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Filing Review, May 5, 2009 - Laviv
Our STN: BL 125348/0 May 5, 2009
Isolagen Technologies, Inc.
Attention: Dr. Jeanne M Novak
2905 Wilderness Place, Suite 202
Boulder, CO 80301
Dear Dr. Novak:
This letter is in regard to your biologics license application (BLA) submitted under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act.
We have completed an initial review of your application dated March 6, 2009 for Autologous Cultured Fibroblasts to determine its acceptability for filing. Under 21 CFR 601.2(a) we have filed your application today. The review goal date is January 4, 2010. This acknowledgment of filing does not mean that we have issued a license nor does it represent any evaluation of the adequacy of the data submitted.
We will contact you regarding your proposed labeling no later than December 5, 2009. If postmarketing study commitments (506B) are required, we will contact you no later than December 5, 2009.
At this time, we have not identified any potential review issues. Our filing review is only a preliminary review, and deficiencies may be identified during substantive review of your application. Following a review of the application, we shall advise you in writing of any action we have taken and request additional information if needed.
If you have any questions, please contact the Regulatory Project Manager, Lori Tull, at (301) 827-5102.
Sincerely yours,
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Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies
Office of Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research


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Jennifer Aniston was holding down the fort Friday on the NYC set of The Bounty. Gerard Butler was elsewhere, but Jennifer had the company of another important male: her dog Norman. It looks like she's ready to let him step into the spotlight a little after jokingly saying he needed to keep a low profile following his appearance in Vogue last year. If Norman sticks around the production site longer, he might be able to celebrate The Ugly Truth's big weekend at the box office with Gerard.
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I'm in Michigan and this week has been in the single digits. FREEZING!! I went and looked in my top bar hive window and the window has frost/ice on the inside. Should I be worried. The hive is clustered towards the mid right and the ice is more towards the right of the window. I was worried they were all dead, but I see them moving around in there. Is ice on the inside of the window a huge issue or is this because it is soooo stinking cold?? I'm worried when it warms up that this may provide too much water in there?
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EU Plays Down WTO Ruling on Airbus Aidby
The European Union has poured cold water on reports out Friday (4 September) that the World Trade Organisation had sided with the US in a long-running dispute over subsidies to Airbus (EAD.PA), the European aviation consortium.
Member state officials said the confidential interim report was much more nuanced than a simple one-sided victory, while EU trade spokesman Lutz Guellner described it as "only half the story."
However, US officials said their claims had been vindicated.
"For many years, we have contended that direct financial assistance from the European governmental partners of Airbus has represented an unfair launch," said US representative Norm Dicks, according to the BBC.
"Today's interim ruling from the WTO panel definitively confirms that contention," added the representative from Washington state, where Boeing (BA) is based.
The US filed a complaint with the WTO in October 2004, claiming €10.5 billion ($15bn) given by EU governments to Airbus in the form of loans for the development of the A380 and other aircraft constituted illegal subsidies. The loans date back as far as 1970.
A final decision on the case – the biggest and most expensive in the WTO's 14-year history – is unlikely before next year.
Negotiated deal?
Speaking from India over the weekend, EU trade commissioner Catherine Ashton remarked that the WTO had yet to rule on the EU's counter-claim that Boeing had received illegal subsidies from the US administration.
The EU filed its counter-complaint only hours after the US in October 2004.
The bloc contends that Boeing received $24 billion (€16.7bn) in illegal subsides in the form of research contracts and tax breaks, with the ruling expected out in a matter of months.
However Ms Ashton appeared to open the door to a negotiated resolution to the ongoing dispute, saying it was vital that both the EU and US maintained competitive aircraft industries.
"We need to have viable industries," she said, reports the Financial Times.
"So the question is: 'How do we get there?' Depending on what the [WTO] report says, if you can find a way to get to a position where you have that by constructive negotiation that can often, but not always, be a better solution than going through the legal process."
Some officials suggest a negotiated deal between the two sides could be based on the two WTO rulings once final decisions have been reached.


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House of Earth + Light
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Marwan Al-Sayed
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National Design Triennial 2000
. Because the house was still under construction at the time, these renderings were created to represent it. In addition to being exhibited at the museum in New York, these renderings have also appeared in the
New York Times
Architectural Record
, and many other publications.
A highly unusual residence, the
House of Earth + Light
features 18" thick cast-earth walls, with a translucent fabric roof seemingly floating above.
The rendered structures were composited seamlessly into landscape photographs of the actual site. Camelback Mountain can be seen in the background.
Capturing the subtleties of light and shadow beneath the translucent, glowing roof was not easy. Also, many of the furnishings were to be made of cast glass, causing unusual shadows and reflections to be thrown throughout the space.
Here a wall is faded out to reveal the interior, which is largely constructed out of glass partitions of varying opacity.
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Hifi SoundConnection Bait & Switch, then runaround BS customer service Nixa Missouri
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Placed $462 order- finally giving my son his dream car audio system. Received email receipt & noticed that wrong item was listed. Immediately called customer service, was told that I had to wait 24 hrs for the order to "come up on screen"- Called again at 9 am next morn- tried to just get them to swap out incorrect speakers for correct ones and charge me the $8 difference- That's when the runaround started- suddenly they were "out of stock" on the speakers that I wanted, then low-and-behold they were out of stock on the other set of speakers, too. HOWEVER, they had the CURRENT models of each for "ONLY" $80 more!
I had had enough and CANCELLED BOTH sets of speakers-
Received a refund confirmation email on the SECOND pair- no mention of the original set that I wanted to correct- Emailed asking ???- was told that the sets were separated out for "better shipping rate"- would get refund on that set the next biz day-
No email of reund, so place call NUMBER 6 to them- only to be told that they had already shipped- but they would send me all that I needed to return them- Right-
Second day later- sent another email requesting refund info- only to be told that I already "received"- ???
Next phone call- was told that I would have to pay for return shipping, and have to pay 20% restocking fee!!
For their screwup? No way- threatened filing complaint with BBB and websites, so here it it!
I purposely try to support LOCAL merchants, then STATE merchants first- even tho I have to pay sales tax- and they put the shaft to me like that??
AVOID THESE "people" and their P-POOR customer service- I hate to say it, but I WILL BUY OVERSEAS BEFORE I EVEN THINK OF buying from these idiots again!!!
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The Valley of the Butterflies
The Valley of the Butterflies is found on the road connecting Paroikia with Alyki, some 5 kilometers southern to the capital of the island, just after the Monastery of "Christos tou Dassous" ("Jesus Christ of the Woods"), along the gully.
The valley is one of the most important and worth seeing biotopes not only of Paros, but of the entire Greece. It is an idyllic environment with luxuriant widl vegetation, current water and streams, which in spring and summer is full of thousands of butterflies of the rare species "panaxia quadripunctaria" or "callimorpha quadripunctaria", a species belonging to the butterflies of the night or "petaroudia" as its local name is.
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The vegetation and the landscape have been created and keep existing thanks to the small stream gathering all the current waters of the area. The stream lies on a rocky bed which helps the growing of various species of wild bushes, trees and flowers. The valley is a shelter for the butterflies for years, but in recent times the invasion of tourism has caused problems to the insects. As it is widely known, the butterflies do not eat at all, during their adult life; they consume the fat they had stored as caterpillars. The thousand visitors coming to see them make noise and the butterflies are scared and fly. As a result they lose energy and many of them die from starvation before egg-laying; thus their population is gradually reduced.
Access to the Valley from Paroikia is very easy: you will follow the road leading to Alyki and after 5 kilometers you will turn left, towards Psychopiana, as the signals show. The valley is some 2 kilometers after the junction. Before leaving the area, don't miss to enjoy the nice view of almost all the island, of the sea and of Antiparos across. And, if you wish you may complete your excursion by going to Punta and take the ship to Antiparos.
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Changing the Landscape for 40 Years: A Brief History of CLASP
September 23, 2010
"Policies are ephemeral but people are not." - Jodie Levin-Epstein
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) has grown and changed tremendously since its inception 40 years ago, yet it has not wavered in its core mission to promote opportunity and justice for all people. With a history distinguished by innovation and talented, dedicated staff, CLASP remains a leading voice in Washington for people not represented by special interests. Watch the brief video below or view the full version to learn about how CLASP continues to make a difference in the lives of low-income people.
A Period of Momentous Change
In August 1969, CLASP began as four lawyers energized by the Civil Rights Movement's successes and deeply concerned that decision making in government and traditional legal practice failed to consider important issues and constituencies. At the time, no legal organization entirely dedicated to public interest law within a broad spectrum of areas existed. CLASP filled this void and quickly attracted legal professionals who strongly believed in serving the public and being effective advocates for underrepresented people. Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg chaired the new organization's board of directors.
CLASP's early years were, as founder Charles Halpern described, during a period of momentous change. The country was ending a decade defined by the Vietnam War, the oldest Baby Boomers' coming of age, the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs, including health care for poor and elderly people. But the spirit of the country determined that there was still room for and great need of more social change. And there was recognition that the courts and government had a role to play in making society better for all citizens.
"There was a real sense that old organizations were failing in their missions and something new was needed. There was a kind of electricity," Halpern said. "It was a very fertile time. We were a creative bunch of people, and the time was ripe for change."
CLASP stepped in to be a vehicle for change through legal, and soon after, legislative and regulatory channels. The small organization wielded significant impact with a small staff of talented attorneys and students who participated in the organization's public interest legal clinic-the first of its kind in the nation-which eventually grew from 12 students a year to 55.
Although structured along the lines of well-respected civil rights legal organizations, CLASP focused on a variety of public interest issues.
Within its first few years, CLASP began addressing women's rights, mine health and safety, international affairs, including environmental issues and human rights, and employment. At the time, the advocacy community devoted little effort to these issues. Today, however, many voices represent these interests due in part to CLASP's pioneering work and its willingness to take on projects for constituencies lacking a strong voice in Washington.
The organization's staff attorneys sought, primarily through litigation, to force the administrative process to take into account the views of citizens and consumers. Landmark court and regulatory decisions came about as a result of this practice, including The Alaskan Pipeline Case, creating a private right of action to enforce the National Environmental Policy Act; Environmental Defense Fund v. Hardin, which allowed consumers to challenge decisions affecting them; and an FCC decision requiring licensees to broadcast substantial information about environmental issues. CLASP also participated in efforts to create a corporate forum to consider employment discrimination, environmental pollution and other symptoms of corporate irresponsibility.
CLASP made a name for itself not only because of its broad scope, but also because its staff was willing and uniquely qualified to give voice to the unrepresented in any field.
The organization and its leadership were "open to people coming to us and saying 'I have an idea'," said Joe Onek, who was the second executive director of CLASP and currently chairs its board of directors.
In 1972, CLASP hired recent law school graduate, Marcia Greenberger, to work full-time on women's issues under its Women's Rights Project. The project worked to ensure federal civil rights agencies fulfilled their legal obligation to enforce anti-discrimination laws, particularly in the areas of education, employment and health. The project used the courts when necessary as well as other legal avenues to advance equality for women.
"It is amazing to think back on what little protections were in place on a wide range of issues," Greenberger said.
In 1980, the Women's Rights Project became the National Women's Law Center. Other CLASP alumni have branched off and created successful ventures or headed organizations, including Public Representation at Georgetown Law School, the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, the Women's Law Project of Philadelphia, the Media Access Project, the Mental Health Law Project (now the David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health), the Citizens Communication Center, and the Council for Public Interest Law, to name a few.
I don't think any of us will ever be able to know what major crises were averted because CLASP existed," Greenberger said. " [But] because of CLASP, we have better environmental safeguards, safer food, safer workplaces, a better safety net system for those most in need, more equality for women and those who suffer from mental illness, and we have more governmental systems in place that are more responsive to ordinary citizens."
Adapting to the Times
During the 1980s, the landscape for public interest advocacy changed dramatically. Funding for public interest law became scarce and the federal government turned many programs over to the states. In 1982, under leadership of a new executive director, Alan W. Houseman, CLASP changed its focus from general public interest law to extensive anti-poverty policy, with particular emphasis on child and family poverty and civil legal assistance. This shift reflected a deliberate effort to target resources where they would have the greatest impact.
This transformation was important. Various legislation and legal and regulatory decisions had created an environment in which there was greater opportunity for many than there had been in the 1950s and 1960s. But the legacy of decades-centuries-of inequality required a shift in thinking of how to ensure more people, particularly disadvantaged people, had access to opportunity.
CLASP began work to strengthen civil legal assistance and preserve an effective Legal Services Corporation, the federal program that funds local legal services offices throughout the country. But CLASP also initiated its advocacy for more comprehensive systems to support families and children, including by improving child support systems, reforming the federal welfare program, expanding child care and early education and improving job training and education programs.
In the 1990s, CLASP continued this work. In addition, during the contentious welfare reform debates of the early 1990s, CLASP was one of the leading voices educating policymakers and the public on why low-income parents need job training , access to work opportunities, child care and other supports to succeed in the workplace and provide for their families. CLASP also was a leading voice in making policy recommendations to improve the child support system. Today, more children receive the financial support they need, thanks in part to CLASP's policy work.
At the dawn of the new century, CLASP yet again expanded the scope of its policy work. It established a Youth Policy Program to change the nature of the national conversation on disadvantaged youth. Many organizations focus on preventing young people from dropping out in the first place. CLASP's approach is to inform and influence the policy debate regarding creating and strengthening policies to reengage young people who have dropped out of school so that they grow up to be productive, healthy adults.
"A hallmark of CLASP is that it doesn't look for something flashy or glitzy," said Bob Greenstein, executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. "It looks for solid, thoughtful and creative policy ideas and solutions."
CLASP has forged bipartisan relationships, worked with diverse coalitions across its issue areas, partnered with government agencies to create dialogue at the state and federal levels, and set research and outreach agendas for the advocacy community on many critical issues. A key characteristic of CLASP has always been its objective, practical solutions to some of the hardest challenges our nation faces. Policymakers and advocates at the local, state and federal levels respect CLASP's work.
"It means something when you say you are 'with CLASP'," said Linda Perle, CLASP director of legal services.
This country has changed much since 1969. But one thing remains the same: the need continues for voices to advocate for communities not represented by special interests. To be sure, the nation has made substantial progress. More states have early childhood education programs, more children receive financial support from noncustodial parents, more low-income workers and youth have access to postsecondary education through community colleges, more people receive needed civil legal assistance, more disadvantaged children receive front-end assistance to prevent child abuse and neglect, and more states and communities are targeting poverty .
But despite many gains, "the lives of working people are not nearly as good as they should be," said Steve Savner, a former CLASP staff member who now works for the Center for Community Change.
Since the late 1960s, the gap between rich and poor has widened. The percent of people living in poverty has fluctuated but has never dipped below the low it reached in 1973, and the rate once again is rising. In fact, the current rate of 13.7 percent, the highest it's been in 13 years, is unacceptably high for a rich nation.
As CLASP marks its 40-year anniversary, it remains steadfast in its mission to provide much-needed advocacy for millions of low-income people and their families by promoting policies and programs to strengthen families, create pathways to education and work, and improve the lives of low-income people.
"We will always need organizations that work closely enough with the poor to have a real sense of what matters and what doesn't," said Paula Roberts, a former CLASP staff member. "CLASP has that sense of what's important, the tools to communicate those issues, and the respect to command results. The poor are still largely voiceless. And we know from working across many different administrations that it doesn't matter the political persuasion of the leadership, they still need to hear what the issues are."
CLASP would like to thank the following people for their help in remembering what it has meant to give voice to unrepresented interests and people over the past 40 years: Marcia Greenberger, Bob Greenstein, Charles Halpern, Jodie Levin-Epstein, Joe Onek, Linda Perle, Paula Roberts and Steve Savner.


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2 years ago I let you go
2 years... I let you fly
2 years ago it hurt me so
on the day I said "goodbye"
2 years have passed, they passed so quick
it's crazy how time goes by
and everyday I wish to see you on the other side of Skye
Back then I cried because my Heart was broken,
because I missed you being here
but now I cry because I remember you ...
all the memories, so vivid and clear.
I can feel your face resting in my hands
the way I'd cup your chin
The way you'd gaze into my eyes
and admire me from within
So solid and unfaltering
a Love so strong and true
You belonged to me, you were my girl
and I belonged to you
Everything I asked you to be
I could not ask for more
As you were to me, I am to you.... Devoted to the core ~
I miss you Roo
Six breaths...
6 long and labored breaths she took,
fighting the entire way.
6 times I heard myself repeat "You're a good girl Roxy, I love you",
wishing she could stay.
Though it has been more than a month,
it feels like yesterday.
Those 6 last breaths my baby took,
my mind painfully continues to replay.
Looking back,
Reliving it,
That sad and somber day.
--The other night I placed my hand upon her Urn and it felt just like I had my hand on her head. I haven't felt that in so long. I wish she was here. I would lay with her and talk to her and never let her go.
Roxy was perfect for us. She was everything. For the past 11 years we were lucky to live and breath her. How blessed were we? Roxy was a one family dog. When we used to board Roxy, the boarding staff told me "after a while most dogs adjust but Roxy never does".... that was the last time I ever boarded her. She was OURS! Dedicated and devoted to her core. She could sense every emotion. She knew what we were feeling. She gave the sweetest kisses and went wherever we went. She loved swimming and traveling and being wrapped up in blankets. She was beautiful and she loved our "photo shoots". She never refused, she would stay still as a statue until I got THE shot. She loved her bandanas and sweaters. She would turn bright red when she was nervous or hot. I had to put sunblock on her. She loved our daughter Skye from the minute we brought her home and when we would leave, every single one of Roxy's toys would be in Skye's room along with a white fur spot at the foot of the crib. Roxy was the first to greet Skye every morning and the last to leave at nap time (I always had to coax her out). She loved the boat and we would call her "Boat Dog". She loved her toys. Her favorite was her "indestructable" Jollyball (which she mastered tearing apart) and her soft 9" ballie. The soft ballie was her "soothy", she would fall asleep with it in her mouth (she had it and didn't let it go even when we had to let her go. She literally never released it upon the closing of her eyes and her last breath) She is being cremated with it. She always greeted us with a toy. She used to sleep with us until she became a bed hog and decided the couch was better and less crowded. She loved car rides. She loved to play as much as she loved to just hang out. She loved whatever it was that we did as long as she was there. She was strong and in her weakest state she still shined for us. She got up each and every time to greet us with a wagging tail and happy eyes. She was a fighter and she beat the odds. She amazed us on a daily basis. She battled cancer and rallied for us. She lived for us. She stayed strong for us. Faithful, devoted, dedicated, missed and mourned by us........ Our pain is still so fresh and raw. We miss our baby girl.... Roxy Laroo... Once a Pooty, always a Pooty
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October 2, 2000 Approval Letter - CroFab
Public Health Service
Food and Drug Administration
1401 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852-1448
October 2, 2000
Ms. Carol P. Clark-Evans
Protherics Inc.
(a wholly-owned subsidiary of Protherics PLC)
1207 17th Avenue S., Suite 103
Nashville, TN 37212
Dear Ms. Clark-Evans:
Your Biologics License Application for Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine) for the treatment of minimal and moderate North American Crotalidae envenomation is approved effective this date. Protherics Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Protherics PLC), is hereby authorized to introduce or deliver for introduction into interstate commerce Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine), manufactured at Protherics Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Protherics PLC) under U.S. License No. 1575.
Under this license you are authorized to introduce or deliver for introduction into interstate commerce Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine), in a single nominal dosage strength, with minimal potency determined as neutralizing activity against venom from the pit viper species C. atrox, C. adamanteus, C. scutulatus, and A. piscivoris, of 1350, 800, 5210, and 460 ED50 units/vial respectively. Under this authorization, you are approved to manufacture Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine) drug substance at your Wales, United Kingdom facility and drug product, including filling and packaging, at your [----------------------------------------------------------------------------]. Changes to the product, production process, location of production process, equipment, facilities, or responsible personnel are required to be reported to FDA as specified in Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 601.12.
The dating period for this product shall be 30 months from the date of manufacture when stored at 2-8C. The date of manufacture shall be defined as the date of the initial sterile filtration of the formulated bulk. Results of ongoing stability studies should be submitted throughout the dating period as they become available.
We acknowledge the following actions you have committed to take following licensure of Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine):
Regarding continued clinical studies:
Protherics commits to conducting a Phase 4 study to monitor a surrogate clinical endpoint to determine whether it can be used as a quality control parameter to detect changes in product quality that are clinically important. If appropriate, Protherics commits to trend and evaluate results for commercial batches in a subsequent monitoring phase of the study. A copy of the protocol for this study was electronically mailed to the Agency on September 28, 2000.
Regarding process validation:
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-------------------------------------------------------]. Protherics commits to completing this validation and submitting the results in its first annual report.
Protherics confirms its commitment to carrying out Validation Plan No.CRO/PrP/005, "Validation of Column Lifetime [----------------------] CroFab" (refer to Amendment 013, pages 016 - 022). Cumulative study results will be submitted in annual reports, as data become available.
Protherics agrees to perform a lifetime validation study of [------------------------------------------------------------------------------]. This study will be done concurrent with use of the ---------------------------------] will be performed prior to processing of each batch, which translates to approximately every 6 to 7 runs, as well as post storage. A [---] method will be developed and validated within 2 months, at which point lifetime testing will be initiated. The cumulative study results will be submitted in the annual reports, as the data becomes available.
Protherics commits to validating the proposed reprocessing procedures, [---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------], in the following way. For the first three lots to be reprocessed by each method, Protherics will submit a supplement to the BLA for a one-time exemption for each lot. The first lot reprocessed by either method will be included in the stability program. The supplement for the third lot processed by either method will include a request for approval of the reprocessing method itself, and will include both the final container analysis results for all three lots made using that method, and the results from lots placed on the stability program.
Regarding affinity matrix storage solution:
Protherics commits to continue seeking an affinity [---------------------------] that does not contain thimerosal. Specifically, they will perform the studies described in Protocols QCM/DSP/001, [----------------------------------------------------------------------------------] and CRO/DSP/002, "Sanitization of CroFAb® Venom [-------------------------------------------------]", as submitted in Amendment 007 (Volume 3, pages 241 - 252).
Further characterization will also be done of Fab, [-------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------]. The maximum validated storage time for manufacturing use will be determined by the results of the study. This characterization will be performed on the formulated bulk solution and will include assessment of Fc, papain, and albumin content, and of specific activity as ED50 (mg/mouse). As a condition of implementation of the alternate sanitizing solution, the acceptance criteria will be the approved in-process specifications for the formulated bulk product.
Regarding final container product specifications:
Protherics commits to re-evaluating the batch results for impurities in the final product (papain, albumin, and mercury) for a period of one year post-licensure. This data will be used to determine if production lots consistently contain amounts of these impurities, which are significantly lower than the final product specifications. In that case, specifications will be made more stringent (i.e., tightened). The results will be submitted in the first annual report.
Protherics commits to continuing the stability studies for lots 200058 and 200135 through 30 months, and will submit the results of testing to CBER, for each lot, when such testing is complete.
CBER acknowledges the commitments made in the August 30, 2000 letter to:
evaluate the in-process microbial specifications and environmental monitoring limits at the next annual review, and
- perform enhanced testing of the lyophilized final product on the next 3 production runs.
Please be advised that the data submitted on August 30, 2000 do not support the 16 hour claim for a prolonged filling time for this product. The data submitted to date supports a 4 hour filling time only.
All adverse reports should be submitted according to 21 CFR 600.80 to the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), HFM-210, Food and Drug Administration, 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-1448. In addition, safety related information obtained in the course of other relevant clinical studies should be reported in accordance with 21 CFR 312.32. It is also requested that distribution reports be submitted according to 21 CFR 600.81.
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Sogrange and Peter, Baron de Grost, standing upon the threshold of their hotel,
gazed out upon New York and liked the look of it. They had landed from the
steamer a few hours before, had already enjoyed the luxury of a bath, a visit to
an American barber's, and a genuine cocktail.
"I see no reason," Sogrange declared, "why we should not take a week's
Peter, glancing up into the blue sky and down into the faces of the well-dressed
and beautiful women who were streaming up Fifth Avenue, was wholly of the
same mind.
"If we return by this afternoon's steamer," he remarked, "we shall have Bernadine
for a fellow passenger. Bernadine is annoyed with us just now. I must confess
that I should feel more at my ease with a few thousand miles of the Atlantic
between us."
"Let it be so," Sogrange assented. "We will explore this marvelous city. Never,"
he added, taking his companion's arm, "did I expect to see such women save in
my own, the mistress of all cities. So chic, my dear Baron, and such a carriage!
We will lunch at one of the fashionable restaurants and drive in the Park
afterwards. First of all, however, we must take a stroll along this wonderful Fifth
The two men spent a morning after their own hearts. They lunched astonishingly
well at Sherry's and drove afterwards in Central Park. When they returned to the
hotel, Sogrange was in excellent spirits.
"I feel, my friend," he announced, "that we are going to have a very pleasant and,
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If you did not know you were in trouble, the name of the organisation delivering food to my primary school would have cleared any lingering doubts. It was the Cape Flats Distress Association, known by the locals, to this day, as Cafda.
It happened with rhythmic efficiency: every Monday and Friday milk and bread, and from Tuesday through to Thursday soup and bread. In my seven years of primary school, the food always arrived in clanging enamel buckets. Cafda did not miss a single day of delivery.
Yet food remains one of the major obstacles in the lives of young people trying to complete school. You cannot concentrate. The pain of an empty stomach is a special pain.
More and more boys, especially, drop out in search of food or little bits of money to buy food. The availability of quality textbooks and good teachers do not complete the full puzzle of schooling; a satisfied student enables learning.
It was a shock to me when I realised that not only school youth but also university students often fail or leave campus because they cannot eat a regular, let alone nutritious, meal. So several volunteers decided to create a food bursary on campus for academically strong students, and the No Student Hungry campaign was born. As the year comes to an end, the full value of these food bursaries appeared through student testimonies.
I am lucky. The NSH has definitely made a change in my varsity life, especially when it comes to my lecture attendance.
I knew I did not have to worry about food and my sugar levels going down on campus. I now look forward to attending classes, and so far I'm passing my exams.
Being on NSH touched me in a special way; it cultivated a passion for helping other young people like myself, especially pupils.
I now give back to those less fortunate than me. As a matter of fact, I am currently running a project with a high school in Rocklands, where I help pupils who come from poor families with groceries on a monthly basis.
This initiative made me realise that the world is not as cold as people make it out to be and that there are still some people and organisations that are actively involved in making the life of a needy student easier through projects like NSH.
NSH filled a huge hole financially and this impacted positively on my studies. The feeling that someone out there cares enough to make sure I do not go to bed hungry motivated me not to disappoint those who believe in me, and thus I worked even harder than before.
Before I got the bursary it was tough for me to go through a day without money. I was a foreigner but I was helped as a human being, and I truly believe the Almighty will help all of you in one way or another.
This would have been an extremely long year without my daily meals from NSH. This year the initiative has inspired me to get good marks. I see this project as a ray of sunshine, a bit of hope every day. I will definitely hold on to this spirit of giving when I work one day and remember how R25 a day got me through my years of studying.
It is hard for a student to stay in residence and have nothing to eat. Your parents are not working and you don't have anyone to cry with. I am very grateful and hope this project continues.
Very often pangs of hunger can and do obstruct a student from excelling academically. I am now within an inch of completing my studies because the NSH initiative allowed me to fulfil my academic obligations without having to worry about where my next meal would come from.
It is clear from student testimonies that the gift of food is only in part about being well-fed.
Giving food motivates students; it allows them to get on with the business of studying; it builds bridges to those who might otherwise feel excluded; it inspires altruism, the desire to give in turn; and it alters the way students see themselves and others.
It is not enough to provide students with money for accommodation and tuition, or textbooks and computer access. There is this simple thing called food which we can all provide through simple acts of kindness.
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Thanks to innovative ship design and imaginative itineraries, the popularity of river cruises is booming, says Jane Archer.
Until a few years ago, river cruising meant temples and tombs on a voyage down the Nile, or Christmas markets in Germany. The Rhine and Danube are still the big hitters, attracting almost half of all river cruisers in Europe, but many people now travel on the Rhone and Seine in France, the Douro in Portugal and along the Russian waterways from Moscow to St Petersburg.
More exotic but increasingly popular rivers include the Yangtze in China and the Mekong in Vietnam and Cambodia. The Irrawaddy in Burma is Asia's current hot ticket.
Vying for attention is the United States, where the Mississippi is back on the map, thanks largely to new itineraries offered by the American Queen Steamboat Company (AQSC).
On the back of its success in the South, AQSC has taken its brand of steamboating - aboard authentic paddle-wheel vessels - to the Columbia and Snake rivers in the country's Pacific Northwest.
With volume comes variety and now travellers can find a cruise that caters to their taste.
Wildlife-seekers can search out caiman on the upper Amazon with Aqua Expeditions or join a rhino safari atop elephants in Kaziranga National Park while cruising on India's Brahmaputra with Perl River Cruises.
Itineraries are expanding but some of the most exciting changes this year have been to the ships themselves. Modern craft, offering everything from dining on deck and indoor pools to Scandi-chic interiors, hold genuine appeal for travellers in their 40s and 50s virgin cruisers or not.
The Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood is one of many stunning buildings on St Petersburg's canals. Photo / Thinkstock
Australian-owned Scenic Tours can claim much of the credit for changing the image of European river cruising. In 2008, it launched a line of stylish new "Space Ships" complete with butler service, helping position river cruising as a serious alternative to ocean cruising and forcing other lines to rethink their service.
Great strides have been made in balcony design, though the jury is out on whether an outside balcony is really necessary on a river ship. The best views are from the top-level sun deck and the weather in Europe isn't always conducive to sitting out - but it is an increasingly common feature in cabins, and one that meets the expectations of today's discerning river cruisers.
Adding full-sized balconies is no easy task - river ships must be able to sail through the locks and reducing cabin size is not a solution. So river cruise lines have devised ingenious designs that include an inside-outside configuration (for days when the weather isn't great) or an open-air balcony that can be turned into a conservatory.
Avalon's Panorama cabins have a wall of glass that opens two-thirds the width of the room, creating an "inside" balcony when the sun is shining.
Viking's longships, unveiled in 2012, also offer pioneering features, including an innovative hull design that allows for "alfresco-optional" terrace dining in an observation lounge with retractable glass doors, and suites with a veranda and a French balcony. The line now has 30 of these stylish ships in its fleet.
Equally remarkable is the number of new launches - a clear indication of confidence in demand for river holidays. More than 20 river ships launched last year; there have been almost 30 more this year and at least 28 more are lined up for maiden voyages next year.
Surprisingly, river cruising has yet to shake the image of being regarded as a holiday for retirees.
Tauck, a US tour firm that has its own river cruises in Europe, does have some success attracting families and is adding family-themed departures on the Rhine next northern summer to its offerings on the Rhone and Danube. The Castles of the Rhine cruises, from Basel to Amsterdam on June 15 and July 23, include family-friendly land tours - at no extra cost - such as a cogwheel train ride up Mount Pilatus in Switzerland, French-language lessons and chocolate tasting in Strasbourg, and cycling along the banks of the Rhine and Moselle.
Most upmarket river companies now include shore excursions in the price - and increasingly offer a choice of tours (cycling or wine tasting, for example) at several stops in addition to the standard city walking tour.
More independent travellers might consider Austria's Amadeus River Cruises and the French line CroisiEurope, whose prices exclude tours (these are still available as optional extras) so you can go ashore and do your own thing without paying for something you don't want.
Sunset over the Mekong. Photo / Getty Images
There are lots of good reasons for taking a river cruise: the scenery, the fact that you'll sail right through the hearts of countries, and the premier-league cities you can visit. A survey of 1673 cruisers conducted in April by bonvoyage.co.uk found that a quarter were planning a river cruise, with 66 per cent citing the places they could visit as the reason for their decision.
According to a poll last year by the industry body Cruise Lines International Association, inclusive pricing is also a big draw for river passengers. As well as tours and gratuities (always good when you don't know the local practice for tipping), the top-end companies offer flights and transfers, and meals plus drinks with dinner (although premium alcoholic drinks usually cost extra).
Of course, you pay for all these "inclusions" in higher fares. If on a budget, check out the River Cruise Line and Shearings, both of which charter older, two and three-star vessels and base prices mostly on coach and ferry travel, with bed and board.
Saga Cruises includes flights as well as transfers in its prices, and wine, beer or soft drinks with lunch and dinner on its ships Rex Rheni, Regina Rheni II and Filia Rheni II, which are chartered exclusively by the over-50s specialist.
There are plenty of new vessels to look out for next year. Scenic is adding two more to its fleet, as is Emerald, while AmaWaterways is launching two vessels in Europe and a third on the Mekong. Avalon Waterways has two in Europe, plus one each on the Mekong and Irrawaddy. CroisiEurope is launching the Loire Princess, the first river ship to offer overnight cruises on the Loire in France.
All this extra tonnage is not without controversy and it is true that in some ports vessels often have to dock side by side, which no one likes (least of all passengers forced to eyeball each other) but it's important to put the numbers in perspective.
Most river cruise boats hold 150-190 passengers, so it would take at least 20 river ships to get anywhere close to the 4000 passengers on just one large ocean liner.


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Most parenting advice books and websites and even pediatricians push the importance of eating dinner together as a family, at least a few times a week. If we flub other areas of this parenting business, we have always--always--taken family meals very seriously. Even when the kids were in highchairs we would pull the chair up to the dining room table and eat together for as long as they would let us, and let baby L. or baby T. watch this strange daily ritual unfolding. I can't emphasize enough how important family mealtime has been for us, and how important I think it is for every family. While mealtimes with L. have been far from perfect, (food just has the opposite effect on him--he clams up and shuts down) coming together each night for dinner has helped T. open up to us. We've noticed there are two times a day when T. seems particularly willing to share in any ups and downs from her school day: dinnertime and bedtime. She is very open and talkative in general about her day at school, chattering in the van home about this and that, but those heavy things that weigh her heart down take a little longer to surface into the light.
Last week, after L. had asked his connecting question ("Are you excited about Christmas?") and disappeared in a flash, T. looked thoughtful. Then the floodgates opened: at lunch that day she had asked her friend E. that same question several times and M. had ignored her. Then, M.'s BFF E. turned and asked M. the very same question and M. answered her, turning her back on T. and neatly cutting her out of the conversation. T.'s feelings, understandably, were terribly hurt, and she burst into tears. Fortunately one of the teachers on duty intervened and gave the other two girls a talking to about kindness and friendship but T. was still wounded and confused.
Mean girls! I posted to my Facebook page later that night. I was upset for T., and angry, too, and disappointed to find out that first graders were being so cliquey and mean. The situation she had experienced was one I imagined would play out years down the road--maybe in third grade, or fourth grade or, even middle school.
Why? I wanted to know. Why is it some children learn at such an early age how to manipulate, exclude, and wound so effectively? Of course this wasn't the first time I've wondered these questions, because I've tossed and turned many nights thinking about bullying--the bullied and the bullies. But mean girls almost belong in another category, really, and knowing they're out there as six-year olds was sobering and very sad.
The next day I left my office and made a quick run to T.'s school to eat lunch with her. I wanted to see the situation for myself, size up those girls, give T. a friendly, loving face, reassure myself.
When the time came to walk with T. to the cafeteria M. appeared next to T.
"Pick me to eat with you! Pick me!" She said, excitedly. Having a parent come to lunch is an exciting event, since the lucky child gets to pick a friend to eat with and sit at a special table.
I watched T. for her reaction. Inside myself the pettier, adult, I've-been-around-the-block-a-few-times me was hoping T. would pick someone else to sit with us. Be strong, I willed her. Pick that quiet girl over there who seems so much nicer than M.
But instead T.'s eyes lit up and she picked M.
I sat through lunch fighting my own past, and the flashbacks that were surfacing in me. Even if I'd wished and wished and willed it to be otherwise, I knew six-year old me would have picked M., too. My heart would have danced to be wanted that way, by someone who somehow seemed so desirable as a friend. When I was in elementary school (and beyond) I had to learn the hard way not to give myself so wholly to certain friendships, to those mean girls in my life who were so good at spinning a situation, lining up people like chess pieces, playing the game of popularity and friendship-bartering in that expert way that left me so in awe of them. I wanted things to be different for T. I wanted things to be different for L., too, but T.'s experiences touched a nerve in me that I see now is still a little raw, still throbbing and twanging away, like an old, rusty wire, stretched taut into the past.


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James Harrison's message is that it's not always enough to give 100 per cent. We believe the exact opposite -- all you need to do is give 100 per cent. In life, you will win some and lose some, but if you raise your kids to understand the importance of giving it their all then you have done your job as a parent.


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Your guns are 'tools of satan'.
Coming to a 501C3 church near you. Clergy response teams will pick up on the mind control and the sheeple will obey.
Naples gun acquittal shows disturbing trend in federal prosecutions...
Can justice truly prevail if federal prosecutors are free to continually employ tactics of withholding key information from jurors with impunity?
Not guilty verdicts reached yesterday in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida trial of two men accused of gun-dealing and conspiracy raise new questions about federal prosecution tactics. Homer Helter and James Kassel were acquitted of engaging in the business of selling firearms without a license and conspiracy to engage in the business of selling firearms, NaplesNews.com reported.
Of significance was the governments key witness, a twice-convicted felon with a lengthy rap sheet who has earned at least $87,000 from the government over the past few years, including $7,500 for this case, the report reveals. Jurors werent told the star witness convictions involved murder, attempted murder and assault in aid of racketeering.
That evokes valid comparisons to a similar group of defendants, the Reese family, former gun dealers from Deming, N.M., who were also acquitted, with money laundering charges against them dismissed, and with a new trial ordered for remaining counts when it was found the federal prosecutor withheld information from their jury about a criminal investigation one of their key witnesses was under.
It also evokes a comparison with the case of John Shipley, because like the defendants in the Florida case, he, too, was a collector who believed the sales he conducted were perfectly legal under existing law, which, based on results, is non-specific and arbitrarily applied enough to catch those without criminal intent in its net and destroy the lives of good people.
The ordeal caused Kassel to no longer trust his own government, the Naples News report reveals.
Thats a regrettable but understandable and wise conclusion. With the way federal prosecutors in Eric Holders Justice Department are allowed to persecute gun owners, and with the underhanded tactics theyve employed in just the cases recounted here, it might be fair to recall a quote from Ian Flemings novel, Goldfinger, oddly enough described as a saying from Chicago.
Once is happenstance, the character observed. Twice is coincidence. Three times, it's enemy action.
Jurors acquit Helter, Kassel on all counts in Naples gun-dealing case Naples Daily News
Black Blade: The Communist Party USA (a.k.a. "Democrats") are opening up many new fronts on the War Against Gun Owners.
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
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Your guns are 'tools of satan'.
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Pros and Cons of Using Retirement Funds to Pay for College Costs
Mark Kantrowitz
October 03, 2011
A distribution from a retirement plan may affect eligibility for need-based student financial aid.
Money in retirement plans is ignored as an asset on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This compares favorably with the treatment of 529 college savings plans on the FAFSA. In the case of a dependent student, the 529 plan is treated as though it were a parent asset on the FAFSA, reducing aid eligibility by up to 5.64% of the asset value. In the case of an independent student, the 529 plan will reduce aid eligibility by up to 20% of the asset value.
However, distributions from a retirement plan will be treated as income to the beneficiary on the FAFSA. (In general, distributions from assets that are not reported as assets on the FAFSA are treated as income to the beneficiary on the subsequent year's FAFSA.) Taxable distributions will be included in adjusted gross income (AGI). Tax-free distributions, including a return of contributions from a Roth IRA, will be reported as untaxed income on the FAFSA. If the student is the beneficiary, this can reduce need-based aid eligibility by up to 50% of the amount of the distribution. If the parent is the beneficiary, this can reduce need-based aid eligibility by up to 47% of the amount of the distribution. If the FAFSA is filed after the distribution but before the family pays the college bills, the money will be counted as an asset on the FAFSA.
The treatment of a retirement plan distribution as income has a much more severe impact on eligibility for need-based financial aid than the treatment of 529 plan funds as an asset. Distributions from retirement plans often eliminate eligibility for need-based financial aid entirely.
Most college financial aid administrators will not make adjustments to exclude retirement plan distributions from income, even if the family was forced to take a hardship distribution for living expenses after unemployment benefits ran out.
The proceeds from a 401(k) loan do not count as income on the FAFSA. However, depending on the timing of the distribution, the proceeds might count as an asset. The FAFSA does not offset assets by the amount of any unsecured loans. A 401(k) loan is considered an unsecured loan.
Families may ultimately net very little money from a retirement plan distribution after taking the tax liability and the reduction in aid eligibility into account.
Distributions from a retirement plan may not be used to qualify for the Hope Scholarship tax credit or Lifetime Learning tax credit. The IRS does not allow taxpayers to receive two tax benefits for the same higher education expenses.
There are limited opportunities to contribute to a retirement plan.
Most parents of college-age children are in their 40s and 50s, leaving them with little time before retirement age to make up the difference. Borrowing against a retirement plan or taking a distribution for college costs will effectively delay retirement by 5 years or more.
Contributions to retirement plans are also limited, making it difficult to catch up. In 2011, for example, there's a $5,000 limit on contributions to an IRA ($6,000 for taxpayers age 50 and above) and a $16,500 limit on contributions to a 401(k), 403(b) or Section 457 plan ($22,000 for taxpayers age 50 and above). In constrast, contributions to a 529 college savings plan have higher limits based on the annual gift tax exclusion ($13,000 per parent in 2011).
There is no way to return contributions to a retirement plan after taking a distribution to pay for college costs.
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Now Vic, I must respond to your opening paragraph. Thanks so much for the acknowledgement but I must clarify a few things! I do believe that your blog is read by thousands as I have sent the link to every person I know in the world! I told them you were a very smart and informative writer...but now I'm not so sure! Not sure where you had your beer in Oz, but if that is what you paid, boy they saw you coming (and at least our beer doesn't taste like water)
"Special Olympics"?, no I don't have Downs Syndrome or an Intellectual Disability, so i didn't take part in the Special Olympics but I did compete at the Paralympics. Yes I did compete for Oz, but am still a proud Canadian at heart so by happy for you to claim me as one of your own! So again thanks for the mention but I'm really surprised that DH has only had her 'one alone time' which you mentioned in this post!
I am REALLY looking forward to you coming to stay...maybe I'll be able to introduce you to the fabulous life in Australia! See you soon :-)
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Our first stop was in the Higashi Chaya district, the former/current geisha district. Along with Kyoto, this is one of a handful of places in Japan that claim to have an active geisha presence so we were actively on the prowl but I suspect that, like Kyoto, the time of the geisha has passed. It was nice to wander through this old neighbourhood of wooden structures trying to imagine just what would have been happening on these streets not so long ago- a Chaya is a traditional place of feasts and entertainment, where geisha (traditional female Japanese entertainers) have been entertaining people by performing dances and playing Japanese traditional musical instruments. The white make-up and elaborate kimono and hair is the popular image held of geisha which should make them easy to spot and although we did spot one older lady with dramatic purple hair, we didn't hit the geisha jackpot. There was even a home that was apparently a former geisha residence but unfortunately front and centre was a sign restricting photography to 'small cameras'. This is one of those signs that makes no sense and points to a bureaucrat with too much time on his/her hands. As part of my ongoing protest against mindless bureaucracy (and since the interiors of most sites in Japan aren't usually such a much), I withheld my $5 entrance fee (which will probably have them changing the rule post haste)
Our second stop was the very reason we were here, Kenrokuen Garden, rated to be one of the top three gardens in all of Japan. As Sam S knows, hockey players don't typically make gardens a focal point of their day, so I wasn't too sure about Kenrokuen but DH (where the D stands for Daffodils R Us) was particularly keen and the ticket taker suggested that the gardens were very "goodly". Immediately sensing I was dealing with a former student, I mentioned Andrew S's name only to be hit with a punitive surcharge on top of the ticket price- not sure what Andrew did to the people when he was here but we never did find his statue that he claimed was near the entrance.The literal meaning of Kenrokuen is "The Garden of Six Sublimities" which refers to its spaciousness, seclusion, artificiality, antiquity, abundant water and broad views and apparently it took 150 years to complete the ponds, streams, waterfalls, flowers and teahouses. I suspect that the gardens themselves are a seasonal attraction- cherry blossoms in the spring and leaf colouring in the fall, but for our visit, they were nice but certainly not in the Wow! category.
One thing hockey players can relate to is the samurai warrior- we almost dress the same, look angry most of the time, and even carry a weapon that guys that Jeff M are constantly using to stab other people on the ice. Kanazawa has a very well preserved/restored samurai neighbourhood n the Naga-machi area, where top- and middle-class samurais (members of a feudal powerful military class) once lived. Samurai were the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan- a rigid social caste system was established that placed the samurai at the top, followed by the farmers, artisans and merchants respectively
Hunting for geishas and samurais can work up a good appetite so it was time to check out the plastic food offerings. The quirkiness of Japanese cuisine doesn't start and end with the plastic food displays. Kanazawa is chock-a-block full of those conveyor belt restaurants that offer up local delicacies on a seemingly endless train of colour-coded dishes that rattle by you at a speed that doesn't allow for any significant indecision (our conveyor belt must have been serving multiple restaurants/buildings/neighbourhoods because if a tasty looking dish evaded capture, it was quite a while before it reappeared if at all). This strange concept has been exported worldwide but it is somehow special to be in Japan with the ultimate sushi experts and grabbing food from an assembly line in much the same way Lucille Ball was grabbing her chocolates. The colour of the plate dictates the price and when you're finished gorging, the waitress waves a wand over your dish stack and, presto, you're presented with a bill. For a country that prides itself on it's extensive train system, having your meal offered up on a dish train just seems to be a natural extension
And is any blog on Japan complete without at least some acknowledgement of the high tech western style toilets like the one in our Kanazawa hotel? Pressing any of the buttons on these high tech creatures, with labels in Japanese (although somewhat ambiguous diagrams were sometimes available), took an act of courage. You were never quite sure that you wouldn't trigger some sort of lift-off procedure or accidentally open up a Swiss bank account. I'm sure there's computer consoles in NASA that have fewer buttons, lights, and switches- are heated seats and foot massages really needed.
The garden wasn't quite what we were hoping for but throw in a little geisha and samurai action and we really enjoyed our brief stay in Kanazawa.
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Now Vic, I must respond to your opening paragraph. Thanks so much for the acknowledgement but I must clarify a few things! I do believe that your blog is read by thousands as I have sent the link to every person I know in the world! I told them you were a very smart and informative writer...but now I'm not so sure! Not sure where you had your beer in Oz, but if that is what you paid, boy they saw you coming (and at least our beer doesn't taste like water)


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Southern California Remains in Drought Despite Rain
Several more storms needed to bring city totals back to normal
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Rain in the forecast on Wednesday although much needed will still not be even close to enough to get us out of the drought.
Even getting less then an inch from Wednesday's storm will not bring us any closer to ending the drought in southern California.
It would take several more inches or a few more storms like we saw at the beginning of the month to catch everyone back up to where totals should be.
According to the National Weather Service, the Camarillo Airport lags 9" below normal.
The Santa Barbara Airport needs another 10", Santa Maria Airport is lacking nearly 9" and in Paso Robles, just over 7.5" behind where we should be at this time of year.


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Article, 2009 Season - Ohlone College Renegades Women's Volleyball
Ohlone sports roundup: Women's Volleyball
By Gary van den Heuvel.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009—Reprinted from Tri-City Voice.
Women's Volleyball
Lady Renegades' volleyball evened their record at 2-2 with a Friday night, Sept. 25, home win over the West Hills Falcons.
Coach Jeremy Penaflor's squad dominated the first game 25-8 and pulled off a 25-20 win in the second on the strength of Jayme Leftridge's imposing net presence and the service consistency of Stephanie Cao and Rachel Miramontez.
West Hills stayed alive with an inspired performance in Game 3, as Ohlone appeared more tentative and uncertain than they had in the first two games, losing 25-14. But the Lady Renegades reclaimed the winning formula in the fourth game, running off 11 straight points (10 of them on Leftridge's serve) to take a 12-2 lead. They coasted to a 25-11 win and a 3-1 victory in the match.
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LIVE MATCHDAY - Hartley Wintney v Cove
- Hartley Wintney 2 Cove 4
- Luke Walker with a lob from the edge of he area gives Hartley the lead on six minutes.
- A Jack Coventry free-kick makes it 2-0 by half-time.
- Cove win it in the second half thanks to a brace from Dan Akinwande and singles from Kyle Lemon and Ashley Nicholls.
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Make no mistake; Triumph Motorcycles is on a bit of a roll at the moment. The British company currently has one of the best line-ups of motorcycles it has ever had, their U.S. dealer network is profitable and growing and the company is optimistic for a big increase in sales in North America for 2014.
This week, Triumph launched its all-new Thunderbird Commander and Thunderbird LT, and the timing appears to be spot on. But can either of these British cruisers really be considered as serious contenders in what is essentially a sector entirely dominated by one U.S. manufacturer?
Triumph's Recent History
To understand what is new at Triumph and why, you have to understand a bit about the company's past and the close ties it has to the U.S.
At the introduction of the new Thunderbirds, Triumph was keen to underline that it has a long and illustrious story in America. Its motorcycles, most notably the Big D Texas Cigar followed by the Triumph Gyronaut X-1, were breaking land speed records throughout the 1950s and 1960s on the Bonneville Salt Flats at ridiculously fast speeds.
With its U.S. dealers, Triumph also raced with great success in the 1940s through to the 1970s against the likes of Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycles.
Triumph even lays claim to have kicked off the whole biker image with the brooding Marlon Brando in the 1953 film The Wild Ones. Although Brando had to ride his own Thunderbird in the film because the Triumph factory wouldn't supply him one and even demanded that the tank badges were taken off the bike during filming.
Through all of this and much more besides, Triumph has become an iconic brand and their motorcycles, particularly the current line-up, very well respected on this side of the Atlantic.
This fall, Triumph will again be back on the salt flats with the Castrol Rocket (powered by a pair of Rocket III 1485cc engines producing 1000 bhp) running in the streamlined motorcycle class and intent on breaking 400 mph.
On the business front things have been changing quickly too. Since 2010, the U.S. Triumph dealer network has been revised and increased from 165 to 225 (17 new dealers alone were appointed in the last quarter of 2013) with the aim of a 300-strong network in the next couple of years.
Triumph worldwide sales last year were at a record level with 52,089 motorcycles sold and around a quarter of those were in the U.S This year, Triumph is expecting even better U.S. sales performance.
Greg Heichelbech, CEO of Triumph North America, told RideApart: "Triumph wants to be the number one import brand in the U.S. within the next few years. We believe we can overtake the Japanese here in the U.S. based upon what we have achieved so far and what we know is coming down the pipeline from Triumph in the near future.
"We sold 13,000 motorcycles last year in the U.S. and estimate for 2014 that will increase to 16,000. So it's absolutely the right time for us to launch two new cruisers into the market."
It's not going to be an easy task for Triumph. Harley-Davidson sold 260,839 motorcycles in the U.S. last year, but Heichelbech said that Triumph's not looking to compete head on with the Milwaukee company: "There are a number of customers out there who don't want to buy a Harley-Davidson and want something different. They like the brand image of Triumph and can relate to that and what we can offer them."
In the past year, Harley Davidson and the hugely ambitious Indian Motorcycles have been starting to square up as to who is going to be the top dog in U.S. cruiser market not just in sales numbers but also in terms of quality, choice and rider appeal.
With Triumph now on the scene with two all-new convincing cruisers and promises from the British company of even more to come, things could start to get very interesting.
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I'm pretty sure there is no couple in the world that could possibly come close to being as awesome as Ainsley and Sebastien. This is one of those engagement shoots that as soon as I saw it I was dying to see the wedding already, wondering what they could possibly do to top these photos.
Shot by the incredible Janneke Storm (she's shooting The Blogcademy: Brisbane in November! I can't wait to meet her!) who takes her inspiration from fashion photography, this is an engagement shoot to end all engagement shoots. Why? Because Sebastien actually proposed during the session!


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Curved display articles
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NEC unveils MultiSync EX341R curved ultrawide display, starts at $999
Leaked Galaxy Note 6 (Note 7?) blueprints reveal curved edges, USB Type-C, iris scanner and more
Acer launches new collection of Predator Z1 curved monitors
HP's new Envy AIO packs a massive 34-inch curved screen
LG G Flex 2 Review: Top-notch hardware, same curved gimmick-ness
While similar in shape to the original, the new LG G Flex 2 features a more reasonable 5.5-inch display while maintaining the flexibility to bend in certain circumstances. LG is packing in all the latest and greatest hardware: Snapdragon 810 SoC, 1080p display and a 13MP camera with laser-assisted autofocus and OIS. It's still a niche flagship, but the question remains, is the curved G Flex 2 worth it?
BlackBerry Leap targets road warriors with 25 hours of battery life
Galaxy S6's curved screen variant rumored to sport dual curved-edge display
Samsung teases Galaxy S6, sends press invites for Unpacked event
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge Review: Galaxy Note 4, with a curve
Samsung isn't afraid to experiment with new concepts. Their latest is adding a curved AMOLED display on their flagship large-screened smartphone. They call this device the Galaxy Note Edge, and it's one of the more interesting devices released in 2014. It's a prototype device, but one that Samsung has put on the market to tempt consumers.
HP announces a 27-inch 5K display alongside six other monitors
LG 34UC97 Ultrawide Curved Monitor: The most ridiculous PC monitor I have ever used
Limited-edition Samsung Galaxy Note Edge lands on US soil next week
Samsung aims at gamers with its new 27-inch curved LED monitor
Samsung unveils Galaxy Note 4 and curved-display Galaxy Note Edge at IFA
Samsung may launch two versions of the Galaxy Note 4, one with a curved display
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During 2013 we were introduced to a range of cool new tech in the mobile space. High resolution 1080p displays made us question whether the smartphone you were holding was sharper looking than real paper, quad-core processors dominated every device, and some smartphone cameras packed more megapixels than a professional DSLR. So what will 2014 bring? Here's our list of predictions for the next year in smartphone and tablet technology...


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#21 Sun 01 Feb 09 2:19am
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Re: Beloved ethnic foods
don't let em get ya down mrpab.. Montrealer's are known for their distain of just about anything.. even the ppl who move there pick it up apparently It is part of their distinctive charm..
Only a fool argues with a skunk, a mule or a cook. { cowboy saying}
#22 Sun 01 Feb 09 2:47am
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Re: Beloved ethnic foods
LadyChaos78 wrote:
As a New Yorker who has had pizza in Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, California, Washington State, Colorado, Massachusetts, Montreal, and Tel Aviv. I can tell you this I have never encountered authentic New York Style pizza outside the New York City Greater Metropolitan area.
Other pizza tastes nice too, even if it's not in new york or of that style. I think that it's a style of food that anyone can have their own version of.
#23 Sun 01 Feb 09 5:33am
The White Rabbit
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Re: Beloved ethnic foods
Fair enough. It was "new york style" in savannah. They also had oil cans (i think) of fosters beer, that always makes me laugh because no one drinks it here.
#24 Sun 01 Feb 09 5:59am
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Re: Beloved ethnic foods
LadyChaos78 wrote:
Yes I had a home cooked meal from a woman from Savannah. She was living in Kentucky at the time. All I know is I have never been so constipated in my life.
One home-cooked meal by ONE resident of Savannah determines that people from Savannah "don't have taste buds"? Are you for real?! Or did you mean to reduce your experience to a cultural stereotype and post in the Politically Incorrect Thread?
LadyChaos78 wrote:
The bottom line is my overly sophisticated Central European/New York stomach cannot take the heavy sauces, overt use of too much butter, and putting sugar in places it does not belong ...
"Overly sophisticated" ? As opposed to what? Hillbilly-iron clad?
#25 Sun 01 Feb 09 6:04am
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Re: Beloved ethnic foods
mrpab wrote:
LadyChaos78 wrote:
my overly sophisticated Central European/New York stomach
ah, what a burden your overly sophisticated stomach must be for you to bear, i'm so sorry - maybe we should start a thread for other sufferers of your affliction
I think Southern food is delicious. I just finished a meal of black-eyed peas. They don't normally cause constipation; rather the reverse, as beans tend to do.
But shucks, Paw, I guess I don't have an overly sophisticated Central Europeen/New Yawk stummick.
#26 Sun 01 Feb 09 7:57am
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Re: Beloved ethnic foods
" From a health standard it's just bad and if you look at areas of the south where that cooking style prevails you find not only high obesity and diabetic rates, but the highest cases of tape worms in the western world."
I fully agree with ladychaos. The most important in food is to be tasty and HEALTHY. I dont like(i dont want to eat) foods that will cause me obesity and diabetes. Moreover Hepocrates the father of medics used to say that " food is your medicine" and he was absolutely right. Try to eat everyday meat..meat meat,and meat. You will be a 100 kilos man,with hypertension ,obesity,diabetes problems and nothing more. Add to your daily lunch..food vegetables ,fish,herbs,olive oil and you will see the difference.
#27 Sun 01 Feb 09 9:02am
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Re: Beloved ethnic foods
personally I have no problem with someone characterising many southeastern US food traditions as heavy, high fat, high cholesterol and unhealthy - it's true, those traditions are there.
But you simply can't spew out generalisations like "People from Savannah have no taste buds", or that everyone below a certain line eats nothing but those unhealthy foods. Statements like that are so ridiculous, i can't believe i have to explain it - it's just not how reasonable people talk or write. It's hurtful.
p.s. - it's also possible to get awful New York style pizza in New York of course.
#28 Sun 01 Feb 09 10:13am
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Re: Beloved ethnic foods
i have no doubt your experiences are as you described, but no matter how many examples you cite, i would still say that you can't generalise it to 'all people below the line are like that'. I guess you've just been tremendously unlucky to meet only one culinary type down there! There are many southerners on this forum who have proved to my satisfaction that there are different types as well.
And yes, I was born in Alabama (no banjo) and grew up in Maryland, all below that fateful line. And i think "biscuits with white sausage gravy" is the work of the devil.
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#29 Sun 01 Feb 09 10:14am
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Re: Beloved ethnic foods
Allow me to say that,as i understood, Southern cuisine is not so " healthy". Am i wrong? It will be very interesting to ready a study(im wondering if there is one) focusing on diseases resulting from this kind of food.
#30 Sun 01 Feb 09 10:27am
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Re: Beloved ethnic foods
Aspects of southern cooking are healthy. I had two college roommates who had parents from the 'deep south'. They used a pressure cooker to make steamed collard greens, mustard greens, kale, beans, rice, black eyed peas. Most of the food their parents ate growing up came right out of the family garden, they described having mostly vegetables and meats were used as flavoring because it was expensive for their families. They used eggs and milk from their farms too. Both of those roommates advocated eating lots of fresh vegetables, raw and cooked, both cooked everything from scratch and didn't use heavy sauces, but occaisionally some sausage or ham hock as a flavoring, not as much as you might expect from watching people like Paula Dean cook. They both also advocated eating whole grains, whole fresh fruits.
While my friends' mothers were excellent cooks and health conscious, a once-in-a-blue moon treat would be homemade potato chips, they were experts at frying, but fully understood that it wasn't healthy to eat a lot of deep fried foods.
About the food being bland, some of it is, yet I happen to love really well made fried chicken. My best friend's family was from Russia and Hungary and they are Jewish, they used to seek out the best fried chicken places and loved it as a meal out type of treat.
We travel a great deal internationally and love many cuisines. I don't think you can generalize that all southerners prefer bland food. I meet people from the deep south in our travels who are educated about food, culture and love trying foods from all over. Recently we met a couple from the south in Vienna, Austria. They had lived in the Middle East and in Egypt and had travelled extensively, loved many cuisines and had a great deal of knowledge about food and culture, they loved spicy cuisines.
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Michigan Coach Tommy Amaker
On the first game of the season ... "Obviously we have a long way to go. I felt we did some really good things in stretches. I was very impressed with Grand Valley State. Their quickness really bothered us on the perimeter. We didn't want to change as much because we needed to work against their kind of quickness. I think we need to get better at having help-side defense even though ordinarily we would have pulled back and tried to change defenses. I was trying to see what we could do against them.
"I thought there were some really good stretches. At the start of the second half we did some good things extending the lead to over 20 points. I was really pleased with Chris Hunter's production. I thought he really gave us some solid minutes. Obviously we turned the ball over way too many times. Some of those they forced and others I was just scratching my head wondering what we were thinking.
"All in all, I thought it was what we were going to get out of this opportunity to go against a really good program that was going to fight and scrap and come at us really hard. It was a really good opportunity for us to learn and get better before our game next Friday."
On the different lineups ... "We are trying different combinations and that is what these games are for. Playing some of the freshman you could see where they did some nice things for us and then in the second half where they hit the wall a little bit. As we learn more about our young players and how they fit in, we'll get a better semblance of our rotation and what they can do in a game situation."
U-M Senior Guard Daniel Horton
On the team a playing game after practicing for weeks ... "It felt good to get out there and finally go against another team, another program and to run stuff and challenge us. They did that."
On what the team did well today ... "We played well at times. I think we still have a lot of room for improvement and we still have a lot of things to work on. I think we shot free throws well and we executed at times but there are a couple of game situations that we need to work on."
U-M Senior Forward Chris Hunter
On his intensity ... "I just wanted to come in and try to help the team, come off the bench with a little spark. Usually that role is for Brent Petway but I'm trying to fill his void a little bit and just come in and do whatever defensively. Offensively, I just tried to make some things happen as well."
On Daniel Horton's and the team's performance ... "He played well. It's kind of the story of the team today, we played well at times and sometimes we played kind of sloppy, so it's something to go in and work at. It's good to see him back and good to see everybody back on the floor, playing and competing."
U-M Freshman Guard Jerret Smith
On his first game in a Michigan uniform ... "It was okay. I have to get use to the whole pace of college basketball. It's a big change from high school basketball so the pace is something to get use to. The team accepted me, put me under their wing and showed me how it really happens. The team helped me a lot to get ready for this game."
On providing a spark off the bench in the first half with an exciting lay up ... "It wasn't just me that helped with the spark. We had people on the boards which got to the outlet which got to me. If the center doesn't get the rebound, I don't get the lay up. So really everybody contributed to the spark it wasn't just me. I just happened to be the point guard at that time."
Grand Valley State Head Coach Ric Wesley
On the team's performance ... "I was happy the way we played the second half. The first half we were too tentative, we turned the ball over 15 times which was way too much. We gave them an awful lot of easy baskets. The second half we did a better job, we calm down, took care of the ball, and ran the offensive better, and made them shot a lot more from the outside.
On how this game will better prepare the team for this season ... "For us it is a chance for us to play a team that is more talented than us, we don't face that kind of size or that kind of athletic ability every night in our league. It is just a chance to see what we are made out of and see how we fair against a tough opponent. Hopefully it will give us some confidence that we can perform against a team like the caliber of Michigan and should be able to do the same against our opponents in our league.
On the impact this game will have on the program at Grand Valley State ... "Well Grand Valley is a great place, we have a great school, a great campus, and all of our athletic teams are doing tremendous. I don't know if we need any help in terms of boosting our program, but it is a good broadcast and great experience for our kids. I don't know if it will affect our program, but hopefully it will and be a springboard for better things to come for our season."
GVSU Guard Jason Jamerson
On the game today and the team's performance ... "We came out pretty confident in ourselves and that we can perform against a team like Michigan. Michigan was prepared for us, they came out strong and we came out pretty weak in the first half, but turned it around in the second half."
On how his performance against Michigan will help him in the future ... "It is going to help and hurt me a little bit. It's going to hurt because I think teams will be focusing on me a little more, because I can shoot. Its going to help me, because it boosted up my confidence and my teammates will look up to me, like they did tonight."
On how will this game help the team for future games ... "As far as the future this helps us a lot, its gets our confidence up, and help us prepare for any game we play in the future."
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