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From Staff Reports
Eupora and the three other municipalities in Webster County have been
awarded a grant for five emergency sirens.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency notified the Mississippi EMA
on March 29 that a Hazard Mitigation Grant for the siren project had
been approved, according to a letter provided by Eupora Alderman Dan
Burchfield (at large).
Two sirens will be placed in Eupora, and one each in Mantee,
Mathiston and Walthall. The sirens in Eupora, which already has two
others, will be installed at 540 E. Shore Drive and 100 Oak Tree Lane.
MEMA is paying for 90 percent of the grant. The city's cost for its
10 percent match will be about $2,400 total for both of its new sirens.
The Eupora Board of Aldermen approved various motions regarding the
grant on April 1. The board vote to accept the grant and to proceed
with it pending signed interlocal agreements from the other
municipalities by June 1.
Another motion was approved to enter into interlocal agreements with
the other three municipalities stipulating that they agree to pay
their equal share to the city of Eupora as the lead applicant and
attach a copy of their minutes agreeing to that by June 1. City
aldermen also authorized board attorney Hugh Gibson to draw up the
interlocal agreements.
Burchfield informed the mayor and fellow board members Jan. 7 that he
had talked with MEMA and found out that a previous Webster County
grant for emergency sirens was dead for a second time.
The board authorized him to contact MEMA and submit the application
requirements needed for the previous grant.


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I participated in the Frisco session April 22/23, 2017 and it was a great experience. Shannon was the perfect instructor for the beginner. She stressed safety and procedure and provided tangible reasons why it is so important to be diligent. It was clear she wanted us to succeed and she provided all the materials and basics to help us do just that.
This course is a must for all of those just starting out, and the stress on safety and awareness is going to improve my driving habits for all vehicles. Thanks for providing this service and thanks to Shannon for a job well done.
Good morning JB
We will be taking 12-14 helmets over to Nick this morning. LOL we didnt know how many we had until we rounded them up last night. there are Scorpions, Harleys, half, 3/4 and a full face helmet. Quite a collection for 17 years of riding. Thanks to folks like you that taught the motorcycle safety courses we have taken over the years.
Take Care
Janet and David
I took the basic course in Bedford July 19th-20th.
Nick and Russ did a great job. I just took and passed my written test today earning my M endorsement.
I enjoyed the instruction and coaching in the classroom and on the range. I learned some important skills and had fun along the way.
Highly recommended. I will definitely be attending the advanced class once I have some time on the road.
Thanks again!
Hello, I took the class in Frisco on the 19th and 20th, and promptly got my license on Monday and rode my Harley to work. Someone pulled out in front of me and I was able to keep the rubber side of the bike down. I had trouble with that exact scenario on Sunday but Shanen was awesome and because of that I avoided a collision on my first day riding...in traffic.
I attended the Bedford Motorcycle Safety class on July 19 and 20. Nick and Russ did a great job. This is my second Motorcycle license. I used this as a refresher course. It seemed a little basic at first then made sense as we went on. I learned a lot. I now have a license to learn. The little 250's were fun to ride for 2 days. I learned where some of my weaknesses where and how to correct them. The rider coaches were very knowledgeable of motrocycle safety. Russ will make a great addition to the team when he completes his training.
I had fun. Thanks
Just wanted to say thank you for the class. I attended the Bedford class on July 19-20. Both coaches were very good and knew what they were talking about. They made it very easy to learn what was needed to pass the course.
Hey there!
I just wanted to give a HUGE shout out to Shanen, my MSF course instructor in Frisco this past Wednesday and Thursday. I was the least experienced in the class (never rode a motorcycle other than being a passenger, never touched a standard car, clueless about gears and shifting) and the only female student. Not once did I feel intimidated, awkward or unsafe! Shanen was so patient with my unending questions and she was able to explain them so clearly! She was so very encouraging and able to perfectly explain how to work on the things I needed to in order to improve and get those skills down! And that blasted box. Because of Shanen's awesome advice I nailed it! There was so much to learn in those two days and Shanen drove it all home in such a way that I feel confident to keep going and practice my new skills safely just like in class (LOVE how she emphasized safety!!!!). I just passed the Class M written and pick up my new bike on Monday.
Shanen, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. You have a gift for teaching. Please keep doing this so other people who have always wanted to ride can experience this amazing feeling of "Wow, I really can do this!" I've wanted to ride since I was 16... you've been a huge part in making a big wish come true!
Regards, Carmella
Hello James and hope you are well.
Took (and passed) the Basic Rider Course in Arlington this past weekend with Instructor Mike Hudson (great teacher! Mike taught me things I never knew and I have more than 20 years riding experience - although been several years since I straddled a bike). Had a ball!
Have a great day.
Regards, Roger
I just completed my Texas RIDERS training last weekend at the Frisco location with Omar as my instructor. Omar was a really great instructor and cool guy. He was able to mix in the required curriculum, with lots of classroom interaction and he was able to share his 30 years of riding experience.
I'll be back for Omar's advanced course and would highly recommend this training to everyone that wants to gain experience from experience.
FYI- I got my license two days later and was in the wind on day three!
I just finished the Frisco class this past weekend. I was very surprised by Nick's patience and his professionalism. Having no experience riding, I felt secure by his instruction and how he paid attention to all of the riders. Great experience! I hope to take additional courses with you guys!
Thanks Again,
Just a quick note to thank you for having Shanen as one of your riding instructors. She was informative, patient, and very thorough. We had both new and experienced riders in our group and we all learned a lot from her instruction. If i decide to take the advanced riders course, I would definetly feel confident having Shanen as my instructor again. Thanks!
I took the beginner rider class in Frisco on April 20th and 21st with Nick as the instructor. I have to say that I hadn't been on a bike in more than 12 years, and his patience and confidence-instilling teaching manner really helped me re-learn the basics and improve my skills and overall made for a great experience. The bikes provided were very well maintained, and the course was great for experiencing braking and swerving to a point where it really felt natural. Nick made the class fun, enjoyable, and relaxed and took the time to help everyone in the class with any questions or with any skill that we struggled with.
I just took the written test at the DPS and only missed one question - and it was really a trick question. Everything on it was taught and reinforced constantly by Nick, and I can't thank him enough. I will recommend this course to all of my friends, and look forward to taking the advanced course. Oh, and holding this at Rudy's was nice, too. Great convenient location.
Just wanted to thank Nick for a great class. I've been riding for a while but the techniques he showed us for emergency braking/swerving were absolutely fantastic and definitely could save your life. I cannot tell you what a great location that Rudy's is for the class. We had food/drink/restroom all available and let me tell you the breakfast burritos that Nick introduced us to were to die for. If you are going to take a class in Far North Dallas this is the place to be!
I just wanted to let you know what a great coach Nick was for the April 24 and 25 class. He was very thorough and answered all my questions. I had planned to take the course using my motor scooter but it had mechanical problems and Nick assisted me in using one of you motorcycles during the course. I am grateful to him for his assistance and support. He is a great coach and you are lucky to have him on your team. Your course was very good and after I left class I went right down and got my M endorsement to my license. Thank you.
My wife and I took the beginner rider class in Frisco on April 20th - 21st. Nick was a great teacher and an outstanding rider. By the end of the course, our confidence and skill level had risen significantly. We especially appreciated how well your equipment was maintained. Brand new helmets, bikes that fired up the first time, and a great geographical location made for a wonderful weekend. We HIGHLY recommend this course to anyone and everyone who wants to hit the open road on a motorcycle.
thank you for a great time in training you helped out more than you will know just letting you know I just passed my dmv test got all answers right thanks to you so now I am officially a licensed motorcycle rider thanks again patty
Buzz Johnson
P.S. maybe see ya on the road sometime I'll be the one that cant turn his head all that great haha!!!!
Awesome course, definetly recommending this to all my friends. Thanks for everything!!!
Hi JB,
I got my Massachusetts Licence! Holding it in my hand! Thanks for all your help. Got a bike already and I am ready to go.
Say hello to Dave.
Thanks again,
This course was very informative. I cannot imagine trying to ride without having taken it. Im positive that what I learned will save my life or at least save me from being hurt many times over. NICK, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR BEING SO KIND AND MAKING ME FEEL SO COMFORTABLE EVEN IN THE AWKWARD MOMENTS. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AND MAKING THIS COURSE FUN. I OWE YOU FOREVER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
Thanks for an awesome time at learning how to ride. I took the class last week in Frisco and had a great experience. My enitre life I wanted to learn how to ride. From the 2 days in class and the 1 day at the city, all and all it was very easy. The insructors (Nick and Jake) were very open to questions and making sure every rider in the class understood what they were doing and that everyone was learning not only how to ride, but how to ride safely. Again I appeciate it and look forward to doing the experienced rider course in 6 months. Safe Riding
J B thanks for getting mike to conduct the class last weekend.Just wanted to say Mike is a great instructor and really knows how to keep your interest.In my opinion It was money well spent.He took the time nesessary for all of us to understand and compleat the tasks at hand.It was a pleasure learning what he had to teach us.Again Thank you and THANK YOU MIKE......................
I would like to pass on to you, that Mike did and outstanding job in my training process, very good instructor. thanks
JB, Thanks for all your patience with my wife. Nick was a great instructor. I reccomend him to all your new riders. My wife is so happy. We started the day by going to DPS and getting her license.
I completed the ERC on May 26.Mike Casey was the instructor. I was hesitant to take the class because I thought I knew all I needed to know. WOW was I wrong! Mike not only corrected some of my mental errors, but made the class FUN! I learned several valuable lessons that may save my life one day. The other participants in the class were also amazed at we all learned. This was the BEST eight hours I have spent! I plan on doing it at least every tow years with Mike just so he can point out by bad habits again!...LOL. I am referring you to all my friends. Keep up the GREAT work!
Hello Texas RIDER,
I just wanted to tell you THANK YOU for Mike. Everything he taught in the class was 100% percont true on the road. Just having someone with that riding experience was awesome. Thank you mike for the knowledge and words of encouragement. I love riding now and your words ring in my head on every turn, stop, and intersection.
Hello JB,
I just wanted to let you know that your instructor Tom Heilman ROCKS! He made my experience with this class the best. I had briefly told you I had taken the course the previous weekend at another place and had a bad experience and Tom made this class worth every penny.
He is professional yet fun and easy to learn from. He works with his students and expects no less than he deserves. He is encouraging and definitely the best teacher for such a class. You have a GEM in your midst which I am sure you know without a doubt.
The class was done in a manner that we all learned from and time designated as should be. The breaks were sufficient but not too long and the instruction clear and if we needed more explanation he did what needed to be understood clearly.
I have emailed Tom as well but I felt you needed to know your instructor has done his job above and beyond for the class I was in on September 23, 24 and 25, 2011.
I am extremely glad my husband was able to work it out for me to take the class and that Tom was my instructor.
Best Regards,
Took the advanced course this past Saturday with Mike Casey in the Chrome Angels group. Just wanted you to know that Mike was absolutely fantastic. He gave us a great course, kept it safe and made it fun. He has a great personality for working with people and is a huge asset and representative for your organization.
Good Evening JB,
I took the advanced course today with Mike Carey and wanted to take the time to tell you how wonderful he was as our instructor. He was patient, thorough, polite, professional, interesting...everything and more that an instructor should be. Having been riding only a short time, I was worried about how I would do in the class. Mike took the time to make me feel comfortable and confident. Please pass on a heartfelt thank you for a job above and beyond well done!!!!!!! I would recommend the course and especially him to anyone rider I know.
Hi JB,
I just wanted to let you know how fortunate you are to have such a great instructor as Mike Casey. He was very informative and skilled at presenting his material and demonstrating the rider techniques. He is adept at getting his audience to participate in discussions and really seemed to enjoy teaching this class. We really appreciated his attitude and respect demonstrated towards our group. We had a blast and it definitely was because Mike delivered the required message in such a fun and enjoyable way. I just felt you deserved to have this feedback since it was such a great experience for our group, The Chrome Angels.
My Best,
Sara aka Princess
We just finished up the basic course this weekend. We wanted everyone at Texas R.I.D.E.R to know what a pleasure it was to have Mike Casey as our coach. We came to class the first day with many reservations, fears and concerns and Mike was able to put those to rest day one!! Please pass on to Mike on how much we enjoyed him teaching us to ride. He is such an asset to your company and to all Texas motorcyclists who have learned from him!! Thank You!!
Brad and Rebecca
Had class this weekend at pennington field with coach Casey.Great instructor, you guys have a great teacher with him.He deserves a pat on the back.
Just wanted to let you know (as if you didnt already) that I completed my Basic Rider Course. I have to say that it was, without a doubt, the best money and time I have spent in a long time. Dale, our instructor, did a superb job. I walked away a much more accomplished and safe rider.
Thank you for being so flexible with me and allowing me the additional time.
We will see you for the advanced course soon.
v/r Bear
Hi just wanted to say I really got a lot out of this class. I took the license test and wanted to point out one question that threw me off (still passed). It was something to the effect of when changing lanes what is the first thing you should do: turn signal, check mirror, look, and something else (can't remember). Anyways it seemed to me in the school when we did this we checked the mirror, looked over shoulder, then changed lanes. I answered check mirror but the correct answer was look over shoulder. Anyways thought I'd pass on. Thanks again, -Harry
Good afternoon,
I finally wanted to take the time to say thank you for the excellent instruction I received during your two-day class. It was about this time last year that I registered for a weekend class which was held at UT Arlington. Dale was a very patient and informative instructor.
When I returned to Maine last July, I surprised my husband on his 50th birthday by purchasing a Harley Davidson 2006 Sportster for myself. We rode for two weeks before I was shipped off to Dallas and then Maryland to work. Needless to say, I was only able to put about 2,000 miles on that bike.
I decided over the winter that I wanted a bigger bike. My husband surprised me while I was working in Boston with a trip to New Hampshire with my Sporty in the back of his truck and a pre-approved loan. I am now the owner of a 2007 Pearl Yellow Fat Boy and could not be happier.
I feel confident while riding due to your training Dale and for that I cannot thank you enough. Many of our riding companions and new acquaintances cannot believe how well I ride for a Newbie.
P.S. Maine accepted my course completion card and issued my motorcycle endorsement with no hassle.

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Resilience. A word that his been in the media perhaps more than ever before these days. I am of course thinking about the rescue of the Chilean miners and how it was possible for them to survive and emerge almost unaffected (as many of them seemed to be) after being trapped underground for 69 days. How is it possible that they adjusted and almost thrived in their adversity? Resilience is the answer. Resilience is what distinguishes those who fail from those who succeed, say Kathleen Sutcliffe and Timothy Vogus in Organizing for Resilience, a book chapter they wrote in 2003. Here they provide insights into why resilience is not something remarkable or extraordinary, but rather a result of an organizational learning process.
Logistics Resilience
The subject of today's post did in fact not come to me as a response to the ongoing rescue operation in Chile, although I must admit that this event did serve as a catalyst for posting it now. It originally came to me some weeks ago when I was going over the references in the book Risicomanagement en Logistiek that I reviewed last week. In that book, resilience is a key ingredient in logistics risk management, and in that book I came across a couple of good references on resilience that I will share in the near future, this being the first.
A wicked problem?
What is resilience? According to Ken Simpson, resilience is a wicked problem, as he writes in one of his recent blog posts.
A 'wicked problem' is one that is almost impossible to solve, and where addressing some part of the perceived problem will often create adverse consequences in other areas.
Resilience is wicked, because it is open-ended.
To pursue building resilience in organisations we need to try something new, not simply apply the same old ideas. […] The wicked problem requires that we merge and blend different approaches to craft a solution […].
Resilience is thus not necessarily a result of predetermined plans and procedures (although they obviously will help part of the way). Resilience is a result of creativity meeting adversity.
Resilience is an acquired skill
Resilience is often referred to as the maintenance of positive adjustment under challenging conditions, and in organization theory, so the authors say, resilience usually refers to either one of two things:
– the ability to absorb strain and preserve functioning despite the presence of adversity
– the ability to recover or bounce back from untoward events
In these definitions, resilience emerges as the response to specific interruptions of the normal. However, the authors argue, resilience should rather be viewed from a developmental perspective, as an ability that develops over time from continually handling risks. Resilience then, is
– the continuing ability to use internal and external resources successfully to resolve new issues
What this means is that early experiences shape later experiences, such that the way an entity responds depends on attitudes, expectations, feelings and response possibilities derived from a history of prior experience.
Resilience is relative, emerging and changing in transition with specific circumstances and challenges; resilience demonstrated in one situation may not be sustained over time or transferred to other circumstances or challenges.
This developmental perspective implies that resilience depends on the presence of latent resources that can be activated, combined and recombined (or not) as new situations and challenges arise.
Thus the developmental perspective captures a component of resilience that is often neglected – resilience is the capacity to rebound from adversity strengthened and more resourceful.
I think the latter is particularly important; simply rebounding is a feat in itself, no matter how you look at it, but the key point is to learn from past experiences; resilience is not something you have (or not have) in response to external circumstances, resilience is something you can acquire and use if the situation matches your acquired set of skills.
Individual – Group – Organization
Resilience exists on three levels, the individual level, the group level, and the organizational level, and organizational resilience is not the sum of group resilience any more than group resilience is the sum of individual resilience.
On an individual level, resilience is developed when individuals have experiences that allow them to encounter success and build self-efficacy, which motivates them to succeed and master future endeavours. Effective actions in past endeavours reinforce a sense of competence and efficacy, and individual resilience stems from repeating this cycle of mastery, time and again.
On a group level it is slightly more complex as it is not just an accumulation of individual resiliencies, but the complementation of individual resiliencies that determine the group resilience. What is needed is a group that has an experiential diversity, but not just that. There is also the need for a shared belief in their conjoint capabilities to produce the resources required to achieve the desired outcome. Collective resilience materializes thus from the individual's perception of the group's efficacy or operative capabilities. This perception then forms the basis of each individual's resilience, i.e. each individual's motivation for mastering new challenges together as a group.
On an organizational level, resilience emerges from processes that enhance mindfulness and the capability to recombine and redeploy resources in new ways based on mindfulness and conceptual slack. Mindfulness improves the ability to recognize and properly react to unexpected and potentially threatening situations before they escalate out of control. Conceptual slack is the diversity in the analytical perspective employed by the members of the organization combined with the willingness to question the current situation and the respectful acceptance of these questions by the other members, thus allowing new solutions to emerge.
Rigid versus Resilient
Resilience is dependent on a set of enabling conditions, as seen in the framework below. A rigid organization does not have the necessary prerequisites for developing resilience. A loose – or should I say open-minded organization – on the other hand, has what it takes to develop resilience.
Sutcliffe and Vogus put it this way:
As organizations increase their competencies and grow by expanding their behavioral repertoires, they gain possession of a deep and broad range of possible actions they can apply to resolve challenges at hand.
Resilient organizations respond differently to adversities than less resilient organizations, and resilience is an organizational capability that grows as time (and positively solved challenges) go by. This allows resilient organizations to interpret the beginning stages of a new potential disaster in a more positive manner, because they feel more in control and able to solve the unknown than their less resilient counterparts.
The view of resilience as ability to adapt while maintaining a positive attitude rather than the ability to simply bounce back is new to me, and not how I have interpreted resilience so far. Perhaps I should rewrite my previous post on flexibility, agility, robustness and resilience? Maybe not just yet, but to me this is still a refreshing new perspective that I intend to follow up in my future posts, looking at how this can be used in developing supply chain resilience. And for what it's worth, the Chilean miners and their rescuers have proved that this way of looking at resilience is perhaps the correct way of interpreting what resilience really is.
Sutcliffe, K. M., & Vogus, T. J. (2003). Organizing for Resilience. In K. S. Cameron, J. E. Dutton & R. E. Quinn (Eds.), Positive Organizational Scholarship: Foundations of a New Discipline (pp. 94-110). San Francisco: Berett-Koehler Publishers.
Author links
- linkedin.com: Kathleen Sutcliffe
- researchgate.net: Kathleen Sutcliffe
- linkedin.com: Timothy Vogus
- vanderbilt.edu: Organizing for Resilience


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The stories and news reports were reaching my little village and a spark of hope began to spring up, perhaps for the first time since the day I pulled my shirt over my head to get into bed that night nearly four years ago. My wife asked me about the white splotch under my left arm.
I had to pack my things, leave my home, my wife of nine years, and my three beautiful children, and go live with the lepers.
Some say there is no way out of this village, but I have seen many leave. Their destination? The grave. Welcome to No Hope Flats, my home.
Jesus meets a leper in Matthew 8.
This leper put into words the thought a great number of good God honoring Christ followers have every day:
Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean. ~ Matthew 8:2
A number of things intrigue me about this statement.
He acknowledges Jesus as Lord.
He doesn't question the ability of Jesus to heal.
He doesn't actually ask Jesus a question.
He begins on a very good footing. He calls Jesus "Lord." This is as much a fact today as when He walked the shores of Galilee. Jesus is Lord. As He sat on the hillside teaching, the people could tell – they knew this was not some gifted teacher. The authority which He carried declared it.
He had demonstrated right from the start of His ministry that sickness and disease were under His authority, and the leper had, no doubt, heard these stories. He, our leprous friend, does not wonder about Jesus' ability. He is confident that he has come to the one man who could set him free from this living death of leprosy.
He does however have ONE HUGE QUESTION that is stuck right in the center of his being.
Will He or won't He?
He does not frame it as a question though. It is almost as though if he asked the Lord the question, it would force an answer, and the thing he dreads even more than living with his disease is going back to the land of no hope.
When Jesus comes on the scene suddenly hope springs up. It stands boldly on our friends splotchy right shoulder saying – ask Him, ask Him, ask Him. But in his left ear he hears some familiar words. I bet you have heard some of these in your left ear.
- You deserve this disease
- You certainly don't deserve healing
- He won't help the likes of you
- Maybe if you were a better father (mother, son, daughter)
- Maybe if you were a better Christian (prayed more, served harder, slept less, ate less)
You no doubt have heard others. That left shoulder liar has a HUGE repertoire to shut down hope.
Today there are a few words I want you to hear. I want you to hear Jesus speak them to you. If you can identify with our leprous friend, I want you to read these next few lines out loud – YES out loud – do it – really – it's important that you hear Jesus' answer to this unspoken question.
I am willing; be cleansed. ~ Matthew 8:3
I am willing; be cleansed. ~ Luke 5:13
I am willing; be cleansed. ~ Mark 1:41
Just in case you are not sure you understand what Jesus said, here is Matthew's account in a few different translations (keep reading out loud – it will help)
I am willing; be cleansed by being cured. AMP
I do want to. Become clean. CEB
I want to! Now you are well. CEV
I want to heal you. Be healed! ERV
I will; be clean. ESV
Of course I want to. Be clean! JBP (I love this one!)
I will; be thou clean. KJV
I do choose. Be made clean! NRSV
Of course I wish to. Be clean. VOICE
Are you getting the point. There is no equivocation here. Jesus takes this non-question, these waves of doubt and hope that are tossing our new friend to and fro, and calms them with this one phrase.
I want you to hear Him speak these words today, and not just in your right ear, but in your inner most being. "I Will, be clean."
See you again soon.
This was originally posted in June of 2013. It encouraged me this morning, and I hope it encourages you too!
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As a rule, I like relaxing trips, but weekend activities are different.
Being a freelancer is a substantial benefit while planning a weekend because you can choose any time and place for travel. This time my choice has fallen on Boston.
I decided to stay at Boston Hostel near Chinatown. It was a good starting point to explore the city, since all interesting places were not far from there.
The hostel was a perfect place to stay. Moreover, breakfast was included.
Here are several activities to do in Boston.
1) First of all, you should visit Beacon Hill. It is one of the most famous suburbs. You will be able to take millions of awesome photos on the streets there. Beacon Hill won't leave you indifferent.
2) One more place to see in Boston is Boston Common. Actually, it is a central park. This place is very popular in summer. Many people come here to relax.
3) The must-see is Boston Public Garden. There is a lake where you can take a boat ride or walk across the famous bridge.
4) If you want to see Boston's downtown and visit historical places, choose The Freedom Trail. Mind that the path is quite long (nearly 4 km), so you may stop at Copp's Hill Burying Ground, which is half of the trail's length.
5) One more interesting place is Quincy Market. Many people omit to go there but its food is worth trying. You won't deny yourself a chance to taste at least something, even if you are not hungry.
6) There are few more things you cannot avoid doing in Boston. One of them is to taste its Cream Pie. It is a cake filled with cream and topped with chocolate ganache.
7) Visiting Boston Public Library may be one of a few more activities to do in Boston. Its interior is very inspiring, and its Reading Room is incredibly photogenic, so the place is definitely worth visiting.
8) Harvard University, the most prestigious learning institution in the country, is a must-see. You may as well visit its campus.
9) The Museum of Fine Arts offers a discount ($25 per visit). During the holidays, you may enter for free. On Wednesdays after 4 pm the museum pays for you.
10)Being in Boston, you should also for sure eat Italian food and go to the Irish pub. The pubs are rather common in Boston. There are even some historic pubs there, for example, JJ Foley's.
11) Candlepin Bowling is one more site to visit in Boston. It may be a top place for your rest. This bowling club has awkward cylinder shaped pins. However, the game itself is almost identical to the one you are used to.
As you see, Boston is a great city that is worth visiting. It will be more comfortable to schedule the route in advance. All these places are great. Having visited the city once, you will want to go there again.
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Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.
Annie Hall follows Alvy as he searches for the secret to successful relationships and ultimately concludes that love is fleeting and ridiculous but absolutely necessary. He begins his narrative wondering out loud what caused his split with Annie. He ends it resigned to the idea that relationships are absurd but that people need them, absurdity and all. In between, he desperately tries to pinpoint what went wrong. Was it that book he read at age nine? His aggressive mother? The cocaine fiasco? After coming up empty, he even asks anonymous pedestrians to identify the key to happiness in relationships. The answers, of course, are unsatisfactory and belie the arbitrariness and absurdity of love. Alvy's relationships with his two ex-wives also underline the dilemma. How can he now feel so underwhelmed by both of these women whom he once vowed to love until death? But despite its eagerness to point out these paradoxes, the film ends by celebrating the romance between Annie and Alvy, though failed, adding weight to Alvy's final monologue about the necessity of relationships. Annie Hall simultaneously relishes and dismisses them.
Throughout the film, Alvy emphasizes the capacity of art to transform life into a more ideal version of reality. Narrative control allows him to revisit the past with revisionist intentions, imagine an animated version of his situation, and force geographically and temporally separate scenes and characters to interact. He also gets to call on a famous media expert (McLuhan) on a whim. Annie Hall also carries a tinge of regret, as though its narrator's attempt to improve upon life is only halfhearted. Indeed, the fact remains that, regardless of the ending Alvy conjures up in his play, Annie and Alvy in reality do not last as a couple. Although the fantasy elements frequently add a layer of unpredictability and delight to the narrative, the basic elements and conflicts of the story are true to life.
Annie Hall places a great deal of emphasis on geographical location as the foundation of personal identity. Alvy is characterized as a New Yorker, fiercely loyal to his city and condescending to all other locations on earth. Annie is a transplant, still getting her bearings in New York after growing up in a WASP household in the Midwest. Alvy criticizes her birthplace and upbringing—and in some ways her character—each time he mocks her "Chippewa Falls expressions." When Alvy and Annie fly together to Los Angeles, Alvy constantly rails against what he sees as that city's cultureless superficiality. Virtually all of the characters in the L.A. party scene are portrayed as vapid and unctuous. The contrast between Alvy's relief at returning to New York and Annie's enjoyment of their L.A. trip is depicted as a distinct personality difference. And when Alvy tries fruitlessly to get Annie back, he criticizes Los Angeles, suggesting that she leave L.A. not just for him, but also for New York. The cities represent two different lifestyles and identities.
Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text's major themes.
The use of cultural stereotypes in the film pokes fun at the politically correct climate of 1970s New York. As a Jewish comedian, Alvy (like Woody Allen) has a vested interest in labeling himself and others for comedic purposes. The film plays around with stereotypes, treating them both seriously and ironically, using them as a tool to quickly label characters but also revealing the limits and cruelty of such labels. Annie Hall invokes stereotypes to reinforce and dispel prevalent cultural stereotypes. Alvy's Jewishness is one example. In a conversation with Rob, he bemoans a remark he heard at lunch that he interprets as anti-Semitic. Later, at dinner with Annie's family, he momentarily transforms into a Hasidic Jew, full beard and all, representing visually the Jewish stereotype that Annie's family seems to hold. The film also uses stereotypes to define Alvy's ex-wives quickly and cleverly and to reinforce the idea that L.A. is full of superficiality, as all Californian characters live up to the stereotype. Interestingly, Annie is the only character in the film who actively resists being stereotyped, defending her Midwestern upbringing and attraction to L.A. when Alvy uses them to attack her character.
In its heavy reliance on fantastical elements, Annie Hall features numerous instances of transformation, both visually and within the narrative. There are obvious examples, such as Alvy's Hasidic Jew experience and the brief cartoon sequence, but other more subtle examples are scattered throughout the film. Annie transforms significantly during her relationship with Alvy, blooming from blushing wallflower to ambitious artist. She is open to new experiences and comfortable with the transformative experiences that drugs allow, using marijuana during sex so that she can, in a sense, perform better. Rob, too, transforms, moving to L.A. and embracing its lifestyle. Alvy, on the other hand, is apparently afraid to change. He refuses to use drugs, claiming they make him "unbearably wonderful," and clings to his city and his life as though an upheaval would drastically harm him. Indeed, even his brief visit to L.A. results in physical illness. Nonetheless, though Alvy is resistant to change in his real life, he adopts it often in his art, riffing on life in his jokes and revising events in his play to fit his desires.
Performance is important to Annie Hall, especially in terms of its comedic aspects. The film is framed between two humorous monologues, suggesting that the film itself should be regarded as an entertaining performance rather than taken too seriously. Fundamentally, the film is a comedy and therefore intended to induce laughter; indeed, at its most basic level, it is simply a number of brief comic sketches pieced together. Performance is important not just for the viewer's sake but also for the main characters, who occupy performative roles. Alvy is a comedian; Annie, a singer; Rob, an actor. By emphasizing performance as a career and as the function of the film, Annie Hall suggests that all social interaction, particularly as pertaining to romantic relationships, is performance. Surely, Alvy's constant jokes, even in casual conversation, are a form of performance. And of course there are the scenes involving sex, failure to have satisfactory sex, or failure to have sex at all. Alvy avoids having sex with Allison because he simply can't fake it anymore; Robin blames New York noise for preventing her successful performance; Annie needs pot to enjoy sex; Alvy is insecure about his performance generally, and after his first time with Annie, lavishes their coupling with praise. Sex is treated as a performance that can go very well or very, very badly.
Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts.
New York City symbolizes all that is Alvy Singer: it is gloomy, claustrophobic, and socially cold, but also an intellectual haven full of nervous energy. To Alvy, New York represents home, culture, life, and safety. It is his favorite place in the world, and he will defend it until death. Alvy is not comfortable anywhere else and longs for his city when away. The New York of Annie Hall is portrayed as a cultural mecca where Alvy feels free to cross the street without looking and ask strangers about their love lives. Indeed, Annie Hall is as much a love song to New York City as it is to the character Annie Hall. The film celebrates New York for its accessibility and intellectual climate. It is also viewed as the antithesis of the cultureless void that Alvy considers Los Angeles to be.
Los Angeles harbors only superficiality, self-indulgence, and empty glamour, according to Alvy and the film. On his visit with Annie, Alvy has a visceral, nauseated reaction to L.A. The city is blindingly bright, but sun is "bad for you," Alvy says. Annie points out the streets' cleanliness, and Alvy jokes that all the trash is put on television. Each overheard conversation at Tony Lacey's party is a jab at Hollywood stereotypes: "All the good meetings are taken"; "I forgot my mantra"; "we're gonna operate together." Alvy views Annie's move to L.A. almost as a personality defect, but it's also a life-changing decision for her, one made entirely without Alvy's input. When Alvy flies out to California to attempt a reconciliation, he makes snide cuts at Los Angeles and glorifies New York. Annie defends L.A., which has become a symbol for her freedom, saying "What's so great about New York? I mean, it's a dying city. . . . Alvy, you're incapable of enjoying life, you know that? You're like New York City." Annie has articulated her realization that Alvy will never change and that their relationship is dead.
Drugs appear in the film several times as a symbol of open-mindedness, youth, escape, and freedom. Annie uses them to enhance sex and for relaxation. She tries to persuade Alvy to smoke marijuana after sex, to no avail. Alvy is uncomfortable around mind-altering substances, saying they generally cause him only embarrassment. His claim is proven true when he does try cocaine at a friend's apartment and ends up sneezing away thousands of dollars worth of the drug. Alvy feels too old and unhip to use drugs, which points to the profound contrast between Alvy's narrow-mindedness and Annie's interest in new experiences. Alvy views drugs much as he views L.A.: as glamorous and self-indulgent. He doesn't understand Annie's predilection for them. When he persuades Annie to have sex without marijuana, the results are hilarious, with Annie's spirit literally rising up from her body in boredom in a double-exposed scene. While comic, this scene reveals Annie and Alvy's sexual problems and the couple's growing rift.
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LC took strength from Gold, the DNR withdrawal was canceled
At the headquarters of the militia LNR informed about the completion of the withdrawal of forces and means in the district of the village of gold. This area is designated in the Minsk agreements.
We will remind that the agreement on the breeding of forces was signed at Contact group in Minsk on September 21.
As said the representative of command of the militia DND Eduard Bacurin in the Republic in Saturday's diversion will not be exact. According to him, the Ukrainian military told him that they are ready to withdraw, but has not yet received such an order. Therefore, said Eduard Basurin, withdrawal of unilateral DNR will not allow.
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Saint-Etienne Finally Win; Lyon Splash Around For a Draw in French Ligue 1December 1, 2008
Alain Perrin's Saint-Etienne broke their seven match losing streak with a 2-1 win over Nancy as PSG, Marseille, and Bordeaux all failed to capitalise on Lyon's goalless draw in a weather affected Ligue 1.
In Alain Perrin's third game in charge, Saint-Etienne looked like a completely different team. They started the game brightly with a new-look 4-3-3 formation.
Paulo Machado made Saint-Etienne's early enthusiasm count on eight minutes. The Portuguese midfield man curled in a superb free-kick from close to 30 yards out, for his first goal of the season.
Bafetimbi Gomis, who has struggled for any sort of form this season, missed a pair of chances to increase the lead in the first half hour. With only two goals to his name this season, Gomis looks ill at ease on le carré vert.
On 43 minutes, David Gigliotti added a second for Les Verts with a deft poke after a fine save from Nancy 'keeper Gennaro Bracigliano.
Saint-Etienne should have increased their lead to three on 55 minutes. Bracigliano hauled down Gigliotti in the box and was promptly given his marching orders, only for France International, Gomis to skew his spot kick wide, and further dent his fragile confidence.
Elsewhere in weather-beaten France, Toulouse parked the proverbial bus in front of their goal to stop Marseille. l'OM huffed and puffed, but their lack of invention and harmony in the final third left them with only a point.
After PSG's great result against Lyon last week, they went down to a Bruno Cheyrou goal at Rennes. The good form continued for Rennes. After their draw against Bordeaux last week they extended their unbeaten run to 14 games and go second in Ligue 1.
Rennes look increasingly like worthy contenders to put pressure on Lyon, while pre-season favourites for that role, PSG and Marseille, flounder in a mire of inconsistency.
Nice's game against Grenoble was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. Nice remain in the top four, on equal points with Provence rivals, Marseille, who they face in the derby next weekend.
France's south coast was not the only place effected by adverse conditions—"It was a water polo match but we took a good point," Valenciennes, Rudy Mater exclaimed to l''Equipe.
"It was a paddling pool and it was unplayable". A soggy Stade Gerland on Saturday night could have been compared to any number of water-based activities, as Lyon and Valenciennes drew 0-0.
Le Sac d'Oignon: Transfer News and Rumblings
Tottenham Hotspur are rumoured to be chasing Bordeaux striker Fernando Cavenaghi. Cavenaghi has spoken out about the rumoured £12 million bid. He said, "I do not know if Tottenham are really interested in signing me. If it's right, though, I will study this offer because they are a top English team."
Girondins president Jean-Louis Triaud scoffed at the rumours, saying, "For us, the question of Cavenaghi's departure this winter is not even being asked. It isn't a subject we are thinking about".
Marseille's defensive frailties are the subject of some pre-January speculation; OM's profligate defense has stirred club President, Papa Diouf to say, "The majority of people think we need to act in January to sort out or defensive problems and I tend to agree with them."
In the same interview, with l'Equipe, Diouf added, "If Ronald Zubar and El Ermine Erbate don't use these last few weeks of 2008 to show what they're are truly capable of, then yes, we can't rule out the signing of one, or even two new defenders".
Saturday Nov. 29th
AJ Auxerre 0-1 AS Monaco
Le Havre AC 0-2 FC Nantes
Le Mans UC72 2-0 SM Caen
Lille OSC 1-1 FC Lorient
Olympique Lyonnais 0-0 Valenciennes FC
OGC Nice P-P Grenoble Foot38
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 0-0 Girondins de Bordeaux
Sunday Nov. 30th
AS Nancy Lorraine 1-2 AS Saint-Etienne
Toulouse FC 0-0 Olympique de Marseille
Stade Rennais 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain


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For over a decade it has been quite apparent that Japan is in and will continue to be in a demographic malaise. Too many elderly people and too few young people have tilted their demographic scales away from productivity and growth. An increasingly elderly nation is one that (in general) is less productive and less economically active. Unfortunately, the path of Japan is not too far from the path of the U.S. and other Western countries.
In Japan 26% of the population is currently over 65 years of age. By 2050 the over 65 population is projected to hit 40%. This trend has been in place since the mid-90's when the country's 15-64 year old population hit its peak. For the U.S., the problem is similar, yet less pronounced compared to Japan. Currently, our over 65 population is roughly 14% of our total population and it expected to top 20% by 2050.
If you read or listen to economic experts speak of Japan's on-going economic issues, you will often note that they reference the country's demographics as part of the problem. Taking a look into the proverbial crystal ball, what I foresee within the U.S. and the rest of the western world (Europe) is an increasingly strong headwind that will impede each economies economic growth.
Modern society's welfare system is not something I see dramatically changing in the current or future decades. If anything, it will likely grow in size and scope. This means that with an expanding population of elderly people, greater public funds will diverted in order to deal with their needs. Examples of this will be Medicare costs, further augmentation of pension pools with public funds, and more direct services via Federal and State governments for senior care. Again, this is not limited to the U.S., but the entire swath of Western society.
The onslaught of our greying reality is upon us. In the State of California, public employee pension costs in the last few years have significantly increased and are projected to continue throughout each agency's listed timelines (PERS & STRS). The Cal PERS employer contribution rate is projected in nearly double between 2014 and 2020. This means that a larger fraction of goods intended for specific public services and goods will be diverted to support the viability of pension systems. Similar diversions will not be limited to pensions. Additional services required and demanded for elderly people will require additional tax revenues. What these funds would have been spend on in a private or public manner will not be seen directly. This stealth transfer will be akin to as an elderly tax on society.
At this point the question might arise as to how do we 'fix' this problem. Have more kids, I suppose…and go back in time and have some more. Or flood Western countries with immigrants, which will bring an entire set of issues to address. The answer is that we do not have a good answer to this 'problem'.
In reality, this isn't a 'problem' to fix; it's simply reality. The difficulty we have with this reality is that it is counter to human historical cycles. We want to resolve the problem that can only change through the gradual process of time and new generations.
An over-sized elderly population will cause confusion in a number of areas of life. One area will be that of economic expectations. What was seen in generations past will be increasingly difficult to realize because the dynamics that existed then, do not exist now. Demographics matter because human behavior changes in predicable patters as we age. These patterns impact economic decisions. This has the power to transform the way our economy expands and/or contacts.
The truth be told is that Japan's demographic malaise is also ours to own and wrestle with. It is not that Japan since the 1990's has experienced brain drain or their work ethic has degenerated; they reproduced too much after the 2nd World War and their subsequent offspring reproduced too few (You can look at it both ways.). The U.S. and relative countries are in the same boat. We are akin to a runner with weights on its ankles. In an ideal setting we could run as fast as we knew before, yet the weights are part of who we are. The ideal that we once had is not the reality we've sown for ourselves. This is the every emerging new reality.


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Published: August 10th, 2012 at 11:02 am ET
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Title: Belgium shuts down nuclear power plant
Source: Financial Times
Author: James Fontanella-Khan
Date: August 9, 2012 5:47 pm
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Belgium has temporarily shut down one of its seven nuclear power plants after the country's atomic energy regulator discovered "several anomalies", including possible cracks, in the tank containing the reactor's core. […] suspected fractures at the Doel 3 reactor […]
Several other nuclear sites around the world – including the US, Germany and Spain – use tanks produced by the same company, according a nuclear energy expert who asked not to be named.
"We are talking with all regulators as we would in any emergency situation … it is essential to co-ordinate efforts," Ms [Karina De Beule, AFCN spokesperson] said. "At present we can guarantee that there are no risks to workers, citizens and the environment."
The incident at Doel 3 is likely to reignite a debate over the risks of nuclear energy nearly 18 months after a 9 magnitude earthquake devastated the north-east of Japan and triggered a severe crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
Title: EU calls for more nuclear tests after Belgian fears
Source: AFP
Date: August 10, 2012
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The discovery of possible cracks in a Belgian nuclear reactor should trigger urgent testing around the EU, but such decisions are for national governments to take, a European Commission spokeswoman said on Thursday.
"National authorities will conduct tests, that seems obvious," said Marlene Holzner, spokeswoman for EU energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger.
The agency is also mulling the permanent closure "in the worst case" of a second reactor in the country's south near Liege, also produced by now-defunct Dutch firm Rotterdam Drydocks.
As well as the two Belgian reactors, French daily Le Monde said another 10 went to the United States, two each to Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland, plus another one each in Argentina and Sweden.
Published: August 10th, 2012 at 11:02 am ET
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My engine was replaced about 5 months ago. My check engine light has been blinkin ever since. It has a multiple random misfire code and a misfire that is not always even noticeable until recently. It's getting worse. Everything is new. Plugs wires cap rotor fuel injectors ( spider) fuel pump fuel filter. Any ideas? It also like makes a pushing motion (surging) as it goes down the rd. Thanks any help appreciated.
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A Belmont University administration official said Tuesday that the school supports the right of its faculty senate "to craft and advance" a resolution affirming gay and lesbian members of the university community.
But interim provost Pat Raines did not say whether Belmont president Bob Fisher or the board of trustees would soon meet with the faculty senate to specifically address concerns stemming from the recent departure of women's soccer coach Lisa Howe, who was dismissed after revealing to players that she and her same-sex partner are planning to have a child.
"As part of its role, the faculty senate reviews and provides input on policies and procedures that impact academic matters, general education and the welfare of the faculty," Raines said in a statement to The City Paper. "We appreciate the leadership they provide and their commitment to the Belmont mission."
Members of the faculty senate could not be reached for comment.
Raines' statement follows Monday afternoon's faculty senate meeting, during which the body unanimously approved a resolution supporting gay members of the Belmont community and inviting the administration to discuss the topic. The faculty senate met to the address the Howe matter. University officials have said Howe's departure was mutual between the two parties, but women's soccer team members say the former coach was fired.
The resolution is the latest in a series of developments on the Belmont campus, including a protest and a sit-in. Bridge Builders, a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students that has twice been denied official status with the university, will conduct another on-campus protest and a letter-writing campaign on Wednesday beginning at 10 a.m.
Bridge Builders will also oversee an information table at the Beaman Student Life Center. Letter writers are encouraged to urge Tennessee's elected officials in the U.S. Congress and in the state House and Senate to enact legislation that would prohibit the termination of an employee based on sexual orientation, according to Karlen Paxton, a Bridge Builders spokeswoman and Belmont student.
I wonder if any of Belmont's staff have ever committed adultery, fornication, theft, lie, cheated, etc. If so, they should all be fired.
In the early 80's two Belmont professors were fired for drinking wine at lunch, a violation of faculty policy. So anything is possible at Belmont.
So, in order to work at Belmont, you have to be perfect. I guess I would be the only person on staff then.
I didn't know much about Belmont University, but from what I can tell from their recent discrimination, I don't want anything to do with the university or anybody that attends it. I really hope this school goes under and lose their students and accreditation.


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Police found drugs in a car that was pulled over during an operation, while other vehicles were seized.
Officers from Northamptonshire Police, together with colleagues from Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue took part in a high profile operation to target criminals who use the county's road network, as well as carry out speed checks and educate people about the dangers of not wearing seatbelts.
The operation focused on issues and locations highlighted by the local community safety partnership's Road Joint Action Group.
More than 120 drivers were stopped and spoken to by officers, with penalty notices issued for some offences. Three vehicles were seized after they were identified as being involved in crime or having no insurance and a quantity of drugs was recovered from one vehicle. A number of known local criminals were also stopped and questioned throughout the operation.
Thirty motorists were stopped for speeding in Eastern Way, Ashby Road, Thames Road and Christchurch Drive - locations where speeding has been identified as a local priority. The drivers were given words of advice and shown images of the consequences of motorists who speed and crash their cars.
Another 70 drivers were stopped in New Street and Eastern Way and pulled into a checkpoint in Lodge Road. The majority of these were stopped for wearing no seatbelts and a number included children who were not strapped in.
A further 25 motorists were advised that, ordinarily, Lodge Road is a pedestrianised zone, in response to complaints from local councillors.
Sergeant Sam Dobbs said: "The operation involved officers from across the force, including special constables, as well as colleagues from fire and rescue and Leicestershire Police, who supported the operation by patrolling in a vehicle equipped with ANPR technology (Automatic Number Plate Recognition), helping to target vehicles driven by known criminals.
"The operation was a great example of co-operation and collaboration, tackling issues of concern identified by the Daventry community, and it was the first time we have worked on such an operation with the fire service and with Leicestershire officers.
"Social media has been very active and we received loads of positive support from the public. While we stopped more than 100 motorists, the majority have escaped formal police action and we hope they will learn from the informal advice given to them, so we can continue to keep Daventry's roads and community safe.'
Sergeant Sally Trattle added: "Daventry's day-to-day policing has been boosted on a busy summer day by officers from across the force and colleagues from partner agencies.
"This was something of a trial but, with the encouraging feedback from our staff and the public, it is something we will look to repeat here and in other towns across the county, and I'm grateful for the enthusiasm and flexibility shown by the police and fire officers who have worked so well together today."


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The melanoma clinical data has matured faster than drugs can get through the registration process
Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) April 02, 2013
BOLT International / MedPredict Market Research, a global provider of pharmaceutical competitive intelligence and market research, has published a new report entitled "Melanoma Thought Leader Panel #34 2013-03," designed to provide critical strategic insight for pharma and biotech companies with a stake in the market for treatments in this disease area.
"In this report, our panel debates the impact of recent clinical data related to targeted therapeutics, immunotherapy and chemotherapy. They talk about the challenge they face sequencing new agents - particularly where the melanoma clinical data has matured faster than drugs can get through the registration process," according to Jeff Berk, the report's lead author. "Furthermore, upcoming approvals and changes in standard practice will have an immediate impact on a number of ongoing clinical trials."
Some of the topics discussed in this report include:
➢ Sequencing immunotherapy (ipilimumab, nivolumab, MK-3475, PD-1) and targeted therapy (BRAF; dabrafenib, vemurafenib, LGX-818), (MEK; trametinib, GDC-0973, MEK-162, pimacertib), (PI3K/AKT; SAR245408, BKM-120, GSK2110183)
➢ Next generation immunotherapy approaches (CAR, chimeric antigen receptor; TIL, tumor infiltrating lymphocytes; MICA; other ways to activate T-cells)
➢ Optimal product profiles for new targeted and immunotherapies: binding affinities, activity in brain metastases
➢ BRAF-wt / NRAS mutations
➢ Other topics: cMET, VEGF, FGF (lenvatinib), c-KIT, adjuvant therapy, chemotherapy (Abraxane)
Transcripts of six qualitative interviews with global melanoma thought leaders are included in the report.
Companies discussed in this report: Amgen, Amplimmune, ArQule, AstraZenenca, AvidBiotics, Bayer-Schering, BioMed Valley, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, CureTech, Daiichi-Sankyo, Eisai, EMD Serono, Exelixis, GlaxoSmithKline, Kite, Merck, Novartis, Onyx, Pfizer, Prometheus, Regeneron, Roche/Genentech, Sanofi-Aventis, Takeda
The full report may be purchased by contacting BOLT International.
About BOLT International
Since 1996 BOLT (http://www.boltinternational.com) has provided proprietary consulting services to many of the largest (and smallest) names in Pharma.
About MedPredict
MedPredict (http://www.medpredict.com) maintains a proprietary database of over 1,000 global physician thought leaders. Based on primary interviews with these thought leaders, MedPredict publishes periodic therapeutic area reports to keep clients up-to-date on emerging trends and competitive activity. The reports include thought leader reactions to recent publications and presentations, as well as clinical, regulatory and marketing activity. We also provide these reports pro-bono to qualified patients and their physicians.
For more information contact:
Jeff Berk
BOLT International / MedPredict


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Join the World Cup fever!
Looking for a way to catch the ongoing World Cup with close friends or your office folk? Head to one of these joints for a fun evening
Test your World Cup knowledge
Check your football quotient with quizmasters — BV Harish Kumar and Ramanand J, as they set the ball rolling for a fun-filled evening .
On: Today, 9 pm onwards
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Free gifts, football, and more
Experience the football mania with multiple giant screens, football combos and compli-mentary gifts at bluO.
Till: July 17
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Stadium-like ambiance in a cafe
For those who couldn't make it to Brazil, Hard Rock Cafe has brought the ambiance of a stadium indoors with the café setting up giant screens along with special offers on drinks. So, just sit back, enjoy your drink and cheer for your favourite World Cup team.
Till: Today, 9.30pm onwards
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Call: 67258888
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Catch all the football action with live screenings of all the matches at the all-day restaurant, Pan Asia at Courtyard by Marriott. Guests can avail of unlimited drinks and four delicious starters for a special price of just R999.
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A suspected lightning strike cut power to over 400 homes in Thurso yesterday.
A Scottish Hydro Electric power distribution spokeswoman told www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk that damage to an overhead line caused 476 houses in the Mount Pleasant area to be cut off from the National Grid at around 12.52pm.
Of the affected houses, 432 had power restored within 33 minutes, with the remaining 44 getting electricity back by 5.52pm.
The spokeswomen said the cause of the damage is being investigated but is likely to have been caused by a lightning strike.
*For more on this story check out Friday's John O'Groat Journal.


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When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.
- Coach Paul Brown
My wife, known for asking more questions than an H&R Block tax preparer, wondered what I was doing in the attic with the flashlight.
"Looking through my T-shirt box," I confessed.
I wanted to wear my 1980 Broad Street Ramble T-shirt when I ran again in Saturday's event. I couldn't find the old shirt, so I began to look for substitutes - shirts to make me look dashing.
Of course, you-know-who had to approve my selections, and I finally settled on a Shepeard Blood Center T-shirt.
"That's nice," my wife said. "It's white and will be cool to run in."
"I was thinking it would get me points with the EMTs if I pass out and they call an ambulance," I said.
That didn't happen. What did happen Saturday was the race - officially the SRP Federal Credit Union Broad Street Ramble - an annual 10-kilometer competition put on by the Augusta Striders, in cooperation with Augusta Urban Ministries.
It offered a leisurely 6.2-mile jaunt down Broad Street to Harrisburg and back, and it seemed to be dominated by 20-, 30- and 40-year-old track stars.
For those of us who do not fit into that category, it offered a chance to set goals and seek to attain them.
My first goal: Finish first.
To be honest, achieving my first goal would require training, discipline and talent. I figured I have one out of those three things, so I moved on to another goal.
My second goal: Finish first in my age division.
Having checked last year's finish times, I thought I had a chance if I could master two out of three on the training-discipline-talent scale.
I developed a strategy. I would get out to a moderately quick start, then not let anyone who looked older pass me. This strategy might have proved successful if the race had been a 2-K, instead of a 10-K.
My final goal: Finish.
This was the simple goal that my brain, lungs and legs negotiated somewhere in the fifth mile. The brain, sitting up high and enjoying the ride, began to get complaints from the legs and lungs that they were tired and wanted to stop. The brain still had delusions of closing the deal with one of those wonderful half-mile sprints it remembered from high school 40 years ago, but the legs and the lungs took a vote and said they didn't think that was going to happen.
The brain said it would be really embarrassed if they stopped, so what about this: just keep going, no final sprint, but no stopping either.
Consensus reached, we all finished in what was actually a personal best for this millennium. It wasn't first, but it wasn't last, either.
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Savita Singh
Savita Singh: "I have cherished a dream of associating with a library where all the books are available in an accessible format for persons with a print disability."
Savita is young woman from Muradnagar, India. In April of this year she passed the National Eligibility Test and is looking forward to working as a lecturer in a college. Savita has been using DAISY books for the last five years.
My name is Savita Singh, and I am presently pursuing a Master of Philosophy Degree in International Politics, Organisation, Disarmament, Political Geography & Diplomatic Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi India. In 2006 I graduated from St. Stephen's College Delhi University with honors; my degree is in history. From the beginning my schooling has been possible with support from the National Association for the Blind (NAB) in New Delhi. NAB means a great deal to me, it is like a "second home". As far as I can remember the story of my life begins from the threshold of this unique institution.
When I was four I lost my eyesight completely due to small pox. A person in the Modi Nagar Eye Hospital told my parents to take me to National Association for the Blind. His suggestion and my parents' determination altered the journey of my life. I don't feel that blindness was a turning point in my life but my admission to NAB most definitely was. My parents were a bit apprehensive the first time they left me there, but very soon they could feel that it was a perfect place for their naughty, creative, ambitious daughter.
There were opportunities at NAB to reveal different dimensions of my personality. I learned braille and clay modeling. I acted in the plays, composed and recited poetry, and took part in debates. I was given the responsibility of Head Girl, and also went on school trips. The devoted teachers and the wonderful Director, Mrs. Anuradha Mohit, were the true strength of the Institute.
When I entered college life I realized that it was a beautiful world full of new experiences. The only problem I found was that nobody knew that the capabilities, talents and energetic spirit of persons with a disability were just like those of anyone else. It was a time to test all the skills I was taught in school to prove that a visually challenged person also belongs in mainstream society and that to segregate him or her is unfair and discriminatory.
The inaccessibility of the books in the huge library often disappointed me. The mere thought of the library used to make me feel gloomy; surrounded by shelves of books made me feel dizzy as I could get hold of only dust. Finding a book was not a problem, my friends used to help me in searching books, but reading them was the difficulty. How much one can depend on a reader? There are limits to what one can request and what one can expect. Then the Social Service League of my College bought JAWS Screen Reading Software for students who were visually challenged. It was the first College of Delhi University to get such technology for visually challenged students in the library. It made it possible for me to write my assignments with the help of a computer.
However, accessing information in print books still remained a big obstacle. When I learned about DAISY "Digital Accessible Information SYstem" it made an incredible difference. This amazing technology has the potential to bring about a revolutionary change in the life of persons with a print disability. It improved my over all performance, increasing it from 53% to 63%; a difference of 10% was huge for me. Problems accessing books not only adversely impact academic performance, I feel that this also impacts other dimensions of one's personality so much so that many people suffer from depression or adopt an extremely pessimistic attitude towards life. Some students even curse and blame their blindness for making them dependent on readers and scribes, and in some cases they neglect other things they cannot do without help.
After graduation I was keen to join one of the leading Institutions of the country. I studied with the help of DAISY talking books to prepare for my JNU entrance exam in International Relations. I was able to successfully get through the written exam for my master's degree. Since then I have been using DAISY books regularly for my master's degree studies. For a research scholar this technology has proved to be major boon. It enables one to study according to his/her individual requirements and time. Apart from everything else this much independence boosts self-confidence, which is indeed the first step to achieve any goal in the world.
Now I am able to read novels whenever I feel like doing so. The entire Harry Potter series, consisting of seven volumes, I finished reading in only 18 days, thanks to DAISY books. I just hope every person who needs these books can access them so that no one remains in the darkness of unawareness, when there are numerous sources available to spread the light of knowledge.
I have cherished a dream of associating with a library where all the books are available in an accessible format for persons with a print disability.
In India, there is a lack of books in braille for college level studies. College students require many books and organisations have found it very costly and time consuming to convert them into braille. Since the introduction of DAISY in India, several organisations have taken up the task of converting books for higher education into DAISY DTBs. This has helped many students pursue and excel in different courses. Ms. Savita's story is just one example.
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South Pacific Honeymoon Islands?
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Please, not another wedding music question...
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I think my personality is incompatible with motherhood
I'm going to be a mother in about two months. I'm concerned about what kind of mother I'll be. How can I reconcile the fact that my personality type might be at odds with being a great mom?
Karambolage - The Photography and Art of Arnold Odermatt
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Jugend Magazine Archives
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Where'd Snoop go?
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Looking for cold grain salad tips.
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Vox Roma
Over 143 episodes of audio, Mike Duncan has covered the founding of Rome through the Crisis of the Third Century in his History of Rome podcast [previously], having now reached the last pagan Emperor, Julian The Apostate. Enlivened by drawing on comparisons to popular culture, from The Empire Strikes Back (when Hannibal makes his appearance) to The Godfather (as a metaphor for Rome's social client system), Mr Duncan's work makes for fun, informative 25-minute sessions with the greatest empire of the ancient western world. If you're interested in more, the podcasts could be handily supplemented with...
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Roman fantasy, not Medieval fantasy!
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Recipes without dairy or meat
One of my coworkers lost his spouse this week, 24 hours after she gave birth to their baby. At work we created a sign up sheet for us each to bring food to him over the coming weeks/months. Today I found out that he's both lactose intolerant and vegetarian. Please give me your best recipes (for 4-6 servings and up) that fit this criteria.
What shall I read next?
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Pasta without Parmesan?
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Help with Brazilian Cheese Bread
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The Shining
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Fat legs in a short dress: FatshionFilter
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Share Your Grainless Recipes!
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Is a revolution at hand?
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Best current design blogs?
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Looking for recommendations for fantasy novels.
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Pagan Pantheons of Europe besides the Greek, Roman and Norse?
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I really don't care about Katy Perry. Really.
Alternatives to Jezebel.com? Blogs "for women" that aren't awful?
Excuse me while I whip this out
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The mother of all airplane trips
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"Anyone who shoots a real gun at you when drunk and angry is simply not husband material, regardless of his taste in literature."
Looking for books similar to Devil in the White City, The Ghost Map, etc.
I've recently realized that three books I've seriously enjoyed fall into a sort of common genre: The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson, The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester, and the Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. I am looking for more books like this to read.
The Best Magazine Articles Ever
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Give me the Dickens
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Something fresh, for fresh chickpeas?
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Strong female in Mystery/Suspense Books
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You'll put your eye out!
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Where's the funny
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Lady songs by ladies
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More obscure books in serial killer fiction
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Sky burials in Tibet
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How do I start scuba diving?
I want to start scuba diving as a hobby. Where do I begin?
hero and villain are one and the same
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Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down. Anyplace but those I know by heart.
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There once was a girl named Lenore
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How can I get a handle on the negative thoughts running through my mind constantly
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Reporters Without Borders Annual Report 2006 - Spain
|Reporters Without Borders
|Publication Date
|3 May 2006
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|Reporters Without Borders, Reporters Without Borders Annual Report 2006 - Spain, 3 May 2006, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/46e690b823.html [accessed 18 February 2018]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Violence in the Basque Country once again affected journalists there in 2005, especially in the "Spanish" part of the region. They remained targets of the armed separatist group ETA and had to have round-the-clock protection.. Journalists who refused to back the ETA's demands were considered enemies and put on a blacklist. One the organisation's latest targets was the publicly-owned radio station EITB, in Vitoria, which was threatened with reprisals on 26 February 2006.
Reporter Tayssir Alluni of the pan-Arab satellite TV station Al-Jazeera was sentenced to seven years in prison in September 2005 for allegedly helping the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. He was tried along with 23 other people accused of links with the group. He is appealing against the verdict.


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By Hindustan Times
Mumbai, Nov. 4 -- Seventy-four-year old Amercian actor Morgan Freeman Swas bestowed a Lifetime Achievement award at the recently concluded MAMI 2011.
His new film, A Dolphin's Tale was chosen to close the event as well. But although the actor was unable to collect his award in person, he did record a video message for his Indian fans in his trademark reserved demeanour laced with humour.
"I appreciate the love and gratitude my fans and well-wishers have showered upon me in India. I have read a lot about India and some of my friends who have visited the country have such lovely things to say about the rich culture and heritage. It is definitely in my top list of places to visit," says Freeman, apologising for his no-show due to a tight schedule.
In Dolphin's Tale, the actor will be seen playing a prosthetics doctor in the story that revolves around a real-life dolphin's heartrending tale of survival and how it became an inspiration to millions of people worldwide. He says, "This film inspires one to overcome the challenges in life, which should be the motto for each of us."
When asked to advise people facing extreme situations like losing a limb, a loved one, divorce or even a job that's dear to them, he says, "Fight back, as the world is waiting to see the best in you." I have read a lot about India and my friends who have visited the country have said lovely things about the culture and heritage.
Actor Morgan Freeman On his experience of working with Winter, the dolphin on whose life the film is based, he smiles, "I have been close to horses, dogs, chickens, and geese but never to a fish (sic). So I was trying to ingratiate myself. It's just like a little child. She shies away and then she comes back, and then finally you can touch her a little bit, and that's enough, so you feel like you're really accomplishing something if she lets you be close and pet her."


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Do you know the WORST Starting Hands in Online Poker?
I see so many articles and sources showing off the best starting hands in poker (Texas Hold'Em). There isn't a poker place you can go to online or offline that will showcase the pocket cards that you can safely play. And I'll admit it. I've certainly contributed my fair share of articles regarding this area of poker playing strategy.
However, there's not nearly as many articles that show you exactly what the poorest hands are and why they are a no-go despite the temptation to play. There is another article on SmokePoker.com that discusses this topic, but I thought it might be time for a refresher.
You're not tempted to play bad starting hands, you say?
Well, the truth is that MANY amateur players play pre-flop in hopes of catching something on the flop with horrible starting hands. Of course amateurs don't usually play bad starting hands as a matter of habit. They will likely fold the majority. But I bet you that after folding 5-10-15 hands in a row, the temptation play (just for sake of actually playing – since online poker is incredibly boring if all you do is fold!) rises like magma in a volcano.
Before you know it, amateurs who should know better are playing the 2-7. That being said, never forget that poker is a game of chance and skill. How you play your hand is JUST as important (some might even argue MORE so) than what cards you play. People routinely win big on garbage hands.
While conventional wisdom tells you to avoid the cold statistical reality of playing a bad hand (which I do agree is the correct play), I thought I would dedicate one article to the lowest of the low. Statistically, all the hands I will list below are all about equally bad. If bluffing is not your strongest quality either online or offline, then I recommend folding with these hands no matter what.
If you have the 2 card and the 6 card (suited or off suit)…
- Bad News. The card values are just too low to have a chance. The really cruel twist is the straight flop (5-4-3). Hooray, you hit a straight. Sadly, another player may have a 6 card and 7 card. Or the same or higher may come on the turn and river. Now you have the lower straight and you lose. Oh, and if you think a flush will save you… think again. Odds are another player will have a higher flush. You could get a straight flush, but now we're talking statistical improbabilities.
If you have the 2 card and either the 7 card or 8 card (suited or off suit)…
- Worse News. You don't even get the possibility of a straight on the flop. I even think this hand (2-7) is universally regarded as the worst hand in poker or "the hammer" (Poker Fact: Actually an optimistic reference for a player who actually wins the pot with this starting hand or "dropping the hammer"). Again, there is the same problem with a low flush draw if you do get lucky with a flush. This is the throw-away hand.
If you have the 9 card and either the 2 card, 3 card, or 4 card (suited or off suit)…
- Not Good. First of all, there are no straight possibilities. The 9 starts to tempt you that it's a higher value number card. Most likely, you'll pair the 9 which will give you some false hope that you could win with that (or at least throw more good money into the pot). The big problem is that 10, J, Q, K, A pairs have you beat. And cruelly, even another 9 pair will likely beat you since you have the low kickers with either 2, 3, or 4.
If you have the 3 card and either the 7 card or 8 card (suited or off suit)…
- Still Bad. Let's put it this way: About the only hands you can beat are the ones above. Again, there is still no straight possibility and statistically other players will likely have better cards. Don't lose your money on this one!
I hope this helps you with your poker playing. We all sort of intuitively know that certain hands are bad hands. Sometimes it's nice to know exactly why they are so bad and generally unplayable to the average player.
I should also say that there are plenty of other weak hands, but these are the scum of the Texas Hold'Em starting hand world… so I chose to focus on them exclusively. Finally, if you win on an off suit 2-7, please post a comment and gloat about your victorious and skilled playing – you will have deserved it!