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Whereas by proclamations of May 20, 1943, of the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, certain lands in Alaska were reserved for the exclusive use and occupancy of the native inhabitants of the villages of Shishmaref and White Mountain, Alaska; and
Whereas such proclamations provided, among other things, that they should become effective upon their approval by a majority of the natives residing in the area, voting in the manner prescribed in section 2 of the act of May 1, 1936 (49 Stat. 1250; 48 U. S. C. 358 a); and
Whereas the natives of the villages of Shishmaref and White Mountain have rejected the reservations:
Now, therefore, pursuant to the authority contained in the said section 2 of the act of May 1, 1936, the said proclamations of May 20, 1943, are hereby revoked.
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Joined: 11 Mar 2007
Posts: 10910
Location: BGKY
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:55 pm
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New and improved. Since we had so many replies in the last one it was time for a new one. I have put a link to the last thread in the resources thread.
titansNvolsR#1 wrote:
I'm scared. We've poked the beast and He's now arose.
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Posts: 14429
Location: Chicago/NYC
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:03 pm
Post subject:
How about we set it up in a format this time? It would be more organized, IMO.
Name: deeluxx3/Vince
Age: 17
City: Chicago, Illinois
How many years have you been a fan?: 8 years
Favorite Titans: McNair, Young, Mason, Rolle, Hope, sorry...I like Pacman, too
Favorite genre of music: 90s rap, Techno/Euro
Favorite Movies: The Godfather I and II, Dodgeball, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Goodfellas
Happiest Titan Moment: Drafting Vince Young
Intended Career/Career: I hope to be a sports broadcaster one day
Random facts: Im 100% Italian, wear Kangol hats over baseball caps, I sit on the computer much more than I should, Im skinny, I love to pretend that I know about everything even when I dont
RIP Crakburn & BoYz2tHeBoWl
RIP Steve "Air" McNair...the greatest Titan of all-time
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Joined: 27 Nov 2006
Posts: 10665
Location: Nashville,Tn
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:14 pm
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Name: TheRealDeal (cant say real name)
Age: 22
Location: Nashville, Tn
How many years have you been a fan?: ----------
Favorite Titans: White , Young, Bulluck , Kearse, Griffin, Alge Crumpler
Favorite genre of music: HipHop / R&B / Soul / Gospel
Favorite Movies: Rudy , Casino, Happy Feet, Lion King.....................
Happiest Titan Moment: Firing of Norm Chow
Intended Career/Career: Marketing / Coach
Random facts: I try to have fun every single day!
Tennessee Titans Baby!
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Posts: 10910
Location: BGKY
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:21 pm
Post subject:
Great idea Dee!
Louisville, KY (soon to be back in Nashville)
How many years have you been a fan?:
10 years!
Favorite Titans:
I like everyone except Reynaldo Hill. I even thought Lamot Thompson had potential. Woe is me for that.
Favorite genre of music:
Anything obscure and interesting. I like dark country songs as well.
Favorite Movies:
The Wizard of Oz, Land Before Time, Hook.
Happiest Titan Moment
: "There are no flags on the field!" -- From Mike Keith after the Music City Miracle.
Intended Career/Career:
Currently manage a local coffee shop in Louisville. I am finishing my degree at ITT and U of L for graphic design and communications. I plan to write and review in the sports and music industry. I have a job lined up at Rivals.com writing for the Louisville Cardinals.
Random facts:
I play in a band called Keyser Söze and I also started a local artist friendship record label called Rock Me Gently.
titansNvolsR#1 wrote:
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Posts: 27535
Location: bawstun
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:49 pm
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gibbythemute wrote:
Great idea Dee!
Happiest Titan Moment
: "There are no flags on the field!" -- From Mike Keith after the Music City Miracle.
Haha, I love how he said that- "There are NO....FLAGS...
Name: Roshan
Age: 14
City: West Lafayette, Indiana
How many years have you been a fan?: 8 years
Favorite Titans: Lots...but for my absolute (current player) favorite, I'm gonna have to go with Chris Hope.
Favorite genre of music: Mostly rock, a little rap.
Favorite Movies: I dunno, lots.
Happiest Titan Moment: Probably the comeback against the Giants since it's the only one I've been able to watch live.
Intended Career/Career: Hopefully sportswriter...my dream career would be pro tennis player.
Random facts: I'm an avid tennis player and fan and hope to make the high school team this year.
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Posts: 7104
Location: Huntersville, NC
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:55 pm
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Name: Niznag74, everyone can call me Niz
Age: 22
City: Mooresville, NC
How many years have you been a fan?: About 9 years
Favorite Titans: KVB, Hope, Griff, Vince, White, and my all time fav is Bruce Matthews
Favorite genre of music: I guess I would go with classic rock
Favorite Movies: Casablanca, Clue, Maverick, Gods and Generals, Gettysburg, All the Austin Powers movies, and Dances With Wolves.
Happiest Titan Moment: Every time KVB gets a sac.
Intended Career/Career: Photography
Random facts: I love to paint and play paintball. Thats how I got my name, from paintball. Don't ask how, I'm not to sure.
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Posts: 13691
Location: Manila
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:30 pm
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Name: Garrett
Age: 18
City: White Pine, TN but in August I'm moving across the county to Jefferson City
How many years have you been a fan?: The first game I remember was when we beat the Eagles 24-21 I believe.
Favorite Titans: Ahmard Hall, The Freak, Chris Hope
Favorite genre of music: I listen to a wee bit of it all.
Favorite Movies: Nightmare Before Christmas and Full Metal Jacket(I laughed, I cried, I grew up all in one movie)
Happiest Titan Moment: Hmmm, I'm not real sure, maybe seeing VY run it in on Houston in OT.
Intended Career/Career: I'm probably going to be a Pre-Med student, so the Health Field
Random facts: I have a 14 year old brother that is 6'4" and 347 pounds. Starting LT for the high school team. I also have two scars from getting stabbed in the back with a broken bottle.
There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.
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Joined: 24 Jan 2007
Posts: 386
Location: Oregon
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:41 am
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Name: Ben
Age: 18
City: Keizer, Oregon
How many years have you been a fan?: Eight years
Favorite Titans: McNair, Vince, LenDale, Ahmard, Griff, Finny
Favorite genre of music: Contemporary Christian
Favorite Movies: Remember the
Happiest Titan Moment: The past two drafts
Intended Career/Career: I am not sure.
Random facts: I work valet at a hospital
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Posts: 1103
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:27 pm
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Name: Jay
Age: 19
City: Newport News, Virginia
How many years have you been a fan? 9
Favorite Titans: McNair, George, Wycheck, Matthews, Vince, Bulluck, Vince, Griffin
Favorite genre of music: Rap, Rock, Hip-hop
Favorite Movies: 40 year old virgin, Transformers, Superbad
Happiest Titan Moment: Music City Miracle, Yes Im cliche.
Intended Career/Career: Electrician at the shipyard
Random facts: Ive broken 10 bones.
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Posts: 103
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:49 pm
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Name: Parrish...but all my freinds call me PJ
Age: 16
City: Youngstown, Ohio
How many years have you been a fan?: 9 years
Favorite Titans: Vince, LenDale, Griff, Finny, KVB, and Big AL!
Favorite genre of music: Rap, Oldies R&B
Favorite Movies: Remember the Titans, Dumb and Dumber, Friday, and The Temptations
Happiest Titan Moment: The music city miracle
Intended Career/Career: Physchologyst
Random facts: Got a tattoo of the Titans logo on my right arm!
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Posts: 36
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:42 am
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Name: titans9
Age: 17
City: Harrisburg, PA
How many years have you been a fan?: 4 years of actual following them, 10 years of rooting for them.
Favorite Titans: McNair, George, Griffin, Finnegan, Ealy, Young
Favorite genre of music: anything but not too much country.
Favorite Movies: anything funny.
Happiest Titan Moment: First Titans Game against Eagles: 31 - 13
Intended Career/Career: Chemical Engineer
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Posts: 12030
Location: Denver, CO
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:38 pm
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Name: Guido?
Age: Jerome Bettis
City: Highlands Ranch, CO
How many years have you been a fan?: at least 30 years
Favorite Titans: Past - Eddie and McNair, Present - Fisher
Favorite genre of music: 70's, 80's and Christian praise & worship (my wife sings at our church)
Favorite Movies: Flatliners, X-men trilogy, Batman Begins (off the top of my head)
Happiest Titan Moment: Music City Miracle
Career: Support/Services Director for Software company
Random facts: My wife (who is Canadian) and I have been married 8 years and have four children; ages 7, 6, 5 and 4. I love to play poker (NL Texas Hold'em) and we host tourneys about twice a month with between 12-20 people. I read a fair amount on strategies and the mathematics side of the game. I grew up in Wisconsin but was kicked out when I wouldn't pledge allegiance to the green 'n gold.
Adopt a Titan 2017: Derrick Henry and Mike Mularkey
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Posts: 208
Location: San Diego
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:28 pm
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Name: LuvTitans/Justin
Age: 35
City: San Diego (grew up in Cheatham County, TN)
How many years have you been a fan?: 8 years
Favorite Titans: David Stewart, Vanden Bosch, Bulluck, Mass Destruction, Kerry Collins
Favorite genre of music: 1970's stuff - Allman Brothers, CCR, Stevie Ray
Favorite Movies: Platoon, High Plains Drifter, Outlaw Josie Wales, The Great Escape, Cool Hand Luke
Happiest Titan Moment: Being at the stadium celebration after beating Jax to go to the SB
Random facts: Also love the Lakers of the Magic Johnson "Showtime" era
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Joined: 24 Jan 2008
Posts: 2705
Location: Madison Wisconsin
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:06 pm
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Name: Conor (Hence the Con in my username)
Age: 13
City: Madison, WI
How many years have you been a fan?: 8 years
Favorite Titans: McNair and Mason were my favorites, along with Andre Dyson. Then Drew Bennett. Now it's the secondary.
Favorite genre of music: Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Classic Blues Rock. The Who, Humble Pie, Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, SRV etc.
Favorite Movies: Hot Rod, Wayne's World 1 and 2, Sahara.
Happiest Titan Moment: Music City Miracle
Intended Career/Career: Pro Drummer
Random facts: I know everything there is to know about classic rock.
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Posts: 2705
Location: Madison Wisconsin
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:12 pm
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Proud2BaTITAN wrote:
Intended Career/Career: I am not sure.
Random facts: I work valet at a hospital
ROFL!!!!! Dude, do you realize what you said? You don't know what your job is, but then you state it in the next sentence!
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Lil Yachty Reveals 'Teenage Emotions' Album Cover, Track List & Release Date
Lil Yachty finally revealed the cover, track list and release date of his debut album, Teenage Emotions.
Today (April 20), the recording artist tweeted these new details about his upcoming album. The cover features a variety of different youths and himself sitting in a movie theater. There's a kissing gay couple, people who have vitiligo, and white and black kids all enjoying themselves and each other's company in the inclusive shot.
"To my true fans, there is no more confusion," Yachty said on social media. "My album drops May 26. This is the cover and the tracklist. Embrace The Youth. 5.26.17."
To my true fans, there is no more confusion. My album drops May 26. This is the cover and the tracklist. Embrace The Youth. 5.26.17 ⛵❤ pic.twitter.com/hcxg8WYfKh— lil boat kot* (@lilyachty) April 20, 2017
The album has guest appearances by YG, Migos, Kamaiyah, Diplo and more. Some producers of the project include Earl the Pearl, Burberry Perry, WondaGurl, Digital Nas, 30 Roc and more.
Take a look at Lil Yachty's Teenage Emotions cover and track list below.
Teenage Emotions Track list
1. "Like a Star"
2. "DN Freestyle"
3. "Peek A Boo" Feat. Migos
4. "Dirty Mouth"
5. "Harley"
6. "All Around Me" Feat. YG & Kamaiyah
7. "Say My Name"
8. "All You Had to Say"
9. "Better" Feat. Stefflon Don
10. "Forever Young" Feat. Diplo
11. "Lady in Yellow"
12. "Moments in Time"
13. "Otha S**t" (Interlude)
14. "XMen" Feat. Evander Griim
15. "Bring It Back"
16. "Running With the Ghost" Feat. Grace
17. "FYI (I Know Now)"
18. "Priorities"
19. "No More"
20. "Made of Glass"
21. "Momma" (Outro) Feat. Sonyae Elise


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CNN's Blitzer, Dobbs, Arena baselessly characterized federal judge's ruling against warrantless wiretapping as "damaging blow" to "key" program
CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Lou Dobbs, and Kelli Arena characterized a judge's ruling that the Bush administration's warrantless domestic spying program is unconstitutional as a serious blow to the administration's efforts to combat terrorists. But it's not at all clear that the administration must violate the law to protect the country or that warrantless domestic wiretapping has been effective in combating terrorists.
On the August 17 editions of CNN's The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer baselessly asserted that a federal judge's ruling that the Bush administration's warrantless domestic spying program is unconstitutional was "a damaging blow for the Bush administration's anti-terror program." Later that day on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, Dobbs similarly stated that the judge "str[uck] down a key part of the Bush administration's strategy to defeat radical Islamist terrorists," and CNN justice correspondent Kelli Arena echoed Blitzer's characterization of the ruling, stating that it was "a damaging blow for the Bush administration's anti-terror program." Their assertions make at least two assumptions that are by no means certain: first, that the administration's conduct of warrantless domestic wiretapping, which the Michigan judge struck down, is essential to its efforts to combat terror -- or, put another way, that the administration must violate the law to protect the country -- and, second, that warrantless domestic wiretapping has been effective in combating terrorists. Critics of the program would certainly take issue with the first, and, according to current and former intelligence officials cited in reports by The Washington Post and The New York Times, the domestic surveillance program has been largely ineffective, as Media Matters for America has noted [1].
As Media Matters has documented [2], many observers -- including conservatives -- have criticized the administration for conducting wiretaps outside of the law. For example:
- Sen. Patrick Leahy [3] (D-VT), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a statement [4] before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 6, "agree[d] that we should be wiretapping Al Qaeda terrorists." Leahy said that his concerns with the spy program center on the lack of congressional or judicial oversight: "Congress has given the president authority to monitor these messages legally, with checks to guard against abuses when Americans' conversations and email are being monitored. But instead, the president has chosen to do it illegally, without those safeguards."
- Rep. Jane Harman [5] (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, appearing on the May 14 edition of CBS' Face the Nation:
HARMAN: The second point is: [National Security Adviser Stephen] Hadley said that FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, is not appropriate for this kind of thing. I couldn't agree more -- disagree more strongly. FISA, which was passed on a bipartisan basis by Congress in 1978, is the exclusive way to eavesdrop on Americans, and all aspects of this program -- many of us have been saying this -- all aspects of this program have to comply fully with FISA and the Fourth Amendment, and we need court warrants to do any aspect of this program.
BOB SCHIEFFER (host): Do you think the law has been broken here?
HARMAN: Yes, I do. I think the administration is breaking the law. Its legal rationale that it offers, I think, is extremely shaky. To this White House, the Constitution starts with Article 2, which is the power of the executives. They skip over Article 1 totally; that's the legislature, and Article 3 is the courts. As Arlen Specter just said, that we have a system of checks and balances. Each branch checks the excesses of the other branches. This is a lawless White House out of control with respect to a program like this. Sure, we all want to catch terrorists, but I am against an effort to have the executive branch monitor itself.
- Bruce Fein, former associate deputy attorney general under President Reagan, in a December 20, 2005, Washington Times column [6], stated:
President Bush presents a clear and present danger to the rule of law. He cannot be trusted to conduct the war against global terrorism with a decent respect for civil liberties and checks against executive abuses. Congress should swiftly enact a code that would require Mr. Bush to obtain legislative consent for every counterterrorism measure that would materially impair individual freedoms.
Mr. Bush acclaimed the secret surveillance as "crucial to our national security. Its purpose is to detect and prevent terrorist attacks against the United States, our friends and allies." But if that were justified, why was Congress not asked for legislative authorization in light of the legal cloud created by FISA and the legislative branch's sympathies shown in the Patriot Act and joint resolution for war? FISA requires court approval for national security wiretaps, and makes it a crime for a person to intentionally engage "in electronic surveillance under color of law, except as authorized by statute."
Mr. Bush cited the disruptions of "terrorist" cells in New York, Oregon, Virginia, California, Texas and Ohio as evidence of a pronounced domestic threat that compelled unilateral and secret action. But he failed to demonstrate those cells could not have been equally penetrated with customary legislative and judicial checks on executive overreaching.
The president maintained that, "As a result [of the NSA disclosure], our enemies have learned information they should not have, and the unauthorized disclosure of this effort damages our national security and puts our citizens at risk." But if secrecy were pivotal to the NSA's surveillance, why is the president continuing the eavesdropping? And why is he so carefree about risking the liberties of both the living and those yet to be born by flouting the Constitution's separation of powers and conflating constructive criticism with treason?
- Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey -- who, in 2004, was serving as acting attorney general while then-Attorney General John Ashcroft [7] was in the hospital -- reportedly objected strenuously to the continuation of the warrantless program, prompting then-White House chief of staff Andrew H. Card Jr. [8] and then-White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales [9] -- the current attorney general -- to visit Ashcroft's hospital room to obtain Department of Justice approval, as reported in a January 1 New York Times article [10].
- Former Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA) praised the decision striking down the warrantless wiretap program, writing in an August 17 statement [11] on his personal website: "This is a win for all Americans -- Judge Taylor has upheld the Constitution in her ruling and has defended the privacy rights of all Americans against overreaching federal power." Barr added: "[W]hile we all support the Administration in its efforts to discover and thwart possible terrorist acts, including listening in on al Qaeda communications, our laws provide for a legal way for the government to proceed, and perhaps in light of this ruling the Administration will actually follow those laws."
- Washington Post columnist George F. Will wrote in a December 20, 2005, column [12]:
On the assumption that Congress or a court would have been cooperative in September 2001, and that the cooperation could have kept necessary actions clearly lawful without conferring any benefit on the nation's enemies, the president's decision to authorize the NSA's surveillance without the complicity of a court or Congress was a mistake. Perhaps one caused by this administration's almost metabolic urge to keep Congress unnecessarily distant and hence disgruntled.
In addition, the domestic surveillance program has reportedly been largely ineffective. According to a February 5 Post article [13], which cited "current and former government officials," "nearly all" of the people whose calls were monitored under the National Security Agency (NSA) program were later "dismissed ... as potential suspects after hearing nothing pertinent to a terrorist threat." A January 17 Times article [14] also cited "current and former officials" who challenged the effectiveness and utility of the program:
In the anxious months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the National Security Agency began sending a steady stream of telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and names to the F.B.I. in search of terrorists. The stream soon became a flood, requiring hundreds of agents to check out thousands of tips a month. But virtually all of them, current and former officials say, led to dead ends or innocent Americans."
On August 17, Judge Anna Diggs Taylor of the U.S. District Court in Detroit rejected [15] the Bush administration's legal defense of the program -- which since 2001 has authorized the NSA to eavesdrop on the international communications of U.S. persons without court orders required by FISA. Taylor ruled [16] that the program violates FISA, as well as the First and Fourth Amendments, and ordered that the program be halted.
From the August 17 edition of CNN's The Situation Room:
BLITZER: A damaging blow today to the Bush administration's anti-terror program. A federal judge in Detroit ruled that the wiretapping of Americans without court orders -- unconstitutional. The judge ordered an immediate halt to the domestic spying operation carried out by the National Security Agency. The Justice Department, though, is appealing.
From the August 17 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight [17]:
DOBBS: Tonight, a federal judge strikes down a key part of the Bush administration's strategy to defeat radical Islamist terrorists. The judge says warrantless wiretaps are unconstitutional. The judge has ordered an immediate halt to the program. We'll have complete coverage tonight.
ARENA: Lou, this was a damaging blow for the Bush administration's anti-terror program. A federal judge ordered an immediate halt to the domestic spying operation carried out by the National Security Agency.
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The study reached its pre-specified primary efficacy endpoint with a median increase in progression-free survival (PFS) from 3.6 months to 5.6 months in the pooled patients treated with TH-302 (at a dose of 240 mg/m2 or a dose 340 mg/m2) in combination with gemcitabine compared to gemcitabine alone. The combination regimen was also associated with an increase in tumor response rate from 12% to 22% and a greater decrease in serum CA19-9. In addition, a dose response was identified with the greatest efficacy in the higher 340 mg/m2 group with a median PFS of 6.0 months, response rate of 27% and larger CA19-9 decreases. TH-302-related toxicities were also dose dependent. TH-302 related toxicities including skin and mucosal toxicities and myelosuppression were dose dependent and consistent with previous trials and did not result in an increase in discontinuations due to adverse events.
"The detailed results from this first randomized study of TH-302 confirm the earlier results from our previous non-randomized 402 study for patients with pancreatic cancer. In that study, patients in a number of indications including pancreatic cancer appeared to benefit from the addition of TH-302 to standard chemotherapy based on comparisons to historical control data," said
Clinical Trial Design
TH-CR-404 (the "404 study") is a multi-center, randomized, controlled, dose-ranging, Phase 2b crossover clinical trial of TH-302 in combination with a standard gemcitabine regimen in patients with first-line advanced pancreatic cancer. The primary endpoint of the trial was PFS. The secondary endpoints were overall response rate, overall survival, and change in CA19-9 as well as various other efficacy and safety parameters. Tumor response was evaluated at baseline and every eight weeks using RECIST. Patients for whom monotherapy with gemcitabine is considered standard therapy were eligible for the trial. Patients were randomized equally into one of three cohorts: TH-302 at a dose of 240 mg/m2 plus gemcitabine, TH-302 at a dose of 340 mg/m2 plus gemcitabine, or gemcitabine alone. Patients who successfully completed six cycles of treatment without evidence of significant treatment-related toxicity or progressive disease could continue to receive treatment. If a patient experienced cancer progression on gemcitabine alone, the patient could cross over into one of the TH-302 plus gemcitabine cohorts. The primary efficacy analysis was performed based upon 149 investigator-assessed PFS events and, per protocol, the primary efficacy endpoint pooled data from the two gemcitabine plus TH-302 dose groups in the comparison to gemcitabine alone.
The median PFS was 5.6 months for pooled patients treated with gemcitabine in combination with TH-302 at either 240 mg/m2 or 340 mg/m2 compared to 3.6 months for patients treated with gemcitabine alone. The PFS hazard ratio comparing the TH-302 combination to gemcitabine alone was 0.61 (95% confidence interval: 0.43 - 0.87), which was highly statistically significant (p = 0.005). The median PFS was 6.0 months in the 340 mg/m2 group. The response rate in the pooled combination arms was 22% compared to 12% in the gemcitabine alone group with a 17% response rate in the 240 mg/m2 group and 27% response rate in the 340 mg/m2 group. A similar dose dependency was reported in serum CA19-9 levels.
There was greater drug exposure in the combination groups with a median of 4 cycles received with gemcitabine alone compared with 5 cycles in the 240 mg/m2 group and 6 cycles in the 340 mg/m2 group. The combination safety profile was consistent with the prior study of this combination regimen. As in that study, skin and mucosal toxicities and myelosuppression were TH-302 dose dependent and consistent with previous trials and did not result in an increase in discontinuations due to adverse events. The doses used in the 404 study were less than the single-agent maximum tolerated dose of TH-302, which was previously established at 575 mg/m2. The incidence of grade 3/4 thrombocytopenia and grade 3/4 neutropenia was significantly higher in the combination arms and highest in the 340 mg/m2 group. Discontinuations for adverse events were lowest in the 340 mg/m2 group.
An update of the efficacy and safety data from the study, including data on overall survival, is expected to be released later this year.
About Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas with current treatment options including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Gemcitabine as a single agent or in combination with other treatments is the most commonly used chemotherapeutic agent in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. It is estimated that approximately 279,000 cases of pancreatic cancer were diagnosed worldwide in 2008. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer death both in
About TH-302
TH-302 is a hypoxia-targeted drug that is thought to be activated under tumor hypoxic conditions, a hallmark of many cancer indications. Areas of low oxygen levels (hypoxia) within tissues are common in many solid tumors due to insufficient blood vessel growth. Similarly, the bone marrow of patients with hematological malignancies has also been shown, in some cases, to be extremely hypoxic.
TH-302 has been investigated in over 600 patients in Phase 1/2 clinical trials to date in a broad spectrum of tumor types, both as a monotherapy and in combination with chemotherapy treatments and other targeted cancer drugs. Threshold has several additional ongoing clinical trials, the most advanced of which is a Phase 3 pivotal study evaluating TH-302 in combination with doxorubicin versus doxorubicin alone in patients with soft tissue sarcoma, and recently completed a Phase 2b trial of TH-302 in combination with gemcitabine versus gemcitabine alone in pancreatic cancer. In
Threshold is a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of drugs targeting tumor hypoxia, the low oxygen condition found in microenvironments of most solid tumors as well as the bone marrows of some hematologic malignancies. This approach offers broad potential to treat a variety of cancers. By selectively targeting tumor cells, we are building a pipeline of drugs that hold promise to be more effective and less toxic to healthy tissues than conventional anticancer drugs. For additional information, please visit our website (www.thresholdpharm.com).
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for statements of historical fact, the statements in this press release are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding TH-302's potential ability to treat cancers, planned clinical trials and anticipated results, and potential therapeutic uses and benefits of TH-302. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, Threshold's ability to enroll or complete its anticipated clinical trials, the time and expense required to conduct such clinical trials and analyze data, whether such trials confirm results from earlier trials and preclinical studies, potential side effects associated with TH-302, issues arising in the regulatory or manufacturing process and the results of such clinical trials (including product safety issues and efficacy results. Further information regarding these and other risks is included under the heading "Risk Factors" in Threshold's Annual Report on Form 10-K, which has been filed with the
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@adriantry I study architecture and my teachers always tell us to design houses that don't need air conditioners. It is always better to spend a little bit more in good materials or even planting a tree near a window for shade if necessary than using air conditioners. Again, I don't know about the weather down there, but in a Mediterranean climate it is possible to build a comfortable house which doesn't need climate conditioners. But I understand what you mean, I see that the materials in Australia are much more expensive than here in Spain, probably it is cheaper to go the way you did.
Stylius said
@adriantry I study architecture and my teachers always tell us to design houses that don't need air conditioners. It is always better to spend a little bit more in good materials or even planting a tree near a window for shade if necessary than using air conditioners. Again, I don't know about the weather down there, but in a Mediterranean climate it is possible to build a comfortable house which doesn't need climate conditioners. But I understand what you mean, I see that the materials in Australia are much more expensive than here in Spain, probably it is cheaper to go the way you did.
+1 same opinion here.
adriantry said
My son is very keen to get into his room, so is making many trips to the hardware to experiment with materials for plugging the gaps between the wall and slab. He has chosen expanding foam, and has almost finished the job.
Good choice as this is also flexible.
Great thread and thanks for the updates, been following this one with much interest.
Great office, congratulations!
@Stylius and @dekurvajo. I agree in principle. Our original plan was to build a wooden office with a raised wooden floor. I think this would have looked better, been friendlier to the environment, and been cooler to work in.
Our climate looks similar to yours in Spain, though that's difficult to tell without living in both countries. I just spent half an hour raking some dirt smooth around the office, and I found the ground too hard to stand on without hopping around. (I wasn't wearing shoes.) And the sun was beating down on me until I was covered in sweat. It's a warm afternoon.
Here is the building we initially planned to build – either one office this size, or two a little smaller:
But this would have cost twice as much, and after renovating our bathroom and kitchen – and both jobs cost more than we budgeted for – we decided it was time to save money, and found that a metal structure was much cheaper.But cost wasn't the only factor. Here are some other things that influenced our decision:
- Forum member "Australia" lives not too far away from me. He uses a Colorbond shed similar to mine as an office, and finds it good as long as it is air conditioned.
- My son recently moved into a home with an outside office. It is lined and insulated and superior to mine in every way. But it's not air conditioned, and it's too hot to work in during summer.
- Every office I have ever worked in in Queensland has been air conditioned, and was too hot to work in unless the air conditioner was on.
We always planned to install an air conditioner in the wooden office if we built it. I don't think it's possible to survive without one during our summer.
Hi Catch22
Catch22Music said
I'm doing EXACTLY the same thing this year. 7×3m. One end with a completly sound proofed vocal booth for recording.
Any progress on your new studio?
Hi again Joanne
joiaco said
Wow, that was fast! Looks like the lie of your land means that you could lead the run off water into a flat 500litre water tank round the side of your building. Very useful for watering the rest of your garden for drier times… (or don't you get any dry days?) Maybe plant some water loving flora like banana trees and papaya to keep the palm trees company
I love the idea of a water tank, though it will have to wait. And I think you're right – we need to plant something to replace what the bobcat took away.
We get plenty of dry days here. The lawn is usually brown – or just dirt. Then all the rain comes at once. We're starting to put some thought into how we'll landscape the area, including what we'll do with plants and gardens.
Australia said
Just an aside ( as you know we run a AC business ) if you nip onto Energex website, check out Peak Smart. If you opt for a compliant AC, that is listed on Energex site, you get $250.00 back. Do not go for the Fujitsu in this case, as its a PITA to fit the peak smart, and some of the ac's dont have the required board fitted, meaning you must wait for their support tech to retro fit. Panasonic, would be the go. Peak Smart can be fitted in 5-10 minutes ! Need help, gimme a shout
Hi Australia. My wife bought some inexpensive 2.5W air conditioners some time ago. We thought the electricians were going to install them for us, but that didn't work out. They did install the power switches for them though. Would you be interested in quoting on finishing the job?
TNL3542 said
looking great so far ecept for the mud holes etc
Thanks! I sorted the mud holes the other week when it was flooding. I stood out in the pouring rain for almost an hour, watched where the puddles were forming, and dug channels to direct the water away from the building. I used the dirt from the ditches to build up the ground around the doors.
The fact I did it while it was raining hard was a real plus. I could make sure I dug the ditches just deep enough to run off the water, and once it started running, erosion helped make them a bit deeper.
LCweb said
Great thread and great idea!
Sincerely working/living/sleeping in the same room is becoming like a jail. It's almost a year that I'm here on my own and would be great to have a workspace like this.
It has become a lot like working in a jail, LCweb. I hadn't realised how much it has been effecting my productivity. I feel like I'm always in the same place. And because I work and relax in the same room, it's hard to maintain boundaries between the two.
Today or tomorrow I'll start moving my furniture to the new office. I'll let you know how much difference it makes.


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Somewhere along the diminishing fringe of the Ozarks, but still well east of the flounder-flat plains typically associated with Kansas, lie the rolling hills that tumble between Topeka and Kansas City. Call it Dan Rockhill Country.
In Dan Rockhill Country, there's not much room for pretension. Pragmatism built this agricultural region, and pragmatism still rules many of the decisions made here. "It's about frugal methods and Spartan aesthetics," notes Rockhill, who came to the Sunflower State 26 years ago to teach at the University of Kansas (KU) in Lawrence and now also runs a busy design/build practice from a cluster of outbuildings on an old cattle farm in Lecompton.
Along the way, Rockhill decided his students would benefit from a dose of practical knowledge too. Eager to teach them how to build, he started small. Eventually the idea grew to become Studio 804, a nonprofit developer of affordable houses built at the rate of one per year, with graduate students providing the design skills and labor. Now, as head of an innovative practice in the nation's heartland and founder of the widely recognized studio at KU, Rockhill is being honored with the residential architect Top Firm Leadership Award for 2006.
ingrained work ethic Life on a farm is nothing new to Rockhill, who grew up getting his hands dirty on Long Island, N.Y. His father was a farmer; mom's family raised ducks. "People were always fending for themselves," he says. Then Rockhill went off to college in the Midwest, enrolling in the architecture school at the University of Notre Dame. Even then, he was uncomfortable with the gap he saw between architecture and building.
Rockhill returned to his home state for graduate school at the University at Buffalo and taught there after earning his M.Arch. He continued to be fascinated by the making of things and discovered someone worth admiring in artist Wharton Esherick, who pieced together his own house in the Pennsylvania mountains. "I developed a reverence for craft at that point," he says.
In 1980 Rockhill was hired to teach building technology and design at KU, but it didn't take long for him to realize he wasn't getting the job done. "I was discouraged because students would come back after graduation and say, 'Why didn't you tell me?'" They convinced Rockhill that the difference between architecture education and the practice world outside of the design studio was the difference between night and day. That provoked him to make a change.
The current Studio 804—a literal name adopted from the course number—evolved from a graduate course students take during their final semester. Although Rockhill expected the students to be preoccupied with getting out of school—"You were the last thing in the way of their graduation," he explains—he discovered instead that they were completely engaged by the simple roofing project he assigned them. The next year he took it a little farther, and before long, they were building entire houses.
Rockhill believes the 11-year-old studio is a perfect complement to the students' background, because most of them have limited life experience. "Young people today have often never even held a hammer," he says. "They've grown up in suburbia. Most have never even built a treehouse." Almost without exception, he adds, they are hungry for firsthand experience.
And an intense experience it is, beginning with the first class meeting in January and ending in mid-May with an open house in the completed building. "We have never had a site selected before class begins," Rockhill points out. "It adds to the madness and to their collective experience." He keeps the pressure constant by assigning one student a skill area and making that person ultimately responsible for the completion of the task. "Others pitch in and are part of the team," he adds, "but I need someone to build the fire under."
The 20-or-so people in Studio 804 are responsible for every aspect of the project, notes Amanda Langweil, a 2006 KU graduate. "We design and build every detail and are also responsible for finding financing, choosing a site, obtaining a building permit, meeting with the neighborhood, and marketing the house for sale," she says. Rockhill participates as a coach might, from the sidelines, allowing the students to make mistakes and learn from them.


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Below you'll find the 2012/13 Beanies/Bandana Product Previews for 26 brands. Be sure to check out our November 2011 issue of TransWorld Business for the state of softgoods and outerwear.
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Is there any good business justification for allowing a User to send a Private Message to Multiple Recipients at once??
I say NO, and here is why...
a.) To me, a "Private Message" implies a certain degree of intimacy between two people, versus things like E-mails or Tweets which somewhat imply "broadcast"...
b.) Allowing a User to PM several Other Users at once opens up a big liability - in my mind - by making it easy to spam other Users!!
c.) It adds unnecessary complexity to the Application and Database Design.
What do you think?
Hi Debbie,
I assume you are talking about some sort of forum or similar community-based site.
My own view is that, if a member is allowed to send any PM, I don't see any harm in allowing him to send it to multiple members at the same time. It would be reasonable to only allow a certain group of members to send PMs, such as those who have achieved a certain number of posts, or who are in "good standing" in some way. But once you admit a person to that group, I wouldn't restrict him to sending one PM at a time.
As far as I know, most forums work that way (including Sitepoint), although they might possibly stipulate a maximum on the number of recipients per message.
As for your point about adding unnecessary complexity, that might be true. However, creating any kind of community-based site is surely already a highly complicated undertaking. If you're building your own messaging system from scratch, I would think the extra work of allowing multiple recipients would be fairly trivial.
Anyway, that's my opinion. But you know your system, and your community, better than I do, so don't put too much weight on what I say.
Thanks for the reply.
To clarify some things...
- Yes, I am trying to build a online "community" of Registered Members who can make both Public Posts and Private Messages.- The purpose of my Private Messaging module is just like any you'd see online... Allowing people to talk one-on-one- Only Registered Members can send and receive PM's
Now, back to, "Should I allow a Member to send a PM to multiple Members?"
While I can obviously think of times where you might want to PM a few friends in an online community (e.g.SitePoint), my stance is that people usually send Private Messages because they want, well, PRIVACY.
To me, a PM on a Forum/Online Community isn't the same as E-mail.
You could argue that E-mail is intended to send a "Private Message" between only two people, however, consider this...
I guess it wouldn't be that much harder for me to allow Multiple Recipients for PM's, but...
1.) Is it something that Members would want or need?? (When I PM, it is to send a private message to one person.)
2.) Would it open up the door to Spammers?? (I get "PM Spam Messages" fairly often here at SitePoint...)
(Feel free to disagree.)
These are all good points, Debbie. Clearly, you've got to do what you consider appropriate for your forum and your community. Still, it will be interesting to hear what others think.
My only experience of trying to create a forum is very limited. I was adapting one of the open source products (phpBB, if I remember right), but didn't get as far as the PM function. The client abandoned the project because we couldn't solve the security problems. (That was quite a few years ago. I'm older and wiser now.)
I agree. I definitely wonder what other people think. (I wonder where StommePoes and Ralph and some of the other "regulars" are at?)
Okay, but put yourself in the shoes of an End-User.
Let's assume for a minute that I actually get my website done - a little "fantasy" in one's life never hurts, right?!
As an end-user, what would you say if my website made it so you could only send a Private Message to one person at a time?
Would that be a major annoyance to you?
Would it cause undo stress in your life?
How do you, Mike, personally use Private Messaging (if at all)?
Do you use it like I do, to have offline, one-on-one conversations?
Or maybe to just send a cutesy note to one of your acquaintances?
OR, do you have a large social circle where you want and need to send the same PM to 5, 10, or more people at a shot?
(BTW, my goal is to NOT create FaceBook or Twitter. I just want a way that people can talk in privacy - still in the context of my website - when they need to. But I am not offering a free E-mail or Social-Networking service via my PM module!!)
I use the Forums for group discussions, and PM's for one-on-one conversations.
But maybe others don't do things that way...
And since I'd like my website to be user-friendly, it is important to get a sense of what the masses expect (via you Web Design experts here at SitePoint)!!
But if a person wishes to send a PM to a group of people, then forcing them to repeat the steps multiple times doesn't make sense. An example would be if your site does succeed and you end with a group of volunteers to help run your community. Perhaps you've got those volunteers grouped into teams to work in specific areas of the site (ahem sound like somewhere you visit often?). There are times you'll want to send a single PM to only a specific team - perhaps you have a special promotion which is in their area of expertise you want them to champion, or a piece of content you want them to promote/safeguard. If you've got 10 people on that team, do you really want to go through the hassle of sending that same PM ten times, or would you want to have the capacity to send to all ten members all at once?
Another way to think about it - the privacy of a message is determined by the sender, not the recipient. If the sender feels that multiple people would get benefit from receiving that PM, why would you want to stop the sharing of knowledge, or the conversations that come from them.
Not if you know the content is limited in scope to a select group of people. or if it has a short shelf life of usefulness..
1) See my answer in regards to groups of people - as the community gets larger, and the staffing to support it gets larger, the more likely someone will want that feature.
2) PM spammers are typically new members. Perhaps you limit the capability of sending PMs to multiple members to members with x numbers of posts or who have been members for x number of days/weeks/months.
Good job on challenging my thinking. (That's what I need!) :tup:
Fair enough.
Now David is trying to make me "successful" and introducing "User Groups"?! :shifty:
(Go easy on me, man?!)
Apparently I wasn't thinking "BIG ENOUGH"...
Well, one of the reasons my website is taking so long is because I keep adding things to make sure things "scale" well.
Looks like I need to address this "PM to Multiple Recipients" thingy now too?! (:
Yeah, I'm sure one can build all kinds of complex Business Logic in there...
Okay, David, you definitely got my attention. (Looks like I underestimated things...)
Any other gurus out there care to add their 2-cents?


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So much to celebrate.
How long has it been since the Canadiens decisively pounded the snot of an opponent?
Granted, it was the Senators – playing their second game in as many nights, in front of a crowd of 10,000 screaming Canadiens fans and 10,000 typically dead-ass Ottawans.
But still …
Before we get to the long list of laurels, consider the sequence that I thought was one of the most impressive in the game:
About midway through the third period, Canadiens were up 3-0 and it was effectively over. For the first time in the game, however, Ottawa managed to get their forecheck going and bottle the Canadiens up.
It lasted through a line change – a good 90 seconds, two minutes.
But here's what I liked:
No panic among Canadiens defenders. Ottawa had the puck, but they were kept to the outside and the slot was protected.
Most significantly: All through those long seconds of chasing the puck, the Canadiens took no penalties.
It's all about discipline and teamwork and trusting the guy next to you to make the right play.
I just know Jacques Martin loved it.
The coach had a lot to love.
His team played a textbook road game. The Canadiens held Ottawa without a SoG for the first 13 minutes of the game. The Senators were shotless for eight minutes in the second period, when it was still 1-0 and they had a chance to get back into the game.
Playing in their own building, the Senators had four shots in the first period, three in the third.
The home team got spanked.
We know how that feels, because New Jersey did it to the Canadiens at the Bell Centre Thursday night.
I would suggest, however, that this was a much more dominant 3-0 win.
Shall we roll through the honours list?
• Carey Price had an easy night, right? Wrong. Price made some big stops when the lead was 1-0, and the kid was full value for his first shutout in almost two years. Price has played every game this season, and he's yet to play a bad one. He's cool, he's calm, he's seeing the puck well and his lateral movement is flawless.
No one in the NHL began the season under more pressure than Carey Price. So far, so good … with gusts to great.
• We knew AK46 could score. But he's playing total hockey; skating, hitting, conscientious on D. Total involvement, in all three zones. Yes, it's a contract year. But AK46 is playing like a Belarusian who has a firm grasp of the basic principles of capitalism. And credit Danno with the line of the night: "Brother Andrei's goals were beatifical".
• We still aren't sure Benoit Pouliot can score. On RDS, Mario Tremblay and Joël Bouchard expressed their doubts. But Benny popped one for the first time since last March 25. And has been the case on many nights this season, he worked hard and refused to let the slump get him down. Will he be as good a scorer as Gui!? The jury is out. But Benny is the more complete player.
• P.K. Subban played his best game as a Canadien. The Senators hammered him at every opportunity. Late in the game, Nick Foligno jumped him. P.K. took it all, dished it out and had four shots to go with his four hits and two blocked shots. Barring injury, this is a star in the making.
• Tomas Plekanec and Mike Cammalleri played superbly in support of their high-flying linemate.
• Lars Eller played eight quality minutes and looked comfortable at centre. He also flattened fellow Dane Peter Regin.No disrespect to Travis Moen and Mathieu Darche, but Eller needs linemates who can score.
• The PP took another 0-or, but using Roman Hamrlik on the first wave generated better pressure from the blueline. The Canadiens are 4-2-1 with a power play that's been blanked in six of seven games. Once the PP gets rolling …
• The Senators had a 25-18 hit advantage, and I think 23 of the checks were on Josh Gorges. My man played 23:14. Gorges is the heart and soul of the Canadiens D.
• Alexandre Picard was run consistently by his former teammates but took it all and played 17 solid minutes. Unless his game suddenly heads south, Ryan O'Byrne is the team's eighth Dman.
• Jeff Halpern played like the smart veteran he is, went 8-4 on faceoffs and was part of a PK that was perfect again.
Martin called it the most complete effort of the young season.
Subban lauded simple plays and "dirty goals" while also praising forwards who are getting back to help the D clear the zone.
Canadiens are scheduled to have a rare Sunday practice, but maybe Martin will reward the boys with a day off.
Phoenix on Monday at the Bell Centre.
The Coyotes are better than Ottawa.
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With the exceptions of Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay, no opponent has more than 25 shots against the Canadiens.
Ottawa has 19 in each of two games.
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Kovy: ZERO SoG … but I loved his shots at Chris Neil during the Antichambre interview.
And Kovy II was a $10 million healthy scratch in New Jersey.
Devils coach John MacLean: "It was a coach's decision. Coach's scratch. Whatever you want to call it … I'm not discussing it. It was my decision. I made it. He (Kovalchuk) knows. I spoke to him and that's where it's going to stay."
For now.
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Jaro shut out the Penguins.
31 saves.


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Hill, Simunyu named October Sports Spot Student-Athletes of the MonthNovember 2, 2011
Brevard, N.C. - Madison Hill of the Women's Cross Country team and Prince Simunyu of the Football team have been named the Sports Spot Student-Athletes of the Month for the month of October, as recognized on WSQL 1240 AM on Wednesday afternoon. The award is presented by Sports Spot, in conjunction with the Brevard College Athletic Department.
Hill was voted the Female Student-Athlete of the Month by the BC Head Coaching staff over fellow nominees Ashlie Morrison of the Volleyball team and Bailey Varley of the Women's Soccer team.
Hill became the third BC Women's Cross Country runner in program history to earn All-South Atlantic Conference First Team honors when she placed in the top seven at the 2011 Food Lion SAC Cross Country Championships. The freshman from Parkersburg, W. Va. took fourth in the event and her finish was tops among freshman in the race, taking SAC Freshman of the Year honors after crossing the line in 19:38. Hill also led the Tornados to a sixth place finish at the Furman Invitational in the month of October, placing second among all Division II runners in the race. She will be leading the Tornados in the NCAA Regional Championships on Saturday, November 5th in Charlotte, N.C.
Simunyu was voted the Men's Student-Athlete of the Month by the BC Head Coaching staff over fellow nominees Kim Koivu of the Men's Golf team, Felipe Mendonca of the Men's Soccer team and Josh Mower of the Men's Cross Country team.
Simunyu continued his SAC-leading 2011 season as the senior from Wake Forest, N.C. led the Tornados and the South Atlantic Conference with 51 tackles on the month of October, averaging 10.2 tackles per game and is currently tied for the SAC lead with 88 tackles, sitting in the top 20 in the nation on the season. He recorded three games with at least 10 tackles in the month of October, including a season high 14 against North Greenville and added a pair of tackles behind the line of scrimmage, as well as a sack. Simunyu will be recognized with the Brevard College football seniors during the Senior Day festivities on Saturday, November 5th at Brevard Memorial Stadium.
These two athletes will be presented with action shots recognizing their award, which will be displayed in the lobby of Boshamer Gymnasium for the entire school year. A total of eight female and male Sports Spot Athletes of the Month will be selected in the 2010-2011 academic year. The award is selected from qualified candidates each month by the athletic department staff.


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Good Grief: Understanding Change, Loss and Grief
Explains the dynamics of the grief process and its relationship to change and loss.
I Was Sick and You Visited Me
Teaches people how to provide a caring and healing response to the sick and homebound
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Describes models of health ministry, including parish nursing, that help congregations reclaim and enhance the role of health and healing in the church.
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Courtney Love Gossip
Courtney Love gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Frances Bean & Courtney Love: a Sundance reunion
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Have you been watching Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways on HBO? The short explanation is that the band travels to different cities across America to explore that town's musical history. I mainlined several episodes during the holidays. The Seattle episode sent me into a Nirvana/Kurt Cobain nostalgia black hole that lasted two days. Full Story
The couple of the year
Page Six reports exclusively that Courtney Love and Aaron Sorkin are checking each other, even though his publicist denies that they're "dating". According to the paper though, Courtney's been living at the Chateau Marmont, always a residence that promotes good, healthy relationships, and she and Aaron have been together for a few months. Full Story
Courtney and Frances Forever
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The Smiths are getting a lot of attention this week, particularly for the, um, curious Vulture interview -- click here if you missed Duana's post on it. Patterns and Joe Kennedy? Child's play compared to the cray cray that is Courtney Love. Full Story
New Year's White
Was this an official memo for New Year's Eve that I missed? I feel like everyone wore white. I wore pants with an elastic waistband a grey fleece jumper, if that means anything at all. Not sure I can fit into skinny jeans anymore...This, obviously, isn't a problem for Gwyneth Paltrow who spent NYE in Abu Dhabi where Coldplay was paid $1. Full Story
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This week's GOOP is about pizza. Which I'm actually eating right now as I'm writing. It's Dr Oetker which is a LOT easier than what G is telling me to do with her dough kneading and other various gourmet kitchen activities. Having said that, there are pictures. Of her doing the dough kneading and even a shot of her wood burning oven that she had built in her yard. Full Story
Dumbest idea ever
Last year those UK tabloids kept reporting that Johnny Depp had been confirmed as The Riddler in the new Batman movie. At the time there wasn't even a script ready for the new Batman movie. Needless to say the story was full of sh-t. As is this one. The UK Sun Full Story
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It's like she heard me… This is Sienna Miller tonight in London at the Elle Style Awards. Perhaps she'll end up at the Groucho Club tonight. Perhaps Robert Pattinson will be there too. Good old Sienna looks like she's half way there already. LOVE what she's wearing. It's old school SiSi. Full Story


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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury hotel in Bloomington
Popular property highlights
Near Mall of America
With 277 guestrooms and 5 suites, the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel is conveniently accessible to the Minneapolis St Paul Airport and the Mall of America.
Fitness center and more
In the lobby, guests can utilize Microsoft Surface technology or connect to WiFi using a personal device. Offering a menu anchored by steak, housemade pasta, and seafood crudos, Lela is sure to satisfy the tastebuds. Paired with fine wine or a hand crafted cocktail, the restaurant serves modern American fare presented in an intriguingly simple fashion.
Sheraton Sweet Sleeper beds
Feel at home with a flat-screen TV, complimentary Starbucks Coffee®, and bath amenities. At the end of the day, sleep soundly in custom-designed beds with plush top mattresses.
Guest Highlights
- Spotless, spacious guestrooms
- High-quality beds
- Breakfast
- Overall value of stay
- Helpful staff
- Overall room comfort
- WiFi could've been better
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
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Hotel Amenities
Located in the heart of Bloomington, the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel is ideally situated within minutes from Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, Mall of America, downtown Minneapolis, downtown St. Paul, many Fortune 500 companies, and other local favorites that make Minneapolis/Bloomington a unique destination. Parking is complimentary.
This Sheraton Bloomington Hotel is the perfect backdrop, from small executive meetings, to intimate social gatherings, to large conventions. Select from over 17,000 sq feet (1,579 sq meters) of spectacular spaces including the Bloomington Ballroom and a wide selection of perfectly-appointed meeting rooms. The Sheraton also offers an onsite cafe that serves light fare.
- Fitness facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 282
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of floors - 6
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Coffee shop or café
- Free WiFi
- Luggage storage
- Number of meeting rooms - 15
- Year Built 1970
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Free self parking
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Refrigerator (on request)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Hair dryer
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free newspaper
- Premium bedding
- Desk
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Iron/ironing board
- Daily housekeeping
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Free toiletries
- In-room safe
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Lela - Modern American fare, fine wine, and handcrafted cocktails. Enjoy house made pasta, steak, and seafood crudos. Open for brunch, lunch, and dinner.
The Side Bar - Located in the communal lobby, this venue offers all day dining with full breakfast, pastries and Starbucks® coffee in the morning. In the evening, the space is transformed into a place to grab a signature cocktail or glass of wine with dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Cross-country skiing nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 25.00 per stay.
- Pets allowed
- Dogs only
- 2 per room (up to 80 lb)
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
This hotel will place a credit card authorization at check-in for any bookings where payment for the stay will be made on site instead of at the time of booking. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 10 and USD 20 per person (approximately)
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 25.00 per stay
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- Sofitel Hotel Minneapolis
- Sofitel Minneapolis Hotel Bloomington
- Bloomington Sheraton
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- Sheraton Hotel Bloomington
- Bloomington Sofitel
- Sheraton Bloomington Hotel MN, North America
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Ceremonies Across Southern California Remember 9/11
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Standing before a steel girder from the World Trade Center, Los Angeles officials marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with speeches, a bell ringing ceremony and a rendition of "Taps."
Police Chief Charlie Beck called 9/11 "a day of horror and infamy."
Law enforcement helicopters flew over the ceremony Wednesday at the LA Fire Department training center in Elysian Park
It was one of many similar events across Southern California.
In Malibu, the lawn at Pepperdine University is adorned with nearly 3,000 flags, each representing the nationality of each victim of the attacks 12 years ago.
Before an evening game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers will pay tribute to first responders by unfurling a 9/11 flag from the New York Says Thank You Foundation in center field.


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'"Obviously it's a tough loss for them, but it doesn't really change anything as far as what we do," said Carolina coach Peter Laviolette. "When we're playing our game, we try to take advantage of the other team's defense from the top of the circles down and we'll continue to make that a part of the game plan, but the fact that he's out is an area you try to exploit."'
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UC Hastings uses ExamSoft's SofTest exam software. It is the same software that is used by the California Bar for the Bar Exams.
To download your SofTest application, use this link to the UC Hastings page at ExamSoft. You can check if your computer and operating system meet the requirements for using SofTest by looking for the System Requirements on that page. We highly recommend that you not upgrade to a new operating system until ExamSoft has announced that it is compatible with that new operating system. Otherwise, you may not be able to use your computer for exams.
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Microsoft recently released the consumer preview of Microsoft Office 2013, which is available free of charge at http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en [1].
This is part one of a series of articles describing some of the changes and new features in Office 2013.
Microsoft Word 2013 includes the traditional ribbon style interface of the 2007/2010 versions of Word, with some exciting improvements – especially when it comes to how you save and share documents. Office 2013 setup now prompts you to sign in to a Microsoft account (or Windows Live, Hotmail, MSN) and will sign in automatically when you launch any Office 2013 application.
Once you've signed in, Microsoft's SkyDrive will be enabled, which will let you save and share documents in the cloud. Skydrive is a free service by Microsoft and syncs information automatically with your SkyDrive account, allowing you to share documents and files with other users.
When you first open Word 2013 you will be greeted with the new document template selection screen which shows your recent documents, along with templates available to create new ones. These templates are stored both on the local computer and Microsoft's online database of templates. When you select one, it will automatically download to your computer and open.
The biggest change to Word is in the Save menu where saving now defaults to Microsoft's SkyDrive service. You still have the option of saving to your local computer or to shared network locations. For those of you worried about if your internet connection fails, there is a red warning which comes up if the save was not successful. Thankfully, Microsoft has a long track record of reliable servers, so we expect this feature to be well managed. For enterprise users there will be a SharePoint option which lets you save to your companies SharePoint server by default instead of the SkyDrive.
The redesigned file menu has a new Share function which lets you collaborate on documents with other users of Office 2013 (you'll be able to see who is editing a document and the document will update to reflect any changes). You can also choose if the person can edit or just view the document and invite people by name if they are in your contacts. Adding by e-mail address is also available.
You can also get a link to the document for both editing or viewing, which will open up in any web browser. This will be very helpful, for example, if you send out an e-mail asking people to RSVP. You can include a RSVP Word document with the e-mail they can edit with how many people will be attending.
Give it a test drive:
Click Here to View My Test Document [2]
Along with direct posting to social networks and e-mailing the document, you can also publish as a blog post, which will convert the document to a format compatible with popular blog software such as WordPress, TypePad or Microsoft's SharePoint blog.
There will also be Import/Export functions built into Word to support Adobe's PDF format. You will be able to edit and print Adobe PDF documents and save documents as PDF. This will be especially helpful for people filling out forms online or creating forms for people to fill out.
The final major improvement to Word 2013 is the reading view. Reading view is designed for easier reading of documents and will definitely improve the experience of reading a document on a touch screen enabled PC. This mode also includes some handy zoom features and adds right/left arrow buttons to flip between pages, much like reading a book. This mode is going to be ideal for reading documents, and may be the best improvement to Word for those who have to spend a lot of time reading rather then creating documents.
Overall, the experience so far with Word 2013 is a positive one. While the PDF editing feature did present some alignment problems, it's to be expected from a preview edition. The SkyDrive integration and document collaboration efforts present a fantastic leap forward for Word.
Keep an eye out on www.worldstart.com [3] for other reports coming soon on Office 2013 Consumer Preview.


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On the radar
Yep, I know we're only a day removed from Sunday, but there are a couple of things on the radar that deserve addressing today, a beautiful Monday on which I don't have to work.
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Missing the mark: Nine days left, $22 million and change to go. So it doesn't look like the Ubuntu Edge campaign will make its goal next week, but Mark Shuttleworth is not deterred, claiming victory in a wide assortment of articles that are easily available across the tech news realm. Yet more importantly, and probably more telling, is a commentary by Fabian Scherschel — a European journalist/magazine editor who can be heard weekly on Linux Outlaws — which speaks to the issue so well, it is something I wish I had written. Take a few minutes to read Fab's analysis — I'll wait.
But after you're done with Fab's article . . . .
The polls are open: Vote early and often — Foss Force is into its second round of polling for their Best Personal Linux or FOSS Blog Poll, and round two ends Monday, August 19. Thankfully, I made the first round, and my doppelganger on the Debian/CrunchBang side, Larry the CrunchBang Guy, also made it to the 19 candidates on the list.
The list of blogs that made the 19 finalists are outstanding and I'm honored to be in this group. To say the least, I could easily vote for many of these over my own with a clear conscience — Benjamin Kerensa's blog or Matthew Garrett's blog for starters — and my good friend Ken Starks' Blog of Helios has been a fantastic read for years. My suggestion is to read 'em all before you vote.
Anyway, vote for two in this round. The next round — the finals — are going to be a one-vote affair starting next Monday.
A huge debt of gratitude is owed to FOSS Force for hosting this poll on behalf of those of us who blog for the love of FOSS and blogging, as opposed to picking up a paycheck for it (though, truth be told, many — me included, especially me — would gladly do it for a check). The poll is giving all of us on the ballot a huge amount of exposure, and I think I speak for all of the candidates when I say, "thank you!"
Oh, before I forget: This blog mentioned Ubuntu Edge and, of course, it's time for the windup and the pitch.
Want to give some money to projects that really make a difference? Give instead to:
Reglue (especially Reglue, which is creating a new generation of FOSS users as you read this sentence)
Partimus (bringing Linux boxes to classrooms in the San Francisco Bay Area, or any other project like it)
CrunchBang (or your favorite distro, if it accepts donations)
Tux4Kids (the folks who bring you Tux Paint and other educational FOSS programs across platforms)
Or even taking a look at the list of projects at Software for the Public Interest and choose one of those.
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy, Larry the CrunchBang Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)


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GSA Opens Call for DC-Area Telecom Service Proposal
January 7, 2007
Contact: Jon Anderson (202) 501-1231
Washington, DC – The request for proposals is now open for the Washington Interagency Telecommunications System 3 (WITS 3) acquisition on FedBizOpps, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced today. Issued by the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) within GSA's National Capital Region (NCR), WITS 3 will replace the existing WITS2001 contract, which expires January 2008.
"We believe the WITS 3 RFP will encourage vigorous competition because it offers industry an excellent opportunity to step in with innovative solutions and aggressive strategies to support government cooperation and innovation into the next decade," said NCR's Acting Regional Administrator Ann Everett. "WITS 3 is part of GSA's overall telecommunications strategy, and complements GSA's Networx contract by assuring a smooth path forward for our many customers in the National Capital area."
WITS 3 will provide the latest and most cost-effective communications services for all federal agencies and other authorized users in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. It will continue to offer current WITS2001 customers a wide range of voice and data services, technical support services and equipment but will incorporate new, innovative services as they become commercially available in the rapidly evolving telecommunications market. For industry, WITS 3 is structured to provide the greatest amount of flexibility for proposing fresh approaches while allowing bidders to propose services where they are commercially available today.
"WITS 3 is the largest of the regional local service procurements planned," said John Johnson, FAS Assistant Commissioner for Integrated Technology Solutions. "The National Capital Region has the largest local service community of federal government users in the nation, with the most sophisticated local communications needs. Not only will WITS 3 ensure our Federal customers here have continued access to the best local service telecommunications technologies available, it will also serve as a stable platform for customers desiring to transition their enterprise infrastructures to GSA's Networx portfolio of service offerings during the next decade."
Industry responses to the WITS 3 RFP are due March 5, 2007. The solicitation (WTOC06RCN0001) and a link to a portal providing secure, electronic access to traffic data (e.g., location, type, and quantity of services), is available at gsa.gov via http://www.gsa.gov/wits3.
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the Federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in Federal assets, including 8,300 government-owned or leased buildings and 170,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, acting as a steward of more than 420 historic properties, and as manager of FirstGov.gov, the official portal to Federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and e-travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows Federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
Did You Know? GSA Network Services provides a wide range of domestic and international network solutions to federal and other authorized users at competitive prices and with superior customer service. With full service contracts that are in-place and ready to use, GSA Network Services delivers the best value and innovation to meet mission requirements and operational needs worldwide. Some of the many solutions available include voice, dedicated transmission service, frame relay, ATM, multi-tier security profiles, wireless, Internet, wire and cable, and telecommunications support services.


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Feature Spotlight
In the development version of Crystal Space (1.1) we recently added support for decals. In this screenshot you can see how decals will be used in future versions of PlaneShift for doing shadows under characters and for a targetting effect. Of course you can use decals for many other things (footsteps, bullet holes, ...).
This is a collection of videos that demonstrate specific features or give an impression of projects using CrystalSpace.
Featured Projectopen Outcast is a free and portable action-adventure that wants to become the inofficial successor of the commercial game "Outcast". After the official sequel "Outcast 2" was canceled because the game studio went bankrupt, a bunch of fans decided to create their own sequel using free technology. Get yourself an impression on the progress of the project by visiting our website! Open Outcast can be found at www.openoutcast.org and you can download the tech demo from this location.
Previous Featured ProjectsPlaneshift is an Open Source MMORPG which has been using our engine for years. In general, whenever there is a new Feature in CS they are amongst the first to explore it and, um, help finding (and fixing) bugs. Read more about their great project on their homepage.


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Well-known fact: The NIV Bible translation is celebrating its 30th anniversary
Only slightly less well-known fact: Multnomah University will play a part in the festivities
Even as you read this, a four-person team is touring 90 U.S. cities in a custom RV, inviting people to hand-write a single verse of the Bible. 31,173 verses (and people) later, they will have compiled what Zondervan Bible Publishers is calling "America's NIV," a handwritten Bible which will be reproduced and sold, complete with an index of everyone who participated in the project. The original copy will be donated to the Smithsonian Institute.
Would you like your scrivenery added to the 31, 172 others' featured in America's NIV? What are you waiting for? Grab your pen and come on down...
- Where: Multnomah University at 8435 Northeast Glisan Street, Portland, Oregon 97220
- When: Friday, January 30, 2009 from 10am to 4pm
- How Much: Admission is free
See you there.
Visit Bible Across America's website for a list of locations, real-time GPS tracking of the team's current location, and more.
93.9 KPDQ fm radio is a co-sponsor of the Portland tour stop here on campus, and huge supporter of Multnomah University, frequently featuring our faculty members as guests and substitute hosts.
If you would like more information about Bible Across America's stop at Multnomah University, leave a comment and we will reply to you as soon as we can.


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I was a fan of Sex in the City (book and TV show) so I was interested to see how this book, The Carrie Diaries, would work in the scheme of things. It really could have been about any character as Carrie is the only one of the regulars who appear in the book except for the last page. I enjoyed the book as it brought back high school memories for me since it takes place in the 80's and has references to people and bands then, as well as an early drinking age, but I wonder if young adults now would get into it as much as I did? I consider this title an OK read, since I've read better but I've also read worse.
The Carrie Diaries has been made into a TV series on CW, and there's even a follow-up to the first book titled:
Summer and the City: a Carrie Diaries Novel by the same author. These are considered Young Adult.
Can't get enough, try checking out some DVDs of the Sex in the City TV show and movies are also available.
We would be glad to Interlibrary Loan any we don't have. Just ask at the Reference Desk, or contact us at 630.260.1550 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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hi gyhs i am a new member here so hallo.
i have a problem.
i install the bt4 via vmware 7.
i login with no problem.
i have internet via bt4.
but when i do the command iwconfig say no "lo no wireless connections"
"eth0 no wireless connections".
When i try/etc/init.d/networking start
it say "failed to bring up wlan0"
what i can do? i have a tp link TL-WN821n usb wifi adapter on my desktop.
thanks and i am waiting for your response .
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