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Underworld part 1 - The Hunt for Hollow:For nearly a year Hollow has been trapped in the Underworld, aiding the demons below with his talents. The promise he will be reunited with his family dangled in front of him. Now even more powerful with their cybernetic enhancements, Lore may become overrun with demons if Hollow is lost much longer. Can you battle your way to Hollow and free him from the Underworld's grasp?
Memorial Weekend Boost:The Memorial Shield is now in the Limited-Time Shop plus gain an extra 25% Gold and XP from battles!
New Residents in Battleon:To celebrate Higgins Real Estate and Bulbug Title Co. opening up a new store in Battleon - all houses and housing items are 25% off. Not to be outdone, Stat Trainers have set up their own camp in Battleon and are offering 25% off stat training!
Mage Staves:A large shipment of powerful Mage Staves has arrived at Warlics shop. Special staves that focus elemental power and are specially enchanted to aid in spell casting. Those that bear the title or armour of a Mage will deal greater damage with spells matching the element of the staff!
Happy Mother's Day!The Mother's Charm Earrings and Necklace plus Mother's Day Bouquet return to the Limited-Time Shop! Also check out a brand new flower pet made specially for all the Mom's of AQ!
May Golden Giftboxes - Demons Plate and Grand Lotus Spear: Take on the form of a demon! This armour grants amazing offensive power and Fire resistance, and lets you take advantage of your foe's slip-ups - granting extra power after your foe misses! Crafted by an Elven weaponsmith that believed a weapon should be beautiful as well as deadly.
Chupacabras From Outer Space:Creatures feeding exclusively on goats, called Chupacabras, have somehow arrived from outer space and begun spreading across Lore! You must find these elusive monster during random battles and track them back to their den. Can you discover who or what is behind this and save the dwindling goat population? You may even stumble upon the rare Zard Pinata monster that is full of amazing equipment! Dark Madder's apprentice, Starslayer, has once again taken over The Void!
Many New and Returning Rares:Check out the Limited-Time Shop for tons of awesome gear, with most items only avilable for the month of May!
New Player SuggestionsOnce again we dig through the Suggestions Forum, looking for your ideas for AdventureQuest. Check out the Dark Djinn Lamp, Luminous Blast Spell, and Goggernaut Helm. Plus a unique spear that changes from Ranged to Magic Damage!
Goggernaut Helm has been added as a reward in the Arena of Enthusiasts shopLuminous Blast is now in the Seekrat: Shadow War shopDark Djinn Lamp is in Warlic's shop
May Z-Token packages Timekeeper Staff returns to the 7500 package Demon Warrior Armor returns to the 12000 package Paramount Sword and Shield Set returns to the 12000 package
We have changed the pricing on AQ Guardian upgrades to be: $10 when upgrading additional characters on an account that already has at least one Guardian character. That is a 50% discount on upgrading more characters on the same account!
Now that summer is here, you might want to upgrade to Guardian, X-Guardian, or purchase some Z-Tokens, but do not have access to use a credit card. Here are a few other options you should consider: 1) Mail in your payment with our order form: https://secure.battleon.com/aq-guardian-mail.asp 2) Buy a game gift card at a store near you (from places like Burger King, CVS, Cirlce K, and Subway) and use it on the Artix Account page: http://portal.battleon.com/store/obucks-form.asp?qqqq=POINTS_04000&pkg=&game=MAST Have a fun and safe summer, and Battle on! -The Hollow & The AQ Team
A special variant of Star Sabre that strikes with greater accuracy. This deadly katana can also sometimes summon a special force that adds extra damage to your strikes! Only available during the month of May.
We have brought back 3 Z-Token packages. Also be sure to check out the newly updated Champion of Airenal set! Timekeeper Staff returns to the 7500 package Demon Warrior Armor returns to the 12000 package Paramount Weapon and Shield Set returns to the 12000 package
Get 1000 FREE Z-TOKENS, plus the powerful Guardian armor and Guardian Blade, and unlock hundreds of items and quests now! NEW GUARDIAN ITEMS: The Armor of Awe and Shield of Awe, as well as the UltraGuardian Plate have recently become available to Guardians!
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Z-Tokens are special coins you can use to buy the most powerful items! You earn some Z-Tokens from battles, and you can also buy Z-Tokens. NEW: Talk to Valencia in town and get the deadly Grave Crowder weapons!
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With a stay at Howard Johnson Huaihai Hotel Shanghai, you'll be centrally located in Shanghai, convenient to Notre Dame Church and Jing An Temple. This 4-star hotel is close to Flower, Bird, Fish & Insect Market and The Bund.
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Mark Solms is best known for his discovery of the forebrain mechanisms of dreaming, and for his integration of psychoanalytic theories and methods with those of modern neuroscience. Currently he holds the Chair of Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital (Departments of Psychology and Neurology) and is President of the South African Psychoanalytical Association. He is also currently Research Chair of the International Psychoanalytical Association.
He has published widely in both neuroscientific and psychoanalysis He has published more than 250 articles and book chapters, and 5 books. His second book, The Neuropsychology of Dreams (1997), was a landmark contribution to the field. His latest book (with Oliver Turnbull) is The Brain and the Inner World (2002) is a best seller and has been translated into 12 languages. He is the authorized editor and translator of the forthcoming Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud and the Complete Neuroscientific Works of Sigmund Freud.
Efrat Ginot is the author of the 2015 book, "The Neuropsychology of the Unconscious: Integrating Brain and Mind in Psychotherapy" (Norton Interpersonal Neurobiology Series, with a foreword by Allan Schore) and on the Faculty Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. Her published papers on enactments, intersubjectivity, and self-narratives integrate neuropsychology and psychoanalytic thinking. She received the 2002 Gradiva Award for best article examining the concept of the Holding Environment.
Mark J. Blechner is aTraining and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Institute and Clinical Assistant Professor and Supervisor at the New York University Postdoctoral Program. He has published three books: Sex Changes: Transformations in Society and Psychoanalysis (2009),The Dream Frontier (2001), and Hope and Mortality (1997). He is former Editor-in-Chief of the journal Contemporary Psychoanalysis, and Chair of the International Council of Editors of Psychoanalytic Journals.
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Traditionally, creating and monetizing an online software solution has been a difficult process. With Docker and Carina, it has become much easier to set up software as a service (SaaS) solutions online. This post provides an example of a Tomcat application that directly controls Carina by using the Docker API to instantly start up user-specific software services on demand.
You need the following set of tools to follow along.
The goal is to deploy an example Tomcat web application that can, on demand, provide a Mumble server to a user online. Mumble is a server/client VOIP telecommunication application.
Set up credentials
Using Git, get the source code for the example application:
$ git clone https://github.com/getcarina/examples.git
Log in to Carina.
In the area for your cluster, click Get access and then download the access file.
- Extract the contents of the access file into the directory
accesswithin the repo that you cloned.
The example web application parses the extracted files to connect to your Carina account and to start and stop Mumble containers on demand.
Set up the project
This example project uses Maven to handle building, packaging, and dependencies, as defined in the
pom.xml file.
Set up the project name, version, and packaging:
<groupId>carina</groupId> <artifactId>cse</artifactId> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <packaging>war</packaging>
Because the code uses some bug fixes and features that have not been released, you need to include the Apache snapshot repository in the project:
<repositories> <repository> <id>apache.snapshots</id> <name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name> <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url> <releases> <enabled>false</enabled> </releases> <snapshots> <enabled>true</enabled> </snapshots> </repository> </repositories>
Include the Tomcat servlet dependency, which enables the application to run on Tomcat as a servlet:
<dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId> <version>3.0.1</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency>
Because the project uses Java and Java Server Pages, include the JSP Standard Tag Library to provide templates for displaying container data:
<dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId> <version>3.0.1</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency>
Include Apache jclouds in the project. It is an open-source multi-cloud SDK that supports the Docker API (Carina uses the Docker API). Use the snapshot version of the jclouds dependency:
<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId> <artifactId>docker</artifactId> <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version> </dependency>
To generate a cryptographically secure password, use a dependency that provides a secure random algorithm from Apache Commons:
<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId> <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId> <version>3.4</version> </dependency>
Enter the Maven build settings:
<build> <finalName>cse</finalName> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId> <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> <configuration> <systemProperties> <!-- Letting the application know we are running embedded --> <cse.embeddedTomcat>true</cse.embeddedTomcat> </systemProperties> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build>
The first plug-in enables building the project as a war package. The war package is an archive format that contains a Java application that Tomcat can run. The second plug-in allows you to run the project by using an embedded Tomcat server. Thus, you don't need to deploy the project and can run it locally for debugging purposes.
You define the servlet's mapping in the
web.xml file. This mapping tells Tomcat how to route requests to the application. Routing is configured to use the ContainerController controller, which automatically redirects requests to the
listcontainer.jsp page. This page lists all the available Mumble servers and provides a link to create a new Mumble container. When a new Mumble container is created by ContainerController, details about it are displayed in the
newcontainer.jsp page. In the ContainerController.java file, you can see how the different variables displayed in the JSP views are populated, and see all the logic needed to create, list, and delete Mumble containers.
Obtain a "connection" to the Docker API in the ContainerController constructor:
if("true".equals( System.getProperties().getProperty("cse.embeddedTomcat") )) {
dockerApi = getDockerApiFromCarinaDirectory("access"); // From maven
} else {
dockerApi = getDockerApiFromCarinaDirectory("/usr/local/access"); // From docker
If Tomcat is running embedded, you parse the local "access" directory. Otherwise, the credentials files are located on a Tomcat container, within the
/usr/loca/access directory. That's right, you will be running and testing the Tomcat example application within a Docker container as well, and it will control other Docker containers. This example runs everything containerized.
doGet method handles
GET requests against the controller. The action that is executed is determined by the
action get parameter:
String action = request.getParameter("action");
The variable
forward determines which JSP view is used after the action is processed.
List existing containers
The default behavior (when no other action is specified) is to list all the existing Mumble containers.
request.setAttribute("containers", filter(dockerApi.getContainerApi().listContainers(), Utils.isMumble));
Utils.isMumble is a predicate that filters containers that have a name containing
mumble . This also means that when the controller starts a new Mumble container, it has to include
mumble in the name.
Delete a container
To delete a container, use the
delete action and specfy a
containerId value:
String containerId = request.getParameter("containerId");
Creat a new container
create action is the most complex.
Utils.getSecurePassword()to get a secure password using
String characters = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"; return RandomStringUtils.random( 10, 0, 0, false, false, characters.toCharArray(), new SecureRandom() );
Create and start the container:
Container container = dockerApi.getContainerApi().createContainer("mumble" + UUID.randomUUID().toString(), Config.builder() .image("extra/mumble") .hostConfig( HostConfig.builder() .publishAllPorts(true) .build()) .env( ImmutableList.of( "MAX_USERS=50", "SERVER_TEXT=Welcome to My Mumble Server", "SUPW=" + password )) .build()); String id = container.id(); dockerApi.getContainerApi().startContainer(id);
The jclouds Docker API provides a
createContainer method that accepts a name and a configuration object. The configuration object here specifies the Docker Hub container image
extra/mumble , requires all service ports to be open, and configures Mumble server configuration options - such as maximum number of users, welcome text, and server administrator password - through environment variables. The
createContainer method returns a Container object, which then the
startContainer method starts.
The ContainerController then populates the view variables for
ports and
password and redirects to the page responsible for displaying new containers.
Run the application locally
Use the following code to run the application locally, without deploying to a Tomcat container:
$ mvn clean tomcat7:run-war
To run in debug mode, use
mvndebug instead of
mvn .
Deploy the Tomcat application to Docker
The project includes a
DOCKERFILE that creates a custom image based on the official Docker Hub Tomcat 8 image. The following additional files are added:
cse.war, the archived application; The file is available after a Maven build has been executed.
key.pem. These files are used for authentication to Carina and are placed in the
accessdirectory during project setup.
To build the custom image, run the following command:
$ docker build -t cse .
After the custom image is ready, deploy it to Carina (you need to have Docker configured to connect to Carina):
$ docker run --name cse -d -p 8080:8080 cse
This uses port 8080 for the Tomcat application server. Connect to http://[address]:8080/cse to view the example application's List Containers page.
Listing Mumble containers from the application:
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The 1968 Keats Island (Canada) UFO: Odd indeed
That narrative was presented online and can be read here at the link shown:
"I Lived in a Nest of UFOs" by Bernice Niblett, John Magor, Ed. from Canadian UFO Report Vol. 2 No. 5, (Whole No. 13) published in 1973
Magonia also noted the sighting with a Men in Black contingent.:
1968, 29 January: Following a sighting of 'a long dark body with dim red and yellow lights at both ends', a woman who lived alone on Keats Island, British Columbia, was visited by two men in dark overalls who claimed to be employees of the hydroelectric company. They put up a stovepipe for her. One went on the roof, the man on the ground directed him and the other would answer 'Yes, Master.' Keel, Visitors from Space...
The Magonia listing also contains a plethora of other "Men in Black" encounters (for those interested in the MIB element in UFO lore):


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Food Porn Friday | Bolsa by the Bowl | WestminsterFriday, January 17, 2014
Happy Friiiiiiiiiiiday dolls! It's been a minute since we visited the mean streets of Westminster for some of the tastiest Vietnamese dishes outside of Saigon!
Tan Mì Á Đông
16175 Brookhurst St.
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
(714) 839-2286
This restaurant/food togo shop features cuisine of the Huế region in Central Vietnam. Named after the Perfume River that separates the North and the South, Huế dishes are an amalgamation of endless flavors, spices, preparation, and presentation. This was the primary site of the Imperial Nguyen dynasty after all so you know they be eatin' good in the hood. Hương Giang is famous for their bún bò Huế, but I'm completely partial to their incredible Mì Quảng with turmeric infused rice noodles. Their proteins feature cooked shrimp, sautéed pork, steamed pork sausage chã, and a homemade shrimp paste that adds to the rich, robust flavors of the light broth. I love this specialty as a lunch dish since it's light enough to feel satiated but heavy enough to sustain me until dinner. Plus they even pre-prep my meal with loads of fresh veggies so it's one less ingredient for me to assemble before devouring this sucker down.
Viễn Đông
14271 Brookhurst St.
Garden Grove, CA 92843
(714) 531-8253
Viễn Đông is another Huế-style restaurant located on Brookhurst and Hazard next door to Café Artist. Their signature noodle bowl is bún riêu ôć made with thin rice noodles, escargot, fried tofu, and a tomato-soup base. Ever since Café Picasso changed ownership a couple of months ago I've been trying to find a comparable spot to get my riêu on and unfortunately have missed the mark on many-a-ventures. VD's bún riêu is a more traditional take than I prefer; however look at the size of this thing. They LOAD it up with chitlins and while the missing fried shallots is my FAVE garnish to this otherwise solid B+ bowl, I'd say theirs tastes the most homemade out of all the thousands of restaurants in Bolsa that also serve this. I'd be remiss not to mention that service is stellar at this venue, seriously unheard of in these parts of Vietnam, err I mean Orange County.
Stay tuned for another installment of Food Porn Friday's new series:
Bolsa by the Bowl- the PHO edition!
Oman, there's gonna be some controversy surrounding these picks, I can feel it already!
Calling all my OC peeps!
Tell me, what's your FAVE spot to dine Bolsa by the bowl???
TGIF lovers- Cheers to eating well and living it UP this weekend!
Bon appétit mes amis!
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Happy Friday to you too. Wow. Delicious food. I'm up for a bowl of pho anytime.ReplyDelete
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Gap Year Programs
Everything You Need to Know About Gap Year Programs
School is difficult, and there is no denying that, and for that reason it is important to keep into mind a lot of different kinds of things such as gap year programs. However, gap year programs are actually a good way to make school less monotonous and boring, which is always a good thing to keep into mind. This is also very useful because there are a lot of different kinds of reasons why you may want to take some time off from school. Find out for further details right here Tivnu.org.
The main reason for gap year programs is to allow students to take some time off from going to school in order to work, go to a university, and do a wide range of other kinds of programs as well. And there are many different kinds of benefits and advantages from doing this kind of work as well, because you can actually learn a lot of things and get some useful experiences because the work will be quite educational. And when you are doing a gap year program, you can actually learn new things, see new things, and have fun without having to worry about being at school as well, which is always a good thing. You can learn more about gap year programs here.
You will not make a fortune doing a gap year program, so it is a good idea to bring some money along with you just in case, but the experiences that you will get to enjoy will be well worth your time and well worth the trip. These gap year programs typically make school seem a lot more interesting and after students do a gap year program, they will no doubt love to go back to school and share what they experienced with their classmates.
Also if you are interested in doing a gap year program, then you will want to know that there is actually a lot of different programs available because you can do work in your local town and learn some skills, you can travel the country, or you can even go to a completely new country as well. So as can you can this is a very valid reason for a student to miss school, because the learning opportunities doing this is far greater than what they would be learning being stuck in a classroom somewhere.
So there is no doubt that gap year programs have a ton of benefits, so if you want to do one of these kinds of programs then you will most definitely want to make sure that you are able to keep that into mind. Kindly visit this website http://www.wikihow.com/Select-a-Gap-Year for more useful reference.


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Yesterday I did a little Christmas shopping with my 11-month-old. I know it might sound crazy, but it felt kind of weird to be buying presents in front of her. I want them all to be a surprise—especially the ones she gets from Santa.
I think I managed to buy a few things without her noticing—like these Crayola Fingerpaints. But there were some toys she definitely saw, so I feel like they lost their "specialness." The problem is I can't go shopping unless I take her with me.
Do you buy holiday presents from Santa in front of your kids? What age would you do this until?
Question: Do you shop for presents from Santa in front of your kids?
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- Free WiFi and free parking
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 37 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 1 floor
- Check-in time 3 PM-5:30 AM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Pets allowed *
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free self parking
Other information
- Smoke-free property
In the hotel
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Poolside bar
- 24-hour room service
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Outdoor pool
- Spa tub
- Sauna
- Playground on site
- Business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Meeting rooms 3
- Conference space size (feet) - 120
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 1990
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Garden
- Terrace
- Library
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Free weekday newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
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Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.00 per person, per night
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for EUR 20 per night
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of EUR 12.50 for adults and EUR 6 for children (approximately)
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of EUR 8 per pet, per day
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Recent reviews
Excellent 4.0 /5 from 125 reviews
Access to motorway and town good, staff very helpful and smiley, well run, good value for money.
Its a decent hotel and old style but is a bit far off from Nimes. So a car would be required... thankfully there is free parking Considering they are a bit farther out from the city I think that the hotel should not charge for breakfast. To charge for the ordinary breakfast is a bit cheeky of the hotel. So people paying a high price for breakfast could be seen eating there for an hour or so... perhaps to recover costs! Otherwise room comfort was reasonable and we got a good nights sleep. Suggest look for a hotel deeper into the heart of Nimes to soak in the atmosphere. The pool was pretty small.. almost like a tub. The hotel had described a hot tub in its features(if I remember correctly)... none was to be found... perhaps they meant the cold tub pool.. But on the whole an option foe a quick nights sleep or if you wanna laze around the pool and not venture into Nimes
The hotel staff was extremely friendly and helpful. Breakfast was similar to what you would find in other European hotels - an assortment of breads, cold cuts, cheese and cereal. Unfortunately, the hotel air conditioning was not working. Our room was extremely hot. Opening the door to the balcony cooled the room somewhat, but without a screen on the doors, flies and mosquitos also entered.
Stayed one night for a break on a road trip. Nice room, very helpful staff, excellent location. One small problem, room stayed very hot despite air conditioning.
Breakfast was not replenish and by the time I got there the never replaced items that was empty and refused to refill. They still wanted me pay full price for a breakfast that was less then complete and this was early in the morning
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Anybody know some good backpacking trails in Mendocino? Google is not giving me much here. Hopefully a place that isn't incredibly difficult to get to with a commuter vehicle.
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For Mendo, I like the Snow Mountain Wilderness. Check out the Snow Mountain Hiking Association's website for some good info on directions and trailhead maps. They also have a couple of annotaded topo maps that you may find useful. The last trip I did there was from the Crockett Camp TH to Milk Ranch Meadow, hitting the Middle Fork Falls on the way. Very cool area and if you're looking for solitude, you'll definitely enjoy this area.
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I completely missed your post Alex, thanks for the info.
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Politics: Open-borders advocates are crowing about a CBO report that purports to show the Senate's immigration bill will cut the deficit. Not so fast: CBO also warns it will slash wages and jobs and won't halt the flow of illegals.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which calculates the cost of legislative proposals, pretty well signaled that the poor in the U.S. should prepare to get the shaft if the Senate Immigration Bill, now being debated in Congress, becomes law.
It's a sign of a bad bill, and no responsible legislator should support it.
CBO said that the bill will benefit the federal budget by $197 billion in the first decade, and about $700 billion in the second, based on the idea that illegal immigrants will finally be paying taxes into the system.
It's misleading at best, given that nearly half of the revenue expected from the millions of newly legalized will be Social Security taxes, which will eventually have to be paid back as workers retire from the system.
The CBO calculates that as money to be spent now, since politicians treat the Social Security trust fund as a slush fund. But in the end, America — you — will pay.
And another premise of the savings is supposedly that newly legalized illegals won't qualify for welfare for 10 years. That's if the promise is kept. We have our doubts.
Meanwhile, the ugly aspects of the proposed legislation have been largely ignored.
For starters, America's poor should prepare for 46 million new residents by 2033, amounting to a 17% increase in the U.S. population, most of whom would be low-skilled people from developing nations with minimal education and skills — the very ones their own home countries encourage to depart.
They'll compete for Americans' low-wage jobs, hitting workers particularly hard in the no-growth Obama economy — which, as CBO has noted previously, looks to be moribund for the rest of Obama's time in office.
What's more, all that new competition means that average wages should fall, the CBO says, cutting poorer Americans' already falling standard of living to levels best seen in the countries illegals hail from.
It doesn't help that the newly legalized will be more attractive for employers to hire because they will be specially exempt from the $3,000 ObamaCare taxes that will have to be paid for U.S. citizen employees.
Who would a reasonable employer hire for his unskilled labor force — the applicant with the $3,000 tax bill attached, or the applicant without?
And the poor won't be able to hope it's a storm that will pass as millions of illegals are absorbed.
The CBO report says that even as millions of illegals are given a path to citizenship, the flow of illegals will continue at 75% of its current level — thus ensuring that the same wage pressures and reduced opportunities continue as new job entrants cross our borders.
So how could any politician support a bill like this? Frankly, by dismissing American workers as not worth the bother.
As an aide to one of the bill's authors, Gang of Eight Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., callously said in a private gathering he thought was off the record: "There are American workers who, for lack of a better term, can't cut it. There shouldn't be a presumption that every American worker is a star performer. There are people who just can't get it, can't do it, don't want to do it. And so you can't obviously discuss that publicly."
In short, Americans can't cut it.
It just shows the cynicism of the plan by the nation's political elite.
Politicians see 46 million new entrants to the U.S. job force as pretty much a coming voting bonanza in a big pie to be divided up among themselves. They want to stay in office.
Yet they are doing it at the expense of America's existing poor and lower middle class — people they obviously don't feel they will have to answer to.
It's immoral stuff, siding with illegal foreign entrants against the people they are supposed to represent, all in the interest of political gain.
If any of these politicians cared one whit about the American worker, they'd put the interests of existing Americans first as they've sworn to do — and scrap this amnesty bill.


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Jamie Vardy's second half strike was the difference between the two sides as Leicester City edged out Palace by a single goal.
The England striker capitalised on some hesitancy in the Eagles' defence to sneak in and poach another goal, and it proved to be the decisive moment in a game that won't live long in the memory as Alan Pardew's side failed to bounce back from last weekend's defeat to West Ham United.
It kicked off amongst a cauldron of noise but it was the home fans who were nearly celebrating on six minutes. Marc Albrighton was given the freedom of the King Power Stadium to casually cut inside from his right wing and upon approaching the area, he miscued a tame shot that Wayne Hennessey thought was trickling wide.
However the ball struck the base of the post, spun behind the Welshman and landed nicely for Riyad Mahrez who, thankfully for the Eagles, screwed the second attempt wide of the far post.
That would be as close as either side would come during the opening half, however the chances continued to fall to the Foxes. N'Golo Kante watched an attempted curler sail over the bar before a fierce strike by Danny Drinkwater was fortunately straight at Hennessey.
With two of the most attacking sides in the division facing each other, the opening 45 minutes was something of a damp squib played out in weather to match, and Palace's only effort of the first half arrived when
Yohan Cabaye trickled one from distance straight into the arms of Kasper Schmeichel.
Leicester pressure continued after the restart and Jeffrey Schlupp skidded a shot wide of the mark from 20 yards 10 minutes into the second half, but on 58 minutes they eventually took the lead.
Scott Dann attempted to head the ball across the pitch to his centre-half partner Brede Hangeland but the ball bounced awkwardly in front of the Norwegian and allowed Vardy to slip in, dink the ball over the advancing Hennessey and beat Dann to smash it home and score for the seventh Premier League game in a row.
Palace finally forced Schmeichel into a decent save on 68 minutes when Bakary Sako let fly from the corner of the box and forced the Foxes keeper into a smart diving save to push the fizzing strike to safety, but the red-hot Vardy had a chance to add a second but saw it sail over from a similar position.
The Eagles came ever so close to equalising with 15 to play when a corner was met by the head of Patrick Bamford who forced Schmeichel into a brilliant reaction stop, and with the ball pinging around the area Dann then saw a header cleared off the line by Christian Fuchs.
As they piled bodies forward the visitors had two late penalty appeals turned down when Wilfried Zaha was adjudged to have dived by Mike Dean and another call for a pull on Bamford was also waved away as a frustrating afternoon for Pardew's side came to a close.
Leicester City: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs, Albrighton (Okazaki 63), Drinkwater, Kante, Schlupp, Mahrez (Dyer 79), Vardy. Subs: Schwarzer, De Laet, King, Inler, Kramaric.
Palace: Hennessey, Mariappa (Jedinak 76), Dann, Hangeland, Kelly, Cabaye, McArthur, Puncheon (Zaha 68), Sako, Bolasie, Campbell (Bamford 57). Subs: Speroni, Delaney, Ledley, Mutch.
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Dean Spanos Weighs In On Chargers' 2010 Season
The NFL Playoffs got underway this past weekend minus the Chargers and the AFC West representation came from the Kansas City Chiefs. After a flameout at home against the Oakland Raiders to finish regular season, many expected the Chiefs to have a renewed vigor when the new season began. Unfortunately, the AFC West champions from this past season looked overmatched from the get-go and never really appeared to be on the same level as their opponents in the Baltimore Ravens.
When it comes to former Bolts in the postseason, Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints were unexpectedly ousted from their title defense early as a game Seattle Seahawks team outscored the dynamic Saints on the NFC side of things. There will not be a repeat champion in 2010 and the playoffs were as wacky as ever on Wildcard weekend with three out of four road teams winning to kick things off.
None of that is of any concern to Bolts' fans however, so let's get into some topics that could have an affect on the team's ability to actually make their way back into January football come the 2011 season.
On the Chargers' team website, team President Dean Spanos answered some questions from the fans recently and several of his answers were quite noteworthy. His response to the justification for retaining Norv Turner as the team's Head Coach was possibly the most disturbing of all as according to Spanos: "I believe we will win and I believe Norv and his staff are what we need right now to help us win. The players play hard for him. The players respect him. I'm as disappointed and, honestly, as mad as you. But when I step back and look at our team, top to bottom, I believe with the right decisions in the offseason in free agency and the draft, we will get back to where we want to be next season."
It really seems that he may not be able to see the forest for the trees at this point as the writing is on the wall concerning Turner. This team clearly doesn't play that hard for him and they have continued to get more and more disorganized over the past two seasons so how could they possibly respect his tactics as the man in charge?
Another topic touched upon by Spanos in addressing some questions from the fans was the slow starts that this team has become accustomed to over the past four years. His response to this inquiry was remarkably candid and totally factual saying: "Our record during the first seven weeks of the past four seasons under Norv is exactly the same (13-15) – exactly the same – as it was the prior four seasons under Marty (Schottenheimer). When you continually have slow starts, it always leaves you no room for error at the end of the season."
Of course the perfect follow-up question to that would then be since Schottenheimer was fired in 2006 with a similar record to begin seasons, wouldn't it be reasonable to expect a similar consequence for Turner rather than this undying praise and adoration? This becomes even more relevant with the recent reports that defensive coordinator Ron Rivera is on the verge of becoming the Carolina Panthers' new head coach. This would be a huge blow to the team defensively and could have easily been prevented by promoting Rivera within the organization and turning the page on Turner. Unfortunately it appears the team will be losing a vital piece of their coaching puzzle and will be on a desperate search for a new defensive mind to run the show in 2011.
One more interesting question came from a fan fed up with General Manager A.J. Smith asking for him to be fired. Spanos took a firm stance defending Smith saying: "A.J. is getting a bad rap. He's a team-first guy. He's easy to talk to and easy to work with. Remember, he has to make a lot of tough decisions. It's not always easy for him when he has to deal with million-dollar contracts for all of our favorite players, particularly when, because of the salary cap, we can't keep all of our players or give them everything they want. A.J.'s no-nonsense and he can be blunt at times, particularly with agents, but in this business you have to be. We can't let agents withhold players' services and hold them hostage. But, bottom line, look at what we've been able to do since I hired him eight years ago. Think about this: over the last eight years since A.J. took over for John Butler, the Chargers have won 80 games. That's an average of 10 wins a year. During that time, we won five AFC West Division titles. And we won three playoff games, and got to the AFC Championship Game in 2007. Only three teams – New England, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh – have won more games during his tenure. Unfortunately they are all in our conference. We're in the middle of the most successful period in team history and I want to keep us together. History has shown that teams with solid, stable front offices and consistent plans give themselves the best chance to have success. I know, this group hasn't gotten to a Super Bowl, but I believe if we stay the course and have a successful draft and do a good job in free agency, we'll be back where we want to be next year."
Each one of these points is very well thought out by Spanos and gives a great insight into just what the team has accomplished during Smith's tenure as the Bolts' GM. His pointing to the three best teams in football residing in the AFC and San Diego having the fourth best winning percentage in the last eight years is an impressive fact. Showing that the Bolts strive to be a stable team with firm leadership from the top is something that fans can get behind rather than bemoan as many of the league's most successful franchises have utilized a similar approach.
Although the sting of the 2010 season is still with all of us, taking a step back and looking at the facts will serve this club much better in the long run than making emotional, hasty decisions. Fans should be encouraged by the majority of Spanos' comments and really have an optimistic outlook on the years ahead for the team.
Now it's up to you. Which was more surprising from Wild Card weekend; the way the Chiefs were dismantled or the defending Super Bowl champions losing? Do you agree with Dean Spanos' comments that the players respect Norv Turner as their coach or do you think the team should have gone in a different direction? If Marty Schottenheimer lost his job with an identical record to Turner in the season's opening weeks, does this mean the team is admitting they made the wrong choice by firing Marty and now keeping Norv? If Ron Rivera leaves the team to coach the Panthers as expected, what will be the biggest negative impact on the defense? Do you agree with Spanos' on his assessment of GM A.J. Smith or do you think the Chargers need an overhaul in the front office to ultimately win a championship? Please weigh-in with your thoughts in the comments section below!
January 11, 2011at 7:30 AM Posted by Anthony M. Blake
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Anyone who would think about keeping rivera from getting a head coach position is an idiot. He wants to be a HC in this league and I doubt he would let this opportunity slip away. Like it or not Norv has gotten us into the playoffs every year except this year and the reason why we didnt get into the playoffs was because of our special teams.
How would replacing RR with a coach who actually knows the 3-4 very well be bad? Replacing LT in his prime and letting him go for Michael Turner at the time would of been a huge mistake. No fans in San Diego would have gone with it. At the time keeping LT was a no brainer. Why would you release your RB who has led the league in yards for 2 straight years and after his MVP season. Turner wanted to be a feature back and wanted to be released.
If we had the fans run the organization this organization would be in ruins. People have to remember in the NFL it isnt like madden. What Dean Spanos said about AJ keeping is in contention is right. No other team in the league has been in contention like the Steelers, Patriots, and Colts. They have a front office who keeps them in contention year after year.
Getting rid of Norv and changing our whole offensive system would just put Rivers behind even longer. Why would you want to go to rebuilding mode when our team doesnt need to. Switching schemes or head coaches is when you rebuild the team and our team is not in rebuilding mode. Getting rid of our HC that our players respect is just flat out stupid.
Getting rid of Norv will definately put Rivers behind in his prime. We could of gotten to the Playoffs this year if it wasnt for the special teams. Dont forget Norv was the OC of the cowboys when they made the super bowl.
Norv Turner outstayed his welcome? Why would you get rid of a coach where our players respect. Tell me who would you rather have replace him? Replacing Norv will put us in rebuilding mode and that is not what the team needs right now because we arent in rebuilding mode. Getting rid of Turner had to happen because at the time LT was in his prime and was a MVP. He led the league in yards for 2 years and if we got rid of LT to keep Turner I gaurantee you fans in SD would not have liked it. Keeping Turner over LT at the time would of been a stupid move.. At the time it wasnt a good decision but we couldnt fore see the future and know that LT would of been declining especially after 2 extraordinary seasons.
Norv has put in an offense that is a Top 5 offense and if we can fix special teams we will be right back in contention. This years slow starts was because of special teams which isnt norvs fault. Just because a player holds out doesnt mean you sign them. VJ was asking for way too much and if we signed him it would of effected our salary cap. For someone who has been following football for so long I would expect you to know much more but you obviously dont. No one would pay VJ what he was asking for.
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RGD-PET-CT in Cancer Angiogenesis
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified July 2014 by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
GE Healthcare
University of Oxford
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Linda Ward, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: December 12, 2011
Last updated: July 1, 2014
Last verified: July 2014
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The goal of this clinical research study is to look at 2 new methods of scanning and see whether they can help researchers predict which tumours will respond to drugs that attack tumour blood supply.
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
Drug: 18F-RGD-PET-CT and perfusion CT scans on 3 occasions
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|Prospective Study of 18F-RGD PET-CT in Assessment of Response to Antiangiogenic Treatment in Patients With Cancer and Comparison With Perfusion CT
Further study details as provided by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Changes in tumour uptake (% change in SUVmax) of the fluciclatide imaging agent [ Time Frame: Prior to starting anti-angiogenic treatment, repeat after ~4 and 16 weeks of treatment ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Tumour response (% change in size) within an individual patient [ Time Frame: Prior to starting anti-angiogenic treatment, repeat after ~4 and 16 weeks of treatment ]
- Changes of kinetic parameters (BV, BF and Ki) on CT perfusion imaging [ Time Frame: Prior to starting anti-angiogenic treatment, repeat after ~4 and 16 weeks of treatment ]
- Absolute and relative tumour uptake and retention of fluciclatide [ Time Frame: Prior to starting anti-angiogenic treatment, repeat after ~4 and 16 weeks of treatment ]
- • Progression free survival at 12 months- defined as time from last study scan to the date of disease progression or death due to the disease, whichever occurs first [ Time Frame: 12 months after the final reseach scan. ]
- Overall survival at 12 months [ Time Frame: 12 months after the final reseach scan. ]
- safety profile [ Time Frame: within 12 months of the last research scan ]Number of participants with adverse events attributed to the 18F-RDG-PET imaging agent (CTCAE Criteria)
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|February 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|February 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: RCC Patients Antiangiogenic treatment
Drug: 18F-RGD-PET-CT and perfusion CT scans on 3 occasions
Fluciclatide (GE Healthcare) (AH111585) is a small cyclic peptide containing the RGD tripeptide (figure 1), which preferentially binds with high affinity to α¬vβ3 integrins that are up-regulated in angiogenesis.
The IMP is supplied as a solution for injection, 400 MBq at the reference date and time. Participants will receive one injection of the imaging agent at this dose on 3 occasions
Other Name: αvβ3 Integrin Imaging with Fluciclatide (AH111585)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients should have advanced or metastatic RCC confirmed by histological diagnosis
- Patients considered suitable for therapy with TKI for RCC according to responsible clinician
- Measurable tumour according to RECIST v1.1 criteria
- Standard staging CT scan performed within 28 days of first research scan
- The patient has not received chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery or any other treatment against cancer within 4 weeks prior to recruitment
- Age ≥18 years
- Adequate renal function (creatinine <1.25xULN)
- Patient is able to tolerate and comply with scanning procedure
- Patient is not lactating or pregnant
- Absence of any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition which in the opinion of the Investigator may potentially hamper compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be discussed with the patient before registration in the trial
- Able and willing to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01492192
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01492192
|Contact: Linda Ward, BSc
|44 (0) 1865 235302
|United Kingdom
|Department of Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
|Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX3 7LJ
|Principal Investigator: Fergus Gleeson, MB BS FRCP/R
|Sub-Investigator: Neel Patel, MA BMBChFRCR
Sponsors and Collaborators
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
GE Healthcare
University of Oxford
|Principal Investigator:
|Fergus Gleeson
|Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 25, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Linda Ward, Quality Manager, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01492192 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2011-002833-20 ( EudraCT Number )
|Study First Received:
|December 12, 2011
|Last Updated:
|July 1, 2014
Keywords provided by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Kidney Neoplasms
Urologic Neoplasms
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Growth Inhibitors
Antineoplastic Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 25, 2017