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BEIJING – Despite repeated assurances by European Union leaders, after more than two years, there is still no light at the end of Europe's debt-crisis tunnel. Recently, the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, referring to a possible Greek exit from the eurozone, told the European Parliament that there is no "Plan B."
Barroso's statement was meant to be reassuring. But, after so many disappointments, China cannot accept at face value the assurances of European politicians, which even they themselves do not know whether they can redeem. China should have its own Plan B in case Greece has to leave the eurozone.
Indeed, it is increasingly likely that Greece will renege on its bailout obligations. If that happens and the "troika" (the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund) cuts off financial support, Greece's exit from the euro will become all but inevitable. In that event, China must be prepared for any ensuing global financial turmoil and longer-term consequences.
For starters, Chinese officials should be under no illusion that the country will be immune to financial contagion. A "Grexit" would hit European banks that hold peripheral eurozone countries' sovereign bonds. Shock waves from the deleveraging would, in turn, spread to emerging markets like China.


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Ahead of the departure of
JBWere chief executive
"NAB are getting the balance right between giving JBWere the autonomy of being who it has always been, and putting support into the business," Mr Heath said.
After taking a 45 per cent stake in JBWere in 2003, Goldman Sachs sold its holding down to 20 per cent in 2009, and NAB bought 80 per cent. Mr Heath said despite the ownership changes, "the JBWere brand is undiminished".
JBWere has almost $13 billion in funds under management, more than 22,000 clients and 180 Australasian advisers.
Mr Heath said that even though Australian equity market conditions were difficult, JBWere clients had benefited from being positioned to profit from the recovery in corporate credit through fixed-income securities, and had been steered towards global agriculture stocks to benefit from anticipated food inflation.
JBWere has also been expanding its ability to service wealthy Asian clients. It recruited from rival Credit Suisse Kenny Ng, Vivian Moo and Esterly Lumy, who are all fluent in Asian languages.
After overseeing the integration of JBWere, Mr Ullmer said in March he would leave NAB on August 31 and would seek further board appointments.
Two other senior NAB managers have also announced imminent departures: UK operations chief executive Lynne Peacock and head of lending to small- and medium-sized businesses Geoff Greer, who will retire in July.
From July 19, the JBWere board of directors will comprise Mr Joiner; Mr Heath, who joined JBWere in 1994; head of MLC and NAB Wealth Steve Tucker; NAB and Qantas director Patricia Cross, and Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association chairman and Archer Capital founder Andrew Rothery.
Mr Joiner, NAB's group CFO, joined the bank in 2006. Before that he was at Boston Consulting Group and Citigroup Global Wealth Management, where he was CFO as well as head of strategy and mergers and acquisitions, based in New York.
Goldman Sachs & Partners Australia senior chairman
Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs' local partners have until Friday to vote on its US operations' offer to acquire the remaining 55 per cent of the Australian partnership.
The required acceptance rate is 75 per cent. Local partners are expected to approve the deal, which will provide them with access to the Goldman Sachs global balance sheet.
The Australian Financial Review

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Ron Starr
Ride the High Country
Out of work and in need of cash, two former lawmen (Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott) agree to accompany a shipment of gold from the Sierras to a faraway town. But while one of the friends wants to take the money and run, the other intends to finish the assignment, resulting in some serious on-the-job friction. In addition to capturing Scott's final film role, this classic Western drama also helped cement director Sam Peckinpah's fledgling career.


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YAAKUNAH MASSAGE (Romantic massage) – $160
The package includes two Maya Kìin massages (Energizing Full Body Massage 50 min).
Renew and restore your vital energy with a wonderfully soothing full-body massage. Tension and accumulated stress will vanish with each long, smooth-gliding stroke, loosening tense muscles and improving circulation and mobility. Enjoy precious time with your loved one and toast your lives together with our complimentary bottle of champagne.
Enjoy the Caribbean breeze while you receive a relaxing 50-minute couples' massage – the perfect cure for wedding planning stress.


text: On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 08:33:04PM -0600, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > On 2/19/12 7:53 PM, H. S. Teoh wrote: > >I stand by my objection that if something might succeed if it can be > >retried, then it needs to be retried in the called function, not the > >caller. > > If read fails from a socket, it's of no use to try it again. One must > close the socket, reconnect, and attempt the whole operation once > again. [...] Correct, so that would be a recovery strategy at the operation level, say at sendHttpRequest or something like that. There is not enough information available to sendHttpRequest to know whether or not the caller wants the request to be retried if it fails. But if the higher-level code could indicate this by way of a recovery policy delegate, then this retry can be done at the sendHttpRequest level, instead of percolating up the call stack all the way to submitHttpForm, which then has to reparse user data, convert into JSON, say, and then retry the entire operation all over again. I'm really liking the Lisp approach. It nicely combines stack unwinding with in-context recovery by using a high-level delegate to make sound decisions based on factors outside the scope of the low-level function. You can unwind up to the level where a high-level delegate can step in and select a recovery strategy, and then continue on your way, rather than unwinding all the way up to the top and having to restart from square 1. The delegate that makes decisions doesn't have to be at the absolute top level either (that wouldn't make sense, since it would break encapsulation: top-level code needs to know about inner workings of low-level code so that it can decide how to recover from low-level operations). You can have a chain of delegates that make decisions at various levels, and the one nearest to where the exception is generated is invoked. It can then decide to defer to the next handler if it doesn't have enough information to proceed. T -- Дерево держится корнями, а человек - друзьями.


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Celebrate Life: Baking Theme Cookies
Celebrate Life? Baking theme cookies? How do those two things go together? Weeks ago, Georgeanne, better known as LilaLoa, sent out a top secret email titled, "Project Anita"! We were charged with the mission of choosing someone in our life who inspires us, who we are proud of, and who we love. If we chose to accept this mission, we were asked to create a cookie set that honors them. For weeks, I have been wracking my brain on "who" I would chose. There were so many possibilities, but I kept coming back to the same "person". My person is more of a collective but they are heroes, they inspire so many, and I love them dearly. Who am I talking about? We have become known as the cookie community. I can't wait to tell you about these women. They are extraordinary women. But first, I would like to share a little about Anita.
For those of you who might not know Anita, she is the chief blogger and baking genius over at Sweet Hope Cookies. Please take time to visit her page and read about why she started Sweet Hope Cookies. She bakes to honor her brother Randy, who was taken from this world too early due to ALS. The proceeds of her cookies go to raise money for ALS awareness, the fight for a cure and to help support families who have loved ones with ALS. Last year, I had the honor of making her a set of ALS themed cookies after she won my cookie auction. The cookie auction was to raise money for the Moore Oklahoma tornado victims. This is why I chose baking theme cookies. The cookie community comes together many times during the year to help one another and to help others.
Last year, Shannon, from Artfully Delicious, organized a bunch of cookiers to auction off cookie sets to raise money for the victims in Moore, Oklahoma. This year, Tiffany, from Snickerdoodle Sweets & Events organized cookie auctions to raise money to help a young girl named Bailie. Bailie is in the process of fighting her third round of cancer. Her one wish is to go to Paris with her family. The cookie community wants to help make that dream a reality. The cookie community rallies together and bakes their hearts out to raises funds to help. Many times I have been the baker who is auctioning off cookies or making donations but this year I was the recipient of cookie love. I can't wait to share about what these women did for my family. There are seasons in life. Some times you are the giver and at other times you are the receiver. We truly are a community. Some make cookies as hobby, others blog about their cookies and many of us sell our cookies under the cottage law.
I love aprons. I have many hanging in my pantry, but some how I never wear it during the day. Many of my friends wake up super early or go to bed super late making cookies. While decorated cookies may seem expensive to you, they are not. The amount of time and labor that goes in to creating these tasty creations is quite lengthy. Yet, this does not stop the cookie community from offering up their labors of love to help others. It does not matter the size of the gift but the attitude in which the gift is given. Many of these women give sacrificially to help others. Just remember little gifts are just as wonderful as large gifts.
This year, many things have changed for my family. It's like the perfect storm hit all at once. My little company, The Baked Equation was born to raise money for our charity, Micah 6:8 Sudan. We were working towards building a farm in Torit, Sudan to help teach the villagers a skill. There is 90% unemployment in Southern Sudan. We were starting a farm where we could teach them how to grow foods in their seasons and sell to the surrounding areas. Over 80% of what is in the Sudan is imported in from other countries, thus making goods very expensive. In November, civil war broke out again in the Sudan. By January, most relief organizations and missionaries had been evacuated out. Permina, our farm manager is currently living in Kenya. Evey thing on the farm had come to an end abruptly. At the same time, the mortgage industry has slowed dramatically in Arizona. My husband and I had been blessed with a wonderful company that he ran for 8 years. But that season has come to a close. At the end of March, we closed our doors. I would no longer have a "day" job working for him. But I do have my small cookie business. All of sudden orders began to pour in. The orders all had familiar names. Yes, it was the baking community. They will not admit to colluding together to help our family. But they did. I remember crying as I baked batches and batches of my salted butterscotch cookies. I was so thankful that this would help pay the bills while my husband looked for a new job. But it isn't even about the money. The gifts that they raised for my family were priceless but it was more about knowing that people cared about us. People really care.
Ahhh, the ingredients. We talk about them often in our groups. How many of us have grabbed a pan out of the oven without our oven mitts? How many of us have had those pesky eggs rolling off the counters? But every time you rollout your dough, you do it with love. In our group's so many times I witness a passion for baking. Not only do bakers help raise money, they graciously share their knowledge. There are so many questions when it comes to baking. Why on earth is my icing not drying today, like it does every other day. Why on earth is my dough spreading? How do you make your icing so soft? What on earth do I do, my client is coming to pick up cookies in 3 hours and one of them just broke? Is Amazon Prime worth it? Many will rush to help answer your urgent questions. These things matter. Sharing your knowledge is a priceless gift. One that often goes unnoticed. I watch these women patiently answer all sorts of questions from new bakers. The cookie community is a generous bunch.
You can't have baking theme cookies with out a discussion about piping bags, which tips are the best, icing consistency and by goodness what color mint are you talking about. If you ever want to have a barn raising conversation with a baker talk about mixing colors. If you ever want to bring my assistant to tears, tell her she has 19 colors to mix today. The next thing I love about the cookie community is we come together to laugh. We laugh about ourselves, we let off steam, and we have a good time in each others company. The cookie community can take a long day and make it seem a little brighter. Trust me there are LONG days baking. There are days when nothing goes right and one of your sisters will step in with an encouraging word or a story that makes you laugh. Laughter is medicine to a weary soul.
Thank you girls. You know who you are. You are the cookie community. Your giving spirit matters. It inspires many. Keep up all your hard work. I hope you enjoyed the baking theme cookies that were inspired by YOU! Now head over to see all the other Cookie Artist's who created sets to honor someone they love. Enjoy
1. Lorraine's Cookies
2. Cristin's Cookies
3. Sugar Rush Custom Cookies
4. Sweet Shop Natalie
5. LilaLoa
6. Whisked Away Cookies
7. Sweet Ree's Bake Shoppe
8. The Cookie Architect
9. The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle
10. Jill FCS
11. Kookie Kreations by Kim
12. Sugar Nosh Treats
13. The Baked Equation
14. Chris's Creative Confections
15. Sweet Ambs
16. Tami Rena's Cookies
17. Cindy's Cozy Kitchen
18. Suz Daily
19. TLC – Trinnie Loves Cookies
20. Yankee Girl Yummies
21. Laura's Cookies


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Jennifer Clay
Escaping their hard-boozing mother, Evan (Bill Coyne) and his brother, Ethan (Andrew Pece), take refuge with punks who live as squatters in an abandoned home next to a highway in this Penelope Spheeris-helmed film, which examines Los Angeles' punk rock scene in the 1980s. But the boys' newfound clan is tested when a group of discontented suburbanites comes down on them. T.S.O.L., The Vandals and D.I. deliver live performances.


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You've heard about the challenge. You know the players. Did you also know we aren't just doing it for ourselves?
We've decided to partner with the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation to raise funds for a charity near and dear to their hearts: Da Nang Association of Agent Orange Victims .
Since 2006, Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) has worked closely with the Center for Children with Disability/Agent Orange, and Children of Disadvantaged Background, run the Da Nang Association of Agent Orange Victims (DAVA). It's a rehabilitation, day-care and respite centers for children with disability. 100% of donations from individuals and organizations will go to the DAVA center to support the on-going activities, including rehabilitation, day-care, special education, vocational training for children with disability, home-based rehabilitation programs, support for parents/care-takers, funds for surgeries, wheelchairs; programs to train physical, occupational, and speech therapists.
Why VVAF and DAVA?
The Vietnam War polarized America, leaving in its wake more questions than answers, about a senseless war and the humans beings fractured by its destruction.
John Mueller and John Terzano established VVAF in 1978, to turn the experiences of the war into a mission of justice and compassion.
The Train Challenge team has had our share of adventures, but we've also witnessed the consequences of warfare while traveling in developing countries. At times, the balance of power just doesn't seem fair.
With this partnership, we hope to give back to those who didn't even choose a war or where they were born: children.
It's children who are truly the future, whether it's kids kicking a ball on a dirt field in Rwanda or soaking each other with water from a stream in Afghanistan.
A Bit of History
During the Vietnam War, from 1961 to 1971, U.S. military forces sprayed more than 20 million gallons of Agent Orange and other herbicides on forests and crops in southern and central Vietnam. The campaign had both human and environmental consequences. At least 4.5 million Vietnamese, and the 2.5 million Americans who served in Vietnam, may have been exposed to Agent Orange.
36 years after the war, harmful effects of Agent Orange/dioxin are still being felt by millions in Vietnam, including children. But this is a humanitarian concern we can do something about.
Da Nang Airport in the Da Nang City, central Vietnam, was one of the key US military bases where a large volume of herbicide were mixed, stored and used. The latest international studies confirm that the Da Nang Airport continues to be a significant dioxin hot spot. Immediate measures are taking place to contain spreading of dioxin from the Airport to the surrounding communities, and to provide medical services and support to children with disability associated with Agent Orange.
Personal Story
For a stark reminder of the Vietnam War, people living near the Da Nang airport in this central industrial city in Vietnam can still stroll along the old stone walls that once surrounded one of the biggest U.S. military bases in Vietnam. But Luu Thi Nguyen, a 31-year-old homemaker, needs only to look into the face of her young daughter.
VVAF representatives arrived at Ms Nguyen Thi Luu's home at lunch time, her husband was out in market selling hard labor, and her second daughter was at kindergarten. She stayed at home to look after her five-year-old daughter Nguyen Thi Hong Van. Van was born with hydrocephalus, with an oversize head and a severely deformed mouth, and her upper body is covered in a rash so severe her skin appears to have been boiled.
Unlike her little sister, Van spends her days at home, playing by herself on the concrete floor because local school officials say her appearance frightens other children. Van helped her Mum to watch out for customers who buy home-made rice wine from Mum's small shop.
According to Vietnamese medical authorities, she is part of a new generation of Agent Orange victims, forever scarred by the U.S.-made herbicide containing dioxin, one of the world's most toxic pollutants.
Though neither Ms Nguyen Thi Luu nor her husband was exposed to the Agent Orange sprayed by U.S. forces from 1961 to 1971, officials say they believe the couple genetically passed on dioxin's side effects after eating fish from contaminated canals.
"I am not interested in blaming anyone at this point," the soft-spoken Nguyen said, stroking her daughter's face. "But the contamination should not keep doing this to our children. It must be cleaned up."
After doctors told them their daughter, Van, was an Agent Orange victim, Ms Nguyen Thi Luu cemented over the small garden in their front yard and stopped eating fish from nearby canals. Even now, however, many of their neighbors remain unaware of the danger.
"What could any of us do, anyway? It's fate." asked Ms Luu, whose family survives on the $1.50 a day her husband makes as a day laborer.
"None of us can afford to move. Now I know the soil is contaminated. My daughter has already suffered from this, and I worry about what this soil might still be doing to all of us."
How to Give
Our fundraising goal is $10,000.
One of our generous sponsors, Eurail, will donate $10.00 for every ticket sold through the Ultimate Train Challenge website or each blogger's website.
As readers and followers of the Train Challenge, we hope the urge to give inspires you as well.
There are two ways to donate.
Donations to VVAF can be made by check sent to:
The Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation Program
737 8th Street SE, Suite 202
Washington, DC 20003
Please note on the memo line that the donation goes to the project to support children with disability associated with Agent Orange. The International Center (which oversees VVAF programs in Vietnam) is recognized by the CRA (Canadian) and IRS (American) as a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations made to IC/VVAF are tax-deductible. If you would like a copy of IC/VVAF's tax-exempt letter please contact email@example.com.
Or donate electronically by clicking on the image below. Note: the PayPal link is on the home page, left hand side:
Attached is an informational video on how the center operates:
We've appreciated your gung-ho support thus far, so help us instill some hope for these kids!


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Brian Wilson
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Brian Wilson, in a generous mood.
Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones
Thirty-seven years after abandoning his attempt at recording his "teenage symphony to God", Brian Wilson last night resurrected his lost classic album Smile in its entirety at the Regent Theatre.
On the same day that his persistence was acknowledged by three Grammy nominations for Smile, Wilson made a triumphant return to the stage.
The former Beach Boy first resurrected the album live at London's Royal Festival Hall in February to standing ovations, and there was similar devotion, jubilation and relief last night as Wilson and his 18-piece band painstakingly performed the album's intricate arrangements and stunning harmonies. All up, Wilson pumped out 45 songs in an epic three-hour show which will rank in the best of the year.
From the opening Christmas greeting through Surfer Girl, the first song Wilson wrote (in the back of a car) to a singalong on Row Row Row Your Boat, Wilson was in fine voice and spirit.
Would the gig top his triumphant 2002 re-enactment of Pet Sounds, widely regarded as the greatest pop album made? With the exception of the early hymn, Our Prayer, and the two hits Heroes and Villains and the mighty finale Good Vibrations, Smile is an acquired taste. It's a dizzying brew of whistles, wind chimes, animal noises and nursery rhymes, as Wilson takes us on a journey through his dreamland.
It's no Pet Sounds, but Wilson was in a generous mood and played all of his hits as well, including Barbara Ann, Fun, Fun, Fun, California Girls and God Only Knows. The beach motif was well suited to a balmy Melbourne evening, and the audience lapped it up.
Wilson plays a final show tonight at the Regent Theatre.


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- Celeron
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Some manufacturers place restrictions on how details of their products may be communicated.
ECS is trash - cheaply made 01/03/2014
This review is from: ECS NM70-I2 (V1.0) Intel Celeron 1037U 1.80GHz Intel NM70 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo
This should not be a requirement for a review.
Where to begin. ECS is a sub par manufacturer. Throughout their history, their products have been made with one thing in mind, volume/price ratio. The more they sell of their inferior products, the less their return percentage will rear its' ugly head. There is a reason why a biostar motherboard, for instance, costs 20.00 more. The components (caps, solder, pwm, I/o board, components, etc) are intended to last longer than the provided warranty period, albeit not more than 4-5 years on I/o boards made today.
The worst aspect of the ECS sales model is their rebate processes. Most companies outsource their rebates to a third party to process for them. ECS has partnered with a company called VELOCITY FULFILLMENT, INC. Needless to say, rebates are getting processed. Very soon, in fact, we may see a class action suit gathering steam against both of these entities.
Other Thoughts:
Newegg is an online retailer like any other. It enjoys selling volume to please its' investors, and making profit as any company would. They profit and gain from rebate schemes compiled by manufacturers such as ECS and others. The one thing retailers do not do (like newegg), is stand behind those manufacturer rebates, instead choosing to pass the buck so to speak, to the mfg. for the responsibility of fulfilling it. The mfg. passes the buck to their third party (like Velocity). In the end, no one seems to be responsible and the customer gets hurt.
There is enough precedence in our legal system to remind these retailers they will be held responsible when the shoe drops. The rebates, after all, are advertised on newegg's site and is a compelling force in making a purchasing decision for many of us. The responsible lay squarely on all three.
Newegg, are have a great reputation amongst online shoppers. Hold your mfg. partners responsible for unprocessed rebates, or you may end up paying for it out of the profits you make when you collaborated in the first place.
Manufacturer Response:
We are sorry to hear about the rebate issue you have experienced and appreciate your feedback. The rebate offers are not a scheme and if you would like to contact us we would be more than willing to work with you in finding a resolution to your rebate issue.
I or any of my team members here at technical support will be able to help you.
Our hours are Mon-Fri 9am-6pm PST.
Thank you,
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Prospective Multicentric Evaluation of a Bladder Preservation Strategy (ReChiVe)
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Radical cystectomy is the treatment of choice for bladder infiltrative urothelium carcinoma. But the removal of the bladder reservoir has a major impact of the Quality of life. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been shown to be associated with an absolute 5% survival benefit. Two monocentric studies suggest that this neoadjuvant chemotherapy could be used in combination with an optimal transurethral bladder resection, in a strategy of bladder preservation, provided a complete response being obtained (about 50% in every trial using neoadjuvant MVAC protocol before a radical cystectomy). In those both studies with patients T2 to T4, the 5 years overall survival is above 65%, with more than 40% bladder preservation rate at 5 years.
The feasibility and the efficacy of such an attitude in a multicentric trail using the most active regimen (in term of complete response in metastatic patients) is unknown. The chosen regimen is therefore the intensified MVAC which allows, with the use of G-CSF, to double the dose-intensity of Adriamycin and Cisplatinum, and to decrease by 30% the methotrexate and vinblastine dose-intensity.
The efficacy and safety confirmation of such an approach could lead to consider it in patients motivated to retain a functional bladder.
|Urothelial Carcinoma
|Procedure: optimal TURB
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Prospective Multicentric Evaluation of a Bladder Preservation Strategy Using a Combination of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Optimal Bladder Transurethral Resection in Patients With a Urothelial Carcinoma
- the 5 years bladder preservation rate (with or without intravesical non muscle infiltrative recurrences, treated by TURB only or intravesical instillations of either BCG or mytomicin C). [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- proportion of complete response [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- Chemotherapy tolerance in a neoadjuvant setting using the intensified MVAC [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
- Secondary cystectomy rate [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- Progression free survival (either infiltrative [≥ T2] or metastatic) [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Overall bladder preservation rate [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2022
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2022 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: surgical resection and chemotherapy
Maximal and optimal TURB using a standardized procedure. The TURB will always try to be optically complete.
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for 3 months with the intensified MVAC (6 cycles administered every 2 weeks): METHOREXATE: 30 mg/m2 D1 - VINBLASTINE: 3 mg/m2 D2 - ADRIAMYCINE 30 mg/m2 D2 - CISPLATINE 70 mg/m2 D2. + G-CSF: 5 µg/kg from D4 to D10 New maximal standardized TURB at the end of the chemotherapy. In case of a lesion localized at the bladder dome, and if a maximal TURB appears to be unsafe, a partial cystectomy without lymph node dissection will be performed.
Procedure: optimal TURB
The TURB will always try to be optically complete.
Detailed Description:
Every patient having signed the inform consent will have the following steps Maximal and optimal TURB using a standardized procedure. The TURB will always try to be optically complete.
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for 3 months with the intensified MVAC (6 cycles administered every 2 weeks): METHOREXATE: 30 mg/m2 D1 - VINBLASTINE: 3 mg/m2 D2 - ADRIAMYCINE 30 mg/m2 D2 - CISPLATINE 70 mg/m2 D2. + G-CSF: 5 µg/kg from D4 to D10 New maximal standardized TURB at the end of the chemotherapy. In case of a lesion localized at the bladder dome, and if a maximal TURB appears to be unsafe, a partial cystectomy without lymph node dissection will be performed.
If a complete response is obtained (no tumor cells in the bladder muscle on the last TURB), a surveillance will be proposed without any further treatment.
Otherwise (tumor cells in the bladder muscle at the second TURB), a radical cystectomy will be done.
If the balder is spared, the follow up will be as follow: clinical examination, CT, bladder endoscopy and urinary cytology every 6 months. The possible non muscle infiltrative bladder relapses will be treated according
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 69 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- T2 clinical stage (no palpable mass under anesthesia after TURB) Absence of diffuse Cis (Cis on random bladder biopsies) Patients above 18, and below 70 years of age PS status ≤ 2 No previous treatment for a bladder muscle infiltrative carcinoma. Previous endovesical instillations for non muscle infiltrative lesions (pTa, pT1, Cis) are allowed.
No metastases on tauraco-abdomina-pelvic CT scan (no node > 1 cm) and bone scan.
Normal biological values: neutrophils > 1,5.109 /l, platelets > 100. 109 /l, Alkaline Phosphatases < 2 x N, bilirubin < 1,5 N, Transaminases < 1,5 x N, Creatinine clearance ≥ 60 ml/min Signed inform consent Patient belonging to a social security system.
Exclusion Criteria:
All other histology than urothelial carcinoma:
- primitive adenocarcinoma
- epidermoid carcinoma
- little cells carcinoma In situ diffuse carcinoma associated with urothelial carcinoma muscular infiltrating Tumor stade > T2, T3 or T4 or pT4a (prostatitis) Serious cardiac, pulmonary, hepatitic, renal, digestive or neurological pathology which is non equilibrating or potential aggravating risk by treatment Cancer history or other actual cancer (except skin cancer) not remission or with an end of treatment inferior to 2 years Participation to another clinical trial in a delay inferior to 30 days
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01093066
|Contact: Nicolas MOTTET, MD
|RAVAUD Alain
|Bordeaux, France, 33000
|Contact: Alain RAVAUD, MD firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Alain RAVAUD, MD
|Principal Investigator: Hervé WALLERAND, MD
|Henri BENSADOUN
|Caen, France, 14000
|Contact: Henri BENSADOUN, Dr
|Principal Investigator: Henri BENSADOUN, Dr
|Principal Investigator: Florence JOLY-LOBBEDEZ, MD
|Eric LECHEVALLIER
|Marseille, France, 13 385
|Contact: Eric LECHEVALLIER, Dr email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Eric LECHEVALLIER, Dr
|RIGAUD Jérôme
|Nantes, France
|Contact: Jérôme RIGAUD, Dr firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Jérôme RIGAUD, Dr
|IRANI Jacques
|Poitiers, France, 86000
|Contact: Jacques IRANI, Dr firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Jacques IRANI, Dr
|Principal Investigator: B DORE, Pr
|Clinique Mutualiste Chirurgicale
|Saint-etienne, France, 42055
|Contact: Nicolas MOTTET, Dr email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Nicolas MOTTET, Dr
|BOMPAS Emmanuelle
|Saint-herblain, France, 44 805
|Contact: Emmanuelle BOMPAS, MD email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Emmanuelle BOMPAS, MD
|GUILLOT Aline
|Saint-priest En Jarez, France, 42270
|Contact: Aline GUILLOT, MD firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Aline GUILLOT, MD
|CHEVREAU Christine
|Toulouse, France, 31059
|Contact: Christine CHEVREAU, MD
|Principal Investigator: Christine CHEVREAU, MD
|SOULIE Michel
|Toulouse, France, 31059
|Contact: Michel SOULIE email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Michel SOULIE, Pr
|GEOFFROY Lionel
|Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France, 54500
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|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
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|NCT01093066 History of Changes
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|March 24, 2010
|Last Updated:
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Keywords provided by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne:
urothelial carcinoma
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Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
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3.5.3 Are elliptic curve cryptosystems widely used?
Elliptic curve cryptosystems have emerged as a promising new area in public-key cryptography in recent years due to their potential for offering similar security to established public-key cryptosystems with reduced key sizes. Improvements in various aspects of implementation, including the generation of elliptic curves, have made elliptic curve cryptography more practical than when it was first introduced in the mid 80's.
Elliptic curve cryptosystems are especially useful in applications for which memory, bandwidth, or computational power is limited. It is expected that the use of elliptic curve cryptosystems in these special areas will continue to grow in the future.
Standards efforts for elliptic curve cryptography are well underway. X9.F.1, an ANSI-accredited standards committee for the financial services industry is developing two standards: ANSI X9.62 for digital signatures and ANSI X9.63 for key agreement and key transport. IEEE P1363 is working on a general reference for public-key techniques from several families, including elliptic curves.
Recently, NIST recommended a certain set of elliptic curves for government use. This set of curves can be divided into two classes: curves over a prime field GF(p) and curves over a binary field GF(2m). The curves over GF(p) are of the form
y2 = x3 - 3x + b
with b random, while the curves over GF(2m) are either of the form
y2 + xy = x3 + x2 + b
with b random or Koblitz curves. A Koblitz curve has the form
y2 + xy = x3 + ax2 + 1
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Plurality of Americans support current level of defense spending
A plurality of Americans say defense spending should be kept at current levels.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's plans to cut back the size of America's army to pre-World War II levels are likely to run into political opposition on Capitol Hill. The cuts are also at odds with the views of Americans who say spending should be kept as it is, or increased.
Almost half (47%) of the public said military spending should be kept about the same, according to a survey conducted Oct. 30-Nov. 6, 2013. An additional 23% said it should be increased while 28% favored reductions. The findings reflect roughly the same sentiment found in a survey conducted a year ago.
Almost equal numbers of Republicans (50%) and Democrats (47%) favored keeping military spending the same, but they differed sharply when it came to those who wanted to see increases or decreases. Nearly four-in-ten Democrats (39%) would cut the Pentagon budget compared with only 10% of Republicans, while 37% of Republicans would increase defense spending compared with 12% of Democrats.
As a backdrop to the public's views on military spending, the October-November survey found that 56% of Americans said the U.S. should ensure that it keeps its position as the only military superpower, a view that was virtually unchanged since 2009.
Opinion was more mixed on the question of whether the U.S. relies too much on military strength. About four-in-ten (43%) said American use of its military power was about right while 38% said it was too much and 15% said it was too little.
However, when the military spending question was put into the context of a specific choice — whether reducing the deficit was more important than funding the Pentagon at current levels — Americans said by a 51% to 40% margin that deficit reduction was more important, according to a December 2013 survey.
Category: Daily Number
Bruce Drake is a senior editor at Pew Research Center.
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I am very disappointed in Pew Institute over this article. Construction is so illogical that one can't help but see bias at work. Graphs can be from least to most, 1-2-3, or most to least, 3-2-1, but no one constructs a graph 1-3-2 except on purpose. I agree with previous commenters that we deserve an explanation from Bruce Drake. What is your political objective here, Mr. Drake?
Sidebar should have been: 70% A majority of Americans say defense spending should be kept at current levels or increased.
Are you trying to downplay public sentiment by only showing the percentage who want it the same…neglecting to add the number who want to increase it? Hagel and the POTUS are out of touch with what Americans see as important.
We pay enough taxes! It's government spending that needs to be re-distributed. Currently, if you're born to a family at or below the poverty level, the government through its multitude of social programs will support you from cradle to grave.
The Great Disease of Leftism (not Liberalism) embraces every enemy of the nation, betrays every friend, destroys every institution, proclaims victory in its failures and failure in other's accomplishments. It is "vain, morose, treacherous and humorless". As to Life: It knows the words to the song, but can not hear the music.
Yes, but nobody want to pay for it with taxes.
Democrats hate America
Were the respondents told the dollar amount of the budget? Or simply asked according to whatever they might believe the amount currently is?
As polls like those on foreign aid have shown, we Americans are pretty terrible at estimating actual dollar costs, and it's likely that the respondents think we spend far less than we do.
sounds like it's time to raise taxes.
Whether the American people like their level of military spending or not, we are approaching the day when their opinions on this question will not matter. We are currently $17.4 trillion in national debt, and have another $50 trillion in "off-the-book" obligations still needed to pay future social security, medicare, and medicaid recipients (who do not seem to have the good taste or patriotism to die promptly on the day they are all scheduled to retire).
Like other waning empires seen throughout history, it will matter little what American's want with their military. When the money is gone, so too will the military needed to defend whatever part of the empire is left. Res ipsa loquitur
you have no idea how public financing works.
interest payments as a percentage of GDP are at a 55-year low. we never pay off our national debt — never have, never will, never will have to.
its just serviced — we borrow money to make investments in the economy, reduce risk to global trade, and deliver counter-cyclical fiscal stimulus.


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On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Andy Isaacson <email@example.com> wrote:
 A visitor at Noisebridge yesterday reported that the vending machine
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 As a result, he's very unlikely to ever put money in the vending machine
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 What's our plan for dealing with this situation?

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Show of hands from people who have lost money in a vending machine before or been the lucky sonovabitch who walked up afterwards and got two drinks for the price of one ...

You probably could never convince ME that the machine is 100% fixed and permanently reliable, because it's a VENDING MACHINE, so I don't have any suggestions for this situation except to let the person be. It's probably best just to note on the machine that all proceeds are donations to nb or used to restock, and if the machine eats their money, they won't be refunded (asking you keyholders to guarantee returns would be extremely unfair -- customer service sucks, especially if you're volunteering). Donators can think of it as the nb tip jar by the front door which occasionally returns soda ... or use change.

I guess it would be most fair to put a sign on the machine to warn folks or maybe just block up the bill slot if it's really terrible.

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Today's guest is fantasy author Terri-Lynne DeFino! Check out all her writing insights as well as her recipe for her favorite comfort food…
1. First things first… a name and bio:
Terri-Lynne DeFino is a fantasy writer living in rural New
England; her debut novel Finder was published by Hadley Rille Books, November 2010. She attended the 2006 Viable Paradise X workshop, where she studied with Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Laura Mixon, Steven Gould, Debra Doyle,James Macdonald, James Patrick Kelly, and Cory Doctorow. Currently living in rural Connecticut with her family, her cats, and the various magical creatures that end up in her stories, or on her walls, you can find follow her at her blog.
2. Where are you from and what's your favorite thing about where you live?
I am originally from Paterson, NJ; and as any native New Jerseyite can tell you, once a Jersey girl, always a Jersey girl. Now I live in Connecticut. If NJ is the home of my heart, Connecticut is the home of my soul. The Housatonic River runs through my back yard; the scent of it, the sound of its rushing is in every moment. Mountains and woods all around me, no neighbors but the raccoons and deer—bliss. But I think the best part about living where I live is that, rural as it is, I'm only minutes away from the world of grocery stores, shopping malls and every convenience I could possibly need; and getting to NYC is only an hour and a half in the car. Best of both worlds! Now if only I could figure out how to move this all closer to the ocean…
3. Tell about your latest book. What made you want to write it?
A Time Never Lived (May 25th from Hadley Rille Books) is a sequel to my first novel, Finder. It starts off two years after Finder ends, with Ethen's son, Victorio. There are dragons in this one! Go here to find out more: http://heroinesoffantasy.blogspot.com/p/forthcoming-titles-by-three-with-eyes.html
I did not write ATNL because it is the sequel to Finder, strangely enough; I wrote it as a sort of sympathetic magic for Finder. The story began stewing in my head while writing, and not knowing if I would ever sell, Finder. After I finished the first book and sent it out into the world, I was itching to start something new. I had two stories to choose from. One very tempting, brand new world of characters and cities and cultures; the other in the world I knew so well, and loved so much, using characters I'd barely gotten to know in Finder. I consulted my husband, ever my sounding board, and told him: "If I write the sequel and the first never sells, I've wasted not only the year it took to write Finder, but another year writing A Time Never Lived." He asked which I wanted to write more and, being still one foot in that world, I wanted to write ATNL—"but…what it?" My husband said, "You have to believe Finder is going to sell. If you don't, it won't. Write A Time Never Lived." So I did. A few weeks after starting it, I sold Finder to Hadley Rille Books. The rest, as they say, is history.
4. Where can people find your books?
Finder can be found in many libraries, or can be ordered through most local bookstores.
ATNL will also be available through any of the the following vendors:
5. What are you working on right now?
At this very moment, I am working on Beyond the Gate, a novel that takes place in the same world as Finder and ATNL, but hundreds of years later and in an entirely different part of it. It is the journey of a warrior with bloody secrets, a young woman betrayed, and all of Beyond to travel through if they ever want to see home again.
I am also working on Ritual Born, the new world/culture/characters I didn't choose after finishing Finder. What happens to the gods when there are no believers left to worship them? Bad things, that's for certain.
6. What inspired you to be a writer?
I can't say that there was anything that inspired me to write. As most writers will answer, I simply did. Some kids play baseball, some play the flute, some are mathletes; I've been a writer since those first stapled together pages I put together as a seven-year-old. What has kept me going, striving, working and writing is love, pure and simple. If it's not about the love, it's not about anything.
7. Who is your favorite character in your stories? Why?
Egads…a favorite character. Well, I love Ethen Finder, my eternal dumb-a**, and Zihariel, my enslaved musician from Finder. I love Wait, my noble, bloody warrior in Beyond the Gate. I love Myrie and Quin from A Time Never Lived, but if I have to choose an all-time favorite character, it would be Jigger, an anti-hero character from a book that will never see the light of day. Jigger is a legionnaire, an assassin, an all-around bad guy. He's also the best redemption character I've ever written. I am a HUGE sucker for redemption. It always plays a part in my stories. He comes from a time I was just learning how to weave those threads of story into a viable novel; he, more than any character, taught me how to do so. Though the books he lives in won't ever be published, I may have to give him his own—one of these days.
8. What is your favorite comfort food?
Ok, this is a dirty secret, because I'm a really good cook. Really good. My family eats like they live in a restaurant. My comfort food? Spaghettio's out of a can with a hotdog cut up into it. Not the kind that already has hotdog in it, but a hotdog I add myself—because it has to be a Thuman's hotdog. Even in my grossness, I'm discerning.
9. What character from your stories was the hardest to write?
That's a question I dread answering, because my answer has to come across as arrogant. The fact is, I've never had a hard time writing any of my characters. I know them all intimately, because they are all, in some aspect, me—and I am an expert on ME.
I do, however, and in my opinion, write better male characters than female. I've been told I have the mental mindset of a nineteen year old boy. I'm inclined to agree.
10. What's the biggest challenge about being a writer?
The biggest challenge about being a writer is marketing. No matter who you are, who you're with, big house or small press, marketing is a real part of any writer's life. I wasn't prepared for how much I would have to work after my book was published. Blogging and signings and conventions and panels and guest posts and Facebook and on and on and on—sounds exciting, right? It is. It's a lot of fun. But it takes a good portion of what used to be writing time to do these things. Finder took me nine months to write. A Time Never Lived took eighteen. I know you're writers but, do the math.
11. Do you have any advice for beginning writers?
Do it for the love. To write for any other reason than the love of it sets most writers up for some real heartache. Few of us in the field get rich off our novels. Slightly more than those few will actually be able to earn a decent living. That sounds really pessimistic, but it's actually the opposite. Here's the thing—very few writers will ever be able to quit their day jobs. We are teachers, copyeditors, journalists, lawyers or whatever else pays the bills. If you write for the love, it shows. If you write for the love, it never loses its luster. If you write for the love, all the rest that comes to you—whether publishing with a small press or selling the movie rights to your trilogy—is gravy.
12. Who are your favorite authors and why?
That's a hard one. How does one choose out of a field so vast? I suppose if I have to choose favorites, they are Jane Yolen, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Patricia McKillip. These are storytellers, not just writers. They take that extra step to weave words into something magical without ever calling attention to themselves. Their styles are quite different. McKillip is more whimsical. I feel like everything she writes is whispered right into my ear. Kay writes with guts, Yolen writes with heart. All three writers evoke folklore, whether their own or borrowed, to tap into that collective consciousness we all took with us from bonfires and hearthfires in our pasts.
13. What books have most influenced your writing?
Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay. It taught me that good and evil depends upon whose eyes one is looking out of. That is the only one I have ever been able to pinpoint and say it has influenced me. I never write anything that doesn't recall that lesson.
14. What tools are in your writer's tool-kit?
Took-kit? There's a tool-kit? Why didn't anyone ever tell me there was a stinking tool-kit?? Ok, for real, my tool-kit consists of very few things: A computer, time, and determination. I write every day, five days a week. No excuses. No noodling around on the computer and then complaining that I have no time to write in. Butt in chair, fingers to keyboard. DO IT. End of story.
15. Where can people find out more about you and your books/stories?
My blog, http://bogwitch64.livejournal.com/ , our official Hadley Rille Books site http://hadleyrillebooks.com/ and http://heroinesoffantasy.blogspot.com/ a blog I keep with sisters in Hadley Rille Books, Karin Gastreich and Kim Vandervort.
16. What question(s) did I forget to ask?
You forgot to ask me if I like chocolate. The answer is yes.
If you are a writer interested in participating in Writer Wednesday, please send an email with a short biography to ww (at) ambersistla (dot) com.


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Groupware solutions include shared calendars, group email servers, groups address lists, group projects, and internal messaging. They require (one or more) servers with LAMP or similar server stacks.
Groupware Servers
Groupware servers are meant to operate on a server platform. You must install the server version of Ubuntu/Ubuntu first. Read Servers.
Kolab is the most comprehensive open-source groupware solution available and is distributed as a multi-platform solution. (It integrates easily with both Ubuntu (including Evolution) and KDE/Kubuntu (including Kontact).) It is free and open source with a GPL license (unlike other groupware solutions), yet enterprise support is also available. It is scalable to large organizations and is Outlook (MS-Exchange) and Mozilla compatible. This is a German package, however, and documentation in English can occasionally be limited. The Kolab website provides its own instructions for installation from source (currently v. 2.2). Version 2.2 includes the Horde web interface.
- Note: Kolab uses its own server components, and it is best to run Kolab on a dedicated server. However, it is possible to run other servers on the same machine, as long as you choose alternate ports if the server modules conflict.
- Install the compiler and other necessary stuff:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Kolab Ubuntu package
- There is an Ubuntu/Kubuntu package for the new version of Kolab (v. 2.2), but no documentation support for it yet exists. Install:
sudo apt-get install kolabd
Manual Kolab installation
- Make a directory for the Kolab installation and make it universally accessible:
sudo cd / sudo mkdir /kolab sudo chmod 777 /kolab
- Optional: If you wish to mount kolab in its own partition, then create a new partition (using Gparted, for example). Figure out the device name of your extra partition:
sudo fdisk -l
- It should be something like /dev/sda3.
- Mount /dev/sda3 (or whatever your partition is) as /kolab by editing /etc/fstab:
sudo nano /etc/fstab
- and adding the line:
/dev/sda3 /kolab ext3 defaults,rw 0 0
- then reboot and make sure there are no errors.
- Make a directory into which to download kolab:
cd /tmp mkdir /kolabtmp
- Download all the current Kolab files:
cd /tmp/kolabtmp wget -r -l1 -nd --no-parent http://files.kolab.org/server/release/kolab-server-2.2.2/sources/
- Install Kolab (as root using sudo -s):
sudo -s sh install-kolab.sh 2>&1 | tee kolab-install.log
- Reboot your system.
- Stop Kolab services and run the configuration utility:
sudo /kolab/bin/openpkg rc all stop sudo /kolab/sbin/kolab_bootstrap -b
- Obviously, you should know all your details, such as your fully qualified host name (which you can determine from hostname -f), domain details, etc., before doing this step. If you are not familiar with OpenLDAPand LDAP basics, you should learn about it, as Kolab uses the slapd OpenLDAP server daemon.
- Restart all Kolab services:
sudo /kolab/bin/openpkg rc all start
- Login to the web administrator interface using "manager" and the password you set at bootstrap configuration:
Citadel is a turn-key fully open source groupware solution (that is also Kolab compliant) with a structure rooted in bulletin-board systems, and is therefore user friendly. Installation instructions are found at the website.
eGroupware is a robust and stable free open source groupware solution (with GPL license) based on the LAMP stack (the default server stack included with Ubuntu Server) and the Postfix mail server (both of which should be installed first). There is a new version recently available, with a new corporate sponsor in Germany and a commercial enterprise version. Compatibility with many clients has been improved. Egroupware provides the easiest installation and quickest setup time of all groupware solutions. Much of the documentation for the current version, unfortunately, is not in English.
sudo apt-get install egroupware
Open-Xchange is a proprietary groupware solution (meant as an MS-Exchange replacement) that has released a "community edition" based on commercial versions. The latest .deb package is for Hardy Heron 8.04. It is compliant with many different types of clients, including Kontact, Outlook, and Palm PDAs. Installation instructions are at the website and are not trivial.
OpenGroupware is a groupware solution based on the postgreSQL database. There is an enterprise version and a limited open source version, and development appears to have been stagnant in 2008. Installation must be from source, as packages are very outdated. See the website for details.
Zarafa is the leading European MS-Exchange replacement/groupware solution. It is proprietary, but a GPL-licensed (except for trademarks) free open-source community edition was released in 2008. Download instructions are available from the website.
Zimbra is a proprietary groupware solution that offers an open source "community edition". Although currently free, the community edition is limited in features and does not have a GPL license. All submitted modifications and contributions become the property of Yahoo.
The latest version is for Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS and can be downloaded as a .tar.gz file from the website.
SugarCRM Server
SugarCRM is a commercial customer relationship management (CRM) platform and groupware server (sales, marketing, support, project management, calendaring) system with a community edition. It supports MySQL and MS SQL databases. For more info see SugarCRM Server Setup.
SchoolTool is a free open source groupware solution for use in primary and secondary schools which includes calendaring, gradebooks, attendance records, and student information databases. It was created with the help of the Shuttleworth Foundation (which also sponsors Ubuntu). See these installation instructions.
Groupware Clients
Many groupware solutions have connectors to interface with clients such as Kontact/KMail and Mozilla Thunderbird (or SeaMonkey).
Kontact Personal Information Manager
The Kontact Personal Information Manager, included in Ubuntu by default, interfaces with many groupware servers.
KDE Groupware Wizard
Kubuntu provides a wizard (script) to help clients (such as Kontact/Kmail) connect to a groupware server. Currently supported groupware servers are Kolab, eGroupware, SUSE Linux Openexchange, and Novell Groupwise.
Zimbra Desktop
Zimbra Desktop is a desktop that collaborates with Zimbra servers. See the Zimbra Desktop FAQ. For more info also see Ubuntugeek's Zimbra Desktop Installation Guide for Hardy 8.04.
Oracle Calendar Desktop Client
The Oracle Calendar Desktop Client is proprietary calendaring software for use with Oracle groupware/database systems.
Download Oracle Calendar Desktop Client:
wget http://www.k-state.edu/infotech/calendar/oracle-10-clients/DesktopClients/Linux/cal_linux_1011.tar.gz
tar -xvf cal_linux_1011.tar.gz
Change into the extracted files directory:
cd OracleCalendar_inst/
Prepare the files:
mv cal_linux cal_linux.bak; cat cal_linux.bak | sed "s/export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL/#xport LD_ASSUME_KERNEL/" > cal_linux; rm cal_linux.bak
Change permissions:
chmod +x gui_install.sh cal_linux
Start the GUI installer:
sudo sh gui_install.sh
DAViCal Calendar Server
DAViCal is a CalDAV, postgreSQL, Apache and php-based shared Calendar server that works with Mozilla Thunderbird/Lightning/Sunbird, Evolution, and other calendar clients. Install:
sudo apt-get install davical
Then see these detailed installation instructions.
Darwin Calendar Server
Darwin Calendar Server is an open-source port of Apple's CalDAV-based calendar server that works with Mozilla Thunderbird/Lightning/Sunbird, Evolution, and other calendar clients. Install version 1.2 from the repositories (then see the website for usage instructions):
sudo apt-get install calendarserver
WebCalendar is an ICS-based server for group calendars that can use many different databases as the backend, is written in PHP, and is compatible with clients such as Sunbird/Thunderbird (Lightning), Apple iCal, and Evolution. The newest version can also be viewed using RSS clients. See the website and the wiki for installing the newest (1.2) version. Install the older (1.05) version from the repositories:
sudo apt-get install webcalendar


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The Gift+Home show at the Winter Las Vegas Market, January 28 to February 1, recorded a surge in buyers from both the United States, up 25%, and international markets, up 45%, over the year-earlier event, according to organizer International Market Centers. The January 2013 show drew buyers from all 50 states, with strong increases in U.S. buyer growth, IMC stated, particularly from the Midwest and Northeast.
In addition to gains judged on geographic lines, IMC noted, the gift show also managed to draw more buyers from specific retail sectors including floral/seasonal, toy store, antique store, stationery/paper goods, drug/pharmacy, gallery/museum store, hospital gift shop and specialty.
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Ladakh – the highest plateau of Indian state Kashmir – is a geographical wonder. Spanning the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges and dotted with lakes, the region, affectionately dubbed Little Tibet, is best visited between May and September. The Shakti Himalaya company is offering packages with prices starting from $US3898 for a seven-night package based on two people sharing. The deal includes accommodation, all meals and beverages, two raft trips, an English-speaking guide, private chef, support guide and porters, car at disposal and taxes with transfers between Leh Airport and the village. Visit shaktihimalaya.com
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Another Snow Storm? Is It Sad We Aren't Surprised?
A massive winter storm is set to hit the Central United States on Sunday, and move into the East Coast the following week. The storm of course will be packing cold air, snow, and freezing rain. Sending temperatures plummeting even further... just what we need!
Rainfall and snow coming in with the system will stretch over 1,500 miles, from southeastern Colorado to southern Massachusetts. Heavy snow could fall from eastern Kansas to Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic, which would include parts of Maryland and Washington D.C. So all in all it's going to be a huge horrible storm that could bring all these areas up to 12 inches!
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Dirk Pinkerton Knives
The Little River Bowie is a small ergonomic clip point knife following in the profile of what is consider the classic Bowie knife. The false edge can easily be sharpened to increase the capabilities of this knife for self defense. If you want just a single edge with no false edge, that is no problem. 8.25" overall length, 4.25" blade. Knife is made from S30V steel but, can be had in any steel. Kydex sheath comes with it standard.
The Pinkerton Persian is a custom made knife made by Dirk Pinkerton in his North Carolina studio. It features a full-tang bowie style blade and textured black G-10 handles.
From the maker
"In all of my designs, I strive to make the most versatile knife system I can. This system isn't just the knife and sheath, but the individual parts of each component and how they work together. Size is another consideration. The majority of my fixed blades are sized to make it easier to carry througout the day so, you will have it when you need it. I have a few designs I consider standard and they are generally available for very quick delivery time. I make many one off knife designs that are available as they are completed. The Lancer is a versatile self defense knife. The handle is a "drop" design that I am developing. It gives excellent grip in almost any position at the same time reducing grip length. This also makes for easy carry. The blade shape also lends itself to utility and kitchen tasks."
About the maker
I started making knives only a few years ago. The desire to make knives grew from years of collecting knives, working in the security industry, competive shooting and my association and friendship with several police officers, fire fighters and Green Beret. I began thinking about what a knife should be based on this.
My design philosophy is simple and straight forward. A design big enough to get the job done, but in the smallest package. It should have a comfortable but versatile grip. It should be able to handle whatever task you would expect a knife to handle.
I have a small shop with only a few pieces of equipment. I don't have any CNC or automated equipment, so my work is very hands on. I enjoy this approach. For some designs I will have pieces laser cut. This is to ensure design elements are accurate, especially for a large run.
I do my own heat treat in shop. This permits quicker turn around time and design development. I can also "tweak" the process as needed. If the design or steel requires a special heat treat process, I will send it out.
I use 154CM and D2 as my standard steels. These are very good performing steels and are readily available. So, unless otherwise specified, the knife will be made from one of these steels. Which steel will depend on what I believe will serve the design best. I like Crucible's CPM steel, S30V, CPM154 and CPMD2. I try to keep them on hand. I will use any steel or material at the customers request. Most times it won't impact the price of the knife. I have made knives in titanium, carbon fiber, Stellite/Talonite, stainless damascus and a couple others.
I generally use G-10, a canvas or linen Micarta for the handles. I have used and plan to use natural materials for handles. However, since the shop is still young, I don't keep anything on hand. I will use any material at the customers request. I make sheaths for all my knives. I use .060" and .080" Kydex. I have been told I make good sheaths. I try to make good, serviceable sheaths. I look more to function than anything else for sheaths.
- Blade Length: 4.5"
- Cutting Edge: 4"
- Overall Length: 8.25"
- Handle Length: 3.9"
- Blade Width (at widest point): 1.25"
- Handle Material: Textured G-10
- Full-Tang Construction
- Blade Material: D2 Carbon Tool Steel
- Weight: 7 oz.
- Kydex Sheath with Tek-Lok Included
- Handmade in the USA
UPC Code: 016238
Waterproof, scratch resistant, and low friction. It will hold its shape and makes a great alternative to leather.
This product is USA born and raised.
This is a high carbon steel that is appropriate for use in hostile environments and is known for edge retention.
Formed in a sheet under high pressure by combining fiberglass and an epoxy resin binder. These handles are lightweight and shaped to ensure a solid grip.


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A free-roaming patas monkey had his mug caught on hunting-camera feeds and successfully eluded officers in two counties for about three years.
A free-roaming patas monkey that has been shot at by nervous cowboys, had his mug caught on hunting-camera feeds and successfully eluded officers in two counties for about three years, was captured Nov. 21 and is in quarantine in a zoo in Bushnell. It may later join other patas monkeys in the venue's breeding program.
Though where the monkey came from remains a mystery, credit for the early Christmas gift to residents who witnessed its shenanigans over the years goes to Wildlife Investigator Kenny Holmes of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and a homeowner who wishes to remain anonymous.
According to an email message written by Karen Parker, with the FWC, "We have been looking for this monkey for about three years. It terrorized a neighborhood in Gainesville last year. We had the entire Gainesville PD after this thing. It's been spotted in Micanopy, Williston and all over Gainesville. It escaped from its owner in Marion County and Kenny has been hot on its trail ever since."
Whether or not the monkey escaped from Marion County could not be confirmed.
Williston Police Chief Dennis Strow, who was a deputy with the Marion County Sheriff's Office for 38 years before taking the chief's job in 2011, said that whenever calls first came across his new desk in Williston about sightings of the monkey, his response was, "Are y'all kidding me? I've responded to deer, bear and snake calls, but never a monkey call."
Brian Tucker, a blacksmith in Levy County, said he was headed to work in 2011 when he sighted the monkey. Up ahead near Greg Dodd's fence, he said, "It looked like someone with long arms, down on its knees, pulling weeds at the fence line. I got within 30 to 40 feet of it. It stood up and just stared at me. I got a little nervous. The monkey ran across the street and looked back at me, again on all fours, and then hopped over the fence and ran off into the woods. I called Greg and told him, 'There's a monkey in front of your pond.'"
Greg Dodd, 57, a Levy County horse farm owner, said, "We had a 2-year-old colt and he was turned out in the paddock one night and he ran through a board fence. It looked like a truck drove through it. We can't say the horse saw the monkey, but something scared him and it was about the time everybody was seeing it in the area. Horses don't typically run through a fence like that, something had to scare him."
In November, a Williston homeowner called Holmes and said the "monkey kept visiting her persimmon tree on a regular basis," he stated.
The monkey, a native of West Africa, will eat grubs, insects and small reptiles. Because the "greyhound of monkeys" is able to move at 35 mph, the roaming male needed to be trapped rather than caught. Since the homeowner's fruit tree was getting pretty bare, Holmes said he knew he had to act fast, so he set a trap with similar fruit on Nov. 19.
Two days later, as Holmes was headed to the re-bait the trap with more fruit, he received a call from the homeowner that the monkey was trapped in the cage.
Holmes said the monkey was a healthy adult male that weighed approximately 50 pounds.
"He wasn't aggressive at all, except for up close when I was picking up the cage. But he was relatively docile; beautiful, and in very good shape; impressive, with long 12-inch hairs on his back," Holmes said.
Holmes dropped the apples, bananas, strawberries, persimmons and mangoes in the cage and drove the monkey to the Florida International Teaching Zoo in Bushnell.
"The monkey was pretty hungry and was still eating when we pulled the trap out of the truck. The animal didn't appear stressed or traumatized on the trip. I was kind of surprised, he took it in stride," Holmes said. "When I picked the trap up, he kind of grunted and banged the cage. He did bare his teeth at me, he kind of yawned and grinned, and that's a precursor, saying, 'Here's what I have got.' It is an aggressive warning."
Veterinarian Mark Wilson, founder and director of the Florida International Teaching Zoo, said the monkey is an adult in good shape and "will be in quarantine for six months and might go into our breeding program. We will possibly contact other zoos, but he won't go into a lab or into a private home."
Right now, Wilson said, "He's in a nice enclosure. Monkeys develop territories, so he is not necessarily thinking so much that he is caged up as he is having his territory. Think of it this way, he missed being shot by a citizen thinking he was a dog or something, or being hungry. Now he is being fed and cared for."
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Alliance police released the name of the presumed victim of a murder in Franklin Township.
According to Lt. John Jenkins, officers believe the body belongs to Alliance resident Justin T. Earley, 22, who had been reported missing last month after being last seen in Canton.
The suspect in his death, John R. Fox, has been taken in custody and is being held without bond in Portage County Jail.
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The Senator makes a great point. If States have not voluntarily entered into compacts where they get to collect their own sales tax for other States where it is a mutually beneficial relationship, then it is very strange to have to be compelled--even those 45 States that have sales tax obviously were not so excited about forming such a structure. They also seem determined to pull into this involuntary structure States that find the sales tax abhorrent. If they find a tax abhorrent--and just a little bit of background there. I believe our State has voted nine times on a sales tax. Largely the vote has been on heavy majorities defeating it. Many of those votes are 70 to 30.
Some of those reasons for that is because it is an extremely regressive tax. Another reason is that it is an expensive tax to collect; therefore, it is much less efficient and much more government waste.
Now we have all these Senators who are champions of government waste not only forcing an extension of their own State's wasteful tax system, but imposing it upon the small businesses of Oregon. Then we come to a whole series of concerns that any small business is going to have in this situation.
A small business is told they must participate, and basically anything beyond a single-person shop is pulled into this bill. Then they are subjected to--I think it is over 800 tax jurisdictions--having to call them and say: We are not sure you gave us the right amount.
Is there anything in this bill that says those hundreds of tax jurisdictions out there cannot call and basically challenge whether they have the right amount of money?
Mr. President, I think about the small businesses that would be subject to so many jurisdictions that they now have a tax relationship with and the responsibility to collect for and the possibility of having to basically call them and say: Well, you didn't do it right; you didn't use the right amount or the right software or this or that.
I can't imagine any small business wanting to be exposed to, as my colleague pointed out, 9,000--and even if it is consolidated into 800, that is still a lot of people to deal with. If we have to deal with five or six, that is overwhelming. But then the question becomes whether those States have the power to audit the Oregon small businesses as collectors of a tax, just as they might audit any other group that was collecting sales tax for their State.
Well, I appreciate the Senator expanding on that.
On page 6 of this bill, there is a line that starts out very promising: ``Relieve remote sellers and certified software providers from liability to the State or locality for incorrect collection and remittance ..... '' Well, that sounds OK. That sounds as though you are not subject to an audit. But then it goes on to say, only from basically an error in the software provided by the State. In other words, if a mistake is made, a business owner is subject to all of the same things as if their efforts were inside the State of New York, and that means subject to the State organizations inside the government of New York, that means audits, that means fees. It could include court actions.
So we are talking about, as the Senator put it, 9,000 jurisdictions that now can make life completely unmanageable. It would only take 2 or 3 to make it unmanageable, but 9,000 can make it unmanageable for a small business in Oregon.
Now, my colleague from Illinois has said it is OK for small business because we put in an exemption for selling $1 million online. That is no kind of an exemption at all. Let me explain. Let's say a small business is selling $1 million online and they have a 5-percent margin. That means they are making $50,000 a year. After they basically recognize that a person is working for themselves--they have no benefits separate from that--that is a very modest, middle income. That is one person. So this has an exemption for only a business of one--a modestly successful business of one--which means every other business in the State that is engaged online is subject to this provision.
So while others may feel comfortable telling their home State small businesses--and this would include those in the 45 sales tax States--that they are subject to audits and fees and court action from 9,000 other entities, I am certainly not comfortable telling the small businesses of Oregon they are going to be facing this type of incredible bureaucracy created by some of the folks who come to the floor and say they are all about small business.
Now, they want small businesses to be audited and fee'd and asked to turn up in some other State for a hearing. That is an outrageous attack on small business, not to mention our States that do not have a sales tax. It is an outrageous overplay attacking States rights.
I thank my senior Senator for his championing and his leadership and his longtime defense of the Internet as a place of fair transactions for small businesses and large, as a tax-free zone. I hope this Chamber is not engaging in a course that is going to change that dramatically, as it seems so intent on doing at this moment.
I am very struck by the correct point my colleague made about foreign companies. Here we have a company in Canada that is not subject to this bill. We have a company in Mexico that is not subject to this bill. For that matter, we have a company in Nigeria or anywhere else in the world not subject to this bill. So when American businesses say we should maintain a level playing field to keep business in America, allow us to play on a level playing field, they are certainly hoping we won't pass something such as this that gives such an enormous advantage to other nations.
I must say that constituents have been weighing in on this issue. I don't think it would surprise anyone to know that they don't like it. Ninety-eight percent are writing in to us to say: We don't like it. We don't like the idea of other States auditing our businesses. We don't like being asked to be a tax collection agency for another State.
Oregon is not asking anyone else to do that unless they have a State-to-State compact, which is exactly the way this could have been done and should have been done but hasn't been done because the States couldn't agree, even though they were sales tax States. That tells us quite a lot.
They don't like the idea of being subject to bureaucrats or the potential for legal action where they might have to travel to another State, and they don't like the idea that there is absolutely no compensation for the enormous imposition this bill places on the small businesses of Oregon. That is quite a lot not to like. So, of course, it is 98 percent against this bill.
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Scientology is a new religion, especially when compared to Hinduism and Judaism, but even when compared to more recently founded faiths such as Islam or Sikhism. And like most modern religious traditions -- such as the Baha'i Faith, the New Apostolic Church, or Jehovah's Witnesses, as well as other groups founded in the 20th century such as Soka Gakkai, the Unification Movement, or contemporary Paganism -- Scientology has never been the majority religion in any geographical area, nor has it ever been aligned with a government. Scientology has renounced any direct involvement with politics.
Among the many new religions to appear in the 20th century, Scientology has emerged as one of the most important due to its international spread. Scientology counts the number of people who have been positively affected by it in the millions -- a cumulative figure representing everyone who might have taken a basic Scientology course or visited a Scientology bookstore and purchased a book.Its active participating membership internationally, though difficult to count, appears to be around a half million.Currently, it reports 7,934 churches and missions (the overwhelming majority are small missions) in some 164 countries, though the largest concentration remains in North America.It reports 5,000 to 7,000 members of the Sea Organization.
While the church has experienced spectacular growth, given that it has existed only slightly over a half century, it remains a small religious community even in North America where it has experienced its greatest success.It has yet to reach the size, for example, that its presence would be notable in national religious polls.
Although Scientology has eschewed any political involvement, it has chosen to assume an activist stance in attacking what it sees as the major social ills faced by modern society.Efforts to apply L. Ron Hubbard's teachings to the modern plague of mood-altering drugs has led to the nurturing of two programs, Narconon and Criminon, the latter a version of the Narconon program especially designed to be used in correctional institutions.Simultaneously, what is termed the Purification Rundown, a program for church members to rid themselves of drugs and other toxins accumulated over a lifetime of simply living in the modern world, has become a ubiquitous part of Scientology's church life.
Illiteracy has been addressed through the Applied Scholastics program, in which tools prepared by Hubbard to assist members in reading church materials have been expanded to teach people who never learned to read in elementary school. Like the anti-drug program, the reading skills program has become institutionalized among Scientologists, who are taught good study skills and regularly reminded to keep using them.


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Recent press for The Story of Yiddish:
From The Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2008 – "Karlen [was] born a skeptic and a rebel, a rabble-rouser and a maverick. Karlen's Jewish soul is evident on every page of his new book, an interesting and quirky and sometimes irreverent look at how the Yiddish language has survived all over the world. He describes Yiddish as trying 'to live life as a mentsh, a human being, not a vilde chaya, a wild beast.' We readers are the lucky beneficiaries of his journey."
From Jewish Book World – "The Story of Yiddish is a book that you will pick up and browse for a while, and come back to later for some more histori-cal/hysterical stories of Jews as they wandered through the world, speaking the only language that tied them together."
"New York Times contributor Karlen (Shanda: The Making and Breaking of a Self-Loathing Jew, 2004, etc.) proffers an idiosyncratic take on Yiddish, the heroic vernacular that gets no respect. This wide-ranging survey rejoices in Jewishness rather than Judaism. The author sporadically quotes Lenny Bruce, Isaac Bashevis Singer's Nobel speech and Three Stooges movies to support his notions. He attempts, with easygoing chutzpah (you know, "nerve") to draw apt lessons in linguistics and philology from history, philosophy, sports, literature and showbiz in the old countries as well as here in the goldene medina ("golden country)." – Kirkus Reviews [full text]
"This lighthearted and irreverent history of Yiddish depicts the language as an unlikely survivor of the ages. Karlen charts Yiddish from its beginnings as a minor dialect in the 11th century to its peak in World War II and revival in recent years." – PAKN TREGER--THE MAGAZINE OF THE NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER (Amherst, MA)
Despite being mocked for centuries as a gutter language, Yiddish is not dead.
The Story of Yiddish entertainingly proves the language was not born to kvetch, but evolved out of the Jews' sense of magic and loss.
The Irish may have saved civilization, but it was Yiddish that saved the Jews. That's right—the bastard step-child of Jewish tradition, a loathed and unwittingly adopted language that was shunned by the same group of people it mirrored, was actually their saving grace. It's a piece-by-piece invention, created as the Jews wandered from country to country shlepping around their traditions and families. THE STORY OF YIDDISH: How a Mish-mosh of Languages Saved the Jews [William Morrow; April 8, 2008; $25.95] by critically-acclaimed author Neal Karlen follows their wanderings, mapping out the non-linear history of Jewish tradition, thought, and practice. (Click here to read full press release.)
Neal Karlen was speaking Yiddish at home well before he was an Associate Editor at Newsweek and Contributing Editor for Rolling Stone. A long-time contributor to The New York Times, he has authored six other books, most recently, Shanda: The Making and Breaking of a Self-Loathing Jew. He has studied Yiddish at Brown University, New York's Inlingua Institute, and the University of Minnesota's Graduate School of Journalism, where he has taught non-fiction writing for six years. He lives in Minneapolis.
Praise for Neal Karlen's previous work:
"In 2097, if college students are still taking a course called "The
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Jen-X, written By Neal Karlen, should be required reading....
both a classic piece of pop-culture ephemera, and a grand record of it.
Grade: A"
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Shanda: the Making and Breaking of a Self-Loathing Jew
"A stirring journey with a surprising and deeply moving conclusion. . . Powerful . . . very funny." - Forward
"Amazing . . . Shanda is hilarious, heartbreaking, seething, wary, and, joyful--in a word, a marvel." -Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics, on Shanda: the Making and Breaking of a Self-Loathing Jew
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"Hilarious, insightful, touching, informative... vivid characters and ironic redemptions. Karlen is simply one of the best, most sophisticated, and literate practitioners of journalism we have... I loved every page of this book." - Philip Lopate, on Slouching Toward Fargo
"Rollickingly funny." - Chicago Sun-Times
"The best baseball book of the decade." - The San Francisco Chronicle
"A classic . . . captures the essence of America's true pastime." - Kirkus Reviews