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It is a question of degree, if somebody has never been in a fight then they can tell you nothing about fighting,,,,,,,,they may be able to show you martial art.with an emphasis on "Art".....but little else....or maybe they can quote somebody whose knowledge they value, but that is it. It is a difficult call becaue I have known people with little training who did very well defending themselves and others with knowledge who did really badly.
Fast: Little or no warning. The tactic most often used is an ambush (home invasion) or sucker punch.
Incendiary, brutal and intense: Often jumping to violence quickly. It can be loud and angry or silent and as hidden as possible. The aggressor wants to get what they want at little risk to themselves therefore often a very violent attack is the tool – remember the Russian video of the fifteen year old girl being mugged (stomped to death) outside of an elevator.
Total commitment to do you grievous bodily harm or lethal intent: They have no intention of stopping until you are in the hospital or dead. Violence is their tool to achieve their goal. You mean nothing to them or their goal is the enjoyment of your suffering. Either way your wellbeing is of no concern to them. Taking your ability to fight back is.
High chemical cocktail dump: The intensity, brutality and violence level of a real assault will kick in the chemical cocktail and all the physical and physiological reactions that result.
An assault is not even a mutually agreed upon street fight. You do not move around at a distance waiting for an opportunity to attack, it will be Close Quarters Combat (CQC) immediately. Having said that, never say never, if the initial assault is repelled without taking the aggressor out you may end up at a distance but not disengaged from the assault and you will need to know how to close the distance and attack (this ability is also needed in multiple attack situations.) So still include sparring in your training.
You may be taken to the ground or knocked to the ground: You may end up on the ground while the aggressor(s) are still standing or the aggressor(s) may take you to the ground. This is a reality.
Possible multiple attackers: The types of people who assault you do not want a fight they want to hurt you therefore sucker punching and multiple attackers makes it "safer" for them. If they do this then they have experience and they know how to do it well. One occupies you while another blindsides you stomping your ankle into a pulp so you drop and they being to kick – a potentially lethal situation.
Possible Weapons: For the same reason as multiple attackers the aggressor want to hurt you with little threat to themselves so weapons gives them an advantage. Always assume a weapon is possible and if you are winning – very likely. If not one that is brought then one that is improvised.
Unpredictable Street attacks: While there are more and more trained people, or mimics, out there you will also encounter wild attacks and attacks not common to what is often thought of as "Traditional Asian Arts." Patrick McCarthy's "habitual acts of violence" is a great reference for Common Street attacks. Criminals train to take the advantage and this reality has to be prepared for.
The dirtbag tried to hit my family while I was deployed, but I set up an SOP for my wife for when I was not at home.
Her and our daughter and a 150lb great dane would hole up in the bedroom; phone by bed (pre cell phones), .357, mag light and the door had deadbolts. The other parts of the house had motion detectors to set off an alarm in the bedroom besides exterior lights on MDs.
My wife woke up to the alarm and tried to call police; the phone lines had been cut,the guy had cut the glass and reached in and unlocked the window; I even had a pin through the window frames, then the guy tried to kick the bedroom door down, at which point the dog is barking and the guy is still trying to get in, she fired 2 rounds through the door, and then they went out the window to the neighbors house.
When the police got there they found the door and part of the wall was knocked down into the bedroom as well as lots of blood and parts of clothing, they trailed a blood trail out of the backyard and the through the house's yard behind to the road where there was a pool where a waiting vehicle was parked, several people had awoke to the gunshots and saw the vehicle.
the police found him at the hospital due to injuries from the dog, he didn't get hit by the gunshots nor was deterred from them being fired at him. He said that he knew he would hurt me more by killing my family.
This incident led to, a few years later my wife divorcing me.
I have a new family now and they really don't want to deal with this, but they do take some measures that I insist on, but I never forget this can happen to anyone of us and I don't really know how to explain how I've felt from this experiance, but I'm always on yellow and it disturbs my wife and others who aren't warriors I guess.
My wife had a stalker, a serious one, who was smart, aggressive and had no apparent conscious care what happened to me. He was an engineer, a religious wacko, and convinced that my wife "belonged" to him, to the point that he somehow got a marriage license to her in another state.
We were living in a small house, the first time I noticed something was wrong was when the dog was having trouble standing and wagging his tail when we got home. He had been drugged. All of my wife's clothing was gone. police called, they just stood there asking her who her boyfriend was, and when was the last time she and him had been intimate. She was scared to death and they are accusing her of cheating, and she had no clue.
Two weeks later at her office, she walks past one of her engineers and finds her perfume scent on his jacket. She walked right out of work and drove to my jobsite, the whole time freaking out.
Two days later we approach HR at her company and they get a guard to get him to open his locker, which has camera, (a firing offense), many pictures of wife, and duct tape, zip ties, a cloth bag-later deemed to be used as head cover/blindfold, and two syringes with Diazapam in them, along with several items pilfered from her desk and purse. He was terminated on the spot, forced to hand over his credentials, and his Gov't security clearances were suspended and requested to be terminated.
The next 4 years were a nightmare, he was able to elude police, he would show up at odd intervals, and would mostly just try to "get to talk to my wife"
Wife and I had gotten permission to carry, and did so immediately after he was terminated. I had one chance but he showed up in the middle of Santa's Christmas display while we were taking our daughter for her first trip to see Santa' at the mall.
With too many kids around all I could do was walk straight at him while wife grabbed the daughter and went straight to the womens room. (a preferred retreat in a busy place, one entrance, usually good solid block and tile walls, and a place other men are going ask WTF if some guy tries to enter)
He took off running and I was satisfied with distance between him and my family and we then left. One good thing was the mall had great camera's and we were able to prove he was violating the restraining order, which stepped up the police reactions.
We had decided that the safest way to arm ourselves at home when dealing with little kids was "stashed" weapons. I designed and built several pieces of furniture with snap open compartments with guns inside. All of the upholstered furniture had the rear dust covers untacked and replaced with velcro or other "tear away" fasteners, and weapons were placed in that space.
A new dog was gotten who was trained to never eat from strangers, and was trained to only eat what was in his bowl, so a treat tossed in a window or door would be ignored. Two solenoid locks were placed on the doors, and another on the screen door, and they would only open to coded key cards and could be engaged from inside the house.
Lights were installed so that from the bedroom, I could illuminate the whole outside and front of the home, while the bedroom was in shadows.
During this time, he was getting more audacious. He got someone at the bank to recognize his wedding license and took money from her accounts. He created charge accounts with her name on them and his.
He tried to get rehired by the same company under an alias, and then tried to get hired by the company contracted to do security, (he was hired, but then fired, when the background check was done) He tried to get a job working as a contract janitor in her building.
I found my car tampered with several times, from brake lines cut, to tie rods damaged.
Then things stopped for over 6 months.
We moved, had our attorney buy the house in his name, same with phone number etc, I changed jobs and she bought a new car, was allowed to park in an exec only garage and had dark tint on her windows.
I had finally gotten a in car phone, one of the shoe boxes that had a regular hand set on top of it. That too was bought via a third party. Second day I owned it, he called me, I was driving in traffic. His only words were "you 3#$(*% $(*$*A# you will never be with her again, when the red Honda behind you moves I will shoot you in the head"
I had a jeep cherokee, and I was instantly on the gas, driving on the shoulder slewing the car around etc. I went to the police detective who had been handling it. They were able to trace where the call had come from and it turned out he was working as a computer tech for the company that manages the traffic control cameras.
He was arrested, charged and held, right before trial he took a plea, to a much reduced charge, without our agreement (which is supposedly mandatory in this state for such crimes) and spent 90 days, 60 suspended, with 5 years probation.
He then left the state, violating his probation.
He showed up a few months later, nearly arrested, but was gone. He had gone from pencil thin, no mustache or beard, and very close cropped hair to full beard, much heavier stronger build, and letting his hair grow. It was only his voice that wife caught.
He would show up from one to four times a year, over the next few years, but he would send letters, calls, emails always trying to get her "to listen to reason" his catch phrase.
We decided to move, again, and were looking at homes in a new state, wife's company was willing to transfer her, and he showed up at the hotel we were staying at. He was arrested after I was able to corner him.
This time the prosecutor was a mean one, and brought in Feds. He was nailed for wirefraud, terroristic threats, theft, attempted kidnapping, weapons charge and violations of his security clearances, which had somehow never been canceled. He was sent to a federal prison in Colorado.
.I NEVER walk in my house if my dog does not meet me. I have other tricks placed about to see if someone has been in. I never take the sames routes anywhere sequentially. I am never unarmed. I am a much better shot, if he shows up, I am taking the shot. period.
I know he was sentenced for a long time, but I do not trust the system, as far as I am concerned, he could and will return any day. He is a PhD level computer scientist, if anyone can hack a system, its him, and I know he is not supposed to have computer access, but maybe he has a student in the joint.
We do things like parking away from others. If a car parks next to ours, it causes a trigger. I find myself writting down plate numbers all the time, "I saw you yesterday...hmmm."
For the first year or so, wife and I hardly ever slept together, meaning, we shared a bed, but one would stay awake, read, or I would do laundry while she slept, and when she would wake, I would sleep. The two yapper dogs slept in kids room, and the big one in our room.
The yappers might seem odd for watch dogs, but the one could hear a cat walking on powder snow a block away and let us know about it. I had no fear of anyone getting that close without some warning. As the kids got older, and understood more, they learned a bad man wanted to steal mom and they learned to always look for what was not right. By age ten, both knew where the guns were and how to shoot revolvers.
My mindset is different today, I have decided that when I see him next, I will make sure that is the last time anyone sees him. Edited to add, In rereading this , the time frames seem too condensed, He started bothering my wife in 1986. He was finally sentenced in 2000. 14 years of him being loose except for one brief stint in county
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The Afghani musical collective "Ustad" Mahwash and Ensemble Kaboul will perform in Haverford College's Roberts Hall at 8 p.m. on November 5, 2005. This free performance is open to the public.
"Ustad" Mahwash and Ensemble Kaboul will bring to Haverford the rich musical tradition of Radio Kaboul, the state radio that flourished in Afghanistan before the arrival of the Soviets and was utterly silenced during the reign of the Taliban. Composed of Kaboul's former radio stars, now exiled, the group celebrates and preserves the musical achievements of composers that produced a cultural renaissance in Kaboul by blending traditional and Western-influenced music. Ensemble Kaboul will present both Afghani history and aesthetic in its performance of songs from the group's tribute to Kaboul CD, "Radio Kaboul."
Radio Kaboul's establishment in the 1940s was a significant social and musical event for Afghanistan. It spread music from the chambers of the elite to the general public and led to a rise in social status for musicians. This state radio station became the center of musical life in Afghanistan and composers drew from new technology and long-held traditions, sparking a period of great creativity and productivity.
Celebrate the survival of one of the world's artistic treasures with Ensemble Kaboul's performance of traditional Afghan music, weaving together Indian, Persian, and Arabic influences reflecting that country's history at the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road trade route. Ensemble Kaboul was founded in 1995 by a group of defiant expatriates who fled Taliban rule, and its concerts are an intoxicating blend of airy melodies of Tajik minstrels, ecstatic festival songs, classical ragas, and brilliant instrumental pieces.
Ensemble Kaboul features one of Radio Kaboul's greatest talents, singer "Ustad" Farida Mahwash, recognized as the greatest female singer of Afghanistan. She was named Artist of the Year in 1970 in Afghanistan and in 1977 was granted the coveted title of "Ustad" (Master), the only woman ever to be granted that title. Ensemble Kaboul's co-founder, Hossein Arman, was also a renowned musician in Radio Kaboul-era Afghanistan, as were many of the members of Ensemble Kaboul.
After the performance, the audience will be invited to stay for a conversation with the musicians. Professor Bijan Oliai from the University of Pennsylvania will serve as interpreter for a session about their music, the texts, their teachers and students, and the place of music in their lives in Kaboul, California, and Geneva. Members of the audience will be invited to ask questions as well.
This performance is made possible by the Kessinger Family Fund for Asian Performing Arts with additional support from the John B. Hurford '60 Humanities Center at Haverford College.
Sponsored by a generous grant from The Leaves of Grass Foundation.


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April 14, 2013
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No.30-ranked Florida State women's tennis team dropped its final home match of the 2013 season to top-ranked North Carolina, 5-2 today at the Indoor Tennis Facility. With two dual matches remaining in the spring, the Seminoles are 12-7 (4-5) on the year.
"I'm proud of how we competed today," head coach Jennifer Hyde said. "I was very inspired with the effort and the attitudes up and down the court. I was very happy with our level of play. We're walking out of here with our heads held high, playing against a very good North Carolina team. We had the opportunities in the match to pull off the upset, but what's important is that we continue to play better tennis as the year goes on."
In doubles, senior Amy Sargeant and sophomore Mia Vriens won their eighth-consecutive match after defeating Ashley Dai and Zoe DeBryucker. Sargeant and Vriens went up a break at 3-2 and held the edge throughout the match before Vriens served out the dual for the 8-6 win.
Clinching the 1-0 advantage for the `Noles was senior Francesca Segarelli and sophomore Daneika Borthwick on court one. Segarelli and Borthwick picked up their first victory as a pair this spring over the No.52-ranked duo of Whitney Dai and Caroline Price, 8-4.
The match on court three was halted after Florida State won the point. Juniors Kristina Schleich and Kerrie Cartwright trailed 6-4 to Gina Suarez-Malaguti and Tessa Lyons when play was called.
"We're playing some of the best doubles in years," Hyde said. "We've found a couple different combinations that are working and we're playing more offensive minded. That is one area that we've progress tremendously. We're playing aggressive and confident and it makes a big difference playing with the kind of schedule that we have."
In singles, North Carolina evened the score 1-1 after Lauren McHale defeated Kerrie Cartwright on court five, 6-4, 6-0.
On court one, Segarelli was shut out of the first set by seventh-ranked Suarez-Malaguli but bounced in the second. Segarelli fell behind a break at 4-3, but could not overtake Suarez as she lost, 6-0, 7-5.
After falling into a 4-1 hole in the second set, Vriens charged back to take the lead 6-5 on court three. But (No.34) Kay tied it at six before pulling away in the tiebreaker to take the match. Vriens fell 6-1, 7-6.
Sargeant closed the gap TO 3-2 with a three-set victory on court four. Sargeant is now 25-6 on the year in singles after defeating (No.42) Price, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. It was also her highest ranked win of her career.
"She had a little bit of a mental let down in the second set," Hyde said. "But she dialed in and found a way to get it done in the third. That girl she played hasn't lost a dual match all season, so that speaks highly about her effort today."
With two courts left in play, the Seminoles faced a 3-2 deficit.
On court six, Schleich was able to fight back to win the second set, but could not keep the momentum going as Lyons took control of the decisive third. Schleich lost 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.
Borthwick (No.53) faced DeBryucker (No.48) in an even-keeled match on court two. After splitting sets, 7-5 and 6-4, Borthwick falter in the tiebreak, 10-5, giving the Tar Heels the 5-2 win. Borthwick fell to DeBryucker, 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5).
The Seminoles will travel to Virginia on April 20 for a match against the Cavaliers at 11 a.m. before taking on Virginia Tech at 11 a.m. on April 21 to close out the regular season. For more information, check back to Seminoles.com, Facebook and Twitter.
#1 North Carolina 5, #30 Florida State University 2
Singles competition
1. #7 Gina Suarez-Malaguti (NC) def. #118 Segarelli, Francesca (FSU) 6-0, 7-5
2. #48 Zoe De Bruycker (NC) def. #53 Borthwick, Daneika (FSU) 7-5, 4-6, 10-5
3. #34 Whitney Kay (NC) def. Vriens, Mia (FSU) 6-1, 7-6
4. Sargeant, Amy (FSU) def. #42 Caroline Price (NC) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
5. Lauren McHale (NC) def. Cartwright, Kerrie (FSU) 6-4, 6-0
6. Tessa Lyons (NC) def. Schleich, Kristina (FSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Segarelli, Francesca/Borthwick, Daneika (FSU) def. #52 Caroline Price/Whitney Kay (NC) 8-4
2. Sargeant, Amy/Vriens, Mia (FSU) def. Ashley Dai/Zoe De Bruycker (NC) 8-6
3. Cartwright, Kerrie/Schleich, Kristina (FSU) vs. Gina Suarez-Malaguti/Tessa Lyons (NC) 4-6, unfinished
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North Carolina 20-2; National ranking #1
Florida State University 12-7 National ranking #30
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (5,1,3,4,6,2)
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It's been a very long time since I've used a mineral foundation. I've always found them to be a little cakey and not right for my skin. So no one was more surprised than me to come across a mineral foundation that made me neglect my tinted moisturizers and liquid foundations. But Bobbi Brown's Skin Mineral Foundation is the real deal. A little touch of concealer (or a lot, depending on how much sleep I'm getting) and a blend of powder all over and I'm good. Actually, I'm better than good — my skin looks so natural. I have many a Kabuki brushes that I love, but I picked up Bobbi's Face Brush and I think it makes application even better. It's incredibly soft, making it an absolute treat to powder my face every morning. I've been using the Light shade, but I think it runs dark and can see myself converting to Extra Light for "pale season."
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The shexp_cmp function validates a specified shell expression and compares it with a specified string. This returns one of three possible values representing match, no match, and invalid comparison. The comparison in contrast to the comparison made by the shexp_casecmp function is case sensitive.
Use this function for a shell expression like *.netscape.com and make sure that a string matches it, such as foo.netscape.com.
int shexp_cmp(char *str, char *exp);
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UPDATE: I-10 lanes reopen after rollover accident
The 18-wheeler rollover was at Fresno Drive. Traffic headed east was forced to exit there.
The eastbound lanes on Interstate 10 at Fresno Drive reopened Tuesday evening after authorities cleared a rollover accident involving a tractor-trailer loaded with 10 tons of PVC pipe, authorities said.
The 1 p.m. accident had traffic backed up for miles this afternoon as the majority of traffic heading east on the interstate was being forced to exit on Fresno Drive.
The rollover occurred when the tractor-trailer and a small black vehicle almost drove into each other, according to authorities. It was immediately unknown which vehicle was changing into the other's lane.
Authorities said the tractor-trailer overcorrected to avoid hitting the car and that's when it overturned. Its cargo didn't spill on the highway, but was still secured onto the trailer.
No injuries were reported as a result of the accident which initially closed all but one of the eastbound lanes on the highway. At about 7 p.m., authorities announced all lanes had reopened.


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The New York Post reports:
Osama bin Laden doesn't seem nearly so cocky in the unedited version of a videotape aired on al-Jazeera, complaining that the manhunt against him has hampered al Qaeda. Osama bin Laden's newest tape may have thrust him to the forefront of the presidential election, but what was not seen was the cave-dwelling terror lord talking about the setbacks al Qaeda has faced in recent months.
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I love objectively analyzing sports, but it has its downside too. It basically takes all of the oxygen away fromone of the time honored traditions of fandom, what I will call the "season of stupid hopes". (The Ceremony of Innocence is Drowned as someone once wrote).
For instance, its June and, looking at things objectively, I already know the Bucks have at best a decent chance to make the playoffs, but they have a very slim chance of advancing past the opening round, and they have absolutely ZERO chance of winning an NBA championship. That's kind of depressing, but its realistic. And sobering.
Same goes with NBA draft night. If you subjectively analyze the prospects through your blue and red NBA glasses, like every ESPN analyst does, then every tall skinny African American is potentially another Kevin Garnett, every three point ace reminds you of Ray Allen, every raw big man could be the next Andrew Bynum, and absolutely every tall white European with an outside shot is certain to be the next Dirk Nowitzki. But, in most cases, it just isnt so.
Yet, in the face of a mountain of evidence to the contrary, we repeat the same fantastic exercise every June. We willingly delude ourselves using absurd, largely physical comparisons. Comparisons that have little basis in statistical reality. For instance, remember when Kenny Fields was the next Marques Johnson, Bucks fans? Because he was a 6'7" small forward from UCLA. Or remember how Todd Day was going to be the next superstar? (I'm not sure why we thought that) How dumb do those notions seem now?
Here is the truth. Arturo shows on his genius draft model over at the Wages of Wins Journal that in fact very few of the players chosen last night will have any positive impact at all. At most 4 of them look capable of producing above average winning statistics, but almost 80% of them look as though they will be utterly incapable of making any significant impact on their new team's fortunes (unless it is a negative impact).
That may be depressing, and it may render all the next day "Draft Report Cards" moot, and it may take all the fun out of sports, but its pretty truthful.
I'm all giddy about Henson, the Bucks choice, but the truth is, he won't turn the Bucks around. According to Arturo, he's just on the border of being "draftable", and Arturo forecasts his rookie statline as decent at best, and probably below average. In short, Mr Henson aint gonna be Milwaukee's new Lew Alcindor. In fact, the only player in the Draft who has ANY shot at having a franchise changing impact is the top pick Anthony Davis. After that, you've got a couple of possibly above average players (one of whom is second rounder Jae Crawford), then you have a handful of probably average players, and after that you're left with pure junk.
Those are the ugly facts.
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Many retirees devote considerable time to volunteering, and they've been turning out in numbers to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. (Extreme case in point: A 65-year-old retiree from Washington Stateis overseeing operations at some 90 emergency shelters in the New York City area for the Red Cross.) But volunteers who make the trek to help often overlook one way that the tax code helps them in return: They can deduct the out-of-pocket costs they incur in the course of helping charitable organizations.
According to Conrad Teitell, an attorney at Cummings & Lockwood in Stamford, Conn., the costs that in-person volunteers can deduct include:
> Transportation expenses to and from the places where you volunteer. If you drive, for example, you can deduct 14 cents per mile. You can also deduct unreimbursed parking fees and tolls.
> Phone calls and postage stamps.
> "Reasonable payments" for meals and hotels if you travel on behalf of a charity.
If you plan to deduct expenses of $250 or more, you must obtain a receipt before you file your tax return. To get one, ask the charity for a statement that describes your services and states whether the charity has "provided any goods or services in exchange for the unreimbursed expenses," Teitell writes in the October issue of his newsletter, Taxwise Giving. The volunteer must also keep adequate records of his or her expenses.
If you take separate deductions of less than $250 that together exceed the $250 threshold, you do not have to obtain such a receipt.
If you travel for a nonprofit, you may not deduct travel expenses "if there's a significant element of personal pleasure, recreation or vacation in the travel," Teitell writes. As a general rule-of-thumb, you can deduct airfare within North America as long as you spend more than half your time working, says Doug Stives, professor of accounting at Monmouth University in New Jersey. For trips abroad, calculate the percentage of your vacation spent volunteering and deduct that fraction of the plane ticket, Stives adds.
Remember that while you can deduct your expenses, you cannot take a deduction for the value of your labor. And be sure to keep cancelled checks, receipts, and bills in case the IRS questions your deductions.


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We have just reached a couple of milestones in our family. My youngest has just officially finished her secondary education, and today has started her GCSE's, my eldest has handed in everything now for her final major project at Uni, and technically left, awaiting the results of her three year degree by the end of the week, prior to her graduation, and as for the one in the middle. Whilst many of her Uni friends have finished their first year exams, she, however, is yet to start hers, but this hasn't deterred her joining in the celebrations of those who have ended! It would seem that she has been rehearsing for an audition, to feature in Made in Chelsea this weekend, being swept away to a country residence in Shropshire, for a spot of shooting, jacuzzing, and go-karting as you do!! Actually this was reality, as opposed to non-reality TV, and what she got up to wasn't for the cameras, unlike Louise and Spencer last Monday, which was faked for the programme!
She has assured me that the first year of her Psychology degree covered what she already learnt for A Level, which only reconfirms in my mind that a University degree should be condensed into a maximum of two years. Is it me, or do first year Uni students spend more time on the lash than in lectures? The financial cost of that wasted first year will only be worse for 2012/13 students whose fees will triple, and as for the cost to those gorgeous, pure, pink livers … well that will be revealed in later life! And what is all this shot drinking about?! I swear if you consume your drink quickly, you just have to buy another one .. in my day we made our drinks last! I can talk from first hand experience that shot drinking is messy! Maybe the art of Tactical Chundering has been designed to preempt all that liver damage??
The highlight of last week, in fact probably of this year was the Leavers Ball held at Wotton House.
Picture this beautiful venue, and then add stretched Range Rovers, a vintage ambulance, a speed boat being towed, a double decker bus, horse boxes, lorries, a London Cab, an Aston Martin and a Robin Reliant to name but a few modes of transport to the Ball! Not a pumpkin in sight, but there was gridlock, and vehicles were getting stuck in the mud, still raining at this point but non of the teenage guests noticed as the excitement and anticipation of the event had reached fever pitch! I hosted a pre drinks party for about twenty girls prior to their arrival at the ball, and was slightly overwhelmed but delighted that the girls brought parents, grandparents, boyfriends and siblings to photograph the occasion. The weather was miserable but spirits couldn't possibly be dampened. Spray tans refused to be streaked by the drizzle, and coiffured hair do's were determined not to frizzle in the rain! I have never seen so many gorgeous stunning young ladies in my house at any one time.
And as if there hasn't been enough excitement in our house this week, my eldest is being swept away tomorrow morning to Abu Dhabi, being treated by an Arabic Prince, to celebrate the 21st birthday of her gorgeous friends, "The Twins". She is due to have a week filled with jet skiing, wake-boarding, sunbathing in 107 degrees of heat, no doubt sipping strawberry daiquiri's and champagne and eating sushi! Sounds quite similar to the week I have scheduled …NOT!!!! Maybe it is time for a change in life for me … yeh! That will be the menopause!


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It was cold enough, Embarrass, MN was in the news again. 36 below zero. Here, it was a balmy 8 below when I left for work. With a front tire low on air. It'll be fine, sez me.
At noon, a co worker said it was sitting on the rim. You lie, I say. I drive it, really low, and really slowly the two blocks to the filling station to get some air. But GET THIS.
The air is so dense at that temperature, it won't go into the tire. I waited and waited, and nothing. So I call AAA. Not only did my policy lapse, but it's a four hour wait.
So the guy finally gets there after I re-up, and puts on the birthing ring they call a spare these days. Then I drive to the tire store to have my own tire put back on. Only to find out I shredded it driving on it in the cold while it was flat. So new tire, plus the AAA charge. And another three hours, and they tell me they broke the lug nuts getting the tire off. Because it's so cold I guess even metal is brittle.
Two day wait for the lug nuts. I guess I need special ones flown in from Germany. Meantime I say just put anything on so I can drive the damn thing. Anyway, I'm home now, icing my back. Because I wrenched it crawling on the concrete. And ice is just what I needed more of.
Lesson learned: Fill your damn tires when it's above zero. Also, a cold weather emergency kit can be a life saver. I had a blanket and a heater in the car and was never cold. It could have been a real disaster.
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My wife freaked out
Don't let the fire ants bite.
Same reason
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Windows open for the breeze and to let the house
What an ordeal you went through. That's horrible.
I'm glad it finally got resolved.
Funny thing... My car, which is almost five years old, had an indicator light go on today saying I need to put air in my tires. We're balmy here: 28 degrees Fahrenheit. I lie. It's friggin' cold. Coldest of this winter. Anyway, I did put air in my tires. So thanks for sharing.
We really skipped winter last year
It was 90 degrees in March, which is usually prime ice fishing. So this is more like normal. Most years, we have a couple week period where the high is below zero. I had forgotten how cold that is. I still saw a kid in a high school letter jacket and gym shorts and no socks walking down the sidewalk like nothing was up. 28 will be swimming weather to me!
I used to marvel at the ice cream eaters
damn! now that's one terrible horrible no good very bad...
what a craptacular day
it was right around zero this morning and my car protested quite a bit before finally starting. Sorry about your lousy day. Just for you:
And I was whining because it was 48 when
Well, here I sit, burning up my vacation time because it took..
me an hour and a half to make it four miles from home on a 25 mile commute only to surrender to the elements, turn around, and go home. Cleveland TV news just showed gridlock at the stretch of road I have to use, so I guess I won't be trying again anytime soon.
And the snow continues to fall. I partly blame Governor Kasich for this; his cuts to state funding that was previously shared with local governments led directly to cuts in the snow removal budget.
Glad you made it home safe.


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Novell has announced the winners of its First Annual "Dister" Awards, handing out two $10,000 grand prizes to software companies Radical Breeze and Anderware. The Dister Awards celebrates innovators and inventors who build Linux-based software appliances using SUSE Studio from Novell.
A panel of five independent judges awarded Radical Breeze the top honors in the "Commercial" category for its Illumination Software Creation Station , a self-contained solution that allows users to visually design their own software applications with no programming experience required and no need for set-up.
Anderware, a software company from Sweden, won in the "Community" category for its Hypergrid to Go appliance, which allows users to easily set up an extension to the OpenSim platform to create a multi-user 3D world similar to Second Life.
The "Commercial" category featured appliances that include commercial, proprietary components, or applications. The "Community" category consisted of appliances created from components of openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise, the openSUSE Build Service, and other open source components that are freely available. Entrants created appliances and posted their entries in SUSE Gallery, an online showcase where developers can publish their appliances and end users can download them at no cost.
The Disters were selected by a panel of leading Linux and open source luminaries, including Jason Brooks, eWeek Labs editor in chief; Sean Michael Kerner, senior editor at InternetNews; Jos Poortvliet, openSUSE community manager; Markus Rex, senior vice president and general manager of Open Platform Solutions at Novell; and Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation.
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"Buck Owens—Bound For Bakersfield 1953-1956" Due September 27 on Rockbeat Records
Buck Owens is synonymous with the Bakersfield sound of country music that also gave rise to the Maddox brothers and Rose, Tommy Collins, Ferlin Husky and in later years Merle Haggard.
Owens' earliest recordings for independent labels in Southern California — ahead of his lucrative career on Capitol Records in the '60s and '70s — have been collected on Buck Owens — Bound for Bakersfield 1953-1956: The Complete Pre-Capitol Collection, scheduled for release on September 27 on RockBeat Records through e0ne Entertainment. The suggested retail price is $14.98.
The 24-song reissue opens with selections from his first known session in 1953 in Hollywood, which produced two singles ("Down on the Corner of Love" b/w "It Don't Show on Me" and "The House Down the Block" b/w "Right After the Dance") on Claude Caviness' Pico Rivera-based Pep Records. It closes with a 1956 Bakersfield session that produced singles on Chesterfield Records and an album on La Brea Records. Included are previously unreleased alternate takes including an overdubbed version of "Hot Dog."
Liner notes for Bound for Bakersfield were written by Rich Kienzle, a music historian with special expertise in West Coast country. RockBeat VP of A&R James Austin and Jim Shaw of Buck Owens' Buckaroos compiled the collection.
According to Kienzle's notes, "Buck Owens was 21 when he rolled into Bakersfield from Phoenix in May, 1951, a part-time musician and laborer who had his eye on a musical career. It would take some time. There were lessons to be learned and dues to be paid. But in the final analysis, the Buck of legend, of the raw honky-tonk vocals, catchy commercial tunes, twangy Fender Telecasters and churning, aggressive 'freight train' rhythms was forged in Bakersfield's honky tonks and recording studios there and in L.A. from 1951 to 1957."
Owens is best known for his later Capitol Records hits like "Tiger by the Tail," "Foolin' Around" and "Act Naturally." But his '50s pre-Capitol recordings find him working in a honky tonk milieu (except for the rockabilly tracks such as the 1957 single "Hot Dog"). One can hear early flashes of the distinctive sound he'd perfect at Capitol, the sound that made him famous.
With his indie singles earning him both regional recognition and buzz from A&R departments at both Capitol and Columbia Records, Owens passed on New York's Columbia (whose producer told Owens to "hold on" until he could come to the West Coast) in favor of Hollywood-based Capitol Records, which made him an offer on the spot. Owens was known to Capitol from his work on sessions by one of the originators of the Bakersfield sound, Tommy Collins. Buck's own first Capitol session in 1957 aimed for a pop-rock audience, trying, as he later said, "to make the biggest hillbilly in Bakersfield into somethin' he wasn't." In 1959, he was recorded as his true, honky-tonking self, with great success.
Kienzle notes, "Buck Owens was always known for his spot-on instincts. Clearly, his expectation that he'd have no recording career beyond Pep and the odd demo or two was a rare miscalculation. These raw, primal performances, blended with hundreds of hours onstage at the Blackboard (club in Bakersfield), were essentially part of a long rehearsal for the fame that came soon enough."
Track List:
1. Blue Love (with Studio Chatter) (1953)
2. Down on the Corner of Love (Alternate Take) (1953)
3. Down on the Corner of Love (1953)
4. It Don't Show On Me (Alternate Take) (1953)
5. It Don't Show on Me (1953)
6. The House Down the Block (Alternate take) (1953)
7. The House Down the Block (1953)
8. Right After the Dance (Alternate Take) (1953)
9. Right After the Dance (1953)
10. Hot Dog (1955)
11. Hot Dog (Overdubbed Single) (1955)
12. Rhythm & Booze
13. There Goes My Love (Alternate Take) (1956)
14. There Goes My Love (1956)
15. Sweethearts in Heaven (Alternate Take) (1956)
16. Sweethearts in Heaven (1956)
17. Honeysuckle (1956)
18. Country Girl (Leavin' Dirty Tracks) (1956)
19. You're Fer Me (1956)
20. Blue Love (1956)
21. Please Don't Take Her From Me (1956)
22. Three Dimension Love (1956)
23. Why Don't My Mommy Wanna Stay with Daddy & Me? (1956)
24. I'm Gonna Blow (1956)
For more information, visit RockBeat Records.


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Stella McCartney Wins "Designer of the Year" at British Fashion Awards — And the Other Winners
Today at the British Fashion Awards, Stella McCartney was honored twice, with both an ever-important Designer of the Year Award and also a Designer Brand of the Year Award. If you think the 41-year-old designer's success was always assured just because she's the daughter of Paul McCartney, you are wrong. While collecting one of her […]Read more


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A warm and nourishing winter comfort soup loaded lentils, barley, vegetables and mushrooms
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Refugees fleeing besieged Qusayr say Syrian rebels dug in, preparing for government onslaught
The Syrian city of Qusayr lies just 10 miles over the border from Aarsal in northern Lebanon. But the Syrians now crowding into Aarsal said the trip to get here from Qusayr required walking for days.
Those who fled said that as many as 40,000 people remain in Qusayr, a city that has been a stronghold of the rebels fighting the Syrian government for more than a year. But government troops, bolstered by recently trained militias, now surround the city, in apparent preparation for storming it. The checkpoints they've set up on the roads around it make fleeing the besieged city dangerous – and complicated.
"To leave Qusayr is to risk death," said one man who had made the journey along a circuitous route intended to avoid Syrian army checkpoints. The man, who refused to give his name because he feared reprisals from the Syrian government, said the trip took 10 days, most of it on foot.
To stay in Qusayr is to risk death as well. Government troops' overrunning of rebel-held districts has led to some of the highest civilian death tolls of Syria's civil war. Last summer, when Syrian troops moved into Daraya, outside Dasmascus, hundreds of civilians reportedly were killed.
Qusayr's population, normally about 35,000, had dropped to about half as residents fled the fighting that ended in a rebel victory in July 2012. Now the population has swelled again as thousands fled to the city in recent weeks after government troops seized nearby villages from rebel forces.
The Syrian government dropped leaflets last week on Qusayr and villages nearby, urging residents to leave the area to avoid bloodshed and promising rebel fighters safety if they surrender.
The likelihood of a rebel surrender seems small, however. People who've fled Qusayr in recent days said that thousands of rebel fighters have dug in and are preparing to make a stand, even though their supply of ammunition was running low.
After a string of quick victories earlier in the month, the government's forces have had more difficulty dislodging rebels from some of the towns and villages outside Qusayr that the rebels have occupied for months. At least one, called Abel, northeast of Qusayr, switched hands twice in the last week, a dynamic that has marked much of the last year of Syria's civil war, particularly in the area along Syria's main north-south highway, where the frontlines have changed little even as casualties have increased.
The likely fight for Qusayr is part of what appears to be a government strategy to carve out a safe zone between the Mediterranean and the Orontes River to which its sympathizers could retreat, if necessary, from the nation's capital, Damascus. Qusayr is on the main road that links Damascus to the coastal area.
Qusayr also is critical to rebel strategy. When government troops last year drove rebels from the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs, Syria's third largest city, many rebels fled to Qusayr, which lies near key routes along which the rebels smuggle in weapons from Lebanon and smuggle their wounded out. The weapons smuggled in help rebels continue to fight in parts of Homs.
The success of the government's offensive has fostered a new sense of cooperation among the rebels, who have never been organized as a large fighting force. But coordination is growing. On the eastern side of Damascus, rebel battalions that had been fighting each other one month ago are now cooperating in a battle to reopen a rebel supply route all of them use. It remains to be seen, however, if such coordination will outlast the battle, which so far has been unsuccessful in dislodging the government's forces.
The continued fighting has only exacerbated the country's refugee crisis, and refugees arriving in Lebanon on Thursday seemed unsure of where they would go as they were met with tales of homeless families. Some were waiting for the construction of a camp to be completed in Aarsal.
"We have nowhere to go," said one woman, sobbing as she beseeched the municipal authorities in Aarsal for help. They in turn complained that the local community had run out of resources to aid the refugees, approximately 24,000 of whom now call Aarsal home, likely doubling the city's population.
On Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a group that tracks casualties in Syria, raised its total estimate of dead to more than 94,000 since the beginning of the rebellion in March 2011. The new figure included thousands of government troops and supporters who had not been accounted for in previous death tolls.


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with no one to love him.
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This is the story of another man,
locked within himself,
and the Beauty
who sets him free.
Alone. Private. The way he likes it.
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The vast Appalachia region stretches across 13 states and is home to more than 23 million people, yet it may be the least understood culture in America. Appalachia has existed for generations as a region apart, isolated physically and culturally by its rugged mountains. The ethnically diverse Appalachian people - including many of the country's first immigrants - played a profound, and often overlooked, part in the nation's history and cultural and economic development. The Appalachians, introduced by country music star Naomi Judd, is a comprehensive historical and cultural overview of this distinctive region. This three-part series documents the unique legacy, courage, character, arts and culture of the central and southern Appalachian people. The film includes the work of outstanding Appalachian historians and scholars, writers, poets and musicians, including Ricky Skaggs, Loretta Lynn, Vince Gill, Alison Kraus and traditional folk artists from the region.
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IRONMAN Announces All World Athletes
After a successful year of competition, IRONMAN is proud to announce the overall All World Athlete (AWA) Champions for each Age Group category.
After a successful year of competition, IRONMAN is proud to announce the overall All World Athlete (AWA) Champions for each Age Group category. IRONMAN triathlon athletes received the AWA designation in their age groups by competing in multiple events and earning Age Group Ranking points throughout the 2013 season. Racers were rewarded for their top three performances throughout the year with the combined points determining the champion for each division.
The 28 overall AWA Champions represented nine different countries with 14 champions hailing from the United States (eight female, six male). Australia had the second-most champions with five (four female, one male), while Canada and Switzerland rounded out the top three with two champions each. The most represented state was New York which was represented by three champions (two female, one male).
Related Article: The 10 Best Places to be an IRONMAN
Over 14,500 athletes worldwide accrued enough points to earn the designation All World Athlete. The United States led the AWA country standings with 5,758 athletes, followed by Australia (1,818), Canada (902), Germany (783) and the United Kingdom (592).
Globally launched in 2013, the Age Group Rankings program offers age-group athletes a way to earn points based on their race finishes and to measure their race performances against their fellow competitors regionally, as well as from around the world, in one cumulative system.
For full results, more information or to see a list of frequently asked questions about the IRONMAN Age Group Ranking Program, go to ironman.com/ranking. Inquiries about the program may be directed to . For media-related inquiries, contact .
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There are many types of man-made water stones, which vary primarily in the durability of the abrasive particles and the strength of the bond between them. Tough abrasives cut quickly and lose aggressiveness slowly. Less durable abrasives may cut well initially, but the rate diminishes as the particles dull. Stones with strong bonds wear slowly, releasing fresh, sharp abrasive at a lower rate than those with weak bonds, which release abrasive at a higher rate but wear more rapidly. Formulating a stone is a balancing act, since the properties of the abrasive particles and the bonds holding them together combine to affect cutting speed and wear resistance. Selecting a stone depends on what you sharpen most often and how much you are willing to spend.
To help you understand the options, the following guide is based on our testing and observations.
Familiar standbys, King water stones were among the first introduced to the West. Except for the very coarsest 200x stone, they are aluminum oxide abrasive in a resin bond. In our testing, they were effective in O1 steel but noticeably slower in tougher alloys such as A2. The particles fracture and dull after a short period, performing like progressively finer grits, and allowing you to move from a medium grit straight to a finishing stone. They are economically priced, require only a quick soaking before use, and are a good choice for honing softer tool steels, or when cost is a concern.
Norton water stones also use aluminum oxide abrasive, but our testing indicates they likely have weaker bonds than King because they abrade and wear more quickly. Though comparable in speed to King stones when sharpening O1 steel, Norton stones are noticeably quicker in A2 and M2. The faster release of fresh abrasive means that they polish less than King stones, making it more important to work through a progression of grits. Effective for sharpening O1 and similar steels, or occasional use with tougher alloys such as A2 or M2, they have the benefit of being ready for use after only a short immersion.
Bester/Imanishi ceramic water stones provide a good balance of speed and wear-resistance. We found that they abrade O1 steel significantly faster than King and Norton stones, and perform even more impressively on tougher alloys such as A2, M2, and Japanese steels. The combination of a durable abrasive with a moderately strong bond enables them to retain their aggressiveness while wearing more slowly than stones with a weaker bond. Because it takes a long time for the particles to dull, each grit provides a consistent scratch pattern without polishing to a finer pattern, as stones with less durable abrasive or stronger bonds do. Bester stones require about 15 minutes of soaking, but fine Imanishi stones need just a spritz, a good choice if you regularly sharpen tough steel or if a minimum of maintenance is important.
Sigma Power Select II stones are all about speed. Regardless of the alloy, we found they cut more quickly than even Bester/Imanishi stones; the difference is most apparent in very hard material, such as high-speed and Japanese steels. The durable abrasive is released more readily than with stones with a stronger bond, ensuring a steady supply of sharp particles. These stones wear at a more rapid rate than those with a stronger bond, but this is offset since their cutting speed minimizes use. Like Bester/Imanishi stones, each grit provides a consistent finish without polishing to a finer scratch pattern. The 1000x and 3000x need a few minutes of soaking prior to use; the 10000x needs only a spritz. These are our most costly water stones, and are highly prized by those who want to minimize the time spent sharpening.
All of these stones are easily flattened on a lapping stone, using silicon carbide grit, or with a diamond plate.


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Expertise: Bladder Cancer, Clinical Trials, Kidney Cancer, Medical Oncology, Prostate Cancer, Testicular Cancer
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401 N. Broadway Baltimore, MD 21231
Dr. Samuel Denmeade is a professor of oncology and urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and co-leader of the Prostate Cancer Program for the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. He also has appointments in the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences and Department of Biomolecular Engineering. His areas of clinical expertise include bladder cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
Dr. Denmeade earned his M.D. from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. He completed his residency at the University of Chicago. He performed a fellowship in oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and a fellowship in medical oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
His research interests include prostate and renal cancer, bladder cancer and targeted drug development.
Dr. Denmeade was named the Carolyn and Bill Stutt Scholar by The Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund in 2012.
- Co-Director Prostate Cancer Program
- Professor of Oncology
- Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
- Professor of Urology
Departments / Divisions
Centers & Institutes
- MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (1989)
- The University of Chicago / Internal Medicine (1992)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Oncology (1997)
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine / Medical Oncology (1995)
Research & Publications
Research Summary
The main research goals of Dr. Denmeade's laboratory are: (1) to identify and study the biology of novel cancer selective targets whose enzymatic function can be exploited for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes; (2) to develop methods to target novel agents for activation by these cancer selective targets while avoiding or minimizing systemic toxicity; and (3) to develop new hormonal therapies for prostate cancer based on underlying biology.
To accomplish these objectives the lab has originally focused on the development of prodrugs or protoxins that are inactive when given systemically via the blood and only become activated by tumor or tissue specific proteases present within sites of tumor.
Using this approach, Dr. Denmeade and his lab are developing therapies targeted for activation by the serine proteases prostate-specific antigen (PSA), human glandular kallikrein 2 (hK2) and fibroblast activation protein (FAP) as well as the membrane carboxypeptidase prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). One such approach developed in the lab consists of a potent bacterial protoxin that they have reengineered to be selectively activated by PSA within the Prostate. This PSA-activated toxin is currently being tested clinically as treatment for men with recurrent prostate cancer following radiation therapy. In a related approach, a novel peptide-cytotoxin prodrug candidate that is activated by PSMA has been identified and is this prodrug candidate is now entering early phase clinical development. In addition, they have also identified a series of potent inhibitors of PSA that are now under study as drug targeting and imaging agents to be used in the treatment and detection of prostate cancer.
Lab Website: Samuel R. Denmeade Laboratory
Clinical Trial Keywordskidney cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer
Clinical Trials
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Selected PublicationsView all on Pubmed
Schweizer MT, Antonarakis ES, Wang H, Ajiboye AS, Spitz A, Cao H, Luo J, Haffner MC, Yegnasubramanian S, Carducci MA, Eisenberger MA, Isaacs JT, Denmeade SR. Effect of bipolar androgen therapy for asymptomatic men with castrate-resistant prostate cancer: Results from a pilot clinical study. Sci Trans Med. 2014: In Press
Antonarakis ES, Lu C, Wang H, Luber B, Nakazawa M, Roeser JC, Chen Y, Mohammad TA, Chen Y, Fedor HL, Lotan TL, Zheng Q, DeMarzo AM, Isaacs JT, Isaacs WB, Nadal R, Paller CJ, Denmeade SR, Carducci MA, Eisenberger MA, Luo J. AR-V7 and resistance to enzalutamide and abiraterone in prostate cancer. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 11;371(11):1028-38.
Manning ML, Williams SA, Jelinek CA, Kostova MB, Denmeade, SR. Proteolysis of Complement Factors iC3b and C5 by the Serine Protease Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) in Prostatic Fluid and Seminal Plasma. J Immunology 2013;190(6):2567-74.
Elhilali MM, Pommerville P, Yocum RC, Merchant R, Roehrborn CG, Denmeade SR. Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Vehicle-Controlled, Multicenter Phase IIb Clinical Trial of the Pore- Forming Protein PRX302 for Targeted Treatment of Symptomatic Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. J Urol. 2013 Apr;189(4):1421-6.
Denmeade SR, Mhaka AM, Rosen DM, Brennen WN, Dalrymple S, Dach I, Olesen C, Gurel B, Demarzo AM, Wilding G, Carducci MA, Dionne CA, Møller JV, Nissen P, Christensen SB, Isaacs JT. Engineering a prostate-specific membrane antigen-activated tumor endothelial cell prodrug for cancer therapy. Sci Transl Med. 2012 Jun 27;4(140):140ra86.
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- The Carolyn and Bill Stutt Scholar, Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund, 2012
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CareMount Medical, P.C. is the largest independent multispecialty medical group in New York State, providing comprehensive medical care of the highest quality to over 640,000 patients in more than 45 locations throughout Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia, and Ulster counties and New York City. Founded in 1946 as Mount Kisco Medical Group, CareMount has grown to over 600 physicians and advanced practice professionals representing more than 40 different medical specialties. CareMount is affiliated with world-class organizations including Massachusetts General Hospital, Mount Sinai Health System, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. CareMount offers on-site laboratory and radiology services, endoscopy and infusion suites, and operates eight urgent-care centers. Our physicians are frequently recognized as best doctors in respected publications and have been featured in lists including New York Magazine's "Best Doctors," Westchester and Hudson Valley Magazine's "Top Doctors" as well as in Castle Connolly Medical's "Top Doctors." For additional information about CareMount Medical and its specialties, please visit: www.caremountmedical.com. CareMount Medical is a registered service mark of CareMount Medical P.C.
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Hello All,
Passed my PMP exam on 16th Aug'17 on the first Attempt.
Small story:-
I came to know about this exam and certification when I started my career in 2007, my first 35 hours training based on PMBOK 4th Edition (Frankly speaking couldn't understand anything) in 2009.
From 2009 to 2013 - was thinking and didn't do anything related to this exam.
In 2014, Attended again 23 hours Training based on PMBOK 5th edition and cleared my CAPM as the first milestone.
But still, my inner thought was keeping thinking about PMP certification as well it needs for my career growth.
Journey Starts here:-
Application submitted for PMP in Aug'16, it got approved without Audit. As a next step was Payment (thought to procrastinate due to personal reason) but my wife paid the exam fee as a birthday gift (No choice to delay).
Purchased RITA 8th edition updated copy and got PMBOK 5th edition from PMI (member copy) and started reading each chapter wise and completed one round of study (at this stage thought to go for exam in Dec'16(But couldn't do)
From Jan'17 to Mar'17 – couldn't concentrate for the preparation due to personal reason and professional work commitments.
In Apr'17 – Joined 4 days PMP preparation training and at the end of the course took a mock exam based on the question bank that provided by the training center and got 54 %.( no confident to go for exam)
I prepared a plan as below and I did block my exam date in Prometric and bought iZenbridge Videos to understand the concepts in detail (to reach "master" level as per Izenbridge study plan)
Task Name Duration Start Finish
PMP Plan 50 days Wed 6/28/17 Wed 8/16/17
Second Round Study - PMBOK 19 days Wed 6/28/17 Sun 7/16/17
Second Round Study - Rita 19 days Wed 6/28/17 Sun 7/16/17
Mock Exams 9 days Sat 7/1/17 Sun 7/9/17
Third Round Study( izen Video +PMBOK+ Rita) 16 days Mon 7/17/17 Tue 8/1/17
Mock Exams-1 12 days Wed 8/2/17 Sun 8/13/17
Final Preparation 1 day Mon 8/14/17 Mon 8/14/17
PMP Exam 1 day Wed 8/16/17 Wed 8/16/17
I prepared only on weekends, not weekdays, second round of preparation completed (didn't watch the Sakat Bansal videos for each chapter due to time constraint and other reason) and took a mock exam (based on IIPM mock test) got 60% (no idea what to do at this stage)
Was still following my plan, but for third round study – I prepared process group wise instead of Chapter wise (I saw the videos from Izenbridge only for few chapters (Risk, Procurement, HR, Integration)) and completed my third round of preparation and side-by-side took complete mock exam at every 10 to 15 days gap.
Source & Answering %Trend
IIPM 64%, Izenbridge 66%, Pmzest 43% (out of 100),IIPM 64%,IIPM 67%,Edwel- Final Exam 80% (out of 100),Oliver - 175 -57%,Izenbridge- 74%, Chapter wise Questions ( Rita Fast Track (55 to 75%), Izenbridge ( 65% to 85%), IIPM (60% to 75%)
A week before the exam, Felt like didn't prepare completely for the exam but didn't lose confidence.
Three days before the exam:
Attended the all PMP math related questions (from Izenbridge),
Read PMBOK end to end (including Glossary, Interpersonal Skill, Annexure (Process group-wise).
Watched the Videos, Took Mock exam from IzenBridge, Edwel and Oliver 175 question. Scored (60% to 75%)
Visited the Prometric Center
Exam Day
Exam scheduled for morning slot reached the center one hour before the exam time and completed all formalities. The exam started at 8:00 am, didn't take a break between exam hours.
Got wordier and completely scenario based questions, very few mathematical questions (EVM, Communication Channels), and many questions from Change management, Procurement process, Professional and ethical questions (not direct)
Within 3 hours 30 mints answered 200 question but marked around 65 to 70 questions for re-review. Last 30 minutes couldn't review all marked questions only reviewed 30 questions.
Survey questions completed, I closed my eye for few seconds and thanks to God for this experience and asked for the best result. Got the CONGRATULATION!!! Screen... at that moment realized that Continuous learning+ hard work + God and Family support will give a positive result. Got 1P (I) +2MP (P & MC) +2BP (E&C).
Lesson Learned:-
I didn't spend enough time to review the wrongly answered questions during my Mock exams.
I should have avoided procrastinate and was in a hurry as I fixed my exam date.
You only know what you want to do for your exam preparation; getting tips from outside world may give some confident, Confusion, District, and so on. This is just an exam, you can easily crack it if you follow your strategy.
Wish you all the best for your PMP journey, bye, I am going to continue for my next journey…. PgMP J.
Thanks a lot to Saket Bansal & co for their effort for PMP material and videos.
Passed PMP on 1st Try.
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