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Ask a Teacher: Asking Someone About Their Job
Have you ever wanted to ask someone in English about the kind of work they do but were unsure how? Many cultures have ways of doing this.
Today on Ask a Teacher, our question comes from Azra in Turkey.
Is it polite to ask people about their jobs? How can I ask someone without sounding impolite?
Hello Azra and thanks for writing to us!
In the United States, asking someone about their job is one of the most common things to do when meeting that person for the first time. But in some other cultures, this question may be considered disrespectful, so be careful.
Although questions such as "What is your job" and "What are you" seem like the most direct ways to ask, we do not use them. The questions are structured correctly but, to Americans, they can sound impolite and unnatural.
虽然像"What is your job?"和"What are you?"这样的问题似乎是最直接的提问方式,但我们不用它们。这些问题的结构是正确的,但对美国人来说,它们听起来既不礼貌又不自然。
Instead, we have a few ways to ask that sound more natural.
When you meet someone in a social situation, and you want to know what kind of work they do, the most common question is this:
What do you do?
It is a shorter way of asking:
What do you do for a living?
Listen to both questions and some answers you might hear. Pay close attention to the pronunciation of "What do you do" as it usually sounds like "Whaddya do" when said quickly:
听两个问题和一些你可能听过的答案。仔细听"What do you do?"的发音,当说快时,它通常听起来像"what addya do?":
What do you do?
I'm a teacher.
What do you do for a living?
I work in photojournalism.
What do you do?
I run an arts program for teenagers.
What do you do for a living?
I'm a musician.
Compare the question "What do you do" to "What are you doing" They sound similar, but the second is not work-related. It is asking what the person is doing right now, this minute.
将"What do you do?"这个问题与"What are you doing?"相比较。它们听起来很相似,但第二个与工作无关。它问的是这个人此刻正在做什么。
Two other friendly ways to ask someone about their work are "What kind of work do you do" and "What line of work are you in"You can answer in the same way, saying something like, "I run an arts program for teenagers" or "I'm a musician."
另外两种询问他人工作的友好方式是"What kind of work do you do?"和"What line of work are you in?"。你可以用同样的方式回答,比如说,"I run an arts program for teenagers."或者"I'm a musician."。
After the person answers the question, it is a good idea to ask one or two more questions, Listen to an example:
What do you do for a living?
I run an arts program for teenagers.
Nice! How long have you been doing that?
For about five years now.
Where do you work?
At the city's arts and culture division.
Despite how common job-related questions are in social situations in the U.S., situations differ. Some people may find these questions too personal if asked too soon. If you're ever unsure, you can start a conversation in other ways, such as asking what the person does for fun in that city. Or, you can comment on something interesting or funny at the event or activity.
You should avoid the questions "What is your profession" and "What is your occupation" They sound too official, so we do not use them in friendly situations. You would probably only hear them during a job interview or in an office environment.
你应该避免"What is your profession?"和"What is your occupation?"这样的问题。它们听起来太正式了,所以我们不会在友好场合使用它们。你可能只会在工作面试或办公室中听到它们。
Another thing to know is that, in American culture, we do not ask about a person's wages. Even some close friends and relatives do not discuss this subject. So, unless someone shares this information with you or asks for wage advice, avoid asking this question.
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With two weeks to go to the finals of the soccer World Cup in Brazil, small German start-up company GoalControl has the technology ready make the calls cheered and challenged around the globe: goal or no goal. This year's World Cup will be the first when 'goal-line technology' will be used, years after the concept was introduced to sports such as cricket, rugby and tennis.
The system, which costs 100,000-170,000 euros ($136,000-$2 31,200) a year, makes use of 14 cameras. They send digitalised pictures to a data room, sitting in the top of the soccer stadium. After analysing the data, the message will be sent to a special watch, worn by the referee with the word "GOAL" if the balls is over the line. The process takes less than a second.
"Clearly, the world cup is very important to us. We hope to convince some sceptics about the technology," said Dirk Broichhausen, managing director and co-founder of GoalControl.
At the moment the company makes less than 10 million euros in annual revenues. But it estimates it is tapping into a market of about 100 million euros.
"The game is changing rapidly and we are looking at other sports which can use our technology," Broichhausen said at the Tivoli soccer stadium, which has has the system installed.
FIFA was persuaded to move to technology after an incident in the 2010 World Cup when England's Frank Lampard was denied a goal against Germany when his shot hit the bar and officials failed to spot it had bounced down just behind the line. That would have tied the match at 2-2 but Germany went on to win 4-1.
The incident had echoes of a famous incident in 1966 when England beat West Germany 4-2 in the final at Wembley, helped by a similar disputed goal that was given to the English on this occasion.
Germans sometimes use the phrase "Wembleytor" to refer to such incidents when the eye struggles to see whether the ball has crossed the line.
It was a similar incident five years ago, during the German second soccer division game between Munich 1860 and Kaiserslautern, that prompted Broichhausen to wonder whether software could recognise the ball and make the call. It could.
Earlier this month the technology moved back into the spotlight after the German cup final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, only weeks after the German clubs had rejected the technology.
Dortmund were confident they had scored against champions Bayern when Mats Hummels headed into goal in the 64th minute and defender Dante cleared the ball near the line with the score at 0-0.
Television replays showed both Dante's leg and the ball were clearly over the line. Instead it was Bayern who struck twice in extra time to lift the trophy and complete the domestic double.
GoalControl is looking at other applications. The software can help to establish whether a player was offside or not.
The English Premier League adopted goal-line technology this past season when it started using a system supplied by Hawk-Eye, a British-based company owned by Sony.
The 36 German clubs from the first and second soccer division rejected the introduction of the technology in March because of the technology's cost.
Earlier in the season Bayer Leverkusen's Stefan Kiessling scored a 'phantom goal' against Hoffenheim when the ball went in through the side netting.
Bayern Munich last week asked for introduction of the technology just for the Bundesliga after Germany's football league (DFL) had said would review the matter if a club filed another request.
Broichhausen is convinced the world's most popular game is on the verge of big changes. "We are making history. The soccer fans want this technology. They don't want to debate after a game whether it was a goal or not. They just want to know."
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My favorite way to carry my tube watercolors now is in these vintage tin palettes. I've just added a new batch to the shop. Just fill with your favorite tube watercolor paints. You can find them in my shop HERE. Please follow along with my Instagram account for more recent art updates and to see what I'm up to. My account name is MishWooderson.
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September 4, 2016
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Hey there, hope you are enjoying the weekend. I have just added some new Travel Sketch Rolls and Vintage Paint Palettes to my shop. Both have been selling quickly over the weekend.
The Travel Sketch Rolls have been a popular item for those taking my Close to Home: A Watercolor Landscape Journey class over at Jeanne Oliver's website. You can see all about the class here and registration is still open. We've been having a blast on the exclusive Facebook page where we share our work, ask questions and network with other artists.
I also have a live class happening at Jeanne Oliver's studio this month. It's called Field Guide: A Nature Inspired Sketchbook. It's a one or two day workshop and it's going to be fabulous. I would love to have you join Jeanne and I in her beautiful studio and paint right outside her back door in beautiful Colorado.
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Hello friends. If you haven't visited in a while, I'm hosting two classes with Jeanne Oliver. One is an online class called Close To Home: A Watercolor Landscape Journey. The other is a class at Jeanne's beautiful home and studio in scenic Colorado, coming up in September. It's called Field Guide: A Nature Inspired Sketchbook. We'll be learning more about sketching and watercolor and will be taking our supplies outside to sketch scenes from Jeanne's beautiful land. Both classes are going to be jam packed with tips to jump start your art. We'll learn about sketching, watercolors, setting up a palette, supplies, and taking it all outside. You can learn more about each class by checking out the blog post links I've provided above. I'd love to have you join me in this creative journey.
In this post I'm sharing a project that will be similar to lesson in the Close To Home class. You can get an idea of what the class has to offer, however all of the lessons in class will be in video format. I can't wait for it to begin on August 22nd.
Experimenting with mixed media and watercolor can give some fun results. To get my creative juices flowing I like to sometimes get out my Dylusions journals and just have some fun. In this journal, I've prepared each page ahead of time with a piece of vintage paper, some gesso, etc. So every time I turn to a new page, I'm given a new challenge.
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Hey there, I wanted to provide a few updates of some fun happenings. My class Close to Home: A Watercolor Landscape Journey starts this month, August 22nd. You can register HERE. The count down is on and there is a lot of excitement buzzing around for this class. It's not too late to join in. Details are on Jeanne Oliver's site HERE.
Also, I'll be teaching another new class at Jeanne's studio in beautiful Colorado! If you love art, travel and the great outdoors, this class is for you. You can find out more about the class Field Guide: A Nature Inspired Sketchbook and register at the end of that post.
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New art items in the shop...
Hey guys, I've just listed some new items to use with your art in my shop. LINK IS HERE. There are lots of fun little dishes that are perfect for mixing washes or for when you work with mixed media like Gesso. Most items are in the shop, a few will be added soon.
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Tom retired from the Senate, but Republicans won the major contested races and took actual control of the Senate 25-24. Sheldon said all along he would continue to caucus with Republicans, so the coalition remains intact. His reward is keeping the leadership position.
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Transatomic Power, an MIT spinoff, is developing a nuclear reactor that it estimates will cut the overall cost of a nuclear power plant in half. It's an updated molten-salt reactor, a type that's highly resistant to meltdowns. Molten-salt reactors were demonstrated in the 1960s at Oak Ridge National Lab, where one test reactor ran for six years, but the technology hasn't been used commercially.
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High costs, together with concerns about safety and waste disposal, have largely stalled construction of new nuclear plants in the United States and elsewhere (though construction continues in some countries, including China). Japan and Germany even shut down existing plants after the Fukushima accident two years ago (see "Japan's Economic Troubles Spur a Return to Nuclear" and "Small Nukes Get Boost"). Several companies are trying to address the cost issue by developing small modular reactors that can be built in factories. But these are typically limited to producing 200 megawatts of power, whereas conventional reactors produce more than 1,000 megawatts.
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A conventional nuclear power plant is cooled by water, which boils at a temperature far below the 2,000 °C at the core of a fuel pellet. Even after the reactor is shut down, it must be continuously cooled by pumping in water. The inability to do that is what caused the problems at Fukushima: hydrogen explosions, releases of radiation, and finally meltdown.
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NRC spokesman Scott Burnell says that the commission is aware of Transatomic's concept but that designs haven't been submitted for review yet. He says that for the next few years, the NRC will be focused on certifying more conventional designs for small modular reactors. He says the certification process for Transatomic will take at least five years once the company submits a detailed design, with additional review needed specifically for issues related to fuel and waste management.
A detailed engineering design itself may be years away. The company's next step is raising $5 million to run five experiments to help validate the basic design. Russ Wilcox, Transatomic's CEO and the former CEO of E Ink, estimates that it will take eight years to build a prototype reactor—at a cost of $200 million. He says that's less time than it took investors to get a return on E Ink, which was acquired for $450 million 13 years after the first investments in the company.
Even though it could take well over a decade for investors to get a return, venture funding isn't out of the question, Ray Rothrock says. But he says the company will face many challenges. "The technology doesn't bother me in the least," he says. "I have confidence in the people. I wish someone would build this thing, because I think it would work. It's all the other factors that make it daunting."
The company's biggest challenge might come from China, which is investing $350 million over five years to develop molten-salt reactors of its own. It plans to build a two-megawatt test reactor by 2020.
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The Dodgers tied their franchise record with their 12th-straight road victory, and because the game was so early, I wasn't there to see it. Neither was Mark Ellis or Don Mattingly, both of whom were ejected in the fourth inning arguing a called strike three (to Mellis, not Mattingly).
But that two-run fourth inning, in which the Dodgers stretched their lead to 5-1 (thanks to a Hyun-Jin Ryu single, a Nick Punto infield single, an Adrian Gonzalez RBI single, a Yasiel Puig HBP, and a Scott Van Slyke sacrifice fly), was the dagger.
Ryu only ended up going 5.1 IP and giving up 11 H but only 2 ER, along with 0 BB and 6 Ks. J.P. Howell completed the sixth inning and Brandon League, Ronald Belisario, and even (gasp!) Carlos Marmol followed with scoreless innings each.
Tomorrow's game is @ 1p again. I'll be ready this time.


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By Holbrook Mohr and John Flesher, AP Writers
ON BARATARIA BAY, La. -- A containment cap that sucked some of the oil from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico offered a small sign of progress for a region that has seen its wildlife coated in a lethal oil muck, its fishermen idled and its beaches tarnished by the nation's worst oil spill.
BP chief executive Tony Hayward told the BBC on Sunday that over the last 24 hours, the cap placed on the gusher near the sea floor trapped about 420,000 gallons of oil. It's not clear how much is still escaping -- an estimated 500,000 to 1 million gallons of crude is believed to be leaking daily.
Hayward said he believed the cap is likely to capture "the majority, probably the vast majority" of the oil gushing from the well.
The next step is for engineers at BP PLC to attempt to close vents on the cap that were deliberately allowing streams of oil to escape the system so water cannot get inside. When water and gas combined in an earlier containment box, it formed a frozen slush that foiled the system.
The federal government's point man for the response, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said the goal is to gradually increase the amount of the oil being captured. He compared the process to stopping the flow of water from a garden hose with a finger: "You don't want to put your finger down too quickly, or let it off too quickly."
On CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, Allen also took issue with BP officials who said they were pleased with results of the latest effort. He said progress was being made, "but I don't think anybody should be pleased as long as there is oil in the water."
While BP plans to eventually use an additional set of hoses and pipes to increase the amount of oil being trapped, the ultimate solution remains a relief well that should be finished by August.
The urgency of that task was apparent along the Gulf Coast nearly seven weeks after a BP rig exploded and the wellhead a mile below the surface began belching millions of gallon of oil.
Pelicans struggle to free themselves from oil, thick as tar, that gathers in hip-deep pools, while others stretch out useless wings, feathers dripping with crude. Dead birds and dolphins wash ashore, coated in the sludge. Seashells are stained crimson.
"These waters are my backyard, my life," said boat captain Dave Marino, a firefighter and fishing guide from Myrtle Grove. "I don't want to say heartbreaking, because that's been said. It's a nightmare. It looks like it's going to be wave after wave of it and nobody can stop it."
The oil has steadily spread east, washing up in greater quantities in recent days.
Government officials estimate that roughly 22 million to 48 million gallons have leaked into the Gulf since the April 20 explosion that killed 11 workers.
A line of oil mixed with seaweed stretched all across the beach Sunday morning in Gulf Shores, Ala. The oil often wasn't visible, hidden beneath the washed-up plants. At a cleaning station outside a huge condominium tower, Leon Baum was scrubbing oil off his feet with Dawn dishwashing detergent.
Baum drove with his children and grandchildren from Bebee, Ark., for their annual vacation on Alabama's coast. They had contemplated leaving because of the oil, but they've already spent hundreds of dollars on their getaway.
"After you drive all this way, you stay," Baum said.
At Pensacola Beach, Buck Langston and his family took to collecting globs of tar instead of sea shells on Sunday morning. They used improvised chop sticks to pick up the balls and drop them into plastic containers. Ultimately, the hoped to help clean it all up, Langston said.
"Yesterday it wasn't like this, this heavy," Langston said. "I don't know why cleanup crews aren't out here."
Back in Louisiana, along the beach at Queen Bess Island, oil pooled several feet deep, trapping birds against containment boom. The futility of their struggle was confirmed when Joe Sartore, a National Geographic photographer, sank thigh deep in oil on nearby East Grand Terre Island and had to be pulled from the tar.
"I would have died if I would have been out here alone," he said.
With no oil response workers on Queen Bess, Plaquemines Parish coastal zone management director P.J. Hahn decided he could wait no longer, pulling an exhausted brown pelican from the oil, slime dripping from its wings.
"We're in the sixth week, you'd think there would be a flotilla of people out here," Hahn said. "As you can see, we're so far behind the curve in this thing."
After six weeks with one to four birds a day coming into Louisiana's rescue center for oiled birds at Fort Jackson, 53 arrived Thursday and another 13 Friday morning, with more on the way. Federal authorities say 792 dead birds, sea turtles, dolphins and other wildlife have been collected from the Gulf of Mexico and its coastline.
Yet scientists say the wildlife death toll remains relatively modest, well below the tens of thousand of birds, otters and other creatures killed after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound. The numbers have stayed comparatively low because the Deepwater Horizon rig was 50 miles off the coast and most of the oil has stayed in the open sea. The Valdez ran aground on a reef close to land, in a more enclosed setting.
Experts say the Gulf's marshes, beaches and coastal waters, which nurture a dazzling array of life, could be transformed into killing fields, though the die-off could take months or years and unfold largely out of sight. The damage could be even greater beneath the water's surface, where oil and dispersants could devastate zooplankton and tiny invertebrates at the base of the food chain.
"People naturally tend to focus on things that are most conspicuous, like oiled birds, but in my opinion the impacts on fisheries will be much more severe," said Rich Ambrose, director of the environmental science and engineering at program at UCLA.
The Gulf is also home to dolphins and species including the endangered sperm whale. A government report found that dolphins with prolonged exposure to oil in the 1990s experienced skin injuries and burns, reduced neurological functions and lower hemoglobin levels in their blood. It concluded that the effects probably wouldn't be lethal because many creatures would avoid the oil. Yet dolphins in the Gulf have been spotted swimming through plumes of crude.
The prospect left fishing guide Marino shaking his head, as he watched the oil washing into a marsh and over the body of a dead pelican. Species like shrimp and crab flourish here, finding protection in the grasses. Fish, birds and other creatures feed here.
"It's going to break that cycle of life," Marino said. "It's like pouring gas in your aquarium. What do you think that's going to do?"(Flesher reported from Traverse City, Mich. Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Holbrook Mohr on Barataria Bay, La.; Melissa Nelson in Pensacola Beach, Fla.; and Jay Reeves in Gulf Shores, Ala.)


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Reconcilable Differences? An Evaluation of Current INS Restructuring Proposals
For more than a century, policymakers and practitioners have debated the structure and purpose of the U.S. immigration system, but in the aftermath of recent breaches the momentum necessary for reform has arrived. Although there is much consensus among the leading proposals on the table, none consolidates all immigration functions under a single, independent agency. The failure to consolidate all immigration functions under a single agency and subsequently, to delineate a clear and unified immigration policy is the subject of this policy brief. In it, authors examine the main reasons for this oversight, outline key challenges that must be overcome, evaluate the leading proposals currently being discussed, and offer recommendations on how to proceed.
The brief outlines the main failures of the current Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), namely in the area of policy coherence and rules, efficiency and accountability, and suggests that these problems may only be remedied by a complete overhaul of the manner by which the INS is currently organized. The brief finds that although key points of consensus exist in each of the current proposals – that of the Administration, Sensenbrenner-Gekas, Kennedy-Brownback, and of the Office of Homeland Security – the current discussion does not go far enough. Rather than blurring and weakening the functions of the immigration agency as many of the proposals suggest, the authors underscore the importance of strengthening the authority of the immigration agency in order to achieve a clear and uniform immigration policy.
In light of the current debate, the authors recommend the Bush Administration and Congress to: table the Office of Homeland Security's proposal; use the Kennedy-Brownback bill as a baseline for developing a restructuring roadmap and reorganizational outline; create an expert advisory panel to collaborate with the Commissioner on the reorganization of the entire immigration system; and make available to the Commissioner all resources necessary to proceed with the restructuring.


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Democrat Melanie Stansbury Wins US House Race in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Democrat Melanie Stansbury won election to Congress for New Mexico on Tuesday with a campaign closely tied to initiatives of the Biden administration.
Stanbury prevailed in an open, four-way race to fill a vacant seat previously held by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. The 42-year-old state legislator outpaced her Republican rival by more than 30,000 votes, garnering roughly six of every 10 votes as ballots were tallied into the night.
Stansbury closely tethered her bid for Congress to proposed and enacted Democratic legislation on pandemic relief, infrastructure spending and interventions to slow climate change. Her victory shores up the Democratic majority in Congress ahead of 2022 midterm elections.
She strode on stage in Albuquerque with both arms raised high, in celebration of her win. Thanking supporters and volunteers, she said the grit and determination that fueled her campaign was learned from her own mother, who worked in a denim factory and later as a crane operator.
"When the moment demands it, when our families and our communities demand it, when our country demands it, we step up and find the solutions for communities and we figure it out," Stanbury said. "And that is exactly what we did in this campaign and that is why I am standing before you tonight."
Stanbury's victory preserves an all-female House delegation for the state. She defeated third-term Republican state Sen. Mark Moores to fill an Albuquerque-based seat that has been held by Democrats since 2009.
Libertarian nominee Chris Manning and independent Aubrey Dunn Jr. campaigned unsuccessfully to represent the 1st Congressional District, which encompasses Albuquerque, rural Torrance County and other outlying areas that include the Indigenous community of Sandia Pueblo.
Stanbury reiterated her push for a $15 minimum wage, economic and racial equality and police reforms. She said there's a lot of work to do and she wants to give everyone a seat at the table as the country and its infrastructure is rebuilt.
Amid Election Day voting, she emphasized the need for a major round of federal infrastructure spending.
"This is especially important for New Mexico because it includes funding for things like broadband and clean energy," Stansbury said.
The district's voters have heavily favored Democratic candidates in recent years, shunning former President Donald Trump with a gap of 23 percentage points in 2020 and reelecting Haaland with a margin of 16 percentage points as voter participation reached an all-time high.
Tuesday's election is among a handful of races to fill vacancies in Congress ahead of 2022 midterm elections. Democrats held a 219-211 majority in Congress going into Tuesday's vote in New Mexico.
Moores tried unsuccessfully to flip the seat to Republican control by highlighting concerns about crime in Albuquerque and painting his Democratic opponent as a radical progressive.
Sean Patrick Maloney, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said from New Mexico that enthusiasm is up among Democrats and that Stansbury's win helps ensure work can continue in Washington on the Democratic agenda.
New Mexico's 1st District seat has consistently been a stepping stone to higher office for Republican and Democratic politicians, including now-deceased Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Jr., former U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
The district relies heavily on federal military and research funding as home to Kirtland Air Force Base and Sandia National Laboratories.
Trump in 2020 fell flat with Albuquerque-area voters after he sent federal agents to bolster local law enforcement efforts.
Republicans last year flipped the state's sprawling 2nd Congressional District in southern New Mexico as Yvette Herrell of Alamogordo ousted incumbent U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small.


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Genetically engineered virus kills liver cancer
A genetically-engineered virus tested in 30 terminally-ill liver cancer patients significantly prolonged their lives, killing tumours and inhibiting the growth of new ones, scientists reported on Sunday.
Sixteen patients given a high dose of the therapy survived for 14.1 months on average, compared to 6.7 months for the 14 who got the low dose.
"For the first time in medical history we have shown that a genetically-engineered virus can improve survival of cancer patients," study co-author David Kirn told AFP.
The four-week trial with the vaccine Pexa-Vec or JX-594, reported in the journal Nature Medicine, may hold promise for the treatment of advanced solid tumours.
"Despite advances in cancer treatment over the past 30 years with chemotherapy and biologics, the majority of solid tumours remain incurable once they are metastatic (have spread to other organs)," the authors wrote.
There was a need for the development of "more potent active immunotherapies", they noted.
Pexa-Vec "is designed to multiply in and subsequently destroy cancer cells, while at the same time making the patients' own immune defence system attack cancer cells also," said Kirn from California-based biotherapy company Jennerex.
"The results demonstrated that Pexa-Vec treatment at both doses resulted in a reduction of tumour size and decreased blood flow to tumours," said a Jennerex statement.
"The data further demonstrates that Pexa-Vec treatment induced an immune response against the tumour."
Pexa-Vec has been engineered from the vaccinia virus, which has been used as a vaccine for decades, including in the eradication of smallpox.
The trial showed Pexa-Vec to be well tolerated both at high and low doses, with flu-like symptoms lasting a day or two in all patients and severe nausea and vomiting in one.
The authors said a larger trial has to confirm the results. A follow-up phase with about 120 patients is already underway.
Pexa-Vec is also being tested in other types of cancer tumours.
More information: DOI: 10.1038/nm.3089
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Q. Roger, could you talk about how a little ironic it is that you and Contreras are going against each other after you were teammates in New York. Earlier today he was very complimentary about the help you gave him when he came from Cuba, and maybe you could talk about that?
ROGER CLEMENS: I don't know how ironic it is. We were teammates, I've crossed paths with a lot of teammates, I've been doing this for quite some time. I will comment on he was eager to learn when he came over, and had the -- I didn't know a lot about him as far as his -- what he was like when he would take the mound and how he would pitch, but after watching him and some of the work we did in spring training, he really was encouraged when he watched Andy and I work in the mornings. We tried to encourage him on many occasions to come out and work with us, especially being -- he's a big-bodied kid. It was a lot of fun, when he started showing up in the mornings working with us, we had fun and got to know him better. That's how things took off once we became teammates.
Q. Were you nervous in your first World Series appearance, and how do you feel now? How do you keep everything in perspective and not being overwhelmed with everything?
ROGER CLEMENS: I'm never really been nervous at all in my playoff experiences. You remember your first one. My first one I didn't feel too well at the time and I was wondering about how my arm was going to react. I believe I was struck with a ball a start or two before, maybe a start before. I was getting one of those tune-up starts, I think it was in Boston -- I'm going back a ways. But I think I was in tune a little more with what was going on as far as the history of what happened with the club that I was on at the time, that they hadn't won Game 7's, you would hear that. But at that point I was still quite young and I wasn't -- I didn't take heart to the history part of it as much as I would like to have, and like I am now, obviously with the path that I've traveled. I'll be prepared and do what I need to do. Really it comes down to what I've told you every time. I'll go out and see how my body feels and I'll make adjustments from that point on.
Q. How cool is it, how fitting is it that you, a Texas guy, will be pitching the first game that a Texas team will ever play in the World Series? How neat is that for you?
ROGER CLEMENS: It's exciting. Again, from where we've come from with this ballclub, so much from further down than last year's club that I was a part of, I think over the last couple of days once we caught that fly ball in St. Louis, I've just reflected on everything that's happened a little bit and just to see the expressions on the guys' faces that have been here, I'm most happy for them. I'm thankful that it's happened for them so they get the experiences because not every great player gets the opportunity to do this. Not every player that's just has an average career or just a -- a fairly average career, they don't get to experience this type of excitement and this type of fine alternative to the situation, where everything is magnified. And again, we're in Chicago where the air is a little crisper, the sights are louder, clearer. I'll be very interested when everything is said and done to hear the comments from the guys that have not been here before. I've had, over the last 24 hours, had several of the guys really asking a lot of questions and trying to answer it the best way I can for them. But I enjoy hearing their stories, just like all of you, when you all get inside a little bit beyond the game and hear the neat little things going on with players that have never experienced this before. But I can tell you everybody is excited at home. It really gets you amped up again, as a player. I'm in that mode where it's working for me. I'm excited about it. I ponder to myself, this could be my last couple of starts or your last one. So we're trying to make, even before I walked in here, is there going to be a point where I have to turn my cell phone off, I'm trying to get everybody that wants to be a part of this and really share it with everyone. And that includes the entire city, that's the reason I came home, everybody can say what they want, but it was a real hard decision for me to continue to play because I felt I touched just about every aspect of this game that I could. I never want to look back. I want to make sure that I put all of my energy, all of my efforts into this game, the respect I have for it, what it's given me back, and I think you can tell by the effort I've put forth, even at home, I've shown that to my home state and city. They're very excited. I just want them to enjoy it as much as they can, everyone; not just my family, not just my teammates, but the entire state.
Q. Andy said that Joe Torre called yesterday; what did he say to you? I guess you handed Andy the phone?
ROGER CLEMENS: Yeah, I wanted to make sure the skipper called me. He said that he wanted to make sure that -- he wanted to give us his congratulations. I expect nothing less from Joe. Before he was my manager he seemed like a father figure or more of a friend than a manager, to me. I've always enjoyed the way he's managed games, his thought process and things of that nature. But I think even more so I appreciate the time away from the ballpark that I spent with Joe Torre and having the opportunity to hear a few of his stories and the time we spent in Kapalua out in Maui. He expressed that and I said, "I have the big left-hander sitting next to me." So he got the phone, and he knocked two of us out with one phone call. It was great to hear his voice, and he wished us luck.
Q. Pretty cold and rainy, so they say, tomorrow. What kind of effect does is that have on pitchers, including yourself?
ROGER CLEMENS: I think you have to ask everyone individually that. I don't really care. Wind is I think the only time that I have a problem on the mound or on the golf course is when there's too much wind. I can handle the hot and the extreme heat and I don't mind if it's freezing cold, just have to keep your body ready. We're fortunate as pitchers, because we're involved in every pitch, our bodies are doing something and moving. It's nice. That means you're playing late in the year, when you start getting cool weather, so it's nice to be a part of that.
Q. Given how close you guys were to Chicago when you wrapped this up on Wednesday night, were you surprised at all that you went home and what was yesterday like, were players able to get much rest as opposed to coming here and settling in? If I can go to a totally different subject, the White Sox lineup has a number of hitters who seem to have had numerical success with you in the past. Does this figure to be a difficult lineup for you to face?
ROGER CLEMENS: As far as the team getting rest, I think everybody had the chance to catch up a little bit. I think guys went in for treatment yesterday. We got home very early the next morning after wrapping that up in St. Louis. But I think tonight guys will sleep -- will be able to catch up, if they missed out on any sleep during the celebration part of it.
As far as the lineup, we're going to have meetings the next couple of days. There's some guys I have faced, there's some other guys that I don't know. And again, it will be how I feel coming out of the bullpen. You have guys that have hit well past you before, but each time is a new time. I don't put much stock in it either way. My body will have to feel good and my stuff will have to feel sharp. I'll have to feature all over the entire zone like I expect to do. If I'm having problems with one spot or another, Brad and I will make the adjustment and we'll go from there, it never changes. It is what it is.
Q. You've battled a couple of things physically in recent weeks. What percent of Roger Clemens at his best should we expect to see tomorrow?
ROGER CLEMENS: I wouldn't even put a percentage on it. I don't know that it really matters. I'm getting the ball to go out tomorrow to get something done, to get this thing started, to get it started in a positive way for my ballclub and I plan on doing it. That's the bottom line. I don't care how my body feels this time of year. If you need more aspirin, if you need more heat, if you need more ice, this is the time you get it, and you don't ask questions.
Q. When you and Andy came over from New York did you ever envision that you guys would be in the World Series sooner than the Yankees would?
ROGER CLEMENS: Well, I don't know that we've ever even worried about that. I think if you look at how we ended up here in Houston, the reasons why, and what I've been through physically and mentally on and off the field, even more so what Andy has gone through with his elbow, has been nothing short of incredible, what this man has come through. His pain tolerance -- I've known him eight-plus. Years, anyway, and worked with him about that long and his focus and mental approach, his toughness, I've seen it grow every year. And last year to be able to -- I came out of the dugout in a game last year and Shea Stadium I couldn't watch any longer, because I was feeling -- I could feel it in my body just watching him trying to get through those games. I had to walk upstairs to the clubhouse. He finally set the ball down to have his surgery. And what he's come back from year -- because his heart is into it -- he's into it just like anyone else. I can tell you the game he pitched the other night at home when I shook his hand before the game, we have a few talks, and he was as focused and as anxious to get that game going. I'm sure to win it for our guys in the clubhouse, but he wanted it as badly as any one that I've seen him want for the city of Houston. So I really appreciate that from him.
Q. Wednesday afternoon you were looking at the very real possibility of starting a Game 7 and now you're starting a Game 1. Can you talk about the mental discipline going from one situation to the other?
ROGER CLEMENS: Well, you definitely prepare yourself and you do go through the thought process of what might happen on either -- in either case. And I've had plenty of experience doing that because this time of year is a fun time to play. I've been fortunate I've been in the middle of a lot of wild playoff games and wild World Series games. I can tell you it happened with Andy a few times where we were like, okay, you're going to get the ball to end it, so get it done. I don't want to have to ice again. And next thing you know a home run here or there and I know that I'm possibly pitching again. So your range of emotions and your thought processes go back and forth. I've had plenty of practice to do that. We're conditioned to do this. This is what we do. I'm just excited to have the opportunity again. It's really --
Q. How important was it to you both personally and to your pitching to be able to adjust your schedule and see your son play and just be able to devote a little more time to your life, to your real life?
ROGER CLEMENS: Well, I can tell you that my schedule is far more busier now, having to do that, except just worrying about playing baseball and getting guys out. By far it's still the most important thing I need to do. I recognize the fact that going out and pitching and winning games for my club is the most important thing. But the fact of the matter is, I wouldn't be here if that -- if I didn't have a chance to watch these kids. I have an 18 year old that's doing this, that's embarking on his career. And I've got three more behind him that care far more that I see them hit a double or make a big tackle than go out here and shake hands. But they also get to share and reap the benefits of all this happening now, too. They get to see dad go out here and do this one more time. Not only it's in his hometown, they see the excitement, they're a year older, they understand more what it means and what it means for a team to come together. I can tell you they learned a lifelong lesson this year, after where we've come from, after you'd asked me April or May if it was the right decision, I might have laughed at you. But what we've come from, how far we've come back to make this happen, to be sitting here today, again, it tells you, I think, all you need to know about this team.
Q. You've been here before. Does it ever get old hat or is this what your whole life is about, as far as a baseball player? And also can you talk about what it means for the city of Houston?
ROGER CLEMENS: I can't answer that yes or no. It does not get old hat. I'm very excited to have the opportunity. When the skipper here to my left told me I had the ball in Game 1 it comes with a lot of responsibility, which I've had in the past, but it does not diminish the fact at all that I know that so many people are counting on me, and I enjoy that, I expect it, but it's the career I've led. So here we go again. I'm just very thankful to have the opportunity to be here.
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OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Ladies Golf Association last week held their most recent event at the Seaside course of the Ocean City Golf Club.
Mary Dale Craig finished first, Linda Palmer finished second, Carol Abell came in third and Lorraine Cimerola finished fourth. One of the longest drive awards went to June Regan for her long drive on Hole 3, while Peggy Gore collected long-drive honors on Hole 14.
Carolyn Lyman was closest to the pin on Hole 2, while Vicki Martina was closest to the pin on Hole 15. Gail Warner had a birdie on Hole 13, while Linda Palmer birdied Hole 5. June Regan had two chip-ins on Holes 10 and 11, while Dot Healey chipped in on Hole 13. The low putts awards were shared by Barb Wilson and Kathleen Ryan.


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From Riches to Rag – The Heartbreaking Story of Former Arsenal, Emmanuel Eboue – Video
At the peak of his career with Arsenal, he became a fans' favorite. He was part of the side that faced Barcelona in the 2006 Champions League final.
Arsenal lost but Eboue remains a cult-hero at the Emirates Stadium, as much for his happy demeanour and his goal celebrations as the ability which saw him help the Ivory Coast reach the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Final. That joy, however, has been replaced by tears – and a deep fear of the future.
Eleven years ago he was lining up to take part in the biggest club match in world football.
During an illustrious seven-year career in the Premier League, he pocketed millions of pounds in wages, lived in a mansion and drove flashy cars.
Now ex-Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue spends his days hiding from bailiffs, sometimes sleeps on the floor of a friend's home, travels by bus and even cleans his clothes by hand because he has no washing machine.
The 34-year-old tells how his staggering riches-to-rags plight has pushed him to the brink of suicide in an interview with the Sunday Mirror.
"I want God to help me," he says. "Only He can help take these thoughts from my mind."
The former Arsenal Defender openly and honestly in a bid to encourage others going through the same ordeal to opened up.
The Sunday Mirror, through its Time To Change campaign, has been battling for the past six years to smash the stigma associated with the mental ill health with which Eboue is now suffering.
Eboue, currently unable to play football because of ill-health, says he has been pushed to the brink. He has:
*Lost a bitter divorce battle, with his wife Aurelie awarded all of their assets.
*Had to hide from cops and bailiffs after being ordered by a judge to transfer his remaining Enfield home to his wife.
*Faced a heartbreaking estrangement from his three kids, who he has not seen since June.
*Been grieving after the cancer death of grandfather Amadou Bertin – who raised him – and the loss of his brother N'Dri Serge, killed in a motorbike accident.
Eboue has taken a huge fall from the days he netted millions at Arsenal and then more than £1.5million a year at Turkish side Galatasaray.
His dream of a Premier League return with Sunderland evaporated last year, however, after he was hit with a 12-month ban by FIFA after a dispute with a former agent.
It is now three weeks since a deadline passed for Eboue to surrender ownership of the North London home he used to share with Aurelie.
A judge will sign the transfer if Eboue does not do so.
The player and his wife lived there in happier times before Eboue bought a mansion – which Aurelie has now put on the market.
He understands she will rent out the Enfield property.
So Eboue, his belongings in bags, now awaits the knock that will see him ordered to leave at any time.
The worried star said: "I can't afford the money to continue to have any lawyer or barrister.
"I am in the house but I am scared. Because I don't know what time the police will come.
"Sometimes I shut off the lights because I don't want people to know that I am inside. I put everything behind the door. "My own house. I suffered to buy my house but I am now scared.
"I am not going to sell my clothes or sell what I have. I will fight until the end because it is not fair."
Eboue says he was never given guidance to manage his finances.
Insisting his wife looked after most of their affairs, he admits being "naive" with money.
He also claims he was beset by a string of people who gave bad advice and lost him huge sums.
With a limited education, Eboue is paying the price for being unaware of his financial situation. His handful of visits to the bank were with Aurelie.
Eboue even recalls an occasion when bank staff visited him – to sign paperwork – at Arsenal's training ground.
And he now wants other young African footballers to learn from his mistakes.
He says: "I look back and say 'Emmanuel, you have been naive… why didn't you think about that before?' It is hard.
"Very, very hard. The money I earned, I sent it to my wife for our children.
"In Turkey, I earned eight million euros. I sent seven million back home. Whatever she tells me to sign, I sign.
"She is my wife. The problems with FIFA were because of people advising me. People who are supposed to care. But it was because of them FIFA banned me."
Having surrendered the cars among assets transferred to his wife, Eboue now has an Oyster card and relies on London transport – while doing his best to avoid being recognised.
He splits his time between the Enfield house and the home of a confidante he calls his "sister", Yasmin Razak.
He often sleeps on a mattress on her living room floor.
But even watching TV – and seeing the likes of former team-mate Thierry Henry as a football pundit – triggers negative thoughts.
He adds: "When I see Thierry I feel happy for him but ashamed of my own situation.
"When I see friends on TV that I played with or against I say to myself 'I should still be there'. It's hard to watch them."
Both Yasmin and another close pal, ex-Portsmouth and Newcastle striker Lomana Lua Lua, have been crucial in helping Eboue stay afloat.
Of Yasmin, he said: "I call her house The Bunker. I can hide there. She has children. I don't want to disturb them, so I sleep on the floor."
Eboue is devastated at spending Christmas apart from his own kids, daughters Clara, 14, and Maeva, 12, and son Mathis, nine.
He goes on: "It hurts me a lot. They used to call me. But now, no contact. It pains me to be alone without them."
Eboue has been left without so much as a washing machine.
But he won't be beaten, saying: "Every day I wash my jeans, my clothes, everything. My hands are hard. As though I have been working on a farm.
"I thank my grandmother because she taught me to wash, cook, clean, everything as a young man.
"I continue to thank God. I have my life. I didn't want what has happened. I don't wish it on anybody."
While Eboue wants to return to playing one day, he would jump at the chance of working with former club Arsenal or players' union the PFA.
Emmanuel Eboué's story is heartbreaking! pic.twitter.com/eDG79CJOTK
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