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Barack Obama's California College Days | KCET
Barack Obama's California College Days
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Obama described Occidental as "a wonderful, small liberal arts college. The professors were diverse and inspiring. I ended up making some lifelong friendships there, and those first two years really helped me grow up." Who knew that the next president of the United States had such a formative connection to California? Join Huell as he gets the Presidential tour of Occidental College in Eagle Rock, where Barack Obama spent his Freshman and Sophomore years. We'll visit his dorm room, talk to some of his old professors, and learn how his two years there helped to shape him.
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Huell takes a hike to the elusive bridge that could have led to somewhere but got beaten out by Mother Nature by way of heavy rain and floods.1
Owner William Gore Sr. and his wife, Lena Gore explain why their honey-baked cobblers are some of the best around town. Warning: Not for the calorie-wary.1
In this classic Videolog, Huell visits the Farmers' Market.1
In this classic Videolog, Huell visits a cat litter mine and factory.1
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Little Pianos
They may be small and often out of tune, but Huell discovers that beautiful music can be made with toy pianos. Scott Paulson, the resident Schroeder at the University of California San Diego, takes Huell on a tour of the Geisel Library's Toy Piano Collection. Huell is also treated to an amusing toy piano recital, including scores commissioned exclusively for this unassuming instrument.
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Petersen Museum
Rock & Roll and cars have always gone hand in hand. Join Huell as he gets a behind the scenes tour of the Peterson Automotive Museums new exhibit Cars & Guitars of Rock 'N Roll, which showcases some stunning cars owned by famous rock and rollers. Billy Gibbons from the band ZZ Top shows Huell some amazing cars and talks about the significance of the exhibit.
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Long Beach Pike
Join Huell as he visits one of the last remaining buildings from the great old Long Beach Pike Amusement Park. For over 40 years the LITE-O-LINE has been going strong as a sort of 'pinball bingo' game; but, the history of the building goes back even further, as it used to house the famous Loof's Carousel.
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Thai Town
A quick visit to the vibrant Thai community in Thai Town on Hollywood Blvd. where Huell sees some great places to eat, meets Thai Elvis, and even has time for dessert.
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Luis Fuerte, Huell Howser's longtime cameraman joins Val Zavala to reminisce on working with Huell and give behind-the-scenes stories of the following three episodes.
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After getting a letter about the world's largest stuffed Komodo Dragon, Huell visits the World Museum of Natural History at La Sierra University. Once there, he discovers all the other treasures housed there, from minerals that glow in black light to a world class Freeze-dry taxidermy facility.
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Garden Grove
There's lots going on Friday nights in downtown Garden Grove. Huell strolls along Main Street admiring the many hot rods lined up for their weekly outing, and pops into the markets and restaurant that make this location such a popular, family-friendly destination for residents.
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Road Trip
Ridge Route
Completed in 1915, the Ridge Route was carved from the San Gabriel Mountains by workers using mule-drawn dirt scrapers. From ridge top to ridge top, they cleared a 20 foot-wide roadway which was the first direct route between Los Angeles and Bakersfield, uniting Northern and Southern California. Today, a 30-mile portion of the abandoned Ridge Route between Castaic and Gorman, can be found hidden in the mountains just east of Interstate 5 which long ago replaced it. Huell is joined by Harrison Scott, a retired Pacific Bell engineer, who, with the help of U.S.
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Goat Farm
Spring is here and Huell meets the new arrivals at the Bouncing Hoofs Ranch in Mojave. This farm is home to a variety of goats and Huell learns all about their hair, their milk and, of course, the babies.
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Barn Photographer
Huell visits four rustic barns in Ventura with a photographer who holds the distinction of documenting all of the quickly-disappearing barns in Ventura on film.
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Huell visits Temescal Gateway Park in Pacific Palisades which was a major center of the Chautauqua Movement in the 1920s and '30s.
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Cattle Boat
From 1901 to 1998, the Vail and Vickers families had been cattle ranching on Santa Rosa Island. When you ranch on an island, you have to come up with a creative way to get your cattle to the mainland for market. The families had a custom built boat made named the Vaquero. Huell travels to Santa Barbara to visit with the families and builders of the Vaquero and learn about it's fascinating history.
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Fountains of Los Angeles
Huell takes a tour of some of L.A.'s most beautiful fountains. Marlene Gordon of The Next Stage Tours shows Huell five of the most spectacular.
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Yosemite Buildings
When most people think of Yosemite, they imagine towering peaks and cascading waterfalls, but there is an amazing human history that is told through some of the many buildings that dot the valley floor. In this adventure, Huell discovers two small buildings that are very historic and very beautiful. He visits the Yosemite Valley Chapel, which was built in 1879 and is the oldest structure in park. The little chapel continues to serve as a place of worship for residents and visitors alike, as it has done for over 125 years.
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Yosemite Railroad
In this episode, Huell rides the historic Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad in Yosemite.
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Tuolumne Meadows
Huell visits Yosemite's high country for a walk through spectacular Tuolumne Meadows.
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Half Dome
Huell recently had the adventure of a lifetime when he climbed Yosemite's formidable Half Dome. Join him in this one-hour special documenting his 17 mile round trip trek, along with other avid hikers, to conquer this 4800-foot high landmark.
California's Golden Parks
John Muir Home
Huell tours the Victorian residence in Martinez where the naturalist John Muir lived from 1890 to his death in 1914, and meets the special folks who are responsible for preserving this important site. While living there, Muir laid the foundations for the creation of the National Park Service in 1916.
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Yosemite Falls Trail
Huell's off to Yosemite National Park where he walks the newly rehabilitated trails to the base of Yosemite Falls, the highest waterfall in North America.
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Huell tours a reconstructed village of the Ahwaneechee Indians, who inhabited Yosemite for thousands of years.
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Sequoia Black History
Huell joins the centennial celebration of Colonel Charles Young's tenure as superintendent at Sequoia National Park. Young led his "Buffalo Soldiers" during a historic summer working in the second national park ever created in the United States. Young discovered and named a majestic Giant Sequoia after an individual that inspired and influenced his life, Booker T. Washington. After nearly 100 years, this tree has been rediscovered and stands as a monument to both Colonel Charles Young and Booker T. Washington.
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Join Huell as he hikes high up in the Eastern Sierra to visit the Conness Glacier in a stunning part of the National Forest.
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A shout echos through Yosemite ... "let the fire fall," and from 1872 to 1969 that's just what happened. Join Huell at the top of Glacier Point with Nic Fiore who was the last to push a pile of burning embers off the edge, creating the beautiful red hot "waterfall" effect know as Firefall. Then down to the bottom at Camp Curry, the best spot to view Firefall, where Huell talks with Keith and Ginny Bee who for 42 years ran the nightly outdoor theater show which led up to the fiery finale of this now lost California tradition.
California's Golden Parks
San Onofre State Beach
San Onofre State Beach in San Diego County covers some 2100 acres and has five miles of beach, including Trestles – one of the most famous and truly iconic surf spots in the world! Park Supt. Rich Rozzelle showed Huell a spectacular section of the park that most people don't know exists. Turns out the park goes four miles inland, contains several archeological sites, is the home of seven threatened or endangered species and protects significant portions of San Mateo Creek, which is one of the last relatively unspoiled watersheds in Southern California.
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Springtime In Death Valley
Leave it to our own Huell Howser to think he could go kayaking in Death Valley! But it turns out that's exactly what he does as he travels to normally parched Death Valley National Park to kayak on the huge salt lake created by this year's heavy rains. Ancient Lake Manly at Badwater only reappears about every 100 years, so he figured he better go for it.
In addition to the lake, Huell also captures the bounty of endless fields of wildflowers, which covered Death Valley this spring.
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Huell travels to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake to see the largest concentration of rock art in the Western Hemisphere. The small canyon houses up to 6,000 images. Although an accurate dating technique is still being sought, certain petroglyphs are thought to be 16,000 years old, while others were made as recently as 1800. This rock art is so important to our cultural heritage and our knowledge of the desert's past that the sites were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1964.
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Red Rock Canyon
Located just of highway 14, Red Rock Canyon State Park features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations. The park is not only rich in natural beauty, but has a deep human history as well. From the native Kawaiisu Indians, who left petroglyphs, to the 1880s 20-mule team freight wagons that stopped for water. There are also the remains of 1890s-era mining operations, and the area has been the site for a number of movies.
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Temsirolimus and Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Advanced Endometrial, Ovarian, Liver, Carcinoid, or Islet Cell Cancer
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01010126
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 9, 2009
Last Update Posted : July 11, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|Adult Hepatocellular Carcinoma Advanced Adult Hepatocellular Carcinoma Endometrial Serous Adenocarcinoma Localized Non-Resectable Adult Liver Carcinoma Lung Carcinoid Tumor Malignant Pancreatic Gastrinoma Malignant Pancreatic Glucagonoma Malignant Pancreatic Insulinoma Malignant Pancreatic Somatostatinoma Metastatic Digestive System Neuroendocrine Tumor G1 Ovarian Carcinosarcoma Ovarian Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Ovarian Seromucinous Carcinoma Ovarian Serous Surface Papillary Adenocarcinoma Pancreatic Alpha Cell Adenoma Pancreatic Beta Cell Adenoma Pancreatic Delta Cell Adenoma Pancreatic G-Cell Adenoma Pancreatic Polypeptide Tumor Recurrent Adult Liver Carcinoma Recurrent Digestive System Neuroendocrine Tumor G1 Recurrent Fallopian Tube Carcinoma Recurrent Ovarian Carcinoma Recurrent Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Recurrent Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma Recurrent Uterine Corpus Carcinoma Regional Digestive System Neuroendocrine Tumor G1 Stage IIIA Fallopian Tube Cancer Stage IIIA Ovarian Cancer Stage IIIA Primary Peritoneal Cancer Stage IIIA Uterine Corpus Cancer Stage IIIB Fallopian Tube Cancer Stage IIIB Ovarian Cancer Stage IIIB Primary Peritoneal Cancer Stage IIIB Uterine Corpus Cancer Stage IIIC Fallopian Tube Cancer Stage IIIC Ovarian Cancer Stage IIIC Primary Peritoneal Cancer Stage IIIC Uterine Corpus Cancer Stage IV Fallopian Tube Cancer Stage IV Ovarian Cancer Stage IV Primary Peritoneal Cancer Stage IVA Uterine Corpus Cancer Stage IVB Uterine Corpus Cancer Uterine Carcinosarcoma
|Biological: Bevacizumab Drug: Temsirolimus
|Phase 2
I. To determine the response rate and progression-free survival at 6 months in patients with endometrial, ovarian, hepatocellular carcinoma, carcinoid or islet cell cancer.
II. To determine the toxicity of the combination of temsirolimus and bevacizumab in patients with endometrial, ovarian, hepatocellular carcinoma, carcinoid or islet cell cancer.
I. To collect blood and tumor specimens from all patients entered on the trial for possible future analysis.
Patients receive temsirolimus intravenously (IV) on days 1, 8, 15, and 22, and bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes on days 1 and 15. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 3 years.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|252 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase 2 Trial of Temsirolimus and Bevacizumab in Patients With Endometrial, Ovarian, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Carcinoid or Islet Cell Cancer
|Actual Study Start Date :
|September 8, 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|March 13, 2017
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|March 13, 2017
Experimental: Treatment (temsirolimus, bevacizumab)
Patients receive temsirolimus IV on days 1, 8, 15, and 22, and bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes on days 1 and 15. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Biological: Bevacizumab
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Temsirolimus
Given IV
Other Names:
- Progression free survival rate, defined as the proportion of efficacy-evaluable patients on study without documentation of disease progression 6 months from registration [ Time Frame: 6 months ]A 95% confidence interval for the true response rate will be constructed using the Duffy-Santner approach. However, Kaplan-Meier methodology will be used to estimate the final success proportion (i.e. progression free at 6 months with a 95% confidence interval) if there are censored patients.
- Tumor response rate defined as the total number of efficacy-evaluable patients who achieved a complete or partial response according to the RECIST criteria divided by the total number of efficacy evaluable patients enrolled on study [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]A 95% confidence interval for the true response rate will be constructed using the Duffy-Santner approach.
- Duration of response [ Time Frame: Time from date at which the patient's objective status is first noted to be either a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) to the date progression is documented, assessed up to 3 years ]Median duration of response and the confidence interval for the median duration will be computed.
- Incidence of adverse events, defined as adverse events that are classified as either possibly, probably, or definitely related to study treatment, graded per National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 3.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]The maximum grade for each type of adverse event will be recorded for each patient, and frequency tables will be reviewed to determine adverse event patterns.
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: Time from registration to death, assessed up to 3 years ]Time to event distributions will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method.
- Time to disease progression [ Time Frame: Time from registration to disease progression, assessed up to 3 years ]
- Time to treatment failure [ Time Frame: Time from study entry to the date patients end treatment, assessed up to 3 years ]Time to treatment failure will be evaluated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.
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 or cytologically confirmed endometrial (endometrioid, uterine, papillary serous carcinoma, and carcinosarcoma), ovarian (primary peritoneal/fallopian tube, serous, endometrioid, mixed, and poorly differentiated epithelial ovarian cancers [for purposes of eligibility, carcinosarcoma is considered a poorly differentiated carcinoma]), hepatocellular carcinoma, carcinoid or islet cell (neuroendocrine: well- or moderately-differentiated neuroendocrine) cancer which are locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic
- Patients must have measurable disease; patients having only lesions measuring >= 1 cm to < 2 cm must use spiral computed tomography (CT) imaging for both pre- and post-treatment tumor assessments; patients who have had prior palliative radiotherapy to metastatic lesion(s) must have at least one measurable lesion(s) that have not been previously irradiated
- Radiation therapy (adjuvant or palliative) must be completed >= 4 weeks prior to registration, if applicable
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1500/mm^3
- Platelets >= 75,000/mm^3
- Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN); Note: direct bilirubin and international normalized ratio (INR) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients allowed as per Child-Turcotte-Pugh scoring
- Alkaline phosphatase =< 2.5 x ULN (=< 5 x ULN if liver metastasis is present or patient is in HCC cohort)
- Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) (aspartate aminotransferase [AST]) =< 2.5 x ULN (=< 5 x ULN if liver metastasis is present or patient is in HCC cohort)
- Creatinine =<1.5 x ULN
- Urinalysis < 2+ protein; urine protein should be screened by dipstick or urine analysis; for proteinuria >= 2+, 24-hour urine protein should be obtained and the level should be < 2 g for patient enrollment
- Fasting serum cholesterol =< 350 mg/dL (=< 9.0 mmol/L)
- Triglycerides =< 1.5 x ULN (mg/dL or mmol/L); patients with triglyceride levels > 1.5 x ULN can be started on lipid lowering agents and reevaluated within 1 week; if levels go to =< 1.5 x ULN, they can be considered for the trial and continue the lipid lowering agents; NOTE: cholesterol and triglyceride measurement and management are not required for single-agent bevacizumab cohort with islet cell carcinoma
- International normalized ratio (INR) =< 1.5 (unless the patient is on full dose warfarin)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0-1
- Capable of understanding the investigational nature, potential risks and benefits of the study and able to provide valid informed consent
- Negative serum pregnancy test done =< 7 days prior to registration, for women of childbearing potential only; NOTE: patients and their partners should be practicing an effective form of contraception during the study and for at least 3 months following the last dose of this combined therapy
- Full-dose anticoagulants, if a patient is receiving full-dose anticoagulants (except carcinoid tumors), the following criteria should be met for enrollment: the subject must have an in-range INR (usually between 2 and 3) on a stable dose of warfarin or on stable dose of low molecular weight (LMW) heparin
- Prior systemic treatments for metastatic disease are permitted, including targeted therapies, biologic response modifiers, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, or investigational therapy; exception: in the case of endometrial cancer no prior chemotherapy for metastatic or recurrent disease is allowed; prior planned adjuvant chemotherapy is allowed
- Patients who have had prior anthracycline must have a normal ejection fraction on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) assessment by multigated acquisition scan (MUGA) or echocardiogram (Echo) =< 4 weeks prior to registration
- Availability of tissue if applicable (from the primary tumor or metastases) for tumor studies for banking; Note: in the case of hepatocellular cancer if diagnosed by clinical and radiologic criteria only, availability of tissue not applicable
- Willingness to donate blood for biomarker studies related to the type of therapies used in this trial and the tumor types being treated
- Any hormonal therapy directed at the malignant tumor is allowed; NOTE: therapy must be discontinued at least one week prior to registration
- Prior systemic therapy including biologic and immunologic agents as adjuvant treatment, must be discontinued at least 3 weeks prior to registration
- Recurrent or persistent endometrial adenocarcinoma, uterine papillary serous carcinoma and carcinosarcoma which is refractory to curative therapy or established treatments; NOTE: histologic or cytologic confirmation of original primary tumor is required
HCC confirmed by biopsy OR diagnosed by clinical and radiologic criteria; all of the following criteria must be met or a biopsy is required:
- Known cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
- Hypervascular liver masses > 2 cm, and either serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) > 400 ng/ml, or
- AFP > three times normal and doubling in value in the antecedent 3 months
- Child-Pugh A (=< 6 points) or better liver status
Prior regional treatments for liver metastasis are permitted including:
- Selective internal radiation therapy such as brachytherapy, cyberknife, radiolabeled microsphere embolization, etc.
- Hepatic artery chemoembolization
- Hepatic artery embolization
- Hepatic artery infusional chemotherapy
- Radiofrequency ablation NOTE: patients must be >= 4 weeks from treatment and show progressive disease in the liver after regional therapy or must have measurable disease outside the liver
- Concomitant anti-viral therapy is allowed
- History of prior varices or evidence of varices on pre-study CT/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) imaging are required to undergo endoscopy =< 4 weeks prior to registration; those who had received specific therapy (banding and/or sclerotherapy) and had not bled within the prior 6 months are eligible
- Suitably recovered from prior localized therapy, in the opinion of the investigator
- Patient has evidence of progressive disease as documented by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) =< 7 months prior to study entry
- Carcinoid tumor cohort: prior and concurrent long-acting somatostatin analogue therapy is required; patient has to be on a stable dose of a long-acting somatostatin analogue >= 2 months prior to study entry with documentation of progressive disease on current dose
- Islet cell tumor cohort: prior and/or concurrent long-acting somatostatin analogue therapy is allowed, but not required; if patient is continued on a long-acting somatostatin analogue, a stable dose for >= 2 months prior to study entry is required with documentation of progressive disease on current dose
Prior therapies allowed include:
- =< 2 prior chemotherapy regimens
- Prior interferon >= 4 weeks prior to registration
- Radiolabeled octreotide therapy (patients with prior radiolabeled octreotide therapy should have progressive disease after such therapy)
- Other investigational therapy NOTE: islet Cell Single Agent Bevacizumab Cohort: Prior mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor is allowed
Prior regional treatments for liver metastasis are permitted including:
- Selective internal radiation therapy such as brachytherapy, cyberknife, radiolabeled microsphere embolization, etc.
- Hepatic artery chemoembolization
- Hepatic artery embolization
- Hepatic artery infusional chemotherapy
- Radiofrequency ablation NOTE: patients must be >= 12 weeks from treatment and show progressive disease in the liver after regional therapy or must have measurable disease outside the liver
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior therapy with vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) targeting agents or mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors (except as in HCC and in the Islet cell single agent bevacizumab alone cohort where prior mTOR inhibitor is allowed); Note: prior use of bevacizumab is not allowed in any cohort
Invasive procedures defined as follows:
- Major surgical procedure, open biopsy or significant traumatic injury =< 4 weeks prior to registration
- Anticipation of need for major surgical procedures during the course of the study
- Core biopsy =< 7 days prior to registration
- Serious or non-healing wound, ulcer or bone fracture
- History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation or intra-abdominal abscess =< 180 days prior to first date of bevacizumab therapy
- Evidence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy in the absence of therapeutic anticoagulation
- Evidence of a history bleeding =< 6 months such as hemoptysis, or cerebrovascular accident =< previous 6 months, or peripheral vascular disease with claudication on < 1 block, or history of clinically significant bleeding, because of the potential bleeding and/or clotting risk with bevacizumab
Untreated central nervous system (CNS) metastases; exceptions: patients with known CNS metastases can be enrolled if the brain metastases have been adequately treated and there is no evidence of progression or hemorrhage after treatment as ascertained by clinical examination and brain imaging (MRI or CT) =< 12 weeks prior to registration and no ongoing requirement for steroids
- Anticonvulsants (stable dose) are allowed
- Patients who had surgical resection of CNS metastases or brain biopsy =< 3 months prior to registration will be excluded
- Significant cardiovascular disease defined as congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association class II, III or IV), angina pectoris requiring nitrate therapy, or recent myocardial infarction (=< 6 months prior to registration)
- Uncontrolled hypertension (defined as a blood pressure of >= 150 mmHg systolic and/or >= 90 mmHg diastolic)
- Patient is on angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors (benazapril, captopril, enalopril, fosonopril, lisinopril, moexipril, perindopril, quinopril, ramipril, and trandolapril); (patients may have an alternate antihypertensive substituted); NOTE: ACE inhibitors are allowed in single agent bevacizumab cohort
- Currently active, second malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancers; NOTE: patients are not considered to have a 'currently active' malignancy if they have completed anti-cancer therapy and are considered by their physician to be at less than 30% risk of relapse
Any of the following, as this regimen may be harmful to a developing fetus or nursing child:
- Pregnant women
- Breastfeeding women
- Men or women of childbearing potential or their sexual partners who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception (diaphragm, birth control pills, injections, intrauterine device [IUD], surgical sterilization, subcutaneous implants, or abstinence, etc.) NOTE: the effects of the agent(s) on the developing human fetus at the recommended therapeutic dose are unknown
- Known hypersensitivity to other recombinant human antibodies or Chinese hamster ovary cell products
- Other uncontrolled serious medical or psychiatric condition (e.g. cardiac arrhythmias, diabetes, etc.)
- Current therapy with a cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inhibitor or inducer; NOTE: these agents are allowed in the single-agent bevacizumab islet cell carcinoma cohort
- Active infection requiring antibiotics
- Active bleeding or pathological conditions that carry high risk of bleeding (e.g. tumor involving major vessels, known varices)
- Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive
- Received prior radiotherapy to any portion of the abdominal cavity or pelvis OTHER THAN for the treatment of endometrial cancer
- Any chemotherapy for metastatic or recurrent cancer
- Radiation therapy to > 25% of marrow bearing areas
- Child-Pugh B or C classification
- Grade >= 3 hemorrhage =< 4 weeks prior to registration
- Prior liver transplant with evidence of recurrent or metastatic disease
- Patients on an active liver transplant list and considered likely to receive a liver transplant =< 6 months following registration
- Clinical evidence of encephalopathy
- Prior treatment with sorafenib or other vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors; NOTE: Exceptions allowed for patients unable to tolerate the agent; intolerance is defined in this protocol as a discontinued agent due to side effects with an exposure < to 4 weeks of drug, at any dose level
- Clinical signs and symptoms of gastrointestinal (GI) obstruction and require parental hydration/nutrition or tube feeding
- Evidence of free abdominal air not explained by paracentesis or recent surgical procedures
- Received more than two prior cytotoxic chemotherapy regimens for persistent or recurrent disease
- Patients on anticoagulant therapy
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): NCT01010126
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|Principal Investigator:
|Henry Pitot
|Mayo Clinic
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Ovarian Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Fallopian Tube Neoplasms
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Peritoneal Neoplasms
Carcinoid Tumor
Uterine Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine
Carcinoma, Endometrioid
Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous
Mixed Tumor, Mullerian
Liver Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Islet Cell
Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Adenocarcinoma, Papillary
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Ovarian Diseases

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Solicitor General Verrilli Fumbles on Immigration at the Supreme CourtPublished: Apr 27, 2012 10:00 am By: Terry Greene Sterling
"Arizonas SB 1070 case, along with another on the Affordable Care Act heard by the court earlier this year, are two landmarks that will shape the Obama administrations legacy. In both cases, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli faced off against Paul Clement, a former solicitor general who frequently appears before the court. On Wednesday, Verrilli lost focus and failed to drive home key points as he was questioned by conservative justices and gently rebuked by liberal justices. At one point, Justice Sonia Sotomayor told Verrilli she was terribly confused by his answer; at another, she noted: 'Your argument isnt selling very well.'"
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I feel the exact same way not exactly hollow but sad like I'm loosing a bunch of people I knew really well, especially with anime's that have to do with overcoming an obstacle because you grow more attached to the characters as they grow stronger too. Every time they had a challenge that got in the way you rooted for them and when they overcame it you had a sense of accomplishment and pride as if you overcame it as well. When an anime series ends then its like you've suddenly been separated from these people that you grew with if that makes any sense lol. For example I just finished watching Sword Art Online and while the anime itself was pretty mediocre I did feel very sad when it ended because I saw Kirito go through so much and to just have it stop does make me sad
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...No matter how many times I finish a series, I always yea sense of emptiness and sadness that you get once you've finished an anime series...You know that you will never see that same character again as you always wish for another season, an OVA, various specials or even a movie...
This highlights ALL my feelings after finishing a series. Gets kinda depressing and takes me a couple of days to get over the initial depressing feelings then 2 to 3 weeks to finally be rid of it.
Keep watching more animes and it will eventually disappear.
If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick.
i don't get this feeling of "emptiness" anymore cuz there is always another anime waiting to be watched, so just make a to-watch list or whatever and plan on watching certain series after finishing an anime...
i totally understand the feeling of emptiness it usually disappears after i watch another (good) anime.... but...i hate watching animes that are awesome but end in the worst way ever i sulk for about a 10 days then it wears off... Currently im still feeling the hollow after feeling of anime I NEED A NEW ANIME TO WATCHHH
i get that feeling as well when it was such an amazing anime the only way i get rid of that feeling is by watching another great anime but then its starts over again so i just keep on watching anime to rid of that feeling
I do anime reviews on YouTube- www.youtube.com/user/realSwaggamer
i usually sit and think for a few minutes and then go crazy, feel annoyed, search the web for more info on it, cry, Hype about it to make it feel like it's still part of my life, buy video games if they have any
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Satisfied as all hell. The feeling of finishing Gurren Lagann.....man, what an awesome show.
[BUSY] Y'know, I love video games, too.
I get that feeling as well, with anime, live action shows, books, and even some particularly good video games. I usually have to avoid watching another show for at least a few days to process the previous one.
I get that feeling of emptiness and just super sad that the story ends and you know you will never see the characters after that point of the story. I know usually the longer a series goes the quality can go down but sometimes I just wish some animes could go on for many more years even if they have fillers lol
Takin' it easy
Like a lot of you said there's always another anime to watch but after I finish a really good show I can't help but to sit there and think "damn it's over. " Which is funny because I watched it so I could finish it
Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows
Emptiness that goes away when I find another enjoyable anime. It's an endless cycle.
I have to say though, Inuyasha affected me profoundly... more so than any other anime.
i feel like i dont know what to do with my life anymore haha
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Satisfied as all hell. The feeling of finishing Gurren Lagann.....man, what an awesome show.
I walked around like a zombie for two days after finishing Gurren Lagann.
I (mostly) always get a little depressed after I finish a series, unless it was terrible, then I'm glad it's finally over. But, i'm the same way for book series, video games, and movie series. I know I cried for a couple of days after watching Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King theatres.
I always feel kind of sad whenever i finish a good anime. But if it's not that good, then i don't really feel anything about it.
Remember to stay out of the sun and watch anime!


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|IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Ethernet, IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.3ad LACP, IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.3x Flow Control, IEEE 802.1D (STP, GARP, and GVRP),IEEE 802.1Q/p VLAN, IEEE 802.1w RSTP, IEEE 802.1s Multiple STP, IEEE 802.1X Port Access Authentication, IEEE 802.3af, IEEE 802.3at, RFC 768, RFC 783, RFC 791, RFC 792, RFC 793, RFC 813, RFC 879, RFC 896, RFC 826, RFC 854, RFC 855, RFC 856, RFC 858, RFC 894, RFC 919, RFC 922, RFC 920, RFC 950, RFC 951, RFC 1042, RFC 1071, RFC 1123, RFC 1141, RFC 1155, RFC 1157, RFC 1350, RFC 1533, RFC 1541, RFC 1542, RFC 1624, RFC 1700, RFC 1867, RFC 2030, RFC 2616, RFC 2131, RFC 2132, RFC 3164, RFC 3411, RFC 3412, RFC 3413, RFC 3414, RFC 3415, RFC 2576, RFC 4330, RFC 1213, RFC 1215, RFC 1286, RFC 1442, RFC 1451, RFC 1493, RFC 1573, RFC 1643, RFC 1757, RFC 1907, RFC 2011, RFC 2012, RFC 2013, RFC 2233, RFC 2618, RFC 2665, RFC 2666, RFC 2674, RFC 2737, RFC 2819, RFC 2863, RFC 1157, RFC 1493, RFC 1215, RFC 3416
28 x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet
(26 x Gigabit Ethernet / 2 x Gigabit Ethernet combo)
Switching Capacity in Gigabits per Second (Gbps): 56
Capacity in Millions of Packets per Second (mpps) with each packet being 64-bytes: 41.67
|MAC Address Table Size
|Up to 8000 MAC addresses
|Frame Sizes
|Jumbo Frames: up to 10 KB supported on 10/100 and Gigabit interfaces
|Switching Method
|Layer 2 Switching
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP):
Standard 802.1d Spanning Tree support
Fast convergence using 802.1w (Rapid Spanning Tree [RSTP]), enabled by default
Multiple Spanning Tree instances using 802.1s (MSTP)
Port grouping:
Support for IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
Up to 8 groups
Up to 8 ports per group with 16 candidate ports for each (dynamic) 802.3ad link aggregation
Support for up to 256 VLANs simultaneously (out of 4096 VLAN IDs)
Port-based and 802.1Q tag-based VLANs
MAC-based VLAN
Management VLAN
Private VLAN Edge (PVE), also known as protected ports, with multiple uplinks
Guest VLAN
Unauthenticated VLAN
Voice Lan:
Voice traffic is automatically assigned to a voice-specific VLAN and treated with appropriate levels of QoS
Generic VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)/Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP):
Protocols for automatically propagating and configuring VLANs in a bridged domain
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Relay at Layer 2:
Relay of DHCP traffic to DHCP server in different VLAN. Works with DHCP Option 82
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) versions 1, 2, and 3 snooping:
IGMP limits bandwidth-intensive multicast traffic to only the requesters; supports 256 multicast groups (source-specific multicasting is also supported)
IGMP Querier:
IGMP querier is used to support a Layer 2 multicast domain of snooping switches in the absence of a multicast router
Head-of-line (HOL) blocking:
HOL blocking prevention
|Layer 3
IPv4 Routing:
Wirespeed routing of IPv4 packets
Up to 32 static routes and up to 32 IP interfaces
Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR):
Support for CIDR
DHCP relay at Layer 3:
Relay of DHCP traffic across IP domains
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) relay:
Relay of broadcast information across Layer 3 domains for application discovery or relaying of BootP/DHCP packets
Secure Shell Protocol (SSH):
SSH secures Telnet traffic to and from the switch; SSH v1 and v2 are supported
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL):
SSL support: Encrypts all HTTPS traffic, allowing highly secure access to the browser-based management GUI in the switch
IEEE 802.1X (Authenticator role):
802.1X: RADIUS authentication and accounting, MD5 hash; guest VLAN; unauthenticated VLAN, single/multiple host mode and single/multiple sessions
Supports time-based 802.1X
Dynamic VLAN assignment
Layer 3 isolation:
Allow / disallow routing between IP subnets or directly connected IP networks
Layer 2 isolation Private VLAN Edge (PVE) with community VLAN:
PVE (also known as protected ports) provides Layer 2 isolation between devices in the same VLAN, supports multiple uplinks
Port security:
Locks MAC addresses to ports, and limits the number of learned MAC addresses
Supports RADIUS and TACACS authentication. Switch functions as a client
Storm control:
Broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast
DoS prevention:
DoS attack prevention
Congestion avoidance:
A TCP congestion avoidance algorithm is required to minimize and prevent global TCP loss synchronization
Support for up to 512 rules
Drop or rate limit based on source and destination MAC, VLAN ID or IP address, protocol, port, differentiated services code point (DSCP)/IP precedence, TCP/ UDP source and destination ports, 802.1p priority, Ethernet type, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets, IGMP packets, TCP flag
|Quality of Service
Priority Levels: 4 hardware queues
Strict priority and weighted round-robin (WRR)
Queue assignment based on DSCP and class of service (802.1p/CoS)
Class of Service:
Port based; 802.1p VLAN priority based; IPv4/v6 IP precedence/type of service (ToS)/DSCP based; Differentiated Services (DiffServ); classification and re-marking ACLs, trusted QoS
Rate Limiting:
Ingress policer; egress shaping and rate control; per VLAN, per port, and flow based
IPv6 host mode
IPv6 over Etheret
Dual IPv6/IPv4 stack
IPv6 neighbor and router discovery (ND)
IPv6 stateless address auto-configuration
Path maximum transmission unit (MTU) discovery
Duplicate address detection (DAD)
ICMP version 6
IPv6 over IPv4 network with Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol(ISATAP) support
IPv6 QoS
Prioritize IPv6 packets in hardware
IPv6 ACL
Drop or rate limit IPv6 packets in hardware
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping
Deliver IPv6 multicast packets only to the required receivers
IPv6 applications
Web/SSL, Telnet server/SSH, ping, traceroute, Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP), Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), SNMP, RADIUS, syslog, DNS client, protocol-based VLANs
IPv6 RFCs supported
RFC 2463 - ICMP version 6
RFC 3513 - IPv6 address architecture
RFC 4291 - IPv6 addressing architecture
RFC 2460 - IPv6 specification
RFC 2461 - Neighbor discovery for IPv6
RFC 2462 - IPv6 stateless address auto-configuration
RFC 1981 - Path MTU discovery
RFC 4007 - IPv6 scoped address architecture
RFC 3484 - Default address selection mechanism
RFC 4214 - ISATAP tunneling
RFC 4293 - MIB IPv6: Textual conventions and general group
RFC 3595 - Textual conventions for IPv6 flow label
|Unshielded twisted pair (UTP) Category 5 or better for 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX; UTP Category 5 Ethernet or better for 1000 BASE-T
|Reset button
|System, Link/Act, PoE, Speed
Flash: 16 MB
|Packet Buffer: 8.0 Mb
Web user interface:
Built-in switch configuration utility for easy browser-based device configuration (HTTP/HTTPS). Supports configuration, system dashboard, system maintenance, and monitoring
Remote Monitoring (RMON):
Embedded RMON software agent supports 4 RMON groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events) for enhanced traffic management, monitoring, and analysis
IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack:
Coexistence of both protocol stacks to ease migration
Firmware upgrade:
• Web browser upgrade (HTTP/HTTPS) and TFTP
• Upgrade can be initiated through console port as well
• Dual images for resilient firmware upgrades
Port mirroring:
Traffic on a port can be mirrored to another port for analysis with a network analyzer or RMON probe. Up to 8 source ports can be mirrored to one destination port. A single session is supported
VLAN mirroring:
Traffic from a VLAN can be mirrored to a port for analysis with a network analyzer or RMON probe. Up to 8 source VLANs can be mirrored to one destination port. A single session is supported
DHCP (Options 66, 67, 82, 129, and 150):
DHCP Options facilitate tighter control from a central point (DHCP server) to obtain IP address, auto-configuration (with configuration file download), and DHCP relay
Text-editable config files:
Config files can be edited with a text editor and downloaded to another switch, facilitating easier mass deployment
Simplified configuration of QoS and security capabilities
Secure Copy:
Securely transfer files to and from the switch
Textview CLI:
Scriptable command-line interface
Cloud Services:
Support for Small Business Toolbar application
Localization of GUI and documentation into multiple languages
Other management:
Traceroute; single IP management; HTTP/HTTPS; SSH; RADIUS; port mirroring; TFTP upgrade; DHCP client; BOOTP; SNTP; Xmodem upgrade; cable diagnostics; ping; syslog; Telnet client (SSH secure support)
SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3 with support for traps, and SNMP version 3 user-based security model (USM)
SNMP MIBS: Please consult the manufacturer's website for an extensive list of supported MIBS
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|Acoustic Noise
|40.9 dB
|614,062 hr @ 50C
|Power Save Mode
Energy Detect:
Automatically turns off power off on Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 port when detecting link down
Active mode is resumed without loss of any packets when the switch detects the link up
Cable Link Detection: Adjusts the signal strength based on the cable length. Reduces the power consumption for cables shorter than 10m
|UL (UL 60950), CSA (CSA 22.2), CE mark, FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A
|Form Factor
|System Requirements
Web browser: Mozilla Firefox version 2.5 or later; Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 or later
Category 5 Ethernet network cable
TCP/IP, network adapter, and network operating system (such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X) installed on each computer in the network
|Environmental Requirements
Operating Temperature: 32° to 104°F / 0° to 40°C
Storage Temperature: -4° to 158°F / -20° to 70°C
Operating Humidity: 10% to 90%, relative, noncondensing
Storage Humidity: 10% to 90%, relative, noncondensing
|Power Requirements
|100-240 V, 50/60 Hz, internal, universal
|Power Consumption
At most:
Heat Dissipation: 96.2 BTU / hr
Energy Detect, Short Reach
|Dimensions (WxHxD)
|17.30 x 1.45 x 7.97" (440.00 x 44.45 x 202.50 mm)
|Not specified by manufacturer
|Packaging Info
|Package Weight
|10.6 lb
|Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
|21.4 x 15.1 x 4.2"


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Seib & Wessel: Spy Arrest Deepens U.S.-Russia Rift
WSJ's Siobhan Gorman examines the festering mistrust between the U.S. and Russia – highlighted by a bizarre spy incident – and how the state of their relationship impacts the Syria crisis.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
the ... respond we also have a lot of tension between Russia and the United States there's ... something to Syria there's this bizarre thing with the SPY leads in all that's like watching get smart ... so what is there some something to worry about here is is this ... more the same while defending the circulation ship is at a really interesting point I mean ... we've seen a sign of mounting distrust and I especially in a rash that we don't see it on the website as much there's benefit of this growing anti American campaign ... I it would add that the Russian state TV as had been the public out there and so ... where were seen this type of going back and forth ... between ... send some willingness on the part of Russia to and I'll work with the US on various things I mean that the big news this week was that they said you know if the Secretary Kerry Secretary State Kerry was over there ... and got his counterpart to agree to have ... a IIa conference to try to discuss the centenary negotiated political settlement in Syria ... at the same time we're watching Russia and the ship you know large quantities ... of weapons over to Syria because ... they're big fear is that eventually we know ... for the U S or some combination of of of ... of international partners ... will go in and have a repeat of the Libya and so ... you're seeing a lot of back and forth on Syria and then you've got this odd backdrop ... with that did the latest spy ... who was picked up this week I and you also have the backdrop of continuing certified tensions and cooperation over investigating the Boston bombing suspect was was the spy case an example of them just ... beginning I up and ... poking the United States in the eye because they were unhappy about something or ... is it seems like we have spies the email that I see a year ... was it something more that what that was really an issue ... is not I ... buying from the U S officials I've spoken with they don't they see this is sort of the equivalent its price targets on something that happens from time to time it's not desirable that it also ... doesn't tend to have major ramifications but ... the interesting thing was that Russia decided to make it public and found the folks I've spoken with on the west side they seem to see it as ... mainly something tailored again for the Russian audience most of the peace with this kind of anti-American campaign that's been going on with the Russian security services one SANM ... we still we still haven't announced it to push back a little ACB Singer spies are very good to see yet ... no not not very impressed with the ball and in the demand for anyone who watches the Americans they got better stuff that ... the re ... Brendan's or something I can tell we were we are gently with the ... U S run away from this it seemed like ... they were in a better place came upon this term yet remember there was images of the president was at a restaurant with the backing of the leading Democrat unit to chalk it up ... to my house for a reasonable reset while I was the first reset rated I think that our having discussion of the second tree said I don't know how that ends up looking so different from the first one that ... the reason we're resetting every second so I don't know if that makes it twice a stand on but ... it does seem that there is ... a desire on the part of both countries to tone it down a little bit and try to find some some some common approaches to things especially in places like that awareness and acceptance ... um well they're gonna have this conference in June and will see where it goes any what's what's difficult about it is that ... you don't really see a lot of signs of any willingness on the part of the site to actually step down and so the desired outcome from the U S side of ... having some sort of negotiation were assigned steps down ... doesn't seem very unlikely unless you know there's there's so many women that really is is ... is is that all the way for him to despise the time to get everybody focused on something couple months down the move is biting or copied Safran SA and the rushing to that ... end he could be a way for the Russians to buy Autonomy is not that much time because it's the beginning of next month I've that I you know aside certainly is in the in in the game of buying time right now that I think that the concern from the U S side is that the Russians are continuing to send over ... large quantities of missiles and things like that that would make


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Meryl Streep smoke and drank for new role
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- 27 November 2013
Meryl Streep smoke and drank to prepare for her new role in 'August: Osage County.'
Meryl Streep smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol to prepare for her new film.
The Oscar-winning actress claims she enjoyed picking up the unhealthy habits when she began getting into the character of Violet Weston in her upcoming movie 'August: Osage County.'
Speaking at an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Q&A, she said: "[How did I prepare?] it was a lot of smoking and bad posture and staying up late drinking red wine with [actress] Margo [Martindale]."
The 64-year-old actress will feature alongside Julia Roberts, Ewan Mcgreggor and Benedict Cumberbatch in the star-studded comedy drama scheduled for release in the US next year.
The story follows the lives of the strong-willed women in the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to their dysfunctional matriarch.
Meanwhile, Benedict claims he was "inspired" by Meryl when he gushed over the time he spent working with his co-stars.
He told Flicks and Bits: "The ensemble that this film has is just extraordinary; to really see everyone be at the top of their game and be inspired from Meryl's lead was a terrific time for me. It was very special to be a part of. She's astonishing. Working with her was very, very inspiring. I know every actor says that that works with her but it's a trip, an absolute trip."


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Stars Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves and many more were included as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's first programming announcement Tuesday morning, which included opening and closing night titles, 16 galas and 55 special presentations.
If you want to get an early taste of what's on offer at the festival, which will run Sept 5-15, here is a sampling of trailers from some high-profile titles.
The festival will open with the world premiere of "The Fifth Estate," director Bill Condon's dramatic look at Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Stanley Tucci, Laura Linney and Anthony Mackie. The film is based on the books "Inside WikiLeaks" by Daniel Domscheit-Berg and "WikiLeaks" by David Leigh and Luke Harding; the screenplay is by Josh Singer. "The Fifth Estate" is scheduled to be released in October.
In what looks to be an impressively large cast, Pitt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Cumberbatch and others star in Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave," based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup, a free man kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841.
It has been a long seven years since director Alfonso Cuarón's last feature film, "Children of Men," so there is a strong wave of expectation for his latest, "Gravity." World premiering as the opening-night film of the Venice Film Festival before pulling into Toronto, the movie stars Bullock and Clooney as a pair of astronauts who find themselves endangered by a space walk gone wrong. Having hit a buzz during the recent Comic-Con in San Diego, "Gravity" may hit a rare sweet spot of highbrow festivals and genre-fan momentum.
Based on Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play, "August: Osage County" will have its world premiere at Toronto as just the kind of upper-middle-brow awards-expectant title the festival specializes in. A tale of family dysfunction directed by John Wells, the film has a cast that includes Streep, Julia Roberts, Cumberbatch (again), Ewan McGregor and Sam Shepard.
The Oscar-winning director of "A Beautiful Mind" is perhaps not the first person one would think of for a race car drama, but Ron Howard is, nevertheless, bringing to the screen the rivalry of two 1970s-era drivers, played by Brühl and Chris Hemsworth. With its screenplay by "The Queen" writer Peter Morgan, who worked with Howard ' "Frost/Nixon," the film will perhaps not be as low-budget gritty as Howard's 1977 feature directing debut "Eat My Dust." The film also stars Olivia Wilde and Alexandra Maria Lara.
In his feature directing debut, Reeves also stars in "Man of Tai Chi," which the festival's official description rather tersely describes as the story of a young martial artist in the world of a high-stakes fight club.
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Chargers agree to terms with Deon Butler, Dan DePalma, Cornelius Brown
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Chargers have agreed to terms with wide receivers Deon Butler and Dan DePalma, and cornerback Cornelius Brown.
The deals for Butler and Brown are for one year. DePalma's is a two-year deal.
Butler played in 35 games during four seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, catching 57 passes for 611 yards (10.7 average) and four touchdowns.
DePalma spent time on the New York Giants' practice squad in each of the past two seasons.
Brown spent time with the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts. He played in 10 games with the Colts in 2010.


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Bloomberg Businessweek Names Carlson School No. 1 for 2011 MBA Job Placement
97 percent of Carlson Full-Time MBA students employed within 3 months of graduation.
The Carlson School was listed as the top business school for MBA Job Placement in 2011, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
Only three percent of the Carlson School's Full-Time MBA students were without job offers three months after graduation this year, compared with nine percent in 2010. The median starting salary for graduates increased to $95,507 from $90,000.
The Carlson School was also one of only eight schools to report an increase in signing bonuses. Average bonuses for the school's class of 2011 jumped from $15,000 to $20,000.
General Mills was the top employer of the class of 2011 followed by 3M Inc. and Medtronic Inc.
In its feature, Bloomberg Businessweek wrote, "The University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management reported all-around good news."


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Sandals of silver leather. The shoes have an open, square toe, and wide strap which wraps around ankle and buckles around lower ankle with a large silver-tone buckle. 2 1/2" heel, 1" wide, 1 1/2" deep. Label: "abstracts"
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Dress of striped cotton broadcloth. The "house dress" style garment is street-length, in various patterns of woven striped cotton broadcloth. It has a center front opening that extends the length of the dress and secures with 7 gold-colored metal buttons set with colored rhinestones and on hidden hook-and-eye closure at waist. The wide collar is primarily in yellow with very narrow stripes of orange and blue. The bodice is of vertical stripes of reds, purples, pinks, etc. The skirt, which gathers into the natural waist, is in vertical stripes of blues with thin maroon and green accent stripes. The short sleeves are in stripes of blues, red, yellow and white, and have french cuffs secured with metal rhinestone-set cuff-links. The dress is unlined. The accompanying belt/sash is of the same fabric as the sleeves, and is finished at the ends as cuffs with sewn-on cuff-links matching the sleeves. Designer's label sewn inside at back collar: "Todd / Oldham". Four labels sewn inside skirt at side seam: Content: "100% / Cotton" Care: "Dry Clean / Only" Size: "S" Origin: "Made / In U.S.A." From Oldham's Spring 1994 collection.
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Wedding ensemble. The dress is of creme satin styled as a sleeveless A-line dress, with wide shoulder straps. The neckline of the bodice is embellished with rows of satin cording forming a cross-over design. The skirt has a high waistline, and is formed of a lattice of groups of four vertical and four horizontal rows of satin cording, with a backing of creme gauze. Label sewn into inside back of dress: "Victor Costa / Bridal" With veil of silk tulle with satin binding, not shown in photograph.


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READING, England, November 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Games can be shared in seconds, enhancing social gaming experience
New technologies combine to make social gaming off-network increasingly convenient and compelling for consumers.
Antix Labs has announced that its advanced gaming service now supports Wi-Fi Direct. Games that would have taken a few minutes to send from one device to another using Bluetooth can be shared in a matter of seconds with Wi-Fi Direct. Users can now distribute, challenge and then play in multi-player mode without any need to have immediate access to a service provider's network or a router with data transmission times cut by 95% compared to traditional Bluetooth technologies.
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There is clear empirical evidence that consumers prefer to play socially in immediate proximity and across different devices. Combined with network operators' concerns of insufficient bandwidth capacity and coverage, Antix provides a way for users to distribute games off-network as well as over the cloud, beaming, challenging and then playing with their friends peer-to-peer.
Evan Spytma, Regional Director of Australia and SE Asia for PopCap said, "We've seen how consumers can send Plants vs. Zombies from one device to another in a matter of just a few seconds using the Antix Game Player with Wi-Fi Direct. Within the growth and emerging markets of South East Asia, where networks are overloaded and slow, this viral distribution capability has enormous benefits to game developers and publishers as well as to the consumer."
Francis Charig, Antix's founder, said, "Products such as Marmalade are developer focused and designed to help reduce engineering time and cost. The Antix Game Player does do that of course and provides comprehensive support for the cloud. But what makes Antix fundamentally different from any other business today is that we have built a distribution platform for high quality games incorporating a wealth of IP-protected technologies that allow consumers to share and play off-network across different devices. We meet both current and future demands of networks as well as utilize the capabilities in-the-home and on-the-move of consumers' TVs, STBs, phones, tablets and PCs."
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) - January 23, 2014 --Michigan police say the father of multi-platinum-selling singer Mary J. Blige was stabbed and critically injured.
Police say his ex-girlfriend is in jail on an attempted murder charge.
Battle Creek police say the attack happened about 7:00 a.m. Thursday at the apartment of 63-year-old Thomas Blige.
Police say he had a neck wound and was taken to Kalamazoo's Bronson Methodist Hospital, which says it has no information on his condition.
Detective Sgt. Jim Martens said officers recovered the knife and found Blige's ex-girlfriend with blood on her clothing. She's in the Calhoun County jail and is expected to be arraigned Friday.
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Shame on Tommy Wiseau's atrocious cult classic "The Room" for so many reasons. Most recently, though, shame for pulling me out of the affecting Israeli drama "Fill the Void" when a character utters, "It's tearing me apart, Rivka," and making me picture Wiseau bellowing, "You're tearing me apart, Lisa!"
Obviously, the films couldn't be any more different. In the Orthodox, Hassidic Tel Aviv community of "Void," women concern themselves with marriage and children and … that's about it. They linger in the background while the men sit at the table. So 18-year-old Shira (Hadas Yaron) actually supporting the man she's about to marry, rather than lamenting the possible mismatch that comes with tradition, counts as a win.
Then, tragedy. Shira's older sister Esther (Renana Raz) dies during childbirth, and Shira's mother Rivka (Irit Sheleg), like any new grandparent, can't bear the thought of her son-in-law Yochay (Yiftach Klein) remarrying and taking Rivka's grandchild to Belgium. If only Rivka could think of someone local to recommend to Yochay. Hey, what about Shira?!
The question of, "Should anyone's aunt become their mom?" sounds more like an episode of "Maury" than a tender Jewish drama, but this feature debut for writer-director Rama Burshtein articulates this society's constant urgency and claustrophobic decisions. Burshtein underplays Yochay's grief and ends on a moment that's sad rather than shattering, yet you don't have to share these characters' beliefs to relate to a difficult family situation.
"Yochay is a good man, but it's your decision," Shira's told with the kind of passive-aggressive message that basically says, "No pressure, but come on!" People of any background can feel trapped by unexpected circumstances, and, in many ways, "Fill the Void" speaks to that timeless question: What now?
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NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez denied a newspaper report that accused him of buying human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing substances from a Miami-area clinic.
NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez denied a newspaper report that accused him of buying human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing substances from a Miami-area clinic.
The Miami New Times, an alternative weekly, reported Tuesday that it obtained records detailing purchases by Rodriguez, Melky Cabrera, Gio Gonzalez, Bartolo Colon, Nelson Cruz and Yasmani Grandal from a Miami clinic called Biogenesis, run by Anthony Bosch. The paper also posted copies of what it said were Bosch's handwritten records, obtained through a former Biogenesis employee.
Rodriguez admitted four years ago that he used PEDs from 2001-03. Cabrera, Colon and Grandal were suspended for 50 games each last year by MLB following tests for elevated testosterone.
"We are always extremely disappointed to learn of potential links between players and the use of performance-enhancing substances," MLB said in a statement. "Only law enforcement officials have the capacity to reach those outside the game who are involved in the distribution of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. ... We are in the midst of an active investigation and are gathering and reviewing information."
A baseball official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make public statements, said Monday that MLB did not have any documentation regarding the allegations. If MLB does obtain evidence, the players could be subject to discipline. First offenses result in a 50-game suspensions and second infractions in 100-game penalties. A third violation results in a lifetime ban.
Rodriguez is sidelined for at least the first half of the season following hip surgery. A 50-game suspension would cost him $7.65 million of his $28 million salary.
"The news report about a purported relationship between Alex Rodriguez and Anthony Bosch are not true," Rodriguez said in a statement issued by a publicist. "He was not Mr. Bosch's patient, he was never treated by him and he was never advised by him. The purported documents referenced in the story — at least as they relate to Alex Rodriguez — are not legitimate."
Jay Reisinger, a lawyer who has presented Rodriguez in recent years, said the three-time AL MVP had retained Roy Black, an attorney from Rodriguez's hometown of Miami. Black's clients have included Rush Limbaugh and William Kennedy Smith.
If the allegations were true, the Yankees would face high hurdles to get out of the final five years of Rodriguez's contract, which call for him to receive $114 million. Because management and the players' union have a joint drug agreement, an arbitrator could determine that any action taken by the team amounted to multiple discipline for the same offense.
The Yankees said "this matter is now in the hands of the commissioner's office" and said they will not comment further until MLB's investigation ends.
Gonzalez posted on his Twitter feed: "I've never used performance enhancing drugs of any kind and I never will, I've never met or spoken with tony Bosch or used any substance."
Colon was not issuing a statement, agent Adam Katz said through spokeswoman Lisa Cohen. Sam and Seth Levinson, the agents for Cabrera and Cruz, did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment.
Cruz and Gonzalez had not previously been linked to performance-enhancing drugs. Cruz's team, the Texas Rangers, said it notified MLB last week after being contacts by the New Times.
The New Times report said it obtained notes by Bosch listing the players' names and the substances they received. Several unidentified employees and clients confirmed to the publication that the clinic distributed the substances, the paper said. The employees said that Bosch bragged of supplying drugs to professional athletes but they never saw the sports stars in the office.
Rodriguez appears 16 times in the documents it received, the paper said, either as "Alex Rodriguez," ''Alex Rod" or the nickname "Cacique," a pre-Columbian Caribbean chief. The paper said the records list that Rodriguez paid for HGH; testosterone cream; IGF-1, a substance banned by baseball that stimulates insulin production; and GHRP, which releases growth hormones.
Rodriguez's cousin, Yuri Sucart, also is listed as having purchased HGH. Sucart was banned from the Yankees clubhouse, charter flights, bus and other team-related activities by MLB in 2009 after Rodriguez said Sucart obtained and injected PEDs for him.
Also listed among the records, according to the New Times, are tennis player Wayne Odesnik and Jimmy Goins, the strength and conditioning coach of the University of Miami baseball team.
Mia Ro, a spokeswoman for the federal Drug Enforcement Administration in Miami, said she could not confirm or deny the existence of an investigation into the Bosches or the clinic.


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Bryn says: I'm long been a fan of Codemasters' racing games. Aside from being pumped up about Dirt 2, I'm also looking ahead to getting my hands on FUEL. Last year's Disney effort Pure was a great quadbike racer, so I'm eager to see if FUEL can compete.
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I came across this "little" tool today via Mike Gunderloy's The Daily Grind.
Tried it out. LOVE IT.
My JavaScript development from now one is only in Aptana IDE.
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In this thread it's shown how to export query results to excel File using OpenRowset. The problem with this is that you have to create an excel file with columns. For me that is simply unacceptable because i had to export any query result to excel and having to make an excel file for each query is simply ridicolous. So I went looking into BCP. Now BCP can't export column names adn i saw some solutions that use a view but nothing really dynamic. So i had to do a little workaround.
It resulted in this stored procedure. Data is...
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Well i've done some more testing of bulk import methods i described in my previous post. The difference between previsous tests and these tests are these:
1. Database recovery model was set to Bulk logged. (This improved performance by 2-3 seconds for each method)
2. I tried BULK INSERT and BCP with and without TABLOCK option.
3. I also measured general processor utilization and RAM. IO reads and writes were similar in all methods.
everything else was the same.
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In a previous post I explained where an SSIS FastParse option can be found
when importing data from Flat files.
I finally had some time to explore all four of SQL Server 2005 Bulk import utilities.
Those are:
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4. SQL Server Integration Services - SSIS
I ran each bulk import option 12 times, disregarded best and worst time and averaged the remaining ten times.
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I've come across Tod Hiliton's blog via Jason Haley's Interesting finds and there i found this great little add-in for VS2005.
The add-in was created by J.T.Leigh, i've installed it and I must say it works beutifully. I'm already using it.
It's a must have for blog posts containing code.
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It's Roller has the most amazing collection of sql blogs i've found so far.
It's created by Peter DeBetta and Adam Machanic as far as i can tell.
More good stuff at SqlBlog.com
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This is the version 2. Faster, preetier, better. :))
It uses IL code generation in runtime with the use of a new .Net 2.0 class DynamicMethod.
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'UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson' Aftermath — We Were Wrong
(A torn-up Jon Jones spins for an elbow during his title-fight war against Alexander Gustafsson in Toronto. / Photo via Esther Lin, MMAFighting.com)
Let's be honest here. No one saw last night coming. No one. That's not to say that nobody believed Alexander Gustafsson was capable of beating or challenging Jon Jones, although those people were probably Swedish, rabid Jones-haters, or height aficionados. But no one predicted that Gustafsson would take the fight to Jones in such a complete manner that in addition to being the first man consistently hurt the champion, he would become the only man to ever land a takedown on Jones in the UFC. And if there was some visionary out there who managed to foresee this twist of fate, he didn't expect the next wrinkle; that Jones, bent but unbroken, would rise to this challenge in the final two rounds with an onslaught that the challenger seemed to persevere through with only sheer will holding him up. When all was said and done, UFC 165 saw the best light-heavyweight title fight in history, possibly the fight of the year and most significantly, the birth of a rivalry between two young fighters in the sport's marquee division.
So, first things first…I might have been a little hasty in dismissing Alexander Gustafsson. If there's some small solace to take in being so incredibly wrong, it's that there was plenty of company in that regard. The UFC focused on the challenger's height as opposed to any of his actual skills — although to hear Dana White tell it, that's because "he's so tall" was considered a better selling point for UFC fans than constructing an intricate narrative contextualizing Gustafsson and his abilities within the history of Swedish combat sports. (In other words, the UFC thinks its fans are stupid. They're not entirely wrong.) Others focused on Gustafsson's relative lack of competition, or his performances relative to those of Jones's. Almost every pundit came away with the same conclusion; this was Jones's fight to lose.
That was completely incorrect. In the first round, Gustafsson got in his face, pressured Jones backwards as he landed punches. He took the fight to Jones. It was a smart strategy; Jones likes to keep his distance while he's standing up through kicks, and moving in takes away the range required to successfully land those kicks. However, this normally comes with a caveat; moving in puts a fighter in danger of being taken down by Jones, which is the last thing they want. But Gustafsson didn't let that deter him; in fact, he landed the first takedown attempt of the fight, the first in UFC history against Jones. It turned out there was a reason for his confidence. Throughout the fight, try as he might, Jones could not take Gustafsson down. For all the talk you hear about how fighter X is "in the best shape of his life" or "has shown massive improvements," it rarely rings true. But Gustafsson was the exception to the rule last night.Read More DIGG THIS


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10 Tasty Ways to Make Sangria According to Martha Stewart
We love to gather delicious recipes from around the web, but somehow when it comes to fruity party drinks, we always get drawn back to Martha! Want to make a splash with an easy drink at your next party? Satisfy your guests with sangria and check out Martha's many versatile ways to throw this together this delicious wine punch.
Martha is the queen of the party punch, alcoholic or not, but when it comes to sangria, there's so many ways to make something marvelous. It's a great drink to serve a crowd without and here's a few of our favorites from the woman who knows a "good thing" when she tastes it!
• Mint Melon Sangria
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