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Under the deal, Alex Langer will resign from his job, be docked one month's salary and receive a reprimand.
The director general of the Transportation Ministry is pleading guilty to sexually harassing several employees and promoting those who slept with him, and has agreed never to hold a civil service job again, under a plea bargain reached with the Civil Service Commission as part of disciplinary proceedings.
Under the deal, which is slated to be submitted to the civil service's disciplinary tribunal in Jerusalem next month, Alex Langer will resign from his job, be docked one month's salary and receive a reprimand.
Langer, who was suspended several months ago, will officially resign at the end of this month, just shy of a year after entering the director general's office and 39 years after starting work at the ministry.
On Monday, the commission submitted its charges against Langer, 64, to the tribunal. It accused him of sexually harassing one of his subordinates at the ministry on two separate occasions in 2010, and also of having sexual relations with her. It also accused him of harassing a second subordinate.
In addition, it said, Langer had consensual sexual relations with a third subordinate between 2004 and 2009. During that period, she twice applied for a position in the ministry's Land Administration, and Langer, then the administration's deputy director general, sent warm letters of recommendation on her behalf to the human resources director. The commission said the sexual relationship was legitimate, but since none of the relevant ministry officials knew of it, his recommendation entailed a conflict of interest.
Langer's attorney, Rachel Toren, said the charges show that "the mountain turned into a molehill: From seven complainants, we arrived at what's in the indictment, the bulk of which is conflicts of interest - and most of those only theoretical."
Langer, she added, "devoted most of his life to the Transportation Ministry, and his professional achievements can't be doubted."
The commission also accused Langer of obstructing a police investigation by meeting with this employee shortly before police questioned her earlier this year and telling her to say their relationship had ended in 2004. If that were the case, the statute of limitations would apply and the Civil Service Commission would not be able to discipline Langer for anything concerning that relationship.
Finally, Langer was accused of having "a close personal relationship" that went beyond normal working relations with a fourth subordinate. In this case, too, he hid his relationship with her when urging the ministry's tender committee - of which he was then a member - to give her a job for which she applied. He also recommended that the ministry give her permission to study law and to engage in private work in addition to her ministry job.
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The demand was made in reference to recommendation of the Justice Mohan Committee, for pay revision of executives below board level in PSEs on 100% neutralisation of DA.
According to the forum, the government increased the periodicity of pay revision for PSEs from 5 years to 10 years, but it is unnecesarily delaying the benefits of the DA merger.
It demanded the financial autonomy to PSUs in deciding pay, perks and allowances for employees and removal of monetary ceiling on payment of gratuity, a release stated.
The joint forum was of the view that the executives of PSEs were already at a loss from the beginning of pay revision vis-a-vis the central government employees due to tax burden imposed on their perks, alowances and other benefits. At present the gap between central DA and industrial DA is to the extent of 27.1% taking into account DA on dearness pay.
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IBUSUKI, KAGOSHIMA PREF. – Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa was unfazed by new Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal's appointment as he and the players had known the Dutchman would take over at Old Trafford next season.
"We've known for some time it was going to be him," Kagawa said on Wednesday after Japan's first training session in Kagoshima Prefecture for the World Cup.
"We've got the World Cup first so I'll deal with all that after this is over."
Twenty of Alberto Zaccheroni's 23 for the June 12-July 13 tournament gathered on Wednesday. Midfielder Keisuke Honda, defender Yuto Nagatomo and goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima will join the squad on Friday.
Japan will go through two-a-days until Sunday, when they head back to Tokyo, where the players will be fitted for their World Cup shirts.
The Asian champions face Cyprus in their send-off on Tuesday before leaving for training camp in the United States two days later. Their first match at the World Cup is June 14 against Ivory Coast.
After a finishing without a goal in his second season at United, Kagawa is starving for a good World Cup, which would certainly help his case with van Gaal, who will be coaching the Netherlands in Brazil.
Kagawa, however, made it clear he is not going to the World Cup to impress van Gaal but to help Japan attain the goal of winning the competition.
"I think everyone knows I want to do well at the World Cup, and I'm sure everyone else does, too," he said. "But I don't want to get my priorities mixed up here; the important thing is for Japan to win at the World Cup."
"I'm not using the World Cup as a place to showcase myself for (the new manager)."
The former Dortmund man stressed the key toward performing well in the heat and humidity of Brazil would be fitness.
"I basically want to keep doing what I did at Manchester United. I made sure I got the work in after games I didn't play in. I know how to get myself into shape," Kagawa said. "I was able to stay motivated despite the year I had because I had the World Cup to look forward to."
"We've got to really push ourselves physically. For the first two, three days here it's going to be brutal on our bodies. The first team we play are physically strong, but the manager will come up with a good plan for us."
"But like I said, fitness is so important. Everyone's together now and we're gunning for the World Cup. There's a good vibe on the squad."


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"Suitable for a gluten-free diet. This will warm you up and definitly make you feel better! Adapted from Martha Stewart"
Chicken Soup With Brown Rice-Millet Noodles
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 6 sprigs flat leaf parsley
- 2 bay leaves
- 6 cloves (whole)
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 4 lbs skinless chicken breasts (with bone, no skin or fat)
- 1 medium onion, quartered
- 3 celery ribs (3 more for stock)
- 4 garlic cloves
- 8 cups fat-free chicken broth (gluten free)
- 8 ounces parsnips, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 3 medium carrots, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 8 ounces gluten-free pasta, cooked (brown-rice millet noodles)
- Make bouquet garni out of cheesecloth. Bundle 1st four ingredients tightly into it.
- Combine stock, bouquet garni, chicken, garlic, onion and 3 celery stalks into large pot. Boil. Reduce heat and simmer for at minimum 30 minutes. Remove chicken and allow to cool. Remove chicken from bone and reserve.
- With a strainer and more cheesecloth clean the broth by pouring broth through cheesecloth into a bowl, remove onion, celery and debris from broth.
- Return broth to rinsed out pot and add parsnips and fresh celery. Simmer covered until parsnips and celery are tender.
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Brave New Beijing? Dystopian Novel Looks Into China's Future
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In Chan Koonchung's dystopian novel "The Fat Years," which takes place in 2013, a month of history has been wiped out from China's memory. During that month in 2011, the world went through a tremendous economic, political and social upheaval, far greater than the global financial crisis three years earlier. To maintain stability, China's government ordered a massive crackdown.
Now, China has emerged as the world's dominant power, and its citizens enjoy prosperous lives. But in exchange for a wealthy and stable country, the public has accepted a totalitarian regime without question. The story focuses on a handful of friends in Beijing as they try to uncover the events of those 28 days and why China's people have embraced a collective amnesia.
Mr. Chan's novel is a minefield of sensitive subjects in China, touching on the government's relationship with the U.S., economy and trade, religion, martial law, the Tiananmen Square massacre, the restive regions of Tibet and Xinjiang, and more.
"The Fat Years" was first published in Chinese in Hong Kong and Taiwan in 2009, with reviewers comparing it with Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World." It hasn't been published in mainland China, but that hasn't stopped it from circulating among certain circles in the country. An English translation was recently published in the U.S.
Mr. Chan was born in Shanghai in 1952 and moved to Hong Kong at the age of four. In 1992, he relocated to Beijing, where he spoke to the Journal by phone.
The book proposes that the people and the government are co-conspirators in China's authoritarian system.
I am not trying to be soft on either side. It's not a one-sided criticism. When it comes to the people, they are involved by forgetting willingly. But it's purely allegorical. It's not a blanket criticism or a condemnation of a people. It's a cautionary fable about China. When I was writing the story in the early months of 2009, I was essentially inspired by what was happening in 2008.
You write that the people fear chaos more than they fear dictatorship.
The Communist Party tried to use this idea for the justification of its existence — that without it there would be chaos, because they are the only power that can hold the country together and provide stability. They have the resources and the power to push China into a national revival and further economic growth. The party puts this forward in a way that has been quite successful, and the people are echoing these reasons when they talk about China: "We need the stability, and we need someone powerful enough to make major decisions so China can continue its growth." So I think I'm reflecting the view of the party and a sizeable portion of the population.
The novel touches on nearly every sensitive political and social topic confronting China today.
This is my intention — to put as many issues into one relatively short novel so that people can have a more holistic meaning of what China is now. I need to do that within the context of a novel.
Why did you make the main character, Lao Chen from Taiwan, an outsider?
Part of it was a literary consideration. I wanted to have a protagonist that I am very familiar with so that his voice could be more authentic. I could come up with a believable character because I know people like Lao Chen very well. He is not a very political person. And it helped to bring out the story in a way I wanted: Because he's an outsider, he can comment on things [in ways that a mainland Chinese character couldn't].
Did you intend to write a thriller?
It has some elements of a thriller, but I don't think it's a pure thriller. People will be disappointed if they want to read a thriller, but I am aware that I need to have an interesting story that can push the narrative.


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Genomes and Genes
Richard M Clark
Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Country: Germany
Detail Information
- Estimating a nucleotide substitution rate for maize from polymorphism at a major domestication locusRichard M Clark
Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, USA
Mol Biol Evol 22:2304-12. 2005..We use rate estimates from the tb1 region to estimate the timing of expansion of transposable elements in the maize genome and suggest that this expansion occurred primarily within the last million years...
- A distant upstream enhancer at the maize domestication gene tb1 has pleiotropic effects on plant and inflorescent architectureRichard M Clark
Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
Nat Genet 38:594-7. 2006..Our findings show that the large stretches of noncoding DNA that comprise the majority of many plant genomes can be a source of variation affecting gene expression and quantitative phenotypes...
- Major regulatory genes in maize contribute to standing variation in teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis)Allison Weber
Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA
Genetics 177:2349-59. 2007..Our data suggest that major regulatory genes in maize do play a role in the natural variation for complex traits in teosinte and that some of the minor variants we identified may have been targets of selection during domestication...
- Pattern of diversity in the genomic region near the maize domestication gene tb1Richard M Clark
Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:700-7. 2004....
- The ABCG5 polymorphism contributes to individual responses to dietary cholesterol and carotenoids in eggsKristin L Herron
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
J Nutr 136:1161-5. 2006..These results, although obtained from a small number of subjects, suggest that the ABCG5 polymorphism may play a role in the plasma response to dietary cholesterol and carotenoids...
- Common sequence polymorphisms shaping genetic diversity in Arabidopsis thalianaRichard M Clark
Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tubingen, Germany
Science 317:338-42. 2007..Analyzing the polymorphisms we describe in larger sets of accessions will enable a detailed understanding of forces shaping population-wide sequence variation in A. thaliana...
- The evolution of selfing in Arabidopsis thalianaChunlao Tang
Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Science 317:1070-2. 2007..An analysis of the genome-wide pattern of linkage disequilibrium suggests that selfing most likely evolved roughly a million years ago or more...
- Detecting polymorphic regions in Arabidopsis thaliana with resequencing microarraysGeorg Zeller
Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen 72070, Germany
Genome Res 18:918-29. 2008..thaliana, and our method is applicable to similar data sets in other species. More broadly, our computational approach can be applied to other segmentation tasks related to the analysis of genomic variation...


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Away from the classroom, internships and our history club bring lessons to life — as does our annual Maymester course, which has taken students to Germany, Poland, Hungary, England, Ireland, and Japan in the past three years.
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A warm welcome back to returning PC students, and a special welcome to the Class of 2021. We are looking forward to getting to meet and work with you!
Michael Sullivan, Class of 1988 and History major, was featured in Providence College Magazine's latest issue. The article, entitled "Living Through History," details Sullivan's efforts to advocate for human rights in the world's most war-torn conflict zones. It demonstrates how a firm grasp of history can better equip us to shape it.
The Department of History and Classics is extremely grateful to Dr. Stephen Jackson, whose recent donation helped to create an endowed scholarship in Dr. Donna McCaffrey's name. The scholarship will support students in the fields of History, Psychology, and Theology, and it will keep the memory of Dr. McCaffrey, a true titan of our department, alive.
Dr. Sharon Murphy is becoming a bit of a celebrity. An excerpt from her recent book, Other People's Money: How Banking Worked in the Early American Republic (Johns Hopkins, 2017) was featured on Time Magazine's website. Murphy was also featured in an interview on "Backstory," which discussed the history of American insurance and gambling (she comes in at the 28 minute mark). She also appeared on TLC's popular show, "Who Do You Think You Are?"! Finally, Murphy was awarded a Summer Stipend from The National Endowment for the Humanities to continue her work on banking and slavery. The NEH is highly selective, with an acceptance rate of about 7%, and hers was the only NEH Summer Stipend granted among all institutions in Rhode Island this year.
Congrats as well to Dr. Jennifer Illuzzi, who was PC's inaugural Faculty Service Award recipient. The college-wide award is given to the facutly member who best demonstrates exceptional service in support of the mission of the college. She was also chosen as one of this year's Summer Scholars from the School of Arts and Sciences. The funding allowed Dr. Illuzzi to work on a project investigating the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Roma population in the early twentieth century.
Dr. Jeffrey Johnson has also been extremely busy. First and foremost, he recently published his new book, The 1916 Preparedness Day Bombing: Anarchists and Terrorism in Progressive Era America, with Routledge. This comes on the heels of a collection edited for ABC-CLIO called Reforming America: A Thematic Encyclopedia and Document Collection of the Progressive Era. Johnson was also featured in Time Magazine, in an article on the 1916 San Francisco Bombing, and he recently had his lecture on the bombing featured on C-SPAN itself.
Dr. Pat Breen was interviewed for the extremely popular podcast, "Ben Franklin's World." In the podcast, Dr. Breen talks about his most recent book, The Land Shall be Deluged With Blood (Oxford), which offers a new history of the Nat Turner revolt, the deadliest slave revolt in U.S. history.
Our department chair and fearless leader, Dr. Raymond Sickinger, has published a fascinating biography of Antoine Frédéric Ozanam, a famous French thinker, writer, and the primary founder of the Society of St. Vincent DePaul. Sickinger's Antoine Frédéric Ozanam is available from The University of Notre Dame Press.
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Congratulations to Drs. Adrian Weimer and Edward E. Andrews. Weimer and Andrews both published articles in The William and Mary Quarterly, the top journal in the field of early American history. Weimer's piece is on "Elizabeth Hooton and the Lived Politics of Toleration in Massachusetts Bay," while Andrews published "Tranquebar: Charting the Protestant International in the British Atlantic and Beyond." Furthermore, Dr. Weimer has accepted two long-term research fellowships for the 2017-2018 year to support her project, Godly Petitions: Puritanism and the Crisis of the Restoration in America. The fellowships are sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the Massachusetts Historical Society and the American Antiquarian Society.
Dr. Connie Rousseau's article, "Harbingers of the Future: Marriage Cases during the Pontificate of Innocent III and Lateran IV," has been accepted for publication by one of the oldest journals of law and legal history in the world, Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte, Kanonische Abteilung (forthcoming, 2017).
Riley, a Class of 2017 double major in History and Political Science is now at Oxford University to begin a Master's Program in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. Riley has worked as an international English teacher twice, once in Ecuador and once in Vietnam. His research interests surround refugees, both historical and modern. As a sophomore, he completed an international research project investigating Amerasians, children of American GI's born during the Vietnam war. This project gave him the opportunity to conduct in-person interviews both in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. As a senior, he wrote an Honors Thesis investigating Loyalists who fled to Prince Edward Island following the conclusion of the Revolutionary War. We wish him luck in his future endeavors!


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EUREKA, ARCATA -- The community is invited to celebrate the spirit of the holidays with the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir at two upcoming holiday concerts.
The first performance will be next Friday (Dec. 14) at 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Eureka, 819 15th St. The second performance will be next Saturday (Dec. 15) at 7 p.m. at the Arcata Presbyterian Church, 11th and G streets in Arcata.
Both concerts will feature as special guests the McKinleyville Community Choir, directed by Robert Kreiber, and the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir Youth Choir, directed by Lorien Sanchez.
The 80-member Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir will perform gospel-style versions of classic Christmas songs such as "Away in a Manger" and "Joy to the World," as well as lesser-known holiday songs. Now in its 21st season, the choir is directed by Jim Hubbard and accompanied by a full band. The group is known for spirited and joyful concerts that bring audience members to their feet, singing, clapping and swaying to the music.
The suggested donation is $10 for individuals, or $30 for a family of four. Kids under five are free. Tickets are available at The Works, Wildberries, People's Records and at the door. For more information, call 822-4444.


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We are pleased to announce the comeback of Grasstravaganza!
Held at Morrisville State College, Morrisville, NY, the conference Pasture Soil Health Creates Wealth, will feature a trade show, soil health stations and presentations by national and local grazing and soil health experts who will cover a range of topics.
Among those in the speaker lineup are; Ray Archuleta, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) "Soil Guy" from North Carolina, who travels the country promoting soil health. Archuleta has 25 years of experience with the NRCS and is a certified Professional Soil Scientist with Soil Science Society of America.
Additional speakers include: Jerry Brunetti, founder of Agri-Dynamics, a company that provides holistic animal remedies for farm, livestock, and pets; and Jim Gerrish, former University of Missouri researcher, writer, who is currently a cattle rancher and co-owner of American GrazingLands Services LLC, a consulting business that helps farmers and ranchers more effectively manage their grazing lands for economic and environmental sustainability. It's a trifecta of great grazing and soil health speakers!


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POLICE are appealing for information about a single vehicle crash near Kex Gill, between Skipton and Harrogate, last Tuesday. (may20)
It involved a grey Jaguar saloon car, which was heading towards Harrogate, when it left the road and ended up in a ditch at about 5.25pm.
Neither person in the car was injured.
Traffic Constable Mark Mullins, of the Force's Roads Policing Group, said: "If you witnessed the collision or saw the vehicle just prior to the incident, I ask you to get in touch with the police straight away."
Anyone who can help should contact TC Mullins at Harrogate Police Station on 101 or email email@example.com. Please quote reference number 12140081003.


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Something Special
Lara sat by the big window, looking at the pictures in the book that Grandma had given her. She wished that Mother had time to read the story to her. Baby Emily seemed to need all of Mother's time.
Baby Emily started crying again. Lara put the new book down and went over to the baby's crib. Lara picked up the blue and pink rattle and shook it. It sounded like a bunch of little bells. Lara thought that it sounded nice, but Baby Emily just kicked and cried some more.
"Doesn't she like the rattle?" Lara asked.
"She's too little," Mother explained, picking up Baby Emily. "She'll like it when she gets a little older. I'll change her diaper; then she'll be happy again."
Lara ran to get a soft white diaper from the top of the tall stack. Then she got a damp cloth and the bottle of baby powder. After the clean diaper was on, Lara took the cloth to the bathroom and put the powder back on the shelf with Baby Emily's other things.
When Mother sat in the rocking chair with Baby Emily, Lara tiptoed out of the room. She knew that Mother wanted the baby to go to sleep.
Lara wanted to run and shout and skip, but even before Baby Emily came, Mother wouldn't let her run and shout and skip in the house.
The newspaper was on the floor, so Lara folded it and put it on the table.
"You are a big help," Mother said, coming into the room. "Emily is asleep, and because you helped, I have time to do something with you. What shall we do?"
"We could read my new book."
"That's a good idea. I've been wanting to read that story."
Lara got the book and snuggled happily beside Mother in the big chair by the window.
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2 apples, peeled and sliced
1/4 cup crunchy peanut butter
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Mix peanut butter with cornflakes.
Spread a little on each apple slice.
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Here is a hand with pictures on it of some things to give thanks for. To show a handful of things that you are thankful for, you will need: plain paper, pencil, crayons or colored markers—and your hand!
Trace around your hand on paper.
Draw things on it that you are thankful for.
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Ruby Tuason, one of those who was charged with the plunder case for alleged involvement in the P10-billion pork barrel controversy and the misuse of the Malampaya fund now turns into a state witness.
The newest state witness of the PDAF controversy, Ruby Tuason is now the hottest personalities online. Ruby Tuason arrived from the United States before dawn on Friday and went directly to the Department of Justice.
Ruby Tuason at the DOJ (Photo Credit: GMA News)
Ruby Tuason indicated that she will tell all she knows about the pork barrel controversy, and she is now included in the DOJ's witness protection program due to threats to her life as confirmed by his lawyer Atty. Dennis Manalo in an interview with DzBB.
Who is Ruby Tuason?
The PDAF state witness Ruby Tuason is a former social secretary of former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada. She is facing plunder charges before the Ombudsman for her alleged involvement in the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel scam and the alleged misuse of the P900-million Malampaya Fund.
Ruby Tuason was also pinpointed by one of the whistleblower in the pork barrel controversy, Marina Sula, who accused Ruby Tuason of collecting kickbacks from the PDAF allocations in behalf of Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and JinggoyEstrada, GMA News reported.
The controversial Ruby Tuason according to some sources is said to be a close friend of Janet Lim Napoles, who supposedly siphoned the lawmakers' PDAF allocations through her bogus NGO's. Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ruby Tuason were charged with plunder by the Department of Justice.
The DOJ is also trying to determine the possible involvement of former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo to Ruby Tuason. Ruby Tuason is a former employee of Senator Jinggoy Estrada and is married to Mr. Arroyo's cousin, Carlos "Butch" Tuason.
This story is developing, we will add more information as soon as further details will be release to the media.


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OmniPage 18
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Often software was judged by the weight and size of the box here its smaller than a book and the contents consist of a single A4 sheet of paper folded into four 'notes before installing' in six languages and a CD-ROM with the program and manuals. The box with contents weigh just over 50 grams that's less than a small letter.
The installation on a recent Windows 7 Notebook took 17 minutes; the first 7 minutes were installing various Microsoft bits such as Visual C++ and Net Framework before you get to start installing OmniPage 18 and Cloud Connector Files. In all it took 2.36GB of hard disc space, one thing is certain the software certainly gets larger.
Once the program opens another screen overlays it called the 'Start Page' while the basic choices are Open File, Scan Document and Digital. There are then twelve extra workflows available from the Getting Started Tab.
I found it interesting that Cloud Connector creates a Desktop Icon where the actual program does not do so by default.
The stated minimum is Windows XP a GHz Processor, 1024x768 display, 512MB RAM and 250MB of hard disc space.
OmniPage claims to be 'World's No. 1 Scanning and OCR software' this is probably true as it has bought several of its competitors over the years. It is a very full featured package and I will tell you about some of the new features.
The last link at the foot of the review gives a lot of % figures which of course only mean something when compared but they look impressive.
The Start Page is a big plus but for the novice being able to convert from 'x' to 'y' without knowing how to is a big plus.
For those who use Outlook as their email then with OmniPage you can automatically have it open and convert it.
eDiscovery assistant is searchable PDF, meaning that you can look through PDF files that can be many pages long for a phrase or reference this can be across a range of PDF files and not just a single file saving much time.
The Cloud Connector has already been mentioned above and this enables you to take files from Evernote or the very popular Dropbox allowing synchronization and backup again with very little knowledge required by the user.
Everyone knows the basic good image in good OCR out, but OmniPage can when the original image is not that good.
Perhaps the most exciting for those who get files in numerous languages is the automatic language detection feature.
Often when a file is printed there are blank pages printed simply because the scanned image is not perfect and if nothing else this wastes paper.
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We've been fans of Tales of Endearment by Natalie Joos since the blog's inception, but her latest style story has us really hooked. For her first male feature, she snapped Nicolas Malleville, a six-foot-two Argentinian model, hotelier, and perfumery owner who lives in Mexico. He also owns a hefty amount of covetable vintage ware, much of which he acquired when he lived in Brooklyn. The vintage Balenciaga striped shirt above is our favorite, but read on to see a few more of his antiquated treasures.
Vintage YSL jacket and Dickies trousers.
Malleville isn't simply a fashion lover – he's something of a vintage historian, who casually drops impressive sartorial knowledge during his interview with Joos. On the colonial style that most Argentinians favor (hello Marino Muñoz), he explains, "It's because people like Christian Dior allowed their brands to be licensed there. Argentina was a bubble in the '70s. Until 1983 the military government did not allow any import or export. Designers set up shop there and sent us all the leftovers."
Malleville's grandfather's Lee denim jacket, alpaca scarf and pre-Hermes leather bag (both 50 years old).
In addition to modeling with the likes of Kate Moss and running two successful businesses, he shares a stunning home with his wife Francesca and son Leon. He's also good friends with former Paris Vogue EIC Carine Roitfeld's daughter Julia Restoin and her boyfriend, model Robert Konjic, who actually gave Malleville two baby peacocks for his birthday. We want his life.
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Benecio Del Toro and more
Poor Fredo. The fragile brother. The shy, sad little boy in the shadow of his brasher, bolder brothers Sonny and Michael, stuck in the middle and given less to do than adopted sibling Tom Hagen. As the broken center of the Corleone family, he's the classic tragic hero without a lick of courage in his cowering frame—and as essayed with grace and grand humility by Cazale, Fredo is also the final nail in the mafia clan's coffin. You can see the defeat registered across this often unsung '70s icon's angular face, a look that says he never fit in, not even when he tried. In loyalty, he earned ridicule, not respect. In betrayal, he earned the classic kiss off of death. While his time on the planet was far too short, Cazale manufactured his continuing cinematic legacy with this unusual and unforgettable role. Dying of cancer in the late '70s after a blazing character actor career, Cazale almost seemed destined to be Fredo in real life as well—a wannabe star that had to settle for an afterlife as movie myth. It seems only fitting. Bill Gibron
Benecio Del Toro is one of those actors that can wear gravitas as a cloak, manipulating its power for his own secret purposes. As the audience, we aren't stifled by this but rather mesmerized by it in quite the same way as we were in his Oscar winning performance in Stephen Soderbergh's layered Traffic. Inarritu's 21 Grams utilizes a jagged rather than linear story structure, where we are fed the parts of the story gradually. When pieced together, these fragmented shards form the following narrative: Paul Rivers (Sean Penn) is a dying mathematician who received a heart from recovering drug addict Christina Peck's (Naomi Watts) husband, who was inexplicably killed in a hit run.
Where Del Toro fits in to the story, as reborn Christian and former criminal Jack Jordan is in his rather shocking role of responsibility in the crash that killed Christina's husband. Del Toro's Jack moves through the film as if underwater, sometimes sluggish, sometimes weary but always searching, trying desperately to do the right thing. His tirelessly devoted wife Marianne (Melissa Leo) is his biggest advocate helping him and convincing him for a short while to forget the accident took place, to hide it, to cover it up, for their family. As the tormented Jack, wrestling with the misdeeds of his past and present amidst a volatile relationship with God, Del Toro's impressive, inspiring work garnered him an Academy Award nomination and much-deserved critical accolades; a fabulous performance among a growing body of distinguished work that seems to get stronger and stronger with age. Courtney Young
In the years before World War II, wedged between the Busby Berkeley musicals and the Marx Brothers romps, there were the quick-witted comedies like The Philadelphia Story with James Stewart, Cary Grant and Kate Hepburn, and The Thin Man with Myrna Loy and William Powell. One of the last and most loved of that period was 1939's Ninotchka starring Greta Garbo as the by-the-book Bolshevik from Russia who arrives in Paris to negotiate possession of an exiled grand duchess' jewels. Douglas, playing the duchess' representative, falls for the staid Ninotchka. "Must you flirt?" she asks dryly. "Well, I don't have to but I find it natural," he replies. "Suppress it," she acidly returns. And so it continues, as Garbo sets 'em up and Melvyn Douglas knocks 'em down, line by clever line. Douglas never misses a beat with timing no doubt honed during several years of stage work prior to his long, illustrious film career. In addition to a Tony award and an Emmy, Douglas went on to win two Oscars: one for the Paul Newman classic Hud, and the last for his supporting role in Hal Ashby's Being There. Still, it would be his stalwart wooing of Garbo in a classic film that would delight audiences around the world, on the eve of a tragic war. Tim Basham
For all of the praise lavished upon Tarantino for his directing, writing and encyclopedic knowledge of all things cinema, perhaps not enough is made of his absolutely note-perfect casting. Aside from Woody Allen, no other modern American filmmaker continually displays such a knack for finding the ideal actor for any given character part, for elevating an underrated or no-longer-fashionable performer out of the ghetto of indistinct appearances in indistinct films to a role that feels tailor made for their neglected talents. Forster, veteran of seemingly countless action flicks and cop shows throughout the '70s and '80s, is not the star of Jackie Brown (that would be Pam Grier, getting a Tarantino-style career revival of her own), but he is very much its quiet emotional center. As the weary bail bondsman Max Cherry, Forster's genial schoolboy crush on Grier's titular heroine turns a twisty caper into an unexpectedly sweet meditation on aging and the possibility of romance in the face of diminished expectations. A knowing riff on Forster's everyman anonymity (he's one of those actors that you know you've seen before, but can never quite identify), Tarantino has Forster naturally inhabit Max in a way that a more widely recognizable "star" could never have been able to, creating one the most emotionally resonant characters in the entire Tarantino canon in the process. Jer Fairall
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Date of birth: 17 June 1964
Nationality: Dutch
Playing career: FC Eindhoven, HFC Haarlem, RKC Waalwijk, FC Eeklo, Helmond Sport
Coaching career: Hamburger SV
• Named as Hamburg coach until the end of the season following the dismissal of Bruno Labbadia on Monday 26 April, this is Moniz's first spell in sole command of a club having spent much of his career working as a specialist skills coach.
• Born in Haarlem, Moniz represented a number of clubs in the Netherlands as a midfielder, scoring 38 goals in 255 league games between 1981 and his retirement in 1993.
• A firm believer in the Wiel Coerver coaching technique, which emphasises the importance of technique and ball control, Moniz worked as a specialist skills coach with Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven and Grasshopper-Club prior to joining countryman Martin Jol at Tottenham Hotspur FC in 2005.
• Having worked with Jol successfully at White Hart Lane, he linked up again with the coach at Hamburg in June 2008 and continued to hone players' technical skills at the Hamburg Arena after Jol returned to the Netherlands to take charge of AFC Ajax the following summer.
• Combined his skills work with a role as one of Labbadia's assistants in the 2009/10 season; he is held in high regard at the club for his positive attitude, clear thinking and motivational abilities.
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The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has today contacted all Government members urging them to support Senate legislative amendments aimed at freeing children from immigration detention.
RCOA chief executive officer Paul Power said his organisation was appealing to the Prime Minister and his Government to follow the example of the Howard Government which acted in 2005 to release all children from immigration detention centres.
"The Refugee Council of Australia has welcomed the current government's significant reduction of the number of children in detention, from the peak of 1,992 children detained in July 2013 to 112 children detained in Australian facilities at the beginning of this month," Mr Power said.
"However, we are disturbed by the fact that the average length of detention of children has increased considerably, to more than 14 months.
"Everyone is well aware that any child kept in indefinite detention suffers considerable physical and psychological damage. As the Government and the nation agreed in 2005, there is no need to lock up a child while his or her immigration status is being resolved. This damaging practice must end."
Yesterday, the Senate amended the Migration and Maritime Powers Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2015, introducing new provisions to limit the detention of children and increase the transparency of Australia's detention network.
"When this legislation was introduced, RCOA made a submission to the Parliamentary committee examining it, outlining concerns about provisions which may place people seeking protection at greater risk. We retain those concerns but have asked MPs and Senators to support the amendments which address the widespread concern among Australians about the continued detention of children.
"The Howard Government achieved the release of all children from detention by developing a series of community-based alternatives to detention. Those alternatives continue to exist and work well. Our plea is that they now be applied to every child currently locked up."
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If the First World War had not happened when it did, Channel Islander Clarence Ahier would almost certainly have led a mostly unremarkable life. But it did, and in October 1915, aged just 23-years-old, Clarence left his home and volunteered to join the British Army. He would spend the next two and half years serving as an artilleryman on the Western Front.
Now this in itself is not remarkable - millions of other young men did the same thing. But Clarence Ahier did do something remarkable, and it was something to set him out from almost all his contemporaries. From the very beginning of his time at the front, he wrote a graphic and moving account of his experiences of war.
Clarence's ultimate plans for his meticulously written journal are unknown. But having lain unnoticed for years, it was recently discovered in a collection of dusty ephemera handed to a local history society.
The complete journal consists of around 25,000 words, with a focus on Clarence's experience during the Battle of the Somme, in the fighting around Ypres, and, after he was wounded for the second time, the journey to India and his time there as a member of the garrison. This will be supported by additional explanatory text.
This is a good account of an ordinary artillaryman's war which benefits from the perspective and research brought to it by Ian Ronayne.Paul Nixon
What good fortune because not only was the story of Clarence Ahier saved and now made available, but Ronayne had provided much supporting text.The Bulletin
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A Gunner's Great War is a graphic and moving account of an artilleryman's experience on the Western Front. An Interesting book for those who like artillery and WWIEnglish Heritage
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Like Ypres, Arras was a front line town throughout the Great War. From March 1916 it became home to the British Army and it remained so until the Advance to Victory was well under way. In 1917 the Battle of Arras came and went. It occupied barely half a season, but was then largely forgotten; the periods before and after it have been virtually ignored, and yet the Arras sector was always important and holding it was never easy or without incident; death, of course, was never far away. The area around Arras is as rich in Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries as anywhere else on the Western…By Peter Hughes
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Apocalypse Approaching? Experts Meet About Mayan Prophecy
The estimated day of the Apocalypse, Dec. 21, is approaching and experts on the Mayan calendar have been gathered in southern Mexico looking at the implications of the calender racing to convince people that the Mayas didn't actually predict the apocalypse to happen this year.
Some experts do have the opinion that the Mayas may indeed have made prophecies, but the general meaning is they are not about the end of the world.
Archaeologists, anthropologists and other experts met Friday in the southern Mexico city of Merida to discuss the implications of the Mayan Long Count calendar, which is made up of 394-year periods called baktuns.
Experts estimate the system starts counting at 3114 B.C., and will have run through 13 baktuns, or 5,125 years, around Dec. 21. Experts say 13 was a significant number for the Mayans, and the end of that cycle would be a milestone – but not an end.
Fears that the calendar does point to the end have circulated in recent years. People in that camp believe the Maya may have been privy to impending astronomical disasters that would coincide with 2012, ranging from explosive storms on the surface of the sun that could knock out power grids to a galactic alignment that could trigger a reversal in Earth's magnetic field.
Mexican government archaeologist Alfredo Barrera said Friday that the Mayas did prophesize, but perhaps about more humdrum events like droughts or disease outbreaks.
"The Mayas did make prophecies, but not in a fatalistic sense, but rather about events that, in their cyclical conception of history, could be repeated in the future," said Barrera, of the National Institute of Anthropology and History.
Experts stressed that the ancient Mayas, whose "classic" culture of writing, astronomy and temple complexes flourished from A.D. 300 to 900, were extremely interested in future events, far beyond Dec. 21.


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"Fregula is a Sardinian pasta, here it is served with the perfact partners of sausage and leeks. Taken from The Perfect Pantry.com and posted for ZWT7"
Fregula Sarda With Leeks and Sausage
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- 4 leeks
- sea salt
- 473.18 ml chicken stock
- 473.18 ml water
- 29.58 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 170.09 g fresh sausage (I use turkey sausage)
- 0.25 ml red pepper flakes (optional)
- 29.58 ml dry white wine
- 236.59 ml pasta (fregula sarda)
- 118.29 ml freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese (to taste)
- 9.85 ml minced flat leaf parsley
- lots fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- Trim the leeks just above the white part of the stalk. Wash the top greens, and put them in a pot with a pinch of sea salt, the chicken stock, and 2 cups water.
- Simmer for 30 minutes, then remove and discard the leek greens.
- Wash and thinly slice the white part of the leeks, and add to a deep sauté pan (or small stock pot or Dutch oven) with the olive oil.
- Cook over low heat until the leeks are translucent, 3-4 minutes.
- Add the sausage, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3-4 minutes, until browned on all sides.
- Add red pepper flakes, white wine, and fregula. Stir to combine, and add the hot chicken stock.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat; then reduce heat to low and simmer until the fregula is cooked through and most of the liquid is absorbed (add additional water, a few Tbsp at a time, if needed).
- Remove from heat, and stir in the cheese, parsley, and plenty of black pepper. Serve hot or at room temperature.


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Where to Watch: Nature Under Constraint and Vexed
Did you miss Orphan Black's insane return to television? Good news – you can still catch up with the rest of #CloneClub and check out all the premiere action. Here's the definitive list of where to watch the Season Two debut, "Nature Under Constraint and Vexed."
Purchase Orphan Black online
Amazon.com Instant Video
X-Box Video Store
Google Play
Watch an Orphan Black Encore (or all the encores) at your leisure
Find BBC America on your TV without flipping through every single channel
Station Finder: http://www.bbcamerica.com/channel-finder
Get Orphan Black On Demand
You can watch episodes of Orphan Black the day after they air with BBC America On Demand, available with:
DISH Network
Time Warner Cable
Verizon FiOS
XFINITY On Demand and XFINITYTV.com
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If BBC AMERICA On Demand is not available in your area, please contact your television service provider and tell them you'd like to receive it.


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My 4 year old has a tree-nut, peanut, and egg allergy, in addition to issues with asthma. While he knows and understands these allergies, he is also just a 4 year old boy. Obviously my son is with me or another trusted adult most of the time, he also encounters many other adults and kids at school, parties and other places. These people don't always remember about Gavin's allergies and there are so many foods that have the foods he's allergic too hidden inside. Like who knew that the brand spinach I bought was made in the same factory that processes peanuts? Or that ranch contains eggs?
Then I saw the customized medical ID bracelets on the Hope Paige website and I knew I found a solution! Hope Paige makes bracelets that are fun, kid-approved and fashionable medical accessories that blend in easily with everyday clothes. They are perfect for kids at any age and pretty much any allergy you need is available on their site!
Since my son has multiple allergies, I knew the Six Charm Allergy Wristband Set (retail price $15.99) would be perfect. This particular wristband features six allergy charms that are the most common (peanut, nut, dairy, egg, wheat/gluten and shellfish) and is adjustable to fit children's wrists. The allergy charms pop in easily and then stay secure until you need to remove it. The wristband features three adjustable snaps and fits a 5 3/4 inch, 6 1/4 inch, and 6 3/8 inch wrist. It is latex free with nickel free snaps, so its safe for kids that may have issues with either of those. The charms can even be put in shoes (like Crocs) if they have holes to snap these into.
Don't mind the orange marker Gavin is covered in 🙂
In the past my son had the single Peanut bracelet, but now with his other issues, I love this bracelet and that I can customize it for him rather than him wearing 3-4 bracelets! When I showed it to my 4 year old son I was worried he would think it was girly or strange to wear this bracelet, but he loves it! He wears it proudly and loves it! He actually gets upset if he forgets to wear it. The wristband is not only a conversation starter with him but it reminds him and others about his allergies. It is a reminder that is right there for him to see and others, as he reaches for a food. It actually worked awesomely when we were at a local restaurant and the waitress went to hand him a cupcake, she noticed his bracelet and asked him about it. As a typical 4 year old he was excited about the cupcake, forgetting that eggs (and possibly nuts) are in cupcakes. Crisis adverted and no epi-pen was needed! Gavin's allergy wristband has become something that he wears everyday, just like underwear as I explain to him.
In addition to the Six Charm Allergy Wristband, Hope Paige offers a variety of medical bracelets and ID tags. The items are a great way to keep someone safe and for the small cost it is well worth it!
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Three-fourths of our planet may be covered with water, but only about 0.01 percent of that water is freshwater available for human use. Today, water conservation makes more sense than ever before. Following are a few tips on ways you can help:
Source: Homemade Moneyby the Rocky Mountain Institute staff,Snowmass, Colorado, 1995;phone: 970-927-3851


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Excellence Initiative (2005-2017)
The Excellence Initiative aims to promote top-level research and to improve the quality of German universities and research institutions in general, thus making Germany a more attractive research location, making it more internationally competitive and focussing attention on the outstanding achievements of German universities and the German scientific community.
After the Excellence Initiative was passed by the German federal and state governments, the DFG was given responsibility for running the initiative together with the German Science Council.
Three funding lines of the Excellence Initiative
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Laura's Brother 'Celebrates' National Sibling Day With Embarrassing Facebook Photos
Apparently, Wednesday was National Sibling Day. How did I find out? My brother posted the most unflattering picture of us on his Facebook page. It was at that very special time in every girl's life where "awkward" is an understatement.
Ok fine, here it is:
The early '80s weren't great for a lot of us.
Well, being the sweet sister I am, I figured I'd post some embarrassing ones of him. However, most of my old photos are still at my dad's house in Jamestown….so I could only dig up the ones I have at my place. And they're not nearly as embarrassing. They're more endearing.
I had just come home from the hospital, and my brother was actually excited to have a sister. (1974)
Then there was the Holly Hobbie/double-knit pant/butterfly collar phase….(1978)
Adn then we got all grown up….(2007)
Even though we missed the date by a couple days, you wanna share some of your sibling pics? Do it here!


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Enhancing self-efficacy to enable entrepreneurship: The case of CMI€ٳ Connections
Enhancing levels of innovation and entrepreneurship to grow a more competitive economy is the focus of much government effort. Attention is paid to changing a culture seen as antagonistic to entrepreneurship through initiatives designed to promote an entrepreneurial spirit. Universities, aware of the importance of developing entrepreneurial potential, are focusing on equipping students with the skills and abilities to contribute to innovation within organisations they join upon graduation, while also providing opportunities for the development of student aspirations. Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI) has developed a one week event designed to influence deep personal values and the underlying motivations of potential entrepreneurs. This paper reports on the Connections course content as it was offered at the University of Strathclyde in 2003, content premised on the belief that students are motivated to start new enterprises through enhancement of self-confidence in their entrepreneurial skills. Measures of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and other outcomes are offered, followed by a report of the results found at the end of the event and then six months later. The programme is found to have created enduring improvements in entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and a related strengthening of pre-entrepreneurial awareness and exploration of ideas for starting companies. Other assessment results are presented suggesting the need to include explicit course content on entrepreneurial career paths. The implications of the Connections findings for entrepreneurship teaching in general are discussed.
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- Ardichvili, Alexander & Cardozo, Richard & Ray, Sourav, 2003. "A theory of entrepreneurial opportunity identification and development," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 18(1), pages 105-123, January.
- Goldsmith, Arthur H. & Veum, Jonathan R. & Darity, William Jr., 1997. "Unemployment, joblessness, psychological well-being and self-esteem: Theory and evidence," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 26(2), pages 133-158.
- Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand, 1999. "Technology-based SMEs in the Go ¨teborg Region: Their Origin and Interaction with Universities and Large Firms," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(4), pages 379-389.
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Thermal Spread Into the Interstitial Portion of the Fallopian Tubes Using the Ligasure Device at Time of Hysterectomy
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Some patients, specifically those with a diagnosed genetic mutation, will have their ovaries and fallopian tubes removed without removal of the uterus in an attempt to prevent ovarian and fallopian tube cancer from developing.
Anatomically the fallopian tubes are attached to the uterus and extend towards the ovaries. The fallopian tube tissue arises within the corner area of the uterus and occupies about 1cm of the uterine muscle wall.
The purpose of this study is to determine if the technique used to remove fallopian tubes only (without removal of the uterus) adequately removes or destroys all the fallopian tube cells that remain in the uterine muscle wall.
Currently, during the operation an instrument is used that burns the fallopian tube and allows it to be cut away from the uterus. The investigators do not know if this procedure successfully destroys all the fallopian tube cells within the uterus. Therefore, we will compare this single step procedure to a two step procedure. The two step procedure is to burn and cut the fallopian tube followed by an additional burning step, called cauterization at the top of the uterus. The investigators will assess if either or both of these procedures destroy the fallopian tube cells that may remain inside the uterine wall. This is important to determine since the goal is to remove the ovaries and all of the fallopian tubes in order to prevent future development of ovarian or fallopian tube cancer.
|Cervical Cancer Ovarian Cancer Uterine Cancer
|Device: LigaSure vessel sealing system
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Evaluation of Thermal Spread Into the Interstitial Portion of the Fallopian Tubes Using the Ligasure Device at Time of Hysterectomy
- To determine if the LigaSure device, which we routinely used for removal of tubes and ovaries, is effective at destroying all tubal cells comprising the fallopian tube including those cells within the cornua of the uterus. [ Time Frame: conclusion of the study ]
|Study Start Date:
|August 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2017
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
The patients will already be undergoing a total hysterectomy with removal of the tubes and ovaries for a specific indication diagnosed or defined by their surgeon. If the patient is suitable to proceed by the surgeon, then he/she will perform a right salpingooophorectomy with the LigaSure devices.
Device: LigaSure vessel sealing system
The investigators intend to enroll a total of 60 patients planned to undergo a total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. There will be two techniques compared in this protocol. The first 30 patients will have the right tube removed with one application of the LigaSure. The LigaSure will be placed and the most proximal portion of the right fallopian tube adjacent to the uterine cornua and will be used to coagulate and cut the tube. The next 30 patients will have the tube ligated in the same fashion as group A however an additional step will be added once the fallopian tube has been removed. The LigaSure will be used to cauterize the remaining medial tissue on the cornua region of the uterus.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Women undergoing a non-emergent total hysterectomy with removal of the tubes and ovaries by the gynecologic service for benign or malignant conditions uterine, cervical or early ovarian cancer.
- Patients will undergo either a laparotomy, total laparoscopy or laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy
- Patients will be 21 years and older.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with abnormal fallopian tubes seen preoperatively by radiologic exam or intraoperatively by visual inspection.
- Patients who are suspected to have fallopian tube cancer prior to their surgery
- Patients who have had prior pelvic radiation therapy
- Patients who are undergoing a Robotically Assisted procedure
- Patients who have had any type of prior tubal surgery
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00746018
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|Memorial Sloan-Kettering
|New York, New York, United States, 10065
|Principal Investigator:
|Nadeem Abu-Rustum, MD
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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|Responsible Party:
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00746018 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 2, 2008
|Last Updated:
|July 21, 2017
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Uterine Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Uterine Cervical Diseases
Uterine Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
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text: Nike's Harajuku HTM connection is back in business, breaking in a brand new creation, the squishy Solar Soft Sandals. Seemingly tailor made for the sticky Japanese summer heat, the Solar Soft follows in the rubbery footsteps of the Croc and Puma's RS 100 Injex. Native's recent holey hook-ups also seem to be living large here. Priced at a tidy ¥7,140 (a tick over $80 US) , these fluro floppers are available through Head Porter Plus Tokyo. News via Sneaker News and Nike Sportswear Japan.


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Here's the latest National Weather Service forecast for the Kingston area:
Tonight: Snow before midnight, then freezing rain and sleet between midnight and 1 a.m., then rain, snow, and sleet after 1 a.m. The snow could be heavy at times. Temperature rising to around 34 by 1 a.m. Breezy, with a northeast wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Thursday: Rain, snow and sleet before 10 a.m., then rain and snow likely. High near 38. North wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than 1 inch possible.
Thursday night: A chance of snow, mainly before 9 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Northwest wind 9 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.


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Every week we'll tell you about the events being held at new homes developments across the UK over the next seven days, as well as recent news you may have missed. Find out about the launch of the very latest developments, the unveiling of new show homes, open days and much more.
Taylor Wimpey - Saturday 14 December, from 11.00am - Launch of Dunstone Gardens, a development of 16 four- and five-bedroom homes in the suburb of Elburton in Plymouth, Devon. The event takes place at the offices of estate agent Julian Marks, located on the Broadway in Plymstock.
Redrow Homes - Saturday 14 December, from 11.00am to 4.00pm - Open House event at Vision in Devonport, where property hunters can view a two-bedroom show apartment and enjoy the hospitality of the Redrow team, with mulled wine and mince pies on offer.
Redrow Homes - Tuesday 17 December, from 6.30pm - Christmas carol service at St Aubyn's Church on Chapel Street in Devonport, situated next to Redrow's Vision development.
Barratt Homes - Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 December - Christmas events at a number of developments across the regions, giving buyers a chance to enjoy some festive food and chat to the Barratt team at Churchill Park in Burslem, Gloster Gate in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Pipers View in Stoke-on-Trent.
Redrow Homes - Saturday 14 November, from 11.00am to 4.00pm - Special event at Summerhill Park in Liverpool, where the housebuilder is previewing a new phase of apartments which will be released in the New Year.
Bodicote, Oxfordshire - Taylor Wimpey - Now open, a collection of two-, three- and four-bedroom homes at Longford Park. Current prices start at £255,000.
Banbury, Oxfordshire - Taylor Wimpey - Just released, 27 new three- and four-bedroom homes at Arberry Hill, off Crouch Hill, priced from £210,000.
Moulton, Northamptonshire - Taylor Wimpey - Now open to view, two new show homes at Countess Manor, a four-bedroom 'Bramford' and a five-bedroom 'Wilton'.
Sedgley, West Midlands - Morris Homes - The first show apartment is now open at Eden Fields on Charles Haywood Drive.
Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire - Barratt Homes - Recently unveiled, two new show homes at [email protected], a three-bedroom 'Balvenie' and four-bedroom 'Dornoch'.


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Being a new mom means my days are full of nursing, changing diapers, cuddling, bathing and playing with Soren. I recently started working again from home and it's become a balancing act of trying to figure out how to be a wife, mom, homemaker and a business owner, while still keeping my sanity. I've submitted to the idea that I can only do what I can do, and that's okay!
The most important thing to me is my family, and if a handful of to-do's get pushed to the side, that's also okay. I've been learning the lesson to take advantage of the time I have when Soren is napping to get things done that are a top priority. One of those things is giving myself a little me time and making sure I'm doing things to care for myself so I can be in the best frame of mind and the most refreshed for my family.
Every woman needs a little "love me" time and special moments in their week when they can really treat themselves, even in simple ways. These are the top 5 ways I like to take time to treat myself as a new mom each week.
It's amazing how something as simple as showering becomes such an amazing stress-relieving time after having a baby. While Jon watches Soren, I'll take a nice long shower and pamper myself with all of my favorite soaps, shampoos and conditioners. It seriously makes me feel like a new woman!
Nursing Soren has made it difficult to be away from him for any period of time. I recently started pumping and have used that opportunity to get out of the house for a couple of hours while Jon watches the baby. Just a simple hour spent at my favorite shop does wonders at making me feel refreshed, that and sining loudly to the radio in the car. ;)
Going through pregnancy, labor, delivery and the recovery takes a lot out of your body physically and emotionally. I've found it so important to make time to talk with my husband, close family and friends about how I'm doing and feeling. It feels so good to cry and laugh with people I trust. I especially love that my best friend is currently pregnant and we can share in that experience together.
I find it very therapeutic to get myself ready, put make-up on and do my hair. Recently this has been a very rare occasion, but when I do, I love taking this time to listen to my favorite music and just be quiet. While I don't do this everyday, I try to make this time for myself at least 1x each week.
I love taking pictures, reading, collecting inspiration on Pinterest and brainstorming fun ideas for my blog and business among many other things. I try to take a little time each day to do one of these things if possible. I've been getting my fill of picture taking while having a newborn, there has been thousands of pictures taken already! I've also found it easier and easier to multi-tasking while nursing too.
As a new mom, what are/were some ways you made sure to take time for yourself?


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Tyler Perry has come a long way. He is almost like the Woody Allen of African-American audiences with the way he writes and directs his own material.
He has been active since the early 1990s and yet not widely known because he was only writing and directing small stage plays.
When the Madea character came out in the new millennium we forgot about other actors such as Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy who had previously played black women in movies.
Coming to us with something that has no Madea in it, Perry presents The Haves and the Have Nots, a soap drama he adapted from a play he wrote. In it we meet three families in different financial circumstances. There is the Cryer family, which will remind you of the Graysons in Revenge as they are just as rich.
In the same tax bracket is the African-American Harrington family. These two families are dubbed as the "haves" and it is obvious throughout the series why they fit the description.
On the bottom of the food chain are the Youngs, another African-American family who look up to the other two rich households in the hope of be- coming just as wealthy one day.
Set in Savannah, Georgia, The Haves and the Have Nots attempts to show how the three nuclear families intertwine and relate to one another.
To start with, the Cryers' maid, Hanna, is the leader of the Young family. So based on that alone, the Youngs are financially prejudiced as they earn off the Cryers. Their place on the social ladder is much, much lower than all those around them because Hanna is simply the help.
In the "have nots" section is also Celine Gonzales who is another maid at the Cryer homestead, making her a colleague of Hanna's.
The Cryers and the Harringtons may be very rich, but they are also different, and that comes out in how they behave and what wealth means to them. However, what they have in common is being dysfunctional and their money manages to cover up their problems. This is not the case for the Young family.
It has never been disputed that Perry is a great writer as over the years he has managed to carve his niche and make a name for himself in Hollywood. But the one thing that will possibly hurt this drama series is the fact that Perry, as usual, is a jack of all trades. He writes, directs and produces the show, leaving no room for any fresh ideas.
This has been the case with most of his older films, reaching a point where you think the man is nothing short of narcissistic. At least he is not acting in this one because we know when he starts to act, just like Murphy, Perry wants to star in so many roles in one movie.
Those who have watched the Madea films know they all have something in common, the lessons within. The Have and the Have Nots is no exception. Perry tackles a lot of touchy subjects which include substance abuse, rape, abortion, homosexuality, cancer and infidelity, among others.
While it is appreciated that someone in his position puts these subjects up for discussion, Perry usually fails as a result of sounding "preachy". There is nothing wrong with delivering a message, but sometimes there is a fine line between being the voice of reason and an annoying Jehovah's Witness representative.
We get it, we Earthlings are a mischievous group of people, but there is no need for a filmmaker to over-emphasise his role as the moral compass, considering he is also part of that same group.
In the past, especially in his early film-making days, Perry notoriously used only black actors, making it obvious who the target market was.
Over the years this has changed, as can be seen in Madea, Witness Protection and Good Deeds.
The Have and the Have Nots follows that trend as we see several actors from different ethnic back- grounds. These include blacks, whites and the Latinos.
Also included are actors of various sexual orientations and all this was done to show the "real" America. It is believed there are very few shows that have a cast as diverse as this one, which is commendable.
We all love Madea, but even she has widened her horizons.
• The Have and the Have Nots airs on Saturdays at 7pm on Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 161).


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Critical Praise
"Delightful, energetic.... Trigiani is a seemingly effortless storyteller."
—Boston Globe
"Trigiani has certainly not lost her ability to breathe life into everything she writes."
—Roanoke Times
"Well crafted work with sometime lyrical, sometimes flat-out-funny writing."
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"Adriana Trigiani listens to her readers, then gives them what they want."
—Richmond Times-Dispatch
—USA Today
"Trigiani combines family and American history, reflections on lives well-lived, and sound advice to excellent effect, as a legacy to her daughter and a remembrance of two inimitable women."
—Publishers Weekly
"One of the reigning queens of women's fiction."
—USA Today
"[C]harming… comforting lessons for readers seeking a simpler way of life."
"Soothingly and with clarity…. Readers will find her strength and optimism helpful, and her legions of loyal fans will enjoy learning more about the women who influenced, inspired, and, according to Trigiani, made possible some of her best-selling fiction."
"Best-selling author Trigiani (Very Valentine) presents a loving paean to her Italian grandmothers... there is much warmth in these remembrances that will resonate with readers who enjoyed strong relationships with their own grandparents and know the value they can bring to our lives."
—Library Journal