premium Plus has a few standard features that the 2.0T doesn't, including 19-inch alloy wheels, S line styling enhancements and keyless entry with push-button ignition.
The 3.2 Prestige steps up to adaptive xenon headlamps, manual rear sunshades, a blind-spot warning system, a 14-speaker Bang & Olufsen audio system and an MMI navigation system that includes an upgraded display screen, a console-mounted control knob with a joystick-like top, and an extra SD slot.
Many of the higher trims' features-notably Bluetooth and iPod integration-are available on lower trims as options. The Prestige is eligible for some exclusive upgrades, including a leather-trimmed dashboard, cooled front seats, adaptive cruise control and the Drive Select system, which provides electronic adjustments for steering, transmission and throttle calibrations.
The Q5's front seats are comfortable enough, but they lack the range of adjustments that some competitors provide (BMW, for example), and their lateral support is minimal. Thanks to the standard seat-height adjustment and tilt-telescoping wheel, though, everyone should be able to find a comfortable driving position.
Behind that leather-wrapped wheel, the gauges are classic Audi-two simple circles for the tachometer and speedometer, with numerals rendered in Audi's distinctive font. Materials quality is excellent for this price range, and although the Q5 largely borrows the A4's dashboard, it does its sedan sibling one better by getting rid of the cheesy silver plastic trim that surrounds the A4's gauge cluster and MMI screen.
As with the A4, the Q5's ergonomics are hit-or-miss. Try to adjust the climate control's fan speed and you'll see what we mean-it's a two-step process. Whatever happened to a dedicated fan knob that simply does what it's told? On the bright side, we think Audi has made great strides with the MMI system's intuitiveness, though we only fully endorse MMI if you get the navigation system with its console-mounted control knob. The base MMI's dash-mounted knob is an uncomfortable reach for the driver.
The Q5 makes the most of its compact rear compartment by providing slide and recline functions for the back seat, not to mention the rare luxury of separate rear temperature controls. While the bottom cushion is still a bit lower than our taller editors would prefer, we'd call the Q5's rear passenger space satisfactory for this class.
However, maximum cargo space is on the small side, at 57.3 cubic feet. And while the 29.1 cubic feet of space behind the rear seatbacks sounds ample, we've found it challenging to fit a couple of golf bags into this relatively narrow cargo area.
Like the A4, the base Q5 doesn't come standard with iPod or Bluetooth connectivity, but you can easily add both as standalone options. Also, the absence of a USB port from the Q5's features list means that flash-drive loyalists will have to transfer their mp3s onto an SD card instead. Again, not a huge deal.
The technological nerve center of the Q5 is the MMI system, which comes in two forms. In standard spec without navigation, MMI is controlled via a knob on the center stack that we find to be too far from the driver for comfort. If your budget can handle it, we recommend stepping up to the MMI Plus system, which includes navigation, a more sophisticated display screen and a control knob that's conveniently mounted precisely where your right hand rests on the center console. Audi has greatly improved the intuitiveness of MMI's menu structure, and the console-mounted knob now features a nifty joystick-like top section that facilitates some operations.
Performance & Fuel Economy
The Q5 Premium and Premium Plus come standard with a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4 rated at 211 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque. The transmission is an eight-speed automatic. Even the base Q5 2.0T weighs nearly 4,100 pounds, and 211 horses aren't very many when you're dealing with that kind of mass. That's why we prefer the 3.2-liter V6-optional on Premium Plus and standard on Prestige-which pumps out a healthier 270 horsepower, albeit with less torque (243 lb-ft). The V6 helps the Q5 keep up with the swifter crossovers in this class, and the standard six-speed automatic always seems to be in the right gear.
All Q5s feature Audi's Quattro all-wheel-drive system. Fuel economy is a strong 20 mpg city/27 mpg highway with the 2.0T but drops to 18/23 mpg with the V6.
The 2012 Audi Q5 features standard stability control, four-wheel antilock brakes and six airbags (front, front side, full-length side-curtain). Rear side airbags are optional.
The government has not crash-tested the Q5 as of this writing, but the independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the Q5 its highest rating of "Good" in every category.
Driving Impressions
At reasonable cornering speeds, the Q5 feels like the sport sedan of compact luxury crossovers-an A4 on stilts, yes, but an A4 nonetheless. Push harder and you'll get smacked by old man Understeer, but like we said, no one buys one of these to chase motorcycles in the hills. The true calling of the Q5 is to traverse both highways and patchy urban pavement with lofty composure, and for the most part, that's exactly what it does. The ride is already on the firm side of normal, though, so think hard when your Audi dealer tries to sell you on the S line package with the 20-inch wheels.
Other Cars to Consider
BMW X3: The athletic X3 sports a pair of wonderful inline-6 engines (a turbo four will replace the base inline-6 for 2013), and its interior is right there with the Audi's in terms of quality.
Cadillac SRX: Newly fortified with a 308-horsepower V6 for 2012, the SRX also boasts a beautiful cabin and a unique sense of style.
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class: The GLK's butch styling makes a strong statement, but don't be fooled. This is really just a C-Class sedan in a superhero costume. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Indeed, the GLK is one of the most rewarding drives in this segment, and it offers far more power than the Q5 2.0T at a comparable price.
AutoTrader Recommends
Cost no object, we'd take the Q5 3.2, but folks shopping for a vehicle like this may still be budget-conscious. For their sake, we'll recommend the Q5 2.0T-it costs thousands less, and its superior fuel economy will keep saving you money in the years ahead.


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E078185 spear thrower, wood, south coast New South Wales, Australia.
This spear thrower is from the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. The spearthrower is carved from a single piece of wood. It increases in width towards the handle end then tapers to a point. At the opposite end, a peg at an acute angle has been carved. The spearthrower was collected by Alexander Morrison in the late 19th or early 20th Century and acquired by the Australian Museum in 1975.
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- Emma Furno
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
Length 56.0cm
Width 7.8cm
Depth 4.0cm
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The BMC default settings in the SCv2000 series models may need to be changed by Dell Technical Support.
Problem Detail:
The default IP Address settings for the SCv2000 series is set as the following on both controllers:
IP Addr: 192.168.1.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 0.0.0.0
This setting may interfere or cause an IP conflict in the existing network infrastructure and need to be changed. Furthermore, if the 192.168.x.y IP address scheme will be used for the management of the Storage Center, it is highly recommended to change the IP address scheme of the BMC interface.
Depending on the existing network infrastructure, a recommended setting would be:
Lower HSN (top canister/controller):
IP Addr: 169.254.0.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 169.254.0.0
Higher HSN (bottom canister/controller):
IP Addr: 169.254.0.2
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 169.254.0.0
Due to the less likelihood of the customer's environment incorporating the 169.254.x.y IP address scheme, this will be preloaded on the BMC interfaces at the factory in a future factory drop update yet to be determined.
Affected Versions:
All SCv2000 series Storage Centers
Article ID: SLN301450
Last Date Modified: 09/26/2018 03:26 PM
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NBC stocked up on comedies Friday, picking up the pilots "Bad Judge," "Mission Control" and "One Big Happy."
In "Bad Judge," Kate Walsh ("Private Practice") stars as a tough and uncensored Los Angeles criminal court judge with a chaotic personal life. It hails from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions and is written and executive produced by Chad Kultgen ("The Incredible Burt Wonderstone").
It's one of two series NBC picked up from Gary Sanchez on Friday. "Mission Control" is a 1960s-set comedy about a female aerospace engineer played by Krysten Ritter ("Don't Trust the B--- in Apartment 23") navigating a world dominated by nerdy men. Writer David Hornsby serves as executive producer along with Owen Burke, McKay and Ferrell.
From executive producer Ellen DeGeneres, "One Big Happy" is a sitcom about a lesbian and her straight male best friend (Elisha Cuthbert and Nick Zano) attempting to have a child together. Their unusual arrangement grows even more complicated when he decides to get married after a whirlwind romance and she discovers she's pregnant. It is scheduled for midseason.
Writer Liz Feldman ("2 Broke Girls") and director Scott Ellis ("2 Broke Girls") serve as executive producers with Jeff Kleeman ("The Change Up") and DeGeneres.
Though NBC has experienced an impressive ratings turnaround this season and is poised to finish in first place, the network remains vulnerable on the comedy side. Only two sitcoms -- the rookie "About a Boy" and the long-running "Parks and Recreation" -- will be returning to the NBC in the fall.
"Bad Judge," "Mission Control" and "One Big Happy" join the comedies "A to Z" and "Marry Me" picked up by NBC earlier this week. The network has already given two sitcoms a straight-to-series order: the Tina Fey-produced "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" and the Craig Robinson vehicle "Mr. Robinson."


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SCons / AboutSCons
The SCons wiki has moved to https://github.com/SCons/scons/wiki/AboutSCons
SCons is a build system (build tool, make tool or software construction tool) written in pure Python. SCons uses Python scripts as "configuration files" for software builds. Based on the design that won the Software Carpentry build tool competition, SCons solves a number of problems associated with build automation, especially with the classic and ubiquitous Make itself.
In contrast to command automation tools like Fabric, where you specify a name of an action to execute, in build systems like SCons you specify the name of a target (usually a file or directory) that needs to be built. You can have abstract targets (Value nodes) and aliases for doing ordinary automation tasks, but the base principle is that you specify what you need built, and SCons figures out what needs to be done. It builds a complete dependency graph (what nodes depend on other nodes and what commands each node needs) and then executes the minimal set of commands to bring the desired targets up to date.
If you're familiar with Linux, then you might be interested to know that in its evolution SCons will not only serve as a replacement to make, but for whole GNU Build System. This GNU Build System (GBS) is also known as the set of Autotools (autoconf, automake, autoheader, etc...)
Distinctive features of SCons include:
- modular design, lending itself to embedding in other applications
- pure Python makes it possible to distribute tool along with project sources
- a global view of all dependencies in the source tree
- an improved model for parallel builds (-j)
- automatic scanning of files for dependencies
- use of MD5 signatures instead of traditional file timestamps (still available as an option)
- use of Python functions or objects to build target files
- easy user extensibility
See also: SconsVsOtherBuildTools
See History: http://legacy.python.org/workshops/2002-02/papers/16/index.htm


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Gorgeous and Green: Eco Friendly Flowers and Gifts
- Location: Berkeley, CA
- Specialty: Sustainable and recycled home decor and gifts, local plants and flowers.
- Price range: $$
- Website: gorgeousandgreenevents.com
Store History
- Founded: 2010
- Founded by: Pilar Zuniga
- Headquarters: Berkeley, California
It's impossible not to be happy as you peruse the creative displays inside Gorgeous and Green, a wonderland of green goods and gifts in Berkeley, California. Pilar Zuniga has filled her shop with the things she loves most in the world: chocolate, jewelry, flowers, and an excellently curated collection of vintage treasures and handmade gifts for baby, body, and the home.
Abundant bunches of sunflowers, gladiolas, marigolds, and dahlias radiate jubilance upon visitors who approach Gorgeous and Green's glass facade. Once inside, you'll be grinning gleefully as you spin the rack of sweet letterpress greeting cards, gaze up at tiny terrariums hanging from the rafters, and browse the natural skin products cleverly stacked in old cigar boxes. From the vintage suitcases spilling over with air plants, to the rainbow of recycled glass vases lined up on reclaimed wood shelves, Pilar Zuniga's airy boutique is a magical wonderland of eco-friendly items.
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Seahawks put left tackle Okung on injured reserve
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have placed left tackle Russell Okung on injured reserve with a designation to return after he injured a toe against the San Francisco 49ers last week.
Okung injured his left big toe blocking 49ers defensive end Justin Smith on the final play of the first quarter.
Coach Pete Carroll says Okung suffered a torn ligament in his toe and the injury is expected to keep him sidelined for six to eight weeks.
"It gives him a chance to come back," Carroll said. "It's a six- to eight-week injury and we'll hope that that will all work out right for us. He's determined, he's kind of excited about the fact that he has a chance to get back this season as well. So we will just ride it out, see what happens, and take good care of him and hopefully we'll be able to make it."
Under the injured reserve rules, Okung will be ineligible for the next eight weeks. He can return to practice six weeks after being placed on the list and be eligible to play against Minnesota on Nov. 17.
Paul McQuistan will start in place of Okung against the Jacksonville Jaguars. McQuistan started the first two games of the year at left guard for the Seahawks.
With McQuistan moving to tackle, James Carpenter will take over at left guard. Carpenter rotated in with McQuistan during the first two weeks. Carroll said Carpenter is ready to play a full game after getting back in shape from a foot injury that sidelined him during training camp.
The Seahawks also expect to see the season debut of two key pieces on the defensive side of the ball. Cornerback Brandon Browner and defensive end Chris Clemons are both expected to play against the Jaguars on Sunday.
Browner suffered a strained hamstring in practice two weeks ago and wasn't able to return to practice until this week. Browner is expected to start while the plan for Clemons will be more reserved.
Clemons is coming back from a torn ACL suffered in Seattle's playoff win over the Washington Redskins in January. Carroll said that they will monitor his reps in the game but he's in great shape and conditioning shouldn't be a factor.
"We're really, really thrilled for him," Carroll said. "It means the world to Chris of course, as he gets back. He had great preparation, he had a fantastic recovery process, the rehab, everything. So he has a chance to play for us this week and I'm really fired up that he gets to join us. We missed that."
Clemons has led the Seahawks in sacks in each of the last three seasons. He recorded 11 sacks in both 2010 and 2011 and 11.5 sacks last year for Seattle. Fellow defensive end Red Bryant says the return of Clemons will be a huge boost for an already imposing defense.
"He's a big part of what we do on defense. He's one of our leaders. We're excited for him to contribute with how hard he's worked to get back," Bryant said. "It's going to be big, man. We really can't put into words how excited we really are that he's back."
Notes: DT Jordan Hill was officially ruled out for the game with a strained biceps. ... FB Spencer Ware (ankle) and S Jeron Johnson (hamstring) are both listed as doubtful. Carroll confirmed Ware suffered a high ankle sprain last week against the 49ers. ... T Breno Giacomini (knee) and G J.R. Sweezy (back) are listed as probable. ... With the move of T Russell Okung to injured reserve, the Seahawks have an open roster that they expect to fill by Saturday.
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Earlier this week I wrote about chess and check. What about checkmate? The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology says:
Aphetic - OF. eschec mat = Pr[ovençal] escac mat, It[alian] scaccomatto, etc. - Pers. shāh māt the king is helpless; see CHECK1 and MAT2.
(MAT2 is "lustreless, dull", and I think the ODEE is saying that this word is from the same French source as the mate in checkmate.)
But the AHD says
Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic šāh māt, the king is dead : šāh, king (from Persian shāh; see shah) + māt, died (from earlier māta, to die; see mwt in Appendix II).
So, some disagreement, then. In searching for more info, I found M.E. Moghadam's "A Note on the Etymology of the Word Checkmate" in the Journal of the American Oriental Society (no. 58, pp. 662-664, 1938, the first page is here). Moghadam argues that the Persian derivation is the correct one. He begins
Both the Webster and the Oxford dictionaries derived the word checkmate ultimately from the Arabic al-shāh māta, meaning "the king died." There are several objections to this etymology.
Interestingly this is no longer the case for either the OED or Merriam-Webster. Moghadam asserts that
Every single word connected with the game of chess in Arabic is either borrowed from the Perisan and arabicised or translated from the Persian into Arabic.
Also, "the shāh in chess is not killed and does not die."
According to Moghadam, Persian māt means
"left (without a way to escape)," or "at a loss," or "perplexed"; hence "pressed" and "defeated" [...] This use of the word māt in Persian is not confined to the game of chess, but is used on all occasions and usually means "surprised" or "at a loss."
That it has nothing to do with the Ar. māta is further proved by the evidence in the older Persian manuscripts about chess, where the word used for "being checkmated" (māt shodan or shāh-māt shodan) is given as dar-māndan, māndan being the root of the word māt.
The verb māndan "to remain" (cf. Avestan mān- in Barth. Altir. Wört. 1124) when prefixed with the prepositions dar or vā, and often without any prefix, means "to be perplexed," "to be at a loss," or "to be exhausted." Shāh mānd means "the king is at a loss" or "has exhausted his resources." Māt is the abbreviated form of mānd, and such abbreviated forms are not at all unusual.
I know next to nothing about Persian, but it seems that Avestan mān- is from PIE *men- "to stay" (and here). By the way, Christian Bartholomae's Altiranisches Wörterbuch is on Google Books, but page 1124 is not available for preview. mānd is not in the IEED project's Indo-Iranian inherited lexicon.
His third point is
Moreover, if the word māt in Persian is a loan word from Arabic, it must preserve some trace of its original meaning, "died." But the word in Persian is never associated with death and we should therefore look elsewhere for its etymology.
Moghadam concludes
Undoubtedly what happened was this: the Arabs borrowed the game and its terminology from the Persians. The first element in the compound shāh-māt was already familiar to them, and to it they prefixed the def. art. al-; the second element was unfamiliar. The observed, however, that when the shāh was made māt, the game terminated. They naturally concluded that the shāh was dead, and by the familiar methods of popular etymology connected it with their own verb māta. Then through the Arabic the word was introduced into the European languages.
Since Moghadam's article, and possibly because of it, the Persian derivation has become more generally accepted over the Arabic derivation. It's certainly the cooler of the two.


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Past Meetup
Tuesday Badminton 7-9pm @ SCIENCE CENTRE
This Meetup is past
29 people went
Membership options
From March 2012 a new membership scheme will be introduced. £20 annual membership will give access to a reduced session fee and 10% discount on all the badminton goods.
Member fee - £6
Guest fee - £7
Rackets Sale (-10% for members)
Yonex Voltric 80 - £100.00
Yonex Armortec 900 Power - £80.00
About the session: rules.
6 courts, 7 to 9pm (sharp!) in the Science Centre.
Session ends 8.50, you can start warming up at 6.50. This is due to security closing the building at 9pm and you do not want to be locked up inside the building for the night.
Please pay to the organiser during the session. You name and indication that you paid must be on the list for this session.
You can book up to 2 guests on your name, simply add their names at the 'Have a comment' field? You are responsible for guests if they don't show up.
Amenities: you are welcome.
Changing rooms with drinking fountains are available as well as showers. You have to finish session earlier to take the shower for the reason above.
Shuttles: be courteous.
Feathers will be available, please take ONE at a time and return it after the game if it is still usable. Warm up/exercise with knockers from the box (not new ones from the tube). This is due to soaring cost of feathers and we do not want to play plastics because they suck are not good. If you leave new settles behind, you will receive a warning with further possibility of being banned altogether.
Extra services: doing this extra bit for you.
You can borrow a racket free of charge at the session. You do not need to let us know, just ask organiser at the session.
Racket stringing service: please leave your racket with any organiser and collect it when you next attend. Costs start at £14 you can choose preferred tension and strings.
Coaching: BUCS winner and Middlesex Champion – Valeriya is there to give you some tips. Please email us or get in touch with her directly to find out availability and receive a quote. Her email [masked]
Fines: plan ahead.
No-shows will be fined: £3 for the first time, full fee - £6 for failing to turn up for the second time and complete ban for the third time. Fines payable at the next session, otherwise expect to be banned from the club. You can change your RSPV by 5pm on the day of the session which is more than generous (other clubs require 24h notice!).
When you cancel last minute, it gives no change for those on the waiting list to prepare. Also long waiting lists put some players off RSPVing. This means more people can enjoy the session if we all plan a bit in advance.
Contacts: how to get in touch.
Preferable means of communication are email [masked] or (in emergency) text message. Emails will be answered on the day, texts immediately, phone calls – maybe. We all have day jobs.
If you have following enquiries, you do NOT need to contact us:
Can I borrow a racket? Yes.
Can I be late? Yes.
Where are you located? Check details of the meetup and click on the map, then use www.tfl.gov.uk (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/).
Otherwise please have these phone numbers handy:
Primary: Vinh[masked]
Secondary: Nikita[masked]
Disclaimer: do not leave your stuff behind.
LondonMet Badminton Club, LondonMet University, organisers or any other party involved in running the club will accept no responsibility for death, personal injury, stolen or damaged property or any other damage occurred on the premises or in course of the badminton session.


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For players, participating in the Super Bowl must be a lot like running for political office. Members of the media "dig" up information on players, print the information and other press ask the player about it. Seems crazy to me.
A story in Sports Illustrated links Baltimore's Ray Lewis to a banned substance. The story says he used deer-antler velvet to increase recovery time after tearing his biceps. The man who was interviewed by SI says Lewis contacted the company and so he must have used the substance.
There is one minor problem: Lewis denies using the substance and has never failed a drug test. What makes SI's story even more unbelievable is the fact Lewis faced these same allegations two years ago. There are enough drug cases out there without making one up.


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Twining Marine deployed to Afghanistan
TWINING — With the country's national security focus shifting heavily towards the war against terrorists in Afghanistan, a surge in troops has been ordered and Corporal Kenneth Ziembo, 19, of Twining, deployed to Afghanistan on May 14, is amongst the men and women in uniform working to end the conflict.
Laura Ziembo, Ken-neth's mother, says the 2007 Arenac Eastern graduate was returning from an assignment in Thailand, near his permanent duty station of Okinawa, Japan, when he got the news he would be deployed to Afghanistan.
"He had just gotten back to Okinawa probably two weeks ago. … He was actually supposed to be going to Bangladesh when he got back from Thailand but it got changed," Laura said. "He can't tell me anything (about where he's at) until he gets there. I'm hoping it's not a bad place.
"I don't ever not think about it."
Laura says she was scared and worried after hearing the news through a friend of Kenneth and that her son probably tried to break the news to her himself, but due to the radical difference in time between Twining and Okinawa, the call was probably missed.
"He didn't really break the news, he kind of left me a message on MySpace saying he was on the move and didn't really have time to talk," she said.
But prior to the Afghanistan deployment and Thailand assignment, Laura says she made steady contact with Kenneth.
"He called everyday pretty much until he went to Thailand," she said.
Before enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps, Laura says Kenneth was a "typical teenager" while attending Arenac Eastern.
"He was very sports-oriented. He played baseball, basketball and football. He snowboarded," she said. "He was a good kid, never in trouble or anything.
"He was kind of cocky growing up, you know, he was the man."
"Between athletics and a very active school social life, it seemed Kenny was perpetually tired. It was not at all unusual to see seventh hour roll around, and watch Kenny's head slowly descend onto the desk," said AE teacher Barb Hunter. "One day, after numerous reminders, I decided to take an unconventional approach. I continued talking with the class and walking around the room as I vigorously shook a can of Silly String, attached it to the plastic 'machine gun' I'd received as a gag gift from some students the previous fall, and proceeded to wake Kenny up in a fashion unlike any he'd experienced before this. I don't think anyone laughed harder than Kenny, who, better than most could appreciate a well-executed prank!"
"Kenny was a very energetic young man," said AE Superinten-dent Rocky Aldrich. "I've always thought highly of Kenny and, of course, wish him the best."
And when he decided to join the military, Laura says she was quite shocked.
"We had no military background (in the family) whatsoever," she said. "He told me about six months before he graduated that this was what he wanted to do and I tried to talk him out of it.
"He actually told me 'Mom, I'm meant to do this.' … If he was going to join the military he was going to join the Marines because they were the best and he wanted to be the best," Laura added. "I'm proud of him and glad that he's happy, but I'm worried sick."
Even though his mother admittedly tried to get him to change his mind about the military, she says the changes the enlistment made in her son were welcome.
"He came back very respectful, a whole lot different," Laura said. "One of his coaches came to me after he came back from boot camp and said he was a different kid."
"When he came back after basic training to pay a visit to us here at school, the maturity, poise, and command he radiated was palpable," Hunter said.
Kenneth's attitude hasn't only caught the attention of people back home, his work ethic's also gotten him ahead in the Marine corps.
"He's already ranked up four times since he's been there and from what he tells me, in the Marines, that's pretty good," Laura said.
While Laura cannot keep in constant contact with Kenneth, or Kenny as he is known around Twining, she did say she had some words for him.
"I basically would tell him to be safe and careful, that I love him and I want him to come back in one piece," Laura said.
Besides his mother, Kenneth's family includes sister Ashley Ziembo, 21, stepfather Dave Benjamin, and brothers Travis Benjamin and Dalton Benjamin, 14 and seven years old, respectively.
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This Poem is for 'The BIG Poetry Competition'. So...
Emily's collection of poems
- by Emily Aslett
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- Updated: 29 Jun 2016
- Status: In Progress
A collection of poems about my beloved balls of fluff AKA Mabel and Betty,my cats. From haiku to simile poems. This book is certainly for you if you're a cat lover!
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PFM Awards 2017 sponsors: Paul Teasdale, PTSG
With celebrations and compliments from the PFM Awards 2017 continuing, Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG) chief executive officer Paul Teasdale shares his views on the industry's most popular awards.
PFM Awards 2017 sponsors: Nigel Shaw, chair of the BAR's CMG
Recorded at this year's PFM Awards, BAR Commercial Moving Group chair Nigel Shaw - sponsor of the new-for-2017 Partners in Relocation category - shares his enthusiastic response to the 2017 event.