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A pre-sale of custom lockpicks designed by a competitive lockpicker to bring "Open Locksport" to market. Read more
A pre-sale of custom lockpicks designed by a competitive lockpicker to bring "Open Locksport" to market.
About this project
I'm Schuyler Towne, a competitive lockpicker. I have been competing for about 5 years, but didn't really get anywhere until I started buying hand made tools from friends around the country and around the world. After getting accustomed to my custom tools, I couldn't find what I like commercially.
To rectify that I have designed my own line of tools meant for mass production. While you'll find different pick types than you can find commercially, more important is the care that went into the design of each of them. I wanted my picks to feel good in your hand, better than the popsicle-stick handles that rule the marketplace today. I wanted them to look good to and have created a more organic shape to the handle that shows off another unique feature of some of my picks, an undercut.
The undercut is a small curve toward the handle of the pick that, when a pin sets, transmits the feeling more dramatically than traditional straight-handles. However! Sometimes you need the firmness of a straight handle, so I have both in the collection.
It's important to note 2 things. 1: Lockpicking isn't illegal. In fact, there is a vibrant Locksport community. We have been covered positively in the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, All Things Considered, Here and Now and many other places. I even recently consulted for a show on the History Channel and many of our community members consult with law enforcement and advance the security of locks all around the world. There are some states that restrict the use of picks in public, but I'll detail what you need to know and they are the rare exception, not the rule! 2: It IS illegal to send lockpicks through the USPS so I will be using whichever 3rd party shipping service offers the best rates.
I'm running this as a pre-sale to get the company started. The money you provide will net you the first run of these awesome tools and the profits will roll right back into the company allowing it to be self sustaining.
I'm updating the project at least once a week, more often twice a week with progress reports, stories, lockpicking demonstrations and answers to your questions! I'm trying to do the best I can to make these updates a real value-add.
Thanks so much for even checking the project out, and if you choose to pledge? You are wonderful beyond words!
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
Pledge $5 or more
33 backers
Anyone who donates will get templates of the tools in EPS, PDF, PNG, SVG, etc. formats (basically every format I can export, which will include CAD files) along with instructions for making these tools yourself. I'll offer material suggestions and finishing ideas too.
Pledge $20 or more
44 backers
Practice Makes Perfect! A practice kit with 3 locks progressively pinned, security pins, tweezers, plug follower and instructions for repinning your own locks. All packaged in a lovely tin. [+ Templates!]
Pledge $35 or more
269 backers
Hors d'Oeuvres! A set of 5 picks! There will be two options available, either 5 advanced picks or 5 starter picks. Your choice! This selection will come with a small case as well. [+ Templates + Practice Kit]
Pledge $50 or more
90 backers
First Course! A set of 10 picks! There will be two options available, either the 10 starter picks or the 10 advanced picks. This selection will come with a large case as well. [+ Templates + Practice Kit]
Pledge $75 or more
587 backers
Main Course! The full set of 20 picks! You will get every pick I have designed from the starters right through to the advanced designs. This selection will come with a large case as well. [+ Templates + Practice Kit]
Pledge $100 or more
103 backers
Save room for Dessert! A hand screened, 2 color "Open Locksport" t-shirt and a bunch of other Open Locksport shwag. Temporary Tattoos? Absolutely! Stickers? Heck yes! And more! [+ Templates + Practice Kit + 20 Picks]
Pledge $250 or more
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Custom Kit & Full access to me! My Mother, who did all of the prototyping for the pick cases, will make you a custom, hand made pick case to your specifications, including any illustration or dedication you may want. Additionally, you'll be given everything I've ever written or recorded on the subject of Locks & get 3 hours of Skype time with me to ask questions, discuss locks, run demos, whatever you want. [+ Templates + Practice Kit + 20 Picks + Shwag]
Pledge $500 or more
15 backers
Lock Library! 50 Locks of various types, including pin tumblers, wafers, levers, and dial & sesame combo locks. 30 individual picks and the full set of 20 in a case. You'll also get handcuffs and a cutaway pin tumbler to help explain how they work. You'll also get all of the shwag of the $100 level! Great for new clubs and hackerspaces.
Pledge $1,000 or more
2 backers
Uber Lock Library! Everything in the Lock Library times 2! 100 locks! 60 individual picks! 2 full sets of 20 in cases! 2 different sets of handcuffs and a 2 cutaways! One of a pin-tumbler lock, one of the locking mechanism in handcuffs! In addition to all of this I'll send you training materials. Nicely illustrated guides to lockpicking, impressioning, bumping, overlifting, etc. etc! I can guarantee 10 different reproducible worksheets and I'm hoping to do 20+!
Pledge $2,500 or more
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Physical classroom! I fly to you! I'll bring the picks, locks, handcuffs, combo locks, cutaways, high security locks, and, most importantly, the knowledge, to run 2 days of classes for as many people you like. You let me know how many people I can expect and your nearest airport and I'll do the rest. Great for Colleges & Universities, Hackerspaces w/large membership, offices or law enforcement! (This offer open to continental US only. If you are outside of the US & want to subsidize the airfare, we can talk!)
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A Right Royal Red Head (and I'm not talking about Harry!)
As a child I remember watching an abundance of little red squirrels running around in the local park in Dewsbury, and to be honest at the time I was more interested in making sure that my little sister did not get the best swing (or slide or anything really!). Little did I know that they would become a rare sight as I unfortunately reach my 30's!
So, imagine my delight when I received a phone call from the manager at the BEST WESTERN Shap Wells Hotel in Penrith to tell me that they have a whole bunch of these lovely little red heads in their hotel grounds. Well, not only did I start to plan a trip to see them myself I also started to think big – really big! What better way to shout about them to the world than to invite the future King himself, HRH the Prince of Wales, to see the little acorn munchers!
Yes, he too shares my passion for these little mammals as the Patron of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust – so he might just want to pop along and see them, right? Well, I have invited him anyway and I am expecting a response any day.
So, Charles if you are reading this (or any of Charles' family, friends, staff etc) then I would really like to meet you – and yes this is the best (and only) excuse I have ever had to entice you! I will be practicing my curtseys in anticipation…

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Vancouver Money & Budget: A Few Case Studies
Living in Vancouver can be very pricey by Canadian standards. Consumer price indexes, and statistics on the average Vancouver income are all very well to look at, but it's hard to imagine what your Vancouver budget would be like that way.
It's much easier to identify with a person rather than a number, so have a look at these case studies, and get a better idea of what you can expect to spend in Vancouver.
1. Vancouver Budgets - A Look at a University Student
2. Making & Spending Vancouver Money: Gerald's Downtown Lifestyle
3. Meet Mara, Jeff & their Vancouver Budget
4. Julian, Sarah & the Kids - A Family's Vancouver Budget
1. Vancouver Budgets - A Look at a University Student
Allison's in her second year studying biology at the University of BC. She moved from Calgary to Vancouver, and in her first year learned a lot about budgeting.
After experiencing Vancouver's transit system, she decided she didn't need her car, and now saves money riding the transit system, and never has to worry about finding parking.
This year, after spending her student loan of $4,000 on her UBC tuition, U-Pass transit pass, books, and the student body medical plan, she's left with her monthly expenses.
$4,000 student loan spent on:
> $120 for 4-month U-Pass, a transit pass for university students> $570 for books & school supplies
> $216 for extended medical insurance
> $3,119 tuition for one semester
Fixed Expenses for Allison's Vancouver Money
Allison rents one room in a townhouse in Kitsilano with two other students. Her share is $700/month. If she were living on campus she would be paying around $500 a month for a shared room and wouldn't have the flexibility to pay month-to-month. She also pays $105 as part of her share of utilities, like Internet/cable, phone and electricity.
Allison's Vancouver Budget - Income
She works part-time at a coffee shop making coffee, but the $725 she makes each month isn't quite enough. Fortunately her parents are giving her $575 per month to help fill in her income gap.
So she has $1,300 a month worth of income. Once her fixed costs of rent & utilities are paid, she has $495 to spend on clothes, groceries and going out.
> $575/month gift from parents
How Does Allison Save Money within Her Vancouver Budget?
Allison is a pretty good shopper and is always going through the ads. She spends $300 on food a month.
That leaves her $195 for everything else. She loves to go to the local Irish pub for 36-cent wings on Wednesdays, and buy the occasional cafeteria meal when she's in too much of a rush to make a lunch.
Allison also saves money on long distance calls by using online voice services on her computer to call home. The service she uses is only 3 cents/minute.
Allison's budget at a glance
Income | Per Month |
Part-time Job | $725 |
Parents | $575 |
Total | $1,300 |
Expenses | Per Month |
Rent | $700 |
Utilities | $105 |
Long Distance Phone | $3 |
Groceries | $300 |
Going Out / Entertainment | $100 |
Clothes / Miscellaneous / Savings | $92 |
Transit | Included in Tuition |
Total | $1,300 |
2. Making & Spending Money Vancouver: Gerald's Downtown Lifestyle
Gerald is a fresh-out-of-school software engineer who rents a studio apartment overlooking Coal Harbour in downtown Vancouver.
While much more expensive than his university rent at $1,225 per month, it's not beyond his means.
He has no landline, but has the latest touch cell phone. By saying that he was going to "look elsewhere", he managed to negotiate himself a basic student data plan to keep in touch with friends and family, costing about $60/month.
His heating and water are included with his apartment, and he's walking distance from work, grocery shopping, and lots of wonderful restaurants. To keep fit, Gerald takes advantage of his apartment building's free exercise facilities.
Gerald's Income at a Glance
Income | Per Year |
Salary | $40,000 |
Taxes | $5,913 |
Total | $34,087 |
Monthly After Taxes | |
Salary | $2,841 |
It keeps costs down, as he doesn't need a transit pass, but by his own admission, being close to so many great restaurants isn't great for the wallet. Eating out is probably the single biggest reason he doesn't save much for buying his own place in the future. He likes to eat out 4 - 5 times a week! That sets him back around $500 a month.
He's better when it comes to work - he likes to make his own bag lunch, but being downtown means he pays extra on fresh fruits and vegetables. His grocery bill is higher than it was in university at $415 a month.
When the weather's good, Gerald enjoys spending his weekend by taking his motorcycle over the Lion's Gate Bridge and exploring the North Shore, with occasional stops at coffee shops to warm his hands. His bike is good on gas and insurance; he spends about $90/month on gas and insurance, and maintenance is inexpensive at an average over the year of $38/month.
At the end of the month, he generally has around $59 to put into savings. At his current rate, he'll need a raise before he can get together a down payment if he wants to buy a house before he's sixty.
Expenses | Per Month |
Rent | $1,225 |
Groceries/Food | $415 |
Eating Out | $500 |
Motorcycle Maintenance | $38 |
Motorcycle Insurance | $90 |
Gasoline | $30 |
Utilities (Electricity, Internet, TV) | $120 |
Medical Service Plan Premium | $64 |
Cell phone | $60 |
Clothing | $40 |
Entertainment/Bar | $200 |
Total | $2,782 |
Monthly Balance
Total Income Per Month | $2,841 |
Total Expenses Per Month | $2,782 |
Money going into savings | $59 |
3. Meet Mara, Jeff and their Vancouver Budget
Mara and Jeff are a young professional couple that has bought their first apartment together in the Vancouver neighborhood of Marpole.
Jeff is a registered nurse working for a Richmond hospital, while Mara is a graphic designer for a web marketing company downtown.
Mara and Jeff were able to manage a $35,000 down payment on their apartment which they bought for $229,999.
They have a monthly payment of $1,085 on their 25-year mortgage. Having one of the larger units in the building, they have a higher monthly strata fee of $245 per month. This goes towards the water bill, cleaning the public areas, and maintaining a small garden and sitting area out in front of the building. Mara thinks it's a great place to sit on a sunny Sunday afternoon reading a book.
Income | Per Year |
Jeff's Salary | $42,000 |
Jeff's Taxes | $ 6,823 |
Mara's Salary | $35,000 |
Mara's Taxes | $ 5,031 |
Total Combined Income After Taxes | $ 65,146 |
Income | Monthly After Taxes |
Combined Salary | $ 5,429 |
Being in Marpole, Mara is a quick three-minute bus ride to the Canada Line SkyTrain, and from there it's an easy 15-minute ride to Waterfront. During a business day, parking downtown can cost $18 for the day, so in a week she saves enough on parking alone to pay for her $81, 1-zone monthly transit pass, keeping her Vancouver budget down. It also means she never has worry about traffic.
Jeff, on the other hand, drives over to Richmond every day to work. Depending on the weather and what shift he's working, he often parks a few blocks away and walks to the hospital to avoid paying for parking.
Both Mara and Jeff are active, and Mara is a member of a yoga club in Kerrisdale, which costs her $90 a month for unlimited sessions. Jeff is a member of a Judo club in Burnaby and pays $150 a month for his training twice a week.
Along with their house, Mara and Jeff own a new mid-size sedan that they've financed. Since it's new, maintenance costs are low, and Jeff's clean driving record means they get a great monthly insurance rate, since he's the primary driver. While it's a short drive to work for Jeff, the rising cost of gas, and the stop-and-go of rush hour traffic means he pays out more in gas than he'd like.
Mara and Jeff like to stay connected, and because of Mara's work, she has a fancy cell phone with a data plan. Jeff's basic cell phone is for texting and calls only, so he's only paying $30/month against her $65/month plan.
Jeff and Mara have a weekly tradition of going out for a nice dinner every Tuesday night, and they have a taste for fine wine, so they routinely spend around $240 a month on eating out. Jeff likes to make his own lunch for work, but eats a lot of deli meats, while Mara likes frozen meals she can take to work. They spend significantly more than the average couple on groceries at $500/month.
Because of Jeff's shift work, Mara likes to have cable TV for the nights she's home alone, so they got a good bundle rate on Internet, cable, and long distance phone plan ($120/month).
Despite their indulgences, Mara and Jeff are pretty good with their money and they have planned to always set aside at least $1,000 per month, and any excess income, so they often put as much as $1,550/month aside for emergencies and long-term savings. At some point, they hope to buy a house further out of town and raise a family.
Expenses | Per Month |
Mortgage | $1,085 |
Groceries/Food | $500 |
Eating Out | $240 |
Transit Pass | $81 |
Car Payments | $415 |
Car Insurance | $166 |
Clothing | $180 |
Car Maintenance | $100 |
Parking | $50 |
Gasoline | $100 |
Utilities (Internet, TV, Heat, Electricity) | $170 |
Strata Fees | $245 |
Cell phones | $95 |
Medical Service Plan Premiums | $102 |
Entertainment | $350 |
Planned Savings | $1,000 |
Total Expenses | $4,879 |
Monthly Balance
Total Income Per Month | $5,429 |
Total Expenses Per Month | $4,879 |
Additional Savings | $550 |
4. Julian, Sarah & the Kids - A Family's Vancouver Budget
Julian is an administrator with a large legal firm in Vancouver, while his wife Sarah is a chemical engineer with a firm located in Delta.
With their combined income they were able to purchase a four-bedroom townhouse in Surrey for $499,999 with a down payment of $60,000.
With a 25-year mortgage they're making a monthly payment of $2,456.
Income | Per Year |
Julian's Salary | $47,000 |
Julian's Taxes | $8,308 |
Sarah's Salary | $69,000 |
Sarah's Taxes | $14,842 |
Total Combined Income After Taxes | $92,850 |
Income After Taxes Per Month | $7,738 |
Their two boys, aged 9 and 11, both play soccer in the local league during the fall, take swimming lessons during the summer, and Aikido all year long. Keeping the kids registered and clothed for these sports costs the family around $300 a month.
Sarah recently bought a truck for work that she's financing through the dealership, which costs $654/month. With insurance and maintenance, it means she puts an overall total of $979 per month towards their vehicle. Julian saves money by buying 3-zone bus pass for $151 every month. Julian does have small compact car for running the kids around, but it's paid off, so it only costs him insurance and maintenance, a combined $250 per month.
With a bigger house, come bigger expenses, with heating and electricity costing them around $140/month. Their strata fees of $249 cover not only water, but also the general maintenance of the grounds.
The kids watch TV and surf the Internet, with the combined package costing them around $120/month.
Julian also attends lunch-time Tai-chi classes downtown and Sarah gets her exercise by training at a local fencing club, running them about $275/month. At the end of the month, anything left over is set aside for family vacations or the kids' college fund, and most months, that's about $471.
Julian & Sarah's Expenses at a Glance
Expenses | Per Month |
Mortgage | $ 2,456 |
Groceries/Food | $ 825 |
Eating Out | $ 300 |
Transit Pass | $ 151 |
Truck Payment | $ 654 |
Truck Insurance | $ 225 |
Truck Maintenance | $ 100 |
Car Insurance | $ 125 |
Car Maintenance | $ 125 |
School Supplies | $ 127 |
Clothing (Kids & Parents) | $ 350 |
Gasoline | $ 350 |
Utilities (Electricity, Heat, Telephone, TV, Internet) | $ 260 |
Medical Service Plan Premiums | $ 114 |
Strata Fees | $ 249 |
Daycare | $ 130 |
Life Insurance Premium (Ten Year Term) | $ 76 |
Kids' Recreation | $ 300 |
Parents' Recreation & Liquor | $ 350 |
Total | $ 7,267 |
Monthly Balance
Total Income Per Month | $7,738 |
Total Expenses Per Month | $7,267 |
Additional Savings | $471 |
Important note: The budgets presented in this article are only examples and may not represent your exact situation.
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13th Lab has launched a Kickstarter for their upcoming Rescape accessory for first-person shooters on iPhone. This rifle-esque accessory is built for quasi-ARG applications: the game uses the gyroscope and camera attachment, and the software can map out real world areas to be turned into game levels. As well, the software can be implemented into existing games – the prototype allowed players to play with a prototype of Quake at their GDC booth. The 3D printed prototype lacks the planned d-pad on the controller and the Kickstarter is looking for $150,000 at a $129 buy-in for the prototype and SDK access for developers with the demo Office Defender game.
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5 things: What we learned from the first round of football playoffsBy Morgan Lee Editor Buford quarterback Taylor Mitchell (10) lofts a pass into the sky on Friday in the Wolves' first round playoff defeat of Sonoraville. / photo: Brian Oliver
Heres a look at five things we learned from the first week of the high school football playoffs...
1. Region 7-AAA is, in fact, no joke Before the playoffs started everyone wondered just how good their own region was and how prepared they were for the postseason. In the case of Region 7-AAA, the answers were affirmative for both questions. Everyone knew that 7-AAA's champion was/is great, and Buford dominated perhaps like no other No. 1 seed in the playoffs, allowing just 26 TOTAL yards in their 58-0 defeat of Sonoraville. But a region is judged not by its best team, but by its depth -- so lets look at the three remaining seeds. No. 2 White County also rolled, winning 52-28 over Adairsville. And it wasnt just the final score that told the tale. The Warriors rushed for 470 yards in the win -- rolling with the style of offense that put them in the playoffs. Yet perhaps the most telling feature of Region 7-AAA was the play of its No. 3 and 4 seeds. North Hall and West Hall could easily have made it a 7-AAA sweep -- each losing by a missed field goal in the dying seconds on the road. The Spartans were inches away from the biggest upset of the playoffs, suffering a 28-26 loss at No. 2 Cartersville. North Hall, meanwhile, saw a potential game-winning field goal literally miss by millimeters. Its no concession for either set of fans (there was plenty of HURT to go around on Friday AND Saturday) but they can take solace in the fact that some of the best football in the state is played in Region 7-AAA. And, by the looks of things, that will continue. 2. Dalton Whitfield is among the top 10 players in north Georgia Anyone who has watched Whitfield over the past two seasons knows that the White County running back/linebacker is a game-changer. But this season, the senior has elevated himself to All-Star territory. Its not that Whitfield is doing anything different per se, its just that hes been healthy enough to play an entire season. He was on his way to doing something similar last season until a broken jaw sidelined him early (more about that later). And after taking shots from some of the best defenses in Class AAA (in Region 7-AAA), Whitfield found a way to dominate his teams first round playoff game on Friday, rushing for 240 yards and three touchdowns in a 52-28 win -- if you do the math, thats very nearly the difference in the final score. And while Whitfield is a force at running back he may be just as important on defense, where he leads the Warriors with over 150 tackles. Whitfield never really got going against Blessed Trinity -- this weeks playoff foe -- earlier this season. And it was against the Titans in their first match-up of last season that Whitfield suffered a broken jaw. If he can stay healthy this time around, Whitfield has the type of skill to make Blessed Trinity worried about their playoff future. 3. Chestatee is just getting better and better 4. Gainesville is far more than just offense This is not a revelation to anyone that has watched the Red Elephants over the past few years. Yet those on the outside of the program may be apt to think of Gainesville as an offensive powerhouse that tries to outscore everyone. That is most certainly not the case, and it was proven -- again -- by the Red Elephants 28-14 first round playoff victory over M.L. King. Gainesville was out-gained by almost 200 yards in the win and yet managed a fairly comfortable victory thanks to a defensive score and a special teams play that set up an easy offensive score. Yes, Deshaun Watson gets a lot of praise, and deservedly so, but the Red Elephants QB, is far from a one-man show -- even on offense. And anyone that underestimates the Big Red defense is in for a shock. 5. Region 7-AAAAAA is, in fact, the best in the entire state Only two regions in the ENTIRE state swept through the first round of the state playoffs: 7-AAAAAA and 6-AAA. And we would bet Norcross, Collins Hill, North Gwinnett and Peachtree Ridge would out-fight Blessed Trinity, Woodward Academy, St. Pius X and Cedar Grove. But what do you expect when it takes a coin flip to determine seeds 1-3 in a region as good as 7-AAAAAA? In fact, the regions No. 5 team, Mill Creek, could have been a region champ in a number of other leagues. This region is special indeed, and we believe its the best in the ENTIRE state. Doubt it? Just watch the final standings in a few weeks. 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August 30, 2010 - by Hilary WordenHouse Minority Leader Boehner proposes spending cuts of about the same amount as an extension of the Bush tax cuts would cost, Sen. Merkley says immigration reform is unlikely to go anywhere this year, and more in today's Congress links.
- Rep. John Boehner [R-OH] proposes $700 billion in spending cuts, though they would be cancelled out by an extension of the Bush tax cuts. (The Hill)
- Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] says he doesn't expect immigration reform to get through Congress this year. (The Hill)
- Congress considers an expansion of qualified Agent Orange disabilities. (Politico)
- A White House advisory board submits suggestions for improving the tax code to Congress. (Washington Post)
- The Senate may consider stem cell legislation; a committee hearing is scheduled for the middle of next month. (National Journal)
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they can find 700 billions in cuts to pay for tax breaks(which are always good) but they can not find 40 billion in cuts to pay for extending unemployment benefits?
if any one in Congress had the cojones to attach 3706 to the tax cut bill it would be done deal.
today Oboma talked about extending the bush tax cuts but no mention of help for the unemployed.
If the tax cuts were allowed to expire, the deficit would be reduced by 30%, so the question is, who wants to hold back the recovery? This is all a stage play being played out, nothings changed other than a few faces. The patriot act, illegal wire tapping, secret camps, more intelligence agencies, a growing war scenario in Afghanistan spreading into Pakistan as we surround Iran, the pentagon has a cash flow thats out of control, a war on terror that actually creates terrorists so we have an ideological threat so we can expand our interests using our military in the middle East, and the intentional crippling of our Govt., and soon to have Drone`s flying over us in the U.S., and last but not least the White House has been filled with bankers and lobbyist the very thing Obama said he would get rid of. So the question still stands who`s stopping the recovery, and wheres the change??


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705 hosts luncheon with the help of the LITE Center
Lafayette, LA (KADN) — The 705 is a group in Lafayette made up of young leaders coming together for a better Acadiana. They, along with the LITE Center, hosted a luncheon today to talk about how the future generations can help with our community. The 705 is growing rapidly and expanding our community involvement. Local dignitaries attended the luncheon is support of the 705 future goals.
"The LITE and the whole community is support behind them to developing future leaders and part of my goal in LITE is to support and develop next leadership for next generation," says Dr. Kam Ng, CEO at LITE Center.
The 705 along with LITE's support hopes to form collaborative partnerships between their group and many citizens throughout the community. They want to ultimately become the go-to source to find the true pulse of local young, community-minded people who are looking to be more involved and interested in local issues.


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Is there such a thing?
It is such a "thick" pistol, I was wondering if anyone has been able to comfortably pocket carry one?
I have used the Galco pocket holster, but it feels like I have a brick in my pocket.
Also if you have "seen" a pic of something that might work please post it.


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This is a good week, a fun week, a cool week…we're excited.
News on the homefront: Embrocation is now selling Pegoretti bicycles. We like to think of ourselves as a bit above the hero-worship thing here, but seriously, who are we kidding? Getting to represent Dario in any way? Dream come true.
Embrocation Cycling Journal Volume 7 stockists of the week: Bike Effect in Santa Monica, CA. They stock more Parlee, Moots and Time, and more other high end bike brands than we can list. And their shop uniform appears to be Rapha shirts embroidered with the Bike Effect logo. That's slick.
To our friends down under, and yes, we actually do have a good following in Australia thanks in no small part to Malachi and the bunch at Northside Wheelers. So, confirm or deny: is this what you guys do down there during the winter?
Ridiculous bike news: BMC to team up with Lamborghini to make Lamborghini flavored BMC bike.
That BMC looks pretty fly but what's the most advanced bike on the market? Why, it's the Dogman, of course.
Also in the world of shiny lugs and whizzing sprockets, and fitting for our 11th installment of this here Weekly Roundup, the 11-speed wars are heating up.
Apropos of nothing: we miss this guy, if not the nastiness that surrounded that time. Still, it's nice to see the predominance of aluminum bikes, climbing in the drops, and helmetlessness.
And in racing news, it's Tour of Romandie week, and a certain top rider, who may or may not be a member of Radiohead, (the hair!) seems to be delivering on four years of promises. If we were Cadel Evans we'd be nervous; Wiggo has his eyes on yellow for July, he has a good team, and 100km+ of time trialing weigh heavily on his favor for this year's Grand Boucle. Besides, riding the field off your wheel just looks cool. So for the race junkies, here's out favorite clip of the week:
Odds and ends:
Sometimes you just see inspiring words and pictures and want to share them: Heavenly commute action.
Other times you see things that you like, but they make you oddly jealous and grumpy: Stupid Bay Area being perfect again. We'll be sorry, and a bit smug, when you fall into the ocean.
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Artist: Gabriel Goryn Gallo
Location: Lima, Peru
Web site: www.ethniqueonline.net
What do you create?
Peruvian artistic decorative pottery.
When and why did you decide to start your business?
Since I was a small kid I remember doing different kinds of abstract drawings, sketches of people, and a lot of font stencils in every notebook in school. Time passed by, I went to college and studied industrial engineering , even though, all of my vocational tests indicated me that I should study art or architecture, but then again, at 17, not many people have a clear idea of what they want to do with their life.
A couple of years after graduating from college, and after working for many years in the family business, my brother Daniel and I had the chance, and decided, to start a company that would create high quality, handcrafted decorative pottery. We thought that by combining traditional Peruvian pottery techniques, with modern, artistic designs, we could create beautiful aesthetic products that would appeal to present decorative styles.
At the beginning, I watched how other designers conceived their artwork. I needed time and confidence to overcome my own insecurities and fears, but after a few months, and, by truly believing that this was what I wanted to do with my life, I started doing my own designs. It was then that I realized that those sketches I did many years ago, I did for a reason, and that 22 years later, I would understand why.
Where do you get your inspiration for your projects?
My inspiration comes from my own environment, the world around me tinged with some abstract geometry. I could be sitting on my office, reading a magazine, watching a movie, or even driving my car, and some kind of idea will start to develop in my head.
It's always important to have a continuous source of feedback and information. I've subscribed to a couple of Home Décor magazines were I can find new trends, or conceptual ideas. I try to read and visit home décor retail websites, different blogs & designer sites.
I also try to ask more experienced professionals for their opinion on my previous designs; this feedback is always helpful when trying to build new collections.
Which of the tools you use is your favorite?
Any favoritism for certain tool will honestly be determined by the circumstances in which an idea originates.
a) If I'm sitting at home, brainstorming for new ideas and designs, I will have to say that my favorite tools would be; a pencil, fine & medium black markers, and a sketch block.
b) In any other case, it's the tool that will help me truly materialize the ideas that come to my mind at a certain moment. Sometimes I'll use a napkin, a personal card, or even a receipt; it will depend on where I am at that moment. I have to say that I also rely a lot on the digital voice recorder of my cell phone.
What keeps you motivated?
- Positive feedback.
- Knowing that we are creating products that people will enjoy having at their home.
- Believing that some people still prefer and appreciate handcrafted, artful home accents, instead of owning a mass produced item that has been repeatedly done 100,000 times.
- Looking back at where we were 3 years ago and realizing what we have achieved since then.
- The desire to become a recognized pottery designer.
- My son.
How do you get the word out about your work?
We like to approach our customers directly; a simple phone call will sometimes do the work. We don't send just an email; we believe it's too un-personal and mechanical.
In the following months, we would like to showcase our products in more sites and blogs. We have just finished our new website, which was something we needed to do for quite sometime.
We have participated in a few local shows, and recently, we had the opportunity to attend to the NYIGF.
What is your main goal for the next 6-12 months?
Locally, we're looking forward on doing a strategic alliance with an important art & design retail store.
Internationally, we want to expand our customer listing, we are trying to reach the west coast region, we intend on having 4 new customers in the next 6-12 months.
What advice would you give to someone starting a creative business?
The virtue of patience, lots of patience, it will take time for people to start appreciating and getting to know your work, I still repeat this to myself every day.
Always keep yourself motivated.
Believe in what your doing; sometimes you might feel that things are not going the way you want them to be. At times, it will be hard and frustrating, but you should never stop believing on your work.
Subscribe to magazines, visit websites and read different design and industry related blogs.
What's the most important thing you'd like people to know/understand about your work?
I would like for our customers to understand and appreciate how our pottery is made, the process it goes through, and the distinctive and extraordinary technique used in the making of each product.
If you had the time, what new craft/medium would you like to learn or use?
What's your definition of a perfect day?
My perfect day would start by waking up with natural daylight or music. It would be followed by saying good morning to my 2 years old son, who will send me back a beautiful innocent, lovely smile, and a funny-sounding, heart warming: "Hola Papito" (Hello Daddy)
My perfect office day would start by an obligatory cup of coffee with lots of sugar. I would spend half the day at the office, working while listening to music, closing a sale, learning something useful, getting a new idea for a collection, and contacting a new prospective customer.
I would spend the second half of my perfect day with my family and friends, going to a park, making my son laugh, and watching him enjoy every little detail from the world around him.
The evening could be presented with a bottle of wine, going to dinner or a movie.


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Recap - Coastal Carolina Defeats VMI 72-49
VMI was run off the court by Coastal Carolina on Saturday as they blasted them 72-49 at Kimbel Arena.
Coastal Carolina got 21 points from Anthony Raffa and another 12 points from Warren Gillis. Kierre Greenwood contributed 8 assists, while El Hadji Ndieguene cleaned the glass with 9 rebounds.
VMI got a 16-point performance from Stan Okoye, who was supported by 16 points from Rodney Glasgow. Stan Okoye had 4 assists in a losing cause for VMI, while Stan Okoye grabbed 12 rebounds.
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Hi all... Could anyone explain a reason why my rev counter has decided to start revving backwards?
I got in my car (2007 Mk3 LX) today and as I started it the rev counter needle spun all the way round. As I drove, the needle was moving backwards. As I stopped the needle came to rest at the bottom of the dial. Any help will be great. Thanks.


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She thinks that life passes her by
Steady with the blade against her
Torn, scarred thigh
Her pale inner city
Quakes from the barrage
The wreckage and debris:
Self-confidence and trust
In self, in others
Her hope poured
Down the drain
Along with her pills
The children's cries can't be heard
In her silent break down
She can't remember
Midnight on our hill
We chose our fortunes
And clouds in the sky
Then watched as they collided
As we collided
Her old friend splashes
on the decades aged shag
Not just pain but relief
In her swimming blue eyes
They reflect nothing
No light gets through
Not anymore
Not quite anymore
Not quite…
Over the state line
Pedal to the floor
80 mph and not caring
I look over at her face
And though I know
The torment that lies
Just underneath
Just out of reach
I'm touched
By the grace and gray.
She wakes
as we reach the tunnel.
We hold our breath
I liked that.
"Man it takes a silly girl
to lie about the dreams she has.
But lord, it takes a lonely one to wish
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EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon's Secretary of State thinks there are some major issues facing our nation's voting system, and that was the focus of her visit to the University of Oregon School of Law on Wednesday.
Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown says she wanted to talk to law students who might have a stronger hand in changing and defending voting laws in the future.
She says the new voter ID laws in places like North Carolina restrict voting access to minorities and low-income individuals. Brown says in Oregon, lawmakers have worked hard to grant voting access to all citizens, and they're even brainstorming about the future.
"Young people are doing everything online, so I think it's really important that we study this issue and take a look at how we can make sure that online voting would be secure," Brown said.
Brown says online voting is inevitable, but she doesn't think it'll happen while she's still secretary of state.


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Sunbathing for Health? A Canadian magazine intended to help Canucks make it through the long winter…just aim a heat lamp on your knees and hunker down, you'll make it. What makes Sunbathing for Health good for this family friendly blog is that while it was a nudist magazine, the professional models, hardly representative of the folks inside, kept their clothes on for the covers! I can show them without attracting the ire of angry moms. Things must have eased up, as later covers have, well…more tan. But they still air-brushed the brushes.
What we have here is a double hypocrisy. First of all, the sun hasn't been too healthy since we broke the ozone layer. Better to stay inside and read the magazines. Second of all, the women on the cover only undressed to earn their modeling commission or to go to bed. None of these women were really card-carrying Canadian naturists.
Canada. The Mexico of the North. Vast sprawling lands of cedar-shingled saunas filled with pasty el-boffo for 9 months of the year…whereas this magazine went year 'round.
Sunbathing for Health famously used Bettie Page twice for the cover, but I don't think she ever went to the frozen north…though it was before cellphones, so we can't look up her "tower pings" to confirm it.
The publisher was Rex in Toronto, and I believe they started publishing in 1940.
Now one would think if anyone could get along, it would be naked volleyball players. Nope. Check out this crib from Wiki, which seem unusually preoccupied with naturists to me…but we all have our predilections.
Most of those clubs united in the Canadian Sunbathing Association, which affiliated with the American Sunbathing Association in 1954. Several disagreements between eastern and western members of the CSA resulted in the breakup of CSA into the Western Canadian Sunbathing Association (WCSA) and the Eastern Canadian Sunbathing Association (ECSA) in 1960. The ECSA endured much in-fighting over the next decade and a half, leading to its official demise in 1978. The WCSA continues today as the American Association for Nude Recreation - Western Canadian Region
War of the Naked Candians!
Personally, I love skinny dipping, but I'm not a "joiner" so have never felt it necessary to belong to a club, Canadian or otherwise. Just put up the clothing optional sign and leave me alone, I'm trying to read here.
There were two types of nudist magazines. Real ones, which promoted a healthy lifestyle, and fake ones which promoted only a way for sleazy gangsters to sell spicy pictures. I think Rex sat on the fence. They claimed "sun worship" status, and yet most of the inside pages were women. After all, only guys are gawkers. I am going to bet 99 percent of their subscribers were dudes.
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Burritos might be Chipotle's specialty, but it looks like the chain is getting in on the pizza game. According to the Huffington Post, Chipotle invested in Pizzeria Locale in Denver, which is essentially a fast casual restaurant where customers can choose ingredients for a made-to-order pizza à la Chipotle's burritos. The restaurant (an offshoot of another Denver pizza place owned by Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson and Bobby Stuckey) has been open since May and Chipotle's involvement was a well-guarded secret until recently. The owners are looking to expand nationally, so a Chipotle-style pizza place could pop up in your area sometime in the future.
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I know such things are juvenile, politically incorrect to the max and I sincerely apologize to anyone who may be offended by the mere mention of such things, but…
If I were to be given an "indian name" today, it would undoubtedly be "He Who Cannot Dodge Two Outers".
Stupid wheatie.
Speaking of all things politically incorrect (or is this fair game? I don't really pay much attention), I really enjoyed this one:
A Wayne, Mich., marine operator is investigating a third Lake Michigan cross-lake ferry service from Frankfort to Algoma, Wis., according to published reports.
The Journal-Sentinel confirmed that McCaughrin has been in contact with public officials in both Frankfort and Algoma. As much as they would welcome a cross-lake ferry operator in their ports, officials from both communities expressed skepticism that McCaughrin could realistically launch a third cross-lake operations, the newspapers reported.
The Journal-Sentinel quoted McCaughrin as saying that he was pursuing ferry plans because "God woke me up in the middle of my sleep and told me to call the people in Algoma. ... This is something that God wants, and I'm just doing the paperwork."
I now know what I've been doing wrong. I need to sleep more.
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Flag of Bolivia Background: Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in the 1980s, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and drug production. Current goals include attracting foreign investment, strengthening the educational system, continuing the privatization program, and waging an anti-corruption campaign. (Source: CIA - The World Factbook) border countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru related countries: Spain |
Official Name: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia short form: Bolivia int'l long form: Plurinational State of Bolivia Bolivia changed its official name from Republic of Bolivia to Plurinational State of Bolivia in 2009. ISO Country Code: bo Time: Local Time = UTC -4h Actual Time: Fri-Mar-6 01:55 Country Calling Code: +591 Capital Cities: La Paz (administrative, seat of the government; pop. 800,000) Sucre (legislative/judiciary; pop. 300 000) Other Cities: Santa Cruz (1,500 000), Cochabamba (587,000), El Alto (860,000). Government: Type: Republic. Independence: 6 August 1825. Constitution: 1967; revised 1994. Geography: Location: West central South America Area: 1 million km² (424.164 sq. mi.) Terrain: High plateau (altiplano), temperate and semitropical valleys, and the tropical lowlands. Climate: Varies with altitude--from humid and tropical to semiarid and cold. People: Nationality: Bolivian(s). Population: 10.4 million (2010) GNI per capita PPP: $ 3 049 (year) Ethnic Groups: Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15%. Religions: Predominantly Roman Catholic; minority Protestant. Languages: Spanish (official); Quechua, Aymara, Guarani. Literacy: 85.5%. Natural resources: Tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower. Agriculture products: Soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber. Industries: Mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing Currency: Boliviano (BOB) Bolivia in numbers Bolivia statistical key figures. |
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It would be nice to see if this one day, personal cup totals could be ten%. 1.5% average is very....lacking is the word I find. And if it can be done that day then....
How many Ann Coulter articles does it take -- year after year -- to discredit Earth Day? This, when we are facing a likely government shutdown, growing inflation, three wars with no end in sight, and a constantly vacationing first family...
That day is Good Friday and is a holiday for many people; it be nice to have had Earth Day on a workday- a free coffee always seem to put a smile on hard working folks!!!
@108represent April 22nd is a Friday work day as well as Earth Day. Just because it happens to be a religious holiday for some, certainly doesn't mean that ALL should have to change it's date for that religious conflict.
Aw, that sucks. I won't be able to go on April 22. UGGGGGGH.
Does the tea have to be the (hot) brewed kind, or could it be flavored iced tea?
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History of Medicine
A Monstrous Mate
I demand a creature of another sex, but as hideous as myself. . . . It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another. Our lives will not be happy, but they will be harmless, and free from the misery I now feel. Oh! my creator, make me happy; let me feel gratitude toward you for one benefit! Let me see that I excite the sympathy of some existing thing; do not deny me my request!
The Monster to Victor Frankenstein
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, 1818
The Nightmare, 1781. Henry Fuseli (1741-1825). Photographic reproduction of an oil painting on canvas. Courtesy © 1997 The Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase.
Victor Frankenstein initially agrees to create a mate for his monster. But as Frankenstein begins to assemble an Eve for his Adam, he grows terrified by the prospect that this female creature will be "ten thousand times more malignant" than her companion, and that the two might themselves produce "a race of devils." Breaking his promise to the monster, Frankenstein disposes of the body parts he gathered to produce the female creature. Inflamed with hatred, the monster sets outs to destroy in Frankenstein's life all that he coveted for his own. After killing Clerval, Frankenstein's best friend, the monster murders Elizabeth, Frankenstein's bride, on their wedding night.


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Does this happen to you? Like a lot of things, I put this blog down for a minute a while ago and it's been hard coming back around to pick it up again. A lot of the info on throughthewalls.org right now is out of date. I have my own health issues I"m wrestling with but I'm not sure if that's the problem. It's hard to keep anything in perspective.
While it didn't destroy my immediate surroundings or jeopardize my life, Hurricane Sandy rattled me, as it rattled a lot of people in the NYC/NJ area. My priorities and outlook have shifted. I've done some relief work and some donating but not much– not nearly enough. I have lots to say about it and now that I'm finally in the blogger machine again, I don't know where to start.
The whole business of the elections distracting from real-life politics has never been so stark to me as it was just now– with pockets of NYC and NJ surviving ongoing inequality compounded by ongoing disaster and everybody chattering about the elections. Some people are still chattering about the elections, bursting with pride and celebration over the man who signed the NDAA into law and may keep more people in cages than anyone on the planet.
It's crazy how parts of NYC are almost totally fine, almost totally back to normal, while other neighborhoods are living in the cold and the dark without water, sometimes with health needs and trapped in apartments or displaced by desolation. The establishment and the rich seem to be counting on the fact that if enough time goes by, people with privilege will lose interest in the disaster and let it go out of sight and out of mind. This is the way oppression, disaster, and inequality persist in the first place. This is how things really are all the time. Crisis and disaster and everyone walking around and many not immediately threatened pretending everything is fine.
This is how it often feels to read about Gaza and that's particularly true now.
And yet everyday life has to be lived. Jobs have to be worked, sometimes, for now, health has to be tended to, when possible, and the causes I normally work for still exist and still matter.
Most people don't follow me for news. If you're up on things, there are better sources. Mostly I connect dots or maybe provide a perspective in a bigger conversation. But on a few specific things, I occasionally bring you news. And I gotta update it. So stay tuned while I catch up. May take a sec.


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Card Game
Okay, I'm not stoned at the moment, but I wrote this as a status on EP while I was. I had been at a friend's house and four of us decided to play a card game. I don't know what game it was, but eventually I got really confused and told everyone, "I can't do this. It makes no sense. I quit." and threw my cards down. The person to the left of me said, "No, Bekah! We're almost done and I was about to win! Okay guys, I can just take over for her." Somehow they continued the game, but to me it looked like everyone was just super stoned and making up rules. This is the status that came from my experience that day:what? nothing makes sense. that ******* card game made no sense. all we did was slap cards down and take piles of cards but there really were no rules at all. we were just super high.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I rememeber you asking me about this. BTW... No. It was the person on your RIGHT saying he would take over. I was on your left, and I wasn't gonna take over for you xD
Perhaps you were using Tarot cards?


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This will be a randomized, open-label, multicenter, phase ii study.
The trial will consist of a 21-day screening period, a treatment phase composed of a 4-month induction phase and a maintenance phase, a reinduction phase, two Safety Follow-up Visits occurring 28 ((+-) 3) days and 3 months ((+-) 7 days) after the last dose of study drugs along with a survival follow-up period. Date of the signed consent will be the start of the screening period.
The following treatment regimens (2-week cycles) are allowed during the 4-month induction phase (if the patient exhibits a good response [PR or SD] and still tolerates the regimen after 4 months, the chemotherapy can be continued at the investigator's discretion for up to an additional 2 months [following discussion with the Medical Monitor]):
arm a: Concurrent FoLFoXiRi/bevacizumab (2-week cycle):
* Bevacizumab, 5 mg/kg iV
* LV, 200 mg/m([SQuaReD] over 2 hours or as deemed appropriate by investigator
* irinotecan, 165 mg/m([SQuaReD] over 1 hour
* oxaliplatin, 85 mg/m([SQuaReD] over 2 hours
* 5-Fu, 3200 mg/m([SQuaReD] by 48-hour continuous infusion
arm B: Sequential FoLFoXiRi/bevacizumab (2-week cycle):
Patients receiving this regimen will receive alternating 1-month administrations of
FoLFoX/bevacizumab (2 x 2-week cycles [as described below in arm C]) and
FoLFiRi/bevacizumab (2 x 2-week cycles) as follows:
* Bevacizumab, 5 mg/kg iV
* LV, 400 mg/m([SQuaReD] over 2 hours or as deemed appropriate by investigator
* irinotecan, 180 mg/m([SQuaReD] iV over 1 hour
* 5-Fu bolus (400 mg/m([SQuaReD], followed by a 46-hour continuous infusion (2400 mg/m([SQuaReD])
arm C: FoLFoX/bevacizumab (2-week cycle):
* Bevacizumab, 5 mg/kg iV
* LV, 400 mg/m([SQuaReD] over 2 hours or as deemed appropriate by investigator
* oxaliplatin, 85 mg/m([SQuaReD] over 2 hours
* 5-Fu bolus (400 mg/m([SQuaReD] ), followed by a 46-hour continuous
infusion (2400 mg/m([SQuaReD])
The following treatment regimens are allowed during the maintenance phase (preferably, the investigator should choose one of the following and stay with it; switching is
allowed, however, if toxicities arise):
5-Fluorouracil/bevacizumab (2-week cycle):
* Bevacizumab, 5 mg/kg iV
* LV, 400 mg/m([SQuaReD] over 2 hours or as deemed appropriate by investigator
* 5-Fu bolus (400 mg/m([SQuaReD] ), followed by a 46-hour
continuous infusion (2400 mg/m([SQuaReD])
Capecitabine/bevacizumab (3-week cycle)
* Bevacizumab, 7.5 mg/kg iV
* Capecitabine, 1000 or 850 mg/m([SQuaReD] p.o. b.i.d. (at the investigator's discretion) on Days 1 to 14,
repeated every 3 weeks
Inclusion Criteria
Patients must meet the following criteria for study entry:
Disease-specific inclusion criteria:
1. Histologically-confirmed CRC with at least one measurable metastatic lesion by
RECIST v1.1, that is considered unresectable at baseline.
General inclusion criteria:
2. Signed informed consent prior to initiation of any study-specific procedure
or treatment
3. Age >= 18 and <= 75 years
4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 or 1
(see Appendix B) if < 71 years; ECOG status of 0 if >= 71 and <= 75 years
5. Able to comply with the protocol, including tissue and blood sampling
6. Adequate hematological function:
x Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1500 per mm3 AND
x Platelet count >= 100,000 per mm3 AND
x Hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL (may be transfused to maintain or exceed this level)
7. Adequate liver function:
x Total bilirubin < 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) AND
x Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine (ALT) < 2.5 x ULN in patients
without liver metastases or < 5 x ULN in patients with liver metastases
8. Adequate renal function:
x Creatinine < 2.0 x ULN, OR
x Calculated creatinine clearance according to the formula of Cockroft and
Gault >=50 mL/min
x AND
x Urine for proteinuria should be < 2+. Patients discovered to have >=2+
proteinuria on dipstick urinalysis at baseline should undergo a 24-hour urine
collection and must demonstrate < 1 g of protein in 24 hours
9. International normalized ratio (INR) <= 1.5 and activated prothrombin time (aPTT)
<= 1.5 x ULN within 7 days prior to randomization for patients not receiving anticoagulation
therapy. The use of full-dose oral or parenteral anticoagulants is
permitted as long as the INR or aPTT is within therapeutic limits (according to the
medical standard of the enrolling institution) and the patient has been on a stable
dose of anticoagulants for at least two weeks prior to the first study treatment
10. Patients with treated brain metastases are eligible for study participation. Patients
may not receive ongoing treatment with steroids at screening. Anticonvulsants
(at stable dose) are allowed. Treatment for brain metastases may be whole-brain
radiotherapy, radiosurgery, neurosurgery, or a combination as deemed appropriate
by the treating physician. Radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery must be
completed at least 28 days prior to randomization
11. If not postmenopausal (< 12 months of amenorrhea) or surgically sterile, females
must agree to use a highly effective contraceptive method (i.e., with a failure rate of
< 1% per year, such as hormonal implants, combined oral contraceptives, or
vasectomized partner) during the treatment period and for at least 6 months after
the last dose of study drug
12. If fertile, males must agree to use a highly effective contraceptive method (i.e., with
a failure rate of < 1 % per year, such as vasectomy, sexual abstinence, or female
partner's use of hormonal implants or combined oral contraceptives) during the trial
and for a period of at least 6 months after the last dose of study drug


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Good news for young candidates who want to make their career in banking sector. State Bank of India, going to release notification for 19000 clerks vacancies at the end week of this month. Head officer of state bank of India have made announcement about upcoming SBI PO and clerks recruitment.
Also, this news was confirmed by many news channels. Other Important details for SBI clerical recruitment are given below. So, start preparing for SBI clerks posts, they will release notification for sure.
Age Details:
Candidates who have age in between 18-28 years could apply for sbi clerical posts. As usual, age relaxation will be provided to SC, ST and PWD candidates.
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Expected around 19000 clerks vacancies.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates required to apply online from official website of State Bank of India. Stay tuned with our website, we will post full details after official notification.


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Close Shave on Jupiter's Beard
The Western tiger swallowtail (Papilio rutulus) is the kind of butterfly that combines steel with silk.
It's a tough critter. Often you'll see it with its wings clipped by a predator--maybe a bird or a praying mantis.
Then when you see it glide around, landing on Jupiter's beard, it's the epitome of grace.
The magnificent butterfly is found throughout much of western North America, from British Columbia to North Dakota in the north to Baja California and New Mexico in the south. We've seen it nectaring not only on Jacob's beard, but zinnias, Mexican sunflower (Tithonia), California buckeye but thistles, too.
Kite makers, dress makers and tattoo artists mimic this colorful yellow-winged butterfly with its bold black stripes and ll orange and blue spots on its swallow tail.
This one favored Jupiter's beard on Gates Canyon Road, Vacaville, but if you look closely you'll see that a predator tried to give it a clean shave.
Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, glides on Jupiter's beard, Centranthus ruber. This one is missing part of its wing structure, no thanks to a predator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Western tiger swallowtail swoops down for a little nectar on Jupiter's beard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Western tiger swallowtail sipping nectar from Jupiter's beard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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TWC performing DAI in multi-screen on-demand content
February 10, 2015 1:56 pm | by Brian Santo, @CEDmagazine | News | CommentsTime Warner Cable is preparing to add the ability to perform DAI with on-demand content delivered to IP-based devices. TWC has set itself up to enable advertisers to run unified ad campaigns that could cut across all three platforms: traditional VOD, linear over IP, and on-demand over IP.
Video, data, advertising fuel Charter's fourth quarter results
February 5, 2015 12:35 pm | by Mike Robuck, @CEDmagazine | News | CommentsCharter Communications' fourth quarter results were driven by robust video and advertising revenues, and a continued increase in data subscribers. Charter's residential video subscribers grew by 3,000, as opposed to a loss of 2,000 a year ago, while it added 104,000 high-speed Internet customers in the quarter.
Imagine scoops up RGB Networks
January 26, 2015 2:03 pm | by Brian Santo, @CEDmagazine | News | Comments[Updated 6:00PM Eastern] Imagine Communications is buying RGB Networks, which specializes in software-based dynamic ad insertion (DAI), just-in-time (JIT) packaging, and cloud DVR. No price was set. Imagine said it will bring on board the majority of RGB's employees.
Rentrak, Kantar integrate TV viewership, shopping data
January 20, 2015 2:01 pm | by Brian Santo, @CEDmagazine | News | CommentsRentrak said it is partnering with Kantar Shopcom to integrate retail purchase data and information into its television viewing data. The combined data should give advertisers a vastly more detailed ability to not only target ads to viewers, but also to monitor the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
November / December 2014
December 2, 2014 8:26 pm | by CED | Digital Editions | CommentsIn this issue, we profile Sherita Ceaser, the recipient of the 2014 Women In Technology Award. CED editors attended the 2014 Cable-Tec Expo, caught up on keynotes, sampled the seminars, and sat through the sessions to bring you a comprehensive overview of the technologies that are driving progress in the cable industry. Contributed articles address managing networks – one looks at smart home networks, the other at the cloud.
Virgin Media unifies DAI across multiple services
December 2, 2014 12:36 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsBlackArrow scored its first big contract outside North America, working with Virgin Media to help deliver targeted ads. Virgin Media will use BlackArrow's solutions to choose the most appropriate ads for its TiVo-based service, including its on-demand TV platform and Virgin TV Anywhere.
Denhart steps down as CEO at BlackArrow
November 25, 2014 7:16 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsBlackArrow's Dean Denhart is stepping down as the company's chief executive officer. He'd held that position for the last 7 years. BlackArrow president Nick Troiano will lead the company moving forward. "Dean has been a key part of BlackArrow's success and he has positioned us well for the future," said Troiano.
Building A Converged Video Architecture: A Panacea for Multi-platform Woes
November 25, 2014 5:54 pm | by Les Carter, vice president/chief architect, BlackArrow | Articles | CommentsA scalable converged video architecture lets the pay-TV service provider rise above the challenges of multi-platform video integration and allows them to focus on the business side of monetization. It also means more relevant ads for consumers and cross-platform, addressable ads for advertisers. In the end, this architecture has a little something for everyone.
AT&T dangles prospect of Shop While You Watch app
November 24, 2014 1:10 pm | by Editor | Blogs | CommentsThe idea has been kicking around for years: give viewers the ability to buy whatever they see on their screens being worn, used, eaten, or in any other way displayed. AT&T is considering doing that for U-verse. AT&T is calling the concept Shop While You Watch, and it seems to be floating the idea to see if anyone will bite.
Tablets increasingly used to watch linear TV
November 13, 2014 12:28 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsInfographic: More and more people are using their tablets for viewing linear content. Ad placement (and viewing) in broadband content is increasing significantly. That's true not only of long-form content but also of short-form content and everything in between.
Imagine picks up OpenTV's ad platform
October 31, 2014 1:11 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsImagine said the acquired products will be supported alongside Imagine Communications' existing advertising business systems offerings while providing a foundation for future developments that include linear, online, OTT and programmatic business models for TV and radio.
Rentrak buying Kantar's U.S. operations for $98M
October 9, 2014 1:46 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe purchase includes Kantar Media's customer contracts and customer relationships involved in U.S. television measurement. No Kantar Media TV measurement or global development capabilities outside of the United States are affected by this transaction.
This Technology standardizes SCTE-35 signals
September 23, 2014 12:30 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThis Technology announced Congruity Intelligent Signal Processor (iSP) for efficient management of SCTE-35 cues across all delivery platforms. The latest addition to This Technology's portfolio features cloud-based software that normalizes the wide variances of SCTE-35 messages MVPDs receive from programmers.
Nielsen Catalina to use FourthWall viewer data
August 19, 2014 1:40 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe company links advertising with retail sales by integrating data from Nielsen with shopper data from over 70M households. With access to FourthWall Media's TV viewing data, NCS is expanding the size of its dataset. FourthWall gathers data on 1.4M households.
Black Arrow aims at ad exhaustion
August 19, 2014 1:14 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThere really aren't enough advertisers with enough different targeted ads, which means some viewers often see the same ad over and over. BlackArrow has addressed the issue by adding support for audience-based frequency capping in its Advanced Advertising System.
New Facebook tracking aimed at helping advertisers understand mobile habits
August 15, 2014 1:22 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsFacebook already offers targeting, delivery and conversion measurement across devices. With the company's new cross-device report, Facebook said that advertisers will now able to view the devices on which people see ads and the devices on which conversions subsequently occur.
Delivering Profitable Multi-screen: What You Need to Know About Manifest Manipulation
August 13, 2014 12:17 am | by Duncan Potter, product and regional marketing, Arris | Articles | CommentsHow are service providers solving the challenge of making multiscreen profitable? Manifest manipulation enables you to better control, scale and monetize pay TV on multiple screens, particularly when it comes to targeted ad insertion and content substitution.
Engagement Driving A Resurgence In Multi-Screen Advertising
August 12, 2014 11:45 pm | by Craig Kuhl, contributing editor | Articles | CommentsMulti-screen delivery apparently leads to deeper engagement with viewers. Service providers might have expected that's putting the cart ahead of the horse, but it's turning out that viewer engagement is the factor that's inspiring advertisers to shift ad dollars to second and third screens.
CenturyLink extends agreement with Viamedia
July 28, 2014 1:38 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsCenturyLink has extended its agreement with Viamedia to include its three most recent IPTV markets: Phoenix; Omaha, Neb.; and Colorado Springs, Colo. CenturyLink had been offering its Prism IPTV service, based on Ericsson's MediaRoom technology, in seven other markets.
BHN starts VOD ad insertion with BlackArrow system
July 28, 2014 12:35 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe MSO has adopted BlackArrow's solution to manage the execution of dynamic ad insertion in its on-demand services. Programmers working through Canoe can connect with industry-standard DAI systems, including the BlackArrow advertising platform installed by BHN.
Digital ad insertion coming into reach for all
July 22, 2014 6:09 pm | by Craig Kuhl, contributing editor | News | CommentsDAI allows network operators to deliver targeted, addressable ads. It is becoming more common, will become more affordable and easier to implement, and should be showing up on the radar screens of Tier 2s and Tier 3s soon. WOW, for example, is heading into a trial of the technology soon.
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New Products: Envivio, RGB Networks
June 26, 2014 8:45 pm | by CED | Articles | CommentsEnvivio introduced a new multiprocessor software approach for real-time 4K Ultra HD HEVC (H.265) compression using its Muse encoding software. | RGB Networks recently launched its CloudXstream ad insertion for multi-screen (AIM) and network DVR.
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June 3, 2014 1:24 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMovie and music piracy web operations are thriving by using deceptive practices to lure legitimate advertising from companies like Comcast, Google, Microsoft, Walmart and Ford, often concealing their illicit activities so advertising brands remain unaware.
Online video: $5 billion worth of dirty little secrets
June 2, 2014 2:06 pm | by Chris Hock, senior vice president, business development and marketing, BlackArrow | Articles | CommentsWhile online video advertising continues a very aggressive and impressive growth trajectory, some folks are starting to dig in to what exactly they are getting with those impressions, and the story is not looking quite as rosy as perhaps everyone thought. (Contributed article.)
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may any one who has experienced such a horror find peace. no matter what your guilt, parents, friends, police, or who ever says, IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT. |
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may everyone who is in the sight of this prayer circle be blessed and will at sometime (maybe sooner than later) be able to come to grips with what a monster done to them. I was molested when I was a kid so I understand what many of you are facing but one day it will get better if you just believe in the almighty one..JESUS CHRIST |
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EU leaders enter bitter budget battle
PUBLISHED: 23 Nov 2012 10:53:00 | UPDATED: 24 Nov 2012 00:33:07PUBLISHED: 23 Nov 2012 PRINT EDITION: 24 Nov 2012British Prime Minister David Cameron: "No, I'm not happy at all." Photo: AP
Raf Casert
European Union leaders have begun what is expected to be a long and bitter session on a long-term budget for the region.
Each of the 27 nations has the power of veto over the 2014-20 budget. The summit negotiations that began late on Thursday could stretch over the weekend, perhaps without result, as leaders have staked out starkly different visions of Europe's future.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is seeking to keep payments into EU coffers down as low as possible. But French President Francois Hollande has called for sustained subsidies for farming and development programs for poorer nations.
Mr Cameron voiced the concerns of several other countries that do not want to see an increase in the bloc's spending plan at a time when many member states are cutting budgets at home.
"No, I'm not happy at all," Cameron said about EU President Herman Van Rompuy's latest offer to cap spending for 2014-20 at €1 trillion ($1.24 trillion).
"Clearly, at a time when we're making difficult decisions at home over public spending, it would be quite wrong – it is quite wrong – for there to be proposals for this increased extra spending in the EU."
The EU budget primarily funds programs to help farming and spur growth in the bloc's less developed nations and amounts to about 1 per cent of the EU's gross domestic product.
France's Mr Hollande said that was worth fighting for and he would be happy to walk away from the meeting if his demands were not met.
"No country should have a privileged position," Mr Hollande retorted. "I come here to find a compromise, not to set an ultimatum."
The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, supports more spending. It says cross-border initiatives will help create the economic growth and jobs that the bloc of half a billion people needs, particularly during a financial crisis that has pushed some countries into recession.
The amount of work Mr Van Rompuy has to do to bring the conflicting views closer together was highlighted earlier on Thursday as the bilateral meetings preceding the summit overran, forcing the opening discussions to be delayed by 2.5 hours until about 10.30pm local time (9am AEDT on Friday).
Calling on all for a compromise, Mr Van Rompuy said: ''It is necessary and, I am convinced, it is within our reach. So, dear colleagues, let's get down to business."
Several leaders were already anticipating the possibility of failure and the need to hold another summit in the new year to negotiate a deal.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said: "Germany wants to reach a goal, but there might also be the need for yet another stage."
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By Jaye Bell
Was it because it requires open advertised bids, and opening bids publicly, on county projects so anyone qualified can bid?
Because it requires the maintenance of our buildings and equipment? (Think Beaver Hill incinerators. )
Because it requires the Board of Commissioners ( BOC ) to inform citizens on issues and allow citizens time to comment at public meetings?
Because it requires the BOC to keep citizens informed of the Board's transactions by citizens voting on all large financial actions; selling and buying of assets and land; the giving away of public monies/assets?
Because it legally requires the commissioners obey their oath of office?
Because it requires citizens vote when a commissioner seat needs to be filled?
Because it requires citizens' property and individual rights be protected as under both the US Constitution/ Bill of Rights and the Oregon Constitution/ Bill of Rights?
Because it requires citizens decide, by voting, if they want their monies used for specific Urban Renewal/Enterprise projects?
Because it requires 'planning' with sales/purchasing of county property by giving guidelines for bulk selling and buying of every day items?
Because it requires major indebtedness be approved by the people? ( Note: ten $100,000 expenditures turn quickly into a million $)
Because it recognizes many people in this county have a wealth of information and the BOC should allow them time to speak at meetings?
Because many newspapers, present commissioners, past commissioners and 'important' people, ( who had either never read the Charter or had conflicts with their personal interests) stated untrue generalities, not specifics, and thereby condemned it?
Because the BOC, in my opinion, committed malfeasance of office and voter fraud by not providing the citizens of Coos County with the text of both 6-143 and 6-144? With 6-143 only the District Attorney's brief (accurate ) ballot title was presented to the citizens. With 6-144 the authors ( Messerle, Parry, counsel Soper ) presented only a ballot title which was totally inadequate to telling the truthful details. ARRRG was early led to believe the text would be in the voter pamphlet, however, the BOC did not contract with the state to do so, nor did the county publish one of it's own.
I personally thank 6,520 people who saw through the opposition's smoke and mirrors and voted for 'Voice of the Voters' Coos County 2012 Charter measure 6-143.
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