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We'll have mid-thirties for the rest of the week, rising to 39 degrees on Sunday and Monday.
Eight hours north by car, and things will be a tad hotter again. Especially at Mt Gee West and at Hodgkinsons, two additional Arkaroola sites that Marathon Resources admitted to having dumped waste at in a statement on February 20.
In the case of the Hodgkinsons drillings, care samples and other waste were placed in 200 litre drums and buried. This was done two years ago.
PIRSA (Dept. of Primary Industry and Resources in South Australia) inspectors are reportedly visiting these sites later this week to determine the nature and extent of Marathon's vandalism, and to ascertain remediation requirements.
Media reports of the latest PIRSA check are at least ensuring, in a very hot week, that the heat is being kept up on Marathon , even if PIRSA's role is pretty suspect (as an arm of a state Government that badges itself as pro-mining and pro-uranium).
Further heat has come from the Australian Stock Exchange in a series of letters that raise questions about insider trading and disclosures of information. The latest of these (prefaced by Marathon's attempt at a reply) is here: http://www.marathonresources.com.au/pdf/080304_ResponseToASXQuery.pdf
There's some mild frustration over in the chat rooms, too. hrcaboc (a Marathon skeptic), on HotCopper's website observes in relation to former CEO Stuart Hall's law suit against Marathon, that "These guys just keep attracting attention to themselves. Just as well MTN is run by lawyers." A few posts later, Danube writes with typical comprador (traitor class) mentality: "Go pray for CITIC, or Sino-Steel to through (sic) in some money….Only the Chinese can save MTN because they are the biggest customer in WA, and soon in SA. They have the bargain power, politically, financially, and economically. Nothing wrong with that, let them pay premium."
Also recently noted, Paydirt's annual Uranium Conference, to be held at the Adelaide Hilton on March 18-19, 2008.
The program is not yet finalized, but, like last year's conference, it will be opened by Paul Holloway, the state Government minister responsible for primary industries and resources, and the man who opened Marathon's new Port Road offices last year.
What is less certain is whether any of the Marathon men will be making presentations. Santich delivered a paper last year entitled "Mt Gee uranium deposit – resource to mining – current status".
If I had a spare $995 I'd register online at http://www.paydirtssuraniumconference.com ; it would be worth it to hear the same paper with "current" removed and "continuing" in its place!
On the other hand, maybe I will be there anyway, only on the outside with a big placard, rather than inside with a cocktail.
One of the great things about blogging is the quality of comments left by readers. Since I've started this series on Marathon/Arkaroola, some great comments have been left by Nigel, Xanthopus, Bill, John, Annie and, invariably, Anonymous. Hope I haven't left anyone out. Some really astute comments worth going back to and looking at. Keep them coming!
So, what's a no-brainium?
Wrecking ARKAROOLA for uranium!


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By Steve Schwaid, CJ&N Vice President of Digital Services
These days TV station managers understand how valuable and important Facebook is to reach users and viewers. But many find it a challenge to keep up with Facebook's constantly changing rules and guidelines.
Well, fair warning, Facebook is making another change that will impact your news, sales and promotion departments.
Facebook wants to handcuff marketers and brand managers to keep them from creating special incentives to get people to like a page. The process has been called "Like Gating." For years, we have all been working to get users to like our pages, so your first reaction may be that this could put an end to that practice and force a complete strategy change. But as you dig down, it's not as bad as you might think.
Facebook issued this statement about an upcoming change in November:
"You must not incentivize people to use social plugins or to like a Page. This includes offering rewards, or gating apps or app content based on whether or not a person has liked a Page. It remains acceptable to incentivize people to login to your app, check-in at a place or enter a promotion on your app's Page. To ensure quality connections and help businesses reach the people who matter to them, we want people to like Pages because they want to connect and hear from the business, not because of artificial incentives. We believe this update will benefit people and advertisers alike."
What does this really mean? With 1.3 billion users, is Facebook saying they have enough "likes"? No.
Will the new guidelines have impact? Yes, to some degree. But it should not stop you from running promotional or sales-driven contests.
We've reached out to a few third party providers who help many of you with your contests (Aptivada, Social News Desk and Second Street) and the main thing to know is that although you can no longer require participants to "Like" your page, you can still include a "Like" button on your entry forms. This will still net a large group of new followers.
As you read the Facebook position, "It remains acceptable to incentivize people to login to your app, check-in at a place or enter a promotion on your app's Page."
But here is the key question for those of you doing Facebook contests: What is your Facebook strategy and your end goal of getting likes?
Just saying the goal is to get more likes is an empty calorie strategy. Your Facebook goals should be clear and actionable by your entire team from news to sales to promotion.
Possible answers in addition to increasing likes:
– Get more people to watch your TV product
– Get more people on your web platform
– Have more people get your content on their Facebook newsfeed.
Ideally, your goal should be all of the above, but right now you should be using Facebook to drive TV and digital consumption. If your goal is just getting likes, then you may want to review and redirect your strategy.
There are different strategies and tactics we can review with you. We highly recommend that you use Facebook to drive and incentivize TV viewing where you can get a direct ROI on your efforts. If you would like to review a Facebook strategy, please let us know.

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Calgary Philharmonic's guest pianist hits sour note with members of Ukrainian community
Ryan White, CTV Calgary
Published Friday, June 5, 2015 5:23PM MDT
Last Updated Friday, June 5, 2015 6:40PM MDT
The steps outside of the Jack Singer Concert Hall will host demonstrations throughout the weekend as members of Calgary's Ukrainian community protest the decision of Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) officials to allow a controversial guest to perform.
World renowned pianist Valentina Lisitsa is scheduled to perform selected works of Rachmaninoff and Mussorgsky on Friday and Saturday evening as part of the CPO's Masterworks Series.
It is Lisitsa's politically motivated social media posts, not her musical stylings, that have some Calgarians of Ukrainian descent up in arms.
Dr. Inna Platonova, the founder of Russian Speaking Canada for Peace and the organizer of this weekend's demonstrations, was once a fan of Lisitsa and introduced her young son to the pianist's works.
"When I started seeing what kind of material Lisitsa is tweeting, my stomach just turned," said Platonova. "I couldn't believe that the type of person with such talent - a performer, a musician, an artist - would be going that route."
Platonova expects a group of between 50 and 100 protesters outside of the Jack Singer Concert Hall this weekend to oppose Lisitsa's 'promotion of violence and the spreading of hateful messages' which includes the comparing of Ukrainians to dog waste.
"I don't think this is acceptable in a society like Canada where we strive to be tolerant and to be inclusive to everyone of different ethnicities."
In December, Lisitsa, who was born in Ukraine but relocated to the United States nearly 20 years ago, expressed on Twitter her displeasure with the current Ukrainian government, the treatment of the country's Russian minority, and her belief the citizens of Ukraine's west were unwilling to accept progress.
Lisitsa stated the western part of Ukraine dreamed of "a hut with an orchard" instead of pursuing "industrial manufacturing might". The pianist's Twitter account included photos depicting Ukrainian politicians as pigs.
The controversy surrounding Lisitsa's social media posts prompted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) to drop the pianist from her scheduled performances in April. Officials with the TSO said the decision to replace Lisitsa was in response to her "deeply offensive" comments.
On her Facebook account, Lisitsa said her removal from the TSO shows was a reaction to complaints from a "small but aggressive lobby claiming to represent Ukrainian community".
In a statement emailed to CTV, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra explained its decision to allow Lisitsa to perfrom.
"We understand that Ms. Lisitsa's comments have offended members of the community, and of course we appreciate the sensitivity of political situations such as this one," said Marie Pollock, CPO communications manager. "At the same time, as an orchestra, our business is to make music. The CPO engages guest artists based on artistic merit, and cannot take a position on an artist's political views."
"As a result, we will honour our contract with Ms. Lisitsa. It is important for us to keep our commitment to our patrons, who have been looking forward to these performances."


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So we're moving - though we've been moving for the entire month of March. That's what happens when you get access to your new home, but hubby goes on a two-week business trip! Oy - the timing!
No worries - it has given me plenty of time to obsess over the details...
So several posts to follow will share our decorating dilemmas with you, and ask for opinions if anyone has them.
First up, the bedroom. You can click on the picture to make it larger.
So we have this bed frame and side tables shown on the left, in dark brown. On those tables generally sit a stack of magazines and a book or two, plus the wonderful Candela lamps I've reviewed before.
To the right is the duvet cover from Dwell that I have been coveting, and that WILL BE MINE!
And THEN. I have the carpet options. We have hardwood floors but they're on their last legs and likely cannot be refinished yet another time (or so we have been warned, I suppose so we'll tiptoe around and try to make Duane do the same!) so, we've decided to go with the wonderful Flor carpet tiles in each room. I'm seeing grey (gray?) in the bedroom.
I've ordered samples of I think most of these - one wasn't available, but otherwise there are three of the greys coming soon.
As always, I look forward to your comments...next decorating dilemma is carpet tiles in the living room. Stay tuned!
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Chasetown FC ran riot in the second half of their UniBond League fixture at Goole AFC to take a fine 5-0 victory.
The Scholars were on top throughout with the home side's chances kept in single figures as Chasetown produced tight football and attacking style worthy of a promotion-chasing side.
The Scholars made a bright start with Ben Jevons firing straight at Vikings keeper Jamie Ward in the first minute, before Grant Ryan went close on two occasions with his second chance flying over the bar.
The hosts had their first opportunity via a Rory Prendergast free kick but Chris Horton headed clear, and in the 12th minute it was the visitors who took the lead when a free kick from Gavin Saunders was headed home by skipper Dave Egan with Ward nowhere in sight.
Richard Woolley was making his debut for the Scholars in goal after Ryan Price was ruled out with an ankle injury, and he saw his first action as he collected a Prendergast free kick at the second attempt as the hosts tried to fight back.
The Vikings lost Glyn Cotton to injury following a collision with Jevons on 26 minutes, and shortly after a superb shot from Gary Hay flew wide as did the striker's next effort following another Saunders free kick.
Two minutes before the break Ryan's shot hit the stanchion at the rear of the goal, and Chasetown continued to look the stronger side, John Branch clearing a Prendergast corner to conclude the action.
Two minutes into the second half the Scholars' lead was doubled when Ramone Stephens was brought down by Chris Glavery in the area and Ryan stepped up to send Ward the wrong way from the penalty spot.
Chasetown were working superbly with the defence marshalled by welcome returnee Richard Teesdale who had replaced the injured Chris Slater, and on 53 minutes Jevons fired just over but ten minutes later the midfielder smashed a right-footed drive past Ward for his first goal for the Scholars.
Six minutes later Danny Smith chased down a loose ball and played back to Jevons who unleashed a screaming shot into the roof of the net for his second and Chasetown's fourth of the afternoon.
There was still plenty of time for a fifth, which came on 78 minutes when Stephens slid the ball to Egan who blasted his second past the helpless Ward.
Goole's only real chance of the half came with eight minutes to go as Woolley fumbled a Prendergast free kick but Mark Branch was able to clear, and the Scholars closed the game down for a fully deserved victory.
It's a local derby for the Scholars on Tuesday (April 20th) as they visit Rushall Olympic (7.45pm kick-off) before travelling to Kidsgrove Athletic on Thursday (April 22nd) for a 7.45pm kick-off. They then complete the week by taking on Kidsgrove Athletic at the Scholars Ground on Saturday (April 24th), kick-off 3pm.
Goole: Ward, Gilean, Jeffs, Barwick, Glavery, Stratford (c), Ellis, Cotton, Taylor, Legge, Prendergast. Subs: Bennett (Legge 78), Rose (Cotton 26), Dudgeon, Parry.
Chasetown: Woolley, J Branch, M Branch, Slater, Horton, Saunders, Stephens, Egan (c), Hay, Ryan, Jevons. Subs: D Smith (Hay 66), Horler (Saunders 71), Perrow, L Smith, Teesdale (Slater 48). Goals: Egan 12, Ryan pen 47, Jevons 63, Jevons 69, Egan 78. Referee: Mr D Musgrave. Attendance: 183.
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So I was invited to be a guest designer at Splitcoast Stampers as part of the Creative Crew from May through August 2017! I am so incredibly honored and excited to take on this challenge!! We are given five challenges a month to a specific theme and design a project that we post to encourage and inspire our fellow demonstrators (and others!!) to use the product we purchase. The theme for May is Suite Surprises and I have dedicated five separate blog posts to each of the projects I have designed. I hope you enjoy and are inspired by my artwork and as always if you don't have a demonstrator, I would love help with your Stampin' Up! Needs. Contact me or hit the shop now button up in my menu!
I sometimes struggle with card sketches and I am SO not used to doing one layer cards that this one was certainly a struggle LOL! I partially case'd the sample card for Jar of Love from the brand new catalog coming June 1, 2017. I just put my own spin on it. I LOVE ghost stamping with white ink first and then over stamping with soft colors. I used rich razzleberry, pear pizazz and the brand new in color fresh fig. Enjoy!
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Ghibran was handpicked by Kamal to compose music for the sequel of his blockbuster film 'Viswaroopam'. Now Ghibran is working on 'Thoongavanam; which is his straight fourth film with Kamal.
The young composer has given soulful melodies for the upcoming family thriller 'Papanasam' that has Kamal and Gauthami in lead roles. The songs that were released a few weeks back are slowly getting into the hearts of listeners. Especially the 'Yeya En Kottikara' is being liked by music lovers. Now this song has reached the first position in Radio ratings for being most aired in radio channels. Ghibran has shared this happy news in his micro blogging page.
The video of the song is also being well received as it captures some romantic moments between Kamal and Gauthami.
'Papanasam' is slated to hit the screens worldwide on July 3 and the advance reservations are on full swing.


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In Retrospect: Gary Nisbet & Karen Kosoglad Over 25 Years
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EXHIBITION: In Retrospect: Gary Nisbet and Karen Kosoglad over 25 years
DATES: April 7– May 1, 2016
OPENING: First Thursday, April 7, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, Seattle, Washington
HOURS Mon–Sat 10:30 – 5:30, Sun 11 – 4
URL: www.lisaharrisgallery.com
During the month of April Lisa Harris Gallery features a survey of work by Gary Nisbet and Karen Kosoglad, both of whom may be described as process-oriented artists. The exhibition spans 25 years of creative impulse, with mixed media works from the 1990s to 2016, staging a fertile dialogue between past and present. A reception for the artists will be held, First Thursday, April 7, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Working in mixed media on surfaces of paper, reclaimed wood, and canvas, Gary Nisbet deconstructs familiar objects from the home and garden and reassembles them in abstracted, often collaged, compositions of loosely drawn shapes and lively color. Tableware, food, plant forms, and domestic objects are slyly and playfully compartmentalized and juxtaposed, becoming emblems that declare their importance in the rites and cycles of daily life. Also featured in the exhibition are architecturally inspired early works.
As a young artist, Nisbet apprenticed with a master muralist to restore historic landmark buildings up and down the West Coast. The process involved scraping through layers of paint and metallic leaf for days on end, revealing underlying images and "accumulated history". Nisbet employs a similar approach in his acrylic and collage works. He develops new, highly painterly narratives by applying new imagery and text over aged, layered areas to produce richly textured surfaces. Text, fabric, found objects, and even earlier paintings become source material.
Nisbet's works are included in a host of prominent corporate collections nationwide; among them, Columbia Pictures, Fidelity Investments, AT&T, and the New York Stock Exchange. The Boise Art Museum, The Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, Massachusetts, Swedish Hospital in Seattle, and the University of California, Los Angeles have also acquired his work. The artist's work has been featured in Boston, New York, and San Francisco, as well as Barcelona and Amsterdam.
Karen Kosoglad's mixed-media paintings and collages bridge figuration and abstraction. Intensified line and gestural elements bring freshness and balance to her figurative subject matter. A process-oriented artist, Kosoglad works entirely from live models, exploring rhythm and shape with her organic approach to the female figure. She acknowledges, "there is an illusive truth that I'm trying to capture in relation to the actual form and the balance of the abstract form." Her figures, through being abstracted, become part of the space they exist in, creating a kind of organic geometry. She works in oil, acrylic, wax, and sometimes collage on a variety of surfaces, including wood, canvas, and paper.
Kosoglad received her Bachelors of Arts Degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz where she came under the influence of Donald Weygandt, a colleague of Richard Diebenkorn. She holds a Masters in Education and has taught in the Seattle public schools since 1993. Her work has been privately collected in Boston, Chicago and New York as well as on the West Coast and in Italy.


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TrunkMonkey is an inflatable bicycle carrier that completely eliminates the need to purchase a permanent bike rack for your car. The clever contraption is lightweight and portable, making it easy for any consumer to set up.
The TrunkMunkey is made out of Kevlar fabric and features adjustable nylon straps. To set up the TrunkMunkey, you simply need to inflate the device using the included 12v DC air pump. The device will inflate in under two minutes and can then be deflated when you are finished using it. The TrunkMunkey is compatible with any vehicle and can be easily stored in your trunk or rear hatch.
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Oi, me muckers! Right! With all the herbs I am still processing into meals, I had to include some lovely liquor over some pie and mash with the bounty of parsley. The pictured meal was made previously, I didn't take pictures this time. Too busy working and enjoying the meal. In the picture however, are a few twists....I put some porchini mushrooms in the pie filling and parsnips are in the mash...The last twist is that I had cider instead of washing it down with a brew. I'm not sure how that would be received in East London, but I will take comfort in the fact that it was brill!
Recipe for the liquor:
History of pie, mash and liquor, not to mention some eels.....
After reading the history of pie and mash with liquor, you can see how the parley sauce came to be known as liquor. The sauce was made from the water that prominent eels were cooked in, back in the day. Eels not being so prolific on the Thames, it isn't made that way as much now.
Don't forget to douse with loads of vinegar, or even better chili vinegar - Pukka!
"Parsley - the jewel of herbs, both in the pot and on the plate."Albert Stockli
My favourite Cockney - Delboy. I'm sure he tucks into Pie and Mash on a regular basis.


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To tailor the Political Science program to their individual needs and to complement it in a reasonable manner, students choose a suitable minor (complementary or secondary subject). The major in Political Science can be combined with the following minors:
You will find more detailed information about the minors at the respective websites. In well-reasoned cases, the Political Science major can also be combined with other minors, if requested.


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Vladimir, I was trying a buildtest module from svn repository. You wrote, >When I tried to run it for the first time I saw problems with <get> >and <svn> commands - they did not work in my environment due to: > - no proxy settings for <get> and <exec svn> command. > - some problems with my certificate for apache site. Is there any progress with making <get> command work? I tried to make it work. 1. I succeed to make <get> work through proxy by changing cc/config.xml (= config/config-full.xml) in a following way: <schedule interval="300"> <ant antWorkingDir="projects/classlib/trunk" target="fetch-depends"> <jvmarg arg="-Dhttp.proxyHost=***.com"/> <jvmarg arg="-Dhttp.proxyPort=***"/> </ant> </schedule> 2. Setting CC_OPTS (like ANT_OPTS) doesn't help me to rewrite the configuration file in a following way. <schedule interval="300"> <ant antWorkingDir="projects/classlib/trunk" target="fetch-depends"> <jvmarg arg="-Dhttp.proxyHost=${http.proxyHost}"/> <jvmarg arg="-Dhttp.proxyPort=${http.proxyPort}"/> </ant> </schedule> So I've created config/cc.properties and used <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cruisecontrol> + <property file="cc.properties"/> Using this approach I managed to make classlib-deps and drlvm-deps. Do you think this is a correct direction to develop proxy support? BTW, why the config file is called config-full.xml? I prefer to call it cc-config.xml. With best regards, Alexei Fedotov, Intel Middleware Products Division >-----Original Message----- >From: Vladimir Ivanov [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] >Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 3:56 PM >To: firstname.lastname@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com >Subject: Re: [build-test-infra] Build Test Infrastructure > >On 7/26/06, Geir Magnusson Jr < email@example.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> That's what the buildtest subproject is for. Have you looked at it? > > > >Yes. When I tried to run it for the first time I saw problems with <get> >and ><svn> commands - they did not work in my environment due to: > - no proxy settings for <get> and <exec svn> command. > - some problems with my certificate for apache site. > >I propose to do the following: > - specify in README.txt that if you work via proxy, then, specify in >property file values for proxy host/port and checks proxy settings into >your >SVN configuration files. > - specify in README.txt that the certificate to work with apache site >should be accepted. > >Does it make sense? >Issue 995 was created to support proxy settings for the 'get' target. > > > >> > 4. Full testing - the whole set of Harmony tests are run on >> regular >> > builds, results are published. >> > Goal: to see what happened with Harmony quality on the whole set of >> > automated tests, see new bugs, see quality of Harmony runtimes. >> > Users should be able to do this kind of testing on their specific >> platforms >> > and publish results on Harmony web site. >> > ****This script (prototype) I implemented, see issue 984. >> >> I thought that the classlib tests are run as well w/ the CC script right >> now, but will check. > > >Yes, but I hope in the future we will have more test suites (functional, >stress etc). >Will we run all of them in code integrity testing? - I suppose no, once we >see that running all tests takes more then hour. > > Thanks, Vladimir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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An Ember in the Ashes: So this book and I have a love hate relationship. More hate than love actually haha. I don't know what it was, but I thought I was going to love this book, but it took me forever to read and I was just frustrated with the characters and the plot. Believe it or not I still am going to give the second book a try. Drawn: I have nothing good to say about this book. I wanted a great new adult romance and I got complete trash. Romancer: I thought this was going to be great because I had the single issues, but it was awful.
Return to Wonderland: This is a trash comic book and I gave up on the series because the women in this series are objectified too much for my liking. Snotgirl: I had high hopes for this comic, but it was confusing and disgusting and not in a good way. I'm still going to read the second volume in hopes of giving it a second chance. The Swap: THE WORST children's book known to mankind. I HATED this book. I thought it would be cute; however, I found the discussion of gender to be deplorable. It was awful. Never again.
Westminster Abby: So I thought I would like this novel because it would be a cute revisit to my childhood. I was incredibly wrong and incredibly bored. I don't think I'll read anymore in this series. Yellow Brick War: This book was a huge disappointment of the series. If you ask anyone then you'll know that I love the premise of this series; however, this book failed to meet my expectations. Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe: This is book. I can't even. So click below to watch my brutal analysis of this huge disappointment of a book:
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Fate Therapeutics Announces Initial Clinical Data from Ongoing First-in-Human VOYAGE Study of FATE-NK100 for Relapsed / Refractory Acute Myelogenous Leukemia at SITC 2017 Annual Meeting
Subject in Dose Cohort 2 Achieves Morphologic Leukemia-free State at Day 14
No Dose Limiting Toxicities Reported
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FATE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of programmed cellular immunotherapies for cancer and immune disorders, announced today initial clinical data from the ongoing VOYAGE Phase 1 study of FATE-NK100 as a monotherapy for the treatment of refractory or relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). The data were presented today in a poster session at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 2017 Annual Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland.
Anti-leukemia activity was observed with FATE-NK100, the Company's first-in-class adaptive memory natural killer (NK) cell cancer immunotherapy, in each of the treated dose cohorts of the VOYAGE study. The subject in the second dose cohort (2x107 cells/kg) achieved a morphologic leukemia-free state (mLFS) following a single intravenous infusion of FATE-NK100 as a monotherapy. Prior to treatment, the subject presented in relapse, was refractory to conventional NK cell therapy and had 50% leukemic blasts in the bone marrow. At Day 14 following treatment, a bone marrow biopsy showed clearance of leukemic blasts in the marrow, and approximately 3x104 FATE-NK100 cells per mL were measured in the peripheral blood.
"These are encouraging early data for FATE-NK100 in refractory and relapsed AML, especially in patients with such high leukemic blast burden in the marrow that have exhausted all therapeutic options," said Sarah Cooley, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation at the University of Minnesota and the clinical trial's lead investigator. "The disappearance of all cells with morphologic characteristics of leukemia validates the in vivo anti-leukemia activity of FATE-NK100. We look forward to continuing enrollment in the VOYAGE study and to dosing the first patient with FATE-NK100 in the APOLLO study for the treatment of women with recurrent ovarian cancer."
The subject in the first dose cohort of VOYAGE (1x107 cells/kg) presented in primary induction failure with 87% leukemic blasts in the bone marrow. Two weeks following a single infusion of FATE-NK100, a bone marrow biopsy revealed a nearly 50% reduction in leukemic blasts. In addition, approximately 76% of NK cells in the peripheral blood were of FATE-NK100 origin.
"The significant reduction of leukemic blasts in the bone marrow observed in both subjects without any dose-limiting toxicities is very promising," stated Scott Wolchko, Chief Executive Officer of Fate Therapeutics. "Although the second subject's morphologic leukemia-free state was not sustained following a single dose of FATE-NK100, the clearance of leukemia at Day 14 coupled with the presence of FATE-NK100 in circulation validates the cell product's enhanced potency and persistence. We look forward to continuing subject enrollment and to combining FATE-NK100 with monoclonal antibody therapy for the treatment of advanced solid tumors through the launch of our DIMENSION study."
The accelerated dose-escalation design of VOYAGE is designed to evaluate the safety and determine the maximum dose of a single intravenous infusion of FATE-NK100 as a monotherapy. The three dose levels are 1x107, 2x107 and up to 1x108 adjusted to kg of body weight. FATE-NK100 has now advanced through the first two dose cohorts with no reports of dose limiting toxicities (DLTs). The third dose cohort is currently enrolling. A ten-subject expansion cohort is expected to be enrolled at the maximum dose level.
About FATE-NK100
FATE-NK100 is a first-in-class natural killer (NK) cell cancer immunotherapy comprised of adaptive memory NK cells, a highly specialized and functionally distinct subset of activated NK cells expressing the maturation marker CD57. Higher frequencies of CD57+ NK cells in the peripheral blood or tumor microenvironment in cancer patients have been linked to better clinical outcomes. In preclinical studies, FATE-NK100 has demonstrated enhanced anti-tumor activity across a broad range of hematologic and solid tumors, with augmented cytokine production, improved persistence and increased resistance to immune checkpoint pathways compared to other NK cell therapies that are being clinically administered today. FATE-NK100 is produced through a feeder-free, seven-day manufacturing process during which NK cells sourced from a healthy donor are activated ex vivo with pharmacologic modulators.
About VOYAGE
VOYAGE is an open-label, accelerated dose-escalation, Phase 1 clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and determine the maximum dose of a single intravenous infusion of FATE-NK100 as a monotherapy administered after lymphodepleting chemotherapy followed by sub-cutaneous IL-2 administration in subjects with refractory or relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). One subject is being enrolled in each of the three planned dose cohorts. A ten-subject expansion cohort is expected to be enrolled at the maximum dose level. Anti-tumor activity of FATE-NK100 is being assessed by rates of complete response, disease-free survival and overall survival. The study is being conducted at the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota as an investigator-initiated study.
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is an aggressive cancer of the blood and bone marrow that progresses rapidly without treatment. Cancerous cells called leukemic blasts multiply and displace normal cells in the bone marrow, disrupting normal blood cell production. Each year in the United States, about 19,900 people are diagnosed with AML, and about 10,400 people die from all forms of the disease, according to the American Cancer Society. Current treatment options for AML consist of reducing and eliminating cancer cells mainly through chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and stem cell transplantation.
About Fate Therapeutics, Inc.
Fate Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of programmed cellular immunotherapies for cancer and immune disorders. The Company's hematopoietic cell therapy pipeline is comprised of NK- and T-cell immuno-oncology programs, including off-the-shelf product candidates derived from engineered induced pluripotent cell lines, and immuno-regulatory programs, including product candidates to prevent life-threatening complications in patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation and to promote immune tolerance in patients with autoimmune disease. Its adoptive cell therapy programs are based on the Company's novel ex vivo cell programming approach, which it applies to modulate the therapeutic function and direct the fate of immune cells. Fate Therapeutics is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information, please visit www.fatetherapeutics.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the safety and therapeutic potential of NK cells including FATE-NK100, the expected clinical development plans for FATE-NK100, and the potential of FATE-NK100 to treat patients with AML and other cancers. These and any other forward-looking statements in this release are based on management's current expectations of future events and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk of cessation or delay of planned development and clinical activities for a variety of reasons (including any delay in enrolling patients in clinical trials, or the occurrence of any adverse events or other results that may be observed during development), the risk that results observed in prior preclinical studies and current clinical trials of FATE-NK100 may not be replicated in current or future clinical trials, and the risk that FATE-NK100 may not produce therapeutic benefits or may cause other unanticipated adverse effects. For a discussion of other risks and uncertainties, and other important factors, any of which could cause our actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the Company's most recently filed periodic report, and from time to time the Company's other investor communications. Fate Therapeutics is providing the information in this release as of this date and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Stern Investor Relations, Inc.


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A Riverside County Superior Court judge has ruled that Riverside must change the ballot designation for Supervisor Manuel Perez to make clear that he was appointed rather than elected to the Board of Supervisors.
Perez's June 5 opponent Jan Harnik, who brought the lawsuit, praised the judge's decision and said Perez had wasted taxpayer time and money by fighting the case.
Derek Humphrey, a Perez campaign consultant, says it's the other way around.
"We are disappointed that the judge ruled against the county Registrar of Voters and their guidelines and past precedence for ballot designations. Harnik's lawsuit was nothing more than an overly technical gotcha that won't have any impact on the election. The only impact this lawsuit had was to waste a lot of people's time and a lot of our tax dollars."
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Hey guys,
I have this new Western Digital My Book that I got about 6 months ago and it suddenly will not show up when I plug it in. I tried looking for solutions on what's happening but I can't get past the first few steps, until I found one where it says that the drive is probably toasted! Anyway, I'm still not giving up hope. I tried it on two computers, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver but it's still the same. I tried initializing it and it's giving me "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error". I would like to chkdsk it but I forgot what the drive letter of the hard drive, so I can't really search it.
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Hi gwulfwud,
Welcome to Seven Forums.
It looks like that your WD MyBook is a goner.
The DLGDIAG test results is irrelevant since it hadn't run on the full capacity of the drive. It only read 0.00GB and gave you a PASS.:)
Don't break your head trying this or that. Please contact WD Tech Support if they could help. Based on the DLGDIAG Test results they may ask you to RMA it if they have no other solution to resolve the issue.
( On your WD My Book no DIY data recovery is possible since the drive is hardware encrypted. Only WD Data recovery partners have the decrypt key and can do that. )
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AirAfreak wrote:Congratulations on your first trip report! I hope you enjoyed Milwaukee, too! I've never visited Milwaukee but I do love Bon Jovi so I think your short stay was worth the long-haul effort!
By the way, I stopped composing trip reports long ago because it took a million decades to upload a single photo. And for this reason, I have to say thanks for taking the extra time to prepare and then share your trip report. On a scale of 1-5 with "5" being excellent, how would you rate the ease and convenience of the photo uploading process? I'm just curious.
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Since then, she has served on the local, state and federal level to promote public service and civic engagement through the Kansas Leadership Center, the Kansas Volunteer Commission and the Corporation for National and Community Service. She is a proud Kansan, having served in various roles under three Kansas Governors: Kathleen Sebelius, Mark Parkinson and Sam Brownback.
Brittany began Blnx Consulting in 2014. She is an alum of the Kansas Leadership Center Civic Leadership Training and previously partnered with the KLC to launch a Leadership Hikes pilot at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. As a coach, Brittany is committed to courageous and creative thinking to increase the culture of leadership in Kansas.
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I have been exploring this tool a bit further. Previously I tried uploading a word document, and then publishing it on my blog. This worked well and seemed not to lose formatting. I have just played around with creating a presentation. The software is very clunky and I also discovered that you can't upload the presentation document to a blog. I also experimented with uploading a biggish excel file on Collingwood Hotels. This seemed to work fine. Again, the Google spreadsheet does not have an option for loading to blog.
Continuing to play around with this has been of use to me in terms of discovering a practical and immediate use for this. I am working with a team of people from the Collingwoood Historical Society to update material about Collingwood hotels. I have the master excel spreadsheet of information on my desktop. Now I have it also on Google documents and will be able to invite the others to add their comments there directly. I notice there is also a chat facility. So my next step will be to invite the other team members to make their additions to the spreadsheet on Google documents. I am not sure how that will display, ie will we know who has made what changes? I presume that won't be like track changes, but will appear in the list of versions which seems to track even the most minute change. The first trick will be to make sure that the people I invite to share don't dismiss my invitation for spam. This happened recently with a new blog I set up! They just don't know me as Polyxena.
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Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor have asked to be allowed to wear smaller gloves when they meet in the ring later this month.
Under the Nevada State Athletic Commission's rules, the boxers must wear 10oz gloves because they are fighting at 154lb.
But Mayweather said earlier this month that he was prepared to wear 8oz mitts, as he did for the majority of his career.
He said: "Let's fight in 8 z gloves. McGregor can fight in any brand he prefers or chooses. I'll be wearing 8oz Grant gloves.
"Whatever advantage McGregor needs to feel more comfortable in the ring, I'm willing to accommodate. Let's give the boxing and MMA fans what they want to see."
And the NSAC's chief Bob Bennett has revealed the matter will be discussed at the commission's next meeting.
"Mayweather's team has, and McGregor's team are in the process [of submitting a request]," he told Sky Sports .
"They come before the commission, each party can discuss their reasoning. The chairman and commissioners openly discuss the request, and vote on it.
"Our regulations require 10oz gloves. But I won't say that there's no negotiations.
"This is an anomaly. I haven't experienced this in over three years on the job.
"But the fact that we've never received a request does not negate the fact that [Mayweather and McGregor] have the opportunity [to submit their own request]."
McGregor is used to wearing 4oz gloves in the UFC and is likely to be favoured by the smaller ones if the request is granted.


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The pen hovered above a half rendered sixteenth note. Denise stared into space as her hand trembled. Her left eye rolled back slightly. She tried to scream. She fell from her chair to the carpeted floor, landing with a soft thud. She stared at the table legs, looking at the scuffs they acquired from her shoes rubbing against them, year after year.
The cat came in, past noon. It sniffed at her hand, then worried, began mewling, but there was no one to hear. Denise began to cry.
Three weeks later, Denise came home from the hospital, walking with a slight limp. She sat down at her chair, and looked at the unfinished notation, staring back at her from the sunlight paper. The cat circled her leg twice, purring and leaving white hairs on her pant leg. Denise looked out the window, at the various shades of green fluttering from the leaves of a the maple tree that had grown up outside her building over the past thirty years. Snaps of sunlight snuck through the leaves and hurt her eyes. She raised a shaking hand to her brow and closed her eyes. She tried to hear the shades of green and the dotted blasts of sunlight, as sounds, but the colors were silent.
She picked up her pen and completed the sixteenth note. A tear fell to the paper, and mixed with the dying ink. The flag of the note grew engorged into a rough-edged circle. The music was gone.


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The project CASA26 is an illustration of the shifting powers:
MONEY, MONEY: Everything can be bought and everything was bought. That is the very symbol of power. The architecture, every piece of art and furniture were put together, purchased from Zurich to Paris, Berlin to Buenos Aires, London to Nairobi. A thorough inventory belongs to the work.
NOMADIC : Next to International Geneva, French owner, Swiss architect, Austrian builder.
SEDUCTIVE: The buzz began with the artistically minded photographers asking to take pictures of the house. CASA26 made the front page of numerous interior design magazines, from Sweden to New Zealand, Berlin to New York. It was chosen as a set for several advertisings (Vacheron Constantin for its anniversary) and music clips.
CRITICISED / RESISTED: Casa26 created bewilderment in the local community. An estate agent thought it was unfinished. No French magazine published it.
NEW SYMBOLS: the Nouveau Riche must have a contemporary art collection, a sustainable home made of healthy materials, a garage for at least 4 cars.
MORE MONEY: CASA26 will be auctioned, as an artwork would be, in June 2018.
Power is changing hands. The bourgeoisie, national governments, humanistic education have lost ground to a tech meritocracy and finance genies, mega borderless corporations that feed on our lust for satisfaction and pop culture.
Le Nouveau Riche is a metaphor of this new order. It is an adventure, a history, a place, an exhibition and an experience that became a work of art.
Its central piece CASA26 in Thonon (F), a sculpture-like iron villa on the shore of Lake Leman, landed as a foreign body among the grand 19th century villas. It was built on Roman ruins. It generated a love-hate relationship with the population. It was published worldwide but in France. It has been a multinational adventure from its conception to its execution. The work started on 7 May 2008, in the euphoric times before the financial crisis, and will come under the hammer of an international auction on 8 May 2018, 10 years and 1 day later.
The experience proposed to the visitor is to drive or take a boat to go visit the house/artwork, walk through the gate and down the path to the house entrance, as a guest to this shocking and enchanted world of contemporaneous architecture. The ground floor – public space of the house – is left untouched, ready to livein, with its furniture, its collection of South American art, its breath taking architecture. The visit continues to the basement, a series of concrete boxes that receive the exhibition of Le Nouveau Riche, about 15 works (photography, mixed media), including an installation telling the story of CASA26 in its historical context.
The form of power and the people who exercise it have been rapidly changing over the past years.
In a society where capitalism has become a religion (Benjamin Walter), the measure of power is money. Power is traditionally conceived as imposing upon the people by force or laws. In the pre-humanistic world, the lord would control the lives of his suzerains. In the humanistic society, Foucault says that the 18th century put in place a system of production, of creation. Bio politics is the power system based on discipline and control of the bodies that takes care of the people so they produce. It is how the bourgeoisie/capitalism reign– and its idealised antithesis, communism. This system became obsolete.
"But instead of falling into communism, industrial capitalism is transforming itself into neo-liberalism and financial capitalism, with post-industrial, immaterial production modes" (Byung-Chul Han Psychopolitik. Neoliberalismus und die neuen Machtechniken, 2014). "Nowadays we think that we are not an enslaved subject but a free project that constantly rethinks and reinvents itself". But "the liberty of can-do generates even more constraints than must-do". People increasingly become their own slaves. We observe it with the emergence of the financial and the tech companies (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon (GAFA), Uber, AirBnB, hedge funds, Insurance companies, etc.); a large part of the humanity freely choses to use them "for free" and without noticing that it hands them enormous power. Machiavelli would have given them his blessing, "put your subjects out of harm's way, out of even thinking about harming you".
They go beyond the boundaries of states and cultures. They don't pay taxes, they move around the world. They are mostly unregulated because no state-like institution is global enough to impose rules, some of them even feel strong enough (after just a few years of existence) to deliberately ignore or cheat existing laws. They represent a huge source of power to the point that they can impact on electoral results in the most powerful state of the world, influence people's consumption (goods, culture or sex), mood and opinions. Their disrupting effect allows them to shift very quickly huge amounts of money from established industries to themselves. One day they will transport us in driverless cars and know where we are, where and how go on what purpose.
Today's most massive sources of power are private companies to which the population freely accepts to submit to and that bypass the states. "But the cause of liberality, freedom, is too important to be left to the liberals" (Peter Sloterdijk, Stress und Freiheit, 2011)
Who exercises the power? RIP Bourgeoisie and Aristocracy
The neo-liberal society is creating a new meritocracy. It is leaving the traditional bourgeois far behind.
The speed and concentration of wealth creation is unprecedented. Forbes 2017 billionaire's ranking shows that half of the 50 richest people were not on the map 30 years ago. Some were babies. They don't come from powerful families. They didn't even have to finish their studies. An attractive idea and execution skills directed to a market with billions of users sufficed to climb to the highest.
Established powers are not calling the shots anymore in this new globalised world. "It will appear that nations are unable to maintain their standing in the marketplace; because nations will not be able to organize a strong world power by sharing it; because big global companies will soon take power and the world will become more and more nomadic. Individuals themselves will have less and less loyalty to nations." (Interview with Jacques Attali, 2015, exposition "Une brève histoire de l'avenir", Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Belgium.)
The Nouveau Riche to a certain extent imitates the behaviour of the old one. But it is fair to say that the imitation is only on the surface, like playing the role in a Hollywood movie – yes we all want to live the lives of our Hollywood models. But the Nouveau Riche doesn't wear a bespoke suit; he is not driven in a Rolls Royce and does not spend weekends fox hunting. He does not refer to the literature classics and the traditional humanistic culture.
CASA26 metaphor of the new power
Firstly, CASA26 is situated in France, the hard core of the classical bourgeois society, cradle of humanism. It is built on the shore of lake Leman, JJ Rousseau would dream on its shores. It was a centre of leisure for the Bourgeoisie. CASA26 is built between the decayed summer villa of the Dupont d'Isigny, and the villa of a Lyon silk dynasty, best friends with the Lumière family. In this series of grand classical homes lands a massive iron sculpture, which at first was completely black and resembled a huge army tank or navy vessel invading the shores and destroying the idyllic landscape.
This invasion was also using and reinterpreting the codes of classical French grand homes (Grand rooms, wood panelling, visible patina/aging, gravel drive, water lilies pond). The aging, which is what in the end in the traditional bourgeois system gives legitimacy to the social status, was accelerated through the choice of materials. In the 21st century, there is no time to wait for time.


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My friend Arnold emailed me from his vacation in Colorado to tell me he had done some great fishing in the beaver dams above Estes Park. He said he had to hike a long way up above the tree lines to find these mini-lakes, and he caught a beautiful 18-inch cutthroat trout that fed four people that evening. Every third year he and his wife Irma meet his old Army buddy Gerald and his German wife Hilde for a two-week vacation, doing a lot of hiking and fishing and just communing with nature.
But the real reason for emailing me was because of a discussion they had had last night over the incidents in Charlottesville over the past weekend. While they were watching the news, Gerald's wife kept saying, "Not again, not again." She said it was against the law in Germany now to brandish any swastikas, or to give the Hitler salute, or anything Nazi. "They should outlaw all that stuff here too," she said. So they got into a discussion about how a forward-looking nation like Germany, with its history of great thinkers and artists, could have ever succumbed to a fascist government.
In the course of their discussion they came up with ten reasons for the rise of the Third Reich, and he wanted to send their list to me for my perusal, and for my reaction, if I had any.
Their list: 1) institutions, especially judicial, were attacked for bias and for not protecting the country; 2) xenophobia was on the rise, especially after World War I, and certain ethnic groups were blamed for invading the country; 3) intelligence agencies were vilified and their personnel replaced by ideologues; 4) the press was demonized; 5) the universities and the intellectual elite were impugned by a base built on demagoguery; 6) national exceptionalism, hyped by the leader, was the mantra of conformist masses; 7) only one man had to be in charge and he knew more than the generals; 8) political opponents were mocked, shamed, and sidelined while whitesupremacists were given positions of power; 9) propaganda machines arose to spread lies and subvert the truth; 10) religious institutions were infiltrated by government collaborators and intimidated into silence.
"Sound familiar?" he wrote, and then signed off.
I wrote back that their list was a formidable one, and that I wondered how long it took them to put it together. Arnold replied that Hilde was a retired professor of political science at Frankfurt University and it didn't take long at all. Her father had been a pastor in the 1930's and was a member of the Confessing Church, which put him under a lot of pressure. Arnold told her about his friendship with me, so she wondered whether I was speaking out against bigotry and racism, and he said he thought I probably had done that.
I wrote back asking him to congratulate Hilde about the fact that Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel was looked upon as the leading political voice in the free world right now. I also added that we can thank God that in this country we have a system of checks and balances, with three branches of government, legislative and judicial and not just executive. He should remind her that the wheels of democracy grind slowly, but they seem to get the job done.
So in his response to that he said she just shook her head, and wondered what kind of democracy allows the loser of the popular vote to win the Presidency. In turn I asked him if he wanted to spend his whole vacation trying to explain the Electoral College to her.
So Arnold sent me a one-line response: "OK, I'll just put it your way: thank God for checks and balances."


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//still no job but i'm managing//
Well I've still don't have a job but I'm working on a paying comic gig with Bob Francis and my former employer has given me an under the table freelance job so I'm getting some money in. Also my music on my music myspace page is updated. check it out http://www.myspace.com/kamitose
my art/life myspace is http://www.myspace.com/psychopink111 and my comic one is http://www.myspace.com/azurawasteland
also check out the fanfilm for TT I'm helping with. http://www.myspace.com/teentitans3d
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Sweet Skateboards was founded on the west coast of Sweden in 1999 and has been known for the Nordic skate culture and rough DIY spots. The Company Deck is a classic logo deck by the Swedish company.
Stemming for the cold concrete playground of Gothenburg, Sweet SKTBS started as a passion project in 1999. Since then, the company has grown to become a staple in skate shops around the world. With clean, Scandinavian designs, Sweet SKTBS bring us a large collection of fashionable urban streetwear in addition to banging hardware each year.


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Wow. I can't believe that we've only got three more weeks of summer vacation for the kiddos. Where did all the lazy days of summer go? I guess it's time to get it in gear and get them prepared for a new school year. I enjoy summer, even though I still work full time. I don't have to worry about homework, or last minute school projects they forgot to tell me about and we need a poster board and art supplies, or making sure they have lunch money or checking for lost permission slips or making sure there aren't things I need to read in the binder or my all-time favorite "Mom, I need to wear my band shirt tomorrow (it's 10 pm at night) and it's dirty, can you wash it for me". I could go on, but you probably understand why I like summer now. Summer is more than a break for the kids; it's a break for Mom too. This summer I made some great changes. New gym, new way of eating, new way of training + introduction of Crossfit = making progress (measured in baby steps of course, but progress nonetheless). I'm opening my mind to the infinite possibilities. I'm amazed at the things my body can do now and the things my mind comprehends that it didn't two years ago when I first started training. It doesn't matter that I'm the last one to finish the warm-up drills or that I have the least number of reps, what matters is that I finish. If I start it, I finish it. If you catch me trying to sell myself short, just remind me…If You Start It, Finish It!
Now here's a little something I'm going to be doing on Saturday. I will be making the drive to Farmers Branch (past Dallas) to attend a Women's BJJ Seminar by Hannette Staack. I don't know if there are any spots left, but just in case, you can check it out at poweredbyshe.com. I was a lucky one; I get in free because I will be wearing one of my many fabulous Fenom Gis. How sweet is that? Pretty sweet deal if you ask me!


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New research from the Australian National University (ANU) has concluded that a 'safety in numbers' mentality applies when it comes to riding motorcycles.
The research suggests that drivers using roads in areas rarely frequented by motorcycles are slower to see and react to motorcyclists than drivers in high-usage areas.
Dr Vanessa Beanland from ANU's Research School of Psychology said drivers would see and react to riders up to three seconds faster in areas where more motorcycles were more common.
"When motorcycles were high frequency, drivers detected them on average 51 metres further away, compared to when they were at low frequency," Dr Beanland said.
"At a driving speed of 60 km/h, this allowed the driver an extra three seconds to respond."
Dr Beanland joined colleagues from Monash University and the University of Nottingham to examine how the frequency of a specific type of vehicle in traffic can influence a driver's ability to detect and respond to them.
Using a simulator, response times to motorcycles and buses on roads from 40 adult drivers were measured. Half of the group encountered a high frequency of motorcycles and fewer buses, while the remaining half encountered fewer motorcycles and more buses.
"The results suggest that drivers have more difficulty detecting vehicles and hazards that are rare, compared to objects that they see frequently," Dr Beanland said.
More than 200 motorcyclists are killed on Australian roads each year – a figure that has barely changed in the last decade - with 211 riders killed in 2013. Latest figures from 2011 found more than 7,500 motorcyclists were treated for injury.
Dr Beanland said the results could also explain collisions between cars and bicycles. The 2013 road toll shows 50 cyclists were killed last year, with the figure for New South Wales alone doubling that of 2012.
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The moon is a white strange world, a great, white, soft-seeming globe in the night sky, and what she actually communicates to me across space I shall never fully know. But the moon that pulls the tides, and the moon that controls the menstrual periods of women, and the moon that touches the lunatics, she is not the mere dead lump of the astronomist.
When we describe the moon as dead, we are describing the deadness in ourselves. When we find space so hideously void, we are describing our own unbearable emptiness.
We and the cosmos are one. The cosmos is a vast body, of which we are still parts. The sun is a great heart whose tremors run through our smallest veins. The moon is a great gleaming nerve-centre from which we quiver forever.
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NEW YORK – Shoppers spent a bit more in early November, raising retailers' spirits about the holiday season right before it kicks into high gear.
Early discounting on everything from TVs and sweaters as well as free shipping deals helped pull in shoppers in the first two weeks of November. Consumers coming out of their shells could be a gift for an economy that has suffered from depressed spending for almost three years.
Spending on clothing, boots and luxury goods showed strong increases from the same time a year ago, according to MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse, which includes transactions in all forms including cash.
Deep discounting on flat-panel TVs because of a glut brought shoppers into stores to buy but kept spending on electronics about flat with a year ago. Home furnishings sales were dragged lower by the struggling housing market.
Online, the average order value was about $198, up more than 10 percent from last year, but the number of items put in electronic shopping carts – an average of six – was the same.
That means shoppers are buying more expensive items, according to John Squire, chief strategy officer at Coremetrics, which tracks online shopping.
Another reason for merchants to feel better? Jewelry sales, which typically heat up only in the last 10 days before Christmas but have been depressed since the Great Recession, have been sparkling.
SpendingPulse data showed jewelry had solid gains. And Coremetrics data shows that jewelry sales for Nov. 1-18 spiked 30 percent compared with all of November of 2009.
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Two stalwart supporters of a Hartlepool charity have been praised through a very special legacy.
Town charity Miles for Men has opened two more rooms at Hartlepool & District Hospice in Wells Avenue – and they have been launched in memory of Stuart Gaffney and Paul Royal.
The two men were described by Miles for Men officials as "big supporters of the charity."
An official unveiling of the room was held last weekend and Miles for Men founder Michael Day met with the families of the two men for the emotional event.
Michael said: "It was a great way to leave a legacy for the ever popular lads from Hartlepool who are very sadly missed."
Fellow Miles for Men official Kevin Hill said: "We felt it only right to do something for the families to remember their loved ones.
It was a great way to leave a legacy for the ever popular lads from Hartlepool who are very sadly missedMichael Day, founder of Miles for Men
"It would not have been possible without the support of the local public and businesses who have contributed in some way or other and also the team at Miles for Men who work extremely hard behind the scenes."
"This is the third room that the charity have opened at the hospice."
The first Miles for Men room was in memory of Michael Day's father, also called Michael, who lost his battle with throat cancer."
The charity's links with the hospice will continue later this year. Funds raised at this year's 5km fun run will go to the hospice and people can enter online at www.milesformen.co.uk
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Registration will be open from 10am.
Hospice senior fundraising manager Julie Hildreth said: "The hospice is very excited to be given this opportunity to work with another local charity.
"Miles for Men is a well recognised charity in the Hartlepool and East Durham area and for them to choose to support the hospice is a fantastic compliment to the hard work and dedication of the team here.
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Today I am going to do some general bitching about things I hate. I know. In my last post I said I was going to be grateful for this life I have, but, come on! Some stuff is just really annoying and I have to say something about it.
- First of all, why do we still say "maiden name"? I mean, who in the hell is even a maiden anymore before she gets married anyway? Why can't we say "pre-married name" or "A" name "birth" name or something--anything!--but "maiden name". It is a terrible term regardles of the historical connotations that women are property and should go to their marriage beds unsoiled and all that crap. The world has moved on. This term is antiquated and useless. Let's all just get rid of it!
- This second issue has always kind of bothered me, but what really got me thinking of about it was last summer my husband and I took a walk on Seminary property that had its own cemetary for the Brothers and Sisters who had passed on over the years. Yes, that is a Seminary Cemetary. Many of the sisters who must have been widowed and then joined the "sisterhood" (sorry, I am not Catholic, I don't know the correct terminology) were memorialized on their tombstone as Mrs. Man's First and Last Name, Sister in Christ. Many of the names were very foreign, an indication many of the women were imigrants who must have traveled far and died in this large, wild new place, the United States. So, then, who was this woman, really, who first lost the name she was born with in a very different homeland to her husband, then her husband's name to Christ? She passed through life, first her father's, then her husband's, then Christ's, her life stages marked through ownership by different men. Now, in death, she is only remembered through who owned her last. Sad. So, basically, I hate it when a woman marries, not only does she take her husband's last name (a cultural, patralineal thing that is probably never going to go away) but she is forever after identified as Mrs. His First and Last Name. I can't stand that! Isn't it bad enough that she has to give up her last name, but to completely lose her identity in her husband's? Is that really necessary in this day and age when we are all spouting off about equality and how women are right up there with men rights-wise? (I kept my "birth" name for my second marriage, and hyphenated for the first, but when you do that you get weird looks, and, like Rodney Dangerfield always said, "I get no respect") I can understand that we all want to have a same last name in a family, it has to be someone's to trace family history and all that, so we might as well stick with tradition and use the husband's, but I think we should be beyond women giving up their first names, too. So don't do it. Keep your first name. It is yours, your identity. Keep it.
- Another thing I really hate is the term "pro-life". Who decided that these dead fetus slinging nutcases were "pro-life"? That connotates that anyone who is "pro-choice" is an axe-slinging psycho-killer or must be the opposite, "pro-death". I always have to stop and think when I hear "pro-life" because I am pro-life! I think everyone should live life to the fullest, and I would never kill anything except maybe some ants or flies that got into the house or the mosquito trying to make a snack out of me in in the summer. I don't even like mouse traps, way to inhumane! But I do believe that women have dominion over their own bodies, that accidents or mistakes happen sometimes and women know that there is no way they can carry, much less, raise a child. But they bear the burden in those situations. Women would ultimately be the ones responsible for carrying the child and raising it. So-called "pro-lifers" often chime in, "Well, there is adoption." Pregnancy is a serious health condition!!! Women should not be forced to take on a serious health condition that the gods of chance blessed (or cursed) them with that in and of itself cause them to become too sick to work (or finish school, or anything else) or possibly even die. Women are not Factories. They should not be forced to "cook" a baby for nine months only to give it up when the buzzer sounds. And making a serious, responsible decision not to carry life for whatever reasons is just as valid as deciding to carry life. It doesn't make you selfish. It doesn't make you "pro-death" or an axe-slinging psycho serial killer. So my question is, why do us "pro-choice" people allow the so-called "pro-life" people continue in this deception? Why don't we market a better, more accurate term, "anti-abortion" or "anti-choice"?
Well, that is all the bitching I have for today. I am off to work off some of this aggression on my "Life Glider".


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ForestEdge Garden Tour to Benefit Wild Forever Foundation, 12285 Lindsay Lane. $4. Tour four acres of flowers, trees, shrubs, edibles, compost and mulch beds and view unusual woodworks. July 21-23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 268-8066 for more.
2006 Democratic Leadership Council National Conversation, Hyatt Regency, 650 15th St., Denver. Featuring hundreds of Democratic leaders from across the nation. July 22-24. Visit dlc.org for more.
Election Judges Training, Mr. Biggs Family Fun Center, 5825 Mark Dabling Blvd. Learn to serve as a paid election judge for the Aug. 8 primary and Nov. 7 general election. Classes run July 25-Aug. 2. Call 520-6223 or visit car.elpasoco.com for more information.
2nd Annual Helping Hands Golf Tournament, Fort Carson Golf Course. $105. Featuring a tournament with prizes and a dinner to benefit the Catholic Charities Marion House. Fri., July 28, noon. Tickets available at Pappy's Golf Shop, 4030 N. Sinton Road. Call 633-2064 for more.
6th Annual CYCLE for SET Community Bike Ride, Monument Valley Park, 170 W. Cache La Poudre St. $20-25. Ride to benefit SET (Service, Empowerment, Transformation) medical clinics. Sat., Aug. 5, 7:30 a.m. Visit setofcs.org for more.
All Breed Rescue Golf Tournament, Woodmoor Pines Country Club, 18945 Pebble Beach Way, Monument. $100. Featuring a tournament to benefit the rescue, rehabilitation and placement of homeless dogs. Mon., Aug. 7, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 210-4238 for more.
2nd Annual Primerica Golf Tournament, Pine Creek Golf Course, 9850 Divot Trail. $100. Presenting 18 holes of golf to benefit Care & Share Food Bank. Thurs., Aug. 10, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 360-4777 for more.
Meric's Mai-Tai " No Tie Annual Fundraising Event, The Lodge at UCCS, 1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy. Featuring cocktails, dancing, a silent auction and more to benefit The Medical Education & Research Institute of Colorado. Sat., Aug 26, 6:30 p.m. to midnight. Call 548-8850, ext. 100 for ticket information and more.
6th Annual Colorado Springs Down Syndrome Buddy Walk, Manitou Springs. Raise pledges for a three-mile walk through Manitou Springs and enjoy food, entertainment and more to benefit individuals with Down syndrome. Sat., Aug. 26, 8:30 a.m. to noon. Visit csdsa.org for more.
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Day, various venues. Featuring a day of informative events to raise awareness of people with developmental disabilities in the Pikes Peak region. Fri., Sept. 1. Visit tre.org for a complete list of events and call 785-6428 for more information.
Brats and Fine Art Fundraiser for the Manitou Library, Garden of the Gods Trading Post, 324 Beckers Lane, Manitou Springs. $10. Enjoy brats, beer, music, art and more. Wed., Sept. 6, 5-8 p.m. Call 685-9100 for more.
Colorado Springs Memory Walk to Fight Alzheimer's Disease, Antlers Park, 31 W. Pikes Peak Ave. Presenting a 5K, children's activities and more to benefit the Alzheimer's Association Rocky Mountain Chapter. Sat., Sept. 9. Call 266-8773 or visit coloradomemorywalk.org for more.


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Well I'm packed and ready to go on my travels round South East Asia!!
I'll be posting on here every time I go to an internet cafe all about where I've been, what I've been doing and any other things that might take my fancy, for example cute things I've seen or funny stories to tell or interesting things I hear.
Assuming the computers I'll use have some way to upload pictures from an SD card then there will be images to compliment my tales- if not I'll be adding these when I return (hopefully safe and sound with SD card still in my possession) at the end of July.
Tonight I'm going to London to stay overnight with a friend's brother as we have to get up at the crack of dawn to make our flight. We have a stop-off in Bahrain then it's on to Bangkok, and pending on no delays, my friend and I will be leaving our other friends to spend a week in Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand. There we are hopefully going to do a 3 day trek, ride the elephants, get a well deserved Thai massage, maybe do a cookery course and sample the delights of Chiang Mai nightlife!
My (massive) rucksack is stuffed with mosquito repellants, malaria tablets, SPF50 and 30 suncream and medication for all ailments. I am taking no chances.
Aside from holiday buys like bikinis and thin towels and coloured eyeliners (yes these are necessity even when backpacking) I intend to find a special item or 5 out there to bring back a slice of the Orient with me, and am especially looking forward to getting something tailor-made in Vietnam.
Anyway enough for now, wish me luck and I'll post again soon from Asia!