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Using the Polished LackLuster digital kit, I created this altered match box.
The papers worked great for this lil project.
I used them for both the outside and inside.
I added a flower, some lace, and pearl bling as well.
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- The Army has gained COIN experience at the cost of combined arms competencies. The fact that your last unit didn't do a Table XII does not support this - especially if your last line-unit assignment was in 2005. Even in COIN, units still maneuver, they call for fires and CAS, worry about logistics, and work in TF teams. This statement may actually be true, but anecdotes do not make it so. Show me the numbers.
- ARSs don't have enough manpower or dismounts. No they don't. You know what else didn't? ACRs, DIV CAVs, BRTs. As a scout platoon leader I was lucky if I ever had one dismount per BFV in the platoon and most often did not. For whatever reasons, the Army had problems getting enough guys trained to be dismounted scouts. It's somewhat understandable since doctrinally you're supposed to trust that SPC to call for fire and that takes time to do if you find the right guys capable of it. But manpower issues are not unique to ARSs - it's been a chronic problem in cavalry organizations. TOEs of ARS also give the force more reconnaissance than it used to have, even if more dispersed, so on the whole this statement is untrue.
- Armor is dead. It's not. The 3d ACR may go the way of the dodo, but the Army still has lots of tanks and lots of tankers who just love what they do. Gunnery skills may vary by unit, but those core skills are still out there. Don't bitch about armor being dead - start writing about how to make core tanking skills universal across the force. (And please don't even try this line with some of my former PSGs and 1SGs - they might disagree in a more vociferous manner than I am here).
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Old Tanker Syndrome Outbreak
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Mobile, survivable firepower will always be useful. Tanks can't accomplish all missions in all circumstances, but the idea that shifting circumstances have made them totally irrelevant is a canard. Some tankers apparently feel a sort of cultural attachment to one particular mode of employment -- the one that has historically provided definition to the community; that is, shoot-and-move, high-intensity maneuver warfare -- and create a false dichotomy between a tankless low-intensity future and a tank-intensive conventional future.ReplyDelete
Great post and good points, but I think you might be mixing two distinct arguments that deserve individual consideration: 1) "Armor/Combined Arms/Good Ol' Tankin' is dead"--which it clearly is not, as you point out--and 2) "Cavalry is dead (or at least dying)."ReplyDelete
I think the second point has more merit, and shouldn't be conflated with Old Tanker Syndrome. As a veteran of both the old-school 3d ACR--back when they still had the aviation squadron, even--and the current middle-weight ARS, my opinion is that the existence (and ubiquity) of the latter doesn't quite make up for the lack of the former.
It's not that I think the ACR is the ONLY organization that can do corps/JTF-level recon and security missions--you correctly point out that in the absence of such an organization, the Army will "figure it out" as it did in OIF--but rather that it is/was clearly the organization best designed and equipped to do so. I agree that the push to modularity isn't necessarily a bad thing; in fact, I think that the current BCT organization was an attempt by the Army to get closer to an ACR-like organization, where everything (enablers) is organic at the O-6 level or below, and all the cross-attachment (maneuver units) is done in advance. And they got tantalizingly close. But the ACR has significant advantages over the BCT in both structure (organic combined-arms task organization down to the company/troop level, howitzers at the squadron level) and raw capability (most obviously the aviation squadron).
Now why should we care? First, your counter-solution for a JTF-level R&S/advance guard/whatever was DIV CAV ... an organization that also no longer exists, and while just "figuring it out" can go a long way, there comes a point when the cupboard is simply bare. An ARS can't do what 3-7 CAV did in OIF. A CAB or full BCT might, if it was graciously provided with some aviation by the division/corps HQ, but that would also mean giving up a big chunk of maneuver firepower from the main body, which the commander may not be willing or able to do.
Second, you pull out the "lighter recon force = no decisive engagement = more time for primary mission" argument. But I would submit that getting decisively engaged or not isn't entirely up to you. Enemy gets a vote, after all. Heavier recon forces is a hedge against that uncertainty, which doesn't go away with increased "sensors" and passive surveillance. Getting distracted from one's recon mission to go do some killin' is a smaller price to pay than your whole recon unit being dead, and subsequently unable to do ANY scouting.
So what should the Army do? I'm not going to cling, kicking and screaming, to the ACR as a unique organization if, as seems apparent, that's not the direction the Army wants to go. So if modularity is it, then go all the way: aviation organic to BCTs. Combined-arms task organization all the way down to company, or even platoon level. Organic CSS. If BCTs are the central maneuver unit, then give those colonels some actual assets to use and quit half-assing it.
Rant over. On a side note, I don't know if you're the same Fritz I went to tanker-school with way back in the day, but let me ask you this: does the name "Dick Mulder" mean anything to you?...
Michael, you make some very solid points here. I probably am conflating in this post the current and future states of armor and cavalry - as they are different subjects. Reading the article in question, I saw the same arguments, which was my oversight.ReplyDelete
As for the cavalry, from an organizational viewpoint it is entering some dark days. The ACR (which I never did serve in) was an extremely robust unit that was the likely model for today's HBCTs. Especially with organic howitzers and attack aviation, as you mention. I think that the aviation corps still needs to get sorted out to meet how the rest of the Army is moving and think that is one effect caused by our current fights - there just weren't enough to go around to assign to BCT level. This is something that I hope changes (even if AV O-6s need jobs, too). I wholeheartedly agree with your prescription for true modularity.
I also take your point on the enemy voting on who gets decisively engaged when. But I think the ARS is capable enough to handle itself when the going gets tough. And if they can't then they need to rehearse retrograde operations. An ARS can't don't what GarryOwen did in 2003, but that was an armored cavalry version of a body breach. I "reconned" in OBJ MONTGOMERY by parking my tank on Highway 10 and waited to see what came down the road. A tank company can do that, too. M3s can provide cover to the wheeled platforms in a very effective manner. And they make a hell of a lot more sense than the old BRTs. I remember seeing those poor guys screening north of an armor battalion south of Karbala - four HMMWV alone and unafraid between a heavy brigade of 3ID and two brigades of Republican Guard. Not a pleasant position on the battlefield - but they were supposed to scout, call for fire, and bug out, as you know to provide time for the main body to react. Not become decisively engaged.
Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with the transition of 3d ACR - it is the best tool for the job. But there are other tools that can do it and losing it does not portend the death or armor or cavalry or our ability to conduct high-intensity maneuver warfare. It was a nice hedge, as you called it, but it could be argued that it was an unnecessarily expensive hedge that would most likely be used as another HBCT anyway. I could be wrong in that, but there is some precedence. I may be wrong about the "lighter is better" thing, too. It strikes me as unnecessarily heavy for recon and security, but it may be just what the Army needs. Maybe the answer is bulking up the ARSs with some armor (like 3-7 CAV in 2005 which kept most of its DIV CAV MTOE)? Dunno.
I can't say I remember "Dick Mulder" so I may not be the Fritz you went to school with or I have a bad memory. I was there for the second half of 2002. There were Fritz's in 3ID who were there the years before and after me - and we ended up in the same brigade in 2007/08. I even shared a CHU with one of them - you can imagine the jokes that we heard about that.
You say that the ARS is "capable enough to handle itself," but not capable enough to do the 3/7 CAV OIF body-breach ... and I say that's not good enough. For a fast-moving mechanized attack (and really, is there any other kind?), you need something at least as heavy as a Div Cav squadron, with its own organic aviation (the Ravens we had in the ARS don't count). The "sneak & peek," call-for-artillery-only and then bug out method of reconnaissance is excruciatingly slow--even in the schoolhouse, in purely theoretical exercises, there's never enough time to do proper "recon pull." I've definitely never seen it live training or real-world. So the light scouts either get wasted, overrun by their own main body, or brushed aside to "screen the flanks."ReplyDelete
So again I say: go all the way with modularity, push some real assets down to the BCT commander, and then the JTF commander can give the advance-guard recon mission to a BCT that is now equipped to do it, or if that's overkill, to one of the fully-modular battalions with a slice of aviation from the BCT.
About the expense of the ACR ... sure, but with ground maneuver assets double that of the old-style tank or mech brigades, and almost triple that of the new BCTs, you're really getting more teeth for less tail and one chain of command vs. two or three. Re-make the rest of the BCTs in the Army at least closer to that model, and we could make do with 30 or so vs. 45-48 now.
A nice idea, maybe, but probably a bridge too far for current Army culture.
And you'd remember Dick Mulder ... without a doubt, he was THE O.G. Old Tanker. Pretty sure he retired after my class graduated in early 2002, so you just missed him. Pity.
A brigade is a way too large (combat) formation for reconnaissance. Their demise doesn't mean an improvement, though.ReplyDelete
The basic mistake is to assign reconnaissance units to a combat brigade that could be called upon to move by 100 km sideways in a day. Its own recce troop cannot support this. Recce needs to be in place already, it needs to be corps area of interest-bound. It must not be bound manoeuvre units.
Recce should be done with dispersing mixed companies under loose control of the corps. 6x6 vehicles as basis for recce at great depth, 40 ton tracked combat vehicles (and supporting APCs) as basis for recce in the areas where Opfor combat units are to be expected.
Add a recce training for all combat battalions (maybe additional recce training emphasis on one company each) for close recce and security.
The ACR was a stupid idea all the way because it was way too large for recce, the trend towards their misuse as combat brigade was only natural.
Sven, the ACR wasn't "too large for recce," it was designed to perform exactly the function you describe: "mixed companies" (9x cavalry troops, 3x tank companies), "under control of the corps." Granted, with an intermediate chain of command, but that's a debate over C2 design, not raw size of the organization.ReplyDelete
"40 ton tracked combat vehicles (and supporting APCs) as basis for recce in the areas where Opfor combat units are to be expected" is precisely what the ACR design is intended for: NOT stealthy recce, but screen/guard/cover and recon in force, out in front of or alongside a corps-size formation.
And to my knowledge, the ACR has yet to be misused as a combat brigade: they performed their doctrinal "cover" mission for 18th Airborne Corps in the 1991 gulf war, and was scheduled to do the same for V Corps in 2003, except the invasion kicked off while they were still unloading ships in Kuwait. As it turned out, they were assigned to occupy a large area of responsibility in Anbar as an "economy of force" mission (another doctrinal ACR task), while V Corps' main focus was in Baghdad.
A question for both of you, since I'm a little light on specific doctrinal data on high intensity after modularity. With the increase in size and capability per divisional element (an extra brigade and more fires), can an ACR effectively recon and guard an entire corps front anymore? If you take the concept of more decentralized operations, how would the ACR fit into such a scheme of maneuver? It strikes me as too much firepower to conduct a moving flank guard for a corps and too little to go around to cover a corps frontage, leaving BCTs to conduct their own recon (and guards). I guess we'll also have to see what happens at NTC in the coming years with such things as BCT commanders plussing up their ARSs with tank company teams from their maneuver battalions (which 2/3 BCT did in OIF VII in Baghdad). I haven't found a copy of the newest 90 series FMs available to public, so I couldn't look this up myself.ReplyDelete
Well, that's something of a question without an answer, because (1) the heavy ACR doesn't exist anymore (or soon won't, same thing), and (2) the ACR was designed around pre-modularity operational and tactical assumptions of high-intensity warfare.ReplyDelete
Doctrinally, the ACR could cover 90 or so km of frontage, contiguously. Don't know if that's enough for what you have in mind, but there it is. In a decentralized scheme, the squadrons split off from the regiment fairly easily, and the troops in turn from their squadrons, leaving the parent headquarters to throw their extra enablers and C2 weight behind whatever the "main effort" is. Behold the inherent flexibility of organic CSS, organic fire support, and habitually-related enablers. Bow before its glory.
Nowadays, the doctrinal frontage for an ARS is the same as the old-school squadrons, assuming "hope" can be employed to defeat any heavy resistance that may be encountered. A BCT could presumably cover about the same frontage as the ACR, on paper ... just minus the organic aviation, and about 1/3 of the fire support.
>"just minus the organic aviation, and about 1/3 of the fire support."ReplyDelete
... and about 1/2 of the ground combat power. Forgot to mention that.
- AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 5:53 PM
Once again, you need an old tanker to have OTS. Some factual corrections to what you Jason has written. In Div 86, there was NO brigade recon company. There were battalion scout platoons and a Div Cav squadron, and John Rosenberger fought a valiant fight to keep tanks in the Div Cavalry squadron so that it could act as part of the covering force and to guard missions. Our infantry school comrades plumped for a more continental order of battle in which the security force missions would be tasked out to company and battalion size detachments. In a way, you can look at the Strykerized Cav Regiment as an extension of this idea.ReplyDelete
While we're going down memory lane, it might be good to point out that the Cav at 73 Easting was doing its doctrinal mission, but McMaster and MacGregor went cowboy and charged in as if they were tank-heavy brigade. Faced with a decent enemy, they would have gotten clobbered, and their tactics would have gotten the both of them NO GO's on the Cav Exam in AOAC. Just sayin'...and such is the stuff of which myths are made.
Personally, and given the frontages and depths of the "large formations" (Thats Grossverband or Soyedinneniye for you non-English speaking operational artists) under which the brigade maneuvers nowadays, I am not certain that forming the advance, rear, or flank guard elements of the large formation (okay, "division or corps or JTF" and you all can argue which is which) based on tanks and ground scout vehicles is that good an idea.
This has nothing to do with the proper role of tanks - main battle tanks - on the battlefields of the present and future. Precisely BECAUSE I am an Old Tanker, I believe those missions and roles are - still - valid. It would have been fun doing bank shots with BLOS fires off the MCS and NLOS-C: you young whippersnappers need to show me that you're serious enough to make these tactics work and work in the right way for you. That said, the proper use of the main battle tank is to use its main armament to clear all the armor off the objective, to lead the infantry in the assault in the open, or follow and support the infantry in close terrain, and to provide the kinetic antiarmor fires you need to survive against a well armed foe. When you get around to rediscovering digital C2 systems, you will also learn that there can be marvelous ways to integrate the tanks into a web of networked firepower that can be precisely controlled and well distributed. So - carry on young whippersnappers, and train hard when you get off those world policing assignments.
Armor and Cavalry will always have a significant role during any conventional ground war. Just as we did with our M-551 Sheridans, M-113s and M-60A1s in USAREUR during the Cold War, conforming to the mission is what we do best. In those days, preparing to stop, or at least slow down the Soviet Bloc invasion of West Germany by using the "Active Defense" gave us Cav LTs a life expectancy measured in minutes...but we embraced the challenge because it made sense. Those tactics only applied to that old USAREUR scenario, though, and fortunately for our branch, those in charge of developing Armor/Cav doctrine have embraced "Semper Gumby".ReplyDelete
The best part of this erudite and esoteric discussion is that it proves the enduring capacity of combat arms leaders to adapt, overcome, and above all, always question the way things are while preparing for the next war. Well, that and helping me rediscover my long-dormant "Inner Cavalryman"...guess we never truly recover from that, eh? "Honor and Courage!" (3/8 Cav, 1977)


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At the beginning of August I went down to Newport to visit my Brother and Nephew. On the way back we came a different route over the mountains We made a couple of stops but the battery went on my camera. On a nice sunny day early last month we went back and this time when completely round Severn Trent Water's reservoir.
The journey to the reservoir (point 1):
First stop at a picnic area along side the reservoir (point 2):
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It was a cloudy day and quite warm still with little wind. We spent about 1/2 an hour at each of the stops so far on a journey and the kids and I both loved the scenery. Lots of photos were taken at each point (far too many to put on here). But there is more stops to come.
As this is quite a photo heavy post with all the stops we made, I have split our adventure in to 3 posts where I will share the others on the next 2 Fridays.
Linking up with Coombe Mill for Country Kids.


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When considering the overall shopping experience for the end consumer, retail design often plays a background, yet key role in the selling process. It might not be the first thing on the customer's mind, but to shop owners, brand managers, merchandisers, marketeers and sales associates, the purchasing set-up can mean all the difference between a few tire kicks, a full-blown shopping experience, and anywhere in between.
Not only that, but as the global economy continues to shift and sustainability considerations become evermore prominent, how is sustainability factored into retail design and how do retailers balance the less desirable associations of consumerism with keeping a robust bottom line?
In the first of our two part series on Designing Retail's Future, we catch up with Mike Moore of Tres Birds Workshop, the architecture firm responsible for the concept, creation and completion of Burton's (including Channel Islands Surfboards) LA flagship, Chicago flagship, Vail, and Japan stores, in addition to three Burton showrooms completed in the California and Colorado territories.
Stay tuned next week as we catch up with Raul Pinto from Satellite Boardshop and Installation Shoe Gallery.
Mike Moore, Tres Birds Workshop & Sustainable Retail Design
Tres Birds Workshop has completed several Burton build-outs at this point. How did Tres Birds Workshop and Burton begin working together?
A friend recommended Tres Birds to Rockies Regional Burton Rep, John Damiano. We ended up designing and building his showroom offices in Denver, Colorado. We took a rundown industrial structure that was full of toxins and made it into a place of inspiration and fun. John planted seeds with the Burton executive team and after Jake experienced the showroom on a snowy Denver evening, they hired us to launch flagship retail nationally.
Did you have any prior experience with snowboarding or working with the snowboard industry before this?
I was always into skateboarding as a kid. When I was around 10-years-old, I had a Thrasher Magazine that I had picked up from this random little surf shop in Florida on a family trip. That was my first exposure to skateboard culture, since this was kind of pre-video times, and I had been playing around with skateboarding on my own.
In the magazine, there were these plans for making a half pipe that I had ripped out and I remember on the back of them was a Burton ad with a picture of Jake and this rope, spitting up snow and powder. We lived in Wisconsin where it snowed for six months out of the year and I wanted one. My Dad ended up getting me my first snowboard for Christmas that year and I was hooked. I have been snowboarding since 1982 and have always respected Burton, as their early 'twins' changed me.
What is your basic philosophy when it comes to retail design and architecture? How does this parallel snowboarding, surfing, and skateboarding? How is this demonstrated in the Burton projects?
I believe that architecture affects how a person connects and interacts with the surrounding environment. Snowboarding, skateboarding, and surfing also do this. Architecture is an opportunity for me to create positive change. The intention is to connect people to natural cycles through architecture and use of the senses to empower people to be positive by providing spaces and experiences that inspire through art.
The Burton projects were all done around 2006/2007. Snowboarding had made it to the Olympics and the sport was pretty blown out. In these projects, we really focused on the genuineness of Burton as a brand and showing their history. It was about highlighting the previous 30 years, as well as the future, and showing people who have been involved at different levels and progressing snowboarding.
For example, in the Chicago store, the main thing I did there was create this vertical circulation stairway called The Spirit Core. The Spirit Core is all about blood and family and oxygen, similar to the cultures it serves. One whole wall had all these different images of people living and doing things connected to snowboarding, which gives the customer an overall feeling of what it is about. Also, we always displayed the progression and lineage of the boards themselves and showing how the sport has changed and evolved in a creative way, based on style.
The usage of wood is prominent throughout the Burton projects. Still the best boards are made of wood. We used it in lamination-form, like how a snowboard is constructed. The wood sculpture in Vail conveys the idea of flexibility and potential energy. The energy hits the wall and doesn't just die. It's a floor, but also a sculpture. There is a lot of potential energy in snowboarding.
In all of the stores, we made sure that the boards were being displayed under natural light so that people could see the board the way they would outside.
Lastly, our projects result in buildings that have low embodied energy usage. We achieve this through solar design (on-site energy modeling and day-lighting) as well as the use of reclaimed materials to construct the building. These practices ultimately lessens our dependence on fossil fuels, mining, and destruction of landscapes.
That seems especially relevant to a group of industries who are so connected to the outdoors and natural landscapes.
They're so important for everyone since we all have to lower our embodied energy in our lifestyles.
How does your approach facilitate or consider the retail sales process? How do you resolve the tension between consumerism and sustainability?
When Tres Birds Workshop is commissioned to design a project we start with a thorough research into the past, present and future desires of that brand. This information drives the design and makes the resultant space truly integrated…down to every detail.
With all of our work, our architecture is genuine and made of real materials with real function. Our projects are void of decoration or cosmetic use of materials. This creates a more direct experience for the customer.
Using the current social pattern of consuming is an opportunity to create it as a new, perhaps more cultural experience. There are things brands can do on their end as well to continue to refine the consuming process and create more sustainable cycles. Snowboarding is always going to involve young people and for me that's who I would like to influence through these projects the most, since they are going to be the activators of sustainability in the future.
With Burton it was like, let's set the example. How do you, through creativity, go forward with sustainable architecture, for the kids coming in and give them a standard to expect in the future? I have to give a lot of credit to Jake and the other Burton executives for employing a great deal of trust in our process. In a similar way, I think that is how Burton has become such a successful and progressive brand over the years.
In all the stores, I wanted to create some spaces that were for lounging, where kids could go and just hang out. Chicago, LA, Osaka all had lounges and a backlog of Burton videos, Guitar Hero, hot cider and hot chocolate dispensers, for free. This promotes the feeling of community, like a club house, and again, creating an experience.
With Burton we literally made all their stores out of reclamation, whereas the rest of the culture at the time was/is all about imported hardwood, imported white marble, etc. Think of Louie Vutton and Prada. From an energy usage standpoint, that kind of design is so out of control. We were setting up in the same neighborhoods as those stores.
That's the cool thing, that you can sit next to those stores and hit that same level of design, but it is just coming from a completely different place.
Yes. Through composition, light and shadow, we can make something beautiful out of what some might consider trash. I don't need to start with gold and mahogany. I mean those are nice materials, but…
They cost too much, environmentally and economically speaking. You are an architect, but also an artist. If you weren't an artist, that probably wouldn't be possible, to turn 'trash' into 'treasure'?
Yes, creativity has a lot to do with it. The reclaimed thing, I'm doing it because I believe in it. In LA, we were super righteous in terms of obtaining reclaimed building materials. I would skateboard down to the nearby airport to look at materials to use, this was a way of sourcing local materials and lowering the embodied energy cost of the project. I was a total policeman about where the materials were coming from.
What is the greatest emphasis for any business owner considering sustainable options in retail design?
Embodied energy and natural light. It's all about lowering energy, time and resources for an overall more lean and healthy product. People would be surprised to learn that in many instances, these factors contribute to a very competitive price advantage for us to do this kind of work.


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Here is a compilation of women with troubles reported in news stories during June 2014. Each name is linked to an Interested-Participant blog entry displaying details.
For a more comprehensive listing, check the Women With Troubles category link.
Thanks to the tipsters.
(AL) Jennifer Hawk Elebash, 43,
teacher - Gets 3 months jail for harassment,
(AL) Cassandra "Sandi" Sue Scott, 42,
teacher - Found guilty of felony drug charges. Sentencing in August,
(AR) Helen Banks, 57,
teacher - Accused of sexual assault of 16-year-old female student,
(CA) Tracy Ann Beverlin, 34,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 13,
(CA) Rebecca Eileen Diebolt, 35,
teacher - Accused of engaging in a sexual affair with a 15-year-old girl,
(CA) Gaineng He, 36,
prostitute - Charged with pimping and pandering,
(CA) Qiao "Judy" He, 37,
prostitute - Charged with pimping and pandering,
(CA) Nicole Ethel McMillen, 43,
teacher's aide - Gets 3+ years prison for sex with minors,
(CO) Shannon Dodson, 42,
neighbor - Sentenced to 40 years in prison for intentional drowning of son, 5,
(FL) Jessica Aljure, 27,
teacher - Accused of giving alcohol to a 14-year-old female student,
(FL) Lesley R. Brown, 45,
teacher - Accused of sending nude photos of herself to a 17-year -old boy,
(FL) Kimberly Honaker, 48, with boyfriend Robert Pruitt, 58,
teacher - Accused of sexual abuse of girl, 13,
(FL) Chancy Layton, 19,
neighbor - Accused of burglary, theft and criminal mischief after breaking into home,
(FL) Brenna Elise Winter, 18,
neighbor - Accused of trying to suffocate her baby in hospital,
(GA) Suzanne Hussain, 34,
neighbor - Accused of vandalizing residence while naked,
(IL) Amber Kraus, 30,
teacher - Gets probation for sex with student, 16,
(KS) Brooke Dinkel, 33,
school counselor - Convicted of raping boy under age 14. Sentencing in August,
(KS) Heather Robinson,
truancy officer - Accused of sex with male student, 17,
(KY) Casey Neal, 18,
neighbor - Accused of passing counterfeit money,
(MA) Heather Salines, 38,
neighbor - Accused of sex with boy, 15,
(MI) Jessica Marie Newland, 27,
neighbor - Gets 4 to 15 years prison for sex with boy, 15,
(MI) Kathryn Ronk, 29,
teacher - Accused of sex with male student, 15,
(NC) Kayla Marie Russell, 20,
neighbor - Arrested for assault with deadly weapon,
(NE) Elizabeth L. Munsinger, 33,
babysitter - Gets 6 months in jail for sex act on boy, 2- to 3 years old,
(NE) Destiny Trenary, 29,
neighbor - Guilty of felony child abuse of 15-year-old boy,
(NY) Joy Morsi, 39,
phys ed teacher - Accused of long-term sexual relationship with male student,
(OH) Carla Hague, 71,
retired nurse - Gets two years prison for attempted antifreeze poisoning of husband,
(OH) Martina Stanley, 35,
school coach - Gets 15 days jail for gross sexual imposition on 17-year-old male student,
(OH) Nicole White, 34,
counselor - Accused of sex with federal inmate,
(OR) Nikki Nafiza Robinson, 46,
former PTO president - Gets probation for theft,
(PA) Stephanie M. Amato, 30,
special ed teacher - Accused of repeated sex with 14-year-old male student,
(TN) Danniele Dennise Geer, 27,
neighbor - Accused of trafficking heavily in drugs,
(TN) Samantha Harper,
neighbor - Sentenced to 16 years in prison for child neglect due to hot car deaths of her two children,
(TX) Pamela Jones, 35,
teacher - Accused of sex with two 16-year-old male students,
(TX) Chrystal Miller,
teacher - Accused of inappropriate relationship,
(TX) Raquel Reyes, 29,
neighbor - Accused of sex threesome with two boys, ages 14 and 16,
(TX) Cecilia Schlesinger,
teacher - Accused of improper relationship with student,
(TX) Michelle Strickland, 23,
teacher - Accused of sex with male student,
(WA) Courtney Keller, 29,
educator - Gets 9 months jail for sex with male student, 16,
(WV) Melissa Koch, with friend Jeremy Gray,
teacher - Arrested for drugs,
(Canada) Denise Harvey, 46,
former business owner - Convicted in Florida, Harvey fled and was granted asylum in Canada.


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Jury Convicts KC Man of Illegally Posessing a Firearm
Project Ceasefire
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted in federal court today of illegally possessing a firearm, his second federal conviction for that offense.
Mario A. Thibeaux, 39, of Kansas City, was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. This is Thibeaux's second federal conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He also pleaded guilty to the offense on March 31, 2005, and in that case was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison.
Evidence introduced during the trial indicated that Thibeaux was in possession of a Bersa .380-caliber semi-automatic pistol on Feb. 22, 2013. Under federal law, it is illegal for anyone who has been convicted of a felony to be in possession of any firearm or ammunition. In addition to his prior felony conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, Thibeaux has two prior felony convictions for possession of a controlled substance and a prior felony conviction for distributing a controlled substance.
Thibeaux was arrested on Feb. 22, 2013, after Kansas City, Mo., police officers were called at about 2 a.m. to investigate an outside disturbance involving a party armed with a gun. The officers were given information that there were two males and a female fighting and one of the males was waving a gun around. As the officers arrived, they observed a maroon Dodge Durango apparently stuck in the snow in the middle of the street. Two males and a female were apparently trying to free the vehicle from the stuck position in the snow. The officers asked the individuals to show their hands, but Thibeaux failed to comply with the officers' orders. Thibeaux moved to the back of the vehicle, reached into the pocket of the vest he was wearing and threw a black object towards the driver's side of the vehicle.
The object thrown by Thibeaux was recovered and determined to be a loaded Bersa .380-caliber, semi-automatic pistol. Thibeaux was determined to be a convicted felon and placed under arrest.
Following the presentation of evidence, the jury in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., deliberated for about four hours over two days before returning the guilty verdict to U.S. District Judge Greg Kays, ending a trial that began Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013.
Under federal statutes, Thibeaux is subject to a sentence of up to 10 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $250,000. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney D. Michael Green. It was investigated by the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Project Ceasefire
Project Ceasefire, launched in October 1999, is a cooperative initiative by federal and local law enforcement and the Kansas City Crime Commission that targets for federal prosecution persons who unlawfully use or possess firearms.


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Here are six articles for your information, edification, entertainment, and enjoyment.
I Thought Planned Parenthood Protected Families – Rosaria Butterfield honestly reflects on how she could have been a Planned Parenthood executive, and how the gospel saved her from the horror of the abortion industry.
Campaign of Deception Against Planned Parenthood – The editorial board at the NY Times is appalled that politicians would try to stop any organization from distributing "potentially lifesaving tissue." How dare they try to save the lives of those who, if left alone, would almost always live, when we can kill them to "potentially" save others. Right?
Randy Johnson Has Changed His Focus – This Cy Young winning, Hall of Fame bound, fastball hurling legend has found a new life outside of baseball. Interesting read for baseball fans.
What's Wrong with Designer Genes? – Fascinating and important article for every Christian. The authors examine the bioethical and biblical concerns with human embryo modification.
Greatest 1.5 Minute Commentary on Abortion Ever Heard on Network News – Brit Hume delivers a powerful commentary on Planned Parenthood and abortion.
For the Church Conference – If you have the time and money, attending this conference would be an excellent experience and investment.
"The gnat-like cloud of petty anxieties and decisions about the conduct of the next hour have interfered with my prayers more often than any passion or appetite whatever." – C.S. Lewis


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NEW LONDON, CONN.--(9/22/11)--Junior Greg Kennerley converted a penalty kick in the first half and senior Brett Godiksen added an insurance goal in the second half leading Coast Guard to a 2-0 win over Curry in a non-conference game.
Coast Guard sophomore Joe Bodzewski was tackled in the box in the 14th minute giving Kennerley the penalty kick which he converted for his first career goal and a 1-0 lead.
Godiksen scored his team leading sixth goal of the season in the 76th minute with sophomore Bobby Copeland assisting to close the scoring.
Sophomore Carlos Gonzalez, making the second start of his career and of the season, made four saves and registered his second shutout to improve to 2-0 on the season.
Sophomore James Oliver (0-1) made five saves and took the loss for the Colonels, who were outshot 11-7.
Coast Guard improved to 4-2 on the season, all four wins have come by shutout while Curry drops to 4-5 overall.
January 6, 2012 Noll Named to Scholar All-East team
November 18, 2011 Godiksen Selected for NEISL All-Star Game
November 10, 2011 Bears Place Three On NEWMAC All-Academic team
November 7, 2011 Godiksen, Kennerley Named All-Conference
October 29, 2011 Bears Close Out Season With Win
October 23, 2011 Bears End Winless Streak With 2-0 Win
October 22, 2011 Bears Fall 2-1 at Conn. College
October 18, 2011 Eastern Conn. Beats Bears 1-0
October 15, 2011 Bears Fall at MIT 2-0
October 12, 2011 Albertus Storms Back to Beat Bears in OT
October 8, 2011 Wheaton Comeback Sinks Bears
October 5, 2011 Bears Shutout at #11 Wesleyan
October 1, 2011 Late Header Leads Pride Past Bears
September 24, 2011 Bears Battle Clark to 1-1 Tie
September 22, 2011 Bears Blank Curry 2-0
September 17, 2011 Babson Blanks Bears 2-0
September 14, 2011 Godiksen Hat Trick Leads Bears Past Mitchell
September 10, 2011 Late Goal Leads Mariners Past Bears
September 7, 2011 Bears Improve to 2-0; Beat Johnson & Wales
September 2, 2011 Godiksen Goal Leads Bears to Opening Night Win


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i resolve to make every day bitchslap ted rall day
You all remember bitchslap Ted Rall day, don't you? That was a mighty fine time we had there. We need to do that more often.
Voting has slowed down as everyone strolls off to their debauchery and revelry.
Me, I'll be making the trek across the street to my parents house to ring in the new year with my family. This doesn't mean I don't drink; it means I drink twice as hard. You would, too if you had to spend the night listening to my father's jokes and my brother-in-law making blow job innuendos.
I've made some new year's resolutions. It's been my practice to make only resolutions I know I'll be able to keep. Therefore I resolve to:
Call Ted Rall a seething, rippling meatball of hatred and jealousy, among other things, at least once a day.
Make a new enemy every week.
Piss someone off, intentionally or not, every day of 2003.
Never listen to Creed on purpose.
Continue my shredding of the fine folks at Indymedia.
Question the existence of France on a daily basis.
Spend most of my hard earned money on comic books and action figures.
Bitch and moan about things I have no control over.
Fill my posts with gratuitous sex and violence.
Continue to have gratuitous sex tinged with violence.
Eat lots of dead animals and drive my SUV like I own the road.
Pretend to be in the process of quitting smoking.
Stalk Jim Treacher, Kevin Parrot and COOP.
Finish up the screenplay for Night of the Loving Dead and the as yet unamed graphic novel collaboration with my husband.
That's just for starters.
I'll start early tomorrow morning by purchasing an after-Christmas present for my husband, to go in tandem with this book. In the words on Coop's site: "If Coop shat a brick, this would be what came out!"
Maybe if I stalk him enough I could get him to sign it without shelling out the 200 bucks for the signed copy. Which leads me to my next resolution: more boob shots!
Wait, that was your resolution for me, wasn't it?
Anyhow, have a safe night. Take a lesson from Juan Gato and stay home in the dark instead of venturing out on the roads. And watch out for people groping your crotch and stealing your wallet while you wait in the freezing cold for a midnight terrorist attack.


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Our Kitchen Cabinets, originally uploaded by allthewhile.
The neighbor down the street crassly said, "The kitchen is going to need updating!" O contraire! We absolutely love this vintage metal cabinets. We do need, however, to strip them, clean the drawers including the hardware and internal drawer workings, etc.
To the left of this, we're looking to find a smallish vintage eat in table and chairs.


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Family members of a Salt Lake City couple found dead in an apparent murder-suicide on Interstate 80 say the couple appeared happy and had never hinted there was any trouble in their relationship.
Utah Highway Patrol troopers found Felipe Rodriguez, 37, and his wife, Iris, 32, dead from apparent gunshot wounds to their heads inside an SUV at about 9:30 a.m. Friday. A citizen who saw the SUV leave the highway initially reported a possible crash to police.
"We don't know how this happened. We have a lot of questions," Iris Rodriguez's aunt Anna Barahona said Friday evening. "We don't have any information and what police said was very brief."
Felipe and Iris Rodriguez had been married 14 years and leave behind a 13-year-old daughter, Samantha, Barahona said. The couple's daughter was at school at the time of the shootings, she said.
Family members were gathered at the home of Iris Rodriguez's parents in Salt Lake City trying to make sense of what had happened, Barahona said. The couple had dinner on Thursday with family and did not appear to be having problems, nor was family aware of any unusual financial pressures, she said.
"Iris was a very happy person, very loving, very caring," said Barahona. "Felipe we know as her husband, and he was also always very happy. He didn't seem to me like he would do something like this."
Police have provided few details about the shooting. and a motive for the incident remained unclear Friday night.
UHP Cpl. Todd Johnson said troopers found the SUV off the side of the highway underneath an intersecting Interstate 215 overpass, not far from Salt Lake City International Airport.
"There are two dead adults, the female driver and a male passenger. Both appear to have gunshot wounds to the head, so we're looking at this as a possible murder-suicide," Johnson said Friday morning.
Johnson said there was no crash involved, as had been reported earlier.


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Sunday, June 24, 2007
According to the report, before the end of the very day on which we were attacked, Cheney had put together a legal team consisting of David Addington (Cheney's counsel), Alberto Gonzales, Tim Flanagan (Deputy White Counsel), and John Yoo of the Justice Department. Cheney's team promptly came up with the "authorization for the use of military of force" that Congress approved on Sept. 18. Soon thereafter, it put into place, with the president's approval, the program under which the NSA intercepted communications by al Qaeda into the U.S. without a warrant.In doing so, Cheney kept various bureaucracies out of the loop. For example, he excluded John Bellinger, the ranking national security legal advisor in the White House, as well as the State Department's legal team. Cheney and his team also out-maneuvered Bellinger and others when they persuaded President Bush to treat captured al Qaeda fighters as unlawful combatants with no rights under the Geneva Conventions.The Post points out that Cheney's efforts to bypass large chunks of the bureaucracy were inconsistent with his own philosophy for White House decision-making, as he had articulated it on various occasions in the past. Under the extraordinary circumstances created by 9/11, I find it commendable that Cheney did not feel wedded to his prior, hyper-cautious approach -- let's call it "growing in office."


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ROCHESTER, New York -- July 27, 2011 -- Ambrosia Software, Inc. today announced the release HypnoBlocks, the entrancing 3D block matching game for iPad! Match 3D blocks as fast as you can for mesmerizing, addictive fun! Use Multi-Touch™ to rotate the dynamic game field, and tap multiple blocks for combo bonuses. The non-stop action will leave you in a trance!
Full GameCenter™ integration allows you to collect achievements, and compete with other HypnoBlocks players around the world for high scores!
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ROCHESTER, New York -- March 8, 2011 -- Ambrosia Software, Inc. today announced the release Mondo Solitaire, the biggest, baddest, bestest solitaire game for the Mac! Mondo Solitaire is solitaire done right, with 300+ game variants, slick graphics, and a user interface that's been designed especially with the Mac in mind.
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ROCHESTER, New York -- November 22, 2010 -- Ambrosia Software announced today the release of WireTap Anywhere 2.0, a major upgrade to the audio routing and mixing software. This professional, low latency audio tool lets you take the audio output from any combination of Mac applications or hardware input devices, and route it into your favorite audio processing applications.
The new 2.0 version of WireTap Anywhere layers exciting new features on the existing rock-solid foundation that audio engineers around the world already depend on. Create virtual input devices with an arbitrary number of channels of audio. Discretely map audio channels from software applications and hardware devices in any combination you choose. Adjust audio levels on a per-channel basis both pre- and post-mix. Preview your audio mix before you ever hit the record button.
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ROCHESTER, New York -- November 4, 2010 -- Ambrosia Software announced today the release of Soundboard™ 2.0.0, a major upgrade to the live sound effect playing software. Like cart machines in broadcast radio studios, Soundboard lets you map sound effects, audio clips, or musical accompaniment to keys on the Mac keyboard, easily triggered with a single tap.
The new 2.0.0 version of Soundboard features major functionality upgrades, such as our new Soundpipe™ technology, which allows users to route audio to other applications (such as GarageBand) for recording. Other features include a totally redesigned one-window user interface, with major improvements such as per-effect fader controls, Duck and Pause All controls, and much more!
Soundboard is available immediately for $49. Registered users of Soundboard 1.x can upgrade to version 2.0.0 at the discounted rate of just $19.
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Seton Chess Club
Membership in the club is limited to families enrolled with Seton. However, it is NOT limited to only Seton students. Parents and any children in the family not enrolled with Seton may join as well. Any age and level of player is welcome, from beginner to grand master. Players at each skill level can find a challenging game against a competetive player.
Here are the steps for registering for the Club. (Everything is a learning experience for us too, so please be patient with us as we get this going.)
Visit our
Seton Home Chess
On the right side of the page,
fill out the Username,
Email, and Validate fields.
You will receive an email
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and containing your password.
On the main screen,
click "My Settings" and
enter in the player's age.
This is for Seton Administrative
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Repeat the steps for each
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My Mom just visited me in Bandung.. I don't know why, but even in my age of 20-something, I still get homesick.. especially with my mother.. I miss her a lot.. Like right now.. I miss her already.. 😦
It's not that I am a spoiled kid.. I don't think I am.. It's just that, beside the constant love and affection, there are little things that she always do that is funny and amusing, and like what Javanese people say: "Ngangenin" (making you miss somebody).
Some of the things that "Ngangenin" about my mother are..
- She never let go of her handbag. Not ever, unless me or my brother take her place and hold on real tight to the bag. 🙂 Maybe because she once almost lost her wallet to a pick-pocket, while trying to lift my sick toddler body inside a bus. She let go of her awareness once and focus on me, and it almost cost us the money to pay for my doctor. Luckily, the wallet was return to her after she bravely stand in front of everyone on the bus and demand that whoever it is that took the wallet to return it to her because she need to get me to a doctor. I admire her boldness.. 🙂
- When we are in a restaurant.. She loves to try food but never finish it.. She ordered a couple of things on the menu, then only took 2 to 3 spoonful and she was done. Hence, left me or my brother to finish the meal.. Since I could never stomach much of it, my brother usually fulfilled the task for us. No wonder he is so plump now.. 🙂 But, both of us still willingly do it for her, just for the sake of seeing her happy..
- She never stop praying in the car when I was in the driver seat. D'oohh.. I guess that said a lot about what she thinks of my driving ability.. ;p But I figure at the time, she had good reason to doubt me..hehe..
- Whenever me or my brother break a promise to her, something bad happen.. I'm serious, It's like a curse that kept us from being naughty. Like what happened to me last weekend, I promised to be back home at 9pm, but I stayed at the mall late, and guess what happened? My car broke down.. go figure! 🙂
- She always does a 1 to 2 hour preach of advice every time I've done something bad.. At the time it was frustrating..but later on it was like an anchor to me to evaluate and improve my self. I once deliberately went to tell her about my wrongdoing, just to get her to knock the sense out of me..to get me off that road permanently. But now, I would think twice before I do that since I'm afraid it will increase her blood pressure.. ;p
- She loves to buy her kids things but always think twice or trice before buying herself things..and in most cases, she usually end up not buying. That's why now, when I have my own income, I like to buy her things that she loves, even when she never ask for anything.. It's worth it to see the glow in her eyes..
Those are some of the things that I will always miss about my mother.. No matter how old I get.. I'm sure all of you have your own version of things you miss of your mother.. Just don't forget to show your mother how much you love her..even if you think they already know. 🙂
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan
I Love You Full Mom! 🙂


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A staff of the school of Arts and Design(Mr Ouma) engaging members of the public during the Univerity Open Day.
Part of the exhibition shocased by the school of art and Design
This year's university open day kicked off on a high note with various exhibition from various units of the university.
The event aims at engaging members of the public on the university core services with a particular interest on prospective students.
The event is in partnership with the Nation Media Group while other partners include Gionee, a smart phone company, University of Nairobi Enterprises and Services (UNES).Other education sector stakeholders are also involved.


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William John Pearless
Born 1Q 1842 Hartfield, Sussex, baptised 1891 East Grinstead, Sussex (30 Glen Vue Rd.), died Dec 1895 East Grinstead, Sx. (Green Hedges Ave.), 52 or 53 years, bur. 8 Dec 1895 East Grinstead, Sussex (Cemetery). Occupations: Carpenter. Son of John William Pearless and Jane Huggett
In 1861 Census he was in service at Ardingly, Sussex. In 1881 Census he was living with his wife and children William, Elizabeth & Harry in Glen Vue Road, East Grinstead; in 1891 still in Glen Vue Road with children Harry and Albert.
Married 4Q 1870 Wandsworth, London SW. (24 or 25 years married) to:
Eliza Cooper
Born C1843 Forest Row, Sussex, died May 1897 East Grinstead, Sx. (Green Hedges Ave.), 53 or 54 years, bur. 30 May 1897 East Grinstead, Sussex (Cemetery)
1)Flora Pearless
Born 1871
2)Wlliam Pearless
Born 1Q 1872 East Grinstead, Sussex, died 10 Oct 1881 East Grinstead, Sussex (Glen-Vue Road), 8 or 9 years, bur. 13 Oct 1881 East Grinstead, Sussex (Cemetery)
3)Elizabeth Pearless
Born 3Q 1874 East Grinstead, Sussex, died 4Q 1881 East Grinstead, Sussex (Glen Vue Road), 6 or 7 years, bur. 7 Dec 1881 East Grinstead, Sussex (Cemetery)
4)Harry Pearless
Born 23 Sep 1876 East Grinstead, Sussex (Glen-Vue), baptised 1902 East Grinstead, Sussex (114 Queens Road), died 4Q 1960 Worthing, Sussex, 83 or 84 years. Occupations: Carpenter & joiner (1901)
The 1891 Census described him as a Monitor (School).
5)Albert Pearless
Born 19 Apr 1883 East Grinstead, Sussex (Glen-Vue), died 4Q 1962 Brighton, Sussex, 78 or 79 years. Occupations: Apprentice carpenter('01)
In 1901 Census he was a carpenter's apprentice, boarding at 31 Green Hedges Avenue, East Grinstead with William G Brooker & family.


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A beloved landmark on account of its nostalgic beachside resort architecture, Coogee Bay Hotel is home to a wide range of distinct bars and restaurants, catering to a diverse clientele.
The sounds of chatter and laughter ebb and flow, as do the waves from the nearby beach. Clusters of people sip chilled refreshments while meeting with coworkers in the Brasserie, while individuals balance their laptops on quaint beer barrels in the Arden Lounge.


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Meet & Greet with Pebelle - this Tuesday!
This month's issue of DIVA
DIVA Magazin, one of Austria's leading fashion magazines invites to a very special shopping evening this Tuesday.
Hosted at one of my favourite stockists SAMSTAG Shop in Margarethenstrasse, 1040 Vienna.
Along with designs of Hartmann/Nordenholz, House of the very island, NonbyKim, Superated, Eva Blut and many many more, Samstag also stocks my latest works, which will include Pebelle knit cardigans.
Here's a little sneak preview of how the design looks like:
The shopping event starts at 8:00 pm- so when you wanna chill and shop after a hard day of work and have a glass of champagne while you make your round through the shop- be there!
Some of the designers, including myself will be there to have a chat with!
So, heere's how to get there:
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- Call me a tie dye punk. I live my passion for manipulating textiles and my love for arts, music, pop culture, literature & fashion. It all comes together within my label.


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The incident of the Golden Calf represents the most significant potential rupture in the new relationship between God and Benei Yisrael. God threatens to destroy the nation, n toto, and begin again with Moshe. The threat is a credible one – on a universal level, that is essentially what God did when Mankind failed Him, and He started again with Noah (Note that this is not the only parallel between Moshe and Noah – both are saved from deadly waters by being in a teivah). Moshe takes this very seriously and pleads with God, in the merit of Avraham, Yitzhak, and Yaakov, to spare the nation. God accepts the plea and rescinds the devastating decree.
We would think that this is the end of the story but that is far from the case. In the aftershocks of the initial earthquake of this story the Torah presents us with an extraordinary scene:
Moshe would take the Tent, and pitch it for himself outside the camp, far from the camp, and he called it the Tent of Meeting. And so, whoever sought God would go out to the Tent of Meeting, which was outside the camp. When Moshe would go out to the Tent, all the people would rise and each man would station himself at the entrance of his tent, and they would look – following Moshe – until he came to the Tent. When Moshe would come to the Tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the Tent and speak with Moshe. (Exodus 33:7-9)
The powerful imagery of the scene highlights the crisis. Earlier, God had instructed Benei Yisrael to construct a Mishkan so that he could dwell amongst them, in the middle of the camp. Following the Golden Calf, although God rescinded the decree to destroy the people, there is no longer the promise of His presence amongst. Instead of a Mishkan for all the people, in the center of the camp, there is now only the Tent of Meeting, a private meeting place for God and Moshe, located far away from the camp. Moshe's trek to that Tent is accompanied by the longing gazing of the rest of the people, following Moshe with their eyes, yearning for the presence of God in their midst.
God, Holy Men, and Regular People
There are probably many who would be content with this setup. Relationship with God and religious instruction is mediated through a holy man who retreats into his cloistered spiritual cocoon; God's presence does not interfere with the daily lives of the everyman nor does the individual have to take responsibility for his religious life. Indeed, even today this model has a level of popularity both within and outside of the Jewish community.
For Moshe, however, this paradigm is invalid. He has no interest in replacing the Jewish people or in serving as a substitute for their direct encounter with the Divine. If God's presence does not return to the people, he refuses to lead them from the mountain. Moshe demands a public sign that the same uniqueness accorded to his relationship with God will be extended to the people:
If your presence does not go, do not take us up from here. and how, then, will it be known that I have found favor in Your eyes, I and Your people? Will it not be by Your going with us, so that I and Your people will be distinguished from every people on the face of the earth? (Ex. 33:16)
Moshe here sets the standard for Jewish spiritual and political leadership. Leadership is not about serving an elite group of followers but about bringing the best out of and to the masses. Leadership does not involve personal gain, material or otherwise, and private spiritual bliss is of little value if the rest of the people are cut off from direct relationship with God.
The message, however, is not just about leadership, but about followership. Followers take guidance from their leaders but may not abdicate their own, individual spiritual responsibility. This is a message which Moshe learned well at Har Sinai, where is with the rest of the people at the bottom of the mountain during the great Revelation (see Ex. 19:25-20:2), and which he later declares publicly. "Were it only that all of God's nation were prophets, that God would place His spirit upon the" (Num. 11:29).
Rav Zvi Grumet, a member of Beit Hillel, is the Tanakh Chair at Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi, Director of Educational Projects at The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education, and an instructor at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. He has authored numerous articles on both Tanakh and education, and has edited various publications. His first book, Moses and the Path to Leadership, was published by Urim in 2014.
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Release for Settled Securities Claim Precluded Coverage for Related ERISA Claim
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, applying Indiana law, has held that an ERISA class action was related to a settled securities class action and that a release between the insurer and insured precluded coverage for the ERISA suit. RLI Ins. Co. v. Conseco, Inc., 2008 WL 4140620 (7th Cir. Sept. 9, 2008).
The insurer issued an excess directors and officers liability policy to a company that faced a class action for securities fraud. While the securities action was pending, the insurer and the company disputed coverage. The parties entered into a release agreement pursuant to which the insurer agreed to fund a settlement of the action subject to the right to seek reimbursement from the insured. After the securities action settled, the insurer gave up that right and entered into a supplemental agreement with the company pursuant to which the company released the insurer, in relevant part, from "any claim for coverage under any policy of insurance issued by [the insurer] . . . based on, arising out of, or in any way related to the [securities action]." The supplemental release also included an indemnification agreement.
After the settlement of the securities action, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against the company. This later lawsuit alleged violations of ERISA based on materially false Securities and Exchange Commission filings, the mismanagement of finances and divided loyalties. The company successfully moved to dismiss the ERISA action by arguing that "it has already been litigated" and that the securities action release covered the ERISA action because the ERISA claims were based on related underlying acts. The settlement in the securities action had released any claims a class member had "which [arose] out of the facts, transactions, events, occurrences, acts or omissions mentioned or referred to in the Complaint . . ."
The company sought coverage for the ERISA action under the insurer's policy. The insurer agreed to fund the defense under a reservation of rights. The insurer also instituted a declaratory judgment action against the company on the basis that the supplemental release barred coverage for the ERISA action as a claim "in any way related to" the securities action. The district court granted the insurer's motion for summary judgment, concluding that the supplemental release was unambiguous and precluded coverage for the ERISA action. The district court also ruled that the insurer had a right to reimbursement of the defense expenses it had advanced for the ERISA action.
On appeal, the company argued that the supplemental agreement and original agreement should be read in conjunction and that the phrase "in any way related" rendered the supplemental agreement ambiguous. The appellate court noted, however, that the supplemental agreement expressly "supplants and expands" the release in the original agreement. The court examined Indiana case law that interpreted the term "related" to "cover a very broad range of connections, both causal and logical." Applying this definition, the court concluded that the parties had negotiated a broad but unambiguous release, which covered the ERISA action as a related claim and relieved the insurer of its duty to defend. The court noted that the ERISA action and the securities action arose out of the same factual allegations of false reporting, and that the ERISA action had been dismissed because of its relatedness to the settled securities action. The court also affirmed the order granting the insurer indemnification and reimbursement under the supplemental agreement for defense costs advanced for the ERISA action.


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Still In Love With Cap Toe Pumps
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On Wednesday, Maryland will become the 19th state to approve a medical marijuana program.
However, it's unknown as to when the program will begin.
Governor Martin O'Malley's spokeswoman, Raquel Guillory, confirmed Wednesday that the governor will sign the measure at a bill-signing ceremony Thursday.
The bill, known as House Bill 1101, received final approval from the Maryland General Assembly on April 8.
The medical marijuana bill allows academic medical research centers to establish programs to dispense marijuana to sick patients.
Program applications will be required to specify qualifying medical conditions for treatment; treatment duration and dosage; where marijuana would be obtained; sources of funding; and a plan for monitoring data and outcomes.
– Read the entire article at WBAL.com.


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HTC, showcased its latest Android smartphone, HTC One in a limited edition - HTC One Gold edition as part of 18th anniversary of Mobo awards. As per the sources there will be only 5 units of this HTC One Gold limited edition phone available among which one is for the Mobo Awards winner of the best new-commer category. Another highlight is its price which is around £2,750
Coming to the specifications, it sports a 4.7-inch touchscreen Super LCD display with full hd resolution support. It comes powered with a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor with 2GB of RAM and Android Jelly Bean operating system. Speaking about several colors, the HTC One is already debut on market in black, blue, silver, and red color options. It comes with MOBO 18 logo laser etched on the rear of smartphone.
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Dana Milbank in the Washington Post:
Alito, bespectacled, hair askew, suit rumpled and ill-fitting, walked into Sen. Tim Johnson's office this week to pay a courtesy call on the South Dakota Democrat. Sitting in an armchair in the senator's office, Alito forgot to unbutton his suit jacket, causing his tie to stick out and his jacket to bunch up. The judge's pant leg hiked up as he sat, revealing an untied shoelace.
Professor Bainbridge and his commenters object to the story. I'll put in a vote for disagreeing. I don't mind a little gossip in addition to the substance, and I found it humanizing to learn that Alito isn't as smooth as John Roberts.
In the Kremlinology of figuring out what senators are thinking, it's a relevant and interesting detail that Alito is so unkempt—especially since I heard more than one Washington person argue that some of my favorite candidates couldn't hope to be nominated or confirmed because they were too "awkward" to play the political game well.
So long as stories like this are a supplement to, rather than a substitute for, hard journalism, I don't mind. I'd rather have this than another "he said, she said" story misrepresenting Alito's opinion in Casey.


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Pirates Tides of Fortune Review
5 Overall Score
gameplay: 5/10
graphics: 5/10
sound: 5/10
A wide variety of game mechanics and features to explore
The features are pretty much the same as most other games of this type and doesn't offer anything new
We recently took some time out to check out Pirates: Tides of Fortune from Plarium, a free to play browser-based strategy MMO where players build up their own pirate haven and are responsible for acquiring resources, constructing buildings and taking on challenging AI enemies as well as attacking other player strongholds.
Signing up to the game was as simple as a quick registration through the official website and their hitting Play, which took us directly into the game where we were greeted by a lady pirate that acts as our guide, instructing us on the various features of the game.
We started off by having to construct a variety of different buildings to gain access to our ongoing resource production, first and foremost (and most importantly) was our Rum, required to keep our crew happy (which acts like food in other games of this genre). Similarly we created a lumber yard and a mine to place on the available gold vein resources on our island; with these complete we had an income of the three primary resources needed to construct other buildings, units and access other features.
Every building that we constructed required resources and an amount of time before it was completed, though at these early stages it was a manner of seconds as opposed to hours or days, which some of the later game builds and actions can take. We had the chance to instantly complete any builds by spending the Rubies premium currency, which we were earning through completing our tutorial missions as well as levelling up (we took full advantage of this, but if we were playing the game for real would no doubt stockpile these for more important actions).
We were continuously being awarded Rubies, XP and other bonuses such as units and resources for completing the various tasks and quests that were made available to us, each time we completed a quest another would quickly pop up in its place even beyond the tutorial missions. Early in the game it did feel like pop-up after pop up after pop-up, whether giving us character fluff information about a quest, then the instructions of how to conduct the quest, then the rewards for a quest, pop-ups to open this panel, click that panel, etc. The tutorial was probably a little more expensive and informative than it needed to be, these games aren't that complicated, and whilst the quest fluff was nice it was at times a little long winded and we, as we expect most people would, simply skipped over it.
The game has a rather extensive (although slightly linear) technology tree that players will advance down over time unlocking various text that will give them access to new features, buildings and units. One of more interesting elements was that after unlocking a tech, players are still able to upgrade it to improve the rewards from it, offering a lot more customisation for a players Pirate Haven than initially seems. The technology tree however, as with many of the other features, isn't something we haven't seen in dozens of other games in the same genre.
Combat was simple enough and from our experience consisted of clicking one of the viable targets from the ocean overview map that shows any ships nearby as well as all the various strongholds for both NPC AI havens and also those belonging to other players. When attacking one of these areas we are able to send in our chosen units, though this early on our choice was limited, and you are able to get an overview of their vital statistics to gauge how many you may wish to send into the battle. Once the attack is launched it takes the units a certain amount of time to reach the target depending on how far away it is, and then the units will make their way back home with the spoils of the battle if they were successful in their assault.
All in all the game isn't terrible, but unfortunately it as nothing new that we haven't seen done over and over and is the same features from other games simply reskinned and with a different theme. That isn't to say that the game can be formed, particularly for players that haven't played this type of game before, but for anyone who likes the genre and is looking for something new then they're probably going to get the same old experience. The sounds were repetitive, particularly music in the background, but the voice-over pirate mentor guide was well done and we appreciated the pirate accent (though players can switch between various languages including non-pirate English). The graphics were unfortunately quite dated and we'd have expected more even for a browser-based MMO.
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Why don't you report on the way that Plarium has price manipulation encoded, so with every couple of purchases, the minimum price for a package increases? You may get a bit more in the next package but if you can only afford the $4.95 Package they take it away and only give you a $9.90 Package you you can't buy anything. Kinda traps people. Sure it's advertised as a free game, but with all the players spending money, you either have to quit or spend money yourself.


text: FWIW I'll explain my personal case here. Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > [...] it should be done in a constructive way. After all, I doubt that > any Debian derivative out there is doing that on purpose or trying to > deliver patched packages whose sources are unknown. It's more likely > they do not realize that there is a problem, e.g. by assuming that > given that Debian has the sources anyhow they are fine. I could not agree more. I have only been working at OSSIM for a month, but from what I see, even though we don't provide source packages, we do provide access to a full git repo with most of the changes. Changes, OTOH consist mostly of config changes, or small build-time tweaks to provide such or such functionality (not enabled by default in debian for whatever reason). People here are simply too busy and surprisingly unaware of this issue until I mentioned it. There's good will to contribute changes back to debian and upstream, there's simply too few resources. I'll be doing my best to spot the relevant stuff worth being contributed back. People tend to think that Debian "has the sources anyway and we are fine". > Aside, on the derivative guidelines we should mention clearly that not > providing sources is not OK and likely to get derivatives into > trouble. Absolutely. And I'd also not assume bad faith by default. yes, really. -- .''`. Let evolution finish its work : :' : `. `' `- Proudly running Debian GNU/Linux


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I am late, again, in reporting on my journey towards Physical Fitness. I haven't been writing about it, but I have continued to go to the gym 5 days a week and STILL working out as best as I can. Some days have been more difficult than others, but a little push and support from many of my friends, I get to the gym. That's a big step. Once you're there, well, you might as well work out. Right? At least that's what I tell myself!
I can't believe that it's been a year already! That's a year of working out with my Personal Trainer. Actually, it was a year at the beginning of June. What changes have I noticed? Well, there's a whole list. First though, I would like to thank Alwin for sticking with me and helping me to keep going. Has it been easy? By no means. Has it been worth it? Absolutely. There's still a ways to go. There has been some 'sailor' type language, some tears, and a lot of frustration on my part. I guess the frustration is that at times I feel that I have disappointed my Trainer, and myself a little bit. Alwin is very supportive and tries to push the boundaries but my stubborn streak in me has prevailed. I have even managed to get Alwin angry a couple of times. YUP!!! The young man that has been nothing but kind I have managed to frustrate. (Alwin, I truly am sorry for those days).
I have learned what exercises do the most good for me and which are just a fad. I have a lot of fun most days, and I truly enjoy working out. I think that this is extremely important. If you can't have a little bit of fun and enjoy it, you won't stay with the workout. For me, routine is very important. I can give myself an hour early enough in the morning where it doesn't interrupt any work for my clients. I put in my ear plugs for my iPod and away I go. Except on the days when I have a trainer, then it's thinking cap on…ears on alert….and I display as many listening skills that I can muster up. I continue to have a lot of questions.
I have learned that free weights, or resistance training, is the routine that has worked best for me. It challenges my muscular endurance and builds tone, proper from, posture, and coordination. Now, the next step, to look a little leaner, I have to increase the weight (which I have done) to push my muscles to failure under heavier loads (which I have also done).
How important is this journey? Well, for me…it's no longer tedious, but it has become a way of life. There have been a few times that I don't last an hour, but even getting there for 45 minutes is still more than most of us accomplish. I have allowed myself some 'me' time. That was huge. I still am not comfortable exposing myself and my emotions but I am working on that. I still shy away from compliments and feel like an oompa loompa many days. I still shy away from a camera and just want to blend in with my surroundings. Compliments are very difficult for me to accept. I am able to walk up the stairs with clients without huffing and puffing. I don't get tired as quickly. I think my mental sharpness is much better.
I will continue to work at this, but I will not be posting on a regular basis. It will become a small note that I write about when there is a significant change. Yes, I have stalled, or reached a plateau as some may say, and am trying to find something that will trigger the next progression.
If you see me at Life Time Athletics in Mississauga, feel free to say 'hello'. If I'm working out, I will apologize in advance for not stopping. I will nod and give you a smile. You will have to be patient and wait until I'm done the exercise I am doing. I would love to hear your story and how you are doing. I see a lot of successful journeys in that gym.
I continue to wish all of you luck with your journey. It certainly has not been as easy as everyone thinks it is. But, if I can persevere, so can you. Don't give up!!! I haven't. Congratulations to those who have achieved a change…and it doesn't matter how much.
Again, this is just for something different. I'm not just a Realtor but I enjoy life outside my job.
Until next time…let's see what results I can tell you about.
Betty Bart416 427 1875


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Earle Jones, An Inventor's Life
Silicon Minds: After graduating from Georgia Tech in the early 1950s, Earle Jones thought he would merely pursue a graduate degree. "Georgia Tech and Stanford had a close relationship three thousand miles apart," he recalls. "I wanted to go to graduate school, so the guys in Atlanta said, 'go out to this town called Palo Alto.'"
When he arrived the Stanford Research Institute, also known as SRI, was barely 6 years old, where he would immerse himself in technology research for the next 40 years. Pictured in the cover photo are the numbers from SRI's invention called magnetic ink character recognition, originally developed for the Bank of America in 1955 and still in use today. On this edition of Silicon Minds an interview with inventor and SRI researcher Earle Jones.Right click to download this audio file


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Immune checkpoint inhibitors for urothelial cancer: New hope with new options
11 Oct 2016
Platinum-based chemotherapy has been the mainstay of treatment for urothelial cancer; however, targeted biologics are now gaining prominence in this setting. Programmed death-1 (PD-1/PD-L1) checkpoint inhibitors facilitate tumour infiltration by T cells, resulting in targeted destruction by the immune system.
Advancing the treatment of sarcoma
11 Oct 2016
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with three full-dose courses of the anthracycline epirubicin plus ifosfamide has a substantial clinical benefit over 'histology-adapted' chemotherapies in patients with localised high-risk soft tissue sarcomas (STS). These were the findings of a prospective randomised study (third futility analysis) reviewed in a Late-Breaking Abstract presentation at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen by Dr Alessandro Gronchi from Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. In 286 adult STS patients at high risk of relapse, the probability of relapse-free survival (RFS; primary endpoint) at 46 months (median follow-up 12.34 months) was 62% with epirubicin plus ifosfamide versus 38% with histology-driven treatment (p=0.004).
Selumetinib plus docetaxel fails to show significant benefits over docetaxel alone in KRAS-mutant NSCLC
11 Oct 2016
The eagerly awaited first prospective phase III trial in KRAS-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC; N=510), evaluating selumetinib plus docetaxel versus docetaxel alone as second-line treatment ('SELECT-1'), has failed to meet its primary endpoint of improvement in progression-free survival (PFS).
Cabozantinib superior to sunitinib in phase II study of metastatic RCC
11 Oct 2016
Compared with sunitinib, first-line cabozantinib significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and objective response rate (ORR) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). These were the conclusions of a randomised, multicentre phase II trial reported in a Late-Breaking Abstract presentation by Dr Toni Choueiri from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Meta-Analysis Confirms Superiority of Concomitant Over Induction Chemotherapy in Non-Metastatic HNSCC
10 Oct 2016
Patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) achieved prolonged overall survival (OS) when concomitant chemotherapy was administered with local regional treatment (LRT) or radiotherapy, according to findings from a large meta-analysis reported at the ESMO 2016 Congress. However, timing was important, as the survival benefit was not observed with the addition of induction chemotherapy.
Significant Survival Gains from Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for High-risk Soft Tissue Sarcoma
10 Oct 2016
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with an anthracycline plus ifosfamide was associated with significant survival gains in patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the trunk or extremities who are at high-risk of recurrence, found in an interim analysis that led to the early discontinuation of a trial presented at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen.
PD-L1 Expression as a Biomarker for Checkpoint Inhibitors Response in Patients with Advanced Melanoma
10 Oct 2016
A pooled analysis from 3 clinical trials in advanced melanoma shows that while nivolumab and nivolumab plus ipilimumab patients with ?5% PD-L1 tumour expression have similar progression-free survival (PFS), durable response rates were higher for the combination of both agents versus nivolumab alone, across all PD-L1 expression subgroups. Given that treatment-related side effects with the nivolumab plus ipilimumab combination are higher than seen with nivolumab when used alone, there has been interest in whether PD-L1 testing could be used to better understand the benefit risk of both treatment options said Georgina Long, from the Melanoma Institute Australia.
Metformin Significantly Lowers the Risk of Cancer Progression in Patients with Diabetes and Advanced pNETs
10 Oct 2016
A retrospective evaluation of patients receiving treatment for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (pNETs) showed that patients with diabetes had longer progression-free survival (PFS) than non-diabetic (normoglycaemic) patients. Patients treated with metformin for diabetes also had the lowest risk of pNETs progression compared to non-diabetic patients, according to findings reported by an Italian team of investigators at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen.
Longer Disease-free Survival in Phase III Trial of Sunitinib as Adjuvant Treatment for Kidney Cancer
10 Oct 2016
A phase III trial of sunitinib has met its primary endpoint of disease-free survival for adjuvant treatment of high-risk renal cell carcinoma after nephrectomy, researchers reported.
Lenvatinib Shows Promising Activity in Patients with RET-Positive Adenocarcinoma of the Lung
09 Oct 2016
Lenvatinib, a multikinase inhibitor with activity against RET fusions, showed clinical benefit in patients with RET fusion-positive adenocarcinoma of the lung who demonstrated a disease control rate (DCR) of 76%, according to phase II study findings.
Nivolumab Maintains Function and Reduces Symptoms in Relapsed Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
09 Oct 2016
Nivolumab maintains function and reduces symptoms in treating relapsed metastatic head and neck cancer, according to results from the CheckMate 141 trial presented at the ESMO 2016 Congress and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
First-line Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy Significantly Improves Outcomes in Advanced NSCLC
09 Oct 2016
The addition of PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab to standard first-line chemotherapy for treatment-naïve advanced non-small-cell lung cancer significantly improves response rates and progression-free survival.
Ceritinib Provides Longer Progression-free Survival than Chemotherapy in Phase III Trial of ALK Rearranged Lung Cancer Treatment
09 Oct 2016
Ceritinib provides longer progression-free survival than chemotherapy in crizotinib-pre-treated patients with non-small-cell lung cancer harbouring an ALK rearrangement, according to results of the phase III ASCEND-5 study presented at the ESMO 2016 Congress.
Significant Survival Gains with Atezolizumab vs Docetaxel for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
09 Oct 2016
Researchers reported that the first phase III study of PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab in previously-treated non-small-cell lung cancer has seen significant improvements in survival compared to standard chemotherapy.
Niraparib Significantly Improves Outcome of Ovarian Cancer Patients in Landmark Trial
08 Oct 2016
The PARP inhibitor niraparib significantly improves the outcome of platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer, according to full data from the ENGOT-OV16/NOVA trial presented for the first time at the ESMO 2016 Congress. The trial met its primary endpoint, with niraparib considerably prolonging progression-free survival compared to placebo.
Targeting Estrogen Receptor Fulvestrant Improves Progression-free Survival in Advanced Breast Cancer
08 Oct 2016
Fulvestrant significantly increases progression-free survival in women with hormone-receptor-positive advanced breast cancer, particularly those with less aggressive lower-volume disease, researchers reported.
Ipilimumab as Adjuvant Therapy Improves Overall Survival in High Risk Stage III Melanoma
08 Oct 2016
Ipilimumab as adjuvant therapy significantly improves overall survival in patients with high risk stage III melanoma, according to the EORTC 18071 phase III trial results presented for the first time.
Ribociclib Improves Progression-free Survival in Advanced Breast Cancer
08 Oct 2016
Researchers reported that the addition of the CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib to letrozole therapy significantly improves progression-free survival in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer.
Immunotherapy Shows Promising Results in First and Second Line Treatment of Metastatic Bladder Cancer
08 Oct 2016
Immunotherapy has shown promising results in first and second line treatment of metastatic bladder cancer in two phase II trials presented at the ESMO 2016 Congress.
Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy Prior to Surgery is Safe and Feasible in Early Lung Cancer
07 Oct 2016
Neoadjuvant immunotherapy with the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab is safe and feasible prior to surgery for early lung cancer, researchers reported.Top News from ESMO 2016 last edit: 2016-10-11T13:19:57+00:00 da