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Phillips Edison-ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. Increases Distribution Rate
Jan 28, 2013, 05:38 EST
CINCINNATI, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Phillips Edison–ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. (the "Company") announced today that its board of directors authorized and the Company has declared an increase to the annualized rate of distributions. The distribution rate will increase from 6.5% to 6.7% based on a share price of $10.00 for distributions payable to shareholders of record during the months of February and March 2013. The increased distributions begin to accrue February 1, 2013 for the distributions payable in March 2013.
The board of directors unanimously approved such an increase to the distribution rate as a result of the Company's growth through numerous strategic acquisitions. The total size of the Company's portfolio contains 32 grocery-anchored properties consisting of approximately 3 million square feet, with 13 market-leading grocers in 15 states with an aggregate purchase price of approximately $367.5 million.
"We are pleased to announce this increase in our monthly distribution to our shareholders," said Jeff Edison, Co-Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Company. Mr. Edison continued, "We feel this increase comes at the right time, as the combination of favorable debt markets and attractive cap rates at which we can acquire properties, has allowed us to continue to increase the size of our portfolio."
About Phillips Edison – ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc.
Phillips Edison-ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. is a public non-traded REIT that seeks to acquire and manage well-occupied grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers having a mix of national and regional retailers selling necessity-based goods and services, in strong demographic markets throughout the United States. The REIT is co-sponsored by two industry leaders: Phillips Edison & Company, who has acquired over $1.8 billion in shopping centers throughout the United States, and AR Capital, LLC, a real estate investment program sponsor dedicated to governance best practices. As of January 28, 2013, Phillips Edison-ARC owned, directly or indirectly through a joint venture in which it has a controlling interest, and managed an institutional quality retail portfolio consisting of 32 grocery-anchored shopping centers totaling 2,997,845 square feet. For more information on the company, please visit the website at www.phillipsedison-arc.com.
The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the outcome to be materially different. In addition, words such as "anticipate," "believe," "expect," and "intend" indicate a forward-looking statement, although not all forward-looking statements include these words.
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I was raised never to talk back to the police. I am a woman. I am black. This makes sense.
Recently a friend Facebooked (is that right?) me this: "I just witnessed someone yell at a police officer, 'Shut the fuck up!' Guess which race they were." I don't think I could have survived Civil Rights or the beginning of the feminist movement. I hate to admit it, but I might not have been badass enough.
Which is why I now have a huge girl crush on journalist/activist Mona Eltahawy who is no stranger to arrest and protest. Yesterday she made news after "defacing" a ridiculously racist pro-Israel ad posted in a New York Subway station.
The ad, scattered around the city, reads: "In any war between the civilized and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad." The racist campaign is spearheaded by Pamela Gellar, lover of Ayn Rand, blogger at Atlas Shrugs and head loon in charge of the anti-Islam group, the American Freedom Defense Initiative. According to Gawker, in July a judge ruled that, "New York's MTA had violated the AFDI's First Amendment rights by rejecting the group's ads for city bus placement."
Yesterday at 2:42 P.M. Mona Eltahawy tweeted, "Meetings done; pink spray paint time #ProudSavage #FuckHate"
When Mona showed up to express her feelings about the poster all over the poster, a woman also named Pamela, who supports "freedom of expression," confronted the Egyptian-born journalist.
"I am expressing myself freely against hate and racism," said Eltahawy.
"Stop it Mona!"
"Get out of my way."
"Stop it Mona."
"I am not going to stop it."
When the police came to arrest her, Mona asked, "For what? It is my right as a citizen to know what you are arresting me for."
"This is what happens to nonviolent protest in America in 2012," she yelled directly into the cameras there filming this whole thing. "If you're on Twitter, tweet that Mona Eltahawy was arrested. M-o-n-a."
Is there some kind of training badass freedom fighters go to that makes them this unafraid? Sure there were people around, a film crew from the NY Post and strap-hangers headed to the next train -- but it still takes a huge amount of guts to not only stand up against blatant bigotry but to also be defiant and in your face about it.
In a recent profile, the New York Times called Mona "a contemporary, feminist version of the Egyptian intellectuals who have long been a thorn in the flesh of their rulers."
"She was a scourge of the regime of Hosni Mubarak as a columnist and op-ed writer, supporting the movement that eventually coalesced and ousted Mr. Mubarak last year. She continues to haunt his successors. She has put herself on the line for her beliefs. She was beaten and sexually assaulted on a side street of Cairo's Tahrir Square after Mr. Mubarak's ouster."
What do I believe in that strongly? Sure I'm all for women's rights, gay rights, civil rights -- basically if it's got "right" in the tag line then that's exactly what I think it is. But I've never been an activist.
I look at pictures of my mother with a ginormous afro in college and think less about her political statement than I do about how young she looks. I realize I've been lulled into a sort of "everything's okay" nap which I'm startled awake from when something outrageous happens -- here's looking at boogie men like Todd Akin. There are various pillows that make my apolitical naps easier -- education, access, first worldness. Eltahawy refers to them herself when talking about her assault and arrest in Egypt, "I was cushioned and protected by various levels of privilege."
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One thing that I like about Cara's style is that she knows how to dress down designer pieces, much like Rihanna. Though I do find her to be more on the casual side than Rihanna. We have yet to see her wear a pair of heels out on a regular day out, which I don't mind not seeing her don. You can click here to purchase Rag & Bone from SSENSE.
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St. Thomas Aquinas College junior golfer, Michael Miranda was the runner up at the Long Island Amateur golf championship just falling short to winner, Garett Engle in the final round on Friday, June 23rd.
Miranda also competed in the Ike Championship at Century County Club this week finishing tied for 5th place (72, 69, 70)
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Newsday Article by Mark Herrmann
When Garett Engel was the age of Michael Miranda, his young opponent in the Long Island Amateur Championship final Friday, he was determined to be a tour pro. Engel did try that for a few years before he got married, began commuting to a job in the city and became a father.
Through it all, he persisted with his golf game. He regained his amateur status and retained his touch. The 33-year-old persisted again Friday, bouncing back from a four-hole deficit and beating the impressive 20-year-old Miranda on the second extra hole. Engel secured his biggest career title at St. George's Golf & Country Club in front of a gallery that included George Burns, Long Island's all-time most accomplished golfer who won the 1972 Long Island Amateur at St. George's.
Although Miranda is considered the Next Big Thing from Long Island with a prodigious long game — Engel and Burns both complimented him — it was Engle who hit the resounding shot, a 285-yard 3-wood to the green on the 589-yard par-5 second hole. His two-putt birdie clinched it.
"That was a great shot he hit into 2," said Burns, invited as part of a centennial celebration of the Stony Brook club, which opened exactly 100 years ago Friday. A four-time winner on the PGA Tour, Burns watched all 38 holes (alongside former Met PGA executive director Charlie Robson, his caddie 45 years ago). "I was impressed with the distance the ball was going, with the way the guys hit it," the former Manhasset High star said. "They're all so good. They have a lot of talent. The big guy looks like he's got a good future."
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Miranda was disappointed with missed putts and "loose swings" down the stretch. "It stinks right now, but I'll get over it," the Farmingville resident said. "I'll take what I learned from this week: how I can fight, how I can come back, how I can really play."
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Google announced yesterday that it will begin to integrate and give more prominence to content from Google Plus in its search results pages.
This change, which will affect logged in users, of which there are many, raise some interesting questions, and has several potential implications for SEO.
It will also worry rival social networks. For example, Twitter's Alex McGillivary called it 'a bad day for the internet' in a tweet yesterday:
I've been asking search experts for their opinions on the possible consequences of this new move from Google.
What are your views on Search, plus Your World?
Kevin Gibbons, Founder, SEOptimise:
Looking past the obvious reasons of promoting Google+ and their rivalries with Facebook and Twitter, I think this update is more about Google improving the relevancy of results via a more personalised search experience.
There was an interesting study by Nielsen a couple of yeas ago, and this stated that 42% of people trust search engine results, while a huge 90% trust recommendations from people they know.
In my opinion that is the biggest threat social media/search brings to Google, the ability to provide personal recommendations. So it's clear that this is something they have to get better at if they want to retain such a dominant market share in the long-term.
Rishi Lakhani, Search Strategist:
I think it's a desperate attempt to make a rather poor product become mainstream. Google has the largest universal audience base, but not the largest social network.
So what they are doing is to try and compete with the powerhouses that are Twitter and Facebook, by using the one super strong property they have, search.
If they can't succeed at making a new social network, they will simply convert their current powerhouse into one.
Welcome to MySpace+Yahoo 3.0.
Andrew Girdwood, Media Innovations Director at Bigmouthmedia:
I'm excited by Search plus Your World. The video teaser was tantalising in that it sketched a picture but we're yet to see exactly how Search+ will work. This is such a potentially big change to Google that it is frustrating that we cannot yet examine every atomic detail.
Search plus Your World looks like a Google I would like to use. I really hope it works well with real time. Friends are best for news curation and breaking news needs real time.
Search+ also adds extra depth to Universal Search. It's all well and good search returning pictures of products but better to have pictures of products and holiday scenes with a social context.
Will Critchlow, Founder, Distilled:
While it's obvious that Google is on the search for a world "after links" and it's no surprise that +1s should be their chosen saviour, I'm a little concerned about a future where a major ranking signal is proprietary to Google.
At a tactical level, I sincerely hope that the G+ API gets *really good*. At a strategic level, I think it's just one more step towards an integration of all forms of online marketing. It's going to be ever less about impressing robots and ever more about impressing humans.
Kelvin Newman, Creative Director at SiteVisibility:
This isn't an unanticipated step by most of the search community but that doesn't mean it's not significant, it puts another nail in the coffin of ranking reports and continues the shift to SEO being measured on business metrics.
As we've seen from the switch to https it's only the minority who search signed into a Google account; albeit a pretty significant minority. It's this same Group who are going to see this new level of personalisation. So unless there's a sudden uplift in sign ups for Google accounts this won't affect most people.
Alex Moss, Partner at Pleer:
Meh. This is yet another attempt to ensure that Google+'s skewed data will stay skewed. Claims such as 20m users joining within three weeks of its launch seem a bit odd considering that nobody outside of my professional connections have even heard of Google+, let alone realise they have an account.
Until a technophobe (usually your own mother) asks you "What is this Google+ nonsense" I wouldn't consider it a success.
My World is Google's attempt to create a funnel leading to somewhere you may not have found relevant in the first place, defeating the object of the search's intentions.
Social networking is about finding and developing new experiences within a portal. Google search is supposed to cater for the opposite i.e.finding information you're looking for and delivering it fast!
Teddie Cowell, SEO Director, Guava:
I don't think Google is using this as purely a platform for Google+ despite what it currently looks like. From the recent comments by Eric Schmidt we can see that Google is keen to reach out to Facebook and Twitter.
It's hard to see how Google can move forward with closer social integration in the short term when platforms like Facebook and Twitter are essentially walled garden blocking them (Facebook with the Bing deal and Twitter pulling out of the real time search agreement).
What are the possible implications for SEO and online marketing?
Rishi Lakhani:
Some of the arguments in favour of social activity around Google plus is that they try and use those signals to create a better index, taking away from the nightmare that are links as ranking signals.
So will this new feature impact SEO? Absolutely. Now everyone will have more personalised results (than before!). How do you score through a moving goalpost?
Will it affect online marketing? Not really. Instead of SEO, we may end up relying more on power users to influence signals. So the likes of celebrities could influence a large portion of their followers online.
I am not sure I like that scenario. Either way as is the job of the online marketer, if an exploit or advantage exists, it will be used and abused.
Jimmy McCann, SEO Manager, Search Laboratory:
I think it's a good move, as it makes the user experience a bit better, and for SEO I don't think it will harm organic CTRs on commercial terms. I think it will only affect about 20% (max) of search queries.
It's just another reason why social should be incorporated as part of an SEO campaign. It's even more important for companies to produce socially engaging content in order to maximise visibility in these personalised SERPs. There will be big opportunities for social in 2012 as companies are forced to use Google+
The one big bonus of this is that you can completely depersonalise results with one click. It's always a pain telling clients to clean browsers and log out.
Andrew Girdwood:
In some ways this is big news for SEO. However, if you look back at the SEO predictions for 2012 that Econsultancy put together we can see two main themes; the importance of content and the increased role of social and Google+. Google's Search+ is the natural evolution of this.
Those SEOs who have done more than just predict this, but who have managed to re-work old SEO styles into the multi-signal approach that new SEO requires will welcome Search plus Your World. To those SEOs this is justification.
Econsultancy recently published stats on which percentage of agencies and clients thought social signals were significant in search. These agencies and clients in the significant side should be well placed to do well with the new socially strong Google.
Of course, there are plenty of SEO strategies that do not yet incorporate the range of activities required to succeed in Search plus Your World. Until these SEO strategies can adapt and those agencies work out how to implement them then they may struggle.
Teddie Cowell:
Now you need two Google SEO strategies, one for "No personal results" (legacy) and "Search plus Your World" (future).
A robust social strategy is important for all companies moving forwards and ensuring Google+ is adopted into that strategy.
Typing in [music] may bring up box of "prominent people" talking about that subject on G+. Who is prominent online in your industry, i.e. [car insurance]? I Don't see Google being able to promote just G+ for long, Facebook and Twitter should be integrated at least as well.
Kelvin Newman:
Despite not influencing everyone's results suddenly building the number of people who have your business in a Google Plus circle seems a far more legitimate SEO tactic than it did 48 hours ago.
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"I think it's a desperate attempt to make a rather poor product become mainstream"
Correct. It's not about giving users better results, it's about trying to make Google+ profitable.
Kelvin Newman is the creative director at SiteVisibility, not SearchVisibility. Any chance this could be corrected?
I agree with comments from Kelvin and Alex. Surly this is only going to be truly big news if Google can actually get people to use Google +.
I think I must know about 3 people outside of the industry who know what Google + is and are using it.
Like most things Google does, this will evolve, and it's probable that to avoid anti-trust problems, such results will include other social media such as Twitter and Facebook. However, bear in mind Facebook has been resistant to such moves in the past, as it makes money from its own social graph connections, and Twitter failed to renew its agreement with Google to share its 'realtime search' results last year. These companies are all in a game.
I think this is a move towards more semantic, or meaningful search, and social recommendations and context around any search will be valuable indicators. Google knows it is late to that party on a social graph, and although this change may appear 'desperate', Google have a quite different revenue model to facebook or twitter.
One should remember that quality, unbiased search results are what Google makes millions from every day, but at the same time, there's the simple fact that you must pay Google to skew search in your direction with Adwords. You have to pay Google to compete against Google's results, which is a rather extraordinary contradiction, but it is the accepted status quo. It's much the same story to advertise on Yahoo or Bing.
This search game has high stakes, and it is a game that is always open to innovation and disruption, and I think that this change will be intriguing in its execution, evolution and the impact on traditional SEO/SEM. What is clear is that this a) makes Google+ more important, b) a subject for mainstream attention right now, and c) obviously puts the cat amongst the pigeons at Facebook and Twitter, so I think Google will be well pleased with the results so far.
In the UK, we haven't actually seen what this will look like on our screens yet, so I think we might be wise to defer speculation. But then again, it's far more interesting to speculate!
I've posted what I think over on the No Pork Pies blog, but in summary I love it! If/when I start using Google+ seriously (and apps are developed to help me do this) it will hopefully become my personal management tool as the additional 'recommended' results are overlayed.
A desperate way to shoehorn another failing Google product into the mainstream market? Or a search revolution that will change the way we find and share information?
I'm not decided yet, though I do know from testing it out today that it makes my search results page far more cluttered!
Anti-trust problems will not present themselves with this because other big players like Facebook aren't going to give away their data and besides, Google doesn't have a monopoly, just a market-leading search share. What people aren't mentioning with Facebook's IPO coming up is Facebook's ultimate entry into the search market. Besides the resources they have at their disposal and the talent they have, they have more social data than anybody else and they will not give up their biggest asset to Google. Google+ is generating a lot of media hype, but people go where their friends are and businesses go where their customers are. It's gotten to the point that there are dozens and dozens of companies listed at http://www.buyfacebookfansreviews.com that do nothing other than promote Facebook pages for businesses because all of them want to take advantage of Facebook and this is where all of the business attention is going. Expect this news of Facebook's entry into the search market to come out at a strategic time to take advantage of Facebook's upcoming IPO. Facebook has essentially saturated the social networking market, but can continue to expand by moving over to the search, ecommerce, location, and other markets and that's what I think they're going to be doing very soon.
Google, if you're listening, when I search, I want to find something new. Get it? I don't want to see stuff I already know about or stuff my friends or anyone else likes. Personalisation doesn't work with search. In fact, it's anti-search.
Google has lost the plot, in favour of the almighty dollar. Sadly, this is the just the latest phase of their masterplan to get rid of organic results.
Google+ is like the CEO's kid who has been invited into board meetings. The rest of us can't do anything about it, apart from perhaps try and join in.
I think it reeks of desperation. We all began to love Google ten years ago because it gave us what we felt were fair and relevant results and "In Google We Trust" was born. This gate-crashing from Google+ is going a long way to tainting that trust and delivering skewed results. Perhaps skewed forever.
This aspect of personalised search plus keyword rich domain preferences in the SERPs is eroding the once appreciated quality.
I would like to see more hitwise data, as 49 Million US users for Google+ seems extraordinary.
Google fight against Facebook but the batlle is lost from the begining.
Probably Facebook is working in a new and more comptetitive search engine that directly push Google from the best results to another position, from de number 1 to number 2.
Next steps? Watch another and imitate. It's clear.
Hi Graham,
Loving the comments. The search world is divided but most importantly, most online searchers won't know what has happened and won't give a toss as long as they get relevant and useful results. The issue is that this is likely to distort those results.
I'm torn on this. On the one hand, I can see the relative benefits of personalising my search based on my G+ network. So if I'm looking for cool things to do in London this weekend, and I see a good friend has +1'd a gig or an exhibition, that would be useful for me.
Why does this need to be integrated into search results? Well, most people I know who are registered for G+ don't use it for networking or social connection. They might post content occasionally but G+ is yet to take on as a social network and I doubt it ever will, even with the latest development. Therefore, if you do surface +1'd links and comments to users from their own circles, that can add value.
However, what I'm not too delighted by is the implicit doctoring or search results with G+ content that comes from people outside my circles. Do I care what a celebrity thinks is cool in London? Or John from Reigate? No I don't. I have no idea who they are, what they do or what they're like. So that to me is noise, irrelevant info that will just annoy me. My understanding of the announcement is that there are these two strands and the latter I think is potentially anti-competitive and intrusive.
Re the Twitter and FB thing, if Twitter hasn't re-signed the agreement (I don't know why - can anyone elaborate?), then Google obviously can't integrate the real-time data. FB is surely reluctant because it doesn't want Google making people think it's more social than FB wants it to be. So the G+ move is an obvious one even if we don't like it.
At least it's keeping us all in jobs!
I think it depends on if G's search performance algorithms begin to de-value G+ results for individuals - if it does, then don't click them and it will all go away.
@GrumpyOldSEO, if you search, you search to find what you're looking for. If personalisation can help you, then that's fine.
There are many positives to personalised search, both on Google and on ecommerce sites. For example, I wish ASOS personalised their onsite search so if I search for "tshirt", they know I'm a male and only show me men's t-shirts. The data is there - so why not use it?
Similarly, if Google+ knows I'm interested into ecommerce and I search for "ecommerce trends in 2012", then if I can be suggested the latest G+ posts from ecommerce experts, then cool - thanks very much.
Take the "cars" example on SEland. Will users actually search "cars"? Probably not. If they do, then we can guess they'll be taking a very broad approach to the search, so showing different people things that might interest them based on their social network will probably work. To be honest, the search for "cars" carried out by Danny Sullivand might be really relevant to him (perhaps he, or people in his circles, drive a Prius, long for a Ferarri but are actually more likely to buy a Nissan LEAF electric car). Incognito mode only means that session data isn't stored on the browser's PC, it doesn't mean it won't marry up visitor data through some other means other than cookies.
Of course, we don't have it yet here in the UK. Once it does come, we can then assess how things will change. I think it means companies will have to work harder in terms of creating better content for tightly defined audience and create better distribution methods through trust models...
Integration of G+ was only a work in progress when the agreement b/w Google & Twitter didn't work out. It has been a long known fact that Social Signals will keep influencing organic search more in the coming days.
Would love to watch when Google will start pushing PPC ads from within the G+ profiles OR add promotion tabs to G+ business pages. (Certainly a google.com landing page will invite a better quality score and early approvals, right?)
Sides, why not integrate results from product listing sites like pinterest.com to Google Product Search and likeways.. Search 3.0 ?
Integration of G+ was only a work in progress when the agreement b/w Google & Twitter didn't work out. It has been a long known fact that Social Signals will keep influencing organic search more in the coming days.
I would rather wait and watch when Google will start pushing PPC ads from within the G+ profiles OR add promotion tabs to G+ business pages. (Certainly a google.com landing page will invite a better quality score and early approvals, right?)
Sides, why not integrate results from product listing sites like pinterest.com to Google Product Search and likeways.. Search 3.0 ?
+Andy Nattan - poor product? Google Plus? Easily the best social network built so far. Easily and improving at a rate which exceeds innovation across all the other platforms combined. Google's finally building a truly social product which has long been the vision for search.
As for promoting it's own products- no. It's Facebook and the other tech companies that have built walls to keep Google out. Google only has access to about 10% of all web content and has little access to Facebook's walled garden so it has to prioritise its own products.
Google has always had an open approach to the web, it's Google's competitors that have taken a closed approach and have no right to complain about Google's improvements to search, which will benefit the end user as much as Google.
My only concern with deep personalisation of search results is that Google must ensure that people don't just get access to information which only supports what people already believe. It's important that people receive news and information which will also challenge their point of view.
I'm sure Google will address those concerns though. I think Google's recent changes are staggering in their breadth, speed and I applaud their work over the last couple of years! It's really amazing.


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An Expressive Reality
The show was great! I really enjoyed this play on fathers day. This show should be broadcasted on a higher level. It shows the poeple of color, hispanics and blacks, that we are all the same. It expresses the minds of the ignorant, and it also opens the minds of the stubborn. This show is what every young man that grows up living with mixed cultures should see. i aplaude the writer for a well projected play.
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This play was extremely entertaining and delightful. I felt it was informative and touched the overwhelming stigmas of society.
Written on September, 28th 2007
I really appreciated
i really appreciated the simplicity in conveying history and sparking the debate over this subplot in the race issue.
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The real history and heritage
The world needs a play like this to teach and remind people of their real history and heritage. And emphasize the reality that color of all shades is just a person's karma to be admired and enjoyed as in all of the colors of a palette
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This play was Extremely Entertaining and Delightful
I felt it was informative and touched the overwhelming stigmas of society
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Funny, fast moving, and just plain moving! Not to mention highly informative.
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The History! The main objective of the show touched base with the present reality! It was amazing, I would come see it again and again
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I thought the play was great! It was funny, witty, uplifting and very real. I would and WILL see it again.
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Funny & Real
I thought it was a great show. It was funny and real. I would definitely see it again
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Much more than a love story - Platanos is an inspiration
I totally enjoyed the play, and truly enjoyed the message. I think the play is much more than a love story. It is the mental affect of colonization racism on the love between a black man and a spanish woman. I think it is misrepresented when it is just advertised as a love story between a blackman and a spanish woman, because it is much more than that.
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IT ISN'T OFTEN that you'll find a roomful of women sobbing.
But when Deborah Collins Stephens, Jackie Speier, Jan Yanehero and Michealene Cristini Risley, co-authors of "This is Not the Life I Ordered," shared stories of the incredible challenges they overcame at a Speak to Me event in Mill Valley, it was hard not to get emotional.
"People were crying and laughing" says Jenny Terry, who co-founded the speaker series for women with Tracy Barsotti in 2009. "They shared their stories in such a personal, open, honest way, you could have heard a pin drop in the room."
That was right before the standing ovation.
It's that kind of response that has been particularly rewarding for the two longtime friends and Mill Valley moms, as well as the fact that they have been nearly selling-out the five to six events they put on each year.
"To hear someone like Jackie Speier, who's such a public figure who has so many issues to talk about, to hear her talk about her own personal story, that's just something you don't get an opportunity to hear very often and in such an intimate setting," Terry says. "You feel like at the end of the night that you've made four new friends and that's the feeling we like to have with our speakers."
It's what they envisioned when they launched their first season four years ago and it's what they hope to continue to do as they prepare to start the new one, which opens Oct. 15 with entrepreneurs Jory Des Jardins, co-founder of BlogHer, Danae Ringelmann, co-founder of Indegogo and Alison Pincus, co-founder of One Kings Lane.
And it's what they hope for their new Lunch & Learn series, which is geared toward helping women get back into the job market, beef-up their professional goals and perhaps even become entrepreneurs.
"I love how it brings our community together," says Kristine Erving, president of Marin Charitable, one of Speak to Me's partners. "It carries over into conversations taking place after these events because it's so thought-provoking."
The two were friends before they married. They first worked together as volunteers at the Bay Area Discovery Museum's charitable events after leaving their corporate careers to raise their families. Terry, 46, was a brand manager for many years before becoming a consultant, and Barsotti, 44, worked in public relations and marketing. As their term ended and they sat together at the volunteer farewell tea, they realized they wanted to keep working together and, more important, keep connecting women in meaningful ways with just a touch of gals' night attached.
A year later, Speak to Me was born. One thing they didn't want to do, however, was make the series just for moms or just about parenting.
"We try to make sure that each speaker we have in a season can affect many of the roles that they play, that it's something they can apply to how they're working and also how they're a community member or how they're a mom," says Barsotti.
They are careful to get experts in their fields. "They're not just self-styled experts, they really have the science behind the facts," Terry says.
And they look for speakers with inspiring personal stories.
One of those was Annie Leonard, director of the "Story of Stuff" project, who spoke in 2011. While she's grateful Terry and Barsotti are creating a space for women to address important issues, she admits she left the evening "with new information, new inspiration and new friends."
"Our audience is really smart and ask excellent questions, and we hear from our speakers all the time about how impressed they are with our audience," Barsotti says. "People say, 'Oh my gosh, that was an amazing group of women in that room.'"
"I'm not surprised because I love our audience," says Terry, "but I feel like these people speak all over the place, and I don't really expect them to have that kind of reaction but they really do. It's really neat."
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I'm back in Colorado, and I started my zoo rotation last week. Sorry updates have been few and far between. So far, the zoo has been fabulous. I know I have a job lined up for when I graduate, and I know it's a job I'll love, but damn, I wish I could be a zoo vet.
Anyway, about everything else that's going on in my life. I left California a day early to try to get back home to Colorado on Halloween. It's my favorite holiday, and the thought of spending it listening to powerpoints, then driving across the dessert was rather depressing.
My pups were happy to see me. Tyler, however, was not. Knowing that I was home, and I hadn't seen the guy in 9 weeks, he stayed at a friend's party for hours after I told him where I was. 2 days later, he drops the bombshell that he wants a divorce. So I've been dealing with the fallout from that for the past week and a half. I've been trying to find somebody to take care of my cats for my next 3 rotations, since Billy obviously hadn't been getting his thyroid meds while I was gone, packing up all my stuff and moving it to my mom's house for storage, until I can move into my own place once I'm done with all of the travelling for school, and just trying to hold my shit together.
I'm really trying to look on the bright side of things right now. I no longer have to deal with bat shit crazy in-laws. I no longer have to hear non-stop droning about hockey and the Red Wings. I no longer have to support a full grown adult who doesn't contribute to household bills, or clean, or take responsibility for anything. In May, when I'm done with rotations, and the tenants move out of my house here, I can move in, decorate how I want, and not have to worry about having his band practicing in the basement again, so I know it won't get trashed again. Logically, I know I'm better off. Part of me is pissed off that he's the one leaving me - because I expressed my disappointment in how he's treated me over the years (because apparently it's ok to mooch off your wife, put the band, your friends, and toxic family before her, and to break your vows multiple times, but it's not ok for her to react to those constant slights). The other part of me is incredibly embarrassed that I've put up with so much shit for so long, and that I've been a complete doormat. I'm trying not to dwell on it, and just move on, and concentrate on improving my situation, and studying for my boards in December.
As a result of all that, and in an attempt to cheer myself up, I did something impulsive - I booked a 2 week trip to Stockholm with my Mom, Sister, and best friend. I have a few weeks between when I'm finished with all my clinical rotations, and when graduation happens. I can't work in that time, while I'm waiting around for my diploma, so I figured I'd make the best of it. I seriously doubt that I'll be able to take any sort of time off for the next few years while I'm building my career, so it's now or never.
It may not feel like it right now, but life is good.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Trying to look on the bright side of things.
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Grand Islanders will fill Veterans Park tonight to host the countrified version of the 2016 Relay For Life.
The theme of this year's event is "Give Cancer the Boot." Country music act Rob Bilson will highlight the event's entertainment schedule.
This year, the Relay will be inspired by the honorary survivors/caregivers, are the mother/daughter teams of Natalie Stanczyk and her daughter Sarah and Grace Aswad and her daughter Lisa Dudley.
The annual Grand Island fundraiser for the American Cancer Society has already topped the $100,000 mark for the year. According to the Relay For Life page on the American Cancer Society website, 37 Grand Island Relay teams and 327 participants have raised $101,005 so far.
The event will open at 4 p.m. and run to midnight.
Event Schedule
4 p.m.: Events open
6 p.m.: Opening ceremony
Survivor Lap Caregiver Lap
7 p.m.: McCarthy School of Irish Dance
7:25 p.m.: Arden-Rochez Irish Dancers
7:45 p.m.: Elektra Fire Performer
8 p.m.: Jess and Ed
8:50 p.m.: Performance by country recording artist Rob Bilson
9:50 p.m.: Luminaria ceremony with the Mackenzie Highlanders Pipers
10:15 p.m.: Performance by country recording artists Steve and Tom from Eric Van Houten the Foundry
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Open Thread: Talk About What Matters Most to You
Discuss and debate the issues that mean the most to you.
Last week, Rebecca asked who wanted to write a piece on feminism as a dirty word, after some girl who used to be on X Factor was stopped (by her PR) during an interview when she was asked whether she was a feminist or not.
I jumped at the chance, because I just love stuff like this. I get all self-righteous and militant and start shouting things like 'feminists are cool, too' and embarrassing anyone in a 10-mile vicinity of me. But I have put off writing it, because I just don't know what to say.
I can't believe we are still having (or not having) these conversations but I am loathe to criticize poor Ella Henderson for not fighting against her PR's strict instructions to not answer the question. Because, at 17, I don't think I called myself a feminist either. This makes me really sad, and a bit embarrased, but I'm pretty sure is the truth.
People often ask me how and when I came to self-define as a feminist activist, and I can't remember because it doesn't seem important anymore. Fighting for and writing about gender liberation and equality is such a concrete part of my identity these days that it seems irrelevant when I first used the f-word.
But I do remember, as a teenager, having a disagreement with a friend of mine when I wouldn't call myself a feminist because I said that it implied that I hated men and I was terrified of being seen as anything other than a desirable, sexual being who just loved guys. For me, as a 17-year-old-girl, the two things were disanalogous and there weren't a lot of people telling me otherwise.
Learning how the empowerment of women was my empowerment, too, was something that I discovered as I discovered who I was, as I sought out different media, as I found books that I loved, as I learnt what being a woman meant to me.
I didn't pick it up at my all-girls school, where the only woman who spoke about feminism was our History of Art teacher (who we all cruelly laughed at, as teenage girls do). I didn't get it all at once. And I'm okay with that.
The online revolution has, I think, done wonders for women. I am a part of communities where women like Emily talk about how they like men coming on their face in the same breath as gender equality. There is a world of diversity available to me, and that is fucking cool, feminism doesn't have to be a monolithic order of lipstick-haters.
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Combine chili paste, white vinegar, rice vinegar, garlic cloves, kosher salt, sugar, and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer for 30 minutes and skim if needed. Add cornstarch and bring back to a boil to thicken. Set aside and let cool.
Heat oil to 360 degrees F. in a deep pot.
Dredge crab in buttermilk and dip in tempura flour. Fry in oil for 2 minutes until crisp. Set aside. Place asparagus spear in oil for one minute. Set aside.
Place 2 ounces of the cooled chili paste sauce in a shallow bowl along with a mound of cooked rice noodles. Arrange carrot and sprigs of basil, cilantro, and mint next to the noodles. Place lime wedge along side the noodles. Put fried crab on top of noodles with asparagus spear.
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Dr. Gina Gillie's Bio
Dr. Gina Gillie is an Assistant Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University where she teaches horn and aural skills, conducts a horn choir, and performs frequently with faculty groups and in solo and chamber recitals. As an orchestral player, she is currently Assistant Principal with the Tacoma Symphony and has also played with the Northwest Sinfonietta, the LaCrosse Symphony Orchestra, the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra and the Beloit-Janesville Symphony Orchestra. She is a member of two faculty chamber ensembles at PLU, the Camas Wind Quintet and the Lyric Brass Quintet.
In 2006, she attended the Tanglewood Music Festival as an orchestral fellow where she worked with world-class musicians such as James Levine, Elliot Carter, Bernhard Haitink, Stefan Asbury, Herbert Blomstedt, Charles Rosen, Barry Tuckwell and John Williams. Dr. Gillie studied horn performance with Douglas Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she received her master's degree in 2006 and her Doctorate of Musical Arts in 2009. She completed her Bachelors degree at Pacific Lutheran University in 2004 as a horn player in Kathleen Vaught Farner's studio.
As a vocalist, Dr. Gillie has participated in many choirs including the Choir of the West at PLU and PLU's Choral Union. She sings in recital settings whenever she gets the chance, and usually incorporates a vocal chamber piece into the horn recitals she presents.
A lover of early music, she lectures and performs on natural horn as well as baroque horn. During her time in Madison she appeared in period performances with the Madison Bach Musicians playing repertoire including Bach's Mass in B Minor.
Dr. Gillie's doctoral dissertation is entitled "Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Music for Soprano, Horn and Piano: an Original Composition, Professional Recording, and Research of Significant Pieces." Information and recordings from the project are featured on Dr. Gillie's website.


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Hip Hop Institution
De La Soul first appeared as 'daisy age' rappers, part of the Native Tongues movement, and secured their status with the classic '3 Feet High and Rising' album. They continue to release albums, the most recent being 2004's 'The Grind Date', and recently supplied the rap for Gorillaz's 'Feel Good Inc' hit, scored 5 Grammy nominations.
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I've fallen into a pretty good routine through my unemployed weeks. Generally Monday is my cleaning house day. I'll do the laundry, vacuum and dust the apartment, run boring errands and cook the fanciest meal of the week. By Tuesday I've run out of task-oriented things to do and tackle projects that have been sitting around for a while. I'm talking scrapbooking, closet organizing, de-cluttering.
By the time Thursday comes, I'm starting to get a little bored at home. I usually will jump on my bike and head to the local park for relaxing and reading in the sun. Thursday usually also means I've run out of fruits and vegetables and a Whole Foods run is necessary.
Here is one of the dinners I made on a Monday night. Monday is 'fancy dinner' night and requires a little more prep and planning. This spice-rubbed chicken takes a lot of spices from your pantry. You'll wind up making more spice rub than you actually use. Just store it in an air-tight jar and make this chicken again!
Spice-Rubbed Chicken with Dijon vinaigrette
Adapted from several sourcesFor Vinaigrette
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Combine all ingredients in a screw-top container and shake it up!
For Chicken
1/2 tablespoon ancho chili powder
1/2 tablespoon ground cumin
1/2 tablespoon ground coriander
1/2 tablespoon ground ginger
1/2 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground fennel
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
4 chicken breasts, skin on, boneless
Olive oil
Combine all the spices in a small bowl. Brush chicken breasts with olive oil and sprinkle with a little kosher salt. Rub about 1 tablespoon spice mixture onto the top of each chicken breast. Grill chicken for 5 minutes on each side, or until cooked through. (I had really fat chickens, so I grilled them for 5 minutes on each side, then tossed them in the 400 F oven for 15 minutes).
Remove chicken from the grill (or oven) and drizzle with some of the Dijon vinaigrette. Tent the chicken with aluminum foil and let rest for 5 minutes.
Gratin Dauphinois
Adapted from The Little Paris Kitchen
2 pounds russet potatoes
1 1/4 cups whole milk
1 1/4 cups heavy cream
Dash of nutmeg
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 clove garlic
1 tablespoon butter, softened
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
Peel potatoes and slice to 1/8-inch thickness. Combine milk, cream, nutmeg and mustard in a large pot and add potatoes. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat and let bubble for 10 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400 F.
Cut the clove of garlic in half and rub an 8x8-inch baking dish with the clove of garlic. Coat the dish with the softened butter and transfer the potatoes and cream to the baking dish. Bake for 45 minutes, or until the top is golden brown. Top with chopped parsley and serve!


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Cho'gath - The Terror of the Void
Ah... those silly guides I make, well I like having fun and so what's more fun than going all wild with a 4-6k Cho'gath and om nom nomming down your opponents? No, sadly im not talking AP because we want your enemies to scream, not you.
Cho'gath using Feast: How did he do that? anyway, that's a perfect example of you eating some girl.
Most of the time you'll feast on minions until you have 6x charges, so I recommend a Golem buff to reduce to cooldown in the meantime. Now I know this is all In medias Res, but trust me it's well worth it to keep your attention, though my guesses are that you won't read this.
Starting off a Cho'gath:
Well I recommend a Regrowth Pendant and going either top or bottom with some jerk that won't last hit FTW, you need to abuse Carnivore to stay alive. Now at you will mostly be doing some wierd stuff like aim with Rupture while eating the hopeless auto-attacks from the pub nubs, it's just sad but they don't know any better. Your goal is to Rush Warmog's Armor and **** up everything, oh and don't be a scrub and think you can tank the tower in their base...


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Sundial Software
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Heat the oil in a large skillet over moderately-high heat until hot but not smoking. Add the ground turkey and, using a wooden spoon, break up the clumps and cook until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add the stock and scrape up any bits on the bottom of the pan. Bring up to a boil, and then let simmer until slightly reduced, about 10 minutes. Stir in the spinach and cannellini beans and heat through. Season with salt and pepper. Serve over brown rice or your favorite pasta.
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Manatee Bay
"Manatee Bay" is Eddie Thompson's winning entry in the MRC's 2015 layout challenge.
It's a fictitious H0 marine terminal (part of a larger layout) located on a river estuary on the Florida Panhandle operated by Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
The inspiration for the layout came from the March 2014 edition of Model Railroader which included an article 'Build an easy car float' (float = barge in English). The hull is made from shaped MDF and I thought having never scratch built anything 'I can do that'. The track which is welded to a steel deck was made by modifying Peco inspection pits with plasticard laid between the tracks to give the impression of a solid steel deck. H0 cleets, bridge hooks and track bumpers were sourced from the American marine modelling company Frenchman River Models and the finished article sprayed matt grey with aerosol primer paint and lightly coated with rust coloured wash.
To my delight the April 2014 edition of Model Railroader included detailed instructions of how to build a freight house from plasticard which I modified and finished by cladding the walls with balsa. The overbridge building was built from foam board and covered with scale plastic corrugated iron cut to size having researched the standard size of American corrugated iron sheets which were smaller in the 1950's than today. The finished building was placed on a steel girder structure made from glueing together countless pieces of plastic girder sections with the finished article spay painted with matt red primer paint to which rust streaks were added.
The water followed precisely the instructions given on the YouTube video "Building Water on The Seaport Model Works Display" which I found delivered exactly what is says on the tin! Magic for a modeller who has never attempted to model water before. You can imagine my delight when viewers complemented the modelled water.
Not being much of an electrician I found the electronics a bit of a puzzle as for the first time I used my NCE DCC system to operate both the locomotive, the Tortoise switch motor and the electrofrog turnout through a NCE Switch-it decoder but thanks to some advice from the Putnam team I was able to get the wiring right.
Whilst I was surprised with the finished article and even more when the layout was considered good enough to win the competition I am only too aware that I have a long way to go to reach the standards of modelling achieved by some MRC members. However as was explained to me before I started, the challenge is designed to encourage members to try something new, out of their comfort zone and to that end the competition was an outstanding success.


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Age: 6+
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Age: 8-17
With supporters like Death Cab for Cutie and Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, you know this rock camp is the real deal. All skill levels are welcome, so whether you're staging your own jam sessions or just dreaming about picking up a guitar, a week at this camp will have you channeling your inner rock n' roller.
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They asked us to use the Four Universal Needs (Skin & Coat, Oral Care, Digestion, Immunity) to judge how Darla was handling the switch. I honestly haven't seen any change. She rocked all of those universal needs before, and is still doing great after being completely switched to Pedigree for several weeks.
The large dog breed brand food that we were using before was much smaller, but the larger Pedigree food doesn't seem to phase Darla(You see the size difference above). She eats parts of my chairs, so even though her new food is larger, she gobbles it down just as easily. Pedigree is less expensive than our old brand and Darla is doing very well with it, so we will continue feeding her Pedigree. I would definitely recommend switching over to anyone who wants to help their dog stay healthy.
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Funny Obituaries
In a section of the news that usually inspires tears, a few unique souls would rather make us laugh
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In a section of the news that usually inspires tears, a few unique souls would rather make us laugh
If ever there was a living being who inspired a lot of people to think more of the inner lives of animals, it was Koko, the gorilla who used sign language
Tom Flynn, the founder of America's Cemetery, who was honored with the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association's 2018 Lasting Impact Award, di
Fifty years ago, the sunny optimism of the Summer of Love yielded to a darker season—the Summer of '68
If there's one surefire way to get the last word, it's writing your own obituary
Anthony Bourdain wasn't just a TV chef, he was an ambassador
PBS's new World War II film, "Survivors of Malmedy," tells the stories of U.S. soldiers in a little-known tragedy
We're celebrating 50 years of "2001: A Space Odyssey" by reflecting on the future projected by the 1968 blockbuster
Jim Hood is determined that his son's overdose will not be in vain—and now Facing Addiction with NCADD is backing him up
The "Overlooked" series seeks to begin correcting historical biases in reporting notable lives and deaths
How crowdfunding is breathing life into the afterlife with new memorial possibilities
A video tribute to yesteryear's amazing tomorrows
It's not often a regular guy from small town U.S.A
Before there was #MeToo, there was Carmita Dickerson Wood
Two years ago, Chris Hurst lost his girlfriend, Alison Parker, to gun violence
Love for their families' cultural history was a central part of their lives
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Join us in remembering those who battled breast cancer
On POW/MIA Recognition Day, we honor missing American service members and their families
At the end, their children remembered them with a lifetime's worth of love.
When it comes to researching family history, the obit is a treasure trove of information
These scientists, teachers, and community leaders sought greater understanding of life on the spectrum
The great physicist's life teaches us that science means changing your mind when new evidence turns up
A look at the unsettling science fiction and horror films of 1968
These cancer doctors, nurses, and scientists devoted their lives to helping others
Some of our greatest romances are told in the obituaries
Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" is one of the great children's stories of all time
A very unlikely tribute to Law & Order's late star
America wasn't their first home, but they bravely fought for the U.S.A
Obit writers from around the globe gathered at Legacy this October
How a photographer creates a picture worthy of remembrance
Five years after 19-year-old Jessica Martins' death, her family and friends honored her by opening up a world of joy and possibility for children in her ho
Not everyone has an easy relationship with Mom. But when it's time to say goodbye, things change
It's more than just someone's death notice—it's also their life story, preserved to make sure the world remembers them
As Florida teenagers lead the #MarchForOurLives, we look back at heroic children through history
These Olympic torch bearers died recently — but they lived remarkable lives
Legacy.com founder Stopher Bartol examines the recurring phenomenon of higher death rates in winter months
Five years after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the 26 who died have not been forgotten.
Some heroes wear blue jeans and drive tractors
Day of the Dead, known as el Dia de los Muertos in Spanish, is a Mexican holiday held each year to remember ancestors and loved ones who have died.
Here's what she cooks to honor her grandparents' Minnesota roots
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(22nd Aug 2013) FDA Grants Qualified Infectious Disease Product Designation and Fast Track Status for MerLion Pharma's Lead Antibacterial Candidate Finafloxacin
FDA Grants Qualified Infectious Disease Product Designation and Fast Track Status for
MerLion Pharma's Lead Antibacterial Candidate Finafloxacin
Singapore, 22nd August 2013 - MerLion Pharmaceuticals (MerLion) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated finafloxacin for oral and intravenous (iv) use as a Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) and for Fast Track development for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) including pyelonephritis, complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI) and acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI).
A QIDP is defined as an antibacterial or antifungal drug for human use intended to treat serious or life threatening infections, including those caused by antibiotic or antifungal resistant pathogens, new or emerging pathogens, or "qualifying pathogens" with the potential to pose a serious threat to public health.
The QIDP designation for finafloxacin will enable MerLion to benefit from a number of incentives, including priority review with New Drug Application submissions to the FDA and eligibility for an additional five-year extension of market exclusivity under the Hatch- Waxman Act.
Finafloxacin is a highly differentiated antibacterial candidate that is being developed as a potential first-line treatment for serious bacterial infections primarily in hospital settings. Following successful Phase IIa studies, a Phase II trial is currently underway in Europe to evaluate the safety and efficacy of iv and oral formulations of finafloxacin for the treatment of patients suffering from cUTI, including pyelonephritis. In addition, the safety and efficacy of finafloxacin to treat ear infections has been evaluated in two Phase III studies with a topical formulation.
Dr. Tony Buss, CEO of MerLion, commented; "The QIDP designation is provided under the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now ("GAIN") Act, established last year in the US and intended to provide incentives to encourage the development of new treatments for serious or life-threatening infections. We are pleased that our lead antibacterial candidate, finafloxacin, has been granted QIDP and Fast Track status for three important therapeutic indications; cUTI/pyelonephritis, cIAI and ABSSSI. We believe that the candidate, with both iv and oral formulations available, has significant potential as a first-line therapy to treat a broad spectrum of serious drug-resistant Gram-positive and Gram-negative infections."
More About Finafloxacin
Finafloxacin has an outstanding safety profile and exhibits an all-inclusive spectrum of activity that covers Gram-positive, Gram-negative, anaerobic and atypical pathogens. The compound displays rapid bactericidal activity against slowly growing and surface attached bacteria in biofilms and in contrast to classical fluoroquinolones, its antibacterial activity is enhanced in the acidified environments found at most infection sites e.g. urine, abscesses, deep seated wounds, chronically infected tissues and stomach mucosa.
To date, finafloxacin has been studied in 980 human subjects; in addition to successful Phase IIa studies (treatment of uncomplicated UTI and eradication of Helicobacter pylori) and Phase I studies with oral and iv formulations of finafloxacin, two Phase III trials with a topical formulation of the compound have been successfully completed.
A Phase II cUTI trial is currently underway in Europe and is expected to be completed in early 2014. The trial is designed to test the efficacy of finafloxacin as a short iv course, high dose regimen with an oral step-down option for the treatment of cUTI.
About MerLion Pharmaceuticals
MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd is a privately held company headquartered in Singapore with clinical development operations based in Berlin, Germany. The company is focused on developing its lead antibacterial candidate, finafloxacin, through early and mid-stage clinical trials. MerLion is supported by a group of leading global investors including Aravis, Bio*One Capital (a subsidiary of EDBI), HeidelbergCapital and Nomura Research & Advisory.
For more information visit MerLion's website http://www.merlionpharma.com
MerLion Contact: Tony Buss PhD, President and CEO
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Aspiration Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an infection in the lungs. Aspiration pneumonia is an infection that develops after foreign items are accidentally inhaled into the lungs. This is a potentially serious condition that requires care from your doctor.
|Food Inhaled into Lung
|Food has entered air sacs of the lung causing a build up of green mucus and decreasing the flow of oxygen—blue arrows.
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Only air should enter the airways of the lungs. Sometimes foods, liquids, or vomited stomach contents may accidentally get into these airways. Inhaling can move these substances further into the lungs. This is called aspiration. Once the substances are in the lungs, it will cause an irritation and swelling in the lungs. This creates an opportunity for an infection to develop.
Most people can prevent aspiration by creating a strong cough. However, some people may have impaired coughing ability. This may happen in people who are unconscious, have brain injuries, or have trouble swallowing foods or liquids.
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chance of aspiration pneumonia include:
- Decreased level of consciousness due to alcohol intake, seizures , stroke , or other conditions
- Impaired swallowing function due to poor dentition or a history of Parkinson's disease , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) , stroke, or other conditions
- History of heartburn (also called gastroesophageal reflux disease)
- History of lung disease
Symptoms may include:
- Increased cough
- Increased sputum production
- Fever
- Decreased energy
- Chest pain
- Change in mental status
- Trouble breathing
- Weight loss
If you experience any of these symptoms, do not assume it is due to aspiration pneumonia. These symptoms may be caused by other conditions.
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. During the exam, your doctor will listen to your heart and lungs with a stethoscope.
Tests may include the following:
- Blood tests
- Sputum test
Your doctor may also need to take pictures of your lungs. This is done with a chest x-ray . You may also be asked to use a barium swallow during your x-ray. This will help demonstrate swallowing problems.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment options include the following:
Antibiotics are used to treat aspiration pneumonia. In some cases, you may need to go to the hospital to receive antibiotics directly into the veins through an IV. In other cases, antibiotics may be taken by mouth.
Breathing Assistance
In severe cases, aspiration pneumonia can cause breathing problems. You may be placed on a mechanical ventilation to help with breathing.
To help reduce your chance of aspiration pneumonia:
- Follow your doctor's orders when fasting before any surgery. This will lower the chance of vomiting while you are unconscious.
- If you have a swallowing problem, talk to your doctor and speech specialist about ways to help prevent aspiration.
- If you drink alcohol, only drink in moderation. Moderation is 2 drinks or less for men and 1 drink or less for women.
- EBSCO Medical Review Board David L. Horn, MD
- Reviewed: 03/2017
- Updated: 05/02/2014
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Inside Out
A Hero's Legacy
|George F. Azrak
The memory of heroes transfers from generation to generation. Consider George F. Azrak.
An old photograph from the College's archives says, "George F. Azrak was the first MDJC (Miami-Dade Junior College) graduate to get killed in police work."
Who was George F. Azrak? A call to campus officials reveals that he graduated from Miami Dade College's North Campus in 1965 with an Associate in Science in criminal justice technology.
According to Border Patrol records, this is what happened on June 17, 1967: Azrak, then a trainee, and Patrol Inspector Theodore Lawrence Newton Jr. had intercepted a vehicle carrying more than 800 pounds of marijuana on Highway 19 near Oak Grove, Calif.
While checking the vehicle, they were overpowered by four convicted felons, two of whom had been following the load of marijuana in a second vehicle. The officers were then taken to the mountain cabin, where they were murdered.
Azrak was 20 when he graduated in 1965. He had been with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) just a month when he was killed. It was less than two weeks before his 22nd birthday.
In 2000, a monument in California was dedicated to honor Azrak and Newton. And each year, the Newton-Azrak Award honors the work of outstanding border patrol agents. It is the highest recognition for agents who have shown extreme courage or performed heroic acts.
Russell Azrak, George's younger brother, graduated from MDC's North Campus in 1969 with an associate in business administration and works in Doral as an independent insurance agent.
Russell's three sons also graduated from North Campus and two decided to follow in their late uncle's footsteps. Joseph Azrak is now a police officer in Miami-Dade County and Paul Azrak is a public service aide, also in the county.
But the legacy goes back one more generation: George and Russell's father, Charles M. Azrak, served as an examiner for the INS for almost 40 years.
U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa of California recently proposed a bill to designate the U.S. Border Patrol Station in Murrieta, Calif., as the Theodore L. Newton Jr. and George F. Azrak Border Patrol Station to "to honor the lives of two brave public servants." President Bush signed the bill into law. Russell and Joseph Azrak attended the dedication ceremony.
"The renaming of the station honoring George and Ted insures that we will never forget their supreme sacrifice," said Russell Azrak at the ceremony. "Hopefully it will also assure that the safety and welfare of current Border Patrol agents is at the forefront of policy-making decisions. The renaming will help keep the long heritage of the U.S. Border Patrol alive."
In addition, INS Policies and Procedures were amended to prevent future tragedies of this kind. Now there must be three men on any post, at any given time.
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We're excited to let you know that our latest v4.5.2 release will be available soon on iTunes and Google Play! The full v4.5.2 release changelog is available below.
TripCase v4.5.2 Release Changelog
- Apple Watch Updates – we're continuing to invest in making the TripCase Apple Watch travel app as helpful as possible. You can now add TripCase Complications to the "Modular" and "Utilitarian" watch faces on your Apple Watch. We've also updated to Watch OS2, which fixes a number of bugs that have popped up recently.
- Trip Notes – when we launched our new Document Center notes feature, it was only available for trips that were added to TripCase through one of our partners. With this release, this trip-level notes field is available for all of your trips, regardless of how they're booked. This notes field supports URLs and email addresses, so it's perfect for keeping track of other data that might not work well as trip items. Here are some creative uses for trip notes.
- Auto-merge settings in mobile profile – to complete our work bringing your profile settings to the app, you can now toggle your auto-merge setting off or on.
- Fix for incorrect flight times – if you manually added your flight to TripCase, sometimes the departure/arrival times were incorrect. We've fixed this.
- Other Misc. Bug Fixes – we knocked out a few more pesky little bugs.
You can download TripCase for FREE from iTunes or Google Play.
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Welcome to Monaco!
A big thank you to all that participated at this year's Datacloud Europe and making the congress a huge success.
The 15th year Datacloud Europe saw a powerful 3-day agenda including the annual Awards ceremony and dinner, Enterprise Cloud Forum, Huawei ISP Forum, plus 2-days of deep content.
The Monaco event attracted investors, financiers, business leaders and their enterprise customers in the stunning backdrop of Monte Carlo to do deals that influence outcomes for the next 12 months and beyond.
We hope to see you all again next year in 2019!
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From Emma Watson's newest initiative for #HeForShe to Always' empowering #LikeAGirl ad during the Super Bowl, the past few weeks have been all about girl power. On the very same note, we're proud to introduce our newest title, Girls Life, now available in your Next Issue app.
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GL has informed and amazed young teen readers for over two decades. Here's a peek at what you'll find in the February / March 2015 issue. Just open up your Next Issue app to start reading!
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|Height: 5′6ʺ / 168cm
|Bust: 30"
|Cup: C
|Dress: 6
|Hips: 30"
|Born: 1995
Marisol Calvert is a young fairly experienced model that is still looking for ways to improve her portfolio. She is talented, co-operative and comfortable with posing. She has done several modelling shoots and has been with an Melbourne Agency called Mark Fitzgerald Management. She has been in the arts since she was a little girl and has never really left. She is available for fashion and print projects.