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New PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T) Data to Be Presented at 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASC
New PROVENGE®(sipuleucel-T) Data to Be Presented at 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary Cancers Symposium
-- Two studies examine potential for PROVENGE in combination or sequenced with two approved advanced prostate cancer therapies
-- Additional retrospective study data suggest that relative to placebo, PROVENGE may delay time to first opioid use for pain in patients with advanced prostate cancer
-- Preliminary data on NeuACT study for high-risk urothelial carcinoma show high frequency of HER2 expression at primary tumor and lymph node samples
BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- February 13, 2013--Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN) today announced that results from several ongoing or completed studies investigating the utility of PROVENGE®(sipuleucel-T)in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer, including studies that may lead to new treatment approaches, as well as the investigational immunotherapy DN24-02 in patients with surgically-resected urothelial cancer, will be presented at the 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in Orlando, Florida, from February 14-16, 2013.
"This year's ASCO GU meeting is important for Dendreon because of the wide range of studies being presented that help us better understand PROVENGE," said Mark Frohlich, M.D., executive vice president of research and development and chief medical officer at Dendreon. "The studies that inform us about the potential use of PROVENGE in combination or sequenced with other advanced prostate cancer treatments are encouraging, and we look forward to additional data from these studies."
Data presented include and can be accessed via the following links:
- Abstract #34:Randomized Phase II Trial Evaluating the Optimal Sequencing of Sipuleucel-T and Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) in Patients with Biochemically-Recurrent Prostate Cancer (BRPC): A Phase II sequencing study evaluating PROVENGE followed by ADT or ADT followed by PROVENGE in men with biochemically-recurrent prostate cancer showed a prime-boost immune response effect based on antigen presenting cell activation patterns, and an analysis of serum samples indicated that there were no differences between the arms in cellular or humoral immune responses. Adverse events for each treatment were consistent with what was seen in pivotal trials.
- Abstract #114: A Randomized Phase II, Open-Label Study of Sipuleucel-T with Concurrent or Sequential Abiraterone Acetate (AA) in Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC): A Phase II study evaluating concurrent or sequential therapy with AA plus prednisone (P) in men with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer demonstrated no significant differences in median cumulative CD54 upregulation (31.6 vs. 36.6), or the measure of antigen presenting cell activation, and CD54+ count (1.9 vs. 2.1x109) between the two arms, suggesting that PROVENGE can be manufactured during treatment with AA + P therapy. Adverse events for each treatment were consistent with what was seen in pivotal trials.
- Abstract #74: Sipuleucel-T Appears to Delay Time to First Use of Opioid Analgesics (TFOA) in Patients with Asymptomatic or Minimally Symptomatic Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) on the IMPACT Trial: A retrospective analysis of a subset of the IMPACT trial demonstrated that relative to placebo, treatment with PROVENGE appeared to delay the first use of opioid analgesics for pain associated with advanced prostate cancer. Opioid therapy is currently recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for moderate to severe pain associated with cancer. In patients with advanced cancer, pain is described as moderate to severe in approximately 40-50 percent and very severe or excruciating in 25-30 percent of cases.1
- Abstract #292: HER2 Expression in Patients with Surgically Resected Urothelial Cancer at High Risk of Recurrence Screened for the Phase II Randomized, Open-Label Trial of DN24-02, an Autologous Cellular Immunotherapy Targeting HER2: In the NeuACT study, Dendreon's investigational DN24-02 is being studied in urothelial carcinoma. Preliminary data presented show a high frequency (>80 percent) of HER2 expression score of >1+ found in primary tumor and lymph node samples of patients with high-risk urothelial carcinoma, as is consistent with previously published data.
"These preliminary PROVENGE data are promising for the treatment of metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer," said Eric Small, M.D., Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology, and Deputy Director, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. "The medical community is particularly excited about the studies investigating the potential for treatment with PROVENGE and other currently approved treatments for advanced prostate cancer, which may provide us with new therapeutic approaches to help men fight this disease in the future."
Additional Dendreon abstracts accepted for presentation at the meeting can be accessed via the following links:
- Abstract #148: Immune Response with Sipuleucel-T in Patients with Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC): Phase II PROACT Study
- Abstract #147: P10-1 Open Label, Multicenter Study of Sipuleucel-T in Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) Patients Previously Treated with Sipuleucel-T: Evaluation of Antigen Presenting Cell (APC) Activation
- Abstract #131: Real-World Experience with Sipuleucel-T in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) Patients >80 Years Old: Data from PROCEED
- Abstract #30: Real-World Experience with Sipuleucel-T in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) Who Received Prior Docetaxel (D): Data from PROCEED
About PROVENGE
Indication and Important Safety Information
PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T) is an autologous cellular immunotherapy indicated for the treatment of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic castrate resistant (hormone refractory) prostate cancer.
PROVENGE is intended solely for autologous use and is not routinely tested for transmissible infectious diseases.
The safety evaluation of PROVENGE was based on 601 prostate cancer patients in four randomized clinical trials who underwent at least one leukapheresis. The most common adverse events (incidence greater-than or equal to 15%) are chills, fatigue, fever, back pain, nausea, joint ache, and headache. Serious adverse events reported in the PROVENGE group include acute infusion reactions (occurring within 1 day of infusion) and cerebrovascular events. In controlled clinical trials, severe (Grade 3) acute infusion reactions were reported in 3.5% of patients in the PROVENGE group. Reactions included chills, fever, fatigue, asthenia, dyspnea, hypoxia, bronchospasm, dizziness, headache, hypertension, muscle ache, nausea, and vomiting. No Grade 4 or 5 acute infusion reactions were reported in patients in the PROVENGE group.
To fulfill a post marketing requirement and as a part of the company's ongoing commitment to patients, Dendreon will conduct a registry of approximately 1500 patients to further evaluate a small potential safety signal of cerebrovascular events. In four randomized clinical trials of PROVENGE in prostate cancer patients, cerebrovascular events were observed in 3.5% of patients in the PROVENGE group compared with 2.6% of patients in the control group.
For the FDA approved full prescribing information, please visit http://www.provenge.com.
About Dendreon
Dendreon Corporation is a biotechnology company whose mission is to target cancer and transform lives through the discovery, development, commercialization and manufacturing of novel therapeutics. The Company applies its expertise in antigen identification, engineering and cell processing to produce active cellular immunotherapy (ACI) product candidates designed to stimulate an immune response in a variety of tumor types. Dendreon's first product, PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T), was approved by the FDA in April 2010. Dendreon is exploring the application of additional ACI product candidates and small molecules for the potential treatment of a variety of cancers. The Company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol DNDN. For more information about the Company and its programs, visit http://www.dendreon.com.
Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements." Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the expected benefits of the restructuring, the timing and elements of the restructuring, the timing and form of related charges, the expected annual operating expense reduction, expectations and beliefs regarding Dendreon's profitability and Dendreon's ability to achieve improved performance as a result of the restructuring, expectations regarding regulatory approval of PROVENGE®in Europe, expectations regarding the presentation of clinical data, developments affecting Dendreon's U.S. and global business and prospects and potential revenue and earnings from product sales, expectations regarding market size and market opportunity, and progress generally on commercialization efforts for PROVENGE. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause Dendreon's actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, our inability to achieve and sustain commercial success for PROVENGE; the identification of efficacy, safety or other issues with PROVENGE; a slower than anticipated adoption by treating physicians of PROVENGE for the treatment of patients with advanced prostate cancer due to competing therapies, perceived difficulties in the treatment process, delays in obtaining reimbursement or for other reasons; any promotional limitations imposed by the FDA on our ability to commercialize and market PROVENGE; unexpected difficulties and costs associated with the rapid expansion of our operations to support the commercial launch of PROVENGE; and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Dendreon's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Dendreon is providing this information as of the date of this press release and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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It's easy to forget about how many Iraqis and Afghans are killed by the U.S. military each day – they're halfway around the world and we can always change the channel if some nasty images pop up on TV.
Doing so is a bit harder when the chaos occurs in your own backyard, and is caused by the very people sworn to uphold the law and protect you. To add injury to insult, these same people can and do get away with murder.
On April 25, the three New York Police Department detectives whose 50 shots killed Sean Bell and wounded two of his friends were acquitted of all charges by a judge, having waived their right to trial. Although there was ample evidence to convict these detectives, the Queens District Attorney gave a sterling example of the courts' complicity in police misconduct, subjecting dubious witnesses to cross-examination by the defense while refusing to call the three detectives to the stand for the same treatment.
There have been large, vociferous, and peaceful protests across the city following the verdict, and more are expected throughout a long, hot summer. There is a movement to press Albany to appoint an independent prosecutor for cases of police misconduct, and the Justice Department is deliberating a civil rights suit against the NYPD.
Some have argued it will be hard to prove the police intentionally set out to violate Sean Bell's rights. Last time I checked, racial profiling was a violation of said rights, and the record number of stop-and-frisks conducted by the NYPD in the first quarter of 2008 back that record up.
Of course, Sean Bell's murder does not exist in a vacuum. The increased militarization of American law enforcement, begun during the Reagan era as part of our failed War on Drugs (anyone who debates this point, please watch The Wire), has exacerbated this country's long history of racism and placed minority communities in the firing line.
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Pimen (Izvekov) of Moscow
Patriarch Pimen (Russian: Патриарх Пимен), born Sergey Mikhailovich Izvekov (July 23, 1910 - May 3, 1990), was the 15th Patriarch of Moscow and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
He was born in the town of Bogorodsk near Moscow. In 1925, Pimen Izverkov became a monk at Bogoyavlensky Monastery in Moscow. He also spent years in various Russian monasteries and cathedrals in Murom, Odessa and Pskov. In 1954, Pimen became head of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra.
On November 14, 1961 he was appointed Metropolitan of Leningrad and Ladoga. After the death of Patriarch Alexei I Metropolitan Pimen was elected Patriarch Pimen of Moscow and all of Russia in 1971.
Pimen's task thus became to lead a Christian church in a state ruled by an officially atheist Communist party. At his post he worked closely with the authorities: participated in numerous 'peace movement' conferences sponsored by the government. Pimen was awarded the Soviet Peace Fund Medal (1969, 1971) and in 1970 Golden medal "Борцу за мир" ("For Fighter for Peace") by the 'Soviet Committee for the Defence of Peace'. Pimen was member of World Peace Council from 1963 onwards. In 1961, Pimen was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (орден Трудового Красного Знамени), one of the higher rewards of the time. The Soviet state tried to limit and control all religious activity and Pimen tried to struggle just to ensure the survival of the Russian Orthodox Church.
At the end of his difficult term as the head of the Russian Orthodox Church he organized the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus' in Russia in 1988. This event became the historic moment that marked the end of persecution of Orthodox Christianity in the Soviet Union.
Pimen (Izvekov) of Moscow
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Nikodim (Rotov)
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Alexei I (Simansky)
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Alexei II (Ridiger)


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The Central Connecticut women's basketball team earned a 72-67 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday afternoon at Detrick Gym. The Blue Devils (8-7, 2-3 NEC) led the Knights (1-15, 0-5 NEC) by as many as 19 points and never trailed after taking the lead for good with 16:06 left in the first half.
Senior Lauren Arbogast connected on a career-high four three-pointers and scored a team-high 18 points on a six-of-10 shooting performance. She added four rebounds in 24 minutes of action.
The Blue Devils dominated the paint scoring 34 points and holding the Knights to just 14. CCSU was also strong on the glass out rebounding the Knights 40-34. In the second half the Blue Devils pulled down 11 offensive rebounds, including three consecutive boards on free throw attempts in the final 29 seconds.
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Sophomores TeJahne Malone, Kayla Miller and Raven Makins came off the bench and combined for 21 points. Makins led the group with nine points on 3-of-4 shooting. Miller and Malone each scored six points. Malone added six rebounds, three assists and a steal.
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Wednesday Keynote
"Please don't shout. We're not deaf, We're just not interested." A Personal Perspective on the Public and Nanoscale Science Education.
- Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Speaker: Dr. Andrew Maynard, Chief Science Advisor to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars" Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
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Religious Reactions to Nanotechnology (and What Science Museums Might Expect in this Area)
- Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Session leaders: Chris Toumey, University of South Carolina, and Tom Rockwell, Exploratorium
Chris Toumey will discuss religious reactions to nanotechnology. To date, reactions from religious leaders have been limited, especially when compared with commentaries about nanotech by secular ethicists. This probably means that religious groups do not link nanotech to issues such as abortion, stem-cell research, or sexuality. But it would be regrettable, Chris maintains, if religious groups were caught off-guard by major developments in nanotechnology, whether beneficial or otherwise, because they would then have to react in crisis conditions with little or no knowledge of nanotech.
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The Stem Cell Network: Experiments in Science Communication
- Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Session leaders: Chris Toumey, University of South Carolina, and Tom Rockwell, Exploratorium
- Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Session leader, Maja Horst, Copenhagen Business School
It's common for scholars of public understanding of science to advocate more dialogue and interaction regarding the communication of science research. But how do they propose this might be accomplished? This session will discuss experiments with communication of biotechnology research that were intended to affect public opinion formation. We examine two interactive installations that were designed to invite visitors to engage and interact, and thereby change the messages and research questions embodied in the installations. The installations have been presented to various sections of the Danish public with the goal of stimulating dialogue about the shaping of emerging biotechnologies by society.
Creating a Public "Stakeholdership" in Science and Technology
- Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Session leader: Andrew Maynard, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
So far, efforts have focused on building awareness and understanding of science and technology, but haven't yet tackled the next step: creating "stakeholdership," a public sense of empowerment and ownership. Join keynote speaker Andrew Maynard in a dialogue that begins to identify a process for advancing the discussion.
Hot Springs, Viruses, and Nanomaterials
- Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Session leader: Michelle Flenniken, Montana State University/UCSF
Viruses are the ultimate nanomachines. They have evolved to carry out their job of self-replication and evasion of their host's defense systems. They occur on the planet in all environments where life is found, including the boiling acid hot springs of Yellowstone National Park. But viruses are not all bad -- new research shows that they have the potential to be used in a new generation of materials, from drug delivery vehicles to diagnostic imaging agents.
Communicating with the Public: Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, and Education and Outreach from Research Centers
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- Session leader: Barry Kluger-Bell, Exploratorium
Nanotechnology Education Outreach (NEO) uses work on posters to develop skills for public communication. Graduate students and postdocs who attended one of the two NEO sessions in 2007 were asked to create posters, aimed at a public audience, about some of the exciting science, engineering, and technology from their own research on the nanoscale. Education directors attending NEO created similar posters on their Education and Outreach work. During the NEO workshop, an Exploratorium science writer worked with the group on communicating about science to the general public. These posters were displayed and poster authors were given feedback on their posters by NEO staff and their peers. The revised posters that resulted are on display in this session.
Act Locally: Forging Effective Research Center-Museum Partnerships
- Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Session leaders: Carol Lynn Alpert, Museum of Science, Boston, and Timothy Miller, Museum of Science, Boston
How are we to keep up with the job of interpreting advances in nanoscale science and engineering for our public audiences when nano research is advancing at such a rapid pace? How can we afford to update our programs, exhibits, and media so that they don't fall quickly out of date? NISE Net is on a mission to help catalyze the development of effective, funded educational outreach collaborations between regional nano research centers and science museums. Whether you are connected with a research center or with a science museum, join us and share your experience in collaborative outreach, and help us strategize how to facilitate the forging of new partnerships around the nation.
Wednesday Afternoon Sessions
Interpreting Nano for the Public: What We"ve Learned about Exhibits and Programs
- Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Session leaders: Kirsten Ellenbogen, Science Museum of Minnesota, and Christine Reich, Museum of Science, Boston
NISE evaluators have gathered data from almost two thousand museum visitors in an effort to test practices for delivering nanoscience exhibits, programs, and forums. Our evaluation has focused on a number of critical factors involved in learning about nano, including attraction, content, enjoyment, relevance, and usage. Problematic issues that we have dealt with include vocabulary, innovative media, social science content, and attracting and engaging a diverse audience. In this workshop, you will compare evaluation findings, consider implications, and use project findings to try your hand at writing labels, revising program scripts and forum scenarios, and developing exhibit approaches. Issues to address in the future will also be discussed.
Using Forums as a Model for Public Engagement
- Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Session leaders: Troy Livingston, Museum of Life and Science, Chris Toumey, University of South Carolina, Cynthia Needham, ICAN Productions, and Cate Alexander, The National Technology Coordination Office
This session will compare several different styles of public engagement forums on nanotech, including the focus-group model such as NISE Net forums, university-based miniclasses such as the South Carolina Citizens" School of Nanotechnology (SCCSN), facilitated deliberations as part of a larger nanotechnology dissemination project (Convergence and the Power of Small), and a planned series of Web-based dialogs with a variety of audiences.
The Role of Art in Science Museums
- Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Session leader: Jennifer Frazier, Exploratorium
Artwork can be found in many science museums. This session will explore working with artists to create exhibits from the museum"s perspective. Through a panel presentation and discussion, we'll explore questions such as the difference between an art piece and an exhibit, the advantages and challenges of working with artists, and whether art pieces should be evaluated by the same metrics as more traditionally developed exhibits. Panelists will include Tom Rockwell (Exploratorium), Eric Siegel (New York Hall of Science), and Peggy Monahan (Children"s Discovery Museum).
Science Communication Training Roundtable
- Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Session leaders: Timothy Miller, Museum of Science, Boston, and Carol Lynn Alpert, Museum of Science, Boston
Let"s gather round and share the various techniques being used in research centers and science museums and in collaborative efforts between them to help train researchers in public communication skills. One of the goals of the NISE Research Center-Informal Science Education partnership development strand (RISE) is to facilitate the growth of training programs on a regional basis.
Lateral Thinking
- Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Session leaders: Andrea Bandelli, DECIDE - Deliberative Citizens Debate, and Auke Touwslager, informationlab
NISE is a unique network that connects museums, research institutions, and educational bodies. As such, it is exploring and implementing strategies and tools in the domain of collaboration, design, and community building that constitute a critical body of knowledge. How can we identify the "knowledge byproducts" of NISE that can be further exploited, and how can we leverage this know-how to make it valuable for other fields of work and other institutions?
Thursday Keynote
Identify Your Publics
- Thursday, November 7, 2007
- Speaker: Rick Borchelt, Director of Communications, Genetics & Public Policy Center
Thursday Morning Sessions
Creating the Best Nano Workshops Ever
- Thursday, November 8, 2007
- Session leaders: Vicki Coats, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Brad Herring, Museum of Life and Science, and Amy Grack Nelson, Science Museum of Minnesota
After two full years of collaborative work, NISE Net is undertaking regional and national workshops as an important strategy for sharing our resources and building on our work together. What content, ideas, and methods create the best workshop experiences? Hear findings from recent NISE workshops, and share your thoughts about your prior professional development experiences. Join us in this important discussion to help identify the best methods for future collaboration between NISE Net and partner organizations. Participants from past NISE workshops are encouraged to join us.
ASTC and NISE Net: Building Informal Learning Networks
- Thursday, November 8, 2007
- Session leaders: Margaret Glass, ASTC, and Wendy Pollock, ASTC
In 30 years, the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) has grown from a small collection of founding institutions to an international professional organization that represents the largest network of interactive science centers in the world. Come hear how this association fits into the informal science education landscape -- both past and present -- and what it has learned about network building. Join us in an exchange of ideas and practices to explore how ASTC can contribute to NISE Net as it expands its collaborations across informal and formal learning communities. Scientists and researchers who may not be familiar with ASTC are particularly encouraged to come.
NanoDays Planning Party
- Thursday, November 8, 2007
- Session leaders: Susan Koch, Science Museum of Minnesota, Gail Jones, North Carolina State University, and Francisco Monar, Columbia University
What are you doing for your 2008 NanoDays event?
- Nano science demonstrations?
- "Nano Survivor" game show?
- Public forum on environmental impacts of nano-manufacturing?
- Something completely different?
Join us for this NanoDays planning get-together to hear from institutions that have held successful NanoDays events, share your ideas, and trade suggestions. This will be a working session, so if you've held a nano public event in the past, bring pictures, agendas, and programs that you can share. If you"re new to nano public outreach, this is a chance to gather ideas, get recommendations for speakers and topics, and learn from your peers.
32 Short Films about Nano
- Thursday, November 8, 2007
- Session leader: Carol Lynn Alpert, Museum of Science, Boston
NISE Net educators are clamoring for a ten-minute introductory video to use in exhibits, at forums, in programs, and on the web. The MOS Strategic Projects group intends to produce just such a video, with a multimedia ancillary. Come help us workshop out some ideas. The format we are proposing is nonlinear and nondidactic: It looks and sounds nothing like the standard research center narrative. We want to intersperse brief cartoons that get across fundamental properties of the nanoscale, with insightful video clips from insiders and observers (and simple Flash interactive pieces for the multimedia version). Think "32 Short Films about Nano." In this workshop, we'll split into pairs or trios or groups of various sizes, brainstorm segments, storyboard them, and assemble them on the wall. NISE Net will provide the giant sticky pads and markers; you provide fresh ideas and fun.


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A new report says that tech billionaires and successful chief executives all have something in common: they love routine.
Steve Jobs had 100 Issey Miyake black turtlenecks that he wore every day so he wouldn't have to think about what to wear, according to the Australian Courier-Mail. Similarly, Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has a closetful of gray t-shirts, apparently 20, for the same reason.
Others, such as Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, take regular saunas, and Tumblr founder David Karp eats the same breakfast every day: pancakes, eggs Florentine, avocado and bacon.
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The idea of a routine isn't a new one. According to the piece, researchers at Harvard Business School says that this routine helps people cope with stress and repetition in the office can be good for business. Twitter's Dorsey has his entire week divided up into different tasks for each day and Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian says list-making keeps him on track, including writing down the three biggest tasks of the day and completing them.
Routine can also be called being organized, which is likely an important part of success. However, imagination, which Einstein said was more important than knowledge or intelligence, is much less predictable.


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Making Hunter region skies safer will be the focus of a free aviation seminar next week in Maitland.
All local pilots are invited to take part in the safety event being run by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
The Maitland seminar will emphasise the importance of defensive flying skills to avoid accidents.
Pilots will discuss threat and error management, communication requirements and situational awareness.
Threats to safe flying can be adverse weather, mechanical problems or other air traffic. Errors by pilots can be fuel mis-management, incorrect aircraft settings or navigation mistakes.
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An incredibly moving photo essay of the support shown to the US from people around the world was put together by a friend of a friend, and has been mirrored here on our server to help spread the load of people viewing it.
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Sorry, not much of a front page. I haven't spent a lot of time making the site look pretty yet, just threw it together for things I've wanted to share with friends and family.
Looking for the official Dungeons and Dragons web site? It is at Wizards of the Coast.
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An odd little diversion: search queries that led people to this site. It is amusing that a popular search term that led people here is for something that cannot be found on this site -- the one that refers to, um, pictures of a certain body part. In fact, dozens of hits had been racked up from search engines at MSN and AOL directing people to this top level page even though neither of those words had appeared anywhere on this site. Instills a lot of confidence in the MSN and AOL search engines, eh? Now the only place those words appear is on the list of search queries, which actually gives search engines a valid reason to find that page.


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Vanilla and Lime Flan
- 2 cups condensed milk
- 2 cups whole milk
- 3 limes zested
- 1 vanilla bean
- 6 eggs
- Caramel:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons water
- Preheat oven to 360 degrees.
- To make the caramel, heat together the water and sugar gently, over medium flame/heat, until it is golden brown, about 10 minutes, ensuring the mixture does not burn.
- Meanwhile, pour the condensed milk and whole milk into a pan. Add the lime zest. Slice the vanilla pod in half and carefully scrape out the vanilla seeds and add these to the milk mixture. Simmer the milk slowly for 15 minutes to let the flavors combine.
- Once the caramel is ready, pour into a cake pan and swirl it around to evenly coat the bottom of the pan. Set aside.
- In a bowl, crack the eggs and beat together. Slowly pour a little of the warm milk, vanilla, and lime mixture into the eggs. This will temper the eggs and prevent them from scrambling. Once the warm milk has raised the temperature of the eggs (tempered), pour in the rest of the milk. Pour all of the mixture in the cake pan over the caramel. Cook the cake in a water bath by placing the pan inside a larger pan that is filled half-way with water. Place in the oven and cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Once ready, allow to cool and place inside a refrigerator overnight. The flan is then ready to be flipped over gently and served.
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The coast around Halkidiki is close to 500 kilometres in length. It is home to countless superb beaches, almost all of them blue flag winners. The area also has other hidden gems for you to discover.
• Cosmopolitan Kassándra
According to mythology, Kassándra, the first peninsula of Halkidiki, was the site of the mythical Clash of the Titans. Today, Kassándrais one of Greece's most modern tourist resorts. You can find some of the largest hotel complexes in the country here, with amenities of the highest quality, such as golf courses, marinas and spas. You can also enjoy gourmet meals prepared by renowned chefs.
If you like things a bit more organised on the beach, Cassandra is the place for you! It's also home to some of Greece's best known beach bars. Keep a note of these places: Floyitá,Áthytos,Kallithéa,Hanióti, Kryopiyi,Polýhrono,Pefkohóri,Palioúri,Posídi,Síviri,Sáni,Potidea!All of them have beaches to die for with the trendiest beach bars. If you need a bit of peace and quiet after a dancing session, hop in a car and discover some of the area's untouched beaches. There's no better way to recharge your batteries ready for the next party!
Those who are into hectic nightlife scenes might like to know that the Kallithéa area is home to some of the biggest best bars in Greece, while just about anywhere in Halkidiki you'll find some nice quiet little bar which is just perfect to kick off your evening in.
• Beautiful Sithonia
The second leg of Halkidiki, Sithonía, is home to the ancient city of Olynthus with its unique mosaics. It also has beaches that will take your breath away! The vegetation on Sithoníais dense. The forests – pine chiefly – reach down to the beaches –a real treat for the senses.
There is a good balance of facilities for tourists in Sithonía. There are plenty of campsites but, in addition, visitors will also find superb major hotel complexes. Most beaches offer facilities such as umbrellas but there are plenty of others hidden away which have escaped any residential development. Wander from beach to beach, beating your own well-worn path. You'll find creek after creek with turquoise water, white sand and stunning underwater landscapes. AktiKaloyriás, Spathiés, Eliá, Lagomándra, Marmarás, Toróni, Tristiníka, Porto Koufó, Kalamítsi, Platanítsi, Kavourótrypes, Armenistís, AktíZográfou, ÓrmosPanayiás, Vourvouroú and Pyrgadíkiaare just some of the unique beaches you will find in Sithonia.
Take a look at some of the beaches further east in Halkidiki too in the Ouranoúpoli area at the start of the third "leg" and don't forget the outstanding beaches at NéaRóda and Ierissós.
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Successful exploits may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected browser or cause denial-of-service conditions; other attacks may also be possible.
Note: This issue was previously discussed in BID 62490 (WebKit Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities), but has been moved to its own record for better documentation.
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I've never been one of those hippie, let's all be naked and sing kum-bah-yah parents. But I do think it's important not to make being naked a big deal. I don't ever want my kids to think being naked is "dirty" or "bad". So consequently, while we don't PRANCE naked,my kids have always been welcome in the bathroom with me - ok that part is getting old seven years later, and while I'm changing or showering etc etc etc etc etc.
I just don't care.
Obviously the oldest boy is getting "older" and so, I'm trying to temper it a bit. I'm not making a BIG deal out of it - but we're kind of getting to an age where it's not going to be completely appropriate.
My proof of this are the two recent comments we had about my underwear. The first time,I was changing into comfy pants after work - and he comes up to tell me something random about STAR WARS and says "Ummmm, MOM - WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR UNDERWEAR?"
I look down (I could still see my underwear then) and said "Nothing."
He rolls his eyes and says "It's got HOLES IN IT!"
I look again, and explain "Sweetie those aren't holes - it's lace. I'm wearing lace underwear."
More eye rolls as he declares ,"Mom, I can see your BUTT! It's SEE THROUGH! Who would want to see your BUTT?"
Then - the thunderbolt about those talks about WHERE BABIES COME FROM and they WHY of Why he can't ALWAYS sleep with Mommy and Daddy hit him from above. You could SEE it on his face and he gives a disgusted grin,"OH! I know! DADDY!"
Ahem. Yes. Daddy.
Two days ago, again, I'm changing clothes and he's upstairs in my bedroom talking to me about something and he says "WOW Mommy you're so big your underwear is stuck in your butt!"
Ummm, no. I was wearing a thong.
He laughs at me when I explain what I am wearing - announcing that "It looks kinda silly your butt hangs out." And he then runs OFF laughing at my butt.
Yeah.........I am going to need some privacy when changing from now on. I don't even want to know what he'll think of my giant maternity underwear.Yes, that's my ass. SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURE it is!


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If you are not yet using Twitter for genealogy, now is the time to start. And the cool aspect of Twitter is that you can use it to connect with family, friends and folks in your other hobby interests all at the same time. And all in 140 character micro-blog posts called "tweets" that make connecting quick and easy.
So how can you possibly learn very much in 140-character postings about genealogy or family history? The key is to combine a sentence or meaningful phrase with a link to a Web site that might be your blog or genealogy resources you recommend.
You'll get many ideas for research from other genealogists on Twitter. You'll enjoy other researchers' success stories or learn of their brickwalls. Today Dick Eastman shared his success story using DNA to confirm his connection to the Roger Eastman who arrived in Massachusetts in 1638.
And you'll get updates on genealogy news. The new genealogy social network called GenealogyWise was out on Twitter from the day it was available to join — and spurred a flood of new members. [Meet me via my page at GenealogyWise.]
One helpful resource that Twitter genealogists share are listings of top or favorite family history research tools and Web sites. One individual just shared the list of 89 Genealogy Resources at the well known RefDesk site. While many of the resources are well known, there's bound to be something new to help my research. And perhaps yours as well.
And you can participate in Surname Saturday, posting the surnames you're researching and where they were from, to connect with others researching to same names.
To get started, head over to http://twitter.com/ and click on Get Started – Join! Choose a user name [it will appear in all of your tweets] and password. Then join the fun, finding others on Twitter to "follow" to get their messages.
I post about geneaology and family history, so would love to have you follow me at http://twitter.com/BBPetura.
Then use the Twitter advanced search here that you can find here: http://search.twitter.com/advanced and put the word genealogy in the space called Hashtag. Up will come all the recent "tweets" about the subject that have #genealogy in them. You also can search using the #familyhistory hashtag.
Pick a few folks to follow by clicking on their name — and then click the Follow box under their picture. Your home page will immediately have the most recent messages from everyone you follow. Enjoy reading and then posting ideas and resources you want to share. Soon you'll have some people following you too. Enjoy!
This is one in a series of genealogy and family history research articles to help you find your family and ancestors, often for modest or no cost.


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WHAT radio insiders have been telling me for some time now appears to be inevitable – that the antics of 2DayFM will drag the commercial Australian radio industry into a new era of tighter regulation.
And is the industry happy about that? It should be.
What we have in place now is a set of agreed guidelines called Commercial Radio Codes of Practice. This code was developed by the industry and it contains guidelines, not laws, administered by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Nothing in the code, as far as I can see, covers the etiquette, rules, morality, hilarity, stupidity or otherwise of "prank calls".
The "prank", "gotcha" or "phony" call has been around forever. They've become a staple of radio shows worldwide for decades and now, via the internet, online prank calls are widely circulated.
Prank calls range from silly nuisance calls, like those from Bart Simpson to Moe's Tavern: "Phone call for Al . . . Al Coholic . . . is there an Al Coholic here? to something far more serious, involving bomb threats to police and harassment of emergency services.
And some fake calls have even gained international whistleblower status through impersonations of political figures like Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Cuba's Fidel Castro and a forged Canadian prime minister Jean Chetien, who got through to Queen Elizabeth II preceding the Quebec referendum in 1995 in a widely broadcast hoax.
The British themselves are not immune to enjoying such japes. In 2008 a British TV program, Fonejacker, won a BAFTA for Best Comedy Program.
All of this leaves us pondering just where this latest call from 2Day FM finds its place?
We will all have our views – many expressed with the benefit of 20/20 rear vision, and it seems there's little point arguing about it endlessly.
Except that, in this most unfortunate turn of events, a nurse, valued worker, wife and mother, has died and we must all have confidence this never happens again.
That confidence will only come with adherence to the ACMA Code of Practice.
It is not as difficult as one would imagine. There is one part of the code I can see that covers such calls. It's right there in "Code of Practice 6: Interviews and Talkback Programs."
It states " … A licensee must not broadcast the words of an identifiable person unless:
a) That person has been informed in advance or a reasonable person would be aware that the words may be broadcast
b) In the case of words which have been recorded without the knowledge of that person, that person has subsequently, but prior to the broadcast, expressed consent to the broadcast of their words."
In some 11 years as part of the 2Day FM Morning Crew, I took this as my guide, in the absence of anything else. Although I would never be so silly to say, as party to many prank calls, I didn't transgress.
However, to be confident in putting a prank call to air, it should be pre-recorded and permission gained from the person being pranked.
It's that part of showbiz – from Candid Camera to Prank Patrol – called the "reveal".
That bit where everyone jumps out and says: "Smile . . . " and the audience is able to sigh and laugh, knowing that no real harm has been done and everyone is in on the gag.
If that protocol had been followed in this instance, the end of the call 2DayFM put to air would have sounded like this:
DJ: "Erm. Hello … sorry, sorry, we're not really the Queen and Prince Charles, we're from a radio station in Australia."
Nurse: "Really? Ha hah hah."
The management of 2DayFM say they have not broken the law.
But have they flouted the ACMA Code of Practice?
Well you won't be surprised to know that, in this self-regulated industry code there are many loopholes, including acting in "good faith" making a "reasonable mistake" or believing on "reasonable grounds" they have not offended community standards. Then there is the question of "public interest".
No-one wants to shut down humour and satire but I do believe that with adherence and respect for this one rule – that you should not have your voice aired on radio without your explicit permission – a lot of heartache, humiliation and worse, can be avoided.
Wendy Harmer is co-founder and editor-in-chief of the daily online women's magazine The Hoopla.
The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.


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10-Year-Old Colombian Girl Gives Birth! (One Of The Youngest Mothers)
"The pre-teen, from the remote Wayuu tribe in the La Guajira Peninsula, was given a Caesarean section at 39 weeks. During the pregnancy the young girl from the town of Manaure never visited a doctor. Sources said she arrived in hospital bleeding, in floods of tears and in "enormous" pain from the contractions. Doctors carried out the risky C-section because of her age. The mum and baby, which weighed just 5lbs, are "doing well" but are confined to the neo-natal unit of the hospital. But it is reported the young mum is refusing to breastfeed her baby. The case has led to criticism from the director of the unnamed hospital where she gave birth. Efraín Pacheco Casadiego said: "We've already seen similar cases of Wayuu girls."
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ELS/Chicago Students Present at Dominican University Symposium
In April, ELS/Chicago General English students presented "Learning Perspectives: International Students in the United States" at Dominican University. The panel took place at the university's Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Investigations (URSCI) & Global Learning Symposium.
At the event, the students had the opportunity to practice English-speaking skills outside of the classroom with native speakers, and share their personal educational experiences in their home countries and in the United States. They discussed the similarities and differences between U.S. education and education in their respective homes. Their final task was to give American students suggestions on how to approach and include international students in the classroom.
The panel included 11 ELS/Chicago students – who have been at the Center from one week to nine months – originally from: Colombia, Japan, Mexico, Poland, South Korea, and Venezuela.
"At the beginning, I was scared to talk in front of native people. I felt a lack of confidence about myself," ELS student, Clara admits. "After I started to talk I felt better. I felt more confident and less shy. I felt good and happy because we all did a good job. It helps me get more confidence."
ELS/Chicago student Jesus shared similar feelings with his classmate, Clara.
"I was feeling very nervous because I was expecting many American students," he said. After speaking at the symposium, he felt proud he could answer all the questions.
Ninoska, another ELS/Chicago student in attendance felt a sense of pride, too.
"I felt excited, happy, and proud of myself," she said. "Although I know that I made some grammar and pronunciation mistakes, it was a rewarding experience."
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I think the number one problem players without much knowledge of music have is thinking that good music questions need to include music theory or score clues. If you don't know any music theory or can't read a score, then you'll have no idea what makes for a good, unique, memorable theory or score clue. If you can't look at a score and figure out what aspects of a piece are unique or memorable, then I advise against trying to use clues straight from the score. Similarly, if you don't understand Spanish, you wouldn't try to guess that some lines of Don Quixote you don't understand happen to be memorable clues; instead, you'd try to select clues you do understand.
So if you don't understand music theory and can't read a score, what can you do? Luckily, there are many possibilities.
Instrumentation: Every piece of music uses at least one instrument. Sometimes, the instruments are unusual, and therefore memorable. For instance, some instruments are fairly rare; not many canonical pieces use a glockenspiel or a saxophone. Other times, instrumentation is unusual for deviating from established formulas. This takes a little more research, but let's say you find out that a standard Classical-period orchestra uses two oboes. However, you find a Classical-period symphony that uses three oboes (this is all made up from the top of my head). This could be a good clue! If a piece has an unusual number or arrangement of instruments for its time, then something like "Unusually for a Classical symphony, this piece includes three oboes" might be a good clue. Obviously, this requires looking up a little bit of the history of music and learning what instrumentation was standard in each period, but I think that's a lot easier to look up than trying to decipher a score.
Solos: Some pieces have really memorable solos. When listening to an orchestral work, it can be really tough to isolate specific instruments if many are playing at once. However, it's much easier to figure out which instrument is playing a solo. Sometimes when I'm not familiar with a piece of music, I go to YouTube and type in "[name of piece] solo" and see what comes up frequently. If something has a ton of hits, it might be a significant solo. Program notes are also a good source for this information. Once you've found a solo you think is memorable/significant, it's important to add context. When does the solo play? Does it represent any theme/character or quote any other piece of music? Is it a notoriously difficult solo? Is it played in an unusual style? Does it dramatically shift keys from the previous music? Is it truly a solo, or do any other instruments play during it? All of these questions can help you craft a memorable clue.
Musical quotations: Sometimes, when reading program notes, you'll be told that a piece of music quotes another piece. These can be good clues! As before, context is important. Why is this piece being quoted? There's usually some reason; Tchaikovsky doesn't quote La Marseillaise in the 1812 Overture just because he liked how it sounds. Is it a recurring quotation? Does it come from another piece of classical music, or is it a folk song? Are there words? If so, what do the words mean? When I'm trying to write a tossup, and I find a quotation clue, I like to look up the piece being quoted and listen to it, then listen to the original piece and try to find the quotation. This can dovetail with the above two points: is the quotation played by unusual instruments or a solo?
Performers/performances: Sometimes, performers are renowned for performing certain composers. Did a performer premiere a work? Was it written for him or her? Did he or she give a renowned concert featuring it? If you're not sure whether a performance or premiere was historic, I again advise you to look up program notes. In Google, I usually type in "[name of piece] program notes" and look for webpages of major orchestras. If you keep finding a particular premiere or performer mentioned, then odds are, that's a memorable clue! It's important again to remember that context is key. One performer may have premiered many works; when was this premiered? Was it a special occasion? Did it take place at an unusual location?
Genres of music: Particular genres or types of music are prominent in classical music. For instance, waltzes became popular in a specific historical time period and context and are almost always in 3/4 time. Does this piece include or quote a particular style or dance? Is the time signature or instrumentation unusual for that style or dance? If a piece includes a waltz in 7/4 time (as a hypothetical), that could make a good clue.
As an aside, I've mentioned key changes and time signatures so far. However, I understand that many people don't have the knowledge to tell what key or time signature a piece is in. If you think you've found a good key/time signature clue, but you aren't sure, I recommend asking someone who knows more about music. If you can't find one, you should either do enough research until you're confident your clue is memorable, or select a different clue.
Finally, here's an example. For last year's ACF Nationals, I wrote this tossup:
To go line by line:12. This instrument shares a solo with an English horn over soft strings in Aaron Copland's Quiet City. Three of these instruments introduce the song "We have built a stately house" in Brahms' Academic Festival Overture. The second movement of Respighi's Pines of Rome features an offstage solo for this instrument, which uses the high clarino register in J. S. Bach's second Brandenburg concerto, where it plays the opening solo of the third movement. In a composition by Charles Ives, this instrument poses The Unanswered Question. The funeral march that opens Mahler's fifth symphony begins with a solo for this instrument. Joseph Haydn wrote an E flat major concerto for this instrument, which is played by Wynton Marsalis. For 10 points, name this brass instrument for which Jeremiah Clarke composed a "voluntary."
ANSWER: trumpets
Trumpets are everywhere in classical music, so I knew I'd have a ton of possible clues to use. I started with a clue about a shared solo from a piece that's in the repertoire, but not really famous. If you've heard this piece, you should have an idea about what the other solo instrument is from this leadin.This instrument shares a solo with an English horn over soft strings in Aaron Copland's Quiet City.
Here's a clue combining instrumentation with a quotation. Someone who is really familiar with the Academic Festival Overture is likely to know what this sounds like.Three of these instruments introduce the song "We have built a stately house" in Brahms' Academic Festival Overture.
Another solo clue, combined with an unusual location and a specific movement to let players trigger a memory.The second movement of Respighi's Pines of Rome features an offstage solo for this instrument,
This is a technique clue I discovered in my research. Someone who knows what the second Brandenburg concerto sounds like has an advantage here.which uses the high clarino register in J. S. Bach's second Brandenburg concerto,
And now, more context about the second Brandenburg concerto's use of the trumpet. I considered this solo more famous than the one in Pines of Rome, but less famous than the upcoming clues.where it plays the opening solo of the third movement.
If you've listened to The Unanswered Question, the specific instrumentation is extremely clear. If you don't know which instruments question and which answer, you're at a disadvantage.In a composition by Charles Ives, this instrument poses The Unanswered Question.
This is a really famous and prominent solo; I made sure to give the context of a funeral march and the position of the solo in the music (at the beginning, in this case) to make this unambiguous.The funeral march that opens Mahler's fifth symphony begins with a solo for this instrument.
A famous performer of the trumpet. I would imagine many buzzes here if not already.which is played by Wynton Marsalis.
Really narrowing it down at the end here to help people with very little knowledge.For 10 points, name this brass instrument
Ending with a very famous piece of music with "trumpet" in the title. Probably not the very easiest clue in the world, but I imagine this is a giveaway for a majority of teams at Nationals.for which Jeremiah Clarke composed a "voluntary."
Note that all of these clues are specific and contextual. To write this question, I wrote down some famous trumpet clues I knew already (Marsalis, the Trumpet Voluntary, the Mahler 5 clue) and started looking up trumpet solos, where I found many of these other clues. I don't think this is a perfect tossup, but I think it's filled with useful and buzzable clues that won't frustrate players with musical knowledge, and I hope this post helps some of you write solid, non-frustrating tossups going forward.


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Chevron Corporation, one of the six "supermajor" publicly-traded oil companies, is the second largest oil and gas company (and third largest company) in the U.S. after ExxonMobil. Chevron owns the Texaco, Gulf, and Caltex brands, as well as Unocal, and Dynergy.
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Chevron's history dates back to the mid-1800s with the Pacific Coast Oil Company, which was beat out and consumed by the Rockefeller family's Standard Oil Company. Standard Oil was broken up through Supreme Court anti-trust implementation in the early 1900s, from which the California branch evolved into Socal. Socal eventually became Chevron in the mid-1980s.
Chevron has made over $21.7 billion in the first three quarters of 2011, already surpassing annual profit margins for all recent years except a record 2008 profit of $23.9 billion. From 2007-2010, Chevron made over $72 billion in profits.
Chevron's Board of Directors ties the corporation to Northrop Grumman, the World Trade Organization, Wells Fargo and Coca-Cola.
Pollution and Human Rights Issues:
In November, 2011, a Chevron-operated deepwater drilling rig off the coast of Brazil experienced a blowout, releasing an estimated 2,400-3000 barrels (over 100,000 gallons) of crude oil into the ocean. Brazil has accused the company of providing inaccurate information about the extent of the gusher, installing an offshore drilling ban in response to Chevron's leak. In response to public outcry, a Chevron official stated, "Not even one drop has reached the beach, a reaction of this magnitudes is really surprising."
Texaco, which was purchased by Chevron in 2001, is responsible for the deliberate dumping and abandonment of approximately 18.5 billion gallons of toxic waste byproducts into a large stretch of the Ecuadorian Amazon from 1964 to 1990. Seventeen million gallons of crude oil were also spilled into the same region. An ongoing lawsuit in Ecuador could potentially fine Chevron $27.3 billion for its role as Texaco's owner, if enforced. Chevron has created its own website broadcasting its "views and opinions" regarding this lawsuit, countering allegations ("myths") made against them.
Chevron is accused of causing or contributing to numerous other environmental and human rights abuses in the Niger Delta, Iraq, Australia, Kazakhstan, the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, and other areas. During violent crackdowns of peaceful protests against oil companies in Nigeria, Chevron-branded helicopters carried soldiers who opened fire upon the nonviolent protestors.
Subsidiary Chevron Pipe Line Co. was fined by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration for spilling 33,600 gallons of crude oil Utah's Red Butte Creek. While a lightning strike was blamed for starting the spill, poor oversight and maintenance on the part of the company contributed to the accident.
The Political Economy Research Institute ranks Chevron number 82 out of the 100 highest air polluters in the United States, emitting 3.73 million pounds of toxic chemicals in 2006. The burdon of the company's polluting facilities rests disproportionately on low income and minority communities.
In March of 2012, 17 employees from Chevron and Transocean - a company that operates drilling rigs - were barred from leaving Brazil because of their involvement in an oil spill from an offshore field owned by Chevron. Chevron is rapidly expanding its offshore operations in Brazil, which is known for its difficult deepwater driling conditions. The company hopes that development of the Brazilian offshore oil fields will make Chevron one of the largest oil producers in the world, rivalling Iran and Venezuela's nationally owned oil companies. The company claimed the oil leak in Brazil was only a tiny fraction of the disasterous BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Chevron called Brazil's investigation in to the spill a "overreaction." Ali Moshri, the head of Chevron's Latin American operations, said "I've never seen a spill this small with this size of reaction."
Political Activity:
Within the U.S. political system, Chevron is one of the most powerful corporate lobbying forces, spending over $63.9 million on lobbying efforts from 2008-2012. Additionally, Chevron has spent over $2.3 million on direct political contributions since the 2008 election cycle..
In 2009, Chevron provided transportation for employees to attend "Energy Citizen" rallies organized by the American Petroleum Institute as a tactic to oppose national climate legislation.
Chevron CEO John Watson boasts investments totaling "$197 million in our communities [where Chevron conducts business]." This figure amounts to less than 1% of Chevron's profit in the first three quarters of 2011.
Chevron's greenwash campaign shifts focus away from their pro-offshore drilling and anti-climate legislation lobbying, while Chevron's influence in the Capitol was further entrenched through sponsoring a 2008 presidential debate. By October 20, Chevron spent over $7.4 million on advertising directly addressing energy and environmental topics in the U.S. in 2010.


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November 2012
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Profile: HomeRun Holdings
Two and a half years ago, when Willis Mullet sold the garage-door company when he'd been president for some 30 years, he retained his research and development division. He renamed the Pensacola company HomeRun Holdings adn shifted the company's focus to his newest invention, QMotion Advanced Shading Systems. The remote-control, cordless, electronic window shade has a seven-year battery and quiet motor. It was voted best new technical innovation for 2012 by the Window Covering Manufacturers Association. Sales have been up every quarter since startup, and the workforce now totals 80. Dealer arrangements are in place to supply several European countries. And a 200-shade shipment recently left for Australia.


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Over a year ago, I created a list of tools for using Twitter more effectively, and it's high time it was updated and broadened. Below is an updated and organized list of tools to enhance your microblogging experience.
Twitter Analytics Tools
(for better understanding the use of Twitter – bear in mind that their analysis can be dodgy depending on how much of a user's history of tweets they're able to access at the time)
- Klout (klout.com): a tool that provides comprehensive analysis about a user using a variety of metrics.
- Trendistic (trendistic.com): a tool that organizes and graphs tweets over time (though the time frame is limited).
- Trendrr (trendrr.com): a service (fee-based after 16 profiles) that tracks and analyzes and graphs a variety of search tools (news sites like Google News, blog sites like IceRocket and Google BlogSearch, and other sites like Flickr, YouTube and Ebay).
- TweetPsych (tweetpsych.com): builds a profile of a particular Twitterer based on the content in their Twitter feed. (Also has a companion tool for websites: tweetpsych.com/site.php).
- TweetStats (tweetstats.com): graphs stats about a given Twitter account such as tweets over time, what interface was used to post the tweets, and who a user most commonly replied to.
- TweetStream (tweetstreamapp.com): this service provides very limited analytics (basically a series of counts) – however it also allows you to automatically archive all of your tweets from a variety of Twitter profiles (and it gives you combined stats for your multiple profiles). It's also a low-cost annual service.
- Twends (twendz.waggeneredstrom.com/): A tool that not only tracks mentions of a particular keyword over time, but graphs and analyzes that data a variety of ways (including by using an algorithm to guess at whether or not mentions are positive or negative).
- Twitaholic (twitaholic.com): a tool that counts a user's tweets and ranks them in comparison to other users.
- Twitalyzer (twitalyzer.com): an interesting analytical tool that uses a different set of categories to analyze a Twitterer's presence. They include influence (a composite that includes # of followers), signal (how much of your tweets are info vs. anecdote), generosity (how much you retweet), velocity (how frequently you post) and clout (how often people cite your posts).
- Twitority (twitority.com): Ranks Twitter users by authority on terms/keywords.
- Twitter Charts (xefer.com/twitter/): an aggregator that uses Yahoo Pipes to create an interesting visual display of a specified Twitterer's posts over time.
- Twitter Counter (twittercounter.com): a tool that provides comprehensive analytics as well as a few other features that grease the skids for you to promote yourself and find others to follow.
- Twitter Grader (twitter.grader.com): applies an algorithm to rate how influential a particular Twitterer is based on factors like their number of tweets, how recently they've posted, and how many followers they have (and how powerful those followers are).
- Xefer (xefer.com/twitter/): Maps the days of the week and times of the day that a user tweets, in addition to listing/ranking the other users that person has contact with.
Twitter Follower Management
(for visualizing/managing relationships)
- FollowCost (followcost.com): a great tool that shows you a comparison how how much it "costs" you to follow a particular person (ie what their proportion of tweets is to yours). Warning – doesn't always work.
- Friend or Follow (friendorfollow.com): a way to find out who you follow that doesn't follow you back (I hesitate to post this – the whole idea that one should follow a follower as a courtesy gesture is idiotic).
- Qwitter (useqwitter.com): primarily used for monitoring who unfollows you on Twitter, but also provides analytics data and alerts you to spambots/users.
- UnTweeps (untweeps.com): allows you to organize all of the people you follow by their last tweet so you can unfollow the dead accounts or people who don't regularly use Twitter (which, ostensibly, would improve your 'influence' ranking).
Twitter Clients
(software/apps for More Effectively Using Twitter – you don't have to take my word for it though; Mashable did a great comparison of 19 of these tools here)
- CoTweet (cotweet.com): CoTweet actually offers a variety of services, but for Twitter they provide the ability to have multiple users manage a single Twitter account (including a workflow process for people to respond to messages that have been assigned to them).
- Destroy Twitter (destroytwitter.com): A simple, stripped-down Twitter client for your desktop. It gets the job done in a clean interface, but it has some limitations (the navigation is a bit clunky, and you can't be logged into multiple accounts simultaneously and toggle between them).
- Digby (digby.com): Like TweetDeck and Hootsuite, Digby lets you manage not only Twitter, but many other social media presences as well. There have been security concerns raised about it in the past, but it doesn't appear to be impeding its use/adoption. This service also allows you to syndicate a single message to a variety of social media platforms with one click.
- Echofon (echofon.com): formerly Twitterfon and Twitterfox, this is a superb client that is available as an app for smartphones, or as an add-on for Firefox. I use it every day. Literally.
- GroupTweet (grouptweet.com): clever utility that allows a group of people to communicate in private by syndicating Direct Messages that are only visible to specified users.
- Hootsuite (hootsuite.com): A web-based application that allows you to manage multiple social media presences (including Twitter). It allows for things like scheduling, tracking, etc. I have had trouble with Hootsuite screwing up scheduled posts before – so fair warning. This service also allows you to syndicate a single message to a variety of social media platforms with one click.
- TweetDeck (tweetdeck.com): the grand-daddy of all Twitter clients, Tweetdeck has a rich feature set and allows you to manage multiple social media platforms in one interface. It can also be a bit overwhelming – especially if you're doing something simple. It allows for scheduling, tracking, etc. This service also allows you to syndicate a single message to a variety of social media platforms with one click.
- TweetGrid (tweetgrid.com) a browser-based client that allows you to display a variety of Twitter streams on a single page (in grid form).
- TwitToaster (twitoaster.com): a service that aggregates tweets that are all part of a single conversation (nesting them visually like a discussion board) as well as providing statistical analysis.
- UberTwitter (ubertwitter.com): by far the best Twitter client for Blackberry phones. Rich feature set, easy navigation, lots of customization, and it's very inexpensive – only $5/year.
Twitter Search Tools
(for mining information):
- Monitter (monitter.com): a Twitter search tool that provides an interface for managing multiple searches.
- TweetAlarm (tweetalarm.com): search tool that alerts you when keywords are tweeted – allows real-time updates (however I've had problems with it missing a lot of tweets and not consistently notifying me).
- TweetBeep (tweetbeep.com): a search tool that will alert you when keywords are tweeted (limited in that it doesn't allow real-time notifications – only once per day).
- TweetMeme(tweetmeme.com): tracks, sorts and organizes mentions of a particular keyword (limited to the past week).
- ViralHeat (viralheat.com): a fee-based service that searches for, tracks and graphs keyword mentions about a particular keyword or username.
Twitter Directories / Indexes:
(for finding like-minded people and promoting yourself)
- Just Tweet It (justtweetit.com): a directory of Tweeters sorted by category.
- Twellow (twellow.com): a yellow pages directory of Twitterers.
- TwitterCounter (twittercounter.com): provides a count of your followers, and also serves as a directory for listing oneself by keywords/categories.
- Twitter Chat Schedule: a fantastic use of the cloud; it's a Google Docs spreadsheet with detailed information about over 300 different Twitter chats going on (for the uninitiated, you participate in a Twitter chat by following a particular moderator and responding/watching a hashtag which allows you to see and be seen by everyone else following the chat). There's also a profile on Twitter that tracks and tweets about upcoming chats @ChatSchedule – but their list isn't nearly as comprehensive as the Twitter Chat Schedule.
- WeFollow (mashable.com/tag/wefollow/): a directory of Twitterers; probably one of the most popular. It also provides some level of analytics in that it compares you to people in other categories by two metrics – sheer number of followers and influence.
If you're interested, it's a bit outdated, but here's a great mapping of the Twitter infrastructure is provided here by Brian Solis.


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Well. . . Since we don't have any cute babies to post about. . . (If anyone wants to bug Chris about how great being a parent is going to be and how badly we need to have kids NOW, than please feel free.) I guess I will have to resort to posting about my precious baby girl Itzy.
Chris has been blasting me with harsh accusations lately. . . He thinks my sweet Itzy girl and I have been canoodiling in bed together after he leaves to work in the mornings. As yet, this has neither been confirmed or denied. However, if my past behavior is any indication. . .
Exhibit A: Ernest and I. . .
Exhibit B: Kobe and I.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Posted by Unknown at 7:33 AM
3 comments:
- tamiz said...
I'm not the one to convince you to have kids... 4 are a lot! Loved the pics. Took me down memory lane. And I did get my background from the same place. I found it off one of your comments! It was nice cuz I didn't lose all my contacts in the switch!
- February 9, 2008 at 2:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
LOL...Johnna your blog was hilarious. I think that you would be great with kids, but ya know if Chris points a bb gun at your child the state will take it away. He probably needs a little more training.
- February 12, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- Blake and Kacie Bennett said...
Hey Johnna, I am still wondering how you convinced Chris to get a dog...He would be such a good Daddy though. Bring him around more often and he'll get the baby bug =).
- February 12, 2008 at 9:06 PM
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