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â??In order to close the end of year deficit and reduce the proposed millage increase for 2013, the city will thoroughly review these retirements to see what positions, if any, will need to be replaced,â?ť said Mayor Tom Leighton. â??We anticipate more mandatory cuts will be necessary to fulfill both city councilâ??s and the administration's goals of closing the year in balance and minimizing the impact of potential tax rate increases.â?ť
Wilkes-Barre is short almost $2 million in revenues this year and furloughs are planned to balance Leightonâ??s $44.8 million budget for 2012. The mayor has proposed a preliminary $45.8 million budget for 2013 that calls for a 31-percent real estate tax increase. Council has to adopt a budget by the end of the year.
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Doesn't it just seem like Christmas is only reserved for the cold climate? Winter wonderlands, let it snow, frightful weather, roasting chestnuts, and all those jingling bells. The other day I watched as peopled meandered through the tree lot in their shorts and tank tops picking out their tree. It is definitely not a white Christmas here in the valley of the sun (unless you're talking tan lines on the guy in the tank).
It used to bring me down, all this heat. I felt like perhaps it wasn't really Christmas if I couldn't see me breathe in the air.
I was in a very negative state of mind while all around me people were "making the best of it". Our town makes a giant Christmas tree out of tumbleweeds with a lighting ceremony and everything. Saguaro cactuses are adorned with lights and santa hats as far as the eye can see.
I realized though that for much longer than I've lived here, people have celebrated Christmas far and wide in every type of weather and landscape. And apparently those who lived in the snow just liked to sing about it.
I've embraced Christmas in the dessert not as an abnormality - no snow, no sledding, hot chocolate is more of a novelty than something to warm yourself with, and picking out your tree while tanning, but as my reality. My beautiful reality.
Granita's are a dessert typically reserved for summer, or at least not during a winter holiday. Baking tons of cookies in 80º weather seems like I'm forcing this holiday season into being something that it just isn't for me. Sure, later in the week the temperature will dip into most frigid 60º. I will turn on the heater, drink lots of tea and wear my husband's sweatshirt to stay warm. I'll feel all holly and jolly baking away tons of treats. For now, I find jolly in frozen cranberries.
This little treat is only 3 ingredients and would make a great palate cleanser if you were serving a fancy dinner party. I used a sparkling apple juice for mine, but this would be over the top amazing if you made it with Prosecco. The kiddos wouldn't be able to take part, but it would be a dangerously amazing dessert. The fizz does go out when it's frozen, but I like the dryness of sparkling juice or wine for this. It makes the sweetness a little less cloying, but still enough to be a treat.
Sparkling Cranberry Granita
1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries (half a bag)
1 bottle sparkling apple juice or perhaps a sparkling wine
1/2 cup sugar
In a food processor pulse the cranberries and sugar. Add cranberries and sugar to a small sauce pan and heat over medium heat stirring constantly until the sugar is dissolved. In a shallow pan add the bottle of sparkling juice and the cranberries. Place in the freezer and every 45 minutes scrape the surface of the mixture with a fork. After about 3 hours it will be totally frozen and if you have done your job with the fork it will be nice and fluffy.
Christmas is so many different things to different people. For me it's a birth of a savior, family, early morning, sweets, giving of what you're good at, being a blessing to others in need, and kids smiley shinning faces - rain, snow or swimming trunks.
What's your holiday like?
****very thrilling video of the making of the tumbleweed tree here. I always wondered how the thing didn't just burst into flames - dousing things in freaky fire retardant must really work.
cranberry granitas,
5 comments:
- Jennifurla said...
Oh the pictures are adorable. I am in San Diego and just glad I got 2 fires in so far this winter.
- December 14, 2010 at 8:59 PM
- Aoife Blake said...
A tumbleweed tree? That's a brilliant idea!!!
Mmmmm ... That granita looks and sounds lovely. Thanks for sharing!
Aoife x - December 15, 2010 at 6:39 PM
- fineandfeathered said...
oooo looks so yummy!
- December 15, 2010 at 7:38 PM
- Maranda said...
Oh man I need me some of this! Looks delicious! I love the idea of the sparkliness of it. LOL!
- December 16, 2010 at 6:08 PM
- Make a Roux said...
You always come up with the best ideas. That granita looks divine!
- December 18, 2010 at 10:51 AM
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Where do Brian Jacques' ideas come from?
You may wonder how Brian Jacques comes up with so many great ideas for his adventures. Well, for inspiration, he takes his dog "Teddy" (a West Highland White Terrier), out for a walk in his childhood neighbourhood. There, amid the "red walls" of Stanley Park in Kirkdale, amongst the green trees, the ideas come to him. Sometimes, ideas even come to him in his dreams at night. Mainly, his stories are based on adventures that he or his friends have actually lived. Many of his relatives went to sea, or worked on the docks, as he did. And many have had tales to tell.
Born on the eve of World War II, he has been greatly influenced by the effects of the war. During the Battle of Britain, bombs fell on Liverpool daily, in even greater numbers around the dock area where he grew up. And who was it that saved the day then? Why those reckless, yet fearless young chaps of the RAF, upon whom the hares of the Redwall series are patterned. The shrews are Liverpool's dockworkers, who toiled on in great danger, to keep the port open. And, as for the moles, with their fascinating speech, they are the people of Somerset, just across the Bristol Channel from Cardiff.
And the great feasts? Well, during the war, there was always a shortage of food, especially the more exotic varieties (like bananas, which young Brian craved until he actually had one after the war's end). So great feasts play an integral part of his yarns. Food, even truly exotic foods, like dandelion salad and sweetmeadow custard, are described in such detail that it will make your mouth water.
The themes of all his adventures are unchanging: courage and decency win respect. When someone comes to take your homeland and hurt your loved ones, you have no choice but to stand and fight! These themes are firmly rooted in the memories of his childhood, of enemy bombers that darkened the sky, of ships that never returned, and of soldiers who died to keep him free.
But, what about the characters? How does he dream them up? Well, he doesn't! He confesses that the characters in his stories are based on people he has encountered. Then who is he? Why, of course, he's Gonff, Prince of Mousethieves! Or at least he was, when he was a tough little kid hanging around the docks of the great seaport of Liverpool. Constance is his grandmother. Mariel is his granddaughter. The other characters are a combination of many of the people he has met in his travels.
And as for the villains, Mr. Jacques has encountered a few of those in his travels, too. The sea rats are those he sailed with in the merchant marine.
Many characters are drawn from his fans from around the world. Samkim is Samantha Kim. Arula is Laura, a fan who sent in a whole list of reasons why she would make a great character. But why did he choose to make draw upon mice for all his principal characters?
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Hey ya'll, my life just got a bit more hectic so I'm not exactly sure how the site will go the next two weeks. I hope to post daily. I know next week, I will be traveling for work. Today I will spend a lot of time on the road, and then will be away from home through Easter. So, again, please bear with me until things slow down a little bit. For today, I have the time and energy to just post a few notes.
First things first, today is the first day that you can find the Chris Coste book, The 33 Year Old Rookie in book stores. Mine hopefully will be arriving in the next couple of days and I am definitely looking forward to reading it. If you happen to be in the Fargo area, you can head over to Newman Outdoor Stadium (home of the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks, the team Coste starred for from 1996-1999) starting at 10:00 a.m. to pick up your copy for $20.00 (plus tax), which is 20% off the suggested retail price. However, quantities are limited and they will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.
According to ChrisCoste.com, he will be at a book signing in Clearwater, Florida, at Barnes & Noble at 5:00.
If you check out the Phillies blog called Balls, Sticks & Stuff, they have a great Q&A with Chris Coste that you will certainly want to read.
Todd Zolecki of the Philadelphia Inquirer hosted a Q&A with Chris last week.
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this is a really cool clip that appears to be of
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in which Coste and two others talk about their first call up to the big
leagues, the story and the emotion. It is excellent!
Here is an article in the Fargo Forum about the worst year of Chris's life, and how he came back from it.
The Forum's Mike McFeely writes his opinion on the book.
Here is an interesting review of the book in which it says, "Coste released one of the better written books from an athlete of late. His memory of his career is thorough, and he does a good job of letting the reader know how he felt during his voyage through the Minor Leagues."
I have talked about Chris Coste on this site for a long time. In fact, the first time he was mentioned here was in June of 2003 when I wrote an article called The Best I Ever Played With. I made up a team of the best I have played with back in the days I played from high school to amateur ball and into college. But Coste was clearly The Best.
Just after New Years of 2006, Coste participated in his first Q&A here.
Next was a quick spring training Q&A in February of 2006, right before he headed to the Phillies big league camp and made his name known to the masses.
One day before the 2006 season was set to begin, it appeared that Chris had made the Phillies opening day roster. He had done all he could. I wrote up an article called Congratulations Chris Coste! And the night before the season was to open, the team acquired David Dellucci in the deal with the Rangers which meant Coste would begin the season in AAA.
He was told that he had made an impression and if they needed someone to come up, they would go to him first. That doesn't make it any easier, I'm sure. But the Phillies were true to their word and when Alex Gonzalez decided to retire on May 20th, the Phillies called up Coste. (That was a big week for a lot of us!)
The last February, Chris was kind enough to do another Q&A before spring training, a camp where he again did not make the Opening Day roster, went down and ended up a key contributor to the NL East champions. In fact, he was the catcher when Brett Myers struck out a hitter to clinch the division title for the Phillies.
A Couple Quick Twins Thoughts:
As of now, I am not sure if Francisco Liriano is ready to start the season with the Twins. He struggled again yesterday with his control starting in the third inning. That could be a little fatigue. It could be part of a dead arm period. Scouts always say that they like to watch a guy's first start back because he is strong. But then the next two starts there is some soreness and even a dead arm feeling. Then in the 4th start, he may be back closer to normal again. Hopefully that is a trend for Liriano. But if not, we should not be surprised completely. Yes, he is 18 months after Tommy John surgery, but it was still Tommy John surgery and caution is the key. I saw that Rochester opens its season at Richmond, which shouldn't be too cold. Maybe he should make a start or two there to see how he's doing. The arm is all that matters and I am still impressed by his pitch counts. His strike percentage was much better in start 3 than start 2. There are positives, but there are differences, and that is to be expected. Patience and caution are the two key words for the Twins staff and decision makers. Patience is the key for Twins fans.
Philip Humber is getting exactly what he needs today, a start. He has been incredible this spring, but he is yet to make a start and throw against the other team's starters. He will face the Orioles this afternoon. With Liriano and Baker questionable for opening day, Humber is certainly in contention with Glen Perkins and Nick Blackburn for one or two rotation spots. I'd like to see him do well. He is now in his second full season back from Tommy John surgery as well, so hope is high in my mind for him!
The Twins outrighted Carmen Cali and since no one claimed him, he stays with the Rochester Red Wings. Perkins is a possibility for a lefty bullpen job depending on if is in the rotation. It is also interesting that Ricky Barrett is still around. With Cali now off of the 40 man roster, could Barrett be the surprise at the end of camp? (Note - probably not, but he hasn't been talked about much)
Kevin Mulvey was also sent down but apparently he made quite the impression on the Twins coaching staff. We could see him yet this year. The Twins got four players for Johan Santana. Carlos Gomez and Philip Humber are certainly still in serious contention for opening day roster spots. Mulvey was impressive and will begin at AAA Rochester. And, Guerra certainly impressed the big league coaches as well. His ceiling is very high. I think we may again find out that the Twins scouting department knows what it is doing!
We all know that Garrett Jones is out of options. He can fill a left-handed power bat off the bench role (as well as some 1B or hopefully little LF or RF), and I think he will take the final roster spot from Brian Buscher and Matt Tolbert. I have no problem with that. Apparently Brian Bass is also out of options. He must have used up his three options while in the Royals organization. After a solid season in 2007 between the Rochester bullpen and rotation, and an impressive showing in Venezuela this winter, I think he could be the team's 12th pitcher and be able to provide long relief. In both cases, it is likely the player would be claimed and lost. The players they are battling with for roster spots have options and can be called up at any time if these guys struggle.
I get asked a lot about my thoughts on Randy Ruiz. Do I think he'll make the roster? Should he? Yes, he is having a very solid spring with the bat, hitting for average and power. But there is no way he makes the roster to open the season. First, there really isn't a roster spot open for him. Not 1B. Not DH. And with Garrett Jones 1.) out of options and 2.) left-handed, he really doesn't fit that bench spot either, especially if the Twins take 12 pitchers north with them. He's 30 years old. He has a PEH past (which isn't a big deal for now). He has been released by several organization just in the last two years. Now, before you think I am just being all negative, I want to point you back up to the top portion of today's posting for a reason not to just forget his name. The Twins staff has noticed what Ruiz has done this spring and how hard he has worked. The Twins as an organization has shown in the past that if a guy is deserving, and an opportunity arises, they won't hesitate to call up a guy. Ruiz just needs to go back down to Rochester and put up solid numbers all year and see what happens.
By the way, Jim Mandelaro is officially in Ft. Myers now and providing great information on his Extra Bases blog.
So, Monday morning, I'm driving to work. I had just swept an inch of snow off of my car. Not a great way to start a Monday when opening day is so close. Then I get into the office and my cell phone starts vibrating. Who is it? It's my cousin's husband, and he says, "Hey Seth, guess where I am?!" I said, "Where? Ft. Myers?" He said, "That's right, just walking around the back fields, watching minor league practices. There is Parmelee, and Tosoni, and there is Benson running over and under hurdles with a trainer. Parmelee just said 'What's Up?' to me as he walked between fields." Yes, it is official. I am jealous. I would love to be in Ft. Myers and I would really enjoy sitting around watching the minor league camp for a week. Yes Jason Bain, I am jealous!
And on that note, again, please bear with me through the next couple of weeks. I don't know how in-depth I will get, but I will try to write regularly about anything going on with the Twins and their roster. As always, please leave comments, ideas, suggestions or links below, or you can e-mail me any time!


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These two market leading stocks have corrected more sharply than the overall market from their September highs and MoneyShow's Tom Aspray takes a critical look to see if either is now ready to turn around.
The passing of Greece's austerity bill fulfills the main conditions for them to receive their next payment but the Eurozone finance ministers do not yet seem convinced. Clearing this hurdle may help stem the selling in the stock market. The futures are up slightly in early Monday trading. With banks and the bond market closed on Monday trading is likely to be light.
With less than two weeks before Black Friday many are trying to balance their fear of the fiscal cliff with the surprisingly upbeat attitude of the consumer as we enter the holiday buying season. The consumer sentiment has continued to improve since August and November's mid-month reading was a new five year high.
The latest data on retail sales is out Wednesday and after three months of solid gains a slight decline is forecast by most economists. More importantly investors are trying to assess how the holiday season buying will impact Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) as both have dropped sharply from their September highs.
Apple, Inc. (AAPL) is down 22.4% from its September high, while Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) has lost 14.3%. This is much worse that the 6.6% drop in the Spyder Trust (SPY). For the year however AAPL is still up 36.4% while AMZN has gained 30.7% as both have done much better that the 11.7% gain in the SPY.
These two stocks could provide the spark for a year-end rebound in the badly beaten down Nasdaq 100. Both are now approaching important levels of support but are there any signs that the worst of the selling is over?
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The severity of the decline in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) is more evident on the daily chart as it closed below the daily starc- band last Thursday. Since early October it has stayed below its 20-day EMA, which is now at $598.
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That conclusion, which landed her on the "Today" show and made her the subject of countless blog posts, tweets and newspaper columns (none of which, including this one, have the space to adequately represent the scope of her article), mostly earns Bolick the predictable charges of being a man hater or a casualty of feminism, particularly the kind heralded by '70s-era moms who raised their daughters to become, in Gloria Steinem's words, "the men they wanted to marry."
I've always hated that quote, not least because it assumes all women want to get married in the first place. Bolick, wisely, seems more interested in data than slogans. Citing statistics from another Atlantic story published last year, "The End of Men," Bolick points out that women earned 60% of all bachelor's and master's degrees in 2010 and held 51.4% of all managerial and professional jobs. Nearly three-quarters of jobs lost in the recession were held by men. Last year, women constituted most of the American workforce.
Translation: An educated, well-compensated woman over 35 is out of luck in the dating economy. Not just for Darwinian reasons (as fertility decreases, so does attractiveness and therefore "market value") but for a very new, very unsettling reason: Men traditionally considered marriageable by such women (their wage equals or betters) are rapidly becoming an elite minority.
Of course, at the same time that Bolick's basic question — Is marriage still a significant benefit to women? — was shorting out buzzometers everywhere, another urgent brouhaha was trending fast: The Occupy Wall Street (and points north, south, east and west) protests. The sprawl of both phenomena is striking: The Bolick crowd is tackling feminism, love, monogamy and the history of matrilineal family systems; the protesters are taking on corporate greed, healthcare deficits, environmental destruction and nuclear proliferation. But both also clearly, unavoidably boil down to this: an economy that's just not functioning in most people's interest.
Here's something worth noting: One of the constituencies of this year's Arab Spring movement are young men who have their own marriageability problems, because of joblessness and lack of access to education. On our own protest front lines, a heck of a lot of the young men might fit into a similar cohort.
It's hard not to watch Occupy Everywhere without thinking about Bolick's article. Sure, the face painters and zombie-costume wearers seem to be getting the most airplay. But look a little closer and you see a lot of ordinary guys whose currency in the world has been pulled out from under them, who might be considered "unmarriageable" by women who've found equality just about everywhere except in a partner.
Maybe Bolick and her single friends should trot their Jimmy Choos down to the rallies and take these men out to dinner (OK, not the ones whose hardworking wives wouldn't appreciate the gesture). As Bolick points out, the women who are coping best with the new order are those most willing to recalibrate their expectations: "Whether it's women choosing to be with much younger men, or men choosing to be with women more financially successful than they are (or both at once)."
That won't solve the economic crisis, but at least it's a start. In the meantime, as someone who remained happily unmarried until the geriatric age of 39 (and, for the record, is also now happily married), let me say this: There are far worse things than being single. For instance, marrying the man you wanted to become rather than becoming who you are.


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Lenalidomide in Treating Patients With High-Risk Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
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This phase II clinical trial is studying how well lenalidomide works in treating patients with high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Biological therapies, such as lenalidomide, may stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop cancer cells from growing.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Stage III Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Stage IV Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia |
Drug: lenalidomide Other: diagnostic laboratory biomarker analysis |
Phase 2 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Lenalidomide for the Treatment of CLL Patients With High-Risk Disease |
- Time to progression [ Time Frame: From the start of lenalidomide therapy to time of disease progression, assessed up to 24 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Maximal clinical response (complete and partial response) [ Time Frame: Up to 24 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Summarized by a sample proportion along with the exact 95% confidence interval. The time-to-progression will be graphically analyzed using standard Kaplan-Meier estimation.
Enrollment: | 49 |
Study Start Date: | December 2010 |
Primary Completion Date: | September 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Arm I
Patients receive oral lenalidomide once daily on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who achieve complete response (by morphological criteria but have persistent minimal residual disease by molecular criteria) or partial response may continue treatment beyond 8 courses. Patients may undergo bone marrow, peripheral blood, and/or lymph node sample collection at baseline and periodically during study for correlative studies.
Drug: lenalidomide
Given orally
Other Names:
Other: diagnostic laboratory biomarker analysis
Correlative studies
Detailed Description:
I. To determine the time to progression in patients with high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) treated with lenalidomide.
I. To determine the clinical response (complete and partial response) in treatment-naïve patients with high-risk CLL treated with single-agent lenalidomide.
II. To determine the incidence of immune-mediated flare reaction. III. To determine the toxicity profile of single-agent lenalidomide in previously untreated patients with high-risk CLL.
IV. To conduct correlative studies in bone marrow, peripheral blood, and/or lymph nodes of patients treated with lenalidomide.
Patients receive oral lenalidomide once daily on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who achieve complete response (by morphological criteria but have persistent minimal residual disease by molecular criteria) or partial response may continue treatment beyond 8 courses. Patients may undergo bone marrow, peripheral blood, and/or lymph node sample collection at baseline and periodically during study for correlative studies.
After completion of study therapy, patients are followed up every 3 months for a maximum of 5 years.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Definitive diagnosis of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) as defined by the International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (IWCLL) criteria
Must have high-risk B-CLL as defined by ≥ one of the following:
- High-risk cytogenetics (either 17p deletion and/or 11q deletion)
- Unmutated immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangement
- Zap-70 and CD38 expression on leukemic cells will not be used as eligibility criteria for enrollment into the clinical trial
- No prior treatment for the management of B-CLL
- Patients must have B-CLL requiring therapy as defined by the IWCLL criteria
Must have measurable disease meeting one of the following criteria:
- Absolute lymphocyte count > 5,000/μL
- Measurable lymphadenopathy or organomegaly
No tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) by Cairo-Bishop definition
- Patients with correction of electrolyte abnormalities allowed
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- ANC ≥ 1,500/mm³
- Platelet count ≥ 75,000/mm³
- Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min
- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- AST and ALT ≤ 3 times ULN (≤ 5 times ULN if hepatic metastases are present)
Uric acid normal
- Patients with elevated uric acid allowed provided it is corrected with appropriate pharmacologic measures
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must commit to continued abstinence from heterosexual intercourse or use 2 acceptable methods of contraception (1 highly effective method and 1 additional effective method) ≥ 28 days prior to, during, and for ≥ 28 days after discontinuing lenalidomide
- Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements
- No serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the patient from signing the informed consent form
- No condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, that would place the patient at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study or confounds the ability to interpret data from the study
- No known hypersensitivity to thalidomide or lenalidomide
- No history of erythema nodosum characterized by a desquamating rash while taking thalidomide or similar drugs
- No history of any other cancer except non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in-situ of the cervix or cancer for which the patient is in complete remission and off therapy for > 3 years
- No cardiac arrest within the past 6 months
- No known history of hepatitis B infection, positive hepatitis B surface antigen, or positive hepatitis C antibody
- No other concurrent anti-cancer agents or treatments
- More than 28 days since any prior experimental drug or therapy
- Aspirin (81 or 325 mg) or warfarin sodium daily as prophylactic anticoagulation required
- No prior lenalidomide
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01271283 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | NCI-2011-02568, NCI-2011-02568, CDR0000692070, RPCI # I 174910, 8254 |
Study First Received: | January 5, 2011 |
Last Updated: | September 23, 2013 |
Health Authority: | United States: Food and Drug Administration |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leukemia Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell Leukemia, Lymphoid Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Leukemia, B-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Lenalidomide Thalidomide Antineoplastic Agents |
Therapeutic Uses Pharmacologic Actions Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Leprostatic Agents Anti-Bacterial Agents Anti-Infective Agents Angiogenesis Inhibitors Angiogenesis Modulating Agents Growth Substances Growth Inhibitors |
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Mexico City Ministerial Declaration: Educating to Prevent |
The Mexico City Ministerial Declaration "Educating to Prevent," is a strategic tool to strengthen HIV prevention efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by ensuring access to quality, comprehensive sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health services. The Declaration seeks to foster equity among all people and to combat discrimination, including that based on an individual's HIV status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The needs of most-at-risk individuals are not forgotten and figure prominently in the goals of the Declaration.
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Spanish [pdf 91 kb]
Fundamental Principles and Tenets of the Declaration
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Addressing Homophobia in Schools
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Spanish [pdf 622 kb]
Role of Families and Communities in Fostering Sexual Health
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Role of Civil Society in the Promotion of Sexual Health
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Location : Gurgaon, Haryana-India
* Cheerful and outgoing personality.
* 3-5 years of experience in sales in an International BPO Sales driven process.
* Proven ability to achieve sales quotas.
* Excellent written and spoken English.
* Strong understanding of how to qualify a prospect.
* Experience in IT Support sales is a preference but not a requirement.
* Responsible for the sales of Vtechsquad Support offerings through inbound calls and achieving assigned targets.
* Completely understand the pricing frameworks, solution models and Vtechsquad business policies.
* Understand a customer's requirements by asking relevant questions on the call and continuously develop broad cultural knowledge to be able to add quality to the customer engagement.
* Maintain accurate records of all sales activities in the CRM. Ensure high levels of Customer Satisfaction.
* Act as the spokesperson for the customer inside Vtechsquad and contribute to achievement of customer satisfaction goals.
* Build trust and respect. Value others, communicate effectively, drive execution, foster innovation, focus on the customer, collaborate with others, solve problems creatively and demonstrate a high level of integrity.
Position: Customer Service Associate
Location: Gurgaon
Pre-requisites :
Ability to understand customer perspectives and plan the resolution.
* 2 years of experience in customer service, servicing international markets. An (information) technology domain experience is preferred.
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
Responsibility :
* Present the best face of VTechSquad to customers.
* Plan a resolution for customers with complaints.
* Understand the plans and retention schemes and apply them to customer situations effectively.
* Ability to engage irate customers and behave politely.
* Upsell Vtechsquad offerings to existing customers
Compensation: Rs. 20-30 K per month plus Incentives plus Rewards
Position: Technical Support Associate : Non Voice
* Excellent understanding of key technologies like Networking, Operating System, Desktop Applications
* Excellent understanding of troubleshooting Desktop problems like those on Microsoft Windows and Office, Virus troubleshooting, Router setup etc.
* Pleasant and calm personality.
* 2+ years experience in technical support, with at least 1 year experience in servicing international markets.
* Experience with Apple Desktop Troubleshooting is a plus
* Excellent Written English.
* Building rapport and confidence in the customer.
* Best in class resolution rate for customer Desktop problems.
* Curiosity for information technology and the self-motivation to learn .
* Focus on accurate problem diagnosis and timely resolution.
Compensation: Rs. 15-30 K pm plus Incentives plus Rewards
Position: Technical Support Associate – Voice
* Excellent Written and Spoken English.
Compensation: Rs. 25-35 K per month plus Incentives plus Rewards