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Positive Phase IIa Results Support Development of MYDICAR to Treat Heart Failure
Enrollment Complete for CUPID 2 Phase IIb Trial With Results Expected in April 2015
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Positive Phase IIa Results Support Development of MYDICAR to Treat Heart Failure
Enrollment Complete for CUPID 2 Phase IIb Trial With Results Expected in April 2015
Report Available for Download at http://www.lifesciadvisors.com/clients/celladon
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - May 5, 2014) - LifeSci Advisors, LLC, a leading provider of investment research and investor relations services in the life sciences sector, today announced that it has initiated coverage of Celladon Corporation (NASDAQ: CLDN), a clinical-stage company evaluating gene therapy and small molecule approaches to treat heart failure, a condition where the pumping of the heart can no longer keep up with systemic demand. Celladon's lead development candidate, MYDICAR, is an adeno-associated virus-mediated gene therapy that delivers a copy of the SERCA2a gene. The Company is currently testing MYDICAR in a randomized, placebo-controlled Phase IIb study that enrolled 250 heart failure patients. Data from the trial is expected in April 2015 and has the potential to support a marketing application in Europe. The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to MYDICAR, which could significantly accelerate the time to a potential U.S. approval decision.
"No currently available therapies for heart failure are able to stop or significantly modify the progression of heart failure. Celladon has produced a novel gene therapy, based on the cellular physiology of cardiomyocytes, that has the potential to alter the course of the disease," said Andrew I. McDonald, Ph.D., Founding Partner at LifeSci Advisors. "If MYDICAR is shown to be a safe and effective disease-modifying treatment for heart failure, the improvement in patients' health and associated pharmacoeconomic benefits should drive significant value for Celladon."
The expression of the SERCA2a, or sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase 2a, gene, is reduced in advanced heart failure, which adversely affects the contractility of the heart. Preclinical studies have demonstrated improvement in cardiac function after reintroduction of an additional copy of the gene. The Company has released positive results from the CUPID 1 Phase I/IIa clinical trial, finding a favorable safety profile, long-term expression of the SERCA2a transgene and, most importantly, a reduction in heart failure-related clinical events. Over the course of a 3 year follow-up, there was an 82% reduction in the rate of clinical events.
In a 41 page Initiation Report by LifeSci Advisors, we explain the market potential for Celladon's MYDICAR therapy and potential advantages over other treatments for heart failure. We provide detailed background on heart failure and the clinical data produced to date for MYDICAR. The report also discusses a range of additional potential indications for MYDICAR as well as additional early-stage development efforts at the Company. Given the field of gene therapy is still in its early stages, Celladon is well-positioned to be a leader in this space.
Dr. McDonald's full Initiation Report is available to download at no cost at the LifeSci Advisors website, www.lifesciadvisors.com. In addition to this Initiation Report, LifeSci Advisors will also provide ongoing coverage and event-based research updates on the Company as developments occur.
The LifeSci Advisors research team is led by Dr. Andrew I. McDonald, an industry veteran with more than 15 years of healthcare industry experience. Prior to co-founding LSA, Dr. McDonald was the Senior Biotechnology Analyst at Great Point Partners, a leading health care investment firm with over $500 million under management. Before Great Point, he was Co-Head of Healthcare Research and Lead Biotechnology Analyst at ThinkEquity Partners, a boutique investment banking firm focused on growth companies. Dr. McDonald holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of California, Irvine, and, earlier in his career, worked as a medicinal chemist at both Pfizer and Cytokinetics.
About LifeSci Advisors:
LifeSci Advisors (LSA) is a leading research firm and communications consultancy dedicated to the life sciences industry. The firm provides strategic counsel, customized marketing communications, comprehensive research reports and investor relations services to companies that specialize in the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs, drug delivery systems, medical devices and diagnostics. To learn more about LSA, visit the company's website, www.lifesciadvisors.com.
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The research report described in this press release is not intended as an offering, recommendation, or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities. The securities discussed in LSA research reports may be unsuitable for some investors depending on their specific investment objectives, financial status, risk profile, or particular needs. Investors should consider LSA reports as only a single factor in making their investment decisions and should not rely solely on these reports in evaluating whether or not to buy or sell the securities of the subject company. LifeSci Advisors has been compensated by the company that is the subject of the report described and future research reports, investor relations services, and general consulting services. Please read each report's full disclosures and analyst background on the LSA website, www.lifesciadvisors.com, before investing. LifeSci Advisors is not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer.
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WAPAKONETA — It's not just the larger livestock that have a potent odor, a first-year 4-Her taking a duck project says one of the things he learned about them was that they stink.
Grayson Ford, of Spencerville, said he did "lots of stuff" to get ready for his prefair interview Thursday in the Junior Fair Building at the Auglaize County Fairgrounds.
Filling out books for both his duck and boiler projects, Ford said he answered questions and wrote down information about poultry, including what they eat and their weights.
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Grayson plans to take a poultry project again next year.
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Auglaize County 4-H Youth Development Extension Educator Beth Miller said the decision to move the interview segment of the judgings into the air conditioned Junior Fair Building was made in December but with an excessive heat warning ongoing for several days, everyone was thankful for the change from years past interviewing the youth in barns.
"The interview portion is a prerequisite to coming to the fair," Miller said. "They come in with their project books, review their records and talk to the judge about their animals and what they've done with their projects."
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Ashleigh Koenig, of Wapakoneta, has been taking horse projects at the Auglaize County Fair for five years. Her mother showed horses when she was in 4-H, inspiring Ashleigh to give it a try.
"I like meeting new people and learning new things," the 18-year-old said, admitting that the interview portion of competition makes her nervous.
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The KUNM Voices Behind the Vote series features intimate conversations with New Mexicans about the issues they care about most this election season. On a recent Friday morning, KUNM's Elaine Baumgartel met up with Abdu Wakil Cyeef Din and headed to a Motor Vehicle Division office in Albuquerque.
Wakil originally introduced himself as Charles Santos-Payton but on this day, he's providing proof of his official name change to get his new driver's license. This tall veteran is in his early 40s, head shaven, short beard dyed a deep red. Wakil converted to Islam when he was in the army in the early 1990s serving a peacekeeping mission in Iraq after the first Gulf War. The name change is part of his commitment to Islam, he told me.
After his technology business failed in the dot com crash of the late 1990s, Wakil came home to New Mexico from California. He was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and says he started dealing drugs because he couldn't make a living at his low wage job. Then he got busted and spent a few years in prison in Los Lunas. A parole officer told Wakil that he could vote again once he'd finished his sentence.
"I'm going to vote for the president," Wakil says, "because he talks about diplomatic relations." President Obama's focus on diplomacy is the number one issue motivating Wakil to vote this year. "That's the wave of the future. War destroys and degrades societies, diplomacy strengthens them. And so for, me, I'm for that."
As we're heading to the Islamic Center of New Mexico for Friday prayer, Wakil steers his white Subaru Impreza with his knee and gestures with both hands. He explains that he doesn't trust Mitt Romney. "I don't want to hear the talk," Wakil says, "'I'm a rich guy, I can sympathize with the poor, but I think we ought to go fight the Iranians because I think they have a nuclear weapon.'"
Republicans can't have it both ways, Wakil says, fighting wars with a volunteer army and cutting entitlement programs- many of them that serve veteran- at the same time. "This is an entitlement country," he says, "that's the way these guys think. They want us to share in death but not in any of the benefit."
After the service at the Islamic Center, we head off to lunch at the Olympia Cafe on Central near the University of New Mexico. We bring with us one of Wakil's friends who is also an ex-con, Ermond 'Mustafa' Overton. Both men order the lamb kabob dinner, a dish here that conforms to Islamic dietary restrictions know as halal.
Mustafa's beard is white and falls nearly to his chest and he's wearing a white crocheted kufi, or hat. He served 17 years in federal prison for bank robbery and in the three months since he was released, he says it's been impossible to find a job. "When you put in a job application," he explains with resignation, they say "'Oh this man committed bank robbery, this guy got a DWI but he's a felon, we'll hire him instead of the bank robber.'"
Mustafa is still on parole, so he can't vote, yet, but he says if he could, he'd vote for President Obama. "He helps ex-felons by giving companies a $2400 tax break for hiring ex-felons," Mustafa points out. "That's a good thing, but he also helped people get into college, that's another thing I like about him."
Across the table, Wakil says he got help from several state programs. They helped him get his first job out of prison, start school at UNM, and then, later, to get his CDL license to drive trucks. He says programs like this make a healthier society. "As time went on," Wakil recollects, "I recognized that I am the govrernment, the people around me are the government. The only way it gets better, whether you are an ex-con, rich or poor, the only way it gets better is by participation."
Now Wakil, veteran and ex-con, serves as a precinct judge at a voting center in Albuquerque, where he'll be on Election Day.
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Read http://forums.cnet.com/5208-13974_102-0.html?messageID=3168623&tag=forums06;posts#3168623
Read the entire discussion if you must but it took a few tries for them to go get the latest video driver.
In your case you didn't heed the words in red. Why?
A few weeks ago I upgraded my XP computer to Windows 7, and for the most part it's worked flawlessly.
I noticed, though, that the device manager had a yellow exclamation mark under "Video Controller," and it said that it couldn't detect any information. I have a graphics card, though, and most internet videos worked fine, so I was a bit mystified as to what a video controller is. I have had issues with watching online videos in full-screen mode, though. Whenever I try that, they become choppy and black horizontal lines pop up on the screen. Watching files in VLC media player has also made my screen go black a few times, but seconds afterwards it recovers and allows me to watch the video perfectly fine.
Just today, though, I attempted to start up my computer, and when it got to the "Windows Loading" screen, the spiraling Windows logo never showed up. It instead stayed black for a few minutes before I hit the restart button on my computer. This time it brought me to Startup Repair, which I ran two times.
Once those were done, it restarted with the Windows logo, but after sitting there for a moment, it flashed a blue screen for a split second and restarted. Because I couldn't think of anything better to do, I ran a memory diagnostic, and it says everything is fine with that.
Another run of the Startup Repair tool yields only the message that "Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically," and the option to send Microsoft information about the problem. When I hit "View Problem details," this is what I get:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline
Problem Signature 01: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem Signature 03: unknown
Problem Signature 04: 21201077
Problem Signature 05: AutoFailover
Problem Signature 06: 3
Problem Signature 07: CorruptRegistry
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
So, do you think this is related to the video controller, or is it a separate problem entirely? Where should I go from here?


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Welcome to P&PG! I invited you to join the Miami Gaming Authority, which is a community devoted to helping gamers in Miami find players!
Hi, just wanted to let you know I'm starting a new D&D 4E campaign and I'm looking for players in the South Florida area. Go to Meetup.com and look up Broward RPG Club if you're interested. Thanks!


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Q: I have been thinking about getting a reverse mortgage for my home, but I heard that the rules have changed recently. What are the new rules? – Arthur
A: A reverse mortgage is a loan for people age 62 or older. It gives you money from the equity in your home and does not require repayment of the loan until you move, sell the property or pass away. The homeowner is still responsible for property taxes and insurance. Last month, Congress passed legislation altering the guidelines for the Federal Housing Administration reverse mortgage program, which accounts for most reverse mortgages. The changes will make it harder to qualify for a reverse mortgage but will provide homeowners more protection if they get one.
Previously, borrowers could qualify with no financial assessment, but now senior citizens will need to show they can pay for their taxes and insurance. If the lender feels the borrower is a financial risk, it could still give the loan, but hold aside a cushion to pay for the taxes and insurance. Also, the program now will set limits on how much cash the borrowers can receive at closing, leaving the rest of the proceeds available later.
In the past, some married couples would leave one spouse off the reverse mortgage to qualify for a higher amount. When that spouse passed away, the surviving spouse would need to either pay the loan in full or face foreclosure. The new rules will require both spouses to be on the loan to avoid this issue, but the change will cause decreased borrowing power for the couple. The changes will begin rolling out the end of September and over the following months, so you may want to start the process now.


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'''GTA Liberty City Stories'''
'''GTA Liberty City Stories'''
*Often spawns on [[Staunton Island]] and [[Shoreside Vale]].
*Often spawns on [[Staunton Island]] and [[Shoreside Vale]].
*In the parking lot at [[Francis International Airport]] close to the entrance.
*In the parking lot at [[Francis International Airport]] close to the entrance.
'''GTA Vice City Stories'''
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The Infernus is a sports car that has appeared in all games of the GTA III Era (except Grand Theft Auto Advance), and all games of the GTA IV Era.
In Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, it resembles a Vector M12 with the rear incorporating elements of a Lamborghini Diablo. In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, it closely resembles a Lamborghini Countach, but lacks the characteristic scissor doors, and features bulging headlights and round taillights. In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, it resembles a Honda/Acura NSX, most likely the Acura model because it was exported in North America. Although it seems to be mid-engined, the engine of pre-GTA IV renditions are visible under the front hood, possibly due to limitations of the GTA III and GTA Vice City game engines. The GTA San Andreas rendition of the Infernus can be modded in any TransFender branch throughout the whole State of San Andreas. The GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories renditions as well as the GTA San Andreas rendition evidently feature the engine at the front, but the GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories renditions repositions the engine to the back (as the front compartment is revealed to be the trunk). However, the GTA Vice City Infernus still emits smoke from the front if moderately damaged.
The Grand Theft Auto IV rendition is an amalgamation of the Lamborghini Murciélago LP640, with the body shape of the Lamborghini Diablo SV, and the rear end obviously inspired by the Pagani Zonda; the car also features scissor doors, the only car in the game with such doors. You obtain the Infernus from Bernie Crane, after completing all of his missions; it's the only modded version in the game. It sports a stripe on the sideskirt, black sports rims, and a one-of-a-kind bright orange paint job which will not appear anywhere else in the game.
Players who pre-ordered GTA Chinatown Wars from Amazon are able to purchase a bulletproof Infernus early in the game.
The Infernus is extremely fast, but is susceptible to damage from high-speed impacts. Even impacts which do little damage can eject the driver through the windshield. Its handling remains similar between GTA III and GTA Vice City, but in San Andreas, although it is one of the fastest car in the game, (proven by game's data files, top speed 240 km/h), its cornering skills decrease considerably. Along with the Comet, it is also one of the fastest cars in GTA IV - it is thought to be the fastest by many players, and is a good racing car. According to game's data files, it has a top speed of 336 km/h (208 mph). The GTA IV version of the car is also mid-engined and four-wheel drive, like the real Murcielago.
If you are reversing, the Infernus can be easily turned 180 degrees with the smallest movement on the steering, which can be useful after losing control of the vehicle. The Infernus has the same engine sound as the Comet and the Super GT.
Color bug
If the Infernus in GTA IV is taken to the Pay n Spray several times, it will lock into a dark green color.
- Normally spawned on the streets in Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale, similar to other sports cars.
- Spawns in the Francis International Airport parking lot near the entrance.
GTA Vice City
- Parked in front of the mansion owned by Ricardo Diaz, and later Tommy Vercetti. Prior to the mansion's change of hand, the Infernus is featured with a conventional range of body colors. Thereafter, the car appears with a unique white body color, suggesting the car is Lance Vance's white Infernus.
- On a platform in North Point Mall. The car is part of a competition but the competition cannot be entered.
GTA San Andreas
- Found around The Strip, Las Venturas
- Spawns mostly around San Fierro
- Spawns in Downtown, Los Santos.
- Parked by the most north eastern house in Paradiso, San Fierro.
GTA Liberty City Stories
- Often spawns on Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale.
- In the parking lot at Francis International Airport close to the entrance.
- In the Multistory Parking lot at Newport.
GTA Vice City Stories
- In front of a mansion in the most northwest part of Starfish Island.
- In the parking lot on the east of Forbes's apartment.
- Inside the garage at Lance's apartment in Ocean Beach.
- Parked along Ocean Drive, Ocean Beach.
- An Infernus can be encountered relatively early on if one spawns as a competitor (or in the traffic) during Brucie's street-races. These can be stolen, although killing an opponent and stealing their car will forfeit the race, lowering Brucie's approval rating.
- Stevie will send you a message that he requires an Infernus to be delivered in his garage. This Infernus always has a unique gold paintjob. Like most of Stevie's cars, it will respawn if taken away, and thus can be "duplicated". Find the Infernus, take it to a safehouse, then return to where you found it; you should find a freshly-spawned one you can deliver to Stevie instead.
- In GTA IV, you receive one as a gift from Bernie Crane after completing all of his missions. This Infernus always has a small black stripe on the side, and will be either yellow or orange.
- In GTA IV Multiplayer it can be seen driving around the streets of Liberty City.
- If you drive an NRG 900 around, especially in and around Star Junction, an Infernus should spawn eventually.
- As with most cars, Infernus' will spawn more readily once the player is already driving one. Approaching the South Bohan safehouse from the southern bridge may be a good way to spawn parked Infernuses near a convenient storing place.
Car modification (GTA San Andreas)
- Color
- Wheels (ten types)
- Nitro (All)
- Hydraulics
- Infernus (GTA3) (rear).jpg
GTA III rendition; rear quarter view.
- Infernus (GTAVC) (front).jpg
The Infernus in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
- Infernus (GTAVC) (rear).jpg
GTA Vice City rendition; rear quarter view.
- Infernus (GTASA) (front).jpg
The Infernus in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- Infernus (GTASA) (rear).jpg
GTA San Andreas rendition; rear quarter view.
- Infernus-lcs.jpg
The Infernus in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
- VCSInfernus.jpg
The Infernus in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
- Infernus (GTA4) (front).jpg
The Infernus in Grand Theft Auto IV.
- Infernus (GTA4) (rear).jpg
GTA IV rendition; rear quarter view with a spoiler.
- InfernusCW.jpg
The Infernus in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars


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Rhode Island. Milk Control Board (1934-1980) | State Archives Catalog
The Rhode Island Milk Control Board was established per 1934 January Session Public Law Chapter 2089 entitled "An Act Creating A Board Of Milk Control And Defining Its Powers And Duties." The Board was established to address the unregulated ("unfair, destructive and uneconomic") trade practices of the milk industry and to regulate the production, sale and distribution of milk and cream in the state. Additionally the board was charged with "public supervision and control in accord with proper standards of production, transportation, processing, storage, distribution and sale of milk and cream..." to alleviate any "immediate and impending danger to the public health and welfare…"
The Milk Control Board consisted of the director of state public health commission (ex-officio), the commissioner of agriculture (ex-officio), a milk producer, a milk distributor, and a milk consumer all appointed by the Governor. January Session, 1939 Chapter 660 (also known as "the Administrative Act of 1939") transferred certain duties of the board, such as the inspection of milk, to the jurisdiction of the Department of Health (formerly the Commission of Public Health). The functions of inspection of cattle, milk herds, and the economic control of milk came under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture and Conservation (formerly the Commission of Agriculture). 1939 Chapter 674 further established the board as an independent unit of the Department of Agriculture and Conservation and not subject to the jurisdiction of the director of that department. Chapter 674 also abolishes the board as defined in 1936 Chapter 2310 ("An Act Continuing A Board Of Milk Control And Defining Its Powers And Duties") and essentially redefines the board's functions and outlines the membership of the board with the same membership as the previous board. The appointments of the governor now require the advice and consent of the senate.
An act in amendment of Chapter 660 further defines the functions of the board as the establishment of minimum wholesale and resale prices of milk within the state (1939 Chapter 731). These minimum prices were to be established after investigations and public hearings. Chapter 80 of the Public Acts of 1962 established a new milk sanitation code and further redefined the responsibilities of the Departments of Health and Agriculture and Conservation. By 1979-1980, the functions of the Milk Sanitation Board were combined with the functions of the Division of Food Protection in the Department of Health.


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Officials seeking answers on weekend fire
Local officials are seeking answers pertaining to an abandoned house fire that occurred last weekend in Borger.At 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, a fire broke in an abandoned house in the 300 block of Birdie Avenue, according to Lt. Anthony Griffin of the Borger Police Department.He said the fire was fueled by strong winds pushing to the north. The fire threw embers into nearby yards, which started several other small fires, which threatened the majority of the houses in the subdivision. Fire investigators are urging anyone in the neighborhood with information in reference to the fire to contact Crime Stoppers at (806) 274-6371.Anyone calling in tips to Crime Stoppers may remain anonymous. However, those who wish to receive a reward in reference to their trip or information are asked and encouraged to leave a working reliable contact number so that a Crime Stoppers representative can contact them at a later date and time in reference to reward information in the event the information proves reliable and/or relevant.Crime Stoppers offers rewards ranging from $50 up to $1,000 for reliable and/or relevant tips and information in reference to any unsolved investigation or crime, any type of criminal activity, and/or outstanding fugitives from justice.


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Used to describe when content from one video-game is converted over to another. This is considered illegal, as it is seen as giving away free game content to people who might not own the game. See warez.
Nerd 1: Hmm, this shotgun sound from Half-Life 2 will go perfect in Fallout 3! Then, when it's done, I'll put it up for download on my favorite site!
Nerd 2: You can't do that, that's porting!
Nerd 2: You can't do that, that's porting!
by Laulz Mann August 11, 2011
The act of one man sticking his circumcised penis into another man's foreskin to form a connection.
Daniel Tosh loves porting with other guys as a way of bonding.
by dark side bitches June 23, 2011
When the Marines or Navy come back to their homeland and start hooking up with girls/guys and having sexual intercourse later on.
Would you look at that, a bunch a guys in the Navy are porting a bunch a girls. Hopefully, they'll pull out before they're in more trouble.
by Toltendo November 24, 2010
The act of another male tying weights to his foreskin in order for another male to inject his fallous into another mans penis.
by mattlikesvodka October 23, 2009
the endless bitching of a girlfriend and/or female around you
Jen is just porting all the time now.
I can't take this porting much longer, it never ends.
I can't take this porting much longer, it never ends.
by phreak136 July 15, 2005
Ex1: Boy 1- "Dude last night i was so porting Jessica."
Boy 2- "Dude Noice"
Ex2: Mel- "oh yes baby."
Jane- "Mel u better not be porting me"
Boy 2- "Dude Noice"
Ex2: Mel- "oh yes baby."
Jane- "Mel u better not be porting me"
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Students name van Gijssel 'Teacher of the Year,' again
Valley City State University Associate Professor Hilde van Gijssel has once again been named the "Teacher of the Year" by the VCSU Student Senate.
The annual award is given to professors who demonstrate dedication to students with innovative teaching methods and continued professional development.
While teaching in the science department, Van Gijssel is also taking classes in the university's Masters of Education program with an emphasis on technology education. She said spending time as a student helps make her a better teacher.
"It definitely makes it easier to relate to the students. When I'm frustrated as a student, I become more aware of my own teaching practices, because if I'm frustrated as a student, I'm like 'okay, so if I don't do that with my students, they might be frustrated too,'" Van Gijssel said.
So how does a native of the Netherlands become a professor in Valley City?
"They offered me a job; that's the short story," she said.
Van Gijssel joined the university in August of 2002, and quickly became very popular with students, receiving her first "Teacher of the Year" award in 2003.
Prior to joining the staff at VCSU she worked for 11 years in toxicology research at the Leiden University, the Netherlands' oldest university, established in 1575, and from 1999 to 2002 she worked at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md.
When she applied for the job at VCSU, she said she liked what she saw: A small university that was predominantly a school for teachers.
Now she is responsible for the Health Science major and the new Medical Laboratory Science Major, runs the toxicology lab and helped establish VCSU's involvement in the Dakota Nursing Program.
She is also advisor to the VCSU Pre-Professional Club which helps students interested in careers in the medical field, graduate school, law or other professional jobs.
"What all of these things have in common is that they require a pretty extensive application process and a lot of them require admissions tests. In a lot of these cases it's not so much even what you know but how to take the test. So the club is really there to help students go through that process and create the best application that they can," Van Gijssel said.


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Milpitas, CA (PRWEB) June 21, 2015
Online company, Danzia, is trusted by over 15,000 dance groups in 50 countries around the world. The introduction of new major brands marks a significant milestone for Danzia as a company where customers have a one-stop shopping website for all of their dancewear and activewear needs. Founder, Howard Zhou, said, "Offering major brands to customers is our way of saying we care about product selection, quality, and service. Customers shop with us because we have what they are looking for and more."
About Danzia's Offering of Major Brands
With over 300% revenue growth in the past year, major brands realized the large customer base of Danzia and reached out to their corporate office in Milpitas, California to have their products sold. Major dancewear brands include Capezio, Bloch, Danskin, Body Wrappers, DanzNMotion, Russian Pointe, Sansha, and Danzcue. Nfinity, Getz, and Motionwear encompass the major cheer brands. This comprehensive collection of major brands allows customers the convenience of shopping for brands they are familiar with. Customers enjoy an in-store shopping experience online without having to travel to a physical store. For more brands, please visit http://www.danzia.com.
About Danzia
Founded in 2011, Danzia specializes in dancewear, dance costumes, angel wings, discount dance clothes, dance shoes, leotards, unitards, and many more related items. Along with being a Google trusted store, Danzia focuses on quality customer service paired with products covering activities such as ballet, jazz, tap, modern, praise, hip hop, gymnastics, belly dance, flamenco, cheer, yoga, and exercise. Danzia ships throughout the United States and internationally. For more information, please visit http://www.danzia.com.


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PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA -- I went to a Clear Kiosk at the Monroeville Mall on Thursday 11/29/12 and paid $150.00 for the Clear router, activation fee and first month of service. After waiting while the representative said he needed ten minutes to handle some "baby momma drama" (took 20 mins) we asked about 1,000 questions and were finally ready to purchase. We gave the representative our address (to ensure there was service in our area) and all necessary information. We were then informed they wanted to directly debit the money from a checking account.
I informed them I had cash only. After making several calls to management the representative said I was approved for the cash transaction BUT I could NOT take the equipment with me. He stated, "Our system is not able to process the payment as quickly with the cash so we will have to send you the equipment via mail." The representative guaranteed arrival by 12/1/12 BEFORE 10 am.
By 11 am on 12/1/12 we were calling and getting no answer. Finally around noon we were informed that they could not verify our address so the equipment was mailed to the office and the representative said he would bring it to us. 2:30 pm still no router. I call the representative who is very short with me and says "I am on my way to work now. I will get the box and leave immediately to bring it to you". 4 pm, no equipment, no call, no visit. 5 pm representative continues to ignore all calls, no equipment, no call. We call his supervisor who says he will alert the representative. 7 pm NO ONE is answering calls now.
Needless to say we never received the equipment. 12/2/12 after church we go BACK to the kiosk (around 12:30 pm... mall opens at 10 am), the kiosk is empty except for someone's coat. After waiting about 15 mins the representative returns and says "I'm so sorry, management informed me that we are not allowed to deliver equipment directly to someone's house." We educate him on good customer service and let him know we understand but would have a least appreciated the call. He again says how sorry he is and gives us the equipment he states was delivered to the kiosk instead of our home.
We get the router home and for the next few hours try to install it. We make multiple calls to the representative who says "I'm busy but will call you back." By 5 pm when the mall is closed the representative nor his supervisor has called us back and the equipment cannot be registered. WE call the CLEAR toll free number and are informed by them that "your kiosk representative was probably a scam artist. I am so sorry but we get at least one call a day from upset customers."
They then inform me that I paid "way too much" for my equipment and they have NO WAY to help me with the setup because the representative failed to put our information or WAN ID number in the system. We were bounced from dept to dept with everyone saying how sorry they were but we needed to take our router BACK to the kiosk and see if the representative will put all of our information in the system OR PAY THEM (the toll free dept) $49.99 to do the activation over the phone and "see if the representative will give you a refund of that activation fee". We plan on trying again today and if they don't comply we will have to take legal action. This is ridiculous!!!
My story is not one that ends happily. On 09/24/2010 I entered Best Buy (store number 372) in search of on the go internet service. I was assisted by a young man in the CLEAR section of the store. I was told that if I were to purchase the series S 4G mobile USB paid in full (a total of $180.00) without leasing the product I wouldn't have to worry about a monthly bill.
Without hesitation I gave the gentleman my credit card. I asked the gentleman several times "Will I have a monthly bill? How much will I pay a month?" He insisted that I would pay nothing from that day forward that is if I choose to purchase the product in full. With him reassuring me that the $180.00 would be my only payment, no contract no monthly bill, I thought I had come upon a great deal.
Well, as soon as I exited the store my bank had informed me that I paid not only the $180.00 but an additional $55.00. At that point I still felt like that was a great deal, no reason to complain. Three days later (09/27/2010) there was another debit to my account for $55.00. Two days after (09/29/2010) that another debit for $55.00 dollars. I did in fact receive a credit of $55.00 for the mysterious debit on 09/29/2010. (I must mention that the product stopped working after a short 3 weeks of having it). However on 10/25/2010 I was billed for another $55.00.
This caught my attention. I was my understanding from my visit at Best Buy that I wouldn't be billed on a monthly basis. I went back to Best Buy to get to the bottom of the situation. I was greeted by a Best Buy employee, he told me that Clear employees were not on their payroll and probably called in sick so no one could help me. He told me that I should go across the street to the mall; they might be able to help me there.
So that is what I did. While explaining my story to the gentleman in the mall, customers began to turn away. One man even said, "I am looking for internet service but I just don't have the kind of money." As soon the customer departed the Clear employee offered to let me use the phone to call customer service. I spoke with ** who said there was nothing she could do for me. I then asked to speak to a supervisor. I was transferred to ** (who was very compassionate) but I had already been in the mall for over an hour and I had to be to work so I said I'd have to call back.
** said she would look into it and have someone call me back. The next day I was contacted by CLEAR fraud department. Apparently the young man didn't even type my name in correctly. The woman went ahead and changed my information, but that is all she could do and quite frankly that infuriated me. What was the purpose of that? So she transferred me to Customer care. I told my story for the 4th time to the representative who was unable to help as well, so she transferred me to ** the supervisor on duty.
** began the conversation like this "So you mean to tell me that you thought you were actually going to get 2 years of free service? Did you accept the terms and agreement?" Her tone irritated me even more. She made it seem like I was stupid. Like how could I? I beg to differ. I only went with what I was told and now I am out of $300.00.
** then provided me with the most unattractive options. Accept the fact that I was hustled and troubleshoot with tech support and continue to pay the $55.00 monthly fee that I was unaware of. Have a friend or family member assume liability of my account. (I care and love my friends and family, why would I want to put them through something like this?). Use my computer at work being that I can't use the internet at home and try to find a buyer on Craigslist. Shell out another $62.00 dollar termination fee and receive no relief as far as the $290.00 that had already been stolen from me.
All of these options were unacceptable to me. I went back to Best Buy on 10/26/2010 with the product in hand. I repeated my story to ** for the 5th time and then asked for a manager. He told me there were no managers available and I'd have to call customer service. So here I am. A 20 something year old college student. Out of $290.00 plus the $55.00 a month for the next 2 years and no internet service to show for it. My wishes are to send this product back, receive some type of monetary relief and never ever, ever deal with CLEAR or any of its affiliates for the remainder of my life. Sincerely, an idiot who should have asked for a confirmation/receipt.
When I first used Clear Wireless internet I was impressed with it. Fast, easy, clear... just as advertised. My family used Clear wireless internet at our cabin on Bainbridge Island, Washington and it's a remote location so like I said I was very happy with the service, but here it comes...
Sometime in March 2010, our signal quickly degraded and then lost all connectivity. Clear had no explanation for this other than that a tower had probably gone down and would be fixed shortly. Fortunately we were not going to be using the cabin for the next 3 months right about when that problem occurred to we moved the account into hibernation and hoped the problem would resolve itself as Clear had suggested.
Now, when I was coming back into town to the cabin 3 months later it was VITAL to me and my business that internet would be working at the cabin, so several weeks in advance I called up Clear technical service to explain the situation where it had left off and see if I couldn't get any new information that would let me know one way or the other on the situation BEFORE I got to the cabin.
Keep in mind, I am in the communication industry and I know exactly the right questions to ask to get the answers I need. BUT as is so typical with large communications companies they insisted that it should be working and that I must be on location to troubleshoot before more aggressive measures were taken. FINE, not helpful, but not unexpected. In retrospect, 100% unacceptable...
So, the day comes that I arrive at the cabin and what a shocker, the internet is not working and the basic troubleshooting that was already done months before doesn't work again. HERE COMES THE KICKER. So, after all of this, I am finally upgraded to a "level 2" customer service person, or rather my representative puts me on hold to finally talk to someone who knows something. I'm on hold for about 2 minutes and my Rep. gets back to me simply telling me this, "Your service went down in March because we switched from a 3G network to a 4G network. You are no longer eligible to get service and your only option is to cancel."
This was PRECISELY the information I had needed weeks earlier, just a single nugget of information that could have settled it all and SHOULD have been readily available information for me, consumers like me, and most of all the customer service representatives, what a nightmare. How is it that I could not get this information several weeks before? How OBVIOUS does it get?! Their flawed bureaucratic approach hung me out to dry because apparently I needed to troubleshoot again before they could even so much as ask a technician if there would be any reason the tower(s) might no longer be servicing my home.
WHAT AN UTTER DISGRACE, hung me out to dry and cost me time, business, and energy. They should be ashamed. They should be forced to notify consumers when a large change that might affect service is going to take place. Their employees should be aware of said changes.
After seeing commercials for clear I decided to take the plunge. I talked to salespeople at Fry's and called the local sales representative. Although my address was NOT recognized by their coverage check their representative said the coverage check was out of date and it would work. I ordered online and all equipment arrived the next day. (I just used an address near that the coverage check DID recognize and changed the shipping address to where I live).
The home internet and phone worked exceptionally well (out of the box) and was EXTREMELY fast. I did have to locate the modem in a window though and did have to move it around to get a good signal. Note: I use a wireless router to power my laptop in the house and this works very well. You can locate the modem and router where they work well and then use wireless devices throughout your home or office.
The mobile card didn't work at first but after two calls to customer service it was fixed. They did remark they were having trouble in my area. On my follow-up call they had a record of the first call and performed a reset on their end which fixed it. Everyone I dealt with was pleasant and provided "no pressure" assistance. (Although a recording said wait time was 5-7 minutes I was connected within a few seconds on both calls. Note they are open 9 AM -10PM everyday).
The phone quality is not as good as my landline but certainly acceptable. On a scale of 1-10 I would rate the VOIP phone as a 9. I also found that the mobile card is spotty in the house. (Not totally unexpected) I bought a 15 foot USB extension cable for the mobile modem so I can place it by a window and now works great. I had the $25 DSL previously and Clear is noticeably faster.
This works for me and I plan to dump my AT&T broadband card and my home phone and DSL the savings to me will be about $60/month. I would comment though this probably won't work everywhere so test it right away, just like cell phones tend not to work everywhere. Clear claims to offer a 7 day trial so you want to test right away! The real plus is Clear's price! Also you get a slightly better price online. Clear's VOIP offers free long distance and GREAT international rates also. They offer a full features call forwarding although you have to activate and deactivate it online. They also can forward voicemail messages to you via email (cool features although not sure how often I will use).
Finally you can avoid contracts by buying your equipment. My equipment cost $150. The alternative is lease for about $10/month. It pays for itself in about 14 months and if you buy you don't have a commitment to hassle with. Pluses-price and speed - for what I used to pay for home phone and internet I now get home phone internet and mobile internet. Minuses-coverage not as good as cell phone modem (but with the USB extension cable you can move the mobile card and make it work better) for the price I will take that inconvenience. Also not in all citiesyet.
I had Clear Wireless for over 1 yr. I always had slow or no service. When I signed up they said I would not have any problem with my service in my NJ area even though I said I lived in a basement apt. After several calls and no better service I cancelled. Since my service was so bad I figured they just zero balanced my account since my service never worked properly from day one. I did not receive any bills from them or emails other than to retry my service for a discounted rate of 20.
After eight months I just received a bill from a collection agency for $95.00. When I asked Clear why I did not receive a final bill. They explained they sent calls to my phone which I explained I never received. When I asked if they could reduce the fees they told me no since the bill was 90 days old. This is one of the shadiest companies I have ever dealt with. I will just pay this since I do not want it to affect my credit. I will make a formal complaint with the Better Business Bureau. Clear is very bad service and billing practices.
I was sold a service that just wasn't possible. I asked this question "I live in an apartment on the 3rd floor and there are trees around my building. Will this affect my signal?" ** explained it wouldn't affect my signal at all. I have a great signal (I understand he is looking at a map).
Spent hours and hours trying the modem in different rooms with various techs. I would tell him/her "just cancel my service I can't get a signal." I would be transferred to someone else and would be required to go through the process over and over until I got really annoyed. Finally it was cancelled.
But, what really irritates me it has been 3 weeks since I returned the equipment (I couldn't return it to the store. I was required to mail it back). This was not explained at the time of sale and I have not received my money yet. I called ** asking for his help in locating my refund why it's taking so long. He told me he couldn't help me. I needed to contact CS. There was nothing he could do.
I paid in cash and this takes longer. CS was of no help to me. I was transferred again and again. First I was told the check was sent then told it wasn't. There was a problem with it (but wouldn't tell me what the problem was). So, I feel this was nothing but a scam. BUYER BEWARE!!!
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -- Clear Wireless service, while relatively cheap, suffers from periodic outages that last from 24 hours to up to one week. Worse, the outages appear to be part of the Clear business plan. When it works, Clear service is generally OK. It never reaches advertised speeds, has routine slow-downs and brief outages, but not too much to complain about.
What really drives a knife into the customer's back, however, are the outages. When they come, there is zero notice, zero internet, and entirely misleading responses from Clear customer support. The outages happens once every couple or few months, and can last for days. As I write this, my service has just come back after three days.
Clear is unusual among service providers in that they appear to have made the calculation that it is cheaper to rebate those few persistent complaining customers or even lose one or two in the wake of an outage rather than pay a service technician overtime to fix something.
Hence, service gaps that would doom any other company are taken by Clear as a viable cost management strategy. The bottom line is that if you cannot afford random, unannounced, and prolonged blackouts with your internet service, avoid Clear like the customer service plague that it truly is.
BENSENVILLE, ILLINOIS -- I have been a Clear customer for about 5 months. I loved the service. Three days ago, I began experiencing EXTREMELY slow speeds. I'm talking about 4 hours to watch a 1 1/2 hour movie. That is ridiculous. But when my payment is due, I get it to them in 5 minutes. No delay. So I waited a few days to see if it would clear up. Well, it's been a week with no improvement. So I decided to call customer service. I spent 15 minutes holding for someone, then another five while they struggled to find my account, which they found stored under my first name and ** for my last name. And the wrong phone number.
No wonder it took so long to find my account. Then they transfer me to level two. I hold for another fifteen minutes, only to find out they couldn't help me. So I asked for a supervisor and they told me a supervisor wasn't available. I asked when one would be available so I could call back, and they said they weren't sure. But they assured me they would have one contact me. I'm still waiting. No call back yet. I will DEFINITELY be canceling my service before the next bill cycle. I also recommend you do not get this service from Clear.
I read bad reviews before getting it and said well maybe those people didn't know what they were talking about. Now I'm the person writing the review. Clear is laughing all the way to the bank with my hard earned money. Pay the few extra bucks and get real Internet service. It's worth it. With Clear, you get what you pay for....garbage.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- CLEAR is a joke! They tell you the service is really fast, internet speed is great, and it is a lie, a big lie. It is 0.2 Mb/ sec download speed and 0.6mb/sec upload. You can't even watch YouTube videos without interruption. Plus, I cancelled the service after 10 days and send the instruments back within 30 days and they did not pay $171 back. I called them 20 times and finally they paid me only $105 back. It is not money back guarantee. They are telling lies and ripping people off. That pissed me off so badly that I am telling everyone how bad CLEAR service is. So stay far far away from it.


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