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ZBiddy is definitely a scam site. Go to EBay instead. And good luck disputing any charges from your credit card from ZBiddy. I tried disputing a charge from ZBiddy (w/o my permission) from my Best Buy credit card and they were not able to help as well. So I end up closing my account for lack of support. Funny though, Best Buy keep sending me a new card. They just don't get it, lack of common sense.
I can't believe zbiddy.com is still in business. I would be ashamed just working there and not notifying the consumer of the ongoing fraud.
Am glad more people agreed that this site is fraud. just in case I saved most of my chats conversation with them, all their promise and fail. They are total fraud even though at the initial time they were okay and later all the things i won including ipod never received them and some that i received didn't work, they even gave me an empty usb card reader. I left more than one thousand bids for them when I noticed they were playing games and more over nothing good to bid for from them.
Tip for consumers: Do not even try them plssssssssssssssssssssssAsk Zbiddy about Zbiddy
Had over 1040 bids paid for and won items I never received yet. class action law suit. I am in
they burn me with a 100dlls i never won $#*! how can i get my money back I need help anybody here is my email email@example.com thank you..
100% scam won bids paid like 100.00 total for 6 to 10 bids NEVER RECEIVED A THING DIDN'T EVEN ASK ME TO BEND OVER class action law suit i'm IN firstname.lastname@example.com
I have been a member for a few years but since last year, they have been really messing up. I'm owed so much money and I didn't receive my last 5 wins. I am willing to be a part of a class action suit. Just let me know at email@example.com.
I have been violated with nada, zero, no foreplay...not even a kiss. They owe me a bunch, they should be in court and if CLASS ACTION suit comes to be, count me in. How does our "protectors" allow this to occur...over and over and over. gary b jorgensen
now zibbdy no longer exists... wtf. I guess its called "Hotcloseouts2013.com" now...
Here is the response I received after filing a complain with the Delaware BBB:
This message is in regard to your complaint submitted on 3/12/2014 3:15:43 PM against ZBiddy.com Online Auction. Your complaint was assigned ID 9965810.
The Bureau has decided to close this complaint and note that the business did not respond to the complaint.
Your next step is to contact The Attorney General's Office. Their telephone number is: 302-577-8600.
This complaint will be reflected on the company's BBB Reliability Report with the following language: "The company failed to respond either to the consumer or the Bureau to the complaint(s) filed."
Please feel free to contact us with any further questions.
Lexe Kasey
The Better Business Bureau
The website appears functioning though there have been no auctions since early February. Live chat doesn't work and they have not returned emailed to get auction codes on items won since September of 2013.
Only gave one star since you have to give something. Won a $10 gift card in December and an iPod with over $200 in January. Kept using live chat and got the same response.. wait 3-5 dats more. Finally on 2/4,i got an email from Zbiddyrewards.com. Filled out the form and waited for email confirmation stating when ut will be shipped. Tried live chst now disabled and website has no auctions. Got an email from zbiddy billing saying they are refunding the cost if iPod but nothing about shipping and handling or missing gift card... the saga continues
Complete and total scam! I won a $10 gift card back in October of last year and still haven't received it. Not only that, but they charged me $79 in bid packs at the time of purchase without my knowledge. When I questioned them about it, they said that I agreed to it in the terms of service. Well, nowhere in the terms of service does it mention that when you win an item you have to buy a bid pack. I even told them about this, but they never respond. They never answer their emails and right now I have an ongoing investigation against them with the Better Business Bureau. They sent the complaint to them back on February 19th, and they still haven't received a response from them. All in all, stay away from this site at all costs, and don't believe the positive reviews people have of this site because they are either representatives of the company, or they don't mind getting money stolen from them.
They are bastards! they took $99 from me with no clear instructions. I am so frustrated. Robbers.
It's definitely a well organized scam. Dinged my checking account for $99 right off the bat. No clear instructions from the site. Felt like a hamster on one those wheels that keeps going round and round. Every time they dinged my checking account I was also charged a fee by my bank.
DO NOT USE THIS SITE.. I used it, won several auctions, received some of the items that I won, but did not receive many more items. I called customer service many times, and they always said, "They will be sent next week". Well, that was last Summer, and I am still waiting. A few other things about the site: If you bid on Ebooks, the ebook site you have to choose from only has old, classic literature, not any new books. Another tidbit: I got charged a small "International Bank Fee" for items that I won, about $1.99 or so, that they tacked on to the charge of each item. I'm not quite sure why, they tried to explain it to me, saying that it was because of their banking issues, but to me, it's just another ripoff. I will never use them again.
Read the fine print, It cost me $79.01 to win a 1 cent auction. don't fall for it.
1) The site is "legitimate." Pay attention to details when you sign up. Read the terms and conditions. Know what you are authorizing or not, and...
2). Understand what these bidding sites actually are; they are highly competitive, not easy to win, almost gambling, game sites. It's entertainment. It's a lottery. You compete to win a prize. And next, about the prizes. ..
3) I have received over 100 assorted items. Ranging from gift cards worth from 25 up to 100 dollars each of gas cards, retail store cards, restaurant cards, Starbucks cards, airline cards. I have received many items, to include a Dyson DC41 Vacuum cleaner, an assortment of headphones, a couple of computer accessories including two excellent monitors and other items. I have won, but not received, both an Apple iPad and iPod. I "won" all these items though hard work; spending hours at the computer, analyzing, developing techniques, timing, and luck. It really is a competition. As in all competitions, there are many losers. To win at all, to participate, you must buy bids. Lots of them. And you may lose them all. It can be very frustrating. Only the strong survive. Most people that stick with it will win something, and many times at a good price. So that's the risk.. Now, all that being said...
Update: All items delivered. The Samsung TV arrived right away, and the delayed Apple products have been delivered! Not only that, I received an even newer model iPad - the iPad Air - than the earlier model listed at time of auction :)
4) There is no problem as previously reported - It was resolved . All items have been delivered. As others had indicated; they had not as of yet shipped out Apple products going back to this past summer. I, too, had been put off exactly as previously described and awaiting resolution. They are still auctioning off Apple products as I write this review. This has been resolved satisfactorily. Additionally, I was just yesterday the winner of a Samsung TV, which I hope to receive within a couple of weeks time at the latest. I'll report back on this, as well.
4) If they resolve this issue, and/or I receive the TV, I'll report that and change the rating up. Obviously, if it's not resolved satisfactorily, or the TV doesn't arrive, I will rate the company down, accordingly.
I get from some of these reviews that it takes time and patience to win. Unfortunately, I have neither. So my goal it to spend all of my bids and get off this site. What I don't understand is how they can charge me shipping and handling for bids I've one. I got charged $2.49 shipping and handling for bids that just got added into my account. That is ridiculous to me. Is it even legal?
I have been trying for over a year to win anything worthwhile on this site. Now it seems the only thing available to bid on is pure junk. They have quit auctioning all but a few gift cards except a few 5 or 10 dollar amt. When you get done bidding on them and pay your delivery charge you are sure to lose money. This site truly is a joke!
Fraud site, they offer nothing and take your money!
My experience is that they are very very slow in delivering products that have been won. With that being said, auctions could be won at reasonable prices if you are patient and watch long enough to understand when and at what prices other bidders get bored and go away. Here are some other tricks that I found that address some of the concerns that others have.
When I signed up, I didn't give them my credit card information because I didn't trust them. I exited at the point that they were asking for my credit card. That was far enough, though, that I was registered and I was able to log into the site without ever buying the initial $99 bid package. I didn't give them any credit card information until after I had won an auction.
There is a Spin The Wheel page where you can win up to 10 free bids a day by spinning a roulette type wheel. You can only do this once in any 24 hour period. The trick is to click on "spin" and if it isn't going to land where you want it, just click any other link prior to the wheel stopping and you can go back and try again. I retry until I get 9 or 10 bids each time.
I have won some good items that have been delivered, but there are some auctions that I won back in December that have still not been delivered and the selection of new auctions has recently dropped to almost nothing. Looks to me like the site is shutting down and I probably won't get the last items that I won.
I have purchased a number of items I won on this site since the beginning of December. Haven't seen anything yet. This site is a rip-off. Don't use it.
16 out of 25 items on the first page are bids. You are actually bidding on buying more bids! 1 item is ebooks that are free on other websites and aps. The books are public domain books. I found this out after I bid and won and paid fro otherwise free books. Another item or two are magazine subsciptions that have a "delivery charge" which ends up making them more expensive than a sale subscription. The ipads and iphones that have a limit ( example $18 max) have been getting bid on in some cases for months. remember, you have to pay for bids whether yoou win or not. Another item is coupons. Yup, you will pay to bid and if you win you will pay for coupons. Coupons are free online and in the paper. So, you pay $99 for bids to bid on coupons, magazines, free books and more bids. This is just my opinion but I wish I didn't waste my money on this turd....
Everything everyone has said in their reviews happened to me; wasted time on the phone, lies, misleading advertising. We can report them to the Department of Consumer Fraud and several others! Please contact me about finding an attorney that will take this case-class action on contingency!
My name is Vanessa L
I have been having an issue getting the items I won and paid. It tookd me two months to get coupons I won. Got these items because I was on the phone on chat with them almost everyday. Then I figured I would give them one my opportunity to make good. I won and item on 11-25-13, 11-26-13 and 11-27-13. As of today I have not received my items that have been paid. I have been in contact with them almost everyday by chat or phone and each time I am told my items are in process. PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS WEB AUCTION, THEY VTAKE YOUR MONEY and do not deliver your items. I would give them a negative rating, but does not have that score here.Gave them a one star because I had no option lowwer.
I registered happily and then found out it had taken $99 out of my credit card!After three days of sending them friendly emails asking for a refund I was mad. my daughter Found the customer support number and called it, since she is only 11 she was to scared to yell at the lady, first they offered a gift card and she told her no, then they offered 85% percent back she said no again. Then they told her that it clearly states that you have to pay $99 dollars when you register, she believed them and told me that's when I got on the phone. I yelled at them saying that I wanted my $99 back and that if I didn't I'm taking them to court.They agreed to give my money back.they told me to wait 2-3 business days. It's the second day now, if I don't get my money back I'm calling them back and if I then don't get my money back, they are going to court! DON'T JOIN THIS SIGHT!!!!!
The biggest SCAM! PLEASE don't fall into their trap..... they charged my account $99. I didn't have a clue.... I'm so upset! These people are nothing but thieves! When you do a live chat with them its a pack of lies.... They said they would send me a $100.00 gas voucher. ..that didn't happen...big bunch of liars! Their time is coming, they are a bunch of losers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I have been dealing with ZBiddy customer Service via internet & on the Phone. I made several inquires for items I have won. MONTHS LATER STLL THE SAME ANSEWER 3-5 DATS ?? THEY MEANT MONTHS,. ok at this point. I go to cancel, to my surprise. they cancel every I have pending. So these employees are sick & the only word they know is I'm sorry I apologize, PLESASE!!! Now the top this one I have written to Delaware location & it came back to me. I live not to far from where they are. In my heart I know they aren't at that location because the USPS agrees, besides the Reps. Do Not Sound Like there From Delaware AT ALL!! SOUNDS Canadian to me, 100% (growing up as a kid been to Delaware spend many of weekends their ) Bunch of dum dums with no answers EVER. . They cancel your items without notice" say that you did so": & the best is I see the REFUND to my charge card !!
Please pass this link on. Stay away from all of these penny auctions! Most of them have class action law suits pending. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upgrade-your-life/hidden-dangers-penny-auctions-163331290.html
I tried this site for about a month. I had some problems and emailed requests for help several times and never received valid answers if any. If you get lucky and win a nice item you probable put out plenty to get it. I won something that I(returant card) that I don't even recall bidding on and got no valid reason why. Their phone help isn't very good either. Their time for bidding or doesn't seem to jive either. I don't even bother to go on site any more.
BEWARE - I had over 600 bids @ one time and never won a thing. SUCH A SCAM!!
I have gone on this site twice, 1st time with $99.00 bid point - and never won one single auction. tonight with $180 than gave me 300 auction points -- and again won
nothing. Hence after almost $300. Bucks out the window, I could have purchased
the items that I bid.
I also clicked on the site to just take a look and the next day I was charged 99.00. I did nothing but put in my credit card info and when I found out that I had to pay to bid I got out of the website. I thought I took out my info but I guess it really never comes. I never bid I never purchased bids. They just took my money right out because I checked out the website. I am going to report them to the BBB. This is definitely a fraud. I did not give them the authority to take any money out of my account. I better get that money back.
I accidently went on this site and they charged my acct $99 for something they said I bought, I never bought anything from them and now I can't get out of this stupid site. Help!!!!!!!!!!! This zbiddy sucks. It should never have been on the web, it is a rip-off. Be careful when you hit it, it will suck you in and charge you for nothing.
this web is a totaly fraud stealing money to everybdy
I joined the site due to a $3.00 promotion and they (Zbiddy) over-charged my acct.by $150.00+. I immediately closed the card I had used but it was too late! Now my bank has been disputing the charges and they are saying I will eventually get a refund. I HAVE CALLED THE CO. DOZENS OF TIMES AND LEFT AT LEAST A DOZEN MESSAGES ON THEIR "LIVE " CHAT, WHICH THEY HAVE NEVER, EVER RESPONDED TO!!!!!!! Total FRAUD, TERRIBLE! Sharon A.
I have tried to have that live chat lol with this so called site . They will not return any responce . I have filed with the bbb in my state of Ohio and also with my bank ,who is filling with my card company to get my $99.00 refund. They never said snything about a charge for this . I rate them a big F
STOP RIGHT NOW .... this company is a total fraud. Do NOT sign for their service. Charged my cc $99 without even knowing or disclosing. Fought them for an hour+ to get credit issued. We'll see if it posts. THEY ARE SCUM BAGS!
They put $99 on my credit card without any warning. I contacted them trying to "buy" a smaller amount of bids...there weren't any. It took more than 2 pages, and an hour, single space "live chat", and many legal threats before they finally agreed to refund my money. Not a legitimate business. Stay away!
This IS A RIPOFF.....DO NOT USE....TOOK $99 FROM MY ACCOUNT AFTER SAYING IT IS FREE.....FACEBOOK AND TWITTER SHOULD BLOCK THIS AS FRAUDULENT AND IF THEY DON'T WE SHOULD SUE FACEBOOK BECAUSE THEY KNOWINGLY SUPPORT THESE RIPOFF MASTERS....GOING TO MY BANK AND FILE CHARGES......
Is there a negative number. THIS IS A SCAM/FRAUD! Stay away from this website! They automatically charge your credit card without giving you warning. They did say I will get refunded in 3-5 business days. (I hope so!). Do NOT have anything to do with this website. It will cause you lots of pain and headache, never mind losing $$$ too.
Ok so idiot number 5,000,000 here. Lol I logged on like the rest of you put my cc in thinking it was to verify my identity and for later if I decided to try it. Bam 99 dollars charged to card. Now my question is did any of you get your money back?
I won plenty of stuff! But I never received anything!!!! I payed for it and called them when they finaly will send me my winnings (and the coupon for gas worth of 100 Dollar!!!). Did not received one bid!! A compleet rip-off!!!!
Zbiddy advertises selling items such as iPods for $29. Sure they do ... the only catch is that you have to pay 60 cents every time you bid. The way they make their money is capping the bid at $29 and letting everyone bid themselves into an early bankruptcy by clicking the BID button. By the time it's over there will be HUNDREDS of bids for the item at that capped cost and zBiddy makes off with five or six times what an iPod would cost if you went to Best Buy.
One also must look at the inventory of material they sell. Up front they tell you about computers and cameras and consumer electronics but in reality, 90% of what they sell are more bid packages, restaurant cards and other material worth nothing close to the value attached to it. STAY AWAY!
COMPLETE RIP OFF!!!! They take your money and you get near NOTHING for it! The auctions are almost impossible to win on the items that are higher end. DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS SCAM!!!
DON'T EVER use this website; it is a total ripoff. You sign up, give credit information thinking it's like PayPal - then they nab you for some $99 bid package automatically
Had to fight to get a refund , But when I said I would just go to PayPal and file the claim since the card was Paypal I got thru to them and the refund was a done deal.......
DON'T EVER use this website; it is a total ripoff. You sign up, give credit information thinking it's like PayPal - then they nab you for some $99 bid package automatically. Then, when you dispute their transaction, they refuse to refund your money, despite 3 "logos" promising 100% satisfaction. I doubt I'll ever see my money again, but this place is totally fraudulent and a complete rip off!
SCAM of all scams. I got a text message, responded to it. It said I got free bids, but they ended up costing me $97.00. I complained and they offered a $100 gas card. After almost 2 months, I got a voucher for $10 rebate on gas. You will get 10 $10 vouchers, but can only use 1 at a time. I sent my first one in and have waited 2 months for the voucher.
I also "bought" 4 gift cards $10, $10, $25, $25. I didn't win the auction, but used the "Buy It Now" option. It has been 3 months and I haven't received a thing, not even a response to my numerous emails.
Stay away from this website, unless you are a hacker and can bring this site down!!
This is THE WORST online bidding site...they have no products worth 1/2 of what they say they are worth, the couple I did win arrived a month after paying for them, and only after many contacts to their customer service department. The poor girl who has that job should get a raise as obviously those who run the Bull$#*! site don't give a damn about customers or feedback. Check out the BBB rating on this company and you'll see they currently have 186 complaints against them, one more as soon as I go file mine !!
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OK So I have done a little background sleuthing on what is going on with zbiddy and other similar penny auction sites.
This Penny Auction Site zbiddy.com is a HUGE scam.
zbiddy owners plant positive experiences on here (reviewopedia) and on the Penny Auction Watch forums(PAW) to bait people into playing and buying bid packs or to join their site. Buying bid packs to bid on items? What a joke and scam!
And you thought being ripped off 99 bucks upfront was scandalous?
Pshaw! This is just the beginning of your woes! If you were smart enough to REPORT THIS to your credit card company and cut the losses you really haven't lost that much.
For those of you that chose to use the bids and descend further into this madness here's the scoop: It's not even an auction THEY JUST CALL IT that, it's more like a lottery THAT IS IF IT WAS RUN LIKE ONE, and IT ISN'T!
Go to Flippa[dot]com and search "penny auctions"
There you can see how these operates by the use of controlled bots on autobid to scam any real people into buying more and more bid packs until the reserve price has at least been met for that item that's bid on. They aren't in the business to LOSE money and will NEVER sell an item below value. If not enough real people are bidding on a particular item for a while, they will end the auction to a bot name. They will then list the bots name in the "Auction History" section to make it look as if REAL people actually win and auction is honest & fair.
They cheat you and make a killing from people like you that bought into it. Some will even go as far as to advertise on social networking sites such as "FACEBOOK" and write stories of winning items for $4 and so on to get people to join the site.
In fact they are so low that they will create fake accounts with stolen pictures of REAL people to simulate happy zbiddy customers who just got that new in the box PlayStation or iPod.
I call it their, "Fake Social Environment" where they ask and answer their own questions attempting to create an illusion that they are a reputable business like Ebay or Amazon. For example they will say, "I just won 12 Lap Tops for $40 and they all arrived today in factory sealed boxes! I love this site!"
They also run scripts from third world countries which do nothing but spam YouTube and reviewopedia with precanned responses to any critique, for example it will say:
"I guess you need to understand that any penny auction site requires you to buy bids upfront. You need to read the fine print. zbiddy is legit and has been in business for a year"
Anyone can do this… so easy to make money. What these scammers also do is, they MAKE sure that the server that hosts your scam auction is located outside of the USA so you can get around Federal Gambling Regulation laws. If the heat gets to be too much, then they shut the scam auction down and re-open under a new name. There is no way to do anything about them really, because they just keep showing up under new websites and new banners. For example rockybid.com and zbiddy.com and a number of lesser known outfits are all operated by the same people. Both of these um "companies" are under investigation by the Florida Office of the Attorney General
Here's the copy from their website:
The case file cited below relates to a civil — not a criminal — investigation. The existence of an investigation does not constitute proof of any violation of law.
Case Number: L12-3-1029
Subject of investigation:
Ecom Interactice, LLC d/b/a zbiddy.com
Subject's address:
2200 S.W. 10th St., Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
Subject's business:
Internet – Penny Auction
Allegation or issue being investigated:
Potential 501.204, Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices, by penny auction site. Business does not adequately disclose its terms and policies. Consumers allege that they are being charged before granting authorization for payment to zbiddy. Consumers also allege that they are attempting to cancel services and/or request refunds and that they are unable to obtain refunds of unused bids.
I tried to post this information on as many business review sites as possible to warn good honest people and I urge everyone to repost to as many sources as you can.
So rememer how I said that rockybid and zbiddy are run by the same crew?
So here's the final piece of information I dug up before the leads started to go dark, this one is from the Domain Registration site that currently has this information set to private:
Whois info for rockybids.com
Domain name: rockybids.com
Registrant Contact:
G&M Capital
Benjamin Grossman
69-42 173rd
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Administrative Contact:
G&M Capital
Benjamin Grossman (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Phone: 718 454 3644
69-42 173rd
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Technical Contact:
G&M Capital
Benjamin Grossman (firstname.lastname@example.com)
69-42 173rd
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Both Rockybids and Zbiddy have now hidden this information using whois guard.
Benjamin Grossman appears to be the money behind both of the rockybid and zbiddy operations but a little company named Ecom Interactice, LLC appears to be registered by one Gilboa Merdinger also known as Gil Merdinger. This character is the one behind this ginormous RIPOFF SCAM. He also appears to own a number other lesser known websites that run essentially the same php web template to cheat you out of your hard earned money.
FBI, FTC and BBB have all been inadequate in dealing with this GIANT SCAM so far and I am not holding out my breath. District Attorney Pam Bondi who is heading the Investigation in Florida is my last hope here.
I shall continue to investigate this string of scams, however I urge everyone who has been taken in this Holiday Season to write an email to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
CONTACT HER HERE: http://myfloridalegal.com/contact.nsf/contact?Open&Section=Attorney_General
Demand that a criminal investigation be started into Gilboa "the Brains" Merdinger and Benjamin "the Funds" Grossman. The more people she hears from regarding these 2 GIANT SCAMMERS the more chances there are that something is done.
Oh and please feel to REPOST anywhere you like ;)
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About RiseUp Summit 2015
Welcome to RiseUp Summit 2015, the Middle East's and Africa's top entrepreneurship event in the heart of Cairo, Egypt! Entrepreneurs and stakeholders, get ready to inspire and get inspired, connect and get connected, know and get known for the third year in a row.
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The Summit is organized by RiseUp LLC, a platform that connects entrepreneurs and innovators with resources.
What is different this year?
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I recently tried to install 3 different plug-ins.
I installed them all to the \wp-content\plugins folder but when I go to the activation screen they don't show up in the list.
Any ideas on why they don't show up?
I recently tried to install 3 different plug-ins.
I installed them all to the \wp-content\plugins folder but when I go to the activation screen they don't show up in the list.
Any ideas on why they don't show up?
Figured out the problem.
It'd be helpful if you posted what the problem was and how you solved it for future reference. ;)
I had 2 copies of the blog. One was installed in the root web dir, the other in /root/blog.
The options in WordPress were looking at the plugins in /root/blog/wp-content/plugins/ but the plugins were installed in /root/wp-content/plugins.
Everything was working fine because of the two copies, I just installed the plugins to the wrong folder.
Thanks for replying. :)
Well, i have the same version (2.01) but i don't have two blogs.
It was a plain install using the install-wizard, i just blindly copied the php files from the extra plugins to the wp-content/plugins folder, nothing.
I checked access, read / write rights, all okay.
I created seperate subfolders inside the plugin folder and moved the php files to there, nothing.
The wordpress configuration is installed in wwwroot/wordpress subfolder (http:://mysite.org/wordpress/) for testing purposes since i have other PHP software on the webroot.
I read these links and aren't applicable to my problem for as far as i should have followed the instructions (the initial install was done from within the wordpress folder and not moved later):
(btw, it would be nice if the RSS feed of this site is actually Firefox friendly which it isn't, at least not in 1.5)
try not putting the php files in their own subfolders. All mine are in thr same folder.
I didn't at first, but since i saw one of the default plugins having it's own folder, it invited me to try this approach.
I'll think i just stick to B2 instead as i only need some frontpage news site and is also much easier to port an existing frontpage design and css into. (no "header", "sidebar" and "footer" php shit)
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Mahindra Thar comes in the SUV category of cars. Mahindra Thar's engine has a displacement of 2523 CC while its transmission is of Manual type. The fuel type of the car is Diesel. Mahindra Thar has a mileage of 18.06 Km/L. Mahindra Thar's dimensions are 3760X1640X1904 mm (length X width X height). Mahindra Thar costs Rs. 5,21,000 (ex-showroom, New Delhi) ... read more
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All Yesterday's Memories, All Tomorrow's Parties
Remembering Lou Reed
I was a few months shy of 16 when I first heard the lucidly stark voice of Lou Reed stream over the airwaves. I was just another suburban weirdo, looking for a justified rebellion to call his own. I had spent those "formative years" sleeping around with any album loud enough to drown out my inner white noise, moving through a steady stream of Hardcore, Punk, Metal — if they were screaming it, I was buying it. As it turns out, though, what I was really looking for was a quieter sort of revolution, and at the helm was Mr. Lou Reed, telling me with a frank honesty that there was freedom in the composition. It was, like any great lesson, one I'd come to learn in time. To say I enjoyed those first striking chords of "Heroin" would be an understatement. It was on a snowy night in 2007, crammed in the back of a friend's Yaris Liftback, when I first heard it. I can't remember exactly where we were previous to that moment, when that raw melody first came in. All I can remember is how I suddenly became more aware of myself than ever before. Everything I knew about music, about artistry, about writing — all of it would change with that first overlap of beautiful melody. I was mesmerized, shaken from a stupor of conditioned knowledge and thrown into a concoction of John Cale's haunting strings with Lou Reed's candid crooning. By the time Maureen Tucker's drumming kicked in, sparse in its reverberation, my resolve would be just as stripped, replaced by a wily knot that would take years to untie. Though, right then, the song was just "fucking awesome." It would only be years later, waking up to a chilled October morning in 2013, that this memory would even begin to matter. As the headlines would come to read, "Lou Reed Dead at 71," so, too, would the horizon appear most clearly. I've always been a firm believer in the crossover of influences, the collaboration of mediums in shaping any sort of artistry. As a writer, I can proudly say that the recorded sound has had just as much influence on me as the written word. And when I heard the Velvet Underground for the first time, it became clear that they believed in a similar marriage, affirmed on the morning of Oct. 27. With the news of the passing of a legend came an onslaught of anecdotes from around the arts world, plastered against my computer screen. Amidst the mass of legends, one story stood out in particular. As according to Rolling Stone, it was 1965, and the first few months of the Velvet Underground playing under their iconic moniker. They had began a residency playing in New York's Café Bizarre and in the beginning stages of developing their distorted and chaotically composed sound. Management was set on having performers play more contemporary numbers, and warned the band not to play their original composition "Black Angel Death Song." They went on to perform the number anyway, fit with all the chilling accidentals in its string arrangements, and were fired immediately.Though they would emerge from that loss victorious (it led to their introduction to Andy Warhol, the man who would come to produce their record and put them on the map of the underground art scene of '60s New York), there was something bigger about that moment, something more pressing in my association with it. Incidentally, "Black Angel Death Song" was the first thing I clicked on Sunday morning when I heard the news of its writer's passing. The strings were suddenly more haunting, and the story seemed all the more important. It was yet another quintessential moment in the life of Lou Reed, a man who sang with unbridled frankness, who played with unencumbered passion, and who inspired me with the tirelessness of his dedication to honest expression. It transported me back, seven years and a lifetime ago, to that night in December 2007, when I first pricked my ears with another of his songs, that found, all at once, both comfort and chaos within itself. Though I'd spend the lapsed time between 2007 and 2013 finding appreciation for the 40-plus years of Reed's prolific career — from "Black Angel Death Song" and "All Tomorrow's Parties," through "Satellite of Love" and "Pale Blue Eyes" and even up until his Hudson River Wind Meditations — it would always be that compositions that would stay, forever imprinted in my mind."Heroin" became, for me, a love song to the in between — it was everything I'd been listening to up until that point and nothing I'd ever heard before; it was the sentimentality of Indie Rock, the calm before the double bass in hardcore, the simplistic, chord interplay of Punk and its cleaner cut cousin Pop. And, at the same time, it was also the recklessness of avant-garde, the soundtrack to the colors of an underground New York I'd only experience in preserved murals and snapshots. It was everything I'd known, and everything I would come to know about music, about art, about sound and about writing. There are moments that comprise your past, songs that take you to a memory you thought you'd left. And then there are moments that define your future, songs that propel you forward into infinity. Lou Reed, and what he accomplished before, with and after the Velvet Underground, stood as a symbol for finding freedom in ones composition, and pushing the statements made to work in a fashion of success. It was a lesson I would learn time and time again in my own work, as I moved through the progression of my writing and my own performance techniques. I would come to face my own obstacles, fight my own battles against normative expectations. And it would be in those times I fell the deepest, my resolve threatening to falter, that this education would come back to me, mysterious in its origins, all the while growing, like a backbone that stood rigid for honest experimentation and freedom in the composition. Even now, as this mystery's been unearthed, its inductor put to rest, ahead of me remains miles and miles of still shrouded possibility. But against that wall of lessons I'll stand, riveted, staring towards the looming unknown. And I'll try for a different kind of kingdom, if I can.
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Music Tonight: Cowboy Junkies
Veteran Canadian band headlines 20th Century Theatre
Canadian Alternative band Cowboy Junkies perform tonight at the 20th Century Theatre in Oakley. Formed in the mid-'80s, the group has been consistently critically acclaimed and have had a few moments of mainstream breakthrough, including its cover of The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane," a minor MTV hit in the late '80s that was revived as part of the soundtrack to Natural Born Killers in 1994. The track was included on the 2008 compilation of Canada's finest, Rhino Records' Northern Songs: Canada's Best and Brightest (the album put the Junkies alongside Great White North greats like The Band, k.d. lang, Leonard Cohen and Broken Social Scene). The past couple of years the Junkies have been issuing a string of releases under the "Nomad Series" banner, a nod to the group's freedom from a record label contract for the first time since their formative years in the mid-'80s, which has given them free reign on what they release, create and record. The group has used the series to get closer to its already close fans, keeping those interested posted on the progress of each project via their website. Now that all four volumes of the Nomad Series have been issued, the collection is available as a box set with lots of bonus features and a 52-page book. Tickets for tonight's 8 p.m. show are $20-$30. Here's "Sweet Jane" and a track from Vol. 2 of the Nomad Series, which features all songs written by late singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt, "We Hovered With Short Wings."Our Steven Rosen spoke to the Junkies' Michael Timmins about the Junkies' connection to Cincinnati's like-minded Over the Rhine band. Read it here.
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This Date in Music History: March 9
Notorious B.I.G. dies and Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz lives
Today is the 15th anniversary of the murder of celebrated rapper Christopher Wallace, aka the Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls, aka Big Poppa, etc., etc.). Since his death, Wallace's status has risen considerably and he's widely considered one of the best MCs to ever hold a mic, for both his smooth, laid-back flow and lyrical prowess. Caught in the middle of the East Coast/West Coast feuding of the time, Wallace (a NYC native) was killed while in California promoting his soon to be released sophomore album, eerily titled (in hindsight, as was his debut's title, Ready to Die) Life After Death. On March 9, Smalls attended the Soul Train awards show in L.A., where he presented Toni Braxton with one of two awards she would win that night (and was booed by the West-leaning coastal feuders in the audience). Wallace left an afterparty at 12:30 a.m. later that night and, about 50 yards from the party entrance, a black Chevy Impala reportedly pulled up next to the vehicle the MC was in and someone in the Impala shot Wallace four times in the chest. He was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead March 9 at 1:15 a.m. Despite various theories, confessions and extensive investigations, the case, like that of West Coast star rapper Tupac Shakur (killed about six months prior in similar fashion), remains unsolved. Life After Death came out 15 days after Wallace's murder. It went to No. 1 on Billboard's album chart instantly. Two more posthumous B.I.G. records were cobbled together — 1999's Born Again, featuring tracks culled from unfinished ones on which Wallace had been working, and the similar Duets: The Final Chapter from 2005, which was widely criticized due to the posthumous pairings with artists many felt Wallace would never have worked with in his lifetime. The album's guests included Eminem, Twista, The Game, Nas, Nelly, Scarface, Missy Elliott, R. Kelly, Bob Marley (?!), Korn (?!?!) and West Coast MCs Snoop Dogg and 2Pac. Amazingly, unlike the posthumously prolific 2Pac, the album really was "The Final Chapter"; the only other Biggie releases to come out after that were a 2007 greatest hits collection and the 2009 soundtrack to the film Notorious, based on Wallace's life and death.Time magazine's website posted a music video playlist tribute today here. And below is "Living In Pain" from the Duets release, which featured Big and Pac, plus still-alive performers Nas and singer Mary J. Blige:Click on for Born This Day, featuring Bow Wow, John Cale and Ornette Coleman.
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Veteran singer's new album mixes modern hits with under-heralded classics
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When the "comeback album" or "career reinvention" works, as it did with Johnny Cash's rootsy 'American Recordings' series, it can be among the artist's best work ever. When it doesn't ... well, has anybody heard from Pat Boone since 1997's hilariously disastrous 'In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy?' One of the better such albums came out last year: 'Meet Glen Campbell.'
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Indonesia Reviews Cattle Import From Australia Over Spy Spat
Indonesia is reviewing its dependence on cattle imports from Australia, in the first sign that a dispute over phone tapping could affect trade and investment between the two neighbors.
Indonesia, which takes more than 60 percent of Australia's live cattle exports, may revise rules to allow it to import from other countries, Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan told reporters in Jakarta today. State-owned PT Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia is putting on hold talks to buy Australian land for cattle ranches, said chief executive Ismed Hasan Putro today.
Claims that the phone of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was tapped by Australian intelligence agencies led protesters in Jakarta to burn flags yesterday and demand a break in diplomatic ties, escalating tensions between the two countries to their highest level in 14 years. Yudhoyono has called for a halt in cooperation on asylum seekers and military operations.
"If our neighbor is doing tapping that reflects that they distrust us, and I think that will affect the bilateral relationship," said Wirjawan. "We are reviewing the policy, to not let our sovereignty be disturbed."
Malaysia imports most of its beef from India at half the price of Australian meat, and Indonesia should act to follow that, Wirjawan said.
"As long as our domestic supply is not enough, we shouldn't have supply from one place only," Wirjawan said. "Of course this will take time and meanwhile we must maintain price stability."
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Wirjawan, a potential presidential candidate, last month shared a stage with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott at a business forum in Jakarta to joke about the two countries' shared love of protein and to declare warmer ties. Abbott has ruled out an apology over the alleged tapping, potentially complicating his bid for a free-trade pact with Indonesia.
Two-way trade, which includes wheat, oil and dairy products, reached A$14.6 billion ($13.4 billion) last year.
Indonesia has ordered 121,000 head of Australian cattle for import this quarter and is open to further imports if needed, Bayu Krisnamurthi, the deputy trade minister, said last month after Abbott brought a trade delegation to Jakarta.
An Indonesian firm last month bought cattle farms in Australia in an effort to guarantee future supplies, as an expanding middle class in the world's fourth most populous nation eats more beef. PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia said it bought two cattle properties in the Northern Territory.
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The government said in September it would invest as much as 2 trillion rupiah to run farms with an Australian partner to supply cattle to the Indonesian market, after efforts last year to restrict imports and develop domestic herds led to market shortages and surging beef prices.
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We've been making some sweet videos at the Cumberland Crate Company headquarters these days. Along with delving into the film process ourselves, we've also hired a hot young gun to help us create some pretty priceless videos. Subscribe to our You Tube Channel and keep an eye on our latest masterpieces!
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Well that's a catchy title, but most of the classy people we know would argue that there is no bad time of year to drink wine. Alas, maybe we'll just encourage you to collect wine for later instead? Did you know that we have re-vamped our Boozy Ben crate to include Baltic Birch bottle dividers? Or that we have developed a new version of our popular Promise Box? Along with these, now standard, items we've also made single-bottle slide top boxes and 4 bottle specialty boxes. We're wide open to whatever idea you have and can easily brand your logo onto each box. We're proud to be working with many BC wineries and vineyards, including our own local (and award winning) 40 Knots Vineyard and Estate Winery. Contact us...let's talk wine and wood. Let's figure out how to give your vineyard, winery or wine shop the edge it needs. Free shipping on all first orders in BC and AB (some conditions apply), and great shipping rates across Canada. Bottoms up!
Tulips are springing to life outside of our crate shop here in Cumberland BC. Newness is in the air. We're constantly making new business connections that sell our crates in their stores, or use our products to display their merchandise. Just last week we sent a load of Boozy Ben wine crates to Everything Wine in North Vancouver. We also stocked Welks General Store (Main St, Vancouver) with a variety of our boxes to retail. At this point, there are around 30 shops in BC that sell our crates. You can also see our products being used as display solutions across North America in LUSH Handmade Cosmetic shops and across Canada at Saje Natural Wellness stores. On the custom front, we've made huge boxes with hinged lids for one client, giant jenga sets for another, single wine bottle boxes, promise boxes, a Kamishibai (no kidding), and every shape and size of box you can dream up. Our ever-evolving signature line of crates now feature a tattoo on the inside corner of each crate with a dedicated font stating its name. Spring is for changes and according to Steve Earle, "One thing change'll bring is somethin' new".
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To call February a bad name would be unfair. Sure it has somewhat stripped us of a ski season here on Vancouver Island, and the constant rain is starting to make us all question our sanity, but all-in-all we have a lot to be thankful for. Like booze for instance. We here at the Cumberland Crate Company feel a personal debt to booze and all that it has done for us. We're not daring to make light of the problems inherent to booze. No sir! In fact, we're out to solve them. Take the dilemma that our friends over at 40 Knots Vineyard and Estate Winery found themselves in for instance: They needed to find a way to fit a bottle of their (amazing) wine, along with two glasses and a love letter into one accommodating wooden box. We feel better already.
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Our little Vancouver Island wooden box and crate shop is growing at an exciting pace! We're proudly doing business with some big North American players such as LUSH Cosmetics and Granville Island Brewery. We're also growing our relationship with many small businesses here in BC. Every time we stamp one of our crates with a new client's logo, a synergy takes place that sends a chill up my stamp arm (that's what I call Old Righty-my stamp arm). Our wooden crates make for perfect display solutions for your business. Contact us to discuss how we can help you.
Well, we've been in business for almost a year now. We're proud to have a growing list of 35 businesses that carry our wooden boxes or simply adorne their work atmosphere with some combination of our creations. We are constantly doing custom jobs for clients. Last week we designed a wooden crate specifically to hold 4 different sized wine bottles for a client that owns a vineyard. We also designed "yoga blocks" for a local upstart yoga studio, speaker shelves for a hi-fi guy and a picture frame to hold your children's art projects. We'll be posting photos of all of these creations in the next few days. We have also branched our business to accommodate people who need a hand creating the perfect dynamical display in their shop. We'll come in and install our boxes for you! Wooden boxes and crates come in damn handy. They're all you need to buy for christmas presents!
The Crate Victoria Adventure
We went for a business trip down to Victoria this week, and got a great response! Our crates are now in the Milkman's Daughter in Victoria, and we have orders for bakery's, cafe's, grocery stores and U-brew's all the way from Campbell River to to Vic! We'll keep you posted as we add new clients. In the mean time, we're gearing up for The Cumberland Winter Fair here in our sweet little mountain village. If you're in town, come hang with the crate guys!
New Photos by Ron Pogue!
We're lucky enough to have had a photo shoot with Ron Pogue this past week. He's got a great eye, and he did a killer job of capturing our crates in the Cumberland sun. Enjoy! http://ronpoguephotography.com/
Holiday season is coming!
As the holiday season approaches, we here at the Cumberland Crate Company are rushing to pile up an inventory while filling orders to the growing list of shops in the Comox Valley. We secured a table at the Cumberland winter market (Nov 31), and are in talks with a few different vineyards about unleashing the mighty 'Boozy Ben" on the world of wine connoisseurs. We're having fun, and are thrilled that you guys are into our humble little boxes.
Concerning our evolving designs: The words of our mentor hang over every design we create. He said, "Don't try to get too slick, boys". Amen, Rick. We're keeping things real over here, to keep the price down for our beloved customers, so if you find a crate with an upside down stamp, or a blemish on the wood, cherish it. It's kinda like that mole on Kate Moss' breast.
We're launched!
Well friends, our little adventure has started! Our crates are selling quite well, and we're having a blast making them. So far they're featured in Rusty Rooster Home Furnishings (in Cumberland BC), and at The Guerilla Food Company (Courtenay BC). If you know someone who might like to connect with us (vineyard, brewery, store, etc), please send them our way.
We'd like to thanks all our friends and fellow Comox Valleyers who are buying the crates and spreading our name around. We love you! Also a big thanks to Steve Morgan for bringing over a camera and taking some great shots!
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I never expected I would have felt so peaceful and relaxed in Colombia. I know things have not been good in the recent years but a lot has changed in the country. Actually I think that the true peaceful nature of its people has come out so strongly that it functions as a shield for their deserved peace of mind. Not only did I feel safe but for the first time I was carrying my money in my bag instead of 'close to my body'. Well, common sense is always important but Colombians are much more civilised and cultured than many ...others carrying the etiquette.
The country has just opened her wings to fly. The Colombians have put all their genuine smiles on their faces to welcome the tourists who have begun little by little to roam all over the country. Tourists don't feel endangered any more. At least no more than in so many other places in the world...Some do decide to stay. They feel relaxed and welcomed. The people of Colombia deserve to go on with a better life. They deserve the best because they are kind, they are open and they have been suffering for a long time. Even today there are so many still facing the impact of their notorious past. Although the vast majority is not to blame. In fact they are so thirsty to breathe freely, to laugh, to dance and sing, to love! They carry their need around and always grasp the chance to celebrate, help and feel happy.
Today the forests are breathing freely and the mountains slopes are happily carrying their best green carpet. I hope nature will keep the right to be protected and not get enslaved to the 'big projects'. And I hope the warm, lovable, and kindhearted Colombian people will take the destiny of their lives in their hands and will not fall a victim of the world illness...Better healthy and poor than sick and wealthy! I hope they keep on trying their best to keep their culture. Because this is the real soul of the country.
I started my trip with Ipiales, at the border with Ecuador. I continued stopping at Popayan, and then visited the nearby San Agustin and Tierradentro. Bogota was the next stop and Villa de Leiva to the north. Then I went back to Bogota and turned to the west for Armenia, where the purpose was to visit the Parque de Cafe. Locals told me not to miss Valle de Cocora. So I went to Salento, which really conquered my heart, and from there I hiked in Valle de Cocora. Medellin was next and Santa Fe of Antioquia. I came back to Medellin and went on to Santa Marta and Taganga. Leaving my big bag in Taganga I went to Tayrona Park, a paradise that is difficult to leave! Finally I went to Cartagena, had a short trip to Islas de Rosario, and flew to Panama City...
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It was great to visit your Columbia page and my first page on Columbia. As you said, this country is famous for other reason than tourist destination. The country is really very beautiful and people are more beautiful!! I shall come back and see your other pages!
Elsa, I enjoyed reading your information and your feelings about the different towns you visited. Great work! I'm hoping to go to Colombia in March. :)
I to think that colombian people are the friendliest in the world. My favourite country in the world!! loved your page.
Wow..great overview of Colombia. Great photos especially the local orchids.
Elsa, this is excellent overview on Colombia! I hardly wait for visiting this amazing country myself too :) Loved your sometimes poetic descriptions! Great story about the 'sour' girl - good to hear Colombians are so friendly and smiling people :)
hi! Amazing pictures you have here of Colombia.
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Normally, the major candidates for governor will spend the day before the election flying around the state having news conferences in the biggest cities. No one is doing that on Memorial Day.
Republicans Tim James and Bradley Byrne and Democrat Artur Davis are attending Memorial Day events.
Representatives of former Chief Justice Roy Moore's campaign are also attending some events for him.
Campaign spokesmen said the traditional campaign swing across the state is not appropriate for the holiday.
A spokesman for Democrat Ron Sparks, Taylor Bright, said that's why Sparks did his last week.
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I have amazing flip flops and those things are like walking on clouds! They are so comfy and I am a flips flops in the winter kind of gal. The only time I don't wear them is when I am at work or going out for the evening, then I put on my comfy flats. Everyone keeps telling me to invest in slip-on type shoes because the last thing we want to do when we are ubber pregnant is bend down to tie our shoes. Well... flip flops are slip on shoes... so...
Life is too amazing to dwel on the past!
I live in the MIddle East, not much choice but to wear flip flops in 40C temps! Never heard of it causing any problems over here!
I think its more of the support of your arches because they have a tendancy to fall with all the extra weight from pregnancy.
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CD review: Carrie Rodriguez 'Give Me All You Got'
Carrie Rodriguez 'Give Me All You Got' (Ninth Street Opus)
Austin, Texas-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Carrie Rodriguez brings an infectious energy and adventurous spirit to "Give Me All You Got," an 11-track set of originals that are by turns winsome and heartbreaking.
Produced by Lee Townsend, who also has worked with Bill Frisell and Loudon Wainwright III, the follow-up to her celebrated 2010 covers collection "Love and Circumstance" boasts an appealingly live and loose vibe that stays constant even as she experiments with different musical styles.
Known for a voice as warm and sweet as cinnamon toast, Rodriguez lights a fire in her vocals and fiddling with the first track, "Devil in Mind," a slow-burn roots rocker that warrants an instrumental reprise. Along with the opener, she co-wrote the melancholy shuffle "Sad Joy" with her mentor Chip Taylor. The "Angel of the Morning" songwriter also penned two tracks for Rodriguez: the electric blues-rocker "I Cry for Love" and the gut-check breakup ode "Cut Me Now," an album highlight.
There's more pain couched in beauty on the folky "Whiskey Runs Thicker Than Blood," but the perkily old-fashioned ballad "Lake Harriet" gives the proceedings a fun country swing.
Rodriguez co-wrote three tracks with fellow singer/songsmith/musician Luke Jacobs: the smoky lounge number "Tragic," the old-school country duet "I Don't Mind Waiting" and the playful, poppy rumination "Brooklyn," about her decision to move back to Austin after a decade of living in New York.
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The trial you are talking about is a phase III trial worldwide. The results won't be available for a few years. My wife was on a phase I trial of XL119 and oxaliplatin. That combo gave her about five months of no symptoms. The only side effects were tingling in the hands and feet. Good luck, Jules.
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What was the treatment?
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The correct names are Avastin and Gemzar. This combination is common. What works for one patient doesn't always work for another. Make sure you are seeing an expert with this cancer.
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Dear Amilcar,
My wife has been battling stage IV cholangiocarcinoma for 13 months. The only chemo that helped her was a phase I clinical trial of XL119 and oxaliplatin. SHe has tried gemzar, taxotere, 5FU, and a combination chemo. After she was removed from the clinical trial, she rapidly got worse and her time is now very short.
One thing you learn is that what helps one patient doesn't work for another. Find an expert in Seattle and follow their suggestions.
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I would find it helpful if users had an area to post clinical trials they come across. For instance, I just found a trial of Gemzar and Alimta at the Mayo clinic for gallbladder cancer.
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Topic: XL119 and Oxaloplatin (0 replies, posted in Chemotherapy)
My wife has stage 4 Gallbladder cancer. She was helped for 7 months by a phase I trial of XL119 and oxaliplatin given in Cleveland Ohio at the Ireland Cancer Center. Eventually, her platlets would not come back. She was removed from the trial in January.


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I've been MIA lately from SparkPeople, but not from trying to figure out how to make my way along this journey to a healthier "me".
The past year has been full of sicknesses. My surgeon told my DH after my surgery last year that my defenses would be down, and boy did he know what he was talking about! Everything from infected teeth that had to be pulled, to sinus infections, to h-pilori (I know I didn't spell that right:-). I haven't done very well - at all - at keeping my focus on losing weight - I've just been trying to get well:-)
My doctor sent me to an ENT specialist recently, since my migraines are mostly triggered by sinus headaches. I figured we could focus on the sinus headaches, and that would help the migraines. Well, I found out that I don't have any sinuses where I've been getting what I thought were sinus headaches!
I also learned that what I've been thinking was allergies (okay, I "do" have allergies, but a couple of symptons aren't due to my allergies) was actually acid reflux. Talk about a shocker - I don't have heartburn but perhaps once per year!
Because of that, one of the things I can do is to avoid caffeine and carbonation. In a nutshell for me: Cokes! So I went off them for a few days and one of those symptoms was already better. I guess that really was making it worse! So now my goal is to get and stay off the Cokes - not just for weight loss, but for my health. Nothing like a real "something" instead of a perhaps-one-day "something" to help get focused:-)
Not that I've been perfect. Take today. I decided yesterday that I'll log my food (on paper, because I don't always have ready access to SP). Today, I was feeling more than draggy - I wasn't sure I could make it around the office, my legs were so weak. (It might be the beta blocker my dr. put me on last week for migraines) I was craving a Coke and Five Guys in the worst way. Because of the weakness (it actually kinda scared me), I decided to give it a try. Yes, I did enjoy it:-) The surprising thing is the amount of energy I had. So I learned something else today. I'm not sure where that weakness came from, but I need to learn a different behavior to fix it than going to Five Guys for lunch:-)
I read several blogs today and they confirmed what I've been thinking about. One person blogged about being down 95 pounds over the last 3 years. That helped me to realize that even if it takes me 3-5 years to take off this weight, it's okay - as long as I make progress, it's okay.
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Lambert was disappointed with the manner of Villa's defeat against the Magpies.
The Villa boss admitted his team's defending wasn't good enough.
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Benteke spoke to the club's TV channel after scoring his fifth goal of the season.
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