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|Elrond Peredhel (S, "Half-elven"), Master Elrond
|Lord of Imladris
|Ring-bearer of Vilya, vice-regent and herald to Gil-galad[1]
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|House of Eärendil
|Half-elven father and mother
|Eärendil and Elwing
|Elladan, Elrohir and Arwen
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|Images of Elrond
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- "The face of Elrond was ageless, neither old nor young, though in it was written the memory of many things both glad and sorrowful. His hair was dark as the shadows of twilight, and upon it was set a circlet of silver; his eyes were grey as a clear evening, and in them was a light like the light of stars. Venerable he seemed as a king crowned with many winters, and yet hale as a tried warrior in the fullness of his strength. He was the Lord of Rivendell and mighty among both Elves and Men."
- ― The Fellowship of the Ring, Many Meetings
Elrond Peredhel (S, pron. [ˈelrond ˈpereðel]) was one of the greatest Elves in the history of Middle-earth. He held the great elven ring Vilya.
First and Second Ages
Elrond was born at the Havens of Sirion late in the First Age. His parents were Eärendil and Elwing. He was thus Half-elven: Eärendil was the child of the mortal Tuor and the elf Idril, while Elwing was the grandchild of Beren (a Man) and Lúthien (daughter of the Elf-king Thingol and the Maia Melian). Consequently, Elrond was descended from all three tribes of the Elves (Vanyar and Noldor through Idril, Sindar through Luthien), a Maia, and all three houses of the Edain (Hador, Haleth and Bëor). Elrond had a twin brother, Elros, who later became the first king of Númenor.
When the Sons of Fëanor attacked the Havens of Sirion, Elrond and his brother were taken captive by Maglor, and were subsequently raised by him. Following the War of Wrath, because of his Half-elven heritage the Valar gave Elrond and his brother a choice whether to be counted among the kindred of Elves or of Men. Elrond chose to belong to the Firstborn, while Elros chose to become mortal. Elrond subsequently remained in Lindon with Gil-galad, where he became known as a healer and loremaster.
When Sauron (disguised in his fair form as Annatar) came seeking entrance to Lindon during the Second Age, Elrond and Gil-galad sensed that he was not what he seemed, and denied him. Later, in Second Age 1697 during the wars of the Elves against Sauron, Elrond founded the refuge of Imladris, also known as Rivendell.
Elrond marched with Gil-galad and Elendil during the War of the Last Alliance, serving as Gil-galad's herald. He was present during the last battle of that war, witnessing the deaths of Gil-galad and Elendil. At the conclusion of that battle, when Isildur cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand he and Círdan advised Isildur to destroy the Ring, but Isildur refused their counsel. Elrond subsequently returned to Rivendell, which prospered the coming years with the aid of the Ring of Air, Vilya, that Elrond had received from Gil-galad. It has been argued that following Gil-galad's death, Elrond had the right to become High King of the Noldor, but he never claimed the title. Indeed, after the Second Age ended, there were very few Noldor left in Middle-earth for there to be a king over them.
Third Age
Following Isildur's death, Elrond received the shards of Narsil, which he preserved for many years. He began his long tradition of fostering the heirs of Isildur by helping to raise Isildur's son Valandil, who had been left in Rivendell during the War of the Last Alliance. Centuries later, when the Northern Kingdom fell, Elrond took the other heirlooms of Arnor (the Sceptre of Annúminas and the Ring of Barahir) into his keeping, holding them for the one who would eventually be able to reclaim the throne of Arnor.
In Third Age 109, Elrond married Celebrían, the daughter of Galadriel and Celeborn. Their first children, the twins Elladan and Elrohir, were born in 130, and their daughter Arwen in 241.
In 2933, Elrond took Aragorn as his foster-son in Rivendell, naming him Estel ("Hope") and concealing his heritage from him until he came of age. When Aragorn became an adult, Elrond gave him the Ring of Barahir and the shards of Narsil, foreseeing that Aragorn might be the one to claim the thrones of Gondor and Arnor. When Aragorn fell in love with Arwen, Elrond revealed to him that Arwen shared the choice of the Half-elven, and that one or the other of them would ultimately be parted from her forever. Elrond insisted that Arwen could not marry Aragorn until he became king of both Gondor and Arnor.
Elrond played a minor but significant role in the Quest for Erebor. During Thorin and Company's stay in Rivendell, Elrond read the runes on the swords Orcrist and Glamdring, identifying them as coming from Gondolin. He also read the moon-letters on Thorin's Thrór's Map, providing the information the Dwarves and Bilbo need to enter the Lonely Mountain.
The War of the Ring
When Frodo first left the Shire with the One Ring, it was always his intention to go to Rivendell to seek the advice of Elrond. Indeed, in his letter left at Bree, Gandalf counseled him to do so. Elrond's first role in The Lord of the Rings was to heal Frodo of his wound sustained at Weathertop. Elrond then hosted the feast that was held when Frodo recovered. The description given of Elrond at that feast told us that "the face of Elrond was ageless, neither old nor young, though in it was written the memory of many things both glad and sorrowful. His hair was dark as the shadows of twilight, and upon it was set a circlet of silver; his eyes were grey as a clear evening, and in them was a light like the light of stars. Venerable he seemed as a king crowned with many winters, and yet hale as a tried warrior in the fulness of his strength. He was the Lord of Rivendell and mighty among both Elves and Men." (Many Meetings)
Elrond's principal role, of course, was as the leader of the Council of Elrond. During that meeting, he narrated what he knew of the history of Isildur and the Ring. He identified Aragorn as the Heir of Isildur, and when Frodo ultimately volunteered to carry the Ring, Elrond affirmed that decision as correct. Elrond also appeared to have selected the members of the Fellowship other than Frodo and Sam, accepting Merry and Pippin only reluctantly.
Later, Elrond sent his sons Elladan and Elrohir to join the Dúnedain Rangers who rode to Rohan to join Aragorn. Through Elrohir, Elrond advised Aragorn to take the Paths of the Dead. During the Last Debate, Elrohir supported Aragorn's decision to attack Mordor as a diversion to allow Frodo time to reach Mount Doom, saying that this was Elrond's advice. Following the War of the Ring, Elrond escorted Arwen to Minas Tirith for her marriage to Aragorn, and parted from her in great sorrow.
At the end of the story, Elrond was one of the Elves who took ship to Valinor along with Frodo and the other Ringbearers. The Third Age is told to have ended with Elrond's departure.
Elrond was created for The Hobbit. Subsequently he became the only character to appear in all three of The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings.
In the chapter A Short Rest of The Hobbit, it is said of Elrond that he "was an elf-friend — one of those people whose fathers came into the strange stories before the beginning of History, the wars of the evil goblins and the elves and the first men in the North. In those days of our tale there were still some people who had both elves and heroes of the North for ancestors, and Elrond the master of the house was their chief. He was as noble and as fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves, and as kind as summer." Note that in this description he is not identified as an elf himself, as Tolkien had not at this stage decided that Elrond of Rivendell was the same person as Elrond the son of Earendil.
The name Elrond has been translated as "Star-dome",[5] and "Vault of Heaven"[6] recalling the glory of Menegroth though at an earlier stage, it was supposed to mean "Elf of the Cave". His Quenya name was most likely Elerondo[7], isolated from the patronymic Elerondiel, "daughter of Elrond".[8]
Portrayal in Adaptations
Being in both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Elrond has been portrayed many different ways. However, in all but one of his film appearances, he did little else than stay in Rivendell.
1955: BBC Radio's The Lord of the Rings:
- The part of Elrond is voiced by Garard Green.[9]
1968: BBC Radio's The Hobbit:
- In this adaptation, Elrond is voiced by John Pullen.
1977: The Hobbit (1977 film):
- Elrond appears in Rivendell, crowned with a ring of stars. He feeds the Dwarves, and identifies Orcrist and Glamdring. He needs little time to identify the latter.He is shown with a beard, although Tolkien clearly states elves do not have beards. His voice was provided by Cyril Ritchard.
1978: The Lord of the Rings (1978 film):
- Elrond, voiced by André Morell, appears at the Council of Elrond. He sits on a raised chair, and narrates the scene. Not until the Ring is brought forward does he take an active part.
1980: The Return of the King (1980 film):
- Elrond appears roughly the same as in the first of Rankin/Bass' films. The premise of the film, a minstrel of Gondor who tells the tale of "Frodo of the Nine Fingers, and the Ring of Doom" at the birthday of Bilbo, allows Elrond to be a member of the audience. Because Ritchard had passed away, Rankin/Bass regular Paul Frees took over.
1981: BBC Radio's The Lord of the Rings:
- Hugh Dickson provided the voice of Elrond in this radio series. He appears only in the episode containing the Council of Elrond, and appears unintroduced. Dickson showcases great trouble with pronouncing Elvish, and especially diphtongs. Gimli is the son of "Gloo-in", who fought the dragon "Sma-oog". Legolas is the son of "Thrandoo-uhl".
2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring:
- Elrond, played by Hugo Weaving, first appears in the prologue as a commander of the army of Gil-galad in the War of the Last Alliance. A later flashback scene shows him actually taking Isildur into Mount Doom, trying to persuade him to destroy the Ring. Círdan is omitted.
- As in the book, Elrond heals Frodo's wound from Weathertop. Elrond then has a conversation with Gandalf, discussing the many challenges that face them. Elrond argues that the Ring cannot remain in Rivendell (in the film, Frodo appears to have thought that he would be able to leave the Ring there). He also expresses his doubts about the race of Men, and gives the first hints about Aragorn's real identity. In the Council of Elrond, Elrond himself is the one who argues that the only option is to destroy the Ring. He does not select the Fellowship, but accepts those who volunteer.
- Elrond gains two additional scenes in the Extended Edition of the movie. In the first, he talks with Aragorn beside the grave of Aragorn's mother. Elrond encourages the reluctant Aragorn to accept his fate of becoming king. In the next scene, Elrond blesses the departing Fellowship.
2002: Vivendi's The Fellowship of the Ring:
- Like his predecessor Hugh Dickson, Jim Piddock shows incredible difficulty with diphtongs. "Glau-win" and "Thrandool" dislike eachother, so too their sons.
2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers:
- Though he had no scenes in the book, Elrond appears mainly in conversations with Arwen, whose role is also greatly expanded. In a flashback, Aragorn remembers Elrond telling him to abandon his love for Arwen, allowing her to sail to Valinor. Aragorn attempts to do this, but Arwen denies him. In another scene, Elrond persuades Arwen that she should sail to Valinor, describing what will happen if she remains and Aragorn dies. Elrond then has a telepathic communication with Galadriel discussing the war that is about to start. He apparently suggests that she send an army to Helm's Deep to aid the Men there, since when Haldir arrives at Helm's Deep he says that he brings "word from Elrond of Rivendell".
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King:
- In the final installemnt of Jackson's film series, Elrond's first scene is with Arwen, who has decided not to sail after all, but to return. Although he senses that she is dying, Elrond acknowledges her choice. At her suggestion, he has the shards of Narsil re-forged, then carries the new sword to Aragorn at Dunharrow. He finally convinces Aragorn to accept his destiny, and advises him to take the Paths of the Dead. Later, Elrond escorts Arwen to Minas Tirith for her wedding, and he finally sails to Valinor with the Ringbearers.
2003: Sierra's The Hobbit:
- In a short cutscene between the levels "Roast Mutton" and "Over Hill and Under Hill", Elrond is briefly mentioned. An artful image on a manuscript can be seen, while the narrator explains Elrond examined the map and the swords.
2006: EA's The Battle for Middle-earth II:
- In an alternative, northern War of the Ring, Rivendell is the main base of operations for Glóin and Glorfindel. As such, Elrond is the source of missions and advice, and serves as the narrator throughout the game. Elrond is a playable character in the assault on Dol Guldur.
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- Elrond is a non-playable character and came be found in the library of the Last Homely House in Rivendell. During the Elven Introduction he shows up at the battle and slays a troll.
2011: The Lord of the Rings: War in the North:Elladan and Elrohir, to spy Fornost.[10]
2012-3: The Hobbit films:
- Hugo Weaving will reprise his role as Elrond.[11]
Eärendil = Elwing | | Celeborn = Galadriel ____|____ | | | | | | | Elros Elrond = Celebrían | ________|________ | | | | | | Aragorn II = Arwen Elrohir Elladan
See Also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age", "Of the Elves"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Many Meetings"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Grey Havens"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "The Etymologies", page 384
- ↑ Petri Tikka, "Quenya words in Parma Eldalambaron 17"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Gilson (ed.), "Words, Phrases and Passages in The Lord of the Rings", published in Parma Eldalamberon 17 (June 2007), page 56
- ↑ Radio Times, Volume 129, No. 1674, December 9, 1955
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Chapter 1: Fornost, Inner Wards
- ↑ Ian McKellen, "2 Elves and another Wizard" dated 10 May 2011, Ian McKellen's website (accessed 23 December 2011)


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Hi all, long time no post. 93.
I haven't been around much as I've stopped formally practising magick a couple years ago.
I'm curious about something though. I am fairly certain I received my HGA's name years ago. Now mind you, I was on a ketamine-like drug. But I used that substance often to induce states which actually expanded my awareness.
The name came to me, and after that, for a long while, Abel would speak to me through my thoughts. So would trees, sometimes, too... this in psychiatry being called 'thought insertion'.
But when it was indeed Abel, I could tell. I just remember the last thing he said to me was not to take this new prescription I had gotten now about 3-4 years ago for lithium carbonate. He said it would make us lose touch forever, even if I came off it. Well, that's what happened.
So that's just a sketch of the situation and I'd love to go into more about who I am, how I am, my hangups.. I'm 27 years old now, I can tell you all that at least. Male, as well. So I've been wondering what could be the significance of the name Abel as my HGA? I know the basic story of Cain and Abel. I am aware some have interpreted it as the body (Cain) overcoming the spirit (Abel) and that Abel was in Biblical history the first human to be murdered. If one's HGA often relates to one's ego and True Will, I'd love some interpretations, even if they aren't cited and speculative in nature. Hope you're all well, and thanks for your time.

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Graffiti Boxcar Twin Cities & Western
The Twin Cities and Western engines quietly pull their freight through the woods along the Kenilworth Trail in Minneapolis. This is the site of the proposed Southwest Light Rail train. It's a beautiful trail that is used by commuters and recreational bikers, including me. One of the great perks of living in an otherwise crowded Uptown.


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Mauricio Kagel, 76, Writer of Avant-Garde Music, Is Dead
By William Grimes
Mauricio Kagel, an avant-garde composer whose often absurdist works blurred the boundaries between music, theater and film, died on Wednesday in Cologne, Germany. He was 76.
His death was announced by his music publishing house, C.F. Peters Musikverlag. No cause was given.
By temperament a dadaist and provocateur, Mr. Kagel drew on the musical examples of composers like John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen. In "Anagrama," a work from the 1950s, singers and instrumentalists were called on to emit notes, squeaks, whispers and shouts corresponding to an elaborate system derived from the letters in a Latin palindrome.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Friday called on Russia to stop blocking pork exports from the bloc, saying Moscow's reaction to an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Lithuania was "disproportionate".
Although Moscow has not formally announced a full ban, Russia has stopped Danish, Dutch and German trucks carrying pork at its borders since the outbreak was confirmed on January 24, EU officials said.
"Our Russian partners are effectively banning exports even from EU Member States that are clearly not affected by the incident," EU Health Commissioner Tonio Borg said in a statement. "Such a ban is disproportionate."
Russia and Belarus banned Lithuania pork imports shortly after the ASF case was confirmed in two hunted wild boars in the Baltic state last Friday.
A Spanish laboratory confirmed that two wild boars hunted in southern Lithuania had a strain of the virus similar to that found in cases in neighboring Belarus and Russia.
The EU says it has cordoned off farms in Lithuania to stop the virus and that there is no evidence that it has spread to other countries.
The European Commission has proposed to Russian authorities that they temporarily exclude Lithuanian pork from certified EU pork sold to Russia, but said Russia is not ready to accept such a compromise.
"We will apply for EU support to deal with swine fever during a meeting of the European Commission's Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health on February 7," Jonas Milius, head of Lithuania's State Food and Veterinary Service, told Reuters.
Milius said Lithuania's request would include financial assistance to build a fence along its 700-kilometre-long border with Belarus to prevent migration of wild boars as well as for compensation for farmers who agree to slaughter their pigs in the risk zone.
Preliminary estimates put the cost of the fence at 15 million Lithuanian litas ($5.89 million). Currently only about 70 kilometers of the border are fenced.
Milius said Lithuania neighbors Latvia and Poland would also request assistance at next week's meeting.
Russia buys about a quarter of the EU's annual pork exports and while that makes up a fraction of their bilateral annual trade, the row highlights the tense ties between Brussels and Moscow.
The EU accuses Moscow of a string of restrictive trade practices including policies to protect the Russian car industry and says Russia needs to play by global trade rules as a member of the World Trade Organization.
Russia is the EU's third-biggest trading partner after the United States and China, with trade flows worth 335 billion euros ($455 billion) in 2012, the latest available data shows.
There is no cure for the African Swine Fever virus, which is most common at small farms and is spread partly by wild boar. It is considered harmless to humans.
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DA @ ALA ~ Day Two
DAY TWO ~ Saturday, July 29 ~ One of my challenges for this year's ALA convention is to master the tablet. I humbly report that I have a way to go. I observed many librarians using their smart phones and iPads to take notes. Initially, I tried this method, too. It slowed me down and I reverted to my favorite note-taking method of pen and paper. While I am reporting at day's end via tablet and keyboard, I find myself hampered by the lack of a computer mouse. With this challenge in mind, I will briefly report on today's informative events and will follow-up when I return home to my laptop by adding hyperlinks where they are needed.
Highlights of ALA Day Two include the following:
- BEST WEBSITES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING ~ Included highlights of the award-winning websites with recorded interviews with many of the sites' creators. Most impressive to me were:
- Flipsnack – converts pdf files to online flipbooks and can be embedded
- Edcanvas – a presentation tool – presenters used this tool to showcase all 25 award winning sites
- iCivics – founded by Sandra Day O'Connor
- Science Netlinks – produced by AAAS
- TedEd – lessons centered on YouTube videos
- Digital Public Library of America – more on this site following a program tomorrow
- THE GUIDE ON THE SIDE: A TRANSFORMATION IN DATABASE INSTRUCTION ~ An overview of an interactive open source program developed by Arizona University Libraries. My follow-up activity will be to give this program a try when I return to work.
- WHY DOES INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM MATTER TO ACADEMIC LIBRARIES? ~ Barbara M. Jones, ALA Director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom, shared stories of the more nuanced and complex issues that take place in public and private colleges and universities. More to follow on this program shortly.
Janet Eckert
Reference, Systems, and Instruction Librarian


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Mitt Romney's Health Care Plan Won't Fix Our Budgets—Or Our Bodies
When I went to the hospital with a swollen hand the size of a baseball mitt, I noticed a flaw in the Romney-Ryan platform on health care.
One of Romney and Ryan's fundamental ideas is that consumers should help control health-care costs. If consumers had to shell out more than a co-pay or a deductible every time we had a swollen hand or a sinus infection, maybe we'd cut costs and shop around. That's why, according to recent analysis by Reuters, Romney is likely to expand types of health coverage that make consumers more responsible for their medical spending--like health savings accounts and high-deductible plans.
But it's hard to be frugal when your health is stake.
Different than other kinds of spending
I already do most everything I am supposed to do to stay healthy, which typically keeps my medical bills low. But the problem that sent me to the hospital was not about exercise and green leafy vegetables. It was bad luck and a split-second lapse in judgment a few weeks ago, when I reached out to stop my cat from lunging out the back door to fight with a neighbor tom--and she bit me.
I bought myself a visit to the doctor's office right away and started taking antibiotics. Twelve hours after the bite, an infection had spread to the lymph node in my armpit. I tried to save money by going to an urgent care clinic. But they kicked me down the road to the emergency room, where I got an intravenous dose of antibiotics. It didn't work. A day and a half later, I was at risk of developing an often-lethal systemic condition called sepsis, and my doctor dispatched me in a cab to the hospital. I stayed for three days. Total cost--more than $13,000. My out-of-pocket costs--nearly $2,000, after getting a check from my employer's reimbursement program.
Though I have a generous health plan, it's still a financial hit for my husband and me, living on the modest salaries of a social worker and an editor. A decade ago, in the underemployed moments of my 20s, the costs would have made me think twice about making even the initial doctor's office visit. I might not have understood the risks. I might have iced the wound, taken ibuprofen, and hoped for the best. And I might have died.
Preventable deaths
Cost is a disincentive to see the doctor. In the RAND Corporation's 1982 Health Insurance Experiment, still the most significant long-term study of the effects of health coverage on individual decisions, patients who had to pay a portion of their health care costs more often avoided preventive care (e.g., women got fewer pap smears). And poorer patients were even more likely to risk their health to save money. Low-income children without access to free care were 44 percent less likely to get treatment for severe medical problems. A 2012 Oregon study reported similar results : low-income adults who received Medicaid reported feeling mentally and physically healthier and were more likely to get cholesterol checks, mammograms, and tests for diabetes. A recent study by RAND showed that consumer-driven health programs that require out-of-pocket spending, such as health savings accounts, led people to cut back on preventive care.
There are more preventable deaths in the United States than in 16 other high-income nations --nearly twice as many deaths per 100,000 people as in France, which spends about half as much per capita on health care. The reason for the United States' poor performance, according to the researchers, is lack of universal health coverage.
Romney and Ryan imply that it's liberating to get the government out of your health care. They want consumers to cover more of the costs of regular medical expenses, like check-ups and routine doctor's visits. They say their plans to cut Medicaid funding and roll back the Affordable Care Act will help control costs. But that simply means Americans will shoulder more of the burden-- 12 million more people will be uninsured , say researchers with the Commonwealth Fund, many of them children and low-income families.
The more we cut public health services, the more we require Americans to cover the high costs of medical care, the less likely they'll be to make decent health choices when they're sick and money is tight. And there's nothing liberating about that.
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Meeting Ayaan Hirsi Ali at the fourth annual Presidential Conference in Jerusalem this past June may have been my personal highlight of the year. I posted videos of my interview with her here and here. She is a true friend of Israel.
In her comments Ayaan expressed high hopes for developments in Egypt. Paul Mirengoff discussed Ayaan's comments in "The short term and the long term in post-Mubarak Egypt."
If the short term poses temporary challenges, I'm afraid that it's a long, long way to temporary. With Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood president seizing the levers of power and with his familiar anti-Semitic animus, one can't help but wonder if there is any off ramp in Egypt's future, especially with the continuing if misguided support of the United States. In the higher wisdom of Team Obama, the Muslim Brotherhood is A-OK.
In any event, the New York Times has published Ayaan's excellent op-ed column on Morsi's anti-Semitism last week under the heading "Raised on hatred." As we noted in "Morsi explains," Morsi claims (for American consumption) that his remarks have been taken out of context. Andrew Bostom supplies additional context, and Clifford May has a related column.
Yesterday at his Foreign Policy blog The Cable, Josh Rogin supplied supplied a bit more, ah, context to Morsi's claim that his anti-Semitic remarks were taken out of context. Rogin's report is worth an extended look:
Last week in Cairo, seven U.S. senators had a highly contentious meeting with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy during which the Muslim Brotherhood leader implied that he was the victim of an American media run by the Jews.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) led a delegation last week to Egypt, Jordan, Israel, and Afghanistan that included Sens. Chris Coons (D-DE), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Kirsten Gilibrand (D-NY). Their stop in Cairo included a 90-minute meeting with Morsy that devolved into an uncomfortable set of exchanges as the senators pressed the Egyptian president to explain his 2010 comments describing Jews as "bloodsuckers who attack Palestinians" as well as "the descendants of apes and pigs."
After the meeting, McCain issued a statement saying that the senators "voiced our strong disapproval of the statement" and that the senators and Morsy "had a constructive discussion on this subject." Morsy's spokesman issued a statement after the meeting saying that Morsy believed in religious freedom and "the need to distinguish between the Jewish religion, and those who belong to it, and violent actions against defenseless Palestinians."
But inside the meeting, the discussion over Morsy's 2010 remarks was much more heated than either side publicly acknowledged afterwards, according to Coons. Addressing the comments was the first item on the senators' agenda, and the discussion did not go well, he told The Cable in an interview.
"We tried to give President Morsy an opportunity, now that he is the president, to put his comments in a different context because he was claiming that he was taken out of context. On their face they seemed to be very offensive and inappropriate," Coons said. "It was a difficult conversation."
Morsy told the senators that the values of Islam teach respect for Christianity and Judaism, and he asserted repeatedly that he had no negative views about Judaism or the Jewish people, but then followed with a diatribe about Israel and Zionist actions against Palestinians, especially in Gaza.
Then Morsy crossed a line and made a comment that made the senators physically recoil in their chairs in shock, Coons said.
"He was attempting to explain himself … then he said, 'Well, I think we all know that the media in the United States has made a big deal of this and we know the media of the United States is controlled by certain forces and they don't view me favorably,'" Coons said.
The Cable asked Coons if Morsy specifically named the Jews as the forces that control the American media. Coons said all the senators believed the implication was obvious.
"He did not say [the Jews], but I watched as the other senators physically recoiled, as did I," he said. "I thought it was impossible to draw any other conclusion."
"The meeting then took a very sharply negative turn for some time. It really threatened to cause the entire meeting to come apart so that we could not continue," Coons said.
Multiple senators impressed upon Morsy that if he was saying the criticisms of his comments were due to the Jews in the media, that statement was potentially even more offensive than his original comments from 2010.
"[Morsi] did not say the Jewish community was making a big deal of this, but he said something [to the effect] that the only conclusion you could read was that he was implying it," Coons said. "The conversation got so heated that eventually Senator McCain said to the group, 'OK, we've pressed him as hard as we can while being in the boundaries of diplomacy,'" Coons said. "We then went on to discuss a whole range of other topics."
Coons must be a decent man and something of a truth-teller, but seems to be enveloped in a cloud of unknowing. Both his decency and his cluelessness come through here:
"I appreciate that he respects and understands the vital importance of the U.S-Egyptian relationship, but clearly there is a lot of work to be done before we can feel comfortable that he respects American values," Coons said. "Securing a positive relationship going forward is important and in America's national interest, but we also cannot stand by and tolerate bigotry and hatred by foreign leaders."
Now what? Get a clue, man. Wake up! Will somebody get this guy a copy of The Looming Tower? Or Ron Radosh's column on the Muslim Brotherhood?


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Building a tree house was always a challenge. The neighborhood gang worked days on how one might go about getting an old dog house up to a branch some 6-8 feet off the ground. It was an old oak tree with many firm looking branches, and would be an ideal location of a tree house. After several days of trying, neighborhood kickball seem more practical and beneficial.
Needless to say, my genealogy tree house was a little more practical to build, and to climb. Its branches are filled with family stories, family pictures, family memories, and much discovery.
Started July 7, 2010, the first branch is thejonesgenealogist.blogspot.com. Stories, stories, and more stories are there. How I got started doing genealogy...where I got started...when I got started....etc.,etc....you get the picture.
Started July 31, 2010, the results of more than 50 years of research into the JONES surname is presented in the blog: thejonessurname.blogspot.com. Everything you wanted to know and were afraid to ask about the JONES surname. [Believe it or not, try it out.]
Starting August 8, 2010, a number of branches were added that had to do with some "how to's" for those who might have their own interest in starting some genealogy. Blog spots called "ge-ne-al-o-gy" were written and can be climbed at: ge-ne-al-o-gy101.blogspot.com, ge-ne-al-o-gy201.blogspot.com, and ge-ne-al-o-gy301.blogspot.com. [For those just beginning their own tree climbing.]
Starting September 4, 2010, my interest in DNA and genealogy got to be utilized by trying to help the genealogist understand this complex subject. My years as a physician, and my medical training, helped me put together a series of posts on DNA. Of course, the focus is on the JONES surname. jonessurnamedna.blogspot.com
Things would not be complete if those interested in the JONES surname would not be interested in Welsh genealogy. This blog spot begins at the beginning of course. welshgenealogy.blogspot.com [December 13, 2010]
Other branches that have been added since 2010:
thebrickwallprotocol.blogspot.com [for those facing their "brick wall"] August 6, 2011
cadwalladerjones.blogspot.com [my favorite grandfather and his documents] Nov 4, 2011
tjgresearchnotebooks.blogspot.com [An index and description of my genealogy research.] July 6, 2012
Wow, there you have it...sort of. Come climb around my tree house...genealogy for generations...the branches are firm.


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Trametinib and Akt Inhibitor GSK2141795 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01964924
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Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : October 17, 2013
Last Update Posted : September 18, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|Estrogen Receptor Negative HER2/Neu Negative Invasive Breast Carcinoma Progesterone Receptor Negative Recurrent Breast Carcinoma Stage IV Breast Cancer Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma
|Drug: Akt Inhibitor GSK2141795 Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Drug: Trametinib
|Phase 2
I. To assess the anti-tumor activity associated with trametinib monotherapy in patients with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).
I. To assess the anti-tumor activity associated with trametinib in combination with AKT inhibitor GSK2141795 after progression on trametinib in patients with metastatic TNBC.
II. To determine the progression-free survival following the initiation of treatment with trametinib monotherapy in patients with metastatic TNBC.
III. To determine the progression-free survival following the initiation of treatment with trametinib in combination with GSK2141795 in patients with metastatic TNBC.
IV. To determine the overall survival following the initiation of treatment with trametinib with GSK214179 in patients with metastatic TNBC.
V. To determine the nature and degree of toxicities associated with trametinib monotherapy and trametinib in combination with GSK2141795 in patients with metastatic TNBC.
VI. To determine the biomarker potential of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) to predict response to single agent trametinib.
VII. To determine molecular markers of sensitivity and resistance to trametinib monotherapy and trametinib in combination with GSK2141795 in patients with metastatic TNBC.
PART 1: Patients receive trametinib orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who experience disease progression continue to Part 2.
PART 2: Patients receive trametinib as in Part 1 and also receive Akt inhibitor GSK2141795 PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 52 weeks.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|41 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Single Arm, Phase II Study of Single Agent Trametinib Followed by Trametinib in Combination With GSK2141795 in Patients With Advanced Triple Negative Breast Cancer
|Actual Study Start Date :
|October 2, 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 1, 2017
Experimental: Treatment (trametinib, Akt inhibitor GSK2141795)
PART 1: Patients receive trametinib PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who experience disease progression continue to Part 2.
PART 2: Patients receive trametinib as in Part 1 and also receive Akt inhibitor GSK2141795 PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: Akt Inhibitor GSK2141795
Given PO
Other Names:
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Drug: Trametinib
Given PO
Other Names:
- Objective response rate (ORR), defined as the proportion of patients who have had a partial response (PR) or complete response (CR) (RECIST 1.1 based) within the first 6 months after initiation of therapy with trametinib [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Exact binomial 95% confidence intervals for the true PR+CR response rate will be calculated.
- Clinical benefit rate (CBR = CR+PR+stable disease [SD]) [ Time Frame: Up to 52 weeks ]The clinical benefit rate (CR+PR+SD) will be reported for patients after Part 1 and after Part 2.
- Duration of objective response [ Time Frame: Date of documentation of response to the date of progression and/or death, assessed up to 52 weeks ]The methods of Kaplan and Meier will be used to evaluate this.
- Incidence of adverse events that are classified as either possibly, probably, or definitely related to study treatment graded by National Cancer Institute (NCI) CTCAE v4.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 52 weeks ]The maximum grade for each type of toxicity will be recorded for each patient, and frequency tables will be reviewed to determine toxicity patterns. All adverse event data that are graded as 3, 4, or 5 and classified as either "unrelated" or "unlikely to be related" to study treatment will be reviewed in the event of an actual relationship developing.
- Incidence of severe (grade 3+) adverse events or toxicities graded per NCI CTCAE version 4.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 52 weeks ]
- Overall survival (Part 2) [ Time Frame: Start date of the treatment to the date of the event (i.e., death) or the date of last follow-up to evaluate that event, assessed up to 52 weeks ]The Kaplan-Meier method will be used to estimate overall survival distribution.
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: The duration of time from start of treatment to time of progression or death, whichever comes first, assessed up to 52 weeks ]The Kaplan-Meier method will be used to estimate progression-free survival distribution.
- Proportion of patients who go off treatment due to adverse reactions [ Time Frame: Up to 52 weeks ]
- Proportion of patients who refuse further treatment for lesser toxicities that inhibit their willingness to continue participation on the trial [ Time Frame: Up to 52 weeks ]
- Tolerability of the regimen defined as the number of patients who required dose modifications and/or dose delays [ Time Frame: Up to 52 weeks ]
- Predictive value of PTEN and other biomarkers on patient outcome (survival, ORR, and CBR) [ Time Frame: At time of disease progression, assessed up to 52 weeks ]
- Protein intensity fold-change ratios assessed by reverse phase protein assay intensity values [ Time Frame: Up to 52 weeks ]Ratios between tumors sampled prior to initiating trametinib single agent treatment and at time of progression (TOP) on either single agent trametinib or the combination (TOP/pre-treat ratio), will be calculated. These ratios will be median-centered and clustered using Cluster 2.0 software. Student's t-test for differences between average protein intensity ratios at these intervals will be calculated using Microsoft Excel by grouping all the ratios for individual clusters.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic invasive breast cancer that is negative for the estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and HER2 by institutional guidelines
- Patients must have measurable disease (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 [RECIST 1.1])
- Patients must have had exposure to at least 1 and no more than 3 prior chemotherapy regimens for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer
- Patients must consent to both a pretreatment and a post-treatment mandatory research biopsy prior to enrolling on trial, and therefore, must have tissue (excluding bone or brain) that is amenable to biopsy
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1
- Life expectancy of greater than 3 months
- Able to swallow and retain orally administered medication and does not have any clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities that may alter absorption such as malabsorption syndrome or major resection of the stomach or bowels
- All prior treatment-related toxicities must be Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4 (CTCAE v4) grade =< 1 (except alopecia) at the time of enrollment
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
- Platelets >= 75,000/mcL
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 × institutional upper limit of normal
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 × institutional upper limit of normal
- Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >= institutional lower limit of normal by echocardiogram (ECHO) or multiple gated acquisition scan (MUGA)
- Serum creatinine =< 1.5 mg/dL OR calculated creatinine clearance (Cockcroft-Gault formula) >= 50 mL/min OR 24-hour urine creatinine clearance >= 50 mL/min
- Patients must have controlled blood pressure with a systolic blood pressure < 140 mmHg and diastolic < 90 mmHg; anti-hypertensive medications are permitted
- Patients must be at least 4 weeks from last radiation dose; patients must be at least 4 weeks from last chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or biologic therapy (exception allowed for a 2 week washout for patients who were on chemotherapy at less than a standard of care dose, as long as all other eligibility criteria are met); patients must be at least 4 weeks from last surgical procedure and recovered from all post-operative complications
- Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately; men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to use adequate contraception prior to the study, for the duration of study participation, and 4 months after completion of trametinib monotherapy or in combination with GSK2141795 administration
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion Criteria:
History of another malignancy
- Exception: patients who have been disease-free for 3 years, or patients with a history of completely resected non-melanoma skin cancer and/or patients with indolent secondary malignancies, are eligible
- History of interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis
- History of type I diabetes mellitus; if a patient has type II diabetes, they must have a hemoglobin (hemoglobin A1C) =< 8%; patients with a screening fasting glucose > 120 mg/dL will be excluded
- Uncontrolled hypothyroidism; patients must have a normal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) per institutional standards at baseline
- Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents
- Individuals with symptomatic or progressive brain metastases are ineligible; subjects with treated brain metastases are eligible if they have no radiographic or other signs of progression in the brain for >= 3 weeks after completion of local therapy; any corticosteroid use for brain metastases must have been discontinued without the subsequent appearance of symptoms for >= 3 weeks prior to study enrollment
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to trametinib monotherapy or trametinib in combination with GSK2141795
Current use of a prohibited medication; the following medications or non-drug therapies are prohibited:
- Other anti-cancer therapy while on study treatment (megestrol if used as an appetite stimulant is allowed)
- The concurrent use of all herbal supplements is prohibited during the study (including, but not limited to, St. John's wort, kava, ephedra [ma huang], gingko biloba, yohimbe, saw palmetto, or ginseng)
- Patients receiving strong inhibitors or inducers of cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, polypeptide 4 (CYP3A4) are ineligible
- History or current evidence/risk of retinal vein occlusion (RVO) or central serous retinopathy (CSR) or predisposing factors to RVO or CSR (e.g., uncontrolled glaucoma or ocular hypertension, uncontrolled hypertension, history of hyperviscosity or hypercoagulability syndromes; visible retinal pathology as assessed by ophthalmic exam that is considered a risk factor for RVO or CSR such as evidence of new optic disc cupping, evidence of new visual field defects, and intraocular pressure > 21 mm Hg
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with trametinib monotherapy or trametinib in combination with GSK2141795
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01964924
|United States, District of Columbia
|MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
|Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20007
|United States, Florida
|Moffitt Cancer Center
|Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
|United States, New York
|Roswell Park Cancer Institute
|Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263
|United States, North Carolina
|UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
|United States, Ohio
|Case Western Reserve University
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
|Cleveland Clinic Foundation
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
|Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
|United States, Virginia
|Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center
|Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298
|Principal Investigator:
|Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy
|Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01964924 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2013-01895 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
9455 ( Other Identifier: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center )
9455 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
N01CM00070 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
N01CM00100 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
P30CA016058 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
UM1CA186712 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
UM1CA186716 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|October 17, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|September 18, 2017
|Last Verified:
|September 2017
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Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
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As you can see, I'm on a newspaper kick. These are my favorite - the noting of a normal, lifetime event, a moment of family gathering together, a hint that these people weren't just family - they enjoyed spending time together. And most importantly it's a reminder that these people weren't just names and dates - they threw surprise birthdays for each other, they had fun, they did impressions of famous actors, they lived lives, lives that we, as genealogists, believe are worth remembering. In this case, it's a surprise birthday for John Meinberg, my fourth-great uncle. I had hoped it was an article about his father, somebody I know absolutely nothing about - he had four children with my 4th great grandmother and then disappeared between 1873-1878, presumedly dead since she remarried. Still, this was a pretty neat find. Love the reference to Charlie Chaplin, back when he was actually a real live movie star!
The story comes from the Brooklyn Daily Star, November 1915: "A birthday surprise party was given John Meinberg of 1629 Decatur Street, Evergreen, on Saturday evening, November 13. Mr. Meinberg is one of Evergreen's oldest and most prominent residents. ... Dancing and merriment of all kinds were indulged in ... Fred Meinberg jr. gave an impersonation of Charlie Chaplin."
Among those present were my third great grandparents, Ed and Eva (Meinberg) Haase (Eva was John Meinberg's sister); my great great grandparents, Gus Haase and Meta (Ricklefs) Haase, John and Eva's sister and brother-in-law, Anthony and Elise/Elizabeth Smith, their brother and sister-in-law, Fred C. and Justine Meinberg, their half-sister Katherine and her husband, Henry Hennigan, John's son James W. Meinberg and his not-yet wife Edith Lorch, John's other son John Meinberg Jr., Fred's son Fred Meinberg Jr., August Lorch, who I assume to be Edith's brother, John Sr.'s wife, Emma, my fourth-great grandmother Katherine Hellman (maiden name Naeher, mother of the Meinberg children), her sister Elizabeth Riders, Elizabeth's daughter (and cousin to John, Eva, Elise & Fred Meinberg & Kate Hellmann) Kate Weigert, Elise's sons William, George, and John Smith, John Sr's daughters Dorothy and Deborah Meinberg; and Fred's daughters Elisabeth and Eva Meinberg.
There are a few people I have yet to identify, whether they be family friends or married names of daughters, but I'd like to look into that to see if they are important clues to this tree. But we have here three generations of a family - it just warms my heart to see this!


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The North Face fundamental mission remains unchanged since day one; Build the best gear for outdoors, supporting the preservation of wild places and inspiring a global movement of outdoor exploration. The innovative outdoor manufacturer has been at the forefront of not just in the outdoor market, but also at the forefront of adventure, pushing the boundaries of what we know, never stop exploring.
Named after the coldest, most unforgiving face of a mountain, the brands' humble beginnings ironically began at San Francisco's North Beach. It was there in 1966 when two hiking enthusiasts, Dough Tompkins and his wife Susan Tompkins founded a small outdoors retail store, The North Face.
Now more than 50 years since the brand's humble beginnings, The North Face is the first choice of many of the world's most accomplished climbers, mountaineers, extreme skiers, snowboarders, endurance runners, and explorers.


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Sun's servers resurgent in 2006 - Gartner
Dell's pungent
Sun Microsystems used 2006 as a throwback session by pushing its sales way higher while rivals were happy to exit the year with any kind of growth.
Fresh data from Gartner reveals that Sun's server revenue shot up 15 per cent ($5.7bn) during 2006. The company was the only major vendor to enjoy significant sales gains. IBM ($16.9bn) grew sales just 1.7 per cent, Dell ($5.4bn) stayed flat, HP's ($14.2bn) sales dropped 2 per cent and Fujitsu's ($2.5bn) dropped 7 per cent. Sun's sales boost allowed it to retake the number three position in total sales from Dell, according to Gartner.
All told, server vendors moved $52.7bn of boxes during 2006 - a 2 per cent year-over-year rise. They shipped 9 per cent more units to hit the 8.2m server mark.
In terms of servers shipped, HP actually outperformed the competition. It moved 2.3m boxes - up 8 per cent year-over-year. Dell boosted sales 5 per cent to ship 1.8m boxes, and IBM (1.3m) and Sun (368K) both increased sales 8 per cent. Fujitsu's shipments dropped 2 per cent to 257K.
The results, as they have for the last few years, reflect increased spending on smaller one-socket and two-socket servers, which explains the shipment increase and revenue decrease for an x86 power like HP.
Sun, however, seemed able to ship higher-margin, big iron in this environment. For example, its Unix server shipments actually fell 3 per cent during 2006, while revenue rose 12 per cent. No other major vendor posted an increase in Unix server revenue. IBM fell flat. HP, punished by the Itanium transition, saw sales dip 9 per cent, Fujitsu sales dropped 11 per cent and Groupe Bull sales dropped 20 per cent. Life remains tough for Itanic backers.
On the Unix shipments front, Gartner showed IBM boosting sales 12 per cent and Fujitsu kicking sales 8 per cent higher. Meanwhile HP's sales fell 10 per cent and Apple's sales fell 25 per cent.
IBM enjoyed the most significant rise in x86 system sales and shipments, while HP outpaced Dell.
Putting the results in context, you find Sun having its first really solid year since the bust, while Dell suffered through just about its worst year ever. Both IBM and HP have been strong performers in the last couple of years - keeping x86 sales high while working their Unix businesses as well - and kept that momentum going to a degree.
Unhampered by Itanium, IBM clearly produced a healthier high-end server business than HP in 2006. In its most recent quarter, for example, HP's high-end server sales fell 6 per cent, despite a 75 per cent rise in Itanium shipments. The company simply cannot move enough Itanium gear to offset its PA-RISC and Alpha losses.
IBM, however, must be concerned by HP's 45 per cent jump in blade server revenue. The sales surge shows a warm customer embrace for HP's new c-Class blade chassis and servers, while IBM remains locked into an aging design.
You can expect to see IBM go after the Unix business hard this year as it pushes out the Power6 chip, while HP will work to keep its x86 biz vibrant. Sun will clearly hope to keep its sales on the rise, while Dell looks for a sign of life injection.
Lucky for Dell, it has a new Opteron server line coming. Unlucky for Sun, it has to explain this whole APL/Fujitsu line to consumers in 2007, while dangling Rock-based boxes in 2008. ®
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judge needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 102 designs submitted by 40 freelance designers.
California Capital Real Estate Advisors is looking for a professional logo - prefer blue/white/silver color scheme - emphasizing CALCAP.
Desired Color Scheme:
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Desired Style:
professional but creative
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California Capital Real Estate Advisors or CALCAP is looking for a great professional logo for use on all of our presentation materials - stationery, brochure, business cards, web site etc.
CALCAP is a boutique real estate fund, working with a variety of investors and investment groups to reposition distressed properties while adding value.
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I don't wanna give up on the ol' blogger.
I pledge to start adding to it more..
it's just I have a new cyber lover..
Her name is Tumblrella.
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People told me I was crazy for doing it.
I hadn't even opened the package containing my shiny new NYU Master's in Journalism and I was already heading to Afghanistan. It had been a couple of years since I ended my service as a U.S. Marines combat correspondent, and I wanted to get back to the war.
Traveling as a civilian, I paid my own way and had hardly any support, but I also had more freedom to travel than when I was in uniform.
I took the following photos during the time between my arrival in Kabul and my official embed date (until which, no military unit will give you refuge, regardless of your citizenship). For these few days I played tourist; found a nice little guest house, contracted a driver and an interpreter, and headed on daily road trips around the area.
What I saw was a country hardened by decades of war and poverty — but also filled with sympathetic people whom you'll rarely see in Western media. People who, in the midst of chaotic street life, insisted I take my shoes off and get comfortable, drink tea and eat candy prior to doing business. Kids living in squalor who still dreamed of becoming doctors and engineers — and were thrilled to pose for pictures and beat me in impromptu soccer matches.
I've already published an essay and put up photo spreads of the trip, but I saved these shots of Afghan life for last. Away from the war is where things get complicated. There is no moral and no ending, happy or otherwise. There are a lot of problems, and they're only getting worse.


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This is a "craft" {I guess you could call it that} that i have done for many years. We always had these in our house when i was younger. Its a pretty easy project! & ours are starting to get old>>
& the colors aren't all that fun. Sooo its time to make new ones! yay!
{DIY Hot/Cold Packs}
You will need:
Sewing machine
Lavender or tea leaves
{Rice has a really.. rice smell.. when heated in the microwave, the tea or lavender cover up the smell}
Pick out some fun fabric. Cut 2 pieces to the same size. I cut mine 16x8
Turn the matching pieces so that the colorful side is facing in. Pin the edges together.
Sew the edges with your machine.
When you sew the edges, make sure to leave a gap unsewn {Shown above}
turn your fabric right side out now, through the gap.
Draw lines on your sewn fabric to section it off.
Using your machine, sew where you drew each line, making sure to leave a gap at the end of each line, so that when you pour in the rice, it goes into each sectioned off piece.
Prepare your rice& tea bags, {or lavender}.
Pour your rice into the sewn fabric, pushing it down into each section as you pour.
& You're done!!
For a heat pack: place in microwave for up to 2 minutes
For a cold pack: Leave it in your freezer
They make great gifts too!
See? Easy peasy :)
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The minimum amount of Mississippi auto insurance coverage is $25,000/$50,000/$25,000. In the event of a covered accident, your limits for bodily injury are $25,000 per person, with a total maximum of $50,000 per incident. It also covers up to $25,000 for damage to another person's property.
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Age pyramids can track the demographic history of a nation by showing how new births add to population (giving the country a wide base of infants and young children), and aging reduces population over time (narrowing the numbers remaining as age goes up). Irregularities show the impacts of such events as war, mass terror, and famine, on people of particular age groups. These pyramids show the demographic history of Ukraine, as seen from the perspectives of 1989 and 2001.
The toll of 1914-19: The earliest major disruption to Ukraine's population (therefore highest on the pyramid) is among people who were born during World War I, the Revolution of 1917 (when Ukraine claimed its independence), and the Civil War that followed. Many women postponed having children due to the war, and high infant mortality and child mortality decimated that age group still further. Their diminished numbers show up in 1989 as a "dent" in the number of people in their 70s, as compared with the numbers born a few years earlier or later.
The famine of 1932-33: Another heavy toll was taken when Soviet authorities demanded impossible amounts of grain from peasant farmers, and millions of peasants starved to death. Again, many of the women who survived did not have children, and many of the children they had did not survive.
Stalin's atrocity: On the heels of the famine came the Soviet purge of 1937-38, when several million Ukrainians were murdered by the Soviet secret police, the NKVD. In the city of Vinnytsia, a mass grave was later found containing nearly 10,000 bodies (Nikita Khrushchev commented that Ukraine had been "purged spotless.") People born between the famine and the purge were between 52 and 57 years old in 1989, and indeed, the graph shows the numbers of people in this cohort sharply reduced. The gap is deepened by the fact that by the late 1930s, there were fewer potential mothers to even consider having children, because by then the women of child-bearing age were largely the children of the generation that had been previously reduced by the Revolution and World War I. This "echo" impact is a phenomenon repeated a generation after each major disruption through the century.
The trauma of transition: A new fall in fertility, caused by the deep and protracted social and economic crisis that has gripped Ukraine in the post-Communist period of transition, results in a dramatic narrowing of the pyramid's base. Many women are discouraged, and say they do not want to bring children into a world facing such dismal prospects. According to projections, the population age structure will lead to a "mushroom" shape of the age pyramid-an aging of the nation and a rising ratio of elderly people to working-age people.
A demographic echo of the diminished World War II generation of babies shows up in the number of children they, in turn, produced a couple of decades later. The war babies of the 1940s were so few that their own children-born in the late 1960s, and reaching their late teens or early 20s in 1989-were also relatively few.
World War II: The deepest dent carried through the changing pyramid of the past half-century is the one left by the devastation of the war's last years. Relatively few Ukrainian babies were born-or if born, survived infancy-between 1943 and 1945. Those who survived had reached their mid-50s by 2001, but in vastly fewer numbers than those who had been born a few years earlier. Thus, there are only about 200,000 women of age 55 in 2001, as compared with more than 400,000 of age 63.
Female longevity: In both graphs, women substantially outnumber men after middle age. The difference reflects both the greater longevity of women and the toll of war on boys born after the mid-1920s-the ones who became soldiers and died in large numbers in the 1940s and were thus missing 56 or more years later in 2001.
As time passes, demographic anomalies fade into memory. The scarcity of people who were born in 1916 or 1917 (the 72- or 71-year-olds as of January 1, 1989) largely disappears by the end of the century, when those who were a few years older and had outnumbered them a decade earlier have passed into their 90s and largely died off. The gap disappears, and the demographic action moves down the pyramid to record the impacts of more recent events-notably, the suddenly shrinking base of the past decade.


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HOUSTON – Energy XXI said Wednesday it is planning to pay $1.5 billion to buy EPL Oil & Gas, a significant corporate acquisition that would make it the largest publicly traded independent oil producer in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
The deal would bring Energy XXI's daily production in the Gulf to 65,000 barrels of oil equivalent over 10 of the largest fields in the U.S. offshore region's shelf, each of which produce more than 80 million barrels of oil per year. And it would push the Bermuda-based oil and gas company, which has its main office in Houston, to collect 91 percent of its revenue from oil in the region.
"Today's deal represents a step change for Energy XXI, taking us to a level of production of cash flow that puts on a different playing field," Energy XXI Chairman and CEO John Schiller said in a conference call with investors Wednesday.
CEO interview: Energy XXI chief says massive Gulf merger will drive oil field growth
Houston-based EPL had working interests in 32 producing fields and 80 million barrels of oil in net proved reserves in the shelf last year, according to regulatory filings.
In reserves, Energy XXI would follow only Fieldwood Energy, a private equity-backed producer in the Gulf shelf, and major integrated oil producer Chevron Corp. Fieldwood amassed the largest position in the shelf after two deals in the past eight months, and expects to produce 125,000 barrels of oil per day.
Schiller said Energy XXI's large oil fields will give the company a starting point to grow organically in the region as it increases production at existing operations and as "big oil fields get bigger."
The combined company, he said, would have 243 million barrels of oil equivalent in proved reserves, but if the company recovers just 5 percent more oil from its top 10 fields, that would double its proved reserves to 400,000 million barrels.
"That's a lot of oil left in the ground, and we're going to go get more of it," Schiller said. "The key point about our fields is that they are big."
But it's more than an asset purchase, he said. The deal will combine skill sets from two large Gulf operators together worth $6 billion in enterprise value. Schiller said a larger company will rely on less volatile amounts of oil flow and likely see gains in its share price.
Wall Street investors erased $136 million from Energy XXI's market value on Wednesday, but that's not an unexpected reaction to a big deal, said Nicholas Pope, an analyst with Cowen & Co.
EPL is "a big entity to take on," Pope said, adding that the company currently looks like an expensive buy. "They paid a healthy premium."
But EPL has earned a high price with its "nice run on production," he said. "I think you end up with a company that's in really good shape. These are not assets that have not been taken care of."
Safety regulations: Recent accidents highlight Gulf's shallow water dangers
In addition to $1 billion in cash, Energy XXI also agreed to pay EPL shareholders about $500 million in common shares, a 37 percent premium on recent stock prices. Energy XXI investors are expected to own 77 percent of the company after the deal.
Schiller will continue in his role as chairman and CEO of the company after the deal is completed, and the company's headquarters will remain in Houston. Energy XXI anticipates acquiring EPL's corporate debt, about $720 million, bringing the deal's total value to $2.3 billion.
In general, Pope said, the Gulf shelf has lost some of its shine in recent years. Several major integrated companies have left the shallow waters for deep-water projects, and independents like Apache Corp. put the shelf region on its list of expendable assets last year in a $3.75 billion sale.
"The shelf is not young," Pope said. "There are some fantastic fields out there, but they've been producing for a long time."
He added oil producers are not likely to see 10 percent production growth in the Gulf shelf, as in years long past.
Energy XXI shares fell 5.8 percent to $22.02 in early trading Wednesday on the Nasdaq. EPL shares rose 30 percent to $37.85 on the New York Stock Exchange.
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For her third Alexander McQueen show, Sarah Burton went for strict tailoring and hard lace.
The first that she's put on since the Royal Wedding – and only the third since she took over as creative director after Lee McQueen's death, tonight's show by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen was yet another brilliant display of everything he taught her and everything she's done with it.
"The weight of expectation doesn't let up on her," said Vogue UK's Alexandra Shulman afterwards. "But she is brilliant at this job. She seems to take all his trademarks and somehow give them a lightness. It was really fantastic, triumphant even."
The corsetry, the tailoring and even the expertly lace-bound heads – which graduated later to masks of clustered shells that rendered faces featureless – all typified McQueen, even the narrow skirts pulled in tight under shapely, moulded jackets. "And yet somehow they were still free," went on Alexandra. "There's a softness to it that means they're not constrained which I used to think some of Lee's women were."
It was one of those shows that genuinely took your breath and made you pleased you'd been trailing around the world watching fashion shows for a month because, well, this was why: brilliant ideas, magnificently executed and beautiful to watch.
It began with nude skirt suits whose curtain tassel hemlines had been dipped in gold. They had elaborate embellished shoulders and stiff, multiple peplums that rode around the body and then bounced down to meet a backwards kick-pleated skirt.
From nude, it bled to lavender and the inner construction of the dresses were then revealed as the lower halves expanded: great bunches of light, gathered chiffon foamed like ostrich bodies beneath caged corsets - the prettiness of coral and pale pink belying the eerie discomfort that those facial wrappings ignite.
The silhouette then came back in tight as nude lace sheaths were smothered in vacuum wrapped, fine black leather as if a colony of bats were consuming the model, and then macramé lace bodices fell to trains of mother of pearl. Some dresses had a lichen of shells and beads growing up the body , others encased the bodies in silver and gold ripples. If the aquatic theme that has been emerging over the past few weeks needed a resolution, this fantastical mermaid is surely where it's been heading.
Burton and McQueen share such a strong stylistic lexicon, it makes you wonder about the dynamic in the studio when they worked together – which idea came from whom and who developed it? Certainly every show that Burton has produced since his death has been a celebration of his talent, and how better to honour his memory than that?
See the dress Sarah Burton designed for Kate Middleton.
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When Gov. Rick Perry called the Legislature back into special session in 2005, he chastised lawmakers for leaving $2 billion "in some bank account" that could have been used for "teacher salary increases, textbooks, education technology and education reforms."
"I cannot let $2 billion sit in some bank account when it could go directly into the classroom," Perry said, in announcing his veto of the Texas Education Agency budget on June 18, 2005.. He called lawmakers back into special session "to get education funding right," according to news reports at the time.
By vetoing the TEA budget and calling a special session, Perry said he was delivering "more, not less for our children: more money for their teachers, more money directed to the classroom and more results in their schools."
Lawmakers failed to adopt a school a school finance reform bill in the regular 2005 session, which meant that $2 billion in state funds that had been intended for teacher pay raises, education reforms and other school priorities could not be distributed. Thus, as Perry noted, it would "sit in some bank account."
This session, Perry has advocated across-the-board cuts in state government, including a House budget that cut public education by $8 billion, while $9 billion sits in the state's Rainy Day Fund – a state savings account.
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abdominal(redirected from Abdominales)
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Relating to the abdomen.
abdominal/ab·dom·i·nal/ (ab-dom´ĭ-n'l) pertaining to the abdomen.
Of or relating to the abdomen.
An abdominal muscle: an exercise machine that works the abdominals.
ab·dom′i·nal·ly adv.
abdominaladjective Pertaining or referring to the abdomen.
Relating to the abdomen.
1. Referring to the ABDOMEN.
2. Of a surgical operation performed through an incision in the wall of the abdomen, which could be performed via a different route, e.g. an abdominal hysterectomy.
pertaining to, affecting or originating in the abdomen. See also abdominal paracentesis, abdominal sounds.
abdominal binding
a wide bandage applied to the abdomen to raise intra-abdominal pressure. Its primary purposes are (1) to limit the displacement of the diaphragm during thoracic compression of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, thereby raising intrathoracic pressures achieved and improving forward blood flow, and (2) to maintain blood volume in the central circulation during hemorrhagic shock.
abdominal breathing
an abnormal form of respiratory movement in which the thorax is fixed and the inspiratory and expiratory movement of the lungs are carried out by the diaphragm and the abdominal muscles so that there are exaggerated movements of the abdominal wall.
abdominal cavity
the body cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvis; contains the abdominal organs.
abdominal enlargement
may result from fluid effusions (transudate, exudate or blood), enlargement of viscera (neoplasia, dilatation, engorgement or physiological phenomena, e.g. pregnancy), intra-abdominal masses or fat. Weakness of the abdominal wall usually results in a pendulous rather than enlarged abdomen.
abdominal lavage
see abdominal lavage.
abdominal muscle ischemia
an unexplained ischemic necrosis of the internal oblique muscle of ewes in late pregnancy which are carrying twins or triplets. Results in ventral hernia but often with little apparent effect on the ease of lambing.
abdominal muscles
the paired muscles of the flank and belly that surround and support the abdominal viscera.
abdominal pad
see abdominal pad.
abdominal pain
may arise from an abdominal organ, the peritoneum or be referred as from spinal nerves.
abdominal regions
arbitrary, descriptive subdivisions of the abdomen made up of three groups of three (like a noughts-and-crosses grid), three along the middle—xiphoid, umbilical and pubic, and three lateral pairs—hypochondriac, lateral abdominal and inguinal.
abdominal silhouette
the shape of the abdomen viewed from behind.
abdominal trier
see trier.
abdominal tunic
see tunica flava abdominis.
abdominal viscera
the organs contained within the abdominal cavity; they include the stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, and parts of the urinary and reproductive tracts.
abdominal wall
consists of the parietal peritoneum, the deep and superficial layers of fascia, the transverse abdominal, internal and external abdominal oblique muscles, the subcutaneous tissue and the skin. It contains the umbilicus, the cicatrix marking the entry point of the umbilical cord, and is traversed by the inguinal canal, and at its caudal extremity carries the prepubic tendon, the ventral attachment of the wall to the pubic bones.
abdominal wall rigidity
reflex response to pain of peritonitis, accompanied by pain on palpation or percussion.
Patient discussion about abdominal
Q. What Causes Specific Abdominal Pain? Everytime I go see a doctor when I have abdominal pains he tells me I probably have gastroenteritis. How does he know that it's not something else for instance, appendicitis, just by examining my abdomen?
A. whats the symptoms of ovarian cyst?
Q. I keep having this bad pain in my abdomin and I think something is wrong with me what could it be
A. it all depends on the symtoms,could be a number of things,if it persists go see a doctor,
Q. i have pains in the lower abdominal areas what is the couse these pain usually occar off and on besides the the abdomen in the lower areasand some times all over the abdomen
A. Is the pain worsened when you cough or lift heavy weight? It may suggest hernia (protrusion of gut loop through the abdomen wall, see here http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hernia.html ). However, it's virtually impossible to diagnose you through the net, so consulting a doctor would be wise.More discussions about abdominal
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I was fortunate to be the resident photo pro on two trips to Antarctica, one of the locations the show explores. I took one of my favorite photographs - Family Meeting In Antarctica - at the "bottom of the world."
I used my Canon 100-400mm IS lens on my Canon 5D for this image.
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Please join us in thanking the many individuals who work hard every day to provide high quality, compassionate care for our patients and their families. Thank you therapists, nurses, physicians, techs, engineers, food service workers, volunteers, administrators and so many more for your contributions and for making Providence a great place to work and receive care.