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As recently as Monday, there appeared to be no way the Packers would give Favre what they suspect he's wanted all along: A one-way ticket to Minnesota. Packers general manager Ted Thompson said earlier this week that he would not consider trading Favre to one of its NFC North division rivals.
But with Favre poised for reinstatement and potentially ready to show up in Green Bay on Friday to turn training camp into a circus, team officials might be willing to do just about anything. There were multiple reports Wednesday night that the team had offered to pay Favre up to $20 million to stay retired.
Thompson and other Packers officials did not immediately return telephone messages left by The Associated Press. The Packers did not have a public practice or media availability scheduled Thursday.
The team resumes practice Friday - and Favre might be back with them, unless something can be worked out soon.
Favre, who retired in March, filed a letter on Tuesday requesting reinstatement from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. The commissioner has waited to approve the request in hopes that Favre and the Packers could work out a resolution.
But that hasn't happened yet, even after team president and CEO Mark Murphy traveled to Mississippi on Wednesday to meet with Favre and agent James "Bus" Cook.
Favre was not seen working out with players Thursday at Oak Grove High School, something he has been doing in recent weeks to stay in shape.
Favre and Cook have maintained publicly that Favre's preference is to play for Green Bay. But they also have asked the Packers to release Favre from his contract, which would allow him to sign with any team. The Packers hold Favre's rights until his current contract expires after the 2010 season.
It is widely believed Favre would be willing to play for the Vikings. In filing tampering charges with the NFL against the Vikings two weeks ago, Packers officials expressed a belief that Vikings coaches had inappropriate contact with Favre - and interest from the Vikings was the main reason behind Favre's last-minute desire to return.
Favre isn't believed to have much interest in playing for Chicago, but the most recent developments in the Favre saga got a reaction in Bears training camp.
"I really don't know anything about (the reports)," Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner said. "I went back to the room after meetings, heard it, saw it, just kind of chuckled because I have no idea where it came from. I have no idea where those stories come from."
Turner said he didn't want to talk about Favre because the Bears feel good about quarterbacks Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton. But Turner acknowledged that the smoldering controversy is hard to ignore.
"I am amazed by it," Turner said. "You don't know where it comes from. It seems like it's something different everyday."
Bears cornerback Nathan Vasher was surprised to hear that the Packers might consider trading Favre within the division.
"I had no clue," Vasher said. "I thought that would be something they wouldn't do or try to stay away from. As far as here, I like the guys we have behind center right now in Kyle and Rex, and I think those guys can definitely take us through."


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Women Lawyers: It's Time to Force the Fix
This just in from the Harvard Business Review (not Mother Jones)
No area of the business world is more illogically gender imbalanced than law firms. Every year, top law firms recruit 60% female and 40% male law graduates into their practices. Within two years, their female majorities begin to leave. The percentage of female equity partners is now 17% in the top 100 US law firms.
The solution?
Support and Promote Your Damn Women.
The National Association of Women Lawyers' [2012] report is pretty clear: "[F]ix the women" approaches have not delivered. Instead, [the head of the number five firm in France] tackled the problem personally.
What did he do?
He insisted on gender parity from the beginning. He personally ensured that the best assignments were evenly awarded between men and women. He tracked promotions and compensation to ensure parity. If there was a gap, he asked why. He put his best female lawyers on some of his toughest cases. When clients objected, he personally called them up and asked them to give the lawyer three months to prove herself. In every case, the client was quick to agree and managed to overcome the initial gender bias.
The AmLaw Could Fix This If They Gave a Flying Tamale
The most dispiriting part of this article is the fact thatclients objected to having a woman lawyer assigned to their case in 2014.
This was my own precise experience in 1983 and 1984. That's right, thirty years ago, clients of my firm on at least two occasions objected to my being assigned to their cases. These were farmers! Well, agribusiness, but farmers nevertheless.
The assigning partner's repeated response was this:
If you don't want Vickie Pynchon assigned to your case, you don't want this firm representing you because she's the best associate I have.
This was flattering, of course, but I never actually believed I was the firm's best associate. What I knew was that I was plenty good enough and that the partner in charge had my back. I've never forgotten his support. And either because I was a better young associate than I believed myself to be or the clients' expectations were abysmally low, they quickly came to the conclusion that I was an unbelievably great attorney.
In one case, six of our clients came to witness my first deposition in the case.
Pressure, much?
They were passing me notes on questions I should be asking and somewhere in hour two, I turned one of the torn bits of paper over. It said, "wow! she's great!" I was a third or fourth year associate ladies and gentlemen. I could have been good but it's highly unlikely I was "great." What I was was plenty good enough.
It only takes one experience for law firm clients to acclimate themselves to women attorneys or to simply to see them as worthy players in the field.
The "Internal" Problem Will Vanish When the Opportunities Are Equal
I was telling this story to my great good friend Gloria Feldt of Take the Lead and she said, "but you should see the studies [or statistics] about women's internal barriers. It's not just the external ones." To which I replied, "but women will turn on a dime!"
After all, I decided to go to law school when Gary Trudeau of the Doonesbury strip sent a cartoon character, Joanie Caucus, to law school. It had never previously occurred to me that law school was an option for women. The following day I went to the University book store and bought an LSAT study guide. The following day. That was 1973 or 1974. By the time I joined the U.C Davis School of Law Class of 1980, fifty percent of my fellow students were women.
There's no pipeline problem here and there hasn't been for 30 years. There's nothing wrong with women lawyers period, let alone those who graduate from the best law schools in the country (Harvard, Yale, Stanford) in the same percentage as their male peers.
And according to the Harvard Business Review, the women who leave the AmLaw200 do not decide it's time to go home and bake cookies. They leave the AmLaw to go in-house, join regulatory agencies or found their own small firms.
It's Time for a Brown vs. Board of Education for Women
Some time ago, I wrote over at Forbes that it's time for a Brown vs. Board of Education for women.
How long will we allow these injustices to persist? How long will it take American law firms to learn that they are not simply failing a social justice test, they're failing the management of their human resources - the only resources they have. As a result, they are also simply failing, as in collapsing from their own mismanagement. See, Another Billion Dollar Firm Bites the Dust at over at Forbes.
C'mon. Aren't you fed up with this? Is anyone paying attention?
Let's find someone willing to file a class action. It's far past time to get angry. It's time to literally get even. It's time for parity. And no Potemkin Village women initiatives or diversity programs will deliver parity. Ever. Because no one but the very few women who stay in the AmLaw actually cares.


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In honor of the Hour of Code taking place this week and next across the world, 5th graders in Ms. Laya's English Language Arts class spent an hour last Friday learning another language: the basics of JavaScript, in the computer lab with Mr. Nelson.
Students were first directed to learn about JavaScript from Code Academy, where they learned how to write simple commands, such as finding the number of characters in their name: "Name".length as well as creating a prompt window in Google Chrome: prompt("Enter Answer");
Once students had mastered some of these basics of JavaScript, they then practiced typing code in Code Monster. This Friday students will return to the computer lab for a second session of programming with JavaScript, and we'll see if they can get to learning how to program booleans.
Below are a few pictures taken during Friday's class, and if you're interested in learning more about the Hour of Code, contact Mr. Nelson.


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F. Scott Fitzgerald is an icon of American literature. Fitzgerald attended Princeton, dropping out in 1917 to join the Army. In 1927 he wrote an essay about the University that he loved.
Fitzgerald: My Lost City: Personal Essays, 1920-1940 (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald) is a 340 page hardcover book, published in 2005. Twice during the last decade of his life, in 1934 and 1936, F. Scott Fitzgerald proposed a collection of his personal essays to Maxwell Perkins, his editor at Charles Scribner's Sons. Perkins was unenthusiastic on both occasions and Fitzgerald dies in 1940 without having put his best essays between hard cover. Fortunately, Fitzgerald left behind a table of contents, and with this list as a guide it has been possible to publish this book the collection he envisioned.
The book includes a chapter on Princeton written in 1927. Fitzgerald writes, "Princeton is in the flat midlands of New Jersey, rising, a green Phoenix, out of the ugliest country in the world. Sordid Trenton sweats and festers a few miles south; northward are Elizabeth and the Erie Railroad and the suburban slums of New York; westward are the dreary upper purlieus of the Delaware River. But around Princeton, shielding her, is a ring of silence–certified milk dairies, great estates packed with peacocks and deer parks, pleasant farms and woodlands which we paced off and mapped down in the spring of 1917 in preparation for the war. The busy East has already dropped away when the branch line train rattles familiarly from the junction. Two tall spires and then suddenly all around you spreads out the loveliest riot of Gothic architecture in America, battlement linked on to battlement, hall to hall, arch-broken, vine-covered–luxuriant and lovely over two square miles of green grass. Hers is no monotony, no feel that it was all built yesterday at the whim of last week's millionaire; Nassau Hall was already twenty years old when Hessian bullets pierced its sides."
The Princeton chapter gives an interesting look at the pre-war University and its mores and traditions. He delves into the eating clubs and the admissions process, which is quite different than today's.
The book is an undiscovered gem. Other chapters include his recollections of New York City, women and his philosophy of life. We have a nice selection of Princeton memorabilia on our website including My Lost City:


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- Methodology
- Open Access
Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cell therapy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: efficacy and safety
- Yue Ma1,
- Ying-Chun Xu1,
- Lei Tang1,
- Zan Zhang1,
- Jian Wang2Email author and
- Hong-Xia Wang1Email author
© Ma et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012
- Received: 22 February 2012
- Accepted: 26 April 2012
- Published: 26 April 2012
To evaluate the efficacy of cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cell therapy in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Materials and methods
Randomized phase II and III trials on CIK cell-based therapy were identified by electronic searches using a combination of "hepatocellular carcinoma" and "cytokine-induced killer cells".
The analysis showed significant survival benefit (one-year survival, p < 0.001; two-year survival, p < 0.001; median overall survival, p < 0.001) in favor of CIK-based therapy. Comparison of CIK group versus non-CIK group resulted in a significantly prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) (p < 0.01). A favored disease control rate (DCR) and overall response rate (ORR) were also observed in patients receiving CIK cell therapy (p < 0.01). Meanwhile, patients in the CIK group showed better quality of life (QoL), diminished HBV-DNA content and AFP level (p < 0.01). Comparing T-lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood, the analysis showed the ratio of CD3+, CD4+, CD4+CD8+ and CD3+CD4+ T cells significantly increased in the CIK group, compared with the non-CIK group (p < 0.01).
CIK cell therapy demonstrated a significant superiority in prolonging the median overall survival, PFS, DCR, ORR and QoL of HCC patients. These results support further larger scale randomized controlled trials for HCC patients with or without the combination of other therapeutic methods.
- Cytokine-induced killer cells
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Clinical trial
- Meta-analysis
- Therapy
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cancer globally, with a poor prognosis and limited systemic treatment options [1]. In men, it is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and the third-leading cause of cancer-related death [2]. HCC is resistant to conventional chemotherapy and is insensitive to radiotherapy. Surgery, transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) are considered as the main treatments for HCC today [3]. However, the recurrence rate is still high, and long-term survival is unsatisfactory, as approximately 80% of patients die within a year of diagnosis. After curative resection or transplantation, tumor recurrence rate can be as high as 25% per year. Although some centers have reported excellent long-term results, survival after hepatic resection or transplantation is as low as 50% at 3 years and 20%-30% at 5 years [4]. Therefore, finding effective methods to strengthen treatment efficacy and prevent recurrence is an important issue in HCC therapy.
Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells, which are non-major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted CD3+CD56+ T cells, take advantage of the body's natural ability to eliminate tumor cells by stimulating and restoring the immune system to recognize and kill tumor cells [5]. Majority of CIK cells express T cell receptors, and others express NK cell markers. CIK cells are generated by incubating mononuclear cells from peripheral blood, bone marrow or cord blood with various types of additions. Current protocols to differentiate CIK cells are based on a combination of interferon (IFN)-γ on day 1 of culture, followed by CD3 monoclonal antibody (CD3McAb), interleukin2 (IL2), interleukin1 (ILl) 24 hours later [6, 7]. CIK cells have higher proliferation rate, cytolytic activities and non-MHC-restricted killing of tumor cells in comparison with lymphokine-activated killer cells (LAK cells) which are essentially activated by natural killer (NK) cells [8, 9].
Clinical studies indicated that autologous CIK cell therapy could be used as an efficient adjuvant anticancer immunotherapy to eradicate residual cancer cells, prevent recurrence, improve progression-free survival (PFS) rates, and promote the quality of life (QoL) for cancer patients [10–14]. Therefore, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) to assess the efficacy and tolerability of CIK cells in the treatment of patients with HCC.
Materials and methods
Study design, search strategy, and eligibility criteria
Trials were identified by electronic searches in the PubMed database, the Cochrane Central Registry of Controlled Trials, the Wanfang Database, the China Science and Technology Periodical Database, China Journal Net, reference lists of published trials and relevant review articles. The search strategy included the medical subject headings of "hepatocellular carcinoma", "cytokine-induced killer cells" and free text searches. No language limits were applied. Initial searches were performed in August 2011, with updates in February 2012. In addition, we contacted drug manufacturers, asked experts in the field, and performed manual searches in reference lists, conference proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meetings and the European Cancer Conference (ECCO). We excluded abstracts that were never subsequently published as full papers and studies on animals.
Data collection
We gathered information including authors' names, journal and year of publication, sample size per arm, performance status (PS score), regimen used, median age of patients, and information pertaining to study design (whether the trial reported the mode of randomization, allocation concealment, description of withdrawals per arm, and blinding) for the trials included in the study. Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this report and any accompanying images.
Definition of outcome measures
Overall survival (OS) and the PFS were the primary outcome measure. OS was defined as the time from the initiation of treatment until death from any cause. PFS was defined as the time from the initiation of treatment to the first observation of disease progression or death from any cause. The secondary endpoints were the overall response rate (ORR) and disease control rate (DCR). Toxicity was graded according to the NCI Common Toxicity Criteria. QoL was assessed by the Karnofsky performance status (KPS) [15].
Statistical analysis
The analysis was performed using a Review Manager Version 5.0 (Nordic Cochran Centre, Copenhagen). We defined a statistical test with a p value less than 0.05 as significant. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) as relevant effect measures were estimated directly or indirectly from the given data. Where they were not provided, they were estimated indirectly from other summary statistics or from the data extracted from published Kaplan-Meier curves. To assess statistical heterogeneity among trials, the Cochran's chi-square test (Q test) was performed, with a predefined significance threshold of 0.05. If the Q test was statistical significant (p < 0.05), a random effects meta-analysis was performed; otherwise, a fixed effect model was used. All reported p values result from two-sided versions of the respective tests. The revision of funnel plots did not reveal any considerable publication bias.
Selection of the trials
Characteristics of CIK cell-based therapy
Clinical information of the eligible trials for the meta-analysis
No. of pts
Regimens (per arm)
No. of pts
CIK Regimens
Culture of CIK cell
Dong 2009 [24]
CIK (3 course)
41 (31)
1.0-2.0 × 1010 per course
CM, IFN-γ, CD3McAb, IL-1a, IL-2
CIK (6 course)
43 (32)
Surgery only
43 (34)
Weng 2008 [20]
45 (31)
1.0-1.5 × 1010 per course
CM, IFN-γ, CD3McAb, IL-1a, IL-2
40 (29)
Zhao 2006 [21]
31 (29)
1.1-1.5 × 1010 per course
CM, IFN-γ, CD3McAb, IL-1a, IL-2
33 (30)
Pan 2010 [22]
42 (37)
> 1.0 × 1010 per course
CM, IFN-γ, CD3McAb, IL-1a, IL-2
41 (34)
Hao 2010 [19]
74 (64)
1.0-5.0 × 1010 per course
SFM, IFN-γ, CD3McAb, IL-1a, IL-2
72 (65)
Lu 2008 [25]
1.6 × 1010 per course
SFM, IFN-γ, CD3McAb, IL-1a, IL-2
Surgery alone
Zhang 2007 [16]
8.0 × 109 per course
CM, IFN-γ, CD3McAb, IL-1a, IL-2
Guo 2007 [17]
1.0-1.2 × 1010 per course
CM, IFN-γ, CD3McAb, IL-1a, IL-2
Zhang 2006 [27]
1.0-1.2 × 1010 per course
CM, IFN-γ, CD3McAb, IL-1a IL-2
Shi 2007 [28]
1.0-1.2 × 1010 per course
CM, IFN-γ, CD3McAb, IL-1a, IL-2
Hao 2006 [18]
21 (17)
1.0-5.0 × 1010 per course
CM, IFN-γ, CD3McAb, IL-1a, IL-2
46 (45)
Wan 2008 [23]
34 (23)
1.0 × 1010 per course
CM, IFN-γ, CD3McAb, IL-1a, IL-2
27 (18)
Yu 2009 [26]
25 (22)
1.0-1.2 × 1010 per course
CM, IFN-γ, CD3McAb, IL-1a, IL-2
Surgery alone
25 (23)
The CIK cells for all trials were prepared from peripheral blood. The number of CIK cells transfused into patients in these studies ranged from 8.0 × 109 to 5.0 × 1010 per course. The patient information from two groups (CIK cell therapy and non-CIK cell therapy) of the trials such as gender and CIK cell dose were analysed by χ2 test. There was no statistically significant difference between groups (p > 0.05). Different article-origin of the patient information in each group did not interfere with the results of meta-analysis.
Response rate
In the subgroup analysis, a significantly prolonged DCR (OR = 0.08, 95% CI: 0.02 to 0.40, p = 0.002) and ORR (OR = 0.36, 95% CI: 0.17-0.72, p = 0.004) were observed in the patients treated with CIK combined TACE therapy compared with those treated with TACE combined PEI therapy.
Toxicity, HBV-DNA content and plasma AFP
In most trials, slight fever and chills could be seen, and the body temperature varied from 37.5°C to 39.0°C within 24 hours after CIK cell transfusion. The overall OR of 0.07 (95% CI: 0.01 to 0.53) demonstrated that the incidence of fever in the CIK therapy group was significantly higher than those in the non-CIK group (p = 0.01).
Fever, improvement of QoL and HBV-DNA in trials included in the analysis
No. of pts (%)
p value
Non - CIK
0.01 - 0.53
QOL improvement
0.16 - 0.64
QOL stability
1.22 - 5.20
QOL deterioration
0.79 - 10.64
HBV-DNA (> 1 × 103 copy/ml)
5.21 - 145.15
< 0.010
Comparison of T-lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood
Immunophenotype assessment in different therapy group
T cell
No. of trials
No. of patients
p value
-1.13 to -0.45
< 0.001
-2.70 to -1.3
< 0.001
2.43 to 3.67
< 0.001
-2.10 to -1.56
< 0.001
0.03 to 0.05
< 0.001
-2.27 to -1.76
< 0.001
According to research in recent years, HCC patients have some immune dysfunctions, including those in innate and adaptive immune responses [29]. It has been reported that interferon therapy appeared to decrease recurrence rate after resection of hepatitis C virus or hepatitis B virus-related HCC in some randomized controlled trials. Tumor immunological studies show that cellular immunity of cancer patients is closely related to the occurrence and development of cancers. Cytokine immunotherapy not only has fewer side effects but also can avoid tumor dysimmunity and specific tolerance of tumor antigen. With the rapid advance of molecular biology technology, the application of immunotherapy combined with surgery or interventional therapy is thought to be promising strategy of HCC treatment.
Schmidt-Wolf et al. [5] first reported that CIK cells had a strong anti-proliferative capacity and cytotoxicity on tumor cells. Further studies have demonstrated that CIK cells, which are lymphocytes induced by many cytokines [30], have better anti-tumor effects compared with LAK cells (lymphocytes activated by IL-2 alone). Our analysis showed that CIK cell therapy was associated with significantly prolonged one-year and two-year survival, OS and PFS, but had no effect on half-year survival (p = 0.45). A favored DCR and ORR were also observed in patients receiving CIK cell therapy (p < 0.01). The mechanism of anti-tumor activity of CIK cells is still unclear. Schmidt-Wolf et al. [31] demonstrated that perforin-mediated pathways possibly play an important role in CIK cells induced tumor cell killing effect.
The study also indicated that patients receiving CIK cell therapy had improved QoL compared with patients in the non-CIK group (p < 0.01). Although CIK group was associated with more fevers (p = 0.01). However, fever after CIK cell transfusion was light in most trials and lasted only 24 hours or less. In biological treatments, moderate fever is considered to be a normal reaction of immune function and beneficial to treatment [32].
We also observed that the HBV-DNA and AFP levels decreased significantly in the CIK group (p < 0.01). Hepatitis B virus infection can lead to hepatic sclerosis and HCC. AFP is currently widely recognized as a tumor-related prognosis antigen for HCC. HCC patients with high levels of HBV-DNA and AFP have a poor prognosis [33, 34]. Concomitant infection with HBV and impairment from hepatic sclerosis in the hepatic parenchyma lead to an increase of AFP levels [35, 36]. The reduction of AFP content and HBV-DNA content contribute to preventing the short-term recurrence of HCC and prolonging patients' survival time.
Targeting of the human immune system against tumor mainly depends on cellular immunity. CD4+ T cells are considered to have a predefined role as a helper T cell within the immune system, providing help in recruiting CD8+ T cells and activating macrophages through IFN-γ production. It has been demonstrated that cytotoxicity against tumor is dependent on an appropriate CD4+ and CD8+ T cell interaction. The ratios of T lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood are usually disordered in tumor patients [37, 38]. The analysis showed the percentage of CD3+, CD4+ and CD3+CD4+ T cells significantly increased in the CIK group, compared with the non-CIK group, but the percentage of CD8+ and CD3+CD8+ T cells significantly decreased in the CIK group, compared with non-CIK group (p < 0.001). The percentage of CD4+ T cells significantly increased, CD8+ T cells significantly decreased, and thus the ratio of CD4+/CD8+ increased. Therefore, immune suppression was attenuated, enhancing the immune system's tumor clearance ability.
In present study, CIK cells were cultured in complete medium (CM) supplemented with human blood serum in eleven trials, and other two trials used serum-free medium (SFM) to culture CIK cells. Mitomycin, cisplatin, anthracycline and lipiodol were used for TACE. Most studies showed that the culture of CIK cells amplified more and produced more IFN-γ, IL-4, or IL-5 in CM than in SFM [39, 40]. Our analysis showed that half-year PFS, one-year PFS, one-year survival in the CM were 93.6%, 85.3%, 84.2% which differ significantly from the 72.2%, 40.3%, 72.2% in CIK cells cultured in the SFM. However, half-year survival (68.5%) and two-year survival in the CM (51.5%) were lower than those in SFM group (90.3%, 72.2%).
The present meta-analysis was not based on individual patient data and was not subjected to an open external evaluation procedure. Therefore, the analysis is limited in that the use of published data may have led to an over-estimation of the treatment effects. With respect to both response and survival, we could not limit our analysis to intention-to-treat populations as the total number of patients randomized per arm was not always reported. Therefore, for consistency among studies, we elected to use the assessable patients for our analysis. Moreover, all the selected trials in present study were conducted in Asia, lacking multinational larger sample multicenter clinic research with sufficient statistical power. In order to solve this problem, a larger scale international multicenter randomized clinical trial should be conducted in the near future.
Taken together, the CIK cells were prepared after in vitro priming and were transfused into patients with HCC. These early results appear very promising, and the side effects related to CIK cell transfusion were few. It will hopefully lead to more large and controlled clinical trials in these settings.
CIK cell therapy demonstrated a significant superiority in prolonging the OS, PFS, DCR, ORR and QoL of HCC patients compared with non-CIK therapy. These observations support further larger scale RCTs to evaluate the efficacy of CIK cell therapy in the treatment of HCC with or without the combination of other therapeutic methods.
This study was supported by Shanghai Municipal Natural Science Foundation (Project Number: 09ZR1417900), Leading academic discipline project of Shanghai Municipal Education Committee (Project Number: J50208), Shanghai Pujiang Program (Project Number: 11PJ1406500), and the National Natural Science Funds (Project Number: 81102015).
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Jesus عليه السلام and Christianity
The Qur'an and hadith bear no opposition to Christianity. They do, however, take issue with particular Christian creeds, claiming that the fundamental teachings of Jesus عليه السلام have been altered over time. Nonetheless, the foundational miracle of Christianity -the Virgin Birth- is as celebrated in the Qur'an as it is in the Gospels. The nineteenth chapter of the Qur'an, named after the Virgin Mary, gives a detailed account of this seminal event:
And mention in the Book [the story of] Mary,
when she withdrew from her people to an eastern place,
secluding herself from them.
Then We sent to her Our spirit [Gabriel]
who appeared to her as a man.
She said, "Truly I seek refuge in the All-Merciful from you,
if you be God-fearing."
He said, "I am but a messenger from your Lord,
to give you a sinless son."
She said, "How shall there be a son to me
when no men has touched me, nor have I been unchaste?"
He said, "Thus says your Lord, 'That is easy for Me,
and We will make him a sign for the people and a mercy from Us.
It is a thing decreed.'" (19 : 16 – 21)
Because he was born from the spirit breathed into the virgin womb, Jesus عليه السلام is referred to in the Qur'an as the "Word of God". While in Christianity this is believed to make him divine, in Islam this is considered to make him free of sin. He is thus another of God's many messengers, but one whose entire life was a miracle. Whereas most other prophets began to receive revelations at the age of forty, Jesus عليه السلام spoke as soon as he was born, saying,
Truly I am a servant of God,
He gave me the book and made me a prophet.
He has made me blessed wherever I may be,
and has prescribed prayer and alms so long as I live. (19 : 29)
For Muslims, Jesus عليه السلام is thus like Adam عليه السلام:
The likeness of Jesus before God is as that of Adam.
He created him from dust and then said to him "Be,"
so he was. (3 : 58)
The incomparable event of the divine word manifesting itself in the life of Jesus عليه السلام is beyond the pale of rational understanding. It is no surprise that it sparks great debate both within Christianity and between Christians and Muslims. There is in fact no single position in Islam regarding the prophecy of Jesus عليه السلام that was not at some point or another held by particular Christian communities. The discussion of Jesus عليه السلام in the Qur'an can therefore be viewed as divine proclamations regarding an ongoing religious debate. Foremost among the disputes between Christians and Muslims are the divinity and crucifixion of Jesus عليه السلام, both of which Islam rejects.
The Christian trinity is a matter of debate as well, but here the Qur'an states that those who claim that God is one of three have disbelieved; however, traditional Trinitarian theology does not make God one of three but rather speaks of the triune God, who is both one and three in a manner that transcends human understanding. There are, nonetheless, Christian theologians, such as Meister Eckhardt, who have spoken of the Godhead beyond the trinity. By reflecting upon their understanding of the divine names and qualities, Muslims can attain a greater appreciation of the theological possibilities inherent within the trinity, while avoiding types of superficial, simplistic thinking that they would never accept as a basis for judging the veracity of Islamic doctrines.
While almost all of the theological differences between Muslims and Christians can be understood through theological or metaphysical explanations, the issue that most separates Christianity and Islam is the understanding of the death and resurrection of Jesus عليه السلام. For Christians, Jesus عليه السلام took on the sins of all humankind and was crucified for their salvation. Then he arose on the third day and was assumed into the havens, where he is now seated at the right hand of the Father. For most CHristians, denying this is akin to rejecting God's sacrifice of His only son for all mankind and thus to rejecting salvation itself. But the Qur'an states,
They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him,
but it was made to appear so unto them.
Those who differ regarding it are in doubt about it.
They have no knowledge regarding it,
save following conjecture.
They certainly did not kill him. (4 : 157)
Most Muslims now view this verse as a straightforward denial of the crucifixion. But the phrase "but it was made to appear to them" has produced centuries of debate among Qur'anic commentators. One famous commentator, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, even allows that the body may have been killed while the spirit was spared. There are in fact many positions within the Islamic exegetical tradition that could help Muslims and Christians reach a more common ground. Moreover, Nestorian and Melkite Christians have claimed that the outer nature of Jesus عليه السلام was killed but his inner nature was not. This is an aspect about which both Muslims and Christians must fully examine the possibilities of their own traditions before condemning one another because of a narrow understanding of doctrine and orthodoxy. Just as light can be seen as either particles or waves, but not both at the same time, so too can a historical event have two very different interpretations in different religious universes.
The Return
When asked, "Who is the most intelligent and noble of men O Messenger of God?" The Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم replied, "The most diligent in recalling death and the one who is best prepared for it."[1] In another hadith he said, "The intelligent man is he who judges himself and acts for what follows death."[2] Remembrance of death is considered a mark of intelligence because it implies that one is aware of his or her true human nature, the spirit that existed before this world and will continue in the world to come. From a religious perspective, to not be prepared for death is like failing to prepare for retirement or failing to prepare one's children for the responsibilities of adulthood. However, the potential consequences of neglecting one's spiritual responsibilities are far greater than any of those regarding the neglect of worldly responsibilities.
Because the end of our earthly existence is inevitable, the Qur'an continually reminds us that, Every soul tastes death (3 : 185, 21 : 35, 29 : 57) and that all humans will meet God:
O human being!
You are laboring laboriously unto your Lord,
and shall encounter Him. (84 : 6)
It also reminds us that we will be judged based upon our behavior in this world:
Surely the death from which you flee will overtake you.
Then you will be taken back to the Knower of the Unseen and
the Visible, and He will tell you what you have been doing. (62 : 8)
But death is not so much an end as it is a rebirth, a return to our original abode:
As He originated you, so will you return. (7 : 29)
Indeed, all that exists returns to God:
To God belongs everything in the heavens and the earth,
and all things are taken back to Him. (3 : 109)
The life of this world is thus viewed as a test that will determine the nature of our return and of our existence in the world to come:
He originates creation, then He makes it return,
so that He may justly compensate those who have faith
and do wholesome deeds. (10 : 4)
The aspect of death and return is alluded to in the Hadith of Gabriel عليه السلام through the mention of the Last Day. But it entails much more, for to believe in the Last Day is to accept that our earthly existence is but one stage of our immortal existence. The Last Day marks a passage from one stage of existence to another. These stages total five: pre-earthly, earthly, the grave, Resurrection and Judgment, and the final abode. They are all alluded to in the Qur'an:
How can you disbelieve in God
when you were dead and He gave you life?
Then He prescribes Death, then He gives you life.
Then you return to Him. (2 : 28)
The beginning and end of each of these stages is marked by a momentous passage. The end of our current stage appears as a death, but it will appear as a birth as we enter the next stage.
The Qur'anic discussion of our pre-earthly existence is brief and allusive, for it is not as important that we know where we have been as it is that we prepare for where we are going. One verse refers to a pre-temporal covenant ('ahd) that all human beings are said to have made with God:
And when your Lord took from the children of Adam,
from their loins, their seed,
and made them testify against themselves,
"Am I not your Lord?"
They said, "Indeed, we testify."
Lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection,
"Of this we were unaware." (7 : 172)
This is referred to by some as the Day of the Covenant. To abide by this covenant in this world is to bear witness that there is no deity but God and that God is our Lord. All prophets have been sent to renew this covenant so no one will be able to say, "Of this we were unaware." The nature of our passage from the life on earth to the next will be determined by the degree to which we have observed the covenant. As God says,
Be true to My covenant,
I will be true to your covenant. (2 : 40)
Those engrossed in worldly life often have an aversion to death because of their intuition of what is to transpire, while those who are aware of the larger scope of human existence accept, prepare for, and even look forward to death. In distinguishing between these dispositions, the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "The world is the prison of the believer and the paradise of the unbeliever."[3]
Imam 'Ali bin Abi Talib رضي الله عنه has said, "People are sleeping and then they awake."[4] Upon death the first thing the human being becomes aware of its his or her good and bad deeds. No longer veiled by worldly distractions and conceits, one comes to know how he or she truly lived. Thus God says,
Sufficient for you today is your own soul as a reckoner. (27 : 15)
In knowing the nature of our deeds, we will know what reward or punishment is merited. After death and before burial, the soul remains attached to the body and aware of all that transpires around it. In anticipation of the rewards to come, one who has been relieved by the good witnessed upon death will hasten those who carry the funeral bier. All who are buried are said to experience the constriction of the grave (qabd al-qabr), after which two angels, Munkar عليه السلام and Nakir عليه السلام, will ask, "Who is your Lord? What is your way?" and "Who is your prophet?" Based upon the answers and what has been recorded of one's deeds, the grave will become either "a meadow of the meadows of paradise, or a pit of the pits of the fire."[5]
This period in the grave is the third stage of human existence. People will dwell there until the fourth stage, the Resurrection that occurs on the Last Day. Until that time they remain aware of some events in this world, even saying prayers for relations who have yet to die and awaiting loved ones as they too pass to the grave. Here some dwell in a quasi-paradisial state where they delight in expectation of the greater joy they will experience after the Last Day. The less fortunate suffer in a quasi-infernal state, imprisoned in their own conceits until the Day of Resurrection when they experience the fury of hell. The experience of the grave is thus referred to as the lesser resurrection while that of the Last Day is referred to as the greater resurrection. The latter is the point at which the whole of the earth ceases to exist:
On a day in which the earth shall be changed
to other than the earth, and the heavens,
and they come forth to God, the One, the Severe. (14 : 48)
In the Qur'an this event is often referred to as the Hour:
The hour is coming no doubt
and God shall raise up whosoever is in the graves. (22 : 17)
At this point, all of humanity will be gathered together as they were on the Day of the Covenant. Then all will cross a bridge (sirat) said to be as fine as a hair and as sharp as a sword:
The first to cross to safety, swifter than lightning, shall be seventy-thousand believers whose faces are as radiant as the full moon. Their privilege will be to enter paradise without having to submit to the Judgment. They shall be followed by others whose faces are as bright as the brightest stars in the night sky; they will cross as swiftly as the wind. Then others will arrive who shall cross as rapidly as birds fly, others as purebred horses, and others still slower, until those who shall crawl across, some of them slipping into the furnace. Those who reach the other side safely will then implore God, asking for mercy for their brothers who have fallen into the fire.[6]
All who remain are then judged -the good will be separated from the evil, the latter being sent to hell, the former to paradise. These two abodes are contrasted in the Qur'an:
This is the similitude of paradise
which the God-wary have been promised:
Therein are rivers of water incorruptible
rivers of milk unchanging in flavor
and rivers of wine -a delight to the drinkers
and rivers too of purified honey …
Are they as those who dwell forever in the fire,
such as are given to drink boiling water
that tears apart the bowels? (47 : 15)
Nonetheless, several hadith tell of God's continuing mercy, for as God says, Truly My mercy encompasses all things (7 : 156).
In the most famous of these, the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم relates that God allows all of the prophets and pious believers to intercede on behalf of others. Then God tells the angels to save anyone with even "half an ant's weight of good in his heart." Then God will say, "The angels have interceded, the prophets have interceded, the believers have interceded. None remains save the Most Merciful of the Merciful." Then God will take a handful from the fire, purify them of their sins and deliver them into paradise, declaring, "Henceforth, I will never be wrathful against you again."[7]
[1] Ibid. p. 620, no. 4259
[2] Imam Abu 'Isa Muhammad b. 'Isa al-Tirmidhi, Jami' al-Tirmidhi (Riyadh: Dar al-Salam, 1999 CE / 1420 AH), p. 560, no. 2459
[3] Muslim, p. 1238, no. 2956
[4] See al-'Ajluni, 2 : 312 for a discussion of this tradition.
[5] al-Tirmidhi, p. 560, no. 2460
[6] Most of this hadith is narrated by Imam al-Tabari commenting on the verse There is no one amongst them except he will atain to it… (Qur'an 19 : 71). See Imam Abu Jarir al-Tabari, Jam'i al-bayan fi ta'wil al-Qur'an (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyyah, 1977 CE / 1418 AH), 8 – 365 – 366, no. 23,846
[7] Imam Abu 'Abd Allah Ahmad b. Hanbal, Musnad Imam Ahmad (Beirut: Mu'assasah al-Risalah, 1999 CE / 1420 AH), 18 : 394 – 396, no. 11,898


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Monday 23 April
Sheerness residents have the chance to give their views on whether a new town council should be set up.
Information is being sent to households in the town asking for views on draft recommendations to set up a new town council with nine councillors, with the first election to be held in May 2019.
This follows an initial consultation sent to 7,995 electors and 987 properties, which suggested significant support for the setting up a town council – with 1,406 responses in favour, and 569 against.
The results of the initial consultation were discussed by Swale Borough Council last month, where the draft recommendations were agreed. The council is required to notify interested persons of the draft recommendations, which is being done through this second consultation.
The initial consultation was triggered after a 635-signature petition was submitted by residents requesting the council carry out a community governance review – the first step towards setting up a new town council.
This second consultation will run until 21 May, with the results being reported back to council in June when a final decision will be made.
People can make comments until 21 May 2018 by email or in writing to Democratic Services, Swale Borough Council, Swale House, East Street, Sittingbourne, ME10 3HT. Written comments can also be handed in to Sheppey Gateway, marked for the attention of Democratic Services.
For more information, visit our Sheerness community governance review page.


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This week will certainly be a special one at Toronto's Hare Krishna temple! On Thursday, October 27th, we will be celebrating Govardhan Puja and on the following Sunday, October 30th, we will celebrate Diwali (actual date for Diwali is Wednesday, October 26th)!
The story of Diwali stems back to ancient times when inhabitants of Ayodhya celebrated the return of Lord Ramachandra. Lord Rama was in exile, away from His kingdom, for many years. The joyful day on which He finally returned is observed as Diwali, or Dipavali ("dipa" means candles, and "vali" means numerous.). We will be celebrating this festival on Sunday during the Sunday Feast.
Outraged, Indra retaliated with terrifying thunderstorms. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, calmly lifted Govardhana Hill with the little finger of his left hand. For seven days and seven nights the Lord held up Govardhana Hill, providing a giant umbrella to shelter the inhabitants of Vrindavan from the torrential rain.
Govardhan Puja celebrations at the Hare Krishna temple have always been popular and this year will also feature a grand "Govardhana Hill" made entirely of sweets in the middle of the temple room! Please join us for festivities from 6:00pm onwards to celebrate this festival!
We hope to see you and your family at the Hare Krishna temple this week!


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2018. Makati Makisalo. Creative Producer. Manila.
2018. Fringe MNL. Creative Producer. Manila.
2017. Fringe MNL. Creative Producer. Manila.
2016. Pineapple Lab. Artist in Residence. Manila.
2016. fu-GEN Theatre. Hataw. Company in Residence. Toronto.
2014. HATAW. Founder & Artistic Director. Toronto.
- A Homerun! Owner & Buyer. Vintage Boutique & Pop-up Space. (2013-2016)
- Pretty Freedom. Co-Owner & Creative Director. Vintage boutique. (2010-2013)
- Kapisanan. Programs & Outreach Manager. Toronto. (2009-2011)
- American Apparel. District Manager. Canada. (2005-2010)
- Divine Decadence. District Manager. Edmonton. (2003-2005)
- West Elm. Visual Merchandiser. Toronto. (2013-2014)
- Neiman Marcus & Horchow. Customer Care. (2001-2003)
- Shopcaster. Community Manager & Retail Scout. Toronto. (2012-2013)
- Ontario Arts Council. Access and Career Development. (2016)
- Ontario Arts Council. Dance Initiatives. (2016)
- Toronto Arts Council. Dance Individual Artists. (2016)
- Toronto Arts Council. Dance Projects. (2016)
2018. Design Week PH. Guest Speaker. Creative Hubs.
2016. Kularts. Dialogue on Philippine Dance & Culture in the Diaspora. San Francisco.
2015. Next Day Better. Level up. Guest Speaker. Toronto.
2015. Shopify. Pop-Up Shop Experts. Panelist. Toronto.
2015. Proudly Pinoy. Toronto Catholic District School Board. Filipino-Canadian Role Models. Guest Speaker.
2014. Proudly Pinoy. Toronto Catholic District School Board. Guest Speaker.
2012. ANAK. Filipino Ingenuity. Keynote Speaker. Winnipeg.
2011. ANAK. Heritage Conference. Sino Ka?: Our Filipino-Canadian Identity through the Arts. Kapisanan Representative. Winnipeg.
2017. SECRET ON An interdisciplinary exhibit about the current state of Child Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking
DULO x Destiny Rescue gathered artists from different creative fields to work on a collaborative project that aims to raise awareness about an issue that plagues our country, a topic that we are all aware of but do not pay much attention to because we do not realize just how much of a pandemic it is.
2017. AFTER EVE is a joint exhibit featuring "Kalendaryo" by Jodinand Aguillon & Christine Mangosing, and "Tropical Gothic" by VINTA GALLERY creative director, Caroline Mangosing. AFTER EVE highlights the artistic expressions of Filipino immigrants who remain rooted in their culture and represent contemporary Filipino experiences through their unique lenses and narratives. Pineapple Lab.
2017. NO TEA, NO SHADE, NO SHAME is a LGBTQROYGBIV mixer and Pop-Exhibit featuring a selection of the works featured in TEAM Magazine's latest issue, wherein Pineapple Lab's Andrei Pamintuan and Daniel Darwin featured some of their favorite contemporary visual artists that treat the homoerotic experience. Pineapple Lab.
2015. ANANAS is a fruit loop art show curated by Founder of 416gallery, Jimmy Chiale. 416gallery.
2013. SAVE ME is a group art show at 185 Augusta in Toronto's Kensington Market to support the preservation of Kensington's unique culture. Currently several major developments are poised to drastically change the market. Save Me will show case a collection of original artwork made by artists living in or inspired by the neighbourhood with proceeds going towards establishing a trust for the preservation of Kensington Market. 2013.
2012. THE PEARL is a Filipino Cultural showcase featuring local Toronto-based artists at Miracle Thieves.


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Linda and I drove to the Bluejay starting area in the morning, which was only 43 miles away from our house. I selected this race because it's so close to home. For my last 100 miler, the Javelina, I had to drive 380 miles to the race and then back all by myself.
The drive to the start area was very well marked.


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It has an exciting combination of vitamins and antioxidants included, the wonder berry alai, hyaluronic acid, vitamin B's, vitamin C and copper and zinc. Copper and Zinc help to protect the very DNA of our cells.
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Tips and tricks to keep birds pentet time or , cendet or toet or also called avian or bird pigeon predators so various types of time determining rawatannya .
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Here are some simple tips or tricks that bird pentet or cendet or toet diligent and good at imitating the sound of chirping birds other types .
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Wilfred L. LeBeau Jr., 83, of Bristol, passed away on Wednesday June 7, 2017 at Sheridan Woods Health Care Center in Bristol. He was the companion of the late Jean Berberon.
Born on October 11, 1933 in Bristol and was the son of the late Wilfred and Beatrice (Olsen) LeBeau.
Wilfred served in the US Army 82nd Air Borne and the Honor Guard in Washington, D.C. He retired from Delta Tool Co. as a tool and die maker.
He is survived by his 3 children James LeBeau of Haipahu, HI, his daughter Tracy Alburtus of Sarasota, FL, and son Michael LeBeau of Bradenton, FL, his grandchildren; Kristina Jenkins, Cheryl Le Beau, Breeze Yanchun, Jesse Alvarez and 7 great grandchildren. He also leaves his brothers Homer F. LeBeau of Bristol and Robert T. LeBeau of Surry, ME along with several nieces and nephews.
The Funeral will be held Monday 11:30 a.m.at the DellaVecchia Funeral Home, 211 N. Main St., Southington. Burial with Military Honors will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, Southington. Calling hours will be Monday from 10:30-11:30 a.m..
For online condolences and directions please visit www.dellavecchiafh.com


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Hello all: Looking at our eDir tree using iMonitor shows the health of our Partition/Replication as Marginal. Not sure what this really means. I have run a repair and found no errors. Replica Sync for all partitions in the tree also report as Marginal. We run eDir 8.8 SP6 on all our OES2 SP3 servers except for our old BorderManager server running OES 6.5 SP8 with eDir 126.96.36.199.
Any suggestions what to look for? Thanks, Chris.


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Manila: French President Francois Hollande will visit the typhoon-ravaged Philippines in February to build momentum for crucial climate change talks that France is hosting this year, his environment envoy said Friday.
Hollande hopes his visit would give a human face to climate change, as the Philippines bears the brunt of dozens of deadly storms every year, including the strongest on record, Super Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013, Nicolas Hulot told reporters.
France and the Philippines "can send a common message to the international community, can be symbol, can be spark to mobilise and bring us back to our senses and reason," said Hulot, who was in Manila for meetings with Philippine officials and visits to typhoon zones.
Details of Hollande`s February 26-27 visit, which includes a meeting with President Benigno Aquino, were still being worked out, he said.
Haiyan left 7,350 people dead or missing after its 230-kilometre (145-mile) per hour winds whipped tsunami-like waves that wiped out entire communities in impoverished central Philippine islands.
During the bitterly fought Lima round of climate talks last December, negotiators adopted a format for national pledges to cut Earth-warming greenhouse gases.
In Paris, negotiators hope to cut a deal to limit global warming to no more than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial levels, averting what could be potentially catastrophic damage to the Earth`s climate system by the turn of the century.


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For April Fools' Day, Sandy and I took Alex to William B. Umstead State Park for a lovely spring hike - no fooling! Alex got to try out his new doggy backpack.
It rained a bit yesterday, but today was just beautiful. We parked at the Glenwood side of the park and started hiking Sycamore Trail. There were several spots where we saw flowering dogwoods blooming in the forest.
At the split, we turned left and crossed Graylyn Multi-Use Trail and then descended down to Sycamore Creek. There were lots of wildflowers blooming along the creek, including Green-and-Gold and Star Chickweed.
When the trail came back to Graylyn Trail, I split off to hike the Company Mill Loop and see some more wildflowers along Crabtree Creek. It was getting a little warm for Alex so he and Sandy headed back. And sure enough, there were lots of spring beauty blooming along Crabtree Creek.
Then I started heading back. On the last stretch of Sycamore Creek, there were some nice patches of azure bluets blooming. Then I made my way back to the car to finish up my hike.
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