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Comprehensive Education
1. Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what consultations she had with representatives of the teaching profession before withdrawing circular 1065.
The Secretary of State for Education and Science (Mrs. Margaret Thatcher)
I have nothing to add to my speech in the House on 8th July.—[Vol 803, c. 676–88.]
Mrs. Short
I am glad that the right hon. Lady has now had discussions with members of the teaching profession. May we assume that this will be her future practice instead of rushing in and making statements beforehand? Can she say how many authorities have reacted to her [column 728]circular and how many will continue with comprehensive reorganisation?
Mrs. Thatcher
I cannot answer specifically the last question at the moment. I have had a number of representations, some from teaching staffs in schools. In the case of one school I had two petitions, one for and one against the circular.
Nursery Education
2. Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals she has for the expansion of nursery education.
7. Mr. Dalyell
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals she has for more nursery school provision.
The Under-Secretary of State for Education and Science (Mr. william van Straubenzee)
My right hon. Friend is aware of the need for more provision for under-fives and this will be considered together with other claims on resources for education and the other social services. Progress under the urban programme will continue in deprived areas.
Mrs. Short
Can the hon. Gentleman say what sort of increase is likely with the urban aid programme? In view of the fact that his Department is rather keen on withdrawing circulars and issuing new ones, is he now prepared to withdraw circular 8/60 and to allow local authorities freedom to set up nursery classes where they have the resources and teachers, because many are anxious to exercise this freedom?
Mr. van Straubenzee
The hon. Member will know that over 10,000 places have been approved in the first two phases of the urban aid programme. It would be premature to announce any withdrawal of the circular.
Mr. Edward Short
Would the hon. Gentleman not be more forthcoming? The Tory manifesto said:
"We recognise the need for expansion of nursery education."
By how much is it to be expanded, where and when?
Mr. van Straubenzee
The right hon. Gentleman will see as the programme develops.[column 729]
Liverpool (Secondary Education)
3. Mr. Ogden
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals she has received from the Liverpool City Council for the organisation of secondary education in that city.
Mrs. Thatcher
None, Sir.
Mr. Ogden
Is the right hon. Lady aware that her Conservative colleagues who control the City Council of Liverpool have considered and are considering a system of secondary reorganisation based on a 12-plus examination? Will she save everyone a great deal of time, trouble and unnecessary anxiety by saying that she will not approve any system of reorganisation based on an examination at 12-plus?
Mrs. Thatcher
I cannot comment on any scheme which I have not received.
Mr. Ogden
On a point of order. In view of the extremely unsatisfactory answer, I beg to give notice that I shall raise the matter on the Adjournment.
Primary Schools
(Size of Classes)
5. Mr. Marks
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will change the basis of a class size of 40 in the building of new primary schools and the conversion of old ones.
Mrs. Thatcher
Nothing in the Department's Regulations or practice requires new or remodelled primary schools to be designed for classes of 40 pupils.
Mr. Marks
Is the Secretary of State aware that local authorities having conversions and mergers of schools are working on a basis of 40 children per classroom? Will she instruct local authorities to reduce this number so that more classrooms will be needed for the same number of children?
Mrs. Thatcher
We are constantly remodelling schools. The building regulations are based on the number of places in the school and nothing in the Regulations requires authorities to design those spaces for a particular number of children in the class. Indeed, they usually have very open plans in these days.
Mr. Edward Short
What is the right hon. Lady's target for class size? Does [column 730]she accept the target which I set out at Swansea on 12th March this year, or does she still adhere to the 1965 National Advisory Council target?
Mrs. Thatcher
I noticed that the right hon. Gentleman set out a target, but, as usual, he did not provide the money for achieving it.
Mr. Short
Is the right hon. Lady aware that the previous Government increased the number of teachers in training by 86 per cent.? By what percentage will she increase the number of teachers?
Mrs. Thatcher
The limiting factor on class size now is not so much that of teacher supply as of capital resources for the extra space required.
Direct Grant Schools
8. Mr. Iremonger
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make a statement about her policy towards the future of direct grant schools, and the Ursuline Convent School, Ilford, in particular.
12. Sir G. Nabarro
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make a statement concerning her policy regarding the future of the direct grant schools.
29. Mr. Kenneth Lewis
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans she has for assisting the direct-grant schools; and whether she will make a statement.
Mrs. Thatcher
It is our expressed intention to encourage the direct grant schools. I am at present in consultation with the Direct Grant Joint Committee. No formal proposals have been received about reorganising the Ursuline Convent School.
Mr. Iremonger
Is there any way in which the Minister can give a guarantee that the arrangements which she makes will not be "mucked up" in future by Socialist Governments?
Mrs. Thatcher
Unfortunately I cannot give that guarantee, but they will not, in my hon. Friend's vernacular, be "mucked up" by me.
Sir G. Nabarro
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her statement and [column 731]warmly welcome it. Will she embrace my view that the direct grant schools do not represent a divisive influence in our society? Therefore, will she do her utmost to encourage the high quality which such establishments engender?
Mrs. Thatcher
Yes, Sir.
Teacher Training
(Information on Drugs)
9. Mr. Iremonger
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make a statement about her policy on teacher training to enable schools to deal with the misuse of drugs.
Mr. van Straubenzee
Information on drugs usually forms part of health education at colleges of education.
Mr. Iremonger
What about information on moral standards?
Mr. van Straubenzee
The Question is about drugs, and it is about this that I am answering.
Comprehensive Schools
10. Mr. St. John-Stevas
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will make a statement of policy on comprehensive schools.
Mrs. Thatcher
The Government's aim is to ensure that all pupils shall have full opportunities for secondary education suitable to their needs and abilities. Authorities will be freer to determine the shape of secondary provision in their areas.
Mr. St. John-Stevas
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on sticking to her principles and her election pledges. What principle will operate if a local authority, contrary to the Ministry's opinion and advice, decides to impose universal comprehensive education in its area?
Mrs. Thatcher
The question will come to the Department under Section 13 of the 1944 Act and the Minister will then have to decide the question in the light of all the circumstances, including the objections received.
Mr. Walden
Are not we right in assuming that the Minister's policy is that there should be local freedom in this matter and that she will not impose what one hon. Member opposite called her [column 732]advice in this matter but will allow local authorities to select as they see best?
Mrs. Thatcher
The policy is to restore the position under the 1944 Act. That was expressed in the debate on 8th July, when I spelt it out in detail.
Public Lending Right
11. Mr. St. John-Stevas
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will make a statement of Government policy on the proposed public lending right.
Mrs. Thatcher
My noble Friend Viscount Ecclesthe Paymaster-General will be giving consideration to this proposal and will make a statement in due course.
Mr. St. John-Stevas
I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that reply. As the Government are concerned about the new poor, and as authors are a considerable portion of that new class, will she give urgent consideration to allowing authors to get a fair return on books which are borrowed from a public library?
Mrs. Thatcher
I will communicate what my right hon. Friend has said to my noble Friend, and I am sure that he will make a statement as soon as he can.
Grammar Schools (Selective Entry)
13. Sir G. Nabarro
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many grammar schools for boys or girls, or co-educational, in England and Wales continue to accept pupils subject only to the 11-plus examination or later entry, on a selective basis, calculated at the latest convenient date.
Mr. van Straubenzee
In January, 1969 there were 1,098 maintained grammar schools in England and Wales, 361 for boys, 373 for girls and 364 co-educational. All of them admitted pupils on a selective basis.
Sir G. Nabarro
Will my hon. Friend accept at once that it would be impossible to convert this mass of secondary schools on to a comprehensive—and universally comprehensive—basis in any short length of time and that selectivity will have to continue for the foreseeable future on the [column 733]basis on which it is conducted at present or with relatively minor changes?
Mr. van Straubenzee
Yes, Sir. I attempted to make the same point in the debate on the Loyal Address, though not so eloquently.
Mr. Orme
Is the hon. Gentleman aware that in a city such as Salford, where unfortunately selection is still practised, some schools at the last examinations had one grammar school pass while others had 60 to 70? Is not this deplorable and, because of this policy, are there not certain children in some areas who are precluded from any further education?
Mr. van Straubenzee
Whatever it may be, that particular matter is not a matter for the Department, and it is worth recalling that it took place under the policy of the last Government.
South Shields
14. Mr. Blenkinsop
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will confirm the school building programme already authorised for South Shields; and whether she will invite applications for additional capital works in areas of special social need.
Mr. van Straubenzee
School building programmes which have been approved do not require my right hon. Friend's confirmation. Local authorities were invited in June to submit by September proposals for minor capital works in areas of special social need under Phase III of the Urban Programme.
Mr. Blenkinsop
Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that he intends to see a continuation of the very valuable authorisations for replacement of old schools which we had under the previous Administration and even to expand these in the future?
Mr. van Straubenzee
I hope that I made it clear to the hon. Gentleman that all proposals which have been approved do not require additional confirmation. I think that that gives the assurance which he requires.
15. Mr. Blenkinsop
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will make a statement on the [column 734]proposals for secondary education reorganisation now before her Department.
Mrs. Thatcher
I understand that the hon. Gentleman intends this Question to refer only to South Shields. I am informed that the authority, at its meeting on 29th July, will decide whether it wishes the Department to consider further the proposals now before it.
Mr. Blenkinsop
Is the right hon. Lady prepared to accept proposals which would set back the whole agreement which has been reached in this town after long discussion and argument and which would result in the acceptance of continued selection at 11-plus?
Mrs. Thatcher
When the authority has let us know what it wishes to happen, we will consider the proposals.
Independent Schools
16. Mr. Evelyn King
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, whether, in the interests of educational freedom, she will take steps to increase the number of schools which cannot be interfered with by her Department or local authorities.
Mrs. Thatcher
I believe in a healthy independent sector. Schools which are not maintained by local education authorities are subject to the provisions of Part III of the Education Act, 1944 or of the Direct Grant School Regulations 1959.
Mr. King
May I assume that my right hon. Friend will re-emphasise the desirability of a strong independent sector in the interests of educational advance and experiment? Will she confirm that one child independently educated saves the Treasury about £1,500?
Mrs. Thatcher
I could not confirm the specific amount, but apart from that the answer is "Yes" to both parts of my hon. Friend's supplementary question.
Mr. Marks
Will the right hon. Lady investigate those schools where unqualified people are in charge? Will she investigate those which have not been approved as efficient by her Department and particularly those which are not purpose-built?
Mrs. Thatcher
The schools are inspected by Her Majesty's Inspectorate.[column 735]
Higher Education
19. Mr. Lane
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when she will be starting discussions with university representatives about the development of higher education in the 1970s.
Mr. van Straubenzee
The Department is already in consultation with the University Grants Committee about this.
Mr. Lane
Is my hon. Friend aware that his promptness will be welcomed? Will he confirm that it is not the intention to put excessive strain on universities by urging them to expand too much or too fast?
Mr. van Straubenzee
I am certain that these are factors which must be foremost in the discussions to which I have already referred.
Mr. Edward Short
May I ask the Under-Secretary the question which I asked his right hon. Friend and to which I received no reply? By what percentage is it proposed to increase teacher-training over the next five years?
Mr. van Straubenzee
This is one of those matters which is clearly under consultation at present, within one month of the Conservative Government taking office.
Corporal Punishment
20. Mr. Cronin
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will take steps to phase out corporal punishment in schools.
Mr. van Straubenzee
In my view, this is properly within the discretion of local education authorities and teachers.
Mr. Cronin
Is the Under-Secretary aware that in almost no other European country is corporal punishment permitted? Is not corporal punishment in schools unnecessary, does it not teach children to approve of physical violence, and does it not often lead to sadistic practices?
Mr. van Straubenzee
I am well aware that this a matter which arouses strong feelings both ways, but I still believe that it is better left in the way I first suggested.
Mr. Cronin
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. In view of the unsatisfactory [column 736]nature of the answer, I shall seek leave to raise this matter on the Adjournment.
Playgroups and Nursery Facilities
21. Mr. John E. B. Hill
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make proposals for encouraging the provision of playgroups and similar nursery facilities for children under five in those areas where formal nursery schools or classes cannot yet be made available.
23. Miss Lestor
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will take steps to encourage the expansion of playgroups and to assure a greater Departmental responsibility for them.
Mr. van Straubenzee
Responsibility for the inspection and registration of playgroups will be a matter for social service departments of local authorities under the Local Authorities (Social Services) Act passed by the last Parliament and for my right hon. Friends the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Social Services. But I recognise the educational importance of the work done by playgroups and I hope that, in suitable cases, local authorities will continue to give assistance to them.
Mr. Hill
In view of the great growth of the playgroup movement, has not the time come to establish some more formal links with the Department of Education and Science, especially in regard to the setting and maintenance of standards of education, rather than leave it so much on health grounds?
Mr. van Straubenzee
My hon. Friend, who is expert in these matters, will understand the problem arising out of his suggestion in relation to the legislation to which I have just drawn attention, but I shall, naturally, look at them in the light of his observations.
Miss Lestor
Does not the hon. Gentleman agree that, however sympathetic he may be to the playgroup movement, it is difficult to encourage playgroups to develop under his Department if the Department has no responsibility for them? Will he, therefore, again consider sharing responsibility for playgroups with the new Social Services Committee and, in the meantime, issue a circular to local education authorities drawing [column 737]attention to the needs of the under-fives not covered by nursery schools?
Mr. van Straubenzee
I have gently to remind the hon. Lady that the legislation under which we work was the product of her own Government.
Miss Lestor
Before I was there.
Schools (Mini-minor Improvements)
22. Mr. John E. B. Hill
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will restore to local education authorities freedom to carry out mini-minor improvements to schools; and within what limits.
Mr. van Straubenzee
No decision has yet been made about mini-minor works. Local education authorities are free to use their minor works allocations for projects which individually cost up to £30,000.
Mr. Hill
Would not my hon. Friend agree that to restore "mini-minors" would enable a great many exasperating small defects to be removed from schools which at present have to remain in old buildings, particularly primary schools in rural areas?
Mr. van Straubenzee
I know that my right hon. Friend's mind is in no way closed to suggestions in this respect, but my hon. Friend will recall that few minor projects now need individual approval.
Secondary Education and School Building
24. Mr. Judd
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will publish a White Paper on Government policy towards secondary education and school-building programmes.
Mrs. Thatcher
Not at present.
Mr. Judd
Will not the right hon. Lady agree that for those who are trying seriously to get on with the job of accepting responsibility for the education of our children, it is not good enough only to have a thoroughly negative circular from her Department, and that there is urgent need for a clear indication of what positive thinking there is on the things that matter?
Mrs. Thatcher
That was positive thinking, and the 1944 Act, as amended, [column 738]is a positive Act under which great advances were made by previous Ministers of Education.
Mr. Maude
Will my right hon. Friend bear in mind that, in following her admirable policy of restoring freedom of choice to local authorities, it is essential that, where selection is chosen by a local authority, resources be made available to allow it to work properly through the provision of adequate numbers of school places?
Mrs. Thatcher
Yes, Sir. I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point.
Mr. Edward Short
In the Press notice issued after the right hon. Lady met the National Union of Teachers, she was reported as saying that she would consider issuing a further circular to give guidance. Has she now abandoned that?
Mrs. Thatcher
No, Sir. The answer which I gave to the right hon. Gentleman's hon. Friend was, "Not at present" .
Direct Grant and Independent Schools (London)
25. Mr. Hunt
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps she proposes to take following the proposal by the Inner London Education Authority to discontinue contributions towards places at direct grant and independent schools in the London area.
Mrs. Thatcher
At most of the direct grant schools affected by the decision of the I.L.E.A., other local education authorities have been taking up all or nearly all of the free places which the schools are required to offer as a condition of grant. I am in consultation with the Direct Grant Schools Committee about the future of the direct grant schools.
Mr. Hunt
I am glad that many of the other boroughs, particularly outer London boroughs, are interested in taking up these places, but will my right hon. Friend give an assurance that she will give every possible encouragement, perhaps even by financial contribution, to enable these outer London boroughs to take up the places relinquished as a result of that spiteful and short-sighted decision by the Inner London Education Authority?[column 739]
Mrs. Thatcher
That is one of the matters which I am considering with the Direct Grant Schools Committee.
Mr. Molloy
Is the right hon. Lady aware that her answer, her abominable circular and her whole philosophy towards education are a complete negation of the Prime Ministers "One Nation" theme? Will she tell us who is the hypocrite?
Hon. Members
You are.
Mrs. Thatcher
I think that my hon. Friends are answering that question adequately.
Universities (Local Authority Grants)
26. Mr. Judd
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will issue a circular to local authorities giving guidance to them on their policy towards financial grants by them to universities.
Mr. van Straubenzee
No, Sir. This is best left to the judgment of the local authorities.
Mr. Judd
Whatever may be the eccentric excesses of an unrepresentative minority of the student community, does not the hon. Gentleman agree that it is totally ill advised for ill-informed local authorities crudely to try to tie political strings to the financial support which they give to universities?
Mr. van Straubenzee
The hon. Gentleman knows that I share his concern at the link between local authorities and the university or other institutions in their area, but I do insist that this is a matter for their decision.
Pontefract and Featherstone
28. Mr. Harper
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals she has received from the West Riding County Council for the reorganisation of secondary education on comprehensive lines in the Pontefract and Featherstone area.
Mrs. Thatcher
Last February, the authority withdrew its proposals for reconsideration.
Mr. Harper
I am not surprised at that. But is the right hon. Lady aware that most of the surrounding area has already [column 740]gone comprehensive, that Pontefract and Featherstone are desperately wanting the reorganisation of secondary education on comprehensive lines, and that the only thing stopping this is the further school accommodation which is desperately needed, especially in the Featherstone area? Will she, therefore, given an instruction and some extra resources to the West Riding County Council so that it can get on with the school building so necessary in this area in order to let us have comprehensive education?
Mrs. Thatcher
School building is the limiting factor in these proposals. It was the limiting factor also under Circular 10/65.
Conisbrough Northcliffe Secondary School
32. Mr. Edwin Wainwright
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science is she will include in the 1971–72 building programme the project for the rebuilding of the Conisbrough Northcliffe Secondary School.
Mr. van Straubenzee
My right hon. Friend is considering a proposal by the West Riding Authority for the improvement and extension of this school for inclusion in the preliminary list of projects which may be expected to start in 1972–73.
Mr. Wainwright
Will the hon. Gentleman take into account that this school has suffered subsidence and there are 14 temporary classrooms placed hotch-potch around the area, and will he, therefore, consider bringing the project forward a year earlier to ensure that proper accommodation can be found for the children there?
Mr. van Straubenzee
I could not under take to do that. The school building starts which we inherited for 1971–72 are already fully committed.
School Children (Transport)
34. Mr. Wyn Roberts
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, in view of the hardship caused by increased bus fares to parents of school-children travelling less than two miles to school in the case of children under eight years old and less than three miles in the case of children over eight years [column 741]old, she will take steps to abolish the limits on free transport for school children, particularly in rural areas.
Mr. van Straubenzee
Local education authorities already have discretionary powers to provide free transport for children living within the statutory walking distances.
Mr. Roberts
I thank my hon. Friend for that reply, but is he aware of the anxiety caused to a growing number of working mothers, especially since the introduction of British Standard Time?
Mr. van Straubenzee
I am aware of the problems and of my hon. Friend's concern about them, which was evidenced in our proceedings last week, but on the specific point which he raises I draw his attention to the latitude which is available.
Mr. Edward Short
Will the Government give an undertaking that they will not increase the charges for school transport?
Mr. van Straubenzee
That does not arise out of this Question.
Subnormal and Maladjusted Children
35. Mr. Goodhart
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans she has for increasing the number of residential school places for educationally subnormal children and maladjusted children.
Mr. van Straubenzee
Schools already under construction will provide 257 residential places for educationally subnormal children in England and Wales. I expect that nearly 400 further places will be provided in buildings to start not later than March, 1972. The equivalent number of places for maladjusted children is 616 and 350.
Mr. Goodhart
Will my hon. Friend keep in mind that there is a desperate shortage at national level in both categories, and that the finding of places for both educationally subnormal children and maladjusted children gives local authorities some agonising problems?
Mr. van Straubenzee
It happens to be one of my particular interests, and I [column 742]know that my hon. Friend has concerned himself much with it, but I can only give as an answer, "Within the terms of the resources available" .
Mr. Spearing
Will the hon. Gentleman agree that it is possible to deal with some maladjustment cases by special units attached to existing schools rather than by providing relatively expensive buildings as special schools, and will he look into that?
Mr. van Straubenzee
I am always prepared to look into any possibility in this field.
Mexborough Schools
37. Mr. Edwin Wainwright
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will approve the request to combine the Mexborough Secondary School with the Mexborough Grammar School so as to form a comprehensive unit.
Mr. van Straubenzee
No such proposal has been made to my right hon. Friend by the West Riding local education authority.
Mr. Wainwright
Is the Minister aware that the Mexborough and District Divisional Education Committee has given approval for the combination of the two schools to take place, that the existing secondary school will be with us for a long time and that the reactionary attitude of the West Riding County Council in not allowing the schools to go comprehensive means that there will be children in the Mexborough district condemned to existing secondary school education and not having the opportunity of a better kind of education?
Mr. van Straubenzee
I am aware of the point about the Divisional Executive, but I remind the hon. Gentleman—I think he knows it well—that it has only advisory functions, and no proposal has been received from the authority.


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Recently I've really been getting into Robert Cialdini thanks to Andrew, over at Mixergy. So I've decided to start doing "Cialdini-isms" because I've really come to enjoy his insights. You can learn more about Mr. Cialdini here if you're interested.
Cialdinism #1 – Fixed-Action Patterns
So a fixed-action pattern is an automatic response to a certain stimuli causing an instinctual/automatic action/response. He gives the example of a mother turkey based on ethology, the study of animals in their natural settings. Mother turkeys are good mother's, they take good care of their young chicks but it is when they take care of their chicks which shows their fixed-action pattern. The mother does notice their young's' smell, touch, and appearance, but the biggest thing that gets the mothers to care for their young is the "cheep-cheep" noise that they make. This is the main thing these mothers focus on. If their chicks aren't making that noise they don't take care of them.
A group of scientists decided to conduct a study to see if the mother turkeys would take to other animals if that same "cheep-cheep" noise was present. So ,they decided to test this with a stuffed polecat, a natural enemy to all turkeys, naturally you would think a turkey would be pissed about a polecat near its nest… and they were. If no "cheep-cheep" noise was present it was a war zone! But when they had the "cheep-cheep" noise playing from a speaker within the stuffed polecat the mother turkey invited it to dinner, for tea and biscuits. The mother actually treated the polecat like it was one of its young if the "cheep-cheep" sound was playing! Yea… I know turkeys are known for being stupid, but still that automatic response is intriguing.
He calls it 'click' and 'whirr.' Click and the appropriate tape is activated(cheep-cheep); whirr and out rolls the automatic sequence of behavior. (taking care of the polecat)
Does it work on us? After all we're superior beings… "that microscopic turkey brain doesn't compare to us… not a chance."
Well… humans do have fixed action patterns –
One example of this is shown in a Harvard Study where someone was trying to get to the front of the line. If one simply asked "Hey, can I go before you to make copies?" 60% of the time people would let the person go ahead of them. But if you were to ask "Hey, can I go in front of you because I need to make copies?" 93% of the time people would let the person go ahead of them. That's a 33% better chance for simply giving a regular reason. That's like being in line at Disney Land and snaking your way to the front of the line by asking "Hey, can I go in front of you because I want to ride the ride?" So – give reasons for why you're doing things, or give people a logical reason to do something.
The second example is our association of "expensive = good" and the fallacy that comes with it. Robert gives the example of a small boutique owner who is trying to sell some turquoise jewelry that she has had for months on end that never sold. The store owner is about to leave for a vacation and leaves a poorly worded note for one of her employees. She meant for the note to read "cut the price of the turquoise that doesn't sell for shit in half." The employee read the note as "double the price of the turquoise jewelry because I (the store owner) am a fearless bastard." So the employee doubled the price of the jewelry and made a new sign reflecting the updated price. The store owner came back after her vacation and all of the turquoise jewelry was sold! But not only was it sold, it sold at double the price she originally asked for it! (Wahhhh, I know right!)
The fact that the new price for the jewelry read as "expensive" due to its new price allowed people to have the fixed-action pattern of "expensive = good" allowing them to justify buying it. It gave them a shortcut, because it's impossible to know everything about everything, especially in our current 24/7 world where we're constantly bombarded with stimulus. Our minds need shortcuts.


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There are many celebrated trails in the central Guadarrama area, but surely one of those you must begin with is el camino Puricelli – the Puricelli trail. It starts in Cercedilla, right out of the train station, and meanders up the Fuenfría Valley for about three kilometers and barely 200m of ascent as far as the Hospital de Fuenfría.
After several short switchbacks right at the start, the trail basically heads straight up the Fuenfría Valley, ascending very gradually in general – sometimes it seems almost flat – and always easy to follow. You can see regular trail markers, dark blue circles, on trees and rocks. The predominant tree in the first part of the route is the rebollo or melojo, Iberian (or 'Pyrenean') Oak, Quercus Pyrenaica.
As you advance into the territory of the Wild (or 'Scots') Pine, Pinus sylvestris, you will notice that the path is generally quite wide, in fact it's more like a forestry road than a trail..and this has to do with its origins and the name of l'ingegnere Puricelli, an Italian engineer who was indeed hired to build a road.
Apart from the width of the path, this road reality is given away by the elaborate banking that you can often observe – usually on the right or valley side – plus the obviously calculated gradual ascent, designed for motor vehicles. Until a certain point just after the second kilometer that is, when the trail abruptly changes character and ascends more steeply over relatively rough, more natural terrain for a few minutes.
After about one hundred meters of somewhat less regular – less engineered – and steeper travel, the trail joins with the Campamentos Forestry Track (Camino de los Campamentos) for the last stretch before the Hospital. The dominant floral presence continues to be the Wild Pines.
For a part of this last section you walk alongside a finely built stone wall on the right-hand side and there are several cerezos silvestres or Wild Cherry trees to be seen. If you pass by here in Autumn they can sometimes offer quite a spectacle.
For those really into flora, there is also a fine example of a mostajo or Whitebeam, Sorbus aria, a little further along this wall. By now the end of the trail is nigh, as we round a long bend the huge building that is the Hospital de Fuenfría appears above the trees.
Within five minutes you are at the Hospital where there is a café open to the public should you be in need of sustenance. At this point there are several options to continue: you could just return the way you have come, or take the public minibus (stops at the entrance to the Hospital) back along the Fuenfría road to Cercedilla, or also walk back along the road which has a generous sidewalk all the way. Alternatively if you want to walk some more, you could cross to the other side of the valley – passing by the Fuenfría Valley Visitor Center on the road about 200m down from the Hospital – and take the 'Water Way' (Camino del Agua) back to town. More serious hikers could continue upwards from the Fuenfría Hospital (1345m) along the 'Old Segovia Way' (Camino Viejo de Segovia) to the top of the valley and Puerto de Fuenfría (1795m).
The Puricelli trail is an all-year round option, many sections offer generous shade in Summer and even in the most rigourous of Winters it's rare to see more than 20-30cm of snow on the ground.
GPS track of the route (Puricelli trail plus Camino del Agua) here.


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This award was established in honour of Grace Woodsworth MacInnis in recognition of her outstanding contribution as a Canadian parliamentarian and a pioneer woman in Canadian politics.
- The purpose of this award is to provide support to a student entering the graduate program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University.
- The Grace Woodsworth MacInnis Graduate Scholarship is valued at a portion of the earned income from the Endowment Fund.
- The criteria for this award are:
- demonstrated scholarly promise
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- demonstrated financial need
- demonstrated scholarly promise
- This award may be held in conjunction with other awards made by Simon Fraser University or other agencies where permitted by those agencies.
- Application is made on the online Grad Awards, Application and Adjudication System (GA3) and must be accompanied by:
- copies of all postsecondary transcripts
- one letter of reference from a faculty member familiar with the applicant's work
- a concise statement of financial need
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- The completed application and all supporting documents must be received by the department of enrolment.
- The award will be made by the Dean of Graduate Studies, on behalf of the Senate Graduate Awards Adjudication Committee.
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My birthday was on the 10th, and it was good! My coworkers got me a cake and another got me cupcakes. My grandmother gave me oreos and my parents baked me a brownie. I think I exploded from sugar overload this week!
But, I ran out of spoons. By about Thursday I was exhausted, but I had to go Christmas shopping on Friday. It was successful. Saturday I started feeling like I had a cold, and it still feels that way today. Yuck!
Today is going to be a day for relaxing, and I'm going to wrap presents and take bookstagram photos, queue up some posts and the like.
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Only one review this week, I meant to get more up and it just didn't happen. But I'm participating in a few cool things! So I'm excited!
Yes! That's it! One measly library book because the book I ordered (Stalking Jack the Ripper (it was hardcover) ) was lost in the mail. I AM SO SAD. I am going to be refunded, but it was still a major disappointment for me.
Sooo I need to finish both of these. One Day In December is due the 20th, and it is on hold for other people! So I have to return it by then! And Chosen comes out in January so again, I need to finish and review it before then!
I think that is it! Nothing too much else going on here! I hope you all have lovely weeks!
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I can't wait to hear what you think about 'Chosen' and sorry to hear about the book getting lost [but yay for a refund!] Also! You and my daughter have the same birthday 🙂 obviously the best day of the year then, happy belated birthday!
I enjoyed Slayer, so I'm looking forward to Chosen.
Wishing you a great reading week, and a belated Happy Birthday 🎂
Happy belated Birthday! Sounds like you had a wonderful time 😍 I wish the people in my life would bake for me (it's usually the opposite)! Lol I hope you're enjoying One Day in December. It was my last read for 2018 and I really enjoyed it, but I am a sucker for the romance feels lol
So many sweeets!!
Yay for progressing with gift shopping! I've started, but not yet finished, my last gift that I need for my bestfriend — but atleast I probably won't get to see her until next year so I still have quite some time 🙈 still have no idea of what i'm doing aahahah. I should really learn to start that WAY earlier in the year. *aherm*
Oooh the vine witch's cover is so pretty !! 😍
Arh! Idk if you use libby or overdrive.. but isn't that the most stressful thing?! That little « X persons are waiting to read this » message?? I ran into that too and I was kind of like « aaaaaaah!!!! Gotta finish this!! » although I was at 80%. Every. Goddamn. Time. I wanted to read something happened 😪 bad allergies crisis. Too tired. Mom keeping blaberring. I was like OMG can I finish this??! 😂😂 ended up succeeding a mere DAY before it was due, phew.


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This agreement is the latest in a long-standing relationship between the two corporations. Fluor has provided these services to other power plants owned by Luminant, and it services all of Luminant's fossil fuel-based plants.
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Mary Baker Eddy, born at Bow, New Hampshire in 1821 started her church in Boston in 1883. Again one sees the origin of a Christian New Agy cult started within the same geographic area that so many have originated from.
Mary Baker Eddy found she could be a channel, a medium. After she found her talents as a medium, she began the Massachusetts Metaphysical College in Boston in 1881. Two years later she began the Christian Science Journal which has evolved into the Christian Science Monitor, a respected journal.
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The majority of the complex is handicap accessible.
The Museum of Scott County serves as a testament to what high school students can do both inside and outside the classroom. Situated on the beautiful campus of Scott High School, the museum has grown to include over thirteen buildings since its founding. Hand-built and curated by high school students, the museum began as a way to bring students and their community together.
The museum was founded in 2001 and is the only museum of its kind in the entire country. The museum buildings were built entirely by the students of Scott High School. The complex includes the Museum of Scott County, which traces the history of the area from prehistoric times to WWII. The USS Tennessee Battleship Remembrance Museum is dedicated to the Battleship USS Tennessee which was one of the most decorated battleships of WWII. A pioneer village that includes historic structures related to life in Appalachia. A state of the art children's museum finishes off the project and provides a place for children to play and learn.
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ICSAN boss proffers ways out of economic recession
A sustained fight against corruption by the Federal Government remains one of the veritable ways to exit the economic recession afflicting the country, the President and Chairman of Council of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), Dr. Nat Ofo, has said.
The ICSAN boss, who spoke ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Institute, stated that the right punishment must be meted out to those found guilty of corruption no matter whose ox will be gored.
He said: "We are in economic recession because things are still not being done in the right way. The real problem is corruption. Some people pile up money not to boost our economy but to boost the economies of other countries or other lands."
To end recession and restore the nation back to the path of prosperity, he said government should fight corruption to a standstill by apportioning the right punishment to serve as deterrent to people who are either into corrupt acts or intend to perpetrate corruption.
His words: "Government has not done anything to show that we are in a bad situation. As long as people think they can commit crime and go away with it, they will still continue to commit crimes. If the judiciary is the problem not to achieve this, government should deal with it. When leadership sets the right tone, everybody will comply.
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Senator Clint Stennett
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Legislative Week #9
This winter, Idaho saw the price of gasoline reach nearly $3.00 per gallon, and you were not alone if you needed to sit down before you opened your utility bills recently. We have been cautioned to look into alternative energy and fuels for quite some time. The time is upon us now. Every household and pocket book is feeling the pinch of our heavy reliance upon foreign oil and diminishing fossil fuels. The Idaho Legislature is waking up to the needs and the opportunities that exist in alternative energy and fuels as well.
This week a House Committee agreed to form a study committee to spend the summer researching the opportunities and possible pitfalls in implementing a mandate for adding ethanol to gasoline. My motion in a Senate Committee sent a 2% Bio-Diesel mandate to the floor for amendment. I predict this bill will end up in the summer study committee. I also predict that we will send the coal fired electric generating plant proposals to this study committee as well. This committee will be charged with developing a statewide energy plan. This plan will identify our future energy needs as well as where we should look for that energy. This effort will set the stage for the future of energy development in Idaho and Idahoans will be able to help shape that development. I support these efforts to develop alternative fuel and energy industries in Idaho.
In Idaho, we have ample resources (not fossil fuel based) that should also be implemented as a part of that plan. For example, there are enough wind resources in Idaho to provide for the entirety of our electrical energy needs. Wind and solar energy do fluctuate and hence cannot be counted on to serve a base load, or a constant source of energy. However, with natural gas fired plants to provide for peak needs in the coldest and hottest months and hydro to provide the base load, it is incumbent upon us to look to wind and solar energy as a way out of our dependence on fossil fuels.
I am intrigued with the idea of bio-diesel and ethanol to serve our motor fuel needs and lessen our dependence on foreign oil. These alternative fuels can be produced with the crops we grow, as well as with some of the waste products from food processing. While both fuels have some challenges, we must as a nation focus our efforts on developing these alternatives. I have been exploring the opportunity to develop a co-op of producers where farmers could use canola as a rotation crop and grow their own bio-diesel fuel, which could provide fuel for their own operations. As an ancillary benefit, this rotation might provide for the diversion of acres to help firm up pricing in crops such as potatoes.
Clearly, if we are to reach some sort of energy independence, we must encourage development of solar, wind, geothermal, small hydro, ethanol and bio-diesel. These resources should all be integrated into Idaho's plan. The debate about locating the Sempra coal-burning plant has helped Idaho focus on the need to develop alternative energy within our borders. We must develop our ample resources. The planning is long overdue and I encourage all Idahoans to weigh-in with their opinion. This energy plan will set the stage for the next generation of Idahoans. It will determine the movement toward renewable clean energy or coal fired electrical generation plants. I believe that Idaho has a bright future in developing clean alternative energy solutions.
As always, I welcome any suggestions, or comments you have to offer. It is my honor to serve District 25. I can be reached by calling (208) 332-1000 or toll-free 1-800-626-0471, via email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or by mail to P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720.
Clint Stennett, D-Ketchum
Senate Minority Leader
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Hamburg airport evacuated and 50 treated over 'substance in air'
Hamburg airport in Germany was briefly evacuated and at least 50 people were hurt by an irritant gas that was released in the air.
Both terminals were cleared and flights halted after people complained of eye irritation and breathing problems.
Firefighters later found an empty cartridge, thought to have contained pepper spray, at the scene.
They say a "prankster" may have released the pepper spray, which then spread through the ventilation system.
Pepper spray is legal, and readily available, in Germany.
The alarm was raised on Sunday after reports of a strong smell in the airport.
Fire crews set up treatment centres for people complaining of irritation.
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As part of our goal to take your feedback and make regular improvements to Sway, we're excited to announce a number of new updates. Regular monthly updates are part of our commitment to develop Office as a cloud service, so please send us your ideas and questions on our UserVoice page if you want to get involved in making Sway better.
Last month, we introduced the Recycle Bin, Send to Sway for OneNote and more. This month, we have another set of updates to help you more easily find your content, embed new forms of interactive material, adjust text in new, intuitive ways and more. Read on for the details.
Bring Recent Office doc content from your OneDrive to your Sways
You're already enhancing your Sways by embedding or importing content from your OneDrive or PC. To make it easier to leverage your most recent documents in Sway, we've added a Recent view of your Office content stored in OneDrive. It's now easy to find documents sorted by work you've done most recently and then drag and drop them right into your Sway.
Perhaps you want to embed an Excel sheet you just worked on or import the content from the collaborative Word doc you created with classmates. Simply tap or click the Insert tab, select OneDrive from the drop-down and select Recent. Click here for more information on the difference between embedding or importing content from documents.
The Recent documents list also roams with you in the left navigation pane of OneDrive and individual Office applications, such as Word. You can use it now in Sway when you're signed in with a Microsoft account. We'll make it available soon for OneDrive for Business when you sign in to Sway with Office 365 work/school accounts. Stay tuned for more!
Use the Recent list under OneDrive to find your recent documents in OneDrive and embed or import the content to enhance your Sway.
Add Power BI and PollEverywhere.com embeds to enhance your Sways
We're continuing to expand the list of supported third party web content types you can include in Sway, a part of our goal to grow the variety of interactive multimedia you can include in Sway to help communicate your ideas. Sway already supports a number of web content from other services, such as videos, images, audio clips, maps, documents, Office Mixes and more. Now we've added support for two more content types in response to top user feedback requests:
- Power BI reports—Pull in powerful, visual and interactive analytics to your internal or external Sway business reports, presentations, newsletters and more by including Power BI data visualizations and dynamic, sophisticated dashboards. This helps continue to address popular requests to expand Sway support for charts and graphs.
- PollEverywhere.com live polls—In response to a popular request, particularly from teachers, now you can add a live poll to your class lecture or stage presentation. Simply set up a poll, embed it in your Sway and then ask your audience to respond via the web or text message. Watch as the poll in your Sway updates immediately with live results!
We'll keep expanding the list of supported embed types in response to your feedback, so keep it coming! In the meantime, check out this help article to see the full list of supported sites and more details. And swipe horizontally through this Sway to see an example of an embedded Power BI report:
Now you can embed powerful interactive data visualizations from Power BI into Sway to tell your organization's story with rich analytics (scroll through the Sway to view).
Embed your Sways across the web more easily
We made it easier for you to embed your Sways alongside other content on sites across the Internet, such as blogs, professional websites and more. Sway is now supported by Embed.ly and oEmbed, enabling you to easily transform links into embedded content. This means that if you want to embed a Sway on a web page you're creating with a third party service that supports Embed.ly or oEmbed (such as WordPress.com), you can simply paste the Sway URL. The Sway is embedded on the web page without you having to copy and paste a longer, iframe-formatted embed code.
Of course, you can still get iframe-formatted embed code for any Sway you view by tapping or clicking the Share icon, selecting Get embed code and then copying and pasting the iframe embed code into a site that supports or requires embeds in that format. In fact, that's how we've embedded the Power BI example Sway above in this blog.
It's easier to adjust text in your Sway in multiple ways
Sway's design engine creates polished, professional designs in minutes for your content. We made it easier, more natural and intuitive to specify your intentions to Sway on how to adjust the formatting for your text.
Use full text editing features in Preview mode—You could already make text edits right while you work in Preview mode, but now we improved the experience by adding the full set of text editing options already available from the Sway Storyline. While in Preview, simply tap or click a set of text and select Edit to display the editing box. Whether you're making a quick tweak or crafting longer-form text right on the Sway canvas, this update helps you work faster, in context.
It's easy to make quick edits to a Sway directly in Preview mode with the full set of text editing options.
Emphasize an entire text Card—Sway already lets you emphasize specific words or phrases in a text Card to make them stand out. Now we've made it easy to use one tap or click to emphasize an entire text Card with additional visual styling to make it stand out even more, beyond what you could do by manually highlighting and emphasizing all of the text in the Card. Simply select the larger emphasis icon (next to the delete icon) to emphasize the entire text Card. This also works for easily emphasizing any other type of Card as well.
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Adjust the text size for your entire Sway—Now it's possible to adjust the overall text size in your Sway wholesale, while still respecting relative adjustments you've made in individual text Cards. In the Design tab, select Customize and then adjust the Text size slider as desired.
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Sway for Windows 10 PCs/tablets update available soon
We're continuing to update Sway for Windows 10 PCs/tablets. Another updated version will soon be available to download from the Windows Store, which includes the following improvements:
Recycle Bin—We brought a Recycle Bin to Sway on the web last month and soon you will be able to access it in Sway for Windows 10 as well. Any Sways that you delete are moved to the Recycle Bin, so you can recover them again for up to 30 days.
Full-Screen improvements—Now when you press Play and present or view a Sway in full-screen mode, your device won't go to sleep. This can be particularly helpful when you're presenting a lecture in front of a class or on stage!
Text editing improvements—Just like in Sway on the web, you will be able to access full text editing options while in Preview mode, emphasize an entire text Card and adjust the relative font size for your entire Sway using the Text size slider. See above in this blog for more details.
Miscellaneous—We're making additional bug fixes.
Sway for Windows 10 will include a number of new capabilities, including the Recycle Bin.
Look out for the updated Sway for Windows 10 PCs/tablets or try out these updates in Sway on the web today! We'll keep the improvements coming—stay tuned for more Sway blogs and follow Sway using the info below. And of course, please keep the great feedback coming on UserVoice! We love hearing how you use Sway, as well as what you'd like to see us do to improve it.
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Cabozantinib for Metastatic Triple Negative BrCa
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01738438
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 30, 2012
Results First Posted : July 7, 2016
Last Update Posted : December 6, 2016
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|Breast Cancer
|Drug: Cabozantinib
|Phase 2
* To evaluate the activity of cabozantinib, as defined by objective response rate in patients with triple-negative metastatic breast cancer
- To evaluate progression free survival
- To evaluate c-Met and phospho c-Met expression in archival tumor tissue
- To evaluate the incidence of c-Met amplified circulating tumor cells at baseline
- To evaluate potential plasma biomarkers of cabozantinib
This study uses a two-stage design enrolling 35 patients to evaluate efficacy of cabozantinib based on overall response defined as complete or partial response per RECIST1.1 criteria. The null and alternative overall response rates were 5% and 20%. If one or more patients enrolled in the stage one cohort (n=13 patients) achieve PR or better then accrual proceeds to stage two (n=22 patients).
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
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|35 participants
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|A Phase II Study of XL184 (Cabozantinib) for Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
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Experimental: Cabozantinib
Cabozantinib was given at a dose of 60 mg orally once per day for 21 day cycles. Treatment continued in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: Cabozantinib
Other Name: XL184
- Objective Response Rate [ Time Frame: Disease was evaluated radiologically at baseline, week 6 and every 9 weeks on treatment; Treatment continued until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Treatment duration was a median of 3 cycles range (1-17). ]The objective response rate (ORR) was defined as achieving complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) on treatment based on RECIST1.1 criteria. For target lesions: CR is complete disappearance of all target lesions and PR is at least a 30% decrease in the sum of longest diameter (LD) of target lesions, taking as reference baseline sum LD. PR or better overall response assumes at a minimum incomplete response/stable disease (SD) for the evaluation of non-target lesions and absence of new lesions. Confirmatory scans were required 3 weeks following initial documentation.
- Progression Free Survival [ Time Frame: Disease was evaluated radiologically at baseline, week 6 and every 9 weeks on treatment; Treatment continued until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Treatment duration was a median of 3 cycles range (1-17). ]Progression-free survival (PFS) estimated using Kaplan-Meier methods was defined as the time from registration to documented disease progression (PD) or death. Based on RECIST1.1, radiographic PD is at least a 20% increase in the sum of the diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum since beginning therapy, the appearance of one or more new lesions and/or unequivocal progression of existing non-target lesions. Patients who were event-free were censored at the date of their last disease evaluation.
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)
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- Histologically or cytologically confirmed invasive breast cancer with stage IV disease
- Primary tumor and/or metastasis must be ER-negative, PR-negative and HER2-negative
- May have received 0-3 prior chemotherapeutic regimens for metastatic breast cancer. Must be off treatment for at least 21 days prior to enrollment
- Must have discontinued all biologic therapy at least 14 days before enrollment
- May have received prior radiation therapy in the early stage or metastatic setting, but must have completed treatment at least 14 days prior to enrollment
- Must agree to use medically acceptable methods of contraception
- Confirmed availability of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor tissue
- Able to swallow tablets
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Received another investigational agent within 14 days prior to enrollment
- Received prior c-Met inhibitor
- Known brain metastases that are untreated, symptomatic or require therapy to control symptoms
- Psychiatric illness or social situation that could limit ability to comply with study requirements
- Require concomitant treatment in therapeutic doses with anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents
- Diagnosis of another malignancy requiring systemic treatment within the last two years (except non-melanoma skin cancer or in-situ carcinoma of the cervix)
- Known to be positive for HIV
- Active infection requiring IV antibiotics at Day 1 of cycle 1
- Uncontrolled, significant intercurrent illness
- Requires chronic concomitant treatment of a strong CYP3A4 inducer
- tumor in contact with, invading or encasing major blood vessels
- Have experienced clinically significant gastrointestinal bleeding within 6 months, hemoptysis of more than 0.5 teaspoon of red blood within 3 months or other signs indicative of pulmonary hemorrhage within 3 months of enrollment
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): NCT01738438
|United States, Massachusetts
|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Faulkner Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02130
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02214
|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|Principal Investigator:
|Sara Tolaney, MD, MPH
|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
|Responsible Party:
|Sara Tolaney, Prinicipal Investigator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|November 30, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|July 7, 2016
|Last Update Posted:
|December 6, 2016
|Last Verified:
|October 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
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Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases


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See 'Eggshells,' a Trippy Time Capsule of 1960s Austin
If you share my interest in Austin film history, don't miss this week's screening of Eggshells, the first feature by Texas Chain Saw Massacre writer/director Tobe Hooper (pictured at right).
Made in Austin in 1969 with a cast of Hooper's friends, Eggshells is every bit a late 1960s film, a psychedelic drama about a group of students sharing a commune-like Austin house. Much of the film follows the students' typical activities -- this being 1969, many of them involve nudity and drug-fueled sociopolitical discussions -- but there also is an oddly mystical twist. In the basement is what Hooper describes as a "crypto-embryonic hyper-electric presence" that grows into a bulb-like form and manipulates the characters' lives.
Confused? So was I before I saw Eggshells last year, but fear not: It all makes sense -- sort of -- when you see the movie. While Eggshells is often quite bizarre, it's an intriguing film that shares many stylistic and thematic elements with Hooper's later work. It's also a dreamily nostalgic time capsule, a gloriously colorful document of life in late 1960s Austin. Fans of Austin-made independent cinema will find it fascinating.
Sponsored by Screen Door Film, the Austin Film Society and the Texas Independent Film Network, the Eggshells screening is on Friday, March 25 at 7:30 pm at the Austin Film Society Screening Room, 1901 East 51st St. Seating is very limited, so buy your tickets soon.
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So I got in touch with MR last night to see what my options where to upgrade to a higher plan as I'm currently on their UFB 100/20 plan. I wanted to know could I move to a higher plan and if I decided that it made no difference (highly unlikely) to what I'm going could I change it back the next month.
I was told you can't change your plan without paying early termination fees (I am in a contract until Aug 2018) even though the plan I was wanting to change to would cost me an extra $20 per month....... This was because the plan I was looking at was a promo plan so I asked is there a compatible plan thats not a promo plan and the answer I go was "All of our plans are promo plans"
The option I was given was to purchase a "Speed Boost" which I can add and remove whenever I want for an extra $30 a month.
I'm sorry but this seems like really cr*ppy marketing practise and this has 100% confirmed I am switching ISP's once my contract ends. I was about to spend more money with them but instead they bit the hand that feeds them........
I get the impression MR have no idea how to run a business and will not exist within the next 5 years due to poor speeds in the past, dodgy sales techniques that other people have mentioned and general stupid rules around plans.
I have the full chat transcript if anyone is interested.