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What are the key principles of Fair Trade?
What is TransFair USA?
What is FLO?
How are Fair Trade projects certified?
What is the difference between Free Trade and Fair Trade?
Are Fair Trade products also organic?
With which Fair Trade projects does Rishi currently partner?
Can every tea become Fair Trade Certified?
What have Rishi Fair Trade premiums done in the past?
Why does Rishi need FLO?
Learn about our Organic practices
Facts about Fair Trade Tea
Rishi Tea's Fair Trade FAQs?
What is Fair Trade?
Fair Trade is an alternative economic model that strives for global economic justice by honoring a fair price for products, fair wages and safe working conditions to workers, direct trade, environmental sustainability and community investment in developing countries worldwide. Fair Trade initiatives aspire to build equitable trading relationships between consumers and the world's most economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers.
Fair Trade projects work to eliminate unnecessary middlemen, enabling and empowering the farmers and artisans to develop the business capacity necessary to compete in the global market. Fair Trade Certified projects guarantee fair prices for products and offer an additional fund known as a "social premium." The social premium is invested directly back into the communities of the workers through educational, social and cultural development.
The Fair Trade initiative began in 1988 when a fall in coffee prices triggered an economic crisis for developing nations that produced and marketed coffee, which deeply impacted small farmers.
The Netherlands was the first country to promote Fair Trade certification through the first Fair Trade label, Max Havelaar. Shortly after that, many countries began to replicate Fair Trade certification.
Fair Trade Certified agricultural products currently include tea, coffee, cocoa, fresh bananas and mangoes, sugar, rice, flowers, honey and vanilla.
There are six key principles to Fair Trade: a fair price for products, fair labor conditions, direct trade, democratic and transparent organizations, community development and environmental sustainability.
A Fair Price: Fair-Trade-certifying organizations establish a fair price, guaranteeing farmers and workers a living wage as well as an additional sum of money or "premium" for investment in social, environmental or economic development.
Fair Labor Conditions: Fair Trade workers and farmers are guaranteed safe working conditions and fair living wages. Forced child labor is strictly prohibited.
Direct Trade: Fair trade products are purchased directly from Fair Trade producers, eliminating unnecessary middlemen and allowing farmers to strengthen their organizations and become competitive players in the global economy.
Democratic and transparent organizations: Fair Trade producers within the farm or organization democratically decide how to use their Fair Trade premiums.
Community development: Fair Trade producers invest their Fair Trade premiums into projects that benefit the community and environment including but not limited to the following: improved healthcare, education, business, and farming improvements.
Read about Rishi Tea's involvement with Fair Trade Projects and the Community Improvements the projects have helped foster.
Environmental sustainability: The Fair Trade system strictly prohibits the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), promotes the improvement of soil fertility through practices such as crop rotation and limits the use of harmful chemicals in favor of farming methods that protect and preserve the health of the soil, air, water, workers and consumers.
What does Certified Organic mean?
The Fair Trade Certified trademark indicates that a product has undergone rigorous inspection by TransFair USA and adheres to the strict economic, social and environmental standards set by Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO).
What is TransFair USA?
TransFair USA is non-profit third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States. TransFair USA implements a thorough audit to verify compliance with strict international Fair Trade standards set by Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO).
This audit tracks the global supply chain from the farmer to the importer, to the product manufacturer, and finally to the retailer and end consumer. Rishi Tea and other Fair Trade importers provide quarterly reports detailing each Fair Trade transaction, allowing the tracking of certified products throughout the supply chain so as to ensure transparency and compliance.
Look for the TransFair Certified label on Rishi Tea products to ensure Fair Trade certification.
Read more here: http://www.transfairusa.org/about-fair-trade-usa
What is FLO?
Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO), a nonprofit association based in Germany founded in 1997 to unite the Fair Trade labeling initiatives under one umbrella and to establish worldwide standards and certification.
Fair Trade standards are developed by the FLO Standards Committee, which is comprised of stakeholders from FLO's member and producer organizations, traders and outside experts.
Read more here: http://www.transfairusa.org/certification/standards
How are Fair Trade projects certified?
Rishi Tea partners with Fair Trade producers who obtain certification through FLO.
FLO conducts a thorough inspection to verify that Fair Trade practices are established and Fair Trade standards met. Once compliance is recognized, FLO sets a minimum price on the product and negotiates a fixed "social premium" paid directly to the farmers for the tea produced. The minimum price varies per tea region and is reviewed and revised periodically by FLO. In 2009, FLO plans to set new minimum prices for each tea-producing region.
The social premium paid directly to farmers is 1 Euro or $1.47 per kilogram of whole leaf tea (also known as "Orthodox") and .5 Euros or $0.73 per kilogram for tea bag cut, fannings or CTC. In addition to a premium, there is an administrative fee of $0.40 per kilogram of tea produced that goes directly to TransFair USA to cover marketing and other relevant costs. The administrative fee is included in the final sale price of the Fair Trade Certified™ product.
For every kilo of Fair Trade Certified product purchased, the importer is responsible for sending the Fair Trade premium directly to an elected association of workers, farmers and management, called a Joint Body. The Joint Body then votes on allocating the premium to projects that benefit community needs such as building schools and implementing cultural preservation initiatives, healthcare programs, clean drinking water systems and sanitation.
Read more here: transfairusa.org
What is the difference between Free Trade and Fair Trade?
Free Trade and Fair Trade are often confused, but each term represents a very different global market system. In the Fair Trade model, producers are guaranteed a fair price for their products based on a living wage in their local context. This ensures price stability regardless of price fluctuations in the global market and promotes income security for the workers. Fair Trade builds long-term trade relationships and encourages environmental sustainability.
In the Free Trade system, trade occurs between and within countries without any government-imposed restrictions. In this model, the trade of goods and services are allowed without taxes or other trade barriers such as trade policies, subsidies or laws. Free Trade also allows free access to markets and free movement of labor and capital between and within countries. Often, Free Trade between a developed country and a developing country transpires at the expense of the farm workers involved, as no laws regulate their wages or working conditions.
Are Fair Trade products also organic?
Because environmental sustainability is one of the key principles of Fair Trade, many Fair Trade products are also organic. However, Fair Trade certification does not guarantee that a product was organically grown. Look for the USDA Organic symbol to ensure organic compliance.
Read more here: transfairusa.org
With which Fair Trade projects does Rishi currently partner?
Mannong Manmai Fair Trade Project in Yunnan, China: 2007-present
Xuan En Yulu Fair Trade Project in Hubei, China: 2006-present
Jingmai Mangjing Antique Tea Garden Fair Trade Project in Yunnan, China: 2003-2008
The Jingmai Mangjing Fair Trade Project was comprised of a collective of small farmers growing 100% organic teas from an ancient tea forest that dates back more than 1,000 years. Rishi Tea was the first U.S. importer to purchase teas from this project.
Certified organic in August of 2001, The Jingmai Mangjing Fair Trade Project became Fair Trade Certified in September of 2003. The Jingmai Mangjing Antique Tea Garden is one of the most famous antique tea areas in China and an example of Fair Trade success.
Located in the Yunnan region of southern China in the district of Simao, the project grew to great success due to the substantial increase in demand for pu-erh teas. The project was able to meet and surpass the core values established by Fair Trade and enabled Jingmai Mangjing to establish new roads, build a community center and employ sanitation improvements.
In the last few years, the pu-erh markets in China and greater Asia have boomed significantly. Because of this increase in demand, villagers who are part of the Jingmai Mangjing Antique Tea Garden region, are able to sell their famous tea for prices that far exceed what Rishi Tea or any other tea export company can afford to pay.
Chinese pu-erh is sold within China for more than five times the amount that the U.S. and European Union pay. After this increase in demand for pu-erh tea, the Jingmai Mangjing Tea Association, Rishi Tea and our organic exporting partners in China concluded that Jingmai Mangjing would voluntarily withdraw certification because the U.S. and E.U. markets can no longer afford teas from Jingmai Mangjing.
As of July 29, 2008, Fair Trade Certification for the Jingmai Mangjing Ancient Tea Association has been retired.
Makaibari Tea Garden, Darjeeling, India: 1859 - present
Makaibari is one of the oldest tea gardens in all of India and ranked among the best producers of Darjeeling teas. Cradled in the foothills of the beautiful Himalayas in northeastern India and surrounded by forest, the Makaibari Tea Garden is home to 610 tea workers and their families. On large tea estates such as this, tea workers and their families commonly live year-round without adequate housing or access to education and healthcare, but the Makaibari Tea Garden has been a pioneer in producing 100% organic and Fair Trade tea.
With social premiums generated by Fair Trade funds, the Makaibari community has brought electricity to local villages and homes, created a community loan fund for housing, medical needs, education, livestock and small businesses, developed workshops to teach organic fertilizer production for use within the workers' own homes, and provided scholarships to study horticulture in Darjeeling.
Rishi's Darjeeling 1st Flush and Darjeeling 2nd Flush Muscatel originate from the Makaibari Tea Garden.
To learn more about the Makaibari Tea Garden, visit makaibari.com or transfairusa.org
Royal for Herbs, Giza, Egypt: 1985 - present
For centuries, Ancient Egyptians have harvested herbs and healing plants for their medicinal qualities and health benefits. Royal for Herbs has combined the wisdom of their ancestors with today's technology to produce high quality organic and Fair Trade herbs and teas.
Rishi's Organic Fair Trade Hibiscus and Organic Fair Trade Chamomile, originating from the Fayoum, Beni-sweif and Minia regions in Egypt, are harvested and produced by Royal for Herbs. Royal for Herbs developed these Fair Trade projects in 2006, greatly improving their workers' quality of lives. The social premiums generated by Fair Trade funds have been used to improve healthcare, education and water quality for herb cultivators and their communities.
Learn more about Royal for Herbs here: royalforherbs.com
Can every tea become Fair Trade Certified?
Not every tea or product can become Fair Trade Certified. Some of the locations from which we import tea are not impoverished or underdeveloped, and thus do not need the extra funds that Fair Trade Certified products generate.
Fair Trade teas benefit those farms and workers in developing countries that are marginalized in the global market, allowing them to play a bigger role and achieve greater equality in international trade.
What have Rishi Fair Trade premiums done in the past?
Premiums generated from the Fair Trade projects with which Rishi Tea has been involved have helped foster social and economic development through the construction of new schools, roads, cultural centers, communication systems, health clinics, technical training programs, improved access to low-or no interest loans, improved sanitation, enhanced agricultural methods and sustainability efforts.
Why does Rishi need FLO?
There are many claims of Fair Trade without the necessary backing. Rishi Tea sells only Organic and Fair Trade teas that have been inspected and certified by an independent, third-party agency.
Without a strict, independent third-party certifying body such as FLO to supervise and enforce Fair Trade standards, the Fair Trade movement can easily be undermined.
Our Fair Trade teas bear the internationally recognized Fair Trade Certified logo, guaranteeing that farm workers and artisans in developing countries receive a fair deal.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 293 diseños de 54 diseñadores freelance.
Dare2create's tag line is:
Dare2create a life you love and a world you desire to live in!
Dare2create means stepping forth in courage and authenticity to live our dreams in all areas of our lives. It's living a life of full expression by having the conviction to follow our passions and goals. It's about being bold enough to get out of our way and be an active participant in life, allowing our uniqueness, talent and creativity to shine. It's about recognizing that we are living in a time where it's crucial that we see our interconnectedness with all life and how each of us can play a key part in creating a world that works for all of earth's inhabitants.
In addition to being used as general branding for Dare2create, the logo will also be used for the Dare2create Show, an internet video show, featuring people from all walks of life who are boldly stepping out in courage to create a better world.
Featured guests on the Dare2create Show include: doctors, scientists, environmentalists, artists, musicians, activists, philanthropists, metaphysicians, faith leaders, athletes, writers, filmmakers, teachers, etc.
The winning logo will also be used on t-shirts, business cards and as general branding for Dare2create.
Format required: layered PSD file and also JPG. Also request that any fonts used are included.
Bold, beautiful, edgy, clear, original, unique, and innovative design.
Trend-setting, thought provoking, but also warm and inviting.
Appeal to men as well as women and to people from many walks of life/professions.
The words Dare2create to stand out— can also be Dare2Create or other catchy way of arranging. Easy to read.
One prototype would use words Dare2create and the other would have Dare2create Show - both same logo.
Very important: Want core idea expressed of "Dare2create a life you love and a world you desire to live in!" -- (especially the part about world you desire to live in) probably not in all the words, , but want the core theme and idea of that tag line expressed through the design.
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Residential Observation Tower Overlooking Protected Habitats
Piercing the air with an impressive observation tower, this residential project is organized around a central stacked stone wall that acts as the building's spine. Measuring 182 feet long and 21 feet high, the impressive stone wall is visible from both the inside and the outside, creating a strong visual connection. Dallas-based Cunningham Architects designed the House On Cedar Hill and their talent is immortalized in the architectural details of this dream home. Named after its location in Cedar Hill, Texas, the 6,700 square foot contemporary residence is described by the architects: "A cantilevered concrete canopy serves as an interruption through the wall into and through the house, briefly allowing views through the dense brush of the site towards the open vista to the west.
As a counterpoint to the long, low house nestled within the native vegetation, the observation tower at the northern end of the house elevates the occupants above the tree tops. Magnificent views of several thousand acres of protected habitat, along with distant views of Dallas and Fort Worth make the tower a favorite perch. The east facing wall is a highly insulated load bearing masonry wall faced in native fieldstone. The mono-sloped roof is composed of 10? SIPs on laminated wood beams, allowing 8? long cantilevers over the west facing glazing. Simple slab on grade concrete floors are punctuated by inset end grain Mesquite wood zones. Natural pigmented cement plaster, other Texas woods, copper, slate and glass round out the material palette."


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Mendham Borough
Grab your running shoes and get ready for the 11th annual Harvest Hustle taking place on Saturday, October 5 at Mendham Borough Park. The park is located at the corner of Park and Mountain Avenues in Mendham. Long recognized as a celebration of health and fitness, the Harvest Hustle is inspired by the memory of Sergeant Richard Morales, a Mendham Borough police officer who dedicated himself to the local community for more than 20 years. […]
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About Mendham Borough
Ranking first in New Jersey Monthly's 2013 "Best Places to Live" survey, residents of Mendham Borough enjoy the historic setting of this quaint six-square-mile community--located in Morris County and surrounded on three sides by Mendham Township, with Bernardsville (Somerset County) to the south--plus the conveniences of a walkable downtown featuring boutique retail shopping and dining options, like the historic Black Horse Inn and Tavern. Other nearby stores located in the Village Shopping Center include a supermarket, pharmacy, and a hardware store as well as additional specialty retailers.
Traditions abound in Mendham Borough, with annual events that bring residents together to meet and mingle. Music is in the air during the summer concert series and outdoor movie nights, when neighbors picnic in Borough Park. The annual Labor Day Carnival and Parade is capped off by fireworks that signals it's back-to-school season. In December, kids and adults alike bundle up and sip hot cocoa as they warm their hands at the annual 12th Night Bonfire of Christmas trees, organized by the volunteer fire department.
Many children walk to the Borough's public schools, Hilltop Elementary and Mountain View Middle School, greeted along the way by crossing guards whose smiles are familiar to all after their many years of service. The West Morris Mendham High School is also located in Mendham, drawing students from Mendham Borough and Mendham Township, as well as the neighboring communities of Chester Borough, Chester Township and Washington Township.Back to top
Historic Mendham
There are many historic sites within Mendham's boundaries listed on both the National and State Registers. With dwellings dating back to the mid-1700s, the Brookside section has over 100 cited examples and serves as the governmental center of Mendham. The Ralston historic district about a mile west of Mendham's village features the Ralston Historical Association building at the intersection of Roxiticus Road and Route 24. Built by John Ralston in 1785, this one-room building was the center of the Ralston community, serving as a general store until1893, then as the local post office until1941. It operates as a museum on select days from June through October. The town's business district includes architecture from the Federal, bungalow/craftsman and late Victorian eras, with some structures dating back to the early 1700s.
Annual Events
Mendham is a civic-minded community where old-fashioned celebrations are still noted on residents' calendars. One of the most-anticipated events is the Fourth of July Parade and Festival in Brookside, a section of town that looks postcard-perfect, with its gazebo, park and skating pond. Other enduring traditions include an annual clam bake, pancake breakfasts sponsored by the local fire company, and a Labor Day weekend celebration and carnival sponsored by the Pastime Club. Every March the Rotary Club sponsors an Antique Show at West Morris Mendham High School. The Mendham Business Association promotes a Holly Walk during the holiday season, with merchants offering incentives to shoppers and a house tour organized by the Friends of the Mendham Library.
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Mendham's highly-rated public schools include two elementary schools for kindergarten through grade four. The Hilltop School is located in the borough at 12 Hilltop Road, and Mendham Township Elementary School's address is 18 West Main Street in Brookside. Middle school students in grades five through eight go to either Mountain View Middle School at 100 Dean Road in the Borough or Mendham Township Middle School at 16 Washington Valley Road in Brookside.
High school students attend West Morris Mendham High School at 65 East Main Street in Mendham, where they can participate in one of the few International Baccalaureate programs in the state. Known for its academic excellence, the high school was ranked #4 in the state by New Jersey Monthly magazine.
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Interstate highways accessible from Mendham include Routes 78, 80 and 287. Route 24 is part of Mendham's historic Main Street, while Routes 202 and 206 are also nearby. Manhattan-bound commuters often use New Jersey Transit's Midtown Direct train service to Penn Station in New York from the Morristown station.
Mendham Real Estate
Homes in nearly every East Coast genre are represented in Mendham, where wonderful examples of historic preservation and restoration are evident in Colonial, Greek Revival, Federal, Victorian and bungalow styles. These historic dwellings are joined by scores of new homes and luxury estates featuring state-of-the-art amenities.Back to top
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Black Horse Tavern is a local landmark at One West Main Street. In 1740, early settler Ebenezer Byram renovated his old farm house into a prominent guest house. In the 260-plus years that have followed, the three buildings that make up this unique restaurant showcase the area's past. Many of the 18th century artifacts on display come from behind the walls of the original Blacksmith Shop.
Hilltop Presbyterian Church was founded in 1738, also by Ebenezer Byram. The church was first located in a log cabin at the crest of the Ralston section of Mendham Township. Byram and John Carey constructed the original church on its present site in 1745. In October of 1776, when the British were in possession of New York and Long Island, the Presbytery of New York met in Hilltop's sanctuary. During the winter of 1777, with Washington's Revolutionary Army encamped at Jockey Hollow, the church served as a smallpox hospital. 27 soldiers died there, and are buried in a common grave in the cemetery behind the church. Although the church has been re-built several times during its long history, it remains on its original site at 20 Hilltop Road.
Schiff Nature Preserve on Pleasant Valley Road offers 340-acres of river valley parkland within the township and borough. Highlights include eight miles of trails, breathtaking views and an abundance of natural habitats. Ecological education is an important part of the nature preserve's mission, so public educational programs for all ages are offered regularly.
Fun Fact: At one time a film studio used for making Boy Scout training films was located at Schiff Nature Preserve. This studio was a gift of the artist Norman Rockwell and the family of Thomas Watson, founder of IBM. Several of Norman Rockwell's paintings were on permanent display there, and he used what was then known as Schiff Boy Scout Reservation as inspiration for some of his paintings and numerous Boy Scout manual covers.Back to top
Patriots' Path is a multi-use trail maintained by the Morris County Park Commission. It parallels the North Branch of the Raritan River throughout the borough, past an old fishing hole that locals refer to as the Mud Hole.
Borough Park at 19 Mountain Avenue features a charming gazebo and ball fields. It is the site of the annual Labor Day celebration and the Fire Department's January bonfire of discarded Christmas trees.Back to top
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Electronics: How to Use Software to Practice with Gates
If you really want to learn how logic gates work, one of the best ways is to download one of the many software logic gate simulators that are available free on the Internet. You can find these programs by firing up Google and searching for keywords such as "logic gate simulator."
A great option is Logic Circuit Designer, written by Ivan Andrei.
Here are just a few of the features of the Logic Circuit Designer program:
You can add AND, OR, NOT, XOR, NAND, NOR, and NXOR gates to your circuit simply by dragging them from a toolbar.
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SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, April 17 (UPI) -- Canadian singer Rita MacNeil has died from complications following surgery in Sydney, Nova Scotia, her website said Wednesday. She was 68.
The posting did not say what type of operation the Cape Breton native had undergone before her death Tuesday.
"A gentle soul with a heart of gold and the voice of an angel, Rita's music spoke of her love of home and family, the courage to rise above life's challenges and the hardworking men and women that tie this country together," her website said.
Among her hits were "Working Man," "Flying on Your Own," "Reason to Believe," "I'll Accept the Rose Tonight" and "Home I'll Be."
MacNeil recorded 24 albums, which sold millions of copies. She won three Juno Awards, as well as numerous East Coast Music Awards, Country Music Awards, and a Gemini for her CBC variety show "Rita & Friends," which ran from 1994 to 1997.
She was a Member of the Order of Canada, was awarded the Order of Nova Scotia and earned five honorary doctorates. In 1986, she opened up Rita's Tea Room in her hometown of Big Pond. She wrote about her early life as one of eight children and chronicled highlights of her career in her 1998 autobiography "On a Personal Note."


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Surgery and Oxaliplatin or Mitomycin C in Treating Patients With Tumors of the Appendix
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Recruitment Status : Completed
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Results First Posted : March 21, 2018
Last Update Posted : July 3, 2018
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|Carcinoma of the Appendix Primary Peritoneal Cavity Cancer
|Drug: mitomycin C Drug: oxaliplatin Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery Other: quality-of-life assessment Drug: hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
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I. To compare the toxicity profiles within 4 weeks of surgery of oxaliplatin and mitomycin C delivered via Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy in patients with peritoneal surface malignancies from primary appendiceal tumors.
I. To compare the time to progression in patients treated with oxaliplatin vs. mitomycin C delivered via Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for surface malignancies from primary appendiceal tumors.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
Arm I: Patients undergo surgical cytoreduction and receive mitomycin C by hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).
Arm II: Patients undergo surgical cytoreduction and receive oxaliplatin by HIPEC.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36 months.
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|A Multi-Center, Open-Label, Randomized Phase II Trial to Evaluate Hematologic Toxicities After HIPEC With Oxaliplatin or Mitomycin C in Patients With Appendiceal Tumors
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|May 2009
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|October 2015
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Patients undergo surgical cytoreduction and receive mitomycin C by HIPEC.
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Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery
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Other Name: quality of life assessment
Drug: hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
Undergo HIPEC
Experimental: Arm II (oxaliplatin)
Patients undergo surgical cytoreduction and receive oxaliplatin by HIPEC.
Drug: oxaliplatin
Given by HIPEC
Other Names:
Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery
Undergo surgery
Other: quality-of-life assessment
Ancillary studies
Other Name: quality of life assessment
Drug: hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
Undergo HIPEC
- The Difference in the Number of Grade 3 or 4 Hematologic Toxicities (Leukopenia, Thrombocytopenia, and Neutropenia) Between the Mitomycin C and Oxaliplatin Treatments [ Time Frame: Within 4 weeks of surgery ]If a patient has a grade 3 or 4 standard hematologic toxicity (leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and neutropenia), the patient will be considered to be an event. The observed rates of the 2 treatments will be the primary outcome, and the rates will be analyzed using a 2-sided chi-square test.
- The Difference in Percentage of Disease-free Survival Between the Two Treatment Arms up to 3 Years [ Time Frame: Time to first progression unless the patient's resection status is R2b or 2c, regardless of toxicity or response to study drug, assessed up to 3 years ]
- The Difference in Percentage of Overall Survival Between the Two Treatment Arms up to 3 Years [ Time Frame: Interval between surgery and death or date of last contact, assessed up to 3 years ]
- Quality of Life as Assessed by Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy: General (FACT-G) [ Time Frame: Throughout study completion, up to 3 years ]The FACT-G (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General) consists of 27 core items assessing patient well-being in four components: Physical (7 items), Social/Family (7 items), Emotional (6 items), and Functional (7 items). Items are rated on a five-point scale: 0-"not at all", 1- "a little bit", 2-"somewhat", 3- "quite a bit" and 4-"very much". The score of each component is the mean times the number of items in the component. The range of the physical, social/family, and functional components I 0-28 and the range of the emotional component is 0-24. The sum of the component scores creates the overall score which has a range of 0-108. For all component scores and overall score, the higher the score the better the QOL.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed peritoneal surface malignancies from primary appendiceal tumors
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
- Platelets >=100,000/mcL
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 mg/dL
- Creatinine =< 2.0 mg/dL
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase [SGPT]) =< 3 X institutional upper limit of normal
- Alkaline phosphatase =< 3 X institutional upper limit of normal
- Patients must be recovered from both the acute and late effects of any prior surgery, radiotherapy, or other antineoplastic therapy
- Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or double-barrier method of birth control; abstinence) for the duration of study participation and for 90 days following HIPEC
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document (either directly or via a legally authorized representative)
- Participants who have received oxaliplatin during prior systemic chemotherapy regimens are eligible for enrollment in this protocol
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with an active infection or with a fever >= 101.3 degrees Fahrenheit (F) within 3 days of the first scheduled day of protocol treatment
- Patients who are receiving concurrent investigational therapy or who have received investigational therapy within 30 days of HIPEC (investigational therapy is defined as treatment for which there is currently no regulatory authority approved indication)
- Patients with carcinoid tumors
- Patients with active central nervous system (CNS) metastases
- Patients with known hypersensitivity to any of the components of oxaliplatin or mitomycin C
- History of prior malignancy within the past 5 years, except for curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia, or localized prostate cancer with a current prostate-specific antigen (PSA) of < 1.0 mg/dL on 2 successive evaluations, at least 3 months apart, with the most recent evaluation no more than 4 weeks prior to entry
- Patients who received radiotherapy to more than 25% of their bone marrow
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant/nursing women are excluded from this study because oxaliplatin is an agent with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects; because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with oxaliplatin, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with oxaliplatin or mitomycin C
- Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B or C-positive patients (active, previously treated or both)
- Peripheral neuropathy >= grade 2
- History of allogenic transplant
- History of prior HIPEC
- Evidence of metastatic disease outside of the abdomen
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01580410
|United States, North Carolina
|Wake Forest University Health Sciences
|Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
|United States, Pennsylvania
|UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15232
|United States, Texas
|M D Anderson Cancer Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|Edward Levine
|Wake Forest University Health Sciences
|Responsible Party:
|Wake Forest University Health Sciences
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01580410 History of Changes
|Obsolete Identifiers:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2009-00947 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
CCCWFU 59109 ( Other Identifier: Wake Forest University Health Sciences )
|First Posted:
|April 19, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|March 21, 2018
|Last Update Posted:
|July 3, 2018
|Last Verified:
|June 2018
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
Antineoplastic Agents
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
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My Notes
About Sunnen Products Company
Sunnen has been a leader in engine building technology for over 90 years. Our honing machines, honing tools, honing abrasives, honing oils/coolants and bore gages are used at every level of racing from local tracks to the top teams of NASCAR and NHRA. Tested by time and trusted by the best...that's Sunnen!
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Michael Richards to Return to TV with Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman
(NEW YORK) -- Michael Richards has landed his first regular TV gig in more than a decade. The Seinfeld star will co-star opposite Kirstie Alley and Rhea Perlman in the TV Land pilot Giant Baby, according to Deadline.
He'll play the limo driver of Alley's character, Madison "Maddie" Banks, a Broadway star whose long-lost son turns up on her doorstep after his adopted mother dies. Perlman will play Maddie's best friend and assistant.
Richards, 63, earned three Emmys during his nine seasons on Seinfeld as Kramer. He starred in the short-lived 2000 NBC series The Michael Richards Show and appeared with his Seinfeld cast mates on multiple episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2009.
Richards' career was derailed in 2006 after he was filmed shouting the N-word and a host of expletives during a standup set at the Laugh Factory. He later apologized on Late Show With David Letterman.
"I got heckled and took it badly and went into a rage," he said. "I am not a racist! That's what's so insane about this. For me to be on stage, and flip out and say this stuff, I'm deeply, deeply sorry."
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Here are the coupon book deals that run from 10/11-11/4 at Costco. These books come in the mail or you can often find them at the customer service desk in store. Occasionally the cashiers have the booklets as well but it is best to have it with you just in case.
For the items listed as instant savings there is no coupon needed. The items listed as Costco coupons, you just need to scan the booklet at checkout and all the coupons will come off. (There is no need to actually cut coupons.)
These are all prices from my store so there may be some variation from region to region. I would love to hear if you are finding the same prices that I do at your store (and what state it is in!)
You can see the master list of Costco Everyday Deals here.
Anyone else spot a great deal at Costco?


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Sometimes questions like your can only be answered by the author of the passage.
Student or Learner
Sentences below are from The Sniper by Liam OFlaherty
The long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds, casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey.
the question is that I can't understand why the author used 'the as of' in that context.
It may be one of the most hard things to be understood to non-native English speakers
because it doesn't seems that we can explain how it is used in there by grammar.
I have already asked a professional translator about that.
he told me that 'even I don't know why the writer put the proposition phase in there so I just
paraphrased it as 'like'.
yes, I agree to that translation. and if it is translated as 'like', no problem to understand
the context.
but I would like to know his intention, what he really wanted to express with 'as of', not like or just 'as'.
Thanks in advance.
Sometimes questions like your can only be answered by the author of the passage.
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
The form used here has been in the language since at least the 11th century. As to why this author chose these words is something that the author would have to explain. I doubt that the author spent much time pondering over the exact words. You are, as we would say, looking at the text under a microscope and questioning each word. The author merely wrote the text, saw that it made sense, and moved on.
Thank you for sharing that beautiful sentence with us.
1. I do not have the answer.
2. I was just wondering whether it could be a case of ellipsis. (As you know, native speakers -- and writers -- often leave out words: If possible, call me.= If [it is] possible, call me.
3. Remember: I am NOT claiming that this is the answer. I am just wondering.
a. Do you think it would make sense to interpret that sentence something like this:
Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds,
casting over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey a pale light as if the pale light were of approaching
I found some examples in the "books" section of Google. The underlined words are my idea. I am not saying that I am right. I am just wondering.
a. In certain [developing] countries, it is said, full obituaries of the great Sherlock [Holmes] were published as if the obituaries were of a real man.
(As if: Modern Enchantment (2012) by Michael Saler. Mr. Saler quotes from an editorial in London's famous Times newspaper when the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes "died.")
b. To be as solicitous for the salvation of the souls of the poor as to be solicitous for the salvation of the rich.
(Exposition of the Old and New Testament (1828) by Matthew Henry and J.B. Williams.)
c. All combinations which had duplicity for their origins were as much against the interests of Great Britain as they were against the interests of humanity.
(The New Annual Register (1800) Andrew Kippis and Willliam Godwin.)
Liam O'Flaherty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is one of my favourite writers, I can recommend his writing to anyone that doesn't know his work. I think he was one of the few writers that really mastered the short story.


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The Windows 8 Charms Bar and Its Hidden Shortcuts
The Charms bar is simply a menu, one of a million in Windows 8. But the Microsoft marketing department, eager to impart a little humanity to your computer, calls it a Charms bar.
The Charms bar's five icons, or charms, list things you can do with your currently viewed screen. For example, when you're gazing at a website you want a friend to see, fetch the Charms bar, choose Share, and choose the friend who should see it. Off it goes to your friend's eyeballs.
The Charms bar can be summoned from anywhere within Windows 8, whether you're on the Start screen, the Windows desktop, and even from within apps and desktop programs.
But no matter what part of Windows 8 you're working with, you can summon the Charms bar using a mouse, keyboard, or touchscreen by following these steps:
Mouse: Point at the top- or bottom-right corners.
Keyboard: Press the Windows key + C.
Touchscreen: Slide your finger inward from the screen's right edge.
When the Charms bar appears, lingering along your screen's right edge, it sports five icons, ready to be either clicked or touched. Here's what each icon does:
Search: Choose this, and Windows assumes you want to search through what you're currently seeing onscreen. To expand your search, choose one of the other search locations: Apps, Settings, or Files.
Share: This fetches options for sharing what's currently on your screen. When viewing a web page, for example, a click of the Share button lets you choose Mail to e-mail the page's link to a friend.
Start: This simply takes you back to the Start screen. The Windows key on your keyboard or tablet also whisks you back there.
Devices: Choose this to send your current screen's information to another device, such as a printer, second monitor, or perhaps a phone. (The Devices option lists only devices that are currently connected with your computer and able to receive the screen's information.)
Settings: This lets you quickly tweak your computer's six major settings: WiFi/Network, Volume, Screen, Notifications, Power, and Keyboard/Language. Not enough? Then choose the words Change PC Settings along the bottom to open the Start screen's mini-Control Panel.
Tap a Charms bar icon, and Windows gives a hint as to its purpose. For example, tapping the Settings pane's Screen icon on a tablet presents a sliding bar for adjusting the screen's brightness. Sitting atop the sliding bar is a lock icon that keeps the screen from rotating, which is handy for reading e-books.
Following are some keyboard shortcuts to bypass the Charms bar and head straight to one of its icons.
|To Do This . . .
|. . . Press This
|Open the Charms bar
|Search for apps, files or settings
|Windows +Q
|Share what you see onscreen
|Windows +H
|Return to the Start screen
|Windows key
|Interact with attached devices
|Windows +K
|Change settings
|Windows +I
For more information about Windows 8 and its features, explore Windows 8 For Dummies, available online.
Did this glimpse into the Windows 8 Charms Bar leave you longing for more information and insight about Microsoft's personal computing operating system? You're free to test drive any of the For Dummies eLearning courses. Pick your course (you may be interested in more from Windows 8), fill out a quick registration, and then give eLearning a spin with the Try It! button. You'll be right on course for more trusted know how: The full version's also available at Windows 8.


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CS2357 OBJECT ORIENTED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN lab manual ( OOAD lab manual )
download link :"OOAD lab manual"
list of experiments :
To develop a mini-project following the 12 exercises listed below.
1. To develop a problem statement.
2. Develop an IEEE standard SRS document. Also develop risk management and
project plan (Gantt chart).
3. Identify Use Cases and develop the Use Case model.
4. Identify the business activities and develop an UML Activity diagram.
5. Identity the conceptual classes and develop a domain model with UML Class
6. Using the identified scenarios find the interaction between objects and represent
them using UML Interaction diagrams.
7. Draw the State Chart diagram.
8. Identify the User Interface, Domain objects, and Technical services. Draw the
partial layered, logical architecture diagram with UML package diagram notation.
9. Implement the Technical services layer.
10. Implement the Domain objects layer.
11. Implement the User Interface layer.
12. Draw Component and Deployment diagrams.
Suggested domains for Mini-project.
1. Passport automation system.
2. Book bank
3. Exam Registration
4. Stock maintenance system.
5. Online course reservation system
6. E-ticketing
7. Software personnel management system
8. Credit card processing
9. e-book management system
10. Recruitment system
11. Foreign trading system
12. Conference Management System
13. BPO Management System
Suggested SoftwareTools
1. ArgoUML, Eclipse IDE, Visual Paradigm, Visual case, and Rational Suite


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Get stuck. Stay in one place your whole life. Always order vanilla even though the menu is four pages long. Become the type of person who sends back lattes. Save up your money for a plasma TV instead of a plane ticket. Talk a lot about things you know nothing about. Have an affair with someone you don't even find attractive.
Refuse to forget your ex. Make it impossible for yourself to do anything without remembering that you used to do it with them. Hug your knees under the sheets and think about how safe you felt when they held you at night. Remind yourself daily of how empty you feel. Find new ways to make yourself sad.
Get drunk all the time. Consider no Saturday night, national holiday or extended happy hour complete without a vodka-induced breakdown. Graduate college but keep drinking like you're still in it. Notice that cheap beer tastes watery and stale when you drink it alone but drink it anyway. Look at old Facebook photos wasted and wonder where everyone went.
Never drink. Never do anything that could potentially be "bad" for you. Treat your body like the temple it is and say no to carbs, yes to wheatgrass, go to bed at ten sharp and turn down cake on your birthday. Take fifteen different dietary supplements. Monitor carefully. Succumb to nothing. Miss out on everything.
Compare yourself constantly, to everyone. Allow the standards of image-obsessed, age-obsessed culture to make you feel decrepit at 25. Scroll through skinny girls on Tumblr feeling wistful and inadequate. Pull at the skin on your hipbones, stomach, and underarms in the mirror. Sigh a lot. Sigh all the time.
Don't fall in love with anyone or anything. Put an impenetrable wall between yourself and other people. Add a fire-breathing dragon and eight yards of barbed wire. Be suspicious of everyone's motives. Hold grudges long after you've forgotten what for.
Fall in love with everyone and everything. Run after the next best thing like it's a bus you're perpetually late for. Throw your heart into every other stranger's hands and be genuinely surprised to be hurt. Refuse to learn. Refuse to ever learn.
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I don't know if this is the right place to put this, but I am having a hard time getting an administrator's attention. The Search and Rescue merit badge requirements need to be added. Please see the talk post on the requirements page. IanSan5653 20:17, August 24, 2012 (EDT)


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Classroom Lesson Plan: Book
Tim O'Keefe's lesson plan is also available as a PDF
file. See Materials Needed, below, for links to student
activity sheets and Teacher Tools related to the lesson.
Teacher: Tim O'Keefe, The Center for Inquiry, Columbia,
South Carolina
Grade Level: Third
Topic: Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
Materials Needed:
Background Information:
The Book Buddies experience is one aspect of Mr. O'Keefe's
literature program which also includes regular read-alouds
and literature circles. Third and fifth graders have met
as Book Buddies throughout the year to read and respond to
literature together. During these interactions, they have
used reading and writing as tools for learning. They have
also been learning to take hold of literature conversations
for themselves. The teachers' goal is to create classroom
communities where students can orchestrate quality conversations
about literature independently, and they find that Book Buddies
benefit equally from the interaction in spite of differences
in age. This particular Book Buddy engagement grew out of
focus studies on African American history, tolerance, and
race relations.
Lesson Objectives:
Students will:
Expected Products From Lesson:
Instructional Strategies Implemented:
Collaborative Structure of Class:
An inquiry classroom needs to be arranged to facilitate conversations.
In Mr. O'Keefe's class, students sit at desks clustered in
groups of four or five. During their opening activities,
read-alouds and other whole-class activities, they gather
on the floor in the front of the classroom. During Book Buddy
meetings, students meet where they can find a quiet space.
Some remain in the classroom, but many take advantage of
South Carolina's mild climate and settle outside on benches,
steps, or under trees. To accommodate discussion at the end
of the experience when the two classes meet together, Mr.
O'Keefe pushes the student desks against the walls so all
can gather on the floor.
Lesson Procedures/Activities:
Follow-Up or Culminating Activities:
Students may be assessed on a daily basis through:
The following activity might receive holistic or scaled
evaluation (see Assessment and Evaluation:
Some Useful Principles for a detailed explanation of
holistic and scaled evaluation).
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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
The EEOC works with the Fair Employment Practice Agencies (FEPAs) and the Tribal Employment Rights Offices (TEROs) to manage charges of discrimination and the protection of the employment rights of Native Americans. The EEOC contracts with approximately 90 FEPAs nationwide to process more than 48,000 discrimination charges annually. These charges raise claims under state and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination as well as the federal laws enforced by the EEOC. FEPA and TERO offices for the area covered by this office are listed below.
North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings, Civil Rights Division (FEPA)
1711 New Hope Church Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
Mailing Address:
6714 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6714
Website: http://www.ncoah.com/civil/
Lamont Goins, Director, Civil Rights Division
Phone: 919-431-3035
Fax: 919-431-3130
E-mail: email@example.com


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For those of you that don't keep your eye on the Silicon Valley tech scene, you might have missed the launch of a company called Cake Health at TechCrunch Disrupt. From what I can tell, they were one of the most exciting companies coming out of the popular TechCrunch Disrupt event. Here's a short description of what Cake Health offers:
…with Cake Health, you'll never lose track of your healthcare expenses again. Our analytics monitor your out-of-pocket cost, and what services you should be getting now. With our recommendations, your health benefits are optimized based on you actual needs and usage, so your costs are reduced.
I think the best (and most popular) phrase I've seen to describe Cake Health is that it's like Mint.com for healthcare. If you've never used Mint.com you should check it out (although, I've been considering switching to Wave since Mint was bought by Intuit). They figured out a simple way to get all your financial transactions into Mint and then provided some interesting aggregate information along with ways for you to save (that's the Mint business model).
Obviously, Cake Health is still new, but you can see a lot of these same elements in their product offering. They have easy ways for you to import your claims data. Now we'll see how well they can help you on figuring out ways to save on your healthcare expenses. That will be their biggest challenge. The easy part for them will be monetizing their users if they get enough of them.
Although, you can see the power of what they've created. In 48 hours after they launched, they had over $8M in claims imported. That's a lot of interesting healthcare data. I'll be interested to see in what ways they can leverage that data to improve healthcare.


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Gluten-Free Results
Ice Breakers
no listed gluten-free products — Hershey Company
"A food bearing a gluten-free claim does not contain the protein from wheat, rye, barley, spelt, kamut, triticale, farina, vital gluten semolina, malt vinegar or protein derivatives of these foods, or, if such grain is present, the level of such gluten protein has been reduced to less than 20 parts per million.
"For your convenience, the current products listed below [available at Hershey website] have been fully evaluated and qualify as gluten-free using standards established by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
"The best way to determine if our products contain a gluten ingredient is to read our product label. This label includes an accurate, current listing of the ingredients in our products. Because, on occasion, the list of ingredients can change, we strongly encourage you to check the ingredient label on the package each time before you make a purchase."
ContactPhone: 1-800-468-1714
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 4pm ET
Online: www.thehersheycompany.com/contact-us.aspx
Important: We try to provide the most up-to-date and accurate information available. However, please keep in mind that manufacturer policies and formulations can change at any time, and that some information listed on this site could be out-of-date or contain unintentional errors.
Remember to always read product labels and check with the manufacturer directly if you have any concerns.


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No picture when I use an HDMI connection
Make sure your TV has the recent system software installed. Downloads are posted on your model support page.
- Check which input on the TV the source device is connected to.
- On the supplied TV remote control, press the INPUT button repeatedly until it displays the correct HDMI® input.
- The location of the Input button on your remote and the Input labels on your TV screen may be different.
Disconnect the HDMI cable and then reconnect it. A bad connection may occur temporarily and cause this issue.
- Check if the input of the audio system (such as amplifier or theater stand) corresponds with the video output device.
- The image below suggests that the audio system that's connected between the TV and the video output device needs to be set to the appropriate input. This shows that the video output device is connected to the DVD input of the audio system.
- Make sure the connected device is set to output through its HDMI connection and the video format being output is compatible with the TV.
- The output signal set on your source device may be indicated on its display or in its menus.
- Some devices may output a 1080/24p or 1080/30p video signal, but some TVs can only accept a 1080/60p video signal. Changing the video output format of the connected device may resolve the issue. Check the manual or contact the manufacturer for further information.
- The A/V receiver may not up-convert a signal to HDMI if you connected an analog connection type (Coaxial, Composite A/V, Component A/V, or S-Video) on the output device and the audio system. Check the receiver manual for details about other connection options.
- The output signal set on your source device may be indicated on its display or in its menus.
- If the device is connected to an A/V Receiver or other component before being connected to the TV, try connecting directly to an HDMI input of the TV. If this works, your receiver or other device may not be an HDMI repeater and might not pass the signal on to the TV.
- An HDMI repeater receives an audio/video signal from one HDMI device and passes it through to another connected HDMI device. While your device is supported for use with HDMI repeaters, products from other manufacturers may not be supported.
- Try using a different HDMI cable.
- To view 1080p (50p/60p) quality picture on the TV from an external device, make sure to use a High Speed HDMI cable with the HDMI logo.
- If possible, try a different device that can output an HDMI video signal using the same connections.
- If there's still no picture, perform a factory reset.
If the issue still occurs, repair may be required. Go to Product Repair.


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Report: La Toya Jackson in Charge of Michael Jackson's Kids' Careers
(NEW YORK) -- Michael Jackson's son Prince recently signed on to be a correspondent with Entertainment Tonight -- reportedly under the watchful eye of his aunt La Toya Jackson.
Writing for the New York Post, a close friend of the Jackson family, Stacy Brown, says La Toya has signed all three of Michael's children exclusively to her Ja-Tail Enterprises talent agency.
Brown claims that while La Toya's siblings battled over the King of Pop's $2 billion estate following his death, La Toya took Prince, Paris and "Blanket" to the family's Calabasas, Calif., mansion where, according to a family insider, "they needed comfort with everyone showing their wild side, so they watched television together, they listened to music and they talked about what Mike would want. Mostly, it was Toya doing all the talking."
As well as the ET gig, Prince has signed a deal to appear on the CW's 90210. His sister Paris, meanwhile, has a movie deal that will see her shooting later this year in London. It's believed that La Toya will get a standard 15 percent commission on each deal.
She reportedly is also currently negotiating a reality TV show deal, featuring all three kids. Insiders claim bidding has approached $10 million, with Oprah Winfrey's OWN network leading the pack.
One potential problem for the 56-year-old La Toya is Paris' refusal to shoot a reality show, but insiders say La Toya's power of persuasion over the children is strong.
One source is quoted as saying, "Prince wasn't exactly eager to do ET, but could you tell? When the money is on the line, Toya is going to cash in. I wouldn't bet against her."
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New childrens fitness program needs catchy logo that will be on website, business cards, brochures, t-shirts, race t-shirts, letterhead, etc. Check out website http://www.kidsfitfest.com for ideas.
This program is currently for kids ages 4-10. The age range may change but the logo needs to appeal to boys and girls. I don't want the typical pink and blue colors used. I also dont want all the primary colors used. I want something new, trendy and eyecatching since the logo will be put on the back of many t-shirts.If you visit my website I have been using a clip art picture as my stand by kind of logo. I have had many people comment on it. They love it! I realize it is only a girl and is only pink. So I want to attract to boys and girls. I might start using the tagline "we're bringing recess back" So if you want to create one logo with the tagline and one without. Any child that has participated in the program is given a tshirt. I am branching out into schools and offering the program as an after school option so it will be visible to many, many kids and parents.
What the program does is try to teach kids that getting exercise can be fun. I'm bringing recess back! We play all of the classic recess and backyard games that I grew up with and that kids these days don't seem to know how to do due to the video game craze. I want kids to play these games and then want to play them with their friends, family, etc. when they get home.
Kids that don't have interest in group sports, who don't have the athletic ability, or kids that just want to have fun are who I try to attract! I utilize cones, rubber balls, hula hoops, tennis balls, soccer balls, footballs,,etc. Anything I can get my hands on.
We do obstacle courses, relay races, tag, etc.
I created this company back in August and want to attract more kids by having a professional logo that I can print on all of my marketing material.
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The Easiest Design Pattern in the Galaxy
As part of a Boston PHP group's PHP Percolate, we're going through Larry Ullman's PHP Advanced and Object-Oriented Programming (3ed) book. In his chapter on Design Patterns, Larry has a pattern he calls, The Factory Pattern. This pattern can be found in many PHP works, and the first mention of the pattern that I found was in a series of PHP design patterns in an IBM Website in 2006. The Factory pattern was given an "honorable mention" as a pattern in the Freemans' incredible work, Head First Design Patterns (p 117), but the Freemans note that the Factory pattern is more of a programming idiom than a true design pattern. The design pattern found in the Gang of Four's work is a Factory Method pattern that is a true design pattern.
In looking at the Factory Method pattern, you can see two key participants—the Creator and the Product. The requesting object (Client), goes through the Creator to request a product. The key element in the Creator is an abstract method, factoryMethod(). Figure 1 shows a bare bones class diagram of the Factory Method:
In the Factory pattern, the simple factory is often declared statically (as is the case in Larry Ullman's book), but in the Factory Method pattern, the factoryMethod() method is declared as an abstract one that can be overridden. The reason for that is flexibility. In Figure 1, you can see that a single concrete creator is instantiating a single concrete product. However, you can have several different concrete factories requiring different implementations of the factoryMethod(). In Chapter 5 of Learning PHP Design Patterns, one of the examples has two factories (concrete creators); one for graphics and another for text captions.
The Shape Factory
This example has one product, graphic shapes. It includes a red triangle, a green square, and a blue circle—-the RGB trio. The client requests each shape by specifying the name of the product in a request through the Creator. Figure 2 shows the class diagram for this implementation.
This example only includes shapes. However, suppose instead of general shapes, you had images with captions. Instead of starting all over again, you could just add another set of implemented Products for captions and had another concrete factory (concrete creator) for text. What's important, you're not wasting a lot of time re-doing what you've already done. The bigger the program, the more this kind of structure is appreciated.
To get started, run the program and download the files using the buttons below:
Once you download the source code (not to mention the incredibly valuable graphics), you're all set to understand just what's going on.
Factory First
In working with design patterns, it helps to think in terms of what the client wants. (The client is perhaps the most important and most overlooked participant in design patterns.) So if you start with what the client wants, the next step is to ask, "How does the client get what it wants?"
- Client wants a product.
- The client must must request the product through the factory method
Now that's fairly simple. The client is separated from the product it is requesting, and changes to the product will not affect the process used for making the request. Likewise, changes in the client request will not affect the nature of the requested product.
All we need for the Creator class is a factory method that will be implemented in the concrete creator(s). I added a protected property called $createProduct that can be used by the concrete creator.
<?php //Creator.php abstract class Creator { protected $createdProduct; abstract public function factoryMethod(Product $productNow); } ?>
An optional concrete operation (method) could be added to the abstract class, but this example is bare bones to focus on the factoryMethod().
The next step is to implement the Creator into a concrete class (implementation), ConcreteCreator. We need to include all of the concrete products that might be used; so that's been done. It would be easier to use spl_autoload_register in the Client class, but this way, you can clearly see the product (concrete product classes) available for the factory to "manufacture.""
<?php //ConcreteCreator.php include_once('Creator.php'); include_once('Triangle.php'); include_once('Square.php'); include_once('Circle.php'); class ConcreteCreator extends Creator { public function factoryMethod(Product $productNow) { $this->createdProduct=new $productNow(); return($this->createdProduct->provideShape()); } } ?>
Note that the ConcreteCreator has no user constructor function (
__construct); so the request from the Client will have to first create an instance of the ConcreteCreator and then call the factoryMethod() from the instance.
Products Please
The products that the factory is "building" are pretty simple. For this example, I just used URL strings to load up graphic files. However, you can create any kind of product you want, and as long as the interface is preserved, it will not affect the program adversely. In other words, the same request will just bring up the concrete product no matter how it is constructed. The first step is to create a Product interface.
<?php //Product.php interface Product { function provideShape(); } ?>
The method, provideShape() is abstract (it has to be since it's in an interface), and we'll leave the implementation up to the concrete products. As long as the interface is preserved, we're good to go. The first concrete product is the Triangle.
<?php //Triangle.php include_once('Product.php'); class Triangle implements Product { public function provideShape() { return "products/triangle.png"; } } ?>
That's pretty simple, and you could have just made a direct request from the Client for the same thing. The line,
would handle the request. However, with a much larger program, you want to be sure that when you make a change that everything will go along with the change and not crash the program. Beside, you can re-use the same pattern and even most of the code in a wholly different project.
The Square and Circle concrete products are similar.
<?php //Square.php include_once('Product.php'); class Square implements Product { public function provideShape() { return "products/square.png"; } } ?> <?php //Circle.php include_once('Product.php'); class Circle implements Product { public function provideShape() { return "products/circle.png"; } } ?>
Try adding different shapes or even re-write the concrete products to something more complex, and the structure holds up just fine.
The Client
The Client class is implied in the class diagram (light gray box and text), but in the original class diagram, it is not. I added it here to show where it could possibly be included. Often, the "client" is a requesting module in a much larger program, but in this case the Client's role is easy to see simply as a requesting participant in the design pattern.
The Client does not use include_once to make the concrete products available. It is unnecessary for even though the call to the factoryMethod() includes the name of the class (e.g., Triangle()), the actual instantiation of the concrete product is done by the Creator. So there's no need for the Client to include any of the concrete products it requests. Now that's loose binding!
Further, notice that the factoryMethod() names concrete products (Triangle, Square, Circle), but the code hinting calls for the Product data type. This shows one of the key Design Pattern principles:
Program to the interface and not the implementation.
Because PHP does not have strict typing, we need some way to add a data type reference, and that's done with type hinting. So by referencing the interface (the Product interface), our binding is much looser, more flexible (it accepts any implementation of the interface) and so our code is less likely to get tied up in knots, it's easier to make changes and debugging is a snap. In other words we can spend more time on coding the program and less time untangling sequential or procedural code.
Now that we see how requests are made, we need our requester class; namely the Client. In 9 of the GoF design patterns, the Client is participant, in 4 more it is implied (grayed out), and in most of the others, it's either mentioned or used in an example. Unfortunately, it somehow gets left out of most explanations of PHP design patterns. So here, I just want to acknowledge the Client and emphasize its importance in understanding design patterns.
In this example, the Client will request all three shapes (concrete products) and do so through the factoryMethod(). First, it instantiates an instance of the ConcreteCreator, and then uses a variable named $display to store the returned data from factoryMethod() that calls the requested concrete class by instantiating it as an argument of the factoryMethod(). Keep in mind that the type hinting in the Creator interface expects a Product data type, and because each of the three classes called are all child classes of the Product (Triangle, Square, and Circle), they are accepted. That's because they share the interface of the Product. Any Product implementation that might be added will work as well. That's programming to the interface instead of the implementation.
<?php //Client.php include_once("ConcreteCreator.php"); class Client { public function __construct() { $shapeNow=new ConcreteCreator(); $display=$shapeNow->factoryMethod(new Triangle()); echo "
"; $display=$shapeNow->factoryMethod(new Square()); echo "
"; $display=$shapeNow->factoryMethod(new Circle()); echo "
"; echo "These shapes are brought to you by:
"; echo "The Factory Method Design Pattern"; } } $worker=new Client(); ?>
Given all of the work that the factoryMethod() does in this implementation of the Factory Method pattern, it's little wonder that it's called The Factory Method and not The Factory pattern.
This was a simple example, and I hope it illustrates design pattern concepts that might be useful. Naturally, I'm very grateful to the Boston PHP group for running the Percolator program and those who have taken the time to be involved.
Copyright © 2013 William Sanders. All Rights Reserved.


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Bullpen providing sweet relief for Royals
KANSAS CITY -- Lost in the jumble of Thursday's bizarre, 14-inning win was a splendid effort from the bullpen, particularly in the extra frames.
Four relievers combined to shut out the Indians over the final five innings, setting up Nori Aoki's walk-off single in the 14th.View Full Game Coverage
KANSAS CITY -- Lost in the jumble of Thursday's bizarre, 14-inning win was a splendid effort from the bullpen, particularly in the extra frames.
Four relievers combined to shut out the Indians over the final five innings, setting up Nori Aoki's walk-off single in the 14th.View Full Game Coverage
"I believe that we have the best bullpen in the league," said Aaron Crow, the seventh and final pitcher on Thursday. "From top to bottom, we've got seven guys out there that can get anybody out at any time."
Crow earned his fifth win of the season when he struck out the side in the top of the 14th.
"He really looked good last night," manager Ned Yost said. "For Crow to give us a zero there and allow us to score that run was huge."
Before Crow, Francisley Bueno, Jason Frasor and Scott Downs locked down innings 10 through 13.
Bueno lowered his ERA to 2.14 thanks to his 1 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out three and allowing no hits.
"He's had limited innings the last three years, but every time he's up here, he's been lights out," Crow said.
Frasor, recently acquired in a trade with the Rangers, finished the 11th by striking out Yan Gomes. Downs, signed on July 6, bridged the gap to Crow with scoreless 12th and 13th innings.
"Downs and Frasor have been in the league a long time; they know how to get guys out," Crow said.
The relief corps was left to clean up a rare mess by closer Greg Holland, who blew only his second save of the season in the ninth, when he gave up the game-tying RBI single to Gomes.
"I think everyone did a great job. I'm sure Greg would tell you differently, but he's been the best closer in all of baseball the whole entire year, and nobody's perfect," Crow said.
The first one out of the bullpen was Wade Davis, who entered in relief of Danny Duffy in the eighth after seven shutout innings.
Davis escaped a bases-loaded jam by getting Michael Brantley to bounce into an inning-ending double play.
"Our nemesis over there has been Brantley. He kills us, and for [Davis] to get Michael to ground into a double play to end the inning there; that's what got lost in the game," Yost said.
The appearances of Davis and Holland marked the third in as many days for the indomitable relievers, and Yost said the two would "probably not" pitch on Friday.
The Royals survived without the duo, as Bueno, Frasor, Kelvin Herrera and Crow worked 2 2/3 scoreless innings to help secure the team's 6-4 win.
Herrera recorded the win, with Crow earning his first save of the season.
"A couple of guys probably weren't going to be available, so we knew when the late innings came around, we might be asked to do a little more than usual," Crow said. "Bueno, Kelvin, Frasor and I knew that going in, so we all came with our best stuff tonight."
Jackson Alexander is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cutting calories helps people lose weight, but doing so by filling up on whole grains may be particularly heart-healthy, new research suggests.
In a study of obese adults at risk of heart disease, researchers found that those who trimmed calories and increased their whole-grain intake shed more belly fat and lowered their blood levels of C- reactive protein or CRP.
CRP is a marker of chronic, low-level inflammation in the blood vessels, and both abdominal fat and CRP, in excess, are linked to heart attack and stroke.
In contrast, dieters in the study who mainly ate refined grains, like white bread, were able to lose weight, but they trimmed less fat from the middle and showed no change in CRP.
The findings offer yet more incentive for Americans to opt for whole grains over highly processed versions, according to the researchers.
"This is the first clinical study to prove that a diet rich in whole grains can lead to weight loss and reduce the risk of several chronic diseases," Dr. Penny Kris-Etherton, the senior researcher on the study, said in a statement.
She and her colleagues at Pennsylvania State University report the findings in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
In general, experts recommend eating whole grains — such as oatmeal, brown rice and barley — rather than refined grains, like white bread and other products made from white flour. Whole-grain foods retain more of the nutrients and fiber components of the grain.
This fact might explain why dieters in the current study showed added benefits when they ate whole grains, according to the researchers. For example, fiber-rich foods may have kept participants' blood sugar levels more stable throughout the day, and this, in turn, may have lowered their CRP levels.
Alternatively, CRP might have dropped because of the antioxidant nutrients that are present in whole grains but depleted in refined ones.
The study included 50 obese men and women who had metabolic syndrome, a collection of several risk factors for diabetes, heart disease and stroke — such as abdominal obesity, high blood pressure and high blood sugar.
All of the study participants cut calories for 12 weeks, but half were instructed to strive for whole grains, while the rest were told to choose refined grains. The whole-grain group was told to look for products with "whole grain" listed as the first ingredient on the label.
In the end, the average weight loss was about 8 to 11 pounds in both groups. However, the average CRP level dropped by 38 percent in the whole-grain group, while remaining unchanged in the refined-grain group. In addition, while both groups showed a similar change in waistline size, the whole-grain dieters showed a greater reduction in the percentage of fat around the middle.
The researchers recommend that consumers look at labels and be careful to choose products that are good sources of whole grain.
"There are a lot of foods around that claim they contain whole grain but are not really major sources of whole grain," Kris-Etherton said. She suggested looking for foods like oatmeal, breakfast cereals made from whole grains, whole-wheat pastas, granola and popcorn.
As a general rule, she said, consumers should buy grain products that are at least 51 percent whole grain. Products that put health claims about whole grains on their labels are required to contain at least that much whole grain.
SOURCE: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, January 2008.


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I pledge to be a REBBL with a cause by identifying the intersection of modern day slavery and my life.
I will educate myself about the realities of modern day slavery. I will investigate the companies that my purchases are supporting. I will share this with my friends, family, and community, because I can make a difference.
I believe a rebel goes against the status quo. I believe the status quo says that individual actions can't affect change. I believe I can make a change. I can fight modern day slavery. I am a rebel.


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"I am happy that I met you."
I think that "that I met you" modifies "I am happy". And also in "I am happy with your success." With your success modifies I am happy. Or should we say that they modify just happy?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much in advance.


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In this tutorial I will show you how to use the Motion and Shape Tween.
Motion Tween allows you to animate two or more keyframes by moving them.
Shape Tween allows you to animate two or more keyframes by morphing them.
Animation in Flash is one of the easiest things you can do. It only takes a couple of steps and a couple minutes of free time.
Motion Tween
Start by Creating a Round Object on your document.
After you have created your Object set it's Location to (0, 0)
Then go to Modify->Convert to Symbol...
Type in Ball for the Name and Graphic for the Type, Also make sure that the Registration is the Center Point.
Go to your Document's/Scene's Properties and find the Frame Rate. Make sure that it is set to 15 fps. That means 15 frames per second. Knowing this will come in hand with our animation.
Now that we have set our Frame Rate we need to add some frames to our timeline. Select frame30 then go to Insert->Timeline->Keyframe. We selected frame 30 because we want our animation to last for 2 seconds. Since our document will be projecting 15 frames per second, we need 30 frames per 2 seconds.
If frame 30 is not selected, select it now.
Now move the Symbol(Ball) to the Very Bottom of your Document(or anywhere else you would like)
Here comes the easiest part.
Select any frame between 1 and 30.
Then go to your Document's Properties and Set Tween to Motion.
Now if you look at your timeline you will see an arrow stretching from the first frame to the last.
You can now Preview your Animation in Flash or you can Preview it Outside of Flash. I always preview it inside of Flash. To Preview it Inside of Flash select the First Frame and Hit Enter or you can go to Control->Play. To Preview it Outside of Flash Select any Frame and Hit Ctrl+Enter(Control + Enter) or you can go to Control->Test Movie.
Shape Tween
I just Showed you how to use the Motion Tween to Animate a Ball, now I will Show you how to use the Shape Tween to Morph a Ball Into a Square.
Start off with Setting your Frame Rate to 15 frames per second.
Then Create a new Circle. Make sure you put it's Locatoin to (0, 0). Do NOT Convert it to a Symbol.
Select Frame 30 and Create a new Keyframe. You can do this multiple ways; Right Click(on the Frame)->Insert Keyframe, Insert->Timeline->Keyframe, and Select any Keyframe then Press F6.
Now that you have Created a new Keyframe on Frame 30 we can Create our new Shape.
Make sure that Frame 30 is Selected and Delete the Circle. After you have Deleted the Circle from Frame 30, Create a new Shape. Set it's Location to the Same Location where your Circle was. In this case (0, 0). I will be creating a Square with a Different Color. Do NOT Convert it to a Symbol.
Select any Frame between the First and Last. Then go to the Properties Panel and Set Tween to Shape. There should now be a Green Background on the Frames.
Now Preview the Animation/Morph.
You should now have a Circle Morphing into a Square.
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A 25 million tonne marine debris field created by the Japanese tsunami to reach Hawaii
A 25 million tonne marine debris field created by the Japanese tsunami back in March currently afloat in the North Pacific is set to reach Hawaii by this winter, according to experts.
The debris field was created as the Japanese tsunami receded from the land. Although heavier materials sank, the buoyant materials went on to form the huge rubbish mass which floated out to sea.
NOAA has predicted possible trajectories for the debris field using OSCURS (Ocean Surface Current Simulator) Year 1 = red; Year 2 = orange; Year 3 = yellow; Year 4 = light blue; Year 5 = violet Photo: Courtesy of J. Churnside, NOAA; created using Google.
Worryingly, the debris is moving more quickly than previously anticipated. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Hawaii researchers have run a model using OSCURS (Ocean Surface Current Simulator) to estimate general direction and drift rate of debris.
If their models are correct, debris could pass near or wash ashore in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands this winter and the rest of the archipelago in less than two years. Debris is estimated to reach the West Coast of the United States in 2013.
Carey Morishige, Pacific Islands regional coordinator for the NOAA Marine Debris Program / IMSG said: "There is much that we still don't know about the amounts and types of tsunami-generated marine debris still afloat in the North Pacific. More information is also needed to better predict and thus prepare for the impacts this debris may have in U.S. waters and along shorelines.
To that end, the NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP) is leading efforts to gather information to better understand what tsunami-generated debris may be still afloat in the north Pacific, particularly types and quantities of potential tsunami debris".
A tsunami debris workgroup has been formed with partners from governmental, non-governmental, and academic sectors, to address, coordinate, and plan for tsunami-generated marine debris.
Along with collecting information on debris at sea, monitoring of shoreline debris has also begun with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tern Island in French Frigate Shoals and Midway Atoll.
NOAA is calling for cooperation from commercial vessels and the shipping and fishing industries.
Source: Maritime Journal


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If you do the math, you may discover you can buy more house than you could have previously afforded in 2006. This first graphic explains how just a 20% loss in values allows you to purchase a home and gain more value in the 'move-up' home. In this example you see a $50,000 gain.
When values rise again, you may appreciate and even greater gain as demonstrated in the table below. In this example, you see a total gain of $90,000.
In our final demonstration, you can see that waiting to make your decision can greatly impact your monthly payment and affordability if you consider today's interest rates compared to what they may be in the future. If interest rates rise even modestly, you will see a significant increase in your payments. Maybe you want more square footage in your Daphne, Fairhope or Spanish Fort home. Opportunity may be knocking.
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