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Combination of Bortezomib, Melphalan, Prednisone and Thalidomide (VMPT) for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma: Results of a Phase I/II Clinical Trial. Session Type: Oral Session
Antonio Palumbo, Maria Teresa Ambrosini, Giulia Benevolo, Patrizia Pregno, Norbert Pescosta, Vincenzo Callea, Clotilde Cangialosi, Tommaso Caravita, Fortunato Morabito, Pellegrino Musto, Sara Bringhen, Francesca Gay, Cecilia Rus, Mario Boccadoro Divisione di Ematologia dellUniversit di Torino, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy; Italian Multiple Myeloma Network, GIMEMA, Italy
BACKGROUND: In newly diagnosed patients, the addition of thalidomide or bortezomib (Velcade) to the standard oral melphalan/prednisone combination significantly increased response rate and event-free survival. In this multicenter, open-label, non randomized, phase I/II trial, the safety/efficacy profile of the 4 drug combination, bortezomib (Velcade), melphalan, prednisone, and thalidomide (VMPT) was evaluated in patients with relapsed/refractory myeloma.
METHODS: Bortezomib was administered by IV bolus on days 1, 4, 15, 22 at three dose levels: in the first cohort (10 patients) at 1.0 mg/m; in the second cohort (10 patients) at 1.3 mg/mand in the third cohort (10 patients) at 1.6 mg/m. Oral melphalan was administered at 6 mg/m on days 1-5, oral prednisone at 60 mg/m on days 1-5. Thalidomide was delivered at 50 mg on days 1-35. Each course was repeated every 35 days for a total of 6 courses.
RESULTS: Thirty patients, median age 66 years (range 38-79), with relapsed or refractory myeloma were enrolled. Fourteen patients received VMPT as second line of therapy, 16 as third line. Twenty patients received prior autologous transplant, 10 conventional chemotherapy and 9 thalidomide-based regimens. After a median of 6 courses, 20 patients (67%) achieved a partial response (PR) including 13 patients (43%) who achieved at least a very good partial response (VGPR). Among patients who received VMPT as second line treatment, the PR rate was 79%, and the immunofixation negative complete response rate 36%. The 1-year progression-free survival was 61%, and the 1-year survival from study entry was 84%. Grade 3 non-hematological adverse events included: infections (5 patients), fatigue (1), vasculitis (1) and peripheral neuropathy (2); no grade 4 toxicities were recorded.
CONCLUSIONS: Initial results showed that VMPT is an effective salvage therapy with a high proportion of responses. Toxicities were manageable. The incidence of neurotoxicities was unexpectedly low.
Abstract #407 appears in Blood, Volume 108, issue 11, November 16, 2006


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BMUB, IKI Workshop Advances Common Understanding of INDCs
10 June 2014: Over 40 experts from International Climate Initiative (IKI) projects gathered for a workshop to discuss the information necessary for, and the potential elements of, intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs). The event served as a platform for sharing participants' experiences in working with their partner countries and building a common understanding of INDCs.
Held on 10 June 2014, in Bonn, Germany, as the intersessional UNFCCC negotiations were taking place, the workshop also provided an opportunity to reflect on experiences in low carbon development strategies (LCDS), nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) and measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), with an eye to finding success factors that may be relevant for the INDC process.
According to IKI, workshop participants concluded that the INDC process can help countries piece together their various climate change initiatives in conjunction with calculating emissions. They stressed that for the process to be effective, resulting in further, meaningful climate actions, it will require strong political backing and broad stakeholder buy-in.
Given the inevitable diversity among INDCs, the workshop stressed that timely, comprehensive and upfront information will be very important. Participants further found that some parties are hesitant to put forward INDCs because of doubts related to the reliability of hastily-defined INDCs and concerns that INDCs may automatically turn into commitments.
The workshop summary report indicates that with parties' starting positions and capabilities varying widely, the mechanism should provide flexibility in the information and elements required. In addition, allowing countries to adjust their commitments will provide a means of raising ambition.
The workshop was part of the series titled 'Developing Knowledge on the Building Blocks of a Global Mitigation Architecture,' which is organized twice a year by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB). BMUB invites experts from a portion of IKI projects to each workshop. [BMUB - IKI Press Release] [BMUB - IKI Workshop Summary]

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'Bachelor' couple talks about engagement. (people.com)
Rumors of Justin Bieber engagement swirl. (suntimes.com)
Johnny Depp recalls the late Jonathan Frid. (latimes.com)
'Iron Man 3' begins search for villains. (thecelebritycafe.com)
Taylor Swift may play Joni Mitchell in film. (mtv.com)
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Thanksgiving is kind of a fun paradox. Even though it's a food holiday where most people have traditional favorites that they make every year, it's also the biggest time of year for food magazines, cooking shows, and food bloggers to recommend new possible Thanksgiving menu options. I've been suggesting Carb-Conscious Thanksgiving Recipes for the last seven years, and that includes quite a few recipes for green beans (including Roasted Green Beans with Mushrooms, Balsamic, and Parmesan, which has turned into one of the most popular recipes ever on the blog.)
This new recipe for Barely-Cooked Green Beans with Tahini-Lemon Sauce was quick enough to be super-easy for Thanksgiving, and it was something that Jake and I gobbled up when we tested the recipe. If you don't feel adventurous enough to have this for Thanksgiving I hope you'll try it another time, because these beans are really good!
(Makes 4 servings, recipe adapted very slightly from Fine Cooking.)
1 lb. fresh green beans, ends trimmed (preferably thin French style green beans.)
1 tsp. salt (for green bean cooking water)
2 T chopped flat-leaf Italian parsley (Parsley is optional, but it did enhance the flavors.)
Sauce Ingredients:
2 T Tahini
2 T fresh-squeezed or fresh-frozen lemon juice
1/2 tsp. finely minced fresh garlic (or more)
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil (Use the best tasting olive oil you have for this.)
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
South Beach Diet / Low-Carb Diet Suggestions:
Nutritional Information?
Ten More Green Beans Recipes for Thanksgiving:
(Recipes from other blogs not always South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Roasted Green Beans and Mushrooms with Balsamic and Parmesan from Kalyn's Kitchen
Pan Roasted Green Beans with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce from Cafe Johnsonia
Lemony Green Beans - Green Beans with Lemon Juice and Lemon Zest from Kalyn's Kitchen
From-Scratch Green Bean Casserole from Annie's Eats
Stir-Fried Green Beans with Lemon, Parmesan, and Pine Nuts from Kalyn's Kitchen
Balsamic Roasted Green Beans from Sarah's Cucina Bella
Garlic Roasted Green Beans with Shallots and Almonds from Kalyn's Kitchen
Brown Butter Green Beans with Almonds from Andrea Meyers
Roasted Green Beans and Red Bell Pepper with Garlic and Ginger from Kalyn's Kitchen
String Beans with Prosciutto, Pine Nuts, and Meyer Lemon from Food Blogga
(Want even more recipes? I find these recipes from other blogs using Food Blog Search.)
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I thought Detroit played the perfect road game. They played a tight checking game and played solid defensively. Wings owned the 1st and most of the 3rd. Wings outhit the Sharks and seemed to be smart with the puck. The 'shots on goal' stat was scewed, VS announces called 12 shots on net for detroit. Then Red Wings took 3 more nice shots on Niemi, yet announcers called them with 12 shots still later in the game. Home team always screw the SOG stats. Red Wings played pretty damn good for being on the road and getting 8 days off. Detroit definitely deserved to win that game. Sharks can't even score 5-on-5. I know they got credit for 5-on-5 for the 2nd goal, but the players were exhausted and out of position.
Wings win that game 10 times out of 10 with fair and balanced officiating.
Did you watch this game.
We got owned for most of the night and played uninspired. If you call that the perfect road game, then I'm glad you're not a Florida Panthers fan.


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on October 28, 2012 - 12:01 AM
Dear Abby: What percentage of women's problems do you think could be avoided if, for the first year after beginning to date someone, they were to use birth control and not marry?
Many of the women who write to you seem to be shocked that the men they're with do not have sterling characters. But I have never dated anyone who could hide his true colors longer than six months. I'm sure the same is true of women, too. Much of your advice to these ladies entails seeking counseling or an attorney, but to the millions of women who haven't yet made this mistake, how about a shout-out for prevention?
– Susan in Arizona
Dear Susan: Sometimes people marry before they really know themselves, let alone their partner. But I'm all for giving that shout-out for prevention of unplanned pregnancies. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 49 percent of the 6.7 million pregnancies each year fall into this category. While some result from carelessness or mistakes in using birth control, others stem from lack of assertiveness on the part of women because they are economically dependent or lack the self-esteem to insist their partner use a condom.
Your comment about rushing into marriage reminds me of the saying, "Act in haste, repent at leisure." Perhaps it should be amended to, "Act in haste, repent, repent, repent."
Burning up calories
Dear Abby: I once read in your column a list of physical activities and how many calories are burned while performing each one. You included sex. Would you please list those activities and the calories burned for each?
– Looking To Lose
Dear Looking: You didn't see it in my column, but here is the estimated number of calories burned per hour for several types of measured physical activity: slow walking, 115 to 200; dancing, 275 to 350; skating or swimming, 300 to 600; gardening, 250 to 300. There are no reliable figures on the number of calories burned during sex because the amount of exertion varies with the individual.


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PLYMOUTH — Federal, state and county health officials investigating high levels of carbon dioxide in a local subdivision will meet with Kensington Crossing homeowners tonight to discuss findings and remediation efforts.
Investigators are trying to determine whether the gas was a factor in the death of a resident there last week and the fainting spell of a young girl in a basement of one of the homes.
``We really are still in the information-gathering phase,'' said Robert Gage, director of the Montgomery County Health Department.


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Alumni Day Paid Tribute To Board Members, Jubilarians
The annual Seminary Alumni Day celebration, held on Monday, September 19th, was a tremendous event and I hope that you had a chance to participate in the Mass, dinner festivities or both. This year, the Seminary paid tribute to longtime members of the Seminary Board of Regents—Donald Cardinal Wuerl and Mr. John C. Marous, Jr.
If you were unable to join us, please take a look at the multimedia section of our website to view video clips from this memorable day. Both Cardinal Wuerl and Mr. Marous serve as key members of the Saint Vincent Seminary Board of Regents for many years, providing direction, guidance and leadership to the administration, faculty members and staff members. Thanks to their diligent work and dedication to the seminary, we can be proud to say that we offer one of the most complete priestly formation programs in the United States.
Also present on September 19th were many seminary alumni from a wide variety of dioceses. As is our tradition, the seminary also paid tribute to the alumni jubilarians who were celebrating 25, 40, 50 and 60 years of service to the Church since their graduation from the seminary. It is always a pleasure to talk with our alumni as they are usually very willing to share a story (or two) about their experiences during the "formative years"!
One recent visitor shared a few interesting stories about the very strict rules that were imposed on seminarians "back in the day". One such rule was that it was strictly forbidden to have any contact with the outside world via newspaper, television or radio. As is human nature, several "creative" seminarians were able to circumvent the rules, particularly during key sporting events such the World Series. In those days, the college students shared the same dormitory (but not the same floor) as the seminarians.
If the college students placed their radios in certain positions on the outside window sills, the seminarians were able to open their windows so as to share in the excitement of the ballgame (and yes, still "obey" the no-radio rule)! During my six years as the Director of Development for the seminary, I have been privileged to meet so many of our distinguished priest alumni and members of the Board of Regents.
These people are so very impressive because they are truly giving of themselves with no expectation of any personal gain. As such, they give selflessly of their time, talent and treasure for the sole benefit of the ongoing success of the seminary, and ultimately the growth of the Church through the grace of God. Whether you are an alumnus, a board member or a dedicated member of the laity who believes in the formation of priests, I would like to thank you for your ongoing support of Saint Vincent Seminary.
If you have not joined us for the annual Alumni Day celebration recently, please know that you are very welcome to do so in the future. In addition to Alumni Day, we host two very important fundraising events in the winter and spring, namely our Mardi Gras celebration and our Seminary Scholarship Banquet.
These are great times to mingle with seminarians and our alumni to learn more about the seminary and the excellent formation programs offered. As we approach the end of 2011, we will soon be sending our annual Christmas Appeal to each of our constituents. Please look for this in late November and consider a gift to the Seminary this Christmas. Your donation would directly benefit the education of a future priest and leader within the Church.
If you are new to the seminary environment and would like to learn about our formation programs and events to support the seminary, please visit our website. If you are interested in a visit, please do not hesitate to contact my office at (724) 532-6740 or email me. I would be happy to introduce you to some of our faculty and staff members and give you a tour of our facilities. Thank you for your ongoing support, and I hope to see you at a future Seminary event.
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Jarod Bryant
GM: What happened to your hair? It was a lot longer.
JB: It was…I just wanted to be like you.
GM: Join the crowd.
JB: It's the new me.
GM: How is the blocking coming?
JB: We haven't done a whole lot of that, but we will start up tomorrow when we get pads on. I think blocking is one of those things – if you want to do it, you can do it. And if you don't want to do it, you are not going to do it. So I'm going to work as hard as I can to work on cut blocking.
GM: Do you think that is going to be your biggest challenge?
JB: Well, it could be. I thought that when we worked on blocking in the spring, I did alright. Every year that I've been here my goal has been to get stronger and I think I have. And I think that is going to help me with blocking for sure. It's going to be tough but [blocking] is one of the most important things an A-back does, so I better be good at it if I want to play.
GM: Kaipo is one of the most popular players, at least with fans, on the team. Were you surprised you were named captain instead of him?
JB: I was surprised. Going into it, we all voted and I really didn't think it was going to be me. As far as playing wise, I haven't played a whole lot. I only have one full game as a starter under my belt. But it's an honor to be the captain.
GM: Has it changed your relationship at all with Kaipo?
JB: Yeah. They usually don't put us together because we start fighting. You know we are not friends at all. (Laughs) No, it hasn't changed our relationship at all. Every senior on this team has a leadership role. It just so happens that I'm going to be out there for the coin toss. There are definitely some extra responsibilities for sure, I've already seen that.
GM: What position is the strength of this team?
JB: Quarterback, of course.
GM: Not Slot back?
JB: Oh…
GM: Too late, you said quarterback.
GM: Rashawn King decided to be a plebe summer squad leader – was there a part of you that said, better him than me?
JB: Definitely. Squad leader during plebe summer is the toughest job to take, but it is probably the most rewarding. But if anyone was going to do it, it was Rashawn. He is just an incredible person. I'm sure he did a great job. I know he did. I know the three football players who were squad leaders had the top three times on the o-course. I'm sure they were all great squad leaders.
GM: I'm sure they probably showed up to camp in pretty good shape, right?
JB: Yeah, when we were running the PRT, Rashawn was running backwards helping some guys to finish. He's a stud.
GM: Any game in particular you are looking forward to the most on the schedule? Even more than Towson? How about a winning streak against Notre Dame?
JB: That would be cool, but I'm going to hurt your feelings and say Towson.
GM: What about Air Force? A lot of publications say this is the year they are going to beat you?
JB: Towson.
GM: What was your reaction when you heard Caleb Campbell had to go back to serving in the Army full-time?
JB: I thought he handled it very well. He said that he has a great opportunity to be an Army officer. It's a shame he got a taste of it and now they are pulling him back. I guess that's the life you sign up for when you sign on the dotted line.
GM: Clint Sovie told me earlier that he thinks Eric Kettani thinks he is NFL material. Do you agree?
(Editor's Note: An unnamed player in the background responds –"Eric Kettani thinks he is a model.")
JB: Eric is a great player. I think he could play in the NFL, but don't tell him I said that. (Laughs)
Shun White
GM: Now that Reggie Campbell and Zerbin Singleton are gone, do you think there will be a target on your back? Everyone is going to know who you are. You aren't going to be able to hide anymore.
SW: I think coming into the season since we are playing a lot of the same teams – with Reggie and Zerb gone – they are going to be keying on me. Reggie and Zerb - those are some big shoes to fill. I've been playing behind those guys since I've been here. Still to this day, I look up to them. They are two of the greatest guys. A lot of teams are going to try and key on me but they need to be careful because we have a lot of young guys stepping up behind me…Andre Byrd, Bobby Doyle and Greg Shinego – guys who have played in the past. It's a great opportunity for us on offense.
GM: One name you didn't include in that list was Jarod Bryant. What was your reaction when you heard he was moving to slot back?
SW: I was kind of excited…and surprised. Jarod is a great player. Like Coach said, you have to get him on the field somehow. I don't know how much he will play with Kaipo (at quarterback). It will be great when I come off the field knowing there will be someone going on the field that the coaches can trust with the ball. I have no doubt when Jarod gets in the game, he will make things happen.
GM: Is it fair to say that blocking may be his toughest challenge?
SW: It will probably because he hasn't done it. The cut block gives everybody trouble the first time around. I had trouble with it the first time at NAPS. You just have to learn it. I don't think he will struggle with it much. It's actually kind of fun.
GM: If you and Reggie were doing 40-yard dashes right now, would you beat him?
SW: I don't know. Reggie is fast. On scout day, he ran a sub 4.3 – that's pretty fast. But I worked out with Reggie everyday this summer, and he got me in good shape. I think a lot of my 4.36 time came from him just pushing me. When you run with a guy just as fast as you, or faster, it makes you work harder.
GM: A lot of people are excited about Andre Byrd. They look at him and see the possibility of another Reggie Campbell. Do you think that comparison is crazy or is there any merit to that?
SW: Andre definitely has the moves. (Pauses) If you get him in open space with the ball, he will make you miss. He's pretty quick for a little guy. When he gets the ball in his hands, you never know what is going to happen. He played a lot beside me this past spring and I was really impressed with his progress. He worked hard over the summer in the workout. I think a lot of people are going to be surprised with what he can do on the field.
GM: Even though you won't be taking part in the game, what was your reaction when you saw that Navy will be opening up against Ohio State in 2009?
SW: I wish it was 2008. To play in front of a crowd like that…in that type of atmosphere…it's crazy. It's kind of like playing in Notre Dame, but there is something about Ohio State that makes it different.
GM: If there is one position that is the strength of this team, what is the position?
SW: Slot back.
GM: But Jarod Bryant said that the quarterbacks are the strength of the team…
SW: He did? No way - the A's make plays… [Jarod] will learn that.
GM: Do you think Caleb Campbell was NFL material when you went up against him?
SW: He plays with a hard motor. It was hard to block him sometimes and I would say that he was NFL material. I just hate to see that he had to come back [out of NFL camp]. I know it was hard for him, but he is a great guy. He is a hard nosed guy. He is a great player. I was pretty excited to see him get drafted. I was pretty excited to see him get that chance to see what he could do at the next level.
Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada
GM: Who is the spokesperson between the two captains?
K: Jarod – definitely Jarod.
GM: Clint actually called him a pretty boy, is that accurate?
K: Of course, look at him. He's Mr. Alabama. That's never gonna leave him. Look at him.
GM: Do you think plebes should be forced to do more chow calls or chop faster if they can't pronounce your head coach's last name? Should there be a punishment for that?
K: I don't think so. I think that is wrong.
GM: You are not going to make the plebes in your squad pronounce your head coach's last name correctly?
K: They won't be able to pronounce my last name correctly.
GM: But you have a nickname, he doesn't.
K: We'll work on that.
GM: Do you think you will be doing a lot of pumping up of opponent's fans like you did in Notre Dame last year? Are you going to go into Ball State, and right off the bat, just get their fans into the game?
K: I don't know. That is kind of a spur of the moment thing. I didn't really think about what I was doing until it was done. But we will see what happens.
GM: What game are you really looking forward to?
K: Towson - it really is Towson…but in the next two weeks, we just want to beat the defense…the Navy defense [in practice].
GM: What is the positional strength of this team?
K: Quarterbacks, of course.
GM: Jarod said quarterbacks too. Is that kind of funny, coming from a slot back?
K: He's a quarterback – he's a quarterback at heart.
GM: What do you think of his blocking ability?
K: The kid can hit.
GM: Is it better that he is a slot back and not you?
K: Definitely, because I can't hit.
Do you have a comment for David? Drop him an email.


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Teaching Themes
Cinco de Mayo: Everything You Need
Information and activities that will help your class celebrate Mexican history and culture
Internet Resources for Celebrating Mexico
Grades: 3–5, 6–8
Use these web resources to prepare a lesson or unit about the cultures and history of Mexico.
Activities and Games
Cinco de Mayo: La Celebración Matemática!
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5
Festive math activities and ideas to help you celebrate this important day in Mexican history
Cinco de Mayo Resources
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
Check out these great books at The Teacher Store.
Lesson Plans
La Fiesta!
Grades: PreK–K
Cultural activities for preschool teachers to do with their students.
Blog Posts
Cinco de Mayo: A Fiesta of Fun!
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5
What better way to take a break than to hold a fiesta? In this post we share some of the Cinco de Mayo activities our students enjoy.
Blog Posts
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo!
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
Recommended books, crafts, and activities for celebrating the Mexican holiday
Mexico: History
Grades: 6–8
An overview of Mexico's history, from its ancient Indian civilizations to its independence from Europe to modern day
Everything You Need
Hispanic Heritage: Everything You Need
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
These activities provide multiple ways for your class to delve into a study of Hispanic culture.
Games, Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities
Piñata Concentration Game: A Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Activity
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5
This interactive activity makes learning Spanish vocabulary, and practicing memorization skills, fun for young students.
Crafts, Lesson Plans
Traditional Mexican Paper Cutting: A Math Lesson
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
Students read books to learn about the cultural tradition of Mexican paper cutting, and then use their math skills to make ABAB patterns.
Lesson Plans, Activities and Games
Let's Have a Fiesta! Celebrating Mexican Culture Lesson Plan
Grades: 1–2
Students celebrate Mexican culture by making tortillas, liquado (fruit juice), traditional Mexican crafts, and more.
Lesson Plans, Book Resources
Let's Travel to Mexico! A Cultural Lesson Plan
Grades: 1–2
Take a tour of Mexico in your classroom with reading and online activities, writing prompts, and Spanish language learning.
Unit Plans
Magnificent Mexico Unit Plan
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
Choose from Mexico-themed craft ideas like skeleton puppets and Frida Kahlo styled self-portraits.
Mexico: Background
Grades: 6–8
An overview of the people of Mexico, history highlights, fun facts, and more
About Mexico
Grades: 6–8
From Grolier Online, this encyclopedia article explores the history, language, ancestry, food, sports, and holidays of the Mexican people.
Peoples of Mexico: The Mayas
Grades: 3–5
Learn about the culture, religions, and written language of the Mayan people.
Book Lists
Books for Teaching About Mexico
Grades: PreK–K
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RUSH: Let me mention this before I forget to 'cause I promised that I would. It's this polling data that's out from Stan Greenberg and his company, Democracy Corps. What happened here: "Today we are releasing our first survey of the 2014 landscape, a cooperative endeavor conducted with Democracy Corps for NPR. Greenberg Quinlan Rosner conducted the calls March 19-23, 2014, and compiled the data.
"The survey polled 840 likely 2014 voters nationally. The sample contains six percentage points more Democrats than Republicans, 37% Democrat and 31% Republican, consistent with other national polling of likely voters." They discussed this on NPR. That's another story. The poll predicts a Republican wave in November. I was one of the first public personas to go public with that prediction.
And then I was concomitantly ridiculed and castigated and told to shut up and stick to what I know about, and so forth. I was really made fun of, laughed at and all that. And then others, after I concomitantly broke the ice, began to pop up with their prediction of the same thing, all the while telling me I didn't know what I was talking about. And now, this poll predicts much the same.
"With seven months to go before the election, the political environment looks remarkably promising for Republicans. Six factors create that environment: 1. The midterm election in the sixth year of a president's term has been bad news for the party controlling the White House for a century, and this year looks like no exception. (The one time the pattern did not hold was 1998 when Bill Clinton enjoyed an approval rating in the mid 60s...)" because people liked sex in the Oval Office.
"2. The demographics of midterm elections favor Republicans over Democrats," and that's a turnout factor, replicating 2010. "3. Obamacare remains unpopular, especially among independents who," it says here, "hold the balance of power in midterm elections." Independents really don't like Obamacare. Oh, speaking of that, a little side note. I had this in the sound bites yesterday but I didn't get to it. Doesn't matter.
Ron Fournier for the first time I'm aware of in recorded modern history, said that if the Democrats continue their lambasting of the Tea Party it's gonna send independents running straight to the Republican Party. You never hear that! What you hear is, "If you Republicans don't shut up about Obama, the independents are gonna get really ticked and they're gonna run back back to the Democrats." They never say the opposite.
But Ron Fournier did. He said that the Democrats are running the risk of sending the independents right into the arms of the Republicans. "4. President Obama's job approval remains stuck in the low to mid 40s. 5. The generic ballot ... is essentially even, which has historically been good for Republicans." No, that's not the right way to put it. The generic ballot says, "Okay, are you voting Republican or Democrat?"
If the Republicans are showing up even, that means they're way ahead because normally the Democrats win that. Theoretically, it's because there are more Democrats than Republicans. "6. The Senate seats up in 2014 strongly favor Republicans." Anyway, this bunch is projecting a wave election for the Republicans. Yet the pollsters showed up on Morning Edition yesterday and didn't talk about any of this.
They talked about how much better Obamacare's doing in the polls. And they talked of all kinds of other things. They spun it all up for the Democrats when they got onto NPR talking about it. None of what I just read you from their own press release did they discuss.


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Posted by Chelsea on August 23, 2011
I just got back from a wonderful family vacation in Cape Cod, MA. We hung by the beach and pond, ate lobsters like it was going out of style and hung out with all of my husband's family, who we see less frequently than we'd all like, as we're spaced out all over the East Coast. Kinda bummed to be back because it was so much fun, and now I'm zooming around trying to get the kids ready to go back to school. Guess this means summer is over. Boooooooooo.
As awesome as the trip was, what was not so awesome were the major-league breakouts I experienced while there (likely the cause of the copious amounts of sunscreen with which I slathered myself - sunburn/skin cancer or breakouts: pick your evil). I didn't bring any good stuff with me to combat acne, but when I got home, i ran for my Let Me Clarify, a refinining gel treatment from mybody.
Let Me Clarify Refinining Gel, $56.50 at doctors' offices nationwide
Y'all, this stuff works miracles. Its gentle, so it won't leave your skin all red and raw (and its safe to use while pregnant), yet it works like a champ, so you'll be clear of pesky blemishes in no time. After a couple of days of use, my skin is zit-free and glowing again. LOVE.
The good folks at mybody are offering one for us to give away, so if you've got some clearing up to do, let us know by posting a comment here, sending us a tweet or posting on our facebook page. We'll select one winner next week!
Posted by Chelsea on August 02, 2011
Who's been enjoying this lovely summer weather? Hot, sticky and humid? Whee!!!!! Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
As if just plain 'ol enduring the heat wasn't rough enough, this grossness wreaks havoc on your hair, no? Don't know what kind of locks you're rockin', but my curly mane transforms into one big 'fro in this weather unless I use my trusty John Frieda Frizz-Ease products - namely, the Smooth Start Repairing Shampoo & Conditioner and the Frizz-Ease Original Strength Serum. I swear, this stuff is miraculous - so much so that random people stop me in the CVS and stuff to ask me how I get my curls to look so smooth and pretty. Swear!
If you'd like to enjoy the near-religious experience that these products offer, you're in luck! We're giving away one full-size set of all three products to one lucky winner! Here's how you can receive all sorts of chances to win:
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Good luck! We'll announce the winner next Monday!
Posted by Chelsea on July 28, 2011
Some cool contests and giveaways out there right now, y'all......check 'em out:
Mutsy, Carousel Designs, Naturalmat, pediped® and Kushies® Royal Giveaway (Valued at $2,000!)
Socre some seriously awesome loot with this one, folks! Enter to win one of 23 great prizes: From Mutsy: Mutsy's signature 4Rider stroller in purple. From Carousel Designs: a Purple and White Dandelion 4-piece crib bedding set. Wispy dandelions float freely atop pure white cotton in this striking crib bedding set for baby's room. The set's comforter is backed in luscious soft and white minky fabric perfect for snuggling. From Naturalmat: a handcrafted Coco Mat crib mattress. From pediped®, 10 winners each receive a pair of pediped footwear of their choice from any of pediped's three signature collections, Originals®, Grip 'n' Go™ or Flex®. From Kushies®, ten winners will each receive an adorable purple Hugbug from Kushies award-winning Zolo® toy line. The sweepstakes starts July 28, 2011 at 12:01 am EST and ends September 07, 2011 at 11:59 pm EST. To enter, click here.
Coleman (you know, the cooler makers?) Freebie Fridays
Tomorrow, Coleman is launching the second "Freebie Friday" at 12:00am Pacific Time. The giveaway, which lasts only 24 hours, is for 10 Coleman Instant Tents, which set up in 60 seconds or less! Personally, I'd rather have all of my toenails pulled out with a rusty pair of pliers than do anything that necessitates a tent, but hey, if you're into camping, this might be right up your alley! To enter, click here.
In conjunction with the giveaway, Coleman's offering a coupon for $1 off Coleman Repellents so that you may enjoy a bug-free camping trip and/or summer. Every little bit of prevention helps.
Gool Gel n Cap $250 Spa Gift Certificate Giveaway
Cool Gel n Cap, the makers of a slightly goofy-looking yet effective first aid appararus for when your kiddos need an ice pack on their heads, is sponsoring a contest on their website and Facebook page. The prize: a $250 certificate to a local spa located where the winner resides. No proof of purchase is required to enter this contest - all you need to do is either 1) share your experience with using the Cool Gel n' Cap, 2) explain how the product will be of good use to you or 3) explain why you think you need a Cool Gel n' Cap in your household. Gotta imagine there won't be a ton of entrants (really, are there lots of folks out there using the Cool Gel n Cap, right?), but who knows? Worth writing up a creative blurb for the chance to score a facial and a massage...... To enter, click here.
Posted by Chelsea on June 03, 2010
Thanks for all of the comments and emails you've been sending me about my participation in the American Express Membership Rewards "Live On Points" challenge to revamp my bedroom using points only. I promise, promise I will post pics once everything is in - no worries, y'all!
As I wait for the deliveries, the good folks at Membership Rewards have offered The Momtourage's readers a chance to engage in their own version of home making-over: they're giving me a $100 Crate and Barrel gift card to give away to one lucky reader! Wanna win one? Send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com and tell me what you'd use the gift card to purchase and why.
Good luck!
Posted by Chelsea on May 28, 2010
So, we've cleared out our old bed and rug. The rug got tossed in the trash, and the bed, I sold on Craigslist, which the journalist in me now feels sorta yucky about because my husband says it essentially single-handedly ruined the newspaper business. Sorry, Professors Trimble and Lule from the Lehigh Univertily School of Journalism - I just wanted to unload my old bed! I'm thinking I'll put the old night tables in my downstairs guest room. Reduce, reuse, recycle.
Now our old mattress and box-spring are on the bedroom floor, white-trash style. The boys love the new set-up, as it makes for quite the trampoline/wresting ring. I think my husband is as into the idea as they are - for the exact same reasons.
In retrospect, this process was SUPER simple, not to mention really, really fun! Using American Express Membership Rewards Points to makeover my bedroom was a snap. At first, I wasn't sure I'd be happy shopping solely at mall staple furniture stores like West Elm, Crate & Barrel, Restoration Hardware and Pottery Barn. However, as I discussed yesterday with Momtourage member Alison, when I think about it, even if I wasn't using store gift cards purchased with Rewards Points, that's most likely where I would have shopped anyway, really. And sure, I could have used points to purchase an AmEx shop card, which is accepted anywhere AmEx is, but like I said, I probably would have taken said card right to PB anyway. Those stores just have great stuff, and their "look" - well, it's what I and really, most folks my age, like. Guess there's a reason they do so well.
And cashing in the points to get gift cards - a total no-brainer. Membershiprewards.com and the points redemption process were really easy to navigate. I'm not just saying that; really, if the experience was negative, I'd surely write about it, but it wasn't. At all. And perhaps it's because I redeemed a lot of points in the last two weeks (100,000 and 150,000, respectively), the standard seven business days wait time was upgrade for free to a three-day wait. Who doesn't feel honored and valued when offered a free upgrade?
So thanks, Amex and Membership Rewards! I had a blast with this challenge. Again, I'll post pics when all is delivered and made over. Next week, they've provided me with a GREAT giveaway for all of you, just so you can do the same with a room in your house! More details on that later….ya'll are in for a real treat!
Posted by Chelsea on May 26, 2010
Here's the most recent update in my adventures participating in the American Express Membership Rewards "Live On Points" challenge to revamp my bedroom using points only:
So you know how I said I needed a place to put all of my clothes? Scratch that. Storage is highly overrated. What I really need is a new bed and new night tables! The ones I have just arent right for my room. Well, at least that what I realized when I saw this stuff (that's clearly soooo much better!) over the weekend:
Inspired by these super-cool mirrored night tables I saw in an InStyle magazine spread on Ashley Tisdale's home (I know, I know…LAME), I am presently in love with these from Pottery Barn. They're catalog/web only, but I saw a set in the store that someone was returning because they were damaged and realized I had to get them. Fortunately, my second round of 100,000 membership rewards points would cover them, as I could use them to purchase $1000 worth of PB gift cards (as I did to buy the rug). Once tax, shipping and handling was added in, I'd be right at $1000.
Park Mirrored Bedside Table, $399 each
And, of course, to go with those new night tables, I need a new bed. Honestly, the one we had never really worked in our room - it was way too big for the small space, and like all of the other furniture in the room, it was dark wood, and I wanted something in that room to be "lighter" looking. I'd always thought an upholstered bed might be nice, but nothing that was too frou-frou-ish. I'm thinking clean, modern, yet still "pretty". When I was at C&B over the weekend, I saw this bed, which I LOVED:
I've got 150,000 points to work with this week, which normally wouldn't quite cover the cost of this, but I asked the salesperson at C&B if they had any floor samples or if they were running any specials and she told me that they were having an upcoming Memorial Day weekend sale and that she could give me 15 percent off, which gets me right in at my $1500 worth of C&B gift cards $150,000 membership rewards points can purchase. Woo hoo! Bed is ordered, and I'll post photos once everything's in!
Posted by Chelsea on May 22, 2010
Here's the most recent update in my adventures participating in the American Express Membership Rewards "Live On Points" challenge to revamp my bedroom using points only:
So, we checked out the furniture at the outlets and ultimately, it was a big 'ol bust. There was lots of good stuff, just nothing like what we were looking for. Oh well. We tried, right? Back to the drawing board.
Tomorrow my plan is to drag my poor husband (and visiting mother-in-law and the two boys) to Crate & Barrel to look for dressers, night tables or a bed. We may never get invited back again.
Posted by Chelsea on May 21, 2010
Here's the most recent update in my adventures participating in the American Express Membership Rewards "Live On Points" challenge to revamp my bedroom using points only:
I might think I know most everything (at least my husband likely would say that I think so), but sometimes, you guys know the real deal. A reader recently left me a comment suggesting I could get more bang for my Pottery Barn/Crate & Barrel/Restoration Hardware buck if I check out these stores' furniture outlets. I did a little research on Membership Rewards and realized that the PB, C&B and RH store gift cards you can purchase using points CAN be used at factory stores. Awesome! I did a quick search for outlets in my 'hood, and all of the Big Three have outlet outposts at the Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets in Leesburg, VA, which is only about 45 minutes from my house! Woo hoo! Guess where I'm heading this weekend?
Posted by Chelsea on May 14, 2010
I'll be co-hosting "Broadminded" today! You can listen in from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST on Sirius 102 and XM 155. Fun!
I'll be announcing the start of our "Get Your Summer Started" Giveaway, which is SO AWESOME this year! We've collected 30 of our favorite summer beauty and beach essentials and have gathered them all together to create 30 gift bags - one of which we'll give one away each day in June ('cause there are 30 days in June, right?). Here's a preview of just some of the things in this year's gift bag:
Diva Tweezers
MISSION Skincare Ultra Lip gloss in Strawberry Pomegranate
Eos Lip Sphere in Lemon with SPF 15
a Beautyblender makeup sponge
Supergoop! Sunscreen Swipes
H20+ Face Oasis Shine-Neutralizing Gel
a Tweezerman Sole Mates foot file
Twist Organic Water
Mineral Fusion Hydration Mist, Blow Haircare Beach Blow Texturizing Mist
a Gaiam aluminum water bottle
a sampling of summer haircare products from Elie Elie salon
a SurgiCare Shower Off Body Cream Kit
a lip glaze from Make-up Designory
Boscia Blotting Linens
...and tons more that we'll talk about later (I can't spill all of the beans now!)
To enter to win, sign up to follow me on twitter (I'm @chelseakaplan) and then send me a tweet!
Posted by Chelsea on May 10, 2010
Okay, so how cool is this? Check it out:
I was recently contacted by the folks at the American Express Membership Rewards Program, who asked me a) if I had an Amex (Um, totally - in fact, I use it way too much and often get "Honey, this month's Amex bill is kinda ridiculous" talks from my husband) and b) if I used their membership rewards program (Yes, all the time - those points aren't just for frequent flyer miles and stuff, sisters - you can get Saks 5th Avenue gift cards and all sorts of other cool things with those points!). After I passed muster, they asked me if I would be interested in taking part in their "Life On Points" challenge. The task at hand: revamp a room in my home using only Membership Rewards points to pay for the things I want and need for the project, and document the experience as I go along. They'll credit my account with 300,000 points (roughly $3,000), alloting 50,000 points to use in week one, 100,000 in week two and 150,000 in week three. On week four, they're giving me an awesome membership rewards prize to give away to one of you so you can begin using points to get your home spruced up for summer!
Who am I to refuse a challenge, Amex? I'm in! Bedroom, you're about to get a much-needed facelift. (And sorry, honey, but this won't include items from Victoria's Secret.
So, for the next few weeks I'll be blogging about my experience using American Express Membership Rewards points to purchase some new goods for my bedroom. Namely, a new rug to replac a seriously disgusting one we've had for years, some new night stands to replace the ones that absolutely do NOT go with the rest of my bedroom furniture and some new bedding to replace my mismatched sheets.
Fun! Stay tuned…...
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A 252-foot-long half-size replica of the Washington, D.C., Vietnam Veterans Memorial is on display in Medway.
The Moving Wall is free to the public and will be on display 24-hours a day at the Medway VFW Post 1526 on Holliston Street until Monday.
The Moving Wall is managed by a Michigan-based nonprofit organization and includes more than 58,000 names.
The wall includes the names of more than 1,000 soldiers from Massachusetts.
The wall was built by Vietnam veterans and has been on tour since 1984.
Medway was the first town in the country to build a monument honoring its Vietnam soldiers.
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Eau Claire writer Max Garland is Wisconsin's new poet laureate. He'll serve in that post through 2014, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters has announced.
Garland is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He was also a rural mail carrier for a decade in western Kentucky, where he was born. In addition to publishing widely in literary journals, he's the author of the poetry collections "The Postal Confessions" and "Hunger Wide as Heaven." »Read Full Article(1)
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Thunderstorm watch, flood warning issued for Erie, Crawford counties
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Erie and Crawford counties until 1 a.m. Thursday.
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The instrument panel for the 35e size is too wide to move back to the correct position. Just have to settle for the way it is - not a true scale version anyway.
Warning, Caution, Danger...
A word of caution for Samson builders: carefully check the security of the ball link ends on the inter-wing pushrods. I was hooking mine up when I thought I felt one move. I gave a slight tug on the plastic ball link and the whole rod slid right out of the carbon tube. I checked the other three ends and two more slid apart with only a slight tug. The fourth seemed secure. These are not a good design, the steel rod has no grooves in it to trap glue where it fits inside the carbon tube so there is no mechanical locking, just the shear of whatever glue they used, or maybe forgot to use in my case. I've not seen any other posts about a problem, so maybe it's just mine, but I'm glad I caught it during assembly, it was a sure crash waiting to happen.
I'd also advise removing the paint from the base of the threaded tabs for the interplane struts before epoxying then into the slots in the wings, and rough them up a bit before gluing them in, otherwise it's the adhesion of the paint that's holding your airplane together, not the glue. The hole in the tab will help, but I wouldn't count on that alone.
Other than that, I think this is a great ARF, everything is spectacularly well made and the fit and finish are the best I've ever seen.
Now, can anyone tell me how the heck to get those two top cowl screws installed? I can get them into the firewall holes no problem, but can't get on them with any kind of hex driver, at least without a u-joint.
For the rods, I used these carbon fiber rods and titanium rod ends available from Central Hobbies, who by the way also sells a great set of JIS (Japanese Industry Standard) Philips screwdrivers which everybody that flies ARFs or Japanese made helicopter should have.
And yes, remove the paint on the tabs.... (heck, the original instructions never even said anything about epoxying them into the wings...)
As to the cowl screws, all four are inserted from the inside, but not easily. I just stuck some strong magnets on a ball hex driver, and with a bit of squinting, was able to install the screws.
And last but not least, balance your plane at least 1/4" to 3/8" forward of the called for CG. On the first flight with mine balanced as called for it was definitely tail heavy.
Thanks for the CG info, I had it balanced at the spec location so I'll move it forward a bit. Did you go with the recommended throws?
That cowl installation is something Dante couldn't have dreamed up in his worst nightmare. I'm going to have to go buy a U-jointed driver for the top 2 screws. Bottom ones were no problem.
Just got my ZS4025-16 today and spent the night getting it installed. Thought it was DOA because I could not get it to run. After chasing the problem all night, trying different ESC/motor combinations, finally turned out my brand new AR6200 Rx has a dead throttle channel. All the other channels work, but throttle is no go. Swapped out the Rx and everything is good to go.
The recommended throws are the full throws, cut them down for low rates....
As to the cowl screws.... I really don't know why you are having so much of a problem, as I put all four of them in with a long ball hex driver... Stand the plane on it's nose, and put all four in...
There is a discussion right now on another thread about AR6200s. They are actually just AR600s that a satellite receiver has been added to, and many people are having problems with them.
Finally got those top cowl screws in. I made paper template of the holes in the firewall and laid it over the matching (sic!) holes in the cowl mounts and they didn't line up. one of the bottom holes was off about 1/8" so when I put the bottom ones in first, both top holes were off far enough to prevent the screws from threading in. Opening up the bad hole fixed it.
Pilot appears to have the right attitude for his maiden flight.
And yes, cool pilot....
Oh...and count the number of valve cover clearance "bumps" in the cowl. I'll give you a hint....there should be eighteen.. I.E. two per cylinder of a nine cylinder radial. When I went to install my "fake engine" (not the one included in the kit), they would not line up....two short!!
Check out... my Samson....
Going a bit nuts here guys. All ready to maiden, but I'm having trouble with the collet adapter refusing to hold. I've got the Hyperion ZS4025-16 with an 18-12 prop on 6S and am using the collet that came with it, but it just doesn't have enough grip to hold. On every run-up it lets go at about 3/4 throttle and the prop and spinner sail off into the sunset. I've got it fully engaged on the shaft and reefed down as tight as an 8" wrench will get it but no go. Tried another identical collet with the same results. Also tried a bit of blue loctite on the shaft with no improvement.
Any ideas, I've used dozens of these and never had a problem before. Should I switch to the setscrew type? There's no flat on the shaft, so that's likely to be problematic too.
Need some help so I can fly it this weekend!
Got the maiden done, and a couple of subsequent flights. Everything went fine, but I'm not overly impressed with the performance. With the ZS4025-16, 18x12E prop, 6S-4400 40C and a 100amp ESC, it seemed anemic even though the wattmeter said it was pulling 90 amps and over 2000W static. I didn't have to add any weight to get the CG, so it's as light as I can get it. It was fine for tooting around the field and doing mild aerobatics, but it's got virtually no vertical capability. At 250W/lb, it should do better than that. Think I'll try a 19x10 prop and see if it helps.
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I'm using a different motor and an 18 in prop. I would agree that my performance is also anemic... when compared to most of todays 3d planes.
It is in fact right in line with most gassers of that size and well.. RL planes as well. I get just enough verticality to so a nice upline to a stall turn, looks very nice. But no 3d with it as recommended that's for sure.
It's "weaker" than any of my other planes but I think it actually falls right in line with what a plane like that "should" to be close to scale performance and scale stunts.
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Niall Ferguson: America's 'Oh Sh*T!' MomentRoundup: Historians' Take
Niall Ferguson is a professor of history at Harvard University and a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. He is also a senior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford University, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His Latest book, Civilization: The West and the Rest, will be published in November.
Don't call me a "declinist." I really don't believe the United States—or Western civilization, more generally—is in some kind of gradual, inexorable decline.
But that's not because I am one of those incorrigible optimists who agree with Winston Churchill that the United States will always do the right thing, albeit when all other possibilities have been exhausted....
The Roman Empire didn't decline and fall sedately, as historians used to claim. It collapsed within a few decades in the early fifth century, tipped over the edge of chaos by barbarian invaders and internal divisions. In the space of a generation, the vast imperial metropolis of Rome fell into disrepair, the aqueducts broken, the splendid marketplaces deserted.
The Ming dynasty's rule in China also fell apart with extraordinary speed in the mid–17th century, succumbing to internal strife and external invasion. Again, the transition from equipoise to anarchy took little more than a decade.
A more recent and familiar example of precipitous decline is, of course, the collapse of the Soviet Union. And, if you still doubt that collapse comes suddenly, just think of how the postcolonial dictatorships of North Africa and the Middle East imploded this year. Twelve months ago, Messrs. Ben Ali, Mubarak, and Gaddafi seemed secure in their gaudy palaces. Here yesterday, gone today.
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''I'm not going to make any apologies for not using politically correct language to describe something that I am trying to stop,'' he said.
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''I'm not going to engage in some sort of clever language to try and mask anything here,'' he said.
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Mr Morrison said his directive simply concerned the way asylum seekers arrived.
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Greeting everyone
We migrated customer from Websphere MQ6 to MQ7 and we starts seeing customer channel encounters sequence number error on MQ7. After we fallback customer to MQ6, no error seen, we do not think any connectivity issue.
After reviewing MQ7 log, been seeing below error AMQ9002, AMQ9526 & AMQ9999.
AMQ9002: Channel 'ABCDEFG2.ATLTYBP1' is starting.
AMQ9526: Message sequence number error for channel 'ABCDEFG2.ATLTYBP1'.
AMQ9999: Channel program ended abnormally.
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Debian Project News – January 23rd, 2012
Welcome to this year's second issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian
* Debian ahead on web servers
According to a recent W3Techs survey [1], Debian has just surpassed CentOS to
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Dummy web server in Debian?
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About donations to Debian
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6 : http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2012/01/debian_donations-fu/
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11 : http://www.corsac.net/?rub=blog&post=1541
Armhf status in Debian
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12 : http://blog.einval.com/2012/01/09
IGMP denial of service in Linux
Ben Hutchings wrote an interesting report on a security issue in Linux [14]
14 : http://womble.decadent.org.uk/blog/igmp-denial-of-service-in-linux-cve-2012-0207.html
There has been one
16 : http://raphaelhertzog.com/2012/01/13/people-behind-debian-steve-mcintyre-debian-cd-maintainer-former-debian-project-leader/
Other news
Gerfried Fuchs wrote an interesting article about a Release Critical
17 : http://rhonda.deb.at/blog/2012/01/19
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China Biologic Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBPO)
Q4 2012 Earnings Call
March 14, 2013, 08:00 am ET
Bill Zima - IR, ICR Inc.
David Gao - Chairman, President & CEO
Ming Yin - VP
Ming Yang - VP, Finance & Compliance & CFO
Yi Chen - Aegis Captial Corp.
Welcome to China Biologic Products Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012 Earnings Conference Call. For the first part of this call, all participants will be in a listen-only mode and afterwards there will be a question-and-answer session. Today's conference is being recorded.
At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Mr. Bill Zima of ICR for opening remarks and introduction. Please go ahead sir.
Bill Zima
Thank you, operator. Hello everyone and thank you for joining us on today's call. China Biologic announced its quarterly and full year financial results on Wednesday, March 13th after the market closed. An earnings release is now available on the company's website.
Today you will hear from China Biologic's Chairman and CEO, Mr. David Gao, who will start off the call with a review of the recent company developments, strategies and basic operating results followed by the company's Vice President Mr. Ming Yin, who will address financial results in more detail. CFO, Mr. Ming Yang is also on the call and will be available during the Q&A session that follows prepared remarks.
Before we proceed, I would like to remind you of our Safe Harbor statements. Our conference call may include forward-looking statements made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although, we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable as of today such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ dramatically from those projected. There can be no assurance that those expectations will prove to be correct.
Information about the risks associated with investment in China Biologic is included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission which we encourage you to review before making any investment decisions. The company does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events, changes in market, forward-looking statements as a result of new information or otherwise except as required by law.
The company will also discuss non-GAAP measures which are more completely explained and reconciled to the most comparable measures reported under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the company's earnings release and filings with the SEC. You are reminded that such non-GAAP measures should not be viewed in isolation or as an alternative to equivalent GAAP measures and that non-GAAP measures are not uniformly defined by all companies including those in the biopharma industry.
So that said, I am pleased to present Mr. David Gao, Chairman and CEO of China Biologic Products. David, please go ahead.
David Gao
Thank you, Bill. Hello everyone. Welcome to China Biologic's fourth quarter and fiscal year and 2012 conference call. We are pleased to be consistent with strong demand for our products throughout 2012, which allowed us to enjoy favorable price and steady topline annual growth.
Our total sales increased by 20.7% on annual basis, reaching $184.8 million for the full-year, meeting our previous guidance. Our efforts over recent years to expand our sales force and focus on direct sales to hospitals and inoculation centers has bolstered our pricing power and reduced our reliance on distributors.
Our operating margin continued to improve, increasing to 40.3% in 2012, from 21% in 2011. Lower margin level in 2011 was mainly achievable to our impairment loss of $24.8 million. If we exclude income and loss, the operating margin in 2011 would be 37.2%.
Non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to the company increased 31.5% to $48 million for the year, which is consistent with our previous announced guidance ranging of $46 million to $48 million.
Some of you may recall in September 2012, the NDRC announced regional price ceiling adjustment for 95 oncology, immunology and haematology drug products. The announced price ceilings for IVIG were below the previous market prices that prevailed in some of our regional markets. Our shipment of IVIG products were delayed by approximately one month, because we appealed to 30 local governments for favourable pricing support following the announcement. Encouragingly, Guizhou and the Shandong provincial governments accepted our appeals and approved to lift the tender price ceilings for IVIG products in early November.
In January 2013, the NDRC further adjusted certain drugs effective by reports three of our approved products, human albumin, human rabies, that are immunoglobulin and the human antagonist immunoglobulin have been affected by this latest announcement. The new retail price ceilings for both human albumin and human antagonist immunoglobulin have been raised slightly. So basically prices for various doses of human albumin have increased by approximately 5%, while the regional price ceiling for human rabies immunoglobulin is close to this (inaudible) market price. We (inaudible) for the changes, we believe that strong market demand for our plasma-based products will continue to sustain strong revenue growth and that our overall markings will remain healthy that lead around top sales and increased cost efficiencies by promoting new products like Factor VIII.
In response to the previously announced delays in construction of our new production facility in Guizhou due to slower [expect] of the government approval of land user rights. They implemented our genetic strategy to begin up within our current production facility at Guizhou Taibang.
In June or July 2013 to meet the more stringent GMP standards that to be in [effect] by year end. We anticipate such upgrading to take six to nine months due to which we plan to sustain production in Guizhou. We expect the production to resume in the first half of 2014. Consequently, we have been building up inventory in the past few quarters and adjusting product eight shipments planned for 2013. We have been and will real continue to increase production volume during the first half of 2013.
We are also pleased to announce that at the beginning of the year Shandong Taibang obtains approval from local authorities to establish our new plasma collection station in Qihe County Shandong Province. We expect to obtain operating permits and to commence plasma collection operations by the end of June 2013.
We are reminding writers that the new station's addition to total plasma collection volume in 2013 will be limited. As (inaudible) the station and because all donated plasma samples have to be preserved for 90 days far safety testing before being put into production.
However, we feel confident that the new plasma station will run part in the next three years potentially enlarging our collection base in Shandong by 10% to 13%.
I'll now turn the call over to Ming Yin, our Vice President to review the full-year financial results. Ming please?
Ming Yin
Thank you, David and hello everyone. Before discussing our financial performance for the full-year of 2012, I would like to address guidance for the first quarter. Our top line and bottom line saw some inconsistency during the first quarter.
Our total sales decreased by 4.6% year-over-year to US$34 million in the quarter due to IVIG products shipment delay in October when the company appealed to regional governments for favorable pricing support.
Subsequently, in late October regional and Shandong Province governments approved to look to obtain the price ceiling for IVIG products. Net income from operations increased 41.5% mainly due to a $3.5 million decrease in selling expenses in the [first] quarter of 2012.
Net income attributable to company increased by 25.3% to $5.8 million. While non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to the company was $7.3 million representing a 15.6% decrease. The company reported a loss from changing fair value of [warrants] of $3.1 million in the first quarter of 2011.
Now let's move on to the full-year of 2012. Total sales increased 20.7% to $184.8 million during 2012. Human albumin products and IVIG products remained the largest to sales contributors as a percentage of total sales in albumin product revenue accounting for 44.6% while IVIG revenue accounted for [39%].
During the full-year, the Thymopolypeptides products contributed $10.1 million of total sales. Gross profit was up by 17.7% reaching $126 million. Gross margin was 68.2% compared to 69.9% in 2011. In future, we expect increasing compensation reported to be paid to the plasma donors, given the increasing trends of urbanization and the rising income levels in China.
Consequently, future improvements on margins were needed to be derived from increase in product pricing and volumes, product mix, yields and manufacturing efficiency as the reason the NDRC announcements have further limited opportunities for us to increase selling price for IVIG products. We consequently expect to experience gradual decline in gross margin in future quarters.
Yet, we believe our gross margin can still be maintained about [60%] levels. Operating income was $74.5 million. That's (inaudible) an increase of 131.2% over the past year. Operating margin was 40.3%. Net income attributable to company in 2012 was $45.2 million, turning to net margin of 24.5%.
Fully diluted net income per share was $1.62. Non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to company was $48 million or $1.79 per diluted share. Non-GAAP adjusted net income and diluted earnings per share excluded an aggregate $1.8 million gain related to change in fair value of [insurance] and liabilities and $4.5 million of non-cash and share-based compensation expenses.
During the full-year of 2012, net expenses decreased to $14.4 million or 7.8% of total sales, a decrease in selling expense as a percentage of sales was primarily due to favorable product pricing and less reliance on distributors as well as (inaudible) more on the drug sales to hospitals.
In addition, we have initiated a further control over the selling expenses since the second half of 2012. G&A expenses increased 8% to $34 million in 2012, mainly due to the higher (inaudible) expenses and employee benefits, as well as legal expenses related to disputes among major Taibang shareholders over additional capital.
G&A expenses as a percentage of total sales declined to 18.4% from 20.6% in 2011. R&D expenses were (inaudible) represent a weak result (inaudible) 8% year-over-year. The decrease was primary due to the completion R&D tax on Factor VIII in early 2012. As a percentage of total sales, R&D expenses grew at 1.6% in 2012. We expect the percentage level to rise back to its historical range 2% to 3% in 2013 as we conduct research and tests on new pipeline products.
Now I would like turn to balance sheet and cash flow items. We ended 2012 with approximately $129.6 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments. Finally, in the form of cash on hand and in deposits, accounts receivable was $11.2 million representing a 33.1% annual decrease, as we speed up the collection of our accounts receivable. Inventory increased by $2.3 million in 2012 to $75.7 million in line with our production expansion in 2012.
For the year end December 31, 2012; net cash provided by operating activity was $71.1 million. Net cash used in investing activities was $26.8 million primary due to purchasing of property, plant, equipment and intangibles and events non-current assets. That cash used in financing activities was $5.1 million compared to $10.1 million in 2011.
Our working capital on December 31, 2012 was $174.1 million and our currency was 4.7, total for shareholders asset was $257.4 million as of December 31, 2012 compared with $179 million as of December 31, 2011. We believe that the company has sufficient cash in our hand and continue positive cash inflow from continuous operation. We plan to maintain our solid balance sheet going forward.
Turning to 2013 guidance, overall despite certain challenges we remain bullish on the outlook for growth and that of China plasma industry generally. Looking to full year of 2013, we expect total sales to be in the range of $195 million to $205 million, we estimate the full year non-GAAP adjusted net income to be in the range of $50 million to $53 million. This estimate assumes production suspension and operator facility and only organic growth and as previously noted does not anticipate any unforced and reverse impact due to future changes in government policy.
This reflects the company's current and the pulmonary reviews which are subject to change. That concludes our prepared remarks, we will now take questions. Operator, we are now ready to take some questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
(Operator Instructions) The first question comes from Yi Chen [Aegis Captial Corp].
Yi Chen - Aegis Captial Corp.
My first question is regarding the newly approved tower company in Shandong province, the new plasma collection station do you expect any delay to getting the permit before starting collecting [drug] and also are you currently applying to more plasma collection stations in different provinces. Thank you.
Ming Yang
This is Ming and as we indicated in our press release we try and invest or try to have the plasma station to being operations by end of the first half of this year, and so we are doing our job of the final (inaudible) from government actually is it would be controlled by the government which we don't have a control.
To answer your second question is the (inaudible) plasma station you know in other regions, we are trying to - our answer is developing new plasma station is actually our important growth strategy, and I imagine that we are continuing our efforts in identifying popular regions for establishing plasma stations. The higher the plasma development plasma new station requires government approval at various level which process is not really our control. So as such we believe it's immature to discuss this as the target for our plasma station [front].
Yi Chen - Aegis Captial Corp.
Okay, to follow-up with your answer, what I can't understand the Chinese government is pretty slow in approving new plasma collection station. So can you give us any insights on the government thinking and stance approved in new plasma collection stations.
Ming Yang
You know we certainly cannot actually speak on behalf of the government, but all we can share with you is some of the reason the development is the head of minister of house, [Mr. Cheng] who recently reiterated the goal of doubling the plasma supply in February during his visit to the (inaudible) treatment center in Shandong province. Once again that (inaudible) is not from the MOH but you know just like you understand the approval for plasma station actually is at a local garment position. And that's the only thing we can say.
Yi Chen - Aegis Captial Corp.
Okay. To follow-up with plasma collection stations, so for those collection stations that China Biologic is currently operating and is planning to apply for new plasma collection stations. Within those areas are there any collection stations operated by competing companies who also could use plasma based products.
Ming Yang
Can you actually reiterate your question?
Yi Chen - Aegis Captial Corp.
In regions where you are currently you are operating plasma collection stations; are there other collection stations that are being operated by competing companies who also produce plasma based products?
Ming Yang
Well, if you actually specify the regions means province, yes. Actually, we are for instance define the region by the city or the county now. So basically the current Chinese regulations, usually they don't allow the two very close place to compete each other. The main reason behind is actually the government has a lot of concerns to satisfy the (inaudible) lot donation which is actually the MOH or the local government authority. So they have put in too many competitor for plasma collector in the region that will be in to their plasma or the whole collection in the (inaudible) whole blood collection.
Yi Chen - Aegis Captial Corp.
Okay, so lastly, can you give us an estimate of the capital expenditure for the facility upgrades for Shandong for (inaudible) type during 2013?
Ming Yang
Yeah, that number actually we do not disclose, but I got, - actually the company is trying to spend no more than $50 million on that project, single project. It's in US dollar, it is [RMB].
Yi Chen - Aegis Captial Corp.
15 million RMB, right?
(Operator Instructions) There are no further questions (inaudible) over to the management for closing remarks.
David Gao
Thank you for your participation and ongoing support for China Biologic. Have a good day.
Ladies and gentlemen this concludes today's conference call. Thank you all for attending.
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