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Use this guide to replace your optical drive cable.
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Loosen the two Phillips screws securing the access door to your iMac.
Remove the access door.
Remove the following screws along the lower edge of your iMac:
Three 6 mm T8 Torx screws
One 8 mm T8 Torx screw
To lift the front bezel off the iMac, simultaneously:
Use your thumbs to press in the RAM arms and hold the iMac down.
Use your index fingers to pull the small bridge of material on the front bezel toward yourself.
Pull the front bezel up with your index fingers.
Once the small bridge of material has cleared the RAM arms, lift the front bezel by its lower edge just enough to clear the bottom edge of the rear case.
My iMac did not have the "small bridge of material" mentioned, however the bezel just lifted off easily.
Lift the front bezel off the rear case and rotate it away from the bottom edge of the iMac, minding the camera and microphone cables still attached to its upper edge.
Disconnect the microphone cable.
Disconnect the camera cable by pulling its connector away from the socket on the camera board.
I agree that for a simple, quick battery change, don't risk damaging those delicate wires. Ignore Step 6 and instead of disconnecting the mic and camera wires, keep them in place and just have a friend hold the plastic frame up while you change the battery, or prop it up as mentioned by Stefano C above.
Make sure you double check the new logic board for the presence of the GPU assembly before installing. I stupidly installed a new board without moving the GPU from the old one first. So i guess you can say this guide worked for me twice. :)
Peel the two highlighted EMI shield tabs off the frame of the LCD.
Remove the two T6 Torx screws securing the display data cable to the logic board.
Wait, we need a T6 screwdriver as well?
I purchased the T8 and T10 from your site as per the parts list above and now am here with an opened iMac on the dining room table unable to continue :/
Pull the black plastic tab attached to the display data cable connector to disconnect it from the logic board.
Use your fingertips to pull both sides of the wide inverter cable connector out of its socket on the logic board.
De-route the inverter cable from its location next to the CPU fan.
Remove the eight T8 Torx screws securing the display assembly to the rear case.
Remove the display assembly from the iMac.
Remove the strip of tape covering the optical drive cable connector.
Gently pull the cable retainer on the optical drive cable ZIF socket toward the right side of the iMac.
Pull the optical drive ribbon cable out of its socket, being careful not to rip it in the process.
Pull the optical drive thermal sensor connector toward the right side of the iMac to disconnect it from the logic board.
Peel off the strip of EMI tape attaching the right side of the optical drive to the rear case.
Push down on the optical drive bracket retaining clip while pulling the top edge of the optical drive away from the rear case.
Looking at pic on step 18, if you follow the black plastic release clip downwards there is another clip (just below the drive) so you need to pinch them together (with the optical drive in the middle), rather than just press down on the top clip.
If you look at the picture on step 19, you will see the corresponding release clip (just behind the middle of the orange ribbon cable) but it's not immediately obvious to see unless your looking for it.
Rotate the optical drive slightly toward the bottom edge of the iMac while pulling it away from the rear case to release the lower retaining clip.
Pull the optical drive away from the right side of the rear case and remove it from the iMac.
Remove the two T6 Torx screws securing the optical drive cable to the optical drive.
Insert the flat end of a spudger into the gap between the optical drive cable connector and the optical drive.
Twist the spudger to separate the connector from the optical drive.
Pull the optical drive cable connector away from the optical drive.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Panda Pals February 2016 Review + Coupon – Socks/Activities for Children
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. I received this box for review.
Panda Pals is a sock subscription box that sends two pairs of socks and several activity for kids (ages 3-8). Panda Pals is a subscription from Sock Panda, which is another great sock subscription. Each month, Panda Pals subscribers will get two pairs of socks, a cartoon story about Nikos & friends, along with an envelope full of activities. Panda Pals also gives a pair of socks to a child in need with every subscription purchased.
Who are Nikos and his friends?
- NIKOS A curious young Panda who enjoys playing outdoors, getting muddy and learning new skills.
- JONATHAN A friendly and loyal Dog with super senses who loves to find and bury his toys around Sock Island.
- CHARLIE A cute little Monkey with a big talent for playing music. Charlie loves to sing and dance.
- TAB TAB A little Bat with a big heart. Tab Tab lives in a special cave full of beautiful gem stones.
- HOOTY A clever, wise Owl who likes to invent and fix things.
The Details:
Cost: $15.00/month, $14.00/month for 6 months, and $12.00/month for 1 year. 6 and 12 month subscriptions are billed all at once.
Coupon: Use this link with the code PAL to save 15%.
What's in the box? Each month, Panda Pals subscribers will get two pairs of socks, a cartoon story about Nikos & friends, along with an envelope full of activities.
Shipping: Panda Pals ship to PO Boxes, APO addresses and US Territories. Shipping within the USA is included, shipping international is $3.
Panda Pal ships in a fun envelope. My kids saw this laying out and really wanted to know what was inside.
For Parents: Panda Pals sent a letter explaining the subscription.
Everything was tucked inside a glossy folder. That's Nikos on the cover.
Nikos introduces children to his world and friends. The white shaded areas are spots your child can add stickers (keep reading to see the stickers).
The Story: Each month, your child will get a new story about Nikos and his friends.
Shapes: This month Nikos teaches your child about shapes and how you can find them everywhere. After reading this story to my 4 year old, we had a great time find shapes in his room.
Socktivity Lesson Shapes There was a little envelope filled with all the activities.
Shape Activities: Inside the envelope was a two-sides placemat with various shape and letter activities. The back was plain, so your child could draw a picture using shapes. The stickers are designed to work with the folder. If you look up at the folder again, you will see the white/shaded spots. Each monthly envelope will contains another sticker to add to the picture. This month, the volcano sticker was added. There are several stickers on the sheet, so the rest can be used for other crafts or activities. The last activity sheet was a cut out Nikos to play with, maybe with the map.
Yellow/Shape Sock: These socks tie right into the shape theme of the subscription and I love they are in primary colors.
Nikos Socks: The second pair of socks were my favorite. Nikos is on these socks and his ears actually stick out from the socks. So cute!
The Best Part: As a mom, the best part of the subscription is this. Each pair of socks have snaps. After they are worn, just snap the socks together and wash. NO MORE LOST SOCKS. Yes, I meant to yell, because how cool! Seriously, I wish all socks came with snaps.
Final Thought: This is a fun box for both parents and children. Parents will love the snaps on the socks, while kids will love the colorful characters and fun activities. My kids enjoyed completing the activities and 2 of our 50 pairs of children socks are matched and put away. This is a fun subscription to try, and you can save 15% on your 1st month with this link and the code PALS.
Here is a look at other Panda Pals socks.

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Collecting, Analyzing, and Sharing Student Data
Hey friends! It's time for our second ever Humanities Blog Post! Woop!
One of the biggest challenges we are facing in the Humanities at the moment is the fact that we don't know where students stand in their progress towards goals. This is a natural challenge for us since we are the teachers that often see 500+ students a week, often have time with students taken away from us in favor of tested classrooms, AND often have subjective measures ("is this performance any good") that make collecting data funny business. But this is precisely also why it is DOUBLY important that we do so: we want our students and stakeholders to understand that this is a valuable part of their education as well, and advocate for its expansion!
To help you address all that, in the following post, you will find:
1. Why collecting and sharing data matters.
2. Where we stand in the Humanities data-wise.
3. Your metrics, rubrics, and trackers (and videos to help you set it all up!)
4. Resources for analyzing, collecting, and sharing data.
1. Why collecting and sharing data matters.
Before we dig in further, I want to be clear about the BASIC importance of ensuring we have, collect, and share accurate data for our students: ultimately, this is an issue of justice and equity.
If we are withholding data from students and they don't intimately know where they stand compared to national standards , is that not an injustice? Are we not deceiving them as to their progress if we are not holistically measuring their progress against a high bar of rigor (if an "A" in our class would be an "F" in New York, for example)? Are we not taking away their ability to take action for themselves to change their progress, and instead labeling them as a "B" student at every report card?
Consider the potential: Instead, we can demonstrate that we are on a path to equity by showing that our students ARE progressing against a national bar for rigor!
Plus, I want to be clear that having data can have a BIG positive effect. In fact, based on research, I have articulated that one of our key priorities this quarter is the following:
Priority 3: "Students are invested in their Humanities-content goals because they see their success as critical to their future leadership, and are aware of their progress. This is because their teachers are invested in their end-of-year goals and what they represent for students, and thus measuring and sharing progress towards goals with students and stakeholders."
Alas, not having accurate and complete data basically could mean any/all of the following:
1. Students, parents, and administrators may not have an accurate understanding of where students actually stand.
2. You as a teacher aren't making data-aligned analysis and taking action accordingly in your classrooms.
3. Your TLD Coach, your Specialist, and your TFA team can't support you and coach you from an accurate understanding of the outcomes of your classroom.
Finally, according to TONS of research, giving students consistent feedback (including student conferences – wait for next week's blog post for that one!) has awesome results. Check out just this small tid-bit below:
Black and Wiliam's (1998a) cited 250 studies in their review of the effects of sharing assessment feedback on learning. They found that effective use of feedback yielded high levels of student achievement (effect sizes ranged from between 0.4 to 0.7 of a standard deviation). Nyquist (2003) found effect sizes for feedback ranging from 0.3 to 0.5 of a standard deviation.
According to Black and Wiliam (2004a), the effectiveness of on student learning comes from the feedback provided by the teacher, not from the kind of assessment used. The teacher must have evidence of learning that can be used to provide students with feedback.
2. Where we stand in the Humanities data-wise.
To give you a sense of where we stand, I'll share this little report that was just shared with me – "yes" indicates classrooms in which we know where students stand (in part, because it was communicated with TLD coaches), and "no" indicates that we don't yet have that crucial information. Unfortunately, we, as a region, are in kind of a rough spot (only 37% "yes" total), so let's make an initiative to switch things up in the Humanities! The more information we have, the more we can collectively and collaboratively problem-solve about how to push our students forward!
As you look at the following data, consider:
How can we learn from each other and the way that we are collecting and sharing data in our classrooms? Who are the others in our team who can support us in this? What is your role in the successes we see? What can we collectively celebrate in the Humanities? Where do you know that the areas in which we need to grow are reflective of your own areas for growth?
|YES – we know where students stand in relation to their goals.
|NO – incomplete or missing student achievement information.
|Social Studies
|World Language
|Grand Total
Before we move on, I want to give some shout outs here to some individuals that are doing an AWESOME job with this (there are many more, but these are some highlights that come to mind):
- Richard Pettey – For having simple, clear, and exciting bar graphs displayed in his classroom to show student mastery by period, and get students invested in some friendly competition!
- Gabriella Sharpe – For working to create a small network between me, Camille Loomis, and her TLD Coach so we can all norm on the performance rubrics while looking at videos of her classroom!
- Amanda Welch – For making a personal commitment this year to share data in her classroom more consistently, and in MANY different ways! She is sharing behavior AND mastery data with students!
- Catherine Serenac – For implementing regular and consistent data reflection after each test… I got to see its effects on students' thinking when I observed her a couple months ago!
- Salma Akhtar – For pro-actively seeking support to help problem-solve about how to make the creation rubric work within her school context!
3. Your metrics, rubrics, and trackers (and videos to help you set it all up!)
- Want to know WHAT you are measuring and collecting data around? Check out your metrics here.
- Have questions about those or want to know WHY they matter? Email Jacob, or call him!
- Where do I find these Rubrics and Trackers? In this easy folder, or on your content-specific page!
- How do I set these trackers up? Check out this video (for World Languages and Social Studies) and/or this video (for the Visual and Performing Arts)
4. Resources for analyzing, collecting, and sharing data.
- Some tips for analyzing data:
- Organize your assessments! (by skill, objective, or topic!)
- When analyzing data, do it "test-in-hand" (it will help you notice trends by question!)
- Search for separators. (What questions were particularly tough for some students, but easy for others?)
- Scan by student and by period. (Who surprised you?)
- Some good questions to ask yourself:
- How did the class do as a whole?
- What are the strengths and weaknesses by standard?
- How were the results different in different question types?
- Did any results in one standard influence results in others (i.e. if students got one question wrong, they also got the next one wrong)?
- Check out these awesome, quick videos on "Sharing Assessment Data with Students" and "Working With Students to Develop Their Next Steps" and "Developing Students' Ownership of their Learning"
- Examples of easily track-able assessments:
- Sharing data with students and parents:
- Student Personal Tracker (option 1)
- Student Personal Tracker (option 2)
- Post-Assessment Reflection Documents
- Homework and progress sheets (Sample 1 and Sample 2)
- Example of an "Individual Skills Tracker"
- Individual Tracker – Essays
- A gallery of classroom applications (more to come!)!
Foreign Language Planning Resources
From TFA's Own
Examples of Unit Plans, Assessments, and Long-Term Plans – get some ideas here!
Unit Assessment Reflection Template – Help your students reflect on their work!
From Others
Looking to string in culture throughout a unit? Wondering what a thematic unit could look like? Here are some standard based units that target various grade levels (and most can be adapted for other grades!):
- A Standards-Based Thematic Unit (Spanish)
- A Thematic Unit (Spanish) – La Peineta Colorata
- A Thematic Unit (Spanish) – El Beisbol
- A Thematic Unit (Spanish) – Crictor
Many more can be found here (both in French and Spanish!).


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Finally after some time that my PC was acting up, I got it to service and replaced my graphics card, so now I am going craaaaaaazy with photos, and loving it! It's soo much easier now for me, so it's time to get back to blogging.
Really really love this round of Uber with the Boho theme, gives so much to choose from and you can really go crazy with styling and colors. I was gonna add even more colors but I think this just balanced it enough. Boho style especially gives you that freedom of combining colors and getting a lot of other styles mixed. Emery is a great shop to also find a lot of colorful and quality pieces of clothing that you can combine and make your own boho style.
I also got myself a new skin, of course from my favorite skin shop ITGIRLS. For those who haven't visited it, its gorgeous, and the skins are made with such high details and quality. I am planning to stick with this one, I really like the thick eyebrows on this one and the eyes are sooo detailed along with the eyelids and you don't even need to wear eyelashes.
Hope you liked this outfit, I really enjoyed making it.
Here is what I put together and hope that you will like it!
Check the shopping guide of Uber's february round.
This photo was taken on the Tableau sim, owned by Nylon Pinkney. You can read about the interview with Nylon Pinkney, and check out the interview of Drax with Nylon, the beautiful mind behind this beautiful creations.
Top | Cropped Top Naomi City – Emery
Vest | Tarot Fur Vest – Foxes @ Uber
Skirt | Pleated midi skirt – ISON
Heels | Boho Red – JD @ Uber
Hair |Dream Weaver – MOON Hair @ Uber
Sunglasses |Vintage Hazel Shades – .:Le Primitif:.
Headband |70s Head Wrarp – LODE
Clutch | Librarian_Clutch – NewYork – .:Le Primitif:.
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Age. Rancholabrean (Morgan and Lucas 2005).
General Description. Small unnamed arroyo that flows northeast from base of Mesa Redonda, about 23 km south of Tucumcari (Morgan and Lucas 2005).
Discussion. "The Mesa Redonda site consists of a large quarry sample of mostly disassociated mammoths, with at least five individuals present based on lower jaws (Morgan et al., 2001b) and possibly as many as eight individuals based on tusks (according to Nelson Vaughn's field notes)" (Morgan and Lucas 2005:241).
†Mammuthus columbi—Columbian Mammoth (Morgan and Lucas 2005)
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Literature. Morgan and Lucas 2005; Morgan et al. 2001.
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Residents and visitors have adopted an adaptive attitude about the relatively cold weather in the area.
Visitors at The Breakers resort hotel in Palm Beach broke out their sweaters and carried on with their golf games, while surfers in Boca Raton broke out the wet suits and tackled some of the best waves of the year.
``Most of the people who come in January and February are annual returnees. So many of them are accustomed to it so it`s a wait-it-out-kind-of-th ing,`` said John West, resident manager of The Breakers.
``They`re still playing tennis, with tennis sweaters, and they have their golf sweaters out. The biggest thing I`ve seen is they delayed their tee off time for about a half-hour in the morning,`` he said. ``They`re adjusting and they`re still here. It`s better here than up north.``
Christine Riggi, a student at Russell Sage College in Troy, N.Y., will be ending a five-week internship here this weekend. The cold spell will force her to go back with less of a tan than she expected but otherwise it doesn`t bother her, she said.
``Everybody has their winter. If you`re comparing one winter to another, it`s sunny here,`` said Riggi, who is serving an internship in physical therapy at Humana Hospital.
``I can walk out in a sweater or long-sleeve shirt and it doesn`t faze me, where people from Florida will be spazzing out,`` she said. ``But you can`t compare 36 degrees (here) to 10 degrees (below zero in New York).``
Surfers in Boca Raton on Tuesday were looking at the sunny side of the weather, said lifeguard Robert Gordon.
``The surfers are having a heyday. They don`t get a lot of waves like this,`` Gordon said. ``When the cold fronts come through they get groundswells. That`s not our usual South Florida chop. They come in in sets and they`re a lot more fun to surf.``


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All items > Knives > Folding Knives > Spyderco (Folding) > Spyderco Lum
- Overall Length:5.375"
- Blade Length:2.375"
- Cutting Edge:2.25"
- Blade Thickness:0.07"
- Blade Material:VG-10
- Blade Style:Drop Point
- Blade Grind:Flat
- Finish:Satin
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:3.00"
- Handle Thickness:0.40"
- Handle Material:G-10
- Color:Black
- Frame/Liner:Stainless Steel
- Weight:1.82 oz.
- User:Right Hand, Left Hand
- Pocket Clip:Tip-Up
- Knife Type:Manual
- Opener:Thumb Hole
- Lock Type:Liner Lock
- Brand:Spyderco
- Model:Lil Lum
- Model Number:C205GP
- Country of Origin:Japan
- Best Use:Everyday Carry
- Product Type:Knife
The Spyderco Lil' Lum resurrects the elegant design of the Lum Chinese Folder in a more compact, pocket-friendly size. This knife features a leaf-shaped, full-flat ground VG-10 blade with a satin finish. The handle is constructed with textured G-10 scales over a skeletonized stainless steel frame. The Lil' Lum is a lightweight, functional carry for the everyday gentleman. Includes a reversible pocket clip for right or left-side tip-up carry.


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Queen of Sweden. The only surviving child of Gustavus Adolphus, she succeeded to the Swedish throne in 1632. Assuming government in 1644, she made it her first aim to end the Thirty Years War, and she was partly responsible for the Treaty of Westphalia (1648). She promoted education at home and patronized foreign scholars. She abdicated in 1654. In 1655 she became a RC and settled at Rome.
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I am 32 years old. My ex hubby dated me for six years, I started dating him whilst I was in grade 12, I was 19 years old. We were the best of friends. I waited until he completed college and started work, my family and his family then met, we got married and had a son. (Now 7 years old ).
My husband was short tempered at times, but our problems started when I wanted to make him feel he can't control me. Every time we argued, I would pack my bags, go to my family and explain. My sisters would phone my husband and shout at him. If he is controlling me I would always dare him that if you wish divorce me- I never wanted divorce, I just had pride and I never wanted to look as a loser in his eyes.
One day I pushed him to the limit so that for the first time he beat me up and locked me out of the house , I returned to my family, and they took him to the police to lay a charge., Every time people saw me , I looked like I was being abused! But to be honest, I used to abuse my husband emotionally.
He was arrested and detained. I was asked by his family to withdraw the case, I felt that what I was doing is wrong.
My husband was never a violent man, he did what he did because I pushed him to the limits. Of which he openly knelt down and apologized. I withdrew the charge, and we reconciled.
After three months, I packed my bags after a small issue, and he remained alone. After two days I received a call that he is in hospital, my family told me that I shouldn't go there because it will look like am begging him for another chance, and my sisters believed he is faking the illness.
All this time, people felt sorry for me like I was the one being abused. He spent a week in hospital, after he was discharged , I just received a summon for a divorce . I wanted to say no to divorce, but because I felt this pride, I wanted him to change his mind and beg me, I called him and said to him that he will get the divorce because I live like I am in hell.
When we went to court, I wanted to make him pay, so I told the court that I needed his properties to be divided between us. To my surprise he openly told the court that whatever he and I acquired together should be given to me, All he wanted was a divorce.
We divorced in 2009 July. Now, this Saturday my husband is getting married again, whilst I am here wasted! My family are gossiping about me, I depend financially on what my ex gives to my son for survival. I know I wasted my marriage. I am here telling all wives to be careful how and who you get advice from . Don't be cheated. Even my young sisters are much more respected than I am. Those who encouraged me to divorce are always bad mouthing me.
There is no benefit in pride!
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WHILE there is concern about possible future climate change, we should pay attention to what is happening today. What we believe to be "normal" climate may not be normal at all.
This is especially important in the case of precipitation and water supply. Inhabitants of some parts of the globe may have based their assessment of long-term average water supplies on their experience with weather in this century that really isn't normal at all. They should consider their weather in the perspective of previous centuries.
For example, the drought that has parched western parts of the United States for the past six years may be a normal climatic feature. Studies at the University Of Arizona's laboratory for tree-ring research in Tucson indicate that long-running droughts are a recurring feature. The relatively wet decades of 1937 through 1986 may be abnormal.
Likewise, the long-playing drought that has brought famine to Africa's Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert also might appear to be anomolous. Research by several scientists over the past decade, however, has shown that the drought is not an aberration. This research includes studies of pollen samples that reflect conditions ranging back as far as 18,000 years ago.
Referring to this growing evidence, ecologist Peter D. Moore of Kings College, London, has observed that "climatic fluctuations in the Sahel, which produce such distressing social consequences, have evidently been proceeding for a very long time."
The western United States and African Sahel are two examples of regions where people are feeling stress because their expectations don't conform to climatic reality. Climate hasn't changed. What has changed is the human population density. These places and many other areas of the world have more people than the normal water resources can sustain.
Sandra Postel of the Worldwatch Institute in Washington warns that this problem is especially acute in Africa and the Middle East. In a recent report, she lists 26 countries in which water supplies can't sustain the populations through continuing drought. Nine of these are Middle Eastern nations, and 11 are in Africa. Her study projects that about a third of Africa's population - some 300 million people - are likely to live under drought conditions by the year 2000.
The study notes that the basic problem is not climate change. It is population growth that overburdens expectable water supplies. People have lived for thousands of years in semi-arid lands. Clever use of water has sustained them.
Now survival has become a race between water management and population growth. The study cautions: "No set of technological feats, however imaginative, can win that race," without a curb on population.
The Worldwatch analysis is only the latest study to warn of the political and social dangers that water shortages involve. It notes, specifically, that water wars could break out in Africa and the Middle East. Arun Elhance of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign emphasized the same danger in a press release last month.
But Professor Elhance adds that water conflicts are, potentially, a worldwide problem. He notes that, even in water-rich lands, it will take careful management, based on cooperation by all nations who share a resource, to meet the burgeoning demand. He observes that, while water can cause conflict, "it also has the potential of uniting countries."
Here is a climate-related challenge that is already upon us. The world cannot continue its water-wasting ways. Population control is essential for semi-arid lands - including those in the United States. But it will be difficult to implement wise water management and wise land use if people do not appreciate what their normal climate can provide.


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Have you heard the news? Daisy Haven Farm will be offering five EasyShoe clinics across the US. Each 2 1/2 day clinic schedule starts on Friday evening and will focus on hoof anatomy, background on the EasyShoe and hands-on application techniques of all four shoe models. Space is limited so make sure to reserve your spot today. Participants may sign up using this on-line form: EasyShoe Clinic Registration. Please contact Daisy Bicking with any questions at email@example.com. Next month we are holding two EasyShoe clinic in California:
March 7-9th in Plymouth, CA
Host: Bob Smith
Facility: Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School
5225 Carbondale Road, Plymouth, CA 95669
March 14-16th in San Diego, CA
Host: Shannon Peters
Facility: Arroyo Del Mar
7070 Black Mountain Road, San Diego, CA 92130
Friday Agenda
4:30 PM: Registration and Dinner
5 PM-9 PM: Anatomy Presentation and Dissection
• Overview of the weekend.
• Presentation on hoof anatomy and terms.
• Dissection by Paige Poss in conjunction with x-ray comparison of anatomy.
Saturday Agenda
8:30 AM: Breakfast and review of previous day, Q & A
8:30 AM: Breakfast and review of previous day, Q & A
9 AM-5 PM: Cadaver Work
• Demonstration of hoof trim and prep for glue.
• Participant hands-on hoof mapping and trimming using x-ray: reliably finding the external landmarks related to internal anatomy.
• Shoe fit and preparation for glue.
• Shoe fit and preparation for glue.
• Lunch offered during review of the morning work, continue work after lunch.
• Demonstration of shoe application.
• Wrap-up Q&A at end of day.
Sunday Agenda
8:30 AM: Breakfast and review of previous day, Q & A
8:30 AM: Breakfast and review of previous day, Q & A
9 AM-5 PM: Glue-On Shoe Day
• Participants hands on final hoof prep and glue on shoes, working as teams to watch and assist each other.
• Lunch offered during review of the morning work, continue work after lunch.
• Learn to nail offered after lunch.
• Wrap-up Q&A at end of day.
For additional information on the EasyShoe, read Garrett Ford's blog, Launching the New EasyShoe, and Kevin Myers' blog, Eight Things Everyone Should Know About the New EasyShoe. Additional clinics will be held at the following locations:
May 16-18th in Charlotte, NC
Host: Bryan Baire
Facility: Location TBD
Charlotte, NC
June 13-15th in College Station, TX
Host: Dr. David Hood
Facility: TBD
College Station, TX
July 11-13th in South Lyon, MI
Host: Brian Smigielski
Facility: Gaited Acres Farm
6175 Mae Lane, South Lyon, MI
Alayna Wiley
Marketing and Sales
I assist the marketing and sales departments at EasyCare with a special interest in hoof care practitioner and veterinarian dealer accounts. My horses have been barefoot and booted since 2003.


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Craig Curran can book you an out-of-this-world vacation.
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Curran is one of the 120 travel agents around the globe authorized to sell tickets on behalf of Virgin Galactic, the Richard Branson-backed venture that aims to establish the world's first commercial spaceline. While the dream of bringing space travel to the masses has existed for decades, it's closer to becoming a reality than you might think. Virgin Galactic has been leading the charge, having conducted multiple tests flights of its spacecraft and building a specialized terminal and hanger facility in New Mexico.
Perhaps most impressively, the company has managed to sell more than 470 tickets – each with a $20,000 minimum deposit – without setting any sort of launch date. Virgin has said it aims to fly 500 people in the first year, and 50,000 in the first 10 years. Tickets have been available since 2005.
"There will be space hotels."
While rumors have been swirling that Virgin Galactic's first real flights could begin this year, the company has refrained from providing a concrete timeline. As you might imagine, sending people into space requires all kinds of safety and regulatory clearance; Virgin Galactic maintains that it isn't in a race and will not launch until everything is in place.
Still, people are excited – and Curran is one of them.
With nearly 30 years of travel experience under his belt, the president of the DePrez Group of Companies says he got involved with Virgin Galactic because he is confident space tourism is the next big thing.
"There will be people traveling suborbitally and orbitally. There will be space hotels," Curran says.
Virgin Galactic is currently focusing on suborbital travel, meaning sending a craft into space and bringing it back down without circling the earth. Orbital travel is a more complex endeavor, but one that Virgin Galactic is also exploring.
Speaking on his own behalf, Curran says he believes Virgin Galactic will be ready to launch its suborbital commercial flights in 2013. He says the technology has already been proven, citing the 2004 flight of SpaceShipOne, the first privately-funded, manned spacecraft to travel beyond the earth's atmosphere. (SpaceShipOne was developed through a venture between Microsoft's Paul Allen and aerospace engineer Burt Rutan; Rutan and Virgin Group's Branson later partnered to form The Spaceship Company, which manufactures Virgin Galactic's space vehicles.)
In the year or so that Curran has been an accredited space agent for Virgin Galactic, he has sold two tickets: one to a 40-something-year-old man with interests in aviation, politics and sports, and one to himself. He says he's in touch with about 10 other people who haven't yet signed the dotted line.
Understandably, people aren't clamoring for tickets the way they might clamor over a $39 fare sale at JetBlue. At $200,000 a pop, it's a pricey endeavor and one that won't appeal to everyone.
"Not everyone climbs Mount Everest," he says.
Curran says current ticketholders generally fall into a few categories: business leaders, celebrities and those with strong ties to the aviation and space industries. He says that, as in any new industry, early adopters are critical to space tourism's viability and growth.
"This whole notion of this being an expensive trip just for rich people is really to miss the point," he explains. "The first computer took up a couple city blocks, it could hardly count to 10 and it cost incredible sums of money. You need early adopters or this industry doesn't take place."
The trip itself is a multi-day experience that begins at Virgin Galactic's spaceport in New Mexico. Curran explains that a hotel will be built specifically for passengers, who will spend several days undergoing physical and mental training for the trip.
On launch day, six passengers and two pilots will be seated in a spaceship that will be stowed under a mothership until it reaches about 50,000 feet, says Curran. At that point, the spaceship will be released, and after a 90-second burn in which the spaceship reaches speeds of 2,500 miles an hour, passengers will be in space.
Curran says this is the point where passengers can float around in the ship and take in views of the earth.
"The rocket motor will stop – there will be dead silence. You'll be able to see for 1,000 kilometers in any direction," he says. "At that point, you can take photographs, have a religious experience – whatever suits your fancy."
After a few minutes, the spaceship will glide back to the spaceport in New Mexico.
The entire ride is estimated to take between 90 and 100 minutes.
While plenty of questions still exist about the details of the trip, Curran says he has no doubt space tourism is the way of the future.
"This is happening; there's no question about that."


text: you guys using blogger for your niche projects? like product reviews with a buy now link at the end of the post.. I made a review blog using blogger.. it turned out really well.. withs some of my seo and hard work building backlinks within a month it was ranking at number 3 for a competitive keyword and stayed there for 2 months.. made me quite some $$ in the process as well.. now the problem is that it has started falling down the rankings.. its now at number 24 and no matter what i do it just wont climb.. so i wanted to ask if this is a problem with blogger? are all of you guys using blogger having this problem? maybe the reason for the fall in ranking is because of no more posts were added to it after october 2009.. if that is the case then im screwed.. i cant add any more posts.. my main product reviews will be pushed down :/ any suggestions as to what to do with this blog of mine??


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More than cutting: Esko Kongsberg Tools unleash creativity
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Press release from the issuing company
Growing range of specialty tools allow customers to finish the widest variety of applications in sign, display and packaging materials, and beyond
Ghent, Belgium – Esko announces a new range of Kongsberg tools is available for customers. On top of the more than hundred high-quality cutting blades, router bits and accessories, some of the newest tools include a psaligraphy (paper cutting) knife tool, perforation wheel and braille tool. All three tools are available for usage on the Kongsberg XN, Kongsberg V and Kongsberg XL Series of digital finishing systems.
Innovation in digital finishing creates new business opportunities
Celebrating its golden jubilee this year, Esko Kongsberg built a strong foundation with the right technology and skills to help customers take full advantage of the opportunities digital finishing offers in the signage, display and packaging markets. The broad portfolio of Kongsberg cutting tables caters to the different needs and speed in various segments of these markets.
But the wide variety of tools is what truly enables customers to extend their offerings and expand their businesses with the most creative use of materials and applications. Producers of packaging, displays and signage are used to work with a variety of substrates, ranging from foam, plastics and vinyl to paper, corrugated boards and folding carton. And ever more materials are being added to the portfolio, including glass, wood, aluminium and textiles – opening up new markets and new applications. To keep up with these new demands and further improve existing solutions, Esko Kongsberg has an experienced R&D team constantly developing new tools. High performance linked to high precision is what makes the difference here.
More than 100 cutting blades, and still counting
Today, Esko Kongsberg already offers more than 100 different cutting blades that are optimized for a very broad range of materials and applications. But there is much more these cutting systems can do when equipped with crease wheels, crease blades, milling bits or plotting pens.
Three examples of newly developed tools that extend Kongsberg capabilities are:
Online store gives access to all Kongsberg cutting tools
Esko's online Kongsberg store for bits, blades and other accessories offers all the certified consumables for the full range of digital finishing tables at www.esko.com/store. More Esko customers find their way to the store every day, relying on Esko's expertise to help them expand their business.
"Thousands of customers worldwide use our Kongsberg tables for a wide variety of applications and materials," concludes Knut Johansen, Product Coordinator Esko Kongsberg. "We offer total solutions in digital finishing and are continuously developing and improving tools for new applications and substrates. Our research and development teams are offering innovation and support to expand the tooling range to bring even more value to the cutting tables."
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Purification and biochemical characteristics of intracellular pratease ; insulin degrading enzyme(IDE)in erythrocyte were investigated.1. Purification of IDEIDE in erythrocyte was labile and easily lost activity the same as other intracellular proteases. To purify IDE effectively and in a -short time, 3 step purification method was carried out using ion-change chromatography(DEAE Sephrose), gel filtration(Superdex 200 pg)and chromatofocusing(Mono P). IDE was purified to a single band on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis(PAGE). However, it was noted that IDE was decomposed under acidic condition of chromatofocusing and the last step of purification was changed to hydroxyapatite to moderate the reactive condition. By this procedure, IDE was purified with keeping activity.2. Biochemical characteristicsPurified IDE showed molecular weight 107K and isoelectric point 5.0 on SDS-PAGE. Optimal pH of IDE activity was pH 7.2 in HEPES and phosphate buffer. IDE activity was inhibited by EDTA, but activated by 1mM of Ca- and Mg-salt. From above results, optimal reactive condition of IDE activity was set up in 2OmM HEPES, pH 7.2'and 0.5mM CaCl_2- Under this condition, measurement of IDE activity using human monocomponent insulin as substrate showed good reproducibility with 5% C. V.
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On Nov 30th, this 2 month long challenge came to an end.
My commitment was 20 % for this challenge…
SO, out of the 9 books I read in these 2 months, 5 were in my TBR for a long time. So, I have 55%!! YAY!! I completed this challenge successfully!
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Along Came a Spider by James Patterson [ review coming soon]
Thank you S. Krishna for hosting this challenge!I enjoyed it!


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Which is NOT saying that pictoral quilts are not art. Just that this class wasn't art.
If 10 of us were given the same 5 articles to arrange into a piece, they would all look different. (and actually the wonder of how they would be different is quite exciting to me.). Deb R. said something similar in her blog. And this might be an interesting basis for a blogring challenge. "someone" would pick 5 specific objects that everyone uses as the basis for a piece. Each person arranges them, and works with them however they wish. Then we all TA-DA them on our blogs on the same day. (sound interesting to anyone else?)
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And that's a good start.
What about the technique did you enjoy? Was it learning how to place color to create 3-D shape? Was it using the software to "map" the color shapes and placements? All cool.
Can you USE the class as a jumping off point for your own style?
I have looked at other classes, and decided that if it doesn't advance my "start" of a style, then it's just pulling me a different direction. It's what Dara was talking about in her blog on ENTHUSIASTIC EFFORT .. distraction as laziness. If you can distract yourself with enough other people's style and work, then you don't have to think about your own.


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The procedure includes Botox being injected into the bladder resulting in relaxation of the bladder, an increase in its storage capacity and a decrease in urinary incontinence. 'Urinary incontinence associated with neurologic conditions can be difficult to manage,' said George Benson, deputy director, Division of Reproductive and Urologic Products. 'Botox gives another treatment choice for these individuals.' Related StoriesPsychosocial factors associated with pain in multiple sclerosisStudy shows how dietary fatty acids affect development and progression of multiple sclerosisMultiple sclerosis relapse management: an interview with Gina RemingtonInjection of the bladder with Botox is conducted using cystoscopy, an operation that allows a doctor to visualize the interior of the bladder. Read More
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Jing Lou, CEO and Chairman of 3SBio, commented. We are impressed by PharmaAbcine's great scientific standards and look forward to dealing with them seeing that we look for regulatory approvals to move DIG-KT into clinical trials in China and notably Korea, in line with our technique to develop 3SBio's development features in key international marketplaces. 3SBio continues to seek opportunities to increase its biologics pipeline. Novel mAb candidates, especially bi-specific mAbs, shed light on the procedure for metastatic or refractory cancers, such as for example pancreatic and breasts cancers, which is in keeping with 3SBio's core therapeutic regions of nephrology and oncology. We are very pleased to expand our partnership with 3SBio, Dr. Read More
And acknowledgement was evident within less than 100 milliseconds, too fast for details to end up being relayed from the visible cortex to the temporal lobe and again. Since each patient is permitted to choose their own movie, Kreiman's team must analyze its visual content frame by framework and then hyperlink that data to the patient's brain activity. Why is it important to tease apart visual processing in this way? Kreiman envisions using the eyesight algorithms discovered in humans to teaching computer systems how to see along with people, so that they could help in real-lifestyle applications such as spotting terrorists in airports, helping motorists prevent collisions with hard-to-find pedestrians, or analyzing hundreds of tumor samples searching for malignancy. Read More
3 Guidelines Of Successful Acne HOME BASED TREATMENTS If you are coping with acne problems, you know how frustrating it can get. You may try a variety of different over the counter treatments and only find that they cost a lot of money without actually proclaiming to offer you great results. However, there are a variety of great pimples home treatments that you can try that really do work generic cialis . So, if you are sick and tired of spending your cash on over-the-counter acne treatments that just don't provide you with the results that you'll require, why not try a few of the following pimples home treatments. 1) Drink Plenty of Water Each Day If you're thinking about acne home treatments that are easy and can be carried out at home, one of the simplest is to start drinking plenty of drinking water each full day. You see, acne actually starts inside and functions its' way out, which means you shall want to focus on cleansing out the inside of your body. When you drink plenty of water each full day, you flush out your body and work to detox it and get rid of those harmful toxins that can result in acne. So, that is a very simple way that you can effectively treat your acne problem from home. 2) Get a Little bit of Sun When it comes to acne home treatments, another excellent one to try is to obtain a bit of sun each day. Of course make sure this isn't likely to cause a issue if you are on medications that produce you sun sensitive. Just spending 20 minutes in sunlight can be great for your epidermis. No, you don't want a burn off or a tan, since that may damage your skin, but a bit of sunshine can help make your skin more healthy and you can do that at home without it costing you a dime. 3) Try an Oatmeal Mask Do you have oatmeal out in your kitchen? Well, oatmeal is among the many great acne home based treatments actually. All you possess to do is prepare up the oatmeal, then allow it cool a little bit until this is a bit warm. When it is cooled enough to contact it safely, after that apply the cooked oatmeal to your safe and allow it to dry on your skin then. After it has already established time to dry right into a great mask, you'll want to wash the oatmeal mask off with some warm water. This will help to clear your skin layer and get rid of your acne issue for you. These are just a couple of great acne home based treatments that are easy and inexpensive to work with. So, if you prefer a great way to work on your acne issue without needing to pay a huge amount of money on over-the-counter products, try out these acne home based treatments for some help.
Antonio Palumbo, M.D., Federica Cavallo, M.D., Francesca Gay, M.D., Francesco Di Raimondo, M.D., Dina Ben Yehuda, M.D., Maria Teresa Petrucci, M.D., Sara Pezzatti, M.D., Tommaso Caravita, M.D., Chiara Cerrato, M.D., Elena Ribakovsky, M.D., Mariella Genuardi, M.D., Anna Cafro, M.D., Magda Marcatti, M.D., Lucio Catalano, M.D., Massimo Offidani, M.D., Angelo Michele Carella, M.D., Elena Zamagni, M.D., Francesca Patriarca, M.D., Pellegrino Musto, M.D., Andrea Evangelista, M.S., Giovannino Ciccone, M.D.D., Claudia Crippa, M.D., Paolo Corradini, M.D., Arnon Nagler, M.D., Mario Boccadoro, M.D., and Michele Cavo, M.D.: Autologous Maintenance and Transplantation Therapy in Multiple Myeloma High-dose chemotherapy plus autologous stem-cell transplantation, as compared with conventional chemotherapy, prolongs progression-free survival and general survival among sufferers with diagnosed multiple myeloma newly.1-4 and it is currently the standard of look after patients who are more youthful than 65 years of age. Nevertheless, since autologous stem-cell transplantation has substantial toxic effects and needs prolonged hospitalization, the comparison with much less toxic, administered treatments is normally important orally. Immunomodulatory medications and proteasome inhibitors have improved outcomes in individuals significantly, of whether they meet the criteria for transplantation regardless.5-18 These improvements have raised questions about the part of transplantation in comparison to conventional chemotherapy and about the timing of transplantation, since the survival benefit is not established. Continuous treatment with immunomodulatory drugs and proteasome inhibitors has shown scientific efficacy.19 In three large, randomized studies, continuous therapy with lenalidomide, in comparison with placebo, significantly reduced the risk of disease progression , however the survival benefit was inconsistent.16-18 It is currently not clear whether maintenance therapy after mixture therapy will have the same effect that it can after transplantation. Methods Patients Individuals with symptomatic, measurable, newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who have were 65 years or younger were eligible for this trial. The primary exclusion criteria included a history of various other cancers within days gone by three years and peripheral neuropathy of grade 2 or higher. The analysis was accepted by the institutional review boards of the participating centers and was executed according to the Declaration of Helsinki and the International Meeting on Harmonisation Guidelines once and for all Clinical Practice. All patients provided written educated consent. Study Design and Oversight The study was a randomized, open-label trial with a 2-by-2 factorial style. We recruited patients from November 2007 through July 2009 at 62 centers in Italy and Israel. A straightforward randomization sequence, stratified relating to International Staging Program disease stage20 , was generated by a pc program and implemented through a Web-based procedure. All patients were randomly assigned at enrollment to one of the four groupings, but the outcomes of the random assignment had been concealed until patients reached the finish of the induction period and their eligibility for the consolidation and maintenance regimens was verified. The study was designed by the senior academic authors. The sponsor, Fondazione Neoplasie Sangue Onlus, gathered the data and, in collaboration with the senior educational authors, conducted the info analyses. Celgene provided an unrestricted grant to carry out the trial but had not been mixed up in data collection, evaluation, or the composing of the manuscript. The 1st draft of the manuscript originated by the first author; subsequent drafts had been revised by the 1st three authors. A medical article writer paid by Celgene supplied assistance with the writing of the manuscript to improve clarity and consistency. All authors had full access to the primary data and outcomes of the final analysis, were responsible for this content of the manuscript and your choice to submit it for publication, and vouch for the accuracy and completeness of the info and the fidelity of the analysis to the protocol. The protocol and statistical analysis program are available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org. Research Treatments All individuals received induction therapy comprising four 28-day cycles of lenalidomide in addition dexamethasone . Cyclophosphamide and granulocyte colony-stimulating aspect were utilized to mobilize stem cells.21 The consolidation regimen consisted of six 28-day time cycles of melphalan , prednisone , and lenalidomide , or two 4-month cycles of melphalan at a dosage of 200 mg per square meter of body-surface area accompanied by autologous stem-cell transplantation. Individuals in whom progressive disease developed during induction or consolidation therapy had been treated according to local standards and remained in the trial for later on end result evaluations. Maintenance therapy was initiated within the initial 3 months after completion of consolidation therapy. Maintenance therapy with lenalidomide was administered until disease progression or the advancement of unacceptable adverse effects. Details of dose reductions, medication discontinuations, and treatment schedules are given in Table S1 in the Supplementary Appendix, available at NEJM.org. Information on the anticoagulation regimen previously used have been published. 22 End Factors and Assessments The primary study end point was progression-free survival. Secondary end points included general survival, the entire response rate, the right time to a reply, and safety. Time-to-event end points were estimated from the time of enrollment and from enough time when the random assignment was disclosed . Progression-free survival was calculated before date of disease progression, death from any trigger during treatment, or data censoring at the last date on which the patient was regarded as free from disease progression. Overall survival was calculated until the date of either loss of life from any trigger or data censoring at the last time on which the individual was known to be alive. Response was assessed with the use of the International Uniform Response Criteria for Multiple Myeloma.23 Bone marrow samples were collected at enrollment and analyzed by central laboratories within each national country. These samples were examined for chromosome deletions 13 and 17 and for the t and t translocations by using fluorescence in situ hybridization. No prospective decisions regarding therapy had been based on the results. Adverse occasions were graded based on the National Malignancy Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events .24 Statistical Analysis The primary comparison was between high-dose melphalan with stem-cell transplantation and MPR. With a two-sided alpha error of 0.05, we estimated that 400 individuals would need to be enrolled for the study to have a statistical power of 85 percent to detect a hazard ratio of 0.62 and only high-dose melphalan versus MPR , assuming 24 months of accrual, a minimum follow-up time of 1 12 months, and a dropout rate of 5 percent. The secondary assessment was between lenalidomide maintenance therapy no maintenance therapy. We anticipated that approximately 240 sufferers will be qualified to receive a maintenance routine after consolidation treatment. With a two-sided alpha error of 0.05, this sample size got a statistical power of 80 percent to detect a noticable difference from 60 percent to 75 percent in 2-year progression-free survival and only the maintenance group . To estimate the effect of the entire treatment strategy , both progression-free survival and overall survival were approximated for the four groups from the day of study enrollment, in an evaluation that included all enrolled sufferers. All comparative analyses had been performed with an intention-to-treat approach for the two randomized populations: the consolidation-phase populace, which comprised all individuals who were permitted receive high-dose melphalan or MPR , and the maintenance-phase populace, which comprised all sufferers who were eligible to receive lenalidomide maintenance therapy or no maintenance therapy . The safety-analysis population included all patients who received at least one dosage of the analysis treatments. Cox proportional-hazards versions were utilized to estimate hazard ratios and 95 percent self-confidence intervals for the main comparisons. Cox models, modified for International and age Staging System stage, were also utilized to explore any modification of the effect of consolidation or maintenance therapy between subgroups , by using interaction terms. Statistical analyses had been performed by using SAS software, version 8.2 , and Stata software program, version 11.0 . April 30 The data cutoff point was, 2013. Results Patients A complete of 402 patients were enrolled; 399 entered the normal mobilization and induction stage, and 273 remained eligible for random assignment to consolidation therapy with high-dosage melphalan or MPR. By the end of consolidation therapy, 251 individuals were also eligible for the randomized assessment between maintenance therapy no maintenance therapy . Baseline demographic and disease features were well balanced among the procedure groups . At the info cutoff point, 237 individuals acquired disease progression or got died, 45 sufferers were still receiving lenalidomide maintenance therapy, and 24 patients weren't receiving maintenance therapy. The median duration of follow-up from the proper time of enrollment was 51.2 months . Efficacy In the full total enrolled population , the median progression-free survival from enough time of diagnosis was 54.7 months among individuals who received high-dose melphalan plus lenalidomide maintenance therapy, 37.4 a few months among sufferers who received high-dose melphalan without maintenance therapy, 34.2 months among patients who received MPR plus lenalidomide maintenance therapy, and 21.8 months among patients who received MPR without maintenance therapy . The 5-calendar year overall survival rate was 78.4 percent among patients who received high-dose melphalan plus lenalidomide maintenance therapy, 66.6 percent among sufferers who received high-dosage melphalan without maintenance therapy, 70.2 percent among sufferers who received MPR plus lenalidomide maintenance therapy, and 58.7 percent among individuals who received MPR without maintenance therapy . At the final end of the induction and mobilization phase, the random assignment to high-dose melphalan or MPR was disclosed for the 273 sufferers who were eligible for consolidation therapy. The median progression-free survival was considerably longer among sufferers who received high-dosage melphalan than among patients who received MPR . High-dosage melphalan, in comparison with MPR, was also connected with improvement in the 4-year overall survival price . The progression-free survival benefit associated with high-dose melphalan was constant across all patient subgroups . Among the 251 individuals who were eligible to be included in the second randomized assessment , median progression-free survival was significantly longer with lenalidomide maintenance therapy than without maintenance therapy . Lenalidomide maintenance therapy, as compared with no maintenance therapy, got no significant influence on the 3-calendar year overall survival rate . The beneficial effect of lenalidomide maintenance on progression-free survival was homogeneous in all subgroups except sufferers with stage III disease during diagnosis . Results of the subgroup analysis of general survival are proven in Body S3 in the Supplementary Appendix. Simply no significant differences in progression-free survival were detected between the maintenance and no-maintenance populations in the comparison of high-dose melphalan with MPR , or between the high-dosage melphalan and MPR subgroups in the assessment of lenalidomide maintenance therapy without maintenance therapy . Among patients with relapsed multiple myeloma, the 3-year overall survival rates from the time of relapse were similar across the four treatment groupings . In the MPR group, 98 of 156 individuals received high-dose melphalan at relapse, as prespecified in the treatment protocol. Details of salvage treatment administered in the right period of relapse are given in Desk S3 in the Supplementary Appendix. The complete response rate improved from 15.7 percent after consolidation therapy to 35.7 percent after maintenance therapy in the high-dosage melphalan group and from 20.0 percent after consolidation therapy to 33.8 percent after maintenance therapy in the MPR group . Prognostic factors such as staging and cytogenetic features didn't affect the grade of the response. Safety During the induction stage, the most typical grade three or four 4 adverse events were neutropenia , anemia , infection , and dermatologic occasions ; one death occurred because of arrhythmia. In total, 27 of 399 individuals discontinued treatment because of adverse events, and 56 . During consolidation therapy, hematologic adverse occasions occurred more frequently in patients who received high-dose melphalan than in those who received MPR. These occasions were mainly grade 3 or 4 4 neutropenia and thrombocytopenia . Other grade three or four 4 adverse events which were more common in sufferers who received high-dosage melphalan were gastrointestinal occasions , attacks , and systemic events . During the maintenance phase, the most typical grade three or four 4 adverse events had been neutropenia , infections , and dermatologic events . Reduced doses of lenalidomide were required in 14.7 percent of patients ; 5.2 percent of individuals discontinued lenalidomide due to toxicity . Eleven patients had a second primary cancer: lung cancers in one patient during induction; prostate cancer in two patients and breast cancers in three sufferers during lenalidomide maintenance therapy; and one case each of myelodysplasia, lung malignancy, bladder cancer, cancer of the colon, and biliary tract tumor after consolidation therapy in patients who were randomly designated to no maintenance therapy. Discussion In this randomized study involving patients with recently diagnosed multiple myeloma, the standard high-dose melphalan consolidation therapy accompanied by stem-cell transplantation, in comparison with MPR, was connected with a significant reduction in the risk of progression or death and prolonged overall survival . Maintenance treatment with lenalidomide, as compared with no maintenance, was associated with a considerably reduced threat of disease progression or loss of life . The very best treatment strategy was associated with a 5-yr rate of progression-free of charge survival from the time of diagnosis of around 48 percent and a standard survival rate of 78 percent among all patients. These outcomes confirm a net scientific benefit of high-dose melphalan administration as consolidation treatment and provide support for the advantage of lenalidomide as continuous treatment. Despite a similar complete response price with both consolidation regimens, high-dosage melphalan improved progression-free survival. Regrettably, the response was assessed with the use of standard laboratory tests, and minimal residual disease had not been monitored with molecular or immunophenotypic techniques, which can have revealed more subtle distinctions in the response, as reported in similar studies.25 The medical benefit was noticed consistently over the various patient subgroups. High-dose melphalan, in comparison with MPR, was associated with significant improvement in overall survival also. Hematologic and nonhematologic adverse events were more frequent with high-dose melphalan than with MPR. Although stem cells were obtained from all sufferers at analysis, stem-cell transplantation was performed in mere 62. Thus, stem-cell transplantation isn't always feasible during relapse, and the option of delayed transplantation ought to be suggested with caution. The clinical benefit connected with lenalidomide maintenance was in addition to the consolidation regimen. Response prices improved during maintenance therapy in both high-dosage MPR and melphalan groups. As compared with no maintenance, low-dose lenalidomide maintenance delayed relapse by 2 years approximately. Previous studies show that lenalidomide maintenance prolonged the duration of remission by 17, 18, and 19 months,16-18 but an overall survival benefit was observed in only one of the three studies.17 In our research, lenalidomide maintenance, in comparison with no maintenance, was associated with prolonged progression-free of charge survival significantly; no significant improvement in overall survival was mentioned. An extended follow-up study is required to better evaluate the benefit of a delayed clinical relapse and the chance of chemoresistance after maintenance therapy. The advantage of maintenance therapy was seen in most subgroups, but a prespecified subgroup comparison showed no benefit in patients with stage III disease . The price of second major cancers was low, no between-group differences were reported. This scholarly study had some limitations. Second, we investigated only did and lenalidomide not include bortezomib in your skin therapy plan. Bortezomib-centered induction and consolidation regimens in combination with alkylating or immunomodulatory agents have been associated with unprecedented rates of high-quality response and a positive effect on outcomes in sufferers, regardless of whether they meet the criteria for stem-cell transplantation.8,12 Third, placebo had not been administered in the combined group of patients who didn't receive maintenance therapy, and a blind assessment of progression was not made. Finally, quality-of-life assessments weren't performed.gov numbers NCT01208766, NCT01191060, and NCT01208662) are evaluating effective drug combinations that add a proteasome inhibitor versus autologous stem-cell transplantation, the benefit of early versus past due transplantation, and the consequences of varying the duration of maintenance therapy. Outcomes of these trials might shed further light upon this important clinical area. In conclusion, we found that consolidation therapy with high-dose melphalan, as compared with MPR, improved progression-free and overall survival, although at a cost of increased toxicity. Our findings concur that high-dose melphalan remains the far better therapeutic option in patients with recently diagnosed multiple myeloma. We discovered that maintenance therapy with lenalidomide also, as compared without maintenance therapy, significantly decreased the risk of disease progression. Read More
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Use the vehicle's previous pass certificate to see the earliest date you can MOT your vehicle.
If your vehicle has passed its MOT test, you will receive an MOT certificate that confirms your vehicle meets the legal minimum requirements for safety and the environment.
The MOT test certificate contains the same information that is entered on to the DVLA's secure central database. The certificate alone is not proof of an MOT - only DVLA computer records are considered proof of a valid MOT test. This is because forgeries of MOT certificates can exist.
Following a test, you will be given one of two things. If your vehicle passes the test you'll receive the A4 sized certificate. If it fails the test, you will receive a notification of failure.
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Apple to Start Selling Unlocked iPhone 5 Models Tonight
Unlocked iPhone 5s could be arriving at Apple's online store as soon as tonight at 9 p.m. PST. The same models are also expected to show up in Apple retail stores in the near future, according to 9to5Mac.
The unlocked handsets will sell for $649, $749 and $849, for the 16GB, 32GB, and 65GB models, respectively. These are the same prices that were originally leaked on a page on Apple's website earlier this month. They are similar to what the company was charging for unlocked iPhone 4S models.
Unlocked phones aren't attached to a specific carrier. In other words, you pay the full price for your iPhone up front and then decide which carrier you'd like to use. This choice can be changed as often as you, like depending on where you live.
Although unlocked iPhone 5s are available elsewhere, they have remained elusive here in the U.S. The iPhone 5 launched on Sept. 21.
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Did you go on Facebook or Twitter during this week's Presidential Debate? If so, you probably were overwhelmed by the number of political posts.
Some were probably interesting or funny to you, some had you nodding your heads in agreement. Others probably seemed like they were gloating or taunting, and some may have had you seriously considering the reasoning powers of some of your "friends". Maybe you even posted some of your own "well-thought-out" arguments.
The funny thing is, people supporting the "other guy" had exactly the same feelings about posts supporting or opposing their candidate.
It's important to remember with all of the election "Noise" out there, and it is building up to a dull roar right now, that we ARE ALL still Americans.
We all have similar hopes and dreams, and people that support that other candidate, they still love this country, and want what's best for it. They just disagree about the best way to get there.
We can argue about politics and not lose sight of our fundamental decency.
We should treat elections as serious as long as we don't forget that democracy and voting are also FUN.


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Healthcare packaging is challenging and can be manufactured economically if only holistic solutions are used. This requires medical devices and their packaging to be developed hand-in-hand for the optimal use of guidance package that is provided by regulatory authorities for the quality control of medical devices. In this regard, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's device center generates the largest number of guidance documents for the manufacturers of medical devices. This is mainly due to the large variety of medical devices and specific packaging and labeling needed for each of them.
Increasing Incidence of Chronic Diseases Necessitate Medical Devices and Pharma Products to Comply to Strict Quality Control Statutes
Presently, the healthcare industry is burdened with the rising prevalence of chronic ailments across the world. This has necessitated strict quality control of medical devices and pharma products at every stage right from research and development to production to packaging for public welfare. On the other hand, medical device manufacturers and pharma accompanies are striving to extend the shelf life of products by preventing microbial growth and they need to adhere to stringent regulations for counteracting imitation drug packaging issues and proper labeling guidelines for patient safety.
The packaging and labeling of pharma products and medical devices involves complicated registration and cumbersome approval processes, which is deterring the growth of the global market for packaging and labeling services for healthcare. Despite these challenges, the rising utilization of nano-enabled packaging is shaping up positive growth for this industry. In addition, the rising adoption of advanced packaging techniques in emerging economies will open lucrative opportunities for this market's growth.
Increasing Expenditures on R&D for Advanced Packaging Solutions Bolsters Market Growth
Medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies are vigilant about their role in public health. They adhere to stringent regulations that are in place for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and medical devices for patient safety. Moreover, pharmaceuticals companies are spending vast amounts on research and development for advanced packaging solutions that will address issues pertaining to counterfeit drug packaging. The use of bio-based and green packaging solutions are also what medical device manufacturers and pharma companies are looking into to minimize the implications of conventional packaging on the environment.
The extensive product portfolio of the pharmaceuticals and medical devices industry does not leave a chance for developing a universal packaging technique. However, industry participants adhere to the highest standards of packaging and labeling compliances that are laid out for the same.


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NASA pioneered the use of AR and VR 35 years ago
As commercial technology caught up, with billions of dollars in investment, we are now seeing the next phase in the use augmented reality and virtual reality for enabling space colonization.
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Marcus is the founder of ARVR Ventures and was part of the launch team for HTC VIVE where he was as Senior Advisor. He built and sold several startups over the last 16 years. ⇨ Linkedin
Some of our Subject Matter Experts:
Jim Adams - Former Deputy CTO NASA ⇨ Wikipedia
Paul Hynek - Adjunct Pepperdine University and VR pioneer ⇨ Linkedin
Examples of use cases for AR and VR in the space industry
training astronatus
Hyper-realistic simulations look and feel similar to what astronauts experience and can be used for scenario training.
mission support
Augmented reality assist astronauts as they perform complicated tasks.
Being able to share the same view of objects and in real-time annotate and expand views can drive a dramatic improvements in collaboration.


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If you are a parent then you should consider reading Ottawa Valley Moms. Founded in July 2012, this blog contains, among other things, parenting tips, reflections on motherhood, product reviews, giveaways, recipes, a podcast, events listings, a video show and a book club. The site is very professional and looks like it has been around for much longer than this past summer.
Recent posts include:
- Thoughts on a Ted talk which encouraged parents to teach their children how to code;
- Reflections on travelling with one's children;
- Becoming more aware on where our food comes from;
- Fitness tips;
- A guest blogger who disagreed with a popular blog for moms (not Ottawa Valley Moms) which admitted to frequently lying to her kids; and
- A celebration of the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, more commonly known as Dr. Seuss.
This site contains a lot of information and resources. As a father of a young child, I appreciated the fact that fathers are sometimes featured on the site. For instance, one post that stuck with me was from a guest blogger / divorced father who wrote about how difficult it was to no longer be living with his children. In short, if you are looking for parenting tips, family-related events or want to learn more about products for children and parents, then this is a good site to visit.


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Bhutan has a unique two-round electoral system. In the first round, voters cast a ballot among all parties qualified for the election. The two parties that receive the most votes across the entire country advance. In the second round, the candidates of each of the top two parties compete in 47 single-member constituencies. In the second round, the candidate in each constituency with the most votes is elected.
If only two parties qualify for the election, as in 2008, then there is only a single round. Candidates from each party compete in the 47 constituencies and the candidate in each constituency with the most votes is elected.
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I was getting ready for the day yesterday. Normal stuff – checking for stray brow hairs, trimming the nose hairs, looking for blackheads and putting on my puffy eye cream. It wasn't just any day, though, and my examination of myself was more thorough. It was THE day – the first day of first grade. I had on a pair of panties that D has commented on favorably. Sure, no one at the elementary school will know, but I will and it made me feel good. I straighten my hair about once a week and today I was attempting to calm the wave. My choice to be more minimalist means I have fewer clothes and I know my style, so choosing outfits is pretty easy for me. In summer my go to is a pair of cutoff's and a flowy shirt. I love my style (which is why it's my style) and I'm happy with how I look, so it's less a silent competition between elementary school moms and more wanting to look my best. I wear makeup two ways (if I wear it) – a little or a little more. No fuss, no stress, just me. Continue reading
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i am painting my trim with oil base, do i lightly sand between coats?
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I am a firm believer in following the manufacturers instructions. However, in general, it is not neccessary to sand between coats with alklyd oil enamel. Oil enamel is not like the urethane varnishes which become so hard when cured that they do not bond well to themselves unless scuff sanded. Of course, if you managed to get some corruption into the paint, a light scuff sanding never hurts.
I assume that you are multiple coating to effect a color change on otherwise sound paint. If the existing paint is in bad shape with cracking or peeling, I would have first coated with an oil enamel undercoater. The undercoater would then be given a light sanding and dust removal before painting.
Sanding is not necessary between coats of oil based paint for adhesion. However, if after the first coat you notice some rough areas its always a good idea to feather sand to run the rough areas down a little bid before applying the finish coat.
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- Frozen canine semen shipping to foreign countries, including Australia, England, Germany, Belgium, Japan, Sweden, Norway, Poland, South Africa and many others.
- Electro-ejaculation equipment for collecting semen from dogs where conventional collection methods are not successful. As time goes by dog breeders will no doubt see canine competitors come and go, but rest assured ICSB has the history, experience, long-term commitment and support to provide our services to dog breeders worldwide for many decades to come.


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Please go to www.nohoax.com and read "Handbook for the New Paradigm," a book written by ETs about how we can (and must) save our planet & ourselves from Aliens that genetically engineered many of our ancestors, and are currently projecting negative energy toward our own demise for enslavement of humans & exploitation of planet Earth. Not a hoax. Visit www.nohoax.com.
Excerpt: "This is a point in the evolution of the planet that brings to the forefront of each individual's thoughts the question of why me, why now and what is really going on in the reality that is right now in the time we are experiencing. What really is going on behind-the-scenes we are looking at through the five senses? Why is there this feeling that there is more to the story than just appearances. Who indeed has set this up and is pulling the strings. Is it really just a group of somebodys that is in charge? If this is the case, then is the God thing really a hoax after all? There are those who believe that to be the true essence of the scenario. Fortunately for the good of all, that is not the Truth."
Please have an open mind and join us! The numerous UFO sightings are real and there is a reason for them!


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Today's podcast features Justin Jain. This marks Justin's first nomination for the F.Otto Haas Award for Emerging Theatre Artist. Justin is a prime example of the enormus impact theatre has on an individual and the community. His body of work runs the gammut and he has his hand in many projects around the city all the while support his own organization, The Berserker Residents! Stay Tuned!
Justin Jain is an actor, playwright, and teaching-artist whose pedagogy is based on ensemble-driven collective collaboration. He received his BFA in acting from the University of the Arts in 2004 with honors. At graduation, he was awarded the highly competitive Directors Choice Award and the Stage Combat Award. For the 2004-2005 season, Justin was accepted as an Arden Theatre Company Professional Apprentice, a distinguished program focused on the training of future theatre leaders. Since then, Justin has utilized this training and acted professionally with several Philadelphia-based companies including: Arden Theatre Company, Azuka Theatre Collective, Enchantment Theatre Co, Hotel Obligado, Interact Theatre Company, Mum Puppettheatre, People's Light and Theatre Company, PlayPenn, Shakespeare in Clark Park, Theatre Horizon, and The Wilma Theatre. He has performed regionally with The McCarter Theatre Education Department (Princeton) and The Lark (NYC). In 2007, Justin was awarded the Community Education Center (CEC) New Edge Artist Residency in Theatre where he developed his solo physical theatre piece, Neverboy, in collaboration with San Francisco writer Matthew Graham Smith and director Adrienne Mackey. Justin's other original work includes Philly Fringe Hits Dis Pop (2005), The Ballad of Joe Hill (2006), The Jersey Devil (2007), The Giant Squid (2008), for which he was awarded a Professional Development Grant from The University of the Arts, and most recently The Annihilation Point (2009). Since 2003, Justin has been a theatre educator in acting, playwriting, collective collaboration, and stage combat for such organizations as: Arden Theatre Company, People's Light and Theatre Company, The University of the Arts Pre-College Program, and Philadelphia Young Playwrights. For The Berserker Residents, Justin's duties include budget management, marketing, general management, and company liaison as well as performing and co-writing each production