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Quite a few people seem upset over the possibility that their online activities are being tracked by the government. Yahoo acknowledges they have answered around 13,000 tracking requests from the feds in the last six months, and Facebook and Microsoft have similar numbers.
Google's Chrome browser has an "incognito mode," but warns that you could be under "surveillance by secret agents." (Can you imagine what a boring job that must be?) Mozilla Firefox has denounced government tracking and offers add-ons, such as "DoNotTrackMe," to cover your embarrassing parts. In an upcoming release, they'll block the most intrusive tracking cookies by default.
For more obscure searching, you can use StartPage or Ixquick, both of which saw a surge in traffic after all the publicity about federal snooping. You're actually using Google when you use StartPage, but the results are private. They don't make a record of your searches or use tracking cookies. The connection is encrypted to prevent eavesdropping. Ixquick is also private, but doesn't use Google results. Both services are Dutch, and not subject to U.S. government surveillance or data collection. Both are free.
For email protection, we've previously written about Echoworx, which likes to point out on their website that they're Canadian and not subject to U.S. snooping. StartMail is another free one that will be starting up later this year. You can ask to be one of the testers at startmail.com.
(Bob suggests that our government offer its own free browser and privacy protection. That way whatever you read or write can go directly to the National Security Agency and they can save a lot of money on hiring snoopers.)
We're not into video calling, but somebody must be. So we liked the idea of Skype's new video messaging service. Rather than interrupt someone with a phone call, you can leave a video message.
This service just came out of testing and is now available on computers and smartphones. To leave a video message, you and the other person have to be Skype users, which is free. Just click the plus sign next to their name in your contacts list to send a video message.
The message doesn't actually go off until you've reviewed it, which is a real good thing in our experience. So if your eyes were crossed or you had to sneeze, you can start over. We plan on leaving video messages when we're on a trip. It's a great way to show off Niagara Falls or whatever you're standing in front of. Don't forget to use fake backgrounds if you didn't go anywhere after all.
If you're using Windows 8, be sure you have the latest update of Skype. To check, put your cursor on the upper right of your screen. Click the magnifying glass and in the search box, type "Store." Find the magnifying glass again and type "Skype." When we did this, not only was our Skype program in need of an update, but so were 14 others.
• ILikeToWasteMyTime.com has a treasure trove of rare historical photos. In the search box on the site, type "rare historical photos." Fascinating.
• Blog.Ted.com has "8 Math Talks to Blow Your Mind." Did you know that the infinity of decimals is larger than the infinity of whole numbers? We thought infinity meant infinity. It bothers real mathematicians too.
• Udemy.com/blog/excel-formulas/ includes spreadsheet tips, like: "10 Excel Formulas that Helped Me Keep My Job."
• GetHuman.com provides company numbers that connect you to an actual human, more or less, instead of voice-mail hell. It worked pretty well when we called to complain about Popular Science delivery, but the person who answered seemed really annoyed.
So we've been reading about teenagers who personalize their outfits with Sharpies, duct tape and fabric paint. How about embroidery? If you've got the right sewing machine and a computer, you can go where no duct tape has ever gone before.
TruEmbroidery is a $299 program for Mac only and it could be called the Photoshop of embroidery software. A Web search turned up lot of other embroidery programs for less than $100 but we had to admit they were more limited.
TruEmbroidery lets you personalize hundreds of designs and see them through your favorite hoop. It uses colors that match the kind of thread you can buy. We like the vintage photo effects. You can see how it works on YouTube.


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The Recreational Park Trailer Industry Association (RPTIA) is warning campground and RV park operators to be wary of investing in used park trailers that are being offered for sale by the General Services Administration (GSA).
Some 2,000 park trailers, which were built for the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) for use as temporary housing for hurricane evacuees, are being auctioned by the GSA. However, these units have not been inspected by RPTIA and could pose various liability risks to park operators, according to a news release.
"Park operators should think twice before purchasing these used FEMA units," said William Garpow, RPTIA executive director, "It may not be in their best interest to purchase these units with the idea of using them as a rental product."
In addition to lacking an RPTIA inspection seal, many of the FEMA units also have visible sustained water and mold damage as a result of improper installation and maintenance by FEMA contractors. Others may have water damage that remains out of sight.
"While the cost of these FEMA units being auctioned by the GSA looks like a financial winner, the possibility of losing a liability case over a public safety issue can place a long-term dent into your bottom line that could be very painful," Garpow said.
Mike Atkinson, facilities development manager for Billings, Mont-based Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA), said KOA guidelines prohibit its franchisees from investing in park trailers that do not have an RPTIA inspection seal.
Garpow said FEMA contracts to purchase recreational park trailers for emergency housing units required manufacturer to be responsible for verifying that these units were built to the requirements of the ANSI A119.5 Standard. However, any inspection process that took place to verify compliance before the units are placed into service were minimal at best. "FEMA encourages these contractors to be members of the RPTIA and also encourages them to use the RPTIA inspection program, but it stops short of making either of these a contractual requirement," Garpow said.
RPTIA members, on the other hand, pledge as a condition of their membership that they will construct any recreational park trailers they build to be in conformance with the ANSI A119.5 Standard. The RPTIA inspection program to verify the pledge mandates a certification inspection as a pre-condition for a manufacturer's membership and also imposes at least four unannounced verification inspections annually to confirm, to the association, that the member firm still has the capability to build units meeting the standard as the manufacturer pledged. All RPTIA inspections are accomplished by RPTIA independent third party agencies, who typically are the same firms used by government agencies to verify compliance with laws and regulations that cover public safety requirements.
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Some couples like to show the people in their life the commitment they have made to each other by getting a love tattoo. There is a long history of tattoos for couples and there are many different ways to convey the message from funny to serious designs. There are many different directions that tattoos for couples will give yourself and your tattoo artist. Some ideas for these tattoos for couples range from love quotes, key and locks, wedding ring bands, hearts, names or just about anything else that the two of you find appealing.
Love Tattoos for Couples Ideas
Some couples will be looking for a timeless look for their love tattoos which can be achieved with bells or wedding rings. Tattoo ideas for this could be two silver bells with date of wedding and name or the same in matching gold rings with each ring containing the other persons name.
Tattoos for couples with love quotes seem to be very popular at the moment. For instance the quote, "Together forever, never apart", tattooed in full on both couples or half the quote could be inked on each of you. The word "Forever" also works well. A classic appear for tattoos for couples would be hearts, once again this can either be in full or half a heart each person. Once both partners have the heart tattooed on their body, additional finishing touches such as scroll work or flowers can be added.


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|The Boy Scouts of America wrote these documents to assist summer camp staffs. However, with a little adjustment, these outlines could easily be used at merit badge clinics and midways, camporees, and even in the troop program.
The summer camp merit badge program must be a quality experience for the Scouts who attend your camp. All too often, Scouts are not given the best possible program because of lack of planning on the part of the merit badge counselor.
Merit badge counseling in a summer camp setting is an opportunity for young men to really have a "hands-on" experience. Nine months out of the year these Scouts spend time in a classroom with a one-way conversation and learning experience. Merit badge activities should provide fun with a purpose and practical experience.
The program outlines included in this pamphlet are designed to assist merit badge counselors at summer camp with a daily outline of activities to support the respective merit badge. It is important that the merit badge counselors become familiar with the merit badge they will be working with at summer camp as soon as they are recruited. Staff training week is too late to prepare for merit badge counseling.
Troop leaders must be notified of any merit badges that cannot be completed during the time at camp. In many cases, a Scout can prepare for these merit badges before arriving at camp. Any Scout who does not complete all the requirements should receive credit for the requirements he did complete. This information should be given to the Scoutmaster.
All merit badge applications must be signed by the Scoutmaster before a Scout starts a merit badge. Those cards should be collected on the first day of your merit badge session. Merit badge counselors must be at least 18 years old to sign the merit badge application. All summer camp merit badge counselors should be approved by the council advancement committee.
How to Develop a Merit Badge Teaching/Learning Plan
The merit badge requirements in this booklet may have changed due to recent revisions. Check the Boy Scout Requirements book (current year), No. 33215, to be sure you are using the most current requirements. Amend the lesson plan accordingly.
Divide the requirements into daily segments. Start with those requirements in which direct instruction is needed. Introduce requirements that take more time to complete, and encourage Scouts to begin working on these. Coach them to develop a plan.
Next, move to those requirements best accomplished as a group. Scouts might be involved in a discussion related to the merit badge requirements. Include time for Scouts to work on shorter projects, and allow time to continue work on more lengthy, ongoing projects. Be sure to notify the Scoutmaster as early as possible if it appears unlikely that a Scout will master the merit badge.
Finally, wrap up with those requirements a Scout needs to do on his own. The Scout should demonstrate his knowledge and skill in achieving these requirements.
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Head back out to the previous room and opt to take the ignored door on the right. This will ultimately lead to another small room with a staircase leading downward and to the right. There are a few enemies to deal with here, all located on the far side of the room. Take them out before opening the door to reach the staircase, as you have plenty of cover to work with. Once the enemies have been slain and the door has been open, dash down the stairs and toggle over to your sniper rifle. As soon as you turn leftward through an open door, you'll see an enemy off in the distance on a balcony. This foe is shooting rockets from the safety of that location, and the only realistic way to deal with him is to use your sniper rifle to its fullest capacity. Once that lone enemy is dead, you can continue forward along the catwalk towards his location.
As you walk along the catwalk and begin to turn rightward, keep that sniper rifle ready, because more rocket-chucking foes sit on balconies across the chasm. In addition to the enemies on the balconies, there will be a slew of Blood Pack Troopers gathered in the area below. The best technique to utilize here is to first use your sniper rifle to be sure that all rocket-launching enemies on the balconies across the way are downed. Then, switch over to your machinegun (or other weapon of choice), and begin to lay into the enemies in the area below, from the safety of your own balcony. Use the explosives strewn all around the area to your advantage, and if an enemy or two eludes you from above, go down one of the three staircases leading off of your balcony, and engage them in closer combat (all three staircases lead to the same area). Surprisingly, while there's ammunition lying around for you post-battle, there are no items for you to gather otherwise.
When you're ready, press through the two doors that the Vorcha earlier poured out of. On the other side of the second door, you'll meet up with a few more Blood Pack enemies, but nothing you can't handle (take cover behind the door you came through when the enemies reveal themselves, as you'll be fighting in close quarters here, and can be easily felled if you aren't careful). With those thugs down, explore the right side of the room for a medical kit on the wall, and then head leftward and forward towards a series of up-leading staircases. Your party members will comment that you're almost to the environmental plant. Good thing, as you're likely getting fairly fatigued by this point.
When you reach the door at the top of the stairs, press on through it. You'll find yourself in the environmental control room. This is the place you wanted to get to in order to disperse the cure to the disease through the air ducts in the Quarantine Zone. However, when you arrive, you'll find that the Vorcha got there first. Electrical and air disruptions felt back at the clinic are the work of these guys, who are trying to break all of the machines around them. However, these guys aren't too smart, either. They quickly let loose that they are, in fact, working for the Collectors, so be sure to press them on what the Collectors want before hostilities inevitably ensue.
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I mentioned before that the Mexican guys Carlos works with often give him a hard time as the lone Salvadoran. It doesn't help that most of them are somehow related – (brothers and cousins), and that most of them live together, so it's natural for them to gang up on him.
His first week working there, they tested the waters with Carlos, to see how far they could go with their teasing.
"Ey, Don," one of them said to him at lunch time as they sat across the table from each other. ("Don" is what they call him when they don't call him "Pupusa.")
"Tengo una lancha. Tal vez quieres montarla un día?" ("I have a boat. Maybe you'd like to ride it one day?")
Carlos politely agreed, sure, he'd love to take a ride on his lancha some day.
All the Mexican guys started laughing. It took Carlos a minute to realize that "lancha" is slang for "penis" – or at least it is within their group.
This is the "art" of the Mexican "albur."
"In Mexico, an albur is a pun or a double entendre in which one of the possible meanings usually carries sexual undertones."
– Wikipedia.
Carlos has a sense of humor so usually he doesn't let it get to him, even if it annoys him to be their permanent piñata. (I really hope his boss hires some Salvadorans for Carlos's "team" though, so at least it will be an evenly matched fight.)
Many of the on-going jokes occur at lunch time and revolve around food. Whenever Carlos brings a less than impressive lunch, they tease him and say, "I guess Sancho is eating all the good food at your house" – (implying that I'm cheating on him and making all the good food for my lover, while leaving the scraps for Carlos.)
The bananas are apparently also always a source of amusement. (Not much has changed since middle school, I see.)
The bananas we buy, (which are perfectly normal-sized bananas from a perfectly normal grocery store), are much smaller than the gigantic bananas the Mexican guys bring in their lunch. Carlos texted me this photo at lunch time:
I will have to reassure Carlos that the size of his banana is totally normal, above average even, and that I like it just the way it is. Besides, things could always be much, much worse.
More posts about my husband's co-workers:
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Natural gas has stopped flowing from the well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday, federal officials said this morning.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said the well "bridged over," meaning small pieces of sediment and sand flowed into the well path and restricted the flow.
A fire that raged on the Hercules 625 drilling rig Wednesday is down to a single flame from residual gas, the bureau and Coast Guard reported.
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A blowout preventer may have ignited the fire that caused a Gulf of Mexico rig to partially collapse Wednesday, after a natural gas well blew out, federal authorities reported.
A leak in the natural gas well, owned by Walter Oil & Gas, ignited a fire on a jack-up rig operated by Hercules Offshore late Tuesday night, hours after its 44 workers had been evacuated, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
The blowout preventer has since collapsed and isolated the fire,reducing the danger of a fire on the remainder of the jack-up rig but making a top kill operation remote, the Coast Guard said in an update to Congress Wednesday afternoon.
The two Houston-based companies have been working together with Wild Well Control, the Coast Guard and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to curb the uncontrolled flow of natural gas from the well.
"We are making preparations to fight the fire at this point," said Tim O'Leary, a spokesman for Walter Oil & Gas. "We are marshaling pumps and boats with firefighting apparatus."
No one was injured in the evacuation, and no oil was spilled, O'Leary said.
Two firefighting vessels in the area have been moved to a safe distance from the fire and a third vessel with additional fire-fighting capability has been moved to the site, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
O'Leary said that the cantilever, an appendage of the jack-up rig that moves the drilling equipment over the well platform, has caught fire, but that the fire has not spread to the rest of the rig.
The fire caused the beams supporting the derrick and rig floor of the cantilever to fold and collapse over the rig structure, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said. The offshore support vessels were unable to get close enough to safely put water on the rig, the Coast Guard said in an update.
The ignition source may have been heat generated by the friction of formation sand shooting through the blowout preventer, the Coast Guard said. The sand may have traveled on the drill floor and up into the metal of the derrick.
Operators lost control of the natural gas well early Tuesday in the South Timbalier Block 220 in the Gulf of Mexico, while doing completion work on a sidetrack well to prepare for production. All 44 personnel from the Hercules 265 jack-up rig were safely evacuated, the company said.
"We do not know the status of the blowout preventer," James Noe, executive vice president of Hercules Offshore, told FuelFix. "It's on the rig which is on fire."
The blowout preventer was constructed by Cameron, Noe said. Cameron will hold its second quarter earnings call on Thursday morning at 8:30 CST.
"There is no doubt that Hercules as well as Walter Oil & Gas, and the regulators, will be keenly interested in what role, if any, the blowout preventer played," Noe said. "At the present moment we are singularly focused on identifying a plan, together with Walter Oil & Gas and the federal regulators, to regain control of the well."
Any incident that involves an uncontrolled flow of hydrocarbons is likely to ignite, according to Brian Kalinec, owner of Kalinec Enterprises, a geophysicist consulting firm.
"Any kind of a spark or friction, especially if the surrounding air is dry, could start a fire," Kalinec said. "It is like lighting a match and throwing it towards gasoline. It is highly flammable, so a spark could have caused it, if there is no other explanation."
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is directing Walter Oil & Gas to begin preparations to move a jack-up rig on location to potentially drill a relief well.It could take two to four days to move a rig to location, and an additional 25 days to drill a a relief well, the Coast Guard said Wednesday afternoon in a written statement.
"We are not focusing on the cause of the spark," said Eileen Angelico, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. "All of that is going to be part of an investigation that has started into the loss of well control event. Right now, we are focusing on the fire and the securing of the well."
The relief operation's challenge will be to establish the flow path of the natural gas and then figure out the best way to mitigate it, according to Bud Danenberger, a consultant and former chief of offshore regulatory programs at the Minerals Management Service, which has now been reorganized into the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
"Their options are a surface operation – which would be hazardous under the circumstances – or a relief well," Danenberger said. "In many ways it is much more dangerous to deal with a shallow water operation than a subsea well. In a deepwater operation, the emergency personnel are safely removed from the well and using operating equipment remotely. At 5,000 feet above, you are running a joy stick as opposed to being right there where the fire is and running the risk of a structure collapsing."
While the source of the leak is still unknown, Danenberger explained that there are several possibilities. The flow path could be inside production casing or tubing.
Another flow path could be between the casing strings or the space between the two concentric casing strings. Alternatively, it could be outside the casing, back to the seafloor, either through cement channels or through fractures in the sediments.
"The fact that there is a fire would imply that that is flowing inside the casing or between the casing strings, because it is coming back up to the surface to the rig," Danenberger said.
The next steps for the operation will hinge on how the well was constructed.
"I would hope that there is enough well bore and well integrity that they can apply a surface cap and then pump in mud and cement or make some connections to pump in heavy mud, but I have no idea what the well flow is," Danenberger said. "This is all contingent on the integrity of the well bore."
The natural gas flow has caused a one mile by 200 foot area of light sheen that is dissipating and no shoreline impact is expected under current conditions, the Coast Guard said.
The well is 55 miles off the coast of Louisiana in 154 feet of water, Walter Oil & Gas said.
The rig was working on a sidetrack well — drilled adjacent to an existing one — in preparation for production, the safety bureau said.
The two companies have emphasized the focus on safety in efforts to control the well.
The accident comes on the heels of a Talos Energy well leak earlier this month. Responders stopped the leak after four days, installing a metal plug and pumping cement into the site.
In 2010, BP's Macondo well blew, releasing an estimated five million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico before the well was successfully contained.


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2013 Men?s Cross Country National Championships Preview
By: Sam Knehans, Communications & Sports Information Intern
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The 58th Annual NAIA Men's Cross Country National Championships will take place Saturday at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence, Kan. This is the first year that the race, hosted by the Lawrence Sports Corporation and the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC), will be held at the course.
Built in 1974, Rim Rock Farm has been home to three Big Eight Championships (1983, 1991 and 1995), the NCAA Division I and II Championships (1998), a Big 12 Championship (2006) and countless high school state championships.
The 8-kilometer men's race will begin at 10:30 a.m. CST, with the 5-kilometer women's race to follow at 11:45 a.m. CST. The Championships Award Ceremony will be held at Abe and Jake's Landing—8 East 6th Street, Lawrence, Kan. 66044—and will begin at approximately 2:30 p.m.
A total of 321 student-athletes from 96 schools will vie for the men's individual and team titles. The 32-team field is comprised of 21 conference, independent and unaffiliated grouping champions; one conference, independent and unaffiliated grouping runner-up and ten at-large selections. Ninety-seven individual qualifiers, representing 64 institutions, will also compete in the race.
Eight of the top 10 teams from last year's National Championships in Fort Vancouver, Wash., led by defending national champion St. Francis (Ill.) and defending national runner-up Southern Oregon, will compete in Lawrence. Like last year, Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) champion Southern Oregon enters the race as the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, hoping to reclaim the national title after finishing third in 2011 and second in 2012.
The Raiders are led by CCC individual titlist and two-time Runner of the Week (Oct. 2, Oct. 30) Eric Avila. The junior, who has supplanted returning All-American Tyler Vandyke as the Raiders top runner, will be looking to improve on his 52nd-place finish from the 2012 National Championships.
No. 2 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), which has been ranked in every poll this season, cemented its status as a national title contender by knocking off St. Francis in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) meet. The Tigers are led by a trio of juniors—Mitchell Dale, Ethan Gallagher and Ian Lofgren—who all finished among the top 10 individuals in the CCAC, propelling Olivet Nazarene to the conference title.
The No. 3 Fighting Saints, who ran a faster combined time than Olivet Nazarene at the CCAC meet but lost the conference title by one point, will look to defend their national title. St. Francis is led by Dylan Reyes and Runner of the Week (Sept. 18) Mike Blaszczyk, who finished second and third at the CCAC meet and were 60th and 23rd, respectively, at the 2012 National Championships.
Frontier Conference individual titlist and two-time Runner of the Week (Sept. 25, Oct. 23) Sam Atkin, who ran the fastest 8k qualifying time of 23:53, anchors the No. 4 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) team, which qualified by winning the Frontier Conference meet. Atkin, who finished 37th at the 2011 National Championships, did not race for the Warriors in the 2012 National Championships.
No. 6 Aquinas (Mich.) remains a national title contender after besting the 30-team NAIA Preview Meet field on Oct. 12 at Rim Rock Farm. The Saints outpaced a field that contained three top 10 teams from last year's National Championships and 12 teams that will be competing in the 2013 National Championships on Saturday.
No. 7 Cal State San Marcos, No. 10 Shawnee State (Ohio), No. 11 British Columbia, No. 12 Oklahoma Baptist and No. 15 The Master's (Calif.) are familiar programs that will also be in the mix for the national title, after finishing among the top 10 last season.
Returning All-Americans Adam Godwin of Oklahoma Baptist, Kyle Anderson of Spring Arbor (Mich.), Western Nelson of Cal State San Marcos and Grant Gunneson of Aquinas should be among the competitors for the individual title. Paul Adams, an individual qualifier from Oregon Tech who was named Runner of the Week on Oct. 9, could also be a challenger.
Godwin is the favorite, having bested the 272-runner NAIA Preview Meet field on Oct. 12 at Rim Rock Farm with an 8k time of 24:34. He earned Runner of the Week honors on Oct. 16 for the performance. Godwin is also the top returner from last year's field, having placed 10th.
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She had a clear vision and a blunt way of expressing it, and for 11 years as British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher wasn't afraid to dispense tart advice to successive U.S. presidents.
"This is not the time to go wobbly, George," she told President George H.W. Bush after Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990.
It was vintage Thatcher, a message that was made possible by her cultivation of the closest possible relations with Bush and, before him, Ronald Reagan, in part to shore up her image in Britain and in Europe as the embodiment of what was then a special U.S.-British relationship.
But only she could have gotten away with offering such advice over the telephone to an American president.
Thatcher, who died Monday at age 87, was a towering figure in modern European politics. Her legacy shows the outsize impact that a middle power can have on world affairs if led by a smart, determined and gutsy person — in this case the first woman to serve as prime minister.
She had a special talent for spotting trends — predicting the demise of communist rule, which actually happened while she was in office — and talent, such as when she identified Mikhail Gorbachev as a promising future leader of the Soviet Communist Party. "I like Mr. Gorbachev. This is a man I can do business with," she said.
And though she despised communism with a passion, she delighted in being called the "Iron Lady," the epithet given her by the Soviet Army newspaper Red Star in 1976, before she was prime minister. She quickly took it on as her own, telling parliamentary constituents a week later that she was proud to wear a "Red Star" evening gown and serve as "the Iron Lady of the Western world."
Her trademark was to state her principles and adhere to them, even when they led to direct clashes with top U.S. leaders, or, early in her time in office, to war. She took on her country's national coal miners union early in her term, provoking a strike, which ended with the unions losing much of their power.
She also took on Britain's welfare state and attempted to replace the cradle-to-grave free government services with a more competitive society.
When the Argentine military junta invaded the Falkland Islands (which Argentina calls the Malvinas) in April 1992, she ignored the misgivings of her Cabinet and the lack of support from Washington and sent a British military task force 8,000 miles away to dislodge the invaders.
She had the reputation of being utterly humorless, but in the European Union, where she attempted to give Britain a unique role and to head off any move that would shed the political sovereignty of Parliament, she traded barbs with her fellow European leaders, who made no secret of their dislike for her.
Peter Gregson, a former Reuters reporter who covered Thatcher for her final four years in office, recalled that at a meeting to discuss strengthening European central authority, French President Jacques Chirac charged Thatcher with putting her foot "firmly on the brake of Europe." She shot back, "That's rich, coming from him. He hasn't even gotten in the car yet."
Reporters who covered her recalled that she would sometimes put her personal touch on party and even travel arrangements. At No. 10 Downing Street, the prime minister's official residence in London, the Iron Lady "was as much in control of domestic matters as she was of the country's politics," recalled Barry May, a former Reuters correspondent. He recalled a Christmas party where he saw Thatcher, clutching her handbag, "fussing over the curtains and ordering flunkies about," and taking no rebuttals from anyone.
Thatcher also had the gift of a great politician to be able to completely ignore her own shaky base and to carry on regardless. She was in Aspen, Colo., on the day that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein sent his forces into Kuwait. Bush, after holding early meetings on the crisis, flew to Colorado for a long-planned meeting.
There she told Bush that appeasement in the 1930s had led to World War II, and she warned that Saddam soon would have the Persian Gulf at his feet and 65 percent of the world's oil supply with it, according to Thatcher's memoirs. Her forceful delivery at a news conference, compared with Bush's hesitations, left the impression that Thatcher had tried to strengthen his backbone.
All the while, Thatcher, who had seemingly lost interest in British domestic affairs, was losing support among her own Conservative Party, which decided at a subsequent party conference to oust her as party leader. In November 1990, the party replaced her with John Major, a high school dropout whose calm demeanor, businesslike style and seeming lack of any ideology was a near-complete contrast.
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Kristiina Lassus brings her personal, Nordic interpretation of the New Simplicity to the Alessi catalogue.
Born at Helsinky in 1966, she studied at the University of Industrial Arts, at the Polytechnic and at the Konstfack Academy of Industrial Arts in Stockholm. She worked as an internal architect, designer and design manager in Helsinki, Brisbane and Milan. She has lived in Italy since 1997 and now works as a designer and advisor.


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Ted wrote about this Vintage Days Beauty:
The Ariel club's display included this beauty. This group was also just set up in the swap meet. Note all the congestion behind the Square Four, which is typical of Vintage Days – just tons and tons of fantastic old bikes and parts.


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The 12th annual Amarillo Gospel Songfest will be from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday at The Country Church on the Amarillo College East Campus. Take East Interstate 40 to Exit 80 (Spur 228) and go 1.3 miles north.
Various gospel musicians from the Texas Panhandle will perform. Program emcee will be Terry Davis. Contact Terry Davis at 806-622-0075 or Ray Milhoan at 806-336-5585 or 806-376-7914.
First Christian Church, 2001 Wolflin Ave., will hold its annual Bountiful Harvest Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in Snodgrass Hall. It will feature homemade breads, jams and jellies, chow-chow, candy, pies, cakes, cookies, pickles and peppers. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and will homemade chili and soup.
Booths planned are arts and crafts, jewelry and accessories, blazing needles, Christmas gifts and decor, vintage and bargains and books. Tickets at $2 each or three for $5 will be sold for a chance to win a hand-pieced and quilted "Christmas Rose" quilt measuring 80 inches square.
Proceeds benefit missions, charitable community organizations and special church projects, Christian Women's Fellowship bazaar chairwoman Evelyn Riedt said. Call the church office at 806-355-6526.
Dr. Charles Jones, pastor of Hollywood Road Community Church, 9711 Farm-to-Market 2186, will celebrate 50 years of ministry Sunday as the church also marks its 10th anniversary. Sunday school begins at 9 a.m. and the combined worship service at 10:15 a.m.
Lunch will be served after church - all are asked to bring a side dish. The church's founding pastor, Bro. George Haddox, also will be present.
Family expert Joe McGee of Tulsa, Okla., will conduct a Fall Family Seminar at The Oasis Church, 3400 Garland St. (Westgate) in Plainview, at 10 a.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
McGee is seen on the GLC cable channel. He is known for restoring hope in families through the knowledge of God's word while presenting entertaining, practical and insightful teaching on the family, marriage growth, parenting and family finances. A nursery will be provided for children ages 4 and younger.
John George is pastor of The Oasis Church. Call 806-293-4356.
The November meeting of Church Women United at 9 a.m. Friday at Salvation Army Chapel, 2102 S. Van Buren St., will celebrate World Community Day.
Helen Laughter will coordinate the program. Call 806-374-0293.
A Christmas in November bazaar is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 4 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Hall, 1208 S. Houston St. Mexican food, arts and crafts, religious articles and baked goods will be available. Call Gloria Carlile at 806-374-6265.
Dr. Greg Smalley of Focus on the Family will lead a marriage conference Nov. 9 and 10 at Harvest Christian Fellowship, 4808 S. Bonham St. Cost is $45 per person. Visit harvest christianfellowship.org/ marriage.
LifeWay Women's Events will present "Going Beyond" with Priscilla Shirer from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Nov. 9 and 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at Hillside Christian Church West Campus, 6100 Soncy Road.
LifeWay Christian Resources, established in 1891 in Nashville, Tenn., is one of the world's largest providers of Christian products and services.
Priscilla Shirer began full-time ministry when she was 18. She is the author of "He Speaks to Me: Preparing To Hear From God and Discerning the Voice Of God: How To Recognize When God Speaks." Her recent studies include "Jonah: Navigating a Life Interrupted" and "One in a Million: Journey to Your Promised Land."
All seats are $49 general admission. Group pricing with reserved seating also is available. Women can register at http://www.lifeway.com/goingbeyond or by calling 800-254-2022. For more information, visit http://www .goingbeyond.com.
St. Mary's Cathedral Council of Catholic Women will serve its annual turkey dinner with homemade desserts from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 11 in the activity center of the church, 1200 S. Washington St. Tickets in advance are $7 for ages 13 and older; $3 for ages 4-12, and free for 3 and younger. Tickets cost $1 more if purchased at the door. Take-out meals will be available. There also will be a bake sale and drawing for a Kindle Fire HD tablet, with tickets priced at $1 each or six for $5.
Tickets are available from any member of St. Mary's Cathedral Council of Catholic Women or at the church office. Call 806-376-7204 for information.
Kingswood United Methodist Church, 4801 S. Austin St., is sponsoring a free concert featuring Cloverton at 7 p.m. Nov. 15. Cloverton entered the Christian music scene in 2011 with its recording of "Take Me Into the Beautiful," which was rated No. 1 in the history of KLOVE radio as the most downloadable song. It also was in the top 25 of Christian Billboard and No. 1 in the United Kingdom.
Doors open at 6 p.m. For more information, call 806-355-5308.
First Baptist Church, 100 S. Hedgecoke St. in Borger, will host a night of food, music and comedy beginning at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 17 with entertainment by the Bar D Wranglers of Durango, Colo.
The Bar D Wranglers, award-winning musicians and vocalists, entertain the whole family with an Old West music and comedy stage show. A chuck wagon meal catered by J3 Wagon and Associates will be served at 5:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall. Advance tickets for the meal are $5 and are available in the church office. Tickets at the door are limited and will be $10.
The concert is free and starts at 7 p.m. in the church's worship center. For more information, contact the church office at 806-273-5621 or visit www.firstborger.com. Look up Bar D Wranglers on the web at www.bardchuckwagon.com.
Olton's First Methodist Church, 312 Avenue D in Olton, will serve chili and stew lunch on from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in the fellowship hall. Children under two eat free. Children from two to 10 cost $3.50 and adults cost $6.50.
The church will also hold its Country Store between 10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., which will include handmade crafts, baked and canned goods and frozen casseroles.
St. Hyacinth Catholic Church, 4500 West Hills Trail, will have its eighth annual Thanksgiving dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 18. The menu will include turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, salad and a dessert. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 11 and free for 5 and younger.
There also will be a bake shop and a "Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe." Tickets are available at the door. For more information, call 806-358-1351.
Shane & Shane and Phil Wickham will perform in concert at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at South Lawn Baptist Church, 4306 S. Washington St. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets at $15 can be purchased at Lifeway Christian Bookstore. Seating is limited.


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aviB necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 34 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
We are NYC residents frustrated with the lack of parking spaces in NYC. We need a site that will help us find the best streets to park on, and streets where parking is prohibited, and the rules and regulations for each street. Tips where to park, parking notifications due to weather, and holidays. This is primarily an SMS / Email notification service.
All NYC motorists - both visitors and residents, who do not have the luxury of their own parking space.
- Preferred color scheme: http://kuler.adobe.com/#themeID/610086
(can use variations)
- Navigation will have:
- home
- tour our product
- who uses us?
- about us
- help & support
- sign up
- testimonials
- contact us
- Major call to action should be a "sign up for free" button and a large text box for phone number and email. Should be the primary focus of the page.
- Design should incorporate an image of a parking ticket and frustrated motorist, emphasizing the need for the service.
- Design will have 5 bullet points of text outlining the features and benefits of the service.
- Design should images of mobile phones with the text message on the screen:
"Your car must be moved in 5 minutes. We suggest trying W. 75th between Broadway & West End. Avoid 76th St - School Zone."
"Alternate side parking is not in effect today due to the inclement weather."
- Design will incorporate the following image of iPhone map showing red overlay of prohibited parking spots - http://promediacorp.com/iphonemap.jpg
Some sites we like the design of are: http://www.basecamphq.com and http://www.freshbooks.com.
Site should use a minimal amount of images to load fast on mobile devices, and should use a CSS heavy design.


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Thanks to Michael of MindLoveMisery's Menagerie for hosting the Tale Weavers prompt on circles or wheels in life. For OctPoWriMo Day 16 with a prompt on tears and fears.
I didn't mean to break the teacup,
I didn't know it was so sacred.
That porcelain so fine,
Meant to last generations,
Passed down from mother —
To daughter.
But Great Gran hated her China pattern,
It wasn't to her taste;
It wasn't used,
At each meal for supper;
It would've shattered,
Much sooner then.
Great Gran knew like people,
China is delicate,
Especially if it's shatters,
And re-pieced.
And you can't possibly tell me,
Fragility is permanent.
That those who are broken,
Remain that way,
Once you break someone,
They're never whole again;
They'll heal and they'll form,
White scars gleaming.
But you cannot make anew,
What must be glued together;
Fragment by fragment.
You can't expect it to maintain,
Indelible strength.
You don't know what defines beauty,
True beauty is brokenness.
That those not in their entirety,
Are destined to chip and crack.
Perhaps their outer designs and artistry,
Masks their flaws.
But fault lines are visible,
Places one could dig deep,
Exploiting pains throbbing echo,
Across generations,
And unwanted China.
You'd think we'd be afraid of shattering,
We're all terrified until we find,
Someone to help us,
Someone who doesn't see the cracks.
Love blinds us in many ways,
Some that hurt,
Some that heal and bind wounds.
It's a cycle, a circle,
Despair and rapture,
Too much or too little.
And I think Great Gran,
Would've smiled,
Seeing your beloved teacup scatter;
It's just a cup,
One she despised.
For she wanted a reality for us,
Beyond teacups, of lady's serving tea;
She didn't want our suffrage,
Our call to feminism,
To remain at the price,
Of "me too," where —
Every woman,
Has had a close call,
Not one she wanted;
A narrow escape,
Or a constant nightmare,
Where pleas meant nothing.
"Me too," she would say,
Staring with disgust,
At a patterned teacup,
China gifted from the husband,
Who perpetually,
Reminded her of wifely duties,
With or without,
Her blessing or consent.
©Mandibelle16. (2017) All Rights Reserved.


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Selumetinib and Akt Inhibitor MK2206 or mFOLFOX Therapy Comprising Oxaliplatin and Fluorouracil in Treating Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Previously Treated With Chemotherapy (S1115)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01658943
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 7, 2012
Results First Posted : March 9, 2016
Last Update Posted : March 9, 2016
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|Condition or disease
|Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Recurrent Pancreatic Carcinoma Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer
|Drug: Akt Inhibitor MK2206 Drug: Fluorouracil Drug: Oxaliplatin Drug: Selumetinib
|Phase 2
I. To assess overall survival in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer treated with the combination of AZD6244 hydrogen sulfate (selumetinib) and MK-2206 (Akt inhibitor MK2206) compared to those treated with mFOLFOX.
I. To assess the frequency and severity of toxicity associated with the combination of AZD6244 hydrogen sulfate and MK-2206 compared to those with mFOLFOX in this patient population.
I. To assess progression free survival (PFS) in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer treated with the combination of AZD6244 hydrogen sulfate and MK-2206 compared to those treated with mFOLFOX.
II. To assess objective tumor response in the subset of patients with measurable disease (confirmed and unconfirmed complete and partial response) in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer treated with the combination of AZD6244 hydrogen sulfate and MK-2206 compared to those treated with mFOLFOX.
III. To bank tissue and blood for future translational medicine studies.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
ARM I: Patients receive oxaliplatin intravenously (IV) over 2 hours on days 1 and 15 and fluorouracil IV over 46-48 hours on days 1-2 and 15-16 (mFOLFOX).
ARM II: Patients receive Akt inhibitor MK2206 orally (PO) on days 1, 8, 15, and 22, and selumetinib PO daily on days 1-28.
In all arms, courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 6 months for up to 3 years.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|137 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Randomized Phase II Clinical Trial of AZD6244 Hydrogen Sulfate (NSC-748727) and MK-2206 (NSC-749607) vs mFOLFOX in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer After Prior Chemotherapy
|Study Start Date :
|August 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2015
Experimental: Arm I (mFOLFOX regimen)
Patients receive oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on days 1 and 15 and fluorouracil IV over 46-48 hours on days 1-2 and 15-16.
Drug: Fluorouracil
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Oxaliplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
Experimental: Arm II (Akt inhibitor MK2206 and selumetinib)
Patients receive Akt inhibitor MK2206 PO on days 1, 8, 15, and 22, and selumetinib PO daily on days 1-28.
Drug: Akt Inhibitor MK2206
Given PO
Other Name: MK2206
Drug: Selumetinib
Given PO
Other Names:
- Overall Survival [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]From date of registration to date of death due to any cause. Patients last known to be alive are censored at date of last contact.
- Number of Patients With Grade 3 Through Grade 5 Adverse Events That Are Related to Study Drug [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]Only adverse events that are possibly, probably or definitely related to study drug are reported.
- Progression-free Survival [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]From date of registration to date of first documentation of progression or symptomatic deterioration, or death due to any cause. Patients last known to be alive and progression free are censored at date of last contact.
- Objective Response Rate [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]Confirmed response (CR) is two or more objective statuses of CR a minimum of four weeks apart documented before progression or symptomatic deterioration. Partial response (PR) is two or more objective statuses of PR or better a minimum of four weeks apart documented before progression or symptomatic deterioration. Unconfirmed CR is one objective status of CR documented before progression or symptomatic deterioration but not qualifying as CR or PR. Unconfirmed PR is one objective status of PR documented before progression or symptomatic deterioration but not qualifying as CR, PR or unconfirmed CR.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma; patients with endocrine or neuroendocrine tumors, lymphoma of the pancreas, or ampullary cancer are not eligible
- Patients must have distant metastatic disease; patients with macroscopic residual disease post-resection as the only site of disease are not eligible; patient must not have clinically significant ascites (defined as requiring paracentesis) or have brain metastases
Patients must have received one line, and no more than one line, of prior gemcitabine-based chemotherapy for advanced/metastatic pancreatic cancer and must have documentation of metastatic disease progression while on this treatment; documented disease progression must occur within 42 days of the last treatment; OR
- For patients who received one line of gemcitabine-based chemotherapy for treatment in the adjuvant setting, recurrence to a metastatic site must be documented by imaging studies within 6 months of completing chemotherapy; chemoradiation as part of adjuvant treatment is acceptable; if the patient received one line of adjuvant gemcitabine-based treatment and had disease recurrence after 6 months of completing chemotherapy, patients will only be eligible after failing one additional line of gemcitabine-based chemotherapy used to treat the metastatic disease
- Patients must have measurable and/or non-measurable disease; x-rays, scans. or physical examinations for assessment of measurable disease must have been completed within 28 days prior to registration; x-rays, scans, or other tests for assessment of non-measurable disease must have been completed within 42 days prior to registration; all disease must be assessed and documented on the Baseline Tumor Assessment Form
- Patients must have completed systemic therapy at least 14 days prior to registration, any surgical procedure must have been performed at least 14 days prior to registration, and radiation therapy must be completed at least 7 days prior to registration; patients must have recovered to =< grade 1 from any of the effects of prior therapies or procedures
- Patients must not plan to receive concurrent chemotherapy, radiotherapy, agents known to prolong corrected QT (QTc) interval, or agents known to be strong inducers or inhibitors of cytochrome P450 3A4/5 (CYP3A4/5) or cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2)
- Patient must not have received prior treatment with fluorouracil, irinotecan, leucovorin calcium, and oxaliplatin (FOLFIRINOX), FOLFOX, oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) inhibitors, phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors, or protein kinase B (AKT) inhibitors
- Zubrod performance status of 0-1
- Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,500/mcL
- Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
- Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL
Patients must have adequate kidney function as evidenced by at least ONE of the following:
- Serum creatinine =< 1.5 mg/dL within 14 days prior to registration
- Calculated creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min; the serum creatinine value used in the calculation must have been obtained within 14 days prior to registration
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 times institutional upper limit of normal(IULN)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) both =< 2.5 times IULN
- Patients must have an albumin level >= 3.0 g/dL within 14 days prior to registration
- Patients must have an International Normalized Ratio (INR) =< 1.5 times IULN within 14 days prior to registration
- Patients must have an electrocardiogram (ECG) within 14 days prior to registration; patients must have QTcF (by Fridericia's calculation) =< 450 msec (male) or =< 470 msec (female)
- Patients with baseline neuropathy must be =< grade 1 according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v 4.0
- Patients must not have uncontrolled diarrhea or active infection requiring antibiotics and be fully recovered from any previous serious infections within 7 days prior to registration
- Patients must be able to swallow tablets and capsules
- Patients with diabetes must be well controlled with fasting glucose =< grade 1 according to CTCAE v 4.0 within 14 days prior to registration
- Patients with history of congestive heart failure must have an ejection fraction >= 55% within 14 days prior to registration
- Patients must not have any of the following: uncontrolled hypertension, acute coronary syndrome within 6 months prior to registration, poorly controlled angina, New York Heart Association class II-IV heart failure, prior or current cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, or severe valvular heart disease
- Patients must not have a current or past history of central serous retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion, retinal detachment, or have uncontrolled glaucoma (irrespective of intraocular pressure [IOP])
- No prior malignancy is allowed except for the following: adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, adequately treated stage I or II cancer from which the patient is currently in complete remission, or any other cancer from which the patient has been disease-free for five years
- Patients must not be pregnant or nursing; women/men of reproductive potential must have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method during the study plus at least 16 weeks after last dose; a woman is considered to be of "reproductive potential" if she has had menses at any time in the preceding 12 consecutive months; in addition to routine contraceptive methods, "effective contraception" also includes heterosexual celibacy and surgery intended to prevent pregnancy (or with a side-effect of pregnancy prevention) defined as a hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy or bilateral tubal ligation; however, if at any point a previously celibate patient chooses to become heterosexually active during the time period for use of contraceptive measures outlined in the protocol, he/she is responsible for beginning contraceptive measures
- Prestudy history and physical must be obtained within 28 days prior to registration
- Sites must seek additional patient consent for the future use of specimens
- All patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines
- As part of the Oncology Patient Enrollment Network (OPEN) registration process the treating institution's identity is provided in order to ensure that the current (within 365 days) date of institutional review board approval for this study has been entered into the system
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01658943
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|Principal Investigator:
|Vincent Chung
|Southwest Oncology Group
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|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01658943 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2012-01993 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
S1115 ( Other Identifier: SWOG )
S1115 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
U10CA180888 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
U10CA032102 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|August 7, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|March 9, 2016
|Last Update Posted:
|March 9, 2016
|Last Verified:
|July 2015
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Acinar Cell
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Pancreatic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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ROCHESTER — Rochester Middle School staff held a workshop for parents Thursday night regarding bullying and harassment, and introduced parents to the creator behind a new program they hope to pilot in the school in the coming months.
Parents also met the district's "student safety and behavior support specialist," who began in the new position at the start of the school year.
Principal Valerie McKenney said the school received 560 "blue forms" last year, meaning approximately three to four behavior reports were filed with the school every day. McKenney told the approximate seven parents at the meeting, and two students in attendance, along with State Rep. Sandra Keans, the school is trying to keep up with standing legislation by being more proactive when it comes to bullying.
"Some people say that's just part of growing up; in some respect that's true," she said, "but growing up and coming to school shouldn't be painful … The law says we have to provide a safe environment."
Sporting a shirt that read "RMS — Drama Free Zone," McKenney went on to explain some of the news legislation, which says schools have 10 days to respond to a reported case and cannot disclose to families confidential disciplinarian actions taken against another student. She said she and support specialist Carla Femino, along with a few others, have been attending the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Cooperative Extension's program "Courage to Care," a new civil responsibilities lesson plan piloted in several middle schools statewide last year. She told Foster's the school is hoping to implement the program this year. Co-creator of that program, Malcolm Smith, who also worked on drafting some of the new legislation, attended the meeting and explained to parents the law addresses misconceptions surrounding the issues of teenagers bullying one another, inside and outside of school.
"If we could tell everybody in the neighborhood this would make the law work perfectly. Bullying involves — and it says it right in the law — an imbalance of power. In this school, you have all different kinds of power, some of the richest and poorest families in the state, some people of color and some who have been the traditional white New Hampshire residents," Smith said. "… We thought bullies were kids with low self-esteem who were trying to raise their self-image by picking on other kids, but we found out the bullies are, by and large, the kids who think they are better than other kids…and that they are in power."
He noted he believes the Rochester community is in "good hands" with McKenney and her team. In the last approximately 45 days, support specialist Carla Femino said she has received 80 blue forms, and said none were filed as bullying complaints by students, but rather defined largely as cases of "harassment." Students are allowed to check "bullying," "harassment," or "other" when submitting a report with a detailed account of an incident.
"It's all brand new, but I am floored by the amount of reports that I'm getting and how much of it is a conflict-resolution situation," Femino said, following the meeting.
Smith added that may show that students aren't ready to admit they are really being bullied — which constitutes a more extreme kind of harassment that persists over a period of time — but at least RMS students are comfortable enough in their environment to report incidents that make them uncomfortable. He said some of the most proactive schools in the state have the highest reports of bullying, which can often times skew the data.
Following the meeting, Keans said she was highly "impressed" with the work displayed.
"It's been quite a controversial law, trying to get it passed. It took a while to get it passed and to try and put it together…," Keans said, though she noted she was not a primary writer of the legislation. "I think (RMS has) taken the law and enacted it, because we always put the broad outlier frame for it and then we leave it up to the people that have to enact it, to put the meat on the bones. And I think this has been spectacular. I'm very, very impressed with it."
One of the several parents who attended the meeting, Bruce Demers, said workshops like this make him feel more confident in his family's school district. McKenney also said much of the credit goes to Superintendent Michael Hopkins and the Rochester School Board, who recently voted to budget funds for Femino's position.
"The staff that's here makes me as a parent feel more secure and comfortable," Demers said. "… RMS is thinking about it and taking action."
The next "parent forum' will constitute and introduction to the school district's new competency-based grading system, which will be implemented in the middle school in the fall of 2013. That meeting will be on Thursday, Nov. 29, at RMS at 6:30 p.m.
Rochester Middle School holds workshop on bullying, harassment
ROCHESTER — Rochester Middle School staff held a workshop for parents Thursday night regarding bullying and harassment, and introduced parents to the creator behind a new program they hope to pilot in the school in the coming months.


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The news business is booming right now, at least online. Critics consider web journalism to be a thriving business but this recent trend could be responsible for the influx of news apps flooding the market.
Everyone seems to be trying to build their own program and revolutionize the way we read news on our phones or tablets. Re/code's Peter Kafka wrote that former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar is pitching a mysterious project to newspapers and magazines while Facebook is debuting a new app called Paper on Monday.
While this could make most people believe there's hope for this struggling industry, most of these apps are going to fail.
Here's why.
They Need To Figure Out A Way To Make Money
Companies have invested a lot of money in news apps.
Nick D'Aloisio built Yahoo News Digest after the 17 year old sold his company to Yahoo for $33 million.
Circa, the social news app co-founded by Matt Galligan, has acquired $3.41 million in funding according to CrunchBase.
Despite this, the apps are free to download and don't require a subscription to read more stories. It is completely free for anyone to use.
Legacy outlets like The New York Times have built paywalls onto mobile platforms but apps like the ones mentioned above don't have enough of a reputation to warrant charging a fee for readers to come back and view their content.
Advertising has grown increasingly important for most publications but when they are crammed into the small screen on a mobile device, it ruins the reading experience.
This brief trend will fizzle out if companies don't recognize that news apps can be a financial black hole. A system needs to be created that benefits readers and investors.
Developers Can't Figure Out The Best Delivery System For News
Two common themes can be found in the recent slate of news apps that have launched in the past month. They are are designed well but essentially tell you the stories you want to read with some level of customization.
Apps like Inside.com allow users to create a feed following stories related to their personal interests. This is a similar function found on Flipboard, the app that lets you create digital magazines of certain topics like cars or cooking.
D'Aloisio's app drops off a digest of 9 stories every morning and evening. Each article is from a different category of news.
Visually, these apps look great but the flaw is in the delivery. None of this content is original. The articles that you'll read are collected from other sources.
Plus, developers build algorithms that collect data from social media profiles. Based on the information gleamed from a few outdated tweets and Facebook updates, the app thinks it has a good idea of the topics that we're interested in. That's hard to believe.
These Apps Need To Get More Creative Or They Will All Meet A Painful End
The marketplace is getting too crowded for applications that do the exact same thing. Most of them are going to meet a painful end if they don't come up with a creative solution to survive.
Demand needs to be generated in order to have these apps gain popularity. Developers need to create a compelling argument for why it needs to be read. With so much information available online, it's tough to be able sit down and read everything regardless if a story is spruced up with sleek visuals. One suggestion would be try and create a profitable mobile newsroom. This experiment would involve crafting stories that would be sent to directly to phones and tablets instead of just aggregating information that pops up across the web.
If web journalism is thriving, mobile news needs more time to develop.


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Dear Friends & Family,
We are writing to ask for your compassion and support.
During this last week, Masato and I have been closely following the footage from Japan, and are heartbroken as we continue to watch the aftermath of this devastation unfold. Fortunately Masato's family who live 120 miles south of the epicenter are safe and feel blessed during this time of national crisis.
There are 21,000 people missing and/or dead, half a million homeless and a shortage of water, food, oil and a nuclear crisis at the Fukishima power plant. There is no country in the world that is equipped to handle all of this at once.
In 2007, along with Masato's family, we were fortunate to visit the beautiful coastal town of Minami Sanriku. This was my first trip to Japan, the beginning of what would be a new love for a beautiful country and culture and an amazing new family. It's heartbreaking to know this town was washed away in 6 minutes. These people need our help.
I humbly ask for your generosity and support for the American Red Cross during this time of need. The American Red Cross contributed an initial $10 million to assist Japan's earthquake and tsunami survivors and have been on the ground providing assistance in partnership with the Japanese Red Cross.
Your contribution would mean the world to Masato and I. We greatly appreciate your generosity and support in advance. I've set an aggressive goal of $7,500 and I hope you can help us make this happen. Together Masato & I have pledged $1,000, Japan needs our help.
Masato & Katie


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Supernatural Review: Major Secrets and DecisionsSean McKenna at .
I have to admit I was a bit hesitant about "Torn and Frayed."
I'm all for Supernatural going through its character arcs and seeing where they will take Sam and Dean, but I was worried we were going to spend a whole episode with the brothers simply bickering with the possible hopes of working together next Wednesday.
Except I was pleasantly surprised by what culminated in the hour.
The show didn't start off with a real bang, and felt like it followed the usual path of the characters on their particular hunt (Sam for Amelia and Dean and Castiel for Alfie).
Nothing wrong with the course of action, but we got Sam acting moody after getting laid and Dean trying to act like he didn't need his brother. The tension between the two felt similar to their other arguments they've had over the years.
But Castiel really got things going by telling the brothers to "stow their crap" and focus on the major task at hand. Rescuing the angel, Alfie, was far more important than Dean being mad at Sam or Sam being mad at Dean. Glad someone was able to say it to them.
And yet it wasn't simply about rescuing the angel, but the situational problems that would arise if they kept letting Crowley take his time with torture.
Which is where the story aspect of Supernatural Season 8 pulled me back in, as Crowley began to tinker with Alfie's "program," discovering that there is an angel tablet out there somewhere.
A shocker for sure, but logical in every aspect. If something can lock all the demons away, it only makes sense that something can lock all of the angels away.
Of course watching Sam and Dean kick major ass as a team was fantastic. The brothers were throwing punches, kicks, knife stabs, to eliminate those pesky demons. These are the Winchester brothers I want to see!
Yet, defeating Crowley and whatever his new nefarious plans were seemed like the obvious major problem. But things aren't so black and white anymore. It isn't just angels vs. demons.
Really, that's the beauty of this transformation in story. While I'm scratching my head at the prospect of an angel tablet, the conniving and enigmatic Naomi busts in and starts commanding Castiel and tossing out logic that contradicts Alfie. Who to believe?
I've got a hard time believing the angel (is she even one?) whose name is "I moan" spelled backwards, especially when Castiel is having flashbacks of having needles shoved into him by her. And she's shouting for Castiel to kill Alfie to protect Heaven while Alfie is claiming that "they" are being controlled.
What does that even mean? Is Naomi controlling the angels? Is someone else? What is going on? Even Sam and Dean don't know what to make of Castiel's actions.
Things in Heaven are getting mighty suspicious and my fascination and curiosity for the mysterious story has been pulled right back in. I can't wait to see where this all goes.
At the same time, allowing the brothers final talk to involve major decisions was huge for this episode.
Yes, we always usually get a Sam and Dean heart to heart, but this one really seemed to wipe the slate clean and say, "Here we go. Let's get back on track." Dean was willing to let Sam go back to Amelia because he no longer wanted to fight, yet he acknowledged that Sam couldn't have his feet in both worlds. It just wouldn't work out.
At the same time, Sam brought up Benny (who it looks to be headed down a bad path) and the problems that arise from befriending a vampire.
It was nice to hear them both listen to each other, but it was the major letting go of their past, that time they spent away from each other, and coming back as a team that worked wonders.
Sam had to let Amelia go, even though he was the one that would have had the best chance of living that normal life. And Dean let Benny go, knowing that their friendship would compromise the one he had with his brother.
Those were huge game-changing decisions for their road ahead. Now, whether they stick with it is another question, but it looks like Sam and Dean have buckled down and are looking to face the big challenges together again.
Major kudos to them both, as their choices were certainly not easy ones to make. They might not be taking the path with smiling faces, but they're continuing that never-ending task of saving the world.
Even if the start of the episode was a little slow and at first felt predictable, the eventual transition for both character and story was a nice way to start Supernatural off in 2013. There's so much to ponder and question in regards to the angel conspiracy and I'm eager to see Sam and Dean reinvigorate that great brotherly chemistry. It looks like things are just heating up.
Sean McKenna was a TV Fanatic Staff Writer. He retired in May of 2017. Follow him on Twitter.


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'Six Strikes' Anti-Piracy Program
Over the past decade, we've heard all about the piracy wars, copyright laws, DMCA, etc. We've seen large file sharing websites shutdown, we've heard about people getting sued by the RIAA or MPAA for thousands of dollars. This past Monday, a new program has been put in place by some of the largest ISPs (internet service providers) that hopes to put more stops on copyright infringement. How does it work? Should you worry?


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I have noticed that quite a few people were reading Randy Seavers Blog and answering these questions. I feel like an orphan.
Provide a list of your paternal grandmother's patrilineal line. Answer these questions:
* What was your father's mother's maiden name?
* What was your father's mother's father's name?
* What is your father's mother's father's patrilineal line? That is, his father's father's father's ... back to the most distant male ancestor in that line?
* Can you identify male sibling(s) of your father's mother, and any living male descendants from those male sibling(s)? If so, you have a candidate to do a Y-DNA test on that patrilineal line. If not, you may have to find male siblings, and their descendants, of the next generation back, or even further.
1) What was your father's mother's maiden name.
I had been told that it was Martel, but I find out that name is French. Since Ellen was Catholic I wonder if perhaps it could have been Mortel/Mortell??? Those names are listed as Irish names…
2) Her father's name?
The only inkling or clue is on her death certificate is the name Patrick. Location ???? Somewhere in Ireland.
3) Patrick's patrilineal line?
I have no clue, I would love to find this information.
4) Male siblings?
I do not know that either…This information remains a mystery..
I feel sort of cheated and really out of the Genealogical Loop with this one. I am jealous of people who can name their ancestors back so many time. Sniff,sniff…..


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Is your SAM site in need of a checkup? Our August webinar covered best practices for SAM admins to ensure a healthy and functional SAM site.
In this webinar, we'll bring users up to speed on SAM Terms, Settings, Forms & Docs, and navigating Reports. While this will help bring new users up to speed on using SAM, it can also be helpful as a refresher for teams.
To celebrate National Social Work Month, and in recognition of your impacts, we pulled together a few of the characteristics that people positively impacting our world embrace. and some helpful resources to keep fighting the good fight.
To elevate social workers in honor of National Social Work month, we are highlighting the focus and strengths of our clients to learn about their unique missions and impact on child welfare.
A client's journey may begin with an application and end with a finalized adoption, but between those points, they interact with nearly every department at your agency. It's important to create a consistent experience for your client and staff.
Requiring a field is a great way to ensure you get the information you need. It's also an easy way to annoy the person filling out a form. This is why you should be clear why and when a field is required to move on.


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Two of the richest men in the world are sticking-up for brick-and-mortar businesses big and small, which have long complained that their online competitors have an unfair advantage because they don't have to collect state sales taxes.
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates told CNBC that the Internet sales-tax bill, which passed the Senate on Monday, makes sense.
(Read More: Attention Online Shoppers: Tax-Free Deals Near End)
The bill, which still needs to clear the House, would empower states to require businesses to collect taxes for products they sell on the Internet, in catalogs, and through radio and TV ads.
Under current law, states can only require retailers to collect sales taxes if the store has a physical presence in the state.
The measure faces opposition in the House from Republicans who view it as a tax increase.


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WATERVILLE, Maine – Sophomore Tyler Singer-Clark (Falmouth, Mass.) led the way with four first-place finishes as MIT placed second out of four teams in a meet hosted by Colby College on Saturday afternoon. Singer-Clark's dominating performance accounted for 22.5 of Tech's 183 team points, good for second behind Bates College, which finished with 254. Host Colby was third and the University of Southern Maine finished fourth.
Singer-Clark picked up individual wins in the 200 and 400 meters, as the Cardinal and Gray dominated those two events. Singer-Clark was buoyed by teammate Nick Diamantoni (Belle Mead, N.J.) and Daniel Ronde (East Northport, N.Y.), both of who joined Singer-Clark in the top five of the 200/400 double. Diamantoni was the runner-up in both events while Ronde took third in the 400m and fifth in the 200m.
Singer-Clark, Diamantoni and Ronde were joined by freshman Sheldon Trotman (Gaithersburg, Md.) to win the 4x100 relay with a time of 43.57 seconds. Singer-Clark earned his fourth win of the day in the 4x400 relay, which posted a time of 3:24.77.
One of the other 4x400 legs, freshman Sam Parker (Menlo Park, Calif.) earned a second-place showing in the 800, with his time of 1:55.91. Parker was followed by sophomore Justin Bullock (Detroit, Mich.) in third place.
Senior Daniel Harper (Naperville, Ill.) was a winner in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:19.12. Sophomore teammate Roy Wedge (Lawrence, Kan.) came through right behind Harper, in second place with a time of 15:21.72.
Other event winners for Tech were freshman John Thomas (Somerville, Mass.) in the high jump and freshman Cameron Wagar (West Richland, Wash.) in the javelin.
Senior Chinedum Umachi (Detroit, Mich.) had a solid afternoon in the throws, securing second place in the discus (151-04 feet) and hammer throw (176-10 feet) and a fifth-place standing in the shot put (39-9.25 feet).
Next weekend, MIT will send a handful of athletes to Princeton University for the Larry Ellis Invitational while also hosting its annual Spring Invite on Saturday afternoon.


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LINCOLN — Nebraska coach Bo Pelini joked this week about the priority listed at the top of his game plan for Minnesota.
"Not get behind by 14 at halftime, that's first," he said.
The No. 16 Cornhuskers (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten) have reached this point of the season in unconventional fashion. They've come back from double-digit, second-half deficits to win four games.
Because Nebraska has come out on the right side of the drama, the conference's Legends Division title is in sight.
The Huskers would assure themselves of playing Wisconsin in the Big Ten title game Dec. 1 in Indianapolis with a win Saturday over Minnesota (6-4, 2-4) and another next week at Iowa.
"They understand what's at stake," Pelini said. "We've got two tough games ahead of us, and we just have to stay the course. I know this: we are going to get what we earn over the next two weeks."
Nebraska and Michigan are tied for the division lead, but the Huskers own the tiebreaker because of their win in the head-to-head meeting. If the Huskers lose one of their next two, they would still go to Indy unless the Wolverines beat both Iowa and unbeaten Ohio State.
The Huskers are trying for their first conference title since 1999 and first bid for a BCS game since the 2001 season.
"We're all aware of that, but we have to stay locked in," linebacker Will Compton said. "We can't take this next game lightly at all. We have to take care of us and take care of business. We're in the driver's seat, but we have to continue to stay in the driver's seat, and to do so we have to take care of business this next week."
The Gophers, who became bowl-eligible with their road win over Illinois last week, are battling injuries on the offensive side.
Zach Mottla has a broken leg and Jon Christianson has a high ankle sprain, meaning converted guard Zac Epping will make his first start at center. Brothers Ed and Tommy Olson, who make up the left side of the line, have been banged up. Wide receiver A.J. Barker is questionable because of a lingering ankle problem.
Freshman Philip Nelson is 2-2 as the Gophers' third starting quarterback. He played in a venue as unfriendly to opposing quarterbacks as Memorial Stadium when he made his first career start at Wisconsin.
"It's going to be loud," Nelson said of Lincoln. "We already know that. All we can do is prepare and really focus on being able to execute, especially with the crowd noise. We've got some noisemakers out there (in practice) for us so the best we can do is prepare for the noise. We've done it before, so we should be fine."
Minnesota coach Jerry Kill said Nelson's experience against Wisconsin, where Nelson's father played fullback in the late 1970s, should help against Nebraska.
"First game, at Madison. That's a pretty good opening game to get educated in," Kill said. "So I look for him to be excited. Big thing is we need to make sure we put him in good situations as a coaching staff. Got to make sure we got the center quarterback exchange. That's the most important thing."
Last year the Huskers rolled up a season-high 515 yards and broke out to a 34-0 lead on their way to a 41-14 victory in Minneapolis.
The Gophers are much improved defensively, allowing 336 yards and 22.3 points a game. Those numbers were 431 yards and 34.5 points through 10 games a year ago.
"They are a more physical football team, I think, than they were a year ago," Pelini said. "That's what you expect. With more time under coach Kill and his staff, you see the improvement and you've got to give them a lot of credit."
The Huskers also deserve credit after overcoming more double-digit, second-half deficits than any team in Nebraska history. Only two other teams in major-college football since 2000 have pulled off comebacks of such magnitude in a season.
Nebraska rallied from 17 points down to Wisconsin, 12 points to Northwestern and 10 points to Michigan State before overcoming a two-touchdown deficit to Penn State.
All the Huskers have gone through to get wins seems to have strengthened their resolve to get to the Big Ten title game.
"We need to go ahead and get it done," safety P.J. Smith said. "It's that time. For the last four years we played around. Now it's time to get the job done. We have been taking it one game at a time. As long as we do that, and finish the game off the right way, we will be there."