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Dennis Farina: He Didn't Just Play a Detective on TV
By Patrick Kiger , July 22, 2013 04:40 PM
Some actors are pretty good at playing hard-boiled, streetwise police detectives. Dennis Farina, who died on July 22 at age 69 in Scottsdale, Ariz., actually was a hard-boiled, streetwise police detective who also turned out to be a pretty good actor.
The Chicago native, an 18-year veteran of his city's police force who took up acting as a second career, was best known for his stint from 2004 to 2006 on the long-running NBC police procedural Law & Order.
See also: TV for Grownups: The Summer Lineup
Farina portrayed investigator Joe Fontana, a silver-haired dandy who affected expensive imported loafers and finely tailored suits, and could wax poetically about subjects ranging from Italian pastry to the intricate science of racetrack wagering.
Beneath the character's glibness and urbane sophistication, however, Farina infused him with a menacing intensity that at times seemed frighteningly believable.
But that was just one of his 75 television and film roles in an acting career that began in 1981, when he portrayed a thug named Carl in director Michael Mann's movie Thief. Here are some interesting facts about Farina and the rough justice he so skillfully enforced on the screen.
- According to a 1987 Washington Post profile, Farina grew up in Chicago's Near North Side neighborhood and, after high school, served in the U.S. Army and worked in a produce market before acting on his brother Joe's suggestion that he take the test to qualify for the police academy in 1967. "It was a city job and steady work," Farina recalled. He eventually became a detective, mostly working burglaries.
- While with the Chicago police, for a time he partnered with Chuck Adamson, and the two would pass the hours by playing out scenes from their favorite movies. Adamson, who quit the force to become a Hollywood screenwriter and technical adviser, helped get Farina his first role, suggesting that director and fellow Chicagoan Michael Mann cast his former partner in the 1981 movie Thief, which was based on a case Adamson had investigated. "[Adamson] told Michael to look me up when he got back to Chicago," Farina recalled. "He did, and we talked and walked around a bit. No big deal. Just a couple of guys walking and talking. Then a young lady called and told me to report for a wardrobe fitting." Farina assumed it was a practical joke, but Mann wanted him to play a small role.
- Mann went on to cast Farina in the 1986-88 NBC series Crime Story. Farina played early-1960s police Lt. Mike Torello, head of an organized-crime unit that pursued a rising young mobster named Ray Luca (portrayed by Tony Denison, currently one of the stars of TNT's Major Crimes).
- Farina's rough-hewn look and intimidating voice also made him a convincing mobster in films such as Midnight Run and Get Shorty. He also portrayed serial killer Angelo Buono in a 1989 made-for-TV movie.
- In a 2004 Associated Press story, Farina explained that he deliberately had to forget some of his police experience and training once he became an actor. After pointing out to Michael Mann that a fight scene would have played out differently in the streets, he recalled the director explaining to him, "'That's very good ... but for the movies, we have to do it this way.'" Even so, he remained a stickler about how how police officers were portrayed in films and TV shows in which he worked. "I really don't think there's such as thing as an ex-policeman," he said in a 2004 New York Times interview.
- Law & Order producer Dick Wolf, a fan of Farina's work, had wanted to cast him in the show for years. But Farina reportedly didn't want to cost another actor his job, so he declined until the late Jerry Orbach created a vacancy by leaving. Once on the show, Farina insisted that the word "perp" be excised from scripts, saying that it was unrealistic.
- Despite his success as an actor, he had one unrealized ambition: to star in a musical. As he once confessed in an interview, "I'm the only Italian I know who can't sing."
Here's an interview that Dennis Farina did at the 2011 Chicago Film Festival:
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|Patrick Kane doing his best Vancouver Canucks impression. Something like that.
Another All-Star weekend is in the books. This year's festivities in Ottawa concluded last night with the All-Star Game exhibition. Although many hockey fans claim that they don't really care about the All-Star Game, most die-hard hockey fans watch it anyway. Since you're reading this, you probably watched at least part of the weekend, so here's a recap in case you missed any of it.
- Carey Price knelt in his crease, Tebow-style and then turned his back to the shooter in the breakaway competition. This is also known as "Steve Mason-syndrome."
- Patrick Kane's Superman cape was the highlight of his career, based on goals scored on goalies other than Michael Leighton.
- The car Logan Couture won for being picked last in the All-Star draft was the second fastest machine in Ottawa during the weekend to Zdeno Chara's slapshot.
- The arena security had trouble identifying Scott Gomez at the gate, so they didn't let him into the building.
- The league announced that the 2013 All-Star Game will be held in Columbus, where Jeff Carter will inevitably make his return to Columbus.


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After spending almost all of 2013 off of the big screen - citing a feeling that audiences needed a break from her - Anne Hathaway is back picking up roles, and now it appears that a Nancy Meyers-directed workplace comedy lies in her future. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the Oscar winning actress is now in talks to replace Reese Witherspoon in The Intern, a film that's already set to star Robert De Niro.
Scripted by Meyers and in development for the last few years, the film follows the owner of an internet-based fashion company, who will potentially be played by Hathaway. With her business growing she is assigned an intern, but rather than being a fresh-faced college student it winds up being a senior citizen (De Niro). From there THR says "he becomes a valuable resource and the two develop a relationship" (it's unclear exactly what kind of relationship the trade means). Witherspoon was forced to drop out of the project last month due to scheduling issues, despite the fact that her name was used to try and sell the film at last fall's American Film Market. Meyers and producer Scott Rudin began immediately searching for a replacement, and last week they sat down with Hathaway and De Niro for a table read that apparently went very well.
Of course, this isn't the first internship comedy that we've seen floating around these last few months, as just last summer we saw the release of the Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson comedy The Internship:
Unfortunately, Meyer's movie is probably going to have to do everything in its power to distance itself from that movie. Not only was the Shawn Levy-directed film slammed by critics (our own Sean O'Connell said of it, "The Internship shouldn't be viewed as The Wedding Crashers 2, as that will only raise expectations and create disappointment), but it was also a rather sizable box office dud, opening at #4 on the top 10 and managing to make only $44 million domestically on a reported $58 million budget.
Coming up soon, Hathaway will once again be lending her voice to the blue macaw Jewel in the animated Rio 2, and then late in the year also has the sci-fi epic Interstellar (which reunites the actress with The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan. You can watch trailers for both movies below.


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France v Scotland, Six Nations
Huget: France will finish on a high
ESPN Staff
March 15, 2013
Yoann Huget is determined to finish the championships on a positive note © Getty Images
France fullback Yoann Huget insists Les Bleus will take on Scotland in confident mood - despite staring down the barrel at the Six Nations wooden spoon.
Philippe Saint-Andre's team have failed to win any of their four fixtures so far in this year's competition. But Toulouse wing Huget - who has stood in at number 15 in place of the injured Brice Dulin - believes the fightback from 13-3 down to draw 13-13 against Ireland in Dublin last time out has lifted sagging morale and set up the side for tomorrow's meeting with the Dark Blues in Paris.
"The draw was good for our morale. We were 13-3 away from home and at international level it's very hard to get back into a game," he said. "If we'd had five more minutes and had been a little bit more patient then we could have done even better. But for now we have to be humble and continue to work hard.
"The tournament started badly but we want to finish well. For the staff that have trusted us from the beginning, we would like to come through the match and give them a bit more relief than they had after the first four matches, in which we haven't made life easy for them. If we get through against Scotland then everything will be reset to zero. For now, I just want to focus on the last game.
"I'm just working hard with the staff on adjusting to my new position at the back, from which I've already taken a lot of pleasure and am enjoying more and more."
While the French will be faced with their worst campaign since 1957 if they fail to beat the Scots at the Stade de France, their opponents are looking to bounce back from their own wooden spoon experience of 12 months ago by finishing in second place.
For that they need their first victory on French soil since 1999 and a convincing England triumph in their Championship decider against Wales in Cardiff. With that in mind, Huget is cautious.
"Scotland are a team that adapts to the conditions, like France. They are certainly less open than in recent years but are a lot tighter and have more sturdy players," he told www.rugbynews.fr. "We will try to get a grip on the game and counter the Scots as best as we can, as early as possible, to give us the best chance of winning."
Conditions in the French capital are more akin to the weather you would expect in the Dark Blues' homeland, but Huget believes the hosts can provide some spring joy their success-starved home supporters, who have already seen their side lose to Italy and Wales in Saint-Denis this year.
"We will try to warm them up and make sure they're not disappointed for a third time," Huget said. "I was told it would be fine on Monday, but on Thursday they told me it's going to rain. Maybe it will even snow. But if we do get a chance to fight back, to play our game, then we will do so because it gives us pleasure."
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Fortunately, the rise of hyper, low-cost computing and storage, combined with the drive towards bringing more of our data online, has given us a world in which we can now monitor and measure nearly every aspect of running a business. On top of this, we now see a huge surge of information coming from the social sphere that can be harvested and harnessed for business intelligence purposes.
World of Big Data
But data is meaningless unless it can be converted to insight. Holding onto the record of every call into your customer service center and all of your product returns is not helpful unless you can establish a correlation between the different dimensions that each captures. Shipping and delivery records make no sense if they are not linked to the features that contribute to on-time performance. Knowing about error rates in production is of little help if you don't also have records of raw materials and parts from different vendors and work shift information.
Data alone isn't the answer. In fact, from a business perspective, the data is still part of problem. Insight is the answer, which is derived from the data.
As I write this, numerous organizations, both commercial and research, are attacking this problem. There are substantial efforts aimed at using data mining, correlation analysis, machine learning, recommendation engines and anything else that people can think of to solve the problem of understanding the relationships between the data elements that will help to inform and transform business practices. However, these approaches are often driven by what is doable and interesting from an engineering perspective, rather than useful and readable from a business user's point of view.
Even when Big Data is drawn down to a usable form which, for lack of a better term, we can call "small data", the question still remains: "How do I communicate with my users?"
Tables are fine, but they do tend to be hard to deal with regardless of the size of the data sample. Looking at the table below, which is derived from point-of-sale information consisting of millions of rows of data, there is nothing exciting that immediately leaps to mind.
Of course, visualization is often touted as the solution, but is a chart based on these numbers that much better?
So, how about this instead:
Store 9, your sales of Item 6 are far below the other stores in your region. If you are able to up your sales of this product by only 5 units a day, you will be able to increase your profits next month by $1,123. The sales of this product for other stores in your region seem to indicate that this is completely achievable.
Of course, I am cheating here because I am also including data associated with the profit margins of these products that are presented in other tables/charts on other pages not included here. But that is the reality of reports. Also, the message is aimed at a particular store, but isn't that who should be reading this message anyway? For any pool of data, there are always going to be multiple stakeholders, and they should each be receiving their own targeted messaging.
The point is simple. Data is not the target. Data is not the answer. Data is not the insight.
Rather, data is the enabler for the real target: Insight that is communicated to the right person at the right time, in the right way. And although the above story is short, it is clear, clean and to the point. And it is aimed at a business problem that can be addressed through the appropriate analysis of the data and, just as important, the appropriate communication of the message.
I love Big Data. The move towards Big Data has the potential to change the way we do everything. But the last mile has to be the Story; the Story that communicates what is happening in the world, and what needs to be done to fix the problems and exploit the opportunities that analysis exposes.
Of course, this assumes two things:
1. You have some idea to begin with of what stories you want to tell. If you have no idea of what you want to achieve from your data, the likelihood of getting to something of value is low at best. Of course, there are counter examples to this rule, but they tend to be few and far between. But, if you know what sorts of potential stories there are, what you want to get from the data, then the analysis required to get the insights hidden in it can be focused and effective.
2. You have a technology that allows you to transform that insight at the data level into crisp, clear and focused reports. As Narrative Science has demonstrated, this capability is not only possible, but is actually practical at a level that enables the generation of stories from data at tremendous scale. Going from data, to insight, to 10,000 individuated reports on a daily basis is not an idea, but a reality.
So, while the Story is the last mile in Big Data, it is also the first step. Knowing the stories you want to tell gives you the focus to do the analysis that will allow you to tell them. With the Story, Big Data becomes the transformational force that we all want it to be.


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SENIOR POWER… a balancing act
When my uncle latched on to sweet Aunt Pearl, she was merely "hard of hearing." She carried a black box hearing aid that I, as a child, thought was a Brownie camera. She was a skilled teletype operator, employed throughout the Depression, bringing home the rent money and the groceries. He made no bones about being irritated by her handicap. Half a century later at their sister's funeral, my mother and uncle briefly conversed. Pearl had long since lost all her hearing. In December 1953, we sat next to each other in a limousine on the way to bury my aunt. It was a spring-like day as we drove through the bucolic Green-Wood Cemetery grounds with the windows open, and Pearl asked me, "Are there birds singing?"
I had my annual mammogram at the same place I've gone for years. (A recent study claims that mammography's benefits outweigh harms for older women.) This time there was a new and unfamiliar document in my packet of things to review and forms to complete-- an "ADA Alert" for my signature.
I should have asked for a copy of my complete "ADA Alert" but I was engrossed in reading one of its three sections-- the one that was "mine:" Hearing impairment. (The other two sections related to sight and physical handicaps.)
Possible "Accommodations" for hearing impairment were listed. Presumably they were accommodations that landlords, developers, managers, employers, and mammographers could and should make or provide. I quickly copied them:
Closed caption TV
Sign language interpretation
Communication board/photos
Use of relay service (9-711)
Volume control
Visual alarm
Assistive listening device (pocket talker)
Use speech to speech relay service (9-711)
Simple language
Written words
Use of a service animal
Other accommodation (specify)
The U.S. Census News Bureau reports that 50% of adults age 65+ live with a disability.
The Americans with Disabilities Act is wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability. The ADA defines disability as "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity." Effective January 2009, the interpretations were broadened, and examples of "major life activities" were added. They include "caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and working."
Title II of the ADA of 1990 prohibits discrimination based on disability in programs, services, and activities provided or made available by public entities. HUD enforces Title II when it relates to state and local public housing, housing assistance and housing referrals. In addition to complying with the rules and requirements of all funding sources for a low-income senior/disabled housing building, including the HUD federal rules and regulations, the developer/landlord is required to comply with state, city and/or county landlord/tenant laws.
Health, housing and transportation continue to be vital life aspects. Railings on both sides of public corridors throughout senior housing buildings are essential supports, and yet many buildings, even those recently rehabilitated, do not have railings on both sides of corridors on every floor to accommodate several disabilities.
Balance disorders and hearing impairment contribute to seniors' falling. The frequency of balance disorders increases with age. They are one of the most common reasons people age 70+ seek medical help. Dizziness may be related to ear and hearing problems because the balance center – the vestibular system – is directly connected to the inner ear. They share the same nerve leading to the brain. (Vertigo refers to a problem of the vestibular system-- feelings of spinning or turning rather than a sense of unsteadiness. )
Falls are the leading cause of injury death for older Americans. Falls threaten seniors' safety and independence and generate enormous economic and personal costs. One third of Americans aged 65+ fall each year. Every 15 seconds, an older adult is treated in the emergency room for a fall; every 29 minutes, an older adult dies following a fall. Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury and the most common cause of nonfatal trauma-related hospital admissions among older adults.
With or without injury, falls also carry a heavy quality of life impact. A growing number of older adults fear falling and, as a result, self-limit activities and social engagements. This can result in further physical decline, depression, social isolation, and feelings of helplessness.
ADA does not require Medicare to provide hearing aids. Title IV of the ADA requires telecommunications companies to take steps to ensure functionally equivalent services for consumers with disabilities, notably those who are deaf or hard of hearing and those with speech impairments. It led to creation, in all 50 States and the District of Columbia, of what were called dual-party relay services, now known as Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS).
California Telephone Access Program provides free amplified telephones. Contact the CTAP Berkeley Service Center, located inside the Ed Roberts Campus at 3075 Adeline, located directly above Ashby BART and accessible from within the BART Station.
Many turn signals are difficult to hear over the sound of traffic, engine noise and the radio. Check your turn signal indicator occasionally to make sure it is not blinking needlessly and misleadingly.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: November 2012, December 2012, and January 2013. Be sure to confirm. Readers are welcome to share by email news of future events and deadlines that may interest boomers, seniors and elders. Daytime, free, and Bay Area events preferred. email@example.com.
Monday, Nov. 5. 6:30 P.M. "Castoffs" - Knitting Group. Kensington Library, 61Arlington Avenue. Free. 510-524-3043.
Tuesdays, Nov. 6 and Dec. 4. 5 P.M. 5366 College Ave. Oakland Public Library Rockridge Branch. Lawyers in the library. Free. 510-597-5017.
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 12:15-1 P.M. UC,B Hertz Concert Hall. UNIVERSITY BAROQUE ENSEMBLE. Davitt Moroney, director. (note program change) Music by Bach, Telemann, Brade, Rameau. Free. 510- 642.4864
Wednesdays, Nov. 7, 14, 21 and 28. 12 noon-1 P.M. Playreaders at Central Library,
2090 Kittredge. Read aloud from great plays, changing parts frequently. Intended for adult participants. Free. 510-981-6100
Wednesdays, Nov. 7 and Dec. 5. 6-8 P.M. Lawyer in the Library. Albany Library, 1247 Marin Av. Free 15 minute consultation with an attorney who will clarify your situation, advise you of your options, get you started with a solution, and make a referral when needed. Sign up in person at the Reference desk or call 510-526-3720 ext. 5 during library hours.
Thursday, Nov. 8. 7-8:45 P.M. Café Literario at North branch Library. 1170 The Alameda, Berkeley. Facilitated book discussions in Spanish. November title: Marcela Serrano's Diez Mujeres. Free. 510-981-6250
Thursdays, Nov. 8 and 15. 6-7:30 P.M. Lawyers in the Library at Claremont Library. 2940 Benvenue Ave., Berkeley. Free. 510-981-6280
Friday, Nov. 9. 12:15-1 P.M. UC,B Hertz concert hall. CHAMBER MUSIC (note program change):
W.A. Mozart: Duo for Bassoon and Cello in B flat Major K.292 (196c) Movements 1, 2, 3. Mosa Tsay, cello; Bryson Cwick, bassoon. Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in B Major, op. 8 First movement. Casey Nosiglia, violin; Lukas Whaley-Mayda, cello; Andrea Wu, piano. Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 5 Movements 1, 2, and 5 Jason Wu, Michael Hwang, violins; Andre Garrett, viola; Melody Huang, cello. Free. 510-642-4864
Saturday, Nov. 10. 10 A.M. – 4 P.M. Big Book Sale. Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library, at the Central Library, 2090 Kittredge. All items are priced at 50 cents each. Such new categories as Sexuality, Humor, and Vintage books have been
added. This year there will also be a retro media 'corral' with book trucks filled with vinyl phonograph records, cassettes, CDs, and DVDs. And, of course, there will also be the usual free stuff to take home with your purchases. BART or AC Transit. 510-524-
Tuesday, Nov. 13. 6-7:30 P.M. Tenants' Rights Workshop. Berkeley Rent Stabilizaiton Board. At Central Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge. A crash course on tenants' rights and covers topics from rent control and eviction protections to getting security deposits back, dealing with habitability problems, breaking leases, dealing with roommate problems, landlord/tenant mediation, and petitioning for rent reduction/refund through the Berkeley Rent Board. For more information, contact (510) 981-RENT.
Saturdays, Nov. 17 and Dec. 15. 1 P.M. Oakland Public Library Rockridge Branch,5366 College Ave. Free. Writers' Support & Critique Group. 510-597-5017.
Monday, Nov. 19. 7:00 P.M. Stress Relief Strategies for Busy Lives, with Holistic Health Coach, Jamie Duvnjak. Kensington Library, 61 Arlington Ave. Free. 510-524-3043.
Wednesday, Nov. 21. 1:30 P.M. Berkeley Commission on Aging. North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst. Free. 510-981- 5190.
Monday, Nov. 26. 7 P.M. Kensington Library Book Club. 61 Arlington Av. Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks. Free. 510-524-3043.
Wednesday, November 28. 1:30-2:30P.M. Great Books discussion group. Sunday Morning, by Wallace Stevens. Rosalie Gonzales, group facilitator. Albany Library, 1247 Marin Av. 510-526-3720.
Wednesday, Nov. 28. 1:30 P.M. Berkeley-East Bay Gray Panthers meeting. North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst. Free. 510-548-9696 or 486-8010. email@example.com.
Wednesday, Dec. 5. 6-8 P.M. Lawyer in the Library. Albany Library, 1247 MarinAv. Free 15 minute consultation with an attorney who will clarify your situation, advise you of your options, get you started with a solution, and make a referral when needed. Sign up in person at the Reference desk or call 510-526-3720 ext. 5 during library hours.
Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. 6:30P.M. UC Botanical Garden. Gorgeous Gifts from the Garden Holiday Soiree, a special holiday shopping affair. From the sublimely simple to the ultra-chic there is sure to be a plant or Garden-inspired gift item to delight everyone on your holiday gift-giving list. Add tasty seasonal refreshments and extra discounts and the experience is complete! The Garden Shop and special local vendors will feature eco-friendly and handmade items. While you're here, don't forget to pick up a plant for yourself or a beautifully packaged gift membership for someone special. Free. UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley - 200 Centennial Drive.10-643-2755
Wednesday, Dec. 19. 7:00 - 8:00 P. M. Alameda County Library, Albany branch, 1247 Marin Av. The Adult Evening Book Group will read Primary Colors; A Novel About Politics by Anonymous (Joe Klein) A behind-the scenes look at modern American politics with characters and events that might seem familiar. Rosalie Gonzales facilitates the discussion. Come to one meeting, or all meetings. Books are available at the Library. Free. 510-526-3720
Wednesday, Dec. 26. 1:30 - 2:30 P.M. Alameda County Library, Albany branch, 1247 Marin Av. Great Books group meets for a Holiday Luncheon. Call 510- 526-3720 for information.
Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. 10 A.M.-4 P.M. UC Botanical Garden. Plants Illustrated Exhibition. The Garden is pleased to announce its fourth annual botanical art exhibition, Plants Illustrated. The exhibition, held in conjunction with the Northern California Society of Botanical Artists, invites viewers to explore the relationship between scientific study and fine art. The exhibit presents original artworks in watercolor, graphite, colored pencil and pen & ink and explores the many styles, forms and approaches unique to botanical art and illustration. Free with Garden admission. UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley - 200 Centennial Drive.| 510-643-2755.


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PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Novocure™, a commercial stage private oncology company, announced today that preclinical and clinical data from studies evaluating NovoTTF™ Therapy will be presented at the 17th Annual Scientific Meeting and Education Day of the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) in Washington, D.C.
The data presented sheds light on the subcellular mechanisms underlying the anti-cancer effect of NovoTTF Therapy and helps define which recurrent GBM patients respond best to this novel treatment modality.
"We made significant progress in 2012 conducting and supporting research that has the potential to improve the lives of cancer patients around the world," said Eilon Kirson, M.D., Ph.D., Novocure's Chief Science Officer and Head of Research and Development. "We are pleased to present additional clinical data at SNO from the EF-11 pivotal trial, as well as to announce two presentations of pre-clinical data further examining the mechanism of action and efficacy of NovoTTF Therapy."
Detailed information about the NovoTTF Therapy presentations are listed below:
Date & Time: November 16, 2012, 7pm – 9pm
Title: Analysis of the response profile to NovoTTF-100A treatment in patients with recurrent GBM: Time to effect, response duration and transient progressions in the EF-11 phase III trial
Poster: NO-47
Presenter: Eric T. Wong, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Date & Time: November 16, 2012, 7pm – 9pm
Title: Efficacy of Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) and/or radiotherapy (RT) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells
Poster: ET-30
Presenter: Katarzyna Zielinska-Chomej, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Date & Time: November 17, 2012, 5:15pm – 7:15pm
Title: Mitosis Interference of Cancer Cells by NovoTTF-100A Causes Decreased Cellular Viability
Poster: CB-13
Presenter: Sze Xian Lee, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
In addition to the data presentations, Novocure will be sponsoring a symposium titled "A New Cancer Treatment Modality: Going Beyond Pharmacology with Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields)" presented by Eric T. Wong, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) and Manmeet Ahluwalia, M.D., (Cleveland Clinic) on November 17th from 12pm to 1pm. The symposium will provide clinical perspectives for incorporating the NovoTTF™-100A System into the treatment paradigm for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
About Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive and most common form of primary brain tumor in the U.S. The disease affects approximately 10,000 Americans each year. Historically, based on literature, the median overall survival time from initial diagnosis is 15 months with optimal treatment, and median survival from the time of tumor recurrence is only 3-5 months without additional effective treatment. The disease is widely recognized as one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
About the NovoTTF-100A System
NovoTTF-100A System is a wearable, non-invasive medical device designed for continuous use throughout the day by the patient. The device has been shown in both in vitro and in vivo studies to slow and reverse tumor growth by inhibiting mitosis, the process by which cells divide and replicate. The NovoTTF-100A System, which weighs about six pounds (three kilograms), creates a low intensity, alternating electric field within the tumor that exerts physical forces on electrically charged cellular components, preventing the normal mitotic process and causing cancer cell death prior to division. In patients with recurrent glioblastoma brain tumors, the device has shown clinical efficacy comparable to that of active chemotherapies with better quality of life and without many of the side effects of chemotherapy. The NovoTTF-100A System has received marketing approval in the US and is a CE Marked device that is cleared for sale in Europe.
Approved Indication
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the NovoTTF-100A System for use as a treatment for adult patients (22 years of age or older) with histologically-confirmed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), following histologically – or radiologically-confirmed recurrence in the supra-tentorial region of the brain after receiving chemotherapy. The device is intended to be used as monotherapy, and is intended as an alternative to standard medical therapy for GBM after surgical and radiation options have been exhausted.
Patients should only use the NovoTTF-100A System under the supervision of a physician properly trained in use of the device. Full prescribing information is available at www.novottftherapy.com.
About Novocure
Novocure Limited is a private oncology company dedicated to pioneering the discovery and development of a novel therapy for solid tumors called NovoTTF Therapy that provides physicians and patients with a simple, predictable and empowering approach to treating solid tumors. Novocure's worldwide headquarters is located in the Jersey Isle. Novocure's U.S. operations are based in Portsmouth, NH and the company's research center is located in Haifa, Israel. For additional information about the company, please visit www.novocure.com
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Project Street Sweeper finally gets some "whoa" to handle all that "go." Introducing CPP's 13-inch dual-piston front brakes for '64-72 Chevelles.
There's something disconcerting about pulling the trigger on a 600-plus-hp big-block, then stomping the stop pedal and getting no reaction. Our '68 Chevelle is the car in question, and with a curb weight approaching 3,700 pounds, there really isn't any excuse for having stock brakes. For the longest time we retained the stock brakes so we could use the 15-inch pizza-cutters up front. This helped us with our quarter-mile e.t., but was a thorn in the side around town.
We finally said, "enough is enough!" The crappy stock brakes have to go, the dragstrip be damned. Since Classic Performance Products (CPP) supplied most of our suspension components, we gave them a call. It turns out they had exactly the budget-oriented front disc brake system we envisioned. CPP makes a very affordable ($799) system for '64-72 Chevelles that consists of 13-inch vented, cross-drilled, slotted, and zinc-washed rotors. These are paired with dual 52mm PBR pin-guided calipers. These are the same calipers that equip all '99-06 GM trucks and SUVs with six-lug wheels. That type of OE vehicle typically weighs up to 9,000 pounds, and has a towing capacity of 8,000 pounds, so you know those calipers are rated for severe duty.
The PBR calipers in the CPP kit take the same pads as all '99-06 GM six-lug SUV/trucks, so you can buy replacements at any AutoZone. The kit also includes caliper mounting brackets, brake lines, hoses, hubs, and all hardware. We also needed CPP's new master cylinder, due to the fact that our Chevelle was originally a manual drum brake car. The previous owner had made the conversion to stock manual disc brakes, but kept the smaller drum brake master cylinder. That's a no-no, especially since we were getting ready to increase our caliper bore diameter even more. That CPP master cylinder story will run at a later date.
Brakes for Chevelles are pretty straightforward. All Chevelles used the same disc brake spindle, so one system fits all. What we didn't know is that Chevelles shared OEM brake components with Novas. Novas, being narrower and having more confined wheelwells, had to have a special narrow hub when equipped with the Chevelle's disc brakes from the factory. This means that a Nova disc brake hub can be used on a Chevelle in cases where wide wheel fitment calls for extra clearance. That was indeed the case with our 17×8-inch Vintage Wheel Works V40 wheels. Our brake kit included the "Nova" hubs, and carries the part number 6267WBK-P1 ($799).
Rarely do magazines test brake systems all-out; usually the tire is what limits the stopping power and the results. In our case, we already had a set of nitto nt01 r-compound tires, so the limiting factor in our "before" and "after" testing would truly be the brakes, not the rubber. We made a dozen 60-0-mph stops with the stock brakes, with the results ranging from 160 feet to a low of 137 feet. After the swap to the larger 13-inch rotors and larger calipers, we made a dozen more stops (after adjusting the built-in brake bias of our new cpp master cylinder). Results ranged from a high of 126 feet to a new best of 120 feet. Our best stop went from 137 to 120 feet, shaving 17 feet off the distance. Also, the big spread (over 20 feet) before the swap shows the negative effect of fade (heat) on small brakes, while the narrow spread (6 feet) after the swap shows how effectively the larger cpp brakes eliminate heat. And keep in mind, we were still running the late-model ford drum brakes in the back!


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LONGMONT — Attorneys are scheduled to begin choosing a jury in Boulder District Court today to hear the case of a Longmont man accused of second-degree murder in the 2007 death of his girlfriend, Dana Pechin.
George Ruibal, 57, was arrested and charged in April 2011 after a Boulder County grand jury reviewed the case and handed down a five-page indictment. Prosecutors took the case to the grand jury after a statewide cold-case task force and an outside police agency reviewed the Longmont Police Department's investigation.
Ruibal was scheduled to go to trial in September, but it was delayed because additional DNA evidence had been tested and his attorneys did not have enough time to weigh implications of the results. He has remained in jail awaiting trial.
Ruibal and Pechin lived together for only a few days in an apartment on the 300 block of 15th Avenue before she was found dead on the couch in the living room.
Ruibal called police to report that he and a co-worker who had given him a ride home found her dead under a blanket on the couch. Her injuries were so severe that police initially suspected she had been in an accident. But about a month after she died, the Boulder County coroner ruled Pechin's death a homicide and determined her cause of death was a closed head injury associated with manual strangulation.
Ruibal said Pechin had come home from a trip to the store beaten up after someone had "jumped" her, but investigators were unable to verify the claim. An injury on Ruibal's face made detectives suspect there had been an altercation between Pechin and Ruibal.
However, investigators were stymied in the case and Ruibal was not arrested for until 2011. The delay prompted Pechin's Longmont family to hire an attorney to try to compel prosecution.
Ruibal's trial is scheduled to last two weeks.
Pierrette J. Shields can be reached at 303-684-5273 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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During its May meeting, the Hope College Alumni Association Board of Directors elected new officers and appointed three new members.
Newly elected to a two-year term as president is Tom Kyros, a 1989 graduate from Grand Rapids who had previously served as vice president. He succeeds Lisa Bos, a 1997 graduate from Washington, D.C., whose service on the board is continuing.
Succeeding Kyros as vice president is Todd Houtman, a 1980 graduate from Indianapolis, Ind.
Newly appointed as secretary is Nancy Otterstrom, a 1978 graduate from Bethel, Conn. Otterstrom is succeeding Anita Van Engen, a 1998 graduate from San Antonio, Texas, whose service on the board has concluded.
The board's new members are: Connor Brady, a Hope junior from Walker; Bradley Norden, a 2004 graduate from Christiansburg, Va.; and Jodi Wickersheimer, a 2001 graduate from Chicago, Ill.
Sa'eed Husaini of Jos, Nigeria, formerly Senior Class Representative, was appointed representative of the most recent graduating class. Samantha Rushton of Warren, formerly Junior Class Representative, was appointed Senior Class Representative.
In addition to Van Engen, the board members who have concluded their service are: Andrea Converse, a 2012 graduate from Lowell; Lori Droppers, a 1983 graduate from Maitland, Fla.; and Eli Sanchez, a 1978 graduate from Hinsdale, Ill.
Brady is pursuing a degree in special education. His activities at the college include serving on the leadership "Dream Team" for the student-organized Dance Marathon fund-raiser held on behalf of Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, as a resident assistant, as a member of the Student Alumni Leadership Council and as a play coach for the Nykerk Cup competition.
He has two sisters who are also students at Hope--MacKenzie, a senior; and Ellie, who will be a freshman—and a third sister at home who is in high school. He is a 2011 graduate of Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids, and the son of David and Michelle Brady of Walker.
Norden is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist with Valley Anesthesia PC in Blacksburg, Va.
He graduated from Hope in 2004 with a BA in biology and in 2005 with a BSN. While at Hope, he participated in collaborative research with Dr. James and Glenda Gentile for two years, was vice president of the Hope Student Nurses' Association, and was a member of the varsity swimming and diving team for four years.
In addition to his current role at Valley Anesthesia, his career experience includes having worked as a registered nurse with Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids. He graduated from Duke University in 2010 with an MSN.
Norden attended Hope as a third-generation student, the son of John and Nancy Norden of the Class of 1971 and grandson of James Riekse of the Class of 1941. He and his wife, Heather, who is a member of the Class of 2006, have two-year-old son, Karsten, and a daughter due in November.
Wickersheimer is director of major gifts at Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago, Ill. She previously held positions in development with Roosevelt University, the Chicago College of Performing Arts and University Libraries, the American Diabetes Association and Lexington College. She was also a performer with Jump Rhythm Jazz Project for seven years.
She graduated from Hope with majors in dance performance/choreography and communication, and completed a Master of Management degree at North Park University. While a student she performed with Aerial Dance Theatre, the Strike Time Dance Company and InSync Dance Theater. In addition to performing in dance productions at the college, her activities included the Sigma Omicron (dance) and Mortar Board honorary societies, the Delta Phi sorority, the Nykerk Cup competition and Pull tug-of-war, Habitat for Humanity, Dance Marathon, the WTHS student radio station and serving on the Greek Judicial Board.
The summer after graduation, Kurtze competed in the Miss Indiana Scholarship Program as a regional winner, and in 2002 she was named Miss Chicago. She has been involved in numerous community organizations through the years, and among other activities is currently on the board of directors for Links Hall.
She has been active in the life of the college since graduation, including adjudicating student dance concerts, teaching master classes and participating in a career panel. In September 2006 she performed on campus with Jump Rhythm Jazz Project through the Great Performance Series. Hope presented her with a Young Alumni Award in 2007.
She and her husband, Eliot, have a young daughter, Mila.


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The Department of Public Works provides the following municipal services: engineering and public works inspection, building inspection services, street maintenance and operations, sewage collection and treatment system maintenance and operation, water system maintenance and operation, transit services, city fleet maintenance, and maintenance of government buildings.
The Department provides these services with a 2019 staff of approximately 84 full-time and 18 part-time employees and a 2019 operations budget of approximately $24,500,000 and a capital budget of approximately $17,900,000.
The organization of the department divides work responsibility among six operating divisions: Engineering, Protective Inspections, Maintenance and Operations, Equipment Rental (ERD), Transit, Government Buildings, and Stormwater Services.
Engineering Division and Protective Inspections Division
The Engineering Division and the Protective Inspections Division are responsible for:
- Planning, programming, design, inspection and contract administration of all public works construction contracts. (Engineering Division)
- Traffic engineering. (Engineering Division)
- Keeping records on land divisions, street systems, utility systems, , and city property ownership maps and easements. (Engineering Division)
- Enforcing building code and related development codes. Keeping records for property building activity. (Protective Inspections Division)
- Designing reviewing, approving, and inspecting all public improvements contructed by private developers. (Both Divisions)
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The maintenance and operations division is responsible for:
- Maintaining the street system including traffic signals, markings and signing, street cleaning, roadway and storm drain maintenance, and snow and ice control.
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A recent RV show in Edmonton, Alberta, gave consumers a glimpse of the future in RVs.
The Shasta trailer is built by Coachmen Recreational Vehicle Co. Constructed with today's technology, the Shasta captures the look of the original with a lightning bolt stripe on the side and wings on the rear of the trailer, according to the Edmonton Journal.
Ted Trowsse said he signed up to sell Shasta trailers on the condition he could have the first one built to bring to the recent RV show. That meant he was displaying the trailer before dealers in the United States had an opportunity. The Shasta was one of several retro-look trailers at the show.
Trowsse said he hoped to sell 10 out of the show. Much of the interest came from owners of collector cars, some of whom are restoring original Shastas, who could see a Shasta behind their old vehicle. The trailer's light weight (2,400 pounds) for the 12-foot model and 3,100 pounds for the 16-foot is an attractive feature for tow vehicles old and new.
There's a market for people with smaller vehicles such as minivans or compact sport utilities, Trowsse said. However, old car guys are the biggest part of it. He intends to show off the Shasta at collector car shows this summer.
Other retro-look trailers at the show were the R-Pod and the [email protected] The [email protected] lineup started with a teardrop trailer, but has grown to include the [email protected] — which is longer with rounded ends and a flat roof. The [email protected] has a regular price of $24,900.
From Class A motorhomes with a veranda to Class C's on steroids to a bumper-pull toy hauler with an airbrushed purple and black paint scheme, there were RVs for nearly every taste and pocketbook at the Edmonton show.
The best prices tended to be on units that dealers had bought before the loonie dropped to its current level of 80 cents against the U.S. dollar. The slumping Canadian dollar has seen increases of thousands of dollars on recently ordered RVs.
Walter Dubecki, sales manager at Western RV Country in Leduc, Alberta, said buyers can save thousands of dollars by purchasing a unit out of a dealer's stock rather than ordering a unit.
Two travel trailers built by Coachmen stood out as good values — the Aristocrat sold by Carefree RV for $15,995 and the Dutchmen Sport priced at $16,365 by Northern Lights RV. Show visitors lined up to check out the R-Pod, manufactured by Forest River Inc., during the show's opening night. Hill said his staff sold one R-Pod on opening night.
Hill first saw the R-Pod during a show in Indiana for Forest River dealers in late October. Production is ramping up on the trailers, but all floor plans are not yet available. Those additional floor plans will become available in the coming months.
The R-Pod designer aimed to build a light, strong trailer that could be pulled by vehicles with 3,500-pound towing capacity such as minivans, crossovers and SUVs.
"We've had a lot of people in their mid-20s who normally would not look at travel trailers who see it and say, 'I'd own one of those,'" Hill said.
For decades, Class C motorhomes were built on cutaway van chassis. The van front and chassis was combined with a motorhome body that included a portion that overhangs the cab. However, in recent years a new style of Class C has appeared that uses a conventional truck chassis. Several examples were on display at the show, including models built on Chevrolet Kodiak, International and Freightliner chassis. Factory and dealer representatives refer to these units as "Class C's on steroids."
For some buyers, an attractive feature with these motorhomes is the towing capacity that can exceed 15,000 pounds. Race car owners, for example, could tow their competition vehicle behind the motorhome.
But Larry Luther, Class C regional sales manager for Gulf Stream Coach, explained that there's another way SuperNova motorhomes, built on an International truck chassis, could make it to the races. The roof is strong enough that it can be used as an observation deck for watching, for example, a NASCAR race or a fireworks display.
The SuperNova, with tow capacities up to 15,000 lb., has "sold great for us," Luther said, explaining sales have totalled about 600 units a year in its first two years on the market.
The Canadian price starts at $210,000 for the SuperNova, which is equipped with a 6.0-litre V8 diesel engine — the same engine International supplied to Ford as the Powerstroke diesel — an Allison automatic transmission, twin 70 U.S. gallon fuel tanks and a built-in Onan diesel generator.
The Jayco Embark comes equipped with a 20,000-lb. hitch. It is equipped with a 330 Cummins engine and Allison automatic.
Al Schafer, an RV City sales consultant, said the Embark, which has just begun rolling off the production line, is new for 2009.
The Embark is equipped with an 8,000-watt diesel generator and a 1,800-watt inverter so that occupants will always have power even if hookups aren't available.
RV City offered the Embark and a new Honda CR-V sport utility at the show special price of $281,783.
Schafer said the Embark will be available with a radar system that will scan the road ahead for obstacles. This could be handy when weather or light conditions limit the driver's ability to see.
The Bigfoot Class C, built on a Chev Kodiak chassis at the company's factory in Armstrong, B.C., uses lightweight construction. This motorhome, also equipped with an Allison automatic, offers the Duramax diesel engine as an option, giving it the pulling power to tow, for example, a horse trailer. List price equipped with the Duramax is $220,700.
The Coachmen Leprechaun is a Class C with a more conventional appearance since it's built on a Ford van chassis, but it has interior finishing that Western RV's Dubecki says moves it into the class of a yacht or a penthouse. The interior features fine cabinetry and other features that set it apart.
For example, instead of the standard dinette booth, the Leprechaun has a couch and table.
Dubecki said the Leprechaun would be a good choice for a couple who might want to use it to tour Canada or the U.S. The Leprechaun, equipped with 6.8-litre V10 gasoline engine, is priced at $89,900.
Dubecki said most people would never own a motorhome long enough or drive far enough to make up the thousands of dollars in additional cost of a diesel engine.
The MXT toy hauler, built by KZ RV LP, caught the eye of visitors to the Trailblazer RV display. The optional airbrushed purple and black paint scheme made the MXT a trailer to remember. Trailblazer sales manager Bill Burnett said the lightweight trailer was being called "the purple people pleaser."


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No sweep thoughts: Sox foiled by Pettitte
Dempster yields three runs, fans eight; ninth-inning rally snuffed out
NEW YORK -- They were eyeing a season-opening sweep at Yankee Stadium, but the Red Sox ran into a pair of familiar foes who simply wouldn't let that happen.
Andy Pettitte might retire for good one of these days, but the lefty is still going strong at the age of 40, and he pitched the Yankees to a 4-2 victory over Boston in Thursday night's finale of a three-game series at Yankee Stadium.
Not only did Pettitte seem to get every big out he needed, but he was also efficient (94 pitches over eight innings).
Ryan Dempster could only tip his cap after losing his first start as a member of the Red Sox.
"You look at what he's been able to do over his career. To come back out of retirement and pitch as well as he did last year, he's such a hard worker," Dempster said. "He's a guy you should look up to as a peer, because he does things the right way. He just knows how to pitch."
Following the loss, the one thing the Red Sox could take solace in is this: Mariano Rivera, who notched the save in his first appearance since April 30, 2012, does plan on retiring following this season.
Rivera, considered by most to be the game's best closer, did get into some trouble in the ninth.
Dustin Pedroia, who is hitless against in 13 career plate appearances against the man they call Mo, opened the inning with a walk. After a flyout to right by Mike Napoli, Jonny Gomes belted one off the third-base bag and into left for a double. Will Middlebrooks hit a grounder to first and Pedroia scored to make it 4-2.
Up stepped prospect Jackie Bradley Jr., who was in the middle of everything in this three-game series. Playing in his third Major League game, he represented the tying run.
But Bradley, who was 5 years old when Rivera threw his first pitch for the Yankees in 1995, succumbed to this challenge in three pitches.
The first one was a 91-mph cutter that Bradley took for a strike. He actually fouled the next one off, a 90-mph cutter. And then Rivera came back with -- yes -- another cutter. Bradley didn't offer at the borderline strike and the game was over.
"He's a big leaguer," Rivera said. "That's why he's here. I have to treat him the way I treat everyone else."
Bradley took the ending in stride.
"Too close to take," Bradley said. "I was just trying to see a pitch at least, and try to work the count a little bit. He's definitely a tough guy. He knows what he's doing."
This was the 69th game Rivera saved for Pettitte, and the first since 2010.
"I always want to save the game, not only for him, but for everyone else. At the same time, it's special when Andy goes there and does the kind of job that he knows how to do and allows me to close the game for him," Rivera said.
It was a sweet return to the mound for Rivera, who tore his ACL while shagging in batting practice at Kansas City on May 3 of last season.
"There's a lot of emotions, but at the same time, you have to control that," Rivera said. "You have to be able to do that, because you still have to finish the game. It was wonderful. You wait for almost a year to be on the mound and get your job done and it's special to be here at home."
The best chance the Red Sox had at coming back was in the seventh. Trailing by three, Middlebrooks started a two-out rally with a single to right. Bradley followed with an RBI double to right that came close to being his first career homer.
"I've seen a lot of balls squared up this past series and them not [go out]," Bradley said. "I was just hoping it got out of the reach of the outfielder."
Up stepped David Ross and he hammered one to deep center, but Brett Gardner tracked it down at the wall and the threat was over.
Ross can't hit a ball better than that. Perhaps it would have left the yard on a warm summer night instead of this chilly April evening.
"I hit that one ball pretty good," Ross said. "That's all I've got. I don't know if I'm getting old or what. Yeah, I thought maybe we had him on the ropes right there, but he did his job and you've got to tip your cap to those guys. They're a scrappy team."
It was Pettitte's first eight-inning performance since May 12 of last season. The lefty scattered eight hits but just one run, walking one and striking out three.
"It was a good win for us," Pettitte said. "You don't want to get swept your opening series here at home. I was proud of the guys, the way they battled. We got some runs, we got some timely hits and we needed it."
In his debut for Boston, Dempster gave up five hits and three runs over five innings, walking four and striking out eight. He threw 101 pitches.
"I just got outpitched by the guy on the other side of the field," said Demspter. "I made a lot of good pitches and a couple balls fell in. That was enough to win the game."
The Red Sox had a rally going in the first when Shane Victorino and Mike Napoli both hit singles against Pettitte. On a wild pitch, Victorino tried to score all the way from second, but he was tagged out by a diving Francisco Cervelli to end the inning. It was the closest Boston would come to scoring for a long time.
"I saw Pettitte wasn't covering. When I took off, I just hoped I was going to beat Cervelli to the plate," said Victorino. "Obviously I didn't. He came back in time to tag me out. But, yeah, a situation like that, when a pitcher doesn't cover, I'm going to take advantage of it. Unfortunately, I was a little short on this one. Hey, I was one step away from being safe. Unfortunately, I was out. It was just a play that I wanted to be aggressive on."
Manager John Farrell had no problem with Victorino's risk.
"He's going from second to third [on the wild pitch]," Farrell said. "He sees where Pettitte is on the play and feels like he can beat him to home plate. Cervelli made a nice recovery, dropped a knee on him and blocked home plate."
Lyle Overbay, who spent most of Spring Training with the Red Sox, smacked a two-run, broken-bat single to left field and the Bombers had a 2-0 lead in the second. It was the first time Boston trailed in the three games.
Gardner made it a 3-0 cushion with a leadoff homer to right in the third.
Pettitte turned in a performance right out of 1996. The lefty took a five-hit shutout in to the seventh.
"Well, he didn't look like an old-timer tonight," said Farrell. "A lot of early outs, benefited by three ground-ball double plays. He pitched a very good game against us."


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Hi all, I have a problem :
I was writing a little program that display all ip (all host) connected to my router and so in my same subnetwork.
Now I'll show my idea:
private boolean pingHost(InetAddress ip) throws IOException{ if(ip.isReachable(1000)){ System.out.println(ip.toString() +"IS REACHABLE"); return true; } else{ return false; }
I have made this to generate all ip in my range:
private ArrayList<InetAddress> generateAllSubnetIP(InetAddress localHostIP){ ArrayList<InetAddress> allsubnetIP = new ArrayList<InetAddress>(); byte[] localIPbyte = localHostIP.getAddress(); for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) { byte[] tempIP={localIPbyte[0],localIPbyte[1],localIPbyte[2],(byte)i}; try { allsubnetIP.add(InetAddress.getByAddress(tempIP)); } catch (UnknownHostException e) { System.out.println("UnknownHost generating all ip address"); e.printStackTrace(); } } return allsubnetIP; }
and then I call pingHost for all the ip stored in the ArrayList.
but this doesn't work...
Any idea ?
I hope that you can understand my question...if not ask me for more details...
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Seasonal Sales Associate at See's Candies
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
About the Job
Work is Sweet!
'Quality without Compromise' is not just a motto at See's Candies. It is the most important ingredient in our recipe for success. See's Candies has been in business since 1921 and maintains a reputation for producing the highest quality candy and providing superior customer service.
See's is a leader in the confectionary industry with over 250 retail shops across the USA.
We are seeking friendly, enthusiastic individuals who are passionate about providing great customer service for our location in:
15213 Palisades Village Lane Palisades Village
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Hourly Rate: $14.75
(Sales Associate) These positions are responsible for following product and shop operations in accordance with See's guidelines and corporate philosophy in the areas of sales goal achievement, customer service, cost control, visual merchandising, policy compliance and safety.


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Curufinwë (Q "Skillful (son of) Finwë", pron. [ˌkuruˈfinwɛ]), was the father-name of the Noldorin Elf who is more commonly known as Fëanor. This name was also given to Curufin his son, of whose Sindarin name is a condensed form.[1]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Shibboleth of Fëanor", p. 352


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Diabetes has many possible complications, including nerve damage (neuropathy). Over time, excess blood sugar can injure the walls of the tiny blood vessels (capillaries) that nourish the nerves. This can cause tingling or numbness that usually begins at the tips of the toes or fingers and over a period of months or years gradually spreads upward. Left untreated, it's possible to lose all sense of feeling in the affected limbs.
If you have any degree of nerve damage, you may not be able to sense if an electric blanket or heating pad is too hot — which can lead to inadvertent burns. The same issue applies to water temperature when bathing.
If you have diabetes and would like to use an electric blanket, warm up your bed with the blanket before bedtime — then turn the blanket off or remove it from the bed before you climb in.
M. Regina Castro, M.D.
Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetes/expert-answers/diabetes/faq-20057786
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User Manual:Finishing Touches
Now this may be a stereotype, but you are likely one of the people who like to hack around with their Linux box as much as watch TV. The people living together with you probably think it's quaint at best and annoying at worst. However there are ways to make your co-users love your MythTV box almost as much as you do.
Make it work - right
Make sure the box actually does what you need it to. If the tuner stops working every two days and it can't play half your DVD collection then don't claim it can (to be honest if the tuner doesn't work then fix it or give up). Your co-users will not thank you when they sit down to watch the episode of Eastenders they recorded only to find that something went awry and it's not there. It also needs to do everything your old system did. It needs to have a remote, it needs to connect to the TV and show pictures at the correct resolution and not make everyone look short and fat or tall and thin.
Use parts that you know work on Linux (or whatever operating system you use)
When you have to sit for two weekends in a row and most of the evenings in between learning how to recompile your kernel to get your new remote to work you can guarantee they'll be thinking that this is play time for you. It doesn't get you out of the washing up and it doesn't mean that you're allowed to get away with leaving the leaking guttering.
Make it look good
As nifty as MythTV might be if it looks like it's been botched together, both in hardware and software terms, then no one will be impressed. If the box itself looks good then that helps, if not then make sure it's hidden in a cabinet or something. Make sure the user interface looks slick. If none of the Myth TV themes appeal to you then you can customize one with just a little effort.
But look - it's also a computer
Add a button to your remote that allows you to switch from MythTV to your normal computer functionality. On Linux this is a case of getting LIRC to run a script that swaps between your desktops. If you set ypur desktop background the same as the MythTV theme background then it makes the transition between the two look very professional. Now you need to think about this one a bit. Your co-users don't want to be doing their online shopping laying on the floor in the middle of the living room. To use your telly as a computer you will need a wireless keyboard and mouse - you don't want the kids tripping over wires trailed along the floor. You also need to make sure the everything is big enough to see. In Ubuntu you can change the default font size so it's something a bit larger and you can add a plugin to Firefox to alter the default zoom level. Also make sure it's connected to your network printer or NAS if you have them. How annoying will it be when they need a computer quick to get directions before they rush out of the door they quicky switch the TV to computer mode using your special remote button, whips your wireless keyboard and mouse out and gets the map up on Google. You have just earned yourself a massive brownie point, until they realize they can't print the map and they just have wasted 3 minutes that they could have spent booting up their laptop - now you're in their bad books.
Get MythWeb up and running
You know they'll like this. Get MythWeb up and running and if you haven't got a static IP then install DynDNS or something similar so that you can access your home system from anywhere in the world via the Internet. Once they have the web address in their iPhone and they can record anything they want on the go - no more worrying they forgot to record Eastenders before they left. That's got to get you in the good books.
It's not just a TV, it's a media center
If your co-users might claim they're not interested in a media center. But they might boot up their laptop just to put iTunes on to have some music on in the background. Copy their music collection onto your MythTV box and stick some music on for them - all with the power of your remote control. You might find they really did want a media center.
It happens to every bit of software, it even happens to the firmware of commodity hard drive recorders, that might be why you went down the MythTV route. The inevitable crash. Every now and then you'll press a button on the remote and MythTV will just hang. If you are out in the pub and this happens to your co-users then there is an issue; you won't be popular when you get in smelling of drink after your co-user has been fighting with your pet project, that stupid PC TV thing. All this can be avoided by what has been dubbed the panic button. This is the button that kills MythTV when it's hung and restarts it. This is pretty straightforward using LIRC on Linux. You may even get bonus points if the restart happens in a few seconds compared to the two minutes it took your old recorder to reboot when it crashed.
Going these additional steps beyond the basic installation is the way to get yourself a system that everyone in your house can be pleased with and everyone who visits can be jealous of.


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Modified BIOS for Microserver N40L enables hidden features
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By AnthonyB
New BIOS for Gen 8 Server now available that resolves Spectre vulnerability. My server is out of warranty. Anyone able to download and share?
** CRITICAL ** Online ROM Flash Component for Windows x64 - HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 (J06) Servers
Version:2018.01.22 (5 Mar 2018)
Fixes Upgrade Requirement:
Critical - HPE requires users update to this version immediately.
Important Notes:
This revision of the System ROM includes the latest revision of the Intel microcode which, in combination with operating system updates, provides mitigation for Variant 2 of the Side Channel Analysis vulnerability, also known as Spectre. The revision of the microcode included in this System ROM does NOT have issues with more frequent reboots and unpredictable system behavior which impacted the previous Intel microcode which was part of the Spectre Variant 2 mitigation. Additional information is available from Intel's Security Exploit Newsroom, https://newsroom.intel.com/press-kits/security-exploits-intel-products/.
Firmware Dependencies:
Problems Fixed:
Updated the Intel processor microcode to the latest version.
Known Issues:
By Phil Croxford
Not sure if this is a taboo subject?? but delete if needed.
I have bought a Gen 10 Micro Server for my home so i can run a Plex Server in house. i have all the drivers and updates that i need from the HP website
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By bennybennybenny
Hey guys,
Not sure if this is the correct section to post this, but in a bit of a pickle after attempting to flash my HP Microserver N40L to the modified bios last night.
The story goes - I've had myN40L microserver for the past few years running Windows 8.1 and acting as a media server for the house. I recently upgraded a laptop I have so had a spare Samsung 840 EVO 120gb SSD that I thought I'd throw in the microserver as the boot drive.
I ghosted the existing windows install (which was on a 250gb mechanical hard drive) over to the SSD, rebooted the computer and everything was working file. When I checked the performance of the SSD using the Samsung Magician software it indicated thatt the SSD wasn't running at full speed due to AHCI being disabled. I then did a bit of research and found that SATA port 5 (normally meant for an optical drive) that the SSD was connected to doesn't run at full speed and in IDE mode. I read that the modified bios that's floating around for Microserver's can fix this.
So I flashed the bios to my machine however now when I boot up it gets to the loading screen for windows and then errors and reboots. This boot loop just continues constantly with no way to get into windows.
I've tried setting the hard drive mode to both IDE and AHCI in BIOS with no success, I've reverted the BIOS back to default settings, took out the CMOS battery overnight, tried to re-flash back to default HP firmware, re-flashed the modded BIOS with no drives in the server and even run the windows 8 startup repair with no success whatsoever, it just continues to error and boot loop.
I did leave all 4 of my other SATA hard drives in the machine when flashing the modded bios originally so don't know if this affected it. I wish I'd just left the original BIOS on there now.
Is there anything I can try to fix this? I'd really prefer not to have to reinstall windows 8 as it took me awhile to set everything up for media (Sonarr, CouchPotato, iTunes, Serviio etc).
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Cheers Benny
By felt
Bought this ML10v2 a few months ago and have been hitting wall after wall, frustrated- putting it away for a few weeks, and then trying again. I can not get it to boot from a USB and have not figured out how to recognize and identify drives!
I have gotten iLO4 working with a valid key, I have updated the SPP, registered on who knows how many HP/HPE pages, looked through the documentation- but still can't get the machine to boot to my Linux USB for installation.
This seems like a basic step, but I've kind of lost my objectivity at this point and wanted to ask for help. Is there something I need to do in iLO4 to have it recognize the install media or my drives? I can't seem to make sense of the Virtual Media field.
I want to install Ubuntu 16.04 Server- HP/SPP says it supports Canonical. How do I get the machine to 1) open into BIOS? is it F2/F9/F10/F11 during boot? My POST sequence never seems to get past 10%, and then 2) recognize my hard drives, no matter what number SATA cable, it doesn't see them. I can only open the iLO4 manager from another computer on my network, so I can't open it on local host like the (very helpful) Joe Stutsman videos and instruction guides suggest.
Anyhow, any input on this configuration would be appreciated. I know I'm missing something, but want to exhaust all options before I return this.