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Efforts to unravel the complex biology that is necessary to develop new therapies best suited for an individual with cancer are at a crossroads with a strained health care system and an insufficient clinical trial apparatus. The resulting failures have been described as the "valley of death." Progress into the future will require new considerations and the engagement of a broad band of stakeholders. To identify novel therapeutics that are likely to succeed in late development and to be meaningful for clinical practice, investigators will need to make a paradigm shift in designing clinical trials and endpoints while adhering to scientific rigor when interpreting results and making informed decisions. Large phase III trials that show a modest incremental benefit will continue to diminish in value for patients, clinicians, payers, and industry. Outcomes that are robust in both magnitude and application to the real world will take on increasing importance. Ensuring active participation by patients, lowering barriers to health care access, and protecting patients through health care reform are requirements for the future success of the cancer clinical research enterprise. The challenge today is to develop new approaches to translate scientific discovery into cost-effective and meaningful improvements in cancer outcomes. Clin Cancer Res; 16(24); 5951–5. ©2010 AACR.
Cancer is now the major killer of Americans under the age of 85 (1). Death rates are falling only slowly, and the number of cases is expected to increase steadily as the population ages. Juxtaposed against this modest decline in mortality rates has been unprecedented progress in understanding the process of oncogenesis and tumor progression, with increasingly detailed insight into the genetic alterations that predispose to cancer, identification of structural alterations in DNA that are acquired in the setting of cancer, and demonstration of pathways that are activated or suppressed in this disease. These discoveries have permitted the development of novel therapies directed at the molecular underpinnings of cancer, which in turn has facilitated the development of individualized cancer medicine. Personalization of therapy will also be facilitated in the future by increasing insights into the effect on therapy of normal host genotype (pharmacogenetics) and host physiological factors (potentially assessable by noninvasive imaging and other means).
Efforts to identify the unique features of a patient's cancer and employ this information to define individualized treatment regimens have had limited success. Nonetheless, a well-reasoned approach to cancer therapy supports the concept that administering specific drugs to patients with specific molecular characteristics may yield major dividends. Consistent with this approach to individualized cancer care is the maturation of comparative effectiveness research coupled with cost-effectiveness research to ensure that both patients and society at large will benefit from high-value clinical interventions.
The failure to translate basic research into a product that can change clinical practice and public health was recently described as the "valley of death" (2). Contributory factors to this valley of death with respect to clinical cancer research and care include a strained system that is ill-equipped to address novel drug development, and clinical trials that yield modest gains for which the general public must sometimes pay exorbitant prices.
A new set of metrics is needed to make judgments about which new findings are clinically valuable or unimportant, and whether they represent good value to the patient in terms of both survival and quality of life. In addition to these objective considerations, we must also consider the ethical implications of the health system. To that end, we should encourage debate about how to optimize cancer research and cancer care in order to make high-quality screening, diagnosis, and therapy available to the greatest number. In this CCR Focus series, we address many controversial issues regarding drug development and the identification and dissemination of beneficial therapeutics.
The articles included in this series discuss issues that will be of critical importance as we strive to develop novel approaches to cancer prevention, diagnostics, and therapy that meet the high bar of clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness. These issues and the studies that address them can be briefly summarized as follows:
The view that the current system of oncology drug development is not serving us well from the standpoint of providing useful therapies or prevention strategies at manageable costs is now widely accepted. Specific suggestions for changes that should be introduced, and why, are presented in several of these articles. In particular, LoRusso and co-authors (3) argue for a different paradigm in the development of targeted anticancer therapies. Specifically, the authors speak of a paradigm shift in which the clinical development of a targeted agent would be tightly linked to interaction with the planned target. Thus, they argue that "if investigators do not see target effects, they should declare a 'no-gO' rather than spending critical resources pursuing a lower chance of success." The combination of the diverse drugs we have in the pipeline today and our increasing ability to characterize tumors molecularly gives us the luxury to pursue smarter cancer drug development. We should move away from a "lottery" approach in which we hope for surprises and unanticipated off-target effects. For example, although sorafenib has been heralded as an example of successful targeted development, it actually failed to inhibit its anticipated target. LoRusso and colleagues argue that the main goal of phase I trials should be broadened from just defining the recommended phase II dose to also identifying, whenever possible, subpopulations in which there is potential for activity, and to begin investigating, as early as possible, biomarkers to define the use of the novel agents relative to specific targets. In some instances, the important biomarker or target will be the one that was initially predicted to be important, whereas in other cases we will find that the truly important targets were unanticipated. The essential factor is that we have tissue samples available from patients in early trials that will allow us to assess the characteristics of tumors that prove to be particularly sensitive. LoRusso and colleagues argue for more rational early clinical trial designs. This could include a shift to a narrower patient population, i.e., patients for whom a particular drug is being developed. This could also include "window of opportunity" studies in which patients who have good standard options are enrolled for only one or two cycles of a phase I therapy and are then moved on to the standard option of choice. This type of design will become more critical as the pipeline of drugs available in the community continues to grow. Conducting multiple phase II trials with the goal of empirically seeking a signal for further development is difficult to justify in the modern era unless that signal is both molecularly defined and compelling. Current approaches should be replaced with selective, hypothesis-driven, adequately designed phase III enabling studies, with patients selected based on the presence of targets that are found in phase I and II trials to predict major drug benefit.
The complexities of phase III trial designs are reviewed by Booth (4), who details improvements that have been made in the clinical trial system since the 1970s, but also notes areas in which there has been little change. Biostatistical input and design has, in part, helped to define incremental benefits in phase III trials. Such trials have steadily grown larger as it has become clear that some incremental benefits can only be demonstrated in a large trial cohort. This has the net effect of decreasing the number of trials that can be carried out, and brings with it the need for an ever-larger cadre of data managers, contract research organizations, and monitoring organizations. The need to gather data in very large trials also brings with it the need to open more clinical trial sites and require more data integrity documentation, all at greater cost, despite the fact that some sites enroll few patients. However, the most important aspect of trial size is that if it takes a large trial to demonstrate drug efficacy, either the impact of the new therapy must be very modest (and hence may well not be worth the associated costs) or the therapy must only be benefiting a small subpopulation. In the latter case, resources could perhaps be put to better use in the translational quest to define who will benefit rather than to determine whether a small benefit can be detected in a large population of unselected patients. For example, if the drug target is present in only 10% of patients, then selecting patients with the target of interest can decrease the number of patients required to demonstrate by up to 99%, and can cut phase III costs by up to 95% compared with conducting the trial in unselected patients (5). Booth notes that studies are also needed to confirm whether clinical trial results translate to the real world and the tested drug actually provides the expected benefit.
Fojo and Parkinson (6) discuss the limited clinical utility of current targeted therapies, as well as their exaggerated importance when reported at scientific meetings, and an approach to performing smarter clinical trials by identifying subjects with the target(s) at which therapy is directed. They also note that clinical trials reporting marginal improvement likely include not only patients who received benefit or no benefit, but also patients who were harmed. Several recent examples of this (e.g., addition of erlotinib to chemotherapy in the frontline therapy of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (7)) reinforce the notion that our clinical-trial approach must be rigorously scientific.
It is important to ensure that patients understand the benefits, especially if marginal, of the therapies being offered to them. Oncologists and health care providers must become more proactive in discussing options, potential toxicities, and benefits with patients, and should discuss the therapy's potential costs. Smith and Hillner (8) remind us that we must be candid with our patients, and that patients have a far greater ability to understand the value of marginal therapies when cure is not a goal. Temel and colleagues (9), in introducing early palliative care for NSCLC, confirmed in a clinical trial the arguments of Smith and Hillner, and further showed an almost 3-month survival benefit simply by adding palliative care to standard cytotoxic therapy.
The recently passed health care reform act is predicted to change the face of clinical medicine over the next 10 years. This legislation offers the possibility of expanding access to cancer and other health care arenas, creating information networks that transcend individual health care networks, and facilitating clinical research on a scale that was unprecedented in the past. How is that predicted to alter the outcome for all stakeholders, and what impact will it have on scientific advancements? Dalton and colleagues (10) itemize some of the implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 for cancer researchers. Although we recognize that it does not solve every problem, ensuring that patients have access to insurance benefits while they are enrolled on a clinical trial is in itself a major advance.
The importance of supporting the clinical trial network by health care insurance is clearly laid out in the article by Klamerus and colleagues (11). Over a 5-year period at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, 628 (13.6%) of 4,617 patients who had signed informed consent documents to enroll in a clinical trial were denied enrollment due to lack of coverage by their insurers for their participation. Denial of access to therapeutic clinical trials, even among insured patients, is a significant barrier to clinical cancer research. This barrier spans racial, ethnic, and gender categories, and it therefore skews the outcome of such clinical trials, limiting our understanding of the potential impact of an investigational therapy across the entire population.
We must do a better job of defining what constitutes patient benefit rather than being swayed by marginal statistical considerations. The pivotal question is, How do we assign value to a specific antineoplastic therapy? The final article in this CCR Focus series, by Schnipper et al (12), grapples with this problem. They discuss how the U.S. health care system might define the value of a given cancer therapy, and suggest factors that should be considered when crafting a system that provides for equitable distribution of cancer care (health care) resources. The problem of rising health care costs in the United States, and its impact on society and individuals is discussed. They also direct our attention to potential alternatives, such as the algorithms used in the United Kingdom to assess the value of new therapies within the constraints of a fixed health care budget. The authors pose a number of ethical considerations that arise in the context of broad use of costly new cancer therapies of modest or little value. In particular, they note that the societal imperative to rescue those in urgent peril is often applied to the terminally ill cancer patient, and large amounts of money and effort are spent simply to prolong life by a few days or weeks. They argue that this "rule of rescue" should not be applied in most circumstances in oncology, and that if patients and physicians were better prepared [as outlined by Smith and Hillner (8)], this tendency would be mitigated. Furthermore, the more we know about which patients are most likely to benefit from a therapy and which are least likely to do so, the more rationally we can direct these "rescue" attempts.
The main conclusion we can draw from this collection of studies is that the system for supporting clinical cancer research and care in the United States needs to be reassessed. Fortunately, this issue is receiving a large amount of attention from leaders in the field, some of whom have contributed to this CCR Focus series. We anticipate a future in which trials will be streamlined to include subjects whose cancers are sufficiently well characterized and represent a plausible substrate for the targeted therapy(ies) under investigation, not only in traditional phase I–III studies but also in phase 0 and phase IV (postmarketing) trials. We must be open to new, more streamlined clinical trial designs; to "go/no-go" decisions; and to new approaches for collecting data. We must move beyond current rigid clinical trial paradigms and embrace the use of studies that move seamlessly from phase I to phase II and III without requiring additional time-consuming protocol writing and regulatory review, and we must increasingly use adaptive designs that permit us to use knowledge gained from patients treated earlier in a study to guide selection of subsequent study patients.
Furthermore, ultimate approval of the new agent should be based on the observation of clinically unequivocal benefit (such as the ability to lead to a high rate of marked tumor regression or substantial prolongation of survival in a molecularly defined population) rather than on simple statistical "proof" of a survival advantage in unselected patients. The use of high response rates in nonrandomized trials has proved to be a very reliable basis for approving anticancer agents (13). On the other hand, randomized survival comparisons (particularly in unselected patients) can be very misleading (14), and have led to the approval of a wide range of agents that yield statistically significant results but provide limited benefits for unselected patients (Table 1) (15–26). Such survival-based randomized studies in unselected patients may miss a marked benefit in defined subpopulations, or alternatively it may result in a drug being widely applied even though it benefits only a small minority of patients (27). It also may miss the fact that a drug is helping one subpopulation while potentially harming another (7). For example, in one study, the addition of erlotinib to frontline chemotherapy in NSCLC had no significant impact on the overall population (28) (Fig. 1), but was associated with prolongation of progression-free survival in patients with EGFR mutations and shortening of PFS in those with K-ras mutations (7) (Fig. 2). Phase II studies should be designed to provide a preliminary definition of the distinct subgroups of patients who will benefit, rather than simply reporting a response rate in the overall population. We should aim for large, unambiguous gains in small studies rather than for small advances in large trials. Although studies aiming for incremental benefits have improved outcomes in hematological and germ cell tumors, in childhood malignancies, and in the adjuvant situation, they have had only a marginal effect on most metastatic epithelial malignancies (27), and we must reject the trend toward conducting ever larger studies aimed at detecting ever smaller incremental gains. The size of the gain, and not the impressiveness of the P-value, must drive our decisions.
Finally, it should be noted that our steadily increasing armamentarium has the potential to stifle new drug development, as patients may switch from one minimally beneficial standard option to another before they are referred to a clinical trial. Futile therapy must be discouraged, and patients must be fully incorporated into the decision-making process. Patients need to be provided with information that will permit them to choose rationally, rather than given choices based on a small and unpredictable possibility of benefit. We must direct energy and attention to understanding our collective responsibility to provide innovation and care to those who are most likely to benefit in the context of a health care system characterized by cost-effectiveness and equitable distribution of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to cancer (5, 29).
Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest
P.M. LoRusso: commercial research grant, consultant, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Genentech, AstraZeneca; honoraria, Genentech. L.E. Schnipper: member advisory board, ITA Partners; co-Editor-in-Chief, UpToDate. D.J. Stewart: honoraria, Ventana; consultant, Align 2 Action Inc, Bridger Capital LLC, Easton Associates, Frenkel Group LLC, Trinity Partners LLC, Warburg Pincus LLC. S.D. Averbuch: employment, Bristol-Myers Squibb. The other authors disclosed no potential conflicts of interest.
- Received September 30, 2010.
- Accepted October 15, 2010.


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New Delhi: Cracking the whip on the Paralympic Committee of India after receiving complaints from the participants in the London Games, Sports Minister Ajay Maken today issued a show cause notice to the body.
"On the basis of petitions received from participating paralympic athletes and others, show cause notice being issued to the PCI," Maken wrote on his twitter page.
Arjuna awardee powerlifter Farman Basha is among the parathletes who have complained of official apathy, saying that the passes of escorts and coaches at the Games Village are being used by officials of the PCI.
"My wife, Antonia sold her jewellery so I could represent India at the Games. She was also supposed to help me get my way around the events. She's my soul mate and I owe my success to her.
"Sadly, today she's stranded outside the Games Village, because Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) members are using the free facilities meant for athletes and their support staff," he wrote in a petition.
Officials from PCI have, however, denied these allegations. "We cannot have an escort for every athlete. We have 10 athletes and only six people have been sanctioned to stay inside the Games Village. We are managing things with some people coming early at the Village and leaving late in the evening," an official from PCI told PTI.
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It's the bull market's 7th birthday!
Since bottoming at 666.79 on March 6, 2009, the S&P 500 has shot up 197%. It closed at 1,979.26 on Tuesday.
But if the S&P 500 were a person, we'd imagine that this may not exactly be the happiest of birthday celebrations.
That's because the index is counting some sharp losses it's suffered within the last seven months, especially the big sell-offs in August and January. And after closing in the red for 2015 (-0.7%), the index is down about 3% year-to-date.
Still, the most important thing to remember is that stocks usually go up. And so for the long-term investor, there's something to celebrate.
The consumer discretionary sector has had the biggest gains in this bull market (377%), followed by financials (251%) and industrials (247%). Energy is the weakest performer, at 43%.
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NEW YORK: European telecoms company Altice finally hit the US high-yield bond market on Tuesday, coming with a much-awaited US$6.3bn bond to help fund its takeover of US cable name Cablevision.
The two-part offering - US$2bn 10-year senior guaranteed and US$4.3bn 10-year senior notes, both of them non-call fives - is part of an expected US$8.6bn debt financing to back the US$17.7bn acquisition.
Sources told IFR that the deal was being whispered in the mid-to-high 6s on the guaranteed and high 9s on the non-guaranteed notes.
JP Morgan, Barclays and BNP Paribas are joint book managers on the bonds, which are expected to price on Friday. Expected ratings are Double B (guaranteed) and Single B (non-guaranteed).
Altice has worked quickly to line up the funding, which also includes a US$2.3bn seven-year term loan and a US$2bn five-year revolving credit facility.
Financing for the deal will also include US$3.3bn of new equity, 70% of it from Altice.
Cablevision shares hit US$33.25 on Monday, a 52-week high, on the takeover, which is expected to close in the first half of 2016.
But the acquisition is not seen as positive for Cablevision bondholders. Cablevision's outstanding 2024s were quoted at 83 on Tuesday morning, and its 2021s at 96.25.
This is not Altice's first acquisition foray across the Atlantic. The company made a US$9.1bn acquisition of regional US cable company Suddenlink Communications earlier this year.


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Service in Church and in the Community
This handout was submitted by A. Mitchell. Thank you!!! The printable PDF features scripture quotes, a list of books on service, 10 simple service ideas, definitions of service-related terms, and a place to write in service resources in your community. Goes with YW Manual 3, Lesson 32. 8 1/2 x 11 inch black and white.


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Farmer commits suicide because of drought and rain falls the next day!
For Eastern Cape farmer Krisjan Kruger, 34, the consequences of the drought had simply become too much.
Faced with the possibility that he could lose everything, he took his own life on Tuesday, a close friend said. Kruger leaves behind his mother.
A friend, Jacques Roodt, told News24 that Kruger had been severely affected by the drought.
"We are currently experiencing the worst drought… in years and it was hard for him to wake up and see his dry land. He lived and gave his life for this land and he eventually crashed," said Roodt.
Kruger was a commercial cattle farmer.
Roodt said he had spoken to him the night before the suicide.
"We spoke on Monday evening and he was just in a bad space, but I thought he was fine because he motivated me a lot and told me that we will eventually receive rain.
"If only he had waited a bit, because a day later it rained," he said.
Water and animal feed were scarce in the area and many farmers were suffering, he said.
Kruger will be buried on Monday.
Meanwhile, a Facebook page called Boere in Nood (Farmers in Need) has been set up.
Free State businessman NC Schoombee, who is the founder of the page, said he was saddened to hear of the suicide.
Schoombee told News24 that so far they had provided animal feed to more than 245 farmers across the country and received more than 1000 requests for help.
He started the group when he came across dead and ill livestock on a farm.
They had so far received generous donations from the public, including people in foreign countries.
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Lest We Forget
Our troops are out of Iraq, but we need to remember that we still have troops fighting and dying in Afghanistan. Two more soldiers were killed today.
At least five NATO soldiers have been killed by Afghan security forces since the burning of Koran's at a NATO base a month ago. Officials aren't sure what the motive was for the attack that took the lives of the soldiers today.
We still have troops who are in Afghanistan who are stationed here at Fort Bliss - troops that need to be remembered and prayed for. We here at KISS FM thank all of our troops and their families for their service, and we offer our sincerest condolences to the families of the lost soldiers.


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A credit score is important to continue obtaining financial assistance and also for availing rented accommodation. A good score ups the chances whereas a low score reduces it. While it is everyone's intent to keep it as high as possible, it does not happen that way in reality. Often things go wrong in life such as a lost job or reduction in salary or sudden medical expense, etc. Such unforeseen events lead to financial upheavals.
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Project Manager - with a background in managing eCommerce, Digital, retail related projects, based in Northampton. This innovative automotive company see technology at the heart of their customer experience. With a huge web presence they have some unusual and interesting technical challenges.
They are looking for a highly talented Project Manager to join the team who are responsible for the design and development of the web platforms as well as their car retailing platform.
We are looking for a PM who has experience in managing multiple projects in a fast paced large, or medium sized business – ideally in both Agile and Prince2.
You will have the ability to demonstrate an understanding and experience of due diligence, discovery, knowledge transfer, training and third-party contract support and must be able to positively and confidently challenge developers on solution architecture and task sizing to ensure optimal delivery. Ideally you experience will come from retail, e-commerce or a Digital environment or you will be an experienced software focused delivery PM.
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I used to think that I knew the full story about climate change; melting ice, rising sea levels and catastrophic consequences. Whilst this is the heart of the issue, a recent expedition I undertook to Greenland completely changed my perspective and left me pondering over information that I had never heard talked about before. Amongst the rivers of melt water and receding glaciers of Kangerlussuaq in West Greenland, lies an economy fuelled in part by the positive effects of climate change through tourism and farming.
In the summer of 2014, a team of four of us set off to document the impacts of climate change around the Russell Glacier; one of the main outlets of the Greenland Ice Sheet, an expanse of ice that forms 80% of the country's land area. Whilst initially working in the physical Arctic landscape, we were struck by the scale and speed at which the area was undergoing change.
Our first objective was to study the speed at which calving events took place, this is where ice breaks off from the glacier. Based on previous studies, we expected to see occasional calvings with quiet periods in between. After setting up several time-lapse cameras, we saw that the glaciers were continuously shedding ice and there was always some small or large chunks breaking off. Despite this being summer, where these events should be expected, the ice can no longer advance again far enough in the winter to counteract summer melting and this has led to the Russell Glacier receding thirty metres in the last ten years.
Whilst researching the area before the trip, we learned of several flash flood events resulting from the calvings and ice melt that caused widespread damage in nearby villages. We therefore wanted to study how this impacted locals. We spoke to ten groups of locals, ranging from three to four people in the tourist offices to individuals in shops and asked them the question: how is climate change affecting your life?
The responses we got were very surprising. It seems that the locals were actually having a very positive experience of climate change. Due to the warming buying keflex online climate, farming can now be practised in certain locations in South Greenland and this is expected to be the case in Kangerlussuaq very soon. In such a baron landscape, where there are very few opportunities for industry, farming could give a huge boost to the local economy and create a product to export.
Without a doubt, the biggest benefit the locals are experiencing as a result of climate change is tourism. Melting ice has put Greenland on the map. As the media presents footage of the Arctic regions in relation to the changing climate, many people are inspired to travel there. Each year, huge numbers of tourists and scientists travel to Kangerlussuaq with the aim of seeing the glaciers. After all, this is the same reason we decided to go there. Whilst in the area, visitors go on excursions onto the ice sheet and stay several nights in the hostels and the hotel in town. A company called Air Zafari, that offer aerial plane tours over the ice sheet told us that their visitors always say that they want to see huge calvings of ice breaking off from the glacier and the colossal melt water rivers from above.
These responses shocked us and also posed a challenge. It appeared that the local Greenlanders focused solely on the short-term implications of their actions and did not look to the long-term dangers. As we left Greenland, we found ourselves asking the question: how do you approach people in places like Kangerlussuaq in the Arctic about climate change when, so far, it has brought them so many benefits?
It became clear that to tackle the global issue of climate change, we first need to develop a worldwide, shared understanding and response through learning more about the cultures that exist right next to the ice bodies that regulate climate change. There are many opportunities for further research into how local people interact with the landscape and the values they place on it. Through this we can develop a mutual appreciation of the importance of the environment between Greenland and the wider world.


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L'équipe du Pool Corpus utilise le logiciel open source PLOMINO développé par la société MAKINA CORPUS qui permet de télécharger des bases de données déjà élaborées à partir d'autres logiciels (Excel, Access, File Maker Pro…) moyennant quelques manipulations accessibles à des non-informaticiens, ou de constituer des formulaires de saisie. La formation à ce logiciel peut se faire soit en autonomie à partir des tutoriels en ligne, soit via une formation assurée par la Société Makina Corpus.
Contact : Eric Bréhault, directeur de projets : Courriel : firstname.lastname@example.com / Tél. : 33 (0)9 53 73 22 74 / Adresse : 36 rue Jacques Babinet – 31 100 Toulouse – Web : www.makina-corpus.com
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Plomino is a powerful web-based application builder
Plomino allows to create custom web applications without developing.
– Create and design forms from the web interface,
– Easily embed charts or maps,
– Create specific actions (compute field values, send email, search, etc.),
– Adapt the behavior depending on user rights in a very granular way.
The principle is quite similar to Microsoft Access or Lotus Domino: applications are created directly from the user interface, and there is no need to write or deploy source code on the server file system.
Why using Plomino to build the Pool Corpus database?
Lack of technical resources
The Pool Corpus team had no internal technical resources able to develop and set up an on-line database using standard technologies. And they could not afford investing too many time to learn to do it by themselves.
As Plomino offers a large set of ready-to-use features, they have been able to build their own on-line database without any web programming knowledge.
Migrating the existing data
The existing data was stored in Excel sheets or Microsoft Access databases.
Plomino is able to import data as CSV, and imported data can be post-processed in order to clean up and normalize the information.
Plomino exposes a full JSON API which allows to make the Pool Corpus requestable from any external system.
Specific web API can implemented if needed.
Some of the personal information stored in the Pool Corpus database cannot be published on-line.
Plomino provides a simple but robust access control mechanism which allows to easily exclude some information from external access.
More information
Underlying platform
Plomino runs on Plone, which is a solid open source content management system (CMS).
Plone offers a large scope of features to build any type of website, it is mainly used in professional contexts, and it is known as one of the most secured CMS.
Note: just as Plone, Plomino is an open source software, published under the GPL license. It can be freely used by anybody.
Who can use Plomino?
Anybody can.
A lot of Plomino users have absolutely no programming knowledge. Most of the Plomino features provides a default behavior which allows to get things working.
Nevertheless, for more skilled users, Plomino can also be entirely scripted, to obtain any custom behavior.
Easy deployment
Plomino allows to import or export applications between two servers directly through the web.
It is a way to deploy application from a local machine (or a development server) to a production server, or reversely, to retrieve an on-line application in order to fix it or change it locally without impacting the on-line version.
Plomino offers the same mechanism to exchange data (to replicate data between two servers or between a server and a local machine).


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By now, we're sure you have had a million questions go through your head about Fashion PR Con, and that's okay. We are here to help with a list of do's and don'ts for the course.
Do bring your resume.
-Attendees have scored awesome internships by being prepared and having their resumes at the right place, at the right time.
Don't be late.
-If you are a visitor from outside of New York make sure you get directions beforehand. Also, make sure to leave your hotel in plenty of time in case you get lost or there are delays. You're not going to want to miss a second of Fashion PR Con!
Do network.
-Be sociable and get to know your classmates and your teachers. After all, you already have one thing in common to talk about! You never know what opportunities may come forth from one hello and what friendships are waiting to be made.
Do take notes.
-Whether it be on your laptop, tablet, or good ol' pen and paper. The whole point of this class is to educate students of fashion PR, so treat it as you would a course in college, a fun course that is.
Don't dress like you are attending the Met Gala.
-Not only will we be sitting in a class all day, but you have to walk up eight flights of stairs to get to that class (no elevators, sorry!). Still dress professionally and fashionably, but keep comfort in mind.
Don't forget to document your experience.
-We encourage you to share your experience on your social media sites with #FashionPRCon.
Do have fun!
-Above all else, have a blast! We want this to be an experience that you will always cherish and look back on.


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by Craig Bruce -- version 0.00 -- June 22, 1995.
1. INTRODUCTION Sorry to tell you this, but I don't have enough time to put together a tutorial for beginners at this time. Maybe someone else can write about this. 2. COMMON COMMANDS There is one command that a lot of beginners have problems with: "cd". The "cd" command changes the current working directory to whatever device/ directory you specify. For example, if you were to enter the command: cd a: Then all filenames that you give on subsequent commands that do not include a drive name as part of the pathnames of command arguments will be assumed to be files on the "a:" drive (usually Commodore device #8). 3. CONCLUSION


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Sun, 16 March 2014
March 9, 2014
Now What?
Acts 1:7-8
Synopsis: It is easy to get caught up in the things that excite us. It would certainly be easy for me to spend all of my sermon time today thanking you for a very wonderful 25th Anniversary Celebration. It was a very emotional day for Brenda and I and our family. I think it was for everyone. The food and fellowship luncheon after the service was over the top. Thank you! Now What?
It is easy to get caught up in the things that excite us. Today is the First Sunday on Lent and I will admit that there was a time when I didn't even know about Lent, much less get excited about it. What I have learned in the observance of this season of preparations for Easter has enriched my spiritual life and beckoned me to learn about my Savior, to experience more of His love and to share more of His love with others.
As I said, it is easy to get caught up in the things that excite us.
Often, however, those are the very things that get us off track in accomplishing our purpose in Christ Jesus. Following the resurrection Jesus told His disciples not to get side tracked in determining dates and times of His return (Acts 1:7-8). Instead, He told them they were to be committed to getting the story out to others (Matthew 28:19-20). Jesus told the disciples to be faithful witnesses everywhere they went and to be sure they went everywhere (Matthew 22:8-10). The Gospel they received was not limited to those who came to Jerusalem. Surely, Jesus intended for them to lead the way in sharing the Love of God they had experienced in Jesus through word, gift and deed.
Scripture Text (NLT): Acts 1:7-8; Matthew 28:19-20, 22:8-10
Scripture Reading: Matthew 22:8-10
Direct download: ebc_podcast_3_9_14.mp3
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text: Mr. Geisler currently serves as an Executive Vice Chairman of Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company. He joined Cerberus in June 2014 and has held a variety of positions including interim CEO of DynCorp, a Cerberus portfolio company. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Geisler led a boutique pharmaceutical company. From 1993 to 2009, Mr. Geisler held several positions at United Technologies Corporation including Co-CFO and head of Corporate Acquisitions & Strategy. Mr. Geisler began his career at General Electric Company. He currently serves as Chairman of DynCorp and on the boards of PaxVax, Renovalia, Remington Arms, CTA Acoustics, Keane Holding Group, all Cerberus portfolio companies.


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Save Our Lakes Alliance 3 Website Project
Project Overview
Fine Line provided SOLA3 with the Joomla! Content Management System, allowing them to edit and update their site with ease from any location with an internet connection. This template website was based on the client's existing logo and a color scheme chosen by the client.
Fine Line created a simple contact form to allow SOLA3's online audience to communicate with them easily. We will preform monthly form tests to ensure the client continues to receive all correspondences and inquiries.
Additionally, we created a custom Google Map with three pinpoints, each representing one of the three lakes in Rehoboth Beach.


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23-3-1 Police in municipalities--Law governing--Size of force.
23-3-2 Repealed.
23-3-3 Attorney general--Jurisdiction concurrent with state's attorneys.
23-3-4 Papers filed and appearances by attorney general.
23-3-5 Duties of state's attorney in criminal matters unaffected by authority of attorney general.
23-3-6 Division of Criminal Investigation--Control by attorney general.
23-3-7 Personnel of division--Employment by attorney general--Compensation.
23-3-8 Equipment purchase by attorney general.
23-3-9 Expenditures of division limited to appropriation.
23-3-10 Police powers of division personnel.
23-3-11 Personnel of division--Direction of operations by Governor.
23-3-12 Duty of division to prevent and detect violations.
23-3-13 Apprehension of criminals and fugitives by division.
23-3-14 Cooperation of division with local peace officers.
23-3-15 Cooperation of division with agencies of other state, tribal governments, and FBI.
23-3-15.1 Cooperation with Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe--Certain positions to have criminal history checks.
23-3-15.2 Fingerprint check of applicants for certain tribal positions--Fee.
23-3-15.3 Exchange of information.
23-3-16 System of criminal identification and investigation--Maintenance by division.
23-3-17 Assistance by division in establishing local bureaus of identification.
23-3-18 Division as official agency to train law enforcement officers--Intra-departmental training encouraged.
23-3-18.1 Division to coordinate missing persons and runaway assistance.
23-3-19 Performance by division of other required duties.
23-3-19.1 State Forensic Laboratory created--Assignment to criminal investigation division--Employees.
23-3-19.2 Scientific examinations conducted by laboratory.
23-3-19.3 Copy of statement of laboratory's or certified chemist's findings as prima facie evidence of facts therein--Force and effect--Personal testimony at accused's request.
23-3-20 to 23-3-25. Repealed.
23-3-26 Training of law enforcement officers--Findings and policy .
23-3-27 Law enforcement officer defined.
23-3-27.1 Tribal law enforcement defined.
23-3-28 Law Enforcement Officers Standards Commission--Appointment and terms of members.
23-3-28.1 Commission supported by attorney general's office.
23-3-29 Death, resignation, or incapacity of commission member--Appointment of successor.
23-3-30 Ex officio members of commission.
23-3-31 Commission membership compatible with other office.
23-3-32 Meetings of commission.
23-3-33 Reports of commission.
23-3-34 Repealed.
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The first issue of the new monthly "Invincible" spin-off series, "Guarding the Globe," introduces readers to the Guardians of the Globe team, a band of superpowered costumed characters brought together to fight the kind of random bad guys that pop up across the globe. With a potential cast in the dozens, writer Phil Hester focuses mainly on team leader, Brit, and his troubles at home as well as with the team. But there is also subplot involving Best Tiger that's setting things up for the next issue. Along with a couple of scenes meant to show the cast together in the same place, the first issue has a distracted feeling. There are lots of elements laid out there, many of which are sure to be played out in the months ahead, but there's no focus to the issue to give the reader a strong grasp of why this title or this cast of characters is something worth reading about. Issue #1 is a collection of scenes that sort of set things up to introduce characters or future plot lines.
Todd Nauck's art looks like you'd expect it to, but with one big change. He's inking himself now, though I wonder how much of it is pen and ink versus computer inking. There are backgrounds that look like unfinished pencil work, waiting for an inker to come and vary the line weights enough to make it look like more than a light wireframe drawing. It's particularly pronounced with the classic establishing shot of The Pentagon, where the lines don't look finished. You can almost see the different tones in the lines depending on how hard Nauck pressed on his 2B as he was drawing all the windows on the building, rather than a clean finished look.
The lines around the characters in the foregrounds look strong, though some of the color holds (where the black lines are replaced with a color) are distracting and unevenly applied. Colorist John Rauch's style and palette fit perfectly with this book, as he also works on "Invincible," but this technique needs some honing.
There's great potential in this series. In the text page at the end of the book, Robert Kirkman discusses how each issue will shine the spotlight on a different character. That's a great idea, but I hope the focus is even tighter than in this first issue. It might create some potential new fan favorites while expanding the scope of the "Invincible" universe. As the creative team finds its rhythm and masters its techniques, the qualms expressed in this review should be easy to overcome.


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Convenient, browser-based management of remote servers is possible with a free open source tool called KeyBox. Marco Fioretti explains how to install and use it.
These days, organizing as much as possible of your work (or that of your coworkers/friends/relatives...) to do on remote servers can be much more productive than sticking to desktop applications — as long, of course, as you are the one that controls those servers. Too bad, because the only way to perform non-routine maintenance on a remote server is to work on a command line, every time. Or that's what many people believe, at least. Instead, as you'll see in a moment, this is not always true.
In fact, even if you and your partners need to run some custom shell script on your server, it's possible to set things up so that, after the initial configuration, everybody with the right access credentials can do it by clicking into a web browser. One Free Software tool to make this happen is KeyBox.
KeyBox makes it easier to delegate the execution of scripts on remote machines, even to partners who, for whatever reason, won't touch a command line: you define the script(s), and they can still decide to run them by themselves, even if you're offline.
This happens because KeyBox provides a way to "manage OpenSSH v2 public keys and shell scripts to be distributed or executed on defined systems." What this means, in practice, is that with KeyBox you can:
- configure and distribute the digital keys that let only authorized users and computers run scripts or simple commands on your remote servers
- define and upload only once any script that should be manually run on one or more remote servers
All this from one, simple graphical interface that is accessible from any browser. Another reason to use KeyBox may be that it gives its administrator the possibility to run shell scripts on remote servers even from somebody else's computer and/or when only web access is available!
How KeyBox works
Technically speaking, the KeyBox web pages and forms that you see in your browser are generated by the Jetty Open Source Web server (alternative home page here). All sensitive data are stored into an SQLite3 database, which is a single file called keybox.db. Jetty comes with the Java project management tool called Maven. A nice little introduction to creating web services with Jetty and Maven is here. Luckily, you don't really need to study all this stuff to use KeyBox.
Installing KeyBox
KeyBox may run either on a local computer, or on one of the servers that it helps to manage. Wherever you put it, don't forget to include its keybox.db file in your backup plans! The dependence on Maven and Jetty is not a problem, as those tools are available as binary packages for most Gnu/Linux distributions. Just be prepared to see a lot of extra packages installed (241 on my Fedora 17 box!) to satisfy all the dependencies.
Once that part is over, to install KeyBox, you must simply download and expand its archive in a folder of your choice. To start the program, type (or add to your server startup scripts) this command:
cd KEYBOXDIR; mvn package jetty:run
KEYBOXDIR is the folder you'll get by expanding the KeyBox archive. mvn is the Maven executable: the command above tells Maven to start Jetty which, by default, will follow the instructions in the file called pom.xml in the same folder. The README file explains other actions you can perform in the same way. "mvn clean", for example, will delete the KeyBox database.
Using KeyBox
Once Jetty is up and running KeyBox, point your browser to port 8090 of the computer on which you installed KeyBox. That would be http://localhost:8090 if it's running on your desktop, or http://your.website.com:8090 if it's on your website. Change the admin password to something different from the default "changeme", and you're ready to go.In KeyBox you can define as many systems, users, and system profiles as you want. I suggest you perform these operations in the same order in which they are listed in the KeyBox side bar (Figure A):
Figure B
Figure C
The exact details for setting up passwordless logins and the corresponding SSH key files vary from one Gnu/Linux distribution to the next: please check the documentation and support forums of the one(s) you use for all details.
KeyBox system profiles allow you to order and group tasks and users in whatever way suits your needs. You may, for example, create a "backup" profile that authorized users can select to run backups on different servers.Figures D to F show the result, that is THE reason to install and use KeyBox: you can define how many scripts you want, pasting their code in the KeyBox form, run them with one click on their name and see what happened, all without leaving your browser. Convenient, isn't it?
Figure D
Figure E
Figure F
(NOTE: the "script" in the picture is just one single command, instead of the real backup script, simply because I wanted all its output to fit in the one small screenshot of Figure F)


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A Cork, Ireland, mom's Facebook open letter about her three-year-old son who has autism has gone viral.
Rosie O'Donnell sparked an uproar on Twitter by sharing a video that speculates about President-elect Donald Trump's 10-year-old son, Barron, possibly being autistic.
A West Virginia boy with autism was left crying at his Thanksgiving school play when a teacher snatched the microphone away before he could speak.
A Florida State football player made a young boy's day.
There are questions and anger this morning after the shooting of an unarmed, black man by police in North Miami.
Millions have watched a young boy's emphatic denunciation of the so-called "anti-vaxxer" movement.
The controversial new film "Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe" claims that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) manipulated and hid data that links vaccines and autism.
The National Autism Association (NAA) shared a 10-year-old boy's honest and heartfelt answers to a classroom assignment.
A Canadian mom said she was moved to tears by a birthday party invitation for her son with special needs.
A Michigan mom took to Facebook to applaud a mall Santa who went out of his way to make her son with autism feel special.
Heartwarming photos of a mall Santa going the extra mile to bond with a young autistic boy are quickly going viral.
A mother in Alabama is pleading with a school board to let her terminally ill son die naturally if his heart stops at school.


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3rd elimination went to Big Bad John over Roll With Joe and equal 3rd was Dutch Richman/ Foreclosure N in 1:50.3
Don't fear my good friend i shall txt you with update's, the luxury of being single i can do the shopping early in the morn when there's no racing lol.
3rd elimination went to Big Bad John over Roll With Joe and equal 3rd was Dutch Richman/ Foreclosure N in 1:50.3
Hello Mango, and other Harness Forum fans. Questions needed to ask guest speaker. Sorry to post on the reply, but need some information. I'm from Toronto, Ont. Canada, a Guelph University Equine online courses student. This week we have a Guest Speaker from Ontario Harness Horse Association, online. As a student, we are required to post questions to the Speaker. Any questions anyone can think of would be appreciated. Example, breeding, rules, track locations, purses, shipping etc. I have 5 year experience in Thoroughbreds at Woodbine, and dont no anything about Harness Racing, but sure going to learn a lot this Week! Thank you
The field in starting order for the North America Cup
1. Big Jim
2. Up The Credit
3. Powerfull Mist
4. Big Bad John
5. Shady Shark Hanover
6. Rockabillie
7. Eighteen
9. Dutch Richman
10. Foreclosure N
NA Cup Consolation
1st Bestofbest Hanover
2nd Mystician
3rd Custard The Dragon
Gold Cup Invitational
Won The West win's going 1:47.2
NA Cup has been run and won for 2011.
1st Up The Credit
2nd Roll With Joe
3rd Big Jim
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The more I look, the more I see, the more I read, the more I learn, the more I lament the sorry state of American freedoms.
Not at a snail's pace, walking trails called greenways are now taking private property at breakneck speed. Thousands of acres of land are being taken out of the hands of private property owners every day in this country for the ubiquitous, albeit unfounded, idea that Americans need more nature walks to traverse.
This story is an example of a Tennessee home owner's land is threatened by greenway:
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RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. - One man's home he built himself nearly 30 years ago is in jeopardy. It's not due to neglect or financial issues, but to make way for a greenway.take our poll - story continues belowCompleting this poll grants you access to Freedom Outpost updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to this site's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
In 27 years, David McCurry said he turned what was a junk yard into his family's paradise.
Recent plans of a greenway coming through his nearly five acres of land, leaves him wondering what will happen to his peaceful paradise just outside the city limits of Murfreesboro.
Annette and Marvin Bartlett were not happy when they learned Farragut plans to build a greenway through the seven-acre property family members have lived on for almost 50 years.
"They cut down mature trees, pave a path like an airstrip right through your front yard and call it a greenway," Annette Bartlett said.
After talking with an alderman about their concerns, however, they learned a greenway is just the beginning.
The town's decision to locate the path on their property was based on expectations that some day, the land will be subdivided and developed.
I point these out because it is becoming all too common. The city council where I live has adopted the anti-private property rights initiative of establishing greenways. The council has come at this from no less than three directions...maybe four. The first was signing an agreement with something called the "Carolina Thread Trail." The second was adopting a "Vision Plan" that specifically identifies the addition of greenways as a goal of the city. The third is coordination with the transportation committee called the MPO (Municipal Planning Organization), which is proposing to divert transportation money away from roads and into the building of...you guessed it...greenways. The fourth is attachment to something called a Regional Government. In our case it is called the Centralina Council of Governments whose stated goal is to implement Smart Growth. Smart Growth proposes greenways and open spaces to be part of any planning goals.
Let's say you rescind one or two of those agreements, you are still stuck with the others. One way or another, greenways will be put in place usurping the private property rights of many to serve the few, using our tax system by purchase or by incentives or by eminent domain to take land from those who have worked to own it and paid property taxes for the privilege. If they can't get you through the utopian goals of the "Vision Plan," they'll come at you through the transportation planning department. If they can't get you there, they will refuse grants from the Regional Government. And if they can't get you on that one, they'll sue you for not implementing your agreement with the Thread Trail.
So, what is a citizen to do? Our local tea party is looking for council members who will rescind all agreements with Trails orgs. and who will rescind the Vision Plan. We are looking for council members who will stand up to the MPO and tell them our transportation money is not to be used for greenways and bike trails except in areas that are already owned by government. We are looking for council members who are familiar with the Constitutional rights to own private property and who define property rights as a top priority for our local government.
Who wants to live in a place where the government can step in for the sake of a walking trail to take your property? The audacity of government officials who would define the common good as an excuse for taking private property for a walking trail is beyond reprehensible. And I would note that these greenways never cross the private property of city council members, county commissioners, or the select few who are chosen to sit on the ridiculous "stakeholder" councils. The audacity is stinking to high heaven. Yes, that heaven where our rights are derived.
Who are the citizens who think it is their right to traipse across someone's private property? Those who think this, for their mistaken idea of some altruistic sake of commiserating with nature, should be candidates for trespassing fines and arrest. Instead, we have councils promoting obsequious cooperation from all around them to literally slap private property owners in the face. Other property owners...not themselves, of course.
Not satisfied with just greenway land, audacity leapt bounds even further in this Oregon law where government can and will take Scenic easements. Scenic easements are also called Viewsheds. In other words, they want views and scenery to surround their greenways and trails. So if your land just happens to be within viewing distance, your house or structures might offend the utopian connoisseurs of nature. We can't have that, now can we? The word "viewsheds" can be found in our local plans as well.
Here is an excerpt from this law:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, after the date of the approval of the plan for the Willamette River Greenway or any segment thereof under ORS 390.322 (Submission of plan to Land Conservation and Development Commission), the State Parks and Recreation Department may acquire scenic easements in any lands described in such plan or segment pursuant to ORS 390.318 (Preparation of development and management plan). Each such easement may be acquired by any means, including but not limited to the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
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Raquel Ardin & Lynda DeForge
Lynda and Raquel met in 1977 when they were both in the Navy. Raquel was in the hospital recuperating from a broken neck, the result of an accident in the barracks. Lynda was a medic whose duties included caring for Raquel. "It was love at first sight," says Raquel. "For me, at least." They struck up a friendship over bedside card games and shared meals.
Their first date was to see "Star Wars." Lynda hated the movie, but she fell in love with Raquel. Thirty-five years later, Lynda says, "We're stuck like glue." On Sept. 7, 2009, Jesus Ardin, Raquel's father, officiated at Raquel and Lynda's wedding, a private ceremony at their home in North Hartland, Vermont. "My dad is a sweetheart," says Raquel. Prior to their legal marriage, they were joined in a civil union in 2000.
In September 2012, Lynda retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 27 years. Prior to her retirement, she worked the night shift at a White River Junction post office for many years. During those shifts, Lynda would call Raquel every night on her 10:30 p.m. break; Raquel waited up until Lynda came home after her shift ended at 2:30 a.m.
Raquel retired from the Postal Service after 25 years because of disability related to her neck injury. For the last 10 years of Raquel's employment, she and Lynda worked the same shift, in the same office, doing the same job. Their co-workers marveled at how they could stand to spend so much time together. But Lynda says, "We're like one person."
Caring for family members has been a constant over the course of their life together. In addition to caring for Raquel's father, who lived with them in Vermont for many years, they nursed Raquel's mother back to health after she suffered a stroke. They moved from Florida to Vermont in the early 1980s to care for Lynda's mother, who had Alzheimer's disease, and nursed her father as he was dying of cancer. Now, they are assisting with the care of Lynda's sister, who lives an hour north of Lynda and Raquel and has been diagnosed with early onset dementia. "To me, it's just something you do," Lynda says of caring for family members. "If they need help, you help them."
Ironically, DOMA prevents them from caring for each other, as they have for their relatives and the way other married couples routinely take care of each other. Raquel needs quarterly neck injections to manage her degenerative arthritis – another consequence of her military injury. As a Postal Service employee, Lynda applied for time off under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – the federal law that allows workers time off to care for a spouse, child or parent who has a serious health condition – so she could transport Raquel the 2 ½ hours to and from the VA Hospital that administers this procedure. Her supervisors granted the leave, but then had to rescind it because of DOMA's non-recognition of their marriage. Lynda could not use FMLA leave to be by her spouse's side when Raquel needed knee surgery back in June of 2010 either.
Additionally, as federal retirees, Lynda and Raquel both obtain their health insurance through the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. But because of DOMA, they pay for two individual ("Self-Only") policies rather than being on one family policy, as other federally-employed married couples are allowed to do.
Before dealing with these issues, it hadn't occurred to Lynda and Raquel that they could be treated differently than other married couples. "It never even struck our minds until I got that FMLA rejection saying it's because of DOMA," says Lynda. "That's the point that we really realized that we aren't treated the same." She points out that she was permitted to take two weeks off under FMLA to care for her father when he was dying. Lynda was forced to use 24 hours of vacation time to care for Raquel.
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Controls, manages, or removes unwanted creatures, such as roaches, rats, ants, termites, and bedbugs, that infest buildings and surrounding areas.
Performs routine physical labor and maintenance on oil rigs and pipelines, both on and off shore.
Transports passengers according to a specific schedule along metropolitan and community routes.
Cares for children when parents and other family members are unavailable. Cares for children's basic needs, such as bathing and feeding. In addition, some help children prepare for kindergarten, and many help older children with homework.
Orders merchandise and maintains inventory control for wholesale and retail sales firms.
Leads, instructs, and motivates individuals or groups in exercise activities, including cardiovascular exercise (exercises for the heart and blood system), strength training, and stretching.
Performs scheduled inspections, maintenance and repairs on commercial and private aircraft.
Operates 18-wheeled tractor-trailer, to transport durable and perishable goods from producers to distributers.
Assembles both finished products and the parts that go into automobiles.
Directs and takes part in activities involved in the raising of cattle for milk production.
Inspects, maintains, and repairs cars and light trucks.
Takes customer orders, serves food and drink, and prepares meal checks.
Helps clients buy, sell, and rent properties. Brokers and agents do the same type of work, but brokers are licensed to manage their own real estate businesses.
Creates original clothing, accessories, and footwear, as well as sketching designs, select fabrics and patterns, and give instructions on how to make the products designed.
Flies and navigates airplanes or helicopters. Airline pilots fly for airlines that transport people and cargo on a fixed schedule.
Attends to situations which demand immediate medical attention, such as automobile accidents, heart attacks, and gunshot wounds.
As a high-ranking leader in their branch of the armed forces, they command troops through military training operations and into battle.
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Hey everyone!
Its the end of the week and here's my list of favorite beauty products which I wore this past week!
I really enjoyed creating all the looks I wore this week, in particular, I loved the Aishwarya Rai Cannes 2012 Inspired look and the Classic Pin up look and many of these products are the ones I used for these 2 looks. I also wore a peachy coral look using a gorgeous peach blush and Inglot lipstick no. 19 for my Lipstick Challenge that I think is really great for the summer!
1. Urban Decay Naked Palette
I used these shades to create the intense bronze eye for the Aishwarya Rai tutorial HERE. I love the quality of these eye shadows and some of the shades are just gorgeous!
2. Mikyajy blush Peach Twist
Mikyajy is a Middle Eastern Brand and I got this product from Dubai. The shade is vibrant intense peach that puts all other peach blushes to shame! The quality of this blush is excellent and I love how it adds so much life and glow to the face. Looks great paired with warm lipsticks especially corals and peaches. Worn HERE.
3. Inglot lipstick no. 19
Very orangey coral with just a hint of pink, this is a beautiful lip color for the summer. Highly recommend this to everyone. Worn HERE.
4. MAC Naked Pigment
This champagne beige shade with a low shimmer finish is my favorite MAC Pigment. It just works beautifully as a highlighter and all-over-lid color for my skin tone! I used it for the Classic Pin Up Girl makeup look. Review HERE.
5. L'oreal Paris Infallible Concealer
It is a stick concealer and the shade is a bit light for me but I still like the coverage and the finish. It may be a little tricky to apply so I will be doing a simple tutorial on how to apply this concealer in the coming week.
6. Bourjois Clubbing Liner Ultra Black :
This is a super black glossy liner that I absolutely love! The brush is ultra fine and hence its not as easy to apply as felt tipped liners but this is what I resort to when I need an ultra black line! Read review HERE.
7. Benefit Girl Meets Pearl Highlighter
This is an amazing highlighter for neutral-warm toned girls! It has ultra fine gold shimmer in a warm pink-beige base. Gives a lovely glow to the skin! Review HERE.
8. Colobar Exclusive Nail lacquer no. 15
Pastel mint-green with a workable formula and glossy finish, all priced at Rs 150! Whats not to love about this pretty nail paint! Review HERE.
9. Avon Simply Pretty Colorbliss lipstick Cherry Red
Gorgeous blue based red lipstick with a satin-cream finish. I love the texture, the finish, the staying power and the super flattering shade. This is a great bargain and I'd recommend this to everyone! Review HERE.
10. Maybelline Moisture Extreme Lipstick Chocolate Temptation
Not the best formula honestly but the shade is lovely especially for medium/dusky skin tones looking for a flattering warm neutral lipstick. Worn it HERE.
My favorite look this week : Aishwarya Rai Cannes 2012 inspired look (tutorial HERE)
[note color="#FFE4C4″]How was your week? What were your favorite products this week? Is there any particular look you wore this week you really loved? Share your comments below![/note]


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Can someone please tell the month of June to slow itself down?! I feel like we just got off for summer break and before I know it, it's going to be August 5th and I am going to be back in the classroom. Oof…
Anyway, let's get rolling with some What I Ate Wednesday excitement! As always, thanks to the lovely Jenn at PeasandCrayons!
Breakfast: chobani flips!! I finally found them! + Goodbelly 🙂
Lunch: veggie sandwich (hummus, avocado, tomato, cheese, lettuce) + pickle (obvi)
Dinner: sushi! (Joe's away all week = takeout sushi for me!!)
- sunday – hiking/rock climbing
- monday – 5 mile run
- tuesday – yoga
- wednesday – 6 mile run
- thursday – run with The Blonde!!!!
- friday – yoga
- saturday – 8 mile trail run
I've been throwing in some 8 minute Abs every other day or so too….gotta love the 80's video – thanks youtube!
What's your favorite core workout?


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It goes without saying that soccer players enjoy a special prestige in the realm of celebrities. They are adored by everyone around the world, girls want to be with them and men want to be like them. And what greater way to display your desire to be like your favorite soccer player than to imitate the soccer player haircuts or their costumes, right? After all, imitation is the best form of flattery.
People have often imitated their favorite celebrities. Whether it came in the form of the sudden and complete upsurge of Blue Jeans as a representation of the American Dream post-JamesDean, or whether it be the adornment of black fishnet stockings as a sign of rebellion post-Grease or post-Madonna, people have always imitated those they look up to, those they admire, those they wish to be like. And since Soccer is one of the greatest and most popular sports on the face of the earth, it is natural that kids and teenagers and adults alike would want to be like them. It is well known that people wear jerseys bearing the numbers of their favorite teams and players, however, another stronger means of identification is to get soccer player hairstyle which is representative of your idols.
10 Best Soccer Player Haircuts-2017
So here's a list of 10 of the best Soccer Player Haircuts for all the super fans out there.
#1. Marco Reus-Germany
This 26-year-old midfielder from Dortmund has quite an ordinary hair style, however, he's been able to turn it into a signature style because of the way he carries it. It is swept-over-top with a close buzz cut round the sides.
The top of the hair has some faint highlights that look just beautiful as it catches the sun. If you want a look that is modern yet sophisticated and classy, go for the Reus.


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Oasis Terraces is a new generation neighbourhood centre integrated with a polyclinic. Located along My Waterway@Punggol, and next to Oasis LRT station, Oasis Terraces offers greater convenience to Punggol residents through an integration of shopping, medical, educational, and dining facilities. The design emphasizes connectivity to the waterway, and features an array of community spaces, such as a large sheltered Community Plaza that will serve as a vibrant heart for the neighbourhood. Find out more at http://www.hdb.gov.sg/futurehomesbetterlives © 2015 Housing & Development Board. All rights reserved. No part of this video may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means.


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Subject: Re: The Excellent Diner in Aalen
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 09:08:26 +0100
From: Rainer Haegele <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Reply-To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Organization: FH - Aalen
To: email@example.com
Hi Jeffrey,
Thanks for visit(ing) my homepage.
It is not very beautiful but I am working really hard on it :
You have luck, I know the Excellent Diner where you can taste the American life stil(style). You can find the Excellent Diner in the area "Industriegebiet" near Aalen.
Aalen is a small town with about 60000 citizen. The city is located 60 km north from the city Ulm and 100 km east from the city Stuttgart.
The information from The Westfield Leader is wrong, because Aalen is not 200 km northerly from Munich.
The information you need is simple. The only newspaper in Aalen you can find in Internet is called "Schwdbische Post". The location is: httn://www *schwaer)o.de
You can contact them via e-mail with mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com
Rainer Hdgele
|Subject: RE: The Excellent Diner
(Jeffrey Becker)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 09:23 +0100 (sdz-aalen)
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Dear Jeff!
Thanks for mailing us!
We are the lokal newspaper here in Aalen, but having no Contact to the exellent diner (there is a new owner, i have know the old one as well, but haven't contact to the new one.)
I send you by snail mail one copy of our local newspaper.
Please let me know, if i can do more for you! If you need more help, we can start an story in the newspaper to help you.
Greetings Uli
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Dear Horace,
How are you?
The Westfield Leader online looks great! I have received several e-mails asking for its address and I have been referring people to http://www.quintillion.com/leader
I decided to take the challenge and enter your Excellent Diner contest. It wasn't easy, [doing it entirely over the Internet (in English)] but I managed to receive confirmation via e-mail yesterday. Please see the attached "image document".
If I am one of the 5 winners, I would like to donate my free membership in the Downtown Technology Club to an aspiring teenager in Westfield who does not have Internet access from home. I miss the Excellent Diner and the family who owned it....we used to eat there every week and the poster would preserve some of those memories.
Speak to you soon, Darryl
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Sugar had a way of bringing out the Best in US. Of making us look on the BRIGHT side. She was the Furst to offer a paw when anybuddy needed help of any type.
Sweet SUGAR left us with BEAUTIFUL and AMAZING Memories to Cherish. And some very big Paw Prints to fill... until we meet her again.
We looked through our pictures and found this one... from Franklin on ICE... where there was a SHINY GLISTENING GOLDEN Ice Sculpture...
BEAUTIFUL Golden EVER.


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bill-swift - April 6, 2011
With a few hours to spare before picking up Koo Koo Roo dinner for her husband, Peter Brady, the inimitable and delectably unemployed Adrianne Curry took time out of her busy day to squirt some bikini bottom bare top twitpics out into the webisphere with the general notion of making guys imagine rubbing her down with suntan lotion. It worked for me. Of course, Adrianne has yet to comprehend the depths to which I wish to protect her boobs from the invisible rays of the sun; somebody better call Koo Koo Roo and tell them Adrianne might be late for pickup today. Enjoy.


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Monday, October 19, 2015
Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor 1398 ANN ST On the corner of Observatory and Ann streets
Join Michigan Astronomy, the Bentley Historical Society, and UM Museum of Natural History in celebrating the White House Astronomy Night at the Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor.
Join us to celebrate White House Astronomy night at the Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor. Tour the Victorian observatory or visit with UM Museum of Natural History staff to learn about the night sky. Weather permitting, the 1857 Fitz telescope will be open for views of the Moon. If you can't join us in Ann Arbor, be sure to look for one of the hundreds of other events hosted around the country, or tune in to the webcast from the White House lawn: https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/08/21/white-house-astronomy-night-celebration-science-technology-and-space


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The Roost InnRed
Our miniature version of an old style hen house as a chicken tractor
We began this building project with the following materials:
24 - 2" x 2" x 8' pine boards
3 - sheets of plywood 4' x 8'
2 - 2" x 3" pine boards (roosts)
4 sets of hinges/latches
36" hardware cloth (bottom of building and windows)
chicken wire (we used 48" and 24")
1 gallon rustic barn red exterior paint
Here's the framing:
The building portion of this tractor is well ventilated through the old style windows on the top. The size is 8' x 3' and includes hardware cloth on the bottom (no poop cleanup), a single door entrance to secure birds at nightfall, and 4 roosts inside. I have 16 Cornish X's in it comfortably each evening.
Here's inside the building:
We framed in one door to the building to secure the chickens at night.
We added 3 gated openings to the run: one on top near the front to drop in food and water easily, one in the very front to let the chickens free-range and shoe them back in, and finally a tiny gate so that the hen house door can be opened/closed each morning/night. (It's drying on top in this pic.)
We still need to add wheels/skids to this tractor, but will wait until the current batch of meat-chickens are finished out. (We can lift it to move it with a couple strong boys and dad.) We estimate our tractor cost about $100 in materials. Here's the end product:
(I believe this could be permanent housing for a small flock if someone desired, and if a nest box was added in the interior, and a roof hinge used.)
Old Style Hen House Tractor
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Auburn Baseball Knocks Off Samford 6-2
Auburn, Ala. – The Auburn baseball team came from behind for the 16th time this season, defeating Samford, 6-2, on Tuesday night at Joe Lee Griffin Field. With the win Auburn improved to 23-14 while Samford fell to 19-19.
"We certainly don't script it that way," Auburn Head Coach John Pawlowski said of the comeback. "(Samford) hit two solo home runs but we kept a lot of their guys off base. They are a team that can score a lot of runs in a hurry with home runs but I thought we did a very good job pitching-wise with all the guys we ran out there."
Auburn fell behind in the third- and fifth- innings but used a two-run seventh and a three-run ninth to pick up its first win at Samford since 2010.
Justin Camp threw three near-perfect innings out of the bullpen to earn his second save of the season, striking out three while walking two, both coming in the eighth.
"I can't say enough about the job Justin Camp did. What an outstanding performance. He was in total command," Pawlowski said.
"It felt good to get out there tonight and have a lot of success because that is a solid hitting team," Camp said. "My slider was really good tonight and I was able to set it up with fastballs."
Trailing 2-1 going to the seventh, Damek Tomscha hit a game-tying home run to start the inning. Hunter Kelley followed with a walk, stole second and went to third on a Mitchell Self single. Ryan Tella then drove in Kelley with the go-ahead run with a single to take the 3-2 lead.
Auburn put the game away in the ninth as each of the first five hitters reached base. Tella struck out to start the inning but reached first on a throwing error on the Samford catcher. Jordan Ebert followed with a single and both scored on a Cullen Wacker double, his second of the game. Two batters later Blake Austin drove in Wacker with his career-high-tying fourth hit of the game.
Dillon Ortman (2-1) threw two innings to pick up the win, allowing a run on one hit while Samford starter Eric Wright (3-2) allowed three runs on eight hits in six-plus innings to take the loss.
Samford took a 1-0 lead in the third on Brandon Haarer's leadoff home run off of Chase Williamson.
Auburn tied it at 1-1 in the fifth on a Tella RBI groundout. Kelley had led off the inning with a double down the line and went to third on a Mitchell Self sacrifice bunt before scoring on Tella's grounder to first.
Christiaan Durdaller's eighth home run of the season, a solo shot just left of the batter's eye in center, gave Samford a 2-1 lead in the fifth.
Auburn remains on the road, heading to No. 10 Mississippi State for a Southeastern Conference Thursday, Friday and Saturday series.
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Bet Giyorgis
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Simien Mountains National Park
No matter how you look at it, the Unesco World Heritage–listed Simien Mountains National Park is one of Africa's most beautiful ranges. This massive plateau, riven with gullies and pinnacles, offers tough but immens…
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Despite the dizzying grandeur of the numerous rock needles reaching for the stars, it's what's under your feet here that's most important. Amazingly, about 90% of the field hasn't yet been dug, so no matter where yo…
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Despite Yemrehanna Kristos being one of Ethiopia's best-preserved late-Aksumite buildings, few people reward themselves with a visit. And a reward it is. The church is different because it's built rather than excava…
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Portion of C.Q. Sheely Circle to close this week
Facilities Management at Mississippi State University will close a portion of C.Q. Sheely Circle from Monday morning [Dec. 16] through Friday [Dec. 20] for a sanitary sewer repair project.
Please review the accompanying image for the exact location of the closure, and plan commuting routes accordingly.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation. If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact MSU Facilities Management at 662-325-5830.