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Dramatic rescue sees ferry officer dive into freezing harbour to save drowning man
The crew of the St Clare ferry spotted a man in the water close to their vessel, berthed near the Gunwharf car ferry terminal, at around 11pm on Saturday
A Wightlink member of staff dived into the freezing water of Portsmouth Harbour to rescue a man that was drowning, the ferry company has confirmed.
The crew of the St Clare ferry spotted a man in the water close to their vessel, berthed near the Gunwharf car ferry terminal, at around 11pm on Saturday.
Springing into action, the crew on the car deck tossed a life ring towards the man – who struggled to reach the floatation device – prompting deck officer Steve Chamberlain to jump in.
With 20 years service with Wightlink and five years in the Royal Navy, Mr Chamberlain said: "I just acted instinctively when we saw the man wasn't able to get into the life ring.
"We carry out emergency drills all the time, but it's different when it's happening for real. Getting the man to safety was teamwork and I'm grateful to my fellow crew members for their support."
Fellow crew members Paul Cooke, Robbie Mihell and Chris Fremantle were onboard the staff launch with its coxswain Peter Simmonds, who also assisted in the rescue.
Conscious, but suffering from the effects of hypothermia, Wightlink said the man was taken to the pontoon in Broad Street, Old Portsmouth where paramedics were waiting to take him to hospital.
Mr Chamberlain was also taken to hospital for a check up, but was later released.
Wightlink operations director Daryl Palmer said he and the company are proud of Mr Chamberlain and his colleagues for "acting so promptly".
"It was a cold winter's night and I'm sure the man would have died from hypothermia if he had not been spotted by the crew and rescued by Steve," he added.
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Parallax is pleased to announce today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Parallax Health Management, Inc. ("PHM"), has contracted with Uni Care Home Health, Inc. ("Uni Care"), one of Southern California's largest Telehealth companies, to deploy "Good Health Outcomes," PHM's patent-pending Telehealth & Remote Patient Monitoring Platform to address the growing needs of Uni Care's patient population and increased insurance reimbursements related to their Remote Patient Care business.Nathaniel Bradley, PHM's Chief Technology Officer, stated, "We are proud to be chosen by Uni Care to provide our Good Health Outcomes suite of services to Uni Care's 3,000+ home health patient population in San Diego, California and surrounding areas. With some 66% of patients not consistently taking their prescribed medicine, our proven technology is designed to increase patient compliance with their drug regimens while reducing costs."Good Health Outcomes features a patent-pending Outcome Optimization Technology that has been precisely and specifically designed to increase patients' adherence to their medical regimens, resulting in healthier patients and a reduction in the costs associated with reduced patient adherence to their medical regimens."Parallax is on the cutting edge of Telehealth systems being delivered in the marketplace today," stated Paul Arena, Parallax's Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Arena further stated, "We are excited to be working with Uni Care in delivering state-of-the-art applications today. None of this is theoretical or waiting on the next big breakthrough. We are the breakthrough. Our patent pending patient monitoring platform combined with our data analytic information systems meets the needs of Uni Care and its rapidly growing patient population.""We appreciate Parallax's approach that has focused on our needs for scalability and patient centric solutions at Uni Care," stated Albert Keshavrzi, Uni Care's Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Keshavrzi commented further saying, "By improving the quality of remote patient care solutions, we are able to provide from Uni Care, along with providing a greater quality of life for our patients coping with chronic disease management and acute rehabilitation. Parallax enables us to reduce our costs of care delivery while increasing the quality."About Parallax Health Sciences, Inc.Parallax Health Sciences, Inc. (PRLX), a Nevada corporation, is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA. 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If you are thinking about entering into a new business partnership, it can be tempting to try and speed things along a bit to get the idea off the ground. However, it is certainly worth taking the time to decide if your potential partner really is the right person to go into business with.
We have looked at just a few of the considerations you need to make.
Do you trust them?
It is vital that you can trust your potential partner/s before you even think of starting a business. If you are not confident that they will carry out their fair share of the work, share important information with you or that they have the right attributes to help you succeed, the conclusion is simple "you should not go into business with them".
Your potential partner/s must also be reliable, in so much as they will stick to a pre-agreed business plan and not make rash decisions without consulting you.
Even if you do feel you can trust them, a written partnership agreement is essential for setting out the rules of a business venture, and makes sure there are clear provisions for every eventuality.
In a business context, trust and reliability are not the same as friendship, and indeed some experts would advise against taking the gamble of starting a new business with a friend, as there is more pressure to succeed if you feel failure could have an adverse effect on your friendship. Of course, it is down to you to decide if this is a risk you are willing to take.
Can you work together?
The success of your business requires a good working relationship between you and your partner/s. A successful business takes time to achieve, so you should not start working with someone who is likely to start getting on your nerves after six months.
Particularly in the early days of a new business when you are unlikely to be able to hire staff, it will be down to you and your partner/s to make sure every necessary task is complete, and this may involve some planning on your part.
In fact, a more accurate question here may be whether or not you can work apart, as it makes no sense for all the partners to be focused on the same area and ignore everything else.
A sensible division of labour is a must, and that trust you have in your partner/s will allow you to press on with your share of the work without wasting time worrying about what is going on at the other end of the office.
For this to succeed, it might also be an idea to go into business with people who have different skills to you. This will allow everyone to play to their strengths and create a well-rounded partnership.
What happens if things start to go wrong?
While a partnership agreement will contain provisions for partners to exit the business if they so choose, ideally you will want to partner people who are prepared to make a long term success of the venture.
This means that if the partnership goes through a bad patch, you need to be confident that your partner/s will be as committed as you are to turning things around.
Ideally, your partner/s will not be afraid of speaking their minds if it will benefit the business, and you will all be ready to accept criticism and move forward decisively.
You can start to get a good feeling about whether a potential partner sees their future with your business idea by talking to them about their life goals in the early planning stages of your idea. If your ambitions do not match up, it may be time to look elsewhere. Asking these kind of questions before entering into a partnership with someone is much better than discovering this information when it is too late.
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No existing research maps and discusses holistically values deriving from mobile technology use capturing both strategic and operational opportunities which are best to emerge in the B2B context. This empirical paper addresses this gap. Adapted grounded theory approach is applied to collect and analyse in-depth interviews with 28 B2B practitioners from advertising and marketing firms. Whether mobile technology is a simple mean to advanced communication with no physical boundaries of time and location or a business tool to boost creative thinking, this study concludes that mobile technology represents a novel and unique category of technology because of its core distinctive feature, 'being mobile'.
B2B practitioners argue that the true nature of mobile technology lies in seeing it as a source of value that derives from using mobile technology. B2B practitioners view mobile technology not only as a purely technical tool (functional value) enabling effective communication (social value) but as a strategic tool driving balanced and flexible ways in managing business (emotional value) and enabling creative thinking (creative value). See table 1 for full details on all values.
"This study concludes that mobile technology represents a novel and unique category of technology. Whether it is a simple means toward advanced communication with no physical boundaries of time and location, or a business tool which can be employed to boost creative thinking, this study concludes that mobile technology is different to fixed network and stationary desktop IT because of its core distinctive feature, 'being mobile'. The existing literature (Balasubramanian et al. 2002; Jarvenpaa et al. 2003; De Reuver et al. 2008; Jarvenpaa and Loebbecke 2009; Tribbia, 2006) and this study are united, in that researching mobile technology through reflection on its technical features limits any understanding of its true nature. Therefore, the true nature of mobile technology lies in seeing it as a source of value that derives from using it in the first place."
Access full text, Bolat, E., 2016. Business practitioners' Perspectives on Value of Mobile Technology. Journal of Customer Behaviour, 15 (1), pp. 31-48 below:
Moreover, our last publication in the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing shows that mobile technology is used to access and engage with social media 'on the go'.
We found that marketing and advertising firms use mobile social media (MSM) for branding, sensing market, managing relationships and developing content. MSM is treated by businesses as a strategic firm-specific capability that drives firms' competitiveness where imitation of such capability by competitors is limited because MSM skills are specific to individuals within organisations and MSM routines are manifested as a result of firm-specific MSM skills' interactions.
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The course content in designed to introduce the student to the concepts, institutions, relations and tools that define and structure innovation systems. The concept of innovation system will direct their attention to systemic failure in the development of science and technology need for interaction between the actors, mismatches between basic and applied industrial research, technolgy transfer, innovative capabilities and diffusion of knowledge.
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The UK has made spam a criminal offence to try to stop the flood of unsolicited messages. [BBC Tech News]
Under the new law which takes effect on 11 December, companies will have to get permission from an individual before they can send them an e-mail or text message. Spammers could be fined £5,000 in a magistrates court or an unlimited penalty from a jury. The regulations do not cover business e-mail addresses.
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Well Company, it is October 30th, which means that it is Devil's Night. Traditionally, what people do on Devil's Night is they go out and cause all sorts of mischief and destruction. "But wait Big Dave", I can hear you saying, "aren't you supposed to be doing that business on Halloween night?" Yeah, that's what I thought. But that was before I lived in Michigan.
Here is the deal with Devil's Night. Down in Detroit particularly, on the night before Halloween, people run around, break windows and cause destruction. Back in the day, this wasn't exactly the case. It used to be that the younger sect would go around and do all the traditional Halloween stuff, like egging houses and smashing pumpkins and other acts of basically harmless vandalism. For instance, if you had gone to Detroit on a Devil's Night during the mid-90s there was a pretty good chance that you would have actually seen The Smashing Pumpkins smashing pumpkins. But all that good old fashioned 1950s crew-cut public service announcement film petty vandalism went out the window in the early 1970s.
Sometime during the early 70s someone got the bright idea to start fires. Apparently spraying shaving cream on everything wasn't enough, now every October 30th they have to try to flip my DykeWagon and set it on fire. People were actually burning down their homes and businesses, blaming it on the Devil's Night crowd, and then using the insurance settlement money to move out to the suburbs. Which I don't understand, because I've been to the Detroit suburbs, which are generally bland and soulless, and they actually make me want to commit arson more than the actual city does. But anyway, by the late 1980s 500-800 fires were raging in Detroit every year at the end of October. Fantastic.
And that works fine. Because Detroit is a shithole. Except for a few blocks right downtown where the high rises and the People Mover are, and maybe the zoo out on 8 Mile. Not the neighborhood around the zoo, I mean within the fences of the zoo. Let's be serious. The rest of Detroit (Or, "The D" as they've taken to calling themselves. Actually, their new tourism slogan is "Experience the D." Miss Cara didn't get why I thought that was absolutely hilarious.) pretty much sucks balls. Like, lock your doors and think twice about stopping at red lights kind of ball sucking.
Not that I want to harp on Detroit, or cut down southeast Michigan in general. I have met and known many, many wonderful people from Detroit metro. I have had many good times in Detroit Metro. But here is the deal. My town, for the most part, remains pretty nice. I mean, there are a couple of houses here and there that might be a bit dilapidated, and the alley and courtyard behind my apartment are apparently crime-ridden cesspools where bikes go to disappear and cars go to get the shit beat out of them (I am not bitter or anything) but all in all it's a nice little Midwestern American town. So I don't want anyone reading this to go burning down my town, that's all. In fact, unless you live in Detroit I wouldn't recommend burning anything down whatsoever. Unless you are a forest ranger or firefighter doing a controlled burn or something. Or if you operate an incinerator or something.
But I definitely wouldn't recommend burning anything down for Devil's Night. I would do that if I lived in Detroit either, because now they have legions of roving concerned citizens called Angel's Night who take to the streets on Devil's Night and keep the city from going all 1871 Chicago. They even have a poster contest that you can enter if you want. And in my town there is me. If I catch you out smashing pumpkins or fishing lining my car, that's fine. I might even help you throw a roll or two of toilet paper. But let's keep it relatively harmless. I live in a town where graffiti is polite, grammatically correct, and features pictures of ducks and bathroom fixtures. We aren't ready for a Detroit-style Devil's Night. Keep that stuff down at Gratiot and 4 Mile. That's where they expect it. I saw that on the Internet, so it must be true.


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David Yurman,Jewelerand Retailer plans to open a store in SouthPark!
This news update comes to you from Charlotte Business Journal, byAlison Angel, Editorial Assistant at the Charlotte Business Journal!
Jeweler and retailer David Yurman plans to open a 1,800-square-foot store in the Nordstrom wing of Charlottes SouthPark Mall. According to a news release, it's looking like the new Jewelry Store will be opened by October and ready for you to buy precious gems!
This store opening is the most recent addition in a series of retail openings at SouthPark. At The Village at SouthPark, a Tara Grinna Swimwear store is planned too! And in SouthPark mall the regions largest shopping center, totaling 1.6 million square feet a Porsche Design shop has been announced and a renovated, 4,351-square-foot Ann Taylor store will reopen this spring.
According to Editorial Assistant of the Charlotte Business Journal, "last month, theSimon Property Group Inc., owner of SouthPark Mall,reported a 19.9 percent increase in funds from operationsin the fourth quarter, with those results hitting $827.4 million, or $2.29 per diluted share. Simon Group (NYSE:SPG) also owns Concord Mills, the regions second-largest shopping center, which measures 1.3 million square feet."
Congratulations SouthPark on being one of Charlotte's fastest growing neighborhoods, to businesses and homeowners!
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I wish I had the time to leisurely browse the jewelry counter at Nordstrom. There are so many pretty pieces that catch the corner of my eye as I'm briksly walking by (always trying to keep my youngest from touching anything!) So I was thrilled when Nordstrom asked me to share some pieces from the jewelry lines that my readers would love most (and also love to give!). For everyday, dressier days, and even fancy nights.
When it comes to jewelry, Nordstrom has something for just about every occasion throughout the year, and in many price points. The next time you add a cute top or dress to your shopping cart, definitely hop over a few tabs to see what earrings or necklace would complete the look. Some of the pieces below might just do the trick!
Remember, Nordstrom has free shipping and free returns so you can shop their jewelry selection from your computer guilt and stress free.
Argento Vivo
If you are looking for that perfect delicate everyday necklace (that doesn't cost a small fortune!) then look no further than Argento Vivo. I just love this 18K gold-plated bar neckalce for $68.
And I've seen so many Dallas moms wear these matching bar stud earrings ($38). Something about them is so appealing to me.
Here are some more delicate jewelry picks from Argento Vivo, including their popular monogram neckalce (which makes a great graduation gift!) for about $100. They have pretty everyday gold hoops, too.
Kendra Scott
Think Kendra Scott is just about gemstone statement earrings? Think again! Her latest collection is on point with this gorgeous mixed metal link "Monroe" bracelet ($195).
It's edgy, but still feminine. And I love that it has a magnetic clasp that really stays clasped. Of course, the gold and silver goes with everything.
Here are some more recent additions to Kendra Scott in this same style, including the star-like stud earrings you may have seen a lot of top fashion bloggers wear recently:
For a more delicate option, I love Kendra Scott's signature quatrefoil logo neckalce and "Dira" earrings. Together these would make a great gift!
If you want to discreetly add a few diamond pavé guard rings to your engamgent ring, or need some sparkly stunners for a dressy event, Nadri's handcrafted line is simply beautiful. Even better: most pieces are in the $40-60 price range.
Who knew faux diamonds could look so authentic?! (Although we all all know that Nordstrom only carries the highest quality lines!). These teardrop earrings are $55 and will be worn again and again.
Most of the pieces below come in gold, silver and, in some cases, rose gold. Here are some more gorgeous pieces from Nadri:
All Nordstrom jewelry purchases arrive with a box or jewelry bag. If you are buying jewelry as a gift, for $2 you can add a gift set at checkout which includes a box, ribbon, tissue paper, and tag. For $5 Nordstrom will wrap the gift for you. You can browse more of Nordstrom's highly curated jewelry selection here.
I thoroughly enjoyed sharing these lovelies with you. Thank you so much to Nordstrom for sponsoring this post!
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Argento Vivo: Bar Necklace and Earrings
Kendra Scott: Monroe Bracelet and Devalyn Necklace and Dira Earrings
Nadri: Teardrop Earrings
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Hi there! I'm still alive and around! For the past few days I am just trying to survive morning sickness, which is really late night sickness. I have also started feeling oohhh sooo very sleepy by 7pm! It really puts a damper on my evenings!
For those of you with myspace, I created one. I figured it was a great way to re-connect with old friends.
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The Thompson Valley Towne Center is just across the street from our community, featuring a Grocery store, Restaurants, Salons and more! In another direction, you will see Walgreens conveniently next door to Bristol Pointe. Also, you'll find your favorite brand name stores at the popular outdoor mall, The Promenade Shops at Centerra, a few miles away.
Lake Loveland
Lake Loveland has everything to offer in outdoor fun! Here you will find a Swim Beach, Fishing, Park & Playgrounds, Tennis courts, Raquetball courts, Basketball courts, Picnicking, Softball fields, and an Amphitheater.
Biking/Walking Trail
Loveland's City Recreation Trail is 1.9 mi from Bristol Pointe, offering a fantastic tour through the city.
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Located along the Rocky Mountain Front Range, north of Denver, Loveland has enjoyed explosive growth in recent years as a result of several regional trends. Increased oil production in nearby Weld County spurred GDP growth in the region, producing jobs and drawing residents to the Loveland area.
Likewise, growth in technology and science in nearby Denver and Boulder has buoyed the entire region, which has one of the hottest housing markets in the country. The combined result has been a boom in the city of Loveland. The number of housing units in Loveland grew by 6.8% in 2014. Meanwhile, unemployment fell to just 2.7% in September of 2015, one of the lowest rates in the country.


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On the 01 November 2015, Kingsnorth CE Primary School joined the Multi Academy Trust run by the Diocese of Canterbury, known as Aquila.
As a school we have worked very closely with the diocese for many years and earlier in 2015, the Governing Body decided to join the Trust to begin to work even more closely with the Diocese and to strengthen our Christian ethos and commitment.
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Event though I'm moving towards pet products, I still have plenty of jewelry left for sale in my store. Check it out see if there's anything you might like :)
This is my crafty kitty who helps me :D His name is Clawed. He has 7 toes on each of his front feet. All 14 toes have full claws and working joints so he can get into everything. If ever there was a cat who possibly COULD craft it would be him.


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JNTUK B.Tech 4-2 External Exam Postponed & Rescheduled. JNTU Kakinada released a notification that JNTUK B.Tech 4-2 Reg/ Supply Exams on 27/04/2016 are Postponed & Rescheduled to 09/05/2016. So tha principals of all affiliated colleges are requested to intimate the same information among all the concerning students.
Following Examinations are Postponed and Rescheduled:
JNTUK B.Tech 4-2 Reg/ Supply Examinations
Previously Scheduled on: 27/04/2016 (Wednesday)
Revised Date of the Exam: 09/05/2016 (Monday)
So that's the info and all students are requested to pass the information among all your friends that JNTUK B.Tech 4-2 External Exam Postponed & Rescheduled. Also share this info on your social media pages. Feel free to get i touch with us of you have any query in this regard.


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Pixel-inspired design has been happening everywhere. Started by Pixel-patterned wallpaper, it's continued with the appearance of Pixel Drink Coasters and Colorful Pixelated Couch. This design is surely a creative way of turning technological trash into an interesting pattern that can be both decorative item and office supplies. Are you curious about how it works? Check this out!
Geometric Pixelnotes Patterns for Your Office Wall
Gerardine and Wayne Hemingway came with such amazing idea of Pixel 4. The pixel design comes with natural colors and with a technique that displays gorgeous geometric patterns across the wall. The use of this pixel notes wallpaper can beautifully decorate a computer room or a lounge. Just add a small couch in the room and you will have an enjoyable working and or chilling room.
Four-layer of Pixelnotes Wallpaper
Duncan Wilson is the one behind this wallpaper idea. He employed four layers of various grey-toned papers on a bright red background. The wallpaper is backed with a tacky adhesive and is layered with square cut-outs, resulting in wallpaper that also becomes instant Post-It notes. Whenever you need a Post-It, go to the wall and take some pieces off as needed. Using this kind of wallpaper will turn your office into a wonderland of little square notes.
Pixel Couch for Your Comfort
While pixel pattern works perfectly for wallpaper, it also does its job greatly on a couch. The couch as shown in the picture has drawn lots of attention since last year, especially in RCA design show. Christian Zuzunaga, the couch designer, was the name behind this couch named Moroso Sofa. His pixel sofa with its rad looking is a perfect place for people who want to download Wii games and or enjoy conversation with coworkers.
Pixel Drink Coasters for Your Beloved Beverages
After splashing pixel pattern to the wall, adding pixel to office couch, why don't we bring the pixel pattern to our office coffee table? The Pixel Drink Coasters as shown in the picture is made of paper that is water resistant and perforated that helps you a lot if there's spill. Also, this will allow the users to make their own creations of pixel. These coasters come in a single sheet but with 50 segments that can be cut in any way needed.
So, let's review what you have in your office and start considering what can be pixelated. This design pattern really gives another touch to your office interior design and furniture, enabling your office to meet the function but also keep up with the fashion.


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The Global Oral Mucositis Market report titled "Oral Mucositis Market Research Report-Forecast to 2023″ is a specialist investigation report by Market Research Future includes broad essential research alongside the definite examination of subjective and additionally quantitative perspectives by different industry specialists, key sentiment pioneers to pick up a more profound understanding of the market and industry execution. The market for Oral Mucositis will grow steady at a rate of 7% CAGR during the forecasted period 2017-2023.
Market Research Future published new report, titled "Oral Mucositis Market -Research Report: Global Forecast to 2023".
Global Oral Mucositis Market – Overview:
The market for the oral mucositis is a mouth problem which happens because of the drugs taken through the chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Sometime it may happen because of the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The oral mucositis is problem of ulcers and infection which can happen also because of eating habits, oral unhygienic conditions and many more such problems. The number of the cancer patients are increasing and the chemotherapy is used in most of the severe cases. The aggressive use of chemotherapy is leading to develop mouth ulcers and other oral problem as the side effect of the high dose drugs. Mucositis can have a devastating effect on a person's nutritional status, because the oral pain related with the condition often prevents individuals from eating solid food, and sometimes even from swallowing. Most patients undergo chemotherapy on an outpatient basis and are admitted to the hospital if they develop fever and neutropenia, obvious infection, or some other complication. Yet, oral complications, when they arise in either the inpatient setting or the outpatient setting, are similar. The rapid expansion of health care is providing impetus to the small but growing field of oral mucositis treatment.
Global Oral Mucositis Market – Competitive Analysis:
Izun Pharmaceutical Ltd (US), Shoreline Pharmaceuticals Inc. (USA), Himalaya (India), AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc. (USA), Kinnear Pharmaceuticals (US), Celleutix Corporation (USA), Soligenix Inc. (US), Oragenics (US) are some of the Prominent Players at the forefront of competition in the Global Oral Mucositis Market and are profiled in MRFR Analysis.
Due to the presence of small players the market is fragmented. Moreover, the major market players are concentrating on improving the quality of products and technological advancements to maintain the product quality which will increase the oral mucositis market growth.
May, 2017Soligenix Inc., company has got FDA clearance for protocol pivotal phase 3 clinical trial for the SGX942 which will be used for the treatment of oral mucositis, head, and neck cancer. The drug has received approval marketing support from the US and European Union.
November, 2016 Oragenics, FDA has approved fast track designation to AG013, which will be used for the Oral Mucositis. Oragenics has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) update and initiate a Phase 2 study with AG013 in the United States and Europe.
Izun Pharmaceutical Ltd, is a biopharmaceutical company having product portfolio of powerful non-steroidal topical oral anti-inflammatory therapies with superior efficacy and safety to current periodontal treatments. Company manufactures product form naturally derived pharmaceutical actives for the treatment of oral disease with inflammatory components. Company has breakthrough product for treatment of peri-implantitis that affects the dental implants. The product is known as Perio Patch which affects the mucositis after implantation.
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, has product Mu Gard which is Oral Mucoadhesive is indicated for the management of oral mucositis/stomatitis and the other oral wounds.
Cellutix Corporation, company has fasten up the process of phase two clinical trial for the Brilacidin which will used to treat oral mucositis. In July 2016 the company received positive feedback for the drug after it was used on a patient and in phase two proof of concept.
Himalaya, the company is Indian based company producing all its products from herbal base. The company has product Hiora-SG which a gel use to apply on the mouth ulcers. The gel also controls the body's immune response and prevents the recurrence of mouth ulcers. The product does not show any side effects and is highly recommended in Indian market.
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Global Oral Mucositis Market – Regional Analysis
The treatment for the oral mucositis is more established in the America, owing to the healthcare services and facilities are much better and advanced. Moreover, globally the incidence and death rate due to the oral cancer is increasing. The number of the cases are found more in the men than women. The reason for oral cancer differs for the different regions based on the risk and available and accessibility of the health care services. The 90% of the oral cancers are detected due to the high consumptions of the tobacco and the smoking habit. The 40% patients undergoing the chemotherapy show the oral mucositis. The European market for oral mucositis is expected to grow at substantial during forecast period and Asia-Pacific projected to be fastest growing during 2017 – 2023.
Global Oral Mucositis Market – Segmentation:
The segmentation for the Oral Mucositis market is done on the basis of the cause and by end users. On the basis of cause it includes oral mucositis caused by chemotherapy and oral mucositis caused by radiotherapy, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. On the basis of the end user, market is segmented into hospitals, dental clinics, oncology hospitals, and research institutes.
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Chapter 3. MARKET DYNAMICS
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Chapter 6. GLOBAL ORAL MUCOSITIS MARKET, BY END USERS
Chapter 7. GLOBAL ORAL MUCOSITIS MARKET, BY REGION
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Your credit card could become your knight in shining armor if a shopping expedition goes wrong.
I discovered this last summer when I ordered $3,200 worth of living room furniture from a family-run retailer in Toronto. The furniture never arrived, and you can imagine my horror when I learned the store had gone bankrupt and the prospects for getting my money back were zilch.
So, how did I end up with a full refund less than a month later? I used a little known credit card feature called chargeback.
Chargeback refunds your money if, say, you buy a laptop from an online retailer but what arrives is the wrong model. Or your car's brakes fail right after you spent hundreds of dollars having them fixed.
The chargeback feature is offered by all major credit cards and their associated banks, but before you use it, you have to try to resolve the issue with the merchant. If that fails, you must call the bank that issued your card within four months from the time the charge appears on your statement and ask for the chargeback or disputes department. After receiving the relevant information and receipts, the bank will launch an investigation. If the merchant disputes your claim, the bank will consider both sides, and the decision whether to refund your money is at the bank's discretion. But, says Craig Penney of MasterCard Canada, "as long as the dispute is legitimate the chances of success are generally very high."


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Clique Club reunion at Basics
Basics R&B club in Edinburgh is to help bring back 1980s The Clique club for one night only.
The Clique Club was run by Liam Patterson and friends in the 1980s as an Edinburgh rhythm'n'soul club, to fill the gap between the few UK northern soul allnighters and the more populist mod/scooter nights in Scotland. The music policy of classics alongside the '6Ts newies' coming out of Stafford or the 100 Club was considered unusual at the time, as clubs often played mod revival bands or the more obvious UK groups like The Who and the Small Faces. This 'pursit' policy obviously fits in nicely with what Basics does (missing of course some raw 1950s R&B currently in vogue), so Kevin Conn and Davie Hudson has invited them to man the decks as part of the May edition. Put simply, it looks like being one of those 'must-attend' nights for old and new faces alike.
Basics Presents…The Clique Club
Saturday May 17th, 11pm-3am
Henry's Cellar Bar, Morrison Street, Edinburgh
£5 entry; free CD for first 25 in.
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I can't tell you how many times that "s" word comes up in digital marketing and throws everyone into panic. It's the elephant in the room. Everyone seems to want to define what "strategy" means and what one should be (Not to mention that it's part of my job title, so I should really know what I should be doing every day).
But I'm not here to be one of those people. I don't think I have all the answers. What I can do that might help, is tell you what strategy is NOT.
Strategy is not a fixed plan or roadmap for project managers. It is not an attempt to put down on paper what some crazy wacked out visionary has in their head.
Calling it a "strategic plan" makes it sound better – but it's not a strategy.
- It doesn't have a fixed order like an RFP.
- It doesn't start out with a one line mission statement and lofty aspirational goal with measurable results.
If anything, my strategies start from the middle, get bigger, expand and then condense into something that tells a logical story. There will be many choices on tactical ways to meet that strategy. That's not my job.
A strategy document doesn't always include a list of tactics or initiatives. It can, but they you'll have to update them later, so why include them?
A strategy document doesn't have to be the length of a book. It should be long enough to get your point across, but if your think the reader will start "zoning" after the 3rd slide or paragraph, you are missing the mark.
My trick is to take all that "throw away" filler content and move to the appendix. It is nice that the strategy is built on facts and data-driven, but not what the user is reading for. They want the meat.
The risk taking, the mental leap, the key differentiator that will make a product stand out, and clearly communication the value proposition to a consumer and cause them to pull the trigger. "The secret sauce."
Strategy is not defined by a budget. Does the customer care what your marketing campaign costs? Or more that it was "sticky" and got them to stop and think. Everyone wants to throw costs into a strategic plan, because then that plan can be controlled can regulated by the company. People can then be held accountable. But the danger is, this is severely limiting to creative ideas.
Instead of thinking about what actually might be cool, what someone would be interested in and then figure out later how that will fit within the fiscal year budget. Build a business case for cool. This is revenue planning, not cost planning.
A strategy is not defined by a standardized template. Yes, it makes it easier to read, predict and control, but what if your strategy is actually different than the one before it? Positioning and order/flow should be flexible and driven by the thinker/writer of the strategy. Do you want your strategies to starting looking like email templates? Yuck, you'll stop reading them.
Strategy is not perfection. It can't be predict what will actually work, it's just a theory based on an educated guess. Bottom line, we really don't know how a customer is going to behave; all we can do is be agile enough to change tactics along the way when they decide. (Hint, build that explicitly into your strategy – or it will never happen).
So I bet you are still trying to get your head around what a strategy should be, and clearly I am not giving the answers, but it I did, it would "steal your learning" and defeat the very purpose of a digital strategy. Strategy is an approach, a creative and evolving beast that is different depending on the product you are marketing and the people you are marketing to. That can't be standardized. The best advice I can give it to stop over-thinking it. Start with common sense (the middle) and then move in both directions – defining the positioning, then defining the final budget from there.
If you then need a copywriter and designer to make it pretty and orderly – then do it. But don't stifle the strategic idea. We have a few examples you can download – but I warn you, they are not the same and may not be able to be easily replicated. Ooops…
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Hi you guys! It's Nick. I'm back...after ten days :P
What Happened
Now, I realize that just ten days ago, I was saying that I was leaving and probably not returning.
Why did I say this?
Well, I never planned on coming back.
I was in the hospital for nearly ten days because I was undergoing a dangerous surgery. My heart was originally misplaced so the surgeons were going to try to move it back into place, for if they hadn't, I would have died since my heart always had pressure from my chest. The surgeons weren't really confident that they were able to fix it, so if they didn't, I would have been put through many surgeries until my heart was finally out of the pressure of my chest and in the correct location.
Even if the surgery was a success, I wasn't planning on returning because I will be out of school for nearly a month and have to relax and catch up for most of the time. However, I easily caught up to my class so I have a lot of free time.
I know this is pretty confusing, but I'll answer any questions below.
Why I Returned
Since I had so much free time and I mean a lot! of free time, I needed to occupy it and decided that, since I love to write, I'll rejoin the wiki. I disabled my account of WiressFan21 so I can't use it again, but now that I have a new username, I hope that I can get to become friends with the users I already have again.
In the end, all I can really say is:
Also, I will not be finishing the rest of the 437th Hunger Games, but I will tell you the results:
The Results of the 437th Hunger Games
The Hunger Games were going to last a long time and I don't really know how long, but I've figured out who was going to be victor if I had finished the Hunger Games.
Euphoria Tenate of District Three.
I loved Euphoria from the start and loved the drama between her boyfriend from District Three and Triticale from District Eleven. However, there was going to be another tribute that surived as well.
Banette Tsukonogami (or however you write the last name) of District Eight.
Now, you might be wondering how this is possible since Banette died in the bloodbath. Well, I know you guys were all really upset with his death, but I always intended on him surviving.
Shuppet, his doll, was killed in a fire and is a ghost. Banette died in a fire, sacrificing himself to destroy pure evil (Juliet). Also, keep in mind that Shuppet disappeared on the day of the reaping.
Now, when Shuppet disappeared, he actually went into Banette, sharing a soul with his. Ghosts main purpose is to fulfill a mission on earth that they didn't when they were alive. So when Banette died to kill Juliet in the fire, Shuppet's mission was fulfilled and he died, while Banette's soul didn't die.
I hope you can understand, because I know it's complicated.
AS for the other tributes, I planned on having Luna and Blanc ally later on, after Blanc killed Star (but Luna didn't know) and Luna killed Lulu (but Blanc didn't know). Later, when they figured out they both killed their lovers, they ended up killing each other.
Spirit ended up murdering Triticale one day when he was hunting. At the sound of his cannon, Euphoria ran and found Spirit, killing her once she revealed she killed Triticale.
Shermaine ended up ditching Ari and Lorcan, as she viewed them both as hopeless. However, when she engaged with a fight with Zach, he ended up killing her and Ari, who was healed by Lorcan, ends up killing Zach.
Azalea died right on the second day from those hidden nymphs, as it was hinted on the first day.
The list of the final five, as Blake wanted to know, was . . .
After Ari killed Zach, who finished killing Shermaine, the three remaining tributes met at the cornucopia, being chased by a deadly mist (much like in the 75th Hunger Games). Ciel made the first move against Ari, but after a long hand-to-hand fight, Ari overpowered him and, at the last moment, Euphoria killed Ari. She reached out a hand to help Ciel up, but when he reached, she used her long, butcher knife she obtained when it was knocked out of Ciel's hand in the fight, and used it to cut off his hand. Finally, the finish him, she stabbed him in the chest, saying that she was sorry.


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We first looked at Syntace's Vector Carbon handlebar last March, when Marc named it as a bikefix Pick. Proving that he and Marc are psychically connected, Charlie went out and bought one as well. The pictures are of Marc's bars (sorry), but here's Charlie's take:
Syntace is a German company filled with excellent and obsessive engineers who manage to regularly turn-out top notch components. Their carbon fiber handlebars intrigued me because they were very sexy and light, and supposedly very strong. I liked the width, rise, and sweep available with this bar, so I replaced the Easton Monkeylite XC's on my Maverick Durance with the Vector.
The Syntace is glossy and svelte looking with no abrupt curves or bends. The smooth transitions go a long way to hide the fact that this bar has a generous sweep of 12˚ (versus the Easton's 6˚) and a rise of 10mm. The bar weighs 190 grams with a width of 680mm. This is a perfect width for the rugged technical trail riding I usually do, and the lower the weight the better as long as it's strong and durable. The Vector is rated for downhill use by the German VR-3 standard. I still don't know exactly what this really means but they go to great lengths to test these bars in a laboratory type setting. If you want more information, it is available on their website www.syntace.com.
On the trail these bars felt very stiff. In fact, I think they are stiffer that the
bars they replaced. Syntace claims that this bar absorbs vibrations and smaller impacts better than other standard carbon bars and I surely noticed they don't feel as harsh as some other carbon bars of this size. The 12˚ sweep is noticed (and appreciated) by my wrists and makes me wonder why this isn't the standard sweep for most XC/Trail handlebars. Easton
The bar doesn't have inserts so bar-ends can't be used, and they don't want you cutting them down either. They did put a titanium lattice in the central area of the bar which strengthens it against clamping forces and wear. Due to this the Vector is approved for use with 4 bolt stems (many carbon bars aren't).
This is an insanely good bar: it looks good, it works well, and it feels great. I highly recommend it if you don't mind spending a good chunk of you paycheck. The Vector carbon should retail close to $130.00.


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When I first got into course flipping with blended learning pedagogy, I was certainly interested in doing more with higher-order activity on Bloom's taxonomy in the classroom — if student knowledge of content was engaged pre-class, then we could devote our time together to practice in application and critical analysis exercises.
But this stuff can go philosophically deeper, to more fundamental learning outcomes for students that can transfer beyond my discipline to student learning practices in other courses. Robert Talbert, a mathematician at Grand Valley State University, has been discussing his experiment in flipping his calculus class in the "Casting Out Nines" blog for the Chronicle of Higher Education. His motivation is one that most of us have been pained to experience: otherwise smart kids who can learn new things and make independent decisions choose not to — because they are convinced they can't. Especially at earlier developmental levels, our students prefer to be spoon-fed because they perceive that it's easier… and they further perceive (erroneously) that they aren't learning if they struggle through something that is difficult.
Talbert doesn't want his students to give in to that misconception — and has redesigned his class to advance the larger mission of developing his students as "self-regulated learners."
The inverted calculus course: Overture
January 27, 2014, 7:55 am
As many Casting Out Nines readers know, last semester I undertook to rethink the freshman calculus 1 course here at my institution by converting it to an inverted or "flipped" class model. It's been two months since the end of that semester, and this blog post is the first in a (lengthy) series that I'll be rolling out in the coming weeks that lays out how the course was designed, what happened, and how it all turned out.
Let me begin this series with a story about why I even bother with the flipped classroom.
The student in my programming class looked me straight in the eye and said, "I need you to lecture to me." She said, "I can't do the work unless someone tells me how to get started and then shows me how, step by step." I took a moment to listen and think. "Do you mean that you find the work hard and it's easier if someone tells you how to start and then what to do?" I replied. "Or do you mean you just can't do anything unless someone shows you?" "I mean I can't learn without someone showing me," she said.
What a failure – not of the student, but of the way we "educate" students.
I put "educate" in quotes because a system of schooling that actively builds dependencies of students upon teachers for their learning is not an educational system. Look at the word: educate. The etymology means "to lead someone out of something". It implies that the learner is in a state in which they ought not to remain, and "education" consists of being led into something better. An educated person is one who has found her way intellectually, is still finding her way, is capable of leading others to find their ways.
But the student above is in exactly the opposite situation.
That student, like all people, began her life with the fundamentally human ability to learn things on her own. Not only could she learn on her own, the most important things she knows were learned more or less on her own, with guidance (leadership): things like how to feed herself, how to speak her language, how to ride a bicycle. It is this ability to learn, with guidance but without dependence, that makes us human. And yet, by the time she took programming from me, she had lost the ability to learn independently, the taste for learning independently, even the belief that she was capable of learning independently – as if that kid who learned to eat with a fork and ride a bike were a completely different person. She has been dehumanized – dependent upon an authority figure for her further development to an extent unmatched since the days of diapers and baby food.
Actually, one thing above is wrong: This student has not lost the ability to learn independently. She absolutely still has that ability. It's obvious that she does: Otherwise how would she learn to use her phone? Navigate the college's registration system? Play her sport? For the things that really matter to her, experts may have helped – that friend who's good with technology, that coach who watches and gives pointers – but she did not learn those things by lecture. So that human ability is still there – fighting to hang on.
This student was in my very first flipped classroom, a one-credit course on MATLAB at my previous institution, four years ago. I certainly did a lot of things wrong with that class and got a lot of complaints that were totally justified. But what I also found was that flipping the classroom can challenge students to change in positive ways – especially when it comes to the issue of independent learning. Many students have built up a comfortable system in school, a nonagression pact wherein the instructor makes things easy for the students and the students make life easy with the instructor. The flipped classroom overturns this and insists that students take ownership in the basic levels of learning a new subject. I like, a lot, the fact that the flipped classroom forces the issue about student ownership and initiative in the learning process. It inevitably causes discomfort for some students, but it's the kind of discomfort that is concomitant with growth. I am willing to take heat all day long for that.
Back to the student. She made it through, and even got a good mark in the course and learned a lot about programming. At the end of the semester, I put together a slide show called "Five Things You Can No Longer Say About Yourselves" for the students in the class, based on comments that I had gotten about the flipped classroom earlier. Honestly I cannot remember what the first four of those were, but the fifth one was: "I can't learn without someone showing me first." My message was: Not only can you learn on your own, you already do learn on your own and you will continue to learn on your own your whole lives, and this entire class proves that you can. I snuck a glance at the student during this slide, and she had a look of surprise and a smile on her face.
All this to say: When my colleague Marcia Frobish last year brought up the idea of flipping Calculus 1 at our university, it seemed like the right thing to do. Calculus 1 sets the agenda and the tone for all future learning in mathematics for most college students, and it just seemed wrong not to take an opportunity to get so many students on the path toward independent learning. From the beginning, I had my student's story in mind and the stories of many others like her. Yes, we want our students to be masterful at Calculus. But what we also want is for them to take positive steps toward being what the psychologists call self-regulating learners. In fact I have come to see my entire vocation to education as being a leader with the particular task of leading students toward self-regulation. And the flipped class has proven to be an excellent platform for this.
So in the next post, I'll discuss what self-regulated learning is and how it formed the basic conceptual framework for everything I did with the flipped calculus class.


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Rotary viscometer is widely used in the determination of oil, paint, coatings, plastics, food, pharmaceuticals, adhesives and other fluids of the dynamic viscosity. The instrument is simple, inexpensive, convenient and practical, and therefore popular. In the long-term test of such instruments, we found that many users of testers in the course of the existence of many problems, we often check the instrument performance is better than the national metrological verification procedures, but the user data deviation in the test sample is large . Now on how to correctly use this type of instrument to obtain accurate and reliable measurement results are as follows.
First of all, a brief introduction of the measurement principle of this type of instrument:
Rotary viscometer first boot to check the zero position, this operation is usually carried out without the rotor installed, and then in the outer radius of the outer cylinder R1 installed R2 inner radius, filled with viscous fluid between the synchronous motor Rotate at a steady speed, successively dial, and then through the balance spring and the shaft drives the inner cylinder that is the rotor rotation, the inner cylinder that is subject to fluid-based viscous moment role, the greater the role, the balance spring with the resulting counterbalance The greater the torque, so the pointer on the dial scale, the greater the scale. Multiplying the reading by a specific factor gives the dynamic viscosity of the liquid.
According to its measurement principle, in order to obtain accurate and reliable measurement data must pay attention to the following points:
1. the performance of the instrument must meet the national measurement regulations requirements. The instrument in use should be periodically checked, and if necessary (the instrument is used frequently or in a critical state), self-check is performed to confirm that its metrological performance is acceptable and the coefficient error is within the allowable range; otherwise, accurate data can not be obtained.
2. pay special attention to the measured liquid temperature. Many users ignore this point and think that the temperature difference does not matter. Our experiments show that: when the temperature deviation of 0.5 ℃, some liquid viscosity deviation of more than 5%, the temperature deviation of the viscosity of a great impact, the temperature increases, the viscosity decreased. Therefore, we should pay special attention to the measured liquid temperature constant in the vicinity of the specified temperature, the best measurement should not exceed 0.1 ℃.
3. measuring the choice of container barrel. For binocular rotational viscometer to read the instrument manual, different rotor inner cylinder to match the corresponding outer cylinder, otherwise the measurement results will be great deviation. For a single cylinder rotary viscometer, the principle requires an infinite radius of the outer cylinder, the actual measurement requirements of the outer cylinder that is measuring the inner diameter of the container is not less than a certain size. For example, the NDJ-1 rotary viscometer produced by Shanghai Balance Instrument Factory requires that the diameter of beaker or straight-shaped container for measurement be not less than 70mm. Experiments show that especially in the use of a rotor, if the container diameter is too small cause greater measurement error.
4. the correct choice of rotor or adjust the speed, so that the value of 20 to 90 grid.
This type of instrument using dial plus pointer readings, the stability and reading deviation combined with 0.5 cell, if the reading is as small as 5 cells near, causing the relative error of 10% or more, if you choose the appropriate rotor or speed Reading at 50 cells, then its relative error can be reduced to 1%. If the show value of 90 or more, so that hairspring torque is too large, prone to creep, damage hairspring, so we must correctly select the rotor and speed.
5. frequency correction. For the nominal frequency of domestic equipment at 50Hz, while China's current supply frequency is 50Hz, we use the frequency change test less than 0.5%, so the general measurement does not require frequency correction. However, for some instruments in Japan, Europe and the United States, the nominal frequency must be adjusted to 60Hz at a frequency of 20Hz. Otherwise, a 20% error will occur. The correction formula is:
Actual viscosity = indicated viscosity × nominal frequency ÷ actual frequency
6. the rotor immersed in the depth of the liquid and the impact of bubbles.
Rotary viscometer on the depth of the rotor immersed in the liquid have strict requirements must be operated in accordance with the instructions of some double-cylinder instrument to test the amount of liquid has strict requirements, the amount must be measured cylinder. When the rotor is immersed in the liquid, bubbles are often present. Most of the bubbles float up and down for a period of time after the rotor is rotated. Bubbles attached to the lower part of the rotor sometimes can not be eliminated. The presence of bubbles causes great deviation in the measured data. Slowly immersing the rotor is an effective way.
7. the rotor cleaning. The rotor to be measured, including the outer cylinder, should be clean and free of dirt and must be cleaned in time after the measurement, especially after the paint and adhesive have been measured. Pay attention to the cleaning method, soak with a suitable organic solvent, do not scratch hard with metal knives, etc., because the rotor surface with a serious scratch will bring deviation of the measurement results.
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PAUL MENARD - No. 98 NIBCO/Menards Ford Fusion
Finished 14th
"It was kind of a crazy day. Our NIBCO/Menards Ford Fusion wasn't very good for the first half of the race, but then the car started to come to us. We made a very minimal amount of changes there in the second half and just tried to drive a smart race. The guys did a great job on pit road again this week, which was crucial because it's just so hard to pass here. I'm proud of this team. They never gave up and we're satisfied with that finish. It could always be a lot worse than that at Martinsville."
SLUGGER LABBE, Crew Chief - No. 98 NIBCO/Menards Ford Fusion
"We got caught up in that one wreck and had to pit. I think we ended up pitting 19 times today and to come back and finish in the top 15 shows the character of this team. Not many people expected us to be where we're at and we don't quit. We work and we work smart. We decided to get two tires there at the end for some track position and it paid off. That's just the way it is - it's Martinsville. All of the fenders and the whole body is beat in, but that's what you expect at a short track."
THIS HAS BEEN A BREAKTHROUGH YEAR SO FAR. AT WHAT POINT DO YOU START THINKING THIS COULD BE YOUR YEAR? "I hope so. I think some of the drivers aren't really happy that we're up here running this good. Obviously looking at the body, we got beat to death today. Right there towards the end, Paul made it three-wide for a lap-and-a-half and he stood up for himself. That's what I've been telling him. I've told him, 'You deserve to be here. They'll give you the respect, but you've got to go out there and get it. If you keep moving out of the way, they'll keep doing it to you.' So he stood up for himself and we had a good finish. The points will keep coming and as long as we keep running in the top 15, we'll be fine."
KASEY KAHNE - No. 9 Budweiser Ford Fusion
Finished 19th
"It was just a tough day for the Budweiser Ford team. We didn't run as well as we'd liked, but picked up a few spots there at the end."
ELLIOTT SADLER - No. 19 Stanley Ford Fusion
Finished 24th
"The car was really tight in the center for most of the race. We couldn't quite get that adjusted like we needed to. Overall though. The No. 19 Stanley Ford Fusion was good.. There was definitely some short track racing going on out there today. We ran into a couple incidents on track and got spun around a couple of times ,but my guys worked super hard to keep things going. The finish wasn't what we were hoping for in order to get our season turned around, but this Richard Petty Motorsports team will keep fighting and be ready to go again in Phoenix. "
AJ ALLMENDINGER - No. 43 Charter Ford Fusion
Finished 38th
"When you're at Martinsville the double-file restarts aren't the most fun thing to have, especially when you're starting mid-pack all day, because you're bound to get wrecked. It was really nobody's fault because everybody is fighting for the same space, but I got hit in the back and shoved into all the cars. That just tore the nose off of it. All of the oil lines were pinched and when we tried to go back out there we blew up."
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After election defeats, India's Congress party takes stock
NEW DELHI (AP) — Once bustling with hundreds of party supporters and supplicants from far-flung towns, the headquarters of India's Congress party wears a deserted air these days. Gone are the people seeking favors. Gone are the milling party workers who shouted slogans when they spotted a leader walking into the white colonial-era bungalow in the heart of New Delhi.
Following a string of stinging electoral defeats, the 131-year-old Congress party — which has led India for nearly three-fourths of its modern history — is foundering. Several senior leaders have quit the party, accusing its leadership of failing to connect with the masses.
Two years after its spectacular defeat by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in national elections, the Congress party is on a downward slide. Its strength in the powerful lower house of Parliament has dropped from 206 seats in 2009 to just 44 seats today, its lowest number ever, and it has power in just six of India's 29 states, down from 13 only three years ago.
Blame, increasingly, is falling on one person: Rahul Gandhi, the 46-year-old scion of the family that has dominated the Congress party for a century, and who just a couple of years ago was being touted as a future prime minister.
He's been in parliament since 2004, but Rahul, whose father, grandmother and great-grandfather were all prime ministers, still comes across as a reluctant heir lacking the smarts to pull the party out of what seems like a terminal decline.
Now, amid speculation that he will soon take the party's reins from his mother, Sonia, many supporters say he has failed to inspire confidence, and it's time for new young leaders to push aside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and stem the decline.
"The party is facing dozens of mutinies and rebellions in different states and you need strong leadership to stem the tide of defections," said political analyst Zoya Hasan of New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University.
That leadership was unlikely to be provided by Rahul Gandhi, she said.
"Twelve years is a long time in politics to show the spark that is needed for dealing with very powerful rivals," said Hasan. "Rahul Gandhi has not shown it."
Meanwhile, some analysts say Modi's oft-repeated slogan of a "Congress-free India," and his party's goal to crush the party, does not bode well for the secular foundations of the country.
The rise of right-wing Hindu nationalist forces across India, strengthened by Modi's political successes, makes the existence of the traditionally secular, liberal parties such as the Congress even more imperative, said Hasan.
"Despite all its limitations, the Congress party represents a liberal tendency which can do with some reinforcement," she said.
But the Congress leadership has shown few signs of attempting to fix what ails it.
"There seems to be no visible, credible plan for recovery. There does not seem to be any meaningful introspection either," said Sandeep Shastri, a Bangalore-based analyst with the Lokniti Program for Comparative Democracy.
"Every time the Congress has lost, the party says the loss is a collective responsibility. But when the party wins, it's solely due to the party high command," and the glory goes to the Gandhis, Shastri said.
The party often seems incapable of seeing a future outside of the Gandhi family.
As grumbling has grown about Rahul Gandhi, and his inability to shed his upper-class pedigree as he tries to reach out to poor voters, there have been increasing calls for his more charismatic sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, to become the party's face, though neither she nor her family have revealed her plans.
The clamor from the ranks for Vadra to lead the Congress in crucial legislative elections in India's most populous state early next year has grown, although the party has lost most of its base in the state.
Victory in the gargantuan Uttar Pradesh state, with a population of more than 215 million, has traditionally served as an indicator of how political parties are likely to fare in national elections, with the next due in 2019.
Although the Congress is unlikely to win the Uttar Pradesh elections, if it were to improve its share of votes, Rahul Gandhi would have cleared a crucial leadership test if his party were to improve its performance. The Congress came last among the four major parties that contested the state's 2012 elections.
Though other Congress party members unrelated to the Gandhis could rise, the family has a powerful support base, especially among older party leaders.
The party has a long-held culture of deferring to older colleagues, most of whom are loyal to Rahul's mother, Sonia, the Italian-born widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Better educated and more articulate younger members who show leadership qualities are viewed with suspicion by older entrenched leaders.
Younger leaders are more plugged into India's growing economic trajectory, pushing for faster economic reform and pro-market policies. Many older leaders belong to a generation that came of age soon after the country gained independence from Britain and subscribe to what are widely viewed as stodgy socialist values.
Lately, Rahul Gandhi's elevation to the top party job appeared even closer. His mother, who has been hospitalized with an unidentified medical condition more than once in the past few years, collapsed last week during a political rally and had to be airlifted to a New Delhi hospital.
Many party leaders view his ascension as a given, and say he bears no blame for the party's current troubles.
"Rahul Gandhi is not the president of the party. He is the vice president. Therefore, there are constraints on what he can do, and how he can do it," said Mani Shankar Aiyer, a senior Congress leader and a Gandhi loyalist. "I fully expect Rahul to come into his own only when he becomes the president of the party."
Even critical political analysts say it's too early to write off the Gandhis or the Congress, which remains the only political party likely to offer a viable political alternative to the BJP. Congress defectors have largely gone to regional parties in their home states.
"Even though the Gandhis have not been delivering victories, the party is still dependent on them for survival," said Hasan.


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