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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
There are four major types of leukemia. ALL is the most common in children, and the least common in adults. About 6,000 people are diagnosed with ALL each year. Children account for two-thirds of these cases. In general, children with ALL have a better outlook than adults. Most children with ALL can be cured of this cancer.
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Symptoms of ALL include fatigue, pale skin, recurrent infections, bone pain, bruising, and small red spots under the skin. Doctors use various tests, including blood counts and bone marrow biopsies, to diagnose ALL.
ALL is treated with chemotherapy and, sometimes, radiation. Children receive different chemotherapy regimens than adults. Some patients with advanced cancer that has not responded to these treatments may need a stem cell transplant.
Infection Prevention
Both chemotherapy and transplantation increase the risk for infection. Patients must take strict precautions to avoid exposure to germs. Ways to prevent infection include:
Research News
In 2013, researchers announced promising results from early-stage clinical trials that tested an experimental gene therapy for treating adults and children with B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia. The treatment involved filtering T cells from the patients' blood, introducing a special gene into the cells, and then infusing the cells back into the patients. The genetically altered cells targeted and attacked cancer cells, and produced complete remissions in some patients.
The word leukemia literally means "white blood" and is used to describe a variety of cancers that form in the white blood cells (lymphocytes) of the bone marrow. Bone marrow is the soft tissue in the center of the bones, where blood cells are produced. The bone marrow makes white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
White blood cells are an essential part of the immune system. They are used by the body to fight infections and other foreign substances. The general name for white blood cells is leukocytes. Lymphocytes are a specific type of leukocyte. Leukocytes evolve from immature cells referred to as blasts. Malignancy of these blast cells is the source of leukemias.
Both leukemia and lymphomas (Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas) are cancers of lymphocytes. The difference is that leukemia starts in the bone marrow while lymphomas originate in lymph nodes and then spread to the bone marrow or other organs.
Leukemias are classified based on how quickly they progress and the development of the cells:
There are four major types of leukemia: acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is the focus of this report.
All leukemias involve an uncontrolled increase in the number of white blood cells. In acute leukemias, the bone marrow produces an overwhelming number of immature cells. These cancerous cells prevent healthy red cells, platelets, and mature white cells (leukocytes) from being made in the bone marrow. Life-threatening symptoms can then develop.
Cancer cells can spread to the bloodstream and lymph nodes. They can also travel to the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system) and other parts of the body.
Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is also known as acute lymphoid leukemia or acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The majority of childhood leukemias are of the ALL type.
Lymphocytes are the body's primary immune cells. Among other vital functions, lymphocytes produce antibodies, factors that can target and attack specific foreign substances (antigens) and fight infections.
Lymphocytes develop in the thymus gland or bone marrow and are therefore categorized as either B cells (bone marrow-derived cells) or T cells (thymus gland-derived cells). ALL can arise from either T-cell or B-cell lymphocytes. Most cases of ALL involve B cells.
Doctors do not know exactly what causes acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). It is likely that ALL develops from a combination of genetic, biologic, and environmental factors.
Many leukemias involve genetic rearrangements, called translocations, in which some of the genetic material (genes) on a chromosome may be shuffled or swapped between a pair of chromosomes.
Translocations associated with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) include:
Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is diagnosed in about 6,000 Americans each year. Children account for two-thirds of these new cases.
ALL in Children. ALL is the most common type of cancer diagnosed in children. ALL accounts for about 75% of cases of childhood leukemia. ALL can strike children of all ages. But it is most likely to occur before age 5 years. It is slightly more common in boys than in girls.
ALL in Adults. ALL is the least common type of leukemia among adults. About 1 in 3 cases of ALL occur in adults. Adults over age 50 have a higher risk for ALL than those between the ages of 20 and 50.
Caucasian and Hispanic children have a higher risk for ALL than African-American children.
ALL does not appear to run in families. Still, certain genetic disorders may increase risk. For example, children with Down syndrome have a 20-times greater risk of developing ALL than the general population. Other rare genetic disorders associated with increased risk include Klinefelter syndrome, Bloom syndrome, Fanconi anemia, ataxia-telangiectasia, neurofibromatosis, Shwachman syndrome, IgA deficiency, and congenital X-linked agammaglobulinemia.
Previous cancer treatment with high doses of radiation or chemotherapy can increase the risk for developing ALL. Prenatal exposure to x-rays may also increase risk in children. Lower levels of radiation (living near power lines, video screen emissions, small appliances, cell phones) are unlikely to pose any cancer risk.
The symptoms of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) may be difficult to recognize. ALL usually begins abruptly and intensely, but in some cases symptoms may develop slowly. They may be present one day, and absent the next, particularly in children.
Leukemia symptoms are due to a lack of normal healthy cells in the blood. Some symptoms of ALL are very general and can mimic those of other disorders. Other symptoms are very specific to leukemia. For example, problems with bleeding and bruising are caused by a low count of blood-clotting (platelet) cells. Problems with frequent infections are due to the reduced numbers of healthy mature white blood cells (leukocytes).
General symptoms of ALL include:
Other symptoms of ALL include:
Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is diagnosed based on various tests.
The doctor will examine the patient for signs of enlarged lymph nodes or enlarged liver or spleen. The doctor will also look for any signs of bruising or bleeding.
A complete blood cell count (CBC), which checks for numbers of white cells, red blood cells, and platelets, is the first step in diagnosing ALL. Patients with ALL generally have a higher than normal white blood count and lower than normal red blood cell and platelet counts.
Blood tests are also performed to evaluate liver, kidney, and blood clotting status and to check for levels of certain minerals and proteins.
If blood test results are abnormal or the doctor suspects leukemia despite normal cell counts, a bone marrow aspiration and biopsy are the next steps. These are very common and safe procedures. However, because this test can produce considerable anxiety, particularly in children, parents may want to ask the doctor if sedation is appropriate for their child.
Normal bone marrow contains 5% or less of blast cells (the immature cells that ordinarily develop into healthy blood cells). In leukemia, abnormal blasts constitute between 20 - 100% of the marrow.
If bone marrow examination confirms ALL, a spinal tap (lumbar puncture) may be performed, which uses a needle inserted into the spinal canal. The patient feels some pressure and usually must lie flat for about an hour afterward to prevent severe headache. This can be difficult, particularly for children, so parents should plan reading or other quiet activities that will divert the child during that time. Parents should also be certain that the doctor performing this test is experienced in this procedure.
A sample of cerebrospinal fluid with leukemia cells is a sign that the disease has spread to the central nervous system. In most cases of childhood ALL, leukemia cells are not found in the cerebrospinal fluid.
Once a diagnosis of leukemia has been made, further tests are performed on the bone marrow cells:
The results of cytogenetic, flow cytometry, immunophenotyping, and other tests can help provide information on types and subtypes of ALL cells. The particular subtype of cell can aid in determining prognosis and treatment.
An older classification system called the French-American-British (FAB) classification grouped ALL into L1, L2, and L3 subtypes. A newer classification system classifies ALL B cells or T cells based on their stage of maturity.
B-Cell ALL Subtype Classification:
T-Cell ALL Subtype Classification:
Acute lymphocytic leukemia can progress quickly if untreated. However, ALL is one of the most curable cancers and survival rates are now at an all-time high.
Certain factors help determine prognosis:
Other factors, such as central nervous system involvement or recurrence, may indicate a poorer prognosis.
There are typically three treatment stages for the average-risk patient with ALL:
Because leukemia can also spread to the brain and spinal cord, where chemotherapy that is given intravenously or orally does not penetrate very well, most patients also need radiation to the brain and spinal cord, or chemotherapy that is injected into the layers around them. This is called central nervous system prophylaxis (preventive treatment) and is given during all treatment phases to prevent the cancer from spreading to the brain and spinal cord.
The following are specific treatments used for ALL:
Enrolling in a clinical trial may be an option for some patients. Scientists are working on finding new treating treatments for ALL, including difficult to treat subtypes. In 2013, researchers announced promising results from two clinical trials that involved a small number of adults and children with B-cell ALL. The trials tested an investigational treatment called targeted immunotherapy.
This experimental cell therapy involves removing T-cells from a patient, and then genetically transforming the cells. The genetically engineered T-cells are re-introduced back into the patient where they attack and kill the cancerous B cells. (Healthy B cells are also killed, but this is treatable.) This therapy is still in its very early stages, but initial results have been promising.
The aim of induction therapy, the first treatment phase, is to reduce the number of leukemia cells to undetectable levels. The general guidelines for induction therapy are as follows:
Both children and adults typically start with a 3-drug regimen. Imatinib (Gleevec) or dasatinib (Sprycel) may be added for patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive ALL.
For children, the standard drugs are:
For adults, the standard drugs are:
Chemotherapy given intravenously or orally does not penetrate the blood-brain barrier sufficiently to destroy leukemic cells in the brain. Since the brain is one of the first sites for relapsing leukemia, preventive treatment is administered to the brain and spine (called sanctuary disease sites). This is called CNS prophylaxis.
For children, CNS prophylaxis uses intrathecal chemotherapy, in which a drug is injected directly into the spinal fluid. Intrathecal chemotherapy is given with methotrexate alone or a combination of methotrexate (MTX), cytarabine, and hydrocortisone.
Some high-risk children may receive radiation to the skull (cranial radiation), radiation to the spine, or both along with intrathecal chemotherapy. This combination can be very toxic and is generally used only in children who have evidence of the disease in the central nervous system at the time of diagnosis. Long-term complications of high-dose cranial radiation can include learning and neurologic problems. Cranial radiation is also associated with increased risks for stroke and secondary cancers.
Adult CNS prophylaxis is performed in one of three ways:
Survival in acute leukemia depends on complete remission (no signs of active cancer). Although not always clear-cut, remission is indicated by the following:
Induction can produce extremely rapid results. Nearly all children with ALL achieve remission after a month of induction treatment. The shorter the time to remission the better the outlook:
Side effects and complications of any chemotherapeutic regimen and radiation therapy are common, are more severe with higher doses, and increase over the course of treatment. Administering drugs for shorter duration can sometimes reduce toxicities without affecting the drugs' cancer-killing effects.
Common Side Effects. Typical side effects include:
Serious Side Effects. Serious side effects can also occur and may vary depending on the specific drugs used.
Infection from suppression of the immune system or from severe drops in white blood cells is a common and serious side effect. Patients should make all efforts to prevent infection. The patient at high risk for infection may need potent antibiotics and antifungal medications as well as granulocyte colony-stimulating factors or G-CSF (lenograstim, filgrastim) to stimulate the growth of infection-fighting white blood cells. Patients should make all efforts to minimize exposure to bacteria and viruses. (See "Preventing Infection" in the Home Management section of this report.)
Other serious side effects may include:
Long-Term Complications.
Consolidation and maintenance therapies follow induction and first remission. The goal of consolidation and maintenance therapies is to prevent a relapse.
Because there is a high risk of the cancer returning (relapsing) after the first phase of treatment (induction therapy), an additional course of treatment is given next. This is called consolidation therapy (also called intensification therapy). Consolidation is an intense chemotherapy regimen that is designed to prevent a relapse and usually continues for about 4 to 8 months.
Examples of consolidation regimens for patients at standard risk:
More intense regimens are used for patients at high-risk for relapse.
The last phase of treatment is maintenance (also called continuation therapy):
A maintenance regimen is usually less toxic and easier to tolerate than induction and consolidation. Maintenance treatment lasts for about 2 to 3 years for most patients with ALL. It is not clear if maintenance therapy benefits patients who have certain specific types of ALL, such as T-cell ALL or mature B-cell ALL (Burkitt leukemia).
Relapse is when cancer returns after remission. Most patients with ALL achieve remission after induction therapy, but in some patients the disease returns.
The following are factors that increase the risk for relapse after initial treatments:
Treatment for relapse after a first remission may be standard chemotherapy or experimental drugs, or more aggressive treatments such as stem cell transplants.
The decision depends on a number of factors including how soon relapse occurs after treatment:
Transplantation procedures are reserved for patients with high-risk disease who are unlikely to achieve remission with chemotherapy alone. Transplantation does not offer any additional advantages for patients at low or standard risk.
Many different drugs are used to treat ALL relapses. These drugs include vincristine, asparaginase, anthracyclines (doxorubicin, daunorubicin), cyclophosphamide, cytarabine (ara-C), and epipodophyllotoxins (etoposide, teniposide). In 2012, the FDA approved Marqibo, a specially-formulated type of vincristine injection, for adults with Philadelphia chromosome-negative ALL. Other drugs for relapsed or refractory ALL include nelarabine (Arranon), for T-cell ALL, and clofarabine (Clolar). Corticosteroids, such as prednisone or dexamethasone, may also be used.
The most recently approved treatments for ALL are biologic drugs that are tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Tyrosine kinase is a growth-stimulating protein. TKI drugs block the cell signals that trigger cancer growth. TKI drugs approved for adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) ALL include:
Investigational Drugs. Bosutinib (Bosulif) is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved for treating patients with PH+ chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). It is being investigated for treatment of PH+ ALL.
Stem cells that are made in the bone marrow are the early form of all blood cells in the body. They normally mature into red, white, or immune cells. To help the patient survive high dose chemotherapy needed to cure leukemia that has returned treatment, or not responded to treatment, a stem cell transplantation procedure may be used. Stem cell transplantation replaces blood stem cells that were lost during the initial chemotherapy treatment. The lost stem cells are replaced by transplanting them from a donor into the patient.
The stem cells to be given to the person with leukemia can come from either the patient (autologous) or a donor (allogeneic):
Sources of Cells. Stem cells can be obtained either from the donor's:
Stem-cell transplantation is a serious and complex procedure that can cause many short- and long-term side effects and complications.
Early side effects of transplantation are similar to chemotherapy and include nausea, vomiting, fatigue, mouth sores, and loss of appetite. Bleeding because of reduced platelets is a high risk during the first month; patients may require blood transfusions.
Later side effects can include fertility problems (if the ovaries are affected), thyroid gland problems (which can affect metabolism), lung damage (which can cause breathing problems) and bone damage.
Two of the most serious complications of transplantation are infection and graft-versus-host disease:
Infection resulting from a weakened immune system is the most common danger. The risk for infection is most critical during the first 6 weeks following the transplant, but it takes 6 to 12 months post-transplant for a patient's immune system to fully recover. Many patients develop severe herpes zoster virus infections (shingles) or have a recurrence of herpes simplex virus infections (cold sores and genital herpes). Pneumonia and infections with germs that normally do not cause serious infections such as cytomegalovirus, aspergillus (a type of fungus), and Pneumocystis jiroveci (a fungus) are among the most serious life-threatening infections.
It is very important that patients take precautions to avoid post-transplant infections. (See Home Management section of this report.)
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a serious attack by the patient's immune system triggered by the donated new marrow in allogeneic transplants.
Acute GVHD occurs in 30 to 50% of allogeneic transplants, usually within 25 days. Its severity ranges from very mild symptoms to a life-threatening condition (more often in older patients). The first sign of acute GVHD is a rash, which typically develops on the palms of hands and soles of feet and can then spread to the rest of the body. Other symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, diarrhea, loss of appetite and jaundice (yellowing of skin and eyes). To prevent acute GVHD, doctors use immune-suppressing drugs such as steroids, methotrexate, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, and monoclonal antibodies.
Chronic GVHD can develop 70 to 400 days after the allogeneic transplant. Initial symptoms include those of acute GVHD. Skin, eyes, and mouth can become dry and irritated, and mouth sores may develop. Chronic GVHD can also sometimes affect the esophagus, gastrointestinal tract, and liver. Bacterial infections and chronic low-grade fever are common. Chronic GVHD is treated with similar medicines as acute GVHD.
Too much sun exposure can trigger GVHD. It is important for patients to always wear sunscreen (SPF 15 or higher) on areas of the skin that are exposed to the sun. When outside, try to stay in the shade.
A parent should call the doctor if the child has any symptoms that are out of the ordinary, including (but not limited) to:
Tracking Neutrophils. Parents should track their child's absolute neutrophil count. This measurement for the amount of white blood cells is an important gauge of a child's ability to fight infection.
It is very important to take precautions to prevent infection following chemotherapy or transplantation. Guidelines for infection prevention and control include:
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Mental Health PEER Connection, part of the Western New York Independent Living Inc. family of agencies, will host a town meeting on housing for people diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities. Topics will include: quality and availability of mental health housing; the application process; problems transitioning from homelessness to community housing; and an open discussion.
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A friend of mine has a Newfoundland - a big, black beauty of a thing. She would see those patisserie owners eye-to-eye over the counter!ReplyDelete
Yes, my large, many-haired Turkish Angora cat (Harry) tells me every day that he would love to go see the ladies in Paris. Harry, he loves ladies. When brides come over to choose harp music for their weddings, Harry charms them all.
Here he is, in all his hairy glory:
Merci Carol for always warming my heart and trying to make that hole mend. I ADORE les chiens and seeing these gorgeous, sweet, precious little angels just pulls at my heartstrings more than you can possibly imagine. Your ability to convey your thoughts into your watercolors also is truly breathtaking and totally full of love and passion. They make me cry, but at the same time, they help me to carry on hoping one day I can still help more furry babies, and myself once again. Thank you.ReplyDelete
I wish I could take my baby to Paris with me one day. He would certainly love it. Baby is a gorgeous English cocker spaniel. :)ReplyDelete
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Annie always goes where we go. She would be right at home over there. :) She's a medium sized dog at 43 pounds. Love the photo of the older French woman with the Poodle. My Mom got a silver gray toy French poodle when I was a teenager. She just loved that dog. She named her Chiffon.ReplyDelete
I wish, wish, wish I could take my Bichon Frise with me to Paris! The next best thing would be ordering one of your dogs-in-Paris watercolors ... or getting one as a gift from a friend or relative (hint, hint, hint).ReplyDelete
You just aren't looking for little dogs PeterReplyDelete
Or red either!!
Those great Danes must have been visiting from New York Carole
The dachshunds are my favorite!ReplyDelete
Hi Carol, Thanks for the visit and petit bonjour! I laughed when I saw the dog in the boulangerie. Technically, it's a 'non-non', but Bodhi is well-known in the boulangeries and my favorite boucherie here in town - and oh! the cooing he gets...we should all be so lucky to be welcomed so warmly into places.ReplyDelete
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I am in the military stationed overseas and want to knock out my associates degree. Its been hard for me to take courses because of being deployed all the time but I want to get it done soon. I have been in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman for three years and have 2 years left, they gave me like 40k for school...one of these days I want to be a IT manager someday or something similar. I don't care if the degree is in general studies for right now because I would still want to get my bachelors later in information technology.. i would probably need that anyway in additional to certs in experience. I guess the best way to get experience is by volunteering or are there places where you can work very entry level and get experience while they are sending you to school and the contract would be that you owe the company so many years... Anybody know about that? I was wondering if any of you had a good experience with taking online courses and got their degree that way. I was looking at AIU and I heard its pretty quick 5 wk courses and people have known to get the associates degree knocked out in less than a year. I know the school should be somewhat respected school or your credentials wont look that good but I really dont know how that works, military is my first and my current job but I just want to get out asap.. this war on terroism is giving me to much stress..not knowing where ill be in a month because the possiblility of me being pulled to be a combat medic in iraq.. not to safe. Well thanks for reading all this and helping out I hope most of it made sense i was kinda in a rush.
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The Good Body Play, Jun. 27-28 2014 @ Michael Joseph Centre – Safaricom House
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Hilarious, dramatic monologues on Friday 27th at 7:00 pm & Saturday, 28th June at 3:00 pm & 6:00 pm at The Michael Joseph Centre (Safaricom House), Waiyaki Way, Westlands
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This star studded performance will feature: Patricia Ithau, Muthoni Drummer Queen, Mwikali Mary, Ian Mbugua, June Gachui, Nick Ndeda, Nice Githinji and Brenda Wairimu. Directed by Mbeki Mwalimu
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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Ryan Howard tapped both sides of the carpet home plate and looked at Ryne Sandberg. The Hall of Famer threw a batting practice fastball to Howard at Bright House Field and the slugger swung. The ball bounced off a 2008 World Champions banner in right field, but everyone around the cage was focused on Howard's left ankle.
Howard put on his No. 6 uniform Wednesday for the first time since that fateful swing at a 2-2 curveball in October. He was no closer to a return from a ruptured left Achilles' tendon even as he mashed batting practice fastballs, laughed with teammates, and chatted up Jim Thome.
The first baseman offered few clues as to whatever timetable he's set for himself. The Phillies have publicly targeted sometime in May, but they will be conservative with any decisions.
"I'm not going to put a time limit on it," Howard said. "I'm going to listen to my body and see where we are."
Howard's body permitted him to begin swinging about two weeks ago. He is jogging and taking ground balls. But he is not in playing shape. His left calf is significantly smaller in muscle mass than his right. He still walks with a limp after being in a boot for two months.
In other words, this is going to take some time, no matter how majestic his batting-practice swings are.
"You're probably not going to really get full strength until maybe around the All-Star break," Howard said. "Nobody has really said a whole, whole lot about that kind of stuff. But I feel good."
The last two seasons have ended with Howard at the plate, a fact not lost on the first baseman.
"It sucks," Howard said. "I'm not going to lie. It sucks. And I know how it looks to everybody, like having the season come down and you're than guy. But I try to look at it positive like, the last two seasons I got out, I figure I'm about due. I'd love to be in that situation again."
Howard said he's seen only one replay of the swing that tore his Achilles. So what would have happened if Howard hit it into the gap instead of at the second baseman?
"It would not have been pretty," Howard said. "I will say that. I mean I probably would have just got to first or something like that and just stayed there. I was asked before if I had hit a home run what would I have done. It would have been ugly I'll tell you that right now. I would have been crawling, or rolling, doing whatever I could to try to get around the bases."
Howard could not say if the cortisone injections and previous sprains in his ankle contributed to the Achilles' tendon blowing out. He said the training staff has prevented him from moving too quickly in his rehab even when the competitive juices demand otherwise.
"I think it was kind of a blessing in disguise in that it allowed me to step back and take a look at the whole situation," Howard said. "Get my mind right, get my body right."
As far as his current weight, Howard said he is happy with it considering he was "laid up on the couch for a few months." First he was in crutches, then a walking boot. His cardiovascular exercise was limited until he could ride a bike and then run underwater.
"And as the cardio picks up," Howard said, "I feel like it's going to fall back in place."
So what did he do while confined to the couch?
"Watch a lot of TV," Howard said. "A lot of TV. Lots of Housewives shows and sporting events."
Housewives shows? Really?
"There was nothing I could really do," Howard said. "If it was by me, I had it. Otherwise, my fiance was in control and she knew I wasn't going to be too mobile."
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Maintaining the advocacy effort for the automotive sector, the Automotive Working Group recently held its kick-off meeting on 28 February 2017. Chaired by Mr. Ary Tjahyono (Mercedes-Benz), the meeting discussed the issues that are still being concerns for automotive companies. This includes import of tyres, import of steel and iron, as well as automotive industry policy.
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EuroCham Indonesia is a member of the European Business Organization
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non-EU States around the World. The network's objective is to serve as
lobbying, information and networking platform for
European Business Worldwide.
The EIBN is a five year program, co-funded by the European Commission
and is a partnership between EuroCham Indonesia, BritCham, EKONID,
IFCCI, INA, Euro Chambers and CCI Barcelona. The focus of the
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European Companies, particularly SME's, looking to enter and invest in
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12 flu-related deaths reported so far in NC
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina health officials say it's the worst flu season in a decade, with 12 flu-related deaths reported so far.
State Health Director Laura Gerald says it's unusual to see so many deaths this early in the season. She strongly encourages anyone over six months old to get a flu vaccination.
Flu outbreaks are being reported in schools and long-term care facilities statewide. Officials say the flu is especially dangerous for pregnant women, people with chronic diseases, very young children and the elderly.
Nine of the 12 people who died were older than 64. The other three were between 24 and 64 years old.
It takes about two weeks for people to develop immunity after getting the vaccination.
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The Wired Knight wrote:Now you've done it Troy, you re-opened the can of worms and now this thread is open again. Cures you!!! Damn your ashes!!! j/k
Uhm... oops? Yeah, I just realized that the most recent post prior to mine was about a WEEK ago. So, uh... uhm... yeah.


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Rihanna & Katy Perry: Justin Bieber Sandwich!
Pop goddesses Rihanna and Katy Perry sandwich in teen sensation Justin Bieber at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday (September 12) in Los Angeles.
The Biebs is one lucky boy!!!
FYI: Rihanna wore a Gucci light pink satin crepe front knot evening gown.
If you missed it, watch Rihanna and Eminem's opening performance of "Love the Way You Lie." More than 4,700 tweets per minute were being posted after the performance!


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Talk:Touchpad Synaptics
Rewrite in progress
Starting today, I'll be rewriting the majority of the article to reflect proper installation / configuration with xorg 1.8 and up.
This will mean all xorg.conf and hal policies will be removed from the article, they should no longer be required. --stefanwilkens 17:10, 10 September 2010 (EDT)
Could someone with intimate knowledge of the new Xorg hotplugging system please provide some details for that particular section of the article? I have seen all sorts of info about the Hal policies on the forums, however I do not use them myself and cannot verify their correctness. --Thayer Dec 2, 2008
I don't have much knowledge of the new Xorg hotplugging, but I do use it. I've added few of the policies that where used. --Duologic Jan 24, 2009
I can't get this to work at all! I tried both the 11- and the suggested 99- location (Gentoo wiki suggests that as well) but it seems like it isn't even reading that file! Can I somehow tell if it is actually reading it? --Svenstaro 18:07, 2 July 2009 (EDT)
Just an FYI, I'm in the process of doing a moderate rewrite of this article, hopefully simplifying and clarifying things. --Ronin-Sage 03:10, 16 June 2009 (EDT)
I was having trouble getting my touchpad to work with evdev, until I installed the xf86-input-synaptics driver which is suggested at the beginning of the page. But if I understand it correctly, the xf86-input-synaptics driver takes over evdev, so none of the settings int he fdi would have any effect? --hensond 02:47, 04 Jan 2010 (EDT)
Thank you very much for your valuable effort...
I am a gentoo user who had the problem of not reading synaptics fdi policy file. I created an account in Arch linux just to thank you. It has helped very much... Disabling mouse plugin in gnome setting daemon worked perfectly.
- Appreciate taking the time to comment, Ketetefid. Glad you got it working.
- --Gen2ly 14:24, 22 March 2010 (EDT)
I am just speaking up as one of those users that are having problems with the touchpad cursor inexplicably jumping around. Not only does it jump around, but it creates random left and right clicks when it jumps. This happens while I am actually using the touchpad and not while typing as lots of others have been reporting around various forums. Maddening. At first it seemed to "calm down" over time (ie. time since reboot) but now seems to be pretty much constant. If as you say there is currently no patch for this, it would be great to get a heads-up if and when the developers eventually get a handle on it. Thanks very much...
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Apparently, Android Is the Least Open of the Open Source Platforms
Sorry Android. You get by with having this reputation of being open but in reality you're the least open/most closed "open platform" around. In a study with eight other platforms, Android finished dead last. And it wasn't even close.


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Growing Your Career at Kellogg
Julie S. Nugent, Senior Director & Center Leader, Catalyst Research Center for Corporate Practice, will present Catalyst's groundbreaking research about the unwritten rules to career advancement. The event, which is sponsored by Kellogg, will take place in Battle Creek, MI.
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Here are some fascinating numbers from the most recent Harper's Index:
* Seventy-one percent of current U.S. debt was accumulated during Republican presidential terms.
* Two-thirds of debt-ceiling elevations since 1960 have been signed into law by Republican presidents.
* In 1961 the percentage of corporate profits paid in taxes was nearly forty-one; now it is less than eleven.
* Seventy-five percent of the increase in corportate profit margins since 2001 has come from depressed wages.
* The value of government subsidies that will go to oil and gas industries between now and 2015 is estimated at $78,155,000,000.


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Watch: A One-Hour Discussion with 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Writer Michael Arndt
Screenwriter Michael Arndt is presumably spending his holiday working diligently on the script for the newest Star Wars movie, but you can spend a bit of your time off getting to know the man who's about to breathe new life into one of cinema's most popular franchises.
Arndt spoke at Cody's Books in the wake of Little Miss Sunshine – and while this lengthy chat about that film and his writing process isn't particularly new, it does give us a glimpse of the man with the daunting task of creating the blueprint for the first installment of a new trilogy. Screenwriters never get the respect actors and directors do, so it's great to hear Arndt talk about not only how he approaches his work, but see what he's like as a person. After watching this, it's hard not to feel like Star Wars is in good hands.
The full talk is just over an hour long, but it's broken up into handy chapters if you're pressed for time. Arndt covers tons of details about how he crafted the script for Little Miss Sunshine and takes some insightful questions from the audience. He talks about how he wrote the first draft in a mere three days – then spent the next year rewriting. He reveals where Olive's name came from, lays out what he thinks are the five most important things a writer needs to know about his story when starting a script, and lots more. It's a really informative talk that should appeal to Sunshine fans and those curious about the craft of screenwriting. [via LaFamiliaFilm, Fora.TV]
Little Miss Sunshine: The Shooting Script from Cody's Books on FORA.tv
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liked it so far! definitely wanna know what is going to happen!
Anyone have this yet...And kids please stop fussin like 5 year olds
Shut the fuck up bitch ass RadiationFaggle
Waiting on Links for this show ......
why are all the links the same shitty file
s4 e7 http://www.speedvid.net/erz0e46byjbu
2018 Magnum P.I. S1 E1 http://www.speedvid.net/6gchzuwi0wvw
All of these links are of the wrong episode
All of these links are of
Aww there are no links...
TMLTBJ…..watch what your sayin……none of them worked for me and if you tell me to SHUT THE FUCK UP….again you will feel the consequences come to bear. First and Last warning. Without swearing at you , see how peaceful that is. And without me pointing out that depending where you live on this planet will DEPEND IF THEY WORK.! SO SHUT UP….POLITELY.
Grrrr..... and the last 2 days I couldn´t log in anymore...what is this
unwatchable start-and-stops.
At first I thought surely that can't be Sean Penn! He is a very good actor but my goodness he looks older than Mick Jagger and Mick is 75 and Sean is 58! I was really looking forward to seeing how or what happens on the way to Mars. Big disappointment! This is all about Tom and his relationship with his daughter.........I've watched 3 episodes and I think I've seen enough. And it's not Sean's fault either, his acting is great in this drama!
Are there any non shitty versions of this episode
s8 e7 http://www.speedvid.net/xyzrw2yj7h3x
s7 e1 http://www.speedvid.net/zrwioh0iil7r
RadiationBoy THEY ALL WORK FINE., STFU
How about a WORKING LINK so we could watch episode two before three….??????
I like the panther in the live movie, better than the one in this toon, seems to have a stick up his ass the the whole show. Tony didn't help with his "buddy" comments as well.
Thats not episode 15 it is the one from last week
Awesome show
Let me Know if link Dead MAN YOUR MY UPLOAD HERO FOR CRIMINAL INTENT OR HAVE A NICE WATCH, DONT KNOW IF YOUR THE SAME PERSON BUT YOU ASKED SO I'M ANSWERING, JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER THE HEW SHAMELESS EPISODE COMES OUT AND EVERY SINGLE LINK IS BROKEN. I MEAN EVERY ONE'S………….
s22 e4 http://www.speedvid.net/25q3flq6k5vx
s2 e8 http://www.speedvid.net/6fdmjh4gw64d
Yes i noticed that it is slower and I have problems with not just the watch list but the whole proflie and its like you said ''Page not found''
I think that the site is tearing apart.... Have you also noticed that it become slower?
Schrunsekris, you're not alone, I've been having the same issue.
Does anyone else have problems with his/her Watch List? I try to connect for 2 days and it is always "page not found"
s7 e2 http://www.speedvid.net/m04eu41de33s
Season 3 Episode 1 airs October 5th, 2018 on amazon
@Tonia1 i'm sure you do... i mean.. i don't think you make a living out of streaming.. XD
It's you opinion because not everyone thinks that but nice try!!! Oh and about my i'm still in the learning process. I may be good enough to write or speak so people can understand me but i still have a long way to go. But right now i don't care about grammar. Ps: i'm a french canadian. And if you keep responding to my comment It means that you what to argue too XD And you look dumb too, genius ;)
You are dumb. You've kept a pointless argument going for days. My statement is not on opinion, I didn't say "I think you're dumb" you prove you're dumb by continuing to go on and on and on. More of a fact that you're dumb. With that being said, I'll let you continue to be dumb. P.S. learn proper grammar and punctuation, genius.
If the admin had a problem with this they would have told us to stop... And i'm not dumb and you are stating your opinion on us by saying that we are dumb btw so if we are dumb you are too
Pretty sure this space is for writing a review on a show or movie, Not a petty argument from 2 dumb fucks that just have to state their opinions of one another online. Grow up, Get real, Shut up.
I'm not negavie i'm positive She is negative by telling people that their links have virus when she can't even answer how she knows. Oh and if i'm getting on your nerves just stop reading the comments XD and for my attitude i'm laughing i don't have an attitude this is called saying an opinion and the fact that she doesn't answer my question mean that i am right and is giving up OR she haven't seen it. But like i said if i'm getting on your nerves stop reading my comments no one force you to read them you know.
@Kruciphix.... Dude seriously you need to fuck up i have no idea why you feel the need to keep on with your negative attitude but its getting on my nerves, just leave it we all know your opinion we all know what you think so just settle that neither of you are going to concede
Lol lllllllllll Why are you defending Tonia1 you are her friend?(joke just reffering to Tonia1 argument) and Tonia1 you don't know that their links have virus so this is why you don't answser me XD I don't speeking whats comes to my mind otherwise i would write a lot more then that i i would be more mean then that..... and your reaction just prouve that i'm right nobody answer my question so......Tonia1 always have bad argument so do you lllllllllllll If Tonia1 can answer this question : how do you know exactly that their links has virus? You have your own links that you can use. Your links doesn't allow addblock so how do you know thats not YOUR links that gives virus? I will stop because this is a good question OBVIOUSLY
The website is at beginning: movies.elect-shop.com
@RealityCheck yeah babe, i m very good with sucking. Now, go and play with your hands...
@Kruciphix you need an attitude adjustment, and @Tonia1 i think we all can see @Kruciphix feels he/she needs to speak out every little thing that comes to mind but i think its time everyone agrees to keep there opinions to themselves. although i am an advocate for free speech @Kruciphix seem to want to slander your opinions and id rather not see an argument spanning days in the reviews.... P.S @Kruciphix is that enough names for you!?
s3 e100 https://openload.co/f/ql_jiOrAHkg
And Tonia1 btw how do you know exactly that their links has virus? You have your own links that you can use. Your links doesn't allow addblock so how do you know thats not YOUR links that gives virus?
@Tonia you accuse other uploaders to copy your links while you do the same sh*t... There was an episode of Cloak and Dagger where everybody was posting the first episode... you were part of it... telling people you didn't understood what was going on.. but kept reposting the same episode.. #ClickBait I'm a proud AdBlock user with over 5,5 millions ads blocked to this day. Kruciphix is right Hashhisei is always one of the 1rst to post links... so you suck even in your arguments
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Weight Loss Question.
NateJ replied to student314's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsLots of things can cause the weight loss. Stress and eating habits are just a few. For me i just don't eat enough calories and have managed to bottom out around 120 ish. Which is 30 lbs under what i should weigh. My doctors have run numerous scans, blood tests, and scopes but haven't found anything conclusive. If you are having other symptoms i would go back and have them do a full physical if you haven't had one already. Then if nothing comes back you can chalk it up to college life and all that walking. Sometimes lifestyle change is all thats needed to treat something like this.
NateJ posted a topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsI did a search on the forums and didn't see this come up at all, so i apologize if its been discussed already. Just wondering if anyone here has had this MRT test done. LEAP MRT or Performance Mediator Releast Test. Its a blood test that test for food sensitivitys that they believe can help to treat IBS-D type symptoms. Run out of some lab in FL called Signet Diagnostic. Here is their website. www.nowleap.com Apparently they do this test, then give you a diet to follow based off the results. I'm trying to figure out where to get it done, etc... was going to call them today and find out. My dietician found this for me. Just wondering if anyone has heard of this or had it done before. Thanks
Maybe i have and just don't notice. ignorance is bliss I'm thinking of adding a sig to my posts here that just says "intolerant to everything"
I'm pretty sure I've had everyone of these converstations at least 5 times each. My favorite is always " oh i could never do that" Or the fake interest. I get tired of talking about it, like if i hear the word gluten one more time i may have a nervous breakdown.
NateJ posted a topic in Celiac Disease - Coping Withseemed like as good a top title as any. I'm giving myself a nervous breakdown over this stupid scope tests. I cannot force myself to take the prep meds for my test tomorrow. Every instinct i have is screaming not to take this horrible crud. I've had 4 of these and they never find anything wrong or conclusive or even constructive to say except quit smoking or follow up in 6 months. I starve myself to the point of exhaustion and have been through every poke prod needle xray scan scope humiliation and embarassment they can dream up and I'm still right back where i started. Underweight, sick, depressed, and at the end of my rope with all of this. I do not like this GI doctor and don't feel comfortable with him. I'm just over it and want to be able to feel normal again. Idk what i would do without this forum. I hate that others suffer with all of these ailments and it drives me crazy thinking about how most suffer needlessly and without less support than we have. Can you tell i'm overwhelmed by all of this?
Honey. i would have never though of that. I will give that a try. I can deal with the bloating. its uncomfortable, but its the cramps that get me. They are debilitating and often leave me laying in bed wasting a good day away. Just wish i could find the trigger. Well i have scopes on Monday so that should be a party.
mine has lasted about 6 months. some days worse than others. I've tried elimination, FODMAPS, and some other paleo type stuff. But never thought about sugar. I use a lot in my coffee every day. I just feel run down, lathargic, and bloated all day. Usually cramps also. I've been lucky with the 'D' it doesn't hit me very often. I'm wondering now if i should try giving up the coffee and sugar.
will sugar do that to you? i'm at a loss too with this. Major bloating after anything i eat. doesn't matter what it is. I look like a ihave a basketball in my gut.
NateJ replied to notme!'s topic in Celiac Meeting Room'swapping spit' LOL!!!!!
Betty Crocker Mixes
NateJ replied to Pauliewog's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & MedicationsI've had reactions to the brownies and cookies. Nothing severe, but upset stomach and cramping. I haven't figured out what it is that did it, but I also had a reaction to the pillsbury frozen cookie dough. So i've been staying away from the prepared mixes.
Anyone Have Stress Cause Diarrhea? Or Is This Something Else :(
NateJ replied to livelifelarge24's topic in Celiac Disease - Coping WithI get the same thing, its anxiety manifesting in physical symptoms. Don't think you are week by any standards. Lots of people have stress, they key is finding the triggers and working them out. Symptoms can vary from shakes, to bad sleep, to heart problems and high blood pressure, all the way to IBS type problems. There is tons of info out there on stress and how to cope and eliminate it. Instead of 'working' on your days off, you should go for a walk or get outside. Sunlight does wonders for stress and fress air. Sounds like you need to unplug for a bit.
How On Earth Can I Gain Some Weight?
NateJ replied to no7ang's topic in Celiac Disease - Coping WithI guess i have some other issues going on that are preventing me from 'just eating more'. I've tried all these types of foods and diet plans and even went to see a RD who set me up on FODMAPS. The main issue is my stomach hurts. All the time. Constant aching and eating makes it worse. I feel bloated and nauseated after eating the smallest amount of food. I know I'm not getting enough calories but the pain is to much for me to try to eat more. Doctors want to wait weeks or months to do anything and usually that is just a blood test that doesn't show anything they are looking for. So there is that. Stuck in this rut of weight loss.
How On Earth Can I Gain Some Weight?
NateJ replied to no7ang's topic in Celiac Disease - Coping WithI'd give anything for 5lbs. sounds dumb but this weight loss has me stressed out.
How On Earth Can I Gain Some Weight?
NateJ replied to no7ang's topic in Celiac Disease - Coping Withhmmm, that seems like people wanting to loose weight. and 5 more years of research. I'll be here on the board waiting.......................................................
How On Earth Can I Gain Some Weight?
NateJ replied to no7ang's topic in Celiac Disease - Coping WithI have always struggled with this. I currently weight 117.5 and am 5'9". its getting down right embarrasing. Been over two years since being dx'd and still haven't found an answer for it.


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Code Sample Download
TX Measurements
.NET Analysis Library
UMTS_Ana_Lib_.NET_Ex01 - Tx Measurements.zip
This example demonstrates the use of the .NET GSM BER Analysis Library
assembly interface in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 to perform the TX measurements:
- Boot and configure digitizer
- Create UMTS Uplink analysis library instance
- Configure UMTS Uplink analysis library
- Capture and analyse a UMTS Uplink burst
- Average Power
- Modulation Error
- Spectrum
- Phase discontinuity
A signal generator or a DUT will need to be generating RF bursts as follows:-
- UL Channel : 9743 (DL: 2138.6MHz, UL: 1948.6MHz)
- Band : I (2100Band)
- RMC type : 12.2kbps
- UL scrambling code : 0
- Max power output : 20
It assumes that the following has been installed successfully:
Aeroflex 3011 RF Synthesizer PXI module
Aeroflex 303x RF Digitizer PXI module
Aeroflex PXI Module Software - V6.11.0 or later
Aeroflex UMTS Measurement Suite - v3.2.0 or later
It is also assumed that:
The 3010 LO output is connected to the 3030 LO input
The 303x IF output is connected to the 303x IF input (if applicable)
Disclaimer of Warranty
This example code is provided 'as is' without warranty.
Neither Aeroflex nor the author(s) warrant that the functions of the software will meet your requirements or that the media is compatible with any computer system on which it is used or that operation of the software will be unlimited or error free. You assume responsibility for selecting the software to achieve your intended results and for the installation of, the use of and the results obtained from the software. In no event shall Aeroflex or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of installation of the software or incompatibility with any computer system or technical limitation of the software or use or inability to use the software, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Neither Aeroflex nor the author(s) will be liable for any loss or damage of any nature suffered by any party as a result of reliance upon or reproduction of or any errors in any contents of the software.


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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) gave the public 30 minutes' notice for this year's tree lighting ceremony at the Statehouse, saying he wanted to avoid what happened last year when protesters crashed the event and it devolved into chaos.
Chafee's office announced at 11:31 a.m. on Thursday that the governor would host a lighting of the tree at noon. Several days' notice typically is given for such events.
Chafee said before flipping the switch at the sparsely attended ceremony that he gave short notice this year because last year the event turned into a "disrespectful gathering."
Protesters who oppose Chafee's use of the term "holiday tree," rather than "Christmas tree," last year crashed the ceremony and interrupted a children's chorus with their own rendition of "O Christmas Tree."


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Do food dyes cause hyperactivity?
Food coloring is the reason glace cherries are red rather than beige and that children's tongues sometimes appear freakishly blue.
But man-made dyes may do more than make processed food look vibrant and whimsical. Some blame the additives for triggering behavioral problems in youngsters.
Acting on research published in the Lancet, the European Parliament last year began requiring products containing synthetic food colors to carry warning labels saying that "consumption may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children."
Now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a March hearing on whether food dyes adversely impact children's health. The Center for Science in the Public Interest, or CSPI, is asking the agency for a synthetic food-dye ban and to place warnings on products until the colors are removed.
The dyes are often used to enhance the appearance of sugary cereals, candies, sodas, fruit-flavored snacks, fast food and other products that are aimed at children and have little nutritional value, the CSPI said in a citizen's petition signed by 18 physicians and researchers. Since naturally derived alternatives exist, the continued use is hardly worth any potential risk, it said.
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Casino nurses restrict activities in protest
CASINO and District Memorial Hospital nurses from Monday will impose an administration ban and restrict their activities to patient care alone amid claims they are being run ragged by staff shortages.
On Thursday next week nurses will rally in Casino to protest against the situation.
NSW Nurses Association representative Nola Scilinato said the nurses would continue the admin ban until the Northern NSW Local Health District gave them two extra nursing shifts a week - one in the afternoon and one at night.
She said an extra six hours given to the hospital after staff complained in February was an appreciated stop-gap measure but it did not solve the problem long-term.
Chief Executive of Northern NSW LHD Chris Crawford said a review had been completed and changes to staffing were proposed and would be announced in future.
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 5:21 pm
Post subject: But WE liked it
I cut into mine this morning and was a little shocked at the colour 8) didn't expect green!!!
I kinda liked the flavour and my parrotlet loved the seeds
- a great combination. I gave him the seeds that escaped and sucked up the rest, admittedly without chewing much.
My recommendation - give it a try...
PS: I only paid $1.65 CDN for it so I think I got a great deal!!!
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:24 pm
Post subject: We grow and sell Kiwano/"horned fruit"
Our company, Artistic Farms (a.k.a. Inca Gold Brand) is probably the single largest grower/producer of Kiwano/"horned fruit" on the planet. We maintain lands and offices in Washington state and Chile, South America. We have patented the term "Cuke-asaurus" for the Amazonian strain of this fruit (in South America it is most commonly referred as "the fruit of paradise"). We sell our fruit in bulk and "gift boxes" (comprising (3) choice specimens).
There are two primary strains of "horned fruit":
1.)The African(a.k.a. "Kiwano", which is the Maori New Zealand name for the fruit). This is grown extensively in New Zealand and to a lesser degree in southern CA. I also understand it is grown in even smaller quantities in such disparate localities as Mexico, the Mediterranean and Africa.
2.)The Amazonian(a.k.a. "fruit of paradise", and also "Cuke-asaurus" , which is a name we patented). This is grown extensively in South America and in Lynden, Washington(on our organic farm).
The primary differences between the two strains are:
1.)The Amazonian has a longer much longer shelf life(provided it is stored at room temperature and in a dry environment, if possible).
2.)The "horns"(spikes) on the Amazonian is sharper to the touch.
3.)The Amazonian is a little sweeter in taste(we still suggest adding some honey, sugar or other "sweetener" to it when eating it straight and we also offer recipes for it).
4.)The color of the skin tends to be more "uniform" on the Amazonian version.
If anyone is still curious or interested in our fruit, I can be reached at:
Or by phone at: (360) 398-9351. Thanks!
-Kevin S. L. Burke
Artistic Farms
Lynden, WA 98264
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:43 am
Post subject: with sugar sprinkled, it's not bad
I bought this a few months ago and researched it after I tried a bite (it was pretty sour). Having spent $4 on it as well, I was determined to figure out why :-) A website recommended sprinkling it with sugar. I did and it was remarkably better. If anyone feels inclined to ante up for this fruit again, I'd suggest at least a teaspoon per half. Kind of tastes like lemonade...
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:42 am
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i'm new here:)
thats all I have to say:)
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:20 pm
Post subject: Roemerquelle Emotion Kiwano
Roemerquelle has some "wellness" mineral water and one flavor of them is Kiwano. It that's great - maybe because it doesn't have that slimy feeling of the real fruit. Should you ever come to Austria give it a try. Here is a short article (in german):
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:27 pm
Post subject: thanx
when i saw a site that sed this fruit is poisonous i wuz like
then i wuz like
but i wanted a 2nd opinion
then i found ur site
now in sooooooooooooooooooooo happy by the way im 12
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:15 pm
Post subject: african horned melon
just so you know the horned melon looks nothing like a dragon fruit otherwise known as pitaya or strawberry pear the insides are different so just so you know, wot you tried is not a dradon fruit which is sweet in taste not unlike a melon
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:45 pm
Post subject: Arican Horned Melon - Kiwano
If you don't like the taste, but love the ornamental qualities, separate the seeds from the gel-sack (A bit hard to do because they're slippery) Then plant them in the late spring, about 4 or 5 in each little hole. Water them for about a week straight and they'll grow into an impressive vine and can begin fruiting in 8 weeks! They grow quickly and can take over a garden so plant them in an area that won't affect other plants and give them a wall or fence to grow on. Becareful when handleing this vine. The vine grows hairy thornes that stick into you for days. It flowers all season in yellow and being an annual, it dies when the weather turns cold.
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:37 pm
Post subject: The internet saves again
Hard cash, this time. I saw Kiwanos at a local supermarket and was fascinated enough to lift the PLU sticker so I would remember to look it up. Thanks to the proliferation of information these days I saved $7.00- the price they were selling for. I think I learned more than I would really need to know about them.
And entering a secret code to post! That is so cool.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:04 pm
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i have noticed alot of you have dissagreed with the fact that these things are bitter. i myself have never eaten a comercialy grown one but i have seen a few out in the scrub (we use them for target practice but by the sounds of it we should be exporting the things for $4 each?) they were introduced to Australia about 120 years ago along with such other brilliant brainwaives from englishmen like prickly pears (they were bought to australia as food for the cochineal beetle which where crushed up and used to dye the english soldiers coats) since then they have spread almost everwhere in Australia. however the "african horny melons" (most people who know what they are call them bush kiwis-im not sure why, they taste nothing like a kiwi) have not had such a bad effect - they are quite pretty when you see them too -they start off greenish yellow and end up dark orange to almost red. from my experience of eating them they have the texture of a over ripe, gone to seed cucumber and the young ones are quite sour and quite bitter. the dark red ones are almost edible loosing alot of their bitterness in place of a hint of sweetness and a sour taste.
i was also intruiged by the before mentioned Cherimoya so i looked that up to. we get them alot over here in the supermarkets but we call them "custard apples" which is a fairly good description of the taste-its like a mango, banana, apple and a kiwi fruit mixed with custard. however a nice ripe one is quite hard to get
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:24 pm
Post subject: exotic fruit
I picked up an African Horned Melon at the grocery this weekend as I (and my gf) have not yet tried them. This week maybe we will cut it.
On a different note I received a couple dozen passion fruit that I ordered about 6-8 weeks ago from a farm in California. I tried them when I traveled to Taiwan this winter past and fell in love with their perfumy scent and interesting crunch (from the seeds in the pulpy fruit. Mixed with a little honey and yogurt they are delicious. When they are quite they are good plain too, though on the tart/sour side sometimes. They are expensive in the grocery. In TX you normally see them at $2.50-$3.00 each. The fruit I have bought twice from White Dove farms (who also sells cherimoya) is ~$29 for about 25 pieces. Try them out.
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:30 pm
Post subject: another name
about a year ago, i saw these in the grocery store. the stickers on them said "
" and because of the name i purchased a few. my friends and i cut the tops off and gutted them as we didnt like what reminds me of watered down kiwi. we then made some mixed drinks in them. the reaction from everyone that saw them was fantastic, and worth the 4$ price tag.
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Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:33 pm
Post subject: Kiwano
I am usually game to try any new food. So when I found these in my local market ---I bought one. It was bitter and I also thought the inside looked a sickening green---I will spare you the particular .
I am glad to learn that this is African because someone led me to believe that it was a Chinese bitter mellon (for which there are recipes and the original reason I bought it ---never having seen one) or Chinese summer or winter melon. Obviously they were wrong.
I think that $8.00 is a bit too pricey for this item particularly since it grows in the US and even imported that is still too much. Why is it that business people think that they can charge exhorbitant prices for exotic fruit----it would seem to me that they would want to create a market for it by offering a reasonable price.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:49 am
Post subject: Kiwana
My daughter and I bought this fruit because it looked interesting and it said on the label it was sweet. It had lots of seeds which you had to eat because the jelly texture was completely around it. It wasn't too sweet but if we had let it sit a little longer it probably would have gotten sweeter. It reminded me of the inside of a grape but with a more jelly like texture. Also reminds me of a Chinese apple. I forget what they are called. Those however are much sweeter.
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:21 am
Post subject: Kiwano
A cold Gazpacho like soup is great with this 'fruit' maybe with tomato and sour cream, garlic and some very fine, nutty extra vergine olive oil.
It looks a bit like a chinese apple, as the previous post suggested, could you possibly mean the Durian?
Durian smells though, it is officially illegal to transport Durian in Singapore's subway and buses, but will make a great compôte or chutney, as well as parfait and jam. Many Chinese and Malaysian stores sell it in a dried form as candy sticks.
To get it in the US and Europe whilst being fresh it's quite expensive, reckon around $18 or 15 per kilo.
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During a recent meeting of the Windham Board of Selectmen, Police Chief Gerald Lewis and Fire Chief Thomas McPherson said cars are regularly parked on both sides of Roulston Road and speeding cars on both Roulston and Depot roads present a constant safety hazard as trail users cross the busy streets.
Built on the former Manchester-Lawrence railway corridor, the Windham Rail Trail is part of the burgeoning 150-mile Granite State Rail Trail that, once completed, will stretch from Salem to Lebanon.
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With their third-round pick, the Bills selected a speed receiver, Marquise Goodwin of the University of Texas. He was the fastest player in the draft and placed 10th in the long jump at the London Olympics in 2012.
Woods, 6-foot-1 and 201 pounds, caught 252 passes for 2,930 yards and 32 touchdowns in a three-year career at USC. He's a versatile receiver who can play outside or in the slot, and he projects as a quality No. 2 wideout in the NFL.
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I have a two node symmetric cluster (without backup nodes) that both use ramdisk to write the journals. The ramdisk is set to 1 GB on both machines. Under high loads when both machines are taking traffic (both machines have producers and consumers), I see new journals created very frequently and then later cleaned up. I've had to adjust the journal-compact-percentage to 75 just so the journals are compacted well before I run out of space on the ramdisk. For example, over a couple of days I see the journal id (the id in the file name) get into the 200k to 300k range.
Oddly enough, when I force all consumers and producers to be on just one of the two nodes, I see very little new journal creation and cleanup.
I have 22 queues, which about 6 have about 2000 messages go in and out of them every second (each machine has about 60 Mbps of traffic in and out split evenly). Each queue has max-size-bytes set to 10485760, so it shouldn't be that journals should fill up any more than 220 MiB, right? My journal-min-files is set to 10 and journal size is 10485760, so I start out with 100 MiB in journal space.
I also see this message in the logs, but not sure if it's related -
[2012-04-28 00:16:57,325] 183289211 WARN [Thread-0 (HornetQ-server-HornetQServerImpl::serverUUID=b67431cf-8f1c-11e1-b7e8-000c29848f2f-31583366)] org.hornetq.core.server.impl.QueueImpl - Couldn't finish waiting executors. Try increasing the thread pool size
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at org.hornetq.core.server.impl.QueueImpl.flushExecutor(QueueImpl.java:549)
at org.hornetq.core.server.impl.QueueImpl.addTail(QueueImpl.java:441)
at org.hornetq.core.postoffice.impl.PostOfficeImpl.addReferences(PostOfficeImpl.java:1255)
at org.hornetq.core.postoffice.impl.PostOfficeImpl.access$200(PostOfficeImpl.java:79)
at org.hornetq.core.postoffice.impl.PostOfficeImpl$1.done(PostOfficeImpl.java:1077)
at org.hornetq.core.persistence.impl.journal.OperationContextImpl$1.run(OperationContextImpl.java:239)
at org.hornetq.utils.OrderedExecutorFactory$OrderedExecutor$1.run(OrderedExecutorFactory.java:100)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Attaching my hornetq config files, as well as the start script I use to bring it up (where I read the local.properties file) and the hornetq log of when the ramdisk did fill up.
start.sh 1.8 KB
log.tgz 39.9 KB
log4j.properties.zip 610 bytes
local.properties.zip 344 bytes
hornetq-users.xml 331 bytes
hornetq-jms.xml 2.8 KB
hornetq-configuration.xml 3.7 KB
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